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          KELLY BOO'S HERE. 
          [1.	Meeting Called to Order by the Chair]
ABDEL-RAHMAN ELNOUBI HERE. 
          JACINTA GREENE, YEAH. 
          CHRISTOPHER HARRIS HERE. 
          TAMMY IGNACIO HERE. 
          MICHELLE RIEF YEAH. 
          AND ASHLEY SIMPSON, THEY'RE HERE. 
          THANK YOU, AND I'M GOING TO REMEMBER I HAVE TO REMEMBER TO SAY, DR. 
          ASHLEY SIMPSON THERE, SO IT'S LIKE I SAY, DR. 
          RIEF, DR. BAIRD AND DR. 
          HUTCHINGS I'VE D, GET THAT IN THERE. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THAT. 
          [4.	Observe a Moment of Silence]
LET'S GO AHEAD AND OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 
          OK, SO WE DO NEED TO MOVE ON TO ADOPTING OUR AGENDA FOR THIS MEETING AND BECAUSE WE ARE 
          [5.	Adopt the Agenda for the January 6, 2022 School Board Meeting]
ALSO AMENDING THE AGENDA. 
          WE WILL NEED A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA AS WELL. 
          SO I WILL FIRST, HOWEVER, NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR JANUARY SIX. 
          2022. 
          MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE MOTION, ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR TWENTY TWENTY TWO. 
          SECOND. OK, I HAVE TO SUCK IN MR BAILEY'S MOTION. 
          DO WHAT? I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE. 
          WE HAVE TO ADD THE ITEM COVID 19 UPDATE TO OLD BUSINESS. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVED TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD THE COVID 19 UPDATE TO OLD BUSINESS. 
          SIGNIFICANT MS. GREENE, WHOSE SECONDS MRS IS A MOTION, SO WE FIRST HAVE TO VOTE TO ADOPT THE. 
          AMENDMENT AND THEN WE WILL NEED TO. 
          ADOPT THE AMENDED AMENDMENT AS. 
          THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. 
          SORRY. SO. 
          I HAVE. 
          A, I HAD A SECOND FROM MS. BOOZE. I'M SORRY, I LOST THAT. 
          SO I HAD A SECOND FOR MS., GREENE FOR MS., BOOZE MOTION FOR THE AMENDMENT. 
          SO I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE FOR THAT. 
          MEAGAN ALDERTON IS A YES. 
          WILLIE BAILEY. YES. 
          KELLY BOOS. 
          YES. ADEL AL NEWBY YES. 
          JACINTA GREENE. 
          YES. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS. 
          YES. IGNACIO YES. 
          DR. RIEF. 
          DR RIEF, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU. 
          YES, OK. AND DR. 
          BAIRD, YES. 
          OK, AND NOW THE VOTE FOR THAT WAS NINE ZERO FOR THE CLERKS. 
          THE VOTE WAS NINE ZERO. 
          ALL RIGHT. AND SO NOW I NEED TO CALL FOR THE VOTE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. 
          MEAGAN ALDERTON IS A YES. 
          WILLIE BAILEY. YES. 
          KELLY, BOOZE. 
          YES. ADELE, ROMANO, NEWBY, YES. 
          JACINTA GREENE, YES. 
          CHRISTOPHER HARRIS, YES. 
          TAMMY IGNACIO YES. 
          DR. RIEF, YES. 
          AND DR. BAIRD. 
          YES. OK. 
          SO THE VOTE WAS NINE ZERO AND THE THE AGENDA IS OFFICIALLY ADOPTED. 
          [6.	Public Comments]
ALL RIGHT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. 
          SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE DOING PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING, THE CLERK WILL TIME YOU DURING 
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PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. 
          EVERYONE TODAY IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY. 
          SO IF YOU COULD USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION AND ZOOM, THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO IDENTIFY YOU QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN UNMUTE YOU AND OUR SPEAKER FOR SPEAKER THIS EVENING AS MR. KYLE MARTIN, WHO IS AN ACPS PARENT. 
          GOOD EVENING. HOW CAN YOU? HOW CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS TWO TOPICS. 
          THE FIRST IS I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY WITH REMOVING WITH REMOVING CLASS. LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO SIDESTEP THE STATE MANDATE ON HAVE AN IN-PERSON EDUCATION AS AS THEY MANDATED LAST YEAR. 
          BUT MOREOVER, I WANT YOU TO WANT TO HAVE IN-PERSON CLASS BECAUSE LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE STATISTICS, AS REPORTED BY THE ECONOMISTS AND WTOP. 
          LAST YEAR, WE SAW THE LARGEST DECREASE IN VIRGINIA STATE STANDARDIZED TESTING. 
          THERE'S A STRONG CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WAS TRANSITIONED TO VIRTUAL AND HYBRID AND THE DECLINE IN THOSE SCORES. 
          AND THIS DISTRICT WAS ONE OF THE MOST CLOSED, TOOK THE LONGEST TO REOPEN, AND AS SUCH, WE SAW SOME OF THE GREATEST DECLINES. 
          AND SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT EQUALITY FOR ALL. 
          THAT'S THE MOTTO OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE'VE DONE A LOT TO DO THAT WITHIN OUR OWN WALLS. BUT LET'S LOOK AT A DIFFERENT MEASURE OF EQUALITY, AND THAT'S THE EQUALITY BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THE EDUCATION THAT'S AVAILABLE AT LOCAL PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS. 
          SO LOCAL PAROCHIAL SCHOOL DOWN THE ROAD FOR ME WAS OPEN THROUGH MOST OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          THOSE KIDS WHO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO GO TO THAT SCHOOL ENJOYED HIGH QUALITY IN-PERSON EDUCATION. THEIR SCORES DIDN'T DECLINE AS MUCH. 
          OUR ACPS STUDENTS WHO REMAINED IN PUBLIC SCHOOL HAD MORE AND MORE IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL LEARNING AND EXACERBATED THAT GAP BETWEEN THE PARENTS WHO COULD AFFORD TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS AND THE KIDS WHO COULDN'T AND WERE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          AND SO AS WE TRY TO TO ADDRESS EQUALITY AND CLOSE THE GAP IN FINANCIAL ABILITY, WE NEED TO DO THAT WITH WHAT WE CAN CONTROL HERE AT ACPS. 
          AND THAT IS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO TO FIND WAYS TO YES, TO IN-PERSON SCHOOL. 
          NOW I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CRITIQUES THAT THOSE DROPS IN THOSE DROPS IN SCORES WERE DUE TO COVID, CERTAINLY, BUT THERE'S A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME VIRTUAL AND THE GRAVITY OF THE DROP. 
          ALSO, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TALK ABOUT. 
          IT WAS REQUIRED FOR TEACHER RETENTION AND WE ALL WANT TO RETAIN HIGH QUALITY TEACHERS. 
          BUT BY THE BOARD'S OWN REPORT APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AGO, TEACHER RETENTION WAS ABOVE AVERAGE LAST YEAR. 
          SO WE'RE CASHING IN A LOT OF CHIPS TO KEEP THESE TO KEEP OUR KIDS OUT OF CLASS, AND IT'S NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THEM. 
          IT'S INCREASING THE GAP BETWEEN FAMILIES THAT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES THAT DON'T. 
          I HOPE THE BOARD CONSIDERS THAT AS IT ELECTS TO KEEP SCHOOLS OPEN, APPRECIATE THE TIME. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN. ALL RIGHT, SO JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WEBSITE. 
          THE THE DEADLINE FOR SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOON THE DAY PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT EVER, YOU CAN ALWAYS BE IN TOUCH WITH OUR CLERKS WHO WILL HAPPILY ASSIST YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON WITH MORE COMMUNICATIONS AND ADDRESSES TO THE BOARD, WE 
          [7.	Report from Student Representatives Emily Milton and Sylvia Rahim]
HAVE OUR STUDENT REPS, BOTH OF WHOM IT APPEARS, ARE HERE WITH US TODAY. 
          SO EXCITED TO SEE THESE LADIES BACK AFTER THE WINTER BREAK. 
          AND I THINK WHO IS UP IS MS. MILLION UP FIRST. 
          YES, I'LL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF BOTH OF US AS SYLVIA JUST GOT IN FROM HER TRIP RECENTLY. OK, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. 
          MY NAME IS EMILY MILTON, AND ON BEHALF OF ME AND MY FELLOW STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SYLVIA IBRAHIM, WE OFFICIALLY WELCOME OUR NEW BOARD AND WE'RE EXCITED TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU. 
          FIRST, WE WANT TO ADDRESS THE ALARMING RISE IN COVID CASES THIS WINTER SEASON AND THAT WE WANT IT TO BE A PRIORITY IN BOARD MEMBERS MINDS WHEN MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, AS IT IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN AMONG MANY STUDENTS FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING. 
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HOPEFULLY, WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THE CITY ON GETTING MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED AND WE WANT TO STRESS HOW IMPORTANT PROPERLY SECURE MASKS ARE TO DECREASING THE TRANSMISSION RATE, ESPECIALLY FOR IN-PERSON ACTIVITIES. 
          WE ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS THAT DUE TO THE INCLEMENT WEATHER. 
          MANY STUDENTS FEEL THAT HAVING VIRTUAL SCHOOL INSTEAD OF PLAYING SNOW DAYS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE BUILT IN SNOW DAYS. 
          WE DO, HOWEVER, APPRECIATE HOW WELL TEACHERS HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING, AND WE APPRECIATE THE TEACHER WORK DAY TO DAY INSTEAD OF VIRTUAL CLASSES ASYNCHRONOUS CLASSES. 
          IT IS ALSO BEEN A NICE MENTAL HEALTH BREAK FOR STUDENTS TO ALSO GET CAUGHT UP ON WORK IF THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO. I ALSO WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY TO READ MS. VS. TWITTER THREAD ON EXACTLY WHAT GOES INTO DECIDING HOW TO CLOSE SCHOOLS AS EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE. 
          READ THANK YOU! MR., I THANK YOU, MS. MILTON. SO MOVING ON FROM THAT, IT IS TIME TO ADOPT OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          [Consent Calendar]
THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, AND SO I WILL NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND. 
          ALL RIGHT, I HAVE MR. HARRIS FEW SECONDS, DR. 
          RIEF A MOTION ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL? OK, WITH THAT SAID, I WILL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          MEAGAN ALDERTON IS A YES. 
          WILLIE BAILEY. YES. 
          KELLY, BOOZE, YES. 
          ADELE, RAIMONDO, NEWBY, YES. 
          JACINTA GREENE, YES. 
          CHRISTOPHER HARRIS, YES. 
          IGNACIO YES. 
          DR. RIEF, YES. 
          AND DR. BAIRD. 
          YES. OK. 
          SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS ADOPTED WITH A VOTE OF NINE ZERO. 
          [12.	COVID-19 Update]
OK, MOVING RIGHT ALONG. 
          WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OLD BUSINESS THIS EVENING, AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE ITEM THAT WAS ADDED, WHICH IS OUR COVID 19 UPDATE FROM DR. 
          HUTCHINGS AND HIS TEAM. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO DR. 
          HUTCHINGS. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS AND WELCOME BACK TO OUR PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS NOW CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS AGAIN. 
          SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, WOW, WHAT A WEEK WE WERE NOT PLANNING ANY OF THIS AND WE'RE NOT EVEN INTO KOGUT THIS WEEK WAS NOT ABOUT COVID. 
          AND I WANT TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR. 
          THIS WEEK WAS ABOUT SNOW. 
          IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH COVID THIS WEEK. 
          BUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS JUST THE IMPACT. 
          AS MS. MILTON MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT OMICRON IS HAVING ON A LOT OF FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND JUST PEOPLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE WORLD. 
          I'M SURE EVERYBODY AT THIS POINT KNOWS AT LEAST ONE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN TESTED POSITIVE. 
          NOW I HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY WHO HAVE IN MY EXTENDED FAMILY THAT MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND IT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HOME. 
          SO IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING VACCINATED. 
          AND I DO THINK THAT IT'S SOME THINGS BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PRESENTATION, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN PREPARING FOR MOMENTS LIKE THIS. 
          I MEAN, OUR PHYSICIANS AND CDC AND AS WELL AS THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TELLING US OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS BECAUSE WE INTERACT WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SPIKE DURING THANKSGIVING AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER SPIKE DURING THE WINTER BREAK THAT WE NEEDED TO ANTICIPATE. 
          THAT WAS WHY WE PUT IN PLACE ALL OF OUR TESTING CENTERS AND ALL OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          THIS HAPPENED PRIOR TO OMICRON VARIANT COMING AROUND. 
          WHILE WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MASKS BEING REQUIRED IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AS WELL AS IN OUR OFFICE BUILDINGS, WHILE WE CONTINUE TO PUT FORTH A LOT OF THOSE HEALTH AND SAFETY MITIGATIONS, FROM HAND-WASHING STATIONS TO OUR DAILY SCREENINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE REQUIRED TO DO, AND THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF BEFORE ENTERING OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED. 
          WE HAVE SEVERAL VACCINATION PODS ALL OVER THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA AND WE HAVE A VERY HIGH VACCINATION RATE. I MEAN, WE HAVE OVER NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF OUR STAFF ARE VACCINATED WITH THE DOSE ONE AND TWO. 
          NOW WE'RE BEGINNING TO PROMOTE THE BOOSTER BECAUSE AS YOU ALL HAVE HEARD OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE BOOSTER WHEN YOU ARE ELIGIBLE, THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR YOU AGAINST THE OMICRON VARIANT. 
          SO WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO ENCOURAGE THAT. 
          WE HAVE VERY HIGH RATES OF THE SECONDARY LEVEL AS WELL, AND WE'RE STILL WORKING ON GETTING OUR ELEMENTARY LEVELS UP. 
          WE'RE A LITTLE OVER 40 PERCENT RIGHT NOW IN REGARDS TO OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS THAT WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP WORKING TOWARDS. 
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BUT I HAVE HEARD FROM SEVERAL OF OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOW GOING TO GET THEIR VACCINATION, AND MANY PEOPLE COULDN'T GO THIS WEEK WITH SOME EVEN WENT OUT TO GET THEIR BOOSTERS DURING THE SNOW THIS WEEK BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH THIS. 
          I ALSO JUST WANT TO STRESS THAT YOU KNOW THIS, THIS VARIANT THAT WE WERE NOT PLANNING FOR FIVE MONTHS AGO, RIGHT? IT IS HERE AND WHAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO. 
          WHAT WE WILL DO IS PIVOT. 
          AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING TODAY IS JUST WHAT ARE THE PRECAUTIONS OR WHAT ARE THE ACTUAL PROTOCOLS THAT WE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE WHEN WE HAVE SITUATIONS LIKE THIS NOW, THE BOARD HAS ALREADY HEARD WHAT WE DO IF WE NEED TO CLOSE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DIVISION RIGHT. 
          WE'VE HAD THOSE WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT BEFORE, SO WE ALREADY KNOW HOW TO DO THAT. 
          WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS WHEN WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT DUE TO BEING POSITIVE OR SICK, AND WHEN THOSE NUMBERS EXCEED A CERTAIN NUMBER IN A SCHOOL BUILDING, IT DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR OPERATIONS AND THERE MAY BE CASES IN THE FUTURE WHERE WE HAVE TO TRANSITION INTO A VIRTUAL LEARNING SETTING DUE TO THAT, AND WE WANT TO JUST PREPARE FOR THAT. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE REALLY WANT OUR STUDENTS IN OUR BUILDINGS EVERY DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          IT IS THE BEST WAY OF LEARNING. 
          I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT. 
          I KNOW OUR STAFF THAT THEY ADVOCATE FOR STUDENTS BEING IN SCHOOL AS WELL, AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING. 
          THE NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS AND PIVOTS AND AN ADAPTATION WHEN WE ARE IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT POSITIVES WITHIN WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS, AND I KNOW OUR TEAM IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE SOME SPECIFICS WITH YOU ALL TODAY. 
          AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE BOARD, WILL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHAT WE WILL NEED TO DO MOVING FORWARD NOW THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS HUGE SPIKE AND SURGE OF COVID 19. 
          SO I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR. 
          CRAWFORD, WHO WILL BEGIN OUR PRESENTATION. 
          WE DO HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS HERE TODAY BECAUSE NOT ONLY ARE WE GOING TO DO OUR GENERAL UPDATE IN REGARDS TO OUR NUMBERS IN THE CITY AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, OUR INSIDE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO OUR COVID COHORT MITIGATIONS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE PROTOCOLS AND HOW WE WILL HANDLE SITUATIONS WHEN WE DO TRANSITION INTO A VIRTUAL SETTING DUE TO OUR COVID. 
          SO DR. CRAWFORD. 
          THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS. 
          CHAIR ALDERTON, VICE CHAIR, GREENE AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR TEAM TO COME BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT THE COVID 19 UPDATES AND INFORMATION ON THE TRANSITION PROTOCOL. 
          THIS EVENING, HOUR PRESENTATION BY SOME CENTRAL OFFICE AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WILL HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS SO WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WE WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE STATUS OF COVID 19 IS IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA AND OUR SCHOOLS. WE WILL TALK ABOUT HOW PROTOCOLS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IF WE NEED TO TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL LEARNING, AS DR. 
          HUTCHINGS JUST MENTIONED. 
          WE WILL REVIEW THE INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT BOTH SYNCHRONOUS AND ASYNCHRONOUS. 
          AND LASTLY, WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILIES AND STAFF. 
          NEXT, THANK YOU. 
          SO AS YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE, THIS IS A SLIDE THAT WE ALWAYS START OFF WITH. 
          WE WANT TO GROUND OUR DISCUSSION AND WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF COMMUNITY TRANSMISSION IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA RIGHT NOW? SO THE DATA THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS FROM YESTERDAY AND FOR JUST BENCHMARKING PURPOSES. 
          THE LAST TIME THAT WE SPOKE TO THE BOARD AND BELIEVE WAS DECEMBER 16, RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK. AND THE NUMBER OF CASES PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS WAS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE. 
          AND SO YOU CAN SEE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED THE SPIKE THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING, OBVIOUSLY THIS EVENING, WITH THAT NUMBER BEING ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE. WE ARE AT EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER THAN WE WERE PRIOR TO OUR WINTER BREAK AND GOING BACK EVEN FURTHER TO BEFORE OUR THANKSGIVING BREAK. 
          I BELIEVE WE WERE ABOUT SIXTY THREE, THE NUMBER SIXTY THREE. 
          SO WHEN WE WENT OUT ON WINTER BREAK, WE THOUGHT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE WAS VERY HIGH. WE KNEW WE'D SEE A SPIKE AND THAT IS IN FACT WHAT WE'RE SEEING. 
          SO WE ARE. 
          THE GRAPH TELLS THE STORY THERE OF HOW WE ARE SOLIDLY IN THE HIGH TRANSMISSION RANGE RIGHT NOW. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. 
          DAVID ROSE, WHO'S THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS MENTIONED A NUMBER OF THESE, BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING SINCE COVID 19 STARTED, AND WE HAD AN ALL PERSON RETURN FIVE DAYS A WEEK FOR OUR 
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STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS, THE UNIVERSAL MASKING OF COURSES CRITICAL IN ALL OF OUR ACPS BUILDINGS AND ARE ON OUR VEHICLES. 
          VERY HAPPY TO SAY AND THANK YOU TO DR. 
          HART AND HER TEAM THAT WE HAVE ORDERED AND NINETY FIVE MASKS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS. SO WHILE WE ALWAYS DO PROVIDE MASKS, THIS IS AN UPGRADE IN THE TYPE OF MASK THAT WE ARE PROVIDING. ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE GIVING MASKS TO SCHOOLS AS DR. 
          HART MAY TOUCH ON IN CASE ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN DOUBLE MASKING. 
          WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, WITH CURATIVE FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS NOW TO PROVIDE WEEKLY SCREENING OR SURVEILLANCE TESTING OF ASYMPTOMATIC INDIVIDUALS AT SCHOOLS. 
          THAT IS OPTIONAL, HOWEVER. 
          WE ARE REALLY ASKING OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS TESTING THAT HAPPENS RIGHT AT YOUR SCHOOL, EXCUSE ME, SCHOOL LOCATION. 
          ADDITIONALLY, YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT WE DO DAILY TESTING FOR ANY ATHLETE WHO RECEIVED A RELIGIOUS OR MEDICAL EXEMPTION. 
          SO WE DO WORK WITH OUR ATHLETES TO MAKE SURE THAT KNOWING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN CLOSER CONTACT, ANY UNVACCINATED ATHLETE IS TESTED DAILY AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY WILL BE REINSTITUTING MASK WEARING DURING PRACTICES AND COMPETITIONS, SO WE THANK OUR ATHLETES FOR THEIR FLEXIBILITY AND THEIR UNDERSTANDING ON MASK WEARING. 
          DR. HUTCHINGS ALREADY MENTIONED OUR HIGH VACCINATION RATE. 
          I WILL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS THE WASHINGTON POST THAT NOTED THAT WE HAVE THE HIGHEST VACCINATION RATE OF STUDENTS IN THAT AGE RANGE IN THE SECONDARY RANGE IN THE STATE. 
          WE ARE ABOUT NINETY FIVE PERCENT, WHICH IS AMAZING. 
          WE, OF COURSE, PRIOR TO OUR REOPENING INSTALLED PURIFIERS, HAND-WASHING STATIONS AND JUST DID OVERALL VENTILATION MEASURES TO CHECK HOW THE AIRFLOW IS IN THE SCHOOLS AND THE VACCINE AVAILABILITY IS ALSO JUST OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS A REAL AREA OF PRIDE FOR US EVEN TODAY. 
          GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE WERE CLOSE TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, WE DID STILL HOLD OUR VACCINATION PODS AT WILLIAM RAMSEY AND ALSO AT CORA KELLY. 
          OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF AND OUR SECURITY STAFF AND OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WERE SO WONDERFUL IN KEEPING THOSE PODS GOING BECAUSE I KNOW CERTAINLY AT CORA KELLY, WE FILLED ALL OF THE SPOTS AND THEY WERE OPENING UP OTHER SPOTS FOR OUR FAMILIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH FOR FIRST TIME SHOTS AND BOOSTERS. 
          SO THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. OK, SO THIS IS THE MEAT OF OUR COVID 19 UPDATE, AND AS THE BOARD IS PROBABLY AWARE, THE CDC HAS BEEN VERY BUSY PROVIDING UPDATES FOR US. 
          THE FIRST UPDATE WAS RECENT UPDATE WAS DECEMBER TWENTY SEVENTH. 
          IT WAS OVER OUR BREAK AND HAD SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, SO WE DID PROVIDE COMMUNICATION TO FAMILIES AND STAFF ON DECEMBER 30TH. 
          SINCE THAT TIME, THEY HAVE ALSO HAD SEVERAL MORE UPDATES ON JANUARY 4TH AND THEN JANUARY 5TH. AND ACTUALLY, AFTER COMPLETING OUR PRESENTATION, WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE JANUARY SIX THIS EVENING AT ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK. 
          SO I DO WANT TO SORT OF GIVE A DISCLAIMER THAT WHILE IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT THERE ARE MAJOR CHANGES TO TODAY'S UPDATE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY EXPLICITLY STATING GUIDANCE TO K-12 SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO RECEIVE, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE ARE MAJOR CHANGES TO WHAT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT. 
          BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS WAS PREPARED AND READY TO GO PRIOR TO THE UPDATE THIS EVENING. SO THE BIG ONE OF THE BIG PIECES IS A CHANGE IN DATES WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID 19, THE TERM ISOLATION IS USED AS OPPOSED TO QUARANTINE, AND A MAJOR CHANGE WAS THAT THE ISOLATION PERIOD WAS SHORTENED REGARDLESS OF VACCINATION STATUS FROM 10 DAYS TO FIVE DAYS. 
          SO WITH A FIVE DAY ISOLATION PERIOD, YOU COULD COME OUT OF YOUR ISOLATION IN YOUR HOME OR YOUR APARTMENT, ET CETERA IF YOU WERE STILL ASYMPTOMATIC. 
          IF YOUR SYMPTOMS THAT YOU MAY HAVE HAD IN DAYS, ONE THROUGH FOUR WERE RESOLVING, OR IF, WELL, I SHOULD SAY, AND IF YOU WERE FEVER FREE, SO FEVER FREE FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS WITHOUT THE USE OF ANY MEDICATION. 
          THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ACPS POLICY FOR US, BUT THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE CDC UPDATE AS WELL. 
          AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU COULD WEAR A MASK. 
          YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO WEAR A WELL-FITTED MASK FOR THE REST OF THOSE DAYS. 
          DAY SIX THROUGH 10. 
          IF YOU'VE GOT TO DAY FIVE, THEN YOUR SYMPTOMS WERE RESOLVED. 
          YOU HAD NO FEVER AND YOU COULD WEAR YOUR MASK. 
          YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO NOW COME OUT OF YOUR ISOLATION AND RESUME WHATEVER ACTIVITIES AT 
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SCHOOL WORK, ET CETERA. 
          NOW, UPDATE FROM JANUARY 4TH FROM THE CDC RESPONDED TO MANY OF THE QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE HAD ABOUT IS A TEST REQUIRED TO LEAVE THAT ISOLATION PERIOD. 
          AND YOU'LL SEE ON THIS SLIDE. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A DIRECT QUOTE FROM THE CDC WEBSITE THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL HAS ACCESS TO THAT TEST AND INTEREST, THEN THE BEST APPROACH WOULD BE TO TEST WITH A RAPID ANTIGEN TEST AS OPPOSED TO A PCR. 
          TOWARD THE END OF THE FIVE DAY PERIOD, THEY'RE NOT SPECIFIC AT THAT JUST TOWARD THE END OF YOUR PERIOD. IF YOU DO TEST AND YOU TEST POSITIVE, THEN YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE 10 DAY ISOLATION PERIOD. 
          YOU WOULD NEED TO GO BACK INTO ISOLATION AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SORT OF OFF ON YOUR OWN AND SECLUDED BECAUSE YOU ARE STILL CONTAGIOUS. 
          IF YOU TEST NEGATIVE, THEN ON DAY SIX, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO, LIKE I SAID, RESUME YOUR WORK OR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES. 
          SO THIS IS ONE OF THE UPDATES FROM THE CDC THAT WE RECEIVED. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO QUARANTINE AND HERE'S OUR DISTINCTION BETWEEN ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE WHEN WE USE THE WORD QUARANTINE, WE'RE REFERRING TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS CLOSE CONTACTS OF SOMEONE WHO HAS TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19. 
          SO YOUR QUARANTINE PERIOD IS WHEN YOU HAVE NOT TESTED, BUT WE KNOW YOU WANT TO KIND OF STEP BACK AND BE SAFE IN CASE YOU ARE INFECTIOUS. 
          THE CDC DID NOT UPDATE THE CLOSE CONTACT DEFINITION AT ALL, SO THAT REMAINS THE SAME. 
          IF YOU WERE IDENTIFIED AS A CLOSE CONTACT, YOU SHOULD QUARANTINE IF YOU ARE IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES IF YOU ARE 18 OR OLDER AND YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR PRIMARY SERIES OF YOUR VACCINATION SHOTS, BUT YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN YOUR BOOSTER YET WHEN ELIGIBLE. 
          AND AN EXAMPLE HERE IS IF YOU RECEIVED YOUR SINGLE DOSE OF JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, WHICH WAS ONLY ONE SHOT AS OPPOSED TO MODERNA AND PFIZER BEING YOUR TWO SHOTS AND YOU HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE RECOMMENDED BOOSTER FOR JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, WHICH IS A TWO MONTH PERIOD. 
          WE KNOW MODERNA HAS A SIX MONTH PERIOD WHEN YOU'RE RECOMMENDED FOR A BOOSTER AND PFIZER NOW A FIVE MONTH PERIOD. 
          SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE YOUR FULL VACCINATION FROM YOUR FIRST TWO SHOTS BUT YOU HAVEN'T BEEN BOOSTED, THE CDC IS SAYING YOU SHOULD QUARANTINE NOW. 
          WHO ELSE SHOULD QUARANTINE? THIS PART IS UNCHANGED. 
          IF YOU ARE NOT VACCINATED, YOU SHOULD IN FACT, QUARANTINE OR IF YOU ARE PARTIALLY VACCINATED, YOU'VE ONLY HAD A PART ONE SHOT OF YOUR MODERNA OR PFIZER, THEN YOU SHOULD IN FACT, QUARANTINE AS WELL. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          WHO DOES NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE? THIS IS ALWAYS A BIG QUESTION FOR US, OF COURSE. 
          SO THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT THEY CLARIFY DO NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE IF YOU'RE 18 OR OLDER AND YOU HAVE RECEIVED ALL RECOMMENDED VACCINE DOSES, INCLUDING YOUR BOOSTERS. 
          SO IF IT WAS TIME FOR YOUR BOOSTER TO YOUR SIX MONTHS OUT, FIVE MONTHS OUT, DEPENDING ON YOUR THE TYPE OF SHOT THAT YOU HAD, IF YOU ARE BOOSTED UP, YOU DO NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE. 
          SECOND, BULLET IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR ELEMENTARY FAMILIES AND OUR YOUNGER SIXTH GRADERS BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST GOING THROUGH THE VACCINE PROCESS, GETTING VACCINATED. 
          SO IF THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SERIES OF PFIZER AND THEY'VE HAD THEIR TWO SHOTS AND THEY'RE TWO WEEKS OUT, THEN THEY DO NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE. 
          THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR A BOOSTER YET, SO THEY DO NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE. 
          AND THEN THIS WAS ACTUALLY LANGUAGE THAT HAD BEEN ON THE CDC WEBSITE WAS NOT IN THEIR DECEMBER TWENTY SEVENTH UPDATE, BUT IS BACK IN, I THINK, FOUR. 
          JUST TO CLARIFY, IF YOU HAVE HAD A CONFIRMED CASE OF COVID 19 IN THE LAST 90 DAYS, YOU TESTED POSITIVE. 
          YOU DO NOT NEED TO QUARANTINE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT IS QUARANTINE MEAN? AND MOST OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH US WITH THIS, BUT SOME OF IT HAS BEEN UPDATED. 
          SO AS WE SAID, IT'S THE WORDING IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN ISOLATE, BUT SOME OF THE ACTIONS ARE THE SAME AND THAT YOU WANT TO STAY HOME. 
          YOU SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. 
          AND HERE'S THE IMPORTANT CHANGE FOR QUARANTINE FOR AT LEAST FIVE DAYS. 
          RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, INCLUDING AN ACPS. 
          SO CDC IS NOW RECOMMENDING AT LEAST FIVE DAYS SINCE YOUR LAST CONTACT OR YOUR MOST RECENT CONTACT WITH THE PERSON WHO TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID 19. 
          NOW, DURING THAT TIME, YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO WEAR A MASK THAT'S WELL FITTED, INCLUDING IN YOUR HOME. IF THERE ARE OTHERS AROUND YOU IN YOUR HOME, YOU SHOULD BE WEARING YOUR MASK WHILE YOU'RE QUARANTINING. 
          WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT YOU TEST TOWARDS THE END OF THIS TIME TO SEE. 
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IN FACT, IF YOU ARE POSITIVE FOR 10 DAYS AFTER YOUR LAST CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO TESTED POSITIVE, WE ASK YOU AND THE CDC IS ASKING TO BE VIGILANT. 
          THIS IS NOT NEW REGARDLESS OF THE LENGTH OF QUARANTINE, BUT JUST TO MONITOR YOUR SYMPTOMS IF YOU HAVE NEW SYMPTOMS. IF YOU START TO DEVELOP SOMETHING IN ANY WAY, PLEASE GET TESTED AND SEEK MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND ASKING QUESTIONS AND GETTING TESTED. 
          NEXT SLIDE. OK, SO WHAT TO DO AGAIN FOR QUARANTINE IF YOU DO NOT DEVELOP SYMPTOMS SO YOU ARE ASYMPTOMATIC AGAIN ENCOURAGED TO GET TESTED AT LEAST FIVE DAYS AFTER THE LAST CONTACT THAT YOU HAD WITH THE INDIVIDUAL WHO TESTED POSITIVE? AND THEN THIS JUST SUMMARIZES SOME OF THE THINGS I'VE SAID. 
          IF YOU TEST NEGATIVE, YOU CAN IN FACT LEAVE YOUR QUARANTINE PERIOD, RETURN TO SCHOOL, GO TO WORK. IF YOU'RE ABLE TO WEAR THAT MASK, THAT WELL-FITTED MASK FROM YOUR DAY SIX THROUGH 10 IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO GET TESTED. 
          THE CDC LANGUAGE NOW DOES SAY THAT YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT SYMPTOMS. REMEMBER, THAT'S THAT'S THE BIG PIECE THAT WE NEED YOU TO BE ASYMPTOMATIC AND HAVE NO NO NEW SYMPTOMS THAT ARE COMING ON AND WEARING YOUR WELL-FITTED MASK. 
          THEY ADDED, I BELIEVE THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE HERE THAT IT'S A REMINDER TO WHEN YOU WERE QUARANTINE. EVEN IF YOU COME OUT ON DAY SIX BECAUSE YOU'RE ASYMPTOMATIC, YOU SHOULD REALLY BE CAUTIOUS TO AVOID ANY INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR FAMILY OR YOUR FRIEND GROUP WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED OR AT HIGHER RISK FOR SEVERE DISEASE. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU WOULD WANT TO BE NOT GOING TO SETTINGS SUCH AS A NURSING HOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE PEOPLE MAY BE MORE AT RISK. 
          NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. 
          OK, SO THIS WAS BREAKING NEWS LAST NIGHT, THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS AS OF LAST NIGHT AND GUIDANCE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING. 
          INDIVIDUALS 12 AND UP NOW SHOULD GET THE PFIZER BOOSTER FIVE MONTHS AFTER FINISHING THEIR SERIES OF THEIR FIRST TWO DOSES. 
          PREVIOUSLY, REMEMBER, THE BOOSTERS WERE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR 16 AND UP, AND THEY WERE SIX MONTHS. SO WE'VE SHORTENED THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND IT'S MORE AVAILABLE TO YOUNGER STUDENTS, WHICH IS EXCITING FOR US. 
          SO FOR THOSE RECEIVING MODERNA, THAT IS STILL SIX MONTHS, THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AS YOUR TWO MONTHS. 
          SO I ALSO LIKE ON THE LAST SLIDE WE TALKED ABOUT, WE KNOW WE HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOLS WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED OR HAVE SOME MEDICAL ISSUES THAT MAY MAKE THEM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO A SEVERE ILLNESS. 
          SO FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MODERATELY OR SEVERELY IMMUNOCOMPROMISED, THEY'RE NOW ELIGIBLE IN THIS AGE RANGE OF FIVE TO 11 TO RECEIVE A THIRD DOSE OF PFIZER TWENTY EIGHT DAYS AFTER THE SECOND DOSE. 
          SO THAT IS MUCH SOONER, AND THE AGE IS THE AGE RANGE IS MUCH LOWER. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST SOME OTHER SAFETY UPDATES BASED ON THE CDC UPDATES THAT WE GOT ON DECEMBER TWENTY SEVEN, THE FOURTH, FIFTH AND NOW SIXTH, WE ARE REVIEWING OUR DAILY SYMPTOM CHECKER TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR INFORMATION IS ALIGNED WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          WE'RE UPDATING OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY GUIDELINES. 
          OUR PREVIOUS COMMUNICATION JUST TO BE FULLY TRANSPARENT THAT WENT ON DECEMBER 30TH SAID THAT THOSE WOULD BE DONE THIS WEEK. 
          BUT WE'VE, OF COURSE, RECEIVED THREE NEW UPDATES THAT HAVE HAS CHANGED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD ALREADY SENT TO TRANSLATION. 
          SO WE'LL BE REVISING THOSE AND GETTING THEM POSTED ONLINE AND TO THE COMMUNITY AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. THAT INCLUDES THE TIMELINE WITH OUR CLOSE CONTACT, OUR CONTACT TRACING PROCESS. AND I MENTIONED THAT WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE PLACED AN ORDER FOR NINETY FIVES FOR OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS. 
          AND THAT MASKING, OF COURSE, WILL CONTINUE AT ALL TIMES DURING SCHOOL UNLESS YOU ARE EATING. THEN WE ASK YOU TO REMOVE YOUR MASK, EAT YOUR FOOD AND RETURN YOUR MASK TO YOUR FACE. NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND I CLOSED MOST BOARD PRESENTATIONS WITH SOMETHING ALONG THESE LINES OF JUST GENERAL SAFETY AND REMINDERS TO OUR STUDENTS, TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND OUR COMMUNITY TO PLEASE CONSIDER GETTING VACCINATED IF YOU ARE NOT. 
          WE DO HAVE A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WE HAVE GREAT VACCINE AVAILABILITY. 
          WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SAY THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED YOUR BOOSTER AND YOU'RE ELIGIBLE, PLEASE CONSIDER DOING THAT TO OUR FAMILIES. 
          AND I KNOW OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAFF MEMBERS HAVE THIS EMAIL BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BUSY, BUT 
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YOU CAN REPORT YOUR POSITIVE TEST RESULTS TO YOUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION. 
          YOU CAN ALSO REPORT IT TO THE REPORTING COVID EMAIL THAT WE HAVE AND BE ASSURED THAT THAT EMAIL GOES TO A VERY SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE NEED TO KNOW AND THEY SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR CONTACT TRACERS AND THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT IT DOES NOT GO OUT TO A VERY LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
          WE WORK TO PROTECT CONFIDENTIALITY ON REPORTING ANY CASES. 
          WE'VE SHARED THIS PREVIOUSLY WITH STAFF AND STUDENTS. 
          PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE A CARE PLAN IN PLACE IN CASE SOMETHING DID COME UP IN EITHER WE HAD TO SWITCH TO VIRTUAL LEARNING OR YOU NEEDED TO QUARANTINE THAT YOUR STUDENT HAS COVERAGE, IF YOU WILL, ON SHORT NOTICE AND ALONG THOSE LINES MAKING SURE THAT YOUR YOUR STUDENT IS BRINGING HOME THEIR DEVICE, THEIR CHARGER AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. 
          LAST THING IS, PLEASE STAY HOME WHEN FEELING UNWELL. 
          WE KNOW IF WE GO BACK TO MARCH 20 20, THE SYMPTOMS HAVE CHANGED GREATLY. 
          PRESENTATION IS CHANGING. 
          SO IF YOU ARE JUST FEELING NEW SYMPTOMS AND YOU'RE FEELING UNWELL, ATYPICAL FOR YOU, WE ARE ASKING STAFF AND FAMILIES TO STAY HOME AND ENCOURAGING YOU TO GET TESTED BECAUSE ITS COVID IS EVER CHANGING AND HOW IT IS PRESENTING. 
          NEXT SLIDE. AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR. 
          HART. THANK YOU. 
          YOU SO MUCH, DR. CRAWFORD, AND GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS, I AM DR. 
          ALICIA HART, THE ACTING CHIEF OF FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS FOR ACPS, AND TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE FEASIBILITY DECISION MAKING MATRIX WHEN IT COMES TO FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS SUPPORT OPERATIONS. 
          AS YOU MAY KNOW, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS HAS SIX DISTINCT SUPPORT OFFICES. 
          THE THREE OFFICES HIGHLIGHTED TONIGHT PROVIDE THE MOST DIRECT SUPPORT FOR THE DAILY INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THIS MATRIX WILL HELP ILLUSTRATE HOW STAFF ABSENCES WITHIN THESE PARTICULAR OFFICES IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO DELIVER VITAL SERVICES TO THE SCHOOLS. 
          YOU CAN NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES OF IMPACT WITHIN THE GREEN ZONE. 
          THAT IS NO TO MINIMAL IMPACT AND MODERATE IMPACT, AND WE TYPICALLY FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THE LIGHT GREENE AND THE REGULAR GREENE ZONES ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          YOU WILL ALSO SEE A YELLOW ZONE AND THAT NOTE SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT IN THE PERCENTAGE OF STAFF ABSENCES THAT CORRELATE WITH THAT CATEGORY. 
          AND YOU WILL ALSO SEE A RED COLUMN. 
          AND THAT IS WHERE IF WE HAD THAT LEVEL OF STAFF ABSENCES WITHIN THOSE OFFICES ON ANY GIVEN DAY, THERE WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO EXCUSE ME TO TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR THE DIVISION. I ALSO LIKE TO SHARE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF EACH OF THOSE PARTICULAR IMPACTS. AND I AM SORRY, MY SCREEN JUST FROZE. 
          OK. WHEN IT COMES TO THE NO OR MINIMAL IMPACT CATEGORY, WHAT WE ARE SAYING IS THAT FOR THAT DAY, THE STAFFING LEVELS ARE SUCH THAT OUR DIVISIONAL OPERATIONS CAN CONTINUE TO OPERATE WITH LITTLE TO NO DISRUPTION WHEN IT COMES TO MODERATE IMPACT. 
          OUR STAFFING LEVELS ARE SUCH THAT THERE WILL LIKELY BE DELAYS OR DISRUPTION IN SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THESE PARTICULAR OFFICES WHEN IT COMES TO SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT. 
          WE ARE SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT DELAYS OR DISRUPTIONS TO THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE. AND AGAIN, WHEN WE ARE ENTERING INTO THE RED ZONE, THERE WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION TO TRANSITION BECAUSE STAFFING LEVELS ARE SUCH IN THOSE PARTICULAR OFFICES WHERE WE COULD NOT SUCCESSFULLY SUPPORT THOSE OPERATIONS FOR THE DAY OR SUPPORT THEM WITHOUT THERE BEING EXTREME DELAYS OR DISRUPTIONS. 
          I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT OUR FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS TEAM MEMBERS ARE INNOVATIVE AND WORK VERY HARD TO MITIGATE STAFF ABSENCES WHERE THEY, WHEN MANAGEABLE. THIS INCLUDES, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR DRIVERS THAT MAY COMPLETE ADDITIONAL RUNS FOR A DAY. WE MAY HAVE TO SIMPLIFY OUR FOOD MENU TO MEAN WE LIMIT THE OPTIONS SO WE CAN GET THE FOOD OUT TO OUR STUDENTS AND ALSO ASKING STAFF TO SUPPORT AT OTHER LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE SHORT STAFFED THAT DAY. 
          IF WE DO EVER HAVE TO RECOMMEND A TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL LEARNING, IT IS BECAUSE ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE SUPPORT SERVICES NOTED SPECIFICALLY TRANSPORTATION OR SCHOOL NUTRITION SERVICES CANNOT SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDE THOSE VITAL SERVICES ON THAT DAY, EVEN AFTER ALL OF THE ATTEMPTS TO DO SO. 
          SO FROM HERE, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MRS FINNEY. 
          THANK YOU, DR. HART, AND GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS, SENIOR LEVEL LEADERSHIP AND THE ALEXANDRIA COMMUNITY. 
          MY NAME IS PERRETTE BINNIE AND I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF FRANCIS. 
          SEE HIM IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          I, ALONG WITH MY PRINCIPAL COLLEAGUES, WILL BE PRESENTING TO YOU THIS EVENING. 
          TOGETHER, WE WORK UNDER THE DIRECTION OF TWO EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS DR. 
          WENDY GONZALEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. 
          AND DR. TERRY MOZINGO, CHIEF OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP. 
          THIS EVENING, I WILL BE PRESENTING OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY MODELS, AS WELL AS 
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INTRODUCING OUR FEASIBILITY MATRIX THAT WILL BE USED TO DETERMINE IF A HOMEROOM CLASS, GRADE LEVEL DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOL TRANSITIONS TO VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION. 
          IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION IS OUR NORMAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL. 
          IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION IS PROVIDED WHEN A SCHOOL CAN OPERATE WITH MINIMAL STAFF ABSENCES, THOUGH IT MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO COVER THESE ABSENCES EVEN DURING IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT CAN BE PROVIDED BY A SCHOOL MONITOR, CLASSROOM OR STAFF REASSIGNMENT OR A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION CAN OCCUR AT THE CLASS GRADE OR SCHOOL LEVEL. ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION OCCURS WHEN THE SCHOOL DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH STAFF OR RESOURCES TO PROVIDE IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION TO A SPECIFIC GRADE CLASS DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOL DUE TO STAFF ABSENCES, AND WE WILL TEMPORARILY REQUIRE ASYNCHRONOUS OR SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION LATER. 
          IN THIS PRESENTATION, MY PRINCIPAL COLLEAGUES WILL SHARE WHAT ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION LOOKS LIKE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. 
          ADDITIONALLY, THIS TRANSITION CAN OCCUR WHEN INSUFFICIENT STAFFING AND OPERATIONS IMPACT SCHOOL OPERATIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE THIS DIAGRAM SHOWS OUR PROTOCOL FOR TRANSITIONING TO VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION VERY SIMILAR TO DR. 
          HART'S DIAGRAM. 
          SCHOOLS WILL FOLLOW A GREENE YELLOW AND RED PROTOCOL. 
          THE GREEN ZONE OCCURS WHEN SCHOOLS PROVIDE IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS. 
          THE YELLOW ZONE OCCURS WHEN SCHOOLS ARE CONSIDERING A TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION, AND THE RED ZONE OCCURS WHEN A SCHOOL IS TRANSITIONING TO VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION, AND I WILL NOW DESCRIBE THE CRITERIA FOR EACH ZONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE IN THE GREEN ZONE. 
          SCHOOLS ARE IN IN-PERSON LEARNING. 
          THERE ARE MINIMAL STAFF ABSENCES. 
          ADDITIONAL SUPPORT CAN COVER ANY STAFF ABSENCES WITH A SCHOOL MONITOR. 
          SUBSTITUTE TEACHER OR CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT. 
          OPERATIONS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL CAN PROVIDE A NORMAL LEVEL OF SERVICE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SCHOOLS WITH 10 PERCENT OF STAFF ABSENT ARE CONSIDERED IN THE YELLOW ZONE. 
          IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS 10 PERCENT ABSENCE INITIATES A DISCUSSION WITH SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND THE FEASIBILITY TEAM. 
          YELLOW ZONE SCHOOLS WILL HOLD DAILY DISCUSSIONS REGARDING STAFFING. 
          THESE DAILY DISCUSSIONS WILL DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF IN-PERSON LEARNING FOR ALL STUDENTS OR THE NEED TO TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL LEARNING. 
          THE FEASIBILITY TEAM CONSIST OF THE SUPERINTENDENT MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM AND THE SCHOOL AND OR DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATORS WHO WILL ANALYZE STAFFING AND OPERATIONAL ABILITIES DURING FEASIBILITY TEAM MEETINGS. 
          THE TEAM DISCUSSES CURRENT STAFF IN, EXCUSE ME, CURRENT STUDENT, STUDENT AND STAFF HEALTH METRICS, PROJECTED ABSENCES, STAFFING ASSIGNMENTS, STAFF COVERAGE OPTIONS AVAILABLE AND OTHER FACTORS AND OPTIONS SPECIFIC STAFFING CAPACITY. 
          CONSIDERED CONSIDERATIONS OCCUR BY LEVEL AT THE PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVELS, BUT DISCUSSIONS ARE BY HOMEROOM FOR PRE-K SCHOOLS. 
          THE DISCUSSIONS ARE BY GRADE LEVELS AND HOMEROOM FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 
          THE DISCUSSIONS ARE BY VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND GRADE LEVELS AND FOR ALL SCHOOLS, OPERATIONAL STAFF IMPACTING TRANSPORTATION, NUTRITION AND CUSTODIAL SERVICES. 
          AGAIN, FEASIBILITY DISCUSSIONS ARE HELD DAILY AND CHANGES ARE THEN COMMUNICATED TO STAFF AND FAMILIES. AND THEN FINALLY IN THE RED ZONE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          IN THE RED ZONE, AFTER A FULL ANALYSIS OF OUR OPTIONS WITHIN THE YELLOW ZONE ARE EXHAUSTED BY THE FEASIBILITY TEAMS, SOME CLASSROOMS, GRADE LEVELS, DEPARTMENTS FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL MAY BE TRANSITION TO THE RED ZONE. 
          STAFF AND FAMILIES WILL BE NOTIFIED IF A CLASS GRADE LEVEL DEPARTMENT FOR THE SCHOOL IS TRANSITION TO VIRTUAL LEARNING. 
          DAY ONE OF VIRTUAL LEARNING IS ASYNCHRONOUS FOR DATA AND BEYOND IF NECESSARY FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING BECAUSE THE FEASIBILITY TEAM IS MEETING DAILY AND ASSESSMENT OF STAFFING CAPACITY COULD DETERMINE IF INSTRUCTION CAN TRANSITION BACK TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, IF IT WOULD BE SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING, OR IF IT WOULD REMAIN ASYNCHRONOUS. 
          FAMILIES WOULD THEN RECEIVE UPDATES ON THE CONTINUED OR CHANGING STATUS OF THE CLASS, WRIGHT-NEVILLE LEVEL DEPARTMENT OR SCHOOL. 
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AND I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO MY PRINCIPAL COLLEAGUE, PRINCIPAL RAFALCA, WHO WILL SHARE ELEMENTARY INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL FEENEY, AND GOOD EVENING TO ALL. 
          AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, ASYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS STUDENTS WILL FOCUS ON CURRICULUM BASED APPS AND COMPUTER ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS, WHICH SUPPORT AND CHALLENGE THEM AT THEIR READINESS LEVELS. 
          THERE WILL BE NO DELIVERY OF NEW CONTENT LEARNING ON THESE DAYS. 
          STUDENTS WILL HAVE SOME FACE TO FACE TIME WITH TEACHERS THROUGH ZOOM OFFICE HOURS FOR 30 TO 60 MINUTES TO CHECK IN SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND TO FRAME LEARNING FOR STUDENTS AND ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS. 
          APPROXIMATE TIME EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS IN ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING IN GRADES PRE-K TO TWO IS UP TO TWO HOURS AND UP TO FOUR HOURS IN GRADES 3RD THROUGH 5TH. 
          SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION AND CORE CONTENT FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS IN PRE-K TO SECOND AND FOUR TO FIVE HOURS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIFTH, EIGHT A.M. TO 2:30 P.M.. 
          IS THE TIMELINE THAT THAT INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES WILL OCCUR? CONTENT WILL INCLUDE LITERACY, MATH, SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES ON COURT AND SEAL AS WELL. THE REMAINING TIME WILL BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRACTICE TIME TO WORK ON PROJECTS, ASSIGNMENTS, CHOICE ACTIVITIES AND CONTENT SPECIFIC APPS. 
          VIRTUAL OFFICE HOURS WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY TEACHERS AS NEEDED, AND STUDENTS WILL NEED TO BE PRESENT FOR CLASSROOM WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION THAT IS OFFERED BY SCHOOL STAFF. 
          AND WITH THAT, I HAND IT OVER TO DR. 
          PRINCIPAL IN LYNEHAM. 
          GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRINCIPAL WITH. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          THE K THROUGH EIGHT INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS ARE A COMBINATION OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EXPECTATIONS, WITH SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE SECONDARY EXPECTATIONS THAT ARE USED IN OUR TRADITIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          THE PRE-K THROUGH EIGHT ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE, THE STUDENTS WILL FOCUS ON TIME ON TASK WITH THE CURRICULUM BASED APPLICATIONS AND COMPUTER ADAPTIVE PROGRAMS. THERE WILL BE NO DELIVERY OF NEW CONTENT ON VIRTUAL ASYNCHRONOUS DAYS. 
          ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL DAY TEACHERS WILL HOST OFFICE HOURS RANGING FROM 30 TO 60 MINUTES AND APPROXIMATE TIME EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS IN ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING. 
          IN GRADES, PRE-KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND IS UP TO TWO HOURS AND FOR THIRD THROUGH FIFTH GRADE. THERE WILL BE UP TO FOUR HOURS OF TIME EXPECTATIONS IN ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT. 
          THE ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL REQUIRES THAT STUDENTS LOG IN TO CANVASS. IN ADDITION, STUDENTS IN GRADES SIX TO EIGHT HAVE TWENTY FOUR HOUR ACCESS TO FREE TUTORING THROUGH TUTOR JD.COM AND ON A SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING DAYS. 
          OFFICE HOURS WITH EACH TEACHER WILL BE HELD RANGING FROM TWENTY TO TWENTY FIVE MINUTES, DEPENDING UPON THE CONTENT AREA FOR SYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION AND HOUR TO PRE-K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOLS FOR THE PRE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS. 
          STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION AND CORE CONTENT FOR TWO TO THREE HOURS IN PRE KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE AND FOUR TO FIVE HOURS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH FIVE. THE CONTENT WILL INCLUDE LITERACY, MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES ON CORE CLASSES AND SEAL LESSONS. 
          THE SYNCHRONOUS SCHOOL DAY IS FROM EIGHT O'CLOCK A.M. 
          UNTIL TWO 30 PM AND TEACHER VIRTUAL HOURS WILL BE ESTABLISHED BY THE TEACHER AS NEEDED FOR ADDITIONAL WORK WITH THE STUDENTS. 
          STUDENTS WILL NEED TO BE PRESENT FOR CLASS FROM WHOLE GROUP LESSONS AND FOR SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION THAT IS LED BY THE TEACHER FOR GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT. 
          THE INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL DURING THE INSTRUCTIONAL BLOCK WILL CONSIST OF TWENTY FIVE MINUTES OF SYNCHRONOUS WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION WITH EACH TEACHER AND AFTER WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION, STUDENTS WILL TRANSITION INTO 20 MINUTE ASYNCHRONOUS INDEPENDENT WORK BLOCKS. EACH SCHOOL WILL FOLLOW THEIR RESPECTIVE BELL SCHEDULE, AND NOW I TURN THINGS OVER TO PRINCIPAL BALANCE. 
          THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL BYNUM, GOOD EVENING. 
          HERE ARE THE DETAILS FOR THE VIRTUAL SCHEDULES AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, BOTH ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS ON VIRTUAL ASYNCHRONOUS DAYS. 
          STUDENTS SHOULD BE SURE TO LOG IN TO CLEVER AND CANVASS TO FIND ASSIGNMENTS POSTED BY TEACHERS. THEY WOULD HAVE MET WITH THAT DAY FOR THE BLOCK SCHEDULES. 
          THIS WOULD MEAN ACCESSING ASSIGNMENTS FOR FOUR CLASSES PER DAY ON THESE DAYS. 
          NO NEW CONTENT WILL BE TAUGHT. 
          TEACHERS AND STAFF WILL HOST OFFICE HOURS FOR EACH BLOCK, RANGING FROM 20 TO FORTY FIVE 
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MINUTES TO ASSIST STUDENTS CHECKING ON PROGRESS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AND VIRTUAL SYNCHRONOUS DAYS, STUDENTS WILL FOLLOW THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE FOUR CLASSES PER DAY ON THE BLOCK SCHEDULE. 
          DURING EACH BLOCK, TEACHERS WILL PROVIDE LIVE SYNCHRONOUS WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION FOR FORTY FIVE MINUTES FOR EACH CLASS AFTER THE WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION. 
          STUDENTS WILL TRANSITION TO ASYNCHRONOUS INDEPENDENT WORK FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE LEARNING BLOCK HOUR LUNCH TIME AND WILL REMAIN THE SAME. 
          AND AS A REMINDER, OUR STUDENTS HAVE 24 HOUR ACCESS TO FREE TUTORING THROUGH TWITTER.COM, AND NOW I WILL HAND IT OVER TO PRINCIPAL PASCAL. 
          THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL BAYLISS. 
          YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, ON COMMUNICATION. 
          COMMUNICATION, TIMELY AND ACCURATE COMMUNICATION IS ESSENTIAL TO SECURING SMOOTH TRANSITION SHOULD THE NEED ARISE TO PIVOT BETWEEN OUR CURRENT IN-PERSON MODEL TO ASYNCHRONOUS VIRTUAL SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION VIRTUAL. 
          AND OF COURSE, ANY RETURN TO IN-PERSON LEARNING, AS YOU HAVE HEARD AND CAN SEE HERE, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF LAYERS AND COMBINATION OF POSSIBILITIES AT PLAY HERE FOR CONSIDERATION SHOULD THE NEED ARISE. 
          RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMUTING, COMMUNICATING EACH AND EVERY TRANSITION IS SHARED BY BUILDING TEAMS AND CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF. 
          SCHOOL BUILDING LEADERS, ADMIN AND OFFICE STAFF WILL TAKE INITIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR COMMUNICATING VIA ELECTRONIC LETTERS AND POSTING ON THEIR WEBSITE DETAILS RELATED TO THE TRANSITION. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CLASSROOM TEACHER IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE FACE OF THEIR SCHOOL AND ACPS TO THEIR STAKEHOLDERS. 
          AND AS SUCH, WE WILL RELY ON CLASSROOM TEACHERS TO ALSO SUPPORT THE EFFORT BY KEEPING UP TO DATE INFORMATION ABOUT SCHEDULES AND DETAILS ON THEIR CAMPUS AND CLEVER PAGES. 
          DIVISION WIDE TRANSITIONS WILL BE COMMUNICATED BY OUR CENTRAL OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM. 
          THE DIVISION WILL COMMUNICATE WITH US STAFF, TEACHERS, BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS AND EVERYONE AT EACH STEP OF THE WAY AND ALWAYS KEEP US INFORMED WITH ANY CHANGES TO THE OPERATIONAL STATUS WITHIN OUR SCHOOL AND THE SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          AT THIS POINT, I WANT TO TURN IT BACK TO SUPERINTENDENT DR. 
          HUTCHINGS. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. I GUESS I COULD BE GOING TO GET SOME WATER, BUT IS IT GOING TO WORK? FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR. 
          FOR ALL OF THAT. AS YOU ALL KNOW OUR LEADERS, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY STRONG INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS WHO ARE RUNNING OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL AS OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. SO JUST HATS OFF TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN TRUSTEE TRYING TO PREPARE FOR THIS WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THIS WEEK IS SIMPLY PHENOMENAL. 
          SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. 
          I DO WANT TO ALSO JUST MENTION BEFORE WE TRANSITION INTO INTO QUESTIONS THAT IT IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN PRIORITY IS TO KEEP STUDENTS IN SCHOOL. WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN IF WE'RE IN SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE STAFFING WHO ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THE OMICRON VARIANT. 
          IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, BUT REALLY ACROSS THE WORLD. 
          SO WE'RE NOT IMMUNE TO WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ACROSS ACROSS THE WORLD, AND THIS IS JUST OUR WAY TO PREPARE FOR THAT. 
          I WISH THAT I COULD PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILIES WITH LIKE A HEADS UP THAT, HEY, THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN TWO DAYS FROM NOW, BUT EVERYTHING IS REALLY UNCERTAIN. 
          WE'RE MONITORING THIS ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS. 
          THIS WEEK, IT WAS ALL DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THIS WAS INCLEMENT WEATHER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK WHEN WE NO LONGER HAVE SNOW, I HOPE WE NO LONGER HAVE SNOW. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MONITOR THESE DIFFERENT PROTOCOLS IN OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL AS IN OUR THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY OUT FROM BEING SICK. WE'VE HAD THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE YEAR WE'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T THINK OF ONE DAY AND THIS IS I MEAN, I'M SURE DR. 
          K-Y CAN PROVIDE THE STATISTICS, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE DAY THIS YEAR THAT WE'VE HAD OUR STAFF IN OUR BUILDING. 
          SO WE HAVE BEEN IN OUR BUILDINGS. 
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SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AT A YELLOW, YOU KNOW, AT A CODE YELLOW. 
          REALLY, THIS ENTIRE FIRST SEMESTER, WE'VE BEEN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS BY HAVING OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACHES GO INTO CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS GO INTO CLASSROOMS. DR. HUTCHINGS IS GOING TO BE GOING INTO CLASSROOMS BECAUSE NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE PEOPLE TO GO INTO THESE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS TO PROVIDE SUBSTITUTE TEACHING SO THAT WE CAN KEEP STUDENTS IN OUR CLASSROOMS. BUT THERE MAY BE CASES WHERE WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE THE STAFFING IN PERSON BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES. 
          IF SOMEBODY TESTS POSITIVE, WE CAN'T SAY, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE NO SYMPTOMS, THAT YOU CAN COME INTO THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND BE AROUND EVERYONE ELSE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT JUST CLEAR TO EVERYONE AS WE GO INTO OUR QUESTIONING. 
          SO I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR, SO WE CAN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS. OK, THANK YOU, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS AND TEAM, SO FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS WHO AREN'T USED TO OUR MEETING IN THIS ZOOM FORMAT. 
          WHEN YOU HAVE A QUESTION, IF YOU COULD JUST USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION THAT ALLOWS ME TO SEE ON ON THE LIST WHOSE HANDS ARE RAISED AND THEN I CAN, I WILL CALL EACH PERSON. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID? UH, I HAVE. 
          WELL, IF MY SCREEN WOULD WORK, HOLD ON, I'M SORRY. 
          GIVE ME A SECOND. IT. 
          OK, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CLICK THROUGH FOR SOME REASON, I CAN'T PULL UP MY PARTICIPANT BOX TO SEE THE LIST, BUT I'LL GET THERE. 
          SO EXCUSE ME IF YOU'RE YOU, RAISE YOUR HAND FIRST. 
          I DIDN'T CALL ON YOU FIRST. 
          I'M GOING TO START WITH DR. 
          RIEF. I HOPE YOU WERE FIRST. 
          WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHERYL. 
          AND JUST THANK YOU, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS AND EVERYONE ON THE TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I THINK IT WAS SUPER INFORMATIVE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE TO DIGEST, AND I THINK IT REALLY SHOWS HOW HARD THAT STAFF HAVE BEEN WORKING TO REALLY COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO NAVIGATE THESE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, REALLY? YOU KNOW THIS, I'LL SAY TO AS A RETURNING BOARD NUMBER. 
          THIS FEELS LIKE A REALLY FAMILIAR PLACE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PLACE WHERE WE'RE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO, YOU KNOW, WANT THE SCHOOLS TO STAY OPEN. 
          WE'RE HEARING FROM PARENTS WHO ALSO WANT THE SCHOOLS TO GO VIRTUAL. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY DO OUR BEST AS WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG TO TRY TO BALANCE EVERYONE'S NEEDS. 
          AND I APPRECIATE YOU REALLY EMPHASIZING, TOO, THAT EVERYONE'S GOAL IS TO HAVE THE KIDS IN SCHOOL. I MEAN, LET'S REALLY FOCUS ON OUR SHARED GOAL. 
          OUR SHARED GOAL IS TO KEEP STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, AND THE BEST WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS THROUGH ALL OF THE MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING UP UNTIL THIS TIME. 
          AND I JUST WANT TO PLUG AGAIN THE MOST COMMON SENSE ADVICE, WHICH DR. 
          CRAWFORD ALWAYS EMPHASIZES, WHICH IS IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL, STAY HOME BECAUSE IT'S A TRIED AND TRUE METHOD. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL, EVERYONE, PLEASE STAY HOME AND TAKE A BREAK THAT DAY. 
          BUT I WANT TO. I WANTED TO BEFORE, LIKE, I'M SURE THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE OF IT, BUT I WANTED TO JUST GO FIRST TO THE CDC GUIDANCE THAT WAS UPDATED. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. 
          CRAWFORD. YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB REALLY WALKING US THROUGH SOME OF THOSE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED JUST SINCE WE LEFT FOR WINTER BREAK. 
          A LOT OF THOSE CHANGES ARE NEW, RIGHT? AND THEY'RE IT'S FAIRLY COMPLICATED. 
          I I RECALL WHEN WE FIRST STARTED IMPLEMENTING THE WHOLE QUARANTINE THAT IT TAKES EVERYONE IN THE SYSTEM, THE FAMILIES, THE NURSING STAFF, ALL THE STAFF AND EVERYONE TO JUST. 
          YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST REALLY INTERNALIZE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE NEW GUIDELINES ARE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU THOUGH, FOR YOUR CLARITY WALKING US THROUGH THAT. 
          SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE THOSE CHANGES GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY? AND SO THAT WOULD BE REDUCING THE ISOLATION OF THE QUARANTINE PERIOD TO THE FIVE DAYS? IS THAT GOING INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY? EVEN THOUGH WE KNOW, LIKE KIDS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE EATING LUNCH TOGETHER AND THEY CAN'T KEEP THE MASK ON DURING LUNCH? SO ARE WE STILL GOING WITH THE FIVE DAYS? AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS LIKE, YOU MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING STAFF AND STUDENTS WITH K AND NINETY FIVE MS., WHICH IS WONDERFUL THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
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I WAS WONDERING HOW SOON WE THINK THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. 
          AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS HAVE WE CONSIDERED PURCHASING RAPID ANTIGEN TEST TO PROVIDE TO OUR STAFF AND FAMILIES FOR HOME USE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH BEING ABLE TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THESE TESTS? AND I'M SURE THAT THIS IS FOR SOME OF OUR FAMILIES, MAYBE EVEN MORE CHALLENGING THAN OTHERS TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THESE TESTS. 
          AND I KNOW OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, AS OPPOSED TO, SAY, A STAFF MEMBER COMING IN AND HAVING TO GO TO WHATEVER SCHOOL IS, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE TESTING THAT DAY IF THEY JUST HAD THAT TEST AT HOME. BUT IF THEY'RE FEELING NOT WELL IN THE MORNING, THEY CAN JUST DO THAT TEST AT THAT TIME, JUST ANY OF THESE LITTLE EXTRA STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KEEP EVERYONE AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO KEEP THE KIDS IN SCHOOL. 
          SO THE QUESTIONS WERE, IS IT GOING TO AFFECT RIGHT AWAY THE N95 MASK AND ALSO THE RAPID ANTIGEN TEST FOR HOME USE? THANKS. THANK YOU, DR. 
          RIEF. SO FIRST, ARE THE CHANGES GOING INTO EFFECT RIGHT AWAY? WE'VE HAD, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS SAID, DAILY CONVERSATION. 
          I THINK DR. ROSE CAN ATTEST TO WHETHER IT'S TEXTING OR EMAIL OR MEETINGS. 
          AND THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT IS YES, WE'VE SPOKEN TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING THESE CHANGES. 
          EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, WE WANT TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS THE GUIDANCE THAT A FAMILY WOULD GET IF THEY REACHED OUT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          SO YES, WE HAVE WHILE WE WE EVEN DURING OUR WINTER BREAK PERIOD. 
          AND THEN THIS WEEK, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN PERSON, PEOPLE WERE REPORTING CASES AND OUR CONTACT TRACERS WERE REACHING OUT AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE. 
          AND THAT GUIDANCE HAS BEEN BASED ON THE FIVE DAY PERIOD AND THEN RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TESTING. NOW AGAIN, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GIVE A CRITICAL EYE TO THE CDC UPDATE THAT CAME OUT TODAY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION ABOUT LUNCHTIME SPECIFIC TO K-12. 
          WHAT WE HAVE SAID IS THAT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD AND WE THIS, WE HAVE SAID THE ENTIRE YEAR SINCE OUR FIVE DAY RETURN, WE SPACED TO THE DEGREE POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE. SO IF YOU ARE A SMALLER SCHOOL WHERE YOU CAN DISTANCE THE STUDENTS, THAT'S IDEAL IF YOU ARE KING STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF LUNCH AND LEARN THERE ARE. 
          THERE'S NOT A SIX FEET DISTANCE WHEN STUDENTS REMOVE THEIR MASKS, WHICH IS REALLY WHY THESE OTHER MITIGATING MEASURES ARE IMPORTANT. 
          AND WE'RE TRYING TO REMIND STAFF AND STUDENTS WHICH EACH TAKE A BITE, EAT YOUR FOOD, PUT YOUR MASK RIGHT BACK ON. 
          BUT I WILL LET YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES IN THE CDC UPDATE THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO K-12 SCHOOLS TODAY. 
          THE OTHER WAS TO WHAT I REFERENCED FROM DECEMBER TWENTY SEVENTH, JANUARY 4TH AND 5TH. 
          THEY WERE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND THEN THERE WERE CERTAIN POPULATIONS THAT HAD EXCLUSIONS. 
          I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE JUST VERY QUICKLY THAT IT WAS THE CDC WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THEM, BECAUSE THEY ARE HAVE SO MUCH COMING AT THEM. 
          THERE WAS A LITTLE MISLEADING ON ONE OF THE THE WEB PAGES THAT SAID K-12 GUIDANCE AND THERE WAS AN UPDATE AND THE UPDATE WAS ACTUALLY ONLY THE YELLOW BOX AND THE LANGUAGE BELOW WAS OUTDATED, REFERENCING THE 10 DAY SO MANY FAMILIES AND STAFF MEMBERS SENT THAT, SAYING THAT YOUR POLICY IS NOT IN LINE WITH CDC. 
          SO YES, IMPLEMENTING IMMEDIATELY WORKING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR DISTANCING IN THE SCHOOLS, AND I KNOW DR. 
          HART IS, I'M NOT SURE DR. 
          HART, IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT DELIVERY FOR K AND NINETY FIVE, SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. ABSOLUTELY, I SURE DO. 
          SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN ETA OF 10 BUSINESS. 
          DAYS EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE HAD TO GO THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WHICH IS SECURE IN QUOTES FROM OUR VENDORS. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS AND THE ORDER WAS COMPLETED THIS MORNING. 
          THAT PARTICULAR VENDOR HAS GIVEN US A 10 10 DAY ETA AND THEY ARE, EXCUSE ME, SCHEDULED TO SHIP ON MONDAY. 
          WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH ANOTHER PARTNER WHO HAS ACCESS TO MASKS IN DIFFERENT SIZES TO HAVE A SECONDARY BACKUP. 
          AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THOSE PARTICULAR MASKS A LITTLE BIT FASTER. 
          SO REALLY, IT'S WE'RE HOPING TO GET THEM IN BEFORE 10 DAYS. 
          WE'RE HOPING THAT THE. WEATHER DOES NOT IMPACT THE SHIPPING ON THOSE, AND IF WE DO GET THEM IN ANY SOONER, WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INFORM DR HUTCHINGS SO HE CAN SHARE WITH THE BOARD. AND YOUR LAST QUESTION, EXCUSE ME, I WANT TO ADD DR CRAWFORD TO THE CONVERSATION, TO DR. RIEF AND ASKED MCGRATH TO LUNCH BECAUSE WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION RECENTLY WHERE WE REALLY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE TO OUR STUDENTS OR JUST ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS THAT WHEN YOU REMOVE THEIR MASTER LUNCHES TO EAT, YOU DON'T REMOVE YOUR MASK TO GO INTO THE LUNCH ROOM. SO BECAUSE YOU'RE IN THE LUNCH ROOM, YOU DON'T TAKE YOUR MASK OFF FOR THE WHOLE PERIOD, RIGHT? AND IT REALLY IS MASK ETIQUETTE ETIQUETTE, AND MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE DOING REALLY WELL. ACTUALLY, OUR STUDENTS ACTUALLY DO BETTER THAN OUR ADULTS. 
          I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN INTO SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS AND I GO OUT TO EAT 
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EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AND I HAVE SEEN I HAVEN'T BEEN LATELY, BUT I HAVE SEEN HOW PEOPLE JUST DON'T WEAR THEIR MASK IN PUBLIC AND IN RESTAURANTS, AND THEY WALK THROUGH THOSE DOORS. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START ENCOURAGING THEM TO REMOVE YOUR MASK, ONLY TO EAT AND THEN YOU PUT YOUR MASK BACK ON. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP ENCOURAGING WITH OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT PIECE BECAUSE SHE HAD MENTIONED THE LUNCH. 
          THE LAST QUESTION WAS IN RESPECT TO TESTING. 
          AND YES, WE ARE LUCKY THAT WE ACTUALLY PLACED AN ORDER WITH BBH PRIOR TO THE WINTER BREAK. SO WE ARE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS DELIVERED WHERE SINCE MR. WITH BOSCA CAN ATTEST TO A PALLET OF BOXES THAT HE GOT THAT I THINK WE'RE SUPPOSED TO COME TO CENTRAL OFFICE. 
          BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PLACE AN ORDER PRIOR AND THOSE HAVE BEEN DELIVERED AND I'M I'M TRYING TO GET THE EXACT AMOUNT, BUT I KNOW WE ORDERED SEVERAL THOUSAND IN THE LAST TIME THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAND OUT TO SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK. 
          THE THING THAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THESE TESTS THAT BECAUSE THEY COME FROM BBH AND THEY ARE TO BE USED FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES, THEY'RE USED THROUGH IMET AS WELL. 
          SO A FAMILY NEEDS TO LOG ON, HAVE SOMEONE FROM M.ED OBSERVE THE PROCESS SO THAT THERE IS AN ACCOUNTABILITY DEGREE AND THAT THE PH KNOWS THAT THEY ARE BEING USED FOR OUR STUDENTS, IT'S ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTE PROCESS. 
          SO YES, WE WILL HAVE THEM IN SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK. 
          NOW, THE SUPPLY IS NOT UNENDING, OF COURSE, BUT WE WILL HAVE SOME SUPPLIES IN SCHOOLS NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. 
          OK, THANK YOU, DR. 
          CRAWFORD. GOING IN ORDER, I HAVE DR ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD. 
          THANK YOU. AND I ECHO DR RIEF SENTIMENTS ON HER APPRECIATION FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK IN BOTH LOOKING AT THE EVER CHANGING CDC GUIDANCE, I KNOW THAT'S NOT EASY AND PULLING TOGETHER SUCH A COMPREHENSIVE PRESENTATION THIS WEEK, IT'S FOR A WEEK WITHOUT CLASSES. 
          IT SEEMS VERY HECTIC AND CRAZY. 
          SO. AND THAT'S JUST MY PERSPECTIVE AS A PARENT IN BOARD NUMBER. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS ABOUT BOOSTERS FOR STAFF. 
          A SECOND IS ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS. 
          SO FIRST ON BOOSTERS, IT'S VERY APPARENT FROM THE UPDATED CDC GUIDANCE AROUND QUARANTINING THAT TO AVOID QUARANTINING AND KEEP STUFF IN SCHOOL, THEY NEED TO BE BOOSTED. 
          I ASKED PRIOR TO THE MEETING ABOUT WHAT DATA WE HAVE AROUND STAFF BEING BOOSTED. 
          IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT IS MEAGAN PROCESS OF BEING COLLECTED. 
          I I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION AND WOULD HOPE TO SEE IT IN A TIMELY MANNER IF THAT IS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO HEAR FROM EITHER CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF OR PRINCIPALS WHO ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE HERE TODAY AROUND APPETITES FOR MANDATING SOME SORT OF SORT OF BOOSTER FOR STAFF. 
          I'M GOING TO PAUSE AND ASK MY SECOND QUESTION AFTER THAT ONE IS ANSWERED. 
          WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION NOW. 
          SO WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS IN REGARDS TO COLLECTING OUR BOOSTER INFORMATION FROM OUR STAFF. 
          WE DO HAVE AN ACTUAL SYSTEM IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH AIR BECAUSE WE HAD TO COLLECT DOSE ONE AND DOSE TWO INFORMATION OF VACCINATION INFORMATION. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS. 
          WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING THAT OUT WITH OUR STAFF NEXT WEEK SO WE CAN BEGIN THAT PROCESS. 
          SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS AND THAT IS IN THE WORKS. 
          WE HAVE NOT HAD CONVERSATIONS QUITE YET. 
          THERE'S NEW ONES ACROSS THE STUDENTS, MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW ABLE TO GET THE BOOSTER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT SAME PROTOCOL THAT WE DID FOR VACCINES OF OUR STUDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO NOW BOOSTERS REALLY A PART OF YOUR FULL VACCINATION AND THAT HOPE THAT WE CAN GET TO THAT, YOU KNOW, TO TO A PLACE WHERE WE'RE SAYING YOU'RE FULL OF VACCINATION, IS YOUR BOOSTER, RIGHT? THAT MEANS YOU ARE NOW FULLY VACCINATED, BUT THAT PROCESS WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK. 
          WE DO HAVE A PROTOCOL THAT'S IN PLACE TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION, SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MORE REPORTS FOR THE BOARD UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS. 
          AND WHEN EVERYONE WHO'S CLOSER TO TEACHERS WANT TO COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED A MANDATE IN ORDER TO TO GET STUFF BOOSTED. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THE TEAM IS GOING TO. 
          THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, DO WE NEED A MANDATE BECAUSE THEN PRINCIPALS ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT THEM IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT. 
          BUT WHAT I DO BELIEVE IS THAT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH OUR VACCINES, FOUR DOSES ONE AND TWO, NOW THAT THE CDC IS SAYING, A BOOSTER WILL PROTECT YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND ALSO PROTECT THE SPREAD POTENTIALLY OF THE A MOTION VARIANT. 
          AND SOME OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO INCLUDE. 
          WHERE WE'RE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS BRING TO THE BOARD SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID 
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FOR THE FIRST ROUND. 
          WE MANDATED VACCINATIONS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, BACK IN OCTOBER. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS. 
          WITH THAT, WE WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD TO MAKE THE BOOSTER AS A PART OF THE FULL VACCINATION REQUIREMENT. 
          AND THAT'S AN AMENDMENT THAT WE WOULD JUST NEED TO DO TO THE POLICY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN PLACE THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY COME FROM THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP THAT WOULD COME FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT. 
          SO THAT'S WHY I JUST DIDN'T WANT THEM TO BE PUT ON THE SPOT FOR THAT. 
          THEY'LL SAY, LOOK TO ME, WE'RE BACK TO HUTCHINGS. 
          WHAT DO YOU THINK? RIGHT? BUT IT IS A VERY SIMILAR PROCESS TO WHAT WE DID FOR THOSE ONE AND TWO. 
          AND MANY SUPERINTENDENTS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION. 
          IT'S ALSO A NATIONAL DISCUSSION AROUND THE BOOSTER PIECE AND MAKING SURE THAT SO WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE UPDATES AROUND THAT, TOO. 
          AS WE'RE GATHERING THAT BOOSTER BOOSTER DATA, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT OUR NEXT COVID UPDATE MEETING TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD. 
          THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS ON A VERY SMALL BULLET POINT ON SLIDE 20 THREE THAT SAYS DIVISION WIDE TRANSITIONS WILL BE COMMUNICATED BY THE CENTRAL OFFICE. 
          AND I KNOW FOR MANY PARENTS THERE IS THIS FEAR OF THE POTENTIAL OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION GOING BACK TO A FULLY VIRTUAL STANCE. 
          I KNOW THAT ISN'T POSSIBLE GIVEN THE STATE LEGISLATION. 
          BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR CLARIFICATION ON WHAT A DIVISION WIDE TRANSITION MIGHT CONSIST OF. 
          DIVISION ONE, AND I THINK WE HAVE. 
          I KNOW THAT I'M LOOKING FOR DR. 
          MS.. I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO SOMEWHERE OR EVEN MATHENY WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS. 
          BUT THE DIVISION WIDE TRANSITION IS GOING TO OCCUR WHEN WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE THE STAFFING MEAGAN. 
          SO, FOR EXAMPLE, DR. 
          HART, SHE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE PRIORITY ONE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CALLING THIS PRIORITY ONE. THERE ARE CERTAIN ESSENTIAL PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE WHO ARE STAFF MEMBERS WHO WE NEED IN ORDER TO OPERATE AS A DIVISION, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR TRANSPORTATION, IF WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD A NUMBER OF OUR TRANSPORTATION STAFF OUT AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FIVE PERCENT BUT AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF OUR STAFF OUT AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE THE TRANSPORTATION. 
          WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BRING KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL. 
          SO THAT WOULD BE A REASON OF WHY WE WOULD HAVE TO TRANSITION INTO A DIVISION WIDE, YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL LEARNING SETTING. 
          WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS MONITORING OUR SITUATION ON A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL, CLASSROOM OR CLASSROOM BASIS. I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT CLOSE TO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL DEPARTMENTS THAT MEAN JUST THIS WEEK ALONE. 
          THANKFULLY, I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT THANKFULLY YOU HAD SNOW BECAUSE WE DID HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO WERE CALLING IN ON MONDAY WHO WERE SICK FROM THE BREAK. 
          THEY'RE BETTER NOW, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE BACK WITH US ON MONDAY WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET BACK INTO INTO SCHOOL, NOT FAR. 
          HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE ANY SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND. 
          BUT THAT IS AN EXAMPLE, DR. 
          THE OF HOW WE WOULD TRANSITION INTO A DIVISION WIDE, YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL LEARNING SITUATION. IT'S NO LONGER BASED OFF OF THE METRICS THAT ARE IN THE CITY, HOW IT USED TO BE BEFORE WE LOOKED AT THE CITY METRICS. 
          IF THE CITY WAS HIGH, THEN WE WERE CLOSE. 
          WE WOULD CLOSE THAT BECAUSE THE CITY'S HIGH RIGHT. 
          SO WE DON'T USE THE CITY METRICS ANY LONGER. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL DATA, CLASSROOM DATA AND DIVISION WIDE DATA. 
          THANK YOU. OK, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP, I HAVE MS. BOOZE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE SO MANY FAMILIAR FACES AND THIS HOLLYWOOD SQUARES THAT I SEE RIGHT HERE. 
          HOPEFULLY, I'LL SEE YOU IN PERSON SOON ENOUGH. 
          I TALKED TO HER. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND TALKING ABOUT THE NEEDS OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF. 
          SO OUR SUPPORT STAFF REALLY IS THE BACKBONE OF SO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND WE CAN'T OPERATE WITHOUT THEM. 
          SO I THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO FRAME THE THE NEED FOR OUR STAFF. 
          AND IF WE DON'T HAVE BUS DRIVERS, WE CAN'T GET, WE CAN'T HAVE OUR SCHOOLS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, NATIONALLY, WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN IN THE FALL WHERE MASSACHUSETTS HAD TO ENLIST THEIR NATIONAL GUARD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH BUS DRIVERS. 
          AND THIS WASN'T NECESSARILY COVID RELATED. 
          THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF. 
          ANOTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN NEW YORK HAD TO SHUT DOWN FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE THEIR ENTIRE BUS DRIVERS HAD TO BE OUT BECAUSE OF COVID AND COVID EXPOSURE. 
          SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE PUTTING THIS IN A FRIEND BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SUBSTITUTES AND THE SUBSTITUTE CRISIS. 
          AND BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY OUR SUPPORT STAFF THAT KIND OF MAKES THOSE BUILDINGS TICK AND WORK, AND THEY'RE IN THE BUILDINGS EVEN WHEN A LOT OF US ARE NOT. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO YOU KIND OF. 
          ONE QUICK QUESTION, AND THEN I'LL GET TO MY LONGER ONE. 
          JUST GOING BACK TO THE N95 MASKS, DO WE KNOW HOW MANY MASKS STAFF WILL BE ISSUED AND HOW 
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MANY? HOW MANY, HOW MANY MASKS STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE? WILL THEY GET ONE PER DAY PER WEEK? WHAT'S THE I MEAN, HOW MUCH? HOW MUCH HAVE WE ORDERED TO SUPPORT EVERYBODY? WE STARTED OFF WITH, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT QUANTITY, AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT IT IS A COUPLE OF A COUPLE OF HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT I WANT TO SAY 70 OR SOME ODD THOUSAND MASKS. AND THE REASON WHY WE'VE HAD TO DO IT. 
          I DON'T WANT TO SAY PIECEMEAL, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IS BECAUSE OF AVAILABILITY. EVERYONE IS NOW LOOKING FOR THESE MASKS. 
          AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO WORK WITH REPUTABLE VENDORS SO WE DO NOT GET COUNTERFEIT MASKS. SO THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE DEALING WITH. 
          SO IT MAY TAKE A FEW ORDERS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THIS GOING. 
          WE DO HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT WE ARE BEYOND THE SURGE AND WILL NOT HAVE TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO SEARCH FOR THESE PARTICULAR MASKS BECAUSE WE MAY RUN UP INTO SOME DIFFICULTY. 
          BUT AS DR. 
          CRAWFORD DID SHARE, WE ALSO ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL SUPPLY OF OUR THREE PLY SURGICAL MASK. 
          IF THERE IS, SAY, A LULL IN US BEING ABLE TO GET THE DEVICE, WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO DOUBLE MASK USING THOSE MASKS, WHICH IS A SECONDARY RECOMMENDATION OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND I BELIEVE THE CDC AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU, DR. HART. OK, SO THE MORE OF THE LONGER QUESTION, I'LL START WITH THE QUESTION AND THEN JUST KIND OF GIVE JUST SOME REFLECTIONS ON IT. 
          DO WE FOR THE FOR THE ZONES, THE COLORED ZONES THAT WE HAVE? DO WE KNOW WHERE SCHOOLS CURRENTLY INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS CURRENTLY FALL WITHIN THOSE ZONES OR IF THEY ARE CLOSE TO YELLOW OR CLOSE TO RED AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME? AND I ASKED US FOR TWO REASONS, AND I APPRECIATE DR. 
          HUTCHINGS, YOU SAYING, YOU KNOW THAT YOU WISH THAT WE COULD PROVIDE PARENTS AND SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW OR IN THE FUTURE. 
          WE DON'T NECESSARILY ALWAYS HAVE THIS INFORMATION RIGHT AWAY. 
          YOU KNOW, THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS HAVING AS MUCH, MUCH INFORMATION TO PLAN AHEAD OF TIME FOR ANY SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THEIR CHILDREN, PARTICULARLY IF THEY HAVE YOUNGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO ARE GOING TO NEED SOME OF THAT VIRTUAL LEARNING SUPPORT. 
          TRUST ME, I KNOW ALL TOO WELL WITH THAT. 
          WELL, THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR THE VIRTUAL LEARNING OR IF WE HAVE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, DEPENDING ON THE AGE OF THE STUDENT, WILL HAVE A DIFFERENT IMPACT ON PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS SUPPORTING THEIR STUDENTS AT HOME SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          FOR OUR STAFF, MY GOODNESS, WHO ALL OF YOU HAVE HAD TO THROW AWAY YOUR LESSON PLANS FOR THIS ENTIRE WEEK AND HAVE TO PLAN AHEAD FOR WHAT'S COMING AND THEN PLAN AHEAD FOR MAYBE PIVOTING FOR VIRTUAL OR ASYNCHRONOUS OR NOT NECESSARILY KNOWING HOW LONG THAT PERIOD OF TIME WILL BE GIVING, GIVEN AS MUCH HEADS UP FOR THE STAFF. 
          SO THEY'RE ALSO INFORMED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, ONCE ONCE A SCHOOL HAS TO MOVE TO ASYNCHRONOUS OR VIRTUAL, YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN EXPECTATION OF HOW LONG THEY WILL REMAIN IN THAT SITUATION? YEAH. 
          SO FIRST, AND THANK YOU, MR. BRUCE, FOR THAT QUESTION, I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH WITH THE FIRST PART BECAUSE WE JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION YESTERDAY BECAUSE WE WERE PLANNING TO BE OPEN, YOU KNOW, TODAY. 
          SO YESTERDAY WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR NUMBERS, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE PROBABLY BEEN FUNCTIONING AT YELLOW ALL YEAR. 
          WE HAVE NOT HAD OUR SCHOOLS AT FULL CAPACITY OF STAFF FOR ALL DIFFERENT REASONS. 
          I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST COVID RELATED. 
          I MEAN, THINGS HAPPEN IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, RIGHT? BUT JUST THIS WEEK ALONE, LOOKING AT OUR ABSENTEE DATA, WE WERE AT YELLOW. 
          ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THOUGH INTERNALLY IS AND NOW WE'RE JUST DEFINING WHAT WE DO. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS ALL ALONG, BUT NOW WE PUT IT INTO A PROTOCOL. 
          WE WERE ASKED ABOUT MORE SUPPORTS FOR THE SCHOOLS, TOO, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS ARE KIND OF MANAGING THIS ALONE. 
          NOW WE'RE BRINGING CENTRAL OFFICE INTO THAT DISCUSSION, TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE RESOURCES THAT WE COULD ASSIST WITH AS WELL. 
          WE HAVE STAFF ESSENTIAL OFFICE THAT CAN GO INTO SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO SET PARTICULAR CLASSES ON AS NEEDED. 
          SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, ALL SCHOOLS ARE FUNCTIONING RIGHT NOW AT A YELLOW. 
          WE HAD IF WE WERE HAVING TO OPEN OUR SCHOOLS TOMORROW BASED ON OUR DATA TODAY, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY THREE SCHOOLS HAVING TO BE AT A RED. 
          AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH ABSENTEEISM OF THE STAFFING. 
          AND ONCE WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION, WHICH WE HAD OUR DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, WE TALKED THROUGH SPECIFICALLY WHAT SUBSTITUTES WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE IN THAT SPACE. 
          WHAT STAFF MEMBERS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REASSIGN TO ASSIST. 
          AND THAT STILL DID NOT FULFILL THE AMOUNT OF ABSENCES THAT WE HAD FOR FOR THOSE PARTICULAR 
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SCHOOLS. SO THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHERE WE STAND. 
          WE DO BELIEVE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GONE, THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOST LIKELY WILL. 
          AND I WANT TO KEEP STRESSING THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY THAT WHEN, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY INTERESTING. 
          YESTERDAY, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS VERSUS TODAY THEY'RE EXTREMELY DIFFERENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE, NEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE CALLED IN SICK OR ARE NOW EXPERIENCING SOME SYMPTOMS. EVERYBODY'S SYMPTOMS ARE ALSO AT DIFFERENT LEVELS, AND EVERYBODY'S NOT OUT BECAUSE OF COVID. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT ON JUST, YOU KNOW, REGULAR LIVES. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DEATH IN THEIR FAMILY, UNFORTUNATELY, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          SO THESE THINGS REALLY COME SPORADICALLY LIKE OUR TYPICAL ABSENCES. 
          AND THEN THE UNFORTUNATE PIECE, WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A DATE ON IT BECAUSE WE REALLY THIS WEEK WE WERE LIKE, CAN WE GET TO A NUMBER OF DAYS, RIGHT? AND WHAT WE WERE INITIALLY STARTING WITH WAS THE FIVE DAYS BECAUSE WE KNOW IF SOMEONE IS POSITIVE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ISOLATE FOR FIVE DAYS AND ARE ABLE TO RETURN ON DAY SIX. 
          THE ISSUE WITH SETTING IT AT FIVE DAYS IS WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE POSITIVE WHO HAVE BEEN SICK FOR NINE WHO HAVE BEEN SICK FOR SEVEN WHO HAVE BEEN SICK FOR THREE WEEKS. 
          WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN OUT WHO WERE OUT PRIOR TO WINTER BREAK, AND THEY'RE STILL OUT NOW. SO. 
          THERE IS SO MUCH THAT IT MAKES IT EXTREMELY COMPLICATED THAT WE'RE LITERALLY LOOKING AT OUR VIRTUAL LEARNING OPTION AND TRANSITION ON A DAILY BASIS AND ALSO TRYING TO LOOK AT WHO WE MAY BE ABLE TO USE FROM OTHER SCHOOLS TO ASSIST AS WELL IF IT IS POSSIBLE. 
          BUT IT REALLY JUST VARY SO MUCH. 
          AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES IT SO COMPLICATED FOR FOR OUR TEAM. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO BE A DAILY OCCURRENCE OF THESE MEETINGS WE'VE ALREADY SET ASIDE. 
          YOU KNOW, OUR DAY EVERY DAY AT NOON IS WHEN WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS DIVISION WIDE AND MAKING OUR DECISIONS. 
          DR. MOZINGO OR DR. 
          GONZALEZ OR ANY OF THE PRINCIPAL LEADERS. 
          I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I COVERED EVERYTHING. 
          YOU ARE TRAINED ME. 
          YES. WELL, YESTERDAY, YES. 
          WELL, GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          ABSOLUTELY. YOU DID A REALLY NICE JOB COVERING EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO RESTATE A COUPLE OF THINGS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU INDICATED. 
          NUMBER ONE IS, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT INDICATED, THE SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY FOR A LONG TIME HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE THE YELLOW ZONE. 
          AND IF YOU GO BACK TO THAT YELLOW, THAT SLIDE, THAT IS WHERE THE SCHOOLS ACTUALLY HAVE IDENTIFIED VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS THAT CAN COVER CLASSES OR THEY HAVE HAD TO REASSIGN STUDENTS OR MOVE CLASSES AROUND. 
          SO THEY KIND OF LIVE IN THAT YELLOW ZONE AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MANAGE IT. 
          AND AS HE INDICATED, THOUGH, WE ARE ALSO WE STARTED MEETING THIS WEEK AND WE WE'VE BEEN MEETING EVERY DAY. 
          THE CHALLENGE IS BECAUSE OF THE THE STAFF AVAILABILITY IS COMPLICATED AND IT MOVES VERY, VERY FAST. 
          THE OTHER PART IS THAT THE PRINCIPALS ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE AREAS ARE COVERED. 
          BUT OUR COMMITMENT IS JUST TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE DAILY MEETINGS TO BE ABLE TO MONITOR AND THEN TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHAT THE NEXT DECISION WOULD BE WITH PERSON AS THE ULTIMATE GOAL. 
          AND LASTLY, REMEMBER, THIS CLOSURE COULD RELATE TO IF THIS IS SIGNIFICANT, A GRADE LEVEL CLASSROOM, SEVERAL CLASSROOMS OR DEPARTMENT, OR EVENTUALLY A SCHOOL. 
          THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SO COMPLICATED. 
          HOPE THAT HELPS DR HUTCHINGS. 
          THANK YOU, DR. MOZINGO AND DR. 
          HUTCHINGS AND EVERYONE. 
          NEXT ON THE LIST, I HAVE A VICE CHAIR, GREENE. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I APPRECIATE THAT AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR THE PLAN. 
          THESE ARE TRYING TIMES AND I JUST WE JUST APPRECIATE ALL THAT'S GOING INTO THIS WITH THINGS BEING SO, EVER CHANGING. 
          SO THANK YOU. I DO HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THE FIRST BEING AND DR. 
          HUTCHINGS FOR YOU OR A REPRESENTATIVE. 
          I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS OPEN FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING. 
          BUT THERE ARE SEGMENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE TRULY AFRAID RIGHT NOW TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL, AND MANY WERE NOT GOING TO SEND THEM BACK THIS WEEK. 
          HAVE WE NOT HAD TO KNOW THEY WEREN'T GOING TO SEND THE KIDS BACK BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME SURGE IN OMICRON CASES? SO MY QUESTION IS, HAVE WE LOOKED AT, IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF DOING SOME TYPE OF HYBRID 
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VIRTUAL FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE AFRAID TO SEND THEIR KIDS TO SCHOOL? HAS IT BEEN LOOKED AT? IS IT A POSSIBILITY? CAN WE POTENTIALLY LOOK INTO IT? I WOULD TALK TO OUR PRINCIPALS AND SAY THEY WOULD BE LIKE, OH MY GOD. 
          IN FACT, U.S.A. 
          RIGHT NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT ME, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT DR. 
          HUTCHINGS HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY TO THAT. 
          WE HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION INTERNALLY WITH OUR WITH OUR STAFF, AS YOU WERE ON THE LAST YEAR, THE HYBRID MODEL. 
          IT WAS JUST NOT THE BEST PRACTICE. 
          IT WAS NOT PROVIDING OUR STUDENTS WHO WERE HOME. 
          A LOT OF TIMES THEY COULDN'T ENGAGE WITH THE STUDENTS WHO WERE IN CLASS. 
          THE TEACHERS FELT AS IF THEY WERE DOING MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, LESSON PLANS, AND THEY FELT LIKE THEY WERE TORN BETWEEN THE TWO FROM INFLOWS INTO IT. 
          YOU KNOW, THE KIDS WHO ARE VIRTUAL AND I HEARD THEM, I MEAN, THE STAFF BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING THOSE WEEKLY SESSIONS AND I WAS LISTENING TO EVERYTHING YOU EVER SAY. 
          THAT'S WHY I'M BEING EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS AS TO WHAT I SAY, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE LISTENING. I KNOW LUCAS IS ON HERE, TOO. 
          SO WE HAVE NOT CONSIDERED DOING THE HYBRID AT THIS TIME. 
          ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER. WE EXTENDED THE VIRTUAL OPTION TO OUR FAMILIES EARLY ON. 
          WE HAVE EXTENDED VACCINATIONS TO OUR FAMILIES. 
          WE HAVE EXTENDED TESTING TO OUR FAMILIES. 
          WE'RE EXTENDING MASK TO OUR FAMILIES. 
          WE KNOW THAT FIVE DAYS A WEEK IN PERSON IS THE BEST SOLUTION. 
          SO WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE STUDENTS IN OUR BUILDINGS FIVE DAYS A WEEK. OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE MEDICAL CHALLENGES. 
          VERY DIFFERENT STORY. 
          WE WORK WITH THOSE FAMILIES AND WE MADE SURE EVEN JUST A MONTH AGO WE WERE WORKING WITH FAMILIES WHO THEY HAVE MEDICAL CONCERNS AND THE STUDENTS THEY HAVE COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS OR SOMEONE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD DOES. 
          AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT THEM INTO A VIRTUAL IN A VIRTUAL SETTING. 
          BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE OPEN AT THIS TIME TO FAMILIES WHO JUST WANT TO CONSIDER THAT RIGHT NOW, WE REALLY HAVE TO STRONGLY ENCOURAGE AND ENFORCE FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING TO DO, RIGHT? THIS IS WHERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD TO DO. 
          AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THIS AND WE'RE DOING IT BY KEEPING THESE HEALTH AND SAFETY MITIGATIONS IN PLACE. 
          SO ONE THING THAT I ASK OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE CONCERNED AND WE GET SOME CALLS FROM FAMILIES, IT'S REAL. 
          SOME PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED. 
          WE HAVE TO KEEP REITERATING, YOU KNOW, THE MASK WEARING AND THE HAND-WASHING AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR DAILY SCREENINGS WHEN THEY COME INTO OUR BUILDINGS AND BEING A PART OF OUR TESTING THAT WE DO HAVE WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS TO HELP THEM FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE SENDING THEIR CHILDREN TO OUR BORDERS EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK, STRONGLY ENCOURAGING THE FIVE DAYS A WEEK. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE PUSHING. 
          I CAN'T SAY THAT WE'LL NEVER DO HAVE IT RIGHT AND I WANT TO SAY NEVER TO ANYTHING. 
          BUT AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT BEEN PUTTING HYBRID LEARNING IN AND AS AN OPTION FOR FAMILIES. OK, AND THANK YOU, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS, AND MY SECOND QUESTION COMES FOR OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT REP. 
          I DON'T SEE THEM ON THEIR DR. 
          CRAWFORD. ARE THEY THERE? THOSE THAT IF HE HAD TO LEAVE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK? IS HE STILL? WELL, I WAS. 
          I WAS JUST JUST PUTTING MY JACKET ON. 
          OH, NO, THAT'S OK. 
          NO, NO, NO. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. 
          OK, THANK YOU, DR. ROSE. 
          I WAS WONDERING WITH THE SURGEON ON MACRON CASES, IT HAPPENED SO FAST, PARTICULARLY IN THE D.C. AREA. 
          I WAS WONDERING, SHOULD WE LOOK OR COULD YOU TELL ME IF YOU HAVE DATA TO SAY WHEN WE MIGHT LOOK TO SEE A PLATEAU IN THOSE CASES? THE MODELING RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT IT HAS A PEAK COMING SOMETIME TOWARDS THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THIS MONTH. 
          AND THEN IT WOULD HOPEFULLY DIMINISH BETTER ACUTELY BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VACCINATION RATES HERE. WE KNOW THAT APPROPRIATELY VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS AND WE DON'T TALK ABOUT FULLY VACCINATED AS BEING AS BEING TOTALLY EFFECTIVE NOW. 
          NOW THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT UP TO DATE, IT'S NEW TERMINOLOGY. 
          THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED THE DEFINITION OF FULLY VACCINATED, AND DR. 
          CRAWFORD GAVE THAT VERY, VERY WELL EARLIER. 
          NOW THEY'RE SPEAKING OF UP TO DATE AND UP TO DATE MEANS YOU'RE BOOSTED. 
          YOU'VE RECEIVED YOUR PRIMARY SERIES. 
          SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE UP TO DATE AND I'M USING AIR QUOTES YOU CAN'T SEE, THERE IS A LOT OF IMPACT IN DECREASING HOSPITALIZATIONS, MORTALITY, WHICH IS DEATH AND SOME OF THOSE MORE SEVERE THINGS. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT BECAUSE WE ARE A VERY WELL VACCINATED AREA, THAT WE GO THROUGH THIS IN THE TERMINOLOGY IN PUBLIC HEALTH CAN BE SOMETIMES SORT OF GALLOWS 
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HUMOR OR SORT OF THOSE SORT OF TERMINOLOGIES. 
          LET'S JUST IMAGINE THERE'S A FOREST FIRE AND IT'S SPREADING VERY, VERY QUICKLY. 
          IT GOES THROUGH THE BRUSH THAT IT GOES THROUGH EXTREMELY QUICKLY AND THEN THERE IS NO MORE FIRE RIGHT AFTER THAT. 
          AND SO IT'S THE SAME SORT OF THING IF YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT, IS THAT WE WANT IT TO PROGRESS OR IT IS PROGRESSING RATHER QUICKLY. 
          AND THE MODELS WOULD SHOW THAT IT WOULD GO THROUGH PEOPLE, THAT IT WOULD GO THROUGH THOSE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED, THOSE WHO UNFORTUNATELY MAY HAVE SOME MORE, SOME HIGHER RISK AND THEN IT WOULD PEAK AND THEN GO GO AWAY. 
          AND SO IN TERMS OF DECREASING, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT THAT THE MODELS SHOW THAT AND AND WHAT THEY SAW IN SOUTH AFRICA AND OTHER COUNTRIES OVERSEAS SORT OF SUPPORTS THAT AS A THOUGHT. 
          SO WE'LL JUST KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED, KEEP DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT MITIGATION IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU AND NICE TO MEET YOU, MR. DR. ROSE. MY PLEASURE, SORRY, I'M NOT ON CAMERA, BUT I BRING A T-SHIRT AND A JACKET FOR MY SON RIGHT NOW. IT'S ALL GOOD. 
          ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT UP, I HAVE MR. AL NEWBY. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANKS, EVERYONE, FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION AND THE REALLY, REALLY GOOD WORK, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE PRECAUTIONS AND THAT WE'RE PREPARED FOR ABILITIES. I ORIGINALLY HAD FOUR QUESTIONS, BUT MY CAPABLE COLLEAGUES ASKED TWO OF THEM, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN. 
          WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. 
          SO I ONLY HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. 
          THE FIRST ONE I MAY HAVE MISSED IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WHEN DO WE LIKE? WHAT IS THE CRITERIA THAT DETERMINES WOULD DO ASYNCHRONOUS OR SYNCHRONOUS WHEN WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHEN WE HAVE TO GO TO VIRTUAL, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE STAFF? AND MY SECOND QUESTION IS SO WE WE WERE FOCUSING AND THE WHOLE PRESENTATION WAS FOCUSED ON. WE'RE USING A METRIC OF HOW. 
          OF OUR STAFFING, SO HOW MUCH STUFF WE HAVE AND IF WE DON'T HAVE STAFF, BUT ARE WE LOOKING AT AND IT'S KIND OF A FOLLOW UP ON THIS QUESTION. 
          DR. HUTCHINGS, YOU SAID THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT CITY METRICS, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT TRANSMISSION RATES CITYWIDE. 
          BUT IS THERE A SCENARIO WHERE WE COULD? AND AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE, WE WANT TO STAY IN PERSON AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND DO EVERYTHING IN OUR ABILITY. 
          BUT IS THERE A SCENARIO WHERE THE RATE OF TRANSMISSION WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS IS SO HIGH THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO VIRTUAL FOR THE WHOLE DIVISION? AND WHAT WOULD THAT METRIC BE OR WHAT WOULD THAT THRESHOLD BE? WHAT WOULD THAT RATE OF INFECTION THRESHOLD BE? IF WE HAVE AND IF WE DON'T, WHY NOT? LET'S START WITH THE FIRST QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK MS. MRS FENDI IF SHE WANTED TO TO SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S [INAUDIBLE], I BELIEVE WHAT YOU WERE ASKING THAT THERE ONLY BE WAS HOW DO WE TRANSITION FROM AN ASYNCHRONOUS TO SYNCHRONOUS WHERE WE TRANSITION INTO A VIRTUAL SETTING? IS THAT RIGHT? WHAT TRIGGERS FROM ASYNCHRONOUS TO SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING? SO YEAH, BASED ON WHAT WE DECIDE, ARE WE GOING TO DO SYNCHRONOUS LEARNING OR ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING OR NOT IN PERSON? YES. OR THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. 
          DAY ONE WOULD BE ASYNCHRONOUS. 
          AND THEN THE SECOND DAY, THERE WOULD STILL BE THE FEASIBILITY TEAM LOOKING AT THE DATA FOR THE SCHOOL AND DATA WOULD TRANSITION TO SYNCHRONOUS IF STAFFING LEVELS WOULD ALLOW IT. AND IF NOT, IT COULD CONTINUE TO BE ASYNCHRONOUS. 
          SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON A CONVERSATION WITH THE FEASIBILITY TEAM LOOKING AT STAFFING LEVELS TO SEE IF THERE IS A CRITICAL MASS OF STAFF THAT COULD ALLOW SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION TO OCCUR WITH STAFF OR IF THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH ASYNCHRONOUS. 
          OR WE COULD ALSO PIVOT BACK TO OR TRANSITION BACK TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION. 
          BUT TYPICALLY, SYNCHRONOUS INSTRUCTION WOULD START ON DAY TWO. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          FOR THE SECOND QUESTION, I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR DR. 
          CRAWFORD JUST TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT. 
          AND THAT WAS IN REGARDS TO IS THERE A SPECIFIC METRIC AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE CLOSE THE SCHOOL AT THIS SCHOOL DIVISION LEVEL, DETERMINE WHETHER WE CLOSE THE SCHOOL DIVISION BASED ON TRANSMISSION OR TRANSMISSION RATES? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          WE WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS QUESTION SINCE MARCH OF 2020, ACTUALLY. 
          AND WHAT WE FOUND IS WE DO NOT HAVE ONE SPECIFIC MEASURE OF TRANSMISSION. 
          WE HAVE THAT ONGOING CONVERSATION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF GOING BACK A NUMBER OF MONTHS. 
          WE SAW A NUMBER OF CASES AT GW AND WE WERE DOING INVESTIGATION INTO WAS THERE A TRUE OUTBREAK IN A CLASS, IN A GRADE IN THE TEAM, SO SIMILAR TO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THE PRINCIPALS GAVE TONIGHT? WE LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL LEVEL TO SEE THE SPREAD. 
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AND EVEN THOUGH AND I THINK ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT BEFORE THE BREAK HAD THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES THAT THEY'D HAD, THERE WAS NOT ONE SPECIFIC LEVEL THAT WE COULD LINK IT TO THAT WE WOULD SAY, OK, THIS ACADEMY NEEDS TO PAUSE FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME AT UW. 
          WHAT WE DID, AS OPPOSED TO A THRESHOLD OF CLOSING SINCE WE COULD NOT FIND A SPREAD. 
          WE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO BRING IN TESTING FOR ALL STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN RESPONSE SO THAT WE COULD SEE THE TRANSMISSION RATE OF THOSE FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY PEOPLE WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE TESTING AT THAT TIME BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE WEEKLY TESTING. 
          IT WAS SHOCKINGLY LOW. 
          THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT COMING FROM WITHIN THE SCHOOL. 
          AND THEN ACTUALLY JUST BEFORE THE BREAK, AND I WILL GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO DR. 
          MAZER HERE WE WERE SEEING A NUMBER OF CASES AND HE ACTUALLY SAID, COULD CURATIVE COME TO GW AGAIN THIS WEEK AND SEE IF WE COULD GET ADDITIONAL TESTING DONE FOR ANY? WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO ASK PARENTS FOR CONSENT AGAIN, BUT AT LEAST FOUR STAFF MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ASYMPTOMATIC STAFF AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ARRANGE THAT. 
          AND THAT'S I SHOULD ALSO ADD IN. 
          THANK YOU TO OUR ELEMENTARY PRINCIPALS WHO AGREED TO THE REARRANGING AND THE SHORTENING OF THEIR TESTING THAT DAY. 
          SO WHAT WE'VE PUT OUR EMPHASIS ON IS THE TRACKING, THE INVESTIGATION OF DO WE SEE LINKS? AND WHEN WE CONTACT TRACE AND I WON'T GO ON, WE KNOW WHO SITS TO THE LEFT, WHO'S TO THE RIGHT, WHO'S AT THE LUNCH TABLE. 
          WE KNOW ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          AND THEN WE'RE ABLE TO LINK IF THERE IS A CASE, CLOSE CONTACTS BECOME ACTUAL POSITIVE CASES. SO WHEN WE DON'T SEE THOSE LINKS, WE DON'T HAVE AS GREAT A CONCERN UNLESS WE'RE IN A SITUATION WHICH SOMETIMES WE'RE IN WITH OUR OUR LITTLE ONES WHERE WE HAVE TO SAY EVERYBODY IN THE CLASS IS LIKELY OF CLOSE CONTACT. 
          SO LET'S PAUSE FOR X AMOUNT OF TIME. 
          WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO NOT KNOW THAT TRANSMISSION IS WIDESPREAD IN A SCHOOL AND WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL CLOSURE. 
          WE'VE JUST BEEN ABLE TO PUT ADDITIONAL MEASURES IN PLACE. 
          THANK YOU. RIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          NEXT UP, I HAVE MRS IGNACIO. 
          HELLO, EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          I JUST HAVE A FEW QUICK QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU, DR. 
          RIEF, FOR MENTIONING THE RAPID TEST. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CUMBERSOME PART OF THE TEST IF IN FACT PARENTS HAVE TO GO ONLINE AND THEY HAVE TO DO A 30 MINUTE TUTORIAL BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, PARTICULARLY FOR OUR SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND FAMILIES WHO WERE ALREADY STRUGGLING TO ENGAGE. SO NOT NECESSARILY HAVING TO ANSWER THIS RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD AT SOME POINT LIKE TO SEE THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER SCHOOL COUNSELORS IN THE FACE CENTER AND ASSISTING THOSE FAMILIES WITH THOSE TAKE HOME TEST. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE DIFFICULT TO GET BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET THEM FOR MY OWN CHILDREN, BUT I COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE IT IF I WAS GIVEN A HOME TEST. 
          IT ISN'T GOING TO BENEFIT US TO GIVE HOME TEST IF WE'RE NOT TEACHING FAMILIES HOW TO USE THEM PROPERLY OR GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
          THE SECOND QUESTION WAS AROUND VACCINATING SCHOOLS IN GENERAL. 
          SIMILAR TO WHAT WE USED TO DO WITH THE FLU. 
          WE WOULD SIGN OUR CHILDREN UP TO GET THE FLU SHOT AT MOUNT VERNON EVERY YEAR, AND THEY WOULD GET THE FLU SHOT. 
          AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT, PARTICULARLY IN REGARDS TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THAT WE MIGHT BE STRUGGLING TO GET PEOPLE VACCINATED? AND IT COULD JUST BE TIMING, EVEN THOUGH THE CITY HAS BEEN AMAZING. 
          I WANT TO THE CITIES. 
          THE SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN AMAZING AT PROVIDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          BUT AS A PARENT, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I COULD GET MY SON'S FLU SHOT AT MOUNT VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, I WOULD SIGN HIM UP TO GET HIS FLU SHOT THERE. 
          IT JUST MADE IT EASIER FOR EVERYONE AND HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT? AND MY THIRD WAS AROUND SUBSTITUTES, AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY ON HERE FROM AIR DR. 
          HUTCHINGS CAN CAN TALK TO THIS. 
          BUT I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PRETTY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES IN RELATIONSHIP TO HIRING SUBSTITUTES. 
          AND HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE DECREASING THOSE REQUIREMENTS JUST DURING THIS PARTICULAR TIME IN ORDER TO INCREASE OUR SUBSTITUTE POOL DURING COVID? AND I'M SORRY IF THOSE WERE WORDY, BUT THOSE ARE MY THREE QUESTIONS. 
          THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. 
          I WAS GOING TO ASK DR. CRAWFORD TO RESPOND TO THE FIRST QUESTION. 
          YES. AND THAT'S A REALLY TIMELY QUESTION. 
          THE FIRST ABOUT THE RAPID TEST MS. IGNACIO. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE WE JUST DID A WEBINAR THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE BBH FOR THE TEST TO STAY PROGRAM THAT WE ARE POTENTIALLY PILOTING. 
          AND THE CHALLENGE, YOU'RE ONE HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT? AND I ACTUALLY HAD A FOLLOW UP CALL WITH THE PH BECAUSE IT'S IT'S THE REQUIREMENT OF BBH 
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THAT A FAMILY HAS TO HAVE INTERNET TO BE ABLE TO LOG ON TO HAVE SOMEONE WALK THEM THROUGH AND AND DO THAT TESTING. 
          IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE KITS THAT WE JUST ORDERED. 
          WE COULD WE DO? YES, ABSOLUTELY. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW CAN WE BE CREATIVE? DO WE HAVE TO SEND THEM HOME? COULD WE DO THEM ON SITE? SO WE'VE POSED THAT QUESTION TO BBH. 
          IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S POSSIBLE FOR US? IT'S ABSOLUTELY HONESTLY SOMETHING THAT SOME OF OUR OLDER STUDENTS COULD PROBABLY DO ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT OUR ASSISTANCE. 
          BUT LIKE YOU SAID, WHEN WE HAVE SECOND LANGUAGE AND OTHER FAMILIES WHO MIGHT NEED AN EXTRA HAND, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THEM? SO TOTALLY WANT TO DO THAT. 
          AND SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THAT WASN'T US SAYING THAT WE HAD TO GO ONLINE. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ASPECT OF IT. 
          ACCEPTING THE CASES FROM THE BBH, THE VACCINATIONS ON SITE. 
          WE AGAIN, WE ABSOLUTELY ARE TALKING TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          THIS IS THIS IS INTERESTING TO ME. 
          WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS WITH THE SECONDARY STUDENTS. 
          AND WHAT WE FOUND TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL WERE THESE FAMILY DAYS THAT WE PROMOTED AS ACPS STUDENTS ONLY BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND WAS STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO BRING THEIR PARENTS WHO MAYBE HADN'T BEEN VACCINATED AND THEY CHOSE TO GO WITH THEIR CHILD. 
          WE DID SOME ONSITE VACCINATIONS, LIKE YOU SAID, FOR OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS. 
          THE NUMBERS WERE LOW, BUT I WANT TO CAUTION. 
          I DON'T THINK THAT'S COMPARABLE. 
          HONESTLY, LIKE YOU'RE SAYING TO THE ELEMENTARY, WHEN WE HAD OUR TB OUTBREAK, AS YOU MAY REMEMBER A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE RATE FROM PARENTS SAYING YES, DO IT ON SITE AT THE SCHOOL. 
          SO WE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REVISIT. 
          THE STUDENTS ARE IN THAT SAME AGE RANGE, SO IF PARENTS WERE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IS THAT A DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD WANT TO GO? AND IT'S DEFINITELY ON THE TABLE. 
          SO WE DON'T WANT TO ABANDON THE FAMILY BASE BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING THE LARGER GROUP OF ADULTS COMING IN. 
          BUT IF THERE'S A POPULATION OF FAMILIES THAT CAN'T, CAN'T GET TO IT, THEN DEFINITELY WILL LOOK INTO THAT. I DO ECHO YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY AND I SAID THIS ON BOARD MEETINGS BEFORE, BUT I'LL SAY IT TO OUR NEW BOARD. 
          YOU KNOW, THEY PARTNERED WITH US FROM DAY ONE SO PROACTIVELY IN GETTING THE VACCINATION PODS. THEY ADVOCATED FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO BE 1B SO THAT WE COULD RETURN TO SCHOOL IN PERSON. AND AS WE'VE GOTTEN OUR ELEMENTARY VACCINATIONS, I JUST WANT TO SAY BOTH TO SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS WHO ARE ON THIS CALL AND TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THEIR FLEXIBILITY AND THINKING WE DON'T HAVE TO USE KING STREET BECAUSE IT'S SO LARGE OR GW. 
          AND I WILL SAY MR. WITH BOSCO AS ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS WHO STOPPED ME IN THE HALL AND SAID I NEEDED AT MY SCHOOL. 
          MY FAMILIES CAN WALK UP. 
          THEY DON'T DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. 
          LET'S GET THIS DONE. AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS JUST SO AND THE CITY, EVERYBODY. 
          THEY'VE BEEN AMAZING. I THINK I SHARED THIS AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THEY HAD. 
          THEY HAVE BALLOONS, THEY HAVE STICKERS, THEY HAVE COLORING BOOKS, THEY HAVE A PRIVATE SITE FOR A YOUNG CHILD WHO MAYBE LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A MOMENT WHEN THEY GET THEIR SHOT. SO THEY'VE BEEN REALLY, REALLY FLEXIBLE. 
          AND I KNOW THEY'RE OPEN TO ON SITE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY WITH PARENTAL CONSENT, IF THAT'S THE PLACE THAT WE GET TO. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS. 
          I THINK THOSE WERE THE TWO THAT I HAD. 
          AND THEN I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR DR. 
          K WYATT TO ANSWER THE THIRD QUESTION THAT MS. IGNACIO AS IN REGARDS TO US. 
          YES, OF COURSE. THANK YOU, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS. I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT OUR TEAM HAS BEEN EXPLORING THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE DID REALIZE THAT WE WERE GOING INTO A SHORTAGE WITH OUR SUBSTITUTES. WE DO MEET WITH DIFFERENT REGION HUMAN RESOURCES REPRESENTATIVES AND WE DO HAVE VARYING REQUIREMENTS FOR OUR SUBSTITUTES WITHIN THE DIVISIONS. 
          HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE IS A SHORTAGE NO MATTER WHAT OUR REQUIREMENTS ARE AT THIS TIME, BUT WE ARE DEFINITELY REVIEWING THAT FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION AND WE HAVE PUT OUT SOME FEELERS AND WE'VE SENT SOME EMAILS TO PERSONALIZE SOME ADVICE TO OUR SUBSTITUTE POOL AS WELL, SO WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS MOVING FORWARD. 
          AND THANK YOU, DR. WYATT, AND THANK YOU, EVERYONE WHO RESPONDED THOSE QUESTIONS. 
          SO I AM MINDFUL OF THE TIME I SEE THAT THERE ARE TWO BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS, SO I'M GOING TO CUT IT OFF WITH THOSE TWO BOARD MEMBERS. 
          I KNOW THIS IS A PRESSING TOPIC AND IT'S BEEN A PRESSING TOPIC FOR WAY TOO LONG NOW, BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU DO HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT COME UP. 
          PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH DR. 
          HUTCHINGS, WHO WILL GET YOU SOME ANSWERS. 
          SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH DR. 
          RIEF AND THEN DR. 
          GUPTA, AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO. 
          SO WE'LL NEED TO MOVE ON. 
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THANK YOU, CHARLES OR CHAIRMAN, AND JUST THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A REALLY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION AND I'M KIND OF GOING TO BUILD ON SOME OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASKED. BUT I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS RELATED TO INSTRUCTION AND SOME OF THE STATE LEGISLATION, THE NEW STATE LEGISLATION FROM THE LAST YEAR OR SO. 
          AND I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE FOLKS LISTENING WHO ARE NOT AWARE THAT THERE WAS STATE LEGISLATION PASSED THAT SAID THAT SCHOOL DIVISIONS COULD ONLY REVERT TO VIRTUAL LEARNING IF THERE WAS A HIGH LEVEL OF SPREAD WITHIN A SCHOOL BUILDING. 
          AND YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT AND IT WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE LIKE THE MATRIX THAT YOU PRESENTED, IT REALLY FOCUSED ON THE IMPACT ON THE STAFFING LEVELS, WHICH UNDERSTANDABLY LIKE, WE CAN'T OPERATE OUR SCHOOLS IF WE DON'T HAVE THE STAFFING. 
          BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT JUST GOING BACK IN NEXT WEEK AND WITH THIS HIGH RATE OF TRANSMISSION IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE MIGHT SEE MORE POSITIVE CASES AMONG OUR STUDENTS AS WELL, WE MIGHT SEE AN INCREASE IN STUDENT ABSENTEEISM. 
          AND SO MY QUESTION IS ABOUT, AGAIN, JUST LIKE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE LEARNING DURING QUARANTINE, THE KIDS WHO ARE HOME AND THEY'RE LEARNING BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT POPPED UP WITH THAT EARLY ON AND WE WERE LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET SOME EQUIPMENT TO KIND OF IMPROVE THAT EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING IN QUARANTINE. 
          AND I WAS I WAS GOING TO YOU COULD TALK ABOUT THAT AND ALSO JUST THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WAS THE POINT IN THE YEAR WHERE IF FOLKS WANTED TO SWITCH INTO THAT, THAT THEY COULD DO THAT. SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT WAS THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION. 
          SO I'M GOING TO START OFF AND THEN ANY OF OUR PRINCIPAL LEADERS CAN JUMP IN ON THIS ONE. 
          SO FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SPEAK TO THE POINT THAT YOU MADE IN REGARDS TO THE LEGISLATION REGARDING SCHOOLS REMAINING OPEN UNLESS THERE IS SOME TYPE OF SPIRIT WITHIN THE SCHOOL THAT ALSO DOES INCLUDE STAFF. 
          RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT JUST IN REGARDS TO STUDENTS AND WHEN OUR STAFF ARE OUT IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, THESE HIGH LEVEL THAT THEY ARE NOW. 
          MANY OF THEM, MANY OF THESE HIGH LEVELS ARE DUE TO CODE IT. 
          IT'S NOT EVERYBODY IS OUT, RIGHT? SO IT IS IN A SENSE, SOME FORM OF OF A SPREAD THAT'S HAPPENING THAT REQUIRES US TO DO THAT. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT STUDENTS WHERE IT'S A IT'S A SIMILAR THING. 
          BUT A LOT OF TIMES IF WE SEE MULTIPLE STUDENTS, IF THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASS, THAT MIGHT BE A CLASSROOM THAT IS NOW GONE INTO AN ISOLATION OR QUARANTINE STATUS AND NOT NECESSARILY THE WHOLE SCHOOL. 
          SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LOOK AT MULTIPLE LEVELS SO THAT WE DON'T JUST JUMP TO THE SCHOOL OR JUMP TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          WE'RE LOOKING AT CLASSROOM FIRST. 
          AND IF THE EXPANSIVE SCHOOL WE'RE LOOKING AT SCHOOL, IF EXTENDS BEYOND THE SCHOOL, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL, AT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. 
          BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT THAT STAFF ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT JUST BECAUSE THEIR ABSENCES ARE DUE MOST LIKELY TO A POSITIVE. 
          THERE ARE OTHER REASONS, TOO, BUT WHEN WE HAVE, WE HAVE HAD THESE NUMBERS BEFORE. 
          IN NOW, PEOPLE HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE OMICRON VARIANT. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF ONE OF OUR PRINCIPAL LEADERS WOULD WANT TO TO CHIME IN IN REGARDS TO THE THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PIECE. 
          I WILL SAY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT DR. 
          AGOURA IS NOT ON HERE, EVERSON IS NOT ON HERE. 
          SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR FOR VIRTUAL LEARNING. 
          I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE DID HAVE A CUTOFF FOR A VIRTUAL LEARNING FOR PEOPLE TO CONTINUE IN THAT VIRTUAL LEARNING THAT WAS BACK IN DECEMBER. 
          WE HAVE WORKED WITH SOME FAMILIES WHO'VE HAD MEDICAL ISSUES AND MEDICAL CONCERNS TO GET THEM INTO THAT VIRTUAL VIRGINIA. 
          BUT IT'S NOT AN OPEN, YOU KNOW, OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR VIRTUAL. 
          AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST SAY NOW TODAY YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THAT SEMESTER HAS ALREADY STARTED AND THEY HAVE SOME VERY CLEAR GUIDELINES AND RULES ABOUT JOINING INTO THEIR INTO THEIR PROGRAM. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT IT ISN'T LIKE A FREE FOR ALL OPENING TO GET INTO THAT VIRTUAL VIRGINIA OPTION AT THIS TIME. 
          BUT WE ARE MAKING OR WE HAVE MADE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO WORK WITH VIRTUAL VIRGINIA FOR FAMILIES WHO HAD MEDICAL SITUATIONS AND COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AN ACCOMMODATION. BUT MOST PEOPLE WITH THAT ARE ALREADY IN VIRTUAL VIRGINIA. 
          SO WE HAVEN'T HAD SEVERAL MILLION CASES OTHER THAN PEOPLE MOVING INTO THE SCHOOL DIVISION, NOT NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY HERE. 
          THOSE INDIVIDUALS WERE ALREADY IN A VIRTUAL VIRGINIA PLACEMENT, SO A THIRD MR. PASSPORT WILL COME UP AND MEET SOME AS SOON THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THE VIRTUAL LEARNING PIECE. YES, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS. JUST BRIEFLY, DR. 
          RIEF. IT IS TRUE THAT RIGHT NOW STUDENTS ARE, FOR THE MOST PART IN LARGE NUMBERS, OPTING 
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TO COME BACK TO ACPS FOR THE SECOND SEMESTER. 
          THE OPTION TO REGISTER OR TO REMAIN IN VIRTUAL VIRGINIA DID PASS, I BELIEVE, ON DECEMBER 15TH. IF DR. 
          EVERSON WERE HERE, SHE COULD CITE STATISTICS WHICH SHOW THAT WITH THE ADVENT OF VACCINATIONS, THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR ACPS FAMILIES ARE EAGER TO HAVE THEIR YOUNGSTERS BACK IN AND IN-PERSON LEARNING. 
          AND SO RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY LITTLE OPTION IS THAT IN SOME CONTEXT, WHEN INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS ARE CLOSE CONTACTS AND YET WE'RE STILL ABLE TO BE AND PROVIDE IN-PERSON LEARNING, WE STILL ARE OFFERING LIVE STREAMING IN THOSE SITUATIONS SO THAT SOME OF THOSE STUDENTS CAN ACCESS THE DIRECT INSTRUCTION PORTION OF SOME OF THOSE LESSONS. 
          IF THAT IF THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT ANSWER. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          YEAH. AND I WANTED TO ASK ONE OTHER THING ABOUT IT'S RELATED TO INSTRUCTION AND IT'S RELATED TO NEW STATE LEGISLATION. 
          WE IN THE FALL BEFORE THE BREAK ARE BOARD HAD UPDATED ONE OF OUR POLICIES THAT WAS AS A RESULT OF A CHANGE IN THE LAW. 
          AND THAT WAS THAT THERE WAS A LAW PASSED IN 2021 THAT SAID THAT SCHOOL DIVISIONS COULD OFFER UP TO 10 DAYS OF UNSCHEDULED, VIRTUAL OR REMOTE INSTRUCTION. 
          AND SO I THINK LIKE THIS GAME. 
          SCHOOL DIVISIONS, REALLY, THE IDEA WAS SOME FLEXIBILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THERE IS A WEATHER EVENT WHERE THERE IS ANOTHER EMERGENCY EVENT, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY. DR HUTCHINGS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU I THINK THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION THIS WEEK WITH FAMILIES ABOUT HOW THE FIRST THREE DAYS THERE WAS THE ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING AND THEN ON THE FOURTH AND FIFTH DAY, IT IS JUST THE SCHOOL DIVISION IS CLOSED FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF. SO IF YOU COULD WELL CLOSE FOR TOMORROW, IF YOU COULD, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT GOES INTO MAKING THAT DECISION. 
          I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR THAT ONE. 
          ONE. THANK YOU, DR. 
          RIEF, FOR THAT, FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          WE GET FIVE SNOW DAYS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND IF WE WANT TO USE THEM, GET FOUR OUT OF FIVE SNOW DAYS WILL BE GONE THIS WEEK. 
          WE WILL HAVE NO MORE LEFT. THAT MEANS WE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DAYS UP AT THE END OF THE YEAR IF WE WERE TO CALL THEM. 
          AND WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO, AND I EXPLAINED THIS WHEN WE SENT OUT OUR COMMUNICATION OUT TO OUR FAMILIES BACK IN DECEMBER THAT WE WERE TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THOSE DAYS BECAUSE WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS IN REGARDS TO THE SPRING. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN MARCH THROUGH JUNE. 
          WE KNOW THE COLD WINTER DAYS WHEN WE HAVE SNOW DAYS, BUT WE STILL ARE IN A PANDEMIC AND THINGS COULD HAPPEN THAT WE MIGHT NEED THOSE DAYS FOR SOMETHING ELSE. 
          AND WE WERE REALLY JUST TRYING TO HOLD ONTO THOSE FOR FUTURE NOTICE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOME FORM OF A CUSHION THE FIRST THREE DAYS. 
          AS YOU AS YOU ALL KNOW, I MEAN, THE ASYNCHRONOUS DAYS WE HAD POWER OUTAGES, YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME PEOPLE WHO CAN LOG IN, SOME PEOPLE AND SOME PEOPLE HAD THE COMPUTER, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T. AND THOSE ARE LESSONS LEARNED WHEN I WAS AT FIRST ASYNCHRONOUS DAY. 
          SO WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THOSE THREE DAYS WAS THAT WHY CONTINUE TO DO THAT IF WE KNOW SNOW IS COMING AND WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME THE SNOW WAS HERE? SO IT WOULD BE LIKE, WE'RE JUST REPEATING THE SAME THING FROM MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SO WE MADE THAT DECISION TODAY TO GO AHEAD AND TO HAVE IT AS A AS A CLOSED DAY, BUT TO HAVE IT AS A VIRTUAL TEACHER WORKDAY SO THAT TEACHERS COULD REALLY TRACK AND PICK UP ON. 
          THEY HAD TO PIVOT, YOU KNOW, COMING BACK EVERY DAY, EXPECTING TO BE BACK IN OUR CLASSROOMS. AND I'M SURE THEY HAD CERTAIN LESSONS THAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO WORK ON, THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO INTRODUCE NEW CONTENT IN THAT ASYNCHRONOUS FORMAT. 
          SO THAT WAS ALLOWING THE TEACHERS TODAY AND STAFF TO KIND OF DO JUST LIKE A RIEF, A REVAMP OF THE WORK. 
          AND THEN TOMORROW BEING THAT THE SNOW IS COMING SUPPOSEDLY TONIGHT THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING, THAT POTENTIALLY WE COULD BE IN A SITUATION WHERE POWER OUTAGES AND THINGS MAY OCCUR. SO WE JUST WENT AHEAD AND SAID, LET'S MAKE THESE OFFICIAL SNOW DAYS FOR FOR THE STUDENTS. SO WE NOW HAVE LESS TOO. 
          BUT WE HAVE THREE LEFT AND MY GOAL IS TO TRY TO HOLD ON TO SOMETHING. 
          AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT SEE IT NOW. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I'VE EVEN BEEN EXPRESSING THIS TO TO OUR STAFF INTERNALLY. 
          WE CAN'T SEE THE FUTURE, BUT WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS SO UNCERTAIN AND ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. ANOTHER SURGE CAN HAPPEN AFTER SPRING BREAK BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO GO 
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TRAVEL IN AGAIN, LIKE WE DID IN WINTER BREAK. 
          AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? RIGHT. AND WE DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE I'M NOW COMING TO THE BOARD SAYING WE'RE GOING TO GO TO SCHOOL THROUGH THE END OF JUNE TO MAKE UP OUR DAYS. 
          AND I KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE DOESN'T WANT TO HEAR THAT EITHER. 
          SO THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID. 
          AND THE MORE PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST LISTEN AND HEAR THAT I THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL APPRECIATE IT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO APPRECIATE IT TODAY. 
          BUT THERE'S NO LATER, ESPECIALLY IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE SNOW DAYS LIKE THIS AND WE HAVE TO USE THE OTHER THREE AND THEN WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT. 
          THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS AND MRS, YOUR LAST. 
          THANK YOU. JUST TO HOPEFULLY QUICK QUESTIONS. 
          JUST GOING BACK TO THE COLOR ZONES, YOU MENTIONED THAT RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE DATA BASED ON YOUR MEETINGS EARLIER TODAY, THERE'S THREE SCHOOLS IN THE RED ZONE. 
          IS THERE INTENT TO BE ABLE TO PUBLISH THAT PUBLICLY SO FAMILY MEMBERS CAREGIVERS WILL KNOW GENERALLY WHERE THEIR SCHOOLS ARE AT THIS POINT? SO WE HAVEN'T PLANNED TO PUBLISH THAT ON A DAILY BASIS WHERE SCHOOL LEADS, BUT WE WILL BE SHARING ALL OF THIS INFORMATION VIA ACPS EXPRESS TOMORROW. 
          SO ALL THIS INFORMATION THAT REGARDING THE VISUALS AND WHAT ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL BE GOING OUT TO OUR FAMILIES TOMORROW. 
          AND ACPS EXPRESS INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS WILL BE SHARING INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE SCHEDULES BECAUSE WE HAVE SET PARAMETERS IN REGARDS TO HOW MANY MINUTES AND THINGS STUDENTS WILL NEED TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY ON THESE SYNCHRONOUS DAYS. 
          BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY STAFF FROM EVERY SCHOOL HAS A DIFFERENT STAFF AND THEY HAD DIFFERENT PERIODS AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS. 
          BUT WE'RE KEEPING THOSE PARAMETERS THE SAME REGARDLESS OF WHAT BURNED YOU'RE IN, BUT YOU MAY SEE SOME VARIATION IN THE SCHEDULING. 
          SO WE'RE ALLOWING THE SCHOOLS TO TO SHARE THE SCHEDULING PIECE OUT, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD THE DISCUSSION AROUND POSTING ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS YOUR QUESTION. 
          BUT ON A PERSONAL BASIS OR DAILY BASIS OR JUST HAVING, I THINK THAT THERE'S DISCUSSION OF A DASHBOARD THAT'S GOING TO HAVE SOME INFORMATION THAT'S GOING UP. 
          BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT FOR FAMILIES, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF AS NOT AS BOARD NUMBER, BUT AS A MOM. 
          YOU KNOW, HAVING A SENSE OF WHERE MY SCHOOL IS IN THAT MATRIX IS AT LEAST SOMETHING WHERE I CAN PLAN AHEAD AND THINK, OK, WE MAY BE HAVING TO SHIFT, AND I JUST CAN KNOW THAT THAT'S COMING VERSUS IF I KNOW I'M IN THE GREENE AND MIGHT BE OK IF WE'RE IN THE YELLOW, OK? AS YOU SAID, WE'VE BEEN IN THE YELLOW JUST ABOUT ALL YEAR, BUT THAT'S JUST IT'S A GOOD IT'S I THINK MORE INFORMATION IS BETTER THAN THE NOT SO I CAN TELL YOU. 
          AND I GUESS IT'S. 
          WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYBODY IN THE GREENE, AND THAT'S INCLUDING CENTRAL OFFICE IS NOT EVEN IN THE GREENE IN REGARDS TO HAVING ALL OF OUR STAFFING IN OUR BUILDINGS ON ANY GIVEN DAY THUS FAR. BUT I DO THINK THAT WE CAN EXPRESS THAT JUST A LITTLE MORE FOR FAMILIES AND MEAGAN ALSO INCLUDE IT IN OUR NEWSLETTERS, OUR SCHOOL NEWSLETTERS FOR FOUR FAMILIES. 
          TWO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME FAMILIES ARE YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO GO AND LOOK AT YOUR GRADE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT CAN BE CONFUSING FOR SOME. 
          SOME PEOPLE HAVE MULTIPLE CHILDREN, THEY LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE LIKE TO DO IT BOTH WAYS. 
          BUT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEND OUT THE ELEMENTARY INFORMATION, SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND SEND OUT SECONDARY INFORMATION AND THEN THE SCHOOL DIVISION AS A WHOLE. 
          WE SEND OUT ALL OF THE INFORMATION SO THAT THEY'RE GETTING IT IN MULTIPLE WAYS. 
          BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL DEFINITELY REITERATE. 
          OK, THANK YOU. 
          THE LAST QUESTION IS JUST GOING BACK TO THE SUBSIDY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU, MR. IGNACIO, FOR ASKING AND TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT BARRIERS THAT IT TAKES TO GET SUBS INTO OUR SUBSTITUTE POOL. 
          MY QUESTION IS WHAT? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO RECRUIT MORE SUBSTITUTES? HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT BONUSES? ARE WE WORKING ON BUILDING SUBSTITUTES? DO WE HAVE A NEED FOR MORE MONITORS? AND IS THIS A PLACE WHERE WE COULD ALSO DO? AND I'LL CALL TO OUR COMMUNITY SAYING, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SIGN UP TO BE A SELLER AND MONITOR AND GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE NEED YOU RIGHT NOW. 
          ACTUALLY, I KNOW, DR. KAY, WHY SHE CAN SPEAK TO THIS, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TECH TO TRY TO RECRUIT PARENTS. 
          WE'VE BEEN DOING A PUSH TO RECRUIT PARENTS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING IN, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STEPS PRIOR TO WINTER BREAK. 
          I THINK THE ISSUE NOW IS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO TEST POSITIVE OR HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE IN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT IS CAUSING THE SHORTAGE. 
          BUT I KNOW, DR. 
          KAY WRITES, YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH A NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND HR PROFESSIONALS IN 
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THE AREA. YOU MAY WANT TO SHARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THEM, AND NOT JUST THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE. 
          YES, OF COURSE, THANK YOU, BECAUSE WE ARE SO CLOSE IN THE NORTHERN VIRGINIA AREA, WE ARE SOMETIMES PULLING FROM THE SAME POOL OF APPLICANTS, SO THAT MAKES IT VERY CHALLENGING FOR US. BUT WE HAVE DONE A FEW NEW INNOVATIVE THINGS TO REACH OUT TO RECRUIT SUBSTITUTES. 
          WE'VE TRIED TO REACH IT OUT. LIKE I SAID PERSONALLY, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE SUBSTITUTES THAT WERE INACTIVE IN OUR SYSTEM. 
          WE GET SOME EMAILS TO THEM PERSONALLY TO REACH OUT TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED, EVEN IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, LIKE MODIFIED TIGHT SCHEDULES, ANYTHING THAT CAN GET THEM REENGAGED IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          SO THAT WAS ONE EFFORT. 
          WE ALSO HAD A PLAN TO REACH OUT TO COMMUNITY EVENTS AND GO OUT AND BE A PART OF THIS AND HAVE LIKE A RECRUITING TABLE. 
          OF COURSE, THE VARIANTS AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING AROUND, WE'VE HAD TO PULL BACK THOSE EFFORTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE EVENTS ARE GETTING CANCELED. 
          SO WE ARE STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING OUR OWN ONLINE RECRUITING EVENTS FOR SUBSTITUTES. BUT WE DID IN THE FALL, GET A NICE LITTLE POOL IN THAT WE STARTED GETTING FOR SCHOOLS. 
          HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, SOME OF THEM HAVE DECIDED TO NOT PICK UP JOBS JUST BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE THE SAME FEARS AND CONCERNS AS OTHER PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR SCHOOL BUILDING. 
          SO WE DO HAVE SOME WHO ARE IN THERE RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE HAVE IN OUR OWN BASICALLY WADING POOL. SO AS WE GO INTO THESE DIFFERENT STAGES, WE CAN PULL FROM THAT POOL TO PLACE THEM IN THE SCHOOL SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THAT VIRTUAL SITUATION. 
          SO THAT ANSWERS THE SUBSTITUTE QUESTION. 
          YOUR QUESTION AROUND MONITORS, WE HAVE INCREASED OUR MONITORS. 
          WE DO HAVE PART TIME AND FULL TIME MONITORS THAT WE ARE ALSO PLACING IN SCHOOLS. 
          A LOT OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLACED IN PLACE OVER 100 IN THE FALL IN THE SCHOOLS. 
          IF YOU HEARD SOME OF OUR EARLIER PRESENTATIONS, THERE ARE SOME PART TIME ONES TO BEGIN WITH THAT CAME IN TO SUPPORT THE LUNCH EFFORTS AND THEN WE DID INCREASE THEM TO DATE TIME STATUS. SOME OF THEM SO THEY COULD SUPPORT SOME OF THIS COVERAGE AND MITIGATION STRATEGIES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL. 
          WE DO HAVE, I BELIEVE IT'S ANOTHER ALMOST TWENTY FIVE IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO THAT WE DO HAVE THAT WE CAN PLACE AND WE CAN ALSO USE THAT TO BACKFILL SOME OF THOSE MONITORS WHO ARE ALSO TESTING POSITIVE OR TEACHERS WHO ARE TESTING POSITIVE. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT AS STUDENTS, WE ARE RECRUITING SUBSTITUTES AND MONITORS THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND BACKFILL AS PEOPLE BECOME ILL OR HAVE OTHER MEDICAL CONCERNS. 
          THANK YOU. AND JUST THE QUESTION ABOUT THE POSSIBLE BONUSES OR PAY INCREASE TO FOUR SUBSTITUTES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING COMPETITIVE WITH OUR SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS. 
          YES, WE LOOK INTO THAT QUITE FREQUENTLY. 
          WE DO HAVE REGION FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MEETINGS AND WE DO LOOK AT EACH OTHER'S SALARIES AND WE'RE PRETTY COMPETITIVE THERE. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE DO KNOW THE CHALLENGES IS THAT IF YOU START TO REALLY JUST FOCUS ON THAT, WE NEED TO FOCUS ON REALLY TAKING CARE OF THEM WHILE THEY'RE IN OUR OUR SCHOOLS AND OFFICES. BUT WE ARE PRETTY COMPETITIVE WITH OUR RATES. 
          WE ACTUALLY JUST STARTED LOOKING AT IT AGAIN THE WEEK BEFORE BREAK BECAUSE WE DO KNOW THAT SOMETIMES OTHER DIVISIONS HAVE OFFERED BONUSES, BUT IT WAS MORE ALONG THE LINES OF TRANSPORTATION. NOT SO MUCH AROUND SUBSTITUTES. 
          BUT WE DO LOOK AT THAT MONTHLY AND ALMOST NOW WEEKLY TO SEE IF WE REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 
          SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM. 
          AND THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT I AM SO EXHAUSTED BY COVID. 
          I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THIS ENDING AND BEING OVER. 
          I CAN'T EMPHASIZE ENOUGH THE IMPACT THAT THIS HAS HAD ON OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM. 
          IT'S ALMOST DUMBFOUNDING AT TIMES. 
          I FEEL LIKE I DON'T HAVE WORDS ANYMORE, BUT I JUST APPRECIATE EVERYONE FOR DIGGING IN. 
          I APPRECIATE FAMILIES FOR DIGGING IN AS WELL. 
          IT TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE. 
          THE UNCERTAINTY, I KNOW, CAUSES A LOT OF ANXIETY, AND I JUST THINK THE MORE THAT WE SEE, WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. 
          THE END WILL COME. 
          I KNOW IT, HOPEFULLY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. 
          BUT I DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE AND I THINK EVERYONE FOR THEIR INSIGHT, INPUT GUIDANCE, COMMENTS, CONCERNS BECAUSE THIS IS REAL AND THIS IS A HISTORICAL TIME. 
          SO THANK YOU. SO WE DO HAVE OTHER BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO. 
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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, SO I KNOW THIS IS ANOTHER HIGHLY ANTICIPATED TOPIC BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE THIRD PHASE OF GETTING THIS PROJECT DONE. 
          SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN THAT OVER TO DR. 
          HUTCHINGS AND STAFF. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          AND I ALSO JUST THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS BECAUSE YOU ARE KIND OF LIKE SEEING IN OUR CRAZY RIGHT NOW. 
          WE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS EVERY DAY. 
          THE STAFF JUST INTERNALLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP. 
          EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH SO MUCH AND THESE ARE TOTALLY UNPRECEDENTED TIMES THAT NOBODY COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED AND WHO WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD STILL BE GOING THROUGH IT AND EVERY DAY WE HAVE TO GO BACK AT IT. 
          SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU WAKE UP AND IT'S OVER. 
          IT'S LIKE YOU SAY, TRAPPED IN SOMETHING NEW HAPPENED AND IT'S IT'S CONTINUOUS. 
          BUT WE ARE STAYING STRONG AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP KEEP OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR STRIVE TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS BY BASICALLY BEVERLY AS OUR GOAL. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TRANSITION INTO OUR DOUGLAS MACARTHUR UPDATE. 
          WE HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR THIS CONVERSATION. 
          IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION PUBLICLY WITH THE BOARD, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH OUR COMMUNITY NEXT WEEK, OUR ADVISORY TEAM AND OUR COMMUNITY NEXT WEEK. 
          I BELIEVE IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING IS SET, BUT I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO ACTING CHIEF OF FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS DR. 
          ALICIA HART SO THAT SHE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR MODERNIZATION PROJECT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. HUTCHINGS, AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN, BOARD. 
          AS DR. HUTCHINGS SAID AGAIN, DR. 
          ALICIA HART AND I AM GOING TO TRY TO DO MY BEST TONIGHT. 
          TYPICALLY, MS. ERICA PROVIDES AWESOME UPDATES ON ALL OF OUR MODERNIZATION PROJECTS, AND SHE IS CURRENTLY ON LEAVE. 
          AND SO I HOPE I DO A PROUD TONIGHT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          SO MY HOPE IS THAT TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL ANSWER THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU TO INCLUDE JUST A GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR NEW BOARD MEMBERS, AND TO INCLUDE WHAT THE ORIGINAL ANTICIPATED TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION WAS, WHAT THE UPDATED AND FINAL DATE FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION IS NOW. 
          WHAT FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THOSE UPDATES, WHERE WE ARE IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND HOW WE CONTINUE TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF OUR UPDATES. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO WANTING TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND. 
          BACK IN APRIL OF 2019, THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THAT TIME VOTED TO USE THE FORMER PATRICK HENRY SCHOOL BUILDING AS SCREEN SPACE SO WE COULD ADVANCE THE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MODERNIZATION PROJECT. 
          WE PURSUED RENOVATION OF THE SWING SPACE, WHICH IS NOW THE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SEEING SPACE AT TANEY AVENUE, AND WE COMPLETED DESIGN OF THE NEW SCHOOL. 
          AFTER EXTENSIVE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, THE SCHOOL BOARD SELECTED THE FOREST CONCEPT AND THERE IS A VISUAL THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU A DIFFERENT VIEWS OF WHAT THAT CONCEPT IS FOR. THE NEW DESIGN AND DEMOLITION OF THE OLD DOUGLAS MACARTHUR BUILDING BEGAN IN MARCH OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE. 
          THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW BUILDING IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW WAS THE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE. 
          MOST NOTABLY, THIS SCHEDULE HAD US WITH A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION AT DECEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY TWO. SO LATER THIS YEAR WITH A MOVEMENT OVER WINTER BREAK AND THEN STUDENTS AND STAFF OCCUPYING THE NEW BUILDING AS OF JANUARY TWENTY TWENTY THREE. 
          IT ALSO INCLUDED A FALL COMPLETION OF THE PATRICK HENRY FIELD IN THE DEMOLITION OF THE SEEING SPACE LATER THAT YEAR. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WERE COMPLETELY BEYOND ACPS CONTROL. 
          THE NEW BENEFICIAL OCCUPANCY DATE FOR THE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MODERNIZATION PROJECT IS JULY OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE, MEANING THAT STUDENTS WILL NOT OCCUPY THE BUILDING UNTIL AUGUST OF TWENTY TWENTY THREE. SO AT THE START OF THE TWENTY TWENTY THREE TWENTY TWENTY FOUR SCHOOL YEAR, STUDENTS WILL BE IN THE NEW DOUGLAS MACARTHUR BUILDING. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO I DO WANT TO GO INTO WHAT CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EXTENSION, MOST NOTABLY, IS THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. 
          I KNOW WE SHARED OVER THE SUMMER IN TERMS OF JUST OUR NON CAPACITY PROJECTS, HOW THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY HAD BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY PRODUCTION, SUPPLY CHAIN DELAYS, DELAYS AND MATERIALS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          SO THIS IS NATIONWIDE AND IT IS NOT UNIQUE TO ACPS. 
          AS I EXPLAINED, WE DO HAVE SOME MATERIAL DELAYS DUE TO PRODUCTION CHALLENGES. 
          THE BEST EXAMPLE TO GIVE TONIGHT IS LIKE STEEL, WHICH WE ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT DELAYS IN BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT MATERIAL COME IN AND A GENERAL INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION WORK AS CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WAS TRYING TO CATCH UP FROM ALL OF THE BACKLOG DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, WHICH DOES LIMIT COMPETITION, AS WELL AS BID SUBMISSIONS FOR PROJECTS FROM GREENE. 
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SOME OF THE RELATED DESIGN ADJUSTMENTS BASED OFF OF US HAVING TO ADJUST TO THIS COVID 19 PANDEMIC WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO WHAT YOU ARE DOING NOW IS THE UPDATE A TIMELINE? AGAIN, MOST NOTABLY, YOU WILL SEE THAT THE STAR FOR OCCUPANCY HAS SHIFTED TO AUGUST TWENTY TWENTY THREE. 
          AND THAT ALSO THEN EXTENDS THE COMPLETION OF THE PATRICK HENRY FIELDS IN THE DEMOLITION OF THE SWING SPACE. 
          BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PATRICK CAN WE FEEL COMPLETION IS STILL WITHIN COMPLIANCE WITHIN THE DCP CONDITIONS FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND SO JUST WANTING TO QUICKLY SHARE WHAT ARE SOME NEAR-TERM CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES, WE DO HAVE UPCOMING SIDEWALK CLOSURES AND UTILITY WORK. 
          WE DO HAVE ONGOING CONCRETE FLOORING AS WELL AS OUR GEOTHERMAL, WELL, INSTALLATION. 
          WE DO SHARE CONSTRUCTION UPDATES EVERY TWO WEEKS VIA OUR DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MODERNIZATION PAGE, AND WE ALSO SHARE A DIRECT UPDATE WITH THE ADVISORY GROUP AS WELL VIA EMAIL ON THE UPDATES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND LASTLY, JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS THAT WE ATTEMPT TO KEEP ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS INFORMED, SKANSKA DOES HAVE THEIR OWN PROJECT WEBSITE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR DOUGLAS MACARTHUR EXCUSE ME MODERNIZATION PROJECT PAGE WE HAVE, WHICH IS NOT LISTED HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A MONTHLY CIPA NEWSLETTER THAT COVERS BOTH NON CAPACITY AND CAPACITY PROJECTS. 
          SO ALL OF OUR CAPACITY PROJECTS, INCLUDING DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT THAT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE AN EMAIL ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PROJECT THAT ANYONE CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS AND OUR TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THOSE AND KIND. 
          AND WE ALSO HAVE AN EMAIL LISTSERV WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR EMAIL UPDATES TO BE SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU REGARDING THIS PROJECT. 
          THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT'S UPDATES. 
          AND OF COURSE, I AM WILLING AND READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE. 
          OK, THANK YOU, DR. 
          HART, FOR THAT. AND SO I'M NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SEE IF THE BOARD HAS ANY QUESTIONS. HE. 
          OK, I'M GOING TO START WITH MR. NEWBY, AND THEN WE'LL GO TO DR RIEF. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I GOT A GOOD QUESTION IN TERMS OF TIMELINE AND WHAT TOOLS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TO AVOID FURTHER DELAYS FROM THE TIMELINE THAT WE WILL AGREE ON IN THIS CONTRACT. DO WE HAVE ANY KIND OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES, CLAUSES OR ANYTHING THAT IT CAN HOLD THE CONTRACT LIABLE IF THEY DELAY BEYOND JULY 23? YES, WE DO. AND I SEE THAT MRS BARTLETT, WHO IS THE SENIOR CAPITAL PROGRAM MANAGER AND IS ALSO FILLING IN WHILE ERICA'S ON LEAVE HAS JUST POPPED ON THE SCREEN AS WELL. 
          SO IF I MESSED SOMETHING UP, AZUKA, PLEASE CORRECT ME. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE A LIQUIDATED DAMAGES PIECE WITHIN OUR CONTRACTS AND ALSO WITHIN THIS LAST GMP THREE NEGOTIATION. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WAS CONCRETELY SPELLED OUT IN THE NEGOTIATION WAS THE UPDATED AND FINAL SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE. 
          THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          THANK YOU. DR. RIEF, I WAS JUST WONDERING. 
          THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, DR. 
          HART. CAN YOU JUST CAN YOU JUST REMIND ME LIKE HOW IS THE INITIAL TIMELINE FOR A PROJECT SET? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROJECT TIMELINE IS SET PRIOR TO WHEN WE HAVE THE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR IN PLACE? SO HOW IS THAT TIMELINE SET? AND THEN ARE WE I MEAN, HOW IS THIS GOING TO? I'M JUST THINKING HOW THIS MIGHT AFFECT OTHER PROJECTS, SUCH AS THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 
          IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT. 
          THANKS. OK, THANK YOU. 
          I WILL ASK AZUKA TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT BECAUSE SHE IS MORE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH SOME OF THOSE DETAILS THAN I AM. 
          BUT I WILL SAY IN GENERAL, WHEN YOU ARE SETTING OUT TO DESIGN A PROJECT WHICH YOU DO IS YOU LOOK AT SOME OF YOUR PAST PROJECTS THAT ARE OF SIMILAR SIZE AND TYPICALLY THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT IT TOOK YOU TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS TO HELP YOU DEVELOP AN ESTIMATE AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS AND GETTING YOUR RESPECTIVE CONTRACTORS ARCHITECT ON BOARD AS YOU CONTINUE TO REFINE THAT TIMELINE. 
          THE ONE THING THAT WE HAVE DONE AS A PRACTICE AS A SCHOOL DIVISION, WHICH I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK MAY BE THE BEST PRACTICE MOVING FORWARD, IS WE HAVE SHARED ANTICIPATED TIMELINES, IN MY OPINION, A LITTLE BIT TOO EARLY AND WE HAVE NOT ALLOWED FOR ENOUGH OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO TAKE PLACE TO REALLY GET US TO A POINT TO WHERE WE COULD SHARE A SCHEDULE WITH CONFIDENCE. 
          ONE THING THAT I HAVE SHARED WITH DR. 
          HUTCHINGS MOVING FORWARD IS THAT I DO NOT THINK IT IS BEST PRACTICE FOR US TO SHARE AN 
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ESTIMATE, A TIMELINE UNTIL WE DO HAVE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE BECAUSE WE WE FIRST AND FOREMOST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MAINTAINING THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY. 
          WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING IS GOING TO BE DONE, WE REALLY WANT IT TO BE DONE, BUT THAT WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING ANY FACTORS THAT MAY IMPACT THAT TIMELINE THAT WE CAN FORESEE. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT KNOW THAT KOGUT WAS GOING TO COME ABOUT. 
          WE WERE WELL UNDERWAY WITH THIS PROJECT AND TRYING TO EXPEDITE THE EXPEDITE ANY PROJECT IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. 
          ALSO COMES WITH A HEFTY PRICE TAG. 
          AND SO WE WERE UNDER THE VERY CLEAR GUIDANCE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL LOAN TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH ALSO LIMITS SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO POTENTIALLY EXPEDITE WORK WHEN MATERIALS BECOME AVAILABLE, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          SO I WOULD SAY THAT THIS HOPEFULLY IS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION. 
          ERICA AND THE TEAM ALONG WITH MYSELF, ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOES NOT CONTINUE TO BE THE PRACTICE IN TERMS OF SHARING A SCHEDULE PREMATURELY. 
          BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING TO KEEP PROJECTS IN LINE AND ON TIME, AND ONLY SHARING A TIMELINE WHEN WE DO HAVE A CERTAIN DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE BASED OFF OF ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          AND AZUKA, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING REGARDING THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT. 
          THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. 
          DR. RIEF FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT. 
          WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS GIVEN THE CURRENT SITUATION, WE'RE SEEING THE SAME ISSUES LEAD TIME ON MATERIALS SUCH AS STEEL ROOF AND A FEW OTHER THINGS SUCH AS GLAZING AND ET CETERA. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR CONTRACT, OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK AND TRYING TO SORT OF FRONT LOAD THE RISK AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, MEANING THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO RELEASE MULTIPLE JUMPS AND WORKING WITH OUR TEAM, TRYING TO COME UP WITH THE PACKAGES WHERE WE CAN RELEASE THOSE ITEMS SOONER THAN LATER. 
          THERE IS A RISK ASSOCIATED WITH IT WHEN YOU RELEASE CERTAIN PACKAGES UPFRONT. 
          SOMETIMES THE DESIGN IS NOT AT 100 PERCENT, SO WE PUT ALLIANCE IN THERE FOR DESIGN CHANGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          SO WE'RE WORKING WITH BOTH OF OUR TEAMS AS WELL AS WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT THIS, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET TO THAT COMPLETION DATE WHEN WE'RE NOT DELAYING OUR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION DATE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON THE SCHEDULE AND COMING UP WITH THE BEST SOLUTION THAT COULD STILL HOLD OUR SUBSTATION COMPLETION FOR THE FALL OF 2024. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I CAN DEFINITELY SPEAK TO THAT. 
          SO THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. 
          THANKS. THANK YOU, MRS. HI, THANK YOU. 
          IT'S I'M STUMBLING FOR WORDS JUST BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S EXCITING AND ALSO STILL FRUSTRATING A LITTLE BIT TO ON THE TIMELINE. 
          I'VE BEEN ON THE MACARTHUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE GROUP SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, SO I FEEL FOR ALL OF THE RISING FIFTH GRADERS WHO ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRETTY BUMMED TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO HAVE SOME TIME IN THE NEW DOUGLAS MACARTHUR SCHOOL AS THEY HAVE BEEN HOPING TO BE PART OF. 
          SO I DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN THAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING NATIONWIDE AND THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. 
          AND THEN ALSO STAFFING IN PIECES ON PIECES LIKE THAT. 
          SO LET ME JUST START WITH, YOU KNOW, ARE WE AT THE VERY LEAST, ARE WE ON BUDGET OR UNDER BUDGET WITH THIS PROJECT? DR. HUTCHINGS? YES, WE ARE WE ARE AT BUDGET WE. 
          THAT IS ONE THING THAT IS VERY CLEAR. 
          THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY MAY INCLUDE AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY ADAMANT ABOUT MAKING SURE AND ENSURING THAT WE ARE AT BUDGET AND WE ARE STILL AT BUDGET. OKAY, THAT'S THAT'S FANTASTIC, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHALLENGES OF THE RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS. SO I APPLAUD YOU AND KEEPING US ON ON BUDGETS. 
          THAT IS GREAT. THE ONE QUESTION I'VE ASKED SEVERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND MEETINGS, AND I'LL ASK THIS AGAIN, AND IF YOU COULD JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN SOME OF THE PROCESS THAT IT TAKES TO MOVE. 
          YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF MCARTHUR FAMILIES WERE LOOKING AT AN EMPTY BUILDING IN MARCH OF TWENTY TWENTY SAYING, OK, WELL, WE CAN'T OCCUPY THIS BUILDING RIGHT NOW. 
          CAN'T WE GET MOVING AND DEMOLISH IT AND EXPEDITE THE PROJECT ITSELF? AND THEN THE TIMELINE TOO. 
          AND I'VE SAID THOSE BEFORE LOOKING AT JEFFERSON, HOUSTON AND THE TIMELINE TO BUILD PATRICK HENRY, THOSE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT WITH A YEAR OR YEAR AND A HALF TIME FRAME. 
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SO WHY IS THERE SO MUCH MORE TIME BUILT INTO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT? AND THEN I'VE GOT ONE MORE QUESTION AFTER THAT. 
          OK, SO UNFORTUNATELY, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE JEFFERSON HOUSTON OR PATRICK HENRY TIME FRAME THAT WAS BEFORE MY TENURE HERE WITH ACPS, SO I WOULD NOT WANT TO MISSPEAK ON THAT. 
          BUT WHAT I CAN SHARE IS THAT SPECIFICALLY WITH THE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR BUILDING, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL ASBESTOS THAT WE WERE NOT ANTICIPATING WHEN WE DID START THE DEMOLITION PROCESS. AND I'M HOPING EVERYONE IS AWARE OF THAT WITH ASBESTOS. 
          YOU HAVE TO ABATE ASBESTOS BEFORE YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY SORT OF DEMOLITION. 
          AND SO WHEN YOU ARE GOING INTO A SITUATION, I NEVER WANT TO SAY BLIND, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE SITUATIONS WHERE, OH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DID NOT PLAN FOR, AND THAT'S NOT DUE TO LACK OF PLANNING. 
          THAT'S ONCE YOU START UNCOVERING CERTAIN THINGS, PREPARING FOR DEMOLITION, ONCE YOU FIND IT, YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, MINOR DELAYS OR MINOR SETBACKS, BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD REALLY THROW YOU COMPLETELY OFF SCHEDULE. 
          AGAIN, SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO THIS PROJECT, IT WAS WE'RE DEALING WITH A MYRIAD OF SITUATIONS, FIRST AND FOREMOST THE PANDEMIC, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE VERY STRICT BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. 
          IF WE HAD SAY, YOU KNOW, AND I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP ADDITIONAL $10 MILLION, WE MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK TO SAY, OK, IF YOU THROW EVERYBODY THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS PROJECT, ONCE THE MATERIALS COME IN TO EXPEDITE THIS TIME FRAME WOULD HAVE PROBABLY STILL BEEN CLOSE, PROBABLY NOT ON TARGET, BUT CLOSER TO THAT PARTICULAR TIMEFRAME, BUT WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO STAY WITHIN BUDGET FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT. 
          OUR OPTIONS WERE LIMITED IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE COULD EITHER VALUE ENGINEER BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO VALUE ENGINEERED THE BUILDING TO NOT BE AS THE DESIGN INTENDS FOR IT TO BE OR WHAT IT IS THAT WE COULD PUT ON THE PROJECT IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO EXPEDITE ONCE THOSE PARTICULAR MATERIALS COME IN. 
          AS I SHARED BEFORE, I DO NOT ANTICIPATE THIS BEING THE PROCESS OR THE STANDARD MOVING FORWARD. CONSTRUCTION IS ALWAYS TO SOME LEVEL, SOMETHING YOU CAN'T 100 PERCENT PLAN FOR, BUT YOU CAN TAKE STEPS IN THE BEGINNING AND HAVING I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN MY TEAM AS WELL AS MYSELF AND JUST MY EXPERIENCE WITH CONSTRUCTION TO SAY OK WHEN WE START SEEING SOMETHING VERY EARLY ON. 
          AS AZUKA JUST MENTIONED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, LET'S TAKE SOME LESSONS LEARNED. 
          LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE WORKING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO ADDRESS THESE UPFRONT AND SEE WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WE MAY HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE PRIOR PROJECTS, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO WHAT OUR PLAN IS MOVING FORWARD. MS.. 
          THANK YOU, DOCTOR. THAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION, AND YOU MAY YOU MAY HAVE REFERENCED THAT. 
          IN REGARDS TO ASBESTOS, BUT THERE WAS A ONE BULLET POINT ON SLIDE FIVE THAT TALKED ABOUT WHAT ARE THE OTHER RELATED. 
          THERE WERE OTHER RELATED ADJUSTMENTS THAT HAD TO BE MADE THAT CONTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THE DELAY. IS THAT BECAUSE I'M SORRY? SORRY, GO AHEAD. I DON'T MEAN TO CUT ACROSS YOU. 
          I APOLOGIZE. SO IF THERE WAS, FOR INSTANCE, AND I DON'T KNOW ALL OF THE SPECIFIC RELATED DESIGN ADJUSTMENTS, BUT IF WE HAVE TO SUBSTITUTE A MATERIAL THAT MAY COME IN SOONER THAN ANOTHER MATERIAL, YOU MAY HAVE TO SLIGHTLY ADJUST THE DESIGN BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS NOT INTENDED FOR THE SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL. 
          SO SOME OF THOSE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT OK, IF WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SUBSTITUTE AGAIN, ANOTHER STRATEGY TO TRY TO HELP KEEP US AS CLOSELY ON SCHEDULE AS POSSIBLE, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE MAY DO. 
          THAT IS VERY MINOR, THOUGH, IN THE SCOPE OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S REALLY JUST THE PANDEMIC AND THE IMPACT IT IS HAVING ON THE INDUSTRY AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE FINAL JUST COMMENT AND REQUEST THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO MEET IN A WHILE. 
          AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THEM ARE TUNING IN TO LISTEN TO TONIGHT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN REGATHER THAT GROUP BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO. 
          I CAN ACTUALLY SHARE THAT MEETING DATE WITH YOU. 
          WE ARE SENDING OUT INVITATIONS FOR MONDAY, THE 10TH. 
          I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SHORT NOTICE, BUT THIS WEEK HAS BEEN HECTIC SPECIFICALLY FOR MY DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS. 
          BUT WE ARE CONVENING THAT GROUP ON THE 10TH AS WELL AS A COMMUNITY MEETING AFTER WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE ADVISORY GROUP. 
          SO YES, AN INVITATION SHOULD BE GOING OUT, I BELIEVE, TOMORROW OR FOR THAT ITEM. 
          OK, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          OK, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. 
          SO IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT UPDATE, I'M SURE WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE GET UPDATED ON THIS, OBVIOUSLY, AND WE ARE IN PHASE THREE, SO IT WOULD BE REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED. IT WOULD BE REALLY EXCITING AS WELL FOR THE PATRICK HENRY PROJECT TO GET FULLY COMPLETED. 
          AND WE'VE DONE A LOT. 
          SO A LOT OF BUILDING HAPPENING. 
          SO IT'S REALLY GOOD AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO JUST DOES THE WORK TO MAKE ALL OF THIS 
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HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT. 
          SO LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE DO HAVE OUR BUDGET PRESENTATION. 
          [14.	Presentation of the Superintendent's FY 2023 Combined Funds Budget (Documents uploaded 1/6/2022)]
SO JUST A REMINDER THIS IS STRICTLY INFO. 
          WE DON'T USUALLY DO QUESTIONS WITH THIS PRESENTATION. 
          THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUR FIRST GLANCE AND THEN WE WILL HAVE BUDGET WORK SESSIONS COMING UP. 
          I WILL REACH OUT TO EVERYONE ABOUT THE BUDGET BOOKLETS. 
          THEY WERE TO BE PRINTED TODAY, BUT WE ARE NOT AS CENTRAL OFFICE AND WE ARE UNSURE ABOUT WHETHER TOMORROW. 
          SO SUSAN AND I ARE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO GET THOSE TO EVERYONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEY ARE LARGE. 
          AND I KNOW IT'S MUCH BETTER TO HAVE IT IN YOUR HAND AS OPPOSED TO SCROLLING THROUGH IT ONLINE. BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO EVERYBODY TOMORROW AS SOON AS TOMORROW, WITH AN UPDATE ON HOW YOU CAN BEST GET YOUR BUDGET BOOKLET IN HAND. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO DR. 
          HUTCHINGS AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO JUST SAY THANK YOU TO DR. 
          HART. AND I KNOW MS., WHO ALSO WAS ON ON THIS AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S ONE IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE POWERFUL WOMEN IN THIS FIELD, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS. 
          THEY ARE A MINORITY AND OUR FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS TEAM. 
          THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE PRIDE ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON. 
          I SEE IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN. 
          WE ARE A MAJORITY FEMALE FACILITIES AND OPERATION LEADERSHIP MAJORITY LIKE. 
          I MEAN, THAT TO ME IS JUST SO AMAZING FOR OUR YOUNG LADIES OUT THERE TO SEE THAT WOMEN CAN DO THIS TOO AND DO IT BETTER THAN MOST. 
          I MEAN, I CAN TELL YOU THAT BECAUSE THIS JACINTA OPERATIONS TEAM RUN BY MAJORITY OF WOMEN HAS BEEN THE BEST IT'S EVER BEEN. 
          SO WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A PLUG FOR THAT BECAUSE OUR YOUNG LADIES NEED TO SEE THIS. 
          THIS IS POWERFUL, VERY POWERFUL. 
          SO HATS OFF TO THEM. 
          SO AND ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE GO INTO THIS. 
          THE BUDGET BOOKS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR BOARD MEMBERS ON MONDAY BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE REVIEWING THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO LOOK AT IT, IN FACT PRINT YET. 
          SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO PICK THEM UP TOMORROW. 
          HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE PICKING THEM UP TOMORROW SO THAT THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR BOARD MEMBERS ON MONDAY. 
          SO I DO KNOW THAT I SPOKE WITH MR. TURNER EARLIER TODAY. 
          SO, MR. TURNER, HE'S GOING TO SHARE THE SCREEN FOR ME, I BELIEVE. 
          WE'LL. CAN I JUST SAY HELLO TO MR. TURNER, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVEN'T SEEN MR. TURNER IN A WHILE. 
          GLAD HE'S BACK. 
          ME TOO. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. 
          I STILL GOT A LONG ROAD TO RECOVERY, BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE TO BE AT LEAST BE ABLE TO BE IN THE MEETINGS AND GET IN DENVER. 
          APPRECIATE THEIR WELCOME BACK. 
          THANK YOU, MR. TURNER, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO SAY YOU'RE SCREENING FOR ME OR IS IT YOU ELABORATE? I AM CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN RIGHT NOW? I STARTED IT A SECOND AGO. 
          I DON'T SEE IT IN THE BEGINNING FLAG, BUT YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE BEGINNING STAGES AT MY COMPUTER. I DO SEE IT A FEAR THAT IF THAT'S NOT ON THE FIRST SLIDE ON SLIDE FIVE. 
          BEAR MASCOT IS SHOWN THE FIRST SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR, 2023 COMBINED BUDGET SIMPLY THE BEST. 
          I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SHARING YOUR SCREEN. 
          I'M GOING TO TRY AGAIN. 
          OKAY. PERFECT. 
          WE'RE READY. ALL RIGHT, WELL, FIRST OFF, LET ME JUST SAY THAT THIS IS THE EXCITING PART OF THE EVENING WE GET TO TALK ABOUT MONEY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SIMPLY THE BEST. 
          I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I WAS TELLING THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM THEY CAME UP WITH THIS WHOLE THEME, WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM OF SIMPLY THE BEST, AND I WAS LIKE, WE NEED TO START THIS OFF WITH TINA TURNER SONG. 
          WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT TONIGHT. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO SING IT EITHER IT. 
          BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT US BEING SIMPLY THE BEST ORGANIZATION FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE BECAUSE OUR KIDS ARE TRULY, TRULY DESERVE IT. 
          SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK THROUGH OUR BUDGET AND OUR PROCESS WITH THE BOARD, AS WELL AS WITH OUR COMMUNITY TODAY. 
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SO NEXT SLIDE. SO WE WANT TO START WITH THANK YOU. 
          WE WANT TO START WITH OUR ADOPTED JULY 23 COMBINED FUNDS, BUDGET PRIORITIES AND THE BOARD THIS PAST FALL ADOPTED OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES. 
          IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEM, THEY ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING GOALS. 
          I MEAN, IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO REMEMBER THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS OUR ROADMAP TO WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO GO AS AN ORGANIZATION AND WE USE THESE GOALS, AS WELL AS THE BUDGET PRIORITIES TO DRIVE ALL OF OUR DECISION MAKING IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          WE SPENT TIME WITH THE BOARD IN THE FALL TO SHARE OUR DATA, AND WE DID A NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY OUR SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON OR THAT WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON. 
          AND THEN ONCE THOSE WERE ADOPTED, WE USED THEM WITH OUR GUIDANCE WITH OUR DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS WITH OUR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP. 
          NEXT, LET. OUR COMMITMENT AND RESPONSIBILITY, I MENTIONED THIS JUST A MINUTE AGO ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN EQUITY FOR ALL TWENTY TWENTY FIVE. 
          OUR MISSION, OUR VISION, OUR CORE VALUES. 
          IT HAS TO BE THE HEART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO. 
          WE HAVE TO ALWAYS KEEP IT AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANY DECISION THAT WE MAKE WITHIN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          AND NOT ONLY IS THIS DRIVING OUR DECISION MAKING WITH OUR BUDGET, BUT IT DRIVES OUR DECISION MAKING WITH OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS AS WELL AS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS AND HOW WE OPERATE OUR SCHOOLS WITHIN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          NEXT, LET. SO HERE IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHY WE DO THIS WORK. 
          FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE COMMUNITY. 
          I THINK IT IS ONE OF OUR GREATEST STRENGTHS AS A SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          WE ARE THE MOST DIVERSE SCHOOL DIVISION IN THE VIRGINIA REGION. 
          I WOULD SAY PROBABLY IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA IN REGARDS TO OUR DIVERSITY AND JUST ONE SCHOOL. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE EXPANDING MANY TYPES OF STUDENTS. 
          WE SERVING STUDENTS WHO ARE FROM ALL DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE, 60 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH. 
          THIRTY FIVE, THIRTY THREE AND A HALF PERCENT ARE ENGLISH LEARNERS AND 10 PERCENT RECEIVE SOME FORM OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION. 
          AND WE DO THIS WORK FOR OUR STUDENTS. 
          WE DO THIS WORK FOR OUR FAMILIES. 
          WE DO ITS WORK FOR OUR STAFF. 
          WE DO THIS WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND IN ORDER FOR US TO SIMPLY DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN POSSIBLY BE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE AND NOT NECESSARILY WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE. 
          AND THAT IS WHY AN EQUITABLE FINANCIAL PLANNING IS SO IMPORTANT IN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT. 
          SO A HUGE CELEBRATION, YOU KNOW, FOR US, ACCREDITATION GENTRY, I MEAN, A 20 YEAR JOURNEY FOR US TO FINALLY GET TO ALL OF US WHO'VE BEEN ACCREDITED IN THE 2019 2020 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          THAT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR US AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH IT IN THIS PANDEMIC IS KIND OF LIKE WE HAD ALL THESE TRACKS AND WE WERE DOING SOME AMAZING THINGS AND THEN THINGS GOT PUT TO A HALT, WHICH I CAN'T WAIT TILL WE CAN GET BACK INTO OUR ROUTINE LIKE WE WERE DOING BACK IN THE 2019 20 20 YEAR. 
          BUT I KNOW WE WILL GET BACK TO THAT PLACE AT SOME POINT, BUT THIS IS A GREAT JUST REMINDER OF THE WORK THAT WE CAN INVEST IN AND HOW OUR DOLLARS CAN REALLY IMPACT THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES OF OUR STUDENTS. 
          AND IT CAN LEAD US TO HAVING FULL ACCREDITATION LIKE WE CURRENTLY HAVE NOW. 
          LET'S LET. I WANT TO SEE A COUPLE, A COUPLE OF OUR CELEBRATIONS FROM FROM THE PREVIOUS BUDGET THAT WE HAD A FLIGHT TO BUDGET THE CLASS OF TWENTY ONE, WHICH I'M SO EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WE HAD ALL TIME HIGHEST GRADUATION RATE OF NINETY ONE PERCENT. 
          AND WE HAD OUR LOWEST DROPOUT RATES AND WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WE HAD SEVERAL EXEMPTIONS THAT YEAR, WHICH IS A GREAT THING. 
          THIS IS WHY I AM AN ADVOCATE FOR NOT OVERTESTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND HAVING ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE. 
          BECAUSE WHEN YOU DO THAT AND LOOK AT WHAT OUR STUDENTS CAN PRODUCE AND LOOK AT HOW THEY CAN GRADUATE ON TIME FROM ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE ALSO HAD OUR ANTIBACTERIAL GEL STATIONS IN PLACE OR HAND-WASHING STATIONS BECAUSE WE WERE PREPARING FOR OUR STUDENTS TO RETURN AND THAT HYBRID MODEL THAT WE DID THIS PAST SPRING, WE DID REPLACEMENT REPAIRS AND AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS OF H-BACK SYSTEMS IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          AND THEN WE ADDED OUR FIVE ELECTRIC BUSSES, WHICH WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO TO OUR BUS FLEET. AND THIS WAS REALLY TAKING THE FIRST SMALL STEP TOWARDS A GREENER FLEET IN OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT. 
          AND THEN I WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO OUR SCHOOL AND NUTRITIONAL TEAM BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE OVER THREE MILLION INDIVIDUAL MEALS FOR OUR STUDENTS SINCE 
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MARCH OF 2020. SO THAT IS THROUGHOUT THIS PANDEMIC AND THAT IS SOME AMAZING WORK THAT OUR SCHOOL AND NUTRITIONAL TEAM CONTINUES TO DO THIS YEAR. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO PROVIDE FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WILL FEED TO OUR FAMILY AND ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          AND THIS IS FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES THAT ARE ABLE TO THEIR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO HAVE BOTH BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AT NO COST. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, OUR YOUNG SCHOLARS PROGRAM, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR AREAS OF FOCUS LAST YEAR WAS EXTENDED TO ALL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          OH, SO LET'S GET INTO THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A SET AND SET THE STAGE A LITTLE BIT TO GET EVERYBODY INTO THE MINDSET, BUT FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PILLAR, I BELIEVE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BUDGETARY PROCESS THAT'S ABOUT TWENTY THREE PROPOSED COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET. 
          IT ACTUALLY TOLD US THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE POINT EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS. 
          AND BECAUSE OUR FUNDING IS FINITE, WE ALWAYS STRIVE TO BE UPSTANDING FISCAL STEWARDS OF THE PUBLIC'S MONEY. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY AS A BOARD, BUT AS A SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          OUR PROPOSED BUDGET, IT MAKES STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS TO BOTH ENHANCE LEARNING AS WELL AS TO IMPROVE OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. 
          AND OUR TEAM ALSO HAS TAKEN EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND OUR RESOURCES AND MRS THROUGH OUTSIDE GRANTS, WHICH ARE USED TO MULTIPLY WHAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH OUR OPERATING FUNDS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THIS SLIDE, IT SHOWS THE LOCAL REVENUE, THE STATE REVENUE, AS WELL AS OUR FEDERAL REVENUE THAT HELPS US TO TO MAINTAIN EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION. NEXT SLIDE. 
          AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO BATTLE THIS PANDEMIC. 
          I MEAN, WE JUST SPENT THE FIRST TWO HOURS HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT COVID, EVERYBODY. 
          I CAN'T WAIT TO STOP HAVING THAT DISCUSSION, HONESTLY. 
          YOU KNOW, THIS PANDEMIC, IT CONTINUES TO HAMMER US LITERALLY WITH CHALLENGES, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES US WITH THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE PUBLIC EDUCATION BETTER FOR ALL. 
          YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS TIME AND TIME AGAIN, EVERY TIME I'M ABLE TO SPEAK TO AN AUDIENCE, WHETHER IT IS LOCALLY OR NATIONALLY, I SAY THAT THIS PANDEMIC, ONE THING THAT IT HAS ALLOWED US TO DO IS TO REALLY REIMAGINE EDUCATION, AND WE WEREN'T GETTING IT RIGHT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC. RIGHT. 
          SO LET'S NOW REIMAGINE. 
          LET'S RE-ENVISION WHAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR STUDENTS AND BE A LITTLE MORE INNOVATIVE WITH SOME OF THE APPROACHES TO LEARNING, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. 
          OUR STAFF AND OUR RETENTION AND RECRUITMENT IS ALWAYS A PRIORITY AS A SCHOOL DIVISION. 
          YOU KNOW, THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THIS ORGANIZATION WITHOUT OUR STAFF. 
          YOU KNOW, 86 PERCENT OF MY STAFF MAKE UP THE COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET, 88 PERCENT OF OUR STAFF MAKE UP THE OPERATING BUDGET, RIGHT? AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT. 
          SO THAT MEANS MOST OF THIS MONEY IS RELATED TO THE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF OUR STAFF. 
          AND ONE THING THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND, WHICH IS A HUGE CHALLENGE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER BURNOUT. 
          IT IS REAL. IT'S A NATIONAL ISSUE NOT ONLY WITH EDUCATORS, BUT AS WELL AS WITH OUR BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE AND JUST WHAT THE EDUCATIONAL PROFESSION ALONE AND HAVING A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SALARY IS GOING TO MAINTAIN THOSE HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONALS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. ANOTHER THING THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT, YOU KNOW, OVER THESE PAST FEW YEARS OR TWO YEARS, STAFF AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TRAUMA DURING THIS COVID PANDEMIC, AND IT IS REAL AND THAT DOES REQUIRE US TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION. 
          NEXT SLIDE. SO LET'S GO INTO OUR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC LEARNING, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS SEAL. 
          AND I WANT TO START WITH THAT DECLINING ENROLLMENT, AND IF YOU CAN GO TO THAT PLAN, THAT CAN BE HELPFUL. SO MALALA'S UNCLE, WHO EVERYONE LOVES WITH THE FORM OF BOOK, LOVED TO HEAR MALALA'S UNCLE'S PRESENTATION. 
          I'M SURE THIS GIRL WILL LOVE IT TOO, AND WE WILL GET HER UPDATES. 
          BUT SHE SAID OUR ENROLLMENT NUMBERS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. 
          AND ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD IS DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE SEEN A DECLINE IN OUR ENROLLMENT. 
          BUT DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE FACING OUR BUDGET, IT DOES PROPOSE TO LEAVE OUR STAFFING AT ITS CURRENT LEVEL, AND THAT IS INTENTIONAL. 
          YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT OUR STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS, HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING TRAUMA THROUGHOUT THESE PAST TWO YEARS. 
          WE KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC LEARNING LOSS. 
          THEN IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MITIGATE AND TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR THAT. WE ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT. 
          I WANTED TO JUST SHOW THIS DIAGRAM JUST TO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOW 
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THAT BE KIND OF WHAT THAT DECLINE LOOKS LIKE AND JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT S.Y. 
          TWENTY TWO, THE PROJECTED BUDGET, YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER SIXTEEN THOUSAND STUDENTS THAT WE'RE PROJECTED FOR. 
          THE TWENTY TWO YEAR, WHICH WAS THIS YEAR, ACTUALLY IS AT FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT STUDENTS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE BELOW THE PROJECTED NUMBERS. 
          AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE'RE SEEING JUST NOT A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE, BUT IT IS A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE PROJECTED INITIALLY IN OUR PROJECTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR. 
          WE'RE STILL SEEING A FLAT KIND OF PROJECTION, MEANING IT'S NOT TOO MANY MORE STUDENTS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. 
          BUT THIS PANDEMIC IS UNPREDICTABLE. 
          SO POTENTIALLY WE COULD HAVE A SURGE OF MORE STUDENTS OR AN INCREASE OF MORE STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, IN THE FALL OR POTENTIALLY A DECREASE. 
          BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE MAINTAINING THE STAFFING SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND AS WELL AS TRYING TO FILL SOME OF THESE POSITIONS BY PEOPLE OUT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HELP US WITH MAINTAINING OUR OPERATIONS ON A DAILY BASIS. 
          NEXT, LET. SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SHOWING HOW WE ARE USING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OUR OPERATING FUNDS TO SUPPORT OUR SEAL RECOVERY, AS WELL AS TO ADDRESS OUR SCHOOL BOARD PRIORITIES, SUCH AS OUR K FOR LITERACY AND OUR HISPANIC MALE GRADUATION RATE. THESE WERE SPECIFIC AREAS OF FOCUS AT THE BOARD PUT INTO OUR BUDGET PRIORITIES, BUT THIS IS JUST A DIAGRAM OF HOW THOSE DOLLARS ARE BEING USED WITHIN THIS FIVE TO THREE BUDGETS. MCFLY. 
          I SET ASIDE ABOUT CELL AND ASSISTANCE FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THIS MANY TIMES BEFORE AS WELL. 
          THE SIMPLE FACT THAT OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH THESE FUNDS DURING THE BIGGEST PANDEMIC IN OUR HISTORY RIGHT NOW MEANS THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE OUR EXPECTATION AND STANDARD MOVING FORWARD WHEN WE'RE NO LONGER IN A PANDEMIC. 
          WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR FUNDS TO HELP WITH STUDENTS MENTAL STABILITY AND TECHNOLOGY. 
          YOU KNOW, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS, AND THERE'S ALWAYS A REASON AS TO WHY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANNOT SUPPLY THAT. 
          BUT THEY REALLY DID A FOLLOW THROUGH THIS THIS YEAR, WHICH WAS AMAZING. 
          WE HAVE OVER $50 MILLION FOR USE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, AND OUT OF THE 50 MILLION OR 50 MILLION PLUS DOLLARS, SIXTEEN POINT TWO MILLION OF THAT IS DEDICATED TOWARDS OUR SEAL SUPPORTS IN ACPS MS. FLAT. SO THIS IS DISCOVERING SOME OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, I SAID IT BEFORE THAT I STOOD AS AN ACPS SPAN FOR ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, AND WE'RE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. 
          I SAID THAT WE HAVE TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE, NOT NECESSARILY WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE AND FROM HAVING STAFF TO WORK WITH OUR MULTILINGUAL FAMILIES AND HAVING OTHER RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES TO CONNECT WITH ACPS USING GRANT FUNDS TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES, AS WELL AS OFFERING ROBUST NUTRITIONAL PROGRAMS FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE FOOD INSECURITY IS REAL. IT'S EVEN MORE REAL NOW WITH MANY OF OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE EXPERIENCING EMPLOYMENT, LOSS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. 
          WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO ADDRESS OUR IDENTIFICATION OF OUR BLACK STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES. AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW WAYS THAT THIS BUDGET REACHES SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS. 
          BUT WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE SOME OF THE HIGH LEVEL DECISIONS AND ACTIONS THAT WE'RE TAKING TO ENSURE WE'RE FULFILLING THE BOARD'S BUDGET PRIORITIES. 
          SO WE TRANSITION INTO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN BE SENT TO THE BEST IN THIS AREA. 
          YOU KNOW, I TELL YOU THAT EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW IS COMPETING FOR EDUCATORS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THIS REGION. 
          AND ONE THING THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO ENSURE WE'RE ABLE TO RECRUIT, AS WELL AS RETAINING THE HIGHLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE WORKING IN OUR SCHOOLS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE COMPENSATION. NOW, AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, THE GOVERNOR PROPOSED A TEN POINT TWO FIVE PERCENT INCREASE FOR STAFF OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. 
          AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THE HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF AND OUR PLANNING TO ACHIEVE THIS TYPE OF POSITIVE STEP INCREASE, WHICH IS AN AVERAGE VALUE OF ABOUT TWO 
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POINT SIX PERCENT, AS WELL AS A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENT. 
          WE'RE ALSO STAYING COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING THE JOB CLASSES OR THE EMPLOYMENT GROUPS THAT WE HAVE THAT NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS AS SHOWN THROUGH OUR COMPENSATION STUDIES THAT WERE COMPLETED THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS. 
          AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A PREVIOUS BOARD WAS VERY ADAMANT ABOUT HAVING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION STUDIES CONDUCTED, AND THAT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING WHERE A DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE GROUPS WERE AND PUTTING THEM IN THE APPROPRIATE CLASS, OR AT LEAST PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN TO PUT THEM AT AT A RATE THAT IS MORE COMPETITIVE THAN THEY WERE CURRENTLY RANKED. 
          HEY, NEXT SLIDE. 
          YOU'RE AHEAD OF ME. VALUES ARE HIGH QUALITY, SAFE, AND I MAY HAVE MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT 86 PERCENT OF OUR COMBINED SWAGIT COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, PAYS FOR STAFF SALARIES AND BENEFITS. 
          WE OFFER HIGHLY COMPETITIVE SALARIES, AS WELL AS WHAT OUR CONSULTANTS HAVE CALLED A PLATINUM HEALTH CARE PACKAGE, AND THIS WAS WHAT WE GOT FROM SOME OF THE HEALTH CARE CONSULTANTS AND SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH CARE BENEFITS THAT WE OFFER ARE REALLY SOME OF THE BEST IN THIS REGION AND SOME OF THE BEST THAT THEY'VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THAT'S HOW GOOD OUR HEALTH CARE BENEFITS ARE, AND THAT'S WHY THEY DESIGNATED AS AS IN PLATINUM LEVEL OR ACTUALLY REFERRED TO IT AS A PLATINUM PLUS. 
          SO IT'S BEYOND THE PLATINUM LEVEL, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY SHOULD PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR. 
          IN ADDITION, WE HAVE TWO DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLANS. 
          ONE IS THE VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM. 
          THE OTHER IS ACPS IS SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN AND EMPLOYEES. 
          THEY FUND THEIR VAS RETIREMENT WITH FIVE PERCENT OF THEIR SALARIES AND THE SUPPLEMENTAL PLAN WITH ONE AND A HALF PERCENT OF THEIR SALARY. 
          ACPS RIEF CONTRIBUTE TO THE VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS WE OFFER UP TO TWO AND A HALF PERCENT MATCH FOR EMPLOYEES THAT WANT TO CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THEIR RETIREMENT, WHICH IS A HUGE BENEFIT FOR A LOT OF TIMES. 
          WE GET SO FOCUSED ON THE TAKE HOME PAY OR THE OFFICIALS OF OUR SOCIETY THAT WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE FULL, COMPREHENSIVE BENEFITS THAT WE OFFER OUR STAFF. 
          AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH TO HELP OUR STAFF UNDERSTAND SPECIFICALLY WHAT BENEFITS WE DO OFFER, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS DURING OUR WORK SESSION. NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS JUST A COMMITMENT TO OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND OUR GROWTH OPPORTUNITY. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR OUR STUDENTS WITHOUT MAKING SURE WE FOCUS ON QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. 
          WE ARE DOING SOME AMAZING WORK WITH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS. 
          WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW AND GROW A TEACHER PROGRAM, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT TO BECOME TEACHERS AND TEACHER PIPELINE AND ACPS. 
          AND IT IS ALSO A WAY FOR US TO DIVERSIFY OUR STAFF. 
          YOU KNOW, WE ARE CONTINUING TO PAY OUR DRIVERS WHEN THEY'RE DOING TRAINING WITH AS BEST DRIVERS, PLEASE COME WORK AND ALEXANDRIA TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU HERE AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO WORK ON EARTH. 
          IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED, PLEASE TELL THEM BECAUSE WE NEED YOU, OUR KIDS TO LOVE YOU. YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON THEY SEE AND THE LAST PERSON THEY SEE WHEN THEY GO HOME. I'M JUST A SMART LITTLE PLUG IN MY COMMERCIAL. 
          BUT WE ALSO DO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE OUR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY WITH ALL OF OUR STUFF. 
          SO THAT IS NOT JUST LEADERS, BUT ALSO OUR TEACHERS, OUR SUPPORT STAFF WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR EXECUTIVE COACHES FOR OUR LEADERS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I KNOW OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE REALLY BENEFITED FROM. 
          RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR CHIEFS ENROLLED IN AN EXECUTIVE COACHING PROGRAM AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BEGIN SOME IN-HOUSE EXECUTIVE COACHING FOR FOR OUR LEADERS. 
          SO WE'RE STARTING WITH OUR CHIEF TO BEGIN THAT SO THAT CAN TRICKLE DOWN INTO OTHER LEADERS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. 
          SO THAT COMMITMENT TO PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES IS ANOTHER KEY COMPONENT TO BEING SENSITIVE TO THIS. 
          AND FINALLY, I WANT TO GO INTO OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND ONE THING THAT WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE'RE DOING IS MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING OUR LIVING SPACES DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS ADD NEW LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THROUGH THE ISD 
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BUDGET. NOW WE MUST INVEST THE PROPER FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THESE SPACES AND THE TO BUDGET. 
          WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THROUGHOUT OUR FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS BUDGET, AND THIS IS FOR MAINTENANCE OF OUR HVAC SYSTEMS, FOR PLUMBING REPAIRS, FOR ANY ADDITIONAL CLEANING THAT'S REQUIRED FOR OUR NEW SPACES, FOR FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SECURITY EQUIPMENT THAT WE WILL NEED WITHIN OUR SCHOOL BUILDING WITH FLAT. 
          AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS ALL ABOUT OUR NEW AND INNOVATIVE SPACES AND SYSTEMS. I TALKED ABOUT THE ELECTRIC BUSSES, BUT ANOTHER INNOVATIVE APPROACH THAT I WANT TO JUST SAY HATS OFF TO TO OUR BOARD AS BEING INNOVATIVE IN REGARDS TO NEW LEARNING SPACES. 
          WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF PURCHASING SEVENTEEN OR THREE BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL SERVE AS THREE FOR GEORGE MASON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND QUIRKILY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THEN IT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME A NEW SCHOOL. 
          WE ALSO HAVE OUR DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNDERWAY IN REGARDS TO CONSTRUCTION. 
          AND THEN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND RESOURCES AND JUST HATS OFF TO OUR GRANT TEAM BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE FROM A GRANT FOR H-BACK IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WAS WELL OVER THREE MILLION DOLLAR GRANTS FOR TECHNOLOGY, AS WELL AS FUNDING FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND THAT SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS. 
          SO WE ARE BEING EXTREMELY INNOVATIVE AND HOW WE ARE APPROACHING NEW SPACES, AS WELL AS HOW WE'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE SIMPLY THE BEST EDUCATION FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. 
          AND THEN NEXT IS JUST A CALL TO ACTION, AND THESE ARE THE SPECIFIC DATES FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS, AS WELL AS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THIS INFORMATION OUT THE DISCOURSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN REGARDS TO THE BUDGET AND THAT THROUGH OUR WORK SESSION, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THERE FOR US TO HEAR PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE THE BOARD QUESTIONS AND IN OUR DAILY PROCESS, AS WELL AS OUR CO-SPONSORSHIP. 
          SO THESE ARE JUST OUR FULL FOR THE NEXT STAGE JUST GOES THROUGH ALL OF OUR SPECIFIC MEETING DATES AND DEADLINES. 
          THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR BOARD AND COMMUNITY TO KNOW. 
          AND IN THIS WAY, HERE CONCLUDES OUR 06:23 PRESENTATION. 
          I DO WANT TO THANK OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MR. TURNER, AS WELL AS OUR DIRECTOR OF BUDGET AND FINANCIAL SYSTEMS, MR. EASLEY AND THEIR ENTIRE TEAM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. 
          I HAVE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST BUDGET PROCESS. 
          THEY HAVE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WORKING WITH OUR TEAMS AND WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL LEADERS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. 
          I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM BECAUSE THEY WORKED WITH US, WITH OUR FINANCE TEAM JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE GRAPHICS. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THE FLOW IS SIMPLY THE BEST THING AND MAKING SURE THAT I ADD MY LITTLE TIDBITS IN MY JOKES THAT YOU ALL AREN'T GETTING AT 9:26 P.M., I MRS ABOUT LAUGHING TOO LOUD ABOUT THAT. THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE COMMUNICATION IS ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, INCORPORATE THAT INTO INTO MY PRESENTATION. 
          SO I'M GOING TO STOP YOU. I SEE THAT MR. TURNER HAS HIS HAND UP. 
          I'M HOPING THAT HE'S GOING TO GET SOME KUDOS TO HIS TEAM AS WELL. 
          YES, DEFINITELY WANT TO THANK THE WHOLE BUDGET TEAM OF MR., ROBERT EASLEY, ALEX LEN, DENISE, SHERRY, DANIEL HUNTER, THE WHOLE TEAM, THE FOR PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER. 
          WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE WAYS TO GO TO GET TO THE APPROVED BUDGET AND ULTIMATELY THE ADOPTED BUDGET, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN HERE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT'S GONE INTO IT. I APPRECIATE MS. PROGRESS AND HER TEAM BEING ABLE TO HELP US FINE-TUNE OUR PRESENTATION AS WELL. 
          ONE THING I DID WANT TO MENTION I KNOW, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS SAID AT THE BEGINNING, WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THE BUDGET BOOK BY MONDAY. 
          WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET TO THE PRINT SHOP. 
          IT'S BEEN CLOSED ALL WEEK, OBVIOUSLY DUE TO THE SNOW. 
          SO AS SOON AS WE CAN PRINT THAT, I'M GOING TO GIVE IT A LOOK OVER FIRST AND THEN WE WILL GET THAT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AS SOON AS WE CAN. 
          TYPICALLY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PRINTED ON MONDAY. 
          I WOULD HAVE REVIEWED IT AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD A FINAL PRINTING ON THURSDAY TO HAVE YOU WITH THE BOOKS TODAY. 
          BUT THE WEATHER HAS KEPT THE PRINT SHOP CLOSED THIS WEEK, SO WE DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          WE WILL BE WORKING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO TO GET YOU THAT BOOK IN YOUR HANDS, AND THAT'S 
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ALL THAT I WANT TO SAY. THANKS. 
          OH, I'M SORRY. ONE LAST THING. 
          THE REASON WHY I DON'T HAVE MY CAMERA ON TODAY IS BECAUSE I DID SUFFER AN INJURY BACK AROUND THANKSGIVING, SO I TYPICALLY EITHER HAVE A HEATED NECK BRACE ON OR WRAPPED IN SOME ICE. SO I DO NOT HAVE MY CAMERA ON RIGHT NOW, BUT NORMALLY, HOPEFULLY I'M BETTER. 
          YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE MY FACE. 
          SO WE SEE YOUR FACE THAT NICE PROFESSIONAL. 
          PICTURE BY SUSAN LORBER, PHOTOGRAPHER. 
          THE THANK YOU DECISION, BUT THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR TODAY, MADAM CHAIR. 
          OK, THANK YOU, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS AND MR. TURNER. WE'RE JUST HAPPY TO HAVE YOU BACK. 
          SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR CAMERA RIGHT NOW. 
          JUST GET BETTER. ALL RIGHT, SO AGAIN, WE WON'T HAVE QUESTIONS TO THIS PRESENTATION GETS UPLOADED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS. 
          WE USUALLY JUST REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS. 
          WE USUALLY DO NOT POST THIS PRESENTATION UNTIL IT IS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN IT GOES INTO ESRB, SO YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS. 
          AND BUDGET WORKBOOKS, AS STATED, ARE COMING OR WORKBOOKS. 
          BOOK BIG BOOKS. 
          THE BUDGET BIG BOOK IS COMING. 
          YOU CAN REFER TO A LOT OF THE THE THE CHART AT THE END OF PRESENTATION, SO YOU CAN STAY ABREAST TO THE VARIOUS BUDGET DISCUSSIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE. 
          SO I WOULD SAY THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO SOP UP THE WHOLE BUDGET BOOK ONCE I FOR THE FIRST MEETING BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT AND YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO, BUT YOU WILL GET THROUGH IT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS AS ALWAYS, FEEL FREE TO ASK BECAUSE IT IS AN INTERESTING NEW PROCESS AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALWAYS HARD. 
          I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOR NEW BOARD MEMBERS BEING THROWN INTO THE COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET IMMEDIATELY. I KNOW THAT'S HARD. 
          SO AGAIN, DON'T HESITATE TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS OR NEED SOME CLARIFICATION. SO WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR BUSINESS FOR TODAY. 
          I WILL QUICKLY DO MY REPORT. 
          [15.	Report from Meagan L. Alderton]
SO JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE NEXT TIME THAT WE WILL MEET WILL BE JANUARY 10TH. 
          WE HAVE OUR BOARD RETREAT OFFICIALLY AS OUR FIRST NEW BOARD JANUARY 10TH THAT STARTS AT FOUR FOUR JUST FOR DR. 
          RIEF AND VICE CHAIR GREENE. 
          THE FOUR O'CLOCK PORTION IS REALLY MOSTLY GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR INCOMING BOARD MEMBERS. SO, YOU KNOW, DON'T FEEL AS THOUGH YOU HAVE TO BE THERE FOR FOUR INCUMBENTS. 
          BUT IF YOU WANT TO JOIN, PLEASE DO AND THEN YOU WILL GO INTO OUR WORK. 
          OUR RELATIONAL WORK WITH LORI AT SIX 30, I BELIEVE SO, BUT THAT WOULD BE GENERATED AT 4:00 P.M. 
          AND WILL BE IN OUR THIRD FLOOR ROOM AT CENTRAL OFFICE. 
          OUR FIRST WORK SESSION FOR THE COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET WILL BE JANUARY 13. 
          SO AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE LOTS MORE DISCUSSION ON WHAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY IN WHATEVER YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DIGEST UP INTO THAT POINT. 
          CONGRATULATING REALLY QUICKLY OUR NEWLY INSTALLED CITY COUNCIL. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO MAYOR WILSON FOR BEING BRAVE ENOUGH TO GO FOR A SECOND ROUND AS MAYOR AND THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA. 
          APPLAUSE THERE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS TO VICE CHAIR AMY JACKSON FOR HER NEWLY HER NEW ENDEAVOR IN THAT ROLE. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS ELECTED. 
          YOU ARE ALSO JOINING A CHALLENGING TIME IN GOVERNANCE. 
          BUT I HAVE FAITH THAT WE WILL ALL DO THIS AND WE WILL ALL DO IT WELL AND WE WILL SURVIVE. 
          WE WILL ALL SURVIVE. 
          SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL MOVE ON TO SEE IF THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS A REPORT. 
          [16. 	Report from Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr.]
          [03:00:01]
TAKE A COUPLE OF UPDATES AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN CARRYING OUT A WINTER BREAK MEAL DISTRIBUTION, AND THIS WAS FOR ACPS FAMILIES WHO REQUESTED MEALS. 
          THEIR HARD WORK MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR FAMILIES TO RECEIVE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR EVERY SINGLE CHILD BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO AND 18 AND THAT REGISTERED FOR THEIR MEALS OVER THE BREAK. I CANNOT THINK OF A BETTER WAY TO FINISH OUT THIS EVENING THAN TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR INCREDIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS. 
          NEXT WEEK, WE WILL CELEBRATE THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL PRINCIPALS APPRECIATION WEEK, SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN THANKING ALL PRINCIPALS WITH NOTES, WITH TWEETS, WITH PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR FOR THEM TO GET SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENT. IT IS OUR PRINCIPLES THAT OFFER HOPE AND INSPIRATION EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          I MEAN, I KNOW OUR STAFF, I GET IT WRONG AND THEY DO SOME GREAT WORK TOO. 
          BUT OUR PRINCIPALS, THEY ARE LIKE AT THE FOREFRONT AND TAKING IT FOR THE TEAM AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL ALL THE TIME, PARTICULARLY AMID, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES FACED DUE TO THIS PANDEMIC THAT HAS IMPACTED ACPS. 
          I'M ALSO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR DEDICATION AS EDUCATORS AND HOW THEY HELP SET THE PACE AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS SO THAT OUR STUDENTS CAN SHINE EVERY SINGLE DAY. 
          SO I TELL THEM EVERY OPPORTUNITY I GET, BUT I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY WHO'S WATCHING ANYBODY WHO IS NOT TO JUST SHARE SOME LOVE BECAUSE THEY REALLY DO NEED A LEADER AND STAFF TO ANYBODY. BUT NEXT WEEK IS THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WEEK, SO YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY YOUR JOY. 
          LET'S NOT TAKE A LITTLE JOURNEY BECAUSE EVERYBODY GETS ONE TEACHER TO HAVE FUN, TOO. 
          SO ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENT STAFF AND OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS FOR ALL THAT YOU BRING TO OUR SCHOOLS EACH DAY THROUGH YOUR VISION, YOUR INTEGRITY AND YOUR PASSION, WHICH THEY KNOW I CALL VIP. 
          SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          I SEE THE APPLAUSE. 
          THANK YOU, DR. 
          HUTCHINGS. DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? 
          [17.	Announcements	Info]
THIS IS A TIME WHERE BOARD MEMBERS CAN MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS IF THERE ARE ANY. 
          OK, I WILL I SEE TWO MORE NUMBERS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS, I'LL START WITH MS. THINGS AND THEN MR. MAYBE WILL BE NEXT. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE THIS IS THE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF JANUARY SIX AND THE INSURRECTION ON CAPITOL HILL VERY CLOSE TO HOME. AND YOU KNOW THE CHALLENGES AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY WAS GLUED TO THEIR TV THAT DAY JUST SEEING WHAT WAS HAPPENING RIGHT IN OUR CAPITAL AND THE THREATS THAT WE WERE SEEING TO DEMOCRACY AND HOW IMPORTANT CIVIC EDUCATION IS TODAY AND ALWAYS BEEN IMPORTANT. 
          BUT IT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO HELPED AND TO OUR CAPITOL POLICE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE THOSE INSTRUCTIONS TO TO ENCOURAGE SOCIAL STUDIES AND CIVIC EDUCATION. 
          SO FOLKS, SO OUR STUDENTS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CITIZEN RIGHTS ARE, RIGHTS AND ALSO THE KNOWLEDGE THAT ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. 
          THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. ALLENBY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          I WANTED TO MENTION THE SAME TOPIC YESTERDAY IS THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE INSURRECTION IN THE CAPITOL, AND IT'S IT'S A REMINDER FOR ALL OF US HOW LUCKY WE ARE TO LIVE IN A DEMOCRACY AND THAT IT'S NOT TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED. 
          TAKE IT FROM ME, SOMEONE WHO GREW UP UNDER A DICTATORSHIP. 
          TRUST ME, LIVING A DEMOCRACY IS MUCH BETTER. 
          SO IT'S AS EDUCATORS. 
          IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO TEACH OUR LITTLE ONES HOW LUCKY THEY ARE AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PRESERVE THIS DEMOCRACY, THIS GIFT THAT THEY HAVE AND THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND ALSO TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO FAILED THAT DAY AND THOSE WHO DEFENDED DEMOCRACY WITH THEIR LIVES AND THOSE WHO GOT INJURED AND THOSE WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. 
          SO WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE GRATEFUL TO THEM. 
          SO WE'RE JUST PROUD TO SAY THAT. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. OMOOBA. OK. 
          WITH THAT SAID, IT IS TIME TO ADJOURN, SO I WILL NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN. 
          MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN TYPEKIT. 
          OK, I HAVE MS. GREENE TWO SECONDS. 
          MR BAILEY'S MOTION SO I WOULD GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. 
          MEAGAN ALDERTON IS A YES. 
          WILLIE BAILEY YES. 
          [03:05:01]
KELLY HOLMES YES. 
          ADELE NEWBY YES. 
          JACINTA GREENE. 
          YES. CHRISTOPHER HARRIS YES. 
          IGNACIO YES. 
          MICHEL RIEF. 
          YES. ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD. 
          YES. AND WE ARE OFFICIALLY ADJOURNED. 
          I WILL SEE YOU ALL ON MONDAY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.