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From YouTube: School Board Meeting - May 25, 2021
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - May 25, 2021
A
Our
report
section-
I
do
want
to
remind
everyone
that
until
the
end
of
the
school
year,
it
is
the
requirement
of
the
fargo
school
district
that
persons
in
the
buildings
of
fargo
public
schools
do
adhere
to
the
mitigation
practices
that
staff
and
students
have
been
asked
to
adhere
to.
So
that
includes
those
of
us
in
this
room
tonight
as
well
appreciate
everyone
that
has
decided
to
do
that,
including
wearing
a
mask
on
to
our
reports.
The
first
report
is
our
equity
and
inclusion
department
report.
Dr
uselman
is
here.
A
B
Turn
on
the
microphone,
so
I
have
old
teacher
lungs.
I
think
I
could
have
shouted
it
out
so
again,
I'm
tamara
and
I'll
I'll
begin
with
defining
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
in
a
in
a
really
simple
form,
but
it
context
matters,
and
this
is
how
we
use
it
at
fargo,
public
schools,
so
diversity
means
count
to
people
count
everybody
in
our
school
system.
Like
I
said,
people
who
look
like
me
are
88,
culturally
linguistically
diverse
student
groups,
and
yet
it
means
more
than
race,
ethnicity,
it's,
gender
and
gender
identification.
B
Diversity
includes,
disability
or
how
people
are
abled
and
a
lot
of
intersectionality
across
those
things.
That's
diversity,
it's
all
of
us.
What
is
inclusion
inclusion
is
this
belief
that
the
people
count
all
the
people
count.
Each
of
us
will
fall
into
demographic
groups
that
I
mentioned
and
even
ones
I
didn't
mention,
but
each
of
us
wants
to
be
known
by
face
and
name
so
we
are
more
than
a
label.
We
are
someone's
human
child
or
someone's
significant
other
and
a
person
of
worth
in
our
own
right.
B
B
We
want
to
make
certain
that
we
have
parity,
for
example,
in
our
in
our
behavior
reports.
Students
shouldn't
be
over
represented
in
suspension
and
underrepresented
in
awards.
If
that's
happening,
then
we
have
some
work
to
do
in
terms
of
teaching
lagging
skills,
as
well
as
making
certain
our
school
system
is
included.
So
on
slide
one.
What
does
educational
equity
look
like
if
you
take
a
look
at
this
you'll
understand
how
we
use
the
term
equity,
so
we
believe
it
looks
like
authentic
caring
relationships.
B
B
B
It
means
that
our
school
environments
are
welcoming
and
safe
safety
is
a
big
deal
in
equity
and
that
we
have
system-wide
system-wide
outcomes
that
could
contribute
to
a
more
just
community
and
I'll
talk
about
what
that
means
in
a
minute.
So
what
does
educational
equity
sound
like
when
we
keep
improving
our
equity?
Our
students
will
start
to
say
in
this
school
system.
I'm
seen
for
my
strengths
and
my
contributions,
I'm
known
by
face
and
name
I
have
strengths.
I
have
contributions.
I'm
respected,
for
who
I
am
my
voice,
is
heard
and
appreciated.
B
I
feel
cared
about
and
I
care
about.
Other
people,
I
see
myself
represented
in
a
positive
way
in
my
curriculum,
I'm
comfortable
and
welcomed
at
school,
I'm
confident
and
I'm
challenged
academically
and
I'm
empowered,
which
is
actually
a
word
in
the
fargo
public,
school's
mission
to
achieve
my
dreams
and
my
goals
and
my
full
potential,
and
also
that
I
see
my
place
as
well
as
my
responsibility
in
the
community.
B
So,
let's
just
take
a
look
at
the
how
everybody
who
does
equity
work
has
a
theory
of
change,
and
so,
if
you
take
a
look
at
this,
how
on
the
slide,
I
want
you
to
think
of
a
system,
so
everyone
who's
listening
here
tonight
think
of
a
system,
an
hr
system,
an
accounting
system,
the
circulatory
system,
music,
as
a
system,
the
law
as
a
system.
Think
of
how
a
system
works
right.
B
Just
think
about
that
for
a
minute
and
almost
all
systems
have
these
six
conditions
and
when
a
system
is
working
well,
you
keep
running
that
system
for
who
it's
working
for.
You
wouldn't
write
a
prescription
for
somebody
whose
heart
was
working
well
in
a
circulatory
system,
but
if
it
wasn't
working
well,
you
would
figure
out
what
does
that
person
need
in
order
for
me
to
help
create
an
equitable
life
outcome
and
that's
sort
of
what
we
see
going
on
here.
So
if
you
take
a
look
at
these
layers,
this
top
one
is
structural
change.
B
B
B
If
you
follow
that
arrow
over
as
a
scarcity
game,
if
that
group
wins,
my
group
loses,
if
we
add
some
curriculum
pieces,
then
my
group's
going
to
suffer-
and
at
least
here
in
fargo
public-
that's
the
opposite
of
equity.
It's
the
exact
opposite.
When
I
say
all
I
mean
all
all
students,
and
so
we
want
to
improve
outcomes
for
all
kids
to
meet
the
mission,
and
so
what
that
means
is
we
have
to
figure
out
what?
B
Too,
so
again
on
that
last,
one
sometimes
there's
fear
that
if
you
improve
equity,
it's
a
win-lose
game.
If
you
improve
for
one
group,
it's
worse
for
others,
but,
as
I
said,
that's
the
opposite
of
equity.
A
big
piece
of
equity
is
safety
and
the
more
you
invest
so
that
people
can
graduate
and
meet
the
mission,
which
is
to
achieve
excellence.
By
empowering
all
to
succeed.
B
When
all
kids
succeed,
then
all
kids
are
in
a
position
of
choice
for
career,
for
post-secondary
education
and
for
community
life
and
when
you're
committed
to
educating
all
students,
so
they
can
graduate
and
feed
themselves
and
those
they
love.
You
have
done
a
benefit
for
that
student,
but
you've
also
done
a
benefit
for
that
family,
but
you've
also
done
a
benefit
for
that.
Neighborhood
and
you've
also
done
a
benefit
for
that
community,
because
when
people
can
feed
themselves
and
those
they
love,
they
can
maintain
their
home.
B
You
have
fewer
blighted
properties,
they
can
invest
in
community
solutions.
You
have
more
wisdom
coming
into
solving
complex
problems
and
communities
become
healthier,
but
you
also
have
citizens
who
are
paying
income,
tax
and
property
tax
and
reinvesting
in
kind
of
that
community.
Excuse
me
that
community
good,
so
we
all
win
when
kids
graduate
and
are
ready
to
go
out
in
the
world,
that's
sort
of
what
the
work
is
in
equity.
B
We
know
that
some
change
is
needed
if
we
have
some
groups
who
aren't
represented
in
the
mission
and
when
we
know
that
change
needs
to
happen.
Like
I
said
you
wouldn't
keep
arguing
a
court
case
continually
in
the
same
manner.
If
you
lost
you,
wouldn't
keep
writing
prescriptions.
If
people
didn't
get
better,
you
wouldn't
keep
crafting
music
in
a
way
that
was
unpleasant.
B
B
B
B
B
Because
if
we
already
had
solutions
to
sticky
problems,
we
would
have
applied
them.
I
began
with
central
office
leaders
and
building
leaders
in
every
best
practice.
Equity
work.
You
always
begin
with
leadership,
because
leaders
define
culture,
sub
leaders
define
subculture
that
might
sound
a
little
bit
arrogant
in
some
ways,
but
you
won't
find
a
leader
here
in
this
system.
I
don't
believe
who
would
tell
you
that
they're,
the
most
important
ones
in
this
system.
B
B
B
Now
remember
again:
intercultural
capacity
includes
ideas
of
race,
ethnicity,
but
it
includes
more
how
you
think
about
disability,
how
you
think
about
boys,
as
well
as
girls
in
certain
classes,
and
then
we
did
some
training
around
that
we
also
offered
sessions
for
our
teaching
staff
around
bias
and
how
to
recognize
it
so
next
year.
What
might
we
do
we're
going
to
extend
that
training?
My
hope
is
to
school
leadership
teams
using
the
available
time
that
we
have.
B
B
We
did
building
walk-throughs
and
what
we
discovered
was
that
we
definitely
have
classroom
libraries
that
some
are
in
really
good
shape
and
some
aren't.
These
are
libraries
that
teachers
have
perhaps
funded
on
their
own
or
had
donations
to,
and
we
want
our
kids
to
be
able
to
see
themselves
in
the
curriculum.
Remember
that
so
one
of
the
things
that
under
missy
eisness's
leadership
we
have
now
the
idea
on
the
table.
Can
we
build
out
more
culturally
responsive
classroom,
libraries,
and
so
that
would
be
our
goal
next
year.
B
In
addition
to
classroom
libraries,
we
want
to
make
certain
we
have
units
for
including
hispanic
history
month
and
native
american
heritage
month.
We've
done
some
work
on
that
already
black
history
month
and
those
really
supplement
the
existing
western
european
history
that
we
have
in
our
schools.
So
it
adds
to
the
knowledge
pool
it
doesn't
take
away-
and
I
think
that's
really
important
because
as
kids
grow
up
they're
going
to
work
together
out
there
in
society
and
when
they
know
one
another,
it's
easier
to
collaborate
as
adults.
B
The
third
item,
deep
in
community
engagement,
a
number
of
things
to
mention
there,
but
I
don't
want
to
talk
longer
than
doug
andering
did
once
so.
I'm
going
to
tell
you
that
we
had.
We
had
a
request
that
we
developed
a
parent
equity
advisory
committee
for
education.
We've
done
that
they're
up
and
running.
They
will
help
guide
my
work
and
oversee
my
work
as
well.
B
We
got
engaged
with
the
family
partnership
project.
We
had
a
board
member,
we
had
students
a
number
of
community
members
parents
and
we
really
learned
how
do
you
include
parent
voice
when
you're
solving
problems
of
practice,
and
so
next
year?
We
want
to
extend
that
work
with
the
larger
community,
making
certain
we're
hearing
from
parents
such
as
our
new
americans
and
using
forums
to
get
feedback
I'll
go
around
the
clock
to
policy
procedures
and
legislation.
We
trained
well
over
2
000
staff
over
2
300
staff
on
anti-harassment
nondiscrimination.
B
According
to
north
dakota
century
code,
we
did
a
naming
and
renaming
policy
dakota
high
as
a
result
of
that
did
some
written
testimony
on
some
legislation.
So
next
year
we
want
to
work
on
discipline,
attendance
and
dress
code
with
constituent
groups
to
make
certain
we're
hearing
from
them
and
making
certain
our
policy
is
student-friendly
and
it
adds
to
the
safety
and
calmness
of
the
environment.
B
We
did
a
one
thing
I
skipped
I
wanted
to
mention.
Missy
eidzen
has
helped
us
with
the
roots
to
rise
program
where
und
is
actually
in
the
school
and
recruiting
students
from
underrepresented
categories
to
go
into
the
medical
field.
So
we
have
enough
doctors
in
our
community
and,
I
think,
that's
exciting.
So
there
was
a
definite
effort
to
get
bypoc
and
students
with
socio
economic
struggles
into
that
program.
That's
off
and
running
in
terms
of
increasing
graduation
rates.
B
We
want
them
to
graduate
choice,
ready
regarding
the
career
they
want
and
be
able
to
go
to
college
or
the
military
or
the
workforce
if
they
want
and
to
add
to
the
community,
because
I
believe
strongly
equity
work
is
about
raising
people
up
into
a
position
of
choice,
so
they
can
feed
themselves
or
those
they
love.
The
value
of
a
high
school
diploma
is
at
least
9
000
a
year
versus
not
having
a
diploma,
and
so
graduating.
Kids
is
a
difference
of
you
know
more
than
a
third
of
a
million
dollars
in
lifetime
earnings.
B
B
B
B
So
this
year
my
colleague,
denise
jonas,
has
worked
to
kind
of
find
our
own
grow
our
own
right
here
out
of
the
school
and
then
dr
gross
and
dr
jonas
are
running
the
future
fargo
program.
Excuse
me
and
I'm
leaning
in
on
that
next
year,
mr
andering
and
I
have
already
talked
about
how
we're
going
to
work
through
an
hr
lens
on
an
equity
statement
making
certain
our
positions
are
advertised
more
widely
and
making
certain
that
our
help
me
out
with
the
documents
are.
B
A
C
C
I
would
also
thank
you
for
explaining
inclusion
and
equity
because
all
of
a
sudden,
I'm
finding
in
some
constituencies
that
these
are
bad
words,
and-
and
that
confuses
me,
but
I
I
think
it
confuses
them
too.
So
all
the
more
reason
to
get
out
there
and
educate
about
your
wonderful
work.
I
think
it
is
positive
by
all
means-
and
I
am
hoping
that
we
can
encourage
some
dialogue
around
those
terms,
hoping
that
we
can
talk
about
you.
You
talked
about
community
feedback
teams.
C
I
would
encourage
us
to
welcome
and
invite
those
that
might
be
dubious
of
those
terms.
So
we
so
we
can.
We
can
engage
in
some
dialogue
because
I
think
there's
some
education
that
is
missing
and
and
through
nobody's
fault,
it's
it's
not
anybody's
fault,
but
let's
just
learn
get
in
front
of
this.
There
are
some
terms
that
I've
never
heard
of
critical
race
theory
before
a
month
ago
with
within
some
parent
groups
and
some
of
these
terms
they
are
flagging.
C
B
Thank
you
for
that.
I
appreciate
that
input.
I
certainly
know
what
critical
race
theory
is.
I
couldn't
pass
the
quiz
on
it
tonight,
though,
in
case
you're
going
to
ask
critical
race
theory
isn't
taught
in
our
school
system
and
certainly
is
something
that
if
people
are
asking
you
about
they're
curious
about,
but
I'd
be
happy
to
meet
with
anybody
to
talk
about
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
and
what
it
means,
which
is,
let's
get
parity
and
outcomes.
D
E
Thank
you,
dr
yuzum,
and
I
thought
it
was
very
interesting,
your
explanation
of
how
this
has
a
ripple
effect
in
communities
and
people's
homes
and
people's
communities
and
cities,
and
I
I
I
I
don't
have
to
tell
you
how
important
I
think
I
think
your
work
is,
and
I
think
that
you're
right
in
that
and
that
this
work
can
have
a
positive
ripple
effect
throughout
our
entire
community.
I'm
really
happy
that
you're
part
of
fps
and
I'm
really
excited
to
see
what
what
the
future
holds.
So
thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
mr
holden.
Again,
I
think
the
number
one
thing
you
can
do
for
safety.
The
absolute
number
one
thing
you
can
do
for
safety
is
to
build
community,
give
people
voice,
get
them
involved,
whether
they
come
in
with
fears
like
you,
said,
ms
nelson,
and
they
want
to
talk
about
what
this
is
and
isn't,
and
whether
it's
people
who
right
now
aren't
achieving
the
outcomes
that
we
want,
and
we
need
to
hear
what
it
is
that
our
barriers
from
their
perspective
and
how
we
can
get
better.
B
F
F
What
we
focus
on
is
equity,
and
that
is
recognizing
that
there
are
structures
that
lead
to
marginalizations
of
students,
but
that's
always
going
to
be
a
structure.
There's
no
school
district
and,
to
my
knowledge,
there's
no
public
public
school
district
in
the
nation
that
has
100
graduation
and
100
of
their
students,
making
at
least
one
years
of
growth
on
every
assessment.
If
there
was,
I
would
hope
they
write
a
book
and
then
we
can
replicate
it
across
the
system.
But
there's
just
so
much
of
what
we
do.
F
F
What
is
our
equity
work,
look
like
what
does
critical
race
theory,
and
why
is
it
not
in
our
schools
and
how
are
the
two
separated
is
if
you
do
go
to
our
public
website
and
you
go
to
department.
So
then
you
click
on
equity
and
inclusion.
Dr
wilson
has
done
a
great
job
of
developing
an
equity
statement
for
fargo
public
schools.
This
is
what
our
work
is.
This
is
what
it
looks
like.
This
is
what
we
expect
out
of
our
students
and
our
staff,
but
then
you'll
also
see
an
equity
action
plan.
F
G
B
Yeah,
thank
you
for
taking
part
in
it
and
thank
you,
dr
gandhi,
for
helping
to
define
what
I
meant
by
parody.
I
think
parity
is
what
I'm
saying
a
little
bit
of
a
finnish
accent
here.
Yes,
but
we
want
outcomes
for
all
kids,
all
of
them
every
one
of
them
is
somebody's
child
and
then
a
future
grown
up,
probably
in
our
community.
Thank.
F
F
F
Part
of
the
continuous
improvement
process,
as
I
kind
of
just
alluded
to
in
my
previous
statements
as
well-
is
that
recognizing
that
there's
always
gonna
be
work
that
we
need
to
do
and
there's
always
gonna
be
work
that
we're
exceeding.
So
how
do
we
create
a
system
in
which
we're
continuing
to
foster
our
best
practices
and
then
working
on
improving
those
that
that
that
could
be
altered
to
improve
student
outcomes?
So
findings
from
our
accreditation
from
the
accreditation
team?
F
F
You
know
that
last
year,
part
of
our
state
of
the
school's
address
and
our
public
focus
group
focused
on
social,
emotional
learning
and
creating
a
five-year
multi-tier
system
of
support
intervention
plan
that
was
focused
not
on
the
academics.
We
already
have
a
mtss
plan,
but
it's
mtssb
plan,
and
what
that
includes
is
our
expectations
for
all
schools,
all
23
schools
in
fargo,
public
schools,
elementary
middle
and
high
school,
including
alternative
schools,
and
what
those
expectations
are.
So
that
is
within
the
next
five
years.
We
expect
all
the
schools
to
be
trained
in
trauma-informed
practices.
F
Another
impact
finding
for
the
district
is
is
actually
a
com
accommodation
to
to
all
of
you.
As
you
know,
board
members
were
part
of
the
interview
process
as
well,
and
one
of
the
findings
that
was
called
out
by
the
external
reviewers
was
that
the
governance
model
used
in
fargo
public
schools
supports
strategic
and
progress,
progressive
action
to
promote
student
success.
I
think
to
me
in
terms
of
our
debrief
with
the
cogni
evaluators.
F
I
think
that's
a
result
of
two
things.
One
is
recognition
that
we
have
a
strong
governance
model.
It
is
our
hybrid
between
a
policy
and
coherence,
governance
model
based
off
carver
and
it
works
for
us.
I
think
the
two
things
that
they
like
is
that
one
is
that
there's
a
delineation
between
what
is
operational
and
what
is
the
board's
function
as
well?
It
provides
that
clear
structure.
F
You
know
we
look
at
student
achievement,
but
we
also
look
at
all
the
operational
aspects
that
are
part
of
our
strategic
plan
and
and
that
alignment
is
something
that
creates
a
strong
governance
and
leadership
within
our
district
as
well.
So
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
the
board
members
were
aware
of
that
as
well.
F
The
improved
finding
was
that,
while
professional
development
is
occurring
at
the
district
and
building
levels
in
abundance,
there
is
no
formal
process
to
gauge
the
impact
it's
having
on
instructional
delivery
and
certain
achievement.
I
would
agree
with
that.
Finding
as
well,
we
have
probably
one
of
the
most
complex
and
robust
teach
to
learn
system
with
a
wide
variety
of
pd.
We
are
going
to
continue
to
improve
upon
this
finding
and
make
sure
that
moving
forward.
F
How
do
we
take
the
pd
that
we're
doing
and
then
be
able
to
translate
that
into
the
outcomes
it
has
on
students
to
recognize
which
pd
is
working
and
should
be
replicated
within
our
district
versus
what
it
isn't?
Our
focus
is
to
provide
as
much
pd
opportunity
as
we
can.
We
also
know
that,
along
with
providing
that
opportunity
for
teachers
and
all
of
our
staff,
we
also
have
to
go
back
and
do
a
programmatic
evaluation
on
the
professional
development
we
offer.
F
As
you
know,
stephen
duro
has
overseen
and
managed
a
lot
of
our
hub,
but
we're
really
recognized
that
we
are
really
rich
in
data
and
the
utilization
of
the
hub
is
unique
for
our
district
and
allows
for
data
analysis,
that's
commonly
not
seen
in
the
district,
but
they
also
wanted
to
recognize
that
being
that
data.
Rich
is
one
thing.
Now
it's
our
time
to
transition
to
the
data
analysis,
we
probably
have
more
data
accessible
at
our
fingertips
for
all
staff
members
in
our
district
because
of
the
hub.
F
But
now
what
are
we
going
to
do
with
that
data?
And,
I
think
that's
part
of
moving
forward.
I
think
tamara
alluded
to
that
a
little
bit
today
as
well,
actually
tamara's
working
with
steven
durow
to
develop
an
equity
dashboard
that
we'll
be
able
to
take
a
look
at
just
a
snapshot
of
our
data
and
analyze
it
in
different
ways
through
different
lens
about.
Where
are
we
seeing
underrepresentation
across
parity
disparity
representation
of
our
student
populations
and
then
address
those
with
some
concrete
strategies?
F
More
than
ever
going
into
next
year,
coming
back
from
kovid,
knowing
that
the
different
learning
environments,
this
past
year
probably
had
a
different
impact
on
a
wide
variety
of
learners.
So
those
are
just
some
of
the
things
that
were
found
in
the
the
accreditation
report.
You
have
a
full
copy
of
the
report
at
your
tables
and
available
to
you
as
well.
This
will
also
be
shared.
F
Our
communication
team
is
working
on
sharing
that
with
the
general
public
will
be
on
our
website
as
well,
so
we'll
be
doing
that
overall
districts
get
a
score
on
the
cognia
report
and
I'm
going
to
say
this
a
little
bit
tongue-in-cheek.
The
external
reviewers
knew
that
I
had
an
internal
score
to
be,
and
that
was
the
score
of
my
wife's
school
district
because
they
were
evaluated
last
year,
and
we
did
do
that.
F
So
we
knocked
it
out
of
the
water,
and
I
I
truly
do
believe-
and
I'm
a
little
bit
biased
here-
that
if
this
wasn't
a
coveteer
and
they
actually
got
to
be
in
our
classrooms
versus
virtually
visiting
with
them,
they
would
have
even
seen
some
more
powerful
practices
in
what
they
did.
And
that
is
just
a
pure
reflection
of
our
staff
who
continue
to
work
tremendously
hard
and
are
dedicated
to
our
students.
F
I
get
to
sit
here
today
and
brag
about
our
accreditation,
but
it's
really
bragging
about
our
staff,
because
they're
the
ones
that
are
doing
all
the
hard
work
and
we're
just
incredibly
proud
of
them.
So
wanted
to
review
that
information.
You
have
the
full
report
to
read
at
your
leisure
as
well,
but
just
some
great
things
happening
in
fargo
public
schools
with
also
some
great
work
that
we
know
that's
been
identified
that
we
have
to
do
to
continue
improving
certain
outcomes
which
we're
committed
to
doing.
A
A
Item
c
is
the
fea
report
and
I
did
receive
a
call
from
kim
belgaard
she's,
the
new
president
of
the
fea
I
she
was
not
sure
she
called
me
yesterday,
and
so
she
was
not
sure
if
she
was
going
to
be
able
to
be
here
today
due
to,
I
think,
another
personal
commitment,
but
we
did
have
a
short
conversation
and
it
was
good
to
hear
from
her
superintendent's
report
is
next.
Dr
gandhi,.
F
Sure
I
just
wanted
to
kind
of
inform
the
board
about
a
recent
development
that
we
were
found
later
today,
that
kind
of
led
to
an
administrative
decision,
but
I
want
to
be
just
very
transparent
with
the
board
as
well.
Tomorrow
we
do
have
to
call
a
early
dismissal
at
three
of
our
campuses
at
kennedy:
elementary
school
centennial,
elementary
school
and
discovery
middle
school.
F
We
found
out
late
in
the
afternoon
today
that,
due
to
the
funeral
for
the
west
office,
the
west
fargo
police
officer
that
unfortunately
passed
the
timing
of
the
funeral
and
then
the
procession
afterwards,
it's
going
to
lead
to
the
city
of
fargo
closing
down
some
roads
that
would
directly
impact
this
missile
at
those
buildings.
During
the
time
of
the
procession
they're
not
going
to
allow
for
any
vehicle
or
pedestrian
traffic
that
impacts
some
of
our
students
in
their
direct
route
to
home.
F
You
know
we
shared
with
us
that
officer,
mosher's
processional
lasted
about
45
minutes,
and
this
could
significantly
impact
the
after-school
piece.
So
for
those
three
schools,
we
had
to
make
a
last-minute
decision
today
to
go
through
an
early
dismissal
process
to
make
sure
that
every
student
has
an
opportunity
to
go
home
as
well
the
right
time
before
those
road
closures
occur.
So
I
wanted
to
share
that.
I
A
A
J
Thank
you
good
evening
board
and
president
karen
holleran
chair
with
the
health
insurance
committee,
I'm
here
to
present
the
board
recommendation
for
our
health
insurance
be
awarded
to
health
partners.
Based
on
the
findings
we
had
received
from
gallagher
in
the
request
for
proposals
that
were
received,
and
the
committee
went
through
over
a
course
of
a
couple
of
days,
looking
at
data
and
analysis
and
determining
that
our
best
benefit
would
be
health
partners.
J
K
Yeah
I'll
make
a
motion
on
behalf
of
the
health
insurance
committee.
I'd
move
that
we
approved
the
health
insurance
committee
recommendation
and
authorized
administration
to
enter
into
a
three-year
contract
agreement
for
self-insured
group
medical
insurance
services
with
health
partners
to
be
effective
january.
1
of
20
2022.
K
K
K
K
It's
really
hard
to
say
which
of
these
will
ultimately
produce
the
lowest
cost
for
the
district
part
of
it
is
the
administration
cost.
Those
are
easy
to
calculate,
and
brian
and
gallagher
put
those
all
together
for
us
quite
nicely
and,
quite
frankly,
both
of
the
other
two
companies
outside
of
blue
cross
blue
shield.
That
bid
came
in
with
lower
admin
costs
than
blue
cross
blue
shield.
K
But
admin
is
a
small
chunk
of
what
we
pay
claims
are
the
bulk
of
it
and
that's
where
it
gets
a
little
bit
more
great.
Each
of
these
insurance
carriers
negotiates
pricing
with
all
of
the
medical
providers
in
our
region
and
by
the
very
nature.
For
years
and
years,
blue
cross
blue
shield
has
had
the
vast
number
of
the
population
insured,
so
they're
the
big
gorilla
in
the
room
when
it
comes
to
negotiating
prices
with
carriers.
K
K
They
actually
have
a
higher
percentage
of
the
prescription
drugs
going
on
the
formulary
list
in
moorhead
than
we
currently
have
in
fargo.
So
the
committee
looked
at
everything
and
said
you
know:
the
admin
costs
are
a
little
less
with
health
partners
claims
we're
going
to
see
how
they
really
shake
out.
K
Hopefully,
they'll
be
comparable,
maybe
a
little
less.
Quite
frankly,
I
think
they'll
end
up
being
more,
but
I
think
they'd
be
more
with
blue
cross
blue
shield,
because
medical
inflation
just
exists
now,
since
the
committee
made
their
decision,
we
have
had
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge,
and
there
could
be
more
than
this
three
separate
communications
to
people
in
this
district
from
blue
cross
blue
shield
wanting
to
revisit
the
rfp
process
wanting
to
re-bid,
I
guess
what
they
gave
us
frankly,
I'm
I'm
a
little
uncomfortable
with
that
whole
concept.
K
K
So
while
I
can
appreciate
blue
cross
blue
shield
wanting
to
keep
our
business
and,
quite
frankly,
I
I
think
a
fair
number
of
people
on
the
committee
really
needed
to
see
something
that
would
convince
us
to
move
away
from
blue
cross
blue
shield
because
to
the
best
of
my
ability,
that's
the
only
health
carrier.
The
district's
ever
had,
certainly
in
my
lifetime
at
this
district.
K
We
also
like
the
way
their
prescription
rebate
system
works,
as
opposed
to
waiting
until
the
end
of
the
year
to
see
what
you
might
get
back,
they're
committing
to
send
monthly
checks
to
our
hr
or
actually
to
jackie.
Probably
you
get
the
check
and
then
they'll
square
up
at
the
end
of
about
14
or
16
months,
on
where
the
rebates
really
come
in
and
if
they're
successful
on
moving
more
of
our
people
to
formulary
drugs,
we'll
actually
get
less
rebates,
but
we'll
have
less
in
total
claims
because
we
have
some
specialty
drugs.
K
Their
prescription
drugs
represent
a
disproportionate
amount
of
our
entire
prescription
bill
and
if
we
can
get,
those
claims
managed
better
that,
hopefully,
in
the
long
term,
will
lower
the
rate
of
increase
that
we're
seeing
going
forward.
I
don't
want
anybody
on
the
board
to
think
that
this
decision
lowered
our
costs
for
health
care.
It
did
not,
I'm
pretty
sure
when
we
see
the
budget
for
next
year
come
forward,
we'll
see
an
increase
in
the
district's
expense
for
health
insurance.
K
So
this
isn't
necessarily
about
instantly
saving
money.
This
is
about,
hopefully,
finding
a
better
provider
that
can
help
us
manage
the
health
needs
of
our
employees
and,
quite
frankly,
one
of
the
thoughts
of
the
committee
and
it
really
kind
of
got
re-emphasized
to
me.
When
I
saw
blue
cross
blue
shield
emailing.
Could
we
re-bid
is?
C
Robin
I
I
would
I'm
a
semantics
person.
I
would
say
that
one
might
not
be
better
one.
Health
insurance
provider
might
be
not
be
better
than
the
other,
but
I
think
there
are
certain
providers
that
fit
the
district's
needs
at
different
times,
and-
and
so
I
want
to
be
careful
on
how
we
word
that,
but
I,
but
I
I
will
support
this.
This
vote.
A
E
A
couple
of
questions
it
looks
to
me
like
what
we're
offering
our
employees
is
pretty
much
virtually
exactly
the
same.
There's
just
a
couple,
two
things
in
there.
I
think
I
see
that
are
different
and
what
what
does
that
do
for
our
employees,
then?
The
one
I
see
is
underneath
the
classic
blue
versus
the
one
on
the
right
under
health
partners
would
be
the
40
co-pay
visit
and
twenty
percent
coinsurance
and
no
deductible
versus
it's
printed
in
red.
The
first
three
visits
three.
Then
twenty
dollar
code
paper
visit.
What
is
that?
E
A
M
N
Thank
you
becky.
Thank
you
board
for
having
me.
Yes,
it's
just
a
change
in
the
benefit.
It
actually
would
be
an
enhancement
for
participants,
okay
relative
to
that,
but
the
goal
of
the
rfp,
even
though
changing
health
insurance
providers
per
se
from
the
administrative
standpoint
was
to
match
benefits
as
apples
to
apples
as
possible,
and
I
think
we
achieved
that
through
the
rfp
process.
Okay
and.
E
J
N
E
F
N
It
yeah,
if
you
look
under
the
health
partners,
really
the
only
difference
is
relative
to
to
the
retail
visits.
So
it's
actually,
those
are
going
to
more
of
an
e-visit
or
retail
clinic.
The
cost
is
actually
less
for
participants
than
it
would
be
again
if
you're
under
the
current
blue
cross
blue
shield
plan.
So
again,
it's
an
enhancement
to
the
program.
Okay,.
O
N
N
So,
oh
yeah,
so
when
you
look
at
employer
liability,
basically,
what
we're
looking
at
is
the
overall
cost
of
the
program,
including
fixed
costs,
stop
loss
and
projected
claims.
Sometimes
you
have
to
be
careful
how
you
focus
on
that,
because,
from
an
underwriting
perspective,
the
bulk
as
jim
had
alluded
to
were
in
claims.
These
are
projection
of
claims
based
on
last
two
years
of
analytics.
N
This
sets
your
aggregate
limit
in
terms
of
the
most
that
you
would
have
to
pay,
but
as
you
move
forward
you're
going
to
pay
the
claims,
as
as
you
go
forward,
so
really
the
employer
reliability
aspect.
If
you
look
at
that
is
health
partners,
employer
liability
is
actually
less
than
blue
cross
blue
shield,
but
again
most
of
the
times
for
a
district
to
hit.
The
aggregate
is
going
to
be
you're
going
to
have
to
have
an
unbelievably
bad
year
with
a
bad
year
with
claims
going
up
to
that.
N
P
K
P
Okay
and
where
I'm
going
with
that
and
and
I
don't
mean
any
offense-
I
don't
mean
anything
negative,
but
I
have
seen
companies
move
from
blue
cross
blue
shield
and
then
in
years,
two
or
years
three
by
the
time
that
they're
done
with
that
they're
saying:
go,
we'd
pay
more
just
get
us
back
to
where
we
were
and
it
wasn't
necessarily
health
partners.
So
please
don't
take
offense
to
that.
P
I'm
just
looking
down
the
road
and
I
I
don't
want
us
to
make
a
decision
that
yet
we're
going
to
jump
because
you
have
this
all
things
equal
and
then
these
things
are
good,
but
yet
we
get
a
year
or
two
or
three
down
the
line
and
discover
we
really
probably
should
have
stayed
put.
I
guess
that's
all.
I
want
to
throw
out
there.
N
So,
for
example,
moorhead
now
is
going
on
they're
going
upwards
on
their
fourth
contract
with
health
partners,
so
they're
going
into
their
seventh
and
eighth
year
and
specifically
with
hp,
we
have
one
district,
that's
been
with
them
for
40
years,
others
that
have
been
for
20..
So
you
don't
see.
A
lot
of
changes
relate
to
that.
They
seem
to
be
very
fair
and
they're
reasonable
in
the
renewal
process,
as
relates
to
that,
so
we
actually
have
a
little
bit
more
flexibility
as
it
relates
to
that.
N
O
D
O
N
N
We
did
a
very
detailed
discount
analysis
because
we
know
that's
a
big
portion
of
the
cost,
but
to
your
point
relative
to
the
provider,
I
think
it
was
98
or
97
or
98
of
claims
that
were
processed
were
from
in-network
providers
within
health
partners.
Obviously,
sanford
and
essentia
are
the
two
largest
here
and
they
obviously
are
in
their
network.
O
A
P
N
So,
where
blue
cross
has
the
we'll
call
their
blue
card
system,
so
they
have
on
a
national
basis.
Health
partners
is
regional,
but
they
also
align
themselves
with
cigna
on
a
national
basis.
So
you
have
mayo,
you
have
children's.
You
have
one
of
the.
I
think
it's
the
second
largest
national
pto
network
for
provider
organization.
N
So
if
you
happen
to
be
traveling
in
texas,
if
you
have
kids
in
california
wisconsin
or
mid,
so
they
have
provider
access
just
like
everyone
else.
If
someone
happens
to
go
outside
the
network,
you
still.
Actually
you
have
a
higher
co-pay
or
co-insurance,
but
you
still
have
coverage
there
as
well,
but
on
a
national
basis,
you
do
have
a
very
deep
provider
network.
N
My
commitment
is
to
the
district,
so
we
have
business
with
health
partners.
We
have
business
with
medical,
we
visit
with
blue
cross
or
preferred
one.
We
provided
all
the
analytics.
I
answered
questions
and
then
the
committee
had
voted
at
that
time.
But,
yes,
we
have
no
additional
relationship
with
health
partners
other
than
another
provider
that
we
work
with.
N
A
L
I
L
L
H
F
Sure,
thank
you.
I,
you
have
a
very
long
and
complex
board
memo
regarding
this
policy,
but
I
will
just
kind
of
break
it
down
to
you
as
quickly
as
I
can
so
summer.
School
planning
begins
in
december
and
takes
full
steam
in
january
of
every
year.
During
that
time,
this
past
year
we
had
no
idea
where
we
were
going
to
be
with
culvert
19
or
our
instructional
model.
F
So
we
thought
the
best
option
was
to
be
to
plan
a
summer
school
that
would
allow
for
a
virtual
instruction,
allow
for
in-person
instruction
and
allow
for
hybrid
instruction
to
do
all
three.
At
that
time,
the
only
opportunity
available
to
us
was
to
submit
an
innovation
waiver
with
the
state.
So
we
could
use
those
instructional
modalities
because
we
were
working
under
the
premise
at
that
time
that
the
governor's
executive
order
was
going
to
naturally
expire
at
the
end
of
june.
So
we
would
need
this
for
july.
F
At
that
time
I
had
reached
out
to
dpi
and
they
said
yep
that
makes
sense,
go
ahead
and
submit
the
waiver,
so
that
happened
and
then
the
world
happened
between
february
and
may,
where
things
have
drastically
changed
with
kovid
and
our
legislative
session
also
happened,
and
during
our
legislative
session
school
districts
can
now
be
given
the
authority
to
provide
virtual
instruction
with
the
adoption
of
a
board
policy.
However,
that
board
policy
has
to
follow
the
administrative
rules
created
by
the
department
of
public
instruction,
so
on
may
15th.
F
I
believe
dr
gross
received
a
call
from
dpi.
That
said,
we
are
rejecting
your
waiver
and
at
this
time
also
the
governor's
executive
order,
which
is
supposed
to
expire
at
the
end
of
june,
was
lifted.
At
the
end
of
april
said,
we
are
rejecting
your
waiver,
because
the
innovation
waiver
is
no
longer
the
right
avenue.
F
Dpi
then
met
with
dr
gross
and
myself
and
david
berkman,
who
oversees
our
summer
school
program
and
said
what
you're
doing
in
concept
is
right,
because
at
that
point
we
had
said
okay.
If
we
just
cancel
virtual
instruction,
then
we
are
impacting
all
the
students
have
already
registered
for
that
summer.
School
and
dpa
said
no.
We
want
to
provide
that
opportunity
for
kids
if
they
want
it,
but
they
add
that
the
authority
now
lies
in
the
legislative
bill
that
was
passed,
which
is
house
bill
1388.
F
Their
board
passed
a
resolution
last
night
as
well
we're
all
going
through
the
same
thing.
So
they
said
what
their
recommendation
to
the
board
is
to
adopt
a
policy
that
allows
us
to
provide
virtual
instruction
for
this
summer
school
and
then
have
that
policy
automatically
sunset
once
the
administrative
rules
have
been
created
by
dpi,
hopefully
january
1st
of
2022,
and
then
we'll
adopt
a
new
policy
that
aligns
with
those
administrative
rules.
F
But
I
also
extended
it
to
this
next
school
year,
because
although
we
don't
plan
on
providing
our
own
virtual
academy
in
fargo
public
schools
next
year,
we
do
want
to
work
with
the
north
dakota
center
for
distance
ed
for
families
that
might
have
those
extenuating
circumstances
to
provide
the
opportunity
for
students
in
need
that
that
need
that
environment.
So
and
in
the
policy.
I
said
this
policy
will
sunset
when
the
administrative
rules
have
been
created
by
dpi.
F
D
F
So
I
think
that's
what
this
board
memo
does
and
that's
what
I'm
looking
for.
I
do
want
to
add
that
at
3
33
this
afternoon
after
this
board,
memo
was
posted.
Joe
koloski
from
dpi
said
just
make
sure
that
your
board
also
approves
the
name
and
academy
great
the
name
of
the
academy
in
grade
configurations.
C
O
Thank
you.
Yes,
I
have
a
few
questions
so
when
you
mention
allowing
for
distance
ed
partnering,
I'm
wondering
how
that
would
then
also
align
to
house
bill
1388,
because
in
there
it
says
that
at
least
six
hours
of
for
high
school
students
are
would
be
required
to
be
in
attendance.
So
I
guess
I
should
maybe
back
up,
and
my
first
question
really
is:
I
understand
that
the
administrative
policy
from
dpi
isn't
slated
to
be
created
until
january,
but
how?
O
F
O
F
Yeah
we,
yes,
we,
this
was
again
like
I
said
this
is
not
just
our
district,
because
every
district
wants
to
provide
this
opportunity.
We
have
dpis
blessing
on
this.
In
fact,
superintendent
bazer
has
been
directly
involved
with
talking
about
this
with
our
district,
but
so
has
joe
kowalski,
who
is,
as
I
read,
a
signature,
the
office
of
school
approval
and
opportunity,
so
they
know
we're
having
this
discussion.
In
fact,
they
saw
this
board
memo
and
that's
when
they
gave
the
feedback
today
this
afternoon.
So
this
is
all
based
on
their
guidance.
Okay,.
A
O
Go
ahead,
jennifer
and
I
kind
of
started
with
this
one
which
was
backwards.
So
thank
you
for
answering
those
first,
but
the
the
idea
that
it
goes
through
january.
Can
you
help
me
understand
why,
through
january
you,
you
did
mention
distance
education,
but
wouldn't
we
my
understanding
of
our
at
least
our
high
school
students
in
participating
in
that
doesn't
require
any
sort
of
face-to-face
or,
or
you
know,
logging
in
doing
a
facetime
type
virtual
learning
component-
it's
just
really
sort
of
self-directed.
F
And
then,
in
january
I'd
be
saying?
Okay,
that
policy
sun
sets
and
he
adopted
another
one.
So
the
two
for
one
was
just
literally
convenience,
so
the
board
members
were
not
bringing
back
another
policy,
so
why
this
goes
for
january
is
because
we
do
assume
that
this
fall
well.
Fargo
public
schools
is
not
having
an
intention
to
develop
their
own
virtual
academy
if
there
are
family
or
student
situations
in
need,
where
a
virtual
academy
environment
is
determined
and
we're
working
on
what
that
qualifies,
then
we
would.
F
Our
intention
is
to
partner
with
the
north
dakota
center
for
distance
said,
and
to
be
able
to
provide
that
now
without
this
policy's
adoption
going
into
the
next
school
year.
We
would
not
be
able
to
allow
for
to
get
adm
to
do
that.
So
that's
why
this
policy
covers
the
next
school
year
as
well,
while
we're
in
this
limbo,
avoiding
the
admin
rules,
because
if
not,
then
we
would
just
have
to
say
for
families
in
our
district
we
don't
have
any
virtual
environment.
A
I
L
L
H
I
H
E
I
E
L
I
H
L
I
L
I
A
Yes,
motion
passes,
item
c,
underneath
business
is
something
that
was
moved
from
the
consent
agenda.
Memo
127..
I
guess
I
just
had
a
couple
questions
on
that
and
we
board
members.
Maybe
all
of
us,
received
some
reaching
out
from
some
of
the
individuals
that
provide
nursing
services
for
our
school
district
sharing
their
experiences.
So
thanks
to
those
folks
for
reaching
out
to
us
and
helping
us
to
just
kind
of
understand
some
of
their
perspective
on
their
their
service
to
the
district.
Just
wondering
about
that.
A
C
L
A
F
Sure
so
the
current
practice
for
fargo
fargo
public
schools
has
been
to
even
currently
prior
to
this
approval.
If
should
it
happen,
is
we
contract
nursing
services
with
fargo
past
public
health?
What
we
have
noticed
in
the
past
couple
of
years
is
that
we
have
increased
needs,
whether
it's
through
medication
administration,
diabetic
needs
as
well,
and
we've
tried
to
work
with
fargo
cast
public
health
as
well
to
to
increase
the
in-person
needs
that
we
need
for
nursing
services
in
all
of
our
schools.
F
The
best
example
I
can
give
you
specifically
is
between
that
lunch
hour,
where
we
have
a
lot
of
high
needs,
and
there
just
haven't
been
enough
nurses
to
staff
all
of
our
schools,
because
they
kind
of
rotate.
So
we
decided
to
go
through
a
rfp
process
and
fargo
cast
public
health
is
still
the
the
bid
that
we're
recommending
to
the
board
they
have
in
this
proposal
compared
to
previous
increased
some
of
their
in-person
capacity,
but
they
also
know
that
part
of
it's
just
recruiting
and
hiring
and
who
you
have
available
to
you.
F
So
their
proposal
actually
includes
a
component
where
they
might
partner
with
another
agency,
such
as
maybe
a
samford
or
someone
else
to
provide
a
component
of
telehealth
services,
so
fargo
cast
can
provide
the
in-person
and
then
another
agency
and
based
on
what
that
scope
of
services
look
like,
that
might
be
an
rfp
process
or
something
that
we'd
have
to
talk
about.
But
I
want
the
board
to
know
that
we're
not
limiting
the
nurse's
service
to
this.
F
Their
proposal
is
the
in-person
part
and
then
there's
a
potential
partner
of
other
parts
or
another
supplement,
and
then
to
your
question.
Well,
I
can't
speak
to
the
specifics
because
I
know
missy's
going
to
meet
with
them.
This
would
be,
I
think,
continuing
and
enhancing
the
in-person
nursing
services
that
we
already
have
with
barbocat.
So
I
don't
have
a
direct
impact
and
jack.
Is
there
too?
Okay.
M
Jackie
yeah-
I
can
maybe
help
a
little
bit
on
that,
so
there
are
employees
of
federalcast,
public
health
and,
in
essence,
we're
sharing
them.
So
we
pay
a
portion
of
their
salary
and
have
them
for
a
portion
of
the
time
and
their
other
glasses
up
and
the
other
part
of
the
time
they're
doing
duties
for
fire
cast
public
health.
M
A
M
So
the
first
year
of
the
contract,
because
of
course,
every
year
they
would
hope
to
give
their
staff
raises
as
well,
would
be
456
000
for
2022
school
year
and
then
that's
for
kind
of
the
regular
nursing
services,
and
then
they
also
provide
some
more
specialized
services
for
special
education
students,
and
that
would
be
very
similar
to
the
prior
years.
That's
about
103
000,
so
this,
but
the
services
that
they
will
be
then
providing
for
the
general
population.
H
L
A
A
A
D
A
G
E
I
was
actually
supposed
to
have
a
cte
meeting
tonight.
They
changed
it
to
tonight.
I
don't
think
they
quite
realized
that
I
wouldn't
be
able
to
be
there,
but
so
I
will
have
to
get
those
minutes
from
denise
to
see
what
they
discussed,
and
I
can't
remember
what
day
it
was
friday
friday.
I
visited
lincoln
elementary
for
their
walk-a-thon
and
went
outside
and
hung
out
with
all
the
kids
running
and
walking
and
having
a
good
time
in
the
heat.
So
it
was
it's
quite
enjoyable
other
than
that.
That's
it.
O
So
I
participated
yesterday
in
the
webinar
the
seminar
I'm
not
sure
which
they
call
it
from
aspen
group,
their
monthly
seminars
that
they
offer,
and
yesterday
it
was
on
social
and
emotional
learning
and
how
basically
board
members
participated
in
in
breakout
sessions
in
shared
sort
of
practices,
best
practices.
In
terms
of
how
do
you
even
measure
success
in
that
area?
O
O
A
Q
A
P
P
We
had
a
fargo
team
led
by
dr
ozelman.
That
was
a
great
experience,
lots
of
fascinating
ways
to
look
at
and
think
about
things.
I
think
we'll
make
some
great
strides
here
in
fargo
we
certainly
had
commitment.
We
had
the
largest
team
in
the
state
and
again
negotiations
meetings
and
negotiations.
Committee
meetings.