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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - March 28, 2017
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - March 28, 2017
A
Like
to
call
this
meeting
of
the
fargo
school
board
to
order,
thank
you
everyone
for
being
here.
Thank
you
for
all
our
young
people
who
are
here
I'd,
entertain
a
motion
regarding
the
agenda.
I'm
john.
B
A
Sounds
good?
Do
we
have
a
second
second?
Thank
you
so
approve
the
agenda
with
the
additional
hr
and
remove
item
6a
for
later
consideration,
we'll
move
that
down
to
the
first
piece
of
business
afterwards,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
same
sign.
A
C
Thank
you.
We
have
some
special
guests
here
tonight
from
both
our
visual
and
performing
arts,
and
we
will
have
a
performance
as
well
as
a
presentation.
We
have
staff
and
students
and
two
of
our
k-12
facilitators.
So
to
start
us
off
tonight
I
would
introduce
denise
odegaard,
who
is
our
performing
arts
coordinator
for
k-12.
D
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
us
here
tonight
and
letting
us
share
with
you
a
little
bit
of
music
and
art.
So
march
is
music
in
our
schools
month,
and
we
just
wanted
to
to
bring
a
group
into
into
the
board
meeting
to
show
you
and
the
people
that
watch
the
board
meeting
some
of
the
things
that
we
do
in
the
schools-
and
this
is
a
little
unexpected
type
of
group
being
a
drumming
group.
So
we
wanted
to
also
talk
to
you
about
the
power
of
music
and
music.
D
Has
the
power
to
portray
the
spectrum
of
human
emotions,
the
power
to
heal
and
connect
with
those
who
cannot
communicate
the
power
to
unite
a
nation
and
comfort
in
time
of
need.
Music
has
the
power
to
bring
a
nation
to
its
feet.
Music
has
the
power
to
tell
a
story
or
share
feeling
here's.
What
a
few
of
our
elementary
students
said
about
how
music
inspires
them.
Music
inspires
me
to
work
harder
on
my
homework,
because
I
see
how
successful
I
am
at
music
and
want
to
do
the
same
with
school
work.
D
E
Thank
you.
My
name
is
justin
de
paulus
metz,
and
this
evening
we
have
10
students
from
edclap
who
will
take
their
positions.
Our
drum
circle
is
kind
of
an
interesting
musical
group.
In
that
we
don't
rehearse
for
a
performance.
E
It's
meant
instead
to
encourage
music
as
a
tool
for
building
community
and
to
encourage
improvisation,
so
students
can
come
and
go
throughout
our
time
they
can
bring
friends.
The
music
we
make
is
based
on
our
ideas.
One
of
the
things
that
you'll
see
as
we
start
is
we'll
do
an
echo
pattern.
Game
then
we'll
add
a
game
about.
What's
your
name
and
I'll,
ask
questions:
what's
your
favorite
book?
What's
your
favorite
cereal
and
you'll
hear
how
they
they
respond
to
that
with
music?
E
F
A
We
often
or
have
had
musical
interludes
in
the
past,
but
I
have
to
say
that
was
the
most
unusual
musical
presentation
that
we've
had.
Thank
you.
So
much
for
coming
out.
A
Do
the
board,
I
can't
see,
there's
justin,
does
anybody
have
any
questions
for
justin
before
he?
He
leaves.
A
C
J
At
kennedy
elementary,
we
had
the
opportunity
to
have
a
very
unique
program
last
year,
which
was
fourth
and
fifth
grade
art
enrichment.
That
allowed
us
to
delve
a
little
more
into
things.
We
can't
do
in
a
normal
classroom,
so
we
did
work
on
some
steam
projects.
The
students
were
very
creative
and
collaborative
with
that.
I
have
two
students,
one
who
is
a
fifth
grader
at
kennedy,
one
who
was
a
former
fifth
grader
and
much
taller
than
me,
and
they
will
introduce
themselves
and
take
over.
Thank
you.
K
K
J
A
L
I
just
want
to
thank
mary
for
taking
on
the
challenge
of
really
in
taking
this
strategic
plan
and
really
taking
and
doing
something
with
that,
because
when
we
went
with
that
whole
steam
concept
it
it
needs
people
to
take
it.
The
next
step
and
you've
done
that
with
your
art
classes
and
we're
seeing
it
in
other
projects
that
we
have
throughout
the
district.
So
I
just
want
to
reiterate
back
to
that
strategic
initiative.
L
The
reason
for
that
was
to
do
exactly
what
you're
seeing
here
and
that's
going
to
pay
off
when
kids
then
go
from
the
elementary
to
the
middle
school
to
the
high
school
and
the
complexity
and
the
rigor
of
the
types
of
projects
and
engagements
that
they
have
just
only
gets
better.
So
really,
thank
you
for
doing
that,
because
that's
huge.
A
B
Not
so
it's
a
question,
but
if
you
ever
watch
the
academy
awards
or
the
grammy
awards,
they
always
call
out
it's
usually
in
the
middle
someplace
buried,
but
they
honor
the
engineers
that
are
pushing
our
arts
forward
and
there's
just
you
know,
for
the
the
songs
are
here
on
the
radio,
the
movies
we
see
in
our
theaters
as
awesome
as
they
are.
They
wouldn't
be
possible
without
this
combination
of
engineering
and
the
creativity
that
goes
into
the
creation
of
the
arts,
and
so
I
love
seeing
this
in
our
in
our
district.
B
It's
wonderful
and
there's
careers
to
be
found
and
and
great
lives
to
be
had
with
this
combination.
J
Well,
thank
you
so
much.
I
have
to
comment
that
our
students
absolutely
love
this
project.
I
mean,
when
I
say,
have
students
pouring
into
the
art
room
at
recess
and
other
times
begging
to
come
at
all
times
they
loved
it.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
supporting
us.
The
one
thing
students
say
to
me
more:
why
can't
we
have
more
art.
A
So
now
is
the
recognition
of
the
audience
and
anne-marie.
Provided
me
with
a
list
that
didn't
include
anyone,
and
it
seems
that
every
just
about
everyone
is
leaving
the
room.
So
I
assume
that
no
one
has
inadvertently
missed
signing
up.
So
we'll
move
on
to
staff
reports
and
fea
david.
M
M
Can
I
just
go
alrighty
I'd
like
to
introduce
jennifer,
mastroud
she's
on
our
exec
board
for
the
middle
school.
She
is
a
family
and
consumer
science
teacher
at
carl
ben,
and
also
on
an
alternate
for
a
negotiation
team
and
on
our
committee.
So
again
we're
bringing
most
of
our
board
at
some
point
throughout
this
throughout
the
school
year
here
to
introduce
to
you
to
you
our
board,
and
so
this
is
jennifer
and
a
couple
things
happening.
M
Last
night
we
had
mike
garman,
who
was
the
attorney
for
north
dakota
united,
had
gave
a
presentation
on
safe
classrooms
for
students
and
educators.
It
was
a
great
kind
of
the
rights
of
both
students
and
and
teachers
with
the
safety
of
students.
So
we
had
probably
about
60
or
70
teachers
attend
that
and
it
was
good
information
coming
up
on
april
6th.
We
have
a
teach
forward.
The
teach
forward
is
something
new
north
dakota
united
started
a
couple
years
ago
for
new
educators
within
the
first
seven
to
ten
years.
M
We
offer
different
sessions,
different
classes
for
new
educators.
This
is
going
to
be
on
loan
forgiveness
and
the
benefits
of
being
a
part
of
nea
our
crystal
apple
winner.
Every
month
we
give
a
crystal
apple
award
to
a
teacher
throughout
the
district
who's.
A
member
of
fda
last
month
was
mark
werschke
out
of
he's
a
third
grade
teacher
at
lincoln
elementary,
I
think,
a
month
before
that
it
was
brent
aspie
and
somebody
else
from
discovery.
M
Sorry,
I
forgot
her
name
right
now,
but
so
every
month
we
give
at
least
one
out
to
one
of
our
members.
M
I
want
to
invite
each
of
you
to
the
retirement
social
for
fea,
so
for
the
retired
teachers,
it's
going
to
be
the
what
teachers
are
retiring
will
be
april,
26th
at
4
30
at
the
baymont
you're,
more
welcome
to
come
and
thank
the
educators
who
are
retiring
this
year
for
the
years
of
service,
and
it
is
kind
of
a
free
kind
of
come
and
go
as
you
wish.
So
if
you
can
make
it,
please
do
so.
M
I
would
also
obviously
haven't
been
here
since
the
mill
levy,
but
we're
excited
to
see
that
the
passing
of
the
mill
levy
vote
throughout
the
six
weeks
that
we
did
calling.
I
think
it
was
between
either
12
to
14
000
phone
calls
we
made
throughout
at
the
ndu
fea
office
made
by
staff
committee
members,
parents
and
everybody
who
came
in
to
do
phone
calls.
M
So
it
was
a
huge
part
of
the
success
of
the
vote
and
we
want
to
thank
everybody
for
doing
that
as
well
and
the
last
thing
I'm
not
sure
if
it
makes
a
difference
not.
But
I
noticed
when
I
was
looking
through
the
board
things
for
the
calendar
committee.
It
still
says
in
the
ea
on
the
two
days
off,
I'm
not
sure
if
I'm
gonna
change
it
to
ndu
or
just
eliminate,
because
it's
not
really
a
conference
time
anymore.
So
maybe
just
a
change
for
that.
So
it's
not
shown
as
into
you
in
the
ea.
M
A
N
N
Oh,
I
had
the
I
had
the
26.
I.
A
A
Next
we
have
our
si2
steam
monitoring,
arts
and
humanities
bob.
I
gather
you're
going
to
introduce
this.
A
P
All
right,
madam
president,
members
of
the
board
lots
of
committee
work
over
the
past
two
weeks
since
we've
met
last
lots
of
floor
work,
but
not
necessarily
on
the
majority
of
the
bills
that
we
are
following.
There
are
a
few
updates,
so
house
bill
1357,
which
was
the
study
bill
on
the
60
mil
deduct
in
the
formula
we
referred
to
it
as
the
double
jeopardy
bill
for
fargo
that
was
defeated
in
the
senate,
and
it
was
defeated
the
day
after
our
vote.
P
Coincidentally,
and
so
there
was
a
lot
of
conversation
about
how
we
should
proceed
with
that,
and
I
think
collectively
we
had
decided
that,
although
it
needs
to
be
fixed
going
forward,
the
fact
that
we're
not
immediately
impacted
gives
us
some
time
to
work
on
that
for
the
next
session,
and
so
I
think
that's
sound
strategy,
and-
and
we
will
revisit
that,
if
need
be,
you
may
have
seen
in
the
paper
today
1310,
which
again
many
of
these
get
coined
with
much
shorter
phrases-
the
guns
in
school
bill.
P
Oh
okay,
there
you
go
so
there
you
go
that
got
defeated
in
the
senate
today,
so
I
was
watching
the
house
debate
and
I
didn't
see
that
one
was
even
on
the
senate
today.
So
in
regards
to
the
house
today,
there
were
two
bills
that
we
were
following,
but
didn't
have
a
position
on
necessarily
2166
past
the
senate
crossed
over,
and
that
is
the
tax
incentive
bill
that
has
that
discusses
tax,
increment
financing
renaissance
zones,
things
of
that
nature
that
the
city's
been
involved
with.
P
I
bring
it
up
here
because
it's
been
a
conversation
that
we've
engaged
in
with
the
city
many
times
as
a
school
district
and
specifically
as
a
board
that
bill
did
pass
today
and
the
real
significant
change
in
the
bill
as
far
as
we're
concerned
is,
it
does
require
a
letter
of
recommendation
response,
something
of
that
sort
from
political
subdivisions
affected
by
these
by
these
bills.
That's
something
that,
in
the
past
we've
been
asked
for,
if
we
wanted
to
provide
the
bill
requires
some
sort
of
communication
from
the
political
subdivisions.
P
Now,
if
you
choose
not
to
do
it,
I
suppose
then
they
can
proceed
without
response,
but
the
real
effort
here
is
to
get,
I
think,
political
subdivisions
that
are
affected
by
those
decisions
to
at
least
provide
some
level
of
response,
so
that
did
pass
today
in
the
house,
and
so
I
suspect,
depending
on
what
the
governor
does
with
that,
will
be
going
into
effect
as
we
move
forward.
The
other
one
and
dr
gross
may
know
more
about
this.
P
2186
is
the
innovative
curriculum
bill
and
that
also
passed
today
after
a
great
deal
of
debate
on
the
house
floor
and-
and
the
debate
was
really
around,
does
the
superintendent
of
public
instruction
have
the
ability
to
supersede
law
and
what's
acceptable
as
innovative
curriculum
things
of
that
nature?
I
don't
know
if
you
know
any
more
details
about
that
bill,
but
it
did
pass
today.
O
I
think,
as
we
move
forward
with
that,
what
thought
behind
that
was
many
times
there
are
limitations
to
what
we
can
and
cannot
do
based
upon
seat
time.
The
amount
of
time
a
student
needs
to
clock
in
order
to
earn
a
credit,
the
ability
to
potentially
use
online
resources
in
different
and
creative
ways,
and
really
this
was
to
provide
the
district,
the
ability
to
apply
for
a
waiver
in
order
to
be
more
innovative
in
the
delivery
of
some
of
their
curriculum
practices.
P
And
then
the
three
big
bills
that
we
are
waiting
on
1361
is
the
three
percent
cap
bill.
I
was
out
was
it
last
week
or
the
week
before
for
the
committee
hearing
the
they
changed
committee
rooms
put
it
in
the
bergland
haagen
room
and
it's
the
biggest
room
in
the
capital
and
it
was
full
and
there
was
the
two
bill
sponsors
and
a
member
from
the
north
dakota
watchdog
network.
P
At
this
point
it
did
pass
the
house,
as
you
recall,
pretty
easily,
with
lots
of
support,
and
now
it
heads
to
the
senate
side
and-
and
the
committee
hearing
was
lengthy
lots
of
good
conversations
about
why
this
is
detrimental
to
political
subdivisions
and
and
taxing
authority
and
local
control
and
and
just
a
number
of
concerns
that
were
raised
and
good
questions
coming
from
the
committee.
P
P
It
has
the
9646
per
pupil
for
each
of
the
next
two
years,
so
that
is
held
flat
for
each
of
the
next
two
years.
There's
some
slight
adjustments
in
the
el
waiting
factors
which
we've
talked
about
before
really
nothing's
changed
in
that
bill
from
when
we've
discussed
it
13
or
excuse
me.
1013,
however,
which
is
the
dpi
funding
bill,
is
really
the
money
behind
the
formula,
and
so
those
two
bills
work
in
concert
with
one
another,
and
the
education
committee
did
make
some
recommendations
on
1013,
not
surprising.
P
There's
things
we
talked
about
things
like
the
transportation
funding,
how
they've
shifted
some
of
those
dollars
around.
It
was
calling
for
a
10
percent
cut
that
has
been
reduced
down
at
least
out
of
house
ed
to
a
five
percent
cut
so
when
it
gets
to
appropriations
we'll
see,
but
at
least
they're
trying
to
put
back
some
of
those
dollars.
So
we'll
just
continue
to
monitor
that
so
those
two
bills
actually
sorry,
I
misspoke
they
did
that
in
1324
in
the
formula
bill
they
put
back
some
of
the
money.
P
Their
recommendation
is
to
put
back
some
of
the
money,
so
then
appropriations
would
have
to
take
it
from
that
bill
and
make
sure
that
they
put
it
in
the
funding
bill.
So
those
just
continue
to
get
a
lot
of
work
in
committee
and
and
behind
the
scenes,
so
we'll
continue
to
keep
you
posted
on
those.
So
that's
where
we
are
to
date.
P
There
was
a
large
conversation
last
friday
on
the
house
floor
about
still
trying
hard
to
get
done
in
70
days
to
preserve
some
days
for
the
future
once
they
know
what
might
happen
with
the
federal
government,
what
they
continue
to
get
reports
coming
from
projections
in
the
state
and
oil
revenue,
so
in
case
they
need
to
go
back.
They
want
to
try
to
preserve
some
days
for
that.
P
So,
as
you
watch
floor
debates,
they've
been
much
shorter,
with
the
exception
of
one
of
the
ones
today,
as
they're
really
trying
to
get
the
work
done
to
preserve
time
and
that's
continued
to
been
the
effort.
The
leadership
on
on
the
floor
said:
if
that's
our
goal,
we
really
need
to
make
sure
we're
keeping
an
eye
on
that
and
moving
forward.
So
we'll
continue
to
monitor
and
I'll.
Take
any
questions
if
you
have
them.
A
Thank
you
brock.
Does
anyone
have
any
questions
for
brock
we're
getting
down
to
the
nitty-gritty
now
with
our
nail
biting,
but
thank
you
for
your
continued
updates
and
your
continuing
monitoring
of
these
important
issues.
A
No
questions
last
chance,
okay,
which
I
would
now
take
a
motion
regarding
the
consent
agenda,
remembering
that
we
removed
6a
jim.
A
Second,
john,
thank
you
all,
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
same
sign,
thank
you,
and
we
will
now
move
down
to
the
business
section.
As
I
mentioned,
we'll
now
take
the
piece
that
was
pulled
out
the
minutes
from
the
special
meeting
on
march
13th
and
john.
Do
you
want
to
let
us
know
what
that
was
about.
B
H
A
All
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed
same
sign.
Thank
you
motion
pass
david
when
you
figure
out
how
to
do
both
things.
Let
us
all
know,
because
some
of
us
might
like
that
skill
moving
on
to
el14
district
calendar.
You
all
have
that
in
front
of
you.
R
I
had
made
just
a
few
comments
on
here
and
I
haven't
yet
had
the
chance
to
maybe
circle
back
with
bob,
and
I
so
I
don't
know
if
you
have
information
sort
of
prepared
to
share,
but
one
of
my
questions
was
well.
First
of
all,
I
appreciate
you
sharing
the
survey
data
in
the
el
as
well,
but
you
had
mentioned
you
know.
O
Thank
you
very
much,
also
I'd
like
to
thank
david
for
catching
that
on
the
first
cell
under
summary
response,
the
fourth
bullet
down
where
it
says
ndea
days
most
likely
should
be
rewritten
to
say
two
state
professional
development
days.
That's
in
state
law
and
those
are
days
that
we
need
to
have
off
from
contract.
So
that
is
one
revision
that
should
be
made.
O
We
look
at
the
information
from
any
survey
that
we
have
given.
Typically,
we
do
that
each
every
other
year,
as
we
gather
information
from
our
patrons,
we
look
to
the
institutions
of
higher
education
if
they
have
their
schedules
completed
because
many
times
some
of
the
people
who
might
provide
services
for
us
either
before
school
after
school
and
so
on,
are
connected
with
those
institutions
of
higher
ed.
O
We
do
that
when
it
comes
to
the
breaks
that
we
build
into
that
part
of
that
is
through
the
survey
we've
asked
our
parents
what
they
would
like
to
see.
We
also
go
back
to
some
of
the
the
directions
that
we've
been
given
to
create.
The
calendar
is
is
truly
to
try
to
if
we
have
breaks
to
have
them
closer
to
a
weekend
and
not
have
that
in
the
middle
of
the
week
to
be
difficult
for
parents
as
they
have
their
own
work
schedule,
but
also
as
the
students
for
the
continuation
of
their
education.
O
O
We
hear
from
some
parents
that
it's
a
great
opportunity
for
them
to
use
that
time
for
either
family
vacations
or
for
visitations
to
college
and
universities
if
their
high
school
student
is
going
to
potentially
look
to
that.
We
hope
that
some
families
take
advantage
of
that.
So
that
limits
the
amount
of
time
that
students
will
be
gone
from
school
for
other
purposes.
O
So
that's
why,
for
the
past
few
years,
we've
gone
every
other
calendar
building
building
in
a
full
week
or
not
again,
trying
to
be
as
forward
thinking
as
we
can
and
get
them
out
at
least
one,
if
not
two
years
ahead
of
time,
so
families
can
make
those
decisions.
So
that's
really
the
thought
process
behind
that
calendar
committee.
A
One
thing
you
didn't
mention,
which
I
I
don't
mean
to
overstep,
but
I
remember
from
the
days
when
I
was
on
the
calendar
committee
that
to
one
of
the
questions
you
asked
about,
you
know
what's
best
for
the
kids
and
I
think
that
they're
my
recollection
was
that
from
a
teacher's
perspective,
there
are
different
opinions,
depending
on
whether
you're
in
elementary
or
high
school
or
a
middle
teacher,
and
what
you
teach
and
so
on.
A
And
I
think
it's
it's
the
same
as
parents,
the
pros
and
cons
of
the
week
versus
long
weekends,
there's
pros
and
cons
at
every
level
regarding,
what's
best
for
kids
and
there
isn't
a
unifor
universal
answer
for
all.
And
so
I
think
that
over
the
time
that
I've
been
on
the
board
and
observed
the
calendar
committee,
I
think
you've
done
a
great
job
of
trying
to
accommodate
all
those
pieces
over
time
so
that
every
year,
there's
accommodation
to
certain
aspects
of
that.
A
So
I
don't
know
that
we're
ever
going
to
get
to
a
point
where
we
can
accommodate
a
hundred
percent
of
the
requests
or
or
wishes
of
of
all
of
those
concerned.
But
I
also
like
the
fact
that
we're
taking
students
into
account
now
too
and
their
opinions
are
important
and
as
we
go
forward,
I
think
maybe
their
opinions
will
have
a
stronger
weight
in
the
broader
process,
perhaps
than
in
as
they've
had
a
few
years
to
be
part
of
it
and
and
give
an
opinion.
So
sorry
that
was
my
sidebar
jennifer.
A
Did
your
question
get
answered?
Okay,
any
other
discussion.
In
that
case
we
have
a
emotion
on
the
floor
and
anne-marie.
If
you
could
take
the
role
please
ani.
B
A
Motion
passed,
we
are,
according
to
our
negotiations
chair.
We
are
not
in
need
of
an
executive
session
this
evening,
but
be
prepared
for
that
at
our
next
meeting,
because
there
will
be
a
meeting
of
our
negotiation
team
with
the
fea
team
between
now
and
our
next
meeting,
and
we
may
have
some
things
to
address
with
the
board
board
reports
committee
and
liaison
reports.
So
I
don't
know,
let's
start
with
christy.
S
T
A
Thank
you,
john.
B
Thank
you.
I
was
also
in
denver
for
the
national
school
board
association
convention
conference
really
interesting.
I
was
happy
for
the
opportunity
we
missed.
You
dinah.
B
Great,
I
I
really
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
see
what's
happening
across
the
country
and
talk
to
people
from
across
the
country
and
we'll
be
reporting
more
when
that
comes
up
but
yeah.
Looking
forward
to
hearing
everybody
else's
experiences
as
well.
R
On
that
note,
I
have
two
scheduled
they
just.
I
have
not
completed
them
yet,
so
I
will
be
sharing
those
in
the
future
and
health
insurance
committee
met.
Today
it
sounds
we
had
the
presentation
from
blue
cross
blue
shield
in
terms
of
other
member
services
around
telehealth.
That
could
be
offered
at
no
additional
cost
to
the
district,
so
it
is
exciting
and
lots
of
great
questions
were
asked
and
there's
a
lot
of
advancements
coming
down
the
road
and
it
sounds
like
the
committee
is
going
to
support,
recommending
that
we
move
forward
on
that.
R
So
so
that
will
be
a
positive
move
and
then
lastly,
communications
will
be
meeting
on
friday
at
noon
for
any
of
you
interested
in
attending.
That's
it.
Thank
you.
U
Okay,
but
well.
The
barrie
foundation,
of
course,
does
a
lot,
but
what
I
was
involved
in
is
having
the
opportunity
to
listen
to
five
presentations
from
high
school
students,
all
of
fargo
shanley,
north
high
south
high
davies
and
woodrow,
so
five
presentations
from
eight
until
noon
and
the
presentations
were
in
regard
to
this.
This
group,
this
this
pay
paid
foundation
or
no
the
berry
foundation
through
their
program
pay
allows
each
school
to
with
the
group
the
individuals
that
are
interested
in
volunteering.
U
U
Yes,
there
we
go.
Thank
you
very
much
and
you
know
what
here's
the
deal
I
learned
about,
something
called
a
quiet
culture
and
I
would
have
my
materials
here
with
me
today,
but
I
had
to
turn
them
in
after
the
end
of
that
meeting
and
they
also
had
a
disclaimer
at
the
bottom
of
the
material
that
we
received,
just
as
I
was
about
ready
to
share
it
out
with
someone
and
email
it
out
to
someone.
I
read
the
disclaimer
at
the
bottom.
U
U
They
were
given
the
opportunity
to
work
with
five
thousand
five
thousand
dollars
in
in
grants
and
to
develop
each
of
them
on
their
own
mission
and
values
that
they
stand
for
and
then
go
out
and
interview
go
out
and
research
and
interview
non-profits
in
the
area
or
could
be
also
outside
of
the
area
that
help
that,
where
those
the
mission
and
the
values
align
and
then
work
together.
As
a
group
boy,
I
think
we
had
some.
Some
schools
had
like
20
to
25
participants
or
presenters
and
woodrow,
I
believe,
had
four.
U
So
it
kind
of
just
varied
and
some
a
great
balance.
It
seemed
like
of
male
and
female
that
showed
up.
Shanley
had
all
girls
showing
up
so,
but
they
said
there
were.
There
were
men
that
participated,
but
they
just
didn't
show
up
for
the
presentation,
but
anyway,
these
folks.
It
was
very
interesting
because
you
know
the
presentations
that
we
see
here
are
we
have
them
on
the
screen
and
we
have
technology
involved
and
those
presentations
were.
They
were
charged
with
no
notes,
although
some
of
them
brought
notes
and
no
technology.
L
Go
ahead,
it's
a
club
that
goes
on
all
year
pretty
much.
They
start
in
the
fall,
that's
organized
by
an
advisor.
The
students
are
recruited.
They
want
students
who
are
cross-sectional
across
all
different
types
of
kids,
and
so
it's
it's
really
gained
some
strength.
It's
it's
funded
by
the
berry
foundation.
L
It's
a
quiet
foundation,
so
they
don't
go
out
and
promote
this,
and
so
really
what
happens
is
when
the
kids
are
done
with
their
non-profit
investigation,
they
get
to
decide
how
they
want
to
split
the
money
up
to
donate
it
to
the
non-profit,
and
so
their
presentation
is
all
about
their
experience
and
everything
they
did.
So
it's
it's
a
really
good
thing.
I'm
glad
you
went.
U
Yeah
and
so
they
they
all
had,
you
know
different
organizations
that
they
presented
or
that
they
decided
to
give
money
to
some
said
we're
going
to
give
200
to
this
non-profit
and
others
gave
like
a
thousand
dollars
to
each
and
it
was.
It
might
have
been
to
something
like
churches
of
the
churches,
united
for
the
homeless
or
rape
and
abuse
crisis
center
or
a
pet
shelter.
It
just
really
depended
on,
and
they
were.
U
They
struck
really
close
to
the
mission
and
the
values
of
their
groups,
and
it
was
just
really
interesting
to
watch
them
work
in
their
presentations
and
present
very
professionally
and
not
rely
on
technology
and
and
to
be
able
to
recite
without
notes.
You
know
most
of
them,
and
I
just
from
the
kids
that
we
saw
today
present
at
the
building
bridges
conference
and
then
the
kids
that
I
saw
on
thursday.
U
Any
of
them
could
be
on
the
national
stage
at
the
at
that
national
school
boards
association
they're.
Just
we
just
have
some
really
excellent
kids,
as
we
all
know.
So
I
had
a
great
opportunity
and
then
the
next
thing
is,
if
we
did
not
have,
our
gac
meeting
was
decided
that
we
didn't
need
to
have
that
for
march,
and
I
guess
we'll
see
april
brock
will
probably
want
to
have
that
or
we'll
have
a
conversation
to
see
if
that's
still
necessary,
right.
Q
Well
april,
7th
is
the
next
planning
committee
meeting
7
30
right
in
this
room
feel
free
to
join
us.
If
you
want
to
have
an
exciting
start
to
your
friday,
s-e-s-e-e-c
had
a
board
meeting
last
week.
Q
Q
I
think
everybody
is
probably
aware,
if
you're
not,
we
received
a
communication
from
our
exec
director
that
he
will
be
retiring
later
this
summer,
which
means
after
17
years
the
organization
is
going
to
have
a
new
exec
director,
and
I
found
out
not
that
I
knew
it
in
advance.
The
the
predecessor
before
john
was
on
the
job
for
20
years,
so
the
last
37
years
we've
had
two
exec
directors.
We'll
soon
have
the
next
one.
The
good
news
is
lynnae
has
been
with
the
state
school
board.
Q
H
A
Thank
you,
I'm
going
to
pass
out
linda's
board
report,
a
president's
report
and
I
just
want
to
draw
your
attention
to
two
things.
A
One
is
that
you
did
receive
at
your
place,
an
individual
invitation
to
reminder
the
teeter
teacher
leadership
academy,
presentations
that
will
take
place
prior
to
our
next
board
meeting
upstairs
they
will
have
their
posters
set
up
beginning
anytime
at
4
45.
So,
if
you're
able
to
come
for
early
prior
to
the
board
meeting,
that
would
be
greatly
appreciated.
A
A
I
don't
think
it's
called
a
code
of
ethics,
but
whatever
for
swimming
pools,
that's
coming
down
from
the
cdc,
and
so
I
don't
know
how
many
of
you
have
swimming
pools
or
take
your
kids
to
little
to
swimming
pools.
But
there
will
be
some
changes
going
forward.
A
All
for
the
good
and,
as
rebecca
said,
we
were
at
the
building
bridges
this
morning
well,
all
day
actually
and
if
anybody's
interested
you
can
and
not
able
to
go
back
tonight,
and
you
want
to
take
a
quick
look
at
the
book
or
want
one
of
us
to
pick
it
up
for
you.
We
can,
but
I
want
to
say
that
lisa
gilkey,
who
you
all
know
was,
is
the
teacher
of
the
year
for
the
fargo
school
district.
A
Did
a
a
lovely
job
today
introducing
her
students
in
that
teaser
for
tonight,
and
she
really
highlighted
the
fargo
public
schools
love
and
what
we
do
and
the
support
of
that
program,
as
well
as
everything
else
we
do
for
ell
students.
A
So
I
think
we
can
all
be
really
proud
of
these
kids
and
the
program
and
and
where
it's
going
and
it
was
I've
been
going
to
this
conference
since
it
started
in
one
room
for
half
a
day,
and
now
it's
four
or
five
rooms
and
two
full
days
and
national
speakers
and
the
young
man
who
was
the
keynote
speaker
today
was
quite
inspiring
and
then,
after
seeing
all
these
kids,
it's
just
like
a
great
day,
and
I
didn't
ask
so
I
will
now
do
any
of
the
other
folks
cabinet
have
any
other
reports
that
you
want
to
share
anything
okay.