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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - February 9, 2016
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - February 9, 2016
A
A
Second,
it's
been
moved
and
seconded
all
those
in
favor
of
approving
the
agenda.
Please
say
aye,
aye,
aye
opposed,
say
no,
it's
approved
tonight.
We
have
a
number
of
interesting
things
on
the
agenda
that
should
be
educational
for
the
whole
board
and
the
administration
as
well,
and
I'm
pleased
that
we
get
to
start
tonight
with
rachel.
Who
is
going
to
talk
to
us
about
the
strategic
plan
in
action,
and
I
know
you
have
some
guests-
and
this
is
going
to
be
great
thanks.
Rachel.
C
Thank
you
very
much
tonight
we
have
some
visitors
here
from
jefferson
elementary
school
and
they
are
going
to
share
some
of
the
work
that
they've
done
in
their
upper
grades
with
the
chromebook
pilot,
and
we
have
mr
louis
lauer,
who
is
here.
He
is
this
media
specialist
at
jefferson
and
his
principal
brad,
franklin
and
fifth
grade
teacher
ali,
and
they
are
here
with
several
students
and
parents
are
here
to
do
this
as
well,
and
they
practice
today
with
their
peers
and
are
very
excited
to
share
some
of
the
projects.
D
Great
classroom
has
a
chromebooks
for
every
student,
so
each
student
has
a
chromebook
on
the
last
couple
years.
We've
been
short
one
section,
and
it
was
those
chromebooks
were
still
built
into
the
grant
and
those
have
filtered
down
to
the
third
second
and
even
first
grade
this
year,
so
they've
experienced
chromebooks
as
well.
D
I
also
want
to
just
compliment
our
teachers.
It's
been
extra
training,
they've
been
part
of
tech.
Camp
they've
gone
to
some
pd
sessions
out
of
town
and
they've,
really
worked
with
louis
lauer
when
you
think
of
a
media
specialist
nowadays,
louie's
been
a
he'd,
be
a
great
example
of
what
we
wanted,
that
to
look
like
in
our
district
he's
a
leader
for
this
initiative
in
our
building
providing
pd,
even
myself,
everything's
google
docs
so
he's
moving
my
cheese
a
little
bit
as
we
go
through,
but
he's
really
really
expanded
out
to
other
other
classrooms.
E
Hello
and
thank
you
for
having
us
tonight,
my
name
is
louis
lower,
I'm
the
library
media
specialist
at
jefferson,
and
I
have
three
of
our
fifth
grade
students
here
tonight
I
have.
I
have
olivia
lockwood.
I
had
to
look
and
see
who
was
next
to
me.
I
have
olivia
lockwood
malila
straw
and
luni
vasuba,
who
did
a
project
collaboratively
together
this
year
and
are
going
to
present
that
to
tonight.
There's
a
couple
things
I
would
like
to
share
with
you.
E
E
We
purchased
approximately
125
chromebooks
and
six
chromebook
carts
and
launched
in
october,
and
this
was
a
one-to-one
initiative
for
fourth
and
fifth
grade
and,
as
mr
franklin
had
said,
we
because
we
were
down
a
section.
We
also
had
the
opportunity
to
be
able
to
have
a
cart
that
has
traveled
down
to
other
grade
levels
as
well.
E
The
initial
goals
are
really
to
be
able
to
improve
the
use
of
technology
and
data
and
resources
to
meet
learning
outcomes
and
implement
and
expand
that
project-based
learning
or
the
pbl
elements
in
our
school
so
bringing
those
those
contextual
context,
rich
projects
into
our
schools
and
into
our
into
our
learning
environment.
So
one
pbls
can
be
large.
E
They
can
be
small
and-
and
this
one
I'm
going
to
show
you
today
is
actually
a
smaller
pbl
that
we
did
with
our
fifth
graders
every
every
second
through
fifth
grade
in
this
district
in
an
elementary
goes
through.
What's
called
the
aup,
the
appropriate
use
policy,
and
that
is
what's
required
for
them
to
be
on
the
networks
here
at
in
fargo,
public
schools
and
so
by
the
time
they
get
to
fifth
grade.
E
That
review
can
kind
of
become
pretty
similar
to
the
year
before,
and
so
one
thing
that
I
was
trying
to
think
of
was
a
way
that
we
can
really
ratchet
up
the
rigor
for
these
fifth
graders
and
really
think
about
application
instead
of
just
review
from
the
year
before
so.
Here's
the
question
that
I
posed
to
them
and
it
was
what
are
the
three
most
important
elements
of
the
appropriate
use
policy
for
young
students
to
understand
they
did
this
collaboratively.
E
F
Our
first
one
was,
I
was
use,
use
the
internet
and
computers
for
educational
purposes
only.
What
does
this
mean
that
I
will
only
use
internet
computers
at
school
for
educational
websites,
an
example
you
do
not
want
to
use
youtube,
facebook
or
email,
and
you
would
use
it
for
tests
or
educational
games.
G
I
will
only
share
my
password
with
my
teacher
or
parent.
What
does
this
mean?
This
means
I
will
not
share
my
password
with
my
best
friend.
Even
if
you
trust
them
example.
Johnny
just
got
his
new
password.
His
best
friend
asked
him
what
it
was,
and
he
said
it's
a
secret
said:
johnny.
Okay,
then
he
walked
away.
H
E
When
students
put
together
this
project,
it
was
also
important
that
they
show
that
they
are
responsibly
and
ethically
using
picture
content,
and
so
we
provided
a
way
for
them
to
put
together
a
source
list
as
well
side
note
on
any
other
projects
that
chose
the
the
rule
about
sharing
passwords.
We
did
see
a
lot
of
kids
named
kobe
and
lebron.
I
don't
know
if
that's
actually
their
best
friends,
but
we
did
see
those
as
well.
E
E
We
really
at
jefferson
have
found
that
embracing
the
google
classroom
has
really
been
a
unique
way
to
kind
of
go
in
that
digital
route,
for
our
instruction
with
our
students
to
provide
an
online
environment
for
kids
to
access
resources,
but
also
to
be
able
to
interact
with
each
other
in
a
digital
environment
and
and
turn
in
work.
That
way
as
well
tell
us
olivia
passed
looking
at
the
aup,
then
what
was
your
next
step.
E
E
The
thing
I
do
appreciate
about
something:
that's
that's
in
a
project-based
learning
opportunity
is
that
it's
providing
a
context
for
students,
so
they're
really
thinking
about
that
audience
piece
and
engaging
in
the
information
in
a
little
bit
different
way.
As
you
as
you
heard,
olivia
talk
about
luniva.
Can
you
tell
us
a
little
bit
about
the
process
or
the
sorry,
the
tools
that
we
used
to
put
our
to
put
our
presentations
together.
E
E
E
F
E
E
We
will
put
together
on
a
school
website
that
we
can
use
as
a
whole
school
to
have
that
information
from
our
fifth
graders
talking
about
books,
but
also
I'm
toying
with
putting
these
little
qr
codes
in
the
books
as
well,
so
that,
as
a
student
is
looking
at
a
book,
they
can
see
that
recommendation
from
another
student.
Here's
a
short
fifth
grade
book
talk
that
a
student
did
about
a
book.
They
had
just
recently
read.
H
My
book
is
anything
but
typical
by
nora,
raleigh
baskin.
Do
you
know
what
it's
like
to
be
autistic
12
year
old,
jason
blake
does
no
one
really
understands
jason
blake,
but
phoenix
bird
does
phoenix.
Bird
name
is
rebecca.
She
has
an
account
on
the
same
online
account
that
jason
has.
This
website
allows
users
to
post
stories.
Jason
really
wants
to
meet
phoenix
word,
but
he's
afraid
that
if
they
meet
phoenix
bird
phoenix
bird,
she
will
only
seize
autism,
not
who
jason
really
is.
E
E
E
You
have
students
engaged
in
note-taking,
yes,
that's
note-taking
in
the
first
grade,
and
and
the
only
reason
that
we're
able
to
do
that
is
is
because
we
have
pebble
go,
which
is
a
really
wonderful,
early
research
tool
for
students.
It
has
has
language
support
as
audio
support
for
the
students
and
because
we
have
the
chromebooks.
E
I
I
D
I
think
we
see
the
biggest
difference
in
vocabulary
right
now
in
literacy,
so
when
they
come
to
jefferson,
often
if
they're
not
in
any
early
childhood
a
lot
of
our
students,
maybe
they
come
from
poverty,
aren't
exposed
to
the
vocabulary
in
that
literacy,
so
they
are
extremely
far
behind.
So
we
have
to
set
goals
for
them
to
make
progress,
but
it's
a
huge
deficit
when
they
come
into
the
school.
I
And,
mr
president,
if
I
might
continue
to
with
the
principal,
does
this
technology
help
accelerate
that
catching
up
in
your
mind,
or
are
we
getting
there?
Do
you
see
things
unfolding
in
that
capacity
where
the
use
of
the
technologies
bridges
that
gap
sooner
than
maybe
it
would
have
been
without
the
technology.
D
I
think
that's
the
number
one
thing
I've
learned
being
at
jefferson
that
they're
lacking
that
we
need
to
to
do,
but
the
also
technology,
I
think
is
it
really
motivates
them,
and
I
do
see
a
lot
of
our
families
come
in
and
they
do
know
technology,
whether
it's
through
a
phone,
so
how
we
can
build
technology
and
will
help.
But
I
think
just
that
conversational
language
and
we
do
a
lot
of
small
group
instruction
and
then
getting
print
in
front
of
them
because
they're
how
to
hold
the
book.
D
How
to
you
know
what
a
book
is,
that's
something
that
we
try
to
do
at
a
really
early
stage.
In
the
past,
we
probably
worked
on
what
a
letter
you
know
really
broken
it
down
to
letter
and
letter
sounds,
but
if
they're
not
familiar
with
what
is
putting
it
all
together
and
knowing
where
what
it
all
means,
they
really
struggle
with
that.
So
now
we're
starting
more
with
print
and
then
working
backwards
from
there.
So.
E
I
I
do
think
that
I
think
brad
hit
it.
I
think
that
that
as
much
access
to
text
conversation
about
text
writing
about
text
makes
huge
difference.
One
thing
that
technology
does
offer
is
then
also
support
of
that
text
or
whether
it's
audio
support
or
language
support,
or
that
text
and
there's
there's
lots
of
really
wonderful
resources
that
we
have
available
district
wide,
as
well
as
other
resources
that
we
can
tap
into
that
provide,
provide
some
additional
support
as
well
and
provide
another
degree
of
individualization.
D
Brad-
and
I
know
when
the
pilot
came
in
one
question-
we
had
was
aup
violations
and
how
we,
how
do
we
manage
all
this,
and
I
will
say
that
we've
had,
I
don't
know
very
few
aup
violations
that
we've
had
to
deal
with
with
the
one-on-one
technology
initiative
at
jefferson.
We
have
had
a
couple,
but
we've
always
had
a
few,
so
that
really
hasn't
changed
how
students
have
been
responsible
using
technology.
They
really
have
been
responsible
and
like
tonight.
It's
been
a
good
opportunity,
then,
to
share.
D
A
C
I
would
just
add
one
thing
that
I
had
talked
to
this
team
about
promoting
and
louis
didn't
add
it
in
is
the
idea
of
the
shift
from
being
a
librarian
to
a
media,
specialist
and
the
power
of
collaboration.
He
was
kind
of
teasing,
miss
miller
at
dinner.
Time
of
all
the
things
he'd
signed
her
up
for
and
building
confidence
in
her
with
her
technology
skills,
and
you
can
walk
into
jefferson
and
we'll
have
a
small
group
of
kids.
C
D
Just
like
in
our
in
our
library
you'll
see
flat
screen
tv,
he
uses
apple
tv.
The
ipad
kids
can
go
to
the
ipad
to
look
at
books
and
check
them
out
research
them
he's
carrying
it
around
helping
them
every
day
or
a
couple
days
a
week.
He
teaches
two
fifth
grade
small
group
reading
classes
in
the
library,
so
he
takes
some
higher
fifth
graders
out
of
the
classroom
and
does
small
group
reading
with
them.
D
So
next
monday
he's
going
to
do
two
sessions
on
technology,
some
pd
sessions
for
our
teachers
on
different
applications
with
google,
so
you're
right.
It's
really
transformed
the
role
the
media
specialist
in
fargo,
public
schools,
so
he's
a
great
resource
throughout
the
the
building
and
teachers
really
come
to
him
for
support
and
when
you're
looking
for
him,
often
you'll
have
to
go
to
the
classroom
as
he
teach
you
know,
co-teaching
with
teachers,
because
that's
kind
of
where,
where
that
role
is
headed,
so
it's
been
a
great
opportunity
at
jefferson.
So
thank
you.
A
A
J
So
it's
exciting
for
me
to
see
this
in
action
because
it's
exciting
to
think
about
where
we're
going
to
be
10
years
from
now
with
these
kinds
of
things
very
purposeful
group
activities,
not
the
old
types
of
group
activities
that
people
always
refer
back
to
so
hats
off
to
you,
louie
and
to
their
teachers
at
jefferson
and
brad,
and
to
you,
students
for
the
good
work
that
you're
doing
over
at
jefferson.
Thank
you.
A
Very
good,
any
other
last
comments
before
we
move
on
okay,
thanks
again
for
being
here,
we
got
some
fun
pictures
of
you
guys
that
I
suspect
that
ann
marie
will
be
sharing
with
you
as
we
go
forward.
Are
we
moving
on
to
the
21st
century
learning
grant
where
we
just?
That
was
the
whole
thing?
Okay,
we
didn't
have
to
go
on
that.
Thank
you
again
for
being
here.
A
A
A
muffled
girl
in
there
that
was
good.
Okay,
thanks
linda
at
this
point,
we're
gonna
take
a
minute
and
see
if
we
have
anyone
in
the
audience
who
wish
to
speak
or
present
before
the
board.
You
haven't
signed
up,
but
you
may
not
have
known
the
yes,
I
did.
You
may
not
have
known
the
rules
with
regard
to
that.
So
if
there
is
anyone
in
the
audience
who
wishes
to
speak
right
now,
why?
K
Hello,
I'd
like
to
recognize
three
individuals
tonight:
every
year,
horace
mann,
insurance
and
fea
give
out
the
crystal
apple
award
to
our
members
for
doing
excellence
and
recognizing
excellence
throughout
education
and
fps.
So
our
three
winners
this
year
so
far
one
is
elizabeth
olsen
she's
second
grade
teacher
at
kennedy.
I'm
just
going
to
read
a
little
bit
about
the
winners
from
the
nominator.
What
they've
said
about
them?
Beth
is
always
looking
for
ways
to
support
student
achievement.
K
She's,
always
the
first
one
to
volunteer
for
professional
development
in
order
to
find
new
ways
to
engage
students
and
improve
student
achievement,
she's
very
creative
and
has
many
great
ideas
and
to
present
information
she
has
great
stem
ideas
for
her
second
graders
to
help
them.
Excuse
me
with
critical
thinking,
communication
collaboration,
creativity.
K
She
is
truly
an
amazing
teacher
who
cares
for
children
and
helps
guide
her
children
to
do
their
best.
Another
winner.
This
year
is
mary
miller.
She
is
office
assistant
at
washington
elementary
because
of
her
positive
and
friendly
attitude.
Students
feel
comfortable
coming
to
the
office
for
assistance
in
any
situation,
she's
especially
sensitive
to
students
who
are
sick
or
injured.
When
students
bring
a
project
to
the
office
to
show
us,
she
encouraged
him
to
continue
to
do
good
work.
K
K
Our
third
winner
this
year
is
melanie
van
solen
she's,
a
language
arts
teacher
at
carl
bin.
This
teacher
is
truly
dedicated
to
all
students.
She
spends
time
before
and
after
school
working
with
students,
she
has
every
she
has
even
started.
A
book
club
opened
all
students
of
the
school
to
help
promote
reading
for
enjoyment,
while
still
working
on
the
coding
and
understanding
skills.
K
Our
building
motto
is
great
relationships
make
great
students.
She
embodies
this
model
by
treating
all
students
in
the
building
with
respect.
She
is
well
liked
and
respected
by
all
students
and
staff.
I
think
these
three
individuals
have
done
outstanding
job
this
year
and
other
years
fargo
public
schools
and
for
the
for
education.
I'd
like
to
congratulate
them,
they
get
a
little
crystal
apple
plaque,
and
so
I
just
congratulate
those
three
for
that
and
we'll
have
future
winners
in
the
months
ahead,
and
that's
all
I
have
so.
Thank
you.
A
L
Very
much
what
you'll
see
from
this
report.
This
is
the
our
mobility
report.
We'll
do
one
now
and
then
one
at
the
end
of
the
year.
This
is
from
the
beginning
of
the
school
year
until
the
end
of
the
first
semester.
So
we
ended
the
data
collection
january
16th
the
day
that
we're
providing
for
you
is
students
who
either
enter
our
district
or
who
have
left
our
district.
It
does
not
include
those
who
are
moving
from
building
to
building
within
the
fargo
public
schools.
L
That
would
be
a
another
set
of
data
as
you
open
or
you
look
at
the
report.
If
you
turn
to
page
two,
you
will
see
that
during
that
time
period
we
had
a
total
of
821
students
transfer
in
to
the
district
since
the
first
day
of
school
about
914
who
transferred
out
this
year.
We
provided
you
a
comparison,
so
you
can
see
last
year's
data
compared
to
this
year's
data
and
it's
very
similar
in
the
number
of
students
transferring
in
and
out
and
then
on
the
bottom
of
page
two.
L
We
just
gave
you
a
graphic
that
shows
you
that
by
the
three
different
grade
bands
elementary
middle
school
and
high
school,
as
you
turn
to
page
three,
what
we've
provided
for
you
is
a
breakdown
of
those
students
who
transferred
in
or
out
at
the
elementary
level.
So
as
you
look
at
that
first
chart
on
the
top
of
page
3
of
the
506
students
at
the
elementary
level
who
transferred
in
you
can
see
where
they
came
from.
L
If
you
look
at
the
dark,
blue
and
the
dark
red,
those
are
basically
from
north
dakota,
so
you
can
see
about
42
percent
of
those
transfer
in
we're
from
north
dakota.
The
dark,
green
and
the
dark
purple
then
are
from
minnesota
and
that's
about
22
percent.
The
reason
there's
two
different
colors
is
the
dark.
Purple
is
from
moorhead
and
the
dark
green
is
from
someplace
else
in
minnesota
and
then
finally,
the
last
two
you
see
some
place
other
than
north
dakota
and
minnesota
or
from
our
private
schools.
L
Those
same
color
schemes
follow
the
rest
of
the
document.
So,
as
you
look
at
middle
school
or
high
school,
you
can
follow
that
same
pattern
and
then,
on
the
bottom
of
that
page,
you
can
see
the
elementary
students
who
transferred
out
the
464
students,
page
4
and
5,
provide
that
same
information
for
middle
school
students
transferring
in
and
out.
This
gives
us
a
sense
of
how
mobile
of
a
district
we
truly
are.
L
As
you
can
see,
from
the
beginning
of
the
the
school
year,
almost
a
little,
I'm
sorry
a
little
over
800
students
moving
in
and
a
little
the
same
amount
moving
out
at
the
end
of
the
year.
We
will
provide
the
same
data
plus
we
will
add
to
that
any
of
the
students
who
may
have
dropped
out.
That's
one
additional
piece
of
data
that
we
add
on
the
last
mobility
report.
L
This
information
will
be
shared
with
our
building
principles
and
since
many
of
them
look
at
the
agenda
ahead
of
time,
many
have
already
asked.
Can
I
get
this
information
just
for
my
building
and
we
will
be
providing
that
to
our
buildings
as
well,
so
that
they
can
see
and
share
with
their
staff
that
mobility.
A
L
M
L
Right
and
this
this
is
a
a
moving
target,
each
and
every
day.
If
you
would
look
at
this
same
set
of
data
today,
it
would
be
different
than
it
was
when
we
ran
this,
for
example,
I
know
since
the
beginning
of
february,
if
you
look
at
this
data,
we
have
actually
have
a
net
gain
of
about
40
students,
both
in
and
out,
so
it
changes
each
and
every
day.
I
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I'm
dr
gross,
I'm
just
curious
to
gain
a
better
understanding
of
it
on
a
couple
fronts:
the
the
references
to
private
schools,
I'm
I
and
this
I'll
follow
up
with
this.
But
if
you
have
a
school
category
for
private
schools
in
and
or
out,
does
that
mean
that
the
other
categories
aren't
potentially
private
schools
also
or
are
they
local
private
schools
or
for
my
first
question.
I
Morehead,
okay,
thank
you
and
what
I'm
curious
about
is
even
though
it's
these
numbers
are
probably
pretty
small,
relatively
speaking.
There's
there
are
a
smaller
number
coming
in
from
private
schools,
then
go
out
to
private
schools,
especially
in
the
middle
school
category.
Are
there
any
trends
going
on
or
not
or
any
things,
I'm
just
curious,
the
bigger
picture
about
public
school,
private
schools,
transitions
or
migration
issues
and,
if
there's
any
shifts
over
time
or
not,.
L
J
Dr
schatz,
we
do
a
monthly
enrollment
report
and
you
can
access
that
on
the
website
and
so
the
comparative
there
is
to
look
at
where
were
we
last
year
at
this
time?
And
so
this
here
just
gives
you
a
sense
of
how
many
people
are
coming
and
going,
and
so
I
would
suggest
you
go
to
that
and
take
a
look
at
that
if
you
want
to
see
the
comparative
because
we're
still
up
about
100
100
students
or
so
from
the
beginning
of
the
year.
J
If
you
look
at
this
time
last
year,
we
always
have
attrition,
there's
always
attrition
from
the
first
day.
It's
really
difficult,
because
everybody
wants
that
first
day,
enrollment
count
and
it
takes
about
two
to
three
weeks
before
you
really
get
the
true
enrollment
account
because
people
have
registered.
Maybe
they
don't
show
up
those
types
of
things,
and
so
it
always
sorts
itself
and
goes
down
a
little
bit.
But
if
you
compare
to
the
year
before,
it'll
give
you
the
true
number,
and
so
we
still
are
in
that
hundred
150.
J
Just
like
we've
been
talking
and
we
anticipate
that
it'll
continue
to
do
that,
and
so-
and
I
was
you
know,
like
bob
said,
when
we
get
to
the
second
semester,
we
always
have
a
surge,
because
people
tend
to
move
at
that
time
if
they're
going
to
make
a
move.
They'll,
do
it
at
that
time.
So
at
the
high
schools,
middle
schools
in
particular,
you
always
have
more
enrollments,
and
so
we
went
down
initially
now
we're
back
up
about
40.,
it'll
stabilize
and
then
we'll
be
what
it'll
be
when
we
get
to
may.
N
J
People
are
mobile
nowadays,
and
particularly
with
our
state
and
all
the
different
sectors
and
things
going
on
with
economies
and
jobs,
and
I
would
say
out
west,
they
may
be
seeing
even
a
higher
mobility
rate
right
now
with
students,
particularly
leaving
because
the
jobs
aren't
there
right
now.
I
know
I
talked
to
one
superintendent.
They
were
down
258
kids
since
the
beginning
of
the
year,
so
it
kind
of
comes
and
goes,
but
for
since
I've
been
here
in
fargo,
this
has
been
very
consistent.
J
What
you're,
seeing
we
recalibrated
the
way
that
we
account
for
mobility?
So
now
we
have
two
years
of
data,
because
when
we
first
started
taking
a
look
at
when
bob-
and
I
took
a
look
at
a
couple
years
ago-
we
weren't
comfortable
with
what
it
was.
So
I
think
we're
getting
a
much
more
true
picture
right
now,
so
it'll
be
interesting
to
see
when
we
get
to
three
four
or
five
years
you
know.
Are
we
seeing
the
similar
trends
right
now
in
two
years
we're
seeing
a
very
similar
trend
so.
A
A
J
J
We
have
charted
out
seven
different
dates
for
meetings.
I'm
not
quite
sure
if
we'll
need
all
seven,
but
we
did
go
ahead
and
schedule
those
we
went
out
and
we've
recruited
a
group
of
people
right
now
we're
at
39
the
total
number.
What
you
see
before
you
is
38
but
add
one
more
to
the
parent
group.
We
made
one
last
addition
here
as
I
walked
in
tonight,
and
so
we
have
10
parents,
10
teachers,
four
principals,
one
facilitator.
J
I
spent
the
time
to
go
out
to
fargo
south
sit
down
visit
with
them
and
and
they're
very
excited
to
be
part
of
this
process,
and
actually,
I
think,
it'll
be
a
much
better
learning
experience
for
them
overall
to
be
engaged
in
a
process
like
this,
and
so
the
other
principles
at
the
other
high
schools
were
able
to
find
one
student
that
agreed
to
be
on
this.
So
we
will
kick
things
off
on
the
22nd.
J
J
So
things
are
go
we're
ready
this
week,
we'll
be
sending
out
a
pack
of
information
to
these
individuals,
so
they
have
some
time
to
review
it,
and
I
look
forward
to
once
again
engaging
with
a
with
a
group
of
folks
to
really
take
a
look
at
what
we're
doing.
So.
If
there's
any
questions,
I'd
be
more
than
happy
to
answer.
I
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
dr
schatz.
This
will
be
an
interesting
process
to
see
unfold.
I'm
just
curious
so
that
I
have
my
censor
of
it
in
this
process.
It
would
seem
to
me
that,
like
the
chair
of
the
planning
committee,
or
maybe
the
board
president,
would
be
a
good
at
least
a
lie
zone
to
this
process
or
or
to
be
to
have
a
board
seat
there
is
that
is
there
thoughts
behind?
Why
or
why
not
on
that.
J
I
was
under
the
understanding
that
the
task
force
would
be
made
up
of
a
group
of
folks
that
were
not
board
members
and
that
there
would
be
a
report
that
comes
back
to
the
board.
We
did
that
with
the
strategic
plan,
certainly
we'll
we'll
be
out
and
posting
these
meetings
and
any
board
member
who
would
like
to
come
and
watch
and
visit
and
be
part
of
and
see
what
goes
on
at
the
meetings.
But
I
wasn't
under
the
impression
that
we
were
to
sign
a
board
member.
I
And
again,
I
I'm
not
saying
this
critically:
it's
just
a
sense
of
like
knowledge
that
somebody
might
have
like.
We
have
some
board
members
who
have
been
on
the
board
for
well
over
10
years,
and
they
might
have
some
history
that
may
not
be
as
easily
retrievable
for
the
community.
Folks
and
that's
all
I'm
just
thinking
is
as
well
or
some
some
sense
of
of
timing
or
things
through
times,
but
either
way.
I
understand
completely,
but
it's
it's
one
of
the
thoughts.
I
guess
I
would
have
approached
you
with.
A
John,
that
certainly
is
something
that
we
could
discuss
tonight
if
you'd
like
to
and-
and
I
think
dr
schatz
would-
I
don't
mean
to
speak
for
him,
but
would
probably
say
that
whether
we
have
a
person
there
from
the
board
or
not
will
not
necessarily
change
or
color
the
composition
of
that
committee.
I
I
think
we
all
like
the
fact
that
it
is
made
up
of
a
diverse
group
of
people
from
lots
of
different
areas,
and
so
I'm
open
as
chairman
tonight.
A
O
So
I
don't
think
there's
a
need
for
a
board
member
to
to
be
a
speaking
voice.
We
don't
want
our
voice
to
overshadow
the
voice
of
the
the
other
populations
on
this
task
force.
So
I'm
happy
with
the
way
it
is
and
again
as
the
invitation
for
any
of
us
to
sit
in
and
watch
whatever
goes
on,
and
I
assume
you'll
update
us
in
the
same
way
as
you
did
with
the
strategic
plan.
P
P
Okay-
and
the
other
item
I
would
say,
is
I'm
in
agreement
also
with
what
dinah
said.
I
think
that
if
there
are
individuals
that
are
needed
in
terms
of
additional
information
to
share
for
resources
in
terms
of
like
presenting
information,
I
know
with
the
other
task
forces
that
dr
schatz
has
led
he's
been
very
welcoming
of
the
ideas
of
bringing
in
other
individuals
to
present
information
if
needed,
and
I'm
not
saying
that
that
would
be
board
members.
P
I
I'll,
just
chime
in
that
so
I'll
get
the
tone
more
clearly,
dr
schatz
works
so
closely
with
us.
He
knows
the
sentiment
of
the
board
and
and
you'd
probably
also
have
a
sense
of
of
any
surprises
that
you'd
apprise
us
over
or
each
other
of.
So
with
all
with
all
that
respect,
I
I
just
was
just
curious.
That's
all.
A
Q
Q
I
I
think
she
used.
The
word
overshadow,
but
just
skew
skew
it
a
little
bit,
because
this
group
really
is
being
convened
as
an
advisor
to
us,
and
so
like
paul
said
I
you
know,
would
certainly
encourage
people
to
come
when
they
can,
but
this
has
really
been
patterned
after
the
strategic
planning
process
which
worked
so
well.
So
I
wish
I
could
be
there
to
thank
dr
schatz
in
person
for
pulling
this
together,
but
I'm
excited
we're
ready
to.
A
A
A
Thank
you.
It's
been
moved
and
seconded
that
we
approved
the
consent
agenda.
All
in
favor
of
approving
the
con
consent
agenda.
Please
say:
aye
aye
all
opposed
all
opposed,
nay,
another
unanimous
vote
in
favor
of
that
consent,
agenda,
we're
ready
to
move
on
to
new
business
and
we're
going
to
take
a
look
at
memo.
Number
91
jim
is
going
to
talk
to
us
about
the
operations
center
bid
approval
go
ahead.
B
B
Well,
the
good
news
is
bids,
came
back
in
very,
very
favorable
for
this
project,
probably
as
a
result
of
really
being
the
first
major
public
works
project
out
on
the
marketplace
to
get
bids,
and
if
you
look
behind
the
main
tabular
page
you'll
see
for
just
about
every
individual
ticket
item.
In
the
bid
package,
we
had
multiple
bidders
which
always
helps
sharpen
pencils.
Obviously,.
B
B
B
But
I'm
happy
to
say,
based
upon
the
bids
that
we
got
back.
The
administration
and
planning
committee
who
reviewed
this
last
week
are
of
the
mindset.
We
should
move
forward
with
all
the
alternatives
included
in
the
package
and
it
comes
to
a
grand
total,
including
contingency,
construction
management
and
architect,
fees
of
nine
million,
two
hundred
and
thirty
nine
thousand
one
hundred
and
thirty,
eight
dollars
and
thirty
cents,
and
just
to
put
that
in
perspective,
we
were
anticipating.
That
number
would
be
at
about
10.5
or
almost
10.6
million,
so
very,
very
favorable
bids.
B
B
I
just
wanted
to
get
on
it
before
I
shared
this
and
then
I'll
certainly
take
any
questions
planning
along
with
brock
and
his
finance
team
looked
at
how
we
might
fund
this
overall
project
and
thought.
We'd
probably
give
you
just
some
insights
as
to
what
we
are
anticipating
doing
with
that.
As
you
all
know,
we
received
two
different
pieces
of
money
in
the
buyout
of
our
current
operations
center,
which
is
just
behind
this
building.
B
One
was
the
actual
buyout
of
the
warehouse
facility.
The
other
was
offset
for
the
relocation
costs.
Those
two
combined
pieces
of
money
represent
just
a
shade
under
eight
million
seven
million
nine
hundred
and
ninety
thousand.
I
believe
we
are
recommending
the
differential
and
again
it
may
not
be
the
entire
nine
million
two
hundred
and
thirty
nine
thousand,
because
we
have
a
contingency
in
there
whether
we'll
need
all
of
that
or
not.
We
don't
know
we're
recommending.
B
B
M
B
R
R
Members
of
the
board
paul,
I
believe,
you're
asking
about
the
lease
on
the
creditor
building
in
this
call
yeah.
We
that
lease
is
up
in,
I
believe
it's
mid-year
2017..
I
have
had
conversations
with
the
owner
of
that
building
explained
this
project,
how
this
project
is
coming
together
and
informed
them
that
we
would
not
be
renewing
that
lease
at
the
time
that
it
comes
due
and
that
we
would
be
centralizing
these
operations
so
once
that
lease
expires
we'll
be
exiting
that
facility,
if
not
even
shortly
before
it
expires.
N
I
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
brock
or
jim,
is,
I
don't
know
the
timeline
of
the
payment
from
the
diversion
authority
and
and
their
entities
to
the
district
is.
Is
that
in
advance
or
is
it
after
the
fact
do
we
have
interim
financing
needs
or
not,
not
that
you
know
I'm
just
curious.
How
that
how
that
unfolds
in
the
time
sense,
timely
sense.
R
Members
of
the
board,
john,
this
week
we
have
finalized
signatures
on
contracts.
I
believe
paul
actually
and
myself,
both
signed
for
the
district
and
the
cast
joint
water
board,
as
well
as
the
diversion
authority
signed.
So
we
have
a
contract
signed
with
a
closing
date
set
for
later
this
month,
so
we
will
receive
payment.
It's
my
understanding.
A
Other
questions,
I
have
a
question
or
two
brock.
I
noticed
that
we're
using
a
group
of
professionals,
including
our
construction
management
team
and
the
architectural
team,
that
we've
used
a
number
of
times
in
the
past.
Are
we
to
the
point
where
we
do
not
necessarily
solicit
bids
for
that
or
I
know
that
they've
done
good
work
for
us
and
I'm
not
complaining
about
them
all
at
all,
but
I'm
just
wondering
how
that
approach
goes.
R
Mr
chairman,
members
of
the
board,
we
do
always
put
these
out
for
bid.
It
was
some
time
ago
you
likely
don't
remember,
because
this
process
started
almost
two
years
ago,
where
we
put
out
a
request
for
proposals
for
an
architect
and
selected
an
architect.
We
did
conduct
a
number
of
interviews
actually
conducted
a
broader
set
of
interviews
for
this
project,
because
it's
a
different
project
than
a
school,
and
so
we
had
a
number
of
interviews
that
we
conducted,
I
believe
seven
firms
interviewed
for
the
project.
R
We
did
select
an
architect
that
we
have
been
working
with
and-
and
there
was
a
lot
of
reasons
for
that
as
far
as
the
cm,
we
also
brought
that
to
the
board
secured
permission
to
go
out
for
bids.
Excuse
me
for
requests
for
proposals.
We
did
that
again
received
three
proposals.
We
interviewed
all
three
of
the
candidates
and
selected
accordingly
and
again
it
comes
down
to
really
lowest
responsible
bidder
and
in
an
rfp
process.
Price
is
only
one
component
of
that.
A
Thank
you,
and
maybe
you
could
educate
us
a
little
bit
because
you're
right,
we
probably
don't
remember
what
those
numbers
were
when
they
came
in.
We
understand
that
price
is
only
one
component
of
a
responsible
bid,
a
responsive
bid.
Really,
the
question
is,
you
know,
with
the
architects
looking
at
4.95
percent
and
the
cm
looking
at
three
and
a
half
percent
we're
looking
at
over
750
000
of
this
project
being
devoted
to
that.
How
were
the
other
bids
I
mean?
A
R
R
This
is
a
different
type
of
facility,
there's
some
precast
to
it,
so
it
has
a
different
feel
than
what
we've
done
with
school
buildings.
I
I
certainly
not
an
expert,
so
I
wouldn't
profess
to
say
it's
an
easier
construction,
but
I
have
had
members
of
our
design
team
say
that
it's
simpler
construction
than
in
than
a
school
facility
as
far
as
cm
fees,
three
and
a
half
percent
is
really
about
the
average.
R
We
see
on
all
of
our
cm
projects
that
we've
done
and,
as
you
know,
we've
had
a
construction
management
philosophy
here
in
this
district.
At
least
as
long
as
I've
been
here
and
even
dating
prior
to
me,
and
typically
when
we
get
those
proposals,
three
and
a
half
percent
is
on
the
low
end.
Those
probably
don't
I
haven't
seen
those
push
beyond
maybe
four
and
a
quarter
or
so
from
construction
management
services.
But
I
would
say
that
this
is
on
the
lower
end,
combined
fees
than
comparable
facilities
that
we've
constructed
in
the
district.
A
I
R
Members
of
the
board-
john,
my
apologies,
you
were
correct.
You
asked
about
that
at
planning
and
we
do
have
floor
plan
renderings
and
things
I
can
get
those
out
to
the
board
and
make
sure
that
they
are
in
your
hands.
We
can
send
them
electronically.
We
can
also
put
them
on
the
portal
and
make
sure
that
you
have
them.
So
my
apologies.
I
No,
no,
no
worries,
but
we
we
all
know
there's
times
in
the
community
where
they
say
well,
there
you
go
building
another
taj
mahal,
you
know
and-
and
I
just
don't
want
to
all
of
a
sudden-
be
surprised
and
gosh
we.
This
is
what
it
looks
like
and
not
that
I'm
expecting
any
surprises,
but
that's
all
brock.
Thank
you.
R
R
That
has
the
raked
concrete
finish
on
the
outside
or
the
facility
that
the
park
district
built,
which
has
a
very
different
look
than
a
lot
of
the
maybe
the
brick
finishes,
and
some
of
that
that
you
see
on
a
school
facility
and
there's
a
number
of
reasons
for
that,
because
it's
a
different
type
of
facility,
a
lot
more
heavy
equipment
involved
in
the
comings
and
goings
things
of
that
nature.
So
you
definitely
will
see
a
difference.
R
But
at
the
same
time
we
are
building
I'm
going
to
steal
this
from
jim
johnson,
because
it's
one
of
my
favorite
things
that
he
has
said
to
me
through
the
years
we're
building
a
building
for
the
next
50
or
100
years.
We're
not
building
a
building
for
next
year
or
the
year
after,
and
so
we
want
to
do
it
right,
and
we
believe
that
we
have
a
fair
opportunity
to
do
that.
A
The
question
is:
it
seems
as
if
we're
going
to
have
a
new
facility,
that's
going
to
handle
a
number
of
very
important
district
functions,
we're
going
to
do
it
at
a
price
that
was
lower
than
what
we
estimated
we're
going
to
have
professional
management,
that's
on
the
low
side
of
the
cost
and
we're
going
to
be
able
to
cut
some
of
our
other
outside
lease
expenses
as
a
result.
All
in
all,
when
you
look
at
that,
I
think
it's
a
great
job
that
you
put
together.
I
John
thank
you
again,
mr
chair,
and
whether
it's
dr
schatz
or
or
brock,
or
jim
or
whomever
you
know
we're
so
many
months
down
this
path.
You
know,
and
folks,
just
watching
this
moment
in
time
might
not
know
why.
Why
we're
doing
this,
you
know
it's
not
like
we
set
out
to
do
this.
Could
somebody
just
put
that
in
a
nutshell,
for
us,
for
the
sake
of
having
it
on
the
record.
B
We
really
can't
just
take
one
third
of
their
building
from
them
and
expect
them
to
operate,
and,
due
to
you
know
some
long
somewhat
difficult
negotiations
between
dr
schatz
and
brock
and
everybody
else
at
the
district
level,
the
city
and
the
diversion
water
board.
The
end
result
was
a
buyout
of
our
facility
and
a
relocation
package
which
is,
quite
frankly,
part
of
the
normal
federal
guidelines
that
go
with
this
type
of
project.
B
The
only
other
option
we
would
have
had
as
opposed
to
negotiating
accepting
this
buyout
offer
and
relocation
assistance
would
have
been
to
fight
them
and
force
them
to
use
eminent
domain,
which
is
not
in
the
best
interests
of
anybody,
including
us,
and,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we
would
have
ended
up
with
about
two-thirds
of
our
building,
because
we
would
have
lost
a
third
and
in
a
much
more
difficult
situation.
So
I
think
it's
a
win
for
the
city
in
terms
of
flood
protection.
A
I
B
A
A
At
this
point,
unless
the
board
would
like
to
direct
me,
otherwise
we
only
have
a
few
items
left
on
our
agenda
and
perhaps
we
could
forego
a
break
everyone.
Okay,
with
that,
I
think
we
can
probably
finish
up
within
perhaps
10
minutes,
okay,
good,
we'll
move
on
to
our
reviewing
our
el
12
and
el
13,
the
two
items
that
we
all
reviewed
and
it's
nice
to
see
that
all
nine
people
took
time
to
review
that
robin.
Did
you
have
a
comment.
A
Been
moved
and
seconded
that
we
receive
and
approve
the
two
monitoring
reports,
12
and
13,
and
at
this
point
we're
going
to
open
it
up
to
any
further
discussion.
I
know
that
there
were
a
number
of
comments
that
were
made
that
frankly
get
read
anyway,
but
if
anyone
would
like
to
make
some
additional
comments
or
underscore
those
now's,
your
time.
S
A
B
A
A
B
Sure,
paul
thanks
a
couple
of
things
to
update
people
on
the
state
school
board
is
having
a
meeting
this
thursday
out
in
bismarck,
we're
also
having
the
negotiations
seminar
on
friday.
I
I
think
I'm
the
only
person
from
fargo
heading
out,
but
if
any
of
you
are
going
to
be
there
I'll
see
you
there
the
agenda
items
for
the
state
school
board
meeting
that
might
be
of
interest
to
people.
B
B
I
The
native
american
communities
are
from
tribes
across
the
state
and
it
was
just
eye-opening
to
find
out
that
they
have
12
or
13
counties
without
a
single
dentist
in
north
dakota.
So
that
was
that
was
a
topic
of
interest.
The
they're
working
on
budgets,
committees
in
a
new
sweat
lodge.
So
that's
the
update
from
them.
Then
we
get
some
water
robin.
P
Let's
see
okay,
the
communications
committee
met
yesterday
and
our
role
was
to
start
looking
at
gp2e.
Three
of
five
of
us
were
there
so
gp
2e
includes
items
such
as
rules
governing
the
transaction
of
board
business,
the
overall
organization
of
the
board,
such
as
the
process
of
electing
the
board
president
and
the
board.
P
Vice
president,
at
our
meeting
in
july,
it
addresses
public
participation
at
board
meetings
the
process
to
go
about
signing
up
for
that
that
participation,
how
long
individuals
are
able
to
participate
or
yeah
participate,
speak
at
meetings
the
procedures
for
filling
board
vacancies.
If
someone
were
to
leave
their
board
position
before
their
term
is
up
and
also
in
regard
to
when
a
person's
term
is
up,
it's
also
considered
to
be
vacant,
and
we
also
discussed
a
bit
about
the
annual
board
liaison
assignments.
P
The
my
liaison
report
is
in
regard
to
claire
barton
hawthorne
next
monday.
I
will
be
spending
the
morning
at
hawthorne
and
the
afternoon
at
claro
barton
with
the
strategist
again,
because
when
I
met
with
a
strategist
a
couple
of
months
ago,
we
did
an
office.
We
sat
in
the
office
and
we
visited
about
her
role,
but
I
wasn't
able
to
do
any
additional
engagement,
so
I'm
going
to
sit
in
I've
been
invited
to
sit
in
on
the
professional
development
day,
where
they're
going
to
be
sharing
data
and
interventions
and
other
information
with
their
staff.
P
So
that
will
be
very
interesting
and
I
received
information
regarding
the
blue
stem
announcement
for
the
concert
series,
which
is
also
next
monday.
I
believe
at
10
is
that
is
that.
Am
I
not
right
on
that?
It's
in
march,
oh
it's
in
march,
I
was
just
going
to
say
that
I
wasn't
going
to
be
able
to
be
there,
but
I
hopefully
will
be
able
to
be
there.
In
other
reports.
I
plan
to
attend
tomorrow
the
three-minute
thesis
competition,
a
portion
of
that
at
ndsu
for
the
graduate
school,
and
that's
all
I
have
thank
you.
N
A
T
A
M
Government
affairs
committee
did
not
meet
last
month
because
there
was
not
a
need
for
it,
but
a
couple
of
dates
coming
up
in
the
future
february
18th.
If
we
still
think
is
the
interim
education
committee
meeting
in
bismarck
and
last
I
heard
brock
was
going
to
go
since
I
cannot,
and
so
he
will
have
lots
to
share,
maybe
they're
really
exciting,
to
attend,
but
february
23rd,
the
the
following
meeting.
I
have
been
meeting
with
a
number
of
district
candidates
that
will
be
running
in
the
june
primaries
and
november
generals.
So
that's
enlightening.
M
I
can
share
some
of
those
those
things
at
our
next
gac
meeting.
The
date
will
be
determined
soon
for
that
meeting
on
february
23rd.
We
all
received
invitations
to
the
after
school
summit
for
the
state
of
north
dakota,
and
so
I
am
attending
that
in
bismarck
on
behalf
of
the
board,
as
well
as
my
workplace.
O
This
week
I
or
between
meetings
I
participated
in
the
deca
competition
as
a
judge
at
west
fargo
schools.
That
was
definitely
fun.
So
I
encourage
you
to
try
and
do
that
another
time
if
you're
invited
I
spent
last
friday
at
north
high
for
my
high
school
engagement,
and
I
think
that's
it.
I'm
going
to
bismarck
tomorrow
for
espb.
A
Thank
you,
diana
and
one
thing
I
a
couple
small
things
I
would
comment
on.
I
guess
we'll
also
go
to
linda
here
in
just
a
minute,
but
at
the
most
recent
governance
meeting
we
talked
about
a
number
of
things
coming
up
and
I
think
just
to
kind
of
keep
the
board
posted
we're
going
to
be
excited.
Then
I
don't
know
if
anyone's
talked
to
you
about
this
yet,
but
we're
going
to
be
having
dinah
speak
to
us
about
her
experiences
on
the
espb
board
in
the
future.
A
Q
A
I
Thank
you.
You
know
the
universe
cooperates
sometimes
and
says
john
you've
been
talking
too
much,
but
but
this
is
important.
Stop
this
birthday
report.
You
know
next
tuesday
is
brock's
birthday,
so
on
the
16th,
you
can
all
send
him
like
your
best
wishes,
and
then
I
expect
we'll
have
birthday
cake
at
our
next
meeting
for
dr
agree's
birthday.