WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.180 --> 00:00:13.270 WLWV Board Room: All right. I'm going to call this meeting into order of the Westland Wilsonville School Board of Directors and Ms. Douglas. Will you please call role. Certainly. Director slew 2 00:00:13.520 --> 00:00:20.420 WLWV Board Room: dear Dr. Taylor, checking here by Chat Thompson Here, Director Wyatt. 3 00:00:20.730 --> 00:00:21.860 WLWV Board Room: Thank you 4 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:40.410 WLWV Board Room: all right. Very good. So we have the last time that our student representatives will be present with us, and it's maybe a first time as well. Okay, so we will start with Westland High School and Sky gums. Come on up. 5 00:00:44.600 --> 00:00:55.850 WLWV Board Room: Good evening, Dr. Ludwig and School Board members. I hope you're all doing well. It is so nice to see everyone again, and i'm excited to be able to update you one last time about everything that is happening at Westlin. 6 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:10.850 WLWV Board Room: April is full of so many fun activities. We had our powder puff which some pictures are on the left. The top picture is actually our winning senior Pink team. It's just really fun because they really want to in last year and didn't so they kind of want to come back this year. 7 00:01:10.930 --> 00:01:29.610 WLWV Board Room: It was really hot, too, and sunny. Even had some people get burnt because no one really expected it to be really nice with the weather lately. And then, a few days later, we also had our century, old Mayday tradition. The theme was Hollywood, and it was such a fun, magical night. That's the kind of the 2 pictures in the middle, and then the one on the top left. 8 00:01:31.010 --> 00:01:40.070 WLWV Board Room: We had a ton of different different students get to share fun talents like dance music, singing, jazz, band everything. 9 00:01:40.700 --> 00:01:53.170 WLWV Board Room: And then our choir and our band groups also got to participate in state competitions. That same day we hadn't even had some people going back and forth between the 2, so they could be a part of both which is super fun, and they did super well. So we're super proud of them. 10 00:01:53.180 --> 00:02:01.210 Looking to May. We have our prom, which is on May thirteenth, which is also themed Hollywood City of Stars, kind of. 11 00:02:01.410 --> 00:02:09.250 WLWV Board Room: and then we will also have one last spirit week after that which some ideas we have so far is like George and Jersey is hopefully. The weather will be nice enough for that. 12 00:02:10.570 --> 00:02:30.740 WLWV Board Room: And then our students are also currently working on ap testing this week, which is a lot for some of them, but they're doing super well and just trying to finish the school. You're off strong this year has definitely gone by way faster than I ever expected. But i'm super grateful for every moment, and for getting the opportunity to share with you all the amazing moments that happened at Westland this past year. 13 00:02:30.770 --> 00:02:36.420 WLWV Board Room: and with that also Decision Day which is on the bottom there. It was today, obviously so. We had 14 00:02:36.490 --> 00:02:44.610 WLWV Board Room: tons of seniors taking pictures with their plans, for after the school year ends, which is coming super fast. So yeah, that's kind of it. 15 00:02:47.130 --> 00:02:48.860 sky. And 16 00:02:51.990 --> 00:03:14.920 WLWV Board Room: and would you be willing to announce what your decision was? Yes, I will be attending University of Oregon in the fall to a major in into major in business and an administration awesome. You couldn't see us. But Curtis Nelson is up there sharing. And yeah, yeah, yeah. And so you have a fan up there. 17 00:03:14.950 --> 00:03:17.210 and we're going to 18 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:18.450 WLWV Board Room: one at a time. 19 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:30.740 WLWV Board Room: Okay, that sounds good. We have a a plaque for you that we'll do so. We are. Thank you sky, and then I will welcome up from Wilsonville High School, Eli Sievers. 20 00:03:33.170 --> 00:03:41.580 WLWV Board Room: Good evening, Dr. Ludwig in school board. It's been a while since I've been here, but i'm really excited to be back to talk about the busy month that we have had 21 00:03:41.600 --> 00:03:48.530 WLWV Board Room: since it is Decision Day. I will also be attending the University of Oregon. 22 00:03:48.680 --> 00:03:56.730 WLWV Board Room: Currently, i'm unsure what i'm going to be majoring in. But I definitely have an interest in education right now. So 23 00:03:57.250 --> 00:04:11.230 WLWV Board Room: i'm really excited for the next 4 years, and all the opportunities that will be embedded in them. Now I would love to talk about our very eventful weekend, which included our annual springfest. It was the 20 fifth one, as well as our Prom. 24 00:04:11.260 --> 00:04:12.520 WLWV Board Room: So 25 00:04:12.550 --> 00:04:30.220 WLWV Board Room: for a springfest Miss Small tour was one of the main support for creating a very memorable evening full of fun. I was actually honored to be a part of this year's springfest as one of the masters of ceremony. It included incredible talents ranging from art displays, dancing and singing. 26 00:04:30.220 --> 00:04:38.790 WLWV Board Room: Our court was able to present their talents during a day assembly, as well as a a night main of the night main event as well. 27 00:04:39.510 --> 00:04:58.170 WLWV Board Room: And then on Saturday our upper classmen got to experience a memorable night in Paris, was our theme at the Portland Zoo. It was such such a great time. It's so wonderful to see everyone all dressed up, including teachers and administrators, and celebrating all together through dancing pictures and and lots of snacks there 28 00:04:58.170 --> 00:05:07.130 WLWV Board Room: definitely, lots of snacks there and then. I also included a pictures of all the shop rooms and staff that that that made it such a fun and safe night for all of us. 29 00:05:07.970 --> 00:05:21.510 WLWV Board Room: Next, our leadership team put together a very unique and successful fundraising event that included upcycling clothes. The pop-up thrift raised $350, which was matched by 10 for a total of $3,550. 30 00:05:21.550 --> 00:05:34.860 WLWV Board Room: All the clothing was just $1 each, and our wonderful Wilsonville community donated all the items, and I know a large portion of that will be going towards getting dogs to help for people 31 00:05:35.110 --> 00:05:46.070 WLWV Board Room: guide dogs is what I was trying to say. and then our theater program will be putting on the last show in our old it auditorium as construction on the new one is coming to a near end. 32 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:50.470 This ring, so this year will be clue which i'm definitely looking forward to. 33 00:05:51.610 --> 00:05:57.980 WLWV Board Room: Now, i'd like to talk about some of the great achievements our robotics team Error Code 0 has made over the past month. 34 00:05:58.120 --> 00:06:16.260 WLWV Board Room: They competed in multiple competitions. I've qualified them for world competitions. They ranked eleventh place in the pacific north rest and our brink. 234 out of 3,286 worldwide. They will also be hosting a fun, Raffle and bingo fundraiser on the evening of May nineteenth. 35 00:06:16.510 --> 00:06:19.920 WLWV Board Room: There'll be lots of fun prizes and Raffles. 36 00:06:20.280 --> 00:06:24.390 WLWV Board Room: and then over the past week since I wasn't about high school. 37 00:06:24.420 --> 00:06:37.080 WLWV Board Room: have shown the importance and strength of community, as we have had to unified to support one another Together we have learned that through unification comes positive support, and I'm just very proud to be part 38 00:06:37.110 --> 00:06:47.250 WLWV Board Room: of this incredibly supportive community. Next, we've seen lots of success and growth from all of our spring sports this year, including both boys and girls 39 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:57.880 WLWV Board Room: across golf, tennis, and as well as baseball, softball, and track. They're still working very hard, as they are. Still limits, busy schedules of games, matches, and meets 40 00:06:58.660 --> 00:07:12.750 WLWV Board Room: now before, and I just wanted to say Thank you so much. Thank you for the opportunity to share what I am definitely most passionate about. I feel so lucky to be able to attend both of the High School because of the incredible students and amazing teachers. 41 00:07:12.780 --> 00:07:24.900 WLWV Board Room: I've learned so much through this opportunity. This position and I will cherish and remember that as worried as I was the first time coming to this podium, I will definitely miss these frequent meetings. So thank you so much. 42 00:07:32.540 --> 00:07:39.290 WLWV Board Room: Very good. Thank you, and I will invite up with Riverside High School, Ruthie Murphy, who is a current eighth grader. 43 00:07:40.320 --> 00:07:44.990 WLWV Board Room: Thank you. Board of Directors and Superintendent Lugwood for the opportunity to be here today. 44 00:07:45.200 --> 00:07:50.780 WLWV Board Room: My name is Ruthy Murphy, and I'm, the student representative of Riverside High School. For today's board meeting. 45 00:07:51.000 --> 00:08:01.730 WLWV Board Room: I enrolled into Riverside to be a part of an amazing community in the making. All the staff is working hard to create in a positive environment full of opportunities for the ninth and tenth graders next year. 46 00:08:01.870 --> 00:08:07.510 WLWV Board Room: They've already taken action with gathering the upcoming ninth graders from all 5 schools to riverside. 47 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:12.130 WLWV Board Room: You got to know each other better by engaging in thrilling conversations. 48 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:14.780 WLWV Board Room: including talking about how the next you will go 49 00:08:15.200 --> 00:08:22.440 WLWV Board Room: On April the 20 fifth riverside hosts, its monthly info meeting. It was great to continue to meet with families and students. 50 00:08:24.100 --> 00:08:29.230 WLWV Board Room: and to continue to spread the word about Riverside during the May seventeenth meeting. 51 00:08:29.280 --> 00:08:41.289 WLWV Board Room: We will be holding an app academic activity Here there there will be an opportunity to talk about some of the co-curriculars in athletics, and meet some of the teachers that will be leading those co-curriculars. 52 00:08:41.400 --> 00:08:47.410 WLWV Board Room: Lastly. our our our Hs athletics, is continuing to hire staff for the next year. 53 00:08:48.470 --> 00:09:00.000 WLWV Board Room: We are wrapping up interviews for false sports and winter sports. Jobs are now posted. Spring sports will be posted in the near future. Enrollment continues to be open, and will be through the summer. 54 00:09:00.180 --> 00:09:05.050 WLWV Board Room: If you know a family that is interested. Have them recharged to the Riverside High School team. 55 00:09:08.890 --> 00:09:09.540 WLWV Board Room: Yeah. 56 00:09:14.160 --> 00:09:28.460 WLWV Board Room: thank you so much, Ruthy, for being willing to come, be such a strong representative of Riverside High School. So I think at this point, what i'll do is, we have plaques for the 2 of you who have been here 57 00:09:28.560 --> 00:09:36.900 WLWV Board Room: throughout the year, and I will come. Give those to you, and maybe before I do that, we could take a moment to say something. If if we'd like to. 58 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:47.820 WLWV Board Room: You could have the chair and vice chair maybe present the plaques and Andrews ready to take a picture. 2 of the 2 seniors getting their plaques. Okay, great. And like. 59 00:09:47.920 --> 00:09:56.350 WLWV Board Room: Once we get the plaques and take the pictures, and probably you're going to want to go because you have Ap. Tests and things like that. But I just wanted to take a moment to say 60 00:09:56.370 --> 00:09:57.200 WLWV Board Room: just. 61 00:09:57.610 --> 00:10:12.030 WLWV Board Room: It's always a highlight for me, I mean. I got into this work because of students, because the young people, and so sometimes being on the board, we get a little more removed from that over the years. So this is a highlight for me, and also 62 00:10:12.130 --> 00:10:30.590 WLWV Board Room: this. So I know 20 the year of 2,020. We did not have regular academic year presentations because of all the things. And then I don't think last year we did either. It was mostly zoom because of the Co Covid instruction. And so this was the first year for us to be back to this 63 00:10:30.590 --> 00:10:52.500 WLWV Board Room: schedule in person, and you've been coming during a time where we just have had more people in this room than ever, and you know, historically so to come in and to do public speaking in a formal environment, and you know, intense situations is really just takes a lot of courage. So thank you for being willing to do that. It's been a highlight. 64 00:10:54.310 --> 00:11:03.450 WLWV Board Room: real quick. First off congratulations to both of you on your college selection, and I hope you go have an amazing time. 65 00:11:03.520 --> 00:11:19.010 WLWV Board Room: Get good grades, but don't neglect the experience, especially if you're gonna live in the dorms and all embrace it for what it is all the craziness, the people that are not going to be like you just take it all in because it'll teach you a lot about the real world. But 66 00:11:19.340 --> 00:11:25.380 WLWV Board Room: I also want to say that I've been impressed with the both of you and some of the other students, especially 67 00:11:25.380 --> 00:11:43.380 a new eighth grade student to stand up in front of a room and publicly speak, which is a a, a, a large fear of most people, and in this day and age of kids being connected to digital devices to see 2 young people stand up in front of a crowd of adults and speak the way that you do. You'll go far in life with that. So 68 00:11:43.380 --> 00:11:50.890 WLWV Board Room: appreciate the device. But focus on your words and what you're doing already, and I think it'll carry you a long way. So good luck in there 69 00:11:54.990 --> 00:12:09.510 WLWV Board Room: recognize Sky. I think you are being very humble, and not recognizing that you were part of that May Day tradition. And I think it really is telling, because throughout the year you brought to us the joy and the love that you have 70 00:12:09.510 --> 00:12:28.920 for Westland High school, and so just wanna make sure that you're recognized for that. And then, Elijah, I just want to give you a lot of credit for earlier this year standing up, and, as some might say, speaking truth to power, and sharing with us the perspectives that you and your classmates brought to the discussion about books in our school libraries, and that takes a lot of guts. 71 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:45.660 and both of you, as Director Taylor said, are exceptional public speakers, and really look forward to seeing what you do next. And then, lastly, Ruthy, I hope you come back. That was just one of the best presentations we've had. It was informative and your joy and excitement about Riverside, and we could feel it up here. So thank you. 72 00:12:48.050 --> 00:13:05.250 WLWV Board Room: I just wanna I mean, I feel like there's nothing left to say, really, because they've said it all. And so I would just ditto all of those things. And if you are already up here doing public speaking at this time and in your lives you're so far ahead. And so I just know that this is the start of 73 00:13:05.250 --> 00:13:25.480 WLWV Board Room: just an amazing rest of the journey for both of you. I'm a little disappointed. Neither one of you are going to Oregon state, but i'm going to try to be mature about it, Matt. Anyway, Just thank you so much for coming and just bringing the joy that you experience every day in high schools, and for reminding each one of us up here in some of the hard times 74 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:45.800 WLWV Board Room: that there's great things happening in our schools, and that students are engaging and enjoying and learning. And so just thank you for that. And, Ruthy. It was all I could do not to take your picture, but I was worried that that would have been inappropriate, because your mother would have loved a picture of you up there, and I am going to text her after the meeting and tell her what a wonderful job you did. 75 00:13:46.650 --> 00:13:50.390 WLWV Board Room: But I didn't take a picture there won't be a picture, I promise. I didn't do that. 76 00:13:50.540 --> 00:13:52.050 WLWV Board Room: Okay, Good. 77 00:13:53.190 --> 00:14:06.890 WLWV Board Room: All right, Go ahead, Director, soup, and I just wanted to thank Skye and Elijah for your amazing reports. It was always a highlight of my board meeting to listen to what each of the 2 high schools were doing. 78 00:14:08.180 --> 00:14:25.850 WLWV Board Room: It was just a connection for me, and I wanted to thank Elijah. So when Director Thompson and I were taking a tour with Dr. Ludwig. You came up and and said, Hi to us, and that really meant a lot to me and kudos to you to both of you for speaking, and to Ruthie for speaking in front of everybody, because 79 00:14:25.850 --> 00:14:32.490 WLWV Board Room: that's the challenge that I still do with. Every day is speaking in front of the public. So congratulations on going to you, though. 80 00:14:32.770 --> 00:14:36.670 WLWV Board Room: and i'll still be written for the beaver. So 81 00:14:37.250 --> 00:14:50.880 WLWV Board Room: lastly, i'll just chime in Ruth. I have a sense. I'm going to get lots more opportunities to to give you kudos. So i'm going to focus on Sky and Eli, and just thank you both. We know that once a month you get to stand here and share what your school is doing. 82 00:14:51.030 --> 00:15:11.000 WLWV Board Room: But throughout the month the 2 of you are enormously active on top of your studies to just being a vibrant part of your school life, and encouraging students showing up to events, being cheerleaders along along the way with your classmates being positive influence. So the hard work we know was out there every day, and then you got. 83 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:23.150 WLWV Board Room: you know, these few moments to share some that with us. So while it's extraordinary what you do here every month. I also want to thank you for the extraordinary leadership you show back in the buildings. I see your principles both nodding vigorously. 84 00:15:23.150 --> 00:15:37.450 They know the influence you have with your peers, and you set the tone for positive school experience. So thank you for being so involved in your schools and taking that on. That's incredibly courageous leadership as well among your peers. So kudos to you both, and 85 00:15:37.810 --> 00:15:44.730 WLWV Board Room: just keep in touch and pop in from time to time, and let us know how it's going. And now we're going to take your pictures, receiving your plaques. 86 00:15:44.770 --> 00:15:53.040 WLWV Board Room: and we can anybody from the Board who wants to get their picture taken with the students. Please come on up and we'll hand these over and get have a photo off 87 00:16:09.950 --> 00:16:11.410 WLWV Board Room: right. 88 00:16:20.670 --> 00:16:21.330 WLWV Board Room: but also like 89 00:16:27.780 --> 00:16:28.620 WLWV Board Room: right. 90 00:16:29.390 --> 00:16:32.340 WLWV Board Room: 3, 2, one. 91 00:16:34.010 --> 00:16:34.640 WLWV Board Room: Thank you for that. 92 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:28.980 WLWV Board Room: All right. I think we can start back up 93 00:17:30.540 --> 00:17:44.270 WLWV Board Room: and we are gonna start back up with the recognition and we have. Yeah, thank you, Sky and, Eli, you're welcome to go. We are going to invite up Dr. David Pryor for Teacher Appreciation Week. 94 00:17:44.610 --> 00:17:51.150 WLWV Board Room: or like spicy ball, to join me up here for to represent W. 95 00:17:51.260 --> 00:17:54.940 WLWV Board Room: From our team while I 96 00:17:54.970 --> 00:17:56.740 WLWV Board Room: recognize you. 97 00:17:57.710 --> 00:18:02.180 WLWV Board Room: Well, good Evening Board of Directors and Dr. Ludwig. 98 00:18:02.360 --> 00:18:08.610 WLWV Board Room: We are here tonight to honor our amazing license educators for teacher appreciation. We 99 00:18:08.830 --> 00:18:35.320 WLWV Board Room: here to represent this wonderful group is Wwe, a member and teacher, Leader Stacy Ball. our Wwe President, Jennifer Sarison, was planning on attending tonight, but is dealing with an unexpected PET emergency. So i'm sure she's watching from afar, and Stacey Ball agreed to pop in at the last minute. Stacy and I go way back. She was a speech language pathologist with me at when I was principal, and I see at Willamette 100 00:18:35.320 --> 00:18:44.980 WLWV Board Room: and her energetic dedication to supporting students and staff is unparalleled. So it's fitting that she's here accepting this honor for for our teachers. 101 00:18:45.360 --> 00:19:04.690 WLWV Board Room: we are so incredibly thankful for our strong collaboration with the West Western Wiltonville Education Association. Over the past few years we have depended on their partnership to navigate the pandemic, collect feedback from educators about support needed in our classrooms, and celebrate the things going well at our schools. 102 00:19:05.510 --> 00:19:16.970 WLWV Board Room: We are grateful for this partnership and for the educators in the Westland Wilsonville school district. Our license staff are truly top notch educators. They are dedicated, compassionate. 103 00:19:17.080 --> 00:19:25.060 WLWV Board Room: talented. persistent. hard working, and deeply committed to the success of every single child and student. 104 00:19:25.190 --> 00:19:32.490 WLWV Board Room: We have deep respect and appreciation for the work they put into every day to serve the students and families of our district. 105 00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:37.650 WLWV Board Room: And thank you, Stacey, for accepting this honor on behalf of our license educators. 106 00:19:41.490 --> 00:19:42.080 WLWV Board Room: Okay. 107 00:19:42.260 --> 00:20:04.260 WLWV Board Room: you're going to hold that on behalf of the certified staff. I just want to say thank you so much, and is really an honor for me to be here, and I appreciate all of your time and your dedication that you put in to this job. It's not an easy one, and it's it's very needed. 108 00:20:04.510 --> 00:20:05.600 WLWV Board Room: So thank you. 109 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:34.960 WLWV Board Room: Yeah, if you would mind, we're just gonna gosh for a little bit longer. If you want to just relish in it. I'm going to do something a little bit formal, but still from the heart, which is to read this resolution that I will sign, and our board secretary, Kelly Douglas, will sign afterward. 110 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:50.780 WLWV Board Room: And this is our teacher appreciation week resolution. whereas teachers mold future citizens through guidance and education. and whereas teachers and counter students of widely differing backgrounds. 111 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:58.020 WLWV Board Room: And whereas our country's future depends on providing quality education to all students. 112 00:20:58.250 --> 00:21:10.120 WLWV Board Room: and whereas teachers spend countless hours preparing lessons, evaluating progress, counseling and coaching students and performing community service. 113 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:18.400 WLWV Board Room: and whereas our community recognizes and supports its teachers and educating the children of this community. 114 00:21:18.570 --> 00:21:29.690 WLWV Board Room: Now, therefore, be it resolved that the Westland Wilson Bill, Board of Directors, proclaims May eighth through Twelfth, 2,000 and 23 to be Teacher Appreciation week. 115 00:21:30.190 --> 00:21:47.320 WLWV Board Room: And be it further resolved, that the Westland Wilsonville Board of Directors strongly encourages all members of our community to join us in personally expressing appreciation to our teachers for their dedication and devotion to their work. 116 00:21:47.320 --> 00:21:51.330 and we're adopting it this first day of May. 117 00:21:52.130 --> 00:21:55.280 WLWV Board Room: There we go, and 118 00:21:55.660 --> 00:21:56.330 WLWV Board Room: no 119 00:21:57.420 --> 00:22:11.350 WLWV Board Room: yeah. And I know by sure Thompson wants to say something. So I think I mentioned it, maybe at the last meeting, that I'm. A daughter of my mom was a teacher, and then I was a teacher, and I guess what I want to say to our community is 120 00:22:11.460 --> 00:22:17.070 what you see these amazing educators do at school is not where their job ends. 121 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:33.790 WLWV Board Room: They go home, and then they work some more. Whether it's creating papers, whether it's preparing for what they're going to do the next day. Teaching is a job that is with you throughout the night, and very often on the weekends as well. You do not leave your teaching 122 00:22:33.790 --> 00:22:46.810 WLWV Board Room: at school, and so I just want to acknowledge I always described it as you work 12 months in a 10 and a half month period, like you are working that full year, but it's kind of stuffed into the 10 and a half with all of the extra. So 123 00:22:46.810 --> 00:23:09.970 WLWV Board Room: I just really want our community members to realize that that what you see them do at school is not the end of the school day for them. The other thing I want to say is part of that resolution talks about to, you know, inviting our community to express that appreciation, and I just want to throw it out there for those of you who are listening to students, to parents, to encourage your students to write notes 124 00:23:09.970 --> 00:23:32.340 WLWV Board Room: to your teachers and tell them why you appreciate them, and why they are special to you. I still have some of those notes. and that is what the I think to me the most heartfelt thing I I know we're gonna do. Our schools will each do different things which I think is awesome and hopefully. All of our teachers will get well fed, and gifts and all of those sort of things. But I also want to encourage 125 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:40.760 WLWV Board Room: parents and students. Write a note, Tell that, teacher why they're special, Why, they've made a difference in your life in your student's life. So 126 00:23:40.830 --> 00:23:43.330 WLWV Board Room: Thank you so much for what you do. 127 00:23:46.970 --> 00:23:49.860 WLWV Board Room: It. Did anybody else want to go? Okay. Yeah. 128 00:23:49.910 --> 00:23:51.510 WLWV Board Room: Well, Stacy. 129 00:23:51.970 --> 00:24:04.120 WLWV Board Room: So Dr. Pryor mentioned that the 2 of you go way back, and Stacey and I do as well, watching her daughters grow up, and every now and then she shows me pictures, and then I feel old, and then we just kind of 130 00:24:04.310 --> 00:24:18.700 WLWV Board Room: whimper about that, and touch our lack of hair, or whatever it is. But I think it's just an example of your commitment to the District Stacy, and you represent so many teachers who have been here for decades, and are really committed to the community 131 00:24:18.930 --> 00:24:21.680 WLWV Board Room: that make the commute 132 00:24:21.710 --> 00:24:32.200 WLWV Board Room: dive in headfirst. 100% committed above and beyond attend all sorts of after school events for children in their class, sometimes even 133 00:24:32.210 --> 00:24:46.780 WLWV Board Room: weddings and Bar Mitzvah and all sorts of things, and sometimes even sadly, those times when parents are going through tragedy and teachers become that additional counselor and support. So you do become a member, you know. 134 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:56.860 WLWV Board Room: kind of AD hoc member of the family. and this goes not only just for teachers, but all educators. And I think of our pair educators as well that are deeply loved as well in the community. So 135 00:24:56.860 --> 00:25:13.710 WLWV Board Room: thank you. To all the teachers who are listening, our educators for your commitment. We really should recognize you every week of the year, all teachers. And so we're setting aside this one week to just pay extra special, close attention and appreciate you. Stepping in tonight gives us a chance to see you. 136 00:25:13.850 --> 00:25:18.320 WLWV Board Room: And thank you, Jen. You know you're listening over. Zoom 137 00:25:18.330 --> 00:25:27.220 for all you do for our for Jen and Matt and Karen, who have stepped into extraordinary leadership this year for Wwa. Appreciate the 3 of them as well. 138 00:25:27.510 --> 00:25:31.080 WLWV Board Room: So bravo! Thank you. 139 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:32.050 Okay. 140 00:25:36.590 --> 00:25:52.740 WLWV Board Room: all right, we will move on to another recognition this time of our school nurses and speech language pathologist, occupational therapist and physical therapist. Yeah, just a couple of our amazing professionals this evening. 141 00:25:52.740 --> 00:26:03.750 WLWV Board Room: It is always an honor to be able to reflect about our professionals who do this work right alongside it's such. It's so fun to be here thinking about 4 different groups of professionals 142 00:26:04.010 --> 00:26:09.640 WLWV Board Room: at the same time as we're celebrating our our teachers and our certified staff. 143 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:27.530 WLWV Board Room: the collaboration. The connection is where the magic is, and Chair King. Earlier you described, You know, we we came into this work because of the young humans that we get to be a part of their lives, their journey, their exploration from kindergarten through high school. And I think 144 00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:32.610 WLWV Board Room: when I look at these groups I'm going to start right now with our occupational therapist and our physical therapist. 145 00:26:33.730 --> 00:26:39.350 WLWV Board Room: They get this beautiful opportunity of this vertical articulation of knowing a student's story 146 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:58.460 WLWV Board Room: of knowing that student story from a young age through their school-based experience, and each step of the way getting to partner with the students team. So there's team grows, it evolves it might change. And these professionals that we're going to reflect about tonight. They get to partner every step of the way. 147 00:26:58.730 --> 00:27:16.640 WLWV Board Room: So i'm going to give a a a shout out that my pictures this evening they might have some added. You know we we tried to work through getting all of our team members in, and sometimes that might be trying to make sure that everybody is represented. But we have 4 incredible occupational therapists in our district 148 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:27.960 WLWV Board Room: Mit, Ctl and and these occupational therapists They center in this building capacity, promoting independence, and that might be through supporting a student with their personal care, with their fine motor skills, one 149 00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:55.890 WLWV Board Room: with their self-regulation. It's like this vast, expansive, beautiful, cohesive way of wrapping around who a student is, and what they need at school. They partner for students, individual goals. But then they also support in this building of capacity that both are occupational therapists, and our physical therapists do in collaboration around, really thinking deeply around, how do we create our school environment for all of our learners? 150 00:27:55.910 --> 00:28:03.500 WLWV Board Room: What are the ways that we promote and build these ways that we move through schools that we interact with students. 151 00:28:03.820 --> 00:28:17.780 WLWV Board Room: And I'm going to tell a little story about our occupational therapist like the excitement that this group of professionals might get in thinking about an individual learner. Just earlier this week. I got an email. It's it's Monday. Last week 152 00:28:17.780 --> 00:28:40.790 I got an email from one of our occupational therapists being like, let me tell you, this great success, and i'm going to show it to you in pictures. So this team is thinking deeply around, how how do students engage in the classroom? How does our physical space and what i'm sitting in impact the way that i'm ready to access my learning, and showed a picture of one of our phenomenal students 153 00:28:40.790 --> 00:28:48.200 WLWV Board Room: before having access to a different type of alternative seating option. And then, after 154 00:28:48.450 --> 00:28:58.510 WLWV Board Room: and that small change of shifting what that student was sitting in completely changed, that students posture, their access. 155 00:28:58.510 --> 00:29:16.250 their ability to be completely there in that learning, environment, and that celebration of what that meant for that student is exactly where this team thrives. They thrive in those celebrations of knowing that we can tweak these pieces, and they can. They can be so magical for our individual students. 156 00:29:17.230 --> 00:29:21.470 WLWV Board Room: our physical therapist. Likewise they're creating access all the time. 157 00:29:21.650 --> 00:29:41.530 WLWV Board Room: and they might be supporting our students in accessing and moving through the school building and engaging in wellness activity. It's right whether or not that's our PE classes, or that's accessing our playground, or it is engaging in personal care. Or again, that partnership, both of these groups of professionals work 158 00:29:41.600 --> 00:29:57.840 WLWV Board Room: it's like collaborations, the name of the game. Here. They work alongside our nurses, our speech paths, our learning, specialists, our general education, teachers, our parent educators, to think through a safe feeding protocol. Right? All of these professionals have to come together, and they do it in these masterful ways. 159 00:29:58.220 --> 00:30:14.300 WLWV Board Room: I was thinking about just a quick story about one of our physical therapists who recently was listening to a a parent and a students share their story, and in that journey of sharing their story she realized, oh, there's this moment in time, as we learn about this 160 00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:26.960 WLWV Board Room: families experience with their medical team and some experience a student was going to have outside of school that there was this time when we could truly capitalize on how this student might engage with a standard. 161 00:30:27.050 --> 00:30:32.160 WLWV Board Room: and that that partnership that our physical therapists have with our families. 162 00:30:32.730 --> 00:30:45.140 WLWV Board Room: I can't. I can't even quite exemplify that it is to be able to partner with the family. And say, i'm here with you as you're walking through this with your medical providers outside of school. This is what we can do in school. 163 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:51.560 WLWV Board Room: and I was able to be there and watch the student in this moment of time that worked beautifully after this 164 00:30:51.570 --> 00:30:52.870 this opportunity. 165 00:30:53.570 --> 00:30:55.000 WLWV Board Room: in their standard. 166 00:30:55.690 --> 00:31:00.240 WLWV Board Room: gaining more access and more independence each day, and the best part 167 00:31:00.300 --> 00:31:16.840 WLWV Board Room: is the incredible excitement from every single person on that students team. There are tears. There's joy. And just to think of that, this group of professionals is able to wrap around and partner for each and every step of it their incredible group 168 00:31:16.970 --> 00:31:34.720 WLWV Board Room: occupational therapists. We just had the opportunity in April to celebrate our occupational therapist and our physical therapist. Actually. we're celebrated earlier this year. But it was such a great moment to be able to there our motor team. They work side by side. They work in integration to celebrate them Together 169 00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:40.000 WLWV Board Room: we go straight to the next one. Thank you. 170 00:31:40.150 --> 00:31:53.490 WLWV Board Room: Our nursing team. I had to choose this picture of 2 of our nurses, Lindsay and Karen, because this was them. After a full day of supporting one of our emergency response team trainings. 171 00:31:54.290 --> 00:32:00.180 WLWV Board Room: That is such a significant list and a gift to think for our school communities. 172 00:32:00.310 --> 00:32:18.210 WLWV Board Room: our school nurses. They work so deeply for individual students and for that whole school care and our emergency response Teams are what allow us to have people in each of our buildings who've been trained in that Medic first aid piece to be able to really have that confidence to respond. 173 00:32:18.210 --> 00:32:22.270 and to be a cohesive team in a building at any time that we need it. 174 00:32:22.550 --> 00:32:36.380 WLWV Board Room: And this team they lead professionals from across our district in learning these skills, in practicing these skills and checking on them, and it's a big lift. I think they are providing 6 different days of emergency response team training. 175 00:32:36.800 --> 00:32:47.960 WLWV Board Room: It's not a 60 training. They're each a one day training, but 6 different opportunities, so that people have that really tight opportunity to be practicing with feedback with coaching with partnership. 176 00:32:47.960 --> 00:33:00.560 WLWV Board Room: And so this picture is at the end of a day. They're tired, and they're with their mannequins practicing. Cpr. And it's such an incredible opportunity for them to be able to train our our staff to to feel that empowerment. 177 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:22.130 WLWV Board Room: I'm, not a medical provider, and this team actually knows it, because they know that if they describe some things I get a little woozy right they're like, and Lauren's out of the room. But i'm as a non medical provider. It is such an impactful thing to have a team that can lead the calm right when we think about something that is. 178 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:40.810 WLWV Board Room: I'm. Ready to to lean into teaching and instructional practices, and then to to think about a student who might have more complex needs this team. They lead the calm and helping us really walk through how we can support a students medical needs at school so they can. They can learn every day. 179 00:33:40.870 --> 00:33:52.030 WLWV Board Room: and that's what they do. Every single day is make sure that from an individual student perspective we know and are partnering with families. As soon as we learn, a student might have a new medical 180 00:33:53.490 --> 00:34:02.470 WLWV Board Room: diagnosis or impact for school supporting in that everyday ongoing piece, as well as thinking through goodness, you know what 181 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:14.469 WLWV Board Room: we can do. Universal screenings, too. Let's wrap around vision screenings and partner with the Lions Club. And so this team really does that work in some beautiful ways. A story that I would share about this team 182 00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:18.270 WLWV Board Room: is when we have a student who might be 183 00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:35.330 WLWV Board Room: experiencing a new, a new diagnosis, and we're working through how we might support them in building their independence, right feeling, their own sense of empowerment, their own sense of like. I got this at school and as a non-medical professional, who might be supporting that student? 184 00:34:35.330 --> 00:34:40.710 I'm. Reflecting, too, how do I support that student, and continuing to grow in their journey. 185 00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:44.040 WLWV Board Room: and this team like practices that 186 00:34:44.060 --> 00:34:55.820 WLWV Board Room: I do, we do you do with such care, with such grace, so that we can all feel that same sense of confidence in our students walking along inside the school day and 187 00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:57.139 WLWV Board Room: growing every day. 188 00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.860 WLWV Board Room: Thank you. 189 00:35:01.540 --> 00:35:21.010 WLWV Board Room: Now I should have mentioned on our on our our school nurses. We have a couple of nurses there who are supporting individual students medical care. And then we also have our building based nurses. Likewise, in this picture. There's actually more professionals in here than our speech language pathologists, because what we have is this continued theme of 190 00:35:21.010 --> 00:35:37.590 WLWV Board Room: collaboration and connection. So our pictures might be a little effusive in this moment. So the picture on the left is actually 2 school psychologists, a speech, language pathologist, and an occupational therapist who all partnered together to provide professional development, professional learning opportunity at one of our schools. 191 00:35:37.590 --> 00:35:53.740 WLWV Board Room: And again, it's that it's that cohesiveness, that cohesion of how they all come together that really allowed them to share their Why, the how the experiences to use our students individual examples, and to be able to really help a team. 192 00:35:53.740 --> 00:36:07.540 WLWV Board Room: an entire school team grow in their capacity to think, through. What does augmentative communication look like to build the students communication? What are some of the sensory? They were specifically thinking about autism, spectrum disorder in this training. 193 00:36:07.610 --> 00:36:17.900 WLWV Board Room: What are some of the sensory pieces we might be looking at? How do we come back to our 7 components and those rituals and routines. And so the magic really happened when it was all these professionals coming together. 194 00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:34.400 WLWV Board Room: Likewise. The picture on the right is actually a retirement party last year gathering to say goodbye to 2 of our phenomenal speech, language, pathologists. And there's a smattering of school psychologists in there, and physical therapists, because these are professionals, work so closely together 195 00:36:35.050 --> 00:36:51.540 WLWV Board Room: Mit. C. 196 00:36:52.360 --> 00:37:02.580 WLWV Board Room: What? And and just pausing to think about each of these professionals that is so empowering. It's so foundational to how we grow up as 197 00:37:03.730 --> 00:37:15.710 WLWV Board Room: in community, in partnership with our our neighbors, with everybody is to be able to learn those skills for an engagement and collaboration, and this is the foundational work that this team is doing. 198 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:20.710 WLWV Board Room: I will share that they 199 00:37:21.710 --> 00:37:25.760 WLWV Board Room: to think about some of our our students who may be really working to develop 200 00:37:26.530 --> 00:37:29.870 WLWV Board Room: expressive communication in 201 00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:51.560 WLWV Board Room: like, in just the most powerful ways. this team will every single day walk alongside a student and a family to think what might be that best communication device. If it's a device a student might be using, which is a complex system. There are so many different devices out there. There's so many different applications that you can use to really enhance 202 00:37:51.560 --> 00:37:53.780 A/C communication. 203 00:37:54.000 --> 00:38:07.210 WLWV Board Room: And then there's I gaze communication. There's so many different ways that we might be wrapping around it, and they develop expertise in each of these areas to be able to walk alongside teams and families to identify what that best 204 00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:22.270 WLWV Board Room: fit is, and we know it's the best fit. When we start to see a student being able to use it right, being able to use it, to be able to connect with people, to be able to communicate. And then they say, okay, let's make sure we can get that for you, so that you can use it across context. 205 00:38:22.270 --> 00:38:28.160 So you can be using that in the home in the community at school, and we can grow in that communication together. 206 00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:40.130 WLWV Board Room: so I cannot be more thankful for the work of our speech, language, pathologists, and all that they do in our schools to help our students, and we are approaching our speech, language, pathology, month here in May. 207 00:38:41.060 --> 00:38:42.450 WLWV Board Room: Yeah, thank you. 208 00:38:49.550 --> 00:39:03.850 WLWV Board Room: Thank you so much. I i'm sure that was even just a fraction of everything that's happening. So thank you for that overview. And please extend our gratitude to the team folks that they serve our students so importantly and so complexly. And 209 00:39:04.110 --> 00:39:08.030 WLWV Board Room: Dr. Ludwig, would you like to speak or no? Okay, we're good, All right. Thank you. 210 00:39:09.700 --> 00:39:16.930 WLWV Board Room: Okay, Very good. And at this time we'll move on to the board member and superintendent reports, and we'll start with you. Director Taylor. 211 00:39:20.050 --> 00:39:21.880 WLWV Board Room: Well, hello, everyone. 212 00:39:22.050 --> 00:39:40.200 WLWV Board Room: I didn't get the opportunity to connect with any students between our last board meeting, but I did get the opportunity to connect in some way, shape or form with some of our board candidates who are running for school board, so I think I got some type of interaction with 213 00:39:40.200 --> 00:39:42.320 WLWV Board Room: every single one of them except one. 214 00:39:42.410 --> 00:39:53.120 WLWV Board Room: and it was a pleasure meeting you all, and as you go through your candidacy I wish you all luck, and i'm gonna end up working with some of you. So you got some big shoes to fill. 215 00:39:53.190 --> 00:40:01.890 WLWV Board Room: and i'll wait to save my gushy speeches for the 2 people. I had door up here till that time comes, but I just wanted to share that 216 00:40:02.240 --> 00:40:10.320 WLWV Board Room: sometimes, as board members, people don't understand the relational value that the 5 of us have 217 00:40:10.480 --> 00:40:30.260 WLWV Board Room: It's not always rosy. The public doesn't get to see some of the tough conversations that we have one on one, and then also in executive sessions, where we beat each other up a little bit, and so, as if I had anything to just encourage you as you continue to go through your candidacies, is just 218 00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:40.780 WLWV Board Room: understand the relational aspect of what you're walking into. although we might not see I to I At times we all respect one another. We all call each other to vent 219 00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:52.020 about things that maybe we're dealing with as individuals, and sometimes we just serve as a listener to the other person. And so, if I were going to give you any advice, i'd say, just be open to 220 00:40:52.170 --> 00:40:56.970 WLWV Board Room: to being willing to listen to your colleagues. 221 00:40:56.990 --> 00:41:19.140 WLWV Board Room: Keep an open mind. and that doesn't mean, give up passion, or or give up who you are as an individual, because I can tell you we do not do that. But I just wanted to give you all some well wishes, because I know some of you have been coming pretty regularly, and I've had an opportunity, like, I said, to spend some time with some of you, and and thank you for giving me that time. 222 00:41:19.140 --> 00:41:21.870 WLWV Board Room: and I just want to wish you all luck. So good luck, you guys 223 00:41:25.390 --> 00:41:26.860 WLWV Board Room: right, Director Wyatt. 224 00:41:28.120 --> 00:41:42.640 WLWV Board Room: So in the last month I had the chance to attend the long range planning committee and bond oversight Committee meetings, and we received the great news that with the contract award for the new primary school at Frog Pond that we had at our last meeting. 225 00:41:42.640 --> 00:42:01.430 and we have completed our capital bond program with a balanced budget. And so that means that all of the expectations and requirements that we provided to the voters when we pass that bond program, and we've delivered on that we are going to complete these amazing projects that improve some of our schools that build some brand new facilities. 226 00:42:01.430 --> 00:42:15.150 and so just want to give a lot of thanks to our bond and project management teams for making that happen at the long range Planning Committee meeting, we had some celebratory treats, which I think is always an appropriate way 227 00:42:15.150 --> 00:42:34.110 to recognize that we have made. We've built new schools, and we've remodeled existing facilities, and we've created incredible educational opportunities for our kids, and so I hope that you'll all join me in just recognizing that accomplishment. And I am really excited for the long range planning committee 228 00:42:34.110 --> 00:42:50.740 WLWV Board Room: to come and present and an upcoming board meeting with all of the great visuals, and honestly, just some really great financial models that just show what we've accomplished. So if you've ever thought you couldn't get excited about a financial model like, just get ready because it was really exciting. 229 00:42:50.810 --> 00:43:07.640 WLWV Board Room: And then I also attended the first responders joint safety meeting. It was an all virtual event, and it's always really sobering to attend these tabletop exercises, where we were imagining dangerous people on our on our school campuses, and what we would do. 230 00:43:07.880 --> 00:43:25.560 WLWV Board Room: and I think what was really inspiring about it, or trying to find the good in. It was just thinking about all of the people in our communities who are working together to keep our kids safe and just want to call out, you know, not just our school district staff who make those safety meetings happen. 231 00:43:25.560 --> 00:43:43.520 But we work really closely with the city of Wilsonville, the city of West Lynn and Clackamas County, and so being on those calls, having people working collaboratively, hearing from folks that work at all levels of our schools, thinking about keeping our kids safe in this day and age. It does give some peace, knowing 232 00:43:43.520 --> 00:44:00.570 WLWV Board Room: that there are scary things in the world. But we are working really well, collaboratively in this region to address that. And then, lastly, I had a chance to go to the Middle School musical to see the little Mermaid featuring 6, seventh, and eighth graders, and I was just blown away by their 233 00:44:00.570 --> 00:44:18.290 poise and their talent, and honestly just their bravery to get up on stage, and to sing and dance, and to work together, and it just reminded me of how powerful it is when we provide extracurriculars for our middle school students. My kids are in sports, but just seeing the opportunities 234 00:44:18.290 --> 00:44:35.530 WLWV Board Room: for our kids to thrive, and we give them those opportunities. And it was just very entertaining to see that many young people dancing in unison on stage together. So just wanted to call out and thank all of the teachers and parents who made that happen as well. And so with that. That's my report. Thank you. 235 00:44:37.710 --> 00:44:39.240 WLWV Board Room: Thank you, Director Sloop. 236 00:44:41.040 --> 00:44:43.310 WLWV Board Room: Yes, so i'm 237 00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:57.360 WLWV Board Room: wanted to say, you know. Thank you to Dr. Ludwig, because back in January she has sent out an email to all the Board of Directors, offering these additional learning walks or fireside chats. So we can. We've continued those. 238 00:44:57.460 --> 00:45:05.690 And so the past month she and I were able to go to the nutrition services at Wilsonville High School and take a tour. 239 00:45:06.230 --> 00:45:10.150 WLWV Board Room: and even got to taste a 240 00:45:10.430 --> 00:45:17.190 WLWV Board Room: warmed protein bar, and it tasted like a chocolate chip, cookie. And I was like, Wow! This is really come a long way from 241 00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:20.730 WLWV Board Room: when I was in Westland schools. But 242 00:45:21.270 --> 00:45:37.760 WLWV Board Room: the what I took away from that is, there is such a collaborative effort between the school. So with Beckman they did a lot of prep for Beckman, and the thing the hoops that our nutrition services had to jump through during Covid 243 00:45:37.810 --> 00:45:51.420 WLWV Board Room: They had to provide lunches for anybody that was up to 18 years old in our community. and they did it. But they were always, you know, outsourcing a lot of the 244 00:45:52.870 --> 00:45:58.890 WLWV Board Room: food. They will even get locally, and they're trying a new dishes. 245 00:45:59.070 --> 00:46:04.910 WLWV Board Room: Fact. Dr. Ludwig shared with me that one of the was it a custodial 246 00:46:06.870 --> 00:46:17.100 WLWV Board Room: she was did a Vietnam dish, and it was tasty, so the next it was a test, and the next time that they actually have it at the school I get to go try it. 247 00:46:17.110 --> 00:46:22.190 WLWV Board Room: But that was a that was a highlight, and then we went over to the family empowerment center 248 00:46:22.730 --> 00:46:42.250 WLWV Board Room: and talk to Maria, and she has that dialed in, and it is services for families that are that have come into our district that just needs some additional resources. They have computer classes for Spanish speaking families, and then 249 00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:55.040 WLWV Board Room: we have it's partner through Clock Ms. Esd. And then they had a They were gonna have a like family cafe or a parent cafe day, but that was cancelled. 250 00:46:55.540 --> 00:46:57.240 WLWV Board Room: but they have 251 00:46:57.370 --> 00:47:17.100 WLWV Board Room: clothing. They have school supplies, and then, in the beginning of before school starts in August, they have a big get together, and you can sign up for reduce lunch programs. They have backpacks. They had shave Ives last year. So 252 00:47:17.350 --> 00:47:29.740 WLWV Board Room: look for the announcements in our Newsletter for August, because they're going to be doing that again. But props to Maria and family empowerment center. I think it's one of our hidden gems. Not all. Not a lot of people know about. 253 00:47:31.280 --> 00:47:46.460 WLWV Board Room: And then also I was able to. The next day I went to join Westland High School's Teen Advisory Board, and I listen to a speaker which was good to be well about mental health and teams, and that was put on through pam peers. 254 00:47:47.260 --> 00:47:55.590 WLWV Board Room: And then also I went to the how to reduce risky behaviors and teens that was presented by Dr. Crystal Collier. 255 00:47:55.710 --> 00:47:58.040 I know I see some people 256 00:47:58.450 --> 00:48:00.810 WLWV Board Room: in the audience that we're 257 00:48:00.840 --> 00:48:04.070 WLWV Board Room: attended that as well, and I learned that 258 00:48:04.720 --> 00:48:09.930 WLWV Board Room: your brain goes offline from about puberty to your mid twenties. 259 00:48:10.170 --> 00:48:21.650 WLWV Board Room: and the white matter kind of goes under construction to fine tune, mainly the frontal lobe. And so that is why teams don't understand long term consequences, and they do these risky behaviors. 260 00:48:21.790 --> 00:48:31.140 WLWV Board Room: And so she wrote a book on how you can address and partner, and communicate with your team to lessen those risks. 261 00:48:31.340 --> 00:48:36.240 WLWV Board Room: And it was very informative, and I highly recommend, if you have 262 00:48:36.410 --> 00:48:48.670 WLWV Board Room: middle schoolers. Now it's the time to look into that book. And then also Dr. The director, Thompson and I went to the awards of excellence 263 00:48:48.740 --> 00:48:51.010 WLWV Board Room: program for our teachers who 264 00:48:51.060 --> 00:48:59.250 WLWV Board Room: during Covid we're hired, and they just finished their probationary period, and they're now permanent teachers in our district. And that was wonderful to hear 265 00:48:59.650 --> 00:49:03.340 WLWV Board Room: of all our new teachers and what they've been doing. 266 00:49:03.840 --> 00:49:17.340 WLWV Board Room: and I went to the first responders with Dr. Wyatt. Well, we listened. It was virtual. and all of the collaboration on how what this district does to protect our students. First and foremost, our students and staff. 267 00:49:17.750 --> 00:49:23.050 WLWV Board Room: and so that's always enlightening with all the different organizations working together. 268 00:49:24.750 --> 00:49:39.010 WLWV Board Room: I think. and I also wanted to thank Dr. Ludwig for the fireside chats. I'm very inquisitive, and our middle son, when he was in kindergarten. He just had an incredible thirst for learning, and he 269 00:49:39.270 --> 00:49:40.610 WLWV Board Room: asked me 270 00:49:42.300 --> 00:49:54.610 WLWV Board Room: one morning, says Mom, it's really important that we learn something every day, so promise me that you will continue to learn something, and I've made that promise to him. So i'm always taken advantage of 271 00:49:54.700 --> 00:50:00.440 WLWV Board Room: appointments with Dr. Ludwig and learning more things about our district, and she's always very willing to 272 00:50:00.610 --> 00:50:04.370 WLWV Board Room: have fireside chats with me when I have questions. So thank you 273 00:50:08.250 --> 00:50:19.620 WLWV Board Room: and Vice Chair. Thompson. Happy May day. By the way, does anyone still do that? Wrap around? Make the the flowers in the in the baskets, and then you go. Leave it on someone's door, and you knock the door and you leave. 274 00:50:19.680 --> 00:50:25.380 WLWV Board Room: Does anyone do that anymore? We did that as a kid? Yes, it's illegal. 275 00:50:25.710 --> 00:50:26.790 WLWV Board Room: anyway. 276 00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:50.360 WLWV Board Room: anyway. So Happy May day, whether or not you celebrate it by putting flowers in a basket and leaving it on a neighbors porch. So few things that I want to highlight. First of all I went to the ribbon Rhythms program at Willamette Primary School, and what a fabulous program! Shout out to and tell me if I pronounce his name wrong? Is it Tony Zaden. 277 00:50:51.950 --> 00:51:19.000 WLWV Board Room: the health and PE teacher at Willamette Primary, who gets every student in that entire school. dancing on the beat, or close to it, and and I just want to say as a group fitness instructor, I super appreciate that, so that when they come to my class it just makes my job easier. But truly it's amazing. The choreography. And then they're all dressed up in costume. If you have not attended this event. 278 00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:39.710 WLWV Board Room: mark your calendar next year because it really is, and I go. I've gone every year just a fabulous and the amount of time that they put in. And then I attended International night at Beckman Creek Primary last week, as well as international celebration of children at Boone's very primary school, and just thank you so much to our parents 279 00:51:39.770 --> 00:51:50.080 WLWV Board Room: and our staff members who made amazing food. Right? If you're one of those people that goes to costco to kind of surf through all of the samples. 280 00:51:50.140 --> 00:52:07.630 WLWV Board Room: International night way out does Costco. I'm just going to tell you it's amazing. And the amount of time and effort that you can tell. They put into the food, into the displays that they have, and the pictures and dressed up 281 00:52:07.630 --> 00:52:24.200 WLWV Board Room: A. Anyway, it just really great nights, and I especially want to thank our staff members. At each one of these events so many staff members who've already worked a very long day, and the Beckman Creek staff members who gave up their Thursday night. 282 00:52:24.320 --> 00:52:42.750 WLWV Board Room: the Boons Ferry staff members who gave up their Friday night, who, after a long day they probably didn't even go home. They stayed there, and they were still there, excited and cheerful. And so once again just kudos to our staff and what they give. And then, Curtis, you can go ahead and put that picture up. So Posy. 283 00:52:42.750 --> 00:52:53.540 WLWV Board Room: my PET pig, who Yes, she lives in my house. We took a field trip to Stafford to help kick off their first fun run, which they are calling the tiger dash. 284 00:52:53.590 --> 00:52:55.600 And so this was 285 00:52:55.640 --> 00:53:11.140 WLWV Board Room: the the kick off assembly that we attended, and you notice all of the different. You know, $1,000. All the kids get T-shirts 2,000 extra recess on, and on until you see that $20,000. Mark that, Mrs. Hall, the principal, will kiss 286 00:53:11.140 --> 00:53:29.240 WLWV Board Room: Posy, the pig, and and I haven't confirmed yet, if that's like right on the snout, or if we're going. But I don't know, anyway. So I did get an email today that says they are $1,895 away from that $20,000 mark 287 00:53:29.240 --> 00:53:37.540 WLWV Board Room: so, and the Assembly is Wednesday when posing, and I are supposed to return. So, Curtis, if you want to put up the information for any of you watching. 288 00:53:37.720 --> 00:53:52.470 or any of you in the audience who might want to contribute to this event on Wednesday. Here is where you can give some money, and i'm sure that they can reach that $20,000 mark. So Posy and I already looking forward to going back. 289 00:53:53.120 --> 00:53:57.960 WLWV Board Room: And, by the way, I kiss her all the time. So. 290 00:53:59.640 --> 00:54:00.870 WLWV Board Room: and that's it. 291 00:54:02.220 --> 00:54:04.760 WLWV Board Room: The things we learn about each other. I'm here. 292 00:54:07.890 --> 00:54:11.380 WLWV Board Room: So I I thank you for the 293 00:54:12.060 --> 00:54:15.930 WLWV Board Room: comment about the gushy speeches. The I don't know if 294 00:54:16.190 --> 00:54:41.010 WLWV Board Room: I think 3. But yeah you, because last year we didn't have people turning over off the board. So there there is a bit of a tradition that we do the lot at the last formal meeting that the people who are leaving the board say something about what it's meant to them to serve. And then the other people can say things about us while we're here listening to you, so we'll get to do that next June. I mean this June 295 00:54:41.010 --> 00:54:59.800 WLWV Board Room: next month. and what I want to do actually speak to a couple of things. This in April. I did 2 big trips I went to. I say, Cheney Washington, the people there, I think. Say, Cheney Washington, I don't know if anybody's from there confirm Cheney. Yeah. So 296 00:55:00.270 --> 00:55:18.540 WLWV Board Room: went to Cheney Washington for like 4 nights, and then we went to Houston for 5 nights with the robotics team. I think there's even a couple of parents out there in the crowd that have kiddos on the robotics team. And this is just such a good example of our district goal Number 3 coming in coming alive because the 297 00:55:18.540 --> 00:55:44.860 WLWV Board Room: the the school does a lot to support the team, and also it's not. It's it's more of a community effort. The mentors who lead the team. I got to know them better, being that we were traveling and having dinner together every night, and we have some incredible mentors. They are engineers. They are software designers. Some of them are very high up, like Vice presidents and tech firms. 298 00:55:44.860 --> 00:55:56.690 We have mentors who graduated from our schools and went through our robotics team, graduated, went to college, and then came back and are working in the tech field and mentoring on this team. 299 00:55:56.690 --> 00:56:10.360 There was a there is a young woman who just won an award for being a a woman in manufacturing. I guess there's a big initiative nationwide to get more women people in manufacturing. And so we just have this incredible mentor team 300 00:56:10.830 --> 00:56:29.970 WLWV Board Room: shout out to Curtis, who I literally, when you started to show pictures. I was like, oh, Curtis. I have a picture, and I just sent that to him like 90 s ago, and he's got it up there on the screen. This is the team in Houston, and there were teams from all over the world. No exaggeration. Israel Brazil. 301 00:56:30.130 --> 00:56:31.330 WLWV Board Room: France. 302 00:56:31.400 --> 00:56:50.880 WLWV Board Room: I mean, I I don't know. Like all over the place turkey. Did I say that one yet so really incredible, Something like 50,000 people come to Houston to the Convention Center? Our team did phenomenally. They ranked in. I think that the well they were definitely in the top 20 on their. 303 00:56:50.880 --> 00:57:24.000 WLWV Board Room: I think maybe they ended up as fourteenth or something like that. And the great thing about robotics is that it's it's a lot that goes into the robot and getting the robot to execute the tasks. But also there's all the other skills that go into it. So the business strategy which I know a couple of you parents have kids on the business team, i'm be talking to you and and data strategy, taking the data from the robots and and making strategic alliances and the gracious professionalism which is the core value of the team. 304 00:57:24.000 --> 00:57:43.600 WLWV Board Room: So they did actually get selected to be in an alliance, and they competed in the in the final round. They it was a double elimination, so they won the first one and then lost the next 2, and we're out. But just to see the joy on the students faces and the mentors they're already strategizing for how to get better. 305 00:57:43.800 --> 00:57:54.150 WLWV Board Room: and i'll say one more thing, and then i'll stop gushing about robotics, You know I was always a fan, but spending this much time with them and seeing it really up close, just made me 306 00:57:54.170 --> 00:58:06.550 WLWV Board Room: like just fall in love with the program. What we have on this team are students. I've never seen such a diverse and inclusive team of students. It's everything from freshmen to senior. 307 00:58:06.570 --> 00:58:14.350 WLWV Board Room: We have some students for our home schooled. We have students all the way from Kiddos who are 308 00:58:14.430 --> 00:58:25.620 WLWV Board Room: applying to Stanford, and may get in, or schools of that caliber to students who need the devices and the assistance to communicate. 309 00:58:25.640 --> 00:58:29.470 WLWV Board Room: and just to see that 310 00:58:29.630 --> 00:58:52.890 WLWV Board Room: that level of diversity of students all working together, and a shared goal with the caliber of mentors, and then performing at the level that they're performing at a worldwide competition was just incredible. So super proud of Air Code 0. I know Westland also has a program that we could equally, you know, gush about. I just speaking about them because I had the joy of traveling with them 311 00:58:53.120 --> 00:58:59.420 WLWV Board Room: a lot in April. and that's it from me. Thank you. And Superintendent Lugwig. 312 00:59:01.230 --> 00:59:10.720 WLWV Board Room: Well, thank you. and i'm glad you got to go. That experience. All right. Keep the Powerpoint up and going. 313 00:59:13.160 --> 00:59:15.460 WLWV Board Room: You can go to that first slide. 314 00:59:15.830 --> 00:59:17.170 WLWV Board Room: the next one. 315 00:59:19.220 --> 00:59:33.700 WLWV Board Room: There we go. so i'm glad you talked about the middle School musical, and it's always hard for me to pick and choose what I'm going to share in my superintendent report because I could echo almost everything. The High schoolers shared the middle schoolers everything you've shared, and then we'd be here all night long. So I just try and pick a couple of things. 316 00:59:33.730 --> 00:59:47.270 WLWV Board Room: But the reason i'm picking the Middle School Musical, which I also got to attend is because there's so much that goes into that production. We had over 90 close to 100 middle school students who performed. So they actually have 2 casts, you see, cast 317 00:59:47.360 --> 00:59:51.930 WLWV Board Room: A or B, whichever letter that you know. And so you're not even seeing the whole group each night. 318 00:59:52.110 --> 01:00:02.890 and then on top of that we have over 20 high school students, who are a part of making that happen as well behind the scenes as assistant director, stage crew, lighting crew. 319 01:00:03.240 --> 01:00:16.800 WLWV Board Room: Often there are students who have been in the Middle school musical, and they just had a great experience. They want to come back and help. So it's really great example of parents, volunteers, community members, businesses who donate high schoolers who are part of it. 320 01:00:16.800 --> 01:00:29.660 WLWV Board Room: people who are in the orchestra. It's live orchestra with Alison bon Savage, who's directing that there's adults who perform alongside students in that orchestra, and then of course the cast, and it's a beautiful example of 321 01:00:29.660 --> 01:00:43.610 WLWV Board Room: students from all 4 middle schools, as well as our Charter School, who get to be a part of it. So kudos to Julie Lane, who directs that every year. But she's got a tremendous team, Kaylee porter who's the choreographer and also the musical director. 322 01:00:43.610 --> 01:00:51.580 WLWV Board Room: and then you can see a couple of other names up there, so just want to thank them for making that happen. And thank you, Director. Why, it for also mentioning that 323 01:00:52.430 --> 01:00:54.090 WLWV Board Room: next slide. 324 01:00:57.820 --> 01:01:19.850 WLWV Board Room: and then you'd mentioned a couple of these, the robotics, the athletics we heard about Prom in the springfest, and then we'll have a from at Westland High School. A lot of clubs are being active. I was able a couple of weeks ago to go to the Affinity Club for their e robotic celebration at the the library. So clubs are thriving, and so the athletics. It's hard to get to everything. 325 01:01:19.850 --> 01:01:28.650 WLWV Board Room: But if you're a middle school parent, you know this is the season for track and field, so they're out practicing and having their me. So it's busy in our middle schools right now 326 01:01:28.730 --> 01:01:46.420 WLWV Board Room: and then also, Middle School teams are having those informational sixth grade parent sessions alongside our dual language sessions that are also happening at all 3 levels. So we've also offered those again this spring, so parents can hear about dual language, and if they want their children to be a part of those programs. 327 01:01:46.580 --> 01:01:57.440 WLWV Board Room: and then Here's a couple of pictures from the 3 International nights that I was able to attend. Beckman and Boone Ferry, which Director Thompson mentioned in sunset, also had theirs last week. 328 01:01:57.480 --> 01:02:11.290 WLWV Board Room: Great example again, of parents incredibly proud as they should be of their culture. And when you think about the diversity in our community, and how much richer we are for the experiences of everyone 329 01:02:11.460 --> 01:02:27.440 WLWV Board Room: and children who bring that to their classroom and their peers. We just become better people, and we become a better community when we celebrate each other so some great picture. I could have had 2 dozen pictures, but just had the hard time picking a few. So those do represent each of the 3 schools in there. 330 01:02:27.780 --> 01:02:37.630 WLWV Board Room: and to the little guys up in the far right? So I told them I would show their picture tonight, and they I've got my Bulgaria bracelet that they gave me. So that was really sweet. 331 01:02:38.960 --> 01:02:53.550 WLWV Board Room: And then, just to keep us moving along. I have committed to you as a board that each month have a given update on our K 5 Literacy renewal process and just a reminder. It's not just a one year renewal 332 01:02:53.620 --> 01:03:18.800 WLWV Board Room: that these couple years that we're in right now, we've been doing some focus on instructional practices. And looking at data review, you can see done some additional benchmark assessment training. We've made sure that our word study supplemental materials. We did have 2 different programs, the K. 2 Lucy Cawkins and the K. 5 phone to some panel we switched to just having the K. 5 font to some panel, so it'd be more 333 01:03:18.800 --> 01:03:34.050 WLWV Board Room: consistency across the schools as teams want to collaborate in schools want to collaborate. We're reviewing our assessments, looking at data, identifying strengths and areas for need for improvement. So those are the things we're working on now as we're beginning that renewal process. 334 01:03:35.100 --> 01:03:36.510 WLWV Board Room: And next slide 335 01:03:38.650 --> 01:03:57.940 WLWV Board Room: Just this is an update from some of our leaders around where we are with the new process since I last reported. Again we're underway. Our emphasis is, we meet with teachers, and as we have staff meetings and conversations is that we're going to focus on teaching practice and focusing our instruction this year 336 01:03:58.280 --> 01:04:02.370 WLWV Board Room: that we're following the research around what's important with curriculum. 337 01:04:02.540 --> 01:04:27.370 WLWV Board Room: making sure that we have an intentional instruction around reading and word, study and Grace K. 5. And we do want to just bring clarity around that while we're in the adoption process. We also have to keep using the materials that we have, because that's what the Board had adopted. So I know that sometimes there's a question of Why can't you switch right now or not? Use the materials that you have now? 338 01:04:27.370 --> 01:04:46.440 WLWV Board Room: Well, we'll get to that once that adoption happens. But in the meantime we want to make sure teachers know how to use the current materials really well. So our trainings do use those, and so because it will be a little bit of time before we make that adoption. And so we want to make sure that any new teachers or teachers unfamiliar with something 339 01:04:46.790 --> 01:05:06.610 WLWV Board Room: in those materials have the skills and the assurance that they need around, how to use those well. And while we're having these workshops and sessions, we're generating this kind of list of what is it that makes really high quality reading instruction in the classroom? What are our look for? So we continue to build our expertise around that 340 01:05:07.990 --> 01:05:08.970 WLWV Board Room: next 341 01:05:10.600 --> 01:05:26.370 WLWV Board Room: I shared with you last month that we have these 3 sessions that we're offering this spring for teachers who would like to have more practice. Or maybe we're one of the teacher teams that got the fantas and funnel. Maybe they've been using the K. 2 Lucy Cawkins 342 01:05:26.370 --> 01:05:31.000 WLWV Board Room: Phonics kits. And now they're switching to the font to some panel, and they want to dig into that a little bit more. 343 01:05:31.110 --> 01:05:37.550 These are optional sessions, and we've had over 60 teachers attend. So this room is packed. 344 01:05:37.720 --> 01:05:48.460 WLWV Board Room: and that's pretty phenomenal. Talk about teachers who have taught all day long, and then, instead of going home, they come in this room for a couple of hours, and engage in 345 01:05:48.620 --> 01:06:02.700 WLWV Board Room: conversations around what our essential reading components those 5 pillars, and then how to dig deeply into direct instruction around a word, study, phonics and phonemic awareness, and what those lessons look like in in their classrooms 346 01:06:02.730 --> 01:06:19.980 WLWV Board Room: For those who attend those sessions. There's going to be follow up in the summer in the fall, with more intensive workshops built off of those 3. If they weren't able to attend those 3 sessions, they could still be a part of those deeper workshops, and we call them more intensive, because in the summer you could actually then be there all day. 347 01:06:20.020 --> 01:06:24.170 WLWV Board Room: And so you get to really continue the learning for more extended period of time. 348 01:06:29.900 --> 01:06:46.140 WLWV Board Room: What we're also doing is, we're reaching out to our teachers to see who's interested in serving on that K. 5 Literacy renewal team. So principals are starting to gather names. We want to make sure that group is representative of every school as well as various grade levels, learning specialists, language specialists. 349 01:06:46.140 --> 01:06:50.300 So we we start gathering names to put that team together. 350 01:06:50.490 --> 01:06:52.420 WLWV Board Room: So that's also happening at this time. 351 01:06:54.150 --> 01:07:08.160 WLWV Board Room: and then I mentioned this last month, but just to reiterate that you see the dates there, the end of June will be sending a small team to a 5 day training session that's sponsored by the Institute for multi-sensory education 352 01:07:08.330 --> 01:07:17.460 WLWV Board Room: and this will be a team who will go and learn some more even more specific and discrete skills on helping students with learning challenges around reading. 353 01:07:17.500 --> 01:07:27.510 WLWV Board Room: whether it's dyslexia or another, learning disability and doing that intensive study and training and bringing back their learning to that, to the renewal process and to the team. 354 01:07:27.590 --> 01:07:36.140 WLWV Board Room: And then, as we plan our august Literacy simple symposium, they'll have a key role in bringing that information to to that symposium 355 01:07:40.980 --> 01:07:55.470 WLWV Board Room: and this last slide I just wanted to put up here because it is Teacher Appreciation week. and I want to specifically call out as we did earlier, the incredible expert practitioners that our teachers are. 356 01:07:55.910 --> 01:08:11.590 WLWV Board Room: and I know sometimes whether it's campaign season, or whether it's out in the news media. Sometimes the commentary unintentionally describes the situation, and teachers feel that their hard work and their expertise 357 01:08:12.290 --> 01:08:26.859 WLWV Board Room: is maybe not considered as much as it should be, and it's my responsibility to to be proud of our employees, and I know you are as well. And so I just want to take this time to recognize how expert our teachers are. 358 01:08:27.660 --> 01:08:41.000 WLWV Board Room: They commit to an intensive degree program that includes work in classrooms, a lot of study, methodology, pedagogy. They take it seriously. Some of them add 359 01:08:41.069 --> 01:08:44.580 WLWV Board Room: other licensures, endorsements, and certificates. 360 01:08:45.939 --> 01:08:54.569 WLWV Board Room: They work skillfully to design expert lessons. They instruct whole groups of students, small groups of students, one on one 361 01:08:54.600 --> 01:08:57.500 WLWV Board Room: more than most of us do during a day. 362 01:08:57.910 --> 01:09:01.200 WLWV Board Room: and and they do it cheerfully 363 01:09:01.260 --> 01:09:02.779 WLWV Board Room: and thoughtfully 364 01:09:02.800 --> 01:09:08.950 WLWV Board Room: to teach other people's children to read, to write, to do math and to engage in the world. 365 01:09:10.149 --> 01:09:22.479 WLWV Board Room: We have a robust professional development program in our district internally, and we support the learning outside of the district university classes, getting additional degrees and certification conferences of workshops. 366 01:09:22.510 --> 01:09:28.359 WLWV Board Room: and we wanna we have one of the highest and most robust ones in the State, because we have teachers who want to keep learning. 367 01:09:29.040 --> 01:09:33.090 WLWV Board Room: and they want to get better at what they do. We know we're not all perfect. 368 01:09:33.170 --> 01:09:35.569 WLWV Board Room: and there's a lot to learn in our profession. 369 01:09:35.740 --> 01:09:44.700 WLWV Board Room: and I think when we go to a doctor or a dentist we want to know that they're keeping up on their craft and their profession and their expertise, and it's no different. 370 01:09:45.100 --> 01:09:50.750 WLWV Board Room: And i'm incredibly proud of seeing 60 teachers when I walk in this room. 371 01:09:50.870 --> 01:09:55.270 WLWV Board Room: who are already doing brilliant work, but they're just wanting to get even better. 372 01:09:55.750 --> 01:10:01.380 WLWV Board Room: And that's who they are. And then just a reminder that it's our teachers who teach reading 373 01:10:01.490 --> 01:10:08.150 WLWV Board Room: and the correct and the curriculum Isn't. What teaches the reading curriculum matters. We want high quality curriculum. 374 01:10:08.400 --> 01:10:10.960 WLWV Board Room: but expert teaching matters more. 375 01:10:11.010 --> 01:10:19.160 WLWV Board Room: And so our focus to our renewal process is going to be empowering our teachers, building their confidence, growing their efficacy. 376 01:10:19.240 --> 01:10:20.620 WLWV Board Room: and believing in them. 377 01:10:20.810 --> 01:10:24.100 WLWV Board Room: not criticizing them or creating division. 378 01:10:24.360 --> 01:10:26.090 WLWV Board Room: but supporting them. 379 01:10:27.110 --> 01:10:32.320 WLWV Board Room: And lastly, I just want to say that every teacher, staff, member, principal, and district leader. 380 01:10:32.600 --> 01:10:37.210 WLWV Board Room: is a champion for all children to be able to read. We know our parents support 381 01:10:37.430 --> 01:10:47.210 WLWV Board Room: breeding being done well in our district, and we're appreciative of that partnership. and I also want to recognize that our our teachers show up every day committed to that goal. 382 01:10:49.430 --> 01:10:52.830 WLWV Board Room: In September and October of last year 383 01:10:54.460 --> 01:10:56.340 WLWV Board Room: there were 2 articles written 384 01:10:56.380 --> 01:11:01.420 WLWV Board Room: describing the plummeting score, the scores of state assessments. 385 01:11:01.460 --> 01:11:15.600 WLWV Board Room: and each of those media stories attributed to the Covid impact on disruption in the classroom and attendance and trauma for families. 386 01:11:15.900 --> 01:11:21.860 WLWV Board Room: and the result of that being the declining impact that we saw on on state assessments. 387 01:11:22.490 --> 01:11:30.320 WLWV Board Room: and we all knew that that's what we would see. We'd been preparing for that. We knew the loss that students would experience because of Covid. 388 01:11:32.060 --> 01:11:37.310 WLWV Board Room: and a few months later we have newsletter news articles describing 389 01:11:37.560 --> 01:11:40.380 WLWV Board Room: the plummeting scores due to 390 01:11:40.440 --> 01:11:41.950 WLWV Board Room: curriculum materials. 391 01:11:42.480 --> 01:11:44.480 WLWV Board Room: and I just want to 392 01:11:44.630 --> 01:11:49.700 WLWV Board Room: remind people that a lot happened last year that our teachers were working through. 393 01:11:49.850 --> 01:11:57.380 WLWV Board Room: and it may have been that they needed some more support with their curriculum materials. But there was also a lot going on for them and for students 394 01:11:57.460 --> 01:12:01.620 WLWV Board Room: in our nation and our community. and so just want to 395 01:12:01.880 --> 01:12:08.380 WLWV Board Room: remind. Sometimes we have a short memory about what all happened last year that impacted our classrooms in our learning. 396 01:12:08.850 --> 01:12:19.430 WLWV Board Room: and it doesn't mean we don't have a sense of urgency that we're not going to support every child we are. We're truly going to put all of our weight in all of our effort around helping every student 397 01:12:19.760 --> 01:12:27.280 WLWV Board Room: become a proficient reader. So I just want you as a board. I'm speaking to the 5 of you just want you to remember that context. 398 01:12:27.300 --> 01:12:30.990 WLWV Board Room: And in times when it feels like, maybe the 399 01:12:31.060 --> 01:12:44.080 WLWV Board Room: the reason is oversimplistic, just a memory that it's. It's not. There was a lot going on, and there's a lot going on still now, and our teachers are working courageously every day in the classroom to support our students. 400 01:12:44.420 --> 01:12:45.110 WLWV Board Room: So 401 01:12:45.240 --> 01:12:47.750 WLWV Board Room: thank you. Thank you for supporting our teachers. 402 01:12:51.980 --> 01:13:03.200 WLWV Board Room: All right. That concludes our board member and superintendent reports, and we'll move on to the consent agenda that we past the consent agenda. What's that? 403 01:13:03.390 --> 01:13:09.530 WLWV Board Room: Alright, thanks. You have the motion in the second, and Miss Douglas we please call vote, certainly direct to slip. 404 01:13:09.750 --> 01:13:17.700 WLWV Board Room: Hi, Director Taylor checking I Vice Chair, Thompson, I. Director. Why, I thank you. 405 01:13:20.300 --> 01:13:21.960 WLWV Board Room: Okay, we have 406 01:13:22.520 --> 01:13:38.810 WLWV Board Room: nobody signed up for the first portion of public comment which would be that you were a resident, and you were speaking to something on the agenda. So if that was a mistake, let me know we do have folks signed up for the second public comment period, and i'll call you when we get there. 407 01:13:41.100 --> 01:13:54.480 WLWV Board Room: The next thing we're gonna do is the the Budget meeting, and i'm just gonna i'm just looking at my fellow board members, because then we're going to be at that for maybe half an hour or so. Are we good to keep going, or do we need a short recess? 408 01:13:55.260 --> 01:14:01.540 WLWV Board Room: Okay. Yeah. So i'm thinking i'm hearing short recess might be good. So let's come back in about 5 min. 409 01:14:09.870 --> 01:14:10.660 WLWV Board Room: Yes. 410 01:14:11.950 --> 01:14:22.360 WLWV Board Room: all right. So the first thing we'll do. I'm going to call this meeting to order. and we'll open with the Budget Committee meeting. The first thing we'll do is 411 01:14:22.360 --> 01:14:46.640 WLWV Board Room: call the role. And then after that we'll elect the chair of the Budget Committee, and I'll pass the gavel to the chair, and then the chair of the Budget Committee will lead the preside over the election of the Vice chair. The vice chair would be the chair if the chair ever could not be present at a Budget committee meeting. 412 01:14:46.640 --> 01:14:56.060 and there should be an agenda that looks like this that you have somewhere, and we don't all necessarily need to have one. If you don't have one in front of you, we can share. 413 01:14:56.660 --> 01:14:59.720 WLWV Board Room: So with that, Miss Douglas, Will you please call the role 414 01:15:01.640 --> 01:15:03.000 WLWV Board Room: You sure are coo 415 01:15:05.530 --> 01:15:08.590 WLWV Board Room: presence. Jack, to slip 416 01:15:10.530 --> 01:15:14.600 WLWV Board Room: here this Taylor Here. 417 01:15:14.790 --> 01:15:22.260 WLWV Board Room: Kathy Kane, present Dan Shemaker Here. Chrissy Thompson. Here. Ginger, fetch here. 418 01:15:22.660 --> 01:15:26.810 WLWV Board Room: Here. Thank You 419 01:15:27.690 --> 01:15:45.960 WLWV Board Room: all right. Very good thanks, and what i'd like to do is go ahead and follow the same type of procedure we do when we appoint people to the Budget committee. I'll open the floor for nomination of chair, and we can take all the nominations and then vote for them in the order that the nominations are made. 420 01:15:45.960 --> 01:15:50.000 And with that I open the floor for nominations of Budget Committee chair. 421 01:15:54.290 --> 01:15:57.010 WLWV Board Room: Okay, Mini Aka. Sure. 422 01:16:00.730 --> 01:16:05.720 WLWV Board Room: All right. We have Mini Auga. Okay. We have a second. 423 01:16:06.100 --> 01:16:08.250 WLWV Board Room: Are there any further nominations? 424 01:16:11.750 --> 01:16:14.440 WLWV Board Room: All right, Ms. Douglas. Will you please call the vote? 425 01:16:15.690 --> 01:16:19.100 WLWV Board Room: Anyone in opposition, please say no. Yeah. 426 01:16:19.660 --> 01:16:30.040 WLWV Board Room: thank you. Miniaga is Budget committee chair. All right. Thanks. Congratulations. Yeah. You get your own microphone. The one thing you never knew you wanted. 427 01:16:30.250 --> 01:16:40.040 WLWV Board Room: and tip from those of us who've been there before on, and then, when you're done, you can turn it off. Yeah, like muting on the zoom or something like that. 428 01:16:40.630 --> 01:16:50.800 WLWV Board Room: Yeah, it's off right now. That's right, and I will pass this to you, and then you can preside over the nomination to the vice chair. Okay. So I 429 01:16:50.980 --> 01:16:58.400 WLWV Board Room: like to have to press the account i'd like to call in for the the vice chair to be nominated 430 01:17:00.000 --> 01:17:00.860 WLWV Board Room: Any 431 01:17:02.840 --> 01:17:09.560 WLWV Board Room: names I would like to go ahead and just nominate the same vice-president we had last year, which is Lena. She? 432 01:17:12.260 --> 01:17:18.710 WLWV Board Room: Okay, All right, I guess Selena is Oh, is there any. Are there any other nominations? 433 01:17:23.660 --> 01:17:27.450 WLWV Board Room: If there are no other nomination. Then i'd like to call the vote. 434 01:17:28.770 --> 01:17:30.980 WLWV Board Room: Anyone in opposition. Please say, No. 435 01:17:32.650 --> 01:17:39.370 WLWV Board Room: thank you. Hal. Energy is Vice Chair Budget Committee. Okay. congratulations. 436 01:17:40.660 --> 01:17:42.020 WLWV Board Room: And then we just 437 01:17:46.490 --> 01:17:53.690 WLWV Board Room: okay. I'd like to hand over the presentation of the proposed positive message by 438 01:18:05.340 --> 01:18:15.580 WLWV Board Room: So an up to you is a budget document for the fiscal year, 2324, under the executive 439 01:18:16.030 --> 01:18:28.270 WLWV Board Room: summary path. You will see the superintendent but that message on 1 4 2, And now Dr. Look what we'll reach out loud about your message for us. 440 01:18:29.570 --> 01:18:31.300 WLWV Board Room: Thank you, Dr. Hughes. 441 01:18:31.750 --> 01:18:40.940 WLWV Board Room: So this is a number of pages, but it is part of procedure to read it into the record, and so you can follow along. 442 01:18:42.370 --> 01:18:55.470 WLWV Board Room: Dear Western Wilsonville School District Budget Committee members and community. I respectfully submit. The Western Wilsonville School District proposed budget for 2,023, 2,024 in accordance with Ors 294.3, 9, one. 443 01:18:55.960 --> 01:19:05.750 WLWV Board Room: The district budget for 2,324 proposes 156,284,722dollars in the general fund 444 01:19:05.940 --> 01:19:21.830 WLWV Board Room: $29,248,334 in the Special Revenue Fund, $41,356,038 in the Debt Services fund, and 75,000,709 650dollars in the capital Projects fund 445 01:19:22.020 --> 01:19:36.440 together. The funds demonstrate a balanced budget of revenue and expenditures that meet Federal and State regulations and align with the district goals, the district continuous improvement plan, the district equity, action, plan, and individual school work plans. 446 01:19:37.040 --> 01:19:39.940 There'll be 4 parts to this budget message. 447 01:19:40.130 --> 01:19:57.100 WLWV Board Room: Public school budget sources, public school districts are funded through a variety of sources. There's the general fund which includes the State School Fund with a shift to a primarily state-funded school system School districts received the vast majority of their funding through the State school fund into their general budget 448 01:19:57.330 --> 01:20:13.080 WLWV Board Room: to achieve equalized per student funding the current formula reduces state aid. If local revenues per student are high and increases state aid. If local revenues per student are low, the formula uses 5 different methods to adjust for cost differences among school districts. 449 01:20:13.080 --> 01:20:29.870 teacher experience, adjustment, transportation, grant facility Grant high-cost Disability grand and awaited student count. There's also property taxes that go into the general fund. Annual property taxes are also collected for school districts, esds and community colleges at a regulated rate. 450 01:20:29.940 --> 01:20:38.260 WLWV Board Room: As mentioned above, States funds and local funds work together to balance the amount allocated to districts across the State in an equalization effort. 451 01:20:39.330 --> 01:20:57.830 Local option Levy under Oregon's Property Tax Law. A local option. Levy gives individual communities the ability to supplement State funding for their local schools in November, 2,019 voters in Westland and Wilsonville renewed a 4 year. Local option levy at a rate of a dollar 50 per 1,000 of assessed value. 452 01:20:58.020 --> 01:21:05.340 WLWV Board Room: Local option taxes in our district are used to fund teachers at all schools to sustain effective class sizes. 453 01:21:06.680 --> 01:21:18.350 WLWV Board Room: And then there's a special revenue fund. School districts also receive fund funds through Federal or State grants. These grants are accountable to special funding to special spending criteria. 454 01:21:18.780 --> 01:21:30.630 WLWV Board Room: There's Federal idea and title grants. The office of special education programs administers 3 formula grant programs authorized by the individuals with Disability Education Act idea. 455 01:21:30.730 --> 01:21:37.360 WLWV Board Room: These grants are awarded to States annually to support students experiencing disabilities, birth through age, 21, 456 01:21:37.900 --> 01:21:52.190 WLWV Board Room: and then title funds. Our annual federal monies that are meant to supplement, not replace existing State funding for education, and these examples, provided in the document are title one title, Ii and Title Iii. And you can see those definitions. 457 01:21:52.720 --> 01:22:04.410 WLWV Board Room: There's also state grants that you'll find in special revenue in the Special Revenue Fund. We have 2 large state grants. The first is the High School Success Grant. It was formally called measure 98. 458 01:22:04.590 --> 01:22:13.680 WLWV Board Room: The State funded High School success, grant targets, improvement to graduation rates through expansion of college and career, technical education, Cte programs. 459 01:22:13.700 --> 01:22:32.310 WLWV Board Room: It addresses chronic absenteeism and providing interventions that reduce, drop out rates. School districts apply for funds that must be spent to implement 3 strategies. You can see the 3 strategies there drop out prevention, college level, education, opportunities and expanding career and technical education programs. 460 01:22:33.030 --> 01:22:48.410 WLWV Board Room: In Westland Wilsonville we have developed a strategic plan for allocating these high school success grant funds to impact all 3 of these areas that connect to school attendance, graduation and a students aspiration for college career. And beyond 461 01:22:48.740 --> 01:22:53.770 WLWV Board Room: this grant awards funds based on the number of high school students in each school district. 462 01:22:55.620 --> 01:23:07.990 WLWV Board Room: The second grant is the Student Success Act or the Student Investment account grant in 2,018 voters approved a corporate activities tax allocating funds. Each biennium toward the Student Success Act. 463 01:23:08.140 --> 01:23:18.140 WLWV Board Room: the Student Success Act proportions each year towards 3 funds statewide education initiatives, early learning account and the student investment account Sia. 464 01:23:18.740 --> 01:23:31.000 WLWV Board Room: the Sia. Is an annual non-competitive grant fund for all Oregon school districts and eligible charter schools. This money has 2 purposes, one to meet students, mental and behavioral health needs. 465 01:23:31.000 --> 01:23:38.930 WLWV Board Room: and to increase academic achievement and reduce academic disparities for students who have historically experienced disparities in our schools. 466 01:23:39.930 --> 01:23:54.580 WLWV Board Room: Extensive community engagement informed the goals within the district so continuous improvement plan and the priorities outlined in the district student investment account grant application. This grant awards funds based on the weighted student count in each school district. 467 01:23:55.960 --> 01:24:12.870 WLWV Board Room: and then, lastly, capital projects. The revenue in this fund comes primarily from capital, bond tax sources, land sales or construction excise tax. And when you look at this fund you'll see that in each of these areas of revenue expenditure. They must meet federal, state or county requirements and regulations. 468 01:24:14.070 --> 01:24:20.270 WLWV Board Room: So now we know how school districts are funded. What does it mean to to start assembling a school district budget 469 01:24:20.740 --> 01:24:33.830 WLWV Board Room: in the process of assembling a school budget. The district uses these general steps. Step one. We begin by rolling forward the level of staffing programs and services from the current year 470 01:24:33.840 --> 01:24:57.180 WLWV Board Room: Into the next year step 2. The school and district leaders evaluate programs, operations and staffing levels based on projected need. Then step 3. We gather community input through surveys of staff parents and patrons regarding key investment priorities. In other words, what is it that you want to see the district continue to do in the following year. 471 01:24:57.830 --> 01:25:11.280 WLWV Board Room: and then adjustments are made based on survey results. Those conversations, and any other new information from federal, State, or local funding sources. Lastly, a proposed budget was brought before you the Budget Committee. 472 01:25:12.660 --> 01:25:24.880 WLWV Board Room: So what are these key investment strategies mentioned in step. 3 These are those that are research-based or proven to exemplify the quality of learning and the quality of care every parent wishes for their child 473 01:25:25.300 --> 01:25:38.380 WLWV Board Room: key investments that our community has identified, include hiring and developing the most qualified professionals who provide expert instruction for all students, including students with diverse learning, needs. 474 01:25:38.660 --> 01:25:55.660 WLWV Board Room: prioritizing and delivering high quality, professional learning experiences, systems, curricula and supports that impact instruction in the classroom on a daily basis. developing and sustaining strategies that increase time for learning, including a full academic school year and full academic schedules for all students 475 01:25:55.770 --> 01:26:03.580 maintaining effective class sizes while strengthening counseling teacher librarians, special education operations and information technology support. 476 01:26:04.000 --> 01:26:21.020 WLWV Board Room: expanding and supporting strong early childhood programs, pre-k and kindergarten providing instructional and programmatic supports for mental and behavioral health needs utilizing school equity teams, and district-wide initiatives to eliminate systems of racism and increase equity and access for all students one 477 01:26:21.460 --> 01:26:25.910 WLWV Board Room: expanding advanced placement and other college-level courses in our high schools 478 01:26:26.260 --> 01:26:44.700 WLWV Board Room: providing, enriched and comprehensive programming for the performing and visual arts, world and dual language, athletics, activities, and wellness across all schools. expanding STEM and cte programs and related experiences in science, technology, engineering, journalism, health sciences, business marketing and mathematics. 479 01:26:45.500 --> 01:26:55.060 WLWV Board Room: offering online and blended learning options to students and families which expands course offerings and provides flexible learning environments and pacing for students. 480 01:26:55.080 --> 01:27:00.860 and maintaining responsible stewardship of our facilities, grounds, and other property assets. 481 01:27:02.520 --> 01:27:16.630 WLWV Board Room: On these key investments we receive feedback from the community. A survey was sent out to the community in mid-april, asking for feedback regarding these key investments, and which they would prioritize for the new fiscal school year, 2,023 2,024. 482 01:27:17.060 --> 01:27:21.270 The district received close to 600 survey responses. 483 01:27:21.570 --> 01:27:34.630 WLWV Board Room: The feedback was collected, analyzed, and applied when evaluating these investments within the proposed budget, such as these top responses. So these are the 4 that we heard the highest response rate. 484 01:27:34.730 --> 01:27:36.580 hiring quality staff. 485 01:27:36.630 --> 01:27:43.770 WLWV Board Room: effective class sizes, providing quality, curriculum and support and support for mental health and behavioral needs. 486 01:27:44.140 --> 01:27:49.370 WLWV Board Room: and you can see the full survey results at the back of your binders later. 487 01:27:50.940 --> 01:28:04.610 WLWV Board Room: So, measuring the outcomes of these investments well, we measure the outcomes of our investments by collecting, analyzing, and utilizing a broad range of of evidence. First. What does it drop out the graduation rate look like? 488 01:28:04.920 --> 01:28:09.470 WLWV Board Room: What about the dropout rate. or our students attending regularly? 489 01:28:09.770 --> 01:28:21.460 WLWV Board Room: How are our ninth grade students doing on track. You can see the list here, student participation ap courses. Next year. Ib: courses and dual credit classes at our high schools. 490 01:28:22.230 --> 01:28:27.650 WLWV Board Room: We look at the data collected by the Oregon Department of Education in district and school report cards. 491 01:28:27.890 --> 01:28:34.310 WLWV Board Room: Oregon State assessments that provide academic benchmark data aligned to college and career readiness 492 01:28:34.340 --> 01:28:41.020 WLWV Board Room: and then our own district administered interim and formative assessments that provide academic growth or achievement data 493 01:28:41.250 --> 01:28:50.160 WLWV Board Room: and these assessments, whether standards-based or skills-based tests or grades provide valuable information to help students monitor their own learning. 494 01:28:50.340 --> 01:28:53.810 WLWV Board Room: help teachers, adjust and prepare strategically for new learning 495 01:28:54.010 --> 01:29:02.740 WLWV Board Room: and help school and district leadership teams effectively. Plan where broad-based as well as targeted. New learning, instruction and resources are needed. 496 01:29:03.580 --> 01:29:14.090 WLWV Board Room: And then, of course, we collect anecdotal data from our students, our staff and our community to Surveys and district or school-based information forums. 497 01:29:17.640 --> 01:29:32.030 WLWV Board Room: part 3 recording the budget for 2023 24 The Westland Wilsonville School district, 2324 general budget proposal is based on a 9.9 billiondollars State School fund biennium. 498 01:29:32.570 --> 01:29:43.560 WLWV Board Room: while 9.9 billiondollars is an increase from the past biennium, which was 9.3 billion It does not adequately address the cost to roll forward 499 01:29:43.840 --> 01:29:47.480 WLWV Board Room: and maintain current programs and personnel. 500 01:29:48.880 --> 01:29:59.460 WLWV Board Room: It is well below what is needed to adjust for payroll increases. increases in insurance costs. increases in materials and utility costs. 501 01:29:59.720 --> 01:30:10.460 WLWV Board Room: and the national rise in inflation. School district business managers in Oregon calculate that the current service level for the biennium of 2,325 502 01:30:10.500 --> 01:30:15.630 WLWV Board Room: should amount to a 10.3 billiondollars State school fund 503 01:30:18.960 --> 01:30:32.050 WLWV Board Room: for the 2324 district budget. We have had to make the following working assumptions for our general fund revenue. We are using a need to apply the State School revenue of 9.9 billiondollars for the biennium. 504 01:30:32.160 --> 01:30:36.150 WLWV Board Room: You can see that split 49% in the first year and 51 in the second 505 01:30:37.950 --> 01:30:44.840 WLWV Board Room: we are working with the assumption of a State school fund of $61,590,314 506 01:30:45.120 --> 01:30:46.780 property taxes 507 01:30:46.890 --> 01:30:51.070 WLWV Board Room: of $44,048,763. 508 01:30:51.830 --> 01:31:07.910 WLWV Board Room: We are working with an adm and that's average date. Average daily membership of students projected at approximately 9,100 students. However, we'll use the funds calculated using the weighted Admw. Of 10,410 509 01:31:08.180 --> 01:31:15.570 WLWV Board Room: from the year 2223, and that's because in Oregon we get funded for the highest ATM of 2 years. 510 01:31:17.010 --> 01:31:31.280 WLWV Board Room: our projected local option revenue of $12,929,931. The utilization of regional Esd funds appropriated to the district of $3,138,989. 511 01:31:32.160 --> 01:31:41.140 WLWV Board Room: We have those 2 special revenue grants that I described earlier. The high School success Grant is being awarded at approximately 8 at 2.8 million. 512 01:31:41.490 --> 01:31:46.500 WLWV Board Room: and that student investment account, the Si a grant at 6.9 million. 513 01:31:47.790 --> 01:32:01.010 WLWV Board Room: We also have our reserves, our ending fund balance a carry over of approximately $30,162,427, as of march, 30 first 2,023 ending fund balance. 514 01:32:01.200 --> 01:32:05.790 WLWV Board Room: We put that date in there because the year is not over, and it could change one way or the other. 515 01:32:07.200 --> 01:32:16.580 WLWV Board Room: So that's the revenue working assumptions that we have built into this budget proposal. What are the expenditures that we've built into here? 516 01:32:16.590 --> 01:32:25.670 WLWV Board Room: Well, first of all, we did that rolling forward of current service level. So staff and programs and operations in this year we've rolled them forward into next year. 517 01:32:26.960 --> 01:32:29.120 WLWV Board Room: but we've also done some increases. 518 01:32:29.350 --> 01:32:36.190 WLWV Board Room: We've increased personnel costs to honor negotiated contracts that include increases in cost of living 519 01:32:36.200 --> 01:32:42.420 and years of service. Step increases, and health insurance. That's for both our license and our classified staff. 520 01:32:43.820 --> 01:32:56.500 WLWV Board Room: We are also making the decision to increase the hours and benefits to pair educator classified staff to provide additional support and schedule time for training and collaboration, and that's new going into next year. 521 01:32:56.990 --> 01:33:11.120 WLWV Board Room: That's with a particular group of classified staff pair. Educators work primarily in the classrooms with students, and so they'll move in their hourly rate per day. And then also they'll get that increase in benefits. 522 01:33:12.320 --> 01:33:31.240 WLWV Board Room: We know we'll have an increased cost in pace insurance. We're projecting about a 10 to 15% increase that's factored into our expenditures. There'll be increased costs for utilities, transportation material supplies and purchase services for all buildings and adjusting for expansion across the district. 523 01:33:32.810 --> 01:33:44.270 WLWV Board Room: We're excited about Riverside High School, and there's additional costs with a new school administrators teaching staff support staff when operating budget that's factored into the expenditures. 524 01:33:45.230 --> 01:33:53.220 WLWV Board Room: We are also adding additional staffing positions to support Cave, the K 5 literacy, renewal curriculum and professional development 525 01:33:53.370 --> 01:33:58.080 WLWV Board Room: by the hiring of 6 reading coaches for next year. 526 01:33:59.570 --> 01:34:06.520 WLWV Board Room: and we are also adding additional administrators to at the high schools, each of large high schools. 2 at middle school 527 01:34:06.730 --> 01:34:19.150 WLWV Board Room: and 2 primary support staff. These will be coaches to build educator capacity in working with the diverse needs of students and increasing the collaboration necessary to achieve school goals 528 01:34:21.910 --> 01:34:33.440 WLWV Board Room: with only a 9.9 billiondollar State School Fund districts across Oregon are making difficult decisions regarding their ability to roll forward with current staff and programs 529 01:34:34.020 --> 01:34:44.380 WLWV Board Room: for some, and this hits close to home with our neighboring some of our neighboring districts. It means reductions in staff or programs. Next year. You've probably heard of some of those already. 530 01:34:45.000 --> 01:34:51.780 for others. It means depleting reserves for one or both years in order to keep a current service level 531 01:34:52.810 --> 01:35:09.060 WLWV Board Room: in Westland, Wilsonville, we will expend a large portion of our ending fund balance from 2,223. That's our reserve in order to roll forward our current service level, as well as provide the additional staffing that I outlined earlier. 532 01:35:09.910 --> 01:35:24.200 WLWV Board Room: To be clear, this is not a sustainable practice. The use of reserves is a one time fix. Depleting reserves means that the second year of the biennium will be impacted by having less to draw upon. 533 01:35:24.940 --> 01:35:31.120 WLWV Board Room: We're hopeful that legislators will be responsive to advocacy efforts still going on at this time. 534 01:35:31.360 --> 01:35:35.230 WLWV Board Room: and will increase the State School fund while time allows 535 01:35:35.920 --> 01:35:42.670 WLWV Board Room: otherwise. Like other districts. we anticipate making reductions in the second year of the biennium. 536 01:35:44.400 --> 01:35:59.220 WLWV Board Room: And lastly, I want to recognize our community. I wish to recognize the leadership of our School Board members. We appreciate your volunteer service. That includes countless hours meeting with patrons attending school and district events while leading the district. 537 01:35:59.290 --> 01:36:05.150 We appreciate your belief and support in the professional expertise and commitment to students by our staff and it 538 01:36:05.190 --> 01:36:16.960 WLWV Board Room: and and and administrators. We appreciate your courageous advocacy for inclusion of all children in a general education, learning, experience, while speaking out on issues of race and equity. 539 01:36:17.680 --> 01:36:26.730 WLWV Board Room: I wish to recognize our Budget Committee and all who participated in this budget development process by sending us your feedback parents, patrons, and staff. 540 01:36:27.120 --> 01:36:40.880 WLWV Board Room: The interest, support, and advocacy by our community towards our school district is deeply evident. The strong investment of parent volunteers and community partnerships, and our students is a hallmark across Wilsonville and West Lynn. 541 01:36:41.930 --> 01:36:56.300 WLWV Board Room: I wish to recognize our stellar business office and the countless hours they have invested in assembling this budget document alongside hours of meeting with district Staff To ensure programs and staffing are accurately reflected. 542 01:36:57.320 --> 01:37:04.740 WLWV Board Room: I wish to recognize the excellence of our teachers and staff in our schools, who bring their best professional selves to the work on a daily basis. 543 01:37:04.890 --> 01:37:18.190 WLWV Board Room: Our teachers and staff. Seek out professional learning, that address, race and equity, reform research-based best practices and high leverage instructional strategies that move the dial in eliminating opportunity and achievement gaps. 544 01:37:18.820 --> 01:37:33.600 WLWV Board Room: And lastly, I wish to recognize and thank our community's generosity in supporting local option levies and capital construction bonds over the years. Our local option levy helps us currently fund approximately 80 teachers 545 01:37:33.880 --> 01:37:46.480 WLWV Board Room: and our most recent capital bond in 2,019 allowed us to build a new primary school and middle school we model an existing school. To open our new Riverside High school, add a new auditorium to Wilsonville High School. 546 01:37:46.480 --> 01:38:03.690 WLWV Board Room: expand the stadium and parking at Westland high school upgrade safety, security and technology at all schools and attend to district wide improvements. These are significant contributions, and we would not be able to provide the level of service and learning to students without this support. 547 01:38:05.180 --> 01:38:08.310 WLWV Board Room: In closing it's important to restate 548 01:38:08.660 --> 01:38:21.590 WLWV Board Room: that an inadequate State School Fund. This biennium results in the expenditure of district reserves for Westland, Wilsonville, and reductions for neighboring districts for the year 2,02324. 549 01:38:22.280 --> 01:38:26.050 WLWV Board Room: We will likely have difficult decisions to make in the near future. 550 01:38:26.430 --> 01:38:39.880 WLWV Board Room: And yet I hold a spirit of optimism that our State and elected representatives understand that the nationwide conditions of workforce shortages paired with increased inflation and wages are not going away overnight. 551 01:38:40.150 --> 01:38:50.030 WLWV Board Room: We will be in this economic predicament for the foreseeable future. There needs to be a more stable and adequate funding source and commitment in Oregon for K. 12 education. 552 01:38:50.950 --> 01:39:00.650 WLWV Board Room: As a last word, i'm proud and humbled, to serve the Western Wilsonville school district and to bring forward a budget that supports the mission and goals of this school district 553 01:39:00.720 --> 01:39:09.600 WLWV Board Room: is responsive to our community and strives to nurture self efficacy, which is belief and a sense of belonging for each student. 554 01:39:09.870 --> 01:39:13.080 WLWV Board Room: Respectfully, Kathy Ludwig, Superintendent. 555 01:39:16.350 --> 01:39:19.490 WLWV Board Room: Thank you, Dr. Laur. So 556 01:39:19.680 --> 01:39:34.120 WLWV Board Room: right after the title of contend we will see 3 pages of information happened to us understand the West End. But chat for fiscal year, 2224, 557 01:39:35.780 --> 01:39:40.130 WLWV Board Room: So it's very big, and then very beginning of the book. 558 01:39:41.020 --> 01:39:46.450 WLWV Board Room: Yeah. So after the table of contained you will see that. Yes. 559 01:40:03.740 --> 01:40:10.870 WLWV Board Room: So this they put together real quick, because school budget can be challenging to read and understand. 560 01:40:10.890 --> 01:40:20.890 So that's why I produce this document to provide us with an easy to understand summaries of the West End Detroit. But chat 561 01:40:20.950 --> 01:40:35.400 WLWV Board Room: so common question that people often ask, are, Where do is the money coming from? How does the money pay for? And what about other funds? So in here, in the very 562 01:40:35.750 --> 01:40:42.960 WLWV Board Room: first page on the left hand side you will see the pi jar that show you 563 01:40:43.450 --> 01:40:46.890 WLWV Board Room: where there is a money coming from for our general fund. 564 01:40:46.940 --> 01:40:53.780 WLWV Board Room: The majority money coming from auditory is a property tax with the represent 28% 565 01:40:54.090 --> 01:41:14.090 WLWV Board Room: and then not a big desk One it a say school punch with a 39%, the local option purpose, and 8% and another big portion is the estimate and then fund violent for this fit for year. Carry forward to next fiscal year at the March 20, first. 566 01:41:14.300 --> 01:41:15.920 WLWV Board Room: 19%. 567 01:41:16.730 --> 01:41:19.940 WLWV Board Room: So after that, the next page 568 01:41:19.950 --> 01:41:29.470 WLWV Board Room: it show you how there is the money in the general one which I pay for, and you can look at it in a 2 different way. 569 01:41:29.500 --> 01:41:48.000 WLWV Board Room: The first ways is on the left hand side is allocated out by the object with this salary, actual shape and office, with a payroll, and then purchasing services, supply, and so on. So in under this table it show 570 01:41:48.000 --> 01:41:50.620 WLWV Board Room: 72.9 million 571 01:41:51.070 --> 01:42:06.060 WLWV Board Room: out of 156 milliongo to salary, and that is about 77 the 47%. So below up it Char. I had a pie chart to to for you to reference. 572 01:42:06.060 --> 01:42:12.830 WLWV Board Room: So in set up some people, they they would like to see the number, and some people it 573 01:42:13.080 --> 01:42:29.730 WLWV Board Room: resonate well with them when they see the pigeon and the percentage. So with this pie chart is so salary along a 47%, and then auto payroll association with the salary, 29%, 574 01:42:29.880 --> 01:42:44.800 WLWV Board Room: so the total and the salary and the payroll of the benefits actual shape with perils is between 80 to 80% of the total in general on one budget, and after that will be purchased, and services 575 01:42:45.100 --> 01:42:46.880 WLWV Board Room: and other support. 576 01:42:47.000 --> 01:42:56.590 WLWV Board Room: On the right hand side you will see the butcher allocated out by the function. So we have instruction on function 577 01:42:56.800 --> 01:42:59.010 WLWV Board Room: support service at function 578 01:43:00.170 --> 01:43:16.600 WLWV Board Room: in here. This is, according to Oregon Department of Education. They you enterprise, but enterprise it for nutrition services. So nutrition services and community services, and then transfer and contingency. So what way? 579 01:43:16.600 --> 01:43:27.280 WLWV Board Room: The total but just is 156.2 million. But you can see and understand in how we allocate it out under the expenditure. 580 01:43:28.620 --> 01:43:47.140 WLWV Board Room: The last question we have is, They're all the fun in the school district for chat, and yes, we do. Beside General Fund. We have special revenue. We have debt services that we allocate a money to pay back the Giovann and the Ul. 581 01:43:47.140 --> 01:43:52.910 WLWV Board Room: The Pension bond. Beside that services we have capital contraction 582 01:43:52.930 --> 01:43:59.990 WLWV Board Room: and just an agency. So just an agency. We used to have fund 700 583 01:44:00.540 --> 01:44:23.680 WLWV Board Room: in 2,02222 and 23. But in this proposed budget you don't see it anymore, and I have the note here, because space on our audit, their advisor, they recommend they function, ship it, and that's special revenue. So when you review the butchet book, and upon 200. You will see this just an agency fund. 584 01:44:25.050 --> 01:44:32.230 WLWV Board Room: So that is very much the of our own after budget document office for year 2324. 585 01:44:42.550 --> 01:44:59.500 WLWV Board Room: So. So I yeah, we are hoping that because our Budget Committee will get to get the on May 17. That's a where the Budget Committee will approve the budget. So we are hoping that by May 12 586 01:44:59.550 --> 01:45:10.680 WLWV Board Room: fire cloud by May 12 you will send all the question that you have either to me or to Dr. Ludwig, and we will try our best to respond back 587 01:45:10.850 --> 01:45:29.890 WLWV Board Room: What? The answer to all of the community members. So all you will and will understand and receive the same information from us. So you have some homework between now and May seventeenth. You get to digest this document, go through each of those funds 588 01:45:31.470 --> 01:45:36.430 WLWV Board Room: generate any questions you have for us, make notes and bring them to the work session. 589 01:45:36.570 --> 01:45:52.730 WLWV Board Room: One of the reasons that we mentioned that May 12 is Sometimes you'll have questions that you wonder if others have the same questions. Maybe we can answer them before the work session. So if you have any of those kinds of questions. Just send them our way. We'll quickly answer them. Send them back to the whole group 590 01:45:52.890 --> 01:46:03.650 WLWV Board Room: that way. You're getting some responses to your questions while you're working through the document, you don't have to save all of your questions from May seventeenth. But if you prefer to, that's fine as well. 591 01:46:03.710 --> 01:46:15.160 WLWV Board Room: and that work session. We'll just all work through the document, and you'll ask any questions about the budget that you have. and staff will do our best to address them. 592 01:46:15.310 --> 01:46:27.980 WLWV Board Room: If you want to give us a heads up about questions you might ask. Those can also come our way. and then that way we're as prepared as possible for the for that work session. If there's anything confusing in the document 593 01:46:27.990 --> 01:46:34.460 WLWV Board Room: around, just understanding it, navigating it, Don't hesitate to call Doctor Hughes or myself. 594 01:46:34.570 --> 01:46:42.210 WLWV Board Room: and we'll just open up the book alongside You'd even come here in person. and we can go through any component of this with you along the way. 595 01:46:43.140 --> 01:46:46.390 WLWV Board Room: I mean, we can zoom to or we can zoom 596 01:46:52.830 --> 01:46:55.060 WLWV Board Room: anybody have any questions? 597 01:46:59.900 --> 01:47:14.310 WLWV Board Room: I think the only I don't have a question. Thank you for this this is so well organized. The only thing i'll say is, maybe you already said this, but on page 23 is where we have the dates, so in case people don't retain that information, you can look here 598 01:47:14.930 --> 01:47:17.360 WLWV Board Room: for the scheduled dates. 599 01:47:19.180 --> 01:47:20.940 WLWV Board Room: Yeah, that's it. 600 01:47:21.050 --> 01:47:33.860 WLWV Board Room: That's it. A. But that calendar is, say, may 17 is the Budget Committee will approve the budget, and then, if nicked it, then we will meet again on May 20 s. 601 01:47:33.980 --> 01:47:38.820 WLWV Board Room: and then on June the first week of tune the board will adopt a butcher. 602 01:47:40.590 --> 01:47:52.320 WLWV Board Room: so in your calendars you'll want to reserve the seventeenth for sure, and if we don't get completed that evening, if you can hold the 20 s also in your calendars, if we need to carry over any time for that. 603 01:47:52.700 --> 01:47:56.000 WLWV Board Room: then otherwise the board meeting on the fifth 604 01:47:57.310 --> 01:48:06.240 WLWV Board Room: and 5 Pm. Start. Correct. Did you say that while I was writing 5 Pm. Start for the meeting on the 605 01:48:06.730 --> 01:48:13.480 WLWV Board Room: and just to reiterate, and what you said was to email you the questions by May 12 606 01:48:13.550 --> 01:48:33.740 WLWV Board Room: correct, and I I will follow up with an email reminder. and those sometimes just a heads up to folks sometimes those. If we email you a question, it's so that you can be prepared. And we need to just be mindful that sometimes those questions that we post then get emailed out to the whole Budget Committee, because you're trying to inform everybody of, you know. 607 01:48:33.740 --> 01:48:47.810 WLWV Board Room: if one person has one question. 608 01:48:47.850 --> 01:48:54.540 WLWV Board Room: colleagues, and seeing our response back, because it might be the same question you have, and then you can kind of cross it off your list. 609 01:48:54.590 --> 01:49:06.260 WLWV Board Room: That kind of gets us down to the seventeenth. With what are those remaining questions? But don't feel pressured? You can always bring all of your questions to the seventeenth meeting the work session. 610 01:49:06.460 --> 01:49:17.500 WLWV Board Room: We'll only be able to email back questions that come before the twelfth. because the following Monday and Tuesday we're getting ready for the work session. So we just won't be able to respond. 611 01:49:21.540 --> 01:49:22.260 WLWV Board Room: That's it. 612 01:49:23.100 --> 01:49:29.310 WLWV Board Room: Okay, I guess i'd like to call the meeting in done and call for recess, I guess. 613 01:49:32.380 --> 01:49:35.560 WLWV Board Room: Thank you. Everyone. Thank you very much. 614 01:49:37.910 --> 01:49:38.780 WLWV Board Room: Yes. 615 01:50:43.580 --> 01:50:49.200 WLWV Board Room: all right. I am going to reopen the regular meeting. 616 01:50:50.790 --> 01:50:59.770 WLWV Board Room: and we'll move on to the next agenda item, which is the new rates for the construction excise tax 617 01:50:59.820 --> 01:51:03.800 WLWV Board Room: for fiscal year, 2,023, 2,024. Is that 618 01:51:04.540 --> 01:51:20.000 WLWV Board Room: remote coming up or to you. Okay, Great? Yeah, I think construction and I think remote. But this is money. Yes, yes. When it relate to to money, it's go on that business office 619 01:51:20.160 --> 01:51:35.420 WLWV Board Room: so last, which, when I submit the resolution to euro 2 to das one for recommend a board, approve the new construction aside tax established by the Oregon Department of Revenue. 620 01:51:35.730 --> 01:51:46.910 WLWV Board Room: Right after that address solution got posted to the website. I recognize that we don't need that rep resolution, and the Board doesn't need to work on us. 621 01:51:46.950 --> 01:52:04.580 WLWV Board Room: as you might recall on May of 2,007. The State of Oregon allows school district to impose a conduction as side tax on project that resource in a new doctor or additional square footage on an assistant structure 622 01:52:04.900 --> 01:52:07.530 WLWV Board Room: and a poor adapt resolution. 623 01:52:07.710 --> 01:52:13.810 WLWV Board Room: 2 0 0 8 by on December 10 of 2,007. 624 01:52:14.490 --> 01:52:28.530 WLWV Board Room: This resolution enacted a construction as side tax set the right and limit and authorize the creation of intergovernmental agreement to impose and collect the tax. 625 01:52:29.320 --> 01:52:36.400 The intergovernmental agreement was authorized with the 5 applicable to Jurisdiction 626 01:52:36.510 --> 01:52:38.520 WLWV Board Room: City, up to 627 01:52:38.530 --> 01:52:45.070 WLWV Board Room: city of Westland City, of Wilsonville, Glacoma County, and Washington County. 628 01:52:45.440 --> 01:52:49.230 WLWV Board Room: so staff in July, 4 of 2,023. 629 01:52:49.330 --> 01:52:59.730 WLWV Board Room: The district plan to implement the new cet that's great as supplies by the Oregon Department of revenue as the following. 630 01:53:01.730 --> 01:53:12.530 WLWV Board Room: Another one is from the Oregon Department of revenue. What a rate! So this it a rate that come to us from the Department of Revenue. 631 01:53:12.920 --> 01:53:14.210 WLWV Board Room: and 632 01:53:14.220 --> 01:53:23.970 WLWV Board Room: they set the rate it's year, and for fiscal year 2,224. The residential is will be at $1 and 56 cent. 633 01:53:24.080 --> 01:53:34.780 WLWV Board Room: No residential will be po 78 cent and non-residential maximum dollar per square foot will be 39,100 634 01:53:35.260 --> 01:53:43.680 WLWV Board Room: the last time that the district how the tax price on this is in 2021. 635 01:53:43.700 --> 01:53:45.570 WLWV Board Room: So it's been like 636 01:53:45.630 --> 01:53:50.270 WLWV Board Room: throughout the covid year. We did not do any 637 01:53:50.490 --> 01:54:01.890 WLWV Board Room: upgrade on the construction aside that right so now we just would like to catch up with the current right that recommend to us from the Department of Revenue. 638 01:54:02.150 --> 01:54:10.680 WLWV Board Room: So this item is sharing for your understand, for your information and for the public information, no action with it. 639 01:54:16.580 --> 01:54:30.940 WLWV Board Room: So if you, if you don't have any question. Then I can move on to the net item. It looks like I sure Thompson has a question. I was just wondering if you can share with our community just specifics about how we as a district to use this tax 640 01:54:35.030 --> 01:54:36.870 WLWV Board Room: bye. Yeah. 641 01:54:37.660 --> 01:54:42.960 WLWV Board Room: yes. So that Literate. When we have that money, it will have 642 01:54:43.130 --> 01:54:59.570 WLWV Board Room: cover the cost of school facility, conjunction, reconstruction, improvement, or installation of the equipment furnishing, or or the intentible property Nick, that for the school operation. 643 01:55:01.690 --> 01:55:16.970 WLWV Board Room: And is there anything specific like in this last year? They may. So this this last year? It's not over yet, and you've got some business tonight we look to spend about $500,000 from the Cet Construction Excise tax account. 644 01:55:16.970 --> 01:55:26.470 Some of that spending has already happened for the rebuild of the elevator at Westland High School. We needed to repair and rebuild that some playground fencing. 645 01:55:26.530 --> 01:55:44.880 WLWV Board Room: and then athletic shot clocks at Westlin and Wilsonville High School, and then tonight you'll be discussing the remodel for the adult transition space, and we can use cet funds for that. So altogether, that would be about 500,000 from that account, which is a a good use of that money. 646 01:55:44.880 --> 01:55:54.230 WLWV Board Room: Great. Thank you. I just think it's nice for yeah, our community to hear where exactly. The text is, we were hoping you were going to ask that question. Otherwise we were going to offer that information. 647 01:55:58.630 --> 01:56:14.310 WLWV Board Room: So if we can move, move on. So each year, prior to 2 and 30 as the Board adopt a butcher, and then. 648 01:56:15.290 --> 01:56:19.280 WLWV Board Room: in order for the district to spend a money in the new fiscal year. 649 01:56:19.470 --> 01:56:37.580 WLWV Board Room: they adopted what just so like a financial plan, and also serve at a to to assist the district to predict where the spending we expect it to happen, and sometime the actual spending changing throughout the year, and that require 650 01:56:37.580 --> 01:56:46.570 WLWV Board Room: for the business manager to come to the Board to request for turn for appropriation. So for the function 651 01:56:46.840 --> 01:57:04.260 WLWV Board Room: under the Ode Guidance, we have the district classify into 7 area. We have 1,000 with a 1,000 function for interaction, 2,000 for support services, 3,000 for 652 01:57:04.260 --> 01:57:20.390 WLWV Board Room: community services, enterprise, or nutrient services for 1,000 function, a facility construction, 5,000 function. If for in the agency phone transaction and 6,000 from from it a contingency. 653 01:57:20.400 --> 01:57:24.750 WLWV Board Room: So under this resolution here 654 01:57:25.340 --> 01:57:28.900 WLWV Board Room: you can see that the 655 01:57:29.090 --> 01:57:32.210 WLWV Board Room: the total revenue 656 01:57:32.340 --> 01:57:39.720 WLWV Board Room: that out on Budget for general fund is 132 million and that they adopted Perchat. 657 01:57:39.760 --> 01:57:53.480 WLWV Board Room: and then, on the right hand column the final, we see the year and projected that the business office house is also, say within the adoptive butcher with the 133 million 658 01:57:53.960 --> 01:58:07.940 WLWV Board Room: the lie. Item under 1,000 function interaction and 2,000 support services. The 2,000 function support surfaces. They adopted Butch at a 44 million 659 01:58:08.030 --> 01:58:18.900 WLWV Board Room: but for the Gn. Project it with, I think we will need 45.8 million with a 1.8 million more than the adopted butcher 660 01:58:18.960 --> 01:58:22.020 WLWV Board Room: and under the fight house and function. 661 01:58:22.440 --> 01:58:37.750 WLWV Board Room: and we budgeted 100, 185, but we need 335. So from the 2,000 function and the 5,000 function we need the additional of 1.9 million, and that 662 01:58:37.760 --> 01:58:57.360 WLWV Board Room: because we understand in in the 1,000 functions. So i'm asking the board to allow us to move 1.9 million from 1,000 function to 2,000 phone and 5,000 function to ensure that we are in the comply and with the local butchat. 663 01:58:57.420 --> 01:59:03.310 WLWV Board Room: The last item is the capital project, 1 400, 664 01:59:03.710 --> 01:59:07.660 WLWV Board Room: The total and butcher for the fun. 400 is 100. 665 01:59:09.430 --> 01:59:10.030 WLWV Board Room: Okay 666 01:59:10.460 --> 01:59:16.220 WLWV Board Room: of 100, a capital, not the capital project one per 100. 667 01:59:16.250 --> 01:59:28.940 WLWV Board Room: The total adopted budget, a 147.2 million, and we say within that adopted budget. However, the 4,000 function. 668 01:59:29.250 --> 01:59:37.860 WLWV Board Room: The 5,000 function is Nick, that the additional not 200,000, because in this one. 669 01:59:37.900 --> 01:59:40.530 WLWV Board Room: when we put the butcher together. 670 01:59:40.720 --> 02:00:00.440 WLWV Board Room: we wasn't aware of siri 2,022. So when Sierra 2,022 happen there is a additional cost to pay to order 90 legal council the Financial Advisor Piper Center, and so on. So therefore we need additional 200,000 in here. 671 02:00:00.440 --> 02:00:02.620 WLWV Board Room: and that money 672 02:00:02.650 --> 02:00:16.740 WLWV Board Room: available under 4,000 function. So in here i'm asking the Board to authorize us to train for $200,000 from 4,000 function to the 5,000 function. 673 02:00:23.140 --> 02:00:36.610 WLWV Board Room: Alright, Very good. That do you want to get a motion on the table first. I move we approve resolution 2,022 dash 17 resolution, transferring appropriations for fiscal year, 2,022, 2,023. Alright, Thank you, Director Wyatt. 674 02:00:36.680 --> 02:00:41.500 WLWV Board Room: No second All right. Thank you, Director Taylor, and is there 675 02:00:42.130 --> 02:00:44.180 WLWV Board Room: conversation or questions 676 02:00:47.920 --> 02:00:49.310 WLWV Board Room: All right. I'm 677 02:00:49.350 --> 02:00:55.400 WLWV Board Room: hearing none. I don't think. How are you, Director sloop? Are you good to call the vote, or do you have anything 678 02:00:55.530 --> 02:00:58.750 WLWV Board Room: okay great? You can call about. Please get to slip. 679 02:00:58.880 --> 02:01:06.990 WLWV Board Room: Hi, Director Taylor. 680 02:01:07.440 --> 02:01:10.050 WLWV Board Room: Very good. Thank you. 681 02:01:13.210 --> 02:01:29.820 WLWV Board Room: all right. So now we're done with the business office, and we can move on to the Department of Operations, and Mr. Mcguff's coming up to tell us about the proposed resolution for the adult transitions program construction contract 682 02:01:29.890 --> 02:01:38.220 WLWV Board Room: excited to bring those forward. This is the final bit of work for the construction of the adult transition program that 683 02:01:38.290 --> 02:01:45.000 WLWV Board Room: I know that you've all been tuned into. I'd like to introduce remote Douglas. He has all the 684 02:01:45.020 --> 02:01:49.500 WLWV Board Room: details on this, but I'm. Available for questions as well. So 685 02:01:52.090 --> 02:01:53.240 WLWV Board Room: good evening Board 686 02:01:53.610 --> 02:02:06.730 WLWV Board Room: here to talk about the adult transition contract this evening. The packet had the usual memorandum and background around the project to believe you're familiar with the program overall. 687 02:02:06.890 --> 02:02:20.000 WLWV Board Room: There was some commentary brought in over email. So i'm happy to address any questions the Board may have around the Resolution, the project itself, for any of that feedback that you might have. 688 02:02:27.620 --> 02:02:33.790 WLWV Board Room: I'm not seeing anybody. My only feedback is I'm. I think this is great. I'm excited for 689 02:02:33.810 --> 02:02:40.130 WLWV Board Room: the location, and this opportunity for our this program to be 690 02:02:40.690 --> 02:02:43.890 WLWV Board Room: in the community, and more in the hub of the community. So 691 02:02:44.200 --> 02:03:01.880 WLWV Board Room: so I did want to speak to the budget and to the amount on the bid award. The total project is $375,000. That's what's been allocated. That includes design construction furnishings and moving. 692 02:03:01.930 --> 02:03:04.040 WLWV Board Room: So if there is some 693 02:03:04.080 --> 02:03:11.840 WLWV Board Room: question about what the 3, 75 number means, and the the bid award amount of 2, 60. That is the breakdown 694 02:03:12.970 --> 02:03:21.020 WLWV Board Room: now, and I could go in at length about when an estimate happens during construction, that of informs a budget 695 02:03:21.200 --> 02:03:39.250 WLWV Board Room: versus by the time we're getting ready for bid, and what we tell bidders based on final tuning and all those sorts of things. This is all very standard construction management process. But if the Board needs any further information for confidence in those numbers. I I can go on it some length if you would like. 696 02:03:41.810 --> 02:03:51.430 WLWV Board Room: It would be a fair analogy to say that it would be like if you were building a house, and so you had a budget to build the actual house. But then 697 02:03:51.670 --> 02:04:07.510 WLWV Board Room: you know that there isn't it going to be an additional cost to go along with moving into the new house, furnishing that house, putting the finishes on, and then making it home. Would that be an like a a comparison that you might use between those 2 numbers. That is a most appropriate 698 02:04:07.590 --> 02:04:26.810 WLWV Board Room: comparison. And also we endeavor whenever we're using construction excise tax funds, because that's a limited fund. We endeavor to present very clearly to the Administration and the Board what the top end of that spending could be, because there are competing interests. Perhaps 699 02:04:26.810 --> 02:04:44.590 WLWV Board Room: hypothetically, the elevator at Westland High School might need replacement, and so, as Dr. Ludwig and Dr. Hughes are contemplating where all they might use those funds which are limited. We try to provide a clear top end, figure, so that 375 700 02:04:44.600 --> 02:04:53.140 WLWV Board Room: I don't expect we'll spend quite all of that, but we want to present them a clear picture, so that they don't over allocate those resources. 701 02:04:53.190 --> 02:05:05.280 WLWV Board Room: and then put us in a bind later, so I Don't expect we'll spend that. but that's the purpose of that dollar value. But using that same analogy, you also have an architect that design dials for you. 702 02:05:05.760 --> 02:05:12.440 WLWV Board Room: So this does include professional services for architectural and engineering 703 02:05:12.680 --> 02:05:16.000 WLWV Board Room: code, review and compliance, and 704 02:05:16.250 --> 02:05:20.420 WLWV Board Room: the whole package, in order to build the structure. 705 02:05:24.660 --> 02:05:30.420 WLWV Board Room: I move to approved resolution 2,022 to 18 as presented. I Second. 706 02:05:30.450 --> 02:05:41.050 WLWV Board Room: All right, Thank you like the motion the second i'm having a sense. We don't have further discussion. So I i'm excited about the space it's called about: yeah. 707 02:05:44.180 --> 02:05:45.300 WLWV Board Room: Check your slip. 708 02:05:45.390 --> 02:05:54.860 WLWV Board Room: I Director Taylor. Aye checking. Aye, bye, chair. Thompson. Hi, Director Wyatt Thank you awesome. Thank you. 709 02:06:01.190 --> 02:06:05.190 WLWV Board Room: That concludes all of our items for the 710 02:06:06.730 --> 02:06:09.710 WLWV Board Room: agenda this evening. This is 711 02:06:10.340 --> 02:06:17.360 WLWV Board Room: 8 years, and might be the only time to finish an agenda half an hour 712 02:06:17.590 --> 02:06:26.690 WLWV Board Room: earlier. and what it says. So that's great. And now we will turn to the 713 02:06:27.710 --> 02:06:29.650 WLWV Board Room: public comment portion 714 02:06:30.110 --> 02:06:35.350 WLWV Board Room: for items that are not directly related to the agenda. 715 02:06:35.840 --> 02:06:37.350 WLWV Board Room: and 716 02:06:38.460 --> 02:06:39.580 WLWV Board Room: I think 717 02:06:41.390 --> 02:06:54.210 WLWV Board Room: folks at least look like all familiar names, so I think everybody who signed up has done this before. But let me. Just run through quickly our 718 02:06:54.450 --> 02:07:07.550 WLWV Board Room: guidelines for maintaining decorum and for following policies. We're always thankful when members of the public come, speak, and you are very welcome here, and 719 02:07:07.550 --> 02:07:20.320 I will call you up one at a time, and we invite you to come up and please date your name, and we've gotten away from the address. But if you can just let us know if you live in the district or not. 720 02:07:21.180 --> 02:07:33.410 WLWV Board Room: that's helpful to us, and then this is a time for us to to listen and to collect information from you. And so it's not a time for us to engage in dialogue, but just to listen. So you'll see us listening. 721 02:07:33.410 --> 02:07:46.030 WLWV Board Room: maybe taking notes. If you have a a specific ask where you're asking for a specific type of information. Then just make sure that that's really clear, and give us your contact information, so someone can follow up with you. 722 02:07:46.080 --> 02:08:00.210 We have a separate process for complaints about an individual. So If you have a complaint about any individual, then we will point you toward the complaint process which is on the district website. And so we ask that you not do that at the podium. 723 02:08:00.330 --> 02:08:05.910 WLWV Board Room: and you get 3 min. Please keep your comments to 3 min. 724 02:08:06.940 --> 02:08:20.780 WLWV Board Room: I don't think we're going to need to go over 45 min, because we have 5 folks signed up. and if you need more than 3 min, if you email us, we read it and so you can supply additional information that way. 725 02:08:21.410 --> 02:08:37.700 WLWV Board Room: And yeah, and then I think also, this is a lower intensity meeting that we've had in the past. I don't think this will be an issue, but it we do invite you to make sure that you're speaking to us rather than turning around and speaking out toward anybody that's not the board. So Director comments here. 726 02:08:37.760 --> 02:08:42.900 WLWV Board Room: and that's it. And with that I will welcome up kristen Gavin. 727 02:08:51.300 --> 02:08:52.210 WLWV Board Room: Hi! 728 02:08:52.400 --> 02:08:57.350 WLWV Board Room: You haven't heard from me before I'm new actually is my first time. 729 02:08:57.660 --> 02:09:10.810 I do live in the district. So over a decade ago, we moved to Westland because of the school districts, we already knew that our oldest was going to require additional time and treatment in the classroom. 730 02:09:10.810 --> 02:09:24.900 and was likely going to get overlooked. In Portland and Westland was ranked one of the highest in the state at the time, so we packed up our young family. We moved into an apartment, risking everything, for we thought was going to be the best education in the State for our children, 250. 731 02:09:25.030 --> 02:09:40.740 WLWV Board Room: I want to quickly introduce you to our kids. Our oldest is a junior at Westland High School. He does not have dyslexia, which I know you've heard a lot about. He does, however, have adhd a traumatic brain injury, convergence, communication, disorder, anxiety. 732 02:09:40.750 --> 02:09:54.940 and many more that I don't want to list to you, but you wouldn't know it by looking at him. He's smart, he's funny. He's kind. He holds a part time job. He has a great group of friends, and without his iep and the learning specialists at the High School. 733 02:09:55.060 --> 02:10:09.580 WLWV Board Room: who I can't praise enough. He would never have made it this far. I want to be really clear. He's nowhere near a high school, reading and writing level. I whether or not that's due to his medical state or the reading standards in the district. I don't know 734 02:10:09.920 --> 02:10:30.690 WLWV Board Room: Our second child is in the fifth grade, and we love to staff at Lam it. He has been in outside speech services since he was 3, and he's also on, an iep fun. Fact. If you fall below 7 you get speech services in school, but you don't if you fall above it. So we have been paying for separate speech services since he was 3 years old. 735 02:10:30.870 --> 02:10:45.550 WLWV Board Room: Our family goal was in second grade to be able to read his letters outside on display when we would go to conferences at the school, and his confidence level was affected so badly that at the beginning of school this year he talked about hurting himself. 736 02:10:46.180 --> 02:11:02.980 My third child is a seventh grader at Rosemont Ridge, and we joke that she is the future Mayor of Westland. She's precocious. She's a cheerleader. She's on an CEO and she's an advocate to all. She also, Hasn't met an animal, yet that we haven't had to deter her from adopting 737 02:11:03.000 --> 02:11:14.640 over quarantine. We fostered a mom and 8 puppies, and you thought your Covid experience was bad. She struggles the most right now with with literacy and comprehension. 738 02:11:14.660 --> 02:11:31.110 WLWV Board Room: She was taught to read in kindergarten by memory, words, pictures, and whatever fits best. That's how all the kids were taught. Reading in our house is based on the teachings in the district, and it looks like this. Memorize as many words as you can. The words become like pictures. 739 02:11:31.140 --> 02:11:48.570 WLWV Board Room: Guess the words based on the context. If you come across the word that you don't have in your visual memory Bank. Look at the first letter in the word, and then come up with a word based on the clues that make the sense. Words then become like a 20 question game. What word could this be? If all else fails? Skip the words that you don't know 740 02:11:49.440 --> 02:11:55.680 WLWV Board Room: most of the time reading becomes exhausting and taxing mentally and physically. 741 02:11:57.990 --> 02:12:02.300 WLWV Board Room: Thank you. Thank you and Julie Fraser. 742 02:12:06.730 --> 02:12:20.330 WLWV Board Room: Hi, I'm! Julie Craig, I work. I live in the district I live in the district. I'm just gonna take off, for she She left off. They were not excited to learn. In fact, they dreaded it. Reading and homework became battle. 743 02:12:20.440 --> 02:12:23.460 WLWV Board Room: My children would rather clean their rooms and read. 744 02:12:23.540 --> 02:12:33.350 WLWV Board Room: This is when I knew we had a problem growing up. I was a voracious reader. My mother had a rule when a movie came out. If it was a book we had to read it first. 745 02:12:33.400 --> 02:12:41.210 WLWV Board Room: Yes, I read flowers in the attic. I even read the shining. She was a firm believer that you needed to have both sides to compare the story. 746 02:12:41.460 --> 02:12:45.170 WLWV Board Room: It was the best way to start a conversation, and I loved it. 747 02:12:45.430 --> 02:12:53.350 WLWV Board Room: It was a challenge, the good kind of challenge. The only challenge we have now is getting started, and I hate it. It breaks my heart. 748 02:12:53.930 --> 02:13:01.040 WLWV Board Room: but I am one of the lucky ones. We are fortunate that our oldest gets audiobooks as an accommodation of for his iep 749 02:13:01.120 --> 02:13:02.040 WLWV Board Room: for now. 750 02:13:02.070 --> 02:13:14.020 WLWV Board Room: and we are so fortunate that our youngest gets an assisted 240 h a week for one on one instruction, with reading and writing. Unfortunately, our daughter, like many others, is a Si statistic 751 02:13:14.490 --> 02:13:28.300 WLWV Board Room: and otherwise excellent student. This year, in seventh grade for language arts, she recorded a not yet, an nym in quarter one and and G in quarter 2 and another Nym and Q 3, 752 02:13:28.780 --> 02:13:43.570 WLWV Board Room: and right now has it an a. For Q. 4. Nobody but us seems concerned for this, not the teacher, principal counselor we have push for testing. Meanwhile she continues to decline struggle and fall behind. 753 02:13:43.790 --> 02:13:54.850 WLWV Board Room: According to the Department of Education. Students who are not reading by the end of grade of third grade are 4 times more likely to drop out or not graduate on time. 754 02:13:55.890 --> 02:13:58.630 WLWV Board Room: According to the Department of Education. 755 02:13:58.800 --> 02:14:07.410 WLWV Board Room: students who are not reading by the end of the third grade are 4 times more likely to drop out or not graduate on time. 756 02:14:07.950 --> 02:14:19.810 WLWV Board Room: I am asking for my children and for the future children of West Lynn to please implement a structured literacy program that is backed by science, so that we can once again be the highest-ranked district 757 02:14:19.890 --> 02:14:22.450 WLWV Board Room: in the State, a district to be proud of 758 02:14:23.190 --> 02:14:28.130 WLWV Board Room: and the words of my daughter's hero, Lizzo. The truth hurts, and it's about damn time. 759 02:14:33.410 --> 02:14:36.070 WLWV Board Room: All right. So Imon Dong. 760 02:14:54.210 --> 02:15:08.210 WLWV Board Room: Hi. My name is Imon, and I am a teacher and a member of the Westland parents for literacy equity. I also live in Westland, and I have incoming kinder. I want to thank the the some of you who came to the right to read documentary. 761 02:15:08.600 --> 02:15:13.380 WLWV Board Room: and we remain hopeful that this documentary can serve as a catalyst for change 762 02:15:13.540 --> 02:15:22.210 WLWV Board Room: and for the administration at Westlin, Wilsonville, to truly support the teachers to train them. How to teach students to read effectively. 763 02:15:22.410 --> 02:15:35.130 WLWV Board Room: While we understand that the district has declined to use Lucy Cawkins, we would like to emphasize that the fantasy and panel phonics, spelling and board study, as well as the use of the Li, are not adequate alternatives. Either 764 02:15:35.220 --> 02:15:40.600 WLWV Board Room: we are hopeful that these materials will not be included in the adoption renewal 765 02:15:40.980 --> 02:15:53.200 WLWV Board Room: as supplemental resources. They do not align with structured literacy or best practices for teaching students to read as a bridge to the adoption in 2,024. We hope that we are able to replicate 766 02:15:53.220 --> 02:16:01.960 WLWV Board Room: the be rich, and school district's Implementation of the You fly reading curriculum which is structured which is based on structured literacy program. 767 02:16:02.150 --> 02:16:12.770 WLWV Board Room: The new superintendent and Beaverton organized coffee chats with the dyslexia parents community in the fall, allowing them to voice their concerns and experiences directly. 768 02:16:12.860 --> 02:16:22.900 WLWV Board Room: As a result, the district trained its staff on the you fly on the you fly curriculum this month, and ordered you fly manuals for all K. 5 schools. 769 02:16:23.830 --> 02:16:30.500 WLWV Board Room: I can't help but think how our communication and understanding of each other seems to be muddy. How can we fix this 770 02:16:30.590 --> 02:16:33.270 WLWV Board Room: and come together and work collaboratively? 771 02:16:33.590 --> 02:16:40.889 WLWV Board Room: I know that the ball is already rolling with word study for next year, but it doesn't have to continue 772 02:16:41.010 --> 02:16:51.920 WLWV Board Room: to my understanding. No curriculum has been approved by the board. We urge that we urge you to consider the potential benefits of using a structured literacy curriculum like you, fly 773 02:16:54.639 --> 02:17:03.430 WLWV Board Room: especially for teachers in the K 2, and as an intervention and use a special education. Here are some reasons why we believe you fly would be a great option 774 02:17:03.570 --> 02:17:22.040 WLWV Board Room: mit 775 02:17:22.190 --> 02:17:33.660 WLWV Board Room: The materials are engaging their activities, games, home connections, decodable texts. activities, and a comprehension. Exercises lessons are direct, intensive, and short. 776 02:17:33.990 --> 02:17:53.309 WLWV Board Room: It's easy to slow down for students who need more practice implementing. You fly with a training from Imse can be a game changer beginning this next school year. We are really concerned that the Imfc. With board, study and Li might leave teachers frustrated, since they won't be able to fully practice what they have just learned from Imsc. 777 02:17:53.510 --> 02:17:58.420 WLWV Board Room: I've handed you some information. I urge you to look it over. 778 02:17:58.520 --> 02:18:06.719 WLWV Board Room: and we would really like to meet with the superintendent, and this is the superintendents, and any of you for to talk in person as a group. 779 02:18:06.900 --> 02:18:07.850 WLWV Board Room: Thank you. 780 02:18:12.600 --> 02:18:17.139 WLWV Board Room: Maggie. Sure, Sure, Trevaro 781 02:18:19.250 --> 02:18:20.280 WLWV Board Room: Traversal. 782 02:18:21.370 --> 02:18:22.139 WLWV Board Room: Yeah. 783 02:18:25.500 --> 02:18:26.490 WLWV Board Room: good evening. 784 02:18:28.209 --> 02:18:32.540 WLWV Board Room: My name is Maggie Trevor. So i'm a resident. My daughter is in first grade. 785 02:18:32.580 --> 02:18:50.150 WLWV Board Room: and I just wanted to first start off by saying, thank you to Dr. Lugwig, Dr. Soyson, Dr. Prior, and Director Sloop for attending the right to read a film screening last Tuesday we had a great turnout, and we hope that the event will, you know, lead to 786 02:18:50.150 --> 02:19:06.200 WLWV Board Room: continue discussion and understanding of our asks. And as i'm on just discussed the use of font to sympathize. Phonics, spelling, and word study as a phonics supplement, and the ongoing teacher training with these materials is troubling. 787 02:19:07.590 --> 02:19:21.330 WLWV Board Room: I, you know, if if you're like, me. And if you've been following the science of reading movement in the news, you'll understand the the troubling nature of of continuing to put money and training behind 788 02:19:21.350 --> 02:19:24.209 WLWV Board Room: curriculum authors and 789 02:19:24.459 --> 02:19:28.379 WLWV Board Room: a a publisher that has profited off of 790 02:19:29.570 --> 02:19:41.940 WLWV Board Room: I reading instruction that has been discredited by science, and that you know they've basically they've profited off of our children for for a generation who have not adequately learned to read. 791 02:19:41.940 --> 02:19:53.940 WLWV Board Room: So what I want to do is read from LED. Reports, a review of the fontos and panel word study that is being currently being used just to 792 02:19:53.950 --> 02:20:06.970 WLWV Board Room: give you their their view of this curriculum. This report is for a supplementary foundational skills program intended to use alongside comprehensive core English language Arts program. 793 02:20:07.200 --> 02:20:18.650 WLWV Board Room: the phonics, spelling and word study lessons, kindergarten and grade one and grade 2 materials reviewed partially meet the criteria for alignment to standards and research-based practices for foundational skills. Instruction. 794 02:20:18.780 --> 02:20:32.060 WLWV Board Room: The instructional materials Use an analytic approach to phonics. Materials you include a limited scope and sequence that delineates the sequence in which phonological awareness and phonic skills are to be taught. 795 02:20:32.110 --> 02:20:42.780 WLWV Board Room: The program does not present a research-based or evidence-based explanation for the teaching of these skills, or for the particular hierarchy in which the skills are presented. 796 02:20:43.200 --> 02:20:48.720 WLWV Board Room: Materials provide limited instruction instructional support for general concepts of print 797 02:20:48.750 --> 02:21:03.380 materials provide explicit instruction in phonological awareness and phonics. Through systemic modeling, however, materials include 26 phonological awareness. Lessons with limited frequent opportunities for students to practice phonological awareness activities. 798 02:21:03.500 --> 02:21:19.880 WLWV Board Room: Materials do not include systematic opportunities for students to review previously learned phonics, skills, materials include limited systematic instruction of high frequency, words, and limited opportunities to practice reading of high frequency, words to develop automatic automaticity. 799 02:21:20.260 --> 02:21:33.910 WLWV Board Room: The teacher reads a loud poetry from Sing a song of poetry, however, materials do not contain resources for frequent explicit systematic instruction and fluency. Elements and students do not read text with a focus on fluent reading. 800 02:21:34.050 --> 02:21:36.650 WLWV Board Room: You can find more on the Internet. Thank you. 801 02:21:39.820 --> 02:21:41.110 WLWV Board Room: John Mccabe. 802 02:21:56.570 --> 02:21:59.550 WLWV Board Room: I guess something that has to be done for people that are tall. 803 02:21:59.670 --> 02:22:08.000 WLWV Board Room: John Mccabe, Westland, Oregon. I had 2 students who graduated from the Westland will still school district. 804 02:22:09.910 --> 02:22:20.810 WLWV Board Room: I guess One of the things I look at when you heard the budget in the public schools. Let's talk about cutting 90 positions. They only had a loss of 47 students for their ATM 805 02:22:21.210 --> 02:22:22.770 WLWV Board Room: we're basically 806 02:22:22.970 --> 02:22:27.250 WLWV Board Room: even with last year. In fact, ours could go up right now. 807 02:22:27.370 --> 02:22:35.660 WLWV Board Room: We're showing Esl being very low in the school district, the Esl turns out to be higher. Next year we will actually get more money. 808 02:22:36.240 --> 02:22:39.200 WLWV Board Room: but you never know until the students are in 809 02:22:39.380 --> 02:22:43.800 WLWV Board Room: where your numbers really are. Because, like this year, we got a little bit more money 810 02:22:43.830 --> 02:22:48.700 WLWV Board Room: because the level of students that were listed as Federal poverty. 811 02:22:49.950 --> 02:22:53.050 WLWV Board Room: It was a significant increase which allowed 812 02:22:53.140 --> 02:22:57.650 WLWV Board Room: some additional funds to the school district. but 813 02:22:58.100 --> 02:23:04.170 WLWV Board Room: it's nothing to share about if we get more yeah sales, students still going to be below what we need. 814 02:23:04.730 --> 02:23:08.550 WLWV Board Room: but what we don't what I don't know public doesn't know. 815 02:23:08.590 --> 02:23:11.080 WLWV Board Room: because the audit still has not been published. 816 02:23:11.200 --> 02:23:15.730 WLWV Board Room: It's Secretary of State's office does not have it. It's not on the website. 817 02:23:16.820 --> 02:23:22.810 WLWV Board Room: and if it's in the books for your the budget will you have more than the public does? 818 02:23:23.260 --> 02:23:27.270 WLWV Board Room: In fact, I don't know how long it's going to be before the budget is 819 02:23:27.570 --> 02:23:30.230 WLWV Board Room: being made available to the public. 820 02:23:31.730 --> 02:23:33.810 WLWV Board Room: and so 821 02:23:34.430 --> 02:23:38.620 WLWV Board Room: it's very difficult to know where certain things are without seeing 822 02:23:38.630 --> 02:23:49.750 WLWV Board Room: the audit from the prior year and going forward. We don't know. But the other part of it is is in the budget thing. That was 823 02:23:49.990 --> 02:24:01.390 WLWV Board Room: the video that was on the Internet. It showed how many students per grade level for the average class. We have a problem with riverside 824 02:24:01.590 --> 02:24:05.060 WLWV Board Room: Riverside will have less than 20 students, true class. 825 02:24:05.450 --> 02:24:10.930 WLWV Board Room: court and device principal. There's less than 100 students that are going to be attending there the next year. 826 02:24:11.500 --> 02:24:20.390 WLWV Board Room: When we look at our students that we really want to get it started well in the primary grades. They'll have larger classes than Riverside. 827 02:24:21.710 --> 02:24:26.560 WLWV Board Room: The Budget Committee doesn't have enough time. School Board doesn't have enough time to discuss this. 828 02:24:27.170 --> 02:24:34.610 WLWV Board Room: and when I was trying, and I knew the figures had to be low. and when I was trying to get the information. as they say, it was like pulling cheese. 829 02:24:34.710 --> 02:24:41.020 WLWV Board Room: It took a long time for me to get any of the numbers that proved what is known now. 830 02:24:42.180 --> 02:24:51.890 WLWV Board Room: and the thing is is on the budget. Do we allow smaller class sizes, riverside and larger class sizes for our primary. 831 02:24:52.730 --> 02:24:56.850 WLWV Board Room: And I hope you guys take more than 2 Nice to discuss this. Thank you 832 02:25:00.410 --> 02:25:07.570 WLWV Board Room: all right. That concludes that portion of public comment, and there's no one and all signed up for the other section, are you? 833 02:25:10.840 --> 02:25:20.590 WLWV Board Room: Oh, you bet! Are you just let me know. Or are you a resident? Okay, yeah, come on up and sign your name here for us. So we have record of it. 834 02:25:24.000 --> 02:25:24.810 WLWV Board Room: Okay. 835 02:25:30.940 --> 02:25:35.100 WLWV Board Room: that's okay. I just can't read it. So if I go back over with you. 836 02:25:36.700 --> 02:25:40.350 WLWV Board Room: Yeah, I we need to be able to read your name. Now, if you could write it just 837 02:25:42.820 --> 02:25:47.610 WLWV Board Room: there we go. I should be able to read that. Thank you. I appreciate that. 838 02:25:48.530 --> 02:25:58.610 WLWV Board Room: Andrew Clark. All right. Very good. Thank you. Okay, Andrew Clark, I have 2 children currently in school here in Westland, both in elementary school at sunset. 839 02:26:00.730 --> 02:26:07.080 WLWV Board Room: Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get signed up. I was sitting at home watching this meeting, and decided I needed to come down to 840 02:26:08.070 --> 02:26:24.620 WLWV Board Room: talk about my children. So there's been a lot of conversation around the curriculum renewal process, literacy, Dyslexia. A lot of these really big scary topics that people maybe don't understand completely. My oldest daughter. She's now 10 841 02:26:24.660 --> 02:26:38.360 WLWV Board Room: at sunset she was recently diagnosed with dyslexia. However, we noticed when she's early that she had issues with speech. So when she's 3 years old, started speech, Therapy continued that into school, continued. 842 02:26:38.480 --> 02:26:41.010 WLWV Board Room: not really realizing that there's something else going on. 843 02:26:43.960 --> 02:26:54.960 WLWV Board Room: Covid was a blessing right. We got to see. Got to see her. We got to see her in school. and that's when the light bulb really kind of went off for us as parents. 844 02:26:55.300 --> 02:26:56.570 WLWV Board Room: she wasn't getting it. 845 02:26:56.810 --> 02:27:05.940 WLWV Board Room: We had a we had a great teacher for both the Covid year at home and the same teacher. For the following year we spent countless hours trying to help her learn how to read. 846 02:27:07.000 --> 02:27:10.770 WLWV Board Room: but she didn't know how she didn't have the tools. 847 02:27:10.780 --> 02:27:14.600 WLWV Board Room: Despite years of being a teacher in the classroom. 848 02:27:15.810 --> 02:27:17.290 WLWV Board Room: Didn't didn't know what to do. 849 02:27:19.710 --> 02:27:24.980 WLWV Board Room: There's nothing more heartbreaking as a teacher when you want to help children, and you're unable to do so 850 02:27:25.280 --> 02:27:28.610 WLWV Board Room: to see the look in her face, realizing that. 851 02:27:29.110 --> 02:27:32.460 WLWV Board Room: and she's not where she needs to be to be successful. 852 02:27:32.810 --> 02:27:38.030 WLWV Board Room: After receiving the dyslexia diagnosis, we were able to get her outside intervention. 853 02:27:38.180 --> 02:27:47.890 WLWV Board Room: You know this is a child who, I would say, has been failed by the school district through various avenues of support. 854 02:27:47.950 --> 02:27:54.570 WLWV Board Room: So we made a decision like we. We will take on debt. We will spend the money to make sure that she has the ability to read. 855 02:27:54.970 --> 02:28:00.630 WLWV Board Room: because it's critical for future success, and i'm willing to sacrifice for my child. 856 02:28:02.940 --> 02:28:08.480 WLWV Board Room: The amount of growth that she has had in the last year has been incredible. 857 02:28:08.710 --> 02:28:14.650 WLWV Board Room: and for anyone who doubts how structured literacy can work for kids really should 858 02:28:15.080 --> 02:28:22.390 WLWV Board Room: see some of these programs in action for kids with dyslexia, and the difference in how it's taught, and what it means to these kids 859 02:28:22.420 --> 02:28:27.040 WLWV Board Room: to have it taught to them the way they need it versus the way we want to give it to them. 860 02:28:27.860 --> 02:28:37.210 WLWV Board Room: It's life changing for these kids, and the easiest way to do this is through curriculum adoption. And so that's where I hope that we are very serious about structured literacy. 861 02:28:37.540 --> 02:28:38.700 WLWV Board Room: and there's also 862 02:28:38.870 --> 02:28:47.770 WLWV Board Room: an additional thing around support, and how we actually are, and providing real support to kids, and not just enough to get them through, not just to get them to graduate. 863 02:28:47.870 --> 02:28:54.040 WLWV Board Room: but to truly give them the ability to read. It's important to these children. So 864 02:28:56.120 --> 02:28:57.460 WLWV Board Room: thank you for listening. 865 02:29:01.240 --> 02:29:05.810 WLWV Board Room: All right. Very good. Glad that you caught. That is, there anybody else 866 02:29:06.010 --> 02:29:11.550 WLWV Board Room: did not get signed up. Okay. Very good. I think that we are through 867 02:29:12.180 --> 02:29:19.150 WLWV Board Room: all the agenda items, and next time we'll see you Board Members will be at that Budget Committee meeting right close meetings closed.