[00:00:01] >> I DON'T THI TO BE A TERRIBLY LONG [Chairs Opening Remarks] MEETING TONIGHT, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WORK THROUGH. I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN REAL QUICK TO SHOW OUR AGENDA. WE'VE GOT OPENING REMARKS, APPROVAL OF MINUTES, THE STAFF COMMENTING COMING THROUGH. YOU HAVE HERE THE SUBCOMMITTEE WORKING SESSION. THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT MEETING IN PERSON. WE CAN'T DO BREAKOUT ROOMS IN ZOOM. IN LIGHT OF SUBC SESSIONS, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HOW SOME COMMITTEES CAN SCHEDULE A ZOOM MEETING TO DO THEIR WORKING SESSION IN HERE AND THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT GOING VIRTUAL AND BEING ACCESSIBLE FROM A VIRTUAL STANDPOINT SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STAYING VIRTUAL AT LEAST THIS MEETING AND IF THE OPTION TO STAY VIRTUAL CONTINUES, MAYBE KEEPING THAT GOING FOR A WHILE. SO THAT SAID ON MY SIDE, THAT'S KIND OF ALL I HAVE. [Approval of Minutes] ON THE SEPTEMBER MINUTES, DID PEOPLE GET A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE? ANYBODY? >> YES. >> T LOOK LIKE THIS COMING THROUGH ON SEPTEMBER. THIS IS THE ONE WE MET AT TC AND WE DIDN'T GET THESE PRINTED OUT IN THE ROOM FOR LAST TIME. THEY'RE HERE. IF MEMBERS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THESE AS POSTED, I WOULD BE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> I THE SEPTEMBER MEETING MINUTES. >> EXCELLENT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DOES ANYBODY SECOND APPROVING THE SEPTEMBER MEETING MINUTES? >> SECOND. >> SECOND. >> EXCELLENT. LET'S SEE. MOVING DOWN MY LIST, D ARE YOU GOOD APPROVING MINUTES? >> YES. >> JULIA? >> YES. >> A MOTIONED. MARK? >> AYE. >> EXCELLENT. MARY BETH? MARY BETH, ARE YOU OUT THERE TO APPROVE? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK TO HER IN A MINUTE AND SEE IF WE CAN APPROVE THOSE. THE NEXT WAS IF PEOPLE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT OUR NOVEMBER MINUTES AS WELL. >> I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE NOVEMBER MINUTES. >> D APPROVE THE NOVEMBER MINUTES? >> SECOND. >> EXCELLENT. OKAY. OH, DAPHNEY, ARE YOU GOOD WITH THE SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER MINUTES, APPROVING THEM AS POSTED? >> YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES. >> OH, OKAY. >> A APPROVING THE SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER MINUTES? >> YES. >> GREAT. I SEE HER MICROPHONE MOVING BUT I CAN'T HEAR HER. >> [INDISCERNIBLE] >> YES. >> JULIA, NOVEMBER MINUTES? [00:05:02] >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT, LAURA? >> YES. >> EXCELLENT. MARK? >> YES. >> MARY BETH. >> YES TO BOTH. I THINK I MISSED THE FIRST ONE. >> O EVERYBODY, SUSAN, SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THE SEPTEMBER AND NOVEMBER MINUTES. >> OKAY, GREAT. >> I WRONG I APOLOGIZE. IS IT LIZA OR LISA, YOU'RE A MEMBER SO YOU GET A VOTE. >> I ALREADY DID. >> FOR THE NOVEMBER MINUTES, THOUGH? >> THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT, LIZA IS OUR NON-MEMBER REP -- >> OH, GOT YOU, I'M SORRY. YOU'RE CORRECT. YOU'RE CORRECT. AND SHE'S NOT HERE. GOT YOU. >> YEP. >> I LOOKING THROUGH THE AGENDA LATELY, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO IS THERE AND WHO'S NOT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF MOUNT VERNON PEOPLE HERE AS WELL LOOKING THROUGH ROSTERS. MEGAN, THAT'S MY OPENING REMARKS AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES. WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR STAFF COMMENTS? [ACPS Staff Comments] >> THANKS, NICHOLAS. I APPRECIATE IT. HELLO, EVERYBODY. I CA DECEMBER ALREADY. IT'S GONE BY REALLY QUICKLY. I HOPE BEFORE I GET STARTED WITH ALL THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS, I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU ALL A NICE WINTER BREAK AND A HEALTHY WINTER BREAK. SO WE HAVE A FEW THINGS TO TALK ABOU PERSPECTIVE. A FEW THINGS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE KNEE DEEP IN SCREENING. IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY, VERY BUSY. OUR TAG DESIGNEES ARE WORKING EXTREMELY HARD. SO FAR JUST ON A TENTATIVE LOOK AT OUR DATA, IT LOOKS ABOUT THAT WE HAD ABOUT 1,120 STUDENTS GOING THROUGH THE SCREENING PROCESS RIGHT NOW, EITHER THROUGH AN AUTOMATIC REFERRAL OR THROUGH A REFERRAL THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY A STUDENT, A TEACHER, A STAFF MEMBER OR A PARENT. SO THAT'S A GOOD DEAL OF SCREENING, WHICH IS KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS REALLY BUSY, WHICH IS A GREAT PROBLEM TO HAVE. SO WITH THAT SAID, OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, OUR SCHOOLS WILL BE DOIN OBVIOUSLY, WHEN SCHOOLS COMPLETE THE SCREENING OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, ACTUALLY, IT WILL BE AT THE END OF JANUARY FOR GRADES 1 THROUGH 8 WILL DEPEND ON HOW MANY KIDS THEY HAVE TO SCREEN. SO THEY HAVE TO SET UP THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT, SO NOTIFICATIONS TO PARENTS WILL BE ON A ROLLING BASIS FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO JUST BE AWARE THAT IF YOU HAVE A FOURTH GRADER, YOU MIGHT RECEIVE THE ELIGIBILITY NOTICE FOR THE FOURTH GRADER BEFORE YOU RECEIVE THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THE FIRST GRADER. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE SCREENING OUT FOR OUR FOURTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMATIC SHIFT EARLIER SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. OUR KINDERGARTENS ARE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH DATA BECAUSE THEY'RE IN KINDERGARTEN SO WE NEED TO WAY FOR A REPORT CARD, SO WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THAT REPORT SO KINDERGARTEN WILL LIKELY BE SCREENED DURING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY SO JUST PUT THAT ON THE BACK OF YOUR RADAR AS WELL. OUR SCREENING COMMITTEES ARE MEETING AS A COMMITTEE SO THE FINALIZED AS A COMMITTEE AS WELL AS ANY WORK SAMPLES THAT ARE SUBMITTED. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'R PERSPECTIVES WHEN ASSESSING THAT DATA AND SO THE COMMITTEE WILL BE DETERMINING THE FINANCIAL GRS SCORE AS WELL AS WHAT THE PRODUCT IS, THE SCORE ON THE WORK SAMPLE SUBMITTED. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL BE SENDING OUT APPEALS INFORMATION. PARENTS WILL HAVE TEN INSTRUCTIONAL ACPS DAYS TO SUBMIT AN APPEAL IF THEIR CHILD WAS NOT ELIGIBLE SO THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE DAYS OVER WINTER BREAK. [00:10:02] WE WANT PARENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IF THEY DO RECEIVE AN ELIGIBILITY LETTER THIS WEEK, WE DON'T WANT YOU NECESSARILY FOCUSING ON TRYING TO GET ALL THAT COMMITTEE, THAT APPEAL INFORMATION TOGETHER DURING A TIME WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY. THAT INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS VERSUS REGULAR DAYS OF THE WEEK. FOR OUR KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADERS, SO KINDERGARTEN, IT WILL BE TEN INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS, HOWEVER, OUR CURRENT THIRD GRATERS GOING THROUGH FOURTH GRADE SCREENING AT THIS POINT, WE WILL ANNOUNCE OR NOTIFY PARENTS OF ELIGIBILITY, HOWEVER, APPEALS WON'T BE DUE UNTIL MAY 1ST. THAT WAY THIS GIVES US MORE TIME TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL DATA INCLUDING REPORT CARDS AND ANY SOL SCORES THAT ARE THERE FOR KIDS WHO MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FOUND ELIGIBLE RIGHT NOW. IT JUST GIVES A LITTLE MORE TIME FOR THE KIDS WHO WEREN'T FOUND ELIGIBLE YESTERDAY SO FOR THIRD GRATE SAA GOING INTO FOURTH GRADE, WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE APPEALS IN MAY FOR THAT. OUR STEERING COMMITTEE, WE PLAN TO BE MEETING WITH PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS TO GO OVER PHILOSOPHY AND CONTINUUM OF SERVICES AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AND IN JANUARY WHEN WE RETURN FROM BREAK, HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO YOU WHEN WE MEET FOR OUR NEXT TAGAC MEETING IN JANUARY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, IN TERMS OF SCREENING, WE REALLY MADE A BIG PUSH FOR SCHOOLS TO SUBMIT REFERRALS FOR OUR STUDENTS RECEIVING YOUNG SCHOLAR SERVICES. PART OF YOUNG SCHOLARS IS ADVOCACY IN NURTURING PIECE SO OUR PHILOSOPHY IS IF NOT EVEN REFERRED TO AS THE TABLE, YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE FOUND INELIGIBLE. THE GOAL WAS TO INCREASE OUR REFERRALS FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS FOR GIA AND SAA SERVICES. I DON'T HAVE ALL THE DATA FOR THAT YESTERDAY, BUT IT'S BEEN A HUGE INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR. AND THEN FINALLY, I DO WANT TO SAY THIS. AISLE WORKING WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WITH PIECING TOGETHER OUR DATA FOR OUR MEETING THAT TAGAC HAS. I THINK WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO DO IS MOVE THAT TO OUR FEBRUARY MEETING AS THERE ARE SOME PIECES OF DATA THAT NEEDED TO BE COLLECTED OUTSIDE OUR NORMAL POWER SCHOOL AND SO TIANA AND I ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TO GET THAT TOGETHER. WE DON'T WANT TO PIECE IT TOGETHER REALLY QUICKLY WHEN WE GET BACK FROM SCHOOL. WE WANT IT TO BE RIGHT. BECAUSE LAST YEAR'S DATA WILL LOOK DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUS YEARS BECAUSE OF OUR COVID CHANGES AND SUCH AND BEING HOME, WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH THROUGH IT TO GET IT DONE. SO OUR OFFICE IS WORKING ON THAT. IT WAS NOT THE ACCOUNTABILITY'S SLOWING DOWN, IT WAS US SLOWING DOWN AS WE'RE TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING ALL TOGETHER WITH SCREENING AND SUCH LIKE THAT. SO WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT THAT. >> WHAT DID WE HAVE PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY, MEGAN? >> WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING YET PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY BUT I DO RECALL, NICHOLAS, THAT WE ALSO WANTED TO BRING SOMEONE FROM THE AP -- AN AP TEACHER TO COME IN AND TALK IN JANUARY SO THAT CAN BE SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO DO AS WELL AS WE CAN BRING FORWARD OUR DRAFT PHILOSOPHY AND DEFINITION OF GIFTEDNESS AT THE JANUARY MEETING TO START MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT ASPECT OF THE LOCAL PLAN OF TAGAC. >> D GETTING LINED UP FOR FEBRUARY OR MARCH? >> I CAN LINE UP ANY SPEAKER THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD WITH. I BELIEVE FOR JANUARY, TOO, WE'RE LOOK ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AS WELL. FOR FEBRUARY, IF THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE US TO BRING IN -- OH, WHO WAS IT? WE'RE DOING -- I THINK OUR CONVERSATION LAST TIME WAS THAT JANUARY WAS GOING TO BE ALSO REALLY JAM PACKED IF WE DID THE ACCOUNTABILITY DATE PLUS THESE OTHER PIECES SO I THINK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOVING SOME OF THAT TO FEBRUARY SO JUST SWITCH IT OVER BUT IF THE COMMITTEE WANTS ME TO LOOK TO OTHER PEOPLE TO BRING IN, I CAN REACH OUT TO DR. JACK NAGALARI TO SEE IF HE WANTS TO TAKE ABOUT HIS ASSESSMENT. I CAN GO IN WHATEVER [00:15:01] DIRECTION THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO DO. >> L ENROLLMENT AND AP AND REALLY THE HIGH SCHOOL OPTIONS FOR JANUARY AND THEN WE CAN PUT ACCOUNTABILITY AT FEBRUARY AND SEE IF WE CAN HAVE -- WE TALKED ABOUT NAGALARI. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER REGIONAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS AROUND SO LET'S YOU AND I TEAM UP AND SEE IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A SPEAKER FOR MARCH. >> ABSOLUTELY AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, TOO, JUST THROW IT OUT THERE AND WE CAN LOOK TO WHATEVER THE COMMITTEE THINKS WE SHOULD NAVIGATE TOWARD. ONE OTHER THING, MS. BURRELL SENT ME A WONDERFUL ARTICLE ON DIVERSITY IN TAG PROGRAM SO I'M GOING TO PASS THIS OVER TO HER IF SHE WANTS TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I CAN ALSO HELP WITH SOME OF THE SPEAKERS. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEY'RE PROPOSING TO COME TO THE SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND ALSO DO THIS TYPE OF PRESENTATION FOR US, FOR COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS. I SHARED THE 2017 VIRGINIA ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT AND THE PRIOR TOS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THESE REPORTS AND SO MY QUESTION FOR MEGAN WAS IF THIS REPORT HAD BEEN SHARED WITH THE COMMITTEE, WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT IS -- SO YOU GUYS KNOW THE BIG CONVERSATION AT THE STATE LEVEL IS ADDRESSING THE PRIORITIES THAT WERE LISTED THROUGH THIS REPORT. I MENTIONED THOSE PRIORITIES DURING OUR LAST MEETING. I KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY, THROUGH THOSE PRIORITIES. WE ARE NOW ALSO FORMING SUBCOMMITTEES TO ADDRESS TALENT DEVELOPMENT, UNDERREPRESENTATION OF MINORITIES IN GIFTED PROGRAMS IN VIRGINIA, CREATIVITY AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS AND THE IDENTIFICATION PROCESS. SO THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD. IT W RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COMMITTEE AT THE STATE LEVEL HAS, THAT THIS HAS TO BE DISSEMINATED THROUGH THESE CHANNELS SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THESE ARE THE PRIORITIES WE'RE FOCUSING ON. THERE'S A STRONG FOCUS ON WORKING ON REGULATION AND SCHOOL POLICIES AT THE SCHOOL DIVISION LEVELS. THEY'RE VERY AWARE OF THE CHANGES COMING TO THE STATE, TO THE NEW LEADERSHIP, SO THEY'RE TRULY FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS. I HAVE TO GIVE A REPORT ON WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN ALEXANDRIA. THEY WANT A REPORT EVERY TIME WE MEET FROM OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. I'M GLAD TO SAY WE HAVE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE LIKE THIS AND I WAS ALSO VERY PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IMPACTING POLICY AND REGULATIONS FOR GIFTED EDUCATION. AND, AGAIN, THAT'S LIKE A VERY QUICK SUMMARY OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING BUT, AGAIN, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPEN TO GET ONE OF THEM TO COME BECAUSE THEY TRULY WANT THESE CONVERSATIONS TO HAPPEN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE HAPPENING HERE IN ALEXANDRIA AND ACPS. IT'S NOT VERY COMMON. I THOUGHT IT WAS, BUT IT'S NOT VERY COMMON IN OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS. AND I'LL WILL HAPPY TO HEAR THE REPORT WITH ALL YOU GUYS. THE TITLE OF THE REPORT IS INCREASING DIVERSITY IN GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN VIRGINIA. THAT'S THE REPORT FROM 2017. >> THANK YOU. I'M IN THE PROCESS OF SENDING IT TO SUSAN AND NICHOLAS NOW. THANK YOU, MS. BURRELL. JUST ONE FINAL COMMENT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IS I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS COMMITTEE AND IF YOU WANT TO PUT A SHOUTOUT TO OUR TAG DESIGNEES THROUGH AN E-MAIL OR TWITTER JUST BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR DOING GREAT WORK AND WORKING REALLY HARD, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW HARD OUR TAG DESIGNEES ARE WORKING, I KNOW SOMETIMES WORDS GO A LONG WAY SO [00:20:02] I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. >> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE MIGHT BE GOOD FITS IN WITH THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE'RE TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND, I DID WANT TO TOUCH BASE, CHRIS, I SAW YOU WERE ON EARLIER FROM SCHOOL BOARD. IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE TONIGHT. DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FOR US FOR OUR CHATTING WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO HERE JUST AS THE ONE OFFSITE SESSION THAT WE HAD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE FROM THE BOARD SIDE? >> YES, SURE. THANKS, NICK. YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATED YOU COMING, NICK, TO THE BOARD. THE BOARD IS UNDERTAKING A REVIEW OF ALL THESE COMMITTEES AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THESE COMMITTEES AND SO FORTH AND SO WE JUST HAD A REALLY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN BETTER ENGAGE ALL OF THE COMMITTEES, IMPROVE RECRUITMENT, IMPROVE THE DIALOGUE AND SO FORTH AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE GENERAL CONSENSUS IS THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE MORE OF THESE TYPES OF CHECK-INS SO THE BOARDS CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND BE A SOUNDING BOARD FOR YOU ALL. WITH REGARD TO THIS COMMITTEE, BOARD MEMBERS EXPRESSED A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE VERY -- THE DEPTH OF THE WORK THIS COMMITTEE HAS DONE. LAST YEAR THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH DONE IN TERMS OF THESE SUBCOMMITTEES AND REPORTS PUT TOGETHER SO THE BOARD REALLY APPRECIATED THAT. I THINK MOST OF THE CONVERSATION ALSO WAS CENTERED AROUND OBVIOUSLY WE HAD COVID SO SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE DONE HAVEN'T BEEN DONE YET, BUT THAT THERE IS EXCITEMENT TO EXECUTE SOME OF THESE THINGS SO DR. TEMPEL-MILNER CAN EXPOUND ON THAT IF SHE WOULD LIKE BUT SHE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS IN TERMS OF VARIOUS INITIATIVES SHE'S PURSUING AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE DOING THIS MEETING VIRTUALLY TODAY AND I PERSONALLY EXPRESSED THIS AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE, THAT JUST AT A GENERAL LEVEL, WE DO WANT TO, I THINK, HAVE MORE OF THESE VIRTUAL OPTIONS FOR PARTICIPATION FROM AN EQUITY STANDPOINT, IT'S JUST VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO ENSURE THAT ALL TYPES OF PARENTS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS IF WE HAVE THE IN-PERSON MODEL AND SO THAT'S AN ISSUE WE CONTINUE TO WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT BOTH IN TERMS OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRAINTS OF MEETING IN PERSON AND ALSO IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL WAY WE DO BUSINESS GOING FORWARD AND NOT JUST IN THE TAGAC COMMITTEE BUT IN ALL THE COMMITTEES. SO WE TOUCHED ON A LOT OF THOSE POINTS AND IN TERMS OF THE SUBSTANCE, OBVIOUSLY, THE K-2 LITERACY WAS A BIG PIECE AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION WE HAD ABOUT PUSH OUT VERSUS PULL IN AND HOW THAT WAS A CONVERSATION TOWARDS THE TAIL END BEFORE THE PANDEMIC DISRUPTED EVERYTHING AND WAS THAT CONVERSATION GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS WE SORT OF EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC, SO WE COVERED A LOT OF GROUND AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED NICK BEING THERE TO SHARE HIS THOUGHTS AND INSIGHTS AND THE BOARD VERY MUCH APPRECIATED WHO HAS COME OUT TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEES, PARTICULARLY AS WE THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS WITH THE NEW BOARD AND SO FORTH, SO THAT, I THINK, SUMMARIZES IT BUT I DON'T KNOW IF NICK OR DR. TEMPEL-MILNER WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT IT BUT THOSE ARE KIND OF MY GENERAL THOUGHTS. >> I APPRECIATE YOU. I SECOND THE BEING ABLE TO MEET ONLINE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME OF THE RULES LAID OUT TO MIRROR THE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE SO WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE BREAKOUT [00:25:02] ROOM SUBCOMMITTEE SESSIONS CONCURRENTLY HERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THIS ACCESS BECAUSE THEY BOTH DEFINITELY HAVE ADVANTAGES AND THEY BOTH DEFINITELY HAVE DISADVANTAGES SO I'M EAGER TO HELP YOU GUYS WITH THAT DISCUSSION ANY WAY THAT WE CAN THERE. >> F STARTED THE CALL, NICK, I APPRECIATED THE NUANCE OF A BREAKOUT ROOM AND THE CONSTRAINTS THERE. I WILL TAKE TO SUSAN OFFLINE AND OTHERS ABOUT ARE THERE MAYBE WAYS THAT CAN BE DONE IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE THE PARTICIPATION. I KNOW, HAVING PARTICIPATED IN VIRTUAL CONFERENCES AND OTHER SETTINGS, THERE ARE WAYS TO ALLOW THE PUBL DISTRIBUTED INTO BREAKOUT ROOMS AND HAVE A RIGHT TO PARTICIPATION SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE WAYS TO THREAD THE NEEDLE WITH SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS SO WE CAN ALLOW THAT WHILE STILL NOT RUNNING AFOUL OF THE VARIOUS SUNSHINE LAYS IN VIRGINIA SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO HAPPEN AND IT'S ONE OF THE POSITIVE THINGS IF YOU CAN THINK OF POSITIVE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF THE PANDEMIC IS OUR ABILITY TO DO MORE OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS. AS I THINK YOU TOUCHED ON IN THE MEETING THERE ARE PROS AND CONS IN PERSON AND FOR SOME PEOPLE GOING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN OR CHILD CARE ISSUES OR THINGS LIKE THAT AND I THINK YOU ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE OF THEIR INABILITY TO GO TO THE IN-PERSON MEETINGS SO, YEAH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU AND ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE THAT AS AN ISSUE BECAUSE I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THERE TO BE MORE OF A BALANCED APPROACH. LIKE YOU SAID, NICK, SOMETIMES THE IN-PERSON CAN BE VERY VALUABLE. I THINK WE'VE ALL APPRECIATED THAT OVER THE PANDEMIC, BUT TO ONLY HAVE IT BE IN PERSON LIMITS A LOT OF THE INPUT AND INFORMATION WE CAN GET SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR THAT. >> I APPRECIATE YOU BEING A SCHOOL BOARD REP HERE SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN MAKE SURE WE GET ANOTHER STRONG ADVOCATE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD GOING FORWARD HERE AS ALL THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ROLL IN. WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN HELP US SHAPE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, NICK, AND I DID WANT TO MAKE -- SINCE THIS IS MY TIME TO MAYBE HAVE THE FLOOR, I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE I ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYONE ON THIS COMMITTEE. IT HAS BEEN PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS AND PROVIDE WHATEVER INSIGHTS OR ASSISTANCE I COULD AND IT REALLY HAS BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SEE HUE THE COMMITTEES CONTINUE TO DIVE INTO THIS WORK. IT'S SUCH CRITICAL WORK AND YOU REALLY HAVE DONE A LOT, MADE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD PROGRESS AND I THINK THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN VERY ENGAGED AND VERY THOUGHTFUL AND SO I CONTINUE TO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO DO FROM A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT BUT NONETHELESS, EXCITED FOR WHAT YOU ALL ACCOMPLISH AND TO YOUR OTHER POINT, I HAVE BEEN IN SOME INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE INCOMING BOARD AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF A SOLICITATION FROM THE CHAIR TO SORT OF GAUGE INTEREST FOR THE NEXT CYCLE, THE NEXT BOARD, AND SO I WILL CHECK IN WITH THE CHAIR ABOUT SORT OF WHO'S SOLICITED THE INTEREST AND SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS SO THAT WHOEVER DOES WIND UP BEING THE LIAISON IS UP TO SPEED ON SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON AND WILL ALSO BE AN ENGAGED, ENTHUSIASTIC MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE SPORT WHEREVER NEEDED SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, NICK, AND THANK YOU, AGAIN, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE FLY ON THE WALL OF THESE MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO OFFER WHAT I CAN, SO THANK YOU. >> ANY TIME, THANK YOU. DR. TEMPEL-MILNER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? OTHERWISE WE'LL ROLL INTO OUR REVIEW OF THE SCOPE OF WORK. >> NO, I THINK IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SHARE OUR POSITION ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR LOCAL PLAN SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> OKAY, I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH STAFF COMMENTS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS HERE. SO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, [Review of the 2021-2022 Scope of Work] WHEN WE LAST MET I TOOK SEVERAL NOTES INTO THE SCOPE OF WORK [00:30:04] AND THIS IS THE DRAFT SCOPE OF WORK WE PUT TOGETHER. PREVIOUSLY, I TOOK A BUNCH OF NOTES, I UPDATED THINGS. WE'VE WORKED AND STRUGGLED, FRANKLY, TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE SHARE PERMISSION SET RIGHT ON THE DRIVE AND WE SHOULD HAVE ALL OF THOSE UP AND SET NOW, SO ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHOULD BE ABLE 2021-2022 FOLDER OF THE TAGAC ACCOUNT ON THE GOOGLE DRIVE AND BE ABLE TO SEE THIS DOCUMENT IN THERE AND THIS ONE SHOULD ALSO BE POSTED WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ONE OR TWO MINOR TYPOS THAT WE DISCOVERED SINCE THEN. I WANT TO WALK THROUGH THIS TONIGHT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO SEE IT AND I WOULD LIKE TO VOTE AND APPROVE THIS TO GET IT IN THE PLAN. I FEEL LIKE WE'RE A MONTH BEHIND DUE TO THE ELECTION AND NOT HAVING A MEETING IN OCTOBER DUE TO SCHEDULING AND OTHER THINGS. THE NOTES THAT I HAVE IS THAT WE ADDED ACCOUNTABILITY HERE IN THE SUMMARY. THAT CAME THROUGH. AS I SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT INTO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, WE UPDATED -- THE GOAL IS TO CREATE AN UPDATED PLAN THAT ALIGNS WITH VIRGINIA'S CODE AND THE ACPS STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE ACPS BUDGET PLAN SO THREW THAT IN THERE. CONTINUUM OF THE GIFTED AND ADVANCED ACADEMIC SERVICES WITHIN ACPS. WE ADDED THE HONORS, THE AP, THE DUAL ENROLLMENT AND I THINK CAPTURED ALL OUR DELIVERY MODELS FROM THE NOTES FOR THAT MEETING FOR HERE. THIS WAS OUR TAGAC RELA COMMUNICATIONS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MINOR WORDING CHANGES THAT HAPPENED IN HERE AND I THINK ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS WAS IN THE FINAL COPY, THIS SPLIT ACROSS PAGES, SO FROM NEGATIVE IMPACT TO FINALLY ADVOCACY SPLITS ACROSS PAGES FROM AN EDITING CHANGE, AND I WILL MAKE THIS REALTIME RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO INSERT A PAGE BREAK SO THIS COMES AS ONE FULL BLOCK. THIS WAS THE LAST PARAGRAPH THAT WE ADDED. IN HERE WAS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR TAGAC SERVICES. IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, THIS WOULD BE WHERE WHAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN. THE TAGAC BELIEVES THAT WE MUST NOT ONLY DEVELOP A TAG PLAN AND COMMUNICATE THE TAG PLAN BUT ALSO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO EXECUTING THE PLAN IN A MANNER THAT IS EFFECTIVE. THE TAGAC INTENDS TO STUD RECOMMENDATIONS ON WAYS TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TAG PROGRAM AND ITS DELIVERY TO ASSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING SERVICES WITH THE SERVICES THEY DESERVE. I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE CAPTURED FROM THE MEETING. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS FROM REVIEWING THE DOCUMENT OR THE WALK THROUGH WE JUST DID. >> HEY, NICK, IT'S LAURA. I'M SORRY BECAUSE I SENT YOU AN E-MAIL EARLIER SAYING I THOUGHT THIS WAS IN REALLY GOOD SHAP SENTENCE READS FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY, IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE TAGAC IS ACCOUNTABLE AND WE'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE. WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT TAGAC BELIEVES WE MUST NOT ONLY DEVELOP A TAG PLAN AND COMMUNICATE THE TAG PLAN, BUT THAT THE -- THAT ACPS -- WE'RE NOT ACCOUNTABLE AS TAGAC. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE NUANCE. >> HE JUST FIXED IT. >> OKAY. GREAT. EXACTLY. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. SORRY, SOMETIMES I MISS WHICH VERB IS POINTING TO WHERE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS OR ANYTHING ELSE ANYBODY ELSE WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT IN REALTIME HERE TONIGHT? >> YEAH, THIS IS MARK LACY. ON THE PORTAL IS AN EXCEL SHEE ATTENDANCE, DO YOU WANT US TO DO THAT BEFORE WE LOG OFF? >> SORRY, YOU DROPPED OUT OR I DID, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? [00:35:05] >> Y SHEET SAYING I ATTENDED THE MEETING, DO YOU WANT US TO LOG THAT WE ATTENDED THE MEETING? >> N TRACKING THINGS. >> I NOTICE THERE ARE SOME BOARD MEMBERS THAT CHANGED OUT AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. >> Y THAT WHEN WE GET TO SUBCOMMITTEES HERE IN A SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT, THANKS. >> I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAPPING TO SCHOOLS THAT WERE NOT OVERLY REPRESENTING A SCHOOL TO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL. STAYING ON THE SCOPE OF WORK HERE, DOES THIS ALIGN WITH WHAT EVERYONE EXPECTED? ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE LOOK FOR A VOTE HERE? ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT HEARING ANYTHING ELSE. BASED ON THIS SCOPE OF WORK, I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT THESE FOUR SUBCOMMITTEES, THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, THE CONTINUITY OF SERVICE, THE ACCOUNTABLE, WHICH IS WHAT WE SPLIT UP INTO LAST TIME HERE. IF EVERYBODY IS GOOD WITH THIS DOCUMENT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS AND SEND IT TO THE BOARD. >> M SCOPE OF WORK. >> SECOND. >> ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. MARY BETH I BELIEVE YOU MOVED. I WILL COUNT THAT AS A YES. >> Y. >> DAPHNEY, ARE YOU GOOD WITH SENDING THIS TO THE BOARD? >> YES. >> D? >> YES. >> JULIA? >> YES. DID YOU HEAR ME? >> NOPE, ARE YOU GOOD? >> YES. >> EXCELLENT. LAURA? >> YES. >> OKAY. EVERYBODY IS JUMPING AROUND ON ME NOW. MELISSA, I SEE YOU JOINED US, ARE YOU GOOD WITH SENDING THIS TO THE BOARD? >> YES. >> OKAY. I AM GOOD AND DID I MISS ANYBODY ON MY LIST? OH, MARK. ARE YOU GOOD? >> YES. >> OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL VOTING MEMBERS AND WE HAVE A QUORUM OF MEMBERS PRESENT FOR THE VOTE GOOD WITH THIS ONE SO I WILL TAKE DRAFT OFF OF THIS DOCUMENT AND EXIT OUT OF THIS AND THEN DR. TEMPEL-MILNER, I WILL GET WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE THIS IS ROUTED AND SUBMITTED UP THROUGH THE CHAIN. >> SOUNDS GOOD, THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO THE LAST BIT HERE AND WE'RE A COUPLE OF MINUTES AHEAD FOR GETTING TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WORKING [Subcommittee Working Session] SESSION. WE DID DIVIDE UP LAST TIME INTO HOW THE SUBCOMMITTEES WERE DIVIDED. ZION DID SEND A NOTE AFTER THE LAST MEETING SAYING THAT SHE WAS GOING TO RESIGN FROM THE TAG COMMITTEE. SHE HAD A COUPLE OF REASONS IN THERE THAT ARE OUR OWN BUT SHE'S NOT GOING TO JOIN US. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED IN HER LEAVING. I THOUGHT SHE ADDED A LOT TO THE MEETINGS. I DID ASK IF SHE HAD RECOMMEND. I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A GOOD NAME FROM THERE YET. IN GENERAL, I NEED ONE OF THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO HELP WITH THE ADVOCACY GROUP THERE. I CAN STEP UP AND HELP WITH THAT AS WELL AS MUCH AS I CAN. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED THAT, LET ME KNOW. A DOWNSIDE TO OUR ZOOM MEETINGS, I SCHEDULED AN HOUR INTO THIS MEETING SO WE CAN ALL GO OFF TO OUR TABLE AND MAKE NOTES AND CONTINUE WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN NOVEMBER. BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER IN [00:40:02] TERMS OF SUNSHINE LAWS, FOIA, PUBLIC ACCESS TO MEETINGS, WE CAN'T REALLY DO BREAKOUT ROOMS HERE. THE WAY THIS WILL WORK IS LIKE LAST YEAR WHERE WE GO TO SUSAN AND ACPS AND SCHEDULE A TIME TO DO A ZOOM MEETING SO IT'S A SINGLE EVENT. WE CAN SET UP THE VIDEO, HAVE IT RECORDED, HAVE IT AVAILABLE LATER FOR THE PEOPLE OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE THAT ARE PRESENT AND LET EVERYBODY DIG IN AND WORK. THE FOLDERS ARE SET UP NOW. I THINK EVERYBODY -- THE FORMAL SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED MEMBERS CAN GET IN THERE AND DO THE EDITS, DOING THE NOTES BACK AND FORTH. I DO WANT TO DO THIS ON THE ACPS GOOGLE DRIVE WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE AT. TO THAT END, I WOULD LOVE FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEES TO START IN ON DOCUMENTS EITHER IT BE THROUGH WHOEVER WAS HEADING YOUR GROUP UP IN THERE. I WOULD REMIND YOU AS THIS IS WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE TAG ACT, POINT TO POINT E-MAILS ARE OKAY BUT YOU CAN'T START AN E-MAIL, YOU CAN'T HAVE THREE PEOPLE IN THERE, EDITING THE DOCUMENT ONE AT A TIME IS OKAY BUT MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE ACPS BOARD AND WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE THOSE AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH THE MINUTES AS THE DRAFT, RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON HERE, VERY MUCH THE SAME WAY IT HAPPENED LAST SPRING WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS. SO T THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES IN SPECIFIC THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE I NOTICED OR I HAVE NOT SEEN MICHAEL DUKES ON HERE AND I KNOW KATHLEEN IS NOT ON HERE AND I'M HOPING SHE'S GOING TO HELP PICK UP WITH SOME OF THE ADVOCACY WORK AS WELL. FROM AN ACCOUNTABILITY STANDPOINT, JULIA ARE YOU GOOD TO REACH OUT AND SCHEDULE THOSE MEETINGS AND GET THAT STARTED? >> YES. >> OKAY. MARK OR MARY BETH, I SEE YOU BOTH ONLINE. COULD ONE OF YOU TAKE LEAD ON TRYING TO GET A FIVE YEAR PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE STOOD UP SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A WORKING SESSION OR START THOSE DOCUMENTS? >> YEAH, I CAN DO THAT. I DON'T THINK I HAVE MICHAEL'S E-MAIL ADDRESS. CAN YOU GET THAT TO ME? >> I CAN. >> GREAT. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MELISSA, I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU, KATHLEEN IS IN LA THIS WEEK SO SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THIS MEETING TONIGHT BUT WE WILL -- I WILL REACH OUT TO YOU AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE ADVOCACY SIDE STARTED AND GET THAT ONE GOING. THE OTHER GROUP IN HERE WAS THE CONTINUITY. I THINK I WAS GOING TO -- >> N SUBCOMMITTEE THAT D AN LIZA, THE THREE OF US ARE ON IT. >> SORRY, I HAD YOU DOWN FOR ADVOCACY. >> I ACCOUNTABILITY. >> I HAVE YOU DOWN IN THERE AS WELL, LAURA. ALL RIGHT. SO JULIA, CAN I GET YOU TO DO CONTINUITY AND LAURA CAN I GET YOU TO KIND OF WORK ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY SIDE? >> YES. >> A MS. BURRELL WORK CONTINUITY. >> OKAY, D, AREN'T YOU ALSO ON CONTINUITY? >> YES. >> Y OVER. FOR SOME REASON MY ACCO CONTINUITY LISTS MERGED. >> WAIT, NICK, WHO ELSE DO YOU HAVE ON ACCOUNTABILITY WITH ME? >> RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT THAT SET AS LAURA, MELISSA, AND IRENA. >> OH, YES, YES. OKAY. >> S TONIGHT MOVE OVER -- I WAS [00:45:05] TRYING TO ORGANIZE THE FOLDER OR START OUT IN A METHOD OF ORGANIZATION SO I DID NOT MOVE ALL THE SUBCOMMITTEE WORK FROM 2020-2021 THAT YOU GUYS DID LAST YEAR IN BUT I CAN DEFINITELY MOVE SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTS OVER IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. THEY SHOULD ALSO BE IN THE YEAREND REPORT. IT SHOULDN'T BE A START FROM SCRATCH IN TERM OFFENSE WHAT'S GOING ON. A COUPLE OF THINGS IN FEEDBACK WE DID GET FROM THE BOARD, AND CORRECT ME IF I GO WAY OFF THE RESERVATION HERE, CHRIS. THE BOARD IN GENERAL LOVED THE AMOUNT OF WORK WE PUT IN, THE EFFORT AND QUALITY OF THE WORK THAT WENT INTO ALL THE REPORTS. THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FORMAT THAT HAS A SHORTER VERSION IN THERE SO THEY'RE NOT READING 60 OR 70 PAGES OF STUFF AND THEY WOULD LIKE US TO WORK HARDER ON MAKING SURE THAT IT READS IN ONE VOICE AND HAS CONTINUITY IN THERE. THAT REALLY FALLS MORE ON THE CHAIR OR WHOEVER IS EDITING AND AT THE END, WEAVE THOSE TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND DIVIDE THINGS OUT SUCH THAT IF YOU COME UP WITH 10 OR 15 PAGES OF QUALITY WORK, THAT'S AWESOME, WE'LL PUT THEM FORWARD. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN BOIL IT SO THE BOARD HAS A COUPLE OF PAGES OF HIGH IMPACT STUFF AND THE TRUE NUGGETS AND WE CAN GO INTO THE HOW DID WE DISTILL DOWN AND GET EVERYTHING OUT FROM HERE. WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FEEDBACK FROM WHAT'S YEAR WORKING THROUGH THE BOARD NOW. DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT ON THAT ONE, BY THE WAY, MEGAN? LAST YEAR'S COMMENTS AND HOW THEY'RE COMING THROUGH? >> NO. >> OKAY. >> S SOME POINT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO GET THOSE BACK, IDEALLY BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR INTO THIS YEAR SO IF T FEEDBACK ON SIZE OR SCOPE OR FORMAT THAT WE CAN DO THOSE EARLIER VERSES LATER. >> C QUESTION? >> SURE, GO FOR IT. >> W WERE YOU ASKING FOR LIKE THE BOARD HAS YOUR INFORMATION IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER, DO WE GET NOTES BACK? >> TYPICALLY IN THE PAST WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME NOTES BACK ON YAY REALLY GOOD OR BAD, AND TYPICALLY IT'S A COMPILATION. THERE'S TYPICALLY A LINE ABOUT HOW WE ALIGN IN THERE. WE JUST HAVEN'T GOT THAN BACK. MOST OF THE COMMENTS WE HAVE GOTTEN BACK SO FAR HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE ON THE INFORMAL SIDE OF CAN WE TRY TO MAKE OURS LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S. I THINK IN GENERAL WE TURN IN THE LARGEST REPORTS AND HAVE THE MOST DATA IN TRYING TO MASSAGE THESE A LITTLE BIT INTO A FORM THAT'S EASIER TO INTERPRET. >> OKAY. WE CAN FOLLOWUP ON THAT. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. >> ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE IN GENERAL RIGHT NOW? >> N JUST FOR THE TIME BEING, FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT OF THE WAY WE DID THE SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS LAST YEAR? >> Y ANYTHING BETTER TO WORK ON RIGHT NOW, LAURA. IT'S REALLY HOW THE EXECUTIVE -- HOW IT ROLLS UP AND GETTING IT MORE IN ONE VOICE AND A TIGHTER PRESENTATION FORMAT. I THINK IT'S MORE ABOUT HOW IT'S PRESENTED AND ROLLED UP IN THERE. EVERYBODY HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK DONE, THE EFFORT THAT WE PUT IN, THE RESEARCH THAT GOES INTO IT ALL, IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT IT'S DIGESTIBLE, IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO REFERENCE AND A COUPLE OF OTHER REPORTING TYPE [00:50:04] STANDARDS IN THERE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ALL OF THOSE -- SPECIFICALLY THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD LOOK, THIS FONT, THIS SIZE, ALL THAT STUFF. WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST TRYING TO START WITH WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND AS WE GET THE FORMATS COMING THROUGH, WE'LL KEEP GOING. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. I WILL OPEN UP THE FLOOR. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OUT HERE RIGHT NOW? I THINK WE'VE GOT SUBCOMMITTEES SPREAD OUT. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO'S ON THEM. WE CAN SCHEDULE THEM LIKE WE DID LAST SPRING. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH OUR APPROVAL OF MINUTES, STAFF COMMENTS, OPENING REMARKS, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT. IF NOBODY HAS ANYTHING ELSE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SO MOVED. >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SECOND. >> A OPPOSED? >> A EVERYONE, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE. >> STAY HEALTHY. >> YES, YES. >> HAPPY HOLIDAYS. >> YOU, TOO. HAPPY HOLIDAYS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.