001WE ALSO RECEIVED , FROM ABOUT THE SOUTH TOWER, NO WE WILL GO TO IN-PERSON TESTIMONY AND EACH PERSON WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND OUR FIRST PERSON IS [ NAME ] THANK YOU CHAIR JOHN W. HAS SUCH A GREAT RING TO IT. GOOD MORNING --EVENING EVERYONE I WANT TO EXPRESS THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO ALL OF YOUR THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL BOARD DIRECTORS AND STAFF FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY TO THE CHILDREN OF LAKE OSWEGO. TONIGHT WE HAVE THE SPECIAL PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING SOMEONE WHOSE IMPACT HAS BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF EXTRAORDINARY, DIRECTOR LIZ HARTMAN. LIZ HAS JUST COMPLETED HER WILL COMPLETE AT THE END OF TONIGHT THREE TERMS AT THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL BOARD AND IN THAT TIME SHE HAS LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON OUR SCHOOLS, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY, HER SERVICE SPANS
002MORE THAN BOARD MEETINGS AND POLICY DECISIONS, LIZ HAS BEEN A STEADY, THOUGHTFUL AND PASSIONATE ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION AT EVERY LEVEL WHETHER HELPING TO NAVIGATE SUPERINTENDENT TRANSITIONS, SUPPORTING BOND CAMPAIGNS AND RENOVATING SCHOOLS, OR WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH OUR PTA, COMMITTEES AND FUNDRAISING EFFORTS LIKE THE FOUNDATION. LIZ HAS ALWAYS BROUGHT INTELLIGENCE, INTEGRITY AND HEART TO EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHES, SHE LEADS WITH A DEEP SENSE OF PURPOSE AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT ALWAYS ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS, ALWAYS LIFTING OTHERS UP AND KEEPING KIDS THE CENTER OF EVERY DECISION. LIZ'S LEADERSHIP DOES NOT STOP AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT LEVEL, SHE HAS BROUGHT THE COMMUNITY VOICE TO THE STATE STAGE THEIR WORK WITH THE OREGON SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION OR SHE HAS PLAYED SEVERAL KEY LEADERSHIP ROLES, HER STATEWIDE ADVOCACY HAS HELPED STATE POLICIES THAT BENEFIT NOT JUST LAKE OSWEGO STUDENTS BUT
003STUDENTS ACROSS OREGON AND IF THAT WERE NOT ENOUGH LIZ IS A POWERHOUSE IN CIVIC LIFE AS CEO OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND LEADER IN HER CHURCH SHE CONTINUES TO SERVE CONNECT AND INSPIRE QUITE SIMPLY LIZ IS EVERYWHERE IN LAKE OSWEGO AND EVERYWHERE SHE GOES SHE BRINGS WITH HER A SPIRIT OF SERVICE, A DEEP LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FEARS COMMITMENT TO DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR KIDS. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF SERVING WITH LIZ ON THE BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND SHE IS NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING ALWAYS CALM , ALWAYS REASONED AND ALWAYS QUIETLY LEADING WITH EARN RESPECT AND CLOUDS. LIZ, ON BEHALF OF THE RETIRED FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS WHO YOU WILL NOW JOIN TOMORROW , THE DISTRICT IN THE ENTIRE LAKE OSWEGO COMMUNITY THANK YOU , THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR WISDOM,
004YOUR GRACE AND YOUR RELENTLESS DEDICATION. WE ARE ALL BETTER BECAUSE OF YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON AN INCREDIBLE 10 YEAR. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE SCHOOLS YOU HAVE SERVED AND ALL OF OUR HEARTS. THANK YOU, LIZ. [ APPLAUSE ] WE WILL HAVE MORE TIME TO APPLAUD LATER. WE WILL GO ON NO. THANK YOU , WILL GO ON TO BEN ADAMS NEXT. THANK YOU, SORRY. GREAT. SCHOOL BOARD YOU DOING MY NAME IS BEN ADAMS I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAIN ABOUT THE CELL TOWER CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL 85 FEET AWAY FROM OUR HISTORIC HOME. WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED NOT ONLY BY THE PROJECT ITSELF BUT HOW IT WAS APPROVED QUIETLY WITHOUT PUBLIC NOTICE AND WITHOUT A VOTE AS ACTION ITEM FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH SUBMITTED WRITTEN TESTIMONY WITH MORE DETAILS
005WE WANT TO COVER THIS PAST MONTH REGARDING THIS APPROVAL BUT I'M HERE TO SPEAK PERSONALLY ABOUT KEY POINTS I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD BE AWARE OF. OCTOBER 2020 FOR VERIZON CLAIMED THEY WERE MODIFYING AN EXISTING EQUIPMENT LOCATION BUT THAT IS NOT ACCURATE. THERE WAS NO VERIZON EQUIPMENT ON THIS TOWER . THERE WAS SPRINT EQUIPMENT BUT IT HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR FOUR YEARS NOW OPERATING AS A BASEBALL , THIS IS NOT A SMALL CHANGE IT IS A MAJOR LAND-USE DECISION INVOLVING PUBLIC PROPERTY YET MULTIPLE DISTRICT EMPLOYEES TOLD US THEY WERE NOT AWARE THIS IS EVEN HAPPENING. THE LETTER OF CONSENT SIGNED BY STAFF A MONTH AFTER THE REQUESTED DEADLINE NOVEMBER 2024 UNDERMINING ANY CLAIM THAT THIS NEEDED TO BE RUSHED. WHAT'S WORSE IS WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED, NO NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE. WE WERE GIVEN A SMALL
006, WERE GIVEN A SIMILAR PROPOSAL FOR A CELL TOWER LOCATION AT LAKE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL BOARD DELAYED A SIMILAR PROJECT SPECIFICALLY TO GET NEIGHBOR FEEDBACK AND I WONDER WHY THIS WAS NOT CONSIDERED FOR THIS LOCATION. FOUR OF OUR FIVE CHILDREN ARE PRESCHOOL ELEMENTARY, AGE GROUP PREVIOUSLY CITED AS MORE VULNERABLE TO RADIATION AND THE REASON THEY HAVE NOT INSTALLED CELL TOWERS AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITES. EVEN THOUGH IT HAS BEEN REQUESTED. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION WHILE RESEARCHING I FOUND A THIRD-PARTY LOCAL RESIDENT THAT DID A RF EMISSIONS STUDY FOR TOWERS AROUND THE DISTRICT AND LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL HAD THE HIGHEST READING OF 194,200 MICROWATTS PER SQUARE METER WHICH IS EXTREMELY HIGH OVER 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN ANY OTHER SITE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SAFETY STUDY THAT IS USED WHEN THEY LOOK AT
007THESE IS FROM 1996 SO IF YOU HAD A CELL PHONE SINCE 96 YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT HAS CHANGED. BASICALLY THIS IS THE THIRD-PARTY AUDITOR SAID THIS WAS EXTREMELY HIGH AND NOT SAFE. WHILE IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THE CONSENT STATES THIS CANNOT BE REASONABLY WITHHELD, THE PROJECT, I BELIEVE THE SCHOOL BOARD IS WELL WITHIN THEIR LEGAL RIGHT TO WITHHOLD GIVEN THE MISREPRESENTATION FROM VERIZON IN A CONSENT LETTER SENT TO THE DISTRICT EVEN BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO REC CENTER HAS DRASTICALLY CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE AND WAS ONCE A WOODED PUBLIC GOLF COURSE AND NOW THERE'S NO TREES OR ANYTHING. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO RESCIND THE LETTER, STOP CONSTRUCTION AND REDO THIS PROCESS IN PUBLIC SO THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY RESPONSE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT NEXT WE HAVE [ NAME ]
008GOOD EVENING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MY NAME IS EV McCARTY AND I'M A RESIDENT AND RECENT GRADUATE OF LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF RESPOND TO RACISM TO URGE YOUR SUPPORT PASSING SECTION FOR HACIENDA CDC AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER RESIDENTS AND INSTITUTIONS WITH TOOLS TO COMBAT RACISM IN ALL FORMS AND MAKE LAKE OSWEGO AND OREGON A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNICITIES. KEY COMPONENTS ARE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE PUTTING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES CAN DRIVE . ONE OF THE MOST EXPRESSED DESIRES ESPECIALLY IN UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES IS SPACES WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE AND ARE ENCOURAGED TO BE THEIR FULL SELVES, WE HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH HOW HACIENDA CDC OUTREACH AND DESIGN FOR THIS LAKE OSWEGO DEVELOPMENT IS FOCUSED ON
009FEEDBACK FROM USE, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AND OTHER OFTEN OVERLOOKED RESIDENTS. THEIR GOAL TO CREATE MORE COMMUNITY SPACES AND HACIENDA DESIGN FOR COMMUNITY ROOMS AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS ALIGNED WITH THE OFFER MENTIONED DESIRE FOR MORE SPACES. HACIENDA HAS DEMONSTRATED THEY'RE NOT JUST A DEVELOPER LOOKING FOR A TAX BREAK WE BELIEVE THE $100,000 PER YEAR TAX EXEMPTION WOULD CREATE FUNDING FOR ON-SITE PROGRAMMING FOR RENT RELIEF CRUCIAL FOR ELIMINATING BARRIERS THAT PREVENT FAMILIES AND WORKERS FROM DRIVING IN LO, WE SEE THIS AS A PRIME OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A CULTURE BELONGING INTO ACTION BY SUPPORTING EFFORTS WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, LOSD CAN MODEL TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE THAT MEETS THE NEEDS OF CURRENT FAMILIES AND INVEST IN THE WELL-BEING OF FUTURE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE TAX EXEMPTION FOR
010HACIENDA CDC AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN LO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. [ NAME ] GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN DEVLIN I AM A LAKE OSWEGO RESIDENT MY DAUGHTER ATTENDED LAKE GROVE SIX YEARS, MY WIFE RAN THE PROGRAM AND I RAN LITERACY AND I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR HACIENDA CDC. I SERVE ON THE BOARD OF PATH HOME AND OTHER LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT HELPS FAMILIES EXPERIENCING RISK OF HOMELESSNESS . THOSE FAMILIES ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM YOUR FAMILY OR MY FAMILY. I JUST DO NOT MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO AFFORD A PLACE TO LIVE. MANY OF THEM ARE WORKING DEMANDING JOBS AT OR NEAR MINIMUM WAGE OF 15 OR $16 PER HOUR. A PERSON MAKING THAT WAGE WOULD HAVE TO WORK 90 HOURS PER WEEK TO AFFORD A
011MEDIUM PRICED APARTMENT. IT IS A MATH PROBLEM AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE SOLUTION. OREGON HAS THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF CHILDREN EXPRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN THE COUNTRY. 14 TIMES THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, MORE THAN TWICE THE RATE OF THE SECOND HIGHEST STATE. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 22,000 STUDENTS ARE CLASSIFIED AS HOMELESS DURING THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. HOUSING AUTHORITY IN CLACKAMAS, CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO AND METRO HAVE PARTNERED WITH HACIENDA TO ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM. ON JUNE 3 CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY APPROVED ITS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION AND WITH THIS RESOLUTION THE DISTRICT CAN DO ITS PART TO HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE 55 APARTMENTS INCLUDING APARTMENTS SUITABLE FOR FAMILIES. A NUMBER OF THOSE WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE MAKING UP TO 60% MEDIAN INCOME OR 30% OF AREA MEDIAN INCOME,
012THOSE REDUCED RENTS ARE THE WAY TO CURE THE MATH PROBLEM AND THE BOARD MATERIALS ESTIMATE 32 TO 64 CHILDREN WHO LIVE WOULD RANGE FROM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ALL THE WAY TO KIDS NOT EVEN SCHOOL-AGE, HACIENDA CDC HAS BEEN DOING THE WORK THREE DECADES AND WE HEAR FROM THEM THIS EVENING. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WITHOUT THIS EXEMPTION FROM THE BOARD, FROM THE DISTRICT SOURCES OF FUNDING SECURED FOR THE PROJECT WOULD BE INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE RENT FOR TENANTS. YOU HAVE TO VOTE YES FOR THIS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. ACCORDING TO THE BOARD MATERIALS THE ESTIMATED PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION WOULD BE JUST UNDER 40,000 A YEAR, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPENT $16 MILLION TO BUILD A RECREATION AND AQUATIC CENTER, COMMUNITY HAS SUPPORTED BONDS $360 MILLION TO HELP SCHOOLS BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE, WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
013DO THIS AND WE SHOULD GIVE THE CHILDREN THE CHANCE TO GET THE SAME AMAZING EDUCATION THAT MY DAUGHTER RECEIVED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. JERRY KRAMER. HELLO EVERYBODY. NAME IS TERRY KRAMER AND I LIVE IN LAKE OSWEGO AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH RESPOND TO RACISM FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. I AM COMMITTING TO MAKING OUR CITY WELCOMING TO ALL AND EMBRACING NOT JUST CULTURAL DIVERSITY BUT SOCIOECONOMIC DIVERSITY. I GREW UP , MY FATHER WAS AN AUTOBODY REPAIR PERSON WITH FOUR KIDS IN THE FAMILY AND MY MOM DIDN'T WORK. I WANT KIDS LIKE WHEN I WAS A KID TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CHILDREN IN LAKE OSWEGO HAVE NOW. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE TAX EXEMPTION FOR HACIENDA AFFORDABLE
014HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BEFORE THE EXEMPTION PERIOD PASSES IN JULY. I BELIEVE MAKING OUR CITY WELCOMING TO ALL MEANS SCHOOLS ARE WELCOMING TO ALL. STORIES, LIVE EXPENSIVE STUDENTS HAS SHOWN US THIS IS NOT CURRENTLY THE CASE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S SUPPORT OF THE TAX EXEMPTION FOR HACIENDA WOULD BE A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO DEMONSTRATE ITS COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION. HACIENDA CDC HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO INCLUSION THROUGHOUT ITS OUTREACH AND DESIGN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, THEY LISTEN TO OUR YOUTH. THEY LISTENED TO PEOPLE WHO WORK BUT CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AND DAVIS AND OTHER MARGINALIZED RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THEY UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY SPACES, PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER AND LEARN, PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO BE IN COMMUNITY. THEY UNDERSTAND ON-SITE PROGRAMMING AND ELIMINATING BARRIERS AND HAVE THE SAME GOAL THAT I HAVE AND THAT
015MANY OF US HAVE WHICH IS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN LAKE OSWEGO, THEY EMBRACE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSION OF ENSURING A CULTURE BELONGING, THE DISTRICT'S OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW ALLYSHIP FOR DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED ON ENSURING FAMILIES OF COLOR AND LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HAVE A MEANINGFUL PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE TAX EXEMPTION FOR HACIENDA CDC AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN LAKE OSWEGO AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. ALL RIGHT SOMEBODY CALLED MAYOR JOE BUCK. GOOD EVENING, JOE BUCK. AS A RESUME OR OF LAKE OSWEGO GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL. GOING TO ADD MY VOICE TO THE COURSE IN SUPPORT OF HACIENDA REQUEST, THE CITY COUNCIL DID UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE HACIENDA REQUEST TO THE CITY FOR CITY ABATEMENT AT A RECENT MEETING THEN SUBSEQUENTLY AUTHORIZED THEM TO COME TO YOUR
016WALL AND AS YOU KNOW IF THE DISTRICT WILL JOIN THE CITY IN THE EXEMPTION WE WILL PASS 51% THRESHOLD IN THE WILL EXEMPT HACIENDA'S ENTIRE PROPERTY TAX BILL SO I SENT A LETTER IN I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE POINTS HERE. WITH MY HISTORY I WANTED TO GIVE A VERY STRONG ENDORSEMENT AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER AND REHEARING IN SOME OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT. THEY WERE SELECTED AS THE DEVELOPER OF THE SITE AND SINCE THEN I HAVE GOT TO WORK ALONGSIDE ERNESTO THE CEO AND HIS TEAM AND THIS GROUP GENUINELY CARES , NOT ONLY FOR THE SUCCESS OF RESIDENTS BUT THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE WORKING IN. THEY ARE NOT IN THIS FOR THE MONEY, THAT'S FOR SURE. NONPROFIT HOUSING IS A MISSION AND IT IS CHALLENGING FINANCIALLY. THE COST AS WE KNOW FOR NONPROFIT HOUSING
017DEVELOPERS ARE RISING JUST LIKE THEY ARE FOR EVERYONE ELSE. THESE FOLKS CANNOT CHARGE NOTABLE MILLIONS LIKE MARKET-BASED DEVELOPERS AND THEY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT YOU DO NOT FIND IN MARKET-BASED PROPERTY SO THIS DECISION TONIGHT REALLY ENABLES THEM ENABLES FUNDS TO GO BACK TO THE RESIDENCE OF THE PROPERTY AND IT IS A EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO THESE RESIDENTS AND TO KEEP MORE TAX DOLLARS IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE ARE COSTS OF COURSE TO THE DISTRICT TO SERVE ANY STUDENT AND THOSE COSTS MAY INCREASE FROM MORE CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE CITY CAN RELATE TO THIS, BEING ABLE TO HAVE FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY DEFINES AND STRENGTHENS OUR COMMUNITY FABRIC AND INCREASING SOCIAL DIVERSITY OF CITY OF SCHOOL POPULATIONS TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERY RESIDENT SO I APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING NOT JUST
018THE COST BUT THE INTANGIBLE BENEFITS THAT THIS HOUSING BRINGS TO THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF THIS EXEMPTION IS A WAY FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THESE RESIDENTS AND COMMON GOALS WE ALL SHARE. I WILL JOIN MY COLLEAGUES IN GIVING PUBLIC THANKS TO THE DIRECTOR FOR HER YEARS OF SERVICE. I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE RETURNING SEE YOU CAN RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL. LAUGHTER THE MEETING ROOM IS MUCH NICER. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO WORK WITH YOU IN SO MANY DIFFERENT FACETS AND IF THERE'S ONE PERSON I CAN CALL ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT LITERALLY ALWAYS ANSWERS THE PHONE IT IS LIZ. IT IS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU. IN ALL FACETS AND OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND CERTAINLY THE CHILDREN HAVE GONE THROUGH AND WE LOOK FORWARD
019TO YOU NOT GOING ANYWHERE AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH US ON A DAILY BASIS AS YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE. THANK YOU ALL. AND FINALLY [ NAME ] THANK YOU, MAYOR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN. AS YOU HAVE HEARD FROM SOME BOARD MEMBERS HERE HAVE BEEN AROUND 35 YEARS AND I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE DO, WE DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT UNDER MY LEADERSHIP WE HAVE DEVELOPED 1000 SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES AND APARTMENTS . THERE BUILT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT A MIDPRICE BID IN THOSE SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES. I BROUGHT WITH ME TODAY OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. I WANT YOU TO SEE THE WORK WE DO. ONE OF THE BIG DIFFERENTIATORS THAT WE HAVE IS WE REALLY DRIVE OUR BUSINESS IF I
020MAY CALL IT THAT IS A BUSINESS WITH A LOT OF VALUES WHERE WE UNDERSTAND HOUSING BY ITSELF IS NOT ENOUGH, HOUSING BY ITSELF TO ME , THE LETTER WE RECEIVED WE HAVE OVER 50 PARTNERS PROVIDING EXPANDED RESIDENCIES TO THE MANY YOUTH AND OLDER ADULTS THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WITH FOLKS ON THE YOUTH AND CHILDREN AND OLDER ADULTS THEY'RE THE ONES THAT TYPICALLY STAY HOME OR ARRIVE HOME EARLY. SO I WANT TO ENSURE YOU THAT I WANT TO PUT THIS ON RECORD IT IS MY COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOUR LEVELS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THESE KIDS HAVE. I WANT TO TELL YOU A QUICK STORY WE HAVE. OUR YOUTH HAS PROGRAMS THAT UNFORTUNATELY WAS CUT AFTER 15 YEARS. WE HAVE
021A 90% GRADUATION RATE AND TYPICALLY WON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, WE SUPPORT WITH HIGH SCHOOLS AND ENHANCEMENT AFTER THEY'RE DONE WITH REGULAR CLASSES, SUPPORTING THE S.T.E.M. EDUCATION. IN THE LETTER I MENTIONED, I MENTIONED LEARNING CENTERS WHICH ARE STATE-OF-THE-ART , WE HAVE THREE OF THEM AND ROBUST CURRICULUM WE OFFER THROUGH PCC THAT WAS AVAILABLE BY STATE UNIVERSITY. WHEN STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH THESE PROGRAMS THEY GET A SMALL SCHOLARSHIP COME ABOUT NONETHELESS IT SOMETHING WE OFFER TO ALL OF THEM AND WE HAVE OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS NOT JUST FOR LATINOS. THIS IS FOR EVERYONE. SO OUR COMMITMENT IS WE WILL WORK ALONG YOUR SIDE IF YOU ALLOW US AND ENABLE US, THOSE $35,000 PER YEAR , REALLY ENABLE US TO LEVERAGE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WHICH OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE LET THE PROJECT. WITH THAT SAID I WANT TO THANK FOR THE
022OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND MEET WITH YOU THREE TIMES AT LEAST AND GET TO KNOW YOU A LITTLE BETTER AND THANK YOU AGAIN. I WILL LEAVE THIS HERE WITH ALL OF YOU. I HOPE YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYONE. OKAY EVERYONE IN PERSON SO WE WILL GO ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. I WILL TAKE A MOTION. MOVED TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE SAY THE CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. WE WILL GO TO COMMENTS FROM STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD. HI. YOU GUYS KNOW THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING AND JOHN AND I WANTED TO SAY WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS EXPERIENCE AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR WORKING ALONGSIDE YOU GUYS. I LOVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
023TO SAY, VERY INTERESTING THE DISCUSSION. I THINK WE STARTED WITH THE CELL PHONE POLICIES AND LAKE GROVE AND ALL THOSE DISCUSSIONS WHICH WERE VERY EXCITING. VERY INTENSE TO JUMP INTO AND NOW HERE AND HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS SO I AM VERY GRATEFUL AND THANK YOU ALL. I RECALL THE FIRST MEETING WE HAD AND IT WAS LAKE GROVE. EVERY SEAT WAS FULL AND STANDING WITH SO MANY COMMENTS AND I EXPECTED THE EXPENSE TO BE GRADUAL, WE WOULD SEE HOW THE SCHOOL BOARD OPERATES AND HOW YOU INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY ON A SMALL SCALE BUT IT WAS MARVELOUS TO SEE BECAUSE IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY UNLIKE ANY. I CANNOT THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH IT'S BEEN AWESOME AND YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPER KIND AND I'M SURE SPEAKING FOR THE STUDENT I'M SURE THEY'RE
024HAPPY ON SUMMER BREAK AND ENJOYING THEIR LAST YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE WANT TO RESPOND? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND DOING YOUR JOB SO WELL. IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOU BOTH SERVE SHARING AND BRINGING THE VOICE FORWARD AND WE ARE GRATEFUL. IT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THE BOARD WANTED WAS MORE STUDENT VOICE AND THIS PROGRAM IS GOING VERY WELL. YOU HAVE BEEN GREAT REPRESENTATIVES FOR YOUR SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. I WILL BE HAPPY TO JOIN YOU IN RETIREMENT. I WANTED TO THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. IT HAS BEEN QUITE A YEAR AND YOU BOTH REALLY JUST GOT RIGHT INTO THE ROLE AND WERE SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BOARD AND I'M GLAD YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE AROUND FOR ANOTHER YEAR. WE WILL GET TO SEE YOU AROUND THE
025COMMUNITY AT DIFFERENT EVENTS AND WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR INSIGHTFUL COMMENTS. YOUR HUMOR, YOUR GRACE , AMAZING. DITTO DITTO DITTO . ALSO I CONSISTENTLY AM IMPRESSED WITH YOUR GUISES ABILITY TO SPEAK YOUR MIND WHATEVER IT IS IN LINE WITH THIS DISCUSSION OF THE TABLE OR NOT. IT TAKES A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND GUMPTION AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT WILL SERVE YOU BOTH SO WELL . I APPRECIATED HAVING YOU ON THE BOARD AND I ENJOYED IT, SINCE OF HUMOR CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED. IT'S NICE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIGGLE AND LAUGH. BEST OF LUCK WITH WHATEVER YOUR FUTURES HOLD , GLAD TO SEE YOU AROUND. I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT, ESPECIALLY GETTING TO KNOW US AS PEOPLE , HAVING DINNER WITH US AND GETTING TO KNOW YOU AND SING WE
026ARE IS GOOFY AND WE'RE HERE AND EVEN MORE GOOFY AND WEIRD , BUT ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR WITH THE CELL PHONE, BOTH OF YOU REPORTED BACK ON WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND WHAT IT WAS LIKE BECAUSE WHEN WE CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, THIS POLICY THINKING IT WOULD HELP WE DID NOT KNOW HOW IT WOULD HELP. I THINK IT WENT WELL AND YOU REPORTED HONESTLY ON HOW IT WAS GOING. YOU WOULD TELL US, PEOPLE WOULD SEE LITTLE USAGE NOW AND THEN. BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE PRESENT IN YOUR SCHOOLS WELL. WE DO HAVE CERTIFICATES FOR YOUR. HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS? OKAY. SO, FIRST YOU HAVE TO POSE FOR AN EMBARRASSING PICTURE WITH ME, SORRY. IT'S NOT EMBARRASSING. THANK YOU, THERE WE GO PERFECT. OH, THANK YOU. THE CARD, SORRY. AND JOHN.
027THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] NICE. WE HAVE OUR NEW BOARD REPS HERE FOR NEXT YEAR. WE WILL HAVE A FEISTY MEETING FOR YOUR FIRST ONE. YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL IS ON THE AGENDA. /FROM ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR BUSINESS. AS WE SAID WE WILL START WITH 5.5 HACIENDA CDC TAX EXEMPTION RESOLUTION. YES, THANK YOU , IN YOUR PACKET IS INFORMATION RELATED TO THIS REQUEST COPIED OR INCLUDED IN THE MATERIALS . THANK YOU. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AT THE MAY 27 MEETING AND SINCE THAT TIME, HACIENDA HAS PROVIDED US WITH MORE INFORMATION IN RELATION TO WHAT THEY ESTIMATE THE PROPERTY TAXES ARE. AS NOTED DURING THE TESTIMONY PROVIDED DURING THE PUBLIC PATRON COMMENT SECTION THE TAX EXEMPTION IS WORTH ROUGHLY $120,000 PER YEAR TO HACIENDA. MY CALCULATION OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUES THAT ARE REDUCED FOR
028THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ROUGHLY $50,000 PER YEAR BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE SIGNIFICANT ELEMENTS OF PROPERTY TAXES ARE SUBJECT TO EQUALIZATION UNDER THE STATE SCHOOL FUND AND FOR THE DEBT SERVICE TAX LEVIES THAT'S NOT A RATE LEVY IT IS A WHOLE DOLLAR VALUE. IT IS ANY PROPERTY EXEMPT IT IS A BURDEN SHARED BY THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND IT IS GREAT , THE NET EFFECTIVE RATE FOR THE FIRST MARGINALLY BASED BY MERE PENNIES OR EVEN LESS THAN PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR. THE ONLY TRUE AND CAN WE LOSE IS THE LOCAL OPTION TASK TAX WHICH IS ROUGHLY $10,000 PER YEAR. IT IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT IN RELATION TO THE BUDGET THE REQUEST IS A MULTI-REQUEST THAT ONCE THE SCHOOL BOARD , IF THE SCHOOL BOARD WERE TO PROVE OUR ROLE IT MIGHT BE
029A SMALL PIECE BUT IT FALLS TO THE CITY ABOUT ONGOING RENEWALS EACH YEAR AND I WOULD SAY A QUASI-PROCESS THAT'S DONE AT THE CITY LEVEL FOR AS LONG AS THE PROPERTY REMAINS A LOW-INCOME PROPERTY THAN IT REMAINS ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTION IN THE CITY , HAVING TO SUBMIT PAPERWORK TO THE CITY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. IT IS AN EXEMPTION THAT WILL LAST FOR DECADES. QUESTIONS FOR MR. KETZLER. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION IN THE PACKET. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND , ONE QUESTION I GET FREQUENTLY ABOUT THIS IS AS A 501(C)(3) WHAT IS THIS PIECE THAT IS STILL , NOT COVERED BY THAT TAX EXEMPTION IS THAT TYPICAL SO HOW IS IT THAT THE 501(C)(3) MAKING A DECISION ABOUT A PORTION OF TAX ABATEMENT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I HAVE TO CONFESS I'M NOT A PROPERTY TAX
030EXEMPTION SPECIALIST. SO LAWS WERE CREATED AT THE STATE LEVEL AS A CREATED MECHANISM THAT ALLOWS 501(C)(3) THAT SPECIALIZE IN LOW-INCOME PROPERTIES TO RECEIVE NOT ONLY PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS SUBJECT TO LOCAL JURISDICTION DECISIONS THAT AGGREGATE AT LEAST 51% OF THE TAX BASE AT THAT WITHIN THOSE JURISDICTIONS SO FURTHERMORE THERE ARE FUNDS WHEN THEY ARE PROVIDED THROUGH STATE, SOMETIMES FEDERAL AND ALSO REGIONAL AND SOMETIMES LOCAL SOURCES TOWARD HELPING LEVERAGE THE PROPERTY'S ABILITY TO PROVIDE LOW-INCOME HOUSING AND THE PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION IS ONE ELEMENT OF THAT TOTAL FINANCING PACKAGE, IF YOU WILL. THE OTHER FINANCING PACKAGES ARE MORE TRADITIONAL IN THE SENSE THAT EQUITY INVESTMENT OR THE GRANTS OR IN SOME CASES LOW-INCOME LOANS. I DON'T KNOW THE COMPOSITION OF HACIENDA SOURCES OF FUNDING AS IT IS A MULTIPLE TIERED WITH PARTNERS FROM METRO I DON'T KNOW IF
031THERE IS I SHOULD RESTATE THAT, ALSO AWARE THE CITY HAS ABATED WOULD BE WILLING TO WAIVE THEIR SDC FEES WHICH ARE NOT SMALL IN RELATION TO ESPECIALLY LARGE MULTIUNIT HOUSING LIKE THIS , THE VALUE OF THAT IS HALF $1 MILLION AWAY SO, IT IS A MULTIPLE YOU KNOW PARTNERSHIP LEVEL TYPE OF ENDEAVOR THAT YOU KNOW WAS ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD UNDER THIS PART OF THIS WOULD WE ARE CONSIDERING THIS EVENING TO HELP ADDRESS A VEXING PROBLEM THAT IS NOT NEEDED TO ORDER , BUT SPEAKING EARLIER IN THE MEETING IT IS WHEN WE LOOK TO TO IT GREAT DEGREE AND MANY OTHER STATES. THANK YOU. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE CEO AT YOUR FIRST INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND I MISSED THE FOLLOW-UP MEETING. AND DURING THE FIRST MEETING, I DEFINITELY HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT QUESTIONS,
032I WANTED YOU TO TELL ME MY CHANGE TO UNDERSTANDING IS ACCURATE. THE ESTIMATE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT , THE DISTRICT ITSELF WAS $40-$50,000 WHICH IS A GOOD THING WITH A SALARY WE ARE IN A BUDGET CRISIS. THAT SEEMED A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFICULT PILL TO SWALLOW ON MANY LEVELS. ONE CHALLENGES OBVIOUSLY THE RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIORITY TO RESTRICT AS WELL AS THE HUMANITARIAN COMPONENTS TRYING TO BALANCE THOSE TWO. UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID TONIGHT IT IS NOT POTENTIALLY $40,000 IMPACT IS SOMEWHERE AROUND $10,000 IMPACT. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND IF WE DON'T , IF THE DISTRICT DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE IMPACT IS BROADER THAN SIMPLY THE TAX CONSEQUENCE TO WHICH THEY DON'T GET THE ABATEMENT. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO REFRAME THEM. I APOLOGIZE WHEN I PROVIDED THE INITIAL ANALYSIS. SINCE THEN DOING MORE WHAT
033THE NET REDUCTION OF TRUE RESOURCES WOULD BE BECAUSE OF THE STATE FUNDING COMPONENT AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT ANY PROPERTY IS EXEMPT FOR TAXES DOES NOT LOWER THE OVERALL DEBT COLLECTION LEVY YOU KNOW THAT I AM ABLE TO LARGELY DISCOUNT BOTH OF THOSE OF REDUCED TAXES AND TRULY IT IS PRIMARILY JUST OUR LOCAL OPTION TAX THAT WE LOSE AND FOR THIS PROPERTY WITH A ROUGHLY $120,000 ESTIMATED OVERALL ANNUAL TAX OBLIGATION THAT WOULD BE ROUGHLY $10,000 LOSS TO LOCAL TAX REVENUE. THE LAST ADDED $20,000 TAX LIABILITY TAX ISSUE THE COMMITMENT IS THAT , THAT AMOUNT THAT HAS NOT BEEN BUDGETED TO TEXT SERVICE IS AVAILABLE NOT QUITE THE WAY THEY CHARACTERIZE IT, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $10,000 A MONTH. A MEANINGFUL AMOUNT OF SERVICES THEY ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE. SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
034THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT WE HAVE A MANDATE RESPONSIBILITY AND PRIVILEGE TO SERVE ALL KIDS IN LAKE OSWEGO. I FIRMLY BELIEVE YOUR ZIP CODE HAS A HUGE IMPACT , SOME PEOPLE SAY MORE , WHERE WE LIVE , LEARN AND RECREATE HAS A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON OUTCOMES. I BELIEVE IN THE POTENTIAL OF ALL KIDS REGARDLESS OF THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES. I ALSO REALLY BELIEVE THAT HACIENDA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IS AN EXCELLENT PARTNER AND WE REALLY NEED TO BUILD THOSE SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT, AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS A CITY AND AS A COMMUNITY AROUND THESE KIDS. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE HACIENDA CDC TAX EXEMPTION RESOLUTION. THANK YOU, IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU. I THINK THE MAYOR HAS POINTED OUT THAT I
035WEAR A NUMBER OF HATS IN THE COMMUNITY AND UNDER MOST OF THOSE HATS I WOULD'VE COME FORWARD AND SAID YES I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THIS, BUT AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER I HAVE TO PUT A DIFFERENT LENS ON IT AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HAD HERE. I DON'T KNOW, MR. KETZLER IS ONE OF THE BEST FINANCIAL PEOPLE AROUND AND YET SOMETIMES UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES COME FORWARD , OREGON IS KNOWN FOR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES , I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTION THIS EVENING. I KNOW THAT THERE IS ALWAYS A CHANCE THAT SOMETHING WILL NOT GO AS WE EXPECTED , BUT I SEE THE SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY. I AM A LITTLE HESITANT TO PUT THE MONEY AWAY AFTER WE HAD GONE THROUGH THE YEAR WE HAVE GONE THROUGH ON FINDING MONEY FOR SCHOOLS. I
036REALLY DO NOT LIKE THIS IS A DECISION WE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE TO MAKE AS THE STATE WHO PUT THIS OPPORTUNITY IN FRONT OF US TAKES MONEY AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YEAH, THANK YOU DIRECTOR FOR TALKING THROUGH A NUMBER OF THINGS BECAUSE THOSE ARE CERTAINLY QUESTIONS I HAD. AND DIRECTOR GUPTA , AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSON MYSELF OUR ZIP CODE DOES INDICATE OUR HEALTH MORE THAN OUR GENETIC CODE. AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IN THE DISTRICT IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR AND NURTURE AND WELCOME EVERY STUDENT INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND IT IS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH HACIENDA AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HACIENDA AND THE CITY, AS WE SUPPORT TO HAVE SUCCESS AND RECOGNIZE AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT OUR STATE , THE STATE HAS
037NOT FIGURED OUT HOW TO BETTER RESOURCE AND FUND DISTRICTS. AT A TIME IN WHICH OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS WITH US AND IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION TO MAKE AS WE HAD TO RIFF A NUMBER OF STAFF AND HAVE OBLIGATIONS. SWAY MAY HIT WITH FULL SUPPORT AND THERE ARE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY , TO PROVIDE WHOLEHEARTED AND WHOLE STUDENT SUPPORT FOR OUR KIDDOS IN CHALLENGING BUDGET TIMES WHEN EVERYONE ELSE HAS FAILED US. I AM ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. INITIALLY THE DISCUSSION WE HAD WAS GOOD BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS WILL COST MONEY, WE KNOW THAT WE WILL HIRE MORE STAFF AND SUPPORT PERSONNEL. WE ARE A NONPROFIT ALSO. IN A WAY SO WHEN WE LOOK AT GIVING MONEY OR FORGOING MONEY THAT WOULD HELP US PROVIDE OUR
038MISSION SOMETIMES THAT'S DIFFICULT TO DO, BUT WHEN WE BREAK IT DOWN WE ARE ROWING IN THE SAME DIRECTION. IF WE OR FORGOING 10,000 AND HACIENDA WILL NOT 120,000 THAT'S A NO-BRAINER THAT'S A PLUS FOR EVERYONE. I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, I LOOK FOR IN TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH HACIENDA TO HELP DETERMINE WHERE NEEDS ARE AND BE PART OF THAT PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES. WE HAVE A MOTION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY . THE MOTION PASSES, THANK YOU ALL. AND WE HAVE A CROWD IF YOU DON'T WANT TO STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING WE WON'T BE OFFENDED. AS WE TRANSITION HERE . CHAIR CAN I SAY THANK YOU EVERYBODY. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, I KNOW MANY OF YOU. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THIS
039OPPORTUNITY. WE WON'T LET YOU DOWN, WE'RE SO COMMITTED TO THIS COMMUNITY AND ANY COMMUNITY WE JOIN SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TAX-EXEMPT AND UNDER THE IRS CODE IS FOR REVENUES THAT'S IT. THE STATE HAS JURISDICTION SO [ INAUDIBLE ] THANK YOU, HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT. 5.1? WE WILL GO TO 5.1 THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT. MR. KETZLER. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, FOR ACTION THIS EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL OR ACTION ON THE TWO-YEAR TENTATIVE AGREEMENT APPROVED BY LOEA MEMBERSHIP EARLIER THIS MONTH AND OUTLINING THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL TERMS AND IT IS A TWO-YEAR AGREEMENT AS THE FIRST YEAR 3.65% COLA AND ONE FURLOUGH DAY, AND THEN 3.5% COLA WITH NONE. THERE IS ONE NON- ECONOMIC IN ONE SENSE A TERM WE HAVE INCORPORATED INTO A NEW MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING I HAVE NOT HIGHLIGHTED , BUT WE HAVE AGREED TO
040MAINTAIN THE RAINBOW SCHEDULE FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WHICH IS A ROTATING SEVEN PERIOD DAY THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED THREE YEARS AGO. AND SO WE ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD REQUESTING BOARD ACTION THIS EVENING SO WHEN THEY SET UP SYSTEMS FOR THE 25-26 FISCAL YEAR, IF THEY ARE UNDER JURISDICTION APPROVAL OF THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KETZLER? THANK YOU AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF. IT TOOK A WHILE , BUT THIS IS A FAIR AGREEMENT AND WE ARE ALL EXCITED. SEEMS LIKE THEY RATIFIED IT AND EVERYONE IS HAPPY AND RIVER HAPPY TO HAVE OUR TEACHERS , THE BEST TEACHERS IN THE STATE. THIS IS ACTIONS WILL TAKE A MOTION. A MOVE TO APPROVE THE TWO YOU NEGOTIATED LOEA CONTRACT AGREEMENT. THANK YOU IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE
041SAY . MOTION IS APPROVED. I DON'T 5.2, MISCELLANEOUS SALARIES, DR. SCHIELE GETS TO DO THIS ONE. MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE DISTRICT BELONG TO TWO ASSOCIATIONS. WE DO HAVE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IN THE GROUP, ADMINISTRATORS, DIRECTORS, CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES, PROFESSIONAL GROUP EMPLOYEES, AND THIS , TYPICALLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS HAD THE SAME SALARY INCREASE AS WE DO SO THE FIRST YEAR COLA IS 3.65 WITH ONE FURLOUGH DAY AND SECOND YEARS 3.25. WE INCLUDE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS IN THAT AND AS I POSTED IN THE DOCUMENT THEY WILL BE $240 A DAY WITH LONG-TERM SUBSTITUTE , $266 A DAY IN IN LAKE OSWEGO AFTER 30 DAYS WE HAD EIGHT DOLLARS PER DAY. THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE BEEN WITH US LONG-TERM. THAT IS IT. VERY CONSISTENT, BASICALLY 3.625 . MAKE A MOTION TO
042APPROVE MISCELLANEOUS SALARIES 25-26 SCHOOL YEAR AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND. >> THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY . SORRY I ANTICIPATED. THE MOTION IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. WHERE ARE WE NOW? 5.3. SCHOOL YEAR 2025 CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BASED ON THE LAST TWO AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE A TREND 25 DAY NEXT YEAR, LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS , A MONTH AGO WAS JUNE 15, A MONDAY AND WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE THE BEST DAY TO CHOOSE FOR FURLOUGH KNOW STUDENTS GET OUT JUNE 12 WHICH IS A FRIDAY. THE NEW CALENDAR IS IN YOUR PACKET. LOOKING SORRY JUNE 15 ? JUNE 15 IS A TEACHER WORKDAY BUT THE LAST STUDENT IS THE 12th. OKAY. >> THE TEACHER WORKDAY IS FURLOUGH? THE LAST DAY STUDENTS USED TO
043BE THE 15th AND TEACHER WAS 16, WE MOVED THAT BACK ONE DAY SO THE LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS WILL BE FRIDAY AND FOR TEACHERS MONDAY. I SEE. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? MOTION TO APPROVE SCHOOL YEAR 25-26 CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT? THANK YOU IS THERE A SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY . THE MOTION IS APPROVED. WE ARE NOW GOING ON TO 5.4, 2025-2026 BUDGET ADOPTION LOSD AND LAKE GROVE SWIM PARK. IN YOUR PACKET IS A RESOLUTION THAT IF ADOPTED WOULD BE THE FINAL STEP IN OUR ANNUAL LEGAL BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS AND THE RESOLUTION IS THE SAME RESOLUTION THAT WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE ADOPTING RESOLUTION AS OPPOSED TO THE APPROVING RESOLUTION AT THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE LEVEL. THERE IS A SMALL ADJUSTMENT IN THE LAKE GROVE PARK BUDGET WHERE WE SEPARATELY
044BROKE DOWN THE CATEGORIES BUT THAT DOES NOT EXIST AS A SEPARATE CATEGORY IN THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT CHART OF ACCOUNTS IF YOU WILL FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY IN ITS NATURAL INCLUDED AS PART OF MATERIALS AND SERVICES SO INSTEAD OF IT BEING A SEPARATE LINE ITEM OF 50,000, IT IS ADDED TO WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY 70,000 FOR PARKS MATERIALS AND SERVICES CATEGORY MAKING THAT $825,000 SINGLE LINE ITEM NOW AS A PREPARATION WITH THE OVERALL PARK BUDGET REMAINING $350,000 AND THERE WERE NO ADJUSTMENTS TO OTHER FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS AND THAT WAS THE ONLY CHANGE AND THIS CHANGE DOES NOT INCREASE THE TAX RATE, NOT ANYTHING THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL APPROVAL SO INFORMAL ACTION WITH ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION THIS EVENING. THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS RESOLUTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY
045QUESTIONS FOR MR. KETZLER ? AGAIN THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE 25-26 LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LAKE GROVE SWIM PARK BUDGETS AS PRESENTED BY ADMINISTRATION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND THE MOTION. THANK YOU. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE. VERY GOOD THANK YOU. MOTION IS APPROVED. NOW WE WILL GO TO 5.6. MERCY TAX EXEMPTION REQUEST, MR. KETZLER. YES, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MERCY RECENTLY RENEWED THE REQUEST FOR US TO GRANT MERCY A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION AND , THEIR OVERALL PROGRAMMING AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE SIMILAR TO HACIENDA, IT'S JUST THEY DID NOT REQUEST THIS TIMELY AND SINCE THEN IT WAS NOT FORWARD BEFORE THE PROJECT CAME TO FRUITION AND WE HAD STUDENTS JOIN US LAST YEAR. THEY HAVE RENEWED THE REQUEST IN TERMS OF THE
046TOTAL PROPERTY TAX SAVINGS THAT THEY WOULD ENJOY IF WE APPROVED THIS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS ALREADY APPROVED SO THAT GETS THEM TO THE 51% LEVEL, ROUGHLY $35,000 PER YEAR IN OVERALL PROPERTY TAXES FOR US, 80,000 TO MERCY TOTAL WITH ONLY $7000 IN ANNUAL LOCAL OPTION TAX. MUST THE BOARD WAS INCLINED TO DIRECT OTHERWISE MY INTENTION WOULD BE GIVEN THE ACTION TAKEN IN RESPECT TO ITEM 5.5 THE HACIENDA TAX EXEMPTION I INTEND TO BRING BACK FORMAL RESOLUTION FOR MERCY AT THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. QUESTIONS? I DO NOT HAVE QUESTIONS, WE ARE STARTING TO SET A PRECEDENCE HERE WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I WANT TO BE REALLY CLEAR THIS IS HEART AND HEAD CONVERSATION. MY HEAD IS ALL IN. I THINK THERE IS , I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE CEO OF MERCY JOIN US THE
047WAY HACIENDA HAS GRACIOUSLY ENGAGED WITH THE COMMUNITY, THE SAME WAY. I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT OF STUDENTS . HACIENDA HAS SET A BAR AND MODEL THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE REPLICATED FOR MERCY. THERE IS ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF BENEFIT AND SUPPORT IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMITTEE, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS MODEL AND THE PRECEDENT WE ARE SETTING WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT HAS REBUILT THE COMMUNITY WE WANT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKS IN MULTIPLE WAYS AND I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO SEEK THAT AND ASK FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ENGAGEMENT WORKING OUT OF THEM. I WOULD AGREE VERY MUCH SO. WE ARE SETTING PRECEDENT. THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AS A CONCERN. AS A
048HARD AND HAD DECISION BUT VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IN A PRESENTATION FOR THE HACIENDA CDC THE STATEMENT WAS AFFIRMATIVE IN ITS PLEDGE THAT THE REVENUE SAVED WAS REVENUE GIVEN TO SERVICES SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRECEDENTS THAT IS IN PART , IN FACT PART OF THE PRECEDENT. I AGREE I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE MERCY CEO EXPLAIN THE BENEFIT OF EXEMPTION , WHAT IT WOULD MEAN TO THEM AND BY EXTENSION , TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE DISTRICT. OTHER COMMENTS? WE WILL MOVE ON 5.7 APPROPRIATION TRANSFER RESOLUTION. MR. KETZLER AGAIN. IN YOUR PACKET IS A RESOLUTION THAT IF ADOPTED WOULD TRANSFER APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY IN THE GENERAL FUND INTO SEPARATE DOMAINS AND ALSO IN OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUND AND ALSO MAKE TWO BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS WHILE TECHNICALLY NOT NEEDING SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL, JUST WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH
049ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR BUDGET WHICH IS A DOCUMENT THAT GETS ADOPTED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE PROCESS MANDATED UNDER ORDINANCE WITH BUDGET LAW. IN YOUR MATERIALS, THE ACCOMPANYING NOTES PROVIDED BACKGROUND AS TO THE UNDERLYING REASONS FOR REQUESTING APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS AND ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL VOTES WITHIN THE RESOLUTION ITSELF SO I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE POINT AND GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THEM IN DETAIL. BUT, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF MAKING TRANSFERS IS THAT OUR BUDGETS HAVE SUFFICIENT APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO SUPPORT ACTUAL SPENDING AND EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AT THE END OF JUNE WE HAVE NOT INCURRED ALL COST YET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND , IT WAS ONLY LAST WEEK THAT WE MADE OUR LARGEST SINGLE PAYROLL OF THE YEAR AND WE STILL HAVE
050ONE MORE VERY LARGE PAYROLL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THAT CULMINATES A WEEK FROM NOW. AND SO I BELIEVE WITH THESE ADJUSTMENTS, WE WILL MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH OREGON LAWS WITH ACTUAL EXPENDITURES NOT EXCEEDING APPROPRIATION LEVELS SO THAT IS WHY I HAVE COME FORWARD THIS EVENING WITH HIS TRANSFER RESOLUTION MAKING TRANSFERS AS NOTED AND THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS. I WILL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR MR. KETZLER. MY THE QUESTION IS THE ELECTRIC BUSES WERE DELIVERED. WE HAVE NOT BEEN ON A RIDE WITH THEM YET? EXCITED THEY ARE HERE. THEY WILL PICK US UP FOR THE TOUR. AWESOME, PERFECT. A STRATEGIC PLANNING DAY. ONE BUS FOR EACH PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN? GEOGRAPHIC. ANY OTHER REAL QUESTIONS? OKAY I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE APPROPRIATION TRANSFER RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. I WILL SECOND. >> THANK YOU, ALL IN FAVOR OF
051THE MOTION PLEASE SAY AYE. THE MOTION IS APPROVED. FIVE POINT A SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION. I WILL DEFER TO VICE CHAIR HARTMAN FOR THIS ONE. I WILL ASK FOR YOU TO CHIME IN WHENEVER YOU'RE READY TO CHIME IN FOR ANY BOARD MEMBERS. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT ONE OF THE GREAT RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD IS EVALUATING THE SUPERINTENDENT AND WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING. I THINK THE BOARD WAS UNANIMOUS THAT WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE DIRECTION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT. SHE TAKES DIRECTION, SHE DOES EXACTLY WHAT THE BOARD ASKS HER TO DO AND NO ONE WOULD HAVE A HIGHER ATTRIBUTION TO AN EMPLOYEE THEN WHEN THEY DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU ASK THEM TO DO. WE ARE SO PLEASED WITH THAT AND WE GAVE SOME HIGH SCORES, PROBABLY THE HIGHEST SCORING SUPERINTENDENT EVALUATION I HAVE BEEN THROUGH
052IN MY 12 YEARS, VERY VERY PLEASED. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD MEMBERS AND IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT WOULD BE GREAT. DR. SCHIELE'S AND PROVIDES LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY AND COMPASSION. SHE INSPIRES ADMINISTRATOR STAFF STUDENTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS TO GROW SMARTER, KINDER AND BETTER, THE BOARD HAS DEEP CONFIDENCE IN HER LEADERSHIP AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE DISTRICT MISSION. WE ARE TRULY GRATEFUL, FOR HER EXPERIENCE, STEADY GUIDANCE AND WHOLEHEARTED DEDICATION TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PAST YEAR. [ APPLAUSE ] THINK THAT IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT IN MANY WAYS, SO THINK YOU. I WILL START. AS I LISTENED TO THAT. AGAIN I AM THINKING CHECK, CHECK , CHECK, CHECK. THANK YOU, DR. SCHIELE. WE APPRECIATE YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU,
053DR. SCHIELE. I'M AMAZED BY YOU AND YOUR DEDICATION AND YOUR DEVOTION TO OUR STUDENTS, TO OUR STAFF INTO OUR LARGER COMMUNITY. ESPECIALLY DURING WHAT WAS ARGUABLY A CHALLENGING YEAR. YOU HAVE JUST SHOWN UP WITH SO MUCH GRACE AND DETERMINATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WILL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND STUDENTS. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE GOTTEN TO MEET YOU AND INTERACT WITH YOU, BUT FOR THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE AND I'M SURE PLENTY OF THEM HAVE NO IDEA WHO THE SUPERINTENDENT IS, BUT WHEN THEY SAY THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE COMMUNITY OR THE ENJOY X OR Y THING THEY DON'T KNOW MANY EFFECTS ARE DIRECT RESULT OF YOU AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY YOU BEING SUCH AN ASSET AND REALLY CARING ABOUT THEM SO THINK YOU. WELL, I ALSO WANT
054TO SAY THANK YOU. I HAVE TO SAY WHEN I FIRST MET YOU I THINK IT WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL , I WAS A LITTLE SCARED OF YOU. NOW THAT I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU I REALIZE HOW GREAT YOUR LEADERSHIP IS AND HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THAT I AM VERY GRATEFUL. I MET YOU ON A TACO LUNCH TUESDAY THING. I USUALLY DO BRING FOOD. I'M NOT GOING TO FOLLOW THE STUDENTS. I WANT TO SAY ONE MORE THING. I HAVE KNOWN DR. SCHIELE THE LONGEST OF ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IMPRESSED THAT SHE IS ALWAYS THERE FOR STUDENTS AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT THERE IS A JUNIOR HIGH PRINCIPAL, HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, OR BEING IN THE CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION OFFICE, NOW AS THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOLS, THE
055BOARD NOTED SHE IS EVERYWHERE AND THAT GIVES HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE CONNECTIONS THAT IS NOT EASY FOR EVERYBODY TO DO AND WE APPRECIATE THE TIME AND ENERGY AND MOST OF ALL THE HEART YOU PUT INTO THE DISTRICT. I WILL ADD ONE THING. AS CHAIR I COULD HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AND IT'S SO MUCH FUN. WITH SERIOUS ISSUES IS JUST GREAT TO TALK TO YOU, CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND AS WELL AS MY EMPLOYEE. SO RIDICULOUS BUT ANYWAY. IT IS FUN TO WORK WITH YOU AND WE HAVE HAD A CHALLENGING YEAR AND YOU HAVE HANDLED IT WITH GRACE. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. THAT WAS INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE. NOW, MORE INFORMATION, DIRECTOR HARTMAN. SCHOOL BOARD SELF-EVALUATION. WHAT I BROUGHT TO THE BOARD IS EVALUATION , ONE THING THE BOARD DID NOT USED
056TO DO , THE BOARD DID NOT USED TO DO SELF-EVALUATION AND WERE STILL PROBABLY NOT AS GOOD AT IT AS WE COULD BE BECAUSE WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO THINGS IMPACTS HOW THE SUPERINTENDENT DOES THINGS AND WHERE THEY COME ALONG, SO I DID SEND THIS TO ALL OF YOU. WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF LOW SCORES ON THIS, BUT MY TAKE AWAY , AND YOU CAN READ THROUGH ALL OF IT IS THAT, AS THE BOARD REVIEWS POLICIES IN THE COMING YEAR WE WANT TO ASK WHETHER THE ISSUE ABOUT ENSURING HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS ARE EXPRESSED IN POLICIES AND ACTIONS WHEN THE BOARD IS REVIEWING POLICIES WE NEED TO ASK WHETHER THIS IS ADDRESSING THE POLICY AND MAKE IT CLEAR ON HOW THEIR ACTIONS GOING FORWARD . I THINK THE STRATEGIC PLANNING
057AND GOAL ALIGNMENT , THE AREA WHERE WE HAD PROBABLY THE LOWEST SCORE THE BOARD ENSURES ALIGNMENT AND COHERENCE BETWEEN DISTRICT AND SCHOOL PLANS, THE BOARD WORKS WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SO I THINK IT MEANS REMINDING MORE FREQUENTLY AS WE TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND REAR AT THE END OF A FOUR-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN SO WE MAY NOT HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AS MUCH IN THE LAST YEAR COMING INTO A NEW PLAN, REMINDING QUARTERLY AT LEAST SAYING THIS IS HOW WE ARE MEETING STRATEGIC GOALS. AND WE DID HAVE DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS THAT THE BOARD USES DISTRICTWIDE DATA INCLUDING DISAGGREGATED STUDENT DATA TO INFER AND MONITOR PROGRESS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE BOARD WOULD DO THAT WOULD RAISE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE DATA OR HOW THEY ARE GETTING IT, THE ADMINISTRATION HAS DONE A GREAT JOB MAKING PRESENTATIONS ON
058A MONTHLY BASIS AND IN FACT WE HAVE HAD THEM SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BUT IF THE BOARD IS NOT GETTING OUT HOW THE DISAGGREGATED IS WORKING I THINK WE HAVE MORE DISAGGREGATED DATA THIS YEAR THAN EVER BEFORE. SO IT IS MORE OF A MATTER OF WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING OR WHAT IT TAKES TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW AND THAT WOULD COME BACK TO COMMUNICATION. I THINK THE ONE AREA THE BOARD ALWAYS SAYS WE NEED TO IMPROVE HIS COMMUNICATION BECAUSE THE WORLD IS CHANGING SO FAST SO WHENEVER YOU SEE SOMETHING PLEASE TALK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT IT AND IT IS A TEAM EFFORT ON COMMUNICATION FOR THE DISTRICT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE SELF-EVALUATIONS, WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE? ONE OTHER THING AND NOT SOMETHING ON THE LIST, BUT I THINK IT IS
059A REALITY. HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE, WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATION, BE HONEST AND REALISTIC WITH THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF, DOING LESS WITH LESS. WE ARE UPON A TIME IN WHICH WE WILL NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO DO ALL WE HAVE DONE AND THAT IS GOING TO BE A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM. I THINK WE CAN OPERATE IN A WORLD OF DOING MORE WITH LESS. IT IS UNFAIR AND UNTENABLE. I THINK IT IS THE REALITIES THAT SOCIETY HAS TO UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. THAT MIGHT BE THE THEME OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION THIS SUMMER. IT IS AND THEY ARE HARD CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE BUT IT IS ABOUT PRIORITIZING, STRATEGY, LOOKING FOR EFFICIENCIES. WE CANNOT DO MORE WITH LESS, WE WILL BREAK PEOPLE AND WE WILL LET PEOPLE DOWN. THANK YOU. THAT WE ALL DID VERY WELL. IT
060WAS A GOOD SELF-EVALUATION. ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT. EVALUATE YOUR BOSSES. ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS ONE? DO A 360. YEAH, OKAY NEXT. RECOGNITION OF SERVICE I GUESS I WAS SUPPOSED TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS, BUT THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN TIME. WE HAVE OTHER PEOPLE TO RECOGNIZE. WELL, ONE IN PARTICULAR WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE , WE HAVE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS DIRECTOR HARTMAN. I DON'T KNOW, BOARD MEMBERS THAT WANT TO WEIGH IN? WELL ARE WE JUST GOING TO GO AROUND? I WILL GO FIRST. WHERE DO WE START? WE'VE GOT STUFF. THIS IS [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEN I ALSO HAVE THIS. PICTURE OF SOME OF THE FUN MOMENTS AND IN THE BACK SIGNED BY BOARD MEMBERS. I THINK YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE KNOWN ME , EVEN [ INAUDIBLE ] ALWAYS A ROCK FOR ME ALL THE WAY BACK
061WHEN IT WAS MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND SHE WAS THE PTO PRESIDENT. BUT, THE THING I WON'T EVER FORGET IS AND I THINK IT'S AMAZING YOUR DAUGHTER IS GETTING MARRIED THIS SUMMER. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT , SHE SEEMS LIKE SHE'S 18 TO ME STILL BUT SHE IS NOT. I FEEL LIKE YOU DID IT ONCE A WEEK WHERE THURSDAY SHE WOULD COME AND I WOULD WALK AROUND AND SHE WOULD WALK WITH ME AND I WOULD TELL HER EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL . WE WOULD GO OUTSIDE AND AROUND THE PARKING LOT WHEN WE HAD TO DO OUR OWN SECURITY AND WE WOULD PICK UP GARBAGE BASICALLY IS WHAT WE DID. I FELT SO CONNECTED TO YOU DURING THAT TIME AND I FELT LIKE YOU ALWAYS , NOT ONLY PROFESSIONALLY, BUT ALSO PERSONALLY. YOU WATCHED MY KIDS
062GROW UP. MY HUSBAND CHANGE JOBS AND IT SEEMED LIKE, I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME FOR SO MANY YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE TIME YOU SPEND NOT ONLY WITH STUDENTS AND STAFF AND THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY. OKAY. NOW YOU CAN GO. ALL RIGHT. WELL, LIZ, YOU CAME TO US IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT PASSING I CAN REMEMBER WAS AT THE FIRST BOND AFTER , ANYWAY. AND AS YOU DO , WHO WANTS TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD? COME TALK TO ME. I AM LIKE ALL RIGHT. YOU ARE THE BIGGEST CHAMPION OF THIS DISTRICT. I DO NOT KNOW THERE'S A BIGGER CHAMPION. MAY BE DR. SCHIELE, BUT YOU CREATED TREND 20. IT IS, I HAVE SO LOVED WORKING WITH YOU. YOU'RE A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL. I THINK YOU
063WILL RUN LS BE A ONE DAY. I REALLY THINK YOU ARE JUST THE MOST STELLAR BOARD MEMBER. THIS HAS BEEN, BY FAR, THE MOST OUTSTANDING BOARD I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH. I THINK A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH YOU AND HOW YOU HAVE HELPED BUILD AND INFORM AND REALLY CREATED A SPACE OF HONEST TALKING AND CIVIL DISAGREEMENT AND PROFESSIONALISM. YOU REALLY HAVE AND STILL DO THAT IN MYSELF AND I HAVE SEEN SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE. I WILL MISS YOU, BUT I'M JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY. ANYWAY, YOU ARE REALLY AMAZING AND THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING ALL OF THOSE FUTURE BOARD MEMBERS AND FOR INSPIRING ME. THANKS FOR RUNNING. WELL, I WILL GO. TRYING TO DECIDE , TRYING TO REMEMBER WHO HAS KNOWN HER LONGER. -20 YEARS AGO AT THE FOUNDATION BOARD. I HAVE
064NO IDEA, SOMEBODY TRICKED ME INTO JOINING THE FOUNDATION BOARD AND I FOUND MYSELF ON THIS BOARD WITH NOBODY THAT I REALLY KNEW EXCEPT LIZ KNEW EVERYTHING SO I FOLLOWED HER AROUND. I GOT ON YOUR COMMITTEE. BEFORE TEXTING WAS POPULAR. WE WERE DOING DONATIONS. WE INVENTED THE QR CODE , WE WERE DOING THAT , NOBODY WANTED TO DO IT. SO WE TRIED IN THE EARLY DAYS. TECHNOLOGY. YEAH, I MEAN I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING YOU AROUND AND YOU, AMY IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ALWAYS KNOW EVERYTHING AND YOU KNOW EVERYBODY AND YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THINGS DONE AND YOU ARE A PRO AND YOU PUT UP WITH ME AND I'M GOOFY AND WEIRD ALL THE TIME TO YOU. AND EVERYONE OF COURSE. BLOOD TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S FUN. BUT YES, YOU HAVE MADE SO MUCH HAPPENING HERE
065IN YOUR TIME IN SO MANY WAYS. IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LIZ, LIZ, LIZ. YEAH. FIRST TERM ON THE BOARD , I AM NOT FROM LAKE OSWEGO. WHEN IT FIRST CAME ONTO THE BOARD I WAS A LITTLE UNSURE WHAT THE DYNAMIC WOULD BE LIKE. I RUBBER AN EARLY CONVERSATION YOU AND I HAD. NOT THAT YOU SAID ANYTHING THAT WAS EARTH SHATTERING OR EVEN NEW INFORMATION, BUT I JUST FELT CONFIDENT AND READY AND ENGAGED AFTER THAT CONVERSATION. AS YOU KNOW I RELY ON YOU FOR INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE. SEEMS LIKE AS JOHN SAID CAMINO EVERYTHING, AS KIERSTEN SAID YOU ARE THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL. STUDY, RATIONAL, REASON. IF I WANT THE APPLICANT I CAN LISTEN TO I WANT YOU. SO THANK YOU, BEST OF LUCK IN EVERYTHING YOU DO, ALL THE
066SERVICE YOU GIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. I THINK THE FIRST TIME I REMEMBER SEEING LIZ WAS AT A LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOLS FOUNDATION END OF YOUR EVENT AND I THINK YOU ARE STAFFING [ NAME ] AT THE TIME AND WALKING AROUND MAKING SURE SHE KNEW WHO SHE WAS TALKING TO AND SHE WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND I REMEMBER BEING LIKE WHO IS THAT PERSON? AND THEN WHEN YOU OFFERED IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE SCHOOL BOARD I WENT TO ONE OF THOSE AND YOU WERE SO ORGANIZED. YOU HAD THIS LIST OF ALL THE THINGS TO COVER, YET BOOKS TO LAND WHICH I BORROWED . ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO EVER DID READ THE BOOKS. YEAH, SO YOU KNOW , I'M JUST COMPLETELY AMAZED AND I HAD THE PLEASURE ALSO OF GOING WITH YOU THIS PAST
067SPRING TO SALEM FOR THE ADVOCACY DAY AND IT WAS SUCH AN ENJOYABLE CAR RIDE DOWN AND BACK TO SALEM, THE DRIVE IT FLEW BY CHATTING WITH YOU, LEARNING FROM YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH AN AMAZING ROLE MODEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IN YOUR SERVICE TO THIS COMMUNITY. I HAVE NOT KNOWN YOU AS LONG AS THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. I AM IMPRESSED HEARING THE STORIES THEY ARE INCREDIBLE. I HEARD THIS MEETING AND PREVIOUS MEETINGS YOU HAVE SO MUCH EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM BEING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IT IS SO IMPRESSIVE TO ME BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY MAYBE TWO YEARS AND EVERYTHING I LEARNED FROM YOU IS INCREDIBLE AND FOR THAT I AM SO GRATEFUL. TO SEE YOU INSPIRE ME TO CONTINUE ENGAGING WITH
068THE COMMUNITY AS LONG AS I CAN SO THANK YOU. IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLE BEING ABLE TO WITNESS YOUR FINAL YEAR ON THE BOARD SO THANK YOU. IT'S HARD TO BEAT A RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS EXISTED LONGER THAN I HAVE. BUT, WHEN IT COMES TO NUMBERS THE COMMENTS YOU GAVE ALWAYS SEEM TO BE THE MOST EXPERIENCED, WELL SEASONED IN THE ROOM AND CERTAINLY TO ME CARRIED THE MOST WEIGHT WHEN ALL OF YOU GUYS WERE CONSIDERING APPROVAL OR DENYING THIS. AND I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I FIRST HEARD LIZ IS RETIRING BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I KNEW YOU WERE EXPERIENCED AND I KNEW YOU WERE THE MOST EXPERIENCED PERSON ON THE BOARD, I STILL SENSED YOU ARE WELL IN YOUR PRIME OF SERVING PEOPLE. AND SO I THINK I SEE YOU AS SOMEBODY I SAID ESTIMATE IN THE FUTURE
069WOULD STILL CONTINUE SERVICE WHICH IS WHY I SMILE EVEN THOUGH I'M SAYING GOODBYE. IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE KNOWING YOUR. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD . I PRESENT YOU WITH THESE FLOWERS. A SMALL TOKEN OF THE BEAUTY AND THE JOY YOU BROUGHT TO OUR EXPERIENCE. BEFORE , DO YOU HAVE? I DO HAVE COMMENTS. I HAVE TO HAVE PARTING COMMENTS. HAVE A LOT OF THANK YOU'S. THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, THAT'S VERY NICE. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE YOU DON'T JUST DO ANY OF THIS ON YOUR OWN. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOU MAY NOT KNOW HOW I GOT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT WHEN ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD CAME TO ME AFTER HE HAD BEEN ATTENDING THE MEETINGS AS A WHILE IS A CLUB
070PRESIDENT THEY SAID YOU SHOULD RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND I SAID NO AND THEN I SAID WELL, I'M LISTENING TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE. ONE OF THE FIRST ONES WHO CAME , SO IT'S REALLY FULL CIRCLE TO HAVE THEM COME BACK THIS EVENING. I HAVE TO SAY I AM PLEASED THAT I SAID YES. IT WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION AS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU KNOWS. I AM HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THREE TERMS SO I SAID WITH TWO SARAH, TWO JOHN, BOB AND RON, THREE JOHN'S. BRIAN, KRISTEN, AND PATTY, I FOLLOWED OUTSTANDING PAST BOARD MEMBERS, LINDA BROWN CAME FORWARD AS WELL AND THEY ALL SET A GREAT EXAMPLE ON HOW THE BOARD WORKS TOGETHER FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE DISTRICT AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. WE LEARNED ABOUT LEARNING TOGETHER
071AND INSTITUTED THOSE SELF-EVALUATIONS WE WENT THROUGH THAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED LAST YEAR THE BOARD ATTENDED A NATIONAL CONFERENCE BECAUSE IT WAS A CHANCE TO HEAR WHAT TOP PERFORMING DISTRICTS CAN DO AND WE KNOW BEING THE BEST IN OREGON , WE KNOW HOW MUCH OREGON VALUES EDUCATION SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE WE GO BEYOND WHAT OREGON HAS TO OFFER AND THAT IS THE DISTRICT WE ARE. OUR BOARD MEMBERS I HAVE WORKED WITH ALL HAVE A SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND STEWARDSHIP AND MEDICATION. COMMUNICATION COMES UP , IT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE DO AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE HEAR ABOUT TRANSPARENCY. OFTENTIMES I DON'T KNOW IF CITIZENS CAN REALLY IDENTIFY OR ARTICULATE WHAT IS TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE MY EXPENSE HERE IS THIS DISTRICT CONTINUES TO REVIEW ITS COMMUNICATION, IT
072ADHERES TO THE GOALS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, WE HAVE STREAMED AND ARCHIVED AND HAD ACCESS TO MEETINGS LONGER THAN ANY DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF OREGON. THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT HAVE A EDUCATION REPORTER, OUR FIFTH ONE HERE IN MY EXPERIENCE AT THE LAKE OSWEGO REVIEW PUT ENERGY INTO HAVING AN EDUCATION REPORTER IF PEOPLE READ THE LAKE OSWEGO REVIEW THEY GET THE SUMMARY OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY CAN GO BACK AND WATCH THE RECORDED THINGS THAT ARE ON, THERE'S A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER AND A PODCAST. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS TO GET INFORMATION THAT I HAVE TO CALL THIS TRANSPARENCY YET IT IS STILL HARD TO GET THE WORD OUT SO PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND AND I KNOW THE BOARD WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE WHO DOES NOT WANT TRANSPARENCY IN
073THE DISTRICT. I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYONE WHO IS NOT WANTED TRANSPARENCY. SO I WOULD URGE PARENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE LAKE OSWEGO REVIEW BECAUSE IT IS UNBIASED REPORTING AND WE HAVE A REPORTER WHO LOVES EDUCATION AND LOVES TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE DISTRICT, NOT JUST BOARD MEETINGS, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON. SO HAVE TO CALL THAT A TRANSPARENT DISTRICT. A COUPLE MORE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY. ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I TELL POTENTIAL BOARD MEMBERS AND THINGS I TELL THE COMMUNITY IS THAT BOARD MEMBERS ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND LAKE OSWEGO IS ONE BIG NEIGHBORHOOD. SO DO YOU WANT TO BE SLAMMING YOUR NEIGHBORS , I HAVE TO SAY THE BOARD PUTS STUDENTS FIRST AND THE DISTRICT IS FIRST. MOST PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CAUSE AND BALANCE THE
074NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AND ONCE IN WHILE THERE ARE ADVOCATES ADVOCATING FOR THEIR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET, THEIR CHILD AND THAT MEANS THEY WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CHILD, NO MATTER WHAT AND THE BOARD CANNOT ALWAYS ACCOMMODATE THAT. WE HAVE A HIGH FUNCTIONING BOARD AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO KEEP SAYING IS WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND WE ARE WORKING FOR THE SAME THING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT MAKES LAKE OSWEGO SPECIAL AND I HAVE GOT TO EXPERIENCE THAT BEYOND WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SOMETIMES WE CANNOT DO IT ALL AND EVERYONE IS NOT GOING TO GET EVERYTHING THEY WANT AND THAT GOES TO WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE PLANNING AND THE COMING YEAR IS DOING MORE WITH LESS AND IT WILL BE LESS. IN 2013 WHEN I CAME ON OUR CHARGE
075WAS TO FIND A NEW SUPERINTENDENT TO REPLACE A 26 YEAR WELL-RESPECTED VETERAN SUPERINTENDENT. WHILE COMMITTING THE DISTRICT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE EXCELLENT AND WOULD CONTINUE TO GROW. [ NAME ] WAS IDEAL AT THE TIME CREATING A VISION FOR THE BOARD THE REQUIRED SHIFTS IN THE BOARD THINKING THAT EVERY CHILD COULD BE REACHED, ATTENDANCE WAS IMPORTANT AND TEACHERS NEED TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE AND CONTINUOUS EDUCATION AND WE WOULD ALL HAVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING THE BOARD AND THAT MEANT WE WOULD ALL BE LIFELONG LEARNERS. SO THE BOARD JOINED IN READING BOOKS RECOMMENDED TO THE TEACHERS AND I WILL RETURN TOM TO THE DISTRICT, THIS WAS SPARK AND I HAVE OTHER BOOKS THAT I NEED TO BRING BACK AS WELL BUT OCCASIONALLY WE WOULD HAVE A BOOK REVIEW ABOUT THE TAKEAWAYS ABOUT THE READING AND IT REALLY
076DID HELP THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TEACHERS WERE LEARNING AND WHAT WAS GOING ON AT THE TIME AND WHAT WERE THE TRENDS. AND OF THE TOUGHEST THINGS AT THE TIME WAS DATA-DRIVEN CHALLENGES. TEACHERS WERE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING THE DATA TO MAKE ANALYSIS AND FRANKLY THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION WAS NOT SUPPLYING DATA IN A TIMELY MANNER. YOU CAN GET STATISTICS ONE OR TWO YEARS LATER AND WE ALL KNOW TODAY GETTING STATISTICS TWO YEARS LATER DOES NOT HELP IMPROVE A STUDENT SO THE BOARD WAS IMPRESSIVE WHEN THEY EVALUATED ALL THE SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATES THAT CAME FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND AFTER FOUR YEARS, DR. BETH DECIDED TO MOVE ON TO SINGAPORE AND WE HAD [ NAME ] AS INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT AND HE WAS ALSO FROM COLORADO. AT LEAST ONE OF THE WAYS THE
077BOARD REFERRED TO HIM WAS THE TURNAROUND GUY. BECAUSE HE KNEW HE HAD BOARD EXPERTISE OVERTURNING HIGH SCHOOL LEARNING DEFICITS WHICH IS FOR UNDERPERFORMING STUDENTS AND ALSO FOR HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS. WENT A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT HOW TO HELP STUDENTS DURING THAT TIME AND FOLLOWED BY THE THIRD COLORADO AND [ NAME ] WHO BROUGHT MORE ANALYSIS AS WELL AS THE REALIZATION THERE WERE LEARNING COMMUNITIES IN OUR DISTRICT WHOSE NEEDS WERE NOT BEING MET. SO SHE MET THE CHALLENGES OF BEING THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN OREGON TO FACE COVID AND THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE OUT AT THAT TIME ONE FORGET THAT SOLEMN DECISION TO CLOSE THE SCHOOLS AND THAT WAS A TOUGH TIME. WHEN DR. DE LA CRUZ DECIDED TO RETURN TO HER FAMILY IN COLORADO THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AND IMMEDIATELY SELECTED DR. SCHIELE A
078LONG TIME DISTRICT EMPLOYEE. IT WAS A PAST PRINCIPAL, WORKED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND SHE TOOK THE DISTRICT THROUGH COVID AND ON TO THE NEXT LEVEL. WHAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE BOARD SUPERINTENDENTS HAD IN COMMON WAS IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD BEEN A SUPERINTENDENT AND EVERY SINGLE BOARD WAS WILLING TO RECOGNIZE WHAT EACH OF THESE PEOPLE COULD DO AND COULD BRING TO THE DISTRICT AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A START IN LAKE OSWEGO. HAVE TO SAY THAT LAKE OSWEGO ADOPTS AND ADAPTS FASTER THAN OTHER DISTRICTS FROM WHAT I CAN SEE FROM THE STATEWIDE ORGANIZATIONS. THE BOARD HAS BEEN WILLING TO SAY THAT SCIENCE SAYS STUDENTS OF A DIFFERENT SLEEP CYCLE , MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE START TIMES AND WE DID. SCIENCE SAYS PHONES ARE A SOURCE OF SOCIAL DISCONNECT
079AND ANXIETY, NOW WE SEE SUCCESS IN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH THE NO CELL PHONE POLICY DURING CLASS TIME AND IN THE COMING YEARS THE BOARD WILL NEED TO REVIEW POPULATION DATA AND VERY CLEARLY INFORM AND INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY IN DECISIONS THAT MAY NOT BE POPULAR, BUT WILL BE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT. AND IT IS NOT EASY AS WE KNOW AND IT IS NOT POPULAR TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, BUT WHEN IT IS FOR HEALTH AND IMPROVEMENT OF STUDENT EDUCATION, THEN DOING THE RIGHT THING BEATS DOING THE POPULAR THINK EVERY TIME. A BIG REMINDER, SCHOOL BOARDS AND DISTRICTS SHOULD NOT BE POLITICAL BECAUSE POLITICS MUDDIES THE WATER AND CAN DELAY, DEFER OR DESTROY EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING IN THIS ARENA WHERE LOCAL CONTROL OF EDUCATION IS SO IMPORTANT AND WE HAVE TO KEEP REMINDING THE ORGAN
080LEGISLATORS ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL. AS HARD AS IT IS TO WORK WITH LEGISLATURE AND THE STRUCTURE THAT FUNDS SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BOARDS NEED TO CONTINUE REMINDING LEGISLATORS THAT SCHOOLS ARE RELIANT ON STATE FUNDING, THEY SET IT UP THAT WAY OR FIND ANOTHER WAY TO FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION. EVERY LEGISLATOR SHOULD KNOW WHEN THEY SEE A CHILD IS BORN IN OREGON THERE WILL NEED TO EDUCATE THAT CHILD FOR 13 YEARS AND THEY SHOULD FUND ACCORDINGLY AND THE SAME GOES FOR OUR DISTRICT WHEN THE SENSES DATA COMES OUT WE NEED TO KNOW RESERVES ARE NOT ONLY FOR RAINY DAY FUND BUT THERE ALSO A BACKSTOP FOR THE UNEXPECTED AND IN OREGON THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS FAR MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHERE THAT WE REALLY ACKNOWLEDGE. OUR PARENT COMMUNITY HAS UNPARALLELED VOLUNTEERS, SUPPORTERS OF THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR
081NEIGHBORS CHILDREN. THEY ARE WILLING TO RAISE MONEY WHEN NEEDED. OUR SCHOOLS FOUNDATION IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN OREGON. IN A PERFECT WORLD WE WON'T HAVE TO RAISE MONEY FOR BASIC EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AS WE HAVE FOR SO MANY YEARS SO WE HAVE TO THANK PARENTS FOR THE SUCCESS AND I THANK VOTERS IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS WE APPROACH 70% OF VOTERS WITHOUT CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT , THEY'RE THE ONES WHO WE KNOW ARE A WELL-EDUCATED CITY, THEY VALUE EDUCATION AND THEY SUPPORT EDUCATION. AND THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ALLOW US TO KEEP THE LOCAL ACTION GOING TO HAVE SIMPLE LETTER OF FUNDS, TO VOTE ON BOND MEASURES. IT IS NOT EASY AS YOU GET OLDER TO HAVE TAX OR INCREASED TAX YOU ARE NOT PLANNING ON AND IF YOU VALUE EDUCATION YOU KNOW THESE
082ARE IMPORTANT THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO I NEED TO THANK THE TEACHERS, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR THE FACES THAT ARE FIRST THAT THE STUDENTS HE AND THE PARENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY WHEN THEY ARRIVE AT SCHOOL AND TO END THE SCHOOL DAY, EMPLOYEES SET THE TONE FOR EXCELLENCE, POSITIVITY AND THE CAN-DO ATTITUDE THAT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL HAS. I WANT TO THANK CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF. I KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALL HERE TONIGHT, STUART AND MARY KAY, EVERYONE IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO MAKE SURE BOARD DECISIONS FILTERED DOWN AND THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. DR. SCHIELE THANK YOU INTO THE PAST SUPERINTENDENTS WHO HAVE WORKED WITH THE BOARD. IT IS A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP AND MOST IMPORTANT PERSON YOU DON'T HEAR THE NAME VERY OFTEN KELLY CRANSTON THE BOARD SECRETARY , WHO OVER THE
083YEARS HAS ORGANIZED AGENDAS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE INFORMATION WE NEED. WE GET THE INFORMATION WE WANT WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS THE SAME THING AND SHE DOUBLE CHECKS EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT THE BOARD COMMUNICATIONS ARE REACHING THE INTENDED AUDIENCE. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU KELLY. I'M READY TO LEAVE THE BOARD IN GOOD HANDS. AND I WILL WEIGH IN OFTEN BECAUSE AS I'VE TOLD PARENTS YOU NEED TO LET THE BOARD KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING AND WHY YOUR THINKING IT. MY FEEDBACK WILL BE PROBABLY MORE FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT AS A TOTAL BECAUSE THIS DISTRICT IS A COMMUNITY TREASURE AND MAKES LAKE OSWEGO SPECIAL. IT IS THE NUMBER ONE THING PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT LAKE OSWEGO , EDUCATION. IF YOU'RE RUNNING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE IF YOU
084WANT SOMETHING FOR YOU THEN WORK OUTSIDE THE BOARD, IF YOU WANT THINGS THAT WILL IMPROVE THE DISTRICT FOR ALL STUDENTS THEN RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD. AND ALSO THANK MY FAMILY, MY HUSBAND IS HERE, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. SO WE ARE ALL, IT TAKES A BIG SUPPORT NETWORK TO BE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND I REALLY ENJOY EVERYTHING I HAVE LEARNED THAT EVERY MINUTE OF THESE FREQUENTLY LONG BUT ALWAYS EFFECTIVE MEETINGS. I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN THE STRENGTH OF PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUR ROLE IN PRODUCING LIFELONG LEARNERS AND CONTRIBUTING WORLD CITIZENS WHO STEWARD OUR RESOURCES AND ARE THE LEADERS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE, HAVE SOME SMALL TOKEN GIFTS FOR THE BOARD TO REMEMBER ME BY. IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF SCONES YOU JUST
085NEED TO BELIEVE, HAVE LITTLE EXPLANATIONS. FOR YOU, DR. SCHIELE AND A COUPLE FOR OUR STUDENTS. TWO FOR THE STUDENTS AND WE WILL SEND THIS ONE DOWN TO KELLY AND MARY KAY AND DOWN TO STUART. THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE LARGE GIFTS FOR PEOPLE THESE ARE SMALL. THINK OF ME WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE TINY ROCKS AND WITH THAT HAVE TO SAY IT IS MY PLEASURE TO MAKE A LITTLE PRESENTATION TO OUR BOARD CHAIR WHO HAS SERVED US OVER THE LAST YEAR. JOHN IT IS YOUR SECOND TIME AS CHAIR AND I DID IT TWO YEARS CONSECUTIVELY, YOU DID WITH SPACE IN BETWEEN. EITHER WAY IT'S TWO YEARS AND IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISTRICT AND A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN MEETING WITH THE
086SUPERINTENDENT EVERY WEEK AND KEEPING THE BOARD INFORMED BECAUSE IT TAKES MORE PHONE CALLS TO MAKE SURE ALL OF US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND FOR SENDING OUT LETTERS IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE UNDERSTAND YOU ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE KIND OF GUY WHO WANTED A WHOLE FLORAL DISPLAY. WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THE BOARD DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO USE TEXT MESSAGING FOR EVERYBODY. THE GROUP CHAT. WHEN WE SAID WE WERE GETTING SOMETHING FOR JOHN [ INAUDIBLE ] AS LONG AS I AM ON THE GROUP CHAT. THIS IS [ INAUDIBLE ] IT IS BEAUTIFUL, THINK OF US AS IT GROWS. AND WE HAVE A CARD FOR YOU BECAUSE WE ALSO WANTED YOU TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH THE FAMILY, IT IS A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO SALT AND STRAW AND ON SOME EVERY LOVELY EVENING WHEN EVERYBODY COMES
087TO TOWN. THANK YOU. >> [ APPLAUSE ] WELL. YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL WOULD BE GREAT. ON THAT NOTE, THE FINAL WORD. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? I DON'T THINK SO. SMOKE PUT A STRATEGIC PLAN.