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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - May 23, 2017
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - May 23, 2017
A
So
as
we're
here
again
and
which
we'll
try
to
do
come
twice
a
year
again,
I
want
you
to
know
it's
fun
for
me
to
be
a
representative
of
you
and
and
of
the
younger
part
of
the
community
in
fargo
moorhead,
because
I
always
feel
that
that's
who
I'm
representing
is
is
the
young
people
and
the
commitment
that
the
fargo
dome
continues
to
have.
But
I
know
you're
always
more
interested
in
the
data
pieces.
B
Thank
you
good.
Late
afternoon,
everybody
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
come
again
just
quick,
quick
recap
of
2016,
since
I
was
here
last,
the
fargo
mended,
with
a
record
attendance
of
just
about
593
and
a
half
thousand
people
which
came
to
about
approximately
a
60
million
dollar
direct
and
secondary
impact
for
both
the
events
and
the
operations
at
the
building.
B
Obviously
the
year
was
was
somewhat
highlighted
by
four
back
to
back
to
back
to
back
garth
brooks
states
in
early
may
over
six.
Seventy
six
thousand
people
for
that,
but
also
had
great
shows,
with
acdc
and
in
february
blake
shelton
in
september,
and
then
obviously
another
nine
home
football
games
for
north
dakota
state
university,
six,
regular
season
and,
and
then
the
three
playoff
games
excuse
me:
2017
is
off
to
a
busy
start.
B
We've
had
just
from
the
the
77
days
or
11
weeks
from
sunday
february
5th,
through
sunday
april
23rd.
There
are
only
nine
days
of
that
entire
time
that
something
wasn't
happening
in
the
building
of
those
nine
five
were
sundays.
One
was
technically
a
holiday
three
week
days.
One
was
a
holiday
and
two
saturdays,
so
we've
had
very
very
busy
time
there.
B
We
continue
to
enjoy
our
great
relationship
that
we
have
with
with
todd
olson
in
the
metro
tournament
committee,
as
well
as
the
north
dakota
high
school
activities,
association
hosting
state
wrestling
state,
basketball,
return
in
2018,
as
well
as
volleyball
and
a
multitude
of
events.
So
a
couple
of
the
big
things
the
farmed
home
authority
and
management
is
working
on
actually
tomorrow
morning,
at
9
00
am
hvs
will
be
in
fargo
to
present
their
informational
report
on
the
convention
center,
the
phase
two
of
the
different
locations
and
different
options
that
will
be
there.
B
So
I
think
you'll
hear
a
lot
about
some
possible
expansion
over
the
coming
months
between
conversations
with
the
authority
and
the
city
commission
to
figure
out
what
would
be
the
best
move
there
and
possibly
incorporating
into
that
the
fargo
civic
center
and
the
assessment
that
was
done
on
that
on
that
facility
a
couple
years
ago
about
the
potential
for
demolition
of
that
and
a
replacement
with
the
performance
center.
So
I
think
those
are
all
different
things
that
will
be
discussed
there.
B
The
numbers
of
that
about
60
million
were
kind
of
using
the
data
from
that,
but
it's
15
plus
years
old.
So
it's
probably
time
to
update
that
and
get
some
more
accurate
information
other
than
that
unless
there's
questions.
The
only
other
thing
I'd
like
to
point
out
is
that
this
past
december,
the
fargodom
authority
did
change
the
date
of
the
holiday
party
to
take
it
off
of
a
school
board.
Meeting.
B
C
Hello,
oh
boy,
it's
loud
tonight
I'll
move
back
a
little
bit.
I'm
happy
to
report
fda
granted.
Four
thousand
dollars
in
scholarships
this
year
to
graduating
seniors,
there'll,
be
actually
one
from
each
of
the
high
schools
davies
north
south
and
at
woodrow
this
year.
So
we're
excited
to
give
those
students
the
little
bit
of
help
they'll
need
to
for
their
career
and
their
education,
and
we
look
forward
to
them
doing
a
great
job
in
college
next
year.
C
So
with
that
laura
christensen
is
here
tonight
she
will
be
the
incoming
president
of
fea
for
at
least
the
next
two
years.
So
I
guess
that
tells
me
that
I
no
longer
need
to
sit
in
this
chair
in
the
next
several
years
or
months
ahead.
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
a
little
more
time
at
home,
and
I
think
my
kids
are
too
so
with
that.
That's
my
final
report
and
thanks
for
everything.
D
E
Well,
thank
you
very
much.
What
I'd
like
to
do
tonight
is
just
give
you
a
brief
update
and
I
hope
to
do
it
brief
of
the
every
student
succeeds
act
and
as
everything
in
education
needs
an
acronym
or
something
we
call
this
essa.
So
as
I
go
through
this,
and
I
talk
about
essa,
we're
talking
about
the
every
student
succeeds
act.
E
And
as
we
go
through
this
one
of
the
big
benefits
that
I
see
through
essa
is.
It
truly
has
empowered
the
states
to
design
their
own
plan
and
has
empowered
the
states
to
come
up
with
their
own
accountability
system
and
has
given
that
local
control
back
to
the
state
level
and
how
we've
done
that
in
the
state
of
north
dakota
is
there
was
a
planning
committee
and
that
was
comprised
of
40
different
people,
parents,
teachers,
administrators
school
board,
representatives,
representatives
from
the
college
and
university
system.
E
That
plan
really
was
centered
around
this
vision,
and
this
was
really
one
of
the
first
things
that
we
did
as
a
committee
is.
What
do
we
want?
Our
essa
plan,
our
state
plan
to
focus
in
on
and
the
vision
as
you
can
see,
talks
about
all
students
will
graduate
choice,
ready
with
the
knowledge,
skills
and
disposition
to
be
successful
in
whatever
they
choose
to
do,
whether
they
pursue
a
post-secondary
degree.
E
E
Taking
that
next
step,
the
plan,
the
plan
that
was
created
actually
was
submitted
to
the
department
of
education,
the
us
department
of
ed
on
may
2nd
of
this
year
after
our
governor
had
reviewed
it
and
signed
off
on
it
on
may
1st,
so,
basically
providing
his
some
support
for
the
work
of
that
committee.
E
The
u.s
department
of
education
now
has
120
days
to
look
at
the
plan
to
ask
for
clarification
or
to
give
some
additional
guidance.
So
what
I'm
going
to
share
with
you
tonight
is
the
plan
that
was
submitted
to
the
u.s
department
of
education.
Just
so,
you
have
an
update
on
that
in
essa.
There
are
four
key
components
that
every
state's
plan
has
to
include
and
those
are
standards,
assessment,
accountability
and
school
improvement.
E
But
the
big
part
is
that
third
bullet
on
that
page
is
it
says
that
this
the
authority
to
create
those
standards
are
at
the
state
level
and
there
is
no
approval
of
those
standards.
There
is
just
a
sign
off
of
assurance
in
our
state
plan
that
we
have
standards
in
those
areas
and
that
we're
going
to
move
forward
with
them
and
in
north
dakota.
Most
recently,
the
language
arts
and
the
math
standards
were
revised
by
teachers
across
the
state
and
those
are
now
posted
on
the
dpi
website
and
beginning
in
july
of
this
year.
E
E
The
next
section
talks
about
assessment,
and
when
we
talk
about
assessment
according
to
essa,
it
says
that
we
must
have
annual
assessments
in
language,
arts
and
math
in
grades
three
through
eight
and
then
once
at
the
high
school,
and
that
we
must
assess
science
once
in
each
of
those
grade,
bands
that
are
listed
on
the
board
three
through
five,
six
through
nine
and
ten
through
twelve.
What
we
do
is
once
at
elementary
once
at
the
middle
school
and
then
once
at
the
high
school.
E
So
I
think,
as
we
look
at
assessments,
that's
what
we
must
do
currently
to
meet
that
requirement.
We
gave
the
smarter,
balanced
assessment
during
the
spring
of
this
year.
That
may
be-
and
I
say,
may
be
the
last
time
that
we
issue
the
smarter,
balanced
assessment.
The
reason
for
that
is,
there
is
a
request
for
proposal
that
was
put
out
by
the
to
ask
vendors
to
submit
proposals
on
a
new
state
assessment.
E
There
is
a
committee
that
will
be
reviewing
all
of
those
proposals,
and
that
will
happen
in
june.
I
happen
to
be
on
that
committee
as
well,
so
I've
had
the
opportunity
to
share
and
be
part
of
that
decision-making
process
on
what
would
be
that
right
assessment
for
us
in
fargo,
but
for
the
students
across
the
state.
E
We're
not
at
that
point
yet
because
any
assessment
that
we
give
as
part
of
the
state
assessment
system
will
need
to
have
any
modifications
built
into
it
for
students
who
happen
to
be
on
an
iep
or
our
el,
and
so
on,
so
that
flexibility
provision
is
built
into
the
plan.
It's
going
to
take
more
work
for
us
to
get
there,
though,
but
it's
part
of
that
plan.
E
So
then
we
move
from
assessment
and
standards
to
the
accountability
and
the
accountability.
Part
of
the
plan
really
takes
place
or
starts
july
1st
of
this
year,
and
we
now
have
this
new
accountability
system
and
to
me
probably
one
of
the
biggest
changes
is
in
the
past.
We
shared
the
adequate
yearly
progress
reports
both
at
the
building
level
and
at
the
district
level
with
everyone
in
our
community.
Those
are
no
longer
part
of
the
state,
accountability
system
or
plan.
E
There
were
no
more
will
be
ayp
reports,
it's
going
to
be
replaced
with
a
dashboard
that
will
share
information
about
our
school,
about
how
our
students
have
performed
and
other
pieces
of
information
that
the
community
might
want
to
know
about
our
system.
I
think
we
have
the
advantage
of.
We
already
have
a
dashboard
in
place
in
which
we
share
much
of
the
information
that
will
need
to
be
shared
down
the
road
as
we
look
at
essa
and
meeting
those
qualifications.
E
E
The
new
accountability
system
is
going
to
be
different
than
the
past,
where
in
the
past,
under
no
child
left
behind,
we
looked
at
how
students
performed
on
the
state
assessment
and
then
at
the
high
school
level,
graduation
rate
at
the
elementary
middle
school.
We
looked
at
how
students
performed
on
the
state
assessment
and
then
attendance
rate
and
you'll
notice
in
both
of
those
pies
that
are
up
there
elementary
middle
school
on
the
left
and
high
school
on
the
right.
E
There
are
many
other
factors
that
will
be
part
of
the
state
accountability
system
because,
as
we
had
conversations
as
a
committee
and
as
we
have
here
at
this
set
of
tables,
we
know
that
a
test
score
does
not
determine
the
true
value
or
quality
of
any
one
setting.
There
are
so
many
other
factors
that
make
up
a
quality
school.
E
So
as
we
look
at
the
left
hand
side
there,
the
new
statewide
system,
we'll
still
have
a
piece
of
how
our
students
performed
on
the
state
assessment.
That's
that
blue
piece
down
in
the
bottom
left,
but
then,
as
you
move
to
the
left
around
or
I'm
sorry
clockwise
around
that
pie
chart,
the
yellow
slice
looks
at
a
an
achievement,
growth
score.
So
many
of
the
things
that
many
educators
across
the
state
have
been
talking
about.
How
can
we
look
to
see
how
students
are
growing
from
one
year
to
the
next?
E
Are
they
making
that
adequate
yearly
progress,
not
in
the
old
sense,
but
where
they
were
at
to
where
they
should
have
been
in
one
year
of
school?
That'll
be
part
of
that
system,
as
we
continue
going
around
clockwise
there'll
be
a
section
as
we
talk
about
climate
and
engagement,
and
we
know
in
our
district.
We
talk
a
lot
about
climate
and
culture
and
the
huge
impact
that
has
on
a
school
and
as
a
district
that'll,
be
part
of
our
system
and
in
a
little
bit
I'll
share
with
you.
E
How
we're
going
to
gather
that
information,
but
then
also
student
engagement
are
students
truly
engaged
in
the
classroom?
Are
they
part
of
those
lessons?
Are
they
sharing
and
being
an
active
participant
in
their
own
education
and
then,
finally,
on
the
elementary
middle
school
piece,
a
provision
of
essa
talks
about
that?
We
must
look
at
how
our
students,
who
are
english
learners
and
their
proficiency
on
a
multitude
of
assessments,
and
if
you
slide
over
to
the
right
you'll
see
most
of
those
pieces
are
there.
E
But
there's
a
few
extra
and
those
two
extra
pieces
are
graduation
rate
because
under
essa
graduation
rate
still
needed
to
be
part
of
an
accountability
system.
But
if
you
go
clockwise
from
that
you'll
notice
in
that
purple,
it's
a
ged
completion,
and
that
is
something
that
was
not
part
of
no
child
left
behind
a
student
that
we
know
completed
their
ged.
We
will
now
look
and
track
that
data
as
well,
because
we
know
if
a
student
completes
that
program.
They
are
set
up
for
success
and
are
more
choice,
ready
down
the
road.
E
So
those
are
the
overview
of
what
the
accountability
system
will
look
at
to
quickly
talk
about
what
those
components
look
like.
First,
we
want
to
talk
about
what
remains
from
no
child
left
behind
to
essa.
We'll
still
need
accountability
indicators,
and
I
showed
you
that,
on
those
pie,
charts
we'll
still
talk
about.
We
want
at
least
95
percent
of
our
kids
participating
in
the
state
assessment
and
we'll
still
break
that
data
down
by
the
different
subgroups
that
are
there.
E
It
will
be
here's
a
multitude
of
data
that
our
community
can
look
at
to
to
help
them
determine
where
we're
at
as
a
system
that
dashboard
is
going
to
be
something
that
will
grow
over
time
and
some
of
the
things
that
are
on
this
screen
state
test
scores
that
growth
score
graduation
rate
and
so
on.
All
of
those
things
will
most
likely
be
part
of
that
dashboard
that
will
share
and
many
of
them
other
than
maybe
the
choice,
ready
component
and
the
growth
score
are
things
that
we
have
already
on
our
dashboard.
E
So
as
we
share
information
with
our
community,
we'll
probably
add
to
that
as
we
move
forward,
the
north
dakota
department
of
public
instruction,
there's
goal
is
to
make
the
dashboard
something
that
will
highlight
the
strengths
of
the
schools
across
the
state
of
north
dakota.
Make
it
really
easy
to
understand
by
those
who
look
at
it.
But
again.
The
point
I
want
to
maybe
stress-
maybe
too
much
is
there-
will
no
longer
be
that
single
summative
rating
about
a
school
or
a
district.
E
So
as
we
looked
as
a
as
a
team,
what
that
could
look
like?
I
did
share
ours,
but
then
we
also
looked
at,
for
example,
minnesota.
This
is
the
college
and
university
systems
dashboard.
This
happened
to
be
a
town
in
california
in
modesto,
just
different
ways
that
that
graphics
or
the
information
can
be
shared
with
our
community.
E
E
So
we'll
look
at
all
students
if
they
started
below
grade
level
at
grade
level
or
above
grade
level
and
ask
did
they
make
that
one
year
of
anticipated
growth
and
that
will
be
factored
into
the
plan
at
the
high
school
level?
It's
going
to
look
a
little
bit
different
going
back
to
that
vision
in
which
we
talked
about
being
choice,
ready
that
really
will
be
the
growth
plan
at
the
high
school
level
in
which
we
will
look
at
a
metric
or
a
way
of
calculating
if
students
are
ready
for
academics.
E
Basically,
are
they
ready
for
a
two-year
or
four-year
college
career?
Are
they
career
ready
that
they
have
the
skills
ready
to
go
out
and
and
accept
a
job
in
our
community
or
potentially?
Are
they
military
ready
to
take
that
next
step
that
will
be
using
this,
and
I
apologize
that
this
is
somewhat
small,
that
work
is
going
to
be
under
the
work
that
the
national
secondary
principals
association
has
really
looked
at,
which
was
called
redefining
ready.
How
do
we
ensure
that
students
who
leave
our
schools
are
ready
for
one
of
those
different
tracks?
E
So
you
can
see
college
career
and
military
and
the
idea
is.
We
will
begin
to
check
things
off
as
a
student
progresses
from
grade
nine
through
their
senior
year
and
a
student
would
be
considered
ready,
shown
growth
from
a
blank
piece
of
paper
to
enough
of
those
categories
marked
off
to
say
they
have
that
skill
set
that
they're
most
likely
to
be
ready
for
college
career
or
military.
E
So
what
they
would
do
is
in
that
first
blue
or
dark
purple
band.
We'll
look
at
some
of
those
test.
Scores
act,
sat
the
state
assessment.
Did
they
make
a
certain
score,
then
go
down
to
that
next,
blue
band
and
say
have
they
accumulated
at
least
two
of
these
areas?
They've
done
community
service,
they
have
a
great
good
attendance
rate,
they've
done,
co-curricular,
they've
done
extracurricular
and
so
on,
and
then
finally,
getting
down
to
the
more
the
specific
of
college-ready
track.
Have
they
taken
ap
courses?
E
Did
they
do
algebra
to
those
types
of
things
to
career
ready?
Have
they
worked
in
a
track
that
leads
them
to
a
higher
level
cte
class?
Have
they
taken
the
workkeys
assessment
or
military
ready?
Are
there
some
of
the
things
that
they
can
check
off
there
when
it
comes
to
physical
fitness
when
it
comes
to
other
citizenship
criteria
and
so
on?
E
So
in
the
background
there
is
a
system
going
to
be
designed
to
collect
this
information
so
that,
in
the
end
we
can
say
x
percent
of
our
kids
left
us
being
ready
when
they
leave
our
k-12
system,
so
that'll
be
the
growth
model
when
it
comes
to
high
school
age,
students
and
then.
Lastly,
the
piece
that
I
talked
about
earlier,
where
a
test
score
is
not
the
only
indication
of
a
quality
school.
We
know
there
are
other
indicators
and,
as
a
committee
we
centered
on
engagement
and
culture
and
climate
behind
the
scene.
E
So,
as
a
system
across
the
state,
we
will
first
implement
the
engagement
component
of
that
and
then
in
future
years
will
add
on
the
climate
component,
knowing
that
we
can't
do
it
all
right
away
so
beginning
in
the
17-18
school
year.
The
idea
is
that
all
north
dakota
public
schools
will
administer
a
student
engagement
survey
that
is
part
of
the
advanced
ed
platform,
things
that
we
already
do
as
part
of
our
continuous
improvement
process.
It's
part
of
the
suite
of
surveys
that
are
part
of
advance
ed.
E
We
will
just
use
that
data
to
dig
a
little
bit
deeper
to
see
if
our
students
are
indicating
that
they
are
just
disinter,
disinterested,
engaged
or
committed
to
what
they
are
doing
in
the
classroom
and
then,
as
we
progress
forward
through
the
next
few
years,
we
will
add
that
idea
of
a
survey
around
climate
and
culture
again
using
a
survey.
That's
part
of
the
advance,
ed
suite
of
tools
that
we
have
at
our
disposal
and
using
that
data
to
see
where
our
students
and
parents
indicate
that
they
are
at
when
it
comes
to
climate.
E
E
Again,
not
the
way
that
ayp
did
it
or
no
child
left
behind
it
in
which
there
were
sanctions
and
resources
were
taken
away.
This
will
be
more,
resources
will
be
given
to
those
schools,
and
support
will
be
given
to
them
to
help
them
make
a
difference
for
those
children
and
then,
lastly,
that
area
of
targeted
support
where
the
lowest
performing
schools
that
when
we
look
at
those
subgroups
of
the
different
demographic
factors,
they
too
will
be
given
support
and
dollars
to
make
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
the
children
they
serve.
E
So
that's
how
we
are
looking
at
this
from
the
state
level.
Looking
at
those
four
key
factors
of
standards,
assessment,
accountability
and
school
improvement,
and
now
we
have
submitted
our
plan,
we
wait
to
hear
the
feedback
from
the
us
department
of
education
and
then
we
will
move
forward
with
the
our
plan
of
around
essa.
That,
I
think,
will
make
a
difference
in
the
lives
of
the
students
that
we
have
to
serve
here
in
fargo
and
certainly
help
us
get
closer
to
our
our
vision
and
our
mission
of
educating
and
empowering
all
students
to
succeed.
F
No
questions
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
very
much
this
you
know
trying
to
read
that
regulation
and
law
is
overwhelming,
and
I
took
my
shot
at
reading
the
plan,
the
north
dakota
plan
and
again
it's
several
hundred
pages
of
oh,
my
goodness.
I
am
not
the
expert
here.
So
thank
you
very
much.
This
is
very
helpful.
G
Okay-
madam
president,
members
of
the
board
as
we're
getting
set
up
here,
what
I
will
do
is
give
you
a
brief
summary
of
those
bills
that
I
believe
we
followed
more
closely
than
others.
You
may
be
aware
that
when
we
started
the
process,
when
the
session
started,
we
had
106
bills
in
our
tracking
list
for
fargo
public
schools
and
when
the
process
completed,
we
had
significantly
fewer
and
and
some
which
we
took
a
position
on
and
some
which
we
just
simply
monitored.
G
What
you
have
at
your
tables
is
a
multi-page
handout,
called
65th
legislative
assembly
impact
to
k-12
education,
put
together
by
dr
amy
kopis
from
ndcel.
That
will
give
you
every
bill
that
ndcel
tracked
and
what
happened
with
it.
What
I'm
going
to
do
today
is
really
focus
on
a
handful
of
those
that
we
really
worked
hard
with
the
legislature
and
other
leadership
to
really
go
through
and
then
you'll
have
that
piece.
G
So
with
that
I'll
try
to
walk
you
through,
you
can
either
follow
on
the
screen
or
or
in
your
handout.
First,
one
we're
going
to
talk
about
is
on
pages
4
and
5
on
your
handout.
It's
really
house
bill
1098
about
teacher
licensure,
and
this
is
really
an
effort
by
the
legislature
to
address
some
of
the
concerns
statewide
about
teacher
shortages
and
and
what
espb
considers
as
far
as
qualified
teachers
etc.
G
This
is
to
to
really,
I
think,
give
more
opportunities
to
school
districts
to
to
find
the
best
teachers
for
the
classroom
and
and
what
licensure,
what
things
are
covered.
One
of
the
significant
changes
in
that
is
that
teachers
are
now
able
to
under
this
law,
teach
in
their
minor
area,
and
so
that's
pretty
important,
as
you
think
about
hiring
teachers
again.
That
may
be
an
impact
here,
but
you've
heard
dr
schatz
say
in
the
past
that
the
teacher
shortage
hasn't
been
as
impactful
in
fargo,
but
certainly
statewide.
G
It
has
been
an
issue,
and-
and
this
is,
I
think,
effort
to
to
address
that
by
the
legislature-
the
next
one's
on
page,
seven
in
your
handout
senate
bill
2038.
This
is
about
behavioral
health
training,
and
this
is
a
piece
of
legislation
that
really
talked
about
allowing
school
districts
to
determine
what
areas
they
will
be
doing:
training
in
for
behavioral
health
needs.
G
It
requires
a
minimum
of
eight
hours
of
professional
development
every
two
years,
though
that
has
to
be
recorded
and
sent
in
to
dpi
by
the
district
and
really
gives
some
areas
to
focus
on
as
far
as
behavioral
health
and-
and
we
certainly
know
that
that
is
something
that
is
a
challenge
in
facing
k-12
education
and
and
this
law
really
puts
some
parameters
in
place,
requiring
some
training
senate
bill.
2324
is
on
page
9
of
your
handout.
This
changes
the
evaluation,
dates
in
statute
for
teachers
and
principals.
G
Previously,
the
evaluation
timeline
was
to
be
done
by
march
15th
and
that
changes
that
to
april
15th
of
note
there,
this
does
not
change
the
timetables
for
non-non-renewal
deadlines.
It
simply
changes
the
evaluation
date
requirement
within
statute.
G
2250
is
on
page
10,
and
that
is
early
childhood
distribution
grants.
We
discussed
this
at
gac.
Really,
you
recall
in
the
prior
session,
not
just
this
past
one,
but
the
year
prior
fargo
public
schools
really
had
one
of
their
priorities
to
be
early
childhood
and
pre-k
development,
and
there
was
a
process
put
into
place
in
law
in
the
2015
session
to
address
this
and
make
some
dollars
available.
G
The
allocation
is
made
to
dpi
for
the
funding,
and
you
will
see
that
some
of
the
things
that
happened
in
this
bill
and
what
is
covered
here
are
things
they
did
with
power
school
governor
school
transportation
grants.
There
was
some
dollars
put
back
in
the
session
started.
They
were
looking
at
a
20
cut
in
transportation
that
came
down
to
about
a
two
and
a
half
percent
cut.
So
I
think
that's
good
statewide
teacher
mentoring
program.
G
We
talked
about
pass-through
grants
and,
and
things
of
that
nature
and
the
teacher
mentoring
program
has
been
very
successful
and
a
good
tool
for
us
here
in
fargo
and
likely
statewide.
It
was
reduced,
but
certainly
it
was
still
funded,
and
so
that
was
important.
So
you
just
see
the
items
there
that
some
of
the
items
that
are
covered
in
the
funding
bill
on
the
next
page
is
1324,
which
is
the
per-pupil
funding
formula.
So
this
really
talks
about
what
this
is
kind
of
the
math
behind
distributing
the
dollars
in
the
funding
bill.
G
So
this
talks
about
how
the
baseline
stayed
the
same
at
the
9646,
where
we
talk
about
the
k-12
education
being
flat
and
what
they
mean
by
that
is.
The
funding
is
flat
based
on
the
per-pupil
payment
that
doesn't
mean
that
k-12
was
held
harmless.
Certainly,
we
appreciate
the
work
the
legislature
did
and
feel
that
they
did
great
work
for
k-12
in
this
session,
which
was
challenging
with
state
dollars.
But
flat
funding
and
being
held.
Harmless
are
two
different
things.
I
think,
as
we
go
through
our
budget
process,
you'll
see
the
impact
of
that.
G
There
is
some
some
studies
that
have
gone
forward
through
these
bills
and
and
some
incentives
that
will
be
put
into
place
for
some
consolidations
things
with
the
reas
how
the
reas
are
going
to
report
things
of
that
nature.
G
So
again,
1324
is
the
factoring
criteria
in
the
funding
formula
and
1310
is
where
the
dollars
sit
to
to
fund
the
work
in
this
bill.
G
The
next
one
is
22.72
is
the
last
of
the
funding
bills
really
through
the
state,
and
this
is
speaks
specifically
to
the
foundation
aid
stabilization
fund.
This
talk
this
gave
some
parameters.
One
piece
of
the
bill
gave
some
definition
and
parameters
to
the
measure
2
that
was
talked
about
in
the
in
the
last
election,
but
then
this
one
also
put
back
in
some
dollars
for
the
state
loan
construction
revolving
fund,
which
has
been
a
valuable
tool
throughout
the
state.
G
It
did
sustain
a
few
dollars
for
the
el
grants
in
the
last
session.
That
was
two
and
a
half
million
it's
now
down
to
five
hundred
thousand.
The
offset
to
that
is.
There
were
some
increases
in
the
in
the
funding
formula,
but
those
increases
were
minor
but
tried
to
really
maintain
that
2.5
million
in
two
different
pockets,
rather
than
just
in
the
grant
pocket
here,
then
this
also
did
reinstitute
a
portion
of
the
rapid
enrollment
grants
in
fargo.
We
have
not
qualified
for
that.
G
Typically,
because
of
our
growth,
but
certainly
for
those
districts
who
are
growing
at
a
rate
faster
than
they
can
keep
up
with
this,
put
some
of
those
dollars
back
in,
and
this
really
speaks
about
the
fact
that
if
we're
not
going
to
do
real-time
funding,
you
have
to
do
something
to
address
those
districts
that
grow
at
a
high
rate,
but
don't
see
any
of
those
dollars
till
the
next
year.
So
when
you're
a
year
behind.
G
2019
is
on
page
14.
This
is
the
cte
budget
and,
and
certainly
we've
had
some
demonstrations
presentations
here
about
cte
and
really
the
fine
work
that
those
programs
are
doing.
G
This
was
held
even
from
the
last
session,
but
most
of
that
money
came
from
the
foundation
aid
stabilization
fund
rather
than
through
new
or
existing
appropriations,
and
so
this
is
a
place
where
they
tried
to
take
dollars
from
the
fund
to
help
maintain
what
they're
committing
to
in
the
k-12
area
house
bill
1318,
which
is
on
page
15,
is
this
is
a
study
bill
that
we'll
see
where
the
interim
committee
takes
this?
But
this
really
is
about
a
lot
of
studying
the
overall
formula.
G
In
a
nutshell,
this
is
a
lot
of
feedback
that
came
from
the
from
the
property
tax
cap
bill
from
the
from
the
1324,
which
was
the
factoring
bill.
G
Next,
one
we'll
talk
about
is
2249.
Some
of
these
most
of
these
we've
talked
about
throughout
the
year.
2249
is
the
one
that
puts
some
parameters
in
place,
allowing
prohibiting
participation
in
extracurricular
activities
if
students
have
been
convicted
or
pled
guilty
of
certain
crimes
or
have
a
court-ordered
restraining
order
against
them.
So
this
came
about
through
the
session
and
and
was
supported
and
passed
out.
2288
is
on
page
20..
This
is
the
consolidated
taxpayer
notice
and
in
fargo
we
really
ran
a
pilot
this
year.
Really
cass
county
ran
a
pilot
this
year.
G
Where
we,
you
know,
we
have
the
zero
mill
levy,
increase
notices.
We
have
to
send
out
and
the
hearing
that
we
have
to
do
and
what
happens
is
you
taxpayers
typically
get
a
notice
from
every
entity
in
town
that
has
taxing
authority
so
mike
mom
pleasure
myself,
markle
mayor
the
park
districts
in
the
county
we
talked
about.
Can
we
do
one
notice
and
if
we
do
one
notice,
how
does
that
look
and
does
it
work
and
does
it?
Is
it
less
confusing
to
the
taxpayer?
G
G
It's
a
lot
of
work
for
the
county
to
get
it
ready
on
the
front
end,
but
as
we
went
out
and
talked
statewide
at
the
legislature,
there
was
real
support,
for
it
seemed
like
it
worked
and
and
any
bugs
that
needed
to
be
worked
out.
I
think
there's
a
way
to
get
through
those,
but
I
think
that
was
appreciative
by
the
taxpayer
and
certainly
from
our
entities
as
well
as
it
was
as
well.
G
I
think,
most
importantly,
is
the
property
tax
cap
bill
is
very
important,
tried
to
freeze
property
tax
at
three
percent,
regardless
of
what
the
growth
has
been
and
that
did
not
pass
out.
There
was
also
a
bill
that
got
defeated.
That
would
have
put
a
hundred
percent
of
k-12
funding
to
the
state
of
north
dakota
that
got
defeated.
Eliminating
reas
got
defeated
this
year.
G
So,
in
a
nutshell,
I
think
the
things
that
we
worked
hard
on
to
defeat
were
important,
and
I
think,
generally
speaking,
some
words
of
wisdom
that
we're
getting
as
we
head
into
the
off
legislative
season
and
what
the
future
will
hold
is
the
challenges
that
face
the
state
of
north
dakota
and
this
session
will
very
likely
face
the
state
of
north
dakota
in
the
next
session,
and
I
think
k-12
education
was
fortunate
to
come
out
of
this
session.
G
The
way
we
did,
but
if
the
state
of
the
finances
in
in
north
dakota
don't
turn
around,
our
ability
to
continue
to
come
out
in
that
regard
will
be
a
bigger
challenge
in
the
future.
So
with
that,
I
would
answer
any
questions
on
what
we
covered,
or
certainly
in
your
handout,
but,
as
I
said
before,
we're
going
to
have
a
a
broader
statutory
change
conversation
at
the
retreat,
which
we'll
really
talk
about
some
of
the
things
that
the
doctors
worked
on
on
the
academic
side.
G
D
Great
thank
you
brock
appreciate
that
anybody
have
any
questions
or
comments
thanks
for
walking
us
through
that
and
for
passing
that,
along
from
the
superintendent's
ndcel,
with
that,
let's
just
keep
going
I'd,
entertain
a
motion
to
approve
the
items
on
the
consent
agenda.
D
I
K
M
I
I
I
I
L
I
I
I
L
L
I
L
I
K
L
L
D
L
O
I
I
I
I
D
D
D
We
are
back
in
session
following
our
executive
session,
so
we're
moving
on
to
the
business
portion
of
our
meeting
so
under
8
a
this
is
just
to
formally
recognize
that
on
wednesday
the
fea
presented
a
letter
stating
a
declaration
declaration
of
impasse,
and
so
we
are
at
impasse
and
that
clock
has
started.
So
that
brings
us
to
8b,
which
is
selection
of
a
mediator
which
each
party
will
do,
and
so
that
discussion
was
held
in
executive
session
and
we
will
take
action
in
our
board
meeting
for
that
purpose.
I
would
entertain
a
motion.
D
I
H
D
J
I
I
F
D
P
P
As
you
know,
on
top
of
that
was
in
the
most
probably
impactful
as
far
as
time,
and
just
getting
things
to
happen
was
the
mill
levy
vote
up
through
march
was
very
busy,
and
so
I
put
that
down
as
a
highlight
the
continued
implementation
of
the
district
strategic
plan.
We
continue
to
follow
that
and
use
that
as
our
guide,
I
think
you'll
see
that
every
year
I
think
the
enhanced
student
wellness
facilitator,
dropout
prevention,
facilitator,
youth
risk,
behavior,
interventionist
programs
and
reorganizing.
Some
of
those
things
was
another
big
initiative
for
us.
P
This
year
we
completed
the
new
operations
center
and
basically
be
moving
in
final
move
in
here
in
june,
and
so
that's
been
a
ongoing
process
that
now
comes
to
an
end
and
then
having
dr
gross
out
in
bismarck
spending
all
those
hours,
along
with
other
teachers
that
have
been
out
there
working
with
the
essa.
I
asked
bob
today
if
there's
going
to
be
an
app
like
alexa
and
we
can
say,
essa
tell
us
what
this
means
so
we'll
see
if
they
come
up
with
that.
P
As
you
saw
earlier
tonight,
and
then
there
was
just
a
lot
of
other
things
that
have
gone
on
and
then
most
recently
the
student
behavior
issue
has
become
something
that
has
been
consuming
some
time
and
we
have
already
begun
working
on
what
some
solutions
may
be
for
that,
and
I
think
you
will
see
that
it
will
be
one
of
the
major
highlights
of
our
operational
plan
moving
into
2017-18.
P
I
sat
down
today
with
stephen
dero
and
I
looked
at
the
dashboard
and
all
the
different
types
of
systems
that
we've
put
in
place
through
the
strategic
plan,
the
dashboard
and
some
of
the
other
working
dashboards.
That
teachers
and
administrators
have-
and
you
see
that
noted
throughout
the
operational
plan-
and
it's
pretty
impressive,
with
the
things
that
stephen
has
been
able
to
develop
with
the
teaching
learning
department,
with
principals
teachers
to
have
data
and
other
things
accessible
to
be
able
to
make
decisions.
P
M
H
D
There's
a
motion
a
second
to
approve
the
final
operational
plan
report
for
2016-17
and
thanks
to
everyone
who
worked
so
hard
this
year
and
accomplished
so
much
emery.
If
you
would
call
the
rule,
please.
F
J
D
I
First,
off
planning
is
going
to
meet
on
june,
2nd
at
7
30
right
in
this
very
room,
so
you're
all
welcome
to
join
us.
Nsba
had
two
days
worth
of
board
meetings.
Last
week
as
we
began
the
process
of
interviewing
potential
candidates
for
the
state
director,
we
will
have
another
meeting
on
tuesday
may
30th
in
bismarck
and
hopefully
following
the
conclusion
of
that
meeting.
I
N
Last
week
I
attended
the
academic
senior
scholarship
breakfast
at
north
high.
That's
my
liaison
high
school,
so
happy
to
be
there.
I
know
we
had
a
couple
of
other
board
members
there
as
well,
and
the
native
american
commission
just
reminding
the
community
and
board
members
that
the
second
annual
fm
crossroads
international
powwow
is
going
to
be
held
at
the
shields
arena
june,
2nd
through
the
4th.
So
if
you
have
the
opportunity
to
check
that
out,
I
encourage
you
to
do
so,
and
gak
is
on
hiatus,
I
believe
until
after
we
reorganize
in
july.
O
Yes,
thank
you
for
sharing
out
communications
report
and
the
communications
committee
won't
be
meeting
again
until
we
and
health
insurance
committee
met
today.
However,
I
was
unable
to
attend
that
meeting,
so
I
don't
have
a
report
for
you
on
that
either.
Perhaps
someone
else
might
have
a
few
words
to
say
about
it,
but
that's
it.
D
F
I
attended
the
academic
awards
at
south
and
north
last
week
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
attending
davies
tomorrow
morning
and
really
impressive,
really
proud
of
those
kids
and
their
hard
work
and
the
recognition
of
that
and
I
attended
a
you're
hired
event
at
carl
ben
last
wednesday.
All
was
fun
with
those
sixth
graders,
seeing
them
working
together
and
figuring
how
to
work
as
a
group
and
solve
problems,
and
that's
it
for
now.
Thank
you.
Q
I
also
attended
the
south
high
academic
awards
and
yes,
there's
some
amazing
kids.
We
have,
I
didn't,
get
a
chance
to
attend
north
or
davies,
but
and
then
just
our
government
affairs.
That's
all.
I
have.
M
Great
thank
you
christy.
I
attended
government
affairs
last
night.
Bennett
had
their
first
annual
family
color
run,
which
was
really
fun
to
see
all
the
families
and
little
tiny,
kids
and
strollers
running
and
getting
coated
with
color,
and
then
I
will
be
going
to
davey's
academic
breakfast
tomorrow
morning.
D
H
H
I
was
at
the
chamber
choice
awards
on
friday
and
also
on
friday.
I
was
part
of
the
msum
leadership
institute
for
young
women
who
encouraging
them
to
take
leadership
and
elected
official
roles,
so
that
was
a
lot
of
fun
breakfast
and
I
also
attended
the
community
listening
session,
sponsored
by
christie's
organization
on
drug
addiction,
and
I
think
you
know
with
everything
going
on
in
the
schools.
All
these
things
are
important
for
us
to
have
understanding
of
what
other
organizations
are
doing,
and
this
was
mostly
just
to
get
feedback
from
the
people
who
were
there.
D
Great
thank
you.
Last
week
I
attended
the
fargo
community
development
committee
meeting
and
we
approved
some
storefront
projects,
but
most
of
the
time
was
taken
up
by
a
presenter
showing
us
progress
on
the
city
of
fargo
they're,
developing
their
own
data
dashboard
for
the
community
to
be
able
to
see
all
sorts
of
things.
So
you
know
when
we
lead
the
way
others
eventually
get
there.
D
The
only
thing
I
would
like
to
call
your
attention
to
on
my
report.
First
of
all,
this
is
my
favorite
time
of
the
year,
so
have
fun
handing
out
diplomas
at
the
graduations.
That's
going
to
be
wonderful
and
gak
met
this
morning
and
our
governance.
Excuse
me
one
of
those
g
committees
and
planned
the
agendas
for
june
and
july
and
the
retreat.
D
So
governance
won't
be
meeting
again
till
the
end
of
july,
but
to
note
that
during
the
month
of
july
the
whole
front
is
going
to
be
torn
up,
so
we
will
be
moving
our
board
meeting
to
city
hall
on
july
11th.
So
just
note
that
and
that'll
affect
any
committee
meetings
that
might
still
be
here
as
well.
So
just
be
aware
of
that
and
you
you
were
kind
of
subdued
tonight,
so
I'm
gonna
just
give
a
reminder
to,
and
I
I'm
I
haven't
even
brought
in
gift
one
yet
so
I'm
I'm!
D
P
Those
that
are
going
to
the
davies
event
tomorrow,
usually
we
try
to
get
together
up
front
a
table
or
something
like
that.
I
know
we
didn't
touch
base
at
north
and
we
kind
of
missed
you
and
dinah
and
I
were
up
front,
and
so,
if
you
want
to
do
that,
just
first
one
there
grab
spots
and
we'll
try
to
do
that.
If
you
want
okay,
I
just
wanted
to
do
that.
Just
so,
you
know
that's
what
we
try
to
do.