SHE'LL ROLE IN ALL OF WHO'S HERE.
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YEAH.ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO JUST START AS I CAN SEE YOU GUYS ON THE.
[Introductions]
SCREEN HERE, SUSAN NELSON.BUT HERE. SO WE HAVE AN AUDIO RECORD HERE.
SHE'S MUTED HERE. THERE WE GO.
MICHAEL BERMAN, WHO'S ON TWICE AND CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OFF THE OTHER ONE, BUT SABRINA HERE.
IS ANYBODY MISSING? THAT EVERYBODY. OK, SO WE WILL GET STARTED.
DEBBIE PARRY JUST CAME ON, DEBBIE.
SO IF YOU GIVE ME A HEADS UP ON THOSE LEVELS WOULD BE GREAT.
ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S LET'S START OUT WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
[Public Comment (15 minutes maximum)]
WHO WHO HAS.IS THERE ANYBODY THAT HAS PUBLIC COMMENT BESIDES THE ONE CINDY HE'S HOLDING? OK, SUSAN, OR YOU CAN BE IN THERE CURRENTLY.
YOU'RE NOT BEING WATCHED BY ANYBODY.
AND THEN, CAROL, I JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO TAKE NOTES.
ARE YOU FEELING UP TO THAT? GREAT, THANK YOU. OK, PUBLIC COMMENT I'M GOING TO READ THIS IS FROM HILLARY SENTELLE.
I'M NOT SURE OF SAYING HER LAST NAME CORRECTLY.
MY NAME IS HILLARY SENTELLE AND I AM THE PARENT OF A KINDERGARTNER IN THE CITYWIDE AUTISM PROGRAM. I HAVE A QUESTION AND A COMMENT.
DO YOU PLAN ON HAVING THE CITY WIDE AND OTHER SPECIAL ED STUDENTS USE THE CONCURRENT TEACHING MODEL WITH TWO FULL DAYS IN PERSON OR STICK WITH THE FOUR 1/2 DAYS WITH ONE ON ONE INSTRUCTION THAT WE UTILIZE IN NOVEMBER? I BELIEVE THAT THE FOUR DAY, HALF DAY MODEL IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE FOR THESE STUDENTS AS THEY THRIVE ON CONSISTENCY AND ROUTINE.
I AM NOT SURE HOW THE CONCURRENT TEACHING MODEL WOULD WORK FOR THESE STUDENTS IF SOME WERE IN PERSON AND SOME WERE AT HOME AS THE TEACHER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STUDENTS IN PERSON. THANK YOU.
AND WE HAVE NOT HAD LOTS OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THE SCHOOL BOARD I KNOW DOESN'T RESPOND TO IT AT THE MOMENT.
AND SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS IT BETTER TO WAIT UNTIL THE TIME WHEN TERRY, WHEN YOU SPEAK TO RESPOND TO THAT, TERRY WERNER.
I THINK IT WOULD BE OK, SUSAN, I NEED TO ASK, DO WE FOLLOW THE SCHOOL BOARD AND NOT REPLY TO PUBLIC COMMENT OR JUST TAKE IT AS IT IS? WHAT I ACTUALLY WOULD DEPEND, IF IT SAYS ANYTHING IN YOUR BYLAWS, AS YOU CAN DO THINGS I THINK DIFFERENTLY THAN, OK, I'M JUST FINE, OK? YET CURRENTLY THERE'S NOTHING IN OUR BYLAWS.
AND AT SOME POINT WE MIGHT HAVE, SAY, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN PEOPLE GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT, IN WHICH CASE IT WOULDN'T BE APPROPRIATE.
BUT IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, I'M FINE.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO ON AND RESPOND TO THAT NOW AND THEN, WE CAN DO OUR INTRODUCTIONS.
IF IT'S OK WITH YOU, I'D RATHER RESPOND TO IT AS I GIVE MY OK.
AND I THINK THAT WE OUGHT TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE THAT IF WE GET PUBLIC COMMENT THAT IS EITHER CONTROVERSIAL OR.
IT SORT OF PUTS US IN A SITUATION WHERE WE REALLY NEED TO GO ORGANIZE OURSELVES AND TALK ABOUT IT LATER AND PUT IT ON A LATER AGENDA THAT ANY ANY MEMBER OF THE CIA SHOULD BE ABLE TO REQUEST THAT THAT THAT COMMENT BE TABLED FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.
YEAH, I THINK IT PROBABLY IS MAYBE YOU AND I SHOULD ARBALEST DON'T ADDRESS THE SPECIFICS OF PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU AND I COULD SIT AND JUST WRITE THOSE OUT CLEARLY SO THAT WE'RE ALL
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SURE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT THAT'S THE REASON THAT THE BOARD DOESN'T RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T THEY CAN'T CONTROL WHAT IS BEING SAID AND WHAT THE ISSUES MIGHT BE.
SO I WOULD JUST MAKE IT I DON'T MIND HAVING THEM INCLUDED IN OUR DISCUSSION THAT NIGHT, BUT IN THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE JUST TO TABLE IT.
THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO DO IS APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 18TH.
TWENTY TWENTY. I THINK I'D LIKE TO DO THIS THE WAY I DID BEFORE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE MINUTES, LIKE I'M SORRY TO BUTT IN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PARTICIPANTS TONIGHT WHO ARE INCOMING MEMBERS.
THEY HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD.
AND I'M EXCITED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE AN INCOMING TEACHER MEMBER, LAURA FONTAINE.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF A QUICK MINUTE, LAURA, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
THIS IS MY SECOND YEAR AS A LEAD TEACHER IN THE CITYWIDE PROGRAM AT THE LYLES CROUCH AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE.
I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND I'VE REALLY LOVED WORKING IN THE CITY WIDE PROGRAM. AND LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST EXCITED TO BE HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. AND LAURA HAS WORKED AS A PARAPROFESSIONAL AND A SUBSTITUTE AS WELL. IS THAT CORRECT, IN THE NAACP? YES, MA'AM. OK, THANK YOU.
AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK LAUREN AND I'M SORRY, GOLINSKI, I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY, IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST AND SHE WILL ALSO PROBABLY BE CONFIRMED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD TOMORROW.
HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LAUREN BLUESKY.
I'M A FORMER SPECIAL ED TEACHER OF SIX YEARS.
I TAUGHT IN CLEVELAND, OHIO AND DALLAS, TEXAS.
AND THEN I HAVE MOVED TO ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WORKING FOR A TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, SUPER PASSIONATE ABOUT SPECIAL ED.
AND I ALSO HAVE A MASTER'S IN SPECIAL ED AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION.
SO HAPPY TO BE HERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
THANK YOU. OK, MIKE, SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS BEING HERE AND PARTICIPATING.
SO DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES?
[Approve Meeting Minutes from November 18th, 2020]
AND I'M GOING TO ONE MORE SAY THESE WENT OUT VERY LATE, IF IF THE IF WE NEED TO DELAY AND APPROVE THEM NEXT TIME, THAT'S FINE.AND SUSAN HAS A DRAFT OF THE MINUTE, AND I KNOW YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PUBLISH DRAFTS. SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL THEY HAVE TO PROVE SOMETHING.
WELL. SEE, NO SUGGESTED CORRECTIONS, WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO VOTE RATHER THAN DOING A ROLL CALL VOTE, DOES ANY DOES ANY MEMBER ABSTAIN OR OPPOSE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE, THAT WE WILL TAKE THAT AS UNANIMOUS CONSENT FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
OK, MOVING ON TO ALL BUSINESS ACTION ITEMS, THE FIRST ONE IS THE SCOPE OF WORKS.
[Old Business and Action Items]
AND DO YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK? SUZANNE, AGAIN, I'M WONDERING IF I DON'T KNOW HOW TO I GUESS I CAN SHARE A DOCUMENT.I'M JUST WONDERING IF I COULD PULL IT UP REAL QUICKLY.
YEAH, OPEN IT FIRST AND THEN GET YOUR FAIR BUTTON AND YOU'LL SEE THE OPTIONS OF WHAT DOCUMENTS YOU CAN.
ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT I'D ALREADY KNOW.
OKAY, SO I'VE GOT THE DOCUMENT OPEN TO YOUR SCREEN.
THIS WORKS, THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. MAKE IT A LITTLE BIGGER.
ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE THAT? YES. ALL RIGHT.
SO JUST AT THE BEGINNING, FOR REFERENCE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I PUT IN SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO ALIGN WITH THAT.
AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT DURING OUR LAST MEETING, IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WE WERE MAKING COMMUNICATION A PRIORITY THIS YEAR, COMMUNICATIONS TO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS, TO FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
I'VE GOT SOME HELPERS HERE ALSO ON THESE.
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I ADDED BUDGET IMPACT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT BUDGET IS THAT PARTICULARLY.I'M GOING TO GET SOME HELP. HOLD ON JUST A SEC.
HEY, CHRIS, I NEED YOU TO GO TO THE BOYS BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING.
RIGHT. SO THIS IS OUR DAY THAT OUR DAY LOOKS LIKE YOU CAN SIT THERE QUIETLY, OK? ALL RIGHT. SO, NICOLE, THERE'S A LITTLE BACKGROUND THERE THAT WILL EXAMINE CURRENT PRACTICES REGARDING COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS AND GUARDIANS AND ASPECTS RELATED TO SUPPORTS AND SERVICES PROVIDED TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WILL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE DIVISION TO FAMILIES AND WILL DETERMINE HOW TO BEST SHARE THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ACTION PLAN WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, THE BUDGET IMPACT IS MINIMAL TO NONE FOR THIS ONE, FOR VISIBILITY.
JUST WISELY SUGGESTED LAST MEETING THAT WE PULL THIS OUT AGAIN AND KEEP IT AS A SEPARATE ITEM FROM THE DRAFT THAT I SENT YOU ALL.
I JUST ADDED AND READ ONE LITTLE ITEM THERE.
OUR GOAL WITHIN THIS AREA OF FOCUS IS SCHOOL WORK AND COLLABORATION WITH SCHOOL.
PTA IS THE PRC AND ASKS LEADERS TO RAISE THE AWARENESS AMONG PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND OF STAFF SERVING THIS POPULATION.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ADD STAFF AND THAT ONE WILL IMPLEMENT PRACTICES THAT DEVELOP A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND EMPOWER FAMILIES AND STAFF TO SHARE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
BUILDING A CULTURE ACROSS COLLABORATION AND TRUSTEE WILL HELP SIETE FULFILL ITS ROLE OF ADVISING ACTION NEEDS AND THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THEN, AS I COMMUNICATED TO YOU ONCE AND EXCUSE ME TO YOU AND COMMENTS ON THIS AS WE GO THROUGH, OR DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH IT AND GO BACK? WHY DON'T WE DO THE THREE PRIMARY GOALS AND THEN GET COMMENTS IF THAT'S OK? OK, LITERACY GOAL.
IDENTIFY NEW RESOURCES FOR LITERACY.
AND FROM THE BACKGROUND, JUST LET ME INTERJECT THAT THIS IS ONE THAT WAS STARTED LAST YEAR, AS WERE THE OTHERS.
BUT SOME OUTCOMES WERE THERE WAS A WORKING GROUP THAT HAD MADE SOME PROGRESS, BUT THE OUTCOMES HAD NEVER BEEN SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE.
THE GOAL WAS TO IDENTIFY NEEDED RESOURCES FOR LITERACY INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY, CONSIDER INTERVENTIONS, USE NUMBERS OF TRAINED SPECIALISTS, COACHING AND COMMUNICATION WITH PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS IN ORDER TO ALIGN WITH TWENTY TWENTY FIVE.
STRATEGIC PLAN WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON K TO FIVE LITERACY INSTRUCTION, JUST AS THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CITY DOES.
BUDGET IMPACT IS NOT KNOWN ON THAT ONE.
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THIS YEAR.
OF COURSE, RETURN TO SCHOOL AND VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION.
ARE PARTS OF THAT BUDGET IMPACT NOT KNOWN DEPENDING ON WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN? THE BUDGET IN GENERAL, WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME AND IN THE INTERIM LOOKING THING ABOUT THE THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ACTION PLAN, THE SPED ACTION PLAN FOR THE CITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MULTITIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.
ONE THING THAT I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT BUDGET, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS FUNDING THERE SO THAT THAT IS SYSTEMATICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY IMPLEMENTED.
THAT'S SUCH A CORNERSTONE OF THE ACTION PLAN.
AND THEN WHATEVER NEEDS WE SEE IN THE LITERACY AREA THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE ARE FUNDED AND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO FOR THAT.
LET YOU CALL ON PEOPLE LIKE TO ADD RESPONSES OR COMMENTS.
GREAT GRANDSON AND I WILL I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I WAS OFF MUTE.
RAISE YOUR HANDS AND I'LL BE ABLE TO SEE IN ORDER TO HAVE COMMENTS.
SO, JEFF, YOU GO FIRST, BUT RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY YOUR FIRST ON THE LIST.
WELL, EVERYBODY'S HAVING A HARD TIME TONIGHT.
YEAH, YEAH, I WILL ADD, I DID RECEIVE A COMMENT FROM SANDRA.
SHE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE, BUT SHE DID WANT TO FOR THE LITERACY GOAL TO EXPAND IT BEYOND WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS ARTICULATED TO INCLUDE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE LEAVING THE SYSTEM FIRST SOONER THAN THE ELEMENTARY.
I THINK LIKE ALL OF OUR GOALS AND OUR CHALLENGE THIS YEAR IS REALLY MANPOWER AND FINDING THE ENERGY TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS.
I'M ABSOLUTELY FINE WITH EXPANDING THE GOAL, MAKING OUR PRIORITY TO FOCUS ON THE
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PRIORITIES OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, BUT ABSOLUTELY TO EXPAND IT BEYOND THAT, IF WE HAVE THE MANPOWER TO TACKLE THAT.THANKS. THE I THINK THE COMMUNICATIONS, THAT'S A GOOD GOAL, WE PUT IT IN AS A WE PHRASE IT AS A GOAL. HERE'S AN ISSUE.
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO AS FAR AS THE SCOPE OF WORK IT TELLS COMMUNICATES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON SOMETHING THAT'S CLEARLY WITHIN THE SCOPE OF CYA ON THE VISIBILITY.
AFTER I READ IT, I CAME BACK AND SAID IT SOUNDS MORE LIKE AWARENESS OF KYAK AS OPPOSED TO VISIBILITY, BUT WHATEVER THEY'RE BOTH WORDS ARE CLOSE.
BUT THAT'S JUST SORT OF HIT ME.
IT'S NOT JUST MAKING MAKING IT VISIBLE THAT, OH, THERE'S SOMETHING THERE, IT'S AWARENESS OF WHAT IT DOES. SO PEOPLE GET INTERESTED IN IT.
SO I JUST THOUGHT AWARENESS SPEAKS MORE TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THERE.
HOW ABOUT COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF ZACH? I'M HAPPY TO CHANGE IT.
I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE AND THERE ON THE GOAL FOR THAT ONE, THOUGH, WHEN I READ THROUGH THAT, IT SOUNDED MORE LIKE A PROCESS AND NOT A GOAL.
WE'RE ALREADY SORT OF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND THIS.
I THINK OUR GOAL REALLY IS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT AND INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATIONS AND INCREASE MEMBERSHIP OR JUST SAYING IT AT THAT.
SO THE REASON WE WANT MORE AWARENESS IS SO WE GET MORE PARTICIPATION SO WE CAN FULFILL OUR GOAL IS CISAC.
BECAUSE WHEN I READ THIS CALL, AS I SAID, THIS SOUNDS MORE LIKE, WELL, THIS IS A WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF DO STUFF, BUT THAT'S NOT A GOAL.
AND SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE, I THINK THAT LANGUAGE COULD MOVE UP RIGHT TO THE EARLIER PARAGRAPH.
RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO GO ON, LET'S SAY, AND THIS IS MORE OF AN INTERNAL COMMITTEE ACTION THAT WILL ENABLE SIEFF TO FULFILL ITS MISSION. NOT AS MUCH ADVISING THE BOARD ON SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THIS IS TRYING TO MAKE SEATTLE BETTER.
NOT YOU KNOW, IT'S A STEP IN ALLOWING US TO BETTER FULFILL OUR MISSION, WHICH IS OUTLINED AT THE TOP, BECAUSE IF YOU.
FOR AWARENESS AND VISIBILITY TO THE ROLE OF SEATAC, IT DOESN'T REALLY FIT IT SUPPORTS ALL OF THOSE, BUT IT'S NOT ONE OF THE GOALS.
BUT I STILL THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IT. LET'S IMPROVE THE MEMBERSHIP AND IMPROVE THE AWARENESS IN THE COMMUNITY OF SEATAC.
SO I GUESS TO SUM UP THAT ONE, MY SUGGESTION IS WE ACTUALLY PUT A GOAL IN THERE OF INCREASING MEMBERSHIP AND INCREASING PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WOULD SAY SEEING PUBLIC COMMENT AND.
AND. I TRY TO SAY IN A DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP.
WELL, WHAT NUMBER ONE WE USED TO USE IS TALK IS REALLY SAY WE WANT TO WE WANT TO HAVE THE DIVERSITY. I GUESS WE CAN WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT THE DIVERSITY OF MEMBERSHIP OF SEATTLE TO MIRROR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WHAT WE DID IS WE HAD BASELINE DATA OF, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THAT DOCUMENT OF YEAR OR TWO AGO, THAT OF WHAT WE USED TO DO IS WE ACTUALLY HAD A CHART OF ALL THE MEMBERS AND GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, W IN OLD TOWN WHERE THEIR GOOD GRADES, THEIR THEIR CHILDREN WERE IN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS SO WE COULD BASELINE AND SAY, HERE'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.
AND THEN WE COULD LOOK AT YEAR LATER, TWO YEARS LATER AND SAY, OK, DID WE DID WE MAKE THAT DISTRIBUTION BETTER? BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY A DIVERSITY AND LIKE RACE AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND, BUT IT'S A DIVERSITY IN YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T WANT EVERYBODY THAT ONLY HAS CHILDREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SPECIAL ED IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT.
AND WHAT HAPPENS THERE AND I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
SEEM TO HAVE GOTTEN KIND OF SKEWED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE REPRESENTATION AT HIGH SCHOOL OR MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS AND LIKE I'M GOING TO SHARE THIS AGAIN REAL QUICKLY AND JUST SEE IF I AGREE WITH YOU. WE CAN PUT SOME OF THAT OTHER INFORMATION AND BACKGROUND AND JUST THE SIMPLE INCREASE PUBLIC COMMENT, INCREASE CREATIVE LITERACY, A MEMBERSHIP THAT REFLECTS THE
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COMMUNITY. I JUST MEAN IT IS.YEAH, INCREASED PUBLIC COMMENT GAIN A BROADER UNDERSTANDING OF NEEDS. SORRY TO EDIT INGROUP, THIS IS PAINFUL, I'M SORRY, EVERYONE.
ANYTHING FURTHER LITERACY? DEFINITELY AGREE WITH SANDRA'S COMMENT.
I WAS QUITE BOTHERED THAT IT'S SOMEWHERE IN HERE.
IT SEEMED TO FOCUS ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A HUGE DEBT OWED TO THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, ESPECIALLY IN LITERACY.
SINCE OUR SCORES HAVE BEEN SO BAD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS PLUS OR SO, I HAVE A SUGGESTION.
LET'S JUST DELETE THIS PART ABOUT ALIGNING.
I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALIGN, BUT WE DON'T NEED TO BE LIMITED.
SO DOES THAT FEEL LIKE A COMFORTABLE SOLUTION? YEAH. OK.
IF WE JUST GO ON THE GOAL, I GUESS WHAT CONCERNED ME ON THIS ONE IS THAT IT STARTS OFF SCIEX CAN IDENTIFY NEEDED RESOURCES FOR LITERATE LITERATURE, LITERACY INSTRUCTION THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTIZE FOR THAT.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT ACCESS HAS THE EXPERTIZE TO DO.
THAT IS. SO FOR US TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I WAS A CPS, I'D BE LIKE, WAIT A SECOND, THAT'S OUR JOB.
SCIEX ROLE IS MORE OF WHAT IS THE PLAN TO IMPROVE LITERACY? AND THEN WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON OUR REVIEW OF THAT PLAN.
I WOULD SAY THAT IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE WORKING IN COORDINATION WITH THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT CAME OUT LAST YEAR IS THAT THE AUDITING GILLINGHAM INSTRUCTION THAT HAS BEEN DEEMED TO BE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE AND WE WANT TO HAVE SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED STAFF IN EACH SCHOOL.
SO ONE THING WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT WE DIDN'T COMPLETE WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT STAFF WAS AVAILABLE, IF THERE WERE SUFFICIENTLY TRAINED STAFF AND MORE STAFF NEED TO BE TRAINED.
I MEAN, CLEARLY, WE'RE GOING TO RELY ON EXPERT OPINIONS AND GUIDANCE.
WE'RE WORKING IN COLLABORATION.
WE'RE NOT WORKING IN ISOLATION.
BUT THERE ALSO ARE SOME TYPES OF INPUT.
ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT GROUP WAS ALSO TO DEVELOP A 20 MINUTE PACKET FOR FAMILIES OF STUDENTS THAT HAVE IEPS.
AND THAT WAS A PARENT GENERATED GOAL BECAUSE PARENTS FELT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE EXPERTIZE TO ASSIST THEIR STUDENTS AT HOME.
SO IT REALLY IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE LITERACY EXPERTS IN THE PROCESS, BUT TRYING TO ASCERTAIN WHAT IT IS THAT GLOBALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT IF THERE'S FUNDING NEEDED.
IN PARTICULAR, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE WAY THIS IS WRITTEN IN A SCOPE, IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND DO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND FIND OUT, IN FACT, THAT FROM THE SENTENCE MOVING FORWARD, CONSIDER INTERVENTIONS, USE NUMBER OF TRAINED SPECIALISTS, WORK.
THIS IS THE SCOPE OF WORK TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF OUR GOALS AND GENERAL AREAS THAT'S ALREADY STARTING WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED. HERE'S WHAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SLIDING INTO RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE GOAL INSTEAD OF HERE IS OUR GOAL.
DO YOU HAVE A PROPOSAL OF HOW TO REFORMULATE THE GOAL? THIS GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL COMMENT ON THIS IS, YOU KNOW, SCIEX SHOULD BE SAYING.
LOOK AT ACEBES LITERACY, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SERIOUS OUR SCORES ARE REALLY LOW FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND SORRY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DOING SAYING THAT WE'VE HAD THE THE DATA THAT WE'RE FLAT FOR A LONG TIME AND WE'RE ONE OF THE WORST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN VIRGINIA.
AND THE PRESSURE SHOULD BE HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPROVE? AND THEY HAVE A PLAN OF HOW IT'S GOING TO BE IMPROVED.
AND CERAK MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON, YEAH, WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLAN OR KNOW SOME THINGS ARE MISSING. SO THIS SOUNDS MORE LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND HELP THE ISD DO OTHER STUFF. BUT WE'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING THE LITERACY SCORES, FOR
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ADEQUATELY TEACHING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HOW TO READ.BUT IT'S IT'S BEEN A HUGE PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
SO THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLETE AND IMPROVE THE SCOPE OF WORK TONIGHT, SUNDAY, WELL, WE'RE WELL INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND I'M SORRY IT'S GOTTEN THIS LATE.
I HATE TO NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE INCLUDED NEWBON, BUT I DON'T I MEAN, EDITING BY COMMITTEE I KNOW IS PAINFUL FOR EVERYBODY.
I MEAN, THESE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS.
NO, WE'RE JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THAT.
AND YOU KNOW, WE MADE IT THROUGH GOOD POINTS AND YEAH, WE COULD HAVE THIS ALL WRITTEN AS IT IS, BUT PROCEED AS YOU SUGGEST. I KNOW THAT'S SLOPPY AND I THINK THERE ARE GOOD COMMENTS.
YES. MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND KIND OF MERGE WITH WHAT JEFF IS SAYING, SO I UNDERSTAND, GIVEN THAT THERE'S THE CIA HAS THE CONCERN OF NOT EXPLICITLY SAYING, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING LITERACY K THROUGH 12.
TWO THINGS THAT I COULD DO IS REVIEW THE REVISIONS AND THE PLAN FOR THE K THROUGH TO LITERACY.
WHICH HAS, YOU KNOW, REALLY COMPILED A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ON ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE AND THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN K THROUGH TO LITERACY AND THEN SEE, I CAN MAYBE REVIEW THE MTA PROCESS, WHICH.
THAT'S WHY I THINK THE EVALUATION HARPED ON MOZZA SO MUCH, BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, LIKE IT'S FINDING WHO THESE KIDS ARE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKING LIKE HAVING A CONCRETE PLAN OR PROCESS FOR REMEDIATING KIDS NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE, WHETHER THEY'RE K THROUGH 12.
AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO INCLUDE KIDS WITH DISABILITIES BECAUSE KIDS WITH DISABILITIES ARE GOING TO BE AT THE TOP OF THAT TIER.
SO I'M WONDERING IF A SOLUTION WOULD BE TO SAY THAT C WILL REVIEW THOSE TWO COMPONENTS IN ORDER TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD? I DON'T KNOW THAT'S IN PROCESS.
AND WHAT JEFF IS SAYING, TRYING TO.
BRING IT ALL TOGETHER, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD.
WAY TO GET OUT AND GET OUT. THAT SEEMS MORE ALIGNED WITH OUR ROLE BECAUSE THE BOARD LOOKS TO US AS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO SAY, HEY, HERE'S THIS PLAN.
DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? ARE THEY MISSING SOMETHING? IS THIS GOING TO WORK? SO AND I MAKE THE SUGGESTION THAT THAT MEGAN AND CINDY WORK TOGETHER TO INCORPORATE THAT LANGUAGE INTO THE DOCUMENT AND THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVE IT BASED ON THOSE AT ITS. I HEAR ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT.
OK, SO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DOCUMENT, THEN I'M GOING TO DO IT THE SAME WAY AS ANYBODY.
WELL, ONE MORE COMMENT ON BUDGET.
OK. AGAIN, THAT GOAL IS IS THE RECOMMENDATION.
I MEAN, THAT'S HOW I READ IT IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET, WHICH IS FINE.
WE DO THAT EVERY YEAR. BUT OUR GOAL IS, OH, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO FOCUS ON ONE THING.
I MEAN, WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION AND PUT THAT THAT GOAL AS IT'S WRITTEN AND PUT IT IN OUR END OF YEAR REPORT.
OUR GOAL WITH THE BUDGET USUALLY IS JUST THAT, THAT WE WILL PROVIDE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO CPS ON THE BUDGET.
AND AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THE THING WE WANT TO REALLY TALK ABOUT IS ACCESS AND TRAINING AND THAT SORT OF THINGS, GREAT.
BUT IN THIS SCOPE OF WORK, WE'RE ALREADY MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION.
SANDY. I THINK THAT'S FINE, AND I I'VE BEEN WRITING, AS YOU TYPE, REVIEW THE BUDGET AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ITS IMPACT FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WE CAN JUST KEEP IT SIMPLE LIKE THAT.
AND THEN COMMENDATIONS COME FORWARD AS THEY COME FORWARD. AND THEN WHEN YOU DO THE END OF YEAR REPORT, YOU CAN SAY GO SEE
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ATTACHED RECOMMENDATIONS WE MADE ON THE BUDGET.ALL RIGHT, SO DOES ANYBODY WITH THAT, WITH US CHANGES WANT TO VOTE AGAINST THIS OR ABSTAIN OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO TAKE A ROLL CALL.
HEARING AND SEEING NO RAISED HANDS ON THIS, I WILL SAY WE PASSED THIS THIS THE SCOPE OF WORK WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
AND LET'S MOVE ON TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE, I'M SORRY I DROPPED OUT FOR A SEC.
WHAT ABOUT THE REWRITE PART THAT MEGHAN AND CINDY TO DO THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT BEFORE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET SO THAT IT WAS THAT MEGHAN AND CINDY WILL WORK ON THE THE COMPONENTS OF THE LITERACY GOAL AS SUGGESTED.
THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO, SUSAN, IT'S OK FOR US TO APPROVE SOMETHING TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE FINAL VERSION, THE WORDING.
SO WE WILL SHARE THE SCREEN AND SEE IF YOU'RE OK WITH THIS, BECAUSE AS IT IS.
OK, THIS IS THE LITERACY GOAL HERE, REVIEW REVISIONS IN PLAN, SAY, PLAN RELATED TO LITERACY AND MTIS, I GUESS I SHOULD SAY, IMPLEMENTATION.
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ACCORDINGLY, THIS PART, SHALL WE DELETE OR.
JUST KEEP IT AT THIS IS THE GOAL OF.
I WOULD MY SUGGESTION IS TO DELETE IT.
YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU, I WOULD BE I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. KEEP KEEP THE GOALS SIMPLE.
WHEN WE DO OUR END OF YEAR REPORT, THEN IT'S MUCH EASIER TO SAY TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S IT. THE EDITS ARE MADE OK.
SO I GUESS WE OUGHT TO DO THAT AGAIN.
WANT TO VOTE AGAINST THE DOCUMENT AS IT IS NOW.
HEARING NONE SEEN NO, RAISE YOUR HANDS.
I'M GOING TO SAY WE APPROVED THE DOCUMENT WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
GREAT MOVIE, NOT TO FACEBOOK PAGE SUNDAY.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GOING TO CALL IN SABRINA.
SABRINA, ARE YOU WITH US AT THIS MOMENT? IF NOT, WE CAN COME BACK.
ALL RIGHT. SEE, I REMEMBER LAST NIGHT AND I'M SORRY YOU WANTED AN UPDATE.
SO, BRIANNA, DO YOU WANT US TO COME BACK TO YOU, SABRINA? YOUR MUTED.
SO I'M SORRY THE PHONE WAS ON MUTE REGARDING THE WEBSITE, I'M SORRY, THE FACEBOOK PAGE I AM WORKING ON, I SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE IT DONE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT CINDY IN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO. I'M SORRY IT DIDN'T GET DONE BEFORE THIS MEETING.
OK, GREAT, I THINK OUR GOAL CAN BE TO START THE YEAR STRONG AND COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS WITH OUR DIFFERENT ALGERI OUTREACH.
YEP, YEP. I'LL GET IT DONE AND SEND YOU A LINK SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
ALL RIGHT. REMEMBER LIAISON'S.
OK, I MAY HAVE TO SHARE MY SCREEN AGAIN BECAUSE WE HAD A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS GIVE US TIME TO DEBBIE AND JAELYNN WHO WERE INTERESTED IN COORDINATING EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO SCHOOLS IN THE EAST AND IN THE WEST.
AND WE WILL NEED LESSONS FOR EACH SCHOOL.
AND I WANT TO REMIND MEMBERS OF THE GOOGLE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SENT OUT.
IF YOU HAVE A CONNECTION WITH A SCHOOL, IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO'S GONE TO A PARTICULAR SCHOOL OR IS AT THAT SCHOOL, THAT WOULD BE AN OBVIOUS PLACE FOR YOU TO SERVE AS A MEMBER LIAISON.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE AND DO IT DURING THE MEETING BECAUSE THEY ALREADY MADE YOU SUFFER THROUGH THE SCOPE OF WORK EDITING.
BUT I AM GOING TO KEEP SENDING THAT LIST OUT BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING
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CONTACT. AND I THINK IT'S RATHER THAN JUST COMING FROM ME, ONE BLAST EMAIL, IF WE MAKE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS WITH PTA MEMBERS THAT WE KNOW, ANYONE THAT WE MIGHT KNOW IN THE SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT STEP TO GETTING OUR MESSAGING OUT. AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING AS A MEMBER LIAISON IS TO POTENTIALLY SPEAK AT A PTA MEETING TO GET INFORMATION AND THE PTA NEWSLETTER POSSIBLY SHARE YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT INFO.MAYBE IN THE SPRING WE MIGHT LOOK AT OTHER THINGS, LIKE A FOCUS GROUP WITH THE PTA OR SPENDING A HALF AN HOUR BEFORE OR AFTER PTA MEETING WITH PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY OR CAREGIVERS OF THAT GROUP.
AND THERE WILL BE MESSAGING PROVIDED.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO ASK EVERYONE TO JUST SPEAK OFF THE TOP OF THEIR HEADS.
WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE MEETING ABOUT WHAT THAT MESSAGING, WHAT SPECIFICS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO YOU SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO, LIKE, CREATE FLIERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING ON.
SO PESTER YOU ABOUT THIS AND THE LIST IS FILLED.
OK, ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, JAYLEN OR DEBBIE OR WHAT YOU ENVISION FOR THAT? YEAH, SO I THINK THIS MAY BE COMPLICATED BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I REACHED OUT TO, THEY AREN'T REGULARLY MEETING.
AND SO ESPECIALLY THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE WEST OF THREE NINETY FIVE, THEY AREN'T HAVING A WHOLE LOT OF REGULAR MEETINGS.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD STILL IDENTIFY LIAISON'S I GUESS.
BUT I'M TALKING, NOT TALKING AT THE MEETINGS MAY NOT BE SUPER EFFECTIVE THIS YEAR UNTIL WELL INTO THE SPRING.
OK, WELL I WOULD SAY THEN ONE OF THE PRIMARY THINGS TO ALSO DO WEDDED TO IT IN CONNECTING WITH INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS IS FINDING OUT WHAT ARE THE EFFECTIVE WAYS OF CONNECTING WITH THE SCHOOLS. AND AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE ARE SO OVERWHELMED THIS YEAR, BUT WE WANT TO START THIS PROCESS.
IT MIGHT BE HARD FOR PEOPLE TO PROCESS MUCH ELSE RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN START THE PROCESS.
OK, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO COMMUNICATION OF THE PC G ACTION PLAN TO THE PUBLIC.
KEVIN. SO THAT WAS THAT WAS A THING FOR YOU, MIKE, AND HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH TERRI REGARDING PRIORITIES, TO COMMUNICATE, ET CETERA? I'LL JUST STOP THERE AND I'LL MAKE THE ANSWER TO THAT IS SIMPLY NO.
I'M SWAMPED WITH MOVING, SO I JUST HAVEN'T HAD A MINUTE TO SPARE.
WELL, AGAIN, PART OF WHAT SIETE DOES IS COMMUNICATE ACTIONS OF THE DISTRICT TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, AND IT IS A CHALLENGE NOW.
PEOPLE ARE OVERWHELMED. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD FOR PEOPLE TO ABSORB MUCH MORE AT THIS POINT, BUT. WHAT WE WANT TO DO ALSO WITH OUR FACEBOOK PAGE IS TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE INFORMATION CAN BE, WHERE PEOPLE CAN ASK QUESTIONS OR WE MIGHT ASK A QUESTION A WEEK.
AND ALSO PRC IS OFFERED TO GIVE US A LITTLE SPOT IN THEIR NEWSLETTER, THE PARENT RESOURCE CENTER FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW THAT ACRONYM AND.
WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A COORDINATED EFFORT TO GET THE MESSAGING OUT, BUT AS THE TIME SEEMS RIGHT, WE CAN PROVIDE BITS AND PIECES OF INFORMATION.
AND JUST FIRST OF ALL, MAKE SURE PARENTS KNOW THAT THIS EXISTS AND FAMILIES KNOW THAT THIS EXIST, THIS ACTION PLAN AND THIS WORK HAS BEEN DONE.
SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT, MIKE, BUT UNTIL HOPEFULLY IN THE NEW YEAR CAN COORDINATE AND FIND OUT PRIORITIES TO COMMUNICATE, WE WILL.
MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
OK, SO THE SUPERINTENDENT IS CERTAINLY WILLING TO MEET WITH US AND GAVE THE DATE OF WEDNESDAY, JANUARY TWENTY SEVEN, THAT'S A WEEK AFTER OUR SIOC MEETING AND WE COULD SHIFTER'S A MEETING.
I AM A LITTLE WARY OF DOING THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT.
PEOPLE PLAN AHEAD, BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND SEE IF WE WANTED TO SHIFT OUR MEETING AND TO HAVE BECAUSE JOINING US TO BE A FEATURE OF OUR MEETING.
CAN WE JUST GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT A LITTLE SHOW OF HANDS? THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL VOTES, SO.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE WITH THE BOARD, THE THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I GUESS WE CAN LITERALLY RAISE OUR HANDS.
YEAH. SO WE HAVE TO SEE HOW MANY OF OUR MEMBERS DO WE HAVE HERE?
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ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE.I'M COUNTING NEW MEMBERS TO SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT.
NINE OUT OF 13 SHOW OF HANDS, IF THAT DATE A WEEK LATER WOULD WORK.
LET ME LET ME ASK PREFERENCES, BECAUSE WE HAVE OTHER BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE TO COVER PREFERENCE TO KEEP OUR MEETING ON JANUARY 20TH AND ADD A JANUARY TWENTY SEVENTH MEETING.
AND PREFERENCE B WOULD BE MOVING EVERYTHING TO THE TWENTY SEVEN, TURNING IT INTO ONE MEETING JANUARY TWENTY SEVEN.
THAT'S A NEW DAY A WEEK LATER THAN NORMAL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO DO A SHOW OF HANDS FOR PREFERENCE A WHICH IS TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS, STAFF MEETING THE 20TH AND MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT SEPARATELY ON THE TWENTY SEVEN AND NO HANDS.
OH I SEE ONE TO ONE SECOND OPTION.
MOVING EVERYTHING TO THE TWENTY SEVENTH AND DOING ONE MEETING THAT DATE.
ALL RIGHT, THAT LOOKS LIKE THE WINNER.
OK. LEADING UP TO THAT TIME, I WANT TO CERTAINLY COORDINATE WITH THE MEMBERSHIP AND CONSOLIDATE SOME QUESTIONS FROM US AND ALSO CONTACT TO START IT WITH OUR LISTENS TO OUR COMMUNITY SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT TO BE GETTING IMPORTANT FEEDBACK FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES REGARDING RETURN TO SCHOOL, REGARDING VIRTUAL LEARNING, REGARDING WE'LL SEE HOW THINGS HAVE DEVELOPED AT THE TIME BY THE END OF JANUARY.
BUT WE WANT TO HAVE PROBABLY A CURATED LIST OF QUESTIONS AND WE'LL GIVE SIETE MEMBERS THE TIME TO COMMENT AS WELL AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO ASK US QUESTIONS, SHARE SUCCESSES AS WELL FOR SURE, AND LOOK AT PRIORITIES HEADING INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR IF WE ARE ABLE TO MAKE SOME SUCCESSES WITH GETTING OUR LIAISONS CONNECTED WITH OUR PTA.
SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR LIAISON'S TO ASK FOR INFORMATION OR FEEDBACK FROM FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO FEED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.
OK, I'M GOING TO DO THE NEXT ONE TO COLLABORATION TO SEE JUST THAT WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH.
WE HAD TALKED ABOUT COMBINING FLIERS.
THEY'RE DOING FLIERS WHICH THEY PROVIDE AT MEETINGS, IEP MEETINGS.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL BE DOING A SEPARATE FLIER WITH BASIC INFORMATION.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT OUR BEST INFORMATION TO INCLUDE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ALSO ABLE TO PROVIDE TO LISTENERS TO SHARE WITH SCHOOL PTA'S THAT CAN BE SENT OUT IN SCHOOL NEWSLETTERS.
AND THEN WE ALSO WILL NEED TO BE WORKING WITH SABRINA AND INFORMATION TO GO OUT THROUGH FACEBOOK. REALLY, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO COORDINATE THINGS.
AND SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THE END OF THE MEETING, HOW WE WANT TO PLAN FOR THAT WEB PAGE, LAST ITEM. SO, SUSAN, THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION FOR YOU, BECAUSE THIS IS HARD TO UPDATE, IT SEEMS. BUT I HAVE NOTICED AND GETTING IN TOUCH WITH PAETEC THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN WEBSITE AND THEY JUST HAVE A LINK FROM THE WEB PAGE TO THEIR WEBSITE.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S COMMONLY DONE AS WE GO THROUGH IT? WELL, IT STARTED FOR PITAS, BUT WE DON'T DO IT FOR SCHOOL BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES BECAUSE BASICALLY THE SCHOOL BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES BELONG TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND WHAT WE HAVE HAD HAPPEN, EVEN WITH DOCUMENTS OR WHATEVER, SOMEONE LEAVES AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO STUFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT.
AND WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN THE DOCUMENTATION IN THE ARCHIVE OF STUFF.
SO WE DON'T DO THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO KNOW WE HAVE BEEN I MEAN, AT A SNAIL'S PACE AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT AND WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED TO DEVELOP SOME OF THE EXTRA PAGES AND STUFF THAT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE YET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT THEM ONLINE, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY MOVING STUFF AROUND.
SO I DON'T WANT TO THINK WE CAN NOT HELP TO ADD ALL THIS HERE.
I GUESS WE'RE JUST I JUST PERSEVERING.
SO I DON'T KNOW. AND IT'S JUST BEEN A PROCESS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING MANY PAGES.
SO, OK, I'LL KEEP I'LL KEEP PERSEVERING.
ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO OUR NEW BUSINESS.
[New Business and Reports]
AND REPORTS.SO THIS IS TERRY, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
I'VE BEEN ASKED TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET AND TO KIND OF UPDATE AND INFORM YOU AS TO WHERE WE STAND WITH THE BUDGET.
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AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO REVIEW WHERE WE STAND TOWARDS REOPENING.SO LET ME START WITH THE OPENING ASPECT OF THINGS.
FIRST, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THE SUPERINTENDENCE PRESENTATIONS OR ANY INFORMATION THAT'S GONE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, THERE IS A NEW SCHEDULE FOR REOPENING THAT IS DEPENDENT ON STAFFING, DEPENDENT UPON FACILITY SPACE AND DEPENDENT ON COMMUNITY METRICS.
THE HEALTH METRICS THAT COME REGARDING COVID FROM THE ALEKSANDRE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS ARE FACTORS RELEVANT TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS AS TO WHEN SCHOOLS WILL REOPEN.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PLAN THAT HAS STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE K TO CITYWIDE PROGRAMS RETURNING ON THE 19TH OF JANUARY, THE TWENTY SIXTH TWENTY SIXTH OF JANUARY, RATHER. WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE THREE FIVE CITYWIDE PROGRAMS AS WELL AS THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL ED PROGRAMS AND THOSE STUDENTS IN K FIVE WHO ACCESS THEIR READING AND MATH INSTRUCTION FROM A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN A SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTING.
THOSE STUDENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO RETURN FEBRUARY 2ND.
WE ARE RETURNING ALL SIX 12 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO SCHOOLS BOTH CITYWIDE AND THOSE WHO ARE IN SELF-CONTAINED LANGUAGE ARTS AND MATH.
AND THEN FEBRUARY, THE NEXT FEBRUARY, WHATEVER THAT NEXT DATE IS SEVEN TO SEVEN, NINTH FEBRUARY 9TH. I THINK ALL STUDENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE BACK.
SO ALL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES NOW WILL RETURN TO THEIR BASE SCHOOL.
WE WILL NOT BE CONSOLIDATING ANYBODY IN ANY ONE SCHOOL.
ALL STUDENTS AND ALL PROGRAMS WILL RETURN TO THE BASE SCHOOLS WHERE THEY WERE HOUSED PRE COVID. WE ARE HAVING KIND OF A MIXED, MIXED RETURN IN THAT STUDENTS IN THE CITYWIDE CLASSES, STUDENTS WHO ATTEND SCHOOL ALL DAY OR NEED A SERVICE THAT IS A FULL DAY OF SERVICE WILL RETURN ON THE SAME HYBRID TWO DAY A WEEK SCHEDULE.
THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN HALF DAY PROGRAMS OR ONLY ACCESS A PORTION OF THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES WILL RETURN TWO 1/2 DAYS TO SCHOOL.
SO THAT IS OUR PLAN AT THIS POINT.
THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS PROPOSED A CONCURRENT INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL WHICH ALLOWS TEACHERS TO WORK WITH STUDENTS FACE TO FACE IN THE CLASSROOM, AS WELL AS STUDENTS WHO ARE AT HOME.
THE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN ORDERED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
DR. HOOVER HAS MADE THAT PRESENTATION SCHOOL BOARD AND THERE WILL BE AN UPDATE AS TO ALL OF THESE PIECES OF INFORMATION AND PLANS AT TOMORROW'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
BUT THAT'S WHERE WE STAND AT THIS POINT.
THERE IS A DISCUSSION AS TO HOW THE CLASSROOM SET UP WILL LOOK IF THE TEACHER IS TEACHING REMOTELY. AND I DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE ANSWER FOR THAT AT THIS TIME.
BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN JANUARY AS TO HOW THAT WILL WORK.
LOOK, THAT YOU'VE YOU'VE GOT THE REST OF THE PICTURE.
SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT BEFORE I MOVE ON TO BUDGET? I DON'T SEE ANY HANDS TERRORISTS MOVE RIGHT AHEAD.
DID YOU ANSWER THE PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER? BECAUSE I GOT KICKED OUT.
I HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT ABOUT STUDENT IN THE CITY WHILE BEING ABLE TO DO CONCERT AND GETTING THEIR SERVICES, AND I DON'T THINK I'M THE ONLY PERSON.
CAN CAN YOU JUST COMMENT ON THAT BRIEFLY, DID YOU SAY YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE? THAT WOULD BE OK. SO WHAT I'VE SAID IS THE CONCURRENT TEACHING IS.
ONE IS THE TEACHER IS PRESENT IN THE CLASSROOM WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO
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RETURN. SO THAT IS FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION.THE OTHER ASPECT OF IT, AND THEN STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO RETURN TO FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION WILL JOIN IN VIRTUALLY.
AND SO AS WE ENVISION THAT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A BIG THERE'S A BIG COMMUNITY COMPUTER MONITOR ON THE BACK WALL.
OUR PROJECT, LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW THERE ON THE WALL, SO THE TEACHERS TEACHING THE STUDENTS THERE AND TEACHING TO THE STUDENTS IN FRONT OF THEM.
OK. THE OTHER ASPECT IS THE OTHER DISCUSSION POINT IS THAT TEACHERS WHO ARE AT HOME. TEACHING STUDENTS WHO ARE PRESENT IN THE CLASSROOM, THAT IS A UNDER DISCUSSION, HOW THAT HOW THAT WILL LOOK AND I I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT AT THIS MOMENT, BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT.
YEAH, BUT I THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS NOT BEING ANSWERED ABOUT THE CURRENT MODEL, IS THAT.
WHEN CITYWIDE OR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE SITTING AT HOME AND ARE NOT IN THE CLASSROOM, YEAH, RAISING THAT HAND IS FINE.
BUT HOW DO YOU GET THEM TO SAY, STAY ONLINE? HOW DO YOU GET THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN GROUPS? HOW DO YOU GET THEM TO WHERE IS THERE ONE ON ONE? LIKE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT THAT THAT A CONCURRENT MODEL IS THE WAY THAT I'VE SEEN IT IMPLEMENTED BOTH IN MY CURRENT SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOLS.
IT JUST LEAVES THE STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS JUST OUT IN THE WIND.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S A TON THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED, ESPECIALLY FOR CITYWIDE STUDENTS, ABOUT HOW CONCURRENT COULD POSSIBLY WORK FOR THEM.
SO WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF HOW TO DO HOW TO ENGAGE STUDENTS AND HOW TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE STUDENTS.
DON'T FORGET, WE ALSO HAVE PARAPROFESSIONALS AND WE HAVE BREAKOUT ROOMS AND WE STILL HAVE WE HAVE LOTS OF STRATEGIES AND WAYS TO APPROACH THAT.
TERRY, IF I CAN CHIME IN, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS TO FOR EVERYONE TO REMEMBER AND KNOW AS WELL IS THAT THE CURRENT MODEL IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES ARE NOT CHANGING.
RIGHT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE AS CLOSE AS IT'S GOING TO MIMIC.
THE SCHEDULE IS GOING TO MIMIC WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE USED TO NOW SO THAT THERE ISN'T TOO MUCH OF A CHANGE IN UPROAR IN THAT SENSE.
SO THE DIFFERENCE IS REALLY JUST GOING TO BE THAT STUDENTS WHO YOUTU, STUDENTS WHO ARE AT HOME ARE GOING TO BE ENGAGING WITH THE STAFF WHO'S AND WHO IS IN A CLASSROOM AND VICE VERSA. AND IN TERMS OF THE MONITOR PIECE, WELL, I'M CALLING I'M CALLING THE MONITORS BECAUSE BASICALLY FOR ME, TERRY WAS SAYING, LIKE, NOT REALLY KNOWING WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR TEACHERS WHO THERE WILL BE TEACHERS WHO ARE TEACHING FROM WHOM THAT THING THAT HAS TO BE WORKED THROUGH IS, YOU KNOW, WHO THESE THESE MONITORS ARE GOING TO BE WHO ARE MONITORING THE CLASSROOM FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO YOU CHOOSE TO BE IN PERSON.
NO, I CAN ADD A LITTLE I THINK I CAN ADD SOME TO WHAT YOU BOTH ARE SAYING.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. SO AND TALKING WORKING WITH TERRORISM AND WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPALS EVEN AGAIN TODAY AND YESTERDAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW.
WHAT THE PRINCIPALS ACTUALLY THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE TOPICS IS HOW TO PROVIDE SERVICE MINUTES TO THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
SO THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS, AS TERRY HAS INDICATED, THAT THEY ARE DISCUSSING AND PLANNING FOR ALSO MORE DETAIL THAN YOU NEED TO KNOW.
BUT THE PRINCIPALS LAST WAS IT LAST WEEK? I THINK LAST WEEK WE'RE SEEING THE STAFF BECAUSE THE STAFF MEMBERS, BASED ON THE PLAN, THOSE SEVEN CONDITIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY RETURNING AND THE STAFF THAT ARE NOT RETURNING AS OF FRIDAY, NOT FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT, WE WILL HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THEM INFORMATION FROM THE FAMILY. IT'S THE FAMILIES THAT CHOSE TO HAVE A MODEL FACE TO FACE OR TO REMAIN VIRTUAL, LET ALONE MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WHERE IT IS GOING TO PROVIDE ALL THIS INFORMATION TO THE PRINCIPALS AND PROBABLY, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT SOME OF THIS DURING THE HOLIDAY, THEY'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO BUILD THEIR SCHEDULES.
BUT A PORTABLE BUILDING, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN TOMORROW.
THERE WILL BE SOME CONDITIONS AND THEY JUST SAID THIS TODAY.
YOU'VE GOT TO BUILD YOUR SCHEDULES FIRST WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, THEN YOU DO
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ENGLISH LEARNERS. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP TONIGHT.WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT UP AGAIN TOMORROW WHEN WE MEET WITH THE PRINCIPALS AT NOON.
BUT TERRY HAS STILL WANT TO FOR A LONG TIME HAVE SAID BEELIAR SCHEDULES OR REBUILD YOUR SCHEDULES WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HEAR PRINCIPALS SAY THAT TODAY AS A NON-NEGOTIABLE.
WHEN WE PUT EVERYTHING TOGETHER, WE HAVE TO START WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SERVICE MINUTES, THOSE SERVICE, THOSE SERVICE MINUTES NEEDS SERVICES ARE PROVIDED.
AND AS MEGAN INDICATED, THERE IS THERE WILL BE AND THEY ARE ALSO BY FRIDAY, THEY'LL PROVIDE TO US A LIST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MIGHT BE WHETHER THEY'RE WORKING FOR HOME OR AREAS WHERE THEY HAVE WHAT I KNOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL THEM, CLASSROOM MONITORS OR WHATEVER PLACES WHERE WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO HAVE OTHERS TO FILL THE GAPS TO MAKE SURE KIDS ARE COVERED, COVERED.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW IT'S A HUGE PUZZLE, BUT IT IS COMING TOGETHER WITH THOSE KIDS FIRST IN MIND WITH THE REPORT, BECAUSE THEY NOW HAVE TO GO BACK AND REBUILD A SCHEDULE FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE, IN FACT, FACE TO FACE.
THE VIRTUAL STUDENTS ARE PROBABLY OK IS THE ONES THAT ARE FACE TO FACE THAT REBUILDING THE SCHEDULES FOR.
AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT SUPPORT AGAIN TOMORROW THAT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE SPECIAL ED STUDENTS ARE FIRST IN THOSE SERVICE MINUTES AND THOSE IEP NEEDS ARE MET.
I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT I AM GIVING ACCURATE INFORMATION AND I DON'T WANT TO.
I DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK UNTIL I KNOW.
AND SO I'M I'M I'M GIVING YOU WHAT I HAVE TODAY.
YES, I'M GLAD YOU SAY THAT IT IS A VERY COMPLICATED PUZZLE.
THAT'S HOW WE COULD REALLY SAY SO COMPLICATED, TRYING TO PUT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT INTEGRIS RIGHT.
AND THAT THE HUTCHINS' HAS SAID FOR THE MOST PART, THE SYSTEM, THE PRINCIPALS ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE.
SO HUGE, BRIDGIT, TO TRY TO PUT STUDENTS AND STAFF AND EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
THEY'RE EVEN GETTING DATA OUT OF POWER SCHOOL THAT THAT WILL PROVIDE THEM ADDRESSES, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO ASSIGN KIDS NOT ONLY TO COHORT'S, BUT DIVIDE KIDS, ACROBATICALLY MORE DETAILS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN WE TALK TODAY ABOUT IF WE COULD DO THAT IN SCHEDULING, PEOPLE ARE WORKING WITH US, IT WOULD MEAN THAT MAYBE THE CHILD CARE NEEDS WOULD NOT.
THERE WOULD BE GREAT, BUT NOT AS GREAT AS IF WE COULD MAKE SURE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND OTHER KIDS ON THE SAME SCHEDULE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO PUT ALL OF THE PIECES TOGETHER WITH THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME SOME STAFF MEMBERS OVERTURN IT AND OTHERS ARE NOT.
BUT EVEN IF THEY'RE AT HOME, THEY WILL STILL PROVIDE SERVICES FROM HOME.
BUT ALL OF THAT WE'VE GOT TO PUT TOGETHER THEN IDENTIFY WHAT THE OTHER NEEDS ARE.
WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THIS REALLY, REALLY BY PROBABLY JANUARY THE 8TH, BECAUSE THE DATE YOU SEE IN THE PRESENTATION TOMORROW NIGHT, I THINK THAT THE HUTCHINS HAS INDICATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE STAFF BEGIN FOR THAT FIRST GROUP.
IS IT TERRORIST PLANNING FOR RIGHT TO ACCESS BUILDINGS, THE STAFF AS EARLY AS JANUARY THE 11TH SO THE TEACHERS CAN BEGIN TO PREPARE THEIR CLASSES FOR THE GROUPS THAT ARE RETURNING FACE TO FACE? OK, I SEE.
TWO, TWO THOUGHTS, ONE, AND MAYBE I'M GOING TO ANSWER FOR THIS, BUT.
THERAPISTS ARE NOT GOING BACK IN PERSON.
IS THAT STILL THE PLAN? THAT IS CORRECT. THERAPIES ARE GOING TO REMAIN VIRTUAL.
HOW DOES IT WORK FOR KIDS WHO.
NEED TO GET PULL-OUT THERAPY IF THEY'RE IN THE CLASSROOM.
BECAUSE I KNOW THERE IS ISSUES ABOUT LIKE.
GOING BACK IN BASE, THE KIDS WILL BASICALLY STAY IN THEIR CLASSROOM PHYSICALLY.
SO HOW WILL THEY GET THEIR PULL OUT? SERVICES WITHOUT BEING DISTRACTED ARE DISRUPTIVE.
SO REMEMBER, STUDENTS ARE ONLY GOING TO BE BACK IN A FACE TO FACE SETTING TWO DAYS A WEEK, SO THE THERAPY SCHEDULES WILL WORK AROUND THAT.
THANK YOU. YEAH, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
AND THIS IS MORE OF A BROADER REOPENING TYPE QUESTION, BUT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, I BELIEVE. THAT SEEMS TO KEEP IN MIND WE'RE GOING TO START HERE AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO
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START THIS TIME AND THEN WE GO AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START THIS TIME WE DON'T.AND REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO START BACK OR NOT TO START BACK, WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THAT? WE SEEM TO THINK THAT JANUARY IT'LL BE SAFER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.
KIND OF SOON AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, AND IT'S.
COLD WEATHER AND I MEAN, I GUESS MAYBE MORE PEOPLE WILL BE VACCINATED, BUT NOT.
I MEAN, IT'S STILL JUST MOSTLY ME, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.
I THINK, MEGAN, I KNOW YOU GO AHEAD IF YOU WANT TO, I CAN FOLLOW YOU.
I DON'T I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, BUT YOU GO AHEAD FIRST.
I MEAN, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, AND IT'S ACTUALLY ONE THAT A LOT OF THE TEACHERS HAVE ASKED AS WELL. AND I THINK THE POINT IS, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DR.
HODGINS HAS TRIED TO REITERATE IS THAT IT'S ABOUT HAVING A PLAN.
SO BECAUSE I THINK THE COMMUNITY HEALTH METRICS ARE REALLY GOING TO BE THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT DRIVES WHAT WE DO.
SO. WE SET A TARGET, BUT IF IF THAT TIME COMES IN, IN THE DATA DOESN'T LOOK THE WAY THAT WE WANTED TO, THEN IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT WE'RE STILL PLANNING WE WANT TO BE IN A POSITION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN WHEN THE TIME COMES AS OPPOSED TO THE TIME COMING.
AND THEN WE'RE LIKE, OH, NOW WE HAVE TO TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
SO IT'S A COMMON QUESTION, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BETTER IN JANUARY? AND WE DON'T WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T KNOW THAT, BUT WE DO NOW HAVE SORT OF A FRAMEWORK FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED SO THAT WHEN THAT TIME COMES, WE CAN, LIKE, JUST TAKE OFF RUNNING. SO.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE TERRORISTS WANT TO.
I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S A PERFECT RESPONSE, I THINK THAT I WAS LOOKING AT ONE OF THE SLIDES IS TITLED HELP MITIGATION INDICATORS.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE DEVELOPED A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DR.
HARING, WHO IS A DIRECTOR OF THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO HE'S PROVIDING DIFFERENT GROUPS IF WE HAVE FOUR WORK TEAMS. SO HE ATTENDS THOSE VARIOUS MEETINGS, AS WELL AS THE BOARD MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT, PROVIDING US A STATUS OF INDICATORS THAT NOT ONLY WHAT IS OCCURRING IN ALEXANDRIA, BUT IN THE STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
RIGHT. SO WE ARE ONE OF THOSE.
SO WE HAVE THE DATA NOW WE SAY BASED UPON FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS IN TERMS OF THE FAMILY CHOICE. SO WE'RE COLLECTING THAT.
BUT THE THIRD IS THE HEALTH MITIGATION MITIGATION INDICATORS THAT INFORMATION IS GUIDING, HELPING INFORM THE DECISIONS AND MS. ALDERTON SAID, MOST IMPORTANTLY IS WHENEVER WE'RE NOT CERTAIN WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN JANUARY BECAUSE WE ALL ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT WITH THE RIGHT, WE ALL KNOW THAT. RIGHT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO HAVE A WELL-DEVELOPED PLAN.
SO THEY SAY PIVOT, PIVOT WITH OUR WITH OUR PLAN AND NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE.
SO IT'S TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE.
AND I THINK THAT THE HUTCHINS' WOULD SAY TO AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO OPEN OUR SCHOOLS.
RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY THAT TIMELINE IS THE BOARD HAS APPROVED THERE IS A COMMITMENT TO DO THAT. BUT CONTINGENT UPON THOSE THREE MAJOR FACTORS, THAT'S WHAT'S DRIVING OUR DECISION.
OK, DEBORAH, IF IF WE DIDN'T SET TARGETS AND SET GOALS, THEN WE WOULD JUST KIND OF BE WAITING, WAITING, WAITING AND THEN SAYING, OK, IT'S SAFE NOW.
NOW WE HAVE WE NEED FOUR WEEKS TO PLAN AND FOUR WEEKS TO GET EVERYTHING IN PLACE.
SO IT'S IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO HAVE ALL THE CONTINGENCIES COVERED SO THAT IF IT CLEARS, WE CAN GO. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE PLANE ON THE RUNWAY.
IF YOU GET A BREAK IN THE CLOUDS, OFF YOU GO.
THAT'S THAT'S REALLY KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
AND LOOKING AT THE 19TH GAVE US TWO WEEKS PAST THE RETURN.
SO THAT WENT THROUGH THAT 14 DAY QUARANTINE PERIOD AND ALL OF THAT, AND THAT WAS IN PLANNING WAS THE FIRST TRULY VIABLE TIME.
IF YOU IF YOU GAVE THE TIME FOR ALL THE COVID COVERED CHRISTMAS CASES TO, YOU KNOW, MANIFEST THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST WHAT LOOKED LIKE THE REAL, TRUE, CLEAR OPPORTUNITY.
YEAH, THAT THAT ALL MAKES SENSE.
I MEAN, I'M CERTAINLY I CAN IMAGINE THE PLANNING FOR THIS IS BEYOND COMPLICATED.
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I MEAN, I'M GOING TO MAKE ANYBODY MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY IN HERE.I JUST WE'RE SEEING PARENTS GETTING ANGRY AGAIN AND BEING LIKE, WELL, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW I HEAR IT SAYING, WELL, IT'S BASED ON ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST I KNOW THAT AT ONE POINT WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE MAYBE AT SOME POINT WE JUST CALL IT AND SAYING, LIKE, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL, LIKE, APRIL OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. JUST ONLY BECAUSE THIS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO DO AT THIS DATE.
NO, WE'RE NOT. WE'RE AT THIS DATE OR NOT HAS SEEMED TO UPSET, YOU KNOW, RICHMOND, RICHMOND, CITY SCHOOLS HAVE ALREADY CLOSED FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
THEY'VE SAID THAT THEY'RE VIRTUAL.
I, I IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO GET KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S THERE'S STILL SIX MONTHS LEFT.
AND TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT NOW THAT THAT WE HAVE NO HOPE OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS WILLING TO CONCEDE AT THIS POINT.
SO I, I WOULD I HOPE IT COMMUNICATES IS THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING AND OUR COMMITMENT IS TO GET KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL AND WE'RE NOT CALLING IT AND WE'RE NOT SAYING IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OR WE CAN'T DO IT OR WE'RE WAITING UNTIL APRIL.
I MEAN, WE ARE TRULY COMMITTED TO RETURNING STUDENTS TO SCHOOL.
AND WE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY.
AND IF THAT CLOSES, THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE? INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING NOT AT ALL.
SO WE ALSO COMMITTED TO HONORING SOME CHOICES OF FAMILIES, BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS A NUMBER OF FAMILIES ARE WANTING TO REMAIN VIRTUAL.
FRIDAY MIDNIGHT WILL KNOW FOR SURE.
RIGHT. BUT IS SOME KIND OF ONGOING EMPOWER SCHOOL SOME IN LOOKING BECAUSE YOU CAN GO WITH THIS. A LOT OF I MEAN, I DON'T SAY TO THEM WHAT I WANT YOU TO, BUT MANY FAMILY PLANNING TO REMAIN VIRTUAL.
WE'VE EVEN HAD A COUPLE OF FAMILIES THAT SAY THEY PREFER A VIRTUAL SCHOOL K-12.
SO IT'S REALLY INTIMATE. FAMILIES ARE BEGINNING TO RETHINK, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOLING FOR SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN, NOT EVERYONE.
BUT WE'LL KNOW FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT AND WON'T BE PUBLISHED UNTIL THE FIRST WEEK IN JANUARY BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS NEED TO MS. TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO ALL OF THAT.
BUT MANY FAMILIES ARE CHOOSING SO CHOOSING FACE TO FACE.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING SEEING THE NUMBERS IN SOME SCHOOLS THAT ARE CHOOSING VIRTUAL TO REMAIN VIRTUAL. AND THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR MIND, BY THE WAY, THAT'S BEEN ASKED, CAN THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND? IT'LL BE EASY.
IT'S NOT IT'S EASY TO RETURN A CHILD FROM FACE TO FACE TO VIRTUAL.
SO THAT WILL BE SOME FLEXIBILITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT FAMILIES WILL WILL WE WANT TO RETHINK SOME OF THEIR DECISIONS, PARTICULARLY EARLY JANUARY, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SANDY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR SOME OF THE CHANGES RETURNING STUDENTS TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL, THE CONCURRENT MODEL SEEMS TO GIVE MORE STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STAY WITH THEIR CURRENT TEACHER. I KNOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PARENTS.
AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN, AS JAYLEN WAS TALKING ABOUT, FOR CONTINUING TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT I KNOW YOU'RE DOING THIS.
BUT FOR FAMILIES TO REMAIN VIRTUAL WHO FEEL THEY MUST REMAIN VIRTUAL, BUT THE STUDENTS REALLY NEED TO HAVE SUPPORT AT HOME.
AND AND WE WE'RE ONE OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT WE'RE IN THE FORTUNATE POSITION OF HAVING AN ABA THERAPIST WHO CAN SUPPORT US AT HOME TODAY.
I DIDN'T HAVE HER AND WE ENDED UP WITH A DISHWASHER IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR KITCHEN BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO SUPPORT TWO KIDS AT THE SAME TIME AND IT WAS DELIVERED.
BUT THEY WERE INSTALLING THAT. I DIDN'T KNOW.
AND THEY YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT GETS TO BE REALLY NUTS.
AND SOME PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH THAT EVERY DAY, ALL THE TIME.
SO I JUST AS CHAIR WANT TO PUT AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW EVERYONE'S WORKING ON THIS, BUT I THINK THAT IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SUBSET OF STUDENTS.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET TO BE A BIT SMALLER AS FAMILIES CHOOSE TO RETURN TO SCHOOL.
SO I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT, THAT I KNOW WE WANT TO HAVE TIME TO HEAR SOME COMMENTS ON BUDGET IN THAT PROCESS TO THANK.
OK, THANK YOU. AND MEGAN, I WOULD WELCOME YOU JUMPING IN AT ANY POINT ALONG THE WAY HERE AS WELL. WHAT I WHAT CINDY ASKED ME TO DO WAS TO KIND OF GO OVER THE THE BUDGET AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE STRUCTURE AND WHERE WE STAND AND WHAT WHERE WE STAND.
SO I'M I'M GOING TO KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW AND A LITTLE BIT OF SPECIAL ED BUDGET, ONE TO ONE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE SOME NEWER MEMBERS.
SO THERE ARE TWO BUDGETS THAT SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. AND ONE IS THE OPERATING BUDGET, AND ONE IS THE IDEA GRANT BUDGET, THE BUDGET THAT YOU HEAR REFERRED TO NOW AS THE OPERATING BUDGET.
THAT IS THE MONEY THAT A CPS PROVIDES TO FUND SERVICES.
THAT FUNDING COMES FROM THREE SOURCES.
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IT COMES FROM AVERAGE DAILY MEMBERSHIP, MONEY FROM THE STATE AND IT COMES FROM LOCAL LOCAL FUNDS AS WELL, TAX DOLLARS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.AND THEN THERE ARE SOME FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE NON IDEIA GRANT THAT SUPPORT THAT BUDGET AS WELL, ESPECIALLY MEDICAID AND SOME THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WE HAVE THREE FUNDING SOURCES.
THE MASSIVE PORTION OF THE FUNDING COMES FROM LOCAL DOLLARS AND IS PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA. AND WE DO GET STATE FUNDING IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE SOME SOME NON IDEIA FEDERAL GRANT MONEY.
THAT BUDGET OPERATING COMPONENT FUNDING IS BROKEN INTO TWO AREAS.
ONE IS THE OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION OPERATING BUDGET, AND THEN THE REST IS STAFFING. I DO NOT CONTROL THE STAFFING BUDGET THAT IS THAT IS MANAGED OUT OF THE THE BUDGET OFFICE. SO THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL COMPONENT OF THE EXPENSES FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. BUT I DON'T I DON'T OVERSEE OR MANAGE THAT PART OF IT.
STAFFING FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IS ALLOCATED ON A ON A FORMULA BASIS.
AND WE HAVE RATIOS FOR OUR CITYWIDE CLASSES THAT ARE BASED ON STANDARDS OF QUALITY ISSUED BY THE STATE. WE ARE WELL UNDER THOSE RATIOS.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THEY ALLOW ONE TO EIGHT OR ONE TO TEN.
AND THEN WITH A PARA, IF YOU ARE A PARENT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN GO UP.
THROUGH THE CITYWIDE CITYWIDE CLASSES, WE ARE UP THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL OR UP TO MIDDLE SCHOOL, OUR STAFF TWO TO ONE, AND THEN WE HAVE RATIOS THAT WE SUPPORT THROUGH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL THAT ARE ARE VERY CLOSE TO THAT.
AND THEN THE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF SETUP, BUT WE HAVE A VERY, VERY GENEROUS STAFFING RATIO, AS WE DO ON THE SIDE OF STUDENTS WHO ACCESS THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM.
THE STATE ALLOWS BASICALLY THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE TO 20 STUDENTS.
WE BELIEVE THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS ARE EQUAL AND WE ALLOCATE STAFFING BASED ON A WEIGHTED RATIO. SO STUDENTS ARE ALLOCATED POINTS BASED ON THE INTENSITY OF THEIR NEED, BOTH FROM A DISABILITY PERSPECTIVE AND FROM AN AMOUNT OF TIME.
IN THEIR IEP TEACHERS, WE WORK ON A 15 POINT RATIO AND STAFFING IS ALLOCATED ON THAT BASIS. AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE HAVE A BASE ALLOCATION OF THREE TEACHERS AND TWO PARENTS IN EVERY BUILDING, AND THEN ADDITIONAL STAFFING IS BASED ON THAT SAME RATIO.
SO ALL OF THAT STAFFING AND MONEY SITS UP AND BUDGET.
I DON'T CONTROL THAT, BUT I WORK WITH THE I WORK WITH THEM TO ESTABLISH THE NUMBER OF STAFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERY YEAR BASED ON OUR CHILD COUNT AND BASED ON ALL THE OTHER FACTORS THAT I DISCUSSED WITH YOU.
NOW, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS UP TO THAT POINT BEFORE I SHIFT? VERY CLEVER QUESTION, SURE.
IN REGARD TO THE THE CHILD COUNT, SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE OCTOBER 5TH AND THEN THE DECEMBER ONE, WE HAD A BUNCH.
HOW ARE WE? I THINK I LOVE PERSPECTIVELY, I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, SO LET ME LET ME GIVE YOU INFORMATION AND SEE IF IT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
OK, SO OUR CHILD COUNT DEC ONE, 12 19 WAS SEVENTEEN NINETY EIGHT.
OUR DECEMBER ONE CHILD COUNT TWENTY TWENTY WAS SEVENTEEN THIRTY.
SO WE ARE DOWN SIXTY THREE STUDENTS.
WE HAVE DONE AN ANALYSIS BECAUSE MY FIRST REACTION WAS LIKE, WHOA, WE DID NOT HAVE THAT MANY STUDENTS GO.
WE HAVE HAD A FEW STUDENTS WHOSE PARENTS HAVE PLACED THEM IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR OUR HOME SCHOOLING, BUT NOT SIXTY THREE.
I WOULD SAY LESS THAN 10 THAT I, THAT I KNOW OF AT THIS POINT.
THAT MAY BE 15, BUT DEFINITELY NOT SIXTY THREE.
SO WE ACTUALLY WENT BACK AND I WAS LIKE, WHERE ARE THESE KIDS, WHAT HAPPENED?
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AND WHAT WE BELIEVE AT THIS POINT IS THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE PRE-K, THE STUDENTS WHO ARE TRANSITIONING FROM FROM THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM BECAUSE WE WERE SHUT DOWN IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS FOR SO LONG, WE AND I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO GET THE SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. NOW, SINCE THE EVALUATIONS WERE SHUT DOWN FOR SO LONG, WE ARE WE ARE BACKLOGGED IDENTIFYING THOSE STUDENTS.SO THEY DIDN'T SHOW IN OUR DECEMBER ONE CHILD COUNT, BUT THEY WILL SHOW UP FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO TO THAT END, TUFO, WE HAD A MEETING WITH DR.
ZINGO AND OUR TEAM MET WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE TODAY AND WITH THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ANY POSITION CUTS, THAT ALL VACANCIES WILL BE MAINTAINED AND WILL BE FILLED NEXT YEAR, AND THAT WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO POSITIONS IN THE RESERVE.
SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SIX RESERVE POSITIONS BECAUSE IF I RAN THE FORMULAS, WE WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR BASED ON NUMBERS WE WOULDN'T QUALIFY.
SO SPECIAL ED HAS REALLY BEEN HELD HARMLESS FROM A STAFFING PERSPECTIVE AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY GOTTEN TWO ADDITIONAL RESOURCE RESERVE POSITIONS RATHER.
WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE SIX NEW COOK CAN BE ASSIGNED AS NEEDED POSITIONS FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO WE WE HAVE ACTUALLY WE'VE BEEN HELD HARMLESS.
SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, I THINK WHAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER ABOUT THE ROLE OF SIETE, THIS IS GOING TO BE A RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO TALK TO THE BOARD SO YOU WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU SHOULD, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THIS IS AN EXAMPLE WHERE THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT THE BOARD HAS TO DECIDE.
RIGHT. WHETHER THEY APPROVE IT OR NOT.
SO YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE IT AS A BODY TO SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION THAT GOES FOR TO WHAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF MY REQUESTS, ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT IS. SO YOU YOU ADVOCATE TO ADVOCATE TO SUPPORT.
SHOULD WE BECAUSE WE MAKE A MOTION AT THIS PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME TO DO THAT.
I'M NOT DONE YET. WHY DON'T YOU LET ME FINISH EVERYTHING AND THEN THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD OR.
OK, BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WHERE WE STAND.
OK, SO THAT'S EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF STAFFING.
THE OTHER THE OTHER PIECE THEN BECOMES THE SPECIAL OPERATING BUDGET AND THAT WE RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS THIS YEAR THAT WE NEEDED TO HOLD THAT BUDGET FLAT FROM LAST YEAR.
AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
SO ONE THING THAT HAS HAPPENED, AND IF ANY OF YOU TRACK THE BUDGET AND YOU SEE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, YOU WILL SEE A SUBSTANTIAL DOLLAR AMOUNT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE OPERATING BUDGET FOR SPECIAL ED.
BUT IT IS HAS ZERO FISCAL IMPACT.
IN FACT, IT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING FOR US.
WE CARRIED IN OUR BUDGET UP UNTIL THIS YEAR THE COST FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS WHO GO TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
SO FOR THE CAB, ANYTHING THAT'S NON BUS TRANSPORTATION, ALL OF THE PRIVATE CONTRACTED TRANSPORTATION WAS HELD IN OUR BUDGET.
AND I, FOR A MULTITUDE OF REASONS, HAVE ADVOCATED FOR SEVERAL YEARS THAT THAT MONEY SHOULD SIT IN TRANSPORTATION AND NOT SIT WITH US.
AND SO WE'VE HAD WE FINALLY GOT AGREEMENT TO THAT.
AND SO THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT TRANSFERRED OUT OF OUR BUDGET AND WENT UP INTO THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET.
BUT THE REST OF OUR MONEY HAS HELD.
AND WE AND THIS IS MEGAN WHERE I WAS GOING TO TALK TO YOU.
WE'VE. THERE IS A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL IMPACT OF COVID IN THE CITY, A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT, AND IT IS IT IS IMPACTING THE CITY BUDGET.
IT IS IMPACTING THE BUDGET OF THE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.
SO WE HAVE HAD TO BE VERY, VERY DILIGENT IN LOOKING AT EXPENDITURES AND ENSURING THAT THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE ARE MAKING ARE JUSTIFIED.
AND I HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY ADAMANT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING FOR STUDENTS.
SO TO THAT END, WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAINTAIN ALL OF THE FUNDING THAT GOES TO SPECIAL PROGRAMING THAT WE COVER IN THE OPERATING BUDGET.
AND OUR OPERATING BUDGET COVERS PREDOMINANTLY THE CITY WIDE PROGRAMS.
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WE FUND THE CITYWIDE PROGRAMS, ALL OF THE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES FOR ALL OF THE CITYWIDE PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS THE VISION AND HEARING SPEECH AND ALL THE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES THAT SUPPORT THOSE PROGRAMS. WE SUPPORT THE EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR PROGRAM.ALL OF THE S5 PROGRAM IS IN OUR BUDGET.
IN ADDITION, WE DO ALL THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WE DO THE.
DO WE CALL THEM SPECIAL ATTEMPTS? WE HAVE AN ACCOUNT SO MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS OR KNOW SOMEBODY THAT'S EXPERIENCED THIS OR WE TALK ABOUT IT.
THERE ARE OFTEN TIMES WHERE WE HAVE SHORT TERM NEEDS AND ISSUES REGARDING A STUDENT THAT I FUND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL.
SO THERE MAY BE SOMETHING GOING ON THAT WE MAY SAY.
WE NEED TO PUT A PAIR OVER HERE FOR SIX WEEKS TO TAKE DATA, TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL WORK TO DO TO FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
SO I HAVE A FUND THAT SUPPORTS THAT THAT PAYS AND ALSO PAYS FOR CONTRACT SERVICES.
SO WHEN WE HAVE SPEECH THERAPISTS THAT GO OUT FOR MATERNITY LEAVE, WHICH LIKE FOR A YEAR, TYPICALLY, WE CONSTANTLY HAVE SPEECH THERAPISTS, THEY GET PREGNANT.
BUT WE SO WE END UP HAVING TO DO CONTRACT SERVICES FOR SPEECH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE CONTRACT SERVICES FOR SOME OF OUR SPECIALIZED VISION, THE ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY. IF WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO CAN BRAILLE FOR A STUDENT, IF WE HAVE TO HAVE AN INTERPRETER FOR A HEARING IMPAIRED STUDENT, THINGS OF THOSE NATURE.
SO I HAVE CONTRACT SERVICES FOR THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO I COVER THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF A FUND THAT COVERS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTS THAT BOTH FOR CENTRAL OFFICE PERSONNEL AND FOR SCHOOL BASED PERSONNEL. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT ARE OUR CITYWIDE BUDGET FUNDS.
AND WE WE HAVE WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY THAT WE DID NOT GET CUT.
AND I RIGHT NOW ALSO HAVE KERES GRANT MONEY.
WE RECEIVED TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM KERES GRANT THAT IS EARMARKED FOR NOTHING BUT RECOVERY.
SO WHEN WE START BACK FACE TO FACE, THAT TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IS GOING TO BE USED TO PROVIDE RECOVERY SERVICES, INTENSE REMEDIATION AND RECOVERY FOR STUDENTS.
SO WE'RE TALKING POTENTIALLY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, SPECIAL TUTORING, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO I HAVE TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SPEND ON THAT EFFORT NEXT YEAR IN ADDITION.
AND DR. MOZINGO, I'M JUST GOING TO TOUCH ON THIS VERY BROADLY.
DURING OUR MEETING TODAY WITH THE BUDGET OFFICE, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER IDENTIFIED ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT DR.
HUTCHINGS IS DIRECTING TOWARDS THE OFFICE OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP TO ALSO SUPPORT INTENSE REMEDIAL RECOVERY SERVICES THAT ARE NOT TO BE SPENT ON PERSONNEL, BUT ARE TO BE SPENT ON DIRECT SERVICES FOR STUDENTS.
AND SO WE WILL ALSO HAVE A SHARE OF THAT MONEY TO SPEND IN THAT REGARD.
SO I FEEL LIKE HEADING INTO THIS BUDGET, WE ARE IN A VERY STRONG PLACE.
I, I WE'VE GOT SPEECH THERAPISTS, WE HAVE TWENTY NINE SPEECH THERAPISTS, PLUS WE HAVE AN AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST.
WE INCREASED OUR OTTI, SO WE NOW HAVE FULL TIME OTTI.
REMEMBER, I HAD ADDED A PART TIME OF YEAR BEFORE AND SO NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER FULL TIME OTTI. SO WE'VE GOT FOUR, FOUR FULL TIME OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS.
WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE PHYSICAL THERAPIST.
AND SO WE NOW HAVE TWO FULL TIME PHYSICAL THERAPISTS AND I THINK WE'RE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE. I'M NOT VERY HONEST TO TELL YOU.
DID I LEAVE OUT ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK, NO, THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.
OH, IT'S BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE I MEAN.
WE DEFINITELY. COULD SPEND MORE, BUT THERE ISN'T.
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I MEAN, I'VE HAD MY SORT OF FIRST GLIMPSE AT THE OPERATING BUDGET AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE SORT OF HAD TO.DO TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND YOU KNOW.
AT FIRST GLANCE, IT ALWAYS FEELS DISCOURAGING WHEN YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REALLY WHERE YOU WANT TO BE AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, BUT.
I AM. BY THE END OF IT, BY THE END OF OUR DISCUSSION, I FELT OK, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT WE NEED TO GET FOUR KIDS IN.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PRIMARY THING.
SO AND I THINK ALSO, MEGAN, WHAT IT'S CRITICAL FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW IS THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT, IF I REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION CORRECTLY, THE SUPERINTENDENT HAD HAS HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND HAS BEEN TOLD THERE'S NO EXTRA, THERE IS NO EXTRA.
AND SO WE HAVE TO LIVE WITHIN THE THE PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO FOR US TO ADD SOMETHING TO OUR BUDGET MEANS SOMEBODY ELSE HAS TO DELETE.
SO I TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE WE'RE ALL WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT OTHERS DON'T HAVE.
SO I AM I'M GOING TO BE VERY UPFRONT AND TELL YOU I'M LOATHE TO SAY WE NEED SOMETHING AT THE DETRIMENT OF SOMEBODY ELSE WHEN I BELIEVE THAT WITH THE KERES MONEY AND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE GOT FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, THAT WE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT WHAT WE NEED.
I'M ALSO GOING TO TELL YOU AND I THAT SO THAT'S THE THAT'S OPERATING.
I'M ALSO GOING TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL MONEY AND THE IDEIA GRANT AND I TYPICALLY DON'T TALK ABOUT EDESIA GRANT UNTIL THE SPRING, BUT I WANT YOU TO HAVE IT TO UNDERSTAND IN JUXTAPOSITION WITH THIS, WITH THE CIA'S COMPONENT, WE ARE STILL HAVE TWO POSITIONS LEFT TO ADD.
WE HAVE ANOTHER BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST AND CIA SPECIALIST, MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST.
WE'RE STILL WE'RE GETTING READY TO HIRE ANOTHER PERSON IN THAT REGARD.
AND WE ARE ALSO GOING TO HIRE A DIAGNOSTICIAN.
AND WE ARE FORMING A SPECIAL TEAM OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE OUR ED EVALUATION TEAM.
AND THAT IS GOING TO COME OUT OF THE GENERAL POOL AND THERE IS GOING TO BE A SELECT TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT IS THE SYSTEM WIDE ED TEAM.
AND THAT IS IN A VERY SPECIFIC ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS OUR OVERIDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES.
THERE HAS ALSO BEEN SOME THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INFORMATION COMING OUT OF THE STATE ABOUT VIDEOIQ AND SOME DIFFERENT APPROACHES THAT VIDEOTAPE IS TAKING AND SOME PRIORITIES THAT VIDEO IS GOING TO ADDRESS.
DR. MOZINGO AND I ARE GOING TO MEET NEXT WEEK TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE MIGHT DO SOME RESTRUCTURING SO THAT WE CAN BETTER MEET AND ADDRESS THOSE PRIORITIES.
AND THAT WILL BE PART OF THE IDEIA GRANT AS WELL.
BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN THE SPRING BECAUSE THAT THAT STILL HASN'T BEEN DETERMINED.
BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I FEEL WE'RE IN A VERY STRONG FISCAL AND FINANCIAL PLACE GIVEN WHERE WE ARE IN THE WORLD.
AND I THINK THE ONLY LAST THING I WOULD ADD TO THAT, I THINK WHAT HAS HELPED US AND WHAT IS REALLY GOING TO HELP US, EVEN GIVEN THE FINANCIAL STRAIN FROM COVID, IS THAT WE SET PRIORITIES. AND SO WHAT I WHAT I LIKE WHAT I'VE SEEN ABOUT THE BUDGET THUS FAR IS THAT WE KEPT THE WE KEPT THE FUNDS WHERE THE BOARD PRIORITIES ARE.
IT WON'T FEEL SO BAD, I GUESS IT'S BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE STILL FUNDING THE THINGS THAT WE SAID WE WANTED TO DO, AND SO THAT IS MADE A DIFFICULT FINANCIAL TIME, FEEL A LOT LESS STRENUOUS TO ME.
AND ONE OF THOSE BUDGET PRIORITIES THAT I WANT TO REINFORCE IS BESIDE SPECIAL ED IS ONE OF THOSE BUDGET PRIORITIES, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE OVERIDENTIFICATION, BUT THE OTHER PRIORITIES TO LITERACY.
SO THAT TIES IN WITH A LOT OF WHAT SIECUS IS LOOKING TO AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT DEFINITELY
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ADDRESSES OUR OUR NEEDS AS WELL.SO, TERRY, YOU SUGGESTED THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT COME OUT WOULD COME OUT OF THIS THAT YOU WANTED TO SUPPORT.
HOW WOULD YOU SO I WOULD ASK THAT SEEK SUPPORT THE THE FUNDING OF THE BUDGET THAT WAS PROPOSED FOR FUNDING OF THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED AND THAT THEY SUPPORT THE RESERVE POSITIONS AND THE ADDITION OF TWO RESERVE POSITIONS TO TOTAL SIX.
DO WE HEAR A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT FROM SOMEBODY? YES, I MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THOSE TWO.
OK, WE HAVE THE MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO ANY DISCUSSION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS, RAISE YOUR HANDS.
JEFF. AND MAYBE THIS IS FINE IF THE GROUP WANTS TO GO WITH IT, I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE GOING? I JUST DIDN'T GET ENOUGH INFORMATION ON WHAT WE AS SIAKOR STANDING UP IN FRONT OF THE BOARD AND SAYING, YES, ABSOLUTELY, DO THIS.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL WE GOT WAS A HIGH LEVEL BUDGET PRESENTATION, NO, ONCE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AT THE BUDGET, WE'RE SAYING, OH YEAH, YOU KNOW, GIVE US EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THERE. AND WHAT EXACTLY WAS SAYING ABOUT THE RESERVE POSITIONS? THEY AREN'T FUNDED.
WHAT ARE WE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING ON THE RESERVE POSITIONS AND WHAT WHY SHOULD WE WHY SHOULD THEY BE FUNDED? THEY SHOULD BE THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE ADDITION OF TWO RESERVE POSITIONS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE ADEQUATE STAFF TO ADDRESS THE VARIATIONS IN ENROLLMENT THAT WE ARE EXPECTING NEXT FALL.
SO WHAT HAPPENS TYPICALLY JEFF AND OTHERS IS TRUE.
WHAT HAPPENS AND HAS HAPPENED HISTORICALLY IS WHICH HAS BEEN AN ASSET FOR THE SYSTEM IS THAT, AS I KNOW, THAT SHE MENTIONED SOME DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT, BUT PROBABLY AT SOME POINT LATER IN THE YEAR, NEXT YEAR, WE MAY BEGIN TO SEE AN INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT.
AND SO WHAT OCCURS IS YOU COULD HAVE CLASSROOMS, ESPECIALLY WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TEACHERS. SO EFFECTIVE SYSTEMS HAVE LIKE A RESERVE OF TEACHERS.
SO FOR A LONG TIME, THOUGH, THE SYSTEM MAINTAIN A RESERVE OF TEACHERS OR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. WE HAVE SEVERAL SCHOOLS.
WE LOOK AT THE ENROLLMENT, WE MEET BIWEEKLY, SOMETIMES WEEKLY.
WE LOOK AT ALL THE GRADE LEVELS.
WE LOOK AT ALL THE CLASS SIZES.
AND WE SOMETIMES DON'T SHIFT TEACHERS BECAUSE IT CREATES A LOT OF TRANSITION FOR KIDS.
BUT WE'LL SAY RAMSEY, THIRD GRADE, WHATEVER THEY NEED THIS TEACHER, BECAUSE HAVING THE RESERVE, YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO ADVERTISE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A RESERVE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY SAVINGS IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.
THE OTHER THING WE DID LAST YEAR, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, WE ALSO PUT RESERVE POSITIONS FOR STUDENTS, FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS, BECAUSE WHAT WE REALIZED WAS WE HAD GROWTH IN THESE TWO AREAS. SO IS IT PROVIDES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU HAVE GROWTH AND YOU NEED TO PROVIDE TEACHERS.
RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THE RESERVE CONCEPT AND I'VE SEEN IT BEFORE.
THERE WERE JUST THREE OTHER THINGS THAT TERRY MENTIONED THAT I'M JUST HAVING.
I'M STRUGGLING, TRYING TO RECONCILE THAT WITH MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION ONE, IF WE RECOMMEND IT, WE'RE SAYING FUND THESE.
NOW, KNOW THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS I AM RECOMMENDING TO SUPPORT THE FUNDING OF TWO ADDITIONAL RESERVE POSITIONS.
OK, SO YOU SAID IT JUST BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN OK, BUT YOU ARE PROBABLY SOMEWHAT STRUGGLING WITH THIS.
THIS YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED TO IS ALREADY WRITTEN AND YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE RESPONDING TO.
SHE'S JUST SAYING TO YOU THAT THESE ARE GOING TO BE PUT IN THE BUDGET.
THEN THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PUT IN THE BUDGET YEAR.
WE JUST DISCUSSED THIS TODAY, IF THAT'S WHAT.
RIGHT. MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF IT, BUT ONE THING THAT TERRY SAID IS THAT RIGHT NOW SHE FEELS LIKE WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD BUDGET AND IF SHE ASKS FOR ANYTHING MORE, IT HAS TO BE TAKEN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO IN ORDER TO FUND THESE RESERVE POSITIONS TO SOMEONE ELSE AND LOSE MONEY, NO, THEY'RE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE WHAT YOU WRITE.
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THESE ARE FUNDED FOR THIS YEAR, BUT NOTHING'S BEEN FUNDED YET BECAUSE THE BUDGET HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.THIS WON'T TAKE PLACE. SO THIS WON'T TAKE MONEY FROM SOME OTHER GROUP IF THEY APPROVE TWO MORE RESERVE POSITIONS.
NO, IT WILL NOT. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING TO SUPPORT IT.
OK, THE SECOND THING IS YOU SAID WE HAVE A DECLINING ENROLLMENT.
WHAT I SAID WAS THAT THE DIFFERENCE IN ENROLLMENT BETWEEN THE DECEMBER ONE COUNT TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND THE DECEMBER ONE COUNT IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY IS SIXTY THREE STUDENTS SYSTEM WIDE.
IT IS SOMEWHERE, IF I'M RIGHT, DR.
MOZINGO ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED STUDENTS, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH, WE WE DEFINITELY HAVE A DECREASE IN ENROLLMENT, MOSTLY AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, MOSTLY STUDENT.
SO SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING A DOWNTURN IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND IT'S VERY SAD THAT THAT IDENTIFIED WHY.
IT WAS BECAUSE THE TRANSITION KIDS FROM PRESCHOOL TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DIDN'T GET THE EVALUATIONS NEEDED BECAUSE THEY WERE SO FAR BEHIND IN EVALUATIONS.
AND IT'S PROBABLE THAT THOSE STUDENTS WILL SHOW UP NEXT YEAR AFTER THEY'VE HAD THEIR EVALUATIONS.
JUST WHAT I SAID IS STAFFING IS WHEN WE DO STAFFING FOR THE BUDGET, WE FACE IT OFF THE COUNCIL DECEMBER ONE.
WE KNOW THAT THE NUMBERS FOR DECEMBER ONE ARE DEPRESSED THIS YEAR.
FOR THE REASONS WHICH I IDENTIFIED, I FULLY EXPECT THERE TO BE A RETURN TO SCHOOL.
BACK UP AT THE NUMBERS WHERE WE ARE THIS YEAR, I DON'T KNOW.
I HAVE ASKED I'VE ACTUALLY HAD INTENDED TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL RESERVE POSITIONS, AND WHEN WE MET TODAY, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER ALREADY SAID, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY CONVERSATIONS THAT HE NO ONE IS HOLDING SPECIAL AND HARMLESS THIS YEAR GOING INTO THE BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S BEEN A DECREASE.
AND IF YOU WENT STRAIGHT BY FORMULA, WE SHOULD LOSE POSITIONS.
HE IS NOT CUTTING ANY SPECIAL ED POSITIONS.
HE'S HOLDING ALL SPECIAL ED POSITIONS HARMLESS.
ALL OF THE VACANCIES THAT WE HAVE, WE RETAIN THOSE VACANCIES.
WE WILL RECRUIT AND FILL THOSE POSITIONS.
IN ADDITION TO THE FOUR STANDING RESERVE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE, HE IS AUTHORIZING TWO ADDITIONAL RESERVES FOR SPECIAL ED SO THAT WE WILL HAVE SIX RESERVE POSITIONS, WHICH GIVES US THE POTENTIAL TO ADD SIX TEACHERS NEXT YEAR AS NEEDED BASED UPON IT.
SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT, ARE WE JUST GOING ALONG WITH THAT TO TRY TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE BOARD? I GUESS IN MY LAST CONCERN IS THE BASIC MESSAGE YOU GAVE US WITH THE STAFFING RATIOS IS WE'RE WELL STAFFED WITH SPECIAL ED TEACHERS.
LACK OF STAFFING IS NOT AN ISSUE IN HELPING OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY.
I'D LIKE TO JUMP IN BECAUSE WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WITH CERTAIN CLASSES STARTING THIS YEAR WITHOUT TEACHERS AND THE SITUATION THAT YOU DESCRIBED, TERRY, WITH THE RESERVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS DESIGNED TO ASSIST THAT PROBLEM WHERE YOU FIND YOURSELF SUDDENLY WITHOUT A QUALIFIED TEACHER AND YOU CAN'T JUST RETIRE IN AUGUST, YOU HAVE TO SERVE.
WELL, THERE'S A THERE'S A TWO POINT ISSUE.
THE VACANCY ISSUE IS ONE THING.
THE RESERVE ISSUE IS ANOTHER THING.
SO THE RESERVE HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN TO ADDRESS THE FLUCTUATIONS WITH STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. IF YOU HAVE IN AUGUST, YOU HAVE.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THREE YEARS AGO IN AUGUST, THE WEEK THE TEACHERS CAME BACK, WE HAD A FAMILY MOVE IN WITH THREE HEARING IMPAIRED STUDENTS.
ALL THREE HAD COCHLEAR IMPLANTS.
ALL THREE HAD SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES.
WE DIDN'T HAVE CLASS. WE WEREN'T READY FOR THAT SO THAT YOU COULD NOT WE COULDN'T HAVE BUDGETED FOR THAT IN JANUARY.
SO THE RESERVE POSITION ADDRESSES THE NEED TO HIRE A TEACHER AT THE LAST MINUTE SO THAT THE RESERVE IS TO DEAL WITH FLUCTUATIONS AND VARIATIONS THAT WE MAY NOT EXPECT, THAT WE MAY IDENTIFY MORE STUDENTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE PRE-K STUDENTS STARTING NEXT YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADD SOME PRE-K CLASSES.
THE RESERVE ALLOWS US TO ADD EXTRA CLASSES.
THE SECOND PART OF THIS, THOUGH, IS WE HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF VACANCIES AND SPECIAL ED RIGHT NOW TYPICALLY.
AND WHAT THE BUDGET OFFICE IS LOOKING AT IS FREEZING VACANCIES AND NOT FILLING VACANCIES
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SO THAT WE CAN FUND THE PRIORITIES.SO IT IS SOMETHING REALLY SIGNIFICANT THAT WE ARE NOT LOSING ANY OF THOSE POSITIONS, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK STRAIGHT ON NUMBERS, WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS AND SOME TEACHERS WILL HAVE FAIRLY LOW CASELOADS.
SO THAT IS THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL ENABLE STAFF TO GIVE MORE ATTENTION TO STUDENTS, MORE DIRECT, INTENSE SERVICES, ALONG WITH THE OTHER SUPPORTS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
SO THE FACT THAT OUR VACANCIES HAVE BEEN HELD HARMLESS AND THAT WE ARE GETTING TWO ADDITIONAL RESERVE POSITIONS.
SO I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT WHAT HAS BEEN PUT OUT WITHIN THE BUDGET, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T GET SUPPORT, THEY MAY THE SCHOOL BOARD MAY LOOK AT THAT AS A PLACE TO CUT IF THERE ARE OTHER PRIORITIES THAT ARE NEEDED.
SO WE NEED TO ADVOCATE THAT WE'RE HELD HARMLESS IN THIS BUDGET AND THAT WE GET TO ADDITIONAL RESERVE POSITIONS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED THEM.
AND SENDING WHAT WHAT TERRY SHARE WITH YOU IS HOT OFF THE PRESS, THE BUDGET.
WE HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
WHAT THE CHIEF OF THE WHAT DOMINICK DOES, HE MEETS HE STARTS THE PROCESS IN THIS WAY, HE MEETS WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT.
IN MEETING WITH US, WE BEGAN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT SOME OF OUR NEEDS ARE.
THEN EVENTUALLY THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
IT'LL BE RECOMMENDED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THAT TIME IS WHEN YOU WOULD WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR WHAT HE WAS JUST TALKING WITH US ABOUT.
SOME THINGS THAT THEY ARE CONSIDERING AND WILL PROPOSE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND WE JUST HE JUST WANTED YOU TO BE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE THE BUDGET AND YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE PRINTED BUDGET.
THEN WE BRING THIS BACK UP IN JANUARY.
YES. AND AND JUST TO ADD, BECAUSE WHEN WE GET THAT THAT BUDGET, LIKE, WE'LL SEE THE VACANCIES, WE'LL SEE THE RESERVE POSITIONS.
AND SOME PEOPLE MAY BE INCLINED TO SAY, WELL, WHY DO WE HAVE ALL OF THIS? YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CUT HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO GO TO X, SO.
THE ADVOCACY CAN COME IN HANDY IF YOU GET SOME FOLKS WHO AND I'VE HEARD IT BEFORE AT MEETINGS LIKE WHAT'S WITH ALL THESE VACANT POSITIONS? LIKE WHAT'S WITH ALL THESE RESERVE POSITIONS, I GUESS? YEAH, I'M NOT A RUBBER STAMP.
THIS IS NOT A RUBBER STAMP OF WHAT'S PUT OUT THERE.
WHAT I AM TRYING TO EXPLAIN IS WHAT THE BUDGETING PARAMETERS ARE AND WHAT WHERE SPECIAL ED STANDS WITHIN THOSE PARAMETERS.
RIGHT. AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO.
THROW OUT THERE OR PUT OUT THERE FOR THE GROUP TO DISCUSS IS SICK, DOESN'T HAVE UNLIMITED 15 THINGS WE CAN GO RECOMMEND IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY GET BEHIND SOMETHING, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT'S THE RIGHT COUPLE OF THINGS.
AND FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THIS ISN'T EVEN IN THE BUDGET YET.
SO WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET FOR SPECIAL ED WHERE WE THINK THE PRIORITIES ARE THAT WE SUPPORT.
MY CONCERN IS YOU'RE GIVING US A PRESENTATION ON.
HIGH LEVEL OF THE BUDGET AND A CONVERSATION YOU HAD YESTERDAY AND ASKING CERAK TODAY, EVEN BEFORE THE BUDGET IS OUT AND PRINTED, TO REVIEW, TO MAKE A COMMITMENT THAT, YES, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT.
AND WHAT I AM SAYING GOOD WITH THAT, THEN FINE.
AT THIS POINT, I WOULD HAVE TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE OTHER THINGS IN THERE THAT WE FEEL ARE MORE IMPORTANT.
AND IF I MAKE A DECISION AT THIS POINT, MAYBE OR THIS MIGHT BE THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION IS SUPPORT THOSE.
MAYBE WHAT WE DO IS LIKE TERRYS, PUT IT ON THE RADAR.
AND SO WHEN WE YOU KNOW, THAT PRINTED BUDGET COMES OUT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SEATTLE NEEDS TO LOOK FOR.
ABSOLUTELY. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ADVOCACY CAN COME FROM THERE.
AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD WOULD ADD IS I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT TERRY EXPLAIN SORT OF THAT DECEMBER FIRST COUNT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ADVOCATING FOR AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE SYSTEMS FUND THE SCHOOLS AS
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THOUGH THOSE KIDS THAT WE'VE LOST ARE GOING TO COME BACK BECAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, AS TERRY SAID, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IT WAS 60 STUDENTS WHO WERE LOST OR THOSE THREE HUNDRED OR FIVE HUNDRED KIDS WHO ARE OUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE COVID, IF WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM FOR MAINTAINING THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO COME BACK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT CAUSE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WHERE THERE REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ANY.SO WE'RE REALLY NEEDING NEEDING PEOPLE TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT AT ALL LEVELS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FUNDING IS NOT JUST SO MUCH ON THE COUNT AS THE NUMBERS ARE THIS YEAR, BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS PEOPLE HAVE PULL KIDS OUT TO HOMESCHOOL OR DO WHATEVER JUST TO GET THROUGH THIS PERIOD OF TIME.
SO IT'S THROWING THAT OUT THERE, TOO.
THIS QUESTION REALLY IT REALLY IS NOT RELATED TO THE BUDGET, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TIME. BUT ONE OF YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE FORMULAS RELATED TO STAFFING, ET CETERA, AND BUDGET IMPLICATIONS.
BUT MY QUESTION REALLY HAS TO DO WITH WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THE CHALLENGES TO FILLING THESE VACANCIES IN SPECIAL ED? IT'S I FIND EXTREMELY CONCERNING.
I CAN SAY SPECIFICALLY THAT THE CITY WIDE CLASSROOM AT MOUNT VERNON, THE TEACHER KNEW LAST MAY THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO BE RETURNING.
AND APPARENTLY THE VACANCY IS STILL OPEN FOR THE CITY WIDE CLASSROOM.
SO MY DAUGHTER AND THE OTHER STUDENTS FROM MOUNT VERNON HAVE BEEN OVER JOHN ADAMS AND THEIR CITY WIDE CLASSROOM.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST IT TO ME THAT APPARENTLY TWO CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN OFFERED THE JOB OF NOT ACCEPTED IT.
THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME THAT THAT POSITION HAS BEEN OPEN.
AND APPARENTLY THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS.
SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT ABOUT THE FILLING, THE SPECIAL ED POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN, FORGET RESERVE FOR EVERYTHING THAT OUR IMMEDIATE NEEDS RIGHT NOW FOR OUR STUDENTS.
LET'S BRING THAT FOR DISCUSSION IN A LITTLE WHILE OR THAT AT A NEXT MEETING, BUT CLASSICALLY, THE STATE OF VIRGINIA HAS TWO OR THREE THOUSAND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER SHORT ACROSS THE WHOLE STATE.
SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO COMPETE WITH OTHER PEOPLE FOR CLASSES.
BUT WE NEED TO WE NEED TO FINISH UP ON THIS BUDGET.
I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT OFTEN IT'S EASIER TO INFLUENCE A BUDGET AS IT'S BEING DEVELOPED RATHER THAN AFTER IT'S PRINTED OUT AND PEOPLE HAVE HARDENED ON THEIR SPACES FOR THE BUDGET. SO I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA OF US SUPPORTING THIS AT THIS POINT AND MOVING FORWARD ON ON THAT.
WHEN THE BUDGET IS PRINTED OUT AND WE CAN SEE THE DETAILS OF IT, WE CAN ALWAYS WE COULD ALWAYS RENEGE ON THAT IF WE WANTED TO.
BUT I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO GET IT IN THERE NOW.
CINDY. YOU HAVE YOUR HAND, RIGHT? YEAH, SORRY, I AGREE WITH THAT PERSPECTIVE.
I DO THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET, AT LEAST A BUDGET WORKING GROUP.
BUT I WANTED TO ASK TERRY TIMELINE FOR THE NEXT STEPS WITH THE BUDGET.
MEGAN, WHEN'S THE NEXT WORK SESSION? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK I WOULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BUDGET SCHEDULE FOR YOU, I DON'T KNOW THAT HALF OF MY HEAD, I WOULD HAVE TO PUT THAT BACK IN JAIL. BUT YEAH.
AND REMEMBER, THIS GOES THROUGH THIS GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SPRING.
AND I SAY THIS IS THE EARLIEST WE'VE EVER TALKED ABOUT BUDGET.
USUALLY WE DON'T BRING UP BUDGET UNTIL LATE JANUARY AFTER IT'S ALREADY BEEN KIND OF FINALIZED. MIKE, COUSIN MIKE HAS A POINT BECAUSE BY THAT POINT, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO PUT THIS? SO I THINK THAT I THINK THAT'S A VALID POINT RIGHT NOW.
AND WHEN THE FINAL BUDGET COMES.
SO I I KNOW JEFF SAID THAT THIS WAS HIGH LEVEL, BUT I, I TRIED TO GET AS SPECIFIC AS I COULD WITHOUT TELLING YOU, YOU KNOW, LINE BY LINE.
YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT ALL THE CATEGORIES IN THE MONEY AND THE OVERALL WHERE OUR OPERATING BUDGET IS, I THINK ONE POINT NINE MILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THAT'S ONE POINT NINE SEVEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS IS WHAT WE WENT IN AT.
SO WE'RE HOVERING RIGHT AROUND A TWO MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
AND I YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT ALL THE AREAS WHERE IT GOES, BUT I AM HAPPY TO ONCE IT'S ALL PUBLISHED, YOU KNOW, TO GO THROUGH CATEGORY BY CATEGORY WITH YOU AND AND SHOW YOU THE
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DOLLAR AMOUNT. BUT I THINK WHAT'S REALLY CRITICAL RIGHT NOW IS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HERE'S THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THE BUDGET AS IT IS AND GET THOSE RESERVE POSITIONS.OK, I THINK WE ONLY HAVE THREE MORE MINUTES UNTIL THE END OF OUR MEETING, SO WE NEED TO MOVE THE QUESTION. JEFF, ARE YOU GOING TO ABSTAIN? NO, ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO VOTE NO, I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF POTENTIALLY GOING FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT, AS YOU SAID, WE MIGHT PULL BACK, THAT THAT HURTS OUR CREDIBILITY. I'D RATHER GO FORWARD WITH A COHESIVE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD AS OPPOSED TO ONES AND TWOS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, JEFF, BECAUSE I KNOW THE NEXT ONE ON HERE IS, IS SABRINA.
YES. ARE YOU A MEMBER? YES. YOU VOTE YES.
COURTNEY. ARE YOU GOING TO BE VOTING NO? OK. OK.
YOU'RE ONLY VOTING NO IS LAFONTAINE FROM THE STAFF SIDE, BUT NOT YET.
RIGHT. IS DEBORAH ON THERE? YES, YES, OK, YES, YES, JAYLIN.
YES. OK, AND LAURA IS NOT LAURA AND IS NOT YET, AND I VOTE YES. SO.
WE HAVE ONE NOW AND ALL THE REST GUESSES THAT, CORRECT? SO THE MOTION PASSED.
DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THE OTHER REPORTS AND FINISH? I'D LIKE TO FINISH QUICKLY AND ASK IF THERE ARE ANY URGENT MESSAGES FROM MEGAN OR FROM KRC, AND I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU TO THEM LIKE THIS.
NONE AT ALL. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL MESSAGES FROM THE PRC, MEGHAN.
YOU'RE MUTED, I THINK SHE SAID NOW.
SORRY, RIGHT, IT'S LATE, NOTHING FOR ME, SO.
DO WE WANT TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN SUNDAY? ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP IS IN TERMS OF WORKING ON CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE
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VARIOUS ITEMS IN THE SCOPE OF WORK, IT'S REALLY SOMEWHAT CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW.WE CAN'T BE WORKING GROUPS WITHIN OUR MEETING.
AND IF WE FORM SUBCOMMITTEES, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.
WE WILL. AND WE MEET IT WHEN WE NEED AS A SUBCOMMITTEE BECAUSE OF VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT LAWS.
IF WE HAVE A GROUP OF THREE OR MORE, WE HAVE TO PLAN IN ADVANCE, PUBLICIZE AND ADVANCE OPEN THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC.
ALL THAT'S FINE. IT JUST TAKES MORE PLANNING.
SO BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING TO THE END OF THE NIGHT AND I KNOW IT'S ALSO GETTING CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAYS, I DO WANT TO FORM WORKING GROUPS, AT LEAST WORKING GROUPS OF TWO FOR ADDRESSING SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
BUT I THINK WE'LL DO THAT IN THE INTERIM.
I'LL SHARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS WITH YOU AND I.
I'M GOING TO ASK MEMBERS TO TRY TO SERVE ON ONE WORKING GROUP.
WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPAND TO COMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS, BUT WE CAN DO SOME OF THE STUFF OFFLINE.
AND ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE AND I DON'T KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I'VE ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT OF STEPHEN.
DR. STEPHEN HERRING, THAT ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND I'VE ALSO CONTACTED THE STATE FIAC REGARDING THE VACCINATIONS AND THE PRIORITY FOR SPECIAL ED STAFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS LOOKING INTO ADVOCATING FOR THAT SORT OF THING. I DO KNOW THAT THE VERY LARGE ORGANIZATION THROUGH WHICH WE HAVE ABA THERAPY AND THESE THERAPISTS COME INTO OUR HOME, WE GO THERE.
I KNOW THAT THEIR ORGANIZATION IS ENGAGING IN SOME SORT OF ADVOCACY TO GET THEIR STAFF CLASSIFIED SOMEWHERE SOMEWHAT LIKE HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
SO THEY WOULD SORT OF BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT GROUP OF PEOPLE, SORT OF LIKE, I GUESS NOT RIGHT UP THERE WITH HOSPITAL STAFF AND NURSING HOME RESIDENTS.
RIGHT AFTER THAT. SO ANYWAY, THERE'S SOME ADVOCACY GOING ON, OF COURSE, WITH A LOT OF GROUPS. AND I JUST I GUESS I WANT TO GET TERRY'S INPUT OR ANYBODY ELSE'S INPUT ON ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO OR ACTIONS TO TAKE.
TALK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, TERRY.
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OUR SPECIAL ED STAFF ARE SOMEWHAT LIKE MEDICAL WORKERS AND WONDERING ABOUT GETTING THEM CLASSIFIED THAT WAY AND PRIORITY WITH THE STATE OF VIRGINIA FOR VACCINATIONS.SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND AS DR.
HARING HAS EXPLAINED TO ALL OF US ON OUR MEETINGS, IS THAT THE CDC MET A WEEK AGO MAYBE AND IDENTIFIED THE PRIORITY GROUPS AND THEN IT'S UP TO THE STATE TO MAKE THEIR DECISIONS AS TO THE PRIORITY GROUPS INDIVIDUALLY.
SO THE CDC RECOMMENDED, I THINK I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT, THAT HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND NURSING HOME ARE THE FIRST LINE OF.
OF VACCINATION AND HELP, ESPECIALLY HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CARE PEOPLE THAT ARE TREATING PATIENTS, THE NEXT GROUP ARE.
ESSENTIAL NON HEALTH CARE WORKERS, SO IT'S LIKE A ONE A AND A, ONE B, AND THE ONE B IS THE ESSENTIAL NON HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND TEACHERS ARE IN THAT GROUP.
HARING MADE REFERENCE TO THAT.
SANDY, WHEN HE I READ THE RESPONSE THAT HE SENT YOU.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE WAS ALLUDING TO, THAT IT'S THE ONE BIG GROUP SHOULD.
SHOULD. ENCOMPASS SCHOOL STAFF.
SO I THAT'S WHAT I THINK RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR YOU TO ADVOCATE.
I THINK THAT'S A FABULOUS THING FOR SEATTLE TO ADVOCATE.
THE MORE WE GET PEOPLE VACCINATED, THE MORE WE GET TEACHERS VACCINATED, THE MORE PROTECTIONS AND SECURITY WE HAVE FOR STAFF TO COME BACK IN THE BUILDING.
I CAN EVEN I THINK THE ONE THING WE CAN CONSIDER IS LIKE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS.
YOU KNOW, STARTING TO CONVENE, YOU KNOW, I CAN REACH OUT TO THE MAJORITY LEADER AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO THAT NEEDS TO BE ON YOUR RADAR.
AND I CAN REACH OUT TO OUR DELEGATES AND SENATORS AS WELL.
BUT I THINK THE MAJORITY LEADER WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST BECAUSE SHE'S, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY GOT THAT DIRECT LINE TO THE GOVERNOR.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I COULD DEFINITELY DO.
THANK YOU. YES. BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY A MUCH SMALLER GROUP THAN TEACHERS AVERAGE AND ALL OF THE OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A PRETTY BIG GROUP.
YEAH, IT IMPACTS SO MANY PEOPLE GETTING WE CAN GET TO AND IF WE SAY WE WANT TO GET KIDS BACK IN THE CLASSROOMS AND GET ON IT, EVERYBODY THAT COMES BEHIND.
YEAH. TO SAY, OH, I THINK IT COULD JUST HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT.
OK, SO THAT WAS THE MAIN THING.
AND THAT ONE BEE POPULATION IS THAT.
BEING CONSIDERED, IS THAT LIKE SOONISH I'M ONLY ASKING BECAUSE FOR MY PROFESSIONAL SIDE, I GOT A CALL YESTERDAY FROM ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT LETTING ME KNOW THAT MY BUSINESS THAT PROVIDES SPEECH AND OTTI IS CONSIDERED HEALTH CARE.
AND WE ARE PROBABLY ELIGIBLE TO GET OUR SHOTS NEXT WEEK.
OH, YEAH, SO I MEAN, THERE'S STILL SOME OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH MADAMA GETS PASSED AND EVERYTHING. SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT ONE BEE POPULATION.
IT'S LIKE IN WITH ME, BECAUSE YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE GETTING THE HEALTH CARE PERSON.
YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, TECHNICALLY, YOU'RE WHEN YOU'RE LIKE A MEDICAID PROVIDER, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU WOULD FALL IN PERSONALLY.
RIGHT. BUT I MEAN, YOU WOULD FALL UNDER, I THINK, THE SAME CATEGORY OF PEOPLE LIKE I DON'T THINK TEACHERS WOULD MAYBE BE IN THAT THE SAME CATEGORY AS YOU ARE.
YEAH. DEBBIE, I THINK YOU'RE IN THE ONE GROUP.
I WAS PRETTY EXCITED THAT I REALLY CAN GET MY KIDS TO SCHOOL SO I CAN GO TO WORK, RIGHT.
SO THAT GIVES ME HOPE, MAYBE, TOO, FOR HER, ESPECIALLY TEACHERS.
CAN I DO A CELEBRATION BEFORE WE ADJOURN? JAYLEN IS SHE JAYLEN? OH MY GOODNESS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW, BUT SHE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET ONE OF HER KIDS A SERVICE ANIMAL.
AND SHE HAD TO RAISE SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET IT DONE, AND SHE JUST LITERALLY
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PUT OUT A CALL LIKE LAST WEEK, MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO, SHE IS MORE THAN HALFWAY TO HER GOAL.I THINK YESTERDAY SHE WAS OVER TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS RAISED NOW.
YEAH, SUPER GREAT. SUPER MOM, LIKE, SO PROUD AND EXCITED FOR YOU AND YOUR KIDS.
IT'LL BE REALLY GREAT FOR BANITA.
SHE DESERVES IT. AND IT'LL IT'S A LONG PROCESS.
WE'RE FULLY APPROVED, BUT IT'LL STILL BE A LONG PROCESS ONCE WE GET IT FUNDED.
BUT BASICALLY SHE WOULD GET IT LIKE AS SHE GOES INTO HER SEVENTH GRADE YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE PERFECT. SHE'S GOING TO NEED IT IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO. AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS IT, A DOG? WHAT IS THE SERVICE ANIMAL? YEAH, IT'S, UM, THREE, FOUR PAWS FOR THREE IN OHIO, SO IT'LL BE AWESOME.
SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO REACH OUT TO HER BECAUSE YOU'RE FEELING THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT OR WHATEVER, IT'S JUST BEEN SUPER EXCITING TO WATCH.
OK, MIKE, ARE YOU STILL THERE? SHALL WE WRAP UP BECAUSE IT'S LATE? IT WAS WORTH STANLY TO HEAR THAT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, SINCE THE QUESTION CAME UP, THAT THE FIRST WORK SESSION ON THE ON THE BUDGET IS JANUARY 4TH.
MOTION TO ADJOURN THEN SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO DO IT.
YOU SEE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN.
I DON'T SEE ANY VOTES AGAINST OUR ABSTENTION, SO WE'RE ADJOURNED.
HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY, GUYS, YOU GUYS HAVE A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.