October 4, 2023 Meeting

Board Members Present: Chair Kris Howatt, Shawn Farrens, Cathy Keathley, David Ligatich, Blake Petersen, Holly Riegelmann

Recognitions

Recognitions scheduled for the October 4 meeting were delayed to a subsequent meeting.

Superintendent and District Leadership Team Update

Superintendent Hiu shared that the Gresham-Barlow School District had a strong start to the 2023-24 school year. Back to School events were well attended. The District estimates 6,000 families attended the various celebrations in our schools.

The Superintendent expressed his appreciation to the school principals in the Gresham-Barlow School District. October is National School Principals Month.

Superintendent Hiu visited several schools during the month including East Orient Elementary, West Orient Middle School, North Gresham Elementary, and Gresham High School. He also attended the Oregon School Boards Association’s Fall Regional Meeting, Multnomah Education Service District’s Superintendent’s Retreat, and the Coalition of Oregon School Administrators Equity Summit.

APPROVED, accepting the superintendent’s recommendation of District Equity Committee members as listed
Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) 581-022-2307 requires that each Oregon school district establish an Educational Equity Advisory Committee (EEAC)/ District Equity Committee (DEC). These committees are responsible for advising the school board and superintendent on the educational equity impacts of policy decisions and informing and advising the school board and superintendent when a school-based situation arises that negatively impacts underrepresented students.

View the GBSD District Equity Committee Presentation

Citizens' Requests of the Board

There were no citizens' requests of the board.

Information Items

Standards Assurance of Compliance (Division 22)
Annually, the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) requires all Oregon school districts to submit a statement of assurances indicating compliance with ORS Chapter 581, Division 22, Standards for Public Elementary and Secondary Schools. These assurances must be presented in a public manner, such as at a regularly scheduled school board meeting, by November 1, 2023. After a review of the Division 22 Standards, the administration reports that the district is not compliant with all of these rules. Gresham-Barlow School District is out of compliance in the areas of Physical Education (PE) Minutes Requirements, Educational Equity Advisory Committee, and Records and Reports.

View the Division 22 Assurances Report for 2022-23

Opening of School Enrollment and Class Size Report 2023-24
This year's district enrollment as of September 25, 2023 totaled 10,238 students, representing 217 above projections for 2023-24 overall. This reflects an increase of 205 from our June 2023 enrollment of 10,033. In addition to the overall enrollment total, the enrollment data provides specific information including class size averages and other staffing/enrollment information.

View the Enrollment and Class Size Report for 2023-24

Finance Update as of 8/31/23
The financial statements are still adjusting to the beginning of the fiscal and school years. Salaries and wages, including vacancies, have been encumbered and provide a full picture of the expenditures. The pooling of benefits took place in September with all groups receiving 100% compensation for the chosen benefits. The October report will show the encumbered amounts for these expenditures. Adjustments to the State School Fund will be made to reflect an additional $1,680,261 in funding due to the difference in the budgeted amount of $104,931,481 and the allocation of $106,611,742 based on the $10.2 billion State School Fund (SSF) allocation made by the Legislation for the 2023-2025 biennium.

View the Monthly Financial Statement as of 8/31/2023

Upcoming Meetings

October 18, 2023

Board Work Session - 6 pm - Center for Advanced Learning - Partnership Room

November 1
Regular Board Meeting - 7 pm - Public Safety and Schools Building - Council Chambers

Can't Attend Board Meetings?

GBSD Website: You can watch regular school board meetings LIVE on the the District Website. Look for the link on the homepage in the District News section!

You can also watch regular school board meetings LIVE on Comcast cable channel 27 and Frontier cable channel 35. MetroEast Community Media replays the board meeting at the following times:

Second Showing-Monday at 7 p.m.
Third Showing-The following Thursday at 4 p.m.

If you live in Damascus-

Board meetings are shown on Willamette Falls TV for patrons in the Damascus area. They are scheduled for cablecast on channel 23 every Saturday at 1 p.m.

Manage your preferences | Opt out using TrueRemove™
Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails.
View this email online.

1331 NW Eastman Parkway
Gresham, OR | 97030 United States

This email was sent to .
To continue receiving our emails, add us to your address book.