School Board Mtg. - Jan 12, 2026

001ALL RIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6:03 P.M. ON JANUARY 12th. WELCOME AND COMMENTS FROM PATRONS, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WRITTEN TESTIMONY, BUT WE DO HAVE IN-PERSON TESTIMONY FROM TWO INDIVIDUALS, JESSICA GREEN IS GONNA START, AND SHE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY. COME ON UP. OH, YEAH, YOU GOTTA SAY YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. WE HAVE A LITTLE THREE-MINUTE WARNING MARKER THINGY. VERY OFFICIAL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M A PARENT, AND I HAVE TWO KIDS AT LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. ONE'S A SENIOR, AND ONE IS A JUNIOR. AND I WAS ALSO ON THE SCHOOL BOARD APPOINTED COMMITTEE FOR SUSTAINABILITY ADVISING THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND I AM REPRESENTING THE LAKE OSWEGO SUSTAINABILITY NETWORK SCHOOLS ACTION TEAM HERE, AND MY --JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME

002REAL QUICK, I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, AND I HAVE DONE A BUNCH OF STUFF AROUND SUSTAINABILITY IN MY PAST, SO IT'S SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT. SO WHAT I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT AS THE ACTION TEAM, WE WANT TO SUPPORT THE IMPORTANCE OF SUSTAINABILITY IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS THAT'S COMING UP. AND I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS THAT WE, UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE DISTRICT'S COMMITMENT TO TEACHING AND PRACTICING SUSTAINABILITY SO FAR. SO IT'S BEEN AWESOME TO SEE. AND SO WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT BECAUSE WE THINK IT IS VITAL TO THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET, AND ALSO TO THE LIVES AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE STUDENTS. SO REGARDING TEACHING AND PRACTICING SUSTAINABILITY IN THE DISTRICT, WE THINK THAT THE COMMITTEE MADE SOME PROGRESS. THEY CREATED

003A SUSTAINABILITY LENS FOR DECISION-MAKING. AND THEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LAKE OSWEGO WATERSHED COUNCIL, THEY CREATED THE INTEGRATED GARDEN CURRICULUM THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND ALSO, WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH THE DISTRICT IN THE BOND CAMPAIGN. WE SPECIFICALLY, WE LED A LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN TO THE LAKE OSWEGO REVIEW, WHICH WE FELT LIKE WOULD, WE WANTED TO EXPRESS ALSO THAT PASSING OF THE BOND WOULD ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD SUSTAINABLE SCHOOLS AND GARDENS THAT WE CAN USE AS TEACHING TOOLS. SO WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY HERE TO SUPPORT IS THE FURTHER INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABILITY INTO THE CURRICULUM AND CULTURE OF THE SCHOOLS. WE THINK IT WILL PAY STRATEGIC DIVIDENDS FOR OUR DISTRICT AND THE FUTURE. SO WHEN STUDYING YOUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTING THE BOND COMING UP, PLEASE CONSIDER WHAT ACTIONS, GUIDELINES, RESOURCES, AND

004CURRICULUM CAN BE IMPLEMENTED TO TEACH AND PRACTICE SUSTAINABILITY IN CLASSROOMS FROM K-12. ALSO, WE ARE HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE ANY SUPPORT OR ANY OTHER WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT THAT. NICE TIMING, JESSICA. AND THE NEXT PERSON WE HAVE FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY IS BEN ADAMS REGARDING THE CELL TOWER. HELLO. MY NAME IS BEN ADAMS. IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME, I LIVE ACROSS FROM LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE WANT TO JUST CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR CELL TOWER SAFETY. I KNOW THAT TESTING IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON THE CONVERSATION BOARD, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU GUYS LOOK AT TESTING THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION AROUND SIMULATING THE CELL IMPACT ON OUR PROPERTY. THE WAY THE RAISE RAYS ARE LAID OUT THERE, THAT SIMULATION I DON'T THINK WOULD GIVE AN ACCURATE TESTING RESULT IF

005YOU DID IT SIMULATING BEING ON OUR PROPERTY. WE WOULD BE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR VENDOR TO GIVE ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTY SO THE READINGS OF THAT CELL TOWER THAT'S 100 FEET AWAY AND THE SAME HEIGHT AS OUR BEDROOM RUN DOES THAT WE GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT IS. ALSO, IF THAT'S HIGH, IF WE DETERMINE THAT READING IS HIGHER THAN WHAT IS SAFE, THERE'S BOND FUNDS FOR SAFETY, SO WE ASK YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT, NEGOTIATING WITH THEM ON LEASE SITES THAT ARE COMING UP BY THEIR COMPETITORS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE DISTRICT THAT DON'T HAVE THE SAME IMPACT. I'M SURE THEY'D LIKE MORE MARKET SHARE IN LAKE OSWEGO. SO WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE BOARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE OPTIONS AS WE

006TRY AND FIND A SOLUTION FORWARD. BUT WE WOULD LOVE SOME FEEDBACK WHEN THOSE VENDORS ARE CHOSEN AND WHEN THEY IDENTIFY TESTING DATA. AND THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE BRING UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE KIND OF TESTING AND KIND OF EQUIPMENT THEY USE. THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO TEST RF EXPOSURE. OURS IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE LIVE THERE, SO IT'S CONSTANT EXPOSURE. A LOT OF THE TEST DATA IS FOR OPERATORS AND IT'S SHORT-TERM EXPOSURE, AND THAT'S NOT OUR FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE. WE LIVE THERE. WE'RE THERE ALL THE TIME. WE HAVE FIVE MIDDLE-SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN THAT LIVE THERE. WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT WE GET THAT TESTING DONE IN A WAY THAT REFLECTS WHAT OUR FAMILY WILL EXPERIENCE. THERE ARE NOT CELL TOWERS 100 FEET FROM PRIVATE RESIDENCES 51 FEET OFF THE

007GROUND. AND THERE'S TWO OF THEM AT THAT LOCATION. THERE'S ONE 100 FEET FARTHER AWAY FROM THAT ONE. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO KEEP THIS IN THE FOREFRONT OF THINGS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA. PLEASE COMMUNICATE WITH US. WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PARTNER AND CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU UPDATES. I THINK THOSE TOWERS ARE PROBABLY ACTIVE NOW. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE CONSTRUCTION THERE. PROBABLY NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO REENGAGE THAT CONVERSATION, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED COOPERATION IN ADDRESSING THIS MATTER. THANK YOU, BEN. ALL RIGHT. NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR? I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES. NEXT AGENDA, SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE. DR. SCHIELE. THANK YOU, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

008I WANT TO START WITH FIRST, BETWEEN YOUR LOVELY PHOTOS, WE HAVE SOME ART WORK UP HERE, AND THE ART WORK THIS MONTH IS FROM RIVER GROVE. WE HAVE IT DOWN THE HALLWAYS IN CASE YOU WANT TO GO LOOK. WE JUST FINISHED UP OUR READ-A-THON. HENRY, OLIVIA, TRUE, JACK, AND OF COURSE KATE WHO'S THEIR LEADER WHO DID AN AMAZING JOB. THEY RAISED $7,235. WAY PAST THEIR GOAL OF $5,000 FOR THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND SMART READING. AND STUDENTS READ A COMBINATION OF 4,500 BOOKS. SO PARTICIPATION WAS AWESOME OVER THIS WINTER BREAK. CONGRATULATIONS TO RIVER GROVE STUDENTS WHO READ 2,000 BOOKS. WOW. >> AND THEY WILL HAVE A CUSTOM-MADE BANNER GIVEN TO THEM IN ASSEMBLY, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO RIVER GROVE STUDENTS. AND FOREST HILLS WHO RAISED OVER $3,000, THEY GET A DONUT PARTY. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE

009CERTIFICATES FOR EVERY KID IN EVERY GRADE. THIS IS ALL RUN BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. IT REALLY IS A PROGRAM THEY SET UP, THEY RAISE THE MONEY, THEY DO ALL OF THE WORK, AND THEN THEY GIVE THE MONEY BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S FANTASTIC. WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF ALL OF THEM. CELL TOWER UPDATE, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE CELL TOWER IS NOT ON YET. THEY'RE TELLING US NOW IT WILL BE SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY BEFORE THE NEW ONE IS LIVE. SO THEY MAY BE DONE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION . [CELL PHONE RINGING] THAT WILL DELAY THE TESTING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TESTING JUST TO WE HAVE THOSE DONE. ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HEARD FROM ADAM'S FAMILY. WE ARE WANTING TO PARTNER WITH

010THEM. WE DO ANSWER ALL OF THEIR CALLS AND THEIR E-MAILS AND MAKE SURE IF SOMEBODY IS USING PROFANITY OR PLAYING THEIR MUSIC TOO LOUD OR DOING ANYTHING WE CONSIDER NOT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, WE ADDRESS THOSE THINGS. WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR ATTORNEY. BUT THE THINGS THEY'VE MENTIONED HERE LIKE SWEARING, MUSIC, THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO AND ADDRESS THOSE IMMEDIATELY. WE CAN'T ADDRESS THINGS LIKE PEOPLE IN THEIR RIGHT OF WAY. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY FOR THAT. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE PROPERTY LINES. WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM. AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS BETTER. WE DID HAVE TESTIMONY, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN. WE DID DO THE INITIAL SURVEY. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND STAFF,

011WE JUST DID OUR SECOND ROUND OF SURVEYS AGAIN IN DECEMBER. WE HAD OVER 3,000 PARTICIPANTS MADE UP OF STUDENTS, STAFF, AND PARENTS. AND THEN CURRENTLY OVER THE NEXT MONTH, WE ARE REVIEWING THOSE SURVEY RESULTS WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS. SO SAC, PTO, STUDENT GROUPS, ANY COMMITTEE THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT TO KIND OF DIG DEEPER INTO THAT DATA. AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AS WELL AS OUR STAFF ARE DOING THIS WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HOST TWO OPEN SESSIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL, AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ON FEBRUARY 11th AT 5:00 TO 6:30. AND FEBRUARY 19th FROM 6-7:30. AND THAT WILL BE ON ZOOM. AFTER WE HAVE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, WE'RE GOING TO SYNTHESIZE IT AGAIN, AND PRESENT IT BACK TO YOU SO WE CAN START WRITING

012OUR NEW STRATEGIC PLAN. THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. STATE ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE NEW ASSESSMENT ACCOUNTABILITY THAT THE STATE HAS APPROVED IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THEY INCLUDE REGULAR ATTENDANCE FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT, KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE ATTENDANCE SPECIFICALLY, EIGHTH GRADE MATH, FOUR-YEAR GRADUATION RATE, FIVE-YEAR COMPLETER RATE, AND OUR LOCAL METRIC OF STUDENTS WHO EARN DUAL CREDIT OR AP. THAT'S A WHOLE LOCAL METRIC THING. THEN THE LAST ONE IS OUR INTERIM ASSESSMENT WE HAVE TO DO THREE TIMES A YEAR. THE STATE HAS FINALLY APPROVED THOSE ASSESSMENTS, AND I-READY IS ON THAT. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE ALREADY USING. OUR K-5th GRADERS WILL CONTINUE TO USE I-READY, AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL USE THE SMARTER BALANCE INTERIM ASSESSMENT. SOON, THE SCHOOL BOARD IS GOING TO SET PERFORMANCE TARGETS

013FOR EACH OF THOSE METRICS AND LET US KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE. AND THEN WE'RE EXPECTED TO MEET THEM BY 2030. THE WAY THEY'VE DONE THEIR SYSTEM IS THEY SET US UP WITH SIMILAR DISTRICTS IN A CLUSTER SO WE KNOW WHO WE'RE BEING COMPARED TO. AND IT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING. IT WILL BE NEW AND DIFFERENT FOR THE STATE, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WILL STILL BE ON THE SAC [INDISCERNIBLE]. THESE NEW METRICS ARE GOING TO SHOW REALLY THE OUTCOMES AND BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS THE OUTCOMES. THIS IS COMING FROM SENATE BILL 141. THIS IS KIND OF THE REASON WHY THIS IS CHANGING AND WHY WE'RE REPORTING IT OUT MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN WE ALREADY DO. AND AGAIN, FOR US IT'S NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE

014WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING ALL OF THOSE THINGS. FOR OTHER DISTRICTS, IT'S A BIG LIFT WITH THE STAFF THAT THEY HAVE. SCHOOL CALENDAR. SO WE'VE HAD LOTS OF RESPONSES ON OUR SCHOOL CALENDAR SURVEY, WHICH WE LOVE. THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY THE 16th. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM AS MANY VOICES AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE END DATE OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE OKAY WITH GOING ALL THE WAY TO JUNE 22nd OR IN CONTRAST OF HAVING THAT WEEK OFF OF THANKSGIVING. THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS AT PLAY HERE. WE'LL SEE WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS. I WILL REPORT OUT TO EVERYONE. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A CLEAR WINNER, BUT AT LEAST WE'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION. AND YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE START DATE ANYMORE? IT'S ONLY THOSE TWO ITEMS? YEAH, THE START DATE CAN HAVE

015SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT TOO. IF WE START BEFORE LABOR DAY, AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE NOT, BECAUSE OF THE HEAT AND TWO OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE DON'T WANT TO START ON THE MONDAY BEFORE LABOR DAY. MAYBE IF WE DID THURSDAY, FRIDAY BEFORE LABOR DAY TO KIND OF OFFSET THOSE DAYS, WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT THAT. I HATE TO TALK TOO EARLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET LATE ENTRIES, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE PEOPLE WANT TO START BEFORE LABOR DAY. AND THEN THE ELLIS SCHOOL FOUNDATION, THEY CONTINUE TO BE AMAZING FOR US, AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM WHITNEY LATER TODAY. BUT THEY REALLY ARE SERVING A CRITICAL ROLE IN GETTING OUR COMMUNITY TO RAISE EXTRA ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT HELP SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THANK ALL OF THEM.

016THERE'S SEVERAL UPCOMING EVENTS THEY CAN BE INVOLVED IN. WE HAVE OUR NEW FAMILY GATHERING AT THE LAKEVIEW HOUSE ON JANUARY 22nd. WE HAVE A NEW FAMILY BINGO NIGHT FEBRUARY 17th. WE HAVE OUR BIG FOUNDATION GALA ON MARCH 7th, AND TICKETS ARE ON SALE RIGHT NOW. THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DEEPER INVOLVEMENT, THEY HAVE OPENING UP THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOUNDATION FORWARD MEMBERS, AND THAT DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15th. AND THEN LAST, EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS. WE HAVE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THROUGH EVERYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IS TOP PRIORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAD ONE LAST MOMENT TO NOMINATE ANY TEACHERS FOR THE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY'RE DUE TODAY. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT, YOU HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AND THERE'S STILL TIME TO RECOGNIZE YOUR FAVORITE

017TEACHER OR YOUR FAVORITE COMMUNITY MEMBER. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, AND I KNOW I JUST SAID THAT, BUT I WANT TO MOVE TO 4.2 WHICH IS SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO 4.2? SURE. DO IT. >> SO I HAVE A BUNCH OF FRIENDS WHO ARE GOING TO COME UP HERE TOO. WHILE THEY'RE WALKING UP HERE, YOU'LL SEE YOUR POSTERS UP HERE. WE HAVE THE THEME OF LEADING WITH PURPOSE, SERVING WITH CARE. AND FOR ALL OF YOU, THE SEVEN OF YOU, AND WE ARE SO VERY GRATEFUL FOR ALL OF YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND I KNOW IT IS A VOLUNTEER JOB. I THINK EVERYBODY OUT THERE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THEY DON'T GET PAID. THEY COME HERE FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. I FEEL LIKE ALL OF YOU COME HERE

018BECAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT STUDENTS. YOU CARE ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY, AND YOU WANT WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL STUDENTS. AND NOT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO PUT THEMSELVES IN THAT KIND OF POSITION. OUR STAFF IS SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF BUT REALLY ALL OF US, INCLUDING ME. YOU HAVE ALL BEEN THERE FOR ME WHEN THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN EASY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. WE HAVE A LITTLE PROCLAMATION WE'RE GOING TO READ, AND WE HAVE A LITTLE GIFT FOR EACH OF YOU. AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE AMAZING STAFF. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. I WILL BEGIN. WHEREAS THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT IS A BENEFIT TO THIS COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS DAILY EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ACHIEVE AT HIGH LEVELS AND POSSESS THE

019KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO BE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND ENJOY PRODUCTIVE AND SATISFYING LIVES AND. WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF PUBLIC EDUCATION GOVERNANCE SYSTEM AND REPRESENT THE ESSENCE OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP. AND. WHEREAS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS KIRSTEN AIRD PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE BY CREATING A VISION, ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND BUDGETS, AND SETTING CLEAR STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ALL INVOLVED. AND. WHEREAS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD NATHAN KO SERVE AS LIAISONS BETWEEN THE LSD STUDENT BODY AND MEMBERS OF THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION BRINGING STUDENT VOICE TO THE FOREFRONT OF DISTRICT LEADERSHIP AND POLICY DECISIONS AND PROVIDING INVALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO THE DAILY EXPERIENCES, CHALLENGES, AND SUCCESSES OF OUR STUDENTS. AND. WHEREAS THE MEMBERS OF THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION ARE DIRECTLY

020ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTERS BEING A VITAL LINK BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THEIR SCHOOLS AND. WHEREAS OREGON ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER STATES HAS CHOSEN JANUARY AS A TIME FOR ANNUAL RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF THE MEMBERS OF LOCALLY ELECTED BOARDS OF EDUCATION. NOW THEREFORE, THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2026 AS LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH. YAY! >> [APPLAUSE] HERE YOU GO, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE FINALLY GOT OUR PAYDAY. THAT'S HILARIOUS. DURING THIS MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM UP FOR EVERYONE TO SEE. THANK YOU. IT IS AN HONOR. REALLY QUICK, WERE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. SCHIELE ON 4.1? OKAY. COOL. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ADD-ON, BUT WE DID GET TO TOUR TODAY LOJ AS WELL AS

021THE NEW FIELD HOUSE, AND EVERYTHING IS GORGEOUS AND AMAZING. AND TONY HAS AGAIN DONE SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE. HE REALLY IS FANTASTIC. I WAS LIKE WHAT ABOUT IF WE MAKE IT A GYM? AND HE DOES IT. WHAT ABOUT THIS? AND THEN YOU GO DOWN AND IT'S BREATHTAKING. I CAN'T WAIT TO HAVE EVERYBODY COME IN THE BUILDING IN MAY AND SEE THE NEW OPENING OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. GORGEOUS DAY TO SEE IT TOO. OKAY. NOW WE GET TO HEAR FROM OUR AMAZING LOHS GREEN TEAM. WOO. THERE WEREN'T MORE WOOS. WOO! >> WOO! >> THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. WE HAD A SLIDE SHOW, BUT WE HEARD THAT -- IT'S WORKING. OH. THANK YOU. SORRY. AWESOME. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. I'M MILLIE, CO-PRESIDENT OF THE GREEN

022TEAM AT LOHS. MY NAME IS NOREVO. I HANDLE THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUBLICITY STUFF FOR GREEN TEAM. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT GREEN TEAM HAS DONE IN THE PAST YEAR, THANKS TO NOT ONLY STUDENT WORK AND ALSO OUR LOVELY TEACHER MISS FOSTER. BUT ALSO, THAT WE KNOW ALL THE STAFF IS BEHIND US BECAUSE SUSTAINABILITY BEING PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT. OUR MISSION IS TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH HANDS ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, HANDS ON EVENTS AND ACTIVISM. WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE JANUARY 2019, SO IT'S BEEN A MINUTE. SO A FEW THINGS WE'VE DONE THIS YEAR, WE'VE DONE THE CAP AND GOWN RECYCLING. IF YOU AREN'T AWARE, THIS IS STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE RECYCLE SENIORS CAP AND GOWNS BACK. IT AVOIDS THE EXTRA

023TEXTILE WASTE FROM GOING TO THE LANDFILL AND MAKES IT CHEAPER FOR SENIORS TO BUY THEIR CAPS AND GOWNS RATHER THAN BUYING THEM NEW, AND THAT MONEY GOES BACK TO FUNDING THE GREEN TEAM. AND THEN WE ALSO A BIT MORE RECENT IS OUR CLOTHES BIN. IT'S ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR CAMPUS, AND IT WILL TAKE ANY OLD TEXTILES FOR SORTING, RESELLING, OR RECYCLING, AND THE MONEY COMES BACK TO US. THE BIN IS OPEN TO ANYONE IN THE COMMUNITY CLEARING OUT OLD CLOTHES. SO PRETTY NICE. ANOTHER NEW THING THIS YEAR IS WE PARTNERED WITH OUR FUTURE. THEY'RE A STATEWIDE ORGANIZATION, AND IT'S VERY EXCITING. IT WILL CONNECT US TO OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS CLIMATE JUSTICE LOBBYING IN THE SPRING, THE STATEWIDE OUR FUTURE SUMMIT, AND POSSIBLE GRANT SPONSORSHIPS FOR OUR OWN PROJECTS. A TEAM MEMBER BECAME A

024LIAISON FOR THIS ORGANIZATION FOR US AND THEY GOT HIRED AS AN OFFICIAL OUR FUTURE INTERN. THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS IS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP CONNECTING US WITH OPPORTUNITIES. WE PARTNERED WITH FUTURE CLIMATE COLLECTIVE, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR THEM ON HERE, BUT WE'RE PLANNING TO HELP THEM WITH PLANNING THEIR CLIMA-THON LATER THIS YEAR. ANOTHER NEW, EXCITING THING IS WE ARE HELPING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SET UP THEIR OWN GREEN TEAM. IT WILL BE LED BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GOING OVER EVERY FRIDAY. THE FIRST MEETING IS GOING TO BE THIS WEEK. SO VERY EXCITING. IT WILL GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN LESSONS IN SUSTAINABILITY AND ALSO BRING THEIR OWN EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE WITH SUSTAINABILITY. AND WE'RE HOPING IT WILL BE A BIT OF A STEPPINGSTONE FROM MIDDLE SCHOOLERS INTO BECOMING NEW MEMBERS OF

025THE GREEN TEAM IN HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY'LL BE DOING A LOT MORE HOPEFULLY. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE TO MENTION OLWC BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM FOR QUITE A WHILE. THEY, AS ALWAYS, CONNECT US TO PLANNING AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH FOSTERS A SENSE OF STEWARDSHIP IN OUR STUDENTS, AND HELPS US GET A LOT OF COOL PROJECTS DONE LIKE RESTORATION AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION EVENTS. AND NOW I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO NORWAY AND HE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO DO THIS YEAR WITH THE ISSUE OF FOOD WASTE IN OUR YEAR. I WANT TO START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE DISTRICT'S CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN AND HOW IT HAS BEEN IMPORTANT IN ESTABLISHING A FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY. IT'S GIVEN A SHARED FRAMEWORK AND WAY TO START THINKING SYSTEM WIDE. TO KEEP THIS FOCUS, I

026WILL FOCUS ON FOOD WASTE BECAUSE IT CLEARLY SHOWS WHY SUSTAINABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN OUR DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT HAS ALREADY DONE A LOT OF MEANINGFUL WORK. OUR NUTRITION DEPARTMENT HAS REDUCED SINGLE WASTE PLASTIC, USES ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR DELIVERIES, DONATES EXCESS FOOD, AND HAS COMPOST BINS IN THE KITCHENS AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. THIS WORK SHOWS WHAT'S POSSIBLE WHEN SUSTAINABILITY IS BUILT INTO OPERATIONS. SORRY. COULD YOU GO TO, UM, ONE MORE. ONE MORE. ONE MORE. OKAY. SORRY. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE STILL MISSING A SORT OF DISTRICT-WIDE SYSTEM. THERE ARE NO CONSISTENT BEHAVIORS, TEACHING PRACTICES, OR INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT AROUND FOOD WASTE OTHER THAN THE IN-KITCHEN COMPOSTING SYSTEMS. STUDENTS ARE OFTEN EXPECTED TO DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT THE SYSTEM IS NOT ACTUALLY BUILT TO SUPPORT THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, MANY ITEMS INCLUDING OUR LITTLE

027LUNCH TRAY BOAT THINGS ARE LABELED AS COMPOSTABLE, BUT ACCORDING TO CLACKAMAS COUNTY, THEY DON'T FULLY BIODEGRADE, AND THEY END UP IN THE TRASH. IT'S NOT THAT STUDENTS DON'T CARE, BUT THE SYSTEM IS NOT ALIGNED. IN A STUDENT POLL WE DID AND ACCORDING TO THE RECENT FOOD WASTE AUDIT WE CONDUCTED WITH CLACKAMAS COUNTY, FOOD WASTE IS STILL A PREVALENT ISSUE FOR STUDENTS. THIS IS WHY SUSTAINABILITY NEEDS TO STAY ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. WITHOUT IT, EFFORT BECOMES RELIED ON LIKE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS AND SHORT-TERM STUDENT LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGIC PLANS ARE WHAT PROVIDE CONTINUITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OVER TIME. ADDITIONALLY, MANY STUDENTS ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY WITH SCHOOLS SUCH AS PALISADES, LAKE OSWEGO MIDDLE SCHOOL, LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL ALL CREATING THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENTAL CLUBS AND PROJECTS. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR SUSTAINABILITY NOT JUST TO BE AN EXTRACURRICULAR BUT TO

028BE A WAY OF LIFE. OKAY. BY ADDING COMPOSTING SYSTEMS WHERE STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY USE THEM, SUCH AS IN THE CAFETERIA DINING HALL, STUDENTS WILL BECOME IMMERSED IN THIS PRACTICE OF COMPOSTING AND CHOOSING SUSTAINABILITY WILL BECOME SECOND NATURE. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE NEXT GENERATION HAS SUSTAINABLE HABITS FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR PLANET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. KEEPING SUSTAINABILITY ON THE PLAN ALLOWS FOR EDUCATION AND FACILITIES TO ALIGN, SUPPORT STAFF AND STUDENTS, AND ENSURES OUR GOALS ARE MEASURABLE AND LONG TERM. THIS GUARANTEES WE. Reporter: JUST DOING THE RIGHT, BUT WE ARE BUILDING IT TO LAST. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK NOTE. I WANTED TO ADD ON HOW MUCH I AGREE WITH WHAT NORWAY HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE. I'M A SENIOR. I'VE BEEN TO SEE YOU TWICE BEFORE. I KNOW OTHER PAST MEMBERS HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO

029DO SO AS WELL. WE WANT TO REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT STUDENTS THINK IT IS. IF IT WASN'T, WE COULDN'T KEEP BRINGING IT UP. WHEN WE'VE ATTEMPTED STUDENT-LED COMPOSTING SYSTEMS IN THE PAST, IT WORKS FOR A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE EFFORTS OF STUDENTS, BUT IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN. SOMETIMES WE LACK THE MANPOWER TO KEEP THE SYSTEM RUNNING IN YEARS WHERE WE HAVE LESS MEMBERS. AND IT'S JUST UNSUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN. OUR SCHOOLS KITCHENS ALREADY COMPOST AS NORWAY STATE BECAUSE IT'S STATE MANDATED. WE BELIEVE IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL CHANGE TO EXPAND THAT TO HAVING BINS IN OUR CAFETERIAS AND A DISTRICT-WIDE STAFF-LED SYSTEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING US SPEAK. [APPLAUSE] WHAT DO YOU THINK, I MEAN, WE'VE HEARD, I MEAN COMPOSTING HAS BEEN A BIG INITIATIVE THAT'S COMING UP FOR A

030WHILE. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIGGEST BARRIER IS? IS IT EDUCATING THE STUDENTS? IS IT THE INFRASTRUCTURE? WHAT DO YOU THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS? I PERSONALLY BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED. IT SHOULDN'T BE A CHOICE. I'M SAYING THAT WRONG. IT SHOULDN'T BE SOMEONE HAS TO ACTIVELY MAKE THE CHOICE TO BE SUSTAINABLE. IT SHOULD BE INTEGRATED IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM. SO THAT'S WHY I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD BE SORT OF AN INFRASTRUCTURE THING BECAUSE LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE FRIENDS WHO KNOW THAT THE TRAYS, THEY'RE BIODEGRADABLE SO THEY THINK IT'S FINE, THEY DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT IT. THEY DON'T BIODEGRADE NATURALLY WHEN WE PUT THEM IN THE TRASH. THEY DON'T HAVE BINS TO PUT THEM IN WHERE IT WOULD BE PUT INTO A SYSTEM WHERE IT WOULD BE BIODEGRADABLE. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT.

031I THINK WE ARE JUST KIND OF MISSING THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO MAKE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CHOICES. AND I THINK IF WE HAD THAT, IT WOULD BE VERY IMPACTFUL, AND IT WOULD BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER ON SUSTAINABILITY. AND WE'RE DISMISSING THAT. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT THE DEFAULT CHOICE IS WHAT MAKES IT EASY, RIGHT? WE SAY THAT A LOT ABOUT HEALTH IN GENERAL. AND THIS IS THE HEALTH OF THE PLANET. BUT WHAT I SEE AS A BOARD IS OUR ABILITY TO WORK ON POLICIES AND INFLUENCE BUDGETS IN A MANNER THAT REINFORCES TO MAKE THE DEFAULT BE WHAT WE WANT IT TO BE, RIGHT? PEOPLE WANT TO DO IT. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE IT SUPER EASY

032FOR THEM TO DO IT, THAT'S WHAT I HEAR YOU GUYS SAYING. YEAH. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE MERCY HOUSING HERE. DR. SCHIELE AND MR. THOMPSON. MR. THOMPSON CAN INTRODUCE HIS GUEST. THIS IS JOE THOMPSON. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER FOR A FEW YEARS ACTUALLY. SO HE'S GONNA WALK US THROUGH AND HIS TEAM WILL BE WALKING US THROUGH THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS AT MERCY. YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MONTH OF HONOR. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL THREE OF US ARE FOLKS WHO ARE DEDICATED TO SERVICE. AND SO WE GET THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO THANK YOU. SO I AM JOE THOMPSON. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST. AND IN A

033SECOND, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY FABULOUS CO-WORKERS, BUT I WANTED TO START JUST BY INTRODUCING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST. SO WE ARE A NON-PROFIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDER WITH A 40-YEAR HISTORY HERE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE OPERATE 54 AFFORDABLE COMMUNITIES, AND THAT MEANS THAT ABOUT 6,000 PEOPLE EACH NIGHT HAVE A SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND WELCOMING PLACE TO CALL HOME. GREEN BERET HERE IN LAKE OSWEGO IS OUR FIRST PROPERTY IN OREGON. AND IT IS ON THE OLD MERRILL HURST COLLEGE CAMPUS. IT'S 100 UNITS OF DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO IT'S OUR FIRST PROPERTY HERE IN OREGON, BUT WE HAVE FIVE OTHERS THAT ARE IN DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THE EXCITING THING WITH THAT IS WE'RE KIND OF QUICKLY GETTING TO SCALE HERE IN OREGON. I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT

034REALLY SETS MERCY HOUSING NORTHWEST APART AND REALLY ONE OF THE REASONS I'M MOST PROUD TO WORK FOR US IS OUR RESIDENT SERVICES. THOSE RESIDENT SERVICES REALLY TAKE THAT STABLE PLATFORM THAT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDES FAMILIES AND ALLOWS THOSE FAMILIES TO REALLY WORK ON OTHER BIG DREAMS THEY MIGHT HAVE FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR KIDS. IT CREATES A SENSE OF STABILITY AND A SAFETY NET FOR THEM DURING TIMES OF CRISIS. AND ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF WE CALL MERCY SCHOLARS. THAT'S REALLY OUR PROGRAM THAT IS ABOUT THAT SECOND GENERATION, THE KIDS THAT LIVE IN OUR HOUSING, AND IT'S REALLY LASER FOCUSED ON THEIR ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMICALLY. AND REALLY KIND OF CHANGING THE TRAJECTORY OF LIVES FOR THOSE KIDS. AND THESE ARE THE GOOD FOLKS WHO GET TO DO THAT WORK EVERY DAY, SO

035I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO LINDSAY. I'M LINDSAY CARRIS. AND I WANT TO HAVE ANN INTRODUCE HERSELF. SHE'S OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE AT MERCY. I'M ANN WALTERS COOK, THE YOUTH INITIATIVES AND SCHOOL LIAISON WITH MERCY. SO I RUN THE OST OR OUT OF SCHOOL TIME PROGRAMMING, AND MY BACKGROUND IN IS EDUCATION AND SOCIAL WORK IN SCHOOLS. AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE ANN. AND I GOT TO, I LIVE IN BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON. SO I DROVE THE WHOLE STATE OF WASHINGTON TODAY, BUT I GOT TO WALK IN AND SIT IN THE BACK. A LITTLE SECRETLY WHILE ANN LED A LITERACY LESSON FOR 12 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YOUTH AND THEN DID SOME SELF-PORTRAITS OF THEM, WHICH WAS REALLY AWESOME. SO I HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING FOR MERCY FOR 17 YEARS. AND I

036RAN ON-SITE PROGRAMMING IN A COMMUNITY UP IN BELLINGHAM FOR 12 OF THOSE YEARS WITH A REAL FOCUS IN THE YOUTH AT THAT SITE. AND WHAT WE FOUND THERE, WE HAD PRIMARILY FARM-WORKING FAMILIES. AND FOR OVER FIVE YEARS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, BOTH BEING PUSHED OUT AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. AND SO WE STARTED A REALLY INTENSIVE PROGRAM. MOST OF THE PROGRAMS AT MERCY HOUSING ARE KIND OF AN OPT-IN STRUCTURE. SO FAMILIES AND YOUTH GET TO OPT INTO WHAT THEY ENGAGE IN. SO WE PROVIDE OUT-OF-SCHOOL-TIME PROGRAMMING. IT WOULD BE AROUND ENRICHMENT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, BUT IT WAS FOR THOSE KIDDOS WHO CHOSE TO SHOW UP. WHAT WE FOUND WHEN WE DID THIS MORE INTENSIVE MODEL IS, UM, OUR GOAL IS THAT WE ARE, THAT EVERY STUDENT AT OUR PROPERTY

037KNOWS THAT THERE'S A SAFE ADULT DOWNSTAIRS THAT THEY CAN GO TO, AND THAT THEY ALSO SEE IN THEIR SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT OUR PROGRAM IS THAT SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP. AND HAVING OUR STAFF NOT ONLY AT HOME WHEN KIDS GET HOME BUT ALSO IN THE SCHOOLS AND HAVING THAT REAL WRAP-AROUND. WE DID HAVE AT GREEN BERET RIGHT WHEN WE STARTED, THERE WAS SOME STAFF TURNOVER AND STAFFING INCONSISTENCIES AT A REALLY CRITICAL TIME. AND THAT MADE SOME OF THOSE RELATIONSHIP PIECES VERY DIFFICULT. I AM, AGAIN, REALLY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE ANN. AND I THINK WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THINKING AND REFLECTING ON THAT. THIS BEING KIND OF OUR FARTHEST SITE AWAY FROM OUR HUB, THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT NEW STRUCTURE NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE. SO I'M EXCITED FOR HOW WE

038MOVE FORWARD AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SCHOOLS AND WITH STAFF. I WILL SAY THAT IT WAS A HARD START, AND THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SO COLLABORATIVE AND WELCOMING TO OUR STAFF. AND SO I'M JUST REALLY, UM, THANKFUL FOR THE GRACE THAT HAS BEEN OFFERED SO THAT WE CAN REALLY SHOW WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS ABOUT. I THINK AT OUR KIND OF FOUNDATIONAL PROGRAM, WE HAVE, WE WENT FROM 0% GRADUATION RATES OVER THE LAST 17 YEARS, WE CHANGED THAT TO 94% GRADUATION RATES WITH 71% OF THOSE YOUTH ATTENDING HIGHER EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. AND SO IT'S REALLY AN AMAZING THING TO SEE WHAT THAT IMPACT IS ON OUR GREATER COMMUNITY. NOT ONLY ON OUR HOUSING COMMUNITY BUT ON WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE. SO REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT. IN OUR REGION, WE

039HAVE EIGHT PROPERTIES THAT HAVE A SPECIALIZED PROGRAM, AND WE SERVE OVER 700 YOUTH. AND OUR GOAL IS REALLY, AGAIN, TO JUST CREATE A SPACE THAT'S OPEN AND WELCOMING. 95% OF OUR KIDS REPORT THAT THEY HAVE A SUPPORTIVE ADULT IN OUR PROGRAM. 100% SAY THEY ENJOY ATTENDING OUR PROGRAM. SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING. AND THEY ALSO HAVE INCREASED GAINS IN THEIR CONFIDENCE SOCIALLY AND AS A LEARNER. NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE DOING IN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS BUT HOW WE'RE HELPING YOU ALL WALK ALONG THIS PATH WITH THE FAMILIES OVER TIME. SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SPACE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR WHAT I SEE COMING. THANKS, LINDSAY. SO WE'RE HERE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES AND TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MERCY SCHOLARS PROGRAM AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

040AND WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP. BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER SOMETHING. AND SO THE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE LIKE MERCY SCHOLARS ARE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR ORGANIZATION. AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE HAVE TRADITIONALLY KIND OF PAID FOR THAT IS THROUGH A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. AND THAT REDUCES THE PROPERTY'S EXPENSES. AND THAT ALLOWS US TO THEN REINVEST THOSE DOLLARS INTO REALLY WHAT WE THINK ARE MUCH MORE VALUE-ADDED PROGRAMS LIKE MERCY SCHOLARS. SO WITH MERCY GREEN BERET, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION. THAT EXEMPTION, IF APPROVED AND THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS A ROLE IN THAT, IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY REDUCE AN EXPENSE THAT PROPERTY HAS OF ABOUT $70,000 EACH YEAR. ALL THAT MONEY STAYS WITH THE PROPERTY. REALLY, ALL

041THAT MONEY GOES TO HELP SUPPORT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AT THE PROPERTY. AND SO I DID WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT REQUEST. NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO DECIDE ON THAT TONIGHT. BUT THAT IT REALLY IS, IT IS A CRITICAL THING FOR US. AND I THINK IT'S A CRITICAL THING FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP TOO. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. ARE THERE QUESTIONS? I'LL START. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME INITIAL STARTUP ISSUES. I THINK ONE OF THE BIG ONES WAS ABSENTEEISM, A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE HOUSING BUT WERE NOT MAKING IT TO SCHOOL. SO IS THAT, WHAT'S KIND OF BEEN YOUR STRATEGY FOR THAT? OR WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY TO ENSURE THAT WE GET ALL THOSE KINDS IN SCHOOL? YEAH. I THINK WHERE WE WERE BEFORE AND WITH THE

042STAFF TURNOVER, IT WAS HARD FOR US TO EVEN TRACK. AND I DO THINK AS A PROPERTY OPENS, GENERALLY WHAT WE FIND IS FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS OR SO, THERE'S A WIDE VARIETY OF SCHOOLS THAT YOUTH ARE GOING TO BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING IN THROUGH MCKENNEY-VINTO. IN AUGUST WHEN WE TALKED LAST TIME, WE DIDN'T KNOW 28 OF OUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY WERE ENROLLED. WE'RE DOWN TO FIVE. OKAY. >> SO I THINK THAT KIND OF INTENSIVE, AND THOSE FIVE KIDS HAVE GOTTEN, WE DOCUMENT ALL OF OUR ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE. AND WE HAVE FIVE STAFF MEMBERS THERE. SO IF IT'S NOT THE YOUTH INITIATIVES AND SCHOOL LIAISON, WE HAVE CASE MANAGEMENT, RESIDENT SERVICES. SO I THINK PART OF THAT WAS KNOWING MORE ABOUT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. I THINK, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,

043WE MADE AN EFFORT TO BE THERE WHEN THE SCHOOL BUS LEFT, AND MAKE SURE IN THE FIRST WEEK THAT KIDS WERE THERE. AND IF NOT, FINDING OUT THOSE BARRIERS. I DO KNOW THERE WAS COMMUNICATION EVEN LAST WEEK AROUND A STUDENT WHO WAS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING ON THE BUS FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO I DO THINK THAT INCREASED COMMUNICATION, CONSISTENCY AND COMMUNICATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT. WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS REALLY IRONING OUT THE ROI RELEASE OF INFORMATION. SO JUST FINDING HOW THAT BEST WORKS WITHIN THIS DISTRICT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH KIND OF A PARENT PORTAL OR A MORE GENERAL ROI JUST SO WE CAN GET THAT ATTENDANCE DATA REALLY QUICKLY AND HAVE PEOPLE ON SITE WHO CAN FOLLOW UP ON IT. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. HOW MANY? HOW MANY DO YOU HAVE ON STAFF? I

044THINK INITIALLY THERE WAS NO ONE, RIGHT? YEAH. I MEAN, SO WE HAVE ON SITE WE HAVE A CASE MANAGER, WE HAVE A LIAISON, RESIDENT SERVICES COORDINATOR, AND A RESIDENT SERVICES MANAGER. AND WHILE ANN IS THE FOCUS OF THE YOUTH PROGRAMMING, OFTEN WE FIND THAT FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, ARE DRAWN TO ONE PERSON OR ANOTHER. SO IF WE CAN'T FIND THAT INFORMATION, WHICH KIND OF SPEAKS TO THESE FIVE KIDDOS. IT'S LIKE NOBODY ON STAFF KNOWS THAT. SO IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALL HAVE EYES OUT FOR. AND HOW THEY ENGAGE. AND JUST LAST QUESTION FROM ME. SO YOU MENTIONED 70,000. WOULD YOU, WOULD THAT BE AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT THEN FOR THE SITE? OR WOULD THAT BE FILLING SOME OF THE COSTS? IT WOULD FILL SOME OF THE COSTS WE HAVE. WOULD YOU ADD ADDITIONAL SERVICES AS WELL THEN?

045WHAT WOULD YOU THEN ADD? NO. IT WOULD GO TO REALLY COVER THE COSTS, THE CURRENT COSTS AT THE SITE. AND THAT IS PRETTY, UM, THAT'S, THAT IS A VERY ROBUST LEVEL OF STAFFING. IT'S NOT TYPICAL. SO WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF INVESTED MORE THAN WE TYPICALLY WOULD. AND YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THERE ARE A COUPLE FACTORS THAT LED TO THE PROPERTY AND THIS PROGRAM REALLY NOT GETTING OFF TO THE START THAT WE HOPED. ONE IS WE HAD STAFF TURNOVER. WE FRANKLY, WE MADE SOME BAD STAFFING CHOICES. I MEAN, I'LL JUST BE REALLY HONEST ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK THOSE THINGS WERE COMPLICATED BY THE FACT THAT BECAUSE OUR FIRST PROPERTY IN OREGON, AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE JUST SORT OF BACKFILL. AND SO THOSE WERE REALLY COMPLICATING FACTORS. I THINK THE OTHER THING

046THAT WAS FRANKLY A COMPLICATING FACTOR IS THE ACUITY LEVEL OF THE FAMILIES THAT LIVE THERE. IS SIGNIFICANT. AND ANY TIME YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYBODY IS BRAND NEW TO EACH OTHER AND FRANKLY, A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS ARE BEING REINTRODUCED TO PERMANENT HOUSING, IT'S CHALLENGING ENOUGH. IT TAKES A WHILE FOR A COMMUNITY TO SORT OF, UM, KIND OF GET TO THAT BASELINE IT NEEDS TO REALLY BEGIN TO HAVE SOME OF THESE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN. AND THOSE WERE EXACERBATED BY THE FACT THAT WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES. AND I DO THINK, UM, WE ARE, WE'RE TURNING A CORNER, AND I THINK THE GREAT THING WITH THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS IS THEY REALLY HELP CREATE SORT OF NOT JUST COMMUNITY BUT REALLY A CULTURE AND SORT OF SOME NORMS AND SOME EXPECTATIONS THAT REALLY EVERYBODY

047BENEFITS FROM. SO ONCE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, YOU KNOW, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS TOUGH, AND IT'S EVEN TOUGHER WHEN EVERYBODY'S A TRANSFER STUDENT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S KIND OF ONE WAY TO LOOK AT THIS. BUT I THINK WE'RE GETTING MOMENTUM, AND WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO COMPLETE THE TASK. THANK YOU. YEAH, YOU'RE DOING GREAT WORK, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE AND FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO AND THE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU HAVE. YOU MENTIONED THE CURRENT LEVEL OF STAFFING IS BOTH ATYPICAL AND NEW, AND THEREFORE A HIGHER BUDGET ITEM SOUNDS LIKE, HOW SUSTAINABLE IS THAT HERE? AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT WILL BE THE NORM? OR IS THAT A STOPGAP TO ADDRESS SOME PRIOR PROBLEMS THAT WILL THEN LEAN OUT IN THE

048FORESEEABLE FUTURE? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT FACTOR INTO THAT. AND SO I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SAY THAT'S GONNA BE THE NORM GOING FORWARD FOREVER. I MEAN, I REALLY DO THINK GETTING THIS EXEMPTION IS A CRITICAL PART OF THAT. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER CRITICAL PART TO THAT IS CLACKAMAS, THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FROM CLACKAMAS COUNTY FOR SOME OF THOSE SERVICES AND THE CONTINUATION OF THOSE, AND I'M TRYING IF MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, I THINK THAT FUNDING WAS GUARANTEED FOR THE FIRST EIGHT YEARS. AND THEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED. BUT THEN THE OTHER THING IS THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY REALLY. AND YOU KNOW, HAVING DONE THIS FOR A WHILE AND OPENED A LOT OF NEW COMMUNITIES, IT IS MUCH MORE INTENSIVE, AND YOU

049HAVE TO SORT OF FRONT LOAD INVESTMENT OFTEN. BUT THEN A COMMUNITY DOES KIND OF, AGAIN, KIND OF HIT ITS STRIDE. AND MAYBE WE WOULD NOT NEED THAT LEVEL OF STAFFING A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. I DON'T SEE THAT FOR A WHILE. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK PART OF IT IS YOU HAVE TO EVALUATE HOW A COMMUNITY'S DOING AND WHAT IS NEEDED. RIGHT NOW AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HEAVILY INVEST IN IT. SO TO THOSE THINGS WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN AND KNOW WILL HAPPEN WILL HAPPEN AND WILL HAPPEN SOONER. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOU SAY THAT. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU ACKNOWLEDGED WAS THIS IS YOUR FIRST PROPERTY IN OREGON, SO IT IS PRACTICALLY AND LOGISTICALLY FAR REMOVED FROM THE HUB OF RESOURCES. SO

050THAT IF THERE ARE CHALLENGES HERE BEING THE ONLY PROPERTY, I WOULD ASSUME IT'S HARDER TO READ AND REACT AND FILL THOSE SLOTS ON A DIME IF NEED BE. SO HAVING MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BUFFER AS THIS IS YOUR ONLY PROPERTY FOR SOME PERIOD OF TIME WOULD POTENTIALLY HELP KEEP US FROM BEING IN THOSE POSITIONS AGAIN. AND I WILL SAY, CAN I SPEAK TO THAT? JUST THE WAY THAT MERCY SCHOLARS HAS RUN SO FAR, THERE'S KIND OF A HUB OF PROPERTIES UP NORTH IN WASHINGTON THAT I OVERSEE, AND THEN A HUB IN THE KING COUNTY AREA THAT MY OTHER MANAGER OVERSEES. SO THAT IS UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT WE ARE THERE TO FILL IN WHEN WE HAVE STAFF TURNOVER OR, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. FAMILIES KNOW US. I DO THINK THAT

051THIS HAS CAUSED US TO REALLY LOOK STRATEGICALLY AT THAT. ONE OF THOSE POSITIONS WE HAVE IS A MANAGER WHO OVERSEES MULTIPLE SITES IN VANCOUVER AND HERE. AND I THINK PART OF THAT STRATEGIC THINKING IS HOW DO WE HAND SOME OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS OVER SO THAT IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE, MERCY SCHOLARS HAS BEEN KIND OF INSULAR RIGHT NOW IN HOW WE DO THAT. SO THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN SHARE SOME OF THAT, AND THEN HAVE THAT CONTINUED SUPPORT. BECAUSE SHE IS THERE ON SITE, SO IT WON'T BE AS ABRUPT. THERE'S SOME STRATEGY THERE. WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IT. YEAH. AND PART OF IT IS, SO AS LINDSAY SAID, YEAH, THE OTHER SEVEN PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE THAT FEATURE THIS PROGRAM ARE IN TWO COUNTIES ESSENTIALLY. SO WE KIND OF HAVE CREATED SORT OF THAT ABILITY

052TO SORT OF MUTUALLY SUPPORT THEM. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE SISTERS OF HOLY NAMES THAT WE BRING THIS PROGRAM TO THEIR CAMPUS, TO MERRILL HURST GIVEN THEIR HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF THE SITE. AND FRANKLY, I LOOKED AT IT AS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE KIDS BECAUSE OF THE EXCELLENCE OF THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE HAVE THAT PROGRAM THERE. AND SO THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT WAS MAYBE WE GOT A LITTLE OVER OUR SKIS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT WAS SORT OF UNIQUELY OUT THERE. AND IT WASN'T NECESSARILY FOLLOWING THE MODEL THAT WE'VE HAD IN OTHER AREAS. I THINK THAT'S BEGINNING TO CHANGE. YOU KNOW, WE OPENED OUR SECOND OREGON PROPERTY. JUST FINISHED THE LEASE UP IN DECEMBER. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER PROPERTY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER IN THE PIPELINE. SO

053WE'RE GOING TO SOON BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT HUB OF PROPERTIES THAT HAVE THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS. AND SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. SO IT'S, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT IT, SOMETHING HAS TO BE FIRST, RIGHT? SO THIS WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF A PRIME MOVER FOR OUR PROGRAMS IN OREGON. THANK YOU. >> I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANN. SO I'M A PARENT OF THREE YOUNG KIDS, AND I'M ALSO A FORMER TEACHER. SO WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT YOUR ROLE AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT SORT OF HOURS ARE YOU WORKING? HOW OFTEN ARE YOU IN THE SCHOOLS? WHAT IS YOUR DAILY 9-5:00 LOOK LIKE? YEP. SO YOUTH PROGRAMMING ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY RUNS LATER. IT'S 3-6:00. SO MY HOURS ARE 9:30-6:00. AND THEN TUESDAY-THURSDAY, I'M 8:30-5:00. WE HAVE TEEN PROGRAMMING

054MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, ELEMENTARY PROGRAMMING FOUR DAYS A WEEK. SO THAT'S MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY. AND THEN FRIDAY IS REALLY FOR DATA ENTRY AND MEETINGS. PROGRAM GOALS, I'M AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FOUR TIMES A MONTH, AND MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TWICE A MONTH. OKAY. AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHEN I HEAR THE DESCRIPTION OF THE HOURS, I'M THINKING THAT THERE'S THIS WHOLE BLOCK OF TIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY WHERE YOU'RE NOT GETTING AS MUCH INTERACTION WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING. SO I'M CURIOUS IF YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER REARRANGING THE SCHEDULE SOMEHOW SO THE KIDS WOULD HAVE MORE TIME IN THE MORNING OR MORE TIME IN THE EVENING TO ACTUALLY INTERACT OR ON THE WEEKENDS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE SCHOOL. IN REGARDS TO YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES? UM, SO MAYBE YOU CAN HELP

055SPEAK TO THIS TOO JUST IN TERMS OF, SO THE STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL DURING THE DAY, AND THEN I CONNECT WITH THEM AFTER SCHOOL. SO IT'S LIKE AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMMING TIME. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AT ALL? YEAH, SO I'M DOING MEETINGS WITH MERCY GREEN BERET, THEN I GO TO THE SCHOOL SITES, I WORK CLOSELY WITH SOCIAL WORKERS AT BOTH HELENA ELEMENTARY AND LAKE RIDGE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL. I'M PLANNING FOR PROGRAMMING. I WORK WITH PARENTS ON SITE. SO LIKE PARENT MEETINGS. I HAVE OFFICE HOURS. BECAUSE PARENT ENGAGEMENT IS A BIG PART OF THE PROGRAMMING AS WELL. ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO CONSIDER EXPANDING OUT TO SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, LIKE DAYS WHEN KIDS ARE HOME LOOKING FOR THINGS TO DO? WE USUALLY DON'T. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE, FOR OUR STAFF I THINK DOING

056THOSE HOURS DURING THE WEEK, WE ALWAYS HAVE THE OPTION. SO WE OFTEN HAVE STAFF WHO WILL DO A WEEKEND FIELD TRIP OR THINGS LIKE THAT WITH THEIR STUDENTS. BUT OFTEN, WE ARE JUST REALLY FOCUSING ON DOING THOSE INTENSIVE HOUR AND A HALF AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS. THE FOCUS REALLY IS ON ACADEMICS. SO WE DO PARTNER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE IN OTHER PLACES AND HERE POTENTIALLY IS REALLY PARTNERING WITH OUT OF, YOU KNOW, WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA AND ENSURING THAT YOUTH HAVE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND GET ENGAGED. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED, HEALTHY, AND SAFE EXPERIENCES OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AND HOME. SO THAT COULD LOOK LIKE HELPING PROMOTE THOSE EVENTS AND SEEING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT'S

057UNIQUE AND REALLY IMPORTANT ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS THAT, SO IT IS FOCUSED ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND ENRICHMENT FOR THE KIDS. BUT IT DOESN'T JUST WORK WITH THE KIDS, AS ANN MENTIONED. REALLY, A BIG PART OF IT IS WORKING WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WITH SCHOOL STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A GOOD PARTNERSHIP AND INFORMATION SHARING. AND THAT THOSE FOLKS ALSO KNOW SORT OF SOME OF THE UNIQUE NEEDS AND CHALLENGES OF OUR KIDS. AND IT'S ALSO WORKING WITH THE PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS WHO THE VAST MAJORITY HAVE NOT, UM, DONE ANY KIND OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. AND REALLY, IT'S ABOUT KIND OF CREATING A CULTURE OF EXPECTATION, KIND OF BROADENING HORIZONS. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE TEND TO DO WHAT WE KNOW, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT THE HOUSING CAN PROVIDE A FAMILY IN THAT, UM, YOU KNOW,

058THERE'S SOME STABILITY. THERE'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF SOME OF THOSE ECONOMIC PRESSURES THAT FAMILY HAS EXPERIENCED, AND JUST SORT OF IS THEIR DEFAULT DON'T EXIST ANYMORE. AND LINDSAY MENTIONED OUR FARMWORKER COMMUNITY UP IN BELLINGHAM. A GOOD EXAMPLE ON THAT IS SO MANY OF THOSE FAMILIES, THE KIDS HAVE TO BECOME EARNERS WHEN THEY'RE LIKE 15 YEARS OLD. AND THEY DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND THAT PRESSURE TO BE AN EARNER MAYBE ISN'T AS GREAT WHEN YOUR RENT HAS BECOME AFFORDABLE AND YOU HAVE A MORE PERMANENT, CONSTANT PLACE TO CALL HOME. BUT YOUR MINDSET DOESN'T CHANGE NECESSARILY, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT HELPS MOVE THAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE PROGRAM TOO, IS HELPING THOSE PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS BOTH KIND OF EXPAND THEIR VISION FOR THEIR KIDS, AND ALSO KIND OF KNOW

059HOW TO DO THAT TOO. DO YOU GUYS HAVE A SCHEDULE TO MAKE SURE YOU HIT ALL OF THE PARENTS IN THE HOUSING AREA? WE HAVE GOALS AROUND PARENT ENGAGEMENT FOR OUR STAFF. SO WE HAVE GOALS FOR WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, AND THEN WE HAVE IN THE LAST YEAR WE HAD OUR STAFF MEETING FOR PARENT CONFERENCES. KIND OF LIKE PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES, JUST KIND OF THE EQUIVALENT. THIS YEAR I THINK OUR FOCUS REALLY IS ON FOCUSING ON HONORING OUR FAMILIES AND THEIR BRILLIANCE. SO HOW WE'RE BRINGING THEM INCLUSIVELY INTO OUR PROGRAMMING AND MAKING THEM A REALLY BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO WITH YOUTH. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR FOCUS THIS YEAR, ON THAT PARENT ENGAGEMENT. IT'S GREAT TOO. SO MY OFFICE IS LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER, SO I SEE PARENTS. I'VE ALREADY TALKED

060TO PARENTS THREE TIMES THIS WEEK. I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT AND ENGAGE, AND THEN WE HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL. WE HAVE FOOD PANTRY TOMORROW NIGHT, SO I GET TO BE PRESENT FOR THAT, WHICH IS JUST ANOTHER TOUCH POINT FOR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT A MONTH, A LOT OF MY GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM IS BUILDING MORE ENGAGEMENT. SO THE MORE TOUCH POINTS I CAN HAVE WITH STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, THE MORE THAT GOAL WILL BE SUPPORTED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GO AHEAD. >> SO I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS LIKE A STRUCTURAL THING OR IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING, BUT YOU TALK A LOT ABOUT STAFFING. SO I'M WONDERING, ESPECIALLY AT LEAST HERE IF THERE WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE HIGH SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, ETC. FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS

061OR WITH PANTRY TO SORT OF HELP BOTH SIDES. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING. WE AREN'T, BUT WE'D LOVE TO. YEAH, ESPECIALLY WITH ELEMENTARY PROGRAMMING. LIKE, TO SUPPORT READING OR JUST, YEAH, VOLUNTEERING TO HELP OUT. I HAVE 12 KIDS, AND EVEN TODAY LINDSAY WAS LIKE OH, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE ANOTHER PERSON IN HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE K-5. SO. AND WE DO HAVE A VOLUNTEER STRUCTURE, SO IT'S REALLY EASY TO GET STARTED. WE DO HAVE HIGH SCHOOLERS IN OUR COMPLEX THAT DO HELP VOLUNTEER, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO HAVING PEOPLE IN. AND JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OR CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE FOR THE DIFFERENT GRADE GROUPS? YEAH, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THE PERCENTAGES. YOU KNOW,

062I HAVE THEM ON MY COMPUTER. ARE THEY MOSTLY K-5? IS IT KIND OF AN EVEN SPLIT? WE HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD, I MEAN I WOULD SAY FOR HIGH SCHOOL, WE PROBABLY HAVE, I'M JUST TRYING TO REMEMBER. PROBABLY AROUND 17 HIGH SCHOOLERS. SO IT IS A GOOD MIX OF AGES, YEAH. SURE. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US TODAY AND SHARING ALL THIS INFORMATION. AND YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO ESPECIALLY THE FAMILIES WHO HAVEN'T HAD THAT. AND YOU KNOW, I AM EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT KIND OF THE HIGHER ACUITY LEVEL OF, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES HERE HAVING BEEN A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE. AND I KNOW YOU

063DESCRIBED SOME OF THE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES THAT YOU PROVIDE. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL WRAP-AROUND SERVICES YOU PROVIDE TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY REQUIRE A WHOLE COMPLEMENT OF SUPPORT IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. YES. CAN I SPEAK TO THAT? SURE. >> [LAUGHTER] >> I OBVIOUSLY HAVE BIG FEELINGS ABOUT MERCY, AND I DO THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'VE BEEN WITH THEM FOR SO LONG IS BECAUSE OF THE POWER THAT I SEE IN THE PROGRAM. I DO THINK THAT AS FAR AS WRAP-AROUND SERVICES, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF BOUNDARY IN WHAT WE DO. SO WE SEE FAMILIES. WE RESPOND TO NEED THAT THEY'RE PRESENTING, AND WE HAVE STRUCTURALLY DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING THAT HERE. WE DO HAVE THOSE CASE MANAGEMENT SUPPORTS FOR 40 OF THOSE FAMILIES. AND THAT IS REALLY TAILORED TO WHAT THEY'RE

064NEEDING. OUR GENERAL RESIDENT SERVICES PROGRAMS ARE MEETING THE NEED AND LISTENING TO RESIDENT VOICE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WORKING WITH THE YOUTH. BUT I DO THINK, I ALWAYS SAID THAT JOB TAUGHT ME WHAT FELT LIKE HOW TO DO EVERYTHING, RIGHT? I HAD ALL THESE THINGS THAT, UM, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE SYSTEMS WITH FAMILIES. YOU'RE MAKING THE CALLS. YOU'RE WALKING ALONGSIDE THEM. SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH THAT WE COME ACROSS THAT WE ARE SAYING, LIKE WITHIN OUR TYPICAL WORKDAY, WE CAN'T HELP WITH THAT. RIGHT? IT'S NAVIGATING ALL OF THOSE WITH FAMILIES. SO ON SITE, I THINK THAT TODAY THERE WAS A DENTAL CLINIC. THEY'RE DOING FOOD PANTRIES. WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM CALLED COMMUNITY CONNECT WHERE THEY'RE GETTING TOGETHER AND ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SOLUTIONS THEY WANT TO SEE AND WORK TOGETHER

065AS A COMMUNITY FOR THAT. AND THEN ALSO, WE HAVE PART OF THAT AS MARKETPLACE WHERE THEY GET TO OFFER EACH OTHER SUPPORT AND ASK FOR THINGS FROM EACH OTHER. SO WE'VE SEEN SOME CAREGIVING NEEDS MET WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SO BUILDING UP THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER ALSO IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I DON'T KNOW IF, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS THAT. THANK YOU. I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS THAT, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION IN ANY OF OUR PROGRAMS, WE CANNOT MANDATE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE'RE HOUSING PROVIDER AND SAME AS ANY OTHER LANDLORD-TENANT RELATIONSHIP. SO THOSE SERVICES ARE VOLUNTARY. AND SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY COMMUNITY BUILDING IS SUCH A BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO. BECAUSE YOU GET PEOPLE TO SHOW UP FOR, UH, A PIZZA PARTY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND YOU KNOW, THEY MIGHT

066WALK AWAY WITH A PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME. BUT ALSO BECAUSE THEY'RE VOLUNTARY, ONE OF THE HEARTBREAKING THINGS IS SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE IN GREATEST NEED OF THOSE SERVICES ARE THE MOST RELUCTANT TO ENGAGE IN THEM. SO IT DOES TAKE TIME. SO. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A COUPLE. SO AGAIN, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO IN THE COMMUNITY. IT IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL. AND YOU KNOW, TO ME HOUSING IS A RIGHT, AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT IT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEED. SO WHAT YOU'RE FILLING IS AN ENORMOUS BENEFIT TO COMMUNITY. AND THE RICHNESS THAT COMES FROM DIVERSIFYING ANY POPULATION FOR ANY REASON ONLY MAKES US STRONGER AND BETTER. SO ALL THE MORE REASON AND I

067AM IN THE LAKE RIDGE MIDDLE, LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL STRAND. I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS AND PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND TEACHERS THAT RECOGNIZE WHAT A HARD START IT WAS. SO THANK YOU FOR NAMING THAT. I ALWAYS THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO MOVE IN RELATIONSHIP IS TO SAY WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL, AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL OF THAT? I THINK WE BELIEVE IN LAKE OSWEGO THAT EVERY SINGLE KID CAN LEARN. HOWEVER YOU SHOW UP, WHATEVER YOUR BACKGROUND, EVERYONE CAN LEARN. AND WHEN YOU LIVE THAT LIKE WE LIVE THAT HERE, WE NEED OUR KIDS IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND THAT'S THE PARTNERSHIP I THINK THAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR. I THINK WHEN WE THINK OF CONSIDERING TAX CUTS, WE ARE ALL TAX FUNDED, RIGHT? SO WHAT DO WE GAIN? WHAT DO WE LOSE? THAT'S

068JUST THE MATH OF ALL OF OUR JOBS UP HERE. BUT I WANT THOSE KIDS IN SCHOOL. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? AND IT'S THE LAW IN OREGON. YOU ALL KNOW THAT'S THE LAW IN WASHINGTON. TRUANCY IS A THING. WE'RE NOT ONE WHO ARE GONNA BRING IN POLICE AND KNOCK ON DOORS TO GET KIDS IN SCHOOL. BUT WE NEED KIDS IN SCHOOL. AND SO MY BIGGEST THING IS WITH ALL OF THESE WRAP SERVICES AND WITH YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND WHAT WE DO AS A DISTRICT, HOW ARE WE SUCCESSFUL IN ENSURING THAT THEY SHOW UP? AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM DATA WE'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO. I CARE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE KID. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BROKER, THE EXPECTATION

069IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TO GO TO SCHOOL, AND THAT'S THE GREAT BENEFIT OF HAVING MERCY HERE. SO I BELIEVE EVERYONE CAN DO IT. I BELIEVE EVERY FAMILY CAN DO IT. I KNOW THERE'S ACUITY AND CHALLENGES. BUT I WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE, WHAT YOU ALL CAN PROVIDE WITH YOUR LIMITED RESOURCES. SO WHEN WE MEET AGAIN, I'D LOVE TO GET INTO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE TO HAVE ANNA? ANN. >> ANN WORKING CLOSELY. WE'VE GOT THE HOPE PROGRAM IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. THE LAKE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE ALREADY DOING READING WITH THE YOUNGER STUDENTS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. HOW DO WE KIND OF SOCIALIZE AND STABILIZE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT THESE KIDDOS AND YOUNG PEOPLE GET THE BEST, THE BEST OUT OF WHAT WE CAN

070OFFER THEM? THAT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT AND LESS OF A QUESTION. BUT IT'S REALLY WHERE I WANT TO GO. I THINK THERE'S AN ENORMOUS OPPORTUNITY, BUT IT WILL TAKE BOTH OF US DOING IT. AND I DO APPRECIATE, ONE OF THOSE BIG PIECES I SPOKE TO WAS THE WILLINGNESS OF STAFF, AND I DO THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE COME ACROSS PARENTS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS OR ARE UNSURE OR DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE LEARNING OF THEIR STUDENTS, THE STAFF HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE TO THAT, AND SO THAT IS I THINK THE MORE THAT WE BUILD RELATIONSHIP AND TRUST AND THE MORE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE SEE IS WHEN THERE IS NOT A WHOLE TRANSFER STUDENT --THAT WAS A GOOD ANALOGY, JOE. ONCE A DAY. BUT WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND GETTING KIDS

071IN, I DO THINK THAT'S HARDER TO TURN AWAY FROM THAT, RIGHT? WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN YOU AND CARE ABOUT YOU. AND WE BELIEVE IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU. 73 STUDENTS, WE'RE HERE FOR THEM. THEY CAN DO THIS. YEP. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SIA GRANT AGREEMENT APPROVAL. MRS. WOOLF. THIS IS AN ACTION, FRIENDS. BE READY. BE READY TO MOVE. THAT'S RIGHT. I'LL PULL THIS A LITTLE CLOSER. SO HELLO, CHAIR AIRD. OKAY . DIRECTORS AND THEN, OH MY GOSH, I CAN'T TALK TODAY. THEY CAN BE CHAIRS. OUR STUDENT DIRECTORS, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE ALL OF YOU. SO THANK YOU. IT'S A GREAT MONTH TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF YOU. SO. BUT I AM HERE BEFORE YOU

072FOR APPROVAL FOR THE SIA GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF OREGON, THE ODE AGREEMENT. AND THIS IS THE FINAL STEP IN THE GRANTS THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ABOUT OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. THAT YOU ACTUALLY APPROVED THE PLAN IN APRIL, AND THAT WAS THE 28th I BELIEVE. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE 25th. OF 2025. IF WE ADVANCE THIS SLIDE, THIS IS JUST A PLAN SUMMARY TO REFRESH EVERYBODY'S MEMORY. AND WE ARE, AS YOU KNOW, WE APPROVED ADDITIONAL GRANTS. SO HIGH SCHOOL SUCCESS, THE EARLY LITERACY GRANT, AND THE EIIS, WHICH IS THE SYSTEMS. BUT THIS AGREEMENT, THE SIA PORTION HAS TO BE APPROVEED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE TODAY. AND IT'S JUST, THE PLAN HASN'T CHANGED. IT'S ALL THE SAME. IT'S JUST LITERALLY THE GRANT AGREEMENT THAT

073YOU HAVE. AND IT'S BEEN ON OUR WEBSITE SINCE NOVEMBER 2025 FOR ALL TO SEE. QUESTIONS? THEY'RE READY FOR MOVEMENT. I THINK SO. DO I HAVE A MOTION? GO. >> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE SIA GRANT AGREEMENT AS PRESENTED BY ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR GUPTA. IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL GRATEFULLY SECOND. THANK YOU, CHAIR WALLIN. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. >>> UH, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS NOT FUN. POTENTIAL FOR REDUCTION IN FORCE. DR. WATSON. THANK YOU, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. LAST YEAR, THIS AGENDA ITEM CERTAINLY WAS NOT VERY FUN. THIS YEAR, HOWEVER, THIS IS JUST A POTENTIAL FOR REDUCTION IN FORCE AS WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE BUDGET REALLY LOOKS LIKE YET. IF YOU'LL REMEMBER BACK A COUPLE

074YEARS AGO, THIS IS SOMETHING WE DO EVERY YEAR JUST IN CASE. SO THIS IS BACK TO HOPEFULLY A JUST-IN-CASE MOMENT. ARE THERE QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL RELUCTANTLY MOVE TO APPROVE. THERE A SECOND? >> I WILL RELUCTANTLY SECOND. OKAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WALLIN AND DIRECTOR GUPTA. DISCUSSION? IT WAS LUPTON. OH, SORRY. >> IN MY HEAD, I ACTUALLY SAID THAT. OUT OF MY MOUTH, I THOUGHT OF YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. WOW. NO ONE REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE. CLEARLY. OKAY. BUT THIS IS A FUN ONE TO TALK ABOUT. SECONDARY PILOT NOVELS FOLLOW UP. MR. BAILEY, YOU LIKE TALKING ABOUT BOOKS. ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TONIGHT, THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR YOU FOR YOU TO APPROVE

075THE THREE NOVELS WE HAD THE LOSD EXTENDED NOVELIST. ALL THREE OF THESE WERE PILOTED LAST YEAR AND YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE TWO TEACHERS. STUDENTS ENJOYED THEM THOROUGHLY. BOTH ENHANCED THE OPTIONS RELATED TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND WILL BE EFFECTIVE IN DIVERSIFYING THE OVERALL 10th GRADE CURRICULUM. ACCORDING TO JOE SLAUGHTER AT LAKE HIGH BY SUSANNA CLARKE, IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR STUDENTS TO ENGAGE IN, DISCUSS, AND REACT TO IN WRITING. IT WILL BE ADDED TO THE 10th GRADE EXTENDED NOVELIST. EXCUSE ME. >> I READ XERXES, AND I LOVED IT. I BELIEVE A FEW YEARS AGO, YOU GAVE US A PACKET, THE SONG OF ACHILLES. AND PERENESIUS IS AN INCREDIBLY GORGEOUS BOOK. IT IS SO GOOD. IT IS INSANELY GOOD. I READ IT IN WAY LESS TIME THAN I WAS INSTRUCTED TO. [LAUGHTER] >> I THINK YOU MENTIONED

076YOU JUMPED AHEAD QUITE EXTENSIVELY. WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING WAS IN THE CLASSROOM, WE HAD A DISCUSSION GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE READING UP TO ACCORDING TO THE CALENDAR, AND THEN OUTSIDE THERE WAS ANOTHER GROUP OF LIKE 10 OR 12 THAT HAD ALREADY FINISHED THE WHOLE BOOK, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. IT IS A REALLY, REALLY PHENOMENAL BOOK. I LOVE THAT. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S THE BEST SALES PITCH EVER. UH, OKAY. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PILOT NOVELS TO BE ADDED TO THE ENGLISH LITERATURE EXTENDED READING SELECTION. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR LUPTON. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, DR. BILLS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES. I SHOULD HAVE HAD YOU PRESENT THIS. PROPOSED SITE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS. MR. KETZLER. YOU HAVE

077THE NEXT THREE. SO JUST THAT, THEN TIMELINE, THEN THE SALE OF THE BONDS. YES, I DO. AND I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF ON ALL THREE OF THEM. FIRST ITEM I HAVE, CHAIR AIRD AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IS OUR FIRST STEP IN OUR FORMAL ANNUAL BUDGET CYCLE WHERE WE SHARE WITH YOU OUR INTENDED ALLOCATIONS FOR WHAT WE CALL OUR SCHOOL SITE DISCRETIONARY BUDGETS, WHICH IS A LIMITED POT OF MONEY THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO EACH SCHOOL BASED ON PER PUPIL FUNDING LEVELS THAT THEN GET EQUITY ADJUSTED. AND THE DETAILED NOTES ARE ON THE DETAILED PAGE THAT'S IN YOUR MATERIALS. AND WE'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME PRACTICE AND MODEL THAT WE USED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE BUDGETS FOR THIS CURRENT '25-'26 SCHOOL YEAR. THE ONLY VARIABLE THAT WE'VE CHANGED IS ENROLLMENT HAS ADJUSTED A LITTLE

078BIT BETWEEN SCHOOLS. WE MAKE PROJECTIONS ON THAT EACH YEAR. BUT THEN WHEN WE DEVELOP THE ALLOCATIONS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE USE OUR CURRENT YEAR ENROLLMENT. SO YOU DO SEE SOME VARYING AMOUNTS, PARTICULARLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVELS. AND IF WE WOULD LOOK REAL QUICKLY, IF I COULD IMPOSE ON YOU, MARY KAY, AT THE DETAILS. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, KIND OF THE DETAILED BREAKDOWN WHERE IT'S LABELED DISTRICT TOTALS, YOU'LL NOTE THAT UNDER THE REGULAR SCHOOL SITE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR '26-'27, IT'S ROUGHLY $1.3 MILLION PER YEAR. THAT'S BECAUSE OUR OVERALL ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN GENERALLY CONSISTENT. AND THEN IN OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN PORTION OF THE ALLOCATIONS, THAT THE AMOUNTS ALLOCATED ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE SITES FOR BOTH THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND WHAT WE WE'RE PROPOSING FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL IS HALF

079OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE HISTORICALLY. THAT WAS PART OF A $100,000 COST REDUCTION WE HAD IDENTIFIED LAST YEAR LEADING INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE '25-'26 BUDGETS. THIS YEAR, WE'RE PRESENTLY TAKING WHAT I MIGHT CHARACTERIZE GENERALLY AS A GENERALLY OPTIMISTIC APPROACH. YOU KNOW, THE STATE LEGISLATURE MEETS NEXT MONTH. THE STATE REVENUE FORECAST THAT WAS RELEASED IN LATE NOVEMBER, WHAT THEY CALL THE DECEMBER FORECAST, IT DID SHOW A ROUGHLY $600 MILLION HOLE IN THE OVERALL STATE BUDGET FOR THIS. WHEN THE SHORT SESSION CONVENES IN FEBRUARY, EARLY IN THAT SESSION, THEY'LL RECEIVE THE MARCH FORECAST, AND THAT MAY OBLIGATE THE, UH, SHORT LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO LOOK AT OVERALL STATE FUNDING LEVELS. IF THAT FORECAST DOESN'T SHOW IMPROVEMENT, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR CUTS. BUT WE'RE TAKING AN OPTIMISTIC VIEW AT THIS POINT THAT, THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BECAUSE THERE

080ARE SOME TOOLS AVAILABLE TO THE LEGISLATURE. EVEN IF THE FORECAST WERE TO WORSEN, THAT THERE ARE SOME RESERVE FUNDS THAT THE STATE, THAT THE STATE DOES HAVE SOME ACCESS TO. UM, SO WE ARE STARTING THIS PROCESS, AND WHILE I CALL THIS THE FIRST STEP IN OUR DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR, THIS IS NOT AN ACTION ITEM BECAUSE THIS WILL GET WOVEN INTO THE ACTUAL SCHOOL SITE BUDGETS. THE REASON WE BRING IT TO YOU AT THIS JUNCTURE IN THE YEAR IS EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS. THE PRINCIPAL AND THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM WORKED TO DEVELOP A SITE-SPECIFIC BUDGET THAT THEY WORKED THROUGH INTERNALLY, AND THEN SUBMIT TO MY OFFICE BY MID-MARCH THAT WE THEN INCORPORATE INTO THE LARGER BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT WE WILL THEN SHARE WITH THE LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE, WHICH INCLUDES YOU AND THE

081FIVE CITIZEN MEMBERS IN EARLY MAY. WE LIKE TO REVIEW THIS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS WITH HOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO APPROACH THE SCHOOL SITE BUDGET ALLOCATIONS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND SO WHILE WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR FORMAL ACTION, WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR OBJECTIONS TO HOW WE INTEND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR. SCHIELE. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH A YEAR WHERE WE'VE SLASHED IT IN HALF. WHAT IMPACT HAVE YOU SEEN? WE DIDN'T SLASH THIS IN HALF. >> I'M SORRY, THE SIP ALLOCATION. OH, GOT IT. >> HAS IT HAD AN IMPACT? YEAH. SO THE BIGGEST IMPACT, I WOULD SAY, HAS BEEN HAVING TEACHERS HAVE RELEASE TIME TO WORK TOGETHER. THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE NOT BEEN

082ABLE TO DO AS OFTEN AS WE WERE DOING TWO YEARS AGO. OKAY. SO THEY USED TO WORK ON THEIR MAPPING TOGETHER, SO WE WOULD GET A SUB IN DURING THE DAY, AND THE TEACHER WOULD BE RELEASED TO DO IT. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS FOR THEM TO DO THAT. OKAY. SO LESS COLLABORATION. LESS COLLABORATION. LESS PAID COLLABORATION. GOT IT. THANK YOU. THIS IS HARD. I WAS JUST MEETING WITH THE SCHOOL TODAY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY BROUGHT UP. DO WE SEE IN THE FUTURE A TIME WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THAT BACK? AND IT'S LIKE NOT FOR NEXT YEAR, BUT I'M HOPING FOR THE NEXT. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON THEN TO 4.9. THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN OUR BUDGET TIMELINE FOR THE '26-'27. THAT'S MY ROLE AS

083THE BUDGET OFFICER SHARING WITH YOU OUR BUDGET DRAFT SCHEDULE. THE, UH, UM, CYCLE WHICH BEGINS WITH, UH, FILLING ONE OPENING THAT WE HAVE ON THE CITIZEN SIDE OF THE LVC. AND THEN WHEN WE WOULD INTEND TO PROVIDE A LIST OF APPLICANTS TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHEN WE WOULD BE PROPOSING THAT INTERVIEWS OF APPLICANTS WOULD TAKE PLACE, AND THEN THE APPOINTMENT FOR THAT ONE OPEN SEAT. AND THEN OUR FIRST FORMAL MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE IN APRIL, AND THAT'S AN ORIENTATION MEETING WHERE WE REVIEW PRIMARILY THE PRIOR YEAR DATA AND GET SOME HIGHLIGHTS AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WE KNOW IN RELATION TO THE '26-'27 STATE BUDGET PRIMARILY. AND THEN OUR FIRST LEGAL BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING THAT WE PRESENTLY HAVE PROPOSED FOR MAY 6th. AND THEN OUR SECOND ON MAY 20th. THEN OUR PLACEHOLDER ON THE 27th,

084THE THIRD MEETING IF NECESSARY. THEN OUR BUDGET HEARING AND BUDGET ADOPTION SO THAT WE MEET THE STATUTORY TIMELINE TO HAVE A BUDGET THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH THE WHOLE LEGAL BUDGET CITIZEN PORTION, RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM THE LVC, AND THEN THROUGH THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH ADOPTION OCCURRING BEFORE JUNE 30 AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE. SO WE'RE SHARING THIS WITH YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO CONFLICTS, AND I KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR OR NOT EVERY YEAR BUT SOME YEARS I SHOULD SAY THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO CONFLICTS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT UNAVOIDABLE AND SOME THAT MAY NOT EVEN BE KNOWN AT THIS POINT. AND YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE IS LARGE ENOUGH WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS ABLE TO ENDURE THOSE. BUT WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE AREN'T ANY MAJOR CONFLICTS THAT EITHER MYSELF OR MY SECRETARY, UH, OR

085MY ADMIN ASSISTANT KAREN JENSEN MAY HAVE MISSED AS WE REVIEW THE CALENDAR FOR THESE, UH, ENSUING MONTHS. CAN I ASK, THIS IS SELFISH OF ME, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT ANY WAY. UM, I SEEM TO NOW HAVE A STANDING TRAVEL MEETING BACK IN D.C. THAT WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THIS WAS THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR. UH-HUH. >> AND I WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF INTERVIEWS, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD PUSH IT --THIS IS GOING TO SOUND STRANGE, BUT I HAVE AN IDEA FOR THIS. THE IDEA IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS AND GIVE THEM PLENTY OF TIME TO SCHEDULE ON APRIL 22nd. SO IN MARCH, WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS, WE HAVE ONE ON THE 9th AND ONE ON THE 31st. I'M WONDERING IF WE DID THE INTERVIEWS ON MARCH 9th IF

086ANYONE WHO INTERVIEWS HAS TO SAY, LIKE WE HAVEN'T PICKED ANY OF YOU, BUT APRIL 22nd IS THE DAY YOU ALL NEED TO SHOW UP. CAN WE KIND OF PREEMPT THAT? THE IDEA IS TO GIVE THEM THE WARNING TIME. UH-HUH. >> INTERVIEW ON THE 9th, AND THEN VOTE ON THE 31st. UH-HUH. YEAH, THAT'S PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE. AND WE DO SHARE THIS CALENDAR WITH POTENTIAL APPLICANTS, YOU KNOW, ALERTING THEM TO WHAT THE DATES ARE THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE FORMAL COMMITMENTS. I SHOULDN'T SAY FORMAL BUT HAVE ON THEIR CALENDAR. IF THEY'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THIS VOLUNTEER ROLE, WE EXPECT YOU AT THESE THREE MEETINGS, THE ORIENTATION, AND THEN THE FIRST AND SECOND MEETING. ARE THERE CONCERNS OR OTHER IDEAS? DOES THAT THROW ANYONE OFF? THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED, THAT WOULD BE SWEET. THANK YOU. UH-HUH. ALL RIGHT. ANY

087OTHER SUGGESTIONS? I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT IRIS IS OUR MEMBER COMING OFF. AND SHE GRACIOUSLY SERVED TWO TERMS. WONDERFUL CITIZEN MEMBER, AS WE'VE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE ON OUR LBC, REALLY ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT. BUT HER POSITION IS OPEN. AND THEN WE DO HAVE INCLUDED IN THE MATERIALS, YOU KNOW, OUR CURRENT CONTINUING MEMBERS. AND NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE TWO OPENINGS. SO UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS IN RELATION TO THE BUDGET TIMELINE, I'M READY TO MOVE ON TO 4.1. OR EXCUSE ME, 4.10. ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY. >>> CHAIR AIRD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IN 4.10, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION. AND IN THE BLURB, IT'S INCORRECTLY REFERENCED AS AN AMENDMENT TO A RESOLUTION. THIS ACTUALLY IS A RESOLUTION BROUGHT TO YOU IN ITS FIRST FORM. SO THIS IS

088YOUR FIRST READING OF IT. THERE IS NO AMENDMENT OF AN EXISTING RESOLUTION. WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD JUST AS INFORMATION PURPOSES, FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES AT THIS TIME, AND OUR INTENT IS TO BRING IT BACK AT OUR JANUARY 26th BOARD MEETING FOR FORMAL ACTION. AND IF YOU THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GETTING YOUR AUTHORIZATION AT THAT MEETING ON THE 26th, I HAVE ALERTED BOTH MISS DAWES, OUR BOND COUNSEL, AND THEN MR. BROWN OF PFM FINANCIAL ADVISORS THAT THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY OUR BOARD COULD REQUEST THEIR PRESENCE AT THE MEETING ON THE 26th. I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY. THEY'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO IT. BUT IF YOU DIDN'T THINK IT NECESSARY, UM, THEY WOULD PROBABLY FIND BETTER USES OF THEIR EVENING ON THE 26th. I WOULD NOTE THIS WILL BE THE

089SEVENTH I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE DISTRICT AND HAD A COUPLE OF REFUNDINGS IN THAT TIME AS WELL. WE DO BRING IT FORWARD, NOT ONLY TO RAISE THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING SOME OF OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTS BE AVAILABLE, BUT ALSO FOR YOU TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY READ THIS RESOLUTION IN DETAIL BECAUSE IT IS A RESOLUTION OF, YOU KNOW, MAJOR CONSEQUENCE IN THE SENSE THAT ONCE THE BOARD DOES ADOPT IT, IT IS THE BROAD ROAD MAP IF YOU WILL, AS DR. SCHIELE AND I MOVE TOWARD WITH BOND COUNSEL AND OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR FOR SCHEDULING OUR BOND SALE, OUR SALES I SHOULD SAY. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS WE SHARED DURING THE INFORMATIONAL PART OF OUR PLANS FOR THIS FINAL PHASE OF OUR, UH, FACILITY IMPROVEMENT THREE-PHASE PLAN, UH, THE AUTHORIZATION THAT WE RECEIVED

090WE KNOW WHAT AT MINIMUM WOULD NEED TO BE SOLD IN THREE TRANCHES. IT COULD BE THREE. BUT THAT WOULD MEAN THAT INTEREST RATES BETWEEN EITHER NOW AND THIS SPRING OR TWO OR THREE YEARS WHEN WE GO TO DO THE SALE OF THE FINAL TRANCHE HAVE DETERIORATED. AND THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT IN THAT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, THE FED HAS A TREMENDOUS BOND SALE SCHEDULE THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY TO FUND THE CURRENT FEDERAL DEFICIT THAT, YOU KNOW, IS TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS EACH YEAR, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THERE ARE MATURITIES OF EXISTING BONDS THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE OCCURRING. AND SO THEY ARE GONNA BE REAL ACTIVE IN THE BOND SALE MARKET. AND THE MORE SUPPLY THERE IS OF BONDS, THAT HAS A TENDENCY TO RAISE INTEREST RATES SO THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT MARKET INTEREST TO BUY THOSE BONDS.

091AND SO WE HAVE TO COMPETE IN THAT SAME MARKET, UH, AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES PRESENTLY. HOPEFULLY THERE WON'T BE ANY MATERIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE SALE WE HAVE PLANNED FOR LATE APRIL OR MAY THIS YEAR, BUT I DO RAISE THAT AS A PROSPECT. THAT'S ONE REASON WHY YOU ALSO SEE ON THE VERY FIRST PAGE, THAT'S ONE THING I SHOULD NOTE, THIS DOES SET SOME PARAMETERS, UM, YOU KNOW MOST SIGNIFICANTLY IN RELATION TO FIRST THE OVERALL AUTHORITY WE HAVE, THE $245 MILLION AS APPROVED BY VOTERS. BUT THEN ALSO IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH ON PAGE ONE THAT IT NOT EXCEED 26 YEARS, WHICH WAS ALSO IN OUR BOND MEASURE. BUT THEN WE HAVE TO FIX WHAT THE MAXIMUM INTEREST RATE IS, AND WE'VE SET IT AT 6%. HISTORICALLY, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO STAKE THAT

092AT FIVE, 5.5%. WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO A RESOLUTION WHEN WE'RE OUT ACTIVELY TRYING TO SELL THE BOND. OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR RECOMMENDED WE MOVE FORWARD WITH 6% HOPING WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO USE THAT UPPER RANGE. IS IT, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE LAST BOND AND THIS BOND, THERE ARE SOME MATERIAL DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THOSE TWO OFFERINGS. BUT THESE ARE LARGELY BOILERPLATE AGREEMENTS. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A SORT OF HERE ARE THE MATERIAL CHANGES FROM OUR LAST RESOLUTION FOR THIS PURPOSE TO THIS DOCUMENT? UH-HUH. >> NOT A FULL BLACK LINE BUT SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE THIS IS ALL BOILERPLATE, AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ADJUSTING. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE EFFICIENT AT LEAST, IF NOT HELPFUL. OKAY. OKAY. >> AND SO THIS, SO SALE ONE IS APRIL-MAY-ISH.

093WHEN WOULD THE SECOND SALE BE? WE ANTICIPATE IT WOULD BE POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS THE SPRING OF 2028 OR AS LATE AS THE SPRING OF 2029. AND PART OF THAT TIMING WILL DEPEND ON, YOU KNOW, INTEREST RATES WHEN WE GO TO ACTUALLY SELL THIS FIRST TRANCHE. AND THEN ALSO, IT'S INFLUENCED IN SMALL PART BY WHEN THE CITY'S EAST END URBAN RENEWAL ZONE, WHEN ITS FROZEN BASE GETS ELIMINATED. AND THAT'S A DATA PIECE I DON'T HAVE YET. I KNOW IT'S SOMETIME IN 2028 OR 2029. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S JULY 1, 2028. JANUARY 1, 2029. OR JULY 1, 2029. AND THERE'S A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL BASE THERE THAT WHEN THAT EAST END URBAN RENEWAL ZONE IN THE CITY GOES AWAY, IT WILL HELP US MAINTAIN OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR VOTERS THAT OUR TAX RATE WILL NOT

094BE OVER $2.90 FOR THE DEBT SERVICE PORTION OF OUR GL BONDS. ARE YOU STILL ANTICIPATING THAT FIRST TRANCHE WOULD BE THE LARGEST PORTION? OR IS IT MORE OF A SPLIT? I THINK AT THIS TIME, I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKELY TO BE MORE OF A SPLIT. NOT NECESSARILY THE LARGER OF THE TWO, BUT IT COULD BE IF CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE AS WE ENTER INTO THE MARKET IN APRIL. DOES THAT AFFECT THE TAX RATE IF YOU VOID A SMALLER PORTION OF IT? WELL, IT, YOU KNOW OUR INTENTION IS TO, UH, TRY TO TARGET AS CLOSELY AS WE CAN TO $2.90 WITHOUT GOING OVER THAT AMOUNT. SO IF WE DID SELL LESS NOW, THEN WE WOULD BE CREATING LARGER LADDERS FOR THE SECOND BOND SALE. SO FOR THAT ONE ALSO STAYED WITHIN THE $2.90. WHAT DO

095YOU MEAN LADDERS? WHEN I THINK OF THE STRUCTURING OF HOW BOND SALES MATURE, THERE'S TYPICALLY A NUMBER, A CERTAIN DOLLAR DENOMINATION THAT WILL MATURE IN ONE YEAR FROM DATE OF ISSUANCE, TWO YEARS, AND SO ON ALL THE WAY OUT THERE 25 YEARS AND A COUPLE MONTHS POTENTIALLY. AND I VIEW EACH OF THOSE AS A LADDER THAT STEPS UP, THAT THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE AS PRINCIPLE AMOUNTS OF BONDS THAT MATURE IN EACH SUCCESSIVE YEAR IS A STEP UP. SO WE'RE GOING UP THE LADDER, IF YOU WILL, OVER THE PRIOR AMOUNT. AND IF WE SOLD LESS IN THE FIRST TRANCHE, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE'RE CREATING LARGER LADDER STEP POTENTIAL IN THE SECOND BOND. BECAUSE THEY ALL HAVE THE 25-YEAR TERM WHEN YOU GO FOR THE FIRST TRANCHE? FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE OF

096EACH SALE. SO IT NOT THAT THE SECOND SALE HAS TO BE 22 YEARS IF WE DID IT THREE YEARS, IT WOULD BE 26 YEARS WITHIN THE DATE OF EACH SALE. SO IT COULD BE LONGER THAN 26 YEARS TOTAL? YEAH. AND EVEN IF WE ENDED UP, SAY MARKET CONDITIONS WERE UNKIND TO US, AND INTEREST RATES ENDED UP CLOSER TO 6% VERSUS THE MODELING THAT WAS DONE BY OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR LAST YEAR WHERE RATES WERE CLOSER TO 5%. AND ACTUALLY, FOR SOME OF THE RANGES OF MATURITY, LESS THAN 5%, THAT WOULD, UH, POTENTIALLY DRIVE US TO DOING THREE SALES OR THREE TRANCHES/SALES TO STAY WITHIN THE $2.90. I'M HOPING THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE OUTCOME, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, UH FORCES AT PLAY. GEOPOLITICALLY NOT JUST IN THE UNITED STATES AT THIS MOMENT

097BUT INTERNATIONALLY THAT ARE INFLUENCING INTEREST RATES RIGHT NOW. IS THERE A DESIRE FOR ANY OF OUR PROFESSIONALS TO BE AT THE JANUARY '26 MEETING? YOU CAN PONDER THAT. I WOULDN'T NEED TO KNOW FOR ROUGHLY EIGHT OR NINE DAYS. THAT'S PARTLY THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION. IF WE HAVE A CHANCE [INDISCERNIBLE]. YEAH, I AGREE. I THINK IF IT'S EASY FOR US TO WALK THROUGH IT WITH YOU, THEN I'M NOT SEEING THERE BEING A NEED. OKAY. >> BUT FOLKS CAN REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU FEEL OTHERWISE, AND WE'LL CONFIRM BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. EXCELLENT. >> SOUNDS LIKE IT'S LEANING TOWARD NOT NECESSARY. ALL RIGHT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. POLICY KGB. WHAT A NAME. I KNOW. I ALMOST SAID, WHAT IS IT? WHAT'S THE LAW ENFORCEMENT? YEAH,

098THE KGB. WAIT, IT IS THE KGB. [LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S WHY IT HAS A RING TO IT. I AM BACK IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THE SECOND READING OF THE POLICY OF THE KGB. WE HAD BEEN ASKED TO CONSIDER OTHER, WELL THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS TO ADD ITEM NUMBER 23, WHICH PROHIBITS THE USE OF POSSESSION AND DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS ON OUR SCHOOL GROUNDS. DURING THAT CONVERSATION, WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT OTHER ITEMS THAT COULD BE OF HARM, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ITEM NUMBER 20, THAT THOSE ITEMS WERE COVERED UNDER THAT ITEM. SO THAT WAS OUR ONLY CHANGE OR REQUEST TO LOOK AT. SO WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FURTHER CHANGE REQUESTS. SO I'M HERE FOR YOU TO REQUEST ACTION. IS THERE A MOTION? I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE REVISIONS TO POLICY KGB AS PRESENTED

099BY ADMINISTRATION. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BILLS. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WALLIN. DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. >> MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OUR NEIGHBORS WILL BE HAPPY. ALL RIGHT. POLICY REVIEW. THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM. MISS WASHINGTON AND THEN MR. KETZLER. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AIRD AND FELLOW BOARD DIRECTORS. TODAY I'M BRINGING BACK A POLICY THAT WAS A SET OF A POLICY AND ARs THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH FAIRLY EARLY I THINK LAST YEAR. BUT THESE NEW CHANGES TO THIS POLICY, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, AND THE ASSOCIATED ARs IS BASEED ON THE NEW SENATE BILL 1098. AND THAT BILL IS FOR GOVERNING PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SELECTION OR RETENTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS, AND ALSO GOVERNING PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE USE OF OR REFUSAL TO APPROVE THE USE OF TEXTBOOKS AND

100OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON AMERICAN HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, WE ARE CHOOSING TO APPLY THIS TO ALL OF OUR TEXTBOOKS. AND SO THE NEW PROVISIONS IN THIS LAW REQUIRE COMPLIANCE WITH NON-DISCRIMINATION PRACTICES UNDER ORS-659.850. AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH ORS-337.260, A PERSON MAY NOT PROHIBIT THE USE OF OR REFUSE TO APPROVE THE USE OF TEXTBOOKS OR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON THE BASIS THAT THE TEXTBOOKS OR MATERIALS INCLUDE A PERSPECTIVE, STUDY, OR STORY OF, OR ARE CREATED BY ANY INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS IDENTIFIED IN ORS-337.2601. THIS LAW IDENTIFIES THESE INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS AS NATIVE AMERICAN, EUROPEAN, AFRICAN, ASIAN, PACIFIC ISLAND, LATINO, MIDDLE EASTERN, OR JEWISH DESCENT, HAVE DISABILITIES, ARE IMMIGRANTS, OR REFUGEES. OR ARE LESBIAN, GAY, TRANSSEXUAL, OR TRANSGENDER. ALL OF THE ADDITIONS TO THIS POLICY AND THE ARs REFLECT THESE LAWS. ANY DELETIONS REFLECT THAT IN JUST RESOLVING

101THE READING AND THE LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY IN THE ARs. THIS DOES NOT PROHIBIT THE DISTRICT FROM APPLYING TO OTHER TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS BEYOND AMERICAN HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT, AND WE HAVE CHOSEN TO APPLY THIS TO ALL OF OUR TEXTBOOKS. ALL SUBJECT AREAS. AND SO THAT IS REFLECTED IN THE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE IN ALL OF THE ASSOCIATED ARs THAT ARE -- THE I I I-AR ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. HELLO, MISS WASHINGTON. HI. THE, CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH THE MECHANICS OF HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE? NOT SO MUCH HOW THEY'RE MADE, BUT WHAT IS THE TRANSPARENCY FOR THE OTHER ELEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATION INTO THE RATIONALE FOR REJECTING A PARTICULAR PIECE OF CURRICULUM? SO THE REASON THAT I'M ASKING IS WE OFTEN HAVE THESE

102YOU CAN'T MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THIS. BUT YOU ALSO DON'T HAVE TO TELL US WHAT YOU BASED THE DECISION ON. SO THOSE WELL-INTENDED POLICIES SOMETIMES LACK REAL IMPACT BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY TO WHAT THE MOTIVE OR MOTIVATION WAS. SO CAN YOU JUST WALK THROUGH HOW THAT APPLIES HERE? YES. SO THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH IN LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL DISTRICT IS WE GROUND OUR WORK IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, THE EQUITY LENS OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ALSO ALIGN IT TO THE IMAP, WHICH IS THE METRIC THAT'S USED TO EVALUATE THE TEXTBOOKS. AND THAT IS CREATED BY THE STATE AND USED BY THE STATE. THEY ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF VETTING THESE BOOKS AND GIVING, APPLYING THE METRICS TO THEM, SO WE GET SCORES. AND WE LOOK AT THOSE SCORES, AND

103WE LOOK AT THE TEXTBOOKS, AND WE SAY OKAY, WE OBVIOUSLY WANT THE ONES WITH THE BEST SCORES. BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CHOICE, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE GO THROUGH A REALLY DEEP PROCESS OF LOOKING AT THE TEXTBOOKS BASED ON. ANOTHER THING WE DO IS A NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE ADOPTION COMMITTEE, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF OUR DISTRICT? WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS? WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IDENTIFY THOSE NEEDS AND WHAT ARE THE NON-NEGOTIABLES? WE USE THOSE ALSO TO EVALUATE AND MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT OUR TEXTBOOKS. SO WE REALLY TRY TO MAKE IT VERY, JEN SAYS I'M REAL STRUCTURED, BUT I THINK STRUCTURE HELPS PROVIDE CLARITY. UH-HUH. >> AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DO, IS HAVE A REALLY STRUCTURED PROCESS. THANK YOU. AND I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO

104UNDERSTAND THESE ARE ALL DECISIONS MADE BY COMMITTEE. THIS IS NOT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS MAKING A DECISION THAT IS THEN ADOPTED BY THE DISTRICT. RIGHT. REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THE SCHOOLS. AND WE ALSO DO A PARENT SURVEY, A STUDENT SURVEY, A TEACHER SURVEY. SO WE GET INPUT FROM EVERYONE. AND THEN ONCE THE RECOMMENDATION IS MADE BY THE COMMITTEE, WE GIVE TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME IN AND REVIEW THE MATERIALS, GIVE COMMENTS, GIVE CONCERNS, AND YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE. SO WE DO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, AND THESE CHANGES THAT ARE MADE HERE WERE BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE OSBA. SO ALL THIS LANGUAGE COMES FROM THEIR RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN LASTLY, ALL OF THE, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S LASTLY, SO I'LL ASK MY QUESTION. I KNOW SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD,

105I'VE SEEN SEVERAL CURRICULUM ADOPTIONS THAT WE HAVE DONE, NOVELS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED FOR INCLUSION, ETC. ARE ALL ELEMENTS OF CURRICULUM IN THE DISTRICT RUN THROUGH THAT SAME PROCESS? ARE THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, KINDERGARTEN HANDWRITING SHEETS? LIKE, ARE THERE SOME THINGS? THERE'S TEACHER DISCRETION AS WELL. SO TEACHER PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT IS ALSO THERE TOO WHEN THEY WANT TO ACCESS, LIKE, SUPPLEMENTAL PIECES. BUT EVEN WITH SUPPLEMENTAL AND INTERVENTION MATERIALS, THAT GOES THROUGH AN ADOPTION PROCESS. BY COMMITTEE AND NOT A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL? BY COMMITTEE. TEACHERS HAVE DISCRETION TO PUT BOOKS IN THE CLASSROOM LIBRARIESES. OF COURSE, WE HAVE STANDARDS WE EXPECT PEOPLE TO FOLLOW, BUT THERE IS SOME PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT THAT'S LEFT TO THE TEACHER, TO THE SCHOOL. AWESOME. THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. SO TO THE PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT, THESE POLICIES FOR THESE SCHOOL OR CLASSROOM LIBRARIES ARE

106WHAT THEY WOULD FOLLOW? UH-HUH. YES. YES, DEFINITELY. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT BY STANDARDS. YES. AND EXPECTATIONS. SO IT'S NOT FREE RANGE. NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT. QUESTIONS ON THIS? SO IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR EDITS, GET THEM TO KELLY. IF THERE ARE NONE OTHER THAN WHAT WE READ HERE, CONSENT AGENDA FOR THE NEXT GO ROUND? BUT IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT COME, THEN WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT BEFORE WE GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >>> MR. KETZLER. YES. CHAIR AIRD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I HAVE IN THE PACKET A VERY MINOR UPDATE TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION THAT ACCOMPANIES POLICY KBA, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. AND IT RELATES TO A NEW ITEM THAT WAS INTRODUCED FOLLOWING I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION WHERE, UM, INSTEAD OF WHAT USED TO BE IN

107POLICY THAT WE WOULD CHARGE INDIVIDUALS THAT REQUESTED PUBLIC RECORDS THE COST OF OUR TIME, WHETHER THAT WAS ENCOURAGED IN HOUSE OR WITH AN ATTORNEY, THAT UPDATE REQUIRED US TO SPECIFICALLY LIST HOW MUCH WAS GOING TO BE CHARGED FOR CERTAIN CLASSIFICATIONS OF STAFF, AS WELL AS ATTORNEY. AND SO THE, UH, POLICY REVISION THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU AS A FIRST READING THIS EVENING FOR POLICY KBA-AR IS IN SECTION 10 OF THAT WHERE LAST YEAR WE SET THOSE AMOUNTS EARLY IN THE SPRING BASED UPON OUR RATES OF PAY AT THAT TIME. ANTICIPATING WE'LL BE DOING THIS EVERY YEAR, CLOSE TO A CALENDAR YEAR CYCLE. BECAUSE OUR RATES, YOU KNOW, CHANGE A LITTLE BIT EACH YEAR. BUT MORE SIGNIFICANTLY, OUR ATTORNEY RATES CHANGE EVERY YEAR. AND SO THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE LARGEST INCREASE IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS HERE

108IS WE USE THREE, THE PRINCIPLE USED THREE LAW FIRMS AS IT RELATES TO, UH, MATTERS THAT REQUIRE US TO SEEK LEGAL ADVICE. AND, UH, 350 IS KIND OF THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF THE RATES THAT WE PAY EACH OF THEM. THERE'S ONE WHERE WE PAY SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THAT ON A PER-HOURLY BASIS, BUT WE USE THEM FAIRLY INFREQUENTLY. AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ARE CLOSER TO THAT $300-$350 RANGE. AND THAT'S WHERE I PUT IT AT. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO CHARGE OUR ACTUAL COST ANYMORE. WE HAVE TO SPECIFY IN POLICY AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME REAL CLOSE TO WHAT OUR ACTUAL COSTS ARE. I WOULD NOTE THAT OVER THE LAST PROBABLY TWO TO THREE YEARS, I'VE PROBABLY RECEIVED MORE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS IN THAT TWO TO THREE-YEAR PERIOD THAN MY ENTIRE CUMULATIVE HISTORY OF

109MY TENURE WITH THE DISTRICT. AND A FAIR NUMBER OF THOSE ARE PARTIES THAT ARE WILLING TO PAY US FOR THE INFORMATION THEY'RE REQUESTING BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF DATA HOUSES THAT SETTLE OUR DATA AS WELL AS DATA FROM OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT THEY SELECT AND SELL THEM TO SUBSCRIBERS FOR LOOK AT WHERE SO AND SO IS SPENDING MONEY. YOU SHOULD BE SENDING COLD CALL E-MAILS TO THEM TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM. I'M BEING SOMEWHAT DARK MINDED THERE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WHERE AGAIN WE RECEIVED A LOT OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, SO HAVING THIS CLARITY IN POLICY I BELIEVE IS A GOOD THING. BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE IT IN POLICY? YES. >> I JUST, THIS IS THE KIND OF DETAIL THAT KILLS ME ABOUT POLICY. I HATE IT IN STATUTE. I HATE IT IN POLICY BECAUSE IT

110CHANGES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. IT'S THE ONLY THING YOU'RE CHANGING. SO WE CAN'T SAY COSTS WILL BE AS FOLLOWS. OR COSTS WILL BE AS GUIDED BY OUR WEBSITE. CAN THERE BE A RANGE? CAN WE REFER TO SOMETHING WE WILL BE UPDATING EVERY YEAR? I JUST, I HATE. I FIND THIS LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY IN OUR LAWS VERY ANNOYING. PET PEEVE AS A POLICY PERSON. THEY'D BE UPDATING THE WEBSITE EVERY YEAR. BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND HAVING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN HAVING TO HEAR SOMEBODY LIKE ME COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. I'M ALL FOR LOOKING AT THE POLICY BECAUSE I THINK STUFF LIKE THAT'S IMPORTANT. I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT. BUT FOR THIS REASON WHEN YOU MIGHT LOOK AT SOMETHING EVERY TWO YEARS, I DON'T KNOW. WELL, THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION. SO WE WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE. SO THERE IS

111A RANGE OF DISCRETION AVAILABLE HERE. OUR HISTORICAL PRACTICE IS WE BRING FORWARD REVISIONS TO BOTH AR AS WELL AS THE POLICY ITSELF. BUT IF THE BOARD HAD A PREFERENCE THAT WE CHECK WITH THE BOARD CHAIR. [LAUGHTER] >> EVERY YEAR BEFORE WE BRING THIS FORWARD, WHETHER THEY WOULD WE DO THIS MINISTERIALLY OR HAVE IT AS A READING IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE ARE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THE WISHES OF THE CHAIR. FOR ME, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE MATERIALS AVAILABLE AND THAT PEOPLE PAY FOR THE WORK OF THE FOLKS MAKING THE COPIES. I AM NOT SURE THAT NEEDS TO BE PACIFIED IN AR BY YOUR BOARD. WELL, IT'S NOT IF YOU DON'T APPROVE THE ACTUAL AR, IT'S BROUGHT FOR AS A REVIEW. AS A FIRST REVIEW WHEN IT COMES IN A POLICY,

112AS AN AR, BUT IT WON'T COME BACK FOR APPROVAL UNDER CONSENT AGENDA LIKE THE POLICIES WILL. IT'S JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION IS HOW IT'S PRESENTED. AND THEY CAN TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO IT, AND THEN THEY CAN BRING IT BACK FOR A SECOND REVIEW. BUT IT NEVER COMES BACK FOR ACTUAL APPROVAL. I MEAN, WE REVIEW FEES EVERY YEAR. I WONDER IF IT COULD BE PART OF THAT PROCESS. JUST TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING SIMPLE SO THERE'S NOT SOMETHING EXTRA. BUT I AM JUST ONE PERSON. YEAH. >> IS THERE A TIMELINE THIS HAS TO HAPPEN ON? SO IT COULD ALIGN WITH OUR ANNUAL FEE REVIEW? YES, WE COULD. >> THESE WILL BE THE FEES WE CHARGE. [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS] >> MOVING TOWARD FEWER STUDENT FEES. [LAUGHTER] >> IF WE TIE THEM ALL TOGETHER. THIS IS NOT

113A STUDENT FEE. WHICH COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT GETS NEGOTIATED MINUS THE ATTORNEY TIME. OR CAN THERE BE A RANGE? I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY. THIS IS ALSO JUST FINE, AND YOU GUYS DO GREAT WORK. [LAUGHTER] >> SO IS THE PROCESS YOU GIVE THEM A QUOTE AND YOU TELL THEM WHAT'S GOING TO COST OR SEND THEM A BILL AFTER? WE PREPARE AN ESTIMATE BEFORE WE PROVIDE RECORDS. AND THERE IS A PROCESS WHERE A REQUESTER CAN PETITION FOR A FEE REDUCTION OR A WAIVER, AND THERE IS SOME GUIDANCE OFFERED BY THE, I BELIEVE IT'S THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ON GRANTING WAIVERS. WHICH IS ENTIRELY WITHIN OUR DISCRETION. BUT PARTIES CAN APPEAL. BUT THE DATA BROKERS ARE JUST HAPPY TO PAY? YEAH. EVERY TIME THEY ASK -- > [OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS] HUH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT WAS GOOD INFORMATION.

114THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS?