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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - January 14, 2020
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - January 14, 2020
A
B
C
A
Opposed
no,
we
will
proceed.
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
recognition
of
the
audience.
We
do
have
three
members
that
have
signed
up
to
address
us
tonight.
I
will
read
a
statement
as
I
usually
do
prior
to
those
speakers
when
it
is
your
turn.
Just
please
step
up
to
the
microphone
and
we'll
go
through
the
details
here.
At
this
time
the
board
will
hear
comments
from
the
public.
We
ask
that
each
speaker
who
signed
up
to
address
the
board
state
their
name
and
address
for
the
record.
A
We
would
also
ask
that
speakers
refrain
from
using
this
form
to
criticize
or
complain.
Excuse
me
complain
about
a
specific
employee
by
name.
The
board
is
interested
in
your
comments
and
will
listen
carefully,
but
is
not
obligated
to
respond
to
or
debate
issues
in
this
form.
Should
you
request
a
written
response
to
a
specific
question.
You
may
request
it
this
evening.
Each
speaker
will
be
allotted
a
maximum
of
five
minutes.
The
first
person
who
has
signed
up
to
address
the
board
is
Eric
Henrickson
Eric
welcome,
I.
D
Had
to
actually
rather
talk
to
350
kindergarten,
kids,
less
nerve-racking,
my
name
is
Eric
Henrickson
I'm
at
3702,
dorothea,
Court
South
in
Fargo
I'm,
the
principal
Longfellow
Elementary
I've,
been
a
part
of
this
district
for
22
marvelous
years
and
I've
had
the
pleasure
to
work
at
five
buildings
in
the
district
and
served
two
years
as
a
fee
a
president,
so
I
I
get
it
I
completely
understand.
What's
going
on,
but
I
come
to
this
meeting
with
a
heavy
heart.
Last
Wednesday
I
had
heard
a
constant
theme
of
educators
feeling
they
are
not
valued.
D
The
people
are
working
with
children
every
day
are
not
feeling
valued,
and
that
makes
me
sad.
We
are
seeing
more
and
more
children
with
greater
needs
than
we
have
ever
seen
before.
Children
have
extreme
trauma
in
their
life,
which
in
turn
can
cause
extreme
behaviors.
More
than
ever,
we
need
to
value
everybody
in
education,
from
teachers
to
Parra's
custodians
bus
drivers,
even
us
principals,
librarians
and
anybody
else.
Who's
working
with
children
I
am
lucky
enough
to
be
surrounded
by
the
most
outstanding
staff
in
the
world
who
comes
to
school
every
day.
D
Trying
move
the
lives
of
those
students
that
they
have.
We
are
a
family.
We
laugh
together,
we
cry
together.
Sometimes
we
get
mad
at
each
other,
but
we
are
a
family
through
and
through
I
call
my
blessings
every
day
to
be
that
I'm,
a
part
of
a
group
I,
truly
love
and
admire
I
want
to
share
a
quick
story
that
demonstrates
this
amazing
family.
So,
just
before
Christmas
I
had
a
staff
members,
father
passed
away,
I
expected
as
a
teacher.
Her
first
concern
was
her
classroom.
What
was
gonna
happen?
D
She
wanted
to
start
planning
for
a
sub
and
ensuring
her
class
was
gonna,
be
okay,
her
grade
level
partner
stepped
up
and
said
we
got
it
be
with
your
family.
We
had
many
staff
members
who
want
to
go
the
funeral
and
once
again
everybody
stepped
up
and
said
they
could
cover
a
class.
Take
some
extra
kids
do
whatever
is
necessary,
so
their
colleague
could
attend
the
funeral.
They
did
all
these
amazing
things
because
they
want
to
make
sure
the
kids
in
her
class
were
taken
care
of,
so
she
could
focus
on
her
family.
D
D
E
My
name
is
Victoria
Johnson
and
I
live
in
30,
1918,
Street
self.
Both
miss
looks
in
and
mr.
Paulsen.
You
can
open
that
letter
and
I'm
sure
you're
confused.
What's
you're,
looking
at
right,
there's
a
point
to
that:
I
swapped
the
information.
Mr.
Paulsen
has
misconnections
information
and
she
has
mr.
Paulsen
information
in
that
envelope.
I
did
a
research
on
everybody
on
this
board.
Some
of
the
information
was
too
sensitive
for
me
to
share
out
of
respect.
E
I
did
not
put
in
an
envelope,
but
that's
what
happened
as
a
mom
when
I
come
home
and
I
opened.
My
mailbox
I
receive
a
letter
like
this
from
Fargo
public
school,
with
my
name,
my
son's
in
from
name
in
the
back
of
the
envelope
addressed
to
me,
but
inside
I'm
pulling
another
student
information
having
sensitive
information.
They
are
dead
of
birth.
Mom's
information
address
everything,
that's
a
problem.
E
It
happened
to
me
once
not
only
twice
three
times.
This
is
a
huge
concern.
As
a
parent
and
a
privacy
who
has
my
son
information
out
there,
oh
I,
don't
know
if
it's
happening
to
me,
how
many
other
Fargo
public
school
parents
are
receiving.
This
letter,
so
I
did
this
just
to
show
a
point
of
really
how
seriously
this
is
last,
you
can
receive
an
email.
This
is
an
email
and
guess
what
I
don't
know
how
I
guess
he's
into
this
email
and
it's
a
teacher
sending
an
email
to
other
staff
members.
E
My
name
pop
in
the
email
I
thought.
What
I
read
this
twice
and
I
thought:
okay,
I'm
losing
my
mind:
I
had
to
give
it
to
a
friend
I
said:
can
you
read
this
am
I
looking
at
this
right,
she
goes
a
teacher
sent
I
was
like
hey,
and
she
said.
Oh,
my
gosh.
How
did
my
name
get
in
there?
How
did
that
happen?
E
This
is
a
communication
between
her
and
her
colleagues
but
for
some
reason,
my
name
popped
in
there
and
that
message
was
sent
to
me.
I,
have
it
in
an
email,
I
know
when
I
can
use
it.
I
know,
there's
comma
time.
I
will
need
that
information,
but
it
was
scary
to
me,
but
if
something
like
that
is
happening,
I
think
you
guys
need
to
look
into
this.
E
How
do
you
stop
this
because,
as
a
parent
that
secures
me
knowing
that
somebody
could
have
my
son's
birth
date,
his
name
he's
address
my
phone
number,
everything
of
mine,
that
somebody
else
has
it.
So
that's
a
really
big
concern
and
if
you
need
your
own
information,
I
can
give
it
to
you,
because
some
of
them
was
very
interesting.
I
know
information,
I
found
about
board
members,
you
know
about
you
and
your
family
and
your
income,
and
what's
it's
just
very
interesting?
Thank
you.
F
Do
thank
you
and
you
don't
need
my
name
and
address
we're
kind
of
okay.
I
wanted
to
share
some
data
from
the
North
Dakota
systemic
improvement
plan
that
was
reported
to
the
ID
Advisory
Committee
by
the
Department
of
Public
Instruction
staff,
and
it
has
to
do
with
a
four
year,
graduation
rate
for
students
without
disabilities
that
graduation
rate-
and
this
is
state
data-
is
90
percent
for
students
with
emotional
disturbance
that
hovers
in
the
50-plus
range
and
for
all
students
with
disabilities.
F
It's
a
68
percent
graduation
rate,
the
improvement
plan
that
was
submitted
to
the
office
of
special
education
indicated.
The
goal
was
to
increase
the
graduation
rate
of
students
with
emotional
disturbance
on
IEP
s,
the
school
environment.
Is
it
determinant
factor
in
which
students
on
IEP
s
are
most
likely
to
graduate
if
a
student
on
an
IEP
is
in
a
regular
classroom
about
75%
will
graduate
not
the
greatest
but
75%
that
same
school
environment
is
also
determinant
factor
and
what
students
on
IEP
s
are
least
likely
to
graduate
those
students
and
resource
rooms.
F
So
several
times
during
the
LRE
d
taskforce
meeting,
it
was
stated
by
district
administration
that
a
level
school
level
d
school
was
not
just
for
special
education
students.
So
each
time
this
was
challenged
in
further
question
and
we
how
a
student
would
enter
a
level
D
setting
if
they
were
not
on
an
IEP.
Since
a
level
D
is
defined
as
a
separate
setting
under
the
federal
definition
of
school
environment
settings
for
students
on
high
ApS.
F
The
last
time
that
question
or
issue
was
brought
up
in
the
taskforce,
the
Fargo
sped
director
stated
that
the
level
D
is
defined
under
the
idea
under
idea
for
students
on
I
ups.
And
yet,
although
there's
been
no
transparency
on
the
issue,
the
question
of
what
students
will
be
placed
into
the
level
d
setting
remains
in
one
of
the
work
group
sessions
after
the
state
of
the
fartin
public
school
presentation.
F
Last
week,
Jim
Johnson
told
the
group
that
he
was
in
that
it
wasn't
just
special
education
students
who
exhibit
the
challenging
behaviors
so
once
again,
well,
students
not
on
IEP
s,
be
in
the
level
D
school
with
students
on
IEP
s.
During
the
taskforce,
Fargo
public
schools
was
asked
to
provide
data
on
the
EDP
program
at
Agassiz,
which
is
the
emotionally
disturbed
program
and
to
share.
If
that
was
a
level
D
study,
it
was,
after
several
times
asked
shared
that
it
was
a
level
D
setting.
F
So
the
data
that
was
provided
to
the
group
by
the
district
indicated
the
following
students
with
eye
ups
in
that
program
were
sixty
five
point.
Four
percent
students
with
504
plans
in
that
program
were
nine
point.
Six
percent
and
students
without
an
IEP
or
504
plans,
was
twenty
five
percent
so
and
given
that
one
of
the
schools
at
the
Fargo
public
school
administration
staff
and
board
members
visited
has
a
hundred
and
thirty-four
enrolled
students
with
only
three
on
IEP
s,
why
are
the
other
hundred
and
thirty-one
students
in
that
level?
F
Four,
which
is
our
North
Dakota
level
D
setting
if
they
do
not
have
a
disability
that
meets
the
criteria
for
an
IEP,
all
the
students
with
an
IEP
s
with
social
emotional
behavioral
health
needs
to
be
going
to
school
with
so
last
week
at
the
FAA,
a
PS
fact-finding
Commission,
it
was
repeatedly
stated
that
this
board
is
not
transparent,
given
that
for
over
two
years,
that
has
been
stated
time
and
again
that
it
isn't
just
special
ed
children,
students
with
disabilities
placed
into
level
D
school.
Is
there
a
lack
of
transparency
regarding
this
matter?
I?
F
Also
wonder
if
you
of
the
board
have
been
made
aware
of
the
state
improvement,
improvement
plan
or
the
data,
as
it
relates
to
the
very
students
the
district
intends
to
place
in
the
separate
school.
The
state
is
from
North
Dakota
and
it's
available
from
the
Department
of
Public
Instruction.
Your
spread
administration
or
I'd
be
happy
to
share
it
with
you.
F
I
would
hope
that
you've
already
received
it
considered
it
and
discuss
this
in
your
decision
to
place
students
on
IEP
s
in
a
separate
segregated
school,
because
when
you
look
at
the
data,
it
shows
that
in
our
state
these
kids
aren't
graduating
they're
least
likely
to
succeed
in
a
separate
setting.
Those
aren't
my
PNA
crazy
ideas.
Those
are
data,
so
I
would
just
encourage
you
to
look
at
that
data
and
to
look
at
that
graduation
rate
and
to
look
at
who
is
the
least
likely
the
most
likely
to
succeed
on
ie
Pease.
Thank
you.
A
G
This
this
evening
we
are
going
to
have
Becky
Becky
from
the
Fargo
Public
Schools
Development
Foundation
provide
an
annual
report
that
she
normally
does
on
our
Public
Schools
Foundation.
As
most
of
you
know,
I
get
to
sit
as
a
director
on
that
development
board
as
well,
and
then
our
board
representative
is
Kristy.
So
what
that
being
said,
I
will
hand
it
over
to
Becky.
Well.
H
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
me
tonight.
I
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
give
you
a
brief
update
about
what
we've
been
up
to
this
past
year.
I
think
you
have
some
handouts.
I'm
gonna,
just
dive
a
little
deeper
in
the
numbers
on
the
blue,
the
blue
one
that
kind
of
matches
my
jacket.
That
was
not
on
purpose.
H
One
of
the
major
things
we
do
year
in
and
year
out
is
distribute
innovative
education
and
literacy
grants.
We
have
two
innovative
IDI
grant
rounds
a
year,
but
one
due
on
October
1st
and
one
due
1
February
1st
and
the
Eleanor
Langlois
literacy
grant,
which
is
due
March
31st.
Those
funds
are
distributed
the
following
school
year.
This
past
year
we
gave
out
30
grants
a
little
over
51,000
dollars
worth
of
grants.
We
celebrate
those
grants
at
a
fall
event
every
year
and
at
this
event
we
celebrate
grants
we've
even
out
programs.
H
It
gives
them
an
authentic
learning
experience
so
that
they're
able
to
go
out
with
real-life
experiences
to
assist
those
students
to
understand
and
engage
in
the
community
and
help
teach
students
to
live
as
independently
as
possible.
It
was
really
great
having
them
there.
They
have
great
stories
and
great
pictures,
and
it
was
just
nice
having
all
those
booths
there
and
having
the
public
be
able
to
come
in
and
see
all
the
great
things
that
teachers
and
staff
do
for
Fargo
public
school
students.
A
couple
grants
recently
this
past
grant
realm
that
we
funded
I'm.
H
Happy
to
say
that
here
for
the
kids
podcast,
we
help
fund
some
of
that
which
was
a
really
great
taste
of
that
at
the
state
of
the
school's
event.
It
was
really
well
done.
I
think
that's
going
to
be
a
great
thing
for
parents
in
our
district
to
listen
to,
and
we
also
give
grants
out
for
lots
of
steam
projects,
for
example
a
3d
printer
at
Bennett
Elementary.
H
That
was
our
most
recent
grant
round.
The
other
major
thing
we
do
that
we
have
upcoming
a
scholarship,
we're
heading
into
scholarship
season.
Students
are
starting
to
ask
for
applications,
fill
out
their
dollars
for
scholars
things.
Last
year
we
gave
out
over
one
hundred
two
thousand
dollars
in
scholarships
to
all
four
school
high
schools.
H
Each
year
we
managed
and
helped
distribute
funds
to
these
students
all
across
the
nation
to
all
kinds
of
different
schools
and
colleges
and
universities,
and
we
present
them
usually
at
their
may,
awards
ceremonies
and
there's
forty
three
different
annual
and
delt
scholarships
across
all
four
schools,
and
last
year
we
added
three
new
scholarships,
and
this
year
I
think
I
will
add
to
two
more
new
scholarships,
so
that
keeps
growing
every
year,
which
is
great
I'm,
both
endowed
and
annual.
So
we
always
are
happy
to
not
only
give
them.
We
know
college
is
expensive.
H
H
We
give
every
semester
we
give
funds
to
the
each
school
gets
critical
needs
funds
to
use
as
they
see
fit
through
in
their
school.
What's
what
they
define
as
critical
needs.
We
base
that
amount
on
the
free
reduced
school
lunch
numbers,
so
we
every
semester
we
give
them
funds
to
that.
That
was
about
42
percent
of
the
total
from
last
year.
The
homes
program
they
also
receive.
H
Not
only
do
they
raise
money,
Jan
Anderson
does
a
great
job
raising
money.
We
also
raise
money
for
that
program
and
those
students
received
about
eighteen
percent
or
15
percent
of
that
amount.
I'm
sure
you've
heard
about
all
the
great
lunch
funds
that
we
received.
Not
only.
We
have
Jason
Boynton
here
who
helped
the
impetus
behind
lunch
aid.
Those
funds
were
raised
last
fall
correct
and
they
took
care
of
all
the
student
debt
from
the
2018-19
school
year
and
we
were
very
blessed
this
year.
H
I'm
sure
you
have
heard
that
we
got
excuse
me
an
anonymous
donation
to
pay
off
the
lunch
debt
through
December
20th
of
this
school
year.
So
that
was
a
very
big
surprise
and
we
were
very
grateful
for
that.
So
we
continue
to
raise
money
for
that.
Continue
receive
funds
for
lunch
and,
although
I
know
it's
not
the
perfect
solution
for
now,
I
think
it's
a
great
way
to
help
the
kiddos
Oh.
So
we'll
continue
to
do
that
and
continue
to
work
with
mr.
H
H
Hygiene
supplies,
hats,
boots,
men's
clothing,
gift
cards,
whatever
each
pantry
deems
as
pertinent
to
their
situation
and
Liz's
closet.
Also
hybrid
food
pantries
in
each
Mills
each
middle
school
and
got
no
milk
program
raise
money
for
that.
Haley's
milk
run
every
year
is
a
bike
ride
that
raises
money
so
that
those
kids,
you
already
do
a
great
job
of
riding
milk
for
all
the
free
reduced
lunch
kids,
but
there's
still
families
that
slip
through
the
cracks
and
we
raise
funds
to
cover
those
people,
those
folks
again
we're
going
to
participate
in
giving
hearts
day.
H
H
Last
year
we
have
a
new
strategic
plan
and
a
new
website,
or
you
can
find
the
strategic
plan
on
a
new
website,
so
go
check
it
out
and
tell
us
what
you
think
needs
to
be
fixed
on
that,
because
the
website
is
constantly
changing
and
moving,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
it's
everything's
on
there
for
everybody
I
think
the
biggest
addition
to
that
is
a
new
alumni
page.
We're
able
to
connect
with
alumni
are
able
to
connect
with
folks
and
it's
a
great
way
for
them
to
donate,
find
out.
H
What's
going
on
Fargo
public
schools
and
update
their
contact
information
check
out
their
reunions,
there'll
be
newsletters,
though
that'll
come
up,
so
we're
excited
about
that.
I
think
it'll,
help
us
get
our
message
out
and
get
your
message
out.
The
last
thing
that
all
I
had
to
this
is
our
adoptive
school
program
is
going
strong.
We
have
20
partners.
H
As
you
know,
the
adopted
school
program
matches
businesses,
organizations,
colleges,
universities,
individuals
with
area
schools,
and
they
help
out
with
things
like
reading
programs,
tutoring
career
readiness,
career
awareness,
special
events,
mentoring,
lunch,
buddy
programs,
we're
always
looking
for
connections
and
creating
connections,
our
newest
one.
We
have
a
great
one
at
Centennial,
the
Eventide
Senior
Living
Center.
That's
been
a
great
partnership
right
now,
Hawthorne
and
Kennedy
are
looking
for
partners.
H
H
H
J
J
J
H
If,
if
they
say
greatest
need
we
decide
that,
but
they
may
also
target
there's
a
there's:
some
choices
on
the
the
main
donation,
page,
there's,
there's
a
few
choices
and
there's
a
stop.
You
can
type
in
like
say
you
want
it
to
go
to
the
husky
hutch.
You
can
type
that
in
there
and
then
we'll
send
that
donation
directly
to
that
to
that
and
is.
J
H
Yes,
that's
a
good
example
of
that
is
recently.
The
lunch
aid
was
a
fundraiser
that
went
for
a
week.
I
think
it
was
in
the
fall.
I
was
all
online.
It
raised
almost
sixty
eight
hundred
dollars
for
lunch,
but
we
coordinate
with
them
and
make
sure
that
what
one
of
the
things
we
can
do
is
give
them
their
own
link
and
we're
able
to
give
them
their
own
link.
J
H
C
H
H
A
Anytime
I
call
and
if
we
get
people
want
to
donate
and
I
just
say:
I
just
CC
Becky
and
she
just
says
got
it.
There's
no
questions
asked
and
I
will
say
this
too.
There
are
two
people
in
that
office
that
do
all
of
this
work
so
Becky
and
kori
Ernst.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do
because
it's
making
a
huge
impact
on
our
community
and
kids
appreciate.
K
Ood,
thank
you
so
with
Dave,
Marquardt's
resignation,
I,
officially
was
elected
by
a
representative
assembly
to
be
the
president
of
FPA
and
Heather.
Guy
is
now
gonna,
be
our
vice
president
of
Fargo
Education
Association,
and
just
wanted
to
talk
with
you
a
little
bit
about
what
Dean
Ramos
said
of
the
issues
here
run
a
lot
deeper
than
our
two
topics
on
the
table
and,
as
mr.
K
Hendrickson
pointed
out,
FBA
knows
that
there's
been
a
fractured
relationship
between
the
board
and
our
local
teaching
Association,
and
we
really
want
to
work
hard
with
our
cabinet
and
with
our
board
to
continue
these
efforts
in
order
to
build
these
bridges
because,
ultimately,
we
know
we're
in
the
both
of
the
same
sides
of
the
students.
So
we
look
forward
to
continuing
that
relationship.
That's
all
I
have
tonight
Thank.
G
Just
a
couple
of
quick
things:
first,
off
as
a
reference
or
a
little
bit
earlier
last
week,
was
our
annual
state
of
the
schools
and
public
focus
group.
So
I
want
to
thank
everyone
that
participated
in
all
of
our
community
members
that
came
out
on
a
very
cold
day
to
be
part
of
that
process,
but
also
thank
our
board
members
and
service
facilitators
or
recorders.
So
thank
you
all
for
those
that
were
able
to
be
there
in
attendance
as
well.
G
I
think
it
was
a
great
event
and
a
good
highlight
for
our
school
and
a
good
opportunity
for
us
engage
the
community
and
where
we
want
to
go
moving
forward
as
a
school
district.
The
second
thing
is:
this
has
been
talked
about
as
planning
as
well,
but
just
giving
an
update
to
the
board.
We
are.
The
planning
committee
has
TAS
administration
to
look
at
conduct
a
feasibility
study
for
a
couple
of
options
to
discuss
a
potential
of
a
future
middle
school
that
could
serve
as
an
eighth
ninth
grade
center.
G
So
we
are
working
on
doing
some
of
that
work
and
we're
looking
to
bring
that
to
a
potential
work
session
or
the
next
planning
committee
meeting
in
February
as
well,
based
on
when
some
of
that
work
is
completed
with
the
groups
that
we're
working
with
and
then.
Lastly,
just
an
update
to
the
board
that
earlier
this
month,
the
Fargo
City
Commission
voted
that
they
would
like
an
updated
letter
from
the
Fargo
Board
of
Education
on
whether
or
not
our
school
buildings
can
be
used
as
election
polling
sites
and
and
they
want
that
relatively
quick.
G
So
they
can
make
decisions
as
well.
So
that's
gonna
be
a
business
item.
That's
gonna
be
added
to
our
January
28th
board
meeting
with
with
a
board
member
they'll
be
provided
for
an
administration
I
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
conversation
around
that
conversation
around
that
topic
even
prior
to
me,
assuming
the
superintendent
role
so
we'll
try
to
gather
that
information,
but
that
will
be
something
that
I've
worked
with
president
Nelson
on
to
make
sure
that
we're
able
to
address
that
and
the
board's
able
to
look
at
that
at
the
January
28th
meeting.
J
A
C
G
Our
business
manager
Jackie
cap
is
not
here
today,
so
I'll
just
introduce
our
audit
report.
I
know
some
members
of
the
planning
committee
wanted
to
walk
through
that
document
as
well,
but
every
year
we
do
get
an
audit
of
our
financials
as
Fargo
public
schools.
Normally
the
independent
audit
agency
they're
required
to
audit
one
of
the
documents
that
they're
required
to
audit,
or
at
least
partially
audit
is
our
Kaffir,
which
is
our
comprehensive
annual
financial
report,
and
they
will
do
an
independent
audit
on
our
financials
this
year.
G
They
just
decided
that,
because
our
Kaffir
is
so
extensive
and
so
comprehensive
that
they
are
just
going
to
audit
this
document
moving
forward,
and
that
is
what
they
did
this
year
and
we
we
got
the
results
that
we
wanted
on
page
137
you'll
see
that
the
state
auditor's
office
said
that
this
isn't
me
offer
an
unmodified
opinion,
meaning
that
that
is
as
clean
of
a
report
as
we
can
get.
So
we
are
extremely
proud
of
the
work
that
we
are
doing
from
our
business
services.
G
Department
I
also
want
to
want
to
thank
patty
Richards,
our
accountant.
That
really
puts
a
lot
of
this
work
in
this
extensive
document.
Together,
it's
a
good
overview
of
our
finances
as
a
district,
where
we're
heading
clearly
with
what
the
state
auditor's
office
offering
an
unmodified
opinion,
it's
a
good
rating
for
us
as
a
district
as
well.
So
with
that
being
said,
I
will
hand
it
over
I
know,
Jim
had
some
comments
and
if
any
of
the
planning
other
community
members
had
some
comments
as
well
quickly.
A
B
A
B
Want
to
kind
of
take
you
through
this
document
kind
of
at
a
20,000
foot
level
and
highlight
a
few
things
that
jumped
off
the
page
to
me
and
the
planning
committee,
as
Rubik
said,
the
the
really
great
news,
and
it's
not
new
news,
because
it's
been
this
way
for
quite
a
while.
Our
business
team
does
a
pretty
darn
good
job
of
putting
our
numbers
on
paper
and
the
auditor
came
in
and
once
again
gave
us
an
unmodified
opinion
which
sounds
weird,
but
that's
exactly
what
you
want.
B
If
it's
a
modified
opinion,
they're
saying,
there's
something
you
guys
maybe
want
to
tweak
differently.
So
they
looked
at
everything
and
gave
us
a
clean
bill
of
health.
I'll
start
by
just
pulling
you
over
to
page
12
and
I'll.
Try
to
identify
page
numbers,
that's
really
where
they
give
us
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
their
review
of
our
financial
information
under
the
opinion
section
where
it
says.
B
In
our
opinion,
the
financial
statements
referred
to
above
present
fairly
in
all
material
respects,
the
respective
financial
position
of
the
government
activities
and
in
accordance
with
the
government
standard
accounting
practices,
GAAP
rules.
So
it
was
an
unmodified
out
of
opinion,
which
is
exactly
what
we're
hoping.
B
If
you
jump
back
a
couple
of
pages
to
page
14,
you
really
get
kind
of
the
20,000
foot
view
of
last
year's
budget
scenario
for
the
district
under
the
financial
highlights:
you'll
notice
that
we
actually
deficit
spend
last
year,
which
should
not
be
a
surprise
to
the
board.
We
actually
authorized
that
to
the
tune
of
about
1.5
million
dollars.
B
We
had
a
hundred
and
eighty
five
million
dollars
of
total
revenue
and
change,
and
we
had
a
hundred
and
eighty
seven
million
dollars
of
total
expenditures,
and
we
ended
with
about
a
thirty-one
million
dollar
fund
balance
that
I'll
come
back
to
another
page.
That
shows
that
over
time
a
really
interesting
page
is
page
17.
B
We've
heard
a
lot
of
anecdotal
thoughts
about.
Is
the
district
spending
too
much
on
administration
too
little
on
staff
too?
Much
on
this
too
little
on
that
what
you
see
on
page
17
and
it's
globalized,
it
doesn't
give
you
every
line
item
it
branches
them
together
into
their
big
categories,
is
a
comparison
of
2018
expenditures
to
2019
you'll
notice
on
the
instructional
staff.
We
went
from
112
million
two
hundred
and
nineteen
million
for
basic
FTE
teachers.
The
support
staff
for
the
instructional
staff
services
also
increased
from
four
point,
eight
to
five
point
two.
B
Interestingly,
the
general
administrative
services
and
the
building
school
administrative
services
both
dropped,
as
did
business
services,
so
we're
actually
spending
less
dollars
on
the
administrative
side
more
dollars
on
the
instructional
side,
which
obviously
is
where
we'd
like
to
see
the
dollars
be
invested.
If
you
jump
over
to
page
23,
you'll
actually
get
our
general
fund
balance
information,
and
it
shows
you
historically
going
back
to
2009.
B
Last
year
we
entered
with
31
million
eight
hundred
and
fifty
two
thousand
eight
hundred
and
sixty
seven
dollars,
which
was
down
a
little
bit
from
the
previous
year
and,
of
course,
based
on
the
budget
we
passed
just
recently
for
this
coming
year.
If
all
things
work
out,
the
way
they
were,
forecasts
will
actually
drop
that
down
a
little
bit
more
because
once
again
we
approved
a
deficit
budget.
B
Page
26
gives
us
all
of
our
outstanding
debt.
These
are
the
bonds
primarily
used
for
the
construction
projects
in
the
district
over
time,
and
you
also
see
the
rest
of
our
overall
long-term
debt
obligations
on
this
page,
which
are
281
million
dollars,
which
is
a
big
number.
It's
one
of
the
reasons
we
want.
They
have
a
fund
balance
because
we
have
obligations
going
on
in
the
future
and,
quite
frankly,
our
revenues
in
the
future
are
not
guaranteed
of
the
281
million
dollars
of
long-term
debt.
A
hundred
and
eighty
million
dollars
are
the
state
pension
plans.
B
Both
tff
are,
and
pers
and
I'll
just
go
on
record
and
tell
you
I,
think
that's
underestimated
because
they
are
using
a
factor
of
growth
on
those
funds
that
may
or
may
not
be
achieved
could
be
greater
growth
that
we
actually
get,
or
it
could
be
less.
So
this
is
a
moving
liability
and
it's
charted
each
year
by
the
folks
out
in
Bismarck,
and
luckily
they
don't
send
us
the
bill
to
pay
it
up
in
full
in
one
day.
B
Obviously,
the
plans
are
both
sustainable
at
this
point
in
time,
but
they
have
a
underfunded
liability
that
over
time
they
were
hoping
to
catch
up
and
I
think
that
time
frame
is
someplace
in
the
neighborhood
of
30
plus
years,
so
I
probably
won't
be
here.
Maybe
most
of
you
won't
be
here
the
day
those
funds
actually
get
fall,
if
ever,
which
could
or
couldn't
happen
and
could
or
could
not
happen.
If
you
had
jumped
back
to
page
95
you'll
see
a
tenure
comparison
of
the
general
fund
expenditures
of
the
district.
B
This
will
really
give
you
a
sound
of
the
trend
of
how
we've
been
spending
money
and
again
it's
broken
out
into
the
broad
categories
that
make
up
the
individual
line
items
of
our
budget
and
clearly,
as
we
go
forward
and
we
forecast
the
future,
we
need
to
make
some
assumptions
number
one.
What's
the
rate
of
expenditure
growth
that
we're
going
to
experience
it
as
a
district
two
and
a
half
three
and
a
half
someplace
in
that
range
of
a
percentage,
and
what
would
we
need
for
increased
revenues
then
to
maintain
that?
B
So
it's
that
trend
line?
That
really
is
going
to
determine
first
from
a
board
perspective.
What
issues
we
feel
we're
going
to
face
for
financial
sustainability
and
then
on
the
superintendent
and
the
administration
operationally.
How
do
they
operate
to
be
as
effective
and
efficiently
as
possible
to
deliver
what
we're
hoping
for
results
for
our
students?
Page
96
actually
gives
you
the
10
year
forecast
showing
us
where
our
general
fund
revenues
came
in
and
again
keep
in
mind.
As
you
look
at
this,
there
is
a
target
date
coming
up
in
the
future.
B
We
will
once
again
be
frozen
at
the
local
level.
The
vote
that
was
you
know
fortunate.
The
community
supported
us
was
only
good
for
10
years
and
that
clock
is
ticking
so
again
as
we
plan
for
the
future
and
look
for
sustainability.
We're
gonna
have
to
keep
our
eye
on
that
date
in
the
future
and
decide
when,
and
if
do
we
go
to
the
public,
or
will
we
be
happy
to
have
the
local
revenues
frozen?
Has
a
dollar
amount
and
then
diminish
over
time
as
a
mil
of
the
amount
page
132
I
found
pretty
fascinating.
B
B
Jackie
is
not
here
and
I'm.
Probably
gonna
speak
a
little
out
of
turn,
but
I
don't
know
how
many
of
you
looked
at
this
document,
and
maybe
you
didn't
because
it
was
just
provided
today,
but
when
you
look
through
it,
you're
gonna
go
holy
crap.
How
long
did
they
work
on
this
and
who
put
this
together?
I
believe
I
think
it
was
Mary.
Patty
Richards
is
the
author
of
this
document
and
obviously
creating
it.
The
first
time
was
a
huge,
huge
endeavor,
but
updating
it
each
year
with
new
data
is
not
a
small
job
either.
B
L
A
M
B
Unfortunately,
I
don't
think
the
rest
of
the
state
is
producing
this
kind
of
a
document
where
they
take
all
of
their
capital
expenditures
and
boil
it
into
there
as
well.
Typically,
all
you
see
when
you
look
at
a
state
report
is
the
general
fund
dollars
which,
quite
frankly,
are,
are
not
apples
to
apples
from
one
district
to
the
next,
so
I
I
don't
have
a
yardstick
to
give
you
and
I.
B
C
N
O
B
M
P
M
J
G
Sure
so,
as
you'll
see
in
your
memo
packet,
we
had
proposals
I'll
receive
for
architect,
services
for
the
Explorer
Academy
at
Lewis
and
Clark.
We
included
the
rubric
that
would
used
for
the
proposals
and
we
did
interview
all
the
proposals
that
that
applied
for
this
project
and
we
are
recommending
that
the
board
authorize
administration
to
enter
a
contractual
agreement
with
watch
our
services
for
six
point.
Five
six
point:
seven:
five
percent
fee
for
the
design
of
setting
the
program
at
Lewis
and
Clark
elementary
school.
J
Q
Q
Think
past
performance
would
be
like
maybe
I'd,
look
at
it,
how
they
did,
and
you
know
they
send
a
book
with
all
their
projects.
Typically,
some
of
these
architects.
We
haven't
worked
before
like
why
HR
has
been
many
many
many
years,
so
we
look
through
their
directory
of
buildings
that
they
that
they
built
and
then
we
try
to
compare
the
education
facility
might
be
a
hospital
it
might
be
whatever.
So,
whatever
we're
trying
to
build
here,
we're
trying
to
to
match
with
what
they
did
in
the
past,
so
was
a
public
project.
Q
Was
it
for
a
municipality?
Was
it
a
church?
You
know
those
type
of
comparisons.
If
you
will
and
then
related
the
experience,
we
would
look
at
that,
as
maybe
more
on
a
local
basis
that
they
work
for
West
Fargo.
Was
it
a
Liberty
middle
school
or
something
like
that
in
making
those
comparisons?
In
that
way,
I
don't
know
if
that
answered
your
questions,
but
that.
Q
Q
A
R
Q
You
recall
they
were
doing
the
feasibility
study
for
us
at
the
time
and
I
think
it
was
just
over
a
cup
of
coffee.
We
say
you
know
we
should
probably
go
down
because
we
had
questions
about
you
know.
If
you
see
a
deal,
you
get
a
better
understanding
of
how
to
make
that
report
better,
and
then
we
ended
up
traveling
down
and
taking
people
with
us.
So
certainly.
Q
G
Think
one
thing
I
want
to
mention
is
yeah,
as
Jim
mentioned,
that
white
char
did
the
feasibility
study
prior
to
even
the
board
vote
on
this,
and
that
is
a
time
when,
when
they
visit
the
facilities,
another
thing
that
to
know
in
the
white
char
proposal
was
that
this
would
include
consultation
with
B
WB
r,
B
WB
r
is
the
architect
for
that
worked
on
Karner,
blue
and
Penkala,
which
were
the
facilities
that
were
seen
in
the
cities.
So
part
of
that
proposal
was
white.
Our
partnership
consulting
would
be
wbr.
Q
O
P
J
J
A
J
J
J
J
The
board
of
education
itself
governs
itself
under
a
governance
policy
model,
and
we
lay
out
our
governance
processes,
define
our
board
superintendent
relationship
and
our
executive
limitations
and
dividing
the
work
between
the
board
and
the
superintendent.
Through
these
policies,
and
in
particular
in
our
policy
g
p
3e,
we
do.
J
We
call
out
five
particularly
important
responsibilities
that
includes
the
legal
responsibility
for
control
of
the
public
schools
in
the
district,
the
civic
responsibility
of
providing
quality
education,
a
service
essential
for
the
life
of
the
community
social
responsibility
to
ensure
that
all
school
service
centers
for
growth
and
development
of
students
and
our
community,
the
economic
responsibility
for
prudent
management
of
our
public
resources
and
moral
and
ethical
responsibilities
to
function,
expediently
and
impartial
ii
to
assure
the
greatest
good
to
the
greatest
number
at
all
times.
So
practically.
What
does
all
of
that
mean?
J
J
J
Additionally,
this
is
something
that
I
have
found
in
discussing
the
work
of
the
board
that
a
lot
people
are
not
aware
of.
We
are
all
assigned
to
two
to
four
Committees
of
the
board.
In
addition
to
liaison
appointments
for
other
organizations,
our
policy
gp7
defines
our
committees
and
how
often
they
meet
most
of
those
committees
meet
at
least
monthly
again,
usually
during
a
business
day
in
the
morning
or
over
a
new
an
hour,
delays
liaison
appointments
very
often
times
those
are
meeting.
During
a
day.
J
We
hold
ourselves
to
an
expectation
of
continuing
professional
development
as
board
members,
and
so
we
expect
that
we
will
usually
attend
the
North
Dakota
School
Board
Association
annual
convention
generally
two
days
in
late
October
during
the
business
week.
Also,
there's
the
North
Dakota
School
Board
Association
negotiations,
seminar,
usually
one
or
two
days
every
spring
and
the
National
School
Board
Association
annual
convention.
That's
usually
three
to
four
days
a
couple
of
business
days
and
usually
over
the
weekend.
J
We
have
constituent
contacts,
I'm
sure
this
would
vary
by
each
individual
and
maybe
their
personal
networks.
But
we're
expected
to
inform
and
engage
the
public
following
our
board
policy
also
may
be
part
of
those
liaison
assignments.
We
don't
replace
the
normal
channels
for
resolving
problems
and
we're
not
specific
advocates
for
students
or
parents
or
staff
of
a
particular
school,
but
we
are
there
to
help
ensure
that
concerns
and
questions
and
complaints
are
responded
to
appropriately
by
our
personnel
through
our
superintendent
and
so
connote
superintendent.
J
We're
expected
to
have
a
good
working
relationship
with
our
superintendent,
so
this
might
vary
as
well,
but
we're
expected
to
have
at
least
some
planned
interaction
with
our
superintendent
so
that
we
know
with
the
so
that
we
have
a
relationship.
And
finally,
all
of
this
doesn't
mean
a
whole
lot
if
we
haven't
prepared
ourselves
and
follow
up
on
those
commitments
and
that's
going
to
vary
by
each
board
member
as
well,
but
that
is
also
a
significant
undertaking
tonight.
J
Everything
on
this
agenda
tonight,
we'd
received
as
homework.
All
of
our
committees
have
homework.
The
chairs
of
the
committees
have
an
especial
burden
to
run
those
committees
and
make
sure
that
they're
prepared
to
run
those
effectively,
and
so,
in
conclusion,
I
just
wanted
again
to
remind
ourselves
all
of
what
we
do
here,
what
we're
getting
compensated
for
and
with
that
I
will
close
my
discussion.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
Thank.
O
P
J
J
B
A
O
A
I
Thank
you
this
morning,
I
also
attended
the
GAC
meeting
and
then
on
January
5th
I
did
attend
the
fYI,
a
Fargo
Youth
Initiative
meeting
as
well
and
catlin
from
the
city
of
Fargo.
She
is
the
one
that
runs
that
and
so
I
am
the
liaison
of
that
and
they're
actually
doing
a
lot
of
really
awesome.
Awesome
things.
They've
got
subcommittees
now
and
they're,
focusing
on
youth
poverty,
poverty
and
homeless,
mental
health
and
new
American
integration.
I
So
the
kids
are
working
on
that
and
they're
just
doing
a
lot
of
research
and
we're
very
excited
about
what
they're
going
to
come
up
with
and
feedback
from
that
so
I'm
very
proud
of
them,
and
they
do
a
lot.
A
lot
of
work
and
I
did
get
a
chance
to
meet
with
one
of
the
former
students
that
graduated
last
year
from
North.
We
actually
had
sat
down
and
had
dinner
last
night
and
she
goes
to
Harvard,
and
she
said
it's
really
interesting.
I
B
You
know
who
would
you
like
to
be
assigned
to
because
I
prefer,
if
you
have
somebody
that
you
really
do
want
to
connect
with
that,
we
have
you
assigned
to
that
person.
I
was
at
eggs
and
issues
with
several
others,
as
they
talked
about
the
career-tech
Academy
and
hopefully
we'll
see
that
vote
come
up
at
Cass
County
later
this
month
and
depending
upon
how
that
goes,
the
likelihood
of
Academy
coming
to
fruition
will
be
hopefully
on
the
near
term.
I
was
at
the
state
of
the
schools.
B
What
Texas
is
doing
with
with
board
governance,
Texas
actually
passed
a
law
I,
don't
know
if
it's
Senate
bill
3
or
House
bill
3,
it's
number
3,
and
it
requires
every
school
district
in
Texas
to
have
three
goals
and
only
three
goals.
Now
they
actually
said
you
could
have
two
more,
but
no
more
than
five
number
one
improved
third
grade
reading
scores
number
to
improve
three
great
third-grade,
math
scores
and
number
three
career,
College
military
ready
at
graduation.
B
Every
school
district
in
Texas
has
got
to
number
one
establish
what
their
goals
are
and
then
how
they're
going
to
get
to
that
goal
on
an
annual
basis.
They
are
going
to
be
laser
focused
primarily
on
third-grade
reading,
because,
quite
frankly,
if
you
can't
do
the
reading
you're,
not
gonna
succeed
at
the
math
either
they've
had
several
school
districts
when
I
say
several,
they
never
gave
me
a
number
I'm
asking
for
that
data.
B
It
will
hopefully
come
to
me
that
piloted
this
program
three
to
five
years
ago
that
they
are
indicating
again
I
want
the
data
have
made
significant
strides
on
what
they
call
their
stars,
which
is
their
state
assessment
to
the
tone
of
tune
of
a
20%
improvement
of
third
graders
reading
at
grade
level,
which
is
huge,
I
mean
if
that's
true
data
and
I'll,
hopefully
have
it
within
a
couple
of
weeks.
There's
maybe
something
every
school
district
in
North
Dakota
can
learn
from
this.
B
Now,
personally,
I
thought
the
whole
training
could
be
done
in
about
a
half
a
day,
but
they
took
three.
It's
the
Texas
way,
I
guess,
but
once
I
get
that
data
I'll
certainly
be
sharing
it
with
our
administrative
team
and
we'll
see
where
that
goes.
For
the
state
of
Texas.
There
were
two
senators
from
North
Dakota
and
the
delegation
there
were
eight
of
us
from
North
Dakota.
Both
of
them
were
taking
lots
of
notes
which
may
be
good.
R
Too
was
that
governance
I
listened
in
on
the
most
recent
planning
committee
meeting
was
that
gak
for
observation
this
morning,
Saturday
as
a
liaison
to
the
Native
American
Commission
I
was
at
the
powwow
that
was
at
the
Civic
Center,
and
that
was
the
powwow
that
is
held
annually.
It
has
been
on
New
Year's
Eve,
but
they
chose
to
have
it
a
little
later.
R
She
is
the
fargo-moorhead
Native
American
programs
consultant,
so
the
person
that's
in
charge
of
kind
of
getting
that
organization
up
and
running
funding
it
and
just
kind
of
putting
a
structure
together
for
that,
and
we
visited
for
quite
some
time.
Dr.
Gandhi
I
believe
she's
going
to
be
sending
you
and
I
me
a
memo.
I
think
it'll
come
via
email,
just
to
open
up
a
discussion
in
terms
of
how
and
where
the
district
or
the
board
fits
in.
With
that
structure
and
I
know
she's
reaching
out.
R
You
know
to
many
different
stakeholders
within
the
community,
so
hopefully
we
will
receive
that
soon.
We
can
visit
about
it
once
we
get
that
and
Robin
I'll.
Let
you
know
I
thought
that
the
eggs
and
issues
meeting
was
fabulous.
It
was.
It
was
one
of
the
best
as
far
as
I'm
concerned
I
guess
it
deals
with
exactly
some
of
the
issues
that
we've
been
talking
about,
but
all
of
the
presentations
we're
really
really
great
and
I
would
love
it
if
we
could
get
something
set
up
for
board
members
to
visit
the
school
in
Bismarck.
R
Certainly
I
think
we're
open
to
suggestions
if
there
needs
to
be
improvement,
but
I've
heard
very
positive
remarks
from
individuals
that
attended
the
the
large
meeting
and
then
also
we
had
great
engagement
in
our
in
our
group
really
looking
forward
to
look
at
going
through
that
information
and
seeing
where
we
can
utilize
potentially
some
of
the
feedback.
In
regard
to
community
engagement,
and
maybe
where
our
communications,
our
current
Communications
Committee,
could
fit
within
that
I
know,
my
group
gave
some
feedback
that
I
think
could
be
useful.
R
J
Thank
you,
I
was
at
the
state
of
the
school's
event
last
week
and
I
have
to
echo
Rebecca's
comments
that
it
was
outstanding.
Very
good
discussion
in
the
focus
group
I
was
in
afterwards
regarding
the
social-emotional
learning
going
on
in
her
schools,
the
training
of
schools
into
trauma,
aware
bringing
the
restorative
practices
to
our
district
lots
of
excitement.
There
I
think
Maile,
one
of
my
liaison
schools,
eagled
elementary,
was
having
a
social
emotional
learning
night
tonight
that
I'm
anxious
to
talk
to
principal
Dingell
and
the
staff
down
there
and
see
how
that
went.
J
The
thought
your
address
was
excellent.
Dr.
Gandhi,
the
heared
for
the
kids
was
outstanding
or
hearing
so
many
positive
comments
about
how
interesting
and
engaging
those
two
were
and
how
they've
turned
this
into
a
really
fun
conversation
and
I
have
to
give
credit
to
Ann
Marie
and
her
team
and
everyone
that
was
involved
in
the
coordination
of
all
of
this.
J
This
is
an
absolutely
massive
event
to
keep
these
focus
groups
together
if
facilitators
and
recorders
and
timekeepers
all
in
the
right
rooms,
help
people
wandering
it
off
the
street
to
find
a
discussion
area
and
it
all
went
off
from
what
I
could
tell
without
a
hitch.
It's
essentially
magic,
so
kudos
to
all
of
you
I
was
that
the
next
evening
the
education
fact-finding
Commission.
We
should
expect
a
report.
J
President
Nelson,
you
should
expect
a
report
from
Commissioner
Rummel
I
am
thinking
this
week
last
ones
that
he
said
it
would
be
delivered
within
seven
to
ten
days.
So
I
take
that
by
the
end
of
this
week
and
I
think
we'll
have
to
as
a
board.
Pretentiously
come
together,
maybe
a
little
sooner
than
our
next
scheduled
regular
meeting.
If
we
need
to
discuss
this,
we'll
see
what
the
report
lays
out,
but
we
will
be
meeting
with
the
FAA
soon
after
that
comes
out
then.
J
Finally,
last
night,
not
one
of
my
lays
in
schools,
but
I
was
at
North
High
for
their
activities
and
extracurricular
night,
and
this
was
they
hadn't.
They
invited
all
of
the
eighth
graders
from
Ben
Franklin
middle
school
to
North,
divided
them
up
into
I,
believe
12
groups
and
then
gave
everybody
an
opportunity
to
see
the
wide
variety
of
extracurricular
and
elective
activities
that
are
offered
for
programs
up
there.
And
it
was
dizzying
for
me
the
the
variety
we
have
something
for
any
for
everyone.
J
They
had
cleared
out
the
lunchroom
and
turned
it
into
a
space
for
each
club
to
make
their
pitch
to
the
kiddos
wandering
through
under
everything,
from
fishing
clubs
and
trap,
shooting
now
to
golf
and,
of
course,
football
and
hockey,
and
all
those
sports,
environmental
clubs,
thespian
clubs,
the
deca
and
forget
somebody
I
want
to
stop
talking,
but
and
and
seeing
the
the
pride
of
the
instructors.
The
pride
of
most
of
those
instructors
had
students
with
them
speaking
and
giving
their
little
pitch
of.
J
Why
you
should
consider
this
and
no
we've
seen
time
and
time
again
how
important
having
these
additional
activities
are
to
keeping
our
students
engaged
to
increasing
their,
how
it
comes
to
graduation
rates
and-
and
we
were
very
lucky
to
be
able
to
offer
that
here
in
this
district
I
know
growing
up
in
Little,
Rock
Lake,
North,
Dakota
we'd
had
nowhere
near
there's
a
breadth
of
opportunities,
and
so
it's
very
exciting
to
see
and
I
hope
that
going
into
the
future.
Thank
you
great.
M
Since
our
last
board
meeting
we've
had
a
we
had
a
negotiations
committee
meeting
I
had
a
working
lunch
with
dr.
Gandhi,
the
state
of
the
schools.
The
focus
group
that
I
was
part
of
this
year
was
it
was
the
best
group
there
has
been
so
far
that
just
seems
to
be
getting
better
and
better
I
attended
the
fact-finding
Commission
meeting
and
the
government
affairs
meeting
this
morning
and
I
too,
will
be
at
the
City
Commission.
A
Thank
you.
My
personal
reports,
I
visited
CBE
a
hawthorn
and
I'm
scheduled
for
Jefferson
on
Thursday
I
did
I'm
speaking
since
Becky.
Still
here,
I
did
help
arrange
for
a
the
Masonic
Lodge
up
north
to
sponsor
the
entire
school's
scholastic
books,
their
subscription,
so
as
many
grades
as
they
can
get
through
and
there's
some
match
dollars
there,
and
so
sometimes
that
happens
when,
when
my
leis
on
schools
and
people
ask
me
to
find
it
find
a
match.
So
thank
you
for
being
so
willing
to
do
that.
A
Becky
on
I
had
a
great
opportunity
on
December,
18th
and
I
delivered
food
baskets
to
FPS
families,
and
this
was
coordinated
by
gem,
SAR
and
Amy
Riccio
and
the
swift's
and
so
donated
food,
and
it
was
very
interesting
to
see
where
some
of
our
families
live,
but
every
to
every
time
I
got
a
huge
hug
and
it
god
bless
you
and
some
tears
and
one
cute
little
toddler
was
jumping
up
and
down
and
clapping.
She
was
so
exciting.
So
that
was
that
was
a
very
special
event.
A
My
my
liaison
board
for
Volquez
public
health
did
adopt
a
resolution
to
raise
the
minimum
wage
for
all
tobacco
and
vaping
products
to
21,
so
I'm,
not
quite
sure
if
that'll
go
to
the
city,
but
we
were
all
on
board
on
with
that
I
December
17th
I
completed
the
city
of
Fargo
by
phone,
the
Children
and
Family
Services
survey
regarding
federal
HUD
dollars.
The
committee
meetings
that
which
which
I
attended
were
to
planning
one
governance,
one
negotiations
and
government
affairs
this
morning
did
some
other
negotiations
work
around
that
attended.
A
The
fact-finding
Commission
state
of
schools
at
South
High
and
then
form
an
editorial
meeting
as
well
the
middle
of
December
and
then
for
the
Presidents
reports.
I
think
that's
all
laid
out
there
for
you.
The
next
Governance
Committee
meeting
is
January,
23rd
and
I'm.
Sure
we'll
see
you
a
lot
more
in
between
that
time.
Is
there
anything
else
you
need
to
add?
As
far
as
RSVPs
for
traveling.
P
Emory
there's
some
notes
on
that
president's
report.
If,
if
those
who
are
wanting
to
go
to
the
negotiation,
so
I'm
gonna
I
could
please
see
me
to
make
them
plan
to
make
those
arrangements
tomorrow,
that'd
be
great
and
then
there's
some
other
RSVPs
out
there
that
you
need
to
get
to
me.
So
if
you
could,
you
know
make
sure
you
take
your
email
or
check
that
report.
That'd
be
great.