School Board Mtg. - Dec 08, 2025

001OKAY. WE ARE GOING TO CONVENE THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD AT 6:01 P.M. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AIRD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO BRING FORWARD A COUPLE OF CONTRACT APPROVALS. THE FIRST ONE BEING 2025 BOND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT SERVICES. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE 2025 BOND PROGRAM, WE PUT OUT AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR MANAGEMENT SERVICES. THEY WORK WITH ME IN OUR OFFICE FULL TIME. WE RECEIVED THREE PROPOSALS FROM QUALIFIED FIRMS THAT GAVE US PROPOSALS. FOLLOWING THE REVIEW OF THESE PROPOSALS, TURNER, TOWNS, AND HUEY RANKED AS THE TOP-RANKED FIRM. THEY'RE THE FIRM THAT IS STILL WORKING WITH US ON THE 2021 BOND. UNANIMOUS DECISION PUT THEM AT THE TOP. WE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT SERVICES. WE'RE BRINGING ON SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF AT THE ONSET OF THIS '25 PROGRAM TO BRIDGE ACROSS

002BOTH PROGRAMS THAT ARE STILL IN PROGRESS. TONIGHT ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH TURNER, TOWNS, AND HUEY, THE AMOUNT OF $1.27 MILLION. THIS IS FOR ONE YEARYEAR RENEWABLE CONTRACT ANNUALLY WITH THIS FIRM. SO, THIS IS FOR OUR FOUR PROJECT MANAGERS THAT WILL BE WORKING IN HOUSE FULL-TIME -- INCLUDED AND ALL THE THINGS THAT COME WITH A COMPANY LIKE TURNER, TOWNS, AND HUEY. ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? ACTION. >> I VOTE TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERK OR DEPUTY CLERK TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PROGRAM OR PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR TURNER, TOWNS, AND HUEY IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,270,000. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WALLIN. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, DR. BILLS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. >> LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL FURNITURE PURCHASE. IT WAS REQUESTED

003THAT I PREPARE SOME IMAGES SO YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WILL BE SITTING ON. SO, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME WITH OUR STAFF AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL AS GETTING SOME STUDENT INPUT. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SELECTION PROCESS, THERE'S A NUMBER OF MEETINGS. A TEAM WAS FORMED WITH STAFF, DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE BUILDING THAT WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FURNITURE. FOLLOWING THESE MEETINGS, WE BROUGHT IN SAMPLES FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT, KICK THE TIRES, IF YOU WILL. A LOT OF THIS WE GLEANED FROM OUR PREVIOUS MIDDLE SCHOOL, LAKERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO, WE GOT INPUT FROM HOW STAFF IS FEELING ABOUT THE FURNITURE AFTER A FEW YEARS IN THAT BUILDING, APPLIED SOME OF THOSE LESSONS TO THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL,

004AND OFF WE WENT. WE WORKED WITH A COMPANY CALLED SBI TO ASSIST US IN THE SELECTION OF THE FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT. AND WE ARE WORKING WITH A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT. SO, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE HAVE IN THE PAST WHERE WE ADVERTISE OUR INTENT TO GO INTO A COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT AND WORK WITH ALREADY ESTABLISHED COST FOR EACH OF THE PIECES OF FURNITURE THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY COMPETITIVELY PROCURED AND PRICED. SO, WITH THAT, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS ENTIRE PROCESS. THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO FIT OUT THIS WHOLE NEW BUILDING --I GUESS BEFORE I GET THERE, WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES. SO MAYBE NEXT, THERE'S SOME MORE --ALL THAT STUFF. SO, TYPICAL CLASSROOM, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ART CLASSROOM. SO, YOU SEE SOME OF THE TABLES THAT ARE MORE OF LIKE A

005SCIENCE-TYPE TABLE, EPOXY-TYPE FINISH. THE STOOLS, SO THEY SIT UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. NEXT PLEASE. MATH CLASSROOM. SO, THEY HAVE WHITE BOARD TOPS. THE TABLES ARE PAIRED SO THEY CAN BE SET UP IN MANY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS. AND THEY CAN NEST. IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A FLOOR EXERCISE OF SOME KIND. AND THEN OF COURSE THE CHAIRS, WHICH ARE GREAT FOR OUR STAFF FOR CLEANING PURPOSES, THEY SIT ON TOP OF THE TABLE, THE SEAT DOES, AND THEN THEY CAN CLEAN UNDERNEATH THE TABLES AND MOVE THEM AROUND. THEY ALSO NEST QUITE WELL. NEXT. ANOTHER SCIENCE CLASSROOM. SO, YOU CAN SEE THE, KIND OF, SCIENCE TOPS THEY HAVE. A LOT OF THESE TABLES WILL HAVE CASTERS SO THEY CAN ROLL AROUND. A TYPICAL CLASSROOM, SO THEY HAVE A BLEND OF OF WHITE BOARD TOPS AS WELL AS JUST

006THE NORMAL TABLE TOPS. THEN EACH CLASSROOM HAS A TEACHERS', KIND OF, PODIUM THEY CAN, KIND OF, MOVE AROUND, TEACHER'S DESK, TEACHER'S CHAIR, ADDITIONAL THINGS FOR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTIONS. AND THE TABLES CAN MOVE AROUND INTO DIFFERENT CONFIGURATIONS THAT AREN'T AS BORING AS TRADITIONAL SETUP. SOME OF OUR OTHER SPACES. SO, STUDENT SERVICES. WE HAVE SOME OTHER FURNITURE, SOME CUBICLES FOR QUIET STUDY, SOME SOFT FURNITURE FOR FLOOR SEATING, SOME MORE DYNAMIC SEATING THAT HAS A FLEXIBLE BACK FOR MOVEMENT. SO, A LOT OF THOUGHT HAS GONE INTO A LOT OF THE SELECTIONS FOR THESE FACES AS WELL AS THE FURNITURE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. SO, WITH THIS, WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL TO FIT OUT THE BRAND- NEW BUILDING. THE TOTAL COST OF THE FURNITURE PACKAGE IS $1,447,676. I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS

007AT THIS TIME. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW YOU'VE GONE THROUGH AND GOTTEN THE TEACHERS TO APPROVE, SO I'M ASSUMING THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT. I LOVE THE FURNITURE OVERALL. AND THEN THERE WAS ONE THING WHERE IT SAID THERE WAS --ONE PICTURE WHERE IT HAD A MIX OF WHITE BOARD TABLES AND REGULAR TABLES. AND IN MY HIGH SCHOOL SPANISH CLASSROOM, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE ALL THE TABLES BE WHITE BOARD. SO, I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE REASONING BEHIND THE MIX OF THE TWO? I THINK IT WAS REALLY COMING FROM THE TEACHER AS WELL AS THE PRINCIPAL. THEY DIDN'T WANT ALL OF THEM TO BE WHITE BOARD FOR SOME REASON. SO, WHEN THEY USUALLY PAIR UP, THEY WOULD HAVE THE TABLES PUSHED TOGETHER. SO, ONE OF THEM WOULD BE THE WRITABLE SURFACE. I

008GET IT. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY EACH STUDENT WOULDN'T HAVE THE WRITABLE. BUT IF YOU'RE PAIRING UP, THAT MAKES SENSE. GOT IT. THANK YOU. IT LOOKS REALLY -- THANK YOU. THIS IS ONE OF MANY DISTRICT-WIDE OR PROGRAM- WIDE CONSULTANTS THAT WE'LL BE HIRING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO, I WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD. THIS IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST BECAUSE NONE OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM OUR LOGISTICS FIRM, AS AN EXAMPLE, WILL REALLY EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE EVEN NECESSARY TO COME TO THE BOARD TO ASK FOR THE FUNDING. SO, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE SELECTION PROCESS, HOW WE SELECTED THE FIRM. AND WE'LL BE DOING THIS FOR THE OTHERS AS WELL. AND THEN AN ANTICIPATED AMOUNT THAT WE'LL BE SPENDING THROUGHOUT

009THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAM BASED ON PAST HISTORY. WE'VE HAD TWO BOND PROGRAMS ALREADY AND MOVED A WHOLE BUNCH OF SCHOOLS AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF. WE PUT OUT AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR LOGISTICS AND MOVE SERVICES. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT MOVE AN ENTIRE BUILDING IN LESS THAN A WEEK FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY ON TRACK AND GET EVERYTHING PUT BACK TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, WHICH HAPPENS MOST OF THE TIME. SO, WE DID PUT THIS OUT AS A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. IN DOING SO, WE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS. FINALLY, WE ARRIVED AT TWO FIRMS THAT WORK FOR US, MEANING THERE'S TWO FIRMS THAT WE'VE QUALIFIED TO DO WORK FOR US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE BOND THAT HAVE ADEQUATE FORCES. AND IF NECESSARY, WE CAN BRING ON A SECOND

010FIRM IF THE OTHER FIRM, YOU KNOW, TRIPS UP ALONG THE WAY. IN DOING SO, WE BASED QUALIFICATIONS ON COST AVAILABILITY, OF SPACE, WAREHOUSING CAPABILITIES, RESPONSIVENESS, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER CATEGORIES. DURING THE DURATION OF THE PROGRAM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE COULD SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE, UPWARDS OF POTENTIALLY $1.4 MILLION ON MOVING ALONE. AND THAT'S FOR ALL OF OUR RENOVATIONS, THE NEW BUILDINGS, MOVING OUT, MOVING BACK IN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND THAT INCLUDES BOXES THAT WE WOULD NEED. WE ALSO KEEP A BUNCH OF OUR BOXES AND REUSE THEM. BUT IT IS QUITE A BIT. SO, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF MAGNITUDE. THIS IS NOT FOR ACTION. IT'S JUST INFORMATION. AND IF THIS IS HELPFUL, WE'LL BE COMING BACK WITH THE REST OFOF OUR, KIND OF, BOND-WIDE SERVICES IN THE FUTURE. SO,

011ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? I HAVE A QUESTION. AND IT'S PROBABLY YOU RE-SAYING IT. SO, IT'S DOWN TO TWO, AND BOTH THESE TWO COULD BE USED? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE WANTING TO DO -- YEAH. --BECAUSE THE AMOUNT DOESN'T EXCEED A CERTAIN THRESHOLD FOR NOT VOTING ON IT RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. >> BUT YOU'RE LETTING US KNOW, THIS IS HOW YOU PICKED THESE TWO -- YEP. >> IT COULD COST OVER THE NEXT FIVE- ISH YEARS A MILLION TO 1.4 MILLION. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. >> SO, THE TWO HIGHEST QUALIFIED FIRMS HAD ALMOST IDENTICAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH A BOX COSTS, HOW MUCH A TRUCK FOR RENTAL COSTS FOR ONE POINT TO THE OTHER, THE STAFF TIME AND COST PER HOUR FOR STAFF. IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAVE AT ANY

012GIVEN POINT WHEN WE NEED TO MOVE A SCHOOL FAST, WHICH WE DO NEED TO MOVE FAST ONCE WE GET OUT OF SCHOOL. WE USUALLY MOVE AN ENTIRE BUILDING IN ABOUT FOUR TO SIX DAYS. SO, THEN ABATEMENT STARTS, SELECTIVE DEMOLITION, AND OUR CONTRACTOR'S ON BOARD AND READY TO GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SO, YOU --SO, YOU DO NEED APPROVAL TO EXECUTE THE CONTRACT BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE. WE DON'T NEED APPROVAL -- SO THERE ISN'T AN ACTION? NO. THIS IS PURELY INFORMATION. YOU WOULD COME WHEN YOU'RE GETTING READY TO MOVE PEOPLE INTO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL OR OUT OF FOREST HILLS? PROBABLY NOT. BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OVER THE AMOUNT THAT WOULD EXCEED THE THRESHOLD FOR US TO COME IN. BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE AN ACTION, THIS IS HOW YOU'RE

013LETTING THE WHOLE PUBLIC KNOW THIS IS HOW WE SELECTED THESE TWO. YES. OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES THE CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN. THE SCHOOL BOARD'S REGULAR SESSION AT 6:14 P.M. WELCOME AND COMMENTS. OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS TEACHING MINDS-REACHING HEARTS. IF I CAN HAVE OUR STUDENTS COME UP HERE. HERE YOU GO. LET ME GET YOU A CHAIR RIGHT QUICK. SO, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH LAKE ROW. AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON HEALTH AND APPROXIMATE RESILIENCY. AND WE HAVE SEB BY AND NIXON AND DREW AND HANNAH TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT LAKE ROSE. SO, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, AND WE'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY. HI. MY NAME IS SEDDY. I'M IN FIFTH GRADE. I'M HERE TO TELL

014YOU ABOUT OUR SCHOOL'S FOOD DRIVE. AND ALL THE CANS ARE NON-PERISHABLE AND WILL BE DONATED TO HUNGER FIGHTERS FOOD PANTRY IN ELLO. AT THE END OF THE EACH DAY, SOME OF THE FIFTH GRADERS WILL GO DOWN TO EACH CLASSROOM AND COLLECT ALL THE CANS TO BE COUNTED. THIS IS A COMPETITION, SO EACH THREE GRADES WILL BE A TEAM. FOR EXAMPLE, FIRST GRADE, KINDERGARTEN, AND SECOND GRADE WILL BE A TEAM. AND THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADE WILL BE A TEAM. THIS IS NOT ONLY A FUN COMPETITION, BUT IT ALSO TEACHES US TO GIVE AND BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING, AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. HELLO. MY NAME IS NIXON. I'M IN MR. HANSON'S CLASS IN THE FIFTH GRADE. TODAY I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT RUN CLUB FOR

015LAKE GROVE. RUN CLUB IS EVERY -- AT SECOND RECESS. YOU RUN LAPS AROUND THE SCHOOL TRACK. DEPENDING ON HOW FAR YOU RUN, YOU CAN GET CHARMS. FOUR LAPS AROUND THE TRACK IS ROUGHLY A MILE. 12 LAPS AROUND THE TRACK, YOU CAN GET A CHARM. IF YOU DO REALLY GOOD, YOU CAN GET A GIFT CARD TO SOMEWHERE. THIS WINTER, I RAN 21. 25 MILES. WOW. >> HELLO. MY NAME IS DREW. I'M IN FIFTH GRADE, AND MY TEACHER IS MS. JOHANSSON. I'M ALSO HERE TO TALK ABOUT RUN CLUB. RUN CLUB IS HELD EVERY THURSDAY BY PARENT VOLUNTEERS. HOW IT WORKS IS THAT EVERY STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL HAS A CARD. THE CARDS GET MARKED EVERY LAP FROM A PHONE, AND THEY GO TOWARDS MILES. EVERY FOUR LAPS AROUND THE FIELD IS A MILE. EVERY THREE MILES, AKA,

01612 LAPS, YOU EARN A CHARM, PUT ON A NECKLACE. THERE ARE ALSO HALF MARATHONS. HALF MARATHONS ARE 13. 1 MILES OR 52 LAPS. JUST LIKE HALF MARATHONS, THERE ARE ALSO FULL ONES TOO. FULL MARATHONS ARE 26. 2 MILES OR 104 LAPS. WE JUST DROPPED OUR FALL SEASON OF RUN CLUB AND WE WILL START IN SPRING WITH MORE. I FINISHED IN SECOND PLACE AND RAN 32. 5 MILES, OR 130 LAPS. RUN CLUB GIVES EVERYONE WHO MIGHT NOT GET A CHANCE TO RUN OR MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO BE ON A SPORTS TEAM A CHANCE TO RUN WITH FRIENDS AND COMPETE. I'M KEY YANNA -->> AND I'M --WE'RE FROM MS. SHANNON'S CLASS HERE TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY CIRCLE. OUR CLASS HAS A COMMUNITY CIRCLE EVERY MORNING. WE HAVE A SPECIAL BIG PLASTIC MUSHROOM THAT IS OUR TALKING

017PIECE. AT OUR CIRCLE, WE MAY TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR CLASSROOM AND IN OUR SCHOOL. SOMETIMES WE HAVE A CLASS TOPIC TO DISCUSS LIKE WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO HAVE SNACK. SHOULD WE BE ABLE TO SIT WHERE WE WANT AT LUNCH? OR ABOUT WHEN A BIG ASSIGNMENT IS DUE. SOME DAYS MRS. SHANNON ASKSASKS COMMUNITY QUESTION ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY OR RESPECT OR -- WAYS TO TREAT OTHERS AND WE SHARE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT IT. WE ALSO GET TO SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR OWN LIVES. PEOPLE SHARE WHAT THEY DID OVER THE WEEKEND OR ABOUT A BIG GAME THEY MIGHT HAVE PLAYED IN. OR TELL STORIES ABOUT OUR LIVES. ONCE IN A WHILE, WE PLAY A FUN GROUP GAME CALLED "WOULD YOU RATHER. " WE ALSO TALK ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS, WHERE MRS. SHANNON

018READS ALOUD TO US. OUR CLASS CIRCLE MAKES US FEEL CONNECTED AND READY FOR THE DAY. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. AWESOME. [ APPLAUSE ] ANY QUESTIONS FOR MY STUDENTS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE RUN CLUB. IS THIS THE FIRST YEAR YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THIS? NO. NO. WE'VE DONE IT MULTIPLE YEARS. PROBABLY FOR ABOUT TEN. OH, WOW. AND ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS DO RUN CLUB DO YOU THINK? PROBABLY, LIKE, 200. WOW. THAT IS IMPRESSIVE. >> MM-HMM. VERY COOL. >> WELL, IT'S SPLIT UP BETWEEN MULTIPLE RECESSES. IT'S NOT, LIKE, ALL AT THE SAME TIME. THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT YOUR FOOD DRIVE. ARE YOU --IT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW? YES. IT GOES FROM NOVEMBER 17th TO DECEMBER 17th. AND HOW MANY CANS DO YOU HAVE SO FAR? I --I THINK I'M GOING

019TO DONATE SOME TOMORROW BECAUSE I HAVEN'T -- I WAS JUST WONDERING IN THE SCHOOL. OH, IN THE SCHOOL. ARE THE WALLS FILLED WITH THEM? LAST TIME I CHECKED, IT WAS, LIKE, 52 CANS, OR 60. OKAY. GREAT. VERY COOL. AND DO YOU GET TO GO ALONG TO DROP OFF THE CANS AT HUNGER FIGHTERS, OR DO THEY PICK THEM UP FOR YOU? OH, I ACTUALLY -->> NOT SURE. >> YEAH. IT'S JUST INTERESTING TO WONDER ABOUT THAT. I LOVE THE IDEA ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CIRCLE. I THOUGHT THAT SOUNDED REALLY COOL. AND I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOUR TEACHER IS GIVING YOU SOME AGENCY AND TALKING ABOUT CHANGES YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE CLASSROOM. HAVE YOU GUYS ACTUALLY MADE ANY CHANGES IN THE CLASSROOM BASED ON THESE DISCUSSIONS? WE DECIDED TO SIT WHERE WE WANT AT

020LUNCH. HOW DID IT TURN OUT? GOOD. PEOPLE WERE GETTING IN TROUBLE. FOR THROWING FOOD. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] NEXT WE HAVE STAR FROM LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. MY NAME IS STARR DIAMOND. I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT HEALTH AND RESILIENCE MEANS TO ME. I TAKE MY HEALTH VERY SERIOUS, MY PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SOCIAL. AND I WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF MY PERSONAL THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED TO ME OVER THE PAST YEARS. MY PHYSICAL HEALTH IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE I AM A STUDENT ATHLETE, AND I LOVE TO TAKE CARE OF MY BODY, EAT HEALTHY, STAY IN SHAPE, AND BE THE HEALTHIEST PERSON AND SELF THAT I CAN BE. MY MENTAL HEALTH IS TIED TO MY PHYSICAL HEALTH BECAUSE

021AS A STUDENT ATHLETE, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HOMEWORK, AND YOUR SPORTS SCHEDULE, WHICH CAN BE VERY OVERWHELMING TO BALANCE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PLAY MULTIPLE SPORTS AT ONCE LIKE I DO. I MANAGE THESE THINGS BY TURNING OFF SCREENS, TAKING TIME ALONE, AND RELEASING MY EMOTIONS. WHEN I DO THIS, IT ALLOWS MYSELF TO LET GO OF THE PAST AND TURN OVER A NEW LEAF AND BE THE POSITIVE PERSON I KNOW I AM. BEING A STUDENT ATHLETE HAS MADE ME REALIZE THAT IT PROVIDES A HEALTHY SOCIAL NETWORK OF LIKE- MINDED PEERS THAT FEED MY SOCIAL HEALTH. IN THE TEN YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN PLAYING SPORTS, I KNOW THAT OUTCOMES OF GAMES CAN BE UP AND DOWN. I'VE GONE A WHOLE SEASON WITHOUT A WIN. COMING BACK WEEK AFTER WEEK WASN'T ALWAYS EASY. WHEN I

022REALIZED THAT THERE WAS MORE IN IT THAN THE WIN, THOSE CHALLENGES MAKE YOU LEARN THAT LIFE IS NEVER WITHOUT STRUGGLE. BUT WHEN YOU KEEP FACING THEM WITH FULL EFFORT, YOU WILL LEARN AND GROW FROM IT. IT MAKES YOU STRONGER AND ABLE TO OVERCOME WHAT LIFE THROWS AT YOU. THOSE ARE SOME OF MY PERSONAL THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS. [ APPLAUSE ] WHAT SPORTS ARE YOU PLAYING? RIGHT NOW I'M DOING BASKETBALL AND VOLLEYBALL. AT THE SAME TIME? YEAH. YEAH. VERY BUSY. SO, YOU LIKE THE CELL PHONE POLICY? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK -- THAT'S A SOFTBALL. I TRIED TO LOB THAT TO YOU. I THINK --I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A GOOD IDEA THAT WE'RE HAVING THAT TOO BECAUSE I SEE MULTIPLE KIDS HAVING STUFF THAT DOES WITH OUR PHONE, DEFINITELY DISTRACTS US.

023BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE DON'T HAVE PHONES IN SCHOOL TOO SO IT CAN HELP US FOCUS ON WORK. BUT, YOU KNOW, I USE MY PHONE AS A RESOURCE FOR EMAILING MY TEACHERS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AND ASKING FOR HELP. SO, I THINK IT'S, KIND OF, A 50/50 SITUATION FOR SURE. BOTH/AND. THANK YOU. AND LASTLY WE HAVE -- FROM ELLO HIGH SCHOOL. YOU BOTH WORE GREEN TODAY. HELLO, EVERYONE. SO, GREAT TO SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES. MY NAME IS AVENE. I AM A SENIOR AT LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL, ALONGSIDE MAX. WHEN PRINCIPAL COLLIER ASKED ME TO COME SPEAK AT TONIGHT'S MEETING ABOUT HEALTH AND RESILIENCY IN MY SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND IN OUR DISTRICT IN GENERAL, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE CELL PHONE POLICY. SO, ACTUALLY GREAT SEGWAY. HOW THE CELL PHONE POLICY HAS, KIND OF,

024PLAYED A ROLE IN THAT, AND IT GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO, KIND OF, REFLECT ON THIS PAST YEAR AND A HALF. ALTHOUGH A LOT OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING MYSELF, WERE DEFINITELY VERY SKEPTICAL WHEN THIS POLICY WAS FIRST ENACTED, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN AGREE THAT STUDENTS ARE NOW INTERACTING MORE WITH THE CONSTANT PRESSURE OF NOTIFICATIONS AND COMPARISONS, KIND OF, BEING ERASED. WITHOUT AN EASY ESCAPE INTO A SCREEN, WE'RE LEARNING TO NAVIGATE BOREDOM AND CONVERSATION DIRECTLY, AND THOSE SMALL MOMENTS, LIKE WORKING THROUGH A DISAGREEMENT OR BEING ABLE TO GO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO TEACHERS FOR HELP AND SEE EYE TO EYE WITH PEOPLE, ARE ALL STRENGTHENING SKILLS THAT REALLY FURTHER DEVELOP BOTH HEALTH AND RESILIENCY. OF COURSE AS STARR MENTIONED, IT DOES HAVE ITS DOWN SIDES, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY, IN MY EXPERIENCE I'VE SEEN IT

025TO BE CURATING A SCHOOL CULTURE OF GROWING HEALTHIER AND MORE RESILIENT COLLECTIVELY RATHER ALONE. THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES. I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. CAN WE GET THAT ON REPLAY AND JUST KEEP PLAYING IT? WELL, I THINK, LIKE I SAID, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME ROOM IN IMPROVING THIS POLICY. I'VE SEEN ITS UP-SIDES BUT I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT WAYS IT CAN BE IMPROVED. BUT I AM DEFINITELY --LIKE I SAID, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT IN MY EXPERIENCE, JUST PEOPLE INTERACTING MORE DURING LUNCH AND TIMES LIKE THAT, AND AS IN THE CLASSROOM SPACES, AS I'M SURE YOU BOTH HAVE AS WELL. BUT OVERALL, I

026THINK IT IS DEFINITELY WORKING TO, LIKE I SAID, CURATE A MORE COLLECTIVE SENSE. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR MEETING. THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] I JUST WANT TO COMMENT REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE I MOVE ON. WHAT I FOUND SO BEAUTIFUL ABOUT ALL THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOW THEY TALKED ABOUT HEALTH AND RESILIENCY, IT IS ALL GROUNDED IN COMMUNITY AND CIVICS. AND A HEALTHY SOCIETY IS A CIVIL SOCIETY THAT CAN SUPPORT AND WORK THROUGH THINGS. AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY ALL OF THAT IS. AS A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSON, SO HAPPY. IT'S AMAZING. OKAY. NEXT AGENDA, COMMENTS FROM PATRONS. WE HAVE TWO --WE RECEIVED TWO PIECES OF TESTIMONY THAT WERE WRITTEN. SO, ONE FROM EVI M. REGARDING ETHICS STUDIES, AND ONE FROM --ROBINS REGARDING THE ELLO SWIM CLUB. WE HAVE

027TWO PEOPLE HERE, OR INDIVIDUALS, TO DO IN- PERSON TESTIMONY. SO, C.J. McNULTY. DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU WANT? NOPE. >> GET UP. GOOD EVENING LOSD BOARD MEMBERS. I'LL READ A VERY BRIEF PREPARED STATEMENT. I TOOK A GUESS AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE HERE. I GUESSED SEVEN. I WAS ONE OFF, SO SOMEONE HAS TO SHARE. I WILL LEAVE INFORMATION WITH MY BACKUP INFORMATION FOR YOU TO REVIEW. MY NAME IS C.J. McNULTY. BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, I AM A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FOR STUDENT TRANSPORTATION OF AMERICA SERVING THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT. I AM NOT HERE REPRESENTING STA. I DON'T REPRESENT ANY OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES. THIS IS ALL MY PERSONAL OPINION. I'VE ATTENDED LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOLS K-12. I ACTUALLY ALSO WENT TO LAKE OSWEGO PRESCHOOL ON EIGHTH STREET AND FIRST EDITION, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT

028IS. I AM NOW SEMI-RETIRED. AND IN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH ALL MY FREE TIME, IN DISCUSSION WITH MY BRILLIANT 94-YEAR-OLD PARENTS, I DECIDED TO GET A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE AND GET MY SCHOOL BUS ENDORSEMENT SO THAT I COULD SERVE THIS COMMUNITY THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. I LIVE IN TIGER NOW, BUT I GREW UP IN FIRST EDITION. AND I REALLY WANTED TO SERVE THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND DISTRICT IN SOME WAY. I'VE BEEN A COACH. I VOLUNTEERED. THIS SEEMED LIKE SOMETHING I HADN'T DONE, AND I HAD A VERY GOOD EXPERIENCE ON THE SCHOOL BUS WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL. THAT BEING SAID, I'M HERE BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN FOLLOWING THE CHAIN OF COMMAND. AND THIS SEEMED LIKE A GOOD PLACE TO START. I HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION SOMEWHAT INTERNALLY

029AT STA. OUR BUS YARD IS SWAMPED. WE ARE IN DIRE NEED OF DRIVERS. WE ARE IN DIRE NEED OF SUPPORT STAFF. OUR OFFICE STAFF DOES FAR MORE THAN I THINK THEY SHOULD. THEY STILL DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT THAT. BUT THE REASON I'M HERE IS THAT I NEED HELP. AND I THINK --I CAN'T SPEAK FOR MY OTHER FELLOW DRIVERS, BUT WE ALL NEED HELP. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY. AND I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T HAVE A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH ENGAGEMENT TONIGHT, BUT HOW MANY PEOPLE ON THE BOARD KNOW THAT THERE IS AN OREGON ADMINISTRATIVE RULE LISTING THE RULES TO RIDE A SCHOOL BUS BY PUPILS? ONE? I'M WITH THE REST OF YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS EXISTED. THERE ARE 17 OF THOSE RULES. THEY'RE INCLUDED IN THESE PACKETS THAT I WILL LEAVE

030YOU. THEY ALL SEEM RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND REASONABLE. PUPILS BEING TRANSPORTED ARE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE BUS DRIVER. FIGHTING, WRESTLING, OR BOISTEROUS ACTIVITY IS PROHIBITED ON THE BUS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON TIME FOR BOTH THE BUS IN THE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOONS. HERE'S A BIG ONE, PUPILS SHALL REMAIN SEATED WHILE THE BUS IS IN MOTION. PUPILS MAY BE ASSIGNED SEATS BY THE BUS DRIVER. I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT THEY'RE ALL REASONABLE. AND IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT IS 8 FEET WIDE AND 12 FEET TALL AND 40 FEET LONG AND WEIGHS 33,000 POUNDS TO MANAGE THAT VEHICLE AND MAINTAIN YOUR SPEED AND MAKE THE WIDE TURNS THAT THESE BUSES MAKE AND OPEN YOUR DOORS AND STOP AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS WHEN THERE'S A ZOO GOING ON BEHIND YOU. AND THE

031NOISE LEVEL IS SO LOUD YOU CANNOT HEAR THE TWO-WAY RADIO ON THE BUS TO KEEP IN CONTACT WITH DISPATCH. SOME SCHOOLS WHEN THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM, THEY HIRE WHAT'S CALLED A MONITOR. THAT'S ANOTHER SECOND ADULT THAT'S ON THE BUS. AND THAT PERSON'S JOB IS TO BABYSIT THE PEOPLE ON THE BUS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY IN LAKE OSWEGO. BUT I NEED SOME HELP. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO AT LEAST EXPLORE IS WOULD THE DISTRICT BE WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE FROM STA AND AT LEAST HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATIVELY WORK ON SOLUTIONS. AND HEREIN LIES, I THINK, THE PROBLEM, AND I'M NOT ALONE IN THIS. THE HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE NOT A PROBLEM. THEY ARE ON THEIR PHONES. THEY HAVE THEIR EAR BUDS IN, AND THEY'RE ALL EXHAUSTED.

032SO, THEY JUST --THEY'RE QUIET. ALL THE SENIOR DRIVERS IN OUR YARD WANT THOSE ROUTES BECAUSE THEY ARE EFFORTLESS. THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE A CHALLENGE. THEY'RE NOT BAD KIDS. IN SUMMATION, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO READ WHAT I PUT OUT. THERE IS A VERY BASIC FRAMEWORKFRAMEWORK I THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS ON THIS. AGAIN, I'M NOT REPRESENTING STA, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO ENGAGE IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT I WENT TO, THAT I HAD SUCH A GREAT EXPERIENCE AT. THE LAST TIME I WAS IN THIS BUILDING WAS NOT FOR GOOD REASONS. I THINK MY SOPHOMORE YEAR I TP'd A TEACHER'S HOUSE AND GOT CAUGHT. NONETHELESS, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOME --IF YOU'RE WILLING TO LISTEN TO US, WE WOULD LIKE SOME HELP AND SOME GUIDANCE ON WHERE DO WE

033START. AND REALLY PART OF IT STARTS WITH GETTING THE RULES OUT TO THE PARENTS AND ENGAGING THE PARENTS AND HAVING THIS BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BUS COMPANY, THE FAMILIES, AND THE DISTRICT. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE. I'LL LEAVE THIS GIANT PILE HERE. I WISH YOU A PLEASANT HOLIDAY SEASON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. BEN AND ANNA LEE ADAMS. SCHOOL BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I ENJOY OUR VISITS EVERY MONTH. ON NOVEMBER 12th, WE LEARNEDLEARNED THEY ARE CONSTRUCTING -- DOING MORE CONSTRUCTION AT THE SECOND SITE, CELL TOWER SITE, AT LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. SO, NOW THERE'S ANOTHER 5G UPGRADE GOING ON THERE. WE RECEIVED NO NOTICE. WE CONTACTED THE DISTRICT. THEY SAID THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT, WHICH I THINK IS IN VIOLATION TO

034THEIR -- NOTIFY YOU GUYS THEY'RE DOING STUFF THERE. THIS IS A HUGE CONCERN. WE TALKED ABOUT IN HERE SINCE MAY THAT THIS IS A CONCERN WITH SAFETY. --COMES OFF THAT STUFF. HAVE YOU GUYS --DOES ANYBODY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TALKED TO CROWN CASTLE AND TOLD THEM, HEY, WE HAVE CONCERNS, MAYBE SLOWSLOW PUTTING UP NEW STUFF. HAS ANYBODY? IS THERE ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THEM? IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE FALLING ON DEAF EARS. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE NEED TO DO, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WE NEED TO BRING IN HERE TO GET SOME ACTION. BUT THE FACT THAT THEY'RE PUTTING UP ANOTHER CELL TOWER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE ON. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PLAY FOR YOU A VIDEO OF THE EXTREMELY PROFANE F-WORD MUSIC THAT MY GRANDMA WOULD HAVE ROLLED IN HER GRAVE IF SHE HEARD

035THEY PUT ON A BLUETOOTH SPEAKER ON THAT TOWER THAT THEY PUMP INTO MY YARD AND HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO MY KIDS WHY WE DON'T TALK LIKE THAT AND WHY THOSE GUYS AREN'T GOING IN TIME-OUT. I HAVE IT AND CAN PUT IT ON A SPEAK R, BUT OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE KIDS AROUND HERE, I WON'T. YOU KNOW THE ISSUES WE BRING UP. I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE NOT TALKING TO THEM. IF THEY'RE A PARTNER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, SOMEBODY CALL THEM. FIND THE REF, FIGURE OUT WHO CAN TALK TO THEM. WE'VE GOT CONCERNS FROM OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW MUCH ACTIVITY IS GOING ON HERE, WHAT THE CELL TOWERS WILL DO. WE HAVE A TEST OF THIS. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT THEY'RE CONTINUING TO INVEST IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OUT THERE. AND I

036WOULD IMAGINE THAT IF THEY KNEW THERE WAS CONCERNS THAT THERE WOULD BE DISCUSSION BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, BEFORE THIS HARDER TO UNWIND. I DON'T THINK THIS IS AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST, AND I THINK THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT FOR THE BOARD TO DO THAT. IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION FOR THEM. IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION FOR THE BOARD. SO, HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. BUT HAVING THEM CONTINUE TO DO THIS --AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING. IS ANYBODY --YOU CAN'T SPEAK TO ME, BUT DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OUT THERE? HAVE YOU GUYS EVER DRIVEN PAST THIS? DO YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT THIS IS? I WOULD BE HAPPY TO BRING BIG PICTURES OF IT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED. AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S NOT REALLY

037CARE FOR IT WHEN THEY PUT OUR STUFF OUT THERE AND WE DON'T SEE ANY ACTION. SO, PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH -- CASTLE. THERE'S CONCERNS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE WE DO BESIDES BRING A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN HERE. AND I'D RATHER JUST US FIGURE IT OUT. WE LOVE WHERE WE LIVE. YOU GUYS, IT IS A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE RAISING KIDS HERE. WE ADOPT WANT TO BE AT ODDS WITH THE SCHOOLS. BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT BRAIN CANCER. SO, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. 4.0, CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GUPTA. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BILLS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. >> AYE. MOTION CARRIES. COMMENTS FROM STUDENTS. NATHAN AND MAX. HOW ARE THINGS? THEY'RE --YOU

038KNOW, THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD. THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD. WE'VE GOT WINTER GLOW COMING UP THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR ELLO. IS IT THE SAME AT LAKERIDGE AS WELL? BUT FOR LAKE OSWEGO, WE'VE GOT WINTER GLOW, WHICH IS A BIG, KIND OF, CONGLOMERATE PERFORMANCE BY A LOT OF OUR, LIKE, MUSICAL TEAMS AT THE SCHOOL. SO, IT'LL BE REALLY FUN TO GO VISIT THAT. I SHOULD BE ON THERE --SHOULD BE WATCHING IT FRIDAY. SHOULD BE REALLY FUN WITH SOME OF MY FRIENDS. THAT WILL BE A REALLY COOL EVENT. THEN WE JUST GOT OFF A NINE-DAY-LONG THANKSGIVING BREAK, WHICH IS A NICE CHANGE FROM THE USUALLY SHORTER SCHEDULE. SO, A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE, KIND OF, JUST HOLDING ON UNTIL WINTER BREAK. SIMILARLY, I AM ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO BREAK, WHICH IS FUNNY BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO SHORT AMOUNT OF

039TIME SINCE THE LAST ONE. LAST WEEK, THE LAKERIDGE ORCHESTRA BAND CHOIR WENT TO FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WEST RIDGE, HELEN, AND PALISADES, RIVER GROVE FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MUSIC TOUR. IT WAS GREAT. I GOT TO HEAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS SING "GOLDEN" AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHICH, YOU KNOW, NOTHING BETTER. ON THE 17th, THERE WILL BE A CHOIR CONCERT, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED FOR. HOLIDAY MUSIC IS ALWAYS VERY ENJOYABLE WHEN IN SCHOOL AND ALSO JUST IN GENERAL. AND THEN PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT OUR PRINCIPAL, MS. FISHER, IS RETIRING AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SHE HAS BEEN AN AMAZING PRINCIPAL THROUGHOUT MY TIME AT LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M CONFIDENT IN SAYING THAT FOR ALL STUDENTS, PAST AND PRESENT, THAT WE GREATLY APPRECIATE HER UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, HER DEDICATION TO

040CREATING A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, AND HER INVOLVEMENT IN SO MANY ACTIVITIES THAT BOTH HELP BUILD SCHOOL SPIRIT AND SUPPORT PRIDE. MRS. FISHER HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCE AT LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE WILL ALL MISS HER GREATLY. THANK YOU BOTH. I THINK THERE WAS ALSO A STATE TITLE IN THERE LAST WEEK. YES. >> LAST TIME, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SO MUCH CROSSOVER BETWEEN WHAT I SAID AND -- OKAY. WE'LL LETLET DR. SCHIELE SELL IT THEN. ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MAX AND NATHAN? I JUST WANTED TO SAY A QUICK COMMENT THAT MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON WERE BOTH AT THE CONVERT AT RIVER GROVE, AND THEY CAME OUT BEAMING. THEY WERE SO EXCITED. "GOLDEN" WAS A HUGE DEAL. THAT WAS THE HIGHLIGHT THEY CAME RUNNING UP AND TALKED ABOUT. WAS THE

041REALLY, REALLY INSPIRING FOR THEM. SO, THANKS FOR DOING THAT. THANKS, GUYS. ALL RIGHT. BOARD BUSINESS. 6.1, SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE. DR. SCHIELE. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, STUDENT REPS, THANK YOU. EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU TAKE WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. SO, I WAS LIKE --I USUALLY CHECK THINGS OFF. BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE HUGE SHOUTOUT GOES TO ELLO HIGH SCHOOL'S COACHES AND PLAYERS FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. THEY REALLY TOOK IT TO CENTER CATHOLIC. IT WAS A FUN GAME TO WATCH. SO, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM. ARTWORK. OUR ARTWORK IN THE BOARD ROOM AND THE HALLWAYSHALLWAYS HELEN ANN AND LANE GROVE THIS MONTH. SO, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEIR COLORFUL PIECES HANGING UP ON ALL OF OUR WALLS. CELL PHONE TOWER READINGS. I JUST WANT TO UPDATE A LITTLE BIT, HAVE BEEN PUT

042ON HOLD UNTIL AT LEAST JANUARY, AS WE RECENTLY HAVE BEEN ADVISED NOT TO EXPECT THE ACTIVATION OF THE NEW CELL ARRAY UNTIL MID-JANUARY AT ITS EARLIEST. SO, AT&T, AS WE JUST HEARD, ALSO STARTED AN UPGRADE --TO THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT THEY HAVE --AND AT&T EXPECTS TO FINISH THAT UPGRADE WORK AROUND THE 15th OF THIS MONTH. BOTH OF THOSE CELL TOWER LEASES ARE MANAGED BY CROWN CASTLE, AND WE DO SPEAK TO THEM WEEKLY, ACTUALLY, AND TELL THEM ABOUT OUR DISSATISFACTION AND A LOT OF THINGS. UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE MENTIONED IN THE PAST, IT IS WITHIN THEIR LEASE AGREEMENT TO DO ALL THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING. BUT WE DO BRING IT UP EVERY TIME. IT'S WEEKLY. IT'S A LOT. IT'S A LOT OF TIME FOR STUART --AND MYSELF DEALING WITH CROWN CASTLE. STATE REPORT CARDS. I JUST WANT TO

043SHARE, YOU CAN SEE OUR STATE REPORT CARDS ON THE WEBSITE AND THE STATE WEBSITE. IT SHOWS ALL THE EDUCATIONAL DATA WE SHARE WITH YOU EVERY MONTH WHEN WE'RE HERE. IT ALSO -- WHAT WE DON'T USUALLY TALK ABOUT, WHICH I THINK IS INTERESTING AND WE WANTED TO BRING UP, IS THAT WE DO HAVE 53 LANGUAGES SPOKEN IN OUR HOMES HERE IN LAKE OSWEGO. AND 90% OF OUR TEACHERS HAVE MORE THAN THREE YEAR'S EXPERIENCE. THAT'S LISTED IN OUR STANDARD OF WORK FLOW AND IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, WE DID HAVE ALL OF OUR LICENSED STAFF AND A FULL DAY OF PROFESSIONAL AND DEVELOPMENT WITH THE THEME OF NOIN INVESTIGATE OF INNOVATE AND INSPIRE. THEY LEARNED ABOUT TEACHING STRATEGIES USE A.I. , USING SPECIFIC A.I. TOOLS IN THE CLASSROOM TO HELP SUPPORT STUDENTS, AND

044HOW TO UTILIZE GEMINI IN THE CLASSROOM -- INCLUDING INCLUDING WRITING, BEHAVIOR, ACADEMIC CONVERSATIONS, AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION. SO, THERE WAS A LOT THAT WENT INTO THAT ONE DAY, TRYING TO MAKE IT VERY MEANINGFUL FOR ALL OF OUR LICENSED STAFF. AND SESSIONS WERE FACILITATED BY OUR OWN EDUCATORS AND PROFESSIONALS OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT. AND WE HAD VERY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR TEACHERS THAT IT WAS A WONDERFUL DAY FOR THEM. CALENDAR SURVEY. I HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM PARENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS ABOUT THE WEEK-LONG THANKSGIVING BREAK AND HOW MUCH THEY ENJOYED IT. I WILL ALSO SAY THOUGH THAT NEXT YEAR'S CALENDAR MEANS IF WE DO TAKE THAT FULL WEEK AGAIN, IT MEANS THAT WE DON'T GET OUT UNTIL JUNE 22nd. AND THAT IS PRETTY LATE. SO, PEOPLE ARE ASKING ABOUT THAT. SO, RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK, WE'RE GOING TO SEND

045A SURVEY TO ALL FAMILIES AND TO ALL STAFF ABOUT PREFERENCES, JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE GIVING UP IN ORDER TO HAVE THE WEEK-LONG --JUST SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF IT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY FINISH THAT CALENDAR OUT. WE ALSO HAVE TECH --WE HEARD FROM SOME FAMILIES ABOUT THEIR DISPLEASURE OF HAVING TECH COMING HOME AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. SO, WE ARE PILOTING AT PALISADES, PUTTING CARTS BACK IN CLASSROOMS, AND KEEPING EC TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM INSTEAD OF GOING HOME WITH STUDENTS. WE ARE GOING TO SEE HOW IT GOES. AND IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL FOR FAMILIES AND FOR TEACHERS, THEN WE WILL START MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION FOR NEXT FALL. STUDENT HEALTH SURVEY. SO, ALL FOUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL BE ADMINISTERING THE STUDENT HEALTH SURVEY THIS WEEK. SO, YOU WILL BE HEARING ABOUT THAT.

046THE SURVEY IS IS SPONSORED BY O.J., AND IT IS TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF ALL OREGON STUDENTS. THE STUDENTS ASK ABOUT HEALTHY RISK BEHAVIORS OF SIXTH GRADERS, EIGHTH GRADERS, AND 11th GRADERS. IT'S CONDUCTED ONLINE. AND IT IS ANONYMOUS AND CONFIDENTIAL. BUT PARENTS CAN OPT OUT OF THIS. THEY CAN ACTUALLY PREVIEW IT ONLINE. IF THEY DON'T WANT THEIR CHILD TO TAKE IT, THEY JUST NEED TO LET THEIR PRINCIPAL KNOW. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR READ-A-THON COMING UP. IT'S RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY AT ELLO HIGH'S DECACLUB HOSTING THE FOURTH ANNUAL READ-A-THON. IT'S FUN FOR THE ELEMENTARY KIDS THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ALL LEAD. AND ALL FINANCIAL CON TRICEP CONTRIBUTIONS GO TO SMART READING AND LAKE OSWEGO. ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO READ. WE HAVE ANOTHER 14 DAYS OFF. SO, DO SOME PLEASURE READING. THAT'S ALL I

047HAVE. CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP QUESTION? SURE. >> CAN YOU REMIND US OF THE TIMELINE FOR THIS? I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING TO GET THE CELL TOWER FOLKS TO DO THE TESTING. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THAT AGAIN? WELL, WE ORIGINALLY WANTED --WE WERE GOING TO DO IT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. BUT THE NEW TOWER ISN'T ON YET, SO WE WANT TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEW TOWER IS ON. THEY'RE TELLING US RIGHT NOW THAT IT WON'T COME ON BEFORE JANUARY 14th. THAT'S THE EARLIEST. WE'RE JUST WAITING. AS SOON AS IT'S ON, THEN WE CAN TEST ONCE. SO, MID-JANUARY, AND THEN IT WILL TAKE THEM TIME TO WRITE A REPORT AND DO ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> YEP. WERE THERE ANY OTHER STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS? ANY WATER-BASED SPORTS, PERHAPS? WELL, ACTUALLY

048--I THINK I SAID THAT LAST NIGHT. OKAY. I COULDN'T REMEMBER. ALSO A WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP. SO, THEY'RE WINNING EVERYTHING. IT'S VERY EXCITING. NICE. >> VERY EXCITING. ALL RIGHT. FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESIGN. MR. VANDENBERG. HELLO AGAIN. HI. YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A MODEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR HERE, WHICH IS THE NEW FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. OF COURSE THE ACTUAL SCHOOL WOULD BE BIGGER. BUT THE DEMO REPRESENTATION OF THE SITE -- -- OF THE BUILDING. ONE OF THE TREES, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, IS ADORNED BY OUR FALCON, WHICH IS LARGELY OUT OF SCALE. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE A --OUR DESIGN TEAM HAS PREPARED A BOOK THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT INTO THE STORY OF HOW WE'VE GOTTEN TO WHERE WE HAVE WITH THE DESIGN. SO, WE'LL PASS THOSE AROUND

049TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS, AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT MIGHT GET ONE TOO. THANK YOU. WOW. WE KNOW YOU'RE FROM WISCONSIN, SO IS THIS MADE OF CHEESE? I HAVEN'T TRIED IT. >> OKAY. >> OR BUTTER. IF HE PUTS IT ON HIS HEAD AFTERWARD -- FANCY. IS THIS THE COLOR PALETTE? >> YES. SO, THERE'S A COLOR PALETTE THERE. I LIKE THE DOORS. AND I'VE PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION TO SHOW YOU GUYS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE REAL NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE TREES, KIND OF, LOOK LIKE THAT. THE NEXT ONE, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS AND, KIND OF, WHERE WE ARE NOW. SO, WE STARTED DESIGNING LAST MARCH. WE WERE GIVEN AUTHORIZATION TO START EXPLORING THE DESIGN FOR THE NEW SCHOOL, HIRE AN ARCHITECT. WE HIRED SODERSTROM ARCHITECTS, WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ALONGSIDE MYSELF AND MY

050STAFF AS WELL AS SCHOOL STAFF, TEACHERS, STUDENT INPUT. WE STARTED PRE- DESIGN AND PROGRAMMING, SO THAT'S CONFIRMING OUR EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFIC TO THIS BUILDING. AND THEN WE GOT INTO SCHEMATIC DESIGN THROUGH THE SUMMER. NOW WE'VE GOTTEN INTO DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND ACTUALLY JUST COMPLETED DESIGN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THE SECOND PHASE OF DESIGN, JUST FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE BOND. WE'RE NOW GOING INTO OUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, AND WE'VE SUBMITTED FOR OUR LAND USE APPROVAL. SO, THAT'S THE PACKAGE THAT GOES INTO THE CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO FOR THEM TO REVIEW, AND WE GO TO THE --A HEARING THAT IS YET TO SO, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TIME FRAME. AS WE PROCEED, DOCUMENTS WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE DETAILED. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF, AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG WITH THE DESIGN AND INTO SOME

051OF THE PARTICULARS OF SPACES. AND THEN WE GO INTO OUR BIDDING PHASE. AND THEN OF COURSE IN A CONSTRUCTION. SO, THE GOAL IS TO START CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE, WHICH WILL ACTUALLY BE DECONSTRUCTION OF THE OLD BUILDING, WHICH WILL TAKE MOST OF THE ENTIRE SUMMER. SO, WE WON'T ACTUALLY SEE ANYTHING COOL HAPPENING --WELL, MAYBE DROPPING A BUILDING WILL BE COOL. BUT IT WILL GO SLOW BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WE NEED TO DO WITHIN THE BUILDING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, SOME OF THE PROJECT DRIVERS, RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, WE HEARD A LITTLE BIT FROM COMMUNITY. WE WANTED THAT CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY. WE WANTED THE BUILDING ITSELF AS WELL AS THE SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING TO FEEL ROOTED IN PLACE. THEY HAVE A PURPOSE. IT'S THERE. IT'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY. OF COURSE HARMONY WITH

052THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PART OF THAT AS WELL. WE HEARD THAT THE DROPOFF AND PICKUP SCENARIO ACTUALLY WORKS QUITE WELL. WE FLEW OVER THE BUILDING DURING DROPOFF AND PICKUP TO OBSERVE HOW IT HAPPENED, AND IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE WELL ORCHESTRATED. I WAS UNDERWHELMED AT THE LEVEL OF NON-CHAOS THAT OCCURRED. SO, IN DOING THAT, WE LOOKED AT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO MAINTAIN THAT, WHAT IMPLICATIONS IT MIGHT HAVE FOR THE SITE. WE KNEW THAT WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE PLAY FIELDS AND THE PLAY AREAS. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT FROM OUR EARLY CONVERSATIONS. NEXT, PLEASE. SOME OF THOSE EARLY CONVERSATIONS, I WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO, KIND OF, STAY IN THE SAME PLACE AS THE EXISTING BUILDING, MAINTAINING THE CIRCULATION WITHIN THE SITE, AROUND THE SITE. COMMUNITY USE AREAS ARE

053TOP OF MIND, OF COURSE, WITH OUR GYMNASIUM'S COVERED PLAY AREAS, FIELD SPACE, AND, KIND OF, INFORMAL PLAY SPACES AS WELL. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HEARD SOME THINGS ABOUT SOUND, NOISE, FOLLOWING THE CONSTRUCTION WITH MECHANIC EQUIPMENT AND SUCH. WE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS. SO, THIS IS JUST A GLIMPSE OF SOME OF THE OUTREACH MEETINGS. WE HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS THAT OCCURRED ALMOST WEEKLY OR EVERY OTHER WEEK. SO, THIS, KIND OF, GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF THE OUTREACH. THERE IS ONE MEETING THAT'S REQUIRED OF THE CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO FOR US TO HOLD WITH NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL. AS WELL AS HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE TIED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH SOME OF THESE TOPICS. ONE THING THAT WE LEARNED EARLY ON IS THAT THE EXISTING BUILDING,

054AS YOU SEE HERE, THE DROPOFF/PICKUP SCENARIOS WORKS QUITE WELL. THE -- ENTER INTO THE BUILDING ON BOTH SIDES, BOTH ON SUN ANY DALE AND ANDREWS. WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THAT AS WE DESIGNED THIS NEW BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE NEW BUILDING FOOTPRINT, LARGELY THE SAME SCENARIO WITH THE DROPOFF AND THE PICKUP. YOU HAVE BUSES ALIGNING ON SUNNY DALE WITH PARENT DROPOFF ADDITIONAL BEHIND THOSE BUSES AS WELL AS ON ANDREWS FOR DROPOFF. THEY BOTH ENTER DIFFERENT DOORS AND, KIND OF, CONVERGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING BY OUR, KIND OF, GRAND STAIRCASE OR THE COMMONS. NEXT, PLEASE. THE COMPARISON OF THE OLD BUILDING AS COMPARED TO THE NEW BUILDING, YOU CAN SEE THE OVERLAY ON THE SITE. WE'RE REALLY, KIND OF, COMPACT NOW. A LARGER OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE BUILDING

055IS TWO STORIES. WE HEARD SOME COMMENTS ABOUT HEIGHT AND WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING DIDN'T APPEAR AS THIS MASSIVE STRUCTURE. SO, WE'RE MAINTAINING THE HEIGHT WITHIN A FOOT OF WHAT IS THERE CURRENTLY IN THE TWO SPACES. WE HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL WING NOW THAT IS TWO STORIES AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD AGAIN VERY EARLY ON WAS WHAT I REFER TO AS THE BEAK AREA. TO KEEP THE BUILDING AWAY FROM THAT CORNER, THE INTERSECTION THAT ROUNDS INTO SUNNING DALE. SO, WE HEARD THAT WITH SOME OF OUR EFFORTS TO COMPRESS THE BUILDING AND GET RID OF SOME EXCESSIVE SQUARE FOOTAGE WE HAD WITHIN THE BUILDING, WE REALLY, KIND OF, CONCENTRATED THE BUILDING AND MOVED IT SLIGHTLY. YOU CAN SEE THE DASHED OUTLINE OF WHERE THE BUILDING USED TO BE IN OUR RESPONSE TO

056SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD FROM COMMUNITY. NEXT, PLEASE. HERE'S HOW THE SITE IS SHAPING UP. YOU CAN GET AN IDEA OF THE PLAY AREAS, THE FIELDS THAT REMAIN, OF COURSE THE WALKING PATH AROUND THE FIELDS. YOU CAN SEE THE DROPOFF, THE PARKING AREAS, WHICH ARE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN THE EXISTING, AS WELL AS GARDEN SPACE TOWARDS, AGAIN, THAT BEAK SPACE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. CAN I JUST ASK ABOUT THE DROPOFF AREA BEFORE YOU GO ON ANY FURTHER? YES. >> SO, YOU'RE SAYING YOU CORRELATE THE --I THINK THE OFFICIAL DROPOFF AREA IS IN THE BACK WITH THE BUSES, RIGHT? THERE'S TWO AREAS THAT THEY CAN UTILIZE FOR DROPOFF. THEY CAN GO UP IN FRONT, AND WE HAVE ONE OF OUR BUSES THAT DOES GO UP IN FRONT. THEY CAN GO AROUND THE CORNER

057ON SUNNY DALE, WHICH IS LARGELY WHERE THEY GO NOW. SO, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OPTIONS. SO, ALL THESE PEEL OUT AREAS THAT YOU CAN SEE, WHERE CARS CAN STACK. THEY COULD ALSO GO IN THE DRIVEWAY, BUT WE'RE CURRENTLY NOT SAYING THAT'S HOW IT OCCURS. RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY DO IS THEY BLOCK ANDREWS AND TURN IT INTO A ONE-WAY DURING PICKUP AND DROPOFF. RIGHT. AND CARS DROP OFF IN THE ROAD, KIDS GET OUT, THEY GO TO THE FRONT ENTRY, AND THE CARS GO AROUND. IN THIS SCENARIO, WE'RE NOT SHOWING THAT THAT HAPPENS. IT COULD STILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE NOT INCLUDING THAT. IT WORKS WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING THAT HAS OCCURRED TO DATE. WAIT. SO, YOU'RE SAYING WHAT HAPPENS NOW IS THE STREET GETS BLOCKED OR BECOMES ONE WAY AND PEOPLE STOP IN THE

058STREET TO -- YES. >> SO, YOU'RE ADDING THESE CURB AREAS -- RIGHT. WHICH COULD HAVE PEOPLE PARKED IN THEM ALREADY. SO, THERE COULD BE SOME CONSTRAINTS THERE. SO, IT'S A VERY WELL-ORCHESTRATED DROPOFF THAT OCCURS IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. GO AHEAD, KIRSTEN. I WAS GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD MAKE THOSE CARBON THINGS FOR NO PARKING EXCEPT FOR DURING --CAN WE TELL --I DON'T WANT A NEIGHBOR TO PARK THERE IF THE POINT IS THAT A KID HAS TO GET DROPPED OFF THERE. SO, CAN WE WORK WITH THE CITY TO HAVE -- POTENTIALLY. AND SOME OF THIS WILL COME OUT DURING OUR DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION HEARING. THESE ARE GOOD COMMENTS. SO, IT'S CURRENTLY PRETTY TIGHT AT DROPOFF AND PICKUP. I MEAN, IT'S SMOOTH. YOU'RE CORRECT. YES. >> BUT IT IS LATIVELY TIGHT. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD WORK

059IF THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BLOCK OFF THE ONE WAY. SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE HOUSE NOW TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM PULLING INTO THEIR STREET FRONTAGE TO WAIT FOR DROPOFF AND PICKUP. JUST LOOKING AT THIS, IF THERE IS TEACHER PARKING OR OTHER PARKING IN THOSE ORANGE SLOTS, SO PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVING TO DO THIS ON THE ROAD, I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT ANTICIPATING HAVING IT CLOSE THE ROAD TO ONE WAY NOW. IS THAT GOING TO BE WIDER FRONTAGE NOW? WE'RE NOT DESCRIBING IT IN OUR APPLICATION TO THE CITY OF LAKE OSWEGO AS DONE THAT WAY. THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DOESN'T WANT US TO FORMALIZE IT. SO, IT COULD COME OUT IN OUR DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION MEETING. SURE. >> WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN AS WELL IS THAT

060THERE COULD BE A CONDITION THAT THERE'S NO PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH WOULD UPSET NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE THEY DO RELY ON THE PARKING. RIGHT. >> SO, THERE'S SOME OPTIONS. IS IT WIDER NOW? IT IS A BIT WIDER WITH OUR, KIND OF, TURNOUT AREAS, BUT NOT THAT MUCH. WE'RE NOT TAKING ADDITIONAL RIGHT-OF-WAY TO THE SOUTH. GOTCHA. >> WHICH IS WHERE THE RIGHT-OF- WAY EXISTS. SO, THE BACK OF OUR SIDEWALK IS ON OUR PROPERTY LINE. AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS WITHIN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY. GOT YOU. AS YOU GO TOWARD THE BEAK, CAN IT ALSO HAVE THOSE TURNOUT AREAS AS WELL? YES. THERE WILL BE SOME OF THAT ALONG THAT EDGE, AND WE'LL BE REDOING PART OF THE SIDEWALK. AND AGAIN ON SUNNY DALE, WHERE MOST OF THE CARS PARK NOW, IT WILL STILL OCCUR. WELL, AS DIRECTOR BILLS MENTIONED,

061THE TEACHER PARK -- IS THERE ENOUGH STAFF PARKING? THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING FOR ALL STAFF. WE BEGIN TO ENCROACH INTO THE FIELDS IF WE START ADDING MORE PARKING. OKAY. AND THIS DOESN'T --DOES THIS CREATE A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY? IT CREATES A PROBLEM -- THE CITY HAS REMOVED THEIR PARKING STANDARDS, AND WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF ON HOW THIS WOULD BE ACHIEVED. AND EVERYONE IS GENERALLY ALIGNED WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT. SO, I'M 100% CONFIDENT, TONY, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS DEEPLY AND WILL FIGURE IT OUT AND IT WILL ALL WORK SEAMLESSLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT YEARS AGO WAS TOWARDS THE BEAK, WHERE YOU HAVE THAT JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE BUILDING, YOU'VE GOT THAT LARGE GREEN CLUSTER, FROM THERE TO THE END OF THE BEAK,

062HAVING TOW-IN PARKING. IS THAT --I JUST SHARE THE SAME CONCERN THAT DIRECTOR WALLIN DOES. IT WORKS NOW I THINK BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY IS VERY KIND OF RESPECTFUL AND GRACIOUS AND EVERYBODY TRIES TO MAKE IT WORK. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S DESIGNED TO WORK WELL. AGAIN, FULL FAITH THAT YOU GUYS WILL THINK ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS. BUT JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. YEAH. ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH IS RETAINING THE PLAY SPACE. THE AREA OF THE BEAK IS NOW WHAT WE'RE CALLING INFORMAL PLAY. SO, WHERE THEY PLAY KICKBALL AND, YOU KNOW, INFORMAL SPORTS EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL AND A LOT OF PEOPLE CONGREGATE IN THAT AREA, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS. SO, WE TRIED TO RESPECT THAT AND HONOR THAT SPACE

063AS USABLE GREEN SPACE. THAT DOES MARRY UP WELL WITH OUR LEARNING GARDEN THAT IS JUST OFF THE INNOVATION LEVY YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE THERE. SO, POINT TAKEN. AND JUST TO, KIND OF -- THE IDEA WASN'T TO TAKE UP THE BEAK, BUT JUST ONE SINGULAR 15-FOOT BAND DOWN THE SIDE WHERE CARS CAN, KIND OF, TOW IN. I THINK WE HAD COUNTED 17 OR 22 SPOTS THAT POTENTIALLY AT THAT POINT COULD HAVE BEEN PUT THERE. SO, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. THANK YOU. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FACILITATED IF IT WERE ONE-WAY -- ABSOLUTELY. >> ESPECIALLY IF IT WERE PERMANENTLY THAT WAY. WELL, AND TOWING IT IN, KIND OF, STEERS TRAFFIC TO GO THAT ONE DIRECTION. HOW MANY TREES? >> WELL, THERE ARE NONE THERE NOW. SO, IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE? IS. IT'S ON THE OTHER

064SIDE. IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THOSE TREES ON SUNNY DALE. THE TREES ON SUNNY DALE ARE CURRENTLY THERE. HOWEVER, THE CITY HAS INDICATED THAT THEY WOULD BE COMPELLED TO CONDITION US TO COMPLETE THE SIDEWALK STRETCH ALONG THAT PORTION OF SUNNY DALE TO THE EDGE OF OUR PROPERTY WHERE THEY WOULD THEN CONTINUE IT IN THE FUTURE TO 10th. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HEARD CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT REMOVING --POTENTIALLY REMOVING THOSE TREES. WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW IS PLACING A SIDEWALK WHERE THERE IS ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT STAFF PARKS AT, THAT PARENTS PARK AT, AS WELL AS NEIGHBORS, WHICH IS THE CONCERN OF THE NEIGHBORS WHEN WE USE THE FIELDSFIELDS THEY'LL BE PUSHED OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. SO, WE'RE NOT AT THIS POINT CONTESTING THE CONNECTION. I DO THINK THAT IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REACH

065TO NOT ONLY ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING TO IMPROVE OUR SIDEWALKS AND UNDERGROUND POWER, BUT TO THEN PUT ANOTHER SIDEWALK AT THE NORTH END OF THE SITE. DOES --YOUR MAP SHOWS THAT ON THE TOP OF THE BIRD'S HEAD THERE? YES. YEAH. AND SO WITH THAT, WE DO RUN THE RISK OF ENCOUNTERING ROOTS OF THOSE TREES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY KILL THE TREES. IT IS AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. IT'S PART OF OUR APPLICATION. OUR ARBORIST HAS SUBMITTED A COMMENT REGARDING THOSE TREES AND THEIR GENERAL HEALTH AND WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN DURING CONSTRUCTION ON THE SIDEWALK. THAT WILL BE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION AS WE PROCEED. SAME IMAGE BUT HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE SPACES WITHIN THE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE VARIOUS COLORS POINT OUT WHERE THE GYMNASIUM IS, THE KITCHEN, OF COURSE OUR CLASSROOM WING WHICH

066IS --ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS GENERALLY IN THE SAME LOCATION AS IT IS TODAY. CIRCULATION AROUND THE BUILDING, AS YOU CAN SEE. THE INNOVATION LAB IS ON THE FIRST FLOOR. ABOVE IT IS THE LIBRARY, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SEE AT RIVER GROVE, WHICH ALSO WORKS AS A COVERED AREA FOR AN OUTDOOR CLASSROOM. AND THEN DIRECTLY ADJACENT, WE HAVE OUR GARDEN SPACE TOWARDS THAT BEAK AREA. WE DID A LOT OF EXTERIOR STUDIES, WHAT THE BUILDING GEOMETRY MIGHT LOOK LIKE GIVEN THE FOOTPRINT THAT WE NEEDED TO ACHIEVE. SO, THESE ARE SOME OF THE EARLIER STUDIES. ULTIMATELY WHERE WE'VE LANDED WITH THE DESIGN. SO, THIS IS AN IMAGE OF APPROACHING THE BUILDING. YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT ENTRY IN THE IMAGE ABOVE. YOU HAVE SOME CLASSROOMS. YOU'VE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS, IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE. THIS IS LOOKING TOWARDS

067THE INNOVATION LAB. THE LIBRARY UP ABOVE WITH THE LARGE WINDOWS, AMPLE DAYLIGHTING. AND I THINK THEY CALL IT A BUTTERFLY ROOF. YES. >> THAT'S OUR ARCHITECT. SHE'S OBSERVING. NOT TO BE QUESTIONED AT THIS POINT. I LIKE TO CALL THEM FALCON WINGS. IS THAT SPACE THERE, TONY, IN THE CENTER HERE? OR IS THAT ON THE FAR SIDE? IT'S RIGHT IN THE CENTER TOWARDS THE BEAK --THE BEAK SIDE. GOT YOU. AND BEYOND THAT, YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL INTERIOR COURTYARD, WHICH WILL ALSO BE ACTIVATED ININ LEARNING SPACE AND PROVIDE A LOT OF DAYLIGHTING INTO THE CORRIDOR'S EXTENDED LEARNING AREAS. WE'LL SEE SOME IMAGES OF THAT HERE COMING FORWARD. OKAY. SO, NOW YOU HAVE A VIEW. ON THE LEFT IS THE COMMONS. SO, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THE COMMONS LOOKING OUT TOWARDS THE COURTYARD. SO, YOU'RE REALLY, KIND

068OF, STANDING ON THE PLATFORM STAGE AT THIS POINT. BEAUTIFUL DAYLIGHTING, A BIG OPEN SPACE, ALMOST A BRIDGE UP ABOVE THAT IS THE STAIRCASE. ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE LEARNING STAIR OPPORTUNITIES. SO, THERE'S SOME LITTLE AREAS TO HANG OUT AND THE BIG, BEAUTIFUL STAIRS THAT PEOPLE WILL SEE WHEN THEY COME IN. THIS IS ONE OF OUR CORRIDORS. SO, YOU CAN SEE ONE OF OUR EXTENDED LEARNING AREAS. AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR BOOK, YOU'LL SEE THE THEMES THAT WE'VE TRIED TO ACHIEVE. SO, EACH, KIND OF, SECTOR OR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THIS BUILDING HAS A DIFFERENT COLOR, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THEME. IT'S A WAY FOR OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEY ARE AND HAVE, KIND OF, THIS, YOU KNOW, OWNERSHIP OF THEIR SPACE. HOPEFULLY THEY LIKE THE COLORS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT

069MIGHT LOOK LIKE WHEN ONE OF THOSE EXTENDED AREAS. SO, THE IMAGE ON THE LEFT IS, KIND OF, AT THE END OF ONE OF OUR CORRIDORS, A BIG OPEN SPACE, SOME SOFTER-ISH SEATING AREAS, BENCH SEATING, AREAS WHERE KIDS CAN, KIND OF, GO HANG OUT WITH A BOOK OR WITH A SMALL GROUP OF STUDENTS AND DO SOME OF THOSE GROUP ACTIVITIES. YOU CAN SEE THE CUBBIES ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE AND SOME IMAGERY THAT IS CUSTOM TO THIS SCHOOL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE VIEWS THAT YOU SEE WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, REALLY COOL IDEAS THAT CAME OUT THROUGH OUR EARLY ITERATIONS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE, KIND OF, GOING WITH SOME FOLIAGE AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF PLANTS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE AREA. THIS IS WHAT THE LIBRARY WOULD LOOK LIKE. ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE

070IT, BUT THERE IS A FIREPLACE THAT WE'RE CARRYING OVER. NICE, NICE. IT WON'T BE FIRE -- LIKE, A REAL FIREPLACE. RISK COMPONENT. BUT THERE WILL BE A FIREPLACE THAT -- IS IT A VIDEO SCREEN? IT COULD BE. YOU'LL HAVE TO SEE. OKAY. SO, IN THE CLASSROOMS, GENERAL CLASSROOM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'LL GET TO FURNITURE LATER. BUT THE CONFIGURATION IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE IN NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE AT THE DISTRICT. SO, WE'VE GOT CUBBIES AND STORAGE WITHIN THE SPACE, A TEACHING WALL WITH WHITE BOARDS AND TECH-ABLE SERVICES. THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE IS A NOOK. SO, THE NOOK AREA THAT WE CREATED AT RIVER GROVE, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT SPACE, IS A NICE LITTLE QUIET AREA. AND EACH CLASSROOM HAS ONE. THIS BUILDING WILL ALSO HAVE A SIMILAR LOCATION IN EACH CLASSROOM. THEY'RE USED

071FOR THE BOOKS, THE, KIND OF, QUIET SPACE FOR ONE OR TWO STUDENTS. EVERY TEACHER SEEMS TO REALLY LOVE THAT SPACE. I THINK I'VE SEEN ONE ACTUALLY TRY TO PUT THEIR DESK THERE. MY SON ACTUALLY, WHEN I TALKED TO THE PRE-K TEACHER TODAY, SHE SAID THAT HE TOOK SOME TIME IN THE NOOK, QUIET SPACE, AND CAME OUT A FEW MOMENTS LATER FEELING MUCH BETTER. YES, REENERGIZED. SO, IT'S USED A LOT, ESPECIALLY FOR MY KID. THAT'S GOOD. AND THAT'S THE PRESENTATION. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE IN HERE THAT GOES INTO MORE DETAIL AROUND THE THEMES THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT. ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT? THAT LOOKS AWESOME. >> THAT LOOKS AMAZING. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE ROOF. WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A ROOF THAT LOOKS LIKE A BUTTERFLY? WELL, THEY THINK IT LOOKS COOL. I

072WANTED IT TO BE A WATER FEATURE THAT ACTUALLY SHEDS WATER INTO THE COURTYARD THAT SHOWS THE STORY OF WATER THAT WE THINK ABOUT -- AND STUFF. BUT THAT'S JUST MY AMBITION. AND THE BACK SIDE IS WATER. SO, THE RAINWATER WILL FLOW DOWN IT? POTENTIALLY. >> INTERESTING. >> AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T FLOW IN THE SCHOOL. A BUNCH OF SNOW THAT'S GOING TO GET ON THERE AND IT'S GOING TO MELT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS -- THAT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING. IT WILL BE. >> IT'S SCIENCE. >> SCIENCE HAPPENING RIGHT THERE. FOR IT. IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS. I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THE TIMELINE. SO, THEN IN FALL OF '26/'27 IS WHEN THE FOREST HILL STUDENTS WILL GO TO UPLANDS. IS THAT RIGHT? THEY'LL

073GO FOR TWO ACADEMIC YEARS. OKAY. >> AND THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE LAKE GROVE PROCEED ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME. SO, ONE AFTER THE OTHER. WE ARE AT THIS POINT SEEING IT AS A FULL TWO-YEAR BUILD. THE CONSTRAINT THAT WE HAVE NOW IS JUST GETTING THROUGH THE PERMITTING SIDE OF THINGS. SURE. >> SO, BEING ABLE TO DO THAT WILL REALLY PREPARE US FOR THE NEXT STEP. THERE IS SOME CONSTRAINTS AT THIS POINT. SOME OF THEM ARE OUT OF OUR HANDS. BUT WE FEEL LIKE WE PUT IN A PRETTY COMPLETE PACKAGE BASED ON OUR RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH RIVER GROVE. WE'RE FEELING FAIRLY CONFIDENT AT THIS POINT. IT'S EXCITING ALSO TO START ON THE SECOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. IT REALLY IS. YEAH. >> IT'S AN EXCITING TIME. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET MORE STUDENT

074INPUT ABOUT THIS BUILDING. SO, ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL SEE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT ARE STUDENT LED IN THE DESIGN. HOPEFULLY IT WON'T MAKE IT TOO CRAZY. I THINK IT --I MEAN, IT IS A UNIQUE SITE IN THAT IT'S SO CLOSE --YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO TIGHT. AND THE TREATS ARE TIGHT. THE CIRCULATION IS A CHALLENGE. SO, JUST REALLY --I MEAN, I'M JUST SO GLAD THAT YOU'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS AND LISTENING TO THEM AND MAKING CHANGES AS NEEDED BECAUSE THAT'S SUPER-IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE HAPPY. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THE COMMON SPACE YOU SHOWED US IS NOT THE SAME TYPE OF SPACE AS RIVER GROVE. IS IT A --CAN IT BE CLOSED OFF? IS IT ADAPTABLE TO --WHAT'S YOUR VISION FOR THE FORM OF THAT SPACE AT FOREST HILLS?

075YEAH. SO, THE SPACE SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE CLOSED OFF. CERTAINLY THE GYM WILL BE ABLE TO BE SECTIONED OFF FROM THE REST OF THE BUILDING AS WELL. I SEE THAT SPACESPACE SERVING MANY PURPOSES FOR THE SCHOOL. THE FIRST, KIND OF, AREA OF CONGREGATION WHEN THEY ENTER THE BUILDING AND THEY, KIND OF, CONVERGE AT THAT POINT. IT REALLY IS, KIND OF, THE HEART OF THE SCHOOL IN A WAY. BUT IT WILL BE ALSO USED FOR PERFORMANCES IN ADDITION TO JUST, YOU KNOW, LUNCH PERIOD. IT ALSO HAS GREAT LINES OF SIGHT. SO, WHEN WE'RE IN CAFETERIA MODE AND WE'RE DOING LUNCH SERVICE, THERE'S KIDS THAT ARE GOING OUTSIDE, KIND OF, AT THE SAME TIME. SO, LIKE RIVER GROVE, WE HAVE THESE WINDOWS AND THESE VIEWS OUT TO THE PLAYGROUND, SO YOU CAN REALLY, KIND OF, LIMIT

076STAFF AND STAFF CAN GO PREPARE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY. THERE'S A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES WITH LINE OF SITES IN THIS BUILDING AS WELL THAT WE TOOK DIRECTLY FROM RIVER GROVE. THERE'S SOME EXTERIOR ENTRANCES THAT WILL GET US INTO THE GYMNASIUM. THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL IDEAS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT MAKE IT INTO --SHOULD I EVEN TALK ABOUT THEM? YEAH. >> SO, IN MUSIC, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPLORING IS AN UPPER WALL THAT WILL OPEN UP TO THE COVERED PLAY SO OUTDOOR CONCERTS CAN HAPPEN. WE DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN AFFORD IT. SO, I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING. BUT IT'S PRETTY COOL. THAT'S A COOL IDEA. THAT'S RIGHT. IT'S A PRETTY COOL IDEA. IF THERE ARE ANY DONORS LISTENING --NO. --OUTDOOR CONCERTS. IT'S KIND OF NEAT. AT THE SCHOOL NOW,

077THE TWO PLAYGROUNDS ON TWO SIDES, THE LITTLE KIDS' PLAYGROUND AND THE BIG KIDS' PLAYGROUND, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOW ONE LARGER PLAYGROUND SPACE SHARED BY EVERYBODY. THERE'S DEFINITELY TWO PLAYGROUNDS. CAN YOU GO BACK TO --I'M SORRY. OH, YEAH. SO, BIG KID PLAYGROUND, LITTLE KID PLAYGROUND. SO, THEY'RE DEFINITELY SEPARATE SPACES. AAH, I GOT YOU. YEP. YEP, YEP, YEP. BOTH HAVE ACCESS TO THE FIELDS? BOTH HAVE ACCESS DIRECTLY TO THE FIELDS. BOTH CAN BE OBSERVED GENERALLY AT THE SAME TIME. DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT. RIGHT. >> I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW AMAZING TONY AND HIS TEAM HAS BEEN. BECAUSE OUR ORIGINAL PLAN HAD THIS BEING THE LITTLE KID PLAYGROUND AND THIS BEING THE BIG KID PLAYGROUND, THIS ONE, AND PEOPLE SAYING, THAT'S NOT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE NOW THE LITTLE KIDS DON'T HAVE

078ACCESS TO THE FIELD. SO, HE WENT BACK AND MOVED THE WHOLE THING AROUND AND MADE IT WORK. AND THAT HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 28 TIMES. SO, WHEN YOU LOOK IN YOUR BOOK -- I SAW THE SKETCHES. --EVERY TIME. >> WHOSE SKETCHES ARE THOSE? HERS. AND OTHER PEOPLE IN HER OFFICE. THEY'RE NOT MY SKETCHES. I SAY THINGS AND THEN THEY MAKE THEM HAPPEN. YOU CAN JUST SEE THE AMOUNT OF DIFFERENT ITERATIONS WE HAD ON THAT IMAGE THAT DIRECTOR WALLIN HAS PULLED UP. AND THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF THEM JUST TO SHOW THE PROCESS. A LOT OF IT STARTED IN THE BEAK. A LOT -->> IT REALLY DID. THE ONE THING THAT I, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD GIVE SOME CRITICISM -- I'M READY. >> I DIDN'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A FALCON'S HEAD BECAUSE THE SITE,

079KIND OF, DID. BUT THE GEOMETRY OF THE BUILDING JUST KIND OF LIMITS OFF TO THAT. PERHAPS THE FOLIAGE WILL GET US THERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WOW. GOOD STUFF. WOW. OKAY. NUTRITIONAL SERVICES UPDATE, 6.3. MR. KETZLER AND MR. CASTRO. CHAIR AIRD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I AM PLEASED THIS EVENING TO BE JOINED BY CHRIS CASTRO, OUR DIRECTOR OF NUTRITION SERVICES, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A UPDATE ON THE EXCITING THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING WITHIN THE PROGRAMMING ASPECTS OF OUR OPERATION. AND CHRIS CONTINUES TO BE A PIONEER OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO IMPLEMENT HEALTHY FOODS, NICE CHOICES AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, LEVERAGED GRANT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS SCHOOL GRANTS. AND AFTER HE SPEAKS, I'LL SPEAK TO THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET.

080THERE'S SOME SOBERING INFORMATION IN THERE. BUT THIS ISN'T WHOLLY NEW TO OUR GROUP SERVICE OPERATION -- BOARD MEMBERS HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU MAY RECALL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. AND WE HAD THE REAL SIGNIFICANT INFUSIONS OF FEDERAL FUNDS INTO OUR FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM. WE HAD TO -- OPERATION ON THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR --AND IT'S LARGELY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OUR LOW FREE AND REDUCED RATE. SO, IT'S KIND OF ONE OF THOSE BLESSINGS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS THAT WE HAVE A RELATIVELY AFFLUENT COMMUNITY. BUT IT DOESN'T PAY DIVIDENDS FOR FOOD SERVICE OPERATION. BUT I'LL LET CHRIS SPEAK BECAUSE HIS PART IS MUCH MORE UPLIFTING THAN MINE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT. I LOVE BEING HERE EVERY DECEMBER. AND I PREPARED A PRESENTATION FOR EVERYONE, SOME COOL PICTURES

081IN THERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROGRAM, WHERE WE'RE AT, AND SOME OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TRY. SO, IT ALL MATTERS. THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE REALLY MADE AN EMPHASIS TO HEAR FROM STUDENTS. WHAT DO THEY WANT ON THE PLATE? WHAT DO THEY WANT TO EAT? WHAT RECIPES ARE POPULAR ON SOCIAL MEDIA? ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO, STUDENT FEEDBACK IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. FOOD ACCESSIBILITY CONTINUES TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN. WE LIKE TO COMMUNICATE TO ALL FAMILIES THE DIFFERENT BENEFITS, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, THAT WE HAVE. AS STUART MENTIONED, OUR FREE AND REDUCED RATE IS THE LOWEST AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE STATE OF OREGON. BUT EVEN THEN WE STILL HAVE FAMILIES THAT DO NEED RESOURCES.

082SO, WE'RE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE. FARM TO SCHOOL GRANTS. WE UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS AS BEST AS WE CAN. BIG FEEDBACK WE GET FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS THEY WANT NICE SALAD BARS, ORGANICS. SO, THIS YEAR WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING A LOT ON THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE IN THE PORTLAND METRO AREA. AND INNOVATION. EVERY MONTH, IF YOU OPEN UP OUR MENUS, YOU WILL SEE A NEW RECIPE, AT LEAST ONE. WE ARE CONSTANTLY TESTING OUT RECIPES WITH STUDENTS, WITH STAFF. WE'RE TRYING EVERYTHING TO GET MORE KIDS INTO OUR KITCHENS TO SEE --TEST OUT OUR FOOD. SO, BIG THING. WE DID MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL FOOD SURVEYS. THERE WAS A LINK THERE. I'M NOT SURE IF Y'ALL HAD A CHANCE TO CLICK ON IT. MAYBE. YOU DID? OKAY. GREAT. SO, IF YOU WERE TO FOLLOW THAT -- NO? PIZZA.

083>> YEAH. SO, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT, IT WAS A PRETTY SHORT SURVEY AND WE ALMOST HAD TO BRIBE STUDENTS TO TAKE THIS SURVEY. WE GAVE THEM LITTLE FRESH- BAKED COOKIES OR GIVE THEM LITTLE JUICES LIKE, HEY, COULD YOU PLEASE JUST DO THIS? IT'LL TAKE, LIKE, A MINUTE. WE DID IT DURING LUNCHTIME. SOME GREAT FEEDBACK IN THERE. AND WE'RE ABLE TO SPLIT IT UP BETWEEN STUDENTS THAT EAT LUNCH AND DON'T EAT LUNCH WITH US, TRYING TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THEY WANT. WHAT DAY IS SARDINE DAY? I'M SORRY. WHAT DAY IS SARDINE DAY? OH, YEAH. I KNOW. --THAT WAY. I LIKE TO FOCUS ON THE DREAMDREAM HIGHLIGHTS. YOU KNOW, PASTA CAME UP QUITE OFTEN, YOU KNOW? AND I WAS OF THE IDEA THAT STUDENTS JUST WEREN'T INTO, LIKE, THE HIGH-CARB TYPE OF ENTREES ANYMORE. BUT IT'S

084A HOT THING RIGHT NOW. AND IF YOU GO ON TIKTOK, YOU DO SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF RECIPES THAT THEY'RE USING, ESPECIALLY, LIKE, WITH PESTO AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO, THAT IS COMING NEXT MONTH AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. WE'RE GOING TO START DOING PASTA BAR DAY. SO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STUDENTS GET A CHOICE OF WHAT PROTEINS THEY WANT, WHAT KIND OF SAUCE THEY WANT. AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT FLOWS WELL. THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE REASONS WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BECAUSE THE WAY OUR KITCHENS WERE DESIGNED A LONG TIME AGO DOESN'T REALLY LEND TO THAT TYPE OF IDEA. BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO GIVE IT A GO. WE HAVE AN IDEA IN PLACE. LEAST FAVORITE ITEMS, BURGER RECIPES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. MAINLY THE PATTY THAT WE'RE USING.

085I THINK KIDDOS ARE JUST OVER IT. SO, WE SWITCHED ON OVER TO A NEW VENDOR. AND THOSE VENDOR PATTYS GOING TO START IN JANUARY AS WELL. PIZZA VARIETY ALSO -- ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, WE HEARD A LOT THAT THEY'RE JUST TIRED OF THE SAME OLD PIZZA. I'VE GOT A SLIDE HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PIZZAS. WE ALSO STARTED OUR STUDENT MEAL COMMITTEE. WE DID ONE AT FOREST HILLS. IT WAS A COMMITTEE OF EIGHT STUDENTS IN FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE KIDDOS. THEY WANT STEAK AND MASHED POTATOES. I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM AS BEST I COULD THAT, YOU KNOW, BUDGETS AND MONEY, AND THEY'RE LIKE, FINE, JUST GIVE US MASHED POTATOES. THEY'RE NOTHING IF NOT REASONABLE. YEAH. IT

086WAS A GOOD TIME. THEY DID GIVE US AN AVERAGE RATING OF 3. 9 OUT OF 5. I DID LINK THE SURVEYS ON THERE AS WELL. IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM. A STUDENT RATED US A 2. I THINK THAT'S WHAT DROPPED IT ALL DOWN. BUT MOST OF THEM WERE 4s AND 5 s. IT WAS A GOOD TIME, THOUGH. WE ALSO HAD THEM TASTE TEST A NEW BREAKFAST BAR THAT WE WANTED TO TRY --WE GIVE THEM THREE DIFFERENT FLAVORS AND THEY CHOSE THEIR TOP TWO. SO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, S'MORES WAS A TOP POPULAR ONE. BUT THE OTHER ONES ARE CINNAMON CRISP. AND THAT ONE IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE. WE CURRENTLY HAVE THOSE ALREADY IN THE SCHOOLS. AND THEN THESE ARE -- I WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE PIZZA LOOKS

087LIKE AND WHAT THE ORANGE CHICKEN LOOKS LIKE. THAT'S ONE OF THE TWO RECIPES THAT CAME UP IN OUR MEAL COMMITTEE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR HOMEMADE PIZZAS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. AND THAT IS ALSO AN ORANGE CHICKEN THAT WE SERVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE ADDED THE VEGETABLES THERE, NOT EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE PART OF THE MEAL. BUT IT'S --WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW THE USDA GUIDELINES. AND THE PIZZA HAS SMILY FRIES HIDDEN UNDERNEATH IT. SO, AGAIN -- FRIES AND PIZZA. THEY COUNT AS A POTATO. WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER ITEMS TO ADD ON THERE, BUT IT'S --IT'S BEEN TOUGH TRYING TO FIND A GOOD VEGETABLE THAT COMPARE WITH SOME OF THESE ITEMS. FOR PASTA ITEMS, WE SOMETIMES ADD STEAMED BROCCOLI AND STUFF LIKE THAT. FOR SOME BURGER DAYS, WE ADD, LIKE, COLESLAW,

088LIKE A COLESLAW SALAD. IT'S -- THE PROBLEM IS THAT A LOT OF IT JUST GOES TO THE TRASH. SO, WE TRY TO MINIMIZE WASTE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE ARE TESTING OUTOUT VEGETABLE RECIPES. SO, I MENTIONED PIZZA EARLIER. WE STARTED A PILOT PROGRAM WITH PIZZA HUT. PIZZA HUT --I BELIEVE THIS USED TO USE IT TEN YEARS AGO, 15 YEARS AGO --A LONG TIME AGO. PIZZA HUT STOPPED THEIR PROGRAM FOR K-12 WHEN COVID HAPPENED, AND THEY JUST RESTARTED IT THIS PAST YEAR. SO, THEY REACHED OUT. WE HAD A TASTING EVENT AT LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL LAST MONTH. IT WENT VERY WELL. A LOT OF STUDENTS WERE VERY MOTIVATED TO SEE IT. AND THEN TODAY WE HAD OUR FIRST OFFICIAL DAY. LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL RAN OUT IN, LIKE, TWO MINUTES. SO, WE'RE DOUBLING OUR ORDER FOR

089THURSDAY. LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL HAD ENOUGH, THANKFULLY. BUT WE'RE STILL MONITORING BOTH OF THOSE PIZZA ORDERS. SO, NO ISSUES THERE. BUT IF IT KEEPS DOING WELL, CURRENTLY WE HAVE IT TWICE A WEEK. BUT WE MIGHT MOVE IT ON OVER TO THREE DAYS A WEEK, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND IT TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN JANUARY. NOT YET TO ELEMENTARY LEVEL JUST BECAUSE OF THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED WITH IT. THERE'S ONLY TWO PIZZA HUT LOCATIONS IN THE AREA THAT CAN PROVIDE US SERVICES. SO, WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK OUT A VERY GOOD SCHEDULE WITH THEM. BUT IT'S NOT OFF THE TABLE. WHAT'S THE CALORIE COUNTCOUNT PIZZA HUT'S PIZZA? SO, IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE ONE THAT WE HAVE. OH. >> YEAH. AND THE REASON BEING IS THE DOUGH THAT THEY USE, IT'S THEIR PROPRIETARY DOUGH. SO, IT'S JUST A

090LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND THEN THE CHEESE THAT WE USE. WE PUT A POUND OF CHEESE ON EACH ONE OF THOSE PIZZA SLICES. THEY DO THE SAME, BUT HONESTLY I THINK IT'S JUST THE INGREDIENT --LIKE THE TYPE OF CHEESE THAT THEY HAVE THEMSELVES. YEAH. IT'S --I DO HAVE NUTRITIONALS, THOUGH, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THOSE FOR ANYBODY THAT NEEDS THEM. AND DO WE HAVE TO BRAND IT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE, DOES IT HAVE TO SAY PIZZA HUT? WE DON'T, BUT --WELL, I MEAN, SO PERSONALLY I LOVE IT. PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME KNOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS. --LOOKING AT ME IN THE BACK. I WOULD SAY, STUDENTS, THEY LOVE BRANDS. IT'S FUNNY ENOUGH. TODAY I HAD A MEETING WITH STUDENTS FROM LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL WHO WANTED TO BRING ON CHIK-FIL-A FRIDAY OF

091NEXT WEEK. AND I HAD TO EXPLAIN TO THEM HOW COMPETITIVE FOODS WORK WITH NSLP. AND I COULD TELL THAT THEY WERE JUST LIKE --SO, SORRY. WHOLE GRAIN, REDUCED SODIUM, YOU KNOW, REDUCED FATS. SO, IT'S --I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I ALSO MYSELF WOULD NOT LIKE TO GO THAT ROUTE. BUT LOOKING AT THE NUTRITIONALS AND TASTING THE PIZZA MYSELF, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, I'LL LET IT --I'LL LET IT HAPPEN. WELL, IF IT'S HEALTHY, I'M DOWN WITH THAT. IT'S STILL THE WHOLE GRAIN DOUGH. WE'RE NOT USING THE TOSSED DOUGH. THEY DID GIVE US THE OPTION AND WE HAVE THAT OPTION AVAILABLE TO US THROUGH USDA, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT FOR PIZZA, FOR THAT ONE. WE HELD FARMER MARKET APPLE TASTING EVENTS, ONE AT FOREST HILLS AND ONE AT LAKE

092GROVE. THAT WAS TONS OF FUN. WE HAD KIDDOS TRY DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLE. WE HAD GALA, FUJI. WE EVEN GOT SOME CRIMSON PEARS FROM HOOD RIVER ORGANICS. COOL. IT WAS COOL. A LOT OF KIDS WERE LIKE, I DON'T WANT THE PEAR. JUST GIVE IT A LITTLE BITE, JUST A LITTLE ONE, YOU KNOW? AND IT WAS A GOOD TIME. IT WAS REALLY FUN. AND WE PLAN TO DO THE REST COME SPRINGTIME. PROBABLY WON'T DO APPLES. PROBABLY DO SOME SORT OF, LIKE, BERRY EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO, WHERE ARE WE AT PARTICIPATION, RIGHT? OUR BREAKFAST IS UP. OUR BREAKFAST IS UP AS A WHOLE. IT'S UP 1%. I JUST RAN THE NUMBERS FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER, AND IT'S ACTUALLY MUCH HIGHER THAN THAT. IT'S UP, LIKE, ABOUT 3% IN THE LAST

093MONTH OR SO. SO, THAT'S GOOD TO SEE. LUNCH PARTICIPATION AS A WHOLE, WE'RE AT 29.9. IT'S A HALF PERCENTAGE INCREASE AS OF LAST YEAR. I JUST RAN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER, AND IT'S ACTUALLY A FULL 1 1/2% HIGHER. THE ISSUE THAT I'VE BEEN NOTICING --AND I WROTE IT THERE -- IS LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL HAS HAD A 2% DROP. AND THAT HAS REALLY HURT US OVER THERE. AND SO HAS RIVER GROVE. BUT LAKERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL RECEIVED INCOMING SIXTH GRADERS FROM RIVER GROVE. THEIR PARTICIPATION HAS INCREASED QUITE A BIT. AND WE ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE FACT THAT RIVER GROVE HAS FREE MEALS FOR ALL. AND THOSE STUDENTS CONTINUED EATING WITH US AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. SO, IT'S BEEN GREAT TO SEE. AND IN CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD, THEY SAY, WE LIKE THE FOOD. YOU KNOW? AND WE'VE

094BEEN WORKING WITH THE STAFF AT LAKERIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO MAKE SURE THOSE LINES MOVE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. UNFORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE A LOT OF LINE CUTTERS, SO WE HAVE TO MANAGE THAT AS BEST WE CAN. BUT IT'S BEEN GOOD TO SEE THAT. NEW RECIPES AND PART OF THE SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS WE'RE DOING. ON THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE OUR NEW --I'M SORRY IF I SAY THIS WRONG --BIB AND BOP RECIPE. IT'S A KOREAN FUSION TYPE OF BOWL. IT'S GOT DIFFERENT VEGETABLES, RICE. AND AGAIN I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS, THE SAUCE --SAUCE. IT'S REALLY GOOD. KIDS LOVE IT. IN THE MIDDLE, YOU HAVE OUR TOFU RECIPE WITH SOME RICE AND VEGETABLES. THAT IS OTE TOFU FROM HERE IN PORTLAND. AND TO THE RIGHT IS ALSO OUR CRUNCHY TACOS, USING OTA TOFU'S TACO CRUMBLE. IT'S JUST

095TOFU, BUT IT'S PRETTY GOOD. WE HAD TO MAKE A CHANGE OVER TO THEIR TACO CRUMBLE DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE OTHER COMPANY THAT WE'RE USING DISCONTINUED THEIR ITEM. BUT IT'S BEEN A GOOD CHANGE SO FAR. DOUGHNUTS AND SOME FUN STUFF. SO, I HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEETING A MONTH WITH STUDENTS THAT THEY WANT TO BRING IN BOBA TEA OR THEY WANT TO BRING IN KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS. SO, I HAD TO COME UP WITH AN IDEA TO HELP THEM DO THEIR FUNDRAISING EVENTS. SO, THAT IS A WHOLE GRAIN DOUGHNUT. IT'S 51% WHOLE GRAIN. AND IT MEETS SMART SNACK REQUIREMENTS, I PROMISE YOU. AND THEN ALL WE DO IS JUST DRESS IT UP A LITTLE BIT FOR THEM, RIGHT? SO, YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF SUGAR, BUT WE TRY TO KEEP --IT'S NOT THAT MUCH.

096IT'S VERY, VERY LITTLE, TO WHERE WE CAN STILL MEET OUR SMART SNACK REQUIREMENTS. AND IT HELPS OUT STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THEIR FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR THEIR GROUPS OR FOR THEIR CLUBS. AND ON THE RIGHT, WE DID OUR LITTLE GHOST PARFAITS. SO, WE'VE GOT LITTLE EYES AND WE DRESSED UP LITTLE PARFAITS FOR STUDENTS. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLERS LOVED IT. THEY THOUGHT IT WAS FUN. SO, WE DID THE SAME FOR PIZZAS FOR OUR HALLOWEEN WEEK. AND WE JUST TRY TO HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS WE CAN WHEN IT COMES TO VALENTINE'S WEEK, I'VE ALREADY GOT SOME IDEAS. BUT FIRST I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALL WORKS FIRST. BUT IT'LL BE SOME FUN STUFF. AND THEN WE JUST GOT OUR O.D.E. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. IT CONCLUDED --WELL, TECHNICALLY IT'S STILL OPEN UNTIL THE 10th. BUT THE

097ON-SITE REVIEW PORTION HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. SO FAR EVERYTHING HAS TURNED OUT GREAT. NO FISCAL ACTIONS. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WAS SOUND. WE HAD FOUR MINOR FINDINGS, AND TWO OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY BEEN CORRECTED. AND THE OTHER TWO JUST REQUIRES FURTHER DOCUMENTATION THAT'S GOING TO BE SENT TO O.D.E. BY TOMORROW. SO, THAT SHOULD BE OKAY. I HAD ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM OUR CMP SPECIALIST. I'M GOING TO READ THAT OUT. SO, IT SAYS STUDENTS HAVE FOOD OPTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM AND REVIEWERS NOTED THAT FOOD PRESENTATION WAS EXCELLENT. --FOODS ARE AVAILABLE TO APPEAL TO DIFFERENT CULTURAL NEEDS, INCLUDING VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN OPTIONS. SALAD BARS WERE WELL STOCKED AND COLORFUL, RESULTING IN STUDENTS CHOOSING TO TAKE A VARIETY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. SO, OUR REVIEWERS WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH OUR KITCHENS AND OUR STAFF. AND I WANTED TO BRAG

098THAT A LITTLE BIT. THAT'S GREAT. AWESOME. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. >> ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE SLIDES? WHEN YOU'VE CONCLUDED, I WAS GOING TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. BUT WE CAN PAUSE HERE AND SEE IF YOU HAD ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRIS. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A QUICK COMMENT. I LOVE SEEING --MY KIDS ARE AT RIVER GROVE WHERE THEY'RE ABLE TO GET THE FREE LUNCH, WHICH WORKS OUT GREAT FOR ME AS A PARENT. I LOVE TO BE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO PACK A LUNCH. BUT IT REALLY MADE ME HAPPY TO SEE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY VEGAN AND TOFU OPTIONS. I'M VEGETARIAN. MY KIDS ARE NOT REALLY, BUT I LOVE THAT THEY CAN PICK. YOU KNOW? AND THAT JUST MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY. AND I'VE HEARD COMMUNITY MEMBERS TALK ABOUT IT TO

099ME, ABOUT ARE THERE VEGETARIAN OPTIONS? I CAN SAY CONFIDENTLY, YEAH, LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE. IT'S LOADED. RAILLY I REALLY LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. >> GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE CREATIVITY. YOU KNOW, YOUR CONSTANT COMMITMENT TO TRYING NEW THINGS AND INVOLVING OUR STUDENTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IS TO IMPORTANT. SO, YEAH, EVERY TIME YOU COME, I'M AMAZED BY THE BEAUTIFUL COLORS AND VARIETY THAT I SEE. THANK YOU. >> AND DITTO TO ALL OF THAT. IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR HOW MANY TIMES YOU SAID THE WORD "FUN. " OH. >> IN YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES, IN THESE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES, LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE WORKING FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. AND IT SEEMS TO BE A BIG FOCUS FOR YOU. I THINK THAT'S AMAZING AND AWESOME. THANK YOU.

100YEAH. WE DEFINITELY TRY. I TRY TO REMIND MY STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK. WE HAVE PAPERWORK. WE HAVE INVENTORY. WE HAVE FOOD COST, LABOR ISSUES. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, OUR MAIN FOCUS SHOULD ALWAYS BE FEEDING STUDENTS. AND I TELL THEM THAT AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE TELLING ME THEIR ISSUES. I'M LIKE, IT'S OKAY. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. HEALTH INSPECTOR IS COMING. IT'S GOING TO BE FINE. JUST TAKE A BREATH. I'LL SHARE A QUICK LITTLE STORY. WHEN WE HAD A REVIEW TWO WEEKS AGO FROM O.D.E. , WE HAD AN OPENING CONFERENCE WITH OUR SPECIALISTS. SO, WE SIT DOWN, AND NOT EVEN A IN, I GET A CALL FROM NOAH, THE PRINCIPAL AT PALISADES. HE'S JUST CALLING MY PHONE. HE WON'T STOP CALLING. AND HE

101NEVER DOES THIS. I PICK UP. I'M LIKE, HEY, TIFFANY, OUR COOK, SHE CUT HER FINGER. SO, I HAD TO DEAL WITH THAT WHILE I HAD MY O.D.E. PERSON IN FRONT OF ME. AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE CARE OF IT, HANDLE IT. AND SHE'S LIKE, DON'T YOU NEED TO GO TAKE CARE OF THAT. I WAS LIKE, I JUST DID. SHE'S LIKE, IT'S FINE. YOU DID THAT SO CALMLY. I'M LIKE, YEAH, WE HAVE TO BE THAT WAY WITH OUR STAFF. THAT'S HOW EVERYBODY IS HERE IN OUR DEPARTMENT. WE'RE CALM. WE HANDLE IT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FEED KIDS. THAT'S WHAT WE DO. AND THAT WAS A GOOD WAY TO OPEN IT UP, YOU KNOW? AND OBVIOUSLY RIGHT AFTER THE MEETING, I CALLED MY STAFF LIKE, HEY, ARE YOU OKAY? SHE WAS FINE. THANKFULLY. VERY COOL. >> NOW

102WE GET TO THE OTHER PART. BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS I WOULD WANT TO NOTE IN RELATION TO THE ADMIN REVIEW, THAT ONE OF THE FINDINGS -- I'M ACTUALLY QUITE ANNOYED THAT O.D.E. CALLED IT A FINDING BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ERROR ON THE NUTRIENT COMPONENT OF ONE OF THE SERVINGS. BUT IT WASN'T OUR ERROR. IT WAS THE ERROR THAT THE MANUFACTURER MADE. AND O.D.E. HAS NOW TASKED CHRIS WITH REVIEWING OUR MANUFACTURER'S WORK, EVEN THOUGH THE CERTIFICATIONS THAT THE MANUFACTURER HAS PUT IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN THAT THEY ARE --YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT'S IN THEIR FOOD IS BEING CERTIFIED WITH THESE MANUFACTURING SERVICES. I HAVEN'T FOLLOWED UP WITH O.D.E. BECAUSE I WANT TO CLOSE THE ADMIN REVIEW AND GET THE ACCOLADES, WHICH ARE DUE, CHRIS CONCLUDED THERE. SO, THERE'S TWO SPECIFIC QUOTES

103THAT I WANTED TO READ OUT THAT CHRIS IS TOO HUMBLE TO SAY HIMSELF. BUT THEY SAID THAT THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT TEAM HAS STRONG KNOWLEDGE OF CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIZING TRAINING. ROBUST SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS ARE MET AND STAFF ARE WELL TRAINED IN THEIR DUTIES. THEN IT GOES ON A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND IT SAYS, WONDERFUL JOB, LAKE OSWEGO TEAM. I DOUBT -- I DOUBT VERY MUCH THAT THE O.D.E. CMP TEAM, CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM TEAM, SAYS THAT A LOT IN ALL OF THESE ROUTES. THESE ARE VERY IN DEPTH. THEY GO IN AND IT'S MOREMORE KICKING THE WHEELS. THEY, YOU KNOW, REALLY GO IN AND REVIEW THE DOCUMENTATION THAT RELATES TO OUR FOODS THAT ARE SERVED IN TERMS OF THE NUTRITIONAL COMPONENTS, THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE NSLP REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERLY

104TRACKING AND CLAIMING MEALS WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO REIMBURSEMENT. SO, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT A SMALL EFFORT ON CHRIS' PART AND HIS TEAM'S PART TO RESULT IN THIS OUTCOME. I ONLY CONSIDER IT THREE FINDINGS PERSONALLY. BUT HAVING SAID THAT, I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO THE INFORMATION IN YOUR PACKET THAT IS A SUMMARY OF OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES FOR THE PRE-SERVICE FUND FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND FOCUS PRIMARILY ON THE TWO COLUMNS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL '24/'25 AND THEN OUR BUDGETED FOR '25/'26. YOU WILL NOTE THE ACTUALS FOR '24/'25, THAT THERE IS AN OPERATING DEFICIT OF JUST OVER $330,000, WHICH IS NOT SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG-TERM, NOR EVEN IN THE MIDTERM. BUT WE DID HAVE THE BENEFIT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT A COUPLE OF

105THE PRIOR YEARS, ESPECIALLY '21/'22, AND WE HAD, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ALL STUDENTS IN THE BUILDINGS, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE FREE MEALS TO ALL OF THEM. SO, OUR PARTICIPATION RATE WAS VERY HIGH. I DON'T RECALL WHAT IT WAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. '21/22? >> YEAH. IT WAS 48%, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH. SO, THAT JUST SPEAKS TO HOW WHEN YOU HAVE A CAPTURED BASE, WHAT THAT DOES FOR YOUR BOTTOM LINE. SO, WHEN I OPENED MY COMMENTS TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR LOW FREEFREE REDUCED RATE --WHICH I THINK DISTRICT- WIDE IS SOMETHING LIKE 14, 15% RIGHT NOW. IT'S 14.5, YEAH. YEAH. THAT PUTS US AT A SIGNIFICANT DISADVANTAGE COMPARED TO DISTRICTS THAT HAVE HIGH FREE AND REDUCED RATES, WHERE THEY HAVE A REAL STRONG CAPTURED CLIENTELE THAT'S GOING TO EAT THEIR LUNCHES AND BREAKFASTS

106FAIRLY REGULARLY. AND HOW, YOU KNOW, SO MUCH IN FOOD SERVICE, ESPECIALLY IN SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE, IS THAT VOLUME AND THE PENNIES THAT CAN ADD UP THE MORE MEALS YOU SERVE. SO, CHRIS' FOCUS IS ON INCREASING OUR PARTICIPATION RATES. AS HE NOTED, WE'RE RIGHT AROUND 30% RIGHT NOW. IF WE GOT UP CLOSE TO 40%, WE WOULD PROBABLY DO BETTER THAN BREAK EVEN. BUT THAT'S NOT A SMALL, YOU KNOW, JUMP FROM WHERE WE ARE. BUT HE'S DOING THE RIGHT THINGS TO HELP GET US THERE BY FOCUSING ON, YOU KNOW, HEALTHY FOODS, SURVEYING STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT APPEALS TO THEM, AND THEN TRYING TO EDUCATE AS WELL IN THE SENSE THAT HE DOES OPERATE WITHIN SIGNIFICANT CONSTRAINTS. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW USDA GUIDELINES. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIABLE. WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION TO WAVE THOSE REQUIREMENTS UNLESS

107WE WANTED TO WAVE USDA IN THIS HEALTHY PARTICIPATION SYSTEM-WIDE. WHICH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE A LARGE SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT WE WOULD GIVE OUT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S -- FOR THIS LAST YEAR, IT WAS OVER $600,000 IN USDA REIMBURSEMENTS AND THEN ANOTHER 155,000 IN COMMODITIES ON TOP OF IT. BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GLOSS OVER THE FACT THAT THE PROGRAM DID HAVE A FAIRLY LARGE OPERATING DEFICIT THIS LAST YEAR. CHRIS IS ALREADY IDENTIFYING WAYS TO REDUCE COSTS AND THEN AGAIN INCREASE PARTICIPATION THIS YEAR. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DID DO PROGRAM-WISE IN, YOU KNOW, FOLLOWING THE '21/'22 YEAR WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD UP A PRETTY LARGE FUND BALANCE WITH THAT REAL HIGH LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION THAT YEAR, SUCH AS ADDING DAYS TO SOME OF OUR STAFF, ADDING HOURS

108TO SOME OF OUR LOCATIONS, THAT WE'LL HAVE TO REVISIT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'LL HAVE TO BE DONE CERTAINLY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF STILL WANTING TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, REAL NUTRITIOUS MEALS THAT APPEAL TO OUR STUDENTS. BUT THERE IS A FINANCIAL REALITY HERE THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED. AND NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, DIRECTOR WALLIN RECALLED THIS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE HAD THE, KIND OF, INJECTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOLLOWING THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS DISCUSSION AT THE BOARD LEVEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW IN RELATION TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THAT TIME WAS WILLING TO MAKE TO --AS AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT IN FOOD SERVICE OPERATIONS EACH YEAR TO HELP GROW THAT PARTICIPATION RATE. AND AT THAT TIME, IT WAS $100,000 A YEAR. I THINK I'M RECALLING THAT CORRECTLY, DR. WALLIN. YEAH. >>

109SO, WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN PROBABLY THIS NEXT SPRING, AS WE LOOK AT OUR '26/'27 BUDGET. CERTAINLY MR. CASTRO'S NOTED THAT HE'S DOING THINGS TO IMPROVE PARTICIPATION RATES, MINDFUL OF, YOU KNOW, FISCAL REALITIES THAT WE WORK IN. BUT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WILL BUILD INCREMENTALLY SUCH THAT THERE WILL BE INVESTMENTS NEEDED, WHETHER IT'S GOING TO BE IN '26/'27 OR '27/'28, BUT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THAT, I BELIEVE, IS PART OF OUR FUTURE. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO, KIND OF, HIGHLIGHT ON THIS. YOU'LL NOTE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE RISING COSTS. BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, REFLECTIVE OF THE HIGH LEVELS OF INFLATION. THAT'S NOT ONLY WE BUT PRETTYPRETTY EVERYONE HAS EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND IT'S

110NOT, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTED JUST TO THE PRODUCTS THAT WE ACQUIRE FOR SERVING MEALS TO OUR KIDS. BUT ALSO IN LABOR COSTS. THAT'S INCREASED. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR LAKE OSWEGO DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS THAT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, EASILY OUT-MANAGE SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES. WE'RE CERTAINLY GOING TO WORK AT IT. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. REGARD TO THE BUDGET. SO, YOU HAVE A BUDGET NUMBER IN HERE FOR THIS YEAR, 1,625,000 FOR FOOD SALES. DO WE KNOW --CAN WE CORRELATE THAT TO PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATION? IS THERE A --IN OTHER WORDS, WE WANTED TO KEEP AN EYE ON WHAT IS 1.625 REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EATING. DO WE HAVE ANY? SO, THAT WOULD INCLUDE PARTICIPATION AND IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE ALL SMARTS --SALES. THAT --

111I'M NOT SURE HOW --I THINK THAT NUMBER PROBABLY REPRESENTS AN INCREASE IN PERCENTAGE OF PARTICIPATION, AND PROBABLY -- LOW 30% RANGE WOULD BE MY BROAD WAG. AND WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW? 28.98. SO, WE'RE RIGHT THERE. SMARTS AND --HAVE INCREASED QUITE A BIT THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVELS. PRINCIPAL COLLIER HERE STOPPED ALLOWING STUDENTS TO DO DOOR DASH AND THOSE TYPE OF SERVICES. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT AS WELL. WE'VE SEEN AN UPTICK IN STUDENTS. BUT THEY JUST WANT TO PURCHASE SMART SNACKS, WHICH IS FINE, FINE WITH US. WE ALSO ADDED ANOTHER CART FOR SERVICE HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT'S IN THE END OF THE HALLWAY. SO, THAT'S ALSO INCREASED OUR SALES. AND WE HAVE PLANS TO START THAT AT LAKERIDGE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. WE'VE

112PILOTED A FEW TIMES, BUT THERE ARE SOME LABOR ISSUES WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET IT GOING. IS THERE DOORDASH AT LAKERIDGE? I DO NOT DOORDASH, SO I'M NOT SURE. I KNOW THERE WAS. I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE STILL DOING IT. THAT'S AN INTERESTING POLICY DECISION ON INCREASING REVENUE FOR OUR FOOD PROGRAM. AND ADDRESSING LITE OF OTHER ISSUES. I LIKE IT. ALL THE RANDOS IN THE HALLWAYS AND WALKING AROUND. A MANAGEMENT HEADACHE. I'M SURE. YEAH, I MEAN, MR. KETZLER, YOU POINTED OUT, WE WANTED TO INVEST. WE MADE THAT -- AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO SEE HAPPEN WAS PARTICIPATION RATE INCREASE. THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN SUSTAIN IT IS TO KEEP BUILDING IT FORWARD. AND I THINK, MR. CASTRO, YOU'RE DOING AMAZING WORK JUST GETTING PEOPLE INTERESTED.

113AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A CULTURE OF PEOPLE BRINGING LUNCH OR NOT WANTING TO AT AA OF THE SCHOOLS. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT CAN START TO CHANGE. YOU KNOW, IT'S CHANGING. SO, THAT'S GREAT. SO, TOO, WHEN I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS PRE-COVID ERA, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTICIPATION AS A WHOLE WAS IN THE LOW 20s. SO, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO 30s IS REALLY GOOD. WE'RE STILL NOT FULLY THERE YET. BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE JUST WANT THE KIDS GOING OVER AND SAYING, WOW, I'M DOING LUNCH AT SCHOOL. IT'S GREAT. THE PARENTS SEEM TO BELIEVE IT THAT IT'S HEALTHY AND GOOD. IT'S ALWAYS AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE. IS THERE A COMPARABLE MODEL SCHOOL THAT YOU LOOK AT? SO, SOME SCHOOLS LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, FOR ACADEMICS OR WHATNOT. IS

114THERE A SCHOOL AND A PARTICIPATION RATE THAT YOU, KIND OF --IT? THE NEAREST HERE IN OREGON WOULD BE SHERWOOD SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY HAVE ONE SITE THAT'S CEP, FREE MEALS FOR ALL. AND I TALKED TO THAT FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR QUITE OFTEN. AND IN CONVERSATIONS, SHE HAS THE SAME ISSUES BUDGET-WISE. AND I BELIEVE HER SUPERVISORS ARE --I'M NOT GOING TO SAY OKAY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW. BUT THEY HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT. IT'S FUNNY ENOUGH, I'VE BEEN GIVING HER IDEAS, LIKE THE VEGAN ITEMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. AND THEN OTHER SHE SHARED SMART STACK IDEAS WITH ME. WE DO TALK QUITE OFTEN. AND THEN I KNOW THAT THERE'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN TEXAS JUST BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I RKED FOR A WHILE. ANIMAL HEIGHTS IN SAN ANTONIO. AND THEY'RE PRETTY SIMILAR TO US AS WELL. SO, SOMETIMES I'LL

115SNOOP AT THEIR MENUS. OKAY. WHAT ARE THEY DOING OVER THERE, YOU KNOW? AND I DO THAT ACTUALLY WITH ALL OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AROUND HERE, BEIBERTON, WESTLAND. I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT THEIR IDEAS. I'M PART OF THE OSNA, OREGON SCHOOL NUTRITION ASSOCIATION, SO WE'RE ALWAYS SHARING IDEAS TO SEE WHAT CAN HELP OUT. AND YEAH. OUR DISTRICT, SHAREWOOD, AND WESTLAND, ARE THE ONLY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT ARE NOT FULL CEP IN OREGON. SO, ALL THREE OF US, WE --WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW THAT STILL HAVE SOME OF THESE BUDGET ISSUES. IS THERE A TARGET I WOULD LIKE TO SEE LOSD HIT THIS PARTICIPATION RATE? YOU KNOW, I THINK LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THIS MEETING, I TOLD YOU 35, 36%. SADLY, I THINK THE HIGHEST WE GOT WAS 31%. BUT THEN WE DIDN'T HIT THAT UNTIL ABOUT APRIL.

116BUT THIS PAST NOVEMBER, WE HIT 31, YOU KNOW? SO, IT'S LOOKING GOOD. I HOPE WE CAN REACH THAT TARGET BY APRIL OR MAY. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT SMART SNACK SALES ARE QUITE UP. THAT HELPS. WE'VE BEEN MAKING A LOT OF CHANGES TO OUR MENUS, SALAD BAR, REDUCING OUR WASTE, PRODUCE WASTE, MAKING DEALS WITH SOME OF OUR VENDORS. BEEN ORDERING IN LARGER PACK SIZES IN ORDER TO REDUCE OUR FREIGHT COSTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SWITCHING TO --ONLY ACTUALLY HELPED US. WE'VE MOVED AWAY FROM SOME OF PLASTIC ITEMS. SO, THAT'S BEEN A WIN. HAVING OUR OWN TRANSPORT VAN ACTUALLY HELPS US AS WELL. BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO JUST MOVE THE ITEMS OURSELVES. WE'RE ABLE TO, LIKE I SAID, ORDER PALLETS SO WE CAN TRANSPORT THAT AS OPPOSED TO WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE A VAN, WE

117HAD TO THINK ABOUT OKAY LET'S THINK ABOUT FACILITIES. WILL THEY EVEN BE ABLE TO HELP US? NO. SO, BUYING IT DIRECT PALLET IS ACTUALLY MORE AFFORDABLE FOR US. SO, WHENEVER WE SEE THAT, WE MAKE A DEAL WITH THE VENDOR. AWESOME. VERY COOL. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> I AM GOING TO SUGGEST THAT WE MAYBE TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD SUCH A ROBUST AND FULL TOPIC FOR A WHILE. SO, I'M GOING TO DO A TEMPORARY ADJOURNMENT, AND LET'S COME BACK AT 7:56, PLEASE. 7:58 P.M. , THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING A SHORT BREAK. EDUCATIONAL DATA. MR. BAILEY. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TONIGHT I'M HERE TO SHARE SOME DATA FOR YOU. I HAVE FOUR SLIDES, SO I'LL TRY TO MOVE SWIFTLY THROUGH

118IT. FIRST SLIDE IS ABOUT THE ACADEMIC --IN OUR FOUR SCHOOLS. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE --KIND OF THE SAME FROM LAST YEAR. IT'S A VERY EFFECTIVE ACADEMIC PROGRAM FOR OUR KIDS. THERE WE GO. THE CLASS IS FLEXIBLE, DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS. YOU CAN SEE THE LIST OF THE THING THAT THEY WORK ON IN CLASSES IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. GREAT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE ASC TEACHERS AND OUR GENERAL ED TEACHERS. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT 360 STUDENTS IN GRADES 6 THROUGH 12 FROM LAST YEAR WHO TOOK THAT CLASS. THEY DO A NICE JOB OF ENROLLING THE RIGHT KIDS, MAKING SURE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A PROCESS WITH TEAMS, FOR ACADEMIC NEEDS. GO THROUGH THE DATA. A LOT OF NUMBERS UP THERE. OVER THE YEARS, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN MORE MALE THAN FEMALE IN

119THE PROGRAM. A LOT OF --THIS PROGRAM IS REALLY DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS ON A 504. SO, IT'S HEAVILY POPULATED BY STUDENTS ON A 504. BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGES OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER THE YEARS OF THE NUMBERS. EACH SCHOOL HAS ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX SECTIONS OF THIS GOING ON. BUT IT REALLY IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN VERY INFLUENTIAL, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, FOR OUR GRADUATION RATE, HELPING SUPPORTING KIDS. NINTH GRADER ON-TRACK. THIS SHOWS NINTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLETED SIX CREDITS BY THE END OF THEIR NINTH GRADE YEAR. DATA IS A VERY STRONG INDICATOR OF OUR GRADUATION RATE, WHICH IS USUALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THIS IS AT. NOT A BAD --98% LAST YEAR WERE ON TRACK. SCHOOLS TAKE THE DATA TO WORK

120WITH THEM OVER THE SUMMERTIME IN OUR PROGRAM OR ALIGN THEIR TENTH GRADE SCHEDULE UP SO THEY GET BACKGROUND TRACK IMMEDIATELY, NOT WAITING UNTIL THEIR SECOND SEMESTER OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR, THINKING -- CREDITS. MR. BAILEY, SO THE STARS ARE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA. THAT IS CORRECT. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH STUDENTS IN THAT GROUP. OKAY. AND THE NUMBERS, DEMOGRAPHICALLY, I THINK HELPS WITH --THOSE NUMBERS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS ON AN IEP MOVED UP, DOING WELL. STUDENTS ON A 504. SO, OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING VERY WELL WITH IT. IT'S A VERY SMALL POPULATION THAT WE'RE TRACKING. WE DIDN'T -- SIX CREDITS. WHAT'S THE NUMBER THAT DOESN'T GET -- O.D.E. USES 10. 10? >> LESS THAN 10. OKAY. ATTENDANCE. THIS IS REGULAR ATTENDERS WHO HAVE ATTENDED MORE THAN 90% OF THE SCHOOL DAYS THAT HAVE BEEN

121ENROLLED. WE HAVE A SLIGHT INCREASE. BUT WE HAVE --LAGGING IN EACH OF THE GRADE LEVELS. SCHOOLS ARE TRACKING KIDS CAREFULLY, KIDS WHO ARE BELOW 80% TO 90%, KIDSKIDS GET BELOW 80%. -- PUT SOMETHING OUT IN THE CURRENT TIMES. ATTENDANCE IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S JUST A SLOW ONE TO HELP IMPROVE. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, AS WE WERE WAY AHEAD OF THE STATE AVERAGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, 82% -- I DON'T KNOW. WHY DON'T YOU GUYS GO TO SCHOOL? YOUR TARGET DEMO RIGHT HERE. YEAH. >> WE'LL TRY HARDER. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, YEAH, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE ONES THE SCHOOLS WORK REALLY HARD AT, AND IT'S EASY TO MISS SCHOOL. AND A LOT OF ISSUES STILL WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND ANXIETY AND ENCOURAGING KIDS TO, YOU KNOW, STAY HOME IF THEY'RE SICK. REGULAR -- COULD

122YOU JUST DEFINE REGULAR ATTENDERS? 90%. IF THEY'VE BEEN IN SCHOOL 90% OF THE TIME. I SEE. OKAY. SO, 60% -- I'LL CHOOSE A BETTER ONE. SO, 87 OR 86.5% OF SIXTH GRADERS ARE ATTENDING 90% OF THE TIME. YES. OKAY. >> SO, I UNDERSTAND THE 11th GRADE, 12th GRADE DROPOFF BECAUSE IT'S SENIOR-ITIS, HAVE A JOB, WHAT HAVE YOU. EIGHTH GRADE SEEMS A LITTLE ODD BECAUSE EVERY YEAR IT'S THE OUTLIER. ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT? I ASKED CURT THAT EARLIEREARLIER WEEK OR LAST WEEK, AND HE DIDN'T KNOW EITHER. YEAH. IT IS AN ODD DATA POINT. DO YOU THINK THEY'RE GETTING READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL SO THEY'RE LIKE, DO IT NOW? I'M NOT SAYING THEYTHEY SHOULD. JUST GETTING READY, NOT GOING. WELL, LIKE PARENTS PULLING KIDS OUT BECAUSE OF, LIKE, I'LL DO IT NOW INSTEAD OF IN HIGH SCHOOL

123BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT --I DON'T -- IT IS INTERESTING, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT COMES TO MIND. THAT'S CONSISTENT YEAR OVER YEAR, YEAH. IS THERE THIS BELIEF THAT EIGHTH GRADE ISN'T GOING TO BE AS IMPORTANT THEN AS HIGH SCHOOL SO THEREFORE I'LL DO THE BIG TRIP TO EUROPE --I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SAYING --IT'S JUST REALLY INTERESTING AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IF IT'S -- NO, I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE THOUGH. A LOT OF --MY BROTHERS JUST CAME OUT OF EIGHTH GRADE AND A LOT OF HIS FRIENDS WERE MISSING FOR, LIKE, HALF THE YEAR BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT ON A CONVENT. OKAY. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE LAKE OSWEGO, BUT I KNOW LAKERIDGE HAD SUPER-LUNCH THING A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR, LIKE, WHICHEVER GRADE HAD THE, LIKE, THE BEST ATTENDANCE

124WOULD GET AN EXTRA-LONG LUNCH. I WAS WONDERING IF THAT HAD --OR IF THERE'S ANY DATA IN THE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF MONTHS TO SEE IF THAT HAS IN TANGIBLE EFFECTS ON INCREASED ATTENDANCE. I HAVE NOT SEEN IT, BUT I'LL ASK. WHAT GRADE? >> IT WAS JUNIOR YEAR. IT'S ALWAYS THE --AT THE JUNIORS. CHRIS IS QUITE EXCITED. WAS THAT TARDIES? I THOUGHT THAT WAS BASED ON TARDIES, NOT ON ABSENCES. I THINK IT WAS TARDIES. THEY WERE HAVING -- THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO MAKE SURE KIDS GET TO CLASS -- HONESTLY, MAYBE, YEAH. I DO THINK THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER GOOD IDEA TO TRY TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT 90% --THAT'S ABOUT 12 DAYS OF SCHOOL. SO, THAT MEANS THAT MANY DAYS THEY HAVE --YOU CAN BE GONE UP TO 12 DAYS AND

125STILL BE FINE. RIGHT. AND YOU CAN BE GONE FOR 13 DAYS AND NOT MEET THAT GOAL. CORRECT. >> I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS A THRESHOLD. IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO KNOW -- CAN WE CALCULATE THAT THRESHOLD? I'M INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE MISSED 13 DAYS VERSUS 12. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW BIG THE PROBLEM -- RIGHT? LIKE, IS IT -- RIGHT. BECAUSE IF WE'RE NOT CONCERNED AT 12, ARE WE DRAMATICALLY CONCERNED AT THEN 13. EXACTLY, EXACTLY. BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT 13 DAYS AND THAT BUMPS IT ALL UP TO HERE, THEN WHAT --WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE? AND WHEN YOU'RE AT THAT -- THERE'S ALWAYS A CUTOFF. AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT SIDE OF THE CUTOFF WE'RE ON. NOT ON THE GOOD SIDE OF THE CUTOFF RIGHT NOW. NO. I

126KNOW. NO. TOTALLY. AND WE USED TO --JUST TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, BEFORE COVID, I THINK WE WERE 92%. EVEN AMONG THE 12 YEAR OLDS -- THE 12 YEAR OLDS, THE 12th GRADERS? AS A DISTRICT. THE KINDERGARTENERS AND FIRST GRADERS WERE THERE, LIKE, 98%. SO, THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS MAY HAVE BEEN 80%. BUT IT STILL WAS -- BACK IN --I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT DATA. IN '18/'19, THE STUDENTS WERE -- 1819? WAY BACK. 2018/'19. >> I WAS LIKE, 1819. THE HORSE DROPPED YOU OFF. WE'RE IN DIFFERENT CENTURIES. WE'RE DIFFERENT MILLENIA. YEAH. WE WERE IN THE 90s AND 80s ACROSS THE BOARD. WOW. WHAT WOULD THE ELEMENTARY NUMBERS IN THOSE? IN 2018/'19? IT STARTED FROM K-5, 89, 94, 94, 93, 95, 94. SIXTH GRADE WAS 93. SEVENTH GRADE, 92. EIGHTH GRADE -- EIGHTH GRADE, 84. MY GOODNESS.

127SEE, I THINK IT --I THINK MY THEORY MIGHT BE RIGHT. I THINK YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING. IF THERE IS A TIME TO SKIP. SO, SOME MASSIVE CULTURAL --IS THIS -- DO WE SEE THIS AT OTHER DISTRICTS? IS THIS A CULTURAL SHIFT? MAYBE PART OF IT IS THAT DUE TO COVID, THERE'S BEEN, LIKE, INCREASED ACCESS TO, LIKE, TEACHERS POST MORE STUFF ON CLASSROOM AND, LIKE, THERE'S MORE FOCUS ON, LIKE, IF YOUR STUDENT IS ABSENT FROM CLASS, THE MATERIALS WILL BE THERE. IT'S EASY TO MISS. IT'S EASIER TO MISS SCHOOL. WHAT IF WE MADE IT THAT EASY TO MISS? I ALSO THINK ON A PARENT PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE MORE LIKELY TO KEEP OUR KID HOME NOW IF HE'S A LITTLE BIT SNIFFLY, A LITTLE BIT COUGHY, WHEREAS BEFORE, WE JUST, YEAH, YOU'LL BE FINE BY THE TIME

128LUNCH HITS. I THINK THAT PROBABLY HAS SOMETHING -- I THINK PARENTS NOW ARE AT HOME TOO. THEY'RE WORKING FROM HOME. BEFORE IT'S LIKE YOU'VE GOT TO GO TO SCHOOL BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO GO TO MY OFFICE. NOW IT'S LIKE, SURE, I'M HOME, YOU CAN FEEL BETTER, LAY AROUND. I MEAN, THERE'S PROBABLY A LOT OF CONTRIBUTORS TO IT. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT. CONTINUING TO BE WORKING ON IT. IT'S GREAT. >> IT IS REALLY. VERY INTERESTING DATA. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. >> I HAVE THE NEXT ONE TOO. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE IS THE STUDENT TRANSFER TUITION. YES. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, TONIGHT I BRING FORWARD AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM THE 2026/'27 SCHOOL YEAR RECOMMENDATION FROM DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION REGARDING THE ENROLLMENT AND TRANSFER GUIDELINES, INCLUDING INTER-DISTRICT AND INTRA- DISTRICT TRANSFERS, RECOMMENDATIONS AROUND TUITION-BASED ENROLLMENT.

129BASICALLY WE ARE RECOMMENDING NO CHANGES FROM THIS SCHOOL YEAR EXCEPT WE'RE INCREASING THE TUITION AMOUNT FOR '26/'27 FROM 11,500 PER STUDENT TO 12,000. THE INCREASE IS DUE TO MAINTAINING ANTICIPATED PER PUPIL FUNDING FROM THE STATE AND EXPECTED INCREASED COSTS PER STUDENT. AS A REVIEW, JUST TO REMIND YOU OF THE CHANGES WE MADE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, WE DID NOT ALLOW ANY TRANSFERS OUT OF THE DISTRICT WITHOUT HARDSHIP TO 26 --SO --SO, AGAIN WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH NOT ALLOWING TRANSFERS OUT FOR NEXT YEAR EXCEPT FOR ON A HARDSHIP. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THE WINDOW ABOUT JANUARY 21st TO MAY 1st. THOSE WILL BE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS A NEW INTER-DISTRICT TRANSFER, COMING INTO US, NEW TUITION REQUESTS COMING INTO US, OR CURRENT STUDENTS WHO ARE ON TUITION TO CONTINUE

130TO PAY. SO, WE HAD THIS WINDOW. AND FOR ELEMENTARY, WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH MAINTAINING NOT ACCEPTING ANY NEW APPLICATIONS FOR INTER- DISTRICT TRANSFERS OR TUITION. SO, MAINTAINING THAT WE DID THIS YEAR. IS THAT 12,000 COMMENSURATE WITH OTHER -- IS IT ACTUALLY LESS THAN THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS STILL? OH, YEAH. >> THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS? YES. THE WINDOW WORKED GREAT. EVERYTHING --ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS LOVED THE WINDOW SO THEY CAN DO THEIR ENROLLMENT ON MAY 1st, MAY 2nd, WITH SOME HARDSHIPS HERE IS AND THERE. BUT IT HELPED WITH CLASS SIZE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT HELPED WITH ENROLLMENT ESPECIALLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. THEY KNEW WHO THE KIDS WERE. SO, YEAH, IT ALL SEEMED TO WORK REALLY NICELY. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A COMMISSION ITEM GOING BACK TO JANUARY. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY,

131HOW MANY, LIKE, TRANSFER STUDENTS DO WE GET AS A DISTRICT? OH, BOY. WISH I HAD THAT NUMBER. YOU KNOW IT. IS IT, LIKE, 350, 400? SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ON RECORD --IT DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY TRANSFERRED, RIGHT? WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO TRANSFER IN ELEMENTARY AND HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE THEN. IT'S ABOUT 400. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT AGENDA ITEM -- OH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANKS, MR. BAILEY. NEXT QUESTION, QUARTER ONE FINANCIAL REPORT. MR. KETZLER. CHAIR AIRD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES OUR QUARTER ONE FINANCIAL REPORT. AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. AND AS IS OUR PRACTICE, INCLUDED WITH THE REPORT WERE NOTES THAT, KIND OF, EXPLAINED MAJOR VARIANCES THAT HAVE ALREADY EMERGED AT THIS FIRST QUARTER. AND THERE'S A LETTERINGLETTERING THAT MATCHES

132UP THE NUMBERS IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION ALONG WITH THE NARRATIVE NOTES THAT FOLLOW. AND THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THOSE I WOULD HIGHLIGHT. THE FIRST ONE BEING ITEM B, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT AGES ONE AND TWO, YOU SEE THAT IN ASSOCIATION WITH A COUPLE --LET'S SEE. I'M ON THE -- I'VE GOT THE WRONG REPORT PULLED UP HERE. EXCUSE ME, AS I GET TO THE RIGHT ONE. I'VE GOT TOO MANY WINDOWS ON HERE. OKAY. HERE WE GO. SO, ITEM B IS REPRESENTED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS, FIRST ON THE SCHOOL PROGRAM SECTION WITHIN THE CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND LIBRARY, WHERE IF YOU LOOK ON THE FIRST PAGE OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE BUDGETED AMOUNTS AS WELL AS THE DISPERSED AND EXTENDED TO DATE ARE LOWER THAN COMPARABLE AMOUNTS IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

133I'M SORRY I DIDN'T COORDINATE THIS WITH YOU EARLIER. OH, WE'RE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL -- CAN EVERYONE PULL IT UP? I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING AT IT. I HAVE THEM TOO, YEAH. SO, THOSE ARE --THOSE LOWER AMOUNTS ARE A NATURAL BY-PRODUCT OF THE COST REDUCTIONS THAT WE MADE AT THE END OF THE '24/'25 SCHOOL YEAR TO BALANCE OUR ANTICIPATED '25/'26 REVENUES WITH THE EXPENDITURES. AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT ON THE SECOND PAGE IN OUR CENTRAL SERVICES, A COUPLE OF SECTIONS, IN SPECIAL SERVICES, THEN AGAIN DOWN IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM SUPPORT FOR STUDENT SAFETY SERVICES, WHICH I'LL CALL OUT, YOU KNOW, AS A $383,000 BUDGET IN THIS CURRENT YEAR, $28,000 DISPERSED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 283,000 EXPENDED TO DATE COMPARED TO APPRECIATE BLI LARGER NUMBERS. THIS WAS PART OF OUR COST REDUCTION STRATEGY, WAS THE CITY NO LONGER CHARGING US

134FOR THE SECOND SRO. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT DR. SCHIELE WAS ABLE TO GET FROM THE CITY. SO, AND THEN, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER OBSERVATIONS THAT ARE ALSO MADE IN RELATION TO ITEMSITEMS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WITH C, D, AND E. AND THEN ALSO WITH TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, I DON'T VIEW ANY OF THOSE SINGULARLY AS SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO CALL TO YOUR ATTENTION. BUT ONE THING THAT, IF YOU WOULD GO WITH ME TO -- ON PAGE THREE OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT SECTION, ON THE TOTALS, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE BUDGETED AMOUNTS EACH YEAR ARE FAIRLY COMPARABLE AT 120 MILLION PER EACH PERIOD FOR TOTAL EXPENDITURES. BUT YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE AMOUNT THAT HAS BEEN DISPERSED YEAR TO DATE THROUGH THE THREE MONTHS ENDED IN EACH PERIOD. THAT'S LESS THIS YEAR, NOT BY REAL LARGE MARGINS, BUT FOR EXPENDED, IT'S ALSO

135LESS. AND THAT'S A TREND THAT WE WILL SEE IN THE UPCOMING QUARTERLY REPORTS. OUR OVERALL GOAL IN RELATION TO EXPENDITURES FOR THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST WAS TO REDUCE A EXPENDITURE TRAJECTORY THAT WAS ROUGHLY $119 MILLION FOR THE GENERAL FUND, GETTING THAT DOWN TO ABOUT 117 MILLION. AND THAT IS A $2 MILLION IMPROVEMENT, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT A SIGNIFICANT COST INCREASE THAT WE HAVE IN -- '25/'26 NUMBERS IS A SIGNIFICANT PURSE INCREASE. THAT ON ITS OWN WAS ROUGHLY $5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE VERY SIZABLE -- RATE INCREASE THAT TOOK EFFECT JULY 1 OF THIS YEAR. AND WE'RE A MANDATORY PARTICIPANT IN PERS, AS ALL PUBLIC DISTRICTS ARE IN THE STATE. AND THOSE RATES ARE SET BY PERS ACTUARY EVERY OTHER YEAR. AND WE'RE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO

136CONTRIBUTE OUR REQUIRED AMOUNTS BASED ON THOSE PERS RATE SETTING VALUATIONS THAT TAKE PLACE EVERY OTHER YEAR. YOU'LL NOTE ALSO ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 3, THERE IS A CHART THAT IS COMPARING DISBURSEMENTS BETWEEN SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND CENTRAL SERVICES ON A MONTH-BY-MONTH BASIS. THE FULL CHART FOR THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR IS REPRESENTING DISBURSEMENTS AS THEY ACTUALLY UNFOLDED FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND THEN THE AMOUNTS IN PURPLE ARE FOR THE THREE MONTHS THAT THIS REPORT IS COVERING IN THIS CURRENT YEAR. AND IN BOTH CASES, THE DISBURSEMENTS ARE SLIGHTLY BELOW WHAT WE EXPERIENCED LAST YEAR, WHICH AGAIN, IS A TREND THAT I EXPECT TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE BALANCE OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. THEN TURNING TO PAGE FOUR -- CAN I -- SORRY. CAN I INTERRUPT? THE CHARTS, WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING FOR PURPLE SEEMS LIKE IT'S A COUPLE

137OF MONTHS BEHIND THE NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU'RE SHOWING. IS THAT RIGHT? WELL, IT'S GOING THROUGH OCTOBER. BUT IT APPEARS THAT IT MIGHT -- EXCUSE ME. IT'S GOING THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30th. YEAH. BECAUSE YOUR NUMBER UP THERE WAS 14 MILLION FOR DISBURSEMENTS. YEAH. WELL, THE -- SO, ONE IS SCHOOL PROGRAMS, WHICH IS ON PAGE 1, WHICH WAS 6.5 MILLION FOR THE ACTUAL DISBURSED THROUGH THE THREE MONTHS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30th. AND THEN FOR THE CENTRAL SERVICES, IT'S 7. 5 MILLION. THE 14 MILLION THAT YOU'RE SEEING UP ABOVE IS THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO TOGETHER. OH, I SEE. >> AND THESE TWO CHARTS ARE BREAKING THOSE TWO APART SEPARATELY. GREAT QUESTION, BILL. AND THEN ON THE REVENUE REVENUE PAGE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SEEING POSITIVE VARIANCES THERE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I DO ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, CONVERSE

138TO WHAT I ANTICIPATE WITH THE DISBURSEMENTS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, I DO EXPECT THAT OUR REVENUES WILL BE CONSISTENTLY SLIGHTLY BETTER. AND HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE GET TO END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, MORE THAN SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THE REVENUES THAT WE RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR '24/'25, THAT THAT IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINATION WITH THE EXTRA --I SHOULDN'T SAY THE EXTRA -- THE LOWER COST THAT I EXPECT WE'LL SEE ON BOTH THE SCHOOL AND CENTRAL SERVICES ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WILL ALLOW US TO, IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, LARGELY AND EQUILIBRIUM AS THE STATE FUNDING APPROXIMATE RELATES -- THERE'S SOME MURKINESS AS IT RELATES TO STATE FUNDING THIS YEAR AND MORE SO AS IT RELATES TO THE BIENNIUM, IN THE SENSE THAT THE NOVEMBER REVENUE FORECAST THAT CAME OUT NOVEMBER 19th DID SHOW THAT THERE WAS

139STILL A GAP OF ALMOST $600 MILLION FOR THE STATE BUDGET AS A WHOLE. NOW, THAT WAS AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE SEPTEMBER FORECAST, WHICH HAD ALMOST A $900 $900 MILLION -- IDENTIFIED IN THIS CURRENT STATE BIENNIUM. AND THE OREGON LEGISLATURE IS MEETING IN THEIR SHORT SESSION AT THE START OF FEBRUARY, AND THE MARCH FORECAST COMES OUT VERY EARLY IN THAT SESSION. SO, I THINK THAT WILL POTENTIALLY ACT AS A TRIGGER OR MAYBE GET THE STATE SOME COMFORT THAT THINGS ARE IMPROVING, THAT THEY ANTICIPATE BY THE TIME THEY REACH THE END OF THE BIENNIUM THAT THERE WON'T NEED TO BE ANY ADJUSTMENTS FROM THE RESERVE FUNDS. REACHING THOSE THRESHOLDS --APPROVAL AT THE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL. I'VE ALSO PUT INFORMATION IN HERE ON THE CURRENT UNAUDITED BALANCE FOR OUR CURRENT '24/'25 FISCAL YEAR. THE FIELDWORK COMPONENT OF OUR AUDIT

140WAS COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER, BUT IT'S STILL UNDERGOING MANAGERIAL AND PARTNER REVIEW AT OUR CPA FIRM. THAT IS THE FINAL WRITTEN AUDITAUDIT REPORT WITH A FULL OPINION THAT OUR GENERAL FUND ON A BUDGETARY BASIS IS SLIGHTLY OVER -- SLIGHTLY UNDER --REFLECTED HERE. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING THAT'S COME UP WHERE THEY'VE IDENTIFIED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY WOULD BE LOOKING AT ANY PARTICULAR REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE THAT WOULD CAUSE THAT AMOUNT TO GO DOWN. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM --AND THIS IS CALLED OUT A LITTLE BIT IN THE -- IS THAT THE CURRENT PRELIMINARY FUND BALANCE REFLECTED ON PAGE 4 OF 4.19, THAT'S BASED UPON THE FINANCIAL MODEL THAT WAS SHARED IN, LIKE, APRIL WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND OUR LARGER COMMUNITY, ADJUSTED FOR THE ACTUAL ENDING

141FUND BALANCE BEING JUST OVER A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS HIGHER THAN I PROJECTED AT THE TIME FOR THE ENDING FUND BALANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR '24/'25. SO, THIS 4.19, I VIEW THAT AS A FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE NUMBER. MY EXPECTATION IS THAT IT SHOULD ACTUALLY END UP BEING AT A MINIMUM 5 MILLION, HOPEFULLY EVEN 6 MILLION OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT, AGAIN ASSUMING THAT STATE FUNDING HOLDS UP OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTED OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THIS CURRENT STATE BIENNIUM. BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO CALL OUT IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT ITSELF. AND THEN BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, I WOULD NOTE THAT WITH THE STATE REVENUE FORECAST THAT WE GOT IN NOVEMBER, WHICH SHOWED

142SOME IMPROVEMENTS BUT STILL SHOWED A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL HOLE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND OUR SIGNIFICANT RELIANCE ALONG WITH ALL OTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE ON STATE FUNDING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE AS ADMINISTRATION ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, VERY HIGHER LEVELS OF DISCIPLINE AS IT RELATES TO FISCAL ACTIVITY --UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS TIME WE'RE SEEING THE BUDGET PICTURE IS TOO MURKY AND THE FEBRUARY FORECAST DOESN'T SHOW AN IMPROVEMENT, THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY THAT WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE TO CONSIDER CUTS, MAYBE NOT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR NECESSARILY, BUT POTENTIALLY FOR '26/'27. BUT AT THIS TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN A MUCH TIGHTER LEVEL OF DISCIPLINE AS IT RELATES TO SPENDING. AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE THE RESULTSRESULTS THAT IN THIS QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT, REVIEW THE EXPENDITURE DATA FOR UPCOMING FINANCIAL

143QUARTERS. SO, JUST TO -- SO, THE LAST YEAR, OUR ENDING FUND BALANCE WAS, LIKE, 6.06 MILLION IS YOUR UNAUDITED. AND YOUR SOMEWHAT OPTIMISTIC PROJECTION IS YOU WOULD KEEP THAT PRETTY FLAT. YEAH. IF STATE FUNDING IS ABLE TO BE PRESERVED FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, MAJOR NEGATIVE SURPRISES ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO IN JANUARY WE HAD A --EVENT THAT WE DID HAVE INSURANCE COVER SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF IT, BUT NOT ALL OF IT. THERE WERE EXTRA COSTS WE HAD TO INCUR FOR SNOW REMOVAL AND DEDUCTIBLES AND SOME COSTS THAT RELATED TO STORM DAMAGE THAT ARE NOT COVERED UNDER OUR INSURANCE, SUCH AS IF A TREE FALLS AND IT DOESN'T DAMAGE A BUILDING, THAT'S NOT A -- THAT TREE REMOVAL IS NOT A COVERED COST. IT HAS

144TO DAMAGE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF OUR PHYSICAL STRUCTURES. AND THAT STORM DIDN'T. IT DID UNFORTUNATELY BLOW OVER A LARGE NUMBER OF TREES, NOT JUST ON OUR PART BUT CITYWIDE. IF WE MAKE IT OUT OF THIS YEAR WITHOUT ANY NEGATIVE EVENTS -- AND THAT WOULD RELATE TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER ELEMENTS OF REVENUES, THOUGH I DON'T SEE AS MUCH VOLATILITY IN OUR OTHER REVENUE SOURCES OTHER THAN THE STATE BUCKET JUST BECAUSE HOW THE STATE, YOU KNOW, RELIES SO SIGNIFICANTLY ON INCOME TAX COLLECTIONS. THIS PUTS US AT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR POLICY OF BEING IN -- OH, THIS HAS US JUST UNDER 5%. STILL A LOT IN POLICY. POLICY, YEAH. POLICY IS MINIMUM OF 8%. SO, THAT GAP IS ROUGHLY $3 MILLION. OKAY. SO, WE STILL WOULD NOT --IT WILL BE BETTER, WE'RE HOPING BETTER, BUT WILL NOT

145BE AT THE LEVEL IT FALLS. YEAH. NO. DR. SCHIELE AND I TALKED ABOUT THAT, AND IT'S --YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE IT'S A MULTI-YEAR REBUILDING. YEAH. WHICH IS WHAT WE ASKED OF YOU ALL. BUT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW. IN THE END, WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. YES, YES. GOOD FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP. THANK YOU. OKAY. WELL, THAT WOULD CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. UNLESS THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS. I SEE IT ON THE CANISTER. THANK YOU, MR. KETZLER. OKAY. MRS. LARSON, POLICY KGB. ALMOST MY INITIALS. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I BRING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO AN UPDATE TO OUR POLICY, KGB. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD A POINT, POINT NUMBER 23, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT FIREWORKS ON OUR SCHOOL PROPERTY. THIS ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT FROM CONVERSATIONS WITH NEIGHBORS DURING OUR BOND ENGAGEMENT, PARTICULARLY FROM A RESIDENT FROM

146THE UPLANDS NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW SHE SPEAKS FOR MANY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE CONCERNED, ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR SCHOOLS AND THE FIELDS BUTT UP TO A LOT OF TREES, FOLIAGE, UPLANDS, ALL OF THEM. AND THEY ASKED IF WE WOULD PROHIBIT FIREWORKS. THEIR ASK WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR FOURTH OF JULY, BUT WE EXPANDED IT BECAUSE WE KNOW FIREWORKS ARE LET OFF ALL TIMES OF YEAR, AND IT'S NOT SAFE ON SCHOOL PROPERTY. SO, WITH THAT, WE BRING FORWARD THIS RECOMMENDATION TO UPDATE ON THIS POLICY. AND THEN IF IT WERE TO BE UPDATED IN THIS POLICY, IT WOULD BE REFERENCED IN ALL OTHER POLICIES. RED WOULD SHOW UP. CAN WE ADD THAT YOU CAN'T USE TEAR GAS? I MEAN, I THINK --I THINK WE LEGALLY CAN. I GUESS IT'S A QUESTION. LIKE, CAN WE HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT OTHER THINGS WE DON'T

147WANT USED ON OUR SCHOOL PROPERTIES? I THINK WE --I MEAN, WE CAN ADD IT. BUT I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO TALK TO OUR PARTNERS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THEM IF THEY --I CAN'T IMAGINE THEY WOULD NEED TO USE IT. BUT -- HOPEFULLY THEY DON'T LIKE USING TEAR GAS IN LAKE OSWEGO. NO, I WOULDN'T THINK SO. BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTIES AND OTHER PEOPLE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HAVING LOCAL POLICIES THAT DON'T ALLOW FOR THE USE OF TEAR GAS, AND THERE'S SOMETHING -- ANOTHER FORMAL TERM. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS. I CAN LOOK INTO THAT. I SEE WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THAT. WE CAN LOOK INTO IT AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE WANT TO MAYBE ADD.

148FIREWORKS IS VERY LOGICAL. IT SEEMED -- I WAS SURPRISED THAT IT WASN'T THERE ALREADY WHEN I STARTED LOOKING. WOULD YOU --WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE, SINCE THAT'S DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, WE'RE NOT IN SCHOOL, WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, HAVING MAINTENANCE PUT SIGNS OUT AROUND FOURTH OF JULY? BY PUTTING IT IN POLICY, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROMOTE IT PRACTICALLY BUT ALSO HAVE SIGNAGE. AND IT ALSO GIVES NEIGHBORS AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOURSE IF SOMEONE CALLS AND SAYS, HEY, I'M HEARING FIREWORKS BEING LET OFF. I THINK IT'S OVER AT THE FIELD. THEY NOW CAN GO AND SAY, THESE AREN'T ALLOWED HERE. WE NEED TO REMOVE THEM. WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE LAKE? THEY DON'T GO OFF AT THE LAKE. THEY'RE IN THE LAKE. THEY'RE OFF FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE. YEAH. THE --IS ACTUALLY CLOSED

149DURING FIREWORKS. OKAY. THEY NO LONGER -->> OKAY. >> BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD INCLUDE, YOU COULD BRING FIREWORKS TO THE LAKE FRONT PROPERTY. -- UNFORTUNATELY PEOPLE THINK THESE BIG OPEN FIELDS ARE WHERE WE SHOULD BE PUTTING FIREWORKS, AND WE DON'T THINK THAT. IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. THERE'S NO WATER SOURCE IF YOU NEEDED IT. AND ALL THE TREES. YEAH. IT'S GREAT. THIS IS A FIRST READING. I WILL TAKE AND WE CAN ADD TO IT. YEAH. MIGHT NEED A SECOND READING JUST IN ORDER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLY. UH-HUH. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS. I'M SO EXCITED TO SIGN THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE IT WAS THIS OVERWHELMING, SUCCESSFUL VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE BOND. SO, I DON'T WANT TO READ IT, BUT I DO WANT US TO DISCUSS IT BEFORE WE

150VOTE ON IT. WE HAVE TO VOTE TO CONFIRM THAT, YES, THE RESULTS CAME OUT ANDAND WE BELIEVE THEM AND IT PASSED. SO, IS THERE DISCUSSION? I MEAN, I WANT TO SAY THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT -- THE COOL THING ABOUT THE CERTIFICATION IS IT SHOWS ALL THE PRECINCTS IN OUR DISTRICT. AND IT'S THIS -- I, SORT OF, QUOTE --I MADE A LIST OF THEM, IN MY USUAL FASHION. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY -- EVERY PRECINCT IN OUR CITY SUPPORTED IT BY OVER --YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY VERY LARGE MARGINS. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT JUST SHOWS THAT THE TEAM, THE CITIZEN TEAM, JUST REALLY GOT THE WORD OUT. I THINK THE DISTRICT COULD BE PROACTIVE IN EXPLAINING BEFORE IT EVEN GOT TO IT JUST ALL THE --WHAT IT MEANS AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.

151AND JUST, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE VOTERS JUST COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING US. I THINK IT JUST SHOWS HOW I THINK SCHOOLS ARE IMPORTANT AND EVERYONE GETS THAT. OUR CITY LEADERS ALSO WERE IN SUPPORT. AND I THINK THAT HELPS. SO, YEAH. IT'S JUST --I THINK IT'S JUST VERY EXCITING TO SEE SUCH --WHAT WAS IT? 71.8%, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. ROUND UP TO 72. WE CAN ROUND UP. WHICH IS ASTOUNDING WHEN A BUNCH OF PEOPLE COME TOGETHER FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR THE SAFETY AND WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. I SEE OSBA IS HAVING A SESSION FOR OTHER DISTRICTS TO PASS ON. I DON'T KNOW. THEY ASKED US -- WE MIGHT NEED TO GO TEACH IT. HEATHER -- HEATHER CAN GO TEACH IT. YEAH. HEATHER AND MARION K. ON HER EDUCATION. I

152THINK IT'S ALL THAT TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION. AND TWO SUCCESSFUL BONDS. --GOT A FEE IN MIND. I LIKE IT. NICE. NICE. NICE. SO, THIS IS AN ACTION. SO, I DO NEED A MOTION SO THAT WE CAN ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE NOVEMBER 4, 2025, SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS. THANK YOU, DR. LUPTON. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BILLS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE DIDN'T DO THIS? IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY. TONY, STOP. >> WE WOULD NOT BE LISTENING TO OUR AMAZING VOTERS, WHO SUPPORTED US. THAT'S A GREAT POINT. AND WE DO THAT. WE LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE. SO, ON THAT NOTE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. IT'S OFFICIAL. SIGN IT. I'M JUST KIDDING. SORRY. I'M GETTING PUNCHY. OTHER BUSINESS? IS THERE

153ANY OTHER BUSINESS? THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING FOR DECEMBER. SO, WE WILL BE BACK IN THE NEW YEAR. BUT, BOY, 2025, WHAT A YEAR IT HAS BEEN. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. AMAZING COLLEAGUES. IT'S REALLY NICE TO WORK WITH SUCH AWESOME PEOPLE, AND OUR STUDENTS WHO KEEP IT REAL. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND THIS AMAZING STAFF, DR. SCHIELE, MARY K. , STEWARD. I'M JUST KIDDING. WE HAVE THE BEST TEAM. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING, AND WE'RE QUITE GRATEFUL. I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 8:39 P.M.