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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - February 23, 2021
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - February 23, 2021
A
Tuesday
february
23rd
welcome
to
the
regular
board
meeting
of
the
fargo
board
of
education,
robin
nelson
indicated
that
she
would
be
a
little
late
likely
this
evening
I
haven't
heard
from
jennifer,
but
we
have
other
board
members.
All
the
other
board
members
are
here
tonight.
So
welcome.
Is
there
a
motion
for
approval
of
the
agenda?
Jim.
A
Is
there
a
second
second,
I
will
put
the
second
with
dr
newman
and
we'll
move
on
with
our.
Let's
see
sorry
motion
in
a
second
all
in
favor
signify
by
saying
yes,.
A
D
D
D
When
the
governor
closed
schools,
we
got
a
couple
of
weeks
to
plan
for
how
to
become
a
remote
learning
district
I.t
we
had
what
we
thought
was
the
easiest
thing.
We
had
a
certain
number
of
devices
we
had
to
make
them
work
because
we
weren't
going
to
be
able
to
get
more
devices
in
that
short
period
of
time
and
everybody
else
in
the
country
was
also
going
to
be
looking
for
resources.
D
So
the
teachers
had
the
hard
work
of
putting
together
resources
and
getting
them
ready.
What
we
found
was,
we
didn't,
have
enough
devices
in
grades
6
through
12,
we've
been
one-to-one
for
years,
they're,
fine.
If
students
were
free
and
reduced
and
they
asked
for
internet,
we
got
them
internet
they're
good.
D
D
K2
students
tend
to
be
a
bit
boogery
and
what
we
did
then
was
we
figured
out
how
many
families
are
there
that
live
in
the
same
address,
and
how
can
we
get
one
family
or
one
device
per
family?
So
we
work
that
out
you'll
see
in
the
learning,
not
a
great
method
when
you've
got
three
or
four
kids
at
home.
Trying
to
do
remote.
Lessons
fighting
over
one
device
was
not
optimal,
but
it's
what
we
had
at
the
time.
D
D
D
D
They
really
really
stepped
up,
so
that
made
it
possible
for
us
to
have
the
remote
learning
for
these
elementary
kids.
But
we
knew
that
some
families,
no
matter
what
we
do,
wouldn't
contact
anyone
about
internet.
So
we
made
sure
that
these
devices
were
loaded
with
all
of
the
content,
and
I
have
to
give
ryan
meyer
from
apple
a
lot
of
credit.
D
It
turns
out
loading
hundreds
of
ipads
with
all
of
the
information
in
the
device,
so
that
you
can
click
links
and
have
videos.
Open
is
really
hard
and
ryan
camped
out
here
for
a
week
and
helped
us
load
devices
10
at
a
time,
because
that's
what
it
took
to
get
it
done
and
the
department
of
instructional
resources
from
fargo
schools
stepped
up
gave
us
people
to
help
coordinate
all
of
the
devices.
So
we
could
get
that
done.
D
If
you
remember
what
it
was
like
in
march
and
early
april,
when
people
were
talking
about
how
long
the
virus
might
live
on
a
surface,
we
took
that
really
seriously
back.
Then
we
split
our
it
department
up
so
that
we
never
had
more
than
half
a
round.
At
the
same
time,
it
made
it
harder
for
us
to
get
device
stuff
done,
but
it
ensured
that
one
person
getting
covid
wouldn't
take
out
our
entire
department.
D
D
Moving
on
to
summer,
we
had
to
stick
with
remote
learning,
which
meant
we
had
to
make
sure
that
the
kids
didn't
turn
in
their
devices
at
the
end
of
school
and
kept
them
over
the
summer,
and
then
we
talked
to
midco
because
they
were
going
to
end
the
program
for
free
internet
in
june.
They
extended
it
to
july,
while
we
were
working
through
summer
school.
I
worked
with
midco
and
they
agreed
to
create
a
whole
new
pricing
tier
for
families
14.95
per
month
for
internet
no
extra
paperwork,
an
affordable
option.
D
D
Businesses,
don't
like
direct
cable
companies,
especially
don't
like
direct
building
another
address,
but
they
agreed.
We
could
install
internet
at
home
through
them
and
they
would
bill
us
directly.
So
what
we
created
was
a
forum
that
any
principal
or
counselor
could
fill
out
and
all
we
need
to
know
is
you
principal
counselors
say
that
this
address
needs
internet
between
midco
sparklight,
who
stepped
up
with
the
same
pricing.
Tier
and
702
communications
will
get
them
internet.
D
The
last
things
that
we
decided
in
the
summer
we
ordered
chromebooks
and
ipads.
In
june
we
got
the
ipads,
we
didn't
get
the
chromebooks,
we
licensed
zoom
for
our
teachers.
We
used
the
free
accounts
in
the
spring.
There
was
some
consternation
about
that
at
the
time,
because
there
were
news
reports
about
it
being
in
unsecure.
D
They
fixed
that
very
quickly
which
made
it
possible
for
us
to
use
them
and
they
were
free
and
it
worked,
but
we
did
buy
licenses
for
everybody
for
this
year.
It
gave
us
the
side
benefit
of
allowing
teachers
to
say.
I
want
kids
to
log
in
using
their
google
account,
which
eliminated
the
zoom
bombing
problems
that
we
had
a
little
bit
of
in
the
spring
we
added
seesaw
for
the
elementaries.
That
was
our
engagement
program
of
choice,
so
teachers
could
post
lessons
and
materials,
and
parents
and
students
could
respond.
D
D
D
D
I
want
to
give
a
lot
of
credit
to
the
library,
media
specialists,
the
tech
coaches
and
the
facilitators,
who
did
a
tremendous
job
of
getting
all
of
the
pd
resources
ready
before
school
started.
Teachers
know
how
to
teach
they
know
their
curriculum.
They
needed
to
know
how
to
feel
comfortable
with
the
tools.
D
We
offered
for
any
teacher
to
get
an
ipad
would
have
been
super
helpful
if
it
didn't
take
eight
weeks
for
them
to
arrive,
but
we
did
get
them
an
additional
monitor
for
when
you're
in
hybrid
or
remote
learning.
Because
then,
you
can
have
your
lessons
and
you
can
have
your
kids
up
at
the
same
time
and
we
just
a
simple
thing:
giving
them
an
external
mic
and
speaker
so
that
when
they're
on
zoom
calls,
people
can
hear
them
and
they
can
hear
their
kids.
D
We
added
0.5
extra
I.t
support
and
we
did
that
because
we
had
a
retirement
in
the
district
of
a
library
assistant
who
knew
our
ipads
in
our
elementary
technology
very
well
and
she
was
willing
to
come
back
at
a
0.49.
So
we
hired
her
use.
Cares
funds
she's
a
temporary
employee
at
the
end
of
june
she's
done
so.
We
are
probably
going
to
be
requesting
at
least
the
opportunity
to
work
with
missy
and
the
rest
of
cabinet
to
talk
about.
D
D
We
budget
about
30
000
a
year
to
supply
internet
to
families
that
need
it.
We've
never
actually
used
all
of
that
money.
So
we're
going
to
keep
this
plan
in
place
where
counselors
and
principals
can
say.
I
know
they're
not
free
and
reduced,
but
they
still
qualify
in
my
eyes
and
we'll
keep
supplying
that
option
for
them.
D
Looking
back,
if
we
had
a
single
learning
management
system
in
the
district,
I
think
we
would
have
been
in
a
much
better
place
to
consider
remote
learning.
Nobody
expected
what
happened
to
happen,
but
if
we
would
have
had
a
canvas,
a
schoology
one
place
for
everybody
to
go
with
content
already
in
there.
That
would
have
been
really
helpful.
D
Finally,
now
that
we
are
one-to-one
and
we're
one-to-one
pre-k
through
12,
our
tech
budget
request
is
going
to
be
higher
every
year
because
we
are
going
to
have
to
maintain
and
eventually
replace
these
devices
on
a
schedule
like
we
do
everything
else
and
we
won't
be
able
to
do
that
in
the
existing
budget.
So
we'll
have
to
work
that
out
with
everybody
as
well.
If
we
want
to
look
at
the
numbers
at
the
end,
real
quick
just
to
give
you
some
stats.
D
If
you
look
at
our
support
tickets,
we
doubled
that
hands
down,
doubled
it
right
off
the
bat
we're
getting
very
efficient
at
handling
problems
right
now,
when
we're
around
120
open
tickets
a
day
but
feedback
from
the
elementaries
is
they
need
more
of
our
time
and
they
need
to
know
when
we're
going
to
be
there
on
a
schedule
and
that's
where
what
I
want
to
do
is
I
want
to
work
with
missy
on
that,
because
it's
not
necessarily
that
we
need
a
tech.
D
What
we
need
is
a
plan
to
make
sure
everybody
is
as
comfortable
with
technology
as
they
possibly
can
be,
and
at
the
start
of
the
remote
learning
it
was
kind
of
a
hands-off
handoff
in
march
at
the
start
of
the
school
year,
it
was
a
very
rapid.
We
need
to
get
these
kids
their
devices
and
get
them
to
their
homes
as
fast
as
we
can.
This
upcoming
year,
we're
going
to
build
with
instructional
resources
and
with
the
principles,
a
distribution
plan
for
those
one-to-ones,
so
they
don't
go
home.
D
The
first
day
there
is
more
education
for
parents,
there's
more
education
for
the
kids.
We
could
even
have
them,
bring
home
cardboard
versions
of
the
devices
and
bring
them
back
until
they
show
that
they
can
do
that.
But
we
need
to
do
something
because
we
need
to
have
the
elementary
distribution
and
maintenance
of
the
devices
work
better
and
we
need
to
have
less
damage.
Honestly.
When
you
look
at
the
damages,
we're
double.
D
I
talked
with
karen
moore
about
what
she's
looking
at
for
what
we
expect
to
write
off
and
we're
50
to
60
devices
higher
than
we
would
have
been
a
year
ago,
so
we're
losing
more
devices
as
well.
If
you
look
at
seesaw,
we've
never
had
a
licensed
version
of
seesaw.
We
have
over
a
half
million
posts,
392
173
visits
by
family
members,
which
is
outstanding
because
some
of
those
parents
just
watch
what
the
kids
doing
from
the
kids
login.
D
D
Since
the
school
year
started,
we
have
had
76
826
meetings,
we
have
had
36
million
486
530
minutes
of
people
in
zoom
meetings,
and
we
have
some
virtual
academy
teachers
that
zoom
stats
say
have
over
450
000
minutes
under
their
belt.
If
you
do
the
math
that
would
be
319
days,
so
I
have
a
feeling,
it's
them
and
all
of
their
kids
added
together,
but
those
virtual
academy
teachers.
I
cannot
give
them
enough
credit.
They
are
on
zoom
morning
noon
and
night,
helping
those
kids,
I
guess.
D
In
summary,
I
think
I'm
going
to
get
dangly
earrings
when
this
is
all
over,
because
I
can't
imagine
not
having
this.
If
you've
got
any
questions
for
me,
I'd
be
happy
to
take
them.
A
Oh,
my
goodness,
thank
you
so
much
for
to
to
you
and
your
entire
team.
You
guys
all
really
rock
that's
for
sure,
and
there
is
absolutely
no
way
we
would
be
able
to
be
functioning
without
the
amazing
work
that
you
do.
It
seems
magical
as
you
talk
about
it,
but
I
know
it's
not
magic.
So.
E
D
I'm
surprised
nobody
has
noticed.
We
3d
printed
these
little
add-ons
to
your
microphone,
so
you
can
tell
when
the
light
is
on.
I
thought
that
would
be
the
big
highlight
of
this
presentation:
don't
touch
them
because
they
will
they'll
fall
off,
they're
really
fragile,
but
they
were
3d
printed.
Just
for
you
guys.
A
A
E
E
H
I
have
a
question
for
you
tracy,
so
regarding
data,
and
specifically
this
morning,
it
came
up
on
the
call
too
about
masks
in
school,
and
will
we
get
to
a
point
or
when
what
does
that
look
like
in
the
future?
H
When
can
we
expect
kiddos
to
not
have
to
wear
them
every
day,
and
it
had
me
thinking
about
something
you
had
mentioned
during
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
as
the
studies
began
to
roll
out
in
terms
of
the
likelihood
of
smaller
children
versus
adolescents
and
older
children,
and
so
I
wondered
in
some
of
our
plans.
You
know
we
had
different
sort
of
protocols
in
different
age
groups.
Right
would
the
same.
Do
you
think
be
true
with
masks?
H
Could
we,
in
other
words,
look
forward
to
maybe
the
littles
having
to
not
wear
them
sooner
rather
than
later.
E
Well,
that's
very
optimistic
thinking.
I
think
I
I'm
unaware
that
there's
any
data
or
any
like
thinking
along
those
lines,
but
it
intuitively
would
make
sense,
but
I
guess
I
just
can't
give
a
definite
answer
on
that.
I
I
have
been
following
a
lot:
the
upcoming
information
about
children
being
vaccinated
and
how
that
is
going
to
play
into
all
of
this.
E
A
Thanks
for
the
question
jennifer
and
tracy
for
the
follow
up
on
to
item
c,
it's
the
legislative
update
robin
may
be
coming
in
here,
as
we
finish
this
up,
but,
dr
gandhi,
would
you
like
to
start.
G
Sure
I
will,
I
won't
touch
on
this
too
much
just
because
I
think
robin
will
probably
touch
on
it
at
her
report,
if
she's
here
by
the
end
of
the
meeting,
but
obviously
we
are
approaching
crossover,
there's
a
little
bit
of
work
to
be
done
yet.
G
So
we
kind
of
now
have
an
idea
of
which
bills
did
get
a
due
pass
recommendation,
so
robin
can
give
a
run
through
when
she
provides
her
report,
but
just
do
want
to
say
thank
you
to
robin
and
everyone
else
that
participated
in
our
crossover
breakfast
this
morning.
I
thought
it
was
very
well
done
and
really
organized
and
a
meaningful
experience
with
the
legislators.
So.
A
Yes
and
thanks
to
those
of
you
on
the
board,
who
are
able
to
join
in
very
well
organized
in
a
tight
period
of
time
and
some
good
questions
and
dialogue
following
the
presentation,
so
I
appreciate
it
and
so
happy
that
we
were
able
to
hold
that
in
a
virtual
format.
The
fea
report
is
next
jennifer
mastrud
welcome.
F
I
I
have
previously
shared
with
the
board
negotiators
our
intent,
fea's
intent
to
petition
in
early
april
to
formally
begin
teacher
contract
negotiations
with
that
date
a
little
more
than
a
month
away.
We
will
soon
find
ourselves
engaging
in
detailed
conversations
about
the
conditions
facing
the
teachers
and
the
students
of
this
district.
I
I
I
Our
board
has
chosen
to
do
this
in
the
past
as
a
right
to
work.
State
teachers
can
take
no
organized
action,
such
as
a
strike
to
sway
a
board's
decision,
in
fact,
fargo
public
schools,
administrative
policy,
5116
states
that
speech
that
causes
or
leads
to
a
disruption
of
work
or
interferes
in
the
school
district's
interests
may
subject
the
speaker
to
job
termination
and
dismissal,
thus
dissuading
teachers
from
even
voicing
opinions
about
board
actions,
and
now
the
state
legislature
is
poised
to
impose
a
time
limit
to
the
negotiations
process
for
future
cycles.
I
I
G
Sure
I'd
like
to
first
start
off
by
just
kind
of
capitalizing
on
the
report
from
the
fea
I
did
at
the
last
board
meeting.
I
made
a
comment
that
the
faa
had
turned
down
a
bonus
that
was
offered
to
all
staff
that
was
based
on
information
that
was
shared
with
me
since
that
last
meeting
it
was.
I
was
told
that
that
was
a
misinformation.
G
I
believe
that
I
shared
with
myself
and
other
board
members,
and
we
were
under
that
same
impression,
so
I
did
reach
out
to
to
fva
and
I
I
did
apologize
and
I
did
tell
them
that
I
would
apologize
for
making
that
mistake.
I
understand
the
magnitude
of
saying
something
like
that
in
a
public
forum
as
well.
I
was
going
off
of
some
of
the
information
that
was
shared
with
me,
so
I
I
do
think
that
fargo
public
schools
has
a
good
relationship
with
our
fargo
education
association.
G
I
know
that
there's
been
recent
conversations
about
a
change
in
direction
that
I've
requested
in
terms
of
no
longer
having
monthly
meetings
that
were
becoming
administrative
and
function,
but
using
other
avenues
and
still
wanting
to
work
with
fea.
By
no
means
is
the
intent
of
that
to
minimize
that
relationship
or
not
collaborate.
G
That
is
not
the
intent,
but
at
the
same
point
I
made
a
statement
last
time
when
I
was
when
my
integrity
was
questioned
and
more
of
a
defensive
nature,
so
I
do
apologize
for
that.
I
made
that
statement
based
on
the
information
that
was
shared
with
me.
It
was
later
said
that
that
was
not
true,
so
I
have
no
problem
apologizing
to
fea
and
please
know
that
it
is
never
our
goal
to
create
more
additional
divisive
rhetoric
within
our
district.
I
think
it's
the
exact
opposite
that
we
want
to
do
so.
G
I
do
think
that
we
are
better
and
stronger
together,
so
I
do
want
to
start
with
just
saying
that
this
morning.
Secondly,
I
think
the
rest
of
my
update
was
really
going
to
be
more
legislative
in
nature
talking
through
some
of
the
bills,
but
I
think
robin
will
do
that
later
today
and
I
did
want
to
just
recognize
a
couple
of
school
leaders
that
might
that
will
be
retiring
at
the
end
of
this
year,
and
I
know
that
you
might
have
seen
their
names
come
across
the
last
couple
of
board
meetings.
G
But
we
do
have
a
principal
vacancy
at
carl
benn
and
north
high
school,
and
I
do
want
to
just
recognize
both
of
those
principles
that
have
been
both
brad
and
andy.
Dahlin
have
been
with
us
for
a
long
time
and
just
a
tremendous
asset
to
our
students,
and
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
board
members,
if
you
have
a
chance
to
just
visit
with
them
prior
to
the
end
of
this
year,
just
know
that
they
are
going
to
leave
a
very
lasting
legacy
in
our
school
district
and
for
a
lot
of
students
and
our
families.
A
Thank
you,
dr
gandhi,
robin
is
it
okay
if
the
your
portion
of
the
legislative
update
gets
covered
under
your
gac
okay,
thank
you
on
to
the
consent
agenda.
C
A
Motion
passes,
we
do
not
have
any
items
on
our
business
agenda.
Moving
on
to
board
reports,
committee
liaison
and
correspondence
reports
robin
would
it
be,
would
you
be
prepared
to
start
us
off.
F
J
J
J
J
They
have
the
students
having
lunch
in
the
lunchroom,
they
have
students
in
age
101,
that's
the
meeting
room,
we're
usually
in
and
in
the
gym,
and
they
have
dots
everywhere
where
kids
can
sit
and
the
kids
were
doing
great.
That
was
probably
one
of
the
things
I
wanted
to
highlight.
We
toured
a
couple
other
classrooms
and,
and
things
administration's
working
really
hard
to
keep
the
students
safe,
and
I
didn't
see
any
mask
issues
when
I
was
there.
I
had
to
check
in
take
my
temperature,
but
mr
cody's
doing
a
nice
really
nice
job
at
davies.
A
Here
no
problem
thanks
robin
for
for
joining
us,
jim
and
then
we'll
go
to
brian
and
nikki.
B
Planning
had
a
meeting
last
friday
and
we
have
another
one
this
friday
for
all
of
you
on
the
planning
committee
and
anybody
that
has
nothing
to
do
at
7
30.
In
the
morning
our
meeting
last
friday
really
focused
in
on
looking
at
some
of
the
issues
in
north
fargo.
B
We
all
understand
the
advantages
of
pairing
getting
multiple
classes
of
every
grade
level,
but
the
distance
there
is
an
issue
that
we're
still
trying
to
figure
out.
How
do
we
navigate
that
effectively
so
more
to
come
on
that?
Probably
in
the
future,
we
also
got
an
update
on
the
career
workforce
academy.
B
B
So
one
of
the
issues
we
have
to
look
at
is
what
are
we
going
to
do
for
a
track
for
the
north
high
secondary
students,
administration
and
working
with
with
todd
our
activity
director
have
got
a
plan
in
place
for
right
now,
but
in
the
long
run
it
looks
like
we
probably
are
going
to
be
looking
at
making
an
investment
for
a
track
facility
for
north
high.
B
So
the
administration's
going
to
work
up
some
recommendations
and
numbers
around
that
and
then
integrate
that
as
a
possible
addition
into
the
long
range
facility
plan,
which
also
then
triggers
some
changes
in
long-range
financial
plan.
So
I'm
guessing
probably
about
a
month
from
now.
Both
of
those
will
come
back
to
planning
again
and
then
ultimately
come
to
the
board
for
renewal,
as
is
typically
on
an
annual
basis
and
that's
pretty
much
what
we
covered
at
planning.
B
A
B
I
need
to
give
a
shout
out
to
robin
nelson.
I
know
all
of
you
are
aware
of
how
hectic
things
are
on
bismarck,
but
I
want
to
tell
you
this
young
lady
is
probably
spending
I'm
going
to
guess
five
hours
a
day,
mostly
in
the
evening,
looking
at
everything
that
happened
in
hearings
listening
to
the
testimony
and
then
providing
us
with
a
report.
K
K
Oh
yeah,
that
does
work
well.
Okay,
the
communications,
engagement
and
advocacy
committee
met
last
thursday,
I'm
thrilled
to
be
able
to
say
we
created
a
plan.
We
worked
the
plan,
we
got
through
the
plan
and
we're
putting
some
more
on
the
plan,
but
we
did
spend
a
good
amount
of
time
talking
about
the
upcoming
town
halls.
K
We
will
have
a
board
member
attending
each
one,
starting
with
rebecca,
and,
I
think,
that's
appropriate.
I
do
want
to
talk
about.
There
was
one
concern
that
got
brought
forth
and
we
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
on
it
and
I
want
to
share
it
because
I
don't
want
it
to
be
a
concern
and
if
this
can
help,
I
want
to
get
it
out
there.
K
These
town
halls
were
created
and
designed
with
the
idea
of
respectful,
thoughtful
communication
in
mind,
and
that
would
not
be
held
against
anybody,
and
we
want
to
hear
what
people
have
to
say
if
something
isn't
working
if
somebody's
unhappy,
if
somebody
has
a
great
idea,
we
want
to
hear
it,
we
don't
want
to
shut
that
down,
and
it's
not
designed
to
be
an
opportunity
to
attack
anybody.
It's
not
to
put
anybody
on
the
spot,
it's
to
be
able
to
convey
information
and
to
be
able
to
answer
questions
around
that
information.
K
So
with
that,
I
know
that
there's
been
concern.
However,
thinking
of
different
things
that
have
happened
to
us
over
the
last
year
with
covid,
with
masking
with
virtual
learning,
with
all
the
various
things,
I
don't
believe.
I
am
not
aware
of
any
opportunity
that
anybody
has
been
that
anything
has
happened.
There
hasn't
been
repercussions
like.
Oh
you
can't
say
that
kind
of
thing.
If
I'm
wrong
somebody,
let
me
know
what
we
want
to
encourage
is
thoughtful.
K
K
K
Everybody
has
done
a
fantastic
job
of
stepping
up
to
get
those
things
done.
One
of
our
big
goals
was
to
open
up
that
communication
path
and
I
think
we're
well
on
our
way.
People
have
ideas,
we'd
love
to
hear
it,
but
it
was
a
good
meeting.
It
was
good
conversation.
So
thank
you
to
all
that.
Were
there.
E
Thank
you.
I
was
at
that
meeting
and
I
agree,
and
I
just
appreciate
your
report.
Nikki.
Let's
see,
I
had
my
first
north
dakota
department
of
health,
bu
advisory
board
meeting
and
I'm
just
super
excited
about
what
this
group
is
going
to
do
in
our
state.
I
was
excited
to
see
there
was
two
other
fargo
public
schools,
employees
on
the
board,
dr
justin
lean
the
new
principal
at
explorer
academy
and
josh
andreas,
the
counselor
at
davies.
E
E
These
personal
stories,
I
think
it's
safe
to
say
that
virtual
education
did
not
serve
this
population
very
well.
Unfortunately,
and
these
families
were
just
so
grateful
that
we
are
that
we
are
back,
there's
a
lot
of
talk
of
room
to
grow
for
the
virtual
academy,
especially
for
children
on
ieps.
So
if
this,
this
virtual
education
were
to
continue
into
next
school
year,
really
looking
for
ways
to
improve
that,
especially
for
this
population
and
then
february
12th,
I
had
the
fargo
cast
public
health
board
meeting
and
it
was
a
lot
to
talk
about
there.
E
But
let's
see
alarming
rates
of
drug-related
deaths
in
cass
county,
which
I
found
surprising,
there's
specifically
an
increase
in
meth
related
deaths.
So
there
was
a
lot
of
talk
about
our
public
health
service
and
how
we
can
do
education
for
the
community.
A
big
chunk
of
that
meeting
was
about
the
covet
19
vaccines.
E
They,
as
you
guys,
probably
still
know,
they're
working
their
way
through
the
first
two
tiers
of
category
1b,
which
is
75
and
older,
and
then
65
and
older,
with
two
medical
conditions.
The
next
tier
is
congregate.
Living
facilities.
Teachers
are
the
last
here
in
that
priority
group.
I
think
child
care
providers
are
right
before
them,
so
slowly
but
surely
we're
getting
there.
They
were
unsure
of
the
exact
timeline
for
teachers
and
then
we
spent
the
rest
of
it.
E
Let's
see,
I
did
a
north
dakota
school
board,
association,
lunch
and
learn
for
superintendent
evaluations
and
then
the
breakfast
this
morning,
which
was
great
for
governmental
affairs
and
just
in
general,
I'm
doing
my
best
to
follow
both
education
and
health
bills.
During
this
legislative
session,
I
feel
like
it's
more
than
normal,
but
robin
assures
me
it's
a
little
less.
E
But
since
our
last
meeting
I've
sent
multiple
written
correspondence
representatives
both
for
health
and
education
bills,
and
I
think
that's
it.
Thank
you.
Seth.
H
I
attended
the
ndsba
virtual
lunch
and
learn
seminar
on
february
17th
and
they're
offered
monthly,
so
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
not
only
was
there
some
good
information
in
there
that
I
hope
that
we
consider
and
and
discuss
as
a
board
in
the
future,
but
that
they
are
recorded
and
available
online.
So
if
you
are
interested
in
going
back
and
watching
or
listening
to
any
of
the
topics
they
are
there.
A
C
We
haven't
reported
out
this
month,
so
my
visit
to
north
high
goes
way
back
to
the
first
part
of
february.
In
fact,
it
was
the
day
that
andy
had
informed
the
school
or
the
administration
that
he
was
resigning,
and
he
shared
that
with
me
and,
like
dr
gandhi,
said,
he's
he's
he's
been
a
big
part
of
our
school
system
and
he's
a
very,
very
admired
person
he's
going
to
be
it's
going
to
be
a
hard
place
to
fill.
C
C
They
have
taken
the
lunchroom
and
they've
separated
it
so
that
the
kids
are
spaced
out
as
much
as
possible,
which
left
them
with
a
whole
bunch
of
kids
that
had
no
place
to
eat,
so
staff
has
has
provided
supervision
and
they
have
spread
out
through
the
the
library
in
the
library
is
like
eating
in
a
high-class
restaurant
with
all
those
huge
windows
and
all
that
light,
it's
great
place.
C
The
kids
didn't
like
it
at
first
and
now
they
think
it's
absolutely
wonderful,
they
played
bingo
on
fridays
and
they
were
informing
us
how
crooked
the
bingo
was
being
set
up.
Now
they
were
happy
everybody
up.
There
was
happy
many
many
of
the
classrooms
have
kids
sitting
in
them,
probably
oh
a
say,
eight
to
twelve
and
the
the
separation
was
was
wonderful.
C
Everybody
was
wearing
masks
without
complaints.
I
and
it
just
I
mean
that's-
it
looked
like
it
was
choreographed
because
they
were
doing
just
exactly
what
we
would
want
them
to
be
doing,
and
I
saw
my
first
band
practice
with
masks
and
here's
the
jazz
band.
Everybody
is
masked
up.
They're
playing
clarinets
they're
playing
tubas
they're
playing
saxophones
are
playing
everything,
everybody
does
a
mask
and
you
know
it's
got
a
hole
in
it.
Apparently,
because
there
was
air
coming
out
and
they've
got
masks
over
the
the
bells
of
the
instruments.
C
I
mean
it
was
absolutely
amazing
and
he
said
there
have
been
no
absolutely
zero
transmissions
due
to
classroom
any
any
time
that
they've
been
together
in
classrooms
or
lunchroom
the
only
times
the
only
con
or
the
only
cases
that
they've
had
have
been
through
sports.
C
On
february
16th,
the
negotiations
committee
meant
all
members
were
present.
We
are
meeting
again
on
march
4th
and
I
want
to
share
with
the
board
that
I
had
a
very,
very
good
telephone
conversation
with
with
grant
we
had
specifically,
I
agree
with
a
lot
with
what
he
said
and
the
first
thing
you
have
to
all
mention.
The
very
first
thing
that
came
out
of
grant's
mouth
and
mine
was
the
fact
that
this
was
not
a
negotiation
session.
We
did
not
talk
about
any
topics
that
will
come
up
for
negotiations.
C
We
talked
basically
about
the
atmosphere
and
the
fact
that
both
well,
I
can't
speak
for
fea,
but
the
board
very
much
wants
to
collaborate
with
the
teachers
and
we're
we're
hoping
that
negotiations
go
as
smoothly
as
a
difficult
process
like
negotiations
can.
But
that
is
what
I've
been
doing.
A
Thank
you
david.
I
will
just
mention
that,
yes,
I
was
at
the
crossover
breakfast
this
morning
the
ndsba
lunch
and
learn
regarding
superintendent
evaluation.
I
attended
looking
forward
just
a
couple
things
I
wanted
to
point
out
on
our
calendar.
We
have
some
homework
due
march
10th.
A
A
A
As
chair
of
the
communications,
engagement
and
advocacy
committee,
that
is
definitely
your
spot
to
to
do
that,
and
I
wanted
to
remind
the
board
that
we
discussed
back
I'm
just
looking
at
minutes
back
at
the
december
15th
cea
meeting
in
talking
about
our
work
plan
and
talking
about
engagement
with
different
stakeholders
within
the
district
being
staff
being
one
of
them.
What
might
be
some
ways
that
you
know
we
could
think
about
expanding
our
communications
and
engagement
with
staff,
and,
following
that,
really
this
town
hall
concept
was
developed.
A
I
would
say
in
a
unique
way
in
that
it,
I
see
it
as
a
collaboration
between
the
board
and
administration.
Dr
gandhi
presented
the
idea.
It
was
discussed
at
the
cea
committee
meeting.
It's
been
a
couple
of
times
now
and
looking
at
how
could
we
incorporate
that
into
our
work
plan
in
a
strategic
way
and
in
a
methodical
way
and
in
a
way
to
start
to
begin
some
additional
processes?
So
I'm
looking
forward
to
this
process
beginning
as
a
start.
A
It's
a
it's
a
new
way
of
engaging
and
sharing
information
and
ideas,
and
we
can
make
changes
along
the
way
if
we
decide
that
there
is
that
this
isn't
a
way
to
go.
But
I
would
suggest
that
we
give
it
some
time
and
that
we
see
this
as
an
additional
tool
for
us
to
all
be
working
together
and
to
not
be
looking
at
it.
In
a
way
of
minimizing
communication
and
the
additionally
we
have
received,
we
did
receive
an
email
january
26
by
we,
I
mean.
A
And
I
have
not
added
that
to
an
agenda
for
us
to
consider,
because
I
see
that
as
something
that's
in
our
governance
process,
outside
of
our
purview
of
a
little
bit
of
of
getting
into
the
weeds
and
directing
administration
in
terms
of
how
how
they
do
their
work
and
how
they
handle
that
communication.
So
I
wanted
to
let
you
know
why
it
hasn't
been
on
an
agenda
since
I
have
received-
or
since
we've
received
that
communication,
I
guess,
if
every.
A
A
The
last
item
I
wanted
to
share,
since
I
wasn't
at
the
board
meeting
in
person
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
I
wanted
to
just
give
you
a
little
bit
of
an
update
on
the
native
american
commission
meeting
that
was
held
last
month
and
at
that
meeting,
david
berkman
and
melody
stabner
provided
a
presentation
via
zoom.
Those
meetings
are
still
being
held
via
zoom
regarding
the
renaming
process
of
woodrow
wilson
and
they
touched
on
a
variety
of
of
items,
but
realizing
that
the
name
dakota
was
chosen,
probably
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
A
A
So
that's
where
the
district
is
working
on
planning
for
that
new
name
and
the
reason
that
the
two
individuals
spoke
at
the
native
american
commission
meeting
about
that
is
to
help
inform
native
americans
of
our
process,
realizing
that,
no
matter
how
we
arrived
at
the
name,
dakota
we
sit
on
native
land
and
it's
the
respect
of
allowing
individuals
that
are
are
tribal
individuals
to
understand
better
our
process
and
invite
them
into
the
space
for
communication
and
dialogue.