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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - September 26, 2017
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - September 26, 2017
A
School
board
into
session
before
I
ask
for
approval
of
the
agenda.
I
have
a
favor
to
ask
of
the
board.
We
have
a
time
certain
agenda
item
at
six
o'clock.
Our
public
hearing
based
upon
how
staff
reports
are
going
I
would
like
the
flexibility
to
perhaps
take
other
items
that
are
on
the
agenda
later,
so
we're
not
taking
a
staff
report
and
breaking
it
into
two
parts.
Is
that
acceptable
with
that
I'd
entertain
a
motion
for
approval
of
the
agenda?
I
move.
C
A
D
D
E
E
E
Today
we
offer
12
youth
arts
programs
for
students
from
ages
6
all
the
way
through
graduated
seniors,
trova
enrollment
in
2017
included
1241
students
in
1866
learning
opportunities
operating
our
programs
at
a
98
percent
capacity.
Many
of
our
students
participate
in
more
than
one
so
individually.
We
serve
748
students
this
year,
which
is
actually
a
record
enrollment
for
any
students
or
for
students
served
in
any
given
year
at
trollwood,
so
that
was
really
exciting.
This
year,
all
totaled
our
students
receive
79
thousand
four
hundred
and
thirty
two
hours
of
arts
instruction.
E
Our
student
body
is
made
up
from
students
from
throughout
the
fargo-moorhead
area
and
beyond.
Forty
percent
of
our
students
are
from
Fargo
Public
Schools.
The
second
largest
population
of
Troas
students
are
from
West
Fargo,
making
up
28%
of
our
student
body
with
twelve
percent
of
our
students
from
Moorhead
public
schools.
E
In
2017,
we
offered
four
full
performance
opportunities
for
elementary
middle
school
and
high
school
students.
These
included
our
trollwood
children's
theater
for
elementary
students
presenting
Seussical
kids.
This
program
is
available
for
elementary
schools
in
the
area
to
join
with
us
as
partners,
and
together
provide
an
incredible
after-school
enrichment
program,
we're
currently
working
with
a
Moorhead
schools
who
are
looking
at
picking
this
program
up
and
doing
it
as
an
after
school
program
for
possibly
this
fall
and
also
in
the
spring.
So
we're
really
excited
about
that.
Our
totally
trolled
musical
is
for
our
middle
school
students.
E
We
produced
Madagascar
junior
in
July
and
August
of
this
past
summer.
The
actors
collaborative
theater,
which
we
refer
to
as
lab,
is
a
non
musical
performance
opportunity
and
we
presented
all
in
the
timing
in
July
and
August
and
in
addition
to
all
the
timing,
Kevin
Kennedy,
who
was
our
director,
actually
wrote
several
of
the
skits
that
we
are
the
sketches
that
we
did
for
that
program
and
he
did
an
amazing
job,
he's
a
very
talented
guy
and,
of
course,
our
main
stage
musical,
which
is
for
high
school.
E
We
did
the
musical
Beauty
and
the
Beast
131
young
people
were
involved
in
the
creation
of
Disney's
Beauty
and
the
Beast.
For
the
second
year
in
a
row,
we
broke
the
record
for
the
largest
attended,
show
in
the
history
of
trollwood,
and
that
was
we
had
28,000
608
audience
members
that
attended
12
productions
of
Beauty
and
the
Beast.
In
addition,
we
broke
the
single
night
attendance
for
trollwood
show
and
an
all-time
high
attendance
for
one
night,
at
the
beautiful
and
for
the
amphitheater
at
bluestem.
E
We
had
3309
audience
members
attending
on
Friday
August
1st,
and
that
was
due
to
the
fact
that
dr.
Schatz
helped
open
up
the
doors
to
get
some
bleachers
on
the
back
of
the
hill,
which
added
capacity.
Otherwise
we
never
would
have
been
able
to
have
that
number
of
people
attending
on
one
night
of
the
main
stage
musical
and
we
actually
ended
up
turning
some
people
away
that
night.
So
it
was
a
very
popular
performance,
very
talented
students.
E
In
addition,
trollwood
offers
a
full
array
of
performing
in
production,
arts
classes,
workshops
and
leadership
opportunities
for
age
up
for
all
age
groups.
This
includes
56
classes
at
all
levels
of
performing
and
production
arts,
including
technical
theatre
for
both
the
middle
school
and
the
high
school
ages,
through
our
totally
trollwood
and
trollwood
academies.
E
Our
trollwood
conservatory
provides
arts
intensive
opportunities
in
film
dance,
acting
and
musical
theater
for
our
upper-level
students
and
our
student
leadership
program
provides
students
the
opportunity
to
be
assigned
a
position
to
work
side
by
side,
a
professional
artist
in
the
students
field
of
interest.
Participants
are
assigned
a
mentor
and
they
receive
hands-on
learning
in
areas
like
stage
management,
directing
choreography
and
even
administrative
opportunities
such
as
marketing
and
programming
and
I
actually
have
one
student
who's
actually
doing
an
internship
she's
actually
from
West,
Fargo
and
she's.
Doing
that
with
me
right
now,
so
that's
fun
too.
E
So
for
our
elementary
students.
We
offered
14
sessions
throughout
the
summer,
each
a
week-long,
and
that
is
for
our
arts
Park
program,
where
students
learn
basic
skills
and
singing
acting
and
dance
ending
the
week
with
the
performance
to
show
off
their
new
and
improved
skills
to
their
parents,
their
grandparents,
their
aunts,
uncles
and
all
their
friends
through
spark
music.
We
offer
elementary
students
participated
in
an
especially
themed
workshop,
designed
to
encourage
a
love
and
understanding
of
music,
which
also
serves
as
a
tool
to
build
confidence
and
creativity
within
its
young
participants.
E
A
program
that
integrates
through
all
of
our
programs
is
called
our
star
program,
which
stands
for
students
at
risk.
No
child
has
ever
turned
away
from
a
program
at
trollwood
for
their
inability
to
pay,
which
is
something
our
star
program
makes
possible.
It
also
brings
mentors
to
students,
it
provides
meals,
it
provides
transportation
and
instructional
supplies
for
those
students
in
need.
This
is
a
national
award-winning
program
that
began
in
1997
and
continues
today
as
a
result
of
the
generosity
of
our
donors.
E
Another
aspect
of
what
we
manage
at
trollwood
is
overseeing
all
things
that
happen
at
the
beautiful
venue
of
bluestem
Center
for
the
Arts,
in
addition
to
the
venue
of
bluestem
Center
for
the
Arts
being
utilized
for
school
arts
curriculum
and
activities.
We
are
also
proud
to
host
public
performances
by
other
arts
groups,
exhibitions,
community
festivals,
corporate
retreats
conferences
and
other
private
rental
opportunities,
including
numerous
weddings
in
2017.
We've
continued
our
tradition
of
joining
together
with
our
partners
in
the
community
to
bring
high
quality
entertainment
options
to
the
stage
at
bluestem.
E
E
Actually,
tonight
there's
a
concert
so
I'm
going
to
be
going
back
to
modest
mouse
happening
in
this
beautiful
rainy
day
that
we
are
having,
and
in
addition
to
all
of
that,
we
were
so
happy
to
once
again
host
the
seventh
annual
symphony
rocks
at
blue
stem
once
again
in
August.
It's
always
fun
to
hang
out
with
Linda
and
her
team.
E
Trollwood
employed
120
to
129
staff
members
in
2017,
with
60%
of
our
employees
hired
from
our
local
community
as
an
educational
institution.
We
train
students
in
the
arts,
so
it's
always
exciting
to
bring
those
students
back
and
have
them
share
with
our
current
student
body
and
with
that
said,
26%
of
our
workforce
in
2017
or
alumni
of
the
program.
E
One
really
quick
story
here:
I
just
met
with
a
young
man
who
just
graduated
last
year
in
his
senior
year,
and
he
auditioned
for
the
program
for
the
very
first
time
for
our
main
stage
musical
this
past
year,
and
in
talking
with
him,
he
called
me-
and
he
asked
me
if
we
could
have
a
conversation
and
he
just
wanted
to
share
his
or
his
experiences
at
Troma
this
summer
and
he
had
never
participated
before
he
came.
He
auditioned,
he
landed
a
lead
role
and
he
was
fantastic.
E
He
said
he
cannot
believe
how
much
his
life
was
transformed
just
in
those
couple
of
months,
and
he
said,
I
can't
I
can't
even
imagine
what
my
life
would
be
like
today,
if
I
had
done
this
for
five
years
and
that's
just
one
story
of
hundreds
of
young
people
who
experienced
so
much
at
trollwood
because
you
make
that
happen
and
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
from
the
bottom
of
my
heart
for
making
these
opportunities
available
for
these
young
people.
So
thank
you
and
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have.
F
E
G
E
I
think
our
our
best
recruiting
method
is
the
kids
themselves,
and
that
was
loud
and
clear
when
I
spoke
with
this
young
man,
because
he
said,
students
who
have
done
the
program
for
so
many
years
kept
encouraging
him
and
saying
why?
Why
don't
you
do
this?
So
that
is
number
one
and
of
course
we
need
to
have
the
materials
to
get
to
those
students
as
well.
So
we
do
create
a
brochure
that
we
we
share
with
all
of
the
schools
across
the
region
really
and
our
website.
We
refer
them
to
our
website.
E
We
go
into
the
schools,
Fargo
public
schools
in
particular,
especially
the
drama
programs,
and
talk
with
the
students
about
the
opportunity
and
oftentimes
we'll
take
alumni
into
the
schools
with
us
so
that
the
students
can
ask
these
these
those
who
have
have
gone
before
them
and
get
a
real
life
experience
like.
Why
did
you
do
that
and
that's
very
powerful
as
well?
So
those
are
a
few
of
the
tools
that
we
use.
H
H
So
I
go
off
to
quite
a
few
of
the
events
out
there,
the
places
first
class.
It's
run
professionally,
it's
just
fabulous,
and
that
doesn't
happen
just
by
happenstance.
Kathy
has
provided
tremendous
leadership
out
there.
Without
a
doubt,
one
of
the
best
administrators
I've
ever
worked
with
and
we're
really
lucky
to
have
her
in
charge
out
there.
So
tremendous
staff
that
you
have
and
the
one
thing
I
think
that
hits
me
every
time.
H
It's
just
the
positive
energy,
no
matter
what
the
challenges
it
could
be,
pouring
rain,
lightning
out
thundering
I
get
a
phone
call
from
Cathy
saying
what
do
you
think
we
should
do
and
you
got
you
always
have
an
under
control.
It
doesn't
matter
and
you're
always
positive
about
it.
So
it's
just
amazing,
so
I
just
kudos
to
you
way
to
go.
Thank.
A
H
Okay,
I'm
very
happy
tonight
to
have
this
group
of
people
with
us.
This
is
the
Student
Wellness
family,
facilitator
program,
obviously
under
the
direction
of
Patti,
with
their
student
services
program
and
Patti.
Being
the
director
of
that
and
I'll
make
a
couple
of
comments
when
they're
done,
but
I'm
gonna
turn
it
over
to
Patti
to
introduce
her
group
and
they
get
a
little
bit
of
a
presentation
to
share
with
you
about
their
results
from
one
year
now
of
their
operation,
so
Thank
You,
Patti.
I
I
A
year
and
a
half
ago
we
started
putting
together
a
plan
where
we
could
take
existing
monies
and
become
a
little
bit
more
proactive
in
what
we
do
and
hire
more
staff
to
do
this,
and
this
is
what
we've
done.
I
am
very
proud
of
the
group
that
is
behind
me
right
now
and
that
we'll
be
presenting
to
you
tonight.
We
we
did
build
a
plane
in
the
air
and-
and
we
said
that
a
lot
didn't
we
group
it.
I
It
was
a
challenge,
but
it
was
a
great
challenge
and
I
am
so
proud
with
what
they
have
done
and
the
work
they
have
done.
What
you'll
see
if
a
minute
presentation
is
where
bluestem
would
have
been
at?
That
was
the
same
for
us
and
it's
longer
now,
because
of
all
of
the
access
that
we've
provided
and
although
I'm
sure
that
the
staff
is
going
to
be
engaging,
we
have
a
student,
a
former
student
who
has
come
back
to
talk
about
it
and
I.
I
J
Hey
welcome
thanks
for
having
us
tonight,
I'm
Amy,
Riccio
and
I'll.
Let
Beth
introduce
herself
when
she
does
her
segment
of
slides
here.
The
first
slide
that
we
just
wanted
to,
let
you
know
we're
anchored
at
is
our
strategic
plan
initiative,
five
all
about
the
community
outreach
and
we're
under
that
goal,
six,
where
we
have
woven
mental
health,
dropout
prevention
and
youth
risk
services.
J
So
those
all
three
were
we're
somewhat
separate
entities
like
Patty
said
about
a
year
and
a
half
ago
we
wove
them
try
to
sort
of
weave
them
together
because
it's
really
hard
to
tell
what
does
come
first,
what
we
know
is:
kids,
kids
have
things
outside
of
school,
sometimes
that
they
struggle
with,
and
we
need
to
provide
some
support
with
that.
These
slides
just
run
through
our
expansion,
I'll
say
so.
J
I
am
listed
there
first
and
I
I'm
student
wellness
and
dropout
prevention
and
I
describe
it
as
I
serve
South,
High,
Carl,
Ben
and
all
the
Elementary's
that
feed
into
that
system.
Sarah
bernstrom
she's
my
partner.
She
is
pretty
much
rooted
now
itself.
Hi
takes
a
few
from
Carl
Ben,
but
what
our
goal
is
is
that
we
work
in
family
systems.
J
So
if
I
have
a
referral
of
an
elementary
child,
I
will
continue
to
work
with
them
and
if
they
have
an
older
sibling,
they
they
come
along
too,
so
that
there's
one
person
going
into
their
family.
If
sarah
has
a
high
school
student
and
they
happen
to
have
a
younger
sibling
that
may
have
some
struggles,
she
would
pick
them
up
as
well
and
we
do
the
same
throughout
the
district,
Northside
Jamie
Benson.
J
She
covers
North,
High
and
then
all
of
those
schools
that
feed
into
North,
High
and
Mary
Kruger
he's
been
with
us.
She
was
previously
more
the
risk,
youth
or
the
outreach
services
before
this
all
got
can
gel
together,
she's,
mostly
at
North
High,
does
take
some
Ben
Franklin
and
younger
kids,
the
ones
that
are
a
stricter,
because
our
schools
aren't
all
directly
feeding.
As
you
know,
so
we
we
go
on
what
side
or
where
they're
gonna
go
to
high
school.
We
try
to
stick
with
that
plan
and
then
Davies.
J
We
have
Beth
she's
serving
Davies
discovery,
the
Elementary's
that
feed
into
that
and
then
alexis
rhiness
she's
at
Davies
and
serves
some
students
at
Discovery
and,
depending
on
her
clientele,
may
go
to
an
elementary.
So
the
role.
What
do
we
do?
Well?
In
a
nutshell,
we
provide
a
lot
of
coordination
to
services
and
resources,
so
we're
going
to
get
out
there
and
sort
of
be
the
boots
on
the
ground.
J
We're
going
to
do
lots
of
face-to-face
time
with
our
students
and
our
families
trying
to
alleviate
any
barriers
that
are
getting
in
the
way
of
school
success.
We
collaborate
a
lot.
We
work
a
lot
outside
of
our
schools,
collaborating
with
partnerships
or
other
agencies
to
help
support
students
so
that
they're
sustainable
not
just
to
graduate
but
beyond
graduation.
J
We
provide
a
lot
of
support
towards
learning
in
health
and
safety
of
students
in
general,
not
just
in
school
but
in
their
communities,
provide
prevention
services.
So
some
crisis
intervention
home
visits,
lots
of
home
visits,
conflict
resolution,
especially
in
our
high
schools,
with
some
peer
mediations
that
the
just
kids
don't
know
how
to
resolve
those
problems,
and
so
they
result
to
what
they
know
help
with
insurance.
This
is
a
bigger
issue
than
I
ever
dreamt.
J
It
was
lots
of
supports
in
our
community
and
in
our
state,
but
people
don't
know
how
to
access
that,
and
so
it
does
no
good
to
have
these
services
if
they
don't
know
how
to
get
them.
So
lots
of
connecting
and
working
with
families
with
that
and
facilitating
team
meetings
at
our
schools,
not
just
among
our
school
teams
but
bringing
in
the
outside
services.
So
we
all
can
partner
together
because
it
takes
a
village.
J
We
do
a
social
history,
usually
initially,
when
we
meet
with
the
families
and
then
it's
an
ongoing
process.
We
do
lots
of
referrals
to
resources,
trying
to
connect
them
and
helping
them
follow
through.
You
can
give
families
lists
of
services,
but
connecting
and
follow-through
doesn't
always
happen.
So
we
try
to
help
them
do
that,
and
then
we
do
that
chemical
use
education,
so
providing
any
education
to
students
that
that
may
have
some
struggles
with
chemical
use.
J
So
what
what
a
student
wellness
facilitator
is?
Not
often
it's
easier
for
me
to
describe
it
this
way
than
to
tell
you
the
things
we
do
so
three
basic
things
that
we
are
not.
We
do
not
diagnose
children.
We
do
not
do
diagnostic
assessments,
those
are
left
for
the
clinicians
and
the
doctors
in
our
community.
We
do
not
provide
one-on-one
therapy
or
counseling.
We
refer
out
to
other
providers
for
that
and
we
do
not
do
chemical
use
assessment,
and/or
treatment
if
they
need
that
level
we
refer
out.
J
This
is
just
a
quick
snap
of
our
referral
form,
so
you
can
get
a
glimpse
of.
This
is
what
those
that
in
our
community
are
in
our
systems
can
refer
so
those
that
can
refer
our
school
counselors
administrators,
special
ed
coordinators
and
school
social
workers.
So
they
can
get
on
the
portal
district
forums
under
teaching
and
learning,
and
it
is
a
one-page.
Yes,
it
is
that
easy
form
to
click
comes
to
our
email
box,
and
then
we
usually
contact
that
referral
source
talk
with
them,
ask
a
few
more
questions
and
then
contact
the
parents.
J
So
it's
a
very
quick
Kirby,
helped
us
with
our
workflow
and
loves
to
help
us
collect
our
data
and
analyze.
So
we
also
at
the
bottom
left
of
this
screen
there.
We
have
a
power
school
icon
to
help
communicate
with
our
teams
in
our
schools.
It's
really
hard
to
know
who
are
you
working
with?
We
have
the
student,
that's
struggling.
Are
they
connected
to
you?
They
can
quickly
just
go
into
their
power.
B
K
The
fun
stats
I
understand
that
you
have
a
multitude
of
our
stats.
We
just
wanted
to
highlight
a
couple
areas
for
you
and,
as
you
can
see
here
last
year
we
had
a
total
of
486
referrals,
that's
486
students
and
that
still
may
be
a
lower
number,
because
there
may
have
been
siblings
within
that
family
that
aren't
accounted
for
on
on
here.
So,
as
you
can
see
tenth
grade,
we
had
a
spike
supporting
those
students
referrals
by
grade
levels.
So
this
is
an
interesting
slide.
K
K
We
will
assume
that
that
will
increase,
possibly
as
well
as
the
middle
school
early
prevention,
so
we
can
get
these
kids
back
on
track
and
get
them
succeeding
and
graduating,
and
then
our
referrals,
based
on
how
many
of
our
students
were
getting
special
ed
services
and
how
many
were
not
so
70
percent
of
our
students
are-
are
not
getting
any
services.
So
it's
fantastic
that
we're
meeting
their
needs
because
they're,
starting
with
nothing,
whereas
our
families
that
are
with
the
special
ed
services
at
least
they've,
got
a
basis
of
support
there.
K
Smaller
our
number
one
referral
source.
We
are
referring,
families
to
therapy.
We've
got
a
lot
of
kids
with
a
lot
of
trauma.
They
need
to
be
processing
it's
hard
for
them
to
sit
at
their
desk
and
focus
on
work
if
they
haven't
worked
through
some
current
or
even
past
trauma,
and
then
next
is
the
medication.
Oh
nope,
it's
child
protection
reports.
We
are
often
making
those
and
medication
monitoring
the
top
three.
K
J
I
just
wanted
to
highlight
last
year
our
2017
graduates,
so
this
gets
tips
a
little
bit
into
the
dropout
prevention
role
that
I
have.
We
had
52
students
referred
to
us
as
12th
graders
last
year,
out
of
those
52
36
graduated
nine
continued
into
their
fifth
year
as
a
12th
grader,
which,
in
my
eyes,
is
absolutely
okay,
six
dropped
out
and
one
transferred-
and
we
are
very
fortunate
and
I'm
very
proud
to
tell
you
that
we
have
what
our
graduates
Ashley
and
she
is
I'm.
L
Okay,
first
I
wanted
to
give
an
apology
beforehand:
I'm,
really
shy
and
I
hate
public
speaking,
but
everything
amy
has
done.
For
me,
this
is
the
least
I
could
do
so
hello.
My
name
is
Ashley
I
am
a
20-17
high
school
graduate
of
Fargo
South
High.
My
journey
to
graduation
was
not
an
easy
one.
Both
my
parents
struggles
with
drug
addictions
due
to
addiction
and
bad
relationships.
My
mom
was
not
able
to
keep
a
job
and
we
became
homeless.
My
mom
for
siblings
and
I
were
homeless
for
18
months.
L
I
met
Amy
at
South
High
School,
the
fall
of
my
10th
grade
year.
Amy
came
to
my
hotel
that
we
were
staying
at
and
was
offering
to
help
with
that.
Whatever
we
needed
so
I
could
continue
to
attend
school.
At
that
point,
my
family
was
just
trying
to
survive
in
December
after
I
turned
16
I
just
decided,
I
couldn't
attend
school
and
work.
Full-Time
I
decided
I
need
to
to
keep
working
full-time
to
help
my
family,
so
I
dropped
out
of
school.
L
L
I
didn't
want
to
work
at
my
job
forever
and
I
wanted
to
get
a
high
school
diploma,
but
due
to
the
fact
that
I
was
homeless
and
on
my
own
I
needed
a
stable
place
to
live,
Amy
and
I
talked
about
options
and
where
I
could
live
until
I
was
18.
I
was
14
months
away
from
turning
18
at
the
time
there
was
not
any
family
members
that
were
an
option
and
I
didn't
want
to
go
into
shelter
care,
Amy
called
Cass,
County,
Social,
Services
and
I
was
able
to
go
into
kinship
care.
L
If
we
could
find
an
adult
that
was
willing
to
get
license
to
care.
For
me,
Amy
said
one
of
my
previous
teachers
had
agreed
to
foster
me.
So
I
found
a
new
home
I
enrolled
as
a
tenth
grader
in
the
fall
of
2015
at
South
High
and
regain
my
new
life.
There
were
many
bumps
along
the
way,
including
surgery
on
my
ears.
L
Don't
do
it
to
my
hearing
loss
trying
to
manage
my
epilepsy,
with
medications
due
to
recurring
seizures,
having
my
wisdom,
teeth,
taken
out
dealing
with
my
younger
siblings,
being
placed
in
foster
care
learning
to
live
a
normal
teenage
life
rather
than
working
full
time
and
going
to
school
every
time.
I
thought
things
were
finally
on
track.
Something
would
happen
and
pull
me
back
down
my
brother
having
emergency
surgery
and
being
life
flighted
to
Minneapolis
my
mother,
going
back
to
prison,
my
younger
siblings,
being
moved
two
times
from
their
foster
homes.
L
My
seizures
my
best
friend's
baby
passed
away
unexpectedly
and
my
grandma,
the
only
person
in
my
family
who
encouraged
me
that
I
could
make
it
got
very
ill
and
passed
away
at
my
house
three
months
before
I
graduated,
but
there
are
so
many
people
who
helped
me
along
this
journey.
Due
to
my
hearing
loss
I
qualified
for
special
education
services,
my
case
manager
was
Bambi.
L
She
always
encouraged
me
and
never
doubted
me.
She
helped
me
apply
and
get
a
scholarship
to
spend
one
week
in
New
York
at
a
summer
camp
for
hearing
impaired,
teens,
Bambi
encouraged
me
to
go
to
college
and
stay
in
school.
My
foster
mom
gave
me
structure
of
a
home
food
and
clothing.
She
included
me
in
her
family
unconditionally,
always
understanding
and
not
judging.
L
L
Amy
also
helped
me
with
all
the
medical
and
dental
appointments.
I
had
I'm
the
first
member
of
my
family
to
graduate
from
high
school
and
I
wrote
a
diploma
I
continue
to
work
to
live
in
my
own
apartment
and
I'm
attending
college.
Without
the
help
of
this
program
and
Amy
I
wouldn't
have
reached
any
of
these
goals.
Thank
you
for
providing
the
Student
Wellness
and
dropout
prevention
in
Fargo
public
schools.
It
has
made
my
life.
M
A
J
H
There's
one
person
sitting
back
there
that
didn't
get
introduced.
Jolene
you
can.
You
can
raise
okay,
she's
one
of
our
area
service
coordinators
works
with
the
program
at
Prairie
works
with
our
IDI
programs
and
is
also
support
vehicle
for
this
group.
So
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
recognize
your
great
work
too.
H
So
a
fabulous
program
is
too
bad
that
we
got
to
run
so
quickly
with
this,
but
the
North
Dakota
School,
Boards
Association
I'll,
be
doing
your
presentation
there
in
front
of
about
five
five
hundred
school
board
members
talking
about
this
program,
the
importance
of
this
program-
and
you
just
heard
first
graduate
of
your
of
you
generation
of
your
family.
So
that's
fabulous!
Thank
you.
A
A
At
this
time
we
are
going
to
start
our
public
hearing
as
a
required
under
state
law
regarding
the
property
tax
mill
levy
at
the
Fargo
school
district
and
obviously
the
other
subdivisions
of
government
levy
on
local
property
taxpayers
before
I
ask
if
there
are
any
members
in
the
audience
that
would
like
to
address
the
board.
I
do
have
a
short
kind
of
guidelines
that
I
need
to
share.
A
At
this
time
the
board
will
open
our
public
hearing,
and
we
ask
that
each
speaker
who
has
signed
up
to
address
the
board
state
their
name
and
address
for
the
record.
If
you
have
not
signed
up-
and
there
is
a
sheet
on
the
podium,
we
would
ask
you
to
complete
that,
so
we
can
have
the
ability
to
contact
you
should
the
need
arise.
We
would
also
ask
the
speakers
to
refrain
from
using
this
form
to
criticize
or
complain
about
any
specific
employee
by
name.
A
The
board
is
interested
in
your
comments
and
will
listen
carefully,
but
is
not
obligated
to
respond.
Nor
will
we
be
engaged
in
debate
this
evening.
Your
issues
and
concerns
will
certainly
be
taken
into
consideration
as
the
board
moves
forward
in
its
deliberations.
Should
you
desire
a
written
response
to
a
specific
question?
You
may
certainly
request
it,
and
this
evening
each
speaker
will
be
allocated
up
to
five
minutes
on
the
clock
at
this
time.
If
anybody
would
like
to
address
the
board,
please
come
forward
to
the
podium.
H
A
H
As
you
know,
Todd
Olson
is
our
activities
director,
Denise
Odegard,
also
oversees
the
fine
arts
portion
of
all
of
our
extracurricular
programs,
plus
some
of
the
other
programming
that
we
have
within
our
district
I
believe
Denise
had
to
run
to
go.
Do
a
conference
call
of
some
sort,
so
Todd
is
going
to
have
the
opportunity
to
go
through
her
slides
to
we'll
see
how
well
he
prepared.
H
But,
as
you
know,
this
has
become
an
annual
report
and
we
keep
refining
it
each
year
to
try
to
give
you
a
picture
of
opportunities
and
numbers
of
kids
taking
advantage
Hills
opportunities
in
our
district,
so
with
that
I
will
introduce
to
you
Todd
Olson,
a
fabulous
activities
director
also
and
also
sits
on
the
National
Board
for
activities
for
the
across
the
United
States,
so
very
active
throughout
the
region.
Todd
thank.
N
You,
as
dr.
Schatz,
said
Denise,
as
many
of
you
know,
is
the
president
of
the
National
Association
for
music
educators.
She
had
a
conference
call
with
her
regional
people
that
we
front-loaded
her
slides
thinking
we
might
get
to
him
at
the
beginning,
so
I
will
start
with
some
of
her
information,
probably
not
to
the
detail
that
she
would
provide,
but
we'll
see
where
we
end
up.
So
here
are
in
the
Performing
Arts
areas.
N
South
High
is
doing
a
play
here
at
the
beginning
of
November.
That
is,
from
my
understanding,
an
original
work
that
looks
at
David
Wilhelm.
He
was
explaining
this
to
me.
A
world
war,
two
area
era
look
at
what
happened
during
an
interrogation
versus
what
happen
after
the
interrogation
and
the
author
is
actually
helping
prepare
the
students
for
the
production,
so
kind
of
a
unique
thing,
I
believe
it's
the
world
premiere
of
that
production.
N
N
N
H
She
applied
with
the
with
the
title
that
you
have
there,
and
so
she
said,
I'd
be
more
than
happy
to
do
a
presentation
if
you'd
be
willing
to
do
it
with
me
and
so
I
said:
okay
go
for
it
and
so
she
applied
and
we
got
it
so
there
will
be
a
session
of
National
School,
Board
Association
on
this
topic
and
she
and
I
will
be
presented
at
that
session.
So
that's
what
this
is
all
about
and
Denise
is
also
the
president
of
the
National
Music
Association
group.
H
N
All
right:
here's
where
I
was
gonna,
begin
I'm
going
to
take
you
through
a
fairly
quick
review.
You
have
all
this
information
in
your
packet,
I've
been
taking
a
lot
of
static
from
the
technology
department
about
my
number
of
slides
tonight
and
I've
been
assured
them.
It
won't
be
that
long,
each
May
we've
been
surveying
our
students.
This
is
the
second
year
that
we
did
the
student
satisfaction
survey
again.
Our
goal
is
to
gain
some
feedback:
that's
not
wins
or
losses,
not
oh,
the
concert
was
good
or
it
was
you
know.
The
play
was
good.
N
It's
to
get
some
little.
A
different
type
of
data
and
I
think
you'll
see
that
we
add
thirty.
Three
hundred
and
thirty
six
participants
in
the
survey
again
this
year,
that's
two
years
in
a
row
over
three
thousand,
so
our
schools
are
doing
a
wonderful
job
of
getting
kids
to
actually
engage
with
the
link
that
they're
sent
in
their
email
and
take
taking
the
time
to
do
it.
We
try
to
keep
it
fairly
short
so
that
it
gets
completed
by
a
high
number.
N
Okay,
quick
run
through
some
data
again
we're
about
8020.
In
terms
of
kids,
saying
that
yeah
I
did
participate
in
some
co-curricular
activity
this
year,
very
similar
I
think
within
a
percentage
point
of
last
year's
data,
again
slightly
more
females
than
males
where
respondent
group,
here's
our
breakdown
by
grade
again,
pretty
good
representation.
N
N
This
is
a
response
from
our
athletic
participants.
You'll
notice,
a
trend
here
and
all
three
are
number
one
reason
for
participating
is
it's
fun.
We
continually
have
to
remind
the
adults
that
are
involved
in
activities
that
this
is
what
it's
all
about.
If
it's
not
fun,
we
aren't
doing
it
right,
even
a
higher
percentage
into
performing
arts
area
and
then
again
in
our
academic
activities
and
clubs,
which
we've
grouped
together
in
all
these
slides
I.
Think
that's,
that's
so
important.
N
N
N
N
N
This
is
one
I
always
find
interesting,
because
you
have
two
schools
of
thought
that
my
participation
takes
away
from
the
time
I
could
be
spending
on
homework
versus
the
I
am
more
self
discipline
when
I'm
involved
in
something,
because
I
have
to
be
structured
there
again
close
to
90
percent.
Agree
that
they're
a
better
student
because
of
their
participation
well
over
90
here
slightly
over
90
the
same
thing
in
the
other
area.
N
N
N
Little
over
400
of
students
chose
none,
meaning
they
did
not
engage
in
anything
else.
Now,
that's
roughly
an
eighth
of
our
respondents,
others
responses
I,
think
are
skewed
a
little
bit
towards
middle
school
students
because
we
don't
have
middle
school
soccer,
but
they
have
club
soccer.
We
don't
have
hockey
from
kids
until
they
age
out
of
bantams
after
their
freshman
year
for
most
kids,
so
I.
N
N
N
In
your
packet
there's
an
activities
on
and
roll
that's
something
I
started
years
ago
on
Grand
Forks
has
just
list
all
the
good
things
that
kids
are
doing
and
I've
asked
each
school
to
do
that
and
my
assistant
Jenni
has
worked
out
at
Google
Documents
or
we're
in
a
better
format
this
year.
But
we
asked
the
ADEs
just
keep
it
open
and
when
you
see
something
just
put
it
in
there
and
at
the
end
we
have
a
pretty
significant
list
from
our
buildings.
N
Some
music
contests
small
group
music
speech
debate
for
every
team
that
has
a
3.2
GPA
or
better.
They
give
that
team.
A
team
scholar
award
this
year
in
the
Fargo
schools
we
had
67
teams
or
groups
that
were
team
scholars.
I
look
back
to
last
year.
We
had
61
so
not
a
huge
difference,
but
trending
in
the
right
direction,
we'll
see
what
we
get
next
year,
but
that's
pretty
impressive.
N
We
had
a
football
team,
have
a
team
scholar
award
that
is
very,
very
rare,
North
I
football
is
on
that
list
for
a
hundred
plus
kids,
the
average
of
3.2.
That's
impressive.
I
have
not
seen
one
before
that.
I
can
recall-
and
the
last
thing
I
had
in
here
was
coops
and
I-
put
quite
a
bit
more
detail
in
your
packet
about
who's
participating
in
our
coops.
What
schools
are
involved
in
our
coops?
Essentially,
we
have
five
different
activities
that
we
co-op
in
and
within
those
like
within
gymnastics.
N
We
have
a
couple
different
flavors
of
co-op,
as
we
do
in
wrestling
some
of
those
were
done
years
and
years
ago
and
have
just
remained
prior
to
this
year.
We
also
had
a
co-op
with
kindred
and
cross
country,
which
was
with
north,
so
they
would
theoretically
drive
past
two
of
our
schools
to
co-op
with
north
I,
looked
into
the
history
with
Gary
Mayo
a
little
bit,
and
apparently
he
knew
some
parents
way
back
when
and
that
co-op
got
started
and
I
think
between
the
folks
at
kindred
and
ourselves.
N
We
decided
this
doesn't
make
much
sense
for
any
of
us
anymore
to
have
your
kids
driving
all
the
way
up
to
North
Fargo
to
engage
in
us,
the
sport
of
cross
country,
which
is
pretty
inexpensive
to
put
on
yourself.
So
we
dissolve
that
co-op
this
past
year,
little
bragging
here.
All
three
of
our
comprehensive
high
schools
received
the
first
team,
which
is
the
highest
level
safe
sports
school
awards
from
the
National
Athletic
Trainers
Association.
N
Our
trainers
go
through
a
pretty
extensive
review
of
what
we
offer,
how
we
take
care
of
our
kids,
the
things
that
we
have
available
and
that's
as
I
said,
that's
as
good
as
it
gets
in
terms
of
the
National
Athletic,
Trainers,
Association
and
I
think
relates
back
to
the
question
we
asked
their
kids.
Do
you
feel
safe
when
you're
participating?
Well,
we
can't
prevent
every
injury,
but
we
have
good
people
in
place
that
take
good
care
things
when
they
do
occur.
N
One
of
the
other
hats
I
wear
is
I'm
the
president
of
the
metro
area,
tournament
committee,
which
is
a
nonprofit
that
all
of
our
schools
in
the
Metro
have
put
together
to
manage
the
many
state
and
regional
tournaments
that
come
our
wage
here.
There's
a
little
listing
of
our
just
state
championship
events
this
year,
that's
a
pretty
daunting
list.
N
G
N
Very
close,
we
have
the
one
graph
there
that
has
their
percentages
and
iPhone.
When
that
was
a
goal.
There
was
a
lot
of
things
being
done
to
inflate
participation
that
we
are
no
longer
doing
so.
Okay,
I,
don't
know
that
we'll
ever
get.
There
I
think
that
eighty
percent
to
twenty
percent
that
indicated
in
the
survey
that
they
did
participate
in
something
probably
more
realistic
for
where
we'll
yeah,
okay.
G
N
Absolutely
I
think
all
of
our
coaches
would
love
to
have
more
kids
in
their
squad,
and
we,
you
see
70
kids
come
out
for
cross-country,
come
out
for
track.
Those
types
of
things.
I
mean
those
sports.
Aren't
all
fun
and
games.
There's
a
lot
of
work
involved
and
we
have
some
large
programs.
So
I
don't
know
of
any
coach
who
doesn't
want
more.
N
O
C
O
Great
report,
this
is
always
such
good
information.
Just
before
your
presentation,
we
saw
the
dropout
prevention
and
we've
talked
over
the
years
about
how
student
being
in
an
activity
is
so
helpful
to
guard
against
dropping
out.
Is
there
any
kind
of
collaboration
between
the
folks?
We
just
heard
and
activities
folks
is?
Is
there
some
sort
of
meshing
of
those
two
things?
I
would.
N
Assume
that
there
is
in
the
high
school
and
middle
school
buildings
to
get
kids
tied
into
something.
Do
we
have
a
structured
program
for
that?
Not
at
this
point
I
just
think
back
to
my
my
years
as
a
high
school
coach,
and
you
know
the
counselor
would
come
by
and
say
you
know,
so-and-so
might
benefit
from
and
we
have
enough
sports
that
are
non
cut
sports,
where
there's
opportunities
for
our
Pied
Piper
coaches
to
increase
my
participation.
H
That's
happening
just
because
of
the
the
structure
that
we
have,
and
so
those
people
are
part
of
those
teams.
And
so,
but
you
know,
do
we
have
a
direct
link
to
take
some
data
and
try
to
find
data.
Maybe
that's
something
that
we
build
out
in
the
future,
but
right
now
the
system
is
set
up
for
that
to
happen,
because
we
don't
just
have
activities,
people
sitting
in
an
isolated
office
away
from
the
main
office
of
all
the
other
things
that
go
on
kids,
so
I
think
it's
it's
happening.
Definitely.
C
N
Is
not
required.
My
I
often
say
in
my
perfect
world
every
head
coach,
we
have
would
be
a
teacher
in
the
building
they're
the
head
coach
at.
Is
that
reality?
No,
it
isn't.
We
have
wonderful
coaches,
that
are
teachers
and
other
buildings,
and
we
have
wonderful
coaches
that
have
very
little
background
in
education,
so
so
to
speak.
A
I'll
see
no
other
questions
on
behalf
of
the
board
Todd.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do
I
think,
obviously,
both
of
the
activities
levels
that
Denise
is
coordinating
and
that
you're
coordinating
huge
strides
that
improve
the
lives
of
our
children
and
I
want
to
really
give
you
a
shout
out
on
that
safe
school
award,
because
I
caught
that
in
the
paper
and
I
just
smiled
to
myself.
So
that's.
A
A
Been
moved
and
seconded
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
yes,
any
opposed
signify
by
saying
no
motion
carries
and
I
do
want
to
make
a
note
before
we
go
into
business.
It's
been
a
long
time
where
we
had
a
consent
agenda
without
an
HR
addendum,
but
I
must
be
because
something
big
was
happening
in
our
HR
directors.
Life.
Congratulations.
A
That'll,
take
us
to
our
business
section
in
our
first
area
of
business
is
final
approval
of
our
budget
for
2017
18
I'd
reference
you
over
to
memo
number
39,
just
a
couple
of
overviews
from
the
president's
chair
and
then
we'll
open
it
up
to
any
questions.
I'm
sure
Brock
would
be
in
a
position
to
answer
on
the
special
assessment
fund.
A
There
was
a
change
from
the
preliminary
approval
and
it's
mostly
that
we're
going
to
pay
off
additional
assessments
based
upon
the
funds
that
we
have
in
correlation
to
the
ed
Clapp
property
I
believe,
which
is
where
those
additional
dollars
are
going.
No
change
to
the
no
levy,
we're
gonna,
leave
that
at
1
mil
and
we
still
have
an
adequate
fund
balance.
Obviously
we'll
have
more
specials
coming
from
the
north
side
of
town
that
we
know
are
going
to
come.
A
Again,
some
Changez,
mostly
related
to
our
final
agreement
and
the
salary
and
benefit
line
overall,
we're
still
going
to
be
coming
up
with
a
deficit
operating
budget
spending
down
some
of
our
fund
balance,
which
we've
known
since
we
originally
put
together
our
plan
for
what
we
thought
we
could
do
for
teacher
compensation
for
this
year.
So
with
that
I'll
open
it
up
to
any
questions,
anybody
has
and
asked
Brock
if
he
could
maybe
handle
those,
and
if
there
are
no
questions.
We'd
take
a
motion.
O
A
A
C
C
Q
Mr.
president,
members
of
the
board
quickly,
if
I
could,
before
you
go
on
I,
want
to
make
sure
to
publicly
thank
the
budget
team
that
worked
on
these
budgets.
As
you
know,
Jackie
gap,
our
director
of
accounting
is
very
heavily
involved
in
working
on
the
budgets,
Hayley
burns
and
Patty
Richards,
three
CPAs,
that
you
have
employed
in
the
district,
a
great
team
that
I
get
to
work
with,
and
certainly
do
a
lot
of
the
heavy
lifting
and
putting
these
budgets
together,
but
also
the
planning
committee.
Q
As
you
know,
especially
at
a
time
when
we
do
have
a
deficit-
and
that
means
we've
got
some
tough
decisions
to
make
being
able
to
vet
this
with
the
planning
committee
on
a
regular
basis.
We
meet
more
regularly
during
budget
season,
as
you
know,
and
certainly
appreciate
your
help
and
feedback,
and
getting
that
done
so
just
want
to
acknowledge
our
team,
as
well
as
the
work
that
you
guys
have
done.
Q
A
Pass
along
our
thanks
to
your
team
brings
us
to
our
next
business
item,
which
is
the
monitoring
of
GP
for
five
nine
and
ten
I.
First
of
all
want
to
thank
everybody
for
participating
and
getting
their
homework
in
and
I
see
on
a
report.
I'm
gonna
hand
out
shortly
that
the
reward
for
getting
good
work
done
will
be
more
homework.
F
F
A
Motion
carries
we're
on
to
board
reports
as
I
think
everybody
is
aware
of
one
of
the
things
I'd
ask
committees
to
think
about
was
developing
committee
work
goals.
I
have
a
placeholder
on
the
agenda
tonight.
If
your
committee
has
met
and
has
finalized
what
those
goals
are
gonna
be
feel
free
to
share
them,
if
not
obviously
at
our
next
board
meeting
or
as
soon
as
your
committee
has
had
a
chance
to
do
that,
don't
feel
like
you
have
to
do
them
tonight,
if
you
don't
have
them
ready
tonight.
C
C
B
We
did
a
bit
of
a
history
lesson
of
of
where
the
how
where
this
committee
started
and
how
its
evolved
and
I
think
we're
still
a
work
in
progress
in
terms
of
what
our
long
term
goals
are
going
to
be,
but
one
of
the
pieces,
and
so
you'll
have
to
wait
for
that
excitement.
But
one
of
the
pieces
that
was
part
of
our
discussion
that
has
always
been
sort
of
part
of
the
board
discussion
is
the
general
visibility
of
board
members
in
the
broader
community
and
how?
How
do
we,
the
two-way
street?
B
B
The
background
the
idea
was
that
at
many
of
these
broader
community
events,
there
are
leaders
from
all
walks
of
the
community
and
often
casual
conversations
and
meetings
at
some.
These
kinds
of
events
give
us
an
opportunity
to
talk
about
the
school
district,
to
educate
people
about,
what's
going
on
within
the
district
and
also
learn
about
what
some
of
our
partners
might
be
doing
and
how
we
can
who
knows,
have
future
partnerships.
So
it's
a
good
opportunity,
so
that'll
be
coming
eventually
and
we,
our
next
meeting,
will
be
sometime
before
Thanksgiving
as
yet
on
scheduled.
B
So
I
think
you
might
be
waiting
for
a
little
while
for
your
goals.
So
that's
a
long
communications
report
in
other
business,
Jim
and
I
had
a
loads
of
fun
at
the
or
at
least
I
think
we
had
loads
of
fun
at
the
cbh
ice
cream
social
a
little
bit
chilly
of
an
evening,
but
it
was
a
lot
of
fun.
I
also
attended.
The
board
meeting
of
the
Longfellow
PTA
was
that
Christie's
open
house
and
two
really
fun
events.
One
was
at
South
High.
B
If
you're
not
aware
our
Fargo
public
schools,
Teacher
of
the
Year
Lea
Joel
key
who's,
a
South
High
ull
teacher
was
one
of
the
shortlisted
teachers
for
the
honor
for
Teacher
of
the
Year
at
the
state
level.
So
I
guess
they
make
a
big
deal
of
the
the
four
shortlisted.
So
I
just
happened
to
be
available
to
be
at
that,
so
that
was
a
lot
of
fun
and
our
superintendent
from
dpi
was
here:
Kirsten,
bays,
ler
and
I.
Also.
She
was
here
for
another
event
on
Friday
at
North,
High
North
High
won
the
M&M
Zee.
B
H
A
national
math
in
science
institute,
it's
a
program
that
Kirsten
wanted
to
bring
to
the
state
it's
a
national
program.
What
it
is
is
it's
a
training
program
for
teachers
within
the
AP
curriculum
to
receive
advanced
training,
but
it's
also
up
for
students
to
engage
in
advance
experiences
and
learning
opportunities.
H
So
that
was
pretty
impressive,
but
on
another
note,
is
the
overall
IEP
program
in
Fargo
is
incredibly
robust
and
the
teachers
that
are
involved
with
that
and
we
do
have
NIMS
ii,
teachers
and
other
buildings,
and
so
that
program
just
continues
to
soar
and
the
student
achievement
levels
continue
to
soar,
I
mean
when
you
have
students
scoring
three
or
five
three,
four
or
five,
which
is
considered
passing
in
that
math
test
at
almost
a
70
to
80
percent
of
the
suits
who
take
the
test.
You
just
don't
see.
H
School
districts
have
that,
so
the
nihms
ii
program
has
been
good
for
us
and
ii,
and
the
AP
teachers
at
north
have
really
embraced
it,
and
the
other
schools
are
also
participating,
maybe
not
as
fully
but
I'm
sure
that
as
this
continues,
they
will
be.
So
it's
it's
a
great
great
program
and
they
were
here
to
celebrate
that
and
he
does
what
he
calls
these
15
minute
celebrations
and
then
Kirsten
took
the
time
to
come
and
be
part
of
that
too.
So
anyway,.
P
O
Community
Community
Development
Committee
was
cancelled
for
September,
so
I
assume
we'll
be
meeting
in
October
this
last
weekend,
I
participated
along
with
Vince
Williams.
We
were
two
people
invited
from
the
Fargo
public
school
district,
along
with
several
other
area.
Professional
leaders
who
were
paired
up
with
new
Americans
in
a
program
called
narrative
4,
which
is
narrative
or
story
exchange,
which
is
a
national
project.
That
locally
is
coordinated
by
Don
Duncan
at
Concordia
and
lutheran
Social
Services,
and
it
was
stunning.
The
the
police
chief
of
Moorhead
Dave
ever
ger
was
one
of
the
participants.
O
Kirsten
diederich
Arlette
preston,
melissa,
sobolik,
former
city
commissioners,
and
it
was
pretty
profound.
So
that
was
that
was
a
great
experience
and
I've
been
enjoyed.
It
invited
to
join
the
board
of
youth
works,
it's
a
statewide
board
and
since
we
as
a
school
district
participate
with
that
organization,
I'm
looking
forward
to
that,
I
will
be
meeting
with
my
school
folks
doing
my
school
bits
visits
in
October,
one
cool
thing,
I
wanted
to
report
on.
You
may
have
seen
the
press
release
that
two
musicians
were
going
to
be
performing
in
art
classes
at
Discovery.
O
Well,
that
was
Ben's
song,
our
concert
master
and
his
wife
concert
pianist.
Ji
hae
sung
ga
Chang.
They
both
teach
at
Florida
State
now,
and
so
we
haven't
seen
G
here
jihae
in
a
while,
so
they
came
up,
and
so
they
had
super
high
quality
musicians
in
the
classroom
and
then
Benton
asked
me
if
we
could
make
some
tickets
available
so
over
the
course
of
Saturday
and
Sunday
I
think
there
were
around
18
students
and
teachers
who
came
to
altered
states
symphony
concert,
so
it
was
great
Rebecca.
M
Okay
last
week,
I
attended
at
South
High.
The
DPI's
strategic
planning
group
I
was
at
the
tail
end
of
that
meeting,
but
I
wanted
to
stop
in
to
see
just
learned
what
I
could
about
the
feedback
regarding
the
session
where
the
public
was
invited
to
participate,
there
were
10
or
15
folks
there
and
the
conversation
was
good.
You
know
not
not
a
huge
number
of
folks,
but
the
quality
of
the
conversation
was
was
good.
We
also
had
a
Native
American
Commission
meeting
last
week
and
I
guess.
M
I've
talked
before
about
some
of
the
activities
that
that
Commission
has
been
involved
in
regarding
Savannah's
death
and
I
attended.
Last
week
there
was
a
at
Island
Park,
a
community
healing
event
and
I,
attended
and
participated
in
that,
and
that
was
very
interesting.
So
if
you
had
a
thought
or
a
prayer
thing
that
you
wanted
to
offer
up,
men,
men
and
women
were
offered
individual
opportunities
to
participate
in
their
their
experiences
and
they
share
it
as
much.
M
They
said
explained
they
shared
as
much
with
the
public
in
terms
of
those
kinds
of
ceremonies
that
they
have.
You
know
very
spiritual
ceremonies
that
are
usually
much
more
private,
but
just
the
fact
that
the
community
has
been
so
involved
in
this
incident.
They
wanted
to
offer
up
that
opportunity,
and
so
they
shared
as
much
as
they
could
with
us
on
that.
Let's
see
here,
indigenous
peoples
day
is
October
9th
and
there
are
going
to
be
activities
at
eggsy
school
regarding
that
and
there's
a
Facebook
page
for
that
event,
it's
in
indigenous
peoples
day
Fargo.
M
If
you
want
to
learn
more
about
the
activities
I
believe
that
evening
or
that
day
will
end
with
a
powwow
and
let's
see
also
welcoming
week
was
last
week
and
I
just
went
to
a
variety
of
those
events.
One
of
them
I
had
to
do
with
some
of
the
high
school
students
again
that
participated
with
that
green
card.
Are
they
yeah
the
green
card
voices
project
so
again
just
being
able
to
listen
to
some
of
those
stories
and
meeting
meeting
it?
M
You
know,
individuals
that
they
participated
and
the
organizer
and
learning
more
about
that
project,
and
it
sounds
like
there's
an
entrepreneur
book.
That's
going
to
be
coming
out,
I,
don't
that
might
be
a
focus
more
from
entrepreneurs
in
the
Twin
Cities,
which
is
where
the
project
kind
of
got
started,
but
it
was
interesting
to
learn
more
about
how
that
project
has
been
evolving
and
I.
Believe
that
concludes
I.
I
went
to
the
committee
meetings
that
I
was
to
attend
as
well.
Thank
you.
G
Okay,
so
I've
reached
out
to
all
of
my
liaison
schools
and
I'm
in
the
process
of
finalizing
dates
between
their
schedules
in
mind.
So
hopefully
that
will
be
completed
in
October
gack
met
this
morning
and
so
did
health
insurance
this
afternoon.
So
it's
been
a
busy
meeting
day
for
me,
so
I
will
read
you
off
of
some
fresh
notes.
Here
we
talked
a
little
bit
in
GAC
about
our
goals
moving
forward
and
how
we
can
deepen
our
relationships
with
the
legislature.
G
This
current
over
the
next
year
and
Jolin
will
be
ascending
out
or
resending
out
the
email
list
that
we
had
from
previous
years
of
those
of
our
contact
assigned
contacts,
and
so
we
can
kind
of
revisit
that
we
want
to
much
like
Dinah
had
said
in
communications.
We
spent
some
time
talking
about
where
we
can
participate
in
events
that
are
already
happening
rather
than
inventing
a
whole.
G
You
know
long
list
of
additional
things
to
do
or
to
ask
folks
to
do
and
the
Chamber
eggs
and
issues
things
like
that
were
a
couple
on
the
list:
United
Way
state
of
the
cities,
all
things
that
we
may
be
currently
either
get
announcements
for,
or
could
sign
up
for,
email
notifications
around
and
participate
in
some
of
those
to
be
active.
That
way,
a
couple
of
other
ideas
that
we
talked
about,
let's
see
we're
on
my
notes:
there's
a
written
Oh
breakfast
like
we
have
done
in
the
past.
We
talked
about
doing
that.
G
We
just
have
to
kind
of
finalize
the
timing
of
that
and
then
future
meetings
we're
looking
at
either
the
first
or
the
third
Tuesday
of
the
month
and
more
to
come.
What
we
just
want
to
make
sure
there's
no
conflicts
moving
forward,
so
those
are
some
of
the
things
discussed
as
well
as
interim
committees.
We
we
took
a
look
at
what
committees
are
active
right
now
and
talked
a
little
bit
about
higher
education,
community
education,
funding,
community
education
policy,
Human
Services
Committee
once
to
keep
an
eye
on
and
participate
when
possible.
G
G
F
You
so
back
on
the
14th
Thursday
and
I
attended
the
United
Way
kickoff
for
their
campaign
season
excellent
event.
I
was
able
to
attend
as
one
of
their
emerging
leaders
over
the
past
year,
I
committed
myself
to
making
large
enough
donations
and
volunteer
time
to
them
and
I'm
still
just
barely
young
enough
to
be
part
of
that
group.
It's
really
excellent.
I
was
an
excellent.
Kick
off.
I'm
really
excited
about
what
the
executive
director
Kristy,
Huber
and
her
group
are
doing
with
that.
F
Their
goal
this
year
reduced
hunger
and
homelessness,
prepare
children
to
succeed,
help
people
be
independent
and
lift
people
out
of
poverty.
I
think
those
are
four
really
excellent
goals
and
their
fundraising
goal
is
five
point:
nine
million
dollars
which
they
really
really
want
to
hit.
Actually
six
million
dollars
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
more
than
last
year.
A
really
great
event,
really
great
group,
I'm,
really
excited
about
what
United
Way's
doing
into
the
community
later
that
evening.
F
The
wonderful
Student,
Wellness
and
family
facilitators
receives
the
money
from
the
Development
Foundation
and
they're,
using
that
to
supply
some
basic
needs
to
kids
in
need
our
schools
basic
things
like
deodorant
and
and
what
they
went
through
tonight,
and
referrals
into
Community
Support
Services
one
table
I
did
not
get
to
because
it
was
very
popular.
The
discovery
middle
school
tech
leaders
led
by
Rachel
Hagen
and
what
they're
doing
there
is
having
some
of
the
middle
schoolers
act
as
tech
support.
Essentially,
so
they
learn
the
technology
they're
out
there
supporting
it.
F
They're
developing
those
real
21st
century
skills,
really
cool.
Of
course,
leah
jokey
was
there
and
her
journey
to
America
narrative
short
stories
that
got
turned
into
the
green
card
voices
project.
All
of
that
was
seated
by
the
Development
Foundation
money,
really
cool
program
from
Don,
Volstead
and
Renisha
want.
Let's
go
to
the
Red
Hawks
experiential
learning
they
take
some
of
our
I
developed
me,
kids,
with
developmental
needs
out
into
the
community
and
interacting
and
the
community,
and
working
on
some
independent
living
skills.
Last
year
they
similar
grant.
F
They
got
to
go
down
to
the
Twin
Cities.
For
an
event.
This
year
they
went
to
the
Red
Hawks,
they
got
to
go
to
the
planetarium
and
it's
a
really
great
opportunity
to
get
those
kids
out
and
into
our
into
our
cities.
Susan
Clark
had
a
couple
of
really
cool
things.
Little
robot
big
mission,
getting
kids
excited
about
coding,
really
neat.
Some
special
markers
are
used
to
draw
a
certain
patterns
on
paper
and
you
tell
these
little
robots
how
to
follow
those-
and
it's
it's.
F
You
know
elementary
kids
learning
how
to
code
at
the
very
essential
level
and
and
really
learning
what
is
coding.
How
do
you,
how
do
computers
know
what
to
do?
The
other
thing
that
she
had
was
breaking
into
21st
century
skills
and
it's
kind
of
an
escape
room
in
reversed.
If
any
of
you
have
done
an
escape
room,
they're
really
cool,
you
get
locked
in
a
room.
You
have
to
figure
out
these
different
puzzles
to
unlock
different
keys
and
get
out.
F
Doing
really
good
work.
Trying
to
get
this
program
out.
There
I
think
if
what's
happening
at
the
Agassiz
Building
in
the
Woodrow
Wilson
buildings,
the
best
kept
secret
in
Fargo,
Public
Schools,
the
foundation
might
be
the
best-kept
secret
inside
of
that
building
and
as
we're
getting
to
that
time
of
year,
where
everyone's
kind
of
figuring
out
their
end
of
your
giving
figuring
out
there
giving
plans
for
the
next
year.
F
A
A
Registration
opens
up
on
October,
18th
she's
got
a
really
know,
probably
by
midnight,
on
the
17th.
What
she's
going
to
do
so,
please,
if
you
have
not
figured
it
out,
get
it
done
on
your
side
and
share
it
with
her
sometime
over
the
next
week
or
two,
and
there
are
obviously
lots
of
dates
on
this
little
sheet
of
paper
that
hopefully
are
on
your
calendar.
A
Should
you
choose
to
want
to
attend
them,
but
please
make
sure
you've
put
October
17th
down
as
we're
gonna,
be
meeting
with
the
city
and
Parks
on
that
evening,
a
couple
of
other
things
from
my
report,
the
Midwest
region
of
the
NSBA
Board
of
Directors,
met
in
Kansas
City.
There
were
really
three
highlights
of
what
I'd
call
a
lost
weekend
of
my
life.
This
should
have
been
done
in
Chicago,
but
we've
got
some
stubborn
members
of
the
Midwest
region
who
just
think
they
have
to
have
their
own
meeting,
and
so
we
had
our
own
meeting.
A
A
She
has
twice
tried
to
move
into
the
chairs
to
ultimately
become
president
of
the
National
Association
and
twice
has
been
rejected
by
the
nominating
committee,
so
she
is
going
to
try
a
third
time
and
it's
my
understanding.
If
the
nominating
committee
does
not
put
her
name
forward,
she
is
actually
going
to
try
to
do
it
from
the
floor
and
the
last
time
somebody
got
elected
to
a
an
executive
chair
and
at
the
National
School
Board
Association
from
the
floor
was
also
from
Montana
they're
renegades.
A
Really,
the
highlight
of
the
whole
trip,
though,
as
the
hotel
we
stayed
at
was
also
where
the
visiting
team
was
staying.
That
was
playing
the
Kansas
City
Chiefs
and
unfortunately,
that
visiting
team
lost
that
day,
but
there
was
one
guy
on
the
team
that
actually
knew
what
horns
and
a
bison
work.
So
Carson,
Wentz
and
I
had
a
brief
conversation
in
the
lobby,
which
was
kind
of
fun.
This
Thursday
there's
an
SEC
board
meeting
at
11:30
I'll
be
attending
at
least
the
first
part
of
that
as
I
have
a
conflict
at
about
one
o'clock.
A
That
day,
that
is
gonna
pull
me
out
of
that
board
meeting,
but
we're
gonna
be
looking
at
the
annual
budget
for
the
SEC
and
some
structural
changes
going
on
over.
There
Rebecca
obviously
had
attended
the
one
of
the
four
community
meetings
that
are
going
across
the
state
for
the
DPI
steering
committee,
strategic
vision
that
they're
trying
to
get
put
together.
A
The
anticipated
report
will
probably
come
back
to
those
of
us
on
the
steering
committee
from
those
come
the
engagement
meetings,
probably
about
a
week
from
now
we
thought
was
the
word
I
got
today
and
then
we
will
next
be
meeting
I.
Believe
it's
the
Monday
following
the
state
conference
in
Bismarck,
so
I
can
go
out
to
Bismarck,
come
home
and
go
back
to
Bismarck.