Specifically, this looks at achievement, equity, and resources, and really covers all four of our strategic priorities as we seek to connect with families that may have language barriers um and remove those barriers so they can be active partners and in their child's education.

The goal is simple. When a family walks through the door and needs interpret an interpreter, staff should know exactly what to do to welcome them.

language access is not just a service um but it is a commitment to equity, trust and inclusion so that all families can be active partners in their child's education and we are continuing to make progress and expect um to deepen that progress in the year ahead as well.

The district still considers enrollment to be generally stable while acknowledging that the decrease from last year's count compared to this year's count.

The primary negative variance remains the outflow of graduates versus the inflow of continually smaller kindergarten cohorts each year.

We have to acknowledge that an increase in center-based special education students impacts the district differently than that same increase in the general education classroom. Centerbased programming requires classrooms with fewer students, a much smaller studentto staff ratio, typically multiple staff members in one in each classroom, and also transportation considerations.

The main purpose of the proposal is to officially um add two resident student schoolboard member positions. Um these would be non- voting exeicio members who would attend open meetings and they would be selected by an administrative committee.

Electing two non- voting student members to the board will give this board a consistent student level perspective on the issues affecting this district. Plus, we see examples of students on school boards in districts like Bloomington public schools, Minneapolis public schools, and Shakupi public schools.