WLWV School Board: Oh. alright!
WLWV School Board: good evening. Everyone good to see everybody here, and I am going to officially call this evening's Westland Wilsonville School District board meeting to order
WLWV School Board: Director Douglas, would you please take role vice chair? Wyatt.
WLWV School Board: Director Vidal here? Thank you. All right.
WLWV School Board: Yeah. I know. Bad to see you. So
WLWV School Board: all right. So we're gonna hop right into district communications. And what I'll do is I'll give you a little time to get settled. Since you, just you are you okay? Okay? And we're going to bring our high school representatives forward. And we are going to start this evening off with riverside high
WLWV School Board: laurel venegas. Good to see you. Good to see you, too. Thank you for having me sorry I'm late. We ran into some traffic, but hurried here, and good evening. Thank you for having me. It's been a quick turnaround since I just saw you a couple weeks ago. Excited to be here again. Lovely seeing you all. We had finals last week, which was a big success. The teachers and staff did their very best to make it feel low stress and relaxed, and the school had a great environment so big, thanks to them for that
WLWV School Board: last week we also wrapped up on our essentials drive where students donated food, clothes, and toiletries. Over 1,267 items were donated life classes with the most amount of donations earned a pizza donut party. So congratulations to Mitchell and Chishito, the freshman life class.
WLWV School Board: the sophomore winner was Miss Roberts, and the items donated will go to the Twelveton food pantry. Also, last week, as you can see up in these photos we had our first bands and choir concert of the year, which was super exciting. They did really well.
WLWV School Board: Winter sports are coming to an end, and we are seeing our last few meets and games for our basketball swim and wrestling teams, and they'll be wrapping up in the next 2 weeks. Riverside is acknowledging the hard work all the raptors have put in with the winter sports dessert celebration on February 20. Second, we've had a great turnout for our sports, as you can see the photo here. We've got lots of raptors cheering on at our basketball games very exciting, and we've had a lot more athletic participation this month than we have in the past year.
WLWV School Board: Yesterday, in recognition, in recognition of Title 9, myself and 4 other raptor women went to a celebration for women in sports. Select girls from around the State, heard author and Speaker Vera Jones speak about her experience as a basketball player, coach, broadcaster, and mother. We also heard other local Oregonians, like the George Fox golf team and Coach Jenny Wynn, owner of the sports broad, the bar in downtown Portland and other athletes, young and old, talk about their experience
experiences in sports and the growth and athletics we've seen for women. We came out of the conference feeling very motivated and proud to be athletes, and are looking forward to continuing our passion and participation in sports.
WLWV School Board: Coming up later this month. Riverside is having its second ever school dance. On February 20 fourth students are already getting very excited for it, and are looking forward to attending.
WLWV School Board: We also have our second theatre production, called Agatha Rex. Coming up. Auditions were this afternoon from 3 to 4 PM. And the play follows a modern. Take on a tale of Greek mythology, and will show sometime in spring. That's all for our events. Thank you again for having me. It's nice seeing you all and have a good evening.
WLWV School Board: Thank you. And next up we will bring our Westland High School representative, Beatrice Gilroy.
WLWV School Board: Hello! It's great to see you all again. During the month of January, Westland High School had our winter ball. We were lucky enough to have this dance right before the ice storm at the Portland Art Museum. It was masquerade themed with a photo. Booth live. Dj. Treats and students could grab masks upon entering as party favors. We were very happy that almost half the school attended, and it was a great way to return from winter break
WLWV School Board: our winter sports. I'd like to give a few updates on some of our teams cheer. Until last weekend the team was undefeated in their game day category routines. They have been having an extraordinarily strong season with their State competition coming up this weekend the team performs at 1115 A. M. At Oregon City High School, and you all are welcome to attend
WLWV School Board: basketball. The girls team is currently ranked Seventh, and they're playing Twelveton right now as I speak, and the boys team is also playing well and heads into play offs soon
WLWV School Board: swim. Both the girls and boys swims. Swim teams have been doing very well. I'm happy to share that. During a meet against Tiger in January the boys, 4 x 100 relay team even broke the 45 year old pool record.
WLWV School Board: And then this year Asp has been working to organize spirit games for each of our sports teams, our athletic commissioners, and I contact the sports captains and coaches at the beginning of each season and ask which games they would like to have a lot of people show up at and have support, such as rivalry, games, and senior nights.
Then as asp, we do our best to show up to these games, and rally as much student and staff support as possible, such as posting on Instagram, sharing on the live roar, making posters and giving away spirit points and raffle items at the games. We want all sports to feel recognized, and this was the method we came up with
WLWV School Board: to do that.
WLWV School Board: During the fall we saw a lot of success with spirit games, so we continued into the winter seasons. Last weekend or last week. Unified basketball had one of their spirit games against Westview, where there was a pregame photo shoot pictured on the screen a special lighting show for the lineup introductions and a half time raffle for student store merchandise. It was an exciting back and forth game in our unified basketball team played great. All of the team members enjoyed having a packed gym full of supportive students and staff
WLWV School Board: wrestling also had their spirit duel last week for their senior night. The main gym was packed with families and students, and weslam came out on top, which is always great to see.
WLWV School Board: Lastly, I know that student input is very important to you all. And since the first semester recently wrapped up, I want to give a few positive changes and highlight those that Wesly has had at this school year. So far
WLWV School Board: in life class there have been many guest speakers that have come to talk to students about career opportunities and general life advice. In September we had Kevin Atlas, a motivational speaker. Come, speak to the entire student body.
WLWV School Board: and then over the past few months we have also had career speakers from different fields, such as fish and wildlife, accounting the beauty, industry, and emergency services. Students are very grateful to be given these opportunities and definitely take advantage of them when they are offered.
WLWV School Board: and then we have also had some new classes offered this year, including the ethnic studies class. This is a New World history course that focuses, focuses on groups who may have been underrepresented in guided textbook, in traditional social studies classes.
WLWV School Board: This class connects world history to ethnicity, culture, and diversity, and how those aspects can help shape identity. There is no set curriculum, and it is not a traditional textbook based class which students have enjoyed.
WLWV School Board: Students enrolled in this class have noticed how much their teacher, Gretchen Bertram, pictured in the screen values, what they want to learn compared to past history classes where students don't really get a ton of, say in what they are learning. One student specifically mentioned that they are happy, that students will walk away more educated on things they may have never heard of or been interested in years past. They are thankful for the 2 years of hard work by students and staff that made this class possible.
WLWV School Board: As B is currently working with the Affinity clubs and this ethnic studies class to plan Diversity Week in the spring.
WLWV School Board: We have some upcoming events coming up in February, February is Black History month, and our black student Union is hosting a celebration after the early release this Wednesday, February seventh. They have organized a food truck with chicken and waffles and chicken sandwiches, a 3 on 3 basketball tournament, a family feud competition craft making, and more. I invite you all to attend, and you can even win a special prize for wearing the jersey of your favorite black athlete of any sport.
WLWV School Board: Then we also have kindness week coming up in February. This is organized mostly by our leadership one and 2 classes with the support of Asb. They are going to put positive posters up around the school, decorate campus grounds with kindness rocks, and distribute kindness pins that can either be kept or passed on as an act of kindness.
WLWV School Board: This week takes place on the same week as Valentine's Day, so we are also selling kindness grams in the student store where students can send heart-shaped lollipops or a chocolate rose to someone they care about
WLWV School Board: overall. This semester has been off to a great start, and I look forward to sharing more positive updates with you all next month. Thank you.
WLWV School Board: Last, but not least, our Wilsonville High School representative, Phoenicia Gonzalez.
Good evening, School Board members.
WLWV School Board: I do apologize for my voice. I'm feeling alright, but
WLWV School Board: I think I have lost it.
WLWV School Board: Thank you for having us today, and as always, I'm glad to see you all again. Oh, we are still making great strides at Wilsonville High School. It has been a pretty slow few weeks since I last saw you, but I am excited to inform you that we just had our winter formal this past weekend. The theme was a masquerade ball, and many students enjoyed it, they were able to pick up mass at the school, providing, making sure everyone could participate.
WLWV School Board: We are grateful for our senior class. I worked very hard and did a wonderful job, planning and decorating for the event
WLWV School Board: as well as our chaperones for the night, who helped make sure everything went as planned. One thing we we were able to have at this dance was a nice photo booth that was really popular between the students. The day after the dance we were able to see the different pictures and videos taking throughout the night.
WLWV School Board: In our theatre department a whistle. High school theft bands are working hard on our next show, The Tempest, directed by our amazing John Fitzgerald. This shows this show includes a little bit of comedy, romance, drama, and even a little bit of magic
WLWV School Board: actors in text have been rehearsing for the last few weeks, and are very excited to open up the show for the community. Their opening night is March 20, ninth, and will continue on to march first, second, seventh, eighth, and ninth. We hope to see you there.
WLWV School Board: Last week was a busy week with finals. Many, many people felt ready for the test, especially after the amount of access period students were able to use the week before. Many students were able to talk and work with teachers, which is something I'm really grateful for, and I'm sure other students are as well.
WLWV School Board: The the beginning of the semester is a nice clean start for students to continue their success at Wilsonville High School, and we're very excited to see what the second semester has in store for us. Thank you. I hope you all have a good rest of your night.
WLWV School Board: Thank you all so much. I really appreciate that. And
WLWV School Board: next up we have school Counselor Appreciation Month. Who is going to be
WLWV School Board: presenting? That is Lawrence Bricksby.
WLWV School Board: Well, do you want me to?
WLWV School Board: I want to get your reading
WLWV School Board: that are right. You know what? Yes, you know what. I skipped one because
WLWV School Board: Director Shoemaker asked me to get us out of here early tonight. So I started skipping things. So II blame. This is why I don't like looking at this computer screen. It always gives me. But yes, Dr. Jennifer Spencer Hiam, please.
WLWV School Board: Well, we have a very special recognition. But we before we share that recognition with you, we want to show a little bit of the magic to you by having some students come up and perform for you. And to make this all work, we're asking if our board members will indulge us
WLWV School Board: by standing and actually moving from the seats that you're in now to the front row over here, and we will move the podium, and our students will actually come up here and perform 2 songs for us from Wilsonville High School.
WLWV School Board: You?
WLWV School Board: Hello, everyone! This is sold out for Wilsonville High School. We're gonna do 2 numbers. Our first one is I found and I just told them we're gonna do a second one because we thought we're just doing one, but we'd love to do 2. So the next one is crazy.
WLWV School Board: One. yeah. 3.
WLWV School Board: I'll use you as a warning song that if you talk enough sense. Then you'll lose your mind.
WLWV School Board: I'll use you as a phone.
WLWV School Board: so I don't lose sight of what I want.
WLWV School Board: I thought that I thought I could.
WLWV School Board: but I missed you more than I thought I would. warning, so
WLWV School Board: that if you talk in the sense, Daniel, who's your
WLWV School Board: right in front of me
WLWV School Board: right in front of me.
WLWV School Board: Says the feeling
WLWV School Board: boom.
WLWV School Board: bomb
WLWV School Board: that if you talk enough since then you'll lose your mom
WLWV School Board: right in front of me
WLWV School Board: right in front of me.
WLWV School Board: supposed to be
WLWV School Board: right in front of me. Talk some sense to me. worry what it goes to be
WLWV School Board: right in front of me. Talk some sense to me.
WLWV School Board: I remember when I remember I remember when I lost my my.
WLWV School Board: there was something so pleasant about that place, even your echo. It's so much space
WLWV School Board: charts. And when you're out there without a car, yeah, without a touch.
WLWV School Board: But it wasn't because they didn't know enough. I just knew too much.
WLWV School Board: Does that make me crazy?
WLWV School Board: Does that make me crazy? Does that make me crazy?
WLWV School Board: You know that you are having the time of your life. Okay, twice. That's my only advice.
WLWV School Board: Chelsea. Come on now, who do you? Who do you? Who do you? Who do you think you are? Bless your soul. Sure
WLWV School Board: you really think you're in control?
WLWV School Board: Well, I think you're crazy. I think you're crazy. I think you're crazy
WLWV School Board: just like me.
WLWV School Board: My heroes had the heart to lose the lads out on the lead.
WLWV School Board: Remember, Chuck is thinking I wanna be like them
just
WLWV School Board: Chelsea. Ever since I was little, ever since I was little. It looked like one. and it's so coincident. So come
WLWV School Board: and I can dial when I'm done.
WLWV School Board: Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe we're crazy.
WLWV School Board: That is
little more coming up tonight.
WLWV School Board: Okay.
WLWV School Board: can I get a collective? Wow?
WLWV School Board: amazing, amazing, amazing! Thank you so so much. This was the best board meeting ever right? Right that now, officially. Thank you. And we know that each one of you brings this amazing music it comes from comes from your souls, it comes from
WLWV School Board: from your spirits, but it also comes from a lot of music support. You've gotten over the years, whether it's from your primary school music teachers from middle school music teachers, from our amazing high school music teachers. And we know there's a lot of people that have been supporting this along the way. And tonight we wanna in particular honor.
WLWV School Board: Karen?
WLWV School Board: The amazing Karen Bohart, the director. Of the choirs at Wilsonville High School, and we are so glad that you're here.
WLWV School Board: It I had the pleasure alongside Principal Schmidt of being at the final interviews with Karen this last summer, and just could not believe our good fortune of having Karen join our team and bring her lifelong expertise and passion for developing voices and really supporting students and finding their joy and their passion about music.
WLWV School Board: And so I just wanna read a few words because Karen was selected as the outstanding music educator. For the State of Oregon this year through the Osa. So
WLWV School Board: correct
WLWV School Board: embarking on a lifelong journey that intertwines personal passion with professional commitment, Karen Bohart has proven to be an unwavering advocate for music education. Her teaching, Odyssey began in 1996 at Lake Oswego, Junior High School, and continued through various institutions.
WLWV School Board: including Reynolds, High School, and Franklin High School, where she demonstrated her prowess in building and reviving choral programs. Bohart currently serves as choir director at
WLWV School Board: Wilson Bell High School. Throughout her career
WLWV School Board: Bohard has showcased her adaptability by teaching and directing mixed treble and tenor-based choirs at all levels.
WLWV School Board: A distinguishing feature of her impact is the broad spectrum and of institutions she has served spanning socioeconomic backgrounds. This exposure has afforded her unique insights into diverse approaches that lead to student success.
WLWV School Board: Beauheart's teaching philosophy
WLWV School Board: revolves, revolves around inspiring passion. providing meaningful opportunities, and fostering a positive and safe community for students to express themselves through music
WLWV School Board: performance. In addition to her commendable work within the classroom. Bohart has been a luminary figure in the coral community on a regional and national scale.
WLWV School Board: Her leadership roles include serving as the Oregon President of the American Choral Directors Association and playing various Managerial roles in the Oregon Music Educators Association
WLWV School Board: and the National Association for music, education. her dedication to the advancement of choral music. Education is reflected in the outstanding service award from Naphmi.
WLWV School Board: and the awards from Omea for presenting sessions and conducting choirs at state conferences. Bohart's passion goes further than her classrooms
WLWV School Board: as she continues to influence the lives of her students long after graduation, earning her, the affectionate moniker
WLWV School Board: pay Bo among her students.
WLWV School Board: So join me in congratulating Cara.
WLWV School Board: Well, thank you so much, and thanks for letting my students come in and perform. That's the best when they get to actually
WLWV School Board: take what they get in the classroom and and share it with others. So thank you. Thank you.
WLWV School Board: Comments.
WLWV School Board: Directors should ask about what have they been doing lately? My! My record! Ek! My recollection! Is it sold out? Does a lot? What have they been doing lately well over the course of the winter season. They were outperforming in care facilities, and also
WLWV School Board: tree lightings, and of course, our 2 night we had a 2 night concert at the High School. Sharing all of our music. And then, just a week ago, they were at Ichsa, which is a choral competition for the northwest region. It was the quarterfinals. They did very well. And now we're preparing for concerts coming up, and the Rose City sing-off, which is in April.
WLWV School Board: So lots of things ahead
WLWV School Board: that's awesome. Anything.
WLWV School Board: director sloop. I just wanted to say thank you for taking the time out this evening to come. Sing for us. It's one of the
WLWV School Board: honors that I get to experience of having students come in and sharing what they're doing in their high school. So thank you very much. I was
blown away by your talent.
WLWV School Board: and I saw some of you in elf.
WLWV School Board: You got anything.
WLWV School Board: or I'll go.
WLWV School Board: Director Vidal first.
WLWV School Board: I just wanted to thank you all for performing for us, you know. Music brings us all together, and it makes us all smile and just feel joy and I am so happy that you came and shared your joy with us this evening.
WLWV School Board: And vice chair, Wyatt.
WLWV School Board: I'd like to echo what's been said, and just thank you for taking time to join us. And it was really fun watching all of your faces as your teacher was being recognized, and it's really great to see that connection, and just see how proud all of you were. While we were honoring her, and then, just to see how proud you are of your students. So thank you for just creating that that level of support it's wonderful to see.
WLWV School Board: And for myself, I just want to say Thank you. Because I had formerly retired from singing.
WLWV School Board: But after listening to you all tonight, you have re-inspired me to start my routines that I normally do in the car where I audition for American idol, because
WLWV School Board: I do believe that I can sing. It just sounds nothing like that. So thank you for reigniting my fire and my dreams. And I'm gonna continue those right after this meeting in my car. So thank you.
WLWV School Board: Superintendent Lugwick.
WLWV School Board: Sounds like an opening for the spring. Musical. Right? Okay. Have him. Audition. Just thank you all so much. And especially after a full day of school and studies, and whatever co-curricular activities you were involved in to then come here tonight and give part of your evening to us. It really speaks highly of who you are.
WLWV School Board: your commitment to each other, to show up for each other, and most importantly, to show up for your teacher. And we wanna again congratulate? Where did Karen slip off? I thought you had walked back, and I was just looking right past. Thank you, Karen, for all of your time and commitment, and
WLWV School Board: how quickly you've already created a community with your students. It's so evident, watching them look at each other, listen so carefully to each other. The skill of singing a cappella is really
WLWV School Board: vulnerable and and just such a high level of performance. People really don't realize how good you have to be to sing without that accompaniment. And so, kudos to all of you, you're tremendous. Your talent, and and who you are with each other is very apparent, and you're really singing as one, and you perform all yours I mean your your facial expressions. The emotion in your bodies was just fantastic. So thank you. You were tremendous, and thank you, Karen, for giving them the space to
WLWV School Board: to be who they are, and to perform so beautifully. Thank you. So congratulations to you and thank you for that gift this evening was remarkable. Really appreciate it.
WLWV School Board: Thank you all. Thank you very much.
WLWV School Board: So before we move on. I will now open it up for our students, who usually take this time to exit and get back to the evening, and I want to extend that offer to you again. I know that Wesley High School came with a representative from the student body who's kind of researching if she wants to
WLWV School Board: possibly take on a role like this. Usually you get to go a little earlier. But we figured since we had this wonderful voices coming to sing to us, you guys might enjoy that. So now, you don't have to stay for the rest, if you would like to leave yeah, no problem
WLWV School Board: here comes
that's good
WLWV School Board: I back to our regularly, so regularly scheduled program. Now I will bring up Ms. Lauren Briggsby.
WLWV School Board: Well, goodness, I'm still like feeling that in my body and soul, and that is an amazing feeling to have. So you're just gonna see me still beaming, beaming with the joy that we just had and a little bit of the emotional tears of kids doing their thing right and just
WLWV School Board: bringing themselves out there in such beautiful authentic ways. And that's my, I have the opportunity tonight to chat with you guys around our school counselors and our school counselors are
WLWV School Board: integral and also being partners in helping our students be who they are, to find their path, to explore their path, and to get to know how to navigate that educational journey in really key and powerful ways.
WLWV School Board: I'm not going to say a ton tonight myself, because we do have some videos with some of our school counselors being able to share about the importance of their work and the passions of the work that they do.
WLWV School Board: But it's just so fun to have this opportunity to get to share with you professionals who have the opportunity to really be integral in that partnership into almost every aspect of a school community and teaming, you're gonna find your school counselor, and the really amazing part of our school counselors is.
WLWV School Board: I think, that we have. Well, we do. We have at least one school counselor in each of our buildings and in some more, and our school counseling program has grown as we continue to explore the incredible work of a comprehensive school counseling program.
WLWV School Board: So one of the things that we serve in that foundation of the school counseling role is to think about, and we kind of hold true to the ask of standards and the School Counseling association, these mindsets and behaviors that really help guide us, and we kind of bring those down into a couple of key areas. So we think about our academic development.
WLWV School Board: we think about personal and social development as well as that career development
WLWV School Board: and our counselors are just constantly wanting to drive and think about, how can we do this work in the most powerful, deep ways for our students? So we actually just finished this past year, and I'm trying to think about when we last had the opportunity to share with you about school counselors. But it may have been before we even embarked on this, bringing in training and partnership with the Asca model and program to do 2 years of professional learning with our counselors over really deepening that not just that
WLWV School Board: the understanding, but the like. How to document, to show, to measure, to lift, to elevate the work, that they're doing
WLWV School Board: one of the really cool things our counselors got to do at the end of this 2 years
WLWV School Board: was to demonstrate and show with each other some of the work that they'd been doing. And we sat here in this room, and their work on the screen might show you. Gosh, I was reviewing this data, and I saw that really, we may need a small group in this particular area. And let me show you the data from this small group and how we grew.
WLWV School Board: And it was just so powerful to see across primary, middle and high school this impact and being able to to measure that impact and show it was really helped drive us into the school year.
WLWV School Board: And when I think about that academic development, we can all hold that central vision of our schools in this place for growth and opportunity.
WLWV School Board: Our school counselors are gonna be helping set that growth, mindset, that self image of who I am as a learner, and what I need to know about myself as a learner.
WLWV School Board: and they might do that individually with students, but also in whole class groups at full assemblies. And so you'll start to see our school counselors have this this opportunity to both be with the whole school as well as work, really closely with individuals
WLWV School Board: in that academic development. They might also step into how we really wrap around our students through circles of support process of really getting to know an individual learner and maybe where they're trying to grow, and then say, Okay, let's get together. Let's bring in our family our teachers, and hear that voice, and then let's work through some intervention process to learn more about that student.
WLWV School Board: You'll hear from one of our high school counselors that one of their most favorite parts of this work is really thinking with students about their post-secondary journey, and how we're developing that from
WLWV School Board: beyond before high school, and then really thinking about it through that high school opportunity. So they're gonna be partnering with our Cte providers. They're gonna be partnering with our students and really thinking about how the work that they're doing. Now, where do you find your path? How do you explore that in that high school setting? And it's really incredible to see those connections, because it is that holding that central vision with those relationships and those systems and the structures all working together.
WLWV School Board: And the last part I'll talk about is that personal and social development. Our school counselors may support a wellness program in our schools to really help all students learn
WLWV School Board: how they're students in the school classroom, how we're engaging in a community. And sometimes they might be supporting circles in schools for just learning about ourselves and learning about each other.
WLWV School Board: and they may also be the people who may support and wrap around when we're doing a restorative conversation or restorative circle as well.
WLWV School Board: So we can see this kind of breath of this role is so so significant and so big and so vital that it is an incredible honor to share with you about them tonight. It's also a role that we hold that partnership, whether it's partnering with the with Maria Horton at the Fec. Or a Mental health specialist or any professional in our school buildings.
WLWV School Board: You know that your counselor's there, and that's a pretty amazing role.
WLWV School Board: I'm gonna pause and let them tell you a little bit about some of the work that they do.
WLWV School Board: Well. I loved seeing the themes through some of that, their their vision, the heart seeing a student for
WLWV School Board: for all that they're learning, and that opportunity for that being the learning. Your journey is your your learning opportunity. And I think one of our middle school counselors even wrote, I get the opportunity to walk alongside our students and lead them in in that journey and witness it.
WLWV School Board: So I think you can see the heart. I love the quote the Aristotle quote in there, really holding us to that heart and mind work that we do so deeply each day. So thank you for joining me and celebrating our school counselors today.
WLWV School Board: Thank you.
WLWV School Board: Alright.
WLWV School Board: Any comments from anyone, any anything before I move on. No, you look good.
WLWV School Board: I mean.
WLWV School Board: Thank you so much, Mrs. Brigby. Appreciate it.
Moving on to a board member and superintendent reports. We're going to kick it off with Director shoemaker.
WLWV School Board: Okay, thank you. First, I'd like to thank Pep Geoff and Remo Williams and Amy Berger, who let some of us folks visit Frog Pond the other day. See Kim back there. Kim. Was there
WLWV School Board: really nice to see? That things are dry in those buildings that's really nice.
WLWV School Board: It's also every time I'm in a newer building. I recognize just how much thought goes into making it a really good place, not just for kids, but also for the people that work there in the community when they're in there. You know, all of that comes together beautifully.
WLWV School Board: And I was telling someone here earlier. I thought the ceilings. Some of them are so high.
WLWV School Board: and Pat was sharing that because the ductwork can be in a little bit different location, it allows for that. So we just go ahead and do it. But it just what a beautiful space it becomes. Then that's it. That's a regular classroom space that has that. So a wonderful feeling, and thank you again for for letting us, and hope we didn't slow things down too much by by being there.
I was pleased to attend the literacy renewal adoption session this
WLWV School Board: last week, and want to thank Barb and David for their work on that. And it was. It was a good night. I think we had about 40 or so community members
WLWV School Board: really appreciated really wanna appreciate the members of the committee. The 9 members of the committee who were there who are part of the process, and who were were speaking that night. So that was really helpful to be there, and a few of us board members were there just to kind of see what was going on. So that was really really nice for us
WLWV School Board: on that note. I'd like to just share a couple of thoughts about the literacy renewal. I know that national attention has pointed really squarely at materials. I know that state attention is also pointed at materials. I am reminded
WLWV School Board: that there's a lot more to it than that. There's a lot more to come.
WLWV School Board: It starts with materials, and we will adopt those before too long. Right? That's going to happen. But there's a lot of work that comes after that.
WLWV School Board: I'm so happy that our state is supporting this work with money, and that is real commitment. I'm also reminded that the work is ours
WLWV School Board: locally. It happens in our classrooms, and our teachers can't doubt for a minute the support they're going to get.
WLWV School Board: and and a lot of that has to come even from the board. So I want to. I want to look forward to a lot that's coming up. I'll have more to say about this next month when we actually maybe get to the point of an adoption. But for now I want to thank you for the process. We've had process we've had so far.
WLWV School Board: Alright.
WLWV School Board: Thank you, Director Shoemaker, moving on to director Sloop. The floor is yours.
WLWV School Board: Okay? In continuation of my speaking on awareness month as mentioned earlier, February is black History month
WLWV School Board: and Black History month wasn't officially recognized until 1976 by President for Gerald Ford, and the intent was to encourage and coordinated teachings of black history in America's public schools.
WLWV School Board: when I attended Westland High School. We were going to watch the miniseries roots which had aired on National TV 4 years earlier. We needed our parents to sign a permission slip due to the violent content that was inflicted on the characters in the series.
WLWV School Board: I remember hearing about roots airing on TV in the mid seventies. But
WLWV School Board: it was past my strict bed time that my parents implemented our US. History. Teacher spoke to us about the N. Word in the movie which I had never heard before.
WLWV School Board: and how it was, and is a very demeaning, harsh word used to devalue black people. and if he, our teacher ever heard that word come out of our mouths.
WLWV School Board: he would personally paddle our behinds. So I guess back in the 1980, S. Corporal punishment in public schools was still allowed.
WLWV School Board: So it's been 40 years since I sat in my high School US. History class. Yet I still remember Kunta Kinte getting caught by the slave captors while he was gathering wood.
WLWV School Board: It struck me how quickly
WLWV School Board: innocence and life can change. In a moment I was captivated by Kunta's many unsuccessful attempts.
WLWV School Board: that freedom which gave me such angst. I remember myself as well as others in my class.
WLWV School Board: being emotionally exhausted and quiet after each class of showing.
WLWV School Board: I could not comprehend how slavery was acceptable
WLWV School Board: and how human beings weren't seen as equals
WLWV School Board: today. Earlier this afternoon I searched for one of my middle school papers at my parents house because they saved everything from my childhood.
WLWV School Board: I was hoping they kept some of my homework assignments.
WLWV School Board: The assignment that I was looking for was an Ela assignment where we were to write about a hero, and I had chosen Harriet Tubman.
WLWV School Board: She was a black slave who endured severe violence, and I remember in one incident she was struck in the head by a heavy weight.
WLWV School Board: Harriet fled Maryland, via the Underground Railroad to the Free state of Pennsylvania.
WLWV School Board: Harriet traveled at night 90 miles.
WLWV School Board: When she safely arrived. She said she felt like she was in heaven as the sun shone on her skin.
WLWV School Board: Harriet then made it her mission as a conductor to rescue her family and others. It is estimated she made 13 trips.
WLWV School Board: Harriet also worked as a cook and a nurse in the Union army during the Civil War.
WLWV School Board: She also acted as a spy, and helped liberate 700 slaves in South Carolina during the Combahee River raid, and also provided information to other slaves in South Carolina seeking freedom.
WLWV School Board: They nicknamed her Moses. Harriet married
WLWV School Board: again. Her first husband was a black, free man, and he did not want to follow her during the Underground Railroad.
WLWV School Board: So she and her second husband settled in Auburn, New New York. and she eventually died of pneumonia. Martin Luther King was a Baptist minister, but he is more well known as a civil rights leader and advocate.
WLWV School Board: I value his principles. Many parts of his powerful speeches are regularly quoted. One quote that speaks to me directly is from a collection of his sermons.
WLWV School Board: The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience. but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
WLWV School Board: I myself extrapolate from that which is my which is most meaningful. The most meaningful lessons are from overcoming hardships or from lessons learned from my mistakes.
WLWV School Board: Mike and I just started watching when they see us, which is a Netflix film, about 5 black youths being coerced into, admitted to a crime against a white woman which occurred in Central Park in 1 89.
WLWV School Board: It truly is painful to watch how the lead detective jumps to her own biased conclusions, and how these young men are interrogated, threatened and badgered without representation.
WLWV School Board: We've only watched one episode, but the direction that it's going is very clear.
WLWV School Board: February is also American heart month.
WLWV School Board: We all know heart, healthy habits of moderation, meaning eating a well-balanced diet with our fruits and veggies, full grains, healthy fats, exercise adequate sleep and reducing stress.
WLWV School Board: Yes, I'm still coloring in my book I had to go get another one at the Dollar tree. February is also the campaign to get families to join the nation of lifesavers by learning. Cpr.
WLWV School Board: The American Heart Association is promoting Hands-only, Cpr. Which is 2 simple steps, one call 9, 1, one. 2, push hard and fast at the center of the chest
WLWV School Board: to the beat of staying alive by the bee gees! Crazy in love by beyonce and Jay-z, or walk the line by Johnny cash. So I think I've covered everybody here.
WLWV School Board: or you can go to heart.org slash Cpr, and it will show you a video. It will show you. You can put in your Zip code, and it will show you what classes are being offered in the area.
WLWV School Board: And I also wanted to mention we had a work session.
WLWV School Board: I wanted to thank Dr. Ludwig and her team. There were 2 scenarios that we've received emails on.
WLWV School Board: One was about a student that caused her like a disruption in the classroom, and the other was something that appeared on social media.
WLWV School Board: That was a racist comment.
WLWV School Board: It was very helpful in understanding our policy and the district's response
WLWV School Board: from the principal to educating the student.
WLWV School Board: that
WLWV School Board: there was more explanation of how our policy works, how it's not so cut and dry because every situation has to be treated differently. And dr. Ludwig did say that she was gonna put a link on some of those scenarios, so you could kind of have an example of
WLWV School Board: what happened. You know this scenario, and what the steps are, and and how that is handled for the students.
WLWV School Board: So thank you.
WLWV School Board: And I'm Gonna turn it. Turn it over to Director Vidal.
WLWV School Board: Thank you so much. Thanks so much to Director shoemaker for his remarks about the literacy curriculum night and director sloop for your remarks about black History month. I really appreciated both of you for those. I also attended the literacy curriculum night, and I'm just so appreciative of the more than 40 parents and family members and caregivers
who came that night to really engage in good thoughtful conversation about our curriculum that I still see back there. So that's awesome. I just wanna appreciate the community for letting the district know. There's a form online where parents can give their feedback
WLWV School Board: about the curriculum. And we really appreciate what you have to say, we all know that reading is crucial to our student success. And so thank you. And that's it for this month.
WLWV School Board: Alright, thank you.
I'm gonna turn it over to Vice Chair Wyatt.
WLWV School Board: So I am hopeful that the superintendent will cover this in her report, but I just wanted to recognize our district support of the Oregon Association of Latino Administrators and the Conference that we recently hosted. And I often think about the idea of the impact we can have when we make space for conversations that are really important. And I think when we showcase our willingness to host groups that are thinking about how they elevate
and bring up the future administrators of our district and others in Oregon. I love that we were at the center of that, and I love that we used our space and our time. So really looking forward to hearing more. We did get a sneak preview with some pictures over the weekend. But just wanna recognize that our district is taking the lead on centering those voices and finding new ways to support them. So thank you.
WLWV School Board: thank you.
WLWV School Board: and I guess it is myself. For a brief moment. I popped in on the
WLWV School Board: on the conference that we were hosting, and my office just happens to be in downtown. Willamette and I was out for a walk to get some lunch, and down the street. I didn't know that
WLWV School Board: we were actually hosting the event at at the Venue down the down from my office. And so I come out of my office, and I'm just going to grab something to eat over at 1933. That's their plug. It's my favorite restaurant on the block, and as I'm coming out of my office and down the street I see this see of administrators with tags on
WLWV School Board: that happen to all be brown. So
WLWV School Board: for me, that's a moment that I don't get to see very often, being a resident of West Lane, and I said what the heck is going on.
So I pulled one of the women aside, and I asked, I said, Hey, what's
WLWV School Board: where are you guys coming from? Unless they built a hotel here in Willamette?
WLWV School Board: You know, why would you have these tags on? And so unbeknownst to me? They were hosting lunch and
WLWV School Board: whatnot up at the I bet the always forget the ven name of the venue
WLWV School Board: right the the ale inside our house. So I they were gonna have their panel
WLWV School Board: of speakers. And so I went over at 2 PM. And listened to the panel, and
WLWV School Board: and I'll say it was very informative. I learned a lot from the administrators that spoke, and some of the legends that spoke, and I'm sure Dr. Ludwig will go further into that.
WLWV School Board: But I'm always amazed at when you get different perspectives. How many of those perspectives still align to many of the perspectives that our parents and community have.
WLWV School Board: You know you want a lot of times. We think that the administrators are separate
WLWV School Board: from the teachers, and the teachers are separate from the administrators. But when you, when I listen to all these administrators, talk, they sound just like our parents
WLWV School Board: as to what their feelings are about, education, what they feel needs to be done, what needs to be changed. And then you get to hear some of the hurdles that they face, and trying to create their own system of change,
for kids and for education. So I had a great time just
WLWV School Board: being able to just hear their perspectives, which is always nice, and when it's unplugged
and unregulated. So
WLWV School Board: that was awesome. The other thing I got the opportunity to do is finally catch up on some emails.
WLWV School Board: and one of the emails that I caught up on several of them.
WLWV School Board: or in reference to our education equity advisory committee selection process and I got to respond to a community member today who
WLWV School Board: had raised some concerns about kind of the way the process went, and and I believe that director sloop, when we had the meeting brought up, hey, are we in compliance and whatnot with that
WLWV School Board: whole process. But what I would say is
in the email. And I'm just paraphrasing, so it won't be
WLWV School Board: word for word or perfect by any means. But there was some question in regards to the appointment of
WLWV School Board: the committee.
And how that process played out with the superintendent bringing forth, and then us eventually approving.
WLWV School Board: That committee, and what I would say is I, you know I don't respond to emails publicly, very often, but this one kind of moved me a little bit, because the Equity Advisory Committee is something that is near and dear to me.
WLWV School Board: I've been working on it for
WLWV School Board: since I became a board member. And and I think, besides the obvious reason, there are other reasons, too, that beyond just race or skin color, there's learning disabilities. There's all kinds of different things that fall under equity and
WLWV School Board: as as the process played out. This is a new process. This is something that is now being mandated. So everybody's given it their first kind of go around.
WLWV School Board: And one thing that was brought to my attention as I started to poke and prod and ask questions. Around this issue
WLWV School Board: and was, you know, okay, you know, we have community members wondering why the process played out this way.
And
WLWV School Board: as board members, sometimes we have those same questions, but then the good thing about it is we get to ask questions, and we can be educated upon
WLWV School Board: when something
maybe didn't go
WLWV School Board: the way we thought it was going to go, or the way that maybe it should go, or what. Now we get to ask questions. And one of the things that was brought to my attention was that
WLWV School Board: When the people who
WLWV School Board: had applied for this committee applied, there are certain things that you have to check off for qualification purposes. And if you're representing different demographics of this Equity Committee, whether you're black or maybe you identify a different way, whether your socioeconomic status plays a role in you, wanting to be a part of the committee, and there are a lot of things in there that are top drawer material
WLWV School Board: like, are you currently suffering from something? Do you have a child? I'm just using examples, right? And in all these people this is supposed to be a diverse committee made up of different people's
WLWV School Board: socioeconomic status is different people's races, and you have to disclose some things about yourself. So in that process. If everyone applying is checking boxes, telling why their pain and suffering
WLWV School Board: merits them, as someone who's qualified to be a part of this committ. if, though that information is submitted to us as board members, it now becomes public information.
WLWV School Board: So you might have a neighbor or a loved one, or someone who is applying to be on this committee because they want to make a difference, or an impact.
WLWV School Board: or an experience of their own suffering, whether it be a child or an individual experience, and you might not want that to be available for a public records request.
WLWV School Board: and the damage that can be done or exposed for someone who may have gone through sexual abuse, or someone who may have gone through a racist slur. So
WLWV School Board: you know my compassion, which once didn't exist for possibly the process. Then I had to have that Aha moment and say, man, if I was really someone sitting in that seat, and I experienced these things. Or maybe I'm broker. Then I appear to be because I live in a community of
WLWV School Board: wealthy people where I live, in a community of people whose kids are thriving. And now I have to disclose that man. My kids really aren't thriving, but my neighbors are. And now, all of a sudden, a public record is, R is requested, and now that's all exposed.
WLWV School Board: Now I have to face that embarrassment publicly.
WLWV School Board: and so it gave me a different respect for the process. It also allowed me to extend a little grace to it, and also it. It made me realize that if I'm going to sit here as a board member. I need to have trust
WLWV School Board: that these people and these administrators are going to do
WLWV School Board: what is expected of them from us, and that we are gonna try to honor you as a community, and what you have, and expectations in the way that we serve you, and some of that is trust. And I know it's hard to have trust when we come out of this environment where there's been so many things broken.
WLWV School Board: But our goal as a board, and I hope, as an administration and as a district is to rebuild those bridges of trust. And I think that's gonna take time. I don't think that it's gonna be perfect. And I think that if there's patience and grace extended we can all get to the same goal that we have for these children. And you know, it's hard to criticize a committee that's there to try to do good
WLWV School Board: right? And so I just want community members that know that when they email me, I do get those emails. I always have a goal of responding within 48 h. But hey, I got a really busy life. So.
WLWV School Board: and I serve on more than one board. But I do read and respond to every single email, even if it's a week later or 2 weeks later, II made. That was a promise I made when I ran, and so I make sure that I made good on that.
WLWV School Board: But I just wanted to make sure that
WLWV School Board: if that community member is listening that we hear you, we share some of the same concerns that you shared but once the privacy of people and their own individual suffering was brought to it all else, everything else that mattered went out the window. And the good thing about it is, I'm the liaison to that board.
WLWV School Board: and it's something that's near and dear to me. So if it's not right.
WLWV School Board: we can always fix it. So that's it for my board report.
WLWV School Board: I'll turn it over to Dr. Ludwig.
WLWV School Board: hey? I think my Powerpoint is coming up
WLWV School Board: here. We go and
WLWV School Board: go to the next slide.
WLWV School Board: So just couple highlights from January. It does feel like we were only here a few weeks ago, so I was trying to squeeze in those highlights that I hadn't shared just a few weeks ago, at the last meeting, great to be at Riverside to see brand new school. And yet kids are involved in so many activities and to be there for their rock band night, with a full house of excited parents and very brave and inspiring kids. Singing their hearts out.
WLWV School Board: I think I sent you some photographs over the weekend with the Colton Holly Wrestling tournament hosted by Wilsonville Bonicia, who spoke tonight as our Asv. President was also there. She's amazing. She's everywhere supporting students and programs. What was special about this tournament is actually the Friday had all the the female wrestlers is the first time they've had a tournament.
WLWV School Board: and so to see over a hundred female wrestling athletes competing on Friday. And then I went back on Saturday to see the boys part of the tournament and great turnout, and again to thank the Holly Family for their generous sponsorship in memory of their son Colton over the years and how they've supported that program.
WLWV School Board: I got to some girls basketball games, unified basketball is thriving. I wanna thank again the staff who make that happen, and all the students who show up and the fans. And it really is
WLWV School Board: a real celebration of athleticism and inclusion. So just really appreciate all who make our unified sports happen.
And then you heard tonight from our students about the ethnic studies class that has been launched this year, and couple of us were able to go, doctor Jennifer, Spencer, Iams, and Doctor Soissa and I to sit in on some of those advocacy projects that they did for their finals.
WLWV School Board: And this is where students got to think through everything they learned in their course, and then think about change that they could make around some education advocacy, and there were several real, passionate, and thoughtful projects that were geared towards how do we bring this learning to elementary schools and middle schools? And some of them had thought about lesson plans
WLWV School Board: and ways that they could speak to elementary students. There was again a reminder about how important diverse literature is for students in the libraries and in their course selections. There was advocacy for bringing Unity Day back, where students could speak to topics of their choice with their peers, and then just ways to make the school environment feel more inclusive
WLWV School Board: through artistic murals, through international flag representations and other coursework. So very thought and and food trucks. Of course, there's always a group of students who are advocating for getting to know culture and language. Also through food.
WLWV School Board: Very engaged students took seriously their their projects, and it was great to see how the course had impacted them, and then, of course, successful with semester finals and and the new semester has started.
WLWV School Board: I've committed to every month sharing with you where we are in our K 5 literacy renewal and adoption process. So these first few slides, of course, look very familiar to our board, but 2 folks may be tuning in for the first time. This is where we are at that process in the year, and then next slide.
WLWV School Board: So here we are in that October to February month, where our adoption team is really busy working. We have over 65. Teachers that include specialists who are part of the adoption team, representing all of the schools and all aspects of learning
WLWV School Board: who are meeting on a regular basis, and you can see that that's what has kept October through February very busy, and I will speak to the parent input, session in a moment.
WLWV School Board: Next slide. I won't go through all this, but this is again just the overview. Who is on that adoption team. The process that they're using through odes, guidelines around first doing research around what is quality reading? What does quality reading, instruction look like looking at our own data? Where are gaps in our student achievement.
WLWV School Board: Then, looking at odes, list of approved materials, looking at initial curriculum programs, and then also using the rubrics for then scrutinizing various curriculum programs to see if they meet some of the criteria that we want to see in our school district, as well as those non-negotiable and negotiable aspects.
WLWV School Board: They narrowed it down to 3 publishing companies that they felt met the criteria under those non-negotiables and other aspects that we were looking for. And then those companies did some presentations for our teachers. And then we did have an evening for parents just last week.
WLWV School Board: So more specifically, next slide.
WLWV School Board: when we talk about that criteria. This should look familiar. I shared it with you a few months ago, but this is one of this is that rubric from the Oregon Department of education that talks about what goes into a real high quality reading program. What are those aspects around text, around evidence-based discussion, writing, building knowledge, foundational skills, and that every curriculum should have at least those first 4 criteria. So you see the N end that means non-negotiable.
WLWV School Board: And to really make sure our programs have those aspects, and then the ones following that are additional criteria that should at some percentage be evident, our own team decided to elevate our criteria, not only to have the nonnegotiables. But those last 2 that I've circled
WLWV School Board: are non-negotiables for us as well. That cultural representation is non-negotiable in the materials that we would look at, and that access and usability also be a non-negotiable. Additionally, our team determined that they only wanted to look at programs where materials came also in Spanish for our dual language and world language programs and our diverse, linguistically diverse students
WLWV School Board: next slide.
WLWV School Board: So, as I mentioned in January, then, the team did invite 3 publishers to come and speak more about their materials. They had already sent them 10 Us. Questions that they had generated where they were looking for some specific aspects. They asked them to teach a lesson.
WLWV School Board: to really show how the materials transfer into what might be a classroom lesson, and then they scored and took notes on each of those materials, and you can see some pictures there of a very full room again, over 65 teachers, very intently thinking about the materials that they want to use in their classrooms.
WLWV School Board: So those 3 presentations did happen. In the month of January. We narrowed, narrowed it down to those 3 next slide.
so that we could have an evening with parents. We invited parents to come. You can see in the pictures. We had over 40 parents who were able to come in person.
WLWV School Board: To come in here about the process as I've just described. That the teachers and the team have been going through. 9 of the members of that team
WLWV School Board: were there to present the presentation to the parents. They're giving the overview how they've been using the guidance from ode and our own expectations, and then parents were invited to sit at various tables where they could then take, and you can see the materials in the back of the room. There they could then take the materials back to their table, look through them, and then a form was given where they could give some feedback and some input
WLWV School Board: the Powerpoint from that evening, as well as the the feedback form, were sent, then the next day to all of our parents in the community, and they were able on their own time to then walk through the Powerpoint themselves if they weren't able to come that evening give feedback, and of course they're welcome to come anytime to the district office and look through the materials that are sitting here.
WLWV School Board: So the next steps for us are to take a look at the feedback from that evening that, by the way, those 9 teacher members then sat at each of those tables, and were able to hear questions from the parents. So then they dispersed themselves among the tables
WLWV School Board: and took notes. So we're writing, though not quite yet. So they took notes from that evening. We're going to get those typed up. And then when we get those forms back, we'll accumulate that feedback that goes to the adoption team.
WLWV School Board: because, as you remember, the the curriculum is getting selected by that team. It's not selected by me. It's not selected by the board or the parents. It's selected by that team. But input is what they want from the parents, from the community. What did you see? What are you hoping for what are you looking for? That then informs that team even further, to really make a good selection. The next step will be for them. Then to take of those 3 and narrow it down to the one
WLWV School Board: that they believe is going to be the best one for us to to adopt as a district. They're also getting input from their colleagues because these materials are also going back to schools where folks are able to try them out over the next few weeks and give more input back to that 65 number team.
WLWV School Board: So we're looking for that type of work in February where we're processing the feedback sampling the curriculum materials, getting getting feedback from other teachers as well.
WLWV School Board: and then we'll be back in March.
WLWV School Board: and you'll have a presentation and a recommendation from the team.
WLWV School Board: And then, lastly.
WLWV School Board: I do want to talk a little bit about hosting Owala. I spoke a little bit about it last last month, just to let you know it was happening, and that we're really honored to host.
WLWV School Board: As chair, Taylor said the first day that Friday was held in some informal settings. So that was more of the informal conference. I was able to host a superintendent breakfast for our Latino superintendents. And we had some conversations about who influenced us into leadership. But also, how do we work collectively across Oregon? Sometimes we feel like we're in competition with each other
when we're
WLWV School Board: sharing different staff. Somebody goes from one district to another, but but we just really looked around the room. And so this is more important than that this is about really public education in Oregon, and as long as our
WLWV School Board: great leaders and educators stay in Oregon we're happy to share.
WLWV School Board: We had some affinity groups over lunch discussions that we hosted also in downtown Willamette Falls area Cider House. It was an affinity group for
WLWV School Board: Latinas in in leadership, aspiring leaders, Latino compadres, and then also a White Affinity group on how to advocate and be good allies in this work
WLWV School Board: that was followed by the panel discussion that Chair Taylor was able to join
WLWV School Board: around just some real key leaders in the work of public education and social justice in Oregon. All of them were Latino, in addition to Congresswoman Andrea Salinas, who was able to be there
WLWV School Board: and then the evening there was a reception. The next day was really amazing. Over 500 attendees, all at Wilsonville High School with a breakfast, and then in the auditorium you can see that middle picture just filling that space full with excited educators. As Elena Aguilar spoke about mentoring and coaching.
WLWV School Board: and then folks went to breakout sessions across different classrooms, and then we came back for another keynote speaker, Richard Blanco, who was the chosen poet for President Obama, and got to read his poetry at the inauguration, and he read some as a Cuban American read some really powerful poetry. You could see his picture in the middle there, that smiling gentleman holding one of his books.
The student artwork was tremendous. From our students. People wanted to take Selfies in front of the student artwork, and then, instead of the Selfie Booth
WLWV School Board: there were awards as well as then also a latino superintendent panel of our
WLWV School Board: Our superintendents in Oregon, who spoke to both the challenges of leadership today, but also looking at looking around the room at that full auditorium, and saying, This is our future, and and how inspired they were. So it was such an honor for our district to host this amazing conference. Thank you. As a board for supporting this work. We've been proud members for
WLWV School Board: many years. Now, this is like, I think, the Fourteenth Conference that I've been to. And they began 23 years ago, and some of the founding members are are still there, serving in various capacities. It's a working board. All of them have full time jobs elsewhere, and they put this conference together in their their own time. And so it's such a service to the State of Oregon. People
WLWV School Board: drive up from all over the State to attend this conference that really gives me the opportunity to be together, to network with each other and support each other. So that's the end of my report. Thank you so much for
WLWV School Board: putting up my Powerpoint.
WLWV School Board: Thank you.
WLWV School Board: One racket. everybody doing? Alright. Okay.
WLWV School Board: this will take us into the consent agenda, which does require board action. So
WLWV School Board: do I have a motion to approve the consent. Agenda. I move we approve the consent. Agenda.
WLWV School Board: I'll second. I'll second. Right, Director Douglas, would you please call the vote
WLWV School Board: director? Schumacher?
WLWV School Board: A question first?
Yes, before the vote. Yeah, you can
WLWV School Board: pat which you are able to
WLWV School Board: tell me what? Just really, briefly, what what those projects are.
WLWV School Board: The cabling and the hardware just really quickly, just the the super short. If we have questions about consent, agenda, we'll need to pull it out of consent. Agenda.
WLWV School Board: Do you want to make a motion to pull an item out. I'll say that one more time to comment about an item in consent, agenda. We need to pull it out of consent, agenda, and put it on the agenda, which you're welcome to do
WLWV School Board: if you'd like to do that.
WLWV School Board: No, I'll just ask about it later. Okay, not not with respect to yeah. Okay, okay, I'll vote. And then I'll ask you later at another time. Thank you. I vote. Yes.
WLWV School Board: thank you, Director Shoemaker, for your yes.
WLWV School Board: director, sloop. Aye, Chat Taylor. Hi.
WLWV School Board: vice chair, Wyatt. Aye, Director Vidal, bye, thank you
right.
WLWV School Board: And that takes us into our first public comment section, and it doesn't look like we have any public comments for the first session, and we will have a second session
WLWV School Board: later on in the evening, and so I will cover public comment
WLWV School Board: etiquette at that point.
so that will take us over to board business
WLWV School Board: and kicking us off. There is the business office with Doctor Hughes.
WLWV School Board: even inform Member. So we have Black and Mac. Yes, here with us to present the local service plans for fiscal year 2425. Please welcome, Superintendent Mary. This way.
WLWV School Board: Board chair. Craig Mackenzie. Vice chair. Linda proud and Director John Heisenberg.
WLWV School Board: Thank you.
WLWV School Board: Thank you very much for the introduction. Good to be here this evening. Chair Taylor, and members of the Board, and Superintendent Ludwig. We are happy to be here this evening, and we have come here tonight to talk with you about our annual
WLWV School Board: local service plan for the coming school year. But before I launch into that plan and some of the other material that we wanna share with you this evening. I wanna express a few heartfelt thank yous beginning with one to your superintendent, Kathy Ludwig, who is a very valued member of our regional superintendents, group that meets monthly, and we share information with one another and collaboratively address the challenges that we face, and I duh
WLWV School Board: very much. Wanna say thank you for Dr. Ludwig's participation with that group and all of the contributions she makes. We also wanna say thank you to Dr. Ludwig and Pat Mcgo and Jeremy Nicols for including the Clackamas Csd safety team in your district's quarterly safety meetings and for ongoing partnership on regional safety initiatives. That's very much appreciated as well.
WLWV School Board: We also want to express. Thank you. To Director Schumacher. Dan Schumacher has volunteered his services on the Clackamas, Csd. Budget Committee, and we appreciated former board member, Christi Thompson service in that capacity, and we're really grateful to have continued to participation from the Wessel and Wilsonville School District Board moving forward.
WLWV School Board: We also want to say Thank you to David Pryor and Lauren Bigsby for their collaboration to support inclusive preschool opportunities within your district.
WLWV School Board: and I would call your attention to pages 10 and 11 in the Local Service Plan document that looks like this here.
WLWV School Board: That will call out several other Westland Wilsonville school district professionals who meet regularly with Job alike partners across the region in advisory groups that are facilitated by Clackamas, Csd. And we very much appreciate their commitment to this work and to the collaboration with their peers from across the county, and and helping also to inform our local service plan.
WLWV School Board: and of course, last, but not least, although we just barely missed it, I would be very remiss not to mention that January was School Board recognition month, and we do want to also express our appreciation and gratitude to you for your volunteer service on this board and your leadership and dedication
WLWV School Board: to serving the youth and this community, but also on behalf of all of public education, and not just in January, but all year long as a gesture of our thanks. We are pleased to present you with a packet there of note cards that are featuring student artwork from the 2023 Clackamas Regional Art show, and you'll you should notice some Wesley Wilsonville student submissions there.
WLWV School Board: So a few things about our local service plan again. This is a plan that is developed annually. It is required by State law, and it covers all of the services that the Esd will provide in our region to our local school districts in the coming fiscal year.
WLWV School Board: And our advisory groups that are made up of those employees across the county, provide input on that plan development. And then, when that plan is developed, we share that with our regional superintendents who shape it finally, and our Clackamas Esd. Board before it comes to you for your approval
WLWV School Board: tonight. Again, there are 3 sets of documents there, and the local service plan is the one that we are asking for your approval. For the 2425 Clackamas Education Service District Local Service plan does reflect a very productive relationship and partnership between Clackamas, Csd. And all 10 of our county school districts that we serve.
WLWV School Board: It provides a comprehensive review of all of the Esd. Services, beginning with resolution services, and those are those that are provided to every single one of our school districts, and those are in the area of special education, technology and data management, teaching and learning support as well as direct revenue that can be applied back to Esd services of your choice.
WLWV School Board: It also covers contract services and grant services, and those are mostly in the areas of early learning and more special education programs, technology services and teaching and learning services. And then multiple student support services and district technical support that's provided through the Student Success Act Funding.
WLWV School Board: The Local Service Plan has been approved by the Clackamas Chief Administrators Council, which is a group that comprises all 10 of the school district superintendents and the president of Clackamus Community College, and it has been approved by the Clackamas, Csd. Board of Directors. And again, it is here tonight for your review and approval.
WLWV School Board: In addition, we have a couple of documents we wanted to share with you as well, beginning with this one here that looks like this, which is an annual fiscal report or fiscal year and review for the 2223 year. And it's a detailed report that provides information about your district indicating the overall value of services that were delivered by Placema, Csd. And it highlights some of the key services that we have provided.
WLWV School Board: Your print packet should include reports for all of the school districts, not just Wesley and Wilson bills, but I do want to highlight a couple from yours, and more than 6.3 million dollars in total services were provided, which is an increase of about more than $400,000 over last year, and it also reflects 3.2 million dollars in revenue that was funneled directly back to you, and that's up from about $40,000 from last year.
WLWV School Board: It does reflect vibrant partnerships to support school nurses and counselors, help address students, mental and behavioral health needs improving support to multilingual learners, providing early learning support services, pro supporting students with significant social and emotional and behavioral challenges, providing data and technology support and supporting improvements and enhancements to curriculum and instruction, particularly in stem, math, and literacy.
WLWV School Board: and we hope that the format of that report is helpful to you, and provide some more context about the ways in which Wesley and Wilsonville School district and Clackamas, Csd. Partner and collaborate to serve the students and educators and families in this area, and we would really welcome your feedback. If there's a way we can make this report even more useful to you in the future. Last, but not least, we've included a copy of our annual report that's titled at your service and looks like that.
WLWV School Board: and it covers roughly a one year period from the fall of 22 through the fall of 23. And it just uses data and storytelling to give you a little more context and information about what Clackamas Esd does and the impact that we have in our region, and we would hope that this also is a report that's useful to you, and would welcome any feedback or suggestions for what you would like to see featured in future editions.
WLWV School Board: With that I'll pause to see if you have any questions.
Any questions from anyone.
WLWV School Board: Looks like you were
WLWV School Board: dodging the bullet. Okay?
WLWV School Board: Alright, thank you very much. We appreciate the partnership.
WLWV School Board: Thank you. Oh, yeah.
WLWV School Board: questions. But I want to thank you for the work we II know that that we
WLWV School Board: really appreciate the partnership and and the actual work that comes with it, right that we see in our schools. So thank you for that.
WLWV School Board: Hmm! I can just only imagine how busy you all are doing all of this work. So again my hat goes off to to all of you and thank you for your service.
WLWV School Board: And Dr. Ludwig, did anyone else?
WLWV School Board: I just want to say that.
WLWV School Board: The collaboration of the the 10 school districts, and Tim Cook, with Community College is one of the foundations of real support for superintendents in this work, and
WLWV School Board: superintendent Didway has done an outstanding job of creating a monthly environment, learning environment where there's opportunity to network but to be vulnerable and share those challenges that are unique to the superintendency, to find collegial support.
WLWV School Board: to think together in a safe environment as well as to really support one another. And when the work gets hard and complex.
WLWV School Board: It's the first people that we turn to are each other. Sometimes we're texting as late as 110'clock at night, and as early as 5 in the morning or 4, if it's a snow day
WLWV School Board: and and to me, when when you think about what keeps you in the work, and what keeps you supported in the work. There are a lot of folks out there who send us their brochures to be mentors, and I always send it back and say, as long as I've got my Esd. And the support of Larry and my colleagues I'm doing fine, and I really can't
WLWV School Board: underestimator share minimize how important that support is. The documents are. Reflection of also the quality of service that we get from our Esd. I talked to colleagues and others, and we really have an incredibly high functioning high surface Esd in Clackamus, and we are the envy
WLWV School Board: in the State. and that speaks to the quality of people who work there
WLWV School Board: the quality of leadership. The standards that the board sets and the commitment to each of the districts. And you know, I think about. I think every week we've got folks at some meeting or training or Zoom Meeting or support system that our Esd. Is providing. And I want to thank you, Larry, for selecting such high quality team members eun Angie Caleb Bell, who's come on board
WLWV School Board: Shirley, who helped us with our communication review Tim Witcher. And now, Casey, who are Kari, who are helping us, think about our budgeting and financing. It's such a stellar team.
WLWV School Board: Jeremy, who's gonna be a great support to our new it director as well. You've just got an amazing team, and I can't thank you enough. And it's always easy for the 10 of us to approve this local service plan, because it's just done so thoughtfully and carefully and very responsively, also with our needs that we put forward as superintendents. So thank you so much.
WLWV School Board: really appreciate it.
WLWV School Board: Anything else.
WLWV School Board: Okay, well, this does require board action. So do I have a motion to approve the local service plan for 2,02425.
WLWV School Board: Move that we approve the Clackamas Esd. Service plan for
WLWV School Board: 2425. Is that you said, okay, yes. Thank you. I second
WLWV School Board: any questions about any of the material? No, okay.
WLWV School Board: Director Douglas, would you please call the vote Taylor.
WLWV School Board: Hi, Shiro Wyatt. Hi, Director Vidal. Hi! Thank you.
WLWV School Board: Umhm.
right!
WLWV School Board: And this will take us to
department of operations.
Mr. Pat Mcguff.
WLWV School Board: Good evening, board as you know, our long-range planning committee also serves as our Bond oversight committee, and I know it might not seem that way, but we still have an active construction bond going on as evidence down off of Beckman Road to the school that will be named later. And here tonight to help us with. That is Kim Jordan, one of her long range planning committee members.
WLWV School Board: Right?
WLWV School Board: Hello.
WLWV School Board: I have to fix this. It's kind of skew. It's really bothering this up a little bit.
WLWV School Board: Okay, I'm ready now.
WLWV School Board: This report tonight is summarizing the meeting that we held. Wednesday, January 20. Fourth, it was our quarter-four report, and that meeting was actually delayed by one week because of the weather that was really exciting. We had 5 of our 7 members and attendants.
WLWV School Board: probably because of the rescheduling. But up until that time we have been having a lot better attendance. So I just wanna keep highlighting that when I come, because that was a big deal before
WLWV School Board: and just to remind you that the long range planning committee, you know, we have a 2 part focus. So one part is the bond oversight, and the other part is the long range, and when I'm invited to come here I'm to talk about the bond oversight. I could go on about all different kinds of things that we talk about, but I'm just focused on the bond oversight when I come.
WLWV School Board: and right now in our bond cycle, we're in the tail end, and so my reports will get shorter and shorter. until, if we were to do another bond, then it would ramp back up and and become longer after that. But I just wanted to focus on 3 things that are kind of in the works, or that we're focused on, or that are happening that you might hear about
WLWV School Board: and then I can answer questions, and hopefully, I'll be able to answer your questions about the consent agenda, because I was gonna talk about those 2 things as well. So let me know if I can help with that when we get to it.
WLWV School Board: The first thing that I wanted to highlight is that while Ethi Creek, the school is finished. There's just one part of that that's still in progress, and if you live in Westland, you probably are well aware, because they are building a roundabout. So the road has been closed and open, and one way and both ways and kind of crazy. But it's actually I drove it
WLWV School Board: tonight on my way here. It's actually coming along, really, really quickly. And it's gonna be great. So that's really exciting. It's causing a lot of focus on that the building itself is done. That's the last piece of that project that's kind of wrapping up.
WLWV School Board: The second thing I wanted to talk about was frog pond and director shoemaker already talked about how we we went took a peek, and it's looking so good. The site is really beautiful. It fits in with the neighborhood. We love our neighborhood schools, and the idea that
WLWV School Board: the kids that go there will be walking to school from those local neighborhoods is really feels good. And so all one story but with real high ceilings, lots and lots of natural light. Beautiful windows facing out, and we happened to go on one of those really awesome 55 degree days that we had last week, where the sun was shining. So it made everything seem even better. Cool.
WLWV School Board: And then the last thing I wanted to talk about they are kind of wrapping up are the facility improvements. That's the last category. And of those there's 4 projects that are cited for the summer.
WLWV School Board: One you've already approved the bid for replacing the boiler at Boons Ferry, and 2 bids were in your consent. Agenda. Tonight one was for rewiring at Willamette. That will take place over the summer, and the other was for doing the security hardware at Westland High School. Those are the automatic locks with the
WLWV School Board: They're not called panic buttons fobs. Thank you. The fobs that lock down the whole school at once, and then the last thing that will be happening over the summer hopefully will be replacing the track at Rosemont Ridge.
WLWV School Board: and then, other than that the bond is, you know, there's bits and pieces that will are still in progress. You know you're doing your punch list that sort of thing. But for the most part, we're in the home stretch.
WLWV School Board: Did I hit the okay? Okay?
WLWV School Board: Any questions or no. I think that we're good.
WLWV School Board: short, and sweet. All right. Thank you. Okay.
WLWV School Board: Yes, there's no board action required on on that. So that takes us into Dr. Pryor. I believe
WLWV School Board: I'll make this work alright. Well, I thought I had the opportunity to present maybe the most exciting thing of the evening until the high school students were here. But it's still pretty exciting back in November we described a process for naming the new school at the Frog Pond development site, and we are ready to bring to you our results and ask that you make a decision tonight. So just in summary.
WLWV School Board: which you'll find in the Memo our school naming Advisory committee last met last week to review the potential names submitted by our community and to make recommendation. The Advisory group was composed of a team of parents, teachers, administrators from the 2 primary schools located close to the new site. So people from Beckman and Stafford
WLWV School Board: Primary schools, and we had the director of the Wilsonville Library, who's also very invested in the community, participate in the group, and after meeting we actually came to unanimous consensus on one of the names which we feel is ideally suited for our new primary school.
WLWV School Board: Typically, and if you were part of the last name selection for Riverside High School the board would be presented with several names to choose from. This is unusual in that the survey results were highly highly weighted toward one name.
WLWV School Board: There were about 171 submissions, and of these 77, or 45% proposed the same name. Of the remaining submissions.
WLWV School Board: there were only 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 submissions that had more than one vote.
WLWV School Board: The second place had 3 votes, and it's a beautiful name that that reflects back on native Americans who lived in our area. And we decided not to.
WLWV School Board: Consider that because there are 3 other schools locally that have the same name, both in the Bethel School district, where there's a high school, and in the Salem area where there's a primary school name that
so
WLWV School Board: we're proud to bring you a recommendation that reflects the geography and history of the area around the school site.
One of our parents on the committee asked if it had historical connections to the community, and on the fly. During our meeting Andrew Kilstern found a really nice history of the area done almost specifically for us of the site, and we found that the name proposed actually dates back to 1,876. It was used to as part of the name of 2 original historical buildings
WLWV School Board: buildings in the area, one of which was an elementary school, and it reflects the geography and wildlife of the area.
WLWV School Board: So Director Douglas has passed to you some data from the survey on the top of that form is the name that we are recommending, and so the process that we are proposing for your consideration is that if you need it, you take up to 5 min a recess to allow directors to review the recommendation and the survey data, and then, when you're ready to reconvene, entertain any questions or discussions related to the recommendation.
the Board chair will entertain a motion that proposes the name of the new school.
WLWV School Board: If the motion is seconded, discussion will be entertained, and then a vote taken.
WLWV School Board: If the motion is not seconded, or the vote does not pass. Given, that we only recommended one name. We were proposing that you direct the Administration to reconvene the new primary school naming advisory group to meet and develop a new slate of names to be presented at an upcoming school board meeting.
WLWV School Board: Right?
Thank you.
WLWV School Board: Do any of you directors feel like you need 5 min to gather yourselves, ask questions or figure it out. No, I see a lot of those
WLWV School Board: 7 s. Okay, Okay, it looks like
WLWV School Board: at least everyone that I can see doesn't have a problem with doing the vote right now. So we would need a motion. I move that we declare the new primary school name to be Frog Pond primary school effective immediately
WLWV School Board: I see I second
WLWV School Board: alright. Any questions concerns
needs to regather everyone.
WLWV School Board: I just wanna point out that the name Kermit Pond Primary, made the list as well as you are loved primary, which I find very sweet as well. But really appreciate the work you put into this and the fact that we were able to engage our students in our community. So thank you for your work.
WLWV School Board: Thank you.
WLWV School Board: Well, I will pass it to Director Douglas to call the vote. Please.
WLWV School Board: director, shoemaker, director, sloop. I chat Taylor.
Hi, share what
WLWV School Board: Director Vidal? Aye.
WLWV School Board: yay.
WLWV School Board: thank you so much. In an age where we're always split 49.5 to 49%, you know, around every issue is nice to see people all really excited for the same name. This is a name that we have been trying hard at a fairness not to use, because it's just such a natural name for a primary school. But now it's official. We can stop saying the site of Frog Pond to start saying, Frog Pond, primary school.
WLWV School Board: That's fine. Sounds good. Thank you so much for that. But the mascot's gonna be. I'm not surprised.
WLWV School Board: Love it. That'll take us in, they will. Is everybody okay? Does anybody need to break? Besides, the 5 min to come up with a school name? Everybody still good. I can forge forward. Okay, that takes us in the healthy and safe schools. Report from
WLWV School Board: Mr. Pat Mcguff again. Thank you. Board chair I. The district under ORS. 6,
WLWV School Board: 34.7 0 is required to make a report every year on Ipm pesticide use, and before you you have a memo from
WLWV School Board: Jeremy Nichols, our Safety and Security Supervisor, who also has the dual role of being our Ipm coordinator
WLWV School Board: this year we have made 68 applications. Of pesticides. Pesticides is a broad term that it also includes herbicides.
WLWV School Board: It was used.
WLWV School Board: but virtually every site there is a spreadsheet, a second attachment that lists out every time that we've made an application.
WLWV School Board: on every application. whether it's an herbicide or a pesticide pesticide.
WLWV School Board: We do notify the public and a listserv. Put it on our website. We now are using parents square to push those notifications out.
WLWV School Board: the ones for pesticides for wasps and bees and yellow jackets are almost always after the fact.
WLWV School Board: Those are emergencies where we've gotten a call from a school where we go out and address it immediately
WLWV School Board: we will make an application, and then follow up that same day with a message out to the public, to our parents and the community.
WLWV School Board: Each one is notified in in compliance with Ors. This year the total cost was $5,285 and 22 cents. That includes labor and material.
WLWV School Board: On the back page of the second attachment is a spreadsheet that shows our annual use with the last for 2,01920, 21 and 22.
WLWV School Board: If you will notice that this year the use has gone up significantly. There's a couple of reasons for that.
WLWV School Board: Poison hemlock is a major issue at a couple of our schools, and it is difficult to eradicate.
WLWV School Board: It takes multiple applications of herbicides
WLWV School Board: and even to this day, even with all of those applications, it still exists.
WLWV School Board: We're diligent about it. We will be
WLWV School Board: following it until we're
WLWV School Board: satisfied that it's finally off of our school sites.
WLWV School Board: But poison hemlock is a pretty dangerous plant to have around on a school site. We've also used more preemergent this year than we have in past years. Preemergent is to try and get the weeds killed before they get
WLWV School Board: routes, and and allow for the health of our our turf lawns.
WLWV School Board: So that is the the reason that the use has gone up, I would expect that to continue
WLWV School Board: we are more active in this area than we have been in the previous 5 years.
WLWV School Board: and combined with our our landscape contract. It's an effort to bring our sites back up to a level that they were way prior to Covid. So
WLWV School Board: that's really it, and answer any questions you may have
WLWV School Board: have a question. But does anyone else have questions?
WLWV School Board: My only question that I had. Was II like that, you said, bring
WLWV School Board: our grounds back up to pre pandemic levels. I know we still get as as a board members. We still get
WLWV School Board: phone calls and text and emails about, Hey, what's going on with the
WLWV School Board: with the front of Westland High School? I'm going to speak about Wesley High School because my kids go there.
So most of the people that I interact with are from that school. But
WLWV School Board: the question that I had is that I know that there's been a movement away from
WLWV School Board: certain pesticides that might be stronger or control weeds better, or maybe better, to to deal with a poison hemlock.
WLWV School Board: or may lessen the need for The
WLWV School Board: pre-emergent like treatments
WLWV School Board: is what we're using
WLWV School Board: I guess as effective
WLWV School Board: as what we were using pre pandemic.
WLWV School Board: Or I know there's been this move away from things that might be, I guess, a little more chemically oriented.
WLWV School Board: So I just want to touch on that a little bit because we do get
WLWV School Board: asked about it. So I'm like,
WLWV School Board: for the most part it is the same chemical. We're just using more of it, we, for a period of time, were requested to reduce our use.
WLWV School Board: and try and and be judicious about the use of herbicides. We still are.
WLWV School Board: but
WLWV School Board: the outcome is what was predicted.
WLWV School Board: If you use less. you will have more weeds. It's just that simple our sites are too big to mechanically remove them, meaning by hand.
WLWV School Board: with labor
WLWV School Board: and we've heard the the comments from the community as well, and the community has
WLWV School Board: at least signaled
WLWV School Board: that they would like us to bring our grounds back up. This is one of the tools that we use.
WLWV School Board: and so that's when I said you would likely see this increase continue in the use of these products, again, were judicious.
WLWV School Board: We are. of course, in compliance with all of the applicable safety laws and regulations.
WLWV School Board: but we will continue to be more aggressive than we haven't been in the past.
WLWV School Board: Gotcha! Is there a maximum threshold that says we've gone up to our Max. And now well, let me describe it this way historically.
WLWV School Board: before I. Pm. Laws were in
WLWV School Board: in effect, and they were passed
WLWV School Board: literally. We bought our pesticides by the 55 gallon drum. Now we buy it by the one gallon container. I think there is some
WLWV School Board: place in between those 2 quantities that is probably the right balance. And so that's what we're trying to achieve. Like 54,
WLWV School Board: 52.2. Okay, that's all the questions that I had. I just you know I'm a big fan of the work that you do, and I know the effort that goes into you trying to be judicious about.
WLWV School Board: you know, being environmentally friendly. And I think that sometimes
WLWV School Board: the public doesn't know that you've gone from 55 gallon drums when we had nice grounds down to these one gallon drums, and that was at the request
WLWV School Board: of the community. So the same thing you requested you are now complaining about.
WLWV School Board: and I think it's important. I know that complaining might be a harsh word, but I live here. I complain too, so I think I'm
WLWV School Board: sometimes with the complaint right? I know. I just I just think that's we have to be as a community cognizant of. Sometimes you get what you ask for.
WLWV School Board: and then you wish you could go back to the old days the way it once was right. So to go back to the old days we're talking about 55 gallon drums versus one gallon drums, and so
WLWV School Board: maybe somewhere in between there we could commit more budget or more whatever to support you, which then gives us a little nicer school on the on the front. So thank you for the work. And I just wanted to ask the question.
WLWV School Board: But thank you, Chair Taylor, for
WLWV School Board: asking that historical question because it's been a while. If it's a new board, then
WLWV School Board: the folks who were
WLWV School Board: sitting here when the room used to be filled, not about literacy or health and sexuality, curriculum or library books, but about pesticides. And there'd be public comment
WLWV School Board: month after month. research reports that were handed to board members videos that were shown testimonies. Imploring the Board and the district to decrease the usage, understanding that it would mean
WLWV School Board: that our grounds did change in appearance. and it was a conscious decision by the Board direction to the district staff
WLWV School Board: to decrease that usage on a systematic level, and to look at alternative methods which included
WLWV School Board: fence line covers. All sorts of other strategies, huge investment and research on the part of staff. I can see nods around, really bringing forward alternative methods to keep weeds
WLWV School Board: at a minimum and to keep pesticides off of as much of the
WLWV School Board: grounds as possible. And and the side effect is that there will be.
WLWV School Board: you know, more
WLWV School Board: natural of a look of our grounds and more weeds. That's just the outcome of that. And that was understood by the Board at that time.
WLWV School Board: and there was an acceptance of that. And
WLWV School Board: and now here we are.
WLWV School Board: and we're hearing from a different
WLWV School Board: population of the community that prefers the grounds to look a certain way, and has more acceptance and tolerance. It seems for us to increase that usage, so we'll keep checking with the board. These are annual
WLWV School Board: reports. You're able to look at them, and there's also a a temperature at which maybe you feel comfortable, and you let us know it looks like it's moving, and you know there's too much application. We'd like you to bring it down or not enough.
WLWV School Board: So it is within the Board's purview, also to keep giving us feedback around what you're hearing the community and what you'd like to see.
WLWV School Board: In addition to state requirements around
WLWV School Board: safe levels of usage
WLWV School Board: might be a good time to course. Correct. I don't know
WLWV School Board: who knows you were. Gonna say something back to me. Yeah, I was going to say, you know. My point of reference, of course, is Lowry primary school in Wilsonville, and I you know, during Covid. I heard a lot from community members about the state of the grounds, and I just wanna say that I think they I think we're very happy with the state of our grounds. Now I think they look
WLWV School Board: they look so good, and I think part of that is not only what our great grounds crew does, but also partnering with parent groups that get together on the weekends and help take care of the grounds of the school. And I did that last year when I had more time, and I was stung 3 times by a wasp, and so I have to say, I am happy, and I will say that
on the record ill, the wasp, me and some other parents were stung while we were waiting. So yes, but II wanna say, I think it's a great partnership for for the neighborhood and the community to have pride in their school grounds, but also to have our grounds crew come out
and clean up our schools, and we really appreciate it in Villa. It looks great. So thank you so much.
WLWV School Board: And could could you speak to this been a couple of comments around something happened during Covid, we. And we know that the virus itself doesn't impact ground. So maybe you could what was happening during those years. I don't want to trip down that memory laying too far. But during Covid, of course, we were all impacted in a way that some
WLWV School Board: folks were quarantined at home, and some were
WLWV School Board: not coming in, and during that time our grounds crew and our maintenance crew
WLWV School Board: became the built in substitutes for a variety of positions. They also helped deliver lunch during that time when lunches were being delivered to home.
WLWV School Board: and so, for a period of almost 8 months. We never cut a blade of grass. because every person in our department was doing something else to try and keep students engaged, and keep the
WLWV School Board: whole district. at least minimally staffed. where we could.
WLWV School Board: you know, take the burden off of our certified staff, and they do what they do best.
WLWV School Board: but they were the unsung heroes during that time. In filling in
WLWV School Board: the the roles. Some of them were the front desk. They were reception. They were engineers. They were delivering food.
WLWV School Board: They were just doing everything during that time, and we knew what the grounds looked like. I looked at them every day, just like everybody else, and all I could think of is, how are we gonna catch up? Well, we're getting there. We're getting closer.
WLWV School Board: We got a ways to go, but we'll get there
WLWV School Board: throughout Covid when we asked for tents to be set up, you know, within a week for something to happen outside. It was our grounds crew, you know. They really suspended that type of work to just fill in in so many ways. And it it had an impact, but
WLWV School Board: we knew that we needed them in other ways than than just trimming the grass and
WLWV School Board: maintaining that they needed to be to support in so many other ways. We're so grateful
WLWV School Board: like we had one more question that just came in from director sloop.
WLWV School Board: So I just wanted to confirm
WLWV School Board: what you said in that regarding poison, hem! Hemlock is very toxic to pets and people, and we're being a group
WLWV School Board: proactive, aggressive, and using the right chemical herbicide for it. Yes.
WLWV School Board: there's not a strong, it is, and I know it's a word people don't want to hear. Roundup is the most effective product to use on poison hemlock.
WLWV School Board: There are
WLWV School Board: only a few ways to get rid of it
WLWV School Board: one is to mechanically remove it. That's very high risk to the people doing the work.
WLWV School Board: and the other is to apply herbicides.
WLWV School Board: And so herbicide treatment takes repeated treatments.
WLWV School Board: Of course you have to wait for the weather to be right. You know, it's not gonna rain for a few days, and so it's always something that we have our eye on. We try and do it on a Friday when we think it's gonna be less folks around in that area.
WLWV School Board: And so it's just something that we are trying to stay diligent on.
WLWV School Board: Thank you. Good 5 gallon drums alright.
WLWV School Board: And I just wanted to point out in the agenda packet. Thank you for compiling all of this.
WLWV School Board: All of this is communicated to us in ounces.
WLWV School Board: and I think if you do that conversion to gallons, I mean in prior years, I mean, it's less than I think most homeowners probably spend for their single family home. I mean, we're talking 2, 3 gallons, I mean, and and we have. We've gotten up, you know, above 25 now, but we're not talking about like
WLWV School Board: very huge quantities back to your point about how you used to purchase this. So to put it all in perspective.
WLWV School Board: You know, I don't think any of us are up here saying, you know, let's make this huge spike because it is incredibly low. Given the applications that you're reporting. And this is for 191 improved acres. Exactly. Acres, not
WLWV School Board: homes, acres. Is what this total represents.
WLWV School Board: So you're right when you scale it.
WLWV School Board: According to the number of ounces in the amount of acreage
WLWV School Board: it is. It's a small amount. There's no
WLWV School Board: no other way to describe it so
WLWV School Board: well, I would
WLWV School Board: ask if if there's a way that you could share the landscaping people's number with me, because I'm paying more than you're paying for 191 acres
WLWV School Board: on just my little lot, and I feel like I'm getting cheated now. So if you would share the contact information that would be great. Jeff. Jeff Chambers and supervises all of our grounds and facilities. And then Jeremy Nichols, who really is also our Ipm coordinator. He has to go to trainings in order to
WLWV School Board: facilitate the work on this and puts this report together, keeps all that documentation makes sure people stay safe in their application of it, and also speaks at other work sessions that the Esd puts on around the work. So we want to thank Jeremy for such detailed documentation and keeping our staff safe while they're applying these products. And for all of your leadership in this area. Thanks.
WLWV School Board: Yeah. Thank you. Guys appreciate you.
WLWV School Board: Alright. That's the end of my report. All right, all right. Thank you. Thank you, Pat.
WLWV School Board: and
WLWV School Board: move on to a board policy Miss Shine, the Waldorf
WLWV School Board: welcome.
WLWV School Board: Good evening, School Board members. So I have 2 policies. One is an update that we'll start with, which is Gcbda Slash, GDB. Da, on family medical leave.
WLWV School Board: And so this policy has been updated so that it now includes includes the paid family medical leave insurance in Oregon, more commonly known as paid leave Oregon, so as, in addition to both family medical Leave Act and the Oregon family Leave Act.
WLWV School Board: and so it just includes some particular information about the law
WLWV School Board: per state law.
WLWV School Board: That's it. Your question. Just for clarification. These are 2 separate motions
WLWV School Board: that would occur in the order number
WLWV School Board: with the the one that you've listed. First, like we do that one, and then we go through and have a second. Okay.
WLWV School Board: make a motion if you would like one. Yes, if you're done explaining the the first things. And yes, we need love emotion. I move the district approve the new Board policy. Gcbd. F. Slash, Gdb. F. Oregon paid family medical leave insurance as presented.
WLWV School Board: Can you do the other motion? First.
WLWV School Board: the one do. Number 2 first. Oh, that wasn't.
WLWV School Board: We did get a motion. It that yes, but we need the motion for the GCBD. A. One.
WLWV School Board: Okay, so okay, so you called out the wrong acronym. Thank you.
WLWV School Board: I mean.
WLWV School Board: I'll I'll withdraw that motion. Sorry I move the district, approved the update to board policy. GCBD. A. Slash, GDBD. A family medical leave as presented.
WLWV School Board: I second
WLWV School Board: any questions from
WLWV School Board: all right, Director Douglas, would you please call the vote
WLWV School Board: and direct Vidal. Hi, thank you.
WLWV School Board: Okay. The second policy, which is a new policy, is G. Cbd, F. And GDB. Df, which is a specific policy on the Oregon paid family medical leave.
WLWV School Board: and it goes through all of the particular information our district is using the State of Oregon through the Oregon Employment department for our staff to apply when they need to access paid leave Oregon, instead of doing an equivalent plan, which is an alternative option. So the verbiage in the policy aligns with the practice that we're utilizing.
WLWV School Board: I move the district approve the new board policy. Gcbd F. Slash, Gdb. Df. Oregon paid family medical leave insurance as presented.
WLWV School Board: Hold a second.
WLWV School Board: Any questions?
WLWV School Board: No, alright, Director Douglas, would you please call the folks?
WLWV School Board: Aye. Jack Taylor.
WLWV School Board: by chair, Wyatt. Hi, thank you. thank you alright. And before I turn it over to the superintendent's office I want to publicly apologize. Vice Chair Wyatt, for my outburst, and calling her out on
WLWV School Board: the blender.
WLWV School Board: So my apologies
moving on to superintendent's office, I'll turn it over to Dr. Ludwig.
WLWV School Board: Thank you. Tonight you have the opportunity to
WLWV School Board: to think about our Charter School, 3 Rivers Charter School, and
WLWV School Board: they have a charter contract with the district that lasts 5 years, and then every 5 years go through a process of renewal.
WLWV School Board: and we are coming to that point. So you we received a letter from them per statute. They have to signal to us that they are up for renewal, and that they intend to apply for that renewal which we did receive. The letter.
WLWV School Board: We then have a certain amount of time in which to respond, and so that time brings us to this meeting.
WLWV School Board: and in that time is the opportunity for the district to evaluate how the Charter School has been performing, and whether it's fulfilled the mission and intent and requirements within the Charter
WLWV School Board: and in the memo. I shared with you the criteria for
WLWV School Board: We're reconsidering that the renewal of a charter and an evaluation process with guidance from ode
WLWV School Board: and that evaluation has been done through various forms and means on site visits. The annual reports that we do receive. So we get to see how they're meeting their goals and their their charter goals, as well as their financial obligations
WLWV School Board: and their mission to their charter
WLWV School Board: as well as opportunities to talk with the staff on formal and informal basis.
WLWV School Board: And so it is the recommendation of the staff that we renew
WLWV School Board: the charter. It serves a valuable role in our community for families who are looking for that option for students to to attend a school, a small school for grades, 4. Through 8
WLWV School Board: over the years, the staff at 3 Rivers Charter School have increasingly worked in collaboration with our staff. We really see this as a partner school in many ways, because our students
WLWV School Board: start in our primary schools, kindergarten through third, then might go there for fourth through eighth, and then come back in high school. So it really serves all of us to have that type of alignment.
WLWV School Board: The director, Megan Elston, is an outstanding director. She oversees and manages all aspects of the Charter School as well as jumps in and teaches
whenever needed, and drives the van and make sure kids have snacks when they forget their lunch. She's all hands on deck, and her heart and soul
WLWV School Board: are committed to the success of the students in the school, as as every faculty member there.
WLWV School Board: Several of you have made visits to the school. You've seen their projects. You've heard performances you've heard students speak. You've probably talked to family members whose children attend the school
WLWV School Board: and we're really proud of 3 Rivers Charter School and the role that it plays in our community. So we have no reservations at all, asking the Board to renew the charter. Once you make that decision tonight, then we move into a process where we look at the charter together. Director of Udal is liaison who will join me in those conversations with one of their board members and their staff, as we look at, are there is there anything within the charter agreement
WLWV School Board: that we want to adjust or fine-tune. We'll have those conversations. We will edit the document as it as appropriate. Have attorneys. Look at it, and then we'll come back in May.
WLWV School Board: or a formal approval of the the new agreements within the charter.
WLWV School Board: So this is kind of a two-part process, one to agree to renew. That allows us to then do any kinds of adjustments if needed, and then to just approve that document later again in May.
WLWV School Board: So there you are
before we move to questions, do we have a motion to
WLWV School Board: approve? I move to renew the 3 Rivers Charter School Charter for the next 5 years. July first, 2024, through June thirtieth, 2029. I second.
WLWV School Board: right questions or comments.
WLWV School Board: I just wanted to make a comment as a board liaison for 3 Rivers Charter School. I've had the opportunity to visit twice already. Once I attended the open house for our parents and families and caregivers of students
WLWV School Board: that attend to 3 charters, and then I had the opportunity to tour with Dr. Ludwig and with Ms. Megan Elston, and I've been very impressed, and I look forward to the conversations we're going to have this spring on renewing their charter
WLWV School Board: vice chair, Wyatt. I just wanted to say a quick Thank you to Director Vidal for being our liaison on this process. And
WLWV School Board: I think this is new for the 3 of us who have been on the board for a couple of years going through this process. And so I'm just really pleased that there is such a comprehensive look at this, and, you know, obviously agree that Principal Elston is phenomenal and doing great work following the footsteps of Nick Chapin, and so just want to thank you for the work that staff's gonna put in, and as well as you as you as well.
WLWV School Board: And I was previously a liaison do you have something, too?
WLWV School Board: To the Charter School prior to you. and I was equally impressed with the structure of that school and
WLWV School Board: that just level of of, I guess attention that the kids give you when you come in. I think it's a really nice model to be able to have
WLWV School Board: within the district, and it was interesting when we went to the Oalala
WLWV School Board: Conference. One of the things that one of the administrators had to say was about class size.
WLWV School Board: and how a lot of the dysfunction in public school has to do with our enormous class sizes. and maybe that's not applicable to our district across the board. But other school districts, and that they were representing. And the nice thing about the Charter School, and the effectiveness is of it is that it has small class sizes.
WLWV School Board: and it'd be neat.
WLWV School Board: If all public schools has classes that small cross the board. But it's also thank you to our community for renewing the local option levy bond that allowed us to keep
WLWV School Board: 90 teaching positions and other positions to keep our classes at a level that is more manageable for our teachers.
WLWV School Board: But it'd be nice if we had 90 more
WLWV School Board: to be able to even bring them down a little bit more. So I'm definitely
WLWV School Board: going to be in favor of renewing that structure so that we can continue it. So
WLWV School Board: do want to add that
WLWV School Board: Director Elston meets periodically with Dr. Pryor. Because because it was connection to the elementary schools, and Dr. Soissin with her work with the middle schools to make sure that there's alignment. Their teachers sometimes join ours for professional development, and then also Director Elston brings sometimes a staff member to to our quarterly safety meetings. So there really is this increasing intent to really be a part of the district, and
WLWV School Board: some charter schools and other state in other parts of the State are really kind of isolated acting more like a private school, but ours really really aligns and feels a part of the district, and it's just a joy to watch the staff and and the students do so. Well.
WLWV School Board: right, I guess we can pass it to Director Douglas for the vote. Thank you. Dr. Shoemaker.
WLWV School Board: Aye, director, sloop.
WLWV School Board: Aye, chair, Taylor.
WLWV School Board: vice chair. Wyatt.
WLWV School Board: Director Vidal. Bye. Thank you.
WLWV School Board: Thank you.
Alright. This is when we
WLWV School Board: move into our second
WLWV School Board: and final public comment section, and we do have
WLWV School Board: one community member who wants to speak on items that are not currently on our agenda.
WLWV School Board: And so it looks like, it's a familiar face, so I won't take her through a lot of the etiquette she is aware, and always is a pleasure to listen to. So
WLWV School Board: thank you, Kara Clark.
WLWV School Board: Thank you. I want to start today by thanking David Pryor and Barbara Soissen for their amazing work with the parent feedback night. It was a 180 from the language that I've heard from the district previously on our literacy adoption.
WLWV School Board: and for once I felt very optimistic about what our teachers are capable and what they want for our kids, and that it might align with what we've been talking about over the last year. The one thing I want to bring up to you is that this is very delicate work
WLWV School Board: this work takes assessments, it takes constant monitoring of. Are we working with fidelity? Is it working? What is it gonna look like? How are we gonna monitor our progress?
WLWV School Board: And we need to be consistent. And this is going to be such a long project that I just wanted to. I was hoping the district would
WLWV School Board: talk about this in the next meeting with and talk about what the full plan is and scope of the plan of how we are gonna monitor it long term, and what assessments we're gonna use to look at what we're doing. And if it's successful, because from what I have, what we've had in the past, we've been in the same curriculum, in the same numbers, the same problems for years and years and years, and we never got to a place where we actually question ourselves and ask, Is there something better? What are we missing.
WLWV School Board: And I want to say that there have been parents who have been talking about this for years. Dyslexic parents were the first to know, because it affected our kids, we had to learn. And so it it makes me wonder why we were so complacent for such a long time, and I hope we never find ourselves to be complacent again when it comes to kids outcomes.
WLWV School Board: And what I'm asking for you is to have more voices in the room. I think that we've learned that if these parents were listening to a long time ago, maybe we wouldn't have actually been in this position.
WLWV School Board: And I'm asking you to start really seriously thinking about getting a special Ed advisory committee in our district. We have kids. We're in an inclusive district where we are trying to take care of all these kids needs
WLWV School Board: in real time in the classroom with teachers who might not have the skill set or the background to be able to handle these with the best of ease.
WLWV School Board: We need more training. We need to have conversations, and I think a special Ed Advisory committee would be the best way to get the best outcomes for everybody in real time.
WLWV School Board: instead of waiting for years and letting it sit
WLWV School Board: and being complacent. I also think that once again, site councils are important. We are now gonna have data, real life data in time to look at kids outcomes. Parents and teachers can work together in every single school and be constantly monitoring? Are we doing our best? Are we going to get our kids to where they need to be? And that's the only thing that matters in the situation is our kids. It will only and always be our kids. Thank you.
WLWV School Board: Okay.
WLWV School Board: And I'm looking at the list. and I'm not seeing anything else other than important board dates that are approaching. Next week we have a work session.
and in March beginning of march we'll have another
WLWV School Board: board meeting, so take a look at the board dates, and make sure that
WLWV School Board: add those to your calendar. And Dr. Lugwood, do you have something. Yeah, just to remind folks. So next Monday's our work session, we will be at Westland High School.
WLWV School Board: We will let you know what what room and what location? It's at 50'clock.
WLWV School Board: and we will have some dinner and we'll
WLWV School Board: work with students awesome. We'll get you some more information. Yeah. Specifics a little bit.
Question that I have is had, you guys already
WLWV School Board: gather which students are going to be
WLWV School Board: present for that? Or is that? Not that. That's what we're working on right now. Okay? Awesome. Yeah. And director sloop is the liaison. So she'll be opening the evening for you. Chair Taylor, and and setting the
WLWV School Board: setting the stage all right. I'm looking forward to this one
WLWV School Board: all right. If there is nothing else. The meeting is adjourned.