[1. Meeting Called to Order by Chair Alderton]
[2. Observe a Moment of Silence]
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>> OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.
[3. Adopt the Agenda for the December 14, 2021 Special Called School Board Meeting]
>> AND WE HAVE MS. ANDERSON WHO SECONDS MS. GREENE'S MOTION.
I ACTUALLY NEED A MOTION TO GO TO CLOSE.
>> PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2312.
I MOVE TO EACH MEMBER'S MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSED
[4. Closed Meeting]
MEETING WAS CONVENED, ENACTED BY THE FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT, HELD ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2021.>> I MISS SCREENED AND SECOND MS. NOLAN'S NOTION.
>> THAT MOTION IS OFF THE TABLE.
I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CLOSE, PURSUANT TO CODE, FOR THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYMENT, PERFORMANCE AND CONTRACTUAL MATTERS FOR ONE SPECIFIC PUBLIC EMPLOYEE FOR THE DISCUSSION OF EVALUATION.
>> >> IT'S NOT UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT ALL SIX IS IN FAVOR, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO CLOSE.
I HAVE A MOTION TO CERTIFY THE CLOSED MEETING.
[5. Certification of Closed Meeting]
>> PURR SUPT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2-3712, I MOVE TO THE BOARD OF THE EACH MEMBER'S MATTERS, PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION, BY WHICH THE CLOSED MEETING WAS CONVENED, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED AND CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD AND CLOSED MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 14TH, 2021.
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[6. Statutory/Regulatory Policy Revisions]
>> I HAVE MS. GREENE WHO SECOND AND ACKNOWLEDGED THE MOTION.
>> >> ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON, WE HAVE SOME OLD BUSINESS WITH MS. AVERSEE.
WE WILL LOOK AT, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL DRAFT PROVISIONS FOR OUR POLICY AUDIT.
>> I'M SORRY, THEN WE CAN DO THE STATUTORY REGULATIONS FIRST.
>> >> OKAY, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO START THE EVENING WITH THE STATUTORY REVISIONS, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
WE HAVE SOME STATUTORY POLICIES TO REVIEW THIS EVENING.
WE WILL JUMP RIGHT IN AND START WITH POLICY GAA.
THE REVISION THIS EVENING, REFLECTS CHANGES TO THE VIRGINIA CODE, 40.1-22.
THERE'S ALSO CHANGES DUE TO THE 2021 BUDGET BILL.
YOU COULD SEE THE CHANGES ARE PRIMARILY ON PAGE 2.
THE RULE IS THAT NONEXEMPT EMPLOYEES WHOSE WORKWEEK IS LESS THAN 40 HOURS PER WEEK, ARE PAID FOR THEIR REGULAR TIME OF PAY FOR TIME UP TO 40 HOURS PER WEEK AND AFTER THAT, THEY WILL EARN OVERTIME PAY.
THIS IS RESPONSIBLE COMPUTER SYSTEM USE.
WE DO HAVE SOME STATUTORY CHANGES HERE, BUT PRIMARILY, THE CHANGES WERE MADE TO CORRECT APCS PRACTICE.
ONE OF THE MAIN CHANGES WE MADE, WE HAVE MERGED SOME OF THE CONTENT FROM THE ACCOMPANYING REGULATION BECAUSE IN REVIEWING THIS, WE REALIZED THAT THE REGULATION THAT WAS ALWAYS FILED AS ACCOMPANYING THIS POLICY, IS NOT REALLY A REGULATION.
IT'S JUST A DOCUMENT THAT EMPLOYEES SIGN.
IT REALLY DOESN'T BELONG TO IT, TO BE CATEGORIZED AS A REGULATION.
WE'RE PROPOSING IT FOR DELETTION.
WE MADE NOTE THAT STAFF HAS AN AGREEMENT THEY SIGNED FOR USING APCS COMPUTER SYSTEM AND STUDENTS ZA AN AGREEMENT THEY SIGN.
AND WE REALIZE IN LOOKING SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS THEY READ AS THOUGH STUDENTS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EMPLOYEE USAGE AGREEMENT.
THE USAGE AGREEMENTS THAT THE EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS SIGN REALLY DON'T BELONG IN POLICY.
THOSE CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AS THE APLIKICATIONS CHANGE.
EVEN THE CHANGE LAST YEAR, WHEN STUDENTS TOOK HOME COMPUTERS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
WE DON'T WANT TO PUT IT IN POLICY.
THOSE ARE THE MAIN CHANGES WE MADE THERE.
THIS IS A POLICY THAT ARE FAMILIAR.
THEY MADE A LOT OF CHANGES, RELATED TO TITLE 9.
THERE HAS BEEN A CHAME IN THE LAW, AND THIS REQUIRES SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO HAVE POLICIES RELATED TO OR PROHIBITING A WORK ENVIRONMENT.
WE REALLY ALREADY HAD THAT LANGUAGE.
AND WE ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED NOW TO USE THE TERMINOLOGY ADDED IN THEIR ABUSIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
THERE WERE CHANGES TO THE LAW IN 2018 AND 2021.
I BELIEVE THE REQUIREMENT CAME INTO EFFECT AND THEN THE SUBSEQUENT CHANGE WAS TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS.
SO YOU SEE THE DEFINITIONS IN THERE AND WE'VE ADDED THE PROHIBITION BUT IT'S JUST EXPANDING TO THE PROHIBITION WE ALREADY HAD.
NEXT WE MOVE TO REGULATION, GBR AND ACCOMPANYING REGULATION TO THE POLICY
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AND THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE THERE.WE NEED TO UPDATE THE LANGUAGE AS WELL.
NEXT POLICY IS GCG, PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROBATION TERM AND CONTINUING CONTRACT.
THIS CHANGE IN THE LAW IS TO 22.1-303.
WE MAY DISCUSS THIS IN A WORK SESSION LAST YEAR.
IS IT NEVER MADE IT BEHIND, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND SHIFTING BOARD AGENDAS AND NEEDING TO, YOU KNOW, BE FLEXIBLE AND PIVOT AND ADDRESS MORE URGENT MATTERS.
AND THE CHANGE IN THE LAW, SCHOOL DIVISIONS NO LONGER HAVE AN OPTION TO EXTEND A TEACHER'S PROBATIONAL TERM OF SERVICE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS.
AND THE OTHER TERM IS THE SECOND PARAGRAPH.
SCHOOL INDIVIDUALS WERE PREVIOUSLY PROHIBITED FROM REEMPLOYING A TEACHER WHO HAD AN UNSATISFACTORY EVALUATION WITHIN THEIR PROBATION TERM AND NOW THAT'S SOME PROGRESSION IN THE DIVISION.
NEXT POLICY IS GCM PROFESSIONAL STAFF ANNUAL EVALUATIONS.
THE CHANGES ARE MOSTLY ON PAGE 2.
THESE WILL PROBABLY LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU AS WELL, BECAUSE IN PREVIOUS WORK SESSIONS, WE DISCUSSED THE FACT, THAT EVALUATIONS OF CULTURAL COMPETENCY, MOVING FORWARD, DUE TO STATUTORY CHANGES.
YOU SEE HERE LISTED, ANNUAL EVALUATIONS MUST INCLUDE EVALUATIONS OF STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES, APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMS FOR AND AGAIN, THE EVALUATION OF CULTURAL COMPETENCY.
THIS IS RESIGNATION OF STAFF MEMBERS.
THIS IS ANOTHER POLICY, THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION LAST YEAR, SO IT WILL BE FAMILIAR AS WELL.
WE'VE TRIED TO CLEAN UP THE LANGUAGE TO PROPERLY REFLECT THE STATUTE.
WHAT IT DOES, IT ADDRESSES THE PROCEDURAL STEPS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN, WHEN A TEACHER RESIGNS AFTER JUNE 15TH OF EACH YEAR.
WHAT NOTIFICATIONS NEEDS TO BE MADE.
NEXT, WE HAVE IGGH, THIS IS FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION POLICY, FLE POLICY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY OFTEN MAKE CHANGES.
THE MOST RECENT CHANGE IS THE ADDITION OF A DISCUSSION OF AGE-APPROPRIATE DISCUSSION OF FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, WHEN APPROPRIATE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THE PROGRAM.
THIS IS CREDITED FOR EXAMPLE OF WORLD LANGUAGES.
THAT'S COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A NEW POLICY FOR ACPF.
IT REFLECTS 24.21, 573.15, SUBSECTION 1.
THIS REFLECTS THE COLLEGE AND CAREER PLANNING, THAT WE DO WITH ACPS.
IT MOVES ON TO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC CAREER PLANS FOR THE STUDENTS.
DEVELOPING FOR THEM, AND, YOU KNOW, HELPING THEM TO BUILD PLANS FOR THEIR POST SECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES AND CAREER PREPARATION, PERHAPS AS OBTAINING INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS.
THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE LAW, THAT REQUIRED NOT JUST TO HAVE THE POLICY, BUT ALSO TO REFLECT THAT AS PART OF THE STUDENT'S ACADEMIC AND CLEAR PLAN.
THE STATE PROVIDES US EVERY YEAR, AND THIS IS INTERESTING THAT THIS WOULD BE A RIRM.
THE STATE DOES PROVIDE EVERY YEAR, A LIST OF THE TOP 100 PROFESSIONS IN THE COMMONWEALTH BY MEDIUM PAY AND EDUCATION, TRAINING AND SKILLS REQUIRED FOR SUCH PROFESSION AND THE TOP TEN DEGREE PROGRAMS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
WE WANT OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY TO BE INFORMED ON WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE, HELP THEM DECIDE WHAT CAREER FIELDS TO GO INTO, HELP THEM GET THE INFORMATION THAT ARE RELEVANT AND HELPING THEM MAKE THE DECISIONS, WHETHER IT'S GOING INTO THE UNIVERSITY, GOING INTO A CAREER STRAIGHT AFTER HIGH
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SCHOOL, AND THAT'S REQUIRED INFORMATION THAT THE STAT PROVIDES AND THEN WE REQUIRE IT FOR OUR STUDENTS.THIS IS OUR CREDIT BY EXAMPLE, LANGUAGES, REGULATIONS.
WE HAVE ONE CHANGE HERE AND THIS IS ACPS CHANGE.
WE HAD SOME INQUIRIES AND WE WANT TO CLARIFY THE ASSESSMENT WHEN WE'RE CREDITING AWARD BY EXAM.
IN THE SECOND TO THE LAST PAGE, WE WERE TRYING TO MAKE MORE CLEAR ON WHAT CONSTITUTES, DIVISION APPROVED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENTS.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR IT'S THE ASSESSMENTS THAT THE VDO APPROVES.
IF THE VDOE APPROVED THE ASSESSMENT, THEN WE ALSO USE THAT ASSESSMENT.
NEXT, IT'S POLICY KN, SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY NOTIFICATION.
THIS POLICY HAS BEEN, IS RECOMMENDED TO BE MERGED WITH POLICY AMA, WHICH IS THE FINAL POLICY OF THE EVENING, KNA, IS REGISTERED SEX OFFENDERS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY AND KN, IS SEX OFFENDER AND CRIMES AGAINST MINORS, REGISTRY INFORMATION.
SO THOSE TWO ARE RECOMMENDED TO BE MERGED.
YOU SEE SOME CONTENT MOVE FROM POLICY K AND A, TO KN.
IT ALSO REFLECTS SOME CHANGES IN THE CODE.
THE SEX OFFENDER AND CRIMES AGAINST MINORS REGISTRY, THERE'S SOME CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF OFFENDERS, AND THERE'S CHANGES, SO IT ALIGNS IN THE NUMBER OF CLASSIFICATIONS IN FEDERAL LAW.
WE ALSO UPDATED SOME OF OUR ACPS SPECIFIC INFORMATION, ABOUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY SERVICES.
AND SIMILAR CHANGES IN THE ASSOCIATED REGULATION, WHICH IS KNR.
WE'VE UPDATED THAT TO REFLECT THE CURRENT ACS PRACTICE AND PROCEDURES.
FOR INSTANCE, WE NO LONGER USE THE KEEP IN TRACK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
WE MOVED TO A DIFFERENT SYSTEM AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE, THAT WHEN OUR SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS, ARE LOOKING AT THE REGULATIONS WE'RE PROVIDING THEM WITH THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION, FOR INSTANCE, IF AN OFFENDER IS FLAGGED BY THE VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, IT DOESN'T SEND THE VISITOR A NOTIFICATION.
IT SENDS THE NOTIFICATION TO THE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND FRONT OFFICE STAFF AND PARTICULARLY, SOME MEMBERS IN THE OFFICE LEVEL AS WELL.
THOSE ARE THE STATUTORY CHANGES.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE? OKAY.
WE MOVE ON TO THE EQUITY POLICY AUDIT REVISIONS.
[7. Equity Policy Audit Draft Revisions: Student Discipline and Conduct]
WE HAVE -- WE WILL PROCEED THIS EVENING WITH THE LAST TWO POLICIES IN OUR GROUPING OF STUDENT DISCIPLINE AND CONDUCT POLICIES THAT WE BEGAN REVIEWING WITH THE BOARD, A FEW WEEKS AGO AND ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE RED LINES LAST WEEK.WE HAVE TWO MORE POLICIES AND TWO MORE AFFILIATED REGULATIONS IN THE POLICY GROUPING AND THAT REPRESENTS THE CULMINATION OF THE FIRST SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES WORK, THE FIRST ROTATION OF THE COMMITTEE.
AND IF WE JUMP RIGHT IN, WE HAVE POLICY JFC, STUDENT CONDUCT AND THE AFFILIATED REGULATION.
AND I MAY JUST WALK THROUGH THE POLICIES WITH YOU.
WE'VE TRIED TO IN GENERAL REALLY CLEAN THE POLICIES UP.
SOME HAVE NOT BEEN REVIEWED THOROUGHLY IN A WHILE.
WE ARE USING OUR NEW FORMATTING FOR ALL OF THE POLICIES, THERE'S AFFILIATED REGULATION, TRYING TO BE VERY CLEAR, AND ONE OF THE POINTS OF FEEDBACK FROM OUR EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS, RDRA'S, AS WELL AS THE FEEDBACK FROM THE FOCUS GROUP AND THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE, IS THAT THE POLICIES AS A GROUP GENERALLY TOOK A PUNITIVE TONE.
SO WE REALLY TRIED TO STRESS THAT WE, WHEN WE ARE APPROACHING A DISCUSSION ON STUDENT CONDUCT, WE WANT TO FIRST REALLY COMMUNICATE WHAT KIND OF CONDUCT WE ARE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH WITHIN ACPS.
NOT JUST HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS, STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE PUNISHED FOR.
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WHAT KINDS OF BEHAVIOR ARE WE LOOKING TO ESTABLISH AND WHAT KIND OF SUPPORTS AND INTERVENTIONS WILL WE PROVIDE TO OUR STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS? WE START OFF BY PROMOTING POSITIVE BEHAVEIOR.AND THEN WE TALK WHERE THE POLICY IS APPLICABLE.
I WANT TO NOTE WITHIN SECTION 5.
A LOT OF OUR FEEDBACK FROM THE STAFF MEMBERS, IN PARTICULAR, THEY REQUESTED THIS POLICY ADDRESSED ON-LINE CONDUCT, NOT JUST IN PERSON CONDUCT.
YOU SEE, THAT'S BEEN ADDED ON SECTION 5.
THAT ESSENTIALLY REFLECTS THE FAMOUS SUPREME COURT STANDARD, TINKERED STANDARD WITH THE SUBSTANTIAL DISRUPTION TEST.
IF THE CONDUCT OCCURS OFF CAMPUS AND IT SUBSTANTIALLY DISRUPTS THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT, THEN IT COULD BE REGULATED BY THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DISCUSS, WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED A LEVELLED SYSTEM OF DISCIPLINARY RESPONSES AND RESPONSIBLE INTERVENTIONS.
IT'S NOT JUST A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH.
WE'RE UTILIZING THE VDOE, STUDENT BEHAVIOR, STUDENT RESPONSE SYSTEM, MOST RECENT MODEL GUIDELINES FOR STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
WE HAVE LAID OUT WITH THE S BAR CATEGORIES OF BEHAVIORAL R AND YOU ALIGN THAT WITH LEVELLED RESPONSES TO THE BEHAVIOR.
SECTION 7, OUTLINES PARENT-GUARDIAN RESPONSIBILITY, SINCE THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON APPROACH.
THE SCHOOL AND STAFF MEMBERS PLAY A ROLE AND SO DO THE FAMILIES.
WE ARE DISCUSSING THAT IMPACT HERE.
SECTION 8, IS OUR NOTIFICATION.
TO PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND FAMILIES, AND WE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST, WITH THE ORGANIZATION, WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR NOTIFYING.
KEEPING THEM OUT OF THE LOOP, IN THEIR PREFERRED LANGUAGE, ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE DISCUSSING SOMETHING, AS IMPACTFUL AS STUDENT CONDUCT.
AND THEN WE MOVE ON TO SECTION 9, WHICH IS OUR PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS. YOU SEE SOME FAMILIAR LANGUAGE THERE, THAT'S FROM THE ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS POLICY, WE DISCUSSED LAST WEEK.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE DISCUSSED OUR APPROACH, WITHIN ACPS, AND WHAT PRACTICES WE HAVE IN PLACE, LEVELS OF INTERVENTIONS AN SUPPORT, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE POLICY, YOU KNOW, IT'S THEN APPROPRIATE TO LIST THE STATUTORY PROHIBITED CONDUCT.
BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SORT OF TAKE OUR STAND TO WHAT OUR VISION FOR OUR CONDUCT, BEFORE WE HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF PARTICULAR ACTIONS THAT ARE PROHIBITED WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
SO THAT IS STUDENT CONDUCT POLICY.
THE AFFILIATED REGULATION, YOU WILL NOTICE, THIS IS JCFR.
AND I'M VERY OPEN TO BOARD FEEDBACK.
THIS IS JUST A PROPOSAL, I'M PROPOSING, WE DELETE THE REGULATION YOU'LL SEE IT'S ALL STRICKEN THROUGH.
IN LOOKING AT THE POLICY, REALIZE THAT, THIS REGULATION, STANDARDS OF STUDENT CONDUCT, IS ESSENTIALLY A CUT AND PACE JOB FROM AN OLD STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT.
IF YOU LOOK THERE THROUGH IT, YOU COULD SEE, IT'S EXTREMELY WELL DONE.
IT TALKS ALL THROUGH THE SB APPROACH.
IT TALKS THROUGH INTERVENTIONS AND CONSEQUENCE LEVELS, BEHAVIORAL TIERS OF SUPPORTS.
IT WILL GIVE YOU MUCH MORE INFORMATION THAN A REGULATION WILL.
SO THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT IS FOR THE STUDENT, THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PROMGATE, STUDENT CONDUCT.
THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THAT BE A REGULATION.
I WOULD ARGUE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
IT'S DONE VERY THOROUGHLY AND DONE VERY WELL.
I RECOMMEND THE REGULATION BE DELETED.
SO I HAVE, IN THE REVISIONS FOR THE POLICY ITSELF, I'VE TRIED TO POINT THE READER OF THE POLICY, TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND DELETE REFERENCES TO THE
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REGULATION.AND THE FINAL POLICY IS JDGJDE.
AGAIN, WE START WITH OUR APPROACH.
HOW DOES ACPS FEEL ABOUT THE USE OF EXCLUSIONARY STUDENT DISCIPLINE.
WE WANT TO REALLY COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY, THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING, DISPROPORTIONALITY AND OUR RATES.
AND EXCLUSIVELY PRACTICE AS THE RESEARCH INDICATES, THEY DO NOT PRODUCE BETTER LEARNING ENVIRON AMS. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY DETER BEHAVIOR.
THERE'S ACTUALLY LOT OF -- SO WE ARE REALLY EXPLAINING THE BASIS WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM AND OUR APPROACHES ON THIS.
WE HAVE ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES.
WE'VE DISCUSSED OUR SYSTEM, OF RESPONSES AND INTERVENTIONS.
AND AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGE 2, YOU'LL SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE, ACPS, IS GOING TO USE SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION I A DISCIPLINARY RESPONSE, ONLY AFTER PBIS AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENTED.
DOCUMENTED RESPONSES HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED OR WHERE IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW OR WHEN THE SEVERITY OF THE INFRACTION WARRANTS TO PRESERVE THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS AND STAFF.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, TO STATE THAT IN THE POLICY.
AND OUR POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AND INTERVENTION SUPPORT WILL COME FIRST, UNLESS IT'S REQUIRED BY LAW OR THE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE SO SEVERE.
WE ARE THEN TRYING TO REFLECT, IN THE POLICY AUDIT.
THAT IS, SOME OF THE PARTICULARLY, THESE DENSE POLICIES THAT CARRY A LOT OF WEIGHT, AND THEY ARE NOT OPEN TO INTERPRETATION BY DIFFERENT READERS OF THE POLICY, DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS, STUDENTS.
THAT'S AN ISSUE WE HAD BEFORE.
YOU'LL SEE QUITE AN EXTENSIVE DEFINITION OPTION.
THEN WE APPROACH SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION IN GENERAL.
THEN WE APPROACH EACH DIFFERENT TYPE OF SUSPENSION SPECIFICALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WE WILL PUT, ACPS WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT.
WHAT IT MAY OR MAY NOT, AND U OF COURSE, THE GOE IS FOR THE STUDENT'S EDUCATION.
THEY HAVE NOT COMPLETELY FALLEN BEHIND.
WE DISCUSSED OUR SHORT TERM SUSPENSION AND LONG-TERM SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION GENERALLY.
AND THEN WE ADDRESS ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WHEN THOSE COME INTO PLAY, SECTION 10 TRIED TO REALLY AND WHO THE INFORMATION IS REPORTED BY AND WHO IS REPORTED TO, BECAUSE THAT WAS A BIT UNCLEAR BEFORE.
THEN WE ADDRESSED READMISSION, WHAT IS OUR PROCESS.
AND OTHER THING IS MAKING, DISCIPLINING THOSE WITH DISABILITIES MORROW BUST.
AT THE END OF THE POLICIES, SEE THE FAMILIAR LANGUAGE, WE ADDED MORE ABOUT COMMUNICATING CLEARLY WITH FRIENDS AND GUARDIANS I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE IN PARTICULAR WITH THE POLICY, THE DATA COLLECTION IMPROVING PIECE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CRITICAL AND SOMETHING WE DISCUSS MANY TIMES.
THIS TRYING TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THESE POLICIES, ON THE BACK END, COLLECTING THE DATA, SO WE CAN SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS.
IN THE SECTION, IT SAYS, THE DATA COLLECTION, REPORTING THE REPORT, WILL INCLUDE
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DISAGGREGATED, STUDENT DATA, AS WELL AS RESPONDING, AN CONSEQUENCES ISSUED IN ACCORDANCE TO THE STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT AND ANY ENFORCEMENT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.IN ADDITION, TO MAKE IT EFFECTIVE, FOR STUDENT DISCIPLINE, THAT MONITORS MORE THAN JUST OUTCOMES, FOR GROUPS OF STUDENTS.
THE REPORT WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE OPPORTUNITIES, MEANING THE SUPPORTS AND INTERVENTIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED, TO SUSPENDED AND EXPEL STUDENTS, SO WE MAY COMPREHENSIVELY ASSESS THE STUDENT AS BEHAVIOR.
AND THE STUDENT SECTION IS ALSO IMPORTANT, IF DISPARITIES ARISE THROUGH THE PROCESS OF STUDENT COLLECTION AND REPORTING, WE WILL ACTUALLY USE THE DATA AS A SCHOOL BOARD WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH STATE FEEDBACK TO THEN INFORM FUTURE REVISIONS OF THE POLICY OR IMPLEMENTATION PROCEDURES.
IT'S CLOSING THE LOOP, NOT ONLY COLLECTING THE DATA, BUT ALSO PUTTING IT IN WRITING, WE WILL PUT IN DATA, WE CAN MAKE POLICY CHANGES AND PROCEDURAL CHANGES IN THE LEVEL, TRY TO IMPACT CHANGE.
FINAL DOCUMENT TO REVIEW, REAL QUICKLY, AFFILIATION AND THE MAIN POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IN THAT, IN GOING THROUGH THE POLICY AND GOING THROUGH EXTENSIVE REVIEW, I REALIZE THERE WAS SO MUCH CONCEPT AND IT WAS QUITE CONFUSING, AS SOMEONE WHO READS IT ALL THE THE TIME.
IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE CONFUSING, THE POLICY AND REGULATIONS, CROSSED BACK AND FOR THE, POINTING TO EACH DOCUMENT, WITH THE SAME INFORMATION.
THIS IS JUST THE GENERAL CLEANUP, YOU SEE IN THE REGULATION AND THE IDEA WAS TO REALLY HAVE THE CONTENT OF THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION IN OUR POLICY AND THE REGULATION IS JUST REALLY THE APPEALS PROCESS IN THE PROCEDURES.
THAT'S REALLY ALL THAT'S CONTAINED IN THE REGULATION NOW.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO SERVED ON THE POLICY COMMITTEE WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING ABOUT THE REVISIONS OR -- I KNOW, THEY HAD A LOT OF FEEDBACK ALONG THE WAY.
ESPECIALLY IF I MISSED ANY REQUESTED PROVISIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE REVISIONS AND ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE IN THE PROCESS.
IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE TO GO THROUGH THE POLICIES LINE BY LINE AND TO MAKE ALL THE COMPREHENSIVE CHANGES, QUICKLY BOTH THE STATUTORY AND THE ONES BY THE COMMITTEE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS, OTHER THAN YOU'VE DONE GREAT WORK AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SERVICE YOU GAVE TO NOT ONLY SORT OF HELP LAY THE GROUND WORK FOR THE EFFORT AND TO LAUNCH IT AND LEAVE LEGACY FOR TH DIVISION, AS THIS PROCESS CONTINUES THROUGH THE NEXT BOARD.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND YOUR HARD WORK BECAUSE IT'S BEEN EXCELLENT.
I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MS. BARTON?
>> SIMILARLY, NO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
BUT I THINK THIS IS JUST SUCH IMPORTANT WORK THAT YOU'VE LED.
AND I JUST KEEP LOOKING BACK AT THE STUDENT POLICY, AND THE PUNITIVE COMMENTS ARE PAGE 8-11.
WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE DISCIPLINE.
I THINK ANYONE WHO COMING AWAY READING THE DISCIPLINE POLICIES.
THIS IS JUST VERY, VERY CRITICAL WORK.
I'M EXCITED TO HEAR FORTHCOMING COMMUNICATION PLANS, TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGES TOOK PLACE.
I WOULD LIKE THE AFC EXPRESS THE ARTICLE.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS RELEVANT TO THE ISSUES.
SRO'S BEING ONE AND HOW OTHER PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT CONNECTS TO THE ISSUE.
I THINK THOSE CHANGES WILL DEFINE SO MANY THINGS ABOUT THE DIVISION MOVING FORWARD.
I'M EXCITED TO KIND OF SEE THE SWITCH OF THE DISCIPLINE MIND-SET.
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MS. GREENE.>> I WANT TO ECHO WHAT MS. THORNTON AND MS. GREENE SAID.
EVERYBODY THAT JUST PARTICIPATED, JUST GREAT WORK.
IT WAS A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS.
I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT WE SEE MOVING FORWARD, AND THE NEW SET, AS WE INDUCT A NEW BOARD.
I THINK IT WAS GOOD TO THE BOARD AND I THINK WE'RE STARTING.
HOPEFULLY, WE WILL KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITH PROGRESS.
AND I THINK I WOULD ADD SOMETHING THAT WAS STATED LAST TIME.
I BELIEVE IT WAS BY MS. THORNTON WHO SAID, THIS IS THE WORK WE NEED TO ELEVATE.
THIS IS THE -- THIS NEEDS TO BE THE FOCUS AND AS MUCH AS WE CAN, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO REMEMBER TO AVOID DISTRACTIONS SO THAT WE CAN STAY FOCUSED -- THIS IS WHAT WE'RE AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE CHANGES, JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE PRIZE.
THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO STICK, YOU KNOW, 10-15 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN WE'RE GONE.
OUR JOB IS TO LOOK AT THE LONG-TERM.
SO, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
SO WITH THAT SAID, IT IS 8:30 P.M.
SO COULD I HAVE A MOTION -- OH, YES >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN.
>> I HAVE MS. LORBER WHO SECONDED MS. ANDERSON'S MOTION.
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