School Board Mtg. - Jun 09, 2025

001ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO CALL THETHE DISTRICT OF LAKE GROVE SWIM PARK BUDGET PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY COMMENT. OR MR. KESSLER IS GOING TO TELL US. AND ALSO I WANT TO NOTE WE HAVE TWO BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT TONIGHT, DIRECTOR BRIAN BILLS AND DIRECTOR KIRSTEN AIRD. YES. CHAIR WALLIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE ARE CONDUCTING OUR HEARING AS REQUIRED BY OREGON LOCAL BUDGET LAW AND WE PUBLISHED A NOTICE IN THE REVIEW LAST WEEK AND ALSO POSTED A COPY OF THE APPROVED BUDGET ON THE DISTRICT WEBSITE. MY OFFICE HASN'T RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS IN RELATION TO THAT. WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THIS HEARING. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS AFTER THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVED THE BUDGET, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON MAY 21st AND THEN AFTER THIS HEARING

002WE'LL BE BRINGING A RESOLUTION FORWARD FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ANY TESTIMONY THAT MIGHT BE GIVEN THIS EVENING, WHICH DOESN'T APPEAR LIKE THERE IS MUCH. OKAY. SO DO WE NEED TO LEAVE THIS HEARING OPEN FOR TEN MINUTES WHILE WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? THAT'S BEEN OUR STANDARD PRACTICE. YEAH. OKAY. SHOULD I CLOSE THAT OR SHOULD I JUST START THE NEXT THING? START THE NEXT THING. >> ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL HAVE --IF ANYONE WANTS TO MAKE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE'LL DO THAT UNTIL ABOUT 6:10. THEN I'M GOING TO GAVEL THE CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD. FOR FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY DESIGN SERVICES. MR. VANDENBERG. THANK YOU, CHAIR WALLIN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M HEREHERE TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESIGN SERVICES. THIS IS A PROJECT

003THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT YET FUNDED. HOWEVER, IN ANTICIPATION OF A NOVEMBER 2025 PASSAGE OF A BOND PROGRAM WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME EARLY DESIGN FOR THE FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT. SO THIS IS A BRAND NEW SCHOOL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SITE. WE'VE STARTED WORKING WITH AN ARCHITECT AND ARRIVED AT A PRICE FOR THEIR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT. JUST TO REMIND FOLKS THE DESIGN PROCESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCLUDES EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND MASTER PLANNING. THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN COMES AFTER THAT. DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND THEN ADMINISTRATION DURING CONSTRUCTION. EACH OF THOSE PHASES IS ABOUT THREE MONTHS, MAYBE MORE IN SOME CASES. THE FIRST PHASE BEING THE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS AND THE MASTER PLANNING FOR THE SITE REQUIRES SOME PRETTY EXTENSIVE WORK WITH STAFF. WE'VE ALREADY DONE SOME OF THAT WORK WITH STAFF TO GET EARLY

004INPUT THAT WILL INFORM US THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER SO WE CAN KEEP GOING THROUGH AND REFINING AS WE APPROACH THE BOND. THE GOAL HERE IS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE INTOINTO LIKS AND CONSTRUCTION FILING THE COMPLETION OF THE LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. THEREFORE SHORTENING THE DURATION OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM. COMING OUT OF THE GATE RIGHT AWAY WITH A PROJECT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US. WE SEE THIS EFFORT AS AN ESSENTIAL EFFORT REGARDLESS. WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED THREE-RUN ABOUT THE SITE AND A LOT OF INPUT WE NEED TO GATHER FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS. THIS IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE MOVING FORWARD NOW. WE DO BELIEVE THAT IN THE END THIS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS TO ADD THAT TO THE TOP. THE OVERALL PROCESS INCLUDED AN ADVERTISEMENT IN JANUARY

005WHICH RESULTED IN NINE FIRMS SUBMITTING PROPOSALS. SO WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT. WE SHORTLISTED TO FOUR PROPOSALS, INTERVIEWED THOSE FOUR PROPOSING FIRMS WHICH INCLUDED FOLKS IN MY OFFICE AS WELL AS ADMINISTRATION AT THE SCHOOL. SEWEDERSTROM ARCHITECTS EMERGED AS THE TOP FIRM AFTER DELIBERATIONS FOLLOWING INTERVIEWS. TONIGHT HERE TO REQUEST THE NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF $3,741,699 FOR THE FULL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION FOR THE FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROJECT, WE HAVE PROVISIONS WITHIN THE CONTRACT THAT ALLOW US TO STOP AT ANY TIME, TO PAUSE, TO WAIT OR TO STOP ENTIRELY DEPENDING ON THE PASSAGE OF THE BOND PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER. I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP AT THIS TIME FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS? HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THE ENTIRE PROCESS WILL TAKE? IT'S ABOUT A YEAR. ABOUT A YEAR? YEAH. >> AND THIS IS

006BEING PAID FOR OUT OF THE CURRENT BOND, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO THE 2021 BOND. YES. >> OKAY. AND WILL WE ANTICIPATE AFTER THE EARLY FALL BEFORE THERE WOULD BE PICTURES TO SEE THAT WOULD GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE HAVE IN MIND? YEAH. WE'LL COME BACK AT THE EARLY FALL AND HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD BASED ON ALL OF OUR DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO DATE AND ARE STILL YET TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. WE'LL HAVE SOME IMAGERY AT THAT POINT AND HAVE A PRETTY LENGTHY DETAIL OF THE PROCESS. THAT'S GREAT. AND IF WE WAITED UNTIL WE PASSED THE BOND, THAT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT OUT OF LINE WITH THE PLAN TO KEEP THINGS GOING AFTER THE JUNIOR HIGH? IT WOULD, YEAH. WE WOULD LOSE THE FIRST SUMMER

007FOR SURE, WHICH IS A PERFECT TIME FOR US TO DROP THE BUILDING AND PREPARE THE SITE FOR CONSTRUCTION GOING INTO THE FALL. AND IT ALSO ALIGNS WITH OUR PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR LAND USE, WHICH YOU KNOW, LAND USE CAN BE A PRETTY LENGTHY PROCESS. TAKES AT LEAST THREE MONTHS. SOMETIMES IT TAKES MORE DEPENDING ON HOW MANY TIMES YOU GET CONTINUED TO WHETHER IT'S COUNCIL OR BACK TO DRC FOR CONVERSATIONS. THIS IS WHAT YOU DID FOR RIVER GROVE AS WELL? IT IS. AND LET US FINISH WELL ON TIME? RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERK TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH SODERSTROM ARCHITECTS FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES OF A REPLACEMENT FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN A NOT-TO- EXCEED AMOUNT OF $3,741,699. I'LL SECOND. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GUPTA. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

008[ ALL SAY AYE ] THE MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. AND MR. VANDENBERG, 3. 0 LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBINSON CONSTRUCTION CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 12. CHANGE ORDER NUMBER 12, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHERS. I'VE ONLY COME TO THE SCHOOL BOARD A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH CHANGE ORDERSORDERS WERE BELOW OUR $100,000 AUTHORITY. THIS ONE WENT A BIT OVER RELATED TO VARIOUS CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE PAST BILLING CYCLE THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED SOME CHANGES INCLUDING CLARIFICATIONS THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL SUPPLEMENTAL INSTRUCTIONS. WE HAD A NUMBER OF STEEL STRUCTURE CHANGES THAT NEEDED TO BE CLARIFIED OR ADD ED, LOW VOLTAGE DEVICES ADDED, A NUMBER OF OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHANGES OCCURRED. REQUESTING THE AMOUNT OF $121,573 FOR THIS CHANGE ORDER. I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. QUESTIONS. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. SOMEONE HAS A MOTION? I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE

009CLERK TO APPROVE ROBINSON'S CHANGE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF $121,573. DIRECTOR HARTMAN. >> I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GUPTA. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE. [ ALL SAY AYE ] AND THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM 4. 0, LIGHTING UPGRADES CONTRACTOR AWARD. MY APOLOGIES FOR HAVING THIS ONE COME IN HOT. THIS IS US TRYING TO DO AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE WE JUST LIKE TO DO THAT STUFF. BUT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT CAME ABOUT OVER THE YEAR AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST APPROACH FOR THIS. IT IS A LIGHTING RETROFIT PROJECT FOR A NUMBER OF OUR SCHOOLS. LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, OAK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, PALISADES WORLD LANGUAGE SCHOOL AND WESTRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE CONVERTING EXISTING LIGHT FIXTURES WITH L.E.D. RETROFITS.

010SO THESE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER EFFICIENCY, LONGER LASTING, ALL AROUND BETTER COLOR TEMPERATURE AND EVERYTHING. SO THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT EXISTS THAT ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT FOR MATERIALS AND SEPARATELY LABOR TO DO THE INSTALL WORK WITH CONTRACTORS. SO THE FIRST PART THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS FOR THE LABOR TO ACTUALLY PERFORM THE RETROFITS. WE SOLICITED REQUESTS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH IN THE PAST AND HAVE GOOD STANDING HERE AT THE DISTRICT. OVERWHELMINGLY, ROSE CITY ELECTRIC AROSE FROM THE TOP TO HAVE THE LOWEST ON EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT SITES. TONIGHT WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR ROSE CITY ELECTRIC TO PROCEED WITH THE LIGHTING RETROFIT PROJECTS FOR THE SUMS MENTIONED IN THE BLURB IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE LABOR

011ASPECT OF THIS PROJECT. QUESTIONS ON THE LABOR ASPECT. IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ONE? I CAN MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERK OROR DEPUTY CLERK TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ROSE CITY ELECTRIC COMPANY FOR LIGHTING UPGRADES. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GUPTA. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AND THE MOTION PASSES. AND NUMBER 5. 0 LIGHTING UPGRADES MATERIALS ORDER. THE LIGHTING CONTRACT INCLUDED A DETAILED REVIEW OF ALL THE FIXTURES WITHIN THE BUILDING DESCRIBED HERE. AGAIN, PALISADES, OAK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WESTRIDGE AND LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS THE MOST WE CAN GET DONE IN THE SUMMER. WORKING THROUGH OUR LIGHTING CONSULTANT AND WITH UTILIZING THE OMNIA COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT WE CAN GET THE MATERIALS AT A PREVIOUSLY COMPETITIVELY SOURCED PROGRAM. AMOUNTS SHOWN BELOW ARE FOR THE RETROFIT EQUIPMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING

012ABOUT FOR EACH OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP AT THIS TIME FOR QUESTIONS. BEFORE I GO THERE, THOUGH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT, IT DOES PROVIDE US WITH SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCENTIVES. I'VE NOT OUTLINED WHAT THOSE INCENTIVES ARE HERE, BUT IT IS IN THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. SO THIS -- SOME OF THESE INCENTIVES MAY GO AWAY AFTER THIS SUMMER. THAT'S ONE OF OUR REASONS FOR REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THIS THROUGH THIS SUMMER. SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D BRING THAT UP. DOES THAT MEAN THE COSTS THAT ARE IN THE AGENDA ITEM COULD GO DOWN? THEY WILL GO DOWN AND WILL RECEIVE CHECKS FROM ENERGY TRUST OF OREGON. PART OF THIS. SO THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN UPGRADED --JUST OFF THE TOP

013OF MY HEAD. OAK CREEK, LAKE -- WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO DO THEM ALL THIS SUMMER? WE DON'T. BUT AT SOME POINT THE PLAN IS TO UPGRADE AS WELL? THERE WILL BE ONGOING ENERGY PROJECTS. THIS FITS IN WITH OUR BOND PROGRAM AS SOME OF OUR PRIORITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, SOME OF THESE LIGHT FIXTURES THAT WE HAVE ARE THE LAMPS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. SO THEY DO NEED TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A COST-EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING IT. THERE'S PROGRAMS THAT EXIST THAT INCENTIVIZE US TO DO SO. AND WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERK TO PLACE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE MATERIALS FOR LIGHTING UPGRADES AS IN 5.0. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HARTMAN. I'LL SECOND. THANKS, DIRECTOR GUPTA. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.

014[ ALL SAY AYE ] AND THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MR. VANDENBERG. THANK YOU. >> AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD AT 6:14. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE WHO WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE SWIM PARK BUDGET HEARING -- OR I'M SORRY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR SWIM PARK BUDGET HEARING, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THAT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO CLOSE THAT ONE. ALSO AT 6:14. AND NOW WE WILL START THE SCHOOL BOARD REGULAR SESSION AT 6:14. LET'S SEE HERE. WE WILL START WITH WELCOME -- WHERE ARE WE? COMMENTS FROM PATRONS. OKAY. SO WE DO HAVE A FAIR NUMBER OF COMMENTS. THAT'S WHY MANY OF YOU ARE HERE. I'M JUST GOING TO MENTION A COUPLE THINGS. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. YOU ALL ARE HERE BECAUSE YOU CARE WITH OUR STUDENTS, THEIR EXPERIENCES,

015AND IT'S NATURAL FOR EMOTIONS TO RUN HIGH AND FOR PERSPECTIVES TO BE PASSIONATE. WE'VE HEARD FROM MANY OF YOU ALREADY THROUGH E-MAILS, CONVERSATIONS AND COMMUNITY INPUT. AND TONIGHT'S MEETING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOREVER YOU TO SHARE THESE PERSPECTIVES WITH THE BOARD AND FOR US TO LISTEN TO YOU. WE WON'T RESPOND DIRECTLY TO YOUR COMMENTS. IF THERE'S A NEED FOR FURTHER FOLLOW-UP, STAFF WILL REACH OUT ON IT. SO I WOULD ASK PEOPLE TO REFRAIN FROM CLAPPING OR MAKING VERBAL COMMENTS. THIS HELPS US TO MAINTAIN ORDER AND DECORUM. IT PREVENTS INTERRUPTIONS AND DISTRACTIONS. AND I KNOW THERE'S A NUMBER OF STUDENTS HERE. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT SCARY, BUT WE'RE GENERALLY PRETTY NICE. SO IT SHOULD GO WELL. FIRST I'M GOING TO READ OFF THE NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO SUBMITTED WRITTEN TESTIMONY. THERE'S A BUNCH OF NAMES.

016AND I WILL NOT PRONOUNCE EVERYONE'S NAME RIGHT BUT I WILL DO MY BEST. FIRST WE HEARD FROM ASIENDA CVC IN SUPPORT OF TAX EXEMPTION REQUEST. FROM THE EVERS FAMILY REGARDING BUDGET CUTS. WE HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS. I'M GOING TO READ THE NAMES. HEATHER NELSON, KENDALL STEWART, DENSE LIE, ISAAC ZUCKERMAN, FITZSIMMONS, HAILEY BOSS LAURA HESS RUSS FOSTER MELISSA EVERS FRANKLIN DUNWOODY, MARILYN WIDrd. BRANDON SOUS. ROBT ROBIN HOOVER JOE GODFREY, AMY ONTERRY. INA LEONCHICK. KEN HANSEN CHRIS RODGERTA. KRIFLTINE FU, SARAH GLOBAL, KRISTEN KNIGHT. STEVE SCHISLER, TYSON LANGFORD CALLIE CHAIRIN, CATHERINE ANDRADE, SHANE KELLY, JESSICA BANG, JOHN O'MALLEY TERRY PALMER LUKE LOPEZ KEVIN THOMPSON JOHNNY PIMIENTA MEGAN BUNN ALICIA COCHRAN HOLLY PEAR TREE WAY TRAN, ADINA GOODWIN BENAVIDEZ, MARA CATRI DID. HE. S. VLADIMIR CALDEFFA. JAMIE JENKINS CUDDY. JOEY RAIMONDO.

017MATTHEW SANCOM. MARY JO RUTTON. CHRIS BEELER, STACY SCHOLES, CHRIS SWEENEY STEVIE SMITH. JOHN SWAZILEWSKI, WENDY HINDERHOVER. MARK S. BINDER, KRISTEN ALLEN. CHRIS HOKE, JENNA BLANCHER. REGARDING CHANGE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULE. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO IN-PERSON TESTIMONY. EVERYBODY'S GOT THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. THERE'S A CLOCK UP HERE. AGAIN WE WILL GIVE A LISTEN AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. FOR OUR STUDENTS I'M JUST GOING TO READ YOUR FIRST NAMES. SO WE'LL START WITH SARAH. IS SARAH HERE? OKAY. WE'LL GO ON TO PAIGE, THEN. ALL RIGHT, PAIGE. IS THE MIC ON? YES. >> HI, PAIGE. HELLO PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS PAIGE POWERS AND I'M A CURRENT SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT AT LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DISTRICT IS FACING A BUDGET SHORTFALL, BUT THAT SHOULD NOT MAKE US

018SACRIFICE THE QUALITY OF OUR EDUCATION. WE ARE CURRENTLY ON A RAINBOW SCHEDULE THAT HAS SEVEN CLASSES THAT ARE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE COLOR DAY. THIS SCHEDULE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR YEARS AND IS A BIG REASON OUR STUDENTS ARE SO SUCCESSFUL. OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE ALLOWS THE WORKLOAD TO BE SPREAD OUT. FOR EXAMPLE, STUDENTS ONLY HAVE MATH FIVE OUT OF THE SEVEN-DAY ROTATION. MEANING THEY HAVE TIME TO FOCUS ON OTHER SUBJECTS. IF WE WERE TO GO TO THE SEVEN-DAY PERIOD -- SEVEN- PERIOD SCHEDULE, WE WOULD HAVE MATH AND MATH HOMEWORK EVERY DAY, WHICH WOULD DOMINATE OUR OTHER LESS INTENSIVE CLASSES AND EXTRACURRICULARS. A SEVEN-PERIOD SCHEDULE WOULD INCREASE TIME IN THE HALLS INSTEAD OF IN THE CLASSROOM. IF WE WERE TO GO TO A SEVEN-PERIOD SCHEDULE OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WE WOULD SPEND A TOTAL

019OF 30 HOURS WALKING FROM CLASS TO CLASS. PLUS OUR SCHOOL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WHICH MEANS THAT WE DON'T HAVE LOCKERS. THIS WOULD LEAD TO STUDENTS CARRYING AROUND SEVEN CLASSES' WORTH OF BOOKS AND MATERIALS. THIS TIME --THE TIME IN THE CLASSROOM WOULD BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY. INSTEAD OF OUR NORMAL 65-MINUTE CLASS PERIODS IT WOULD BE REDUCED TO 45-MINUTE CLASSES. THIS WOULD MAKE TEACHERS HAVE TO BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH LESS PLANNING. IN ADDITION, WE ALREADY HAVE SHORTENED CLASS PERIODS ON THURSDAY. SO ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WOULD BE MAGNIFIED. IN CONCLUSION, LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL IS THRIVING AND WOULD GREATLY BENEFIT FROM KEEPING OUR CURRENT SCHEDULE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, PAIGE. SO WE'LL GO ON TO MATTIE. AND THEN AS PAIGE DID, IF YOU DON'T NEED THE FULL THREE MINUTES THAT'S FINE. MY NAME

020IS MATTIE CURAVILA AND I GO TO LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE SHOULD NOT SWITCH TO A SEVEN PERIOD SCHEDULE AND MAKE A SECOND ROUND OF UNNECESSARY CUTS AND TRANSFERS. I FEEL AS DO MY CLASSMATES THAT WITH THE SEVEN-PERIOD SCHEDULE WE WILL LEARN VERY LITTLE OR ALMOST NOTHING IN A LARGE PERCENT OF OUR CLASSES. A SEVEN-PERIOD SCHEDULE WOULD ONLY HAVE 45 MINUTES OF CLASS TIME. TEACHERS ALSO DON'T LIKE HAVING TO TEACH A SEVEN-PERIOD SCHEDULE BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DO A LOT MORE PLANNING FOR A LOT LESS TIME. THE SECOND ROUND OF CUTS AND TRANSFERS IS UNNECESSARY AND WOULDN'T HELP ANYONE. I UNDERSTAND THE DISTRICT WANTS TO BUILD UP THE RESERVES IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. BUT CURRENTLY AREN'T WE IN AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE WE ARE IN A SHORTAGE OF MONEY, WHICH WOULD COUNT AS AN EMERGENCY

021I'M PRETTY SURE. AND PUTTING MONEY OVER THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE HAPPENING. THESE CUTS BEING UNNECESSARY AND NOT HELPING ANYONE COULD CAUSE LOTS OF PROBLEMS IN THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE. WE AT LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL NEED STABILITY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE -- WE'RE IN AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE DON'T HAVE LOCKERS, AND CHANGING THE SCHEDULE AND CUTTING OR TRANSFERRING TEACHERS COULD RUIN A LOT OF STABILITY THAT WE COULD HAVE. YEAH. A LOT OF TEACHERS THAT ARE BEING CUT AND TRANSFERS ARE INTEGRAL TO OUR COMMUNITY. WITHOUT IT COULD WREAK HAVOC ON ANY CHANCE OF STABILITY. I ASK THE BOARD TO VOTE AGAINST CHANGING THE SCHEDULE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO ON TO ADELINE. IS ADELINE HERE? DID I SAY YOUR NAME RIGHT? SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT. OKAY.

022SO NOW WE HAVE CHRISTINE FU. OKAY. HI, EVERYBODY. I'M MISS FU. I'M ONE OF THE SEVENTH GRADE TEACHERS AT L.O. THAT'S UP FOR TRANSFER. AS OF A FEW DAYS AGO. IT'S BEEN AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT WEEK FOR ME. AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY TO THE KIDS. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR IN TEACHING THAT I WOULD TRULY HAVE TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO THEM OUTSIDE OF A VERY DISRUPTIVE COVID YEAR. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO WRITE IN THEIR YEARBOOKS OR WHAT TO WRITE ON THEIR REPORT CARDS BECAUSE ALL I REALLY WANT TO TELL THEM IS I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU AGAIN NEXTNEXT YEAR. I AM THE KIND OF TEACHER THAT SPENDS EVERY DAY GIVING UP MY LUNCH TO SPEND TIME WITH FORMER STUDENTS AND IT'S 20 KIDS, EIGHTH-GRADERS REGULARLY AND 30-PLUS ON

023A RAINY DAY, WHICH HERE IN OREGON IS LIKE ALL THE TIME. YOU KNOW, THOSE RELATIONSHIPS TO ME ARE PRICELESS AND THAT EXTRA YEAR WITH THEM ALLOWS ME TO GET TO KNOW KIDS THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO HAVE ME. THE IDEA OF SPENDING NEXT YEAR WITHOUT THAT EIGHTH-GRADE EXPERIENCE ALSO MAKES MY LIFE HARDER. I COME HERE TODAY TO SHOW YOU THE HUMAN COST OF SCHEDULING. HOW MANY -- THERE ARE SO MANY TETHERING LINES TO THIS PILLAR. AND WITH THAT DECISION THEY WILL ALL BE SEVERED. I AM NOT THE ONLY PILLAR IN MY COMMUNITY. THE ONLY PERSON THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF US COULD BE MOVED AROUND AND ARE LOSING OUR JOBS IS DEEPLY SADDENING. SO I ASK THAT YOU PRIORITIZE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, THEIR EXPERIENCE, THEIR CONNECTION, WHICH WE

024KNOW IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AT THAT AGE. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. [ APPLAUSE ] LET'S DO WILLOW MIDLAND. HI. MY NAME IS WILLOW MERLAND. I AM A SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER AT LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. I'M ALSO A PARENT IN THE COMMUNITY. I HAVE TWO THIRD-GRADE BOYS AT FOREST HILLS. I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ALSO URGE YOU TO PROTECT THE RAINBOW SCHEDULE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. I'VE BEEN TEACHING MIDDLE SCHOOLERS FOR 20 YEARS. I AM A --I WOULD SAY AN EXPERT IN MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. I'VE TAUGHT MANY OF THESE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM. AND I HAVE ALSO WORKED IN OTHER DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT PRIORITIZED MIDDLE SCHOOLERS. AND I'VE SEEN THE REPERCUSSIONS. THIS SCHOOL, THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS EXCEPTIONAL. I MOVED MY OWN STUDENTS, MY OWN KIDS HERE BECAUSE

025I CAME HERE AND I WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT THERE WERE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT. AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE MIDDLE LEVEL. WHEN IN MANY DISTRICTS THE MIDDLE LEVEL IS SACRIFICED. STRATEGICALLY I UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS SACRIFICED. SO I CAN UNDERSTAND FROM A LOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. EMOTIONALLY I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS SACRIFICED. MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T HUNG OUT WITH THEM, ARE ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUSLY AMAZING PEOPLE. THEY ARE --IT IS A TIME IN PEOPLE'S LIVES WHEN THEY ARE DECIDING WHO THEY WANT TO BE. THEY ARE TRYING ON DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. THEY ARE NAVIGATING LIKE SUPER COMPLEX SOCIAL INTERACTIONS THAT THEY'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. THEY ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND THEIR PEOPLE AND TRYING TO BELONG. AND THEY ARE AMAZING PEOPLE. THEY ALSO MAKE A LOT OF MISTAKES. THAT IS WHAT MIDDLE SCHOOLERS DO. THAT IS --I TELL THEM ALL THE

026TIME, THIS IS A TIME FOR YOU TO MAKE MISTAKES BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU NAVIGATE THROUGH THAT. AND THAT IS TRUE. LIKE THEY NEED --BUT IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE SAFE MISTAKES, IN ORDER FOR THOSE TO BE MISTAKES WHERE THEY CAN LEARN FROM, THERE NEEDS TO BE A CRITICAL MASS OF CARING ADULTS IN THE BUILDING. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAD EXTREME BUDGET CUTS, AND I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ON THE ADMIN PERSPECTIVE BEFORE, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT ULTIMATELY WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. THAT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO SACRIFICE THE RAINBOW SCHEDULE TO DO THAT. BECAUSE IF YOU DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS CREATING 43- MINUTE CLASS PERIODS, SEVEN TRANSITIONS A DAY. I SPECIALIZE IN SIXTH-GRADERS. THEY'RE COMING FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MOVING TO A SEVEN-PERIOD

027DAY WITH SEVEN TRANSITIONS, THOSE TRANSITIONS ARE NOT GOOD FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. IT'S THE UNSTRUCTURED TIMES THAT STUDENTS CAN MAKE BAD CHOICES BECAUSE OF CHOICES PRESSURE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF IMPULSE CONTROL SOMETIMES, AND INCREASING DRASTICALLY THE AMOUNT OF UNSTRUCTURED TIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY, I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE, I WORKED IN SCHOOLS WHERE THIS HAPPENED, IT WILL DEFINITELY INCREASE EXTREME BEHAVIORS AND MISTAKES THAT ARE NOT SAFE AND NOT OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN. ALSO, JUST FROM A SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE, I'VE LOOKED AT SOME NUMBERS, AND IT WAS HARD TO FIND -- NOT JUST SCIENCE BUT THE BUILDING. WE ARE LOSING THROUGHOUT --15 POSITIONS AT OUR SCHOOL. AND WE HAVE 850 KIDS. AND I WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THESE STUDENTS, AND I TRULY BELIEVE IN THAT. AND THAT'S WHY I CAME TONIGHT. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ]

028ALL RIGHT. THEY HAVE VIVIANA. HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS VIVIANA BURK, AND I AM A CURRENT EIGHTH-GRADER AT LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A MEMBER OF THE SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT COUNCIL WHERE I SPENT THE SCHOOL YEAR OFFERING STUDENTSTUDENT PERSPECTIVE ON ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. I'M HERE TODAY TO ADDRESS THE PLAN OF CONVERTING OUR EXISTING RAINBOW SCHEDULE INTO A SEVEN-PERIOD PER DAY SCHEDULE. THROUGHOUT THE LAST MONTHS STUDENT AND TEACHERS ALIKE HAVE BECOME CONCERNED BY THE BUDGET CUTS WE ARE THREATENED BY. HOWEVER, THIS SCHEDULE CANNOT BE THE ANSWER. WITH A SEVEN-BLOCK SCHEDULE TEACHERS WOULD NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PLAN THEIR LESSONS AND PRESENT THEM IN THE COHERENT MANNER THEY ARE ABLE TO NOW. OUR QUALITY OF TEACHING WILL GO DOWN. AND THE EFFECT OF THAT IS TO LIKELY LOWER TEST SCORES, ESPECIALLY IN CLASSES SUCH AS MATH AND SCIENCE,

029WHICH NEED THE LONGER CLASS TIMES OUR CURRENT SCHEDULES OFFER. ADDITIONALLY, IN THE EIGHTH GRADE MANY OF OUR SCIENCE CLASSES ARE LABS AND LABS, THEY TAKE A LONG TIME. AND THIS IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN WITH SHORTENED CLASS PERIODS, WHICH WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT OUROUR AND LEVEL OF INTELLIGENCE. WHILE PREPARING FOR THIS SPEECH I RESEARCHED OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND I DISCOVERED FIVE KEY GUIDING QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL USED TO COME UP WITH A BUDGET. I ASK US TO CONSIDER A SEVEN-PERIOD DAILY SCHEDULE THE SAME WAY. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS HOW DOES THIS DECISION SUPPORT OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES TO, AMONG OTHER REASONS, ACHIEVE EQUITABLE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES? BOARD MEMBERS, HOW CAN WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE EQUITABLE ACADEMIC OUTCOMES WHEN TEACHERS WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TEACH? WITHOUT THE HOUR PER

030CLASS WE CURRENTLY HAVE TEACHERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE ONE-ON-ONE AID TO STUDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF EXTRA SUPPORT. IF THIS IS TL ISN'T ENOUGH CLASS TIME FOR ADEQUATE PRACTICE STUDENTS WILL LIKELY BE FORCED TO STUDY MORE THE AHOME, WHICH IS ALSO UNFAIR TO THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE GOOD ENVIRONMENTS AT HOME TO DO THEIR STUDYING. ALL THREE YEARS OF MY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER WE HAVE USED THE RAINBOW SCHEDULE AND IT HAS MET EVERY STUDENT AND TEACHER'S NEEDS UNLIKE THE PROPOSED SEVEN BLOCK SCHEDULE. BY SWITCHING MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO A SEVEN PERIOD PER DAY SCHEDULE WE ARE EFFECTIVELY DOOMING OUR STUDENTS TO A LIFE OF CONSTANT STRESS INCREASED MARGINALIZATION AND AN INABILITY TO BECOME THE HARD-WORKING INTELLIGENT CITIZENS THE NEXT GENERATION DRASTICALLY NEEDS. I LEAVE YOU WITH THIS. AS ELECTED MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY

031ARE YOU GOING TO BE THE REASON WHY THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT FAILS TO LIVE UP TO ITS HISTORIC GLORY OR WILL YOU FIGHT FOR THE NEXT GENERATION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] CAMPBELL STEWART. DID I? OH, I'M SORRY. I DON'T THINK I DID. OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. I DID. I APOLOGIZE. I'LL GET HER NEXT. NO, GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. APOLOGIES. NO PROBLEM. I CHECKED IT OFF. MY NAME IS KENDALL STEWART. I CURRENTLY TEACH SIXTH GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES AT LAKERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. I FEEL YOU SHOULD KNOW OUR STAFF -- SORRY. AFTER THE EMOTIONAL SPEAKERS IT'S A LITTLE HARD. OUR STAFF IS GREATLY CONCERNED AT THE COST-CUTTING STEPS THE DISTRICT IS TAKING BEFORE NEGOTIATIONS ARE SETTLED THAT DEEPLY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, KIDS, FAMILIES AND STAFF. A SEVEN-PERIOD DAY CUTS DEEPLY INTO LEARNING TIME WITH A

032SHORTENED CLASS PERIOD AND INCREASES DIFFICULT TRANSITIONS AND CHALLENGES TO EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING FOR STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE HIGHEST IN NEEDS WHO ARE INCREASING IN NUMBER IN OUR DISTRICT. THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS CUT ARE NOT JUST ABOUT STAFF WHO WILL PUT UP CAN CONDITIONS SHORT TERM BUT THEY BECOME UNSUSTAINABLE FOR A CAREER TEACHER. STUDENTS WILL TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE IMPACT AND THE COMMUNITY WILL END UP WITH LOSS IN STAFF, DECREASING SKILLS FOR STUDENTS AND THUS DECLINING SCORES AND STATUS AS A HIGH-ACHIEVING DISTRICT. INVESTING IN THIS SCHEDULE IS AN INVESTMENT IN STUDENTSTUDENT SUCCESS. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF TEACHING SOME CHILDREN OF BOARD MEMBERS IN 26 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE DISTRICT. I HOLD MYSELF TO A HIGH STANDARD AS A TEACHER AND WOULD APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION THAT ALLOWING TEACHERS ADEQUATE TIME TO COLLABORATE AND PREPARE FOR TEACHING

033CREATES AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS THAN THE INADEQUATE 48 MINUTES OF THE SEVEN- PERIOD DAY SCHEDULE. WE KNOW THE DISTRICT IS RECEIVING AN ADDITIONAL 5% IN FUNDS NEXT YEAR. SO THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH FUNDING TO BOTH GIVE TEACHERS A REASONABLE RAISE TO FIGHT THAT COLA AND FUND THE SCHEDULE THAT IS BEST FOR LEARNING IN EVERY WAY. THANK YOU. NOW HEATHER NELSON. SORRY ABOUT THAT. HI. MY NAME IS HEATHER NELSON AND I HAVE TAUGHT AT L.O.M.S. FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MORE THAN 70 OF MY COLLEAGUES, MANY OF WHOM YOU READ THEIR NAMES OUT EARLIER, TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN WITH THE WAY THAT THE RECENT BARGAINING BETWEEN LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE LAKE OSWEGO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION WENT. L.O.S.D.'S INITIAL PROPOSAL INCLUDED A 3% COLA FOR THE NEXT

034THREE YEARS AND ASSURANCES FROM L.O.S.D. THAT ANY ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS IN STAFF IN DISTRICTWIDE MESSAGING WOULD BE UNNECESSARY. AND THEN THAT CHANGED AND WE WERE TOLD WE WERE GOING TO A SEVEN-PERIOD DAY AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL. THIS IS OF CONCERN FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATORS BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE THIS SCHEDULE PROVIDES TO BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF. THE ASSOCIATION FOR MIDDLE-LEVEL EDUCATION, AMLE, HAS IDENTIFIED THAT THE IDEAL MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULE NEEDS TO PROVIDE LARGE BLOCKS OF UNINTERRUPTED INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. THE CURRENT RAINBOW SCHEDULE GIVES TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 65 MINUTES OF TIME EACH CLASS AS WELL AS DAILY ADVISORY TIME, ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT IDENTIFIED BY AMLE FOR SUCCESSFUL MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, INTERVENTIONS, ENRICHMENT AND COMMUNITY BUILDING AMONG OTHER ACTIVITIES. A SEVEN-PERIOD DAY WOULD ALSO MAKE ACTIVITIES LIKE SCIENCE LABS, MOCK TRIALS AND EVEN ESSAYS OR MATH

035TESTS MORE DIFFICULT TO EXECUTE. ADDITIONALLY, MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATESORS WOULD LOSE THEIR COLLABORATION TIME THAT IS CURRENTLY BUILT INTO THE SCHOOL DAY. ANOTHER ELEMENT IDENTIFIED BY AMLE AS AN INNOVATIVE PRACTICE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULING. THIS COLLABORATION TIME ALLOWS EDUCATORS TO MEET WITH EACH OTHER TO PLAN AND EVALUATE STUDENT LEARNING AND ATTEND IEP MEETINGS WITHOUT MISSING INSTRUCTIONAL TIME AND GENERALLY MANAGE THE OVERALL WORKLOAD OF HAVING 130-PLUS STUDENTS IN OUR CARE. MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATORS ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT AN INCREASE IN STUDENTS BY APPROXIMATELY 25 TO ABSORB STUDENTS WHO ARE IN CLASSES TAUGHT BY EDUCATORS WHO LOST THEIR JOBS IN THE INITIAL REDUCTION IN FORCE. A FURTHER CHANGE TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SCHEDULE WOULD MEAN THAT THERE'S JUST NOW 45 MINUTES EACH DAY TO PLAN, GRADE, MEET, COLLABORATE, E- MAIL, DIFFERENTIATE, INNOVATE, COORDINATE AND EFFECTIVELY SERVE THE POTENTIALLY NOW

036185-PLUS STUDENTS. EDUCATORS AND ADMINISTRATORS AT BOTH MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY MADE THEIR OPINION CLEAR ABOUT WHETHER THEY WOULD RATHER SEE THE RAINBOW SCHEDULE GO OR RECEIVE A LARGER COLA. HE WITH KNOW THAT IT IS FEASIBLE TO KEEP THE SCHEDULE AND A COLA AND DO WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LAKERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. A DECISION LIKE THIS WHEN THE PARTIES HAVEN'T YET SETTLED A CONTRACT THAT GIVES ANY CONCRETE FINANCIAL IMPACTS FEELS PRE-EMPTIVE AND IN BAD FAITH OF THE BARGAINING PROCESS. THE BOARD AS THE BODY THAT IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL EDUCATION OF LOSD'S CHILDREN NEEDS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT OUR PRIORITY IS TO THE STUDENTS WE SERVE. THE FURTHER REDUCTION IN FORCE IS UNNECESSARY AND THE RETURN TO A SEVEN-PERIOD DAY AT THE MIDDLE LEVEL

037IS AN INCREDIBLY SHORT-SIGHTED SOLUTION TO THE BUDGET PROBLEM. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL STEP UP AND DO WHAT IS BEST IN THE LEARNING COMMUNITY. KEEP THE EXISTING RAINBOW SCHEDULE IN PLACE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. I'D LIKE TO ADD A FEW MORE NAMES WHO ARE NOT ON THE EARLIER E-MAIL. THEY INCLUDE JEFF KATZ, MARK WAFFLE, MEGAN GOLDSBORO, JESSICA McKIERNAN, JEFFREY MARSDEN AND EMILY GUTMAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THOSE -- WE WILL GO NOW TO ERICA HERNANDEZ. A DIFFERENT TOPIC. HELLO. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ERICA HERNANDEZ. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES AT HACIENDA CDC. I'M ALSO AN ALUMNI OF LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL. I WON'T SAY HOW MANY MOONS AGO. BUT I'M REALLY INSPIRED BY A LOT OF THE YOUTH SHARING HERE TONIGHT. AND AS AN ORGANIZATION WHICH IS VERY THANKFUL

038FOR OUR CONVERSATION ON THE 27th AT THE BOARD MEETING AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU TONIGHT. AND REALLY WHAT I WANT TO SHARE IS MORE ABOUT WHO WE ARE AS AN ORGANIZATION, WHAT WE DO AND WHY WE DO IT. NOT JUST AS AN ALUMNI OF LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL BUT IN OUR DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES THAT SERVES YOUTH FROM PRENATAL YEARS ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL REALLY FOCUSING ON COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS, HOUSING STABILITY. THE MISSION OF WHAT WE DO IS ENSURING THAT IN EVERY EXPERIENCE THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE WE'RE ENSURING THEIR HOUSING STABILITY AND WE KNOW THAT EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS, THAT POSITIVE LONG- TERM OUTCOMES COME WITH A SECURE AND SAFE HOME, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT HACIENDA CDCCDC IS IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE FISCAL

039CHALLENGES AT THIS TIME, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AS AN ORGANIZATION WITH CITY, COUNTY, STATE GOVERNMENTS. WE ARE ALL FACING FUND ING CHALLENGES. AND WE ALSO ARE THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE STUDENTS HERE AT -- IN THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'VE SPENT THE LAST FEW DECADES WORKING NOT JUST TO BUILD HOUSING BUT REALLY TO BUILD COMMUNITIES, WORKING IN YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND JUST IN OUR LAST PROGRAM YEAR WE SERVED OVER 943 SCHOOL-AGED YOUTH AND MORE INCLUDING OUR RESIDENTS . AND NOT ONLY ARE OUR --THE MODEL OF OUR WORK IS REALLY BUILDING SERVICES TO HAVE A FULL-TIME PERSON THAT'S REALLY A COMMUNITY LIAISON AND SUPPORT TO RESIDENTS THERE THAT WE ENVISION REALLY BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE ABOUT OUR PROCESS WE'RE ENGAGING AS OUR BUILDINGSBUILDINGS OPEN WE ENGAGE

040WITH RESIDENTS, WE GET TO KNOW THE FAMILIES, WE GET TO KNOW THEIR TEACHERS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. AND WE'RE REALLY IN IT FOR THE LONG TERM, FOR THAT LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP TO ENSURE THAT NOT JUST THE YOUTH BUT THE FAMILIES HAVE WHAT THEY NEED IN SCHOOL AND IN LIFE. AND WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS -- THE TAX EXEMPTION THATTHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE MAY 27th BOARD MEETING IS REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR US, THE BOTTOM LINE IS REALLY SECURING THE AFFORDABILITY AND RENTABILITY FOR FUTURE FAMILIES. AND AS WE'VE ENGAGED WITH COMMUNITIES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WE JUST WANT TO --WE WANT TO SEE STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL IN SCHOOL AND IN THEIR HOMES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ERNESTO FONSECA. THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON THE SAME TOPIC. BUT BEFORE

041I SAY A FEW WORDS IS IT OKAY IF I SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE RAINBOW SCHEDULE? IT'S YOUR THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. I WILL JUST TAKE A MOMENT. I HAVE A 17-YEAR-OLD SON AND HE WENT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, MISSING MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT WAS A REALLY CRUCIAL TIME FOR HIS ACADEMIC LIFE ANDAND HIS LIFE ALTOGETHER. HE ENDED UP FALLING THROUGH THE CRACKS. IN FACT, HE SPENT SOME TIME HERE AT LAKE OSWEGO IN ONE OF YOUR ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. AND HE CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE. BUT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST. I PERSONALLYPERSONALLY TEACH AT THE UNIVERSITY. YOUNG PEOPLE TRYING TO GET AHEAD. ANY DISRUPTIONS IN THAT AGE ARE -- I MEAN, THAT GOT ME REALLY EMOTIONAL TOO. THEY ARE -- WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP THE STABILITY OF OUR YOUNG KIDS,

042YOU KNOW, TO MOVE FORWARD. WHEN THEY ARE TOO LITTLE OR THEY ARE ALREADY SEMI-ADULTS I THINK THEY CAN HANDLE IT. BUT I AM IN SUPPORT OF YOU GUYS WITH THE RAINBOW SCHEDULE. AGAIN, MY NAME IS ERNESTO FONSECA. I AM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF HACIENDA CDC. WE ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST DEVELOPERS IN THE NORTHWEST. AND I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK HERE AT LAKE OSWEGO. THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM ONE OFOF DURING OUR LAST MEETING AS TO WHETHER OUR PROJECT WAS IN JEOPARDY IF WE DIDN'T GET EXTENSION. THESE PROJECTS ARE REALLY TIGHT TERMS OF ANY KIND OF FINANCING. WE STACK THREE TO 12 FINANCING SOURCES TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN. AND THEY ARE FOR MIDDLE INCOME FAMILIES TO LOWER INCOME FAMILIES. ALL OF WHICH FOCUS ON FAMILIES. ALL OF WHICH TEND TO HAVE KIDS FROM

043MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLERS. WE MEAN TO US A LEVERAGE OF $1.2 MILLION WHICH MEANS THAT FOR A 55 APARTMENT COMPLEX WHICH IS GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE RENDERINGS, THAT MEANS AIR-CONDITIONING FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE UNITS. SO I AM HOENG WE CAN PROVIDE A LOT MORE THAN JUST A PLACE FOR FAMILIES TO SEEK SHELTER BUT HIGH QUALITY HOUSING THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTED NOT JUST WITH THE HOUSING PORTION OF IT BUT ALSO THROUGH THE RESIDENT SERVICES AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMMING, PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER. WE -- ERICA CAN SHARE SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS WITH YOU. BUT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER IN SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WE HAVE A 99% GRADUATION RATE OF THE KIDS THAT WE SUPPORT. AND THESE ARE LOW-INCOME KIDS. THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED. SO

044I WANT TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND I AM HOPING THAT YOU CONSIDER AND I KNOW YOU ARE A TAX EXEMPTION FOR THIS PROJECT. WITH THAT SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO EVERYBODY WHOSE NAME I READ SHOWED UP LATE? I THINK IT WAS SARAH AND BEN I THINK? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT IS THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I HAVE. WE AREN'T VOTING ON EITHER OF THESE ITEMS TONIGHT. SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO LEAVE, THAT'S FINE. WE WON'T BE OFFENDED. BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY TOO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO -- HANG ON. WANT TO MAKE SURE IT GETS RECORDED AND HEARD. OH. >> YEAH. CONSENT AGENDA 3.0. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA AS SUBMITTED.

045I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AND THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO 4.1. SUPERINTENDENT'S UPDATE. DR. SCHIELE. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE I DO WANT TO START BY MAKING A FEW COMMENTS ON WHAT WAS SAID HERE BY OUR AMAZING STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS VERY TOUCHING. AND I AGREE WITH THEM. I WAS THE PRINCIPAL AT WALUGA WHEN WE HAD A SEVEN-PERIOD DAY. IT IS DIFFICULT AND I HAVE HEARD FROM MANY ST. FRANCIS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE RAINBOW SCHEDULE. I FEEL LIKE WE OFFERED A VERY FAIR CONTRACT IN ORDER TO ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THAT. SO THAT'S JUST WHAT NEGOTIATIONS ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT. AND YES, WE MADE $10 MILLION WORTH OF CUTS ALREADY FOR NEXT YEAR AND I DON'T

046WANT TO CUT ANYMORE. BUT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS. THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN WHAT WE CAN PAY IN EXPENDITURES AND WHAT WE RECEIVE IN REVENUE. WE MEET AGAIN WITH THE UNION ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING HARD TO COMPLETE AND SIGN OFF ON A FAIR CONTRACT THAT GETS EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR EVERYONE. HARD TO MOVE FROM THAT TO THIS BUT I DO WANT TO SAY WE JUST HAD TWO BEAUTIFUL GRADUATIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND FAMILIES AND ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS AND STUDENTS ALL BEAMING WITH JOY. THEY WERE AMAZING AS WE WATCHED 600 KIDS WALK ACROSS THE STAGE. THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF AND FACULTY AND FAMILIES WHO HELPED PUT THOSE EVENTS TOGETHER. IT WAS VERY MEMORABLE FOR EVERYONE AND IT IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE TIMES OF YEAR.

047I ALSO, SPEAKING OF GRADUATION, WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT DR. LUZAICH, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY PROGRAMS, IS ALSO GRADUATING THIS YEAR FROM US AND HE WE WANT TO WISH FRANK WELL IN HIS RETIREMENT. AND WE WILL ALL MISS HIM VERY MUCH. [ APPLAUSE ] WE DO HAVE CTC'S END OF THE YEAR CEREMONY TOMORROW. THAT'S AN EXCITING TIME FOR US AS WELL. IT'S ALWAYS, AGAIN, A VERY TOUCHING EVENT TO WATCH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES BE SO EXCITED ABOUT WHEN THEY'RE GRADUATING AND LEAVING OUR PROGRAM AND MOVING TO THE NEXT STEPS IN THEIRTHEIR LIFE. THAT WILL BE ANOTHER FUN EVENT. AND THAT ALONG WITH SO MANY OTHER -- WE HAVE THE BALLOON WALKS AND THE CEREMONY AT THE OTHER -- AT LAKEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND WE HAVE THE FIFTH GRADE CELEBRATION. THERE'S A LOT OF FUN

048THINGS THAT HAPPEN TODAY, TOMORROW, AND THE NEXT DAY. TODAY, TOMORROW, AND THE NEXT DAY. WEDNESDAY, YES. THAT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT SAYING, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR AND HAVE A FANTASTIC SUMMER. EVEN THOUGH I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT TODAY WAS VERY HOT. AND SORRY ABOUT OUR NON-AIR-CONDITIONED SCHOOLS WHERE WE HAD TO LET OUT EARLY. AND WE DO HAVE PLANS, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, TO AIR- CONDITION EVEN MORE BUILDINGS THIS SUMMER. SO THAT'S FANTASTIC. BUT THAT STILL DOES LEAVE BEHIND OUR TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE GETTING REBUILT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT BOND. THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THAT PASS. AS WELL AS LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH ONE MORE YEAR OF BUILDING BEFORE THEY CAN MOVE INTO THAT BUILDING. WE DID JUST RECEIVE OUR UPDATED INFORMATION FROM THE STATE ON THE HEALTHY TEEN SURVEY. SO I JUST WANTED

049TO AT LEAST BRING FORWARD TWO QUESTIONS THAT WERE DIRECTLY TIED TO PROMOTING HEALTH AND RESILIENCY FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THOSE TWO QUESTIONS ARE WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR EMOTIONAL MENTAL HEALTH IS? AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME NUMBERS ON THAT. OUR STUDENTS IN SIXTH GRADE, TWO YEARS AGO SAID EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD OR GOOD AT 69. AND IN 2024 THEY SAID EXCELLENT, VERY GOOD OR GOOD AT 84.4%. SO THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PEOPLE REPORTING POSITIVELY ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH. AND THEN IN EIGHTH GRADE IT WENT FROM 57% TO 71.3%. WHICH AGAIN IS SIGNIFICANT. AND HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH HAPPENS IN 11th GRADE, IT WENT FROM 49% TO 59%. SO IN ALL THREE AREAS OF THE HEALTHY TEEN SURVEY IN STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT THEIR OWN MENTAL HEALTH WE HAD AN INCREASE. SO I WAS

050REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WHEN I GOT THE RESULTS ON FRIDAY. AND THEN ALSO IN OUR -- WOULD YOU SAY YOUR GENERAL PHYSICAL HEALTH IS? THOSE NUMBERS DIDN'T GO UP AS MUCH. BUT THEY STAYED VERY CONSISTENT. SO IN SIXTH GRADE WE WENT FROM 89 TO 89. EIGHTH GRADE WE WENT FROM 83 TO 83. AND 11th GRADE WE WENT FROM 78 TO 80%. SO THAT ONE WE SAW A LITTLE BIT INCREASE. BUT I THINK THAT SHOWS SOME GREAT WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE WITH OUR STUDENTS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. TRANSPORTATION UPDATE. GREAT NEWS. OUR FOUR ELECTRIC BUSES ARE IN THE STATE OF OREGON. SO -- HOW FAR? THEY'RE IN LORING RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE GETTING SET UP FOR DELIVERY. WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. WE'LL HAVE THEM ALL SUMMER TO TRAIN ON AND THEY WILL

051BE INVOLVED IN ROUTES NEXT FALL. DON'T KNOW WHO WILL GET THE ELECTRIC BUSES BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE TO GET -- WE HAVE THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS PUT IN AS WELL? THAT WAS GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS SUMMER. HAPPENING THIS SUMMER. OKAY. SO WITH ALL THE BUSES FULLY STAFFED CONSISTENTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE COVID, WHICH THIS YEAR HAS BEEN -- IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO SHOW THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING OUR BUS RIDERSHIP INCREASE. SO IT'S ABOUT 2% INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT. WE HAVE L.O.J. IS THE HIGHEST SECONDARY SCHOOL AND LAKE GROVE IS OUR HIGHEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THANKS TO ALL THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE USING OUR BUS TRANSPORTATION. IT REALLY DOES GET A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR US TO GET THE STUDENTS ON THE BUSS AND STOP CLOGGING UP ALL THE TRAFFIC

052AROUND TOWN. PRE-K UP. DESPITE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO SECURE A QUALIFIED PRE-K CLASSROOM TEACHER. WE CONTINUE TO LOOK BUT I'M STARTING TO WORRY THAT THE OPENING OF ANOTHER SECTION WILL NOT HAPPEN. AND SO WHILE WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO DOING IT IF WE CAN FIND SOMEONE, WHICH WE ABSOLUTELY WILL, I AM WORRIED ABOUT THAT. SO WE DID CONTACT THE 30 FAMILIES WHO ARE ON THE WAITING LIST AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS SO THEY HAVE SOMETHING FOR THEIR CHILD. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO RECRUIT AND TRY TO GET AS MANY KIDS IN AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. THERE'S JUST NOT ANYBODY WHO'S WANTING TO TEACH THAT RIGHT NOW. AND THEN I HAVE A TON OF ACCOLADES FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES. I WANT TO GO THROUGH THEM

053ALL. AT LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAD GIRLS' TRACK FINISHED THIRD AT THE DISTRICT MEET AND QUALIFIED THREE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE STATE MEET. WITH CHLOE AS OUR STATE CHAMPION IN THE 3,000 AND BOYS' TRACK FINISHED FOURTH IN THE LEAGUE AND QUALIFIED THREE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE STATE MEET. GIRLS' LACROSSE FINISHED FOURTH IN THE LEAGUE. BOYS' LACROSSE FINISHED FIRST IN THE TRL. AND WE'RE STATE CHAMPIONS ON SATURDAY. IT'S VERY EXCITING. AND GIRLS' TENNIS FINISHED EFFICIENCY IN LEAGUE PLAY. JESSICA AND VICTORIA WERE LEAGUE DOUBLES CHAMPIONS. TWO TEAMS QUALIFIED FOR STATE. AND THEN REALLY EXCITING, OUR COACH JOHN BASS WAS NAMED THE TRL GIRLS' TENNIS COACH OF THE YEAR. SO THAT WAS EXCITING. BOYS' TENNIS FINISHED SECOND IN THE LEAGUE. THREE QUALIFIED FOR STATE. GIRLS' GOLF FRESHMAN, FRESHMAN HANNAH FINISHED FIRST OVERALL IN THE SEASON IN THE LEAGUE AND SECOND

054AT STATE. AND THEN AGAIN COACH OF THE YEAR WAS RORY, WHO WAS OUR GIRLS' GOLF COACH. SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. BOYS FINISHED FOURTH IN THE LEAGUE AND FOURTH PLACE AT STATE. BASEBALL FINISHED FOURTH IN OUR LEAGUE. SOFTBALL SIXTH IN OUR LEAGUE. GIRLS' FLAG FOOTBALL FINISHED UNDEFEATED IN SEASON PLAY AND WAS FIRST IN OUR LEAGUE, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. DANCE TEAM FINISHED THIRD FOR TRADITIONAL AND FOURTH FOR HIP- HOP AT THE STATE TOURNAMENT. CHEER FINISHED THIRD AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WIND ENSEMBLE PLACED SECOND IN TRL. JAZZ BAND ALSO WAS SECOND IN TRL. AND JAZZ COMBO PLACED THIRD AT THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE WAS SECOND AT THE PSG PERCUSSION FESTIVAL. CHOIR QUALIFIED FOR OSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AS WELL. LAKERIDGE SPEECH AND DEBATE WON THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP AND HAD 12 STUDENTS QUALIFY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

055TOURNAMENT WHERE THEY EARNED FOURTH PLACE AS A TEAM. AND LAKE MONSTERS COMPETED IN THE DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE ROYAL CHAMPIONSHIP EARNING ENGINEERING INSPIRATION AND GRACIOUS PROFESSIONALISM WHICH REPRESENTS THE TOP 1% OF THE 600 TEAMS THAT GOT TO GO TO WORLDS. THAT'S A VERY BIG HONOR. AND THEN THE BEST PART ABOUT IT IS THE FIVE TEAMS IN THE TOP TEN ACADEMIC ALLSTATE HONORS FROM OSA AND THAT'S BASED ON THEIR GPA. WE HAD BASEBALL WAS NUMBER ONE, ORCHESTRA WAS NUMBER ONE, SOLO MUSIC NUMBER TWO, BOYS' TENNIS FOUR, BAND SIX, CHOIR SEVEN, SOFTBALL SEVEN AND SPEECH NINTH. SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING. AND NOW MOVING TO LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL THE GIRLS' GOLF TEAM WERE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AND STATESTATE CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. VERY GOOD GOLFERS. THE BOYS' GOLF TEAM WERE LEAGUE CHOOENZ CHAMPIONS AND

056STATE CHAMPIONS. JUNIOR DREW WOOLWORTH WAS THE INDIVIDUAL STATE CHAMPION, WHICH AGAIN, VERY IMPRESSIVE GOLF. GIRLS' TRACK AND FIELD FINISHED FOURTH IN THE LEAGUE AND QUALIFIED MULTIPLE ATHLETES FOR THE STATE MEET. STATE CHAMPIONS INCLUDED ARI, MATILDA, SOPHIE AND MARINA IN THE 4x4, WHICH IS A HUGE RACE. AND THEN SECOND PLACE FOR ARI THOMPSON IN THE 300 METERS HURDLES. THE BOYS' TRACK TEAM FINISHED SIXTH IN THE LEAGUE AND QUALIFIED MULTIPLE ATHLETES FOR STATE. THE GIRLS' LACROSSE TEAM, THE THREE RIVERS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS AND MADE IT TO THE SEMIFINALS. GREAT LACROSSE TEAM. BOYS' LACROSSE TEAM FINISHED SECOND IN THE LEAGUE. THE GIRLS' TENNIS FINISHED SECOND IN THE LEAGUE AND EIGHTH IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THE BOYS' TENNIS TEAM FINISHED SECOND IN THE LEAGUE AND FINISHED THIRD IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. BASEBALL TEAM FINISHED SECOND IN THE LEAGUE AND QUALIFIED

057FORFOR PLAYOFFS. SOFTBALL TEAM WAS FIFTH IN THE LEAGUE, QUALIFYING FOR THEIR PLAYOFFS. DANCE TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN JAZZ AND SECOND PLACE IN POM AT STATE. AND THEY ALSO WON SIXTH PLACE IN THE GAME DAY DIVISION AT NATIONALS. THAT'S A GREAT JOB FOR THEM. CHEER FINISHED FIFTH IN THE OSA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND CHOIR WAS THE TRL CHAMPIONS AND WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY. THAT WAS A HUGE DEAL FOR OUR CHOIR AT L.O. HIGH. ORCHESTRA WON TRL CHAMPIONSHIP AND FINISHED FIFTH IN THE STATE. WE HAVE SO MANY ACCOLADES FROM THESE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS IT'S KIND OF CRAZY. BAND WON LEAGUE AND QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SPEECH AND DEBATE QUALIFIED EIGHT STUDENTS FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AND THE L.O. ROBOTICS TEAM TABLE TECH WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND ADVANCED TO

058THE WORLDS IN HOUSTON. AND THEN AGAIN THE FOLLOWING TEAMS ARE IN THE TOP TEN ACADEMIC ALL-STARS. AND THAT'S GIRLS' GOLF WAS ONE, GIRLS' TENNIS FOUR, SOFTBALL FOUR, BOYS' GOLF FOUR, BOYS' TRACK AND FIELD TEN. WE HAVE JUST AMAZING PARTICIPANTS IN SO MANY THINGS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. I WAS GOING TO SAY HOW DODO GET OUR STUDENTS MORE INVOLVED? YEAH. THEY'RE GREAT. HE WITH JUST -- IT'S A GOOD WAY TO END THE SPRING SEASON. THEY WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AND I HAVE THIS ALL WRITTEN DOWN, KELLI, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO --BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY UPDATE. THANK YOU. THAT'S AN AMAZING UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. SCHIELE BEFORE WE MOVE ON? WE WILL MOVE ON TO 4. 2, EDUCATIONAL DATA. MR. BAILEY. MR.

059SCHINDERLE AND DR. LUZAICH. AND TEAM. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN WALLIN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR. SCHIELE. THIS MONTH'S EDUCATIONAL DATA PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON STUDENT CONDUCT AND OUR SCHOOLS' STRATEGIC APPROACHES. THIS EVENING WE HAVE THREE LAKE OSWEGO PRINCIPALS WHO WILL SHARE REMARKS AND BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. SO ALONG WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY PROGRAMS WE HAVE KRISTEN COLLIER, PRINCIPAL AT LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL. WE HAVE KURT SCHULTZ, PRINCIPAL AT LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND WE WILL KICK OFF WITH OUR ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE, MELISSA GRIFFIS, THE PRINCIPAL AT HALLINAN ELEMENTARY. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US THIS EVENING. SO I'M STARTING OFF WITH WHAT ARE SCHOOLS DOING ABOUT STUDENT CONDUCT. SO EACH YEAR ALL K-12 ADMINISTRATORS RECEIVE TITLE 9 TRAINING INCLUDING INVESTIGATION AND COMPLETE TRAINING WHICH LED BY THE HUNGERFORD LAW FIRM OR OUR LOSD STAFF. WE

060ALSO AS PRINCIPALS COLLABORATE WITH OUR LEADERSHIP TEAMS TO REVIEW WHAT ARE BEST PRACTICES. WE ANALYZE DATA. WE UPDATE. EVERY SCHOOL HAS A BEHAVIOR SUPPORT PLAN. THAT GETS UPDATED YEARLY AND REVIEWED ANNUALLY WITH STAFF AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND UPDATED AS NEEDED. TEACHERS AND STAFF EXPLICITLY TEACH BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR ALL ASPECTS OF THE SCHOOL DAY, AND WE SAY THAT BECAUSE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THAT INCLUDES LIKE DRINKING FROM WATER FOUNTAINS AND USING THE RESTROOMS AND GOING OUTSIDE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ASPECTS TO IT AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. STUDENTS ARE VERY MUCH ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY CONCERNS THROUGH SAFE OREGON OR THE LOSD BIAS INCIDENT FORM. AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL OUR STUDENTS DON'T DO THAT AS MUCH BUT THEIR FAMILIES DO THAT FOR THEM OR ALONGSIDE THEM. AND LASTLY SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT

061A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES TO FOSTER THAT INCLUSIVITY AND CULTURE OF BELONGING. AND AT THE ELEMENTARY THAT MAY INCLUDE WELCOMING STUDENTS BY NAME AS THEY COME IN EVERY MORNING, ASSISTING WITH DISMISSAL. WE DO NEW STUDENT LUNCHES. S.E.O. LESSONS IN SMALL GROUPS AS WELL AS STUDENT LEADERSHIP GROUPS AND CLUBS. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ACTUALLY AT ALL THREE OF OUR LEVELS, EVEN WHEN WE TEACH ALL OF THOSE THINGS UP-FRONT WITH EVERY STUDENT SOMETIMES STUDENTS MAKE UNEXPECTED CHOICES OR THINGS GO WRONG. WE KNOW THAT. AND SO WE ARE READY FOR THAT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE APPRECIATE IS THAT KIDS DO TELL US WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG. THEY REPORT IT ON SAFE OREGON. THEY REPORT IT ON I ABIAS INCIDENT FORM. THEY TELL A TRUSTED ADULT. OR THEY COME WITH A FRIEND TO THE OFFICE

062AND TELL A TRUSTED ADULT WITH A PARTNER SOMETIMES. AND WE TAKE EVERY REPORT WE GET FROM STUDENTS VERY SERIOUSLY. BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW WHERE SOMETHING MIGHT LEAD US. WE ALWAYS FOLLOW UP ON EVERY REPORT WE GET AFROM A STUDENT AND WE TREAT IT AS A REAL THING. SOMETIMES WE END UP WALKING THROUGH A LONG PROCESS WITH KIDS. OTHER TIMES WE FIND OUT OH, NO, THAT WAS A RUMOR THAT YOU REPORTED AND WE WERE ABLE TO HELP A STUDENT RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A REAL PROBLEM AND A PROBLEM THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT OR THINKING ABOUT THAT COULD BE. SO WHEN WE DO GET A REPORT LIKE THAT WE START BY TALKING TO THE STUDENT WHO'S TELLING US ABOUT IT. WE ASK QUESTIONS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. AND WE TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHO ELSE

063MIGHT HAVE INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS OR WHO ELSE MIGHT BE INVOLVED. AND THEN WE START HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THOSE FOLKS. IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I SO APPRECIATE HAVING A TEAM AT MIDDLE SCHOOL BECAUSE OUR COUNSELORS HELP US. OUR DEAN OF STUDENTS HELPS US. OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL HELPS US. THE TEACHERS HELP US. WE HAVE A LOT OF ADULTS WHO WORK WITH KIDS AND HAVE STRONG RELATIONSHIPS THAT HELP US GET TO THE BOTTOM OF OKAY, WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON HERE. AND AT THAT POINT THEN WE CAN ALSO BRING IN PARENTS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT HEY, WE HAVE THIS REPORT OF A SITUATION, HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW, HERE'S HOW WE'RE INVESTIGATING IT, FOLLOWING UP. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS? OR WHAT HAS YOUR CHILD SAID ABOUT IT? AND WE INVOLVE

064PARENTS AS PARTNERS IN FOLLOWING UP ON THOSE SITUATIONS AS WELL. SOMETIMES CONSEQUENCES ARE WARRANTED. BASED ON THE BEHAVIOR THAT HAS HAPPENED. AND IN THAT CASE TYPICALLY THE PERSON WHO'S RUNNING THE INVESTIGATION WILL DEVELOP A DRAFT OF WHAT THEY THINK THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE. AND THEN WE USUALLY SHOP THAT AROUND WITH EACH OTHER. WE TALK TO EACH OTHER. MR. HOKE WILL WALK INTO MY OFFICE AND SAY HEY, KIRK, HERE'S THE SITUATION I'M WORKING ON, WHAT I THINK THE FACTS ARE, HERE'S WHAT I THINK MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE CONSEQUENCE, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? AND IT GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK PROCESS WITH EACH OTHER TO SAY OH, HAVE YOU CALLED THE SNARNTS PARENTS? HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE STUDENT? HAVE YOU TALKED TO THE TEACHER? MAKING SURE ALL THE STEPS HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED IN

065THE INVESTIGATIVE PROCESS. AND ULTIMATELY THEN IF WE NEED TO APPLY CONSEQUENCES WE WILL. BUT THE OTHER PIECE OF IT THAT IS MAYBE MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANY OF THAT IS AS WE'RE WALKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE HELP THE STUDENTS WE'RE WORKING WITH LEARN FROM THIS SITUATION? WHAT'S THE LEARNING HERE THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? AND WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THAT WITH STUDENTS, ABOUT CHOICES THEY'RE MAKING, ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEY COULD GO BACK IN TIME AND DO IT AGAIN DIFFERENTLY. SO THAT THEY CAN PRACTICE AND REHEARSE DIFFERENT SCRIPTS IN THEIR OWN HEADS SO THEY'RE NOT REPEATING THAT BEHAVIOR INTO THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S ALSO PART OF HOW WE BUILD RESTORATIVE PLANS OR SAFETY PLANS WITH STUDENTS FOLLOWING UP ON AN INCIDENT EVEN IF THERE HAVE BEEN CONSEQUENCES, YOU

066KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO END UP BACK TOGETHER AGAIN THE NEXT DAY OR THE NEXT WEEK IN CLASS AND WE WANT SITUATIONS NOT TO REPEAT THEMSELVES. SO WE REALLY WORK HARD WITH KIDS TO MAKE PROACTIVE PLANS THAT WILL KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE ARE FOLLOWING UP ON A DISCIPLINARY SITUATION. I THINK I COVERED MOST OF THOSE BULLET POINTS. YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND I'M PRESENTING ON THE BIAS INCIDENT. SO THE BOARD POLICY STATES THAT A BIAS INCIDENT MEANS A PERSON'S HOSTILE EXPRESSION OF ANIMUS TOWARD ANOTHER PERSON RELATING TO OTHER PERSON'S PERCEIVED RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN. AND THE SYMBOL OF HATE MEANS A SYMBOL, IMAGE OR OBJECT THAT EXPRESSES ANIMUS ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY OR NATIONAL ORIGIN INCLUDING NOOSES, SYMBOLS

067OF NEO- NAZI IDEOLOGY OR THE BATTING BATTLE FLAG OF THE CONFEDERACY. AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL WHERE WE SEE THE BIAS FORMS COME IN AND THROUGH A GOOGLE FORM THAT OUR STUDENTS USE, OUR PARENTS USE AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO USED IT. SO AN EXAMPLE OF AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED THIS YEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, A SOCCER GAME, SOME PARENTS FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL REPORTED A BIAS INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED ON THE FIELD AND THEN WHAT WE DO AS ADMINISTRATORS IS INVESTIGATE IT. WE ACTUALLY PARTNERED WITH THE OTHER SCHOOL, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS GREAT TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED. WE TALKED TO STUDENTS WHO WERE PLAYING THE SPORT AND ANY BYSTANDERS. AND THEN DID SOME RESTORATIVE CIRCLES BETWEEN SOME OF OUR ATHLETES ON BOTHBOTH WITHIN OUR BUILDING AND AT THE OTHER SCHOOL. I

068KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE USING THIS MORE OFTEN JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE USED TO IT. AND I LIKE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS ALSO FOUND IT AS A RESOURCE FOR US. SPEAKING OF THE DATA KRISTEN JUST SPOKE OF. HERE'S THE DATA FOR THE FIRST TOP TABLE IS THE SAFE OREGON DATA FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND YOU CAN SEE THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR. YES, THOSE NUMBERS ARE INCREASED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE MORE AWARE OF THIS. KIDS ARE MORE AWARE OF THIS. WE DID A GOOD JOB AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR OF PR-ING THIS. MARY KATE DOES A GREAT JOB IN THE CURRENT. IT'S EVERYWHERE. THESE ARE SUBMITTED TO US. THE SCHOOL. THE SRO RECEIVES THEM. THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION RECEIVES THEM. I RECEIVE THEM. AND THE SCHOOL PROCESSES THEM. AGAIN, THESE ARE ANONYMOUS. SOME OF THESE ARE VERY

069DIFFICULT TO PROCESS THOROUGHLY. ONES THAT CAN BE PROCESSED, THE SCHOOL DID A GREAT JOB AND THEN GO BACK INTO THE TIP AND MARK IT RESOLVED OR SOME OTHER ACTION'S BEEN TAKEN. THE SECOND CHART IS THE BIAS INCIDENT REPORTING SYSTEM. THAT'S THE ONE THAT PARENTS OR KIDS OR STAFF, ANYBODY CAN REPORT. AGAIN, MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS UP A LITTLE BIT. HIGH SCHOOL WAS DOWN ONE FROM LAST YEAR. MOST OF THE INCIDENTSTION, AN ALLEGATION OF BIAS ACTUALLY COMES FROM DIFFERENT FORMS. IT USUALLY COMES TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION, THROUGH KIDS, THROUGH PARENTS, THROUGH AN E-MAIL. THROUGH A PHONE CALL. KIDS DROPPING IN TO SEE A COUNSELOR. WE DON'T SEE MANY COME IN THROUGH THIS FORM AT ALL. BUT AGAIN, WHEN WE GET TO SOME OTHER DATA YOU'LL SEE THE NUMBER OF BIAS INCIDENTS. WE HAVE MANY MORE CONFIRMED BIAS

070INCIDENTS THAN WE DO REPORTS THIS WAY. KIDS ARE REPORTING OR PARENTS ARE REPORTING IN A DIFFERENT WAY VERSUS THIS FORM. COMPLETELY. BACK AGAIN. I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REPORTABLE DATA AS WE KNOW IT. EDUCATION. DATA IS EVERYTHING. RIGHT? WE USE IT TO CHECK OUR ACADEMIC OUTCOMES BUT WE ALSO USE IT IN A BEHAVIOR ASPECT TO REALLYREALLY ARE THINGS WORKING FOR STUDENTS. WE TRACK THEIR BEHAVIOR, DO WE NEED TO UPDATE PLANS, DO WE NEED TO CHANGE STRATEGIES AND INTERVENTIONS. FOR US WE HAVE TWO MODULES THAT WE USE TO TRACK DATA. WE HAVE THE CONFERENCE MODULE AND WE HAVE THE INCIDENT MODULE. THE CONFERENCE MODULE IS REALLY TO TRACK MINOR BEHAVIORS OR REPEATED BEHAVIORS THAT ARE MINOR VERSUS THE INCIDENT MODULE REALLY TRACKS SUSPENSIONS WHETHER IN OR OUT WHICH CAN ALSO HELP US, IF

071WE WOULD HAVE LIKE AN EXPULSION. AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL OF AN OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION IS INTENTIONAL HARM TOWARD STUDENTS OR STAFF. A SUSPENSION. THAT COULD BE IN SCHOOL OR IT COULD BE OUT OF SCHOOL. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT RETURNING TO THE CLASSROOM AT THAT TIME. THIS YEAR MYSELF AND OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN MORE SUSPENSIONS BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL. I PERSONALLY, THIS IS MY SEVENTH YEAR AT HALLINAN AND WHEN I TRACKED IT I HAD MORE THIS YEAR THAN I'VE HAD THE LAST SIX YEARS OF SUSPENSIONS. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I OR ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES TAKE LIGHTLY WHEN WE HAVE A STUDENT NOT ATTEND EACH DAY. WE WANT THEM TO BE AT SCHOOL. WE WANT TO PROVIDE THE ATMOSPHERE THEY'RE GOING TO THRIVE. ACADEMICALLY BUT ALSO PERSONALLY, SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY. SO

072WHEN WE SUSPEND IT'S BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DO THAT IN THAT ATMOSPHERE THAT DAY OR FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. SO THAT MEANS WE NEED TO COME BACK TOGETHER, REVIEW PLANS, REVIEW OUR BUILDING SUPPORT PLAN OR INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS AS NEEDED. WE ALWAYS FOLLOW BOARD POLICY OF COURSE. WE DOCUMENT IT, WE COMMUNICATE WITH EXTREMES, AND THEN WE SUPPORT CLASSES JUST TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN A SAFE SPACE. SO THIS TABLE SHOWS THE INCIDENTS. THESE WOULD BE THOSE HIGH- LEVEL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS THAT REQUIRE THAT LEVEL OF DOCUMENTATION FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS. AND SO THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE SCHOOL YEAR, THE SECOND COLUMN SHOWS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO'VE HAD AT LEAST ONE INCIDENT IN SYNERGY. SO ONE DOCUMENTED OFFENSE THAT RISES TO THAT LEVEL. AND THEN THE THIRD

073COLUMN SHOWS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS WHICH COULD THEN INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO HAD MORE THAN ONE. AND THEN IN THE FINAL COLUMN TO THE RIGHT ARE THOSE BIAS OR INCIDENTS INVOLVING RACISM THAT HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED AFTER AN INVESTIGATION. SO IT WASN'T JUST HEARSAY BUT WE HAD THE EVIDENCE TO MAKE A CONCLUSION THAT WE NEEDED TO DOCUMENT THAT. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE DATA. WE HAVE HAD MORE ELEMENTARY INCIDENTS RESULTING IN SUSPENSIONS THIS YEAR. AND WE'VE ALSO SEEN AN UPTICK IN SECONDARY INCIDENTS RELATED TO THE CELL PHONE POLICY VIOLATIONS. SO THAT'S A NATURAL DATA INCREASE BASED ON THE CULTURE WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE AT OUR SCHOOLS. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE MAYBE, MR. COLLIER, HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE PHONE POLICY VIOLATIONS AS OPPOSED TO -- 75. OH, YOU DO KNOW.

074>> I HAVE THAT. OKAY. HE'S MY SPEAKER. >> THAT'S FOR BOTH SCHOOLS. BOTH SCHOOLS. OKAY. GOT YOU. SO OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BREAK DOWN THIS DISCIPLINARY INCIDENTS DATA BY STUDENT GROUPS. I THINK THIS IS KRISTEN AND I. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE AREARE IS --THAT WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION TO IS THE NUMBER OF BIAS INCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M ACTUALLY PROUD OF IS THAT STUDENTS ARE STANDING UP AND SAYING HEY, I WON'T TORLS THIS, I WON'T PUT UP WITH THIS BEHAVIOR AND I'M GOING TO REPORT IT. AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED BIAS INCIDENTS IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN MORE REPORTS FROM KIDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FOLLOW UP ON AND ADDRESS THOSE SITUATIONS

075WHICH I THINK HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE IN OUR DATA HERE. THE OTHER THING THAT I NOTICE AS I LOOK AT THESE DATA IS I'M MINDFUL THAT ALL STUDENT BEHAVIOR IS ALSO AN EXPRESSION OF THEIR COMMUNICATION AND IT'S A WAY THAT STUDENTS TELL US ABOUT WHAT SCHOOL'S LIKE FOR THEM, WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THEM. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING AT SCHOOL OR WHO HAVE TROUBLE FINDING ACADEMIC SUCCESS OR SOCIAL SUCCESS OR OTHER KINDS OF SUCCESS, SOMETIMES THEIR BEHAVIOR IS A WAY FOR THEM TO COMMUNICATE I'M NOT GETTING WHAT I NEED AND I'M NOT ABLE TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM MYSELF. AND OFTEN THAT COMMUNICATION HAPPENS IN AN INAPPROPRIATE WAY AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT THROUGH THE DISCIPLINE PROCESS. BUT I COME BACK

076TO THAT RELATIONAL LEARNING FOCUS FOR US THAT WHAT WE REALLY WORK ON WITH STUDENTS IS OKAY, WE SEE THIS BEHAVIOR FROM YOU, WE KNOW THAT THIS BEHAVIOR DOESN'T DEFINE YOU, BUT HOW DO WE HELP CHANGE THE CIRCUMSTANCES FOR YOU SO THAT THIS UZ DID NOT BECOME A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR THAT CONTINUES OVER TIME? AND SO THAT'S HOW I MAKE SENSE OF SOME OF THE DISPROPORTIONALITY. I SEE IN THESE DATA. AS I LOOK AT THINGS. ESPECIALLY AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK WHAT HE SAID, WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN BYSTANDERS REPORTING STUFF. SO AN INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR, SOME BYSTANDERS HEARD A GROUP OF BOYS HANGING OUT TALKING, WHATEVER, AND RACIST COMMENTS WERE MADE. AND THE BYSTANDER REPORTED IT. OUR ADMIN FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH IT. AND THEN HAD SOME RESTORATIVE CIRCLES

077FOR THE BOYS UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU MIGHT THINK IT'S JOKING BUT HERE'S WHAT IT ACTUALLY SOUNDS LIKE AND WHY WE DON'T DO IT. SO WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE IN BYSTANDERS REPORTING THINGS. VERY GOOD. >> SO WHAT'S NEXT? SO MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR ON THE ELEMENTARY SIDE, WE'VE REVISED OUR MTSS, OUR MULTITIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT GUIDE WHICH CLEARLY DEFINES THE BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS, INTERVENTION LEVELS AND STRATEGIES. EVERY SCHOOL AND I CAN SAY FOR THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL THEY ALL LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR WITH OUR LEVELS, WHAT A LEVEL 1 BEHAVIOR DOES. SO A KID POKED ANOTHER KID. SO THE TEACHER'S THEN HAVING --LIKE A TEACHABLE MOMENT CONVERSATION WITH THE STUDENT. VERSUS REPEATEDLY POKING AND POKING AND POKING THE SAME STUDENT. RIGHT? OR GOING UP AND HITTING SOMEBODY PURPOSEFULLY. THOSE ARE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BEHAVIORS. SO OUR MTSS SYSTEM HAS

078SUPPORTED NOT ONLY THE ACADEMIC SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS BUT ALSO THE BEHAVIOR SUPPORTS OF STUDENTS. THAT'S BEEN CLEARLY DEFINED. AS WELL AS DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES. WE UPDATE THE STUDENT HAS REALLY PROMOTED I WOULD SAY CONSISTENCY AND COHERENCE BETWEEN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND THAT THEN GOES INTO POSSIBLY ALSO WHY WE'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN SOME OF OUR SUSPENSIONS OR DIFFERENT DISCIPLINARY LEVELS. WE'VE ALSO UPDATED THE SKPARNT STUDENT HANDBOOK TO ALIGN WITH THE MTSS HANDBOOK AND THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH FAMILIES TO ALSO REINFORCE THOSE BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS. AND MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR PARENTS WILL BE SIGNING AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM TO CONFIRM THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT STUDENT CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS LOOK LIKE AND WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR. WHICH I WILL SAY ON OUR SIDE, RIGHT? THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. YES, THE STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW THE EXPECTATIONS BUT HAVING FAMILIES BE PARTNERS

079WITH US IS INTEGRAL IN MAKING SURE WE CAN HAVE STUDENT SUCCESS. I'LL TAKE THE -->> YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SECONDARY? AT SECONDARY WE ARE GOING TO DISTRIBUTE A ONE-PAGE EXPECTATION TO STUDENTS ABOUT BEHAVIOR AND CELL PHONES. HOPEFULLY THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THE CELL PHONE POLICY. WE WERE GREAT AT INPUTTING IT THIS YEAR. SO STUDENTS WILL NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BEFORE USING SYNERGY AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. AND THEN OF COURSE DURING OUR ADVISORY WE'LL GO OVER ALL THE EXPECTATIONS AGAIN SO THEY HEAR IT QUITE A BIT. YES, PLEASE. WILL THAT ONE PAGE BE PRINTED OR DIGITAL? IT WILL BE DIGITAL. THE FIRST TIME YOU SIGN IN AND GET YOUR SCHEDULE IN SYNERGY IT WILL POP UP. LIKE THIS YEAR THE CELL PHONE POLICY POPPED UP. THIS YEAR IT WILL BE A LITTLE LONGER DOCUMENT

080WITH EXPECTATIONS. THEN THAT DOCUMENT WILL ALSO, AS KRISTEN SAID, WILL BE REVIEWED IN THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS OF SCHOOL WHEN THEY DO THEIR POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS ABOUT BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS. I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY STUDENTS WOULD READ A DIGITAL --THEY JUST SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM AND READ LIKE I AGREE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THAT. YEAH. SO FOR ELEMENTARY PARENTS MAY DO THAT TOO. WE ARE ACTUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING THAT LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING BY SIMPLY HAVING A CHECK BOX OR DOCUSIGN OR CLICK THROUGH. SO WE MAY BE GOING ANALOG, OLD SCHOOL, HAVING A HALF SHEET THAT IS ACKNOWLEDGED WAY PHYSICAL SIGNATURE THAT IS TURNED IN TO THE CLASSROOM TEACHER. THAT'S HOW WE USED TO DO IT. WE MAY HAVE TO GO BACK TO DOING THAT PROCESS AGAIN. JUST TO MAKE SURE WHEN

081WE'RE DOING A RESET OF OUR EXPECTATIONS, WHICH IS NEEDED THAT THE PARENTS ARE ON BOARD. THAT MAY BE MORE EFFECTIVE. AND I WILL SAY, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS DID THIS, WHEN THE SCHOOLS DO THEIR PRESENTATIONS IN ADVISORY, WE HAVE ATTENDANCE LOGGED. SO WE KNOW WHAT STUDENT WAS IN THE CLASS WHEN THEY HEARD THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD TO HEAR YOU'RE TAKING UP THE CITIZENSHIP HANDBOOK IDEA. IT WAS SOMETHING WHEN I MOVED FROM A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA TEN YEARS AGO WAS ROUTINELY DONE AT MY CHILD'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I REMEMBER READING IT. I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN SAY A LITTLE MORE ABOUT WHAT IS IN THAT --WHAT'S THE CONTENT. I KNOW WE ARE STILL IN DRAFT MODE ON THAT. I CAN'T SPEAK TO IT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN --

082PUT THE THREE MINUTES ON, PLEASE. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE MTSS GUIDE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT OUR INTERNAL EXPECTATIONS FOR ACADEMICS AND BEHAVIOR INCLUDING SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL, ALL THE SUPPORTS, IS CORE HEALTHY, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE CLASSROOM AND THEN WHAT ARE EXPECTATIONS WE WANT OUR PARENTS TO KNOW OF WHAT WE'RE DOING INSIDE AND WHAT EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE OF THEM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MTSS GUIDE IS DONE BEFORE WE PUBLISH WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT TO PARENTS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ALIGNED INCLUDING SOME OF OURING WHERE WE'RE USING COMMON TERMINOLOGY WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS COMMON AND THROWING THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM SO THAT WE HAVE COHERENCE. WE WANT TO PUT IT IN LANGUAGE EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND. AND IF THEY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THEY CAN CERTAINLY

083REACH OUT TO THEIR CLASSROOM TEACHER OR THE COUNSELOR OR THE PRINCIPAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. YEAH. I'D ENCOURAGE YOU ALSO TO THINK ABOUT PUTTING LIKE MAYBE CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BEHAVIOR, SOME OF THE BULLYING PREVENTION THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. I REMEMBER READING ABOUT LIKE KIND OF THE CHARACTER BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB AND ALL OF THAT CONTENT. I THINK I CAN SEND YOU THE SAMPLE THAT -- I HAVE IT. >> OKAY. WE'VE BEEN USING IT AS A MODEL. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT. YEAH. AND I'M ALSO GLAD TO HEAR THAT IT CORRESPONDS WITH WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM PARENTS AND FAMILIES. I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT ABOUT BIAS INCIDENTS AND PRETTY EGREGIOUS ONES. AND I JUST -- I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION

084AND THE APPROACH AND THAT YOU'RE TAKING IT VERY SERIOUSLY. AND I'M CURIOUS IF YOU CAN SAY A LITTLE MORE WHEN REALLY EGREGIOUS INCIDENTS HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, ASAS PARENT BEFORE I JOINED THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU KNOW, MY CHILD CAME TO ME IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN ONGOING FOR SOME TIME. SO THAT OFTEN HAPPENS. KIDS OFTEN, YOU KNOW, ARE -- YOU KNOW, FEEL SHAMESHAME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. SO CAN YOU SAY A BIT MORE? I'LL TALK A LITTLE ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO WHEN WE HAVE A BIAS INCIDENT AND WE'RE ABLE TO CONFIRM WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WE'RE CONSEQUENCING A STUDENT. SOMETIMES THAT RESULTS IN A SUSPENSION OF SOME KIND. AND ONE OF OUR PRACTICES IN HID'LL SCHOOL IS WE HAVE BUILT SOME INTENTIONAL LEARNING FOR KIDS

085THAT THEY DO, THAT THEY COMPLETE DURING THEIR SUSPENSION TIME. SO IF A STUDENT IS SUSPENDED IN SCHOOL FOR A DAY OR FOR TWOTWO DAYS, IN ADDITION TO THEM BEING ABLE TO WORK ON THEIR WORK BUT SEPARATE FROM THEIR REGULAR CLASS ENVIRONMENT, WE ALSO GIVE THEM READING MATERIALS, VIDEOS TO WATCH, REFLECTIONS TO WRITE. THEY HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF OUR OFFICE TEAM ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS RELATED TO THE KIND OF INCIDENT THAT THEY WERE ENGAGED IN. SO IF A STUDENT, FOR EXAMPLE, USES THE N WORD IN A CLASS OR WRITES IT ON A WHITEBOARD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE THAT STUDENT DO EDUCATION AROUND THE HARM THAT WORD CAUSES AND THE HISTORY OF THAT SO THAT --AND PART OF THE HOPE IS THAT STUDENTS WILL THEN TAKE THAT MORE SERIOUSLY AND UNDERSTAND OH, I

086WASN'T JUST REMOVED FROM THE SITUATION. LIKE I NOW BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF MY ACTIONS AND MY BEHAVIOR SO THAT HOPEFULLY THEN THEY WON'T DO IT IN THE FUTURE. BUT IT ALSO GIVES US SOMETHING THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH FAMILIES TO SAY HERE'S THE LEARNING THAT YOUR CHILD DID SO THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AT HOME AS WELL AND TALK ABOUT YOUR FAMILY'S VALUES AROUND ISSUES LIKE THIS OR INCIDENTS LIKE THIS. AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE'VE GOTTEN GREAT SUPPORT FROM FAMILIES AS WELL WHO OFTEN ARE KIND OF MORTIFIED BY SOME OF THE CHOICES THAT MIDDLE SCHOOLERS MAKE. AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO RESET THOSE FAMILY EXPECTATIONS AND VALUES AS WELL IN SUPPORT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AT SCHOOL. YEAH. NO, THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS AT SCHOOL BUT

087IT INVOLVES THE FAMILY AS WELL. SO HAVING THOSE LIKE CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THAT CULTURE CHANGE TO HAPPEN. REALLY APPRECIATE THE STATISTICS. AND IT IS GOOD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE PUTTING THE THINGS TOGETHER THAT ADDRESS IT BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE HAD HANDBOOKS BEFORE IN PAST YEARS AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE DEEMPHASIS AFTER COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS GOING ON. AND I WOULD AGREE WITH DIRECTOR GUPTA ABOUT EXPLAINING CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE THE ONE QUESTION I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN AS BOARD MEMBERS ARE FREQUENTLY WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES, WHAT DOES A CONSEQUENCE LOOK LIKE, HOW DO YOU ADMINISTER A CONSEQUENCE? AND I THINK DR. SCHULTZ, YOU'VE JUST ARTICULATED A NUMBER OF CONSEQUENCES THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THAT ALL WORKS. AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

088TO PUT IT OUT THERE ALONG WITH WHAT THE BEHAVIORS ARE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CONSEQUENCES ALWAYS CORRELATE WITH THE BEHAVIOR. BUT PARENTS NEED THAT CONSTANT COMMUNICATION, THAT THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES. AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE SAYING WHEN WE SAY THAT IT'S BEING DEALT WITH IN A VERY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AND I'D HAVE TO SAY OUR DISTRICT HAS GROWN SO MUCH OVER THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE ON HOW CONSEQUENCES GO THROUGH. AND YOU FOLKS ARE A GREAT TEAM DOING THIS. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CONSEQUENCES YOU WANT TO MENTION IN COMMUNICATIONING WITH PARENTS IN THE DISTRICT. MAY I ASK A QUESTION? WITH WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER ABOUT YOU GAVE THE EXAMPLE OF YOU CAN IDENTIFY A STUDENT WHO, YOU KNOW, WROTE OR SAID THE N WORD WHO THEN, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND YOU

089EDUCATE THAT STUDENT SPECIFICALLY AND MAYBE TELL THEIR PARENTS ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES, TALKING ABOUT THE ACTIONS. I'M WONDERING, DO WE APPROACH OR IF WE DON'T HOW COULD WE APPROACH CASES WHERE WE CAN'T IDENTIFY WHO DID -- WHO PERPETRATED THAT --THEY EITHER WROTE A SYMBOL OR A WORD OF HATE SPEECH BUT YOU KNOW IT'S PRESENT AMONG THE STUDENT BODY? IN A CASE I PERSONALLY SAW A SPANISH CLASSROOM THEY HAD THESE LITTLE PAPER DIVIDERS FOR STUDENTS TAKING TESTS AND THE SPANISH TEACHER TOLD ME THAT HE FOUND A SWASTIKA WITHIN ONE OF THEM AND HE HAD NO WAY OF IDENTIFYING WHO WROTEWROTE IT. AND IN THOSE CASES ARE THERE ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE SAYING, YOU KNOW, TO WHOMEVER IT WAS? DO THOSE THINGS HAPPEN? I CAN SPEAK FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CERTAINLY WE HAVE HAD SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, LIKE YOU'RE DESCRIBING

090WHERE SOMETHING HAPPENS IN A CLASSROOM AND WE CAN'T DETERMINE WHO'S ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE BUT ON SOME LEVEL THE COMMUNITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY CAN BE HARMED BY WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY. SO FREQUENTLY WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE IS WE WILL PAUSE CLASS FOR PART OF THE DAY AND GO IN AND ADDRESS THAT SITUATION AND HAVE A AUTHENTIC CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND PROCESS WITH THE CLASS WHAT'S GOING ON THERE AND WHAT THE IMPACT OF IT MIGHT BE AND HOW DO WE AVOID THIS HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT ARE OUR SYSTEMS FOR REPORTING IF YOU DO SEE SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR KNOW ABOUT IT BUT DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING FORWARD HOW CAN YOU HELP ADDRESS IT SO THAT WE MAKE THE COMMUNITY SAFER FOR EVERY STUDENT? AND

091PART OF THAT FOR US IS BUILDING ON OUR PRACTICE OF COMMUNITY CIRCLE THAT HAPPENS IN ADVISORY ON FRIDAYS. YOU KNOW, WE DO THAT EVERY WEEK SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE TO ADDRESS A SPECIFIC SITUATION WE'VE ALREADY PRACTICED THAT KIND OF CONVERSATION WITH LIGHTER TOPICS AND WE KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO BE IN A CIRCLE AND TO TALK ABOUT A THING BUT THEN WE CAN NOW TALK ABOUT MAYBE THIS HEAVIER THING OR MORE IMPORTANT THING IN A REAL WAY WITH KIDS. AND FREQUENTLY WE'LL BRING IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES LIKE THE COUNSELOR AND THE STUDENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST, THE DEAN OF STUDENTS OR AN ADMINISTRATOR TO HELP FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION WITH A TEACHER. THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST SAY FOR THE ELEMENTARY IT'S ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR. THINGS DO COME UP. I WOULD SAY MOSTLY IN OUR

092UPPER ELEMENTARY, OUR FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE. AND VERY SIMILAR THINGS HAPPEN. WE HAVE COMMUNITY CIRCLES DAILY. SO THERE'S ALWAYS THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHEN THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. RECESS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. COMMUNITY CIRCLES ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE PIECES. BUT SPECIFICALLY THIS YEAR IT WAS THROUGH BYSTANDERS THAT SHARED A GROUP OF STUDENTS WENT TO OUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT REPEATED WORDS ALMOST IN A SEXUALIZED WAY AGAINST STUDENTS. AND IT REPEATEDLY HAPPENED. BUT IT WAS THROUGH HEARSAY. SO WE COULD NOT QUITE IDENTIFY WHOM. SO WITH OUR STUDENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST, OUR COUNSELOR, MYSELF, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT IN OUR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER AND TALKED ABOUT WITH HIM WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS IS SERIOUS AND IT NEEDS TO STOP NOW. AND BETWEEN THE FOUR OF US WE CREATED JUST AN EDUCATIONAL I GUESS

093LESSON WHERE ALL OF OUR FOURTH AND FIFTH-GRADERS CAME. WE SAT IN THE GYM TOGETHER. WE WERE REALLY HONEST ABOUT THE WORDS. THERE WERE SOME STUDENTS THAT WROTE THINGS THAT THEY HAD HEARD AND STUDENTS ACTUALLY STOOD UP AND SAID LIKE THESE ARE THINGS THAT WERE SAID. I THINK THAT WAS IMPACTFUL. IT GAVE VOICE TO OUR STUDENTS, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THEN WE WERE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE OF THINGS AS WELL AS IF THIS HAPPENS AGAIN WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS. AND I WILL SAY LIKE I HAVE NOT HAD ANYTHING IN THAT VEIN HAPPEN SINCE THISTHIS CONVERSATION. SIMILAR THINGS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHEN WE'RE AWARE OF STUFF I SEND OUT A WEEKLY LOG TO TEACHERS AND THE BOTTOM OF THE WEEKLY LOG SAYS FOR STUDENTS TO DISCUSS IN ADVISORY. THAT'S A CONVERSATION

094THAT HAPPENS THERE AND THEN IN OUR CLASSROOMS THE RELATIONSHIP THAT OUR TEACHERS HAVE WITH THATTHAT OF STUDENTS LENDS ITSELF TO A CONVERSATION ON THIS ISIS HARMFUL, THESE ACTIONS ARE HARMFUL. WE DON'T HAVE RESOURCE. I'VE SEEN YOUR E-MAILS. I'M HAPPY. OF COURSE. GREAT QUESTION. >> ANY OTHER -- DO YOU MIND -->> NO, PLEASE. >> I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOUYOU FOR THIS REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION AND FOR WALKING US THROUGH HOW YOU HANDLEHANDLE INCIDENTS BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY DEALING WITH THESE BEHAVIORS. I MEAN, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OUR KIDS KINDNESS AND EMPATHY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I ALSO THINK THAT AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL ALL THE AFFINITY GROUPS WE HAVE ALSO HELP, REALLY HELP OUR KIDS FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN FEEL

095VALUED AND SUPPORTED AND A SENSE OF BELONGING, THAT OUR AMAZING TEACHERS AND STAFF ALSO REALLY SUPPORT A LOT TOO. ONE THING I WANT TO ADD, PRAISING THESE FOLKS, I KNOW FRANK HAS DEVELOPED A GREAT CULTURE WITH HIS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS AROUND DEALING WITH STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND BEING COHERENT AND CONSISTENT. AND I WANT TO APPLAUD THESE FOLKS. AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL WE HAVE EXPERIENCED ADMINISTRATORS BUT THEY WILL -- KIRK TALKED ABOUT A PROCESS WITHIN THE TEAM BUT KIRK WILL PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL KEVIN OR AARON WILL PICK UP THE PHONE AND CALL ALEX. JASON AND AARON WILL TALK TO SALLY FROM LAKERIDGE. KIRK WILL CALL DESIREE. THEY HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY WITHIN THEIR OWN LITTLE GROUP OF THE 12 ADMINISTRATORS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL THAT WILL TALK TO EACH OTHER, PROBLEM SOLVE WITH EACH OTHER,

096BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF THEM. AND THAT HAS REALLY HELPED SUPPORT THE SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF DOCUMENTING THE BEHAVIOR, IS IT THE RIGHT CONSEQUENCE, AND THEY TAKE CARE OF A LOT BECAUSE OF THE TEAM THEY'RE IN . WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THIS IS SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION. SUCH -- I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO -- I MEAN, YOU'RE ALL LOOKING AT THE DATA. AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DON'T LIKE ABOUT IT, AND JUST HEARING WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IT MEANS A GREAT DEAL. AND WE FEEL IT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE UP TO 4. 3, PRIDE MONTH RESOLUTION. WE DO HAVE A RESOLUTION TO READ. I'M GOING TO START DOWN HERE WHEN

097WE GET TO IT. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE WHY THIS IS BORNT. JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW IT'S A TIME TO HONOR THE HISTORY, CONTRIBUTIONS AND RESILIENCE OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY. IT'S A TIME FOR US AS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO INDICATE OUR COMMITMENT. FOR THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION. WE'LL START DOWN HERE WITH DIRECTOR GUPTA. WHEREAS THE MONTH --I'M GOING TO START OVER. WHEREAS THE MONTH OF JUNE IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE IDENTITIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER/QUESTIONING, INTERSEX AND ASEXUAL AND/OR ALLY, LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITY, RAISE AWARENESS OF QUALITY SERVICES, AND FOSTER A DIALOGUE TO PROMOTE A HEALTHY, SAFE AND PROSPEROUS SCHOOL CLIMATES AND COMMUNITIES FOR ALL, AND -- WHEREAS THE FIRST GAY PRIDE MARCH WAS HELD IN JUNE 1970 TO COMMEMORATE

098THE STONEWALL RIOTS AND THE CELEBRATION OF LGBTQIA PLUS PRIDE MONTH IS ROOTED IN THAT HISTORY OF RESISTANCE AND STRUGGLE FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AS GUARANTEED BY THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, AND -- WHEREAS LGBTQIA PLUS PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE WORLD IN EVERY ASPECT, INCLUDING IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, LAW, HEALTH, BUSINESS, SCIENCE, RESEARCH, RESEARCH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ARCHITECTURE, FASHION, SPORTS, GOVERNMENT, MUSIC, FILM, TECHNOLOGY, LITERATURE, CIVIL RIGHTS AND POLITICS, AND -- WHEREAS THERE'S A NEED TO FOCUS ON EFFORTS THAT SUPPORT LGBTQIA PLUS YOUTH INCLUDING CONSTITUTIONALITY AND SCHOOL RESOURCES THAT FOCUS ON POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS AND SUPPORT, RESOURCES ON SCHOOL CLIMATE THAT ADDRESS BULLYING AND PARENT ENGAGEMENT, AND TOOLS FOR STUDENT HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND -- WHEREAS WE ARE WORKING TO CULTIVATE POSITIVE AND SAFE

099SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTS TO EMPOWER YOUTH WITH CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE TO SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATE AND IMPROVE THE EVER-CHANGING WORLD, AND -- WHEREAS BY RECOGNIZING PRIDE MONTH, WE REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT THAT PROMOTES TRUST, GROWTH, ACHIEVEMENT AND EQUAL TREATMENT OF ALL PEOPLE REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY, AND -- NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL CELEBRATE THE MONTH OF JUNE AS LGBTQIA PLUS PRIDE MONTH AND ENCOURAGE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO INFUSE INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING ACTIVITIES TO INCORPORATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LGBTQIA PLUS COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND THIS IS A RESOLUTION. AND I WOULD TAKE A MOTION. I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PRIDE MONTH RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GUPTA. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SECOND THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. [ ALL SAY

100AYE ] AND THE MOTION IS APPROVED. I JUST WANT TO ALSO -->> OH, SORRY. I KNOW WE PASSED IT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY WE HAD SUCH A WONDERFUL PRIDE CELEBRATION THE FIRST OF THE MONTH, BEGINNING OF THIS AMAZING MONTH. AND IT WAS PUT UP BY L.O. FOR LOVE AND A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES GROUPS. AND JUST YEAH, SO FABULOUS. SECOND ANNUAL ONE. BETTER WEATHER THIS YEAR. YES, MUCH BETTER WEATHER. BUT EQUALLY AS BRIGHT AND WONDERFUL. YES. I THINK IT WAS BIGGER THAN LAST TIME. AND MAYBE THE WEATHER BUT ALSO I THINK IT'S PART OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S GREAT. AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WE WILL MOVE ON TO 4, THE LAKE GROVE SWIM PARK APPROPRIATION TRANSFER RESOLUTION WITH MR. KETZLER. THANK YOU, CHAIR WALLIN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IN YOUR PACKET IS

101A RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY WITHIN OUR LAKE GROVE SWIM PARK 24-25 BUDGET. AND WHILE THE NUMBERS ON A RELATIVE BASIS TO THE DISTRICT BUDGET ARE SMALL IN RELATION TO THE LAKE GROVE SWIM PARK BUDGET WHICH HAS A TOTAL BUDGET OF I THINK IT'S 350,000 THIS YEAR, THESE ARE NOT SMALL NUMBERS AND AS I LOOK AT REMAINING APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY IN THE ACCOUNTS AND THE ACTIVITY THAT NORMALLY TAKES PLACE IN JUNE, EVEN THOUGH THE OPENING WON'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL THIS WEEKEND, I BELIEVE IT'S NECESSARY TO TRANSFER THE AMOUNTS AS NOTED IN THE ENCLOSED RESOLUTION TOTO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T EXCEED APPROPRIATION LIMITS FOR THE ACTUAL SPENDING THAT WILL TAKE PLACE BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 30 th. SO THIS IS A BUDGET HOUSEKEEPING MATTER. I'LL PROBABLY HAVE ONEONE AT THE JUNE 30 MEETING IN RELATION TO THE

102SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET. BUT THISTHIS WILL --IS NECESSARY FOR THE LAKE GROVE SWIM PARK BUDGET. AND I'LL STOP HERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR MR. KETZLER? SO THIS AMOUNT, LIKE YOU SAID, IS VERY LOW. SO IS THE AMOUNT OF YOUR AUTHORITY PROPORTIONAL, THEN, THAT YOU HAVE TO COME TO US TO ASK FOR THIS, OR IS THIS JUST -- YES. TECHNICALLY UNDER OREGON LOCAL BUDGET LAW APPROPRIATION LIMITS ARE SET AT THE BOARD LEVEL AND THE BOARD CANNOT DELEGATE MOVING OF THOSE MONEYS WITHIN THOSE APPROPRIATION LEVELS TO STAFF. IT REQUIRES AN ACTION BY THE GOVERNING BODY. SO GOING BACK ALSO TO THE --WE HAD THE HEARING FOR THE BUDGETS TODAY. BUT THEN IT'S THE NEXT -- OUR NEXT MEETING IS WHEN WE WOULD VOTE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET? YES. AT THE JUNE 30 MEETING

103THERE WILL BE A RESOLUTION BROUGHT FORWARD TO ADOPT THE 25-26 BUDGETS AND WITHIN THAT RESOLUTION WILL BE THE SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS FOR THE LAKE GROVE SWIM PARK. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. >> I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LAKE GROVE SWIM PARK APPROPRIATION TRANSFER RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR HARTMAN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND FROM DIRECTOR GUPTA? I'LL SECOND IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. >> AYE. >> AND THE RESOLUTION'S AGREED TO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 4. 5, SCHOOL BOARD CALENDAR 2025-26. DR. SCHIELE. THIS IS IN YOUR PACKET. THE 25- 26 CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEARYEAR BOARD DATES. I PRESENTED IT AT THE LAST MEETING. ANY FEEDBACK ANY DAYS WERE A PROBLEM. IT LOOKS THE EXACT SAME AS TWO WEEKS AGO. OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE

104ALL FIND PROBLEMS WITH IT. WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST? COULD BE. IT'S ALWAYS THOSE TUESDAYS. THAT'S RIGHT. >> WE DID TRY TO LIMIT THE TUESDAYS. YES. AND HOUR-LONG MEETINGS AS NEEDED. HOPEFULLY DIRECTOR GUPTA AND I ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO WILL LIVE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES -- I'D BE HAPPY TO APPROVE THE 25-26 CALENDAR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I WOULD --AGAIN, AN ACTION ITEM. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING CALENDAR. ALL RIGHT. >> SECOND. >> AND DIRECTOR HARTMAN, I'LL LET YOU SECOND THAT. YEAH, SECOND. I ACTUALLY MOTIONED. BUT GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD CALENDAR FOR 2025-26 SAY AYE. AYE. >> AYE. AYE. AND WE'VE APPROVED IT. FANTASTIC. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES OUR BOARD BUSINESS. WE'RE ON TO OTHER BUSINESS. DOES ANYONE HAVE OTHER BUSINESS THEY WISH TO SHARE?

105GREAT GRADUATIONS. IT WAS GREAT. >> REALLY WONDERFUL, YEAH. WAIT, I DO. OH, YOU DO. >> I DON'T THINK EVERYONE WAS IN THE ROOM WHEN I SAID THISTHIS THE --NEXT YEAR'S LAKERIDGE REP IS SITTING IN THE MEETING TODAY. HE'S ONE MEETING LATE BUT IT'S OKAY. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU. NICE TO MEET YOU.