May 13, 2024 Summary

KEY TAKEAWAYS: A pilot program to run a preschool in a classroom at WLES was approved to begin in the fall. Our new mental health therapist gave a presentation on her efforts to help students over the past 6 months. Updated student handbooks were approved as was a new reading and language arts curriculum. The superintendent explained how the transfer student application and billing processes now work and said grade size is now a consideration when deciding if a transfer student will be accepted. The process to re-write all our school district’s policies continues to be poorly run. 

Agenda with links to board documents

TOPIC TIMESTAMPS (Youtube Recording)

• 00:30 discussion of policy A300 on the use of technology at school
• 31:06 discussion of policy A301 restricting student use of devices at school
• 38:58 discussion of policy G350 on audio, video, and digital recordings
• 1:01:58 consent agenda
• 1:03:10 vote to approve A300
• 1:04:50 a 5-7 vote to approve A301
• 1:11:47 first reading and continued discussion of G350
• 1:16:10 adoption of policy A100 on non-discrimination
• 1:18:15 mental health therapist presentation
• 1:42:37 WLIS handbook approved and discussion about parents’ right to appeal
• 2:02:33 WLES handbook approved
• 2:12:47 strategic planning vendor options
• 2:29:38 approval of the preschool pilot program at WLES
• 2:35:15 reading and language arts curriculum approved
• 2:44:40 preventing youth suicide grant
• 2:47:30 TSC bus maintenance agreement
• 2:54:56 approval to purchase 700 Chromebooks
• 3:00:39 finance report
• 3:01:42 explanation of our transfer student application and billing process

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. 

The school board held a work session the hour before the school board meeting. 

00:30 Policy A300 revisions were discussed. Mumford shared that at the previous meeting several recommended revisions were shared and legal counsel had said they would make the revisions but nothing had been shared with the board (April 8, 2024, 1:02:55). Amy Matthews, legal counsel with Church Church Hittle and Antrim (CCHA), responded that she did send the proposed AI language policy update to our school district. Mumford said that this AI update was not shared with all board members and was not added to the policy. Mumford noted that the Indiana School Board Association (ISBA) recommended that school districts form a taskforce with parents and teachers to craft a policy on AI and said that she would like parents and teachers to help set our AI policy. Austin claimed that the proposed policy G350 is where our AI policy would be stated. Matthews explained that G350 does not address AI use and said that A300 is where the AI policy should be. Matthews said that it is nearly impossible to prohibit the use of artificial intelligence and that our district’s rules and guidelines regarding AI use could be included in the student handbooks with teacher and parent input.

Austin announced that she is going to bring A300 to a vote at the regular meeting. Mumford said that the changes to A300 are minor and that she is fine voting to approve it now, but that she has concerns about this process. Mumford said that we should follow the same process we used to revise the A100 discrimination policy: the revised policy was posted so the community could see the final version for a month before the board voted to approve it. Austin said to Mumford: “What I don’t think you understand is that the law changes on July 1 and we don’t have an infinite amount of time. I understand you are frustrated with this process, but the fact is that I can’t get anyone who will work with you doing the work of the policy committee because they don’t want to do this with you in a room alone.” Mumford said, “to clarify, if we had a policy committee, they would not meet behind closed doors; policy committee meetings are open doors, the same as regular meetings. Second, it’s the process we are talking about, and skipping steps in the process is a big deal.” Mumford said that she wants revised policies posted before the board is asked to vote. Austin said that the problem with that is that community members are only giving feedback to Mumford about the proposed policies and that Mumford does not forward the messages she receives to all board members. Witt said that the reason Austin was speaking this way to Mumford is because last month Mumford wrote a “scathing” review of Austin’s leadership calling her handling of the new policies “disorganized and chaotic.” Witt said that Austin’s negative response tonight towards Mumford is to be expected because of what Mumford wrote and asked if Mumford had anything positive to recommend about the process. Mumford said that we currently have about 25 new policies and as board members we don’t know which we will be asked to discuss at meetings. It would be helpful for the work session agenda to list which policies will be discussed and in which order. For the regular school board meeting, it would be helpful for the agenda to list which policies the board will be asked to vote to approve. Austin responded, “we can’t do that because it’s changing based on what Indianapolis does and the needs of our central office and our teachers.” Wang pointed out that the legal deadline is not until July and that Austin could follow the agreed upon procedure and post the revised version of A300 now and then the board could vote to approve it in June. Austin replied that she wants a buffer of a month because leaving this to the last minute is “not a smart idea with this board.” Witt clarified that A301 is the policy that has a July deadline, not A300. I understand the need to adjust when conditions change, but Austin could list on the agenda which policies will be discussed and which will be up for a vote. Austin wanted all these policy discussions to happen in secret and not involve the rest of the board until a final vote was needed on the complete set. The policy committee is required to follow open door law and Austin was not willing to allow the public to attend policy meetings, so she disbanded the committee (see for example April 8, 2024, 9:18 or November 13, 2023, 1:42:40 or March 6, 2023, 7:31). 

31:06 Austin said that no revisions have been proposed to policy A301 and asked for discussion. Mumford said that our current policy 5136 has stricter student device rules for grades K – 6 than the proposed policy and that Austin had said that she would collect recommendations from the principals on what they would like the policy to be (April 8, 2024, 1:20:25). Mumford noted that no feedback from the principals was shared with board members. Roth said that she spoke with the principals and that one concern that was brought up was about how to handle apple watches and similar devices that are hard to monitor. Witt said that this is already addressed in the WLES and WLIS student handbooks that state that all devices, including smart watches, are to be stored in backpacks and are not to be used at school. Mumford said that our current policy 5136 sets different rules for grades K – 6 than for grades 7 – 12 and our current policy corresponds to the rules in our student handbook. The proposed policy A301 does not match the rules in our student handbooks. Greiner said that A301 complies with Indiana’s new law and that the student handbooks can provide the details about different device rules by building. The board will be asked to approve the student handbooks and can give input at that point. Mumford said that her opinion is that our rules about student devices are important, should be in a policy, and that the community should be given the opportunity to provide input. Austin said that the school board is a governing body, not a representative body and we are not going to do opinion polls on school policies. (The conversation on policy A301 continued during the regular meeting at 1:04:50). My view is that the school board is both a governing and a representative body and should represent our community’s values, views, and desires for our schools. I don’t understand why Austin is not interested in seeking community input. About policy A301, the recent state legislation prohibits student devices during instructional time unless using them is part of the lesson, but the rules about devices during lunch, recess, extra-curricular activities, and on school buses are up to our district. Policy A301 does not address any of those other situations.

38:58 Policy G350 on audio, video, and digital recordings will be up for a first read at the board meeting. Witt said that she is concerned with G350 section IV which states that, “students, parents or guardians, visitors, and third parties may take photographs, record audio or video, or live stream only if authorized in advance to do so.” Witt noted that this rule is not followed. Matthews said that this statement could either be deleted or it could be revised to only probit recording at non-public events. Witt asked if G350 also prohibits recording on school buses and Matthews said yes. Mumford asked about parents who wish to record an IEP meeting and said that section III appears to prohibit this unless special authorization is given by the superintendent. Mumford noted that the policy says that parents who record meetings will be subject to a trespassing violation and asked why trespassing is relevant to wanting to record a meeting. Matthews said that school corporations have no jurisdiction over parents and so a trespassing violation is the only action a school corporation can take against a parent who violates school policy. She shared that requiring authorization to record school meetings is a good idea so the school corporation can know that there are concerns and be prepared. Witt said that she thinks that recording a meeting is contrary to having a productive conversation about what is best for the student. Greiner said that if there is mistrust, it is important for the school corporation to also record the meeting because recordings can be manipulated. (The conversation on policy G350 continued during the regular meeting at 1:11:47). 

1:01:32 Regular Meeting begins. Yin attended virtually.

1:01:58 The board was asked to approve the consent agenda items: 

• Agenda for the May 13, 2024 Regular Meeting of the Board of School Trustees
• Minutes of the April 8, 2024 Work Session of the Board of School Trustees
• Minutes of the April 8, 2024 Regular Meeting of the Board of School Trustees
• Minutes of the April 29, 2024 Executive Session of the Board of School Trustees
• The Church Annual Lease Agreement and Memo
• Field Trips: June 17-19, 2024 Football Camp and July 8-11, 2024 Boys Soccer Camp
• Personnel Report
• Accounts Payable WLCSC and Accounts Payable WVEC

Voted 7 out of 7

1:03:10 The board was asked to approve policy A300. Wang said that he has no concerns with A300 but does have concerns with the procedure that Austin is using for this policy. Revisions to the policy should have had a first reading and be posted online for a month with the vote occurring at the next meeting. Austin said that there were only minor changes and so she is calling for the board vote now. The revised version was not shared with the board or the public until after this meeting.

Voted 7 out of 7

1:04:50 The board was asked to approve policy A301. Mumford again shared her concern that the new policy does not line up with our current policy 5136 nor with our student handbooks. She also pointed out that Austin had said that she would collect recommendations from the principals and would share this with the board, but did not. Mumford noted that at the last meeting there was discussion about students using devices during study hall, but that no clarification was added to the policy. She said that she does not think that A301 is ready for a vote. Witt said that A301 is a general policy and that the specific rules are in the student handbooks where control is in the hands of administrators and the instructors in the classroom. Matthews said study hall is considered instructional time and so devices are prohibited, but because it is a different type of instructional time administrators or teachers could include special rules in the student handbook. Yin shared that she would like to include the rules about device use during study halls in the policy, not just the student handbooks. Austin called for a vote.

Vote 5 to 7 (Yin and Mumford opposed)

1:11:47 Matthews did a first reading of policy G350 on audio, digital, and video recording. She said that she would make the revision that was requested in the work session to section V to add “non-public events.” Mumford asked Matthews if the superintendent can deny approval for parents to record a meeting. Matthews said that if the meeting involved several families then the superintendent could deny approval. Matthews also said that she thinks parents could be denied from recording parent-teacher conferences because it may stifle the conversation or because the parent may try to use the recording in a way that is not appropriate. Absent this school policy, Mumford asked if parents have the right to record meetings on school property. Matthews said without a policy on recording, it would not be clear what the procedure is. She said that this is a big picture procedure and so it should be in a policy instead of a student handbook. 

1:16:10 The board was asked to approve policy A100. There was no discussion. For A100, there was a first reading in February and then it was discussed at a work session in March where several revisions were proposed. Revised versions of the policy were read and posted online in April and then the final vote happened at this meeting in May. This is the procedure that Austin told the board that she would use as we work through the proposed policies.

Vote 7 to 7

1:18:16 Alyson Smith, a licensed social worker and the new WLCSC mental health therapist, was invited to share a presentation on mental health in our schools. She said that she worked with Margaret Psarros, WLIS principal, and Courtney Murtaugh, WLIS school counselor, to set objectives focused on eliminating barriers, getting students the resources that they need, and addressing the mental health concerns of our K-12 students. The students she works with receive targeted interventions to address specific concerns with behavior, emotions, and mental health. School counselors begin the process by contacting parents and sharing a list of local therapists and making a referral. At this point, Smith works with the parents to receive permission for her to work with the child while they are waiting to get into a local therapist. She has had 48 referrals since she started at the end of November and all parents have chosen to have her work with the student. So far, 8 of the 48 students have transitioned to seeing an outside therapist. She has also provided group therapy on anxiety and grief to third grade students. Smith said that she has worked in other school districts and WLCSC is the one of the warmest cultures for support of mental health. She appreciates the flexibility and the support the school district provides. Her position was paid for by a grant that will end and, if approved, her position’s funding will be transitioning to the school district. Greiner shared that they will be presenting a staffing plan with some of these positions at the June school board meeting. Yin asked about the possibility of surveying high school students to learn more about their mental health needs. Smith said, with parent permission, she could survey students and could do this. Yin also asked about how to make a referral for a high school student. Smith said that the referral should go to a school counselor and could be made by the student, a parent, or a teacher. When I was a teacher in our school district, we did not have a mental health therapist even though we had a huge need. I wrote about this in a 2020 post about mental health needs in our schools. I am so happy that we finally are making some progress on this issue.

1:42:37 Margaret Psarros, WLIS principal, asked for approval of Revisions to the WLIS Student Code of Conduct Handbook. Later in the discussion she shared that a teacher from each grade, a specials area teacher, and a small group teacher (intervention, special education, or EL) served on the handbook committee. She also asked the parent council to recommend parents to serve on the handbook committee to review the recommendations. Stephanie Qualio, WLIS assistant principal, met with students from the various grade levels to discuss the handbook and recommended changes. Psarros said that the attendance policy is still waiting for direction from the Department of Education, so they will update it later this summer. 

Witt said that at WLES there are specific guidelines for playground usage after school and asked about it at WLIS. Psarros said that they don’t have any problem with the after school care program and have not had to set parameters. Mumford said that parent-teacher conferences are required at WLES and asked why they are not at WLIS. Psarros said teachers choose for themselves to hold or not hold parent-teacher conferences but said that the school district had not previously scheduled specific dates for these conferences to be held. The amended 2024-2025 school calendar now has scheduled times for parent-teacher conferences and she noted that teachers are grateful for this change. 

Mumford said that the board was not provided with the entire WLIS student handbook and asked if the K-12 Student Code of Conduct will be added to the end of the WLIS handbook as it has been for the WLES handbook. Psarros said that this is in the handbook. Mumford noted that the board is revising policies and asked how the student code of conduct will be affected by changes to, for example, the bullying policy C200. Psarros said that the student handbook says that if a school policy is revised then it supersedes anything that is in the handbook. Mumford noted that current school policy 5610 does not allow students to appeal suspensions or expulsions to the school board and said that this contradicts what the handbook says. Austin told Mumford that this would have been a helpful question to have received before the meeting. Mumford reminded Austin that she did email this question to all board members and the superintendent the previous week. Austin said that the student code of conduct follows Indiana law. Mumford said that it was the prior board members on the policy committee (Witt, Marley, Schott, and Masson) who changed our policy to not allow parents the right to appeal suspension and expulsion decisions by administrators. Mumford said that during her time on the board there have been at least two instances where the parents were told that they could not appeal to the school board. Greiner said that this part of the student handbook appears to contradict school policy and that the handbook should be changed to follow school policy. Austin said that the school board is not allowed to change the student code of conduct. Witt said that this would be a good question for legal counsel and said that she recalls approving policy 5610 to not allow appeals because she believes that administrators are a better judge of these situations than board members. Austin said that because the handbook is consistent with Indiana law then we should go ahead and vote to approve the handbooks. Mumford explained that Indiana law allows school boards to choose if they will or won’t hear appeals. Greiner agreed with Mumford and said that this is a choice. Mumford said that she thinks that our policy should be to allow parents to appeal to the school board, but that is not our current policy. Roth said that the handbooks need to be printed and so recommended revising this section on the right to appeal so that it doesn’t contract school policy. Later, school policy can be discussed and revised in the future. Most school districts in Indiana allow appeals to the school board. Ours is one of the few that does not. Getting this policy changed to give parents the right to appeal is one of my highest priorities. 

Voted 7 out of 7

2:02:33 Sara Delaney, WLES principal asked for approval of the WLES Student Code of Conduct Handbook. She shared that her process is to start with last year’s handbook and make notes throughout the year so she can work with teachers on what needs to be revised. The revisions this year include some clarifications of when students can be in the building. They also added clarifications from the nurse about when students can return to school after having antibiotics. Yin asked about who the audience is for the student handbook as some rules seem to be for parents, others are for students, and others are for staff. Delaney said the handbook is written for parents to help their children and noted that for some this is the first time they are navigating the public education system. Yin asked about the statement on page 4 that says “pictures may not be taken of other children.” She noted that proposed policy G350 allows photographs at school public events. Delaney said that after-school public events are covered by the district policy, but at events during the school day they ask parents to only take photos of their own child to respect the privacy requests of other parents.  

Voted 7 out of 7

2:12:47 Greiner shared information from vendors who submitted bids to facilitate our school district’s Strategic Planning. Yin asked for more information about what the different services include. Greiner said that each vendor is willing to meet with the board to share and answer specific questions. Mumford shared that the price range is $6,000 to $172,000 and asked what is the general difference between the least and most expensive. Greiner said it didn’t seem like there was a lot of difference. Roth shared that the low-cost bid did not include performing surveys or focus groups outside of talking with board members and administration. The other vendors do include surveys and focus groups of the community and staff. Schott said he would like to have the board interview the administrator’s recommended top two vendors. Witt asked if they would share a document before the interviews comparing the two vendors’ pay structure and what the community engagement will look like. Wang asked if there is a budget for how much the school district wants to spend on this service. Austin said there is no budget and it is the board’s decision how much to pay. Greiner said he is thinking a range of $20,000-$40,000 would be appropriate. He said they can set up an executive session via a zoom with the potential vendors. Mumford asked if the strategic plan process would involve a climate audit and if not, could the district perform a climate audit before the strategic planning begins. She said that the board should review the past climate audit (completed in 2014 at WLES) and the current strategic plan to see where we stand before starting a new one. Greiner said we could ask this at the interview and agreed that performing a climate audit as a part of the strategic planning process would be helpful. Greiner also agreed that it is a good idea to review the strategic plan that was put in place by the previous superintendent. He shared that the board had halted the strategic plan at the start of the pandemic. Witt said that climate audits are extremely expensive. She said previously they had done a climate audit at each building one at a time. Greiner said he would schedule school board interviews with the two preferred vendors.

2:29:38 Roth asked for approval of the WLES Preschool 2024-26 Pilot Proposal. She thanked the staff members who asked questions and provided feedback which shaped the current proposal. Wang asked about using the kindergarten readiness assessment to evaluate the program. Roth said that WLES is considering implementing this as well as ISPROUT for students with special needs. Yin asked about the staff discount that will be offered only in May. Roth said it is important to charge a consistent rate throughout the school year for the sake of accepting vouchers in the future which is why the discount would be offered in the final month of the school year. The administration did a nice job with this proposal. It was first discussed at the February meeting and then again at the March meeting. The full plan was presented at the April meeting where there were lots of questions and discussion. In addition to the feedback from the board, the administrators then sought feedback directly from teachers. This final version of the plan incorporated adjustments to address the issues. We need more of this type of collaborative process because it gives our programs and policies the highest likelihood of being successful.

Voted 7 out of 7

2:35:15 Roth asked for approval of the Reading and Language Arts Textbook Adoption. She also shared the Textbook Adoption Materials Evaluation. She shared that the document contains the process and cost. Witt shared that this is the most complete and comprehensive presentation the board has ever seen and noted that it was shared in a way that could be understood. Witt said that teachers will have a lot of work to do to prepare for these new materials. Roth said that there are stipends available for teachers who choose to do training during the summer and said there is a group of teachers who would like it as soon as possible. Roth said that in the past, the high school teachers often preferred to wait to be trained. Roth asked Liz Dixon, a JSHS English teacher, what she would prefer and she said the English teachers would like to be trained on how to use the online platform. Yin shared appreciation for allowing parents to be involved in the review process. There has been a huge improvement in this process, particularly in the way that parents are now invited to give input. Two years ago, when the math curriculum was adopted, there was no invitation for parents to help with the review process (May 2, 2022, 6:58). We reach better decisions when we seek input.

Voted 7 out of 7

2:44:40 Roth asked for approval of the NCHS Preventing Youth Suicide Grant awarded to our district. This is a two-year grant that provides planning, implementing, and sustaining prevention efforts in the schools. The grant can be used to provide stipends, but cannot be used to hire new staff. This is wonderful!

Voted 7 out of 7

2:47:30 Cronk asked for approval of the WLCSC & TSC Bus Maintenance Agreement and shared a related memo. Under this agreement, TSC provides maintenance for West Lafayette’s 16 regular school buses and 4 activity buses. Yin asked about the cost compared to other small school districts. Cronk said that if we had the facilities and then hired our own mechanic and paid for materials, she believes the total cost would be more than the $92,500/year we are paying TSC.

Voted 7 out of 7

2:54:56 Cronk asked for approval of a request for a Technology Purchase to buy 700 Chromebooks and she provided a Technology Purchase Memo and Quote. Yin asked what they do with the outdated equipment. Cronk shared that they evaluate if it can still be used for other purposes and if not then it is recycled or turned back in for the lease.  

Voted 7 out of 7

3:00:31 Cronk shared March Financial Report – Funds, April Financial Report – Funds, Claims Docket Breakdown, and Credit Card Statement. 

3:01:42 Board and Superintendent Reports:

• Austin shared that June 10th’s policy work session will only be from 5-5:30pm because of the retirement reception at 5:30pm. She asked that board members share via email revisions so that they can take care of it before the meeting. Sharing proposed revisions before the meeting is helpful, but Indiana law requires the discussion to happen in a public meeting. 
• Greiner shared that the city scheduled an early childhood education forum on May 14th  to share about the study conducted by the city on the community’s preschool needs. 
• Greiner shared about the newly proposed graduation requirements – Indiana’s New GPS Diploma. Changes will result in two diplomas and more flexibility in meeting graduation requirements with fewer required courses. There are some benefits for students who may struggle to earn credits. Educators have major concerns related to the rigor and timeline of the new diplomas which will start with the 2029 graduating class. He encouraged everyone to review the information and provide comments to the State Board of Education through the QR code available at the end of a provided GPS Presentation.
• Greiner gave a report about our district’s transfer process. We are technically a closed district and do not allow transfer students. However, we have an informal agreement with TSC that allows students to attend WLCSC while being counted as TSC students. TSC receives the funding from the state and then pays WLCSC. WLCSC is accountable for the attendance and achievement of the students. The procedure begins with the TSC family requesting permission in writing from the TSC superintendent. Families should make this request by April 1 to receive priority consideration. If the TSC superintendent approves the request then the application is sent to the WLCSC office and the principal reviews the application as well as the student’s attendance and disciplinary records. Greiner shared that they do take into account the class size in each grade before deciding if we should accept the student or not. If the student is accepted, TSC and the family are notified. TSC makes the arrangements for the family to pay transfer tuition and WLCSC does not bill the families. Mumford expressed appreciation to Greiner for clearly explaining the transfer process. She asked if he would update the student transfers form on our website (which was last updated in 2017). Mumford noted that the form currently states that there is a deadline rather than a priority date. She also noted that it is misleading to state that parents should contact their local school district when our practice is to only accept transfer students from TSC. Mumford said that previously, Greiner had said that he approved all transfer requests regardless of class sizes in the grade. Greiner said that he does consider class size and that at times we have to say that we cannot accept a transfer student into a certain grade level. Wang asked about students who live in our school district but have chosen to not attend WLCSC. He asked Greiner to share information about why these students are not attending our schools. Greiner said that he will share this in a future report. My understanding is that transfer tuition charged to parents is between $1,000 to $2,000 per student per year depending on the grade level. The prior practice of accepting every student who applied, regardless of grade size caused difficulties for teachers. I am grateful that Greiner clearly explained our policy, but I do not agree with the way this is being run. We need a fair procedure where the transfer decision is made by rules, not superintendent discretion. Once a student has been accepted into our district, there should not be any fear that they may be kicked out.
• Yin shared a report about the Greater Lafayette Area Special Services (GLASS). There was an overall increase of 106 students. There are now 40 employment positions posted, both full and part-time. TSC is currently conducting a study to determine if they will continue with GLASS or separate.
• Mumford shared a report on the Public Schools Foundation of Tippecanoe County. She shared appreciation for WL community member Beau Scott and WLIS teacher Amanda Foutch for serving on the spring grant committee. The 2024 Cupcake Run for Public Education will be on Sunday, September 22nd. 
• Wang shared a report on WL Parks and Recreation. There are new youth development coordinators who are responsible for the after-school care at the Wellness Center and summer camps.There are some part-time vacancies this summer.
• Witt shared a report on the teacher discussion committee. They discussed staffing and watching class sizes. They talked about the safety plan and the review that will happen in the fall.
• Schott shared a report on the West Lafayette Schools Education Foundation. They will host a scholarship reception with 37 scholarships to 32 different students totaling $44,500. 
• Marley shared a report on the Redevelopment Commission. There will be a new TIF district in the Tapawingo Park area. 

Location: Happy Hollow Building, LGI Room

Future Meetings (calendar link)

• Policy Work Session – Monday, June 10th at 5:00pm at Happy Hollow LGI Room 
• Retirement Reception – Monday, June 10th at 5:30pm at Happy Hollow LGI Room
• Regular School Board Meeting – Monday, June 10th 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.