2022-07-12 PPS School Board Regular Meeting
District | Portland Public Schools |
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Date | 2022-07-12 |
Time | 18:00:00 |
Venue | BESC Auditorium |
Meeting Type | regular |
Directors Present | missing |
Documents / Media
Notices/Agendas
2022 07 12 Public Notice (887e536fc617b1b2).pdf Public Notice
Materials
Election of Board Chairperson (62069957db65faeb).pdf Election of Board Chairperson
Election of Board Vice-Chairperson (93152bd24bb59865).pdf Election of Board Vice-Chairperson
Resolution 6543 - Adoption of the Index to the Minutes (a2195b1afe77e248).pdf Resolution 6543 - Adoption of the Index to the Minutes
2022 06 28 Index to the Minutes Regular Meeting (2e752b1adff23b87).pdf 2022_06_28_Index to the Minutes_Regular Meeting
Resolution 6544 - Expenditure Contracts (6818f21d1298be00).pdf Resolution 6544 - Expenditure Contracts
Origami contract 2022 staff report (dffe7c421215d840).pdf Origami contract 2022 staff report
Resolution 6545 - Revenue Contracts (7af989417b9612ee).pdf Resolution 6545 - Revenue Contracts
Resolution 6546 - Resolution to authorize off-campus activities (0b8d4610f233f431).pdf Resolution 6546 - Resolution to authorize off-campus activities
Resolution 6547 - Appointment of Financial Auditor (9c5797cf7b87d6ac).pdf Resolution 6547 - Appointment of Financial Auditor
Resolution 6548 - Appointment of Clerk and Deputy Clerks (3b9a6c98b055df76).pdf Resolution 6548 - Appointment of Clerk and Deputy Clerks
Resolution 6549 - Appointment of Budget Officer (3176d637e6300bb9).pdf Resolution 6549 - Appointment of Budget Officer
Resolution 6550 - A resolution regarding depository banks for the funds of PPS (d4dd74e30dc33097).pdf Resolution 6550 - A resolution regarding depository banks for the funds of PPS
Resolution 6551 - Resolution to adopt revised 4.50.030-P Complaint Policy (290e359edaed7782).pdf Resolution 6551 - Resolution to adopt revised 4.50.030-P Complaint Policy
4.50.030-P Complaint Policy First Reading for Packet (009687e6d229b111).pdf 4.50.030-P Complaint Policy First Reading for Packet
Resolution 6552 - to adopt revised 8.60.021-P Liability Claims Policy (6f973730d76130c7).pdf Resolution 6552 - to adopt revised 8.60.021-P Liability Claims Policy
8.60.021-P Liability Claims Policy First Reading for Packet (0fbd03cce7a7f5c3).pdf 8.60.021-P Liability Claims Policy First Reading for Packet
Resolution 6553 - to adopt revised 7.10.010-P School-Site Councils (a787ab7a72ca05a9).pdf Resolution 6553 - to adopt revised 7.10.010-P School-Site Councils
7.10.010-P School-Site Councils First Reading for Packet (deb39b99b86cffe3).pdf 7.10.010-P School-Site Councils First Reading for Packet
Resolution 6554 - to Rescind Board Policies (35ae32aac4912058).pdf Resolution 6554 - to Rescind Board Policies
First Reading for Packet- Rescissions 2022-06-14 (6a1bb3fc17b74a87).pdf First Reading for Packet- Rescissions 2022-06-14
Minutes
Transcripts
Event 1: 7/12/22 - Board of Education Regular Meeting
00h 00m 00s
it looks like the only people here are
myself
are soup and
you and kyra
everybody else has decided to stay at
home
oh wait there go gary soup and
you and kieran everybody
so
there they go
uh chair to pass i think we are i think
we're all here and ready whenever you
you are okay let's get going then good
good afternoon everyone good evening
uh this board meeting of the board of
education for july 12th 2022 so we
actually can't hear you yet um terry's
working on so just keep talking terry is
working on getting us up and running
thank you but um i'm talking but if
nobody can hear me we can hear you now
so perfect okay
thank you for the update
this board meeting of the board of
education for july 12 2022 is called to
order for tonight's meeting any item
that will be voted on has been posted on
the pps website under the board and
meetings tabs
this meeting is being streamed live on
pps tv services website
and on channel 28 and will be replayed
throughout the next two weeks please
check the district website for re replay
times
good evening and welcome to our first
board meeting of the
2022-23 school year
tonight director greene and i are
joining from denver where we've been
attending a school board partners summer
meeting and convening
joining two cohorts uh cohort three that
i'm involved in cohort for that director
green is involved in
uh superintendent guerrero is also
joining remotely as
and other school and as he and other
school and district leaders attend the
california association of black school
educators summer institute
tonight's meeting has a brief agenda
with the board voting on new leadership
and voting to approve policy revisions
and rescissions
before we get started and i can't see
the audience i hope this isn't redundant
but
we ask that members of the public
attending this meeting tonight please
treat each other staff on the board with
respect
and
do not interfere with the ability of the
board to conduct its business
um so we're going to go to an exciting
topic here the board leadership vote
board policy 1.2
0.010 p provides that the board shall
elect one of its members as the board
chair
and one of its members is the board vice
chair the first regular meetings in july
and january
as as it is our process for board
members to be considered for leadership
position board members and members elect
must notify the current board chair in
writing
of their intent but to run uh to run by
june 1st if they'd like to declare their
intent to run for a board leadership
position in july
at the june 14th meeting vice chair
scott declared his interest in the
position of board chair and director
hollins his interest in the position of
the board vice chair
we will begin with the election of the
board chair
do i have a motion and a second to adopt
resolution 6541
election of vice chair scott as board
chairperson
i move
make that motion that uh
director scott
uh be the next board chair
second was that um brim edwards moved
and director lowry seconded correct
excellent
uh so director brom edwards moves
director lowry seconds the adoption of
resolution 6541 is there any board
discussion
just to thank
director scott for stepping up for the
role for the next year
for the next six months i guess
technically
and i i can say um it's it's been a real
pleasure to serve uh together in in
multiple ways i i'll go on about that
later but right now we'll go ahead and
take the vote uh to adopt resolution six
oops uh the six five four one
election of vice chair scott as board
chairperson all in favor please indicate
by saying yes
yes
yes
i'll oppose please indicate by saying no
are there any abstentions
resolution 6541 is approved by a vote of
i think seven to zero with student
representative mcmahon voting
it's actually six to zero
director constance not here
i appreciate that i can barely see who's
in the room i see student representative
mcmahon um i see director hollins record
from edwards
okay six to zero thank you for
clarifying
so resolution six five four one is
approved by a vote of six to zero with
student representative mcmahon
unofficially voting yes
before we move on would you like to see
a few words vice chair scott
00h 05m 00s
chair elect
uh yeah no thanks chair to pass and
thanks to my colleagues yeah i'm looking
forward to continuing the work that that
we've been working on this year chair to
pass and and um and the work of the
district moving forward so thanks
do i have a motion and a second to it
before we go on i just want to um
director scott i want to thank you from
the bottom of my heart it's been
an incredible learning experience and
journey working together with you
um
i've been
made
i've really sort of leaned into learning
about like how race and class
intersect with leadership positions and
if anybody's interested in hearing more
i'm happy to share
um
i i feel like we were a really good team
i appreciate the respect you showed me
in ways that i haven't felt in
professional settings
i appreciate the um the counterbalance
you brought to my you know
my ideas and my thoughts and i
appreciate your thought partnership and
just your willingness to like get into
it and like i've never had a nicer
argument with somebody like back and
forth and
i'm really excited to support your
leadership this year and i'm really
grateful that you stepped up to do this
thank you that's very nice
now do i have a motion and second to
adopt resolution 6542 election of
director gary hollins as board vice
chairperson
i'd like to make the motion i'll second
that
director green moves director brim
edwards seconds the adoption of
resolution 6542 is there any board
discussion
i just want to point out that people
were super eager to move and second that
right there everybody had their hands on
their buttons
like a game show
i think that just says the enthusiasm
people have for your leadership style
gary and i think that you and andrew are
going to be a really excellent team and
i'm excited to see how how you
uh continue us on the i think my time on
the board each chair and vice chair has
sort of moved us forward and so i'm
looking forward to the direction that um
you and andrew take us next
thank you thank you
and thank you for director lowry because
i think i think all of us are are very
excited about this partnership and um
where we can go this year and um
director hollins i really appreciate you
stepping up
um you'll have a whole different
perspective at this time next year to
share with us
um
ms bradshaw is there any public comment
no
so the board will now vote on resolution
6542 election of director gary hollins
as board vice chair person all in favor
please indicate by saying yes
yes yes
yes
all opposed please indicate by saying no
are there any abstentions
resolution 6542 is gleefully approved by
a vote of six to zero with student
representative voting
yes
great and director hollins did you want
to say a few words
no
these are going to be short meetings
going forward
i think we're getting a flavor um and
that's not a bad thing um
and actually uh director greene and i
have
learned from school board members around
the country about the length of their
meetings and how they um address
some of the things that that need to be
addressed um
before the meeting even starts
so chopping minutes and hours off
meeting times so they can focus on
student outcomes
so looking forward to your leadership
director hollins
i'm really excited to support you as
well
congratulations to vice chair scott and
director harlan hollins
our protocols state that the transition
to a new board chair will happen after
the board meeting tonight
um
after the board meeting when elections
take place um and after it's adjourned
tonight we'll pass the gavel at the end
of the meeting um your next meeting will
be in two weeks and um we'll you'll
start fresh um on the i believe on the
28th
madame
yes sorry i thought you were finished
oh i just i just want to say i look
forward to your partnership and your
your leadership and i know you'll make a
great team
madam chair i just before we moved off
of this agenda item i wanted to thank
you for your work this last year
um you know it
i think we saw a little bit of
everything this last year um and things
that we'd never
seen before at pps and
i i know when um
we had this discussion last year before
you were elected
about how we
elevate and
support
um everybody
being leaders on the board um that you
had some ideas about how to have more
inclusive
leadership that allowed a lot for other
00h 10m 00s
leadership styles to
flourish and also to bring in other
members of our our community into the
into into our work
um so i just want to say thank you um
for
um showing us that we can we can do our
work in different ways um and that we
can show our community that we can work
in different ways so much appreciation i
know
being chair is a huge
time commitment
and um thank you very much and um
thank you uh director scott as well but
you're
you're not leaving so you're
um so we can say that for later but um i
did want to take a moment and just
recognize your your leadership and
um
for what you helped us move forward this
last year
thank you um i mean i i went into it
with a lot of trepidation and also
knowing that i'm not like a george
washington leader you know i'm not a
white male
i'm
interested in interrupting white
supremacy and and that's what we're
talking about here and using that term
um would have us think that you know in
order to be a great leader you need to
be an extrovert you need to be a white
male
and i absolutely do not subscribe to
that prescribe to that i
i am a quieter person and yet um
and and have been very challenged in the
moment and also um very
uh
doing some reflection in the last couple
of weeks about what i didn't do
and was reminded over the last couple of
days that
the most important things we can do as
as school board members is to interrupt
white supremacy and interrupt those
systems of oppression
that um keep the achievement gaps where
they are and so
that's my focus is is interrupting those
systems that keep the achievement gap in
place
and to do so requires different thinking
different voices
different approaches different
cultural backgrounds different ways of
problem solving
and and and ways that we don't even know
how to problem solve if we're steeped in
this culture of white supremacy and so i
appreciate the grace that you've all
shown
in doing this kind of uncomfortable
work together um
it is uncomfortable it's uncomfortable
because it's new and
i just i again appreciate your grace um
i know that um for probably most of you
i wasn't the leader that you
you know in your mind consider the
leader of the school board and in my
mind absolutely i absolutely was so but
with with with warts and all and all of
the things that i that i didn't do that
i've reflected on as well and the ways i
didn't show up
so um
i
appreciate you and i'm really happy to
pass the baton pass the gavel rather
well
you've actually
i was going to say some things and you
just said it um three times as good as i
would have so why not no and thank you
um i second everything that director
medward said and and actually how you
just described i i learned so much from
you this last year and just really um
appreciated um serving as vice chair and
and having these conversations and
occasional arguments but again they
didn't feel like arguments they felt
like really good um you know discussions
and and and you really just just
embodied
you know what what we learn and what we
talk about but doesn't always come to
reality or fruition which is that if you
ask the question it changes the
conversation and what you did every
single time was ask the question and you
said how is this going to affect our
students of color how is this going to
affect our racial equity you know focus
how is this going to have an impact on
the community and and i think that was
very very powerful um and it was
powerful for for for me it was powerful
for us as a board and most importantly
for our community and our families so
thank you for your leadership over this
last year and you're not going anywhere
you're still on this board and so um i'm
really excited to continue working with
you
yeah and it was really nice to work with
someone that had like already had so
much professional development in this
area that we never had to kind of go
backwards
um our disagreements were
not backwards not going back to
you know the beginning but really i
think um
we're we're in the moment and we're
emergent and and we're
like a great way to disagree just i love
the way that we disagree so let's
continue that we're going to move on
we're going to try to keep it brief but
thank you for that um director scott
it's that's meaningful
and director brent edwards as well thank
you for that we're going to move to the
consent agenda now um we're now going to
vote on the consent agenda
board members if there are any items
you'd like to pull for discussion we'll
set those aside for discussion at the
end of our meeting
um ms bradshaw are there any changes to
the consent agenda no
madam chair uh i'd like to just separate
out resolution 6546 for a separate vote
not at a extensive discussion
6546
00h 15m 00s
authorized authorization for off-campus
activities
okay
um
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i i don't think it needs to go to the
end of the meeting because it's not
going to be a long discussion but i just
would like to have a separate vote was
it is it just a comment or
um and the vote
and the vote okay so
um
we've
so are we then pulling resolution number
6546
yes
for discussion
on the consent agenda will exclude
resolution 6546
okay
so do i have a motion a second to adopt
the
the consent agenda except for resolution
6546
so moved
second
great uh director scott moves and
director holland seconds the adoption of
the consent agenda minus resolution 6546
is there any board discussion on the
consent agenda and director brehm
edwards i guess this would be your
moment
actually chair to pass that will be a
separate vote and separate discussion so
if i think you're referring to the
resolution that was pulled not the
remaining resolution correct
okay so that's a separate vote
aside from the consent agenda
okay um thank you for the clarification
ms bradshaw is there any public comment
no
okay the board will now vote on
resolutions
6543
through 6550
minus resolution 6546
all in favor please indicate by saying
yes
yes yes yes yes
yes
i'll oppose please indicate by saying no
are there any abstentions
the consent agenda is approved by a vote
of six to zero with student
representative mcmahon voting
yes
and that's the consent agenda minus
resolution six five four six
shall we now circle back in terms of
process two resolution six five four six
that's the resolution to approve
uh i'm sorry to authorize off-campus
activities
yes i think that makes sense to do that
now
okay
do i have a motion and a second to adopt
resolution
6546 authorization
i'm sorry resolution to authorize
off-campus activities
some move
second
is there any board discussion on uh the
adoption of resolution 6546
i'm going to be an abstention um it's
not because i'm not supportive of the
trip i
just there's some additional information
that um i'm looking for
okay so um you'll we'll you're going to
just abstain from the vote altogether
okay
and is so there's no public comment
because that was wrapped up in the
original consent uh
suite of resolutions
um so we have a motion director hollins
and a second director lowry to adopt
resolution 6546
um authorization i'm sorry keep getting
the title wrong the resolution to
authorize off-campus activities
all those in favor please indicate by
saying yes yes
yes
yes yes
all those opposed please indicate by
saying no
are there any and there is an abstention
that would be um director from edwards
the consent agenda then is approved by a
vote of five to zero with student
representative mcmahon voting yes
and one abstention
we're now going to hear comments um
i believe on our agenda we've got
the portland association of teachers
going first
we'd like to flip that and have
some representatives from the service
employees international union go first
um i've i've asked them both um or let
them let both sides know that um
they're welcome to go in any order
and so we'll start with seiu
excuse me
um
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i first want to thank chair to pass for
making time to let us speak
um i appreciate your support tonight and
always i know you're one of our allies
my name is veronica green and i'm the
lunch lady at creative science school
and
i'm also a pps parent my son julian will
start franklin in the fall and valentina
is
going to be a fifth grader at glencoe
as you know covertly protections are
that are outlined in the memorandum of
agreement between pps union employees
and pps expired on june 30th we strongly
urge you to extend the moa allowing pps
staff to use quarantine leave for coven
19 isolation
so far human resources have not agreed
to extend this common sense health and
safety policy which is why we're asking
you now to help us keep our community
safe ensuring the health and safety of
our staff and students is more important
than pps choosing to save money
staff should never be in the position
where they are required to come to work
with covet 19 in order to earn a living
we also need to make the health and
safety of our students the number one
priority pps students deserve to be in
an environment where they can thrive and
learn and be healthy
last year i used all of my sick time and
leave to stay home with my kids to
support them in distance learning
when i returned to work in the fall of
2021 things were going great until
december when i fell at mount tabor
middle school while picking something up
from the office for my son and i broke
my leg i don't recommend falling in
front of middle schoolers
because they're all getting out of
class
anyway um i was out for months so once
again i do not have any time available
in fact when i checked yesterday i'm
actually negative eight hours of sick
leave i didn't even know that was a
thing but i am
um uh let's see
what would i do if i were to test
positive for covid like so many of my
co-workers have recently
i would be freaking out is what i would
do
this would be devastating for my family
i'm fully vaccinated extremely careful
and i'm masking up again but i did get
breakthrough covered once and it's not
crazy to think that i could get it again
i am a lunch lady and my husband is a
united states postal carrier our jobs
are critical to our community and i want
to feel like my employer values me
and my family for the important jobs we
do and who we are all the time but
especially during a global pandemic
coven 19 continues to spread in our
communities at an alarming rate
extending these agreements is a simple
way to prevent new exposures and keep
our schools safe for our staff and
students
will you do the right thing and make
sure your workers get quarantined pay
and don't have to risk exposing the
community to a dangerous fire dangerous
virus it's really a no-brainer
thank you very much
thank you ms green
[Applause]
did we have any other speakers from sciu
we'll move on now to comments from the
portland association of teachers our
agreement with the portland association
of teachers allows them time on the
board agenda at their request
thank you president bonilla for being
here virtually
uh this evening and we're
anxious to hear your thoughts
hello thank you for having me um i am
now officially the president so that's
pretty exciting
hello congratulations thank you
well i um thank you for having me uh
board directors and pps staff and uh
superintendent
guerrero i'm speaking also in support of
extending the moa allowing pps staff to
use quarantine leave for covid19
isolation
as my union sibling veronica shared
quarantine leave is crucial to the
health and livelihood of our pbs
employees in a world where we know
covet infection and re-infection is a
reality
and i understand the concerns around
money it will cost the district in order
to pay
for that time off for workers but i want
to make sure that i posit that you know
our community's health is worth it
uh covet 19 continue to spread in our
communities at this alarming rate and we
know who is most impacted by this virus
it's our low-income families our
families of color and the elders in our
communities
and so when i mention these groups i
don't just mean our students i also mean
our staff
you know we've struggled to hire staff
and substitutes
and one way to entice substitute workers
especially our elders in our community
who are seasoned and retired educators
is to ensure that they will be coming
into an environment where they will be
00h 25m 00s
less likely to catch covet and bring it
home
with masking no longer mandatory
discussing is no longer mandatory
you know asking folks to stay home when
they are sick is really one of our last
lines of defense and we want folks to do
what's best for them as well as their
community and that's to stay home when
you're sick but we also know it's not a
fair choice to ask staff to choose
between paying their bills
and possibly infecting their community
especially knowing that kovit isn't
always um and knock you on your bottom
you're knocked out for the whole week
sometimes it is but the symptoms are
mild and folks will be tempted to come
back in person to their jobs
um folks are doing their best they're
masking they're vaccinated they're
taking that personal responsibility but
what i'm asking of the board and of our
district is that we take a systemic
approach to ensure that we're not um
facilitating the spread of this virus by
ensuring that we uh
re-agree to our memorandum of agreement
um allowing workers to take the time
when they are sick to quarantine return
to work healthy and be able to uh keep
our communities safe
so thank you
thank you ms bonilla and congratulations
on
the president
ship
thanks very excited
um
we're going to go now to a second
reading of the complaint policy
uh director brom edwards would you like
to introduce this next item
yes thank you um chair de pass
so um
we have before us um another set of
revisions to the district's formal
complaint process
while we always try and resolve
complaints closest to where they happen
especially if they happen in schools
we do have a formal complaint process
that follows
state statute
and
what's contained in the revisions is um
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a couple important changes one that um
to try and provide
more transparency and information to the
complainant about the pro both about the
process and what um
what their role is
during the complaint process
so they'll have access to a full written
record any materials information
provided to board members before the
hearing about the complaint
they'll also
receive a written overview of the
structure in the format of the the
complaint hearing because often it's
one of those one-time lifetime events
that people go through so just give
people a sense of
usually parents a sense of what's
involved
and
also
that
a requirement that the board's final
decision will be communicated to the
complaint in writing again sort of
adding in sort of more transparency
hopefully making it a more
accessible and um
the
perception from a complaint that it's
it's fair and transparent they
understand the process
in addition a important change that's
being made is that
currently
under the statute um there are
different levels of appeals that are can
be allowed and
um
four five years ago
um there was a
complaint process that our the
district's complaint process didn't
follow actually the the new state law so
um there were changes made and three
three levels put in there
and one of the things that we found from
just the last five years the process is
much better it complies with state law
but that
by having three levels it actually
extends the complaint process
um
into sort of a fairly lengthy affair and
so this is um we've
now
changed this to
um
have just two levels um
so
taking one level out and hopefully
expediting and getting a decision to a
family
sooner
so again trying to make the process
better better for families
and
so that you that
recommendation for the changes came out
of the committee unanimously we've had
it we first read it more than 21 days
ago we didn't have any public comment
and so
i would hope that
we would have approval of the revisions
today and um
00h 30m 00s
the only thing i would say is um it's
going to be a change for us going from
three levels to two and so
we'll just need to monitor and make sure
that it actually has its intended um
impact which should be a positive impact
for families which is to um
have the process not be such an extended
process
i just wanted to add right in there i
think you know the one the biggest
impact on the board is it'll double the
number of complaint hearings we have so
i think we as a board really need to
monitor that and
see if that is actually more humane for
families or
i think we're trying really hard to make
this a better process i think we need to
live into it and then get feedback both
from the board our staff and our
families but i really appreciate i know
your attempt to hear director ben
edwards has been to work with our
staff to really try to say how can we
more effectively
help families get the tools they need to
resolve the issues that come up in the
complaint process yeah you're absolutely
right and i'm hopeful that um actually
there will be not more coming to the
board because that we we nail it at the
beginning of the process and that it
doesn't become a um
they get a quicker resolution and then
it doesn't actually need to come to the
board
it's my ideal but absolutely i hope that
that's the case but i think we just need
to keep an eye on it and i i um i really
appreciate trying to make this better
for families and
um
yeah so we'll see and also
like all policy development you know
there's what you intend
you know as a result of your policy and
then there are the unintended
consequences so i hope that we can
you know have a conversation fairly
quickly about what the monitoring looks
like and what what we're going to
measure
you know out in space what are we going
to measure how we're going to know we're
successful or not and
will we have a way to close the feedback
loop you know with with the board
so i just i'm interested in how we're
going to monitor it what we're going to
monitor what what we would consider
successful
and and how are we going to know that
who are we going to hear from so
um hopefully there's more to come on
that thank you for working on this um
director brem edwards this is a
something that just
it was bothersome to me when i first i
went through a complaint process with
the family that it was so drawn out and
um
it would be maddening to go through the
process and i think that you're
this working through this policy
development
is a step in the right direction
so the
the one thing that
i'd want to say is that we um
i think it's also a recognition is like
pps
got much it's got much better if i look
back and
director constance not here but she she
was there back when
we had a complaint process that didn't
really work um
and so
you know i think this is
a
evolution that shows that we we get
excellent
background
work by staff and i think families are
being better served
and i don't think the
it seems that the third level is not
necessary where it really was at a
different point in time
and so you know this is a case i think
of
you know pps in a continuous improvement
um
mode and hopefully our families feel
that
thank you so do i have a motion in a
second
to adopt resolution 6551
resolution to adopt revised complaint
policy four point five zero point zero
three zero p
so moved second
director scott moves and director lowry
seconds um the resolution to adopt
revised complaint policy
4.50.030 p
is there any additional board discussion
and then i'd like to make sure we hear
from our student representative on her
thoughts on this topic
um thank you for the time i don't have
any comments but i'm excited that we're
working towards a better complaint
policy for both our students and
families
excellent and then ms bradshaw is there
any public comment no
the board will now vote on resolution
6551
resolution to adopt revised complaint
policy 4.50
0.030 p
all in favor please indicate by saying
yes
yes yes yes
all opposed please indicate by saying no
are there any abstentions
resolution 6551 is approved by a vote of
six to one zero with student
representative mcmahon voting yes
great
we're going to go to the second reading
of the liability claims policy director
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broome edwards would you like to
introduce this item
thank you chair to pass
so
what we're bringing is a set of
revisions to the liability claims policy
8.6
0.201 it was recommended unanimously out
of the policy committee
and
the
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we've had 21 days
for public comment there aren't any
additional public comment
i would say that there
primarily there's um language that's not
necessary to have in the policy that
we're removing and then the second um
probably significant uh change to this
policy well there's two other ones um
one's not significant but the most
significant one is we're updating the
amount
of claims that would come and require
board
approval from 25 000 to 75 000
again this is a reflection of um
changing
changing times and um the other piece is
that at the end of each quarter we'll
just get a summary of the settlement
claims that
were resolved below the board approved
level
but again this should be
sort of a modernization of this
policy
great
um
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do i have a motion in a second to adopt
resolution 6552
resolution to adopt the revised
liability claims policy 8.60
.021 p
so moved second
all right is there any board discussion
student representative mcmahon
would you like to weigh in on this
i'm good thank you
and ms bradshaw is there any public
comment no
the board will now vote on resolution
6552
resolution to adopt revised liability
claims policy 8.60
0.021 p
all in favor please indicate by saying
yes
yes yes
yes
all those opposed please indicate by
saying no
and are there any abstentions
resolution six five five two is approved
by a vote of six to zero with student
representative mcmahon unofficially
voting yes
great
we'll now go to the second reading of
the school site council policy director
brent edwards again would you like to
introduce this next item
thank you chair to pass um
board policy
7.10.010 this is one of those ones that
is i was just going through the policy
manual i noticed um some uh language
that um needed to be modernized it used
to be called the citizens involvement
process and
um we've modified that um
that language um in addition
uh there was
this policy included language that um
or a whole explanation about local
school advisories committees which um
used to be a requirement by state law
and um also referenced some other
community-based
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committees that have their own charters
so
we really reformulated this so that
it's solely focused on site councils
and the language
is language that's reflective of that we
would want to use in our in our policy
manual that's welcoming um to an
inclusive to all
and
this came out of committee
unanimously it's been was posted for
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uh
21 days and we didn't have any
significant public comment
um
so i i would hope that we would
make these make these changes and adopt
these changes the one thing i would say
is um
this is more on the implementation side
but all of our schools are required to
have a site council so just the fidelity
of
of implementation we get you can have a
great policy but if it's um not
implemented
it's also state law
um
then
you know the policy is not not worth
much
so again having the support for our
schools and our building leaders to be
able to
run run the site councils and
also
to make sure that we're in compliance
with state law
you director brim edwards do i have a
00h 40m 00s
motion and a second to adopt resolution
six five five three
resolution to adopt revised school
counsel
revised school site council
7.10
p
so moved second
larry and scott you are you're both on
the ball tonight
is there any board discussion
um student representative mcmahon
would you like to weigh in on this
yeah i actually think this is a really
exciting thing especially since it kind
of brings back to mind the idea of site
councils
and i think it's really exciting for
families to be involved pbs definitely
has a history of sometimes leaving out
the most important parts of our
community which is our parents and our
community members and i think in my time
being in dsc
and the short period of time i've got to
sit as student rep i definitely see pbs
starting to really make that effort to
bring both student voices and community
voices forward and so i'm really excited
for what this policy will do and also
just to remind our community that we
want you to have a voice and that you do
have a voice um so i'm really excited to
see how this will
increase that involvement from our
families and our community
thank you for that
uh ms bradshaw is there any public
comment
no so the board will now vote on
resolution 6553
resolution to adopt revised school site
council
7.10
.010 p
all in favor please indicate by saying
yes
yes
yes
all those opposed please indicate by
saying no
and are there any abstentions
resolution 6553 is approved by a vote of
six to zero with student representative
mcmahon unofficially voting
yes
great
we're going to have a second reading of
policy rescissions
director broome edwards would you like
to introduce this next item
thank you this just continues the
ongoing
practice that we've had of
rescinding
parts of the policy manual that either
those sections that aren't policies
that
no longer reflect current practices
um or for other reasons um aren't um
they may be protocols or they're
they're district practices but they're
not actually policies
um so
on the
so the
the board policy committee unanimously
recommended
that um
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we
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i'm sorry is this the second reading
sorry
this this um
this this is the second reading and then
we have sorry out we're doing so many
rescissions
right it's a second reading of the
policy rescissions okay deferred
compensation the district um got it
this is the right one because then it's
like yeah we had some other ones too um
in addition um so we have uh three four
five
seven
uh policies that we're recommending the
rescission of we um they came out of
committee unanimously we
didn't have any
uh public comment um about um rescinding
these
so um this would further tighten up
our policy manual
great
do i have a motion in a second to adopt
resolution 6554
resolution to reset board policies and
i'm going to read them out 5.10.0
p
deferred compensation
5.20.010 p
district employment practices
5.30.030 p education student training
programs
5.50.060 p
leaves of absence voluntary leaves of
absence
5.60.707
administrative salaries
5.70.051 p
leaves of absence and finally
6.10.090 p
private schools
request for funding
is there any board discussion
i again just want to thank
liz large and the legal team as well as
director brim edwards for going through
the policy manual one of the things
we're working on is translating uh
policies so families um of all different
backgrounds can access the information
00h 45m 00s
and trying to tighten it up
helps make that a more efficient process
so it's you know going through the
policies with a fine-tooth comb and
finding those places where
we can improve them has been a herculean
task and it's great to see all this work
being done
thanks for your comments and then
student representative mcmahon
i'd love to hear your thoughts if you
have any on this topic yeah i'd just
like to second the thanks that's all
and ms bradshaw is there any public
comment no
so the board will now vote on resolution
6554 resolution to rescind board
policies i won't read through them again
um
all in favor please indicate by saying
yes
yes yes yes
all opposed please indicate by saying no
are there any abstentions
resolution 6554 is approved by a vote of
six to zero with student representative
mcmahon voting yes
great
i think we are uh ready to adjourn
unless we have any other
comments or questions for the good of
the order
i just had something i wanted to say
briefly um
over the last week there was a couple of
ex vandalism at our schools and i want
to thank the
maintenance and facility staff for
um getting right right on it um i had
people in various neighborhoods or
social media reach out to me and
really quickly um
our team was on it so thanks um you know
those things come in over the weekends
and
the evenings
so thanks to our staff for
keeping our buildings
in great shape and
it's appreciated
thank you
so are um is this date correct the next
regular meeting of the board will be
held on august 9.
yeah
i'm gonna virtually pass
a water bottle it's like a like the
gavel to director scott yes andrew's got
the gavel in his hand he's ready
excellent um and want to congratulate uh
director scott and hollins again
and uh looking forward to be being
supportive of your leadership this year
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