School Board Mtg. - Feb 24, 2025

001I WILL CALL THE SCHOOL BOARD LEGAL BUDGET INTERVIEW SESSION TO ORDER AT 4:48. WE HAVE TWO OPENINGS ON OUR COMMITTEE FOR OUR CANDIDATES TO INTERVIEW. MR. KESSLER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE TOPIC AND SO FORTH? THANK YOU, JARED WALLIN. MR. LANCE SUBMITTED HIS APPLICATION FOR OUR OPEN POSITIONS AND DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR WE ARE WITH OREGON'S LOCAL BUDGET LAW, BUT WE HAVE FIVE CITIZEN MEMBERS THAT WORK WITH THEIR SCHOOL BOARD WHO WAS ELECT TO THAT LARGE AND THE FIVE CITIZEN MEMBERS BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. OUR PURPOSE THIS EVENING IS TO INTERVIEW YOU AND CONSIDER YOU AS A CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION AND AT THE TOP OF THE NOTES, THERE IS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE. IT'S NOT A POLICY-SETTING COMMITTEE, BUT A PHYSICAL PLANNING COMMITTEE . IT DOES HAVE SOME IMPORTANT

002TASKS THAT ARE PART OF IT IN PREPARATION AND ULTIMATE ADOPTION OF A BUDGET UNDER LOCAL BUDGET LAW. ONE IS TAX RATE THAT IS APPROVED BY THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE THE SCHOOL BOARD WHILE IT MAY MODIFY OTHER ELEMENTS OF A BUDGET APPROVED BY THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE, THEY CANNOT INCREASE A TAX RATE BY THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE WITHOUT THAT GOING BACK TO THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR APPROVAL. THE APPROVAL OF THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE IS A STEP PRECEDENT BEFORE THE FULL SCHOOL BOARD ACTING IN THAT CAPACITY. BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD ITSELF CAN HOLD A HEARING AND ULTIMATELY THE BUDGET. WE APPRECIATE YOUR INTEREST AND I WILL TURN IT BACK TO CHAIR WALLIN. THAT'S GOOD. WHAT WE HAVE IS SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, THEN WE GO AROUND AND EACH ONE OF US WILL ASK QUESTIONS AND WE

003WILL START OVER HERE WITH DIRECTOR BILLS. GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW ARE YOU? FINE. >> INTERESTING DYNAMIC SEEING YOU HERE. WE HAVE A HISTORY. SO, THE FIRST QUESTION IS, PLEASE BEGIN BY SHARING WHO YOU ARE, WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET COMMITTEE. FIRST THING, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME IN TO THIS PROCESS. I'M PHILIP ARZT AND I'M RETIRED. I WAS A HEALTHCARE AND FINANCE ADMINISTRATOR, AS I LIKE TO SAY. I WORKED IN HOSPITALS AND PHYSICIANS PRACTICES. I DID A LOT OF BUDGETS OVER THE YEARS AND MOSTLY TWO OR THREE EACH YEAR. ONE OF THE REASONS I'M INTERESTED IS IN THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE THREE GRANDSONS IN YOUR SCHOOLS. TWO AT FOREST HILLS AND ONE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. I JUST LOVE BEING HERE. WE MOVED HERE

004ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO TO GET CLOSER TO THE GRANDKIDS . IT'S JUST A GREAT PLACE. I KNOW THE SCHOOLS AND THE SUCCESS OF THE SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT AND REALLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE DESIRE OF FAMILIES TO MOVE INTO LAKE OSWEGO AND THE VALUE OF REAL ESTATE . THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME, BUT IT'S MAINLY OUR GRANDKIDS. WHY DO I WANT TO DO IT? I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AROUND AND RETIREMENT LEADS TO BOREDOM SOMETIMES. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AROUND FOR THINGS AND THIS SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING I HAD EXPERIENCED BEFORE AND I CAN PROBABLY HELP AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE . THE OTHER REASON IS MY BRAIN JUST NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXERCISE. THIS WOULD BE A GOOD PROCESS. IT IS A LOT OF READING, SO THAT MAY FILL IT

005AND WE KNOW THAT YOU ALREADY PUT IT ON PAPER HERE, BUT TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERTISE YOU BRING TO THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE. I THINK YOU TOLD US A LITTLE BIT ALREADY. YES, MY FINANCE BACKGROUND IS VERY HELPFUL IN THIS PROCESS, BUT I ALSO WAS ON A SCHOOL BUDGET COMMITTEE AND A MUCH DIFFERENT KIND OF SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND, ON A SCHOOL BOARD. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS PROCESS A NUMBER OF TIMES. I'M KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH THE LAWS AND STUFF. WHEN I WAS ON THIS , IT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING . IT WAS RIGHT IN MEASURE FIVE AND 50 WERE PASSED AND WHEN IT WENT INTO EFFECTS TO CHANGE EVERYTHING. I'M KIND OF FAMILIAR WITH ALL THAT. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS AND I KNOW HOW THAT COULD GO.

006THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS WHAT I DID IN MY APPLICATION. I TEND TO BE MORE OF A LISTENER THAN A SPEAKER, SO THAT CAN HELP KEEP THE MEETINGS SHORTER. I LOOKED AT THIS PROCESS AND YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S A LOT LIKE IT COULD BE A KILL THE MESSENGER KIND OF PROCESS. I HAVEN'T SEEN MANY OF YOUR BOARD MEETINGS AND STUFF, BUT THAT COULD BE TOUGH. I KNOW I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT IT AND MY EXPERIENCE WAS HE YOU JUST HAVE TO LET EVERYONE'S VIEWPOINT GO, WHETHER THEY WERE NICELY SET OR VERY STRIDENTLY SAID. IT HAD TO HAPPEN. YOU HAVE TO HOPEFULLY GET IN THE END THAT EVERYONE FELT AT LEAST THEY WERE HEARD, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION IN THE END. THAT'S THE

007PROCESS. WELL, MEASURE THE OR FIVE AND . IT'S GOT MORE COMPLICATED. PRIOR TO OUR INTERVIEW, YOU REVIEWED OUR STRATEGIC PLAN . ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR OBSERVATIONS YOU HAVE IN RELATION TO THE PLAN AND ITS GOALS? I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT A LOT OF IT WAS OVER MY HEAD AND I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THE TERMS AND ACRONYMS. I DIDN'T COME UP WITH QUESTIONS AS MUCH AS WORRIES. IT IS A VERY GOOD PLAN AND I THINK I GOT THE GIST OF IT, BUT ONE OF MY WORRIES WAS HOW THIS WHOLE BUDGET REVISION AND REDUCTION PROCESS, WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES TO THAT PROCESS? MY OTHER WORRY IS , WHAT ARE THOSE PRIORITIES AND STRATEGIES GIVEN THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT HAD BEEN SIGNED AND THE THREATEN ELIMINATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WE HAVE

008A DAUGHTER WHO WORKS AT THE VA AND IT'S JUST CRAZY. IT'S CRAZY. THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. THE PAST THREE YEARS HAD UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES CREATING OPERATING CONDITIONS UNLIKE ANY EXPERIENCE IN MODERN TIMES. WITHOUT UNDULY FOCUSING ON THOSE CONDITIONS, WHAT ARE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING WELL AND WHAT ARE ONE OR TWO THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON? I HATE TO BRING UP MY GRANDKIDS AGAIN, BUT THEY ARE DOING WELL, SO THAT'S GOOD. I THINK THE WAY YOU HANDLED THE INITIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BUDGET SHORTFALL OF GETTING IT OUT THERE, I HEARD ABOUT IT AND IT GOT ME INTERESTED. I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD THING. THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WERE VERY INFORMATIVE . I APPRECIATE THAT. ANOTHER THING YOU DID WELL WAS IN THOSE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS WITH

009THE GRADUATION RATES THAT YOU QUOTED, THEY WERE GREAT. THE IMPROVEMENT ON 85% WAS 32% OVER 10 YEARS. THAT'S AMAZING. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS. I HAVE ONE MORE THAT I WAS ASKING MY LANDLADY WHAT THEY THOUGHT THAT WAS SOMETHING GOING WELL AND THEY MENTIONED THAT THE LEARNING INTERVENTIONS THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED WENT WELL AND THE SMALL GROUP LEARNING. NOW, COULD IMPROVE ON. MY GRANDSON SAID MEALS COULD IMPROVE . HE SAID THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE MORE VARIETY AND IT'S NOT REALLY WHAT HE LIKES. THE OTHER THING IS PROBABLY NONPARENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT'S HARD TO HEAR OR KNOW ABOUT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEAS OF HOW TO FIX IT. I THINK THE BLAME LIES WITHIN THE NONPARENT MEMBERS THAT HAVE TO GET CONTACTED AND INVOLVED. THAT IS A DIFFICULT ONE. THAT'S

010TRUE. DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE OTHER THING. I DON'T SPEAK MUCH, SO IT PROBABLY WON'T BE 10 MINUTES. WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH RESEARCHING AND THINKING ABOUT THIS PROCESS, I INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO KEEP SOME OF THOSE FINANCIAL RESERVES OVER PRIOR YEARS FOR THIS POINT IN TIME AND THAT IT SHOULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS DEVELOPING THE BUDGET THIS YEAR. THEN I REALIZED THAT'S NOT THE CHALLENGE. IT IS BALANCING HUMAN RESOURCES WITH FINANCIAL RESERVES AND THE ENDING FUND BALANCE . YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE VALUE . OF WHAT THE HUMAN RESOURCES ARE. YOU CAN'T MEASURE IT AND YOU DON'T KNOW IT UNTIL IT'S GONE. THAT'S WHAT I SEE. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR

011ANNOUNCEMENTS? OUR BOARD IS CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS THIS EVENING, THEN THEY WILL BE TAKING ACTION ON AT CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 10th MEETING AND WOULD MOVE THAT UP OR DELETE IT, BUT CURRENTLY WE ARE SHOOTING FOR MARCH 10 , THAT AFTER THE BOARD TAKES ACTION, THEN WE NOTIFY THE CANDIDATES AS TO WHAT THE DECISION WAS , THEN THERE IS AN ON BOARDING PROCESS THAT WE START SHORTLY AFTER FOR THE TWO CANDIDATES. WE HAVE FOUR CANDIDATES. IF YOU ARE NOT CHOSEN, WE LOVE YOUR EXPERTISE AND WOULD LOVE TO KEEP YOUR BRAIN ACTIVE AT SOME CAPACITY IF THIS DOESN'T. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DIDN'T HAVE THE CHANCE TO CHANGE INTO MY PROFESSIONAL ATTIRE . WELCOME. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE AN INTRO? YES, LUCAS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN OUR LEGAL BUDGET

012COMMITTEE AND WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN AND WE HAVE FOUR CANDIDATES FOR THIS EVENING'S ACTIVITIES TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS OF THOSE FOUR CANDIDATES AND HOW FAMILIAR YOU ARE WITH OREGON'S LOCAL BUDGET LAW, BUT OUR LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF FIVE CITIZEN MEMBERS AND FIVE CITIZEN MEMBERS ARE REPORTED BY THE BOARD AND THEY SERVE ALONGSIDE OUR ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS AND 10 OF THEM TOGETHER COMPRISE OUR LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE , SO THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE IS A FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD . IT'S NOT A POLICY-SETTING BODY. IT IS STILL THE DOMAIN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT CERTAINLY DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE AS TO WHAT PRIORITIES --THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE ALSO SERVES A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE UNDER LOCAL BUDGET AND TAX RATE OR TAX LEVY ONCE APPROVED BY THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE, THE

013SCHOOL BOARD HAS SOME AUTHORITY AFTERWARDS TO CHANGE ELEMENTS OF THE BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE, BUT THEY CANNOT INCREASE A TAX RATE OR TAX LEVY. THAT ALWAYS HAS TO GO BACK TO THE FULL LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR ANY INCREASE AND PROPERTY TAXES. THE LITTLE --THE CITIZEN MEMBERS PERSPECTIVE ARE MORE VARIED THAN WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY AND HOPEFULLY ALSO SERVE AS INFORMATION SHARERS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS THE ROLE OF THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE. MAKES SENSE. FROM THE SOCCER THING, I'M THE COACH ON THE FIELD. I'M JUST JOKING. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION. MY FIRST TIME TRYING TO GET A VOLUNTEER POSITION LIKE THIS, SO I APPRECIATE THE CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND. WE SENT YOU A QUESTIONNAIRE, SO WE WILL JUST GO AROUND AND ASK QUESTIONS. SOUNDS

014GOOD. COULD YOU PLEASE BEGIN BY SHARING WHO YOU ARE, WHY LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOLS ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. SURE. LUCAS SOMMER, I'M BORN AND RAISED IN OREGON AND IN NEWBURGH, ACTUALLY. BOTH OF MY PARENTS WERE TEACHERS AND ENDED UP GETTING INTO THE ADMINISTRATION, SO MY MOM WAS SUPER INTENDANT AND MY FATHER WAS A BUZZ ABOUT TRUE WOOD AND WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, SO I GUESS IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY. ON A PERSONAL LEVEL , I PURSUED A CAREER MORE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SMALL BUSINESS AND I HAVE DONE VARIETY OF PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ARENAS. I THINK THAT EXPERIENCE IS PRACTICAL IN REGARDS TO BUDGETS AND BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND BEING ABLE TO PRODUCE THE GOALS OF ANY ORGANIZATION . I THINK MY INTEREST

015IN GETTING INVOLVED HERE STEMS FROM HAVING TWO KIDS THAT GOES TO LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOLS. THEY ARE IN FOREST HILLS . I HAVE BEEN COACHING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND VOLUNTEERING THE TIME WITH THE YOUNGSTERS . I HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF THE PARENTS AND THE SAME GROUP SKIN COMING BACK AND SIGNING UP. I FEEL PLUGGED INTO THE COMMUNITY AND MY OFFICE IS WALKING DISTANCE AWAY IN TOWN AT THE FIRST EDITION . MY WIFE BRINGS THE KIDS OVER AND WALKS OVER TO SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY. WANT TO HELP IMPROVE IT THE BEST WAY I CAN AND AS I GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER , THINGS LIKE THIS BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE REWARDING AND GET BACK A LITTLE BIT AND SEE WHAT OTHER ASPECTS I COULD HAVE AN EVER SO SLIGHTLY INFLUENCE ON

016TO IMPROVE SERVICES AND BENEFIT. THANK YOU. WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES AND EXPERTISE YOU BRING TO THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE? I WOULD SAY --LET ME TRY TO SUMMARIZE IT. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN THE SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR GUY AND I'VE NEVER GONE AND TAKEN A NORMAL JOB. THIS WILL BE MY FIRST INTERVIEW OF ANY KIND AND PROBABLY A DECADE. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE IN THE WILD HAVING TO CREATE MY OWN BUDGET FOR SALES AND BUDGET ON PEOPLE, TAXES AND EVERYONE --RUNNING A SMALL BUSINESS. A HAVE SEEN SO MANY PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND I'M NOT EMPLOYEE NUMBER 700 ON A TEAM OF THOUSANDS TO WHERE THE DECISIONS THAT I MAKE HAVE TANGIBLE IMPACTS ON THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE AND THE CUSTOMERS RELYING ON US TO DELIVER

017PRODUCTS AND SERVICES , SO I THINK I HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF SKILLS. THAT IS JUST IN REGARDS TO OPERATING SOMETHING FROM A CFO LEVEL STANDPOINT AND I NEED MORE TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE. THERE IS NOTHING IN EXCEL I CAN DO. I'M A WIZARD AT THAT POINT. I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE, DATA VISUALIZATIONS, DEEPLY INTEGRATED WITH AI AND THE TOOLS THAT HAVE COME UP RATHER RECENTLY. I HAVE PROBABLY DONE 50 TAX RETURNS PROFESSIONAL AND CORPORATE FOR MYSELF OVER THE YEARS. SOMETIMES CLIENTS HAVE HIRED ME TO DO FINANCIAL MODELING AND FORECASTING TO CAST THINGS OUT IN THE FUTURE . DYNAMIC MODELS FOR IF WE CHANGE, WHAT'S IMPACT ON WHY? JUST KIND OF SPEAKING IN GENERALITIES, BUT IN TERMS OF TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY AND THE ABILITY TO USE SOFTWARE TOOLS TO CONTEMPLATE FINANCIAL DECISIONS I'M VERY

018WELL SUITED TO DO THAT. I THINK I HAVE LIVED IN A WORLD WHERE I HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND STAKEHOLDERS ATTACHED TO A PARTICULAR DECISION OR BUDGET TO BALANCE ALL OF THOSE. HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THAT QUESTION. PRIOR TO YOUR INTERVIEW, WE GAVE TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND IN RELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ITS GOALS? I CHECKED OUT THE PDF AND READ EVERYTHING ON THE ACCORDION SECTIONS THERE. I WOULDN'T SAY I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT SOME OF THEM, THERE IS A DISTINCTION AND I'M ALWAYS SOLVING FOR, WHAT IS THE KPI AND HOW YOU MEASURE SOME OF THOSE GREAT FOR SOME OF THOSE GOALS , I THINK ONE OF THE STATED GOALS WAS GRADE LEVEL PROFICIENCY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I CAN CONCEIVE HOW TO MEASURE THAT AND SOME OF THE OTHER

019ONES ARE A LITTLE BIT SOFTER METRICS. MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE SOME SORT OF DASHBOARD FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD OR QUARTERLY REVIEW WHERE WE ARE MEASURING THOSE GOALS AND I THINK MY FIRST QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE ARE MEASURING, THERE ARE FOUR GOALS THERE AND ALL OF THOSE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE REVIEW ON A REGULAR BASIS THESE ITEMS THAT WE'VE PROGRESSED. THE DASHBOARD IS SOMETHING THAT HAS COME UP IS AN IDEA. I DON'T UNDERSTAND FULLY THE INNER WORKINGS AND REFERENCING THE SCHOOL BOARD IS ACTUALLY DOING, SO TO ME UNLIKE, WHERE DO THOSE GOALS COME FROM? WHAT CAN THE COMMITTEE DO AND MY POTENTIAL ROLE TO IMPLEMENT OR HAVE ANY IMPACT ON THOSE? ON ONE HAND, YOU SEE THE BUDGET AND YOU CAN MAKE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT YOU MENTIONED THE POLICY ITSELF, SO HOW

020WOULD THE PERSON IN MY ROLE SEE THOSE GOALS AND USE THAT TO INFORM ANY SORT OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST METHODOLOGY FOR DOING THAT? IT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT BODIES AND YOU ARE ADVISING ON THE BUDGET AND PROVIDING A CITIZENS PERSPECTIVE. IN TERMS OF COMMITTEES THAT IMPLEMENT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN , THE SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTS A LOT OF THOSE FOR THE MOST PART AND THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT PERPENDICULAR TO THAT, BUT I DO THINK WHERE WE CHOOSE TO SPEND THE MONEY DOES DETERMINE HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE GOALS. OKAY. MAKES SENSE. I THINK I RECALL IN OUR LEGAL BUDGET FIRST MEETING WHERE WE KIND OF HAVE A REVIEW OF THE GOALS AND HOW WE ARE DOING . SOUNDS GOOD. I HAVE THE FINAL QUESTION. THE PAST THREE YEARS HAD

021UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES CREATING OPERATING CONDITIONS UNLIKE ANY EXPERIENCED IN MODERN TIMES WITHOUT UNDULY FOCUSING ON THESE CONDITIONS. WHAT ARE ONE OR TWO THINGS WE ARE DOING WELL AND WHAT ARE ONE OR TWO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON? WHEN I FIRST SAW THAT QUESTION, MY INITIAL RESPONSE IS, I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE BUT IT'S ALSO AROUND HERE. WE ARE KILLING IT. I LOVE LAKE OSWEGO. I THINK THAT WOULD BE MY RESPONSE IS ONE OR TWO THINGS YOU ARE DOING WELL IS LIKE, I CAN JUST COMPARE TO MY EXPERIENCE. NEWBURGH VERSUS LAKE OSWEGO. GOING WITH LAKE OSWEGO ALL DAY. TO ME, IT FEELS LIKE A FANTASY LITTLE AREA OF A LOT OF THINGS ARE PRETTY IDEALISTIC HERE , SO I WOULD GIVE SOME CREDIT OR KUDOS TO YOU GUYS THAT DESPITE THE CHALLENGES , IT HAS BEEN GREAT. THE

022KIDS ARE HAPPY AND THERE ARE ALL TYPES OF PROGRAMMING AND THINGS THEY ARE ABLE TO DO. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY NEGATIVE COMMENTS FROM THEM AND MY WIFE DOES A LOT OF AFTERSCHOOL TYPE THINGS AND MORE ENGAGED WITH THE OTHER MOMS , BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ONE COMPLAINT. LAKE OSWEGO IS THE PLACE TO BE . WHEN WE MOVED OUT HERE MY WIFE IS LIKE, I WAS LIVING IN FOR THE FOR A WHILE AND SHE SAID, IF WE COME BACK IT'S LAKE OSWEGO ONLY. SHE SAID, LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS. I'M LIKE, ALL RIGHT. GOOD JOB. THAT WOULD BE IT. I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM. FANTASTIC. DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE CHOICES AND DECISIONS TO MAKE . TO ME, I'M VERY TRANSPARENT. I'M

023LIKE THE ENTREPRENEUR TECHNICAL SOFTWARE APPROACH . THOSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I DEAL WITH AND WORK WITH, SO THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THOSE FOLKS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS, THEN MAYBE I WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THAT, BUT IF NOT THAT'S ALL RIGHT. THERE'S TONS OF OTHER PERSPECTIVES OUT THERE. TO ME, THAT'S THE LIEN I LIVE IN AND I'M PRETTY UNBIASED AND A NOTCH NOT AFRAID TO SHARE MY OPINION ON THINGS BUT JUST TRYING TO GET MY FOOT IN THE DOOR AND BE MORE ACTIVE AND CONTINUE TO INVEST IN A PLACE WHERE I KNOW MY KIDS WILL BE GOING TO SCHOOL AND MAKE IT BETTER IF I CAN. WE HAVE TWO POSITIONS FOR APPLICANTS , BUT AS YOU NOTED THERE ARE OTHER COMMITTEES. IF THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER OTHER THINGS,

024AS WELL. I'LL BE BACK IN THE HOT SEAT SOON ENOUGH. THIS IS THE HOTTEST SEED OF ALL. GREAT. OKAY. THAT'S IT? THANKS, GUYS. ALL RIGHT. SEE YOU. MR. WARNER. >> HOW IS EVERYBODY? THANKS FOR HAVING ME. ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE INTERVIEWING FOR THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE COMMISSIONS AND ARE FINANCED SUPERINTENDENT WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE OVERVIEW . THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS POSITION AND I DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU ARE WITH OREGON LOCAL BUDGET STATUTE , SO IT PRESCRIBES THAT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE TO HAVE A LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE , WHICH IS COMPRISED OF FIVE CITIZEN MEMBERS THAT ARE APPOINTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT TOGETHER WITH THE FIVE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS COMPRISE OUR LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE IS SOMEWHAT OF A FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE ULTIMATE ADOPTION

025OF A BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHILE IT'S NOT A POLICY-SETTING BODY, THERE IS WORK THAT WE HAVE TO RUN BY THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE AND IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SIGNIFICANTLY A TAX RATE OR TAX LEVY THAT IS APPROVED BY THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS BROAD AUTHORITY TO CHANGE OTHERS OF THE BUDGET, THEY CAN'T INCREASE A TAX LEVY WITHOUT IT GOING BACK TO THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE. IT SERVES AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THAT REGARD. I THINK ESTHER WALLIN NOTED WITH TWO POSITIONS AND FOUR CANDIDATES, SO IT IS TO HAVE YOU ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE OUR SCHOOL BOARD WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT YOUR INTEREST IN WHAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS OUTLINED IN THOSE DETAILED QUESTIONS. ARE SOUNDS GOOD. WE DID GIVE QUESTIONS, SO

026I WILL GO AROUND AND WE WILL ASK THE QUESTIONS . WE WILL START. DIRECTOR BILLS . HOW ARE YOU? DOING WELL. THANK YOU. BEGIN BY SHARING WHO YOU ARE, WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SUCCESS IN LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOLS AND WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS RUSS WARNER AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT FOR 9.5 YEARS AND MY FAMILY MOVED FROM CENTRAL WASHINGTON. WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN SPORTS AND COACHING. I AM ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW AND MY WIFE IS THE SOCCER CLUB TEAM MANAGER. I HAVE TWO SONS, A SEVENTH GRADER AND A SOPHOMORE AND MY COACHING DAYS ARE GONE, SO I HAVE EXTRA TIME ON MY HANDS AND THEY HAVE MORE THAN I DO AND THAT JOURNEY OF MY LIFE IS KIND OF OVER. THE EXECUTIVE OF MY

027COMPANY IS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HAS BEEN ON THERE FOR 16 YEARS AND HAS BEEN NUDGING ME FOR PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR TO TRY TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN THE SCHOOLS AND IT JUST SO HAPPENED A MONTH AND A HALF AGO I SAW THESE TWO OPEN POSITIONS AND I WAS LIKE, I DO THIS EVERY DAY. MAYBE GIVE IT A SHOT. MY EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS , I HAVE A CONSTRUCTION BACKGROUND IN MY CURRENT ROLE IS GOING INTO THE NEXT?, BUT OTHER THAN THAT I LEARNED FROM BEING ON THE BOARD IS THAT THE MAIN THING IS LIKE BEING AN ADVOCATE FOR WHATEVER BOARD YOU ARE ON AND BEING ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND THE REASON WHY STUFF HAPPENS AND WHY THE BUDGET MONEY IS SAID HERE. SO MUCH TO BE

028ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY WE ARE MAKING DECISIONS AND TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT THE BOARD AND SUPPORT THEM. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE COMMUNICATIONS . GOING ON TO NUMBER TWO, WHAT SKILLS, ABILITIES AND EXPERTISE WOULD YOU BRING? A CURRENT JOB, I'M A CORPORATE REAL ESTATE FACILITY MANAGER, WHICH IS FORMER -- STARTED AS A TEACHERS CREDIT UNION. WE HAVE BEEN THE FASTEST GROWING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION IN THE U.S. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND HAD 45 LOCATIONS WITH MASSIVE GROWTH AND DONATED TO TONS OF CHARITIES AND WE START AT THE FOUNDATION , WHICH WE ARE GOING INTO OUR SECOND YEAR AND WE HAVEN'T DECIDED HOW TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS, WHETHER IT IS SCHOLARSHIPS AND GOING BACK TO OUR SPORTS PROGRAMS OR STUFF LIKE THAT. I HAVE A SAY IN SOME OF THAT AND THIS GOES HAND-IN-HAND

029IN SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON FOR BUDGET ISSUES AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BEFORE THAT, I WAS VICE PRESIDENT AT THE INSTITUTE IN YAKIMA , WASHINGTON. IT'S BEEN GOING ON 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS. I GUESS THAT'S IT FOR THAT ONE. GREAT. HOPEFULLY YOU HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ANY QUESTIONS OR OBSERVATIONS RELATED TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND ITS GOALS? I WENT THROUGH THE PLAN AND I GUESS THE ONE QUESTION I HAD AS FAR AS PRIORITY THREE, SUSTAINABILITY. HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT AND ESD PROGRAMS? IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE DOING A TON OF WORK AND FACULTY IS DOING A TON OF WORK AS FAR AS SUSTAINABILITY. MY ORGANIZATION, WE STARTED THE PROGRAM GOING ON TWO YEARS AND IT'S BASICALLY TAKING ALL OF THAT STUFF THAT YOU HAVE DONE IN THE PROGRAM TO

030BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT TO THE PUBLIC. WE ARE DOING ALL OF THIS HARD WORK AND CUTTING COSTS. NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SEAT OR ANYTHING. WE LOVE ACRONYMS. ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL GOVERNANCE. WE WILL ROLL OURS OUT TO THE PUBLIC PROBABLY THIS SUMMER , BUT YOU DON'T REALIZE ALL OF THE SMALL THINGS YOU DO REALLY ADD UP AND PAINT THE PICTURE TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING TO DO. I DON'T THINK I CAN SPEAK TO ANY OF THAT. OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN HOW WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION WITH FOCUS AND SUSTAINABILITY IN TERMS OF ENERGY USAGE AND ENERGY CONSERVATION. THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD PICTURE TO PAINT, TOO , WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS? IT'S DEFINITELY A PRIORITY IN HOURS. I

031HAVE THE LAST QUESTION. THE PAST THREE YEARS HAVE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES CREATING OPERATING CONDITIONS UNLIKE ANY EXPERIENCED IN MODERN TIMES . WITHOUT UNDULY FOCUSING ON THOSE CONDITIONS, WHAT ARE ONE OR TWO THINGS WE ARE DOING WELL AND WHAT ARE ONE OR TWO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON? OBVIOUSLY, YOU ARE DOING MANY THINGS WELL AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY THIS IS THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR KIDS BEING RAISED IN THE STATE. MY WIFE SAYS THAT SCHOOLS IN SPORTS ARE A BIG PRIORITY FOR US AND SHE GOOGLE SEARCHED AND FOUND A PLACE IN LAKE OSWEGO. THE REPUTATION IS VERY WELL AND AMONGST HER PEERS AND GRADUATION RATES ARE THROUGH THE CHARTS. THAT'S ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT TO ME AND MY KIDS GOING THROUGH THAT ROUGH TIME, TOO, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE FAR AHEAD

032OF EVERYBODY ELSE. I TAKE MY HATS OFF TO AND SUPPORT THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE. THERE IS NO ROAD MAP FOR WHAT WE WENT THROUGH AND IT'S A TOUGH TIME FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AND PARENTS. LIKE I SAID, I REALLY --YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD ADVOCATE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS IN BUDGETING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. MY EXPERIENCE GOES HAND-IN-HAND AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONSTRUCTION MY WHOLE PROFESSIONAL CAREER , SO I THINK I WOULD BE A GOOD FIT AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT YOU GUYS. AWESOME. >> DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE MUCH AND I DID SOME RESEARCH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. I WAS REALLY TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING LOOKS

033PRETTY CLEARLY LAID OUT AND IT LOOKS GREAT. THERE IS A LOT OF YOU AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON THAT. LIKE I SAID, I'M TRYING TO FIND SOME QUESTIONS THAT I COULDN'T REALLY THINK OF MUCH. GREAT. WELL, WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE FOR TWO POSITIONS. OBVIOUSLY, TWO PEOPLE WE ARE NOT GOING TO SELECT, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMITTEES AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, SO IF YOU ARE NOT CHOSEN, HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING. THE TIMELINE FOR --. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ACTIONS FOR THE EVENING OF MARCH 10th FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A SELECTION OF CANDIDATES AND ASSUMING WE STAY ON THAT TIMELINE , MY OFFICE WILL BE NOTIFYING ALL FOUR AFTER WORK TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE AND FOR THE TWO CANDIDATES CHOSEN , WE OFFER IN ON BOARDING SESSION TO

034HELP FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE BUDGET AND HOW IT'S LAID OUT. UNDER ORGAN LOCAL BUDGET LAW , A FAIR AMOUNT OF THAT IS HEAVILY PRESCRIPTIVE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE LAYOUT AND PROCESS AS WE FOLLOW TO KEEP US IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE ORGAN LOCAL BUDGET . SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I HAVE LIGHTNING WHEN I GO TO MY OFFICE. HUNDREDS OF POUNDS OF PRINTERS IN THE PARKING LOTS. I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL WALK UP TO PHRASING RAIN OR SNOW. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THANK YOU . HI. >> WELCOME. WE ARE INTERVIEWING FOR TWO LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE POSITIONS AND WE HAVE OUR FINANCE SUPERINTENDENT WHO WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. ALISON HEATH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND TO BE IN THE HOT SEAT. I

035DON'T KNOW HOW FAMILIAR YOU ARE WITH THE OREGON LOCAL BUDGET LAW AND WOULD BE REALLY WORRIED --IT PROVIDES POLICIES , PRACTICES AND SCHEDULES OF HOW WE UNDERTAKE THE ADOPTION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET AND THAT PROCESS INCLUDES A CITIZEN OR LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE, WHICH HAS FIVE CITIZEN MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEY SERVE ALONGSIDE THE FIVE ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS AND IT'S A FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND IT'S NOT A POLICY-SETTING COMMITTEE, BUT CERTAINLY THERE ARE POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW WE PRIORITIZE OUR SPENDING AND THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS BROAD RANGES OF DISCRETION TO CHANGE A BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE AND NO --OREGON PUBLIC AGENCIES INCREASE A TAX RATE OR TAX LEVY SET BY THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE , WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A REFERRAL IF THERE WAS SUBSEQUENT ACTION

036TAKEN TO INCREASE THE PROPERTY TAX LEVY OR RATE . WE USUALLY ACCOMPLISH OUR PROCESS IN THREE MEETINGS EVERY SPRING AND THERE IS AN ON BOARDING PROCESS THAT TAKES PLACE FOR NEW MEMBERS AND IT'S A LOT OF DATA THAT GETS ASSIMILATED FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST. THANK YOU. WE DID SEND YOU SOME QUESTIONS AND WE WILL GO AROUND AND ASK EACH ONE OF THE QUESTIONS AND HEAR YOUR ANSWERS. THANK YOU. I SEE YOU HAVE GIVEN RESPONSES IN YOUR APPLICATION, BUT JUST FOR THE RECORD , PLEASE BEGIN BY SHARING WHO YOU ARE AND WHY THE SUCCESS OF THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. ABSOLUTELY. I'M ALISON HEATH, RESIDENT FOR LAKE OSWEGO FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS AND

037I RAISED OUR TWO DAUGHTERS HERE . BOTH ARE AT HIGH . BACKGROUND, I'M AN EDUCATOR OF 25 YEARS AND 20 YEARS IN THE CLASSROOM. 13 OF THOSE AND PREVIOUSLY SEVEN YEARS AT HILLSBORO THAT HAVE BEEN AN INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AND SERVE OUR DISTRICT AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT AND I SUPPORT ALL AREAS OF K-12 HEALTH , SOCIAL SCIENCE, SECONDARY TAG, TRAVEL HISTORY AND SHARED HISTORY . I RECENTLY COMPLETED MY INITIAL PRINCIPLES LICENSE , SO I HAVE A WEALTH OF BACKGROUND IN ALL AREAS OF EDUCATION. I KNOW A BIT ABOUT HOW BUDGET COMMITTEES WORK. WE JUST CUT, UNFORTUNATELY. WE HAD TO INCREASE THE FINAL NUMBER, BUT UPWARDS OF 10 MILLION LAST YEAR AND WHERE CUTTING ANOTHER 5.5 RIGHT NOW, SO THE ACADEMIC RETURN ON INVESTMENT PROCESS IS SOMETHING WE KNOW VERY WELL THAT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY

038WE SAW THIS ADVERTISED. I JUST THOUGHT, I'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT. IT'S A PAINFUL PROCESS, BUT A PROCESS WHERE YOU CAN RELIEVE YOU FOR PERMISSION AND VALUES FROM YOUR DISTRICT WHEN YOU MAKE CAREFUL CHOICES WITH YOUR FUNDS. PART OF ME WANTING TO BE HERE IS TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE BOTH AS A PARENT OR COMMUNITY MEMBER OR EDUCATOR. ALSO, MAINS FIXES MY EXPENSES OF GOING THROUGH THIS AND HAVING GONE THROUGH IT AGAIN. WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING PRINCIPAL TRYING TO WRITE YOUR BUDGET. WHEN YOU ARE A TEACHER OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY KIDS WILL BE IN FRONT OF YOU NEXT YEAR. HOW WE WILL SHIFT FUNDS FROM ONE TO ANOTHER. WE HAVE TO CUT STAFF WHEN YOU HAVE TO CUT BUDGET. THERE'S NO WAY AROUND IT. WHAT SKILLS OR EXPERTISE WOULD YOU

039BRING TO THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE? SKILLS, OKAY. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH BUDGET PROCESSES MULTIPLE TIMES AND I KNOW THE INSIDE AND OUT. I KNOW THEM AS A STAFF MEMBER AND AS A PARENT. SKILLS AND EXPERTISE , YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS , ACADEMIC RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE USE AND ASSUMING PETE USES IT, AS WELL. THAT IS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS . HOW DO YOU DETERMINE AND WHERE DO YOU GET FUNDING? I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT. I'M GOOD WITH BUDGETING. I AM A VERY GOOD COMMUNICATOR WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT. THANK YOU. WE SENT YOU A LINK TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND I'M SURE YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE IN GENERAL. DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR OBSERVATIONS RELATED TO THAT? JUST THINKING ABOUT BALANCE.

040I'M A PARENT OF STUDENTS AND SPECIAL ED STUDENTS. WHEN I THINK ABOUT BALANCE AND THE GOAL OF MAKING SURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE GROWING MY QUESTION IS, HOW ARE USING PROCESSES LIKE ACADEMIC INTERNAL INVESTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING AT CUTS THAT YOU ARE MAKING SURE THAT THE STUDENTS MOST IMPACTED ARE ALSO GETTING WHAT THEY ARE NEEDING, SO LOOKING AT YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS VERY WELL WRITTEN AND NOT THAT DISSIMILAR FROM OURS. HOW DO YOU ENACT THAT? ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO OTHER SCHOOL BOARD IS HARDLY THE SUPERINTENDENT AND DIRECTOR --SUPERINTENDENT OF TENETS THAT UNDERSTANDS THE RELATIONSHIP AND IMPORTANCE OF THESE THINGS. WE GET REGULAR UPDATES ON BOARD MEETINGS . THAT IS ONE THING OR A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT REALLY HELPS US MAKE THE DECISIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE

041HAS ANYTHING ELSE THEY WANT TO ADD ON THE TOPIC? I HAVE THE FINAL QUESTION. THE PAST THREE YEARS HAVE UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES CREATING OPERATING CONDITIONS UNLIKE ANY EXPERIENCED IN MODERN TIMES WITHOUT UNDULY FOCUSING ON THOSE CONDITIONS, WHAT ARE ONE OR TWO THINGS WE ARE DOING WELL AND ONE OR TWO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE UPON? FROM A PARENT PERSPECTIVE, ESPECIALLY A PARENT OF A SPECIAL ED STUDENT, THE COMPLETE WRAPAROUND SERVICES IS SOMETHING THAT I THOUGHT WAS EXCELLENT WITH THIS DISTRICT IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS , DATA GATHERING PROCESS , ABILITY COUNSELING STAFF AND TO THE TEACHERS YOU HAVE THAT ARE AMAZING. SOMETHING THAT I FELT VERY SINCERELY IS THAT WARM HAND OFF OF, WE KNOW YOUR CHILD IS STRUGGLING AND HERE WE WILL WRAP AROUND THEM 100% AND MY CHILD HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT. ANYTHING

042WE CAN IMPROVE UPON? YOU KNOW, I REALLY NEED TO KICK THE TIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE AND LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD TO SAY THAT. I GET TO GO TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS QUICKLY AND I HAVE PRESENTED THEM ALL THE TIME. I HAVE NOT YET BEEN TO ONE OF YOURS, SO I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE. IT LOOKS QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN OURS. JUST REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE THE PROCESS THAT HAS GONE ON SO FAR AND I'VE HEARD SOME THINGS ABOUT NOTIFICATIONS THAT HAVE GONE OUT TO CERTAIN TEACHERS AND AM CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED THUS FAR IN THE PROCESS AND WHERE YOU ARE AND WHEN YOU BRING IN THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE. WHAT IS ALREADY DECIDED AND WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND FINALIZING THE DECISIONS AS CONSTITUENTS THAT WE ARE?

043WERE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO. AS WE SAID, WE HAVE TWO OPEN POSITIONS AND FOUR PEOPLE . OF COURSE, YOU BRING A LOT OF GREAT SKILLS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER COMMITTEES AND ADVISORY SKILL? GROUPS. YOU ARE WELCOME TO APPLY FOR THOSE. I SAID THIS TO SOMEBODY ELSE EARLIER, BUT THIS IS THE HARDEST INTERVIEW PROCESS. WE HOPE YOU WILL CONSIDER THAT AND OUR TIMELINE. PRESENTLY, WE HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR ACTION FOR THE TWO CANDIDATES SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 10th OF THE MEETING AND WE STAY ON THAT SCHEDULE AND WE WOULD NOTIFY CANDIDATES AFTERWARD AND FOR THE TWO CANDIDATES COLLECTED, THERE IS AN ON BOARDING PROCESS AND WE HAVE OUR FIRST FORMAL MEETING , WHICH IS AN ORIENTATION MEETING THAT TAKES PLACE IN LATE APRIL AND THE ACTUAL LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEES WITH CONSIDERATION

044TO BOTH BUDGETS THAT WILL START IN EARLY OR MID MAY. FANTASTIC. I HAVE BEEN PULLING NUMBERS FROM THE AT A GLANCE REPORT CARDS FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS FOR MY OWN DISTRICT BUDGETING PROCESS AND I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME COMPARISONS ACROSS DISTRICTS IN THE METRO AREA AND THIS IS JUST A LITTLE , HOW ARE WE DOING ALL ACROSS THE METRO AREA IN TERMS OF STUDENT CHANGE, PERCENTAGE CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS IN OUR DISTRICTS AND ALSO THE STAFF. STAFFING RATIO COMPARISON IS KIND OF INTERESTING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, SO I WAS JUST PULLING IT FROM MY BOSS LAST NIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD TO MEET YOU ALL. >> NICE TO MEET YOU. WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR INTERVIEWS. THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE CONSIDER THE CANDIDATES AND I WILL SPEAK TO DIRECTOR . PROVIDE

045HER FEEDBACK AND SEND CRANSTON'S TOPIC OF CHOICES AND I WOULD SUGGEST YOU RANK THEM ONE AND TWO . IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE AT 5:43. FOR OUR CAPTIONER, WE WILL BEGIN THE REGULAR BOARD MEETING AT 6:00. CALL THE SCHOOL BOARD INTO SESSION AT 6:00 P.M. LET'S SEE HERE. WE WILL BEGIN WITH WELCOME AND COMMENTS FROM STAFF , LEARNING IN LAKE OSWEGO, WORLD LANGUAGE. WE HAVE THREE STUDENTS HERE TODAY AND WE HAVE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ALICE FROM HI. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPENSE WITH WORLD LANGUAGE AND LEARNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. OVER THE PAST SIX YEARS, I HAVE HAD --I LOVE LEARNING LANGUAGE AND LEARNING SPANISH AT PALISADES. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN DOING EACH SESSION . DURING LANGUAGE, WE DO ENGLISH SPANISH ENGLISH SPANISH, SO WE CAN WORK

046ON BOTH LANGUAGES AND GET THE TECHNIQUES DONE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WRITING . FOR EXAMPLE, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, WE WROTE A SHORT STORY AND OUR TEACHER LED US THROUGH EACH STEP AND CHECKED THE DRAFT AND GIVE US TIPS THAT WERE HELPFUL WHEN DOING IT AND WE WROTE IN ENGLISH, SO WE COULD'S PRACTICE , THEN WE WROTE IN SPANISH, SO WE COULD ALSO DO THAT. AND TO GET BETTER. ALSO, ANOTHER THING THAT I LIKE DOING WAS LAST YEAR IN FOURTH GRADE, WE WOULD READ A STORY, THEN WE WOULD SOMETIMES DO A PROJECT AFTER REREAD THE STORY, SO IT WAS MORE FUN AND WE DID THINGS LIKE THAT ONCE WE AT IT AT A PLAY IN GROUPS AFTER WE READ THE STORY AND WE PRESENTED TO THE WHOLE CLASS AND I LIKE

047DOING THAT A LOT. ONE MORE THING THAT I LIKED DOING WAS AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD SOMETHING CALLED READING GROUPS. WE WOULD GET IN GROUPS BASED ON THE LEVEL OF READING IN SPANISH AND WE READ A BOOK , THEN WE ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT AND DISCUSS IT IN THE GROUP. AT THE END, WE PRESENT AND MAKE A PRESENTATION USING A VIDEO OR POSTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEN WE GET TO THE CLASS AND I LIKE DOING THAT PERSONALLY, SO THAT IT MOTIVATES ME TO WANT TO LEARN THAT STUFF. I HAVE HAD A REALLY GOOD EXPERIENCE AT PALISADES. THANKS FOR LISTENING. [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. I JOINED THE SPANISH COMMUNITY THIS YEAR AS AN EIGHTH GRADER AND I TESTED IN THE EMERGENT LAST YEAR THROUGH TAKING THE

048TEST WHERE MY AVERAGE SCORE WAS A 4. AFTER HALF A YEAR, AND BUMPED MY AVERAGE SCORE TO A 6.5 , WHICH MEANS I CAN RECEIVE MY SEAL OF BILITERACY THIS YEAR , WHICH MARKS ME AS OFFICIALLY BILINGUAL. IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO MAKE SO MANY CONNECTIONS THROUGH MY FRIENDS. IT SEEMED DAUNTING AT FIRST TO JOIN A COMMUNITY WHERE SO MANY KIDS HAVE BEEN TOGETHER SINCE KINDERGARTEN OR EVEN EARLIER LEARNING A LANGUAGE, BUT THIS YEAR I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SO MANY FRIENDS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY POSITIVE FOR ME SEEING AS I ONLY CAME TO THIS DISTRICT LAST YEAR . IT HAS ALLOWED ME TO MAKE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AND ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL. MY ENTIRE TEAM FROM THIS YEAR WAS FORMED BY CHILDREN FROM SPANISH IMMERSION IN MY

049GRADE . WE DO A LOT OF THINGS IN SPANISH IMMERSION AND MY FAVORITE IS SPANISH IMMERSION SOCIAL STUDIES, BECAUSE IT TAKES A CLASS THAT I NORMALLY WOULDN'T FIND CHALLENGING AND ADDS AN EXTRA LAYER TO WHERE I CAN LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE AND ENGAGE WITH PEERS IN THAT LANGUAGE. WE WRITE ESSAYS AND LEARN ABOUT SOCIAL STUDIES, WHICH ALLOWS ME TO STAY ON TRACK WITH OTHER FRIENDS WHO AREN'T IN SPANISH IMMERSION THROUGHOUT THE CURRICULUM , BUT ALSO CHALLENGED ME AND TEACH ME A NEW LANGUAGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, AS WELL. I AM CURRENTLY IN AP SPANISH. THIS IS MY FIFTH YEAR AND I THINK SPANISH IS SO VALUABLE AND I THINK IT'S EVEN MORE VALUABLE TO ME AND I'M VERY INTERESTED IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER

050ENSURING THAT STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO HIS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND I THINK LEARNING SPANISH ALLOWS THAT TO HAPPEN. WE LEARN SPANISH THROUGH A LENS OF CULTURAL LEARNING FIRST WHERE WE ENGAGE WITH CULTURAL MATERIAL AND PERSPECTIVES THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM OURS, WHICH CAN SEEM SO FAR AWAY FROM US. FOR EXAMPLE, TO RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY MONTH EXPERIENCE IN LATIN AMERICA, WHICH HAS BEEN SO VALUABLE TO ME AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN RECOGNIZE WOULD NOT HAVE LEARNED OTHERWISE IF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT CLASS. WE ARE ALSO VULNERABLE AND IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE LEARNING FOR THE FIRST TIME . YOU DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND A NEW LANGUAGE ALTOGETHER, SO WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NOT GOING TO DO IT PERFECTLY. TAKING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE CLASSES AND I DEVELOP FIRST AND FOREMOST IN MY SPANISH

051CLASSES. YOU ARE ALSO VERY WELL SPOKEN AND IT'S CLEAR THAT YOU ARE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME COMMUNICATING SO WELL IN ENGLISH AND I'M SURE IN SPANISH, AS WELL. ANY OF YOU INTEND ON PURSUING LANGUAGE IN COLLEGE? I WANT TO KEEP DOING IT AND LEARN MORE AND GO TO PLACES AND SPEAK A LOT OF SPANISH. I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE SPANISH IN COLLEGE, ESPECIALLY SINCE BY THE END OF HIGH SCHOOL I WILL HAVE ENOUGH CREDITS TO MINOR IN SPANISH AT A COLLEGE I CHOOSE TO GO TO BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF CLASSES I WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE STARTING WITH SPANISH FOUR NEXT YEAR AND AP SPANISH . I THINK THAT ALLOWS ME TO CREATE A BROADER IDEA FOR WHAT I WILL DO IN COLLEGE. VERY SIMILAR EXPERIENCE. I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN SO

052MANY CREDITS BY TAKE SPANISH CLASSES FROM SPANISH THREE TO AP SPANISH . I TAKE IT WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY LEARNING AND NOT LOSE ALL OF THIS WORK I PUT IN. GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU. YOU ARE VERY IMPRESSIVE. [ APPLAUSE ] WE WILL NOW MOVE ON . BEFORE I GO ON, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT DIRECTOR AND WILL MOVE ON TO COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS. WE HAVE SOME --I WILL JUST READ OFF THE NAMES FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE WRITTEN TESTIMONY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED TESTIMONY IN SUPPORT OF MUSIC OR PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS. APOLOGIES IF I MISS PRONOUNCE HER NAME. AND HADLEY, EMILY CHILD, ELAINE, BROOKLINE , TED CRANES, SARAH, SARAH LINDLEY AND KIERSTEN. THREE PEOPLE SUBMITTED TESTIMONY REGARDING IT. WE HAVE NOW

053SOME PEOPLE FOR IN PERSON TESTIMONY . I WILL CALL YOU OUT AND WE WILL START WITH HENRY. HELLO. MY NAME IS HENRY. I AM A JUNIOR AT LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THE LOHS PROGRAM HAS HAD ON ME THROUGHOUT MY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. I JOINED LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS A SOPHOMORE. I DID IT ANYWAY AND I WAS PLACED IN WHAT OUR SCHOOL CALLS LAKER CHOIR, WHICH IS OUR BEGINNING CHOIR. I KNEW NO ONE GOING INTO AND HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT IT WOULD BE THE BEST CHOICE IN MY LIFE AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE CLASSES THAT I WILL EVER TAKE. WHILE IT WAS DIFFICULT, HAVING FEWER IN MUSIC WAS A GREAT ENTRY TO ME AND TALKED ABOUT GROUND ZERO. I

054PROBABLY WOULD HAVE DROPPED THE CLASS. THAT WOULD IMPACT MY LIFE SO SIGNIFICANTLY. I MET SOME OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE AND BEST FRIENDS FROM CHOIR THAT I OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE NEVER MET. FROM ALL OF THAT PREPARATION, I WAS ABLE TO JOIN A CAPPELLA AND I WAS JUST IN PASSION FOR MUSIC THERE WAS AND I DIDN'T KNOW PEOPLE WERE SO INTO MUSIC LIKE THAT. THAT YEAR, WE WENT ON TO PLAY IN THE A CAPPELLA SET AND IT WAS JUST BEAUTIFUL. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING POSSIBLE WITHOUT HAVING EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT STAGES. ON TOP OF BEING A CAPPELLA, I WAS A DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT FOR THIS YEAR'S CHOIR AND IT WAS A --CRAZY TO SEE THE SPARK IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE PASSION THAT THEY GET FOR MUSIC . IT WOULD BE DEVASTATING

055TO SEE THAT BE TAKEN AWAY. OVERALL, A FAMILY AND A PLACE TO FEEL AND IT GETS SCHOOL AND WHERE I FOUND WHERE I WAS . [ APPLAUSE ] HELLO. I'M A SOFT BAR HERE AT LOHS AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN AFFECTING OUR CHOIR PROGRAMS BUT AS A STUDENT INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT CHOIR CLASSES, I HAVE EXPERIENCED THE VALUE AND IMPORTANCE OF OUR PROGRAM. NOT JUST FOR ME, BUT THE COUNTLESS STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE EVERY YEAR. WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I WAS SOMEONE WHO PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON AP CLASSES WITH RIGOROUS CLASSWORK AS THAT IS WHAT WHAT THE CULTURE TOLD US TO DO. I BELIEVE THAT ELECTORATES WERE FILLERS AND SOMETHING THAT WAS EXTRA AND DIDN'T MATTER IN THE LONG RUN. AS I PUSHED MYSELF ACADEMICALLY, I REALIZED THAT HARD CLASSES AND BURYING MYSELF IN BOOKS DID

056IT MEAN THAT I WOULD HAVE A PRODUCTIVE FUTURE IF I DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING I LOVED IN MY SCHEDULE AND PUSHED ME TO KEEP GOING EVERY DAY BEING BOTH MY MOTIVATION AND BALANCE FOR MY LIFE AT LOHS. THE WAY WE SHOULD VIEW CLASSES IS NOT JUST ANOTHER ELECTIVE WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF STUDENTS SIGNED UP FOR EACH CLASS, BUT A PROGRAM THAT HELPS BUILD STUDENT SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE. EACH LEVEL INTRODUCING KIDS TO MUSIC LEADING THEM FOR INTERMEDIATE CHOIR ALL THE WAY TO A CAPPELLA EXPERIENCING THE MOST DYNAMIC AND ASKED ADVANCED PIECES. A SELECT GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE A PROFOUND PASSION FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL PROGRAM. ALTHOUGH IT'S A GROUP OF SMALLER NUMBERS, WE SHOULDN'T VIEW IT AS A BURST, BUT AS SKILL. IT IS ALMOST AS IF TELLING A CHILD WITH NO FOOTBALL EXPERIENCE JUMPED STRAIGHT

057INTO THE NFL. IT IS UNREALISTIC AND UNFAIR. THE DIFFERENT CLASSES PROVIDING VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW, IT CAN LEAD TO SOME FEELING DISENGAGED OR BORED AND OTHERS OVERWHELMED. BEYOND SKILL BUILDING, PEER SUPPORT A TIGHTKNIT COMMUNITY THAT IS DIVERSE AND RARE TOO MANY ELECTIVES HERE. WE HAVE ARTIST TO ATHLETES TO MATHEMATICIANS AND SCIENTISTS AND A COMMUNITY THAT RINGS COMMUNITIES TOGETHER BASED ON DIFFERENT INTEREST INSTEAD OF PUSHING THEM AWAY TO ONE HOBBY AND ACADEMIC INTEREST CLASSES CLASHES WITH ANOTHER. I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THESE CUTS AS MORE THAN JUST A CLASS, BUT A HOME FOR ME AND MY PEERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I'M A SENIOR AT LOHS AND I HAVE BEEN IN CHOIR FOR ALL FOUR YEARS. IT IS A UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. MY DAYS ARE FILLED WITH TENSE CLASSES AND

058IMPENDING DOOM FOR THE NEXT TEST I TAKE AND PREPARING FOR THE NEXT CHALLENGE READY TO REAR ITS UGLY HEAD. WITHIN THE DIFFICULT AND TRYING ENVIRONMENT IS A RARE BUBBLE OF CHOIR. I SAVABLE, BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE I HAVE WALKED INTO A DIFFERENT WORLD. OUR TEACHER HAS TAKEN THIS ROOM INTO A SAFE AND ENGAGING SPACE TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC. SOME SAY BEST IN THE STATE. IT IS CLEAR HOW MUCH HE PUTS TO NOT ONLY THE MUSICAL SIDE OF THE PROGRAM, BUT THE COMMUNITY. THROUGH MY FOUR YEARS IN CHOIR, I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THREE, BUT THE ONE I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON AS SOME HAVE FOCUSED ON WAS CHOIR AND A GROUP OF ALL AGES. THIS IS A SMALL CLASS AND FOR A FRESHMAN LIKE ME BACK IN 2021 OUT OF COVID, I WOULDN'T

059HAVE BEEN READY FOR ANYTHING ELSE. IT WAS VERY SCARY TO WALK BACK INTO A CHOIR ROOM AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT. THIS WAS NOT IMPERATIVE FOR MY GROWTH AS A SINGER, BUT INTERESTING TO THE COMMUNITY OF LOHS AND MEETING AMAZING PEOPLE. I FIND MYSELF GRATEFUL FOR THIS 12 PERSON GROUP AND IT WAS INSPIRING TO WATCH OUR IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH. I HAVE COMPLETELY BONDED WITH SUCCESS AND TRULY BELIEVE THAT EVERY WOMAN SHE SPENT WITH THE CLASS OF ANY SIZE IS IMPORTANT NOT JUST OUR A CAPPELLA CHOIR. WITHOUT SMALLER CLASSES , CONNECTION, LEARNING AND GROWTH IS LOST. THE THINGS WE LEARN TRANSLATES DIRECTLY TO THINGS THAT SUCCEED IN THE LARGER MIXED VOICE CHOIRS. INCREASING SUCCESS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. I UNDERSTAND RESULTS-BASED ANALYSIS AND SING SUCCESS OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, I NEEDED

060TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS NOT RANDOM OR LUCKY, BUT A LONG-TERM VISION AND GOAL BEHIND COMMUNITY BUILDING, UNDERSTANDING AND CONNECTION BETWEEN EVERY SINGLE STUDENT OF OUR PROGRAM THAT LED TO THE SECOND-PLACE FINISH OUT OF 2024 OSA COMPETITION. IMPRESSIVE GROWTH WITHIN MYSELF AND CHOIR AND A KORAN SOCIAL LEVEL. THERE IS SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL HAPPENING EVERY SINGLE DAY AND HOUR AND WE WOULD BE WRECKING THE SAFE SPACE FOR SO MANY VALUABLE CITIZENS, STUDENTS AND PIONEERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS DYLAN AND I'M A JUNIOR AT LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL AND I HAVE BEEN IN CHOIR SINCE MY FRESHMAN YEAR AT LOHS. I DID IT ALL THROUGHOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH IT WOULD GROW UNTIL I GOT TO THE CHOIR. I JOINED OUR CHOIR FRESHMAN YEAR AND LASTED ME THROUGHOUT CHOIR AND I WOULDN'T

061THINK OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN MET OR INTERTWINED IF IT WASN'T FOR THE CLASS. TRAVEL CHOIR WAS EYE-OPENING TO ME WHEN I WAS ABLE TO SIT AT OUR FIRST CONCERT AND WATCH PERFORM . I REMEMBER THEY HAD A PIECE. I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS CALLED, BUT THEY ARE ALL IN BRIGHT COLORS AND SEEING THESE OLDER GROUPS SUCH AS A CAPPELLA WAS SO INSPIRING AND MADE ME KNOW THAT I WANTED TO STAY AND WORK MY WAY UP TO THE MOST ADVANCED CHOIR . THIS YEAR IS MY JUNIOR YEAR AND I'M PART OF AN A CAPPELLA, WHICH I'M INFINITELY GRATEFUL FOR. MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, EMITTED INTO CHOIR, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT COULD'VE HAPPENED. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING ON LEARNING MUSIC THEORY, RHYTHMS AND SIGHT READING THAT HELPED ME PREPARE AND

062AUDITION AND MAKE MY WAY INTO A CAPPELLA . EACH YEAR, MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN UNIQUE AND HELPED ME GROW IN ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL WAY. FRESHMAN YEAR, I WAS SOFT-SPOKEN AND WAS NOT ABLE TO TRY OUT FOR A SOLO WITHOUT BREAKING DOWN FROM ANXIETY AND I WASN'T ABLE TO TALK IN CLASS. I WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN HERE AND I OWE THAT TO CHOIR. BY THE END OF MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, I TRIED OUT FOR SOLOS AND I WAS IN A SMALL GROUP THAT PERFORMED AT OUR END OF YOUR CONCERT AS PART OF OUR ONE OF OUR MASH UPS, WHICH WAS A FUN SONG TO SING. I LEARNED SKILLS FROM THAT SMALL AND SUPPORTIVE CHOIR AND I DON'T REMEMBER HOW SMALL, BUT SMALLER THAN A CAPPELLA THIS YEAR AND BOTH EXPERIENCES HAVE HELPED ME GROW AN INSANE AMOUNT.

063I BELIEVE THAT CHOIR IS NOT ONLY THERE TO TEACH SOMEONE THERE MUSIC THEORY, RHYTHM OR SIGHT READING. IT IS ABLE TO HELP SOCIAL SKILLS IMMENSELY AND I CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL THAT THIS IS MY FAVORITE PLACE AT SCHOOL AND ONE OF THE PLACES THAT FEELS MOST LIKE HOME EVEN THOUGH IT'S AT SCHOOL, WHICH I DON'T LOOK FORWARD TO MOST DAYS. I KNOW D.A. FOR TRAVEL CHOIR AND WATCH THE YOUNG AND SMALL CHOIR IMPROVE ON MUSIC MAKES ME REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT YOUR WAS. THAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CHOIR DEPENDING ON READINESS AND SKILL SET. THERE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE IN CHOIR . I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR THE MEMORIES I MADE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, INCLUDING MY TRIPS, RETREATS AND EVERY CONCERT THAT HAS BEEN SPECIAL AND INSPIRATIONAL. EACH YEAR HAS BEEN

064AN EXPERIENCE I WILL NEVER FORGET. I HOPE IN A FEW MINUTES THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH THE CHOIR CAN IMPACT ONE STUDENT AND HOW MUCH IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT OTHERS. [ APPLAUSE ] HELLO. IT'S A LITTLE MORE NERVE-RACKING RIGHT HERE. MY NAME IS CLAIRE AND I'M A SENIOR AT LOHS. I HAVE DONE CHOIR ALL FOUR YEARS AND BEFORE MIDDLE SCHOOL, TOO. I HAVE BEEN PART OF FOUR REQUIRES PRETTY TROUBLE, BEL CANTO, A CAPPELLA AND I GUESS THIS YEAR I'M DOING DOLLIES, WHICH IS A FOUR PERSON QUARTET OF GIRLS AND WINDJAMMERS. LIKE MY OTHER CLASSMATES, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW HOW CRUCIAL IT IS FOR THE SUCCESS IN THE WHOLE PROGRAM. CHOIR IS A COLLABORATIVE THING AND IT'S A LOT ABOUT TRUST AND TRUSTING YOURSELF AND OTHERS AND FEELING COMFORTABLE

065MAKING MISTAKES AND LEARNING FROM THOSE MISTAKES. THE SMALLER TIGHTKNIT GROUPS, IT'S EASIER TO GET TO KNOW PEOPLE. SHE GETS TO KNOW YOU AND WITHOUT THE BONDS CREATED IN THOSE EARLY CLASSES, IT'S SO CRUCIAL TO THE SUCCESS OF A CAPPELLA. IT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY. NEXT WEEKEND, I THINK YOU FORGOT TO SET THE TIMER BY THE WAY. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. NEXT WEEKEND , THE WINDJAMMERS WILL BE SPLITTING UP AND GOING TO ALL MEA DISTRICT COMPETITION AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT OUR SUCCESS AT ALL. I THINK WE WILL DO REALLY WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW MY CLASSMATES SO WELL AND WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR AND I TRUST THEM TO DO WELL. THEY MAKE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE TO BRING MY BEST EVERY DAY. I HAVE BEEN WITH THEM SINCE FRESHMAN

066YEAR, SO IT'S AN EASY PLACE TO SUCCEED AND AT THE COMPETITION, SHE WILL BE CONNECTING US AND IT'S ALL ON OUR OWN. IT IS THIS FOUNDATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR AND IT'S SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE BUILDING THESE COMMUNITIES OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER AND WOULDN'T BE TRUSTING OURSELVES TO COME IN TOGETHER OR TO SING WELL TOGETHER. EVERY PIECE OF THE CHOIR PROGRAM IS IMPORTANT AND I LEARNED SO MUCH FROM MY TIME IN THE TROUBLE CHOIR AND BEL CANTO. I'VE MADE SOME FRIENDS AND CREATING THE SUCCESS IN A CAPPELLA AND I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS A CHOIR WITHOUT THESE YOUNGER CHOIRS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO US TODAY. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. [ APPLAUSE ] NOW, FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, WE HAVE KELSEY. THERE

067ARE TWO OF US AND YOU CAN BOOT ME IF YOU WANT TO, BUT --OKAY. GOOD. GO. MY NAME IS KELSEY AND I'M A PARENT OF THREE BOYS ENTERING THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE . I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE BOND MEASURE AND THE GOAL FOR ME IS TO GET IT PASSED. THE FIRST ISSUE I SEE IS THAT YOUR WEBSITE INDICATES VERY LOW APPROVAL FOR THE PAST FUNDS IN THE FIRST PHASE HAS 59% AND PHASE TWO INDICATED 54% AND PHASE THREE , I THINK YOU'LL HAVE A RAZOR THIN MARGIN ON THIS ONE. ONE, BECAUSE OF THE POST-PANDEMIC WORLD THAT CHANGES IN THE FEDERAL OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. OF COURSE, INFLATION AND TAX COMING. WE ALSO HAVE A BOATER ISSUE AND CHALLENGE. THE SOUTH SIDE OF

068THE LAKE HAS HAD THEIR SCHOOLS IMPROVE AND WE HAVE THAT ARE LIKELY MAYBE NOT VOTING FOR IT , SO WE REALLY HAVE TO GET THE COMMUNITY TO RALLY TOGETHER, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE SECOND ISSUE, WHICH IS THE FACT THAT THERE IS A CHOICE BETWEEN UPDATING SCHOOL VERSUS LAKE GROVE WITH THE COST OF LAKE GROVE BEING 40 MILLION MORE IN BOND FUNDING, WHICH IS NOT FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AND I KNOW A LOT OF VOTERS ARE VOTING NO BASED ON THAT . YOUR JOB IS ELECTED BOARD OFFICIALS IS TO BE FUNDING OF THE MONEY TO ENSURE THAT THESE SCHOOLS GET FILLED. THESE SCHOOLS ARE IN DIFFERENT DESPERATE NEED OF UPGRADES. THIS IS NOT A TURF WAR AND I'M NOT HERE TO ARGUE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT JUST NUMBERS ON PAPER AND THIS BOARD IS MAKING A

069BAD DECISION TO UPDATE AND UNSYMPATHETIC TO THE PARENTS. I AM. I THINK IT'S WHEN THE SCHOOL WAS SHUT DOWN. I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE TAX OF THAT ASSESSMENT. A CHAIR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND DID A PRESENTATION AND WE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE BRING UP THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE NOT BOARD MEMBERS. ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU MEAN TO SAY THAT WE COULD HAVE --IT COULD BE $40 MILLION LESS IF WE DIDN'T DO LAKE GROVE AND WE JUST DID THE REPAIR, SO I ASKED TONY FOR SOME INFORMATION AND EXACT NUMBERS AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET BACK TO ME. I AM VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND I AM CHAIR OF THE WATERSHED COUNCIL AND ON THE PARK BOARD AND I WANT THE BOND MEASURE TO PASS, BUT WILL WE GET COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE,

070$40 MILLION MORE AND IF YOU TRANSLATE THAT INTO TAX RETURN PROPERTY TAX, THEN IT WILL BE LIKE $250 FOR THE 500 THOUSAND DOLLAR HOME EVALUATION, SO IF IT'S $1 MILLION, IT WILL BE THE $500 MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 10 YEARS AS SOMEONE --FOREST HILLS WILL WANT TO PAY $5000 TO FIX LAKE GROVE. THAT IS A QUESTION TO BE ASKED AND THANK. IF YOU STICK AROUND, WE WILL HAVE A RESOLUTION ON IT. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. >> THAT IS ALL OF OUR COMMENTS FROM OUR PATRONS, SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA . I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, BILLS. ALL IN FAVOR? THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. NOW, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 5.0 ,, FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES . MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY

071MONTH AND A TIME TO CELEBRATE MULTIPLE CONTRIBUTIONS AND ENDURING LEGACY IN OUR SCHOOLS AND BEYOND. TONIGHT'S RESOLUTION REFLECTS OUR COMMITMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGING THE VALUABLE IMPACT OF ACHIEVEMENTS AND SUPPORTING UPLIFT . DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY, AS WELL? I INVITED TWO STUDENTS FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. LEXI IS A PHILANTHROPY DIRECTOR AND IS A LEADER OF OUR PERIOD CLUB, SO I INVITED THEM TO READ THE RESOLUTION WITH US AND SHARE ABOUT SOME OF THEIR ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WOULD YOU LIKE US TO --. OF COURSE. MY NAME IS KIM AND I'M A SENIOR AT LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. MY CLUB -- BASICALLY OUR MISSION IS TO COMBAT AGAINST MENSTRUAL PROPERTY AND PROMOTE MENSTRUAL EQUITY. ALSO, DESTIGMATIZE PERIODS IN OUR LOCAL AND GLOBAL COMMUNITY. BASICALLY, THE WAY THAT WE DO THAT IS WE

072DO . ARE PRODUCT DRIVES , AS WELL AS PERIOD KIT MAKING PARTIES. IN PORTLAND. WE ARE ALSO A CHAPTER OF THE PERIOD ORGANIZATION WHICH IS IN PORT LAND. AND ACTUALLY TOMORROW WE ARE HAVING A GUEST SPEAKER EVENT DURING LUNCH. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES COME AND SPEAK ABOUT HOW TO GET MORE INVOLVED IN MENSTRUAL ADVOCACY IN OREGON. AND SORRY. MY NAME IS LEXI. I AM A JUNIOR. ME AND MY BEST FRIEND ARE DIRECTORS AT LAKE RIDGE. WE ARE IN CHARGE OF EVERYTHING AT LAKE RIDGE INCLUDING GOLD WEEK AND PINK WEEK THAT HIGHLIGHTS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND PEDIATRIC AWARENESS. WE PLANNED THE WEEK FOR THAT. OUR MAIN JOB IS BLOOD DRIVES. WE HOST THEM WITH RED CROSS. WE HAVE ONE MARCH 5th IF YOU WANT TO DONATE BLOOD. IT IS AT THE LDS

073CHURCH. THAT IS OUR BIG THING. I AM PART OF ABC, ASB, OBVIOUSLY AND ALONGSIDE THAT I AM ACTIVE IN SPORTS AND VERY ACTIVE WITH TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO SPORTS, I FEEL THAT IS A VERY BIG THING IN OUR COMMUNITY. NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT FOR WOMEN'S SPORTS. I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT PEOPLE TO SUPPORT WOMEN ATHLETES, CROSS-COUNTRY AND SWIM THAT ARE MY FAVORITE SPORTS. WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION. I THINK WE WILL JUST GO AROUND AND READ IT AND MAYBE YOU CAN EACH READ DIFFERENT PARAGRAPHS AND GO AROUND. OKAY. WANT TO START? YEP. >> WHERE AS THE ADVOCACY EFFORTS OF THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT LED TO AN ANNUAL OBSERVANTS OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH. WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN TO EVENTS IN HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND CELEBRATED DURING MARCH IN THE UNITED STATES.

074WHERE AS WOMEN OF EVERY BACKGROUND HAVE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF OUR SOCIETY IN RECORDED AND UNRECORDED WAYS WHERE AS DESPITE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN HISTORY HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED IN TEACHING, LABOR, BUSINESS AND OTHER SECTORS WHERE AS THE 2025 THEME FOR THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER, WOMEN EDUCATING AND INSPIRING GENERATIONS WHICH HIGHLIGHTS THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF WOMEN IN EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP AND HOW THEY INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO INSPIRE FUTURE CHANGE. WHERE AS WOMEN HAVE BEEN LEADERS IN NOT ONLY SECURING THEIR OWN RIGHTS OF SUFFRAGE AND EXACTLY OPPORTUNITY BUT ALSO IN THE MOVEMENT, EMANCIPATION MOVEMENT, DISABILITIES MOVEMENT AND THE MODERN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. WHERE AS FOR GENERATIONS WOMEN RESOLVED CONFLICTS IN THEIR HOMES, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES AND THEY REJECTED VIOLENCE AS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE AND WANT TO ESTABLISH RESPECT, JUSTICE

075AND REDUCE CONFLICT AS THE SUREST WAY TO PEACE WHERE AS THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN MAGNIFIED STRENGTH AND BRILLIANCE THAT WOMEN HAVE MADE AND THE WAY DISCRIMINATION IS PART OF ALL WOMEN'S LIVES. SO MANY WOMEN, NURSES, AIDS, CLEANERS, GROCERY WORKERS, DOCTORS, AGRICULTURE WORKERS, TEACHERS, CLASSIFIED STAFF AND MORE WHERE ON THE FRONTLINES GETTING US THROUGH MULTIPLE CRISIS. WHERE AS ADDITIONAL EDUCATION IS NEEDED TO INCREASE THE KNOWLEDGE OF ALL CITIZENS RELATIVE TO CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS TO DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE LARGER SOCIETY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVE. LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CELEBRATE MONTH OF MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND ENCOURAGE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO INFUSE INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO INCORPORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] . I WILL MOVE TO ADOPT

076WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH RESOLUTION. I WILL SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR. AND WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OTHER COMMENTS? I WANTED TO START OFF BY SAYING I WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND ANY REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE RESOLUTION. BUT I WANT TO SAY THE CULTURE OF FEMINISM AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS IS VERY, VERY PRESENT AT LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL. I NEVER HAD A HISTORY CLASS WHERE WE DID NOT TALK ABOUT SUSAN B. ANTHONY, TUBMAN, WELLS, PARKS, ALL OF THE KEY FIGURES IN THE MOVEMENT THAT DEVELOPED SUFFRAGE TO WHAT IT IS TODAY. THERE IS A GENERAL CULTURE OF RESPECT AND ACKNOWLEDGE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS THROUGHOUT HISTORY THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL. IN TERMS OF STUDENTS FORECASTING HAS BEEN THE BIG THING GOING ON. FORECASTING CLASSES NEXT YEAR. KIDS ARE SCRAMBLING TO SEE WHAT

077CLASSES THEY CAN GET WHO SIGNS UP FIRST, WINNER-TAKES-ALL. SECOND SEMESTER IS GOING STRONG AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THING GOING ON CURRENTLY IS TOMORROW WE ARE HOSTING AN ASSEMBLY FOR OUR LATE TEACHER MARIO PERRY. I PERSONALLY HAD HIM TWO YEARS AS MY HISTORY TEACHER. I LOVED THE MAN. HE WAS LOVED BY EVERYBODY AT THE SCHOOL. WE ALL KEEP HIM IN OUR HEARTS AND OUR PRAYERS. AND ON MARCH 2nd AT 2:00 IN THE AUDITORIUM THERE WILL BE A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR HIM AS WELL. OKAY. >> TO LIKE KIND OF FALL AFTER WHAT JOHN SAID. I ALSO LIKE AGREE WITH, LIKE, THE CULTURE AROUND WOMEN AND SUPPORTING THEM IT IS VERY STRONG AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL. I REALLY LOVE THAT. SECONDLY, SOMETHING THAT I HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF ALONG WITH FORECASTING IS CONCERNS WITH WHAT CLASSES

078AREN'T GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO TAKE NEXT YEAR. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR TEACHERS AND LIKE WHO THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE AND TAKE CLASSES FROM. SO, I KNOW THAT IS A BIG CONCERN AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND THEY DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING. I DON'T EITHER. THERE IS JUST A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THAT AND PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT CERTAIN CLASSES THAT ARE MORE, LIKE, LIKE THE CHOIR STUDENT SAID, THE SMALLER CLASS SIZES THAT ARE TYPICALLY SMALLER AND ADVANCED. IT TAKES A LONGER TIME TO GET TO THOSE CLASS ES. I KNOW PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT CLASSES LIKE THAT AND THOSE TEACHERS AS WELL. OKAY, WE WILL GO ON NOW TO OUR BOARD BUSINESS. WE HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION. IT IS CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WEEK RESOLUTION. CLASSIFIED APPRECIATION WEEK IS

079NEXT WEEK. I WAS LOOKING AROUND FOR YOU IT IS A PACKED ROOM. I APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. AS WE APPROACH CLASSIFIED APPRECIATION WEEK. AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND HONOR THE INCREDIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES AND THEIR UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND HARD WORK. CREATING A INCLUSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US. IT IS WITH DEEP GRATITUDE I AM INVITING THE BOARD TO JOIN ME IN READING THE RESOLUTION IN THEIR HONOR. SO WE WILL BEGIN. WHERE AS THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH IS ESSENTIAL TO THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY, STATE, COUNTRY AND WORLD AND CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES OF THE BACKBONE OF OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION SYSTEM. AND, WHERE THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS, EDUCATORS, PARENTS, VOLUNTEERS, BUSINESS PARTNERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND. CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES REPORT THE SMOOTH OPERATION OF OFFICES, SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS

080AND PROPERTY AND THE SAFE TRANSPORTATION, HEALTHY NUTRITION AND DIRECT CONSTRUCTION OF STUDENTS AND. WHERE AS OUR COMMUNITY DEPENDS AND TRUSTS CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES TO SERVE STUDENTS AND. I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENT. [ LAUGHTER ] WHERE AS CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES WITH THEIR DIVERSE TALENTS AND TRUE DEDICATION NURTURE STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THEIR SCHOOL YEARS AND THEREFORE, THE END RULES, THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS PROCLAIMS MARCH 3rd TO 7th, 2025, TO BE CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEE WEEK AND. FURTHER RESOLVE THAT THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO JOIN IN RECOGNIZING THE DEDICATION AND HARD WORK OF THESE INDIVIDUALS. ALL RIGHT. AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] [ APPLAUSE ] THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO -- OH, SORRY, MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION. I MOVE

081TO ADOPT THE CLASSIFIED SCHOOL EMPLOYEES WEEK RESOLUTION. THAT MR. BILLS. SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR. AND THAT MOTION AND RESOLUTION IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED. I AM 6.2. SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM GOING TO START WITH WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. I CAN COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND IT IS SCARY FOR STUDENTS AND FOR STAFF TO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. I CAN SAY THAT WE STARTED OUR REDUCTION ENFORCE NOTICES TO OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE DISTRICT. THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT THREE WEEKS ALONG WITH TRANSFERS. SO, SOMETIMES THEY, WE BASE ALL OF OUR REDUCTIONS ON SENIORITY AND SO SOMETIMES A SCHOOL HAS A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE TO THEIR TEAM, THEY MIGHT LOSE TOO MANY SO THEY WILL TRANSFER THEM TO ANOTHER SCHOOL TO GET IT COVERED T. IS CONFUSING AND IT

082TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH IT. WE WANT INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERY PERSON THAT IS AFFECTED AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR RECALL RIGHTS. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE REDUCTION ENFORCED THERE ARE FOR 27 MONTHS YOU CAN GET YOUR JOB BACK IF SOMEONE RETIRES, LEAVES, MOVES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN EXPLAIN EVERYTHING TO EVERYONE. THOSE THINGS WILL BE MORE PUBLIC I THINK IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PEOPLE BEING AFFECTED FIRST. I WOULD ALSO WANT TO STAY I AM STILL VERY WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE'S BUDGET AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND BUDGETS THAT PEOPLE COUNT ON IF WE DON'T HAVE IT ANY MORE CAN EFFECT US IN EDUCATION. I AM

083WORRIED ABOUT THAT. JOHN WALLIN AND I WILL MEET WITH SENATOR. WE WERE INVITED TO COME DOWN AND DISCUSS OUR PARTICULAR SITUATION HERE IN LAKE OSWEGO WITH HIM. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WHO WRITTEN LETTERS TO OUR LEGISLATURES AND TALKED ABOUT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NOT ONLY EDUCATION BUT SPECIAL EDUCATION. KEEP THOSE LETTERS COMING IN. I THINK THEY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AND I APPRECIATE IT. THEN I WANT TO GO TO CHARTER SCHOOLS HOUSE BILL 3024. REQUIRES ME TWICE A YEAR TO TALK ABOUT STUDENTS GOING TO CHARTER SCHOOLS IN YOU HAVE OVER 3% OF YOUR STUDENT POPULATION AND TRYING TO GO TO CHARTER SCHOOL YOU CAN DENY THEM ACCESS. WE DO NOT HAVE THAT. WE HAVE ABOUT 80 STUDENTS IT IS A LITTLE OVER 1% OF OUR POPULATION.

084DOES NOT REALLY EFFECT US. AND REMEMBER THE NUMBERS ARE ONLY GOOD AS PEOPLE REPORTING TO US. IT MAY BE OFF, EITHER WAY. WE HAVE THIS WEEKEND WE HAD A TON OF WEEKEND EVENTS. REALLY FUN ONES, ACTUALLY. THE BLACK STUDENT UNION FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY AND THEN WESTERN HERITAGE ON SUNDAY. BOTH OF THE EVENTS WERE SO FUN. I REALLY ENJOY TODAY AND SO DID SKAT. SOMETIMES HE GETS TO GO TO THINGS AND HE DOES NOT KNOW. HE LOVES THESE ONES. FOOD, BOOZE, MUSIC, GUEST SPEAKERS. IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE. THE BLACK STUDENT UNIONS, SNELL, WHO YOU ALL KNOW, DID A GREAT JOB PLANNING THAT EVENT. IT WAS IN, SHE WORKED WITH THE --WE HAD OTHER STUDENTS THERE FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL AND DIFFERENT ADULTS. SO THAT WAS FUN TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. IT WAS

085GREAT. THEN THEY HAD TRADITIONAL INDIAN DANCING, IRISH DANCING. LOTS OF FOOD. IT WAS JUST, THERE WERE KIDS EVERYWHERE. IT WAS DOWNPOURING OUTSIDE AND ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HAVING A BLAST. FUN. GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED PLAN ALL OF THOSE. PERFORMING ARTS WE DO HAVE A MUSICAL COMING UP FEBRUARY 28th-MARCHth 8. THEY ARE FANTASTIC. PLEASE GO TO THEM. I THINK YOU ARE GOING --MARCH 8th. THEY ARE FANTASTIC. I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE IT. ANOTHER FEBRUARY 27th, 28 AND TWO SHOWS ON MARCH 1st. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO, BE AMAZED BY OUR STUDENT PERFORMERS. A LOT OF THEM ARE IN CHOIR AND USE THOSE SKILLS TO PERFORM AND TO ENTERTAIN THE COMMUNITY. CONSTRUCTION. A TON OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON ALL OF THE TIME. THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT,

086LORAC. IT IS NOT DONE YET BUT GETTING NEAR COMPLETION. IT IS NOT DONE YET. THE POOLS ARE FILLED WITH WATER AND THAT IS A REALLY GOOD SIGN. EVERYTHING IS GETTING LAST MINUTE FINISHES AND THEY ARE STARTING UP THE HEATING SYSTEMS, THE PLUMBING, ALL OF THE THINGS THEY NEED TO CHECK TO MAKE SURE AND THEN THE REVIEW. THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE. THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW. IT IS GOING TO BE SOON. WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED. THERE WILL BE A RIBBON CUTTING AT SOME POINT. WE ARE ALL EXCITED. LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL IS GOING AS PLAN. IT IS AHEAD OF SCHOOL. IF YOU JUST LOOK AT IT, YOU DEFINITELY CAN SEE THERE IS A BUILDING THERE FROM COUNTRY CLUB. THE TWO STORY CLASS ROOM STRUCTURE TOPPING OUT. AND THEY

087HAVE DONE SO MUCH WITH CONCRETE AND MASONRY AND IT IS COMING ALONG WHICH IS SO EXCITING. HVAC UPGRADES. WE ARE TRYING TO GET ALL OF IT FOR THE EQUIPMENT RIGHT NOW FOR THE AIR-CONDITIONING. SO, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT SUMMER INSULATION TO MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS WILL GET CLEANED BEFORE SCHOOL STARTING. AND HARDWARE AND PART OF OUR ONGOING SAFETY AND SECURITY IS ASSESSING ALL OF THE DOOR HARDWARE. SOME OF THE DOORS IN THE OLDER BUILDINGS THEY HAVE DIFFERENT HARDWARE TO MAKE IT HARD TO LOCK THEM FROM THE INSIDE. WE ARE REPLACING THOSE. AND, RIGHT NOW THEY ARE DOING A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT OF ALL IN THE DISTRICT. AND THEN OUR NEW POOL FILLED POOL OVER HERE, WE DO HAVE A DESIGN TO CONVERT THE POOL INTO MULTIUSE SPACE. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. IT IS INTENDED

088TO DECOMMISSION A POOL, FILL IT IN. INSTALL A GYM FLOOR OVER THE MAIN SECTION OF IT. WE WILL NEED TO GET LIGHTING UPGRADES AND INTERIOR FINISHES THAT JUST TO MAKE IT INTO A SPACE THAT WE CAN USE. AND, WE ALSO WILL HAVE SOME REPAIRS TO THE EXTERIOR AND PAINTING. IT IS GOING TO BE A LARGER PROJECT. WE THINK WE CAN GET IT IN A WAY WE CAN USE IT. SOONER THAN LATER. SCIENCE CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE ROUND TWO AT BOTH OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS PREPARING FOR THIS SUMMER AND THE CONTRACTOR IS ON BOARD WHICH MAKES IT EASIER THAN LAST YEAR. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT EXECUTED EFFICIENTLY. AND THEN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WE HAD THE GARDEN NEARLY COMPLETE. WHETHER IT IS FINISHED THEY WILL HAVE A GREEN LOWS AND A LEARNING GARDEN AS WELL. THAT

089IS GOING TO BE VERY EXCITING. KINDERGARTEN. AT THERE TIME, 248 KINDERGARTNERS ENROLLED FOR NEXT YEAR. ACTUALLY WE WERE UP A LITTLE BIT FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. BUT NOW WE ARE DOWN. ANYBODY KNOWS ANY 5-YEAR-OLDS OUT THERE GET THEM ENROLLED. 59T-K., YOU HAVE FIRST REGISTERED FOR KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION. 11th THROUGH THE 14th. A SMALL PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO SEE WHO THEY WILL BE AROUND AND SEE THE BUILDING I THINK THAT IS NICE FOR THE TRANSITION INTO SCHOOL. THEN LASTLY WE HAD SRO'S ROLE IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT I DISCUSSED IT WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND HE NOTED TO ME THAT STATE LAW FORBIDS SROs ANY OF THE OFFICERS TO HELP WITH OR ASSIST WITH FEDERAL AGENCIES IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAW. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON THEY

090WOULD BE THERE. TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY FEELS BETTER ABOUT THAT. SRO ON CAMPUS DOES NOT MEAN THEY HELP ICE AND TAKE A STUDENT OUT OF OUR BUILDING. THAT WOULD NOT HAPPEN. THAT IS ALL. YES. WOULD YOU REMIND ME HOW WE ARE FUNDING THE CONVERSION OF THE POOL? WHAT SIZE GYM ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? FULL SIZE GYM. IT SHOULD BE. BASKETBALL COURT. YOU CAN PUT TABLES IN THERE. IT IS A BIG SPACE YOU CAN USE IT ANY WAY YOU WANT TO. I WOULD SAY BIG USE WOULD BE AS A GYM. AND HOW, MONEY? IT IS FUNDING. >> IS IT PART? IT IS PART OF A BOND THAT HAPPENED ALREADY. WE ARE USING THE FLOOR FROM LJ. RECYCLED THE FLOOR TO USE IT OVER HERE. THAT IS GREAT. YES. >> IT IS SUSTAINABLE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR

091DR. SCHIELE? A LOT GOING ON. CAN WE GET LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL DONE -- I THINK THE POOL WILL BE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. LET'S BRING MR. VANDENBERG UP FOR THE BOND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION. HI. >> I WILL PUT THIS ON THE LIST, TOO. FURNITURE. CHAIR WALLIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. I AM HERE WITH MEMBERS OF OUR BOND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE THAT I WILL HAVE COME UP SHORTLY AFTER I GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT. THEY WORKED THOUGHTFULLY TO PUT TOGETHER THESE RECOMMENDATIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR, PROBABLY MORE IN SOME CASES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO, TO START ABOUT A DECADE AGO WE SET OUT TO PUT TOGETHER A CHAIRFULLY PLANNED 3-PHASE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE AND

092INSPIRING SPACES THAT SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS AS A SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. IN THE BEGINNING WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR BUILDINGS AND WE KNEW WE HAD A LOT TO DO. THE BUILDINGS HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WE SET OUT TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND REPLACE ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS. THAT SCHOOL WAS LAKE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS WE GET INTO OUR SECOND PHASE WE ARE NOW LOOKING AT OUR THIRD PHASE. WHEN COMPLETED WILL TOUCH EVERY SCHOOL BRINGING IMPROVEMENTS, WE ARE TACKLING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY PROJECTS, PROTECTING OUR INVESTMENT, WHERE NECESSARY, REPLACING OUTDATED BUILDINGS THAT ARE BEYOND REPAIR WITH MODERN DESIGNS THAT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IS WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT

093A BOND PROGRAM WHEN WE HAVE THESE BUDGET CHALLENGES. IT IS A FAIR QUESTION. THE REASON IS CLEAR. BOND FUNDING LEGALLY RESTRICTS US TO CAPITOL IMPROVEMENTS. THESE ARE REPLACING ALL OF THE BROKEN THINGS IN OUR BUILDINGS. REPLACING FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS. THEY CAN NOT BE USED FOR SALARIES, UTILITIES OR OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES. HOWEVER, IN COVERING SOME OF THE LARGER EXPENSES WE DO HELP OPERATING FUNDS FOR THINGS LIKE TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, MAJOR REPAIRS. RELIEVES PRESSURE ON THE OPERATING BUDGET. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU THINK ABOUT LAST YEAR'S ICE STORM. WE CLOSED A SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. WE HAD TO RELOCATE KIDS, OPERATING BUDGETS WERE EFFECTED IN DOING SO. PROTECTING OUR SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAVE THESE MORE FREQUENT WEATHER EVENTS IS IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE DON'T DO THIS ALONE. ALONG THE WAY WE HAVE OUR CITIZEN

094OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES, BOND DEVELOPMENT HELPS US, LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLANNING, ALL COMMUNITY-LEAD GROUPS HELP US AT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AS WE GET INTO OUR PROGRAMS WE HAVE OVERSIGHT BOTH FROM COMMUNITY AS WELL AS STAFF AS WELL AS OUTSIDE CONSULTANTS. WE HAVE FREQUENT AUDITS THAT OCCUR. SO WE ARE, WE HAVE A STRONG COMMITMENT TO OUR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. AS WE ARE GUIDED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND DEDICATED CITIZEN COMMITTEES THESE GROUPS ARE DEEPLY ENGAGED ENSURING EVERY STEP ALONG THE WAY ALIGNS WITH OUR SHARED VISION. SO, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR. PHASE ONE IS NEARLY COMPLETE. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE LAST PROJECT, THE POOL. IT IS COMING IN. WE ARE GOING TO BE SWIMMING ANY DAY NOW. BUT, OUR FLAG SHIP PROJECT, REBUILT LAKE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. YOU RECALL THEY HAD STRUCTURAL ISSUES. PROJECT

095WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. REPLACED BROKEN SYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THESE INCLUDE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, PLUMBING SYSTEMS, INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY, ELECTRICITY. WE ADD INVASION SPACES AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND STEM AND CTE CLASSROOMS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE ENHANCED SAFETY AND SECURITY, PROVIDED SEISMIC RESILIENCY TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE. PHASE TWO, COME IS IN PROGRESS, WE COMPLETED RIVER GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT OPENED THIS YEAR. TO THUNDEROUS APPLAUSE TO THE NEIGHBORS THAT DO NOT HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THE CONSTRUCTION ANYMORE BUT ALSO THE STUDENTS ABLE TO GO INTO THEIR NEW BEAUTIFUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, OUR FIRST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REPLACED IN QUITE A LONG TIME. RIGHT NOW WE ARE BUILDING LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE COMPLETED OUR FIRST TWO PHASES OF PALISADES WORLD LANGUAGE SCHOOL. COMPLETE RENOVATION OF

096THE BUILDING. AS WE PROCEED WE WILL BE ADDING ONGOING ACCESSIBILITY TO OUR PLAYGROUNDS, ENHANCING GARDEN SPACES, UPGRADING OUR SCIENCE CLASSROOM IN PHASE ONE IT HAS OCCURRED AND ONGOING SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR STRUCTURE UPDATES. WHERE ARE WE IN THIS PHASE THREE? WE MET WITH LONG-RANGE FACILITY PLANNING THAT STARTS THE BASIS OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND LOOKING OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO LOOKING OUT TO THE NEXT FIVE, 10, 15 YEARS. THAT WORK WAS STARTED IN NOVEMBER OF '23. CONCLUDED A YEAR LATER IN SEPTEMBER '24. AT WHICH TIME THE SCHOOL ADOPTS THE LONG RANGE PLAN AND A BOND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE IS FORMED. OUR BOND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE HAS BEEN AT WORK FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND COMPLETED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO, OUR NEXT STEP IS TO HAVE ME INVITE A FEW OF OUR MEMBERS UP. COURTNEY, ANDREW WILL

097JOIN ME. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE 2025 BOND. THE BOND REPRESENTS THE FINAL PHASE OF THE THREE-PART PLAN AND FULFILLS OUR COMMITMENT TO BUILD FUNCTIONING SCHOOLS TO ENABLE OUR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE AND BE CAREER AND COLLEGE READY. THE BOND SET TO EXPIRE THIS YEAR THE NEW MEASURE WILL REPLACE THEM AND THERE WILL BE NO TAX INCREASE. I HOPE THAT IS A SELLING POINT AND WE WILL NOW WALK YOU THROUGH THE FOUR CATEGORIES THAT WILL COMPLIES THE 2025 BOND PROPOSAL. WE START OFF WITH CATEGORY ONE THAT IS ESSENTIAL WORK. WE MUST COMPLETE PRIORITY ONE AND TWO REPAIRS. THE REPORT OUT LINES ITEMIZED LIST OF THE PROJECTS. BASED ON AN UPDATE TO THE FACILITIES CONDITION CONDUCTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS. THE BOND WILL ALLOW LOSD TO COMPLETE

098THE NEEDED LARGE-SCALE REPLACEMENTS TO ADDRESS SAFETY HAZARDS, ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES AND TO FIX FAILING INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THIS INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS FINISHED ROOFS, SIDING, FLOOR COVERINGS, HVAC SYSTEMS. WITH THESE REPAIRS IN PLACE THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS WILL BE ABLE TO FUNCTION AND HELP US EDUCATE FUTURE GENERATIONS FOR DECADES TO COME. IT IS IS ALSO OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO KEEP KIDS SAFE IN CASE OF EMERGENCIES. SO, THIS BOND WILL MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFER BY UPDATING OUT DATED FIRE ALARMS AT EVERY SCHOOL. STRENGTHENING SECURITY THROUGH THE INSULATION OF CAMERA, DOOR HARDWARE, AND SECURE GLASS. THEN I WILL MOVE ON TO CATEGORY TWO. CATEGORY TWO. WE PROPOSE THIS, REPLACING OUR TWO OLDEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THESE NEW BUILDINGS LIKE OUR NEW JUNIOR HIGH AND RIVER GROVE WILL SUPPORT BEST PRACTICES AND EDUCATION. THEY WILL

099INCLUDE BREAK OUT SPACES FOR SMALL GROUP WORK, UPDATED GYM AND MUSIC SPACES AND INVASION LABS. AS WE HAVE DONE WITH THE OTHER NEW BUILDINGS AND THE UPDATES WE MADE TO OUR CURRENT BUILDINGS WE WILL INCORPORATE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY-EFFICIENT DESIGN THAT WILL REALIZE COST SAVING OVER TIME WITH LOWER ENERGY BILLS AND REPAIR COSTS. WE, AGAIN, WITH OUR NEW BUILDINGS WILL MEADE IMMEDIATELY OCCUPANCY STANDARDS FOR SEISMIC SAFETY TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE IN THE EVENT OF A CATASTROPHIC SEISMIC EVENT AND A PLACE FOR COMMUNITY TO GATHER DURING AN EVENT OR EMERGENCY. AND RELIEF TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS IMPROVING PARKING LOTS, AND TRAFFIC FLOW, PART OF THE PLAN AS WELL. WE ALSO NEED TO ADDRESS THE CAPACITY NEEDS FOR OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS. THERE ARE THREE KIND OF BIG PARTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT. THE FIRST IS

100THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND STEM PLACES THEY NEED TO BE EXPANDED AND REPURPOSES TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS WITH THE ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCES FOR CAREER AND COLLEGE THAT WE HAVE HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR MANY MEETINGS. IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN TAKE WITH THEM. SIMILARLY THE COMMUNITY TRANSITION PROGRAM NEEDS A PERMANENT HOME THAT IS CLOSE TO WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SO THEY CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THE LIFE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NECESSARY FOR THEIR FUTURE SUCCESS. AND THEN FINALLY, WE WILL NEED ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS AT PALISADES ELEMENTARY THAT WAS BUILT IN 1959 TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE CURRENT SPANISH, MANDRIAN CLASSES NEEDED TO SUPPORT A FULL FUNCTIONING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. NOW WE GO TO CATEGORY FOUR, CONSOLIDATING DISTRICT SERVICES. OUR CENTRAL OFFICE AND FACILITIES WAREHOUSE ARE IN POOR

101CONDITION AND NOT EQUIPPED TO HOUSE DISTRICT WIDE SERVICES. THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING IN PARTICULAR WAS BLUNTLY ASSESSED AS A HIGH NEED STRUCTURE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. CURRENTLY WE ARE USING THE OPERATING BUDGET TO RENT OUT SPACE. TO ADDRESS THIS WE PROPOSE REPURPOSING UPLANDS TO HAVE ALL IN ONE DISTRICT-OWNED PROPERTY. DOING SO WILL NOT ONLY CREATE GREATER EFFICIENCIES IT WILL SAVE THE DISTRICT MONEY IN THE LONG-TERM. I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER POINT TO THAT. 10 YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO, I DON'T KNOW, WHEREVER I FIRST STARTED THIS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. UPDATING THIS BUILDING AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES HAS BEEN ON THE RADAR OF THE LONG-RANGE BOND COMMITTEES FROM THE BEGINNING. I THINK WE PRIORITIZED THE EDUCATION BUILDINGS, OF COURSE WE DID AS WE CONTINUE TO DO. THESE OFFICES HOUSE PEOPLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ARE CRITICAL TO

102THE SUCCESSFUL FUNCTIONING OF OUR DISTRICT. COMBINING ALL IN ONE BUILDING WILL ENABLE OUR ADMINISTRATORS TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS MORE EFFECTIVELY THAN THEY DO ALREADY. SO, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. IT HAS BEEN ON THE RADAR FOR AWHILE. AND NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THIS BOND. OUR FINAL SLIDES OF THIS. IN ONE PIE CHART SLOWS THE PROPOSED ALLOCATION OF THE BOND FUNDING ACROSS ALL OF THESE PRIORITIES AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU CONSIDER THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN CRAFTING THE BOND MEASURE TO PRESENT TO THE LAKE OSWEGO VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2025 AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROCESS. I THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT FOR THIS PROCESS THAT YOU PROVIDED FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. I WANT TO THANK YOU

103IN PARTICULAR FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. AND ALL OF THE BONDS YOU HAVE BEEN A CRITICAL PART OF IT. ALL OF YOU, THANK YOU FOR SERVING AND PROVIDING SUCH GREAT RECOMMEND ATIONS. IT IS CHALLENGING AND I THINK YOU CRAFTED A PACKAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR MY PERSPECTIVE DOES NOT INCREASE OUR TAXES FOR OUR TAXPAYERS, IT IS EFFICIENT AS MR. VANDENBERG POINTED OUT. WE HEARD ABOUT BUDGET ISSUES WITH OUR OPERATING BUDGET BUT THIS IS A SEPARATE ISSUE. HOWEVER, IF WE DO NOT ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE BOND WE WILL HAVE TO USE OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO PAY FOR THESE THINGS. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CRITICAL TO DO AND CAN ONLY BE DONE IN A BOND. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO ASK ANDREW AND ERIN. YOU HAVE BEEN

104THROUGH A LOT. AFTER GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS DID YOU GET WHAT YOU EXPECTED? YEAH, I THINK THAT IT HAS BEEN NEW, LIKE A FULLY NEW EXPERIENCE FOR MYSELF, I WAS ON THE LONG RANGE FACILITIES PLANNING. AND NOW THE BOND DEVELOPMENT. IT HAS BEEN A REALLY INTERESTING EXPERIENCE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE STEPS AND LOOKING AT NOT ONLY WHAT WE WANT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS BUT WHAT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS NEED AND WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO TO KIND OF SERVE THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. AND, I KNOW THAT THERE HAS A LOT OF FEELINGS ABOUT WHO, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE GETTING WHAT OR WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE BUT REALLY I AM IMPRESSED WITH HOW THE BOARD AND OTHER MEMBERS HAVE BEEN OPEN TO CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE. NOT EVERYONE AGREED ALL OF THE TIME

105BUT WE REALLY WERE ABLE TO COME TO A GOOD CONCLUSION TO GET WHAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, TO THE BEST OF THE ABILITY AS WE DID HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT IS GOING TO BE SERVED IN AN EFFICIENT WAY AND I THINK THE DISTRICT WILL BE IN A GREAT PLACE AFTER THIS GETS PASSED AND THE WORK CONTINUES. I HAVE REALLY VALUED THIS BOARD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT BROUGHT ME INTO ALL OF THIS. THE MEETINGS YOU ALL HAD. THE OPEN HOUSE THAT YOU HAD, THE INFORMATION THAT YOU SHARED IT WAS REALLY VALUABLE IN INFORMING MY THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS COMING INTO THE BOND COMMITTEE. AND THE BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS BEING AS OPEN AS TRANSPARENT AND COMMUNICATIVE AS WELL. I EMAIL A LOT. APPRECIATE

106YOU. AND, IT IS REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM ACROSS DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT GEOGRAPHIC AREAS, DIFFERENT INTEREST AREAS IT PUTS A HUMAN FACE ON ALL OF THIS. AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE TO CONTINUE TO PUT A HUMAN FACE ON ALL OF THE INTERESTS WILL BE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AS WELL AS COMPROMISE. I THINK FOR ME AS A PALISADES PARENT IT WAS GOOD TO SEE COMMITMENTS MADE THERE AND COMMITMENTS KEPT. THAT WAS IMPORTANT. AND TO SEE THE STEM PROJECTS, THOSE HAVE BEEN GREAT. AND IT HAS BEEN GOOD FOR US. I THINK OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE GOING TO BE HELPFUL FOR YOU IN DECIDING WHAT THE FINAL PROJECT LOOKS LIKE. OF COURSE THAT IS STILL DOWN THE ROAD. GOOD LUCK TO YOU AS YOU GET US TO THE NEXT STAGE. WE HEARD SOME COMMENTARY

107THIS EVENING I KNOW I AM GETTING A LOT MORE FEEDBACK. MAYBE IT IS MY DEMOGRAPHIC. BUT RUN THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE REASONING FOR, WE HEARD FROM THE GROUP THIS EVENING FOR ANOTHER $45 MILLION SCHOOL. JUST, RUN THROUGH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THE GROUP CAME TO A CONCLUSION. ON WHY REBUILDING TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? WELL, I THINK, THIS COMMUNITY REALLY VALUES ITS NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR FROM EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR SCHOOL. AND I THINK THERE IS A VALUE THERE TO HAVE KIDS WALK TO SCHOOL, TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY, IT IS A COHESIVE THING AND WE HAVE TO REBUILD THIS BUILDING THAT HAS TO GO AND WHERE, EVEN IF WE MOVED EVERYBODY UPLANDS WE WOULD HAVE TO REBUILD THIS BUILDING. I

108AM NOT SURE IT IS APPLES TO APPLES. I WILL ADD ONE THING. FROM A BUILDING PERSPECTIVE. I DON'T LIKE TO COMPARE THE BUILDINGS NECESSARILY BUT BASED ON THE AGE OF THE BUILDING. LAKE GROVE NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED. IT WILL NOT LAST AS LONG AS A SCHOOL LIKE THE UPLANDS FACILITY OR A FACILITY LIKE THE UPLANDS FACILITY. REGARDLESS, LAKE GROVE NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED AND REBUILT INTO SOMETHING. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE HELPED REALLY WRAP MY HEAD AROUND WHY THINGS NEED TO HAPPEN AT EACH OF THE SITES THE WAY THEY ARE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR THE TWO OLDEST SCHOOLS THAT WHEN YOU GET DOWN INTO THE DIRT YOU ARE GETTING KIND OF TO THE POINT THAT YOU CAN NOT TAKE IT MUCH FURTHER WITHOUT A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT. SO, FOR ME, I

109KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN WIDELY DISCUSSED TOPIC ABOUT LAKE GROVE SHOULD STAY WHERE IT IS OR MOVED. AND I THINK THAT BEING --I AM NOT ONLY A LAKE GROVE PARENT BUT I GREW UP IN LAKE GROVE. MY FAMILY LIVED IN LAKE GROVE SINCE THE '70s. MY KIDS WILL NOT BE THERE ANYMORE. THAT IS STILL AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, HAVING THAT LAKE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT IS THE, THE CITY WAS BUILT AROUND THE SCHOOL. ADDITION ALLEY, I THINK THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE IN THE LAKE GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD -- ADDITIONALLY, I THINK THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE IN THE LAKE GROVE NEIGHBORHOOD TO PUT IT. IT IS A GATHERING SIGHT. IF THAT BUILDING GOES THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO. MY HOPE WHEN THE SCHOOL GETS REBUILT AND IT IS GOING TO BE, NO DOUBT AS

110AMAZING AS RIVER GROVE, IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY AND HAVE IT AS AN AVAILABLE SPACE. RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO IN LAKE GROVE. WHETHER WE HAD THE ICE STORM PEOPLE HAD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET FROM LAKE GROVE TO DOWNTOWN LAKE OSWEGO FOR A WARMING CENTER. THAT IS NOT JUST SOMETHING PEOPLE CAN DO. LAKE GROVE IS A WALKABLE AREA THAT REALLY IF THAT IS AN AVAILABLE SPACE IT IS EASY FOR EVERYONE TO GET TO. AND, YOU KNOW, OVER BY LAKE RIDGE, CITY HALL HAS, YOU KNOW, FOR DOWNTOWN LAKE OSWEGO. I JUST THINK THAT NOT ONLY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A LEARNING INSTITUTION AND NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL THAT THE CITY WAS BUILT AROUND I THINK IT IS A HUGE COMMUNITY ASSET. AND I THINK THAT

111IT IS JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND HAVE THAT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. I WAS ON THE COMMITTEE, TOO. SOMETHING THAT WAS HELPFUL FOR US IN OUR CONVERSATIONS AS WELL WAS THE COMMUNITY POLLING THAT WE DID. AND I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN OUR LAST MEETING WITH YOU. WHAT CONSISTENTLY POLLED THE LOWEST. NO OFFENSE TO YOU GUYS, BUT IT IS THE ADMIN BUILDING. SO, IF YOU ARE TO KNOCKDOWN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND YOU WANT TO RALLY A COMMUNITY AROUND A VOTE, A BOND, IT IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REBUILD FROM THE GROUND UP AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, A COMMUNITY CENTER, AN EMERGENCY HUB, ALL OF THIS STUFF OR REBUILD FROM THE GROUND UP SIMILAR WHO KNOWS APPLES TO APPLES MONEY. A BRAND-NEW SHINY ADMIN BUILDING. I DON'T KNOW. HAVING THOSE,

112WE HAVE THE UPLAND BUILDING FOR SOMETHING, I AGREE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE A NO-BRAINER TO PUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS IN ALL ONE BUILDING BUT THAT IS ANOTHER DISCUSSION. THE POLLING, THE OPEN HOUSE INFORMATION. WE TOOK ALL OF THAT STUFF INTO ACCOUNT. WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD CONVERSATIONS AROUND IT. YES. >> ONE FINAL POINT I WAS GOING TO SAY -- [INAUDIBLE] ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT WAS GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD. THE AREA OF HIGHEST NEED IT IS THE LAKE RIDGE COMMUNITY. SO, REMOVING -- I SHOULD NOTE, TOO, HOW WE DISCUSSED ALL OF THIS. WE ARE ONE PART IN A LONGER BROADER PROCESS. AND, AS TONY MENTIONED THE SCHOOLS WERE DETERMINED TO BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE AS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. SO, YOU CAN SEE THIS, WHEN YOU APPROACH THE MATTER OF DO WE

113REPLACE THESE FACILITIES THAT WAS TAKEN AS A GIVE IN FOR THIS COMMITTEE. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT BOTH OF THESE WILL BE REPLACED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A VERY LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND THERE IS POTENTIAL USE FOR SOME OF THE OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY. AND, YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATED TONY HOW YOU OPENED THE PRESENTATION WITH CONTECTUALIZING IT IS A PROCESS AND THE MAKING FOR DECADES. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL AND, AND YOU KNOW, I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK. COMING TOGETHER, MAKING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, I AM EXCITED THEN TO LOOK TO THE FUTURE OF GETTING THE BOND PASSED. DURING THE BOND PROCESS OR THE BOND COMMITTEE PROCESS, TONY, WE MOVED FROM A

114$220 MILLION BOND FIGURE TO A $235 MILLION BOND FIGURE. FOR THOSE THAT DID NOT TRACK IT WEEKLY AS WE DID, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE THAT EXTRA $15 MILLION IT CAME FROM AND WHAT VALVES IT OPENED UP TO GET PROGRAMMING AND PROJECTS INTO THE BOND OR INTO THE RECOMMENDATION? YES. STEWART WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO IT MORE THAN I COULD BUT AS WE TALKED TO FINANCIAL ANALYSTS THAT WE WORK WITH AND REALLY HONED IN ON THE AMOUNT THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH A MORE DETAILED DOLLAR VALUE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE. AS WE ACHIEVE THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE AMOUNT OF THAT WE COULD GET TO IT REALLY JUST KEPT CHIPPING AWAY AT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THE EVERGROWING, NEVER-ENDING LIST OF THINGS. ABLE TO

115PUT IT TOGETHER IN LARGER PROJECTS. THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY NEED TO BE AND HOW TO ACHIEVE THOSE ITEMS ON THE LIST AND BE SUSTAINABLE MOVING FORWARD. YES, I MEAN HAVING SAT IN THE MEETINGS ON THE BOARD, WHAT I SAW WITH THE EXTRA $15 MILLION IT AVOIDED THE MORE DIFFICULT CHOICES, I THINK, ADDED SOME OF THE FINER POINTS. YES >> THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY STRUGGLING WITH, COMPETING VALUE DEMANDS. SO I THINK WE WERE FORTUNATE TO FIND OURSELVES IN THAT POSITION. IN ONE SENSE DOING THAT HARD MENTAL FIGURING AND DECISION-MAKING EARLY TO THEN REALIZE WAIT WE CAN DO MORE THAN THAT. WENT A LONG WAY TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION CAPTURE AS MUCH AS IT DOES ESPECIALLY AROUND THE LARGE PROJECTS. YES. IT SOLIDIFIED THAT FOR US. I HAVE TO FOLLOW UP THAT QUESTION WITH A QUESTION.

116WE ARE LOOKING AT REALLY UNCERTAIN TIMES AND, I KNOW WE ALWAYS TALKED CONTINGENCIES OF 20% AND I THINK WE ARE TALKING HIGHER CONTINGENCIES. WHAT WOULD DROP OFF OF THE LIST IF, IF IT TURNS OUT THAT BUILDING IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE UNPREDICTABLE? WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I APPLAUD YOU. WHAT YOU DID WITH THE LAST BOND WAS REMARKABLE. PURCHASE AHEAD AND KEPT THINGS IN THE BUDGET. WE ARE NOT SHY ABOUT WAITING. WE CANCELED PROJECTS AND WAITING FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR. DURING THE PANDEMIC WE WEATHERED THE STORM. WE WENT IN WITH NORMAL CONTINGENCIES GOING INTO THE 2021 PROGRAM AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THE 2017 BOND PROGRAM. AND AS PANDEMIC HIT AND MAJOR VOLATILITY AND MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT, LABOR SCARCITY, WE ARE ABLE TO

117KIND OF NAVIGATE THROUGH IT JUST BY FEELING OUT THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME OF OUR FRIENDS HERE FROM THE COUNTY. ALL OF OUR COLLEAGUES AROUND US WE TALK. I TALK TO ALL OF THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE HAVE A GREAT POOL OF CONTRACTORS. WE HAVE GREAT MOMENTUM WITH OUR BOND PROGRAMS. IN 2017 AND I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, WHERE WE WOULD GET THREE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING, THREE CONTRACTORS PARTICIPATING ON A BOND. WE HAVE ABOUT 18 THAT SHOWED UP TO LOOK AT OUR LITTLE POOL CONVERSION PROGRAM OVER HERE. WE GOT A REALLY GOOD AUDIENCE. CONTRACTORS AROUND HERE KNOW WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE WORK. I MENTIONED IT BEFORE, WE PAVED THE WAY FOR THEM. NO PUN INTENDED. GET THE PERMITS AND MAKE IT AS EASY AS WE CAN TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS WE WANT

118OURSELVES TO BE. IT IS ALL TRANSLATES INTO COMPETITIVE PRICING AND BETTER DELIVERY. YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPENING ACROSS THE STREET RIGHT NOW. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT GLOBAL TRADE, THINGS THAT ARE IMPACTING IF IT IS WARS OR TERRORISTS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. WE EXPERIENCED ALL OF THIS. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY NEW. WE FEEL LIKE WE BUILT IN THE SAFETY VALVES. AND, IF THERE IS MORE THAT CAN BE DONE WE HAVE A LIST OF THINGS TO DO IN ADDITION TO THIS THAT WE WILL COME BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO PERMISSION ON HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED ON SOME OF THOSE PRIORITIES. I HAVE SO SAY, I HAVE FAITH IT WILL BE FAITHFULLY EXECUTED I APPRECIATE THAT WE NEVER TALKED ABOUT HAVING A GYM SPACE. THE WHOLE TEAM PUT TOGETHER EXTRA MONEY

119AND EXTRA RESOURCES TO ADD THINGS. I AM CONFIDENT IN YOU AS WELL. L I DO WANT TO GIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER TO COMMENT. WE WILL TAKE THIS AS AN INFORMATION ITEM AND HAVE IT BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING AND WE WILL VOTE ON IT AND THEN THE PROSES FROM THERE IS MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE NEXT, WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT? SURE. UPON ADOPTION OF THE BOARD AT WHICH WOULD BE YOU GIVING THE DISTRICT PERMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD AND PUTTING THIS ON THE NOVEMBER 2025 BALLOT THAT WOULD OFFICIALLY KICKOFF OUR TWO CAMPAIGNS. THE DISTRICT RUNS THE EDUCATION INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, AND, OUR CITIZEN COMMITTEE ORGANIZES THE CITIZEN CAMPAIGN. AND THE WAY THAT I DESCRIBE IT AS THE DISTRICT CAN PROVIDE ALL OF THE INFORMATION AND TELL YOU WHAT IS

120ON THE BOND, THE CITIZEN CAMPAIGN CAN ASK YOU TO SAY YES TO THE BOND. SO, VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE OUR CAMPAIGN CHAIR IN THE AUDIENCE THERE. SHE HAS VOLUNTEERED TO LEAD OUR EFFORT. I WILL SAY IT WAS A PLEASURE TO ASK HER TO DO THIS BECAUSE RARELY DO YOU GET TO GO TO SOMEONE AND ASK THEM TO BE THE CLAIRE AND SAY I HAVE A WHOLE TEAM OF PEOPLE READY TO HELP YOU. INCLUDING COURTNEY AND MILES AND ERIN AND ANDREW. EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN PART OF THE PROCESS BEFORE REALLY WANTS TO SEE THIS THIRD PHASE COME THROUGH. CITIZENS ARE LISTENING AND THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED YOU WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION? ABSOLUTELY. WE WILL START THE, AS SOON AS PEOPLE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS THEY ARE CAMPAIGNING FOR, THEY ARE READY TO

121COME OVER AND GET WITH US AND MEET AND START THE WORK. JUST FROM A TIMING STANDPOINT, PEOPLE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS GETTING ORGANIZED. IT WILL BE MEETING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, DIFFERENT GROUPS AROUND THE TOWN TO GET, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE WITH THE EDUCATION. IT IS LINING UP VOLUNTEERS AND DOING THE WORK OVER THE SUMMER AND THEN COME THE FALL IT IS REALLY A BLITZ FOR THE CAMPAIGN AND THE MARKETING. WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE YOU NEED? 50.01%. I LIKE TO SHOOT FOR THE STARS. YOU KNOW, GO FOR BROKE. I AM CONFIDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. ME., TOO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, THE MOMENT THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR. 6.4. CLACKAMAS ESD LOCAL SERVICE PLAN PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, CHAIR WALLIN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

122GOOD TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. I AM THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR CLACKAMAS. THERE IS OUR ANNUAL MEETING TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR PLAN FOR PROVIDING SERVICES TO OUR LOCAL 10 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN OUR REGION. BEFORE I TAP INTO THAT. I WANT TO INTRODUCE A FEW PEOPLE. BOARD CHAIR, LINDA BROWN. I THINK YOU RECOGNIZE HER. SHE HAS SPENT TIME IN THIS BUILDING. DO WE NEED A NEW ADMIN BUILDING? DID WE NEED IT WHEN SHE WAS HERE? SHE WAS LISTENING IT WAS A NECESSITY. AND RICK LARSON AND LYNN MILLS WHO ARE WITH ME. BEFORE I JUMP INTO OUR LOCAL SERVICE PLAN THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PACKET. IT IS THIS BLUE PIECE HERE. THIS IS THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT YOU ARE TAKING ACTION ON. EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE INFORMATION. BEFORE I JUMP INTO THAT I WANT

123TO EXPRESS A FEW THANK YOUS BEGINNING TO YOUR SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS VALUED MEMBER OF OUR CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS GROUP THAT MEETS MONTHLY. AND WE SHARE CHALLENGES AND ADDRESS THEM TOGETHER AND SHE MAKES VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THAT GROUP. I AM GLAD SHE SAY PART OF IT. ALSO WANT TO CALL OUT LAKESHA WASHINGTON. SHE HELPED US THROUGH A SELECTION PROCESS FOR A NEW A.I. SPECIALIST POSITION FUNDED THROUGH A GRANT FROM CLACKAMAS REGIONAL NETWORK. EXCITED ABOUT THAT. EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT COMES WITH IT AS WELL. IN YOUR LOCAL SERVICE PLAN DOCUMENT IF YOU LOOK AT PAGES 10 AND 11. INSIDE THAT LOCAL SERVICE PLAN WE CALL OUT SEVERAL OTHER LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT PROFESSIONALS THAT MEET WITH THEIR REGIONAL COLLEAGUES THAT ARE FACILITATED. WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR COMPLIMENT WITH THIS WORK WITH THEIR PEERS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

124LAST BUT NOT LEAST I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO RECOGNIZE YOU AS A SCHOOL BOARD. WE MISSED SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH LAST MONTH. WE APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU DO ALL YEAR LONG. WE KNOW IT REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF DEDICATION AND TIME AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SHARE AND THE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE NOT JUST HERE IN LAKE OSWEGO BUT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A WHOLE. AS A GESTURE WE BROUGHT A NEW PACKET OF OUR STUDENT ARTWORK FROM OUR 2024 REGIONAL ART SHOW THAT IS FEATURED IN A SET OF NOTE CARDS WE LEFT FOR YOU AT YOUR DESK. I DO WANT TO MENTION THE LOCAL SERVICE PLAN IS REQUIRED BY LAW. IT IS DEVELOPED ANNUALLY. WE BEGIN DEVELOPING IT WITH OUR ADVISORY GROUPS. THEY PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON EMERGING TRENDS AND NEEDS AND WE ADJUST THE

125PLAN ANNUALLY. IT DOES COVER OR REFLECT ALL OF OUR SERVICES INSIDE THERE. IT REFLECTS A VERY PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP AND ALL 10 OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE SERVE. IT INCLUDING RESOLUTION SERVICES THAT ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE PAID FOR AND OFFERED BY ALL DISTRICTS. AND THEN, THOSE ARE IN THE AREAS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, DATA, TEACHING, LEARNING, AS WELL AS DIRECT REVENUE THAT CAN THEN BE BACK OR APPLIED TO ESD SERVICES OF YOUR CHOICE. IT COVERS CONTRACT AND GRANT SERVICES. IT IS A BROADER CATEGORY. THOSE ARE PAID FOR BY MULTIPLE STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES. OR DISTRICTS THAT REQUEST THEM. THOSE INCLUDE AREAS LIKE EARLY LEARNING, STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, A LOT OF SPECIAL PROGRAMMING, TECHNOLOGY, TEACHING AND LEARNING SERVICES. THIS HAS BEEN A REVIEW AND APPROVED BY THE CLACKAMAS CHIEFS GROUP. WHERE IT GOES FIRST AND

126THEN IT IS APPROVED BY THE CLACKAMAS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND BROUGHT TO HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW. WE HOPE YOU WILL TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE IT. I BROUGHT OTHER ITEMS AS WELL THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE I SHARE WITH YOU. FISCAL OR ANNUAL FISCAL REPORT IN YOUR PACKET. THERE ARE COPIES OF ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS ANNUAL REPORT. BUT I DO WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAKE OSWEGO. IT DOES REPRESENT MORE THAN $5.9 MILLION WORTH OF TOTAL SERVICES. MORE THAN $900,000 INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IT ALSO REFLECTS MORE THAN $2.2 MILLION IN REVENUE FUNNELED DIRECTLY TO YOU. THAT IS ABOUT 100,000 INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IT REFLECTS VIBRANT PART TIERSHIP AND SUPPORTING NURSES AND COUPS LERS. ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, PROVIDING EARLY MENTAL SERVICES AND HELPING STUDENTS WITH VERY COMPLEX NEEDS. PROVIDING A

127RANGE OF DATA AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENTS IN ENHANCEMENT OF INSTRUCTION ESPECIALLY LITERACY, MATH, STEM AND CTE. WE HOPE THE FORMAT OF THAT IS HELPFUL TO YOU. AND REALLY, IT GIVES YOU BETTER CONTEXT HOW THEY COLLABORATE WITH YOU. WE WOULD WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK IF THERE IS A WAY TO MAKE THE REPORT MORE USEFUL FOR YOU IN THE FUTURE. THE OTHER DOCUMENT IS THE ANNUAL REPORT. LOOKS LIKE THERE. ALL IN. AND THERE IS JUST INFORMATION PIECE FOR YOU. IT DOES COVER A ROUGHLY ONE-YEAR PERIOD FROM FALL OF '23 THROUGH FALL OF '24 AND USES DATA AND STORY TELLING TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY CLACKAMAS USD DOES AND WE HOPE ALSO THAT IT IS HELPFUL TO YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CERTAIN ISSUES OR INFORMATION INCLUDED IN FUTURE REPORTS WE WOULD LOVE

128TO HEAR ABOUT THAT FROM YOU AS WELL. LAST BUT NOT LEAST I SNUCK IN ANOTHER DOCUMENT. IT IS THIS. SEEMS LIKE A TIMELY THING TO DO. IF YOU ATTENDED OUR DECEMBER BREAKFAST THIS WAS PREPARED FOR THAT EVENT. AND ON THE BACKSIDE IT INCLUDES OUR 2025 LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AGREED TO BY OUR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS IN THIS AREA. AND KNOWING THAT YOU ARE ALL DOING YOUR OWN ADVOCACY WORK IN THE STATE HOUSE THESE DAYS, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAD THAT AVAILABLE AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS, THEY ARE AVAILABLE. YOU CAN LET DR. SCHIELE KNOW. WITH THAT I WILL PAUSE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. AND QUESTIONS? I SHOULD NOTE -- THE PACKAGES GET BETTER EVERY YEAR. I LOVE THE COMPARISONS BY EACH DISTRICT. THERE IS REALLY ONE OF MY

129FAVORITE ONES TO GO THROUGH. I READ THEM FOR A FEW YEARS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. IT IS NICE TO SEE YOUR BOARD. THIS IS THE MOST THAT YOU EVER BROUGHT IN. THREE OF THEM. THAT IS HALF OF THE GROUP, ISN'T IT? YEP. >> DO YOU HAVE, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN SHARE WITH THE PRIORITIES AND THE STATUS? WE RECEIVED EMAILS NOW AND THEN BUT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THE COMPLETION AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING? WELL, I THINK IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT WITH SPECIFICALLY WITH RELATION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING. THAT BILL IS MOVING ALONG. TO RAISE THE CAP OF . MOVING? REMOVING. >> RAISING, SORRY. NOT REMOVING. RAISING. THANK YOU. I HEARD REMOVING, ALSO. YES. RAISING. RAISING. SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. THROUGH THE PROCESS. I WOULD SAY SOME OF OUR OTHER

130ISSUES ARE STILL IN THE SAUSAGE-MAKING PROCESS. AND VERY MUCH EMBEDDED IN THE OVERALL BUDGET. WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THE CO-CHAIRS THE FIRST WEEK OF MARCH. THE REVENUE UPDATE COMES THIS WEEK? YEAH. YEAH. I THINK THE THING THAT IS LOOMING OVER ALL OF THAT CONVERSATION AND CERTAINLY IN OUR WEIGHS AND MEANS COMMITTEE IS TRYING TO ANTICIPATE WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND HOW IT WILL EFFECT THE OVERALL-STATE BUDGET THAT TRICKLES DOWN INTO OUR SCHOOL BUDGETS AND OUR DISTRICT BUDGETS. SO, DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE ON -- THERE IS A LOT OF PASSIVE REVENUE THAT WE GET. IS THAT FROM THE STATE BUDGET THROWING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO YOU? THIS, THIS IS COVERING JUST THE STATE OREGON STATE SCHOOL FUND. THERE REPORT. WE HAVE OTHER FUNDS THAT WE RECEIVE

131SOME OF WHICH ARE FEDERAL. BUT, BUT I WOULD MAKE CLEAR, THOUGH, IS THAT OREGON STATE SCHOOL FUND, THE STATE'S GENERAL FUND HAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL FUNDS EMBEDDED IN THERE. IS IS RELYING ON FEDERAL FUNDS. SOME FEDERAL FUNDS. SO, IF YOU WERE PROJECTING WHICH YOU MAY NOT WANT TO PROJECT . I DON'T. >> -- IF YOU WENT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TO COME IN AND TALK TO THE FEDS ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION FUNDING AND THE MANDATES THAT WERE PUT THROUGH IN THE '70s AND THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A YEAR THAT, I MEAN THERE HAS BEEN LITTLE HOPE BUT I WOULD SAY THERE IS A NO HOPE YEAR FOR IT. I AM NOT WILLING TO SAY NO HOPE. OKAY. SUNDAY NIGHT, I CHAIR BROWN WAS THERE WITH ME. I DON'T KNOW

132IF ANY OF YOU WERE THERE. THERE WAS A TOWN HALL AND NEARLY 2,000 PEOPLE SHOWED UP. THERE WERE A LOT OF STORIES AND QUESTIONS AND ANGST. THE HOPE THERE IS THERE ARE RULES OF LAW AND THERE ARE COURT CHALLENGES TO COME OF THE THINGS AND IT TAKES TIME FOR THOSE THINGS TO ACTUALLY HAPPEN. AND, HE WAS ENCOURAGING CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT AND PAYING ATTENTION. BUT NO ANSWERS. I HAVE NO ANSWERS. [ LAUGHTER ] NO ANSWERS. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CLACKAMAS ESD LOCAL SERVICE PLAN AS PRESENTED. >> I WILL SECOND. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICES. YES. ABSOLUTELY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION. THE MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON ITEM 6.5, EDUCATIONAL DATA DR. LUZAICH AND MR. BAILEY. I AM

133GOING TO SPEAK FOR MR. BAILEY TODAY. OKAY. >> OKAY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I WILL GO THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION DATA. IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING BECAUSE OF THE 2021COHORT. IT STARTS WITH FRESHMAN. THAT IS WHY THAT IS THERE. [LOW AUDIO ] HERE ARE A FEW RULES. WHEN THEY COME INTO THE SCHOOL THAT IS THEIR SCHOOL. UNLESS THEY TRANSFER TO ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL OR OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OR PUBLIC SCHOOL THEY ARE OUR STUDENT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT DROP OUT RATE THAT IS WHERE IT COMES FROM. THEY MAY GO TO A DIFFERENT SCHOOL AND WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WENT AND THEY ARE STILL ON OUR BOOKS. THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO TRACK THEM AND WHERE THEY ARE GOING. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. IT TALKS ABOUT CLASS 2020 OUR GRAD RATES OVER THE

134LAST FEW YEARS -- THIS LAST YEAR WE HAD PARENT CREEK. IT IS A RESIDENTIAL HOME, THEY ARE REBUILDING THEIR SITE. SO THEY ARE USING THAT SPACE RIGHT NOW FOR INCARCERATED YOUTH THEY BECOME OURS. THAT IS THE DATA THAT YOU WILL SEE HERE. THE NEXT ONE. SO, WE DID HAVE IN THIS COHORT. 26 NON-GRADUATES IN LOSD OUT OF THE 655 TOTAL STUDENT THAT IS WHAT WE HAD FROM THE OTHER SCHOOLS. 33 NON-GRADUATES. OUT OF 64. HARD TO COMPARE. WE PUT A DIFFERENT SECTION OF STUDENTS THERE. WHAT IS INTERESTING AFTER THIS NEXT YEAR, ACTUALLY, HARMONY WILL COME OUT OF THE GRADUATION RATE THEY WILL BE IDENTIFIED AS THEIR OWN DISTRICT AND PARROTT CREEK WILL MOVE BACK. SO, OUR THREE YEAR TREND DATA AND TOTAL POPULATION SHOWS 95% RATE. THAT IS OUR GRAD RATE. IF YOU LOOK AT

135LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL IT IS AT 95%. SO, OUR POPULATION IS INCREASING AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE. [LOW AUDIO ] WE POLLED ASIAN, BLACK, HISPANIC, MULTI-RACE. AND THEN THE NEXT GROUP IS STUDENTS, SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ENGLISH LEARNERS, OF THE 13 STUDENTS 100% OF OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS GRADUATING. THAT IS FANTASTIC AND OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION RATE CONTINUES TO GO UP. I WILL ALSO SAY THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THIS DATA WITH HARMONY AND PARROTT CREEK. STILL GOING UP? STILL GOING UP. >> YES. STILL GOING UP. I THINK WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT OVER THE YEARS. IT SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND SUPPORT CENTERS AND NOT ONLY FOR STUDENTS --ALL STUDENTS MADE A HUGE INCREASE IN OUR GRADUATION RATES OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF.

136THERE IS OBVIOUSLY STILL WORK TO BE DONE. SHIFTING TO ELEMENTARY AS YOU KNOW. THE DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT IS SOMETHING THAT WE USE. STANDARDS BASED. IT IS FORMATIVE, GIVES US AN INDICATOR WHERE STUDENTS ARE IN THEIR PROCESS. THE DATA THAT WE SLOWED TONIGHT IT IS DATA WE SEE ANNUALLY. IT DOES REFLECT END OF THE YEAR STANDARDS. AND TRACKING THE PERFORMANCE FOR THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE AND WORK WITH THE STATE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE TEST. SO, THE BOLD IS WHAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON AND LET YOU SEE WHERE THEY ARE IN THE FALL. TALK ABOUT THE DIAGNOSTIC TO WHERE THE SKILLS ARE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. SEEING WHERE THEY MOVED THEM UP AND SO THERE IS WHERE WE ARE AT FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, OUR ASSESSMENT WINDOW CLOSED ON THE 31st OF JANUARY. WHETHER

137YOU START TO LOOK AT 75% OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY ON TRACK TO PASS END OF THE YEAR STANDARDS AND DEMONSTRATE PROFICIENCY. WE HAVE A HALF YEAR LEFT AND BASED ON THE MOMENTUM WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUE AS WE ARE GOING IN TOWARDS THE SPRINGTIME. SO, WE HAD A 6-7 YEAR INVESTMENT IN LITERACY. AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE OF. WE GOT NEW CURRICULUM, STRUCTURED LITERACY. A LOT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SEEING THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUE AND WE HAVE A REALLY DEDICATED GROUP OF TEACHERS AND SPECIALISTS AND PRINCIPALS WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP MOVE OUR KIDS THROUGH. THEN WE HAD A PANDEMIC. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE BY GRADE LEVEL AGAIN WE KIND OF WANT TO BOLD THOSE DATA POINTS FOR THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE ALSO WHERE WE WERE IN THE PAST TWO

138YEARS. GRADE LEVEL BY GRADE LEVEL. AS YOU KNOW RESEARCH INDICATES THE THIRD GREAT PERFORMANCE IS AN INDICATOR. I WILL LOOK AT THAT AGAIN IN MATH I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE THIRD GREAT GROUP DOING WELL. YELLOW DECREASE AND THE REDS DECREASE MORE. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS HOPEFULLY WE ARE SEEING THE REDS TURN TO YELLOWS AND YELLOWS TO TURN TO GREEN AS WE ARE MOVING THROUGH. SEEING A NICE JUMP IN KINDERGARTEN. SOME OF THE PRACTICES, OBSERVATIONS AND GETTING FEEDBACK IT IS INCREDIBLE IN KINDERGARTEN. WITH DR. SCHIELE AND GRADUATION RATES IT ALL STARTS IN KINDERGARTEN. AUGUST, 11th THROUGH THE 14th. WELCOME THEM IN FOR THAT LITTLE EIGHT HOUR PROGRAM. WE DO SEE DATA THAT WE WANT TO IMPROVE. SO, IF WE LOOK AT OUR STUDENT GROUPS THIS IS OUR THIS YEAR'S DATA FROM FALL TO

139WINTER AND BREAKING IT DOWN BY DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS. YOU CAN SEE THAT ONCE WE HAVE THEM, THEY MOVE. WHETHER THEY ARE OURS, AND WE GET THEM IN THE CLASSROOMS WE ARE PROVIDING THE STRUCTURE. YOU WILL SEE IT TREND. DOES NOT MATTER, THEY GET WHAT THEY NEED. DOES NOT MATTER IF THEY ARE A LANGUAGE LEARNER OR A STUDENT EXPERIENCING A DISABILITY OR STUDENTS THAT NEED MORE. WE WILL FIND A WAY TO GET IT TO THEM AND SEE THAT NEEDLE MOVE. THERE IS WHERE YOU CAN REALLY SEE HOW THE BUCKETS ARE CHANGING FROM RED TO YELLOW AND YELLOW TO GREEN. SO, YOU MIGHT EVEN SEE IN THE YELLOW SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS LOOK THE SAME. WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE THEY CAME FROM THAT IS WHERE YELLOWS ARE FORMER REDS AND MOVED INTO THE GREEN ZONE. IN

140MATH, HERE ARE THE SCORES THAT YOU WILL SEE. AGAIN, GROWTH GOING FROM FALL TO WINTER. AND, NOTICE OVERALL IT JUST FEELS LIGHTER THAN OUR SCORES IN READING. SOME OF THAT COMES FROM THE NEED FOR DISCREET MATH CONCEPTS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TAUGHT YET. NOT EXPOSED TO SOME OF THE END OF THE YEAR CONTENT IDEA. THIS IS MIDYEAR. SHOULD SEE ACCELERATION OF THAT. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS CLEAR FOR COMMON WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING. THESE NUMBERS WHEN YOU SAY ARE ON TRACK IT IS NOT THAT THEY ARE ON TRACK --LET ME ASK A QUESTION. ARE THEY ASSESSED AT END OF YEAR STANDARDS AT THIS POINT IN TIME? OR IS THIS A REFLECTION OF YOU ARE PROGRESSING AT THE RATE WE WANT TOY PROGRESS? THIS IS THE END OF THE YEAR STANDARDS.

141WHEN YOU SEE 63. HOW TO WORK THE NUMBER SENSE. THAT IS COMING. AND IF YOU COME UP SHORT IT IS NOT FAIR TO THE STUDY NEENT THANK YOU. STUDENT. AND 63% OR ON THEIR WAY TO THE LEVEL AT THE END OF THE YEAR. 63% ARE AT THE ACADEMIC LEVEL GRADE LEVEL BASED ON END OF THE YEAR ASSESSMENT AS OF THE DAY OF THE ASSESSMENT? CORRECT. >> IS THERE A SPRING ASSESSMENT AS WELL? YES, THERE IS. COULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT IS THE ASSESSMENT ENTAIL? WHAT IS KIND OF THE -- WHAT DOES IT INVOLVE FOR A STUDENT? ONLINE ASSESSMENT. WE START WITH IREADY BACK DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT WE COULD MEASURE HOW STUDENTS WERE DOING AT HOME. THEY WERE ASSESSED AT HOME BY THEIR PARENTS. THE DATA IS RELIABLE. SO, ONCE WE GOT THEM,

142WE SET UP THE SCHEDULE WITH IREADY AND THEN LOCAL SCHOOLS, STUDENT SPECIALISTS AND WORKS IN EACH CLASSROOM WHAT SUPPORT IS NEEDED AND PUT IT IN PLACE. THERE IS A PROTOCOL FOR THAT. IS THAT AN HOUR OR A DAY? IT CAN BE SOMEWHERE IN 45 MINUTE, ONE PERIOD, SOME STUDENTS THEY MAY NEED MORE THAN ONE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE TRYING TO GRAB IT ACCURATE. IREADY SHOWING PARENTS ASSESSING AT HOME. WE WANT IT TO BE A PIE CHART. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU CAN SEE AND THEN WE CAN KNOW WHAT TO DO FROM THERE. IN THE END WE WANT EVERYONE 20/20. JUST BEFORE YOU MOVE ON. THE OTHER THING THAT COMES FROM THIS ON ONE HAND THESE ARE IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS, WE DON'T BREAK OUT THAT GREEN TO THE SHADE OR TWO ABOVE. IF

143WE HAVE 63% OF STUDENTS ON OR ABOVE GRADE LEVEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR CONVERSATION TODAY LET'S SAY A THIRD OF THOSE -- [NO AUDIO] IT FOLDS IN THE HIGH-LEVELS OF LEARNING AND THE UNDERSTANDING AND BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT AND HAVE MULTIPLE REPRESENTATIONS. SOME OF THAT IS A DELIVERY MODEL THAT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR US. THERE IS GROWING PAINS IN THAT AND OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING WELL IN MOVING THAT FORWARD. NEXT UP IS THE BREAK DOWN BY OUR GRADE LEVELS. JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR THIRD GRADE. THESE ARE THE SAME STUDENTS WHO PERFORMED AT 75% WINTER FOR THEIR READING. YOU CAN SEE THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THIS IS NEW MATERIAL, SOME OF THIS IS NEW TERMINOLOGY OR EVEN SOME STANDARDS-BASED CONTENT THEY HAVE NOT BEEN EXPOSED TO YET. WE ANTICIPATE THAT WHEN THEY

144RECEIVE THAT BETWEEN NOW AND OUR SPRING ASSESSMENT THE SCORES WILL GO UP. NOTICE THE BUCKETS MOVING FROM PINK TO YELLOW AND THEN TO GREEN. AND, NEXT UP IS OUR BREAK DOWN BY STUDENT GROUPS. NOTICE WHERE WE START AND THEN WHERE WE CAN DO. ALL GROUPS ARE MOVING FORWARD AT A RATE THAT MAKES US FEEL LIKE WHAT WE ARE DOING IS EFFECTIVE. SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, ALSO, I MEET WITH EACH PRINCIPAL. WE SET GOALS TOGETHER. THOSE GOALS ARE BASED ON METRICS TIED TO THE STATE ASSESSMENT IN ELA AND MATH. AND THEN WE ARE USING THESE AS SOME OF OUR FORMATIVE INDICATORS ON HOW THEY ARE DOING. SO, THEY SET GOALS FOR THIRD, FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE PERFORMANCE BASED ON THEIR HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE AND COHORT ANALYSIS. WHAT CAN THAT GROUP DO AND WE ARE DOING STRETCHABLES.

145WE WANT GOALS TO REFLECT THE GROWTH, THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WE EXPECT FROM OUR DISTRICT AND FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THEMSELVES. SO, THEY ARE OBTAINABLE BUT REQUIRE A LOT OF STRATEGY. SO, THAT IS WHAT WE MEET ABOUT REGULARLY. THE LAST WEEK I DID A ONE-ON-ONE CYCLE WITH EACH PRINCIPAL. WE LOOKED AT THE DATA AND LOOKED BACK TO REVIEW THEIR STAIR CASE OF THE LEADERSHIP MOVES THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE IN ELA AND MATH. AND THEN, ARE YOU ACTUALLY DOING THOSE AND IF YOU ARE DOING THOSE DO YOU THINK THEY ARE PAYING OFF AND DO YOU SEE EVIDENCE IN THIS DATA THAT REFLECTS THAT YOUR LEADERSHIP ACTIONABLE STEPS ARE PAYING OFF. IF NOT, LET'S TALK THROUGH THAT. IF THEY ARE, WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT? THE YEAR AIN'T OVER, RIGHT? LET'S SEE WHAT OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES

146ARE SAYING AND DO SOME REFLECTION ON THAT. QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. ACTUALLY A COUPLE. FOR IREADY, CAN PEOPLE, CAN STUDENTS OPT OUT OF IT THE SAME WAY THEY CAN FOR STATE TESTING? WE DO HAVE A FEW THAT OPT OUT, THEIR PARENTS OPTED THEM OUT. TYPICALLY IT IS NOT AS STRESSFUL FOR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS. IT BECOMES PART OF THE ROUTINE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THERE IS A COMPONENT OF IREADY, MY PATH, A PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION. SO, IF YOU USED THE APPS BEFORE THERE IS AN ONLINE COMPONENT TO IREADY THAT ALLOWS THEM TO PICK UP WHERE THEY LEFT OFF THE LAST MASTER STANDARD. THEN, TAILORS KIND OF COMPUTER-ADAPTIVE WAY WHAT INSTRUCTION THEY NEED NEXT THAT FOR THEM, THEY ARE USED TO BEING ON THEIR DEVICE A FEW TIMES A WEEK. IREADY WANTS 30-45 MINUTES ADDITIONAL WORK THAT

147HELPS THEM IN MATH. THEN WE GET TO THE DIAGNOSTICS NOT AS STRESSFUL. ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS IF STUDENTS ARE, LIKE, A GRADE AHEAD IN MATH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, DO THEY TAKE THE TEST FOR THE LEVEL OF MATH THEY ARE IN OR THEIR GRADE OF MATH? IT IS ALSO COMPUTER ADAPTIVE. SO IT WILL GIVE THEM MORE ITEMS THAT THEY CAN BE SUCCESSFUL AT ONCE THEY MASTERED THOSE THEY WILL GET MORE COMPLEX. THE PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION THAT ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL COMPONENT, THE MYPATH WILL CONTINUE TO RISE UP AND IT CAPS OUT AT EIGHTH GRADE. WHAT WE FIND IS SOME OF OUR BRIGHTEST STUDENTS IN FIFTH GRADE THEY HIT A CEILING. OKAY. THANK YOU. IREADY FOR SIX OR SEVEN YEARS. IT STARTED IN THE PANDEMIC. SO '21 WOULD BE OUR FIRST ONE. FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THEN.

148SO PRIOR TO THAT HOW DID WE GET THIS DATA AND HOW QUICKLY COULD WE USE IT AND KNOW WHAT THE FALL, WINTER, BRING FOLKS WERE DOING? IT WAS MUCH EASIER IN READING BECAUSE WE HAD DIBBLES. WE STILL HAVE IT. THAT AND IREADY ARE ON THE APPROVED LIST FOR DYSLEXIA SCREENER. WE JUST NOW, THE DATA YOU ARE SEEING IS THE IREADY DATA. MATH IT WAS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT. IT WOULD BE BASED ON THE UNIT SO THEN IF THE UNIT ASSESSMENTS YIELDED STUDENTS THAT DIDN'T, PROFICIENCY MODEL WOULD SAY WE TOOK THOSE KIDS. FELT LIKE IT WAS MORE AT THE END OF THE UNIT. HERE WE ARE GETTING MORE REALTIME DATA HOW STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING WITHIN THE UNIT. SO REALTIME VERSUS DELAYED ARE WE TALKING A MONTH DELAYED? YES. IT WAS . >> HOW MUCH CAN YOU PROGRESS

149IN A MONTH OR TWO OR THREE. IT FELT LIKE MORE TO USE KIND OF --ONE THAT ASSESSMENT IT WAS AN AUTOPSY THAN INFORMATIVE. YES. CHECKING WITH STUDENTS HERE THAT WERE NOT GETTING THOSE ASSESSMENTS AS QUICKLY FOR WHAT THEY WERE DOING. SO WE SHOULD BE SEEING, WHICH WE ARE SEEING, THIS IS PRETTY PHENOMENAL DATA FROM JUST FALL TO WINTER. I THINK. IT IS EXCEPTIONAL. I THINK THE REAL POWER IS WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT AND THE TEACHER WHO IS LOOKING AT THE DATA, RIGHT? THE GRADE LEVEL TEAM THAT ARE BUILDING PLANS AROUND WHAT THE DATA IS SUGGESTING. I LIKE THE SECONDARY LENS. THE HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT. NOT THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF IREADY. IREADY IS TO INFORM THE TEACHER WHAT TO DO NEXT. LAYERS AND LAYERS OF DIMENSION IN THE PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS A TEACHTORY KNOW HOW

150TO GROUP STUDENTS --TEACHER TO GROUP STUDENTS TO TELL THEM WHAT TO TEACH NEXT. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME TO GET TO THAT LEVEL. WE HAVE TEACHERS DOING IT. DOES EVERY DISTRICT IN CLACKAMAS COUNTY DO THIS? I DON'T THINK SO. AND AS OUR DISTRICT EMBRACES A.I. IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THAT AND THOSE STUDENTS AND THE GROUPS ACCELERATES SIGNIFICANTLY BOTH IN IMPACT AND IN REACH. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PUBLISHERS CLAIMING THEY CAN DO THIS. IREADY WAS OUT EARLY IN A LOT OF THESE AREAS. SO WHEN WE ADOPTED THEM FOR MATH THAT WAS AN ADVANTAGE FOR US. THERE ARE OTHER PUBLISHERS SAYING WE CAN DO IT TOO BUT DOES NOT EXECUTE THE SAME WAY. THEY ARE IN THAT SAME PRE-A.I. SPACE. THINGS ARE ADAPTING TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS. INDIVIDUALIZATION IS WHERE

151WE NEED TO GO. DO WE STILL USE --DOES EVERY STUDENT HAVE ACCESS TO --AT ANY GRADE LEVEL? NOT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. WE DON'T WANT TEACHERS OR STUDENTS RUNNING HOME TO SOMETHING FAMILIAR WHETHER IREADY IS WITH THE CURRICULUM THAT WE HAVE FOR K-5. IT IS A FORCING FUNCTION. [ LAUGHTER ] IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING. YES. PROUD OF OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT WAS A GREAT UPDATE. 6.6, AMENDMENT TO BOND SALE RESOLUTION, MR. KETZLER. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. NOT AS EXCITING AS YOUR PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM. YOU CAN DO IT. [ LAUGHTER ] BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN OUR BOND SALE THAT WE WILL BE HAVING LATER THERE SPRING FOR THE REMAINING OF OUR 2021 BOND AUTHORIZATION. WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORIGINAL BOND SALE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED

152IN 2022. UNDER WHICH WE SOLD THE FIRST, $153 MILLION WORTH OF BONDS. AND SINCE THAT TIME OUR LEAD BOND COUNCIL HAS MOVED TO ANOTHER FIRM. THIS AMENDMENT APPOINTS FOSTER GARVEY AS OUR BOND COUNCIL AND SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT THE AUTHORIZATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE STATE OF OREGON SCHOOL BOND GUARANTEE PROGRAM. WE ANTICIPATE WE WILL HAVE TO DO THAT. WE HAVE A KICKOFF FOR THE BOND SALE WITH THE LARGER TEAM THIS MORNING. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO UTILIZE THIS CREDIT. BUT IN OTHER OTHER PARTICULARLY, A LOT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE SEEING DOWNGRADES TO THEIR BOND RATINGS. SO WE BELIEVE WE ARE IMMUNE FROM THOSE FORCES. WE WILL NOT KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL WE GO THROUGH THE RATING PROCESS WITHSTANDARD LATER THIS SPRING WHICH IS ONE OF THE STEPS IN BOND SALE PROCESS. THIS

153IS AN ACTION ITEM AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR, REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL FOR THIS RESOLUTION. YOU POINT OUT HERE --IT IS TRANSPARENT. WE DO NEED IT AS IT RELATES TO FOSTER GARVEY. CALLING OUT THE OSBG, IT, THE AUTHORITY WAS IMPLICIT IN THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION BUT OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND BOND COUNCIL WANTED TO BE MORE EXPLICIT IN CASE A QUESTION COMES UP FOR THE OPERATORS OR ONE OF THE BUYERS OF ONE OF OUR BONDS IN I HAD THAT AUTHORITY TO DO IT. THIS IS THE SAME PERSON OR GROUP THAT WE HAVE? WHEN DID MERSER CLOSE? THEY DISSOLVED IN EARLY 2024. THE SON OF THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER HE RETIRED EARLY IN 2024. COURTNEY EVALUATED GOING AND CONTINUING THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND JUST DECIDED IT WAS FOR HER AND TO CLIENTS SHE SERVED TO ATTACH FOSTER GARVEY. THE BIGGER

154BOND COUNSEL FIRM. THEY ARE A BIGGER FIRM IN SEATTLE AND A GOOD PRESENCE HERE IN PORTLAND AS WELL. SO CAN YOU JUST WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS LEADING UP TO THE BOND SALE? THE STEPS WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH? YES. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. SO, THE FIRST THING THAT WE DID WAS WE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR UNDERWRITERS. THAT WAS DONE IN JANUARY. AND, THEN, UNDERWRITER IS THE FIRM THAT GETS APPOINTED TO MARKET OUR BONDS. AND, AND THEY HAVE TO DO A GOOD JOB MARKETING. ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS IF YOU DON'T SELL THE BONDS THEN YOU HAVE TO BUY THEM. SO, SELECTION OF AN UNDER WRITER IS AN IMPORTANT INITIAL STEP. YOU WANT TO GET A TEAM THAT IS REALLY GOOD AT MARKETING. THE EXPOSURE ENHANCING, YOU KNOW, THE INVESTMENT MARKET INTEREST

155THAT DRIVES DOWN OUR INTEREST RATE COSTS. WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOING TO SAVE TAXPAYER'S MONEY AS WELL AS IT CAN INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PREMIUMS OR REDUCE DISCOUNTS THAT MIGHT BE IN THE SALE AT ANY GIVEN TIME. SO, WE HAVE THAT RFP. WE SELECTED PIPER SAMUEL. THE 800 POUND GORILLA IF IT WILL AS IT RELATES TO BOND SALES FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND NOT JUST IN OREGON BUT IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. AND THEY, THEY, I WORKED WITH THEM AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN DIFFERENT TIMES OF DEBT OFFERINGS THAT I HAVE BEEN WITH THEM. AND AND, AND THE TIME LINE AND, AND, YOU KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT PART OR PARTS OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STEPS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH SELLING A BOND AND WE WENT OVER SOME OF THOSE DETAILS. CONFIRMED SOME OF THE

156DATES ON THE CALENDAR AND WE ARE LOOKING TO MARKET THIS BOND FOR A SALE IN EARLY TO MID-MAY? AND, ONE THING THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO BRING TO THE TABLE THEY SEE WHO ELSE IS OUT IN THE MARKET AND ANTICIPATE TO SELL BONDS OF THE SAME TIME FRAME AND THEY TRY TO STRUCTURE OUR TIMING SO WE ARE NOT DISADVANTAGED TO OTHER SALES THAT MIGHT BE TAKING PLACE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME. THAT CAN HELP MAXIMIZE THE INTEREST IN THE BONDS. AND, THEY, THEY A LONG WITH FINANCIAL ADVISORY AND FINANCIAL ADVISORY LLC, I THINK, THEY, THEY KIND OF CROSS-CHECKING EACH OTHER'S WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTRICT'S INTERESTS ARE HELD UP PFM WORKS IN A FID FIDUCIARY ACCESS FOR US. AND THE SALE AND THEY HELP ASSESS, YOU KNOW, IF THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED FAIR VALUE

157AND THAT WE ARE OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CLOSING THAT WOULD BE ANTICIPATED GENERALLY WITHIN A WEEK TO 10 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE SALE. UNDER OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE, WE ANTICIPATE HAVING THIS REMAINING, THE FUNDS FROM THIS REMAINING IN LATE MAY. ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE BOND SALE RESOLUTION. I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR IN THE MOTION. AND THE MOTION IS APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OTHER BUSINESS. I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAD ALL OF THE MUSIC TESTIMONY COMMENTARY THIS EVENING AND WE ARE NOT HEARING FROM ANYONE ELSE, WHAT DOES THAT INDICATE TO US? IS THERE, WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE THAT SUDDENLY BROUGHT THE MUSICIANS HERE? IT WOULD BE RUMORS. IT IS

158AN ORGANIZED GROUP. WHO, WHERE DID THAT RUMOR COME FROM? HOW DO WE TAKE THE ANXIETY LEVEL DOWN? OR ARE THEY DULY ANXIOUS? WELL, I CAN SAY LIKE I DON'T THINK I HEARD VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD LIKE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. MY PRINCIPAL SAID SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN TWO OF MY SCIENCE TEACHERS FOR LIKE CERTAIN CLASSES AND . NO ONE KNOWS RIGHT NOW. YEAH. SO I REALLY, I HAVE BEEN HEARING THINGS FROM STUDENTS, HEARING THINGS FROM TEACHERS, MY PRINCIPAL AND EVERYONE IS SAYING DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT WHICH TEACHERS ARE GOING TO NOT BE HERE AND WHICH CLASSES WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE. LIKE I WAS SAYING DURING MY COMMENTS. IT IS REALLY CONFUSING. I THINK THAT WHEN SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT CLASSES ARE NOT GOING TO BE HERE. THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO BEFORE WE FORECAST IT.

159THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT BOILED UP IN CHOIR. OKAY, PEOPLE, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO . AND I THINK WHAT I HEARD IS --THERE IS SOME OF THE CLASSES ARE SMALL. SO I THINK PEOPLE ARE PUTTING TWO AND TWO TOGETHER. IT IS A SMALL CLASS, THEY ARE GOING TO CUT. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF SMALL CLASSES SO . I DO THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING AND WE DO HAVE SOME SMALL CLASSES -- [LOW AUDIO] I THINK THAT IS WORTH COMMUNICATION AT THIS POINT. THAT SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF ANXIETY TO ME FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A DEFINITE THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING SOME KIDS DON'T KNOW THAT, LIKE SMALLER CLASSES AND I KNOW ESPECIALLY UPPERCLASSMAN THEY WANT TO FORECAST FOR LATE ARRIVAL, EARLY RELEASE, FREE PERIODS. AT LEAST ONE OF MY

160TEACHERS SAID TRY TO FORECAST FOR ALL EIGHT CLASSES SO THE CLASSES EXIST AND THEN IT IS EASIER TO DROP A CLASS THAN IT IS TO ADD A CLASS, KIND OF. SO THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE, LIKE, THAT ONE TEACHER IS TELLING PEOPLE TO FORECAST BUT I DON'T THINK EVERYONE KNOWS THAT. WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FORECAST THE CLASSES THEY ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE. SO, I THINK THAT IS A MESSAGE THAT NEEDS TO GET OUT THERE AS WELL. YES. WE CAN CONTINUE TO SAY THAT. IT DOES NOT HELP THAT 30 KIDS FORECAST FOR CLASS A AND SOME ARE LIKE OKAY, CLASS A, AND WE PUT A TEACHER THERE, SPEND MONEY ON IT AND 15 KIDS DROP OUT OF THE CLASS. THEN I GOT OVER HERE I HAVE A CLASS THAT HAS 40 KIDS IN IT, I

161COULD OF USED IT HERE TO MAKE THAT CLASS MORE REASONABLE. NOW I CAN'T BECAUSE I PUT IT OVER HERE. EVEN THOUGH KIDS WERE NOT GOING TO TAKE THE CLASS AND DROP IT CAN YOU SAY CLASS SIZE ALONE IS NOT AN INDICATOR FOR A CLASS TO BE DROPPED. IT SOUNDED TO ME WE CAN NOT AFFORD A CLASS WITH 10 STUDENTS CORRECT. IT LOOKS LIKE, CHOIR, THERE IS A CLASS OF 60. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF YOU HAVE A CLASS THAT ARE 60 BUT SAY IT IS 15 AND 60 THAT ACTUALLY IS OKAY. I AM LOOKING AT THAT MORE OF LIKE THE CASELOAD OF THAT TEACHER. AND IF, IF PEOPLE COULD BE, OKAY, PUT YOU IN THIS CLASS. THERE ARE ALL OF THESE INTERESTING THINGS TO MAKE CLASSES BIGGER THAN THEY ARE. SAME FOR MATH IF

162YOU HAVE A LARGE MATH SECTION AND YOU HAVE, YOU STILL WANT TO HAVE THE ADVANCED MATH. RIGHT. WE HOPE TO, WE CAN NOT HAVE ALL OF THE LEVELS OF MATH BUT, WHATEVER. BUT --WE DO WANT TO KEEP AS MANY ADVANCED MATH CLASSES. SOME OF THE CLASSES MIGHT BE SMALLER. I DON'T . >> I DON'T WANT TO DROP ANY CLASSES. IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT. 14 PEOPLE AND YOU ARE QUIT. THERE ARE OTHER GROUPS THAT WILL COME IN IF WE CAN EVEN OUT THE ANXIETY AND HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. WITH THE ADVANCED MATH CLASSES AND ADVANCED SCIENCE CLASSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU SPOKE OF, DON'T YOU HAVE CONNECTIONS TO THINGS LIKE PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE WHERE STUDENTS AND I THINK CLACKAMAS COLLEGE, REGULAR HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES TO STILL BE PUSHING THEIR ADVANCEMENT? YES. OKAY. >> THEY DO

163BUT TECHNICALLY IT GOES MORE TO ADVANCEMENTS. IT IS NOT GOING TO CLACKAMAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. MIGHT BE THE CASE FOR ONE OR TWO KIDS WE WOULD NOT HAVE A CLASS FOR ONE OR TWO STUDENTS. WHETHER YOU TALK ABOUT CALC 2 AND 1. WE DO HAVE 90. THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE. THOSE ARE NOT THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. IS IT FAIR TO SAY TODAY, IN LATE FEBRUARY, NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ON WHICH CLASSES WILL MAKE UP THE CURRICULUM FOR NEXT YEAR? AND THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN UNTIL AFTER THE MAY FORECASTING SHAKE OUT IS COMPLETED? THAT IS TRUE FOR ELECTIVES. SO, YES. BUT WE HAVE ALREADY SAID, YOU KNOW, 60 SECTIONS OF ENGLISH FOR EXAMPLE. WE ALREADY SAID THAT OUR CLASS RATIOS ARE GOING TO BE 30. SO THAT MEANS WE NEAT

164SIX SECTIONS HERE. THAT IS BECAUSE YOU KNOW EVERY 10TH GRADER IS TAKING ENGLISH. YES. RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT. >> WHAT COULD HAPPEN WITH THAT IS WHETHER YOU START LOOKING AT THE ENGLISH TEACHERS WHO ALSO TEACH ENGLISH ELECTIVES, THAT MIGHT BE WHERE THINGS GET FLUCTUATED. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TAKE YEARBOOK. LET'S JUST SAY THERE ARE FIVE KIDS JUST HYPOTHETICAL. >> JUST A HYPOTHETICAL. THAT IS USUALLY AN ENGLISH TEACHER THAT TEACHES THAT. NOW, THEY WILL NOT RUN YEARBOOK. WE WOULD NOT RUN YEARBOOK WITH FIVE KIDS, WE NEED TO SEE IF THAT ENGLISH TEACHER TEACHES ANOTHER ENGLISH SECTION OR A DIFFERENT ENGLISH ELECTIVE. THIS YEAR WE HAVE A TON OF ADVANCED READERS, THAT WANT TO TAKE A READING CLASS. THAT IS WHERE THEY HAVE TO GO. THE ELECTIVES IT DEPENDS WHAT THE KIDS FORECAST FOR. FOR

165THE MOST PART, ALL OF OUR KIDS TAKE AN ENGLISH, A MATH, A SCIENCE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE KIDS THAT TAKE TWO SCIENCES. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS. ONLY THING WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE AT THIS POINT IS CORE. ELEMENTARY THAT IS ALL CORE. JUST TO CLARIFY FORECASTING IS SUPER IMPORTANT. THAT IS HOW WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS EVERY YEAR. JUST TO CLARIFY IS THAT AT THERE MOMENT A PROMISE I CAN MAKE TO ALL OF MY STUDENT THAT I KNOW CAME UP HERE. NO PROMISES >> IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I CAN TELL THEM, WE DON'T KNOW ELECTIVES UNTIL FORECASTING IS CONCLUDED? YES. >> AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO. FOR STUDENTS IN THE FORECASTING PERIOD RIGHT NOW. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT AS A STUDENT AND PARENTS OF A STUDENT THAT STUDENT FORECASTING YOU TRY TO TAKE IT AS

166SERIOUSLY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN. THERE ARE SOMETIMES A SENTIMENT THAT OH, I CAN NOT BE BOTHERED RIGHT NOW OR I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THE COURSE CATALOG OR I HAD A SUPER OFFICIAL MEETING WITH MY COUNSELOR BECAUSE I WAS NOT PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO DO AND I WILL FIGURE IT OUT IN THE SPRING OR OVER THE SUMMER AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN THE FALL. I THINK ONE OF THE PRACTICAL REALITIES IS THAT AS WE HAVE PRESSURE TO THE NUMBER OF CLASSES THAT WE CAN OFFER TO THE LEARNING COMMUNITY THERE WILL NECESSARILY ALSO BE PRESSURE ON THE FLEXIBILITY TO MOVE OUT OF CLASSES, INTO CLASSES. ALL BECAUSE THREE OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE TAKING THERE AND NOW I WANT TO TAKE THIS CLASS. THAT WILL BE HARDER TO DO NEXT YEAR. I JUST

167ENCOURAGE ALL STUDENTS, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL TO LOOK AT YOUR COURSE CATALOGS, TALK TO YOUR COUNSELORS, TALK TO YOUR PARENTS, TALK TO YOUR OLDER SIBLINGS, GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE CLASSES ARE LIKE AND TRY TO GO INTO FORECASTING IF THIS IS WHAT I GET I WILL BE HAPPY. THAT IS GOOD TO HEAR. I THINK THE PERSPECTIVE OF QUITE A FEW, ESPECIALLY THE CHOIR KIDS IS NOT THAT, OH, WELL, THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH DEMAND FOR A CLASS IT WILL NOT HAPPEN. IT WILL BE MY THIRD YEAR IN A ROW TRYING TO TAKE HISTORY BUT NEVER ENOUGH KIDS THAT SIGN UP. THE PERSPECTIVE FROM THEM IS THAT THEY SEE A WORD IN THE LAKE OSWEGO NEWSPAPER LIKE BUDGET CUTS AND THINK IT DOES NOT MATTER IF 100 KIDS FORECAST FOR THE CLASS BUDGET CUTS

168MEANS IT IS GONE. THAT IS WHAT THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY MORE THAN A LACK OF DEMAND. THERE IS CLEARLY PASSIONATE INTEREST IN OUR CHOIR PROGRAMS. ALL OF OUR PERFORMING ARTS. YES. >> ALL OF THEM. IT IS PART OF WHAT OUR DISTRICT NEEDS AND THE REALITY OF IT IS, WE ARE CUTTING $10 MILLION. THOSE TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO BE COMPETING REALITIES. WE ARE NOT CUTTING ANY ONE THING. IT JUST MEANS IT WILL BE TIGHTER. YOU WILL NOT HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO SAY I DON'T WANT THIS NOW I DO, WE HAD THE LUXURY FOR MANY YEARS OF DOING. WE ARE JUST NOT GOING TO HAVE IT NOW. TAKE THE FORECASTING SERIOUSLY. WE WILL HAVE CLASSES FOR ALL KIDS TO TAKE THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BUILD OUR

169STAFFING AROUND. ALL RIGHT. IT IS AN INDICATOR THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT UNTIL IT DO YOU SEND CONFIRMING EMAILS AFTER ALL OF YOUR EMAIL? THAT IS A CONFIRMING EMAIL DIALOGUE. I WILL TELL THEM IN WHATEVER LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE YOU THINK I SHOULD. I WAS JUST GIVING YOU A HARD TIME. FORECASTING IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK JUST SAYING THAT, IF YOU ALL WANT CHOIR, JUST MAKE SURE YOU FORECAST FOR IT SO WHEN WE ARE DOING STAFFING WE CAN SAY WHERE IT IS GOING TO. ALL RIGHT. >> AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO KNOW THERE WILL BE OTHER CLASSES OR OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE IF A CLASS THEY REALLY WANTED DOES NOT EXIST. ESPECIALLY LIKE THE ONES WE WERE TALKING ABOUT CALC3 OR THE SPANISH OR ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. THERE WILL BE OTHER OPTIONS. ALL RIGHT. >>

170I DON'T FORESEE US GETTING RID OF ANY ONE THING LIKE THAT. IT WILL BE HOW MANY KIDS IN THE CLASS. THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTION. YEP. >> ANY OTHER OTHER BUSINESS? ALL RIGHT. IF