WEBVTT  April 26, 2021

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WLWV School Board: Call role of christy is present, she just stepped out of the room that she will be right back.

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Kelly Douglas: Certainly Chelsea king.

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Chelsea King (she/her): here.

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Kelly Douglas: dylan heights.

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Dylan Hydes: here.

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Kelly Douglas: regen molecular.

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WLWV School Board: there.

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Kelly Douglas: And ginger fetch.

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Kelly Douglas: And christy Thompson is present, thank you.

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WLWV School Board: Thank you.

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WLWV School Board: Sophia good to see you know your your remote.

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WLWV School Board: Thank you everyone for joining us today, and we will just go over our communications and comments from the audience and.

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WLWV School Board: I will share that we for public comment purposes and have to individually wrote to us.

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WLWV School Board: For opening five full days a week in person for our students, some of these individuals did not provide last names, and so I don't have the ability to read those.

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WLWV School Board: But we have curly Rodriguez Electra heather cheryl door heather brandon brandon a Maya bilbo promo Tracy and Dave swartley carrying pains my.

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WLWV School Board: heelys stack MAC or PC ortiz rhonda goes.

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WLWV School Board: rick leavis and Dr megan Larson.

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WLWV School Board: And we received three emails i'm sorry for females.

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WLWV School Board: From between the Members on encouraging our district to me in hybrid one was from my high school students, the other was from David D Jones.

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WLWV School Board: ELENA.

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WLWV School Board: And Layla pepper Jones.

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WLWV School Board: And we did receive one comment in regards to our concerns of racism, anti religious overtones and our formula.

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WLWV School Board: And that was from Bruce will.

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WLWV School Board: I will also note that the board did receive a substantial number of other communications, since our last Monday meeting on the topic of opening five days a week, and or remaining in hybrid and.

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WLWV School Board: Our process is for public comment is if they're not entitled public comment or address to Kelly.

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WLWV School Board: It makes it hard for us sometimes to discern what was intended for public comment versus what is just intended to sharing with the board so.

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WLWV School Board: If you felt like you had submitted something for public comment and it wasn't acknowledged sure it doesn't mean we didn't receive it, or that it red or contemplated.

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WLWV School Board: It just means it doesn't the noted sufficiently that we understood it was for this specific purpose, but please know we have read and reviewed all communications from our Community members so.

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WLWV School Board: All right, and board I just also the other part, is just to confirm that you haven't had the opportunity to review these communications all right to see.

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WLWV School Board: And dylan and Chelsea.

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Chelsea King (she/her): I got my Internet and froze for a second, are you asking if we read and received the public comment.

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WLWV School Board: Yes, that's correct.

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Chelsea King (she/her): Yes, it did.

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WLWV School Board: You as well.

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WLWV School Board: i'm not able to see you.

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Dylan Hydes: Okay, yes, I did you can't see my picture.

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WLWV School Board: Now it rotates based on speaker so when i'm talking in the boardroom.

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WLWV School Board: Oh, I see.

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Dylan Hydes: Yes, I have a chance to read the public comments.

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WLWV School Board: Okay, all right, and then forward to this is where acknowledging that I don't.

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WLWV School Board: An adult I might change within my computer so that maybe I can see Chelsea and done as we're having discussion.

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WLWV School Board: Just that either you may have to interject or I will retain the call on you to see if you have something to say if i'm not able to visually.

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WLWV School Board: see your screen and I don't know I mean people to do it, so we have them frozen or at least put up there because there's tool when they start talking.

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WLWV School Board: All right, we'll figure it out, I just want to be aware little bit of a hurdle or an impediment alright.

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WLWV School Board: So now we'll move on to the topic and it's essentially just some aboard updates on the school board's directive to return students in grades nine through 12 to five days a week beginning me third and, just as we began these discussions, we did.

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WLWV School Board: I just want to remind our board and our puzzle or is our Community just sometimes our discussions and what we can talk about an address.

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WLWV School Board: And we have to work within certain confines whether it's state statute or environment or policy so which is tremendous and has to be thoughtful how we choose to talk and, in particular, and.

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WLWV School Board: The RS 119 point 660 subsection to essentially said that if we are to consider the employment of a public officers employees that number individual agent.

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WLWV School Board: Our to consider the dismissal or disciplining or to hear complaints for charges brought against an employee staff member.

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WLWV School Board: Or we were to review and evaluate an employment related performance of our chief executive officer.

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WLWV School Board: And that we should conduct those sorts of input and feedback and evaluation in an executive session also we've got for closing the average says.

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WLWV School Board: We should present criticism of school operations and personnel to the superintendent and not to staff or in a board meeting.

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WLWV School Board: We have board call CB D D H, which pertains to have a comment, which says, members of the public can offer objective and civil criticism.

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WLWV School Board: of district operations and programs with the Board will not hear complaints concerning individual district personnel and i've already.

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WLWV School Board: holds itself to the same standard at 15 members of our color and then also we've got policy CD g.

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WLWV School Board: which states that the Boards discussion and conferences with an above the superintendent and her comment will be in executive session a superintendent request an open session and that is not so.

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WLWV School Board: Those are just some some parameters, as you have this discussion, just to keep in mind it's certainly not intended to hinder any discussion, but just to keep in mind all right with that.

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WLWV School Board: With you please affected us on.

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WLWV School Board: You incurred in trying to carry out.

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WLWV School Board: Well, I think you've seen the letter that then have to be sent to the.

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WLWV School Board: To.

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WLWV School Board: The Board directed that staff open grades nine well I may 3.

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WLWV School Board: After that motion passed I do stress during the meeting that there'll be a challenge with that or.

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WLWV School Board: express it that time, the fact that just that day or destructive in our county that we move into the yellow tier.

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WLWV School Board: Around health metrics by going over 200 cases per hundred thousand which.

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WLWV School Board: Oregon health authority advises at that time that school districts not expand to another model but clause that.

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WLWV School Board: expressive this timeline would may likely not allowed to face face to go down, and they were on the rise.

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WLWV School Board: The next day one of the first movies, that I made was to contact our association leaders, because to begin working on the directive was such a short timeline with me that.

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WLWV School Board: That week, we would have to put all the plans in place to begin informing.

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WLWV School Board: Our community to get ready for that kind of return.

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WLWV School Board: And that would involve meeting with associations to amanda me would need as much time as possible to do that.

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WLWV School Board: conversation in both association leaders.

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WLWV School Board: It was expressing that neither association at this time.

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WLWV School Board: For the remainder of the year would be interested in reopening.

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WLWV School Board: The mo you so just to review our district has a contract with the license staff and a contract with the classified staff.

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WLWV School Board: It outlines the stereotypical contract language between employers and employees outline working conditions and agreements and when working conditions change.

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WLWV School Board: The contract gets amended is the most districts went through that process it either July August September, how long it took.

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WLWV School Board: For memorandums of understanding or changes to amend their districts current contracts and to.

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WLWV School Board: state what the changes and conditions with BT and the Members to agree on that, so our staff license and classified get approved in August, a menace to their their contracts those we came to us.

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WLWV School Board: So they did the first iteration Ben.

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WLWV School Board: And I gotta say to see DL and the working conditions that staff and our whole set of on site with me.

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WLWV School Board: As we got closer to this pivot towards hybrid we asked them again to come to the table and began negotiating to take a look at the event, we are no you.

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WLWV School Board: In alignment with that we would move into hybrid they want to get an agreeable and we spent a number of working through that process and didn't come to the agreement of terms and then did it once again the mo us so that we could have a change working conditions for hybrid.

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WLWV School Board: And I will say each of those processes.

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WLWV School Board: It was collaborative staff was not dragging their heels, there was a sense of we want to do this safely remembers we want to make sure that conditions are where they need to be an expectation for me in.

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WLWV School Board: The organization that they would have what they needed to do as well, including during the second, and will you just even that that time you transition from CD overhyped So there are a number of factors that went into that.

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WLWV School Board: This would be the third time to come before the staff.

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WLWV School Board: And this time, when I asked there was not an agreement to do that reference to stay in the current contract and in the current mo you and to finish school here in.

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WLWV School Board: And, knowing that I could share with for Chair with an informed.

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WLWV School Board: implications, then, after the Community, because the meeting Monday night because course a public meeting and Community Members already have the expectation that we're going to open on a third.

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WLWV School Board: And I get to inform him that in the meantime we're staying.

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WLWV School Board: Because of this.

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WLWV School Board: So that is.

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WLWV School Board: that's where we are with our associations.

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WLWV School Board: In the meantime, our staff has worked incredibly hard, a lot of meetings and work sessions.

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WLWV School Board: To do exactly what it also mentioned before, that evening class Monday evening, that what are the ways that we can expand learning opportunities for students within our current value within the 16th guidance.

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WLWV School Board: I shared the are concerned about once you get three days the exposure definition kicks in and.

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WLWV School Board: We will have more likely more mandatory quarantines instead of just one day of contact races that exposure and the return to school So how do we stay with the safety guidelines of 16 but increase students, we do need to come on campus more often.

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WLWV School Board: And do that using the similar criteria that's in place for limited in person instruction.

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WLWV School Board: it's not limited person structure just want to clarify that that was a model that was applied to law schools worrying CDF.

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WLWV School Board: One schools moved out of CEO to hybrid limited in person instruction goes away, but that criteria, some of those processes or well vetted they're solid they helped me to slow down and think about why a student may need.

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WLWV School Board: expanded opportunities.

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WLWV School Board: So we met another time we've developed enough folks can't see it, but even just for those in the room that thinking through a process K 12 thinking about.

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WLWV School Board: How principles and teams using data and information in connection with some families.

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WLWV School Board: every request think about being able to serve more students on campus right now, students, they can remain at home if they wish, they can remain an online program if they wish, but if there are those that we feel benefit from coming on site for additional time.

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WLWV School Board: But you're expanding or called recovery options that recovery is a term that's used.

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WLWV School Board: By bye already Department of Education, when you look at students with an IP to maybe.

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WLWV School Board: Some services.

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WLWV School Board: What would that process look like, can we identify the need what's the decision, what are the considerations that we communicate when we start.

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WLWV School Board: Having nature to see the transportation he'll surface make just make those adjustments so we already were moving on that by the next day because it's something we can do without even effectively.

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WLWV School Board: So that's what we've been working on, to date, we had a number of meetings and got the process in place and reviewed our executive team this morning.

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WLWV School Board: And we're working through that we'll talk about what's going on, so and then make the adjustments pending their input on the process and then we'll be ready to take that two principles and implement it in the goal that out so that's the update as a week ago.

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WLWV School Board: Here yeah so in the meantime.

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WLWV School Board: I I think I mentioned to you at least one or some of you just again we always consult with our county health professionals, I did have a communication opportunity with Dr Sarah present.

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WLWV School Board: about our counties case race and her advice I have that if folks want to hear about that, and then we just did get alerted just a few minutes before this meeting again that our case rates have been updated and you're now at 240 4000.

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WLWV School Board: So they are on the continued we all realize.

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WLWV School Board: Thank you, Dr levin and now and just Chelsea delancey not depart my computer up and going so I can visually see you at all times, so it might have something to.

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WLWV School Board: say just raise your hand i'll catch it and get technically and I do know that as a pilot theatre hearing your information is personal statement that was released to our Community just update that.

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WLWV School Board: as quickly as possible when Reformation became available to you, it kind of raises some questions, especially on the board, and so this meeting is kind of the board's opportunity to.

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WLWV School Board: ask their questions and get clarification, so I will do that because we could kind of like we did last board meeting to work well, or even just ask a couple questions and then we'll move on keep rotating through board members.

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WLWV School Board: So does anybody have any questions.

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WLWV School Board: ginger.

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WLWV School Board: I would like to hear what Dr President had to say it or whomever clackamas county health authority and then i'm also interested the other question is about.

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WLWV School Board: What the Union contract say when you.

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WLWV School Board: Ask if they will.

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WLWV School Board: What what is, what are the next steps.

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WLWV School Board: So all the dress the second one first.

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WLWV School Board: Because there is a current contract and Emily that hasn't expired, the ask of whether they asked the district, or whether we asked them to come to the table and take a look at conditions, again, is always at the will of each foreign.

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WLWV School Board: Barring that some some executive order you know doesn't intervene with that if.

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WLWV School Board: It is kind of the world of each party.

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WLWV School Board: So we did the invitation and they've said.

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WLWV School Board: they're not interested in a meditative you know you one more time.

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WLWV School Board: If I could stay with the current one that.

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WLWV School Board: We assign.

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WLWV School Board: If they did come to the table and we talk by contract statute.

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WLWV School Board: It starts with all the 90 days time, so they said well okay we'd be willing to talk here, we have to say that maybe begin this process.

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WLWV School Board: And that process can take anywhere up to 90 days 90 days less than that with parties here to each other and try and reach an agreement for them, but there's no recourse to them, failing to.

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WLWV School Board: respond correct correct.

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WLWV School Board: And that's not just put a contract does not work, but her statutory provisions on collective bargaining correct.

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WLWV School Board: yeah that's that's not just the agreement we came up with that.

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WLWV School Board: Question Okay, the thing I wanted to know.

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WLWV School Board: So I had asked.

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WLWV School Board: As our medical professional for clackamas county What would you advise and recommended school leaders in our county as it pertains to move each employee in person model for the whole school district before high schools, at this time.

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WLWV School Board: just trying to keep it open ended there, and she would have a local public health box, in my opinion is that are rising case counts.

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WLWV School Board: The move into the yellow zone preschools and extremists count levels of county argue strongly for the status quo.

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WLWV School Board: And no further increases in school times, especially in high school where we are seeing spread school related activities, then she included that case graph that they put out every Monday.

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WLWV School Board: mentioned, they will get updated for a while, for the new account comes in.

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WLWV School Board: But the case separately decline, there are real concerns that our current search could be as bad if not worse than the whole search now it's not the time to further loosen restrictions that are up to Oregon among the stage with us deaths.

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WLWV School Board: In order to make you successful please ask your board to support an actively encourage vaccination and all were eligible you couldn't teach her staff and households of students.

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WLWV School Board: We are working with vaccinators on increasing access to advisor vaccine for 1618 year olds and hope that he will be extended.

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WLWV School Board: Christie, and so my question would be when you went to the Indians and they made a comment that they.

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WLWV School Board: did not want to negotiate again did they give what were the reasons that they gave.

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WLWV School Board: At that time.

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WLWV School Board: Moving on.

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WLWV School Board: You guys at that point, because the rates have gone up and we just got that number two tier two back to to your yellow that was one of the concerns why we're seeing rising and Oregon health authorities asking us to pause is, which is aligned with just using rss that one expand.

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WLWV School Board: With the whole season me the board in the district past us to come to the table to open the MID July 1 so that was one of the reasons, and then the other was.

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WLWV School Board: Just also adjusting to another model be the third model within the year at this point in the year, and all the logistics.

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WLWV School Board: Just his his felt like a lot and they're working incredibly hard as we know, it's not that they would continue to work hard, but I think given was expressing the timing of it at this point with two months left that.

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WLWV School Board: It was not something that numbers for.

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WLWV School Board: As agreeable to do as they had been in August and it had been in January, February that here we are, in April, asking me to open and change the conditions again for me.

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WLWV School Board: So there are layers of things that I would say, those are the two.

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WLWV School Board: Of the most.

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WLWV School Board: recurring.

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WLWV School Board: themes and when they talked about adjusting to another model where their specific like hey we're worried about.

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WLWV School Board: That I mean we're worried about, because I know there are there, five days a week, like what specifically with in the adjustment worry and theme and christy that's a great question.

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WLWV School Board: You know, we we promised families, the very beginning, and this can be very different for their school districts, so I appreciate when we don't compare ourselves with all the other school districts.

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WLWV School Board: When our families in the fall we're asked to choose the online program or what we call CDs hybrid we ensured our families that they would stay in CEO and hybrid and when we moved to migrate, they want their comfort level could choose to stay in cpl.

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WLWV School Board: Or if the circumstances had changed in their home or their comfort level didn't have to promise something so strict but they can move the hybrid.

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WLWV School Board: So really the only families in the online program we import our families who knew from the very beginning, no matter what happened with the pandemic.

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WLWV School Board: They really did want this for the whole year and the families who were to the studio and hybrid we're going to be in this place of watching.

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WLWV School Board: seeing how things played out and making their decisions accordingly and that we would keep them with their teacher, they would stay with their school and that we promised as much stability in that Karen connection as possible.

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WLWV School Board: Of course, the state has said, you have to provide cbl families this year that can be interpreted as our online program that will push over that but also cbl as we drafted it in our mo you we crafted it and how families are experiencing it right up until the opening hybrid.

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WLWV School Board: When we got to the place of moving to hybrid.

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WLWV School Board: We didn't dishpan students and staff would say don't we agree survey and say, those of you who want to stay in hybrid to stay.

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WLWV School Board: And those of you who want cbl now you have to go the online program or we're going to create another program for you, which is what a number of districts around the State do.

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WLWV School Board: They either moved the CDS students into their online program in the middle of the year, or they rearranged classes rearrange students and teachers and create another CEO experience.

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WLWV School Board: There could it could be perceived or could be opinionated that and doing that the loss of the that Karen connection gave some efficiencies to that system around having even fewer students and hybrid and teachers on campus only having private students unless they quarantine.

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WLWV School Board: But it wasn't the risk we wanted to take, and we also felt we have made that promise to them that if they chose cbl hybrid in the fall that's what we would keep.

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WLWV School Board: but also to this group who will never come, who have decided, even up until now that they're not going to come on campus their CDs students.

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WLWV School Board: At the cbl students at home are always a part of the group or at home.

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WLWV School Board: And they're not an afterthought they're built in to the instruction from the very beginning, because there's always going to be at least half the class at home.

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WLWV School Board: and teachers have worked really hard to create a model, he said CDs students or not I have this here and half the group this home.

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WLWV School Board: And anytime the students who are supposed to want to join us and a half since we opened in hybrid more students have left CDs and come into hybrid, particularly in our case, great we've seen.

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WLWV School Board: But I know there's people who are listening in and hopefully the benefit of the context, not the puzzle rather important.

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WLWV School Board: issue shifting employee on site, one of the comments that has come up at all three levels is when you have now all students coming every day, the group of students who choose to stay home becomes smaller.

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WLWV School Board: It should remain part of that but it's very hard to sustain it could be very hard to sustain that because all your the majority of students are now in the classroom.

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WLWV School Board: So one of our wonders has been, how do we maintain the quality of CDs for students, when we shift to online because, unlike other districts.

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WLWV School Board: We didn't remove those students and put them in a whole separate program we kept them in the brick and mortar hybrid model because we wanted to feel free to change their mind at any time and we promised their families so.

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WLWV School Board: Stage six feet apart it's something that if you've been on campus during this time, and whenever I have, I see administrators at least half a dozen times they'll put your mask on whether it's a curricular or happens in the hallways so get imagining twice the number.

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WLWV School Board: What also came up was the concern around because our high schools have had the most situations with exposures, but because they're six feet apart, they don't have to quarantine if they haven't.

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WLWV School Board: And what that what that would feel like right now we've got situations every week and we haven't shifted to freebies and there was a concern about what that would.

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Chelsea King (she/her): Thank you for that chair, monitor and I do wish I could be there in person, but this is squeezed in between work and then needing to have a pretty hard end at 415 to drive a child to their co curricular activity, so I do have.

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Chelsea King (she/her): Two or three questions I also just have a brief statement that i'd like to read, just so that my fellow board members all know where I stand, and anybody who's watching in from the public just has a sense, since this is sort of our our public forum, and I do prefer it over Facebook and.

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Chelsea King (she/her): So I think, just to be really clear that I understand that my primary role and purpose as a school board member is to advocate for students.

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Chelsea King (she/her): And that's my motivator to serve it's kept me in the seat for six years and it's informs all my decisions, including, including the so I fully embrace my primary roles, being one of an advocate for students.

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Chelsea King (she/her): and Dr Ludwig I also know that you're exemplary at making student centered decisions, I know that you've inserted all that you can to meet the needs of our students during this year.

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Chelsea King (she/her): And I also recognize that you know today, and you attended a memorial service and I just want to honor that.

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Chelsea King (she/her): Because you know, as I reflect on what we want to do with the socio emotional needs of our students and how much we're asking our system to those needs, I think we needed that with one another as well, so um I just appreciate a.

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Chelsea King (she/her): recognizing that and that hopefully that's okay with you that I do that.

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Chelsea King (she/her): So our efforts of school board members and the superintendent and all of our teachers also we've done a lot for students.

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Chelsea King (she/her): We this year provided limited in person instruction and led online instruction comprehensive distance learning and now hybrid.

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Chelsea King (she/her): we've provided co curricular activities we've made it possible for spectators to watch those co curricular activities and we need to continue to sustain all of that.

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Chelsea King (she/her): until mid June and so that's no small ask, and so I just want to recognize how much effort has gone into doing what we've done this year, so I would be remiss not to honor those things before I move forward.

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Chelsea King (she/her): And I don't know if anybody else in the room, can relate to this but i've had the sensation of pushing on a heavy boulder up a steep hill or sometime.

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Chelsea King (she/her): And that can be hard particularly people are yelling at you and calling you names and stuff while you try to do it.

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Chelsea King (she/her): And so my hope is really that we come together to push on the boulder and I think that's really one of my primary asks is for transparency.

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Chelsea King (she/her): That way we know what everybody's role is what we're all doing to push on the boulder that boulder being providing education to our students academic and socio emotional needs.

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Chelsea King (she/her): So I want to exercise any power that I have to advocate for students i've been doing that for a year, I know other people in this room has as well with every elected official who would listen to me and other surrounding districts every Leader Community members students, teachers.

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Chelsea King (she/her): i've been pretty clear that I.

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Chelsea King (she/her): Student the school should be the first to open the last to close so that's ultimately my hope and i've tried to do this while balancing the needs of all the different.

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Chelsea King (she/her): groups in our Community, so we can do this in a way that's safe and consider it, and now I really just i'm you know i'm focused on the needs of the students.

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Chelsea King (she/her): singularly because of, I feel that we need to Center their needs.

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Chelsea King (she/her): So um that was sort of I think just what I wanted to say before I get into a couple of.

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Chelsea King (she/her): things I want the board to know just about where i'm standing right now and then, I asked a couple questions I read the memo to your monitor about asking that we resend the motion and.

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Chelsea King (she/her): I just want to let all my board members know that I don't have any interest in resending the motion I don't know why we would I and honestly I have curiosity about that, like Why would we what difference does it make the motion was made action was taken.

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WLWV School Board: Sure, you asked that we have questions for Dr love way and here is the vice chair, making a statement and taking a position and asking those board members questions so just the point procedure what, what are we trying to accomplish at this time and is that, where we're moving.

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Chelsea King (she/her): His director which, thank you for that question, I do have just a couple questions that i'm getting too, but I wanted to place them into a context, so, if I may continue.

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WLWV School Board: Saying you're the one who palette in time and i'm just asking for procedural questions.

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WLWV School Board: Because I think that we're delivering a moment for promotion or something before the board that part of the process.

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Chelsea King (she/her): Because I don't I don't have emotion and I don't plan on entertaining any emotions I don't think that emotion is what's effective right now.

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Chelsea King (she/her): So my questions are, for I have two primarily primary things i'd like to see happen one is to get seniors and on site and person as much as they need it.

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Chelsea King (she/her): And to see what we can do to have guarantees for the fall because we've communicated to families that we will provide full time on site education in the fall, so my two questions have to do with those.

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Chelsea King (she/her): What can we do, and I know, Dr lead, would you pointed to some plans and so maybe this is just asking for more specifics, but what can we do to use that expanded and recovery learning opportunities for seniors who wants to be on site.

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Chelsea King (she/her): And what can we do to guarantee that we will be fully on site K through 12 in the fall.

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WLWV School Board: They all say you're going to come back and they may have a different plan in mind with their families.

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WLWV School Board: But it was to maintain 16 into a creatively, there are ways for us to prioritize seniors under one of the considerations is peer connection leads or mental health concern so that's certainly one of the considerations areas.

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WLWV School Board: Around peer connections so senior says, this will really make a difference, for me, is another day or on campus that one and then.

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WLWV School Board: We to strengthen those peer connection there and avenues that consideration other considerations are unable to access this instruction or off base and hybrid again always taking a look at connectivity, or if there's a barrier for some reason.

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WLWV School Board: completes or no grace, we want to definitely get our seniors in the credit all on the path of Revelation and after my freshman so there's a look at.

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WLWV School Board: Those types of grace they feel the teachers pre planned Bernie has an incomplete or no great place to the assignment three and a student may indicate I knew that completion through hybrid i've got.

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WLWV School Board: So again, each of these considerations, leaves no room for us to.

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WLWV School Board: We also have some plans that it may be that you prefer to stay, I want to extend a very solid.

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WLWV School Board: I know that doesn't address your question, basically, the spring, but it may be here to.

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WLWV School Board: finish the way they are, but they want to be able to offer, so the combination of both of those two.

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WLWV School Board: In terms of guarantee for the ball my letter is not very similar to what other neighboring districts are starting to write.

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WLWV School Board: Larger districts around us and flowers.

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WLWV School Board: are writing letters that we will not be having cpl in the fall, be happy to optimize.

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WLWV School Board: Their online program so that they feel a return default is not in their child's best interest either that or comfort level they have that option.

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WLWV School Board: But otherwise we expect all return by full days i've been asked in at least two meetings what gives you the confidence that, in the fall and the spring any.

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WLWV School Board: reiterated, one of the biggest gifts, this time and along the way I use that term to higher education, educators, we will need, especially if the guidance, that means around safety for eating, we also have more time to.

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WLWV School Board: days and hours and days and weeks of learning in a certain format that is important to us, we wouldn't have to rethink.

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WLWV School Board: A model if we felt that we needed to take when lunch was for Class structures for three years it's easier to start pretty bad in mind and to pivot extreme and especially with promises shirts in families that a certain model.

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WLWV School Board: year we now have a fresh start to take a look at that in the year.

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WLWV School Board: So i'm incredibly confident that we will open knowing what we know today the guys that we have today and what we can do to mitigate those logistics and that established time we need to wrap up here and then prepare for the.

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WLWV School Board: Now I say all that with what we know today, and if we learned anything from this last year or so, if that advantage is just that is there's.

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WLWV School Board: The wonders about variance we don't know what the circle means, but I have to mean, like many health professionals, that we will get ahead of this because, at some point the vaccine will allow us to, which is what we haven't met.

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WLWV School Board: so sure of some kind of an executive directors directed by our.

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WLWV School Board: I believe that that's our plan to start that way, we have two meetings with director fulfill our vacation stable.

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WLWV School Board: anticipate that those two meetings will share what he knows that the time for additional able to address questions.

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WLWV School Board: Have around what does this mean for the fall and what I hear from that I will absolutely share the board, and what is made possible for the Community, and we will all continue to.

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WLWV School Board: How that different in the fall, or what do you see being different than our best work with that being sort of the are sticking one are sticking points right now right so that.

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WLWV School Board: second amendment, and will you expired, the last day of school the school but expires in 2013 and we don't see any reason to we continue that reason just designed for this year, and so the only contract that within the.

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WLWV School Board: And with our associates.

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WLWV School Board: We do have to be our leadership our regular contracting heart is through because of every district goes to a negotiation process that their staff and renewed context that might last two or three years, we are up for me who are making contact.

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WLWV School Board: And then one other question if they get the odd clicks and our ssl we still have that in place next fall is that without then again we require that our district comes up with another interview with our patients.

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WLWV School Board: I don't know they don't I don't know what will be in that for people weren't boring whether there will be another artist requirements.

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WLWV School Board: So even if there's an artist that sell We may not have to renegotiate We may not have to do a DEMO view yeah we made sense what's in it.

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WLWV School Board: Working with the requirements it changes the working conditions for employees and we have.

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WLWV School Board: Any debt.

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WLWV School Board: So i'm, thank you for your patience, you have some questions.

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Dylan Hydes: Do Dr level, and you had said that it sounds like maybe the primary concern of teachers and staff was that the case rates were over 200.

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Dylan Hydes: from speaking with the association's did you get the impression that, if the case rates were to drop below 200 that grades nine through 12 staff and teachers would be willing to return to the classroom full time.

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WLWV School Board: It was one of their concerns it wasn't the only one.

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Dylan Hydes: And the second question, can you characterize.

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Dylan Hydes: The level of advocacy that you took to the association's meeting was it more like hey guys Come on, we can do this, what do I need to do to make you guys feel safe or was it more like you want to go back full time oh you don't okay i'll report back you don't want to go back.

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WLWV School Board: So i'm having a hard time.

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WLWV School Board: Is not.

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WLWV School Board: An evaluation of.

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WLWV School Board: The question is more.

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WLWV School Board: I heard, I think we all know that you had conversations as soon as the rss code language changed.

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WLWV School Board: from six feet, to repeat that you met regularly and weekly with your physicians to try and see if that they're comfortable enough to making structures, and I think I think it's asked is going towards.

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WLWV School Board: What was the work he did in trying to see if you can get our associations and staff comfortable switch.

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WLWV School Board: I will state what I consistently stated to this board this community to our association leaders and staff that i've always worked to support students to support in any way that we could bring them back on campus.

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WLWV School Board: safely that has been my consistent stance, and I know that that would be.

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WLWV School Board: Again, because of that advocacy we were one of the first districts in portland metro area to start co curricular activities in September.

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WLWV School Board: That included band and music and not just conditioning training for football included most sports athletics.

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WLWV School Board: And our hearts and our theater the students are interested and robotics of students were interested in that was because of my advocacy around asking our associations and teachers to do the best they could expand those kinds of opportunities for students.

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WLWV School Board: We were also on the first school districts in the portland metro area to begin limited in person instruction as early as October.

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WLWV School Board: And that's because again of the many conversation we had an all of us agree how do we help students who need that support to get on campus as safely as possible.

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WLWV School Board: So that that has always been the characteristic of my conversations with associations.

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WLWV School Board: around what can we do and how can we move increasingly for the model where we get more students on campus more often to the services that they need.

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WLWV School Board: They also let us as one of the first districts in the portland metro area to bring our students into hybrid before spring break and especially our high school students before spring break.

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WLWV School Board: And that again was lots of conversations and advocacy.

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WLWV School Board: And uh well on everybody's part to do the best they can, and to make sure we're safe and to bring students on campus.

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WLWV School Board: In all my conversations we start that way to consider what we can do and I I work with that end in mind to my best ability.

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WLWV School Board: And there was no conversation.

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WLWV School Board: To use your words where I said hey guys let's just not do this, or you know just kind of this loose let's give up and give in mentality, it has always been.

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WLWV School Board: To the best we can increase time for students on campus.

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Dylan Hydes: No other questions for me.

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WLWV School Board: Until they change your departure time.

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WLWV School Board: ginger christy Thank you Chelsea do you have any further questions for you need to exit.

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WLWV School Board: I moved away we send the.

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WLWV School Board: Directing.

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WLWV School Board: The district to open grades nine through 12 five days a week beginning.

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WLWV School Board: My second.

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WLWV School Board: To explain my rationale so.

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WLWV School Board: In this goes towards chelsea's asked, as well as what is the point my sending look it doesn't change the fact that the board asked for this.

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WLWV School Board: and asked for our ninth graders to return to school full time but as long as that motion stands, it is asking our district and directing our personnel to utilize their time and resources towards accomplishing a task.

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WLWV School Board: That we now know we cannot.

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WLWV School Board: And so it would be my desire that we would resend that motion so that we're no longer spending time and resources to accomplish that task and instead hopefully we can direct those resources and time towards things like.

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WLWV School Board: I want to say the Li exception, but I know that that's not appropriate, Dr living it's that.

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WLWV School Board: yeah towards our expanded recovery learning options, as well as towards.

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WLWV School Board: Getting our Community, but they need to feel confident and assured that next fall will be opening five things full time for.

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WLWV School Board: dinner so like vice chair king, I believe that I am advocating for students in our Community and making this notion I recognize that we're invited for that were divided community and students are divided and what their perspective is.

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WLWV School Board: In terms of attending full time for the next.

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WLWV School Board: few months I looked at the CDC website that.

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WLWV School Board: By sure King referenced and my understanding from what's there is that this is not the time for us to be moving towards increased.

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WLWV School Board: days a week for students, where I transmission read and the CDC category regarding schools and and given Dr presence.

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WLWV School Board: Our health advisors opinion and recommendation.

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WLWV School Board: It does not seem to me that there is benefit to having a directive is contrary to the CDC contrary to our county health advice and is inconsistent with the ready school safe manner, so the recommendation, not to open further when we're not.

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WLWV School Board: The same thing.

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WLWV School Board: So.

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WLWV School Board: I actually.

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WLWV School Board: spent a lot of time with our mo us and our rss out and because what's important to me is that we do as a district follow what our guidance gives us and and and their recommendations and their requirements.

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WLWV School Board: So, as I sat with dined with eight with chatted with the rss out and spend a lot of time, I actually found this and it's on page 21.

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WLWV School Board: And hundred required it says middle and high school level when added county case rate of over 200 which we are at now.

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WLWV School Board: which happened, you know kind of Monday halfway through for meeting or you know kind of.

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WLWV School Board: Support physical distancing in all daily activities and instruction maintaining at least six feet between students to the maximum extent possible.

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WLWV School Board: So it does not require the 16th for elementary it does require 16 at middle and high school when our numbers are over 200.

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WLWV School Board: Now, this is a required it's under required it's not listed under recommendation where.

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WLWV School Board: Again I think we've heard for some of you refer to that another place is that it is recommended that you not go to the next level of instruction it for over 200 that is a recommendation This, however, is a requirement, and so, in my.

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WLWV School Board: In my role following.

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WLWV School Board: personality, I do think it's important that we, as a district and.

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WLWV School Board: follow with the rss lcs.

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WLWV School Board: For the benefit of everybody.

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WLWV School Board: But benefit of our students or teachers or staff or district administrators or school board That being said, I still am a huge supporter, putting our kids back in full time women if our high school nine through 12.

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WLWV School Board: is based on Part one and if those numbers fall below 200 and then we would once again be in alliance with this document that says okay we're now over 200 now our high schoolers can be three feet apart.

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WLWV School Board: Does that all make sense, so I understand why we have this moment, based on case rates and based on requirement of the rsl need to recent.

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WLWV School Board: However, and I have a statement that I can read now or later why I would still support having our high school students and nine through 12 full time once those numbers are below 200.

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WLWV School Board: So I can read that statement now right.

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WLWV School Board: So i'm going to give you time to do that later.

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WLWV School Board: Just consider Chelsea also get the exit and some.

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WLWV School Board: will say.

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WLWV School Board: yeah.

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Dylan Hydes: i'm i'm inclined to support the motion because the Lord gave a directive to the superintendent.

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Dylan Hydes: The Union says said no, and our district has been unable to persuade them, otherwise, and so I understand legally, we have no way of enforcing.

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Dylan Hydes: The APP the decision made by the board so from a procedural standpoint, it doesn't make a lot of sense to keep that in place.

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Dylan Hydes: But I am in agreement with Dr Thompson that in the life event this motion passes i'd like to see another emotion put on the floor to have those kids go back once case rates fall below 200 per 100,000 students.

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Chelsea King (she/her): yeah my take would be.

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Chelsea King (she/her): I would not resend the emotion, because I think it erases it from record if i'm understanding, and so I think it's a procedural moves that's not required, we all know what happened.

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Chelsea King (she/her): And so I feel like I don't I don't really know that it's significant or not, and in that vein, I hear what my fellow board members are saying about.

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Chelsea King (she/her): The recommendations around metrics and the rsl so i'm not going to.

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Chelsea King (she/her): i'm not going to argue hard against resending it wouldn't be my preference, but it really doesn't matter, and I think clearly any move any motion that we make about instructional strategies this academic year.

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Chelsea King (she/her): don't they're not effective they're not going to get us the outcome that we want so.

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Chelsea King (she/her): It goes back to my my two interests and the senior class for this year and ensuring for fall and.

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Chelsea King (she/her): i'll vote, the way the rest of the Board votes on resending because it looks like i'm gonna I would lose anyways um.

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Chelsea King (she/her): And yeah that's enough for me on that motion.

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WLWV School Board: Right, I have a call here in a second, I just want to have like Chelsea about what What did you practice, the motion is there, it was approved we're sending it just asked me a bit stops for their action on it, it notifies it, but it doesn't make it disappear.

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WLWV School Board: Thank you for that that I was actually gonna ask what's the difference between a we just leave it or leave it is the ask is still, even though we all know that can't happen so let's maybe we better direct our attention, but.

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WLWV School Board: I probably need to.

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Kelly Douglas: Certainly dylan hides.

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Kelly Douglas: hi Chelsea king.

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Kelly Douglas: ginger Fitch.

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Kelly Douglas: I see Thompson.

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Kelly Douglas: And dragging the lead time, yes, thank you five to zero.

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WLWV School Board: will see you.

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Chelsea King (she/her): On tour, I do have to go um I could call back in and about 10 minutes once i'm on the road and plug back in if the board requests me to do so, but otherwise I need to drive away now I apologize for that.

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WLWV School Board: Thank you.

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WLWV School Board: or anything else i'll open the floor, I know you saw the statement that Christie with them, can you alluded to.

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Dylan Hydes: yeah I have emotion, to make I know I also something is a statement to make so maybe we could Mr Thompson I can make those statements, while we wait for director came to get plugged back in back in.

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Dylan Hydes: The motion I would make is that a move that the district return grades nine through 12 to full time in person instruction within seven days of clackamas county new case race falling below 200 per 100,000 citizens.

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Dylan Hydes: Absolutely I moved that the district return grades nine through 12 to full time in person instruction within seven days of clackamas county.

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Dylan Hydes: New case rates falling below 200 per 100,000 citizens, and they make the same caveat to the last motion I made, which is that no student can be forced to go back to school for this school year so for 2021 any child who wishes to continue.

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Dylan Hydes: cdo can do so.

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WLWV School Board: there's emotion.

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Dylan Hydes: Dr Thompson and you want to make your statement.

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WLWV School Board: letter addressed a pat on and dirt dirt oh ha and cold gail director of the date of December 23 2020 governor brown stated.

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WLWV School Board: First, it is imperative that the order that organs local school board superintendents educators and school employees work together.

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WLWV School Board: toward the resumption of in person instruction to the greatest extent possible.

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WLWV School Board: On April 2 2021 education Secretary, I may say this name wrong, so I apologize Miguel Cardona made the following statement.

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WLWV School Board: I think we need to put our foot on the gas pedal our students can't wait until fall if we can safely reopen now we shouldn't be doing it our students deserve it okay my license or sorry.

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WLWV School Board: And then i'm going to site from page 11 of the ready school St leonards guidance documents, so what i'm about ready to say is quoted from their.

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WLWV School Board: Returning to in person instruction is one of oregon's highest priorities, schools, not only provide the education that organs children need to succeed, but schools also provide for social emotional growth and support nutritious meals and access to medical care.

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WLWV School Board: governor brown's executive order 21 dash 06 on march 5 2021 decision to quote return to the learning environment we know serve students best in person instruction.

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WLWV School Board: And my final call for the rsl whenever individuals come together there's additional risk of spreading COPA 19.

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WLWV School Board: or against for any schools safe learners guidance can help reduce but not eliminate this risk.

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WLWV School Board: Organs experienced some hope in 19 cases and schools but there's little evidence of transmission in school settings Marion experiences and other states with onsite instruction occurring the health and safety protocols in place.

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WLWV School Board: And finally Leslie Wilson billboard goal number one states.

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WLWV School Board: to grow student achievement for the use of high leverage instructional engagement strategies to raise breaker disrupt systems of racism and generate equitable outcomes for all students, while eliminating opportunity and achievement gaps.

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WLWV School Board: And I think it has become a well understood fact this year that one of the best instructional engagement strategies that we have is in person school.

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WLWV School Board: and winning at clackamas county numbers fall below 200 or 100,000 I support our high school students returning the full time school because of the safe.

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WLWV School Board: doable and in the best interest of our students and families safe, because we have given staff, the opportunity to get vaccinated.

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WLWV School Board: same because we will be following the rsl requirements which were created to keep our students and staff safe.

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WLWV School Board: Safe because Study after study has shown low transmission of pivot within schools.

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WLWV School Board: In fact, I would argue that it is safer to have our students in a controlled environment wearing masks and staying six feet apart, or three feet apart.

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WLWV School Board: Five days a week versus in an ideal world versus in that controlled environment for only two to three days a week, and the other two days doing live in an uncontrolled environment where massive social distancing may not be been inherited.

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WLWV School Board: Additionally, when our cases drop below 200, even though the rsl allow students to be three feet apart it's still mandates that teacher stay 60 apart from each other and from students.

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WLWV School Board: And finally, as we have already committed to the district will continue to give students a choice to learn online if they prefer.

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WLWV School Board: doable because, according to Dr legs recommendation, we do not need additional staff are tense central lunch occurs at the end of the high school day and most students leave to eat lunch at home.

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WLWV School Board: In the best interest of our students and families for a myriad of reasons, we have been discussing for this past year.

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WLWV School Board: My vote to return students to full time isn't no way a statement against teachers or the Union or the district, rather it is a vote of confidence.

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WLWV School Board: In our staff district office families and students that we, the West Wilson bill school district which prides itself on being one of the best districts in the state.

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WLWV School Board: can save lives successfully do what so many other districts across the country in our state of them.

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WLWV School Board: I understand the staffing spacing and furniture issues that Dr McGuire mentioned last Monday night that make returning, our primary and middle school students for five full days of challenge.

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WLWV School Board: However, I still believe we can safely once the numbers dropped below 200 per 100,000 give our high school students, the chance to attend school in person every day.

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WLWV School Board: As a former high school teacher, I have empathy for the constant pivoting and changing we have asked of our teachers and staff.

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WLWV School Board: You have all been amazingly flexible and willing to try new things learn to new technology and to teach you the methods, you were never taught I commend and applaud and thank you.

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WLWV School Board: As I wrestled with all of this for the past week desiring more than anything, to make the best decision based on truth safety science.

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WLWV School Board: empathy grace love and mercy what I keep coming back to is what is best for our kids and if I make a mistake, I want to err on the side of doing what is best for our kids because isn't that what we are all here for.

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WLWV School Board: Thank you.

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WLWV School Board: dylan.

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Dylan Hydes: Thank you.

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Dylan Hydes: Just new around this issue there's a lot of frustration in the Community.

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Dylan Hydes: about what has happened over the past eight days on Monday, as we've talked about the board directed the district open schools full time on may 3.

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Dylan Hydes: And while this was serving as much as many of us had hoped it was provided some hope.

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Dylan Hydes: and less than 24 hours later, we receive an email from the district saying that that directive could not be implemented because the union's won't agree to amend their mo you and there wasn't much detail beyond that.

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Dylan Hydes: would have been helpful to know at that time, the reasons they wouldn't agree to talk about 3 million you.

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Dylan Hydes: would have been helpful to know if the district could have accommodated their concerns was there a hurdle that could have become that could have been overcome, or not.

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Dylan Hydes: Was there an effort to talk to the approximately 200 employees and teachers of these high schools.

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Dylan Hydes: Would it make a difference if the case rates dropped below 200 so that was the information I was looking for to know if there was something we could do or not, and I just I just didn't get that information, then I still haven't gotten much information about those things tonight.

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Dylan Hydes: Without the answers to those questions there's frustration and I want to speak to that.

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Dylan Hydes: doctor ludwick in this district has done everything humanly possible to keep our teacher safe and our employees safe for those who have not read the mo you.

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Dylan Hydes: That the district has agreed to it's on our website it's seven pages of dozens and dozens of accommodations to make sure that our teachers and staff are safe and i'm close to this process, I know that every time.

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Dylan Hydes: The Union came to Dr ludovic and said, we are concerned about X that Dr ludovic and her team found ways to address those concerns and meaningful ways.

490
01:14:45.720 --> 01:14:51.150
Dylan Hydes: In addition to the district's efforts, the state has prioritized teachers to be vaccinated even though.

491
01:14:51.630 --> 01:14:58.380
Dylan Hydes: They weren't they weren't as high risk is senior citizens of being hospitalized and dying, but we did that, because education was so important.

492
01:14:59.100 --> 01:15:06.030
Dylan Hydes: And what has the district received in response to this largely opposition for eight months from Union leadership.

493
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Dylan Hydes: And, and the books, the gene is booked for every reason not to return to in person instruction rather than finding ways to return safely it's just constantly one reason to another, why we can't.

494
01:15:18.600 --> 01:15:22.260
Dylan Hydes: return in school learning, even though many people around the country and state are already doing so.

495
01:15:23.070 --> 01:15:29.460
Dylan Hydes: And, as a member of this Community, it appears that the mindset of the unions and we don't really know because they don't they don't say much publicly.

496
01:15:30.120 --> 01:15:35.190
Dylan Hydes: Is that any risk to their members, no matter how small is unacceptable.

497
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Dylan Hydes: And it doesn't then nothing else matters not parents who cannot go to work because they're at home with kids.

498
01:15:41.370 --> 01:15:49.380
Dylan Hydes: Not students are being left home alone all day not students who are expend experiencing social emotional problems not students for showing the cdo.

499
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Dylan Hydes: All of those things don't matter if we can't eliminate the level of risk zero something that is impossible, and so I want to challenge our unions to do better serve your Members, that is your charge but don't forget that there are other members of this community that needs to be considered.

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Dylan Hydes: And when you make a decision with only self interest at heart, it hurts other people and that pains me to say that because, as a former union member and a Union REP I know the incredible important role ian's play and I don't like to see.

501
01:16:21.450 --> 01:16:21.840
Dylan Hydes: there.

502
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Dylan Hydes: is even go through a process like this, and so I would just that's my request to the unions for what that's worth.

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Dylan Hydes: And I wanted to address the district ronis our district, has done an exemplary job of keeping its employees and students safe or you'd be hard pressed to find an employer in this state.

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Dylan Hydes: Who is taken, the level of safeguards and protections as the Western will single school district Dr Ludwig and her team deserve a lot of praise and recognition for the hard work they've done to create such a safe working environment.

505
01:16:51.060 --> 01:17:01.260
Dylan Hydes: The district, though, made a decision, many months ago that it would not be completely open about the level of force and opposition from the unions to reopening schools.

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01:17:01.950 --> 01:17:11.550
Dylan Hydes: Instead, the district points to case rates, the need for runways furniture basically anything not related to the and those are important things, but the unions are an important thing to.

507
01:17:11.910 --> 01:17:17.340
Dylan Hydes: And I understand the strategy this tissue has a long history of collaborative and and productive relationship with the unions.

508
01:17:17.700 --> 01:17:25.770
Dylan Hydes: And that type of mutually beneficial relationship serves everybody well and I commend our leadership team for valuing their relationship and working to preserve it.

509
01:17:26.580 --> 01:17:35.460
Dylan Hydes: Having said that, both the district and unions, need to be willing to speak up on the other side is behaving in a way that we feel doesn't best serve our district.

510
01:17:36.330 --> 01:17:42.120
Dylan Hydes: I don't feel that the district has done that it's done the opposite, even after the board direct the district to reopen high schools.

511
01:17:42.480 --> 01:17:47.730
Dylan Hydes: And it was the unions, who said no, our addition for still sending an email saying that it was to blame.

512
01:17:48.090 --> 01:17:57.870
Dylan Hydes: and that this should be the target of anger know the district should not be blamed for this, this is the unions, who have decided not to come to the table and discuss amending the mo use.

513
01:17:58.170 --> 01:18:04.290
Dylan Hydes: If they agree to him in the mo us to begin with, so that students can come within three feet of each other, we can reorganize schools.

514
01:18:05.100 --> 01:18:12.360
Dylan Hydes: Why does this district shielding unions from the consequences of Union decisions, the public should know where fault or credit lines.

515
01:18:12.690 --> 01:18:20.760
Dylan Hydes: The Union to hear from the Community, the same way, the Board has, for the past eight months, maybe thieves heard what we were hearing, they would feel differently about what to do next.

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Dylan Hydes: We don't know, though, because we have been shooting the Union for the past eight months and we continue to do so, I would respectfully earns the district to stop doing this.

517
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Dylan Hydes: stop pretending that Union opposition is not a big factors, the decisions that we're making.

518
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Dylan Hydes: People are losing faith in our district that schools are going to open full time in the fall.

519
01:18:39.330 --> 01:18:48.900
Dylan Hydes: And while I believe we will open full time in the fall recent history is shaking that confidence when I hear reasons not to reopen now being things like high school kids are hard to.

520
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Dylan Hydes: Keep apart and three feet means more quarantining these are factors that are going to be present in the fall, and so it rains you might hear these as reasons for not reopening right now.

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01:18:57.780 --> 01:19:04.200
Dylan Hydes: And our district and us may need to make clear that barring unforeseeable, then we will do this in the fall.

522
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Dylan Hydes: If we don't our district will see continuing declining enrollment numbers and that continues through the end of 2021 we're going to see as we can see huge budget cuts from the State and that doesn't help the district it doesn't help teachers it doesn't help students.

523
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Dylan Hydes: that's all I wanted to say, thanks.

524
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WLWV School Board: So it's tough right.

525
01:19:34.950 --> 01:19:46.560
WLWV School Board: There are some more Brian looking statements and things that you made done, I would maybe turn stories differently or see differently, and you know I said last week.

526
01:19:47.370 --> 01:19:55.560
WLWV School Board: Again, I think all of us on this board along for superintendent and i've always had a goal and mission of getting all of our students.

527
01:19:57.930 --> 01:20:15.240
WLWV School Board: Regardless of how I made note on any particular emotion, I am on our students practice at least one of them back safely, ever since the pandemic began, I believe, students can be back safely, but I also like they don't want to ignore or.

528
01:20:17.160 --> 01:20:26.880
WLWV School Board: affirmatively knowledge they know there's far too to our students from not having the benefit of being in our buildings on a daily basis.

529
01:20:27.630 --> 01:20:38.130
WLWV School Board: We have seen that our schools are safe and that they are environments, that are not contributing to the spread of Kobe and, yes, we had our Members, our school community.

530
01:20:38.520 --> 01:20:49.200
WLWV School Board: come onto our campus with cocaine, but we've also found that the protocols in place to prevent it from spreading within the walls of our schools and I.

531
01:20:50.700 --> 01:21:01.470
WLWV School Board: I also feel that if we were to move from the six feet, to the three feet, that we can do that safely and not the places which contribute to spread and transmission.

532
01:21:03.180 --> 01:21:12.300
WLWV School Board: I also take personal ownership and, in my role of a preview memo view and it's language with the six feet in it.

533
01:21:13.320 --> 01:21:22.800
WLWV School Board: This whole board, you know we've reviewed that that contract and agreement we discussed it and we manage this unanimously approved it and I think.

534
01:21:24.510 --> 01:21:33.690
WLWV School Board: We have to realize we're operating in a in a in a pandemic, a once in a lifetime event, none of us have ever experienced anything like this, and so i'm.

535
01:21:34.290 --> 01:21:41.700
WLWV School Board: in hindsight, some decisions some thoughts are better than maybe others because we now have the benefit of experience we've never had before.

536
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WLWV School Board: And even when I look back not certainly change that mo my response that monkey because at the time.

537
01:21:50.130 --> 01:22:00.930
WLWV School Board: I firmly believe it's what we as an organization and system needed to have in place so that we can all move forward collectively in dealing with those changes to the State gave us.

538
01:22:01.560 --> 01:22:10.800
WLWV School Board: Three weeks before school started that we were going to be cbl and hybrid model is just one enough time so that we can start to make moves as quickly.

539
01:22:11.520 --> 01:22:20.430
WLWV School Board: As we can and we weren't able to do that, when it came time to go to a hybrid so it's just even when I look back, I don't know if I would do something different.

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WLWV School Board: Having the information I had at that time that's the benefit of going forward into the next school year is you know we all know how to be a book contract terms and negotiations we wouldn't do again but.

541
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WLWV School Board: I just.

542
01:22:39.840 --> 01:22:45.510
WLWV School Board: I just you know I struggle and suffer like but you know I.

543
01:22:47.790 --> 01:22:57.330
WLWV School Board: I think, none of us knew we'd be where we are right now, and I think we all operated in good faith, all parties involved in that we assumed.

544
01:22:57.780 --> 01:23:12.300
WLWV School Board: Our system would be able to adjust adjust and adapt to new changes that came at us and I think, in fact, you know we did adjust and change multiple times throughout the school after new developments at King to light.

545
01:23:13.950 --> 01:23:18.000
WLWV School Board: But I do my role in the decisions that have gotten us to this point.

546
01:23:19.200 --> 01:23:34.530
WLWV School Board: We are at an impasse, with our associations and i'm not able to support this motion because I have no reason to believe that that impressed with something can cure if our rates dropped below 200.

547
01:23:36.780 --> 01:23:37.470
WLWV School Board: It doesn't mean that.

548
01:23:39.120 --> 01:23:48.570
WLWV School Board: It doesn't mean I don't wish that there was a different result to that it's just I have no reason to believe that that is the case we've heard that's the case there's no indication that there's a very strong.

549
01:23:49.590 --> 01:23:50.610
WLWV School Board: we're going to be able to go.

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full time.

551
01:23:54.000 --> 01:24:01.230
WLWV School Board: And I so as a result either I just it feels disingenuous for me.

552
01:24:02.580 --> 01:24:07.380
WLWV School Board: To approve such emotion, you know it's disingenuous to our stakeholders and to our students.

553
01:24:08.640 --> 01:24:14.460
WLWV School Board: To pretend that we think we could get back when I feel that each individual here else it's not gonna happen.

554
01:24:16.770 --> 01:24:35.610
WLWV School Board: Yes, I agree, we believe that it should happen, it can happen safely and, that being in school full time is the best interest of our students, but that will be from our visit enough to overcome existing legal legal obligation, we have to execute a contract as it's ready.

555
01:24:36.810 --> 01:24:55.260
WLWV School Board: So for me personally, I mean i'm not putting in favor of this much, and I think a better use of our time or resources and energies would be to learn from his experience and to you know, several superintendent to work at finalizing.

556
01:24:56.310 --> 01:25:06.000
WLWV School Board: Our agreements for next year, and so that we can reach on all students at all grades to school in person full time.

557
01:25:07.710 --> 01:25:17.460
WLWV School Board: We still have that within our power to address that wondering, and ask of our Community, and I just about the point where it might have information and not have.

558
01:25:18.120 --> 01:25:26.370
WLWV School Board: it's time to finish this school year as strongly as possible and then turn our focus to what we can do to achieve for our students and community.

559
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WLWV School Board: dinner.

560
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WLWV School Board: The one thing that director, it says that I want to agree with is that.

561
01:25:41.190 --> 01:25:45.210
WLWV School Board: When it comes to negotiating the contract for the upcoming contract.

562
01:25:47.130 --> 01:25:58.650
WLWV School Board: I advocated strongly many times with many folks on the phone to get our teachers vaccinated once we knew that they were going to be there.

563
01:25:59.670 --> 01:26:02.070
WLWV School Board: And I.

564
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WLWV School Board: believe that.

565
01:26:07.980 --> 01:26:14.280
WLWV School Board: Still that's probably the safest situation someone can be in is to be fully vaccinated.

566
01:26:15.510 --> 01:26:26.700
WLWV School Board: Along with the other safety measures, our district has put in place in our buildings with ventilation, space and the requirements around leading and masks.

567
01:26:27.630 --> 01:26:41.790
WLWV School Board: Those kinds of protocols and so, along with director highs I would ask the audience to be coming to the table with a full intent and developing a plan for schools to be open, full time.

568
01:26:43.560 --> 01:26:52.800
WLWV School Board: On the other hand, I think we're burning alive, still a recent study by MIT talked about basically the extreme.

569
01:26:53.580 --> 01:27:00.990
WLWV School Board: spread of indoor spaces being so much higher than outdoor spaces, regardless of distances.

570
01:27:01.830 --> 01:27:16.530
WLWV School Board: And then, as I sent the other board members, there was a report out of Michigan or people advocated for schools to be opened, and then they saw very income and cases of high school students and spreading occurring.

571
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WLWV School Board: at higher rates in Michigan, and so I mean there's still a lot we don't know so when it says we're going to science i'm actually not sure the science changes all the time in my mind and raises concerns about even the protocols that are in place.

572
01:27:36.360 --> 01:27:39.270
With our agreement already school sake learners.

573
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WLWV School Board: For that reason, and investment in the Chair, I would like our school to focus on getting students who.

574
01:27:50.160 --> 01:27:51.990
WLWV School Board: need to come back more often.

575
01:27:53.460 --> 01:28:05.070
WLWV School Board: Particularly seniors who have to pay to come back to be able to complete their credits and to meet that social emotional needs and they're able to do so.

576
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I would not support.

577
01:28:11.070 --> 01:28:13.860
WLWV School Board: And I just talked to her leg leg just.

578
01:28:15.900 --> 01:28:28.560
WLWV School Board: More clarification to do you believe there would be any change in our associations position at this point to open their minds for.

579
01:28:32.700 --> 01:28:33.930
WLWV School Board: I don't believe so.

580
01:28:36.510 --> 01:28:39.180
WLWV School Board: they've also taken quite a meeting this week.

581
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WLWV School Board: and

582
01:28:45.450 --> 01:28:46.290
WLWV School Board: That impacts people.

583
01:28:47.430 --> 01:28:50.820
WLWV School Board: And i'm not saying to use it as a strategy to save a fortune.

584
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and

585
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WLWV School Board: All that you need your what you will.

586
01:28:58.200 --> 01:29:02.970
WLWV School Board: But I would be to check in with association leaders and see.

587
01:29:05.040 --> 01:29:05.550
If there's any.

588
01:29:06.900 --> 01:29:07.920
Interest changing that.

589
01:29:09.030 --> 01:29:09.810
WLWV School Board: When we spoke.

590
01:29:11.010 --> 01:29:11.790
WLWV School Board: Last week.

591
01:29:15.510 --> 01:29:21.990
WLWV School Board: I did not get the understanding that the case race for the soul.

592
01:29:23.130 --> 01:29:40.200
WLWV School Board: factor in your decision, it was it was one there was surprised that, during this time, the board and make emotion and ask for schools to do that on the third in the middle of it, there was surprised around that timeline specific date in the.

593
01:29:41.520 --> 01:29:52.740
WLWV School Board: Situation and a concern that the Board is this for to be asking staff to expand when case rates are rising guidance was telling us not to.

594
01:29:55.290 --> 01:29:59.610
WLWV School Board: But their reasons are many beyond that and it wasn't the only reason.

595
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So.

596
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WLWV School Board: i'm not confident.

597
01:30:06.720 --> 01:30:07.830
At the same time I.

598
01:30:10.260 --> 01:30:10.890
asked them.

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01:30:11.940 --> 01:30:12.510
Change.

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01:30:14.610 --> 01:30:15.180
This emotion.

601
01:30:16.710 --> 01:30:21.000
WLWV School Board: I did not know this emotion coming forward right before this meeting.

602
01:30:22.920 --> 01:30:32.190
WLWV School Board: In time for me to visually asked both associations, if emotion came forward with this language but that changing.

603
01:30:34.350 --> 01:30:35.940
WLWV School Board: Politics, in the time to do that.

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01:30:42.060 --> 01:30:54.000
Dylan Hydes: You know Brock Obama used to have a thing he'd say when he wants to do something and his advisors would say, well, that has no chance of ever happening, Mr President and he'd say well let's get caught trying.

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Dylan Hydes: And I really feel like we should try to do the best that we can for our kids and if the union's want to say no to that.

606
01:31:02.940 --> 01:31:15.960
Dylan Hydes: let's they can say they can do that, but let's do what we can do, instead of halting the process, because we think they may not make a difference let's do we can and put the ball in their court and that's all of this decision does.

607
01:31:19.530 --> 01:31:21.540
WLWV School Board: Anything for i'm just wondering.

608
01:31:22.620 --> 01:31:22.890
WLWV School Board: Is.

609
01:31:25.710 --> 01:31:27.840
WLWV School Board: She left so he.

610
01:31:30.690 --> 01:31:32.550
WLWV School Board: married her okay.

611
01:31:34.290 --> 01:31:34.680
All right.

612
01:31:36.750 --> 01:31:37.830
WLWV School Board: All right, and.

613
01:31:39.930 --> 01:31:59.490
WLWV School Board: It probably be back important Eric helpful i'm telling me to call it for about kinetic oh sorry one second holidays just not knowing with only having, I guess, we do have a forum to go ahead and vote and director high tier one, the biggest motion but.

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WLWV School Board: I guess my thought is that we end in a I mean is this something that can be pushed forward to a meeting on Monday I guess is what i'm asking, and maybe not Okay, thank you for clarifying.

615
01:32:16.650 --> 01:32:17.760
WLWV School Board: For the discussion.

616
01:32:20.730 --> 01:32:22.350
Dylan Hydes: We can raise it again later, if you like.

617
01:32:22.800 --> 01:32:23.130
Okay.

618
01:32:28.080 --> 01:32:29.640
Kelly Douglas: Thank you dylan heights.

619
01:32:31.860 --> 01:32:32.850
Kelly Douglas: St Thompson.

620
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Kelly Douglas: regen mellotron.

621
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WLWV School Board: The concert yeah The consequence is that is.

622
01:32:49.170 --> 01:32:54.630
WLWV School Board: The motion didn't pass by a majority of the Members, so therefore it.

623
01:32:59.070 --> 01:33:01.470
WLWV School Board: All right, anything further from the board.

624
01:33:04.800 --> 01:33:09.240
WLWV School Board: All right, then I will adjourn this special session.

625
01:33:11.100 --> 01:33:15.390
WLWV School Board: Thank you everyone so much for this meeting and coming prepared and be thoughtful.

626
01:33:18.300 --> 01:33:22.980
WLWV School Board: it's a tough tough decision making, but i'm happy and making it with all of you, so thank you all right.

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Dylan Hydes: Thank you.