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BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT.I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN READJUST YOUR CLOSENESS.
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>> YEAH IT'S JUST A LITTLE MUFFLED I THINK.
WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO SAY -- HERE.
DID YOU WANT -- DID YOU HAVE UPDATES ON SCHOOL LIAISONS AND COMMUNICATIONS WITH PTAS.
I KNOW THAT THE PTAS ARE WORKING ON GETTING NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND EVERYTHING AT THIS TIME AND I TALKED WITH MOUNT VERNON.
AND DID MENTION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMETHING STARTED FOR NEXT YEAR.
>> I'M ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE OF OUR PTA AT GEORGE MASON.
ROUGH LOOKING FOR A SEAC LIAISON.
ALREADY HAVE LIAISONS WITH SEAC.
I BELIEVE ALEXIS IS DOING AND HOUSTON AND JALEN HAS BEEN JOHN ADAMS AND THEY STARTED DOING THAT ON THEIR OWN.
SOMETHING THAT -- AN IDEAL SITUATION WOULD BE THAT EACH SCHOOL HAS SOMEBODY DOING WHAT J-LYNN AND ALEXIS ARE DOING.
JUST COMING BACK AND MEETING WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND WHOEVER ELSE TO GIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE.
BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR THIS YEAR IS WE'VE JUST HAD EACH -- WE WENT THROUGH AND ASSIGNED DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND EACH OF THOSE PEOPLE WERE SUPPOSED TO REACH OUT TO PTAS HOW CAN WE GET INFORMATION TO YOU REGARDING THE EXISTENCE OF SEAC.
AND HOW CAN WE GIVE YOU INFORMATION -- CREATED A ONE PAGER.
WHERE WOULD BE THE BEST PLACE TO PUT IT.
ETC. OT A LOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN.
>> CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION WHICH IS KIND OF INTERRUPTING YOUR MEETING BECAUSE I SAW LIKE PTEC HAS A PERSON ON SEAC.
WHAT DOES THAT PERSON DO OR ARE YOU AWARE OF THAT.
>> YOU SAID THERE IS A SEAC PERSON ON PTAC.
IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS A NAME OF A PERSON WHO WAS A SEAC PERSON BUT IT WAS NOT A MEMBER SO THAT IS WHAT I WAS CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THAT PERSON'S ROLE IS.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE NEVER MIND.
>> SO WE'LL SKIP OVER -- THANK YOU DEBBIE FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION -- WHAT IF WE HAD ANYBODY AT GEORGE MASON.
>> LET ME PULL UP, WE HAVE -- IT MIGHT BE CINDY ACTUALLY.
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BUT I'LL PULL UP -- I'LL LOOK AND LET YOU KNOW.>> I'LL MOVE THEN OVER TO ITEM PRC FACE COORDINATION.
COURTNEY WAS SCHEDULING THESE MONTHLY MEETINGS DURING THE WEEK AROUND TRYING TO COORDINATE WITH SEAC.
I COULDN'T ATTEND THE LAST TWO.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT.
BUT I DID CREATE -- I CREATED A FACE BOOK PAGE AND A GROUP FOR SEAC.
THEY USE IT TO HIGHLIGHT -- A BUSINESS WILL HAVE A FACE BOOK PAGE.
BUT I REALLY THINK THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED A PAGE FOR SEAC BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PROMOTE OUR SERVICES OR BUSINESS BUT WE DO DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE A GROUP WHICH IS WHERE -- IT'S REALLY WHERE YOU BUILD MORE OF A SENSE OF COMMUNITY SO I'M GOING TO TAKE DOWN THE.
WHAT I WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET -- IT'S TOWARD THE ENDS OF THE YEAR.
WHEN YOU TURN YOUR HEAD TO LOOK DOWN WE CAN HEAR YOU BETTER.
>> LET ME TRY -- LET ME SEE IF I CAN -- HAVE THIS SPECIAL WEB CAM.
>> WHILE YOUR GETTING THAT CINDY HART IS THE PERSON THAT HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE PTA FOR GEORGE MASON.
>> IS THIS BETTER? CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW?
SO I HAVE A SPECIAL WEB CAM -- SO SORRY.
I CREATED A FACE BOOK PAGE FOR SEAC AND A GROUP.
BUT I'M GOING TO PROBABLY TAKE THE PAGE DOWN AND JUST GO WITH THE GROUP BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE WE WANT TO DEVELOP THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND THAT IS WHAT YOU CAN DO THROUGH A GROUP.
I CREATED A NUMBER OF POSTS AND UPLOADED A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT RESOURCES.
SOME OF OUR MEETING AGENDAS I HAVE TO GET THE REST FROM CINDY.
I PUT UP THE FLYERS LIKE A SEAC OVERVIEW IN ARABIC, ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
I NEED TO LINK TO THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PAGE.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PUT UP TERRY WARNER'S LETTER.
RIGHT NOW IT'S A PUBLIC GROUP SO WE'LL WANT TO TALK ABOUT IF WE WANT IT TO BE PRIVATE OR NOT.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE ALLOWED TO MAKE IT PRIVATE.
>> SO WORK OF SEAC IS GOVERNED BY FOIA SO IT WOULD BE PUBLIC AND MAYBE WE CAN TALK OFF-LINE ALSO BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD OVER THE MANY YEARS WITH SUBCOMMITTEE -- NOT SUBCOMMITTEES BUT ADVISORY COMMITTEES IS NOT HAVING ANY CONTROL OF STUFF THAT GOES UNDER THE SEAC NAME.
SO WE PROBABLY JUST NEED TO DISCUSS IT.
WE HAVE TO HAVE IT UNDER THE SEAC E-MAIL ADDRESS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I ALWAYS USE THE PHRASE WHEN I'M HIT BY A TRUCK SOMEBODY STILL NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS IT.
JUST THAT WE CANNOT LOSE CONTROL OF IT YEARS FROM NOW WHEN PEOPLE STILL GO TO IT AND WE CANNOT EVEN GO IN IT TYPE THING.
>> AND I PREFER NOT TO BE THE ADMINISTRATOR SO WE'LL HAVE TO -- I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
>> SO WE CAN TALK OFF-LINE ABOUT THAT.
THERE ARE WORK-AROUNDS AND WE NEED TO KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY.
>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL MAKE IT PUBLIC.
CINDY ASKED -- RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THAT MEMBERS HAVE TO BE APPROVED IF YOU WANT TO JOIN
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THE GROUP WHICH IS FINE.BUT I REALLY WANT NOW IT'S AT THE END OF THE YEAR BUT TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO JOIN THIS GROUP.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE METHOD TO GET THE WORD OUT.
THE BEST VEHICLE TO GET THE WORD OUT TO PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY E-MAIL LIST.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE GROUP BUT I SHOULD SAY ABOUT THE FACE BOOK GROUP.
I'LL JUST SAY THAT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT PRIVATE.
BECAUSE -- >> I'M GOING TO MAKE IT PUBLIC.
BECAUSE WE CAN'T AS -- I'M NOT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BUT SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS CANNOT HAVE CLOSED MEETINGS EXCEPT UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SO THAT WOULD BE A SIMILAR KIND OF THOUGHT THAT WE CAN'T LIMIT THE ATTENDANCE TO BOARD WORK.
SO -- I CAN TALK MORE WITH CINDY ABOUT IDEAS TO PROMOTE SO WE GET MORE SUPPORTERS OF THE GROUP.
>> I THINK WE COULD A COUPLE OF IDEAS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS ONE STARTING WITH THE PARENTS THAT FACE BOOK GROUP THAT IS ALREADY OUT THERE THE PARENTS OF KIDS -- WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S CALLED IN ALEXANDRIA.
IN ACPS THERE IS A FACE BOOK GROUP THAT IS INFORMAL SO JUST START WITH THAT -- THAT WILL REACH OUT TO A LOT AND THE OTHER IS THAT I THINK WE SHOULD -- THIS IS WHERE THE LEAD A SONS.
I CAN OF SEND SOMETHING OUT THAT SAYS -- IF YOU -- PLEASE REACH OUT TO WHATEVER SCHOOL YOUR ASSIGNED TO -- HERE IS THE LINK TO THE FACE BOOK GROUP AND THE PTAS CAN SHARE THAT.
I'M GOING TO HAVE CINDY LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND WE'LL FIRST INVITE THE -- SEAC MEMBERS.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MIKE AND CINDY AND HAVE TALKED ABOUT IS HAVING EVERY WEDNESDAY A QUESTION OF THE WEEK OR NOT A QUESTION OF THE WEEK BUT MORE -- DO SOME KIND OF OUTREACH -- TO TRY TO GET SOME CONVERSATION GOING AND TO GET PEOPLE START SHARING THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO WE THOUGHT A STATEMENT OR SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO EVERY WEDNESDAY ONCE A WEEK AND CINDY THOUGHT THE FREQUENCY WAS TOO HIGH SO MAYBE EVERY OTHER WEEK.
THOSE IN THE CITYWIDE CLASSROOM.
YOUR KIDS HAVE BEEN GOING BACK FOR FOUR DAYS.
HOW IS THE EXPERIENCE GOING AND WHAT IS YOUR CONCERNS? I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR LIABILITY IS TO HAVE THOSE BACK AND FORTH.
I THINK MIKE SAID WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO ANY POSTS.
OFFICIALLY AS SEAC BUT WE CAN CREATE A FORUM FOR PEOPLE TO POST THEIR THOUGHTS.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING AND I WISH THEY WERE ON THE CALL BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD MORE EXTENSIVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.
>> SO I'M JUST GOING TO PUT SOME INPUT THERE.
THE MESSAGE THERE IS I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SO MUCH THAT YOU CAN'T RESPOND.
YOU WANT TO GIVE OUT THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
SO, ITS SORT OF LIKE WHEN YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTERS AT THE MEETING RATHER THAN ANSWER THINGS ON THE FLY IT'S USUALLY DIVERTED TO TERRY WARNER SO SHE CAN SELECT SOMEONE WHO CAN ACTUALLY ANSWER THE QUESTION CORRECTLY.
NOW AS FAR AS OTHER PEOPLE COMMENTING ON A QUESTION.
BUT AS FAR AS THE COMMITTEE -- THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF CAUTION THERE SO, THAT IS WHAT IS GOING ON THERE.
>> MAYBE I -- THERE ARE TWO THINGS.
IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WANT TO POSE A QUESTION TO TERRY LIKE A QUESTION OF THE WEEK.
PARENTS HAVE THIS ON THEIR MIND AND TERRY WOULD RESEARCH IT AND GET BACK TO US.
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL ACPS POSITION ON THIS QUESTION.
BUT TO BUILD COMMUNITY WAS TO MAKE AN OPEN, ALLOW PARENTS TO POST THEIR
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FEEDBACK.JUST A FORUM FOR PEOPLE TO SHARE HOW THEY ARE FEELING.
>> YOU COULD DO A PARENT CORNER SO, IT'S SEPARATED FROM SEAC BUT IT ALLOWS
PARENTS TO GO THERE TO -- >> VENT OR WHATEVER.
>> YOU COULD PROBABLY GET AWAY WITH THAT.
>> WE'LL DO THE TERRY WARNER Q&A OF THE MONTH AND THEN WE DO A PARENT CORNER.
SO I'LL HAVE CINDY LOOK AT AND -- IS THERE ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO OFFICIALLY APPROVE IT.
THE SEAC PAGE OR CAN CINDY SAY IT'S OKAY TO GO LIVE.
YOU CAN FIND IT NOW ON FACE BOOK.
>> WHAT WOULD BE GOOD IS SO LONG AS THE COMMITTEE IS MONITORING IT FOR INAPPROPRIATE POSTINGS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I THINK IT COULD BE LINKED TO THE SEAC WEB PAGE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD PAGE.
AT LEAST HAVE A LINK TO IT AND EVEN IF WE DON'T WANT -- NOT THAT WE DON'T BUT IF SAY IT'S NOT MEANT TO BE AN OFFICIAL SEAC PAGE IT COULD BE EVEN LIKE LINKED TO A WAY TO REACH OUT TO OTHER PARENTS OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION FAMILIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO THERE ARE WAYS TO I THINK MAYBE HELP YOU GET MORE PEOPLE BY FINDING MORE WAYS.
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH HAVING A FACE BOOK PAGE AT ALL.
JUST AS LONG AS -- >> IT'S GOING TO BE A GROUP.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE PAGE DOWN.
WE WANT TO CREATE THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY VIA THE GROUP.
>> SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE EVEN EASIER.
>> BUT THERE SHOULD BE A MODERATOR.
THAT'S GREAT AND THAT IS ALL I HAD ON FACE BOOK.
WOULD YOU MIND CALLING UP THE AGENDA AGAIN SO WE CAN SEE WHAT ELSE IS ON THERE.
IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY IDEAS -- -- COMMUNICATIONS FROM ACPS.
THE SPED NEWSLETTER WHAT IS TERRY TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT.
THE Q&AS IS WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
POSE A QUESTION TO TERRY AND WHAT IS ON THE MINDS OF PARENTS.
THEN THIS NOTION OF COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILIES OF STUDENTS IN CITYWIDE CLASSROOMS. I WAS JUST TALKING WITH DEBBIE ABOUT THIS TODAY.
I THINK THAT FAMILIES WITH STUDENTS IN CITYWIDE CLASSROOMS ARE ON THE PERIPHERY -- THERE IS CINDY.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT CINDY HAD IN MIND BEEN THAT.
DIFFERENT OR SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS FOR THOSE FAMILIES.
WITH CHILDREN IN CITYWIDE CLASSROOMS. DID YOU WANT TO SAY MORE ABOUT THAT.
>> THAT CAME UP THIS YEAR WHEN THAT GROUP DID HAVE PARTICULAR NEEDS.
BEYOND WHAT THE OTHER FAMILIES HAD.
AND HOWEVER IT IS TRUE I FEEL THAT WELL, THE CHALLENGE I THINK WITH STUDENTS IN CITYWIDE CLASSROOMS IS PARENTS GET VERY LITTLE COMMUNICATION FROM THEIR STUDENT.
SO I'M NOT SURE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT MIGHT BE BUT -- IS INTERESTED WORKING WITH US.
AND IT MIGHT BE JUST A MATTER OF TOUCHING BASE WITH FAMILIES IN THOSE CLASSES.
AND I THINK ALSO WITH OUR TEACHER MEMBER WHO'S A CITYWIDE CLASSROOM TEACHER.
I DID ASK HER ABOUT IT AT ONE POINT AND ONE THING SHE FELT THAT WAS NEEDED WAS SORT OF RESOURCE INFORMATION.
LIKE SOME FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WITH AUTISM MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND OR KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET ABA SERVICES THROUGH THEIR INSURANCE.
IT'S NOT THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM TO DO THAT BUT IT CAN BENEFIT EVERYONE IF A
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FAMILY CAN GET THOSE SERVICES.THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MIGHT BE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THOSE CLASSES AND THAT MIGHT BE -- IF THERE IS A PERSON INTERESTED IN PURSUING THAT AND DOING -- PUT SOME FEELERS OUT TO FIND OUT WHAT PARENTS NEED AND WHAT TEACHERS THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL.
>> POTENTIAL PROJECT FOR NEXT YEAR.
>> AND THEN CINDY -- WE TALKED ABOUT SCHOOL LIAISONS AND THE FACE BOOK PAGE AND YOU AND I CAN TALK OFF-LINE.
GOT SOME GOOD FEEDBACK ABOUT THAT AND SOME IDEAS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH COORDINATION WITH PRC AND FACE.
>> IT'S NICE THAT THEY'VE INCLUDED US.
THERE IS AN INTRO GRAPHIC THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.
IT'S KEEPING SEAC AS THEY ARE CALLING IT THREE LEGS OF A STOOL FOR FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE IT'S JUST GETTING THE SEAC NAME OUT THERE MORE.
SO IT WOULD BE ONE MEANS OF DOING THAT.
DEBBIE YOU MIGHT HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT DEBBIE PERRY WAS WONDERFUL IN GETTING A FLYER CREATED THAT WAS TRANSLATED THAT WAS SENT TO THE PTAS AND WE WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE DISSEMINATED TO THE MEETINGS.
WHAT IS SEAC AND WHEN DO THEY MEET? AND PRC DOES SOMETHING SIMILAR.
WE HAVE SORT OF I GUESS YOU SHOULD SAY NOT AN ALLY BUT BECAUSE THEY ALREADY DO IT WE CAN PIGGYBACK ON AND JUST AS A MEANS OF GETTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND WE DID NOT DO OUR -- SEAC IN 60 SECONDS OR THAT MIGHT BE BETTER.
WE NEED TO KEEP GETTING DIFFERENT MEANS OF GETTING OUR -- COMMITTEE NAME OUT THERE AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO CONNECT.
>> I THINK IT WAS RELATED TO THE IDEA THAT WE HAD.
THE ECOSYSTEM OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S SO HARD WITH ALL OF THESE ACRONYMS AND KNOW WHO'S WHAT.
WHEN YOU SAID THAT ABOUT THE FLYERS.
I DID PUT THE FLYERS ON THE FACE BOOK GROUP.
I'M GOING TO TAKE DOWN THE FACE BOOK PAGE BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED A PAGE.
A COMMUNITY SO I PUT THE THREE FLYERS.
MAYBE THIS IS A PROJECT FOR THE FALL.
IT WOULD BE SO GREAT THAT EVERY FAMILY NOT ONLY GET THE FLYER BUT MAYBE A PACKET.
SOMETHING THAT LOOKS NICE THAT HAS THE FLYERS.
MAYBE JUST REALLY EASY ONE PAGERS.
FLYERS HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THIS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD MAKE THAT WORK.
>> THE PRCS INFO GRAPHIC IS A GOOD START.
BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE THESE THREE ACRONYM NAMES.
FACE, PRC AND SEAC WHICH MAY NOT MEAN ANYTHING TO MANY PEOPLE AND LAYS IT OUT CLEARLY WITH CONTACT INFORMATION SO THAT FAMILIES KNOW HOW TO GET IN TOUCH AND WHAT THEY MIGHT NEED.
>> AND FACE IS MORE PERTINENT TO ALL FAMILIES.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER PRIOR TO COVID WE DID GET GLOSSY HANDS OUT FOR FACE.
MAYBE IT WAS BEFORE YOUR TIME ASH LEAP BUT DEBBIE YOU MIGHT REMEMBER AND SABRINA.
SEAC NEEDS A FEW MORE PIECES AND WHEN WE'RE IN PERSON WE DISCUSSED THIS IN THE MEETING.
I PERSONALLY THINK A PIECE OF PAPER CAN'T BE REALLY HANDY ESPECIALLY IN AN MEETING.
THERE IS OFTEN A FEW MINUTES TIME WHEN YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE WHOLE TEAM TO CONVENE AND WE COULD AT LEAST HAVE THEM IN THE FOUR BASIC LANGUAGES AND PEOPLE HAVE THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.
THEY CAN READ THAT RIGHT THERE AND AT EVERY IAP MEETING THEY ARE GIVEN THAT.
AND THEN MORE PEOPLE WILL KNOW.
>> BECAUSE WE WERE TALKING AT THE BEGINNING ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO JOIN THE FACE BOOK GROUP.
AND DEBBIE SAID ONCE WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH WE'LL GET THE SEAC MEMBERS ON AND GO THROUGH THE PTA LIAISONS BUT HOW DO WE GET THE E-MAILS OF PARENTS TO INVITE THEM.
>> YOU DO THAT THROUGH THE PRC'S MAIL -- >> CINDY WE SHOULD LOOK AT MAYBE ONE DAY PULL IT UP AND LOOK AT IT WITH THE GROUP AND PUT A LOT OF RESOURCES ON THERE AND WE NEED TO PUT THE FULL PORTFOLIO OF AGENDAS AND MINUTES BUT I PUT A BUNCH OF -- THE VDOE REPORTS AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET TERRY'S NEWSLETTER UP.
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>> AND I'M HOPEFUL TOO I THINK HER WEB PAGE AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO HER BUT SHE HAS BEEN REMARKABLY BUSY THIS YEAR IS NOT FULLY UPDATED EITHER SO AT ONE OF HER EARLIER MEETINGS -- TALKING ABOUT THE IDEAL BEING A PUSH PULL.
WE PUSH OUT INFORMATION AND THEN WE PULL PEOPLE TO THE WEB PAGES BUT THE WEB PAGES NEED TO BE UP-TO-DATE.
SO I THINK THAT IS A GREAT STRATEGY.
HAS SOME OF THE KEY DOCUMENTS.
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING CINDY FROM THE LAST PRC MEETING WITH COURTNEY AND JANET.
>> -- IT WILL PROMPT IN MY MIND -- AND WHILE YOU'RE LOOKING -- OR MAYBE SUSAN CAN DO THAT.
BUT WHILE WE'RE GETTING IT ASHLEY NOW THAT YOU'RE A GEORGE MASON PARENT HERE THAT WOULD BE AN IDEAL ROLE FOR YOU TO BE A LIAISON.
I'M ALSO ON OUR GEORGE MASON PTA.
OUR FAMILY OUTREACH CHAIR SO I DO A LOT OF OUTREACH ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FAMILIES THAT LIVE IN ALEXANDRIA.
>> AND THAT IS THE CHALLENGE IS CONNECT WITH FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT HAVE ENGLISH AS A FIRST LANGUAGE AND DON'T HAVE TIME AND ALL OF THESE THINGS .
I HEARD Y'ALL SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
DO YOU SEE A NEED FOR THOSE MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF THINGS CHANGING? FREQUENTLY AND OFTEN?
>> WE TALKED ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE JUST NAMED IT THAT BUT YOU AND MIKE AND I TALKED ABOUT A PLACE WHERE PARENTS COULD VENT AND SHARE THOUGHTS OR IDEAS.
MAYBE WE POST A QUESTION TO INSTIGATE DISCUSSION.
HEY, CITYWIDE CLASSROOM FAMILIES HOW ARE THEY GOING WITH KIDS BACK FOUR DAYS A WEEK.
THAT KIND OF THING AND THEN THIS NOTION OF SENDING TERRY A QUESTION ONCE A MONTH.
THERE ARE STILL QUESTIONS ON PEOPLE'S MINDS.
THEY SEEM A LITTLE BIT SLOWER TO GET THINGS POSTED.
BUT YOU COULD DO QUESTION OF THE MONTH AND IT COULD BE ANYTHING.
IT COULD BE AROUND AN ACTION PLAN.
AND IF WE COULD CUE UP A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND GIVE THEM TO HER IN ADVANCE AND WE HAVE STUFF IN THE PIPELINE AND WE CAN POST ONCE A MONTH.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO STOP COMING IF IT'S JUST TO LOOK AT REPORTS.
WE PLEAD TO MAKE IT A CENTRAL PLACE AND DEBBIE HAD THE GREAT IDEA OF LET'S LINK TO THE PANERA GROUP OF PARENTS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT TO MAKE IT A COMMUNITY LIKE HERE IS WHAT IS GOING ON.
I LOVE THE QUESTION OF THE MONTH IDEA AND SINCE YOU MENTIONED THE ACTION PLAN THAT WAS THE OTHER THING I WAS THINKING OF AND THIS IS SOMETHING I THINK FOR OUR END OF YEAR REPORT.
I KNOW THAT TERRY HAS INTENDED TO DO IT BUT THE ACTION PLAN HAS ACTIONABLE STEPS WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTY AND DATE FOR COMPLETION.
NOW SOME OF THE DATES HAVE SHIFTED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW OF THE ACTION PLAN HAS BEEN CHANGED.
I KNOW WORK HAS BEEN DONE ON IT BUT TO HAVE THAT BE PROVIDED ON HER WEB PAGE.
I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD ABE HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK ONCE SHE GETS THE DATES REJIGGLED TO ACCOMMODATE SLOW DOWNS I'M SURE DURING COVID.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE IN THE END OF YEAR REPORT.
EASY ACCESS TO PARENTS AND WE COULD HAVE IT ON THE FACE BOOK PAGE.
THE REPORTS AND DETAILS -- IT'S A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WANT THEM REALLY
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BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THEM AVAILABLE FOR THAT SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE.>> AND ONE THING DEBBIE AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT AT MOUNT VERNON SHE WAS WANTING TO START A SPECIAL EDUCATION GROUP.
>> I WANT A MORE -- A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE A SPECIAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE ON PTA.
MOUNT VERNON DOESN'T HAVE THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE INTEGRATED WITH A LIAISON LIKE BASICALLY WHAT I WAS MENTIONING IN THE ALEXIS STACKHOUSE.
ONE PERSON WHO IS THE LIAISON AND YOU CAN ADD MORE PEOPLE TO THE COMMITTEE.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S JOB IS GOING TO BE.
BUT IF NOTHING ELSE THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF LIAISON PARTICULARLY TO INTEGRATE THE -- SHARE INFORMATION WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING IN SEAC AND ALSO TO INTEGRATE SOME OF THE FAMILIES IN TO THE REGULAR HAPPENINGS OF MOUNT VERNON THINGS BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE CITYWIDE KIDS AND FAMILIES PROBABLY DON'T GET THE SAME EXPERIENCES AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
AT MOUNT VERNON SO OF COURSE THAT DEPENDS ON IF MT.
VERNON IS BRINGING BACK -- >> HAS ANYONE HEARD ANY SCUTTLEBUTT.
A GOAL FOR EACH LIAISON TO BE CONNECTED AS A SPECIAL-ED COMMITTEE MEMBER OR LEADER AT THE SCHOOL.
THERE MIGHT BE TOO MANY -- THERE MIGHT NOT BE ROUGHLY A SONS FOR EACH SCHOOL BUT IF POSSIBLE.
>> CERTAINLY THERE MIGHT NOT BE.
BUT IF IT'S -- I CAN ONLY START WITH AT LEAST MOUNT VERNON BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CONNECTION -- THERE IS KNOB ---NOBODY DOING SPECIAL-ED ON THEIR PTA.
>> -- WHEN STEPHEN FIRST WAS THERE A PEER BUDDY PROGRAM THAT WAS -- PRETTY -- IT WAS PRETTY ORGANIZED.
IT WAS A BIG DEAL AND IF THERE ARE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE THOSE -- THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO SHARE THE MODEL WITH OTHER SCHOOLS.
ESPECIALLY ELEMENTARY BECAUSE -- I THINK BEST BUDDIES IS MOVING TO THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL BUT I DON'T THINK -- AND CINDY YOU AND I MEET BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TOUCH BASE.
WHAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT IS IF WE COULD GET CRITICAL MASS OF PEOPLE TO JOIN THE GROUP.
THEN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS WOULD BE GREAT.
SO I'LL WORK WITH YOU CINDY -- AND I CAN TOUCH BASE WITH YOU DEBBIE AS A LIAISON AND WE CAN GET MOVING ON THAT.
CINDY DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO GO OVER? ASHLEY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO JOIN TONIGHT SINCE WE HAD SO FEW PEOPLE AND I THOUGHT MIKE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE JOINING US.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION AND WE'RE DONE A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
[Communications from ACPS]
IT'S NOT BROAD COMMUNICATIONS BUT I WANT TO KEEP IT IN MIND MOVING FORWARD.AND IT HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNICATIONS FROM SPECIAL-ED -- TEACHERS OR EVEN FROM THE CASE MANAGER TO PARENTS.
I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES THAT COMMUNICATION IS DEPENDENT ON WHAT PARENTS REQUEST IN THE IEP.
IF THE PARENTS DON'T WANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WHY WOULD THE TEACHER NEED TO TAKE TIME BUT I HAVE SEEN THAT SOME OTHER SEACS HAVE PROPOSED SOME STANDARD FORMATS THAT MIGHT BE USED BY TEACHERS IN CASES WHERE PARENTS DO WANT TO HAVE SOME
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MORE REGULAR COMMUNICATION BEYOND WHAT -- -- DEPENDING ON THE TEACHER COULD BE VERY LITTLE OR IT COULD BE -- DEPENDING.I'LL MAKE SURE AND PUT THAT IN THE MINUTES SO WE CAN WORK ON THAT.
WOULD THAT BE A FALL PROJECT CINDY?
I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH ITEMS THAT ARE MORE MACRO ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR THIS YEAR.
>> AND ON THE ACTION PLAN IT'S THROUGH 2021.
THAT IS -- >> OF THE STATUS OF THAT.
HOW THE STATES MIGHT HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED.
WHERE ARE WE IN THE ACTION PLAN? WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE AND HOW HAS IT CHANGED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC? WOULD BE ON PEOPLE'S MINDS.
WHY DOES IT MATTER TO ME? ALL OF THE STUFF WE HAVE TO DO HAS TO BE WHAT IS IN IT FOR ME? I HATE TO SAY THAT.
BUT HOW IS IT RELEVANT TO ME? GREAT.
SO 23 THERE ISN'T ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN CONCLUDE.
I'LL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU TOMORROW AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME TIME ON THE CALENDAR.
>> WE DO HAVE TO HAVE MINUTES.
AND I'LL SEND THOSE TO YOU CINDY TO POST.
BEST TO SEND THEM -- YOU CAN SEND THEM TO ME AND I'LL SEND THEM TO SUSAN NEILSON.
>> THANK YOU, LADIES VERY MUCH.
>> AND ASHLEY GREAT TO SEE YOU.
TAKE CARE.
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