>> ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO OUR WORK SESSION THIS EVENING. 
          [Call the Work Session to Order]
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HOPE EVERYBODY IS DOING ALL RIGHT. 
          [1.	Update on Hybrid Phased Re-entry Transition Plan]
WE HAVE ONE TOPIC AND OUR WORK SESSION THIS EVENING AND THAT IS OUR FACE REENTRY UPDATE. 
          THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE TO SAY OTHER THAN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. HUTCHINGS. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE STILL ARE APPRECIATING OUR SCHOOL BOARD. 
          [LAUGHTER] YOU OFTEN FEEL GOOD, SHOWER WITH LOVE AND WITH ALL OF OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION. 
          TODAY AFTER OUR AFTER A WORK SESSION, VERONICA TEIYAS IS GOING TO BE SENDING YOU ALL A LINK TO ALL OF THE WONDERFUL COMMENTS THAT OUR PRINCIPLES DIRECTORS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SENIOR LEADERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO BOMBARD EVERYBODY WITH EMAILS BECAUSE YOU ALL GET ENOUGH OF THEM [LAUGHTER] EVERY DAY. 
          WE DID THIS GOOGLE DOC THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO IN AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THEIR DEPARTMENTS OR THEIR SCHOOLS JUST TO SHARE WHILE WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL SO MUCH. 
          THAT IS OUR GIFT FOR TODAY TO SHOW OUR GRATITUDE. 
          IT IS STILL SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AS OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. I WANT TO GET RIGHT INTO OUR PRESENTATION FOR TODAY. 
          I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE WITH OUR BOARD BECAUSE AS YOU ALL CAN IMAGINE, IT IS SO MUCH GOING ON [LAUGHTER] WITH THIS TRANSITION AND JUST WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, JUST IN GENERAL. 
          WE'RE ALL JUST TRYING TO GET READY TO WELCOME BACK SOME OF OUR STUDENTS BACK INTO OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME PRELIMINARY DATA WITH YOU ALL TODAY. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE SOME MORE OF OUR STAFF WHO ARE ABLE TO GET BACK INTO OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, WHICH IS A THING WE'RE SEEING IN SOME OF THESE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS NOW COMING OUT OUR PRINCIPLES RIGHT NOW ARE GOING THROUGH EACH OF THEIR CLASSROOM DATA TO SEE WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN REGARDS TO OUR CLASSROOM MONITORS AND I HOPE TO BE SHARING SOME MORE INFORMATION WITH THE BOARD ON THIS THURSDAY DORM, MY SUPERINTENDENCE UPDATE. 
          SHARING OUT INFORMATION, NOT NECESSARILY A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO ON THURSDAY, BUT A PART OF THIS WORK, IN ORDER TO HAVE THIS TRANSITION, IT REQUIRES US TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM. 
          I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR SENIOR LEADERS AND OUR PRINCIPLES AND OUR DIRECTORS, THEY HAD BEEN WORKING HAND TO HAND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS. 
          JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THINKING THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES. 
          BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT EVERY DECISION WE MAKE. 
          THERE'S ALSO AN IMPLICATION THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT AND IT NEVER GOES AWAY. 
          NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, THERE IS ALWAYS A PROBLEM. 
          [LAUGHTER] THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO SOLVE EVERYTHING AND I JUST HOPE THAT THE BOARD, AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNITY, CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO PERFECT SOLUTION TO THIS SITUATION. 
          THERE IS NO DECISION THAT WE CAN MAKE TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY AND THERE'S NO DECISION THAT WE CAN MAKE TO GET EVERY SINGLE PERSON BACK INTO OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE CDC GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. 
          I WANT TO SAY THIS IN A WAY AND I WANT TO PREFACE MY COMMENTS BY SAYING I'M NOT TRYING TO DISCOURAGE ANYBODY FROM WANTING TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THE COMMENTS THAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. 
          WHAT I WANT TO JUST SAY IS THAT WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT OPENING OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF OUR ISSUES. 
          OPENING OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS IS NOT GOING TO TAKE US BACK TO HOW THINGS WERE PRIOR TO MARCH 13TH BECAUSE WE'RE OPENING OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS WOULD MASK ON WE'RE OPENING OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING. 
          WE'RE OPENING OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS WITH GUIDELINES ON WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT, WHERE PEOPLE CAN STAND, HOW YOU EAT IN THE SCHOOL. 
          CAN YOU GO TO THE BATHROOM? WHEN CAN HE GO TO THE BATHROOM? THERE ARE SO MANY RESTRICTIONS THAT GO ALONG WITH THIS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE HEALTH AND SAFETY MITIGATIONS IN PLACE.. WE'RE NOT DOING THIS JUST TO MAKE IT, JUST BECAUSE WE WANT OR DO IT TO MAKE LIVES DIFFICULT. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO FOLLOW THESE HEALTH AND SAFETY MITIGATIONS AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ACCEPT THIS IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF OUR ISSUES. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALSO ACCEPT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 
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A SHIFT IN WHAT GROUPS WILL NOW HAVE ISSUES AND PROBLEMS. BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAD PROBLEMS WITH VIRTUAL AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HYBRID. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND IT'S GOING TO BE A SHIFT OF WHAT THE NEW PROBLEMS GOING TO COME AND I'M ALREADY BEGINNING TO HEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS IN THIS REGION. 
          NOW PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO FIVE DAYS. 
          TWO DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH, THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT WAVE IS GOING TO COME IN. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG-TERM ISSUE FOR ALL OF US. 
          BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT'S FEASIBLE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRATEGIC AND METHODICAL IN OUR APPROACH AS WE TRANSITION. 
          I WANTED TO OPEN WITH THAT AND THEN I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR. MOZINGO, WHO WILL BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION AND GOING THROUGH OUR OBJECTIVES FOR TODAY. 
          THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH METRICS, DR. MOZINGO. 
          >> YES. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. 
          DR. HUTCHINGS AND MADAM CHAIR. 
          I'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          WHAT I'D LIKE TO JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO AUDIENCES VIEWING, HERE ARE THREE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO GET OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS ALREADY MENTIONED. 
          WE WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT HEALTH GUIDANCE AT WORK IS STILL BEING GUIDED BY THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS WELL AS THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WE, WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONVEY THAT EACH TIME WE PRESENT OR SHARE OUT. 
          NEXT, IS HE INDICATED WE WILL PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE IN TERMS OF THE GROUPS THAT IF IT'S A WORKING TOWARDS BRINGING IN MARCH THE 2ND 2021 THROUGH MARCH THE 16. 
          FINALLY, WE HAVE A FIELD UPDATE, SOME OF THE STRATEGIC EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY TO REOPEN OUR SCHOOLS HERE IN ALEXANDRIA. 
          THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT TO DR. 
          HEARING, THE DIRECTOR OF THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. DR. HEARING, HEALTH DIRECTOR ALEXANDRIA. 
          THANKS FOR HAVING ME HERE. 
          THESE METRICS WE'VE LOOKED AT BEFORE AND GOING FORWARD, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE A DIFFERENT SET OF METRICS, OR AT LEAST THE WAY THESE ARE PRESENTED. 
          ONCE AGAIN, ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE UPPER PART IS THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION WITHIN A SCHOOL SETTING, AND IT'S REALLY THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION IN ANY SETTING. 
          THE CDC FOR THIS HAS RANKED THE YOUTH FROM LOWEST TO HIGHEST RISK. 
          THEN THE CORE INDICATORS ARE TWO OF THE INDICATORS ON THE BOTTOM LEFT AND THE FIRST IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW CASES PER 100,000 OVER THE PAST 14 DAYS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THIS, THE 317, THIS IS ONE AND A HALF TIMES WHAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY BE IN THE HIGHEST RISK CATEGORY. 
          THE OTHER IS THE PERCENT POSITIVITY THAT 6.9 PERCENT AND THAT IS IN THE YELLOW RANGE, WHICH IS A MODERATE RISK DOT. 
          BOTH OF THESE CATEGORIES, THESE INDICATORS THAT WE'VE SEEN DROPPED. 
          ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE SECONDARY INDICATORS. 
          WE'VE ALSO SEEN THESE DROP. 
          THE PERCENT OF NEW CASES PER 100,000 OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS COMPARED TO THE PRIOR SEVEN DAYS AND THAT'S AN ENCOURAGING THING. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WATCH A LOT AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS THE PERCENT OF HOSPITAL BEDS OCCUPIED, THE PERCENT THAT ARE OCCUPIED BY COVID PATIENTS. 
          WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENT IN BOTH OF THOSE BECAUSE IF YOU'RE REALLY SICK AND YOU NEED A HOSPITAL BED OR YOU NEED AN ICU BED. 
          YOU WANT TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE. 
          THAT HAS HAD SOME MARKET IMPROVEMENT. 
          I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE CORE INDICATORS ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THAT IS THE ABILITY OF THE SCHOOL TO IMPLEMENT THE FIVE KEY MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 
          DR. HUTCHINGS HAS MENTIONED A COUPLE OF THOSE. 
          THE CORRECT AND CONSISTENT USE OF MASK, THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, THE HAND SANITIZATION, THE RESPIRATORY ETIQUETTE, AS WELL AS COLLABORATION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN WITH ACPS IS DOING WHAT THEY'RE PROJECTING TO DO. 
          HAVE THAT WOULD BE A GREEN CATEGORY. 
          IF WE WERE DOING THAT, I HAVE RECOMMENDED AND I KNOW IT'S NOT POPULAR. 
          WE WORK WITH ANY SCHOOL OR ANY SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT IS UNDER OUR DOMAIN. 
          REGARDLESS OF THE CHOICES THAT ARE MADE, WE HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT SPORTS BE DELAYED, ANY SPORTS WHERE ATHLETES ARE WITHIN TEN FEET OF EACH OTHER OR DELAYED UNTIL WE HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF THIS PANDEMIC. 
          AGAIN, WHATEVER WAY A SCHOOL SYSTEM OR SCHOOLS GO WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH PEOPLE. 
          BUT I JUST KNOW FROM OTHER EXPERIENCES HERE IN ALEXANDRIA AND ELSEWHERE THAT WHERE WE SEE CASES AND WHERE WE SEE 
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OUTBREAKS ARE WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 
          THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN FOLLOW THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES AND WRESTLE, FOR INSTANCE. 
          I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE THAT MY RECOMMENDATION IS NO ATHLETICS AT THIS POINT. 
          BUT DO WHATEVER CLUBBED IN THINGS THAT ONE CAN DO AND MAINTAIN THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 
          SO THAT'S IT FOR ME. 
          >> ONE THING BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, DR. 
          HEARING CAN YOU TALK TO, TODAY ON A CALL WITH THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, AND HE SHARED WITH US THAT THE CDC HAS MADE SOME REVISIONS TO REOPENING AND SOME OF THE GUIDELINES AND ONE OF THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALREADY HAVE READ ABOUT THIS OR AWARE OF THIS. 
          BUT THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT THE CDC CHANGING IT FROM FIVE LEVELS TO FOUR LEVELS AND THEN FOCUSING ON THE SEVEN DAY PER 100,000 VERSUS THE 14 DAY PER 100,000. HAVE YOU HEARD THAT? 
          >> YES, AND I'M SORRY MY CAMERA GOING IN AND OUT. 
          I HAVE HEARD THAT AND LOOKED AT THE CDC GUIDANCE. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT LOOK AT THIS AND I KNOW VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DR. HUTCHINGS. 
          I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SAY, "WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THE NEW GUIDANCE? WHEN IS THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GOING TO ADOPT IT AND PROVIDE MORE SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FOR VIRGINIA AND I KNOW, THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO WORK HAND-IN-HAND WITH THEM LIKE THEY HAVE BACK IN JULY, AND AGAIN IN NOVEMBER, MORE RECENTLY IN JANUARY. 
          I'M HOPING THAT COMES WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK SO THAT IT'S USEFUL FOR THE DECISION-MAKING LOCALLY HERE IN ALEXANDRIA. 
          >> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT. 
          ANOTHER PIECE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IN REGARD TO ATHLETICS IS, WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AROUND FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ARE STILL WANTING TO PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETICS, THAT THERE JUST BE SOME FORM OF DISCLAIMER THAT FAMILIES DO SIGN, BECAUSE I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE HAVE THE ALEXANDER HEALTH DEPARTMENTS SAYING, "YOU SHOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS. " BUT THEIR FAMILY SAY, "I WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS." THE HAVE THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL READ THE SAME, "I'M GOING TO OFFER THE SPORTS." WELL, IF YOU ALL WANT TO TAKE THE RISK TO DO THAT, THEN THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE, BUT I WANT US TO BE EXCLUDED FROM ANY LIABILITY IN REGARDS TO THAT. 
          THAT'S GIVEN FAMILIES THAT CHOICE THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE SO DESPERATELY. 
          THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING, JUST MAKING SURE THAT FOR GOING TO OFFER SOME OF THESE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS THAT FAMILIES SIGNING THAT THEY ARE AWARE THAT OUR ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS NOT RECOMMENDED THAT, AND THEY'RE CHOOSING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT PARTICULAR SPORT. 
          THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SCHOOL. 
          BECAUSE IN SCHOOL, WE ARE ABLE TO FOLLOW 100 PERCENT OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY MITIGATIONS, SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO WRITE A DISCLAIMER BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY FOLLOWING THEM. 
          WE'D GETTING SOME NEGATIVE ATTENTION ABOUT FOLLOWING THOSE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO STAY TRUE TO KEEP ENOUGH SIX-FOOT DISTANCING IN PLACE. 
          I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHICH WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER ON TODAY, HOW SCHOOL DIVISIONS ARE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GET MORE THAN 10 KIDS ON A BUS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE FOLLOWING A SIX-FOOT DISTANCING, YOU CAN'T GET MORE THAN 10 KIDS ON THE BUS, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT IS POSSIBLE. 
          WE TRIED EVERY WAY TO DO IT AND YOU CAN'T. 
          [LAUGHTER] UNLESS YOU DON'T FOLLOW THAT SIX-FOOT DISTANCING RULE, WE GOING TO BE ABLE EVERY WEEK TO SAY, "WE'RE FOLLOWING THESE HEALTH MITIGATIONS. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRY TO CUT CORNERS AND TO MAKE EXCEPTIONS. 
          IF ANY EXCEPTION IS MADE THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO BE TAKING THAT CHANCE." THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO JUST SAY IT'S OPEN AND FREE FOR ALL. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING. 
          >> YES. WE JUST WANTED TO RESTATE AGAIN OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT WE SUPPORT THESE GROUPS OF STUDENTS. 
          MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT EARLY ON A DECISION WAS MADE TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST NEEDS TO PROVIDE TO ALSO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ENGLISH LEARNERS. 
          WHAT WE SHOW HERE, AGAIN IS THAT THE WORK THAT IS OCCURRING, THE PLANNING, THE MANY EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY, IS TO CONTINUE IN SUPPORT GROUPS OF STUDENTS RETURNING AS INDICATED ON THIS SLIDE, WITH A GROUP ON TUESDAY, MARCH 2ND, ANOTHER ONE ON TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH, AND TUESDAY, MARCH 16TH. 
          YOU'LL BEGIN TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION AROUND IF IT'S UNDERWAY TO SUPPORT THE SAFE RETURN OF THESE GROUPS OF STUDENTS. 
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BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AGAIN FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          AGAIN, THIS IS STILL CONTINGENT UPON CERTAIN FACTORS AS WE'VE OUTLINED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. 
          NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR. WILKINS. 
          >> I THANK YOU DR. MOZINGO. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS, DR. WILKINS, AND CHIEF OF STAFF. 
          I MAY HAVE TWO SLIDES. 
          I'LL FIRST COVER OUR STAFF RETURN- TO -WORK DATA AND VACCINATION DATA AND THEN ALSO TALK ABOUT CLASSROOM MONITORS. 
          ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE STATISTICS THAT HAVE COME IN FROM THIS FORM. 
          I WON'T READ IT DELIBERATELY, BUT LEFT SIDE SHOWS ARE RETURN-TO-WORK STATUS, ON THE RIGHT COLUMN SHOWS ARE VACCINATION STATUS. 
          WHAT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE IN THE RETURN- TO- WORK STATUS IS APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF OUR FTE ARE ABLE TO RETURN. 
          THESE NUMBERS ARE APPROXIMATE BECAUSE SOME OF THESE NUMBERS DO INCLUDE OTHER SUBSTITUTE STAFF AND SOME OTHER WORKERS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY FULL-TIME FTE. 
          BUT APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF FTES ARE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE INSIDE OR IN SCHOOL WORK PLAN. 
          THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE SOME WHO ARE UNABLE TO RETURN DUE TO HEALTH CONCERNS, OR CHILDCARE CONCERNS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE NUMBERS THERE. 
          AGAIN, EACH PERSON WHO CANNOT RETURN WILL BE CONTACTED INDIVIDUALLY BY HUMAN RESOURCES AND GO THROUGH AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS TO PRODUCE SOME DOCUMENTATION TO VALIDATE THEIR STATUS, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S COMPLETED, THE PERSON OR THE EMPLOYEE WILL RECEIVE A LETTER OF FULL [INAUDIBLE] OR MAY NOT WORK STATUS, UPON SOME CHANGE IN THEIR PARTICULAR CONDITION. 
          ON THE RIGHT SIDE COLUMN IS OUR VACCINATION STATUS. 
          I'LL READ HERE BECAUSE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SHORTHAND HERE, BUT WE HAD SIX CHOICES AND THAT'S SELECTION. 
          WHEN WE SAY NO DISCLOSURE, THAT MEANS THAT THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SURVEY, APPROXIMATELY 141. 
          THE NEXT LINE IS NOT TAKING A VACCINATION, WE HAVE 264 WHO ARE WAITING FOR THEIR FIRST APPOINTMENT, 779 WHO HAD THEIR FIRST DOSAGE AND THEY ARE WAITING FOR THEIR SECOND APPOINTMENT, APPROXIMATELY 598 HAVE THEIR FIRST DOSE TAKEN AND THEY HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THEIR SECOND SHOW BUT THEY HAVE NOT YET TAKEN THAT. 
          THEN A GRAND TOTAL OF 36 WHO HAVE COMPLETED THE ENTIRE SERIES OR TWO SHOTS OR TWO DOSES IF YOU WILL. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE TOTALS THAT ARE THERE. 
          AGAIN, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBERS, IT DEPENDS ON THE PARTICIPATION OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND HR WILL WORK THROUGH THOSE NUMBERS IN THE DAYS AHEAD. 
          AGAIN, THESE ARE CONTACTED BY INDIVIDUALS, SO IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME TO GET THROUGH THESE NUMBERS AND THEY'LL BE REFINED AS WE GO ALONG. 
          BUT THAT'S HOW WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW WITH RESPECT TO OUR WORK STATUS AS WELL AS OUR VACCINATION STATUS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          WHERE WE ADD ON CLASSROOM MONITORS, I WANTED TO REMIND THE BOARD THAT WE'RE USING TWO APPROACHES TO RECRUIT ALL THESE PEOPLE. 
          FIRST OF ALL, IS OUR STAFFING AGENCY, AND THAT GROUP WILL HIRE CLASSROOM MONITORS AND OUR HALLWAY SCREENERS, AND THEN WITHIN OUR HR OFFICE, WE WILL HIRE THE HEALTH ANNEX MONITORS ESPECIALLY ITS MONITORS. 
          A HIRING GOAL NEXT WEEK IS TO HIT ABOUT 100 CLASSROOM MONITORS, ABOUT 20 HEALTH ANNEX MONITORS AND 20 SPECIAL NEEDS MONITORS. 
          THIS WEEK IS OUR COUNT, HOPEFULLY WE GET THESE FOLKS THROUGH THE PROCESS AND A FINAL CHECK OF THE PROCESS, AND THE BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS. 
          AGAIN, WE HOPE TO HAVE THESE NUMBERS ACHIEVED BY NEXT WEEK. 
          BUT AGAIN, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THAT BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESS. 
          BUT PEOPLE ARE MOVING THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS. 
          ONCE WE GET THROUGH THE SELECTION PROCESS, THE FOLLOWING WEEK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE MONITORS GET TRAINED [BACKGROUND] BECAUSE WE CAN'T PUT, EXCUSE ME, ANYONE INTO THE SCHOOLS UNLESS THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED AND THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS TO THIS. 
          THERE IS DAY ONE, DAY TWO APPROACH. 
          DAY ONE WOULD BE A SCHOOL TOUR AND DAY TWO WOULD BE A CENTRAL OFFICE ORIENTATION. 
          THE BIG THING ABOUT THE SCHOOL TOUR IS THAT THIS HAS TO TAKE PLACE ON SITE. 
          MONITOR MUST BE ESCORTED THROUGH THE SCHOOL, ORIENTED TO THE SCHOOL, AND GO THROUGH A SERIES OF REQUIRED TRAINING. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, EMERGENCY DRILLS MUST BE DONE SO THAT THAT MONITOR IS ABLE TO FUNCTION AT A SAFE AND SATISFACTORY WAY WITH THE STUDENTS IN THE BUILDING. 
          SEPARATE FROM THE CLASSROOM MONITOR AND TRAINING, I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR SPECIAL NEEDS MONITORS AND OUR HEALTH ANNEX MONITORS WILL RECEIVE SPECIALIZED TRAINING FROM THOSE DEPARTMENT. 
          THOSE FOLKS WILL BE TRAINED SEPARATELY FROM THE LARGER GROUPS SO 
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THAT THEY HAVE THAT REQUIRED TRAINING WITH THEIR PARTICULAR LOCATION. 
          THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEFING ON THE CLASSROOM MONITORS AND OUR WORK STATUS. 
          A TRANSITION TO DR. HART, WHO WILL TALK ABOUT OUR TRANSPORTATION UPDATE. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. WILKINS, AND GOOD EVENING BOARD AND VIEWING PUBLIC. 
          I'M GOING TO GIVE A VERY QUICK UPDATE ON OUR TRANSPORTATION PIECE AND WHERE WE ARE AS STATED LAST WEEK. 
          BASED ON OUR NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION, WE DO CONTINUE TO HAVE A CHALLENGE REGARDING ROUTING ARE HYBRID STUDENTS WITHIN ONE RUN. 
          ESSENTIALLY AT PER CAPACITY CONSTRAINT IS NOT LESSENED. 
          WE WILL HAVE TO COMPLETE OUR RUNS USING THE DOUBLE-RUN MODEL, WHICH DOES MEAN THAT IN TURN, THERE WILL BE STUDENTS THAT ARE RIDING TO SCHOOL AFTER THE FIRST BELL, AS WELL AS STUDENTS ARRIVING HOME LATER THAN NORMAL. 
          TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT FOR THAT CAPACITY CONSTRAINT PIECE. 
          I KNOW, DR. HUTCHINGS MENTIONED EARLIER REGARDING THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT COULD FIT ON A BUS. 
          I'LL GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A 77 PASSENGER BUS AT THIS POINT IN ORDER FOR US TO MAINTAIN B6 POINT OF SOCIAL DISTANCING, WE ARE AVERAGING EIGHT STUDENTS PER BUS. 
          YOU CAN SEE HOW THAT DROP EXCUSE ME, FROM 77 PASSENGERS TO EIGHT PASSENGERS. 
          WE DID AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD TRY TO REACH OUT TO ALL OF OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THIS HYBRID MODEL, WE DID SEND OUT A TRANSPORTATION CHOICE FORM. 
          THAT FORM CLOSED ON FRIDAY. 
          WE DID HAVE ROUGHLY 1800 NON-RESPONDENTS, WHICH MEANS THAT THOSE NON-RESPONDENTS HAVE TO BE OPTED INTO TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT OPTING OUT THAT MANY INDIVIDUALS FROM TRANSPORTATION. 
          WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING TO DO A DOUBLE RUN, A MODEL STRATEGY IN ORDER TO TRANSPORT ALL OF OUR HYBRID STUDENTS. 
          AGAIN, WE DO CONTINUE TO ASK FOR OUR PARENTS SUPPORT IN TRANSPORTING STUDENTS TO SCHOOL, ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO WALK IF AGE-APPROPRIATE AND OF COURSE, WITHIN THE WALK ZONE PARAMETERS, UTILIZING DASH AS AN OPTION. 
          THEN ALSO, HAVING STUDENTS DRIVE TO SCHOOL IF THEY ARE OF AGE AND LICENSED. 
          I WANT TO QUICKLY TURN IT OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF PUPIL TRANSPORTATION OF FLEET MANAGEMENT, SCOTT MERRIMAN. 
          GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR TRANSPORTATION. 
          >> THANK YOU, DR. HART, AND GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS. 
          TO EXPAND ON THE CONVERSATION OF WHAT IS A STUDENT THAT'S ELIGIBLE FOR TRANSPORTATION, WE TOOK THE HYBRID MODEL THAT WAS RETURNED ON THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE COMING BACK INTO THE CLASSROOMS, AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION IN PREVIOUS YEARS WAS INCLUDED IN THE TRANSPORTATION CHOICE FORM. 
          OUT OF THOSE 1800 STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THEIR RESPONSE ON, WE HAVE INCLUDED THEM IN OUR ROUTE PLANNING THAT PUT ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT WERE EQUAL OR AFFORDED THE TRANSPORTATION FROM YEARS PAST, RIGHT BACK INTO THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE EIGHT-FOOT, EIGHT STUDENTS ON A BUS FOR SIX-FOOT DISTANCING. 
          WE ARE PLANNING TO ALSO IDENTIFY EACH ONE OF THOSE STUDENTS SO THAT WE WILL HAVE A MEDICATION PROTOCOL IN PLACE. 
          I HOPE THIS HELPS EXPLAINS THE WALK ZONES WERE NOT IMPACTED. 
          THERE WAS NO RECOMMENDATION TO CHANGE A WALK ZONE DISTRICT-WIDE, NOR SHOULD THEY HAVE DONE. 
          THIS WILL IMPACT US WHEN IT COMES TO OUR BELL SCHEDULES, SHOULD BE LOAD OR THE CAPACITY OF THOSE STUDENTS IS NOT LESSENED. 
          I'LL RETURN THIS BACK TO DR. HART. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH DR. MERRIMAN, AND I BELIEVE NOW I'M TURNING IT OVER TO DR. MOZINGO. 
          >> I THINK IT'S ME. THANK YOU, DR. HART. 
          GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 
          I WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL AREAS OF OUR REIGNITE MONDAYS AS WE MOVE THROUGH OUR REOPENING. 
          FIRST IS LAST MONDAY, WHERE OUR SCHOOL LEADERS MET WITH THEIR STAFF MEMBERS TO HEAR CONCERNS AND REALLY LISTEN TO ANY FEEDBACK THAT THEY HAD. 
          THEY GATHERED QUESTIONS THAT THE PRINCIPAL SUBMITTED THE SAME DAY, THROUGH COMMUNICATIONS AND TO CENTRAL OFFICE. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE QUESTIONS, RESPOND AND PROVIDE RESPONSES TO MOST OF THE QUESTIONS, PART 1, 16 PAGES LAST FRIDAY AS A PART OF THE ACPS INSIDER. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE A STAFF SUPPORT CIRCLE WHERE WE'VE BROUGHT IN A GUEST FACILITATOR, EXCUSE ME, FOR THREE-STEP SUPPORTS. 
          SHE IS A TRAINED RESTORATIVE PRACTICES FACILITATOR. 
          HER NAME IS DR. SARAH FEDERMAN, SHE IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE. 
          SHE HAD HER FIRST CIRCLE LAST MONDAY WHERE WE HAD ABOUT 20 PEOPLE. 
          IT WAS A PRETTY INTENSE DAY LAST WEEK. 
          WE HAD HOPED FOR HIGHER NUMBERS AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT TODAY WE DID SEE SOME HIGHER NUMBERS. 
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WE WERE CLOSE [INAUDIBLE] WITH STAFF MEMBERS WHO MENTIONED THIS SUPPORT CIRCLE, JUST TO [INAUDIBLE] WHAT FUN IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A SAFE SPACE IF YOU WERE WITH A THIRD PARTY AND MAYBE THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT YOU WEREN'T COMFORTABLE SHARING AT A STAFF MEETING. 
          I THINK MR. WILLOW AND MR. BALDWIN, AND MISS JAMES WHO WERE AT THE CENTER OF BRINGING IN OUR GUEST FACILITATOR. 
          I HAVE ONE OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR DR. FEDERMAN NEXT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, WE WILL BE PUSHING UP THE INFORMATION AGAIN. 
          ANY STAFF MEMBERS WHO EITHER HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED OR HAVE PARTICIPATED AND WOULD LIKE TO DO ANOTHER ONE, ARE ABLE TO JOIN NEXT MONDAY THERE AFTER SCHOOL. 
          AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE TEAM'S WORK IN BRINGING IN OUR GUEST FACILITATOR. 
          LAST THING TO HIGHLIGHT IS LET'S TALK TUESDAY, WHICH DR. HUTCHINGS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MANY OF YOU ALSO PARTICIPATED IN OR LISTED IN THIS AFTERNOON. 
          DR. HUTCHINGS HAD FREE REPRESENTATIVES FROM EAA AS WELL AS TAC AT WHO ASKED QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO ANY OF THE AREAS THAT CAME UP DURING THAT PANEL DISCUSSION. 
          WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE THESE DIFFERENT AREAS OF OUTREACH. 
          WE HAD ABOUT 575 PEOPLE THIS AFTERNOON, I BELIEVE. 
          VERY EXCITING, LOOKING FOR WAYS TO REALLY REACH OUT AND HEAR FROM OUR STAFF IN WAYS HOPEFULLY SAFE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY CAN ASK WHATEVER QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE AND WE CAN PROVIDE UP-TO-DATE, RELIABLE INFORMATION ON OUR REOPENING. 
          WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TURN IT BACK TO DR. HUTCHINGS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> I WANT TO TURN THINGS OVER TO MADAM CHAIR TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR QUESTIONS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          I HAVE MS. ANDERSON AND MR. SUAREZ. 
          >> THANK YOU. CHAIR HOLDER. I SAW THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO DRIVE IF THEY CAN. 
          I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF IN THAT CASE THE [INAUDIBLE] CIRCLE AND NOT BEING ABLE NOT HAVING TO HAVE A PERMIT TO PARK THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH. 
          NOW, ARE WE GOING TO LET EVERYBODY PARK IN THE GARAGE [INAUDIBLE] I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. 
          I IMAGINE IT, IF EVERYBODY, WE'D HAVE MORE SPACE NOW, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT. 
          >> I'M SORRY. I WILL JUMP IN UNLESS DR.HUTCHINGS, YOU HAVE LOCAL SHERIFF YOU ARE [INAUDIBLE]. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. ANDERSON, WE ARE WORKING ON WHAT ARE GENERAL PARKING PLAN WOULD BE SINCE WE ARE ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO DRIVE THAT INCLUDES THE PERMIT PROCESS. 
          I APOLOGIZE. I DO NOT HAVE A GOOGLE LINK ON THE CALL WHO NORMALLY HANDLES THAT PIECE FOR US. 
          I DO KNOW THAT THAT IS UNDER DISCUSSION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TRYING TO LESSEN ANY RED TAPE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE SPACES NEEDED FOR STUDENTS WHO DO DRIVE TO SCHOOL TO PARK IN THOSE SPACES. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> MR. SUAREZ. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          I HAD TWO QUESTIONS. 
          ONE IS RELATING TO THE TRANSPORTATION AS WELL. 
          IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WERE OVER 1,000, MAYBE 1,600 OR SO I THINK WAS THE NUMBER FAMILIES WHO HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO THE FORM YET. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THE FACT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE SOME KIDS COMING IN LATE WITH THE DOUBLE RUNS DOES MAKE ME A LITTLE NERVOUS. 
          I'M OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOME LEARNING LOSS WITH THAT, THAT WOULD IN LOGISTICAL ISSUES THAT WOULD ARISE FROM THAT. 
          I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN SORT OF FOLLOW-UP WITH THOSE FAMILIES TO TRY TO REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS INSTEAD OF GOING TO MS. ANDERSON'S POINT ABOUT ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO DRIVE. 
          ARE WE PUTTING OUT MESSAGING, SORT OF ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO THE EXTENT THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THEIR OWN PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION TO DROP OFF STUDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE MORE WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER DOWN, THE BETTER. 
          THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF MADAM CHAIR WANTS ME TO LOOP BACK TO THE BACK FROM EITHER ONE. 
          I'LL STOP THERE FOR NOW. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SUAREZ. 
          YES, I CAN SHARE THAT IT'S BEEN A COLLECTIVE EFFORT IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION AND REACHING OUT TO OUR NON-RESPONSIVE FAMILIES AND IT CONTINUES TO BE. 
          THAT EFFORT INCLUDES OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, OUR HELPLINE, OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT OF THE PRINCIPLES HAVE ALSO AGREED TO HELP REACH OUT TO THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE NOT RESPONDENTS TO JUST ASK THEM TO REAFFIRM THEIR NEED FOR TRANSPORTATION OR IF THEY ARE PLANNING TO BRING THEIR STUDENTS TO SCHOOL. 
          THAT EFFORT CONTINUES. 
          WE DO AGREE THAT IT'S IN 
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OUR BEST INTERESTS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF DOUBLE-RUN WHERE POSSIBLE. 
          IN OUR BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO REALLY GET NON-RESPONDENTS TO CONFIRM WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE. 
          WE ARE DEFINITELY REACHING OUT THROUGH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND MULTIPLE AVENUES TO REACH THESE FAMILIES. 
          >> I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT WE DID HAVE ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 700. 
          I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO DECIDED THEY LET. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY FAMILIES THAT ACTUALLY NOTED THAT THEY WOULD USE THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION TO TRANSPORT THEIR STUDENTS. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS 400 ON THE PRIMARY LEVEL AND 350 ON THE SECONDARY LEVEL. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. SUAREZ WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK AN EXTRA SECOND QUESTION? 
          >> YEAH. WAS JUST A BRIEF QUESTION RELATING TO SLIDE FIVE ON RETURN TO SCHOOL AND VACCINATION DATA. 
          I WAS JUST DOING KIND OF BACK-OF-THE-ENVELOPE CALCULATIONS AND IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 1600 STAFF ARE ABLE TO RETURN AND IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 1600 OR SO. 
          ALSO, EITHER HAVE GOTTEN BOTH DOSES OF THE VACCINE ARE ON TRACK TO AT LEAST GO THROUGH THE VACCINATION PROCESS. 
          I WAS JUST CURIOUS, IS THAT PRETTY MUCH A ONE-TO-ONE CORRESPONDENCE, IS MY QUESTION? OR ARE THERE SOME INSTANCES WHERE TEACHERS ARE GETTING THE VACCINES BUT STILL INDICATING THEY CAN'T GO BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS OR OTHER REASONS? I JUST WANTED TO GET A SENSE OF THAT. 
          >> YES, WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT ANALYSIS YET. 
          IT'S A GOOD INFERENCE THAT YOU'RE MAKING, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE THE ACTUAL ANALYSIS TO SHOW THE FULL DATA. 
          WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING RIGHT NOW IS LOOKING AT EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER AND IN ALSO INCLUDING, WHERE THEY STAND WITH THEIR VACCINATIONS AND WE CAN DO MORE, TO PROVIDE MORE STATISTICS IN REGARDS TO THAT BUT WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT ACTUAL ANALYSIS AT THIS POINT, NOT YET, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH OUR DATA. 
          WE WOULD JUST FIRST TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW MANY CLASSROOM MONITORS WE'RE GOING TO NEED AND DIS AGGREGATING THIS DATA BY TEACHERS IN CLASSROOMS, FIRST. 
          GIVE US A BETTER IDEA, HOW DOES THIS IMPACTS THE NUMBER OF CLASSROOM MONITORS WE'RE GOING TO NEED SINCE THEY'RE NOT COMING IN, IN ROWS OF HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS. 
          WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE GOING TO BE OUR ALTERNATIVE PLANS IF THOSE NUMBERS ARE STILL HIGH, LIKE THEY WERE A FEW WEEKS AGO, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THAT? 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> MISS NOLAN. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIRPERSON, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE. 
          IT'S SUCH A DAUNTING TASK OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW, AND HER GETTING EFFORT TO GET STUDENTS BACK INTO THE SCHOOL. 
          IF THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN BE POSITIVE ABOUT, IT'S THE TREMENDOUS TEAM THAT'S BEEN ASSEMBLED TO REALLY FOCUS ON THIS, SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, ALL THE HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES. 
          DR. HUTCHINGS, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE A TRIBUTE TO MY COLLEAGUE, MR. SUAREZ AS I'M GOING TO LEARN FROM YOU, MR. SUAREZ AS A LAWYER, AND ACTUALLY ASKED ONE QUESTION WHEN THERE'S FOUR POINTS TO IT. 
          FORGIVE ME. BUT [LAUGHTER] I'VE LEARNED FROM YOU HAVE LEARNED FROM THE BEST, THIS IS MEANT TO BE A TRIBUTE TO YOU. 
          SO DR. HUTCHINGS, PUTTING MY TEACHER HAT ON, I'M THINKING OF CHANNELING MYSELF AS A FORMER TEACHER. 
          IF YOU DON'T MIND WALKING ME THROUGH FOUR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT I IMAGINE ARE TOP-OF-MIND AS A TEACHER. 
          NUMBER ONE, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF I'M GOING BACK INTO MY CLASSROOM, WHAT ASSURANCES AM I GETTING IN TERMS OF THE HVAC, AND THE UNDERSTANDING THAT MY CLASSROOM IS A SAFE SPACE? THAT'S ONE QUESTION. 
          THE SECOND IS WHAT KIND OF SPECIFIC IF YOU COULD TALK TO YOU, WHAT KIND OF ALLOTMENT OF TIME AM I BEING GIVEN TO PREP, TO GO BACK INTO MY CLASSROOM, SET IT UP, GET THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT I'M GOING TO NEED, AND HOW TO DO THAT? MY THIRD QUESTION IS, HAVE WE GIVEN THOUGHT TO ONCE I'M IN THE CLASSROOM WITH CONCURRENT TEACHING. 
          SO I'M HAVING SOME OF MY STUDENTS OBVIOUSLY ATTENDING VIRTUALLY AND SOME IN PERSON. 
          HAVE WE GIVEN IT ANY THOUGHTS, ANY BARRIERS WITH A MASK AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO WORK IN TERMS OF ALL THE PPE THAT I'M GOING TO NEED AS A TEACHER? THE FOURTH AND FINAL QUESTION, I CAN REPEAT ALL OF THESE. 
          I'VE GOTTEN THEM RIGHT DOWN, IS THAT I NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE BARRIERS FOR SOME TEACHERS RETURNING IS CHILDCARE. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO IN TERMS OF ANY SUPPORT OR COULD PROVIDE OR IN THAT EFFORT? SO AGAIN, IT'S HVAC IN THE CLASSROOM MAKING SURE I'M WALKING BACK INTO A SAFE SPACE. 
          NUMBER TWO, WHAT KIND OF PREP AM I GETTING AHEAD OF TIME TO ENSURE THAT I AM 
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PREPARED TO NOT ONLY MY CLASSROOM BUT THEN THE PD THAT'S NEEDED TO CONCURRENT TEACHING. 
          ONCE I'M IN THE CLASSROOM, ANY BARRIERS OR THOUGHTS WE HAVE ABOUT THE MASK? THE FOURTH IS, IS THERE ANY SUPPORT WE CAN PROVIDE WITH CHILD CARE IN AN EFFORT TO GET MORE TEACHERS INTO THE CLASSROOM? 
          >> I WANT TO ASK FOR DR. HART, TO ASSIST WITH THE FIRST QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE HVAC AND WE COULD SEE TYLER TODAY IF YOU CAN TALK, BUT IF YOU CAN'T LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU SO I'LL MOVE ON IF YOU CAN'T. 
          >> I CAN TALK. I'M JUST DISTRACTING WITH SNACKS RIGHT NOW. 
          SO I'M SORRY. IN REGARD TO [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> WE HAVE ALL BEEN THERE, DR. HART. 
          >> IN REGARDS TO THE FIRST QUESTION WITH HVAC, WE ACTUALLY JUST UPDATED AND SHARED AN HVAC FAQ TO OUR WEB-PAGE. 
          THAT PARTICULAR FAQ DOES SPEAK TO IN A LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY. 
          WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THEIR HVAC SYSTEMS TO INCLUDE A SITE-SPECIFIC LISTING OF ALL OF THE REPAIRS AND UPDATES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE SINCE LAST YEAR. 
          SO I DO THINK THAT THAT INFORMATION WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT. 
          SO THAT WAY THEY CAN BE UP-TO-DATE ON EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE FROM THE HVAC AND VENTILATION STANDPOINT 
          >> THANK YOU, DR. HARTS SO MUCH AGAIN, YOUR STAFF HAS DONE SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB AND NONE OF US WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM TOOK TO GET THE BUILDINGS READY AND ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. 
          WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL AND VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU IN YOUR ROLES AND THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, NOW AM GOING TO ASK FOR DR. MOZINGO THAT TO HELP WITH QUESTION NUMBER 2, IN REGARDS TO THE PREPARATION TIME THAT TEACHERS WILL HAVE. 
          I KNOW WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT OUR REIGNITE MONDAYS AND THOSE TYPES OF PROVIDING STAFF OPPORTUNITIES TO GET PREPARED FOR STUDENTS. RETURN? 
          >> YES, I WILL HELP ANSWER THAT QUESTION A COUPLE OF RESPONSES. 
          ONE IS THAT WE KNOW THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON MARCH THE SECOND, THAT'S THE FIRST DATE, RIGHT? WE KNOW THAT IN ORDER FOR THAT GROUP OF TEACHERS TO BE PREPARED, WE NEED TO WORK OUT A SCHEDULE FOR THOSE TEACHERS TO RETURN PRIOR TO THAT WEEK. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING WITH OPERATIONS AND WITHOUT PRINCIPLES TO IDENTIFY DAYS AND TIMES FOR TEACHERS TO COME INTO THE BUILDING TO GET PREPARED FOR THEIR CLASSES. 
          WE HAVE ALREADY HAD SOME TEACHERS IN THE BUILDINGS TO GET PREPARED. 
          WE'VE HAD A SCHEDULE BEFORE WHEN THEY HAD BEEN COLLECTING MATERIALS, BUT WE'LL DO THAT AGAIN IN TERMS OF HELPING TEACHERS GET PREPARED PRIOR TO, THE OTHER WAY I WANTED TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION IS AFTER WE GET STARTED, WE ALSO ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DEDICATE MONDAYS. 
          MONDAY'S WILL BE TIME THAT TEACHERS WILL HAVE ABOUT FIVE HOURS OF DEDICATED PLANNING FOR PREPARATION AND PLANNING FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 
          SO ONE IS YES, THERE WILL BE A COMMITMENT WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOLS, WE'LL HAVE TO ORGANIZE ALL OF THAT FOR TEACHERS TO IN A PRIOR TO, TO BE ABLE TO SET UP THEIR CLASSROOMS, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY PREPARED FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE SCHEDULED ALL THOSE THREE DATES. 
          >> ONE THING I DID WANT TO ADD TO THAT REALLY QUICKLY, MRS. NOLAN, IS THAT THE DESK AND THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SETUPS, [OVERLAPPING] IN REGARDS TO SETUP ARE ALREADY DONE. 
          THE TEACHERS WOULD BE COMING INTO THE CLASSROOM TO GET ACCLIMATED TO, SOME PEOPLE DO LIKE CERTAIN THINGS ON THEIR WALLS. 
          YOU'RE TRYING TO GET RE-ESTABLISHED WITH SOME OF THEIR MATERIALS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IN SCHOOL FOR A YEAR IN THE CLASSROOM. 
          SO THEY HAPPEN TO GET RE-ESTABLISH TO ACTUALLY HAVING THEIR MATERIALS AND MANIPULATIVES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THE CLASSROOM THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR, [NOISE] TYPICALLY WHEN WE START THE YEAR TEACHERS ARE MOVING DESKS, MOVING TABLES, ART, THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF AND OUR MAINTENANCE CREWS BECAUSE THAT WAS DONE FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS ARE ALREADY, SO THEY WILL NOT BE COMING HAVING TO MOVE BOXES. 
          THEY MAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THEIR BOXES THOUGH BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME MATERIALS THAT THEY MAY WANT OUT OF THAT, AND THAT TAKES TIME AS YOU, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE TEACHER WHO SEASONED AND HAVE A LOT OF STUFF. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH MORE THAN OTHERS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SOME OF THAT TIME TO PREP. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. DR. MOZINGO, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME, ASKING TWO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS TO WHAT YOU SHARED. 
          NUMBER ONE IS, HOW MUCH TIME WILL THE TEACHERS GET IN AN ADVANCED NOTICE TO KNOW WHAT TIME THEY HAVE TO PREP AND ALL OF THAT. 
          THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS, I KNOW MONDAYS IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I BELIEVE OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS SHARED WITH US THAT MONDAYS HAD BEEN SPENT WITH A LOT OF MEETINGS AND THINGS THAT INFORMING TEACHERS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO GET THROUGH THE WEEK. 
          ARE WE GOING TO BE MORE MINDFUL THEN ONCE WE RETURNING TO THE SCHOOL? IT SOUNDS LIKE MONDAYS YOUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT BE MORE SECURED FOR THE PLANNING THAT'S NEEDED TO PREPARE. 
          ARE WE GOING TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING TEACHER TIME ON MONDAYS? 
          >> YES, I'LL DO THE LATTER THEN COME TO YOUR FORMER HOW ABOUT THAT? 
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[OVERLAPPING] THAT'S OKAY FOR YOU. 
          BUT YES, WE JUST HAD EVEN ANOTHER DISCUSSION TODAY WITH THE PRINCIPLES ABOUT REALLY PROTECTING THAT MONDAY, THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          THAT IS PRIORITY. 
          THEY NEED TO HAVE THAT TIME. 
          SO THEY'RE GOING TO PROTECT MONDAYS FOR PLANNING TIME FOR TEACHERS BECAUSE RIGHT, SO WE'VE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THAT. 
          THE OTHER IS YOU ASK HOW SOON, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          THAT MEANS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO START A SCHEDULE PRIOR TO THE WEEK OF MARCH THE SECOND FOR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR CLASSROOMS. SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH PRINCIPALS AND FACILITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET THAT SCHEDULE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR TEACHERS. 
          I WANTED TO ALSO IF I COULD DR. HUTCHINGS, I CAN SPEAK TO THE QUESTION AROUND CONCURRENT INSTRUCTION IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO DO THAT? 
          >> YES, PLEASE. 
          >> I'VE GOT A GREAT EMAIL TODAY FROM DR. [INAUDIBLE] IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT CONCURRENT INSTRUCTION. 
          HE JUST SAW EVERY MONDAY I KNOW THAT CORY HAS BEEN PROVIDING SOME TRAINING ON THIS CONCEPT OF CONCURRENT INSTRUCTION, WHAT IT IS IN ALEXANDRIA, WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE. 
          AND ACTUALLY, IT WAS LAST WEEK WE HEARD ABOUT A DRILL, CORRECT ME IF I'M INCORRECT, ABOUT TWO HUNDRED TEACHERS THAT ATTENDED THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. 
          SO THERE IS A REAL COMMITMENT AND HAS NO ONE TO THE OTHERS TO PROVIDE AS MUCH TRAINING TO THIS NOTION OF CONCURRENT INSTRUCTION. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A WEEKLY NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF DATES AROUND WHAT CONCURRENT INSTRUCTION IS, WHAT IT ISN'T, BUT I THOUGHT I WOULD MAYBE ASK DR. 
          MANAGES HELP SO YOU CAN HAVE A REAL SENSE OF WHAT IS OCCURRING TO BUILD A SKILL SET OF OUR TEACHERS AND TO REDUCE SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS AROUND THEM CURRENT INSTRUCTION. 
          >> THANK YOU, DR. ZINGER, AND THANK HIM AS NOLAN'S FOR THE QUESTION. 
          YES, DARK IS NEITHER DARK. 
          MR. COMPELS HAS BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY ON CURATING RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS ON A CANVAS PAGE THAT HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD OUT MODULES FOR OUR STAFF. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH EDUCATIONAL ELEMENTS ON SOME MORE RESOURCES THAT WE HOPE TO EVER PLAY LATER THIS WEEK AND THEN ALSO WE'RE CONTINUING TO HIS DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE INDICATED IN THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE, GIVING TEACHERS TIPS AND IDEAS. 
          BUT WE'RE ALSO REACHING OUT TO OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM IN WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS. 
          THEN LASTLY, ON MARCH FIFTH, WE'RE ALSO HAVING CATKIN TUCKER COMING AND DO A SESSION FOR ELEMENTARY AND FOR SECONDARY ON CONCURRENT AND BLENDED INSTRUCTION. 
          SO THIS IS A MOVING TARGET AS WE ALL KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT YET. 
          I'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO BUILD RESOURCES AND THE ONE THING THAT AS YOU'VE HEARD DR. CATTING MENTION, OVER ALL OF THESE UPDATES AND ALL OF THE TEAM FLEXIBILITY. 
          SO GIVING THE TEACHERS THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOME SYNCHRONOUS SESSIONS AND SO ON THE SCRIPT, BULKY WILL BE HOLDING SYNCHRONOUS SESSIONS AGAIN ON THE TWENTY-SECOND, BUT ALSO THAT THESE ARE RECORDED. 
          SO IF YOU WANT TO PLAN AT 09:00 PM, YOU CAN OR IF YOU UP AT 04:00 AM LIKE I AM WITH MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, YOU COULD ALSO DO IT THEN. 
          SO TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE THE TIME WHEN THEY NEED TO WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO REALLY DIG IN AND LEARN AT THEIR OWN TIME AND PACE. 
          >> THE THIRD QUESTION THEN, MRS. NOLAN, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH THOSE TEACHERS FOR MARCH SECOND, WHERE STUDENTS RETURN MARCH FIRST. 
          SO THESE ARE TEACHERS AND K THROUGH FIVE FOR E-L, ESPECIALLY AT WITH TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO THAT GROUP FIRST IN REGARDS TO GETTING INTO THEIR CLASSROOMS SO WE'RE NOT HAVING IT. 
          IT'S AN OPEN-DOOR WHERE EVERYBODY COMES ALL AT ONE TIME WERE TRYING TO STAGGER IT SO THAT YOU HAVE AT LEAST TWO OPPORTUNITIES PRIOR TO YOUR TIME WHERE STUDENTS ARE RETURNING TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO YOUR CLASSROOMS LIKE TWO MONDAYS PRIOR TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT'S GOING ON AND WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH ALL THOSE LOGISTICS. 
          YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT CHILDCARE. 
          WHAT WAS BEFORE THE CHILDCARE QUESTION? 
          >> I WAS JUST CURIOUS, I KNOW WITH THE MASKS, HAVE WE GIVEN THOUGHT TO IT? HOW IS IT GOING TO BE TEACHING WITH MASKS THAT, I MEAN, THE CLASSROOM, I'VE GOT MY HALF, MY STUDENTS ARE VIRTUALLY JOINING, THEN IN-PERSON, I HAVE STUDENTS WHO ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE? I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT WITH MASKS FROM THE PP-E AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SOME STAFF, DO WEAR MASKS NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE IN CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY HAVE TO, BUT WHAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO DO AND WE'RE GOING TO START PROMOTING THIS AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD WITH OUR FAMILIES AS WELL IS HAVING YOUR KIDS. 
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WHERE ARE THE KIDS WHO HAVE SIGNED TO COME BACK TO HAVE THEM START WEARING THEIR MASK WHILE THEY'RE TALKING AT HOME BECAUSE THAT WILL GIVE THEM SOME PRACTICE PRIOR TO AND JUST SOME EXPERIENCE SO THAT YOUR FIRST-TIME WEARING THE MASK ALL DAY IS NOT YOUR FIRST DAY COMING BACK. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ITERATING TO OUR FAMILIES AS WELL AS TO OUR STAFF PRIOR TO COMING BACK BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE SOME PRACTICE TO GET USED TO IT. 
          I MEAN, IT'S VERY DIFFERENT. 
          I HAD TO WEAR MY MASK THE WHOLE DAY WHEN I WAS DOING OUR TOURS FOR THOSE TWO DAYS, THE WHOLE ENTIRE THAT FOR EIGHT HOURS. 
          IT WAS DIFFICULT DOING THAT BECAUSE I JUST WASN'T THE CUSTOMER HABITAT ON MY FACE, MY NOSE WAS RUNNING, AND EVERYTHING ELSE. 
          RIGHT. SO I HAD TO LEARN THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE I HADN'T WORN ON MY MASK ALL DAY BEFORE. 
          BUT THESE ARE SOME EXPERIENCES THAT WE NEED TO AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT POINT UP TO OUR STAFF AS WELL AS OUR FAMILIES BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES NOW TO PRACTICE BEFORE WEARING THE MASK. 
          WE CAN DO THAT IN A WAY TO SEE HOW DO I PROJECT MY VOICE? BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING, EVEN WHEN OUR TEACHERS ARE IN PERSON. 
          THEY STILL AREN'T GOING TO BE SPEAKING AND IT'S GOING TO BE CAPTURED THROUGH THE MIC OF OUR TECHNOLOGY PROVIDERS WOULD BE VIRTUAL. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY PROJECT OUR VOICES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRACTICING HOW TO DO THAT. 
          SO THE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO CHILDCARE IS GOING TO ASK FOR MR. HUFFMAN TO SHARE JUST SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE KNOW OUR STAFF IS HAVING IN REGARDS TO CHILDCARE AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          >> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          THANKS, DR. HATCH INS. 
          AS WE ALL KNOW, WE HAD THIS AMAZING PROGRAM WITH OUR PARTNERS FOR CHILDCARE GOING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN ABOUT TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY CHILDREN HAVING FREE CHILDCARE THROUGH AN IDENTIFIED PROCESS WITH TITLE ONE, AND THEN ALSO SEVERAL, HUNDREDS ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT ARE THROUGH PARTNERS IN A FEE-BASED OR SLIDING SCALE OR SCHOLARSHIP TYPE OF PROGRAM THROUGH THESE PARTNERS. 
          WE KNEW THAT WHEN STUDENTS CAME BACK OR COMING BACK INTO A HYBRID MODEL THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TRY TO LOOK AT WHAT SPACE COULD BE ALLOCATED TO KEEP THESE PROGRAMS ROLLING. 
          AND SO THANKS TO THE AMAZING WORK OF OUR FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT AND OUR TEAM, WE'VE REALLY LOOKED AT HOW WITH THIS DATA WE'RE GETTING ABOUT THE STAFF COMING BACK. 
          WHERE CAN WE FIT STUDENTS FOR CHILD CARE IN A HYBRID MODEL? IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD. 
          WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A COUPLE OF LITTLE CHALLENGES, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD. 
          SO THAT WAS OUR FIRST STEP. 
          WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE COULD KEEP THESE PROGRAMS ROLLING AND IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD TO KEEP THEM ROLLING, WHICH IS VERY PROMISING FOR US IN TERMS OF CHILDCARE FOR THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GETTING THEM. 
          THEN WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT OKAY. 
          IF WE HAVE STAFF WHO NEED CHILDCARE IN ALEXANDRIA, WHAT DO WE DO FOR THEM, WHAT ARE SOME SUPPORTS WE COULD GIVE THEM? SO WE'VE BEEN ASKING OUR CURRENT PARTNERS, DO YOU HAVE SLOTS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE TO ADD A COUPLE OF STUDENTS HERE AND THERE WITH YOUR PROGRAMS? SO WE'VE GOT THAT KIND OF REQUEST OUT THERE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS FROM THEM AS THEY LOOK AT NOW THAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN PROBABLY CONTINUE THEIR PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO, WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO GIVE STAFF RESOURCES TO LOOK AND FIND WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM FOR CHILDCARE. 
          SO WE'VE DONE TWO THINGS. 
          ONE IS, ON OUR WEBSITE FOR CHILDCARE, WE HAVE A LISTING OF ALEXANDRIA SITES THAT HAVE CHILDCARE, AND I MIGHT GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE IN JUST A SECOND ABOUT THAT ONE. 
          THEN THE SECOND THING WE'VE DONE IS I'VE CREATED A SPREADSHEET OF RESOURCES FOR ALL NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS BECAUSE WE KNOW STAFF DON'T ALWAYS LIVE IN ALEXANDRIA OFF COURSE. 
          SO FALLS CHURCH IN ARLINGTON, I'D PUT RESOURCES FOR CHILD CARE SO THAT THEY CAN GO OUT THERE, SEARCH, SEE WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM, FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR THEM, AND POTENTIALLY SIGN UP FOR CHILD CARE THAT THEY NEED IN THOSE DISTRICTS THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT PROVIDERS. 
          THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL UPDATE I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THE ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY CHILDCARE COALITION PUT OUT A SURVEY TO ALL POTENTIAL PARTNERS AND ALEXANDRIA AND ASK THEM, HEY, CAN YOU GIVE ME ALL YOUR INFORMATION, CAN YOU GIVE ME YOUR CONTACT, CAN YOU GIVE ME WHERE YOU ARE, YOUR PHONE NUMBERS, EVERYTHING, AND SHE EXPECTS TO HAVE THAT LIST COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE WEEK, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          THEN SHE'S GOING TO GIVE THAT LIST TO ME. 
          I'M GOING TO POST IT FOR OUR STAFF TO SEE THAT WHOLE LIST. 
          POTENTIAL PROVIDERS FOR THEM. 
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SO I'M HOPING THAT'S A GOOD START. 
          FOR IT'S THE SUPPORT FOR THEM IN TERMS OF FINDING CHILDCARE THAT MAY WORK. THANKS. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. HUFFMAN. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. THORNTON. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN TO THE TEAM FOR JUST ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION. 
          I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEXT MONTH AND SEEING HOW WE DOING. 
          I'M SURE WE'LL DO GREAT WITH GOING BACK TO SCHOOLS. 
          I AM CURIOUS, I HEARD DR. MOZINGO AND DR. MANN TALK A BIT ABOUT CONCURRENT TEACHING. 
          WITH THIS PUSH, WITH THE NEW CDC GUIDELINES COMING DOWN, THERE IS A PUSH FOR US ALL RETURN BACK INTO SCHOOLS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. 
          AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE IS STILL A LARGE DEMOGRAPHIC AMONG OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE JUST NOT COMFORTABLE RETURNING TO SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW AND LIKELY FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. 
          THERE ARE SOME CLEAR PATTERNS IN THE DEMOGRAPHICS AS FAR AS WHICH FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING TO OPT INTO THE HYBRID AND THOSE THAT ARE NOT. 
          I'M WONDERING, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT ALLOCATING TIME AND RESOURCES TO RETURNING BACK TO SCHOOL, I THINK IT'S STILL VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAINTAIN OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING AND MAKING SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO BOLSTER THAT AS WELL. 
          I'M CURIOUS IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT ADDITIONAL VIRTUAL SUPPORTS WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE OR MIGHT BE NEW AS WE STILL DO WORK TOWARDS RETURNING BACK IN PERSON. 
          IN PARTICULAR, I'M CURIOUS TO HEAR ANY UPDATES YOU MIGHT HAVE ON THE SEALS SUPPORT MONDAYS, AND HOW WE CAN PROACTIVELY MITIGATE SOME POTENTIAL EXTENSIONS AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS OR OPPORTUNITY GAPS AS A RESULT OF THIS VIRTUAL VERSUS HYBRID APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING. 
          >> MS. THORNTON, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE REALLY I THINK PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING THAT ALL FAMILIES DON'T WANT TO COME BACK INTO OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AT THIS TIME. 
          THAT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. 
          IT'S GOING TO GO IN WELL INTO NEXT YEAR AND IT CAN BE FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO COME. 
          WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STILL PROVIDE, WHETHER IT'S VIRTUAL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR SUPPORT SERVICES, VIRTUALLY, FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. 
          WE DON'T WANT THAT TO CEASE. 
          I ALSO LOVE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, VERY IMPORTANT FACT THAT SOME OF OUR FAMILIES WHO HAVE OPTED TO RETURN BACK INTO OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT OUR MOST VULNERABLE. 
          I WANT TO REPEAT THAT, SOME OF OUR FAMILIES WHO HAVE OPTED TO RETURN BACK INTO OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT OUR MOST VULNERABLE. 
          WHICH MEANS THAT EVEN OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS ARE STILL IN THAT SITUATION THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING EVERYTHING THAT THEY MIGHT NEED AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME AND NOT IN A WAY THAT COULD BE CONDUCIVE FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S STILL IN THE VIRTUAL WORLD. 
          BUT THEIR FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE OPTING. 
          MANY OF THESE STUDENTS ARE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS, OUR BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES ARE UNDER-REPRESENTED AND MARGINALIZED FAMILIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS, HOW DO WE ESTABLISH WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE CALLING, OUR RECOVERY KIND OF LIFE PLAN. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RECOVER FROM ALL OF THIS. 
          WE ALREADY KNEW PRIOR TO THIS PANDEMIC, WE HAD A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND A HUGE OPPORTUNITY GAP IN ACPS. 
          WE KNEW IT WAS PREVALENT, IT WAS REAL AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, UNFORTUNATELY. 
          IT IS BECOMING MORE PERVASIVE NOW WITH THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
          IF SOME OF OUR FAMILIES WHO REALLY DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS WHEN SENDING THEIR CHILDREN BACK INTO OUR SCHOOLS, THAT WE ARE GOING TO STILL HAVE TO SERVE THEM AND THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE SERVED, EVEN BEYOND THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC. 
          I WOULD LIKE FOR DR. CRAWFORD, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE [INAUDIBLE] I CAN'T SOLVE CASE SOLVE THAT PROBLEM YET, MS. THORNTON BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT ONE, BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR DR. CRAWFORD TO TALK ABOUT THE SEAL MONDAYS AND PROVIDE SOME INSIGHTS ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          IN THIS BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR SEAL SUPPORT MONDAYS, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH SCHOOLS, GIVING THEM INFORMATION ON THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR INITIALLY. 
          FOR THE POPULATION OF STUDENTS, REALLY LOOKING AT STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY RECEIVING TIER THREE LEVEL OF WHETHER IT'S ACADEMIC OR SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING SUPPORT THAT THERE ARE DOCUMENTED AREAS OF NEEDS. 
          THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THEIR TEAMS AND ARE GOING TO PROVIDE US BACK NAMES SO WE GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE. 
          WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO TELL FROM THOSE LISTS, ARE THEY RECOMMENDING PRIMARILY STUDENTS WHO WILL STAY VIRTUAL OR HYBRID AS WE MOVE IN BECAUSE AS YOU JUST CAPTURED, WE DIDN'T WANT TO LIMIT THE LIST TO BE 
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JUST STUDENTS WHO HAD SAID THEY WERE GOING TO COME BACK IN HYBRID. 
          IF YOU HAVE THESE NEEDS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE VIRTUAL OR HYBRIDS. 
          WE'RE COLLECTING THE NAMES FROM THE SCHOOLS. 
          THEY WERE ACTUALLY BEING TURNED IN TODAY. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING AND LOOKING FOR WAYS TO BEEF UP OUTSIDE OF SEAL SUPPORT MONDAYS, JUST SEAL SUPPORT IN GENERAL. 
          ONE THING THAT OUR DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH SCHOOLS AND TLL HAS DONE IS PROVIDE A SEAL CALENDAR FOR STAFF MEMBERS. 
          I WILL SAY THAT SOMETHING THAT AS WE'VE DONE OUR QUARTERLY CHATS ARE LISTENING TOURS, AS DR. HUTCHINGS CALLS THEM. 
          THEY REFERENCED, THE SST MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW THEY'VE TAKEN THE SEAL CALENDAR AND THEN TAILORED IT AND ENHANCED IT TO THEIR SPECIFIC STUDENT POPULATION. 
          WE'RE CONTINUING TO REALLY MAKE THAT A GREAT TOOL FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR SST. 
          THE LAST THING I WAS TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT, WE'VE BEEN DOING WORK ON EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAMS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO SUPPORT THE TRAUMA AND HOPING TO GET THAT INFORMATION, I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO SO WE KNOW HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE REMAINING VIRTUAL, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT WE'LL SEE IN PERSON. 
          THE BOARD ASKED THIS QUESTION A FEW WEEKS AGO, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND POTENTIALLY WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES, IF THAT IS NEEDED. 
          WE KNOW THE LEVEL OF NEED IS GOING TO BE GREAT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND WE WANT TO MEET EVERYONE WHERE THEY ARE AND WORK DOWN THAT ROAD TO RECOVERY, AS DR. HUTCHINGS JUST SAID. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. GREENE. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THIS JUST GETS MORE FUN BY THE DAY [LAUGHTER]. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR SUCCESSFUL REOPENING FOR ALL THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT. THANK YOU. 
          MY QUESTION IS ALSO AROUND BUS TRANSPORTATION. 
          I'M HEARING THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT SOME PARENTS WITH MULTIPLE CHILDREN ARE ONLY GETTING ONE E-MAIL. 
          I THINK THE E-MAIL WERE SUPPOSED TO GO OUT TO EACH CHILD. 
          SOME FAMILIES ARE ONLY GETTING ONE E-MAIL WITH ONE CHILD'S NAME IN IT. 
          I'M SURE THAT IT'S A BIGGER PROBLEM THAN JUST WHAT I'M HEARING. 
          I WANT TO KNOW, HOW ACCURATE DO WE FEEL OUR DATA IS? IF SURVEYS NOT SINCE IN FOR A PARTICULAR CHILD, HOW IS THAT COMMUNICATION GOING OUT? IS IT BY FAMILY? IS IT BY CHILD? JUST HOW ACCURATE DO WE FEEL THIS INFORMATION IS. 
          THEN SECONDLY, IF PEOPLE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SURVEY AT ALL AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE SHOWING UP TO TAKE THE BUS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RIDE THE BUS EXCEPT FOR WAIT FOR IT. 
          SECOND, I GUESS THE DOUBLING UP OR HOW WILL THAT WORK AS WELL? 
          >> MS. GREENE, I'M NOT SURE IF DR. HOOVER OR MORIAH WANKLE IS ON TODAY'S CALL TO TAKE THE FIRST PIECE ABOUT THE DATA ACCURACY. 
          WE ARE WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH IT ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THAT PARTICULAR FORM. 
          DR. HOOVER, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT. 
          >> YEAH, SURE. IF THE CHILDREN ARE CONNECTED, YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN IN THE SURVEY ALLOWED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION FOR BOTH OF YOUR KIDS. 
          I WOULD REALLY NEED TO HAVE A SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OF WHO THAT DID NOT WORK FOR. 
          BECAUSE WE DID TEST IT OUT AND I KNOW FOR MY OWN HOME EXPERIENCE THAT WORKED FOR US. 
          IF THERE ARE CERTAIN EXAMPLE THAT HAPPENED FOR KIDS OR FOR FAMILIES, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES SO WE CAN RESEARCH THAT. 
          BECAUSE THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS IS, IF A PARENT IS CONNECTED TO MULTIPLE KIDS IN THE SYSTEM, THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESPOND IN THAT ONE SURVEY, IN THAT ONE E-MAIL TO ALL OF THEIR KIDS' NEEDS. 
          IF YOU COULD SEND ME ANYTHING, INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. 
          >> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 
          THEY WERE SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T GET AN E-MAIL SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THE SECOND CHILD. 
          SHE COULDN'T GO BACK IN AND DO IT AGAIN, BUT I'LL SEND YOU THAT INFORMATION. 
          >> THAT BE REALLY HELPFUL. I WILL FOLLOW. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] DO YOU KNOW THERE COULD BE ALSO SOME CASES WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND ONE CHILD IS HYBRID AND ONE CHILD IS VIRTUAL? WE SET THE TRANSPORTATION TO ONLY FAMILIES WHO SELECTED HYBRID. 
          THERE COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE YOU MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE CHILD IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD. 
          BUT IF YOU SELECTED HYBRID FOR ONE AND NOT FOR THE OTHER, ONLY THE ONE WITH HYBRID IS GOING TO RECEIVE THE TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENT. 
          BECAUSE THIS INFORMATION ONLY WENT OUT TO OUR FAMILIES WHO SELECTED HYBRID BACK IN DECEMBER TO RETURN. 
          I DO KNOW THERE WERE SOME CASES WHERE 
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SOME FAMILIES MADE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND SELECTED DIFFERENT CHOICES FOR THEIR KIDS. 
          I KNOW DR. HOOVER [INAUDIBLE] IF WE GOT THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN FOLLOW UP. 
          >> JUST A FOLLOW-UP, MADAM CHAIR. 
          JUST SO MY MIND IS AT EASE. 
          KIDS THAT SHOW UP FOR THE BUS, ALL OF THEM WILL BE ABLE TO RIDE THAT BUS TO SCHOOL, CORRECT? 
          >> YES. MS. GREENE, I CAN DEFINITELY ADDRESS THAT SECOND PIECE. 
          FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE RIGHT NOW NON-RESPONDENTS, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH INCLUDING THEM IN OUR ROUTING PROCESS. 
          WHICH IS LEADING TO THE DOUBLE ROUTES. 
          BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THOSE CASES WE ARE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE CHILDREN THAT SHOW UP THAT MAY BE FOR WHATEVER REASON THEIR FAMILIES WERE UNABLE TO RESPOND. 
          YES, WE ARE PLANNING ON TO BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THEM. 
          WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE STILL ASKING FOR FAMILIES IF POSSIBLE, TO HELP LESSEN THAT CONSTRAINT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR CAPACITY PIECE. 
          >> GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          >> DR. REEF. 
          >> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HARD WORK. 
          I ECHO MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT. 
          I DID WANT TO JUST GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO DR. HART AND YOUR TEAM FOR THE H BACK FACTS THAT WERE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, I THOUGHT THEY WERE REALLY GOOD AND PEOPLE EVEN CAN LINK TO SITE-SPECIFIC. 
          H FACT WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE IN EACH SCHOOL. 
          I THINK THAT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR FOLKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          I ALSO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          THE FIRST ONE I SEE DR. HAERING IS STILL ON ZOOM AND MAYBE THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIRECT TO HIM. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN THE NEWS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE, THE VARIANT STRAINS OF COVID AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY MAY INCREASE THE COMMUNITY SPREAD IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. 
          I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE ARE HOPING THAT THE VACCINE ROLL OUT IS GOING TO MITIGATE AGAINST SOME OF THAT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO THAT DR. 
          HAERING LIKE HOW YOU ALL ARE TRACING THAT AND I'M ASSUMING THAT IT'S JUST WE'RE STILL USING THE SAME CORE INDICATORS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SCHOOLS WILL BE OPEN, BE IN THE HYBRID TO HAVE TO PIVOT BACK BUT IF YOU COULD JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VARIANCE AND HOW YOUR DEPARTMENT IS DEALING WITH THAT. 
          THEN WHAT THE CDC GUIDELINES THAT JUST CAME OUT ON FRIDAY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE ON ITS SURVEILLANCE TESTING, AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WERE ANY PLANS. 
          ALEXANDRIA TO DO THAT, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST BUT SINCE THAT IS IN THE GUIDELINES, I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK ON THAT AND THEN JUST IN TERMS OF SHARING OUT THE COVID DATA AS WE PUT IT INTO THE HYBRID MODEL. 
          IF THERE ARE CASES, HOW THAT INFORMATION GOING TO BE SHARED OUT, WOULD THERE BE A DASHBOARD OF SOME ON OUR WEBSITE OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE LIKE A LETTER THAT WOULD GO OUT TO FAMILIES AT THE SCHOOL, JUST SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR THAT. 
          >> I'M NOT SURE DR. HAERING IS STILL ON, I MEAN HE'S ON I'M NOT SURE HE'S AT HIS DESK AS HE SAYS. 
          >> I DOUBLE MUTED BY PHONE AND I APOLOGIZE. 
          THANKS FOR THOSE QUESTIONS. THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW I'M TALKING TO AIR AND NOW TALKING YOU ALL AGAIN. 
          WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE VARIANTS AND WE'RE WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY. 
          THE ONE FROM THE UK B117, HAS BEEN SHOWN TO HAVE AN INCREASE IN TRANSMISSIBILITY. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, INSTEAD OF ONE PERSON GETTING ONE OTHER PERSON SICK THEY MIGHT GET OR I SHOULD USE DIFFERENT NUMBERS. 
          INSTEAD OF ONE PERSON PERFORMING A CERTAIN BEHAVIOR AND GETTING FIVE PEOPLE SICK. 
          THAT SAME SITUATION MIGHT ACTUALLY CAUSE ANYWHERE FROM 8-11 PEOPLE TO GET SICK.. 
          IT'S MUCH MORE TRANSMISSIBLE. 
          THERE HAD BEEN LIMITED STUDIES BUT THE STUDIES DO SHOW THAT CERTAIN AGE GROUPS IN THE SIX DECADES OF LIFE, IT ACTUALLY HAS A PRETTY MARKET INCREASE IN THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE NEEDING HOSPITALIZATION. 
          WHEN I SAID BEFORE, I'M ACTUALLY VERY PLEASED TO SEE THE NUMBER OF HOSPITAL BEDS THAT ARE OCCUPIED BY COVID ACTUALLY BEING FREED UP. 
          I'M ACTUALLY KEEPING THAT IN MIND BECAUSE INCREASED NUMBER OF CASES ALONE INCREASES THE NUMBER OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, BUT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF CASES WITH SOME EVIDENCE THAT IT ACTUALLY CAUSES MORE SEVERE DISEASE ALSO REQUIRES MORE HOSPITALIZATIONS. 
          WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, WHEN I SAY WE, WE TALK ABOUT NORTHERN VIRGINIA WITH A PROPOSAL TO DO SURVEILLANCE AND THE COUNTER PROPOSAL BY 
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THE HEALTH DIRECTORS IS THAT WE'RE ALREADY COLLECTING A LOT OF SPECIMENS. 
          LET'S INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF SURVEILLANCE THAT IS DONE AT THE LABORATORY LEVEL TO LOOK FOR THESE VARIANTS, THERE IS A CERTAIN PROTOCOLS THAT THE STATE FAIRFAX PUBLIC HEALTH LAB DOES. 
          I BELIEVE THEY ALREADY TEST MAYBE 10 PERCENT OF ALL THE SAMPLES THAT COME THROUGH TO CHECK FOR THE VARIANCE. 
          WE HAVE THE VARIANCE HERE IN VIRGINIA. 
          IT'S PRESENT AND I THINK IT'S OVER 30 DIFFERENT STATES AND IT'S ESTIMATED THAT BY MARCH WHICH IS ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY, IT WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT VARIANT HERE IN VIRGINIA. 
          WE'RE WATCHING IT VERY CLOSELY AND WE DO KNOW THAT THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES HELP TO PROTECT AGAINST IT. 
          AGAIN, THAT'S THE DISTANCING, IT'S THE CONSISTENT AND CORRECT USE OF THE MASKS, IT'S THE HAND HYGIENE WILL PROTECT AGAINST THE NEW VARIANT. 
          THE VACCINE AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE TWO VACCINES THAT WE HAVE ALSO UNDERSTOOD TO PROTECT AGAINST THE VARIANT. 
          I LIKEN THIS TO, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A DOG, THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOGS. 
          THERE'S GOLDEN RETRIEVER, BEAGLES, MUTTS AND ALL THAT. 
          THEY LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT WE ALL RECOGNIZE WHAT A DOG LOOKS LIKE. 
          RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOT BEEN SUCH A MUTATION THAT THE IMMUNE SYSTEM STIMULATED BY THE VACCINE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE COVID-19. 
          IT COULD GET TO THE POINT WHERE THERE COULD BE MUTATIONS SUCH THAT THE DOG NO LONGER LOOKS LIKE A DOG. 
          THAT'S WHY WE IN PUBLIC HEALTH ARE SAYING, EVEN AFTER YOU GET THE VACCINE, YOU STILL NEED TO PRACTICE THESE MITIGATION STRATEGIES. 
          IT'S NOT A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD OR I SHOULD SAY GET OUT OF MASK FREE CARD. 
          WE'LL BE PRACTICING THESE THINGS FOR SOME TIME. 
          IT WILL BE QUITE FRANKLY MONTHS AWAY WITH DR. HATCH SAID BEFORE, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PEOPLE CHOOSING NOT TO COME BACK NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THAT COULD BE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH SOME LEVEL OF TRANSMISSION IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          ONLY TIME WILL TELL AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON THAT WE'VE SEEN A DROP IN THE NUMBER OF CASES RECENTLY IS NUMBER ONE, WERE OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF PEOPLE TRAVELING AND GATHERING AT THE HOLIDAYS. 
          NUMBER TWO, THAT THERE HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENT IN THE BEHAVIORS THAT HELP TO REDUCE THE TRANSMISSION. 
          I KNOW YOU HAD ASKED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT I'M NOT SURE IF I ANSWERED EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAD ASKED. 
          >> YEAH, I THINK SO. I WAS ALSO ASKING, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR DR. HATCH ON THE TEAM BUT JUST TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE NOTIFYING PEOPLE ABOUT IF THERE ARE POSITIVE CASES WITHIN THE SCHOOL BECAUSE I THINK AS PEOPLE ARE PREPARING TO COME BACK IN THE BUILDINGS, THAT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE ONE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE HAVING. 
          >> I'LL ACTUALLY START WITH THAT DR. HATCH IF IT'S OKAY. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE DEVELOPED A HANDBOOK FOR ACPS LAST JULY AND THEY'VE LOOKED OVER IT, THEY'VE REVIEWED IT, THEY'VE GIVEN US EDITS. 
          WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH IT. 
          WE'VE DONE TOWN HALLS IF YOU WILL FOR THE STAFF AND IN FACT DR. CRAWFORD AND I BEEN COMMUNICATING TODAY ABOUT SOME ISSUES BUT THERE IS THINGS IN PLACE THAT WE HAVE. 
          AGAIN, THOSE FIVE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT AND THE FIFTH ONE IS COLLABORATION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          DR. CRAWFORD, DR. HATCH EVERYBODY HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH US AND COMMUNICATING WITH US. 
          AS TO HOW WE WILL WORK TOGETHER AND COMMUNICATE TO STAFF AND COMMUNICATE TO FAMILIES. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> I'M SORRY. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> MY APOLOGIES, I JUST WANT TO ADD IN THAT AS A PART OF THAT PIECE FOR REOPENING AS THE REQUIRED TABLETOP TRAINING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          ALL SCHOOLS HAVE SCHOOL COVID TEAMS WITH THEIR LEADERSHIP, WITH THEIR NURSE, OTHER MEMBERS WHO COULD RESPOND IN, IN CASE THERE WAS ANY QUESTION. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHO HAD THEIR FULL TEAM ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH US AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOL COVID TEAM LEADERS PARTICIPATED IN THAT TRAINING SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE HANDBOOK THAT'S BEEN PUT TOGETHER IN OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE, AND WE'RE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU, DR. 
          HAERING. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION [LAUGHTER] ABOUT THE VARIANCE. 
          THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO ASK WAS, AND IT BUILDS A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT MS. THORNTON WAS ASKING ABOUT. 
          BUT WE HAVE HEARD, OF COURSE, FROM FAMILIES WHO HAD SELECTED IN DECEMBER THAT THEY WANTED TO STAY VIRTUAL, AND NOW THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PIVOTING TO THIS HYBRID MODEL. 
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I KNOW THAT OUR PLANNING IS ALL BASED ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE ACQUIRED IN DECEMBER. 
          I REMEMBER HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE COULD NOT ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE COMING BACK THREE DAYS A WEEK. 
          REMEMBER, IT WAS THE ONE DAY A WEEK WAS WHAT WAS FEASIBLE. 
          MY QUESTION IS JUST WHAT YOU ARE THINKING IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL CAPACITY AND WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE MAKE THE PIVOT AND WE HAVE SOME EXTRA SPACE AND WE INVITE SOME PEOPLE IN, BUT MORE PEOPLE WANT TO PIVOT INTO THE HYBRID MODEL, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING THAT IN AN EQUITABLE WAY? OR THINKING ABOUT THE MISFORTUNES QUESTION, HOW DO WE DO THAT IN A WAY THAT'S TARGETING THE STUDENTS WHO MAY BENEFIT THE MOST FROM HAVING THOSE SPACES? I THINK THIS IS DEFINITELY A REALLY TOUGH QUESTION, AND I KNOW YOU'RE JUST PROBABLY FOCUSED ON GETTING THE KIDS BACK IN MARCH, BUT WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THIS CHALLENGING SITUATION? 
          >> WE ARE HAVING SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS NOW, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE DEDICATED TO TRY AND GET THROUGH MARCH 16. 
          BUT WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS AROUND. 
          WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN EXPANSION OF MORE FAMILIES WANTING TO OPT-IN, AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO IN REGARDS TO THE BUILDING CAPACITY TO RESOLVE THAT? ESPECIALLY WHEN WE START LOOKING INTO THE SUMMER AND THE FALL AND THE MAJOR BARRIER OR COMPLICATION, NOT NECESSARILY A BARRIER, BUT ONE OF THE MAJOR COMPLICATIONS IS AS LONG AS THE CDC REQUIREMENTS ARE OUT THERE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE FOR US UNTIL THEY ARE NO LONGER AROUND. 
          IN REGARDS TO SIX FEET DISTANCING AND NOT HAVING TRANSITIONS AND MINIMIZING ALL THESE THINGS. 
          THAT IS REALLY WHAT GIVES US THE MAJOR COMPLICATION, AND AS LONG AS THOSE CDC REQUIREMENTS ARE IN EXISTENCE, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS CHALLENGE. 
          BUT I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR YOU, DR. REEF, AT THIS MOMENT IN REGARDS TO WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AS WE GET TO 80 PERCENT OF OUR FAMILIES WANTING TO COME BACK. 
          WE ARE WORKING THROUGH IT THOUGH. 
          WE ARE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN OUR BUILDINGS AND WHAT IMPACT IS THAT GOING TO HAVE ON POTENTIALLY SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO USE THINGS LIKE OUR RECESS IN OUR GYMS, AND AUDITORIUMS, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          THOSE ARE SOME DISCUSSIONS THAT, YES, WE ARE HAVING, BUT I DO NOT HAVE A RESPONSE ON THE SOLUTION AT THIS TIME, BUT WE WILL IN APRIL. 
          [LAUGHTER] APRIL, MAY TIME-FRAME, I THINK IT STARTS WITH WHEN OUR NEXT SPRINT, OUR SPRINT FOR THE FALL. 
          I KNOW IT WAS IN MAY, BUT APRIL WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT THE SUMMER. 
          MARCH, APRIL WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SUMMER. 
          >> THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING BACK TO MS. NOLAN. 
          >> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON. 
          DR. HUTCHINGS, I CAN'T EVEN FRONT WITH THESE TWO QUESTIONS THAT THEY'RE EVEN RELATED. 
          SO JUST FORGIVE ME AND THANKS FOR YOUR GRACIOUSNESS. I'M GOING TO SQUEEZE THEM IN. 
          MY ONE QUESTION IS, DO YOU MIND JUST SHARING WITH US WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR RECESS, PLAYGROUND TIME, GYM? I KNOW THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE TOP-OF-MIND FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES AND PARENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THAT? THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, I THINK FOR DR. WILKINS IS THAT, DO YOU MIND JUST SHARING WITH US, BECAUSE I WROTE DOWN IN MY NOTES, FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE IT WRONG THAT 60 PERCENT OF OUR FTES ARE PLANNING TO RETURN. 
          BUT I'M CURIOUS, DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS OF THAT? DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF, IS IT HOMEROOM TEACHERS COMING BACK? IS IT MORE ELEMENTARY VERSUS HIGH SCHOOL? I'M JUST CURIOUS, DOES IT END UP BEING EQUAL ACROSS THE SCHOOL? DO WE FEEL LIKE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO OPEN UP AT THE SAME LEVEL OF OPPORTUNITY OR IS THERE A SHIFT IN THE DATA? I WAS JUST CURIOUS AGAIN ABOUT NUMBER ONE, IF YOU DON'T MIND SHARING WITH US, WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS AROUND PLAYGROUND TIME AND RECESS TIME, PARTICULARLY GIVEN WHAT DR. 
          HAERING SAID EARLIER? THEN ALSO JUST THE 60 PERCENT, AND WHENEVER YOU GET THAT BROKEN DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS OPENING UP TO EQUALLY IN TERMS OF THEIR SUPPORTS AND NEEDS? 
          >> I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE ARE FINALIZING SOME OF OUR DIS AGGREGATED DATA AND PRINCIPLES OF WORKING THROUGH THAT. 
          SO WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU-ALL LATER THIS WEEK FOR BOARD MEMBERS, 
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SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EACH SCHOOL. 
          TODAY WHAT WE SHARE WAS MORE SO THE OVERVIEW OF THE WHOLE SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          BUT WHAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH NOW IS THE IMPACT ON HOMEROOM, CLASSROOM, ENCORE, SUPPORTS, ADMINISTRATION, FRONT OFFICE. 
          WE ARE WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THAT. 
          IT'S JUST TAKEN US A LITTLE MORE TIME TO GET THAT FINALIZED, BUT WE WILL HAVE SOME MORE DETAILS IN REGARDS TO THAT DATA LATER THIS WEEK, MS. NOLAN. 
          IN REGARDS TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR PRINCIPLES ON, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND ENCORE, AND RECESS RECENTLY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF MS. PETERS OR MS. BINAM IF YOU ALL WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WAS OUR DISCUSSION WITH PRINCIPALS OR MR. PASCHAL OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. 
          >> THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS. I WOULD REFER TO MR. PASCHAL FOR ELEMENTARY RECESS. 
          >> SURE. WELL, IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE PROVIDE SOME OUTSIDE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS DURING RECESS. 
          DIFFERENT BUILDINGS, PLAYGROUND AREAS. 
          PARAMETERS ARE DIFFERENT ACROSS THE DIVISION, BUT WE HAVE AGREED THAT WILL BE CRITICAL TO GET KIDS OUT AND GET THEM MOVING. 
          SO AS WE TRANSITION, IT'S CLEAR THAT WE WILL BE PROBABLY RELYING IT FIRST ON PRACTICING SOME THINGS LIKE SOCIAL DISTANCING AS WE WALK OUTSIDE, WALKING ON, TAKING WALKING FIELD TRIPS AROUND THE BUILDING, AROUND THE COMMUNITY. 
          THEN I KNOW TODAY WE HEARD FROM KRISTENDONLY, THE PE AND FLE COORDINATOR, ABOUT SOME EXCITING PLANS FOR SOME ACTIVITIES THAT WILL LEND THEMSELVES TO SOCIALLY DISTANCED FREE PLAY ACTIVITIES. 
          SO WE HAVE A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          SOME OF US OF A CERTAIN AGE THINK OF RECESS IS TAG AND PLAYING ON PLAY EQUIPMENT, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          I'LL CERTAINLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. 
          WE ARE GOING TO LEAN INTO SOME TIME-HONORED TRADITIONS THAT WE HAVE. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE SPRING, WE ALWAYS DO A WALKING ACTIVITY WITH OUR STUDENTS AND THEY EARN LITTLE FEET FOR EVERY LAP THAT THEY WALK, AND OF COURSE THAT'S A TUCKER SPECIFIC EXAMPLE. 
          BUT IT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HAVING SOME ACTIVITIES THAT NATURALLY WILL APPEAL TO STUDENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USED TO. 
          SO EVERY SCHOOL IS LOOKING AT THE AVAILABLE SPACE. 
          HOW CAN THEY MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THAT SPACE AS A PLACE FOR KIDS TO FREE? HOW MUCH OF THAT CAN BE FREE PLAY, AND HOW MUCH OF IT NEEDS TO BE A STRUCTURED ACTIVITY TO ENSURE THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY? I HOPE THAT HELPS. 
          >> I DO KNOW THAT, AS WE'RE FINALIZING SOME OF THE RECESS, THAT AS MR. PASCHAL SAY, RECESS IS GOING TO LOOK VERY DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF THE DISINFECTION OF EQUIPMENT THAT HAS TO OCCUR. 
          AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IF WE GO BACK TO HOW WE RECESS USED TO BE, YOU NEVER HAVE TIME TO DISINFECT. 
          WHICH WILL BE A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE I KNOW FOR MANY PARENTS WHOSE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL AS WELL AS FOR STAFF, AND IT JUST WOULDN'T BE FOLLOWING THE HEALTH AND SAFETY MITIGATION PROTOCOLS. 
          SO THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS IN REGARDS TO THE PLAYGROUND COMPONENT. 
          OF COURSE, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE DOING WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO RIGHT NOW AT PLAYGROUNDS, BECAUSE AS I HAVE BEEN JOGGING, I SEE DIFFERENT THINGS [LAUGHTER] AT OUR PLAYGROUNDS. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE OUR SIGNS THAT TRY AND TELL PEOPLE TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT. 
          BUT DURING A SCHOOL DAY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE HEALTH AND SAFETY MITIGATIONS SUCH AS SIX FEET DISTANCING. 
          SUCH AS THE CLEANING CYCLES, AND THAT DOES NOT AFFORD US TO HAVE THE SAME KIND OF RECESS AND FREE FOR ALL PLAY THAT WE HAD PRIOR TO MARCH 13TH. 
          >> APOLOGIES CHAIR ALDERTON. 
          I KNOW THAT WE'VE GIVEN THANKS AND KUDOS TO SO MANY FOLKS TODAY THAT IS WELL DESERVED, BUT IF I CAN JUST TAKE A SECOND. 
          THERE'S A SPECIAL, SPECIAL THANKS TO PRINCIPAL PETERS AND PASCHAL FOR BEING ON AND OFF. 
          THE PRINCIPALS I JUST THINK ARE JUST DOING SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB. 
          IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A DIFFICULT JOB, BUT I JUST THINK DURING THIS TIME ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE LOGISTICS AND THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER GOTTEN THEIR TEAM ON THE GROUND. 
          JUST WANTED TO SAY A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE PRINCIPALS, PARTICULARLY MR. PASCHAL AND MS. PETERS. 
          I KNOW DR. BIDEN AND MR. BALLAS WHO ARE DOING A LOT MORE ALSO TO SUPPORT THEIR COLLEAGUES. 
          I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU MS. NOLAN. WE'LL PASS THOSE VIEWS ALONG. THANK YOU. 
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          >> PLEASE DO. IT'S JUST BEEN PHENOMENAL. 
          THE PRINCIPALS HAVE DONE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN ADDITION TO OBVIOUSLY EVERYONE ELSE. 
          >> THANK YOU. MS. THORNTON, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP. 
          >> YES. THANK YOU. I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR. 
          HAERING'S RECOMMENDATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION REGARDING ATHLETICS. 
          DEFINITELY IT WAS CONCERNING TO ME, IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE NEW VARIANTS THAT HE'S RECOMMENDING THAT WE SHOULD DELAY ATHLETICS IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING. 
          BUT WITH THAT SAID, SHOULD WE CONTINUE AS WE, I BELIEVE, WE BEGAN YESTERDAY WITH TRY-OUTS AND WHATNOT? DR. HUTCHINGS, ARE YOU AWARE OF WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS ARE DOING REGARDING THIS LIABILITY OR DISCLAIMER OR THIS WAIVER THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING? THAT'S THE QUESTION FOR NOW. 
          >> I'M GLAD THAT HE BROUGHT IT UP TOO AND I'M GLAD WE'RE MAKING IT VERY PUBLIC BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ATHLETIC COMPONENT TOO, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT OUR ATHLETIC FAMILIES, THEY WANT TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY THOSE SPORTS SO BAD. 
          I THINK THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE WITH THE WAIVER AND I'LL SHARE THE WAIVER THAT FAMILIES HAVE SIGNED WITH THE BOARD. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF MR. PARKER IS ON. 
          I WANTED TO TRY TO SEE IF HE WAS AVAILABLE FOR THIS SESSION. 
          I CAN'T LOOK THROUGH ALL OF THESE. 
          I DON'T KNOW, IS HE ON SUSAN? OKAY, HE'S NOT ON. 
          BUT ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE WAIVER THAT FAMILIES ALREADY SIGNED. 
          THE WAIVER THAT THEY SIGNED INITIALLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU A GIST OF WHAT IT ENTAILED, WAS THAT THEY'RE MAKING THE CHOICE TO HAVE THEIR STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN THE ATHLETICS AND IT ALSO REFERENCES THE FACT THAT STUDENTS BEING IN AN ATHLETIC SETTING AND SOME OF THE SPORTS THAT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN, THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BE EXPOSED TO COVID AND THEY'RE SIGNING OFF TO SAY THAT THEY ARE OKAY WITH THAT. 
          THAT IS WHAT THE INITIAL WAIVER IS. 
          WHAT WE WANT TO ADD AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE WAIVERS THAT FAMILIES HAVE ALREADY SIGNED IS THAT THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE ATHLETICS AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME. 
          WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF THAT, BUT THAT THEY'RE CHOOSING TO STILL PARTICIPATE IN LIEU OF THAT AND THAT IS GIVING THEM THAT OPTION. 
          THESE ARE EXTRACURRICULAR. 
          THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S A PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION, BUT THAT GIVES THEM A CHOICE. 
          THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS CHOICE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, WHICH I REALLY FIND A PROBLEM, I FOUND A PROBLEM WITH IT THE FIRST TIME AND I STILL FIND A PROBLEM WITH IT, THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE NEEDS TO MAKE A DECISION AND THEY NEED TO GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE. 
          BECAUSE WHAT OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS ARE DOING IS THAT THEY'RE SAYING WHAT THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE IS SAYING, WE CAN DO THIS. 
          I FIND IT COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS AND CRAZY BECAUSE THEN IT PUTS ME IN THE BIND AS SUPERINTENDENT SAYING, ''WELL, THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE SAID IT'S SAFE, SO PARENTS SEND US ALL THE EMAILS,'' AND I'M JUST LIKE, ''WELL, LOOK, IF YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR CHILD OUT THERE ON THE FIELD, SEND HIM OUT THERE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.'' BUT I WISH THAT THE VIRGINIA HIGH-SCHOOL LEAGUE WOULD MAKE A DECISION. 
          I DO KNOW THAT WITH THE NEW GUIDELINES THAT ARE COMING OUT, AND I BELIEVE ACCORDING TO THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT, I THINK WE SHOULD HEAR SOMETHING IN THE NEXT WEEK. 
          HE DIDN'T GIVE A DAY, BUT HE JUST SAID IN THE NEXT WEEK WE SHOULD GET SOME GUIDANCE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS INCLUDED FROM THE CDC WAS THAT IN THEIR NEW GUIDELINES, THERE REALLY SHOULD BE A FOCUS ON ACADEMICS, IN ATHLETICS, IN EXTRACURRICULARS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW THE VDH IS GOING TO INTERPRET THAT OR IF THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE. 
          WELL, IN THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THEY'RE SAYING IT TOO. 
          MY QUESTION TO DR. JAMES LANE TODAY WAS, AND I GOT OFF THE CALL BEFORE IT WAS ANSWERED, SO MAYBE HE ANSWERED, I DON'T KNOW, DR. LANE. 
          IF YOU ANSWERED IT, THANK YOU. 
          I'LL FIND OUT FROM SOMEBODY, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES. 
          MY QUESTION WAS IF THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS STATING ACADEMICS FIRST AND NOW THE CDC IS STATING ACADEMICS FIRST, WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE TO STOP PRESSING ON ATHLETICS IF THAT IS THE CASE? [LAUGHTER] YOU WANT ME TO SAY, ''HEY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROMOTE THAT,'' OR ''VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON ACADEMICS FIRST, SO STOP PUSHING THE SEASONS IN THE FALL, AND THE SPRING NOW, AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IF IT'S REALLY NOT BEING PRESSURED BY THE CDC.'' WE'LL SEE WHERE THAT GOES, BUT I'LL KNOW OVER THE NEXT WEEK. 
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BUT I THINK FOR NOW FOR OUR COMFORT, WHICH WE ALREADY DID THE WAIVER INITIALLY WITH DOING THE ATHLETICS. 
          PARENTS ALREADY SIGNED A WAIVER OF THEIR CHILDREN COULD BE EXPOSED TO COVID AND THAT TYPE OF THING. 
          WE WANT TO ADD AN ADDENDUM ABOUT THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT NOT SUPPORTING THE SPORTS AS WELL. 
          >> MRS. LORBER. 
          [NOISE] [LAUGHTER] 
          >> LORBER YOU'RE ON MUTE. 
          >> YEAH, SHE'S TRYING TO UNMUTE. 
          SUSAN ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE HER? [NOISE] 
          >> IS THAT GOOD? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> OKAY. GOOD GRIEF. 
          I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE BUSINESS OF A WAIVER FOR EXPOSING YOURSELF. 
          I LISTENED IN TODAY ON THE WEBINAR THAT DR. 
          HUTCHINGS HAD WITH A GROUP OF STAFF REPRESENTATIVE OF ALL OF THE STAFF. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH CONCERN AMONG STAFF ABOUT EXPOSURE TO COVID. 
          IF WE ARE PERMITTING FAMILIES TO SIGN A WAIVER THAT SAYS, ''OKAY, MY CHILD CAN BE EXPOSED,'' WE'RE OPENING UP THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO MORE INFECTION. 
          IT SEEMS TO ME THAT'S A PRETTY IRRESPONSIBLE APPROACH. 
          I'M NOT CRITICIZING DR. HUTCHINGS. 
          THIS ISN'T AIMED AT YOU OR ANYBODY IN PARTICULAR, IT'S AIMED AT THE. 
          THEORETICALLY, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. 
          YES, THANK YOU. YOU CAN SIGN A WAIVER AND LET YOUR CHILD BE EXPOSED, BUT IF THEIR CHILD IS COMING INTO THE SCHOOL AND GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN HYBRID, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT TO SIGN THAT WAIVER. 
          THAT'S MY PERSONAL VIEW. 
          IT JUST SEEMS LUDICROUS. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE READ THE ARTICLE THIS WEEKEND, THE OP-ED BY, I THINK HER NAME IS DR. WEN. 
          SHE WAS THE FORMER BALTIMORE COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH. 
          RIGHT NOW SHE'S IN THE ADMINISTRATION DOING SOMETHING RELATED TO COVID AND A VERY THOUGHTFUL OP-ED PIECE ABOUT EVEN STATING THAT SHE FELT EVEN THE MOST RECENT CDC GUIDELINES ARE REFLECTING A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM PUBLIC TO GET KIDS BACK INTO SCHOOL AND ARE IGNORING, IN FACT, THE REALITY ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SPREAD AND SCHOOL SPREAD. 
          WE'RE GETTING INTO SEMANTICS HERE THAT IT SEEMS TO ME WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING EXPOSED. 
          THOSE WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN HYBRID MUST NOT TAKE RISKS. 
          I REALLY OBJECT. 
          I'D BE INTERESTED IN WHAT OTHERS THINK, I'D BE INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU THINK DR. HUTCHINGS. 
          >> I THINK THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT MANY OF OUR FAMILIES HAVE JUST BEEN PRESSURING AND PUSHING TO HAVE AND NOT TO SAY THAT, ''HEY, WE'RE GIVING INTO THE PRESSURE,'' BUT AS TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE SOME GOOD POINTS. 
          MANY OF OUR RECS AND PROGRAMS, THEY ARE ALL IN PLAY RIGHT NOW. 
          KIDS ARE PARTICIPATING IN SOCCER, THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN VOLLEYBALL, THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN BASKETBALL, AND THEY'RE USING OUR FACILITIES TO DO IT. 
          IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY. 
          BUT FOR SOMETHING THAT IS OPTIONAL, ATHLETICS IS AN OPTIONAL THING. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING EVERYBODY DOES, IT'S NOT SOMETHING EVERYBODY IS REQUIRED TO DO, THAT IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE ACADEMIC COMPONENT WHERE WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE. 
          THIS IS AN OPTIONAL PIECE. 
          THAT'S THE ONLY PERSPECTIVE THAT I HAVE IN REGARDS TO THAT. 
          I FEEL LIKE THE ATHLETIC THING IS NOT EVERY STUDENT. 
          IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE MANDATED TO DO. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK HAVING LISTENED TODAY AND HEARD THE CONCERN OF TEACHERS, I COULD FEEL IT JUSTIFIES THEIR CONCERN TO SOME DEGREE, THE EXTENT TO WHICH CHILDREN ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE EXPOSED IF THEY DO PARTICIPATE IN ORGANIZED SPORTS. 
          I CAN UNDERSTAND AS A TEACHER BEING CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL. 
          >> THANK YOU. I AM MINDFUL OF THE TIME. 
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MR. SUAREZ I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU ASK YOUR QUESTION OR COMMENT, AND THEN I ACTUALLY JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK AFTERWARD. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL BE BRIEF. 
          I'M JUST MAKING THIS POINT IN LIGHT OF WHAT MRS. LORBER JUST SAID. 
          IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A STATA ALREADY, BUT MAYBE WE CAN GET IT AT SOME POINT, IF THERE IS A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE STUDENTS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS AND THOSE WHO ARE GOING BACK TO HYBRID. 
          IS THAT NECESSARILY A ONE-TO-ONE CORRESPONDENCE OR ARE THERE STUDENTS WHO ARE REMAINING VIRTUAL WHO ARE DOING THE ATHLETICS? THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE WORTH KNOWING. 
          THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS, DOES THE WAIVER HAVE TEETH IN THE EVENT THERE IS SOME SORT OF RISK OR SPREAD THAT'S TRIGGERED FROM THE ATHLETICS, SUCH THAT FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THAT MAY MEAN YOU MIGHT LOSE CERTAIN PRIVILEGES IN REGARD TO HYBRID OR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY TEETH TO IT LIKE THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THE POINT IN THE CONCERN IS WELL TAKEN. 
          WE'RE BALANCING A LOT OF THINGS HERE, AND SO JUST KNOWING THAT INFORMATION MIGHT BE HELPFUL. 
          >> YES, THOSE ARE BOTH GOOD POINTS MR. SUAREZ, AND LET ME LOOK INTO THAT WITH A TEAM AND GET BACK TO YOU ON A RESPONSE FOR THEM. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GREAT, THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          THE FIRST IS GOING BACK TO MISS NOLAN'S POINT ABOUT CONCURRENT TEACHING AND THE MASK WEARING. 
          I REALLY JUST ASKED THIS QUESTION BECAUSE HAVING BEEN A TEACHER, ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN A TEACHER, EVEN IN A CLASSROOM, THERE IS A LEVEL OF PERFORMANCE. 
          IT'S LIKE YOU'RE ALWAYS ON STAGE, AND YOU EXERT A LOT OF EFFORT [LAUGHTER] IN JUST TALKING AND GIVING DIRECTIONS AND PROMPTING. 
          DOCTOR HOOVER MIGHT KILL ME FOR ASKING THIS QUESTION, BUT HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT, DO WE HAVE, CAN WE CONSIDER MAKING SURE THAT TEACHERS WHO ARE IN-PERSON HAVE HEADSETS TO MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE EASIER TO PROJECTING FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE VIRTUAL AND NOT HAVING TO NECESSARILY ALWAYS BE CLOSE TO THEIR EQUIPMENT. 
          THEY CAN ROAM A LITTLE EASIER BECAUSE THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM AS WELL. 
          >> MISS [INAUDIBLE] , GREAT QUESTION. 
          WE HAVE REALLY ONLY RECENTLY BEEN ABLE TO GET IN CLASSROOMS LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK, AND WE'RE REALLY MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT THE DIRECTIONS RIGHT. 
          WE'VE BEEN TESTING THAT OUT, SO THE WEB CAMERA THAT WE'VE PURCHASED HAS A REALLY GOOD MICROPHONE, BUT [LAUGHTER] WE'RE ALSO WONDERING, WE MIGHT NEED TO BUY HEADSETS OR MICROPHONES,SO WE'RE JUST EXPLORING THAT. 
          IT MAY BE A REAL NEED. 
          AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE DIFFICULT THINGS WE'VE EXPECTED NOW, AND NOW IT'S HERE AND NOW WE'RE OUT THERE IN DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, IN DIFFERENT CLASSROOMS THEN WE'RE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MODELS OF LAPTOPS TOO, SO IT'S A BIT TRICKY. 
          WE ARE DEFINITELY EXPLORING THAT AND WE KNOW THAT THAT MIGHT BE A NECESSITIES THOUGH. 
          GREAT QUESTION AND THE ANSWER IS YES, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO PROVIDE OUR TEACHERS WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED AT WORK VERY WELL INVESTED IN THAT AS YOU KNOW. 
          >> THANK YOU. JUST TO ADD TO THAT, YOU MAY HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE, WHAT ABOUT DOCUMENT CAMERAS? WILL EVERYBODY IN THE CLASSROOM HAVE ACCESS TO THE DOCUMENT CAMERAS? 
          >> THEY DO, IT'S THE STANDARD INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CLASSROOM. 
          >> GOOD, ALL RIGHT.MY LAST QUESTION IS ACTUALLY JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY ABOUT THE CHILDCARE AND IN PARTICULARLY THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WHO HAVE CHILDCARE CONCERNS FOR EXAMPLE I LIVE IN FAIRFAX COUNTY AND I SIGNED UP IN OCTOBER FOR MY KID TO BE VIRTUAL FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. 
          AS A STAFF MEMBER, I'M IN A SIMILAR SITUATION WHERE, MY FOURTH GRADER CAN'T GO HYBRID. 
          I KNOW THAT KURT SAID THAT WE WERE OFFERING JUST SORT OF SINCE SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE. 
          BUT I GUESS THE SORT OF BLUNT QUESTION FOR ME IS IF A STAFF MEMBER PROVIDES A DOCUMENTATION THAT THIS IS THE DECISION THAT I MADE. 
          [01:35:01]
I CAN'T SEND MY FOURTH GRADER TO SCHOOL, AND I AM ACCESSING CHILDCARE IS GOING TO BE A STRAIN. 
          ARE WE ALLOWING THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO STAY VIRTUAL? 
          >> SO THEY WOULD JUST PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION THAT IS A CHILDCARE CONCERN.THAT IS A LEGITIMATE CHILDCARE CONCERN.NOT JUST FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN FAIRFAX, BUT ALSO IN A CPM BECAUSE IT'S ONLY TWO DAYS A WEEK, EVEN IF THEY ARE IN OUR PROGRAM, THEIR KIDS WILL BE IMPERSONAL FOR TODAY'S, WEAKEN THEIR OTHER TWO DAYS THEY WON'T BE. 
          I DO THINK THAT THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT COME ALONG WITH THIS WHOLE HYBRID APPROACH.I JUST KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO SOLVE ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. IT ALSO BRINGS PROBLEMS TO TABLE UNFORTUNATELY. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IT, WHICH WE WILL, WE WILL WORK THROUGH IT, BUT THERE WILL BE SITUATIONS FOR SOME OF OUR STAFF WITH CHILDCARE NEEDS THAT ARE DUE TO THEIR KIDS BEING IN A HYBRID PROGRAM OR THEIR KIDS BEING IN A VIRTUAL PROGRAM. 
          THAT BRINGS CHALLENGES FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BE IN SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS WEEK. 
          I KNOW I'VE EVER HEARD SOME FAMILIES AND JUST SOME PEOPLE IN GENERAL SAY, THIS IS A PART OF PARENTING AND I JUST HAVE TO SPEAK AS A PARENT. 
          IT'S NOT MY WIFE AND I NEVER PLAN TO HOW WE DON'T WORK OUT TWO DAYS THREE DAYS A WEEK, SOMEBODY TO BE HOME WITH OUR CHILD, IT HAS NEVER BEEN A CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO WORK OUT.NOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK IT OUT, RIGHT? BUT EVEN WITHIN MY OWN HOUSE, WHICH I DON'T LIKE TO TALK ABOUT MY PERSONAL LIFE EVER AGAIN, THIS COMMUNITY. 
          WE'RE HAVING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THIS WORK. 
          YOU KNOW, BECAUSE FOR ONLY TWO DAYS A WEEK, IT'S GOING TO BE THAT OPTION. 
          AND THE CHILDCARE SERVICE FROM THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS IS NOT UNLIMITED. 
          SO, THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS TO THAT AT SOME POINT TOO. 
          WE CAN'T JUST BANK ON IF YOU JUST PUT YOUR CHILD OR ENROLL YOUR CHILD IN A COMMUNITY PROGRAM THEN THEY'LL BE FINE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING. 
          AND THOSE SPACES ARE GOING TO BE TO BE LIMITED OVER TIME. 
          IT'S A GREAT POINT, MADAM CHAIR, THAT YOU.BRING UP, IN REGARDS TO THAT. 
          BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE UNABLE AND THAT'S THE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY'VE SUBMITTED, THAT THEIR CHILD IS STILL VIRTUAL OR THAT THEIR CHILD IS HYBRID, AND SOME OF THEM HAPPEN TO BE IN A CPS AS WELL WITH THE SAME CHALLENGE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF OUR STAFF WHO LIVE OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY.I HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, WE'LL JUST HAVE SOME GRACE IN REGARDS TO THAT. 
          BECAUSE IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED SITUATION THAT EVEN A HOUSEHOLD WITH MEANS CANNOT FIX OVERNIGHT. 
          IT TAKES TIME AND ORGANIZING AND FIGURING OUT, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THINGS WORK, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE CHILDREN HAVE NEVER BEEN AT ANY CHILD CARE SITUATION BEFORE. 
          YOU'RE HAVING TO NOW DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU'VE NEVER DONE IN THE PAST. 
          IT'S A PANDEMIC.THAT BRINGS EVEN MORE KIND OF ANXIETY. 
          I JUST UNDERSTAND MANY OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND HOW THEY ARE HAVING CHALLENGES AND SOME DON'T HAVE TWO PARENTS IN THE HOUSEHOLD. 
          THEY ARE SINGLE PARENTS TRYING TO MAKE THIS WORK, WHICH IS ANOTHER LAYER THAT COMES IN INTO PLAY. 
          >> THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK FOR THAT. 
          BECAUSE I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH IS MY CONCERNS IS WANTING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING MORE STRESSFUL.I THINK HONESTLY AS A PARENT IN WORRYING ABOUT CHILDCARE, WHEN YOU ADD A LAYER, NOW HAVE TO FIGURE OUT CHILDCARE THAT I'VE NEVER HAD TO DO BEFORE, AND IN THIS HIGH RISK SITUATION AND DOES ALL THOSE COMPLEXITIES, I WOULD RATHER HAVE STAFF WHO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN JUST CONTINUE TO WORK AND NOT BE DISRUPTED MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY BY FIGURING OUT CHILDCARE DURING A PANDEMIC. 
          THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THAT UP. 
          THANK YOU.THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, AND AGAIN, AS ALWAYS,IF YOU HAVE SOME YOU KNOW WHERE TO SEND THEM. 
          WITH THAT WE CAN SAY, GOOD NIGHT. 
          [01:40:02]
          >> THAT'S GREAT. I THINK YOU ALL WILL RECEIVE YOUR METHOD, SHOULD YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY WITH THE LINK TO SEE ALL OF THE WONDERFUL COMMENTS THAT WE HAD TO SAY ABOUT OUR SCHOOL BOARD. 
          ONE THING I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT OUR STAFF CONTINUOUSLY TELL ME IS HOW PROUD THEY ARE TO WORK IN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          YOU ALL HAVE TO KNOW THAT YOU'RE A PART OF THAT REASON. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY, PEOPLE DON'T GET TO SEE WHAT YOU HAD TO READ BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, [LAUGHTER] THE MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO COMMIT TO, AND THE TIME YOU HAVE TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILY. 
          ON BEHALF OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR STAFF AND A CPAS. 
          I JUST WANT TO PART I GET TO SEE IT FIRSTHAND. 
          I WANT TO PERSONALLY TELL YOU ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR DEDICATION THE SUPPORT, THAT YOU CONTINUE NOT ONLY TO GET ME, BUT TO GET TO GIVE OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS THE GRACE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR STAFF. 
          IN SPITE OF ALL OF THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC, YOU ALL STILL RELENTLESS ABOUT EQUITY AND CARING ABOUT KIDS, RIGHT? I JUST APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND ENJOY YOUR EVENING. 
          >> GOODNIGHT [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> GOODNIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          >> SEE YOU LATER.
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