March 7, 2023 at 6:00 PM - Regular Meeting
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1. Reception: Migrant Education Program Ribbon Cutting and Open House
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
Description:
The Board will attend the ribbon cutting ceremony and tour the newly renovated Migrant Education Program work space and meet staff during a reception to celebrate the new space.
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2. Call Regular Meeting To Order
Presenter:
Board Chair
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3. Welcome
Presenter:
Board Chair
Description:
Guests attending the meeting will be introduced.
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4. Public Participation
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This is an opportunity for the audience to address the Board on topics either on, or not on, the agenda. There will also be opportunities for the audience to comment on specific agenda items as the Board addresses them.
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5. Agenda Review
Presenter:
Board Chair
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6. Presentation: Lane African American Black Student Success Program Activities
Presenter:
Shanae Joyce-Stringer
Description:
Shanae Joyce-Stringer will present on current activities in the Lane African American Black Student Success Program.
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7. Presentation: Strategic Plan in Special Education Services
Presenter:
Savannah Buter, Megan Postlewait and Brittney Spencer
Description:
Special Education program supervisors Annie Galaxy and Brittney Spencer will present on the implementation of the Strategic Plan in the Special Education department.
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8. Action Items
Presenter:
Board Chair
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8.A. Consent Agenda
Presenter:
Board Chair
Description:
The Lane ESD Board of Directors has agreed to implement a consent agenda. All items in the consent agenda are adopted by a single motion unless a member of the Board or the Superintendent requests that such item be removed from the consent agenda and acted upon separately.
Generally, consent agenda items are matters which members of the Board agree are routine in nature and should be acted upon in one motion to conserve time and to enable the Board to focus on the other matters on the agenda. Back-up materials for consent agenda items are included in the agenda packet as needed. Minutes of this meeting will reflect action on each item. If any board member wishes to withdraw any consent group item, it will be moved to the appropriate section of the agenda. BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Lane ESD adopts the consent group as submitted and listed below. 1. Lane ESD Board Meeting Minutes of November 1, 2022
2. Lane ESD Board Meeting Minutes of December 6, 2022 3. Lane ESD Board Meeting Minutes of January 3, 2023
4. Lane ESD Board Meeting Minutes of February 7, 2023 5. Human Resource Report, dated March 1, 2023
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8.B. Accept Financial Report
Presenter:
Board Chair
Description:
BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of Lane ESD accepts the Financial Report for January 2020.
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8.C. Approve Grant Award
Description:
The OEA Choice Trust Board of Trustees has awarded funding to Lane Education Service District for the Education Employee Well-being (EEW) program named: Wellness in Beloved Community.
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8.D. Cast Vote for OAESD Officer's Council Chair Elect Position
Description:
Write In or Candidate: Will Cahill is a long time Klamath/Lake County educator. He has served over 40 years in education and served in leadership roles such as the middle school principal in Lakeview, the elementary principal in Lakeview, and in 2018 he became the superintendent of Lakeview. He served as superintendent for three years, and retired two years ago. He currently serves as Lake County ESD Board Chair. Will has a strong rural background, was a Future Farmers of America teacher, and is well versed in Career Technical Education. He also knows the ins and outs of elementary education, Oregon Department of Education, and working with legislators, particularly with focus on funding for rural Oregon schools. OAESD Roles: Will serve on the OAESD Legislative Committee. |
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8.E. Declare Classified Employee Appreciate Week
Presenter:
Board Chair
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Classified Employee Appreciation Week is celebrated every year during the first full week of March. WHEREAS, the education of youth is essential to the future of our community, state, country and world; andWHEREAS, classified employees are the backbone of our public education system; and WHEREAS, classified employees work directly with students, educators, parents, volunteers, business partners and community members; and WHEREAS, classified employees support the smooth operation of offices, the safety and maintenance of buildings and property, and the safe transportation, healthy nutrition and direct instruction of students; and WHEREAS, our community depends upon and trusts classified employees to serve students; and WHEREAS, classified employees, with their diverse talents and true dedication, nurture students throughout their school years. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lane Education Service District Board of Directors proclaims March 6-10, 2023, to be CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION WEEK; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Lane Education Service District Board of Directors strongly encourages all members of our community to join in this observance, recognizing the dedication and hard work of these individuals. Adopted this 7th day of March, 2023. |
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8.F. Approve Contract
Description:
According to Board Policy DJCA, the district may enter into personal services contracts with qualified professionals as provided by ORS 279A.055. Personal services contracts, as used in this policy, means contracts for specialized skills, knowledge and resources in the application of highly technical or scientific expertise or the exercise of professional, artistic or management discretion or judgment. The district may enter into a personal services contract with a current district employee only when the individual meets independent contractor status in accordance with state, Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) requirements.
Selection of a personal services contractor will be based primarily on qualifications and performance history, expertise, knowledge and creativity and the ability to exercise sound professional judgment. ll personal services contracts shall be based on demonstrated qualifications and competence to perform the required services, encourage competition, discourage favoritism and obtain services at a fair and reasonable price. Contracts for personal services in excess of $25,000 shall require prior Board approval. The Board is asked to approve a Personal Services Contract with MBM ImPac in the amount of $29,500.
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9. Discussion/Reports
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9.A. Legislative Update
Presenter:
Superintendent Tony Scurto
Description:
Superintendent Scurto will provide an update in legislative activities if there are any updates.
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9.B. Superintendent Report
Presenter:
Superintendent Tony Scurto
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9.C. Live Oak Consulting Services
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto, Board Chair
Description:
The Board will discuss engaging with Live Oak Consulting. Live Oak Consulting has worked with municipalities (such as the City of Springfield and the City of Eugene). Live Oak Consulting is currently in conversation with Lane County as a whole about possibly offering our decolonization training to approximately 360 of the county's leaders.
Decolonization discussions could include Lane ESD leadership. Live Oak Consulting states it has not specifically worked with an education district like Lane ESD. However, Live Oak Consulting is confident in addressing issues the Board is facing regarding Land Acknowledgement, building relationships, and more familiarity with Indigenous issues for staff and the board. Live Oak Consulting believes the foundation of being able to serve Indigenous communities is knowing the basics of Native history, life, and society. The basics of this belief are included in Decol 101 trainings. Live Oak Consulting helps people see how colonization has impacted Native people, and how those impacts continue today. Live Oak Consulting offers an hour-long consultation following the training in which they help advise as to how to shift policy and integrate how the learnings can be taken into the organization on a deeper level. |
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9.D. Black Student Magazine
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
Description:
This year the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication has published the Black Student magazine in an exclusively fully digital format, expanding nationally to reach students where they are: on mobile devices.
Also, the School of Journalism and Communication is pleased to report that they now have a partnership with the National Urban League that promotes the publication in 90+ cities nationwide. Here’s a link to this year's publication: http://blackstudentmagazine.com .png) |
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9.E. Assistant Superintendent Vacancy
Presenter:
Superintendent Scurto
Description:
Superintendent Scurto will provide an update on the process to determine what the agency needs. He will collect input from the Board related to next steps.
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10. Information from Administrative Staff
Presenter:
Administrative Staff
Description:
The directors of Human Resources and Title Programs, Special Education, Business Services, Technology and School Improvement have submitted written reports to the Board on matters of interest concerning his/her area of responsibility.
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11. Board Member Reports and Comments/Agenda Planning
Presenter:
Lane ESD Board, Liaisons, Advisors
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11.A. Agenda Planning
Presenter:
Board Chair
Description:
Board members are invited to send agenda items to be considered for the next board meeting. Please call or email to the Board Chair or Superintendent.
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11.B. Board Member Reports
Presenter:
Board, Advisors, Liaisons
Description:
Board members are asked to submit their reports in writing to be attached to Boardbook. Reports can be sent to the Executive Assistant in advance of the meeting.
As Board Members prepare their reports, please consider the following questions:
2. What is the connection to the LESD services and programs to the component districts or community? 3. What significance or meaning does the activity have to the broader community? 4. What are the next steps or follow-up activities planned? Sherry Duerst-Higgins Linda Hamilton Leslie Harris
Nora Kent
Vanessa Truett
Sydney Kissinger Rose Wilde: In February I attended two OAESD meetings of the Legislative Committee and engaged with fellow board member Leslie Harris to discuss key bills of concern to present back to our committee. I also attended the presentations at Oakridge and Pleasant Hill School Districts when they considered accepting the Local Service Plan In my work, I mentor 4 volunteer instructors of the Roots of Empathy curriculum - I observed instructors at Adams Elementary School, Oakridge Elementary School, and Harrison Elementary School and debriefed with the volunteer instructors. It was a tiny window into the communities we serve, (although Roots of Empathy is not a program of Lane ESD.) One of the issues that came up a few times was the level of stress among the educators and other adults in the school environment. I helped the LAABSS staff set up for the Sneaker Ball, where I met Susie Hammond from Bethel SD. She asked for help with another event, and so I was honored to be invited to the Blacknificent Black History Month Banquet at Bethel School District with many students and families after helping to set up for it. In the community, I worked with members of the Neighborhood Associations in River Road and Santa Clara and with Community Alliance of Lane County’s Springfield Alliance for Equity and Respect to organize a positive community canvass to neighbors who had received antisemitic hate fliers in their neighborhoods. We worked with the Jewish Federation of Lane County to develop our materials and plans. Over 50 people turned out for the most recent positive canvass. I listened to a virtual presentation from Dorothy Espelage, Ph.D., a professor from UNC-Chapel Hill presenting on her research on bullying and the links to social emotional learning. One take away was that social emotional learning should not only focus on kids, but address the social emotional learning needs of adults as well.
Emilio Hernandez, Liaison, Springfield Public Schools Mike Anderson, Liaison, Creswell School District Mark Boren, Liaison, Fern Ridge School District Erin Zygaitis, Community Advisor |
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12. Announcements/Correspondence
Presenter:
Board Chair
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12.A. Acknowledgements and Recognition
Presenter:
Superintendent Tony Scurto
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12.B. Kudos
Presenter:
Administrators
Description:
Kudos to: Shanae & Billy and the whole LAABSS team
Reported by: Rose wilde Reason: Thanks to Shanae and Billy for their excellent support and partnership with Bethel SD on the Black History Month Banquet. And kudos to the whole team for the Sneaker Ball - great to hear it was a success! Thank you to those who took the time to acknowledge co-workers/staff with kudos. Employees and Board members can submit a "kudo" any time during the month. To submit a kudo visit: www.lesd.k12.or.us/forms/kudos.html |
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12.C. Announcements
Presenter:
Board Chair
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12.C.1. Lane ESD Board Member Activities and Opportunities
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12.C.2. Component District Board Meeting Dates
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13. Adjournment
• The next regular meeting is scheduled to be held Tuesday, April 4, 2023, at the Lane ESD Main Campus, 1200 Highway 99 N, Eugene. |
