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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - November 22, 2016
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - November 22, 2016
A
Order,
thank
you
everyone
for
being
here.
I
would
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
order
of
agenda
john
second
order
and
sec
or
motion
and
second
to
approve
tonight's
agenda.
All
in
favor
say
aye
aye
approved
no
one
has
signed
up
from
the
audience
to
speak.
A
A
C
D
C
F
A
Second
motion
in
a
second
to
acknowledge
the
petition,
anne
marie,
if
you
could
call
the
role
please.
F
A
Motion
carried,
thank
you,
okay,
so
tonight's
meeting
will
be
primarily
discussion,
zip
through
speed
holidays
coming
up.
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who
took
the
time
to
go
visit
their
schools
and
then
reflect
their
thoughts.
So
we'll
do
the
school
liaison
visit
discussion
first
and
just
to
give
folks
a
little
background.
A
As
you
know,
we
all
have
our
liaison
schools
two
or
three
of
them,
and
what
this
has
really
evolved
into,
and
thanks
to
the
communication
committee,
for
the
work
on
this
and
putting
it
into
our
governance
policies,
is
that
the
visits
to
the
schools
really
now
are
not
necessarily
primarily
for
student
input,
which
was
kind
of
the
focus
years
ago,
but
rather
our
own
continued
professional
development
so
that
we
are
familiarized
with
different
aspects
of
how
the
schools
go,
and
so,
as
the
years
go
by
and
you
visit
different
schools,
you
can
choose
an
area
of
focus
if
you
like,
or
just
try
to
get
a
broad
view
or
or
a
specific
thing,
and
then
those
liaison
visits
are
then
written
up
here
so
that
it's
also
posted.
A
So
folks
can
see
what
your
thoughts
were.
So
thank
you.
I,
these
were
really
fun
to
read
different
different
areas
of
focus
and
if
anyone
would
like
to
just
share
something
that
they
really
want
to
emphasize
or
that
really
particularly
struck
them,
we
have
the
luxury
of
time
so
feel
free.
H
I
really
like
this
format,
and
I
know
that
the
board
has
gone
through
a
lot
of
different
things
and
your
point
about
professional
development.
One
thing
that
really
struck
me
was
when
I
was
visiting
at
mckinley.
I
got
to
visit
the
classroom
that
came
up
in
our
last
board
meeting
that
has
29
students
in
it
and
we
see
our
spreadsheets
here
and
we
have
11
200
kids
and
it's
easy
to
think
at
29,
22,
14,
15.,
they're,
all
individual
kids,
and
it's
amazing
too.
H
What
the
difference
is
between
29,
kids
in
a
classroom
and
22
and
maybe
15.,
and
I
think
it's
so
great
of
an
opportunity
for
us
to
get
away
from
our
tables
away
from
our
spreadsheets
away
from
our
charts
and
to
get
into
those
classrooms
and
not
to
judge
or
to
be
raiding
anybody
or
just
a
chance
to
get
in
there
and
see
what's
actually
happening
on
the
ground.
And
so
I
like
that.
I
like
that.
I
was
able
to
go
to
the
principles
of
my
liaison
schools
and
I
didn't
really
have
any
agendas.
H
It
was
what's
going
on
at
your
school.
Here's
a
time
of
block
of
time
I
can
be
there
show
me
what
you
want
to
show
me.
Is
there
something
good
something?
That's
challenging
you
your
opportunity
to
inform
me
about
what's
happening
on
the
ground,
and
I
really
appreciate
that.
I
think
it's
a
great
format
for
us
to
be
doing
this.
A
Cool
thank
you
and
just
to
give
a
little
point
of
clarification.
That
classroom
of
29
is
an
anomaly
and
because
of
a
particular
situation
and
I'd
invite
dr
audrey
to
give
us
a
little
context
for
that
and
how
something
like
why
something
like
that
would
happen,
and
then
how
it's,
how
it's
managed
sure.
I
Thank
you,
you'll,
probably
see
if
you
look
on
our
dashboard,
that
there's
also
classrooms
of
15
16
and
as
our
district
is
more
mobile
when
we
make
class
size
lists
and
hire
teachers
in
the
spring
and
into
june.
Sometimes
we
have
kids
walk
in
first
day
of
school
or
after
the
fact,
and
in
that
case
that
did
occur
and
now
every
child
that
comes
in
is
that
same
grade
level,
and
we
only
have
one
section.
However,
we've
worked
really
closely
with
the
teacher,
mrs
janssen.
I
The
school
principal
is
in
contact
with
her
every
time
I'm
at
mckinley,
I
am
there.
We've
put
paris
support
in
not
as
a
special
education
support,
but
as
a
instructional
service
to
be
able
just
to
help
all
students
in
the
classroom,
and
we
did
have
one
student
that
moved
out
so
we'll
be
down
to
28
and
I
think
there's
another
one
talking
about
moving
at
27
and
by
all
means
we
don't
want
students
to
be
leaving
but
they're,
not
leaving
fargo
schools
they're
transferring
within
the
district.
K
And
I
went
to
rachel-
and
I
asked
her
about
that
particular
classroom
and
we
are
going
to
hire
a
full-time
sub
in
that
classroom
too,
so
that
there's
some
additional
supports
and
that'll
alleviate
having
other
people
with
other
jobs
having
to
come
in
and
do
some
of
the
supports.
But
they
have
a
very
good
plan
now
and
I
think
moving
forward
once
we
hire
that
other
full-time
pair.
That
should
be
very
well
handled
and
staffed,
and
so
we
should
be
in
good
shape.
But
again
it's
an
anomaly
overall.
The
numbers
that
we
have.
A
B
Not
to
flog
this
topic,
but
I
think
that
it
just
shows
the
quality
and
caring
of
our
administration.
When
there's
an
issue,
that's
like
that
that
they
can
figure
out
working
with
the
teacher
and
the
principal
in
the
building,
what
the
best
way
to
handle
it
is
with
the
kids
best
interests,
because
that's
really
what
we're
all
about.
So
that's
an
aside
that
has
nothing
to
do
with
my
report,
but
I
I
wanted
to
say.
B
I
also
really
enjoyed
this
because
I'm
the
one
who
sort
of
instigated
and
pushed
for
this
sort
of
change
in
the
way
we
use
our
our
liaison
visits,
and
I
think
I've
always
said
that
it's
important
for
us
in
the
boardroom
to
understand
what's
going
on
in
schools.
Otherwise,
you
can't
make
good
decisions
for
what's
going
on
in
the
schools
and
we
initially
mandate
or
not
mandated
but
suggested
that
everybody
take
the
same
focus
when
they
visited
their
schools.
But
we've
done
this
so
many
times.
B
At
least
three
of
us
have
done
this
enough
times
that
it's
at
a
point
now
where
people
can
select
what
they
want
to
do
so.
The
three
newbies
have
never
been
to
new
members
have
never
been
told
that
they're.
You
know
that
you
need
to
do
a
certain
thing,
so
I
think
it's
great
that
you
guys
can
go
and
figure
out
what
it
is.
You
don't
know
and
find
out
and
and
just
be
sponges
so
and
every
year
of
course,
we'll
have
different
schools
and
we
do
have
a.
B
F
People
story
people
store
in
a
cloud
I
think
mine
stores
in
the
sewer.
I
have
no
idea.
I
have
no
idea
where
stuff
goes
when
I
type
it
up,
but
I
did
get
the
form
sent
from
eagles
bennett
and
davies
are
somewhere,
so
I
just
threw
something
together
and
and
anne-marie
was
kind
enough
to
put
it
in
here.
I
just
want
to
tell
you
a
few
things
I
missed
that
you
missed
in
my
original
one.
That's
out
there
bennett
elementary
schools
just
absolutely
blow
me
away.
F
I've
got
two
five-year-olds
that
I
can't
keep
concentrated
on
anything
for
four
and
a
half
seconds,
and
they've
got
20
to
25
kids
in
there
and
they're
on
task
and
they're.
Just
they're
I
mean
elementary
teachers
are
absolutely
amazing.
I
just
cannot
give
enough
credit
and
praise
to
to
the
quality
of
education
that
goes
on
there.
One
of
the
things
that
bennett
is
doing
that
I
found
really
interesting,
was
in
one
of
their
back
hallways.
They
have
posted
each
child
and
how
and
they're
graphing
them
as
they
move
toward.
F
F
F
Now,
it's
it's
in
a
back
room,
but
it's
really
amazing
to
see
that
many
kids
from
that
diverse
background
and
they're
they're,
all
doing
so
very
very
well
davies
is
an
exceptional
high
school,
just
as
as
north
and
and
south
are
they
have
a
cafe.
It's
just.
It
looks
like
an
ordinary
restaurant
in
any
any
place
that
you
stop
in
tables
are
set,
they've
got
waiters,
they've
got
bus
people,
they
they
cook,
they
prepare
the
meals
they
clean
up
and
everything
several
teachers
stopped
in
and
got
to
go
boxes.
F
They've
also
got
a
cna
program
that
turns
out
fully
certified
cnas
and
I
think
it
cost
my
daughter-in-law
over
two
thousand
dollars
to
get
her
cna
can
certification.
Now
these
kids
have
it
for
free
it.
It
just
goes
on
and
on
they've
got
a
they've
got
a
greenhouse
and,
and
troy
said
you
know,
with
the
passage
of
certain
legislation
recently,
you
know
there
may
be
a
a
profitable
venture
that
we
can
get.
A
Anyone
have
any
thoughts
to
share
on
their
rebecca
we're
talking
about
the
school
visits.
If
you
have
anything
you'd
like
to
add
or
anything
that
struck
out
or
stuck
out
with
you,
john
sure,.
H
One
thing
that
didn't
make
it
into
my
report
from
my
long
fellow
visit
that
I
forgot
about
was
that
they're
planning
in
the
first
week
in
december
here
to
do
the
hour
of
code
for
the
whole
school
k
through
five
principal
hendrickson
is
a
very
tech,
savvy
guy,
very
geeky
like
me,
and
I
appreciate
that-
and
he
is
so
excited
about
this
he's
personally
taken
the
kindergarten
classes
as
as
his
charge,
and
it's
really
cool.
I'm
really
excited
about
that.
H
It's
a
personal
passion
of
mine,
and
so
I'm
excited
to
see
that,
hopefully,
we've
got
some
lessons
learned
out
of
it
and
it
was
cool
because
one
of
the
one
of
the
kindergarten
classrooms
when
I
stopped
by
there,
the
teacher
was
actually
teaching
the
kids
how
to
use
their
username
and
passwords
to
log
into
their
own
systems,
so
we're
starting
at
kindergarten
here,
getting
them
get
them
going.
Wow.
J
J
I
guess
this
is
across
the
school
district,
but
this
became
just
as
a
reminder
to
me
our
commitment,
through
fargo
public
schools,
to
educate
all
children
that
we
have
in
the
district
from
the
child
that
I
visited
with
he's
a
senior
and
I
think,
he's
taking
five
or
six
ap
classes.
He
was
going
to
be,
I
think,
maybe
a
physics
class.
J
He
was
going
to
be
teaching
himself
and
he's
applied
to
either
stanford
or
harvard-
and
you
know
that's
his
first
choice
to
some
that
are
severely
challenged
and
with
the
discussion
that's
going
on
in
our
community
right
now.
In
regard
to
who
we
welcome,
I
just
want
to
say
again
how
proud
I
am
to
be
a
a
part
of
this
board
and
the
administration
and
the
district.
That's
you
know
I
mean
we.
J
We
have
to
educate
all
of
the
children
that
we
receive,
but
I
believe
we
also
want
to,
and
we
spend
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
how
we
offer
our
children
a
global
education,
and
I
I
think
I
believe
that
I
believe
my
children
receive
a
global
education
as
a
result
of
all
of
the
citizens
that
we
have
in
our
community.
So
I
just
wanted
to.
I
felt
the
need
to
say
that
again
and
how
proud
I
am
to
be
a
part
of
that.
Thank.
A
You
great
thank
you
christy
and
then
david.
D
Just
want
to
touch
base,
my
report
for
claire
barton
hawthorne
didn't
get
in
because
I
finally
got
in
to
see
them
yesterday,
but
one
of
the
things
I
was
with
their
strategist
and
we,
I
was
with
them
with
helping
a
little
girl
in
math
recovery
and
it
was
really
amazing.
She
came
moved
here
from
massachusetts
and
she
was
in
a
school
that
was
closed
down
because
of
their
lack
of
median
standards,
and
so
it
really
hit
home
with
us
how
we
are
school
of
excellence
and
how
we
do
so
many
things
above
and
beyond
that.
D
We
kind
of
take
for
granted
and
this
little
girl
just
the
simplest
math
techniques
that
she
was
just
starting
to
learn
as
a
first
grader,
and
so
I
think,
it's
wonderful
to
see
she
progressed
through,
as
we
were.
I
was
in
with
her
about
20
minutes
and
to
see
the
excitement
when
she
could
understand
the
before
and
afters
on
numbers
and
those
types
of
things.
I
think
that's
really
key.
F
This
is
for
you,
davies
is
just
starting
to
work
on
their
production
of,
I
think,
they're
doing
the
music
man
this
year.
Aren't
they
oliver
the
auditorium.
The
back
wall
of
the
auditorium
is
the
wall
of
the
woodworking
shop
and
they've
got
two
overhead
garage
doors,
so
they
can
simply
raise
the
doors
they
they
make
all
their
own
sets
and
everything-
and
it's
it's
true.
I
mean
it's
a
great-
that
architectural
design
of
that
of
that
school
is
wonderful,
they've,
just
really
utilized
their
space.
Well,.
C
J
Rebecca
has
anyone
mentioned
attending
the
musical
at
north
high
sound
of
music?
That
was
fabulous.
Just
blew
me
away.
I
was
so
just
I
always
am
impressed
by
the
talent.
You
know
that
our
that
our
kids
showcase,
but
I
was
curious
just
how,
because
of
the
history
of
that
musical,
how
it
would
I
I
think,
even
how
I
would
how
I
felt
sitting
there,
and
it
was
interesting
because
we
as
a
we
as
an
audience,
we
were
really
the.
J
We
were
participants
in
in
that
musical
really
at
the
end,
when
the
von
trout,
family,
you
know
gave
their
gave
their
performance
as
they
did
in
in
the
in
the
show,
and
so
it
was
just
it
was
it
was
it
was.
It
was
eerie
feeling
too,
and-
and
I
talked
to
other
people
that
attended
the
production
and
a
couple
of
them
also
said
they
felt
rather
uncomfortable,
but
we're
supposed
to
because
of
the
situ.
A
B
So
I
think
that
all
of
the
schools,
I
think
well,
we
say
this
over
and
over
again
that,
and
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
we
should
be
proud
of
is
that
we
really
do
believe
in
steam
and
that
the
arts,
in
all
forms
of
the
arts,
whether
it's
performance,
art
or
visual
art
or
whatever
it
is,
is
just
as
important
in
our
school
district
and
kids
thrive
with
those
things
and-
and
so
I
I
think
we
should
be
very
proud
of
that
as
well.
So.
L
L
I
do
have
a
few
things
about
lewis
and
clark
too.
The
thing
that
I
found,
the
most
impressive
I
was
taken
around
all
the
classrooms
is
the
different
seating
and
the
lighting
that
they've
been
doing
in
each
class.
L
There
was
one
class
that
had
totally
different
lighting
like
just
different
lamps,
all
the
way
around
and
the
seating
they
were
on.
You
know
somewhere
on
balls
on
little
exercise
balls,
and
I
just
think
that
that
was
it
was
pretty
neat
the
way
they
just
were
concentrating
on
the
teacher
and
yeah.
We
do
a
fantastic
job
here
very
proud.
A
Thank
you
anyone
else
great.
Well
again,
I,
as
you
saw
in
my
report,
I
was
focusing
on
school
climate,
this
time
and
and
just
left
some
time
to
have
some
pretty
in-depth
conversations
with
the
principals
and
I'm
real
grateful
that
they
took
that
time
to
spend
with
me
and
yeah.
It
is
the
the
depth
of
what
we
do
is
is
pretty
pretty
amazing
and
that
each
school
has
developed
their
own
approach
and
focus
on
their
school
culture.
It
was
pretty
inspiring.
F
They
held
parent-teacher
conferences
at
ed
clapp
this
year
for
some
of
the
people
who
had
no
transportation
to
the
south
end
said
it
worked
really
really
well,
but
that's
really
something
the
city
has
to
address
there
has
to
particularly,
if
we're
looking
sometime
in
the
future
of
having
a
a
school
beyond
davies,
there's
got
to
be
public
transportation.
He
said
they
only
need
they
don't
need
it
all
the
time,
but
they
need
it
morning
and
evening,
and
if
something
around
at
six
o'clock
for
extracurriculars,
it
would
really
be
valuable
to
their
students.
K
I
have
addressed
that
with
metrocog
and
when
they
do
metro
planning
on
transportation,
and
that
was
something
that
we
addressed
from
day
one
out
there,
and
so
we
continue
to
make
that
known
and
hopefully,
eventually
we'll
get
something
to
happen.
But
just
know
what
has
been
addressed
and
we
could
continue
to
address
it.
So.
A
Thank
you.
I
served
on
metrocog
for
something
that's
the
metropolitan
council
of
governments.
It's
the
basically
the
transit
regional
transit
board,
so
it
has
representation
from
city
of
fargo,
moorhead,
west
fargo,
castle,
clay
county
did,
I
say,
moorhead
yes,
and
the
problem
with
public
transportation.
Is
it's
really
difficult
to
get
routes
going
that
aren't
full-time
routes?
A
You
know
we
have
the
same
issue
and
it
seems
to
make
no
sense
with
public
transportation
doesn't
get
out
to
the
industrial
park
where
some
of
those
jobs
are
in
it,
and
we
would
hear
the
same
thing
if
we
would
only
go.
You
know
during
shifts
this
time
and
this
time
in
this
time,
and
that's
that
seems
to
be
the
stumbling
block.
So
it
would
be
nice
if
there
could
still
be
some.
You
know
creative
scheduling
if
we
can
run
a
billion
school
buses.
A
You'd
think
they'd
be
able
to
figure
that
out
so
we'll
kind
of
keep
plugging
away
at
that.
Thank
you
for
bringing
that
up
on
to
ndsba
sharing
again.
Thank
you.
This
is
the
first
time
or
is
it
the
second
time?
Did
we
do
this
last
year
with
a
okay?
This
is
the
second
time
we've
used
these
forms
and
I
think
I
found
it
helpful
to
have
a
format
to
write
things
down
instead
of
just
kind
of
bringing
my
booklet
and
remembering
what
to
say
and
and
helped
kind
of
process
the
information.
A
So
I
thank
you
for
doing
that.
You
know
we
doubled
up
on
some,
but
it
was
always
interesting,
the
different
takeaways,
but
I
I
would
open
it
up
again,
for
you
know
it's
usually
a
mixed
bag.
Some
of
the
things
are
you
get
a
lot
out
of
and
wish
you
could
have
more
and
some
not
so
much,
but
I
know
they
try
to
put
on
a
good
variety
of
sessions
for
us.
H
Yeah
I'll
start
it
off,
so
we
don't
end
on
it.
The
human
trafficking
session
was
horrifying,
but
really
good
information,
and
one
thing
I
noted
on
here
was:
I
would
like
to
know,
if
we're
having
programs
in
our
schools
to
identify
this
to
help
alleviate
it
or
I'll.
K
But
as
with
all
these
challenges,
with
all
the
things
that
we
deal
with
within
our
community,
you
know
we're
looking
for
the
balance,
and
so
it's
an
awareness
issue
and
we're
aware
of
it
and
we're
participating.
K
And
so
it
has
now
come
to
the
realization
that
it's
occurring
so
this
this
was
foreshadowed
and
and
now
it's
occurring,
and
so
it's
there's
a
lot
of
things
going
on
within
the
community
to
address
some
of
these
things
and
we'll
do
everything
we
can
to
be
part
of
it.
But
we
are.
We
are
plugged
in.
A
Dr
gross,
I
had
you
were
in
the
back
of
the
room,
and
we
mentioned
something
about
professional
development
for
teachers.
What
to
look
for,
and
you
had
mentioned,
that
there
was
kind
of
something
in
place
and
I'd
I'd
be
interested
in
your
reaction.
As
some
of
you
know,
it
was
my
my
cousin
giving
the
presentation-
and
I
was
just
a
mess
so
glad
you
were
there.
E
After
that
session,
as
we
had
our
conversation,
I
mentioned
that
across
our
system
and
across
all
of
the
districts
in
the
state
of
north
dakota.
Since
the
last
legislative
session,
we
have
all
put
in
place
professional
development,
around
mental
health
issues
and
needs
of
children,
and
that
is
being
created
by
our
wellness
facilitators.
E
So
as
we
continue
to
look
for
what
we
can
supplement
and
add
and
continue
to
develop,
I
think
topics
like
this
would
be
perfect
to
weave
into
that
for
our
own
staff.
So,
after
this
session,
I
did
go
back
and
talk
to
some
of
those
individuals
who
are
part
of
that
team
share
that
information,
so
that
as
they
continue,
we
can
look
for
how
we
can
provide
this
to
our
staff.
B
Know
just
those
of
us
who
are
on
negotiations
all
went
to,
and
even
others
went
to
that
really
excellent
presentation
from
the
fellow
on
the
topic
and
somebody
said
in
their
notes.
I
can't
remember
who
that
it
would
be
perfect
for,
like
a
whole
day,
seminar
or
whatever.
B
M
So
I
just
had
a
couple
of
additional
comments
that
I
would
add.
I
too,
I
would
echo
your
comments
you
made
about
how
valuable
this
is.
I
I
really
enjoyed
reading
through
everyone's
assessment,
and
I
did
find
it
interesting
even
when
we
went
to
the
same
that
some
of
the
takeaways
were
different,
so
that
just
proves
that
the
same
speaker,
two
different
people.
You
can
hear
two
different
things
right,
so
I
guess
what
I
would
start
with
is
the
speaker,
murray
banks.
I
don't
know
if
this
is
someone
we're
considering.
M
He
was
a
motivational
speaker
or
called
himself
that
right
he
was
very
engaging
and
high
energy
uplifting.
He
was
the
showtime
gentleman
in
case
you,
oh
okay,
okay,
and
so
really
there
was
just
one
thing
I
wanted
to
pull
out.
M
I
I
took
lots
of
notes
on
on
things
that
he,
you
know
highlighted
throughout
his
presentation,
but
one
thing
that
I
found
really
interesting
was
he
highlighted
that
absentee
rates
of
teachers
are
highest
in
april
and
may,
and
so
many
of
us
do
motivational
openers
at
the
beginning
of
the
year,
and
I
find
that
valuable.
But
his
opinion
is
their
teachers
are
motivated
to
come
back.
We
should
maybe
think
about
and
consider
doing
this
at
a
time
of
year
where
our
absentee
rates
are
really
high,
and
then
I
got
to
thinking
well.
M
What
do
we
do
within
the
corporate
world
of
which
I
work,
and
that
is
in
march?
They
gather
all
of
us
across
the
nation
and
we
have
this
big
motivational
sort
of
and
totally
and
you
all
go
back
and
you
motivate
you're
re-energized,
and
so
I
just
thought
it
was
food
for
thought,
and
so
I
wanted
to
elaborate.
I
thought
it
was
worthy
of
elaborating
a
little
bit
on
something
to
think
about,
and
then
the
other
comment
I
would
make
was
in
regards
to
the
presentation
on
was
it
2000?
M
Was
it
yeah
legislative
session
with
representative
cindy
beck
and
senator
joan
heckman,
and
so
I
think
several
of
us
went
to
that,
but
I
did
think
a
couple
of
key
takeaways
were
were
worthy
of
just
highlighting
from
my
perspective
anyways,
and
what
resonated
was
that
she
strongly
encouraged
districts
and
gave
the
example
of
early
childhood
education
funding
and
and
when
that
was
being
discussed
in
the
last
session,
that
only
two
people
from
two
districts
came
and
spoke,
and
so
she
reiterated
it
several
times
over
and
over
to
please
come
talk
to
the
education
committee.
M
Come
out
whether
it's
a
conversation
or
to
testify,
they
really
want
to
hear
from
people.
So
so
I
thought
that
was
you
know.
That
was
a
key
takeaway
from
that.
I
thought
anyway,
of
her
presentation
and
then
she
also
mentioned
you
know
this
international
study
and
some
of
the
differences
right
when
they
compare
our
education
versus
international.
But
one
of
the
things
that
I
pulled
from
that
is,
she
said
money
is
important,
but
it's
not
the
critical
mass
that
will
move
us
forward
and
I
don't
know
for
me:
it
landed
like
that's
right.
M
We
we
need
to,
there
are
lots
of
best
practices
out
there
and
there
are
other
ways
and
money
doesn't
always
solve
the
problem.
So
within
the
structure
that
we
do
have
because
right
now,
it's
you
know
certainly
well
and
always
top
of
mind
of
a
board
but
again
worthy
of
of
bringing
it
up.
We
need
to
look
for
efficiencies
in
funding
and
innovations
to
stretch
our
dollar
and
again.
I
already
mentioned
the
best
practices.
Let's
look
for
them
and
copy
them
don't
have
to
reinvent
the
wheel,
always
right.
A
Well-
and
I
thank
you
for
taking
such
good
notes
when
she
spoke,
I
just
kind
of
rubbed
me
the
wrong
way.
You
know
I
thought
that
she
kind
of
got
off
on
kind
of
a
weird
tactic.
So
I
I
read
this
it's
like,
oh
jennifer.
Thank
you.
That's
good!
That's
why
we
all
write
these
things.
Anyone
else
have
anything
they'd
like
to
share
yep.
J
Yeah
back
on
that
same
session,
that
jennifer
was
just
talking
about.
I
think.
Oh,
I
probably
agreed
a
little.
I
was
a
little
lopsided
in
regard
to
the
presentation,
unfortunately
prob
they
probably
didn't,
intend
it
to
be
that
way,
but
time
gets
away
from
a
person.
A
person
has
a
fun
time
talking
and
before
you
know
it
the
session's
over
but
any
rate.
I
think
that
it
it
did
reiterate
how
important
it
is
to
keep
in
contact
with
our
legislators
and
I
well.
Hopefully
we
will
be
doing
an
excellent
job
this
time
around.
J
But
you
know
from
what
I've
seen
just
my
time
on
the
board.
Fargo
is
very
well
engaged.
That
doesn't
mean
that
we
can't
do
more,
and
but
we
probably
carry
well
between
fargo
and
west
fargo,
carry
a
load
for
the
state
too,
and
realizing
that
not
every
district
has
the
ability
to
reach
out
like
doesn't
have
the
resources,
the
people
resources
to
be
able
to
make
those
connections.
So
we
do
work
not
only
on
behalf
of
fargo
and
west
fargo,
but
the
whole
state.
J
I
think,
in
terms
of
our
advocacy
so,
but
just
reiterating
that
it's
important
for
us
to
to
do
that
and
that
it's
that
they
want
to
be
educated,
maybe
not
all
of
them,
but
you
know
there's
there,
a
certain
group
wants
to
be
educated,
and
so,
if
we
are
approaching
it
from
that
standpoint
of
helping
them
to
learn
so
that
when
bills
are
being
written
and
the
language
that's
in
a
bill
and
how
it
is
going
to
affect
a
district
that
it
is
hopefully
hopefully
the
effect
is
what
or
the
result
is
what
the
drafters
of
the
bill
intend,
and
that
kind
of
a
thing-
and
I
also
well
I
mean
most
of
the
sessions-
were,
I
thought
really
really
good.
J
You
know
some
were
more
like
about,
I
think
self-empowerment,
maybe
the
the
nasa
astronaut
there
was
a
little
bit.
I
kind
of
thought.
Okay,
now
am
I
going
to
stay
here
or
not,
but
I
decided
to
stick
with
it
and
I
think
basically
it
was
hey.
You
know
what,
if
an
opportunity
is
offered
to
you,
go
ahead
and
take
it.
You
know,
don't
don't
kind
of
turn
away
and
and
focus
on
your
strengths
and
don't
worry
so
much
about
your
weaknesses
and
and
any
rate
that
was
kind
of
the
right
here.
J
Don't
worry
about
your
weaknesses.
You
are
good
at
things.
He
said
at
the
end,
it's
important
for
us
to
all.
Remember
that
any
rate
the
conversation
with
superintendent
basler,
I
thought
was
for
myself-
I
that
was
very
educating
for
me
because
she
just
she
explained.
J
I
thought
in
a
very
easy,
easy
way
to
understand
kind
of
the
history
of
you
know
the
the
some
of
the
most
recent
evolution
in
regard
to
standards
and
how
edu
how
our
programs
are
written
and
really
illustrating
how
I
mean,
I
think,
if
everyone
could
hear
her,
speak,
that
what
we
are
doing
in
our
schools
is
it's
not
some
national
program,
that's
being
shoved
down,
you
know
our
our
throats
it's
it's!
J
It's
teachers
in
north
dakota
that
are
giving
of
their
time
to
help
develop
our
curriculum
and
our
education,
and
so
it's
not
a
one
size
fits
all
deal
like
like.
There
is
sometimes
that
perception,
and
I
also
enjoyed
listening
to
her
talk
about
teacher
shortages
and
that,
at
least
from
the
information
that
she
shared
north
dakota
graduates
of
a
good
amount
of
teachers.
J
It's
not
that
we
don't
graduate
a
fair
amount
of
teachers,
but
one
of
the
things
that
she
talked
about
is
that
the
challenge
in
the
rural
areas,
and
so
when,
as
we
all
know,
we've
talked
about
teacher
shortages
and
that
it's
not
so
much
in
fargo
but
in
the
rural
areas
and
how
she
was
just
sharing.
J
How,
when
a
student
say,
goes
to
like
ndsu
or
und
and
graduates
in
education
and
tries
to
get
a
job
within
they
like
that
community
tend
to
like
the
community
that
they
went
to
school
in
and
they
the
social
all
the
social
aspects
and
everything
that
those
communities
can
offer
them
and
then
try
to
apply
and
then
apply
for
a
job
and
not
be
able
to
get
it
and
then
maybe
end
up
working
at
the
mall
or
a
restaurant
or
someplace
else,
so
that
the
person
so
that
they
can
stay
in
that
community.
J
And
so
she
was
saying
that
there's
kind
of
the
the
the
challenge
of
how
do
we
get
them
to
go
to
walhalla?
How
do
we?
How
do
we
incentivize
graduates
to
go
to
some
of
our
smaller
communities?
So
I
just
thought
that
was
educational
for
me
and
then
a
person
in
the
audience
talked
about
career
fairs
and
said
how
about
at
career
fairs.
J
A
A
No
okay,
thank
you
very
much
and
I'll
just
kind
of
give
a
heads
up.
So
when
we
go
to
denver
the
national
convention,
you
know
there'll
be
very
little
doubling
up,
there's
just
a
ton
of
things
to
go
to
and
that's
where
you
know
we
really
get
to
see
a
lot
of
just
the
national
resources
put
to
work
in
presenting
good
sessions
for
us.
So
take
good
notes
and
those
those
are
really
great
to
read
as
well,
and
you
can
really
get
into
kind
of
the
specialty
things.
A
That
is
your
particular
area
of
interest
or
focus.
So
so,
thanks
again
for
this,
this
was
terrific.
We
will
move
on
to
our
liaison
reports
and
is
that,
where
we're
at
yeah
yep
so
we'll
start
with
brandy.
Let's
start
with
you
this
time.
L
D
I'm
interested
briefly
earlier
when
I
was
at
hawthorne,
but
I
spent
the
afternoon
there
and
just
the
things
that
they're
doing
at
hawthorne
the
the
children,
the
level
10
when
the
kids
were
first
graders
and
they
were
so
quiet
and
so
attentive
to
their
teacher
and
when
we
were
reading
to
them.
It
was
just
really
refreshing
to
see
that
we
had
a
communications
meeting.
Jennifer
can
report
on
that
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
gac
legislative
updates
coming
up.
A
B
Dinah
I
was
at
ed
clapp
yesterday
for
their
first
annual,
I
assume
or
hopefully
service
day
project,
which
was
really,
I
thought
quite
unique.
Each
grade
level
had
a
different
project,
so
k12345
as
a
grouping,
and
they
had
folks
like
the
great
plains-
food
bank,
bethany,
ronald
mcdonald
house.
B
There
was
come
out
and
they
did
a
project
that
was
related
to
something
they
were
going
to
do
for
those
folks
which
also
included
making
cards
and
things
so
walked
around
and
observed
all
of
that,
and
then
they
all
got
together
in
the
gym
and
made
placemats
together
that
were
going
to
be
gifts,
so
it
was
really
fun
to
see
a
school-wide
sort
of
event,
and
it's
of
course
one
of
my
liaison
schools.
So
I
did
that
and
the
board
of
health
has
met
since
our
last
meeting
and
nothing
earth-shattering,
except
for
this.
B
B
Most
importantly,
the
medical
addictions
treatment
clinic
that
we
do
not
have
one
here
sounds
like
that's,
really
close
to
getting
up
and
running
and
so
on.
So
I
think
that's
a
really
big
deal
and
then
the
other
positive
thing.
The
board
of
health
received
a
grant
for
a
breastfeeding
initiative,
and
we
had
a
report.
B
But
we
don't
have
the
fancy
designation
that
we
can
put
on
our
our
wall
and
on
our
our
business.
So
I
visited
with
her
a
little
bit
about
how
we
can
make
that
happen,
because
I
think,
with
the
number
of
employees
that
we
have
in
our
district
and
the
fourth
largest
employer,
that
having
us
as
a
we
do
it
anyway.
A
designated
breastfeeding
workspace
is
a
really
nice
thing
for
us
to
be
able
to
say
on
top
of
all
the
other
good
things
about
working
for
the
fargo
public
school.
So
that's
it.
J
Okay,
dr
schatz
passing
this
list
around
okay,
gac
met
november,
15th
and
so
what's
being
passed
around
right
now
is
an
updated
list
of
local
legislators
and
at
that
november,
15
meeting
those
of
us
that
were
there,
both
committee
members
and
there
were
a
couple
of
people
that
weren't
committee
members
that
attended
the
meeting
we
assigned
ourselves
to
to
be
liaisons
with
local
legislators,
but
there
are
some
spaces
there
that
don't
have
board
members
assigned.
J
So
if
there's,
if
you
want
to
slot
yourself
in
that,
would
be
fine
or
if,
if
you
also
want
to
we
can
we
can
make
some
changes
on
that
list.
If
we
want
to,
I
know
brandy,
you
sent
me
a
couple
of
suggestions
too.
I
think
for
up
in
district
44
for
some
individuals
that
you
know,
and
we
could
do
some
teaming
up
too
so
it
doesn't.
You
know
mean
that
if
there's
a
name
there
that
you
can't
also
serve
as
a
liaison,
that
would
be
fine
to
have
more
than
one.
J
So
you
could
jot
your
name
down
or
just
get
back
to
me
and
we'll
finalize
that
list,
and
I
know
brock
has
there's
been
work
on
the
legislative
priorities
package
and
that
will
be
re,
that's
being
updated.
Still,
there
was
a
breakfast
that
was
going
to
be
on
december
6,
but
there
was
a
conflict
with
the
legislators
and
so
we're
having
it
on
december
13th
here
in
the
boardroom,
at
7
30
in
the
morning,
and
we
will-
and
there
is
a
letter
that
was
drafted
to
invite
legislators
to
that
breakfast.
J
All
right.
Does
anyone
have
any
questions,
and
the
next
meeting
is
december
20th
for
for
gac.
Does
anyone
have
questions
in
regard
to
gac
no
okay,
and
then
today
I
attended
the
native
american
commission
meeting
and
the
I
I
think,
fox
was
there.
I
can't
remember
what
station
was
there.
There
was
one
tv
station
there
and
we
talked
about
the
dakota
access
pipeline
issue.
J
J
There
are
just
a
variety
of
different
groups
of
people
that
are
are
popping
up
in
regard
to
this
issue,
and
so
and
I've
been
attending
some
of
those
meetings
as
a
result
of
serving
on
this
committee,
but
there's
base
there's
kind
of
been
the
feeling
that
you
know
if
we
can
kind
of
circle
these
groups
together,
that
the
conversations
will
probably
be
more
beneficial
in
terms
of
educating
people,
and
you
know
whatever
the
results
are,
and
so
I
am
on
this
ad
hoc
committee
and
it
is
to
work
on
some
short
and
long-term
goals
in
regard
to
also
further
native
american
education.
J
So
it's
beyond,
I
would
say
it's
beyond
the
pipeline
and
the
discussion
was,
you
know
there
will
be
a
decision
in
regard
to
this
pipeline,
but
that
that's
not
that's
not
the
end
of
education,
education,
there's
so
much
education
to
be
done,
and
so
any
rate
I'm
looking
forward
to
serving
with
folks
on
on
that
committee
and
see
in
terms
of
meeting
other
community
members
too,
that
are
interested
and
they
are
planning
an
event
for
new
year's
eve.
J
M
Okay,
so
health
insurance
committee
met
this
afternoon
four
o'clock
right
before
our
meeting
here
and
the
committee
met
the
new
benefits
specialist.
She
comes
over
from
vanity,
and
so
it
was
a
pleasure
to
meet
her.
They
shared
some
numbers
so
for
those
of
you
who
are
interested
in
in
numbers
and
participants
here
we
go.
M
1397
members
currently
currently
participate
in
our
available
plans.
A
little
over
1800
are
eligible
as
a
result
of
increased
communication.
This
year,
brittany's
had
some
really
good
communicators.
Some
really
good
questions
asked
of
her
in
terms
of
the
different
plans
that
are
out
there
and
offered
by
the
district,
and
there
has
been
an
increase
to
the
hsa
plan,
which
is
the
newest
plan
offered
by
the
district
of
69
members
just
this
year,
which
totals
then
about
245
members.
So
the
consultant
said
it
would
be
around
20
by
the
second
year.
M
We've
slightly
exceeded
that,
so
they
were
right.
So
that's
always
good
right
as
forecast.
So
that's
the
share
out
there
for
health
insurance
and
the
communication
committee.
Let's
see
a
couple
of
points
we
discussed,
you
know
number
five
and
six.
We
continue
to
go
through
the
audit
communications
audit
recommendations
and
this
was
ways
to
enhance
communication,
both
internal
and
external
stakeholders.
M
One
of
the
suggestions
or
recommendations
that
came
from
that
conversation
was
around
recording
the
opening
portion
of
our
state
of
the
school's
presentation
and
sharing
that
perhaps
on
our
facebook,
page
or
website,
and
things
like
that,
so
that
recommendation
was
made
and
then
let's
see
what
else
did
we
have
there?
M
We
talked
about
a
couple
of
questions
around
you
know.
How
often
should
we
conduct
a
communications
audit?
What
is
the
standard,
and
I
believe,
we're
going
to
we
forward
that
on
to
our
december
agenda
again,
because
we
weren't
certain
of
the
answer
and
then
sort
of
one
of
the
other
things
we
discussed
is
how
often
should
we
not
only?
How
often
should
we
conduct
them,
but
how
do
we
follow
up
with
those
that
are
participating
that
had
participated
in
it?
How
do
we
continue
that
communication?
M
H
I
visited
my
three
schools
in
the
past
week.
That's
all
in
the
packet
wednesday
morning
I
attended
at
the
invitation
of
the
committee
of
the
renaissance
zone
committee.
They
asked
for
guests
from
the
school
board
and
I
said
sure
why
not
and
just
as
a
guest,
so
it's
nice.
I
appreciate
that
in
particular,
commissioner
pepcorn
extending
a
hand
to
us
to
say
hey
just
full
transparency,
here's
what
we're
doing
so
appreciate
that
I
might
attend
in
the
future
or
not.
H
They
do
a
great
job,
I
think
of
taking
care
of
all
the
tax
holders
and
all
the
stakeholders
here
in
town.
So
that
was
good
and
wednesday
evening.
I
attended
the
cass
county
career
and
technical
education
center
board
meeting
in
in
castleton.
That's
that
was
my
first
meeting
with
that
group.
H
For
those
of
you
that
don't
know
there
is
an
initiative
throughout
the
state
to
create
these
career
and
technical
education
centers
some
areas,
they're
an
actual
building,
that's
been
built
for
trade
education.
Here
in
cass
county
we've
created
this
kind
of
virtual
center,
where
we
had
enough
existing
facilities
and
we've
been
trying
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
get
kids
moved
around
between
fargo
west
fargo,
central
cast
and
northern
cass,
so
kids
have
an
opportunity-
and
I
left
my
list
in
the
car-
everything
that
we're
offering.
H
But
you
talked
about
you
know:
cna
training
at
central
caster.
We
got
to
tour
there,
construction
trades
room,
that's
looking
pretty
awesome.
There's
we
talked
about
the
development
of
our
computer
programming
courses.
Kids
can
go
up
to
the
airport
and
receive
training
on
you,
know
aviation
careers
and
there's
some
health
ones
and
I'm
forgetting
fullest.
H
I
think
welding
and
it's
a
it's
a
really
great
program
relatively
new
here
and
looking
forward
to
lots
of
opportunities
to
to
grow
it
in
the
future,
and
so
I'm
really
I'm
really
excited
about
that.
I'm
really
glad
I'm
on
that
committee
and
on
the
board.
A
Great
great,
thank
you
very
much.
You
have
my
report
and
I
apologize.
I
still
have
the
wrong
date
for
the
legislative
breakfast.
So
that's
the
13th
instead
of
the
seventh,
so
you
are
going
to
have
your
fill
of
school
board
on
december
13th
beginning
early
in
the
morning
the
breakfast
starts
at
7
30..
I
would
encourage
all
of
us
to
get
here
closer
to
7.
Just
so
we
have
our
act
together
and
can
greet
people
as
they
come
photo.
A
So
look
nice,
y'all
and
then
after
the
meeting
will
be
our
customary
holiday
party
at
my
house,
and
I
will
send
out
invitations
I'll.
Just
let
you
know
right
now
that
only
a
few
days
after
that
my
daughter's
getting
married
in
india
so
don't
expect
christmas,
decorations
and
trees
and
all
that
business
in
our
home.
It's
not
happening
this
year,
but
I
will
feed
you
just
fyi.
A
Today
I
attended
the
meeting
of
the
fargo
community
development
committee
as
the
school
board
liaison
and
there's
two
exciting
things
that
were
presented
today,
one
and
john
I'm
looking
at
you,
I
was
I
was
just
thinking
you
would
have
been
so
excited
to
be
there.
A
Former
mayor
bloomberg,
bloomberg
philanthropy
gathered
some
really
powerful
stakeholders
together
and
started
a
program
for
mid-sized
cities,
100
000
to
250
000
called
what
works
cities.
So
it's
kind
of
a
it's
free,
technical
assistance
to
cities
who
you
know
we
already
have
our
gnomes
in
the
basement
corner
kind
of
coming
up
with
all
this
data,
but
this
is
a
way
to
really
maximize
the
use
of
that
data
and
get
that
in
a
understandable
way
to
the
policy
makers.
A
Okay,
so
dr
gross
is
getting
all
it's
kind
of
your
song
too.
So
this
is
really
exciting.
They've
been
working
on
this
for
for
about
a
year,
and
we
kind
of
gave
the
final
recommendation
to
accept
this.
So
it's
it's
free.
It's
just
free
technical
assistance,
that's
going
to
be
pretty
impactful
for
the
city
and
the
other
thing
is
again
something
free.
A
A
You
know
new,
like
an
initial
project,
to
do
a
neighborhood
study
at
in
the
roosevelt
neighborhood,
so
talking
with
all
the
stakeholders,
and
you
know
how
that
neighborhood
is
being
pressured
from
a
lot
of
directions
in
terms
of
housing
and
growth
and
and
that
sort
of
thing-
and
so
that's
great.
So
you
might
be
contacted
by
this
man.
A
His
name
is
tyrone
grandstrand,
so
so
those
are
those
are
kind
of
two
exciting
things
that
are
happening
in
the
community
development
area
of
the
city
of
fargo,
and
that
committee
is
chaired
by
john
strand
and
he's
doing
a
very
able
job
and
he's
he's
loving
that
assignment.
So
I
would
also
call
your
attention
to
the
other
thing
on
my
report
on
march
13th.
A
According
to
law,
six
days
after
the
special
election,
we
must
meet
to
certify
the
results
of
the
election.
So
this
morning
at
governance
we
met
we
did
agenda,
planning
and
and
so
forth,
and
brought
this
forward
as
the
time
that
we
will
meet
so
to
7
30.
We
could
pick
any
time
that
day
as
long
as
it's
on
march
13th
so
is
7
30
a.m.
Okay,
for
everybody.
A
Okay,
so
mark
your
calendar
for
that
we'll
need
a
quorum.
It'll
take
just
a
few
minutes.
That
is
all
I
have
with
just
the
reminder
for
december
13th
come
early,
stay
late,
all
right,
happy,
thanksgiving
and
everyone.
Thank
you.
We're
adjourned.
Oh.