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0:16:25I'd like to call to order this regular meeting of the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education for Tuesday, October 13th, 2026. Board members may attend and participate in board meetings by electronic means in accordance with board policy, BMEA, and state law. Laura, can you please call the role? Booker >> here. >> Chavez >> here. >> Medler >> here. >> Quinn Linua >> here. Raj Paul >> here. >> Teu adding >> here. >> Hunger >> here. >> Thank you. I'd like to encourage everyone to turn their attention to the screens for our land acknowledgement this evening. The Boulder Valley School District resides and operates on land that is the ancestral homeland and unjustly and illegally taken territory of the Ude, Pueblin, Arapjo, Cheyenne, Apache, Navajo, and 48 other tribal nations historically tied to this land who have called this land home since time and memorial.

0:17:40We acknowledge the atrocities committed here, including the painful history of genocide, forced assimilation, and efforts to alienate the indigenous inhabitants from their homeland supported by the policies of the United States government. BBSD is aware of the many indigenous peoples, past and present, and their dignified nations and cultures, who care for this land with strength and resilience. BBSD recognizes the histories of the land in Colorado and the survival of many nations that carried their oral traditions into the present. It is BBSD's responsibility to educate ourselves, our community, and our students so that we can embrace the wisdom and knowledge of indigenous peoples and actively stand together to address injustices. In offering this land acknowledgement, we affirm and honor the history, wisdom, oral traditions, and resilience of indigenous people, and recognize the responsibility to care for and appreciate this land together.

0:18:56I'd like to remind everybody that the mission of the Boulder Valley School District is to create challenging, meaningful, and engaging learning opportunities so that all children thrive and are prepared for successful, civically engaged lives. Good evening everyone. Thank you for joining us here in person and remotely this evening. We are glad to have you observe and participate in our meetings. At this time board members, I'd like to make a motion to amend tonight's agenda. Is there a second? Oh, sorry. Seconded by folks on the side by Anna Tu adding. Um oh, sorry. Board members, I'd like to move to amend the agenda to add the cancellation of our October 2026 regular board meeting to the consent agenda. Sorry, it's, you know, I'm having a moment here. Um, next week's meeting had originally intended where was a work session with school visits, board members, uh, with conferences going on and the showcase coming the day before.

0:19:48It's just a not the best time to be in our schools visiting. Um, hence, uh, my motion to amend the agenda to add the cancellation of the October 2026 meeting. >> The person who made the second, does she still agree to that? >> Oh, yes. >> Yes. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Um Laura, can you please call the vote on the motion to amend the agenda by adding a item to cancel the October 2026 20th, 2026 regular board meeting on the consent agenda. >> Booker, >> yes. >> Chavez, >> yes. >> Medler, >> yes. >> Quinnland Aa, >> yes. >> Rajpaul, >> yes. >> Teamu adding, >> yes. >> Anger, >> yes. Motion passes. >> We need a motion then to approve the agenda. Is there a motion to approve the agenda? Moved by Alex, seconded by Lolenia. Laura, can you please call the role?

0:21:03>> Booker, >> yes. >> Chavez, >> yes. >> Medler, >> yes. Quinn Linua, >> yes. >> Raj Paul, >> yes. Teamu adding, >> yes. Anger, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> As indicated on the agenda this evening, our first order of business is the school board has um issues to discuss in executive session. Is there a motion? Moved by Jorge, seconded by oral. I, Jorge Chavez, make a motion pursuant to CRS 24-6-424H to convene into executive session for the purpose of discussing matters regarding the appeal of the decision to expel student A where public disclosure would adversely affect the persons involved pursuant to CRS 24-6-424G for the purpose of considering documents related to student A's expulsion appeal that are protected under the mandatory non-disclosure provision of the Colorado Open Records Act CRS 24-72-2043A A1 specifically the record pres I sorry thanks I specifically the record presented to the board on appeal pursuant to CRS 24-6-424B to receive legal advice on specific legal questions regarding a student expulsion matter and pursuant to CRS 24-6424B sorry thank for a conference with an attorney for the purposes of receiving legal advice on pending litigation against the district board of education under the open meeting law meetings law.

0:22:40>> Thank you. Jorge Sarah seconded by Jason. Uh Laura, can you please call the role? >> Booker, >> yes. >> Chavez, >> yes. >> Medler, >> yes. >> Quinn Linua, >> yes. >> Raj Paul, >> yes. >> Teamu adding, >> yes. Anger, >> yes. Motion passes. At this time, I respectfully ask that all those in the audience who are not party to the executive session please exit the boardroom. At the conclusion of the executive session, you'll be invited to rejoin this regular board meeting. Welcome back everybody. We are here to resume tonight's board meeting. The first or the next order of business is a superintendent report. Dr. Anderson, good evening. >> Good evening board president Raj Paul. Board members, a few updates this evening. Uh so board members, last week's uh walk and roll to school day was an incredible success across the district. BBSC accounted for nearly 30% of the 100 events registered statewide with an estimated 6,000 students biking, walking, and rolling to school. Huge thank you to our safe routes to schools team, our schools, and our community for making it such a wonderful day.

2:23:18And I think we've got some some slides here. Maybe they're not they're not catching up, but I'm sure Randy will will will push through those. Um, couple weeks ago, Boulder High hosted a special visit from Mayor Sato and a delegation from our sister city, Yamagata, Japan. Our Japanese language students welcomed their guests with a traditional dance and presented projects entirely in Japanese. Mayor Sato also highlighted Boulder High Junior Cody Lawyer who is currently studying abroad in Yagamata as our first official sister city exchange student. With a group of BHS students preparing to visit Yagamata later this year, he's truly paving the way for deeper lasting connections between our communities. Board members, on September 28th, we celebrated a major milestone with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the RAP Rapo campus marking the completion of significant bond renovations. district leaders, staff, students, community members gathered to tour the updated spaces and see firsthand how these modern facilities will support our students. Incredible example of our voter approved bond dollars at work and we're so grateful to our community and our project teams for making it possible. want to thank the board members that were able to attend. Uh was a really great event and just to hear the students be so proud of their school and to and to connect with the educators

2:24:33that for many years didn't have a facility like they do now was was really meaningful. And finally, board members, I'm thrilled to share that 40 BBSD seniors have been named National Merit Scholar Semi-finalists, placing them in the top 1% of high school seniors nationwide. By 1.2 2 million students are entered into uh the National Merit Semi-finalist uh competition automatically, most by participating in the PSAT exam. Be selected as a semi- finalist is an extraordinary achievement. Again, top 1% of high school seniors nationwide and couldn't be prouder to celebrate their hard work and academic excellence. And board members, this concludes my remarks for this evening. Happy to answer any questions. >> Board members, any questions for Dr. Anderson? Thank you for that update. Seeing as there are no questions, we will now move on to public participation. The board respects the right of the public to speak on matters concerning the operation of the schools.

2:25:29The board does not endorse the comments of individual participants and remind all those who speak that you're responsible for ensuring your remarks are suitable for an audience that includes kindergarten through 12th graders. Furthermore, this is an opportunity for the board to hear from our constituents. It's not a time for the board to engage with or react to speaker remarks. Speakers, we each have two minutes to speak. You will see a yellow card when you have 30 seconds remaining and an orange card when you have 10 seconds remaining. If you run out of time or like to share additional information, you may always email the board. With that, we will begin with Cordelia Climber. >> Your executive session took so long. I will read through those names just to make sure. Arcus Evans, Isabella Estrada. Moving on to Robert Hefern, Leath Stevens, I start my remarks, I just want to put on the record that I made two requests for sign language interpreters to be here tonight. And as you can see, there are no sign language interpreters here.

2:27:02You have deaf staff, you have deaf students, you have deaf parents. This is not difficult. So, I don't know where those emails are going or if they're just being ignored, but it's a really easy request. Pretty basic open access. So, I just want that to be on the record. Uh, a school change does not erase a child's right under their IEP. In fact, Colorado special education rules require parent participation in decisions changing a child's school or building with consideration of the impact on the child's entire educational programming. That requirement is CDE rule 1 CCR301-84.038B3. I want the public record to show that you are aware and we're all informed that BBSD did not follow this process when closing schools. Staff from the district have said they informed parents after the decision was made. So I want it to be recorded that you know that that was not followed. you are breaking a CDE rule. I would also like to share some stats. The district's special education averages 14%. Once these schools are combined, several ha several could have special education populations over 20%. Heatherwoods could reach roughly 25% with high peaks at 6% taking over the Douglas building. We all know the concerns about Heatherwood's condition. Families with other options choose to send their children elsewhere.

2:28:28So, what does the district do? move students with disabilities there and pretend they are receiving an equitable education. Nicole, you want to talk about equity? That is inequity. Burch, Cole, and Douglas all have children who alope. Cole has a gate that's supposed to remain closed during the school day. I drive past school regularly. It's often not closed. Douglas has five kids that elope. Moving them into an open concept school raises serious concerns about supervision, access to exits, and over stimulation. As parents, we can see where this is headed. I want the public record to show that they were warned about these issues and still move forward with this proposal. Five of you are responsible for choosing to ignore this data and systemic bias. Parents, if you want to file a state complaint, >> your time is up.

2:29:16>> Your time is up. Thank you. >> I will be here next week and I will be hosting. >> Your time is up. Our next speaker is Betsy Kesler. Is this thing on? Cool. Um, if you need to file a state complaint because the district failed to follow CDE requirements, go find Jordan Hosel and she will explain to you how to file a state complaint if IEP minutes are missed or anything you need, go her. Anyways, um, so I would like you to take a moment. See, I'm not going to have enough time. I would like you to take a moment and imagine the surprise that the Birch parents felt when just after a week after finding out their school was being closed, we find out it was actually only partially being closed because the district forgot about more than 50 preschoolers. The district plans to quote, "Have additional staff in the building beyond preschool classroom staff to support all preschool daily operations." So, you closed a building to save on resources, but now you have to provide those resources for the building anyways. Still no clear plan on how you plan to transition BIR's ICAN program into coal or how much that would cost. I suggest that you just leave Birch open for all of the students and

2:30:35use that unnecessary spending to fix Cole's fire sprinkler system. Next week, BVSD will host the BBSD is not the place to be showcased, encouraging families to explore open enrollment options across the district. At the same time, the district is targeting schools with significant open enrollment populations for closure consolidation. This raises the fundamental question of how can BIR spend $175 thou or how can BBSD spend $175,000 encouraging families to explore open enrollment opportunities while still making decisions that eliminate those very opportunities in Broomfield. What is the purpose of having VIP hour at the showcase for families to go when the Birch Coal Consolidation would eliminate all local open enrollment choices for Broomfield family families? Are you going to use your levers to make Aspen Creek to make more space in Aspen Creek, which has 50% open enrollment? If it's important enough to promote through a district-wide showcase, why is the district eliminating those opportunities in Broomfield? And >> thank you.

2:31:40Our next speaker this evening is Katherine Rage. >> Good evening. My name is Richard McCormack. I'm a BBSD parent. I'm not wearing any school colors tonight or naming the school my ch child attends because this isn't about a school. It's about the district. At the last meeting, uh you all voted in the resilient schools proposal. Uh and you have since asked staff, administrators, teachers, parents, and students to carry that out. You've said rightfully so that the board sets the goals and the what, and the staff sets the how. The board is accountable and the staff is responsible. The resolution sets out goals and outcomes throughout in the whereas clauses identifying smaller classrooms, full-time special teachers, higher utilization of schools, improved and maintained learning outcomes, retention and attraction of students. And these and many other items can be counted and measured and tracked. And that's what I'm asking you to do. I'm asking you to count them to track them.

2:32:58I want you to direct the superintendent to report publicly school by school against your goals to know what is working and what is not working within the proposal and the outcomes you designed. Require mitigation strategies for those that are not coming are not uh performing. Use the same measures for each school. report it quarterly for the next two years and for subsequently for the following three years annually. Importantly, ask for a longitudinal cohort analysis to track the outcomes and attrition of the affected students. In four or five years, when you say this will happen again as these cohorts of smaller students move through, we are going to be asking the same students to enter into these processes again. know if this worked. Know how well it did work and what didn't work about it. A public record of a >> Thank you.

2:34:03Our next speaker is Susan Groan. Sorry, Susan, if that was >> um Bob. Um I I'm directing this at you, so I would love your attention, please. In 2019, when my son was a student at Fairview, he was horrifically bullied. He was hit so hard in the head, his ears rang for two days straight. He was told repeatedly to go home and kill himself. The school did nothing. I need you to hear that. Nothing. I contacted you, Rob Anderson. Nothing. I contacted the school board. Nothing. Nothing was done. Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Yes. Actually, Rob, I got a newsletter saying how joyous your Christmas holiday was with your kids that year. It was joyous. And Nicole, as long as it's not your kids, right? Yeah, that's right. You are all here to protect children and families. Shame on all of you when I continue to hear other families are not being heard by this board and this superintendent. And the only way is we go to a federal level. So then you wake up. Let me educate you all on abuse since it ain't your thing. It ain't your thing.

2:35:22Abuse will stay with a child for the rest of their life. So your response is no response. You have failed. You have failed my family. You have failed my son. Step aside. Learn how to return a phone call. Human psychology 101. No response is a response. A child will take their life, but you all will feel like it's the family. It's the media, not your school, not your school. You have failed my son. And when I hear what's happening again, I am furious. You have failed my family and you are continuing to fail other families. And and by the way, I I testify all the time in criminal court. >> Thank you. Our next speaker is Scott Harris. Crystal Chin, Crystal That is I can't I cannot. Good evening. My name is Crystal Chin, parent of a BBST student impacted by racial discrimination so severe she developed anxiety induced seizures, lost more than a one and one and a half years of academic instruction, and lost her rights to a free and appropriate public education because your administration did not value the voice of an Asian-American child or her family. My daughter is still recovering. She is still negatively impacted today.

2:37:19Superintendent Anderson, the same thing. Please look. BBSC board of directors, last month you sat here voicing concerns over the ADO anti-semitism complaint at Southern Hills, a school three minutes from where racial harm happened to my daughter. And while I'm grateful you responded finally, I'd like to give you the opportunity to prove it wasn't performative. That it wasn't only because the ADL and a large community of supporters showed up to hold you accountable. board members. Some of you stated you did not know about Southern Hills until it hit the news. That this is no longer a one-off but a pattern. That it is not okay for even one child. Yet many of us told all of you about our one child before this. Did that not count? So where's the gap? The regional supervisor over both Southern Hills and Community Monastery, two schools with active federal civil rights complaint involving students who could no longer safely attend school, was just promoted to assistant superintendent. That is your gap. That is one of the many things wrong with your system. I have a federal rights civil rights complaint case number 08-24-1759 accepted December 6, 2024.

2:38:27The only reason it remains unresolved is that the federal dismantling of the Office for Civil Rights has left my case without anyone assigned to hold this district accountable. BVSSD knows this and is taking full advantage of it. I'm asking for independent oversight because collectively we have stated the problem. Collectively we have documented the pattern and collectively we have the evidence of wrongdoing. >> He got away with investigate themselves. >> Thank you. Our next speaker is Cycl. My name is Tela S. I am here on behalf of Crystal Chin and others who have come before regarding this issue. This board has responsibility to every constituent in the district, not just the ones with powerful organizations standing behind them. Every single one. I do wonder if some of you are being told things like, "You don't need to respond to Crystal because legal is already handling it because legal was not handling it. No one from this district has had a meaningful conversation with her family in two years." That excuse was a lie used to justify ignoring them. And Miss Rajpaw ordered um a board member to stop talking to Crystal at a community engagement event.

2:39:53Some families cannot come forward tonight because retaliation is real, fear is real, and this district has made the cost of speaking up too high. Others did come forward. They sent emails. They showed up. They asked for help. And this board ignored every single one of them. When this district treats victims like a liability, we become a liability. Here is what was done to Crystal's family specifically. her daughter faced 34 documented incidents of racial harassment. The district file contains three. The principal forwarded Crystal's private emails to a teacher with no educational reasons to be involved. That teacher mocked them and the principal responded with a racial joke. The day after her daughter's second anxiety induced seizure, BBSD filed a retaliatory CPS report against Crystal without her knowledge. It was investigated and rejected. Someone in this district ensured her daughter's test scores disappeared.

2:41:02Crystal has the principal's email confirming the test was complete. >> Thank you. Techley, your time is up. Thank you. >> Our next speaker is Jillian Waters. >> BVSD has budgeted $175,000 for a choice enrollment showcase to encourage families to explore schools and choose the one that is right for their children. Let that sink in. $175,000 to promote school choice after they told you guys it was an unstable metric. They asked you to close a school like Douglas, the second most choice in a neighborhood school in both Boulder or Lafayette, depending on how you grouped it. I wonder how that $175,000 might have been used to better fund resources in those schools. Douglas has consistently attracted families like mine from outside its attendance boundary. Yet during the pro process, the district emphasized only its lessly densely less densely populated boundary and smaller resident population without giving comparable weight to its demonstrated sustained choice enrollment.

2:42:21If BBSD believes choice enrollment is worth budgeting $175,000 to promote, that same enrollment demand should have been meaningfully valued when they decided to close Douglas. You cannot celebrate families choosing this district when marketing it, but then discount those very choices when determining which schools survive. A less densely populated attendance boundary tells you about the geography within a madeup border. Consistent choice enrollment tells you which schools family actually attend. Both are relevant. Douglas retains a majority of its resident students and has a thriving choice enrollment population, which is more than many of the schools left to choose from, can say. The fact that you guys have already voted does not erase the questions about how the proposal was made or the need for accountability. A fair analysis should have considered the full picture, including the families who consistently chose Douglas even when they lived outside its boundary. If choice enrollment is worth spending 175 grand on to attract families to BBSD schools, then the families who had already chosen Douglas deserve to count too. Before BBSD tells family to trust that it is the place to be, I ask you to ask them to explain why the demonstrated choices made by the f.

2:43:37Thank you. Our next speaker is Kelly Sharp, Lauren Weaver, Thomas Nuland. >> Good evening. My name is Thomas Nuland and I'm a parent at the Boulder Valley School District. Today I'd like to share an idea that came up during our recent camping trip with members of our Latino community where we discussed some of the challenges working families face with early childhood education. One concerned one concern that resonated with several parents was the gap between pre-K schedules and regular working hours. For families with young children, especially when both parents work, a shorter school day can create significant logistical and financial challenges. Parents often need to arrange additional daycare, coordinate pickups in the middle of their workday or adjust their employment schedules to accommodate their children's needs. This creates an additional burden even when families genuinely want to enroll their children in BVSD programs. I believe there's an opportunity here. By exploring extended daycare options or more fle flexible prek schedules, BBSD could make early childhood education more accessible to working families. And I believe this could also benefit the district. When a program better meets the practical needs of parents, it becomes more attract a more attractive option that could translate into stronger enrollment, better attention, and greater participation from our community. I understand that staffing and funding are important considerations, but I believe

2:45:20that this is worth evaluating. My suggestion is to engage directly with working families, understand whether scheduling gaps exist, and explore solutions that make prek more a more practical choice. Ultimately, helping parents stay employed while ensuring their children receive quality early education is a win for families, for our children, and for the district. Thank you. >> Thank you. Our next speaker is Yale Cohen. ready. Hi, I'm Ya El Cohen, a resident of the district since 1985. I'm a special education advocate and tutor for just short of 40 years. I have serious concerns about how BVSD's special education toolkit, written primarily by the executive director of special education and two principles, rolled out this summer to principles and then to all special education staff without any participation or even knowledge by parents. There are two parts. the 14page high conflict IEP communication playbook and the document engaging with attorneys GL's advocates and education consultants for a district and and department and district that prides itself on collaboration with parents and recently got national recognition for that. This one was the opposite in process. There was zero participation for those who would have been most affected the parents and it was essentially hidden from parent view.

2:47:10This is about parent rights, equity, and trust. Parents were characterized as aggressive villains, and so were their helpers with special expertise who IDA ensures parents can bring in to assist them. With its multiple versions circulating, it is creating confusion and inconsistent implementation, harming relationships and hurting kids and equity. The toolkit ensures that a parent who is an hourly employee may lose wages when newly required to observe their child with an advocate. While a salaried parent has greater flexibility, that's not equity. BVSD recognizes that partnership across families, schools, and communities is essential. There are many district parents and group advisory groups that would have been happy to co-create better communication. This toolkit should be withdrawn in its entirety, not merely revised. then special education leadership and staff can start a new by listening to parents and finding collaborative solutions that benefit children with disabilities.

2:48:10Thank you. >> Thank you. Our final speaker this evening is Britney Harvey who will be participating remotely. Is Britney? >> I believe she's in person. >> Oh. Oh, I disregard that fe. >> Good evening. My name is Britney Harvey. I'm a parent in BBSD. By v voting yes on the resilient schools plan, this board approved an incomplete plan and it continues to fail the families that it will impact the most. Look at what our neighbors have done. Pter school district released a consolidation and closure recommendation that's 30 379 pages long. Families can read the data, the criteria, and the reasoning behind their decisions. Though people still may not agree Pter's con with their conclusions, no one there has been left guessing like we have on how they reach their decisions. When St. Vain closed a school last year, it delayed the closure by a year so that the community had more time to be engaged in planning the next steps. This year, Adams 12 also has impacted school communities and instead they have offered dedic they had previously offered dedicated community connection meetings to address their concerns. These districts have understood that closing a school is about people and not just about facilities. BBSD did none of this.

2:49:33Worse, through the process, the district has changed its approach and has not clearly communicated that well to families. It moved away from defined metrics under LRAC toward a vaguely defined regional approach, never clearly communicating that it was doing so um when comments from the board members have also been conflicting on this. Families who had been engaging in good faith found out that the rules had changed after the fact. So, was LRA even abandoned or not? It seems very convenient now that the district has backpedal trying to redefine what LRA was to fit their narrative. I'm asking the board to do three things. First, publish a more complete plan with data and criteria and clear explanations behind it. Second, explain openly why the process changed. Not one slide in a board working session like has been done. Third, give impact to communities real time and real meetings to respond as our neighbors have. Our kids deser This concludes public comment for today.

2:50:41On behalf of the board, I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to share their thoughts and experiences with us this evening. We will now move on to board member communication. Board members, who would like to begin? Alex? >> Yeah. Uh, I um had the pleasure of attending the DAC meeting. um uh last week and they received an update um from Neil Anderson about the transition planning which I think they appreciated uh and talked a lot about um which included information on the schedules for visits and stuff like that. The DAC also discussed um our action on the membership list and provided feedback that I would I would characterize as frustrated um by uh our actions visav their membership. Um I explained our interest in implementing our policies and following through and um the reason for our policies for DAC membership and the interest in having diversity on it and having uh people who are available to work throughout all the work topic was there and that was I think appreciated and understood. Uh they also because of the um membership changes uh um they have a new DAC uh chair and they were looking to uh elect a new uh vice chair. They had a discussion about that, had some nominations, and then uh decided that they would wait a month before they did

2:52:14that in order to also make sure that they were aligning their nominations for candidates with the bylaws. So, they wouldn't be in an immediate situation right away where there might be someone uh nominated to be one of the candidates who would then be um unable to serve because of the other issues with bylaws coming up. So they wanted to make sure succession from like a vice chair to a chair would lead to a likely vice chair being able to be a chair in the future. Um uh they also were interested in revisiting their own bylaws to make sure that their bylaws were better aligned with our policies. uh because I think they recognized that there are some topics where um like the what they say for their bylaws don't align very well with our policies regarding um officers and like at large selection and stuff. I do think they appreciated um the intent we have to have people there who are attending regularly so that the work can get done on a regular basis uh because this is more a working meeting than a vehicle just to share information back out and in. So part-time uh participation by having two people and have one attend and then the other expected to attend because they never all expect to attend very often.

2:53:26They recognized that that was problematic and they had worked out within some of the schools with two representatives to figure out which one should be there. I was able to communicate to them that those were open meetings and the second person's always willing to to welcome to attend and observe but that our intent from the policy was to have people who could participate in the working groups and be there and build knowledge and able to participate more fully. So um I encourage other people to join me occasionally uh for the DAC meetings. Um, we do have great people there who have very substantive discussions about all the things we're doing. Um I frankly encourage them to participate in the planning of their school UIPs with their sacks to think about the values that they're bringing together through the um transition and so that as families are joining new schools that the school's uh sack is an excellent place along with a PTO or whatever else is going on to become engaged in a new community and that a great deal of work together could um help facilitate healing, help facilitate community building and that Sachs are one place to do that um so that was the main piece I would share uh from the DAC meeting. I um and I think

2:54:37that's uh the main part that I have to share tonight. Thanks. See, I attended the Seabbach meeting and we got to have a preview of some of the bond work that was completed over the summer at um Boulder High. That's where our meeting took place and it is it is just like a brand new school to walk through that. So, I hope you all get to see that. Um it they are doing things like preparing for um movie festivals and those kind of things also but they the students have a renewed vigor and pride in their place now because it's it's not old and rundown looking. It's brand new and it's quite spectacular. So um celebrate Boulder High being one of those projects that were being done. Um we were not in a place we were talking about any other um any new construction yet. Just finishing up the board work uh the bond work over the next 2 years and finishing projects that have already been planned. But it's a pretty exciting um thing to see. I also got to go to the grand opening of Apex and see that school. And I got to see it twice. once sort of midway and now when I was finished and uh I can't tell you how excited I am about that program bringing

2:56:14really really significant opportunities for students um to Boulder Valley. So I applaud everybody who did any work on that project because it's truly amazing. Also, >> I'll second what Deian had to share. I was also at the Apex ribbon cutting and um former board president Sam Fuko happened to be in attendance and he was like you could would not even know it is the same building. It is amazing what they were able to do inside of those walls to really make it an outstanding learning experience for this all the different types of students that attend that that building. Anything else, board members? Seeing as there are no additional comments, we will move on to information items this evening. We have one information item and that is a legislative update. I will turn it over to Dr. Anderson.

2:57:10>> Thank you, board president Raj Paul. Um, you know, board members, uh, I think that that, um, while the the legislative session is, uh, is is, uh, is pending, um, we do have there's a bunch of ballot initiatives, I think, that are getting some energy and attention. I think everybody's seen Prop N, which is, um, it lifts the Taber cap uh, to to generate dollars for education. Amendment 87, which is the graduated income tax. Um, I would say that I had an interesting conversation. Um, board members, as you'll know, I'm a I'm a member of CASA, which is the um superintendence arm of CASE, which is the school administrators. Um, and we talked about Prop 134, which is uh the ballot uh initiative that um will limit students to participating in sports in their biological sex. And uh we had a conversation with CHASSA uh which is the governing body over athletics. But the reality is in Prop 134 the enforcement of that would be designated to the commissioner of of education Susanna Cordova and that Chasa does not actually have a role in um in that. And so um Prop 134 I think is problematic for a lot of reasons. Enforcement, what it stands for, all of those things. Uh but um even if that were to pass, I don't

2:58:36even know what it would do given the fact that there's really no enforcement mechanism. Uh but what it will do is ask local districts to pass board policy. Uh and all districts would pass that policy differently. And so then when we have interdist play and we have a policy and another district has a policy, there's no governing body that would be able to um from what I can gather um uh oversee those interd district competitions. So uh lots of questions on that. Um, I know that typically board members we have a process where we um were able to consider these and and and consider resolutions because of the time and effort that we've put into the resilient schools proposal. Uh, our next board meeting would be the 27th and ballots have already I already have my ballot.

2:59:25So, um just wanted to share with the public those are the things the big education things going on um that um that from from my perview as superintendent are things that uh that are important for folks to be paying attention to. So, I guess adding a little bit more level of detail there, board members, we were originally scheduled on September the 8th to talk about resolutions and have proposed resolutions that we could consider for adoption. Given the the change in our agenda items over the past couple weeks, that did not that was not the case and we are not at this time able to put forth written resolutions. though I would would welcome board members to weigh in verbally on any of the resolutions that that they're hearing from or piggybacking on Dr. Anderson's the resolutions that he had comments on u and more of like a verbal affirmation and and also board members can always take individual stances on resolutions but as a board we just don't have the time to put forth official recommend or official resolutions. I think also the lack of legal counsel is um in-house legal counsel is contributing to that as well. So it's just not a great time this year but it is definitely something we typically do and we do early. So those

3:00:40resolutions ideally get out before ballots drop. And now just one more thing piggybacking on the proposition about youth sports. I think another problematic aspect of that is are a potential requirement for us to have to keep student health records and and records that we don't normally keep and we try really hard not to uh keep records that we we don't need for a lot of different reasons. And so that was another thing that I read about that resolution I found problematic. I saw Elania's hand go up and then Alex and then Anna. I could go on a long time. So, it's great that I'm first. Um, I would say that one of the important things for our public to know about both the amendments and propositions that are before us are that we have um a lot of conservative forces that are finding no ground in our legislature. And so then they're putting forth these um initiated ballot amendments and propositions. Um and many many times they're funded by dark money and there is an extremely nefarious ideal behind them despite how they're written. Um, so I 134 and 135 are just so offensively written that I I would have been in favor of resolution to say that we do not support those. I also want to point out um the

3:02:17proposition which further criminalizes fentinel possession is problematic because it um puts in force mandatory sentencing for a user of fentanyl not a distributor of fentanyl. And there is a difference in those two categories. And the last thing we want to do is um if somebody makes that mistake, we don't need to put them in prison. And we certainly don't need to build more for-profit prisons. I hope I'm I'm going to get even further on my soap box on um why we should be voting no on the human trafficking um initiative. And that's prop 133. Um, that one can look good as you read it, too. Sure, we should give a mandatory life sentence for somebody uh who's convicted of human trafficking, but what it fails to recognize is the experience of victims. And many, many times, victims who are trafficked bring other people into a trafficking opera operation because they're forced to do that under duress. So, we do not want to criminalize victims. Um, our law enforcement professionals are against that bill as well as the fentanyl bill.

3:03:41Um, our sheriff Johnson, Michael Dohy. So, I think it's important um to understand that our conservative legislators do can't get purchase. And so we need to make sure we understand why our ballot is two and a half pages, you know, two pages either side. And the reason it's that way, um, because they can't get that purchase and that there's some really good marketing going on. So unless you know very, very well a reason to vote on a ballot initiative, please don't vote yes. Additionally, if you don't vote at all on a ballot measure, your voice isn't heard. You need to vote no if you're in disagreement with a ballot measure because all they need is a certain number of yeses. So, your vote of no is also really important. Um, I could go through all of all of the amendments and all of the propositions, but I'm going to let my colleagues speak on the ones that are important to them.

3:04:52Thank you. >> Uh yeah, I I regret that we're not able to take a formal position together, but I do think the community should know um the degree to which individual members and collectively we have these positions. So I'll be very clear. I'm yes on 87, which is uh the taxation one, so that we get more tax dollars from the the richest while giving less taxation on working and middle class families. Um yes on NN which is the one dealing with Taber and directing money towards K12. I hope it passes. Uh it'll just be like the 15th effort on this. But ultimately we need to deal with Taber itself. I recognize it's politically unpalable to propose it. But public finance in Colorado is is really pretty poor in general because of Taber and eventually folks need to become politically willing to challenge it at its core. In the meantime, vote for NN. I also agree strongly on 133, 134, and 135 are all really important no votes. I think as a community, we can talk a lot about how we protect our trans kids and LGBT communities, how we engage parents and families in that process responsibly as a school district, and how we protect all our kids in our schools. 134 and 135 are just a recipe for really icky

3:06:10behavior towards young people. Uh, and we should have thoughtful, systematic approaches about how we protect our young people, including our athletes, but especially our vulnerable LGBTQ populations and our trans kids. As the parent of a trans child, I am deeply deeply troubled by what uh 134 and 135 would have people in education doing. It's not something um as someone who loves a trans person would ever want to have enacted into law. So, um, yeah, vote no on 134, vote no on 135, vote yes on 87, and vote yes on NN. Thanks. Oh, uh, another thing I would just say in terms of policy developments that's going on, this is not a ballot measure thing, but we do have, uh, federal law that changed to allow, um, uh, federal tax breaks that would go to allow people to pay for services at private and public education. And if that's still the law and Colorado opts into it, there's a considerable opportunity for places like Boulder Valley to raise a lot of money for our schools. So I know that impact on education is involved with state groups working on that policy development. Currently uh the state is opted in to participate in it and um we don't know what will happen after the next gubanatorial election, but there's an opportunity for quite a bit of money

3:07:31uh to be directed at things that we need money for. So, I encourage um people to track that one. I think as a board we need to pay attention to it and pro um get an update uh pretty quickly from impact on what they're thinking about it and what the plans are in the state for it. So, um uh I'll be clear. I'm not in favor of private school choice, but if there are hundreds of millions of dollars that we can get for the services we want for kids in public education, I would want PBSD to get its share of that. >> Thank you. Thank you. And I do want to add uh one more uh measure that I wish I could vote on. I'm not a Boulder County uh voter. I'm a Broomfield County voter, but I wish I had the opportunity to be able to vote on measure 1A, which is the brighter start kids measure. Um making sure that uh Boulder County is uh setting aside some dollars for early childhood um uh child care and education. Uh, and so I am super in in favor. I would love to see something like this um be universal throughout Colorado. Um, so if you are um lucky enough to be a Boulder County voter, I do encourage you to vote yes on measure

3:08:451A. Um, and I really hope that Broomfield is uh not far behind on uh ensuring that we set aside some dollars for some of that early child care and education funds. Um, and I'm also in super strong support of uh an N. Um, I think as someone that has um dealt with Taber uh for over the past 15 years in my own uh profession, uh I am very excited to see uh this measure and I am really excited to see um Coloradoatans vote how I know that they vote their values. So, I'm really excited to to see Prop N go through. Um, really crossing my fingers for them. Um, and then I am a strong no on amendment 81, uh, Prop 134 and 135. Um, and so I did just want to call out measure 1A that is very, um, special to, um, Boulder County um, that would impact our future learners that would be coming into our K through2 system. Um, so and I am going to also shout out uh Rocky Mountain um equality that has a really amazing uh voter guide if you do need um support and how you are voting. And one of the best tips that I have for this very long ballot is to start at the very end and work your

3:10:08way up um to make sure that you avoid voter fatigue. Dian, I um need to speak out about three items that have already been mentioned. Um 134 and 135, absolute nos. It doesn't play with the values of our area, but we need to protect all of the the trans people in Colorado both against the what these um items are asking for, but also because just having it on the ballot and having it part of cons of our um of our discussion is harassment. And we heard a lot about harassment today. We do not need trans people to every time they turn on the TV, turn a page, read in the paper that they are being attacked again in some way or another. The trans folks that I work with every day just don't listen to the news and so they're not informed because it's too painful and we need to stop that. Um, Boulder Valley has done such a good job of taking care of students. I also really want to support proposition NN, no amendment NN, which is it proposition NN, which um I would also agree that any attempt to detab our state will in the long run help us. I think that that um piece of legislation has done incredible amounts of damage to our systems and I

3:11:48hope you all agree with that. Thanks. Um, we will now move on to action items. Consent grouping. 8.1 Personnel items. 8.2 approval of minutes September 22nd, 2026. 8.3 Acceptance of donation Eisenhower Elementary. 8.4 Expensive donation Lafayette Elementary. 8.5 Acceptance of donation Southern Hills Middle School. 8.6 Approval of 2627 District Accountability Committee Membership as amended. 8.7 approval of middle school fees. 8.8 8 cancellation of November 24, 2026 regular meeting. We didn't give it a number, but cancellation of October 20th, 2026 regular meeting. Also 8.9 resolution 26-28 appointment of BBSD alternative alternate to insurance pool board of directors 8.10 grant schools new vista pilot Levit. Are there any items board members like to pull from consent grouping? Seeing as there are none, uh, is there a motion to approve the items on consent? Moved by Lenia, seconded by Jorge, board members, any discussion on the items and consent? Alex, and then Lenia.

3:13:00>> Yeah, I uh first off, I want to say I had the pleasure of meeting with Steven Levit, uh, the person behind the new Vista pilot for the Levit lab. And I found, uh, what he was talking about very interesting. I thought a lot of what he was describing for his vision of how schools should work was actually a very good description of a lot of stuff New Vista did. And so I was excited to get in touch with the district and uh to get them to see New Vista. And I'm glad to see a partnership resolve from that. And I also think it's great for people who are thinking about what to do that's innovative in education recognized when we have innovative schools doing really cool stuff already. So I take um the grant as a great step forward and also a recognition from pretty serious thinker about cool ways to do education that we are working on that they can support. So I look forward to maybe getting an update a little more detail on that. Um, also want to say for 8.7, when I look at the middle school fees schedule, I am struck a little bit by action we've taken before, um, as a board and policy to try to make sure we are getting

3:14:05people to wave as many of the fees as we can when anybody needs it. And so I really look forward to continuing to get data on the amount and numbers of waiverss and for which fees we get. uh for people in the community to know. We passed a policy that said it's not contingent upon uh like free and reduced lunch status, but that the when people request waivers for the fees, they should be granted. And that our position as a board that more fee waving is good, not bad, and that it's not something school leaders, athletic directors, or others are in the business of discouraging fees. Their job is to give fees to everybody who needs them. And the board's position is to support that. So when I see the schedule of fees, I look at it and um while they seem individually modest for some of us, they are quite ownorous and they add up a lot. And I just want the community to know that our position as a district is that those fees should never be an obstacle to our students participating in activities or doing the things they want to do. And that that is on our school leadership to make that happen.

3:15:08And that's something that I want to continue to see data on from the administration that shows us that we are following through on that policy. And I'm not sure we have that data yet in hand. And I would like to see more data on it. That breaks it out by school on activity so that we know where the money's coming from, where it's going to, and how many waiverss we're granting to whom, and how we can do more. Uh eventually, I'd like us to figure out a way so that we're not using fees to pay for fun things that kids do, and especially not the academic things that kids do. I don't even need to talk after that, Alex. I concur about fees. Absolutely. >> I concur about the waiverss and I want to share a note of appreciation that our folks recognize that the secondary fee schedule did not apply similarly to middle school and so to call that out as a separate fee schedule with lower fees I I am grateful for as well. Any other discussion on those items, board members?

3:16:10Seeing as there are none, Laura, can you please call the role? >> Booker, >> yes. >> Chavez, >> yes. >> Medler, >> yes. >> Quinn Linawa, >> yes. >> Raj Paul, >> yes. >> Tamuadi, >> yes. Anger, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> Moving on to action items this evening. First action item is resolution 26-29 determination of an expulsion appeal. There are three motions provided. Do we have a motion? Alex? >> I, Alex Medler, make a motion to adopt resolution 26-29 on the determination of appeal of order of expulsion to affirm the decision to expel. >> Is there a second? Seconded by Jason. Board members, any discussion? Seeing as there are none, Laura, can you please call the vote on the motion? >> Lucer, >> no. >> Chavez, >> yes. >> Medler, >> yes. >> Quinn Linua, >> yes.

3:17:21>> Raj Paul, >> yes. >> Teamuading, >> yes. Anger, >> yes. >> Motion passes. Next, we have the approval of the district unifi unified improvement plan. Do I have a motion? Moved by Lenia, seconded by Jorge. Board members, any discussion on this item, Alex? Uh, I'm I'm really excited to have a strong unified improvement plan. I'm great to see it evolve over time. Um, I'm a little disappointed in this version in that our pillars for valued and included are no longer part of the district's unified improvement plan. And so I don't believe our previous measures on the previous unified improvement plan for uh valued and included portion of our strategic plan were were strong or appropriate anymore. So I end the board has prioritized having a discussion about what the indices are or measures we would use to support our our values around that. Um the previous ones have been around the Hispanic white discrepancy and uh out of school suspension and um uh the restorative justice and I think those are great goals and ones we've made progress on and continue need to track but I do think we've discussed before the need to really figure out how our students are feeling what the climate and culture is in our schools and I believe the Sachs approach to district or to school UIP is

3:18:50a great opportunity for people to talk about the values they bring to their local school. And so by the district not really including that stuff in the district UIP, I think it sends a message to the principles and the Sachs that their school UIP doesn't necessarily need to do that when in fact it should absolutely do that. And I look forward to us having a deep discussion and having opportunity to explore what the metrics we are. We're hearing from lots of people who are frustrated about bullying and harassment and discrimination. We have a lot of different school cultures being transitioned together into new schools where people from one school are thinking about some population and they're not sure the new school will be as good at serving them as their old school was. That's an excellent topic for a sack and a school UIP to address.

3:19:36And I think that's the kind of stuff that should roll up into a district UIP. So, I'm I'm pretty disappointed that the the proposal before us doesn't really have that when previous ones have. But I recognize the need to sort of go back to back to the drawing board and figure out what those measures are. But I don't want to imply that by supporting this UIP that I don't feel strongly that we need better measures on kids sense of well-being, on their sense of belonging, on their sense of inclusion, and that we want to form we want to forement discussions at the individual school level that prioritize that a great deal. So, um, I'd love to hear more about that a little bit now, but again, I think it's a big process for us to figure out and to understand how it will affect school improvement plans as well as district ones.

3:20:32>> Thank you, board member Medler. I'd ask that Dr. Miller and Dr. Dr. Aline come up to to talk a little bit about how um kind of where we are with what you what you've shared and and certainly share your sentiment in terms of this is not a devaluing of that priority. It is a recalibrating to know and understand that we're doing the right work. So lights on. Okay, there we go. Uh thank you board member Mentler for the question. Um so yes to Dr. what Dr. Anderson was just expressing in terms of re-evaluating while we have we didn't name and use the strategic words valued and included we feel like the work around MTSSB is exactly all of those things that you're talking about. So MTSS in its framework for both academics and behavior would be inclusive of all the work that we do at tier 1 which is the belonging practices um you know out of are like how do we monitor behavior?

3:21:36How are we responding to behavior? How are we measuring whether some of the interventions that we're doing for behavior are working? Um, so we didn't use the word valued and included throughout, but we do feel like it does encompass a lot of that work. Um, we will also continue to monitor out of monitor out of school suspensions while also looking at our MTSS system. Um, because we need to ensure that we are going through those steps so that we're just not jumping to suspension. And then in addition to also doing the review that we've shared, does that does the MTSS framework make sense in terms of how we're addressing some of that work? >> I I think it would be part of it. I think it would be inadequate for some of the things that we care about in terms of what's going on. It's not just about the intervention that the individual students are getting. and it's about school level culture and climate issues that I don't think are reflected in the intervention of individual student that comes up in MTSS. So while it would aggregate through the individual things that a student would experience, I'm looking for schoolwide measures that get at climate and culture in addition to that. So I think MTSS is actually inadequate to what I'm talking about.

3:22:50>> So some of our culture and climate work I what we're would be in our tier one of what an MTSS structure would look like. MTSS framework and processes would address both things. So we believe that it looks at what are the universal practices which include climate and culture in addition to what we would do for individual students. But we can go in and look and see where we could maybe add some language around climate and culture in addition to where we've added the MTSS work. Ju just board members, you know, when we talk about MTSS, we we often think about that framework as when what we're doing for all kids, which is tier one, isn't working. And I think what Dr. Miller is saying is that the MTSSB framework um includes that tier one all kids. But uh board members, we've heard you loud and clear. We know and understand the priorities of this of this of this board in terms of valued and included. Um we we have committed to an extensive review of some of the work that we had been had been taking on um and even even as we see overall numbers promising results whether it's the Healthy Kids Colorado survey where we saw some promising results some of the results in terms of

3:24:10our own student data and self-reported in terms of bullying and harassment which we shared with you at the end of last year that has been trending in the right direction for several years doesn't mean we've arrived. It doesn't mean we don't have more work to do. Uh, you know, board member Medler, your your focus on individual schools. Do we have individual schools where issues there are issues that are arising? I think there's merit to that question. And um and as our teams continue to work and and revise uh these unified improvement plans, they are an aspect. They are not the e the aspect. I'll remind you that our strategic plan for our district um is the high-level document that drives much of this work with this with the unified improvement plan giving you a two-year kind of in the- moment snapshot and then schools with their um school improvement plannings and then the 90-day planning infrastructures that we have developed.

3:25:07Um so it's not if we have lots of opportunities to embed what we're learning and and what we're trying to do. Uh obviously we've done a lot of work and have made some big big commitments as we um settled our um our um our uh our mediation with with the ADL earlier this uh this semester uh and made some strong commitments in that agreement that um from a title six perspective will benefit all kids um and certainly um put a a a strong focus on combating anti-semitism. So, uh I think there's a lot of things working. Uh there's lots of opportunity and uh I think our team has heard you and have have heard uh some of the additional um emphasis on making sure that that we do this work >> Jorge. >> Thanks for additional context. Um I I know so badly included here in particular better than included working groups and that those are targeting kind of campus climates across the schools and so that you know part of the targets here are the degree to which we're implementing protocols across schools which will then ultimately kind of push the needle and the data down the line.

3:26:21Right. So correct. So I'm in agreement in terms of the need to kind of provide some better documentation around what this looks like and see how it impacts the c the kind of broader school climate and culture. >> We definitely agree with that for sure. and our schools um in their as Dr. Anderson just mentioned in their 90-day plans and their UAPs while I can't speak to all 56 there many are working on both their valued and included goals which are inclusive of some of of the types of things that you're mentioning. >> Yeah, go ahead. just to kind of connect those dots a little bit more and um hearing the request of the connection between the district UIP and the school UIPs is that one of the things we we can't do previous to the due date is really do a careful analysis across all 56 schools UIPs and what are their goals related to valued and included. So one of our action steps at the district level is to do that once all the school UIPs have been submitted to do some analysis across them and identify okay where do we see commonalities across the plans at various schools so that we can leverage central resources in a better way to support them in that way.

3:27:34I just want to say, you know, um, thank you for the high level of detail that you put into this actual report. Is not always the case that we're our UIP site evidence and have very clear gaps articulated and benchmarks and I um very clear action steps outlined. So, I just want to say thank you for the work on this. It doesn't take much to decipher it. It's very clear what we expect out of this UIP. Uh, so I just note of gratitude there. I also want to just share a note of gratitude to the district accountability committee. I know they are always um heavily involved in the formulation of the UIP and the monitor progress monitoring of that over each quarter for the term of these plans. And so thanks to those folks who were able to provide a lot of really great feedback last year to inform this plan. Uh um so just thanks to those folks and and while I did hear I agree with my board member sentiment because this plan is due to the state in two days. would rather not change any language because we won't be able to get to see it again. So, um I think we share a common intent and that these goals are in the strategic plan as Dr. Anderson

3:28:35said and I think it is a great idea to encourage our school accountability committees to kind of look at their plans and and think about how their valued included metrics are uh are being addressed and implemented. But I'd rather not change any of the words of this plan because we won't be able to see it again before submission. And one of the things we can do is because we have a strategic plan update with you coming in November is we can add some of those details in there with the strategic plan. >> Board members, any other discussion on this item? >> Seeing as there are none, Laura, can you please call a vote in the motion? >> Booger, >> yes. >> Chavez, >> yes. >> Medler, >> yes. >> Quinn Linawa, >> yes. >> Raj Paul, >> yes.

3:29:19>> Tamu, >> yes. Anger. >> Yes. >> Motion passes. >> Next item on tonight's agenda is policy action items consent grouping. We have items 10.1 board policy AC non-discrimination equal opportunity and 10.2 board policy AC-R non-discrimination/equal opportunity. Are there any items board members like to pull from consent grouping? Seeing as there are none, is there a motion to approve the items on consent? Mot moved by Alex, seconded by Anna. board members discussion on the items. Um, Lolenia and then Alex. Did I see hand over here? >> Uh, I would like to thank my colleague Dr. Medler and our legal representatives for the red lines in this. I appreciate um this move to have better communication um anywhere that we can. So, thank you. >> Yeah. I I also wanted to um extend my appreciation to the BBSD legal team for their help on crafting the red line here. And for those who haven't had a chance to look at it or um think about it recently, I just want to be clear that the intent here is that when a student experiences something pretty unfortunate and bad and there's an allegation of discrimination, bullying, harassment that the parents are really recognized as appropriate recipients of the information that we can share. There's plenty of reasons as we've discussed in lots of cases when we

3:30:59cannot communicate. like this doesn't change anything in state or federal law or other policies that protect student privacy and that's all very appropriate but there are parameters within which we can say more to the parents who've experienced or who students have experienced something and I really appreciate us moving in that direction. Um I I do have one question and and I know we talked about making a change in policy as well and we're potentially this kind of language would go in I believe it's JD BH or something instead. Um what's our opportunity uh Dr. Anderson for like incorporating this into a policy level instead of a a regulation level? >> So uh thank you board member Medler and board members. As you know we're under transition for in-house legal counsel and uh want to make sure that any conversations that we have around policies that that the entire board gets to engage in in those opportunities. Um, I am am rethinking how we're going to be able to move forward with new legal counsel, continue our policy momentum, and re reallocate some of our um our our district time to to provide that opportunity. So, still contemplating a couple of things there. That policy will be coming back to you all. We've made that commitment. Um and uh and and more

3:32:22to come on on potentially some new ways to think about uh to to think about how we do that. Just as a reminder for the public as part of our um of our uh district um position elimination um as a way to generate more dollars to eliminate multi-age classrooms for this school year. our director of strategic initiatives who was instrumental in making sure we moved our policies forward. Um we eliminated that position and so they we do have lots of talented folks and trying to just figure out the right balance of responsibilities and time to make sure that we keep our momentum and keep these opportunities um in front of the board. So more to come on that but that is that will be coming. I have a question about the way that this redline language is written.

3:33:16Does it suggest that it is the responsibility of the school district to communicate all of that information in all situations or does it suggest that it that information can be available should a family request it? >> Uh yeah. So, so we would not be able to to share all of all information. And I think what the spirit of this language is intended to do is to um provide the space for when we can share information with parents. We do that in ways that um do not comp um compromise confidentiality or put the district at at risk in doing those things. I think um it g it gives it gives staff a moment of pause on what we can say versus what we can't say as opposed to a blanket answer of well this we can't say anything ever and that just doesn't feel good. Uh but I think that the risk potentially is that folks will say, "Well, you didn't tell me enough." And the and the regulation says that you should tell me as much as you can. And uh I I wouldn't say that uh I think it's to have the conversation of what can we share and what can't we share. um when appropriate, gaining legal advice and being able to be as as as compassionate

3:34:34and understanding to to victims families as we can and sharing that information as opposed to a we can't say anything ever. Um a lot of times you can't say share a lot of what parents want to know. You know, parents want to know what discipline did the kid get? Um what's going to happen with them? are they ever going to be you know and we can't share those types of things right with other f like we have to maintain that confidentiality but there are instances where um we might be able to share more than we've shared in the past and I know that uh it's it could be a slippery sl we'll have to see this is in regulation if we feel like that um the intent of of this language is being misinterpreted by the public um then we'll have to you we could potentially re revisit that down the road but uh this moves us from can't share anything to let's see what we can share and let's have those conversations uh um as as a way to to better support families who have experienced unfortunate circumstances, kids who have experienced things that um that are really difficult. So, >> no. And I understand that that's the intent. I just want to make sure we are the way it's written does not

3:35:47indicate otherwise when it says the school district shall communicate to and then all this stuff like I would I read that and I actually think I expecting something in writing unless you can't give it to me like that's when I read it it feels like the obligation of the school district is to provide all of that information whether I request it or not. I just want to make sure that that's not the case because that's I know not the intent that was discussed but when I read it that's it gave me pause as to to whe what that was meaning and I know that's like the art of the shall but legal and counsel do you have any thoughts on that? Um, yes, it says shall, but I think again the intent and the way it will be implemented and a lot of this is fluid is that those conversations when the families are asking for it, it it allows us to be in a better position to respond uh without a blanket. No, we can't share this. Um, so I I hear your point. Um, but I think again this will come up organically during conversations when we're working with families throughout the process and so we'll be part of a give and take.

3:37:01Certainly to the extent I suppose that we see confusion on that, we can always revise later. Would you say that that's fair? >> Um, yeah. And because it's in a regulation, I would be able to do that real time and then bring that to the board. And again just as a board as a reminder of your policy 30 days and then implementation a regulation doesn't happen without the board to be able to understand at least what's been recommended. Um, and uh, it, you know, it's it makes it, you know, I think that we're just going to have to be very, uh, clear with our our school leaders and folks that are communicating with parents in these instances and and maybe do some training, you know, specifically on here's how you handle these things. Here's what you say.

3:37:48Here's what you, you know, you have to be cautious with. Um and and how do you do that in ways where folks feel seen and heard? Um there we have a lot of students, we have a lot of adults, there's going to be things that happen in big organizations that you're going to have to support folks with and hold people accountable with and try to sort that out and explain that so everybody feels okay. And the hard no of well you we can't tell you what happened, but we took care of it. When kids are hurting and there's there's, you know, you hear the stories, board members, I hear them, too. and when I'm empathetic to those things and so creates a little bit of a softer edge on how to try to figure those things out but without training it'll just create confusion and mis misunderstanding and so that'll be my responsibility as superintendent to make sure that we give leaders that training and guidance.

3:38:37>> Thank you Alex. >> Yeah, I really appreciate that and don't disagree with any of the required you know follow on work to make that work. I really feel like the to the extent permitted by law and policy um uh gives us you know a chance to think about what is in those other policies and all and all our other policies and the and the state and federal law are pretty prescriptive about things we can't share. So I think it'll give us an opportunity to have those discussions between school leaders and other folks who are doing this with other people and say okay well what is there something I could share? Um and then we'd be able to make professional judgments about that. And I but I do hear from people who are like as soon as I made the complaint the district stopped the school stopped talking to me and I heard nothing more and I have no idea what happened and I feel like the district was absolutely unresponsive. And the I think we see a lot in our society at large today and assumption of malevolence and conspiracy whenever you don't say what's going on.

3:39:31And so to the extent that we can exist in that environment sharing what we can share should be a a source of reducing tension and conflict is what I feel like. Not to mention assuring families when they've uh that someone is looking out for their child's interest when something's been going bad. And I realize that that's really hard. It's easy for me to say I'm not the lawyer for the district to, you know, to figure that out and figure out what the answer is. But I I look forward to those discussions happening more often. For >> members, any additional discussion on policy consent grouping? Seeing as none, Laura, can you please call the vote in the motion? Booker, >> yes. >> Chavez, >> yes. >> Medler, >> yes. >> Quinnland Aa, >> yes. >> Raj Paul, >> yes.

3:40:21>> Tuading, >> yes. >> Anger, >> yes. >> Motion passes. >> Next agenda item this evening, board members, is future agenda requests. Are there any items board members like to add for consideration during our next board prioritization meeting this winter? Dian, >> I would like to have a discussion about something that's coming up in the future and how we're getting ready for it. something that we're going to call the big three, which is graduation requirements that have three different components that um I understand we have people working on as they're working toward their um grad plus um units, but the big three, we don't um we don't have all of our students being involved in completing one of the big three. So, that's that's what I'd like to talk about. Anna, >> I would like to add to start having conversations um uh community engagement sessions um with Spanish speaking families on um dual language schools um because we are coming into the holidays.

3:41:30Um it's a very natural time for families to have both sadas and gatherings um with local organizations and I'd like to just start thinking about how we can get involved in some of those already organically happening gatherings. >> Any other items for members? Alex, >> uh, I realize it's a moving target, but at some point we're will may want to follow up on the scholarship granting organization issues with impact and understand what the district can or should do. So maybe a briefing. >> Sounds good. Thank you, board members. And with that, tonight's meeting is adjourned.