May 20, 2021 School Board Meeting

>>> WELCOME, EVERYONE.

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[1. Meeting Called to Order by Chair Alderton]

I'M GOING TO READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR MEETING CURRENTLY.

ON MARCH 12, 2020, VIRGINIA GOVERNOR RALPH NORTHAM DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

AS A RESULT, THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD ELECTRONICALLY PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE SECTION 2.2-3708.2(A)(3), FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FOR THE CONTINUITY OF OPERATIONS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR THE DISCHARGE OF ITS LAWFUL PURPOSES, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

ALL MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM WITH NO MORE THAN FOUR MEMBERS MEETING IN-PERSON IN THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ROOM.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION REMAINS VIRTUAL AND MAY BE ACCESSED BY THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE LIVE BROADCAST ON COMCAST CHANNEL 71 IN ALEXANDRIA, THROUGH THE LIVESTREAM ON THE ACPS WEBSITE, OR VIA ZOOM BY FOLLOWING THE LINK POSTED BELOW.

ALL RIGHT.

BOARD, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE INDICATE THAT YOU'RE PRESENT.

>>

>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA?

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE WE ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR THE EVENING.

>> SECOND.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE MS. ANDERSON WHO SECONDS MRS. GENTRY'S MOTION.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

[VOTE] >> SO WE ARE PRESENT, ALL NINE OF US, AND WE HAVE ADOPTED THE AGENDA AT 9-0.

COMMUNICATIONS AND ADDRESSES TO THE BOARD.

AND SO -- I'M SORRY.

WE'RE NOT MOVING ON TO COMMUNICATIONS AND ADDRESSES TO THE BOARD.

I ALMOST FORGOT A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FIRST.

THANK YOU.

[2. Adopt the Agenda for the May 20, 2021 School Board Meeting]

>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ADDRESSES TO THE BOARD.

WE HAVE RECOGNITION TODAY FOR THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. HUTCHINGS WHO WILL INTRODUCE OUR INDIVIDUAL.

>> THANK YOU.

I'LL TURN THING OVERS TO CORY KAPELSKI AND I WANT TO GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS BECAUSE I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS, NOT PERSONALLY TO GET THAT ENDORSEMENT BUT I JUST KNOW HOW HARD TO DO THAT AND YOU HAVE PER SERVICE RECEIVED AND BEEN RESILIENT, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.

WE HAVE REMARKS.

>> THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME DURING THIS MEETING TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHED

[6. National Board Certified Teachers]

AS YOU ARE AWARE THIS YEAR HAS TEACHERS THAN ANY IN MEMORY AND THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION IS MORE IMPRESSIVE AND IMPORTANT.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS THE

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PROVIDING A NATIONAL VOLUNTARY SYSTEM CERT FIGHTING TEACHERS WHO MEET THE STANDARDS AND ADVOCATING REFORMS TO INTEGRATE NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION AMERICAN EDUCATION AND TO CAPITALIZE ON THE EXPERTISE OF NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS, RECOGNIZING THE GOAL STANDARD IN TEACHER CERTIFICATION, THE NATIONAL BOARD BELIEVES THESE HIGHER STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS MEANS BETTER LEARNING FOR STUDENTS AND WE AGREE.

THESE 11 TEACHERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR MASTERFUL TEACHING ABILITY AND THE MOST CHALLENGING CIRCUMSTANCES AND TRULY DESERVE THIS RECOGNITION.

WE ALSO NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE SUPPORT SYSTEM THAT THESE TEACHERS HAVE RELIED ON.

FOR SEVERAL YEARS MICHELLE HAS SUPPORTED THE NBCT PROGRAM PROVIDING GUIDANCE, SUPPORT ADVICE AND COLLABORATION TO TEACHERS ATTEMPTING THEIR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION.

SHE'S STEPPING DOWN AFTER THIS YEAR AND WE'LL MISS HER CONSTANT SUPPORT AND VISION AND PASSION AROUND THIS WORK.

THANK YOU, MICHELLE.

WE PRESENT TO YOU THE 2021 ACPS NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

>> AGAIN, PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THIS ESTEEMED GROUP OF EDUCATORS.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WONDERFUL TEACHERS.

I'M EXCITED TO SEE A COUPLE OF MY FORMER COLLEAGUES ON THIS LIST TOO SO CONGRATULATIONS, EVERYONE.

IT'S SUCH A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND TAKES A LOT OF DEDICATION AND ESPECIALLY AFTER A YEAR LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'VE HAD SO WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR CONTINUING TO PROFESSIONALLY DEVELOP AND JUST BE EXCITED ABOUT YOUR WORK SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

NEXT ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FY COMBINED BUDGETS AND FY22 TO

[7. Public Hearing on the FY 2022-2031 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and FY 2022 Combined Funds Budgets]

EACH SPEAKER IS GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THE CLERK WILL TIME YOU AND WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED THE CLERK WILL INFORM YOU.

IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TURN ON THE RAISED HAND BUTTON SO THAT WE CAN EASILY FIND YOU.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HALEY CLINTON GORDON.

>> WE'LL DO LEE ABBOTT FIRST SINCE THERE WAS CONNECTION SNAFU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL DO MS. LEE ABBOTT FIRST.

>> OKAY.

LEE ABBOTT CAN NOW SPEAK.

>> THIS IS LEE.

I CANCELED MY REMARKS TODAY BY EMAIL.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>> AND SO SUSAN HALEY IS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK OR?

>> I SEE HER NAME ON THE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] .

>> I DO SEE HER NAME AND HER HAND IS RAISED.

OKAY.

HALEY, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK.

>> YES.

I THINK IT'S WORKING NOW.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> YES, MA'AM.

>> GOOD.

I'M ON MY PHONE AND I WAS DRIVING.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME EXPRESS MY OPINIONS, MY CONCERNS.

I UNDERSTAND THIS IS ON THE BUDGET MEETING -- [INDISCERNIBLE] .

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>> HALEY, I THINK YOU'RE CUTTING IN AND OUT.

SO WHAT I'LL DO, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE CAN TRY AND GO BACK TO SEE IF MS. HALEY CAN SPEAK.

>> AND AT THE SAME TIME ACPS HAS THROWN THE MAP INTO THE MIX SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO GET -- THE KIDS WILL BE ASSESSED ON A MATH TEST AND AS A PARENT AND AS A VETERAN EDUCATOR I TEACH WITH FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ALSO TAUGHT WITH THE ACPS, AND I SEE A LOT OF EXCESSIVE INSTRUCTIONAL TIME GOING TO PREPARING KIDS TO TAKE TESTS AND IT DIDN'T BENEFIT MY OWN CHILDREN AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT BENEFITS OUR STUDENTS HERE IN ACPS AND IT TAKES AWAY FROM THE TEACHERS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING IN THE CLASSROOM.

I WONDERED IF ACPS HAS CONSIDERED THE COSTS OF TEST PARTICULARLY SINCE THE STATE IS GOING TO TWICE A YEAR TESTING AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT WE GO TO THREE TIMES TESTING.

WHAT IS THE BUDGET AND WHERE IS TESTING BUDGET FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND MEANWHILE THE TEACHERS, THE PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS ARE WORKING WITH OUR KIDS EVERY DAY AND THEY'RE DOING FORMAL AND INFORMAL ASSESSMENTS.

THEY'RE DOING INFORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS AND THERE'S NOT A LOT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF A STANDARDIZED TEST THAT THEY DON'T KNOW FROM WORKING WITH OUR KIDS AND AT THE END OF ALL OF THAT WHEN OUR KIDS DO COMPLETE THE TESTS ALL THE PARENTS, THE STUDENTS AND THE TEACHERS GET BACK IS A TEST SCORE.

YOU DON'T EVEN SEE THE ORIGINAL QUESTION OR ANSWERS.

THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY WITH THE TESTS THAT WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON SO I JUST REALLY AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF WHAT'S BEING TAKEN OUT OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL TIME SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE CONCERNS UP AND I HOPE THAT THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT.

THANK YOU.

>> I THINK WE'RE EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES SO HOLD ON ONE MINUTE.

>> HALEY, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD SEND US YOUR WRITTEN COMMENTS SO WE HAVE A SENSE OF YOUR FULL COMMENTS FOR THIS EVENING.

>> OH.

>> MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE HAVE MR. CARTER ROBERTS, IF HE'S

[8. Public Comments]

MR. ROBERTS?

>> YOU CAN BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

>> HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> YES.

>> HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? HOPE EVERYBODY'S WELL.

MY NAME IS AS SHOWN.

I THOUGHT I COULD UNMUTE IT.

ANYWAY, SO MY COMMENT IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS BEING ALLEGED BE TAKEN OUT BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND AS YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE PARENTS IN VETERAN TEACHERS WHO'S BEEN CRYING FOR PUTTING SCHOOL SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN EACH CLASSROOM AS A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN CLASSROOMS AND AS YOU KNOW.

>> MR. ROBERTS, IF YOU'RE SPEAKING, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU SO JUST HOLD ON A MINUTE.

>> MR. ROBERTS, TRY THAT AGAIN.

>> HELLO! HELLO! TESTING, ONE, TWO, THREE.

>> HOW ARE YOU DOING? HOW IS EVERYBODY.

HOPE EVERYBODY IS WELL.

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I WAS CONCERNED.

ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE WHOLE DISCIPLINARY COMPONENT OF WHAT SCHOOL RESOURCES ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN WORKING WITH -- TO ESTABLISH RAPPORT WITH THE STUDENTS AT AN EARLY LEVEL SO WHEN THEY GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY THEY KNOW PEOPLE.

CAN YOU ALL STILL HEAR ME?

>> YES, WE CAN.

>> AND SO SOME OF THE SCHOOL ADMIN TRAITORS OVER MY 30 YEARS OF -- ADMINISTRATORS OVER MY 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE I'VE SEEN TWO OF THEM USE THAT POLICE FORCE OR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE CERTAIN PARENTS AND KIDS AND IT'S REALLY TROUBLING, AND AS YOU ARE FULLY AWARE, ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SOME THINGS TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

AND IT'S NOT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS.

IT'S THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES WHO ARE USING THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AS THEIR SECRET WEAPONS, AS YOU RECALL, THE ISSUE WITH ME BEING ARRESTED RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND WHEN THE SCHOOL RESOURCE ALLEGED BECAUSE NO ONE FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM SPOKE AT THE TRIAL WHICH I WAS ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING WHILE DROPPING OFF MY KID WHO WAS BEING BULLIED AT THE TIME AND THE STUDENTS WHO WERE BULLYING HIM AND HITTING HIM AND ASSAULTING HIM WERE ON THE SCHOOL BUS.

-- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF MY KID AND SAFETY OF MY KIDS AND OTHER KIDS AT THE SCHOOLS.

SO WHEN I LEARNED FROM THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, THE TRANSCRIPT, THAT THE PRINCIPAL, MR. MASER AND MR. BENSON INSTRUCTED THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER TO ARREST ME FOR TRESPASSING, ALTHOUGH I'M FULLY VETTED.

I HAVE ALL OF MY CREDENTIALS.

I HAVE MY VOLUNTEER PASS.

IT INFRINGED UPON MY RIGHTS OF PRIVACY AS THE PARENT SO IF THEY'RE DOING IT TO AN EDUCATED FORMER SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR AND TEACHER, THEN WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO THE PARENTS WHO DON'T KNOW THEIR RIGHTS? SO MY CONCERN IS AND AGAIN WE NEED THOSE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN THOSE BUILDINGS TO BACK AUTO INTO THE COMMUNITY WE CAN ESTABLISH A RAPPORT.

OUR KIDS CAN ESTABLISH A RAPPORT WITH THE POLICE, NOT BLACK LIVES MATTER, THAT STUFF THAT'S GOING AROUND BUT IT BLEEDS INTO MY QUESTION ABOUT EQUITY.

AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I KEEP BRINGING THIS UP AND I BROUGHT THIS UP IN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, IT STARTS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH OUR KIDS.

WHEN I CAME OUT WE HAD OFFICER FRIENDLY IN THE SCHOOL AND MR. MCGROUGH WOULD COME AROUND AND SPEAK ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIPS WE NEED IN OUR SCHOOLS WITH OUR KIDS.

TAKING AWAY SOME OF THIS -- THESE ISSUES WITH THE POLICE BEING BAD PEOPLE, THE POLICE OUT TO GET THEM, AS SOON AS THEY SEE THE POLICE THEY START TO RUN.

THAT IS EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, SOME OF THEM, ARE USING THAT AS A WEAPON TO SENSOR, TO DISCOURAGE KIDS FROM COMING FORWARD WITH ALLEGATIONS OF BULLYING BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE POLICE AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE MEDIA, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE ARE BAD AND SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES, GOING TO THE POLICE IS A STIGMA WHICH YOU ARE A SNITCH OR SOMETHING.

WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO REOPEN THE SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER WITHOUT THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS BEING THERE.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS.

NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. POWELL MARTIN.

>> ALEXANDRIA SCHOOL BOARD, CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT?

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>> YES.

WE CAN HEAR YOU.

>> VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

SCHOOL BOARD, MADAM CHAIR, I'VE COME TO FIND OUT SOME INFORMATION THAT I FOUND REALLY, REALLY TROUBLING AND MY QUESTION IS: DID YOU KNOW.

MY FIRST-GRADER MENTIONED ONE DAY SHE HAD A FEBRUARY FROM HER CLASS THAT GOT TO ATTEND IN-PERSON FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND I FOUND THAT NEWS REALLY SURPRISING BUT KIDS STAY STUFF SO I CALLED THE STAFF AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT DATA AND SO I EMAILED DR. HUTCHINGS' OFFICE AND GOT PUT IN TOUCH WITH DR. WILKINS WHO CONFIRMED THAT DATA THAT THERE HAS BEEN A PROGRAM SINCE MARCH TO IDENTIFY EXCESS CAPACITY AND TO PUT THE CHILDREN OF ACPS STAFF IN THAT EXTRA CAPACITY.

AND I'M JUST GOING TO SAY AGAIN, THERE'S PROGRAM AT ACPS STAFF OR AT ACPS WHERE ACPS STAFF'S CHILDREN CAN GO FOUR DAYS A WEEK BUT EVERYONE ELSE CAN ONLY GO TWO DAYS A WEEK.

I STARTED CHEWING ON THIS AND THE MORE I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, GOSH, THE MORE IT'S TROUBLING BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE WERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO ON PUBLIC COMMENTS THERE WAS LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO WANTED THEIR KIDS TO GO FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THERE WAS NO PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY EXCESS CAPACITY AND THAT THEY WERE NOT LOOKING AT USING POTENTIAL EXCESS CAPACITY TO LET STUDENTS GO FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND THE PROGRAM FOR ACPS KIDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN STOOD UP SO THERE TO DO IT.

IT JUST WASN'T AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO THE COMMENTS CAN'T -- DON'T FEEL VERY TRANSPARENT.

THEY FEEL LIKE WE KNEW ABOUT IT BUT TRIED TO PROJECT THAT SUCH A THING DIDN'T EXIST.

AND IT GETS WORSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE SWITCH TO THREE FEET OF SPACING.

SO WE'VE GOT KIDS IN THERE WHO ARE GETTING FOUR DICE A WEEK AND THEN SUDDENLY, BOOM, WE CAN GO TO THREE-FOOT SPACING BUT BECAUSE THERE'S CHILDREN THERE WHO ARE GOING FOUR DAYS A WEEK THAT MEANT THERE WAS STUDENTS WHO COULD NOT COME BACK TO CLASS SO ACPS STAFF CHILDREN WE WERE PREVENTING OTHER CHILDREN, TAXPAYER CHILDREN FROM COMING TO SCHOOL.

DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS -- THAT THIS WAS GOING ON? AND DID YOU REALIZE THAT IT WAS -- WHILE SECRET MIGHT BE A STRONG TERM, CERTAINLY KEPT FROM PUBLIC VIEW.

IF YOU KNEW, SO DID YOU KNOW, AND DID YOU AUTHORIZE THIS BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT SCARES RESOURCES, IN THIS CASE THE -- SCARCE RESOURCES, FOUR DAYS A WEEK, WERE ALLOCATED TO MEMBERS OF ACPS STAFF, THEIR CHILDREN, WHILE THAT RESOURCE WAS KEPT FROM STUDENTS WHO SHOULD HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO.

I FIND THIS INFORMATION REALLY TROUBLING.

I HOPE YOU'LL ADDRESS IT AND I HOPE YOU'LL ANSWER: DID YOU KNOW? DID YOU AUTHORIZE IT? IF THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'RE HEARING OF IT WHAT ACTIONS ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE? THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN.

S JUST A REMINDER FOR THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING IF YOU WISH TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK OR SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP NO LATER THAN NOON THE DAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING USING THE LINK ON THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WEB PAGE.

NEXT UP ON OUR AGENDA WE HAVE A REPORT FROM OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES AND

[9. Report from Student Representatives Lorraine Johnson and Ashley Sanchez-Viafara]

WE DO HAVE ASHLEY HOWEVER SO, ASHLEIGH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING THIS WEEK?

>> YEAH.

GOOD EVENING.

THIS TUESDAY THE AVID PROGRAM HAD THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR GRADUATING SENIORS BY ORGANIZING A DRIVE OF SENIOR CELEBRATION TO 4:00 TO 5:00, THIS YEAR 39 SENIORS INCLUDING TWO EARLY GRADUATES WERE CELEBRATED WITH TEACHERS AND STAFF.

THIS CLASS OF '21 IS THE EIGHTH GRADUATING CLASS FROM ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH AND SOME OF THE MANY WON'T SUCCESSES OF THIS PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR INCLUDE AN

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CO-HOARD WAS AWARDED $3.2 MILLION IN COLUMN STARSHIPS TO VARIOUS INSTITUTIONS.

21 SENIORS WILL BE AWARDED TOO 204,000 FROM THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND FROM ALEXANDRIA AND MORE THAN 80 PERCENT OF THIS YEAR'S CLASS RECEIVED ONE OR MORE SCHOLARSHIP TO THEIR HIGHER EDUCATION GOALS.

BEING AN AVID STUDENT PROVIDED ME MANY WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES.

AND TO MANY OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE TOO IT'S BEEN A PROGRAM THAT ACTIVELY FIGHTS AGAINST MARGINALIZATION AND ENCOURAGES STUDENTS TO BE ARBITERS OF THEIR OWN LIVES AND DREAMS. A QUOTE FROM MY FELLOW CLASSMATE CALEB MOORE SAID, MY PAST FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE THAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE, SOMETHING THAT I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER AND SOMETHING THAT I'M REMEMBER MOST ABOUT MY TIME AS A TITAN AND NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE HERE.

>> THANK YOU, ASHLEY.

ALL RIGHT.

[Consent Calendar]

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE WE APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THIS EVENING.

>> SECOND.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE MR. SUAREZ WHO SECONDED MS. GENTRY'S MOTION.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

[VOTE] >> WE HAVE APPROVED IT WITH NINE YES.

[12. Update on Hybrid Phased Re-entry Transition Plan]

MOVING ON WE HAVE SOME OLD BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO SO WE'LL GET OUR UPDATE ON THE HYBRID PHASE REENTRY TRANSITION PLAN AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO THE DOCTOR.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED I WANTED TO REITERATE TO OUR TEAM HOW MUCH WORK THEY HAVE DONE THIS YEAR AND I DO HAVE TO SAY THIS AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE TEAM TO HEAR AS WELL AS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR, AND THI PANDEMIC HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, EXTREME I THINK FOR EVERYBODY, NOT JUST OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES BUT ALSO FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY'RE HOME, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND IN SOME CASES THEY HAVE LOST LOVED ONES THROUGHOUT THIS TIME.

THEY'RE EXPERIENCING TRAUMA RIGHT NOW AND IT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS MARATHON LITERALLY FOR OVER A YEAR THAT WE UNDERSTAND WE ARE PUTTING STRESSORS ON OUR STAFF AND THAT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKING IN THIS RAPID FIRE, RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE SOME HUMANITY AND EMPATHY.

I'M SORRY FOR PEOPLE WHO CONTACT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS FOR STAFF OR STAFF'S JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE X, Y AND Z.

YES, IT IS OUR STAFF'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN EDUCATION EXPERIENCE HOWEVER WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THEY'RE HUMAN BEING WHO ARE IN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC JUST LIKE WE ARE AND I AM VERY ADAMANT AND I TELL TO TO OUR STAFF CONSTANTLY AND REITERATING EVERYBODY I'VE SAID TO YOU, STAFF, I JUST WANT THIS ON THE RECORD, THAT WE VALUE OUR STAFF.

WE APPRECIATE EVERY BIT THEY GIVE US WHEN THEY WAKE UP AND THEY GO THROUGH WHATEVER THEIR SITUATIONS ARE.

SOME STAFF MEMBERS HAVE MISSED FUNERALS.

SOME HAVE NOT SEEN THEIR LOVED ONES IN OVER A YEAR.

SOME STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SICK THEMSELVES FROM THIS COVID-19 AND THEY'RE NOT IMMUNE TO THIS GLOBAL PANDEMIC SO SAY WE NEED TO, AND IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING GRACE.

THIS IS ABOUT HAVING SOME EMPATHY AND HUMANITY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING WITH OUR MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE AND THAT IS ALL CHILDREN.

ALL CHILDREN ARE VULNERABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL GROWING AND LEARNING HOW TO SURVIVE IN THIS WORLD.

AND THEY'RE GIVING THEIR LIVES TO DO THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY SO HATS OFF TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND I'M NOT JUST SPEAKING TO TEACHERS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BUS DRIVERS AND THE NURSES AND EXECUTIVE ASSIST DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS, YOU KNOW, FROM EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THIS ORGANIZATION IS MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO DO THE GREAT DURING AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME

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WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN FRUSTRATIONS, WHATEVER OUR SITUATIONS ARE AND EVERYBODY'S IS DIFFERENT.

EVERYBODY HANDLES STRESS DIFFERENTLY BUT I'M HERE TO SAY I HOPE PEOPLE WILL STRIVE BE A LITTLE MORE EMPATHETIC WITH SOME OF THE EMAILS AND COMMENTS MADE ABOUT OUR STAFF.

SO WITH THAT SAID I WANT TO MOVE INTO OUR PRESENTATION FOR TODAY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SEVERAL UPDATES THAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AS FAR AS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THESE ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT UPDATES THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO CLEAR THE AIR ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE EVEN MADE EARLIER TODAY.

I GET US STARTED AND TO HAVE OUR TEAM CONTINUE ON WITH THE PRESENTATION.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR , AND THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST QUICKLY REVIEW TWO ESSENTIALLY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC THIS EVENING.

WHAT IS THE CURRENT HEALTH GUIDANCE FROM THE CDC CONTROL AND PREVENTION AS WELL AS THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND OUR VERY OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE SEVERAL KEY AREAS FOR YOU TONIGHT.

ONE BEING THE STUDENT IN-PERSON DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.

OUTREACH EFFORTS BY OUR SCHOOLS AND OTHER TO FAMILIES, THE UPDATE ON THE LEARNING CHOICE FORM, ALSO SUMMER LEARNING FOR ALL AS WELL AS THE AUGUST SCHOOL OPENING STAFFING UPDATE.

IN ADDITION TO THAT THE TEACHER TURNOVER DATA, ANOTHER UPDATE ON VIRTUAL VIRGINIA AND FINANCIAL FACILITIES UPDATES SO THESE ARE MAJOR SPRING, SUMMER AND FALL REOPENING UPDATES.

I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO MRS. LENA ZIMMERMAN TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC HEALTH INDICATORS UPDATE FOR US.

SHE'S FROM THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED US THROUGH THE YEAR.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO HER.

>> HELLO.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'M THE POPULATION HEALTH EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

T EVENING TO SHARE THE CDC'S K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL METRICS.

SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE SEEN A BIG DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES WE'VE HAD OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CORE INDICATORS WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF NEW CASES PER 100,000 PEOPLE IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS AND THE PERCENTAGE OF MOLECULAR TESTS THAT ARE POSITIVE OUT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS PERFORMED IN THE PAST SEVEN DAYS SO WHEN WE WERE HERE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WE HAD 58 CASES PER 100,000 PEOPLE OVER THE LAST SEVEN DAYS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT TODAY, OR THIS WEEK WE ARE AT 38 CASES PER 100,000 PEOPLE.

THAT'S A REALLY BIG DECLINE FOR US WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.

THE PERCENT OF MOLECULAR TESTS THAT HAVE BEEN POSITIVE IN THE PAST SEVEN DAYS IS 1.7 PERCENT, WHICH IS THE LOWEST WE'VE SEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN OVER A YEAR AGO.

OUR SECONDARY INDICATORS INCLUDE THE CHANGE IN NEW CASES PER 100,000, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF HOSPITAL BEDS OCCUPIED IN THE REGION AND THE PERCENTAGE OF HOSPITAL BEDS OCCUPIED BY COVID-19 PATIENTS IN THE REGION.

OUR HOSPITAL BED OCCUPANCY IS CURRENTLY AT 80.2 PERCENT, OF THE BEDS OCCUPIED, 2.9 ARE OCCUPIED BY COVID-19 PATIENTS.

OUR COMBINED CORE INDICATOR SCORE INDICATES THAT THE COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION LEVEL IN ALEXANDRIA IS MODERATE.

THIS IS DOWN FROM TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE REPORTED THAT THE INDICATORS WERE SUBSTANTIAL.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CDC GUIDANCE IS TO USE THE WORST INDICATOR WHEN THE INDICATE ISSUES DO NOT ALIGN SO THIS WEEK WE HAVE ONE INDICATOR AT LOW AND ANOTHER INDICATOR AT MODERATE AND THAT'S WHY OUR COMBINED SCORE IS MODERATE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT VACCINE IS WIDELY AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE MANY

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WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ACPS TO SCHEDULE A STUDENT AND FAMILY VACCINATION CLINIC THAT WILL BE HOSTED AT GW ON MAY 22.

YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19 TESTING, RESOURCES AND VACCINATIONS ON OUR ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT OF WEB PAGE.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. MARKEL NOW.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, BOARD MEMBERS, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE SOME DATA THAT WE ARE PRESENTING AS THE RESULTS OF OUR RESPONSE TO MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD HAS HAD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF BOARD MEETINGS ABOUT RETURNING IN PERSON AND ALSO WE'LL GET INTO SOME LOOKING AT VIRTUAL AND HYBRID PERCENTAGES BY SCHOOL TOWARDS THE END.

SO MY NAME IS MARIAH RUNKEL, DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.

I TEND TO HELP YOU ALL WORK THROUGH SOME DATA SO THAT IS MY JOB FOR THIS EVENING.

THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF EVERYONE NOW YOU CAN SEE IT'S ONE OF THREE THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO HAS RETURNED IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY AND WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS BY VARIOUS SUBGROUPS.

IF YOU CAN DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE UPPER LEFT HAND PIE CHART, STARTING WITH ENGLISH LEARNERS.

E MANNER.

SO WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS I'VE TAKEN ALL OF THE ENGLISH LEARNERS IN THE DIVISION AND THEN THEY EACH ARE REPRESENTED EITHER IN THE BLUE MEANING THAT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO STAY VIRTUAL.

THEY COULD BE REPRESENTED IN ENGLISH LEARNER, REPRESENTED IN THE LIGHT GREEN.

THIS LIGHT GREEN SLICE IS A REPRESENTATION OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO RETURNED IN MARCH SO IF YOU'LL REMEMBER WHAT SEEMS LIKE A VERY LONG TIME AGO BUT WAS JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, A MONTH AGO ACTUALLY IS IN MARCH WHERE WE HAD OUR RETURNED STUDENTS -- TO RETURN STUDENTS IN PERSON AND THEN WE LOOKED AT WHO ACTUALLY DECIDED TO COME, WHO DIDN'T DECIDE TO COME, AND WORKED TO FILL IN USING OUR PRIORITIZATION MATRIXES AND THAT IS THE DARK GREEN.

THE LIGHT GREEN STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO BE BROUGHT BACK IN MARCH AND THEN THE DARK GREEN STUDENTS, THE REPRESENTATION OF THAT PIE SLICE IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT DUE TO OUR PRIORITIZATION MATRIX WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WE KEEP AN EQUITABLE AVAILABILITY FOR ALL STUDENTS AND ALSO WORK THROUGH STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE SOME SPECIFIC NEEDS AND SO THE SCHOOLS AND MS. PETERS IS GOING TO SPEAK AFTER MYSELF ABOUT SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS THAT THE SCHOOLS WENT THROUGH SO SHE'LL BE SPEAKING IN JUST A MOMENT.

SO IF WE EXTRAPOLATE THAT OUT THROUGH YOUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND OUR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS, AS A REMINDER, ECONOMICALLY DISCHANCED STUDENTS ARE DEFINED THOSE STUDENTS -- WHOSE TEAMMATES QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS AND FOR STUDENTS EXPERIENCING SPECIFIC HARDSHIPS DUE TO HOMELESSNESSES OR OTHER SPECIFIC CATEGORIES SO JUST AS A REMINDER.

THE PIE CHART AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT QUADRANT OF THE SCREEN IS CATEGORY THAT I WANTED TO PROVIDED TO GIVE US SOME STAT STABILITY.

THERE'S ABOUT 5,000 STUDENTS IN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE ONE OF THE THREE DESIGNATIONS THAT I PREVIOUSLY SPOKE ABOUT.

AS A RIGHT TO SHOW BALANCE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE REPRESENTED THE STUDENTS WHO DON'T HAVE A DESIGNATION AND YOU CAN SEE HERE 45 PERCENT OF THEM HAVE CHOSEN TO REMAIN VIRTUAL.

THE 43.4 CAME BACK IN OUR MARCH RETURN AND THEN THE 11.6 CAME BACK IN APRIL AND MAY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT SLIDE HERE TAKES THE SAME EXACT PROCESS OF THE PIE CHARTS EXCEPT IT TAKES THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN THE DIVISION, TAKES ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE IDENTIFIED AS BLACK AND ALL WHO HAVE BEEN -- BY HISPANIC AND PUTS THEM INTO TWO GROUPS AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU THE AMOUNT OF STUDENTS IN EACH GROUP THAT ARE VIRTUAL, THAT CAME BACK WITH OUR MARCH RETURN, AGAIN, LIGHT GREEN, AND THE DARK GREEN IS THE APRIL AND MAY RETURN.

SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS, THIS ADDRESSES WHO'S RETURNING, WHO'S CHOOSING TO STAY HOME AND WHERE THE DIFFERENT STUDENTS IN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS ALIGN.

THE NEXT SLIDE, THANK YOU VERY THEN ADDRESS, WE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT IS THE ETHNIC OR RACIAL

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THE ONE ON THE LEFT TAKES ALL THE VIRTUAL STUDENTS, THE STUDENTS WHO CHOSE TO STAY VIRTUALLY AND DIVIDES THEM UP BY OUR MAJOR ETHNIC CATEGORIES.

EACH OF THE COLORS ARE THE SAME ON THE HYBRID STUDENTS SO YOU CAN SEE AND COMPARE THE DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS EIGHT WHO HAS TO STAY VIRTUALLY AND WHO CHOSE TO LEARN IN PERSON AS IT'S AVAILABLE.

SO THE LAST CHART AT THE BOTTOM CONTINUES ON OUR DATA JOURNEY HERE TO SAY THAT NOT EVERY ETHNIC GROUP CAN SUBGROUP CAN SHOW UP IN A PIE CHART BECAUSE WE HAVE 16,000 STUDENTS AND SOME GROUPS ARE A LITTLE SMALLER SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS REPRESENTED SO OUR SEVEN MAJOR CATEGORIES THAT ARE OUTLINED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THEY'RE LISTED HERE IN THIS BOTTOM TABLE.

THE TOP LINE OF DATA EXPLAINS HOW MANY OF EACH SUBGROUP ARE IN WHICHEVER LEARNING CATEGORY IS LISTED.

THE TOP LINE YOU'LL SEE THE COLUMN AT THE VERY END, THE DIVISION TOTAL, ALL OF THIS, 49 PERCENT IN A HYBRID ENVIRONMENT AND 51 IN THE 100 PERCENT RIGHTY ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S OUR FIRST THREE.

OUR NEXT ONE IS GOING TO NOW SAY, OKAY, WE LOOKED AT THE AGGREGATE.

NOW WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME SCHOOL LEVEL DATA AND WHO'S RETURNING, WHO'S NOT RETURNING, AND ALL O DIFFERENT PHASES IN BETWEEN.

SO I WANT TO TALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THIS TABLE SAYS AND BE VERY EXPLICIT HERE.

SO IF WE LOOK AT CHARLES BARRETT, USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, FIRST ALPHABETICALLY.

THE FIRST COLUMN, TOTAL ENROLLMENT AS OF MAY 14.

IT WAS PULLED MAY 14, 2021.

THE TOTAL ENROLLMENT OF BARRETT CURRENTLY AS OF MAY 14, 505 STUDENTS.

137 OF THEM ARE VIRTUALLY LEARNING.

THAT'S 27 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION.

368 OF THEM ARE LEARNING IN THE HYBRID ENVIRONMENT AND THAT IS 72 PERCENT OF THEIR POPULATION.

AND THAT FOLLOWS THROUGH FOR EACH OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THE CLASSROOM CAPACITY IS THE FINAL COLUMN AND THAT COLUMN IS WHAT WORK OF DR. HART'S GROUP, MS. CORDOVA AND I'M SURE I'M MISSING TONS OF OTHERS, BUT I WANT TO GIVE ACCOLADES TO THE DEPARTMENT WHO WORKED TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS MEASURED AND WE HAVE GOOD DATA HERE.

BASED ON THE CLASSROOM CAPACITIES WITH A THREE-FOOT SOCIAL DISTANCING, BARRETT COULD 332 STUDENTS AND SO OUR GOAL WITH THE DATA IS TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE DATA THAT WE'RE USING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THAT DR. HUTCHINGS AND MANY OTHERS ARE SPEAKING TO IN THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.

IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS TAKES THE SAME EXACT APPROACH.

JEFFERSON HOUSTON, PATRICK HENRY, HAMMOND, GEORGE WASHINGTON, AND T.

C.

WILLIAMS. EACH DATA OPINION IS THE SAME.

626 FOR JEFFERSON.

3 PERCENT OF THEIR ENROLLMENT.

282 ARE LEARNING IN THE HYBRID ENVIRONMENT.

THAT'S 45 PERCENT.

IF WE TAKE OUR CLASSROOM CAPACITY AT THREE FEET, JEFFERSON HOUSTON, HOLDING 223 STUDENTS.

SO NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCHOOL-LEVEL DATA AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS, MS. PETERS, THE FABULOUS PRINCIPAL WILL ADDRESS THE BOARD ABOUT THE EFFORTS THE SCHOOLS HAVE PUT IN IN GETTING OUR STUDENTS AND CONTACTING THEM AND ENSURING THEY'RE LEARNING IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT IS BEST FOR THEM.

SO MS. PETERS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AS SHE SHARED I'M THE PRINCIPAL.

I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU OUTREACH EFFORTS MADE BY OUR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS AND

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SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS IMPLEMENTED A VARIETY OF OUTREACH EFFORTS TO SUPPORT HYBRIDS AND SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HAVE COLLABORATED.

OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES, INCLUDING PERSONAL COMMUNICATION AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, PHONE CALLS WERE MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATORS AND SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAMS AND PARENT LIAISONS AND ASSISTANTS AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND SOCIAL WORKERS CONDUCTED SOCIAL DISTANCED HOME VISITS AND THE TEACHERS HAVE SUPPORTED THROUGH THE TEACHER AND ACADEMIC ADVISORY TEACHER PHONE CALLS, MEETINGS, AND WE'VE HAD SCHOOL NEWSLETTER COMMUNICATIONS, MEETINGS WITH OUR PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION, PARENT COMPANY COFFEE CHATS AND COMMUNICATION THROUGH BLACK BOARD CONNECT.

SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HAVE ALSO COLLECTIVELY COLLABORATED ON IDENTIFIED REASONS WHY FAMILIES HAVE DECIDED TO REMAIN VIRTUAL.

IN OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS TO FAMILIES PARENTS HAVE SHARED A VARIETY OF REASONS TO REMAIN VIRTUAL.

WHILE THIS IS NOT AN ALL ENCOMPASSING LISTS, THE REASONS WERE PROVIDED BASED AMONG COMMONALITIES, INCLUDING CONCERNS ABOUT JEOPARDIZING CURRENT CHILD CARE ARRANGEMENTS AT HOME AND MANY FAMILIES HAVE CREATED CHILD CARE SCHEDULES FOR THEIR HOUSE AND DID NOT WANT TO DISRUPT THE SCHEDULES, AND THEY WANTED TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT ROUTINE WITH FAMILIES PARTICIPATING IN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION FOR OVER A YEAR AND THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED A HOUSEHOLD ACADEMIC ROUTINE THAT IS WORKING FOR THEIR CHILD.

SOME FAMILIES WERE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE THREE FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND PARENTS HAVE SHARED THAT THERE CHIMED IS AXLING IN VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION AT HOME AND FAMILIES HAVE SHARED THAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET VACCINATED AND THEY WERE JUST UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HAVING THEIR CHILD ATTEND SCHOOL WHEN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS SHOULD BE VACCINATED.

THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT DISRUPTING IN-HOME SERVICES THAT THEY HAD SCHEDULED FOR THEIR CHILD AND THEN PARENTAL CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH AND SAFETY AND THAT THE CHILD WAS NOT VACCINATED AND THEN FINALLY FARE OF THEIR STUDENT BRINGING COVID-19 HOME.

AND NOW WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUMMER LEARNING CHOICE FORM.

>> THANK YOU.

WE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED OUR LEARNING CHOICE FORM MAY 11 LAST WEEK AND WE ARE CLOSING THAT FORM THIS COMING MONDAY, MAY 24, AT 11:59 P.M.

AND WE HAVE GOTTEN CLOSE TO 7,000 RESPONSES AS OF THIS MORNING AND WE'VE BEEN ACTIVELY WORKING TO REACH FAMILIES IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE BEEN SENDING LISTS TO SCHOOLS SO WE KNOW WHO IS NOT PARTICIPATING.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR HELP LINE ACTIVELY CALLING FAMILIES IN ADDITION TO PARENT WORKERS THAT WE HIRED TO MAKE OUTREACH CALLS AND THEY CONDUCTED 589 CALLS ON JUST IN ONE DAY THIS WEEK.

I BELIEVE IT WAS ON MONDAY SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING TO EVEN FAMILIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE FORM.

TWO THINGS I WANT TO POINT OUT.

WE'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WITH SUMMER LEARNING, IT'S TRUE THAT IF YOU DON'T CHOOSE A SUMMER LEARNING CHOICE THEN YOU WILL NOT BE OPTING INTO THE PROGRAM.

YOU WON'T BE ENROLLED.

VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE FAMILY CHOICE FORM WHERE YOU WERE AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED VIRTUALLY AND IN THIS LEARNING CHOICE FORM IF YOU DO NOT MAKE A CHOICE WE'LL AUTOMATICALLY ENROLL YOU INTO IN-PERSON LEARNING.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE IN-PERSON LEARNING AND WE ARE PROVIDING THE VIRTUAL OPTION, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE O SLIDES FOR FAMILIES THAT REALLY WANT TO HAVE THAT OPTION OR NEED THAT OPTION BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGING IN-PERSON LEARNING.

WE ENCOURAGE PARENTS THAT IF YOU DON'T MAKE A CHOICE WE EXPECT TO SEE YOU ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IN PERSON AND YOU'LL GET TRANSPORTATION LETTERS, IF YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, LIKE A NORMAL SCHOOL YEAR.

WE HAVE CONTINUALLY UPDATED OUR WEBSITE WITH MANY QUESTIONS THAT FAMILIES HAVE SENT IN.

TOMORROW WE'LL REPOST THESE IN THE EXPRESSED INSIDER AND MORE.

THANK YOU.

AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. HARTMAN.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THE SUMMER SCHOOL APPLICATIONS ARE SLOWLY INCREASING.

WE JUMPED FROM 370 APPLICANTS TO 400 THIS WEEK.

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WE'VE MADE OVER 255 TOTAL SELECTIONS WITH 150 COMPLETED OFFERS AND I WANT TO GIVE APPRECIATION TO HARA MCCORMICK.

WE CONTINUE RECRUIT BY POSTING IN THE INSIDER, ON LINKEDIN, TO NAME ONE.

THIS WEEK WE'LL LAUNCH A QUESTIONNAIRE TO GAUGE EMPLOYEE INTEREST IN USING OUR SURVEY SYSTEM.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO PAST EXTERNAL STAFF AND INVITED THEM TO TEACH WITH US.

WE'RE MEETING WITH THE SUMMER SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM REGULARLY TO MONITOR OUR PROGRESS.

NEXT, RECRUITMENT.

WE HAVE 108 VACANT LICENSED FTES, INCLUDING NEW POSITIONS ALLOCATED FOR THE '21, '22 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE'VE COMPLETED THE TRANSFER AND EMPLOYEES CAN STILL APPLY AND BE SELECTED FOR ANY VACANCY THEY FEEL THEY'RE QUALIFIED.

WE HAVE EXCITING OUTREACH.

ON JUNE 14, AN ACPS JOB FAIR FOR LICENSED STAFF.

PRINCIPALS WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL THAT WILL GIVE THEM ACCESS FOR BY INVITATION ONLY CANDIDATES.

THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE MEANT THROUGH THE SPONSORED JOB FAIRS AND OUR PIPELINE.

WE ARE USING NEW ADVERTISING CHANNELS, DIVERSITY.COM, CAREER SITES AND HANDSHAKE, JUST A FEW.

WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE ALEXANDRIA WORKFORCE TO PROMOTE ACPS AS A FEATURED EMPLOYER AND EVERY FRIDAY IN JULY WE'LL BE HOSTING A MEET-THE-EMPLOYER EVENT TARGETING SPECIFIC SUPPORT JOBS SUCH AS INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT AND DOING A SECTION ON PROVISIONAL LICENSING AND MORE.

NOW TO DR. WILKINS.

>> THANK YOU.

I'M DR. WILKINS, CHIEF OF STAFF AND I'M PROVIDE A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF OUR TEACHER TURNOVER IN LIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC HEALTH SITUATION.

WE LOOK AT TEACHER TURNOVER AND STAFF RETENTION RATES AS AN INDICATOR OF EMPLOYEE WELL-BEING, JOB TENURE AND EXPERIENCE LEVELS, TEAM BUILDING IMPACTS AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR CONTINUITY OF EMPLOYEE SERVICES AND DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS.

RETENTION RATES ALSO SERVE AS A MEASURE OF GREATER PRODUCTIVITY AND GOOD RETENTION SERVES TO REDUCE THE DIRECT AND INDIRECT COSTS OF THE JOB HIRING PROCESS AND THE ADDITIONAL BURDEN OF MORE WORK THAT STUFF MUST BEAR TO COVER VACANCIES.

ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, HR TRACKS EIGHT CATEGORIES OF TEACHER TURNOVER AS NOTED.

THESE ARE THE SAME COT REESE AS REPORTED IN THE HR AUDIT.

FOR CLARITY I'LL READ EACH CATEGORY.

FIRST, RESIGNATION, OTHER, AND THAT MEANS RESIGNING FOR OTHER REASONS NOT DISCLOSED.

NONRENEWALS, TERMINATIONS BASED ON END OF LEAVE, RETIREMENT, TEMPORARY CONTRACTS, RESIGNATIONS DUE TO RELOCATION, RESIGNATIONS DUE TO OTHER EMPLOYMENT, AND RESIGNING FOR PERSONAL REASONS.

THAT TOTAL FOR THIS YEAR IS APPROXIMATELY 128 EMPLOYEES.

I SAY APPROXIMATELY BECAUSE THE FISCAL YEAR IS STILL ONGOING AND THE FINAL NUMBERS ARE STILL COMING IN.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW THAT 128 FIGURE LOOKS WHEN COMPARED TO OUR THREE-YEAR ANNUAL TREND FOR TEACHERS.

AS YOU MAY RECALL WE RECORDED IN JANUARY THAT OUR RETENTION IMPROVED BY 4 PERCENT COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THIS DATA SHOWS IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY POSITIVE AND THIS RESULT IS SIMILAR FOR ADMINISTRATORS AND SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL.

WHILE WE STILL HAVE ABOUT SIX WEEKS TO GO IN THE FISCAL YEAR, IT APPEARS WE MAY RETAIN MORE STAFF THAN PREVIOUS YEARS.

WITHOUT QUESTION THE PANDEMIC HEALTH SITUATION HAS IMPACTED JOB DEPARTURES OF COURSE AND WE CAN EXPECT MORE DEPARTURES AS THE PUBLIC SPACE BECOMES MORE HEALTHY AND MORE SAFE IN REGARDS TO SOCIAL DISTANCING AND TRAVEL.

BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE'RE WORKING TO IMPROVE OUR WORKPLACE CLIMATE AND CULTURE TO MAKE ACPS MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR ALL.

T SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPALS AND MANAGEMENT TEAM ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING OUR WORKPLACE A GREAT PLACE TO BE AND IN PARTICULAR OVER THE PAST YEAR AS DR. HUTCHINGS MENTIONED

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SO WHILE THE NUMBERS ARE STILL COMING IN, THIS YEAR COULD PROVE TO BE A VERY GOOD YEAR FOR TEACHER RETENTION.

THIS CONCLUDES MY OVERVIEW.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE, AGAIN.

WE WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO PROVIDE YOU ANOTHER UPDATE TONIGHT REGARDING VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.

WE'RE GOING TO ASK MS. SANDERS WHO'S ONE OF OUR PROJECT LEADS TO PROVIDE THIS UPDATE TO YOU SHORTLY.

MAKE THREE COMMENTS FROM ME BEFORE SHE BEGINS.

I KNOW YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD EARLIER ABOUT OUR REAL COMMITMENT FOR FAMILIES TO RETURN IN THE FALL.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO REPEAT THAT.

WE'RE REALLY COMMITTED TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT SOME OF OUR FAMILIES WILL PREFER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AN ONLINE REMOTE OPTION THAT IS ALSO FIVE DAYS A WEEK WHICH WE HAVE CHOSEN AS VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.

BUT WHAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THE R EXPECTATIONS, SO AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE LEARNING CHOICE FORM CLOSES ON MONDAY SO WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO MEET WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO BE ABLE TO, ONCE WE CAN IDENTIFY THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE MADE THIS DECISION SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE WRAP-AROUND SERVICES FOR THE FAMILIES WITH OUR SCHOOLS AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ONLINE PROGRAM.

SO NOW WHAT I'LL DO IS TURN IT OVER TO MS. SANDERS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

>> GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THE INTRODUCTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE UPDATES TODAY.

MY NAME IS CARMEN SANDERS, THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE KING STREET CAMPUS OF THE NEWLY RENAMED ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL.

I AM EXCITED TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN THIS WORK WITH DR. HUTCHINGS AND ALL.

VIRTUAL VIRGINIA PROVIDES INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT FOR CORE ACADEMIC AND ELECTIVE CONTENT DURING DESIGNATED TIME IN THEIR WEEKLY SCHEDULES.

FOR GRADES K THROUGH FIVE STUDENTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOONS ARE SLATED FOR ONE ON ONE AND SMALL GROUPS AND THE FULL DAY ON FRIDAYS FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.

FIRST AND FOREMOST WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT ACPS STAFF WILL STILL MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, STUDENTS RECEIVING ENGLISH LEARNER SERVICES AND FOR POUR STUDENTS WHO ARE DESIGNATED AS TALENTED AND GIFTED.

W MODEL IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL-BASED STAFF.

ADDITIONALLY ACPS STAFF IS ENGAGED IN COLLABORATION WITH REGION FOUR COLLEAGUES AND THE VIRGINIA VIRTUAL TEAM TO BEST DETERMINE THE SERVICE DELIVERY OPTIONS FOR ACPS STUDENTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT WE WANT TO SHARE INFORMATION THIS YEAR REGARDING THE ACPS CALENDAR AND THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA CALENDAR TO ALLOW FAMILIES TO MAKE AN IMPROVED DECISION REGARDING THE INSTRUCTIONAL FORMAT, VIRTUAL OR IN PERSON THAT BEST SERVES THEIR STUDENTS' NEEDS AND LEARNING STYLE.

INSTRUCTIONAL.

THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THE FALL AND SPRING CALENDAR FOR ACPS AND VIRTUAL VIRGINIA TO MAKE FAMILIES AWARE OF WHEN THE PERIODS BEGIN AND END FOR EACH.

ACPS CALENDAR DATES ARE HERE FOR THE PURPOSE OF NOTIFYING FAMILIES THAT STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THIS PROGRAM WILL FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES PUT FORTH BY THE SCHOOL DIVISION WHICH MEANS STUDENTS RECEIVE REPORT CARDS AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CALENDAR AND THE MODIFIED SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR FAMILIES AT SCHOOL TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

EVERY STUDENT ENROLLED WILL RECEIVE A GRADE AT THE END OF EACH PERIOD IN ALIGNMENT WITH ACPS GRADE MARKING PERIOD.

VIRTUAL VIRGINIA STUDENTS' GRADES WILL BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE HOMESCHOOL AND THE

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ACPS, QUARTER ONE IS AUGUST 24 TO NOVEMBER 1.

FOR VIRTUAL VIRGINIA, QUARTER TWO, OCTOBER 27 TO JANUARY 18.

FOR ACPS QUARTER TWO IS NOVEMBER 2 TO JANUARY 27.

SO ON FOR QUARTER THREE AND FOR QUARTER FOUR.

FINALLY, WE WANT TO REASSURE AND REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT ACPS HAS BEEN WORKING WITH ONLINE LEARNING FOR TEN YEARS.

WE HAVE BEEN ON THE EDUCATIONAL FOREFRONT AND WE WANT TO CELEBRATE THAT.

ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESS WITH OUR VIRTUAL MODEL FOR STUDENTS THROUGH OUR ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAM AND AT TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL SATELLITE CAMPUS WHICH UTILIZES LENDED LEARNING WHICH IS A BLEND OF ONLINE AND IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.

STUDENT MENTORING PRACTICES, STUDENT PROGRESS AND PACE MONITORING TECHNIQUES AND ONLINE LEARNING PROCEDURES CAN BE ADAPTED TO FIT THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA MODEL.

NOW TO DR. HART FOR FACILITIES UPDATES.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. SANDERS.

TONIGHT I HAVE A -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- EXCUSE THE NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND ON THE WORK PROGRAM.

WE'RE MAINTAINING THE THREE FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCING AT OUR SCHOOL FACILITIES AND THIS IS MAINTAINED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS WE'RE WAITING FOR FURTHER GUIDANCE FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE SUMMER AND FALL SAFETY MEASURES AND WE'RE ALSO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON USE OF RECREATIONAL SPACE FOR FALL LEARNING AS NEEDED.

I'M TURNING IT OVER TO MR. HUTCHINGS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, TEEN, FOR GOING OVER THAT VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR QUESTIONS I DID WANT TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE BECAUSE I DO WANT TO SPEAK TO SOME OF OUR STAFF AND SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN REGARDS TO STAFF HAVING STUDENTS IN THE BUILDINGS BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS.

SPECIFICALLY I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR THAT IT'S A VERY LIMITED NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS, BACK IN FEBRUARY IN ADVOCATING FOR TEACHERS TO BE BACK IN THE SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS WHO ACTUALLY HAD CHILDREN IN THEIR SCHOOLS SO THE SCHOOL THAT THEY WORK AT THEY HAD CHILDREN IN THAT BUILDING AND IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A VERY LIMITED NUMBER AND SPEAKING OF VERY SMALL NUMBER OF TEACHERS WHO WERE IN THE SITUATION TO HAVE THAT TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND IN PLACES WHERE WE HAD SPACE WE ALLOWED FOR THEIR STUDENT, MEANING THEIR CHILD, TO REMAIN FOR THOSE FOUR DAYS SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE A CLASSROOM MONITOR IN THAT SPACE ON THE TWO DAYS THAT THE CHILD WAS NOT THERE.

THIS WAS TO KEEP CLASSROOM TEACHERS IN THE CLASS.

THIS WAS PRIOR TO STARTING WHEN WE HAD TALKED THROUGH THIS.

THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A PRACTICE NOW.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS AT A TIME WHEN WE WERE REALLY STRIVING TO GET OUR TEACHERS B LIMITED NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE IN THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

WE NEEDED TO HAVE TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WE WERE TRYING TO FIND ACCOMMODATING WAYS TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE BUT IT WASN'T POSSIBLE TO DO THAT FOR EVERY STAFF MEMBER AND IT DEFINITELY WASN'T POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE THE SPACES TO FAMILIES TO STAFF IN LIEU OF.

SO I WANTED TO CLEAR THE AIR ABOUT THAT.

I WANT TO REITERATE ONCE, AGAIN, THE IMPORTANCE OF, ONE, THE FACT THAT OUR STAFF, THAT THEY'RE WORKING TIRELESSLY EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEY'RE SO COMMITTED TO THIS WORK.

I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL WEEKS LEFT OF SCHOOL.

I'M JUST ASKING OUR STAFF TO CONTINUE TO SELF-CARE.

WE'RE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR OUR STAFF, IF YOU CAN, TO ASSIST US THIS SUMMER BECAUSE WE DO NEED STAFF TO ASSIST US OVER THE SUMMER FOR SUMMER-LEARNING OPTIONS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF OUR STAFF, THEY'RE EXHAUSTED AND THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT AND WE GET THAT BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED SOME SUPPORTS TOO SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THEM TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US OVER THE SUMMER.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY WITH THAT AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH THAT LATER TODAY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, MADAM CHAIR.

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>> THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

I HAVE MS. GENTRY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATED AS ALWAYS FAITHFULLY WATCH OUR MEETINGS KNOW WE GET EXCITED WITH THE DATA PRESENTATION, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT, AND REALLY ELABORATED ON SOMETHING WE WERE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT BEFORE AND I THINK ONE THING THAT I'M VERY INTERESTED IN IS DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO REMOVE WHAT I WOULD THINK OF AS BARRIERS THAT CREATE HESITANCY OF OUR FAMILIES TO GET OUR KIDS BACK INTO SCHOOL AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE IS ACTUALLY IN THE SLIDE THAT PRINCIPAL PETERS' CONCERNS, BRINGING COVID BACK TO THE HOME.

AND EARLIER THIS WEEK THERE WAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WENT OUT ABOUT A VACCINE CLINIC FOR 12 TO 15 YEARS OLD AT GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT.

WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LEARN TO THINK OF OUR SCHOOLS AS COMMUNITY HUBS AND PLACES THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO FOR THINGS AND RESOURCES AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO THINK ABOUT USING OUR SCHOOLS THAT WAY AND NOT ONLY FOR THESE YOUNGER STUDENTS BUT I'M ALSO THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT THEY MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND.

THEY MIGHT THINK THERE'S CERTAIN DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY HAVE TO BRING, THAT THERE'S CERTAIN INSURANCE THEY MIGHT NEED TO HAVE, THAT THERE'S CERTAIN KINDS OF PAPERWORK THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO GET THE VACCINE AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

THE GOAL IS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND WE NEED HUMANS WITH SHOTS IN THEIR ARMS AND I THINK WE HAVE AN ABILITY THROUGH ALL OF THE WONDERFUL STAFF.

WE KNOW ALL THIS STAFF -- WE WITH THESE FAMILIES AND WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH THESE FAMILIES AND NOT JUST TALK ABOUT THEIR KIDS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL BUT, HEY, HAS EVERYONE IN YOUR FAMILY GOTTEN A VACCINE YET? DO YOU KNOW HOW EASY IT IS AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO WORK WITH THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPOSITION TO THINK ABOUT WAYS BECAUSE FAMILIES COME TO KNOW OUR SCHOOLS, TO KNOW OUR STAFF AND OUR SCHOOLS AND WHEN IT'S ONE OF OUR STAFF PEOPLE INVITING THEM TO COME TO A BUILDING THAT THEY COME TO KNOW OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE THEIR KIDS HAVE GONE THERE AND SAY THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET YOUR VACCINE I THINK COULD BE A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY BUT I ALSO THINK IF YOU'VE GOT VACCINATED PEOPLE IN HOMES I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY HOPEFULLY SEE A LOT MORE WILLINGNESS FOR THEIR KIDS TO GO BACK.

IT'S REMOVING AN OBSTACLE SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

WE'VE HAD SUCH A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT SO FAR AND I WANT TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AS WE ENTER THIS PHASE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> THANK YOU, MS. GENTRY FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND I KNOW DR. CRAWFORD IS ON, I THINK.

I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY.

SO SHE MAY BE ABLE TO RESPOND BECAUSE WE'RE DOING SOME WORK WITH THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND DOING SCHEDULING AND PREPARATION BUT SHE MAYBE CAN PROVIDE MORE INSIGHT.

>> THANK YOU.

W HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND I'LL SAY THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE VAGUES NATION POD SINCE PROBABLY OCTOBER.

AS YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE PRETTY SELL COLLABORATION WITH THEM AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IF WE CAN DO SOME OF THESE CLINICS IN OUR SCHOOLS PERHAPS DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IS OUR GOAL.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, CAPACITY, AND LOOKING AT THE LOGISTICS AND A CLEAR COMMUNICATION PROCESS TO THE FAMILY.

WE KNOW RIGHT NOW FAMILIES ARE GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM US, IN OF-NEEDED AREAS SO WE PREPARED THE FOR THIS WEEKEND WITH THE CONCEPT THAT IT WOULD BE ON THE WEEKEND.

FAMILIES COULD GO.

IT'S OPEN TO ALL BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE DO OTHER PODS IN THE FUTURE AND IT'S RELATIONSHIP-BASED AS YOU SAID, AND I'LL SAY WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I KNOW ONE THING THEY'RE DOING NOW THEY'RE WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE ZIP CODE THAT THEY KNOW ARE UNDER-REPRESENTED IN GETTING THEIR VACCINES AND KNOCKING ON DOORS AND SAYING, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR US.

WHAT IS YOUR BARRIER HERE? CAN WE ANSWER ANYTHING.

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YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS MANY TIMES BUT THE RESOURCE WE HAVE OF HAVING REGISTERED NURSES IN EACH OF THE SCHOOLS TO ALSO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS SO TRUTHFULLY WHEN WE HAVE STUDENTS LET'S SAY WHO ARE SYMPTOMATIC IN SCHOOL AND BEING ASKED TO GO HOME, WE HAVE THA THE PEOPLE ABOUT WHY YOU SHOULD GET TESTED AND PURSUE NEXT STEPS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

I WANT TO REITERATE THAT.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

DR. RIEF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, EVERYONE, AND FOR HOW HARD EVERYONE IS WORKING ON ALL OF THESE PROCESSES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE DATA.

IT'S HELPFUL TO SEE THAT AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHICH OF OUR STUDENTS ARE BACK AND WHICH ARE STILL DOING THE VIRTUAL LEARNING.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LEARNING CHOICE FORM.

I SAW ON THE WEBSITE IT KIND OF LAYS OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FALL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE IN-PERSON 11TH INNING OR THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA AND THERE'S JUST A COUPLE PLACES OF INFORMATION THAT I FEEL MIGHT BE CRITICAL FOR FAMILIES.

I KNOW THAT LOOKING BACK AT THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE DECEMBER FORM THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING AND SO THAT CAUSED SOME FRUSTRATION FOR FAMILIES.

WITH RESPECT TO THE IN-PERSON, MY CONCERN WAS ABOUT THE THREE FEET OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FALL.

RIGHT NOW THE CDC IS RECOMMENDING THE THREE FEET OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING BETWEEN FOODS OF THINGS ARE TRENDING IN A GOOD DIRECTION AND THAT'S ALL POSITIVE.

I ANTICIPATING SOME NEW GUIDANCE TO COME OUT OR NOT.

IT SEEMS LIKE A BIT OF AN UNCERTAINTY TO ME.

THE POINT I'M GETTING TO IS THAT ON OUR WEBSITE IT SAYS THAT WE'LL ABSOLUTELY BE FOLLOWING THE CDC GUIDELINES AND GIVEN THAT THERE'S AGAIN UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE VACCINE ROLL-OUT TIMELINE I'M NOT GETTING THE CENSUS THAT THREE FEET OF PHYSICAL DISTANCING IS GOING TO BE FEASIBLE FOR US IN THE FALL AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE SHOULDN'T INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THAT BECAUSE FOR SOME FAMILIES I'VE HEARD THAT IS A CONCERN.

THE SECOND THING IS IN REGARDS TO THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.

I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR IS THAT FAMILIES COULD F THEY CAME BACK IN PERSON AND SOMETHING -- FOR SOME REASON THEY DECIDED THEY WANTED TO GO BACK TO VIRTUAL, THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEOPLE TO COMMIT FOR THE FIRST SEMESTER BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM DR. HUTCHINGS THAT FAMILIES -- AFTER A CERTAIN POINT, MAYBE JULY OR SOMETHING, VIRTUAL VIRGINIA WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY MORE STUDENTS.

IT'S NOT A GUARANTEE THAT THEY CAN ACCEPT ANY MORE STUDENTS SO I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALLY, REALLY CLEAR TO FAMILIES THAT VIRTUAL VIRGINIA WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING STUDENTS AFTER A CERTAIN DATE AND KIND OF JUST TIED INTO THAT I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOIN HAPPEN AFTER THE MAY 24 DEADLINE.

IN PARTICULAR I'M WONDERING ABOUT FAMILIES WHO MAY HAVE SELECTED VIRTUAL VIRGINIA AND UNDERSTANDING SOME OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR TRAINS WITH VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.

I'M WONDERING IF WE CIRCLE BACK AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT THE SAME VIRTUAL PROGRAM WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS YEAR BUT IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT? DO YOU THINK THAT KIND OF OUTREACH AFTER THE 24TH WILL BE POSSIBLE?

>> YES.

SO THANK YOU, DR. RIEF, FOR THAT.

THAT WAS A THREE-PART QUESTION.

HELP US IF I DIDN'T GET IT ALL.

THE FIRST PART OF YOUR QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE THREE FEET FOR THE FALL.

IT'S DIFFERENT FOR US TO TELL YOU WHAT THE FALL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

TWO WEEKS AGO WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WOULD BE NOT WEARING MASKS OR MASKS ARE NOT REQUIRED OUT NOW AND NOW THEY'RE NOT.

THINGS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY BUT IF WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE TRENDS, WITH THE TRENDS, WE DON'T BELIEVE SOCIAL DISTANCING IS GOING TO BE IN

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IT'S HARD NOT TO FOLLOW THE NEWS AT THIS POINT BUT WE'RE SEEING THE TREND IS GOING TOWARDS US GETTING BACK TO SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE VACCINE OFFERED TO ANY ONE OVER THE AGE OF 12, BECAUSE WE HAVE DIFFERENT HEALTH AND SAFETY MITIGATIONS PUT IN PLACE IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS SO, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST CHOICE THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN AT THIS POINT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY PROMISES OR GUARANTEES.

WE HAVE TO KEEP SAYING THINGS COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE BUT WE'RE LEANING TOWARDS HAVING THE SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDELINES IN THE FALL, WHICH IS SEVERAL MONTHS FROM NOW.

IN REGARDS TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION WHICH RELATED TO THE FIRST PART, THE FIRST PART, ABOUT THE THREE-FOOT DISTANCING.

>> THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA, JUST MAKING IT REALLY CLEAR.

>> YOU ARE SPOT-ON IN REGARDS TO THE JULY DATE.

VIRTUAL VIRGINIA IN MID-JULY, I BELIEVE THE DAY IS JULY 15, BUT WE'LL NEED TO CONFIRM THAT WITH THE DOCTOR, THAT VIRTUAL VIRGINIA WILL NOT BE ACCEPT STUDENTS -- WILL NOT BE GUARANTEEING STUDENTS' PLACE.

IT WILL BE BASED ON SPACE AFTER THAT PARTICULAR DATE AND THEY HAD TO HAVE A CUT-OFF DATE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOW REQUIRED ONCE THEY GET THE NUMBERS YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE CERTIFIED TEACHERS TO TEACH SO YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP HAVING THE ENROLLMENT CONSTANT AT A PARTICULAR TIME S TO HAVE A DATE FOR THAT.

WE'RE HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILIES ARE REALLY NOT CHOOSING THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.

AS OF RIGHT NOW I KNOW THE LAST COUNT, AT ABOUT 400 FAMILIES, 400-PLUS FAMILIES THAT HAVE SELECTED VIC.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> THE MOST RECENT, YOU KNOW, DATA.

I GET TO SEE THE DATA REPORTS EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON MAY 24 BUT I DO KNOW THAT'S AROUND THE NUMBER RIGHT NOW AND I SEE MARIA.

SHE'S PROBABLY SAYING, LET ME TELL YOU THE EXACT NUMBER.

497.

THANK YOU, MARIAH.

SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT PEOPLE -- WHAT OPTION PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.

YOUR FINAL QUESTION WAS ABOUT.

>> IT WAS ABOUT OUTREACH BECAUSE IF I COULD INTERJECT, ANECDOTALLY I HEARD THERE'S SOME ELL FAMILIES WHO ARE IN THE HYBRID SETTING NOW WHO'VE SELECTED VIRTUAL VIRGINIA WHICH MAYBE COUNTERINTUITIVE TO SOME OF US SO I WAS ASKING IF WE CAN GO BACK AND DO OUTREACH TO THE FAMILIES WHO'VE SELECTED IT TO MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'VE SIGNED UP.

>> YES.

SPECIFICALLY WITH THE ELL STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY ALREADY DOING OUTREACH FOR THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT GOT SERVICES WE WANT TO RECEIVE, VIRTUAL VIRGINIA MAKES IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED TRYING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES ONLINE SO WE'RE ALREADY ADVOCATING AND IN CONTACT WITH THE FAMILIES TO SELECT IN PERSON, AND THAT IS A PUSH THAT IS HAPPENING AND THAT WILL CONTINUE.

IT'S A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN BEFORE.

NOW WE'RE TARGETING THE STUDENTS WE KNOW NEED BE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND WE'RE TARGETING THEIR FAMILIES AND SAY WE REALLY NEED YOU IN PERSON.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT BEING IN PERSON AND ONE THING I DO HAVE TO SAY IN REGARDS TO THE DATA THAT WAS SHARED EARLIER TODAY, YOU KNOW, THE EFFORTS THAT THE PRINCIPALS AND SCHOOLS HAVE MADE HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT MARCH AND APRIL AND THOSE SPECIFIC TARGETED GROUPS WHEN YOU GO BACK TO OUR PRIORITIZATION MATRIX, HOW WE LOOKED AT EACH SECTION YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT PRIORITIZATION MATRIX IS WORKING.

IT'S SHOWING, YOU KNOW, ALMOST DOUBLE OR THE SAME AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE, YOU KNOW, NOT NEXT MONTH AND THAT IS FROM THEIR EFFORTS AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED.

I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT THAT WE STAYED THE COURSE AND WE SHOWED TO HAVE THAT PRIORITIZATION MATRIX SO THEN WE CAN DO INTENTIONAL EFFORTS FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND IT DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR US.

WE COULD HAVE STOPPED ALL ENROLLMENT LIKE MANY OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN MARCH AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO GO FOUR DAYS A WEEK AND LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS

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THIS IS AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE TARGETING OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS TO GET THEM COMFORTABLE, BECAUSE WHEN WE DID OUR SURVEY BACK IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WE SAW THAT MANY OF OUR BLACK AND BROWN FAMILIES AND OUR HISPANIC AND BLACK FAMILIES THAT THEY WERE NOT OPTING TO COME BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS AND NOW WE'RE GETTING MORE OF THEM BACK IN ESPECIALLY WITH THE HISPANIC FAMILIES.

I THINK WE ANSWERED ALL THREE OF YOUR QUESTIONS, DR. RIEF.

>> THANK YOU.

MS. GREENE?

>> THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WE SEE HOW HARD YOU'RE WORKING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THE DATA, MS. RUNKEL FOR THE DATA.

IT GIVES US A MUCH BETTER PICTURE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

MY QUESTION IS SOUND SUMMER FOR ALL AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRAM PARTICULARLY AROUND THE ACADEMIC RECOVERY FOR ALL STUDENTS AND MAINLY THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND CAN YOU, DOCTOR,, TALK ABOUT A BACKUP PLAN IF WE DON'T GET ALL OF THE STAFF THAT WE NEED? ARE WE NOT AT THAT POINT FOR A BACKUP PLAN? I SEE THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH BUT IF THAT DOESN'T COME THROUGH FOR US WHAT WILL OUR BACKUP PLAN BE?

>> SO WE'RE ALWAYS HAVING A PLAN A, B, AND C, AND ONE THING WE KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO SEE ON MAY 24TH, THAT WILL GIVE US A BETTER IDEA.

WE DID INVITATIONS NO IN-PERSON STUDENTS AND SPECIFIC INVITATIONS TO THE FAMILIES AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION BY MAY 24 ON WHICH STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THE IN-PERSON WHICH GIVES US A BETTER IDEA OF THE STAFFING.

THE CURRENT STAFFING PROJECTIONS ARE BASED OFF OF HOW MANY STUDENTS WE TARGETED.

WE ALWAYS KNOW 100 PERCENT ARE NOT GOING TO COME IN JUST THE SAME WAY STAFF ARE EXHAUSTED RIGHT NOW, FAMILIES ARE SAYING THEIR KIDS ARE EXHAUSTED AND THEY'RE SAYING I KNOW MY CHILD MIGHT NEED THAT BUT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE OVER THE PAST YEAR AND THEY NEED A BREAK BUT I'M SORRY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT SO THAT IS GOING TO GIVE US SOME BETTER INSIGHT AROUND, YOU KNOW, OUR NUMBERS SO WE HAVE A MEETING PLANNED FOR TUESDAY TO DO A FOLLOW-UP WHEN WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT OUR DATA.

WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE TREND DATA BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE DEFINITIVE DATA ON TUESDAY TO KIND OF LOOK AT IF THERE'S A NEED FOR OUR VIRTUAL STUDENTS SPECIFICALLY LIKE OUR SUMMER LEARNING THAT'S VIRTUAL THAT WE MAY USE SOME OF THE CERTIFIED TEACHERS THROUGH VIRTUAL VIRGINIA BECAUSE THEY OFFER IT TOO AND THAT IS AN OPTION FOR US IF WE DON'T HAVE THE OWN IN-HOUSE STAFFING TO ACCOMMODATE THE VIRTUAL LEARNING BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVE PLANS THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, BUT TUESDAY IS GOING TO BE THE BIG DAY FOR US TO SOLIDIFY WHICH OPTIONS OR HYBRID OF OPTIONS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO WITH TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE STAFFING.

>> THANK YOU.

>> MR. SUAREZ?

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR ALDERTON.

I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON WITH THE CAPACITY THAT WAS -- THERE WAS THREE FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCING NEXT TO THE SCHOOLS.

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT SLIDE.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PUT THAT UP.

>> WOULD YOU LIKE THE ELEMENTARY OR THE SECONDARY?

>> YOU CAN START WITH THE ELEMENTARY.

IT'S THE SAME QUESTION FOR BOTH.

I WAS LOOKING AT THIS DURING THE PRESENTATION AND JUST SORT OF TO YOUR POINT, DR. HUTCHINGS, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CDC IS GOING TO DO, BEST-CASE SCENARIO, THE THREE FEET OF SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NO MORE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS BUT OBVIOUSLY THINGS COULD GET WORSE OR REVERSE AND SO FORTH AND SO I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF WE COULD GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO IF THE THREE FEET RULE STANDS, THINKING IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THERE'S CAPACITY FOR ALL STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, AND IT LOOKS LIKE

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I KNOW WE HAD TALKED BEFORE ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE CITY AND LOOKING FOR OTHER SPACES AND SO FORTH SO I JUST KIND OF WAS CURIOUS WHERE WE ARE THERE.

THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.

THE SECOND QUESTION IS IF WE COMPARE THE FOURTH COLUMN WITH THE CAPACITY AT THREE FEET WITH THE NUMBER OF HYBRID STUDENTS IN EACH SCHOOL, IT LOOKS LIKE EXCESS CAPACITY IN EACH SCHOOL KNOW THAT WE WERE TRANSITIONING MANY OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS TO FOUR DAYS A WEEK BEFORE AND I'M JUST KIND OF WONDERING WHAT THE STAFF'S THOUGHTS ARE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, AGAIN STARTING WITH OUR HIGHEST-NEED LEARNERS TO WHAT EXTENT WE MAY WANT TO BRING SOME OF THOSE KIDS IN FOR FOUR DAYS, THE HIGH-NEED SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS, ELL STUDENTS, ALL INDICATING THEY WANT TO BE IN PERSON.

IT LOOKS LIKE QUITE A FEW OF THESE NUMBERS FOR CAPACITY AT THREE FEET DO EXCEED THE NUMBER OF HYBRID STUDENTS WHO ARE THERE BY QUITE A BIT AND TO BE CLEAR WITH THIS QUESTION, YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT I TOO WANT TO GET AS MANY STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM VIRTUALLY WHO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON DOORS AND CALLS TO GET AS MANY OF THOSE STUDENTS AS POSSIBLE SO THAT'S WHY I'M QUALIFYING THIS QUESTION WITH THINKING ABOUT THE HIGHEST-NEED STUDENTS ON THE PRIORITIZATION MATRIX.

I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT OUR THOUGHTS ARE THERE.

>> TO ANSWER YOUR FIRST QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE FALL AND THE THREE-FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY STILL WORKING WITH THE CITY ON POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL SPACES, REC SPACES, AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY HAVING TOILET SPACES BECAUSE WHETHER WE HAVE OUR THREE FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING OR NOT WE STILL HAVE HAD A CAPACITY CONCERN IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND WE NEED TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS THEM.

WE'RE BUILDING SCHOOLS, YES, AND RENOVATING SCHOOLS BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING FAST ENOUGH AS YOU KNOW.

BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THE CITY ON SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL SPACES.

RIGHT NOW WHAT THE VIDEO IS STRESSING THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHARING WITH US ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR THE SUMMER AND FALL.

THE ONLY REASON WE'RE STILL AT SOCIAL DISTANCING RIGHT NOW AND WHY THEY'RE RECOMMENDING FOR US TO REMAIN AT SOCIAL DISTANCING WHEN POSSIBLE, THREE FEET, WHEN POSSIBLE, IS BECAUSE BY THE TIME STUDENTS ARE LIKE 12 AND OLDER ARE VACCINATED, THAT PERIOD IS GOING TO BE ONCE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED SO THEY FELT MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING SCHOOLS CURRENTLY REMAIN AT THE THREE FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING.

I CAN MAKE AN INFERENCE AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WELL, IF STUDENTS 12 AND OLDER WERE VACCINATED THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ASKING US TO DO THE THREE FEET SOCIAL DISTANCING AT

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IN REGARDS TO ADDITIONAL STUDENTS AND PARTICULARLY ARE MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS GOING TO FOUR DAYS PER WEEK AT THIS TIME WE'VE NOT CONSIDERED THIS.

WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE FOUR DAYS PER WEEK.

NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR ABSOLUTELY SOS, BUT WE'RE DOING IT WHICH AS YOU CAN IMAGINE IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON OUR SCHEDULING OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS AND WE'RE NOT PUSHING INTO THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE TO GET, YOU KNOW, THE T SCHEDULE SOLIDIFIED.

THE WAY IT WORKS NOW BECAUSE IT'S SO COMPLICATED HAVING SOLS WHILE SOME KIDS ARE HOME AND SOME ARE IN SCHOOL, THE KIDS WHO ARE VIRTUAL WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR SOL TESTING, WE CANNOT HAVE COMPUTERS ON.

WE CAN'T HAVE THEM LOOKING INTO THE CLASSROOM SO THEY'RE DOING ASYNCHRONOUS.

>> OKAY.

I HAVE DR. RIEF WITH ANOTHER QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU.

I WANTED TO ASK AGAIN A LITTLE BIT VIRTUAL VIRGINIA SINCE I KNOW WE HAVE FAMILIES TRYING MAKE THAT DECISION BEFORE MAY 24.

I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS ISSUE OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE SERVICES FOR STUDENTS WITH AN IEP OR 504ELL SERVICES OR TAG.

THERE WAS TALK ABOUT HOW THE SATELLITE CAMPUS CURRENTLY HAS BEEN DOING VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR SOME TIME AND HAS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LIMITED LEARNING BUT I THINK THAT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE THE KIDS ARE COMING IN PERSON TO THE SATELLITE CAMPUS AND WITH VIRTUAL VIRGINIA THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT HOME AND SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE -- IT SEEMS LIKE THE SCHOOL-BASED ACPS, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, ELL TEACHERS AND TAG TEACHERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES BUT THEY CAN'T DO IT DURING THE SYNCHRONOUS TIME SO CAN'T CO-TEACH IN THE CLASSROOM.

Y WEDNESDAY BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S GOING TO FIT WITH OUR OWN SCHEDULE AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRICULUM AND PACING IS DIFFERENT SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE ANOTHER FORM OF CONCURRENT TEACHING IN A WAY HERE FOR THE ELL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION WHO MAY BE IN VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW YOU'RE THINKING OF DOING THAT AND WHO YOU ARE PARTNERING WITH.

ARLINGTON AND FAIRFAX DECIDED TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN, BUT TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW YOU OPTED FOR VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.

>> IF WE CAN HAVE DR. NICKERSON TALK ABOUT THIS.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, MS. RIEF.

HOW WE STRUCTURE THE SERVICES WILL FIRST DEPEND ON WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE WHEN WE ANALYZE THE NUMBERS ON TUESDAY.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT HOW MANY ELL STUDENTS WE HAVE THAT SELECTED VIRTUAL VIRGINIA AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT GRADE LEVELS AND ELP LEVELS AND FROM THAT POINT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR TEACHER ALLOCATION BY SCHOOL, LOOKING AT HOW THE STUDENTS ARE CLUSTERED BY SCHOOL AND SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR IS LIKELY THAT WE'LL HAVE A CASELOAD FOR OUR TEACHERS THAT INCLUDE THE STUDENTS IN VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.

AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THUS FAR IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WEDNESDAY OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION AND FOR THE SECONDARY STUDENTS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ON FRIDAYS FOR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.

WE'RE HOPING THERE'LL BE YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THOSE TWO PIECES OF TIME.

WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH OTHERS AND ALSO WORKING WITH THE TEXT, AS ACPS PROVIDES THE TEXT, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THE CURRICULUM GUIDES AND LESSON PLANS, HELPING THE SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL HELPS THE STUDENTS ACCESS THE CONTENT, SO LEVEL READERS AND WHATEVER KIND OF SUPPLEMENTALS ARE DESIGNED FOR ELL STUDENTS, AND WE'LL COLLABORATE WITH SATELLITE OF COURSE TO LEARN BEST PRACTICES FOR WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.

>> MRS. WARNER, YOU WANTED TO SHARE?

>> THANK YOU.

DR. RIEF, AT THIS POINT I CAN TELL YOU WHAT I DO KNOW AND WHAT I DON'T KNOW AND I'LL BE VERY UP FRONT AND SAY THERE'S STILL SEVERAL THINGS THAT I DO NOT KNOW

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WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA TEAM HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE CAN'T CO-TEACH DURING THEIR DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL TIME.

I DO KNOW THEY'VE SAID THEY'LL WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL-BASED STAFF AND CASE MANAGERS TO PROVIDE DATA AND TO ADDRESS INFORMATION THAT THEY GATHER REGARDING STUDENT PERFORMANCE.

WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT ACPS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN A STUDENT'S IEP AND THAT WE'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THAT DURING THE STUDENT'S ASYNCHRONOUS TIME.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY RECEIVE THEIR SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES.

HAVING SAID THAT WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS EXACTLY THE STRUCTURE IN WHICH WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND HOW THAT WILL WORK UNTIL I GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I'M BRAIN STORMING WITH OUR STAFF ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE MAY APPROACH THAT.

I'LL BE VERY HONEST AND SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ACCESS THE GENERAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE SERVICES RECEIVES THOSE SERVICES IN AN INCLUSIONARY SETTING AND THAT'S HOW WE LOOK AT THE LEAST RESTRICTED ENVIRONMENT AND WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CONTINUUM OF SERVICES ON LEAST RESTRICT ENVIRONMENT AND WE'RE BY DEFAULT GOING TO BE REQUIRED BECAUSE WE CAN'T CO-TEACH TO PUT STUDENTS INTO A MORE RESTRICTIVE SETTING.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN A SPECIAL ED SETTING IN ORDER TO RECEIVE SERVICES.

I'M SEEKING ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

I REACHED OUT ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO TO MY REGION FOUR COLLEAGUES AND ASKED THIS BE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR OUR REGION FOUR MEETING WHICH IS NEXT WEEK.

WE HAD EXCHANGED EMAILS BETWEEN US BRAIN STORMING OPTIONS.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE COLLEAGUE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME SORT OF REGIONAL PROGRAMMING.

I'M NOT SHOWER HOW THAT WOULD WORK BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

IN ADDITION WE'RE NOT THE FIRST SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN USING VIRTUAL VIRGINIA AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST YEAR VIRTUAL VIRGINIA HAS BEEN USED SO I HAVE ASKED FOR CONTACT INFORMATION FROM OTHER DISTRICTS USING IT AND ASCERTAINING HOW THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING THEIR MODEL AND HOW THEY'RE DOING THAT SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WE ARE IN VERY SERIOUS RESEARCH MODE AND DEVELOPMENT MODE AND THAT'S WHAT I KNOW RIGHT NOW.

>> MRS. WARNER, JUST ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION, BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU SAID THIS BEFORE BUT STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THE CITY-WIDE PROGRAM, SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO BE VIRTUAL WE WOULD ACTUALLY HANDLE THEIR VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION OURSELVES? NO? AM I WRONG.

>> THANK YOU.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AS SOON AS I CLICKED MY MICROPHONE TO MUTE I THOUGHT I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT CITY-WIDE.

YES, THE STUDENTS WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DISABILITIES ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR VIRTUAL VIRGINIA AND THEY WON'T RECEIVE IT THROUGH THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA.

THEY WILL THROUGH THE ALTERNATIVE SOLS, AND WE'LL HAVE TO DEVELOP THE OWN VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND I DO HAVE A SEPARATE TEAM.

WE HAD A MEETING EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT THIS AND, AGAIN, TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AND DIFFERENT OPTIONS ALONG WITH DR. AARON STONE AND MRS. DEALMO AND WE'VE COME UP WITH A CONSTRUCT OF A PLAN AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TEAMS TO DEVELOP IT.

WE'RE REALLY WAITING TO SEE WHAT OUR NUMBERS LOOK LIKE.

AFTER MARCH 21 I THINK -- MARCH 24, PARDON ME, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND KNOW JUST EXACTLY WHO WE'RE PLANNING FOR AND WHAT DECISIONS WE NEED TO MAKE BUT WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE OUR FOR STUDENTS WHO DO NOT ACCESS THE GENERAL ED PROGRAM.

>> THANK YOU.

MR. SUAREZ, YOUR HAND IS UP.

DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN CLEAR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WE JUST WANT KIDS TO COME BACK TO

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THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

MOVING ALONG, WE HAVE NEW BUSINESS TODAY.

[13. English Language Arts Textbook Resource Adoption (Grades 6-12)]

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET INFO TODAY SO I'LL HAND THAT OVER.

SHOULD I JUST GO STRAIGHT TO?

>> WE'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO THE DOCTOR.

>> THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOPICS.

ANY TIME WE CAN BRING FORWARD RESOURCES AND MATERIALS AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WE JUST PARTICULARLY WITH THIS ADOPTION, THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ONLY RESOURCES AND MATERIALS BUT IT'S ALSO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SO JUST REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION.

I WOULD LIKE INTRODUCE DR. GERALD MAN AND WE'LL INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE TONIGHT.

>> .

>> THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD AND IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- ONE IS WRITING THE MEMO AND MICHELLE IS GOING OVER THE CONTENT, SO AS INDICATED, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND AGAIN THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR DEDICATING FUNDS FOR TEXTBOOKS IN THE CI PINCH HITTER BUDGET SO WE'RE ON A YEARLY SCHEDULE AND SECONDARY ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS IS NEXT.

MICHELLE, I'LL DONE IT OVER TO YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. MANN.

GOOD EVENING TO YOU ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE FOR OUR RESOURCE ADOPTION.

WE HAD AN INCREDIBLE TIME PUTTING THIS TOGETHER SO WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.

WE'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF ESSENTIALS GUIDING US.

FIRST, WHY ARE NEW TEXTBOOKS RECOMMENDED? AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE PROCESS THAT WE UNDERTOOK FOR RECOMMENDING THE NEW TEXTBOOKS.

FINALLY, HOW DO THESE MATERIALS ALIGN WITH OUR ACPS PRIORITIES AND WHERE ARE WE IN THE PROCESS OF THE NEXT STEPS.

Q FOR YOU.

THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION APPROVED NEW STANDARDS IN '17, THEN IN '18 AND '19 THEY DID THEIR OWN TEXTBOOK RESEARCH AND PROVIDED A LIST OF RESOURCES THAT THEY APPROVED AND THEN IN '18 AND '19, OUR TRANSITION YEAR TO THE NEW STANDARDS.

THE CROSS-OVER YEAR.

'19 AND '20, THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION.

IT'S GREAT WE'RE ADOPTING THE NEW ONES WHEN THE NEW STANDARDS ARE IN.

THE MATERIALS INCLUDE RESOURCES FOR SIX 12.

THEY ALIGN WITH THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS AND THE PAST CRUSH ALUMINUM AND INCLUDING INTERACTIVE AND ONLINE RESOURCES AND AS YOU KNOW THIS IS NEW AND IT'S COMING FROM OUR CAPITAL RCIP FUNDING, SO EXCITED THAT PAT IS PUT INTO PLACE SO THERE'S ALLOTTED FUNDING EACH YEAR FOR TEXTBOOKS RESOURCE ADOPTION.

A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS.

WE BEGAN THIS BACK IN NOVEMBER WHERE WE PUT TOGETHER THE SELECTION

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WE ISSUED AN RFP AND TEXTBOOKS SELECTION COMMITTEE MEANT TO REVIEW THE VENDOR SUBMISSIONS AND NARROW THEM DOWN.

FROM FEBRUARY TO APRIL THE COMMITTEE MET AND GATHERED FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMITTEE AND TOOK THE MATERIALS BACK TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE GRADE-LEVEL TEAMS AND RECEIVED FEEDBACK AND BROUGHT THAT BACK TO THE LARGER TEXTBOOK SELECTION COMMITTEE.

THE VENDORS GAVE PRESENTATION AND ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS AND WE ALSO PROVIDED A PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE TEXTBOOK RESOURCES AVAILABLE.

WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE IN APRIL AND MAY THE COMMITTEE MADE THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROCUREMENT AND ARE GOING TO PRESENT THEM TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR REVIEW AND THEN HOPEFULLY PROCUREMENT WILL NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS AND WE'LL FINALIZE SOMEWHERE IN JUNE TO AUGUST WHERE WE FINALIZE THE PROCESS AND PROVIDE ONLINE ACCESS TO TEACHERS IN JUNE AND DISTRIBUTE MATERIALS TO SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS AND PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN JUNE AND PROBABLY THROUGH THE SUMMER BUT ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY COME BACK IN AUGUST.

THE TEXTBOOK SELECTION, WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT REPRESENTED ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN ACPS, ALL MAKING SURE OUR SELECTIONS ALIGNED WITH OUR TECH NEEDS AND RESOURCES WITH ACPS.

I WANT TO GIVE THEM ALL A HUGE SHOUT-OUT FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND ALL OF THE TIME THEY GAVE TO REVIEW THE MATERIALS.

IT WAS A LOT OF MATERIALS TO REVIEW AND A LOT OF VENDOR PROPOSALS.

THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

THANK YOU TO THE TEXTBOOK SELECTION COMMITTEE.

WE HAD SEVERAL THINGS AT THE FOREFRONT FOR THIS.

THE FIRST, MAKING SURE THAT THE MATERIALS HAD TO ALIGN WITH THE ENGLISH STANDARDS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY PROVIDED GUIDANCE AND RESOURCES FOR MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR DIVERSE LEARNERS.

WE ALSO WANTED TO ENSURE THE RESOURCES PRESENT MULTIPLE AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND THEY DIGITAL RESOURCES WITH ANYTHING THAT WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH THE LAST YEAR, THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRATING BOTH PRINT AND DIGITAL RESOURCES SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE VENDORS HAVE DIGITAL RESOURCES TOO AND FINANCIAL THANKS TO OUR TEXTURES FOLKS WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR RESOURCES INTEGRATED SEAMLESSLY PROVIDING AN EASIER ENTRY AWAY FOR OUR STAFF TO USE THE RESOURCES.

RIGHT NOW THE MATERIALS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE AND IN-PERSON REVIEW.

YOU CAN REQUEST TO REVIEW THEM THROUGH AN IN-PERSON PROCESS, THROUGH MS. PINEAL.

SHE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU.

YOU HAVE LINKS I BELIEVE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA TO HELP YOU REVIEW THE RESOURCES.

WELL WORK ON THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND LOOK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ADOPT AND APPROVE IN A JUNE 2021 MEETING AND HOPEFULLY MOVE FORWARD WITH INITIATING THE PROCUREMENT PURCHASE PROCESS.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED AND LET ME KNOW IF I CAN SHARE ANYTHING ELSE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? OKAY.

SEEING THAT THEY'RE NONE I KNOW WE'LL BE INTRODUCED TO THE MATERIALS AT SOME POINT AND THEN AS YOU SAID, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO ADOPT IN JUNE.

THAT IS COMING ON THE HORIZON.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT.

NEXT UP WE HAVE OUR FY '21 QUARTER 3CIP QUARTERLY REPORT.

[14. FY21 Q3 CIP Quarterly Report]

>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU THE OF THEIR HARD WORK BECAUSE I RECALL WHEN I FIRST APPROVED HERE THREE YEARS AGO ALL OF OUR CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH FACILITIES AND HOW WE ARE SO FAR BEHIND ON X, Y AND Z

[01:50:03]

I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY BUT YOU ALL DO IT SO GRACEFULLY AND YOU'RE DEFINITELY TAKING US TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN REGARDS TO HOW WE OPERATE OUR ORGANIZATION.

I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO DR. HART TO INTRODUCE OUR TEAM AND GO INTO OUR UPDATE.

>> THANK YOU.

YOU ACTUALLY STOLE MY OPENING THUNDER.

I WAS GOING TO THANK OUR AWESOME CAPITAL TEAM.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF A PUSH-THROUGH AND HOW WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH EVEN THROUGH TIMES OF COVID.

WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JOHN.

>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD, AND DR. HUTCHINGS.

THE THIRD QUARTER UPDATE, ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS OF WHAT INCLUDES THE CIP, WHICH INCLUDES A TEN-YEAR BUDGET TO MODERNIZE BUILDINGS AND TECHNOLOGY AND GO OVER THE FUNDS REMAINING AND WHAT PROGRESS WE ANTICIPATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE CIP INCLUDES ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT OFFICE, FACILITIES WHICH INCLUDES BOTH THE OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND OFFICE OF CAPITAL PLANNING FORMS AND DESIGN.

TEXTBOOKS, TECHNOLOGY, TRANSPORTATION, SAFETY AND SECURITY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE CURRENT CORE SPENDING PROGRESS, DELVING INTO THE DETAILS, WHAT I WOULD NOTE ON THIS SLIDE IS THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE FACILITIES.

INFORMATION.

SO FOR THE TOTAL FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET, 156 MILLION.

THE EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER WAS ALMOST 49 MILLION.

LEAVING US WITH THE REMAINING YEAR END BALANCE AT THIS POINT OF 107,000,680,000.

WHAT I WOULD NOTE IS THIS REMAINING FUNDING WILL START TO DECREASE AS BIDS ARE AWARDED.

INFORMATION.

I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE FOR THE NEXT PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST SOME BRIEF UPDATES ON THE CAPACITY PROJECTS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF UPDATES ON THE PROJECTS IN COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

HIGH SCHOOL PROJECTS, WE GOT A LOT OF WORK DONE IN QUARTER THREE.

THE SCHOOL BOARD MADE THE DECISION TO ELIMINATE HOUSING FROM CONSIDERATION.

THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED THE EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATION, GUIDING THE DESIGN, AND CONCEPTS QUARTER FOUR, ANTICIPATING A CONCEPT SELECTION WHICH HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS.

DOUGLAS MCARTHUR, GMP AMENDMENT WAS AWARDED.

THE TEAM STARTED ON SITE.

WE ANTICIPATE FULL DEMOLITION IN QUARTER FOUR WITH THE AWARD OF GMP 2.

THOSE HAVE OCCURRED AND DEMOLITION IS NEARING COMPLETION.

THE JOINT FACILITIES MASTER PLAN, WE WORK WITH THE CITY ON DEVELOPING IT.

WE HOST A COMMUNITY WEBINAR IN QUARTER THREE AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING A DRAFT OF THE REPORT BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

I'LL TURN IT BACK TO YOU, JOHN.

>> THANK YOU.

SO TO GO OVER A FEW OF OUR PROJECTS OF NONCAPACITY.

FIRST OF ALL, THE ELEVATOR PROGRESS THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER INCLUDING STRUCTURAL STEEL MODIFICATIONS ALONG THE CEILING AS WELL AS POURING CONCRETE IN THE PIT OF THE ELEVATOR, FIREPROOFING AROUND AND MASONRY WALLS AND COLD FORMED STEEL FRAMING FOR THE CAN.

[01:55:01]

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THE FRANCIS HAMMOND MULTI-COURT, PROGRESS THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER IS THE CONTRACTOR MOBILIZED TO SITE AND THEY REMOVED THE EXISTING TENNIS COURT SURFACE AS WELL AS UNDERLYING SUBBASE.

WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT TEN TO 12 INCHES THAT WAS REMOVED BECAUSE OF BUILD-UP OVER THE YEARS.

WE LOWERED THE SUBGRADE TO DESIGNEDDAL INDICATION, AND BROUGHT IN SOIL TO ACHIEVE THE DESIGN COMPASSION AND THAT PROGRESS CONTINUES.

WE ANTICIPATE FENCING AND THE BASKETBALL GOAL AS WELL AS STORAGE FOR FOOT SALT, A THREE-SPORT SPORT, IN-LINE HOCKEY, BASKETBALL.

INFORMATION.

>> THE FRANCIS HAMMOND GYM, WE PAINTED THE ENTIRE GYM INCLUDING THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT STEEL RAFTERS AND JOISTS.

IT'S COMPLETE.

IT MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

IT LOOKS GREAT.

WE PAINTED THE BEAMS BLUE AND IT BRINGS NEW LIFE TO THE GYM.

INFORMATION.

PARKER GRAY STADIUM PROJECT CONTINUED.

OVER THE WINTER WE HAD A SHUTDOWN DUE TO THE WEATHER IN TEXAS WITH ONE OF OUR SUBCONTRACTORS HOWEVER WE BROUGHT IN MORE STONE AND CONTINUED COMPACTION OF THE FIELD AND EMPHASIS AT THE TIME WAS ON THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO.

THAT IS THE CONCESSION BUILDING AS WELL AS THE RESTROOM AND STORAGE BUILDING, AND STORM WATER MANAGEMENT WORK CONTINUED AND ELECTRICAL RUNS.

THROUGH THE FOURTH QUARTER, CONSTRUCTION WORK CONTINUES, NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS GETTING NICE THINGS WILL REALLY START TO PICK UP AND WE'LL BE NEARING SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AT THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER AND CONSTRUCTION WILL PUSH INTO THE SUMMER.

INFORMATION.

THE GEORGE WASHINGTON LIBRARY, RENOVATIONS, WE GOT NEW CARPET THROUGHOUT THE MAIN LIBRARY AND ATTACHED ROOMS. WE ARE MOVING ON TO PAINTING.

THAT PROJECT REALLY GIVE US A NICE SPACE WHERE WE CAN HOLD SOME OF THE PTA MEETINGS, ET CETERA.

THAT PROJECT IS FINISHED AND BEING CLOSED OUT.

INFORMATION.

SO SOME OF OUR ONGOING AND UPCOMING PROJECTS, FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENTS.

WE ACTUALLY WERE GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS DURING QUARTER THREE, WE PUT OUT THE BID AND INTERVIEWED OFFICIALS AND NARROWED IT DOWN TO TWO OFFICIALS.

WE HAD FINISHED THOSE NEGOTIATIONS AND WE JUST SIGNED THAT CONTRACT SO THAT WORK WILL BE STARTING SHORTLY.

THEY'LL START SETTING UP SCHEDULES TO GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND START IT.

JAMES POLK, FLOORING REPLACING, GETTING RID OF THE 20 OR 30-YEAR-OLD CARPET WITH ASBESTOS MATERIAL UNDER IT AND ENJOYING TOOL, AND THE MATTHEW MAURY KITCHEN RENOVATION AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THAT'S OUR SUMMARY TO SHOW OUR PRIORITIES AND EXPENDITURES AND THE APPROACHES WE HAVE BEEN USING WITH THE CIP DOLLARS.

AT THIS POINT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I MEAN, I ECHO THE JOY OF RECEIVING THESE PRESENTATIONS.

GOOD WORK, GUYS.

AND AS ALWAYS, MAJOR KUDOS TO DR. HART.

GOOD STUFF.

GOOD STUFF, DR. HART'S TEAM.

I HAVE MS. GENTRY AND THEN MS. RIEF, DR. RIEF.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST FIRST OFF, I MEAN, THESE ARE NOW LIKE REALLY -- WE'VE GOTTEN CIP REPORTS FOR YEARS AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO LOOK AT IT AND BE LIKE, I'M GOING TO ENJOY THIS PRESENTATION.

IT'S REALLY A TREAT AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT WEREN'T HERE IN PERSON THERE WAS ALL THESE APPRECIATIVE MURMURS GOING THROUGH THE ROOM AS NEW SLIDES WENT UP.

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JUST AT CLARIFICATION ON THE STADIUM WORK.

WHEN SCHOOL OPENS IN THE FALL WHAT LEVEL OF FUNCTIONALITY ACCESS WILL THERE BE FOR THE PARKER GRAY STADIUM? IS IT EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETELY DONE? I WANT TO MANAGE EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS.

>> WHEN SCHOOL OPENS IN THE FALL THE SURFACE WILL BE READY.

WE'LL BE HOLDING THE FIRST GAME AT THE END OF AUGUST THERE.

THERE MIGHT BE A FEW PUNCH LIST ITEMS REMAINING, STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, PLANTS, ET CETERA, BUT THE FIELD WILL BE FUNCTIONAL AND READY FOR THE FIRST GAME.

>> WITH THE LIGHTS AS WELL?

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

>> THERE'S CLAPPING GOING ON HERE FOR THOSE OF YOU AT HOME.

DR. RIEF?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DR. HART AND MR. FINNEGAN.

I AGREE.

IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND THE PICTURES OF THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING.

I'M REALLY EXCITED.

I WANT TO SAY ABOUT THE MULTI-COURT.

THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

THAT'S GOING TO GET A LOT OF USE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

I HAD ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE BUDGET PROCESS ABOUT HAVING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PLAYGROUNDS AND OUTDOOR SPACE ACROSS THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND YOU SAID THAT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE FCAS THAT ARE COMING OUT.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN WE THINK THOSE WILL BE COMPLETED.

I KNOW THEY'RE STARTING MAYBE IN THE SUMMER AND HOW LONG CAN WE EXPECT THOSE TO TAKE AND I WAS CURIOUS IF WE COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THE HEPA FILTERS.

YOU MENTIONED THE REPLACEMENT FILTERS ARE $100,000 AND I WAS WONDERING HOW FREQUENTLY THEY HAVE TO BE REPLACE.

>> I WILL TAKE THE FIRST PART OF THAT QUESTION AND THEN JOHN I'LL TOSS IT TO YOU ABOUT THE SCHEDULING.

I WANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE PLAYGROUNDS.

THERE'LL BE A CURSORY REVIEW OF THE EXTERIOR SITES FOR THE FCA BUT WE ALSO HAVE SCHEDULED PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS THROUGH THE SAFETY AND SECURITY SERVICES OFFICE SO YOU'LL GET THOSE DETAILED REPORTS COMING OUT OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THEN A GENERAL BROWN'S ASSESSMENT.

IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING, WE ACTUALLY JUST FINISHED UP WITH THE PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES AND THE SCHEDULING.

>> A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.

IN ADDITION TO THE PLAYGROUNDS WE DO HAVE CIP MONEY FOR A FEW OF THEM.

WE'RE FINALIZING PLAYGROUND DESIGN FOR CHARLES BARRETT BUT AS YOU KNOW THE CITY IS ALSO WORKING ON THE PLAYGROUND OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE REC CENTER SO WE'LL PROBABLY DO OURS NOT THIS SUMMER BUT THE FOLLOWING SUMMER.

WE'RE DESIGNING FOR THE SMALLER PLAYGROUND AT JAMES POLK FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS TOWARDS THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AND THEN WE ALSO ARE PLANNING ON OUTDOOR LEARNING AS WELL AS PLAYGROUND SPACE SO THERE'S A FEW ADDITIONAL PLAYGROUNDS WE'RE PLANNING AHEAD ON.

AS FAR AS THE FCA, WE'LL BE STARTING THAT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AND THEY'LL BE WRAPPING UP IN OCTOBER AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE QUICKER WE GET THEM OUT THERE AND LET THEM SEE ALL OF THE FACILITIES, TAKE INVENTORY, THE QUICKER THAT WILL GO SO WE'RE PLANNING FOR THAT BUT EXPECT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT IN THE FALL.

>> THE LAST PIECE ABOUT THE HEPA FILTERS, THE INSTALLATION, ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO IT WAS DONE.

IT WENT WELL.

WE HAD THE SUPPORT OF OUR VENDOR TO COME DOWN.

I BELIEVE THEY WERE LOCATED IN TEXAS AND CAME DOWN TO HELP WITH THE PHYSICAL INSTALLATION.

FROM ALL ACCOUNTS WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF USE AND THE ACOUSTICS BEING THAT THEY DON'T REALLY MAKE A LOT OF NOISE WHICH I THINK IS A GENERAL CONCERN WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING SO MANY PURIFIERS IN ONE SPACE.

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>> THANK YOU.

MS. GREENE.

>> I LOST CONNECTIVITY SO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME TALK ON THE STADIUM AND FORGIVE ME IF THIS IS A REPEAT BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR IT.

I WANTED TO KNOW ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS DONE HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR THE CITY TO SIGN OFF ON PERMITS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO THAT THE STADIUM IS TOTALLY OURS AND WE CAN USE IT -- WE CAN START USING IT?

>> WE HAVE A BUILDING PERMIT FOR IT.

WE GET TRADE PERMITS AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND WE GET INSPECTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECENTLY HAD SOME ELECTRICAL PERMITS SIGNED OFF, AND WE'RE COMPLETE THERE.

WE HAVE INSPECTIONS ON STORM WATER MANAGEMENT.

ONE OF OUR TWO DIFFERENT RETENTION FACILITIES AND SO THAT IS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS.

THE LAST PIECE WILL BE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY SO WE'RE WORKING WITH CODE FROM THE CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT IN GIVING THEM HEADS UP ON THE SCHEDULE AND ABOUT WHEN WE THINK WE'LL BE COMPLETE.

IF EVERYTHING'S NOT COMPLETE WE'LL GET A PARTIAL CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

THE FIELD WILL BE FINISHED OVER THE SUMMER AND WE'LL BE READY FOR THE FIRST GAME AT THE END OF AUGUST.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

> QUARTER FOUR.

SO WITH THAT SAID, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ACT SEVEN THE FY2021CIP REPORT FOR QUARTER THREE.

>> I MOVE WE ACCEPT THE REPORT.

>> SECOND.

>> [VOTE] >> OUR CIP REPORT IS ACCEPTED AT NINE YES'S.

[15. Report from Meagan L. Alderton]

MOVING ON TO THE CHAIR'S REPORT.

NOT TOO MANY EXCITING THINGS HERE UNLESS YOU LIKE MEETINGS.

UP ON MAY 24 AT 5:00 P.M.

AND THAT WILL BE HOSTED BY THE CITY.

WE HAVE OUR AD HOC SCHOOL BOARD ADVISORY SUPPORT COMMITTEE WILL HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING MAY 25 AT 5:00 P.M.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT WORK.

WE HAVE A WORK SESSION MAY 27 AND THAT WILL INCLUDE ADD-DELETES IF NEEDED AFTER TONIGHT AND THAT'S OUR TITLE 9 POLICIES, CORRECT.

FINALLY WE HAVE A BOARD MEETING COMING UP ON JUNE 3RD.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO SEE IF DR. HUTCHINGS HAS A REPORT.

[16. Report from Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr.]

>> NOT NECESSARILY A REPORT.

I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING RECENTLY.

THIS WEEK WE HAD ANTI-RACISM TRAINING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR LEADERS AND IT'S BEEN SO EYE-OPENING, REFRESHING, EXHAUSTING, RIGHT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RACE IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE.

IT'S NOT A TOPIC THAT PEOPLE ONE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED THIS WEEK IN OUR SESSION WAS THE FACT THAT WE REALLY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO START HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS HERE AT THE DAIS AND WITH THE BOARD AROUND SOME OF THE RACISM THAT OUR STAFF AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ENCOUNTERS IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

AND AS WE ARE TAKING ON THIS JOURNEY OF ANTI-RACISM, IT WILL BEHOOVE US TO BEGIN TO START SPEAKING THE TRUTH AND ALLOWING FOR US TO HAVE THAT SAFE SPACE TO DO THAT.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT'S GOING TO CHANGE.

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WE HAVE TO REALLY START ADDRESSING THIS.

IT'S LIKE SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START SAYING SOMETHING.

SO I'M HOPING THAT AS WE ENTER THIS NEXT PHASE AND WE BEGIN TO CONTINUE IN YEAR TWO OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THAT WE START FINDING TIME TO HAVE THOSE PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS.

ONE THING OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS WORKING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING PODCASTS IN THE FALL AND SPRING AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSIONS ON RACE AND BRINGING IN DIFFERENT SPEAKERS AND HISTORIANS AND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION EXPERTS TO COME IN AND HELP EVERYBODY NAVIGATE THIS VERY, VERY CHALLENGING ROAD THAT WE'RE ALL FACED WITH.

T COUNTRY AND THE RACIAL INEQUITIES WE HAVE, BECAUSE I SAY WE'RE IN A DUAL PANDEMIC, COVID AND RACIAL INEQUITIES THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR OVER 400 YEARS, AND AS THE COUNTRY IS DEALING WITH THIS, THIS IS AN TO FOR US IN ACPS TO BE EXEMPLARS AND TO SAY RACIAL EQUITY IS THE HEART OF OUR WORK.

THAT IS WHAT WE ADOPTED, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED IN OUR PLAN OF '22 AND NOW WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SHOW THAT WE BELIEVE THIS.

IT'S WRITTEN BUT OUR ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS AND I THINK WE NEED TO SAY NO MORE.

I SEE THE SIGNS THAT SAYS HATE'S NOT WELCOME HERE.

NO MORE HATE.

WELL, THIS IS OUR TEAM TO STOP ALLOWING PEOPLE TO HATE ON US AND ACCEPTING THAT BECAUSE ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

AND I CAN TELL YOU WHAT, I'M SICK OF IT.

I'M NOT GOING TO BE BITING MY TONGUE MUCH LONGER.

I WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE WE HAD A VERY DEEP DISCUSSION THIS WEEK ABOUT IT AS A TEAM AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD AND VERY HOPEFUL IN REGARDS TO OUR JOURNEY.

THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE.

>> THANK YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY OTHER THAN YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT FOR THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR EVERYONE ELSE BUT I THINK THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE LONG OVERDUE.

>> MY SUPPORT.

>> WITH THAT SAID, MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO INTO RECESS BEFORE WE HAVE OUR WORK SESSION, SO IT IS NOW 7:17 P.M.

AND SO MR. GREENE GOING TO GIVE TEN MINUTES.

TEN MINUTES.

IS THAT OKAY, MRS. GREENE.

>> WHY DON'T WE SAY 7:30, TO MAKE IT AN EVEN NUMBER.

>> WE CAN SAY 7:30 BECAUSE IT'S 7:18.

I DON'T WANT TO GET YELLED OUT.

7:30 WE'LL RETURN TO OUR WORK SESSION.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

GUYS WE'RE COMING OUT OF RECESS.

SO I'M CALLING THIS MEETING BACK TO ORDER AT 9:24 P.M.

AND IN DOING THAT MS. NOLAN IS GOING TO READ US INTO CLOSE.

[18. Closed Meeting]

>> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THE BOARD CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2-3711A29 FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS OR OFFERORS, AND DISCUSSION OF THE TERMS OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT, WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE PUBLIC BODY.

I ALSO MOVE THE BOARD CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT VIRGINIA CODE 2.2-3711A1 FOR THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYMENT AND CONTRACTUAL NOTICE FOR ONE SPECIFIC PUBLIC EMPLOYEE.

>> SECOND.

>> MS. GENTRY SECONDED MS. NOLAN'S MOTION.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

[VOTE] >> WE'RE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION.

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>> ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU CERTIFIED THE CLOSED MEETING.

>> PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2-3712 I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CERTIFY THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED AND -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- LAWFULLY EXEMPTED BY THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, OR HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD IN A CLOSED MEETING HELD ON MAY 20, 2021.

>> SECOND.

>> I HAVE MS. GREENE WHO SECONDED MS. NOLAN'S MOTION.

I'LL CALL THE VOTE.

[VOTE] THE VOTE 9-0.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

>> MAY WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING >>THERE WAS THREE MOTIONS.

>> LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE.

[VOTE] THE VOTE IS 9.

GOOD NIGHT.

>> GOOD NIGHT.

>> YOU'RE A GREAT BUNCH.

>> GOOD NIGHT.

>> YOU, TOO, MARGARET.

[ADJOURNMENT]

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.