>> ALL RIGHT. [00:00:01] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. [1. Meeting Called to Order by Chair Alderton] WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FOR NOVEMBER 11, 2021. I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:3 5 PM. SUSAN, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO CALL ROLL? NO? OKAY. GREAT. >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE WE ADOPT THE MEETING FROM NOVEMBER 11. [5. Adopt the Agenda for the November 11, 2021 School Board Meeting] >> SECOND. >> I HAVE MS. GREENE WHO SECONDS MS. GENTRY'S MOTION. WE DO NEED TO AMEND THE AGENDA. SO I DO NEED A MOTION TO ADD A REVISION. >> MADAM CHAIR? I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO REVISION TO THE FY2021-2022 ACADEMIC CALENDAR -- THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND TO ADD THE REVISION TO THE S BY 2021-2022 ACADEMIC CALENDAR TO CONSENT CALENDAR. AND TO REMOVE THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SERVICES FROM MINNIE HOWARD CAMPUS REDEVELOPMENT FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE MS. GREENE WHO SECONDS MS. GENTRY'S MOTION. FIRST WE NEED TO VOTE TO AMEND THE AGENDA. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE FIVE YES AND FOUR WHO ARE CURRENTLY ABSENT. AND THEN, WE ALSO NOW NEED TO VOTE ON THE AMENDED AGENDA. >> WHICH WAS ME AND SECONDED BY --? >> YES. I'M SORRY THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MS. GENTRY AND SECONDED BY MS. GREEN. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO FIVE YES AND FOR ABSENT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG, I WILL NEED SOMEONE TO READ US INTO CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE. [3. Closed Meeting] >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THE BOARD CONVENED A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2 DASH THREE 711-8329 FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS AND DISCUSSION OF THE TERM AND SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT, WERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR THE NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE BOARD. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE MS. GREENE WHO SECONDS MS. GENTRY'S MOTION. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE. OKAY. WE CAN GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. SO, I NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE CERTIFY THE CLOSED MEETING. >> (INDISCERNIBLE). >> ARE YOU DOING IT, MS. GENTRY? >> YOU WANT ME TO DO IT? >> YES. >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THE BOARD CONVENED THE CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE -- I'M SORRY. PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2-2712. I MOVE THE BOARD CERTIFY THE BUS TO EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE -- LAWFULLY EXEMPTED BY THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT -- CLOSE MEETING HELD ON A NOVEMBER 11, 2021. >> I HAVE MS. GENTRY WHO SECONDS MS. NOLAN'S MOTION. GO AHEAD AND VOTE. OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. [00:05:12] OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WILL HAVE OUR COMMUNICATION AND ADDRESSES TO THE BOARD. [5. Observe a Moment of Silence] SO TO GO OVER OUR RULES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, EACH SPEAKER GETS THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD. THE CLERK WILL TIME YOU IF YOU ARE SPEAKING AND ANNOUNCE WHEN YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. IF YOU ARE ON ZOOM AND YOU ALREADY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ON [6. Public Comments] ZOOM AND THAT ALLOWS US TO FIND YOU QUICKLY. OUR FIRST COMMENT IS VIA ZOOM AND THAT IS MISS LEE ABBOTT. SO, MISS ABBOTT? I DON'T SEE MISS ABBOTT ON THE ATTENDEE SIDE. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG. IF WE SEE HER SHOW UP, WE CAN COME BACK. SO WE WILL GO TO OUR IN PERSON COMMENTS. THE FIRST PERSON ON THE LIST IS MR. RICARDO ROBERTS. I DO NOT SEE MR. ROBERTS. ANYBODY? OKAY. SO MS. DAWN LUCAS. >> GOOD EVENING, CHAIR ALDERTON, VICE CHAIR NOLAN, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES AND DR. HUTCHINGS. I LIKE TO BEGIN MY REMARKS BY SAYING HAPPY VETERANS DAY TO ALL MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND THE SACRIFICES THAT YOU HAVE MADE FOR OUR COUNTRY. MY NAME IS DAWN LUCAS AND I'M A PROUD SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER. HONORED TO SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF ALEXANDER, MORE POPULARLY KNOWN AS EAA. AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW, THE 2020 GENERAL ASSEMBLY AMENDED VIRGINIA CODE TO REPEAL THE PROHIBITION AGAINST COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING FOR SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES BEGINNING MAY 1, 2021. EAA BELIEVES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS A WIN FOR OUR STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES. OUR STATE AFFILIATES AS A CONTRAST EXPRESSES A SHARED SET OF VALUES THAT CAN BE BUILT UPON TO CREATE THE BEST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND THE BEST WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR EDUCATORS. PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF THE LAW, VIRGINIA STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS LACKED A MEANINGFUL PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT PROBLEMS WERE IDENTIFIED AND COMMITMENTS CAPPED. NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WOULD GIVE US THE PROCESS. EAA BELIEVES THE EMPLOYEES SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS RELATED TO THEIR WAGES, BENEFITS, HOURS OF SCHEDULING, HEALTH AND SAFETY, EVALUATIONS, DISCIPLINE AND OTHER TERMS OF CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT. EAA BELIEVES HAVING EDUCATORS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE STUDENTS AT THE TABLE LEADS TO BETTER AND STRONGER SCHOOLS. EAA BELIEVES THAT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WILL GIVE A GENUINE VOICE TO EDUCATORS ABOUT DECISIONS THAT MATTER MOST TO STUDENTS AND STAFF. EA BELIEVES THAT HAVING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WILL HELP US ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BEST EDUCATORS. EAA LOOKS FORWARD TO EMBARKING ON A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH OF COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING WITH A CPS. AS WE ENTER INTO THIS NEW WAY OF OPERATING, WE WANT TO WORK WITH A CPS TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH TO CREATE THE BEST POSSIBLE LEARNING CONDITIONS FOR STUDENTS AND THE BEST POSSIBLE WORKING CONDITIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES. WHILE I SUSPECT THAT WE WILL NOT AGREE ALL THE TIME, I DO EXPECT FOR US TO WORK [00:10:01] TOGETHER UTILIZING A SOLUTIONS ORIENTED APPROACH. AS I CLOSE MY REMARKS, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO ACCESS THIS LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. IT IS MY HOPE THAT YOU WILL ALL SEE THE BENEFIT OF COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING AND HOW IT WILL IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL DIVISION OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. >> THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS. CAN I GO BACK TO ZOOM TO SEE IF I SEE MISS ABBOTT. I DO NOT SEE MISS ABBOTT. AND I DO NOT SEE MR. ROBERTS IN THE AUDIENCE. SO WE WILL MOVE ON FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT. JUST A REMINDER THAT IF YOU WISH TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK OR SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, YOU SHOULD SIGN UP NO LATER THAN NOON THE DAY PRIOR TO THE MEETING. YOU CAN USE THE LINK ON THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WEBPAGE. NEXT UP IS ONE OF THE FUN PARTS OF THE EVENING. [7. Report from Student Representatives Emily Milton and Sylvia Rahim] WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, MISS EMILY MILTON. >> HELLO, COMMUNITY, BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS EMILY AND I'M A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE. FIRST WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS VETERANS DAY TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. THE FALL PLAY CALLED FACING OUR TRUTH HAD A GREAT OPENING WEEKEND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SATURDAY THE AUDIENCE HAD A CHANCE TO ASK THEIR OWN QUESTIONS REGARDING RACISM, POLICE BRUTALITY AND DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS OF BLACK IDENTITY. MY FELLOW STUDENT REP, SYLVIA RAHIM IS NOT HERE BECAUSE SHE IS ACTING IN THE PLAY TONIGHT. IF YOU HAPPEN TO MISS OPENING WEEKEND, YOU ARE IN LUCK. THERE ARE TWO MORE DAYS TO COME OUT AND SEE THE SHOW. NOVEMBER 12 AND 13. GET YOUR TICKETS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO SUPPORT OUR HIGH SCHOOL THEATER DEPARTMENT. THE ELECTION RESULTS ARE IN AND WILL BE CERTIFIED ON NOVEMBER 15. WE WANTED TO GIVE A CONGRATULATION TO THE INCOMING BOARD MEMBERS THAT WILL BE INDUCTED IN JANUARY. I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROJECT DISCOVERY OF ALEXANDRIA, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT GIVES INFORMATION TO FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. IT KEEPS THEM MOTIVATED AND HELPS REACH THEIR GOALS. THE PFIZER VACCINE HAS OPENED UP FOR 5 TO 11-YEAR-OLDS AND BLISTERS HAVE OPENED UP FOR 18+-YEAR-OLDS FOR HIGH-RISK ENVIRONMENTS, AS WELL AS PEOPLE 65 AND UP. ACHI'S HAS BEEN SHARING GRATITUDE NOTES IN HONOR OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY COMING UP. IN JUNE, 2021, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS HAD THE CHANCE TO RESPOND TO A CPS CLIMATE SURVEY FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH 12. THE RESPONSES HAVE BEEN SHARED AND 81 PERCENT OF STUDENTS SAY THEY FEEL WELCOME AT SCHOOL, 79 PERCENT OF PARENTS AGREE THAT THE ADULTS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CARE ABOUT STUDENTS. 90 PERCENT OF STAFF SAY THEY HAVE A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH STUDENTS. AS MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, A CPS HAS EXTENDED THANKSGIVING BREAK FROM THE 22ND TO 26 NOVEMBER TO SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS AND STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY. I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME TO RESET AFTER MAJOR SOCIETAL CHANGE OF GOING BACK TO SCHOOL POST PANDEMIC. WE REALIZE THIS MIGHT PRESENT SOME CHALLENGES BUT APPRECIATE THE CONTINUOUS EFFORT TO CREATE A SAFE SPACE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. WE ATTENDED THE SCHOOL BOARD STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE WORKSHOP, WHERE SYLVIA AND I WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH OTHER STUDENT REPS ACROSS VIRGINIA AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS AND TALK ABOUT CHANGES WE WANT IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE WERE ABLE TO GAIN NEW IDEAS FROM OTHER STUDENTS AND WOULD LOVE TO IMPLEMENT THEM IN OUR OWN WORK. INCLUDING USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO INTERACT WITH STUDENTS MORE. IT WAS OVERALL A VERY INFORMATIVE WORKSHOP. WE ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE ACHI'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THEIR TITLE OF REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR SECOND YEAR IN A ROW. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WATCHING THEM PLAY IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. LASTLY WE WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DEAR MR. PRESIDENT, HISTORY OR PROGRESS PRODUCED BY ACHI STUDENTS. THE SHORT FILM WILL BE SHOWED ON NOVEMBER 13. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EMILY. [Consent Calendar] ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. WE NEED TO ADOPT OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DO SO? >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVED WE APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. >> SECOND. >> I HAVE MS. GREENE WHO SECONDS MS. GENTRY'S MOTION. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL? OKAY. WITH THAT SAID, WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE. [00:15:02] OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. SO WE WILL START WITH SOME OLD BUSINESS. THE FIRST PEACEABLE BUSINESS WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IS AN UPDATE ON OUR SRO PROGRAM. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. HUTCHINGS. >> THANK YOU. AND I'M IN A TURN IT OVER TO THE DIRECTOR OF SAFETY INSERT SECURITY JOHNSON [21. School Resource Officer (SRO) Program Update] TERRACE TO BEGIN WITH OUR PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. HUTCHINGS. CAN I HAVE A THUMBS UP IF YOU CAN HEAR ME? OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. I'M GOING TO GO OVER A VERY QUICK SUMMARY AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SRO PROGRAM. I JUST GO OVER QUICKLY WHAT THE STATUSES OF THE CURRENT SRO PROGRAM. THE STATUS OF THE MOU -- THAT'S CURRENTLY OPEN, AND THE NEXT STEPS OF THE SRO PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 12 VOTED TO REINSTATE THE SRO PROGRAM THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS JUNE 2022. WHEN THE SROS BEGAN, STARTED BACK UP AT THE SCHOOLS ON OCTOBER 18. SROS ARE CURRENTLY ASSIGNED AS THEY WERE IN THE SPRING, ACHI'S KING STREETS. THERE ARE TWO SROS PRESENT. MINNIE HOWARD, ONE. FRANCIS HAMM MIDDLE SCHOOL ONE AND GEORGE WASHINGTON, ONE SRO. WE HAVE RE-OPENED THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. IT'S UNDERGOING A REVIEW PROCESS WITH APD AND THAT BEGAN ON THE 15TH OF LAST MONTH. WE MET WITH APD TO REVIEW THE PROPOSED EDITS ON NOVEMBER 5, AND AS SOON AS THE EDITS ARE ACCEPTED BY BOTH PARTIES, IT WILL RETURN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR APPROVAL. UNTIL THE NEW MOU WAS SIGNED, THE SRO PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY OPERATING UNDER THE NOVEMBER 2020 MOU THAT WAS APPROVED BY ALL PARTIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS. THE GOAL IS TO COMPLETE THE MOU SIGNATURE PROCESS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE ARE ALSO STARTING TO COLLECT DATA ON THE PROGRAM COMPONENTS PER THE MOU. AND ALSO, WE ARE PREPARING AND COLLECTING DATA TO PROVIDE THAT QUARTERLY REVIEW UPDATE. THE NEXT ONE THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE -- WE ANTICIPATE IT TO BE JANUARY 2022. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> OKAY, THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS FOR MS. GENTRY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO JUST A TWO-POINT CLARIFICATION. SO I'M GOING TO THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER 2020, THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE REVISIONS THAT WERE -- WORKED OUT BY THE SCHOOL BOARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH WORKING WITH APD. THERE WERE QUITE A FEW -- I BELIEVE THERE HAS EVEN BEEN A VERSION OF THAT THAT'S BEEN -- THAT'S BEEN DONE THAT CLEARLY ARTICULATES THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PREVIOUS MO USE AND CURRENT MO USE. ALONG THOSE LINES. SO I JUST WANT A CONFIRMATION THAT THAT IS -- THAT THAT IS, IN FACT, WHAT IS BEING DONE. AND THEN, THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD WHICH IS IN TERMS OF YOU INDICATING THE DATA REPORT OUT WOULD BE IN JANUARY. I'M ASSUMING THAT'S BASED ON TWO QUARTERS OF DATA? BUT THE REALITY IS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T AN MOU -- PART OF WHAT HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN [00:20:07] DEVISED LAST NOVEMBER WAS AN EXPECTATION OF THIS CERTAIN KIND OF QUARTERLY REPORTING THAT WOULD HAPPEN. BUT THAT WAS BASED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THEY WOULD HAVE -- THAT THE MOU WOULD HAVE SROS IN THE SCHOOLS. WHICH IS NOT IN FACT OF WHAT HAPPENED FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRST QUARTER. I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN REPORTING OUT. AND I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON WHY THE REPORT OUT WOULD BE HAPPENING IN JANUARY. SO I HOPE MY TWO-PART QUESTION MADE SENSE (LAUGHING). IT WAS A BIT WORDY, SO APOLOGIES. LET ME KNOW IF I NEED TO REITERATE. >> I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM. I THINK, MS. GENTRY, WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR THE FIRST QUESTION IS IF THE CURRENT MOU WE ARE WORKING ON IF IT ENTAILS THE REVISIONS THAT CAME FROM NOVEMBER 2020? IS THAT ACCURATE? BECAUSE YES, YES IT DOES. AND THERE IS ALSO MORE COLLABORATION. BECAUSE NOW, SINCE NOVEMBER 2020, WE HAVE AN ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE. CHIEF HAYES, WHO WAS CURRENTLY IN HIS ROLE. AND WE ARE JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVEN FROM SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD, WITH OUR STAFF THAT WE ARE INCORPORATING SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS. SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE NOVEMBER 2020. SO YES, TO YOUR ANSWER, YES. THE MOU THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY REVISING DOES INCLUDE ALL THE REVISIONS FROM NOVEMBER 2020. >> ALL I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. HUTCHINGS FOR THAT ELABORATION. I'M NOT SURE, DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE ARE CLEAR ON THAT. BECAUSE A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATION I'M HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC IS THAT A RETURN OF SROS IS A RETURN TO WHAT IT WAS? AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S ACCURATE. BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED THE SRO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNICATION EFFORT. BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S BEEN MADE CLEAR -- AND I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHY THAT'S AN ASSUMPTION ON PEOPLE'S PART. BUT IT FEELS SORT OF BINARY (LAUGHING). SO SORT OF SROS YES, SIR SROS KNOW. BUT ACTUALLY, WE KNOW THAT'S NOT ACCURATE BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVISION WORK THAT WENT INTO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND. I ALSO KNOW IN A MINUTE YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME MORE STUFF THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE BASELINE. >> SO TO PROVIDE CLARITY. THE SROS ARE NOT GOING BACK INTO OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AS THEY WERE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. WHEN THE BOARD APPROVED THE REVISED MOU FROM NOVEMBER 2020, THOSE REVISIONS REMAIN. WE ADDED ADDITIONAL REVISIONS SINCE THEN THAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO COMMUNICATE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE THAT THIS MOU THAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW IS A REVISION OF NOVEMBER 2020. THAT REALLY IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN REGARDS TO OUR MOU CURRENTLY. >> RIGHT. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING. BECAUSE WHILE WE PASSED IT IN NOVEMBER 2020, WE WENT INTO COBIT BY FEBRUARY. I DON'T THINK THE PUBLIC HAD A MOMENT TO APPRECIATE ANY KIND OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PASSAGE OF THAT. AND THEN, MR. CONTRERAS OR DR. HUTCHINGS, IF YOU COULD JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THE REPORTING MOMENT. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE REGULARLY ASKED ABOUT. WE ARE A DATA DRIVEN BOARD. AND A LOT OF WHAT WENT INTO THE MOU DISCUSSION WAS AN EXPECTATION ABOUT DATA. AND YOU INDICATED THAT IN JANUARY. SO I JUST WANTED SOME ELABORATION ON THAT. >> I KNOW ONE THING, AND MR. CONTRERAS, YOU CAN CHIME IN. [00:25:11] ONE THING I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR FOR CLARITY TO MS. GENTRY'S QUESTION -- SECOND QUESTION -- IS THAT THE SROS WERE NOT IN OUR SCHOOLS UNTIL A FEW WEEKS AGO. SO OUR DATA FROM AUGUST UNTIL THAT DATE, IT DOESN'T HAVE SROS IN THE BUILDING. IT'S NOT WANTING SROS IN OUR BUILDING. AND THE JANUARY DATE I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE. BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS DATA -- THREE TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR. SO THAT, BY JUNE, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY WITH SOME INSIGHT IN REGARDS TO PROGRESS AND DATA POINTS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE LACKING PRIOR TO THE NOVEMBER 2020 MOU WAS DATA, RIGHT? THAT IS WHY WE WERE REALLY TORN ON SHOULD SROS BE IN SCHOOL? SHOULD THEY NOT? IT WAS REALLY MORE OF A PERSONAL VIEWPOINT VERSUS HERE IS THE DATA TO SUPPORT WHY IT SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE STRIVING TO DO. WE WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPING AN SRO TASK FORCE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING THROUGH NOW. THIS WILL BE A TASK FORCE THAT MR. CONTRERAS AND HIS TEAM WILL BE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH APD TO SET UP. BUT WHAT THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS TO HAVE STAKEHOLDERS LOOKING AT THIS DATA WITH US. AND PROVIDING INPUT THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AS WELL. SO THAT WE ARE GETTING SOME DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AT THE TABLE. WE ARE GOING TO BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE ON THIS TASK FORCE. PEOPLE WHO HAVE BACKGROUND IN THIS INFORMATION AND HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DATA THEY ARE REVIEWING. SO THAT WE CAN REALLY PROVIDE THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY WITH CLEAR DATA POINTS. WE ALSO WANT TO CONDUCT FOCUS GROUPS. THERE WAS A LOT OF ANECDOTAL DATA THAT OCCURRED. WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE STUDENT VOICE AND THE STAFF VOICE FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. SO WE CAN JUST HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PERSPECTIVES AND HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT SROS IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. SO WE WERE PLANNING TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST DATA DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD AS WELL AS WITH OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS FROM FEEDBACK ONCE WE ESTABLISH THE SRO TASK FORCE. MR. CONTRERAS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE YOU WANT TO ADD, OR DR. HART? >> NO, I THINK YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB COVERING THOSE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> DR. REEF? >> THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THE M OU THAT THE BOARD WORKED IN WE APPROVED IN NOVEMBER 2020 -- AS EVERYBODY HAS EXPLAINED, THAT NEVER REALLY WENT INTO EFFECT BECAUSE OF THE DECISION COUNSEL MADE. BUT THAT IS THE MOU THAT WE ARE STARTING FROM WITH THE SROS COMING BACK INTO THE BUILDING. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHY IT'S UNDER REVIEW AGAIN? I THINK WHEN DR. HUTCHINGS, WHEN YOU AND (NAME) WENT TO COUNSEL, THERE WAS MAYBE SOME PROPOSED CHANGES THAT WERE GOING TO BE PART OF THAT MOU? I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE REASON WE ARE DOING A REVIEW OF THE MOU RIGHT NOW? AND THE VIRGINIA LAW THAT WAS PASSED -- IT INITIATED THIS WHOLE PROCESS. IT SAYS THAT WENT OVER THE MOU WAS UNDER REVIEW THERE HAS TO BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE INPUT ON ANY CHANGES TO THE MOU. SO WHAT I HEARD YOU SAYING, DR. HUTCHINGS, IS THERE IS GOING TO BE A TASK FORCE? THAT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A MORE LONGER-TERM THING? SO WHATEVER CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED TO THE MOU -- WHAT IS THE TIMELINE WE ARE LOOKING AT FOR THAT? AND IS THE PUBLIC AND THE BOARD GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUBLICLY WAIT IN ON ANY OF THOSE CHANGES? >> AND THANKS FOR THAT. YES, THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CHIME IN. WE ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW THE MOU. WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE REMAINING IN COMPLIANCE -- EVERY YEAR WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS. WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL REINSTATED THE SROS OR NOT. PART OF HAVING THE MOU IS MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY REVIEWING AND [00:30:03] MAKING NECESSARY UPDATES, AND WE ARE AFFORDING THE BOARD -- AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT THOSE REVISIONS ARE. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT TIMEFRAME. WE DO NOT HAVE THE TIME FRAME IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHY WE ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS FINALIZED IN THE FUTURE. BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT WE DO WANT TO WORK THROUGH THE NECESSARY CHANNELS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD HAS INPUT ON THE MOU, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW INFORMATION THAT IS BEING REVISED. >> MS. GREENE? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON. MR. CONTRERAS, CAN YOU BRIEFLY GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE MEETING WENT WITH APD ON NOVEMBER 5? AND IF WE CAN EXPECT A LOT OF CHANGES COMING OUR WAY WHEN WE GET THE INFORMATION ON JANUARY 14? AND IN ANY GENERALIZED WAY WITHOUT GIVING SPECIFIC INFORMATION, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, WHAT THEY MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN CHANGING OR EDITING IN THE MOU? AND DOES IT RELATE ANY TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH CITY COUNCIL? >> DR. HART, DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT FIRST BEFORE I DID? >> NO. I'LL WAIT FOR YOU TO ADDRESS AND I CAN FILL IN IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. >> OKAY. THE MEETING WENT WELL WITH APD ON THAT DATE. THE MAIN THING THAT IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW IS WHEN THE MOU WAS REOPENED, THERE WERE SEVERAL SECTIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE BETTER DEFINED IN TERMS OF WHAT DATA WE WERE LOOKING FOR, WHAT PROGRAMS WE WERE LOOKING TO MEASURE AND EVERYTHING. AND YES, IN A WAY, THE DISCUSSION DID HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED SINCE THE CANCELLATION OF THE PROGRAM. THE MEETING WENT WELL. THERE ARE SOME SECTIONS THAT ARE STAYING INTACT. A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE SECTIONS ARE STAYING INTACT. BUT MOST OF THE REVISIONS ARE PROVIDING MORE FINITE DETAILS AS TO WHAT THE ROLES ARE MORE CLEARLY FOR A CPS AND WHAT THE ROLES ARE MORE CLEARLY FOR APD WHEN SROS ARE IN THE BUILDINGS. >> AND IF I MAY ALSO ADD, MS. GREENE, PART OF THE DISCUSSION WAS JUST THE REALIZATION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CURRENT ACTING CHIEF AS WELL AS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE OVERALL PROCESS BACK IN NOVEMBER 2020. SO ALLOWING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT INTO THOSE EDITS, TO DIGEST IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD THAT THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO ASK US. THERE WOULD ALSO BE SOME UPDATES IN REGARDS TO THE S BAR PIECE. BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN RECENT CHANGES TO SPR. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT IS CAPTURED ACCURATELY IN THE LATEST VERSION OF THE MOU. >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. THE S BAR HAS A LITTLE BIT TO DO WITH THE WAY THE STATE COLLECTS DATA FROM SCHOOL DIVISIONS. SO WE HAD TO MAKE SURE WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> I HAVE MISSED MILTON AND MR. SUAREZ. >> I HAVE TWO THINGS. FIRST I WANTED TO MAKE A GENERAL STATEMENT. I KNOW WHAT MOU WAS ARE BECAUSE I'VE TALKED WITH PRINCIPAL BALLAST AND I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD. BUT I THINK ALSO BEFORE WE HEAR FROM STUDENTS ON THEIR OPINIONS ON SROS, WE MAY NEED TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT MOU IS ARE. I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS ABOUT SROS AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT MOU'S ARE. SO WHETHER THAT IS THE SCHOOL SENDING OUT A MESSAGE OF WHAT MOU WAS OUR OR ACPS EXPRESS OR SOMETHING? BUT I THINK A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT THEY ARE AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE SRO PROGRAM WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. THE SECOND WAS A QUESTION FOR DR. HUTCHINGS. YOU MENTIONED THE TASK FORCE AND REVIEWING THE DATA. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT THE DATA WOULD BE? JUST THE OPINIONS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF? OR THE NUMBER OF VIOLENCE SINCE SROS HAVE COME BACK? >> THANK YOU, MISS MILTON (LAUGHING). I SEE YOU HAVE AN AUDIENCE OUT HERE, TOO! INCLUDING YOUR MOM! [00:35:01] [LAUGHTER] I WILL SAY TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP IN REGARDS TO UNDERSTANDING AND MOU. THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FOCUS GROUP. WHEN YOU HAVE A FOCUS GROUP, YOU ARE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFICS IN REGARDS TO THE CONTENT THAT PEOPLE ARE RESPONDING TO. AND YOU CAN DO CLARIFYING Q&A WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT'S NOT LIKE A SURVEY. YOU SEND A SURVEY OUT -- WE HAVE TO USE MULTIPLE MEASUREMENTS. SURVEYS WILL ALSO BE USED AS WELL. BUT WITH A SURVEY YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY THERE TO SAY WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THESE FOCUS GROUPS WILL ALLOW STUDENTS AS WELL AS STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ASK THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS AND TO HEAR CLARIFYING INFORMATION. IN REGARDS TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION, THE DATA THAT THIS TASK FORCE WILL REVIEW IS NOT JUST ANTIDOTAL OR FOCUS GROUP DATA, BUT THE DISCIPLINARY DATA THAT WE SEE TRACK EACH MONTH. WE WILL BE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT DISCIPLINARY INCIDENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING BY SCHOOL ON A MONTHLY BASIS. WHAT TYPE OF INFRACTIONS ARE HAPPENING? HOW MANY PHONE CALLS MAY HAVE HAPPENED TO 911? OR TO OUR POLICE FORCE? OR HOW OFTEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TO GET INVOLVED IN ANY INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN ON SCHOOL GROUNDS OR EVEN OFF SCHOOL GROUNDS. SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF DATA POINTS. IN ADDITION TO ANECDOTAL DATA OR FOCUS GROUP DATA, WE WILL LOOK AT MULTIPLE DATA POINTS. SO THAT WAY WE ARE ABLE TO REALLY PROVIDE A CLEAR OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO -- OR NOT DO IN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. SUAREZ? >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS AS WELL. THEY WERE SUPER HELPFUL. SO I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. THE FIRST QUESTION -- AND I THINK IT HAS PARTIALLY BEEN ANSWERED. WITH REGARD TO THE CHANGES OF THE MOU, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE BOARD SEE A REDLINE THAT EXPLICITLY SHOWS HERE'S ALL THE CHANGES OFF OF THE NOVEMBER 2020 VERSION. ALONG WITH SOMETHING THAT SAYS HERE IS THE BASIS OR RATIONALE FOR EACH PROPOSED CHANGE. AND THAT THE BOARD BE PROVIDED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT -- AND THE PUBLIC, AS WELL, PER DR. REEFS COMMENT. IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING SO WE CAN DELIBERATE ON THAT. I DO THINK THE PROCESS OVER THE NOVEMBER MOU, THERE WAS A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT AND DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT TO GET TO THOSE PROVISIONS. SO I DO WANT TO UNDERSTAND MY CHANGES ARE BEING MADE, AND MAKE SURE THERE IS A PUBLIC FORUM ON THAT. AND THAT WE DISCUSSED THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES PUBLICLY. SO I HOPE WE CAN RECEIVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE I FEEL A MORAL OBLIGATION TO SAY SOMETHING. WHAT HAS HAPPENED ON THIS ISSUE OVER THE LAST YEAR, REGARDLESS OF THE POLICY PREFERENCE IS NOTHING OTHER THAN A WEB SIGN OF THE COMMUNITY. IN TERMS OF THE WAY THIS HAS WENT BACK AND FORTH. SO I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT OUR KIDS AND THE FUTURE OF A CPS AND THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THESE BODIES. AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR THE NEW BOARD, BUT WE HAVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE COUNCIL AND HAVE A REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THE VISION FOR POLICE, EDUCATION RELATIONS LOOKS LIKE IN ALEXANDRIA. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHAT THE POLICY LANES ARE (LAUGHING) OF THE RESPECTIVE BODIES. YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS JURISDICTION OVER SCHOOL POLICY. BUT I ACKNOWLEDGE THE COUNCIL HAS JURISDICTION OVER POLICE POLICY AND THOSE ISSUES. SO BOTH BODIES ARE RELEVANT TO THIS ISSUE. BUT THE WAY THIS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR WAS JUST NOT OKAY. I THINK IT WAS UNFAIR TO THE COMMUNITY, UNFAIR TO THE STUDENTS TO BE WHIPSAWED IN THIS MANNER. AND AS A BOARD MEMBER, AND AS A BOARD, I THINK WE TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING. WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE NEXT BOARD, ALONG WITH THE NEXT COUNCIL, WILL RESET A BIT ON THIS ISSUE AND REALLY HAVE A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT THE [00:40:03] VISION IS. AND JUST TALK TO EACH OTHER AND COMMUNICATE ABOUT THIS. BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THERE THAT ARE POTENTIALLY REALLY VALUABLE. SORT OF ALONG THOSE LINES IS AS THINGS STAND TODAY, WE ONLY HAVE THE SROS IN THE SCHOOL UNTIL JUNE OF NEXT YEAR. SO I CAN'T ASSUME, AS A BOARD MEMBER, GIVEN WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAR, THAT WE WILL HAVE THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR SROS FOR JUNE OF NEXT YEAR. SO I DO THINK REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE HAVE THIS KUMBAYA WITH THE OTHER BOARD -- OR WITH THE COUNCIL -- AND COMING TOGETHER IN A POSITIVE MANNER, I DO THINK OUR BOARD NEEDS TO DO SOME PLANNING AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT DO WE WANT THERE TO BE? THERE WAS THIS WHOLE DISCUSSION AROUND MENTAL HEALTH THAT CAME UP AND USING THOSE TOOLS. I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS -- WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO HIRE THOSE BECAUSE OF CHALLENGES IN THE MARKET OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. BUT IS THAT A PART OF OUR VISION? AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND SEEING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE REALLY THOUGHTFUL CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE ISSUE. AND SO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT TO MY COLLEAGUES AND ALSO SAY THAT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE HOPES THAT THERE CAN BE A POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS ISSUE. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT, WHICH IS REGARDING THE MOU AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD. REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE SROS ARE IN THE SCHOOL, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE STUDENTS, REGARDLESS. SO THE MOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO EXIST AND IT WILL ALWAYS HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE SITUATIONS. SO IN CONTINUING TO REASSESS THE MOU THIS YEAR AND FUTURE YEARS, I'M GLAD THAT YOU SAID THERE IS CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT THE ROLES ARE. AND MAYBE DEFINING THAT A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY? BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE THE MOU ACCOUNT FOR BOTH THE SITUATIONS FOR POLICE -- THE SROS ARE SHOWING UP AT THE BUILDING, WHO MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME TRAINING AND COMPASSION FOR STUDENTS AND SO FORTH. AS OPPOSED TO A SITUATION WHERE THERE IS AN SRO. I THINK WE WENT THAT DOCUMENT TO BE A FLEXIBLE DOCUMENT. SO THAT WAY DEPENDING ON WHAT THE POLICIES ARE WITH THE DIFFERENT COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD, WE CAN HAVE WHAT WE NEED. AND FINALLY, JUST WITH REGARD TO THE DATA. THE REASON WE GOT HERE WAS BECAUSE ONE SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT WAS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO KEEP THE SROS. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH DATA TO ELIMINATE THE SROS. EVERYONE SAID THERE WASN'T ENOUGH DATA. SO THE DATA IS REALLY FUNDAMENTAL TO THIS. YOU KNOW? AND SO, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE REPORTS IN JANUARY. BUT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THAT DATA MEAN (LAUGHING) AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS. BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME PARAMETERS AROUND WHAT DATA IS BEING COLLECTED. BUT I THINK DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE DIFFERENT CRITERIA AND DIFFERENT INTERPRETATIONS OF THAT DATA. SO THINKING ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE. I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG ISSUES THAT WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH. I'LL STOP THERE. >> DR. HUTCHINGS? >> MR. SUAREZ, WE ARE DEFINITELY ON THE SAME PAGE. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AROUND TIME. IT IS CRUNCH TIME. WE HAVE THIS UNTIL JUNE. WE ARE COLLECTING THIS DATA. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER -- I'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER RESPONSE BECAUSE I'LL HAVE DATA ANALYSIS THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE THEN. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PLUG THAT IT DOES TAKE TIME TO HAVE THE NECESSARY DATA AND TO BE ABLE TO INTERPRET THE DATA APPROPRIATELY. AND HAVE A PERIOD OF TIME TO ACTUALLY SEE IF THERE ARE TRENDS THAT ARE HAPPENING. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT JUST DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. AND I THINK THIS WHOLE, YOU KNOW, WE THAT WE ARE DOING THINGS NOW? I WISH THAT WE WOULD'VE STARTED DOING THIS LAST YEAR, BUT THAT'S OVER, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE TO START FROM WHERE WE ARE. I JUST THINK THIS IS WHY THIS WAS SO IMPORTANT -- WHY WE WERE SO ADAMANT ABOUT THIS BEFORE ABOUT NEEDING THE TIME TO GATHER DATA, SO WE CAN PROVIDE REPORTS THAT ACTUALLY HAS AN ANALYSIS WHERE WE ARE SHOWING SPECIFIC TRENDS AT [00:45:14] DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR. SO THEN, WE CAN RESPOND TO SOMETHING. AND I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING -- THAT'S FOR ANY DATA. NOT JUST SRO. ACHIEVEMENT DATA, DISCIPLINE DATA, RETENTION DATA -- WHATEVER DATA WE ARE LOOKING AT, WE ARE NEVER JUST LOOKING AT THINGS FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. JUST RECENTLY, I JUST PUT DATA FOR 10 YEARS THAT SOMEONE REQUESTED. THEY WANTED TO KNOW THE PAST 10 YEARS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THE LONGITUDINAL DATA AND NOT JUST THE SHORT TERM DATA. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT POINT. BUT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AS YOU ARE, MR. SUAREZ. >> I JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK HOW THAT DATA IS INTERPRETED AND ANALYZE GOES BACK TO WHAT IS THE VISION OF THE BOARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNCIL AND (LAUGHING) WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND AGAIN, WHAT IS THE RESPECTIVE POLICY ROLE OF EACH BODY? I'M REALLY HOPING AND FRANKLY URGING THAT THAT CONVERSATION HAPPENS. WE CAN'T HAVE THIS SITUATION HAPPEN AGAIN. WHERE THERE ARE ARGUABLY CONSTITUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> OKAY. HOLD ON, I'VE GOT A COUPLE. I'VE GOT MS. THORNTON. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON. AND THANK YOU, MR. SUAREZ FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THEY WERE IN LINE WITH WHAT I WAS THINKING. JUST FOR CLARITY SAKE SO I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS FOR THESE REVISIONS MOVING FORWARD. AS OF NOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING OFF THE NOVEMBER 2020 MOU WITH THE APD. THAT MOU HAD A NUMBER OF CHANGES THAT THE BOARD VOTED ON INCLUDING INCIDENT REPORTING, A BETTER ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE SOCIAL ANY ASPECT OF THE STUDENTS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE POLIC AMONG MANY CHANGES. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APD IN WHICH THEY ARE DISCUSSING ADDITIONAL EDITS. WE HAD A PREVIEW OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE SUGGESTIONS MIGHT BE. BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND. BECAUSE THERE SEEMS TO BE A SHORT-TERM ACTION PLAN AND THEN A LONGER-TERM ACTION PLAN. BUT IT HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, AS OF NOW, WE ONLY HAVE FUNDING ALLOCATED THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO THE LONGER-TERM PLANNING THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT, WHICH SEEMS TO INCLUDE THE TASK FORCE AND THESE FOCUS GROUPS, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY FIT IN THE BIGGER PICTURE OF HOW WE ENVISION THE ROLE OF POLICE IN OUR SCHOOLS. THE SHORT TERM, I UNDERSTAND APD MIGHT WANT REVISIONS FOR THE CURRENT OPERATION. BUT AGAIN, I'M WONDERING WHEN THOSE REVISIONS MIGHT COME TO US? BECAUSE WE ARE WELL IN OUR WAY OF THIS CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR. I KNOW YOU SAID IN THE FUTURE WE WILL SEE THE REVISIONS. BUT TO THE DEGREE TO WHERE WE COULD HAVE A MORE SPECIFIED TIMEFRAME WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND AGAIN, THE LONG-TERM VISIONING PIECE IS THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD HAVE THESE FOCUS GROUPS WITHIN THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PART OF LARGER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OF POLICE IN OUR SCHOOLS? >> FIRST LET ME JUST SAY THE FOCUS GROUPS AND THE TASK FORCE IS THE MECHANISM TO GET ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS FOR US. IN THE SHORT TERM. SO IT CAN CONTINUE TO WORK LONG-TERM. THAT CONCEPT. BUT THIS IS ALSO TO HAVE INFORMATION PRIOR TO JUNE AND HAVING JUST ANOTHER MECHANISM SO THAT WE ARE NOT UTILIZING JUST STATEMENTS THAT PEOPLE MAKE -- WHETHER THEY ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR LETTERS THAT COME TO US. THAT IT REALLY IS MORE OF A STRUCTURED INFORMATION SESSION. IT SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM, HONESTLY, IN REGARDS TO HAVING FOCUS GROUPS OR THIS TASK FORCE. OR JUST HAVING THE MECHANISM TO DO THAT. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT WHEN I SAY THE FUTURE, I MEAN WHEN THIS IS GOING TO BE ADOPTED. WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO REVISION TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING. WE ARE ALMOST DONE WITH THOSE REVISIONS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE THE DATA ON IS WHEN THAT WILL BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE WILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH ONCE WE PRESENT THE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD. WE ALL NEED TO WORK THROUGH WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR TIMEFRAME TO GET THIS APPROVAL FOR THESE PARTICULAR REVISIONS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PROPOSE. BUT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO [00:50:06] SEE THE SPECIFIC REVISIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED FROM THE NOVEMBER 2020 VERSION OF OUR MOU. >> AND MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY? I GUESS JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE, THERE WAS A EARLIER ITERATION FOR THE BOARD MEMO THIS EVENING THAT SET A DECISION WOULD BE MADE BY NOVEMBER 12? SO THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT THE CASE, CORRECT? AS YOU JUST SAID, IT WILL BE IN A FUTURE DATE OR AT A FUTURE MEETING? >> YES, IT WOULD BE AT A FUTURE MEETING. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> MS. SANDERSON. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON. I AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A MEETING BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL THAT COVERS MORE THAN JUST THIS. I THINK IT SHOULD BE A FACILITATED MEETING. I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY PRESS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ABOUT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TWO BOARD. I ALSO THINK THE INFORMATION THAT HAS COME TO LIGHT, THEY GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATE THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF SERVICES. SO THAT SHOWS THAT THEY HAVE A LACK OF EDUCATION ABOUT WHAT WE ARE DOING AND ALSO THAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES RELATIVE TO THIS. SO I REALLY URGE YOU TO HAVE A FACILITATOR FOR THE MEETING. I THINK OTHERWISE, IT WILL NOT BE PRODUCTIVE. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO TO MISS MILTON, AND THEN TO MS. GREENE. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE MORE BLANKET STATEMENT. I KNOW THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOLS HAVING SROS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMEMBER THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE ALSO IMPACTED BY HAVING SROS IN THE BUILDING. I KNOW AT ARE BLACK STUDENTS HOW TO FORM WHERE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS AND INTERPRET THEIR OPINIONS ON SROS. I DON'T BELIEVE THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS HAD THAT SAME OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER AND SHARE IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT SROS BEING IN THEIR BUILDINGS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IN THIS PROCESS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT HOW IT AFFECTS THEM AND NOT JUST THE HIGH SCHOOL. >> DR. HUTCHINGS? >> THANK YOU, MISS MILTON. WE TALK ABOUT SECONDARY STUDENTS, SO THAT'S MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR DR. HART TO CHIME IN FOR A SECOND. BECAUSE MS. THORNTON TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM GOALS. AND AS I WAS SPEAKING, I WAS SAYING SOME OF OUR SHORT-TERM IS HAVING A TASK FORCE AS A MECHANISM TO GATHER DATA AND INFORMATION AND FOCUS GROUPS. IF DR. HART COULD JUST ELABORATE ON SOME POTENTIAL LONG-TERM FOCUS AREAS THAT COULD BE A PART OF THE TASK FORCE IN REGARDS TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE COMPONENT? >> THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS. AND AS I'M GIVING THIS RESPONSE, I ALSO WANT TO BRIEFLY ADDRESS ONE OF MR. SUAREZ'S COMMENTS AS WELL. SO AS WE ARE LOOKING LONG-TERM, THERE WAS THE NOTE THAT THIS CURRENT REINSTATEMENT OF SROS IS SET TO EXPIRE AS OF JUNE 2022. SO WHETHER OR NOT THAT COMPONENT IS REINSTATED, IF IT WAS NOT REINSTATED, WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS A MODEL TOWARDS A CALL OF SERVICE. I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE CAN RECALL, BUT AFTER THE PROGRAM WAS ESSENTIALLY CANCELED BY CITY COUNCIL, WE DID HAVE TO GO INTO A CALL OF SERVICE MOU MODEL BECAUSE WE DID NOT HAVE SROS WITHIN THE BUILDINGS. WE WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY HAVE TO RETURN TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IF THE SRO PROGRAM WAS NOT FUNDED PAST JUNE 2022. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS I START TO DISCUSS WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE TASK FORCE PROPOSAL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TAKE THE HEART IS THE STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER THE PAST YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO THIS PROCESS. WHEN WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TASK FORCE, WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES WITHIN THAT TASK FORCE. FOR INSTANCE, WE WOULD PROPOSE A SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY WORK ON THE COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH STRATEGY FOR THIS PARTICULAR COMPONENT. WHETHER IT IS SROS SPECIFICALLY, OR SOME OTHER PROGRAM THAT IS PUT TOGETHER. IF THE FUNDING FOR SROS WAS NOT REINSTATED PAST JUNE 2022. ESSENTIALLY THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD WORK TO HELP DEVELOP A LINE OF COMMUNICATION WITH OUR STUDENTS, STAFF, AND WITH OUR COMMUNITY. TO PROMOTE AN AWARENESS OF OUR GENERAL PROCESS. HOW IS IT THAT WE GO ABOUT THINGS SUCH AS THE MOU REVIEW PROCESS? AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND TO HELP AS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT ITSELF. [00:55:01] ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT AS PART OF THIS PROPOSAL IS A RESEARCH COMMITTEE. THIS RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK AT NOT JUST STATEWIDE BUT NATIONWIDE TRENDS WHEN IT COMES TO SRO PROGRAMS. AND SEE IF THERE ARE BEST PRACTICES THAT A CPS HAS NOT YET IMPLEMENTED OR OTHER INNOVATIVE WAYS THAT WE COULD FOLD IN OR WHAT OTHER DIVISIONS ARE DOING THAT COULD WORK FOR A CPS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT STAYING STAGNANT WITH THE PROGRAM. WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF WE DO NOT WANT TO GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE AND WE AGREE WITH THAT. SO WE THINK BY HAVING THIS RESEARCH SUBCOMMITTEE, THAT WILL HELP PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INSIGHT FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS AND HOW WE COULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM IF IT REMAINS. AND 1/3 SUBCOMMITTEE WHICH WOULD BE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SUBCOMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP NAVIGATE THE MOU REVIEW PROCESS. WHETHER IT IS AN SRO AGREEMENT, MOU, OR IF WE GO BACK INTO A CALL OF SERVICE TYPE MODEL. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF THAT. I DO THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ADD ADDITIONAL CONTEXT TO TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION. >> MS. GREENE? >> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON. DR. HART, THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO MY QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING, HAS ANY THOUGHT ALREADY BEEN PUT INTO WHO WE ARE ASKING TO BE ON THE TASK FORCE? WHAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS? WHAT COMMUNITY GROUPS? IF WE THOUGHT ABOUT (INDISCERNIBLE) TO THE TASK FORCE SO THEY CAN BE INVOLVED IN EVERY STEP OF THE WAY? SO WE CAN BE IN LOCKSTEP AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SRO PROGRAM? >> DR. HUTCHINGS, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ANSWER IT? OKAY. SO YES. WE ARE LOOKING AT A VARIED GROUP OF POTENTIAL INDIVIDUALS THAT COULD SERVE ON THE TASK FORCE COMMITTEE. WE JUST STARTED -- JUST REALLY PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER IN TERMS OF THE MEAT OF WHAT THE TASK FORCE WOULD ACTUALLY DO. AS WE GET FURTHER INTO THAT PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND WE ARE FUNNELING OUT WHO THOSE POTENTIAL STAKEHOLDERS WOULD BE EQUALLY AS WE PROVIDE THE NEXT UPDATE TO THE BOARD, WE CAN MAKE SURE AT THAT TIME WE ARE SHARING OUR THOUGHTS ON WHO COULD POTENTIALLY BE PART OF THIS TASK FORCE. BUT YES. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, COMMUNITY AND PARENT REPRESENTATIVES. STAFF REPRESENTATIVES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. WHETHER HIGH SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL OR BOTH. MAKING SURE CITY COUNCIL IS INVOLVED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IDEAS FLOATING GENERALLY RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE NOT FINALIZED. BUT YES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE VARIED AND DIVERSE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PROCESS. >> THANK YOU. >> DR. ARETES? >> THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR CONTINUED DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC. I HAVE A COMMENT AND ONE QUESTION. AND THANK YOU, MISS MILTON, FOR PROVIDING AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE MOU IS, THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN A CPS, CITY COUNCIL AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK THAT SUCH A GOOD POINT. AND I REALIZE WHEN WE ARE TALKING I WENT TO SEE IF THE MOU FROM NOVEMBER 2020 WAS ON THE WEBSITE. ONE OF THE THINGS THE LAW STIPULATED TO, THE LAW THAT CHANGED IN NOVEMBER 2020, IS THE MOU NEEDS TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE IN A CONSPICUOUS LOCATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO FIND. I CHECKED AND IT'S NOT THERE. SO IF WE COULD GET THAT MOU UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? [01:00:26] THE ONE FROM NOVEMBER 2020? AND THEN, WHEN IT'S REVISED, PUT THE REVISED ONE UP THERE AS WELL. IN MY QUESTION WAS, DR. HUTCHINGS, I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU AND THE BOARD FOR DOING THE EQUITY CLIMATE SURVEY IN JUNE. I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND ABOUT EQUITY ISSUES IN THE SCHOOL. I'M CURIOUS -- I KNOW WE'VE REPORTED SOME OF THAT OUT. I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE WILL BE USING THAT INFORMATION GOING FORWARD? ONE OF THE THINGS I NET THAT STOOD OUT TO ME AND WAS VERY, VERY CONCERNING TO ME WAS THAT OF THE NEARLY 5000 STAKEHOLDERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT SURVEY, 34 PERCENT OF STUDENTS AND 39 PERCENT OF STAFF AGREED THAT STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY WHEN THEY BREAK THE RULES. AND THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN. AND I THINK THAT IS RELATED TO THIS CONVERSATION WE ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT SURVEY DATA? HOW ARE WE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE THAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS? >> THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE UPDATES I AM GOING TO PROVIDE IN THE SUPERINTENDENTS UPDATE LATER ON TODAY. SO YOU JUST GOT AHEAD! I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR DATA POINT. BUT WE HAVE HAD INTERNAL CONVERSATIONS AROUND IT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE SRO. I REALLY THINK THAT'S MORE ASSOCIATED WITH HOW STUDENTS ARE TREATED IN THE CLASSROOM. SO THAT'S MORE OF AN INTERNAL CLASSROOM SCHOOL BY SCHOOL ISSUE. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S AGGREGATED BY GRADES AND STUDENTS WHO FEEL THAT WAY. PARTICULARLY ITS BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS. I ALSO HEARD JUST FOR MY STUDENT ADVISORY TEAM, SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY TEAM, PRIOR TO NOW -- BUT THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN. ESPECIALLY WITH (INDISCERNIBLE) IN REGARDS TO THE TREATMENT OF CONSEQUENCES AND THE DIFFERENCE. IT'S EVIDENT ACROSS THE NATION AND IN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT WITH THE STRATEGIC PUBLIC PLAN. BUT I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE EQUITY CLIMATE SURVEY MY COMMENTS TONIGHT. >> I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO MS. ANDERSON TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. >> I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY I TYPED IN SRO ON OUR WEBPAGE, AND IT DOES POP UP. BUT IT MAY NEED TO BE MORE PROMINENT? IT POPPED UP, BOTH THE OLD ONE AND THE NEW ONE. PLUS THE STORY ABOUT WELCOMING THEM BACK. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS I FOUND. >> OKAY. SO, I THINK WE WILL WRAP UP THE CONVERSATION THERE. DEFINITELY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO SAY AND RESPOND TO -- I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE A DISCUSSION WITH COUNSEL. BUT I'M VERY ADAMANT ABOUT THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IN THIS. AND I'M VERY ADAMANT THAT THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. AND THAT REGARDLESS OF CONVERSATIONS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS PIVOTAL FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IMPORTANT AND IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR STUDENTS. THAT IS OUR ROLE. AND I'M JUST GOING TO REITERATE THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE PUT HERE TO DO. AND THAT NEEDS TO BE HONORED. IT NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED AND NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED. AND SO, WITH THAT SAID, OF COURSE WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL MAKE THE DECISION THAT IS BEST FOR OUR STUDENTS. PERIOD. AND IF THAT MEANS WE GET TO JUNE 2022 AND SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS A DIFFERENT STORY TO TELL AND HAS CERTAIN INFORMATION THAT SAYS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? WE, AS A SCHOOL BOARD, NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE HAPPEN WHAT WE NEED TO MAKE HAPPEN FOR OUR KIDS. PERIOD. [22. COVID-19 Update] SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ALONG ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A COVID-19 UPDATE. >> WELL, I'M GLAD THAT OUR UPDATES ARE NOT AS LONG AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST! BUT I'M HAPPY TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR. CRAWFORD, TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES RELATED TO COVID. AS WE DO, WE ALWAYS START WITH THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION. LOOKING AT THE DATA IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE STILL IN THE ORANGE OR SUBSTANTIAL TRANSMISSION RANGE. WE HAVE STAYED ABOUT THE SAME SINCE THE LAST TIME WE MET. WE ARE BETTER THAN BEING IN THE RED AND HIGH, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO START A DOWNWARD TREND AND MOVE TOWARDS THE YELLOW OR MODERATE RANGE. BUT SO FAR, WE ARE STAYING ABOUT WHERE WE WERE THE LAST TIME. THIS DATA WAS PULLED YESTERDAY, NOVEMBER 10. [01:05:03] A COUPLE OF UPDATES HERE. AS MS. MELTON MENTIONED, THE VACCINES WERE APPROVED FOR OUR YOUNGER STUDENTS, AGE 5 TO 11. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN ALEXANDRIA TO HAVE THE FIRST VACCINATION CLINIC THAT APPLIES TO THAT AGE RANGE. THERE WERE OVER 1500 APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR STUDENTS. WHICH IS PHENOMENAL. I KNOW DR. GADDY IS ON AND CAN COMMENT AS QUICKLY AS WE RECEIVE SOME VACCINE SUPPLIES, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM OUT TO OUR STUDENTS AND PROVIDERS. SO THAT IS HUGE NEWS. ANOTHER UPDATE IS THAT WE BEGAN THE DAILY TESTING OF ANY STUDENT ATHLETES WHO HAVE AN APPROVED EXEMPTION FOR THEIR TRYOUTS. AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR WINTER AND SPRING SPORTS. SO MANY THANKS TO THE ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC TEAM, WHO HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL. MR. PARKER LEADING THE WAY AND ALL OF THEIR WORK THERE. SO MANY THANKS. WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE UPDATING OF THE CONTACT TRACING PROCESS WITH QUALTRICS. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE TESTED OUT IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS BY OUR CONTACT TRACERS. AS WE ROLL THAT OUT DO A SOFT LAUNCH. YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS IS THE CRITICAL PIECE TO PULLING THE INFORMATION FOR THE REAL-TIME DASHBOARD. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT CONTACT TRACING PROCESS UPDATED. TO BE TALKING TO POWERS SCHOOL. AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT IS UPDATED REAL-TIME. THE LAST ITEM IS REALLY OUR BIGGEST. IT REFERS TO THE LENGTH OF QUARANTINE. WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND MANY OF OUR PARENTS ABOUT CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE 14 DAY QUARANTINE. THE LOSS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME -- IN PERSON INSTRUCTIONAL TIME, SOCIAL SUPPORT ETC. THE BOARD HAS HEARD ME DISCUSS OVER SEVERAL MEETINGS WHY WE ARE UTILIZING THE 14 DAY PERIOD AS THE GOLD STANDARD BASED ON THE CDC GUIDELINES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE BOARD AWARE THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS, THAT WE ARE ACTIVELY TALKING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT REDUCING THAT LENGTH OF TIME. WITH THE TEST TO RETURN CONCEPT. SO IF THE QUARANTINE, LET'S SAY WAS SEVEN DAYS -- YOU WOULD LOOK AT TESTING ON DAY FIVE, SIX OR SEVEN. AND POTENTIALLY RETURN ON DATE EIGHT WITH A NEGATIVE PCR TEST. I KNOW I'VE BEEN BEFORE YOU MANY TIMES AND TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 14 DAY QUARANTINE. IF SOME PEOPLE LISTENING ARE SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS SAYING WHY WOULD WE CHANGE? WE ARE A FEW MONTHS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR BEEN BACK FIVE DAYS A WEEK. AND I CAN TELL YOU AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, WE HAVE SOME FAMILIES WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED TWO AND THREE QUARANTINES ALREADY. AND EVEN TWO WEEKS, OF COURSE, IS A LOT OF TIME TO MISS SCHOOL. IN THESE CASES, OUR STUDENTS ARE MISSING 4 TO 6 WEEKS OF IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION. AND OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING WONDERFULLY COMPLIANT. THEY ARE WORKING REALLY HARD, BUT THEIR FRUSTRATION LEVEL IS HIGH. OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE MISSED OVER A MONTH OF SCHOOL AT THIS POINT. SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT. I WANT TO SAY TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HEAR YOU, WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS. WE WANT TO DO EVERYTHING TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AS MUCH AND PERSON LEARNING AS POSSIBLE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE BOARD'S RADAR THAT THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAPPENING. WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE OPTIONS AND CONSIDERING A REDUCED TIME THERE. WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING OUR WEEKLY TESTING WITH CURATIVE. EVEN ON OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OR TEACHER WORKDAYS, WE ARE STILL HAVING CURATIVE COME SO STAFF WILL NEED TESTING CAN HAVE IT COMPLETED. THE BIG NEWS ON THIS SLIDE -- AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED A DRUM ROLL HERE -- IS THAT WE WERE ASSIGNED A VENDOR FOR THE VISSTA PROGRAM. WE PARTICIPATED IN A WEBINAR LAST WEEK AND WE MET WITH THE VENDOR. CIA AND DIAGNOSTICS. IT WAS VERY ENCOURAGING. WE IDENTIFIED WHERE WE WERE IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT WE NEEDED. WILL HAVE SEVERAL MORE MEETINGS TO DEVELOP A PLAN. HOPEFULLY, WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A SMOOTH TRANSITION AT THE END OF CURATIVE CONTRACTS. SO THIS IS WHAT WE HOPED FOR. WE GOT THE TESTING THROUGH THE USE OF OUR OWN FUNDS. SO WE AREN'T ON HOLD WAITING. AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO TRANSITION VERY NICELY TO CIA ON DIAGNOSTICS. [01:10:02] THEY WORK WITH A LOT OF SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN MARYLAND. LAST ITEM, JUST AN FYI FOR THE BOARD THAT WE ARE REQUESTING FEMA GRANT FUNDING TO REIMBURSE FOR SOME OF THE CLASS THAT WE HAVE SPENT ON THE CURATIVE CONTRACT PRIOR TO THIS. SO COMMUNICATING WITH AREA SCHOOL SYSTEMS, WE KNOW OF AT LEAST ONE WHO WAS ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GET SOME FEMA FUNDING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY. WE ARE MOVING THAT FORWARD AND WE WILL KEEP THE BOARD POSTED. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. (NAME). >> LOOKING AT THE DATA THIS WEEK, WE DID GO THROUGH SOME CHANGES. THIS DATA WE PULL EVERY WEEK. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, WE HAD FULLY VACCINATED STAFF COUNTS OF 2532, WHICH IS CLOSE TO ABOUT 95 PERCENT OF OUR STAFF. WE HAD 218 STAFF WHO WERE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WEEKLY TESTING. OF THE 218, THERE WERE ABOUT 57 EXEMPTIONS. IN THOSE 57 EXEMPTIONS ARE STILL REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN WEEKLY TESTING. OUR STAFF HAS BEEN VERY BUSY. WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR STAFF WHO HAVE NOT PROVIDED THEIR VACCINATION STATUS OR THEIR EXEMPTION STATUS. AND THAT NUMBER WAS ABOUT 161. THAT NUMBER IS NOW ROUGHLY ABOUT 118 STAFF MEMBERS THAT WE STILL NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH. MY STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY WITH THOSE 118 STAFF MEMBERS AS WE GET CLOSE TO OUR MONDAY DEADLINE. THEY WILL HAVE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH MY STAFF TO REVIEW WHAT THE MANDATE IS AND TO POSSIBLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. WE ARE VERY PLEASED THAT THAT NUMBER IS COMING DOWN. SO IF WE LOOK AT IT BY STAFF GROUP CATEGORY, THAT 218, WE HAVE ADMINISTRATORS AT NINE, LICENSE STAFF OF 81, AND SUPPORT AT 128. AGAIN, THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN UPDATED. I'M EXCITED THAT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, WE HAVE SEEN THAT NUMBER CHANGE FROM ABOUT 40, WITH OUR STAFF PROVIDING THEIR VACCINATION RECORDS AND PROVIDING REQUESTS FOR MEDICAL OR RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS. AND WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE COMMUNICATIONS. SO WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE THESE NUMBERS CHANGING AS WE GET CLOSE TO OUR DEADLINE ON MONDAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST TO WRAP UP. OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND OUR FAMILIES THAT IF YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT FEELING WELL AND EXPERIENCING NEW SYMPTOMS THAT YOU KNOW CAN'T BE CONTRIBUTED TO SOMETHING ELSE, PLEASE ENSURE THEY STAY HOME. UTILIZE THE TEST. AND IF YOU KEEP THEM HOME DESK WILL KEEP THEM HOME UNTIL THEY FEEL BETTER AND WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL WITH OPEN ARMS. AS I MENTIONED, WE HOPE TO RETURN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON THE LENGTH OF QUARANTINE THAT IS RESPONSIVE TO TRYING TO KEEP IN LINE WITH WHAT THE GUIDANCE OF THE AHD GIVES US AS WELL AS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE HARDSHIPS OUR FAMILIES ARE FACING. ESPECIALLY GETTING A CALL ONE EVENING AND THEN HAVING TO PLAN FOR 14 DAYS OR TWO WEEKS STARTING THE NEXT MORNING. SO WE UNDERSTAND AND WE WILL RETURN WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD THAT HOPEFULLY FACTORS IN ALL OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY MEASURES AS WELL AS THE VARIABLE IN PERSON FIVE DAY WEEK RETURN. WE WILL CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CYAN DIAGNOSTICS FOR THE VISSTA PROGRAM. AND HOPEFULLY WHEN WE TALK AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE GOOD UPDATES ON THE DASHBOARD. BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE DONE OUR SOFT LAUNCH WITH A CONTACT TRACING PROCESS. AND LASTLY, A MAJOR THANK YOU TO DR. GADDY AND THE WHOLE TEAM AT THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH THEM ON THE VACCINATION OFFERINGS OF OUR STUDENTS UNDER 12. AND OF COURSE, OVER 12 -- ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES CONTINUE TO EXIST THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS TO. WITH THAT, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. >> MS. GENTRY, AND THEN MS. HENDERSON. >> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT. I WAS ACTUALLY HOPING -- WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING AN UPDATE FROM YOU ALL. AND MORE ABOUT THE QUARANTINE. I REALLY THOUGHT WE WOULD BE GETTING MORE OF AN UPDATE ABOUT QUARANTINE OTHER THAN WE ARE STILL THINKING ABOUT IT. [01:15:02] IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF MONTHS NOW. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF OTHER DIVISIONS HAVE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT QUARANTINE OPTIONS. I AM AWARE THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL. THERE IS NOT A DIRECT APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON. THERE ARE SOME CAPACITY ISSUES THAT GO ON WITH OUR BUILDINGS THAT ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER BUILDINGS. BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME AWAY FROM THIS FALL AS WE HAVE SEEN KIDS COME BACK IS THAT WE HAVE REALIZED WHAT A TREMENDOUS NEGATIVE IMPACT COMES FROM KIDS NOT BEING IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS. IT IS UNDENIABLE AND IT IS TREMENDOUS. AND I REALLY AM ACTUALLY HOPING (LAUGHING) THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING WHATEVER WE CAN TO PUSH TOWARDS MOVING TOWARDS MORE -- GETTING KIDS INTO SCHOOLS. I UNDERSTAND THE GOLD STANDARD. I WOULD ALSO ARGUE THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT A LESS THAN GOLD STANDARD HAS WORKED. IN OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS -- AND NOT RESULTED IN MASSIVE OUTBREAKS. SO AGAIN, I COMMEND EVERYONE (LAUGHING) THAT HAS WORKED SO TIRELESSLY ON THIS AND BEEN SO DILIGENT ON THIS. I KNOW THAT ALL OF US ARE TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR STUDENTS. BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST BEING VERY TRANSPARENT IN SAYING THAT I WAS REALLY EXPECTING AND HOPING THAT WE WOULD BE HEARING SOMETHING MORE DEFINITIVE IN THE REALM OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE QUARANTINE BY TONIGHT. OTHER THAN WE ARE STILL THINKING ABOUT IT. BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS CALENDAR ISSUES THAT ARE ALREADY SET IN NOVEMBER, WHEN YOU ADD QUARANTINE ON TOP OF THAT? THERE ARE KIDS THAT ARE LITERALLY NOT IN SCHOOL FOR AN ENTIRE MONTH. I JUST -- I -- I'M NOT SURE THAT'S A VERY WELL FORMED QUESTION, BUT I'M JUST VERY TRANSPARENTLY EXPRESSING MY CONCERN. AND I'M REALLY ASKING YOU ALL -- HERE'S WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO. I DON'T WANT US TO HAVE ANOTHER MOMENT ON THE DAIS WHERE WE ARBITRARILY SET DAYS AND TIMES FOR YOU ALL. IF YOU GUYS DON'T GIVE US SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, I'M CONCERNED THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> DR. HUTCHINGS? >> THANK YOU, MS. GENTRY. WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS WE ARE NOT HERE -- WE CARE JUST AS MUCH AS YOU CARE. I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A POINT THAT -- I HATE TO COMPARE US TO ANY OTHER SCHOOL DIVISION, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE ARE MAKING A DECISION AND BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD THAT WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND GATHERED OUR OWN DATA. WE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN DETERMINING HOW MANY STUDENTS IN THAT 14 DAY TIMEFRAME ACTUALLY BEGIN TO DEVELOP SYMPTOMS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. WE DO HAVE STUDENTS FOR THAT DOES OCCUR, RIGHT? WE WANTED TO SEE IF THAT TREND -- AND FOR MOST OF OUR STUDIES SO FAR, IT'S BEEN LESS THAN THREE PERCENT. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CONSISTENT. BUT IT TAKES 14 DAYS TO GET ONE TRIAL DONE. THEN, YOU HAVE TO DO ANOTHER 14 DAYS, WHICH IS 28 DAYS. THAT'S A WHOLE MONTH. AND AS WE STATED TODAY AND MAYBE IT WAS MISQUOTED, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS GONNA BE COMING FORWARD TO THE BOARD IS THAT STUDENTS WILL RETURN ON THE EIGHTH DAY WITH THE NEGATIVE PCR TEST. I MEAN, WE WERE VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT. WHAT WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH, AND IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT -- I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT EXPRESSION, BUT WHAT WE ARE SPECIFICALLY DOING IS JUST CONFIRMING WITH AHD -- THIS IS THE DATA THAT WE HAVE. [01:20:05] THIS IS THE DATA THAT ALSO YOU HAVE GATHERED. THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION YOU HAVE MADE. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE VIRGINIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THIS IS WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE BEEN SHARING WITH US BECAUSE WE BEEN CORRESPONDING WITH OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTION. THEN WE CAN DEFINITIVELY COME WITH ALL THE SUPPORTING DATA. NOT BECAUSE WE THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT'S BECAUSE WE NOW KNOW THIS IS THE RIGHT PATH FOR US BECAUSE OF OUR DATA POINTS. AND IT DID TAKE TIME FOR US TO GATHER THAT. WE CAN'T MAKE DATA UP. AND IF WE ARE GOING TO KEEP SAYING AS A SCHOOL DIVISION, DATA DRIVEN DECISION-MAKING, WE HAVE TO GATHER DATA. AND THAT TAKES TIME. IT TAKES TIME. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN QUICKLY. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER JURISDICTIONS, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR HERE. I ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BACKUP OUR RECOMMENDATION. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE DR. CRAWFORD SAID WE HAD TO DO IT OR DR. HUTCHINGS MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO DO IT. BUT OUR DATA IS TELLING US THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO GO. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE BOARD WILL BE RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION THAT STUDENTS RETURN ON THE EIGHTH DAY WITH A NEGATIVE PCR TEST. IS IT PCR? IS THAT RIGHT? >> YET. >> I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT. SO I CAN GUARANTEE THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS COMING BEFORE THE BOARD. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE PREFACING THE BOARD FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION. IT WASN'T INTENDED TO PROLONG ANYTHING OR TO IGNORE. DR. CRAWFORD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING? >> NO THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS. AND THANK YOU, MS. GENTRY, FOR THE COMMENTS. I APPRECIATE THEM. AND AS DR. HUTCHINGS SAID, WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SEEKING FEEDBACK AND HEARING FROM THE FAMILIES. WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE TALK TO STAFF. GOING THROUGH COMMENTS AND SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM THE PRINCIPLES. THAT IS BASED ON WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND THE THINGS I JUST SAID THAT WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH. CERTAINLY, UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE A SEVEN DAY QUARANTINE, A PCR TEST ON DAY FIVE, SIX, SEVEN. A RETURN ON DAY EIGHT OF POSSIBLE AND ATTEND A RETURN WITHOUT A TEST. WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME ACCESSIBILITY WITH THE TESTING ALL AROUND THE CITY AND IN THE SCHOOLS. SO WERE TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN PARTNER WITH THAT AS WELL TO EXPEDITE SOME OF THESE RETURNS. THANK YOU. >> THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH. I THINK THIS IS THE QUESTION THAT IS PROBABLY ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S MINDS IS WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE WITH SOMEONE THAT IS VACCINATED -- HALLELUJAH! 5 TO 11-YEAR-OLDS CANNOT BE VACCINATED. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE -- WHAT'S THE THINKING AND THE PROCESS FOR THE VACCINATED STUDENTS? >> THE VACCINATED STUDENTS WILL MIRROR THE PROCESS THAT WE HAVE AT SECONDARY RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED AND YOU ARE TWO WEEKS PAST YOUR SECOND SHOTS, WHICH NONE OF OUR 5 TO 11-YEAR-OLDS ARE YET, BUT THEY WILL BE SHORTLY. THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM QUARANTINE UNLESS THEY'RE SYMPTOMATIC. THAT'S WHAT WE DO AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL. I THINK SIX OR 700 FAMILY W FAMILIES OF THE SECONDARY LEVELS WHO UPLOADED THEIR VACCINATION STATUS. THAT MOVES ALONG MUCH MORE QUICKLY. OUR ELEMENTARY FAMILIES ARE ALREADY SUBMITTING SHOT ONE. BUT ANYONE WHO IS FULLY VACCINATED WILL NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE. ALSO, WE DON'T ALWAYS MENTION IT, IF YOU HAVE HAD COVID WITHIN THE LAST 90 DAYS, YOU ALSO DO NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE. SO THOSE TWO FACTORS WE MONITOR ANYTIME WE HAVE A CLOSE CONTACT. >> THAT'S GREAT. THE ONLY REASON I'M HIGHLIGHTING IT AGAIN IS -- I DON'T THINK THAT COULD BE OVER COMMUNICATED ENOUGH. THAT YOUR CHILD BEING VACCINATED MEANS THEY DON'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE. >> RIGHT. >> I JUST -- LEFT COAT -- AS MANY DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE WAY WE CAN EXPRESS THAT? I THINK WILL BE GREAT. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU ARE DOING. APPRECIATE THAT. >> I AGREE WITH YOU 100 PERCENT. THIS IS AN INCENTIVE, IN A SENSE, FOR YOU TO GET YOUR CHILD VACCINATED. [01:25:03] BECAUSE THEN, THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO QUARANTINE ONCE THEY ARE FULLY VACCINATED. SO IT JUST ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO DO THAT. THAT IS PART OF OUR MESSAGING. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE SEE THE NUMBERS SO HIGH. DR. GADDY CAN. >> CHAIR NOLAN: THAT IF NEED BE. WE DID A GOOD JOB WITH OUR OLDER KIDS. >> LET'S DO IT FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS, TOO! SO THANK YOU BOTH. >> GOING TO MS. HENDERSON. >> MS. GENTRY STOLE MY THUNDER! I JUST WANT TO PILE ON BECAUSE EVEN ON THIS SLIDE WE HAD TONIGHT, EVERY TIME THAT WE CAN, TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT SAYS FULLY VACCINATED STUDENTS DO NOT HAVE TO QUARANTINE. I THINK PEOPLE GET A LOT OF INFORMATION COMING AT THEM. AND AS MS. GENTRY SAID, WE CAN'T TELL THEM ENOUGH. SO THANKS. THAT'S ALL. >> MISS NOLAN? >> THANK YOU. FIRST OFF, DR. CRAWFORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. I FEEL LIKE YOU DRAW THE SHORT STRAW EVERY TIME. YOU'VE DONE REDISTRICTING, YOU'VE DONE COVID. YOU ALWAYS TAKE ON THE MOST COMPLICATED CHALLENGES OF THE DISTRICT. SO WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE YOUR LEADERSHIP SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO. I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE ANOTHER PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MS. HENDERSON SAID ABOUT VACCINATIONS. AS SOMEONE WITH AN 11-YEAR-OLD THAT I WAS DESPERATELY WAITING (LAUGHING) WE JUST MISSED THE CUT OFF. A FRIEND OF MINE JOKED -- IT WAS LIKE HUNGER GAMES TRYING TO GET A VACCINATION APPOINTMENT. AGAIN, ALEXANDRIA DOES SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB. TOMORROW NIGHT WE ARE GETTING OUR FIRST VACCINATION. AND THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT APPOINTMENTS THAT JUST OPENED UP. SO ANYONE WHO HAD CHALLENGES LAST WEEK WHEN IT WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED, THEY ARE LOCATED ALL OVER THE CITY INCONVENIENT PLACES. SO TWO QUESTIONS WITH THAT. NUMBER 1, I KNOW SOME OF OUR LOWER INCOME PARENTS WHO ARE EXCEPTIONALLY BUSY -- IS THERE GOING TO BE A TEXT ANNOUNCEMENT? I KNOW TEXTS ARE OFTENTIMES A GOOD WAY TO SEND OUT INFORMATION. AND I'M SURE THE FACE TEAM IS ON IT. BUT I LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW WE ARE REACHING OUT TO FAMILIES WHERE ENGLISH IS NOT THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE AS WELL AS LOW INCOME FOLKS ABOUT THE VACCINATION? AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE INFORMED ABOUT THE POLICIES. AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE -- I'M SURE, DR. CRAWFORD, GIVEN THE STUDENT POPULATION THAT YOU OVERSEE, I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE ALSO REALLY EXCITED AND ANXIOUS TO GET AS MANY KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM AS POSSIBLE. I'M ENCOURAGED STOMACH ENCOURAGED TO HEAR THAT THE QUARANTINED DAYS ARE LIKELY TO BE LESSENED. I THINK THAT SUPERCRITICAL. NOTHING CAN REPLACE IN PERSON LEARNING. PARTICULARLY FOR A SCHOOL DIVISION THAT HAS A 63 PERCENT REDUCED LUNCH RATE. LET'S GET KIDS IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE VACCINATED OR WITH A NEGATIVE TEST. BUT IF WE COULDN'T LESSEN THE QUARANTINED DAYS WHILE STILL BEING RESPONSIBLE SO STUDENTS DON'T LOSE OUT ON INSTRUCTION. I KNOW THAT'S MY BIGGEST FEAR. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE DIVISION TO TRY TO GET ON THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW THAT'S A BIG ONE. THOSE WERE A LOT OF COMMENTS. BUT THE QUESTION IS MORE ABOUT THE COMMUNICATION AND HOW WE ARE REACHING OUT TO FAMILIES FOR BOTH VACCINATION AND THE QUARANTINED DAYS BEING HOPEFULLY LESSENED? >> -- IS MS. (NAME) ON? >> I'M SORRY, DR. HUTCHINGS, WERE YOU ASKING FOR ME? >> YES. MISS NOLAN ASKED ABOUT OUR OUTREACH IN REGARDS TO OUR VACCINATION FOR STUDENTS 5 TO 11 AND HOW WE ARE DOING OUR OUTREACH? ESPECIALLY TO OUR FAMILIES WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH SOME OF THE ACPS [01:30:02] EXPRESS AND POSTINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE ARE DOING? WHETHER IT'S OUR CALLING SYSTEM OR TEXT MESSAGES THAT ARE GOING OUT TO THESE FAMILIES? JUST TO ENSURE WE ARE DOING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION MEASURES. IF YOU COULD. >> CHAIR NOLAN: THAT? >> ABSOLUTELY. FIRST I WILL START OFF BY SAYING IN ANTICIPATION FOR SOME OF THESE EFFORTS, WE WORKED WITH STUDENT SERVICES TO CONVERT THE HELPLINE TO A COVERT HELPLINE. SO FAMILIES COULD CALL US TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS, ASK QUESTIONS, AND GET INFORMATION. WE'VE BEEN REALLY WORKING TO PUT THAT LINEUP AND LET PEOPLE KNOW (INDISCERNIBLE). SO THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT FEATURES WE'VE ADDED RECENTLY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR OUTREACH TEAM HAS BEEN USING VARIOUS CHANNELS. OUR PARENT LIAISONS HAVE BEEN FEVERISHLY REACHING OUT TO FAMILIES AND VARIOUS LANGUAGES TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THE SERVICES AVAILABLE. WE ALSO WORKED WITH DR. CRAWFORD AND HER TEAM TO GET OUT LETTERS IN THE VARIOUS LANGUAGES. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO MAKE SURE OUR FAMILIES ARE PRIVY TO THIS INFORMATION IN ALL LANGUAGES. THAT WE ARE MAKING SURE OUR FAMILIES ARE BEING REACHED TO. WE HAVE OUR OUTREACH TEAM THAT DUDE POP-UP SITES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE THEY ARE REACHING FAMILIES IN PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION. WE ARE USING EVERY POSSIBLE CHANNEL WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE FAMILIES KNOW THIS IS AVAILABLE. WE ALSO TALK TO STUDENT SERVICES ABOUT KEEPING TRACK OF THE TRENDS OF THE VACCINATIONS. AND LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE. SO IF WE START TO SEE A SLOWDOWN OF VACCINATION APPOINTMENTS, THEN WE WILL ADD SOME ADDITIONAL EFFORTS. BUT WE HAVE TO SEE HOW THINGS GO A LITTLE BIT AND SEE HOW FAMILIES REACT. WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE MAKING APPOINTMENTS, BUT ONCE WE SEE IF THERE IS A SLOWDOWN IN THE TREND, WE WOULD DO ADDITIONAL EFFORTS. BUT SO FAR, IT LOOKS LIKE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH OUTREACH HAS BEEN WORKING. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. >> AND IF IT'S OKAY, I WILL ADD ONTO THAT. THAT'S A DIVISIONWIDE PERSPECTIVE. AS A PART OF THE TESTING PROCESS AND TRYING TO INCREASE THE NUMBERS OF STUDENTS TESTING EACH WEEK, SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN MAKING DIRECT CALLS HOME AND EXPLAINING WHAT TESTING IS. MAKING FAMILIES AWARE AND HAVING SCHOOLS CALL AND TALK TO FAMILIES. THE OTHER THING I WILL MENTION AS WE ARE LOOKING AT VACCINATION OFFERINGS, WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO GET VACCINATION POINTS OF DISTRIBUTIONS WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE MORE WALKABLE AND HAVE A HARDER TIME GETTING TO GW OR ANOTHER PLACE. SO WE CAN PERHAPS GET THEM OUT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BEFORE. AND MISS NOLAN, I'M TRYING TO THINK WHAT YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS. I'M SORRY. YOU ASKED ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND WHAT DID I MISS --? >> THAT WAS PERFECTLY FINE. THAT WAS IT. THE COMMUNICATION FOR THE VACCINATION AND THE FUTURE POLICY. BUT SINCE I HAVE YOU HERE, DO WE HAVE A SENSE WHEN THAT UPDATE WILL COME? THE QUARANTINED? >> I WAS TRYING TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION OF WHEN OUR NEXT MEETING WAS FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION. SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT MEETING FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE ACTION, WE WILL PRESENT THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION. I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER IT WAS NOVEMBER 15 OR NOVEMBER 29. I WILL WORK WITH OUR BOARD CLERK TO MAKE SURE. >> SO MONDAY IS A SPECIAL CALLED. SO WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA FOR MONDAY. >> THAT'S PERFECT. >> OKAY. SO IF THAT'S A LINGERING QUESTION FOR ANYONE, THE RECOMMENDATION TO ADJUST THE QUARANTINED POLICY WILL COME TO US ON MONDAY. AND, THE TEAM CAN GO FORWARD AND SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS. OKAY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. I THINK I HAVE MS. GREENE. AND THEN, EMILY, AND THEN, DOCTOR GRIEF. [01:35:02] >> THANK YOU. I KNOW EVERYONE KEEPS THINKING YOU, BUT I HAVE TO THANK YOU BECAUSE I ASKED THE QUESTION AT EVERY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHERE WE ARE AT IN TERMS OF THE VACCINATION CLINICS FOR THE 5 TO 11-YEAR-OLDS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE FLAWLESS EXECUTION. IT'S JUST SO WONDERFUL TO SEE EVERYONE SO HAPPY THAT THIS IS FINALLY HAPPENING. AND MAYBE I CAN GET A LITTLE MORE REST AT NIGHT. BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH MORE AND MORE OF OUR STUDENTS GETTING VACCINATED JUST SERVES US VERY WELL. MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE HIRING OF SUPPORT POSITIONS. I KNOW WE MADE HEADWAY WITH CONTACT TRACERS AND OTHER POSITIONS. I WAS WONDERING IF WE HAD AN UPDATE WHERE WE ARE BUT THAT NOW? ARE WE STILL HAVING DIFFICULTY FILLING THOSE POSITIONS? >> DR. A WILEY JUST GAVE US AN UPDATE WITH THE (INDISCERNIBLE) BUT DR. CRAWFORD? >> IS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FILL MORE OF THE CONTACT TRACER POSITIONS. JUST IN THE COVID REALM OF SUPPORT POSITIONS, WE DO HAVE THE SCHOOLHOUSE SPECIALIST POSITION FILLED. WE HAVE A CONTACT TRACERS. BUT THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR OUR SCHOOLS IS -- ALL WE NEED IS A LIST OF CLOSE CONTACTS. THEY CAN JUST SEND THAT TO OUR CONTACT TRACERS. THEY MAKE THE CALLS AND ENTER ALL THE INFORMATION. THEY SERVE AS THE PRIMARY CONTACT. WE ARE VERY LUCKY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET MORE PEOPLE. WE ARE ALSO VERY LUCKY THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DO NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS FOR US. SO WE ARE NOT TAPPING, KNOCK ON WOOD, INTO OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AS MUCH. JUST GET US THE SEATING CHARTS, AND WE WILL CALL YOU WITH QUESTIONS. WE WILL COME UP WITH A LIST AND WE CAN CONFIRM THAT. SO WE'VE BEEN VERY LUCKY THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FILL SOME OF THOSE SUPPORT POSITIONS. >> I WAS JUST GOING TO ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS. AND ALSO, WE ARE MAKING SURE WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE ANNEX MONITOR POSITIONS FILLED. OF SOMEONE GOES OUT, WE DO HAVE TWO FLOATERS WHO WILL GO IN AND COVER THOSE SCHOOLS WHO NEED THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. WE MAKE THAT A PRIORITY EACH DAY. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO TO MISS MILTON. >> I DON'T REMEMBER WHO SAID THIS, BUT I KNOW SOMEONE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY CREATING MORE ACCESSIBLE VACCINATION SITES OR POP-UP LOCATIONS? AND THAT RELATES TO MY QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THIS DATA -- BUT FROM THE NUMBER OF UNVACCINATED STAFF AND OR STUDENTS, DO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SCHOOLS THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE FROM? OR WHAT AREAS OF ALEXANDRIA THEY ARE FROM? THEREFORE WE COULD DO MORE OUTREACH OF THOSE PARTICULAR PLACES OR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON THE BENEFITS OF THE VACCINE? >> THANK YOU. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. RIGHT NOW, WE AS A SCHOOL RELY ON THE PARENTS TO SUBMIT THE VACCINATION INFORMATION FOR US. SO WE ARE ABLE TO DECIPHER USING THAT. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT PROBABLY THE GREATEST TOOL IS THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA HAS THEIR OWN COVID DASHBOARD. THEY DO VACCINATION BY AIDS AND CASES BY ZIP CODE. THEY HAVE A PLETHORA OF INFORMATION. WE ARE ABLE TO USE THAT AND LOOK AT WHERE THE SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED RELATIVE TO THAT DATA. THAT'S A PRIMARY TOOL FOR US. I DON'T KNOW, DR. GADDY, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ONTO THAT? >> SURE. SO THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE VACCINATION DATA. WE'VE OBVIOUSLY ONLY BEEN DOING THIS -- A LITTLE UNDER A WEEK RIGHT NOW. AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR -- ACTUALLY, YOU CAN LOOK ON THE VDH DASHBOARD AND IT SHOWS WE ARE READY HAVE 15 PERCENT -- SO 15 PERCENT OF THE FIVE TO ‚¬11 VACCINATED. IN LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE DATA LAG GETTING OUR NUMBERS ONTO THAT WEBSITE. I THINK WE HAVE PROBABLY DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO THAT'S GREAT. I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT TO ASK ABOUT WHAT IS THE COMPOSITION OF THAT 15 PERCENT? [01:40:02] AND WE DO KNOW THAT WE ARE VACCINATING MORE WHITE CHILDREN THAN CHILDREN OF COLOR. AND ALSO, FROM LOOKING AT OUR ZIP CODE DATA, PARTICULARLY IN THE WEST AND, THOSE ZIP CODES ARE UNDERREPRESENTED. WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED THINGS JUST QUITE YET, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO GET SOME VACCINATION SET UP IN THE WEST END. SO AS SOON AS WE HAVE THOSE DETAILS, WE WILL CERTAINLY RELEASE THOSE. BECAUSE WE DO REALIZE THAT FOR MANY INDIVIDUALS IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET TO OUR OFFICE AND HIGH SCHOOL SITES. HOWEVER, I WILL PUT IN A PLUG THAT THE LAST TIME I CHECKED, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS OPEN FOR THIS COMING SATURDAY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET VACCINATED AND HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YET, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY CALL THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND HAVE SOMEONE HELP TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT IF THERE IS ANY TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS. AND IF SOMEBODY WOULD PREFER TO DO THAT BY PHONE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION AND ALL THE WORK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE DOING ON THIS. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING FAMILIES WHO HAVE MULTIPLE QUARANTINES. I'VE DEFINITELY HEARD FROM FAMILIES WHO HAVE MULTIPLE QUARANTINES AND IT'S A REALLY CHALLENGING SITUATION FOR THEM. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE THAT QUARANTINE PERIOD SOON. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SCREENING TESTING. I KNOW WE ARE REQUIRING DAILY SCREENING FOR ATHLETES. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THAT'S WORKING? IS IT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL? JUST HOW THAT IS GOING, IF YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION? ANOTHER QUESTION I'VE HAD, THIS IS COME UP IN THE PAST WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE SCREENING TESTING -- IT SEEMS THERE IS A LOW NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING SO FAR. I'M REALLY THINKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE OF HOW PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED CAN ALSO TRANSMIT THE VIRUS. AND SO, JUST WANTING TO UNDERSTAND. ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT THE ATHLETICS, WHICH IS A HIGHER RISK ACTIVITY. AND WE ARE IN A SUBSTANTIAL TRANSMISSION AREA. AND MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING FOR DR. GADDY TO WEIGH IN ON? BUT THE SCREENING TESTING SEEMS TO BE REALLY DIRECTED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED, EVEN THOUGH VACCINATED FOLKS CAN STILL TRANSMIT THE VIRUS. AND ALONG THE LINES OF THAT QUESTION, DR. GADDY -- I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO WHAT WE CAN EXPECT? I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT WE ARE REALLY EXCITED THAT THE YOUNGER ONES ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE VACCINE NOW. WE HAVE THE FLU SEASON COMING. WE ARE WEARING MASKS. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THE MODELING WAS SHOWING THE CASE COUNTS MIGHT BE GOING UP OVER THE WINTER. SO ANY KIND OF INSIGHT YOU HAVE ABOUT WHAT WE COULD EXPECT WOULD BE HELPFUL. SO THE SCREENING TESTING AND THE SCREENING OF FOLKS WHO ARE VACCINATED. AND THEN, ANY INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE AND OUTLOOK? THANKS. >> SURE. I CAN START WITH THE DAILY TESTING OF ATHLETES. SO THE NUMBER IS ACTUALLY PRETTY SMALL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR THE EXEMPTIONS. BECAUSE OUR VACCINATION NUMBERS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL ARE SO HIGH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. FAMILIES UPLOADED THEIR VACCINATION STATUS. WHAT WE DID -- AND I WILL SAY IT IS A TEAM EFFORT THAT WENT THROUGH AND DEVELOPED THE PROCESS. WE LOOKED AT WHAT SPORTS THE STUDENTS WERE PLAYING, WHERE WAS THE PRACTICE HAPPENING, WHAT LOCATIONS DID WE (INDISCERNIBLE). WE ARE ACTUALLY DOING TESTING AT MINNIE HOWARD FOR ANY ATHLETES WHO WERE THERE WHO HAVE EXEMPTIONS AND REQUIRED DAILY TESTING. BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL NURSE THERE ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE PILOT WITH US OVER THE SUMMER. SHE WAS ART HE TRAINED AND MORE THAN WILLING TO DO THAT. THEY ARRANGE A TIME WITH HER TO DO THE TESTING WHILE THEY ARE AT MINNIE HOWARD BEFORE THEY GO TO KING STREET. THE ATHLETES AT KING STREET ARE ASKED TO COME TO THE HEALTH ANNEX AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY TO DO THEIR RAPID SCREEN TESTING. WE HAVE HEALTH STAFF ON-SITE FROM 3 TO 4 TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THEM. [01:45:03] THAT HAS ALSO WORKED OUT FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETES. SO FAR THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN AT KING STREET. SO IF YOU ARE AT GW AND TAKING THE SHUTTLE OVER, YOU ARE ABLE TO GO TO THE HEALTH ANNEX, DO YOUR TESTS, CHANGE FOR PRACTICE AND COME BACK. IT'S THE RAPID-TEST WE ARE DOING SO THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THE RESULTS AND GO TO PRACTICE. ALL THE ATHLETIC NUMBERS WILL BE SMALLER NEXT WEEK, ONCE THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN DEFINED. AND THEN, WE WILL LOOK AT DO WE NEED OTHER LOCATIONS FOR TESTING? SO FAR IT'S JUST MINNIE HOWARD AND KING STREET AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK THAT OUT. WITH RESPECT TO THE SCREENING TESTING? I WOULD SAY YES, OUR NUMBERS ARE NOT AS HIGH AS WE WANT THEM TO BE. BUT JUST TO THE VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED -- ANYONE CAN BE TESTED. SO IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT WHO IS FULLY VACCINATED, THEY CAN BE TESTED. IF YOU ARE A STAFF MEMBER -- AND WE REALLY PUSHED FOR THIS MESSAGE THAT IS OPEN FOR YOU TO BE TESTED AND WE WILL CONTINUE THAT. WHEN WE DO TRANSITION TO VISSTA, IT WILL BE PCR. IT WILL NOT BE THE RAPID-TEST THING. SO THAT IS GOOD. AND THE OTHER QUESTION, I WILL LEAVE FOR DR. GADDY -- (LAUGHING) I ALWAYS SAY, I'M NOT A MEDICAL DOCTOR. SOMETIMES I PLAY ONE AT WORK. (LAUGHING)! >> GREAT. SO IN TERMS OF LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, I WISH AS YOU SAID I DID HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL. I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER. ONE IS WHAT YOU MENTION. THAT AS WE GET THIS YOUNGER AGE GROUP VACCINATED, THERE WILL BE MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED AND HOPEFULLY LESS TRANSMISSION. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF FACTORS THAT COULD WORK AGAINST US IN TRANSMISSION. THOSE THINGS BEING THAT THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING UP. WE KNOW WITH HOLIDAYS COME GATHERINGS AND TRAVEL. PEOPLE POTENTIALLY COMING FROM AREAS THAT ARE LESS VACCINATED THAN OUR AREA. AND SO, ALL OF THOSE THINGS POTENTIALLY LEAD TO INCREASED TRANSMISSION, ALONG WITH THE FACT THAT IN THE PAST, IT'S BEEN SEEN THAT THE VIRUS IS SPREAD MORE DURING THE WINTER. SO IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY. WE ARE SORT OF HOPING FOR THE BEST. YET, PREPARING FOR THE WORST. AND URGING PEOPLE THAT EVEN THOUGH LEVELS HAVE TRENDED DOWN AND PLATEAUED SOME, AND FOR INSTANCE, IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, THEY HAVE ALREADY TRENDED DOWN INTO MODERATE TRANSMISSION. JUST WANTING TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT EVEN THOUGH THE TREND IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FLATTENED OR GOING DOWN NOW, THERE ARE THESE OTHER FACTORS. LIKE I MENTIONED, THE HOLIDAY AND TRAVEL AND SUCH. WE REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STILL BE WEARING THEIR MASKS, WASHING THEIR HANDS. NOT BEING IN CROWDED PLACES BECAUSE WE WANT TO CONTINUE THIS DOWNWARD TREND, NOT LEAVE OURSELVES EXPOSED AND VULNERABLE TO FACTORS THAT WOULD INCREASE THE TRANSMISSION AGAIN. SO WANTING TO JUST PUT A PLUG WORK AND CONTINUING TO DO ALL HIS INFECTION PREVENTION MEASURES. >> THANKS FOR THAT. THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED, THEY ARE NOT GETTING AS SICK OR HOSPITALIZED OR DYING. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT YOU ARE SEEING IN THE CITY -- ARE VERY MANY OF THOSE TRANSMITTED -- ARE THEY PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED OR UNVACCINATED? DO YOU KNOW? IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT ASPECT? >> SURE. IF YOU WANT TO GET IN GENERAL A SENSE OF THAT, AND I THINK LOOKING AT DATA THAT ENCOMPASSES MORE THAN JUST ALEXANDRIA? BECAUSE IT'S SORT OF A LARGER DATASET, TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT VACCINATED VERSUS UNVACCINATED TRANSMISSIONS. VDH DOES HAVE A DASHBOARD THAT TRACKS THAT AND LOOKS AT CASES BY VACCINATION STATUS. IF YOU WANTED TO GO THERE AND PLAY AROUND WITH IT A LITTLE BIT. [01:50:01] IN GENERAL, THE ANSWER IS WE DO SEE CASES THAT ARE TRANSMITTED BY VACCINATED PEOPLE. BUT WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO SEE THE MAJORITY OF CASES, PARTICULARLY THE MORE SEVERE CASES, BE THE UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS. >> THANKS. >> OKAY. I'M GOING TO INTERJECT MYSELF HERE. AND THEN, I'M GOING TO GO TO MR. SUAREZ AND MS. SANDERSON. IT'S FUNNY, AS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS WHOLE COVID LIFE -- ALL THESE COVERT DECISIONS, SOMETIMES I THINK WE CAN'T REMEMBER THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY -- APPROVED AS A BOARD VERSUS THINGS THAT STAFF CAN GO AHEAD AND DO. SO STAFF CAN, WITHOUT BOARD APPROVAL, GO AHEAD AND MAKE A CHANGE IN REGARD TO THE QUARANTINE POLICY. SO WITH THAT SAID, STAFF CAN, ON FRIDAY, GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE THAT THE QUARANTINE POLICY WILL CHANGE. WE DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL -- HAVE THAT BE A PART OF OUR SPECIAL CALL MEETING. SO OUR STAFF HAS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE READY TO DO THAT. AND SO, PLEASE, THEY DO NOT NEED APPROVAL FOR THAT. WE NEVER APPROVED A 14 DAY QUARANTINE. AND SO, WE DON'T NEED TO APPROVE AN EIGHT DAY. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD -- MR. SUAREZ? >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'LL ECHO MY COLLEAGUES EXCITEMENT ABOUT ADJUSTMENT OF THE QUARANTINE. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT MOVE. AND I THINK IT WILL REDUCE A LOT OF THE LEARNING LOSS WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING. JUST A COUPLE BRIEF QUESTIONS. AND MORE OF A COMMENT. THE QUESTION IS JUST ABOUT WHETHER IN THE PRESENTATIONS, WE CAN PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD EVERY TIME WE DO THESE UPDATES ABOUT HOW MANY QUARANTINING STUDENTS WE HAVE? JUST SO THE BOARD CAN GET A SENSE OF WHAT THAT IS LOOKING LIKE. WHAT THE TRENDS ARE LOOKING LIKE. BECAUSE EVERY ONE OF THOSE DATA POINTS IS A WEEK OR TWO OUT OF SCHOOL. BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO MAXIMIZE LEARNING WHILE MINIMIZING SAFETY RISK AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK SEEING THAT DATA WILL BE HELPFUL. IN PARALLEL, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO BE UPDATED CONSISTENTLY. NOT JUST ON THE STAFF VACCINATION, BUT NOW THE STUDENT VACCINATION. BOTH FOR THE 5 TO 11 GROUP -- SO THE PRIMARY AND FOR SECONDARY GROUPS. SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS OF WE MUST GET THE FACT OUT THERE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO QUARANTINE IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED. WE NEED TO KEEP REPEATING THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, NONSTOP. HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THIS, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I'M THE ONE WHO LIKES TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE ON THESE ISSUES. THERE ARE BOARDS THAT ARE MANDATING STUDENT VACCINATION. AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT TODAY. BUT I DO FEEL MORALLY OBLIGATED TO SAY WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE WE QUARANTINING? HOW MUCH LEARNING LOSS IS OCCURRING AS A RESULT OF THIS? AND WHAT ARE THE TRENDS LOOKING LIKE IN TERMS OF STUDENT VACCINATION? I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT BECAUSE ALEXANDRIA IS MORE RECEPTIVE TO VACCINATIONS THAN MOST COMMUNITIES, WE MAY NOT NEED SUCH A MANDATE. SO TO BE CLEAR, I'M NOT SUGGESTING TODAY THAT WE NEED THAT. BUT THAT'S HOW I PULLED AN ARTICLE TODAY WHERE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN 14 STATES HAVE LOOKED AT SUCH MANDATES, INCLUDING SEVERAL IN CALIFORNIA. CINCINNATI IS LOOKING AT IT AND SEVERAL OTHERS. I THINK WE JUST WANT TO KEEP OUR EYE DOWN THE FIELD. IS THAT A TOOL IN OUR TOOLBELT THAT WE MAY WANT TO HAVE? BECAUSE IF WE CAN GET TO 100 PERCENT VACCINATION OF ALL OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS OR PRIMARY STUDENTS, MAYBE QUARANTINING WILL ALMOST GO TO ZERO. ANYTIME ONE KID IS ABSENT FROM THE CLASSROOM, IT CHANGES THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND THE DYNAMICS OF THE CLASSROOM. SO HAVING THE REVOLVING DOOR OF STUDENTS IN THE CLASSROOM HAS AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON ACHIEVEMENT. SO I THINK NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE TOOLS AVAILABLE -- WE HAVE THESE FULL [01:55:08] SWEEPS OF TOOLS THAT ESCROW TESTING, VACCINATION POSSIBILITIES AND ALL THAT STUFF? THAT'S WHY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS DATA IN THE PRESENTATIONS. HOW MANY ARE WE QUARANTINING? WHAT ARE THE TRENDS FOR VACCINATIONS? SO WE CAN MAKE INFORMED POLICY DECISIONS AROUND WHETHER SUCH A POLICY LIKE THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED DOWN THE LINE. AGAIN, (LAUGHING) I'M NOT SAYING IT NECESSARILY IS. BUT THERE ARE BOARDS THAT ARE VERY SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING IT. AND I DO THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL WANT TO AT LEAST HAVE AS A POTENTIAL THING TO CONSIDER. BASED ON THAT DATA. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE SUPER HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU, MR. SUAREZ. WE HAVE MS. SANDERSON, AND WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. >> THANKS, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK, ACTUALLY, MY THINKING IS THIS WOULD BECOME ONE OF THE VACCINES THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE. LIKE OTHER VACCINES THAT WE HAVE. ONCE IT'S FULLY AUTHORIZED FOR ALL THE AGE GROUPS. BUT I JUST REMEMBER THAT I GOT BOTH MY SMALLPOX AND AT LEAST A POLIO IN THE CAFETERIA. AND I WAS WONDERING DURING THE SCHOOL DAY -- IF THAT IS A WAY TO REACH SOME OF THE PEOPLE ALSO? AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL DOWNSIDE IS FOR OFFERING IT SOME PLACES DURING THE DAY FOR THE STUDENTS IF THEY HAVE A PERMISSION SLIP FROM HOME? >> YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WE RECENTLY DID A SECONDARY VACCINATION AT SEVERAL OF OUR LOCATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS TO GET IT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY. I KNOW DR. GADDY HAS A RESPONSE TO THIS, BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME. BUT I THINK THE FEASIBILITY OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW? OF OFFERING IT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY RELATES TO THE SUPPLY. A VACCINATIONS. PLEASE CORRECT ME, DR. GADDY, IF I GOT THAT WRONG. >> SURE. I THINK THERE ARE A FEW FACTORS. ONE IS DEFINITELY THE SUPPLY. SO JUST BEING ABLE TO OFFER IT IN ALL OF THE SCHOOLS AND OTHER LOCATIONS, AND HAVE ENOUGH TO TRY TO GET IT INTO PEDIATRICIAN OFFICES THAT WE KNOW ARE ALSO REACHING INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND COMFORTABLE PLACES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO GO? THERE'S JUST NOT QUITE ENOUGH SUPPLY TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND. SO THAT'S ONE THING IS THE SUPPLY. THE OTHER IS WHERE FAMILIES ARE COMFORTABLE GOING. SO WE DO KNOW THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES AND STUDENTS LIKE GOING TO THEIR DOCTOR'S OFFICE. SO WE ARE TRYING TO GET SOME OF THE SUPPLY INTO THOSE TRUSTED SETTINGS THAT ARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND OFTEN CLOSE AND ACCESSIBLE TO THE FAMILIES THAT WANT THAT VACCINE. I THINK THE OTHER ISSUE THAT WE SEE A LOT IS THAT CURRENTLY, BECAUSE OF ALL THE INFECTION CONTROL POLICIES IN THE SCHOOL, FAMILIES AREN'T ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOLS WITH THE STUDENTS. AND FOR 5 TO 11-YEAR-OLDS, I THINK FOR BOTH THE STUDENT AND THE PARENT, IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON YOUR OWN WITHOUT YOUR PARENT. SO I THINK WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE VACCINES POTENTIALLY TO SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THE FAMILIES CAN GET THERE. AND THEY ARE KNOWN SETTINGS. BUT DOING THAT IN AN AFTER HOURS OR WEEKEND TIME FRAME, WHERE WE WOULDN'T BE INTERFERING WITH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, AND WOULD ALLOW FAMILIES TO BE PRESENT WITH THEIR STUDENTS? I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MORE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT WE AIM FOR. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN CONVERSATION WITH SOME SCHOOLS ABOUT HOW BEST TO DO THAT. AND FIGURING OUT WHAT SPACES, LOGISTICALLY, IT WORKS FOR BESIDES JUST AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. >> GREAT. THANKS. I WAS THINKING MORE TARGETED LIKE THE WEST END. I GUESS IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME. I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND I WAS LINED UP MILITARY STYLE AND GIVEN IT AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO CLASS. THERE WAS NOBODY THERE. NOT A TEACHER OR ANYBODY. JUST THE PERSON ADMINISTERING THE SHOT. AND I SURVIVED. BUT THEY ALSO USED TO HIT KIDS TO (LAUGHING)! [02:00:01] I GUESS IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME (LAUGHING)! THANK YOU THOUGH! >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR THAT. OUR COVID SAGA CONTINUES. HOPEFULLY, IT WILL END SOON. WE WILL SEE! [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO SOME NEW BUSINESS. [23. Resolution on Collective Bargaining] THIS IS AN EXCITING PART OF THE EVENING FOR ME! BECAUSE WE HAVE A RESOLUTION ON THE TABLE FOR INFORMATION REGARDING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. I SEE SOME EXCITEMENT IN THE AUDIENCE (LAUGHING)! I'M EXCITED TOO! I'M EXCITED FOR YOU. WE HAVE THE DRAFT RESOLUTION UP. I'LL HAVE MS. ABBRUZZESE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS OF HOW WE GOT TO DEVELOPING THIS RESOLUTION. I'LL SHARE A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, BUT I'LL START WITH MS. ABBRUZZESE. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR ALDERTON. GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD. TONIGHT, AS CHAIR ALDERTON SAID, WE HAVE ADDRESSED FOR COMIC DRAFT RESOLUTION CONCERNING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. A BIT OF BACKGROUND. AS MS. LUCAS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING, IN 2020, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AMENDED VIRGINIA CODE 40.1 -57.2. THIS REPEAL THE PROHIBITION AGAINST COLLECTIVE BARGAINING FOR SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES. IT BECAME EFFECTIVE THIS MAY 1. THE GRANTED SCHOOL BOARD'S THE AUTHORITY TO RECOGNIZE AND ORGANIZE EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION OR LABOR UNION -- AND TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN AND ENTER INTO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE REPRESENTATIVES. ALSO EFFECTIVE MAY 1 OF 2021, ALEXANDRIA CITY COUNCIL AMENDED TITLE TWO, CHAPTER 5 OF THE CITY CODE. THIS ESTABLISHED THE RIGHT FOR CITY EMPLOYEES TO BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY. IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CITY AND RECOGNIZING THE STATUTORY AUTHORITY GRANTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE DRAFT RESOLUTION IS PROPOSED FOR YOUR INFORMATION AND REVIEW FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING. AND LIKE MS. LUCAS MENTIONED EARLIER THIS EVENING, A CPS BELIEVES A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH BETWEEN ITS LEADERSHIP AND EMPLOYEES IS BENEFICIAL. AND THAT A FORMAL AGREEMENT CAN CATALYZE THAT SHARED DECISION-MAKING IN SCHOOLS AND LEAD TO POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS. SO IN DRAFTING THE RESOLUTION, WE INCORPORATED INPUT FROM THE NEA AND FROM THE EAA AND OUR OWN LEGAL COUNSEL. AND I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT CHAIR ALDERTON WOULD LIKE TO READ THE DRAFT RESOLUTION ALLOWED. >> EXCELLENT. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND READ THE DRAFT RESOLUTION ALLOWED. AND I'LL JUST ADD A FEW COMMENTS PRIOR. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROCESS THAT WENT INTO THIS. WE STARTED TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT LAST YEAR. IN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE WANT TO BRING THIS FORWARD AS AN ORGANIZATION. HOW WE WANT TO START THIS OFF WITH THE BOARD. THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INPUT. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE INPUT FROM SOME GREAT FOLKS FROM NEA. A LOT OF GREAT INPUT FROM OUR FOLKS HERE IN THE ROOM AT EAA. IT IS A CATALYST TO HOW WE WANT TO START THIS PROCESS. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. AND THAT'S REALLY INDICATIVE OF WHAT COLLECTIVE-BARGAINING SHOULD LOOK LIKE. AS WE DEVELOP AND MOVE FORWARD. SO WITH THAT SAID, -- I ALSO WANT TO THANK MS. ABRUZAYZEE. BECAUSE THIS REALLY JUST STARTED WITH A BUNCH OF IDEAS THAT CAME TOGETHER FROM MULTIPLE PLACES. IT TURNED OUT REALLY WELL I THINK. [LAUGHTER] BUT IT WAS ALL OF THE GOOD STUFF, RIGHT? AND SO, THIS IS UP FOR INFO AND WE WILL ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION NEXT WE MEET. AND I HAVE SOME HANDS FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, MS. ABBRUZZESE AND EVERYONE WHO COLLABORATED ON THIS RESOLUTION. IT'S EXCITING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS. THE QUESTION I HAD WAS THE PART ABOUT HOW IT'S RESOLVED TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF RESEARCHING AND COLLECTING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION? I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN [02:05:02] THAT PROCESS AND WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THAT PROCESS? >> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO TALK ABOUT A TIMELINE. THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE YET. BUT THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY OR THE ABILITY TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS AROUND WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME? WHAT IS REASONABLE? WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT FUNDING AND HOW MUCH THINGS LIKE THIS WILL COST. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE COMING FORTH ONCE WE HAVE MORE LEGAL COUNSEL IN REGARDS TO TIMEFRAME. THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW. >> OKAY. AND JUST TO RESPOND TO THAT, KNOWING THAT COUNSEL WAS ABLE TO ADOPT -- AS IT WAS STATED IN HERE IN MAY -- I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD MAYBE PUT A TIMEFRAME IN THE RESOLUTION? SUCH AS, BY JUNE 30? THE END OF THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR? I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE TIMELINE IS FOR THIS PROCESS. SO THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION I HAVE. I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THAT. >> I SWEAR WE DIDN'T TALK BEFOREHAND, BUT IN PASSING THE BATON. SPECIFICALLY, THE LAST SECTION. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT IN WRITING THIS. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AND KNOWLEDGE MEANT NEEDS TO INCLUDE BUDGET AND STAFF (INDISCERNIBLE). THE BOARD IN JANUARY WILL BE ENGAGING IN BUDGETARY STUFF. I THINK IT'S HELPFUL, IF NOTHING ELSE FROM A TIMELINE POINT OF VIEW, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THE LANGUAGE IN THIS RESOLUTION IS TALKING ABOUT COLLECTING NECESSARY INFORMATION INCLUDING BUDGETARY AND STAFFING IMPLICATIONS, IS THE LANGUAGE INTENDED TO REFER TO THE UPCOMING COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET PROCESS? OR SOMETHING ELSE (LAUGHING)? I THINK, IF NOTHING ELSE, I THINK IT WOULD BE ENORMOUSLY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. >> YES, IT WILL BE PART OF THE COMBINED FUND BUDGET CONVERSATIONS. UPCOMING COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET CONVERSATIONS. AND I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER ITEM THAT TAKES TIME. >> OH, YES. >> THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DO IN TWO MONTHS OR THREE MONTHS OR BY THE END OF THE YEAR. ESTABLISHING AN ACTUAL COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT IN AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS NEVER HAD IT -- IT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING. [02:11:07] SO WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, PUSH THIS TOO QUICKLY. BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE APPROPRIATE LEGAL COUNSEL ON BOTH ENDS AND SETTING REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS. AND ALSO BEING PREPARED TO BUDGET FOR IT. SO YOU WILL SEE SOME BUDGET IMPLICATIONS IN THE UPCOMING --. >> THAT'S FANTASTIC. THAT ANSWERED MY PRIMARY QUESTION -- IT SEEMED A NATURAL MOMENT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SO WHILE IT IS A CONTINUING BODY, AND I CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH IN THE TIME THAT I'M HERE, I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT I GET TO SIGN MY NAME TO THIS RESOLUTION (LAUGHING) BEFORE I EXIT THE SCHOOL BOARD. SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH! VERY EXCITING! >> AND I'LL TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHIME IN. THAT IS A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT. WE HAVE HAD PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION WITH COUNSEL, AND HE IS VERY (LAUGHING) HE HAS BEEN VERY ADAMANT WITH BOTH SIDES TO SAY ALL RIGHT, GUYS. YOU KNOW, SLOW DOWN. ONE STEP AT A TIME. THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE UNDERTAKING. NOT ONLY DO WE WANT TO DO IT, WE WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT THE DISCUSSION AND THAT REALLY DR. HUTCHINGS HAS CONTINUED TO ITERATE IS THAT WE WANT TO BE SIDE-BY-SIDE. FOR BOTH SIDES OF THIS COIN. SO IT MEANS WE HAVE TO BE DELIBERATE. WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR TIME. I THINK WE WILL GET A SENSE OF TIMELINE THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WE ARE GOING TO NEED AND WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE. LIKE, THAT IN ITSELF IS A BIG PIECE. AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO YOU CAN HAVE DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. SO YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT IS MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG-HAUL THING, BUT 100 PERCENT WORTH IT. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE I FEEL LIKE WE COULD ACTUALLY END UP BEING A MODEL FOR HOW TO DO IT WELL. [02:15:01] SO LET'S HOLD ONTO THAT. AND BE THE SUPERSTARS THAT I KNOW WE CAN BE AROUND THIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE. SO WE WILL MOVE ON. WE DO HAVE THE SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSED FY22 -- I'M SORRY -- HOW COULD I FORGET? DR. HUTCHINGS? >> I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MARYA RUNKLE. [24. Fall Membership Report] >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING AND HAPPY VETERANS DAY. AS EVERYONE HAS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS MARYA RUNKLE. CHAIRPERSON ALDERTON, VICE CHAIR NOLAN, EVERYONE WHO HAS STUCK IT IN THIS LONG TO SEE THE EXCITING UNVEILING OF OUR MEMBERSHIP NUMBER. I'M ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, WORKING UNDER THE WONDERFUL DIRECTION OF DR. ELIZABETH COOPER. MY RESPONSIBILITY'S ARE ABOUT BUSINESS AND EDUCATION APPLICATION SUPPORT. WHICH FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION INVOLVES THE STORAGE, CARE AND VALIDITY OF OUR STUDENT DATA. THIS EVENING, I'M PRESENTING AS I HAVE FOR MANY YEARS, THE SCHOOL YEAR 2122 FALL MEMBERSHIP TRANSFER AND STUDENT RATIO REPORT. THIS REPORT IS REQUEST OF BOTH THE BOARD AND CERTAIN STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS. I WILL POINT THOSE OUT ALONG THE WAY. THE 23 PAGE MEMO AND REPORT THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE BOARD INCLUDES BOTH CURRENT AND HISTORICAL DATA. WHAT I HAVE DONE FOR THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION IS I'VE PULLED OUT SOME ASPECTS OF THE MEMO THAT THE ACPS STAFF AND DR. HUTCHINGS BELIEVE ARE MOST RELEVANT TO THE BOARD'S WORK WHILE ALSO MEETING OUR STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THESE DATA PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR MANY OF OUR ACPS 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN METRICS. INCLUDING SUBGROUP AND OTHER PERFORMANCE DATA THAT YOU WILL BE SEEING THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE FIRST SLIDE IS THE OVERVIEW OF OUR FULL-TIME MEMBERSHIP AS REPORTED ON THE FALL STUDENT RECORD COLLECTION, SUBMITTED TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE STUDENTS WHO WERE PART OF OUR MEMBERSHIP ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2021. THAT IS OUR INFAMOUS DATE. THIS YEAR, OUR FULL-TIME MEMBERSHIP IS 15,000, 477 STUDENTS. THIS INCLUDES OUR PK TO 12 AND ALSO ANY ADDITIONAL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OR ENGLISH LEARNERS WHO ARE ABLE TO COME BACK TO RETURN TO WORK ON THEIR DIPLOMAS IF THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED A DIPLOMA TO DATE. THIS YEAR, OUR FULL-TIME MEMBERSHIP INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY -- ROUNDING UP, OF COURSE -- ARE HISPANIC POPULATION. THIS IS SELF IDENTIFIED. SO THOSE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHO IDENTIFY THEIR STUDENTS AS HISPANIC. WE ARE LOOKING AT 30 PERCENT OF OUR POPULATION. APPROXIMATELY 27 PERCENT IDENTIFY AS WHITE, AND 26 PERCENT IDENTIFY AS BLACK. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE ARE OTHER CODES IN THERE. ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE STATISTICS OF ACPS IS THAT WE COME OF THIS YEAR, HAVE 143 COUNTRIES OF BIRTH OUR STUDENTS REPRESENT. IN 123 NATIVE LANGUAGES SPOKEN AMONG OUR STUDENT AND FAMILY POPULATION. I THINK THAT IS JUST ONE OF OUR MOST AMAZING STATISTICS. HERE YOU WILL SEE STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEAL. I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS -- THIS FOOTNOTE. THE SCHOOL (INDISCERNIBLE). AS A RESULT, THEY LET ME KNOW TODAY THAT OUR OFFICIAL DIVISION FREE AND REDUCED MEAL ELIGIBILITY IS AT 56 PERCENT FOR THIS YEAR. IN ADDITION, THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES MEMBERSHIP, ON THE LAST LINE, THIS IS ALSO BASED ON OUR STUDENT RECORD COLLECTION. THE OFFICIAL NUMBERS FOR THE YEAR WILL BE ON OUR DECEMBER REPORT WHICH IS DUE [02:20:06] DECEMBER 17, I THINK. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT SLIDE -- THIS PROVIDES A THREE-YEAR HISTORICAL SNAPSHOT OF OUR PROJECTED FALL MEMBERSHIP. OUR PROJECTIONS AGAINST OUR ACTUALS THAT ARRIVED. WE SPOKE LAST YEAR ABOUT HOW DUE TO THE CURRENT AND ONGOING PANDEMIC AND OTHER FACTORS, OUR PROJECTIONS AND THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLING IN SCHOOL DID DEFINITELY TAKE A TURN DOWNWARD. AND YOU WILL SEE HERE THAT WE ARE SLIGHTLY OFF PROJECTION. I DO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT WE ARE STILL WITHIN 96 PERCENT OF OUR PROJECTIONS. EVEN WITHIN A VERY UNCERTAIN ENVIRONMENT. AS A RESULT, I ALSO WANT TO ALWAYS ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF ERIKA GULICK AND SOPHIE HUMOR, WHO IS A PLANNER AS WELL AS THE JOINT CITY SCHOOLS PLANNING COMMISSION. THE ABILITY TO CORRECTLY PROJECT BACK DOMINIC -- ACCURATELY PROJECT OUR STUDENT MEMBERSHIP ALLOWS THE SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL TO BE VERY RESPONSIBLE AS FAR AS OUR FINANCIAL AND BUDGETARY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE CONCERNED. THIS NEXT TABLE, FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE REDISTRICTING -- THIS MIGHT ENTICE SOME FLASHBACKS. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE THE CLAPBOARD APPROACH TO STUDENT TRANSFERS HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS WHO ARE WORKING THROUGH VARIOUS STAFFING AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS. THIS FIRST TABLE IS OUT OF BOUNDARY SCHOOLS. THIS IS THE REASON STUDENTS ARE TRANSFERRING OUT OF BOUNDARY SCHOOLS AS OF NOVEMBER 1. IF WE READ ACROSS THE FIRST LINE, WE WILL SEE THAT 28 STUDENTS TOTAL THIS YEAR NEW TO CHARLES BARRETT OPTED TO TRANSFER OUT OF CHARLES BARRETT. SO ONE TRANSFERRED OUT FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER; FULL TRANSFERRED DUE TO SIBLINGS ATTENDING OTHER SCHOOLS, AND 23, BECAUSE IT IS CHARLES BARRETT, 28 OF THEIR STUDENTS REQUESTED TO ATTEND PROGRAMMATIC SCHOOL. MOST LIKELY, MOUNT VERNON. AND THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS FOR OUR PROGRAMMATIC SCHOOLS. WHEN WE LOOK AT MOUNT VERNON, THEY HAVE 20 STUDENTS. BUT BECAUSE THEY ARE A PROGRAMMATIC SCHOOL, IT WOULD BE 20 STUDENTS OPTED TO LEAVE MOUNT VERNON TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM. THERE ARE 376 TOTAL. AND YOU CAN SEE THE TOTALS HERE, WORKING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT REASONS THAT A STUDENT OR A FAMILY COULD REQUEST AND/OR BE ASKED TO TRANSFER TO AN OUT OF BOUNDARY SCHOOL. THE CONVERSE IS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TRANSFERS INTO BOUNDARY SCHOOLS. YOU CAN SEE IT STILL AT 376. THE END REMAINS THE SAME. ALL THE TOTALS REMAIN THE SAME. I LOVE IT WHEN MATHWORKS! YOU WILL SEE THAT THE NUMBERS WITHIN THE COLUMNS ARE DIFFERENT BECAUSE NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT WHO HAS TRANSFERRED IN. IF WE USE CHARLES BARRETT AS THE SAME EXAMPLE, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE 17 STUDENTS HAVE TRANSFERRED INTO CHARLES BARRETT BECAUSE THEY WERE CAPACITY TRANSFERRED FROM ANOTHER SCHOOL. AND YOU CAN FOLLOW THAT LOGIC THROUGHOUT THE TABLE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT AT THIS POINT, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HAVE 286 STUDENTS, 139 INDICATOR FIVE, AND 147 AND SIX THROUGH 12 WHO ARE RECEIVING INSTRUCTION THROUGH VIRTUAL VIRGINIA WITH THE SUPPORT OF THEIR HOME SCHOOL. THOSE STUDENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THESE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE DISCUSSING, BECAUSE THEY ARE STILL OUR STUDENTS AND ARE REPORTED ON OUR FALL STUDENT RECORD COLLECTION. THE NEXT FEW SLIDES REALLY BRING US DOWN FROM A MORE HIGH DIVISION LEVEL INTO LOOKING AT THE CLASSROOM SIZES AND VARIOUS RATIOS OF STUDENTS TO TEACHERS. MUCH OF IT FULFILLS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE LAST TWO TABLES. THE FIRST TABLE SUMMARIZES THE RATIO OF STUDENTS TO INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. THIS IS A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT. SO AGAIN, WE WILL LOOK AT CHARLES BARRETT, WHO WAS FIRST ALPHABETICALLY. THEIR TOTAL INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IS 42. PLEASE NOTE DOWN HERE AT THE FOOTNOTE THE FTES THAT ARE INCLUDED AND NOT INCLUDED. [02:25:04] THERE MEMBERSHIP IS 523 STUDENTS. YOU DIVIDE 42 INTO 523 AND WE HAVE AN AVERAGE OF 12 STUDENTS PER INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS SLIDE AND ALL THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES TO POINT OUT THERE ARE VARIATIONS IN THESE AVERAGE NUMBERS DUE TO SEVERAL FACTORS. JUST A FEW OF WHICH INCLUDE THE PRESENCE OF CITYWIDE SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION AT VARIOUS GOALS, WHICH WOULD HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE FTE COUNT. WE TALK ABOUT THE TITLE I SCHOOLS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE SCHOOLS. AND THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUIRED BY LAW TO BE IN ADDITION TO THE FUNDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD PROVIDES. AND THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS AROUND ENROLLMENT AND OTHER FACTORS. THE NEXT SLIDE REALLY REFERS TO THIS CONCEPT OF A CAP. THIS CODE HAS BEEN UPDATED SEVERAL TIMES, BUT IT BEGAN IN 1950 AND LOOKING AT THE STANDARDS OF QUALITY AND WHAT SCHOOLS NEEDED TO PROVIDE WITH MONEY THAT WAS BEING GIVEN FROM THE STATE FOR LOCAL EDUCATION. SO THE NUMBER OF HOMEROOM TEACHERS. I'M GOING TO PICK ON A DIFFERENT SCHOOL. LET'S USE THE ALSO MOUNT VERNON COMMUNITY SCHOOL. THERE ARE 37 HOMEROOM TEACHERS AT MOUNT VERNON. THEIR ENROLLMENT IS 857 STUDENTS. THEIR AVERAGE CLASS SIZE IS 23. I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THIS IS AVERAGE K TO FIVE. THIS AVERAGE INCLUDES EVERY CLASSROOM MEETING THE BOARD CAP. AND IN ADDITION, STATUTORILY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CLASSES OF 35 OR LESS. AND WE FAR EXCEED THAT EXPECTATION TO THE GREAT BENEFIT OF OUR STUDENTS. AS WE TURN TO SECONDARY, WE ALL KNOW SECONDARY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO THE NEXT TWO TABLES ARE AN ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE SIMILAR DATA ABOUT THE SECONDARY PROGRAMS -- SCHOOLS, AS I DID FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. HERE, THE FIRST TABLE TAKES THE IDEA OF THE CONCEPT OF TEACHER OF RECORD. SO A TEACHER HAS TWO VERY DISTINCT AND WRITTEN OUT IN THE CODE -- LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES. ONE OF WHICH IS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, WHICH WE USE FOR GRADES AND A STUDENT'S PROGRESS. SO THE TEACHER OF RECORD, FOR INSTANCE, AT FRANCIS HAMMOND, THERE ARE 118 TEACHERS WHO HAVE SECTIONS AND GIVE STUDENTS GRADES -- WHICH I THINK THEY WOULD SAY STUDENTS LEARN AND HOPEFULLY WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE POLICIES. IF WE LOOK AT FRANCIS HAMMOND, THEY HAVE 118 TEACHERS OF RECORD DIVIDED BY 1420. THIS BECOMES 12. SO THAT IS LOOKING AT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT IN GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT, THESE TEACHERS ARE SHARED. THE MATH GETS A LITTLE COMPLICATED. THIS IS PROVIDED TO ENSURE THE BOARD THAT THE MONEY BEING USED TOWARDS TEACHER FTES IS IN FACT RESULTING IN RATIOS THAT FALL BOTH WITHIN THE STATUTORY GUIDELINES IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE BOARD. MY LAST TABLE LOOKS LIKE IT HAS A LOT OF NUMBERS. I WANT TO ORIENT YOU TO THE STABLE. HERE, WHAT WE DO IS FOR FRANCIS HAMMOND -- IT'S IN THE SAME LOCATION OF EACH OF THE SECTIONS. AND GW -- ALEXANDRA CITY HIGH SCHOOL MINNIE HOWARD AND ALEXANDRIA CITY KINGS CAMPUS. EACH OF THE SUBJECTS, BUT I HAVE DONE IS I HAVE TAKEN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE IN A CLASS TOGETHER IN ONE ROOM DURING A PERIOD. THE DATA IS ORGANIZED TO DISPLAY IN THE BANDS OF PERIOD ENROLLMENT. AND TO PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS AT ANY GIVEN CLASS AT ANY GIVEN TIME. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, FACTORS ROUND PROGRAMS, ENROLLMENT DEMOGRAPHICS, TITLE I -- VARY ACROSS GOALS. IN THE BOTTOM TABLE DOES PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD SO THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THE LARGEST SINGLE CLASS AT ANY SCHOOL FOR ANY COURSE SUBJECT? THAT'S HOW THIS WORKS THROUGH. THESE ARE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS OF QUALITY. AND WE ARE ABLE TO HAVE A FULL STANDARDS OF QUALITY APPROVAL FOR OUR SUMMER [02:30:07] SUBMISSIONS THIS PAST SUMMER. AND AS ALWAYS, I AM ABLE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. ABLE TO TAKE THINGS BACK THAT THE BOARD WOULD LIKE ME TO REVIEW OR LOOK AT. AND I WILL LOOK TO CHAIR ALDERTON FOR HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED. >> THANK YOU, MS. RUNKLE. MS. THORNTON? >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. RUNKLE. AS ALWAYS, THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING PRESENTATION. I WANT TO ECHO YOUR KUDOS TO THOSE WHO DO OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS. I WAS JOKING WITH MS. GENTRY THAT GOING FROM 100 TO 95 PERCENT -- I CAN DEAL WITH THAT! >> [LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S STILL PRETTY GOOD! IF YOU DON'T MIND, MS. RUNKLE, WOULD YOU GO TO SLIDE FIVE? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU. >> BECAUSE I'M PRESENTING -- (LAUGHING) IS AT THIS ONE? >> MY APOLOGIES, IT'S SLIDE SIX, ACTUALLY. >> OKAY, GOT IT. >> ONE MOMENT. SORRY. >> OKAY, NO PROBLEM. >> YEAH, THIS IS THE RIGHT ONE. IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I AUTOMATICALLY GO TO THAT TOTAL COLUMN. AND IMMEDIATELY, YOU SEE THE MOST TRANSFERS WE SEE OUT OF BOUNDARY ARE OCCURRING IN POLK AND PATRICK HENRY. INTERESTINGLY, I LOOKED AT THE LONGER REPORT. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE NUMBERS MAY BE GOT SWITCHED FOR POLK AND JOHN ADAMS? THE ONLY REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR PROGRAMMATIC REASON THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE TRANSFERRING OUT OF JOHN ADAMS AT 65 TOTAL THEN IT DOES REVERSE. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT I THINK THOSE TWO NUMBERS DID GET REVERSED FOR THAT SCHOOL. AND THE ONLY REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT PATRICK HENRY IS AN OUTLIER AS FAR AS HAVING A REALLY HIGH TOTAL OF KITS TRANSFERRING OUT. SO I HAD A THEORY ABOUT THAT. BECAUSE I KNOW THE BOARD RECEIVED A MEMO ABOUT -- WHAT'S THE TERM -- CAPACITY REASSIGNMENT? AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING AND PATRICK HENRY? AND IF SO, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY -- ARE THESE NEWLY ENROLLED STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING REASSIGN? THE REASON I WANT TO KNOW IS STUDENTS WHO ARE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND HAVE HAD TEACHERS THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH, I WOULD HOPE THOSE ARE NOT THE STUDENTS BEING TRANSFERRED OUT DUE TO CAPACITY REASONS. SO IF YOU COULD JUST CLARIFY THE NUMBERS FOR POLK AND JOHN ADAMS? I THINK THEY DID GET SWITCH. THE SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT CAPACITY REASSIGNMENT OCCURRING AT PATRICK HENRY. THANK YOU. >> ABSOLUTELY. I APOLOGIZE IF THEY DID GET SWITCHED. I WILL LOOK AT THAT AND WILL GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL DATASET. BECAUSE OF TWO SCREENS AND THINGS, I DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND COME BACK IN. BUT I WILL DO SO THOUGHT FIRST THING TOMORROW AND MAKE SURE I GET THAT BACK TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION. I APOLOGIZE IF THAT WAS TRANSPOSED IN ANY WAY. TO ANSWER YOUR OTHER QUESTION, AS FAR AS CAPACITY TRANSFERS. I DID WANT TO SAY NOBODY WOULD BE TRANSFERRING OUT OF JOHN ADAMS BECAUSE OF PROGRAMMATIC. JOHN ADAMS OFFERS BOTH DUAL AND NON-DUAL LANGUAGE. SO THEY WOULD BE LEAVING TO GO TO ATTEND A PROGRAMMATIC SCHOOL. IT WOULD MEAN THAT THEY LEFT TO ATTEND TUCKER OR ATTEND PATRICK HENRY OR JEFFERSON HOUSTON. BUT I WILL MAKE SURE TO CLARIFY THAT. I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF. >> THANK YOU. >> AND AS FAR AS THE SECOND PART OF THAT, IF YOU COULD REMIND ME? >> THAT'S FINE. IT WAS ABOUT CAPACITY REASSIGNMENT OCCURRING? REALLY AT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, BUT I NOTICED PATRICK HENRY BECAUSE THEY HAD A HIGH NUMBER COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS. >> SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE CAPACITY COLUMN RIGHT HERE? THIS SAYS THAT WE HAVE HAD 180 STUDENTS. THESE ARE ALL NEW STUDENTS. EVERYONE ON THIS TABLE IS A NEW STUDENT. THESE ARE ALL STUDENTS WHO HAVE ARRIVED BETWEEN JUNE 24 OR 25TH LAST YEAR AND NOVEMBER 1. SO ALL OF THESE ARE NEW STUDENTS. WE HAVE 180 STUDENTS WHO HAVE REGISTERED IN A CPS LAST YEAR. [02:35:02] THEY HAD TO BE TRANSFERRED OUT OF THEIR BOUNDARY SCHOOL TO ATTEND ANOTHER SCHOOL THAT HAS ROOM AT THAT GRADE LEVEL FOR THAT PARTICULAR STUDENT AND OR HIS OR HER OR THEIR SIBLINGS. SO THAT IS SAYING THAT WE HAVE HAD TO TRANSFER 51 STUDENTS OUT OF PATRICK HENRY TO OTHER SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF THE CAPACITY FOR SEATS WITHIN THE CLASS CAPS AND OTHER VARIOUS CONSIDERATIONS. SO THAT IS THE CORRECT WAY TO READ THAT. AND REALLY, EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. THERE COULD BE A SIBLING WHO HAS A SECOND GRADE AND 1/4 GRADE AND MAYBE THERE IS ROOM IN THE SCHOOL FOR THE SECOND GRADER AND NOT THE FOURTH-GRADER. WHAT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE OF IS I PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DR. CRAWFORD OR DR. HUTCHINGS, OR ANYBODY, TO. >> CHAIR NOLAN: IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING THAT I DID OR DID NOT CONSIDER? I SEE DR. CRAWFORD CAME OFF OF MUTE SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY. >> THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS. IT'S TREMENDOUS. JUST EXTENDING TO THE BOARD BRIEF THAT THE BOARD RECEIVED LAST FRIDAY. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE RETURN OF CAPACITY REASSIGNMENT, WHICH I THINK YOU MAY HAVE REFERENCED, THOSE ARE NEW STUDENTS. WE WOULD NOT BE MOVING ANY STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE SCHOOL FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS THE CLARIFICATION I WANTED ON THAT ONE. AND MY LAST COMMENT I WILL SAY IS WE DEFINITELY HAVE SOME REDISTRICTING IN THE PLANS FOR THE NEAR FUTURE. SO THIS PRESENTATION I'M SURE WILL BE REFERENCED QUITE A BIT. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK. >> I'M SORRY, MS. THORTON, IS THAT A I'M GLAD I WON'T BE HERE --? [LAUGHTER] >> NOT AT ALL, MADAM CHAIR! [LAUGHTER] >> MM-HMM! ALL RIGHT, MS. GENTRY? >> ONCE AGAIN, DIDN'T HAVE A CONVERSATION. BUT AS THE FORMER CHAIR OF THE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE, I WANT TO STAY ON SLIDE FIVE -- I WENT TO GO BACK. ON THIS SLIDE, IS THE NUMBER FOUR JAMES POLK CORRECT? OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WERE TRANSFERRED OUT FOR CAPACITY REASONS? AND IS THE NUMBER 4 PATRICK HENRY CORRECT? OR ARE THOSE GOING TO NEED TO BE CORRECTED? >> THE NUMBER FOR PATRICK HENRY IS CORRECT. THE ONLY ONES IN QUESTION -- AND I CAN SHOW YOU HOW THE SAUSAGE IS MADE. THE CODE FOR JOHN ADAMS IS ACTUALLY LESS THEN THE CODE FOR POLK AND POWERS. SELECTIVE REARRANGE THEM IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND I THINK IT'S A HUMAN THING THAT HAPPENED. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WHETHER THOSE TWO NUMBERS ARE TRANSPOSED? I CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SCREENS TO PULL UP THE ANSWER. SO I'M WONDERING IF I'M ABLE TO DO THAT AND EITHER TEXT DR. HUTCHINGS OR LET THE BOARD KNOW TOMORROW? SO I CAN GO BACK AND MAKE SURE I'M LOOKING AT THE DATA CORRECTLY. >> I GUESS I'M ASKING -- IS IT ACCURATE FOR US TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT POLK AND PATRICK HENRY EVEN IF THE NUMBERS ARE CORRECT? >> YES. YES, MA'AM. >> THANK YOU. SO TO CARRY ON THE THOUGHT, I FEEL IT IS INCUMBENT UPON ME TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY -- WE ARE A DATA DRIVEN OPERATION (LAUGHING) -- IN THESE ENROLLMENT REPORTS ARE ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT WE USE. WE HAVE, IN THIS SLIDE, TO SCHOOLS THAT ARE JUMPING OUT. IT'S VERY INTERESTING, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU BECAUSE I WAS HERE. FIVE YEARS AGO, THESE WERE NOT THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE JUMPING OUT. SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR -- THIS IS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTED A POLICY THAT REQUIRED A REGULAR REASSESSMENT. BECAUSE IT ABSOLUTELY CHANGES OVER TIME. THESE WERE NOT THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT WERE BEING DISCUSSED. THESE WERE NOT THE TWO SCHOOLS WHERE WE WERE HAVING THE MOST CONCERNS ABOUT. BUT IT IS VERY INTERESTING. AND THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS. AND SO, I WANT -- FOR THE MANY, MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING TO ME AT 9:4 8 PM [02:40:02] (LAUGHING) ON A HOLIDAY EVENING -- I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WHEN THE SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDS WITH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, IT WILL BE INCUMBENT UPON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DIVISION. BUT IN PARTICULAR, THEY WILL NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT JAMES K POLK AND AT PATRICK HENRY. COULD YOU NOW MOVE TO SLIDE 10? AND NOW, IT IS MY DUTY (LAUGHING) TO POINT OUT WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS DESK OUT AT THE END OF THIS -- NUMBERS OF PREMIX WITH ENROLLMENT ABOVE 28 STUDENTS AND YOU SEE THAT THE PLACE WHERE THAT IS HAPPENING, MORE SIGNIFICANTLY (LAUGHING), IS AT GW VERSUS FRANCIS C HAMMOND. IT IS INCUMBENT UPON ME (LAUGHING), AS A PERSON THAT HAS GONE THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, TO POINT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND POINT OUT TO THE INCOMING SCHOOL BOARD THAT PART OF THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS SHOULD CONSIDER THE REDISTRICTING OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS. WE DO THIS BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE BEST INTERESTS OF EVERYONE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO HAVE APPROPRIATE CLASS SIZES, APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS, APPROPRIATE EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, ONCE AGAIN, MS. RUNKLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS GREAT INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR US. >> CHAIR ALDERTON, IF I MAY? YOU PROBABLY SAW XL OPENING UP AND ME WISHING IT AWAY. MS. THORTON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR POINTING OUT THE TRANSPOSITION OF NUMBERS. THEY ARE TRANSPOSED. SO I AM GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATED DESK OF THIS AND WHATEVER THE PROPER PROCESS IS. SUSAN WILL HELP ME, I'M SURE. I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATED ONE THAT GOES BACK AND FIXES THOSE. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE 65 AT POLK. THAT IS, IN FACT, TRANSFERRED OUT OF JOHN ADAMS. SO MS. GENTRY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN I COME BACK -- AND WE HAVE LOTS MORE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD IN THE SPRING ABOUT REDISTRICTING AND THINGS, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> I HAVE MISSED NOLAN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON. MS. RUNKLE! THIS IS, AS YOU KNOW, MY MOST FAVORITE PRESENTATION OF THE YEAR! I HAVE TO SAY, YOU ARE TEARING ME UP RIGHT NOW! AS I'M REALIZING OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER IS SOON COMING TO AN END, BEING THAT I AM LEAVING THE BOARD. BUT JUST KNOW YOU ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITES AND I JUST LOVE THE PRESENTATION. THE DATA IS SO RICH AND APPRECIATED. AS MS. GENTRY SAID, THERE ARE JUST SO MANY IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD NEEDS TO MAKE AND BEING AWARE OF THE TRENDS. IN ANOTHER SHOUT OUT TO ERIC GOLIC. AND I WANTED TO NOTE NOT ONLY THE PROJECTIONS ARE SO ACCURATE, BUT IT PROVIDED CONTEXT FOR FOLKS JOINING THE BOARD NEXT TERM. IT PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRUST BUILDING BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND THE SCHOOL DIVISION ONCE THE NUMBERS START GETTING WAY MORE ACCURATE. WHEN WE ARE GOING FOR THE CIP BY CHECK, THAT WAS A CONCERN ON HOW DO WE KNOW THESE PROJECTIONS ARE ACCURATE WHEN WE ARE ASKING FOR FUTURE CAPACITY NEEDS. SO SHOWING HOW ACCURATE THOSE NUMBERS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HELPS NOT ONLY THE CITY SCHOOLS RELATIONSHIP, BUT THE ABILITY FOR THE SCHOOLS TO MAKE THE CASE THAT ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS WERE NEEDED. SO IT CAN BE UNDERMINED HOW IMPORTANT THIS DATA IS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. MS. GENTRY POINTED OUT MY QUESTION. THE QUESTION IS, UNTIL THERE ARE THOUGHTS AROUND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL -- I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, I TOO LOOKED AT SLIDE 10. [02:45:01] IN MY EYES WENT TO THE NUMBER OF PERIOD'S WITH THE ENROLLMENT ABOVE 28 STUDENTS. SEEING THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AT AC AND ALSO WITH GW HAVING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE STUDENTS -- IS THIS A BUDGET NEED? IN TERMS OF CAPACITY OF NEEDING TO HIRE MORE TEACHERS? ESPECIALLY WITH THE LEARNING LOSS THAT HAS OCCURRED DURING COVID? TRYING TO KEEP CLASS SIZES DOWN? AGAIN, I'M REFERRING TO SLIDE 10, THE NUMBER OF PERIOD'S OF ENROLLMENT ABOVE 28 STUDENTS. >> ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO RESPOND TO THAT. MS. GENTRY SPOKE TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AS WELL. I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW. IF WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PER TEACHER OF RECORD. SO THAT'S THE SLIDE RIGHT HERE. I'M GOING TO TALK TO MIDDLE SCHOOL FIRST. BECAUSE MS. GENTRY WAS TALKING ABOUT HAMMOND AND GW. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT FRANCIS E HAMMOND HAS A HIGHER EL POPULATION. SO THEY WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL EL TEACHERS WHO ARE A PART OF THEIR STAFF. BECAUSE OF THE NEEDS IN THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING. WHEN YOU GET INTO THE NEXT SLIDE IN LOOKING AT SPECIFIC CLASSROOMS AND NUMBERS OF STUDENTS IN EACH CLASSROOM? THIS IS MORE OF A MASTER SCHEDULING ISSUE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY YOU NEED MORE FTES. YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND AT GW, WITH THE 11 CLASSES THAT ARE ABOVE 28, YOU HAVE 19 THAT ARE BELOW 18. SO IF ALL OF OUR CLASSES WERE ABOVE 28 AND ZERO CLASSES BELOW, THEN WE HAVE AN ISSUE, RIGHT? WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH SCHEDULING LIKE THIS IS YOU HAVE TO BALANCE YOUR SCHEDULE. WHICH MEANS YOU MAY HAVE SITUATIONS AS TO WHICH TEACHERS HATE THIS. THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE DON'T DO IT! [LAUGHTER] (LAUGHING) SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TEACHER TEACH TO PROMAX IN SIXTH GRADE AND TO PROMAX IN SEVENTH GRADE. YOU HAVE TO BALANCE IT OUT. SO YOU HAVE TO BALANCE THE SCHEDULE. AND THAT DOES REQUIRE FOR SOME TEACHERS NOT TO HAVE A CLEAN SCHEDULE. YOU'RE EITHER TEACHING THE SAME GRADE OR THE SAME SUBJECT ALL DAY. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST DON'T LIKE THAT. BUT ONE THING WE HAVE TO WORK THROUGH IS OUR SCHEDULING COMPONENT. NOT NECESSARILY ADDING FTES. I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR IN REGARDS TO BUDGETING -- BECAUSE WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT COMBINED FUNDS SOON. OUR ENROLLMENT IS NOT AS HIGH AS IT WAS TWO YEARS AGO, RIGHT NOW. RIGHT? WE HAVE MORE FTES THAN WE DID TWO YEARS AGO. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ASKING ANY MORE FTES. I'VE EXPRESSED THIS TO OUR PRINCIPLES, OUR CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF. ESPECIALLY WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FUNDS THAT ARE ALLOWING US TO ADD ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUBSTITUTE IN. GRANTED, PSYCHOLOGISTS OUT THERE, PLEASE APPLY! BECAUSE WE NEED YOU (LAUGHING)! WE HAVE THESE OPENINGS AND WE NEED YOU! SO WE HAVE THESE OPENINGS BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE BODIES HERE YET. BUT WE DO HAVE FTES ALLOCATED, THEY ARE JUST NOT FILLED RIGHT NOW. THE STAFFING COMPONENT REALLY ISN'T THE SOLUTION FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL OR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DIG DEEPER WITH OUR SCHEDULING. I'M EXCITED TO HAVE DR. GONZALES AS WELL AS DR. WYATT WORKING WITH US NOW. BOTH OF THEM HAVE WORKED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS PRINCIPLES. SO IT WILL BE HELPFUL FOR ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. DR. WYATT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING? AND I DON'T KNOW IF DOCTOR GONZALES IS HERE? >> I THINK WE NEED TO SOMETIMES TAKE A STEP BACK AND TAKE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF HOW WE ARE DOING OUR MASTER SCHEDULES WHILE SUPPORTING INSTRUCTION AND OUR STUDENTS. I THINK THE PANDEMIC IS PUT US IN A PERFECT PLACE TO STEP BACK AND REEVALUATE [02:50:06] HOW WE CAN BETTER SET UP OUR PRACTICES. I AGREE WITH TAKING A STEP BACK, LOOKING AT A REPLACEMENT AND NUMBERS AND HOW WE CAN STILL SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES WITH GOOD INSTRUCTION AND QUALITY TEACHERS. >> THANK YOU. DR. HUTCHINGS, YOU ARE BRAVE BRINGING UP THOSE TWO PREPS! (LAUGHING)! I SAW SOME FACES! LISTEN, I HAD A VISCERAL REACTION TOO! BECAUSE I REMEMBER! (LAUGHING) ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY STAY CALM, OKAY? >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THE DISCUSSION. I WAS JUST WONDERING -- WE DID GET ABOARD BRIEF LAST FRIDAY ABOUT THE NUMBER OF NEWLY ENROLLED STUDENTS WHO HAD TO BE TRANSFERRED OUT OF THEIR SCHOOLS DUE TO CAPACITY REASSIGNMENTS AND HOW THAT WAS IMPACTING TRANSPORTATION. SO THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME STUDENTS WERE GOING TO BE MOVED BACK TO THEIR BOUNDARY SCHOOL. I WAS JUST WONDERING -- AND FAMILIES ARE GETTING NOTIFIED, MAYBE THIS WEEK ABOUT THAT. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THAT SITUATION. >> I KNOW MS. RUNKLE IS ON HERE AND CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE MORE THAN 62 STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT OF BOUNDARY. WE WERE VERY STRATEGIC AND METHODICAL IN OUR APPROACH. WE SPECIFICALLY LOOKED AT STUDENTS WHO JUST STARTED -- WHO JUST ENTERED A CPS THIS LAST AUGUST IS REALLY WHERE WE STARTED. THESE ARE FAMILIES WHO MOVED INTO A CERTAIN AREA. IN SOME CASES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL. BUT THEIR KIDS COULDN'T GO TO THAT SCHOOL BECAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE WERE AT CAPACITY. AND WE WANTED TO PRIORITIZE THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR A QUARTER. WE DIDN'T LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE SCHOOL FOR THREE YEARS. NOT TO SAY KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 1/4 DON'T. SO IT'S BETTER FOR US TO TRANSITION THEM NOW SO THEY CAN HAVE THE NEXT THREE QUARTERS IN THEIR ZONED SCHOOLS WITH THEIR PEERS. ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT SOCIALIZATION AND THE NEED FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE THAT. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR KIDS WHO LIVE IN A CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD ARE GOING TO SCHOOL WITH THE KIDS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TOO. ANOTHER REASONING BEHIND THIS WAS IN REGARDS TO TRANSPORTATION. SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WERE NOT ABLE TO GO TO THEIR ZONED SCHOOLS WERE BEING BUZZED ACROSS TOWN. IN SOME CASES 45 TO 50 MINUTE BUS RIDES FOR THEM. THIS IS NOW GOING TO ALLOW FOR ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS -- THE 62 STUDENTS -- THEY WILL HAVE 25 OR LESS MINUTES ON THE BUS TO GET TO SCHOOL. WHICH IS EXTREME. BECAUSE THE KIDS HAD TO GET UP EARLIER TO GET TO SCHOOL -- BECAUSE TIMES DON'T CHANGE FOR THOSE STUDENTS IN REGARDS TO START TIME. SO THEY HAD TO GET UP 35 MINUTES EARLIER THAN MOST OF OUR KIDS. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS BEHIND IT. WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTING FAMILIES THIS WEEK. WE'VE BEEN HAVING SPECIFIC CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES VERSUS JUST A BLAST EMAIL. WE WANTED DISCUSSIONS SO FAMILIES COULD UNDERSTAND. THIS WILL GO INTO EFFECT THE WEEK WE COME BACK FROM THANKSGIVING BREAK. SO IT'S A CLEAR TRANSITIONAL TIME. IT ALLOWS FOR THEIR ZONED SCHOOLS TO BE WELCOMING THEM BACK INTO THEIR SCHOOL BUILDINGS SO THEY CAN MATRICULATE THROUGH UNTIL THEY GO ON --. >> AND JUST A FOLLOW-UP TO THAT. THAT HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT EVEN ON THE BUS ROUTES, CORRECT? >> IT DOES. IN TURN, IT HAS A POSITIVE IMPACT ON BUS ROUTES DIVISIONWIDE. BECAUSE WHEN WE ARE DOING CUSTOMIZED BUS ROUTES, THAT'S IF THE STUDENT IS ON THE WEST SIDE AND GOING TO SCHOOL ON THE EAST SIDE, THAT'S A CUSTOMIZED BUS ROUTE FOR THEM. THAT DOES HINDER THE SCHEDULING FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER BUS ROUTES. SO THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE ALL STUDENTS DIVISIONWIDE. SO IT DOES HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT FOR ALL KIDS OVERALL. IN ADDITION TO STUDENTS BEING BACK IN THEIR ZONED SCHOOLS WHERE WE KNOW THAT'S THE BEST PLACEMENT FOR THEM. >> OKAY. I HAVE MS. ANDERSON AND MS. NOLAN AND THEN WE WILL WRAP IT UP. >> SO MANY THINGS HAVE BEEN SAID, I'M NOT SURE -- MY ORIGINAL THING WAS ABOUT [02:55:03] POLK. BUT NOW WE KNOW THAT NUMBER WAS INCORRECT. SO POLK IS ACCEPTING A LOT OF THE CAPACITY ISSUE. BUT ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS -- THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE STORY. BECAUSE DURING REDISTRICTING, WE HAVE THE PERCENTAGE OF CAPACITY PERCENTAGES. SOMETIMES THE CAPACITY REASSIGNMENTS GET DONE IN A GRADE LEVEL BASIS. IT DOESN'T TELL THE WHOLE STORY. SO WE DON'T KNOW JUST HOW BAD IT IS. AND IT MAY BE BAD SOME OTHER PLACES AND DON'T APPEAR BAD HERE IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT CAPACITY REASSIGNMENTS. I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAY -- I THINK I'M DONE! BECAUSE THE POLK THING WAS ANSWERED (LAUGHING)! >> I'LL BE BRIEF. DR. HUTCHINGS, WHAT YOU RECENTLY SAID PROMPTED A QUESTION FOR ME AS WELL. SOMEWHAT TO WHAT MS. GENTRY SAID TO HOW DIFFERENT SCHOOLS HAVE JUMPED OUT OVER THE YEARS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS A REAL MISNOMER SIX YEARS AGO WHEN I CAME ON THE BOARD WAS AT JEFFERSON HOUSTON WAS THE SCHOOL UNDER CAPACITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S WHY THE DATA IS SO IMPORTANT, IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT UNDER CAPACITY ANY LONGER. IN FACT, CERTAIN CLASSROOMS ARE SLIGHTLY AT OR READY TO BE OVERCAPACITY. SO THAT MYTH NO LONGER EXISTS. SO I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT ABOUT BUS ROUTES. AND STUDENTS BEING SENT FROM SIGNIFICANTLY ALL OVER THE CITY. AND SO, I THINK THAT IS WHY IT'S GOOD TO REVISIT. AND ALSO, NOT ONLY BUDGET IMPLICATIONS FOR US AS A DIVISION, BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT RIGHT NOW TO FIND BUS DRIVERS. SO FROM AN EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT MOVE FROM WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT TRYING TO GET STUDENTS TO GO TO WHERE THEY ARE DISTRACTED. SO MY QUESTION IS -- WITH REGARDS -- AND I SIGNIFICANTLY APPRECIATE HOW FEW ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS ARE BEING GIVEN OUT. THAT WAS A CHALLENGE ABOUT A DECADE AGO. IT WAS A LITTLE OUT OF HAND. SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE GOING TO BE ANY UPDATED POLICIES TO PUT IN PLACE TO WHAT YOU SAID? AND TERMS OF LESS ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS AND LESS HAVING STUDENTS DRIVING ALL OVER TOWN WITH THE BUSES? I'M CURIOUS FROM A BOARD PERSPECTIVE -- IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WILL NEED FROM THE BOARD IN ORDER TO GET THAT IN THE RIGHT SPOT? >> MS. ABBRUZZESE CAN. >> CHAIR NOLAN: THIS AS WELL. THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF THE WHOLE REZONING STRATEGY IN THE SPRING. WE HAVE TO REVISIT THE REZONING POLICY. WE WANT TO BRING FORWARD TO THE BOARD -- WHEN SHOULD WE DO AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER AND WHEN SHOULDN'T AN ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFER HAPPEN? WE NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BEING EXEMPT BECAUSE OF PROGRAMMATIC REASONS. IN FAMILIES, WHEN YOU ARE MOVING INTO A CERTAIN COMMUNITY AND YOU DO THE RESEARCH ON THIS GOAL, IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT PROGRAM IS THERE. THESE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF WHEN YOU ARE MOVING INTO CERTAIN AREAS. SO ALL OF THESE ARE GOING TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD IN THE SPRING. THERE IS A TIMEFRAME WE ARE LOOKING AT TO PRESENT SOME NEW POLICY REVISIONS. WE ARE CLEANING UP A LOT OF THINGS. SLOWLY BUT SURELY. BUT POLICY WILL HELP US NOT GET BACK INTO THIS SITUATION AGAIN. SO A GOOD POINT, MS. NOLAN, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND WILL COME BEFORE THE BOARD IN THE SPRING. MS. ASBURY WAS AZ? >> SURE. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE NOT AWARE, THE EQUITY SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEE IS DIGGING INTO THE STUDENT DISCIPLINE AND CONDUCT POLICIES. ONCE A GROUP OF POLICIES IS COMPLETED WITH THE REVIEW -- THE REVIEW WAS COMPLETED, THE COMMITTEE WILL BE DIGGING INTO THE STUDENT PLACEMENT POLICIES. THE COMMITTEE WILL BE WORKING ON THOSE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND THEN, THEY WILL COME TO THE BOARD WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROPOSED REVISIONS IN APRIL. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF THIS DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE FOR SOME IN A MORE IN-DEPTH WAY THAN OTHERS. BUT WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND THE INFORMATION. SO WE WILL MOVE ON NOW TO THE SUPERINTENDENT PROPOSED BUDGET. [25. Superintendent's Proposed FY 2023-2032 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget Info (Documents will be uploaded at the completion of the presentation on 11/11/21)] >> SO TEAM, I'M GOING TO GO FAST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU ALL ARE SAYING UP AND [03:00:02] YOU ARE READY TO ROCK 'N' ROLL. BUT I BELIEVE THAT MS. NIELSEN IS GOING TO CONTROL THIS FOR ME. AS WE BEGIN, I WANT TO START OFF WITH OUR ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE BECAUSE I KNOW THE BOARD MEMBERS CAN READ. TODAY WE ARE HERE REALLY TO TALK ABOUT THE FY2020 3-2032 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET. I WANT TO START OFF WITH OUR BUDGET PARTIES IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT BASED ON THE FIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS OUTLINED IN OUR EQUITY FOR ALL 2025 PLAN, I WANT TO COMMEND THE SCHOOL BOARD ON ADOPTING THE SAME PRIORITIES AS LAST YEAR. THIS ALLOWS US TO HAVE CONSISTENCY IN REGARDS TO OUR MULTI-YOUR BUDGET PLANNING. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS. AND HOW DO WE BETTER COMMUNICATE? ESPECIALLY WITH OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? THE TEAM PUT AN EMPHASIS ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR. WITH SEVERAL NEW INITIATIVES. SOME SUCCESSFUL CHANGES INCLUDE THE ADDITION OF OUR CIP NEWSLETTER. THIS GOES OUT THE FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH WITH INFORMATION ON ALL MAJOR PROJECTS. WEBSITE UPDATES AS WELL AS KEEPING OUR ADVISORY GROUP INVOLVED IN HELPING US COMMUNICATE UPDATES. AS WELL AS THE TEAM CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY ADJUST COMMUNICATION EFFORTS TO BE MORE EQUITABLE, INCLUDING INTERPRETATION SERVICES AND TARGETED CAMPAIGNS. THESE ARE SOME FACTORS THAT ARE CONSIDERED WHEN FORMULATING OUR CIP. THE SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET PRIORITIES AND UPDATED FACILITIES CONDITIONS ASSESSMENT ARE MAJOR DRIVERS FOR BOTH CAPACITY AND CAPACITY PROJECTS. FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. OTHER FACTORS FOR CAPACITY PROJECTS INCLUDE OUR ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, OUR FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR GEORGE MASON, AS WELL AS CORA KELLY. WE ALSO HAVE NON-CAPACITY DRIVERS SUCH AS A FOCUS ON OUR CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT OF BUILDING SYSTEMS. LIKE HVAC SYSTEMS. FOCUS ON REMEDIATING STORMWATER ISSUES AT SELECT SCHOOLS. THIS JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW WE FORMULATE OUR CIP AND HOW IT IS DIVIDED INTO TWO SPECIFIC DRIVERS. SO FY2020 THREE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS AND THERE ARE FOUR IN PARTICULAR MAJOR PROJECTS BUDGETED FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. ONE BEING THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT. WHICH REPLACED THE NEW CONSTRUCTION, 600 STUDENT SCHOOL FROM THE FY22 31 CIP BUT IT. OUR HVAC UPDATES FOR ASSESSMENT IDENTIFIED SCHOOLS AS WELL AS THE PATRICK HENRY DEMOLITION AND FIELD INSTALLATION. I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THOSE LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION. SO I WANT TO TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS. WE WORKED WITH AN INTERNATIONAL BUILDING AN INFRASTRUCTURE FIRM CALLED THE BUREAU OF VERITIES, WHO PROVIDED A COMPREHENSIVE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT OF THE SCHOOL DIVISIONS FACILITIES. THESE ASSESSMENTS PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION AND DATA ON THE FACILITIES AND HELP A CPS PLAN OUR LIFECYCLE RENEWAL AS WELL AS OUR REPLACEMENT PLANNING. EVALUATION OF THE BUILDINGS BEGAN IN THE EARLY SUMMER. AND DRAFTS OF OUR FCA, OR FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT ARE CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED. A MAJOR COMPONENT OF OUR FCA OR FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENT IS THE CREATION OF THE FACILITY'S CONDITION INDEX. THIS IS FOR EACH SCHOOL. IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS THE FCI. THE FCI IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE FACILITY. IT'S MEASURING THE COST OF CURRENT NEEDS DIVIDED BY THE REPLACEMENT VALUE OF THE FACILITY. GENERALLY, OLDER FACILITIES HAVE A HIGHER FCI. SOME NEWER SCHOOLS HAVE A HIGHER FCI, LIKE ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL KING STREET CAMPUS AND TUCKER, WHICH INDICATES THEY ARE DUE FOR INVESTMENT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR LIFECYCLE. BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT WHILE THE FCI IS USED AS AN INDICATOR FOR WHEN [03:05:03] BUILDINGS SHOULD BE REPLACED, A CPS ALSO CONSIDERS TWO OTHER FACTORS WHEN DECIDING WHICH BUILDINGS WILL HAVE A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THESE FACTORS INCLUDE THE CAPACITY OF THE FACILITY AND WHETHER IT IS MEETING OUR ENROLLMENT NEEDS. AS WELL AS THE EDUCATIONAL ADEQUACY OF EACH SCHOOL, WHICH INDICATES WHETHER SPACES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR LEARNING AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS ALSO PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMMATIC INVESTMENT NEEDED OVER TIME. OUR FCA SHOWS WHEN COMPONENTS OF FACILITIES WILL REACH THE END OF THEIR LIFECYCLE AND WHEN IT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. WHILE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CIP, THE TIMING OF SUGGESTED REPLACEMENT DOES NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT HUMAN RESOURCES OR THE NEED TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE IN THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES OVER TIME. SO I WANT TO DIVE DEEPER INTO OUR CAPACITY PROJECTS. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. FIRST I WANT TO TALK ABOUT BICYCLE PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL $12.5 MILLION FOR THE AQUATIC FACILITY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS AMOUNT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET FOR FY23. AND HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE FY23 FOR THIS BUDGET. 1703 NORTH BEAUREGARD WHICH WILL REPLACE THE 600 STUDENT SCHOOL THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE FY22 A CPS ANTICIPATES AN ESTIMATED $39.2 MILLION DECREASE AS A RESULT OF THE CHANGE FROM THE NEW CONSTRUCTION TO AN ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT. IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, THAT AMOUNT. BUT IT WAS A GREAT MOVE ON OUR PART. OUR TRANSPORTATION FACILITY INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF 3.3 MILLION FOR RENOVATION. THIS IS FOR REPLACEMENT BUDGETED IN THE FY2020 SIX. THIS IS PENDING THE WITTER WHEELER STUDY. ALSO THE EXISTING FACILITY IS INCLUDED IN THE FY23 NON-CAPACITY PROJECTS. THIS IS THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITY. THEN YOU WILL SEE OUR GEORGE MASON MODERNIZATION PROJECT AND OUR CORA KELLY PROJECT. SO DEVELOPING OUR CIP, WE MUST ALSO CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT THESE PROJECTS WILL HAVE ON OUR LONG-TERM ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET. FOLLOWING SALARIES AND COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET AND OPERATING AND MAINTAINING OUR FACILITIES, IT REALLY DOES TAKE UP A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR ANNUAL FUNDS. WITH EVERY SQUARE FOOT OF A CPS SPACE WE ADD, WE ARE USING DEMAND FOR OPERATING DOLLARS. SO THIS CHART INDICATES HOW MUCH SQUARE FOOTAGE WE ARE ADDING TO OUR PORTFOLIO AND IN WHAT FISCAL YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT FY2022, A CPS WILL HAVE TO MANAGE TENANTS IN THE BUILDING. AND MAINTAIN THE FACILITY, DESPITE AGREEING TO TURN OVER ALL LEASE REVENUE TO THE CITY. FY2020 THREE, DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WILL HAVE AN OPENING AND THE DEMOLITION OF THE SWING SPACE, WHICH IS THE OLD PATRICK HENRY BUILDING. THIS WILL RESULT IN A NET INCREASE OF 65,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE THE UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE. THE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PROJECT WILL ALSO BE A CPS'S FIRST NET ZERO ENERGY FACILITY, MEANING IT GENERATES AS MUCH ENERGY AS IT USES. WE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE SPECIAL MAINTENANCE AND CARE. FOR FY2020 FOUR, HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT OPENING AND DEMOLITION OF MINNIE HOWARD. THIS WILL RESULT IN A NET INCREASE OF 200,000 SQUARE FEET. THIS BUILDING WILL ALSO NET ZERO ENERGY. FY2020 SEVEN, GEORGE MASON, WILL BE OPENING OUR NEW BUILDING. THIS BUILDING WILL BE LARGER AND NET ZERO ENERGY. AND FY2020 EIGHT, CORA KELLY WILL BE OPENING. THE BUILDING WILL ALSO BE LARGER AND A NET ZERO ENERGY. SO FOR 1703 NORTH BEAUREGARD, EARLIER IN THE FALL, THE CITY APPROVED THE PURCHASE OF THE 1703 NORTH BEAUREGARD FOR CONVERSION OF THE OFFICE BUILDING INTO A SCHOOL. A CPS WILL BE USING THIS SITE AS A SWING SPACE FOR GEORGE MASON AND FOR CORA [03:10:02] KELLY. THEN, IT WILL CONVERT INTO A 600 STUDENT SCHOOL IN 2030. THE PLAN INCLUDES A DECREASE OF 39.2 MILLION IN THE TENURE CIP, WHILE ACHIEVING BOTH SWING SPACE AND NEW SCHOOL AS A RESULT OF UTILIZING AN EXISTING BUILDING INSIDE OF NEW CONSTRUCTION. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PURCHASE COSTS, AS THESE FUNDS WERE INCLUDED IN THE SCHOOL BOARD'S FY 2019 CIP AND APPROPRIATED BY THE CITY AND FY2021. THIS IS JUST A QUICK BUDGET SUMMARY. I KNOW I MAY SOUND REDUNDANT, BUT YOU CAN'T SAY THIS STUFF ENOUGH IN REGARDS TO OUR COMMUNICATIONS. INCLUDED IN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT FUNDING INCLUSIVE OF THE ADDITIONAL 12.5 MILLION THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE AQUATIC CENTER, THERE IS A RENOVATION OF 1703 NORTH BEAUREGARD FOR SWING SPACE. THERE ARE MULTIPLE REPAIRS AND RENOVATIONS OF VARYING SYSTEMS AT SCHOOLS IDENTIFIED IN THE FACILITIES CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND ALIGNMENT WITH BUDGET PRIORITY SYSTEMIC ALIGNMENT STEP WHICH IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO FOLLOW OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS. DEMOLITION OF EXISTING PATRICK HENRY AND INSTALLATION OF FIELD AND PARKING LOT. CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. THE FUNDS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS. OUR PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FY23 IS OUR LARGEST REQUEST TO DATE. AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE WITH A GRAND TOTAL OF $203 MILLION 885 -- $100 (LAUGHING) [LAUGHTER] -- IT SIGNIFICANT! WHILE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING AN INVESTMENT IN OUR SCHOOLS, I WANT TO POINT OUT NONE OF THESE PROJECTS ARE SURPRISING. WE DISCUSSED THESE PROJECTS AT LENGTH WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THIS PAST SUMMER. YOU RECALL THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE BEEN ASKED TO DEFER THE HIGH SCHOOL FUNDING BASED ON THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19. THE SCHOOL BOARD AGREED TO THAT REQUEST. NOW IS THE TIME WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO FUND THESE PROJECTS. SO THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT IS ON TIME WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SITE PLAN IN JANUARY 2022. WITH THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. OUR CONSTRUCTION COULD START AT MINNIE HOWARD AS EARLY AS THIS SPRING, WHICH IS EXCITING. THE NEW SCHOOL WILL OPEN FOR THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR. A FULL OUTLINE OF THE BUDGET IS INCLUDED TO SHOW HOW GREAT OF AN INVESTMENT THIS IS FOR OUR TITANS AND FOR THE CITY. A LOT OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO THIS PROJECT. WE JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO THIS WORK. THIS IS JUST OUR PROPOSED FY2020 3-2032 CIP PROJECTS. A CPS IS PLANNING FIVE CAPACITY PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THIS INCLUDES THE RENOVATION AT 1703 FOR SWING SPACE. WE WILL ALSO BEGIN THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PROCESS FOR GEORGE MASON AND FY24. PLANNING FOR AN OPENING OF THE SCHOOL IN 2028. CORA KELLY WILL BEGIN PLANNING IN 2027 FOR A PLANNED OPENING IN 2031. THE RENOVATION OF 1703 NORTH BEAUREGARD WILL BEGIN IN 2023, WITH A PLANNED OPENING OF 2025. THIS WILL BE IN TIME TO USE THE SPRING SPACE FOR GEORGE MASON. AND IT WOULD OPEN AFTER CORA KELLY IS COMPLETE IN 2032. SO WE ARE CONTINUING OUR CIP BUT ARE PROCESSED TONIGHT WITH OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH TWO WORK SESSIONS IN NOVEMBER, STARTING THIS UPCOMING MONDAY, THE 15TH. FOLLOWED BY A SESSION IN DECEMBER PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL BOARD'S ADOPTION ON DECEMBER 16. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER QUESTIONS ON THE CIP ARE DUE BY THIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, SO STAFF MAY PROVIDE RESPONSES IN ADEQUATE TIME. AND PER OUR TYPICAL PROCESS, WE WILL NOT TAKE QUESTIONS TONIGHT. BUT RATHER, ALLOW YOU THE TIME TO LOOK THROUGH THE MATERIALS PROVIDED. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON MONDAY FOR A VERY DEEP DISCUSSION ABOUT [03:15:01] THE CIP. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR RIGHT NOW. I DO WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS TEAM AS WELL AS OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM. THERE IS A LOT OF PREPARATION THAT GOES INTO THIS. I'M THANKFUL THAT THE BOARD DID ALLOW US TO KEEP OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENCY. AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE ARE REALLY BEING FORWARD THINKING AND STRATEGIC WITH OUR WORK WITH THESE CONDITION ASSESSMENTS SO WE CAN MAKE REALLY INFORMED DECISIONS. AND THERE ARE NO SURPRISES. THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS BUDGET PROCESS A LITTLE EASIER THAN IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. SO HATS OFF TO OUR TEAM FOR ALL OF THEIR WORK, TIME AND ENERGY FOR ALL OF THESE EFFORTS. >> THANK YOU. AGAIN, WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR IN-DEPTH DISCUSSION ON MONDAY. [26. High School Educational Design Team (EDT) Update] ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TEAM UPDATE. >> YES. (LAUGHING) NOW AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR DR. MAN TO JOIN US. AND DR. JACOBS AS WELL. DR. MAN, I OWE YOU FIVE DOLLARS AND LUNCH BECAUSE I TOLD YOU WE WOULD BE EARLIER! AND YOU WON! MY BAD! [LAUGHTER] MY BAD, DR. MAN! I GUESS WE CAN GO TO TROPICAL SMOOTHIE CAFé OR SOMETHING (LAUGHING)! OR MAYBE I HAVE TO TAKE YOU TO MORTON'S? I DON'T KNOW! [LAUGHTER] BUT I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO YOU (LAUGHING). AND THANK YOU ALL FOR HOLDING TIGHT! >> THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. WE COME TO THE SCHOOL BOARD WITH AN UPDATE ON THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TEAM. WE HAVE MR. (NAME) AND DR. JACOBS, OUR COORDINATOR. AND ALSO, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE HELP OF PATRICIA WILLIAMS AND (NAME). SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP AS WE BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. WE HAVE FIVE CENTRAL QUESTIONS FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD THIS EVENING. HOW HAS THE EDT CHANGE? WHAT IS THE WORK OF PHASE 2 FOR THE EDT? HOW HAS THE WORK OF THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARDS INFORMED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT/WORK-BASED LEARNING? WHAT NEW PATHWAYS AND TOOLS ARE BEING EXPLORED FOR A CHS? AND WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? IF YOU NOTICE IN THE RIGHT-HAND QUARTER, THIS IS THE WORK OF SYSTEMATIC ALIGNMENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP. ALL FIVE OFFICES SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. AND WE ARE HAPPY TO BRING THIS UPDATE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. IN JUNE, WE DID AN UPDATE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND WE LEFT YOU WITH THIS SLIDE. AND WITH THESE FIVE AREAS. STUDENT EXPERIENCE, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, PROGRAM OF STUDIES, ADVISORY BOARDS, AND ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION. WE PLANNED OVER THE SUMMER FIGURING OUT WAYS THAT WE COULD AUGMENT THE EDT AND HAVE MORE OF THE GROUND UP APPROACH TO THIS SECOND PHASE OF THE WORK. WE CHANGED THAT. SO MR. BALAS IS GOING TO TAKE THE SCHOOL BOARD THROUGH PHASE 2 OF THE EDT. >> GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, DR. MAN. WE ARE NOW ENTERING PHASE 2 OF THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT. OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT TEAM IS A NINE THROUGH 12 CONNECTED HIGH SCHOOL NETWORK MOVEMENT. IT'S NOT JUST A NEW MINNIE HOWARD BUILDING PROJECT. IT INVOLVES ALL FOUR OF THE CURRENT CAMPUSES AND WILL INCORPORATE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS EARLY COLLEGE. PHASE 2 WILL FOCUS ON THREE SPECIFIC AREAS. STUDENT EXPERIENCE, STUDENT PATHWAYS, AND INSTRUCTIONAL EXCELLENCE. THESE AREAS ARE CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TEAM, FROM PHASE 1, AND FOCUSES FROM THE LENS OF STUDENTS AND STAFF. AS YOU WILL SEE, EACH OF THESE AREAS WILL HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON. FOR THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE, THIS WILL BE LED BY MR. CARLOS GONZALEZ, ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THIS GROUP WILL FOCUS ON IS HOW DO WE TAKE THE MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND BRIDGE STUDENTS UNDERSTANDING TO HIGH SCHOOL EXPECTATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES? WHAT UNIQUE EXPERIENCE WHILE ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE AT EACH GRADE LEVEL TO PROMOTE THEIR COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT? STARTING IN NINTH GRADE AND EXPANDING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY OF ALEXANDRIA CITY AND BEYOND. EACH GRADE LEVEL WE HAVE A CAPSTONE PROJECT THAT WILL INVOLVE THEM IN INTERWORKING AND PARTNERSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY BEING EXPLORED. [03:20:03] TEACHERS WILL BECOME ADVISERS TO GROUPS OF STUDENTS STARTING IN NINTH GRADE. THEY WILL STAY ADVISOR FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AND HELP GUIDE STUDENTS TO THE SELF LEARNING PROCESS. INSTRUCTIONAL EXCELLENCE WILL BE FOCUSING ON COURSE OFFERINGS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MULTIPLE CAMPUSES. AND HOW TO ALIGN THOSE SCHEDULES TO ENSURE --. FOR THIS WORKING GROUP, OUR ADMINISTRATOR LIAISON IS DR. ALCAN PAGLIA, ONE OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY. THIS TEAM WILL ALSO WORK TO REVIEW THE LEARNING NEEDS OF MOVING OUR HIGH SCHOOL OF PROJECT-BASED LEARNING. THEY WILL FOCUS ON OUR STAFF AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE TO MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION -- FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF NINE THROUGH 12. ENSURE THEY ARE EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE AT THE NEW CONNECTED HIGH SCHOOL NETWORK. AND STUDENT PATHWAYS. THIS WORKING GROUP DESK OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE LIAISON WILL BE MS. FREDERICKA SMITH, ADMINISTRATOR AT THE KING STREET CAMPUS. IT WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE VARIED WAYS STUDENTS CAN ACCESS HIGH SCHOOLS IN ALEXANDRIA CITY. AND HOW THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES. ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS HOW A STUDENT MIGHT FLEXIBLY ATTEND AN ALTERNATIVE SITUATION FOR ACCELERATION OR REMEDIATION BASED ON THEIR DATA. THEY WILL ALSO BE REFINING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PURPOSE AND FOCUS OF THE CHANCE FOR CHANGE ON SATELLITE CAMPUS. NOW I WILL HAND IT OVER TO DR. TRICIA JACOBS. >> THANK YOU, MR. BALAS. GOOD EVENING. I LIKE TO START THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION BY MENTIONING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WORK-BASED LEARNING IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. WE KNOW THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND WORK-BASED LEARNING. HOWEVER, LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO REVIEW THE DEFINITIONS FOR BOTH. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT FOCUSES ON INDIVIDUALS ABILITY TO GROW THEIR SKILLS AND DEVELOP THE TOOLS THEY NEED FOR BUSINESS OR CAREER SUCCESS. STUDENTS IN VIRGINIA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS BY PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THE 11 DIFFERENT WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES. WORK-BASED LEARNING PROMOTES CAREER AWARENESS, EXPLORATION, AND CAREER PREPARATION AT ALL GRADE LEVELS. WORK-BASED LEARNING IS COMPRISED OF EXPERIENCES RELATED TO STUDENTS CAREER INTERESTS BASED ON AN STRUCTURAL PREPARATION AND CONDUCTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES OR ORGANIZATIONS. WORK-BASED LEARNING ENABLES STUDENTS TO APPLY CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION IN A REAL-WORLD WORK ENVIRONMENT. THROUGH THE MAJOR CLARITY DASHBOARD, STUDENTS CAN FIND WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH LOCAL EMPLOYERS THAT MATCH THEIR CAREER INTERESTS. THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD IS WORKING TO PROVIDE WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR JOB SHADOWING, SERVICE LEARNING, MENTORSHIP, EXTERNSHIP, INTERNSHIP, AND CLINICAL EXPERIENCES. WORK-BASED LEARNING HAS BEEN A PART OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL AND FOR MANY YEARS. A CPS IS TAKING THE LEAD IN VIRGINIA BY INTEGRATING WORK-BASED LEARNING ACROSS ALL CURRICULUM AREAS. THE A CPS GOAL IS THAT EVERY GRADUATE WILL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCE. LAST MONTH, THE IAB, OR INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD, WAS GIVEN A SCOPE OF WORK WITH TWO GOALS FOR THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR. THE FIRST GOAL WAS TO PROVIDE EXPERIENCES FOR TEACHERS THAT FOCUS ON THE SKILLS AND FURTHER LEARNING STUDENTS NEED. GOAL TWO CENTERS ON DEVELOPING REAL-WORLD CONNECTIONS TO THE DAILY EXPERIENCES IN THE CAREER FIELDS REPRESENTED IN IABS FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. GOAL ONE OF THE WORK PLAN TASKS THE IABS WITH CREATING 22 ONE HALF HOUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR A CPS GRADE 6 THROUGH 12 TEACHERS AT TWO [03:25:02] DIFFERENT PLACES OF BUSINESS REPRESENTED ON THE IAB. THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO GOAL TO -- THAT CHARGE THE IAB TO DEVELOP UP TO 20 SENIOR EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AND OTHER WORK-BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 2022. THIS PROJECT MANAGEMENT TOOL WILL BE USED TO TRACK THE PROD STOMACH PROGRESS OF SCOPE OF WORK GOALS. THIS MAKE SURE THE GOALS ARE LINING IN A TIMELY MANNER WITH THE NEEDS OF THE EXAMINER INDIA CONNECTED HIGH SCHOOL NETWORK. THIS PAST JUNE, A CPS WAS AWARDED A $200,000 HIGH SCHOOL INNOVATION TO DEVELOP ACTECH. WE'RE BEGINNING IN FALL OF 2023, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO EARN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE ONE YEAR POST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. ACTECH WILL FEATURE ENERGY PATHWAY COURSES THAT CAN BE ALIGNED WITH EXISTING ENERGY PATHWAYS AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION PATHWAY. GRANT PARTNERS INCLUDE NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WASHINGTON GAS, AND LATER WE HOPE TO INCLUDE VIRGINIA TECH AND DOMINION ENERGY. CONSISTENT WITH THE FOCUS IN THE SCHOOL DIVISIONS EQUITY FOR ALL STRATEGIC PLAN, RECRUITMENT FOR ACTECH WILL MIRROR THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF A CPS. ADDITIONALLY, AN IAB PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CARPENTERS TRAINING CENTER HAS PROVIDED VALUABLE GUIDANCE FOR THE BUILDING TRADES COMPONENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION PATHWAY. THESE CAREER PATHWAYS ALIGN AND ADDRESS THE SCHOOL BOARDS FOCUS FOR HISPANIC MALES. FOR THE PAST YEAR, A CPS HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ALEXANDRIA FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE COALITION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TRAINING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO OFFER STUDENTS THE FIREFIGHTER PATHWAY OPTION THAT WILL READY THEM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CITY'S FIREFIGHTIN CADET PROGRAM. LASTLY, THE TIGGBEE TOOL OFFERS A WAY TO INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO POSSIBLE CAREER PATHWAYS BUILDING EXPOSURE TO CAREERS AT ANY GRADE LEVEL. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL HIGHLIGHT MORE ABOUT TIGGBEE. A CPS IS THE FIRST SCHOOL DIVISION IN VIRGINIA TO BEGIN A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NATIONALLY KNOWN COMPANY TIGGBEE. TIGGBEE OFFERS WEEKLY PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED INTERACTIVE VIDEO EVENTS THAT FEATURE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THEIR INDUSTRY AND CAREER OPPORTUNITIES, WHILE SHARING ON-THE-JOB SKILLS AND EDUCATION THAT STUDENTS WILL NEED TO JOIN THE WORKFORCE. THE TIGGBEE TOOL EXPOSES STUDENTS TO VARIOUS CAREERS, HELPS GUIDE THEIR CHOICES, AND DEEPENS THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FIELDS THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PURSUING. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE NEXT STEPS INCLUDE IMPLEMENTING THE ACTECH SUMMER CAMP AND OUTLINING CAREER PATHWAYS. COMPLETING EDT AND IAB WORK PLANS, ENHANCING TEACHER UNDERSTANDING OF WORK-BASED LEARNING AND HOW LITERACY AND MATH SKILLS ARE USED IN BEEN STOMACH BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY. AND PROVIDING ONGOING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR TEACHERS AND SUPPORTING THE IABS. NOW WE TURN TO DR. HUTCHINGS FOR ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. A LOT OF EXCITING STUFF COMING OUR WAY. THAT'S REALLY COOL. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MISS NOLAN. >> THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON. I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S HARD WORK. I'M A HUGE FAN. I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE BEST WAY TO ASK -- I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, IF YOU DON'T MIND? I'LL ESTIMATE THE SAME TIME. ONE IS THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE YEARS ABOUT ALTERNATIVE -- DR. MAN, YOU KNOW AND ASK ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (LAUGHING)! I WAS WONDERING ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT? WHAT IS THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU ARE ENVISIONING? AND WITH THAT -- THIS IS NOT THE SECOND QUESTION -- I'M IN A PULL A MR. SUAREZ! THE DUAL ENROLLMENT -- WE BEEN HEARING A LOT SO I WAS WONDERING TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON EQUITY THE PARTNERSHIP OF STUDENTS GETTING THE [03:30:06] ASSOCIATE DEGREE WHILE AT AC? WHAT IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM BEING OFFERED? AND IF YOU COULD SQUEEZE IN ANY MOVEMENT ON THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM? --. >> I BELIEVE IT'S THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM. >> I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. >> I KNOW IT'S LATE. >> DR. JACOBS, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND? OR DR. MAN? >> I'LL START WITH THE EARLY COLLEGE. WE ARE STILL MEETING AND WE ARE MAPPING OUT PATHWAYS. WE MET WITH DARRELL SAMSON WAS THERE -- I THINK THIS PAST MONDAY. AND CONTINUE TO MAP THAT OUT AND PREPARING A PRESENTATION AS WE CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH VIRGINIA TECH. AND ALSO, DR. HUTCHINGS REACHING OUT TO GEORGE MASON AND INCLUDING THEM AS A PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS AFTER THEY FINISH THEIR ASSOCIATES DEGREE. SO WE ARE STILL PLANNING FOR, I BELIEVE -- I ALWAYS GET THE YEAR RUN -- I BELIEVE IT'S THE FALL OF 2024 FOR EARLY COLLEGE TO BEGIN. SO PART OF OUR WORK FOR THE SUMMER. HOW DO WE PREPARE STUDENTS FOR THEIR MATRICULATION INTO EARLY COLLEGE THAT IS BEGINNING THIS SUMMER? SO UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JODI PETERS, WHO IS OUR LEAD ON THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM -- WE ARE STILL WORKING TOWARDS THAT. WE DIDN'T WANT TO CONFUSE THE BOARD WITH THE EDT UPDATE. WE KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE CONNECTED CAMPUSES. WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE OVERALL A CHS NETWORK. ALSO, AS MR. BALAS STATED, WE CHANGED IT FROM ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION, MISS NOLAN. I KNEW YOU WOULD ASK. AS MR. BALAS SAID, PART OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS TO FLUSH OUT AND DESIGN AND RETHINK. I'LL LET HIM ADD ON TO THAT, BECAUSE HE IS THE LEAD THERE. BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN DRIVERS OF THE WORK PLAN. AS TO NOW COME TO THE BOARD -- BUT THOSE PLANS ARE. SO MR. BALAS, IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE? >> SURE. SOME OF OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY AROUND DIFFERENT STUDENT PATHWAYS HAS TO DO WITH SOME OF OUR CURRENT SET UP WITH CFC, CHANCE FOR CHANGE IN OUR SATELLITE CAMPUSES. IF YOU LOOK AT THE POTENTIALS FOR REIMAGINING WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING AT THESE CAMPUSES? WHAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY USED FOR? AND HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF CREATIVE SCHEDULING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES -- BOTH HERE IN THE CITY AND OUT. SO AS WE LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPANSION, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE WILL BE STARTING THIS YEAR LOOKING AT THE INTERCONNECTIVITY OF THE CAMPUSES. AND COMING UP WITH WHAT THE IDENTITY OF EACH OF THESE CAMPUSES WILL BE. AND WHAT THE FOCUS IS AND OPPORTUNITIES WILL BE. >> I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO WHAT MR. BALAS WAS SAYING. I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR, CHERYL MILLS, WHO WAS AT CHANCE FOR CHANGE. MS. FREDERICKA SMITH, SHE IS NOW THE CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR AT THE SATELLITE CAMPUS. AND THESE ARE BOTH NEW CAMPUS ADMINISTRATORS. A PART OF THE CHARGE FOR BOTH OF THEM IS FOR US TO ENGAGE ON HOW DO WE REIMAGINE BOTH CAMPUSES? CHANCE FOR CHANGE -- HAS NOT BEEN THE TYPE OF LEARNING ENVIRONMENT THAT WE WERE REALLY STRIVING FOR OVERTIME. I THINK IT HAS BECOME A PLACE WHERE MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING OKAY, THE KID CAN'T FIT AT AC -- THEY CAN'T FIT AT THE ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS, SO LET'S PUT THEM IN THIS SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITY AND SEND THEM TO CHANCE FOR CHANGE. WE HAVE TO REALLY CHANGE THAT CONCEPT AND MINDSET. AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITIES WE PROVIDE. I'M GLAD DR. JACOBS TALKED ABOUT THIS TODAY IS THIS WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES. THAT CHANCE FOR CHANGE -- WHEN WE BEGIN TO REIMAGINE WHAT IT CAN OFFER AND IT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT NAME, I DON'T KNOW. WE WANT KIDS TO HAVE THESE WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES. IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE CHANCE FOR CHANGE STUDENTS. ALL KIDS WILL HAVE THIS EXPERIENCE. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THIS FOCUS AND SOME TYPE OF HANDS-ON AND [03:35:08] LEARNING EXPERIENCE THROUGH THIS PATHWAY. I ALSO JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IN REGARDS TO -- WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND QUESTION? >> YOU DID IT. >> YES, THE EARLY COLLEGE. I WANTED TO ADD ON TO THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM. WE ARE ENVISIONING AND STILL WORKING WITH NOVA VIRGINIA TECH AND WE ARE BRINGING IN GEORGE MASON AS WELL. WHAT WE ARE ENVISIONING IS A STUDENT WILL HAVE AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE BEFORE THEY GRADUATE FROM ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL. THEN, THEY WOULD GO OFF TO OBTAIN THEIR BACHELOR DEGREE AT VIRGINIA TECH OR POTENTIALLY GEORGE MASON. AND THEN, COME BACK TO THE AREA AND GET A GRADUATE DEGREE FROM OUR VIRGINIA TECH INNOVATION CAMPUS, RIGHT HERE IN ALEXANDRIA. THEN GO INTO THE WORKFORCE. SO THE GOAL IS WE ARE IMAGINING STUDENTS HAVE THEIR CAREER PATH SET UP FOR THEM. AND WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THE FUNDING FOR THIS AS WELL. BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO TARGET -- OUR GOAL IS TO TARGET OUR BLACK AND BROWN STUDENTS. BECAUSE WE KNOW STEM IS AN AREA WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE ENGAGED. AND THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR LOW INCOME FAMILIES AND FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS. SO WE ARE INTENTIONALLY TARGETING THEM. THAT DOESN'T MEAN 100 PERCENT OF OUR PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE STUDENTS OF COLOR OR STUDENTS OF LOW INCOME FAMILIES. WE WANT OUR DEMOGRAPHICS TO MIRROR THE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS FOR THE DIVISION. THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW A PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL. WHEN YOU CAN HAVE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS LITERALLY MIRROR THE STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS. [03:40:01] THAT'S THE GOAL WE ARE SETTING FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE ARE LOOKING BEYOND POSTSECONDARY. [27. Report from Meagan L. Alderton] [28. Report from Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr] WE ARE LOOKING AT A FULL CAREER FOR STUDENTS. [03:45:38] WE ARE NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE IN NINTH GRADE TO DO THAT. THIS IS WHY WE ARE AIMING FOR THIS 2024 CLASS. WE CAN BEGIN THIS SUMMER DOING THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. WERE WE ARE INVITING ALL STUDENTS TO BE A PART OF. AND PEEKING THEIR INTEREST. SO WE HAVE TWO SUMMERS TO REALLY GET THEM ACCLIMATED AND INTRODUCED TO THE STEM WORLD. SO BY THE TIME THIS SIX GRADE IS GOING INTO NINTH GRADE WHEN THESE DOORS OPEN, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE IDENTIFIED THE HUNDRED STUDENTS THAT WILL GO THROUGH THIS PATHWAY. AND THEY WILL BE PREPARED FOR IT. BECAUSE THEY HAD THE SUMMER ENRICHMENT AND ALL OF THE FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. >> JUST A HEADS UP FOR THE BOARD -- AND ANYONE LISTENING, REALLY -- WE DO HAVE IT TENTATIVELY ON THE AGENDA FOR JANUARY 20 -- TO HAVE AN IN-DEPTH UPDATE ON THE EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM. MS. NOLAN HAS ONE MORE QUESTION AND THEN I'LL GO TO MS. GREENE. OH, GO AHEAD, MS. GREENE. >> COULD WE POSSIBLY DO IT EARLIER IN THE MEETING? IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING. I'D LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT MUCH EARLIER. >> SURE. [03:50:01] MS. NOLAN? >> MY LAST QUESTION IS, IF WE WERE TO TALK TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS, -- IS THERE A WAY TO CAPTURE IT? THERE ARE SO MANY INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPENING. IS THERE A WAY TO ENCAPSULATE THE VISION AND THE THEMES OF WHAT TO EXPECT? WHY IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT? I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A WAY TO COMMUNICATE THAT? >> WE ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH OUR CAMPAIGNING. I THINK SOME THINGS THAT I KNOW WE HAVE ALREADY DISCUSSED? KIDS RIGHT NOW ARE EXCITED ABOUT GAMING. GAMING IS STEM. AND I'VE COMPLAINED A LOT OF TIME ABOUT MY OWN KIDS GAMING ALL DAY. BUT GAMING IS ACTUALLY A PROFESSION. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS GAMING. AND THEY MAKE THESE PROGRAMS. SO WE HAVE TO START MEETING KIDS WHERE THEY ARE IN REGARDS TO THEIR CREATIVITY. WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF THINKING -- THIS IS WHY I LOVE THAT DR. JACOBS IS HERE -- GETTING OUT OF THINKING YOU HAVE TO DO WORK:WOODSHOP ANYMORE AND THAT'S IT. I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S CALLED WOODSHOP ANYMORE (LAUGHING). WE ARE TRYING TO HELP STUDENTS USE THE SKILLS THEY ARE DOING EVERY DAY TO HAVE FUN. AND SAY YOU CAN USE THIS SKILL AND MAKE MONEY OR HAVE A CAREER WITH IT. THE MATTER HOW CRAZY IT SOUNDS TO MANY OF OUR PARENTS, INCLUDING ME. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF THESE FUTURE JOBS? THEY REALLY ARE FUTURE PROFESSIONS. THESE ARE GOING TO BE CAREERS WHERE STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE MAKING MORE MONEY THAN WE ARE DOING THE WORK. WE DON'T HAVE A FULL CAMPAIGN STRATEGY CURRENTLY, BUT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH HOW DO WE MEET THE STUDENTS WHERE THE ARE? AND PIQUE THEIR INTEREST THROUGH HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES AND ALLOWING THEM TO SEE HOW THEIR NORMAL INTERACTIONS AND THINGS THEY ARE DOING NOW, HOW THEY CAN BE LUCRATIVE CAREERS LATER? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. HUTCHINGS. AND THANKS AGAIN TO THE TEAM. SEEING THE EMPHASIS ON REAL WORLD LEADING UNDER DR. JACOBS LEADERSHIP, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION -- APPRECIATE IT. THANKS ALSO TO DR. MAN. AND IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE THING? I WOULD BE REMISS (INDISCERNIBLE) TO MR. BALAS. IT'S BEEN SUCH A CHALLENGING YEAR. SORRY TO KEEP YOU UP SO LATE. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. NOT JUST FOR THIS PROJECT, BUT TO SERVE THE STUDENTS EVERY DAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU WILL STOP. >> ALL RIGHT. AS USUAL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE UPDATES. HERE WE GO! WE ARE GETTING NEAR THE END HERE (LAUGHING)! [LAUGHTER] DON'T LAUGH AT ME! >> WE'RE LAUGHING WITH YOU! [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. JUST SOME UPCOMING EVENTS TO BE REMINDED OF. NOVEMBER 15, 630 ADVISORY. WE WILL DISCUSS OUR CIP ON MONDAY. THAT'S OUR FIRST SESSION. AND FINALLY, NOVEMBER 18, THE SCHOOL BOARD EQUITY POLICY AUDIT COMMITTEE WILL MEET. SO IF YOU ARE ON THAT COMMITTEE, JUST REMEMBER THAT DATE. NOVEMBER 29, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CIP BUDGET. THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY OUR SECOND WORK SESSION. SUPERINTENDENT? >> I DO HAVE A FEW UPDATES I WANTED TO SHARE. ONE IS I'M HAPPY TO REPORT -- OUR FIRST EQUITY CLIMATE SURVEY WHICH WAS CONDUCTED IN MAY AND JUNE 2021. WE HAD NEARLY 5000 PARTICIPANTS FROM OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS TO FAMILY AND STAFF. THE MAJORITY REPORTED POSITIVELY ON THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SCHOOL CLIMATE OVERALL. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS ABOUT 81 PERCENT OF STUDENTS REPORT THEY FEEL WELCOMED AT SCHOOL. 88 PERCENT AGREE THAT TEACHERS PROVIDE EXTRA SUPPORT WHEN NEEDED. 79 PERCENT OF OUR FAMILIES SAY ADULTS AT SCHOOL CARE FOR THE STUDENTS AND THE MAJORITY SAY STAFF HELPS STUDENTS WITH PROBLEMS OTHER THAN SCHOOLWORK. 90 PERCENT OF OUR STAFF SAY THEY HAVE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS AND 92 PERCENT SAY THE SAME ABOUT WORKING WITH OTHER STAFF IN A CPS. THE RESULTS REALLY INDICATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING SOME OF THE INEQUITIES ACROSS THE DIVISION. AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS OF CONTINUED FOCUS WILL INCLUDE OUR USE OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, DISTRIBUTING RESOURCES EQUITABLY ACROSS THE SCHOOLS. ENSURING STAFF AND PARENT FEEDBACK IS HEARD AND VALUED. IN DECISION-MAKING, TO NAME A FEW. THIS IS HOW WE WILL BE USING THIS CLIMATE SURVEY DATA. TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS STOP AND SNOW AREAS THAT NEED STRENGTHENED OR AREAS OF GROWTH. ANOTHER VITAL TOOL THAT WAS UPDATED HAS BEEN OUR A CPS DASHBOARD. IT DEMONSTRATES PROGRESS MADE ON KEY PERFORMANCE -- ENTERED HAS A FOCUS ON DISPARITIES AMONGST OUR DIFFERENT STUDENT GROUPS. IT'S VERY HELPFUL INFORMATION. AND NOW, IT PROVIDES OUR COMMUNITY WITH REAL METRICS AND DATA POINTS. THE DATA FROM THE EQUITY AND DASHBOARD (INDISCERNIBLE) EACH YEAR. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THOSE. SO THE 2021 WILL SERVE AS A BASELINE FOR FUTURE SURVEYS. WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THIS MOVING FORWARD. GLAD OUR STRATEGIC PLAN INCLUDED IT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE RECOGNITIONS. NOVEMBER MARKS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. AND EDUCATION MONTH. WE ARE EXCITED TO FOCUS ON THE STRONG TIES BETWEEN OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILIES. I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR FACE CENTER AND OUR FAITH COMMUNITY. JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB TO STRENGTHEN OUR FAMILY AND SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AND INCREASE OUR TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING. ANOTHER IS NATIONAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY WEEK, NOVEMBER 8-12. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US. I WOULD TO EXTEND A SINCERE THANKS TO OUR STAFF FOR CARRYING OUT THE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THE STUDENTS NEED. WE ALSO HAVE OUR NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH THIS MONTH. IT'S A TIME TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR FIRST AMERICANS, WHILE RAISING AWARENESS IS OF THE CHALLENGES NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE FACED IN OUR COUNTRY. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT TODAY I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AT DOUGLAS MACARTHUR THIS MORNING. WE WERE OBSERVING VETERANS DAY. WE UNVEILED A TAPESTRY THAT DEPICTS THE SCHOOL NAMESAKE OF DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. IT WAS A VERY MOVING -- PRESENTATION. WE HAD CHERYL FOSTER. SHE IS A MEDIA ARTIST -- A MULTIMEDIA ARTIST. SHE WORKED WITH DOUGLAS MACARTHUR STUDENTS TO TAKE ALL DIFFERENT PIECES OF FABRICS -- BUTTONS -- ANYTHING THAT THEY BROUGHT IN. AND THEY LITERALLY CREATED THIS EIGHT BY 10 TAPESTRY THAT IS HOUSED IN THE CAFETERIA. BUT IT WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WHEN THOSE DOORS OPEN. SO I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO MS. KIERSTEN AND HER TEAM. AND CHERYL FOSTER, WHO WAS -- I THINK SHE IS A PHENOMENAL ARTIST. YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS WORK IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY SEEN IT. FINALLY (LAUGHING) I JUST WANT TO MENTION WE ARE HAVING OUR THANKSGIVING BREAK NOVEMBER 22 THROUGH THE 26TH. THE OFFICE OF SCHOOL NUTRITION SERVICES WILL BE DISTRIBUTING MEALS FOR FAMILIES WHO SIGNED UP BETWEEN THE AGES OF 2 TO 8 -- 2 TO 18, SORRY! [LAUGHTER] 2 TO 18 WHO ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. FAMILIES WILL RECEIVE FIVE DAYS OF MEALS PER CHILD, WHICH WILL INCLUDE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. DELIVERIES WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, AND WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I ALSO WILL BE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL TOMORROW TO SEE THE FALL SHOW, FACING OUR TRUTH, 10 MINUTE PLAY ENTRéE BOND, RACE AND PRIVILEGE. IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT YOUR TICKETS, PLEASE GO GET YOUR TICKETS. THERE ARE ONLY TWO MORE SHOWS LOVE. IN CLOSING, THE WASHINGTON POST IS ACCEPTING VISIBLE OF THE YEAR AND TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS. SO ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING FAMILIES OF STUDENTS OR RESIDENTS, YOU ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR OR PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR BY NOVEMBER 22. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT TODAY. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT THANKSGIVING BREAK. >> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ARE RIGHT. WITH THAT SAID, I NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE WE ADJOURNED. >> SECOND. >> MS. GREENE SECONDS MS. GENTRY'S MOTION. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE. [CHATTER] THANK YOU! * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.