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[Call the Work Session to Order]
I THINK WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.FIRST UP ON OUR WORK SESSION AGENDA IS OUR FY2022-2027 FISCAL FORECAST.
[1. FY 2022-2027 Fiscal Forecast]
MR. TURNER, YOU ARE IN CHARGE.AS WE START THE BUDGET SEASON WE ALWAYS START WITH THE FISCAL FORECAST TO PROJECT OUR REVENUES MOVING FORWARD.
WILL WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN? SORRY.
I DIDN'T -- THIS IS WHAT YOU MISS WHEN YOU A AT HOME ON ZOOM.
>> MS. NIELSEN, ARE YOU PUTTING THE PRESENTATION UP? DR. HUTCHINS I THINK YOU ARE PINNED ON THE ZOOM PROBABLY.
>> IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE TWO, SUSAN, PLEASE.
THE FISCAL FORECAST WE START EVERY YEAR TO KICK OFF THE BUDGET SEASON BY LOOKING AT REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.
THIS GIVES US A PICTURE OF WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT BOTH NEXT YEAR AND FOUR YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
THIS WILL GUIDE OUR WORK AND HELP US COME UP WITH A BALANCED BUDGET WHEN WE PROPOSE THAT IN JANUARY.
AS ALWAYS WE REMAIN CONSERVATIVE ON THE REVENUE SIDE AND IDEAL ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.
THERE ARE TWO REASONS FOR WHY WE DO THAT.
WE HAVE THE POWER TO CONTROL OUR EXPENDITURES AND WE DO NOT CONTROL OUR REVENUE.
AND LASTLY, IT IS ALWAYS EASIER TO ADJUST TO MORE REVENUE THAN IT IS TO A SHORT FALL.
AND THAT'S WHY WE BUILD THE MODEL THAT WAY.
SO SOME OF THE ASSUMPTION THAT'S WE HAVE FOR BOTH, WE HAVE BEEN NOTICING THAT OUR STATE SALES TAX HAVE BEEN GROWING THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
SO WE HAVE ADJUSTED TO SHOW THE STATS.
WE USE THE SAME RATE FOR ALL OTHER REVENUE SOURCES AND MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE USE OF FUND BALANCE AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE WE WANT TO PROJECT A STEP INCREASE AND THEN HEALTH BENEFITS AND THEN NONPERSONNEL SIDE WE HAVE AN INFLATION RATE OF 2% FOR BIDS AND SERVICES ON THAT PART OF THE BUDGET.
AND THEN WE SHOW A TEACHING STAFF GROWTH.
AS THE ENROLLMENT GROWS, WE ARE PROJECTING A 1-20 RATIO THAT WILL HELP WITH CLASS CAPS AND THE NEED FOR EL AND EXPANDED SYSTEMS AS WELL.
THE ASSUMPTIONS WE MAKE ARE THE CIP PROJECTS AND THE OTHER INITIATIVES WE HAVE.
I WAS ABOUT TO CHANGE THE SLIDE ON MY SCREEN AND I REALIZE I DON'T CONTROL THAT.
SO ON THE SCREEN NOW, THE CHART REPRESENTS WHERE WE STOOD LAST YEAR WITH THE COMPENSATION PACKAGE.
WITH THE STEP INCREASE AND THE RAISE WE GAVE IN THE FISCAL YEAR HAS PLACED US -- HOPEFULLY WE WILL STAY AT 3 WITH THE MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENT AND THE STUFF WE GAVE IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
IN OUR PROJECTION FOR THE FISCAL FORECAST WE HAVE SHOWN THE MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENT AS WELL.
FRINGE BENEFITS, SURPRISINGLY HEALTH CARE BENEFITS HAVE NOT SKY
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ROCKETED IN THIS PANDEMIC, KNOCKING ON WOOD.SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROJECT THOSE AT 8% ANNUALLY AND DENTAL CARE COST INCREASES AT 3% ANNUALLY.
FICA/MEDICARE AND VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THOSE ARE BASED ON YOUR SALARY.
SO AS WE PROJECT THE STEP INCREASES TO GO UP, THOSE WILL INCREASE.
IT IS A TWO-YEAR CYCLE FOR VRS THAT THEY PROVIDE US WITH.
THE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT HAS ESTIMATED THAT THE RETURN WILL GO DOWN TO I THINK FIVE AND A HALF.
IF THAT WOULD HOLD TRUE FOR VRS WE WOULD EXPECT MORE ON THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION.
YOU NEED HIGHER CONTRIBUTION TO YOUR RETIREMENT TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS OF RETURN.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IS TRYING TO CONTROL THE STAFFING GROWTH.
WE ARE SEEING AN ENROLLMENT GROWTH AND AS THE STAFFING GROWS THAT MAKES 88% OF THE BUDGET BALLOON EVEN MORE.
SO WE LOOK AT THE STAFFING WE HAVE AND WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND MAKING SURE WE ARE GETTING A STAFFING GROWTH IN THE AREAS THAT WILL MOVE THE NEEDLE OF ACHIEVEMENT.
INFLATION ON THE NON-PERSONNEL SIDE.
12% OF OUR BUDGET IS NON-PERSONNEL.
ALL OF THE ITEMS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE RIGHT HERE, ALL OF THE ITEMS YOU CAN SEE ON THE NON-PERSONNEL SIDE, OUR MODEL ASSUMES A 2% INFLATION ANNUALLY FOR THESE ITEMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THEN LASTLY THE IMPACTS OF OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE SEVERAL NEW PROJECTS THAT WILL GROW THE BLUEPRINT AND INCREASE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN ACPS.
MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE WILL MEAN MORE TO MAINTAIN THE SPACE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ADDING IN THE PROJECTS.
SO IN THE MODEL WHEN THESE PROJECTS COME ON, WE ADD THE COST INTO THE MODEL TO SHOW, OKAY, WHEN THIS NEW SQUARE FOOTAGE COMES ON BOARD WE NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL FUNDING ON THE OPERATING BUDGET.
SO AS YOU KNOW IN THE NEXT FIVE OR SIX YEARS WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECTS AND THEN THAT GETS US TO A PLACE -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE AS THE EXPENDITURES OUT PACED THE REVENUE GROWTH.
THE GAP IS OVER $6 MILLION AND IT GROWS TO CLOSE TO $50 MILLION.
THE GROWTH IS LARGELY BECAUSE WE ASSUME THAT WE HAVE AN INCREASE AND 80% OF OUR BUDGET AS THE FEES INCREASE AND IT WILL GROW THE EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES AND ALL OF THE REVENUE WILL INCREASE 5 OR 6% ANNUALLY.
WITH THAT, THAT IS HOW, WHAT THE PICTURE IS AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THIS THIS BUDGET SEASON AND WE ARE LOOKING TO MAKE A MOVE FOR REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS AS WELL AS AREAS WHERE WE CONTROL OUR EXPENDITURES AND WE ARE PUTTING THE FUNDING IN THE SYSTEM.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ? MS. GENTRY?
I AM VERY AWARE THAT THESE ARE STILL VERY SMALL NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF BUDGET, BUT THEY ARE SMALL.
WE HAVE HEARD ON THE FEDERAL SIDE AND ON THE STATE SIDE MORE INTEREST IN MORE ROBUST FUNDING FOR EDUCATION.
SO AGAIN, KEEPING IN MIND THAT EVEN IF THAT HAPPENS, THEY WILL -- THERE WILL NEVER BE THE BULK OF THE FUNDING -- IT WILL ALWAYS BE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
WONDERING IF YOU HAD THOUGHTS IN THAT AND IN WHAT WAY HOW ARE YOU THINKING.
>> THE STATE SALES TAX HAS BEEN INCREASING.
IT IS ROUGHLY A MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID IN THIS MODEL IS TO TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT AND PROJECT A STATE SALES TAX REVENUE MORE THAN THE FORMULA-DRIVEN REVENUE TO BE ABLE TO SHOW THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
AND AS WELL WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE CAN ENGAGE TO STAY WITH
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AND GAIN ADDITIONAL REVENUE.A FEW YEARS AGO WE STARTED TO BE IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM THAT BROUGHT ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR REVENUE TO BALANCE THIS OUT.
8 AND THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA WILL ALWAYS FUND THE BULK OF OUR OPERATIONS.
WE HAVE SEEN GROWTH IN THE STATE REVENUE AS WELL WHICH HAS DEFINITELY HELPED OUT.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO -- I KNOW THIS IS FOCUSING ON THE OPERATING FUND.
WE HAVE GOT IN SEVERAL GRANTS AS YOU AWARE WITH THE CARES ACT AND THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND AND THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN.
WE ARE REALLY ENGAGING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SYNERGY BETWEEN THOSE FUNDS AND THE OPERATING FUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT DUPLICATING ANYTHING AND WE ARE GETTING THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK ACROSS ALL FUNDS.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? MS. NOLAN.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR ALDERTON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING TODAY AND FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK YOU AND YOUR STAFF DID.
IT MADE FOR A SMOOTH BUDGET PROCESS.
I HAVE A QUESTION THAT I DON'T EXPECT YOU TO HAVE THE ANSWER TO RIGHT NOW.
IT IS MORE OF A -- IT WOULD BE GREAT IN A FUTURE MEETING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THIS.
TO BE CLEAR, I AM NOT EXPECTING THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW.
I HEARD FROM A VARIETY OF FOLKS THAT THERE ARE SITUATIONS AMONGST OUR STAFFING WHERE IF A PERSON WERE TO COME INTO THE POSITION THEY WOULD BE GETTING PAID MORE THAN THE CURRENT STAFF MEMBER THAT HAS BEEN HERE FOR AWHILE.
WHAT I AM DRIVING AT AND THEY WILL BE COMING INTO MORE MONEY THAN SOMEBODY -- I DON'T HAVE AN UNDERSTAND OF WHY THAT CAN HAPPEN, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT AT SOME POINT FOR THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY FOLKS IS THAT IMPACTING AND WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE -- [INAUDIBLE] IN TERMS OF EMPLOYEES BEING PUT IN THAT SITUATION AND THOSE WHO WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE -- WE WANT TO BE GOOD TO THE NEW STAFF AND BE GOOD TO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME.
NOT EXPECTING YOU TO HAVE A RESPONSE RIGHT NOW.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT TO JUST HAVE SOME UNDERSTANDING OF LIKE WHAT [INAUDIBLE] >> DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE NUMBER OF STAFF.
BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT REASONS FOR WHY THAT COULD HAPPEN.
ONE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OUR SALARY SCALES FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS TAKING OFF THE BOTTOM STEPS OF OUR SCALES AND ADDING A NEW TOP STEP.
IF SOMEONE WAS AT THAT POSITION AND SAY WE LOPPED OFF TWO OR THREE OF THE BOTTOM STEPS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS THEN SOMEONE WOULD POTENTIALLY COME IN BECAUSE THE NEW BOTTOM STEP WAS THE OLD STEP FOUR OR OLD STEP FIVE.
SO THAT COULD BE A SITUATION WHERE THE EMPLOYEES COULD COME IN AT THE SAME SALARY AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN HERE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
OTHER REASONS I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO HR.
>> WE WILL GET THE NUMBERS FROM HR.
LOOKING AT MULTIPLE FACTORS LIKE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THEY MAY HAVE HAD PRIOR TO PERMANENT -- ALSO IN SOME CASES WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO COME IN WITH MORE DEGREES OR -- THERE ARE MULTIPLE FACTORS.
SO I THINK IT REALLY IS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE ARE BRINGING NEW PEOPLE IN WE ARE DOING A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WHEN DETERMINING SALARIES.
I KNOW HR IS LOOKING AT WHEN WE HIRE SOMEONE AND RECENTLY WE HIRED SOMEONE, BUT WE LOOK AT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THAT SAME CATEGORY.
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WHAT IS THAT SALARY RANGE? WE BEGIN TO LOOK AT WHAT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DID THAT INDIVIDUAL HAVE SO THAT PEOPLE ARE COMPARABLE WHEN THEY ARE COMING IN AND THAT WE ARE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO THE HUGE SALARY GAP THAT WE WERE SEEING IN THE PAST.WHEN WE PROVIDE THE HR UPDATE, THESE ARE AREAS WE CAN SHARE INSIGHT AS WELL AS THE STRATEGY WE ARE USING TO REMEDY THAT.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND FOR THE REPORT.
MS. NOLAN'S QUESTION LEAD ME TO ANOTHER ONE AND GETTING FEEDBACK ON THIS KIND OF A THING.
IN THE OLD DAYS THERE WAS ALSO AN ISSUE ABOUT SALARIES FOR FOLKS WHO CHANGE POSITIONS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL.
SAY YOU WENT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER AND THERE WAS AN ISSUE AROUND NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE A SALARY GROWTH AND I THINK THAT WAS GOING TO GET FIXED.
I WOULD LOVE AN UPDATE ON HOW WE ARE MANAGING THE SITUATION.
AND I KNOW HISTORICALLY IT KEPT PEOPLE -- PEOPLE WOULD LEAVE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM RATHER THAN GO TO ANOTHER POSITION BECAUSE THEY KNEW THEY COULDN'T MAKE AS MUCH AS THEY COULD HAVE IF THEY CAME FROM THE OUTSIDE.
>> THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN INCLUDE IN THE UPDATES.
THE POLICY WE HAVE IS IN PLACE WHERE THE STAFF IS OBTAINING A PROMOTION THAT THEY RECEIVE A 10% INCREASE ON THEIR SALARY.
HR WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SPECIFIC -- >> I GUESS THE 10% THING -- MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SOMETIMES REGARDLESS OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NEW JOB, THEY STILL -- THE INTERNAL TRANSFER THING WAS TAPPING THE INCREASES.
>> I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT SITUATION ISN'T UNIQUE TO ACPS.
PEOPLE TEND TO HAVE TO MOVE AROUND TO MOVE UP.
IT IS NOT UNIQUE TO ACPS, BUT DR. HUTCHINGS WILL BE SURE TO PROVIDE THAT IN THE HR UPDATE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. TURNER, FOR THE REVENUE FORECAST, THE FISCAL FORECAST.
I HAD A SIMILAR -- SINCE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THESE CONCERNS RELATED TO THE SALARY SCALES, THE OTHER THING I HEARD RAISED IS THE ISSUE OF THE YEARS OF SERVICE NOT MATCHING THE STEP.
I HEARD DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THAT THAT IT IS TOTALLY TYPICAL.
ANY INFORMATION THAT CAN BE PRESENTED THAT THAT IS TYPICAL TO WHAT OTHER DIVISIONS ARE DOING OR IF THERE IS SOMETHING ATYPICAL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WAS NOT UNDERSTANDING.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, MR. TURNER.
IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PLANNING FOR THE COMPENSATION STUDY AND IF YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THE COMPENSATION STUDY.
AND THEN THE BUDGET FORUM ON OCTOBER 18TH, I WAS WONDERING IS THAT GOING TO BE A VIRTUAL FORMAT? AND HAVE YOU GIVEN ANY CONSIDERATION TO CHANGING -- LIKE ARE YOU DOING THIS PRESENTATION, AND I KNOW THERE WERE SOME IDEAS OF PROMOTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MEETING.
>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE WE ARE NOT DOING ANOTHER COMPENSATION STUDY THIS YEAR.
AS FAR AS THE OCTOBER 18TH PUBLIC BUDGET FORUM IT WILL BE TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON A BUDGET PROCESS.
AND WE WILL ALSO BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE ESSER3 FUNDS TO PROVIDE THE UPDATE.
WE ARE TRYING TO ADVERTISE MORE BROADLY AND ACROSS MANY GROUPS.
WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE OTHER COMMITTEES WE HAVE HERE IN ACPS TO ADVERTISE TO THEM.
WE WILL TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE PTA PRESIDENT AS WELL TO ADVERTISE THOSE GROUPS AS WELL.
AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNICATION TEAM TO PUSH THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY AS WELL.
WE HAVE ALREADY RESERVED A ROOM IN ELLERSBY HIGH SCHOOL TO DO THIS.
AND JUST LIKE YOU HAVE FOR YOUR BOARD MEETINGS, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IT IN PERSON
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AND BROADCAST THROUGH A WEBINAR, A SITUATION LIKE YOU ALL ARE DOING.WITH THE CALENDAR BEING ADOPTED TODAY, WE CAN START THE FLIERS WITH THE DATE SET IN STONE NOW.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE A BROADER ATTENDANCE.
THESE ARE THE YEARS WE HAVE THE MOST ATTENDANCE AT THE FORUMS ANYWAY.
HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE MORE THAN THE USUAL.
THAT REMINDS ME OF THREE YEARS AGO.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ALL OF THE CANDIDATES FOR SCHOOL BOARD TO THAT MEETING.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY USEFUL.
I THOUGHT I HEARD ONE OTHER QUESTION YOU MENTIONED ON THE STAFF SALARY.
>> IT WAS RELATED TO THE STAFF AND THE YEARS OF SERVICE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION WAS EACH YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THE STAFFING INCREASE THOSE ARE BASED ON WHETHER THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES THE STEP INCREASE, SO IN THE YEARS THE SCHOOL BOARD DON'T APPROVE A STEP INCREASE, YOU DON'T SAY WE ARE MOVING TWO OR THREE STEPS AHEAD.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS ALWAYS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS AND IT IS PUT OUT THERE FOR EVERYBODY.
IF A STEP INCREASE IS NOT APPROVED IT WOULDN'T MATCH UP.
THE SERVICES WOULDN'T MATCH UP WITH THE STEP.
WE ARE MOVING ON, CORRECT? WE ARE MOVING TO THE BUDGET PRIORITIES.
[2. Budget Priorities Work Session for FY 2023 Combined Funds (CF) Budgets and FY 2023-FY 2032 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget]
WE WILL HAVE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRIORITIES UP FIRST.
SUSAN, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PULL UP THE ATTACHMENT.
TONIGHT WE'LL BE BRIEF, BUT WE WANT TO PRESENT OUR PROPOSED FY2023-TO 2032 BUDGET PRIORITIES.
LAST YEAR THE SCHOOL BOARD ALIGNED THE CIP BUDGET PRIORITIES WITH THE GOAL AREAS WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE ARE PROPOSING MAINTAINING THE CIP PRIORITIES FROM LAST YEAR.
OUR CIP IS A 10-YEAR BUDGET SO WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE OUR PRIORITIES TOO MUCH YEAR OVER YEAR.
BUT JUST TO GO THROUGH THEM BRIEFLY.
FIRST WITH ALIGNMENT, CONTINUING TO MAKE OUR BUILDING UPGRADES AND SAFETY AND SECURITY UPGRADES A PRIORITY.
WE WILL BE GETTING INFORMATION FROM OUR FACILITIES AND CONDITION ASSESSMENTS FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED CIP.
AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THE BUILDING UPGRADES PROPOSED FROM THAT.
AND INSTRUCTIONAL EXCELLENCE, WE -- A FEW YEARS AGO THE SCHOOL BOARD INCLUDED TEXTBOOKS BACK IN THE CIP.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE ANNUAL CYCLE OF TEXTBOOK REPLACEMENT AND SUPPORTING THE TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THROUGH THE CIP WHERE WE CAN.
RELATED TO STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY AND SUPPORT, WE CONTINUE TO FUND ADA PROJECTS, TRANSPORTATION AND PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOLS.
AND SOMETIMES INCORPORATED INTO A LARGER PROJECT.
IN STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT OUR MODERNIZATIONS AND THE CAPACITY PROJECTS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING CAPACITY, UPDATING FACILITIES AND PROVIDING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
I BELIEVE LAST YEAR SOME OF THE SUPPORT THE SCHOOL BOARD PROVIDED THROUGH THE CIP HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH THE ADDITION OF OUR CIP COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST.
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WE STARTED OUR CIP NEWSLETTER AS WELL AS MANY UPDATES TO THE WEB PAGE.WE ARE HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT AND TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ON OUR CIP PROJECTS GOING FORWARD.
THOSE ARE THE PROPOSED CIP PRIORITIES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS OR ANY FEEDBACK ON THE PRIORITIES.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMPLIMENT.
DR. HUTCHINGS AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE WERE SO MUCH RAIN.
ALL OF THE OTHER YEARS THERE WAS A SCHOOL FLOOD AND SO MUCH WATER GOING INTO OUR SCHOOLS.
I KEEP WONDERING, HOW COME I AM NOT HEARING ABOUT THAT? IT IS A LOT OF WATER.
WE ARE ACTUALLY -- THE CIP AND THE FOCUS ON MAKING OUR SCHOOLS MORE WATER TIGHT AND IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS HAS BEEN WORKING.
IT IS BUILDING UPGRADES AND IT HAS BEEN HEAVY.
HOUSES ARE FLOODING, BUT OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT FLOODING.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MS. THORTON?
>> SINCE WE ARE GIVING COMPLIMENTS, I ALSO WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THE COMMUNICATIONS FOCUS.
I DO READ THE CIP LETTER EVERY TIME IT COMES OUT.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE OUR WEBSITES THAT ARE ALWAYS UPDATED AND SHOW LIVE SHOTS OF PROGRESS.
SOME OF OUR MODERNIZATION PROJECTS.
THERE IS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT ON THAT FRONT.
I'M GLAD IT REMAINS A PRIORITY, AND COMMUNICATION ON MANY FRONTS IS A FOCUS OF OURS.
ESPECIALLY WITH OUR MODERNIZATION PROJECTS.
THAT CONTINUES TO BE IMPORTANT WITH THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE FUNDIES KUDOS ON THAT AS WELL.
I WANT TO GIVE A KUDO TO THE BOARD.
YOU ALL DID SET THE BAR FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CIP OR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.
WE ARE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND WE HAVE COME SO FAR.
I REMEMBER THESE SESSIONS AND HOW THEY USED TO BE THREE YEARS AGO AND TWO YEARS AGO AND LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE BEEN INTENTIONAL WITH OUR EFFORTS.
HATS OFF TO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS, DR. ALICIA HART, WHO IS LEADING THESE EFFORTS.
I KNOW DR. HART IS NOT ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT HER TEAM, BUT THANK YOU TO THE BOARD FOR MAKING IT A PRIORITY AND SAYING WE DO DESERVE TO HAVE OUR STUDENTS AND BUILDINGS THAT ARE SAFE AND DRY.
AND THANK YOU FOR STAYING TRUE TO THAT AND PUSHING US TO DO THIS.
>> I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A KUDO.
IT IS SIMILAR TO WHAT DR. HUTCHINGS SAYS.
IT BEARS REPEATING THAT I DEFINITELY -- I THINK I CAN SAY ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, BUT WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO DR. HART AND HER LEADERSHIP FOR COMING AND JOINING US.
THANK YOU FOR LEADING THAT TEAM.
I KNOW IN MY SIX YEARS ON THE BOARD, EXCEPTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FOR DR. HART'S LEADERSHIP AND FOCUS AS WELL AS OWNING THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT MS. THORTON WAS SAYING.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO OWN WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING WELL.
WE LOST A LOT OF TRUST FROM THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT WAS SWEEP IT UNDER THE RUG AND PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
DR. HART, NOT ONLY IS IT HER COMPETENCY, BUT HER STYLE OF WORK AND HER STRAIGHT FORWARDNESS AND IT IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
IT IS EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT WITH COVID AND WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS HAD TO GO THROUGH.
IT WAS REALLY GO, GO, GO THE WHOLE TIME.
THE LAST THING I WILL TALK ABOUT FACILITIES AND WHY IT IS SO CRITICAL AND IT DOES NOT GET THE KUDOS IT DESERVES IS I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE FACILITIES DOES MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR EDUCATION.
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WHAT WAS SUPER FRUSTRATING IS EVERY TIME A PRINCIPAL IS WORRIED ABOUT A LEAKY ROOF OR AN HVAC SITUATION OR MOLD OR WHAT HAVE YOU, THAT IS HOURS TAKEN AWAY FROM INSTRUCTIONAL OVERSIGHT WITHIN THE BUILDING.IT IS TAKING AWAY FROM MOTIVATION OF WANTING TO REMAIN IN THE DIVISION.
THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE CURRICULUM AND IT WAS NOT SEPARATE.
THE BUILDINGS WERE NOT SEPARATE.
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OTHER KUDOS AND BY THE WAY CAN WE JUST PAUSE FOR A SECOND TO REALIZE WE ARE SAYING POSITIVE THINGS.
IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR SO LONG AS A BOARD AND TAKING UP SO MUCH OF OUR TIME, RIGHT? IT IS NICE TO HAVE KUDOS.
THANK YOU, DR. HART, TO YOU AND YOUR COLLEAGUES.
AND DR. HUTCHINGS AND THE BOARD, I'M SO SORRY, BUT DO YOU MIND IF I MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT? THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE POSITIVE COMMENTS AND THE KUDOS THAT WERE RECEIVED TONIGHT.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT PUBLICLY AND PERSONALLY THANK MY ENTIRE TEAM.
MS. GULICK IS ON THE LINE REPRESENTING THE CIP STANDPOINT, BUT THERE ARE SIX WONDERFUL, DEDICATED DIRECTORS WORKING FOR THE FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.
THEY ARE JUST AS MUCH A PART OF THIS POSITIVE MOVEMENT BOARD AS I AM.
I THANK YOU, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I TOOK THE TIME TO ALSO THANK THEM PUBLICLY.
I HAVE A PHENOMENAL TEAM OF DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO WANT TO MAKE OUR FACILITY THE BEST AND THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
>> SO I'M GOING TO ADD MY KUDOS BECAUSE I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SYSTEMIC ALIGNMENT.
I SEE THAT AS A KEY TO THE SUCCESS WE HAVE HAD WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
I THINK I WAS JUST STANDING AROUND WITH DR. GONZALEZ AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HER ROLE WITH DR. HART MAKING SURE EVERY BUILDING AND THE WORK IS MADE AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR EVERY PRINCIPAL TO MAKE SURE THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND THEY HAPPEN NOT ONLY EFFICIENTLY, BUT CONVENIENTLY AS POSSIBLE AND EVERYONE GETS WHAT THEY NEED.
THAT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE HAVE TO BE ALIGNED FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IN ORDER FOR THINGS TO BE WHAT WE WANT THEM TO BE.
THAT'S A MOMENT THAT I HAD AND IT MADE ME REALIZE THAT THAT FOCUS IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
IT IS FROM THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM TO THE PRINCIPAL AND DOWN TO THE CLASSROOMS. ALL OF THAT MATTERS.
THAT'S MY KUDOS FOR THIS MOMENT AND ALSO TO MS. GADDIS WHO TOLD US TO PUT LOVE IN THE ROOM TODAY.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE MS. GULICK WHO HAS BEEN HERE TRIED AND TRUE THE WHOLE TIME AND JUST A LOT OF THESE EFFORTS ARE NOT JUST ONE THAT'S JUST HAPPEN, BUT THEY ARE ONES I HAVE SEEN HER PAINSTAKINGLY AND PATIENTLY WORK THROUGH FOR SIX YEARS.
IT IS NOT LIKE A MAGIC WAND THAT SOME OF THESE THINGS MAGICALLY HAPPEN.
MS. GULICK HAS BEEN THERE LIKE THE ENGINE THAT COULD.
REALLY APPRECIATE AND IT IS A PLEASURE TO SEE SO MUCH OF YOUR WORK COME TO FRUITION.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A MOMENT TO SAY THAT.
WITH THAT SAID, I THINK WE ARE MOVING ON TO DR. PAGE.
TO CONTINUE THE THEME OF LOVE.
WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT OPERATING BUDGET PRIORITIES.
BEING AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, I AM GOING TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME PHYSICAL MOVEMENT BOTH FOR MYSELF TO SEGUE AND TO SQUEEZE MAYBE ONE OR TWO ADDITIONAL SYNAPSE FIRINGS IN YOUR BRAINS.
I KNOW IT IS LATE FOR ALL OF US, BUT THIS IS CRITICAL WORK YOU HAVE ENGAGED IN NOW
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AND I BELIEVE THIS IS, IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN, THE THIRD YEAR OF DOING THIS WORK AND WE IMPROVED IT EACH AND EVERY YEAR.WE DID IT REMOTELY LAST YEAR WHICH WAS FANTASTIC FUN FOR ALL INVOLVED.
THIS YEAR WE ARE BACK IN PERSON.
LIKE EVERYTHING WE DO, THIS SLIDE IS TO REMIND US THAT EVERYTHING WE DO IS GROUNDED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR VISION AND OUR MISSION AND OUR CORE VALUES AS AN ORGANIZATION BOTH FOR WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND TONIGHT AND IN THIS MOMENT AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO AT 2025.
QUICK OBJECTIVES FOR TONIGHT, FIRST AND FOREMOST IS OBVIOUSLY LEVERAGING OUR KEY DATA SOURCES.
TO INFORM THE WORK AND WORKING TO CONTINUALLY GO TO A LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY AND FOCUS.
ON OUR BUDGET PRIORITY AS AN ON GOING SITUATION, I WOULD SAY FIVE YEARS AGO WE WERE IN A PLACE WHERE BUDGET PRIORITIES WOULD BE THINGS LIKE READING OR MATH AND NOW WE HAVE GOTTEN TO A PLACE WHERE BUDGET PRIORITIES ARE EARLY LITERACY IN GRADES K-2.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AND THAT ACTIONABLE FOCUS IS STAFFING THE BUILDING PROCESS TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE THINGS THE BOARD IS UH SPOUSING FOR THE COMING BUDGET CYCLE.
WE WILL WORK ON DEVELOPING UP TO 10 KEY PRIORITIES FOR FY2023 AND OUR TIME TONIGHT.
THIS IS A QUOTE AND IT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
WE CAN ALL GET THINGS DONE AND WE CAN ALL WORK TIRELESSLY.
BUT REALLY IT IS ABOUT HOW WE AND WHAT WE CHOOSE TO WORK ON IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL IMPACT THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE BOTH WITHIN OUR IMMEDIATE INFLUENCE AND A LARGER ORGANIZATION.
SPECIFICALLY THE IMPORTANCE OF PRIORITIZING.
THAT SPECIFICALLY IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE KEY AREAS OF FOCUS AND IF ADDRESSED WILL MOST EFFECTIVELY MOVE US FORWARD, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT SYSTEMIC ALIGNMENT.
ALL THINGS ACPS CASCADE IN THIS STRATEGIC PLAN AND ALL CATEGORIES FIT IN THAT AS WELL.
SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW AND THESE ARE NOT NEW SLIDES FOR THE BOARD, BUT IT IS JUST A REMINDER IN TERMS OF THE WORK AND HOW WE INCLUDE IT IN EVERYTHING WE DO.
RECENT AUDITS AND EVALUATIONS FOR THE PAST I WOULD SAY FIVE TO SIX YEARS.
THE KEY FINDINGS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS ET CETERA FROM ALL OF THESE EVALUATIONS WERE KEY LEADERS IN THE CREATION OF THE EQUITY POLL 2025 PLAN ALONG WITH SOME DATA FROM SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.
JUST A REMINDER THAT ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
LASTLY -- WELL, NOT LASTLY, BUT AS A REMINDER AS WE UNVEIL OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND SPECIFICALLY THE AREAS HERE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BOXES FOR OUR HISPANIC AND LATINO STUDENTS AND SOME OF THE MOST DISPROPORTIONATE AREAS IN THE KEY INDICATORS.
LIKEWISE, WE KNOW THE PANDEMIC HAS EXASPERATED SOME OF THE KEY INEQUITIES.
THERE WAS NO CHANGE FOR OUR WHITE STUDENT GROUP.
HOWEVER, WE SAW NEAR DOUBLING OF CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM RATES ACROSS ALL OTHER STUDENT GROUPS.
LIKEWISE WHEN WE LOOK AT MATH, THE COHORT ANALYSIS THAT THE BOARD IS FAMILIAR WITH AND IT IS ACROSS ALL STUDENT GROUPS.
WE SAW THE GREATEST DECLINE ACROSS THE STUDENT GROUPS PERFORMING AT THE LOWEST END OF THE RANGE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.
SO AGAIN, THE WIDENING OF THOSE INEQUITIES AND THE WIDENING OF THOSE GAPS.
AND THEN A FINAL EXAMPLE IS THE MAP GROWTH EXAMPLE WHERE WE ARE SEEING SCHOOLS IN THE UPPER QUADRANTS WHERE WE ARE SEEING HIGH GROWTH.
IF A STUDENT IS REACHING TWO YEARS OF GROWTH THAT'S, THAT'S FANTASTIC AND A CELEBRATION REGARDLESS OF THE GIVEN GRADING PERIOD OR THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND WITH THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC, WE KNOW THAT GROWTH HAS BEEN SUPPRESSED.
IN THE HIGH ACHIEVING SCHOOLS AND LOW ACHIEVING SCHOOLS IN AREAS OF READING AND MATH THIS.
IS A REALITY NOT JUST FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BUT FROM NATIONAL STUDIES THIS IS THE REALITY ACROSS K-12 IN THE STATE AND NATIONALLY.
AND THEN LASTLY JUST A REMINDER OF WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IN TERMS OF AREAS OF FOCUS AND PRIORITIES.
THESE ARE AREAS OF FOCUS FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR AS WELL AS BUDGET PRIORITIES FROM THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.
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AND I WILL VERBALLY COMMUNICATE THIS YEAR'S AREA OF FOCUS AND WE KNOW ARE THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC WELL BEING FOR RECOVERY.THE MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, OUR HISPANIC MALES AND THESE AREAS OF FOCUS ARE NOT JUST ONE YEAR.
THEY TAKE SUSTAINED EFFORTS ACROSS MULTIPLE YEARS TO SEE TRUE MOVEMENT FORWARD AS AN ORGANIZATION IN THESE AREAS.
WITH ALL OF THAT WE ARE GOING TO HOP INTO THE PRIORITIZATION ACTIVITY.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING MS. GLEN BRIDGES, SHE HAS BEEN A COUNSELOR THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
I LOVE THE VARIATION IN THE KIDS.
WHAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IS REALLY AS BOARD MEMBERS, PUSHING OURSELVES TO THINK ABOUT OUR LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY AND MOVING BEYOND READING, BUT EARLY LITERACY AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL.
THE THREE KEY W'S WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT WITH THE GOLDILOCKS IS WHAT, WHO AND WHERE.
WE WON'T HAVE THOSE WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE, BUT WE SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE TWO OUT OF THREE.
INSTEAD OF READING, WE SAY EARLY LITERACY.
AND WE SAY AT K-2 -- SORRY, EARLY LITERACY AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL.
WE ARE IDENTIFYING THE WHAT AND THE WHERE AND THE WHO THERE.
I WON'T GO THROUGH EACH ONE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEM AND REFERENCE THEM IF YOU GO INTO YOUR GENERATION OF PRIORITIES WHICH IS WHAT WE WILL DO NOW.
YOU EACH WILL HAVE A STACK OF POST IT NOTES WHICH YOU DO NOT NEED TO FULLY UTILIZE.
YOU ARE FREE TO USE UP TO, BUT NO MORE THAN 12 PRIORITIES AND ONE PER STICKY NOTE.
WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS YOU WILL BE TAKING YOUR IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR FY23 AND POSTING THEM ON THE EASELS THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE.
YOU WANT ONE POST IT NOTE PER GOAL.
EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF FIVE POST IT NOTES.
>> IS IT K-2 OR ARE WE EXTENDING IT K-4?
>> YES, AND THAT'S THE OTHER -- THANK YOU.
THAT'S THE OTHER PIECE AND THE LAST BULLET UP THERE IS SOME PRIORITIES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEARS SHOULD CARRY OVER.
NOT JUST CAN, BUT REALLY SHOULD.
WE SHOULD SEE THESE AREAS CARRYING OVER FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND WE ARE NOT EXPECTING WHOLESALE CHANGE.
AND WITH THAT WE WILL TAKE 7-ISH TO 10 MINUTES TO JOT DOWN ON THE POST IT NOTES.
>> AND AS WE DEVELOP THE PRIORITIES, REMEMBER THAT EACH YEAR THERE IS NOT A LOT OF NEW MONEY THAT COMES INTO THIS SYSTEM.
SO IT IS ALSO ABOUT SHIFTING THE FUNDS TO THE AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING HERE TONIGHT.
>> YOU ALL JUST GOT -- ALWAYS THE DEBBIE DOWNER.
THAT'S WHY THEY GAVE ME THIS JOB.
>> HOW ARE YOU GONNA PAY FOR THAT? I DON'T KNOW! HELP ME!
>> IF I HAD THE POWERBALL NUMBERS, WE WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
>> LET'S TAKE ABOUT 7-ISH MINUTES.
I WILL GAUGE AND SEE WHERE YOU ALL ARE.
SEVEN TO 10 MINUTES TO JOT DOWN AREAS OF FOCUS AND THEN GET THEM ON THE BOARD.
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AS YOU DO THAT I WILL BE LOOKING AT WHAT IS GOING ON AND DOING SOME GROUPINGS.[00:58:45]
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SIMILAR IDEAS.[00:58:48]
IF YOU SEE SOMETHING THAT IS UP THAT IS THE SAME AS YOURS, KIND OF PUT IT NEXT TO THE POST IT NOTE.LET'S GO AHEAD AND COME BACK TOGETHER.
WE ARE JUST GOING TO DO A QUICK REVIEW OF WHAT WE HAVE UP ON THE BOARD.
THERE IS SOME GRAY IN THIS AND THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWERS.
PERFECTION IS THE ENEMY OF PROGRESS AND WE'LL DO THE BEST WE CAN TONIGHT.
NOTHING WE DECIDE TO DO IS WRITTEN IN STONE.
WE CAN MAKE EDITS AND ADJUSTMENTS, BUT WE WILL DO THE BEST WE CAN.
UNDER SYSTEMIC ALIGNMENT, I CAN SEE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE AROUND THE STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
I WILL JUST MAKE LITTLE BOXES THAT WILL SHOW WHERE WE CAN PUT OUR STICKERS IF WE ARE VOTING FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
BUILD COMMUNICATION PLANS FOR EACH SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF STAFF DEVELOPMENTS.
WE HAVE ONE ON THE BUDGET AND WE HAVE ENSURE ALIGNMENT OF STAFF SALARIES.
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WE ARE ALIGNING THE METRICS AND WE HAVE SOLICIT SCHOOL SURVEYS.SOLICIT FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY FEEDBACK.
AND THEN YOU PUT STICKERS WHEN WE GO TO THE VOTING PROCESS FOR SYSTEMIC ALIGNMENT.
INSTRUCTIONAL EXCELLENCE AND WE HAVE AN EQUITABLE IDENTIFICATION OF SOME TAGS AND AREAS HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE FOCUSES ON LITERACY AND WE HAVE A BUCKET AROUND CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND ATTENDANCE AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES.
ALL OF THESE ARE SPECIFIC TO -- [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS TO REDUCE LEARNING LOSS AND RECOVERY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
THAT COULD BE MAYBE SOME TARGETED GROUPS IN TERMS OF ACADEMIC RECOVERY AND LEARNING LOSS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
ARE WE COMFORTABLE PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
AND THEN WE HAVE FINALIZED PROGRAMS OF STUDIES AND INDIVIDUALIZED PATHWAYS FOR STUDIES AND STRENGTHEN ACADEMIC ADVISEMENTS AND ACCESS TO CTE'S.
PUT THOSE TOGETHER AND WE CAN BUCKET THOSE.
DOWN HERE WE HAVE DEVELOP INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL PLANS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL PLANS AND EQUITY.
I WILL PROPOSE MOVING THIS TO TEACHER RESOURCE ALLOCATION BECAUSE IT IS STAFF RETENTION AND SO I WILL TAKE THIS ONE AND STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY AND SUPPORT.
WE HAVE EXPAND EDT WORK TO INCLUDE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPORT K-12 ALIGNMENT.
WE HAVE A CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR TRAUMAS EXPERIENCED DURING THE DUAL PANDEMICS AND STUDENT SERVICES AND THAT'S TOGETHER AND I AM NAVIGATING PILLARS.
WE HAVE THREE MINUTES IN THE POST IT NOTES AND IT WILL START TO FALL OFF AND THEN ALL WILL BE LOST.
WE HAVE CHILD CARE COLLABORATIVE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING.
THOSE ARE SIMILAR IN THEME AND SO WE WILL BUCKET THOSE TOGETHER.
AND WE HAVE THINGS AROUND SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
AND THEN WE HAVE IMPLEMENTATION -- RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.
SHOULD WE KEEP THIS SEPARATE FROM CONTINUED SUPPORT AND TRAUMA FROM THE PANDEMIC? OR GROUP THOSE TOGETHER? I WAS THINKING THAT TOO.
AND THEN WE HAVE PD FOR SECONDARY COUNSELORS FOR FLEXIBLE PATHWAYS.
AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO EXPANDED PRE-K INITIATIVES.
STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION.
WE HAVE APPROVING DIVERSE, TEACHER ALLOCATIONS EARLY.
I WILL BUCKET THAT WITH THE PREVIOUS ONE AROUND TEACHER AND RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING AND RETENTION AS WELL AS SCHOOL CLIMATE.
ARE YOU GOOD WITH HAVING CLIMATE AND RECRUITMENT GOING HAND IN HAND AS WELL AS RETENTION? THIS IS A TAG.
I AM GOING TO MOVE THE TAG OVER TO OUR EARLIER TAG BUCKET.
AND THEN WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY HERE.
AND THEN WE HAVE CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT TRAINING.
THIS ONE IS CUSTOMER RELATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND FULL ACCLAMATION OF THE CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
AND THEN WE HAVE PARTNER WITH PTAC ON EQUITY, DIVERSION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ACTUALLY, MARGARET, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE -- CAN WE MOVE -- I AM WONDERING IF WE CAN MOVE [INAUDIBLE] OVER HERE.
[INAUDIBLE] >> YEAH, AND THAT'S HOW WE LOOK AT T RIGHT? YOU CAN MAKE AN ARGUMENT FOR COMMUNITY -- COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WE ARE DOING
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THESE TRAININGS SO WE CAN MEANINGFULLY CONNECT THE BRIDGE GAPS AND CREATION RELATIONSHIPS AND ALSO IT DOES TAKE STRATEGIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION AS WELL.THERE IS ANTI-BIAS TRAINING FOR ALL STAFF AND INTERESTED PARENTS.
ARE WE HAPPY TO MOVE THESE TO STRATEGIC RESOURCES? OKAY.
>> AND THEN WE HAVE -- WE HAVE MAXIMUM ENGAGEMENT OF FAMILIES.
I THINK IT GOES TO THE POINT OF ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL.
IT IS GONNA TAKE THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE TO REACH SOME FAMILIES AND TAKE THE NON-TECHNOLOGY SIDE TO REACH OTHER FAMILIES.
I'M THINKING WHAT IF WE BUCKET ALL OF THESE IN TERMS OF THE OUT REACH AND THE TARGETED MEANS OF COMMUNICATING BECAUSE THAT'S A LARGE BUCKET.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO NOW IS EACH OF YOU HAS IN FRONT OF YOU A BRIGHT ORANGE PAD THAT IS GOING TO HAVE EIGHT DOTS.
WHO WE ARE GOING TO DO IS YOU ARE GOING TO THINK ABOUT THESE AREAS.
YOU ARE GOING TO PLACE A DOT IN ANY AREA IN WHICH YOU ARE WANTING TO SEE BE A BUDGET PRIORITY FOR THE UPCOMING BUDGET CYCLE.
YOU HAVE TO VOTE AT LEAST ONCE WITHIN EACH GOAL AREA.
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A DESIGNATED DOT, AT LEAST ONE, FOR EACH GOAL AREA.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE DOTS FOR WHICH YOU CAN APPLY AS YOU SEE FIT.
HOWEVER, YOU MAY NOT APPLY THEM TO THE SAME TOPIC MULTIPLE TIMES.
I CANNOT PUT THREE STICKERS ON EARLY LITERACY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE FOR EVERYBODY? I'M WATCHING.
LET'S TAKE ABOUT MAYBE THREE-ISH MINUTES TO GET OUR VOTES UP AND THEN WE'LL DO TALLIES AND WE WILL HAVE OUR DRAFT BUDGET PRIORITIES.
>> I AM NOT INFALLABLE SO FEEL FREE TO DOUBLE CHECK MY MATH IN OUR RESULTS.
FOR SYSTEMIC ALIGNMENT WE HAD TWO AREA THAT'S CAME ACROSS AT A TIE WITH FIVE
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TOTAL.ONE BEING AROUND THE CONTINUATION OF STRATEGIC PLAN WITH SOME SPECIFIC MENTION OF OUR SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PLAN.
WE ALSO HAD VOTES AROUND THE STAFF EVALUATION SYSTEM.
THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND OTHER INITIATIVES.
THAT IS OUR TWO AREAS FOR SYSTEMIC ALIGNMENT.
WE HAD OUR TOP VOTE GETTER FOCUSED ON K-4 LITERACY AND MATH IN AN AREA AND ALSO OUR SECOND TOP VOTE GETTER AT FIVE FOCUSED ON THE EQUITABLE IDENTIFICATION OF
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BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS FOR TAG.AND SO THOSE ARE OUR TWO AREAS UNDER INSTRUCTIONAL EXCELLENCE.
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MOVING OVER TO ACCESSIBILITY AND SUPPORT.TWO AREAS CAME ACROSS AT FOUR VOTES EACH.
BOTH OF THOSE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE ONE AREA FROM EACH GOAL.
BOTH OF THOSE WILL MAKE IT IN.
ONE BEING FOCUSED AROUND MKSS AND CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AFTER THE IMPACT AND DURING THE IMPACT OF THE PAN DEPP MICK AND UTILIZING CHILD CARE COLLABORATIVE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE SUPPORTING STUDENTS AFTER HOURS BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL.
OUR TOP VOTE GETTER WAS FOCUS OWED THE CUSTOMER RELATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST THE FAMILY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE THE TOP VOTE GETTER OF SEVEN VOTES FOCUSED IN ON THE MYRIAD OF OUT REACH EFFORTS AND HOW WE NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE OUR OUT REACH FOR OUR FAMILIES ON ELECTRONIC MEANS AND NONELECTRONIC MEANS AND SOME OF THE GROUPS WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS.
WE QUA HAVE TRAINING FOR STAFF AND EVEN POTENTIAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS THEY MOVE FORWARD.
THOSE ARE OUR 9 DRAFT BUDGET PRIORITIES.
>> I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO END.
I DON'T EXPECT THERE TO BE A REAL ANSWER.
BUT I NOTICE THAT THE CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM -- I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT ONE.
IT IS INTERESTING HOW THERE WERE TWO OTHER AREAS THAT GOT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ATTENTION.
WITH THE 4 STICKERS ONE COULD ARGUE IT IS ON PAR AND ON PRIORITY WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER ITEMS. AND GIVING THAT TO SUCH A NEED, IS THERE A WAY TO SQUEEZE IN AN HONORABLE MENTION? I KNOW THAT WORK IS CONTINUING.
>> LIKE I SAID, WE -- CERTAINLY NOTHING DECIDED HERE TONIGHT IS SET IN STONE AND WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY.
IF YOU RECALL, OUR GOAL LEAVING HERE TONIGHT IS TO LEAVE WITH NO LESS THAN 10 AND WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 9.
IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO ROLL THAT ONE IN IT IS SPECIAL SOMETHING WE CAN.
>> AND THE NUMBER ONE IS THE CONTINUOUS WORK AND IT TAKES A LONGTIME TO FOCUS ON THAT.
NUMBER TWO, A STARK NEED BASED ON THE DATA WE HAVE.
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IT IS OUR NEEDIEST POPULATION.AND THEN THE WAY THINGS WORK OUT IT WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAD FOUR DOTS THAT WAS ON PAR WITH OTHER PRIORITIES ENTERED IN THE MIX.
WELL, I THINK WE ARE -- I AM BEING TOLD IT IS ENDING RIGHT NOW.
DR. HUTCHINGS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? GOOD NIGHT, GUYS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.