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October 9 was the second Friday of the month.  That being said, it was free food Friday, otherwise known as the free community meal program sponsored by Kingston Cares. Kingston Cares stages the community meal program the second and third Friday of each month out of the Village Green Community Center in Kingston. The one on the 9th, last Friday, was made possible by the Kingston North Kitsap Rotary Club.  It was staffed by the Satellite Club of KNK Rotary.  One-hundred-sixty lasagna meals were “served” by the Rotarians, led by Satellite Club President David Winn.  Here Winn directs recipients to the pickup point and Satellite Club Member Julie Fox presents a meal to a “two-wheeled” member of our community.

    The Kingston North Kitsap Rotary Satellite Club is leading the way on another, on-going, community program in support of ShareNet, the Food Bank that provides North Kitsap with emergency food provision, screened emergency power and rental assistance, and weekend food backpacks for school children.  All Kingston North Kitsap Club members - and everyone they know - are encouraged to link to a website where they can purchase “packages” of food and other items for ShareNet.  For $30, seven pounds of fresh produce can be purchased.  $20 delivers cereal and milk.  Members are reminded to see David Winn’s email regarding the program, dated Oct 8.  In it is the link to the website where packages may be purchased.

    Two new members of the KNK Rotary Satellite Club were given their red badge materials at the September meeting of the Club.  We welcome new members Brian and Emily Froula. 

    Renovation work is progressing on Kingston’s Troop 555 Scout Hall, a project supported by Kingston North Kitsap Rotary Club, and led by former Eagle Scout and Rotarian Doug Hallock.  A work party Sunday, October 4, included three Rotarians getting their hands dirty.  In action.  They and members of Scout leadership tore out all electrical in the building in preparation for installation of new electrical, insulation, roof support, roof, fireplace insert, and other finishes that will make the 1960’s-era building like new.  Below Doug Hallock and Mark Libby (removing old wiring). 

    At their Oct 7 meeting Kingston North Kitsap Rotarians heard testimonials from two recent Rotary Youth Exchange students, Bailey and Delaney.  Bailey was in England on her exchange, while Delaney, daughter of Rotarian Isaac Anderson, was in Italy.  She said any amount of travel is positive and that “the language was the most fun challenge.”

    The Oct 7 meeting speaker was David Perry, founder of the Practical Ethics Institute on Bainbridge Island.  Perry, a Tacoma native, earned a Ph.D. in ethics at the University of Chicago.  He taught graduate and undergraduate courses for 24 years at Davidson College in North Carolina, and the U.S. Army War College in Pennsylvania.  Perry shared his views on racial tension in America.  He says progress in race relations in our country over the last 200 years is a credible claim.  But we still have a problem.  Implicit bias, when subconsciously, unconsciously, we are biased, and that can affect how we react to others actions.  Perry said Black Lives Matter, as a statement, does not say other lives do not matter.  It says black lives should matter more than they do.  In conclusion, he said racism is not an American problem.  It is a human problem, as we tend to categorize people unconsciously.  

    Before adjournment, members were advised of a potential Club awards ceremony, probably a virtual/in-person hybrid, Oct 21.  More to follow.

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School Superintendent Speaks at Rotary

“Octopus whisperer” Dr. Laurynn Evans, also known as North Kitsap Schools Superintendent, provided the Sept 23 program for Kingston North Kitsap Rotarians.  Evans has been a diver for twenty years, and is known to have enticed an octopus or two out of their dens.  On one occasion she discovered a den off West Seattle, carefully marked it and told only one person about it.  Later they returned to the den to find a mother on eggs, the mother never to leave the den again, as she essentially passes after the gestation period of nine to twelve months. Octopuses give birth once, stop eating, and die.  

    About the schools thing.  Evans makes if a practice to update local clubs like Rotary annually.  This year the updates are drawing increased interest, resulting from coronavirus shutdowns.  

    A year ago, the district completed a strategic plan, which is being used extensively to inform current decision making, after Governor Inslee closed schools March 13.  Evans reports “everything at a distance is complicated.”  The district is leaning on “design thinking,” which is “moving fast, don’t be afraid to fail, getting things done is better than doing them perfectly.”

    Fortuitously, district voters approved a capital projects levy in 2018.  In addition to projects on the physical buildings, which are being accomplished while students are learning from home, the district used levy proceeds to purchase 2400 new devices and hot spots for kids in need.  Every student who needs one, has a device.  Elementary students are connecting through Seesaw software, while secondary students are relying on One Drive.  Both are participating in individual and group Zoom sessions.  Teachers are engaged in professional learning in a two hour session each Wednesday morning, with a concentration on best practices in delivering distance learning.

    The district has concentrated on social emotional learning - providing tools to students to process emotions while learning at a distance.  The district has “beefed up” communication, too, with website upgrades and weekly email updates to inform parents and others.  

    Of special concern is enrollment declines, especially at the kindergarten level, where parents appear to be holding their kids back during this time of Covid.  Kindergarten enrollment is sixty-percent of normal; overall district enrollment is down six percent.  Declines lead to lack of state dollars as a result. 

    When will schools reopen?  Evans can’t say.  She is in weekly meetings with the state’s Office of Public Instruction, Kitsap Health authorities, and regional school superintendents.  Social distancing, when reopening, places huge physical space constraints, which will likely lead to a hybrid approach.  There will be a gradual phase-in with higher need, younger learners in first.  

    Rotarians learned the district’s biggest need at this time is money for added hotspots and subscription plans for those lacking broadband access.  

    

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