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WITH THE ROLL CALL, SAY YES WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE, CINDY HART, YES, MICHAEL
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BERMAN, YES, CAROL CHILDS.SHE HAD A DELAY, SO SHE BE A BEINA.
AND LIKEWISE, THE BEATING IS SO I'M GOING TO START THE MINUTES, I'LL START RECORDING THE MINUTES UNTIL SHE ARRIVES.
YES, OK, SO WE HAVE A QUORUM, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR MEMBERS, WE ALSO HAVE IS PREAMPS HERE.
THESE ARE OUR SUPPLEMENTAL, SHE'S THE PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVE SCHOOL BOARD, LARRY LARSON, MEGAN.
DO YOU THINK YOU JUST STEPPED OFF FOR A MINUTE, OK, AND THE STAFF LAYERS ON, TERRY, COME HERE.
OK, SO ALL OF THAT, BUT SORT OF THE INTRODUCTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY GUESTS? GET ME IT'S COURTNEY DAVIS, COORDINATOR OF THE PRC.
ANYBODY ELSE? HI, THIS IS JEN WISER.
I'M A PARENT OF A FIFTH GRADER AT COCKILY IN THE AUTISM CLASSROOM.
MOZINGO. I'M JOINING YOU THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU. I ALSO SEE MARGARET LORBER HERE.
AND I'M I WAS GOING TO SAY HI.
I PUT MY DICK. IT'S MARGARET LORBER.
I'M HERE JUST AS A JUST LISTENING.
OK. YOU WERE GONE WHEN I CALLED YOUR NAME, BUT EVERYBODY SAID YOU WERE HERE.
OK, OK, SO THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT IS WE NEED TO APPROVE THE
[Approve Meeting Minutes from September 30th, 2020 ]
MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 30TH THAT SOMEBODY SENT OUT, ACTUALLY.THEY'RE NOT THEY DIDN'T GET SENT OUT AND WE DON'T HAVE THEM YET, SO WE CAN'T DEFEAT THEM TILL NEXT TIME. AND I KNOW THEY ARE REQUIRED, BUT I JUST DON'T HAVE THEM YET.
AND I KNOW THAT, SUSAN, YOU SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE POSTED AS A DRAFT UNTIL THEY ARE APPROVED. CORRECT.
SUSAN. SORRY, I'M WORKING ON TWO COMPUTERS.
YEAH, IF YOU SEND IT TO ME ONCE YOU HAVE A DRAFT, I'LL POST A MESSAGE DRAFT TO THE MEETING. LIST ON YOUR WEB PAGE, AND THEN WE'LL UPDATE THEM ONCE THEY'RE OK AND SO THAT THEY WON'T DELAY THAT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, THEN MOVING INTO REPORTS, THE
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FIRST REPORT IS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION, TERRY.WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
OK. IS THAT BETTER OVER? OK, I'LL TALK AS LOUD AS I CAN.
OK? SO WE ARE BACK TO SCHOOL, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, WE ARE IN A FULLY VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT AT THIS POINT AND WE ARE WORKING IN THE PHASE IN RETURN OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO SCHOOL. WE ARE LOOKING AT A PHASED IN PROCESS THAT BEGINS NOVEMBER 5TH, WHERE OUR TWO STUDENTS AND THE CITYWIDE CLASSES, WE ARE MOVING TO A THREE FIVE GROUP, NOVEMBER 17TH, NOVEMBER 30TH.
WE ARE MOVING TO A EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED PROGRAM AND A PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS WHO GET THEIR READING AND MATH INSTRUCTION AND OR MATH INSTRUCTION IN A FULLY SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTING, RETURNING.
AND THEN IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, WE CAN LOOK AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
WE HAVE A SIMULATION FOR JEFFERSON HOUSTON ON THURSDAY WHICH WILL SIMULATE THE RETURN OF STUDENTS TO SCHOOL.
WE WILL HAVE EVERYBODY FROM OPERATIONS PRESENT AND STAFF PRESENT.
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AND WE WILL LITERALLY FROM THE MOMENT THE BUS DRIVES UP, WE WILL BE TAKING KIDS OFF BUSSES. THEY ARE ALL BASED ON THEIR.I DON'T NEED AND I'M SORRY, IS THAT OK? AN ENTIRE CLASS WILL COME ON A PARTICULAR BUS AND WE WILL TAKE THE STUDENTS OFF.
THEY WILL BE MET BY THEIR TEACHERS WHO WILL HAVE THEIR FULL PS.
THEY WILL BE TEMPERATURE CHECKED.
THEY WILL TRANSITION STRAIGHT TO THE CLASSROOM.
WE WILL HAVE THEM FOR A THREE HOUR SESSION AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER. AND THEY WILL TRANSITION OUT AT THE END OF THEIR CLASS SESSION RIGHT BACK ONTO THE BUS AND HEAD HOME.
SO WE'RE KEEPING THEM IN VERY TIGHT LITTLE BUBBLES AND WE ARE HAVING A VERY, EXTREMELY LIMITED STAFF CONTACT.
THEY WILL REMAIN ON VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION THE OTHER HALF OF THEIR DAY AND RECEIVE THEIR RELATED SERVICES AND ALL OTHER INSTRUCTIONS IN THAT VIRTUAL SETTING.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE STAND, THAT'S WHERE THINGS STAND RIGHT NOW.
CAN YOU TELL ME DECEMBER AND JANUARY, AGAIN, REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID? NO, WE'RE WORKING ON PHASING BACK IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
OK, JAN, DID YOU MENTION JAN? IT MAY IT MAY CARRY OVER TO JANUARY.
IT DEPENDS. WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS IN FEBRUARY AND THEN A LENGTHIER QUESTION, AND WE DON'T NEED TO ANSWER IT HERE.
BUT I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE SENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FROM SEATTLE.
AND THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT MEGAN AND MARGARET, YOU WOULD HAVE ALSO SEEN AND REALLY NOT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ANSWER, OBVIOUSLY, OR SUPERINTENDENT, BUT JUST TO SHOW AGAIN THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT PARENTS HAVE.
AND WE ALSO REQUESTED A Q&A WITH YOU THAT WOULD MAKE YOU AVAILABLE TO THE SCHOOL WIDE POPULATION. AND I WAS TOLD THE SUPERINTENDENT SAID THAT HE HAD CONTACTED YOU ABOUT THAT.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF ANY PROGRESS HAD BEEN MADE.
SO I I AM GOING TO BE VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU I HAVE NOT HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE Q&A, BUT I HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT AND I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE QUESTIONS TO GENERATE AN EPIC VIEW.
AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
SOME YET, BECAUSE THE SIMULATION PLANNING HAS BEEN SO SUBSTANTIAL, RIGHT, AND I PERHAPS EPICURE WOULD EVEN BE BETTER BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BUSY AND HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING TO AWESOMES RIGHT NOW.
BUT I AM HAPPY TO DO A Q&A AGAIN.
COMMUNITY. YEAH, NO, I'M VERY HAPPY TO DO A COMMUNITY FORUM LIKE OVER THE SUMMER.
YEAH, I DO STILL THINK THAT WOULD BE PRODUCTIVE.
THE COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO THINGS, A PRINTED Q&A THAT CAN GO OUT AND THEN AN EVENT THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO THE ECS POPULATION SO THAT PARENTS MIGHT HAVE A VIEW, MIGHT HAVE DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, CAN CHECK IN WITH YOU ABOUT THIS.
SO YOU DO KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING A MEETING.
WE ARE. WE ARE PLANNING MEETINGS WITH THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS ARE RETURNING TO SCHOOL AS WELL. SO WE WILL WE WILL BE SCHEDULING MEETINGS FOR THAT AS WELL.
FOR SO MANY QUESTIONS, JAYLIN, FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL FAMILY AND WHAT IS THE TIMELINE ON THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT FOR US TO BE CONSIDERING.
SO THE WEIRD SCHEDULING THEM AS THE STUDENTS ARE BEING RETURNED AND WE'RE NOT DOING IT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL FAMILY, WE'RE DOING KIND OF LIKE AN ORIENTATION MEETING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO FOR US. WHY? SO YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING? BECAUSE YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT IN THE SCHEDULE TO COME BACK AT THIS POINT.
MINE IS SCHEDULED TO COME BACK ON THE 17TH.
SO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON THE FIFTH RIGHT NOW.
ALL RIGHT, BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU GUYS RAISE YOUR HAND, USE THE RAISED HAND ICON ON THERE AND SO I CAN KEEP TRACK OF WHO'S WHO'S ON FIRST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOVING THEN ON TO OUR SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON, MEGAN, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? I SAID MYSELF, NO, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A REPORT, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ALL
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VERSED IN AND WATCHED OR HOPEFULLY AT LEAST GOTTEN MESSAGING AROUND RETURN TO SCHOOL PLAYING. SO THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.AND OTHER THAN WHAT'S OUT THERE, I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD IN THAT RESPECT.
SO. I DON'T KNOW IF MARGARET CAN THINK OF ANYTHING, SHE'S ON HERE, BUT SABRINA RAISED HER HAND.
WE GOT A FEW QUESTIONS, SABRINA.
OH, SORRY. THIS QUESTION IS FOR TERRY.
MY QUESTION IS, SO THERE GOING TO BE THREE HOUR DAYS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A LOT OF MEALS. HOW MUCH OF THE DAY IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED TO, YOU KNOW, EATING THE MEALS AND ALL THAT THAT ENTAILS VERSUS ACTUAL INSTRUCTION? SO THE MEALS, SO THE MORNING CLASS WILL COME IN, THEY ARE GOING TO BE THERE FROM EIGHT TO 11, THEY WILL HAVE BREAKFAST AND THEN THEY WILL TAKE HOME THEIR LUNCH AND DINNER.
THE AFTERNOON GROUP WILL COME IN, THEY WILL HAVE LUNCH AND THEY WILL TAKE HOME THEIR SNACK AND THEIR DINNER.
SO WE ARE SCHEDULING PROBABLY WITHIN ABOUT 20 MINUTES FOR THE STUDENTS TO COME IN, HAVE BREAKFAST AND MOVE IN TO A MORNING MEETING AND READING AND MATH INSTRUCTION.
THEIR TIME IS FOCUSED SOLELY ON READING AND MATH INSTRUCTION.
THE REST OF THEIR DAY WILL BE A VIRTUAL THANK YOU.
I WAS JUST LETTING YOU KNOW I'M MOVING TO A DIFFERENT PLACE AND.
OK, FOR MEGAN, JUST WANTED TO ASK, BECAUSE I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT JUST FOR EVERYONE TO BE AWARE. SO CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE APPROACH THAT CPS IS TAKING WITH STAFF RETURNING VERSUS LIKE, SAY, FAIRFAX COUNTY, ARLINGTON, A NO DIFFERENT APPROACHES ARE BEING TAKEN IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND WHAT HOW CPS IS HANDLING THAT SO.
I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING, BECAUSE FOR ME THAT'S ONLY REALLY HEARSAY.
BUT IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE DEALING WITH STAFF, LIKE WE ARE LOOKING TO FIRST BRING BACK STAFF WHO WANT TO COME BACK.
AND SO ALL OF THE SURVEYS THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR HAVE GOTTEN A GLIMPSE OF STAFF WHO HAVE SAID I THINK THE THE CATEGORIES ARE VERY LIKELY ON SORT OF A LIKERT SCALE TO NOT LIKELY TO RETURN. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING DECISIONS RIGHT NOW ARE BASED ON STAFF WHO ARE LIKELY TO RETURN. AND WE ARE NOT IN A AT A PLACE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE FORCING STAFF TO RETURN.
WE ARE HOPING THAT IF WE TAKE THESE INCREMENTAL STEPS AND PARTICULARLY STARTING WITH OUR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES, OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE HIGHEST PRIORITY AT THE MOMENT AND WITH THE WORK THAT'S GOING INTO THE SIMULATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, TAKING THOSE SMALL STEPS THAT MAKE PEOPLE SEE IF THAT HELPS MAKE PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT A RETURN, HOPEFULLY WE'RE THINKING AS WE CONTINUE TO SURVEY ALONG THE WAY THAT THOSE SMALL INCREMENTAL STEPS AND SUCCESSES WILL ENCOURAGE MORE STAFF TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH RETURNING.
WE ALSO DO HAVE TO CONSIDER, HOWEVER, THAT THERE ARE SOME STAFF WHO WOULD ABSOLUTELY QUALIFY NOT TO RETURN, AND AS SUCH, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY ACCOMMODATIONS TO SUPPORT THEM.
SO OUR APPROACH IS A LITTLE MORE SLOW AND STEADY.
I KNOW I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME DIVISIONS WHO HAVE FORCED THE HAND OF STAFF RETURN.
I DON'T KNOW ANY WHERE THAT HAS GONE OVER WELL, EXCEPT FOR VERY SMALL DIVISIONS LIKE FALLS CHURCH. AND I THINK SMALLER DIVISIONS, MAYBE STAFF ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE FEARFUL BECAUSE THEY'RE SMALL. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SORT OF GET THAT HANDLY DOWN ON YOU.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FEAR, I THINK LARGE DIVISIONS.
IT'S DEFINITELY NOT PROVEN TO BE A WISE APPROACH BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TEACHERS AND
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THEY'RE STILL TEACHING, SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING ABOUT IT.AND AGAIN, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, ALSO THE WORK, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE WORK WITH THE THE COMMITTEES AND THE FOCUS GROUPS LIKE THE DIVISION TEAM, THAT WORK IS STILL HAPPENING.
SO. AS MORE AND MORE THINGS GET FLESHED OUT AND WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE CLEAR ANSWERS ABOUT CERTAIN QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT CAN HELP STAFF AND FAMILIES MAKE BETTER DECISIONS.
I THINK WHAT WE'VE FOUND OUT IS EVEN IN THE PLAN THAT WE PUT OUT WHEN PEOPLE STARTED TO REALIZE SOME OF THE SPECIFICS, THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO WERE GUNG HO WHO WERE LIKE, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, NOW I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE TO EVERYONE AND TO JUST BE ABLE TO DO.
WHAT WE CAN AND DO OUR BEST, BUT WE ARE NOT FORCING STAFF AT THIS TIME.
YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR POINT ABOUT THE DETAILS.
AND I THINK JANET EISENSTAT MADE A POINT WHEN SHE SPOKE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THE SUMMER AND TO THE SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT, AS YOU SAY, AS LEARNING AS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM MOVES FORWARD. WE'RE WORKING WITH THE HIGHEST NEEDS STUDENT STAFF THAT CAN BE DONE.
IT REALLY MAKES IT CLEAR THAT IT CAN BE DONE FOR OTHER STUDENTS.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL GO SMOOTHLY.
JANET HAS A QUESTION, ACTUALLY.
OH, I FEEL BAD BECAUSE IT MAY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, I GOT ON A FEW MINUTES LATE.
I WAS CURIOUS IF WHAT THE PLAN WAS FOR HIGH SCHOOL, CITY WIDE CLASS STUDENTS, WHITE STUDENTS, IF ANYTHING.
IS THERE A RETURN PLAN TO RETURN FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS? I DON'T KNOW IF TERRI WANTED TO CHIME IN ON THAT.
WHERE WE GOT TO SO FAR REALLY HIGHLIGHTS LIKE AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST PIECE OF ALL OF THIS IS EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDING THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE PLAN FOR NOW, WHICH IS LIKE THESE ARE OUR GOALS, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE CONTINGENT UPON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, STAFFING.
BUT THE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SPELLED OUT RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT SPELLS OUT DEFINITIVELY GETTING TO SIX THROUGH EIGHT.
SO THERE ARE NO DEFINITIVE NOTHING'S DEFINITIVE, BUT THERE IS NOTHING FLESHED OUT RIGHT NOW ABOUT WHEN NINE THROUGH 12 OR NINE THROUGH TWENTY ONE REALLY WOULD BE.
BE ABLE TO RETURN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF TERRI HAS ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT THAT SHE WANTED TO EXPAND ON AT THE MOMENT, MEGAN, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW, THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE OUR NEXT IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW IS HAVING TO GET THROUGH WHAT WE HAVE UP TO THIS POINT.
AND MY LOOK AT THAT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT HIGH SCHOOL.
DO THE RETURN AFTER PERSONALIST.
AND I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE ONE COMMENT, I WAS LOOKING AT SOME INFORMATION I THINK IS GOING OUT TOMORROW. AND MEGAN, YOU ARE CORRECT.
IT DOES SAY THAT THE BOARD GAVE THE DIVISIONS TO APPROACH A PHASING IN PERSON LEARNING FOR PRE-K 12, BUT WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON THE ELEMENTARY GRADES AND GO A SIX THROUGH EIGHT. AND ALSO, I THINK IT DOES RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME VULNERABLE STUDENTS, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO FASANI AND PRIORITIZE THOSE OTHER GRADES FIRST, KNOWING THAT THERE ARE SOME VULNERABLE NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE STUDENTS.
BUT THEY WOULD BE LOOKED AT AT A LATER TIME WHERE ALSO ANOTHER SURVEY WILL BE.
KLANN IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING ANOTHER SURVEY THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR VULNERABLE STUDENTS.
THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN, THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED, THAT YOU.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. IT WAS PRIMARILY ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL.
OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T SEE ANY.
DROP YOUR HANDS, GUYS, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO COURTNEY FOR THE PRC REPORT.
I WANT TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION REALLY QUICK WITH YOU IS THAT JANET AND I, WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS THESE THE NEEDS OF OUR PARENTS THAT ARE CALLING AND THAT ARE ALSO
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EMAILING. KUDOS TO OUR TEACHERS AND COLLEAGUES THAT ARE REFERRING PARENTS TO US.SO THAT'S WORKED OUT REALLY WELL BECAUSE WE ARE EMAILING, CALLING, TEXTING INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH THE FACE PRETTY SUCCESSFULLY ON A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS THAT HAVE BEEN RECORDED.
NOT ONLY THAT, THEY'RE PLACED ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO POSTED ON THE FACE TO FACE LIVE OR NOW THEIR FACE TIME LINE AS WELL.
SO YOU CAN FIND US THERE ON THE TOPICS OF SETTING STUDENTS UP FOR SUCCESS RELATED SERVICES. AND TODAY WE HAD ONE CONCERNING RESILIENCE.
SO ALL OF THESE WORKSHOPS HAVE BEEN SAVED.
AND SO THEY WILL ROTATE ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL AS MY UNDERSTANDING.
OUR NEXT ONE IS ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
THE THIRD THING I WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYONE IS THAT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME WE HAVE A BOOK CLUB THAT'S CALLED SHINE YOUR LIGHT BOOK CLUB, AND WE ARE READING A BOOK.
HOLD UP RIGHT HERE IF YOU CAN SEE IT FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE HERE.
YOU HAVE TWO SCREENS UP AND IT'S CALLED UNBROKEN, 13 STORIES STARRING DISABLED TEENS.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
WE'VE HAD ONE SESSION ALREADY.
WE HAD ONE STUDENT. AND SO TOMORROW WE HAVE OUR SECOND SESSION AT THREE THIRTY AND WE'RE HOPING TO ATTRACT OR RECRUIT A FEW MORE.
WE REALLY PUT OUT SOME MARKETING PUBLICITY TO OUR COLLEAGUES AND TO OTHER STUDENTS REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'VE KNOWN FOR MANY, HOWAR.
SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET A SMALL GROUP AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
IT'S REALLY AN EFFORT TO TO TO SHOW HOW DEDICATED WE ARE NOT ONLY TO EQUITY, BUT TO ALSO EDUCATING EVERYONE ABOUT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, AND THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS DISABILITIES ARE IN THE FOREFRONT OF OUR STORIES AND CHARACTERS IN THE BOOKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO READ. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS? I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, COURTNEY.
HOW MUCH ARE YOU WORKING WITH EXTERNAL RESOURCES LIKE PIZZA OR THE TAX AT MY SON OR OTHER PEOPLE? TYPICALLY, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD WE'VE SHARED THAT RESOURCES BEFORE.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO TO COLLECT RESOURCES.
WE PUT THEIR RESOURCES IN OUR MAILING LIST THAT GOES OUT ON FRIDAY EVENINGS.
WE'LL POST THEM ON OUR SOCIAL PLATFORMS AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS WE'VE DONE THUS FAR.
AND ALSO, WE'VE KEPT OUR PARENTS POSTED ON IF THEY HAVE ITEMS SINCE EVERYONE'S ONLINE NOW, WE WILL POST UP THEIR WEBINARS OR LET OUR PARENTS KNOW WHEN THEIR WEBINARS AND WEB SERIES GOING ON TO.
ANYTHING ELSE? NOT SEEING ANYTHING, WE MOVE TO THE CHAIR, CINDY.
THANK YOU, MIKE. HI, EVERYONE.
OK, WE'VE AS SHARON JUST MADE AN EFFORT THIS PAST MONTH, AND WE'LL DO THIS ON AN ONGOING BASIS AS WELL TO TOUCH BASE WITH OUR MEMBERSHIP TEAM APPROXIMATELY WEEKLY TO SORT OF KEEP MOVING ON.
WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON IS HARD TO DO A WHOLE LOT AND MEETINGS SO WE CAN'T DO BREAKOUT GROUPS AND THESE WEBINARS.
SO WE DID COMPILE A LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT HAD COME UP FROM PARENTS.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ADDING TO THAT.
AND THAT WAS WHAT WE SHARED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD SUPERINTENDENT.
AND ALSO TERRI LERNER HAS AND WILL BE ABLE TO USE AS A BASIS FOR INFORMATION FOR PARENTS AND FOR PARENTS.
AND ALSO, I WILL FOLLOW UP ON DOING A Q&A, HAVING A Q&A, WHICH WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT SHE DID THIS SUMMER WHERE PARENTS COULD ASK ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
I THINK THAT'S BEEN REALLY NEEDED AND VERY VALUABLE MEANS OF GIVING PARENTS ACCESS TO INFORMATION. SECONDLY, ON THAT LINE OF COMMUNICATIONS, WE ALSO COMPILED A LIST OF POSSIBILITIES TO.
COMMUNICATIONS, AS I THINK YOU ALL KNOW, HAS COME TO THE FORE AS A MAJOR FOCUS OR THE FOCUS, PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR OF OUR SCOPE OF WORK.
AND THERE ARE MANY FACETS TO THAT.
AND THESE HAVE COME UP FROM LAST YEAR AND ALSO FROM PARENTS COMMENTS THIS YEAR.
I SOLICITED ADDITIONAL IDEAS FROM ALL OF YOU AND THEN SABRINA RILEY.
TURN THIS INTO A SURVEY MONKEY SURVEY FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP TO PRIORITIZE OR TO DESIGNATE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE FOR EACH OF THESE MANY ITEMS SO WE CAN REALLY PRIORITIZE WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A SOCIETY IN ORDER TO MAKE THE ORGANIZATION MORE KNOWN TO PARENTS AND TO HELP
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PARENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN COMMUNICATE WITH SIALIC AND HOW TO DO THAT. AND WHAT'S THE CAUSE FOR ALL THAT SORT OF THING? WHAT WHAT ARE ALL THOSE LETTERS FOR ANYWAY? SO WE'LL HAVE SHORTLY, SABRINA HOPEFULLY WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION BACK.I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE'LL HAVE THE FULLY COMPILED RESULTS, BUT CAN MAYBE GIVE US A LITTLE CLIP. THIRDLY, THE WEB PAGE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION FOR SUSAN NIELSEN.
I KNOW THAT I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR WEB PAGE WAS GETTING UPDATED WITH INFORMATION FROM LAST YEAR.
IS THAT IN A MOMENT, YOU KNOW, IT'S DOING OUR UPDATES BECAUSE SHE'S DOING SOME OTHER DESIGN FEATURES IN THERE.
SO I'M SORRY IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SO FAR, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING SHE'S WORKING ON THIS WEEK AS WELL. SO I'LL MAKE SURE I'LL REACH OUT TO HER AGAIN.
WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS MORNING ABOUT ALL THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE PAGES, SO I'LL GET BACK WITH HER JUST TO MAKE SURE SHE'S RECEIVED THE LINK AND ALL THAT SO SHE CAN ACCESS ALL THE INFORMATION YOU SENT VIA THE.
BUT WE DID SORT OF AN OVERHAUL SO OR OK.
KIND OF IN FLUX OR IN PROCESS.
GOOD. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY A FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FOR A LOT OF PARENTS.
AND SO I'M SURE THAT WILL HELP HAVING THAT UPDATED.
OK, SO THAT IS REALLY ALL I'VE GOT RIGHT NOW.
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DOES THAT COVER THE THE FIRST NEW BUSINESS ITEM? NO, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO SEE I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO TO SABRINA RILEY.AND I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THAT MEMBERS ARE STILL COMPLETING THE SURVEY AS A PRETTY RECENTLY. SO MAYBE SHE CAN JUST LET US KNOW WHAT INFORMATION SHE KNOWS RIGHT NOW IT MIGHT NOT BE. KYSEN.
HI, EVERYONE. SO WE ONLY HAD LIKE A FEW PEOPLE, I THINK ABOUT FIVE TAKE THE SURVEY.
SO I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH THE LINK.
I WOULD TRY IT FROM A CHROME BROWSER AND SEE IF THAT WORKS.
BUT THE RESPONSES ARE SORT OF ALL OVER THE PLACE RIGHT AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE SORT OF A LIST OF WHAT'S THE PRIORITY.
BUT WHAT I SUGGESTED TO SEND IS THAT WE TRY TO KEEP IT OPEN AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY.
AND THEN I'M HAPPY TO COMPILE A REPORT AND SEND OUT THE RESULTS TO EVERYBODY.
RANK ORDER. THERE WAS A TOTAL OF SEVEN QUESTIONS AND RANK ORDER.
WHAT PEOPLE FELT WERE WE ASKED YOU TO RANK FROM ONE TO FOUR, ONE BEING NOT A PRIORITY, UP TO FOUR BEING A HUGE PRIORITY.
SO IF YOU ALL AGREE, WE CAN KEEP IT OPEN ANOTHER COUPLE DAYS.
I'LL SEE HOW MANY RESPONSES WE GET BY FRIDAY AND LET CINDY KNOW.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET ONE HUNDRED PERCENT PARTICIPATION TO REALLY HAVE A MEANINGFUL, MEANINGFUL RESULTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW, CINDY, HOW MANY TOTAL PEOPLE THERE ARE? THERE ARE ONLY ELEVEN, AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO OPEN IT.
ALSO TWO OR THREE KRISHER OR CARD OR STAFF LIAISON SCHOOL VILLAZON PRINCIPAL REPRESENTATIVE. THAT WOULD MAKE FOURTEEN.
IT'S NOT A BIG NUMBER. SO I REALLY FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET EVERYONE'S INPUT.
YES. YEAH. SO IF YOU CAN SEND IT OUT AGAIN, THE LINK AND THEN I'LL I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU, CINDY, ON FRIDAY AND LET YOU KNOW HOW MANY RESPONSES AND MAYBE WE CAN GET A GOOD EVERYTHING EVERYONE OVER THE FINISH LINE.
IT TAKES LITERALLY LIKE LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES SO.
OK, JANET, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, TECHNOLOGY GETS THE BEST OF ME, SO I STILL HAVE TO FILL OUT THE SURVEY TODAY AND THEN I STOPPED FOR OTHER REASONS, BUT I HAD TWO THOUGHTS WHEN I WAS DOING IT.
THE FIRST WAS ABOUT I WORRIED ABOUT THE ISD, I MEAN, A NON ISPS EMAIL ADDRESS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THERE MIGHT BE COMPLIANCE ISSUES AROUND THAT.
AND I WONDERED IF MAYBE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE WE GOT TOO FAR DOWN FIELD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE SECOND THOUGHT I HAD HAD TO DO WITH SOME OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE SURVEYING OTHER SOME OF THE SCHOOLS OR JUST MORE QUESTIONS.
AND WHILE I KNOW COMMUNICATION IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I WORRY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE SURVEY FATIGUE.
AND I DIDN'T GET TO THE END, SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A PLACE TO JUST ADD GENERAL
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COMMENTS. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M DOING IS COMMENTING IN PUBLIC BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE I DIDN'T FINISH IT. AND THOSE WERE THE TWO THOUGHTS I HAD.SO FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, LET'S LET'S COVER THAT QUESTION ABOUT GMAIL RIGHT NOW AND THEN ASK FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
NO, THERE WASN'T A SPOT FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, BUT IF MEMBERS AREN'T UNCOMFORTABLE WITH IT, PLEASE JUST SHARE THEM DIRECTLY WITH MYSELF AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TAKE THEM INTO CONSIDERATION, NO QUESTION.
BUT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT 500 PEOPLE WILL JUST HANDLE IT THAT WAY, OK? NO, I DIDN'T MEAN THIS SURVEY.
I MEAN, ACTUALLY, IT WAS A QUESTION ABOUT DOING ADDITIONAL SURVEYING OF PARENTS.
AND SO BECAUSE I GENERALLY HAS BEEN DOING SO MANY SURVEYS, I WASN'T SURE IF MAYBE THEIR SURVEY FATIGUE GLOBALLY WITHIN IEP.
SO I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT THIS SURVEY.
WELL, MAYBE I WOULD INDICATE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE LOWEST OPTION WAS, NOT NOT IN THE US, BUT BASICALLY THAT LIST JUST COMPILED THOUGHTS AND IDEAS FROM ALL MEMBERS FROM THIS YEAR AND THINGS THAT WERE GENERATED LAST YEAR AS WELL.
AND OUR SOUNDS GREAT. ALL RIGHT.
BUT A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE GMAIL ADDRESS THAT WE DO HAVE A SUSAN NIELSEN HOST AND AN OFFICIAL ACTC EMAIL ADDRESS AND THAT ALLOWS PARENTS TO CONTACT NOT MANY DO OR TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IF THEY PREFER TO PROVIDE THAT VIA EMAIL RATHER THAN TO PHYSICALLY COME TO A MEETING OR NOW VIRTUALLY COME TO ME.
AND SO IT AND GETTING IN CONTACT WITH PAETEC, I REALIZED, OK, THAT THE PAETEC GROUP, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN GMAIL ADDRESS AND I GUESS THAT JUST GETS PASSED ON FROM ONE LEADER TO ANOTHER. BUT I WONDERED IF FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IF PEOPLE MIGHT JUST PREFER NOT SENDING A PUBLIC COMMENT TO ANY EMAIL ADDRESS.
I DON'T HAVE A STRONG OPINION ABOUT IT, BUT IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD BE PREFERABLE. AND IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT.
I DON'T HAVE A HANDBURY, SO I'M SORRY.
I CAN ONLY PHYSICALLY RAISE MY HAND.
SO WITH ADVISORY COMMITTEES, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO POOYA.
SO WE DO HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BUT DO COME IN.
SO I WOULD I AS THE CLERK WOULD PREFER THAT YOU DO INDEED USE THE ADDRESS.
AND YOU KNOW, BUT I ALSO WONDER WE CAN SET UP A SELECT COMMENT FORM TO WHERE IT GOES THE WUFU AND FEEDS INTO CICEK EMAIL OR HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT, AND ESPECIALLY ALSO WITH THE SURVEY. WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
SO SO SOMEONE COLLECTING FROM THE COMMITTEE, COLLECTING THE DATA FROM THE SURVEY, IT CAN ALSO BE FORWARDED LIKE IT AUTOMATICALLY FORWARDED TO ANOTHER EMAIL ADDRESS AS WELL.
OK, OK, WELL, THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD STICK WITH OUR EMAIL ADDRESS.
WE HAVE. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW BEFORE WE START TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT WE'VE GOT THAT IN PLACE.
SO THAT SORT OF SIMPLIFIES THINGS, ACTUALLY.
OK, ANY OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE INTO THE REVIEW OF ADDITIONAL SCOPE OF WORK ITEM.
OK, BASICALLY, THE PRIMARY FOCUS THIS YEAR WILL BE ON COMMUNICATIONS, THERE ARE ALWAYS ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT SIOC ADDRESSES IN ITS SCOPE OF WORK, THE BYLAWS.
WE DON'T NEED TO ADDRESS THAT THIS YEAR.
THE BUDGET AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AND POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THIS YEAR WOULD BE PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON SCHOOL REOPENING AND ALL THAT THAT ENTAILS.
AND SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT.
I'M SURE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD ARISE AS WELL.
AND I KNOW LAST YEAR, SUZANNE, YOU JUST HAD COMMENTED THAT YOU WOULD KEEP US ABREAST OF ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT AROSE BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON THAT CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT ARISE THAT ARE THAT WE'RE MAYBE NOT AWARE OF THAT ARE PERTINENT TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY.
SO THE MERGE THESE NEXT TWO THINGS TOGETHER.
SO WE WILL NEED TO FORMULATE OUR SCOPE OF WORK.
WE WILL DO THAT BETWEEN MEETINGS BASICALLY.
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SO THAT IS PREPARED TO VOTE ON IN OUR NOVEMBER MEETING, THOUGH, WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT IT IS ALREADY BY THAT POINT TO.WE'D LIKE TO HAVE FLESHED OUT ON THE COMMUNICATIONS TOPIC BECAUSE THAT IS VERY BROAD.
WHAT OUR FOCUS IS, WILL BE SO THAT WE CAN START ADDRESSING THOSE PRETTY QUICKLY BECAUSE WILL WE BE IN NOVEMBER? AND AGAIN, THE BIG GOAL IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION TO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE UNMET NEEDS OF THE POPULATION OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IS.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A MEANS OF DOING THIS ON AN ONGOING BASIS.
THERE'S ALWAYS DATA DATA THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE VERY STRANGE WITH VIRTUAL TEACHING, WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN, DECIMALS, ET CETERA.
SO WE REALLY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A STRONG CHANNEL DEVELOPED BETWEEN THE PTA AND THE PARENT AT THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS.
AND SO THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS OF COMMUNICATIONS, AS WELL AS ASSISTING THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GETTING INFORMATION TO PARENTS THAT PARENTS NEED.
SO THAT WILL BE OUR PRIMARY FOCUS.
WE WILL HAVE THESE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO INCLUDE.
I'M ASSUMING WE WON'T BE DOING OUR PART TEACHER AWARDS THIS YEAR, THOUGH.
ACTUALLY, THEY PROBABLY ARE GOING TO REALLY DESERVE A LOT MORE THIS YEAR.
SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE BACK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO JUST VOTE ON THAT IN NOVEMBER, SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE AWARDS. WE'LL DISCUSS THAT AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF TO HAVE YOUR HAND UP.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE REMAINING LIKE VIRTUAL LIKE OUR FOCUS SHOULD NOT JUST BE ON REOPENING.
OUR POPULATION HAS A HIGH COMORBIDITY OF OTHER DIAGNOSES THAT WOULD PUT THEM AT HIGH RISK FOR COVID COMPLICATIONS.
AND I FORESEE A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM STAYING VIRTUAL.
AND WE KNOW HIGH SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE VIRTUAL MS. THE YEAR. SO I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE BETTER SUPPORT PARENTS, HOW DO WE BETTER SUPPORT SCHOOLS, HOW DO WE ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS FOR VIRTUAL AND ARE NOT RECEIVING ENOUGH SUPPORT? GOOD, CERTAINLY GOING TO COMMENT ON THAT OR NOT.
NO, I APPRECIATE THAT, JANE, AND I'M HOPING, TOO, THAT WE CAN START TO GET INFORMATION FROM PARENTS PRETTY QUICKLY TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE, IF THEY FEEL THEY'RE NOT BEING MET OR WHAT SORT OF SUPPORTS PARENTS NEED.
I MEAN, I KNOW SOME PARENTS WILL FEEL THEY NEED ASSISTANCE IN THE HOME, REALLY TO MAKE ONGOING VIRTUAL WORK IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO RETURN THEIR CHILD TO SCHOOL OR IF THEY HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT'S PARTICULARLY HIGH NEEDS.
WELL, I THINK CPS CAN HELP WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE REMAIN VIRTUAL AND WE'RE IN CITYWIDE.
SO I THINK THAT'S INFORMATION THAT NEEDS TO GET OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY FROM CPS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK WILL MAKE A NOTE TO SHARE TO REMIND YOU TO SHARE WITH TERRI WHEN SHE'S DOING HER THANK Q FOR PARENTS AS THEY MAKE THESE DECISIONS ABOUT RETURNING TO INCLUDE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THAT.
AS WELL, AND I AGREE WITH YOU, WE WILL ALL I MEAN, SOME OF US PARENTS WILL BE IN THAT POSITION OURSELVES, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT FOCUS TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THESE PARENTS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE ONGOING VOICE FOR THEM AS NEEDED.
I THINK TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT JAELYNN SAID, TO ALSO THINK ABOUT THE KIDS THAT ARE IN JAPAN AND GETTING THE SPECIALIZED SERVICES AND ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE GOING BACK JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THAT LAST POPULATION, IF AT ALL, TO BE GOING BACK THIS YEAR AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE.
I LIKE TO ALSO DITTO JULIAN'S COMMENT, BUT THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO ADD IS BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF COMMENTS FROM PARENTS, IS NOBODY SEEMS TO REALLY HAVE AN IDEA WITH REGARD TO HOW MUCH SPEECH THEY'RE GETTING ON THAT.
THERE SEEMS NOBODY SEEMS TO REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DELIVERY OF THOSE SERVICES AND HOW MUCH THEY'RE GETTING, WHAT THEY'VE GOTTEN, WHAT'S NOT GOTTEN.
YOU KNOW, THAT AT SOME POINT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF AN ACCOUNTING FOR PARENTS IN TERMS OF SPEECH AND SO FORTH.
SO PARENTS KNOW WHERE THEY STAND.
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HOWEVER, CPS WANTS TO DO IT.HOWEVER, PARENTS WANT TO GET TOGETHER WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER, WHATEVER PROCESS THEY WANT TO DECIDE ON. BUT I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF ACCOUNTING WORDS, VIRTUAL OR DELIVERED IN THE HOME.
SOME SORT OF PROCESS NEEDS TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LOST TRACK OF WHAT SERVICES THEY'VE RECEIVED OR THEY'VE ONLY RECEIVED A PARTIALLY BECAUSE LET'S SAY THE INTERNET GOES DOWN, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST MY ADDITIONAL COMMENT.
BUT QUESTION FOR TERRY, RELATED TO THAT, I MEAN, PARENTS SHOULD BE RECEIVING THE SERVICES THAT ARE DESIGNATED IN THEIR UNHAPPY, AND IF NOT, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THEIR CASE MANAGERS. IS THAT CORRECT? AREA THAT IS REALISTIC IS THAT WE ARE AWARE THAT THERE IS ONE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST THAT HAS MISSED SOME OF HIS SERVICES.
WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE PARENTS WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THAT.
HE HAS RESIGNED TO START A NEW CAREER.
AND WE HAVE HIRED A NEW ATTORNEY WHO IS STARTING SHORTLY.
SO ANY OF THE SERVICES THAT WERE MS. THERE, WE ARE ALREADY AWARE AND ARE GOING TO MAKE THOSE SERVICES.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE EVERYTHING THAT I'M AWARE OF IS THAT WE ARE ON SCHEDULE AND THERAPISTS ARE DELIVERING THE SERVICES AS OUTLINED IN THE STUDENTS.
ARE YOU SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF COMPUTERS GO DOWN? I KNOW SOME OF THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE IN A VIRTUAL WORLD LIKE WE HAVE SNOW DAYS, THINGS HAPPEN AND COMPUTERS GO DOWN.
SO THOSE ARE INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS THAT CAN BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN A THERAPIST AND THEIR STUDENT.
ONE ADDITION TO TERRI THAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT, IF THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO INCLUDE IT AND THE FHA IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP IN SMALLER GROUPS AND KNOW PARENTS HAVE ASKED ABOUT THE SITUATION WHERE THERE MAY THEY MAY HAVE A CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WHO IS INCLUDED FOR SOME OF THE DAY, AND THAT WORKS WELL IN PERSON BUT DOES NOT WORK WELL IN THE VIRTUAL SETTING AND TO.
HELP PARENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE OPTIONS IN THAT SCENARIO, THAT THEY SHOULD WORK WITH THEIR CASE MANAGER TO POTENTIALLY WORK OUT ASYNCHRONOUS OPTIONS AS WELL.
WOULD THAT BE A GOOD PLACE TO INCLUDE THAT? AND IF YOU. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE OK.
BECAUSE I HAVE HEARD THAT BEING A CHALLENGE FOR A LOT OF STUDENTS.
AND I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS IN DIFFERENT FORUMS AND VENUES, AND I WILL TELL YOU ALL RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'VE SAID IS THAT WE MAKE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS.
IEPS AND SERVICE DELIVERY IS OUR INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS.
AND IF WE NEED TO MAKE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS REGARDING A PARTICULAR CHILD ON A SHORT TERM BASIS, WE WILL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.
SO IF THERE IS A SITUATION THAT IS NEEDS MODIFICATION, WE WILL WORK INDIVIDUALLY TO ADDRESS THAT. WE.
OK, SABRINA, YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
YES, THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION WAS HOW COLLABORATIVELY WILL THE IN-PERSON TEACHERS BE WORKING WITH THOSE THAT ARE REMAINING ONLINE FOR CHILDREN? I MEAN, ARE THE I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY'LL BE COORDINATING AND WORKING TOGETHER.
CAN YOU SAY MORE ABOUT THAT? YES, THE WAY THINGS ARE ESTABLISHED RIGHT NOW IS THAT EVERY STUDENT HAS A CASE MANAGER AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THAT CASE MANAGER IS TYPICALLY THE STUDENT'S TEACHER, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T ALWAYS PLAY OUT THAT WAY AT THE SECONDARY AND PARTICULARLY THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS AS STUDENTS COME BACK VIRTUALLY STAY VIRTUAL OR COME BACK IN THE HYBRID MODEL.
WE ARE TRYING TO DISRUPT IN THE LEAST AMOUNT POSSIBLE, SO THE STUDENTS, WHETHER THEY REMAIN VIRTUAL OR THEY COME BACK IN A HYBRID MODEL, THEY WILL KEEP THE SAME MANAGER THAT THEY HAVE HAD SINCE SCHOOL STARTED.
FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO COME BACK HYBRID, THE TEACHER THAT THEY SEE DURING THE DAY, FACE TO FACE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL.
ASPECTS OF THE STUDENT'S DAY, BUT THE CASE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY WILL REMAIN WITH THE ORIGINAL TEACHER.
SO WE ARE GOING THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME SHIFT BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS ARE NOT RETURNING.
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SOME STUDENTS ARE.SOME TEACHERS ARE NOT RETURNING.
SOME ARE. SO WITH THIS MOVE, WE WILL SEE SOME SHIFTS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND ROCK OPTIONAL TEACHER AS OPPOSED TO THEIR CASE MANAGER TEACHER.
AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE FAMILIES AFFECTED AND NOTIFY THEM OF THAT NEXT WEEK.
OK. ALL RIGHT, LET'S MOVE BACK TO CINDY FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
OK, QUICKLY, DID SANDRA HAVE A COMMENT OR QUESTION? I THINK MY HAND IS IN DOWN.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT'S NOT REALLY A SPECIAL NEEDS QUESTION.
IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION FOR MEGAN RELATED TO SCORE IT.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT JUMPED OUT TO ME.
AND IN THE PRESENTATIONS THAT I DIDN'T SEE, ALL THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESENTATIONS, I CAN'T STAY UP THAT LATE. BUT I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE MODEL THAT WAS SHOWN, THE VISUAL THAT WAS SHOWN REGARDING DESK IN THE CLASSROOM.
AND THIS ISN'T REALLY PERTINENT TO THE SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS RETURNING, BUT TO OTHER KIDS RETURNING AND GETTING NUMBERS OF KIDS IN THE BUILDING.
I THINK IT SHOWED FIVE OR SIX DESK IN A CLASSROOM.
NOW, MAYBE IN A PARTICULAR CLASSROOM, THAT IS ALL THAT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED.
BUT I KNOW THERE ARE CLASSROOMS, KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS IN PARTICULAR THAT MY KIDS HAVE BEEN IN THAT ARE MUCH LARGER THAN WOULD ACCOMMODATE FIVE OR SIX.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT MORE AS A BROADER, GRADUAL MOVE BACK TO SCHOOL AND IN TERMS OF KIDS WITH DISABILITIES BEING IN AN INCLUSIVE SETTING, THAT CAN ONLY HAPPEN, OBVIOUSLY, IF OTHER KIDS ARE GETTING BACK TO SCHOOL, TOO, AND AND EVERYONE WANTS TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL. SO I'M JUST WONDERING ABOUT THAT ONE PIECE IS THAT.
I'M SORRY YOU WENT MUTE AT THE END, SORRY, I WAS JUST ASKING TO THAT SPACING PRESENTATION STRIKE ANYONE ELSE AS ODD OR NOT? DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, FIVE OR SIX DESPERATE.
SO THAT WAS JUST SO THE PROBLEM IS YOUR MY MODEL IS THAT'S LITERALLY JUST ONE MODEL.
THAT'S ONE PARTICULAR CLASSROOM.
SO THAT WAS A FIRST GRADE CLASSROOM AT SAMUEL TUCKER.
I TAUGHT IT, TUCKER, SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE VARYING CLASS SIZES IN THE BUILDING. I TAUGHT IN A FOURTH GRADE ROOM THAT I THINK WAS PROBABLY SMALLER THAN THAT ONE AND IT WAS USED FOR GINNETTE.
SO THAT PARTICULAR MODEL, AS IT WAS SET UP, IT I THINK SHE WAS ABLE TO FIT FIVE DESKS WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES.
BUT THERE WAS FURNITURE ALSO THERE.
HER CALCULATION WAS THAT I REMOVE ALL THE FURNITURE.
THE PROBLEM IS LIKE EVERY CLASSROOM IS NOT THE EXACT SAME.
AND SO WHAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING IN ONE ROOM, YOU MAY NOT DO FOR ANOTHER. AND THAT PARTICULAR MODEL, THAT FIRST GRADE CLASS HAS ONE T, I'M GOING TO SAY TWENTY FOUR STUDENTS.
AND SO. I MEAN, YOU SORT OF DO THE MATH ON THAT, LIKE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE.
EVERYBODY WHO WANTED TO COME BACK, GIVEN THE PERCENTAGES, IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.
THE CHALLENGE IS TO THINK ABOUT SPACING AS WELL AS FURNITURE.
SO WE ONE OF THE DECISIONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DECIDED IS.
WHAT TO DO WITH EXCESS FURNITURE? WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE, YOU DON'T WANT A CLASSROOM AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE TALK ABOUT IN THE WORKING GROUPS, LIKE YOU DON'T WANT A CLASSROOM TO BE BARE BONES TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S NOT A COMFORTABLE SPACE AND THE TEACHER CAN'T, LIKE, HAVE THEIR THINGS.
BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO MAKE AS MUCH SPACE AS POSSIBLE FOR AS MANY KIDS AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
SO THEN THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, DO WE STORE FURNITURE IN OTHER PLACES IN THE BUILDING? IF YOU STORE FURNITURE IN LARGER SPACES, THEN YOU CAN'T USE THOSE SPACES TO ACCOMMODATE MORE KIDS.
SCHOOLS ARE USING, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE FROM THE GYM, YOU KNOW, TO MAYBE EVEN THE CAFETERIA IF THEY'RE NOT EATING IN THE CAFETERIAS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EATING IN CLASSROOMS. THE OTHER OPTION THEN IS TO REMOVE FURNITURE AND TAKE IT ELSEWHERE.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE BUDGETED FOR AND PAID FOR.
AND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AN EXPENSE THAT WE COULD.
TAKE ON, SO I GUESS MY YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF SOME OF THE COMPLEXITY AROUND SPACE AND
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SPACE ISSUES, BUT THAT PARTICULAR CLASSROOM WAS JUST ONE MODEL.THERE WERE SOME MODELS THAT WERE WORKS THAT WERE LOOKED AT OVER THE SUMMER WHERE YOU COULD HAVE MORE STUDENTS.
AND PROBABLY THE BIGGER CHALLENGE IS HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH OH, WELL, YOU'RE BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THIS CLASS AND NOT THAT CLASS, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO, BUT THEY HAVE EXTRA SPACE IN THIS PARTICULAR ROOM, SO.
OK, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
SO YOU SHARED THE COMPLEXITIES, WHICH I APPRECIATE AND GRANTED THERE ARE QUITE A VARIETY AND CLASS SIZES.
SO JUST JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT AN UNNECESSARY IMPEDIMENT IMPEDIMENT.
BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BEING ANALYZED NOW IS YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T JUST DO IT BASED ON ONE ROOM.
BUT THAT WAS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE ROOM.
OK, SO I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
I RAISED MY HAND. BUT CAN I ASK A FOLLOW UP? ABSOLUTELY. SO, MEGHAN, I WAS JUST WONDERING IF ALL OF THE MODELS WERE ADHERING TO SIX FEET FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING OR IF THERE WAS ANY CONSIDERATION FOR LESSENING THAT DISTANCE.
AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE IS NO CONSIDERATION FOR LESSENING THE DISTANCE.
FOR I GUESS VARIOUS REASONS, BUT ONE OF THE MOST PERTINENT WHEN WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, I MEAN THE CITY HEALTH DIRECTOR WHEN IT COMES TO CONTACT TRACING AND FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T EXPLAIN THIS COMPLETELY THOROUGHLY, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CONTACT TRACING, ANYTHING, TECHNICALLY ANYTHING OR ANYONE WITHIN SIX FEET WITH A MASK IS STILL CLOSE ENOUGH CONTACT WHERE YOU'VE BEEN EXPOSED.
SO WHEN YOU START TO DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN PEOPLE, THEN YOU INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF EXPOSURE.
SO RIGHT NOW, WE ARE NOT CONSIDERING ANYTHING LESS THAN SIX FEET, THOUGH THREE FEET IS TECHNICALLY AN OPTION.
AND EVEN LIKE THE MOST RECENT CDC GUIDELINES THAT WERE PUT OUT LAST WEEK, IT WOULD NOT REALLY SUPPORT WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPOSURE AND CONTACT TRACING.
I DON'T REALLY MIND IF I ADD ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO, AS MEGAN SAID, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ALEXANDREA PUBLIC HEALTH, DR.
HARING, HAS VERY EMPHATICALLY SAID TO US THAT WE SHOULD MAINTAIN AND NOT DO THAT.
IN ADDITION, THE CDC ISSUED NEW GUIDELINES LAST WEEK THAT SAID IF IT HAD BEEN 16 OF THE 15 MINUTES OF EXPOSURE, THAT WAS CONSECUTIVE EXPOSURE.
THEY NOW ARE SAYING THAT IT IS 16 AND 15 MINUTES OF CUMULATIVE EXPOSURE AND A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
SO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPLICATIONS FOR ALL TEACHING, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR THE CITYWIDE CLASSES WHERE WE KNOW WE ARE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THAT DISTANCE. AND OUR CONVERSATION, THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS THE TWO EPIDEMIOLOGISTS SAID OUR SPECIAL ED TEACHERS SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS IN THE SAME GROUP OF EXPOSURE AS HEALTH CARE WORKERS, AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE WEARING RESPIRATORS, GIVEN THE LACK OF A SOCIAL BUSINESS AT ALL.
WAS NOT MADE FOR SOME VERY SPECIFIC REASONS, ONE OF WHICH WAS THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF EXPERTIZE NEEDED TO WEAR THAT LEVEL OF RESPIRATOR AND BIT.
AND IF IT WAS NOT, THE PROTOCOLS WERE NOT FOLLOWED, IT ACTUALLY MADE PEOPLE MORE VULNERABLE THAN IF THEY WERE WEARING MASKS.
OUR CONCERN WAS WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CARRY ON INSTRUCTION.
THE VOICE CHANGES AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO ON AT THAT NATURE WOULD PRECLUDE INSTRUCTION. SO THE LEVEL OF TASB THAT WE ARE AGREED ARE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHICH ARE THE THREE TO FOUR FORMAT.
THEY SHIELD FULL BODY CLOTHING COVERINGS AND GLOVES.
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SO THERE ARE SOME WE ARE GETTING VERY SPECIFIC GUIDANCE FROM OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT MAINTAINING.THANK YOU, TERRY. I WANT TO MAKE IT I MADE A NOTE WHEN TO INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION ALSO, AND YOU SEEM TO BE RATHER LONG AND MY APOLOGIES, ACTUALLY, I THINK I'M NOT I SHOULDN'T ALLOW A NON MEMBER TO ASK QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
BUT WE HAVE REACHED AT THE END OF OUR MEETING AFTER THE MEMBERS HANDS RAISED HANDS, HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK, AND THEN WE CAN OPEN THE FLOOR TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
OK, WE'VE GOT A QUESTION FROM SABRINA.
THANK YOU, IT REGARDS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, I FOUND OUT THE OTHER DAY THAT ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS GET FREE TUTORING AND WHEN I INQUIRED ABOUT K THROUGH FIVE, THE WOMAN FROM T.C.
WILLIAMS SAID, YOU HAVE TO TALK TO YOUR SCHOOL.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, ONE IS, IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE FREE TUTORING TO SPECIAL ED CHILDREN, ONLINE TUTORING GOING TO BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR SPED CHILDREN? AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS JUST THE STATUS OF THE PACKETS OF MATERIALS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING BEING SENT HOME, JUST WHERE THAT IS IN THE PIPELINE AND WHEN WE CAN EXPECT THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
SO I AM GOING TO RESPOND TO THE TUTORING QUESTION FIRST, BUT I'M GOING TO BE VERY HONEST AND TELL YOU, I THOUGHT ALL STUDENTS IN CPS HAD ACCESS THAT THEY DO.
SO ALL ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS.
ALEXANDRIA HAS HAS AN ACCOUNT WHERE ALL STUDENTS CAN ACCESS THAT.
SO I WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT.
BUT IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION THAT TO ME AND WHAT WE FIND OUT THAT I KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR ACCESS SECONDLY, THE PACKETS, AS I UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT, THAT IT'S MY LIFE AND PLUS THEY ARE GOING TO BE OF.
I CAN JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THAN YOU PROBABLY WANT TO KNOW, BUT YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, MS. WARNER, THE TOTAL DOT COM, WE CAN ACTUALLY SEND THAT INFORMATION AGAIN TO TERRI. SHE CAN SEND IT OUT.
IT IS FREE, IS PAID FOR, IS PAID FOR BY THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, IS FUNDED THROUGH DR.
AND THEY ARE EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT TUTORS AND THEY ARE K-12.
SO WE CERTAINLY WILL COMMUNICATE THAT BACK OUT.
SECONDLY, SHE'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THE PACKETS HAVE BEEN IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PRINTED.
SO ALL OF THE TEACHERS WILL RECEIVE ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COPIES OF THE LEARNING PACKETS.
THAT AND THEN THEY WILL BE KATOU WILL BE DELIVERED IN A WEEK AND THEN THREE FIVE THE NEXT WEEK. THE MAIN THING THOUGH FOR YOU IS EACH OF THE SCHOOLS WILL HAVE A DISTRIBUTION PROCESS AND THEY WILL BE COMMUNICATING THAT TO THEIR FAMILIES.
SO FAMILIES WILL BE ABLE TO COME TO THE SCHOOLS AND PICK UP THOSE LEARNING PACKETS, AS SHE SAID, BY NOVEMBER THE 9TH.
AND THEY PLANT WE ASKED THEM YESTERDAY TO PUT SOMETHING IN THEIR BACK TO SCHOOL OR IN THE NEWSLETTERS TO TALK TO FAMILIES.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE JUST IN THE PRINTING STAGE, WHICH IS PRETTY COMPLICATED.
SANDRA, MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN ANY PART OF YOUR, YOU KNOW, VERY LONG DISCUSSIONS AND YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT ANYONE.
WAS THERE EVER ANY DISCUSSION REQUIRING REQUIRING FOR THE STUDENTS COMING BACK A NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST? BECAUSE IN SOME OF THE UNIVERSITY MODELS, THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING IT SUCCESSFULLY SO FAR, THEY'VE ALL REQUIRED NEGATIVE TESTS BEFORE YOU COULD SET FOOT ON CAMPUS AND THEN HAVE DONE REPEATED TESTING AND THEY'VE MODIFIED THAT.
BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT WAS EVER PART OF THE DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STUDENTS THAT HAVE HAD COVID-19.
SO, YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
THAT HAS NOT BEEN A PART OF ANY OF THE SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, DR.
HARING, IT'S NEVER SAID THAT PUBLICLY EITHER.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT I KNOW IN ONE OF MY SMALL GROUPS WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW.
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DID WE NEED TO, AS A SCHOOL DIVISION, HAVE LIKE SOME REGULAR TESTING OCCUR, THE ANSWER TO THAT SORT OF WAS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BIT OF A FINANCIAL CONSTRAINT AND IT COULD POSSIBLY TAKE AWAY FROM RESOURCES FROM THE CITY THAT ARE ALREADY MAYBE NOT SO VAST IF WE HAVE REGULAR TESTING OVER THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT THEN NOT HAVING ENOUGH TESTS TO DO, YOU KNOW, NEEDED TESTING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.SO I DIDN'T GET THE SENSE FROM DR.
HARING THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS.
YOU KNOW, ALL INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR THING THAT IS USEFUL, HOWEVER, I READ SOME UNIVERSITY STUDIES AS WELL, AND THE ONES THAT ARE HAVING SUCCESS HAVE REQUIRED NEGATIVE COVID TESTING PRIOR TO ENTERING SCHOOL.
AND I THINK THEN THEY REQUIRE REGULAR TESTING AS THEY GO.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE ISSUE OF THE CITY'S CAPACITY TO DO IT OR, YOU KNOW, THE COORDINATING BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE SCHOOLS, I'M NOT SURE.
SO IF I WAS JUST GOING TO I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY AND THE UNIVERSITIES HAVE ENDED UP DOING BECAUSE THEY DO REQUIRE CONTINUOUS TESTING IS THEY FOUND TO SAY TEST THE WASTEWATER, THAT THAT IS HOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN PICKING UP THE COVID AND THEN THEY KNOW CERTAIN BUILDINGS HAVE THEM.
THEY GO BACK IN AND THEY TEST THOSE BUILDINGS.
THAT'S ONE THING. THE OTHER THING THEY HAVE CONTRACTED OUT WITH COMPANIES THAT YOU GET TESTED BY. BUT NOW, JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, COSTCO IS NOW OFFERING A PCR WHEN THE TOP SALIVA TESTS FOR ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY NINE DOLLARS PER PERSON.
SO IF IT EVER BECOMES PART OF THE DISCUSSION, MAYBE THERE ARE THERE OTHER COMPANIES WHERE THERE COULD BE DEALS FOR THE CITY TO WORK OUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.
THAT'S THE MODEL IS INCLUDING THESE TESTS MOST DOING SUCCESSFULLY.
SO I JUST WISH YOU GUYS LUCK WITH IT.
BUT I JUST WONDERED IF IT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, SO.
NOW, IT'S DEFINITELY CAME UP, BUT IT SORT OF FELT LIKE IT WAS A LITTLE KIBOSHED SQUASHED.
WELL, WE'VE SORT WE'VE SORT OF MORPHED INTO THE DISCUSSION ON SCHOOL REOPENING.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON REOPENING BEFORE WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT? SUSAN JUST SENT ME A MESSAGE.
SHE SAID IT WAS ACTUALLY DISCUSSED IN THE CITY SCHOOLS MEETING LAST NIGHT AS WELL.
HARING AND HE IT WAS INDICATED THAT IT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN THE PLAN.
SHALL WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT THEN, SANDY? YES, LET'S DO.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SO THAT WOULD BE ANYONE HERE WHO IS NOT A MEMBER, NO PUBLIC ON THE AT&T SIDE.
ONE PERSON I THINK WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MEETING THEMSELVES.
OK, I THINK WE HAVE NO OUTSIDE ATTENDEES AND THE ATTENDEES.
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NO. CAN I JUST BRING UP THAT I THINK WE STILL HAVE A TON OF QUESTIONS ABOUT OPENING, BUT I MEAN, THEY WERE ALL WRITTEN DOWN, I GUESS, FOR NOT ADDRESSING THEM INDIVIDUALLY.BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH SAYING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS CALL AND A LOT OF PARENTS THAT WE'RE TALKING TO ARE STRESSED ABOUT THE LACK OF INFORMATION ABOUT OPENING.
YEAH, I GUESS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION WOULD BE TIMELINE OF PROVIDING FOR THIS WOULD BE FOR TERRI PROVIDING THE CREW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT RESPONDS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND THEN ALSO TIMELINE FOR DOING A Q&A.
I WOULD HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OR THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT TO TALK ABOUT THE Q&A, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WILL MAKE IT MY PRIORITY TO TRY AND GET THE THROUGH THE QUESTIONS THAT I THINK IS OUTSTANDING NEXT WEEK.
I I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE FAMILIES IN THE HQ PARAMETER.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A PHASED IN PROCESS AND WE ARE HAVING TO WORK THROUGH THIS THAT I.
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I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU, THIS IS THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS.I JUST I CAN'T TELL YOU ANY OTHER WAY.
WE HAVE SPENT THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS ON THIS PROCESS, AND WE ARE WE ARE WORKING THROUGH IT IN A VERY SYSTEMATIC, VERY SEQUENTIAL STEP BY STEP PROCESS.
WE HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL, AND THEY ARE THEY HAVE RECEIVED TELEPHONE CALLS AND INFORMATION.
AND WE ARE NOW FINALIZING THE CLASS MAKEUPS AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STAGE OF COMMUNICATION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON? JUST TO SAY, I THINK THAT WILL BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE.
INFORMATION LIKE THAT TO GO OUT AND I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, WE CAN ADDRESS THIS SEPARATELY, BUT THROUGH THE OFFICIAL ACARS COMMUNICATIONS, MAYBE WITH A LINK, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY NOT EVERYONE NEEDS ALL THAT INFORMATION, BUT ALSO THROUGH APRC THAT COULD BE REPLICATED BECAUSE YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE PARENTS ARE, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT AND OVERCOMMUNICATION.
NOT NOT GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTING FOR THIS GROUP.
OK, ANY OTHER ITEMS OF NEW BUSINESS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? I THINK YOU ALL WANT TO GO HOME, EXCEPT YOU'RE ALREADY THERE.
I THINK JANET EISENSTAT HAS A COMMENT OR QUESTION.
YEAH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A SKUNK AT THE GARDEN PARTY COMMENT.
BUT BUT I WAS WITH A PARENT NON SPECIAL NEEDS AFTER THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, THE MOST RECENT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AND THEN THE ANYWAY LAST WEEK.
AND THEY SAID I THOUGHT THE COMMENT JUST STRUCK WITH STUCK WITH ME BECAUSE THE COMMENT HE HAD WAS THE SCHOOL BOARD IS CPS IS PLANNING TO PLAN THERE.
AND THE MESSAGE THAT GOT OUT OF THE MEETINGS WAS WE'RE PLANNING TO PLAN.
YOU KNOW, NOT THAT. AND SO I THINK WHEN AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING IT UP IS BECAUSE WE'RE JAELYNN TALKED ABOUT FRUSTRATION IS THERE'S WE'RE IN SUCH A STRANGE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE ARE NO REAL CONCRETE ANSWERS AND IT'S A MOVING TARGET AS TO WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO. BUT I THINK IN THE COMMUNICATION THAT COMES OUT, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING CONCRETE.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE TIMELINES.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE BEGIN TO COMMUNICATE THAT THOSE THOUSANDS OF MAN HOURS THAT TERRY'S TALKING ABOUT FROM THE CHAIRMAN'S DINGOES ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR ACTIONABLE HOURS.
AND THEY'RE NOT JUST PLANNING OURS.
WE ARE MOVING. WE ARE BEGINNING TO GET THE KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL.
BUT I JUST THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME THAT THAT WAS WHAT THE GENTLEMAN TOOK AWAY ABOUT HIS KIDS. WAS THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPENDING ALL THEIR TIME PLANNING TO PLAN.
AND SO I JUST SAY THAT FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH AND I'M SORRY IF THAT'S THE SKUNK REMARK, BUT BUT I THINK WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE ARE DOING AND.
SO I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, OH, I'M SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT COMMENT, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOME ADVICE THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND THAT WAS THE TEAM LAST WEEK.
IS THE TO HOW DO YOU MAKE ALL OF THE WORK ACTIONABLE WORK THAT IS OCCURRING WITH ALMOST THREE HUNDRED PLUS INDIVIDUALS.
HOW DO YOU REPORT THAT OUT? HOW DO YOU SHOW THAT THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY ACTIONABLE, WHETHER IT'S THE REDESIGN OF THE SCHEDULES, IS THE REDESIGN OF THE FACT PACKETS.
THERE'S SO MUCH THAT IS OCCURRING, ALL OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO HELP BUILD THE CAPACITY OF THE STAFF TO TO USE THE ZOO AND ALL THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE STILL ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO DO THAT.
I KNOW THAT DR. HUTCHINS HAS ASKED.
WE HAD A MEETING TODAY AND IT WAS IT WAS REALLY ABOUT THE CITYWIDE PROGRAM AND IT WAS WITH COMMUNICATIONS.
AND HOW DO WE STILL COMMUNICATE THAT OUT? HOW DO WE MAKE IT CLEAR WHAT ASSIMILATIONISTS WHICH AND SO THERE'LL BE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THAT IS.
SO ANY ADVICE AND GUIDANCE ON HOW YOU TAKE ALL THAT IS OCCURRING IN THIS PROCESS OF CHANGE AND AND DISTILL IT SO EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS IT? WE KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE EFFORT CUZ WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, AS YOU SAY TONIGHT, MAYBE SOME MORE COMMUNITY FORUMS AND JUST TRYING
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TO FIGURE OUT OTHER WAYS TO HELP EVERYONE UNDERSTAND THIS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS.WHAT WE ARE LEARNING JUST BRIEFLY IS WE ARE CONNECTED WITH OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS.
SHANDOR I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE DIVISIONS.
BUT JUST TODAY, WE HAVE THESE PEOPLE THAT GIVE US A LOT OF INPUT.
AND WHAT WE ARE LEARNING IS THAT WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING IS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR.
I WAS LOOKING AT A DIVISION TODAY AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET ADVICE BECAUSE THEY OPENED 10 SCHOOLS OF THE TEN SCHOOLS.
THEY HAD TO QUICKLY CLOSED THREE BECAUSE OF THE BECAUSE OF THE RISE OF THE COVID.
THE OTHER THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO SUPPORT THE KIDS IN THE OTHER SCHOOLS BECAUSE YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED.
SO EVERYBODY'S STRUGGLING THROUGH HOW YOU MANAGE ALL OF THIS.
AND SO WE GET THESE EMAILS FROM FAIRFAX, FROM ARLINGTON, ARLINGTON, FROM LOWN.
WE'RE TRYING TO TRY TO FIGURE ALL THIS OUT, THIS NOTION OF CONCURRENT TEACHING, WHAT IT MEANS TO TEACH IT, BUT ALSO TO TEACH IN PERSON AND TO TEACH VIRTUAL.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A NATIONAL PHENOMENA AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY JUST TRYING TO HELP THIS MORE THAN YOU NEEDED TO KNOW.
BUT JUST NEED TO TELL YOU THAT IS IT'S JUST ALL OVER THE NATION RIGHT NOW, THIS STRUGGLE AND THEN EVERYONE STARTING WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, THAT'S WHERE THEY START.
JUST LIKE WHAT? I WOULD SUPPORT IT FOR US.
RIGHT. THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND THEN ENGLISH LEARNERS.
SO BUT SO, JANE AND I THANK YOU FOR FOR THAT COMMENT.
AND ANY SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS THAT CAN HELP US WILL BE QUITE HELPFUL.
WE DO MEET WITH SEVERAL TEACHERS EVERY MONDAY, AND THOSE TEACHERS ARE ROLLING UP THEIR SLEEVES AND REALLY GIVING US CONCRETE INFORMATION.
THEN THEY GO BACK TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND SHARE THAT OUT, THAT IT ROLLS INTO OUR PRINCIPALS AND IT ROLLED INTO A DIVISION MEETING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE THAT THROUGH ALSO.
BUT ANY ADVICE OR GUIDANCE OR SUPPORT THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IDEAS FOR HOW TO MAKE IT CLEARER? UNDERSTANDABLE.
I HAVE IDEAS WHEN WE CAN. I LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU.
AND I DID A BIG THING HAS TO BE THE STAFF.
THE STAFF IS IN THE DARK TO MAKE THE CITYWIDE TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS OF THE CITYWIDE PROGRAMS. THEY AREN'T ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS EITHER.
IT'S MOVING SO FAST FOR THEM TO, BUT WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPALS, UPDATING THE.
WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH MULTIPLE LARGE STAFF AND WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH CITY WIDE STAFF AND ADMINISTRATORS AND MET WITH BUILDING PRINCIPALS IN THEIR MEETING TODAY. WE HAVE COMMUNICATED QUITE EXTENSIVELY.
SO THEY MAY NOT HAVE NECESSARILY ANSWERED YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAD SENT THE EMAIL AND AARON STONE IS WORKING ON HER REPLY TO YOU RIGHT NOW. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT STAFF HAS BEEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO.
ALL RIGHT, I DO YOU WANT TO CHIME IN ON THE PLANNING TO PLAN, BECAUSE I DO FIND THAT SAD AND I FIND IT FRUSTRATING FOR THE STAFF AS WELL.
I THINK IN SOME WAYS A LOT OF THIS IS PLANNING TO PLAN BECAUSE IT'S AN ONGOING PLAN AND IT'S IT'S CONSTANT AND IT'S HARD.
IT IS IT'S HARD TO TO COMMUNICATE THAT OUT.
I THINK I'VE SEEN ENOUGH CAUTIONARY TALES, THOUGH, OR STORIES.
THAT SHOWED ME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND PURPOSEFUL AND CAREFUL.
I COULD SEE A LOT OF SCHOOLS IN ACTION AND IN.
GPS IS AN EXAMPLE, I HAD A FRIEND WHO IS A PRINCIPAL AT A SCHOOL CALLED ME FREAKING OUT LAST WEEK BECAUSE THEY ROLLED OUT THIS PLAN SO QUICKLY AND SHE REALIZED THAT THE NINTH HOUR THAT THEY DIDN'T GIVE HER ENOUGH STAFF.
BECAUSE STAFF HADN'T EVEN BEEN FULLY SURVEYED IN REGARD TO THEIR ABILITY.
SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THESE THINGS THAT HAPPEN LIKE THAT, THAT IN THE SPEED OF TRYING TO TO KEEP UP OR TO DO THINGS, YOU SEE BIG, HUGE CHUNKS GET LOST.
AND NOW SHE'S EVEN CONCERNED BECAUSE SHE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN'T EVEN CONSIDER HAVING SPECIAL ED STUDENTS BACK TO SOME OF THOSE KIDS ARE IN THE JET SETTING.
AND SHE'S GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW.
CLASSROOMS WHERE THERE'S SEVEN KIDS WITH DISABILITIES AND TWO WITHOUT.
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AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE TO REALLY I THINK I THINK TAKING TIME, DOING THINGS SLOWLY, STARTING WITH THE SMALL GROUPS IS REALLY HELPFUL.IT'S HARD, BUT I THINK IT'S THERE'S ENOUGH CAUTIONARY TALES FOR ME TO SAY THAT IT'S IMPORTANT.
ALEXIS. JEFF, WELL, WHO'S ON THEIR FIRST? SORRY, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? I DO, AND IT'S SORT OF ABOUT THIS IS IS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.
SO SO WHAT I'VE SURMISED IS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF SPECIALIZED TEACHERS IN THE PIPELINE.
AND GOD FORBID THERE IS THIS BIG YOU KNOW, TEACHERS GET SICK.
THE SPECIAL TEACHERS HELPING THESE KIDS WHO ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL GET SICK.
ARE IS THERE A PLAN B, A CONTINGENCY PLAN BEING WORKED ON NOW TO ADDRESS WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IF THESE TEACHERS GET SICK AND THERE AREN'T ENOUGH TEACHERS TO TEACH THE KIDS ONLINE? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I SORT OF THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S BUDGETARY ISSUES AROUND STORING FURNITURE AND WHERE TO PUT IT.
YOU KNOW, HAS ANY THOUGHT BEEN GIVEN TO REALLY CREATIVE SOLUTIONS, LIKE TAKING DESKS AND OCCUPYING AND SOME OF THE EMPTY OFFICE SPACE IN THE CITY AND WORKING CREATIVELY ON SOLUTIONS LIKE THAT? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
I'M JUST THROWING OUT IDEAS TO GET MORE KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL FASTER.
SO, SABRINA, YOU ASK A QUESTION AND I'M GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU.
AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY FOR MS. ALL THOSE INTERNATIONAL ZINGO TO JUMP IN ON THE SECOND PART AS WELL.
BUT WE HAVE CLEARLY PLANNED FOR SOMEONE GETTING SICK.
SO THAT IS WHY THE 16 DISTANCING IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT AND KNOWING HOW WE CAN CONTACT. RIGHT.
THAT DETERMINES WHAT THE SHUTDOWN PROTOCOL IS.
THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ACTUALLY UP ON THE WEBSITE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WE HAVE VERY SPECIFIC PROTOCOLS.
SO IN OUR ANY OF OUR CURRENT CITYWIDE SITUATION, IF WE HAVE A POSITIVE CODE WITH THE ENTIRE CLASS, WILL BE CONSIDERED A CLOSE CONTACT AND THEY WILL HAVE TO GO HOME AND QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS.
BECAUSE YOU ARE THE INDIVIDUAL WITH COVID WILL HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR 10 DAYS.
THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN EXPOSED, WE'LL HAVE TO QUARANTINE FOR 14 DAYS TO ENSURE THAT THEY THEY DON'T HAVE THE VIRUS.
SO WE HAVE CLEARLY PLANS THAT WE REVERT BACK TO VIRTUAL.
THAT IS WHY I MADE SUCH A STRONG COMMITMENT TO THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO GET VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION DOWN FIRST, BECAUSE I KNEW, AS DR.
HARING SAYS, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF IF, IT'S A MATTER OF WHEN.
SO I KNEW THAT WE HAD TO BE PREPARED TO BACK TO.
VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE THESE CLASSROOMS ESTABLISHED IN THE WAY WE CREATED THE BUBBLES IS THAT IT SHOULD ONLY AFFECT ONE CLASS.
IT WON'T SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BEING SO VERY CAREFUL ABOUT CROSS CONTAMINATION AND EXPOSURE.
SO IF WE DO HAVE A CASE, THE ENTIRE CLASS WILL HAVE TO GO HOME AND THEY WILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO THOSE PROTOCOLS.
THE REASON THAT THE EXPOSED INDIVIDUAL OR THE POSITIVE INDIVIDUAL ONLY NEEDS 10 DAYS IS BECAUSE ONCE YOU'RE SYMPTOMATIC, ONCE YOU'RE IDENTIFIED, IT'S PENDING.
SO IT'S A DIFFERENT PROTOCOL FROM POSITIVE TESTING, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE EXPLORING THE OTHER VENUES.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION.
WE I PROMISE YOU, THERE'S VERY LITTLE THAT THIS STAFF HAS NOT THOUGHT ABOUT AND CONSIDERED VERY, VERY LITTLE THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT OR CONSIDERED.
SO THE POSSIBILITY OF LEAVING OTHER SCHOOLS, THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER STATES, THE CITY IS ALL ALL BEING EXPLORED AS AN OPTION.
AND I THINK I DON'T KNOW, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY AND THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, WE CALL IT, THAT'S WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT, ONE OF THE IDEAS WAS THE POSSIBILITY OF USING OTHER SITES, SUCH AS HE MENTIONED, I THINK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THERE ARE HOTELS
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THAT HAVE LARGE ROOMS AND LARGE SPACES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME SITES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE SCHOOL.
THOSE STILL HAVE I THINK THERE STILL IS THIS ISSUE ABOUT AS YOU INCREASE.
MORE PEOPLE IN THE SPACE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOMETHING OCCURRING IS HIGHLY FEASIBLE AND IMPOSSIBLE. SO I KNOW.
BUT AT ANY RATE, THAT WAS MENTIONED LAST NIGHT BY THE CITY.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY EARLIER, I SAID THAT MAYBE ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT SPECIAL ED RETURN TO SCHOOL WOULD NOT BE OF INTEREST TO THE GENERAL POPULATION.
ZINGO, IN TERMS OF HELPING EVERYONE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PLANNING, THAT DOES GIVE A SNAPSHOT OF ALL THAT GOES INTO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ONE SMALL, SMALL GROUP, IF IT'S NOT A VERY BIG GROUP THAT IS IN THE SAME CLASSROOM, BUT IT'S AN ENORMOUS UNDERTAKING. SO I THINK THAT THE EPICURE WILL PROVIDE WILL SERVE A COUPLE OF PURPOSES, NOT JUST TO EDUCATE THE PARENTS OF THAT SMALL GROUP, BUT POTENTIALLY JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE WINDOW INTO ALL THE PLANNING THAT'S BEEN OCCURRING.
SO THE OTHER THING IS I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE EVERYONE AN AWARD AND THAT THE REWARD IS TO FINISH EARLY, WHICH NEVER HAPPENS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, MIKE? I THINK I WANT TO LISTEN FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO IF YOU DON'T GET A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR.
I EVER NIGHTY NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
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* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.