001HI, EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE LAKE OSWEGO CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD IN SESSION AT 6:15. I JUST WANT TO NOTE BOARD MEMBER AND CHAIR, KIRSTEN AIRD, IS NOT PRESENT. AND WE'LL START WITH AGENDA ITEM 2.0, PALISADES ADDITION DESIGN SERVICES CONTRACT APPROVAL. MR. VANDENBERG? THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST APPROVAL FOR A DESIGN SERVICES CONTRACT FOR PALISADES WORLD LANGUAGE SCHOOL. THIS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT WE STARTED WITH SOME RENOVATIONS ON THE PAST BOND PROGRAM, AND NOW WORKING TOWARDS ADDITION FOR THE SCHOOL TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE EXPANDING PROGRAMS AND THE CAPACITY AT THE SCHOOL. WE ACTUALLY ADVERTISED FOR THIS PROCESS, WHICH IS A QUALIFICATION-BASED PROSPECT FOR SELECTING AND DESIGNER. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY IN THE PASSAGE OF THE BOND IN NOVEMBER, SIX PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED FROM QUALIFIED DESIGN FIRMS. WE REVIEWED EACH OF
002THE PROPOSALS, AND EMERGED AS THE TOP RANKED FIRM. FOLLOWING OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH SODERSTROM, WE ARRIVED AT THE AMOUNT OF $759,130 AS THE CONTRACT AMOUNT FOR THEIR DESIGN SERVICES FOR THIS PROJECT. WHICH IS WITHIN THE RANGE WE WERE LOOKING AT WITH REGARDS TO THE BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT AND THE EFFORT ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGN. SO AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PROJECT OR THIS CONTRACT SPECIFICALLY? COULD YOU JUST DESCRIBE THE UPDATES FOR US? FOR THE PROJECT? YEAH. >> SO CONTEMPLATING AN ADDITION OF APPROXIMATELY SIX CLASSROOMS AT THIS POINT. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS THAT WOULD BRING A LARGER LIBRARY SPACE, EXTENDED LEARNING AREAS, AND OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OUR EDUCATION FOR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. SO THERE WILL BE SOME ONGOING RENOVATION COMPONENTS FOR THE EXISTING
003BUILDING. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT UPDATING SOME OF THE SITE CIRCULATIONS. RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE THIS KIND OF UNIQUE, VERY COMPLICATED ORCHESTRATION EVERY DAY. WE'LL BE SEPARATING TWO PARKING AREAS AND DROP-OFF AREAS, SO PARENT DROP OFF WILL BE SEPARATED. IT'LL MAKE FOR MUCH SAFER ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL. WE'RE GOING TO BEAUTIFY THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AS WELL, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE A NICE COMPONENT TO IT. THAT ALLOWS FOR KIDS TO WAIT UNDERNEATH A COVERED AREA BECAUSE THE RAIN IS HERE. AND AS WELL AS NICE PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION THAT WILL BRING FOLKS TO THE FRONT DOOR OF THE BUILDING. DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE TIMELINE OR WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT? YES. SO WE STARTED SOME EARLY CONVERSATIONS AND HAVE SOME EARLY SCHEDULES PUT TOGETHER ALREADY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE START OF CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING IN THE
004SUMMER OF '27. OKAY. WILL THAT TAKE A YEAR OR DO YOU KNOW THE TIME? IT WILL TAKE A FULL CALENDAR YEAR OR FULL SCHOOL YEAR WITH TWO SUMMERS IN BOTH ENDS, SO WE'LL START IN THE SUMMER. GET DONE WITH SOME OF THE WORK AND THE EXISTING FACILITY, SO THAT MIGHT BE A PART OF THE ROOF THAT'S REPLACED ON THE EXISTING BUILDING, AND THEN THE ADMINISTRATION MOVE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT. AND THEN THE ADDITION WOULD HAPPEN DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, SO I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF OUR FIRST MAJOR RENOVATION/ADDITIONS IS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO I'VE DONE THIS MANY TIMES IN MY PAST. WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE PREPARED TO DO IT WITH WHERE WE'RE KIND OF MASSING THE PROJECT AND THE ADDITION TO KEEP IT
005SEPARATED FROM THE ONGOING OPERATIONS. WE'RE EXCITED FOR IT BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ALTHOUGH THERE'S NOISE HAPPENING OUTSIDE. IT REALLY GENERATES A LOT OF EXCITEMENT WITH THE KIDS, AND WE NEED SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND SOME ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS IN THE FUTURE, AND THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET THEM ENGAGED IN THE INDUSTRY. ABSOLUTELY. YOU SAID SIX ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. IS THAT ANTICIPATED FUTURE DEMAND? >> IT DOES, YES. SO THAT BRINGS US TO ALL THE CLASSROOMS WE WOULD NEED AND SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS BEING MODIFIED INTO OTHER SPACES. FOR EXAMPLE, OTHER PROGRAM SPACES, WE HAVE SOME EXTENDED LEARNING AREAS. THE SCHOOL DOESN'T HAVE A LEARNING CENTER, SO WE WILL BE ADDING A LEARNING CENTER, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A CLASSROOM AND IT HAS DIFFERENT BREAKOUT
006SESSIONS FOR ONE-ON-ONE INSTRUCTION. SO THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR TWO STRAND OF SPANISH, ONE STRAND OF CHINESE? CORRECT. FOR ALL K-5? YES. >> AWESOME, THAT'S GREAT. >> WELL, IT'S CERTAINLY EXCITING TO SEE THIS SET OF PROPOSALS FOR PALISADES WORLD LANGUAGE SCHOOL. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF FILMING A VIDEO THERE DURING THE CAMPAIGN. SO GOT TO SEE FIRSTHAND HOW BADLY THESE ARE NEEDED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERK, THE DEPUTY CLERK, TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH ARCHITECTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $759,130, FOR THE --SORRY, $759,130 FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE PALISADES WORLD LANGUAGE SCHOOL ADDITION PROJECT. I SECOND. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. [ LAUGHTER ] ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT BRINGS US THEN TO THE END OF
007OUR CONTRACT REVIEW BOARD, AND WE WILL PAUSE FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE WE RESUME. OKAY. IT IS --OKAY, READY? WE ARE GOING TO COME TO ORDER FOR THE LAKE OSWEGO SCHOOL BOARD, REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AT 6:30 P.M. ON FEBRUARY 9. WELCOME PATRONS. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY WRITTEN TESTIMONY, AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE IN-PERSON TESTIMONY BY THE NOON DEADLINE. SO WE WILL MOVE ONTO CONSENT AGENDA. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WALLIN. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. >> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR BILLS. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE? AYE. GREAT, MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, BOARD BUSINESS, SUPERINTENDENT UPDATE, DR. SCHIELE? THANK YOU, CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE HAVE NEW ARTWORK IN THE BOARD ROOM I WANTED TO MENTION. ALSO IN
008THE HALLWAYS, WE HAVE OAK CREEK, FOREST HILLS, AND LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. SO THANK YOU TO OUR ARTISTS. AND THE PERSONNEL IT LOOKS LIKE. EVERYBODY PUT THAT DOWN SOMEWHERE. NO SNOW DAYS. [ LAUGHTER ] AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH LOSN, SUSTAINABILITY FUND. REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. SCHOOL FOUNDATION IS LAUNCHING A MECHANISM TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GIVE MONEY INTO THE LOSN SUSTAINABILITY FUND AND BASICALLY EVERY $250 FUND RAISED, THEY PROVIDE IT TO ONE OF OUR TEACHERS, SO YOU'LL GET A STIPEND. THEN USING WHAT THEY LEARNED IN THAT COURSE BACK IN THE CLASSROOM, THEN CREATING SOME MASTER LESSON PLANS FOR THEM TO USE EACH OTHERS WORK, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. NOW YOU'LL START SEEING THE QR CODE GOING OUT. WE'RE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING INCOME, SO THEY COULD HAVE THAT. COOL. IT IS REALLY EXCITING. AND THEY
009WILL KICK OFF OF THAT TOO. BLACK HISTORY MONTH, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. IT IS NOT JUST A CALENDAR EVENT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WE ARE MAKING SURE OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF BLACK AMERICANS, AND WE'RE NOT JUST OVERLOOKING EVERYTHING THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THEIR RESILIENCE, INNOVATION, ALL THE THINGS GIVEN THIS COUNTRY TO BECOME STRONGER. AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, THEY HAVE CREATED SLIDES FOR OUR TVs THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOLS. IT'S IMPORTANT INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE. THEY'VE ALSO DONE A BULLETIN BOARD IN THE MAIN HALLWAYS, DECORATED BY THE STUDENTS. AND IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WE ALSO HAVE THE TVS, THE LIBRARIES ARE DECORATED WITH BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH DIFFERENT BOOKS AND AUTHORS. WE ALSO HAVE THE BLACK HISTORY MUSEUM VISIT, AND THEN WE HAVE SPECIFIC LESSONS I OUR ADVISORY -- [ INAUDIBLE
010] LEARN AND LISTEN TO MUSIC AND STORY TELLERS ABOUT BLACK HISTORY. WE EVEN HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER COME TO SPEAK TO OUR STUDENTS IN ASSEMBLY ABOUT HIS JOURNEY, THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, AND WHY BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS SO IMPORTANT. SO WE STARTED OFF PRETTY EARLY IN THE MONTH. WE HAVE DONE A LOT ALREADY. LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE DO THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH. OREGON YOUTH LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE. SO LAST SUNDAY, I PARTICIPATED IN THE OREGON YOUTH LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE. BYPASSED THE CONFERENCE AT LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS AN EVENT ORGANIZED BY OUR STUDENTS. IT WAS SO AMAZING, AND I WAS SO PROUD, THE WORD SO RIGHT NOW, OF WHAT THEY DID. WORKING ASIDE PETERS FROM THE DISTRICT, THERE IS ANOTHER COLEADER FROM GRANT HIGH SCHOOL. SO THE THREE OF THEM WORKED TOGETHER, AND THEY
011HAD PROFESSIONALS COME AND SPEAK TO THE STUDENTS ON LEADERSHIP TRADES, THINGS THAT BROUGHT THEM ALL TOGETHER AS CIVIC LEADERS. IT REALLY WAS RUN FANTASTIC FOR STUDENTS, BEING ABLE TO DO THIS. I WAS JUST VERY IMPRESSED. AND I HOSTED A BREAKOUT SESSION FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE INTERESTED IN EDUCATION, AND I WAS JUST STRUCK BY THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAD AND HOW THEY REALLY WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COUNTRY. IT ACTUALLY GAVE ME A LOT OF HOPE FOR TOMORROW, JUST BEING AROUND SUCH AMAZING YOUTH. IT'S A REALLY GREAT ORGANIZATION. SO IF YOU ARE STAYING OUT THERE AND YOU WANT YOUR CHILD TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS, CONTACT ME BECAUSE I WILL PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE TWO STUDENTS HERE WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, AND THEY ARE TAKING NEW MEMBERS, AND THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT
012HAVING IT GROW. THE COOL PART ABOUT THIS AS I MENTIONED, THEY'RE WORKING WITH A LOT OF NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS. NOT JUST SCHOOLS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PORTLAND SCHOOLS, AND IT WAS JUST REALLY FUN TO HEAR FROM THE STUDENTS AT THE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE ISSUES THEY WERE HAVING IN THEIR SCHOOL, AND HOW THEY WERE TRYING TO SOLVE THEM. BECAUSE OF WHO I AM, AND HOW TO CONNECT TO, IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO ME TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF GEAR IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO KIND OF MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO IT WAS AWESOME. ADVOCACY NEEDED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE DURING THE SHORT SESSION. DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE ABOUT BUDGETS AT OUR STATE LEVEL. WHILE LAST WEEK'S REVENUE FORECAST SHOWS AN IMPROVEMENT, WE ARE NOT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, SO WE
013NEED EVERYONE'S VOICE IN LAKE OSWEGO. PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE. THE SENATOR AND THE GOVERNOR, ACTUALLY, AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO TAP INTO THE EDUCATIONAL STABILITY FUND FOR K-12 EDUCATION. IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO HAVE EVERY PARENT IN LAKE OSWEGO SEND THOSE E-MAILS AND LETTERS OFF TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. CAN I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? YEP. >> I WAS JUST AT A LOVELY MEETING WITH PARENTS WHO WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. THEY'RE WONDERING, SO I'M GOING TO LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES. THEY'D LIKE A TEMPLATE TO USE, SO THEY CAN DO IT MORE RAPIDLY AND QUICKLY. YOU DID? SO WE WILL REITERATE THAT. I SAID I WOULD GIVE IT TO THE PTA PRESIDENT. I LOVE IT. THAT'S AWESOME. BUT THEY WANT TO DO IT, BUT CAN
014SOMEBODY WRITE IT FOR ME? YES, WE HAVE TEMPLATES. WE, AS A BOARD, CAN DO THAT. WE CAN. IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE HERE. YEAH, YEAH, OKAY, GREAT. SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. NO, IT'S OKAY. [ LAUGHTER ] MARK YOUR CALENDARS, CHILDCARE REGISTRATION FOR NEXT YEAR IS COMING UP. IT OPENS ON MARCH 3, WHICH IS A TUESDAY AT 9:00 A.M. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WHO HAS THEIR CHILDREN IN SPOTS CURRENTLY REGISTERS FOR NEXT YEAR. AND AS WELL AS EVERYONE COMING IN NEW TO THE DISTRICT, BUT WE HIGHLY REGISTERING AS SOON ASABLE PRO. DO NOT WAIT. WE'VE BEEN DOING VERY GOOD. WE HAVE NO ONE ON OUR WAIT LIST, AND STUDENTS ARE BEING CARED FOR AFTER SCHOOL, BUT IT IS EASIER IF WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE IN ADVANCE. STRATEGIC PLANNING
015INPUT SESSION. WE HAVE ONE. THIS, ON THE 11th, WEDNESDAY AT 5:00 IN THIS ROOM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. THIS IS ONE OF OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY ABROAD. WE'RE GOING TO ALL THE SCHOOLS, WHERE YOU'VE GOT ALL THE PTOs AND ALL THE MAJOR GROUPS. BUT THIS IS KIND OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, SO IT WILL BE IN THIS ROOM AT 5:00. THEN WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE ON THE 19th AT 6:00, AND THAT WILL BE ONLINE, SO YOU COULD JUMP ON THE ZOOM SESSION. AND THEN A LOT OF UPCOMING EVENTS I WANTED TO MENTION. LEAVING IOWA IS THE PLAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 19, 20, 21. YOU CAN PURCHASE THOSE TICKETS ONLINE. THE MUSICAL IS AT L.I. AS YOU KNOW, I WAS PRAISING THE MUSICAL. THAT'S FEBRUARY 20,
01621, 26, 27, AND 28. YOU CAN GET TICKETS ON SALE THROUGH THEIR WEBSITES. TIMBA IS AT LLJ MIDDLE SCHOOL ON FEBRUARY 19, 20, 21. THOSE CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE DOOR. ALL GREAT PERFORMING ARTS THINGS TO BRING YOUR KIDS TO. REALLY FUN. AND I DIDN'T GET TO SEE THEM ALL. THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION GALA IS ON MARCH 7. TICKETS ARE ON SALE AT THEIR WEBSITE. THEN LASTLY, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST. I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WE HAVE OUR FIRST EVER UNIFIED BASKETBALL GAME COMING UP. I THINK IT WOULD BE SO FUN WHEN THEY HIT ON FEBRUARY 25 AT 4:00. FEBRUARY 25, 4:00, LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL. COME CHEER ON OUR KIDS. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NEXT AGENDA ITEM, MR. BAILEY, EDUCATIONAL DATA. HE'S HOME SICK. BUT HI, MR. BAILEY. WHOEVER
017IS OUT THERE LISTENING, WANTING TO MAKE SURE I DO THIS OKAY. THIS IS OUR FEBRUARY EDUCATIONAL DATA ON GRADUATION. SO IN OUR FIRST SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE OUR RATE. GOT IT HERE. THIS IS JUST HOW THE DATA COMES TO BE. YOU CAN SEE IN THE CLASS OF 2025, LOHS GRAD RATES INCLUDE LAKE OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL, LAKE RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, AND PARROTT CREEK, WHICH WAS LOCATED LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE. THEY WERE REMODELED. INCARCERATED YOUTH, AND IT WAS ON THE CAMPUS, WHICH MEANS IT WAS WITHIN OUR DATA. GO TO THE NEXT RATE, WE HAVE IN OUR CLASS OF 2025, WE HAD 20 NON-GRADUATES FOR THOSE THREE SCHOOLS OUT OF 593 TOTAL, WHICH MAKES FOR 96.6% GRAD RATE, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF 1.6% FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. NEXT ONE. THIS IS OUR THREE-YEAR GRADUATION RATE
018TREND. SO WE'RE IN THE GREEN HERE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE YELLOW ON THE SIDE THERE WHAT SCHOOLS. BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, WE USED TO HAVE HARMONY AS A PART OF OUR DATA, NOW THEY'RE NOT A PART OF OUR DATA. NEXT YEAR IS THE FIRST YEAR WE JUST HAVE LAKE RIDGE AND LHS IN OUR DATA. THERE'S THE TOTAL POPULATION, 96.6%. FEMALE, MALE, NON-BINARY. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK AT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS. UNDERSERVED, THE POINT IS ALSO AMERICAN INDIAN, BLACK HISPANIC, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER PUT TOGETHER BECAUSE THE ENDS ARE SO SMALL. WE CAN GO ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE. SOME ADDITIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS. HIGHLIGHTS ON THE GRADUATES, EXPERIENCING POVERTY. OUR STUDENTS ON IUP, HAS INCREASED. SPECIAL EDUCATION HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY. AND OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS HAS ACTUALLY DECREASED. IT IS HARD TO SAY THAT THOUGH
019WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT KIND OF END. IT REALLY IS ONE STUDENT. WELL, SO THE NUMBER ON THE SIDE THERE IS HOW MANY KIDS FOR THE TOTAL IN THAT GROUP. THERE WERE ONLY 11 KIDS. THERE'S TWO THAT DIDN'T GRADUATE. THE YEAR BEFORE -- OH, I SEE. GOTCHA. AND THEN THE LAST ONE, THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DIPLOMAS, CERTIFICATES BY LAKE OSWEGO EACH YEAR. IT IS KIND OF A NEW SLIDE. THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENCES. THERE'S THE STATE DIPLOMA, MODIFIED DIPLOMA. AND THEN THERE IS EXTENDED DIPLOMA AND ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATE. YOU CAN SEE WE DID NOT GET THOSE LAST YEAR. COULD YOU TALK JUST QUICKLY ABOUT DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT, THE STATE, AND THE MODIFIED? SURE. SO THE DISTRICT IS WHAT WE OFFER HERE IN LAKE OSWEGO, WHICH INCLUDES THE REQUIREMENT OF A LANGUAGE, AS WELL AS THE
020SPEECH QUEST. AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM, SO THAT'S THE BIG THING BETWEEN THE STATE AND LAKE OSWEGO ONE. MODIFIED MEANS YOUR COURSE WORK HAS BEEN MODIFIED. SO A LOT OF KIDS WHO MAY BE IN THE PROGRAM, WHERE THEY TAKE THE CLASSES THAT THEY NEED FOR GRADUATION, BUT THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR HOMEWORK HAS BEEN MODIFIED. THEN IT INCLUDES A MODIFIED GRADE, SO THEY COULD GET A MODIFIED. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STUDENTS WHO GET MODIFIED DIPLOMAS, BUT IT IS USUALLY KIDS WHO ARE IN PROGRAMS, BUT ARE IN GENERAL. THANK YOU. >> THAT IS ACTUALLY REALLY HELPFUL. I FEEL THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE LOOKED AT THE DATA THIS WAY, AND I THINK IT IS REALLY USEFUL. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY DISTRICT AND STATE? WHAT WAS THE DISTINCTION? OUT OF THE
021TWO YEARS, THE LANGUAGE. OKAY. AS WELL AS OUR SPEECH CLASS. BECAUSE THOSE ARE THINGS WE REQUIRE? YES. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. SO YEAH, WE REQUIRE THOSE ON TOP OF THE REGULAR. SO WERE THOSE KIDS THAT COME IN LATE SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE TIME TO TAKE THOSE CLASSES OR HOW ARE THEY -- THEY GET TO DECIDE THAT. SOME DON'T WANT TO TAKE A LANGUAGE. THEY GET TO DECIDE THAT. I UNDERSTAND. >> THE STATE OF OREGON DOES NOT REQUIRE THEM TO TAKE A LANGUAGE. MOST UNIVERSITIES REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE TWO YEARS OF LANGUAGE. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU PLAN ON DOING AFTER SCHOOL, IT MAY BE IMPORTANT. OKAY. SO THAT IS OUR DATA. MAYBE JUST ON THE TOP LEVEL, THE VERY FIRST. SO JUST COMPARE THE STATE RATES. DID YOU HAVE --
022I MEAN -- WE DON'T HAVE THE STATE BECAUSE I STOPPED COMPARING US TO THE STATE. OKAY. THAT'S WISE. >> THOSE HAVE BEEN GOING UP AS WELL? YES, THE STATE HAS BEEN GOING WELL. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH THAT SHOWS GETTING YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA MAKES A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN YOUR OUTCOME. SO OBVIOUSLY WE WANT 100% OF OUR STUDENTS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S DIFFICULT ABOUT GRADUATION, AND I THINK I TRIED TO SAY THIS BEFORE. BUT WHEN YOU COME INTO HIGH SCHOOL YOUR FRESHMAN YEAR. IF YOU LEAVE ANY TIME YOUR FRESHMAN OR SOPHOMORE OR JUNIOR YEAR, THEN YOU BECOME A DROPOUT FOR WHATEVER HIGH SCHOOL YOU WERE AT. IF YOU DON'T GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. WELL, A LOT OF TIMES SOMEBODY MIGHT COME IN AS A FRESHMAN AND THEY MIGHT MOVE TO TENNESSEE, AND WE
023DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, AND YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY SPEND A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO FIND WHERE PEOPLE ARE. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST, WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE, SO THAT BECOMES A DRIVE. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THEN YOU'RE A DROPOUT. USUALLY IT ONLY HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE MOVE TO EUROPE ACTUALLY, A LOT MORE THAN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE USUALLY THE UNITED STATES, PEOPLE, ANOTHER PUBLIC SCHOOL IS LOOKING FOR THEIR RECORDS, AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS SOMETIMES DON'T ASK FOR THEM, AND EUROPE DOESN'T USUALLY ASK FOR THEM. SEEMS LIKE A FAULT IN THE DATA SYSTEM. BUT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE. IT'S HIGH. IT IS SUPER AMAZING. WE ARE STILL READY TO GO. AMAZING TO THINK THOUGH SOME TIME NOT TOO FAR HISTORY THAT IT WAS IN THE 80s? YEAH, WHEN I STARTED AT LAKE
024RIDGE, IT WAS 85. WOW, THAT'S AMAZING. >> OKAY, NEXT AGENDA ITEM, MR. KETZLER. YOU HAVE THE NEXT TWO. DISTRICT FISCAL AUDIT REPORT AND QUARTER TWO FINANCIAL REPORT. YES, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT YOU THIS EVENING, THE DISTRICT FISCAL AUDIT REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, AND I WON'T BELABOR THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE THIS IS IN CERTAIN RESPECTS AS A PART OF THE GENERAL FUND, REHASHING WHAT HAS BEEN SHARED WITH THE BOARD, FIRST WITH OUR PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED REPORT DELIVERED LAST FALL. AND THEN THE HIGHLIGHTS WE PROVIDE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE FOUR SEPARATE OPINIONS THAT GET ISSUED ON OUR AUDIT REPORT. ONE IS IN RELATION TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OVERALL. AND THEN TWO OF THEM ARE IN RELATION TO OUR SPENDING OF FEDERAL FUNDS, WHICH WAS ROUGHLY
025$2.3 MILLION, I THINK IS WHAT IT WAS IN FISCAL YEAR '25. AND THEN A REPORT IN RELATION TO OUR COMPLIANCE WITH STATE REGULATIONS. AND IN THE BLURB I'VE HIGHLIGHTED A FEW OF THE EXCEPTIONS THAT ARE NOTED IN THE STATE COMPLIANCE REPORT, WHICH IS AT PAGE 103, AND I WON'T GO OVER ALL OF THOSE. THOSE ARE JUST LAID OUT FOR YOU, BUT I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE MATERIALS INCLUDE WHAT I REFER TO HERE AS AN AUDITORS TRANSMITTAL LETTER. SOMETIMES IT'S REFERRED TO AS A GOVERNANCE LETTER. THAT WAS ADDED AS A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL AUDIT FIRMS THAT DO FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDITS. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, TEN YEARS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAT. WHERE THEY HAD TO REPORT SEPARATE FROM THE AUDIT REPORT ITSELF, WHETHER THERE WERE ANY DISAGREEMENT WITH MANAGEMENT, IF
026THERE WERE ESTIMATES WE USED, WHERE THEY TOOK ISSUE WITH THE BASIS OF OUR ESTIMATES. AND IF THEY HAD OBSERVATIONS IN RELATION TO OUR STANDARD PROCEDURES, THAT THEY MIGHT VIEW AS DEFICIENT. THOSE WOULD BE CALLED OUT IN THE TRANSMITTAL LETTER. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE'S NOTHING CALLED OUT. THERE IS NO DISAGREEMENT AND NO THINGS THEY'RE CALLING OUT AS REQUIRING SPECIAL ATTENTION. THERE IS ANOTHER THING THAT'S NOT CALLED OUT THAT I'LL REFERENCE BACK TO THE COMPLIANCE REPORT AT PAGE 103. THAT IS AS PART OF OUR STUDENT INVESTMENT ACCOUNT SPENDING, OUR AUDITORS ALSO HAVE TO DO STANDARD PROCEDURES EACH YEAR AS THEY RELATE TO OUR SPENDING AND ADMINISTRATION, HOW WE HANDLE THE OVERSIGHT AND SPENDING OF THOSE FUNDS. AND IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES IN RELATION TO THAT, THAT WOULD ALSO BE CALLED OUT IN THAT REPORT
027THAT BEGINS AT PAGE 103, BUT THERE WEREN'T ANY ISSUES THAT OUR AUDITORS HAD AS IT RELATED TO NOT ONLY OTHER MATTERS, EXCEPT FOR THE ONES I CALLED OUT IN THE BLURB AND THAT ARE LISTED ON PAGE 103. BUT THE WORD, NO, ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO OUR SIA SPENDING. AND THEN THE LAST ITEM I WOULD NOTE IS THIS IS A FAIRLY LONG REPORT, 104 PAGES. AND --THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS THAT BEGINS ON PAGE FIVE AND ENDS AT PAGE 13. SOMEONE WANTING TO GET A GOOD OVERALL SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, ENDED JUNE 30, 2025. THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE I WOULD REFER THEM TO. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING EIGHT PAGES THAT RELATE TO OUR WIDE STATEMENTS AND THEN THE GOVERNMENTAL FUND STATEMENTS. COULD YOU, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT
028YOU. COULD YOU GIVE THAT FIRST PAGE AGAIN, SIR? FOR THE MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS? PAGES5 THROUGH 13. THANK YOU. AND IT'S THE PAGES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE AUDIT OPINION FROM OUR INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANTED TO CALL OUT. AND THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. THERE ISN'T ANY REQUIREMENT FOR FORMAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE AUDIT REPORT BY THE AUDITORS. BUT IT IS OUR PRACTICE AND ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT ODE LOOKS FOR IN TERMS OF OUR ANNUAL PRESENTATION OF OUR AUDIT REPORT, SPECIFICALLY CALLING OUT IF THERE ARE ANY COMPLIANCE REPORT ISSUES, ESPECIALLY US, THAT WOULD RELATE TO SIA SPENDING. AND SIA SPENDING IS NOT A PART OF OUR OVERALL OPERATIONS. IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR GRANTS AND FUNDS ALONE, IT'S $6.9 MILLION OF THE $11.5 MILLION IS WHAT IT WAS AND SPENDING IN THAT FUND. SO
029JUST OVER 60, 61% OF OUR GRANT FUND SPENDING. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I WANTED TO COVER, BUT A LOT OF DETAILS ARE THERE. SO IF ANY OF YOU DID HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THEM NOW. BUT AS ALWAYS THE CASE, WHERE THERE ARE ALREADY SOME QUESTIONS YOU WANTED TO FOLLOW UP SEPARATE AND APART FROM THIS MEETING. I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN THOSE AND RESPOND IN MY USUAL PRACTICES. IF I DO GET QUESTIONS LIKE THAT, I SHARE THE ANSWERS OUT WITH EVERYONE. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT JUST FOR THOSE LISTENING IF THEY WERE TO GO LINK ON THIS DOCUMENT IN THE PDF, THAT SUMMARY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, MR. KETZLER, IS ON PAGE 10 THROUGH -- YEAH, THE PDF PAGES ARE 10 TO LIKE 16 OR SOMETHING LIKE. THAT ANY WAY, I
030JUST WANTED IT FOR FOLKS LISTENING, GO A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN ON THE PDF. THE PAGE NUMBER REFERENCING ARE THE PAGE NUMBERS PRINTED ON EACH PAGE. YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM. OKAY. YES. CHAIR AIRD, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, ALSO PLEASED TO PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING OUR SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT. AND AS THE STANDARD PRACTICE, WE INCLUDE NOTES THAT ACCOMPANY THE FINANCIAL PORTION OF OUR REPORT. THIS IS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED, DECEMBER 31, 2025. SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR PERIODIC INTRO PERIOD REPORTS THAT MONOTORT SPENDING OF OUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR OPERATING SPENDING OCCURS. IF THERE ARE NEW NOTES THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OR QUARTER REPORTS THAT FOLLOW THE FIRST QUARTER, THOSE ARE CALLED OUT WITH ITALICS. SO
031YOU WILL NOTE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WRITTEN, THE EARLY PORTION UNDER EXPENDITURES, ITEM B, THAT MIDDLE SCHOOLS IS ADDED FOR THE ITEMS THAT HAVE THE LETTER NEXT TO THE FINANCIAL PORTION OF THE STATEMENTS. SO IF YOU GO TO -- IT'S THE FIRST PAGE OF THE FINANCIAL NUMBERS THEMSELVES. YOU'LL NOTE UNDER 25, 26, UNDER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS WITH THE B AFTER IT OR B NOTATION NEXT TO THEM. THAT RELATES BACK TO THE WRITTEN NOTES, EXPLAINING THE VARIANCES THERE. SO WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT IS NOW PRESENTED INFORMATION IN THE SAME MANNER AS IT RELATED TO THE OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE THE LETTER B ASSOCIATED WITH IT THAT ARE ALSO ON PAGE ONE, AS WELL AS PAGE TWO IN RELATION TO SOME OF THE VARIANCES WE'RE NOTING IN RELATION TO
032NOT ONLY THE BUDGET AMOUNTS, BUT SPENDING YEAR TO DATE. A PART OF THE CURRENT SIX-MONTH PERIOD COMPARED TO THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD ON DECEMBER 31, 2024 OF OUR PRIOR FISCAL YEAR. AND IN THOSE CASES, THAT'S WHERE SPENDING IS DOWN, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT CUTS WE HAD TO TAKE AT THE END OF THE '24, '25 FISCAL YEAR WITH STATE REVENUES, NOT RISING AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT OUR EXPENDITURES WERE RISING, ESPECIALLY THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE OBLIGATED BY STATE LAW TO FUND DETERMINED RATES. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THAT IS THE ONLY THING I CALLED OUT THERE. IT'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT. THIS SECOND QUARTER REPORT --SO BEFORE I TURN TO THE REVENUE PAGE, I'LL SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON PAGES ONE, TWO, OR THREE, WHICH ARE THE EXPENDITURE PORTIONS OF OUR REPORT. I SHOULD HIGHLIGHT
033ON THE BOTTOM OF PAGE THREE, THERE IS A CHART THAT TRACKS THE DISPERSEMENT OF FUNDS IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO HOW FUNDS WERE DISPERSED IN OUR LAST FISCAL YEAR IN BOTH CASES, YOU'LL NOTE WE'RE TRACKING AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW, WHERE WE WERE, WHICH AGAIN IS A REFLECTION OF THE COST REDUCTION MEASURES, WHICH WE IMPLEMENTED. SO YOU WILL ALSO SEE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TOTALS ON PAGE THREE, THAT ARE UP NEAR THE TOP QUARTER OF THE PAGE, WHERE WE HAVE $120 MILLION BUDGET FOR THIS '25, '26 FISCAL YEAR, $41.9 MILLION, WHICH HAS BEEN DISPERSED YEAR TO DATE, COMPARED TO $44.9 MILLION IN THE PREVIOUS SIX-MONTH PERIOD. AND THEN A CORRESPONDING, YOU KNOW, LOWER AMOUNT THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST. SO THOSE ARE ALL HARD EVIDENCE THAT THE PLANS WE IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR
034ARE REALIZING THE ROUTE WE WANTED. NOT THAT WE WOULD WANT TO CUT COSTS, BUT IN TERMS OF MAINTAINING FISCAL DISCIPLINE AND PROVIDING LEVELS OF SERVICE THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF FUNDING. THAT'S THE REALITY THAT WE'RE -- WE'RE PLACED WITHIN. SO IF THERE AREN'T ANY QUESTIONS ON PAGES ONE THROUGH THREE, THERE ARE A FEW ADDED ON THE REVENUE SIDE, ON THE WRITTEN NOTES, BUT I'LL STOP HERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE EXPENDITURE ITEMS? ALL RIGHT. SO ON THE WRITTEN SIDE IN THE ENDING FUND BALANCE, YOU'LL NOTE THERE ARE TWO NEW SENTENCES LEADING INTO THE DISCUSSION ON ANY FUND BALANCE. THAT'S TO CALL OUT THE $6 MILLION IS NOW AN AUDITED ENDING FUND BALANCE. AND THAT WAS REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL REPORT, AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORT PRESENTATION THAT PROCEEDED THIS AGENDA
035ITEM, AND THAT -- THAT $6 MILLION AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED, YOU KNOW, IS 5% OF OUR BUDGETED EXPENDITURES, WHICH IS BELOW OUR MINIMUM RANGE OF OUR FUND BALANCE AT TARGET, SO THAT IS CALLED OUT. IN THE NOTES HERE, AND THEN IT'S NOT A NEW NOTE, BUT IN THE LAST COUPLE SENTENCES OF THAT DISCUSSION ON ENDING FUND BALANCE, I NOTE I ANTICIPATE THE FINAL '25/'26 ENDING FUND BALANCE SHOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION HIGHER, AND HOPEFULLY MORE THAN $1 MILLION HIGHER THAN THIS $4.2 MILLION THAT'S REFLECTED ON PAGE FOUR, WHICH IS THE REVENUE PAGE. WE'RE ON THE VERY BOTTOM, YOU'VE GOT A PROJECTED FUND BALANCE OF ESSENTIALLY $4.2 MILLION IN THE '25/'26 COLUMN. AND THAT'S FROM A FUND --OR A FINANCIAL PROJECTION THAT WAS IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR. NEXT MONTH, WE WILL RECEIVE A FORMAL STATE REVENUE
036ESTIMATE FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTICULARLY. ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL RECEIVE ONE OF THOSE IN MARCH FROM THE OREGON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FINANCE UNIT. THAT WILL BE OUR FIRST FORMAL LOOK INTO WHAT THE CITY ANTICIPATES OUR REVENUES WILL BE NEXT YEAR. RIGHT NOW THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO STATE FUNDING IN THIS CURRENT SHORT SESSION THAT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. THE STATE IS, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATURE IS HAVING TO GRAPPLE WITH A FINANCIAL HOLE, ESSENTIALLY CREATED BY RESOLUTION ONE PASSED BY THE FEDERAL CONGRESS, SIGNED INTO LAW LAST AUGUST OR JULY. AND THAT A VERY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE STATE OF OREGON'S BUDGET, EFFECTIVELY REDUCING STATE REVENUE FOR THIS. THE MOST RECENT REVENUE FORECAST THAT WAS RELEASED JUST LAST WEEK DID SHOW SOME IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PRIOR STATE REVENUE CAST, BUT EVEN WITH A NUMBER OF
037THINGS THAT APPEAR TO BE LINING UP IN THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION, SUCH AS A DISCONNECT BILL FOR THREE ELEMENTS OF THE FEDERAL TAX CUTS ENACTED LAST YEAR, STILL, YOU KNOW, INDICATES THERE WILL BE A HOLE IN THIS CURRENT STATE AND BUDGET CYCLE. WHICH THE LEGISLATOR WILL HAVE TO ACT ON IT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. THERE IS PROJECTED TO BE AN ABILITY IN THE QUARTER AND EDUCATION STABILITY FUNDS, WHICH IS A RESERVED FUND HELD AT THE STATE LEVEL, THAT WOULD POSSIBLY BE AVAILABLE, BUT THERE ARE NO -- NONE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRIGGERS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF USING THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING REALIZED, SO IT WOULD TAKE THE DECLARATION THROUGH BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE TO HAVING THOSE FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE. SO WE'RE WAITING A LITTLE BIT WITH BATED BREATH, AND HOPEFUL WE WILL BE ABLE
038TO PRESERVE OUR STATE FUNDING FOR NOT ONLY THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE WE OPERATE ON ANNUAL FISCAL YEARS AND NOT ON THE BIANNUAL BASIS AS THE STATE BUDGET DOES. YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS ANY GOOD NEWS, IT IS ONLY THE LEGISLATIVE, THE CURRENT LEGISLATIVE SESSION HAS TO CONCLUDE BY THE END OF THE MONTH. SO WE WILL KNOW BY EARLY MARCH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THIS ALL WILL BE FOR STATE SCHOOL FUNDING FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT. SO THOSE ARE THE ITEMS I WANTED TO CALL OUT IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT. I'LL PAUSE THERE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A CLARIFICATION. SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU PROJECTED IN APRIL AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $4.2 MILLION? NOW YOU'RE ESTIMATING IT WILL BE ABOUT $5 MILLION?
039I BELIEVE AT MINIMUM. THAT'S ASSUMING IF OUR CURRENT LEVEL OF STATE FUNDING HOLDS UP. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. SO APRIL IS BEFORE THE BEAUTIFUL BILL? SO ARE YOU --BUT IT'S AN INCREASE, DESPITE --SO THERE IS MORE REVENUE DESPITE THE FACT DUE TO THAT BILL, WHERE THERE IS LESS --THERE IS LESS TAX COLLECTION, ESSENTIALLY? CORRECT, YES. PROBABLY THE LARGEST SINGLE THING THAT CHANGED FROM APRIL OF 2025, THE LAST TIME I PREPARED A FORMAL FINANCIAL MODEL UPDATE OR PRESENTATION WAS THE STATE HAS UPDATED THEIR ESTIMATES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS BASED UPON MORE REFINED CALCULATIONS OF BOTH CURRENT ADMW, NOT ONLY ON AN INDIVIDUAL DISTRICT BASIS, BUT STATEWIDE. SOME OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS ARE IN OUR FAVOR, WHERE SOME OTHER DISTRICTS, YOU KNOW, ENDED UP LOSING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN THAT REBALANCING THAT TAKES PLACE
040PERIODICALLY AT THE O.D.E. FINANCE LEVEL. OKAY. SO WE DON'T --WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IN THE NEXT MONTH? THERE'S SOME THINGS INCLUDING CITIZENS WRITING LETTERS TO TAP THE STABILITY FUND? CAN YOU REMIND US AGAIN, WHAT OUR MINIMUM, OUR --WHAT IS IT? MINIMUM FUND BALANCE TARGET. YEAH. >> THAT WE'RE SUPPOSE TO BE AT, WHICH IS -- 8%. AND IN RELATION TO -- THAT'S 8% OF CURRENT BUDGET EXPENDITURES AS WELL, WHICH WE WON'T HAVE THE '26, '27 PROPOSED UNTIL MAY. BUT BASED ON THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THAT WOULD BE ALMOST $9 MILLION. SO WE ARE OVER --YES, OVER THREE MILLION SHORT IN RELATION TO THE MINIMUM FUND BALANCE TARGET. OKAY. >> I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT'S A DISTRICT POLICY? THERE IS NO STATE LAW THAT MANDATES A MINIMUM? IT'S A GOOD POLICY TO
041HAVE. IT IS NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE PAD THERE. CAN I ASK ANOTHER FINE QUESTION? WHICH MAY NOT BE RELEVANT, NECESSARILY, DEPENDING ON THE BUDGET. BUT THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION PASSED THAT SPLIT DIFFERENTLY, THE FUNDS COMING FROM THE STATE, RIGHT? ISN'T IT SUPPOSE TO BE THE BENEFIT OF THE SECOND YEAR? YES. >> SO THEY DIDN'T DO A 50-50 SPLIT AS THEY SOMETIMES DO. THEY DID THAT SPLIT? YES. SO IF THEY COULD PULL OFF GETTING US TO STAY STABLE. WHEN YOU'RE SAYING STAY STABLE, WILL THAT INCLUDE THAT HIGHER AMOUNT? SO IT IS NOT AN EQUAL AMOUNT IS WHAT THEY'RE SAYING? YEAH. CERTAINLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR, YES. OKAY, GREAT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. KETZLER. ALL RIGHT, POLICY REVIEW. MR. KETZLER. OH, YOU'RE HERE AGAIN. COME ON UP. PERSONAL ELECTRONIC
042DEVICES. YOUR FAVORITE TOPIC. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT TONIGHT TOO. YES. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE HAVE A POLICY UPDATE, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL RECALL IT WAS ONE IN THE FIRST OF OREGON, IF NOT, THE FIRST TO PASS THE DISTRICT WIDE POLICY. BANG THE USE OF CELL PHONES DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS. AND IN THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THERE WAS A BILL INTRODUCED TO FORMALIZE THAT AS A REQUIREMENT STATEWIDE. THE GOVERNOR ENDED UP ISSUING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT MADE IT A REQUIREMENT. AND IN KEEPING WITH THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER, THEY HAVE UPDATED THEIR POLICIES, THEIR MODEL POIS IS, THAT WE SUBSCRIBED TO, AND SO WHAT WE HAVE FOR YOU IN THE PACKET ARE WHAT WE'VE WOVEN IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OSVA'S MODEL POLICY, THAT WILL NOW TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE UPDATES TO THE STATE LAW
043AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT THE GOVERNOR IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR IN RELATION TO THE LIMITATIONS ON PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING THE REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL HOURS. SO I BELIEVE THE UPDATES ARE FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY, BUT IT'S DRIVEN BY OUR MODEL POLICIES, TAKING ACCOUNT OF STATE ACTION LAST YEAR. SO WHEN WE ASK THIS QUESTION OF YOU GUYS, MAKING THESE PRESENTATIONS FREQUENTLY. I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T REMEMBER THE ANSWER. WHAT'S RECOMMENDED WE CAN CHOOSE TO USE WHOLESALE? WE CAN MAKE EDITS TO IT. THIS IS NOT LANGUAGE WE'RE REQUIRED TO ADOPT IN ANY WAY? AS LONG AS WE APPROACH THE SPIRIT OF THE LANGUAGE, IS THAT RIGHT? GENERALLY SPEAKING, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC THINGS THAT ARE CALLED OUT IN STATE LAW, AND WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN TERMS OF HOW WE COUCH IT IN OUR POLICY. I WOULD SAY THE RECOMMENDED POLICY THAT
044CAME FROM OSBA WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE PRESCRIPTIVE THAN WHAT WE HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY RECOMMENDED A FORM TO DOCUMENT EVERY TIME ANYONE ASKED FOR AN EXCEPTION, AND THERE IS ONLY THREE REASONS GENERALLY PEOPLE COULD ASK FOR AND BE GRANTED AN EXCEPTION, BUT THEY WANTED TO FORMALIZE THAT. THERE'S NOT AN OBLIGATION IT IN STATE LAW TO MAKE THAT A FORMAL PRACTICE THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE SUBMIT FORMS TO GET EXCEPTIONS TO THE POLICY. AND SOME OF THOSE ARE FOR MEDICAL REASONS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR A STUDENT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MORE READY ACCESS TO THEIR PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES, IF THEY HAVE SOME MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT WARRANT MORE TIMELY COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR FAMILY. AND THEN I THINK IT'S UNDER IEPs AND 504s, BUT -- WE DECIDED NOT TO USE THE FORM BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY PUT
045IT IN THE MEDICAL, SO WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER FORM. RIGHT. >> AND WHAT IS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE BLUE AND THE GREEN EDITS? THE GREEN IS ACTUALLY, WE HAD THAT IN OUR POLICY, BUT IT'S UNDER A DIFFERENT SECTION, AND THEY JUST MOVED IT UP. BLUE IS ADDED. BASICALLY IT WAS JUST THE WORDING OF IT. WE LIKED THE WAY THE BLUE IS IN THE REDS, SO WE WOULD MOVE THAT UP. YEP. >> WE DID PRETTY WELL. I FEEL THEY COPIED US. [ LAUGHTER ] PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD DID A GREAT JOB. GOOD JOB. >> DO YOU WANT COMMENTS BY E-MAIL? SO MY ONLY --I LOOKED AT BOTH OF THEM. THE ONLY THING I WOULD MAKE A CHANGE TO ON THE PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES IS A TECHNICAL CHANGE. IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH, THE SECOND BLUE INSERT INCLUDES
046SMARTPHONES, COMPUTERS, SUCH AS SMART WATCHES, HEADPHONES, EAR BUDS ATTACHED TO. I WOULD CHANGE ATTACHED TO OR CONNECTED TO. YEAH, IF THEY'RE NOT WIRED. AND I'M CURIOUS, HAVE WE -- WE'RE IN YEAR THREE NOW? OF THIS? YEAR ONE WENT SWIMMINGLY WELL WITH THE STUDENT BODY THAT ACCEPTED IT, ACKNOWLEDGED ITS BENEFITS, TALKED ABOUT THE INCON CONVENIENCE, BUT GOT ON BOARD. LAST YEAR I DON'T THINK WE HEARD MUCH ABOUT IT. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF HEY, WE'RE ACTUALLY SERIOUS IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AS WE ARE HALFWAY THROUGH THE THIRD YEAR, IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS LIKE SMART WATCHES, AND AIR PODS ARE MAYBE FLYING UNDER THE RADAR A LITTLE BIT MORE. HAS THAT BEEN ANYTHING THAT HAS RAISED THE CONCERN OF STAFF AND TEACHERS OR ARE WE HAPPY WITH KIND OF THE LEVEL OF HESITATION? YEAH.
047I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS MORE YOUNGER STUDENTS THAT ARE HAVING LUNCHES. BUT WHAT TEACHERS HAVE DONE IS IF THEY'RE USING IT AS A WATCH AND NOT HAVING TO CONNECT IT, THEN THAT'S FINE. IF NOT, THEY WOULDN'T TAKE IT AWAY. IT DOESN'T TAKE MANY TIMES ON THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL. ALSO SOME PARENTS HAVE TOLD US THERE IS A WAY THEY, AS THE PARENT, CANNOT ALLOW TO CONNECT, SO IT COULD BE JUST THE WATCH. SO LIKE SEVEN TIMES DURING THE CLASS TIME, YOU CAN'T CONNECT WITH THE AFTER SCHOOL THAT THEY COULD CONNECT, SO THAT HAS BEEN. I'M ALSO HEARING FROM KIDS SAYING REALLY, KIDS ARE GOING TO THE BATHROOM. THAT'S WHEN THEY ARE USING IT. SO THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO DO IT IN CLASS, BUT THEY'LL GO TO THE BATHROOM, SO THEY'LL USE IT THERE. I'M NOT
048SURE WHAT THEY WILL DO ABOUT THAT. THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS ABOUT THE WAY OF ADDING NOT ON YOUR PERSON BECAUSE THE THOUGHT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSPICUOUS THAT I NEED TO USE THE RESTROOM. PACK UP ALL MY STUFF TO GO DO A FIVE-MINUTE BATHROOM BREAK, BUT THAT IS ALSO WHAT I HEAR A LOT. THEY'RE FILMING TIKTOKS IN THE BATHROOM OR THE SOCIAL MEDIA HOUSE SITTER. EVERYBODY LIKES THE FILM. SO SOME TIME I'D LIKE TO KEEP AN EYE ON TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS WE CAN MAYBE --A LITTLE BIT MORE FOCUSED NOT ON YOUR PERSON. I WONDER IF IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE WHAT DATA WE HAVE ON THIS? LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT DISCIPLINARY DATA OR HOW MANY OF THE SCHOOLS THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY AND FOR
049WHAT REASON, WHAT'S THE RESPONSE TO THAT? BECAUSE WHILE THIS POLICY HAS A DIFFERENT PURPOSE, GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK THAT THEY DON'T LIKE THE COMPUTER AND THE KIDS ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON THEIR COMPUTERS. I FEEL THERE IS AN INTERSECTION HERE IN WHICH IF WE CONTEMPLATE THIS NEED TO THINK VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHEN WE USE TECHNOLOGY AND WHEN WE DON'T USE TECHNOLOGY, THEN THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP AND A PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN WITH FAMILIES FOR PERSONAL ITEMS AS WELL. SO I PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE THE TWO POLICIES WILL CROSS INTO EACH OTHER, AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY TOO MANY SCREENS IS BAD. THAT'S WHY WE PASSED THIS POLICY. SO WHEN DO WE USE THEM? WHY DO WE USE THEM? AND HOW DO WE DO THIS ACROSS THE
050ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO MANAGE THIS? IT CAN'T JUST BE US. RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. NEXT POLICY. ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS, TWO OF THEM. IMMUNIZATION, SCHOOL SPORTS PARTICIPATION. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ADDED CONCUSSION OF THE BRAIN INJURIES TO THIS POLICY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE. THIS IS ALSO, AGAIN, OSBA. SORRY, MR. BAILEY. THIS IS THE RESPONSE TO LEGISLATIONS, HOUSE BUILD 3,007, OUTLINING STEPS THAT MUST BE TAKEN, IN REGARDS TO THE STUDENT CONCUSSION OF THE BRAIN INJURY ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE ACTUALLY KNEW ABOUT THIS POLICY, SO WE WORKED WITH OUR COUNSELORS IN SEPTEMBER ON THIS. AND WE ALREADY HAVE THIS IN PLACE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE THINGS WHERE I DON'T THINK ALL DISTRICTS WERE TAKING CONCUSSIONS OF STUDENTS AS SERIOUSLY AS YOU COULD HEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE AMAZING PARENTS AND DOCTORS WHO
051ARE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE. YOU KNOW, THE CHILD'S MEDICAL CONDITION ANY TIME. SO IT HAD WAS A VERY EASY ONE FOR US. IT'S BEING ALREADY DONE. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. IF THERE AREN'T ANY FURTHER CHANGES, YOU CAN GET ANY COMMENTS TO DR. SCHIELE, AND WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS, AND IT CAN BE IN THE CONSENT AGENDA NEXT MEETING TIME. WHAT ARE THE POLICIES ON DECK FOR REVIEWING THAT ARE COMING UP THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE? KIND OF WHAT'S OUR ROTATION ON THAT? WE'RE ALL CAUGHT UP? OKAY. OKAY, COOL. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER BUSINESS? I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE WESTRIDGE PARENTS WHO SHOWED UP ON THE CONVERSATION OF STRATEGIC PLANNING. IT'S GREAT. EXCITED FOR YOU TO ALL DO THE SAME THING.