Superintendent Mark Mulvihill discusses the state budget situation, then congratulates the state board member of the year and state superintendent of the year. Next, he talk about state sports classifications and Pendleton's desire to be 5A. He then talks about The Collaborative heading to Washington, DC next week to take its plans for the Upstream Initiative to a national summit. Mulvihill wraps up the conversation talking about what the firings at the federal Department of Special Educatin means to the state, ESD and the schools. Finally, he talks about the Educator Advancement Council recently visiting IMESD, what the purpose of the visit was and how did it go.