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SO WELCOME, EVERYONE, TO THIS WORK SESSION ON THIS LOVELY DAY, MAY 27, AND WE ARE STARTING THE WORK SESSION AT 5:06 P.M.WE ARE GOING TO START -- WE HAVE TWO AGENDA ITEMS, ONE IS A BUDGET DISCUSSION AND THE OTHER IS THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT PRESENTATION AND SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH
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THE BUDGET FIRST AND I KNOW THE TWO THINGS THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT ARE, ONE, THE STAFF RESPONSE, SHARING THAT, TO THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL BONUSES FOR TEACHERS.I'LL HAND IT OVER TO DR. HUTCHINS.
>> I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. TURNER.
AS WE DO THAT I WANT TO THANK THE FINANCE TEAM AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN REGARDS TO OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR.
AS YOU ALL CAN IMAGINE, I MEAN, WE'RE CONSTANTLY PIVOTING, IT'S THE NEW WORD.
IT USED TO BE UNPRECEDENTED LAST YEAR.
WE PIVOT EVERY WEEK, ALMOST EVERY DAY, BUT OUR TEAM CONTINUES TO RISE ABOVE AND I AND YOUR DETERMINATION WITH THAT.
I THINK THESE TWO BUDGET ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE SHARING TODAY ARE EXCITING.
ONE, IT'S ABOUT THE BUDGET ADVISORY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATIONS AND JUST OUR RESPONSE TO THAT AND I WANT TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR. TURNER TO TALK THROUGH THAT AND THE OTHER IS THE RECOMMENDATION -- I WANT TO YOU BE DR. SO BAD.
MR.. THE OTHER IS IN REGARDS TO THE POTENTIAL BONUS THAT WE COULD BE PROVIDING ALL STAFF THIS YEAR, SO THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR BUT I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MR. TURNER SO HE CAN PROVIDE, HE AND HIS TEAM CAN PROVIDE THE OVERVIEW.
FROM MY TEAM I'LL SAY THANK YOU ON JUNE 3RD ONCE THE BUDGET IS ADOPTED SO AND WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
JUST ANOTHER WEEK TO GO, TEAM.
SO WE APPRECIATE THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEIR WORK.
WE APPRECIATE THEY ADDED THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS.
WE WANTED TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE JUST TO ADDRESS TWO ITEMS IN THE REPORT AND THEN TWO OF THE TEN RECOMMENDATIONS.
OVERALL WE BELIEVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BAC PROVIDED WILL HELP PROVIDE MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR THE BUDGET CALENDAR FOR NEXT YEAR AS WELL AS HELP US CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR BUDGET PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
SO THE TWO ITEMS IN THE REPORT THAT WE RESPONDED TO WAS JUST THE OVERALL LENGTH OF THE BUDGET BOOK.
THE REPORT STATED OUR BUDGET BOOK WAS LONGER THAN OTHER SCHOOL DIVISION BOOKS PLUS THEIR JURISDICTIONS BOOK AND OUR BUDGET BOOK IS 415 PAGES AND JUST A QUICK LOOK AT SOME OF THE SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THE SHORTER BOOKS, STPS HAS 1,000, PLUS, APS, ROUGHLY 600, SO FORTH AND SO FORTH AND THE REASON WHY OUR BUDGET BOOK IS 450 PAGES BECAUSE WE PARTICIPATE IN TWO PROGRAMS, ASBO AND FGOA FOR EXCELLENCE AND FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS AND THOSE PROGRAMS BASICALLY LET US KNOW WHAT SHOULD BE IN OUR BOOKS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A TRANSPARENT BUDGET DOCUMENT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S QUITE LENGTHY.
AND THEN AS ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WE COULD REDUCE THAT TO TRY TO SAVE SOME STAFF TIME.
AGAIN THIS COMES BACK TO THE FACT THAT WE DO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE PROGRAMS FOR EXCELLENT FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN BUT WE HAVE TWO OTHER DOCUMENTS TO OFFER, YOU KNOW, SMALLER SIZES FOR READERS THAT MIGHT NOT WANT TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE BOOK BUT MIGHT WANT TO KNOW THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE DOING SO, YOU KNOW, APPLYING OUR -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- PRINCIPLE THAT CAME OUT OF THE COMMUNICATIONS AUDIT WE HAD WHERE THE MONEY GOES DOCUMENTED, WHICH IS OUR BITE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE BUDGET AND BRIEF, WHICH IS THE SNACK AND THE BUDGET BOOK IS OUR MEAL.
SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS FOR DIFFERENT READERS TO GET WHAT THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF THE BUDGET PROCESS OR THE JUDGE DOCUMENTS.
THE OTHER ITEM, IN THE REPORT THEY RESEARCHED FOUR JURISDICTIONS AND THE
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SEQUENCING OF THE PROPOSING OF THE BUDGET BY THE JURISDICTION AND THE OTHER PROVING OF THE BUDGET BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND IN THE REPORT IT SAID THAT ACPS WAS THE OUTLIER IN SEQUENCING OUR SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL AFTER THE CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSAL BUT IT LISTED IN THERE THAT TWO SCHOOL DIVISIONS DO THEIR SEQUENCING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL PRIOR AND ONE AFTER AND THEN NEWPORT NEWS WAS NOT LISTED IN THERE SO WHEN YOU TAKE INTO COUNT THE FIVE JURISDICTIONS TWO OF THE SCHOOL DIVISIONS SEQUENCE IT LIKE WE DO.TWO OF THE SCHOOL DIVISIONS SEQUENCE ITIVELY THAN US AND NEW PORT NEWS, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE ON THE SAME DAY THAT THEIR CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDS THEIR BUDGET THIS PAST YEAR, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS MARCH 23RD, SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL AND SO NOT REALLY AN OUTLIER THERE.
IT SHOWS THERE'S NOT REALLY A CLEAR PREFERENCE AMONG DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS ON WHAT WAY TO DO IT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW WE WANT TO DO IT MOVING FORWARD.
IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT STATED ACPS SHOULD PROVIDE A LIST OF REACH ITEMS BEYOND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET THAT COULD BE PURSUED WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND IT STATED IN THE RECOMMENDATION AND WHILE THIS ENSURES NARROWLY TAILORED -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- WE WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER TH BUDGET IT'S REFLECTING THE TRUE NEEDS OF ACPS AND WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD, IF WE WANT TO HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S WANTS AND BUT THE WISH LIST, WE CAN DO THAT AND PROVIDE IT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND SO IF WE HAVE A WINDFUL OF FUNDING OR YOU WANT TO GO AFTER ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE CITY YOU HAVE A LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE VETTED THROUGHOUT THE STAFF AS THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED RIGHT NOW BUT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE IN THE FUTURE SO WE HAD THAT WINDFALL WE COULD ADD THE ITEMS TO THE BUDGET AT THE APPROVED BUDGET STAGE AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE GO ABOUT DOING THE BUDGET THE WAY THAT WE DO IT CURRENTLY IS WE TRY TO LOOK TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE, WHAT ARE OUR CONSTRAINTS WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPING THIS BUDGET AND DOING SO WE'VE ACTUALLY GROWN ACPS'S SHARE OF THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA'S GENERAL FUND SINCE ROBERT AND I TOOK THE HELM IN FSD AND WE'RE GROWING IT BY MORE THAN 2 PERCENT OVER THE PAST FOUR BUDGET CYCLES THAT ROBERT AND I HAVE BEEN PUTTING TOGETHER SO WE WERE ON A DOWNWARD TREND SEEING OUR SHARE OF THE GENERAL FUND GO DOWN AND NOW WE'RE ON AN UPWARD TREND OF SEEING OUR SHARE OF THE GENERAL FUND GO UP.
IN ADDITION, THE COLLABORATION HELPED US BE ABLE TO GET OUTSIDE OF THE BOX FINANCING, SUCH AS TEXTBOOKS AND CIP, RUNNING OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND FUND FOR THE TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT TOOK SOME OF THESE COSTS OUT OF OUR OPERATING BUDGET SO NO LONGER COMPETING FOR RESOURCES ON OUR OPERATING BUDGET SO NOW WE HAV TEXTBOOKS TO ADOPT IT EVERY YEAR SO WE WON'T BE IN A POSITION OF OUR STUDENTS HAVING TEXTBOOKS THAT ARE OLDER THAN THEY ARE.
NOW OUR TEXTBOOKS ARE ADOPTED ON THE SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD.
THAT'S REALLY JUST ALL WE WANTED TO STATE.
WE BELIEVE THE REPORT PROVIDES GREAT INFORMATION FOR US TO CURATE THOSE DIFFERENT BUDGET CALENDARS TO PRESENT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS IDEAS TO MAKE THE PROCESS BETTER AND ROBUST AS FAR AS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
SO I THANK YOU ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM IN PROVIDING THIS FOR US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. TURNER.
I'LL SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THE THOROUGH RESPONSE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE STAFF -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- PROCESS QUESTION.
I KNOW THAT THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE SHARED THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF BEFORE SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS WAS THIS ALSO COMMUNICATED AS A COMMITTEE AND TO MAKE
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SURE THAT -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- WHERE THAT IS AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE SHOULD BE REMEDIED MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF FOLKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE ABOUT THE PROCESS F THERE'S ANY LESSONS LEARNED FROM THAT, NOT ONLY IN THIS MOMENT IN TIME BUT OTHER -- [INDISCERNIBLE] .
>> SO FOR ME, YOU ARE GOING IN AND OUT, MS. NOLAN, BUT I THINK I GOT WHAT YOUR QUESTION WAS.
W IT INTO THE REPORT BUT LIKE EVERY FINANCIAL REPORT WE LIKE TO HAVE A STAFF RESPONSE JUST LIKE WE DO FOR OUR COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT, OUR AUDIT OF STUDENT ACTIVITY FUNDS AND EVEN THE SCHOOL BOARD'S ADDS AND DELETES, PROVIDING STAFF COMMENTS.
WITH THIS FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE TRIED TO DO SINCE JOINING ACPS WAS AS I SAID, ON THE BAC, I DON'T WANT TO SIMPLY IT BE THEM REGURGITATING MY THOUGHTS OR ROBERT'S THOUGHTS.
I TRY TO HAVE THEM BE AN INDEPENDENT BODY AND PROVIDE INDEPENDENT INFORMATION.
WE TRIED TO ASSIST THEM WHERE POSSIBLE BUT WE DON'T WANT TO REALLY DRIVE THEIR DOCUMENT.
WE WANT THEIR DOCUMENT TO BE FROM THEM TO YOU ALL AND NOT SIMPLY THEM BEING A GO-BETWEEN FROM US TO YOU SO WE REALLY WANT THEM TO BE AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO PROVIDE YOU ALL INFORMATION.
MR. TURNER, CAN YOU TALK TO ME ABOUT THE INACCURACIES AND THE CYCLES OF THE OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS AND IF THEY WEREN'T INACCURATE AND WE REVIEWED THEM BEFORE THE PRESENTATION CAME OUT, WHY COULDN'T THEY HAVE BEEN CHANGED IN THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION AS WELL.
>> THE SEQUENCING WASN'T INCORRECT.
THEY SAID THAT TWO OF THE SCHOOL DIVISIONS DO IT DIFFERENTLY THAN US.
ONE OF THEM DOES IT LIKE WE DO IT AND THEN NEW PORT NEWS, THE FOURTH QUARTER SCHOOL DIVISION THEY ACTUALLY HAD THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE ON THE SAME DAY THAT THEIR CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED SO THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD IN THERE.
WHAT WE WERE SAYING IS THAT THEY SAID THAT ACPS WAS OUTLIER IN OUR SEQUENCING AND FROM WHAT WE LOOK AT IT IS HAVING TWO OUT OF FIVE DO IT ONE WAY AND TWO OUT OF FIVE DO IT ANOTHER WAY AND ONE OUT OF FIVE DO IT A SEPARATE WAY.
NONE OF THOSE ARE REALLY OUTLIERS TO US.
SO TO US THAT SAYS THAT IF 40 PERCENT DOES IT ONE WAY AND 40 PERCENT A DIFFERENT WAY AND 20 PERCENT A DIFFERENT WAY, NOBODY'S IS REALLY A OUTLIE NER OUR MINDS.
IT SAYS THAT THERE IS NO PREFERRED SEQUENCING.
SO THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY INCORRECT? IT WAS JUST WORDED WRONG? I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
>> FOR THAT ITEM THAT WE RESPONDED TO WE DIDN'T SAY THEY WERE INACCURATE.
WHAT WE WERE SAYING IS WE DISAGREED WITH CALLING ACPS AN OUTLIER IN THE SCENARIO BECAUSE AGAIN 40 PERCENT OF THE FIVE SCHOOL DIVISIONS THAT WERE LOOKED AT, 40 PERCENT OF THOSE SCHOOL DIVISIONS DO IT THE WAY WE DO IT.
40 PERCENT OF THEM DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY.
20 PERCENT DOES IT A THIRD WAY.
SO IT WAS JUST SAYING THAT THERE IS NO OUTLIER IN THAT GROUP OF FIVE.
AND THEN SECONDLY WITH THE OUT OF BOX THINKING IN THE MEMO AS FAR AS BOOKS ARE CONCERNED, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.
I'VE HEARD JUSTIN WILSON TALK ABOUT THAT FOR NUMEROUS YEARS AND WE WERE NOT ACCEPTING OF THAT SO WE DIDN'T PUT BOOKS IN THE BUDGET FOR MANY YEARS AND JUSTIN CAME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE AND THAT CAME FROM THE CITY AND NOT FROM US.
>> SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOOKS, BEFORE ROBERT AND I CAME HERE, THEY WERE GETTING ELIMINATED OUT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE IT BECAME A COMPETING FOR PRIORITY THING AND THEN THE TEXTBOOK, THE HARD MATERIALS WERE SEEN AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE CUT TO PROVIDE SOMETHING ELSE, SO AT A CITY COUNCIL RETREAT ONE WE'RE WE TOOK IT TO THE CITY TO SAY OKAY HERE'S OTHER WAYS WE CAN FINANCE THIS.
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WE CAN PUT IT IN THE CIP AND A SINKING FUND, ALL DIFFERENT WAYS, SO AT THE RETREAT JUSTIN WILSON SAID, I THINK IF WE PUT IT IN THE CIP THEN WE'LL HAVE A PROGRAM WITH IT IN THE PROGRAM FOR TEN YEARS AND WE KNOW IT WILL GET FUNDED EACH YEAR MOVING FORWARD AND I SAID, THAT FINE.TYPICALLY YOU WOULDN'T PUT A BOOK THAT IS SEVEN YEARS IN PROCESS BECAUSE IT GETS FUNDED, TYPICALLY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- AND YOU WOULDN'T FINANCE SOMETHING WITH 20 YEARS THAT ONLY LAST SEVEN YEARS BECAUSE YOU WILL BE PAYING ON SOMETHING FOR 13 YEARS THAT YOU'RE N LONGER USING.
HE SAID WE CAN FUND IT WITH CASH.
WE ALSO DO CASH FINANCING ON OUR CIP.
AT THE END OF THE DAY OUR GOAL WAS TO ENSURE WE GOT TEXTBOOKS FOR ACPS STUDENTS, SO IF HE WAS FINE WITH PUTTING IT ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WE WERE FINE WITH GETTING THE MONEY AND GETTING THOSE TEXTBOOKS.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I THANK THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGAIN.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION OF THE PLAN THAT THEY PUT FORTH AND I HOPE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS PARTICULARLY WITH THE ONE WITH US APPROVING THE BUDGET BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER DOES.
>> THANK FOR PROVIDING THE STAFF'S RESPONSE 6789 I'M ACTUALLY GLAD I'M GOING AFTER MS. GREEN BECAUSE THAT WAS WHERE MY QUESTIONS WERE HEADING.
NOW THAT WE HAVE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE BAC'S RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AND WE UNDERSTAND STAFF'S RESPONSE TO THOSE, THE NEXT STEP I GUESS MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WILL WE ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTING FROM THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE WE GOING TO BE PUTTING FORWARD A MORE ROBUST COMMUNICATIONS PLAN SURROUNDING THE BUDGET ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND WILL WE BE GETTING SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CALENDAR DATES SO THAT WE CAN IMPROVE THE SEQUENCING AND IF SO LIKE WHAT'S THE TIMELINE THAT W THAT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING MULTIPLE OPTIONS TO THE CALENDAR, A MINIMUM OF THREE, BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR AND SO THEN YOU CAN HAVE THE RECESS BEFORE WE GO INTO THE ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER TO CONSIDER WHICH OPTION YOU WANT, PROVIDE FEEDBACK, AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE ANY OF THOSE DATES, TO BE ABLE TO -- OR NOT DATES BUT CALENDARS, FOR US TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE THOSE DATES AROUND BEFORE WE GET INTO SEPTEMBER AND THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD APPROVE.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE BUDGET ENGAGEMENT PIECE TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT BUDGET ENGAGEMENT AND FORUM MORE ROBUST.
WE DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE BUDGET FORUM THAT WE PUT ON USUALLY IN OCTOBER EACH YEAR, THE GOAL OF IT IS TO DO TWO THINGS.
ONE IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW THE BUDGET PROCESS WORKS AND HOW THEY CAN GET THEIR VOICE HEARD AND THEN SECOND IS TO HEAR FROM THEM ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THEY HAD THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THE BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
SO THAT'S THE GOAL FOR OUR BUDGET FORUM EACH YEAR.
THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE GOAL OF THAT IS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO THEN BE ABLE TO GET IT DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THEIR REACTIONS TO DIFFERENT STAGES IN THE PROCESS.
JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE ARP IS ALSO JUST HAVING ONLINE FORUMS FOR IF YOU CAN'T COME TO THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, BUILDING YOU CAN PARTICIPATE AND DO A SURVEY ONLINE FOR ONE, TO GET TH ON THE BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, BE HEARD BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AND, TWO, GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS MIGHT THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE ADDRESSING IN OUR BUDGET AS WELL SO THAT'S SOME OF WHAT WE PLAN ON FOR THE BUDGET.
THE OTHER ONE FOR THE BUDGET BOOK AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD
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WITH THE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- SNACK MEALS AND CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE TWO PROGRAMS. WE LOOK TO STREAMLINE THE BUDGET BOOK EACH YEAR WHERE WE CAN.OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE THE IDEA THAT BAC HAD.
WE WOULD LOVE IT TO BE SHORTER THAN 450 PAGES BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING A THOROUGH DOCUMENT FOR THOSE THAT DO WANT TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A DEEPER DIVE, THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
I HAVE MS. ANDERSON AND THEN MR. SUAREZ.
>> WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES IN TERMS OF MY BEING HEARD.
WHETHER I'M GOING TO GO IN AND OUT.
FIRST OF ALL, I DO THINK SOME OF THE ENGAGEMENT THINGS, I LIKED SOME OF WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT THAT, THE BUDGET FORUM ON MY FIRST YEAR I ACTUALLY WISHED WE HAD LISTENED TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY REALLY TOLD US WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, AND WHEN WE KIND OF ASKED THEM WHAT ELSE SHOULD WE DO, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON MEMORIABLY SAID WE ACTUALLY NEED TO DO LESS AND SO I THINK THAT IS -- WE'VE ACTUALLY -- WITH THIS BOARD WE'VE TAKEN THAT ADVICE WIT DR. HUTCHINS AND -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- AND BEING INVOLVED WITH PTA, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS USED TO HAVE WAY MORE PARTICIPATION AND SO THEY REALLY CHANGED SO WE JUST NEED TO FIND NEW WAYS AND I THINK IN THE LAST YEAR WE'VE FOUND ELECTRONIC WAYS OF ENGAGING OUR PEOPLE SO I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THOSE.
NOW, I'M GOING TO BE AN OUTLIER AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I'M NOT BOTHERED ABOUT THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IT NOW WITH OUR LOADING BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER.
I AM MORE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE WORK SESSIONS, PARTICULARLY CONCERNED IN A YEAR WHERE WE'LL HAVE A NEW BOARD BECAUSE THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS TO RUSH PEOPLE THROUGH THAT AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE ANYWAY AND SO I THINK NOT ALLOW THE TIME, THAT WOULD BE MY PRIMARY CONCERN IS HAVING ENOUGH TIME FOR PEOPLE TO DIGEST THE BUDGET AND HAVE ENOUGH WORK SESSION SO THAT THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS PARTICULARLY FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH OUR BUDGET SO THAT WAS MY TWO CENTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
SO I JUST HAD A QUESTION OR A THOUGHT REGARDING THE SORT OF REACH ITEMS. OBVIOUSLY I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE STAFF ALWAYS TRIES TO FURNISH THE BUDGET THAT MEETS THE NEED OF OUR STUDENTS AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
FROM A POLITICAL STANDPOINT THOUGH IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE, FOR THE BOARD TO BE THINKING, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE PUSH.
LIKE HOW DO WE REACH FOR BETTER, AND SO I LIKE THE PROPOSAL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HAVING SOME PRESENTATION AT THE FIRST WORK SESSION, ABOUT HERE'S SOME POTENTIAL REACH ITEMS SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE THAT AND I ALSO WONDER IF IN THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS THERE CAN BE SORT OF A COLLOQUY IN THE SORT OF BUDGET QUESTIONS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT INITIAL CONVERSATION CAN BE A SPRINGBOARD TO SORT OF HAVE BOARD MEMBERS THINK ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO PUT ON THAT REACH LIST AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD FACILITATE AT MAYBE ONE OF THE NEXT WORK SESSIONS A ROBUST CONVERSATION OF, OKAY, HERE'S WHY THIS BUDGET MIGHT REFLECT WHAT WE THINK WE NEED BUT HERE'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER REACH ITEMS THAT ARE SUPER IMPORTANT AND IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THEM THIS YEAR THERE'S THINGS WE'RE GOING TO NEED IN THE FUTURE SO I'M JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CURIOUS IN MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON ANY OF THAT BUT I THINK STRUCTURING THE REACH DISCUSSION INTO THE PROCESS I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS ISSUE LATELY WITH CITY COUNCIL IN TERMS OF LIKE, WELL, YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR EVERYTHING YOU NEEDED AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE PUTTING THE THINGS WE -- MAYBE IT'S SEMANTICS, YOU KNOW, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION ARE ON THE TABLE, YOU KNOW, ARE IN DISCUSSION.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
>> MR. TURNER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND.
SOS ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THAT, RIGHT, IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF OTHER SCHOOL
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DIVISIONS, THEY WILL PUT OUT A BUDGET THAT KIND OF THROWS EVERYTHING OUT THE WALL AND ONCE THEY SEE THE JURISDICTION AND THEY DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE JURISDICTION ISN'T GOING TO FUND THEIR ENTIRE ONE, AND THEY GO BACK AND ONCE THEY SEE WHAT THE JURISDICTION WILL FUND THEM OUT THEN THEY GO BACK AND CREATE THE BUDGET.ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRIED TO DO IS DO THAT ON THE FRONT END, HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE CAN AFFORD, PUSH THEM A LITTLE BIT TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR SHARE OF THE GENERAL FUND EACH YEAR, AND THEN GO FROM THERE.
SO THEN WE ALREADY KNOW AND EVERYBODY ON THE STAFF SIDE MOTION ESSENTIALLY THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WITHOUT ANY MAJOR CUTS COMING FORWARD AND THE BUDGET'S ALREADY DONE.
WITH A LOT OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS THEY PUT TOGETHER THIS BUDGET AND THEN THEY SEE THAT THEY DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING THAT THEY REQUESTED AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DEVELOP THEIR TRUE BUDGET FOR WHAT THEY'VE GOT TO BE FUNDED OUT SO THEN STAFF DOESN'T KNOW UNTIL MAY, JUNE, WHAT THEIR ACTUAL BUDGET IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD.
FOR THE MOST PART DOING IT THIS AWAY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, ONCE THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVING FEBRUARY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A BUDGET SO STAFF KNOWS THE RESOURCES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MOVING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT YEAR.
OBVIOUSLY IN A PANDEMIC YEAR THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE DID HAVE TO CHANGE IN MAY.
OUR GOAL IS TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR CONSTRAINTS ARE, PUSH THOSE CONSTRAINTS WHERE WE CAN TO GET EVERYTHING THAT WE DO NEED FOR THE STUDENTS OF ACPS AND THEN ALSO BE ABLE TO WORK TO FIND SOME OTHER ANDS OF FUNDING AS WELL TO GET ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS WELL, BOTH FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
AGAIN, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT REACH ITEM AT THAT FIRST WORK SESSION.
I THINK THAT WILL HELP DRIVE A CONVERSATION THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS IF WE HAVE THAT LIST AND IT CAN HELP WITH IDEAS FOR ADD-DELETE AND HELP WITH IDEAS FOR QUESTIONS AND SO FORTH AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY MOVE THAT FORWARD FOR SURE.
AND TO BE CLEAR I AGREE WITH THE RATIONALE FOR DOING THE PROCESS THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU STATED.
I JUST THINK THE MORE WE'RE TRANSPARENT ABOUT, HEY, THERE'S THESE ITEMS THAT WE DIDN'T PUT IN BECAUSE THIS IS OUR PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE LEFT ON THE TABLE IF THE SCHOOL BOARD DOESN'T ACT DURING THE ADD-DELETE SESSION, AND IF WE HAVE THAT TRANSPARENT WITH THE PUBLIC, THAT WILL ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO CHIME IN, HEY, WE REALLY WANT, THIS AND THAT GIVES US MORE LEVERAGE TO PUSH THE NUMBER UP, YOU KNOW, IF THE COMMUNITY CHIMES IN AND SAY OKAY WE'RE REALLY WANT THIS.
I THINK IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THINGS WE WANT TO DO TO REACH BUT BECAUSE WE'VE WANTED TO KEEP THE PACE WE'VE AGREED TO THIS AMOUNT AND THE RELATIONSHIP HAS BEEN GOOD AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO TAINT THAT RELATIONSHIP BUT I THINK WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENTBY HERE'S SOME THINGS ARE STILL IMPORTANT.
MY VIEW IS THAT YOU'RE NEVER FUNDING EVERYTHING YOU TRULY NEED.
I KNOW YOU ALL NEED TO SAY THAT AS THE STAFF AND YOU'RE DOING THE BEST YOU CAN BUT LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS MORE THAT CAN BE DONE SO THAT'S THE STANDPOINT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. TURNER, FOR PREPARING THIS RESPONSE AND AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE WORK DID YOU ON THIS AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
THEY WERE A LOT OF SAME THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT.
A COMMENT ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS OTHER GOOD SUGGESTIONS HAD WERE MADE ABOUT LIKE SERVING THE COMMUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK.
I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE US TO TRY TO ENGAGE BEYOND THE ACPS COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS YOU SAID THE CITY FUNDS THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUDGET WHICH IS THE TAXPAYERS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA SO REALLY WANTING TO BUILD AN AWARENESS ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT AND I WANTED TO MENTION AND HIGHLIGHT TOO THAT THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAPPY TO HELP WITH YOUR TEAM, DOMINIC, ON THAT AND I THINK THEY'RE WELL-POSITIONED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- DEFINITELY CONSIDER TAKING THEM UP ON THAT OFFER AND THEN I WANTED TO SUGGEST TO DIG IN ON THIS TOO ON THE ISSUE OF THE REACH ITEMS BECAUSE -- AND I HEAR WHAT MR. SUAREZ SAID.
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WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE CIP BUDGET IN PARTICULAR WE HAVE A REBUILD OF GEORGE MASON AND -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- AND WE DON'T HAVE SWING SPACE FOR THAT.WE HAVE A 600-SEAT SCHOOL THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING IT BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO DO THAT.
I'M NOT SURE THE CIP ISED A 80 AND REFLECTIVE.
AND THEN THIS WISH LIST, THE WANTS VERSUS THE NEEDS, AND I'M THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THE POOL, WHERE THE POOL, SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT'S A WISHFUL THING TO WANT BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD A REGULATION-SIZED POOL IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN USE SO WE'RE SENDING OUR KIDS TO OUR JURISDICTIONS IN ORDER TO HAVE SWIM MEETS.
SO WHAT IS A WISH OR A WANT VERSUS A NEED.
I THINK THAT'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER AND I'M JUST WONDERING -- I THINK IT'S CHALLENGING WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE CIP QUESTION BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE WAS THE 30 HIM SET ASIDE IN THE PAST FOR THE LAND ACQUISITION BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO ME LIKE THAT'S REALLY AVAILABLE TO US AT OUR OWN DISCRETION SO IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- TRULY REFLECTS OUR NEEDS.
>> I WANT TO CHIME IN JUST FOR A QUICK SECOND BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHILE WE'RE DOING OUR CIP THIS PAST FALL WE MENTIONED TO THE BOARD THAT WE WERE CONDUCTING OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY AND WE DID NOT WANT TO INCLUDE SWING SPACE WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FEASIBILITY STUDY COMPLETED TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE SWING SPACE WAS NEEDED OR NOT AND THAT WAS -- WE WERE VERY EXPLICIT ABOUT THAT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY THAT WE WOULD SEE THAT POTENTIALLY IN OUR NEXT CIP.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A NEED WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE DATA TO SUPPORT THAT NEED.
IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SAYING WE WANT BECAUSE IT IS A WANT UNTIL YOU HAVE A DEFINITIVE DATA TO SAY WE ACTUALLY NEED THIS.
NOT WE WANT THIS BUT WE NEED THIS AND THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT A NEED IS VERSUS WHAT A WANT IS AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPERATIVE FOR US THAT WHEN WE'RE ASKING FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING ON OUR END TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING TO, YOU KNOW, STAFF AND SAYING, EVERYBODY, TELL US WHAT YOU WANT ON YOUR LIST AND WE'LL PUT IT INTO THE BUDGET, RIGHT.
THAT WE HAVE THAT DATA TO SUPPORT THIS IS WHY WE NEED IT AND THIS IS ALSO THE OUTCOME WE'RE SEEKING AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF HAVING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IN THE BUDGET.
BUT I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WAS A VERY SPECIFIC CONVERSATION WE HAD IN THE FALL AND IT WAS ONLY DUE TO THE FEASIBILITY STUDY NOT BEING CONDUCTED FROM KELLEY AND GEORGE MASON IN THE FALL BUT WE HAD BEEN VERY EXPLICIT IN WHICH UPCOMING YEAR WE WERE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC DATA TO INCLUDE WHAT WAS NEEDED IN THE CIP.
>> MR. TURNER, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ELABORATE OR ADD ANYTHING TO THAT OR DR. HART.
YOU HIT IT ON THE HEAD THERE SO DATA-DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING, SYSTEMATIC ALIGNMENT, FROM THE TOP DOWN.
>> I AM CURIOUS, MR. TURNER, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE $30 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR LAND ACQUISITION? BECAUSE BASED ON A PREVIOUS CONVERSATION I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT MIGHT STILL BE AVAILABLE TO US.
IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME IF IT IS.
I KNOW WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY MANAGER TALKING ABOUT THE DEBT SERVICE AND HITTING A CERTAIN THRESHOLD AND IS THE 30 MILLION FACTORED INTO
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THAT OR IS IT NOTE FACT EITHER INTO THAT? SO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.THIS IS ONE OF THE NUANCES BETWEEN A CAPITAL BUDGET AND OPERATING BUDGET, KIND OF DIFFERENT, BECAUSE THE OPERATING BUDGET, CASH IN HAND, FINANCING YOUR OPERATING PLAN, BUT THE CAPITAL BUDGET IS FINANCED FOR PROJECTS OVER A LONG SPAN OF TIME AND IT USES A LOT OF GENERAL OBLIGATIONS BONDS, HOW MOST JURISDICTION PAY FOR THE MAJORITY OF THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ALEXANDRIA LIKES TO KEEP THEIR DEBT LOW AND THEY USE A LOT OF CASH FINANCING ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SIDE.
O BUDGET APPROVED FOR $1 BILLION.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE 1 BILLION IN HAND.
THAT MEANS THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY TO GO OUT AND GET A BILLION DOLLARS, SO FOR THE 30 SYMPTOMS THAT WAS PUT ASIDE IN THE ACQUISITION FUND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY HAVE THE $30 MILLION SITTING IN A BANK ACCOUNT.
IT MEANS THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE THEM THE APPROPRIATETION AUTHORITY TO GO OUT AND GET 30 MILLION SHOULD THEY NEED IT.
THEIR DEBT SERVICE IS PAID OUT OF THE OPERATING BUDGET SO EVERY YEAR THINK OF IT LIKE YOUR MOTHER ON YOUR HOUSE.
EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE THAT YOU PAY SO THE DEBT SERVICE IS THAT MORTGAGE THAT THE CITY PAYS ON THEIR PROJECTS SO THEY DON'T GO OUT AND FINANCE EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE FOR INSTANCE OUR HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT IS ROUGHLY A $200 MILLION PROJECT.
IF THEY WOULD HAVE WENT OUT AND SOLD BONDS FOR $200 MILLION AS SOON AS THAT PROJECT GOT INTO THE BUDGET THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PAYING THE INTEREST ON 200 SYMPTOMS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY NEEDED THAT 200 MILLION.
THAT $30 MILLION AND THE ACQUISITION FUND IS APPROPRIATION AUTHORITY BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THE $30 MILLION IS SITTING READY TO GO READY TO BE SPENT RIGHT NOW.
I JUST WANT TO JUMP IN HERE AND THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE TO MS. NOLAN.
I DO WANT TO BE PRETTY CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL SORT OF WHAT WE SAY.
THE POOL HAS BEEN MENTIONED IN THIS DISCUSSION AND I PARTICULARLY FEEL LIKE WE MODE TO BE CAREFUL AND NOT NECESSARILY CALL THAT A REACH ITEM OR THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SUDDENLY CAME UP WITH BECAUSE WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK FOR LOCATION OPPORTUNITIES AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID.
THAT WAS ASKED FOR US TO BE DONE BY COUNCIL AND BY THE CITY AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PUBLICLY CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT ALL OF A SUDDEN ON THE BACK END, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EXTRA THING BECAUSE WE WERE ASKED TO DO SOMETHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR IT IS BECAUSE WE KNOW -- WHEN WE STARTED OUT IN THE BUDGET SEASON WE WERE TOLD THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY MORE DOLLARS SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK -- I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE NOT COMING UP WITH SOMETHING ALL OF A SUSPECTED-WHEN IT COMES TO THE POOL BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND.
ACTUALLY WHEN MR. SUAREZ AND MR. TURNER CONTINUE THEIR CONVERSATION THEY PRETTY MUCH HIGHLIGHTED WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY WHICH I THINK THERE'S A BALANCE BETWEEN REACH ITEMS AND UNDERSTANDING THERE'S SO MANY NEEDS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DIVISION BUT BE REALISTIC ABOUT WHAT IS POSSIBLE AND ALSO USING THE DATA LIKE DR. HUTCHINS SAID.
THE TIMING WAS WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, AND MR. TURNER HIGHLIGHTED IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE'RE NOT LETTING TH HAVE TO LEARN TOO LATE WHAT THE AVAILABLE FUNDING IS.
THE FLIP SIDE, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT IT'S NOT THE BOARD ADDING THINGS INTO THE BUDGET BUT MORE DRIVEN BY STAFF AND DATA SO I WANTED TO BE CAREFULFUL.
I DIDN'T WANT IT TO BE MISUNDERSTOOD THAT WE AS A BOARD FEEL LIKE IT'S OUR ROLE TO CREATE WISH LISTS AND INSTEAD IT'S BEING DRIVEN BY THOSE ON THE
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GROUND.I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION, MR. SUAREZ, AND, MR. TURNER, WALKING US THROUGH THE PROCESS.
>> MS. NOLAN, IF I MAY RESPOND TO THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHY I THINK THE COLLOQUY IS IMPORTANT.
I THINK YOU BROUGHT YOU A GREAT POINT SECONDED BY MR. TURNER THAT WHEN WE DO THOSE BUDGET GOALS WHICH I CAN SHARE HAVING BEEN ON THE BOARD BEFORE WE DID THAT AND BEING ON THE BOARD NOW, IT'S A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE AND I THINK IT'S MADE FOR A MUCH MORE STREAMLINED PROCESS AND MORE ROBUST, THAT THERE'S SO MANY CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING BEFORE WE GET TO THE END WHICH IS EXACTLY WHEN THOSE DIALOGUES SHOULD BE HAPPENING.
I AGREE, I THINK DURING THE BUDGET PRIORITY DISCUSSIONS IS EXACTLY WHEN WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
>> SO I'M NOT SEEING ANY MORE HANDS.
SO AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT DISCUSSION AND I KNOW THIS ISN'T THE END OF IT SO WE'LL JUST KEEP MOVING ALONG AND THANKS, DOMINIC, AND I HAVE TO SAY MY ONLY THING I'M GOING TO SAY IS IN PERSON TODAY.
HE WASN'T ON A SCREEN IN A SQUARE AND IT MADE ME SO HAPPY.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYONE ELSE.
>> I WASN'T IN A SUIT BECAUSE IT WAS 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE.
DR. HUTCHINS, WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT IF YOU LIKE.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM BEFORE THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.
THE ATTACHMENT THAT WE ADDED WAS THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGET PROJECTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 20-21.
ONE THING WE WANTED TO DO AS MENTIONED BACK IN MAY OF 2020 WE HAD TO REDUCE THE BUDGET AND WE DIDN'T HAVE STAFF INCREASES IN THEIR ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE REDUCTION, WE SAID IF WE HAD A SURPLUS IN FUNDING COME '21 WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND PROPOSE A SALARY ENHANCEMENT FOR ALL STAFF.
SO WE ARE PROTECTING A SIGNIFICANT SURPLUS FOR OUR BUDGET SO WE WOULD LIKE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 2.5 PERCENT BONUS FOR ALL STAFF.
THAT'S ROUGHLY THE EQUIVALENT OF A STEP INCREASE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AS YOU SEE AT THE TOP WE'RE PROJECTING ADDITIONAL STATE REVENUE.
THERE'S SOME SHORTFALLS IN SOME AREAS, LOCAL FUNDING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART WE BUILDINGS PER USUAL.
WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PROJECT THAT IN OUR BUDGET WHEN WE DID IT BACK IN MAY.
WE NORMALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AROUND ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION THERE AND LOWERED IT TO 800,000, AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE'LL GET ABOUT HALF OF THAT BUT WE'RE SEEING AN INCREASE IN THE STATE REVENUE, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THE STATE BUDGET, MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW THAT THEY WERE PROJECTING $500 MILLION OF EXTRA REVENUE ABOVE THEIR PROJECTION SO THIS IS IMPACTING US AS WELL, AND PROJECTING WE'LL RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL $4 MILLION ABOUT ON TOTAL REVENUE, SO ALMOST $5 MILLION ON THE STATE REVENUE.
THEN ON THE EXPENDITURES SIDE WE'RE SEEING SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE AS WELL SO IF WE DO A 2.5 PERCENT -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, THAT WOULD BE ROUGHLY ACROSS ALL FUNDS, ROUGHLY $4.7 MILLION, SO WE LIKE THAT TO BE CONSIDERED AND IF IT IS FEASIBLE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL EMPLOYEES WITH A FOURTH QUARTER BONUS ON THE JUNE 30TH PAYCHECK.
SO THIS DESERVES A CELEBRATION.
YAY! AND I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WOULD ASK FOR IS TO GIVE DOMINIC HIS MARCHING ORDERS SO I'LL ASK FOR A HADN'T UP.
DOMINIC, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE -- WAIT.
>> WE HAVE THUMBS UP FROM ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND DOMINIC YOU ARE GOOD TO GO.
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AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.>> OUR STAFF IS GOING TO APPRECIATE IT EVEN MORE AND IT'S WELL-DESERVED.
WE HAVE TO SAY WE REALLY WANTED THAT FOR THE STAFF.
I KNOW THE STAFF AND THE BOARD WANTED THAT BUT COVID HIT AND WE HAD T TO GO BACK AND REVISIT OUR BUDGET AND THAT HAD TO COME OUT SO I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR STAFF WITH THE 2.5 PERCENT BONUS.
I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY JUMPING FOR JOY AND THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT YET BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO PRESENT IT TO THEM BEFORE WE TALKED TO THE BOARD BECAUSE IF IT DIDN'T HAPPEN THEN, OH, WE DIDN'T GET IT, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE NEWS TO THEM BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD NEWS SO THANK YOU, ALL.
SO THAT WAS THE SECOND BUDGET ITEM.
AND I THINK NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.
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WE'LL MOVE TO THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.
AT THIS TIME I WANT TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR. MANN TO SHARE AND UPDATE IT.
TODAY OUR SPECIFIC UPDATE IS IN REGARDS TO OUR EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TEAM AND THE WORK THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH THAT GROUP AS WELL AS OUR INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS SO I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO DR. MANN SO WE CAN GO INTO OUR PRESENTATION.
B TO PAT WILLIAMSON AND SARA WHALEN AND DR. JACOBS WHO IS PRESENTING WITH ME TODAY.
IT'S A TEAM EFFORT TO PULL IT TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
WE HAVE FIVE CENTRAL QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD THIS EVENING, HOW HAS THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TEAM CONTRIBUTED TO THE DESIGN WITH PERKINS EASTMAN? HOW IS THE EDT USING THE VIRGINIA PROFILE OF A GRADUATE AND THE 21ST CENTURY WORKPLACE READINESS SKILLS TO INFORM ITS WORK AND WHAT IS THE FUTURE WORK OF THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS AND WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF OUR IABS, AND WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS.
WE PRESENTED THIS AT AN HIGH SCHOOL UPDATE TO THE BOARD AND IT ENCOMPASSED NOT THE ENTIRE BUT WHEN COVID HIT WE PAUSED THE EDT, AND FROM MARCH, THE LAST MEETING, UP TO AUGUST.
WHEN WE RECONVENED IN FALL AND UP UNTIL THE END OF MARCH WE REALLY FOCUSED ON PROVIDING THE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS TEAM WITH THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED FROM THE EDT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE ON THAT.
THERE ARE ALSO MEETINGS OUTSIDE OF THE OWE DT WHERE MEMBERS GAVE THEIR SPECIFIC FEEDBACK AND AGAIN THANK YOU, MS. WILLIAMSON, FOR ATTENDING ALL OF THE MEETINGS.
WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM NOT ONLY EDT MEMBERS BUT OTHER MEMBERS FROM TC WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL, STAFF FROM BOTH CAMPUSES.
ONE OF THE THINGS WHEN WE REALLY STARTED TO DIG IN TO THE EDT WORK AND THE NEW YEAR WAS BRINGING THE IDEA BACK FOR THE ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL CONNECTING NETWORK.
WE HAD SPENT A LOT OF TIME FOCUSED ON THE MINNIE HOWARD CAMIOUS.
THIS IS ACROSS FIVE AND MAKING SURE HERE THAT THIS COMES BACK TO THE FOREFRONT AS WE REALLY START TO DIVE INTO THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME OF THE EDF AND MEMBERS OF THE SUPPORT STAFF AND PEOPLE FROM STUDENT SERVICES AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY FROM THESE FIVE CAMPUSES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VISION THAT DR. HUTCHINS SET FORTH FOR US TO REDESIGN AND RETHINK HOW IT CAN WORK.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING MAKE SURE THAT EDT UNDERSTANDS THAT THIS IS EXCITING WORK.
THERE'S DOESN'T A CONNECTIVE NEED WORK TO BUILD.
THIS IS NEW AND EXCITING AND WE ARE THE ONLY ONE AS WE CAN TELL OUT THERE ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SIZE AND THIS IS AGAIN CONSTANTLY A REMINDER TO THE WORK OF THE WORK THAT WE HAVE AHEAD OF US.
YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH IN SLIDE.
THIS IS THE SLIDE ABOUT THE PROFILE OF THE VIRGINIA GRADUATE.
YOU'LL SEE THE 5CS THANKS BUT APPLYING THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS, FOCUS ON WORKPLACE READINESS AND BEHAVIOR AND SKILLS AND ALSO BUILDING CONNECTIONS, HOW WE
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CAN BE RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE CITIZENS AND THEN AGAIN CONSTANTLY REMINDING ALL OF US THAT ULTIMATELY STUDENTS ARE GOING TO HAVE A CAREER SO WE BROUGHT THIS TO THE EDT AND MR. SAMPSON WHO IS ALS A BIRTHDAY WITH MICHAEL HUTCHINS TODAY, DID A PRESENTATION TO THE EDT ABOUT THE VIRGINIA PROFILE GRADUATE BUT ALSO IT'S CONNECTION TO THE COLLEGE, CAREER AND CIVIC READ INDICATOR.THEY PUT OUT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THE CIVIC READINESS.
WE KEPT ASKINGS IN WHALEN AND THE STATE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS.
THE STATE GAVE US GUIDANCE AND IT'S A CCCRI INDICATOR.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE THE COURSE WORK.
THEN YOU HAVE THE CAREER OPTIONS THERE, THE CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY, FINISHERS AND ALSO COURSES WITH THE CREDENTIAL BUT THEN TIEING IN AS THEY GO BACK INTO MAKING THAT CONNECTION TO THE VIRGINIA PROFILE, THE GRADUATE, COMPLETION OF A WORK-BASED EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS TIED SPECIFICALLY TO CIVIC READINESS AND THIS NEEDS TO BE TIED TO A CLASS THAT THE STUDENTS WOULD HAVE SO THIS IS SOME OF THE WORK AS WE SEE ON A COUPLE OF SLIDES THAT NOT ONLY THE EDT WILL HAVE INPUT INTO BUT ALSO THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST ACROSS THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT OFFICE.
YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THE COLLEGE AND CAREER AND CIVIC READINESS INDICATOR BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING TC WILL HAVE AN INDICATOR FOR THEM.
I THINK IT BECOMES 2022 IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT WILL GO PUBLIC AND LIVE.
SO WE AGAIN TYING BACK EVERYTHING TO WHAT THE STUDENTS WILL ULTIMATELY DO ONCE THEY BELIEVE TC WILLIAMS BUT ALSO WHEN THEY LEAVE COLLEGE AND THAT IS THAT THEY'LL NEED TO BE READY FOR THE WORLD OF WORK.
WE HAD A TC WILLIAMS LEADERSHIP CLASS COME AND DO A PRESENTATION WITH THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
THEY SELF-ASSIGNED THIS TASK TO THEMSELVES AND WE HAD THE ETD LISTEN TO THEIR PRESENTATION AND ACTUALLY USE THIS SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU TO SEE IF THEY COULD IDENTIFY ANY OF THE WORKPLACE READINESS SKILLS THE STUDENTS USE IN THEIR PRESENTATION AS THEY DESCRIBED HOW THEY WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND WE ENDED UP HAVING MOST PEOPLE CHECK OFF BETWEEN 19 AND 20 OF THOSE SO WE CAN IMAGINE AS WE THEN BECOME REALLY EXPLICIT AND TAKING THIS NOT FROM THE CTE WORLD THAT DR. JACOBS HAS BEEN EDUCATING ME AND THE EDF AND IEB ON, BUT HOW DO WE FUSE THIS WORK ACROSS OUR CURRICULAR AREAS AND IT TIES BACK INTO SOMETHING EDT MENTIONED WHEN WE STARTED WAY BACK WHEN.
THIS IS A CONSTANT THING, WHAT ARE THE CONNECTIONS TO ALL OUR AREAS OF WORK IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS A NEW GRAPHIC THAT WE HAVE AND THIS IS THE NEW WORK OF THE EDT.
WE SPLIT IT UP INTO WORK TEAMS AND SO YOU'LL SEE A STUDENT EXPERIENCE TEAM AND THAT'S REALLY A TEAM FOCUSED ON WHAT THE EXPERIENCES WE WANT THE STUDENTS TO HAVE ACROSS THE NETWORK, THE ENTIRE NETWORK.
AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING, AND THIS IS LED BY MS. WHALEN AND THIS IS HOW DO WE WANT TO DEFINE PROJECT BASED LEARNING, WHAT WOULD THE TRAINING LOOK LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE EXPERIENCES AND HOW CAN WE ALSO THEN TIE THAT TO THE WORLD OF WORK AND YOUR INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS AND THEN THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES.
E SCHOOL BOARD A BOOK AND A PDF AND WE MADE TWEAKS AND EDITS AND IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW, NOT MANY PEOPLE READ IT.
SO HOW DO WE TAKE THIS BOOK THAT'S NOW SEARCHABLE OUR WEBSITE WITH CHANGES AND ACTUALLY HAVE IT ALSO DEFINE FOR US, WHAT ARE THOSE STUDENT EXPERIENCES ACROSS THE NETWORK AND HOW DOES IT FIT INTO THE DESCRIPTION, PBL, BUT TAKING THE BOOK AND REDEFINING IT AND TURNING IT INTO PATHWAYS SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAVE A FIFTH-GRADER, WHAT ARE THOSE OPTIONS THAT YOU COULD SEE FOR THE FUTURE, NOT STATIC OR STUCK IN ONE AREA BUT REALLY MAKING THIS BOOK COME ALIVE AND REALLY CHANGING
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IT, AND SO THE DESIGN WORK WILL BE DONE WITH THIS TEAM AND ALSO MEMBERS FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT TEAM AND THEN GETTING FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS OF THE EDT.YOU'LL SEE THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS.
WE PUT THIS HERE AND WE KNOW THIS WORK TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING AND LED BY DR. JACOBS AND AGAIN WE THANK HER FOR HER WORK NOW.
HOW DO WE HELP DEFINE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS AND YOU'LL SEE THE ARROWS CONSTANTLY GO AROUND, THAT THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED TO EACH OTHER.
SO THIS IS FUTURE WORK WITH THEM.
WE HAD OUR MEETING YESTERDAY ACTUALLY AND HAD PEOPLE WORKING ON THIS AND REALLY TRYING TO BE EXPLICIT ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS AND THE WORK WE HAVE AHEAD OF US AND AGAIN IT'S REALLY COMING TO THE BRINGING OURSELVES FROM WHAT WE KNOW AND I'VE BEEN TEASING -- THE AMERICAN COMPREHENSIVE HIG HASN'T CHANGED SINCE THEY OPENED AND I KNOW WE HAVE HIGH-TECH AND SMALLER PROGRAMS BUT YOU THINK ABOUT A SCHOOL LIKE TC WILLIAMS GENERALLY THEY PRETTY MUCH ALL FUNCTION THE SAME SO THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS WE'LL COMBAT THIS AND SO WE'LL BE BRINGING FUTURE UPDATES TO THE BOARD BUT THIS IS THE WORK NOW OF THE EDT.
HERE'S THE MEMBERS OF THE PROJECT OF THE WORK TEAMS. YOU'LL SEE IF THEY HAVE A STAR, -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- COMPANY FACILITATING.
YOU'LL SEE SARA WHELAN, PROJECT BASED LEARNING AND ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS, DARRYL AND PAT, AND PAT IS LEADING THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES TEAM.
THIS IS A SLIDE DIRECTLY THAT WE USE WITH.
THIS ONE IS FOR THE IABS, BUT WE WANTED TO SHOW THE BOARD SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING.
YOU'LL SEE THE SLIDE THAT -- IN THE CENTER WHERE IT'S THE OLD ONE -- I ALWAYS TEASE DR. HUTCHINS' FAVORITE SLIDE.
YOU SEE THE NEW GRAPHIC IN THE TOP LEFT BUT YOU SEE THE CONNECTION THERE TO THE HAVEN'T, AND THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THE CCCRI REPORTING STRUCTURE, THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THEM TO REMEMBER ALL OF THIS WORK IS CONNECTED AND HOW ARE WE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE WORLD OF WORK BUT HOW DO WE PROVIDE EXPERIENCES, WORK-BASED LEARNING, AND THEN ALSO REALLY RICH INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE.
AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. JACOBS.
I REALLY AM EXCITED TO PROVIDE THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH AN UPDATE ON THE PROGRESS OF OUR INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS.
THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN CAREER PATHWAYS.
THEY PROVIDE IMPORTANT INFORMATION AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE LOCAL JOB MARKET SO THAT WE CAN WORK AS A TEAM TO PROVIDE THE BEST PATH FOR SUCCESS FOR OUR ACPS STUDENTS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE IABS IS TO ARTICULATE WHAT ACPS STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WORKING IN HIGH-DEMAND CAREER PATHWAYS IN THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA REGION AND THOSE SKILL SETS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO BE HIRED.
THE IABS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE IDEAS AS TO HOW TO RECRUIT AND BUILD WITH NEW MEMBERS THAT ALIGN WITH THE IDENTIFIED ACPS CAREER PATHWAYS.
THEY HELP TO IDENTIFY SCHOLARSHIP AND GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF AS OUR STUDENTS OPT FOR TWO AND FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND/OR TRAINING PROGRAMS THAT PROPEL THEM INTO THE WORKFORCE A BIT QUICKER.
MOST IMPORTANTLY THE IABS ARE EXPENDING OUR STUDENT WORK-BASED LEARNING
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OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN TEACHERS AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NEEDED TO ASSIST TEACHERS WITH MAKING THE CURRICULUM AND DAILY INSTRUCTION ALIGNED WITH THE CAREER PATHWAYS OUR STUDENTS CHOOSE.ALL OF THIS IS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WORK THE EDUCATION DESIGN TEAM AND THE -- WITH THE EDUCATION DESIGN TEAM AND THE CTE ADVISORY BOARD.
SO CURRENTLY IABS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED VIRTUAL RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCES THROUGH OUR ACPS CLASSROOMS. EACH OF THE IABS IS CONDUCTED REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS AND WORK SESSIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE IABS CHAIRS HAVE AN UPCOMING QUARTERLY MEETING IN LATE JUNE.
WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, SO THANKFUL TO OUR IABS, THE CHAIRS AND MEMBERS, FOR THEIR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO ACPS.
THE TIME AND EFFORT THEY PUT INTO SERVING OUR STUDENTS IS JUST COMMENDABLE.
THEIR COMMITMENT TO ACPS WILL CONTINUE CONTINUE AS THEY NOW PIVOT VERSUS RESOURCES AND EXPERIENCES AND START TO COLLABORATE MUCH MORE WITH THE EDT AND THE CTE ADVISORY BOARD.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION SLIDE THE IABS HAVE NOT MISSED A BEAT.
HAVING BEEN HIT WITH A PANDEMIC THEY HAVE JUST ADJUSTED EXTREMELY WELL.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THESE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE EXPRIMARILY INNOVATIVE AS THE AIB MEMBERS TOOK THE COVID TIME AS A WAY TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
THE THE ARTS IAB EXPANDED TO ALL OF THE IABS.
THE OTHER HAVE USED THIS SURVEY TOOL AS IT PROVIDES VALUE INFORMATION FOR WORK-BASED LEARNING DATA BASE.
VIRGINIA TECH AND NOVA AIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT PATHWAY.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT CREATED A FIRST VIRTUAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM.
ACE MENTORS STARTED A CHAPTER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
THE GOVERNORS HELP SCIENCE ACADEMY PARTICIPATED IN A BIOMEDICAL MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AND WILL MAKE IT A PERMANENT PART OF THE NINTH GRADE SCORES WORK OF ALL ACADEMY STUDENTS.
IN APRIL 1 OF OUR BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT AIB PARTNERS, MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL PRESENTED A JOB FAIR WEBINAR FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND TIDBEY IS A FREE INNOVATIVE ONLINE SOFTWARE PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES FIVE-MINUTE CAREER VIDEOS TO OUR SCHOOLS FOR GRADES FIVE THROUGH 12 AND THESE WEEKLY VIDEOS WILL GET OUR ACPS STUDENTS EXCITED ABOUT CHOOSING A CAREER PATHWAY AND WILL HELP THEM CORRELATE STUDIES TO THE FUTURE CAREER CHOICES.
REMEMBER THESE ARE JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MANY IAB CONTRIBUTIONS.
YOU CAN SEE WITH THE NEXT TWO SLIDES THE NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH OUR INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD AIB HAS A CHAIR AND LIAISON.
THIS IS THE TEAM THAT IS MAKING THE EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES HAPPEN FOR THE ACPS STUDENTS.
AND AGAIN ACPS CONVEYS OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION TO ALL OF THEM.
NOW, BACK TO DR. MANN WHO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE NEXT STEPS.
AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THIS IS AGAIN A SLIDE THAT WILL LOOK FAMILIAR TO BOARD MEMBER ALDERTON.
THE TEAMS ON THE TOP LEFT AND WE HAD THEM FILL OUT MILESTONES AND DELIVERABLES.
THE END GOAL IS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS TO BE UP AND RUNNING PRIOR TO THE
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OPENING BUT REALLY THE ENTIRE CONNECTIVE NETWORK AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT THIS WAS A WAY TO AGAIN SPUR THEIR THINKING, WHAT DO WE ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THEIR TOPIC AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW AN COUPLE OF OTHER QUESTIONS BUT THE IABS AND THE EDT ARE ENGAGED IN WORK AND AS DR. JACOB SAID, WE ARE PLANNING AND TRYING TO BE COGNIZANT, AND MANY ARE TEACHING ALL DAY WHETHER IN THE BIDDING OR CONCURRENT OR LEAVING THEIR BUILDING AND THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS AND STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE THAT WE'LL HEAR FROM IN ONE SECOND.WE APPRECIATE THEM LEANING IN AND GIVING US THEIR TIME AFTER SCHOOL TWICE A MONTH.
THIS IS THE CHART FROM OUR STUDENT REPRESENT, CALEB MOORE.
EVERY TIME HE HAS OPENED HIS MOUTH I'M JUST IMPRESSED AND I KNOW I THINK HE'S 18.
I KNOW I DIDN'T SPEAK LIKE THIS BUT HE'S WISE BEYOND HIS YEARS.
HE'S GOING TO BE ATTENDING HOWARD IN THE FALL SO WE'RE DEEPLY PROUD.
I'LL READ THIS TO THE BOARD AND WE HAD THE EDT TO THIS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF TALKING ABOUT THE NEW GRAPHIC AND WORK AHEAD OF US.
THIS IS A SENIOR AT TC WILLIAMS. , "I SEE THIS AS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY"...
>> AND ANOTHER, "A METHOD TO ENSURE THAT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE A HONEYMOON PERIOD WHERE EVERYONE SEEMS TO LIKE IT AT FIRST BUT, OVER TIME, WE SLOWLY REVERT TO OUR OLD METHODS OF TEACHING.
>> THIS IS GOING TO REALLY TAKE NOT ONLY WHAT HAPPENS AT TC WILLIAMS AND THE ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL BUT THIS ALSO WILL TRANSFORM AT WHAT HAPPENS AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ALSO ELEMENTARY AND PREK.
W DR. HUTCHINS, SO WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, BUT, AGAIN, WORDS FROM OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE CALEB MOORE WHO WILL BE ATTENDING IN THE FALL.
I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MADAM CHAIR AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND I'M GOING TO CHECK AND SEE IF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE QUESTIONS.
I SEE A QUESTION FROM MS. ANDERSON.
>> I COULDN'T HEAR YOU, MS. ANDERSON.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHO IS GOING TO HAVE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SHEPHERDING KIDS THROUGH THESE THINGS OR MAYBE ANOTHER WAY OF ASKING THE QUESTION IS WHAT ROLE THE COUNSELORS -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- HAVE TO HAVE THE -- [INDISCERNIBLE] .
WE ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND IT'S ACTUALLY COME UP IN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS.
I'M WORKING IN THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES WITH THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES GROUP WITH
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DR. JACOBS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO REQUIRE LIKE TRAINING FOR EVERYONE.WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE AN EXTENSIVE WORK I THINK WITH OUR COUNSELORS BECAUSE THIS IS JUST LIKE HOW WE GUIDE STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SELECTING COURSES, THINKING ABOUT THEIR, YOU KNOW, PATHWAY, GUIDING THEM THROUGH CHANGING PATHWAYS AND SETTING UP THINGS IN A WAY THAT MAKES THINGS FLEXIBLE AS THEY EXPLORE, SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE DEFINITELY THE MINDSET WILL INCLUDE SOME REALLY IMPORTANT TRAINING FOR TEACHERS, FOR COUNSELORS, FOR EVERYONE, AND DR. JACOBS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO CHIME IN WITH ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.
>> I THINK THAT YOU SAID IT PERFECTLY.
IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR STUDENTS NEED TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THEY'RE HAPPYING TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND PROVIDING EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO EXPLORE.
I WANT TO SAY THAT THE PATHWAYS WOULD BE -- STUDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPLORE OTHER PATH WITHIN A PATHWAY OR JUMP TO ANOTHER PATHWAY AND I THINK THAT THROUGH WORK-BASED LEARNING AND JOB SHADOWING AND LOOKING AT MENTORSHIP, THE LOWER LEVEL WORK-BASED LEARNING, THEY CAN GET A REAL GOOD IDEA OR SNAPSHOT OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH BUT THERE STILL WILL BE ROOM FOR THEM TO MOVE IF THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
>> I'M JUST GOING TO ADD THAT I THINK THE ONE THING THAT PART OF OUR VISION FOR THE WORK OF IABS, MS. ALDERTON SAID, EVERYONE'S TRAINING ON THIS BUT HOW DO WE CONNECT AND MAKE SURE IT'S PART OF THE REDESIGN OF THE PROGRAM AND STUDIES BUT HOW IS THAT TIED TO YEARS AND I'LL TELL YOU QUICK STORY.
YESTERDAY WE HAD AS OUR COMMUNITY BUILDER WE HAD EVERYONE TO RENAME THEMSELVES WITH WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO DO AFTER THE HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HAD ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE AT THIS MEETING AND ONLY FOUR PEOPLE HAD TEACHERS AND WHEN WE ASKED PEOPLE TO TALK ABOUT -- FOUR PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND HOW MANY PEOPLE SAID, YOU KNOW, I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE RICHER INSTRUCTION IN SCIENCES OR I THOUGHT I WAS GOOD AT ENGINEERING UNTIL I GOT TO THIS TEST AND HOW DO WE PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SO PEOPLE CAN EXPERIENCE SO WE DON'T HAVE EVERYONE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LAWYER OR A DOCTOR AND THEN THEY END UP BEING A TEACHER OR SOMETHING ELSE AND WE CAN REALLY PROVIDE NOT ONLY THE EXPERIENCES BUT ALSO THE COUNSELORS, SOMEONE YOU CAN TALK TO AND A RESOURCE, AND THE VIDEO SERIES, I THINK IT'S TIDBEY, THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNSELORS CAN HAVE AT THEIR READY AND EXPOSE THE STUDENTS TO THIS AND CURATE THE EXPERIENCES AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THEM AND THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO USE THEM AND HOW IT CONNECTS BACK TO THE REDESIGN OF THE PROGRAM STUDIES AND THEN ANY OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE STUDENTS MAY HAVE, FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR ALDERTON.
I HAD HUGE SMILE ON MY FACE WHEN YOU WENT THROUGH THE ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AT TC WILLIAMS THAT WE CAN MEET STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE.
P TO FLUSH RICH AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THANKS ABOUT THE TRAINING, TOO, AND I'M SURE IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE MINDSET SWITCH.
MY QUESTION, FROM MORE OF A PROJECT MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU COULD WALK US THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HOW DOES THE TESTIMONY PLAN AND THIS POWERPOINT COME TO LIFE.
WHAT'S THE PROCESS IN TERMS OF PROCESS MANAGEMENT AND GETTING THE WORK DONE.
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-- [INDISCERNIBLE] .WHEN I SAY, "WE" MY PARTNERS IN CRIME, TRISH, DR. JACOBS HANDLES THE IABS AND WE HAVE OUR CHECK-INS, WHETHER THAT'S TEXT OR ZOOM OR GO OLD-FASHIONED AND USE THE PHONE.
BUT WE USUALLY MEET TWO OR THREE TIMES A WEEK AND TRY TO PLAN OUT EDT MEETINGS AND NOW AS WE BRANCH OUT THE WORK WE'RE TRYING TO INCLUDE VERY BUSY PEOPLE, TWO EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, SAMPSON AND WOOD, INTO THE FACILITATION AND TRYING TO TIE DOWN THE BUSIEST PERSON OF ALL OF US, PETER BALAST.
FROM THE POWERPOINT, THE AGENDA SETTING AND SLT, TO ME, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT BOTH.
THE WORK IS SO EXCITING AND WHEN I TALK TO DR. JACOBS ON THE SITE THERE'S ALMOST TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RESOURCES GET CONNECTED.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS TEAM AND I SAY THAT AND WITH ALL SINCERITY BETWEEN -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- BARTLETT AND ERICKA GOOLET, HELPING US, AND WE KNOW THIS WILL WILL CONTINU AND WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE EDT SO WE CAN THEN BRING IN MORE COUNSELORS.
WE KNOW WE HAVE MR. SAMPSON'S PERSPECTIVE BUT BRINGING IN PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE SCHEDULING COMMITTEE FROM TC WILLIAMS AND ADDED PEOPLE FROM SATELLITE AND CSE MEMBER AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET OFF THE GROUND A STUDENT EDT BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THE STUDENT VOICE BACK IN SO WE CAN GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND THEN HAVE THEM ALSO FEED INTO GETTING OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES AS WE LOST THE LAST TWO TO GRADUATION SO FROM A PROJECT MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, MEETINGS-WISE, IT'S PROBABLY TO TO THREE, FOUR HOURS A WEEK AND THAT'S WITH ZOOM AND THEN ALSO JUST USING, THANK GOODNESS FOR GOOGLE DOCUMENTS AND FILES, TO BE ABLE TO BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF EACH OTHER AND GATHER NEEDED INFORMATION.
>> I WOULD ADD I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL YESTERDAY SETTING UP THE NEXT STEP WHERE EACH OF THE WORKING GROUPS BASICALLY HAD TO PLOT OUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OVER THE SUMMER SO YOU JUST FEEL THAT ALL THESE DIFFERENT LEVELS, THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DR. MANN AND DR. JACOBS.
I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD PULL UP SLIDE SIX IN THE PRESENTATION.
THIS IS ABOUT THE CCCRI AND I WAS -- I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING MORE ABOUT IT.
ONE THING THAT I KNOW I HEARD DR. JACOB SAY AND I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH IT'S NOT COLLEGE OR CAREER IT'S COLLEGE AND CAREER READY AND CIVICALLY READY.
SO I WAS CURIOUS IF THE STATE OR THE THINKING IS THAT WE WANT STUDENTS TO TRY TO EXPERIENCE ALL FOUR OF THESE COMPONENTS.
IT'S NOT LIKE, YOU KNOW, OH, GREAT, WE HAVE -- WE'RE HAVING STUDENTS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING ALL OF THESE THINGS AND THE GROWTH OF THAT, AND I WAS ALSO WONDERING IF YOU'RE THINKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HOW TO KIND OF LIKE START PLANTING THOSE SEEDS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'LL STOP AND LET YOU ANSWER THAT.
THEN I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
SO IT'S NOT YOU CAN ONLY DO ONE.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS WE -- I'LL GO TO ANOTHER SLIDE SO YOU CAN SEE IT.
DOWN AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THE AP, IB, DE, AND YOU COULD BE IN ALL OF THOSE BUCKETS.
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HOW DO WE CREATE AN EXPERIENCE WHERE A STUDENT CAN DO AP.RIGHT NOW IT CAN BE PRETTY STATIC.
A STUDENT CAN GO THROUGH ANY HIGH SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA AND ONLY TAKE ONE COURSE AND -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- AND HOW DO WE HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THAT YOU CAN STILL TAKE ALL OF THESE COURSES BUT THEN HOW DO WE SHOW THEM THAT YOU PROBABLY SHOULD TAKE THE COURSE.
HOW DO WE HELP THEM SEE THE PATHWAY, THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A MYOPIC VIEW THAT YOU CAN TAKE PERHAPS ONLY FIVE.
-- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- SOME OF THAT WORK WITH THE PROGRAM STUDY GROUP AND THEN TRYING TO MAP OUT VIEW AND THEN YOU SAID, MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT I JOKINGLY, HAVE A FIFTH-GRADER AND -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- SHE'S GOING TO OUTLIVE WHATEVER WE DESIGN SO PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE, WITH THE STUDENT EDT, TO GET HER MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ON THERE BUT HOW DO WE GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND THIS.
YOU COULD BE AT MINNIE HOWARD OR THE SATELLITE PROGRAM AND HOW DO WE START TO CREATE.
WE WANT TO HELP THEM UNDERSTAND THE OPTIONS.
THE COUNSELORS ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN, GOING OVER THE PROGRAM STUDIES AND OPTIONS, BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THIS OUT HOW DO WE PUSH IT NOT JUST IN MIDDLE SCHOOL BUT ALSO BEFORE THEY GET TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SO HOW DO WE USE THE VIDEOS AND HOW DO THEY HELP THEM SEE THERE'S MORE YEARS OUT THERE BESIDES BEING A LAWYER OR A DOCTOR OR NOW I GUESS A VIDEO GAMER, THAT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY OTHER WAYS AND I WAS AT PT WITH MY DAUGHTER BEFORE THIS AND THE OWNER WAS SAYING THAT AN AUTO BODY PERSON WAS SAYING I HAVE GUYS MAKING SIX FIGURES BUT I DON'T HAVE KIDS THAT WANT TO GET DIRTY, SO HOW DO WE START TO DO EXPO STUDENTS THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT YOU CAN STILL BE AROUND TECHNOLOGY BUT IT MAY NOT BE A COMPUTER PERSON.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, SEEING HOW IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE.
I HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION AND IT'S KIND OF LIKE SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND I'M OF THE PROJECT-BASED LEARNING AND ALL OF THAT STUFF I THINK IS TERRIFIC.
I WANTED TO ASK HOW THE EDT IS THINKING ABOUT CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IN THE CORE SUBJECTS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND SOCIAL STUDIES AND MATH.
THERE'S BEEN INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, WRITERS WHO TALKED ABOUT HOW EDUCATION SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT AWAY FROM CONTENT AND MORE IN THE SKILLS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, SKILLS REALLY EXIST WITHIN THE REALM OF YOUR CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND THAT REALLY IS THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR SKILLS, IF YOU WILL, AND YOUR CRITICAL THINKING AND ALL THAT.
IT'S THE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU BRING WITH YOU THAT ENABLES YOU TO BE A REALLY EFFECTIVE CRITICAL THINKER AND SO I WAS JUST WONDERING HOW YOU ALL ARE THINKING ABOUT NOT LOSING SITE OF, YOU KNOW, THE CORE SUBJECTS AND THE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE EDUCATION DESIGN.
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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
I'LL START AND I DON'T KNOW IF SARAH WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING OR DR. JACOBS.
>> WE HAVEN'T TACKLED YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION PER SE.
AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE PDL GROUP BUT ALSO THE PROGRAM STUDIES GROUP AND PROGRAM EXPERIENCE.
WE KNOW THAT CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IS GOING TO HELP THEM ACTUALLY DELIVER ON A PDL AND I THINK PART OF THE REASON WE ASK THE STUDENT LEADERSHIP GROUP TO COME WAS THEY SHOWED US HOW THEY USED MATH AND USED ALL THAT CONTENT KNOWLEDGE TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY DID IT AT TC WILLIAMS, ALL TH SHAPES AND HOW THEY WENT AND GOT THE MAPS AND HOW THEY READ THE DESIGNS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THEM CONSTANTLY PROVIDE EXAMPLES.
WE DON'T KNOW YET BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW -- THE PANDEMIC, WE LOST TIME AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO SEE THE EXPERIENCES BECAUSE WE ONLY KNOW WHAT WE KNOW AND WE CAN ONLY DO SOLE WHEN SERIES VIDEOS OR SITES AND TRYING TO REALLY BRING TO LIGHT AND WE BUILT -- THE STUDENTS DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SHOWED.
EVERY SINGLE ONE SHOWED US THEIR GEOMETRY AND GEOGRAPHY SKILLS, PUTTING TOGETHER A PRESENTATION THAT YOU CAN ARTICULATE NOT ONLY TO THE SUPERINTENDENT BUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE EDT.
THAT'S THE WORK WHERE WE'RE HEADED IN THE FUTURE BUT WE KNOW THAT CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IS PIVOTAL TO MAKE MANY OF OUR DREAMS COME TO LIGHT.
>> WE HAD A LONG TALK BECAUSE I LOVE THIS TOPIC AND I WON'T TALK TOO LONG.
WE DID TALK YESTERDAY ABOUT THE CONTENT THOUGH IS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THOSE VARIOUS EXPERIENCES WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE CONTENT COME ALIVE BECAUSE SOME OF THE RESEARCH IS VERY CLEAR YEARS AND YEARS KIDS HAVE NOT DONE AS WELL AS THEY COULD JUST WITH THE CONTENT AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THESE EXPERIENCES WHERE THERE'S THIS APPLICATION OF THE ACTUAL CONTENT SO WHAT IT ALSO MEANS FOR US IS THAT OUR PACING CALENDARS, OUR ALIGNMENT GUIDES WE'LL HAVE TO REDESIGN THOSE AND CREATIVELY INTEGRATE EXPERIENCES WITHIN THE CONTENT SO THEY CA APPLICATION OF THE CONTENT SO WE JUST HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT YESTERDAY AND WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.
I REALLY LOVE THAT BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL LIKE MY CHILD, LIKE IN SCIENCE CLASS, THERE HASN'T BEEN AS MANY EXPERIMENTS AND HANDS EIGHT ON LEARNING AND SOMETIMES TEACHERS ARE DOING IT IN A DIGITAL WAY AND WHILE I THINK THAT CAN BE GOOD AND USEFUL AT TIMES ANOTHER THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER IS HOW MULTISENSORY WE ALL ARE AND HOW WE REALLY LEARN THROUGH THE HANGABLE THINGS AND INTERACTING WITH THE MANIPULATIVES AND ALL THAT STUFF, CRITICAL TO LEARNING.
>> THERE'S SO MANY -- [INDISCERNIBLE] -- OPPORTUNITIES IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE KIDS AND GET DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND BETTER UNDERSTAND THOSE CORE SUBJECTS.
I THINK IT'S EXCITING FOR WHAT IS ABOUT TO COME IN TERMS OF THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE PROGRAM FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THE FAMILIES.
>> FUNNY ENOUGH, DR. JACOBS AND I YESTERDAY, WE HAD THE SAME DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE KIND OF CAME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION, AND THE REALITY IS WE HAVE TO TEACH THE CONTENT BECAUSE THE STATE IS STILL GOING TO SAY THESE ARE THE STANDARDS SO IT'S MORE OF A MEETER OF CHANGING HOW WE TEACH CONTENT AND I THINK THAT INFUSION OF THE PDL AND HOW WE IMPLEMENT THAT INTO THE CONTENT IS WHAT WILL MAKE THE BIG DIFFERENCE.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF WHO ARE HERE.
PLEASE GO ON AND ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WE HAVE TO START A SPECIAL CALL BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE US INTO OUR -- I'LL START THE
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