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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - June 27, 2017
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - June 27, 2017
A
C
A
D
Great
thank
you
today,
we're
just
going
to
share
a
little
bit
about
some
current
Student
Assessment
data
and
also
give
you
a
quick
reminder:
walkthrough
about
the
strategic
plan
dashboard
and
how
you
can
access
that
as
either
employees
or
as
members
of
the
public.
So
tonight
we'll
start
looking
at
what
this
looks
like
from
the
public
side.
And
so,
if
you
go
to
our
main
page
and
you
click
on
the
about
Us
tab
and
on
the
far
left
side,
you
can
go
down
and
view
information
about
our
strategic
plan.
D
This
gives
an
overview
of
the
history
of
when
we
created
our
new
one.
I
love
the
results,
our
mission,
our
vision
and
you
can
scroll
all
the
way
down
to
the
bottom.
There
is
a
link
to
our
dashboard,
which
is
continuously
updated
and
dynamic,
stay
click
just
on
the
far
right
side.
This
should
look
familiar
and
we
have
a
lot
of
achievement.
D
Data
on
our
students,
but
for
tonight's
purposes,
we're
gonna,
look
at
elementary
benchmark
reading
assessment
data,
so
I'm
going
to
scroll
down
and
click
there
in
just
an
overview
of
some
of
you
may
know
this
because
you
have
students
in
the
district
or
we've
talked
a
little
bit
about
this
before
our
benchmark.
Reading
assessments
are
given
K
through
5
they're,
given
twice
a
year
in
the
fall
and
in
the
spring
kindergarten
kiddos
don't
take
them.
That
would
be
kind
of
a
complicated
thing
in
August
and
in
September,
but
they
take
it
in
the
spring.
D
It's
a
one-on-one
assessment
given
by
the
classroom
teacher
and
it
serves
many
purposes.
It
gives
teachers
the
opportunity
to
observe
reading
habits
of
kiddos
book
handling
skills,
reading
left
to
right,
fluency,
comprehend
comprehension.
It's
a
very
comprehensive
assessment.
It
takes
time,
and
so
we've
done
a
lot
of
professional
development
with
teachers,
not
only
on
how
to
give
the
assessment,
but
also
how
to
manage
the
other
22
to
25
kiddos,
while
you're
having
that
one-on-one
time.
D
So
this
is
information
is
just
for
our
public
as
well
of
why
we
use
that
the
end
result
is:
it
gives
teachers
an
independent
reading
level,
so
they
can
help
kids
pick
out
books
at
the
library
or
they're
browsing
boxes
in
books.
They
can
be
comfortable
reading,
like
you,
would
take
to
bed
at
night
and
read
for
enjoyment
and
then
an
instructional
level
we're
at
the
guided
reading
table
they're,
instructing
kids
helping
them
grow
in
their
reading
abilities.
So
this
assessment
gives
them
both
and
also
on
this
site.
D
D
So
it's
a
good
balance
of
fiction
and
nonfiction
and
in
the
nonfiction
there's
also
a
writing
component,
and
what
would
they
really
look
for
in
this
assessment
is
to
go
through
and
do
what
they
call
a
running
or
a
reading
record
and
they
look
for
errors
with
students
and
if
the
student,
we
all
make
errors
when
we
read,
we
make
errors
when
we
talk,
but
they
look
for
self
corrections.
So
it
is
a
student
realized.
What
I
said
didn't
make
sense,
or
sometimes
it's
a
word.
D
That's
not
what
was
there
in
print,
but
it
did
make
sense.
So
then
we
looked
for
what
teachers
called
a
cueing
system,
that's
MSV,
meaning
structure
and
visual,
and
that's
really
a
very
diagnostic
way
for
teachers.
You
can
see
that,
on
the
far
right
hand,
column
that
they're
marking
that
and
what's
nice
about
that,
is
you
not
only
know
where
the
child
is
reading?
You
also
know
where
they're
making
their
errors.
D
So
if
it's
something
that's
meaning
they're,
not
making
sense
they're
just
reading
as
fast
as
they
can,
but
they're,
not
comprehending
it
to
say,
does
that
make
sense
to
myself.
So
that's
just
some
coding
teachers
do
when
they
do
this
assessment
and
then
they're
also
looking
for
that
accuracy
rate
fluency
score
and
the
fluency
isn't
just
reading
fast.
It's
reading
for
comprehension,
pausing
where
it
makes
sense
and
substitutions
that
make
sense
to
them.
So
that's
what
the
teachers
do
when
they
actually
are
giving
the
assessment
now.
D
Well,
if
they're
making
growth,
that's
really
something
to
celebrate.
So
if
you
just
hover
over,
these
you'll
see
the
percentage
of
kids,
but
it
also
tells
you
how
many
kids
participated
in
that
assessment.
So
in
this
case
in
2012.
Eighty
two
point:
four
percent
made
one
year's
growth
out
of
three
thousand
five
hundred
and
eight
kiddos
and
the
trendline
is
going
up.
D
You
can
click
through
here
and
say
you
know
out
of
the
all
of
them,
how
many
females?
How
did
they
compare?
You
can
look
at
our
limited
English
Proficient,
our
IEP
s
or
not
IEP
s,
and
you
can
turn
off
the
all
and
do
some
comparisons.
So
it's
really
a
great
piece
of
data
that
Stephen
Drew
has
helped
to
build
and
then,
on
the
right
hand,
side.
D
This
is
the
pure
proficiency,
so
a
number
of
kiddos
that
met
proficiency
for
their
grade
level
and
how
we
determine
that
with
this
assessment
is
something
that's
very
nice
and
we
rely
heavily
upon
Heineman
who
produces
this
sorry.
I
went
to
the
red
one,
we've
also
utilized
this
chart,
it's
color
coded
and
you
can
see
with
the
key
at
each
grade
level.
D
There
are
four
different
windows:
we
assess
fall
and
spring
as
I
said,
but
you
can
also
look
as
a
continuum
and
teachers
are
constantly
evaluating
kids
and
trying
to
see
where
they
are
in
relation
to
the
continuum.
Winter
is
optional,
so
you'll
see
there
is
some
winter
data,
but
that's
teacher
by
teacher
or
school
by
school.
The
green
is
exceeding
expectations.
Blue
is
meeting
expectations
which
is
proficient,
and
these
are
level
of
texts
that
are
unique
to
fountas
and
pinnell.
D
But
again,
if
you
have
an
elementary
student,
you
probably
hear
these
terms
of
the
reading
at
a
level
d,
and
we
really
want
them
to
be
at
an
H,
for
instance,
and
then
we
have
the
the
grey
and
the
orange
are
kids
who
are
reading
below
grade
level
and
what
we've
really
tried
to
do
again
in
that
growth
mindset
is
to
set
years
of
growth
for
those
kiddos.
So
even
if
you're
reading
below
grade
level,
we
still
have
a
goal
to
get
you
at
grade
level.
So
we
utilize
that
chart.
D
D
D
So
if
you
look
at
our
aimsweb
data,
you'll
see
this
big
dip,
I
think
in
2014
and
because
in
2012
10
through
12,
we
were
using
national
alarms
and
then
in
2012
we
did
our
own
norming
sample
and
our
cut
scores
rose
because
our
kids
do
better
regionally,
not
just
in
Fargo
public
schools.
So
we
did
a
regional
norm
and
then
came
back
up.
So
our
kids
met
the
challenge,
so
that
would
be
available.
But
because
our
cut
scores
for
the
most
part
are
regionally
normed,
it's
probably
not
as
valid,
but
yes,
fountas
and
pinnell.
D
C
F
I,
just
there's
one
feature
here:
I
want
you
to
show
them
to
learn
more,
just
click
on
learn
more
once
because,
and
so
the
way
Steven
set
this
up
with
all
these
different
assessments
is
that
if
you
want
to
learn
more
about
it
because
a
lot
of
people
that
pick
it
up
may
not
know
what
are
you
talking
about?
They
can
get
that
and
they
can
actually
go
to
the
website.
So
you'll
see
that
with
all
these
different
things,
so
it's
very
transparent
with
regard
to.
G
G
A
F
So,
what's
the
difference
you
used
to
get
academic
reports
that
were
static?
Here's
a
chart
showed
you
the
year,
that's
it
now
you
can
go
in
and
you
can
actually
desegregate
it.
It's
live,
it's
it's!
It's
dynamic,
it's
constantly
changing,
and
so
that's
the
difference
behind
between
you.
Having
Bob
or
Rachel
come
and
give
a
report
hand
you
some
paper
or
do
this
and
then
you
all
have
access
so
does
the
public.
So
it's
pretty
cool
yeah.
D
I'll
just
add
one
more
note
from
Stephen,
just
in
case
you're
exploring
tonight,
because
we
piqued
your
interest,
you'll
notice
that
NBS
a
for
this
springer
not
up
yet
and
we
received
preliminary
and
then
we're
told
that
they
were
missing
data
and
it
wasn't
correct
from
the
DPI.
So
that's
not
on
our
site
yet
and
graduation
rates.
They
had
a
retirement
at
the
Department
of
Public
Instruction,
and
that's
just
one
of
the
things
that
this
Greg
Gallagher
had
worked
with
an
outside
consultant
to
do
and
it
fell
through
the
cracks.
D
D
All
right,
Brittany
and
I
are
tag
teaming
this
one
I
work
really
closely
with
Human
Resources
in
working
with
our
principals
and
our
teachers
on
the
professional
development
side
and
really
looking
at
what
instructional
quality
looks
like,
and
she
really
works
in
the
human
resource
side
of
tracking
that
and
retaining
our
staff.
So
just
to
start
us
off.
Why
we're
reporting
to
you?
This
is
an
ell
staff
evaluation.
So
it's
something
that's
required
within
our
results
to
be
sharing
with
you.
It's
also
built
into
our
strategic
plan.
D
There's
been
a
change
this
year
and
how
this
is
reported
out-
and
it's
been
a
really
good
change
to
a
quality
education
program
has
more
prongs
than
just
student
achievement,
really
talking
about
effective
practices,
that
teachers
can
implode
in
a
classroom
with
teachers
and
what's
been
great
about
the
leverage
that
they've
given
States
from
the
national
level.
Is
that
they've?
Given
us
a
lot
of
leverage
and
I?
D
Think
that
North
Dakota's
make
some
great
decisions
so,
within
the
national
level,
essa
talks
about
identifying
ineffective
teachers,
which
is
a
very
negative
thought
pattern
and
the
state
of
North
Dakota
has
really
talked
about.
How
do
we
identify
ineffective
teaching
practices
and
by
identifying
those
teaching
practices,
turn
around
and
teach
and
correct
them
to
be
effective?
D
So
they've
both
of
these
came
from
the
Department
of
Public
Education
talking
about
what
is
the
definition
of
an
excellent
teacher,
and
how
do
we
Turman
effectiveness
of
a
teacher
through
those
practices
and,
as
you
would
likely
remember,
we
are
on
year
three
of
the
Marzano
model.
We
didn't
know
essa
was
coming
out,
but
it's
been
a
great
alignment
and
those
practices
are
in
Marzano
and
it's
been
great
professional
development
to
help
teachers
identify
when
they're
using
them
and
when
they
should
be
using
them.
D
So
it's
really
went
hand
in
hand
with
our
work,
something
that
we've
really
talked
about,
and
this
also
aligns
with
essa
is
that
one
of
the
things
that
we
do
in
education
is
we
really
confuse
people
with
our
language
and
we're
not
clear
on
what
quality
instruction
looks
like
and
Marzano
tool
really
gives
us
that
language
and
we
focus
on
that
vocabulary
with
our
staff,
and
so
why
is
that
important?
So
if
you
think
about
you,
know
it's
summertime
and
we
should
all
be
on
vacation
and
you
think
about
my
vacation
was
awesome.
D
At
the
beach
we're
gonna
cruise,
where
are
you
everybody
thinks
differently?
So
it's
the
importance
of
common
language.
Awesome
means
what
in
Fargo
public
schools
and
just
like,
with
every
other
initiative
that
we're
working
on
we're
really
trying
to
align
those
arrows
in
common
language
is
a
huge
part
of
that
and
I
think
s
is
really
strengthening
the
things
that
we
have
going
on.
I'm
excited
for
four
years
from
now
we
have
our
next
advanced
ed
visit,
because
I
think
that's
something
we
celebrate.
H
Alright
and
just
as
a
reminder,
I
think
you've
seen
this
before,
but
just
so
everybody
is
aware.
This
is
the
scale
that
we
use
so
when
our
administrators
directors
are
doing
their
observations,
they
go
into
a
classroom
or
they
go
in
to
do
an
observation.
They're
looking
at
specific
elements
and
we'll
touch
on
those.
H
But
what
they're
looking
at
in
terms
of
a
scale
is
the
scale
that
you
see
in
front
of
you
so
they're
using
that
scale
that
goes
from
a
innovating
all
the
way
down
to
a
beginning
level,
and
then
there's
also
the
not
using
level.
So
that
would
be
a
situation
where
a
strategy
was
called
for,
but
was
not
being
used
at
all,
but
should
have
been
used
and
our
goal
for
our
staff
is
to
really
being
at
that
be
at
that
applying
level.
So
that
is
our
end
goal.
H
H
So
as
we
move
forward
and
as
Rachel
mentioned,
she
talked
about
having
to
do
some
reporting,
as
it
relates
to
those
s
or
requirements,
and
it
was
kind
of
a
scary
thing
when
we
looked
at
it,
we
didn't
want
to
have
to
you
look
at
teachers
that
are
ineffective
and
we
were
really
concerned
about.
Oh,
we
don't
want
to
report
out
specific
names
or
whose
ineffective
it
just
has
such
a
negative
connotation
to
it.
H
So
when
we're
reporting
those
out
instead
of
assigning
a
name,
we
just
took
those
scores
for
each
element
and
broke
those
into
the
categories
that
you
see
there.
So
when
you
take
a
look,
you
can
see
that
85%
of
our
staff
in
the
classroom
we're
at
the
applying
or
innovating
level
in
all
of
the
elements
that
were
being
rated
and
only
1%
we're
at
the
beginning
or
not
using
level
and
the
elements
that
were
being
scored.
H
This
is
just
a
general
diagram
of
the
classroom,
teacher
evaluation
tool
that
Marzano
uses,
so
it
breaks
it
up
into
four
domains
and
so
the
first
domain,
the
classroom,
strategies
and
behaviors
has
really
been
where
we've
been
focused
for
the
last
two
years
and
will
continue
to
focus
as
we
move
into
year.
Three
domain
two
and
three
will
be
working
on
in
future
years
and
then
domain.
H
Four
is
an
area
that
we're
gonna
be
exploring
as
we
move
forward
into
next
year,
and
so
this
is
the
learning
map
that
we
would
use
for
a
classroom
teacher.
So
when
we
started
the
process
in
school
year,
2015-16
all
of
our
levels,
so
elementary
middle
and
high
school
levels
we're
using
a
domain
one
DQ's,
five,
six,
seven
and
eight,
which
we're
really
looking
at
the
appropriate
classroom,
strategies
and
behaviors
to
be
effective.
H
As
we
moved
into
year,
two,
which
was
this
year,
our
elementary
and
middle
school
levels
at
a
DQ
two
in
the
elements
that
they
were
observing
and
ranking,
and
then
our
elementary
level
also
added
DQ
three.
So
they
added
that
additional
area
that
they
were
ranking
and
then
our
high
school
did
add
the
entirety
of
DQ.
Excuse
me
domain
one,
so
they
were
able
to
rank
and
score
in
all
forty-one
elements
this
year,
as
we
move
into
the
next
school
year.
H
So
as
we
move
forward
into
1718,
all
levels
will
be
looking
at
DQ's
2
through
9,
so
everybody
will
be
adding
9
and
then
we'll
also
be
adding
domain
4,
which
is
really
our
collegiality
and
professionalism
area.
And
this
is
so
important
to
us
when
we
look
at
the
things
that
kind
of
tend
to
rise
to
the
top
in
supporting
and
promoting
a
positive
school
culture.
Domain
4
really
hits
on
that
promoting
those
positive
interactions
not
only
with
each
other
in
terms
of
other
staff,
members
and
colleagues,
but
also
with
students
and
parents
administrators.
H
A
A
B
A
I
B
K
A
E
E
E
A
K
L
A
I
First
of
all,
I
want
to
thank
Brock
who
has
disappeared
when
an
appropriate
time
for
our
business
manager
to
leave
as
I'm
trying
to
get
the
budgets
approved.
I
want
to
thank
Brock
and
the
team
he
is
assembled.
They
do.
The
lion's
share
of
this
work.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
planning
committee.
We've
obviously
been
involved
with
this
over
the
last
couple
of
months.
Kicking
the
tires
on
it,
going
back
looking
at
different
items
and
getting
it
to
the
point
where
it
is
going
to
be
presented
to
you
today
for
preliminary
approval.
I
Again.
Just
so,
you
understand
the
assuming
we
approve
it
tonight,
I'm
a
preliminary
basis
over
the
course
of
the
next
few
months.
There
could
be
adjustments
to
one
or
more
of
these
we'll
have
to
visit
it
again
in
September,
and
that
will
be
our
final
ization
of
the
budgets.
I
would
anticipate
perhaps
some
minor
changes,
in
particular
in
the
general
fund
budget,
not
so
much
in
the
other
ones,
but
nothing
too
dramatic
and
based
upon
where
we
think
we
are
today
and
I'm
happy
to
tell
you
before.
I
We
really
get
into
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
each
of
these
that
we
are
going
to
present
you
with
a
balanced
budget,
which
of
course,
is
really
the
philosophy
that
the
board
has
directed
the
business
manager
and
the
administrative
team
to
work
towards
and
Barack,
and
his
team
has
certainly
accomplished
that
which
was
not
an
easy
task
comes
with
difficult
decisions.
Each
and
every
go-around.
I
This
is
a
fund
that
is
authorized
under
state
statute
for
the
sole
purpose
of
paying
special
assessments
that
are
levied
against
the
school
district.
We
currently
have
a
one
mill
levy
for
special
assessments,
and
it
is
the
recommendation
in
front
of
you
for
this
primary
budget
to
maintain
that
one
mill
not
increase
it,
not
decrease
it.
We
estimate
that
will
generate
a
little
over
three
hundred
and
fifty
four
thousand
dollars
in
new
dollars
to
the
district.
I
Just
to
put
that
in
perspective,
we
have
about
seven
hundred
thousand
dollars
of
outstanding
specials
still
associated
with
the
ed
Clapp
school.
We
don't
know
the
bill
yet,
but
we're
gonna
have
a
pretty
significant
special
assessment
coming
from
the
North
Broadway
work,
which
will
directly
be
impacting
certainly
Washington
and
north
and
potentially
McKinley
I
have
a
feeling.
I
So
with
that
additional
one,
no
we'd
collect
this
year
and
our
current
fund
balance,
we
still
will
not
have
paid
off
all
of
our
specials,
but
we
will
be
able
to
service
them
and
it
was
the
thought
of
the
planning
committee
at
least
and
I
believe
the
administration
that
there
was
no
need
to
raise
it
past
the
one
no
levy.
Obviously,
if
we
see
some
unexpected
things
come
in
future
years,
we
can
address
it
at
that
point
in
time.
Any
questions
on
the
special
assessment
fund.
A
A
K
K
I
I'm
actually
gonna
take
the
next
two
and
kind
of
combine
them
because
they
really
are
combined.
At
the
end
of
the
day,
the
building
fund
exists
under
state
statute
and
we
love
e15
Mills
for
the
building
fund
under
voter
authority.
Many
years
ago,
the
district
was
authorized
to
actually
have
what
we
call
a
special
levy
fund
for
many
years.
We
didn't
even
break
it
out
as
this
special
1b
fund.
It
was
actually
included,
but
it
offers
us
for
an
additional
eleven
point.
Four
Mills.
I
It
is
the
recommendation
of
planning
and
our
administration
that
we
continue
to
levy
the
exact
same
amount
for
both
the
building
fund
and
the
special
fluffy
fund
in
terms
of
Mills,
as
we
have
in
the
past.
So
we
would
be
putting
forward
26.4
Mills
between
those
two
that
will
generate
from
a
revenue
perspective,
approximately
ten
million
five
hundred
and
seventy
six
thousand
dollars,
and
and
that
that
really
is
the
combined
total
of
both
the
building
and
the
special
levy
fund,
which
gets
transferred
into
the
building
fund
for
the
ease
of
paint
off
the
expenses.
I
We're
anticipating
the
estimated
debt
service
and
the
estimated
contracted
maintenance.
That
will
be
taking
place
out
of
the
building
fund
and
the
special
levy
fund
will
be
eight
million
four
hundred
and
eighty
four
thousand,
which
should
give
us
a
fun
balance
that
will
grow
slightly
over
the
current
balance
and,
of
course,
just
so
everybody's
aware.
I
It's
that
future
fund
balance
that
will
be
coming
into
play
when
we
start
talking
about
any
changes
to
the
footprint
over
at
Discovery,
which
we
know
is
something
we
have
to
address
and
certainly
for
future
building
needs
as
those
come
above
in
the
district.
So
with
that
I'll
open
it
up
to
any
questions
or
any
motion,
anybody
would
care
to
make.
B
A
K
I
It
is
anticipated
that
our
total
revenues
will
be
six
million
one
hundred
and
fifty
nine
thousand
and
eighty-five
dollars
and
I
say
anticipated
because
we
don't
know
for
sure
how
many
meals
are
gonna
be
bought.
How
many
you're
gonna
go
ala
carte,
but
we
think
that's
a
pretty
safe
forecast,
and
this
is
a
balanced
budget
as
well.
The
estimated
expenses
associated
with
our
Nutrition
Services
program
staff
food
equipment
will
be
at
six
million
one
hundred
and
fifty
nine
thousand
as
well.
I
We
are
estimating
our
current
fund
balance
on
foodservice
Nutrition
Services
is
two
million
three
hundred
and
twelve
thousand,
and
that
represents
approximately
four
and
a
half
months
of
our
overall
operating
expense,
which
is
again
right
in
the
guidelines
recommended
by
a
federal
Department
of
Agriculture.
I
guess
is
who
were
really
complying
with
in
those
programs.
B
A
K
J
I
So,
overall
we're
anticipating
our
general
fund
revenues
will
increase
at
approximately
1
percent
and
our
expenditures
are
going
to
be
increasing
at
approximately
1
percent.
What
you
have
in
front
of
you
is
a
balanced
budget.
There
are
a
couple
of
things
in
the
actual
budget
numbers
I
want
to
point
out
in
a
moment,
but
first
I
want
to
put
a
reference
point
to
some
of
the
work.
That's
been
done
here
to
build
this
budget.
Obviously,
our
business
manager,
his
team,
dr.
I
I
They
were
able
to
do
just
that
coming
forward
with
a
balanced
budget
at
this
point
in
time,
if
you
jump
to
the
very
last
page
of
this,
I
just
want
to
make
sure
nobody
gets
confused,
because
this
year's
budget
is
not
done
the
actual
expenditures
and,
as
you
go
to
the
bottom
here,
where
you
see
the
excess
revenues
over
expenses
you'll
see
for
this
calendar
year,
it
currently
looks
like
we're
gonna
end
up
with
2.8
million
dollars
more
revenue
than
we're
spending.
We
really
won't
know
that
number
till
almost
the
end
of
July.
I
I
So
for
now
we're
showing
the
beginning
fund
balance
for
our
draft
budget
for
2017-18
at
30
million.
One
hundred
eighty-five
thousand
same
place.
We
started
this
year
with
that
number
will
change
once
we
finally
close
out,
but
we
really
won't
know
what
it
changed
to
until
August.
So
I
just
didn't
want
anybody.
Looking
at
this
document
saying
well,
this
math
isn't
adding
up
it's
because
we're
really
not
through
all
the
expenditures
for
this
calendar
year.
B
B
A
K
K
A
Yes
and
thank
you
Jim
and
Brock,
and
the
planning
committee
for
all
their
hard
work
on
this
appreciate.
It
brings
us
to
policy
monitoring.
Thank
you
for
everyone
who
filled
these
out.
There
were
no
comments
unless
anyone
has
any
comments
to
make
that
were
not
included.
I
would
entertain
a
motion
for
approval
of
all
three
together
I.
K
A
Motion
carries
and
I
just
want
to.
You
know
we
don't
acknowledge
us
very
often,
but
just
want
to
thank
dr.
Schatz
and
his
team
for
the
thorough
explanations
and
history
of
and
context
of
all
of
these
Els,
so
that
when
we're
monitoring
them,
we
have
a
much
clearer
picture.
Every
time
we
go
through
one
of
these
of
what
it
is,
that's
being
done
in
each
one
of
these
cases
and
it
it
makes
it
run
so
smoothly
and
we
get
to
see
every
couple
of
weeks
just
just
how
smoothly
the
place
is
running.
A
B
Yeah,
this
is
the
fun
part,
let's
have
some
fun
for
a
change
and
it's
my
pleasure
to
talk
about
Linda
a
little
bit.
Her
ears
are
burning
song,
so
the
2016-17
school
year
was
your
second
consecutive
year
serving
as
board
president
and
we
again
as
always,
appreciated
the
time
you
have
given
to
the
board
in
your
role
as
president,
while
the
workload
was
large
and
the
a
compliment
accomplishments.
Many
during
this
school
year,
I'd
like
to
highlight
a
few
of
those
special
things
that
happened.
B
We
had
three
new
board
members
who
joined
us
in
July,
brandy,
John
and
Kristy,
who
have
all
brought
to
our
discussions
and
dissidents,
good
ideas.
This
year
the
district
opened
its
23rd
school
building.
Can
we
believe
that
equals
elementary
school
with
more
than
300
students
and
continued
construction
of
the
Operations
Center?
The
operation
center
will
be
fully
functioning
with
all
of
its
departments.
This
summer
the
district
held
the
first
annual
state
of
the
school's
address
and
public
focus
group.
B
In
November
we
received
a
great
deal
of
positive
feedback
from
our
community
through
the
event
and
look
forward
to
it
being
held
again.
This
fall
as
good
stewards
of
our
financial
resources,
the
Board
refinanced,
another
bond
this
year.
This
action
provides
us
with
lower
interest
rates
and
additional
financial
capacity
for
the
district
2017
brought
to
biannual
focuses
for
the
board
legislative
session
and
negotiations
session
with
the
Fargo
Education
Association.
B
B
The
overwhelming
support
of
our
community
proves
the
commitment
to
k-12
education
and
the
youth
of
our
city,
and
you
were
a
strong
advocate
in
that
area
and
went
above
and
beyond
on
behalf
of
the
board,
to
help
us
make
that
a
reality
it
all
at.
In
all
respects.
You
have
been
for
a
focused,
professional
and
respected
leader.
We
recognize
that
the
success
of
this
board
is
contingent
on
leadership,
vision
and
commitment
of
its
president.
We
are
grateful
for
the
time
and
attention
you
have
given
this
role.
Thank
you.
A
Well,
that's
overwhelming,
and
hardly
any
of
it
was
my
doing
so
it's
very
we
all
had
a
wonderful
year
and
thank
you
all
for
all
your
hard
work,
dr.
Schatz
and
all
of
your
staff
we're
a
pretty
amazing
team
and
we
were
pulling
in
the
same
direction
and
it
was
a
pleasure
to
serve
as
president
and
there
will
be
no
more
updating.
That's
just
we're
good,
so
I
have
appreciated
the
opportunity
very
much.
A
C
G
A
I
I
had
I
just
got
back
from
a
tube
two
days:
state
school
board
summer
meeting
where
we
accomplished
quite
a
bit.
We
approved
the
new
operating
budget.
Brock
are
you
listening
to
this?
We
also
approved
two
of
the
three
keynote
speakers
at
the
fall
conference,
which
you
will
be
in
attendance
and
wearing
the
right
Jersey
as
Rocky
Bleier
will
be
the
keynote
speaker
on
Thursday.
Just
for
you.
I
I
They
just
I
think
they
had
an
ad,
even
in
the
Fargo
forum
over
the
weekend,
for
the
position,
if
I'm
not
mistaken,
so
it's
out
and
about
and
we'll
see
what
comes
in
in
that
regard,
planning
committee
did
meet.
You
saw
the
results
of
that
when
we
looked
at
the
agenda
and
started
approving
different
budgets,
but
we
also
got
an
update
on
a
pretty
exciting
project.
The
administration's
embarking
upon.
They
have
engaged
with
a
firm
out
of
the
East
Coast
or
going
to
be
engaging
to
really
come
and
give
us
a
outside
professional.
I
Look
at
all
of
our
staffing
patterns,
really
the
standard
of
efforts
we
are
doing.
We
obviously
have
done
that
internally,
dr.
Schatz
and
his
team,
but
he
really
wanted
to
take
it
to
the
next
level
now
and
really
have
a
looked
at
from
the
outsider's
perspective
professionals
at
doing
those
and
I
believe
that's
actually
a
three
year
process.
I
It's
a
very
detailed
thing
and
I
suspect,
as
things
unfold
later
this
summer
or
early
fall,
we'll
probably
get
an
update
on
how
that's
coming
planning
does
not
intend
to
meet
in
July,
although
if
something
comes
up
that
requires
that
Brock
will
reach
out
to
me
and
will
sir
my
collimating,
but
I've
imposed
a
lot
on
our
planning
committee
members
for
a
lot
of
early
morning
meetings
lately.
So
hopefully
we
won't
have
another
one
until
August.
B
So
the
only
committee
I
had
was
the
Board
of
Health
Matt
last
week,
and
that
was
our
budget
meeting,
and
so
we
approved
our
budget
or
for
the
coming
year,
had
some
interesting
discussion
about
the
changes
in
healthcare
funding
and
how
that's
going
to
affect
the
fargo-cass
public
health.
But
things
seem
to
be
moving
forward
in
a
positive
way.
So
that's
it
great.
A
Thank
you
very
much
bless
you.
Governance
had
met
and
got
two
months
worth
of
meetings
done,
so
we
won't
be
meeting
in
July.
Just
two
things
on
my
report
to
note
the
highlighted
things
just
get
your
checkbook
out
tonight
so
that
you
can
pay
for
your
trollwood
tickets
and
for
your
jacket
and
I'm
sorry
this
year,
I'm
gonna
be
out
of
town,
so
I
won't
be
able
to
join
you
but
and
I'm
sure
Jim
has
one
more
comment
to
make
I'm
assuming.