January-13-2020-Regular-Board-Meeting-Segment-3
[00:00:00] ESD or here. Yeah, Jada. Linda. Thank you. We know you have a busy evening, uh, hopping from school to school, but we'd love to have you come up and talk with us now.
Well, it's far and board members happy. Thank you very much. We just finished it. Oregon city, they have a very full board room there, so, uh, yes. Anyway, my name is Jada Ripley and I am here because it's this time of year to have a conversation about our local service plan. And I'm with me. I have Linda Brown, and also who I was expecting to see were Greg McKinsey and Len mills.
So maybe if I'm really quick. We can be out the door and then they'll walk in and they'll go, what's going on? Tell them that you're done when they show up and maybe they'll just stay. No, no. [00:01:00] Um, today we have in front of you the local service plan. And, um, as you all know that we do this, and it's a year long process to be able to look at.
And so I'll follow along the advisory. Um, members, which if you look on page six, you will see the West Linn, um, team who helped the ESD do our work and special education and, um, business. And. Teaching and learning, um, communication facilities. And, um, we now have a new advisory, which is the student success leaders of each of our districts who meet together.
Um, this year, your superintendent, dr Ludwig, has spent additional time serving as the chair of our region superintendents. And, um. I'm an admiration because she has tried some new things, and I think we've been some, [00:02:00] we've had some great successes in terms of learning for the superintendents learning together and some new activities.
So I so appreciate her leadership in that. Um, as we worked through the fall and board member, Greg Mackenzie. So anyway, um, as we worked through the fall, we knew that this year would be the last year that you will see this document as is the new, um, student success act directed the ESD to become a technical assistance provider in our region to our districts.
Uh, what that would look like for us is we're currently in the process right now of making visits to each one of our districts to say, okay. What is it that are the challenges for you? What are you excited about in your student success and what is it that you feel that we might be able to help and assist with that assistance can look like, um, additional resources and professional learning?
So this year, for [00:03:00] example, as we have Zaretta Hammond come to do the social emotional curriculum, we will not be charging for that because that will be a student success. Um. Act, um, expense that we're able to do. We probably will look at some equity work that the superintendents will do together and those will be things that we are learning together in anticipation of most exciting legislation that Oregon has seen, um, in a, in a long, long time.
Our continued work in all the resolution services. One thing that was added last year, um, as you all know, school districts are prime targets for cyber crime. And, um, last year the superintendents proved to add to our local service plan as cybersecurity expert to be able to. Heighten our awareness and continue to, um, make sure that we're addressing everything possible we can for the ESD and for the [00:04:00] districts.
That includes all that hypervigilance. And I know that you have Kurt working on that within your district, but it's also insurance because you never know what's going to happen in. The fact is, is that we have some pretty valuable data to be able to look at that. Um, as we go through this year, a few, um, recall the beginning of our booklet is the local service plan of what we're going to offer for the future.
And from page 25 back is our annual report. So we've combined this document. I know that you all have been doing this, um, more than one year, and so I don't feel like I need to probably address any more than that. Um, what I'd like to do is entertain any questions that you might have, um, on your West Linn page, which is 46 and 47.
And if you see on the left hand side, we have the value of the services that were delivered and there are, um, by the numbers on the right side, [00:05:00] but I would entertain any questions that you might have, um, as board members, superintendent,
I have a question. I appreciated the materials. It was a really good summary of all the important work that Clackamas EST does, so thank you for that. Um, one of the things that I thought was most important is all the work you do with young children, three to five. And I was reading the materials that, um, all young children, the County or a suspected of having disabilities or delays or referred to EST for intake.
What is the, how do you detect the three and five year olds that have delays and disabilities. And how many are we getting? How many are we missing? I mean, do you have any sense of that? Hmm, that's a really good question. Um, usually they're referred to us for further screening, and it could be by their physicians.
It could be by medical clinics. It could be by if they're even attending, like for. Vaccinations or things like that. [00:06:00] Um, most often what will come up with families are speech, um, because they will notice their speech issues. But oftentimes you will find, um. The kids have delays that they will be seen either by family members or whatever.
So we have two ways for that to happen. When is, like I said, through medical services. The other is through a research and referral, which also is looking at preschool providers and childcare providers, and we do a lot of training with them in those early years of how to address. All those issues that you want to make sure.
Remember, the goal is, and the kids are ready for kindergarten and for third grade and in school. And so if we can address any of those things before they get to school, um, about. 4% of the kids received services. That is something that was put into the student services, um, legislation in terms of early learning.
So there will be an increase in funding [00:07:00] and services. Um, what you will hear is. We're looking right now to find and hire peoples for starting next year. And that's not easy because you're looking for those certified teachers that are in early learning, oftentimes special education, speech and language, and physical therapists.
So we're excited about that because we feel the more, um, we can address those early learning and challenges at the beginning. Uh, I think the other thing that is part of the student success is also prom. Um, preschool promise. Um, funding that is going to come through. And I know that we just learned something that was a little less than positive at the last superintendent meeting is that district funded, um, early learning programs will have to meet some of the same standards that the early learning division, um, meet.
And. To be able to use some of the district, um, funding for that. So that's something new that came from the governor. [00:08:00] Um, we're not sure exactly what that means because I would suspect that some of the work that you do and continue to do in your district is some of the highest quality. Um, so it may not look exactly like some of the other work, but I know that I have utmost faith that you're doing the work that needs to be done for the youngest senior district.
So we'll kind of unpack that a little bit to see what that means.
Are coming and thank you for the board members for being here as well. Was there anything about our numbers on page 47 that jumped out at you that either in positive or negative aspects? I think that we continue to have the discussion. I'm interested in this. This is kind of called the, um, is it good? Do you like it?
something to get used to. Um, you continue to have a different model that you run within West Linn, Wilsonville [00:09:00] in terms of inclusive programs. And so what that means is you're also including those students who would generally be in other districts in our leap programs. And so your numbers continued to be low in that area, which tells me that you're having a successful, um, run out what you're doing in terms of inclusive practices.
What I also see as I look at this as West Linn, um, also has a number of kids who attend here in grape, which means that you also experience challenging kids with multiple and complex, um, behaviors and disabilities.
But other than that, I think those numbers are probably exactly, um, we'd like to see this year more in terms of what we're going to do in terms of research and development and professional learning as we close up. I know last year you had a big group that attendance or at a hand, am I expecting.
[00:10:00] Okay. All, Hey, I'm gonna to add that  and this is a bias I have, so I'll just state it right up front. Um, and a large part of this is, is, um, Jada as leadership. I believe we are, um, one of the strongest counties in terms of collaboration amongst school districts and with, um, president Tim cook at CCC. Um. It.
It's the comment that we get from those who join the group. You know, I've, I've never been in a group like this where there's such strong collaboration and there's many times through jot as leadership that the 10 of us superintendents have drafted and signed a letter. Um. To the state department or to Colt Gill or O D where we are aligned in our thinking around equity or access for students, and that we're willing to come together and be 10 strong [00:11:00] in terms of really supporting a regional and County effort, um, in a unified voice to council commissioners, um, unified voice for our County.
And it really is. A privilege to serve in a County where we all. Like each other and get along. Trust one another. Collaborate. And when you're in that kind of an environment, you can really leverage the collective resource and not feel like you're competing for it or that you have to hold your cards close.
But there is great transparency, vulnerability, openness, and we had been doing some work this year around growing together and understanding what equity and our processes probably communicate with each other. And continuing to think about what we can leverage as 10 strong districts to really move some significant work in Clackamas County.
When something is signed by 10 superintendents, a letter, people pay attention. Um, when we can come together, we can, we can move some significant practices. So [00:12:00] it's great to have, um, a visionary and supportive leader like Jada, who reminds us to do that and helps us find that common ground. So I'm always incredibly appreciative and honored to work alongside her.
Thank you and thank you very much. I am incredibly grateful for the help that we get from not only your district leaders, but I also want to call out board member gender pitch in terms of, she has been on our budget committee and I'm hoping you will continue to do that. Um, it's not often that you find someone with the patients who has to read a 500 page budget and looks at it and ask great questions.
So I actually, I will pay you to be on there, ginger, because I love it. Anyway, but I do so appreciate, um, all of this. Yep. Thank you so much. And thanks very much for having us come in and do we, yeah, we need a motion or do we have a motion?
Jada, while they're [00:13:00] organizing, could you introduce the rest of the members who came and your staff member who's here tonight? Um, I have Stuart long, who is our director for technology. Um. He is in the audience as well as board members. Len mills and Greg McKinsey ward member from
and Lynn Brown came in with actually Lynn Brown lettuce samples. I moved to adopt the Clackamas education service district, local service plan and annual report. I will second. It's been moved and seconded. Any further questions or discussion. All right. Please call it for vote. Galen Heights. Kristi Thompson?
Aye. Megan? Mala toy. Yes. Ginger Fitch. Chelsea King. Aye
tour. Yeah, we're doing excellent on time. And then, yeah, it's really three hours with the executive session, [00:14:00] so we're just going to take a quick five minute break and come right on back.