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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - January 12, 2016
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - January 12, 2016
B
A
D
You
very
much
tonight
for
our
celebrating
success.
What
we
wanted
to
do
is
give
a
highlight
of
the
work
experience
program
here
in
the
fargo
public
schools.
We
have
three
staff
members
and
a
student
with
us
tonight
to
share
some
information
and
I'd
like
to
turn
it
over
to
patty
cummings.
Who
is
our
director
of
special
education?
She
will
introduce
the
rest
of
the
team
and
begin
the
presentation
so.
E
Thank
you
bob.
How
wonderful
to
be
here!
Thank
you.
We
appreciate
this
opportunity
to
share
what
we
believe
is
a
very
exciting
and
growing
program
in
our
district.
As
it
was
indicated,
it
is
called
the
work
experience
education
program.
If
you
know
special
education,
you
know
we
like
acronyms.
We
often
refer
to
it
as
the
we
program
w-e-e
I
have
with
me
tonight
and
if
they
would
come
up
here,
mari
wanzak,
who
is
our
teacher
and
jolene
shu?
G
So
currently
at
fargo
public
schools.
We
have
two
programs
that
are
running
under
the
work
experience
and
the
first
is
the
pre-employment
transition
services.
This
allows
us
to
work
with
students
who
have
ieps
and
disabilities
to
begin
to
develop
their
skills
with
vocational
positions,
so
lots
of
times
we'll
have
them
come
in
work
with
me
on
what
is
a
resume?
How
do
you
do
an
interview?
We
have
job
coaches
that
can
come
in
and
work
with
them
learning
the
different
stages
of
their
positions.
Some
of
these
students
are
not
currently
employed.
G
G
We
start
where
the
student
is
at
and
we
move
forward
from
there,
which
is
really
nice,
because
that
hasn't
always
been
the
case.
One
of
the
things
that
wioa
has
allowed
us
to
do
is
start
with
students
in
the
ninth
grade,
which
also
matches
when
their
ieps
go
to
transition.
So
that
is
a
really
nice
aspect
of
that.
The
second
one
that
we
have
is
the
work
experience.
G
This
is
for
our
students
with
ieps
who
are
competitively
employed
in
the
community.
They
have
gone
out.
They
have
gotten
a
job
with
both
of
these
programs.
We
attract
the
work
they
do
with
us,
the
work
they
do
with
any
community
providers
kind
of
the
extra
stuff
and
then
the
hours
that
they
volunteer
and
or
work,
and
we
provide
elective
credit
for
high
school.
G
Just
to
give
you
a
little
bit
of
a
background
we
mentioned
viola
already.
Last
spring,
we
started
having
conversations
with
the
department
of
public
instruction
about
where
our
funding
was
going
to
come
in
for
the
summer,
and
they
suggested
you
know,
there's
this
new
federal
mandate
coming
down
to
the
division
of
vocational
rehabilitation.
G
Why
don't
you
start
talking
to
them,
and
so
fargo,
public
and
vr,
and
our
community
provider
community
living
services
started
having
some
pretty
serious
conversations
about?
How
are
we
going
to
serve
these
kids?
What
are
we
going
to
do
with
them?
It
was
really
a
neat
experience
because,
as
we
said
before,
we
started
in
2002,
but
it
kind
of
allowed
us
to
pick
the
best
of
everything
we
had
done
and
then
marry
that
with
the
new
federal
regulations
and
create
this
new.
What
we
would
call
a
pilot
project.
G
So
this
is
just
discussing
some
of
what
we
found.
At
the
end
of
the
summer,
we
had
31
semester
credits
earned
from
students
in
both
that
pre-ex
program,
as
well
as
the
work
experience
program.
Fargo
public
was
very
generous
in
providing
me
as
the
teacher,
and
then
we
used
the
funding
that
we
received
to
do
the
job
coaching
and
develop
job
community
work
sites
and
those
kinds
of
things.
F
We
have
both
programs
implemented
in
all
four
of
our
high
schools.
Currently,
we
serve
over
50
students,
a
combination
of
both
the
pre-employment
transition
services,
as
well
as
the
work
experience
services
and
under
woodrow
wilson,
high
school.
We
do
have
n
a
not
applicable
for
work
experiences.
They
do
have
work
experience
as
part
of
their
own
program
at
woodrow,
wilson,
high
school.
F
F
He
had
interned
at
the
arc
this
past
year
with
the
pre-employment
transition
services
program
and
he
is
known
to
be
the
youngest
intern
and
the
only
intern
to
be
hired
as
he
currently
is
competitively
employed
with
the
arc.
And
recently
you
may
recognize
him
as
he
was
featured
in
a
fundraising
campaign
with
the
ark.
H
H
J
G
So,
just
in
closing,
logan's
parents
are
also
here
tonight
and
karen
was
nice
enough
to
write
us
a
letter
when
we
went
to
go
to
do
our
bismarck
presentation,
and
these
were
just
some
of
the
snippets
that
she
mentioned
out
of
her
letter,
and
I
don't
normally
read
my
slides
word
for
word,
but
it's
so
powerful.
I
just
want
you
to
hear
from
a
parent's
perspective
what
they
found.
G
G
They
offered
a
part-time
position
after
he
finished
his
internship
and
they
work
around
his
school
schedule
and
allow
for
him
to
participate
in
special
olympics.
Logan
is
much
more
independent
as
well
due
to
bus
training.
He
knows
the
bus
routes
and
schedules
and
is
a
is
great
at
time
management.
He
prides
himself
on
not
being
late
for
work.
The
work
programs
offered
by
fargo
public
schools
have
been
a
blessing
to
our
son
and
our
family.
G
F
A
A
I
Good
evening
everybody,
my
name
is
becky
bakke.
I
am
the
new
executive
director
of
the
fargo
public
schools
foundation
and
I'm
here
tonight
to
give
you
just
some
brief
updates
about
the
2014-15
annual
report
and
some
highlights
of
the
things
we've
done
in
our
past
fiscal
year
and
also
update
you
on
some
current
happenings.
At
the
foundation.
I
I
I
I
think
it's
important
to
note
this.
However,
there's
a
significant
monetary
impact
on
these
on
these
kids.
I
think
it
goes
beyond
that.
I
think
it
sends
a
message
that
we
have
faith
and
confidence
in
these
young
adults
and
that
we're
ready
to
support
them
to
continue
their
education.
I
think
that
makes
just
as
big
of
an
impact,
and
you
can
see
that
difference.
I
We
also
oversee
the
fargo
public
schools
adopt
a
school
program.
This
matches,
businesses
with
community
organizing,
are
with
schools,
it
matches
businesses
and
community
organizations
with
schools.
In
the
district
last
year
we
established
21
adoptive
school
partners,
we're
striving
to
have
a
partner
for
every
school.
I
What
these
partnerships
do
is
bring
business
employees
and
community
organization
members
into
the
schools
to
assist
with
reading
programs.
Tutoring
present
career
awareness
presentations
they
help
with
special
events,
mentoring,
extracurricular
clubs.
They
help
with
joint
community
service
projects,
field
trips,
lunch
buddies,
just
a
wide
gamut
of
things.
Each
business
meets
with
the
school
and
they
decide
what's
the
best
impact
they
can
make
on
the
kids.
I
We
also
continue
to
operate
the
fargo
public
schools,
alumni
network
we've
been
providing
resources
and
connections
for
fargo
public
schools
alum.
We
help
reunion
organizers
each
year
and
we
also
publish
an
alumni
newsletter.
Those
are
kind
of
some
of
the
highlights
from
the
last
year's
annual
report
current
things
that
are
happening.
I
Like
I
mentioned,
we
continue
to
support
the
adopt-a-school
partnerships.
We've
added.
Two
new
partnerships:
recently
we've
added
the
heat
transfer
warehouse
group.
They
partner
with
mckinley
elementary
and
we've
added
essentia
health
who
partners
with
ed
clapp
elementary
past
fall.
We
had
our
first
innovative
education
grant
round.
We
had,
I
believe,
28
grants
submitted
and
we
were
able
to
fund
a
total
of
15
of
them
for
almost
14
000
and
we're
currently
taking
applications
for
the
current
upcoming
spring
grant
round,
which
are
due
february
first.
I
In
addition
to
that,
we
also
have
the
eleanor
lang
law
literacy
grant
round
in
progress.
Those
are
due
march
31st
and
they
support
literacy.
Education
in
the
schools
and
the
this
grant
run
will
be
for
the
2016-17
school
year.
I'm
excited
to
say
we're
heading
into
our
third
year
of
participating
in
giving
hearts
day,
and
we.
This
is
a
online
giving
campaign
that
is
supported
by
dakota
medical
foundation
and
the
impact
foundation.
I
We
raise
money
through
this
for
the
milk
program
and
this
year,
dakota
medical
foundation
gave
us
a
thousand
dollar
match
grant
for
that
day,
and
we
are
also
able
to
secure
another
nine
thousand
dollars
in
match
so
that
we
have
ten
thousand
dollars
available.
That
day
for
match,
so
our
hope
is
to
get
that
matched
and
raise
twenty
thousand
dollars
for
the
for
the
milk
program.
I
Finally,
we
had
our
fourth
annual
fargo
public
schools,
alumni
and
friends
breakfast
that
will
be
held
on
tuesday
april
22nd
at
the
ramada
plaza
in
suites.
It
starts
at
7
15,
with
the
with
the
program
starting
at
7
30..
We're
really
excited
to
have
a
special
guest
this
year
and
also
a
fargo
north
alum
2000,
joe
bommersbach.
I
A
I
A
K
Madam
president,
members
of
the
board
this
evening
we're
going
to
hear
a
report
on
progress
being
made
part
one
of
a
two-part
report
of
the
long-range
facilities
plan
this
evening.
We're
going
to
hear
about
the
projects
that
the
plan
has
helped
us
guide
through
over
the
past
year
and
at
the
next
board
meeting
dr
schatz
will
bring
you
the
annual
review
and
the
updated
report
of
the
long
range
facilities
plan,
and
so
we
we
do
that
as
a
two-part
piece
before
I
turn
it
over
to
jim
and
his
team.
K
A
couple
of
words
of
gratitude
for
me.
First
to
the
board,
you
guys
have
been
very
dedicated
and
steadfast
to
us
as
administration,
as
we
have
made
a
commitment
to
our
facilities
and
making
sure
we
don't
have
the
haves
and
have-nots
and
we've
done.
A
good
job
of
the
plan
has
done
a
good
job
of
really
guiding
us
through
making
sure
we
keep
our
facilities
up
to
date.
We
maintain
them.
K
We
make
sure
that
we're
trying
to
provide
as
much
equity
as
possible
throughout
the
district
and
as
we've
worked
to
balance
budgets,
you
guys
have
been
very
directive
to
us
that
we
need
to
protect
the
dollars
in
the
long
range
facility
plan
and
really
committing
to
keeping
our
facilities
up
to
speed.
So
I
certainly
appreciate
that,
and
also
then
to
jim
free,
the
director
of
maintenance
and
operation
and
his
team.
That's
with
him
tonight
kevin
hagenist,
mike
semenko
and
jeremy
wolf.
K
As
I've
said
to
you
before,
when
we've
done
presentations
out
of
business
services,
I
get
to
come
to
meetings
twice
a
month
and
get
a
lot
of
accolades
for
what
happens
within
the
district.
The
reality
is
the
real
work
happens
with
the
team
that
I
have
that
report
to
me.
I
was
very
fortunate
to
come
here
and
inherit
a
quality
team
and
you're
going
to
hear
from
them
tonight
the
reason
that
we
get
the
compliments
we
get
in
our
facilities.
The
reason
our
facilities
are
well
maintained,
they're
well
kept.
K
The
grounds
are
good,
that
we
don't
have
repair
bills
that
that
really
can
be
a
detriment
to
the
budget.
Is
that
these
four
guys
have
provided
great
direction
and
leadership
to
that
process?
So
I
want
to
thank
them
and
give
credit
to
them
for
the
work
that
they
do
and
thank
you
for
your
commitment
to
this
plan
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
jim
free
and
he
will
walk
you
through.
What's
been
going
on
in
the
last
year
with
the
long
range
facilities
plan.
L
Well,
thank
you
brock.
First
of
all,
just
so
you
know
who
these
people
are,
that
brock
mentioned
kevin.
Would
you
stand
up?
Kevin
agnes
is
responsible
for
delivery
and
the
grounds
he's
a
ground
supervisor
and
delivery
supervisor
he's
responsible
for
something
like
360
acres
of
grass,
35
miles
of
sidewalk
and
34
acres
of
parking
lots.
So
it's
a
big
job
and
and
thank
you
so
really
anything
that
moves
on
fargo
schools
he's
responsible
from
crayons
to
mail
to
food.
L
So
it's
a
big
job
and
thank
you
kevin
and
then
mike
semanco,
if
you'd
stand
up
mike's
the
custodial
supervisor
and
he
has
a
lot
of
night
activity
to
take
care
of
with
all
the
custodians
working
in
the
evenings
or
not
all
of
them,
but
most
of
them.
So
thank
you
mike
for
all
your
work
in
that
and
also
jeremy,
wolf,
trades
and
electrical
supervisor.
L
L
One
of
the
things
that
we
well,
I
felt
very
difficult,
is
to
look
out
10
years.
You
know
what
is
any
of
us
going
to
be
doing
in
10
years
from
now.
It's
really
hard
to
look
really
beyond
we're,
pretty
pretty
accurate
in
three
to
four
years,
but
when
you
start
looking
out
longer
than
that,
it's
it's
really
difficult.
So
we
have
a
10-year
plan
and
we
spaced
out
things
that
we
think
could
happen.
But
you
have
to
know
that's
an
ever-changing
plan.
An
example
would
be
just
this.
L
Last
fall
we
one
of
the
guys
that
called
in
on
a
weekend
water
in
the
tunnel
at
ben
franklin,
and
here
we
found
that
a
pipe
was
corroding
and
when
we
got
to
checking
very
many
pipes
were
in
the
process
of
corroding.
So
now
that
all
of
a
sudden
wasn't
on
our
plan
and
that
got
to
be
pushed
up
to
this
summer.
So
there's
a
80
000
project.
There
that's
going
to
have
to
be
done
this
summer,
but
that's
the
type
of
things
that
happen.
L
We
we
find
those
they're
all
buried
in
insulation,
and
you
can't
see
some
of
the
direct
problems
that
are
having
so
anyway.
Just
to
know
that
it's
an
ever-changing
ever-changing
plan,
I
just
finished
with
the
last
school.
We
do
an
annual
review
with
the
principals
and
that's
how
I
get
some
of
the
information
that
we
put
on
the
plan.
L
Sometimes
there's
program
changes
like
the
tech
ad
areas
in
the
in
the
middle
schools
are
having
a
curriculum,
change
and
they're
doing
some
robotic
type
things.
So
now
we
have
to
take
some
measures
to
make
sure
that
those
programs
are
successful.
They're
going
to
need
quite
a
bit
of
storage
room
for
the
totes,
they
have
the
robots
in
and
and
some
of
the
old
camera
equipment.
That's
outdated.
Now,
that's
not
needed
any
longer
will
be
stored,
away,
sent
away
and
will
make
room
for
for
these
new
changes.
L
L
So
anyway,
we
had
to
fund
the
whole
thing,
but
they
got
new
sight
lighting
out
there
pool
pack
at
south
hawthorne
roof
discovery,
heat
pumps,
centennial
siding
south
high
roof
replacement.
One
of
the
sections
anyway,
south
high
tech,
ed
needed
some
updating.
One
of
the
reports
that
when
some
surveyors
went
through
is
they
thought
we
could
do
a
better
job
with
some
air
quality
with
the
welding
areas.
L
So
we
we
took
that
under
advisement
and
we
looked
at
it
and
we
hired
an
engineer
and
he
came
up
with
a
really
good,
better
way
to
capture
all
that
air
rather
than
breathing
it.
So
the
students
are
really
working
in
a
healthy
environment.
Then
we
of
course
updated
the
lighting
and
painted
the
building
in
the
inside
and
that
that
turned
out
real.
Well,
we
took
out
three
underground
fuel
tanks
that
were
in
the
ground.
We
thought
it's
time
to
get
rid
of
them.
L
L
We
had
to
restain
the
troll
with
amphitheater
arches
that
were
beating
sunda
sun,
baked
out
there
and
needed
to
be
done.
North
high
had
a
large
carpet
project
in
the
corridors
we
decided
to
put
natural
gas
at
davies.
Before
we
were
using
propane.
You
can't
believe
how
much
propane
a
swimming
pool
uses
it's
unbelievable.
L
Just
some
rough
stuff.
That's
anticipated
our
projects.
Hawthorne
roof
was
completed
this
year.
It
was
a
split
between
a
couple
years.
There
discover
heat
pumps
is
a
work
in
progress.
South
high
is
going
to
be
getting
carpeting
this
year.
Hawthorne
is
going
to
get
a
playground
lincoln's
going
to
get
an
updated
playground.
L
Carpeting
projects
at
lewis
and
clark
fire
alarm
upgrades
at
multiple
schools.
South
high
has
a
another
section:
that's
going
to
get
redone,
that's
a
very
large
roof.
Agassi
is
going
to
have
some
block
and
brick
repair.
Agassi
will
get
a
new
clock.
A
wireless
clock
system
jefferson
needs
to
have
the
educational
wing
repainted,
lincoln,
roof,
roosevelt
lockers
electrical
distribution
panels
and
assorted
schools.
L
L
So
all
right
now
one
thing
that
we
we
are
trying
to
work
out
a
little
better
is
I
don't
know
if
we
really
have
a
full
handle
of
gym
floor
replacements.
You
know,
as
you
know,
they
can
be
sanded
five
times
sometimes,
and
the
records
aren't
really
good
at
home.
How
many
times
they
have
been
sanded,
so
we
just
sort
of
are
working
through
that
trying
to
figure
out
what
replacement
cycle
that's
on
it.
Obviously
those
are
very
expensive
floors.
L
We
just
did
one
at
ben
franklin
and
that's
not
a
huge
floor,
but
that
was
about
ninety
thousand.
Ninety
five
thousand
dollars
there
so
we're
trying
to
get
a
better
handle
on
that.
Then
also
the
parking
lot
replacement
maintenance.
We
we
have
a
plan,
but
I
think
we're
just
slowly.
Working
on
that
trying
to
fine
tune
those
two
things.
I
don't
feel
like
we're
right
there
yet,
but
we're
getting
there.
So
any
questions
at
all.
M
M
A
Thank
you,
dr
schatz,
and
I
just
once
again
just
to
know
that
you
know
the
work
that
you
do
is
often
no
one
notices
it
until
something
goes
wrong,
so
it
must
feel
like
a
thankless
job
sometimes,
but
thank
you
so
much
for
keeping
all
of
our
facilities
in
such
great
shape
and
so
that
the
teachers
and
the
kids
have
what
they
need.
So
we.
N
O
P
R
R
R
As
you
all
recall,
we
authorized
the
start
of
this
process
back
in
october,
which
opened
up
a
window
for
protest
period.
There
were
no
protests
received
during
the
60-day
protest
period,
so
one
part
of
this
resolution-
that's
going
to
come
forward
in
a
moment,
will
be
to
attest
to
the
fact
that
no
protests
were
provided
or
filed
during
the
protest
period.
E
R
Just
so
everybody's
aware-
and
I
think
most
of
you
are-
this-
doesn't
mean
we
automatically
accept
what
comes
back
in
the
bids
if
we
authorize
this
action,
brock
will
then
be
in
a
contact
with
our
our
bond
folks,
they'll
put
it
out
for
bid.
Those
bids
will
come
back
in
and
it'll
come
back
before
the
board
to
accept
those
offers,
assuming
we
get
the
interest
rates
we're
looking
for
in
that
process,
so
this
action
is
not
the
final
action.
This
is
just,
I
guess,
the
second
step.
R
A
S
T
R
So
we're
coming
to
you
today
with
part
two
of
that
refund
issue.
This
particular
one
will
provide
for
the
public
sale
of
16
million
785
000
of
limited
tax,
school
building,
refund
bonds,
series,
2016
b
and
the
estimate-
and
it's
pretty
close,
but
until
we'd
actually
put
this
out,
get
bids
back
in
and
then
accept
the
bids
same
processes
we're
going
to
be
doing
with
the
bonds
related
to
the
construction
of
the
eagles
elementary.
R
No,
I
think,
that's
already
been
kind
of
factored
in
into
the
bond
markets,
and
certainly
the
the
folks
that
we
work
with
on
the
bonds
have
already
factored
that
in.
That's
why
I
said
we're
estimating
the
savings
at
a
little
more
than
2.2
million
the
hard
number
we'll
know
for
sure.
Once
we
see
what
the
bids
come
back
in
at.
P
C
S
S
S
You
know
this
is
my
eighth
year
on
the
school
board
and
my
final
term
on
the
board,
and
every
year
I've
been
here,
it's
it
sometimes
becomes
somewhat
of
a
contentious
issue
and
it's
a
difficult
issue.
This
notion
that
a
sitting
board
of
commissioners
or
board
members
is
to
to
weigh
in
on
their
own
salaries.
S
So,
yes,
we
do
have
information
on
what
others
others
do
in
government
subdivisions
in
our
region,
but
there's
one
more
thing:
they
do
that.
I
would
like
to
advance
as
a
proposal
when
I
make
this
motion,
and
that
is
the
cass
county
commission,
the
west
fargo
public
schools,
districts,
the
north
dakota
legislature
and
to
a
very
high
degree,
almost
similarly,
but
with
some
little
differences,
the
city
of
fargo
and
others
across
the
state
with
and
they've
all
had
the
same
issues
of
of
this
topic
when
it
comes
up
of
well.
S
How
in
the
heck,
are
you
going
to
vote
for
raising
your
own
wages,
you
know,
and
and
the
and
and
the
and
the
ripple
effects
of
that
topic
so
they've
before
well
before
us
modified
their
approach
such
that
they
simply
pass
on?
Generally
speaking
to
the
sitting,
commissioners
or
board
members
a
similar
or
identical
across
percentage
increase,
if
there's
an
increase,
that
is
reflected
in
what
the
staff
got,
and
so
if
the
staff
gets
a
two
percent
increase.
That's
what
goes
to
the
commissioners
or
to
the
board
members.
S
If
they
get
a
three
percent,
you
know
so
there
it
is.
This
has
been
in
effect,
but
to
my
knowledge
for
four
less
sessions
with
the
legislature.
It's
been
in
effect
for
six
years,
to
my
knowledge
with
the
west
fargo
school
district.
I
I
in
fact
the
motion
I'm
presenting
was-
is
really
a
morphed
version
of
the
west
fargo
motion
that
they
had
passed
and
with
some
advice
from
our
some
cass
county
folks,
just
a
little
bit
of
extra
wording
in
there
to
to
consolidate
the
two
into
into
one
motion.
S
So
again,
this
is
this:
this
isn't
a
hill
to
die
on
it's
just
my
best
advice
for
future
board
members
and-
and
I
I'd
be-
I
would
be
honored
if
and
or
feel
like
I've
made
a
contribution
if
down
the
road
going
forward
it.
It
defuses
some
of
that
notion
of
you
raised
your
own
wages
or
or
you
wait
so
many
years.
You
finally
make
a
correction,
then
it
seems
abrupt.
S
You
know,
and
it
also
reflects
a
a
mirroring
of
community
standards
of
our
peers.
So
so
that
said,
I
I
move
that
board
compensation
shall
be
increased
annually
by
a
percent
by
a
percentage
that
is
equivalent
to
the
across
the
board.
Average
percentage
increase
provided
to
all
other
staff,
effective
july
1,
2016.
C
I
B
First,
I
will
comment
on
john's
research.
Thank
you
for
doing
that
research.
I
didn't
realize
that
I
I
only
thought
it
was
just.
I
think
the
park
district
is
on
the
same
system
as
what
you
mentioned
as
well.
I
did
not
realize
the
state
legislature
nor
the
cass
county
commission
was
based
upon
that
jennifer
as
far
as
a
a
nine
member
board.
That
would
have
to
be
a
gac
issue,
because
that
is
a
north
dakota
century
code.
So
if
you
would
like
to
refer
that
to
jack,
no,
yes.
K
O
Just
further
to
this
nine-member
board
thing,
I
thought
this
was
raised
a
few
years
ago
too,
and
unless
brock,
this
changed
as
well.
It's
something
that
the
board
itself
can't
change.
It
has
to
come
from
a
community
remember
because
we
did
some
research
about
that
when
it
was
raised
before
that.
Maybe
we
we
should
anyway
is.
O
If
you
just
do
it
once
every
x
number
of
years
and
for
the
amount
of
salary
we
make
a
one
or
two
or
three
percent
increase
is
not
very
much
money
at
one
time,
and
so
I'm
if
the
rest
of
the
board
is
comfortable
with
this,
then
I'm
comfortable
with
this
as
a
way
to
sort
of
end.
This
long-term
uncomfortable
situation.
B
C
To
will
often
prejudice
your
response
and
your
answer.
There
are
a
lot
of
other
things
we
could
have
compared
our
salaries
to
not
just
other
school
districts,
not
just
other
elected
offices,
but
the
work
involved.
The
salaries
of
other
people,
who
are
a
part
of
this
district
compared
to
other
people
who
are
parts
of
other
districts,
there's
a
lot
of
things
that
it
could
be
compared
to.
C
U
Rebecca
thank
you,
john
for
the
information
and
last
year
when
I
had
the
opportunity
to
discuss
this
for
the
first
time
as
a
board
member
I
was
uncomfortable
like
like.
We
all
are
just
with
the
discussion
coming
up,
but
I
was
specifically
uncomfortable
because
I
didn't
have
anything
to
base
it
on,
and
so
there
was
a
request
to
provide
some
comparisons
so
that
we
could
hopefully
have
a
little
bit
more
to
again
to
base
it
on
and
to
make
our
make
our
decisions
and
our
judgments.
So
what
I?
U
A
A
S
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
I
really
appreciate
that
question
and
the
topic
has
been
raised
before
that.
Well,
is
this
a
conflict
of
interest
when
you
are
affecting
effecting
change
that
will
be
reflected
in
your
own
payment
or
or
compensation,
but
that
conflict
of
interest
is
is
upon
our
shoulders
to
my
knowledge,
by
statute
and
and
it's
no
different
than
if
it
is
a
conflict.
S
I
don't
think
it
is
in
fact
I
think
it's
less
conflicting
if
we
have
a
formula,
that's
predetermined
for
future
boards
and
of
course
they
can
always
change
that,
but
it's
it's
less
conflicting
if
it's
just
formulaic
and
and
clear,
but
you
know,
I
suppose
somebody
could
raise
the
issue
of
well.
You
know
you
shouldn't
really
vote
on
this,
but
it's
it's
a
requirement
of
a
board
to
do
this.
It
was
a
requirement
of
the
cass
county
commission.
It
was
a
requirement
of
the
west
fargo
public
schools
school
board.
S
S
S
Occasionally
a
board
will
reset
things
so,
like
the
west,
fargo
schools
recently
reset
their
base
compensation
package,
but
continued
forward
with
the
the
the
approach
of
annual
adjustments,
cost
of
living
adjustments
and
so
on
escalations
annually
that
reflect
what's
across
with
the
staff.
But
I
suppose,
if
the
economy
went
different
directions,
it
would
behoove
any
elected
officials
to
consider
resetting
their
base
wages
for
everybody,
maybe
relative
to
the
state
of
the
economy.
So
that's
maybe
a
little
beyond
your
question
there.
But
thank
you,
madam
chair.
A
R
R
So
in
the
interest
of
public
transparency,
this
kind
of
disconnects
from
that
that
all
being
said
we're
talking
20,
maybe
a
30
annual
adjustment.
So
it's
not
like
we're
trying
to
pull
the
wool
over
the
public's
eyes,
but
I
actually
think
the
conversation
is
of
value,
and
this
takes
the
conversation
right
out
of
the
equation.
R
R
R
R
Nor
am
I
suggesting
we
need
to,
but
if,
in
fact,
we
all
felt
that
the
current
board
compensation
was
the
correct
number,
then
putting
a
cola
adjustment
on
it
that
this
kind
of
becomes
might
be
a
more
palatable
thing
in
my
mind.
But
I
worry
about
the
fact
that
we're
not
going
to
talk
about
this
going
forward.
If
we
pass
this
it'll
just
be
an
autopilot
thing.
A
O
I
would
assume
that
it
would
still
be
on
our
agenda
and
our
routine
agenda
every
january,
but
perhaps
the
conversation
isn't
going
to
be
so
much
about
the
percentage
or
whether
there's
an
increase,
but
whether
there's
a
need
to
change
the
base,
and
so
I
I
think
we
should
continue
to
talk
about
it,
but
it
might
not
be
as
much
of
an
uncomfortable
issue
every
year
if
we
have
this
in
place,
so
I
I
absolutely
I
mean
I
agree
with
emotion,
but
I
also
agree
that
we
should
continue
it
on
our
agenda.
So.
R
C
Paul
the
topic
of
discussing
it
has
never
really
been
a
problem
for
this
board.
We
seem
to
find
many
issues
that
we
spend
a
great
deal
of
time
discussing
whether
we
take
action
or
not.
I
think
it's
nice
that
john
has
put
together
a
formula.
That's
going
to
help
provide
some
definition,
some
clarity
and,
on
the
contrary,
I
don't
think
it
reduces
transparency
at
all,
because,
certainly
every
time
we
meet
to
discuss
with
our
contracted
employees
that
receives
a
great
deal
of
publicity
and
commentary
as
well.
C
A
S
R
C
P
C
U
F
A
A
S
You
know
again,
this
isn't
a
real
big
deal,
but
I
I
personally
like
the
idea
of
a
placeholder
where
we
can
re
re-visit
in
an
informal
way
at
the
end
of
a
formal
meeting
process,
and
we
don't
really
have
that.
Otherwise,
we
we
we
don't
have
a
space
or
a
place
to
to
say
well,
how
did
how
did
we
handle
that
was
our
proper?
Was
our
procedure
proper
really?
Were
we
parliamentarily
on
on
tar
on
target
and
task?
S
S
P
T
B
P
B
P
B
A
O
P
Q
T
S
P
A
Yes,
motion
carries
that
brings
us
to
our
reports.
First
in
front
of
you
is
our
packet,
and
I
want
to
really
thank
anne-marie
and
her
team
for
getting
this
ready
and
printed
out
for
us
tonight,
so
that
we
can
take
it
home
in
its
printed
form.
We
don't
have
to
have
another
batch
ready
for
us,
so
bring
this
with
you
on
friday.
A
A
R
So
as
you're
reading
through
it.
If
you
have
an
aha
moment
boy,
I
just
wonder
what
that
is
compared
to
bismarck
just
jot
it
down
or
send
me
a
quick
email
on
it.
So
I
can
keep
those
in
a
pile
and
planning
can
go
to
work
on
seeing
what
data
we
can
actually
get
from
other
districts,
not
everything
we
dream
up
is
available
through
dpi,
but
brock
and
his
team.
R
R
The
other
thing
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
a
little
bit
and
I'll
briefly
talk
about
it.
I
guess
when
we
get
to
the
reports
on
committees,
we're
going
to
be
looking
at
that
long-range
facility
plan,
update
that
brock
alluded
to
that.
Jeff
has
been
working
on
at
our
second
meeting.
I
believe
in
january,
that's
coming
back
to
us,
but
we're
going
to
have
a
discussion
at
the
retreat,
just
in
terms
of
some
of
the
components
of
that
that
may
have
to
do
with
acquisition
of
future
school
sites.
R
So
that's
really
what
the
placeholder
is
here
for
the
long
range
facility
plan
update,
but
read
that
standard
of
effort
report,
at
least
once
my
fourth
time
through
was
when
I
finally
had
all
the
thoughts
actually
kind
of
gel
together
in
my
brain,
it's
kind
of
like
jello.
It
has
to
sit
in
the
fridge
for
a
while,
I
think,
to
really
firm
up.
B
So
so,
just
an
observation,
thank
you
planning
for
doing
all
this
work
and
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
the
report,
and
I
know
that
our
gps
are
written
a
certain
way
to
assign
certain
committees
certain
tasks,
but
this
kind
of
looks
like
the
jim
johnson
show,
and
so
maybe
this
is
something
in
the
future.
I
would
consider
this
undertaking
in
an
initiative,
and-
and
maybe
this
is
something
that
could
be
separately
appointed
to
a
different
committee
in
the
future
projects
of
this
scope.
R
The
bulk
of
this
work
was
put
together
by
dr
schatz
and
his
team
plantings
using
it
just
is
one
of
the
tools
that
we're
using
in
our
process
of
trying
to
figure
out
what
can
we
do
going
forward
from
a
planning
perspective
if
one
third
of
our
revenue
remains
frozen,
so
I'm
not
going
to
take
credit
for
this
pretty
document
at
all,
although
I've
been
adding
to
it
with
ideas
and
brock
and
dr
schatz
have
been
kind
enough
to
take
most
of
those
and
try
to
embed
them
in
it.
So,
but
thank
you.
R
A
Yeah-
and
I
think
everything
here
I
think
out
of
courtesy-
it's
simply
introduced
by
a
board
member
and
usually
whoever
is
chair
of
the
committee.
That
particular
document
is
coming
out
of.
So
similarly
with
rebecca
bringing
forth
recommendations
from
communications
so
and
we
didn't
have
four
different
big
documents
coming
out
of
communications.
Thank
kevin.
So
that's
good!
So
thank
you
and
I'm
sure
I
am
anticipating
that
this
retreat
will
follow
the
pattern
of
others
where
an
item
will
be
introduced.
A
B
A
O
The
only
thing
I
have
is
that
at
the
last
fargo
public
schools
foundation,
meeting,
which
I
wasn't
at
there
was
a
request
for
judges
for
the
next
deca
competition
of
the
part
of
the
foundation
board,
and
I
got
an
email
today
and
they're,
still
short
of
judges
and
they're,
asking
us
to
broaden
the
request.
So
I'm
broadening
the
request.
O
I
printed
out
a
couple
of.
I
don't
have
a
copy
for
everybody,
but
I
printed
out
three
copies
of
the
flyer
that
they
sent
it's
january
25th
it's
a
monday
evening.
It's
at
the
west,
fargo
high
school
and
it's
a
regional
deca,
competition
and
I've
been
assured
that
you
don't
need
to
be
a
business
person,
and
so
I'm
one
of
the
volunteer
judges
and
they
need
at
least
a
dozen
more.
So
if
any
of
you
are
interested
and
available,
I
I
believe
the
contact
information
is
on
there.
U
Thank
you
rebecca,
please.
I
understand
the
community.
Excuse
me.
The
calendar
committee
will
be
meeting
the
end
of
january
right
for
our
first
meeting
to
look
at
the
2017-18
school
year,
so
that'll
be
interesting,
and
yesterday
the
communications
committee
met
to
finalize
the
recommendations
based
on
the
communications
audit
that
we
will
be
bringing
to
the
retreat
on
friday,
and
so
again
those
are
based
on
three
areas
of
our
communications,
with
the
community
staff
and
with
ourselves.
So
we
saved
paper.
U
U
A
R
As
I
I
mentioned
earlier,
planning
met
we've
actually
covered
most
of
what
planning
dealt
with
in
the
bond
resolutions.
We
talked
a
little
bit
about
possible
land
acquisition
for
sites
long
into
the
future,
as
the
city's
growth
plan
is
developing
and
we
took
our
first
really
brief
view
of
the
standard
of
efforts
report
and
our
next
planning
meeting
will
be
the
first
friday
in
february,
at
7,
30
and
you're
all
invited
to
it.
A
S
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
you
again
it.
We
all
knew
this
a
long
time
ago,
but
dinah's
birthday
was
yesterday
and
we've
been
away
from
each
other
for
a
while.
So
happy
belated
birthday
to
you
dinah,
and
I
hope
it
was
a
great
one
and
it's
great
year
for
you
as
well
and
and
also
I
make
note
of
some
of
our
other
key
staff-
people
of
course-
and
some
are
not
always
here,
but
at
the
board
itself
with
us,
but
betsy
beats
betsy
beaton's
birthday
is
january
18th.
A
S
K
Sorry,
madam
president,
just
briefly
I
wanted
to
mention
for
those
of
you
who
are
not
able
to
join
us
for
dinner,
and
I
only
do
this
because
you
have
interaction.
We
do
have
a
new
nutrition
services
director.
Some
of
you
met
cindy
hoganson
this
evening,
deb
labor's
last
official
day
with
us,
was
yesterday
again
not
typical
that
we
introduce
all
new
hires,
but
I
know
with
the
board
picnic
and
the
board
dinners
and
things
of
that
nature.
You
have
times
to
interact
with
the
director
of
nutrition
services,
so
cindy
hoganson
joined
us
officially.