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From YouTube: School Board Meeting April 25, 2023
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Fargo Public Schools - Board of Education Meeting - Live Broadcast - April 25, 2023
A
B
A
Opposed
motion
passes
we'll
move
on
to
the
recognition
of
audience
portion
of
our
agenda.
At
this
time
the
board
will
hear
comments
from
the
public.
We
ask
that
each
speaker
who
has
signed
up
to
address
the
board
State
their
name
and
home
school
district
for
the
record
speakers-
must
refrain
from
using
this
forum
to
criticize
or
complain
about
about
a
specific
employee
or
student
by
name.
Vulgar
or
profane
language
will
not
be
tolerated.
A
The
board
is
interested
in
your
comments
and
will
listen
carefully,
but
is
not
obligated
to
respond
to
or
debate
issues
in
this
forum.
This
evening
we
have
two
speakers
signed
up
and
each
speaker
will
be
allotted
a
maximum
of
three
minutes
upon
conclusion
of
the
allotted
time.
A
chime
will
sound
and
the
speaker
is
asked
to
conclude
if
necessary.
A
final
chime
will
sound
15
seconds
later,
signifying
the
end
of
the
speaker's
time
at
the
podium.
I
will
now
call
our
first
speaker
to
the
podium
which
is
Devin
stachinski
welcome.
D
Devin
stachinski,
HMR,
I,
guess
I
better,
go
quick
today,
just
a
lot
of
questions
in
some
of
the
memos
and
a
couple:
thoughts,
memo,
102,
Nikki
I,
read
your
your
comment
for
possible
changes.
You're,
absolutely
correct!
I!
Think
you
should
pull
that
out
of
the
consent
agenda
and-
and
you
guys
should
talk
about
that
tonight
for
possible
changes.
That's
excellent!
That
you're
thinking
about
that
memo,
103
for
the
walk-in
freezer
and
cooler
I
was
just
curious.
D
D
D
D
E
E
Okay,
Madam
president
and
member
of
the
board,
my
name
is
Victoria
Johnson
oftentimes
people
look
at
the
shirt,
I
wear
they
ask
the
question:
why
are
you
wearing
that
shirt?
Well,
the
reason
why
I
wear
this
shirt,
because
school
to
prison
pipeline
is
something
that's
serious.
It
happens
all
across
the
nation
and
right
here
within
our
colony.
That's
something
that
a
lot
of
time
people
ignore
people,
don't
pay
attention
to.
So
today
that
paper,
you
have
in
front
of
me
it's
a
data.
Those
data
is
not
collected
by
me.
That's
a
public
information.
E
Anybody
can
go
and
access
that
information.
I
want
you
to
look
at
those
data
when
it
comes
to
a
juvenile
arrest.
Compare
those
data
to
white
kids
and
black
kids
and
I
want
you
to
specifically
Focus
your
attention
to
the
Cass
County.
Don't
look
at
the
Burley
County?
Don't
look
at
the
Statewide!
Just
look
at
the
early
Cass
County,
look
at
those
percentage
of
the
kids
who
are
getting
sent
into
the
school
from
our
school
and
it
could
be
no
Community
into
the
juvenile
court.
E
If
you
look
at
the
Cass
County,
let's
see
if
you
look
at
our
Cass
County
numbers,
you'll
notice
that
more
and
more
kids
of
color
are
getting
sent
to
the
juvenile
court
more
than
kids
of
white.
If
you
look
at
that,
it's
a
6.2
per
six
six
point:
twenty
five,
two
five,
two
four
percent:
it's
getting
sent
to
the
arrest
or
refer,
and
if
you
look
at
our
detention
you
can
also
look
at
those
data
and
look
at
those
numbers.
E
That's
a
really
big
concern.
That's
a
concern!
That's
going
across
the
nation
and
right
here
in
our
County,
our
school
district
is
looking
at
changing
the
Dei
into
education.
Justice,
that's
going
to
be
the
new
title!
What
area
will
this
person
be
focused
on?
That's
a
question.
I
think
we
need
to
know.
We
need
to
ask
those
questions,
because
this
is
a
huge
issue.
Is
the
school
district
collecting
their
own
data
to
look
at
if
they're
having
any
of
this
issue
within
their
District
I'd
asked
that
question
before?
E
If
they
have
any
data
to
show
me
how
many
kids
are
getting
sent
within
Fargo
Public
School
into
the
juvenile
court,
that
information
was
never
released
and
I
never
got
the
answer
and
I
think
you
guys
should
ask
that
question.
Do
we
have
that
issue
right
here
is
school
to
prison
pipeline
Happening
Here
in
Fargo,
Public
School?
E
E
A
F
Thank
you,
I
wrote
my
report
several
times
today
and
then
crossed
it
out
and
then
wrote
more
notes
and
it's
been
a
busy
day
on
top
of
being
a
music
judge.
So
we'll
talk
about
that
later,
I
want
to
give
some
updates
on
some
individual
bills
and
then
also
some
strategies
that
we're
observing
individual
Bill
updates.
F
F
F
another
one
that
was
passed
today
was
2328,
and
that
is
the
study
of
K-12
funding.
It
creates
a
task
force
and
that
passed
unanimously
and
that's
okay,
I
support
that.
The
last
time
we
did
a
comprehensive
study
like
this
was
probably
around
2008
and
they
used
the
picus
group
p-I-c-u-s
for
some
of
those
benchmarks
and
it'll
be
interesting
to
see
which
benchmarks
they
use.
This
time
and
then
number
five,
the
tax
plan
is
finally
emerging.
They're
they're
they're
coming
to
some
consensus
on
that,
and
why
is
that
relevant
to
us?
F
There's
a
lot
going
on.
This
might
be
the
last
week
of
session,
we'll
see,
let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
strategies
and
I'm,
not
talking
Fargo
Public
School
strategies,
I'm
talking
legislative
strategies
that
I'm
observing
I've
learned
a
lot
since
we've
been
able
to
watch
everything
virtually
so.
First
of
all,
we
we
know
2260,
which
is
known
as
the
parental
rights
bill
was
again
delayed
on
the
floor
by
a
day
and
what
I'm
learning
is
that
strategy
is
to
hold
it
back
until
other
pronoun
bills
shake
out.
F
So
what
I'm
saying
there
is.
There
was
a
phrase
that
was
injected
from
another
killed
Bill
about
how
school
districts
use,
pronouns
and
so
that's
being
put
on
hold
there.
So
what
what
I'm
learning
is
a
lot
of
bills
that
are
killed
on
the
floor,
they're,
taking
phrases
and
injecting
them
into
existing
bills?
So
that's!
That's.
That's
been
very
enlightening
to
me,
a
second
Bill,
the
2284,
which
is
the
big
funding
bill.
F
He
has
the
line,
item
Vino
option
and
then
a
little
bit
more
about
strategy.
There's
been
some
questions
about
the
revenue
report
and
how
that
came
out
fairly
positive.
Based
upon
that
I
tried
to
Lobby
for
more
funding,
Force
per
pupil
funding.
Funding.
Excuse
me
I
get
a
bit
of
a
cold
special
education
funding,
but
what
I've
learned
is
that
report
kind
of
doesn't
mean
a
lot.
Our
legislators
went
into
this
session
with
a
budget
guide
for
spending
and
at
the
time
that
I
was
trying
to
advocate
for
more
funding
for
different
programs.
F
They
were
2
billion
over
and
and
I
was
told
it's
not
going
to
do
you
any
good
to
advocate
for
more
funding,
because
we
are
cutting
programs
now.
So
that's
something
I
learned
as
well.
They
come
into
the
session
with
a
budget
that
they
want
to
spend
and
I'm
not
going
to
look
forward
to
the
revenue
report
as
much
as
I
did
before
and
then.
F
A
G
Yes,
Nikki
I
don't
have
as
much
of
a
question
as
I.
Do
a
comment.
Thank
you
Robin
for
staying.
On
top
of
this,
it's
been
a
challenging
legislative
session
for
sure
and
you've
done
more
updates
than
I
have
ever
seen
and
I
appreciate
your
work
because
I
know
it's
a
ton
of
work,
keeping
everybody
informed
so
just
wanted
to
say
thank
you.
H
A
A
I
Yeah
I'll,
kick
it
off
and
I'm
sure
Anne-Marie
will
be
able
to
chime
in
as
well.
This
is
your
annual
monitoring
for
strategic
initiative.
Four,
as
board
members
know,
this
is
a
year
of
our
new
and
refreshed
strategic
plan.
So,
ultimately,
what
strategic
initiative
4
comes
down
to
is
about
274
different
goals
or
action
items
that
we
as
a
district
kind
of
take
part
in
to
get
to
the
results
that
we
want
to
achieve.
I
So
this
is
just
kind
of
monitoring
from
a
strategic,
our
strategic
plan,
strategic
for
and
where
we
are
with
this
first
year
we
have
three
ultimate
results
that
we
are
trying
to
achieve
with
this.
With
this
goal,
or
with
this
strategic
initiative,
one
is
to
establish
Partnerships
and
relationships
with
non-profit
agencies
or
his
business
and
government
subdivisions
one
is
to
work
with
sorry,
that's
part
of
that.
I
I
This
way
is
we
want
to
make
sure
that
our
work
is
aligned
and
we
are
able
to
truly
show
you
where
we
are
as
an
organization
and
all
the
different
factors
that
go
into
different
pieces
of
achieving
the
results
that
we
want
on
our
strategic
initiative
and
that's
why
this
tool
has
been
really
helpful
for
us.
I.
I
Think
if
you
looked
at
the
data
in
your
board
packet
as
we
monitor
I'm,
extremely
grateful
that
when
we
talked
about
it
as
a
board
in
the
summer
about
the
indicators
to
measure
whether
we're
not
or
monitor
whether
or
not
we're
hitting
our
results,
we
decided
to
analyze
them
versus
just
trying
to
see
it.
Set
Baseline
data
points
and
I
said
that,
because
sometimes
there's
some
conditions
that
can
warrant
data
or
if
we're
just
trying
to
meet
a
data
point,
we
might
be
chasing
the
wrong
target
and
this
strategic
initiative
result.
I
Monitoring
is
one
really
big
indicator
of
that.
If
you
were
to
dive
deeper
into
some
of
the
data,
that's
provided
in
your
packet,
we
know
that
we
want
our
community
our
legislation
and,
overall,
all
our
students
and
staff
to
have
a
good
impression
of
Fargo
Public
Schools
and
where
we
are
Anne-Marie
and
her
team
do
an
incredible
job.
But
it's
not
just
the
work
that
her
and
her
team
do
it's
the
work
that
all
of
our
staff
do.
I
So
she
has
a
structure,
for
example,
to
encourage
as
much
communication
and
positive
celebrations
of
all
the
great
things
that
are
happening
in
our
school
district,
encouraging
all
of
our
school
administrators
and
staff
to
submit
things
to
her
department.
So
then
they
can
then
become
press
releases
that
do
get
shared
out
I
think
earlier
today,
one
of
our
speakers
had
shared.
Why
is
it
that
we're
only
counting
Facebook
likes
and
Twitter
likes
and
and
some
of
those
other
metrics
that
are
in
there,
but
not
just
the
major
Publications?
I
I
Some
of
them
were
the
not
so
positive
things
happening.
So
it's
hard
as
an
organization
to
say
that
if
we
just
hit
these
Baseline
metrics
of
random
pieces
of
data,
we're
working
against,
sometimes
structures
that
work
against
us
and
when
you
have
a
community
that
will
choose
to
ignore
over
150
different
press
releases
given
out
by
your
school
system
to
celebrate
the
things
that
are
happening
in
our
schools.
I
It
really
kind
of
makes
you
prioritize
what
what
their
emphasis
is
or
what
they
want
to
focus
on,
and
you
counteract
that
with
the
fact
that
we
still
have
almost
all
Cass
County
legislators
actively
supporting
public
education
at
the
legislative
session.
We
have
students
and
parents
that
are
continuing
to
do
some
great
things.
That
doesn't
mean
that
we
don't
have
opportunities
for
growth
in
our
district
as
well
I'm,
just
incredibly
proud
of
the
work
that
we
do.
I
The
presence
that
we
have
both
in
our
community
and
the
impact
that
we
have
as
a
school
district,
really
kind
of
showing
why
we
believe
that
we
are
making
that
reasonable
progress
as
we
move
there
as
well.
That's
just
kind
of
a
quick
snapshot
of
all
the
different
things
that
we
do.
Some
of
this.
Some
of
the
pieces
that
also
fall
into
the
Strategic
initiative
are
areas
that
fall
into
our
teaching
and
learning
department
and
I
know.
Bob
and
Missy
are
at
a
conference,
so
they're
not
going
to
be
able
to
be
there
today.
I
K
Thank
you,
Dr
Gandhi.
Yes,
the
report
includes
a
lot
of
the
data
points
that
my
team
has
prepared
for
you
in
the
past,
especially
in
the
appendix
there.
So
if
you
have
any
questions
happy
to
answer
that
for
you
that
first
result
included
in
this
document
was
put
together
by
teaching
and
learning
so
like
Dr
Gandhi
said
we
can
try
to
answer
any
questions
you
have
about
that
section.
K
If
you
have
any
a
lot
of
things
that
were
referenced,
there
were
also
discussed
at
our
last
meeting
when
Dr
Jonas
addressed
you
about
some
of
our
Community
Partnerships,
just
to
piggyback
a
little
bit
off
of
what
Dr
Gandhi
said,
my
team
really
does
try
to
share
with
local
media
in
our
community
the
positive
things
that
are
happening
in
our
schools.
We
do
send
out
lots
of
press
releases,
I
know
that
you
guys
receive
them
as
well
and
they're,
not
all
always
covered.
K
In
the
course
of
my
12
years
here
we
have
seen
a
decline
in
our
local
media,
covering
the
information
we
send
out.
However,
if
we
don't
set
it
out,
we
for
sure
know
that
they
won't
cover
something
right.
So
if
we
don't
tell
them
about
it,
then
of
course
we
won't.
We
won't
get
coverage,
but
even
if
they
don't
cover
it,
then
we
share
it
through
our
own
communication
channels.
We
put
that
information
on
our
website.
K
We
share
it
out
on
social
media,
because
if
we
don't
share,
then
nobody
will
know
those
great
things
that
our
kids
are
doing.
Our
teachers
are
doing
that
our
school
district
is
doing
and
what
education
looks
like
now,
while
we've
all
went
to
school,
it
does
certainly
look
different
than
now
than
when
we
all
went
to
school,
and
if
we
don't
share
that,
then
nobody
will
know
so
we're
happy
to
answer
any
questions
of
what
you
have
before
you
or
or
what
we
do.
J
Yeah
I
just
wanted
to
say,
I
learned
a
lot
by
reading
the
memo
and
was
really
Blown
Away,
mainly
by
and
I,
think
it's
because
I'm
such
a
visual
person,
I,
didn't
know
that
we
did
all
of
our
in-house
logos
and
infographics
and
I've
always
thought
they
were
beautiful
and
catching
so
I
you're
such
an
incredible
team
and
I'm,
really
grateful
for
your
work,
and
so
thank
you
for
sharing
all
this
information
with
us.
Yeah.
F
Thank
you
for
your
work.
You
do
an
incredible
job.
I
I
know
from
trying
to
communicate
from
my
organ
organization.
People
always
want
more
information,
but
we
can
all.
You
can
provide
information,
but
it's
not
always
passed
on
in
the
media,
so
you're
kind
of
got
the
odds
stacked
against
you
from
the
beginning,
but
you
can
find
it
if
you
look
for
it
and
I
think
you
have
have
it
very
well
organized
and
the
information's
there.
Thank
you
for
what
you
do.
Your
team
is
incredible.
A
Yeah,
thank
you.
I'll
just
insert
a
comment
here
that
I
am
a
parent
of
three
children
in
our
district
at
three
different
levels,
so
I
have
an
elementary
middle
and
high
school,
which
meaning
I
get
all
three
newsletters
every
week,
and
so
your
information
is
shared
because
often
what
you
guys
share
as
a
district
goes
into
those
newsletters.
So
then
it
gets
distributed
at
like
that.
A
G
Having
worked
with
media
in
past
positions,
they're
looking
more
for
headlines
and,
sadly,
good
news,
happy
news
isn't
always
what
they
want
in
the
headlines.
So
I
appreciate
your
putting
it
out
there.
If
we
do
never
say
anything,
they
won't
ever
pick
it
up.
I
wish
they
would
pick
up
more
because
there's
so
many
good
things
going
on
in
our
district,
but
I
appreciate
your
making
it
available,
and
all
we
can
hope
is
that
they
pick
up
more.
Thank
you
for
all.
You
do.
K
Thank
you
for
all
that
I
do
agree.
If
we
don't
tell
them
what's
happening
the
media,
then
they
they
don't
have
the
opportunity
to
cover
anything.
There's
a
story
I
always
share.
If
we
have
a
new
team
member
and
we're
trying
to
decide
if
something
that
our
schools
share
with
us,
if
it's
something
that
we
should
then
share
with
the
news
media
and
sometimes
when
we're
oh
I,
don't
know,
I,
don't
think
it's
going
to
get
covered.
K
Once
upon
a
time
we
sent
out
a
meter
release
about
a
costume
contest
at
the
Fall
Festival
at
one
of
our
schools
and
we
kind
of
went
well,
that's
not
going
to
get
covered.
Lo
and
behold,
it
did
so.
You
know
there's
just
sometimes
you
just
never
know
when
those
Diamonds
in
the
Rough
are
going
to
be
out
there,
and
it
is
a
it's
a
day
that
the
media
has
some
opportunity
and
some
time
to
come
cover,
so
we're
gonna,
keep
on
trying
and
continue
to
share
the
good
work
of
what
we
do
here.
B
G
Not
everybody
gets
their
information
all
in
the
same
place
at
the
same
time,
in
the
same
way
and
we're
finding
with
generational
studies,
different
people,
access
different
mediums,
different
types
for
their
information,
so
the
same
person
going
to
the
website
or
going
to
Twitter
may
not
be
the
same
person
going
to
Facebook.
So
the
best
we
can
do
is
put
it
out
there
everywhere.
We
can
see
who's,
paying
attention,
who's
clicking
where
and
just
to
keep
it
going
so
I
I
know
that
that's
a
huge
effort.
So
thank
you.
M
I
was
gonna.
Second,
what
Nikki
just
said:
I
I
appreciate
that,
even
though
the
results
policy
doesn't
specifically
ask
for
Social
Media
stuff
that
you
did
included
because
I
think
Nikki
was
right
on
saying
that
we
should
be
leveraging
different
outlets
and
social
media
is
a
great
way
to
meet
other
groups
where
they
are
and
to
the
point
of
you
know,
major
media
Outlets
may
not
always
share
the
small
happy
things.
M
K
Thanks
for
that
question,
actually
so
you're
getting
three
year
or
four
years
worth
of
data
here
in
this
in
this
report,
I
could
give
you
farther
back
if,
if
needed
and
there's
once
upon
a
time,
we
did
meet
that
200
goal
and
exceeded
it.
If
I
can
remember,
I
got
off
the
top
of
my
head.
We've
been
upwards
of
235
releases
in
some
years,
and
so
we
we've
kept
it
200.
K
It's
a
it's
a
lofty
goal,
like
I
said
we
have
hit
it
before
and
exceeded
it,
and
we
haven't
wanted
to
go
more
than
that,
because
if
you
think
of
how
many
school
days
there
are
in
a
year,
I
mean
it's
a
it's
a
lot
of
releases.
It's
a
it's
a
lot
of
things
to
send
out
and
then
also
knowing
that
the
coverage
rate
has
gone
down
like
the
more
we
send.
K
K
right
so
we've
we've
kept
it
at
200
I,
don't
think
we're
going
to
hit
it
for
this
year.
To
be
honest
with
you,
I'd
like
us
to
get
up
closer
to
that
goal
again
again,
noting
that
200
is
a
lot.
It's
a
lot
of
information
to
send
out,
but
now
that
I
do
see
our
schools
kind
of
rebounding
again
with
the
activities
and
the
things
that
they're
doing
to
even
share
with
the
media.
Some
of
those
bigger
things
I
think
we
can
get
closer
to
it.
K
It
also
is
incumbent
upon
us
meeting
my
team
to
reach
out
to
our
buildings,
to
let
us
know
about
those
things
they're
doing
lots
of
stuff
every
day
right,
but
we
need
to
make
sure
we're
getting
that
information
so
that
we
can
send
it
out.
So
it's
a
relationship
building
with
our
schools
and
making
sure
we
know
what's
what's
happening
and
what
we
can
share.
If
that
makes
sense.
A
K
C
L
K
A
B
Action
we
took
to
authorize
the
administration
to
proceed
on.
The
bond
issue
requires
under
State
Statute,
that
we
post
that
notice
and
then
there's
a
60-day
protest
period.
That
is
now
expired.
We
had
no
protests
filed,
so
we
are
now
in
a
position
to
finalize
that
original
motion
and
proceed
to
issue
the
bonds
up
to
18
million
And,
to
clarify
a
question
that
came
up
earlier
today.
There
are
closing
costs
on
top
of
the
actual
purchase
price.
H
G
K
M
A
L
Okay,
thank
you.
Last
week,
I
attended
our
planning
meeting
and
our
Communications
committee
meeting
and
I
also
had
a
one-on-one
meeting
with
Dr
Gandhi
and
then
yesterday,
I
was
a
judge
at
the
four
Sparta
Music
Festival
that
was
held
at
Ben.
Franklin
I
actually
spent
the
entire
day.
There
periods,
one
through
eight
and
I,
think
I
saw
around
50
different
individual
performances
and
the
students
did
a
really
great
job
with
that,
and
it
was
a
great
experience
for
them
arranged
by
Mr
calaro
and
that's
all
I
got.
Thank
you.
M
M
M
G
G
Last
Friday
was
Communications
engagement
and
advocacy.
We
had
governance
on
Monday,
but
I
also
wanted
to
mention
on
April
13th
I
had
the
pleasure
of
attending
the
youth
film
festival,
and
we
had
several
FPS
students
take
part
in
that,
and
the
topic
was
on
Mental
Health
how
to
talk
about
it,
how
to
approach
it.
They
were
short
films.
Awards
were
given
a
substantial
amount
of
money.
G
A
B
I,
too,
have
been
at
a
number
of
negotiating
meetings.
We
had
a
planning
committee
meeting
last
week,
a
governance
committee
meeting
this
week.
I
too
had
the
pleasure
of
being
over
at
Ben
Franklin.
Yesterday,
listening
to
some
incredible
young
men
play
the
trumpet,
and
luckily
the
co-judge
was
from
Concordia
and
understood
music,
so
I
could
just
copy
her
sheet
to
make
sure
I
was
judging
correctly
because
I
couldn't
tell
you
if
they
played
a
CD
or
G
note.
B
If
there
is
such
notes,
but
it
was
a
great
experience
and
the
highlight
of
my
day,
to
say
the
least
and
for
those
of
you
that
just
have
nothing
else
to
do
Friday
morning
that
are
on
the
planning
committee
Seth.
You
get
to
come
to
this
building
all
five
days
this
week,
because
we
are
going
to
have
a
planning
committee
meeting
at
7
30
Friday
morning,
hopefully
it'll
be
a
fairly
quick
one.
We
just
have
one
topic:
we
have
to
address.
A
F
Thank
you,
I
also
attended
governance
and
had
my
one-on-one
with
Dr
Gandhi.
Our
next
governmental,
Affairs
committee
or
GAC,
is
next.
At
the
next
meeting
scheduled
May
2nd
at
7
30.
We
had
to
cancel
our
last
one
because
it
was
on
a
snow
day.
I
had
the
distinct
pleasure
of
being
present
when
principal
Amy
Herrick
was
named
administrator
of
the
year
for
Discovery.
F
F
I
also
got
to
judge
music
today,
I
judged
two
sectionals
for
saxophone
French
horn
and
Viola
and
I
was
I
overheard
that
there
is
a
professor
from
Concordia
that
was
also
there
yesterday,
who
said
I
think
my
wife
is
getting
out
of
her
Lane
and
into
mine,
and,
and
he
said,
maybe
I'm
gonna
go
start
to
lead
some
GAC
meetings
and
go
change
the
to
try
to
change
the
world
in
Bismarck.
So
so
that
happened
there,
but
it
was
really
fun
you
guys
it
was.
F
There
were
many
things
that
were
decriminalized
for
school
age,
Youth
and
those
came
into
effect
with
administrative
rules
last
August,
so
our
police
department
will
no
longer
write
by
citations
for
tobacco
use
under
14,
truancy,
runaways
or
unruly
Behavior,
so
no
longer
a
charge
and
with
the
exception
of
some
parents,
could
be
after
much
counseling
and
Outreach
parents
need
to
get
their
kids
to
school.
So
I
don't
want
anybody
to
think
that
it's
okay
for
our
kids
not
to
go
to
school.
What
I
appreciate
about
at
this
Pro
approach?
F
Is
it's
really
proactive
in
working
with
the
families
to
make
sure
that
their
kids
succeed
in
school?
The
state
created
what
is
called
chins
the
inaccurate,
an
acronym
that
says
children
in
need
of
services,
which
is
really
quite
similar
to
what
our
Swift
program
is
and
perhaps
maybe
even
modeled
after
that.
So
we're
doing
some
great
things.
F
Working
and
counseling
with
our
students-
oh
and
I've,
known
police,
still
investigate
missing
persons
or
runaways,
so
I
just
thought
that
was
important
to
note
and
in
closing
I
I'm,
really
proud
to
announce
that
Sergeant
Christy
Jacobson
was
named
supervisor
of
the
year
at
Fargo
police
department
and
that's
a
big
deal.
She
oversees
the
community
engagement
team
and
we're
lucky
to
have
her
because
she
is
deeply
committed
to
working
with
youth
and
in
fact
her
through
her
rotation.
She
will
be
working
next
on
crimes
against
youth,
sexual
violence.
C
Yeah
last
week
planning
meeting
this
week,
governance
I
should
just
set
up
a
cot
here,
because
yes,
I
will
be
here
all
five
days
this
week,
negotiations
and
committee
and
homework
based
upon
that
and
that's
about
all
I
have,
but
looking
at
my
scheduled
for
the
next
two
weeks,
my
report
should
be
a
little
bit
more
extensive,
more
extensive
than
tonight.
So
that's
all
I
have
thanks.
N
I,
don't
know:
is
this
better,
so
on
April
13
I
was
able
to
go
to
Madison
Elementary
School
for
stem
night.
It
was
fun,
I
actually
get
to
do
it
myself
too,
as
well.
I
should
see
that
there
are
amazing
kids
out
there
and
you
just
really
get
to
connect
with
the
family,
and
it's
just
overall
I
think
it's
just
giving
the
students.
You
know
the
excitement
about
the
stem.
You
know
like
just
helping
them
later
on
in
the
fields
and
being
motivated
and
teamwork
collaboration.
N
It
was
so
fun
I
thought
that
maybe
I
was
just
gonna,
watch
them
and
I
enough
to
be
participating.
So
that
was
interesting
because
I
was
I
had
to
wear
my
culture
close
to
as
well,
so
just
to
show
them
that
you
know
I'm.
Here
too,
even
though
I
it
was
not
my
plan
to
participate,
they
just
kind
of
dragged
me
in
they're,
like
you're
gonna.
N
Do
the
fashion
show
too
so
I
was
like
okay,
so
here
I
am
in
a
fashion,
show
with
them,
so
it
was
fun
and
then
also
to
and
then
on
the
same
day
it
was
a
busy
day.
On
the
same
day,
I
went
back
to
North
high
schools
to
to
to
principal
Christensen
and
I
get
to
follow
a
couple
of
teachers
there
for
Catalyst
trained
coachings.
It
was
amazing,
you
know,
I
I
include
I'm,
actually
met
Dr,
Birch
wife.
Over
there.
N
She
was
one
of
the
individuals
that
I
get
to
observe
and
because
they
were
able
to
giving
our
feedback
on
how
she's
teaching
the
kids
and
things
like
that,
and
then
other
teacher
too
as
well.
It
was
just
so
incredibly
amazing
when
I
see
principal
Christensen,
which
is
Travis.
You
guys
already
know
who
he
is.
It
was
just
amazing.
These
teachers
really
take
their
time
to
really
educate
our
kids
and
not
screaming,
not
yellings.
You
know
and
I
like
the
fact
that
you
know
they.
N
They
really
take
their
feedback
very,
very,
very
serious
and
willing
to
make
changes
on
anything
that
they
give
them
that
feedback.
Then
also
too,
you
know
I
I
attend
the
films
where
you
were
the
judge,
so
mental
health
is
so
crucial.
I
think
that
our
schools
should
be
able
to
speak
on
mental
health,
because
mental
health
is
a
is
a
huge.
It
is,
it
is
a
huge
impact
in
our
students
and
when
I
saw
them,
you
know
like
on
those
short
films
it
just.
N
J
Yeah
so,
starting
a
few
weeks
ago,
I
also
attended
the
film
festival
on
April
13th.
Thank
you,
Dr
Newman,
for
sharing
that
information
with
all
of
us.
That
was
really
a
fantastic
film
festival
and
really
neat
to
watch
some
of
the
films
that
high
school
students
and
then
college
students
had
put
together
so
I'm
really
glad
I
got
to
go
to
that
and,
as
it's
been
mentioned,
we've
had
a
lot
of
negotiation
committee
meetings
and
then
negotiations
with
the
FEA.
J
We
have
that
tomorrow
night
and
it's
it's
technically
four
hours,
that's
not
five
hours,
but
although
they
do
get
long,
then
we
have
a
committee
meeting
for
negotiations
on
Thursday
that
I'll
be
attending
and
I'm
also
glad
that
you
mentioned
Catalyst
because
I'm
going
to
be
absorbing
a
training
in
next
week.
So
I'm
really
looking
forward
to
that,
because
I've
heard
so
many
wonderful
things
about
the
program
and
I
think
that
about
covers
it.
A
Thank
you
all
for
those
reports.
I'll
end
here
with
the
president's
report.
I
had
the
pleasure
of
going
to
sign
all
of
the
documents
for
the
land
closing
at
the
title
company.
It's
it's
a
very
scary
thing
to
sign
your
name
for
that
amount
of
money.
If
you've
ever
closed
on
a
house,
it's
like
signing
over
and
over
and
over
again,
but
that
was
a
fun
morning.
A
I
had
my
National
Council
of
school
health
spring
meeting.
It
was
a
four
hour
actually
Affair.
That
was
very
cool,
just
to
hear
what
many
other
places
are
doing
and
incorporate.
Some
of
those
ideas
here
locally
planning
has
met.
Governance
has
met,
has
been
mentioned.
The
Fargo
youth,
Film
Festival
has
been
mentioned.
That
was
just
such
a
really
cool
I.
Just
can't
say
enough,
I
believe
the
top
two
out
of
the
top
three
winners
were
Fargo
South
students
and
their
work
was
incredible.
A
It
was
neat
to
see
our
kids
be
celebrated
in
that
way,
and
the
honor
to
judge
that
and
then
sit
on
a
panel
afterwards
and
discuss
youth
mental
health
issues
and
our
community,
and
they
are
not
shy.
It
was,
it
was
really
great
to
hear
the
comments
from
the
audience
and
hear
them
be
so
so
brave
I
also
attended
a
North
Dakota.
It
was
called
a
North
Dakota
Public
Health
Association
mental
health
Roundtable.
Actually,
a
few
days
after
that,
and
much
of
that
discussion
was
around
students
in
our
state
and
mental
health
in
schools.
A
An
SBA
had
their
brunch
and
learn
about
ttfr
updates
and
coverage
overview
today.
Actually
I
attended.
It
was
called
a
poverty
simulation,
training,
I,
don't
know
if
anyone
has
ever
done
that.
Have
you
done
that
it
was
it's
through
the
United,
Way
and
I.
Did
it
at
Fargo
Castle
Public
Health,
but
it
was
a
two-hour
thing
and
what
struck
me
about
it?
You're
assigned
a
role,
and
you
basically
live
in
poverty
for
two
hours,
and
the
word
I
have
just
described.
A
Is
chaos
you're,
just
trying
to
make
ends,
meet
and
you're
a
part
of
a
family,
and
what
struck
me
is
in
Every
Family.
One
of
the
roles
was
a
child
or
a
student,
and
a
lot
of
the
discussion
we
had
afterwards
was
from
the
child's
perspective
and,
what's
that,
what
is
that?
Like
to
watch
the
adults
in
your
life,
try
and
make
this
happen,
and
it
just
occurred
to
me.
You
know
how
many
students
we
have,
potentially
in
Fargo,
Public,
Schools
and
just
in
our
community,
but
anyway
it
was
a
very,
very
cool.
A
If
you
ever
have
the
chance
to
take
part
in
that,
I
would
encourage
you
and
try
to
be
the
student
or
the
child,
because
I
think
it
would
really
change.
It
was
like
a
paradigm
shift
understanding
what
they
go
through,
because
what
was
said
is
a
kudos
to
our
school.
Is
that
they're
often
they're,
safe
and
reliable,
predictable
place
is
schools
and
a
lot
of
them
dread
the
weekends,
a
lot
of
them
dread,
holidays
or
breaks,
because
they
would
rather
be
in
school,
which
I
thought
was
really
cool.
A
Okay,
also
to
jump
on
the
train
of
Officer
Jacobson
celebration.
She
is
a
part
of
something
called
mental
health
month.
I.
Think
it's
like
a
kickoff
next
Tuesday
at
the
Fargo
theater.
The
mayor
will
be
there.
Representatives
from
Fargo,
Castle,
public
health
and
officer
Jacobson
will
be
making
comments.
They
are
showing
a
film
about
the
med
family,
I
believe
no,
no
about
mental
health
in
our
society.
I'm
saying
it
wrong.
Okay,
the
med
family
will
be
there
I
believe
or
as
a
part
of
this
in
the
public
service
announcement.
Okay,
sorry!
A
So
thank
you
for
that
and
then
I
will
close
I
just
received
a
letter
from
the
North
Dakota
School
Board
Association.
So
in
the
vein
of
spreading
good
news,
I'll
read
it
aloud
tonight.
Instead
of
passing
it,
it
says:
Dear,
Dr,
Newman,
congratulations
on
your
District's
2023
Class,
A
boys,
basketball
from
North,
High,
School,
Class,
A,
Boys,
Hockey
from
South
High
School
and
Class
A
girls
hockey
from
North
and
South
High
School
state
championships.
A
This
kind
of
success
reflects
on
the
hard
work
and
dedication
of
many
members
of
your
District
who
work
in
and
with
these
programs
from
the
student
participants.
All
the
way
up
to
the
school
board.
Extracurricular
activities
provide
many
opportunities
for
students
to
learn
and
grow
and
are
a
great
compliment
to
a
fantastic
education.
Your
district
is
to
be
commended
for
providing
students
with
these
opportunities
so
kudos
to
us,
everyone
and
our
students.
Okay,
I
believe
that
is
it
for
my
reports.