School Board Meeting July 10, 2019 part 3

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OK ladies we can hear you and it is five thirty and we are reconvening.

For the purposes of public testimony.

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Because we had such a long stretch of time prior to reconvening we tried to be flexible to have some public testimony.

So we had public testimony from Julie Van Arcken on the issue of dress code.

We had testimony from Alex Simmerman And we had a third person testify did we not.

Or just two.

OK.

And we also went through the intro item.

That I will read the title for the record.

So you need to back up when you're watching the streaming tomorrow.

And that's to approve board policy 3 2 3 2 parent guardian and student rights and administration of surveys analysis or evaluations.

Now we are back on the record.

Would you please read.

I'm going to read the public testimony rules.

I promised I would and I will.

In accordance with board policy 14 30 and corresponding procedure 14 30 board policy procedure.

One person speaks at a time.

Comments need to be addressed to the board.

Please adhere to the time limit.

When you have 30 seconds left a yellow light will show up.

Start winding down your comments when the red light shows up please cease your comments.

The focus of the comments should be on the issues and solutions.

The majority of the speaker's time must be spent on the topics that you have indicated you wish to speak about.

No racial slurs personal insults ridicule or threats will be allowed.

No comments regarding personnel matters.

All signs brought to the meeting are subject to these ground rules and there is an additional comment tonight.

Litigation has been filed by UNEA regarding their.

Situation at Robert Eagle Staff Middle School Licton Springs K through 8. The board members will not be commenting on any comments made during public testimony.

We have been advised by legal counsel.

We shall not do so.

Could you read the top three names please.

Thank you Ellie.

Joanne Joanne Pinkham followed by Chris Jackins and then David Simonton.

My name is Joanne Sayers and I have three topics to speak about.

One the African-American Academy helps serves the most at risk youth and helps them to thrive.

It's also the same for Indian Heritage High School.

You say you want to see students succeed but closing those schools logically isn't going to help anyone especially those kids that you say that are going that you want to see them succeed.

Closing those schools doesn't make any sense.

Just because you.

Have a personal thing that you don't really.

I don't understand.

But then closing them.

Do the right thing and reopen them.

Please.

To reestablish the UNEA Clear Sky partnership with RES and Licton Springs K-8.

UNEA and Clear Sky need to be able.

need to be there because Licton Springs is on a sacred site for the Duwamish people and Robert Eagle Staff is literally named after one of the most most influential and important natives from Seattle Public Schools.

UNEA and Clear Sky is a program that has helped many students thriving strive including my sister and I and cutting ties with them would put to shame.

SPS 3 do not relocate Licton Springs K through 8 because Licton Springs is not is a native focus school and on a sacred site to the Duwamish people in whose land we are on today.

We need a native focused school because it will help decolonize learning and help native students and all other students of race of color of any background feel welcome supported in their communities feel safe whatever.

So and please reopen them.

Please think about also think about the budget as well.

And I really.

really want you guys to be smart and think about it.

So thank you.

My name is Chris Jackins Box 8 4 0 6 3 Seattle 9 8 1 2 4 on the personnel report.

Three points.

Number one.

These reports continue to note the departure of a number of valuable staff members.

Number two the list has recently included Kyle Kinoshita Lucy Morello Stephen Nielsen Tom Redman and Bruce Gowra.

and Michelle Ramirez are here tonight.

Number three I wish to thank all of these staff members for their service to Seattle Public Schools.

On the tribal history and culture instructional materials adoption the Duwamish Nation should not be ignored.

I invite the board to reconsider its actions.

On amendment number one to the budgets to reestablish a Native American focused option school and to reopen the African-American Academy.

Three points.

Number one some years back the district wrongly closed Indian Heritage High School and the African-American Academy.

Number two this amendment would bring these ghouls back to life.

This is a good idea.

Number three included in the board report is a letter in support of the amendment.

Signers of the letter include the chair of the Duwamish tribe.

A past principal of the African-American Academy.

An active member of the deaf and hard of hearing community.

A past chair of the King County Democrats.

The current education chair for the Washington State NAACP.

a longtime member of the operating engineers union and a past president of the Seattle Council PTSA.

Please vote yes.

My thanks to director Scott Pinkham for bringing this amendment forward.

Also this is the first time I have seen no quorum of physical school board members present at a regular board meeting.

Thank you.

The next speaker is David Simonton.

Followed by Craig Seasholes and then Liz Kause.

David Simonton.

I think the next speaker then is Liz Kause Kouse Kouse Krause.

Hi I'm Liz Krause I'm the new librarian at Nathan Hill High School and I want to share about work being done with Seattle Public Schools and the University of Washington around teaching students news and media literacy skills and how to combat misinformation.

This is a big issue from a civic standpoint especially and as technology advances it's only going to get harder for our students to sort good information from bad.

It's a big priority to help our students stay on top of this and give them processes and skills that they can use themselves and that they can take home and teach their friends and families.

One way we're attacking this is through an event called Miss Info Day.

This is going to be a yearly event at the University of Washington and it took place for the first time this past March.

You have the schedule for this year's event in front of you.

Seattle Public School librarians worked with the University of Washington to bring about 100 students from Nathan Hale and Franklin to the event where they got to hear from faculty who are leaders in the field of misinformation research.

They got to learn about the inner workings of misinformation campaigns on social media how their data is tracked.

They also got to hear from the co-owner of Snopes about what goes into running a fact checking website.

And they got to learn and practice a fact checking process that they can use and that they can teach their friends and families to use.

Next year the organizers want to involve our students in planning the event so that they can be sure to address the questions that are most meaningful to them.

And the libraries are really looking forward to being part of that process as well.

I invite you all to come to Miss Info Day next year so that you can see the great work our students are involved in.

Thank you.

The next speaker, Tuesday Chambers, followed by Marjorie Alden-Dowd and then Carol Simmons.

Hello my name is Tuesday Chambers and I am the Ballard High School librarian and an ITAC member.

I'm here because I think one of the strongest ways to ensure parent and family engagement is in literacy is to partner with librarians and the Seattle Public Library.

So in front of you you have a SPL bingo card.

And I encourage you to play it possibly using the list that I provided you for our beaver readers at Ballard as ideas for reading.

And I'm you're all invited to join us in a partnership with Seattle Public Library to start that reading.

And.

This year our theme is Donut forget to read.

And so.

You're all invited to eat donuts with us and be part of that reading community.

Right now I'd like to cede my time to Stacy Huang who's a community partner.

Hi my name is Stacey Huang and I'm speaking on behalf of Mr. Craig Shisholz librarian of Dearborn Park International School to the board.

Please forgive me of an absence and allow Stacey Huang to read my remarks as I have been called out of state to attend my mother's finals days in Denver Colorado.

I want to applaud the Seattle's super readers initiative that was launched in June as something much like the page ahead book up summer program Dr. Juneau saw at Dearborn Park International School Library during her visit this spring.

I want to encourage further conversation on how that Seattle schools can complement and support and not duplicate this proven program that specifically targets K to 2 students at high poverty schools by providing a dozen books for summer reading.

I want to laud district website language like from the bus stop to the boardroom.

All of Seattle's public schools will be focused on early literacy in school year 2019 to 2020 but must lament and note the reality that staffing cuts at Dearborn Park International School next year means that our Title 1 school will be served with only a halftime library program and with no money from district directed towards the library collection.

Where is the equity in this.

A district focused on early literacy and equity should be invested in staffing Tier 1 Title 1 elementary school libraries and allocating state MSOC dollars to library material budgets as the library intends.

I want to invite the superintendent and board members and district leaders to invite to visit us sometime during the last two weeks of August as 35 junior board students enjoy a two week literacy camp read-a-rama.

I want to acknowledge the support of twenty five hundred donation from Bryant Elementary library book fair to round off Dearborn's library fundraising efforts to provide a no cost reading rich outdoor summer camp experience that supports families and the students after the end of first district summer staircase at the end of school.

This program was developed by UW's Dr. Martin Michelle Martin deserves your attention and consideration as our district advances the five year strategic initiatives and support Seattle super readers at all Title 1 elementary schools.

Thank you so much.

And Craig our thoughts are with you and we so value.

Your investment in our children.

Thank you.

Hello.

My name is Marjorie Dowd and I'm also a librarian.

I'm the librarian at Coe Elementary.

In Queen Anne and.

This year we were lucky enough to have a visit from Superintendent Juneau.

Unfortunately.

She can't talk.

Is that better.

Close to my mouth.

OK.

Superintendent Juneau visited Coe this spring and it was great to see her.

Unfortunately she came on a day when our library was closed because like all the elementary schools in the city we don't have a full time library program.

So what she saw was a very beautiful kind of empty room full of books.

I'm hoping she gets to come back when the library is open.

I would invite any of you to come.

I'd love to see you when the library is open and if you come what you will see is a room teeming with life.

I'm teaching lessons that are integrated with classroom curricula.

We're doing free choice checkout.

We're open for recess for puzzle making and drawing and more discussion of buying — picking out books.

Librarians have a unique relationship especially in elementary school.

Not that I'm biased in elementary school because we have that six year relationship with kids on their journey on their reading journey.

Sometimes their families are able to come in.

I have open hours every day I'm there after school so we can talk about choosing books.

But even if they can't the books we send home are like a love letter from school to the families.

When a student says to me I need help choosing a book I listen very carefully to what they're saying I show them a lot of books I listen to their reaction because what they're sometimes saying is I'm I'm nervous about making mistakes and I need a story that relates to that or sometimes I feel like I don't fit in and it would be really nice to read a story about someone else who feels like that or sometimes just really having a bad day.

When I help a child choose a book when all of us help a child choose a book what we're really saying is I see you.

I hear what you're saying.

Let's share a story together.

And I really feel that that is the core of community building in our schools.

Thank you very much.

Joining me.

My name is Carol Simmons.

I am requesting that you withhold your vote on the budget until one UNEA Clear Sky partnership with the district is resumed and that UNEA Clear Sky is returned free of charge to the Robert Eagle Staff site of Licton Springs and that a memory of understanding is made with the superintendent.

And also number two that the reestablishment of Indian Heritage High School and the African-American Academy is assured.

It's never been about the budget.

It's about priorities.

Thank you.

Next up is Chandler Charles followed by Jim Simmons and then Vicki Pinkham.

Hi my name is Chandler Charles.

I am a UNA volunteer community member and college student.

I am part of the Navajo Nation.

I'm here to speak on the restoration of UNEA partnership for continuation of Clear Sky.

I do not know much about how politics work but I do know you have the power to make a difference.

I acknowledge I am on Duwamish land and UNEA in my opinion represents more than an organization.

It represents the strength and keeping the Native American culture alive.

Moving us to a new location rips us away from the sacred land Licton Springs which brings healing and culture to us.

And I don't see why don't you see the same thing is happening that happened in history when natives were removed from the place they called home.

The importance of a Native American heritage school or even the UNEA program helps native students succeed.

The way it helps is that it helps them identify with themselves which is important and being confident with themselves as being a Native American and an all white mostly I guess majority white culture in school and throughout history natives have historical trauma and with this issue only brings more trauma.

And so I just ask that you just keep your mind and heart open and just look into more of this and ask for your support.

Thank you.

Am I next.

I'm not at all sure.

All right.

Thank you.

And its lack of wisdom.

I should start over.

I'm Jim Simmons resident Northwestern Seattle Seattle Public School teacher and administrator retired.

And now in its lack of wisdom a previous Seattle school board and administration closed the Indian Heritage High School.

The Indian Heritage High School was doing a much better job of working with Native American students and getting them through to graduation than any other Seattle Public School.

Now the Seattle School District and administration has acted to cancel their partnership with the Urban Native American Alliance.

The student operation taking place at the Eagle Staff building.

This UNEA and Clear Sky program they were also doing a much better job of getting their participants through to graduation than any other Seattle school program.

The partnership of UNEA and Clear Sky with the Seattle Public Schools at the Eagle Staff Building should clearly be continued and supported if the district's strategic plan to strongly support those students furthest from educational attainment and justice is to be at all believed.

If not, the present strategic plan must be viewed as totally bankrupt, at least as far as the welfare of Native American students and their families are concerned.

In addition, for a number of years, I was a central office administrator here with close connections to the operations of both the Indian Heritage High School and the African American Academy.

In this role, I tracked the enrollments, test scores, and operations of both of these schools.

When the percentage of students in economic poverty enrolled at each of these schools is considered, Both schools and their students were more successful in raising test scores and graduation rates than any other than any other school in the Seattle system public or private.

Neither school should have been closed.

These errors should be corrected.

They should both have been strongly supported and they should now both be reestablished.

Thank you.

Next speaker is Vicki Pinkham followed by Rebecca Wynkoop and then Lindy Wood.

My name is Vicki Pinkham and as you know I was here two weeks ago to speak on restoring Indian Heritage High School in the African-American K-8 programs as well as the Duwamish resolution.

that was introduced in 2016 and again on June 26th as I was watching the June 26th board meeting and the rest of the directors indicated that they were so surprised that they did not realize that Scott was going to bring forward this resolution.

I find that ludicrous.

How can you be surprised when you're on a television station?

But maybe you guys are forgetting.

I don't know.

Apparently you're forgetting where you're at.

And today we're on Duwamish land.

We have a Duwamish descendant here.

But that doesn't matter because your motto in essence says The Seattle Public Schools web page states and I quote our students come first.

This is in bold letters.

And it says we believe it is essential to place the interests of students above all others in every decision we make.

The core work of Seattle Public Schools is supporting student learning.

That's not true.

You can just take that right out of your your mission statement because when you close the African-American Academy and the American Indian.

Heritage School.

And now severing ties with the United UNEA and Robert Eagle Staff.

You're saying essentially that my children my native children.

Are not worth it.

We've got a Native American superintendent that we were so happy that we thought that maybe she was going to do something for us.

But in reality she's.

Taking.

Whatever she's taking from Muckleshoot.

Standing with them and being honored when she wouldn't even come to any of our programs to figure out what we're doing on a volunteer basis.

We are doing this voluntarily for the last 12 years when Huchoosedah wouldn't step down there.

They say oh that's Sarah's program.

Well you know what.

They're getting paid.

And they don't come north of the Seattle public of the Ship Canal Bridge.

And that's.

Unacceptable.

I don't know why you guys are sitting there acting surprised about different things.

I'm.

Being served.

On Friday.

Saying that nobody was here to be accepting the the.

Petition to be filed against the Seattle Public Schools.

It's.

It's amazing.

We've got we've got another native here who's trying to jump ship and go to city council so maybe he can get paid.

I don't know what his deal is, but why did he get on the board if he's not going to stick around and help the people that need it?

And you guys promised that you are going to be here and take care of our children.

You're not doing that.

You're not doing that.

You vote against us time and time again, and it's got to stop because you can be, you were elected, you can be voted out.

That's my message.

You can go back to Montana for all I care.

Because I am tired of all of this this stuff where natives are always put at the back burner.

We're at the back burner time and time again.

Let's relocate the natives.

It was good enough for them to be at Wilson Pacific when it was rat infested.

But now that it's remodeled.

Oh God forbid if we are ever even to walk in there because.

We got a principal in there that cost the school district two hundred forty nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine dollars and ninety nine cents.

When there was a sexual.

Please conclude your remarks please.

Sexual.

A case against her.

In 2013.

Please conclude your remarks.

And you guys still have her in there.

Pushing us out.

Please conclude your remarks.

I will.

Thank you.

But I just want you to know I am so glad that you did not get voted into Congress.

Taking money from Muckleshoot.

Thank you.

Next speaker is Rebecca Wynkoop followed by Lindy Wood and then Blaine Parse.

Hi my name is Rebecca Wynkoop.

I'm the librarian at Robert Eagle Staff Middle School and I'm a parent of two children in Seattle Public Schools and I have spoken in front of you many times.

And today I just want to share a story about what happened in our library today.

I had the joy of opening our library this summer for three hours four days and it is a phenomenal thing.

Our theme this year is summer reading no problema.

And today we had a real life llama in our library for two hours.

They actually it's a thing a therapy llama.

And for two hours we had over 200 students and their parents and their siblings.

in our library doing crafts playing games taking selfies with the llama checking out books we checked over 300 books out today to students and their and their siblings and their families.

And we had students from the ESY program that's in our building.

We had students from the Licton Springs summer program in our library today and it was a phenomenal experience.

community event that really highlights the importance of libraries in our schools.

And I wanted to share it with you today because I couldn't do it without a principal who's supportive of our program.

I couldn't do it without a budget to have the books that kids want to see.

I couldn't do it without a PTSA that's willing to give a little bit of money to pay the lovely woman who brought her llama to us today.

And and it's not just me and it's not just the collection and it's not just the space it's a conglomeration of a lot of people putting a lot of time and effort into really building a space that serves as a hub for our community at large.

And I just wanted to share it with you.

Thank you.

Hello my name is Lindy Wood.

I am the library assistant at Ballard High School and I want to thank you for your hard work on behalf of our students and for this opportunity to speak because there are two trained professionals in Ballard High School library.

We can visit classes we can run book clubs we can be open when families actually need us to be open before and after school even the extended day on or the shortened day on Wednesday we're open until 430. We can also run a maker space and workshops.

Our maker space is a place where kids and adults can explore materials techniques and devices.

We've had parents drop in to help us put together jigsaw puzzles.

We've had teachers learn from their students how to silkscreen.

We've had students made make Marita Dengas style figures and Polynesian stick charts and valentines because the library is where you go when you want to find out stuff.

Kids teens adults everyone.

And I invite you to visit our library to find out what a high school library can be.

Thank you.

This is Blaine Parse followed by Anna Pavlik and then Mohamed Ozmaz.

Blaine Parse.

The next speaker is Anna Pavlik.

Good evening my name is Anna Pavlik.

I'm the labor equity program manager at the city of Seattle in the Department of Finance and Administrative Services.

I'm here tonight to on behalf of the city of Seattle.

I wanted to make sure first that you've all received a letter that Mayor Durkin sent on July 3rd.

I have a few copies if you haven't but basically I'm here to share from the mayor that we really applaud your efforts.

in taking up the issue of community workforce agreements on your BEX V capital projects.

As many of you know the city of Seattle implemented a similar program back in 2015 which prioritizes the hiring of residents that live in economically distressed areas of Seattle and King County.

And as a city we've seen over 10 million dollars in additional wages from those construction workers going back into those low income communities that would not have gone there otherwise.

We've also been able to have success in our development of partnerships with private developers on the arena at Seattle Center and in the Seattle Asian Art Museum edition.

So we're here to offer support because we've been at this for over five or four years and are more than willing to set aside some time and provide technical assistance to you as you consider options and think through the benefits to your students graduates and their families.

I also want to recognize our partnership with some of the other public agencies in the region such as WSDOT, King County, the Port of Seattle and others.

They've been implementing similar programs to ours here at the city and so we're all here available to support and have put investments and resources for construction training and worker retention services to ensure that community members and construction careers gain access to jobs on our projects.

And I also want to appreciate give a moment to appreciate the work that you and your staff have done to revitalize the program at Rainier Beach High School for construction career and technical education.

We stand ready to support you and all of these efforts as you consider the community workforce agreement task force.

Thank you.

Next is Mohamed Ozmaz followed by Yesenia Ortega and then Genesis Alcala.

Is Mohamed here.

Next is Yesenia.

Next is Genesis.

Our next speaker is Karen Dove followed by Michelle Landwehr and then Carol Ensley.

Good evening Superintendent Juneau and board of directors.

I'm Karen Dove.

I'm the executive director of ANU a nonprofit organization that provides pre-apprenticeship training to individuals in King County.

Our pre-apprenticeship is 11 weeks long and exposes students to the construction trades gives them construction math experience job site tours physical fitness and the soft skills training needed to successfully enter and complete the construction trades.

Last year, ANU trained over 180 individuals in the construction trades.

86 of these individuals were women, and over 50% people of color.

76% of our graduates were placed in apprenticeships starting at over $20 an hour.

These are good family wage careers with benefits, and many of these apprenticeship programs provide free college credits.

We have all heard about the looming shortage of construction workers and we all need to educate ourselves and our children about the family wage career opportunities in construction.

I've been serving on both the city of Seattle and King County priority higher advisory committees and I can attest that these programs work.

We have seen an increase of women and people of color on these job sites which means our money stays in our communities.

And what better way to ensure that graduates of Seattle Public Schools have access to family wage careers in construction than by giving them a chance to build and work on the very buildings that educate the next generation.

Take Gerard a Seattle Public School schools graduate a Pace pre-apprenticeship graduate and currently an apprentice for Walsh construction.

He's not only earning nearly six figures in the construction industry as an apprentice but he is actively recruiting other young black men into the construction career.

because this program changed his life.

I strongly recommend you adopt a CWA for Seattle Public Schools.

Let's keep the money spent on Seattle Public School projects in our communities by ensuring the people in our communities including our graduates are working on the construction projects funded by our tax dollars.

Thank you very much.

Excuse me.

Can you can you just tell us what a NEW stands for just for the record because you mentioned a NEW I just want to make sure.

It stands for apprenticeship and non-traditional employment for women but that is a little dated because we started as an organization to get more women into construction but we have pre-apprenticeship programs now for women for people of color for young adults.

So we use the term ANU instead of spelling it out.

Thank you.

Next is Michelle Landwehr followed by Carol Ensley and then Chae Se-yeon.

Carol Ensley.

Chae Se-yeon.

Chi.

Sorry.

Sonia Forster.

Sonia will be Andy Kaplowitz.

Good evening.

My name is Sonia Forster I'm the Seattle district manager for the Associated General Contractors of Washington and the AGC applauds the Seattle School Board for continuing to help public school students find career pathways in the construction industry.

Now more than ever Seattle Public Schools has the opportunity to create unprecedented access to rewarding careers in our industry.

due to our aging workforce and the changing demographics.

We support a student and community workforce agreement task force and if it is created hope to be selected to participate along with a diverse group of contractors who will represent Seattle Public School students future employers.

As SPS recognizes and responds to diversity in its student body, recognizing and supporting equally diverse pathways to employment will most effectively serve SPS students and their career goals.

An SCWA has the potential to establish pathways to union and non-union apprenticeship encourage employers supported on the job training and integrate with core plus construction curriculum for students.

Core plus construction is the very definition of an engaging rewarding and challenging curriculum that will provide students with an opportunity to have direct access to a career in construction or a great foundation for entry into a college construction management program.

In addition to core plus construction the AGC Ed Foundation has been working in Seattle and with SPS on a variety of successful and scalable workforce development programs.

These current programs allow students to explore pathways for all levels of education and all types of construction and be considered as part of the discussion on elevating student engagement efforts.

I'll just read them.

I provided you with a copy an email copy of this.

I'm out of time but I just wanted to say thank you for this opportunity to present our our appreciation for the Seattle Public Schools effort to provide more pathways to construction careers as construction employers.

We look forward to employing more graduates of Seattle Public Schools.

Thank you.

Next is Andy Kaplowitz followed by Wendy Novak and then Pat Oda.

Pat wasn't able to make it, by the way.

Good evening, board.

My name is Andy Kaplowitz.

I'm Vice President of Government Affairs for Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington.

We are a regional chapter for a national trade association.

We have about 340 member companies that generate about 10,000 living wage jobs in the construction economy.

We have both union and non-union member companies in our group and so we applaud the school board for the effort to put together a task force on the student and community workforce agreement.

We think this is a really great step.

As you heard Sonia mention, there's great career pathways in the construction economy and we think it's really important to also note that The Workforce Education Investment Act, which the state legislature just passed, we worked quite heavily on to get that done as well.

It provides the opportunity to bring back apprenticeship prep programs into the school system through secondary schools and to create a running start pathway so that those kids can also matriculate into apprenticeships and into the economy on a faster pace.

And we think that's great.

We'd like to remind you, though, that 80% of the jobs that are in the construction economy are not in the unions, so it's important to keep an open mind about making sure those pathways are available for the kids to choose their own path.

We wouldn't want to see 80% of the opportunities for them eliminated simply because the program is reserved specifically for union apprenticeship programs because there's some great open shop apprenticeship programs as well that are worth consideration.

I did submit Pat Oda's testimony, written testimony.

He's the chair of our diversity council and has also served as our chapter president in the past and we have some very enthusiastic members about this step that you're headed and we appreciate that.

Thanks for your time.

Next is Wendy Novak followed by Trey Baumann and then Liberty Rothbaum.

Good evening and thank you for the opportunity.

My name is Wendy Novak.

I'm president and CEO of Associated Builders and Contractors of Western Washington and Bellevue.

I'm honored to have supported the construction industry for over 20 years through my role at ABC as the second woman president for ABC of Western Washington and one of many women who lead ABC chapters across the country.

ABC fully supports workforce opportunities diversity and inclusion.

I'd like to provide comment on the community workforce agreement that the board is considering the benefit of a community agreement for collaboration purposes is understandable but I would strongly urge you to consider including open shop contractors in the agreement.

As Andy mentioned more than 80 percent of the construction workforce chooses not to affiliate with a trade union and using only and using union only in a CWA restricts the ability for participation.

There are other ways to accomplish the work that does not restrict or discriminate against a large portion of the industry.

Regarding workforce opportunities for minority contractors, ABC is very proud of the last two months we spent working with minority contractors to build their businesses, through ABC's construction business school.

We partnered with Sound Transit Community Transit Renton Technical College Minority Business Development Agency and Northwest Small Business Transportation Resource Center.

A very collaborative approach focused on assisting contractors to build their business.

During this time I was able to learn more about the challenges minority contractors are having when it comes to securing work.

The majority of these contractors are and want to remain open shop and we need to make sure that their involvement is not restricted.

Our local construction business school has been a model for other chapters across the country and has been adopted as a best practice by ABC Nationals diversity committee which I'm a member of and I've provided you an exhibit of outline of the school along with information on open shop contractors and their safety performance.

Thank you.

Next is Trey Bauman.

The next speaker then is Liberty Rothbaum.

Liberty Rothbaum.

The next speaker would be then Bethany Cooper.

Bethany Cooper.

Manuela Sly.

The final speaker is Helene Sigmund.

Good evening my name is Helene Sigmund I'm the president of the Construction Industry Training Council of Washington.

I'm excited to know that the Seattle School Board has recommended the formation of the student and community workforce agreement task force.

CITC believes that this is an opportunity to create meaningful and rewarding careers in construction.

This is particularly important to an industry that is experiencing a severe skilled workforce shortage.

As the Seattle Public School Board moves forward and response to the diversity in our communities it is important to support many career pathways for students pathways that lead to meaningful and high paying employment opportunities.

The Construction Industry Training Council of Washington primarily known as CITC for the acronym was established in 1985 and offers 10 state approved apprenticeship programs all approved by the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council.

Our registered apprenticeship programs serve the open shop sector of the construction industry and currently We train just under twelve hundred apprentices as the largest open shop registered apprenticeship program in the state of Washington.

CATC hopes to be represented on this task force.

Thank you very much.

That is the end of the list of people have signed up to testify.

OK we move on to Roman 9 C action items number one board task force for student and community excuse me.

Ah number five off.

I knew you'd remind me.

It's a collaborative team sport up here.

Coming back around.

Yep.

Approval of the creative advantage arts partnership fund with the city of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture.

This came before C&I June 11 for approval.

Approval of this item would authorize the superintendent to execute the memorandum of agreement with the city of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture for three hundred sixty two thousand five hundred dollars for the creative advantage partner pathways with any minor additions deletions and modifications deemed necessary by the superintendent to take any necessary actions to implement the agreement.

Immediate action is in the best interests of the district.

I move.

Motion please.

I move that the school board authorize a superintendent to execute the memorandum of agreement.

City of Seattle Office of Arts and Culture for three hundred and sixty two thousand five hundred dollars for the creative advantage pathways with any minor additions deletions and modification deemed unnecessary by the superintendent and to take any necessary actions to implement the agreement.

Immediate action is in the best interest of the district.

I second the motion.

Comments questions concerns Director Pinkham you remove this from consent.

Yes in regards to looking at the financial cost of let's see which it was under background information in the 2019 20 school year funds from the Office of Arts and Cultural Support and under the first bullet item school partnerships at two hundred fifty thousand five hundred dollars.

The fourth bullet item noted 18 schools at three thousand dollars but total said only fifty one thousand and that should have been fifty four thousand.

Is district counsel in the house.

He is indeed acting chief counsel Ronald Boyd.

Please speak to this.

Yes Director Pinkham laid it out appropriately on the fourth bullet under school partnerships.

The amount should indicate fifty four thousand.

We will update that on the BAR and have it posted tomorrow.

But luckily all the amounts as far as school partnerships it says two hundred and fifty thousand five hundred.

That is the correct number.

And the amount on the motion is correct as well.

It's just the one typo on that fourth bullet.

Scrivener's error.

Correct.

OK.

Any other comments questions concerns please know that your board members are paying attention.

Thank you for catching that sir.

Community members that bring it to the board's attention.

Thank you very much.

Ladies any comments questions concerns.

Seeing no further comments questions concerns roll call please.

Director Geary aye Director Mack aye Director Pinkham aye Director DeWolf aye Director Harris aye.

This motion has passed unanimously.

OK now we go to C action items 1 board task force for student and community workforce agreement.

This came before the executive committee June 12 for approval.

Approval of this item would authorize the formation of the student and community workforce agreement SCWA task force and direct the superintendent to initiate the task force per the attached SCWA task force charge.

We had a motion please.

I move that the school board authorize the formation of the student and community workforce agreement SCWA task force and direct the superintendent to initiate the task force per the attached SCWA task force charge.

I second.

We had a great deal of discussion during introduction on this.

Do we have other comments questions or concerns.

I just I just wanted to extend appreciation for all the folks that came out and took their time today to express the appreciation for the formation of a task force and the willingness to be collaborative around this body of work and just look forward to it moving forward.

So thank you everyone.

Director Geary.

And that is exactly what I wanted to say and also extend my thanks to my fellow directors for their work on this.

OK.

And to the city and other agencies that have promised them us their assistance because we are broke.

Because we don't have enough folks and bandwidth to do what we need to do now.

We are coming for you.

We will pick your pockets we will pick your brains and we will pick your personnel up to help us make this a huge success.

You're on notice.

Director DeWolf.

Yes I just wanted to also extend gratitude to you President Harris and Director Burke and Director Mack for working collaboratively on this as well as our labor partners.

I know we have some folks in the audience and Superintendent Juneau just I know that this has been a conversation for a long time probably about a decade.

So I know that I'm really grateful for us to be leading this conversation not only just locally but across the state.

And I'm really grateful to be in this to be in this forthcoming conversation and in the task force meetings and really grateful that folks came out in support today.

So I'm I'm just humbled and grateful that we're at this really cool point and I really appreciate all the work and support.

So that's really all I want to say.

Director Pinkham did you have comments questions comments.

Yes.

Just more comments.

I want to thank the presenters here as well that came and talked about their role and their input in this and it's good to see that this does have a lot of support from the trades out there because if we'd had the program that we didn't have anything where we can possibly send the students and that you're able to get credit for the students.

I just see this as a benefit for the Seattle Public Schools as we're looking that we're making sure our students are going to be career and college ready.

So Qeˀciyéẁyéẁ Thank you.

I will extend my thanks as well on behalf of the board.

There are times that it feels like things move so ever slowly and changing policy and changing cultures a bear.

It's it's it's hard ratchet up one step at a time work but I'm really proud of this BAR because folks work together.

Folks worked out differences.

We kept it moving as fast as some of us wanted.

You know but we're here now and I believe that folks are coming to the table with good intentions and I believe that it is our fifty three thousand students and our taxpayers that trusted us with a billion dollars worth of money on BEX V to basically put our money where our mouth is.

And I'm really proud of that fact.

Again a little slow but it's the results that count.

Roll call please.

Director Pinkham aye Director DeWolf aye Director Geary aye Director Mack aye Director Harris aye.

This motion has passed unanimously.

Devils in the details we're calling you for resources and people to play to play hard And at the end of this process.

To have something we can be extraordinarily proud of.

Number two approval of board policy 3 2 2 4 student dress code.

This came before C&I June 11 for consideration.

Approval of this item would establish a universal student dress policy for all students in the district.

Mind you this has been updated since introduction and the red line is.

On the website.

Acting Chief Counsel Ronald Boy.

We pulled you into policy development and community engagement.

And thank you for being willing.

To dance.

Should I. Should I motion this.

Oh you can put a motion in.

Yeah.

We're thanking him and he's going to correct me in my parliamentary procedure mess ups.

I love it.

All right I move that the school board approve board policy number 3 2 2 4 student dress as attached to the board action report.

I second the motion.

Mr. Boy take it away please.

Now that I'm out of order as usual.

Yes.

So this has been a I think I would just like to say that the feedback that we've received on this policy has been refreshing and that it has been very productive feedback.

It's not always that way with the feedback that we receive from the community.

And as a result of all the feedback that we got on this we did make additional policy policy changes after introduction.

I added hairstyle into the policy to indicate that students do have the right to have their hair worn in the manner that they would like and that that primary responsibility for determining hairstyle lies within the parent and student's decision.

And our only concern is whether it is a health or safety hazard.

In addition on page 2 of 3 of the policy I removed the word obscene.

I felt that it was unnecessary and was a confusing term.

Pornographic does encapsulate the need of the policy so obscene has been removed.

Also at the bottom of page 2 we added the wording to the sentence further no students shall be referred to as a distraction due to their appearance or was added and attire to finish off that sentence.

And then just to make sure that all of the terminology contained within the policy is understandable to the reader.

I also drafted a.

superintendent procedure which indicates definitions for the majority of the terms that appeared to need further definition.

So I believe that the procedure as you can see it now there may be things that will be added to it.

If this is if this policy is approved and we get to the procedure development process but this will be the start of the procedure.

to ensure that all those definitions are laid out so that anyone can if they have a question as far as you know what does threat mean what does hairstyle mean all of those things are laid out in the procedure.

Director DeWolf.

I just wanted to just express some gratitude.

I know that even within only two weeks really grateful for your responsiveness and really trying to be thoughtful about this policy particularly as it pertains to our conversation last time about hairstyle.

So I'm just really grateful for not only the responsiveness for the last two weeks but also your collaboration with our family and community on this.

It feels like a really awesome collaborative effort and I have not heard.

You know even in the few emails we've gotten about it people have been really supportive and I think part of that comes from the fact that this is rooted in community and people got to be helpful in informing the process and the policy.

So just thank you for making this a very I think we mean honestly this is how we should model a lot of our policy development just in the way that this was done.

So thank you for that.

Yeah.

And it was it was very fun working with the students and parents on this.

It was really great and amazingly helpful to.

get all of the different viewpoints.

Director Pinkham did you have anything.

Just one thing that goes through my mind when I think about when I was in public school.

I used to have to cut my hair to play sports because the coach would say your hair is too long you need to have it this certain length.

Is there anything that may impact sports in this if you're saying hairstyle should be free.

I don't know if our coaches still require such things I hope not that they are more flexible these days.

No it would be the expectation that it would not be permitted for something like that to occur.

Of course there are situations where hair may need to be pulled back for a safety reason but safety and is really our main concern and as well as not having anything that creates a hostile environment for a student.

Other than that we should be hands off.

And then with public testimony what they shared if we do adopt a certain dress code where schools if they do have a dress code that if there are students that may then stand out.

How would we hopefully not draw too much attention to a student that may feel gee now I'm I felt alone but now I feel like I may be the only person dressed in a certain way.

You know I think that I think that we need to continue to have conversations about school uniforms but at this point school uniforms are grandfathered in as part of this policy.

President Harris.

Yes please.

Take it away Director Mack.

Thank you.

I too really appreciate the collaborative work around the policy and how the refining of it.

But the one thing I want to.

asked for the record to get a little clarification around is our uniform policy.

Some of our schools use or have had a uniform policy and I understand that one of them is ending their policy and that's a principal level decision.

And so I noticed in the policy that it states that schools can have a uniform policy but neither in the policy nor the procedure does it clarify how that decision is made and where that decision is made.

Mr. Boyd can you speak a little bit to what the current process is for deciding uniform policy and potentially what is going to be put into the procedure around that process for you know how schools decide that they're having uniform or not.

Yes and the policy as written which is up for a vote indicates that it's a it's a grandfathering in.

So they're under this policy there wouldn't be an opportunity for additional schools to create a uniform policy in the future.

However it indicates that the policy permits schools with a uniform policy to continue Having a uniform policy provided that it is gender neutral and inclusive of attire worn for religious reason.

So at this point just the existing schools would may be able to continue to have their uniform but others would not be able to create one in the future.

Director Geary.

I oh can I can I just follow up on that really quick.

I I don't have a problem with that as it's written in the policy.

I'm just wondering if it would be helpful to clarify that further in the procedure when the procedure is fully written and adopted so that that's fully understood across the board that there's no intention to increase uniform policy across the district.

Yeah I think that's a good suggestion and I also think that I'll build out as far as what it means as far as for things to be gender neutral and of that nature so that there is clear guidance for the existing uniform schools to know what they can and cannot do.

Yes thank you very much.

Appreciate it.

Director Geary comments questions concerns.

Madam.

I didn't have anything more.

I think it does.

My concerns were about.

the existing uniforms and how we go about eliminating them.

I believe the policy is such that a student could not be disciplined for violating the school's uniform policy and I think that is appropriate so that if they have the personal fortitude to to not conform that they wouldn't be punished for that though we don't want to create that kind of environment for any of our students.

I appreciate that as written it basically is a maintenance rather than an elimination.

But in line with the parent comment I think it is something that we should be more thoughtful about because I think it came as a surprise to some of the board members who don't have uniform schools.

And we in order to get this done so that it could apply for next year.

I appreciate we need to move forward on this now but I hope that the question of whether or not we are a district that wants to maintain uniforms is one that should continue to exist and not wait until a future you know overhaul of the policy in general.

And that's my only comment.

But I thank everybody for the work.

I particularly Ronald Boy I I know how Thoughtful he has been about this in his presentations to the curriculum instruction committee and that he is truly looking out for the well-being of the students in our schools in making this change and making sure that it goes forward.

So thank you very much.

Thank you.

Last but not least again I started with thanks to you when I was out of order as per usual.

This is a real double header night for this board by my perception.

We've been talking about school dress codes for freaking ever.

I am so sick of taking e-mails and rabid phone calls about folks whose daughters have been sent home because they're wearing yoga pants or their bra strap is showing or calling principals on the sides and I don't know if you watch social media but you should probably know that a mother's mafia will be showing up at your school tomorrow with the media and the TV trucks.

And when you enforce misogynistic policies it just is not right.

And young women are not distractions and I am beyond pleased that we have given our principals guidance that is consistent district wide and we are moving the.

pendulum back if you will to being a school system not a system of schools.

I don't ever want another phone call about a math teacher that made a young woman kneel down to see whether or not her skirt reaches her calf.

We have so much more important things to do.

And I'm old enough when you couldn't wear pants to school and you had to wear shorts under your skirt.

Educating our kids and taking care of their emotional well-being has got to be paramount and setting children up for bullying and for disrespectful pulling out disproportionate discipline.

I.

I'm sorry I am just beyond just beyond thrilled that we have finally taken this step and big thanks to the parents.

Big thanks to the SCPTSA folks that helped us matched up their resolution set up a matrix.

It was collaborative it was yummy and roll call please.

Director DeWolf aye Director Geary aye Director Mack aye Director Pinkham aye Director Harris aye.

This motion has passed unanimously.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Number three resolution 2018 19 dash 31 fixing and adopting the 2019 20 budget.

This came before A&F June 10 for.

Consideration.

Approval of this item would adopt resolution 2018 19 dash 31 to fix and adopt the 2019 2020 budget the four year budget plan summary and the four year enrollment projections.

Motion please.

I move that the school board adopt resolution 2 0 1 8 slash 19 hyphen 31 to fix and adopt the 2019 2020 budget the four year budget plan summary and the four year enrollment projections.

I second the motion.

Acting Chief Counsel.

Assistance please.

We have an amendment.

How do I proceed.

At this point the amendment would come first.

You would ask for a second if it's if it passes.

Then the underlying motion the main motion would then be voted on with the amendment added to it.

OK.

Amendment 1 amendment to the 2019 20 general fund and capital fund budgets in support of the targeted universalism smart goal to direct the superintendent to fund and reestablish a Native American focused options school that included includes grades 9 through 12 as promised by previous superintendents and to fund and reopen the African-American Academy K through 8. This came before us through motion for amendment by Director Pinkham it did not come through committee.

Approval of this item would reestablish a Native American focused option school that includes grades 9 through 12 and reopen the African-American Academy K through 8. This has been updated since introduction.

Motion please.

I move that the school board direct the superintendent to fund and reestablish a Native American focused option school that includes grades 9 through 12 and to fund and reopen the African-American Academy K through 8 with this process beginning in the fall 2019 with specific district staff assigned to work on opening these programs at specific locations and two portables at the Robert Eagle Staff Middle School site for the Native American focused option school and in two portables at the African-American site for the African-American Academy K through 8 or at other temporary sites determined by the superintendent if immediate constraints do not allow the installation of the portables at these stated locations.

Such sites would offer students services beginning sometime in the 2019 2020 school year in addition to planning.

I further move that the school board amend the 2019 2020 general fund and capital fund budgets to approve two million dollars of general funds to reestablish a Native American focused option school that includes but not limited to grades 9 through 12 and to approve three hundred thousand dollars in capital funds for two portables for the program.

This is similar to option number five on page 2 of the Native American Native education briefing paper attached to the May 19 2018 expansion of the Native American educational programming action item.

Except that the proposal would not include truncating Licton Springs.

I further move that the school board amend the 2019 2020 general fund and capital fund budgets to approve two million dollars of general funds to reopen the African-American Academy K through 8 and to approve three hundred thousand dollars in capital funds for two portables for the program.

You are able to second.

I second the motion.

Director Pinkham I believe the floor is yours.

You are the maker of the amendment.

Yeah.

Thank you.

This.

You know what Director DeWolf read into the motion for this you know the.

Past promises that were made and past promises that weren't kept and we need.

The community that I've been chatting with and coming here saying to the board that rallies will have outside the reestablish of Indian.

Heritage High School and talking now also good connect the African-American Academy they're missing that school.

And as our smart goal is to help target African-American males I saw that as a good fit for this.

Hey let's see if we can.

really put the money there and help this population and as well as still get our Indian heritage high school back up and running.

And fortunately I did also learn just recently that Middle College at Northgate.

They're having to move.

And where are they going to go.

Middle College at Northgate.

At one point was a site for Indian heritage high school and.

I just want to see that if we can get this going.

And as one of our commenters said for me it's been a priority issue versus a budget issue.

And with the recent knowledge of what we can now do with capital funds to help support this motion.

Questions comments concerns from my colleagues.

Director DeWolf.

Thank you.

I just wanted to elevate you know last week we had a really excuse me last board meeting was really excited to officially approve the since time immemorial curriculum adoption as part of Seattle Public Schools huge huge moment for us.

But as part of that I think what we tried to highlight were some of the great things that we are doing here at Seattle Public Schools.

And I think in the response to understanding that this is a really important community to us and so for me I want to just elevate some of the things that I understand and I'm grateful for that Seattle Public Schools is doing particularly as it pertains to Native American education.

So in the last year like I said we expanded the Shikachi classroom which used to be just at Chief Sealth and now is being expanded to Native Nathan Hale and Jane Adams so really excited that we're expanding that program.

The other thing we have a native library that is open and will be available online as well next school year.

And it's it's going to be physically housed at Meany Middle School which is in my district district 5 in the Native American education resource room and so really just really grateful grateful for the work that Gail Morris did there.

Also wanted to elevate the fact that.

Just this year.

Where is this at.

We had a I was really excited to see particularly when Superintendent Juneau joined created the I am native video and I know that video I think just won a couple of awards.

And the only thing I wanted to elevate to is again I'm just going to read because this is part of my.

Opportunity to be up here.

Devin Simpson who is part of the Šǝqačib program.

He's Cherokee and he wrote this about what this Šǝqačib class means to him.

This is the best class I know of.

It is my favorite class above all others.

And why is that.

It's simple really.

This class helps me keep up with all my other classes when I need to.

It's a great relief to have a space I can calmly and quietly read and work because God knows I don't have one at home.

It's also just a safe supportive and welcoming space that's always great to be in.

It's hard not to be or become calm in this room which really helps start out my day but most of all it's helped me embrace my ancestors and our culture.

And it's helped me learn about them when no one in my family has tried to or wanted to.

And the amazing great and kind teacher.

Ms. Boo.

Is what makes this class a home away from home.

And it's what makes coming to school a joy.

This class means so much to me.

I can't even think of the words to describe it except.

Shikachib.

Love you.

Ms. Boo.

I think for me those students.

I'm really grateful.

You know when I was in public schools we had a couple of programs at my school.

Just like the Šǝqačib program so I'm really grateful for them and I think for me I know that we are absolutely intentional about these types of programs in our school and I'm grateful for the work of Gail Morris and Ms. Boone and Šǝqačib program.

Other questions comments concerns from my colleagues.

So I want I appreciate and I want to thank the people who came and spoke before our board this week and in prior weeks.

I personally am not conflating the issue of Licton Springs and the Native American slash African-American academies.

So I want to make that clear.

Because the testimony seemed to be very wrapped together and these are very very separate issues.

I have spoken to Director Pinkham and I will say once again my reasons.

For being very wary.

Of creating.

These silos or.

Specifically.

Racially based.

School.

When we don't have Seattle Public Schools does not necessarily have a great track record.

In all of our smaller schools.

In terms of supporting them.

Maintaining them.

And as we all know there's a lot of discussion about.

How.

We're not able to maintain them all.

Even as we appreciate how for some students they are so necessary.

And so we are continuing to grapple.

With those questions.

But.

I also don't want to make students choose.

Based upon.

The concept of their racial heritage.

And.

Creating a small school.

Where that is the place that we say we're going to guarantee that they're going to get a good education.

When we know we cannot provide them the full.

And cohort.

Of educational opportunities that Seattle Public Schools makes available to so many students.

And so.

I don't feel comfortable in creating that distinction.

And I don't want to give Seattle Public Schools.

Any way.

To point to a student and say that's the program you need to go to if you're not comfortable in this bigger program that offers perhaps the other things that you so need as a student.

We have to continue to grapple with a way of making every single one of our schools.

Safe.

For all kinds of students.

And if we need to create programs that are specific to those students within the greater community that I will continue to support and that is the work that we are doing and that I have supported.

So it is not that I do not see these students.

It is not that I do not appreciate the need for a cultural identity and cultural safety.

I just personally do not believe.

that this is the way we do it, that this is the way we should do it, or that siloing our students any more than we already have and continue to do is good for any of our teachers, any of our students, any of our parents, any of our teachers, any of the people who work in our system.

That it is not good for our city and that we need to figure out ways to create cultural identity safety that is pervasive throughout us.

So.

That is my goal and I believe that that is what we have to.

Director Mack do you have comments questions concerns ma'am.

Yeah I. This is a.

This is a.

Incredibly challenging topic.

I. I fully support.

The concept of having.

Schools focused on.

Pedagogy.

Communities.

And and supporting that and actually putting budget behind it and making it happen.

The challenge that I have with this amendment.

Where it is is that.

We haven't had.

The discussion around.

Facility capacity.

How many students.

The actual real budget of.

Creating two new schools and the cost associated that with that for the operating budget.

So there's.

There's a lot of the details for me that are not.

It's.

I can't support this amendment unfortunately because there's a lot of.

Stuff it's not.

flushed out and hasn't been collaborated around to make this happen.

I would be in the future very supportive of seriously finding a way to do this work in a more more in a more deliberative fashion if it is having a dedicated school or program.

But the way this amendment is is written is not.

The details around the budget and the capacity analysis is it's not.

Fleshed out enough for me and so I feel really.

Honestly I feel really sad that I can't support it at this time.

Because I do support the concept and I do support the community.

And.

You know I hope that we can find a way to.

To do the work and the process to see if that can move forward in the future.

OK I'm up now.

Director Geary.

Thank you for your eloquence.

I will adopt every word of that.

And ditto it.

I.

I really appreciate the way you put that together because that is my belief as well.

Director Mack.

Thank you for talking about the devil in the detail issues here.

This did not come through committee let alone.

Several committees.

Which opening new schools would.

Impact.

C&I.

Operations.

Audit and finance.

Probably executives so you've got a real trifecta there.

Frankly this was a surprise.

To us.

Because it came at the last minute.

And I excuse me.

Please don't do that.

Please don't do that.

Please don't do that.

I have great.

Respect.

And affection.

For the maker of this amendment.

But we have a number of schools that we are not supporting appropriately now.

We cannot continue making promises that our wallets cannot and will not keep.

Do we need to up our game.

Do we need to do a better job of addressing identity safety.

Absolutely we do.

But the way that this amendment is written two million dollars frankly is not enough to really move the aims of this amendment through to have any real impact.

And it's unfortunate and it's unfortunate that previous boards did what they did.

It's extraordinarily unfortunate.

And I'd throw middle college high school in West Seattle in there as well in terms of arbitrary and capricious behavior by this school district.

And with respect to Middle College High School at Northgate it's because Northgate is being remodeled.

It's not because the Seattle School District messed up like we did before.

I want that on the record and in fact the Simon Foundation has given us free rent and a fair amount of financial assistance over the years whether or not you agree with their some would say corporate reform pedagogy.

I can't I can't do it.

Do I recognize we have an issue and a problem.

Absolutely I do.

But we took fiduciary oaths that said we have to follow the law.

We have to balance budgets.

And we have to do the very best we can and as openly and honestly as we can.

Therefore roll call please.

On the amendment.

Director Geary No Director Mack No Director Pinkham Aye Director DeWolf Abstain Director Harris No This motion has not passed by a vote of 1 2 3 2 1.

OK we are moving on to the main motion.

Pushing pushing the budget.

CFO Berge would you like to come to the podium please.

In the event that there are questions comments and concerns to be directed your way madam.

And Miss Sebring you want to come up front too as well since you have the computer brain that goes with this.

It is stunning to me how you all know these numbers.

I have a couple things.

Go ahead Director Mack please.

Cool.

Thank you.

So first of all I touched base with Ms. Berge earlier today and there's a typo on page 2 of the budget where for the 17 18 school year actual the dollar amount for the budget amount for the 18 19 school year was inserted instead.

So that's a correction that needs to be made to the budget.

And Mr. excuse me hang on a minute Eden please.

Mr. Acting Chief Counsel is that considered a Scrivener's Error and correction to be corrected and posted tomorrow.

The nodding is yes.

OK.

Thank you.

Keep going.

And then.

Then I had a question I'm not sure if it's a question for Mr. Boy or for Ms. Berge.

But the motion on the table is both.

Or it's multiple things.

Next year's budget adoption.

But it's also the adoption of the enrollment projections for the four years and the the the budget projections for four years.

Is there a way to disentangle the actual budget adoption for next year from the four year by a A motion.

Acting Chief Counsel Boy I think that's your question sir.

Can she can she split the motion.

And I apologize that I didn't think of this as I was talking with staff earlier today to ask this question ahead of time.

So there is.

This question of whether or not it would be appropriate to split it is fresh.

And I'll explain my reasoning.

The budget and all the work that has been done around it and the machinations we have to go through to you know to do what we need to do in the district.

The budget book itself I feel relatively confident with.

And at the same time, I'm concerned about the actual enrollment projections that are being used and their accuracy, and the accuracy of the four-year projection.

It's essentially a trend line, and it's putting our enrollment down lower than, I think, 2016 or 2015 levels over the next four years, which I have concerns about accurately projecting, or more accurately projecting what our revenues would be and have concerns about personally saying I see those enrollment projections over the four years.

Okay take a breath please.

Acting Chief Counsel Boyd can she split the motion.

No it is expected that what we.

What is approved by the board is the expectation of what has to be received by the ESD and the state.

So.

Are you telling us it's against the law to split the motion.

It is the expectation that all of this will be approved together and I believe that the.

To answer a question as far as the forecast that is as far as the enrollment that is just the forecast that will be continue to be refined.

That can actually be changed and it'll be it's it'll be an ongoing process.

But we do have to approve this package to go on to the state.

And given CFOs.

Berge's background at OSPI for years.

Do all 295 districts package it this way.

As far as I know as far as far as I know.

So the four year outlook let me give some perspective the four year outlook is simply that it's an outlook that is similar to the state budget.

When you have a four year outlook for any public entity it is super soft.

And that is known and expected.

I would say that the enrollment projection will next be updated in October once we know actual enrollment.

So this is really a point in time as to what we expect our enrollment to be based on this year's numbers.

We will update that in October.

It's updated once or twice a year.

Annually we know what our October 1 update is and then we're going to come around and we update those out years each each time.

So I think placing a ton of importance on the 4-year outlook would not be where.

Can we amend it to say in quote super soft on the top of this bar.

I think that that's a given.

Sorry I had to laugh at that.

I'm happy to write that email when we submit it.

Director Mack can you hold on.

We've got some questions and concerns from Director DeWolf please.

I was just going to share that per last year's when we were exactly at this exact point last year in the calendar on our very last meeting of the school year.

The resolution was called.

Resolution 2 0 1 8 2 0 1 7 18 18 fixing and adopting the 20. I mean it carries the same name with the same work in it.

So this is the same process we went through last year.

So this is not necessarily.

A surprise.

So.

I think.

I feel comfortable with it.

I don't think anybody said it was a surprise we asked what our options are.

Thank you.

Director Mack did you have other questions comments concerns and then we need to hear from Director Geary please.

Yeah I guess I just want to.

While I appreciate that those numbers can change and that I also know that if the advisory committee for capacity facilities master planning is and enrollment is is approved and move forward and that the work that the district is talking about doing in terms of doing a deeper dive on enrollment analysis in the next year or so.

If these all things go forward then those numbers will be updated in the future.

And I have concerns around numbers that can carry a lot of weight.

So I just want to say publicly and clearly that I do not agree that the projections of the enrollment declining.

in in the way that they're projected is is accurate.

And I have concerns about that being written into our policy.

So there's where I'm at on that point.

And I'm happy to let other directors speak.

Thank you.

About the other issues of the budget that they like.

Director Geary please.

I this has been a process that we've done over the course of the year.

a great amount of time in the public discussing the budget.

Many things can be raised over the course of the year and to have things raised now is, I just, I don't feel that I'm going to do that.

I will say, the one thing that I will say is that many, many months ago I did issue a concern over our failure to fund athletics appropriately, in my mind.

In my mind, too.

I said I would not approve a budget that did not include funding for Unified, but in looking through the budget, we don't line item, we don't line item the Athletic Department's budget in that way.

And in light of the turnover of leadership within the Athletic Department, I believe that I am.

Better served and our school district is better served rather than my making.

A vote no on the budget now.

Because there isn't a line item for unified and or club support.

As you have raised.

Director Harris.

That.

With.

The.

appointment of a new athletic director, that is that we best serve in creating the relationship with that director around those topics to find out what it is that we can do as the largest district in the state to create policies that highlight those sports and the importance of those sports in recognizing the athletic abilities of every student within a school and putting our money where our mouth is.

I think that we as a greater as the largest district can also potentially put more pressure on our statewide agency athletic agency in regard to those things.

So while I realize this is a change in my position as to what I said before I do it with that rationale.

So those are my comments.

But other than that I believe that the budget The difficulty in projecting.

I'm not going to take that on at this point.

Thank you Director Geary.

Director Pinkham please.

Thank you.

I just wanted to look at the capital fund and the general fund.

Can you help explain that because I see that in it there's like twenty five point six million that was going to be moved from the capital fund to the general fund.

If you can expand on how that number was generated and came up with is that the projected maintenance or whatever that we can move over.

Just curious as to where that number came from.

Yeah it's the cost of the I.T.

department.

So there's capital eligible dollars that can be paid with capital dollars and those dollars have to be moved to the general fund.

So it's mostly the cost of operating our our I.T.

department.

Then there's some software costs.

214 page 214 in your budget book has a chart that also talks about software and maintenance.

There's major preventative maintenance and some other things like that as well.

Yeah because I when I was trying to go through it I was trying to identify where when we heard about the new law that allows us to use some capital funds to cover general funds if that twenty five point six was that projected amount.

No we hadn't discussed that with the board at all.

That's something that we would discuss during a work session with the board about how they would like to approach that and what would that be for and all of that business.

Hey last but not least to Director Mack I would tell you or say to you you are the operations chair and given your tenaciousness I would suggest that you absolutely have the forum with which to address those issues the student assignment transition plan enrollment etc.

And I would expect nothing less from you.

To Director Geary you and I are on the same page with respect to unified and quite frankly somebody is going to take on the WAIA at some point and a racer stranglehold on big boy sports Title 9 issues and differently abled folks.

The fact that we do not.

Pay for unified but we talk a good game is extraordinarily distressing and embarrassing to me.

As CFO Berge knows very very well we have had too many conversations to count.

I think the way that we do per school budgeting with the weighted staffing standards.

where librarians are not on the weighted staffing standard committee where it's not as transparent as I would like it to be it's gotten better in the last four years in a big big way.

But do remember before four years ago when the weighted staffing standard committee got together and we did PDR requests they stopped taking minutes.

So we have made in fact progress.

But but this this.

chaos if you will on the way our schools are funded from the state.

McCleary is fake news special education funding is so far out of out of alignment and balanced budgeting and our friends in Olympia aren't getting the message and and there probably will be a McCleary too lawsuit.

Not a big surprise.

You can see it coming at us because we can't deliver the services.

We don't have the money.

I'd like to see us take apart some of these systems see if we can build a better mousetrap or system.

I'm not going to vote against the budget but but I am going to continue to be loud and tenacious about some of the things that I think really stink.

Roll call please.

Director DeWolf aye Director Geary aye Director Mack abstain Director Pinkham abstain Director Harris aye.

This motion has passed by a vote of 3 to 0 to 2.

Number four board policy 3 1 4 3 district notification of juvenile offenders.

This came before Ops June 6th for consideration.

Approval of this item would make edits to the board policy number 3 1 4 3 because a recent statewide audit found that school leaders needed clearer guidance on this issue.

The updated policy is a reflection of changes suggested by.

Washington State School Directors Association WASDA to provide more clarity.

This has been updated since introduction motion please kind sir.

I move that the school board amend board policy number 3 1 4 3 district notification of juvenile offenders as attached to the board action report.

I second the motion.

Acting Chief Counsel Ronald Boy take it away please.

Yes.

Due to a comment at introduction a sentence was added to ensure that principals knew that the notification to teachers and staff that needed to know is an ongoing expectation of the principal.

So at the bottom of page 1 the last sentence of paragraph 4 sentence was added indicating the expectation for the principal to provide the information received is ongoing as the student changes teachers and or moves up in grade.

Questions comments concerns from my colleagues.

We did discuss this at some length at introduction.

Seeing none.

Go ahead Director Mack.

Appreciation for the work and also appreciation to WSSDA for doing some of the forework on you know helping create model policies that are helpful.

And thank you Mr. Boyd again for all of your collaboration on getting the language nailed down.

He likes us.

He loves editing.

Roll call please.

Director Mack aye Director Pinkham aye Director DeWolf aye Director Geary aye Director Harris aye.

This motion has passed unanimously.

Number five and last approval of the approval of the capacity enrollment and facility master planning CAF MP advisory committee came before Ops June 6 for consideration.

Approval of this item would approve the formation and charter of the capacity enrollment facilities master planning CEAF MP advisory committee is attached to the board action report.

This has been updated since introduction Chief Podesta you want to come up to the podium please.

I think this one's yours sir.

It certainly has been yours for collaborative purposes and we thank you.

Comments questions concerns from my colleagues.

And Director Mack I'm going to let you wrap but you should have a motion first.

Motion please kind sir.

I move that the school board approve the formation and charter of the capacity enrollment and facility master planning CEAFMP advisory committee as attached to the board action report.

I second the motion.

Team sport.

Director Mack I'm going to let you wrap the conversation up if other comments questions concerns come up.

OK great.

Oh.

So speak first or no speak at last.

Last my dear.

OK.

Comments questions concerns from my colleagues.

I'll speak.

We've not done a great job on planning in this district and in a lot of years.

And it could be said that we have too many advisory committees or task force and all that.

But if we ignore a big piece of the population that wants to help us that has expertise then shame the heck on us.

And I appreciate the openness that COO Podesta has brought to this process and I appreciate the tenacity of the Ops chair Eden Mack for bringing this forth because I think we are only better when we work together and collaboratively.

Eden wrap it up.

Director Harris may I make one comment.

Hang on.

Eden.

Stop.

Eden.

Our task forces are only as helpful as the staff members who appreciate them.

and who lean into them and use them.

And so I will second the thanks to Chief Podesta in his willingness and his desire to facilitate this, to use this task force, this advisory committee, because then it will be helpful.

And that is the key.

Again, it is the willing collaboration, the willingness to create the relationship, the willingness to think outside of your own silos and acknowledge that more information more voices is better.

So thank you Director Mack.

Thank you Chief Podesta.

And let's make this a really vibrant well-represented diverse geographically racially perspective wise committee that really helps us show to the public that we're taking a lot of voices into consideration as we move forward.

So thank you for the work.

OK before you start Director Mack COO Podesta has something to say.

I appreciate the words of thanks.

I just really want to recognize our my partner in this chief academic officer DeBacker.

This is a team effort because we're talking about enrollment and capacity planning.

So Diane and her team will be doing at least as much lifting as the folks that work with me.

And they're happy to do so.

And getting out of the silo mentality is so so appreciated.

OK.

Director Mack wrap it up quickly.

Thank you.

Thank you Mr. Podesta for saying that because that was one of the things I was going to say is that I really appreciate Diane DeBacker and Ashley Davies support and collaboration on this as well as you know Richard Best in the past has been very supportive.

So there's you know I do feel really great about the collaboration that's gone on with this.

I did want to just touch on really quick about the adjustments that were made to the charter were in response to the discussion.

Jill comments around clarifying their roles and how they would you know can do subcommittees or ask for a task force if they needed it as well as clarifying the qualifications to be more Socially focused not just technical focused.

So that's what that's what the.

The adjustments in the charter were and.

If anyone has any more questions for me otherwise I'm happy for the folks to be called.

Director Harris.

Director Pinkham's up.

Yes I just want to thank you for this because you know although my amendment got voted down I can see hopefully if we can move forward with making this as one of the things the responsibilities opening reconstituting I'll skip the or closing buildings.

But as I hope that maybe this will be a venue that we can also use to see Indian heritage.

Can it come back.

Do we have can this.

Board help with that kind of direction and that we don't lose sight of this and that it is still something that we need.

I appreciate what Huchoosedah does but you know those are attendance area schools and I'd like to see it expand.

But I just now seeing that hey let's see how we can move forward with this and I appreciate your comments about this that.

I see still a positive a place to move forward and maybe this is where it can tie into.

Okay seeing no further comments questions concerns roll call please.

Director Pinkham aye Director DeWolf aye Director Geary Director Geary Director Geary moving on Director Mack aye Director Harris.

Aye.

Sorry about that.

I could not get the mute screen up.

Aye.

This motion has passed unanimously.

Folks thanks for hanging with us.

We appreciate that the technology bid directors Mack and Geary thanks very much for interrupting your well-earned time off.

Thank you.

This meeting is adjourned at 8 20 7 20.