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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - April 22, 2014
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - April 22, 2014
A
C
A
C
I
I
have
one
piece
here
tonight
that
I
wanted
to
read
to
you:
students
at
claire
barton
were
writing
business
letters
and
one
of
the
students
chose
to
write
me,
and
so
I'm
going
to
read
it
to
you
here.
It's
pretty
good,
dear
dr
schatz.
Thank
you
for
making
the
difficult
decision
of
putting
in
air
conditioning.
C
I
think
that
the
third
and
fourth
graders
will
adore
that
they
don't
have
to
sweat
while
sitting
and
working
when
it's
95
degrees
outside
sincerely-
and
I
won't
say
the
name
so
anyways.
I
thought
that
was
pretty
good
and
I'm
going
to
pass
it
around.
So
that's
my
piece
of
correspondence
for
you
tonight,
so
thank
you.
A
Well,
I
wish
I
could
be
as
entertaining,
but
I
have
a
letter
from
the
ndcel
president
to
the
board
thanking
us
for
our
continued
support
of
the
administrators
and
their
professional
organizations,
so
I'll
pass
that
around
and
also
after
the
action
on
the
last
board
meeting
a
letter
was
sent
to
mike
montplaisier
cass
county
auditor
and
the
city
auditor,
steve
sprague,
with
our
election.
A
Hey.
Thank
you,
then,
as
always,
the
most
fun
part
of
the
evening
strategic
plan
in
action,
dr
gross.
D
Well,
thank
you
very
much
tonight
for
the
part
of
your
agenda
around
strategic
plan
in
action.
We
want
to
focus
a
little
bit
on
result:
five,
which
is
citizenship,
and
we
have
a
group
with
us
tonight
from
north
high
school.
The
deca
organization,
also
here
in
the
audience,
is
the
principal
mr
andy,
dollen
and
he's
going
to
introduce
the
group
to
you.
E
I
just
want
to
thank
you
for
serving
in
the
capacity
that
you
do.
I
know
that
at
times,
you're
probably
feeling
like
you're
under
fire
and
that
you're
under
criticism
at
different
times,
but
we
do
really
appreciate
what
you
do
for
all
of
our
students
and
staff
in
our
public
schools.
E
Tonight
I
get
an
opportunity
to
also
to
talk
about
our
deca
program
at
north
high
school.
We
have
over
162
students
involved
in
our
deca
program.
It's
our
highest
involved
program
at
north
high,
and
it's
been
recognized
both
nationally
and
at
the
state
level
we
had
33
students
recently
qualify
for
the
nationals
which
are
going
to
be
held
in
atlanta,
georgia,
and
we
have
two
advisors.
E
Both
are
also
involved
in
spring
activities.
So
they're
not
here
this
evening,
but
mr
craig
erickson.
He
has
25
years
of
experience.
I
knew
him
back
in
grand
forks.
He
came
down
here
13
years
ago
and
has
been
a
part
of
our
deca
program
and
because
of
our
growth,
we
also
have
a
second
advisor
kelly,
sitzler,
erickson
and
she's,
been
with
us,
for
I
believe,
four
years
and
has
cumulative
years
of
10
years
of
experience
in
education.
E
F
Okay,
well
hi,
I'm
addie
long.
I've
had
the
pleasure
of
serving
this
past
year
as
decca's
chapter
president,
and
so
just
a
little
bit
about
deca.
Hope
is
this
already
on
yeah,
okay,
so
just
a
little
bit
about
deca,
it
premier
prepares
emerging
leaders
and
entrepreneurs
in
finance,
marketing
and
management,
and
so
that
really
helps
in
preparing
us
for
the
real
world
of
business
and
whatever
aspect
you
go
into
in
your
future
life.
We
also
compete
in
role
plays,
so
those
are
like
mock
interviews
and
those
were
with
various
business
individuals
around
the
area.
F
G
All
right,
so
I'm
ahmadity,
and
this
year
I
was
the
organizer
for
homeless
and
hungry's
thrive,
I'm
going
to
start
by
talking
about
homeless
and
hungry
homestead.
Hungary
is
a
program
that
was
started
by
first
lutheran
church
and
first
lutheran
church
continues
to
be
crucial
in
organizing
this
program
and
also
in
the
past.
Deca
has
been
involved
with
homeless
and
hungry
homeless
in
hungary
revolves
around
a
30-hour
fast
in
which
participants
are
which
participants
are
sponsored
to
raise
money
for
the
homeless
population.
G
Ahead
in
which
participants
are
sponsored
to
raise
money
for
the
homeless,
but
another
part
of
homeless
and
hungry
is
the
drive.
Traditionally,
we've
had
a
food
drive,
but
this
year
we
went
with
the
clothing
drive
because
there
are
a
lot
of
food
drives
going
on
in
the
fall
and,
more
specifically,
the
philadelph
drive
occurring
at
around
the
same
time
as
homeless
in
hungary.
So
we
know
the
clothing
drive
and
I
kind
of
got
involved
in
with
homeless
and
hungry.
Initially,
because
of
a
presentation
I
saw
in
my
management
class
last
year.
G
Another
student
who
was
involved
in
deca
robert
helming,
was
the
organizer
for
homeless.
In
hungary's
drive,
and
I
saw
his
presentation,
I
was
interested
so
mr
erickson
put
me
in
contact
with
the
organizers
at
first
lutheran
church
and
that's
kind
of
how
things
got
started.
So
we
met
over
the
summer
and
we
decided
that
we
would
be
contacting
elementary
schools
and
middle
schools
to
get
them
involved
in
the
drive
and
so
in
the
fall.
We
prepared
the
drive
by
gathering
supplies
and
giving
them
to
the
schools
they
were
donated
by.
G
They
were
donated
by
home
depot
and
we
gave
the
students
an
incentive
we
gave.
We
said
the
classroom
that
raised
the
most
clothing
would
get
a
pizza
party
and
we
didn't.
I
didn't
expect
much
to
be
honest,
but
I
guess
we
underestimated
the
power
of
pizza
and
the
students
raised
4
500
articles
of
clothing
in
one
week,
and
this
clothing
was
donated
to
churches
united
and
distributed
locally
to
the
local
homeless
population
on
the
day
of
homeless
in
hungary.
G
So
this
obviously
has
a
significant
effect
on
the
community,
the
homeless
community,
because
it
provides
them
with
warmth
over
north
dakota's
winters,
but
I
think
another.
Another
reason
why
this
is
very
important:
it's
because
it
got
young
students
involved
in
service
at
a
very
young
age,
and
one
thing
that
I
learned
in
particular,
particularly
from
organizing
this
is
that
people
are
often
eager
to
help.
G
But
they
just
don't
know
how-
and
I
think
this
clothing
drive
is
one
way
that,
like
we
show
them,
that
they
are
able
to
help
and
the
excitement
that
the
students
showed
once
we
got
them
started
was
it
was
amazing,
and
especially
lewis
and
clark.
G
They,
the
student,
the
student
council,
lewis
and
clark,
was
like
making
posters
putting
them
up
around
the
school,
encouraging
their
classmates
to
participate,
and
I
think
it
was
this
was
also
featured
in
this
in
the
newsletter
for
one
of
the
weeks
so
yeah
the
home
is
a
hungry
clothing
drive
is
something
that
deca
has
been
a
part
of
in
the
past
and
will
continue
to
be
a
part
of,
and
I
hope
that
next
year
someone
will
continue
to
run
this
thrive.
Thank
you.
H
Hi,
I'm
cassie,
and
this
is
laura
and
we
did
a
community
service
project
this
year
on
operation,
gratitude
which
is
a
non-profit
organization
that
sends
care
packages
to
deployed
troops,
wounded,
warriors
and
veterans.
It
was
started
by
carolyn
blascheck
in
california,
and
she
started
after
the
9
11
attacks
to
show
our
appreciation
for
the
troops.
I
Okay,
so
some
of
the
things
we
did
to
promote
this,
we
fargo
north-
we
held
a
drive
in
february
collecting
items
such
as
hats
movies,
cds,
anything
that
the
troops
that
can
help
them.
So
we
did
that
we
went
to
five
radio
stations
to
promote
our
drive,
including
prairie
public,
big
98,
froggy,
99.9,
kfgo,
the
joel
high
camp
show
and
y94.
I
H
Another
thing
we
did
another
thing
that
we
did
was
make
a
big
banner
and
we
brought
those
to
the
schools
too,
and
we
had
students
sign
them
and
we
sent
that
over
to
operation
gratitude
as
well
and
a
few
weeks
ago
we
got
a
letter
from
carolyn
herself
and
she
was
thanking
us
for
all
that
we
did,
and
this
project
was
like
a
really
good
opportunity
for
us,
because
it
really
made
us
gain
appreciation
for
everything
that
we
have,
and
it
taught
us
that
it's
important
to
give
back,
because
they
do
sacrifice
so
much
for
us.
I
Yeah,
just
going
off
with
cassie
said
this
particular
project
really
hits
home,
especially
for
us
seniors
who
are
graduating.
We
have
a
lot
of
students
that
are
enlisted
and
are
going
off
into
the
military
in
the
summer
and
cassie,
and
I
both
have
family
members
in
the
military,
and
it
was
just
a
great
cause
and
very
rewarding,
and
we
hope
deco
will
continue
to
contribute
to
this
organization
in
the
future.
I
F
Okay,
once
again,
I'm
addy-
and
this
is
melanie
and
we
co-created
the
first
ever
prom
expo
for
muscular
dystrophy
association
and
so
muscular
dystrophy
is
really
focused
on
researching
over
50
different
muscle
diseases,
as
well
as
providing
a
summer
camp
for
those
living
with
muscular
dystrophy
and
many
students.
When
you
talk
to
them
about
this,
if
they
are
living
with
it,
this
is
the
best
week
of
their
summer,
like
they
look
forward
to
this
all
year
and
they're,
one
of
deca's
main
partners,
which
is
why
we
decided
them.
F
But
the
initial
idea
for
the
prom
expo
really
came
when
we
were
at
a
bridal
show
working.
It
actually
and
we
thought
it'd
be
a
great
idea
to
bring
this
concept
to
high
school,
because
you
really
don't
have
that
experience
until
you
get
older,
and
so
we
thought
there
would
be
lots
of
benefits
to
not
only
our
chapter
but
our
community
and
to
mda,
and
so
we
brought
a
lot
of
learning
concepts
to
that.
But
that's
how
our
ideas
started.
J
J
It
was
just
amazing,
sue
wiger,
who
is
the
mda
representative
in
our
area.
She
told
us
that
kids
would
say
that
this
week
was
better
than
christmas
for
them,
so
that
was
so
cool
knowing
that
we
could
help
with
that,
but
more
than
just
donating
money,
we
also
got
to
spread
a
message
with
the
help
of
local
businesses,
like
tip
top
talks
and
men's
warehouse.
F
This
was
a
first
year
event,
however,
though,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
to
promote
it
heavily,
and
so
this
was
really
where
we
got
to
apply
those
concepts.
We
learned
in
marketing
from
scitzler
and
erickson
in
class
in
real
life,
and
so
that
was
a
huge
help
to
us.
I
mean
it
was
really
cool
to
see
that
what
we
learned
could
actually
be
used.
So
this
is
a
picture
of
us
on
the
kvly
segment
that
aired
in
the
morning
live.
J
So
this
whole
experience
is
very
rewarding,
but
it
was
a
lot
more
than
just
personal
gain.
We
got
to
involve
students
from
other
schools
who
came
to
the
event:
parents,
local
business
people
and
with
the
help
of
those
local
businesses
like
addie,
said
men's
warehouse
got
us
that
segment
on
the
kvly
morning
show
and
that
segment
alone
reached
over
200
000
people,
so
that
was
really
cool.
Knowing
that
not
only
did
we
help
send
a
child
to
summer
camp,
but
we
also
created
a
much
more
aware
community
and
for
our
chapter
members.
F
F
We
did
a
pause,
ponder
post
cyber
bullying
campaign
around
the
area,
united
way
bell,
ringings
and
one
of
our
bigger
campaigns,
which
is
the
see
it
here
at
stop
it
campaign
led
by
morgan
thompson,
and
so
it
has
been
a
true
honor
to
be
part
of
deca
and
we've
all
learned
a
lot.
It's
been
a
huge
part
of
all
of
our
lives
and
we're
truly
thankful
that
you
invited
us
to
hear
tonight.
Did
you
have
any
questions
for
us
at
all.
B
B
Yep,
okay
and
there's
also
a
couple.
My
son
is
currently
the
vice
president
for
the
state,
and
my
older
son
was
as
well
and
he's
now,
president
of
his
fraternity,
the
leadership
skills
that
he
learned
from
mr
erickson
and
the
mentorship
that
he
has
he
gained
and
the
business
expertise
has
really
helped
him
in
other
parts
of
his
life.
And
so
it's
now
cool
to
be
a
deca
member.
B
That
wasn't
the
case
when
I
was
growing
up
so
good
job
guys
and
really
go
home
and
thank
kelly
and
I'm
sorry,
mr
erickson
and
mrs
mrs
erickson,
and
thank
them
because
they
they
really
go
above
and
beyond
and
they're
great
mentors.
Thank
you.
A
Well,
thank
you
very
much.
Robin
said
it
all.
We
really
appreciate
you
guys
coming
out.
This
really
is
the
best
part
of
of
our
meetings
is
when
we
get
to
hear
what's
going
on
in
the
schools,
and
you
guys
make
us
proud
so
enjoy
the
last
few
weeks
of
your
senior
year.
Thank
you
thank
you
and
don't
leave
without
this.
It
hasn't
gone
all
the
way
around.
Yet
the
next
part
on
our
agenda
is
recognition
of
the
audience,
but
no
one
has
signed
up.
K
Okay,
so
I'm
laura,
I
teach
english
language
arts
at
davies,
high
school.
K
Okay,
I'm
not
actually
david's
assistant,
he's
very
sad.
He
doesn't
get
an
assistant.
I
serve
fea
as
the
secretary
currently
several
weeks
ago,
when
david's
softball
schedule
was
predictable
enough.
He
asked
the
executive
board
members
to
sign
up
for
days
to
pick
up,
and
I
picked
april,
8th
and
so
tonight,
I'm
filling
in
for
whoever
picked
tonight
to
fill
in
so
davies.
High
softball
team
is
playing
valley
city
at
davies,
so
we
can
all
road
trip
south
after
this
go
see
a.
F
K
A
few
just
a
few
things
to
mention
teacher
appreciation
week
is
may
5
through
9..
If
you
can
only
stomach
one
day
of
celebration,
that
would
be
the
day
on
may
6th.
That's
tuesday,
saturday
april
12th
about
a
dozen
of
us
members,
fargo
educators
took
part
in
the
first
ever
north
dakota
united
rep
assembly
in
bismarck.
K
K
we've
got
the
fea
retirement
social
coming
up
thursday
april
24th.
This
also
functions
as
a
fundraiser
for
our
fda
scholarship,
it's
at
the
double
wood
and,
of
course,
we'd
like
to
invite
board
members
and
senior
staff.
Well,
all
staff,
really
double
wood.
Four
to
six
and
coming
up
soon
is
all
I
can
say
right
now
pretty
soon.
Actually
I
can
be
more
specific,
we'll
be
doing
interviews.
Fea
will
be
doing
interviews
of
school
board,
candidates
and
legislators
to
inform
our
membership,
and
there
is
one
more
thing
that
dave
neglected
on
his
notes.
K
D
What
I
will
do
is
share
with
you
elementary
numbers
for
this
evening,
and
then
we
will
share
secondary
numbers
at
a
later
meeting,
so
just
to
orient
you
to
this
report,
what
you'll
see
in
the
far
right
hand,
side
there's
a
yellow
column.
That
is
just
the
current
enrollment
as
of
this
morning,
k
through
five.
So
you
have
that
as
a
reference
point
and
then
to
its
right
in
the
green
column.
D
This
is
the
number
of
students
that
we
know
will
be
attending
our
schools
in
2014..
When
I
say
no,
that
is
through
kindergarten,
that's
through
the
kindergarten
roundup
process.
So
this
is
the
number
of
parents
who've
come
in
and
at
this
time
filled
out
the
paperwork
for
kindergarten
and,
in
the
other
grade
levels
grades
one
through
five.
Those
are
the
students
that
our
principals
know
through
conversation
with
parents
or
staff
members
conversations
with
parents
that
will
be
returning
to
the
district
next
year.
D
D
What
you'll
see
in
the
green
column
is
the
number
of
students
who
we
knew
were
coming
two
years
ago
at
a
similar
point
in
time
during
this
april
point
of
the
year,
and
then
the
blue
column
is
the
total
number
of
students
who
we
started
with
that
next
school
year.
So
you
will
see
in
the
gray
column
that
follows
is
the
increase
that
we
had
before
or
between
april
and
the
first
day
of
school
two
years
ago,
that
was
about
290
students.
D
Similar
data,
then
for
2013
you'll,
see
a
similar
point
in
time.
In
the
green
column,
the
april
date
the
number
of
students
that
we
knew
either
through
kindergarten
in
roundup
or
through
talking
with
families,
the
opening
day
numbers
and
then
the
increase
that
we
would
see
between
april
and
that
august
again
about
290
students
on
this
report.
What
I
wanted
to
draw
your
attention
to
is
the
trend
history
that
we
have
typically
from
this
point
in
time
to
the
beginning
of
the
school
year
at
least
the
last
two
years.
D
F
L
L
D
D
But
as
we
project
for
next
school
year,
we
know
there
are
four
thousand
4
984
students,
either
through
kindergarten,
roundup
or
through
talking
with
parents.
And
then,
if
we
project
that
same
increase,
I
gotcha
that's
where
we
would
see
that.
M
Madam
president,
dr
gross,
I'm
just
curious
if
you
have
some
insight
as
to
where
these
students
are
and
if
there
are
any
surprises
with,
where
they're
landing
relative
to
our
demographic
projections
and
and
what
we
expected,
especially
for
south
fargo,
and
then
I'm
also
curious.
Secondly,
if
the
if
the
move
in
the
transitions
that
were
implemented
for
kennedy
and
the
eagle
center
are
are
bearing
out
as
as
being
wise
and
prudent.
D
I
think,
as
we
look
at
the
kennedy
at
eagles
and
as
we
add
another
grade
level
there
third
grade
that
will
continue
to
do
what
we
anticipated
it
would
do
is
provide
some
of
the
relief
at
that
building
and
then
it
will
need
to
continue
that
projection
for
the
next
few
years,
as
we
talk
about
at
a
future
time.
What
does
that
mean
when
the
new
school
is
up
and
running
and
boundaries.
C
I
would
just
add
that
you
know
we've
taken
a
hard
look
over
the
last
years
at
our
demographics
and
we've
done
studies.
We've
been
very
in
tune
with
the
city
and
what's
happening
today.
I
took
a
drive
out
to
davies
and
was
doing
some
things
out.
There
was
out
on
the
south
southern
edge
of
town,
and
you
see
the
land
now
being
opened
up
in
the
christensen
edition.
C
That's
right
over
by
the
interstate
in
52nd,
you
see
the
land
out
by
davies
to
the
west,
now
being
opened
up
the
houses
that
have
been
built
in
the
apartment
buildings
now
that
are
being
built
just
north
of
davies
and
then
the
development
south
of
davies.
C
At
this
point-
and
that's
been
our
prediction-
it'll
be
really
interesting
to
see
when
that
fills
in
you
know
when
people
are
actually
in
those
homes,
the
types
of
families
that
come
and
the
number
of
kids
that
come
with
that,
but
that's
all
part
of
those
projections
that
were
made,
but
there
is
just
an
enormous
amount
of
housing,
that's
being
put
up,
and
so
we'll
we'll
see
here
in
august
when
we
do
our
final
numbers
when
kids
actually
show
up
for
school.
C
A
Thank
you.
We
look
forward
to
part
two,
any
other
staff
reports
rachel,
dr
gross
anything
else,
dr
schatz.
I.
C
Just
want
to
give
you
an
update.
We've
got
a
lot
of
projects
that
are
starting
things
that
were
all
part
of
the
long
range
facilities
plan,
the
ed
clap
elementary
construction
progress
starting
tomorrow,
and
I
think
it's
supposed
to
rain
now
tomorrow,
but
the
pre-construction
meetings
have
all
occurred.
C
They've
done
site
prep
to
get
ready
for
tearing
back
the
the
the
turf
if
you
will
to
start
digging,
and
that
was
supposed
to
start
tomorrow.
C
In
some
of
the
schools,
they've
already
started
to
break
down
a
lot
of
the
schools
have
two
boiler
systems:
they've
started
to
break
down
one
of
those
boiler
systems
to
get
the
prep
work
done.
We've
kept
the
other
boilers
operational
at
this
point,
because
the
weather
still
doesn't
want
to
cooperate
with
the
low
temperatures
at
night.
We
don't
want
to
take
out
the
other
boiler
and
then
all
of
a
sudden
have
a
cold
school
that
you
can't
heat
and
so
we're
waiting
a
little
bit
longer.
I
asked
jim,
I
said.
C
Typically,
when
do
we
quit
using
our
boilers?
You
know
in
the
school
year-
and
he
said
anytime
between
april
15th
and
may
1st
is
typically
what's
happened,
so
hopefully
the
weather
will
work
with
us
on
that.
So
as
soon
as
they
can
shut
down
those
boiler
systems,
then
they
can
continue
to
do
those
demos
and
get
the
prep
work
done
to
put
in
the
hvac
systems
a
lot
of
the
equipment
that
will
be
needed
for
the
projects
has
been
ordered
and
again
that's
with
all
the
different
contractors
that
we're
working
with.
C
So
the
good
news
is
that
things
are
moving
forward
and
everything's
on
time,
as
as
we
have
anticipated,
and
we
don't
see
any
problems
with
things
continuing
to
move
that
way.
Again,
though,
if
the
weather
would
cooperate,
we
could
get
more
of
the
demo
done
with
the
boilers,
but
other
than
that.
It's
all,
it's
all
real
good.
So
that's
that's
what
I
know
for
now
and
we'll
continue
to
give
you
updates
as
we
go
through
the
projects
and
and
let
you
know
where
we're
at
with
things.
K
A
Thank
you
moved
and
seconded
all
those
in
favor,
please
say:
aye
aye
aye.
Thank
you
any
opposed
same
sign.
Thank
you
believe
it
or
not,
no
business
items
on
today's
agenda,
so
we
will
move
to
board
reports
and
nsba
sharing
and
linda
europe.
O
It
was
my
first
national
convention,
which
was
great
schedule
wise.
It
just
didn't.
Work
in
previous
years
went.
O
And
to
be
honest,
I
just
never
saw
anything
that
out
shown
what
we're
doing
or
already
doing
brought
back
some
materials
that
I'll
just
give
to
anne-marie
went
to
some
things
about
board
culture
and
and
dealing
with
different
board
types
of
personal
styles.
Knowing
that
we're
going
to
have
a
lot
of
new
members,
but
probably
the
most
interesting
one
that
I
went
to
a
and
I
can't
remember
which
state
this
is.
O
O
They
do
that
with
their
school
district
and
for
it's
called
a
leadership
academy
and
they
get
citizens
from
the
community
to
part
of
this
kind
of
leadership
training
group,
but
they
see
this
group
as
community
ambassadors
roles
and
responsibilities
of
of
various
folks,
and
they
see
it
as
part
of
succession
planning
and
from
there
they
hope
to
generate
future
candidates
and
they
choose
who's
going
to
be
in
it
by
nomination
and
invitation
letter.
It's
kind
of
exclusive
correct
me.
O
I
don't
know
if
that
would
fly
in
our
community,
but
they
really.
O
O
It
seemed
like
an
interesting
idea
that
maybe
we
could
tailor
it
to
our
district,
but
people
get
to
understand.
You
know
the
ins
and
outs.
What
not.
A
It
looks
like
you
have
all
sorts
of
stuff
going
on
over
there
shall
I
go
around
and
ask
committee
assignments,
lea
committee
reports
and
then
we'll
come
back
to
you
in
a
moment
when
you're
all
set
up
with
your
toys,
okay
committee
and
liaison
reports
linda
we'll
go
back
to
you
and
go
round.
P
P
Also,
the
alumni
association
has
been
very
active.
Kind
of
a
division
of
the
alumni
foundation
is
the
dollars
for
scholars
group
and
they
also
have
been
very
active
but
frankly
need
to
raise
some
big
money
so
that
they
can
help
make
a
difference
to
graduating.
Fargo
public
schools
seniors,
as
well
as
other
school
districts
in
the
area
that
they
support
and
that's
what's
happening.
L
The
two
outreach
directors
just
sat
in
to
kind
of
hear
what
our
legislative
priorities
were,
but
they
are
putting
everything
they
have
into
that,
because
they
know
that
great
return
on
your
investment.
When
you
you
invest
early
in
kids,
and
so
I'm
pleased
that
we're
taking
a
look
at
that.
A
Q
A
N
Just
a
couple
things
to
report
seek
had
a
governing
board
meeting
seek
had
a
governing
board
meeting
since
we
last
met
and
entered
into
a
consulting
contract,
to
take
a
look
at
the
overall
payroll
functions
and
benefit
functions,
and
just
as
a
point
of
reference,
the
firm
that
was
selected
was
I
bailey,
and
the
cost
is
about
twenty
five
thousand
dollars.
So
as
we
think
about
hiring
consultants,
that's
just
one
more
list
of
what
they
seem
to
be
charging
in
the
marketplace.
Today.
N
N
As
was
mentioned
by
chris
gac
matt,
we've
been
putting
together
a
potential
list
of
legislative
initiatives
for
the
board's
consideration,
we'll
at
the
next
governance
meeting
figure
out
when
that's
going
to
be
plugged
in
to
bring
before
the
full
board
to
have
you
all
weigh
in
on
which
ones
we
should
really
make
our
top
priorities
and
begin
to
flush
out
what
the
strategies
for
success
would
be
in
those.
N
N
There
aren't
too
many
differences
between
what
we
are
going
to
be
advocating
for
and
what
we
suspect
they'll
be
advocating
for
as
well.
So
I
have
not
reached
out
to
west
fargo
yet
to
see,
if
they're
interested
in
doing
that,
I
first
wanted
to
bring
it
back
to
the
board
for
some
feedback.
If
that
makes
sense
to
the
rest
of
you
that
aren't
on
gac.
N
M
The
only
report
I
have
is
hic
will
be
meeting
on
thursday,
and
that
will
be
their
first
encounter
with,
as
I
understand
from
brock,
the
their
first
engagement
with
the
consultant
that
will
be
evaluating
benefits
as
as
we're
decided
by
the
board.
The
last
meeting
and
they'll
be
getting
a
sense
from
blue
cross
blue
shield.
What
they
anticipate
the
rates
will
be
so
that'll
be
some
some
significant
news.
Hopefully
good
news
coming
our
way.
P
C
From
what
I
understand
a
district
used
to
do
that
they
quit
doing
that
a
few
years
ago,
I'm
not
sure
how
long
ago,
but
because
a
lot
of
the
buildings
were
doing
it
they're
doing
it
in
their
own
individual
buildings.
We
had
a
conversation
in
cabinet
about
you
know.
Should
we
look
at
that
again?
Should
we
do
something
like
that?
And
so
we've
had
those
discussions.
C
We
haven't
really
landed
on
any
one
particular
spot
at
this
point.
As
you
saw
this
year
with
the
teacher
of
the
year,
we
added
the
administrator
of
the
year
and
staff
person
of
the
year
sports
staff,
so
we
expanded
that
program
this
year.
So
we
continue
to
talk
about
ways
that
we
could
recognize
staff
and
do
things
from
a
district
perspective.
C
But
at
this
time
there's
really
no
plan,
because
we
we
went
out
and
asked
the
buildings
you
know
if
we
did
that,
what
do
you
think
and
we
got
kind
of
a
50
50
response.
You
know
who
did
you
ask
it?
We
asked
the
building
level
principals
in
their
buildings.
What
they'd
like
to
do,
because,
typically
it's
organized
through
the
office,
the
principals
and
and
they're,
usually
their
team
within
the
building.
So
that's
where
we're
at
right
now:
no
plans
to
do
it
right
now,.
P
Well,
for
what
it's
worth
anyway,
I
and
maybe
it
isn't
really
appropriate
necessarily
for
the
board,
although
I
guess
it
could
be,
but
I
never
really
liked
it
when
they
ended
that
program.
I
thought
it
was
a
good
program
to
have,
and
we
just
don't
have
very
many
opportunities
where
we
specifically
acknowledge
people.
Who've
worked
for
the
district
for
in
some
cases
40
years
and
to
just
to
go
to
the
principles
and
ask
them
what
do
you
think
of
it?
P
I
I
think
you
know
we
need
to
get
some
feedback
from
the
from
the
other
people
there
who
are-
maybe
not
at
that
level,
not
that
it
would
necessarily
be
anything
different,
but
I
think
we
should
find
ways
as
a
district
where
we
can
recognize
the
people
who
are
leading
the
charge
out
there
for
that
matter.
P
Whatever
their
position
is
when
they
work
for
the
district
for
20
or
30
or
40
years,
we
need
to
find
some
way
other
than
a
little
get
together
in
the
library
with
some
cake
and
things
like
that,
because
I
think
it
kind
of
gets
diminished
each
year
as
we
do
it
and
then
the
other
thing
is
and
in
a
way
it
isn't
an
official
district
retirement
event.
But
I
was
looking
at
my
calendar
to
see
what's
going
on
on
the
on
the
24th
in
the
afternoon.
P
Is
anybody
planning
to
attend
that
fea
because
that
fda
meeting
it
might
be
nice
to
reach
out
and
and
continue
to
build
more
bridges
in
that
area
if
they're
having
their
official
retirement
program?
I've
been
to
it
in
previous
years,
and
I
guess
I
would
just
say
if
anybody
can
make
it
there,
that'd
be
a
great
thing
and
the
food
is
good,
candied
bacon
for
everyone.
No.
A
M
I
I
would,
madam
president,
I
I
felt
compelled
to
over
over
take
to
take
liberties
and
to
share
with
you
some
some
more
materials
than
ordinarily.
I
would
for
for
your
study
as
board
members,
and
particularly
to
our
administrative
staff
and
cabinet.
M
I
I
went
to
two
two
entirely
provocative
sessions
that
that
so
so
affected
my
my
my
my
thinking
about
things
we
address
as
board
members
and
as
a
public
school
system
and
and
they're
both
they're,
just
I,
I
think,
they're
both
just
tips
of
the
iceberg,
but
the
initial
first
category
I'm
going
to
visit
about
is
the
makers,
movement
or
the
do-it-yourself
movement
and
and
the
the
how
that's
trickling
into
education
and
the
potential
of
it
and
the
opportunity.
M
The
second
issue
I
would
like
to
visit
with
is
is
about
policies
and
practices
in
schools
that
contribute
to
losing
students
and
and
some
of
the
things
we
can
kind
of
put
on
our
radar
about
things
like
they
call
it
the
the
pool
to
prison
pipeline.
M
So
going
to
the
initial
movement,
the-
and
I
want
to
preface
my
my
my
overall
views
with
with
this
there
was-
there
was
no
sense
that
in
anything
anything
I
saw
at
the
national
convention
this
year
that
did
anything
much
other
than
while,
while
they
were
acknowledging
common
core
it
permeated
almost
into
every
session.
I
went
to
the
questions
and
concerns
about
common
core
and,
of
course,
everybody's
new
to
common
core
and
and
the
implications
of
it.
But
but
that
was
couched
kind
of
in
the
language
of
cookie
cutter
approaches
to
education.
M
It's
not
a
one-size-fits-all
thing
for
kids
and
that
that's
part
of
our
problem
and
our
challenge
is
so
that
so
they
weren't
condemning
common
core
necessarily
at
all,
but
they're,
challenging
us
to
to
to
break
through
the
molds
of
of
of
and
the
limitations
and
the
issues
and
the
challenges
with
with
kids
who
learn
differently
and
with
new
technologies.
So
the
when
I
got
our
book
for
the
program
I
scoured
through
the
program
looking
for
one
thing:
3d
printing
and
I
found
one
presenter
dealing
with
three
3d
printing.
M
His
name
is
gary
steger
and
he
had
he's
he's.
I
think
he
should
be
somebody
we
put
on
our
list
for
professional
development
here
in
fargo.
It's
the
most
provocative,
inspiring
presentation
and
set
of
information.
M
If
we,
if
we
put
something
in
their
hands-
and
today
when
I
was
getting
ready
for
this,
I
I
happened
to
work
with
some
real
geeks
and
my
business
partner.
Raul
gomez
comes
in
here.
He
says:
what
are
you
doing
with
a
makey
makey
book?
M
I
go.
How
do
you
know
about
this
and
he
went
and
he
dug
through
his
drawer
and
pulled
out
a
makey,
makey
and
and-
and
you
should
have
seen
the
the
the
the
fire
in
his
eyes
when
he
found
out
I'm
going
to
talk
about
things
like
makey,
makey
and
3d
printing
to
the
school
district
and
challenge
us
to
to
look
at
how
we
can
bring
these
do-it-yourself
maker
movement
concepts
into
the
school
system
in
our
educational
delivery.
M
I
thought
ipads
were
everything
two
years
ago
now.
I
wouldn't
encourage
our
district
to
buy
them,
knowing
that
this
movement
is
coming
and
that
they're
not
prepared
for
this
do-it-yourself
making
makers
movement,
but
so
here's
here's
something
you
can
put
in
the
hands
of
anybody,
an
adult
and
a
kid
and
you
take
it.
You
conduct
it.
We
took
some
lead,
pencils
and
drew
the
lead
out
and
you
you
can
makeshift
this.
You
can
turn
this
into
your
keyboard.
You
can
do
letters,
you
can
do
scrolls,
you
can
play
pac-man.
M
You
can
literally
do
anything
with
this
makey
makey
raul
suggested
that
I
take,
and
and
hook
this
up
to
my
laptop
into
a
plant
and
show
you
that
I
can
turn
my
plant
house
plant
into
my
keyboard
and,
and
things
like
this.
This
is
the
kind
of
stuff
that
you
don't
have
to
as
much
when
you're
putting
things
like
this
in
the
hands
of
children
and
adults.
M
You
know
it's
not
so
much
formulaic
teaching
like
learn
this
formula
or
learn
this
math
formula.
It's
you
put
this
in
there
and
they
learn
by
doing
and
by
making
and
and
and
by
by
experiencing
it
and
they're
in
the
kids
that
we're
often
timing
out
in
their
heads
will
will
rise
to
a
level.
Sometimes
the
kids
that
we
might
not
think
we
had
any
hope
in
they
say
will
will
just
start
shining
with
with
their
capacity
to
getting
excited
and
shown
intensity
with
something
like
this.
M
So
this
is
something
that
we
use
just
to
play.
Pac-Man
I
was
showing
how
I
can
take
this
hook
up
from
my
laptop
and
start
touching
these
things
and
and
playing
pac-man
by
touching
the
the
can,
the
the
the
points
on
the
paper
that
were
simply
lead
that
were
connectors.
That's
that's!
That's
one
example
of
this
movement.
That's
that's!
M
Coming
coming
our
way,
so
I
I
brought
you
the
the
handout
from
gary
steger
I'd
like
to
pass
this
book
on
to
our
superintendent
and
if,
if
you
folks
would
take
the
moment,
if
you're
able
to
with
dr
gross
and
and
dr
schatz
take
take
a
look
at
this,
I
I
unequivocally
have
not
seen
anything
as
exciting
in
in
my
my
my
dozens
and
dozens
of
sessions.
M
M
We
need
to
let
our
administration
and
staff
know
that
at
least
I,
as
one
board
will
say,
I
say,
go
to
it,
explore
experiment,
see
and
set
new
horizons
and
and
then
challenge
us
to
to
figure
out
how
to
to
prioritize
the
budgets
to
accommodate
these
new
technologies.
M
Because
it's
it's
around
the
corner
and
it's
going
to
happen
before
before.
We
even
know
it
and
that
that
topic
is
about
engaging
kids
that
are
falling
through
the
cracks,
as
well
as
just
the
gifted
kids.
It's
about
getting
kids
that
that
were
kind
of
like
they're
timing
out
and
that
we
don't
know
their
their
and
their
families,
don't
know
if
they're
as
excited
as
they
should
be
about
education
and
and
what
what
I
gathered
from
this
is
the
kids
who
are
getting
exposed
to
this
makers
movement.
M
This
do-it-yourself
movement
are
are
coming
home
and
they're
chomping
at
the
bit
get
back
to
school.
Again,
they
just
can't
wait,
and
parents
and
families
and
communities
are
seeing
a
level
of
enthusiasm
that
they're
they're
not
accustomed
to
seeing-
and
this
is
a
brand
new
movement
but
technology's
like
a
tsunami
unleashing
in
every
which
direction,
that's
a
a
real
gift
coming
to
all
of
us
and
to
the
kids,
the
other
one
that
I
saw
that
challenged
my
brain,
the
school
to
prison
pipeline
just
was
wondering.
M
What's
this
all
about
big
cities
and
and
and
their
problems
or
or
not-
and
I
didn't
know
what
the
relate
relative-
how
how
how
it
relates
to
a
board,
but
we
all
we
all
pay
attention
to
our
kids
that
drop
out,
and
we
all
know
the
desire
to
to
lower
the
dropout
rates
and
and
so
on.
M
But
there's
there's
some
significant
insight
about
some
of
these
kids
and
and
why
they
drop
out
things
I
wouldn't
have
thought
of,
but
just
just
for
example,
one
suspension
once
one
kid
getting
one
suspension
once
doubles
the
likelihood
of
them
dropping
out
it's
one
suspension
and
then
what
you
do
with
kids,
when
they're
expelled
or
dealing
with
suspensions.
M
What
do
you
do
with
their
two
days
or
their
three
days
or
their
time
off?
What
are
you?
What
are
you
channeling
their
way
to
give
them
alternative
education,
or
are
you
just
setting
setting
them
off
and
they're
in
a
room
like
like
this,
or
are
we
really
rallying
all
of
our
forces
to
to
make
sure
we
re-engage
that
kid,
knowing
that
that
they're
more
likely
to
drop
out
than
ever
before?
Because
of
that?
It's
just
that
simple
circumstance.
There
are
some
states,
I
wouldn't
have
thought
about
it.
M
State
law
will
will
set
these
kids
up
to
drop
out
and
sometimes
they're
extraordinary
kids,
with
unusual
life
circumstances
and
and
and
there's
always
a
sense
of
context
when
you
have
kids
in
trouble
or
having
circumstances.
What's
what
is
the
context
of
their
life?
What
is
the
context
of
the
problem
they
had?
Are
we
punitive
with
our
approach
to
these
kids
in
their
troubles,
or
are
we
restorative?
M
M
The
more
rigid
zero
tolerance
is
as
a
concept,
the
more
likely
you
have
suspensions
and
expulsions
and
dropouts
I
wouldn't
have.
I
wouldn't
have
connected
those
dots
quite
that
way
all
the
different
levels
of
accountabilities
and
and
and
and
all
these
different
things
and
you
and
dr
schatz
and
dr
gross.
I
know
we're
preaching
to
the
choir.
You
know
this
better
than
than
than
we
do,
but,
but
I
as
one
board
member
now
know
gosh,
you
know
what
you
do
to
fight
for
kids,
kids
and
keeping
them
in
the
schools.
M
It's
it's
way
more
than
just
black
and
white
rules
that
you
can't
ever.
You
know
you
can't
ever
deviate
from
those
those
rules,
and,
and
so
when
you
have
to
show
heart
and
you
you
try
to
see
the
context
that
that
they're
in
the
word
discipline,
the
roots
of
the
word.
Discipline
are
to
teach
discipline,
doesn't
mean
you
spank
them
emotionally
or
publicly
or,
however,
it
means
you
turn
it
into
a
teaching
moment.
So
I've
shared
quite
a
bit
of
information.
Just
these
are
from
my
notes.
M
You
know
about
about
this
idea
of
of
of
of
of
limiting
the
number
of
kids
that
end
up
in
prison
because
of
circumstances
that
happened
while
while
they're
in
school
and
and
I
I
think
that
the
one
thing
that
came
through
to
me
us
as
challenging
board
members,
there
was
to
don't
be
distant
from
your
code
of
conduct
that
you
present
for
students.
M
M
We
know
you
all
have,
but
we
don't
know
quite
what
it
is,
but
it
must
be
good
you
know,
and
and
so
that
that
that's
the
one
thing
I
hadn't
thought
about
is
that
the
board,
as
a
policy
or
practice
of
monitoring
roll
up
their
sleeves
and
study,
the
code
of
conduct
that
we
present
to
the
student
body
and
know
it
like
the
back
of
our
hands
and
and
and
and
have
a
discussion
and
a
dialogue
about
that.
So
you'll
see
you'll,
see
information
about
that
there
and
some
some
websites
to
refer
to.
M
I
think
one
of
them
was
the
same
civil
rights,
one
that
you
had
seen
a
website
linking
to
where
you
can
go
and
find
out
reports
about
your
districts.
M
M
So
that's
a
lot
more
than
you,
if
you,
if
you
take
the
time
and
just
read
through
that
it
it
it,
it
really
challenged
me
as
as
coming
back
to
our
board
thinking
about
these
kids
that
fall
through
the
cracks
and
if
in
any
way,
without
knowing
it
or
not,
we
we
participate
in
in
losing
them
with
our
policies
and
our
practices
and
our
codes
and
and
so
on.
It
was.
It
was
a
good
session
in
that
regard,
and
I'm,
I
think,
there's
hope.
M
M
It
was
very,
very
constructively
critical
of
education
and
there's
a
lot
of
beating
up
of
public
education
and-
and
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
evolving
thought
about
how
do
how
do
we
rise
above
all
of
this,
despite
the
clamor
and
the
public,
that
they
think
that
public
education
is
an
abysmal
failure,
sometimes
and
they're
just
looking
for
evidence
that
it's
it's
not
always
always
a
success,
they
want
it
to
be.
M
These
are
these
are
a
couple
examples
of
of
some
things
we
in
fargo
could
like
just
kind
of
look
at
and
do
and
get
on
the
do-it-yourself
movement,
the
makers
movement.
You
know
like,
for
example,
the
two
there's
three
makers
movement
fairs
in
the
country
and-
and
they
have
kids
that'll,
make
little
things
like
a
pet
zoo,
where
they
they
design
and
program
and
make
them
and
print
them
out
of
their
3d
printer.
And
it's
like
there's.
These
kids
are
little
kids
and
toddlers
are
out
in
the
room
playing
with
these
things.
M
They
they
created,
and-
and
this
is
where
I'm
told
mit-
goes
to
recruit
students
they're,
seeing
these
kids
doing
these
things,
and
we
want
you
to
come
to
our
school,
because
they're,
seeing
these
kids
do
things
that,
in
practice,
that
that
is
is
the
future
and
and
this
movement
isn't
just
going
to
be
three
of
these
makers
fairs
across
the
country.
M
It's
going
to
be
everywhere
and-
and
we
have
a
chance,
I
think,
to
to
become
a
leader
in
that
up
here
in
the
hinterland
and
sooner
than
later-
and
I
I'm
just
inspired
by
that.
So
I'm
happy
to
share
this
stuff,
and
if
you
have
any
thoughts,
I
doctor
gary
steger's
book
is
there
his
his
business
card
is
in
there.
M
A
Thank
you,
john
very
interesting.
Pardon
me.
Does
anybody
have
any
questions
for
john
after
okay?
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
such
a
detailed
presentation.
A
President's
report
is
mostly
a
list
of
dates.
One
way
or
another.
The
as
paul
was
asking
about.
I
put
down
all
of
the
retirement
events
that
I'm
aware
of
that
have
been
posted
so
far,
it's
quite
a
lengthy
list
and
the
graduation
assignments
again
at
the
bottom
there's
a
couple
of
changes
that
I've
highlighted,
but
not
all
since
the
last
time.
A
I
just
wanted
to
share
one
thing
with
you.
I
mentioned
last
time
that
I
attended
the
building
bridges
conference
and
it
was
the
first
day
our
last
board
meeting
was
the
first
day
of
two
and
on
the
second
day
I
wanted
to
share
with
you
a
story
which
reminds
me
not
something
that
I
think
I
need
to
be
reminded
of,
but
what
an
outstanding
superintendent
we
have.
A
This
was
a
conference
about
refugees
and
new
americans
and
what
we
as
a
community
can
or
should
be
doing,
and
there
was
on
the
second
day,
a
breakout
session.
The
whole
second
day
morning
was
interactions
of
all
the
folks
that
were
there
sharing
their
experiences
and
discussing
various
things
and
at
the
end
of
the
morning,
people
were
supposed
to
get
up
and
share
if
they
wished
something
that
they
learned
from
the
morning
or
the
last
day
and
a
half
what
we
as
individuals
can
do
to.
A
As
one
person
related
to
this
broader
topic
now,
I
will
not
be
able
to
repeat
what
he
said.
So
I'm
going
to
ask
him
to
say
it,
but
at
he
was
the
last
speaker
who
got
up.
It
was
the
perfect
ending
to
this
morning
and
he
got
up
and
spoke,
and
I
want
him
to
share
with
you
what
he
said,
because
I
feel
it's
shows
why
we
have
him
as
our
superintendent
and
the
direction
that
we're
taking
as
a
district
regarding
this
particular
population
of
our
students.
So
please
put
you
on
the
spot.
C
Have
to
paraphrase
for
you
well,
I
I
decided
to
attend
a
building
bridges
conference,
because
I
just
felt
a
need
to
become
better
informed
about
our
community
and
the
many
different
varieties
of
cultures
and
and
people
that
now
live
here
in
fargo
and,
in
particular,
the
students
that
we
serve
here
in
our
district.
We
have
over
750
students
that
are
classified
as
what
we
call
ell
students,
english
language
learners.
They
come
from
a
variety
of
different
backgrounds.
C
I
just
felt
a
need
to
better
connect
and,
after
being
there
for
two
days,
it
was
abundantly
obvious
to
me
that
we
need
to
get
more
involved,
and
so
basically
I
got
up
and
just
stated
that,
because
of
some
things
that
have
occurred
and
things
that
I've
been
involved
with,
you
know
I've
changed
in
my
view
of
how
I
think
we
need
to
be
working
with
our
students
and
as
a
community
in
fargo
how
we
need
to
view
the
diversity
that
we
have
here
now
and
that
leaders
in
our
community
need
to
get
involved.
C
What
I
saw
at
the
conference
was
people
who
are
dedicated
to
what
they're
doing,
but
it's
the
closed
circle.
It's
those
people
who
are
working
with
all
the
challenges
that
we
have
and
we
need
to
have
more
people
involved,
in
particular
leaders
within
our
city,
within
our
metro
and
community
area.
So
I
pledge
that
I'm
willing
to
do
that
and
I'm
willing
to
start
trying
to
make
a
difference
in
what
we're
doing
I've
had
meetings
with
several
different
groups.
C
Since
that
time
today,
I
had
a
meeting
with
lss
and
our
plan
is
to
come
up
with
what
I'm
going
to
call
a
road
map
to
cultural
competencies
and
what
it
will
it
take
for
us
to
broaden
our
view
and
better
understand
what
it
is.
That
is
the
challenge
before
us
to
become
a
community
of
where
everyone
is
part
of
our
community
and
everyone
is
accepted.
C
So
you
know
in
a
nutshell
that
was
kind
of
what
I
had
mentioned
and
appreciated
the
work
that
these
people
do,
because
it's
challenging
it's
not
easy
and
more
more
than
anything
in
working
with
our
students
and
and
working
with
our
families
that
come
to
us,
it's
a
real
challenge
for
them.
C
So
we
as
a
school
district
when
our
students
and
parents
come
to
us,
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
doing
everything
we
can
to
make
that
transition
as
seamless
as
possible
and
to
do
the
best
we
can
in
providing
those
services
and
it's
on
many
different
fronts,
and
it's
going
to
take
a
lot
of
different
things
to
to
make
it
better
than
it
is
now.
So
this
is
just
the
beginning
conversation
and
I'm
hoping
to
go
somewhere.
So
we're
committed.
A
A
When
decisions
come
to
our
table
to
have
discussions
that
we
we
have
to
influence,
I
think
the
better
off
we
will
be
and
the
better
off
our
students
will
be.
So
sorry,
that's
my
message
on
that.
One
and
linda.
O
I
was
just
thinking
you
know:
is
this
unfolds,
this
road
map
to
cultural
competence,
which
is
a
fantastic
idea
at
the
end
of
it
or
at
some
point
it
would
be
great
if
you
and
your
team
had
to
go
to
school
boards
and
propose
it
at
national
school
boards.
I
don't
see
anything
like
that
being
offered.
C
Well,
right
now,
it's
in
a
very
early
stages
of
discussions.
What
I'm
trying
to
do
is
is
really
learn.
You
know
about
what
are
the
major
challenges
that
are
facing
us
as
a
school
district,
which
there
are
many
and
they're
very
complicated?
That's
the
one
thing
about
this
topic.
Is
it's
a
very
complicated
topic
because
there
are
so
many
moving
parts
to
it,
so
we're
in
that
discovery
phase
if
you
will
and
as
we
start
to
shape
this,
it's
almost
like
strategic
planning
is
identify.
What
the
issues
are.
C
C
C
We
can
kind
of
have
this
road
map
to
start
to
work
with
and
know
then
who?
What
and
where
kind
of
thing.
So
again,
it's
a
it's
all
a
derivative
of
of
just
an
enlightenment
of
just
saying.
You
know
we
need
to
do
more.
We
got
to
do
something
different
than
what
we've
been
doing
and
we
can't
just
be
standing
by
and
watching
things
happen
as
they
say,
we
need
to
make
things
happen
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
do
so.
A
Thank
you
any
other
reports,
nothing
from
you,
john.
No,
no
birthdays
coming
up.
Okay,
our
next
meeting
is
may
the.
O
A
A
Yeah,
I
I
said
that
last
time
I
think
yeah
yeah,
you
may
have
missed
it
last
time
when
I
said
okay
next
board
meeting
is,
may
13th
debriefing
anyone,
yes.
L
Good
good
news
and
bad
news,
I
just
I
was
also
building
bridges
and
I
was
just
a
few
feet
away
from
jeff
and
I'm
not
a
crier,
but
I
cried.
It
was
so
impressive
and
overwhelming
to
see
our
school
leader
being
responsive
to
the
student
population
that
we
have.
I
was
just
really
overwhelmed
and
impressed.
So
thank
you
jeff
for
that
and
the
other
thing
is
I'm
kind
of
a
rule
follower
and
I
I
just
have
a.
I
think,
it's
more
honest.
L
If
people
can't
be
at
our
meeting,
just
don't
come
if
you're
gonna
come
for
five
minutes
or
ten
minutes
in
the
beginning
and
leave
and
not
come
back.
I
just
I
mean
maybe
that
five
or
ten
minutes
at
the
beginning
is
so
critical
and
you
just
don't
want
to
miss
it,
but
I'm
beginning
to
get
a
sense
that
there
are
patterns
happening
where
people
are
kind
of
putting
forth
something
that
feels
dishonest
to
me,
which
is
just
show
up
for
the
beginning.
L
Maybe
your
name
gets
on
the
agenda
that
you
were
here
and
then
you
leave
and
come
back
or
leave
and
don't
come
back.
I
just
think
that
if
you're
not
going
to
be
here
for
the
meeting
for
the
majority
of
the
meeting,
except
for
5
or
10
minutes,
it's
probably
more
professional
and
ethical.
In
my
view,
if
you
just
don't
come.
O
As
long
as
that's
put
out
there,
I
guess
I'd
be
curious
to
see
the
feelings
of
the
board
many
times
during
well.
No
more
than
five,
I
have
a
standing
orchestra
committee
meeting
for
my
job
with
the
conductor
and
I
have
to
be
there.
So
I
it
doesn't
start
till
later,
so
I
leave
and
come
back.
Would
is
that
one
of
our
policies
or
is
it
the
wishes
of
the
board
that
that
I
mean,
if
you
put
out
there
that
that's
preferable,
I'm
wondering
is
that
preferable?
A
Or
is
it
a
policy,
let
me
respond
and
then
I'll,
let
you
have
as
the
president.
A
We
all
have
things
that
a
life
outside
of
this
board
room,
and
I
think
that
to
my
record,
people
are
not
taking
advantage
of
this
by
coming
and
going
on
a
regular
basis.
I
knew
robin
had
to
leave
early
tonight.
I
don't
remember
the
last
time
she
had
to
leave.
You
know,
that's
my
personal
opinion.
I
guess
all
did
you
have.
P
But
I
remember
when,
when
I
originally
started
looking
at
being
on
the
board-
and
we
have
an
amazing
group
of
people
who
many
of
whom
are
involved
heavily
in
the
community
and
with
their
normal
place
of
employment
as
well
as
their
families
and
they
each.
You
know-
I'm
not
trying
to
be
corny
here.
But
we
each
bring
a
certain
something
to
the
board
meetings.
P
And
I
personally
certainly
would
wish
everyone
could
be
here
for
a
full
meeting.
But
I
look
at
it
as
making
an
extra
effort,
even
if
they're
only
here
for
part
of
the
time
because
they're
demonstrating
that
they
want
to
be
a
part
of
the
program.
Even
if
they
know
they
can't
be
here
for
the
full
meeting.
P
And
there
are
an
awful
lot
of
ways
to
demonstrate
that
you're,
a
part
of
a
working
functioning
school
board
and
one
of
them
is
to
attend
board
meetings.
But
it's
only
one
part
of
what
goes
on.
So
you
know
we
all
like
to
tease
each
other
about
various
things,
and
but
I
would
say
that
I'm
happy
to
have
robin
here
tonight.
You
know
just
happens
to
be
robin's
turn
to
only
be
here
for
part
of
the
time,
but
you.
P
Even
the
get-together
before
the
actual
formal
meeting
begins
is
an
important
part
of
what
we
do.
So
I
guess
I'm
kind
of
emphasizing
what
linda
says
and
I
I
think
we
each
bring
something
to
the
board
and
and
when
you
have
commitments
outside,
sometimes
you
have
to
bow
to
those.
L
P
What
I
said
was
that
I
think
all
of
the
activities
of
board
members
are
important,
whether
it's
something
that
happens
before
a
board
meeting
or
during
a
board
meeting
or
whenever,
and
I
think
we
each
bring
different
facets
to
a
board
meeting.
And
if
someone
can't
be
here
for
the
full
meeting,
I'm
happy
they're
here.
For
whatever
part
they
can
be.
L
I
I
think
everybody
probably
makes
sacrifices
to
be
here.
I
know
I
do
and
I
just
feel
that
when
there
are
important
things
to
be
discussed,
the
dinner
doesn't
count.
I
think
for
all
of
us.
I
mean
we
have
a
ridiculously
large
board.
Nine
members
is
my
in
my
personal
view,
too
many.
If
we
had
seven,
maybe
people
would
make
more
of
an
effort
to
be
here.
I
just
feel
like
it's
the
privilege
of
being
on
the
board.
L
Is
it's
enormous
and
if
we
can't
be
here
and
we
have
conflicting
issues,
then
I
think
maybe
people
need
to
think
very
hard
about
whether
they
should
serve
or
not.
That's
it,
I'm
not
going
to
say
okay.
A
I
think
the
point
is
is
made
since
I
haven't
heard
any
other
gym
right.
N
N
I
am
more
uncomfortable
with
the
phone.
That's
in
the
middle
and
people
calling
in
obviously
rick
had
connection
problems
which
were
kind
of
you
know
a
little
bit
disruptive
with
beeping
and
I'll,
be
real
honest
that
when
we
first
decided
we'd
allow
people
to
call
in
for
board
meetings.
I
was
actually
opposed
to
the
concept,
but
the
more
I
thought
about
it.
N
I
recognized
the
fact
that
we're
living
in
a
technology
era
to
begin
with
we're
a
very
mobile
society,
not
just
in
terms
of
our
residence
address,
but
in
terms
of
our
livelihoods
as
well,
and
I
think
we've
adapted
pretty
well
to
it.
So
I'd
encourage
all
of
us
just
to
continue
to
do
the
best
job.
We
can.
We
don't
all
have
a
hundred
percent
on
our
report
card
for
homework.
We
don't
all
have
a
hundred
percent
on
our
attendance
record,
but
we
can
always
strive
to
do
the
best
job.
A
Thank
you,
I
agree
with
jim
and
I
think
does
anyone
have
any
other
topics
for
debriefing
well,
in
that
case,
meeting
adjourned.