Moving again here.
If you have conversations to have please take them out in the hall.
Thank you.
Okay.
Our new action item number one is the consent calendar number four.
BTA for approval of student computer refresh to support teaching and learning and equitable access for each student district wide.
This came before CNI May 21 for approval.
Approval of this item would authorize the superintendent to execute purchase orders through RFP number 06792 with Dale Thornburg for a total not to exceed NTE amount of twelve million dollars plus Washington state sales tax over fiscal years 2019-20 2020-21 with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the purchase orders.
Motion please.
I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to execute purchase orders through RFP number 06792 with Del Thornburg for a total not to exceed amount of $12 million plus Washington state sales tax over fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21 with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the purchase orders.
Second.
Questions comments concerns from my colleagues.
This came before us previously through introduction.
Director Mack you removed it from the consent calendar.
Have at it.
I did.
So I removed it for two slash three reasons.
One is because there was a lot of public testimony around it so I wanted to give it an actual vote.
And the other reason was getting clarity specifically around the dollars.
And when they're going to be spent because the motion says twelve million dollars over the course of the two years.
And we are just in the process of adopting the budget for 2019-20.
We haven't actually adopted that budget yet.
And the 2021 doesn't even get considered or built until later on.
So I wanted to understand the functionality of approving those at this time and what the timeline was.
And corollary to that the totals that are in the bar are a hundred and some odd thousand less than 12 million.
So I'm curious why we have a 12 million dollar figure and not the total which is 11 million 817. And my third question was about the comment about the Wi-Fi and connectivity issues that we have at schools and whether or not And how that is going to be addressed.
So really two questions.
One what's the budget and how does it work over which years clarity and then the Wi-Fi question.
Thank you Director Mack.
John Krull Chief Information Officer.
I wanted to clarify it is over two fiscal years part will be spent in this fiscal year and part will be spent next fiscal year and I'll bring up CFO Berge to to explain how that works.
Good evening JoLynn Berge Chief Financial Officer.
So for capital projects oftentimes capital projects will span several different years.
And so what we look at is an an authority to spend From the board that may cross fiscal years and maybe that can be clarified in the bars in the future.
But there is budget capacity in this year and then we'll build it in.
It's built in for nineteen twenty as well.
So the spend capacity on the breakdown has been verified by staff so that when we sign the bar that's part of what we're indicating is that there is budget capacity that will be considered in both of those things.
So when you approve Lincoln High School for I don't know how 100 million 200 million dollars and it was over several years we had a we had a spend plan and if you If sometimes right so we budget conservatively to spend more quickly and then if we don't spend all the dollars in 1819 we roll those dollars over to 1920 and then when we're building the budgets for those out years we re-rack the spend plan and make sure that we're asking for enough expenditure authority.
But for clarity you just said 1819 so are the dollars going to be spent this fiscal year they the bar says 1920. And then 2021. So just for clarity are we spending them in this budget year or are we spending it.
We're spending it in this year and next year not.
Yes this year next year.
So 1920 would start fiscal year would start July.
Is that correct.
It's September 1. So the dollars aren't going to be spent until September 1. Just clarifying so that I understand which budget is coming from.
Yeah that's actually a typo or a Scribner's error.
The money will be spent in 2019. So 2018-19 fiscal year so this this year and then the remainder will be spent next year.
So we would need to to amend that motion to say 18-19 and 19-20.
Thank you so much.
I'm glad I clarified that because I was It was it was concerning me so we're going to have to reread the motion or correct it because it is actually supposed to read over over fiscal years 1819 and 1920 correct.
Correct.
Acting Chief Counsel Boy to the podium please give us a ruling.
So as long as we read in what the motion should be and it's clear we'll be fine.
So just we'll make it very clear.
Read it in again with the corrections please.
I'm comfortable doing that.
I want to make sure that the written record that is captured also does that because two three years from now we're looking back.
And I think we'll make sure that the board action report is redlined for the public facing document.
And will that be then corrected and uploaded on the web tomorrow.
Correct.
Terrific.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Withdrawing the original motion.
And offering a motion new motion I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to execute purchase orders through RFP number 06792 with Del Thornburg for a not total not to exceed amount of twelve million dollars plus Washington state sales tax over fiscal years 2018 19 and 2019 21 2019 20. With any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the purchase orders.
Second.
Other questions comments concerns from my colleagues.
I had the Wi-Fi question as well and then Director Burke had a question.
Ah touche Wi-Fi question CIO Krull.
So the Wi-Fi Wi-Fi question I need to do research on that.
But generally we do not generally we do provide access to all of our schools.
What we did find is that some schools that have the older computers that haven't been updated And then if students are taking any computer instead of one that's assigned to them and often that happens when there's a lot of sharing of the computers what happens is the student then if they've never had that computer if they've just grabbed a random computer it needs to download their personal profile onto the computer.
And what happens is it appears as a Wi-Fi problem because if you have a class of Say 30 kids who grab 30 random computers it could affect the performance of the computer.
So we'll look into issues with the Wi-Fi that could be the problem but the problem could also be the computers themselves or the problem could be students using a computer that was not assigned to them that they have not used before and it's downloading that complete profile.
So if you've ever noticed on your computer when you're doing like a fresh
And you've got some personal anecdotes of one of our beloved teachers right behind you.
She's more than happy to talk to you about it.
Director Burke.
I would like to.
Share some of the conversation that was had at committee on this particular item.
I did not vote to approve it out of committee and I actually will not be supporting it tonight.
And so I want to be really clear about why.
In committee I had requested that we peel off the K-5 component and address that separately because there are urgent needs in our schools.
I want to acknowledge that recognizing and recognize it and say we have to deal with those urgent needs.
We have to fund them.
We have to get the equipment into our schools.
So I'm going to start with some of the things I'm excited about.
I'm excited about the one to one take home program in our high schools.
I'm excited about the equitable access.
I'm excited about the recognition in our our our technology documents that the educators are critical that the computers don't replace the educators.
What I'm concerned about.
That I've raised before is that there's a lack of acknowledgement throughout our documents that there may be risks associated with technology use.
This is not.
A completely risk free thing.
We have three governing documents that are referenced here our technology plan.
The Washington k-12 ed tech standards and a document called principles for effective digital learning.
Through none of them does it mention any potential.
Development or exposure risks.
Due to improper use of technology or non age appropriate use of technology.
It just talks about the positive elements.
And so my concern is the impact on cognitive and motor development in the K-5 years.
Those are the formative years for literacy for numeracy for hand eye coordination.
And I recognize that we need our kids to be able to to operate technology and to be able to use technology as a tool.
I don't like the idea of our assessments driving our technology choices.
I'm really that bothers me a lot.
But I'm concerned that if we put more computers our kids are going to spend less time writing drawing reading doing math doing things with their hands doing things with their you know the the.
Elements that are part of cognitive development.
And so I actually you know from the American Academy of Pediatrics they have some document they have some notes out from 2016. Talking about you know these are some of the extremes and I think we have to acknowledge that these may be a result of extreme use but they are still risks.
Children who overuse online media are risk of problematic internet use.
The prevalence of problematic Internet use among children and adolescents is between 4 and 8 percent.
That's in 2016. And at home many children and teenagers use entertainment media at the same time they're engaged in other tasks such as homework.
A growing body of evidence suggests that the use of media while engaged in academic tasks has negative consequences on learning.
I think that this speaks to training.
You know that we've heard from effective use of digital technology it's not just use it's not just prohibited use it is effective use but we've not had the conversation and it's not built into our documents that there are risks associated with it that we have to acknowledge.
The recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics for governmental organizations is to continue research into the risks and benefits of media.
Prioritize longitudinal robust study designs including new methodologies for understanding exposure and use.
Provide interventions reducing harmful media use and preventing and addressing harmful exposure.
And then I think there's one more here.
And inform educators and legislators about research findings so they can develop updated guidelines for safe and productive media use.
So my point is not deny kids computers.
It's that all of our structure all of our conversations have been around the benefits around the positives around the strengths.
That's cool.
But that's a one sided story.
And so I'm just here voting no on this because I want to make sure that we are acknowledging.
That these benefits don't come for free and we have to be cognizant of that.
Other comments questions concerns from my colleagues.
Director DeWolf.
Yeah I just want to reply to that because I think you know research also suggests that 40 percent of our neighbors have no more than four hundred dollars to their name.
And 50 percent of our neighbors are rent burdened.
So I would imagine that particularly in these conversations we also have to recognize our privilege.
And so I know a lot of my neighbors don't have any access to any of this technology at all.
So I want to be thoughtful and I appreciate you you know I know we can nerd out about our data and our and our and our research so I appreciate the conversation.
I just want to be thoughtful that we often come from our place of privilege to think that that is how everybody exists and more often than not.
You know we have upwards of 4000 students experiencing homelessness in our schools.
I mean many many kids many many families do not have any access.
So this is maybe their only time to have access.
So that that's where my feeling is.
Director Geary.
I was listening to your comments Director Burke.
And what I heard was a real strong concern about access to media and access to the Internet and you're focusing it on early grades where I guess again I get back to the idea that this is this is not being put out in a silo.
It is not the only tool.
It is.
Part of the package of tools.
That we provide to our teachers so that they can do their job.
And that we hear today that they are very mindful of the impact that it's having on their students brains and their engagement in education.
So.
Certainly I hear you but I really heard you talk more about internet media access and not computers as a tool.
Necessary for elementary school teachers to prepare kids to start engaging with the tool more actively around potential media learning in middle school.
But if they're not if there are bodies of kids that aren't prepared to engage by middle school when they need to hit the ground running for more complex deeper analysis thought bigger productions of homework or even just schoolwork.
Then they will be behind.
And so I appreciate it and I think that we need to continue to work on the policies And as we've talked about curriculum the balance between adopting curriculum and setting forth guidelines in terms of the amount of computer that the curriculum requires.
We can address that in other areas but the tools I think need to be there.
And I'm going to second I hate doing anything that is driven by a state mandated draft a test.
Director Burke.
Again I want to appreciate my colleagues and the educators and that this is not in any way and I hope it's not perceived as a lack of trust around your area of expertise but just the acknowledgement that we are talking about an issue from the benefit side and the to be really specific.
If we if we imagine you know like speech to text conversion is that going to reduce the ability of our kids to write.
If we look at you know some of the amazing artwork that can be done on computers our kids is going to do less drawing and painting.
So I only say this as as worst case scenarios if we're doing more simulations our kids going to lose their numeracy skills.
So that's those are my points of concern and and they've been raised.
Director Mack.
Having three kiddos that are young and have been growing up in a world of technology which is different than the world that I grew up in and different from our parents generation.
That technology presentation that we went to by the gentleman that Mr. Kroll organized.
It was really a fascinating conversation around how we communicate differently and the impact of technology on this generation of kids that's moving through.
And it's a runaway train really in how we communicate how we interact how we learn.
And I second concerns around focusing only on the benefits but not being cognizant of actually critically thinking about what are the potential dangers to our students and to our kids as they grow up and learn through this that We need to be we're responsible to think about that and we haven't we haven't generated a policy around those concepts and like the things that we do need to think about and put some guardrails around to support our students not to not to limit it just for limited sake but so that we ensure that we're using technology as a tool.
One of the things that we are finding that are that I understand is happening and I apologize for not knowing where the quote is but Students are getting to medical school without the motor skills that they need to do surgery.
There's like fewer students because they are not actually we're not doing quite as much writing and there's there are impacts of what's happening in our society that we have to consider.
I'm still going to support this effort to move forward but I strongly urge the board myself and others that'll be continuing forward in the next year to Spend the time and energy to get a policy settled that we can feel comfortable with.
DIRECTOR HARRISON Okay follow up comments and then we'll roll this to a vote.
First of all John Kroll CIO thank you very much.
A couple of things that I really appreciate about you and pushing forward Some of these resolutions is that you have brought folks for instance from the city of Seattle to talk about the inequities of wiredness throughout the city.
That's something that if you could send that out and to all the school board members I'd be very grateful.
That was a huge learning piece for me.
The ITAC committee.
Is is wrestling with these issues and it's a diverse group of folks and they are not afraid to disagree with each other just like we on this dais are not afraid to disagree with each other.
So thank you very much for that.
I would point out that we tend to rely a lot on the tech plan and the ed specs and I'm not sure I appreciate that we voted on some of this in a big BEX V priority plan.
Okay.
But it wasn't a specific bar.
And I think you have left your flanks unprotected on some of those arguments so you might want to fill in the holes.
And again these are really good rich conversations to have.
Your predecessor certainly did not.
And and and I respect the heck out of you for being good and transparent on on all of this.
A it's a ton of money.
B it's a whole shift of how we teach.
The McClure librarian hands up.
Your testimony especially resonated with me.
Your conversations and ITAC have especially resonated with me that when you get Rising sixth graders in you know exactly which school they came from based on their abilities.
And whoever taught the third graders on the SBAC that might well be one of those video snips I send to all my legislative friends and Betsy as well because that's just craziness.
It's it's it's not.
It's not intellectually consistent that we are doing high stakes testing on slow computers 20 minutes bad internet and we're penalizing our district and punitively shaming our children.
I mean anyway I intend to vote for this but I intend to dog you about these issues because they're important issues and I also encourage teachers In terms of your long term career paths there are those folks on one end of the continuum that believe computers will harm your jobs in the long term and one hopes you don't let them.
Roll call please.
Director Burke.
No Director DeWolf aye Director Geary aye Director Mack aye Director Patu aye Director Harris aye this motion is passed with a vote of five to one.
Thank you.
Okay we are now moving to action item number two which was number twenty two on the consent agenda.
BEX V award construction contract K 5 1 0 9 to Wayne's Roofing Inc.
For the Van Asselt Elementary School at the African-American Academy roof replacement project came before ops May 16th for.
Approval.
Approval of this item would authorize.
The superintendent to execute construction contract K 5 1 0 9 with Wayne's Roofing Inc. in the amount not to exceed five million five hundred thousand dollars including basic bid plus Washington state sales tax with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract motion please.
I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to execute construction contract K 5 1 0 9 with Wayne's roofing incorporated in the amount that is not to exceed five million five hundred thousand dollars including base bid plus Washington state sales tax with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent to take any necessary actions to implement the contract.
Second.
Director DeWolf I believe you were the gentleman that took this off the consent calendar.
You go first.
I was the gentleman.
This time.
This you know I want to just elevate something which I think is very exciting and I know we maybe have glossed over it today in our comments but this morning executive committee did move out a really exciting bar that again I was really grateful to work with President Harris Director Burke Director Mack to establish A student and community workforce agreement here at Seattle Public Schools through the through the passage of our task force.
So this really just relates to that and also to really reiterate what is deeply important about BEX V and the responsibility the fiduciary responsibility we have to those public dollars.
And so I do fully support this project and obviously we should have good roofs covering all of our schools.
I just want to elevate and point out the fact that this is an example of a major capital project that we actually should have under a student and community workforce agreement.
If we did have a SCWA I'm going to have to remember that all the time Rick.
SCWA on this project I believe we would be assured of high labor standards for the working people on the project.
We would have the certainty that there would be harmony on the project and no work stoppages which keeps us fiscally responsible and projects projects completed on time and we would help ensure That a good number of people working on the project are from our local community.
So I'm really excited again that we as a board will have us before us in the coming weeks ability to move forward on the student and community workforce agreement task force that achieves these goals eventually.
So I just wanted to express a sense of accountability and urgency that the longer we wait on CWA for these types of projects the more we miss out on the benefits of a CWA and the more the opportunities we miss out to connect our own SPS community students and taxpayers to those job opportunities.
So let me ask you a question back if I might.
How did you choose consent item number 22 to hang that speech on as opposed to.
Because it was in consent it was in consent.
Well there are many operations construction projects in consent.
I'm just trying to determine.
Whether Wayne's roofing is special as opposed to any other Ops project.
No it was just an opportunity to say it's really easy for us to put these things on consent agenda obviously which is what we do to keep kind of the efficiency of our meetings and here I am talking for very long so I'm trying to reduce the talking time but I will say as part of consent is important to keep just elevate and for the accountability and so that was all it was and the comment rings true for the next BEX 5 conversations we'll have in the future.
And I admire your facility and nimbleness.
Are there any particular questions comments or concerns for Wayne's roofing.
Director Burke please.
I had thought the reason this was pulled off was because it was a BEX V item.
And that it was an amount that was above you know up in the into the millions of dollars which for some of these types of agreements often there's a threshold.
So what that triggered for me is I didn't think we were funded for BEX 5 until.
Next year.
And so I'm curious.
Is my misunderstanding that we're not collecting or how are we funding this out of BEX 5.
That's true.
Fred Podesta Chief Operations Officer.
So we're authorized to actually directly spend BEX 5 dollars with the start of the fiscal year in September.
If there are actual expenditures out the door we will book those to contingency funds in BTA 3 and then we'll do a transfer after September 1st.
And this project got fast tracked.
I think I mentioned to you last time that we've got some structural issues with the roof.
We found out the hard way when somebody stepped through it.
The piece of abstract art I brought in is a piece of what needs to be replaced.
So I appreciate.
Can you hold that up please.
Did we pay a DLI claim on this one.
Thank you for that.
But I appreciate the board moving quickly because this needs to be taken care of parts of this needs to happen this summer.
Okay so here's the next question you know it's coming.
If we didn't see that one what other.
Happy little surprises are out there waiting for us.
So we've changed our practices and to have roof consultants on building envelope consultants you always ask about this term the exterior building on design.
This is really a design issue that has led to this accelerated damage and so we approach this work differently now.
Seeing no other further comments questions concerns roll call please.
Director Burke.
aye Director DeWolf aye Director Geary aye Director Mack aye Director Patu aye Director Harris aye This motion is passed unanimously.
Okay.
C 1 approval of the 2019 2020 student rights and responsibilities came before C and I May 21 4 4. Approval.
Approval of this item would accept the 2019-20 student rights and responsibilities document as attached to the board action report and be advised that page 38 of this clean copy was updated since introduction.
We had a rather rowdy and thoughtful conversation during introduction.
Do we have any other comments questions concerns.
Motion.
I move that the board approve the 2019 20 student rights and responsibilities document as attached to the board action report.
Second.
Comments questions concerns from my colleagues.
I'm sorry.
I did.
And and you were otherwise occupied so we read it out loud.
Not again.
Relax.
Director Mack please.
My question is relative to the questions that came up earlier about language that was changed between the two drafts and just clarity around what's in the final draft.
Just for the record kind of explaining do I need to go further into what the testimony was.
OK you've got it so thank you.
You got quite a look on your face pal.
What up.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF Good evening Wyatt Jesse Chief of Student Support Services.
This is just this particular on that comment the red line version that you have in front of you is the official record it does actually read on there.
It was a comment around that staff also hold that commitment not just the district around supporting students Of color furthest from educational justice and so that comment is in there.
It reads like that.
The current version that is online is would be updated.
So that's why we're waiting for board action this evening to approve that.
And so then we can update online the online version including the PDFs right now.
So we're just waiting for that action.
So we're teed up very well to continue to read what was in the initial version as you know.
Can you do me a favor and read for the record what is actually in the version that we're posting that it does retain that language because it sounded to me like it was being lost and so.
So it's really in specific to sorry things not labeled for pages.
Six page six.
So it's under the district under district commitments And then specifically to the section titled Seattle school staff are committed to and that is ensuring racial equity in an educational system.
And then it goes on to other sections that are are listed in there.
And so that was the real clause that that was under discussion that again it's Seattle public school staff are committed to and then also the ensuring racial equity in educational system.
Those two pieces are not currently on the online version again we're waiting for board action and then it goes on to talk about unapologetically addressing the needs of students of color who are furthest from educational justice requires safe learning environments and it just goes on into the clause.
So that's what I wanted to highlight.
Other comments questions concerns from my colleagues seeing none roll call please.
Director Burke.
Director DeWolf.
Director Geary aye Director Mack aye Director Patu aye Director Harris aye This motion is passed unanimously.
Action C number two approved purchase of technology to support the career and technical education CTE program came before C&I May 21 4. Approval.
Approval of this item would authorize the superintendent to execute purchase orders in an amount not to exceed $750,000 inclusive of Washington state sales tax tax over the fiscal year 2018-19 summarized in a list of projected orders attached to the board action report with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent.
Motion please.
I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to execute purchase orders in the amount not to exceed seven hundred fifty thousand dollars inclusive of Washington state sales tax over fiscal year 2018 2019 summarized in the list of projected orders attached to the board action report with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent.
Second.
Questions comments concerns from my colleagues.
We had a good discussion during introduction.
Last time Director Burke.
Brief comment just to thank staff for this and to also emphasize that this work aligns with the CTE plan which was in the consent agenda previously approved and I just want to elevate that so that folks know it's there.
Other comments questions concerns from my colleagues seeing none roll call please.
Director Burke aye Director DeWolf aye Director Geary Director Mack aye Director Patu aye Director Harris aye This motion is passed unanimously.
C 3 McGilvray Parent Teacher Association grant to fund multi-tiered systems of support for the 2019-20 school year.
This came before A&F May 24.
Approval.
Thank you.
Approval of this item would authorize superintendent to accept the McGilver PTA grant of three hundred forty eight thousand seven hundred five dollars for not the years that 2019 20 school year motion please.
I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to accept the McGilver PTA grant of three hundred forty eight thousand seven hundred and five dollars for 2019 20 school year.
Second.
Comments questions concerns from my colleagues.
Director Burke I'll I'll start I think this is a this is this is a hotbed issue and I want to acknowledge that I think that we as a board and we as a district are leaning into it.
And this is a place where I think there's a component of of values and there's a component of timing.
And it's important in my mind that we don't conflate them.
I believe there's a shift going on.
And I believe that that shift is around.
More equitable.
Processes through.
Out of district fundraising mechanisms I'm not even a single out PTA but.
Awareness of that documenting that.
Communicating to our families.
Around the importance of that.
The other side of that is what we're doing within the district which is.
We are unapologetic about.
Having our funding.
Flow.
Prioritize towards schools of need.
And those two things are working.
In opposition.
There's.
The community funding.
Sources are typically.
More affluent schools.
And the internal funding are typically.
We're providing.
Our funding to.
The schools that have a greater need more students.
Farther from educational justice.
So.
That polarity I think is something that we continue to talk about to work through and this this item that's before us today is sort of a manifestation of that like well.
We have had our community.
That is historically raised money which has historically been able to be used in their schools is here before us today.
At the same time we're trying to make a transition to more equitable funding models.
And I truly believe that our families by and large support that shift.
But there's a risk if we don't approve this that we could be sending the message to our families sorry your money is not welcome here sorry your partnership isn't welcome here sorry we don't.
We haven't figured out how to do this yet which is kind of I believe is the message.
That I'm feeling is that we haven't gotten there yet.
So I will be supporting this because I think.
We're on a trajectory.
That in the future.
This is not going to become an issue.
But today it is.
And I'd like to think that.
While we while we may support this today.
That.
In doing so we're bringing these families along with us on the journey to help find a way.
To.
To balance that out.
Director DeWolf Well thank you President Harris for seeing me.
I have elevated this this frustrating issue at least four times.
I know that sounds trivial but at least on the record to say that I think actually the responsibility is at the feet of this board to actually do something to address this through policy and we have not done that.
So I I want to tell you how conflicted I am about this.
This item particularly as it relates and pertains to equity and funding and and also again the movement that is coming along already around this work.
I think it would it would.
My fear is that if we.
Don't have anything in policy that is preventing this.
Then is it up to us to to do the work to make the policy.
So I think today if this moves forward then tomorrow I hope and expect to see an email from one of you if not myself to say OK what are we going to do to bring back the folks from McGilvray but also other communities.
I know there's folks in West Seattle I have my friend Hayden Bass out there.
Like there are really folks that are trying to talk about equity and PTA funding models.
I think it behooves us to say this is our you know this is the I don't know anything about sports really a shot clock maybe like this is our countdown right.
This is our countdown.
That's and it's up to us to do something about it.
So I hope in the fall we can bring back these families to say Come along with us.
We need to reassess this because you know even even on the campaign I know Eden and I talked about this a lot.
And I didn't realize that there really technically is a loophole that is not really preventing this from happening.
And so it is up to us I think to make that that that commitment to do something about it.
And I'm ready to do that and I think a lot of families and communities are ready for us to make that decision and look to us for the leadership on that.
And I would be glad to support that and whatever the work it takes to get there.
But I think for now.
I want to be thoughtful that there are not even likely but we know statistically that there are students experiencing homelessness at McGillivray.
There are students that need additional supports and services and resources who are underserved and so.
I don't want to cause I don't want to cause harm in the short term without actually having done the work to make sure that this is prevented in the future.
So that's just what I'm sitting with and it's just you know that's the tension I'm sitting with.
Director Mack.
So I appreciate talking about not causing harm.
I.
I am thinking about if we if if for some reason we were to vote this down it would be akin at this moment in time to the levy cap that the legislature put forward.
It doesn't force the actual funding that's needed and the supports that's needed into the schools but it restricts our ability to to provide it.
And that's.
That causes harm that will cause harm to the students in the school.
And the work has been moving forward in terms of doing the actual analysis around the fact that the funding model is.
It because we are fundamentally underfunded.
We have the system of all of these different streams of money coming in from all different sorts of places.
And that creates a fundamental.
Inequity when it's happenstance as to how it's getting applied.
We have foundation monies and I did the I want to actually pull everyone's attention to some data and information that helps tell the story Of what is actually going on in our district on a school by school basis and it's the big sheet.
It was presented in the May 20th audit and finance.
You can get a copy of it if you call the board office.
The amount it's a very complex thing but the amount total amount for other funding which is all grants.
So that includes title one dollars.
LAP dollars which are additional state dollars that are directed towards learning assistance.
Our city FEL levy or FEP levy now.
So that's all the money that the city has raised in a levy for us and comes into our schools and pays for staff.
Let's be honest we're supporting the staff in the buildings PTA and then other grants.
These are all columns in here and then central grants and then self-help.
So we have seven different categories of other that the state's not covering that's not under our levy.
And the PTA dollars are only 8 percent of that.
For specifically PTA 33.7 million is the total extra dollars for last year.
8 percent of that 2.7 is the PTA dollars.
The other grants and foundations that we're very grateful for as well.
That are bringing in dollars to our schools like LEV and Nashholm and all of these different.
School funding sources account for 12 percent.
The city levy accounts for 32. So.
We have a donut hole situation in the way that this is set up when our WSS.
Can't fully fund the schools at the level that basic education should be because the state's not providing us the dollars they are giving us nine nurses for 105 schools.
Can debate that.
But we are not getting enough funding and we are intentionally focusing on equity in the distribution internally.
We have multiple ways in which that happens which we can talk about further.
But we are putting dollars in our highest needs schools at a Triple to three times rate that other schools are getting another and those other schools are not getting the full time counselor and they're not getting the math assistance.
And these are all things that are actually really helpful for the entire school.
So at this point in time we still need the support and there are other schools that need additional support and it's not fair.
The reality with this grant is that it brings McGillivray's funding per student into the middle of the pack.
It is not up at the top it is not outrageous and it is it is supporting our highest needs students that the what it's paying for is actually very focused on the MTSS.
So I really.
And anyone who knows me and followed my campaign is actually seeing my advocacy work.
I got into this work through Seattle Council PTSA and.
The first thing that I did was get at the state level the issue passed on fully funding basic education with fair revenue.
And then founded an organization fighting for full funding for education.
This is an issue because it is fundamentally inequitable that we do not have enough funding.
I am so supportive of the fact that Seattle Council has passed a new resolution around this.
But it is equally as damaging to rip away this community support to supporting schools without providing additional systems and support so that we can support all of these students.
So I agree we need to get moving on how can we increase the equity in the system and how we're funding it.
And I know that the district is internally doing a resource mapping project that's going to help us moving forward and there's my soapbox.
Director Geary.
I will support this.
I will say that when I first visited Mcgilvritz in my district.
After I was.
elected I was impressed even then their focus on equity it was even louder and more urgent within that population than I even felt it was in the district at that time in many ways they were making a conscious effort around I remember on tour and like hiring people of color in their school.
That was a point of pride and the Sherri Jensen on the PTA was was part of that Heidi Obea also.
And they were just very proud and very cognizant of the needs and what needed to change in education and so.
I know their heart is in this work and always has been and I have been exposed to environments that weren't that way weren't talking about it as much so in that regard I know that they are trying to create structures to support all of their kids and with a focus on what is needed the differential needs of the different types of kids within their community.
As Director Mack said you get kids because we don't provide the kinds of supports to every school that every school should have.
You will get students who particularly need those supports that won't get them under the weighted staffing standard.
So if you have one student who really really would benefit from a counselor if the makeup of that school doesn't support a counselor they're not going to get a counselor and who's going to be harmed.
The one kid that really needs it and the disruption creates the stigma because there isn't a support in the school to help that environment and I've lived through that in my schools as well that.
You really need to create the sports one just because it's one student doesn't mean that one student doesn't need a specially trained person to meet their needs and keep them from falling through the gap.
So we can't provide the needs for every student we can't provide them every student in every school the types of adults nor do we want to create a situation as we hear where students have to leave their school to get a support.
That's bad too when we start funneling students because we say we simply can't provide the support in your school because it's just too rich and so therefore you're not going to get the kinds of supports you need.
But we have a school over here that perhaps you want to go to because we do that in special ed.
And they don't like it.
They loathe it.
It feels bad.
It feels labeling.
It feels discriminatory.
And so there is a balance.
And I'm I I just feel like I wish that we could just say what every school should have to support all the kinds of kids in them that could reasonably be foreseen and do that we can't do that.
We have a city who has said yes we want to spend more and we have a state who said no.
And so it's not the it's not the hearts of our city that don't want to do more.
And so punishing the people of our city for trying to do more.
Is not good.
And yes.
We need to create a structure.
And that.
It sounds so easy but it's going to be it's a big body of work and it's going to take somebody who really wants to step up and figure out how to create a structure to take the private funding and create the equitable the structures around equitable distribution and analysis of the students needs.
It sounds so easy and it's going to be so hard just like when people said you really need to to look at advanced learning.
And I said that's going to be a multi-year body of work and it has turned into a multi-year body of work because it's a body of work that's going to take a lot of input a lot of careful consideration policy changes all of that stuff.
So it's not easy but it's work that needs to be done.
But in the meantime we have policy 6100 and it encourages our partners private governmental To share money and give us money to use.
And so when schools go out and ask for the money to be raised they're doing it in line with sixty one hundred.
So we need to.
If we're going to honor our policies and let these schools do what they think they need to do to meet the needs of their students.
Then we have to honor that work until we've come up with the structures that they can do it in a way that.
Is different.
And then we can hold them accountable.
But right now we have nothing to hold them accountable against.
There's no standard to hold them accountable against other than big amorphous words.
And that's not fair to the people trying to just get education in an underfunded system.
DIRECTOR HARRISON- Director Patu did you have comments questions concerns about this one.
DIRECTOR PATU- No I think Director Gary pretty much said pretty much what I thank you.
Appreciate that.
DIRECTOR HARRISON Okay I've got questions for CFO Berge and Deputy Nielsen please.
Four million dollars from PTSA's backfilling on the budget is that correct.
Excuse me I asked her the question she told me four million dollars last time.
Yeah I had said that that was an estimate that's that's what I recall.
I think that there is some under reporting on the big sheet that goes on because there is some help that comes through that is not captured on there if it's not coming through a grant.
So we have talked about some ways to make it more transparent as we move forward where it has to be separated taken out of self-help.
So right now there's some other things running through self-help that get buried in there.
And we can bring those out and be more transparent about what's going on.
DIRECTOR HARRISON.
OK.
And do you have a sense of how much money is being a gut.
How much money is being run through self-help from PTSA's.
Aiden I'm sorry.
Thank you.
Yeah I think that the big sheet is is what we know and is slightly understated.
I don't have the number off the top of my head.
I did not bring a big sheet with me.
And Deputy Nielsen I recall more than a few conversations on this.
It was my understanding there is in fact a policy that prevents PTSAs from buying staff.
Is that correct or no?
I'd have to look I'm sorry Stephen Nielsen I don't.
I'm not trying to put you on the spot I'm just trying to check my recollection.
As far as I I'm told by JoLynn no and No thank you.
DIRECTOR HARRISON How do we address the testimony that we've heard not just tonight but otherwise where we've got schools that are raising upwards of three hundred fifty thousand dollars and we've got some of our highest needs high schools that are lucky if they raise two thousand.
And I see it in district six.
I see that wide disparity and.
And there's been more conversation between those schools.
There's been more volunteer assistance between those schools but we're really not hitting the issue.
How do we get there from here.
Well I will rather than give a very long answer I will give you what I hope is a short answer.
In spite of the fact that the big sheet may not be completely accurate One thing that it does clearly point out is that we do have a weighted system to provide more funds to higher needs students in their higher needs schools.
So for example I will and I'm doing this all from memory.
If you look at all of our regular high schools our regular opportunity high schools Rainier Beach has the highest funding per student of any of them by a considerable amount.
And what that tells you and that includes all of the funding that is represented on the big sheet.
What that tells you is that in spite of the fact that we don't have enough resources to do everything that we want and need to do we do have a model that does better than what we could do if we just allocated it out in a direct smoothing fashion if you will.
The other thing that I would say is that the purpose of the levy Is to enhance education not to provide basic education.
So in some ways this is the same subject.
We're talking about outside funds grants in this case from the PTA that we use to address student needs.
I wish I could tell you that I'm confident that the legislature will help us fix this problem.
I am not.
They do make incremental improvements.
But until they do so at a macro level I believe that we're in a position where like it or not.
We need to look for every resource we possibly can in order to help our students.
I hope that answers your question.
DIRECTOR HARRIS- It touches it.
Thank you.
And I'm not sure I expect point to point answers and I appreciate that.
John Stanford International School and McDonald in the past came to us with extremely high PTSA gifts to hire IAs etc.
And I remember that causing a great deal of consternation years and years in a row and they went back and changed their delivery system So that their PTSA did not have to ask for that much money is.
I'm extremely troubled by that and I and I take Director DeWolf's words to heart that the responsibility belongs on this dais but but I will suggest to you as well Director DeWolf that that is a responsibility shared by staff and the PTSA's and our communities.
Because we talk a really good game about doing a foundation or pooling money etc etc.
All wonderfully controversial topics.
We've got big gives as opposed to doing the auction circuit.
And that is energy and brilliance that I would much rather have in Olympia.
And writing checks or begging our.
Community providers.
For silent auction items if you will.
The other part of this that.
That strikes me is we've got a new superintendent who is busting her backside here going out looking for money from the various foundations and.
We're doing it for specific asks for.
Seattle super readers for the strategic plan, et cetera.
And then at the same time, we're turning down money from, who are the robot people?
Remind me.
Well, you have an update.
We don't seem to have a sustainable system given the lack of funding.
But we can't be creating private schools within public schools when we've got schools that are hurting and harmed.
I'm not going to vote this down in large part due to the advocacy of my colleague Director Mack.
But I continue to have an ulcer over this issue and it's not right and it's embarrassing and we've got to embrace it and fix it.
Other comments questions concerns or can we take the roll.
Roll call please.
Director Burke aye Director DeWolf Director Geary Director Mack Director Patu Director Harris This motion is passed unanimously.
Number 4 BEX 5 award contract K 5 1 1 0 bid number B 0 2 9 6 4 to Shukart Corporation for the Cascade Parent Partnership Program at North Queen Anne High School roof replacement project.
This came before Ops May 16th for.
Consideration.
Approval of this item would authorize superintendent to execute construction contract K 5 1 1 0 bid number B 0 2 9 6 4 with Shukart Corporation in the amount of two million one hundred twenty eight thousand nine hundred sixty two dollars including base bid plus alternate number one and alternate number three plus Washington state sales tax With any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract.
This bar was updated since introduction I take it to put numbers in it.
Is that correct.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF To put numbers and to put some more history about.
DIRECTOR HARRIS- As much requested by us.
Thank you.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF I was reminded Fred Podesta Chief Operations Officer I was reminded by the board that The board was directors were interested in the history of the previous roof replacement.
Ironically we cannot find one for this is a 1914 building.
We have no records.
District has no records for a comprehensive roof replacement.
We've talked to the permitting department and cannot find building permits for a complete roof replacement.
We dug into the roof and there is roof material that appears to be 25 years old or so.
DIRECTOR HARRIS- That must make the fire department very happy.
DIRECTOR HARRIS- So that tells me it was well there was the building was leased to Northwest Center for a period of time and that this was piecemeal work that has been done over the years.
But we're at a stage now where we need a new roof.
DIRECTOR HARRIS- Thank you.
Motion please kind sir.
I move that the school board authorize the superintendent to execute construction contract K 5 1 1 0 bid number B 0 2 9 6 4 with Shukart construction in the amount of $2,128,962 including base bid plus alternate number one and alternate number three plus Washington state sales tax with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the contract.
Second.
Questions comments concerns Director Geary Director Mack Director DeWolf.
Thank you for the inclusion of the history and thank you it was on consent but I went in and I read the history on the item on consent as well.
So I appreciate them both.
Thank you very much.
Director Mack.
I got to visit Cascade Parent Partnership Program recently and this building was the Northwest Center preschool.
It was a big contentious issue when they were moved out and the Cascade Parent Partnership was moved in.
But it's really exciting work that they're doing at that school and it'll be a great they've had some fresh paint and so forth since they moved in but this is going to be really helpful for their students.
Director DeWolf.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF I have a couple of questions here.
So per state law we are required to have 15 percent apprenticeship utilization on contracts over a million dollars.
Unless there's proof that folks took a good faith effort and couldn't follow that.
So.
My question is.
Do we have proof that the subcontractors went through a good faith effort process and or do we have an internal good faith effort process or form or something that illustrates That they've done that process.
We have a waiver form that is part of the contracting process.
We are typically you know relying on the primes and and contract controls to work with both primes and subcontractors and you'd ask some questions about numbers we're reporting.
Are are really based on total project hours.
The challenges we have is every trade represented is every subcontract represented some primes and some subcontractors do better on apprenticeships some less so.
So I think as we pursue you know as we explore either project labor agreements or community workforce agreements I think we'll also be looking at internally at our own controls and how how much we lean in on.
apprenticeship or any of the social equity programs involved in public works contracting.
So we again we're mostly relying on affidavits and information that's reported to labor and industries.
And you know those are built into our contracts that you're required To do that from a contract mechanism we don't do you know independent audits and investigations ourselves.
It's just not been a practice of the district.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF So can you include or at least send the board what that form looks like.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF Sure.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF And or not and or and the form as it was filled out for this particular item.
Again I think particularly what I fear is that when we do it by overall project hours then a lot of those subcontracts do not have to adhere to that and and I think that is my fear is that we continue to have public dollars go out and not having opportunities for apprenticeship utilization to be a part of those.
So that's all I have.
Thank you.
DIRECTOR HARRIS- Director Burke.
I want to appreciate my colleague for bringing this up because I think it's a really interesting dialogue and so I'm curious.
When we talk about apprenticeship utilization.
The expectation that it be.
I guess is it an expectation.
That that 15 percent be.
Across all trades all subs.
Or is it.
Legitimate to have that be a rolled up number.
Recognizing that you know maybe some of the smaller subs.
May have a greater challenge.
With apprentice labor I'm not sure I guess I'm asking.
It's legal typical.
It's legal to for it to be spread.
Across multiple contracts I think.
This will be.
A discussion that we have that.
You know what is our intent.
I think understanding the.
Labor market and you know perhaps not every contract is the right place because different subcontractors and different firms.
You know there are issues that we need to balance here so their capacity.
To run an apprenticeship program might change but but a trade might be well represented.
By another firm that is better.
At apprenticeship program so I think those are the issues that we'll have to tease out.
Because.
There'll be the capacity.
of the contractors and very small firms versus the needs of the various trades.
And then the labor market is what it is.
I was talking to our trade representatives our representatives from the trades that came to the executive committee this morning and they acknowledge that you know there are some trades right now where they're just the demand is so high that we're not going to get apprentice hours the way we would like and and some that are different but.
That that really I think is a conversation we have as well what are we aiming for.
Right now our standard is really what's legal and in state law and I would agree we could lean in a bit more than we do now.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF- Thank you acknowledging that this we need to move on with this issue but if.
Focusing on granularity and then.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF- I appreciate that gentlemen.
DIRECTOR DEWOLF- It's 8 25. It's a time check.
We have had a great deal of thoughtful conversation today.
A lot of coffee.
I appreciate that but we are not staying here until 11 55 tonight.
Not even close.
So with that said.
Roll call please.
Director Burke aye Director DeWolf abstain.
Director Geary aye Director Mack aye Director Patu aye Director Harris aye This motion is passed with a vote of five to zero to one.
D intro items number one approval of the naming of the Rainier Beach School Library came before exec May 22 for approval.
Approval of this item would approve the naming of the Rainier Beach High School library located at 8 8 1 5 Seward Park Avenue South Seattle Washington.
So I'm here because I have an administrative role in this which is why my name is on the bar but there is such a affection And uniformly across all district staff for Director Patu we really like our leader superintendent you know to speak to this.
DIRECTOR PATU- Yeah well thank you and we all know Director Patu how important you have been to the legacy of this district and the legacy that you will leave.
We'll be sad to see you go but we know that you put great things in place and that you have been an unwavering unapologetic advocate For your district.
Time and time again.
And so as thoughts.
Swirled around about what.
Should happen upon your exit.
From Seattle Public Schools School Board.
There was a lot of conversation about how this would be a fitting tribute.
And so I just want to read the background statement.
Betty Patu has served the students of Seattle Public Schools for over 40 years in various leadership positions.
Her dedication to young people has made her a pillar of the community and a tireless advocate for educational justice.
Ms. Patu's fierce commitment to providing quality education to diverse student groups is demonstrated every time she speaks aloud of her students.
There is no question that she sees herself as part of a community to support students as if they were her own children and that the community sees this in her.
Ms. Patu's leadership saw the highest number of students of South Pacific Islander descent graduate from a public school in any one year.
Her work influenced the way the district serves and engages students of color.
Betty lives her life dedicated to her passion and has raised a family who is also tirelessly devoted to educational justice.
Ms. Patu is known and respected for her deep roots in her community and her lifelong pursuit of educational excellence.
It is therefore fitting that her legacy be honored by naming the Rainier Beach High School library for her.
Thank you Director Patu.
ELLIE WILSON- Read it again under action and then we're gonna party.
Number two approval of the night at the 2019-20 superintendent evaluation documents this came before exec May 22 for approval.
Approval of this item would accept the 2019-20 superintendent evaluation documents as attached to the board action report.
That committee met.
We had an executive session last week before.
We two weeks it runs together folks and we're still drafting the statement that will be attached to it and.
You know.
On our worst day.
We're still doing better than we used to do.
And for that I thank you.
We're still learning to work together.
And we still set new goals and aspire higher.
And.
This feels a lot better than it felt four years ago and and and again that's due to the hard work of the folks in this building not just the wall and the folks here on the dais and and I'm really proud of that.
Are we there yet.
Most certainly not.
Are we going fast enough.
Most certainly not.
But we got more pockets to pick and we got to expand our bandwidth And our alignment and collaboration.
That said number three.
Excuse me number four and last item.
And Ms. Morris would you come to the dais with Dr. Kenosha to please.
We are on three.
Oh that's the evaluation compensation.
You want money.
DIRECTOR HARRISON I thought you were volunteering.
DIRECTOR HARRISON I thought you were volunteering.
DIRECTOR HARRISON OK.
Number three.
Excuse me sir.
DIRECTOR HARRISON Are we.
Should we wait till action to comment or.
DIRECTOR HARRISON Yes.
Most definitely inappropriate.
DIRECTOR HARRISON Got it.
DIRECTOR HARRISON Thank you.
Number three.
Approval of the 2019-20 and 2021 performance evaluation compensation criteria for the superintendent.
This came before exec May 22 for approval.
Approval of this item would accept the superintendent's Performance evaluation compensation criteria for 2019-20 2020-21 school years as attached to the board action report as Exhibit A. Again we're still working on the documents and there'll be more to follow in action and we also need assistant general counsel assistant general counsel or chief counsel.
Okay chief legal counsel we're working with Mr. Serkwi who assisted us in getting this contract done and etc. for legal advice because we like to do things properly.
Number four.
Gail Morris and Dr. Kenoshita.
Tribal history and culture extended core instructional materials adoption.
This came before CNI May 21 for consideration.
Approval of this item will waive board policy 2015 while maintaining compliance with state law and approve the instructional material committee's recommendation to adopt tribal history and cultural instructional materials for all K-12 Seattle Public Schools classrooms.
Is there a reason this isn't called since time immemorial.
I believe we're using the language of the legislation but we could easily have used that title.
And that's a reason.
Thank you.
Can you take a few minutes to tell us a little bit about the history here and where we're going and how we're going to get there please.
Yes I will actually just address the essentials of the of the bar which is to waive those portions of policy 2015 which relate to procurement and the formation of an adoption committee.
Those requirements are not required by state law however we are following The state law in regards to submitting the recommendation to the instructional materials committee which met last week and approved the recommendation to the board.
What I would like to do in order to talk about the history is to give the floor to my colleague Gail Morris who is much acquainted with the history of since time immemorial here in Seattle Public Schools.
Good evening Superintendent Juneau School Board of Directors Gail Morris Native American Education Program Manager.
So.
The history.
As I know it.
Do you want to go back to 2003. 2003 2002 2003 we met in Quilcita Village with many native educators and tribal council people around creating a curriculum for non-native people to understand The tribes here in Washington state it started out with us just coming together and looking at what can we teach non-native students about the true history of native peoples of this land which evolved into the passing of House Bill 1495 which was suggested that this curriculum be used in Washington state schools.
Needless to say the curriculum wasn't really used by all.
So then they moved forward and created Senate Bill 5 4 3 3 through Senator John McCoy and that passed in May of 2015 that required the teaching of since time immemorial.
We started doing some training.
However we felt very successful in the training that we were doing but we weren't capturing all of the teachers that needed to take the training to teach this curriculum to all students.
And so as you know and when you see me present you see the number of people that have taken the training in it.
While they're great numbers compared to many school districts for Seattle Public Schools we could really raise those numbers.
This last year we.
Trained high school teachers.
I would say that we captured maybe one fifth of all high school teachers which was really disappointing because we did have funding for it and we had textbooks to give out to the teachers for them to use and and they loved it.
We just did training with Chris Drape's team on Monday.
And they're excited to start working with teachers around this curriculum as well.
So then that raised our numbers up to somewhere close to about forty five.
DIRECTOR HARRIS- Can you go back and who is Chris Drake's team.
This sounds a little inside baseball for your.
DIRECTOR HARRIS- I know this keeps moving on me so.
Oh there we go.
There it is.
Chris Streep.
He is the.
Is he a manager manager for the consulting teachers formerly known as the star mentors.
Yes.
So we had a great training on Monday with the teachers.
We give out a lot of curriculum.
We asked them.
because we weren't planning with them because they're not classroom teachers.
We asked them how we can support their work in the schools and we had really great dialogue around that and we're excited to get moving.
And so here we are.
We're ready to implement this.
We are focused on looking at middle schools next year and some options schools and really just focusing on how we're going to get the support and have some demo teachers.
I mean we're.
We are locked in.
We are ready to start this training.
We're excited and I know that many teachers and are excited.
One of the biggest requests that we do have is how do we market this and get this out to the buildings.
That is something that I would love to have more dialogue on.
DIRECTOR HARRIS- I have a couple of questions if I could please.
And Marquita Marquita please please come up to the dais or the podium and assist.
— It's always important.
— Indeed.
Okay.
Quick question if I might.
Is the STI PD required and are we paying for it?
— Yes.
— That is the best news I've heard in freaking forever.
— Absolutely.
— Thank you.
— Mm-hmm.
I can't recognize you.
I'm sorry.
I wish that I could.
Okay.
Keeping in mind that this is right before.
Adjournment.
Director Burke have at it.
DIRECTOR BURKE RANKIN- Time is short right.
DIRECTOR BURKE RANKIN- Yes.
DIRECTOR BURKE RANKIN- When we.
I'm looking at my colleagues that were in the same election cycle.
We we were asked by folks do you support the adoption implementation of since time immemorial.
And I can say honestly as a candidate I was like what is it.
And it forced me to do some research so I could say yes sounds like a great idea.
Three years on curriculum instruction policy committee where we went back and forth between saying yes let's adopt it.
Let's figure out how to adopt it.
And wow it's great that we're using it.
And so I apologize for the time that this has taken but I'm grateful to my colleagues and staff that have helped put shoulders to it continue to provide motivation and reinforcement and I'm super excited and thank you for your leadership all your work and your team for.
Such a high impact contribution to our district and our students.
Well thank you.
I just want to elevate to that I think not only in 2015 but even when Eden and I were running to it was it was a constant question that we were asked and then obviously we're affirming and so I'm really grateful that we're moving forward with it.
I you know I just encourage you to please let us know what's not working what you need more from us.
I know that we have a really ambitious PD with I think 350 to 400 teachers a year.
I can imagine that is a lot of work.
So if please just let the board know if there's anything else you need to make this a reality and make sure it is across this district because I think we've wasted not in a negative way Rick we have wasted a lot of time not getting to this moment which is to be able to really do the important work of accepting this and making sure that we have this in our school.
So thank you for all of your work.
Thank you for that and Dr. Kenoshena your part in this is not unrecognized and and it's it's kind of a fitting swan song if you will especially given your alignment and collaboration with the Tulalab and Senator McCoy and if we could invite Senator McCoy for the action item I
I will never turn down an opportunity to listen to him.
I ask I love it it's like magic.
OK we are adjourned.
Thank you all.
We have an executive session folks don't start clapping yet.