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>> CAN YOU STATE THE MAKE AND THE DATE.
>> THIS IS THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
THIS MEETING IS SCHEDULED BETWEEN 7:00 AND 8:00 P.M.
SUSAN NELSON IS OUR MEETING HOST AND LET ME START OFF BY CALLING THE ROLL.
PLEASE UNMUTE AND SAY PRESENT.
I THINK SHE IS GOING TO BE LATE.
>> I SEE MS. SIMPSON BAIRD ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE HER OVER.
I WAS JUST GOING TO REQUEST THAT.
>> ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD IS PRESENT.
NONE OF OUR CO-SECRETARIES ARE HERE SO, THAT IS A PROBLEM.
>> LET ME FINISH UP WITH OUR LIAISONS.
>> PRE ANN IS BACK AT WORK BUT I'M NOT SURE SHE IS GOING TO BE HERE.
>> I'M NOT SURE SHE IS GOING TO MAKE IT.
CINDY, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
[Review Meeting Norms]
I HAVE NOT WRITTEN OUT MEETING NORMS BUT I DID WANT TO REVIEW OUR MEETING NORMS TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP OUR CONVERSATIONS AND COMMENTS FOCUSED ON SYSTEMIC ISSUES AND TO NOT MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN OURS OR OTHERS.IF MEMBERS ARE MAKING A PUBLIC COMMENT THEY CAN COMMENT ON THEIR CHILDREN BUT THOSE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT NOT USE INDIVIDUAL'S NAMES AND THOSE WHO MIGHT BE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT WE WON'T RESPOND AT THE TIME.
THE MEMBERS CAN BRING UP TOPICS OF CONCERN THAT IS BROUGHT UP LATER.
AND ALSO THAT TERRY WESTERNER WILL DIRECT NECESSARY PEOPLE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNING ISSUES THAT MIGHT COME UP.
[Meeting documents]
WE SHOULD HAVE THE PRC DATA REPORTS FROM APRIL.DRAFT MINUTES FROM APRIL 21ST.
SEAC MINUTES FROM THE MAY 13TH SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS AND VDOE UPDATED GUIDE FOR LOCAL SEACS IN VIRGINIA.
>> SO MY APOLOGIES ON THE MINUTES.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE APRIL MINUTES.
IT SHOULD BE FROM MARCH AND APRIL.
THE MARCH MINUTES HAVE NOT COME IN YET AND THE APRIL MINUTES MY APOLOGIES I HAD FOUR PAGES OF MINUTES AND I SUBSEQUENTLY DESTROYED THE DOCUMENTS SO THEY'VE GOT TO
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BE RECREATED.SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE VERY BRIEF BUT WE'LL HAVE A REVIEW OF THAT MEETING TONIGHT.
SO WE ONLY HAVE THE PREC DATA AND THE VDOE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO APPROVE THEN.
>> SO WE NEED TO MOVE THEN TO OLD BUSINESS AND ACTION ITEMS.
>> LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
OUR ONE ATTENDEE IS OUR CAPTIONER AT THE MOMENT SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
SO WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO THE LITERACY SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.
[Old Business and Action Items]
WHO'S GIVING THAT?THE MEMO IS BASED OFF OF K-2 LITERACY.
EVERYTHING THAT WE COMPILED FROM THE SURVEY THAT WE RECEIVED.
THE MEMO OVER GOES THE PURPOSE OF THE MEMO BACKGROUND AND THEN GOES INTO FURTHER DETAIL OF WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION OF THE SEAC COMMITTEE ARE AND THEN A SUMMARY AS FOLLOWS AS WELL.
THE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN ATTACHED WITH CINDY WHAT CINDY HAD SENT OUT.
CINDY I'M NOT 100% SURE HOW YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH REVIEWING THAT DOCUMENT WITH SEAC.
>> I THINK WE WILL ONLY ASK MEMBERS TO SEND COMMENTS DIRECTLY TO YOU THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE AND TO CC ME AND TERRY WESTERNER.
WE CANNOT DO A GROUP EDIT IN ZOOM NOR CAN WE DO IT BACK AND FORTH VIA E-MAIL BUT WE CERTAINLY WELCOME INPUT FROM NUMBERS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE NOMINATION SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT.
>> JANET IS IN A POSITION WHERE IT MIGHT BE HARD FOR HER TO SPEAK SO I'LL FILL IN FOR HER RIGHT NOW.
WE DO HAVE A CANDIDATE FOR CHAIR WHO HAS STEPPED FORWARD AND THAT IS LAUREN GOLUBSKI.
I THANK YOU HER FOR STEPPING FORWARD BUT NOMINATIONS REMAIN OPEN.
MEMBERS YOU'VE BEEN INVITED VIA E-MAIL TO MAKE NOMINATIONS AND I ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO NOMINATE YOURSELF.
WE DO HAVE MEMBERS THAT MIGHT NOT BE RETURNING BECAUSE THEIR TERMS ARE EXPIRING AND SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE PLANNING OR HOPING TO BE ON SEAC NEXT YEAR PLEASE CONSIDER NOMINATING YOURSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE.
>> WILL WE BE TAKING NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR AT SOME POINT.
>> WE ARE PERMITTED TO DO THAT ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS WHEN WE DO OUR ELECTION EBBS AT THE NEXT AND FINAL MEETING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU, LAUREN.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE ANNE LIPNICK AWARDS UPDATE WHICH SOUNDS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
>> ALEXIS IS NOT HERE SO I WILL BE HAPPY TO UPDATE EVERYONE.
WE HAD MEETING LAST WEEK CINDY.
WAS IT LAST WEEK? I HAVE NO CONCEPT OF TIME ANY MORE.
WE HAD OUR REVIEW MEETING LAST WEEK.
WE HAD NOMINATIONS IN FOUR CATEGORIES.
WE HAD NOT ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO EVER A RELATED SERVICE PROVIDER BUT ON THE NOMINATION FORM RELATED SERVICE PROVIDER STOOD IN THEIR OWN CATEGORY AND WE HAD SEVERAL RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS NOMINATED SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE FOUR AWARDS THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED TEACHER, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER WHO HAS WON THE AWARD -- AND THERE IS A GENERAL EDUCATION SPECIAL AWARD TEACHER WHO IS -- I'M SORRY.
THERE IS A GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER WHO'S RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR INCLUSIONARY PRACTICES SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM TEACHER A PARAPROFESSIONAL AND RELATED SERVICE PROVIDER.
THOSE NAMES WERE NOT PUBLIC AT THIS POINT AND WILL BE SO AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON JUNE 3RD.
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I'M IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATION OFFICE TO DECIDE HOW WE CONGRATULATE THE NOMINEES PUBLICLY AND THEN THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.>> TERRY, COULD YOU REMIND ME -- ABOUT HOW MANY NOMINATIONS WERE THERE?
>> OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD I DON'T KNOW.
-- THERE IS PROBABLY 10 OR 12 SPECIAL-ED TEACHERS.
PROBABLY SIX OR SEVEN GENERAL ED TEACHERS.
WE HAD -- FIVE PARA PROFESSIONALS AND -- SEVEN RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS.
JANET WAS ON THE COMMITTEE TOO.
DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT RIGHT, JANET?
>> TERRY, MY OTHER QUESTION IS WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING A COMBINATION OF AWARDS AND LETTER OF GRATITUDE TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF AND I BELIEVE THAT WOULD APPROPRIATELY INCLUDE OUR TEACHERS, OUR PARA-PROFESSIONALS AND RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS SO I WILL WORK WITH YOU DIRECTLY TO -- ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO DISTRIBUTE THAT TO THE STAFF.
I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LITERACY GOING BACK TO THE MEMO.
WHEN WE HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT THE BEST MANNER TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.
AND WE WERE ASSUMING IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO GO BACK TO THE LITERACY TEAM AND THEN SUSAN NEILSON HAD THE IDEA OF INCLUDING IT WITH OUR END OF YEAR REPORT AND IT IS -- IT'S NOT BRIEF BUT I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE PLACE TO INCLUDE IT AND I WANTED TO GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
IT WAS MY DISCUSSION WITH LAUREN THAT IT DEFINITELY SHOULD GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE IT IS YOUR WAY TO ADDRESS UNMET NEEDS.
SYSTEMIC UNMET NEEDS AND I VERY MUCH THINK IT SHOULD GO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO GO BACK TO THE LITERACY COMMITTEE FIRST AND GET THEIR INPUT BECAUSE THEY MAY HAVE FEEDBACK THAT COULD MAKE IT EVEN MORE EFFECTIVE APPROACH.
SO I WOULD DEFINITELY LAUREN AND I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THAT MEETING WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO MEET WITH CAROLYN AND KIM -- IT WOULD BE CAROLYN.
LET ME SEE ABOUT GETTING SOMETHING ON THE BOOKS NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE END OF YEAR REPORT.
MEAGAN WRIGHT, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD APPROACH.
>> LAUREN IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU?
>> ANY MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
>> MIKE, I HAVE OLD BUSINESS I THINK.
BUT IT'S NOT ON THERE AND YOU MAY TELL ME THAT YOU WANT IT TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT THE COMMUNICATION SUBCOMMITTEE IS MEGA THIS.
BUT STAFF DON'T STAY FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS BUT COULD I SHOW YOU ALL THE DRAFT COPY OF THE NEWSLETTER.
I'LL MAKE IT BIGGER SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE COVERED.
SO I BASICALLY TRIED TO INCLUDE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS MOST RELEVANT AND IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW RIGHT NOW SO WE HAVE A WHOLE SECTION ABOUT WHAT SUMMER LEARNING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THEN WE HAVE A WHOLE SECTION ABOUT FALL AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH FALL IN PERSON LEARNING AND COVID RECOVERY SERVICES AND THEN WE HAVE A SECTION ON THE ANNE LIPNICK AWARDS AND THEN WE HAVE A TEXT BOX GOING HERE SO I NEED TO GET THAT INFORMATION ADDED AND I HAVE TO EDIT AND MAKE SURE I'M EDITING SOME OF THE NAMES ON THE TEACHER COMPONENT HERE SO WE SHOULD HAVE IT READY TO GO.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT RIGHT NOW AND AGAIN WORK WITH OUR COMMUNICATION'S
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OFFICE IS THAT HOW TO DISSEMINATE THIS.COURTNEY AND JANET IT WILL GO OUT THERE -- WE'RE GOING TO GET IT TRANSLATED SO WE HAVE IT IN FOUR LANGUAGES AND THEN THROUGH THE PRC.
ALSO GOING ON THE SPECIAL-ED WEB PAGE ON OUR SPECIAL-ED WEB PAGE.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS HAVE LINKS PUT IN ACPS EXPRESS.
THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE AN E-MAIL BANK.
1800 STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE DISTRICT AND THOSE ARE NOT 1800 FAMILIES BECAUSE WE HAVE SIBLINGS BUT IT STILL COMES OUT TO BE 1500-1600 E-MAILS AND WE GET 300-400 RETURNED EVEN WHEN THOSE ARE THE PARENT ADDRESS IN POWER SCHOOL AND WHEN WE GET THAT KIND OF E-MAIL RETURN IT DESTROYS THE IN BOXES OF PEOPLE.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER WAY TO COMMUNICATE THAT INFORMATION.
I AM GOING TO SEND IT TO LEAD TEACHERS AND HAVE THE TEACHERS IN EACH BUILDING THE CASE MANAGERS SEND IT HOME TO THE PARENTS OF THEIR FAMILIES BECAUSE EVERY TEACHER KNOWS HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE PARENTS OF THEIR KIDS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION AND I THINK I'M GOING TO ASK THE ACPS EXPRESS TO INCLUDE A BRIEF BLUSH ABOUT IT WITH A LINK TO OUR WEB PAGE SO THAT PARENTS CAN DO THAT.
WE ARE UNDERTAKING I THINK I MENTIONED IT AT THE LAST MEETING A BIG INITIATIVE TO GET UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FROM PARENTS AND THAT IS A REAL PUSH OF OUR COMMUNICATION'S OFFICE THIS SPRING AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN TIME AND MONEY BECAUSE EVEN TODAY WE STILL HAVE PARENTS WHO DON'T HAVE E-MAIL ADDRESSES AND TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT AND GET ENGAGE WE HAD PARENTS WHO DON'T HAVE E-MAIL ADDRESSES AND PREFER TO DO THINGS VIA TEXT SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO SEND VIA TEXT.
SO I'M EXPLORING MULTIPLE OPTIONS AND THAT WAS WE'RE LOOKING AT TO DISSEMINATE AT LEAST THIS FIRST ROUND.
DON'T ALL OF THE KIDS HAVE AN ACTIVE E-MAIL ACCOUNT FOR THEIR HOME SCHOOLING?
>> I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
DR. MAZINGO -- >> THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CHALLENGES WITH MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE -- CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH POWER SCHOOL SO THERE IS AN EFFORT UNDER COMMUNICATIONS WE'VE GOT SOME FUNDING AND THEY ARE GOING TO DO A COMPLETE OUTREACH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE INFORMATION ON EVERY FAMILY IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
IT'S A CHALLENGE SO WHAT HAPPENS -- THERE ARE TIMES WHEN INFORMATION IS SENT AND THE ADDRESSES ARE WRONG.
THE ADDRESSES SOMETIMES THEY ARE INCORRECT ADDRESSES.
WE HAVE A RESIDENCY VERIFICATION STAFFER THAT IS ALSO VERIFYING RESIDENCE.
WE ALSO HAVE OCCASIONS WHERE INFORMATION SENT TO PARENTS HAS BEEN RETURNED DUE TO INCORRECT ADDRESSES SO RECENTLY THERE WAS A CONVERSATION WITH SLT AND UNDER COMMUNICATIONS TO DO THIS EFFORT TO GET ALL OF THIS INFORMATION CORRECT SO THAT WE CAN REACH ALL OF OUR FAMILIES IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER.
>> THE SHORT ANSWER MIKE -- IS ACPS DOES NOT PROVIDE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR EVERY STUDENT SO WE HAVE -- TEACHERS COMMUNICATE INFORMATION TO THE PARENTS VIA A MULTITUDE OF WAYS AND WE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR PARENT COMMUNITY THAT OPERATE ONLY THROUGH CELL PHONES AND WE END UP TEXTING.
THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF OUR BIG CHALLENGES OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR AND TO HELP PARENTS GET INTO OUR DATABASE SYSTEMS OUR POWER SCHOOL AND THE OTHER SYSTEMS THAT THEY NEED TO MANAGE THEIR STUDENT ACCOUNTS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE -- THERE IS A PLAN WRITTEN IN COMMUNICATIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GROUP OF STAFF THAT ARE GOING TO PUT PEOPLE ON EXTENDED EMPLOYMENT TO MAKE DIRECT CONTACT WITH FAMILIES TO GET CORRECT ADDRESSES.
IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING BUT THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO GET STAFF AND OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THIS AS TERRY HAS INDICATED.
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HIGH DEGREE OF MOBILITY SO I WAS IN THE OFFICE LAST WEEK AND ON MY DESK THERE IS MAIL THAT WAS SENT AND RETURNED.
A LOT OF OF IT IS MOBILITY BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE A PLAN AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS GETTING THIS INFORMATION.
>> ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE REGARDING THE STUDENT E-MAIL ADDRESSES, SPECIAL-ED STUDENTS THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE NECESSARILY ACCESSING THOSE AND PARENTS WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION.
[New Business and Reports]
SO THE FIRST ITEM IS TO VOTE ON AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS.I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND I'M SORRY SUSAN, I'M NOT SURE THAT OUR UPDATED BYLAWS ARE ON THE WEB PAGE.
BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THEM AND THERE IS EVEN A NOTE ABOUT AND EDIT MADE I THINK.
>> I DON'T HAVE THE FINAL VERSION.
I'VE DONE THE VDOE'S TRAIN FOR LOCAL OF SEAC MEMBERS AND THEY ALSO HAVE ISSUED A NEW HANDBOOK AND THEY MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THEY DO NOT MEAN TO PREVENT PARENTS WHO ARE TEACHERS FROM BEING OR OTHER EMPLOYEES OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM BEING MEMBERS OF SEAC.
THE COMMITTEE MAY ONLY HAVE ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER BUT ANOTHER MEMBER MAY BE A TEACHER.
BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT'S DISCRIMINATORY.
I DON'T KNOW IF OUR SCHOOL BOARD OR SUSAN IF YOU HAVE COMMENT ON ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN GENERAL.
IF THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS A PERSPECTIVE ABOUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST BUT I WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE BLUE SENTENCE AT THE END OF NUMBER 12 IF IT IS DETERMINED THERE IS A CHANGE IN MEMBERSHIP STATUS.
THE MEMBER MAY STILL CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE BUT AS A NONVOTING CONSULTANT AND THAT IS NOT IN ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT THE STATE WOULD LIKE US TO REFLECT IN OUR BYLAWS SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE DELETE THAT SENTENCE AND THE REST WE CAN KEEP IT SIMPLE.
LEAVE THE REST AS IS BUT THAT WOULD PERMIT US TO HAVE A MEMBER WHO ALSO HAS A CHILD IN -- TEACHER MEMBER WHO HAS A CHILD IN ACPS WHO WANTS TO JOIN AS A PARENT.
>> IN THE PAST ON ANOTHER COMMITTEE I BELIEVE WE DID HAVE THIS ISSUE COME UP AND THIS TEACHER WANTED TO JOIN WHO HAS KIDS AT ACPS.
THEY WERE GIVEN THE OPTION TO JOIN AS A PARENT VERSUS A TEACHER SO THAT IT DEPARTMENT CONFLICT IT DEPARTMENT PREVENT THEM FROM JOINING BECAUSE THAT IS DISCRIMINATORY IN ANOTHER WAY.
IS WHAT THE STATE WAS SAYING TO US AS WELL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE REMOVE THAT FINAL SENTENCE UNDER MEMBERSHIP.
DISCUSSION? AND ARE WE SAYING THAT IS JUST A TEACHER? THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER POSITIONS IN ACPS BESIDES TEACHERS.
AND THERE IS CONSULTANTS TO ACPS TOO.
THE WORDING OF VENDOR STILL REMAINS ABOVE.
IT ONLY SPECIFICALLY REFERS TO VENDOR.
BUT WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING TO REMOVE THAT SENTENCE REFERRING TO ANY JOB IN ACPS HOWEVER THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES MAINTAIN THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THERE IS A
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR A MEMBER.>> SO THE AUTHORITY OF THE SCHOOL BOARD COMES AT APPROVING MEMBERS WHO ARE SORT OF BASICALLY RECOMMENDED BY THE CHAIR OR THE COMMITTEE HOWEVER YOU WISH TO DO IT.
BUT THERE IS THE OPTION OF HAVING CONFLICT OF INTEREST IF YOU WERE TO SERVE ON A COMMITTEE IN WHICH YOU WERE AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE IF YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A COMPANY THAT MAY BE TRYING TO SELL TO ACPS.
THAT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST SO THAT WOULD BE AN INCIDENT WHERE YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO POLICE HOW THINGS ARE HANDLED AND LIKE THEY COULDN'T SIT ON A PROCUREMENT PANEL.
THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO KNOW THAT THEY ARE SITTING ON A PROCUREMENT PANEL.
WHEN PEOPLE JOIN THE COMMITTEE AND I KNOW MS. ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD HAS NOT RECEIVED THIS YET WE DO SEND OUT CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
FOIA, SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES AND OTHER THINGS TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU NEED TO STEP AWAY BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE A CONFLICT.
THEY ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME RULES AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
-- SO YOU HAVE TO POLICE YOURSELF BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL YOUR CONFLICTS ARE.
>> THIS LAST ONE WAS MORE HIGHLIGHTING IF THERE WAS NOT NECESSARILY WHEN YOU'RE FIRST COMING ON THE COMMITTEE BUT IF SOMETHING CHANGES THERE MAY BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
IT SHOULD BE AT LEAST BROUGHT UP TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE -- THAT'S ABOVEBOARD.
>> AND I THINK WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS THAT IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MEMBER TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY HAVE A CONFLICT.
BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT KNOW OR YOU MAY NOT KNOW WITHOUT THEM LETTING YOU KNOW.
>> THAT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THIS SHOULD BE.
MAKING THE DECISION YOU MAY STILL CHOOSE.
IT'S LIKE THE MEMBER MUST MAKE SEAC AWARE THAT THERE IS -- THEY HAVE A CHANGE IN STATUS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND THEN IT'S OUT IN THE OPEN AND YOU FIGURE IT OUT.
INSTEAD OF HERE WHICH IS SAYING IF THERE IS A CHANGE YOU'RE OUT.
I DON'T WANT TO DO GROUP EDITING HERE.
BECAUSE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF WORD SMITHING -- I MADE A MOTION.
THE MOTION WAS TO REMOVE THAT LANGUAGE AND THE DISCUSSION SHOWS THAT THAT IS NOT QUITE WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
>> YOU CAN WITHDRAW THE MOTION.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO WITHDRAW THE MOTION TO REWRITE IT AS WE'VE DISCUSSED AND PRESENT IT AT OUR FINAL MEETING OR POTENTIALLY SAVE IT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH CURRENT MEMBERS UNTIL WE REWORK OUR BYLAWS.
SO SINCE THAT IS REMOVED WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE SEAC AND SPECIAL-ED COMMUNITY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS.
>> AND A REMINDER THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF PREPLANNING SO LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR FOR NEXT YEAR'S SEAC TO TAKE UNDER CONSIDERATION.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? CINDY, DO YOU WANT SOME DISCUSSION? JEFF? YOU JUST POPPED UP ON MY CREEP?
-- >> I'LL JUST MENTION LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT YEAR AND BASED ON THE SEAC TRAINING AND WHAT IS MENTIONED IN THE HANDBOOK WE AS A COMMITTEE NEED TO CONTINUE OUTREACH AND MAKE SURE WE'RE REACHING ALL -- ALL -- FACETS SO THAT WE'RE AWARE OF ANY POTENTIAL NEEDS THAT EXIST THAT WE MIGHT NOT INDIVIDUALLY KNOW ABOUT.
ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO TERRY FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT.
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WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF PLANNING FOR SUMMER PROGRAMMING.WE AS I THINK I HAVE A SHARED WITH YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THREE TIERS OF SUMMER SERVICES.
TIER ONE WILL BE CO-TEACHING SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN ACCESSING THE SUMMER LEARNING.
TIER II WILL BE CLOSING THE GAP.
WE'VE HAD 354 STUDENTS RECOMMENDED FOR THAT PROGRAM.
WE'RE WAITING TO SEE HOW MANY PARENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STANDARD ESY PROGRAM WHICH WILL BE FOUR WEEKS IN PERSON AT JEFFERSON HOUSTON.
SO WE'RE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO DO THAT AND FOR OUR FALL REOPENING.
THE BIG THING THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW IS WHAT SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING WILL LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENTS WHO ACCESS VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.
AS YOU ALL KNOW BY THIS POINT THERE IS A VIRTUAL OPTION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO FAMILIES.
IF THEY ELECT TO DO THAT AND THEY ARE STUDENTS WITH AN IEP.
VIRTUAL VIRGINIA DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY SPECIAL-ED 504 OR TALENTED AND GIFTED PROGRAMMING.
SO ALL OF THAT PROGRAMMING RESIDES THE RESPONSIBILITY RESIDES WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SO WE'RE WORKING TO ASCERTAIN HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES.
WE CANNOT ACCESS ANY OF THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA PROGRAMMING SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH STUDENTS DURING THE ASYNCHRONOUS TIME OF THAT STRUCTURE.
AND IT'S A CHANGE IN PROGRAMMING BECAUSE SO MUCH OF OUR SERVICES ARE PROVIDED IN AN INCLUSIONARY SETTING AND BY THE VERY NATURE IT'S SMALL GROUP SPECIAL-ED ONLY.
SO WE'RE WORKING AND IT'S A FACTOR FOR ALL OF THE SCHOOLS IN REGION FOUR NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO MY COUNTERPARTS AND IT IS TOP OF THE AGENDA AND I ASK THAT IT BE PUT ON AT OUR NEXT REGION 4 MEETING AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH IN THE E-MAIL CHAIN BETWEEN THE DIRECTORS AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT VIRTUAL VIRGINIA IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN THE FALL AS WELL.
IN ADDITION IF WE HAVE FAMILIES, STUDENTS IN THE CITYWIDE CLASSES THEY WILL NOT BE PART OF VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.
THAT PROGRAM IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS WHO ACCESS CITYWIDE SERVICES.
SO WE'VE HAD TEAM THAT HAS BEGUN TO MEET AND DISCUSS THOSE OPTIONS.
WE HAVE PARENT -- PARENT FORMS ARE DUE BACK MAY 24TH SO WE'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE GROUP IS AND THEN CAN MAKE SOME MORE DEFINITIVE PLANS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ABOUT RETURN TO SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
DID I MISS READ IT OR HAS IT CHANGED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RETURN TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK OF INSTRUCTION STARTING NEXT WEEK OR DID I MISS READ?
>> I'M NOT AWARE THAT THAT IS -- ALL OF OUR CITYWIDE STUDENTS ARE BACK FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
ALL OTHER STUDENTS WHO ACCESS GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING ARE REMAINING TWO DAYS A WEEK IN EITHER AB OR CD COHORT.
AND THEY WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL-ED SERVICE NEWS VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.
IN YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER COLLEAGUES IN THE REGION THERE IS A POTENTIAL TO KIND OF PULL RESOURCES AND PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES TOGETHER?
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND I DELIBERATELY DEPARTMENT BRING IT UP BECAUSE IT'S BEEN OUT ON THE TABLE AND WHAT WE LOOK AT IT IS -- LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
IN VIRGINIA THERE IS A PROVISION FOR REGIONAL PROGRAMMING.
MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENTERED INTO THAT REGIONAL PROGRAMMING AGREEMENT AND WE HAVE A SHARED GROUP WITH LADAN AND ARLINGTON AND WE RECEIVE
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THAT GRANT FUNDING AND IT FUNDS OUR BEHAVIOR SUPPORT TEAM RIGHT NOW.SO WE DO HAVE SHARED RESOURCES THROUGH THAT.
TYPICALLY REGIONAL PROGRAMMING IS WHEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE AND TYPICALLY NOT IN BIGGER SCHOOL DISTRICTS LIKE OURS BUT IN SOME OF THE RURAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS WHERE THEY HAVE LOW INCIDENCE HIGH NEED STUDENTS IT BECOMES COST EFFECTIVE FOR NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO POOL THEIR STUDENTS, THEY BRING THEM TO A REGIONAL PROGRAM AND THEY EACH CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE RESOURCES.
SO HOW WOULD WE ALLOCATE STAFFING? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IEP GOAL AND OBJECTIVES AND THE DATA COLLECTION? SO, ITS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES RAISED IT AND I'M LIKE THAT COULD BE INTERESTING BUT THEN IT BECOMES WHO PROVIDES THE STAFF? WHO DOES THE SERVICES? AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
THE LONGER ANSWER IS IT'S MORE COMPLICATED BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE A DISCUSSION ITEM.
FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE THEY GIVEN ANY SORT OF CONSULTATION SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED WITHIN THE GENERAL.
>> THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED IN FAQS.
I HEARD A NUMBER TODAY BUT THAT NUMBER IS STILL -- THE FORMS ARE NOT DUE BACK YET.
AND OF THAT NUMBER I HAVE NO IDEA -- TO LET ME KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM ARE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
ONCE I DO FIND THAT OUT I ASSURE YOU I WILL BE MAKING DIRECT CONTACT WITH FAMILIES TO EXPLAIN THAT.
THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT THIS AFFECTS FATE.
FREE APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
PARENTS ARE MAKING THIS CHOICE.
IT WAS ANALOGOUS TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL PLACEMENTS WHEN THE PARENTS MAKE THOSE CHOICES.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND WE'LL HAVE OUR VDOE REP BECAUSE I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT COMPROMISES OUR FAPE RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO I NEED TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.
WE'RE CLEARLY NOT THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS WORKED WITH VIRTUAL VIRGINIA SO I KNOW THAT AS DR. MAZINGO SAT ON THE COMMITTEE -- AND I HAVE A STAFF MEMBER, AMY.
AND I GAVE AMY A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS TO ASK AND I'M ALSO GOING TO REACH OUT.
APPARENTLY MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA HAS BEEN USING IT AND VIRTUAL VIRGINIA HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE AND CLEARLY THERE ARE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE ACCESSING THE PROGRAMMING.
SO I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE COLLEAGUES ARE DOING TOO.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL DO.
MAY 24TH -- IS WHEN THE RESULTS ARE DUE.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL DO IS MEET WITH THE PRINCIPALS OF THOSE SCHOOLS OF THE FAMILIES THAT CHOSE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA AND THEN THE PRINCIPALS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MEETINGS WITH THOSE FAMILIES JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THEY ARE AGREEING TO BECAUSE THE CALENDAR CHANGES.
IMMEDIATELY VIRTUAL VIRGINIA TAKES OVER WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WHAT TERRY HAS INDICATED.
BUT WE WANT TO BECAUSE EVEN IN THE CHILD'S SCHEDULE THERE IS TIME IN THE AFTERNOON THAT IS TIME FOR LOCAL SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED.
SO FOR THE PERSONALIZATION, THE COMMUNICATION BETTER UNDERSTANDING WE FEEL A NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE COMMITTING TO AND THAT WILL START NEXT WEEK.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JANET AND COURTNEY BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FAPE CENTER AND THE COMMUNICATION OFFICE TO SUPPORT THE OUTREACH TO PARENTS AND WORKING WITH PARENTS TO GET THESE FORMS COMPLETED AND GET THESE FORMS IN AND THEY'VE BEEN A HUMID HELP
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AND THEY ARE ALSO SENDING OUT COMMUNICATIONS TO OUR FAMILIES TO MAKE SURE WE ENGAGE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.SO I WANT TO THANK THEM IN THAT REGARD AS WELL.
>> TERRY I ALSO WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE NEWSLETTER.
THIS ONE AND THE UPCOMING ONES WILL BE A HELP TO PARENTS.
I ALSO WAS CURIOUS ABOUT -- RELEASING ANY GUIDANCE ABOUT COVID RECOVERY SERVICES.
LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
ALL DETAILED IN THE NEWSLETTER.
I JUST WANTED THE COMMITTEE TO HEAR THAT.
I JUST WAS ASKING IF YOU WERE ON MUTE? SO.
-- MOVING ON TO MEAGAN FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON.
I ACTUALLY WOULD START OFF BY GIVING JANET AND COURTNEY AND THE FAPE CENTER A HUGE SHOUT OUT.
IT'S BEEN A PRETTY MASSIVE UNDERTAKING I THINK WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS HAVING TO GO OUT RIGHT NOW.
HELPING FAMILIES LIKE THE FAPE CENTER IS HELPING FAMILIES TO COMPLETE THESE FORMS. SO THAT THEY ARE VERSED AND INFORMED ON WHAT THEY ARE CHOOSING.
I'VE SAT IN A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH THEM THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE EFFORT THAT IS GOING INTO MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO MAKE INFORMED OF DECISIONS AND NOT JUST CERTAIN PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY BUT EVERY FAMILY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE SAME REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF OUR BUDGET CYCLE.
NOT MUCH LEFT TO DO REALLY BUT TO APPROVE I THINK AT THIS POINT.
SO, THAT IS COMING UP THIS MONTH.
YEAH FOR THAT AND WE CAN MOVE INTO JULY HAVING EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE ALWAYS WAIT FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THEIR BUDGET SO WE CAN APPROVE OUR BUDGET.
ALSO JUST SORT OF REITERATING SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN FIELDING AND DISCUSSING ABOUT VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.
PARTICULARLY AS IT PERTAINS TO FAMILIES WITH DISABILITIES AND OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
THE BIG THING FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD IS WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO COME TO SCHOOL.
LIKE THAT IS OUR ULTIMATE GOAL.
THE HARD PART IS HAVING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE FAMILIES WHO JUST AREN'T COMFORTABLE AND THEY ARE NOT READY.
SO I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TALK TO A COUPLE OF FAMILIES WHO ARE IN THAT SPACE AND THEIR CONCERNS ARE VALID.
SO WHAT I'VE BEEN KIND OF GRAPPLING WITH AND HELPING SOME FAMILIES TO GRAPPLE WITH IS AT THE END OF THE DAY NEITHER OPTIONS PERFECT AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH IS THE BEST FOR YOUR SITUATION AT THE MOMENT KNOWING -- ARMED WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE'LL GET TO SEPTEMBER AND LIKE VACCINES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY DOWN TO FIVE.
BECAUSE -- IT'S A REALLY TOUGH CHOICE AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE THE DISPARITY IN WHO -- HAS THE FEARS AND WHO DOESN'T.
THAT IS REALLY BEEN HARD TO GRAPPLE WITH.
SO I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL FOR SEAC AS YOU'RE DOING OUTREACH TO TRY TO CONVINCE FAMILIES AND TALK TO FAMILIES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO CHOOSE IN PERSON.
WE'RE GOING TO STILL BE MITIGATING.
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WE'LL HAVE THE SAFETY MEASURES.I'M ASSUMING UNLESS THERE ARE VACCINES WE'LL HAVE THE MASKS AND THINGS IN PLACE TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.
SO WITHIN THAT OUTREACH THAT YOU DO WITH YOUR OWN FRIENDS AND COMMUNITIES TRY TO ENCOURAGE KIDS TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL AND FAMILIES TO COME BACK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL.
BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES PEERS ARE MORE I GUESS CAN HAVE MORE INFLUENCE THAN NECESSARILY I DO OR -- SO THAT IS JUST ONE THING.
THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT IS WORKING THAT WE DEVELOPED TO WORK WITH ALL OF OUR ADVISORY GROUPS THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING THIS WEEK, RIGHT, SUSAN?
>> NEXT WEEK ON THE 25TH AT 5:00 P.M.
>> NEXT WEEK ON THE 25TH SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS YOU KNOW FOR THEM TO SPEND SOME OF THIS -- I'M DOING THIS IN AIR QUOTES DOWNTIME OVER THE SUMMER TO REALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO COME BACK WITH TO THE BOARD IN THE FALL.
JUST SO CINDY AND ANYONE WHO WILL BE IN OFFICE THERE WILL BE SOME OUTREACH TO YOU TO GET SOME INPUT.
SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP SOME -- I REALLY WANT SOME GOALS THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARD ACHIEVING TO IMPROVE THE VALUE ADD FOR OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE INVOLVED IN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND IT'S NOT HAVING AN IMPACT.
AND I THINK THAT IS ABOUT IT FOR ME UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
ONE EXCITING THING -- THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, WE'VE MADE A DECISION ABOUT THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL SPACE AND WE'VE STARTED TO DELVE INTO THE ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THAT IS VERY, VERY EXCITING.
WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING IN SMALL WORKING GROUP RIGHT NOW SO FOR EXAMPLE THE WORKING GROUP THAT I'M IN IS WORKING ON THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES.
IF ANYBODY HERE HAS SEEN THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES I MEAN YOU GET THIS BOOK THAT IS LIKE THIS THICK.
THERE ARE 400 PLUS COURSE OPTIONS AND I THINK EVERYBODY HAS GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE REALIZE WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? HOW IS THIS MEANINGFUL AND WHAT IS IT DOING TO HELP -- JEFF IS LIKE IT'S NOT.
AND SO -- WE FOUGHT THAT BATTLE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO AND LOST.
>> I'VE IN A SPACE WHERE THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE.
REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT IS EXCITING -- ABOUT THINKING ABOUT CAREER PATHWAYS IN A DIFFERENT WAY AND HOW WE'RE INTRODUCING OUR STUDENTS TO CAREER PATHWAYS THROUGH WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN MATH AND SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES SO TRYING TO HAVE THIS MORE INTEGRATIVE APPROACH TO AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE LEARNING.
THERE IS A SMALL GROUP WORKING ON THAT WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING MAKING SURE HOW WE'RE GOING TO INTEGRATE PROJECT BASED LEARNING INTO ALL OF THE COURSES AND CURRICULUM SO.
THAT IS JUST A SMALL TIDBIT BUT I FIND THAT TO BE -- THAT IS THE STUFF THAT I THINK YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN ALL GET EXCITED ABOUT.
>> WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO TURN IT INTO SOME TYPE OF ANIMATION.
CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT KIDS COULD TRAVEL THROUGH THE COURSES BY EXPERIENCING AND SEEING KIDS IN COURSES.
AS THEY GO THROUGH IT WILL BE MORE THAN THE WRITTEN SCRIPT BUT ACTUAL EXPERIENCES THAT MAY BE -- WE TALKED ABOUT IT AND OTHERS ARE RIGHT ABOUT HOW TO CHANGE IT.
>> ONE THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT PIGGYBACKS BEHIND THAT AND WE'VE NOT DISCUSSED THIS AT ALL AS PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
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AS MEAGAN DISCUSSED THERE IS A WHOLE NEW APPROACH AROUND PROJECT BASED LEARNING AND TYING INSTRUCTION INTO LONG-TERM CAREER DEVELOPMENT.AVENUE THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS FUNDAMENTALLY REVAMPING HOW MATH IS TAUGHT IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND I HAD A MEETING WITH SUSAN -- OUR SECONDARY MATH LEAD YESTERDAY TO GO THROUGH THAT AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT SEAC INVITE HER PROBABLY WON'T HAPPEN IN JUNE BUT INVITE HER EARLY IN THE FALL SO THAT YOU ALL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
MATH AS YOU KNOW IT IS GOING TO GO AWAY.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
STARTING WITH THIS YEAR'S THIRD GRADE.
WE ULTIMATELY WILL NO LONGER HAVE ALGEBRA ONE.
WE HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH TO MATH AND IT'S GOING TO BE TIED INTO INTERGROUPINGS.
SO THERE WILL BE A SECTION FOR KIDS WHO WANT TO DO IT.
A SECTION FOR KIDS WHO WANT TO DO DATA KIND OF THINGS.
IT'S TRULY FASCINATING SO SHE HAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE POWER POINT THAT SHE GOES THROUGH THAT I THINK WOULD BE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE AND IT LINKS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MEAGAN WAS TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.
>> CAN YOU STATE HER NAME AND POSITION AGAIN.
>> SUSANNE FUTREL AND SHE IS THE SECONDARY MATH SPECIALIST.
SHE IS BASICALLY THE SECONDARY MATH VERSION OF CAROLYN WORCESTER THAT YOU MET WHO WAS THE ELEMENTARY ENGLISH LITERACY PERSON.
I THINK IT WILL BE VERY ENLIGHTENING FOR YOU ALL.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE WOULD HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.
JUST SOME INPUT INTO THE DESIGN.
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING EVENTUALLY THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN BECAUSE IT'S FASCINATING ALSO WHAT IS OCCURRING WITH THE DESIGN OF THE FUTURE MINI HOWARD.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA -- FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE ARCHITECTURE ASPECT OF IT.
I'VE MET WITH THE ARCHITECTS MULTIPLE TIMES TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE SPACES FOR STUDENTS WITHIN THAT BUILDING.
BECAUSE IT'S TWO PROGRAMS. AND WE EXPECT STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FORTH.
THERE ARE TARGET PROGRAMS IN EACH BUILDING.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO BOTH.
THE ONLY THING WE'RE CONTINUING IS THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE IN OUR MD CLASSROOM ARE GOING TO STAY AT KING STREET BECAUSE IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO RECREATE THAT MD SPACE AND THE REALITY IS SPLITTING THOSE STUDENTS REALLY DIVIDES OUR RESOURCES SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE MD STUDENTS AT KING STREET BUT ALL OTHER STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO BOTH CAMPUSES AND BOTH PROGRAMS.
>> WE COULD ALWAYS CONNECTOR GET DR. GERALD MANN -- -- AT SOME POINT IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE ORGANIZED FOR YOU.
>> I THINK ONE LAST POINT, ALSO A GOOD AS WE GET FURTHER INTO AND NOT I DON'T THINK WE'RE THAT FAR AWAY BUT INTO SOME OF THE ACADEMIC DESIGN.
I THINK THERE IS A REAL OPPORTUNITY HERE TO BE EVEN BETTER AT HOW WE DO SECONDARY TRANSITION.
JUST BY THE WAY THAT WE DO THINGS IN GENERAL.
SO THAT SECONDARY TRANSITION DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE THIS COMPLETELY SEPARATE THING.
SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT TERRY THINKS ABOUT THAT BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO INSERT THAT PERSPECTIVE.
>> WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH PTEC -- MIDDLE SCHOOL PREP PROGRAM, RISING 7TH GRADERS AND RISING 10TH GRADERS.
THERE IS A NEED TO GET FEEDBACK.
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EVEN ON HOW TO REDESIGN THAT PROCESS.WE HAD A FAMILY WHO HELPED US.
WE JUST HIRED A NEW TRANSITION COORDINATOR.
>> SO WE AS YOU REMEMBER I TOUCHED UPON IT WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PDEA GRANT WE ADDED -- A NEW POSITION WHICH IS A TRANSITION COORDINATOR WHICH HAS THE CHARGE TO BE LOOKING AT TRANSITION SERVICES FOR STUDENTS REALLY STARTING IN KINDERGARTEN.
WE HAVE A FOCUS RIGHT NOW OF 712 BUT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN TOP THIRD GRADE AND WORK TO ENGAGE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE PROCESS OF -- WE HAVE HAD -- I'M DETERMINED BUT THERE IS A WHOLE NEW APPROACH AND A WHOLE NEW IDEAS OUT THERE ABOUT TRANSITION SERVICES AND HOW WE START PREPARING STUDENTS AS WE MOVE THEM THROUGH.
AMY CREED WHO HAS BEEN PART OF OUR TEAM.
WE INTERVIEWED FIVE PEOPLE ON MONDAY AND THE COMMITTEE CHOSE AMY CREED WHO'S JUST GOING TO BE AWESOME.
IF YOU COULD HAVE HEARD HER SHE WOULD BLOW YOU AWAY WITH THE WORK SHE HAS DONE AROUND TRANSITION.
>> SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND SHE SEND THE POSITION.
THIS IS ALL PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO LOOK AT A CONTINUUM AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND REALLY GET THEM INVOLVED IN A VERY MEANINGFUL WAY ABOUT DETERMINING WHAT THEIR LIFE OUTCOMES ARE AND STARTING EARLY.
>> DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REPORT?
>> DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AS YEAR-END, YOUR IMPRESSIONS OF THE PARENTS USE OF THE PRC THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR?
>> RIGHT NOW I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK PARENTS ARE USING THE PRC AS A CRITICAL RESOURCE FOR INFORMATION.
JAN AND I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT E-MAILS AND CALLS THAT WE'VE MADE THAT PARENTS ARE REACHING OUT TO US AND THROUGH OUR SINGLE LANGUAGE MEETINGS THEY'VE REACHED OUT.
WE'VE RECEIVED A GREAT INSIGHT INTO WHAT PARENT'S NEEDS ARE AND THAT IS WITH OUR HELP LINE SO THAT HAS PROVIDED LOTS OF INFORMATION IN BETWEEN THE GAPS NOT SOLELY IN SPECIAL EDUCATION BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR PARENTS ARE CALLING BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING THAT AND BECAUSE WE WILL BE IN PERSON WE ARE CREATING A ROSTER OF MORE IN PERSON RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND WORKSHOPS.
BUT ALSO NOT LIMITING OUR RESOURCES THAT WE'RE CREATING JUST FOR INPERSON.
WE STILL -- THERE STILL WILL BE ON-LINE INVENTORY VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND SMALL VIDEOS.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH SEAC OFFICERS NEXT YEAR AS YOU HAVE SO PRODUCTIVELY THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO PUBLICIZE THE COMMITTEE AND WORKING WITH FAITH AND US.
>> AND THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE TEAM EFFORT THE INNOGRAPHIC IS IN THE FINAL STAGES AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE SOON.
>> QUICKLY I'LL ROLL IN FUTURE BUSINESS.
[Future Business-June meeting: Elections, End-of-Year Report]
ELECTIONS AT THE NEXT MEETING.I WILL BE WORKING ON THE END OF YEAR REPORT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN WHICH WE'LL HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING RIGHT AFTER THIS REGARDING COMMUNICATIONS SO NOT EVERYONE IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND BUT THOSE OF YOU -- AND THIS WOULD BE ANYTHING
[Announcements]
TO OUTREACH PR COMMUNICATIONS AND THEN FINALLY THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.BUT I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD.
MY NAME IS ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD.
I'M THE PARENT OF A CHILD -- AND HAVE A BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION.
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A FORMER ESL AND BILINGUAL TEACHER TURNED RESEARCHER.I LEFT THE CLASSROOM 2011 TO DO MY PHD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.
SINCE I'VE WORKED AT A RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND I WORKED AT TURN AROUND AT JEFFERSON HOUSTON AND ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I STARTED WORKING FOR MYSELF IN MY OWN RESEARCH POLICY AND EVALUATION SHOP AND MOST OF MY CLIENTS ARE SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL NON PROFITS.
>> THE ONLY OTHER THING IS -- INTERESTED IN FEEDBACK FROM SEAC MEMBERS ABOUT THE SHORTER ONE HOUR MEETING.
NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE UP TO THE TEAM OF OFFICERS BUT TO SCHEDULE THE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING TIMES INTO THE REGULAR SEAC CALENDERS WE'RE DOING TONIGHT BUT TO MAKE THAT THE NORM.
WE MAY STILL NEED SOME OF LONGER MEETINGS WHEN THERE ARE PRESENTATIONS BUT I WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK AND THEN SHARE WITH INCOMING OFFICERS.
THANK YOU AND THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT.
>> ELECTIONS AND YEAR OF END REPORT.
>> SO, THAT IS ALL -- THOSE WILL BE COVERED AT THE NEXT MEETING AND FOR NOW IF THERE ARE NO OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS WE CAN ADJOURN AT 8:03.
>> HEARING NONE I THINK WE'LL ADJOURN TO OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS.
AND WE WILL SEE EVERYBODY TOGETHER IN JUNE, RIGHT?
THE JUNE MEETING IS ON JUNE 16TH AT 7:00.
BYE-BYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.