January 8, 2024 School Board Summary
KEY TAKEAWAYS: The search for the new JSHS principal is down to two finalists. Austin was elected as board president in a 4-3 vote. She acknowledged that we have a divided board and said wants to work towards a unified board and hopefully these 4-3 votes will be a thing of the past. The board voted to eliminate the extra $62 compensation per meeting they receive for meetings on days that are not the regular school board meeting. It has been several months and we still don’t have an explanation of why the JSHS failed to report bullying incidents to the state. The school board approved another transfer from the bond funds to the debt service fund.
Agenda with links to board documents
TOPIC TIMESTAMPS (Youtube Recording)
3:00 Austin elected as board president (4-3 vote)
12:35 Marley elected as board vice president (4-3 vote)
15:10 Schott elected as board secretary (4-3 vote)
19:45 Financial, physician, and lawyer appointments
28:42 No board member compensation for attending additional meetings
39:37 Schott reappointed to WL Education Foundation
46:56 Community member comments on inaccurate reporting of bullying
51:00 Community member comments on working together as a board
53:35 Approval of the minutes (4-3 vote)
1:04:36 Personnel report
1:08:25 Stipends to K-3 teachers
1:22:16 Retroactive transfer from bond funds to the debt service fund
1:26:12 Accounts payable
1:33:37 Safe/accessible neighborhood resolution
1:35:56 Board members will be appointed to committees in February
1:47:06 Update JSHS principal search
2:01:26 Report on school investments
2:03:46 Report on school fiscal indicators
The following is my summary of the public school board meeting, not the official meeting minutes. My personal thoughts and opinions are given in italics and represent my own views which do not necessarily reflect those of any other member of the school board. I identify myself as Mumford in the summary but use first person when describing my personal thoughts and opinions.
0:18 - This school board meeting was split into three parts: the organizational meeting, the regular meeting, and the board of finance meeting. The board was asked to approve the agenda for the organizational meeting. Wang recommended allowing public comments at the beginning of the organizational meeting and he noted that Indiana code requires public comments before any voting. Witt said the organizational meeting is an exception to that rule and said that our agenda follows the sample provided by the Indiana School Board Association (ISBA). Wang asked a valid question about allowing public input. I don’t see anything indicating that this meeting would be an exception to the general rule that the public is allowed to give input before the board votes. There didn’t seem to be anyone wanting to make a comment, so it wasn’t worth having a long discussion.
Voted 7 out of 7
3:00 - School board members were asked to provide nominations for school board president. Mumford nominated Wang and Yin seconded it. Austin nominated herself and Marley seconded it. Mumford shared that Wang would be a great unifier for the board. Wang shared that he would like to serve the other board members and work together to better serve our students, school, and community. Yin shared that Wang has participated in many training sessions, carefully prepares for meetings, and represents the community in his voting. Yin noted that there were many 4 to 3 votes over the past year and she would like the board officers to include people from both groups. Austin shared that in her three years on the board she has participated in many training sessions. She said her experience as a debate team member gives her knowledge of parliamentary procedure and Robert’s Rules. Marley said he appreciates the perspective that she brings as a parent. He also said that “she is easy to understand, open for feedback and communication, and, quite frankly, easy to work with.”
Voted 3 out of 7 for Wang as president (Yin, Wang, and Mumford)
Voted 4 out of 7 for Austin as president (Austin, Marley, Schott, and Witt)
Having been elected as the board president for the calendar year, Austin said, “I would just like to acknowledge the four to three vote and, as one of our community member stated a couple of months ago, this board has been divided and I acknowledge my own part in that and I would like to assure those who didn't vote for me that I will do my very best to represent all of us and to hear your concerns and to work with you as partners as we go forward. I hope that by my leadership we can leave the four to three thing behind.” After hearing her statement I thought that she would vote to include both groups in the board officers and encourage working together to address concerns about inaccurate meeting minutes. But, it was just talk. Following Austin’s comments, there were four additional 4-3 votes for board officers and to approve the minutes. Speaking of all the 4-3 votes last year, Yin posted a comprehensive list of split votes highlighting the reason for the disagreement on each school issue including: procedures for terminating a coach, hiring a law firm to rewrite all school policies, high ability student policy, access to past financial information, requiring the policy committee to follow Open Door Law, granting permanent emergency authorization to hire, appointment to the WL library board, allowing public comments during meetings, holding work sessions, and requiring 2 readings before votes.
12:35 - Witt nominated Marley as vice president and Schott seconded it. Yin nominated Wang and Mumford seconded it. Witt shared that Marley has historical knowledge that is helpful as well as his interest in the community and community engagement. Yin shared that she nominated Wang for vice president for the same reasons that she thinks he would have been a good president - he is a good unifier. Yin said she appreciated Austin’s comment about working to unify the board and to listen to different voices. Mumford said that voting for Wang will demonstrate to our community a willingness to work together.
Voted 4 out of 7 for Marley as vice president (Austin, Marley, Schott, and Witt)
Voted 3 out of 7 for Wang as vice president (Yin, Wang, and Mumford)
15:10 - Wang nominated Mumford as secretary and Yin seconded it. Marley nominated Schott and Witt seconded it. Yin shared that Mumford has been writing summaries of school board meetings since the end of 2020 and these summaries are detailed. Mumford serving as secretary would improve the school board minutes. Marley said he has worked with Schott for many years. They have coached together and their kids grew up together just down the street. He said Schott is a voice of reason and has a vested interest in our students and academic programs because his spouse is employed (as an administrator, coach, and teacher) in our school corporation. Witt said her view is that having experienced board officers is more important than having diverse perspectives. She noted that Schott has previously served as board secretary.
Voted 3 out of 7 for Mumford as secretary (Yin, Wang, and Mumford)
Voted 4 out of 7 for Schott as secretary (Austin, Marley, Schott, and Witt)
Just like last year, the board leadership excludes Yin, Wang, and Mumford. Austin missed an important opportunity to demonstrate that she has a real desire to work together collaboratively.
19:45 - The board was asked to approve board appointments for 2024:
Corporation treasurer - Michelle Cronk
Voted 7 out of 7
Corporation bonded positions - Michelle Cronk, Janelle Wade, LeAnn Montemayer, and Kathy Slauter (The January 2022, 6:52 meeting summary explains the reason for these bonded positions).
Voted 7 out of 7
Corporation Physicians - Chester Ho, M.D. and Anne Marie Bianculli, M.D. Mumford noted that Ho lives out of state and asked why Ho and Bianculli are sharing the physician position. Greiner said that the school nurses feel strongly that Ho is a great resource and Bianculli is supportive of the shared work and split stipend, so they are planning to continue. Yin verified that they typically work remotely when interacting with the nurses and administrators.
Voted 7 out of 7
School Attorney - Church Church Hittle and Antrim. Wang verified that the fees are not changing. Yin said she is grateful that we are paying our legal counsel about 10% of what we paid the previous legal counsel. She asked if those working with this law firm are happy with their quality of service. Witt said she was happy with the service they provided and said they are very responsive, detailed, and provide balanced responses that include facts and possible solutions. Greiner said he has also been very pleased with their service and availability.
Voted 7 out of 7
28:42 - Austin said board compensation is set by Indiana Code at $2,000/year plus $112 per evening of regular meetings. Mumford noted that the policy currently includes an additional $62 compensation for an executive session or work session if held on a different date than the regular school board meeting. Mumford motioned to remove this additional compensation. Wang seconded it. Mumford said that board members have previously said that they don’t want to charge the school district the extra money so it has caused difficulty in scheduling executive and work sessions. Witt said she wants to point out to Mumford that it is about the administrators’ time and the current compensation model encourages meetings to all be held on the same night. Schott said we should stick with the $112 per regular meeting to follow Indiana Code but said he supports removing the additional $62 per work session so it isn’t an excuse for why we don’t have work sessions. Mumford agreed with Witt that we should be very mindful of the administrators’ time and said that good use of time should drive the decision, not how much the schools will be charged per meeting. Austin said that she thinks that the policy is trying to prevent holding more than one $112 meeting per week. Witt clarified that board members are paid $112 for attending a regular meeting and nothing for additional meetings held the same night, but the current policy is to pay $62 for attending other board meetings held on other days. Austin said that this evening we have 4 meetings (executive session, organizational meeting, regular meeting, and board of finance) and said that she thinks that the current policy is that we will be paid 4 times $62 for this evening. Schott corrected her and said that we are holding a regular meeting so we will only be paid $112 for the evening. Witt asked if Indiana code allows us to reduce this $62 per-meeting compensation and said that she believes this is the minimum that we can be paid. Cronk said that several school districts only pay a flat amount and do not pay per meeting. She also noted that these are the maximum amounts board members can be paid, not minimum. Schott suggested leaving the policy as is and then individual board members could donate the $62 per meeting back to the schools. Greiner recommended that the board either keep the payments the way they are or vote to eliminate the $62 per meeting payment because he doesn’t want individual board members to be pressured to donate.
Voted 7 out of 7 to remove the $62 compensation per executive/work session
Voted 7 out of 7 to approve school board compensation with the change
This was a good discussion. I think it would have been more appropriate to discuss this during a work session held prior to the organizational meeting, but our school board rarely schedules work sessions. In the past, our school board meetings had very little discussion and were just a rubber stamp on whatever the administrators proposed. Now our meetings feature valuable questions and discussion, but I think much of this should be shifted to public work sessions to give board members time to consider the answers and the views of other board members before being asked to vote.
39:37 - Austin said that Schott served as the school board appointment to the board of directors of the WL Education Foundation last year and she asked him if he would be willing to continue. Schott said yes and Marley seconded it. Mumford asked Austin why this appointment is happening immediately after her election as board president because board committee appointments usually happen at the February meeting. Austin said she talked to Schott about the foundation and knows it is important to him and also wants to keep continuity for the foundation. If at some point he isn’t available, she said she would ask which other board members are interested. Yin said that continuity has value but highlighted the importance of providing a variety of perspectives and allowing different members to serve on committees. Austin said she served on the foundation her first two years on the board and then Schott was appointed when she moved to the legislative role. Austin noted that Schott has only served on the foundation board for one year. Witt said Schott is good for this committee because of the fundraising that they do and he is an engaged attendee and supporter of their events. Witt said that the foundation’s charter states that this appointment is made each year at the school board organizational meeting. Witt noted that in the past a second board member was also appointed to serve on the foundation board. Typically, two school board members were appointed to serve on the foundation board, but for 2023, Witt decided that only Schott would be appointed. Austin served together with Schott on the foundation her first year on the board; I’m not sure why Austin didn’t remember serving with Schott. In fact, Austin’s claim that Schott has only served for one year on the foundation is inaccurate. Schott has served on the foundation board for 10 years in a row. School board members appointed to the WL Education Foundation board: 2014-2017 Schott & Witt, 2018-2020 Schott & Prochnau, 2021 Schott & Austin, 2022 Schott & Karpick, 2023-2024 Schott alone.
Voted 7 out of 7
45:29 - The organizational meeting was adjourned and the regular school board meeting was called to order.
46:15 - Greiner recognized John Levy, JSHS Social Studies teacher, as the Golden Apple Award Winner for 2024 with the Greater Lafayette Commerce. Congratulations Mr. Levy!
46:56 - Communication from the audience (those who had signed up before the meeting began):
Erin Moon-Walker (parent) explained that she wanted to follow up on a comment to the board that she shared at the October meeting (1:20:10) about concerns with a bullying incident at the JSHS not being reported to the IDOE. She said that in December, Shriner (JSHS principal) left her a voicemail telling her that the verbal bullying incident in April 2023 where her child was the victim had been accurately reported and that she must have misread the IDOE report. She said that her comment to the school board was about a physical bullying incident that happened in the fall of 2022, not the verbal bullying incident in April 2023 and that this was very clear from her comment. She did not misread the IDOE report; the physical bullying incident was not reported. She also said that it is statistically unlikely and hard to believe that her child is the only child in the entire school who has been bullied. Reporting zero physical bullying incidents and only one verbal bullying incident for the entire school year makes it clear that bullying at the JSHS is not being accurately reported to the IDOE. She shared how insulting it is to come and speak to the school board to point out this issue and then receive no response except for an administrator to tell her that she misread the report and ask her to go reread it. At the November meeting (3:20:40), I asked Greiner to add a presentation on bullying in our schools to the December meeting agenda. At the December meeting (27:16), all three school principals came and explained how bullying is being addressed in our schools and how bullying is reported to parents and to the state. I thought the discussion between the principals and board members was helpful. However, I’m disappointed that the JSHS administrators didn’t appropriately address this parent’s seemingly valid concerns.
51:00 - Communication from the audience
David Kucik (parent) followed up on his comments at the December meeting (14:37) about his concern that our school board has so many 4-3 votes. He thanked the school board for their efforts in 2023 and said that he appreciated Austin’s comments at the beginning of the meeting about working together for a more unanimous board. He talked about “The Boys in the Boat” book and movie and noted the message of working together as one. Like I wrote last month, I believe that working together professionally is achievable even with our differences. But this would require discussing the issues as a board and trying to find compromises rather than the majority just pushing their position and ignoring our valid concerns.
52:45 - Approval of the Agenda for the January 8, 2024 Regular Meeting of the Board of School Trustees.
Voted 7 out of 7
53:10 - Approval of the Minutes of the December 11, 2023 Executive Session of the Board of School Trustees
Voted 7 out of 7
53:35 - Approval of the Minutes of the December 11, 2023 Regular Meeting of the Board of School Trustees. Mumford shared her appreciation that the minutes now include more details about the recommendations made by administrators. However, the minutes still do not record anything about discussions of issues. Previously, the minutes used the phrase “discussion ensued” which the public access counselor has said does not record enough to be in compliance with the law. The December minutes do not use the phrase “discussion ensued” but still include no details about what was discussed. Witt said that the minutes state that the meeting is recorded, so anyone interested in details can watch the video or listen to the audio. Wang said that the livestream is not the official document and it is not the same as being recorded in the official minutes. Mumford made a motion to table the minutes until they have been corrected and Wang seconded it. Wang said that a brief summary of what was discussed should be included in the minutes.
Voted 3 out of 7 (Austin, Marley, Schott, and Witt opposed) to table the minutes
Voted 4 out of 7 (Mumford, Wang, and Yin opposed) to approve the minutes
1:03:52 - Approval of the Minutes of the December 19, 2023 Executive Session of the Board of School Trustees
Voted 7 out of 7
1:04:36 - Greiner asked for approval of the Personnel Report. He recognized the retirement and service of Denise Deutsch, kindergarten teacher. He also thanked Delaney, WLES principal, and her team for interviewing over holiday break to ensure a solid candidate for the position. He thanked Ann Gerlach for helping with this transition.
Voted 7 out of 7
1:08:25 - Roth asked for approval to receive $11,574 for the Early Literacy Achievement Grant. This grant is from the IDOE and given to every school in Indiana to focus on literacy achievement based on a variety of factors. The funds will be allocated to K-3 teachers in the 2022-2023 school year who provided instruction in literacy standards. 42 full-time teachers will each receive a stipend of $231 and 2 part-time teachers will receive a prorated amount. The grant will also cover FICA and retirement fund expenses.
Voted 7 out of 7
1:11:41 - Roth shared about a Staff Recognition Program started in November 2022. Any employee at any school and in any department can submit a positive message for another employee. Central office delivers a certificate with the message. Of those employees recognized, each month they randomly draw 5 names to receive a $5 gift card from Starbucks (the gift cards were donated). Roth said they have also started a similar program for families to recognize school employees and she plans to encourage this more this year. Yin shared appreciation for these recognitions and reminded Roth of her previous request to recognize employees on their 5, 10, 15, etc. work anniversaries. Roth shared they are planning on getting this started.
1:20:07 - Greiner asked for approval of a High School Art Donation from Round the Foundation Art Fair, Inc. that donated $1,500 to the High School Art Department. Witt shared that the art teachers participate in the Round the Fountain Art fair on their own time to promote art, careers, and professional creative endeavors. Yin shared appreciation for the donation and asked how the school district can recognize generous donors. She suggested listing donations in the school district newsletter, Red Devil Pen.
Voted 7 out of 7
1:22:16 - Cronk asked for approval of a retroactive Transfer Resolution from bond funds the school corporation borrowed to the debt service fund used to make debt payments. Cronk also shared a Retroactive Transfer Resolution Memo which explains that we need this transfer to be retroactive because the debt service fund cannot have a negative balance at the end of the year and the school corporation’s debt payments in 2023 exceeded total revenue into the debt service fund. Cronk explained that the school corporation could have decided to allocate all tax circuit breaker losses to the operations fund rather than splitting them proportionally across the debt service and operations funds and that this would have put enough money in the debt service fund to not have a negative balance. Just a quick comment on what Cronk said about the circuit breaker losses: at the September Budget Work Session it was explained that this alternative allocation of circuit breaker losses could effectively transfer about $800,000 in annual revenue from the operations fund to the debt service fund. However, this would require an additional $800,000 annual transfer from the referendum fund into the operations fund and leave less money available to pay teachers. Wang verified that the 2017 lease fund is money that was borrowed for the recent construction projects, but was not spent. Cronk said that this is correct and that the board previously approved to use the remaining borrowed funds to cover debt service payments.
1:25:14 - Cronk asked for a Resolution for Additional Check Runs. Cronk explained that some expenses need to be paid in between board meetings. These typically include items such as
utilities, charge accounts, insurance, taxes, etc. These payments are clearly identified on the accounts payable document each month as “between board” so that approval can be given retroactively.
Voted 7 out of 7
1:26:12 - Cronk asked for approval of the Accounts Payable WLCSC and Accounts Payable WVEC. She also shared Financial Report - Funds, Credit Card Statement, and Claims Docket Breakdown. Cronk said that the state provided the curricular materials reimbursement which is intended to cover textbook fees that schools are no longer allowed to charge parents. Our school district submitted expenses totaling about $412,000 for 2023-2024 and we were reimbursed about $349,000. Yin asked about the gap and Cronk said that we were able to cover the shortfall using money in the textbook fund. Cronk said that we had lower than normal curriculum expenses this year. If we had been adopting a new math or English curriculum, we would have spent much more on textbooks. Greiner said that IAPSS (Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents), ISBA (Indiana School Board Association), and IN-ASBO (Indiana Association of School Business Officials) are all working together to communicate with legislators on funding needed for textbooks now that we can no longer charge parents textbook fees. Cronk noted that we will be providing employees with information on retirement planning and that we will invite employees from other school districts to our information sessions. Witt asked about the West Lafayette City Cares Grant and the timeline for its resolution. Cronk said what was supposed to be done with that grant wasn’t actually done so the fund was zeroed out and expenses moved back to the regular funds.
Voted 7 out of 7
1:33:37 - The board was asked to approve the Safe/Accessible Neighborhood Resolution. In 2023, Witt and Greiner worked with Mayor Easter to write this resolution about providing families with access to neighborhoods that are safe, accessible, multigenerational and walkable.
Voted 7 out of 7
1:35:56 - Austin said that she will be making committee assignments in the next month and will announce them at the February meeting. She will consider board members’ interests and where they have previously served. She asked board members to contact her with feedback or requests for committee assignments. Yin asked Austin to share a list of the existing committee assignments and associated responsibilities to board members. I appreciated Austin’s invitation that we provide her with requests for committee assignments to indicate our interest.
1:38:40 - Board Reports
Parks and Recreation - Yin shared that there will be new parks and recreation programs offered including online options for homeschool children. Yin noted that the mayor appoints the other members on the park board.
Curriculum - Yin shared that she previewed the new school website. I have not seen the new website. Hopefully the administrators will seek teacher and community feedback as they continue developing the website.
WL Education Foundation - Schott said that the deadline to apply for senior scholarships is February 1st. Nobel Prize Winner, Dr. Moungi Bawendi from the class of 1978, will be coming to West Lafayette on April 25th to spend the day with students and staff.
Safety Committee - Mumford said that the school board held an executive session focused on the safety plan and that Mr. Ulrich provided updates.
WLEA Board Teacher Discussion - Witt said that it was announced that at the last discussion meeting that class sizes in the fifth grade have decreased. She said they were also given updates on open positions and some administrative issues. Witt said that she would like to continue to serve on this committee. My understanding is that Witt regularly attends these teacher discussion meetings, but she does not share what was discussed with the rest of the school board. The only hints are what she shares at regular school board meetings. I think she shared incorrect information about the average size of 5th grade classes. My understanding is that there are still 5th grade classes with 25 students, which is the largest class size ever experienced at WLIS.
Redevelopment Commission - Marley said that he wasn’t able to attend the meeting. He shared that a resolution was passed in regards to budget allocations for the TIF districts.
ISBA Trainings - Wang shared that he participated in the school finance training.
School Board Trainings - Mumford noted Kucik’s public comment last month (14:37) and asked about getting quotes from ISBA and CCHA on training for the entire school board on working together professionally. Mumford said that getting these quotes was also discussed at the May meeting (8:08), but there was no follow-up. Austin said she has some ideas that she wants to share via email to the school board before seeking quotes.
1:47:06 - Greiner shared an update on the JSHS principal search. They have narrowed it down to 3 candidates and are planning for the 2nd round of interviews this week. The search committee consists of administrators and teachers. They will add 2 parents and 2 students to the committee for the 2nd round interviews. After 2nd round interviews, the committee will narrow it down to 2 candidates for 3rd round interviews. Three school board members (Schott, Austin, and Wang) had originally been appointed to the search committee, but in December the board officers decided to remove them. Greiner asked that these three school board members be invited to participate in the 3rd round interviews with Greiner, Roth, and Cronk. I was not permitted to be involved in the principal search, so my thoughts are only from my observations about the process. I think it is great that our position was posted early but not smart to have completed all our 1st round interviews before the typical start time for the principal job market. I think by rushing the process we likely missed out on some good candidates. Also, excluding school board involvement in the process is concerning. As one of the best high schools in the state, we should have followed the typical principal search timeline and put more effort into promoting our position opening nationally. Instead, this search seems to have had a very local focus.
1:51:06 - Regular school board meeting is adjourned
1:58:18 - Austin began the annual meeting of the board of finance. She asked for approval of the agenda for the January 8, 2024 Annual Board of Finance Meeting.
Voted 7 out of 7
1:58:59 - Austin asked for nominations for board of finance president and said she is willing to continue to serve. Yin nominated herself and Wang seconded it. Austin withdrew her self-nomination and no one else was nominated.
Voted 7 out of 7
2:00:04 - Yin asked for nominations for secretary. Austin nominated Mumford since she was the board of finance secretary in 2023. Witt seconded it. Mumford confirmed that her only responsibility is to sign the minutes for this meeting.
Voted 7 out of 7
2:01:26 - Cronk shared the Investing Officer’s Report, Investment Register, Interest Earned Annual Report. The school corporation’s total interest earnings over the past twelve months was $594,272.76 (compared to the previous year’s total of $124,490.64). Interest earnings go into the education fund. Currently the school district has seven certificates of deposit that will mature over the next two years all with interest rates of around 5%. We made several changes to our Huntington Bank accounts to take advantage of the higher interest rates. Marley asked about the Hoosier Fund rate and Cronk said we no longer invest in the Hoosier Fund because it offers a lower rate than what we could get with Huntington. Cronk is doing a great job as CFO. Our school district’s finances are definitely in better order now that we have a CFO with relevant training and experience.
2:03:46 - Cronk shared the Fiscal Indicators Report and Fiscal Indicators Update Memo. The indicators are used to evaluate the financial condition of a school corporation. This report is prepared by the state and can be viewed with other Indiana school districts’ reports at the Distressed Unit Appeal Board’s website. The indicators include Average Daily Membership (ADM), fund balances, annual deficit/surplus, fund balances as percent of expenditures, revenue by type, and operating referendum revenue as percent of total revenue.
The ADM count for fall 2023 was 2209 which is down 39 students since the February 2023 count (and down 67 students since fall 2022). The ADM count does not include transfer students from other districts but does include the children of employees. Our school district currently has 140 transfer students. Cronk said that last year we had 110 transfer students (and the year before we had 72).
The school corporation maintains healthy cash balances of 51.9% of our annual expenditure. The referendum revenue accounted for 18.7 percent of total revenue for 2022. Without the referendum, we would have had a 6.73 million dollar shortfall in educational and operational expenditures for 2022. I am so grateful to live in a community that values education and that the referendum passed in the last election. My thoughts on this financial presentation is that our district needs a clear transfer student policy focused on balancing grade size across years rather than the current open admissions policy we appear to have. We also need some effort to better retain in-district students and work to get some of the students who have transferred out or are now homeschooled to return.
2:12:28 - The annual meeting of the board of finance was adjourned
Location: Happy Hollow Building, LGI Room
Future Meetings (calendar link)
Regular School Board Meeting - Monday, February 12 at 6:00pm at Happy Hollow LGI Room (enter from North side/pool side of building)
This document is my summary of the public school board meeting, not the official meeting minutes. My personal thoughts and opinions are given in italics and represent my own views which do not necessarily reflect those of any other member of the school board. I identify myself as Mumford in the summary but use first person when describing my personal thoughts and opinions. Previous agendas, minutes, and audio recordings can be found at the WLCSC website.
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