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January 21, 2026 — Meeting Transcript
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Each building gets a district equity report uh for their specific building and discipline data is broken down um in that and that's something that's reviewed with each principal at the end of each year. So yeah, it's definitely annually. >> Yeah, I then I would change that word from reg regularly to annually. >> Lawyers like vague, doctors like certainty. So I would prefer that >> sometimes it's the other sometimes it's the other way around. >> And the last um the last first reading of a policy is JHDE behavioral threat assessment. And then this one they added in um MSBA added in definitions uh for behavioral threat assessment um and the different assessments that fall under that umbrella. Um this would be a brand new policy that we have not adopted but um different parts within the behavioral threat assessment uh were included in Senate Bill 68 and our systems are moving toward having a district behavioral threat assessment um and we're underway with that. So, uh, just in terms of student safety and wellness, I think this gives us a policy and an accountability piece to, uh, make sure that our systems are on the up and up when it comes to those threat assessments. >> And Cameron has shared I I asked the question of who in our district are on these teams to do this and he they already know who is on, you know, who the district is on the team and building specific as well.
It falls under the A+ program guidelines. >> Oh, so we can't change that. And I think that it would be stuff that >> Well, it's a yes or a no. I think we don't get the advantage. >> I can check on it either way. >> I think it's a fair Thank you for checking. I think it's, you know, if if we took it out, I'm going to make this up. Some kid who would have otherwise qualified for A+ funds gets arrested for underage drinking regardless of what our policy says, that a kid is not going to get the state funs. I think we should give some guidance to the state. [laughter] >> We'll do >> if they only listen. >> Yeah. Pam, were you referring to, you know, we don't know if kids are underage drinking it, you know, or not? Like this is really talking about kids that have been caught underage drinking, not just whether kids, right? >> Right. But I Yeah, you're right. But I do think it's those that have been reprimanded or disciplined or in some way It really just says used. It doesn't say. >> You're right. I understand. You're right. >> Lawyers. Yeah. Lawyers. >> Okay. Yes. Okay. Next policy is >> Do I have to get Eric back in here to defend me? >> Is JG um >> Okay. Next one is 7.4. JG student discipline >> and the addition in there um >> this is another small addition. >> Yeah.
Next one is 7.4. JG student discipline >> and the addition in there um >> this is another small addition. >> Yeah. It comes from the Senate Bill 68 uh which gets rid of a zero tolerance uh behavior and discipline policies. >> Yeah. Which I like. >> Did anyone Oh, Pam, did you have a question about this one? Of course I did. [laughter] Um, in that same part, equity, where did I find it? Halfway through it says the superintendent or designate will regularly review district discipline data to determine whether policies are being equitably enforced blah blah dot dot dot blah blah blah. And so I asked the question who was it Nisha who reviewed it as the superintendent or was it the designate? And it is Dr. P who is the designate and he shared with me that he reviews this data on an annual basis and so we proposed or he proposed changing it from regularly review to annually review to be more specific >> or at minimum annually or something. >> Yeah, annually we do it. Each building gets a district equity report uh for their specific building and discipline data is broken down um in that and that's something that's reviewed with each principal at the end of each year. So yeah, it's definitely annually. >> Yeah, I then I would change that word from reg regularly to annually. >> Lawyers like vague, doctors like certainty.
Um this would be a brand new policy that we have not adopted but um different parts within the behavioral threat assessment uh were included in Senate Bill 68 and our systems are moving toward having a district behavioral threat assessment um and we're underway with that. So, uh, just in terms of student safety and wellness, I think this gives us a policy and an accountability piece to, uh, make sure that our systems are on the up and up when it comes to those threat assessments. >> And Cameron has shared I I asked the question of who in our district are on these teams to do this and he they already know who is on, you know, who the district is on the team and building specific as well. Yes, we have a district level team which is fleshing out the details of the assessment and the specific assessments that we're using that include um building principles K through 12 uh social workers, counselors as well as district admin and then the uh behavioral threat assessment team um when things happen within the building are comprised of administrators, counselors, social workers, um instructional coordinators as well as uh other folks within the building. um if a threat does come and we have to uh you know gauge the level of threat it is. So we're working on district level and each building having their own level team too. >> Um oh were you done? >> Sorry. And there are ox Oxford commas added as well. Thank you.
And there are ox Oxford commas added as well. Thank you. Um I asked the question this policy is optional. You might have all seen that. Um and it and it first came up in um 2022 and we chose not to adopt it. I admittedly do not remember why um I emailed with Cameron about this. However, being that we do conduct behavioral threat assessments, I do think we should adopt it now. I think it's an important policy to have in place and now that we have the teams established and everything that goes along with that, I think it's important even though that it's even though it's an optional policy, I think it's a good one for us to adopt. And Cameron, you didn't mention, but you and I talked about um the fact that it Mike Parkinson is our safe head of safety and security is also a big part of >> Correct. Correct. >> Yeah. Which is great. >> He's he he the work that he's done over the past since he's been here, not yet a just a year. What exactly a year >> is is is um very reflective of what you see here. um and um goes into even more detail about the procedures etc.