May 19, 2022 School Board Meeting

[1. Meeting Called to Order by Chair Alderton]

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SO. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

WE ARE CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:33 P.M.

ON MAY 19, 2022.

SO IF ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU WERE LOGGED INTO SB TO GET US STARTED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

ALL RIGHT. AND BEFORE WE CONTINUE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

BEFORE WE EAT THE AGAIN, I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO REORDER THE AGENDA.

[3. Adopt the Agenda for the May 19, 2022 School Board Meeting]

SO THE AUDIENCE IS AWARE.

I'M ACTUALLY SIMPLY GOING TO REMOVE I'M GOING TO MOVE THE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME ITEM AND I'M JUST GOING TO PUSH IT UP TO AFTER OUR STUDENT REPS DO THEIR COMMUNICATIONS.

OKAY. SO WITH THAT SAID, I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA.

SO MOVE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE MS.. GREENE, WHO IS SECOND MINISTER ON THIS MOTION.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE FOR THAT MOTION.

SO I HAVE MR. L NEWBY.

WHO I'M SORRY, I HAVE MS..

GREENE, WHO'S SECONDED MR. L NEWBY MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE ALSO NEED TO.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALLOW PARTICIPATION OF BOARD MEMBER MICHELLE REIF BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.

SO, MS. NIELSEN, DO I NEED TO ADD THAT TO THIS AGENDA? SO I WILL ALSO NEED A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ALLOW TO ADD ALLOWING PARTICIPATION OF DR.

MICHEL RIEF BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.

MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ALLOW DR.

MICHEL REITH TO PARTICIPATE IN TONIGHT'S BOARD MEETING BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.

IN A SECOND. SECOND, I HAVE MR. AL-RUBAIE, WHOSE SECONDS MISS GREEN'S MOTION.

SO DID YOU GET IT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE FIRST.

WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT AND THEN WE CAN IMPROVE THE AGENDA.

HE'S NOT HERE. SURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND THEN WE CAN NOW VOTE TO ADOPT THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.

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WE NOW NEED A MOTION TO ALLOW THE PARTICIPATION OF DR.

MICHELLE REIF BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.

SURE.

OKAY. OKAY.

MADAM CHAIR.

WHERE IS BOARD MEMBER MICHELLE RIEF? HAS NOTIFIED THE BOARD THAT SHE IS UNAVAILABLE TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT FOR TODAY'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING DUE TO A PERSONAL MATTER, SPECIFICALLY ILLNESS.

AND. WHEREAS, SHE HAS NOT PARTICIPATED IN MORE THAN TWO OR 25% OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS DURING 2022.

AND. WHEREAS, BOARD MEMBER MICHELLE RIEF REQUESTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL FROM ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, WHERE THE VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL SHALL BE HEARD BY ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THIS BOARD ROOM.

AND. WHEREAS, A QUORUM OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS PHYSICALLY ASSEMBLED IN THIS BOARD ROOM.

THEREFORE, I MOVE PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.23708 THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE PARTICIPATION OF BOARD MEMBER MICHELLE RIEF IN THIS MEETING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL. SECOND.

GO AHEAD, MR. BAILEY, WHOSE SECONDS MR. GREEN'S MOTION SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

OKAY. SO, DOCTOR, YOU SHOULD NOW BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS.

AND WITH THAT SAID, GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS AND ADDRESS TO THE BOARD.

AND WE ARE STARTING TODAY WITH OUR TUCKER TIGERS.

[4. "Simply the Best" School Spotlight: Samuel Tucker Elementary School]

AND IN PRINCIPLE.

OH, EXCUSE ME. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SAMUEL TUCKER ELEMENTARY.

MR. PASCAL AND I ARE HERE TO SUPPORT OUR TUCKER TIGERS AS THEY KICK OFF TUCKER'S FINEST, THE RETURN OF THE STUDENT LED BOARD PRESENTATIONS. THESE AMAZING TUCKER TIGERS HAVE WRITTEN THEIR OWN REFLECTIONS ON THEIR FAVORITE ASPECTS OF TUCKER ELEMENTARY.

AND WE HAVE FIFTH GRADER KINSEY MEAD TO KICK US OFF.

GOOD EVENING. SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR MS..

ALTON, DR.

HUTCHINGS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE VIEWING PUBLIC.

MY NAME IS KENZIE AHMED AND I AM A FIFTH GRADE STUDENT AT SAMUEL TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

TONIGHT, WE ARE HERE TO SHOW WHY TUCKER IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE.

THERE ARE TWO PROGRAMS THAT MY FRIENDS AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS EVENING.

THEY ARE OUR INTERCESSION PROGRAM AND LINK CLUB.

WHAT I HAVE ENJOYED MOST ABOUT MY TIME HERE AT TUCKER HAS BEEN OUR INTERSESSION PROGRAM.

DURING INTERSESSION, STUDENTS HAVE HAD FUN COURSES LIKE SAILING ON THE POTOMAC RIVER BRIDGE BUILDING AND SWIMMING.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE COURSES WAS CARVING PUMPKINS AND ACTUALLY MAKING PUMPKIN PIE AND CAKE, BUT MINE DIDN'T TURN OUT SO WELL.

IT WAS NICE TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER STUDENTS AND COMPLETE INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES.

IN THIS COURSE. I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINE TUNE MY MATH AND SCIENCE SKILLS.

SOCCER IS ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY YOURSELF AND FEEL GOOD WITH THE SUPPORT OF A BUNCH OF TEACHERS, COUNSELORS AND OUR OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL, MR. PASCAL. HE HAS TAUGHT ME TO BE KIND AND MOST OF ALL HOW TO TREAT OTHERS.

THOSE ARE A FEW OF THE QUALITIES THAT PROPELLED HIM TO ACHIEVE VIRGINIA'S DISTINGUISHED PRINCIPAL AWARD.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK MY TEACHER, MR. WORTHINGTON. HE HAS GIVEN ME THE CONFIDENCE TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

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PLEASE STAND BY TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE WONDERFUL THINGS I TOOK FROM A FEW OF MY FELLOW CLASSMATES AND PEERS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ISAIAH DAVIS.

I'M CURRENTLY IN THE FIFTH GRADE AT SAMUEL TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU MY EXPERIENCE IN ELITE CLUB, ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT OUR AMAZING PRINCIPAL, MR. PASCAL, WAS HIGHLIGHTED AND NAMED DISTINGUISHED PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR IN VIRGINIA.

I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE LINC CLUB SINCE THE FIRST GRADE AND IN THE BEGINNING I WAS STRUGGLING WITH READING AND MATH.

BUT BECAUSE OF MY TEACHERS AND PARENTS, EXTRA HELP FROM THE CLUB.

I'VE COME SO FAR AND THEY HAVE GIVEN ME THE CHANCE TO MEET NEW FRIENDS AND DO THINGS I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE AND THE CONFIDENCE TO STAND WITH YOU HERE FOR TODAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. AHMAD, MR. RAWLINS AND MS..

KIRKLAND, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME AND THEY ALWAYS GO THE EXTRA MILE FOR ME AND I WILL ALWAYS BE GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. THANKS.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

MY NAME IS CARLA AND I AM AND I AM IN PHYSICAL W TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I WAS BORN IN GHANA AND CAME TO THE UNITED STATES A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

WHEN I FIRST CAME TO TUCKER, I WAS SCARED AND REALLY WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO READ AND WRITE.

THIS YEAR I LEARNED HOW TO READ AND WRITE FOR MY FAVORITE TEACHERS, MRS. DAVIS AND MISS CASEY.

MISS CASEY TAUGHT ME HOW TO READ BOOKS I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE READING.

SHE HAS ALWAYS SHE HAS ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME AND TOLD ME I COULD DO ANYTHING IF I WORKED HARD.

MRS. DAVIS HAS HELPED ME SO MUCH, ESPECIALLY WITH MY MATH.

I GO TO I ALSO GO TO CLUB THREE DAYS A WEEK.

MY TEACHER THERE, MS..

COQUELIN, ALSO HELPS ME WITH MY READING AND WRITING.

I TOOK HER.

I HAVE MET I HAVE MET FRIENDS WHO ACCEPT ME FOR WHO I AM.

I WOULDN'T BE HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR MY TEACHERS AND THE HARD WORK I'VE DONE.

GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

HUTCHINGS. MY NAME IS MICHELLE NOVY AND I AM IN MISS HACKMAN'S FOURTH GRADE CLASS AT TUCKER.

A BIG SHOUT OUT TO MY AMAZING TEACHER.

WHAT I LIKE MOST ABOUT TUCKER IS THAT IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN BE COMFORTABLE.

AH, STEAM, MISS CRAWFORD.

MISS WADE, A MISTAKE IS REALLY HELP KIDS TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS AND MAKE SCHOOL A FUN PLACE TO BE.

ALSO, OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS, MRS. KELLY AND MRS. DANIELS, ARE THERE WHENEVER YOU NEED THEM.

TUCKER IS AN AMAZING SCHOOL WITH AN AWESOME PRINCIPAL, MR. PASCAL. HE WORKS HARD TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY AT TUCKER EVERY SINGLE DAY.

THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.

HI. MY NAME IS HAMIDA AND I'M IN THE FIFTH GRADE AT TUCKER ELEMENTARY.

YOU HAVE HEARD ABOUT TWO OF THE PROGRAMS THAT MAKE TUCKER SUCH A GREAT SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, THE REASON TUCKER IS SUCH A GREAT SCHOOL IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE EFFORT THAT COMES FROM OUR TEACHERS, PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.

THEY HELP US GET ALL THE THINGS WE NEED TO HELP US LEARN AND GROW.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THE TEACHERS, MRS. CAMPBELL, SAW SOMETHING IN ME AND GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE A CORRESPONDENT ON THE TUCKER TODAY SHOW.

THIS EXPERIENCE HAS BUILT MY CONFIDENCE AND GIVEN ME THE COURAGE TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF LARGE GROUPS OF PEOPLE, A SKILL I BELIEVE I WOULD NEED TO BE A SOFTWARE ENGINEER.

WE ARE TALKING. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CHANCE TO SHARE A LITTLE OF WHAT MAKES TUCKER A SPECIAL PLACE AND TO HONOR MR. SCHOOL AND THE GREAT IMPACT THAT HE HAS MADE OVER THE YEARS.

NOW I HAVE HERE FOR NATASHA BILL CAFFEY.

HEATHER HAD A.

THAT IS A FABULOUS WAY TO START A MEETING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TUCKER TIGERS.

I LOVE ALL THE ACCOLADES GIVEN TO TEACHERS AND MR. PASCALE AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.

[5. Student Art Showcase]

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[6. National Board Certified Teacher Recognition]

HUTCHINS, ONE OF YOU.

SO I'LL START. THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS, ALSO KNOWN AS NBP RTS, IT IS A NONPARTISAN, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, WAS FOUNDED IN 1987.

NBP RTS DEVELOPS AND MAINTAINS ADVANCED STANDARDS FOR EDUCATORS AND OFFERS 26 CERTIFICATIONS BASED ON SPECIFIC STANDARDS AND FIVE CORE PROPOSITIONS.

THESE STANDARDS DEFINE WHAT TEACHERS SHOULD KNOW AND BE ABLE TO DO AND INCLUDE RIGOROUS AND VALID ASSESSMENTS.

NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION IS THE MOST RESPECTED PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION AVAILABLE IN EDUCATION, AND IT PROVIDES NUMEROUS BENEFITS TO TEACHERS, TO STUDENTS AND TO SCHOOLS.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP, RETAIN AND RECOGNIZE ACCOMPLISHED TEACHERS AS WELL AS TO GENERATE ONGOING NATIONWIDE IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOLS.

I WANT TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR.

MANN TO PROVIDE SOME REMARKS AND RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS. GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD.

AND TO BECOME A BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER, ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES MUST DEMONSTRATE ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND BEST PRACTICES IN THEIR CERTIFICATE AREA BY COMPLETING FOUR COMPONENTS, THREE PORTFOLIO ENTRIES AND A COMPUTER BASED ASSESSMENT.

GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS STRENGTHENS BOTH THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND ONE'S PRACTICE.

THE PROCESS REQUIRES THE COMMITMENT, TIME, WRITING, REFLECTION, ANALYSIS, RECORDING INSTRUCTION, COMMUNICATING, GOAL SETTING, USE OF DATA PLANNING BASED ON STUDENT ARTIFACTS, ASSESSMENTS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TIME AND MORE.

AND LET'S JUST SAY WITH JUST THAT ALONE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON TOP OF THEIR REGULAR DAY JOB.

SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS.

TO MAINTAIN THEIR CERTIFICATION, ONE MUST DOCUMENT ONE PROFESSIONAL COMPLIMENT EVERY FIVE YEARS, CONSISTING OF TWO COMPONENTS THE PROCESS MAINTAINING CERTIFICATION CERTIFICATION AS ONE TO FIND TWO PROFESSIONAL GROWTH EXPERIENCES.

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SO PLEASE JOIN ME TONIGHT IN RECOGNIZING OUR TEACHERS WHO RECEIVED THEIR FIRST TIME AND ALSO THEIR RENEWAL.

AND SOME ARE WITH US THIS EVENING.

AND SO TODAY THEY WILL RECEIVE A PIN AND ALSO A BLANKET.

SO OUR FIRST ONE IS JACQUELINE CARSON FROM JEFFERSON HOUSTON, AND SHE HERE.

SAMUEL TUCKER IS A BIG WINNER TONIGHT.

THEY ALSO WE HAVE LINDSEY DORMAN.

GOOD JOB FROM SAMUEL.

OKAY? YEAH.

WE ALSO HAVE MONICA PENDERGRASS PARADIS FROM COURT KELLY SENIOR THIS EVENING.

AND A PROUD TITAN TEACHER, EDUARDO RIVERA.

AND FROM FRANZ FERDINAND TO ANDREA HECKEL.

AND OUR NEXT THREE RECIPIENTS ARE RENEWING THEIR CERTIFICATION.

AND THIS IS I'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM A HAND NEXT TIME I SEE HIM.

HE'S ACTUALLY AN ADMINISTRATOR AT HAMMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL.

TIM BRANNAN IS RECEIVING HIS RE CERTIFICATION.

WE ALSO HAVE APRIL RISER FROM THE HOWARD.

WANT TO. AND FROM JAMES K POLK, AARON JOY DAVIDSON.

WHAT? AND THANK YOU, DR. MANN. AND THERE IS A DECADE OF RESEARCH TO SUPPORT THE IMPACT THAT BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS HAVE ON STUDENTS.

STUDENTS HAVE BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

THEY LEARN MORE THAN THEIR PEERS WITHOUT BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

STUDIES. STUDIES HAVE ALSO SHOWN OR FOUND THAT THE POSITIVE EFFECT OF HAVING A BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHER IS EVEN GREATER FOR MINORITY AND LOW INCOME STUDENTS.

BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS ARE LEADERS IN THEIR BUILDING AND THE DIVISION AND SERVE AS A MODEL OF REFLECTIVE, PASSIONATE, LIFELONG LEARNERS WHO ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SUCCEED.

SO ON BEHALF OF ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFIED TEACHERS.

OKAY. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

AND KUDOS TO TEACHERS BEING ABLE TO FULFILL THAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AT SUCH A VERY DIFFICULT AND CHAOTIC AND TRYING TIME.

SO I THINK YOU GUYS DESERVE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

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[7. Public Hearing on the FY 2023 Combined Funds and FY 2023-2032 Capital Improvement Program Budgets]

SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SETS OF COMMENTS THIS EVENING.

WE'LL HAVE COMMENTS ON OUR COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO JUST A REMINDER FOR THIS SECTION OF THE MEETING, EVERYONE HAS 3 MINUTES TO SPEAK AND OUR CLERK WILL TIME SPEAKERS.

AND YOU ACTUALLY CAN SEE YOUR TIME ALSO UP THERE ON THE SCREEN.

WHEN YOUR TIME IS UP, YOU WILL BE MADE AWARE AND THAT'S ABOUT IT.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

HOWEVER, IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO FOLLOW UP ON, THAT CAN DEFINITELY HAPPEN AFTER THE MEETING.

SO WITH THAT SAID, FIRST, I DO HAVE VIRTUAL COMMENTS THIS EVENING AND THE FIRST IS FROM MS..

AND WHEN I'M SORRY.

AND WHEN THE MILNE'S.

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON.

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS WORKING.

YES, IT'S WORKING.

OKAY. SHOULD I BEGIN? OKAY. THANK YOU TO THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR YOUR TIME AND ENERGY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK.

I AM THE MOTHER OF TWO STUDENTS AT JOHN ADAMS ELEMENTARY.

OUR FAMILIES ARE REPRESENTED BY BOTH DISTRICT B AND C.

AS AN ENGAGED PARENT, THOUGH, I FEEL A LITTLE FOOLISH BECAUSE I ASSUMED THAT CPS HAD EQUITABLE MAINTENANCE PLANS AND EQUITABLE BUDGETING FOR FUTURE RENOVATIONS ACROSS ALL THE FACILITIES.

THE EVENTS OF THESE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE REVEALED IT IS NOT BROKEN, MISSING AND DANGEROUS.

PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE ANYWHERE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

YET IT'S COMMONPLACE THAT JOHN ADAMS, THE MOST RECENT EQUIPMENT FAILURE.

THE FORCE LINKS BROKEN OVER SPRING BREAK RESULTED IN A LARGE RUSTED POLE SITTING IN THE PLAYGROUND FOR WEEKS UNTIL ITS ULTIMATELY REMOVAL OF ALL THE SWINGS.

BUT THE EXCUSES FOR WHY IT ISN'T REPLACED ARE REPREHENSIBLE.

HOW FAST ARE REPAIRS MADE AT OTHER SCHOOLS? WHY IS THERE NO FUNDING IN THE TEN YEAR CIP ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT OUR PLAY SPACES? SPACE IS HEAVILY USED NOT ONLY BY THE OVER 800 STUDENTS AT JOHN ADAMS, BUT ALSO FAMILIES FROM DAY RAMSEY AND REC PROGRAMS. IF THIS WERE ONLY ABOUT THE SWINGS, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.

ALTHOUGH THE FOUR SWINGS FOR ALL THE K THROUGH FIVE STUDENTS ARE CRITICAL TO STUDENTS SKILL DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS SAYING SOMETHING BIGGER TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW OUR CHILDREN ARE VALUED WITHIN CPS.

A FELLOW PARENT WROTE TO ME, IT LOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE TRASH.

PEOPLE WILL TREAT IT LIKE TRASH.

OUR KIDS DESERVE TO KNOW THEY ARE VALUED BECAUSE THE ADULTS AROUND THEM CARE ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A CLEAN, SAFE, ESTHETICALLY PLEASING ENVIRONMENT.

OUR COMMUNITY CARES DOES ACP.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE MESSAGE WE HEAR IS NO, THERE'S NO MONEY.

IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO REPAIRS.

YOU BREAK THINGS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

WE DON'T COMPLAIN EARLY ENOUGH.

WE'RE NOT RICH ENOUGH TO BUY OUR OWN EQUIPMENT.

IT DOESN'T ESCAPE OUR NOTICE THAT THE SCHOOLS WITHOUT UPDATES FOR PLAY SPACES IN THE CIP ARE ADAMS, RAMSEY AND HAMMOND.

TITLE ONE SCHOOLS IN THE WEST.

I KNOW WE'RE LATE TO THE BUDGET GAME, BUT WE NEED THIS ON YOUR RADAR.

LET'S AT LEAST DO SOMETHING IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS BEFORE ALL THE CHILDREN ARE GROWN.

THIS IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE'VE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATIONS BEFORE MY CHILDREN WERE BORN.

I INVITE ALL TO COME AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES HOW THE GROUNDS ARE.

THE MOST LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE SCHOOL IN CPS COMPARES WITH OTHER PLAY AREAS IN THE CITY WE HAVE.

THEY ARE NEWER, BETTER MAINTAINED AND THERE ARE STILL PLANS FOR THEIR RENOVATION.

LIKE RILES CROUCH, MYSELF, JOHN ADAMS, PTA, OR FRANKLY, ANYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.

AND ALSO TOMORROW NIGHT IS OUR SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL NIGHT ON THE PLAYGROUND AT 6:00.

COME SEE. COME AND CHANGE THE NARRATIVE.

OUR DESERVES, OUR KIDS DESERVE EQUITABLY MAINTAINED PLAY SPACES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT STEP WE HAVE HUSNA BIN CONSIDER.

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LET'S SEE.

MITT. I'M SORRY.

MITT SENDS IT.

DESTA. OKAY.

MOVING ALONG, WE HAVE MR. RICARDO ROBERTS.

I'M GOING TO KEEP IT REAL BRIEF.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING.

THE PRIORITY IN THE BUDGET.

IS ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

WHAT'S REQUIRED OF YOU ALL AS YOU'VE BEEN ELECTED TO REPRESENT.

OUR CHILDREN. LET'S GET ADULTS ON AN ISSUE.

LET'S GET THE ADULTS OUT OF THE EQUATION.

IT'S ABOUT THE KID. IT'S ABOUT OUR CHILDREN.

LIKE MY SON ZACHARY.

HE'S OVER AT ME, HOWARD.

YOU STARTED CONSTRUCTION.

BEFORE THE SEOUL START.

WHY WAS THAT A PRIORITY? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT WHOEVER MADE THAT DECISION.

NEEDS TO BE TALKED TO.

NEED TO BE TALKED TO.

NOW. I'VE BEEN COMING BEFORE YOU ALL FOR THE INVESTMENT IN METAL DETECTORS WE SEE ALL OVER THE NATION.

PEOPLE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SITUATIONS WHERE THEY SEE THAT THERE ARE NO ADULTS THERE.

NO. DETERRENCE FOR VIOLENCE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY.

FIGHTS HAVE HAPPENED AT THE SCHOOLS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BECAUSE.

PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT THOSE ISSUES.

YOU SAY IT.

AND WE HAVE TO.

MONITOR WHEN WE'RE PAYING PEOPLE.

SEE IF WE VOLUNTEERING, I WOULD HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT APPROACH.

BUT WE'RE PAYING PEOPLE.

TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.

AND SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE DRUNK THE KOOL-AID.

ON ALLOWING KIDS TO PROTECT THEIR SELF.

ST. SOME OF YOU ALL, SOME OF US, SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES NEED TO BE CHARGED CRIMINALLY FOR SOME OF THE STUFF THEY ARE LOOKING THE OTHER WAY ABOUT.

IT'S CRIMINAL.

IT'S CRIMINAL. LET'S INVEST IN METAL DETECTORS.

WE LIVE IN A VERY, VERY TRANSIENT POPULATION.

THESE KIDS ARE COMING OVER FROM D.C.

BECAUSE THERE IS BEIRUT OVER THERE WHERE I GREW UP AT, IT'S BEIRUT.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SITUATIONS LIKE CITY, ALEXANDRIA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A HAVEN BECAUSE WE HAVE EXCELLENT TEACHERS.

WE HAVE EXCELLENT ADMINISTRATORS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS.

SO WE DID HAVE SOME WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS ON FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.

SO I DO ACTUALLY HAVE TO READ THOSE ALOUD FOR THE RECORD.

THE FIRST COMES FROM TIFFANY PORTER, WHO IS A PARENT IN THE COMMENT IS ABOUT COVID TESTING.

WILL THERE STILL BE FUNDING FOR WEEKLY COVID TESTING DURING THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR? HAVING MY WHOLE FAMILY TEST POSITIVE RECENTLY AND THE CLAIMS FOR THAT AND THE CLAIMS THAT IN THE FALL THERE WILL BE ANOTHER WAVE.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY AT LARGE IF THAT WERE STILL AVAILABLE.

THE SECOND COMMENT COMES FROM TIMOTHY DOYLE, WHO IS A PARENT, AND THE COMMENT IS REGARDING FUNDING SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS.

DURING THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, THE DISTRICT SHUT DOWN FOR THE WHOLE WEEK THAT INCLUDED THANKSGIVING.

NO REAL REASON WAS GIVEN.

A RUMOR HAS IT THAT TOO MANY TEACHERS WERE TAKING VACATION THAT WEEK AND THAT NOT ENOUGH SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS COULD BE HIRED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF THAT WEEK.

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[8. Public Comments]

I'M GOING TO START WITH THE IN-PERSON COMMENTERS.

AND THE FIRST ONE IS MR. ZACHARY ROBERTS, WHO'S A STUDENT.

UM. OKAY.

OKAY. I JUST WANT TO CHECK HIM ON.

MEMBERS OF HIS BOARD.

WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT DETERRENCE.

WHY IS IT THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE RULES THAT PREVENT ALL THAT WOULD PREVENT ALL THE VIOLENCE, ALL OF THE CRIME THAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS SCHOOL. THEN THERE IS NOT THE PUNISHMENT.

EVEN IF THEY GET CAUGHT DOING THESE ACTS, COMMITTING THESE CRIMES, DOING THESE ACTIONS IS SO SMALL THAT IT DOESN'T DETER THEM FROM ACTUALLY DOING IT.

IS THERE ANY LIKE IN SPORTS, YOU DON'T CHEAT OR AT LEAST YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO CHEAT IF THE IF THE COST OF YOU GETTING CAUGHT IS A LOT HIGHER THAN WHATEVER BENEFIT YOU GET FROM CHEATING.

WHY IS IT THAT COST IS A LOT LOWER THAN WHAT YOU GET FOR BREAKING A RULE IN THIS SCHOOL? PUNISHING. BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST OH YES.

FOR STARTING A FIGHT.

YOU GET WHAT'S EFFECTIVELY INCONSEQUENTIAL AND A SLAP ON THE WRIST.

IT NEEDS TO GO A LOT FURTHER.

WE NEED IMMEDIATELY TO MAKE IT THAT WAY.

WE NEED TO DETER ALL THESE THINGS BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DETER IT, THEN IT WILL JUST KEEP HAPPENING CONSTANTLY.

IS THERE ANY REASON WHY WE CAN'T JUST MAKE THE PUNISHMENT STRONGER LIKE IT SHOULD BE? LIKE IF YOU COMMIT A CRIME AT THE SCHOOL, LIKE WHY IS IT THAT CRIMES ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY IF THEY HAPPEN IN SCHOOL AS OPPOSED TO IF THEY HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL? A CRIME IS A CRIME EITHER WAY.

SO WHY AREN'T THEY TREATED AS SUCH? I DON'T WANT TO.

I DON'T SAY. I MEAN, SEND EVERY STUDENT WHO STARTS A FIGHT TO PRISON.

THAT WOULD BE A BIT EXTREME.

BUT WHY IS IT THAT IT SEEMS LIKE PEOPLE BREAK RULES ON PURPOSE? BECAUSE THE PUNISHMENT IS SO SMALL THAT IT'S NOT THAT ISIS IS A JOKE CURRENTLY, IT'S JUST AN OUTRIGHT JOKE AT THIS POINT.

PEOPLE INTENTIONALLY GO TO ISIS BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEIR TEACHERS, SO THEY SEND THEM SO INSTEAD OF ISIS.

LIKE IF YOU START A FIGHT, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE VICTIM.

THE VICTIM SHOULD NOT HAVE LIKE THE VICTIM SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FACE THAT SAME PUNISHMENT.

IF YOU START IT INTENTIONALLY, YOU SHOULD GO HOME.

WE DON'T WANT THAT TYPE OF PERSON IN THE SCHOOL WHO STARTS FIGHTS AND DOES OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE SCHOOL.

AND ON THIS TOPIC.

WHY IS IT THAT WE'RE LIKE, WHY IS IT THAT ADMINISTRATORS HAVE TO RESPOND IN THAT TIME? A STUDENT COULD HAVE COULD BE DEAD.

A STUDENT COULD BE SERIOUSLY INJURED.

AND MANY OF THE VICTIMS HAVE SERIOUS EMOTIONAL TRAUMA.

I KNOW I DO. AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE 100% JUST SILENT ON THIS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY MORE CAN'T BE DONE.

JUST STOP IT FROM HAPPENING, PLEASE.

FOR THE SAKE OF ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS.

I'M SORRY. YOUR MOTHER IS WITH YOU.

JUST PLEASE FIX OUR SCHOOLS.

THINK. OKAY.

THANK YOU, ZACHARY.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE MR. JACOB SANCHEZ.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO MOVE ALONG IN THE LIST.

MR. RICARDO ROBERTS.

THANK YOU AGAIN. APPRECIATE IT.

LIKE JACQUI SAID, IF IT'S ABOUT THE CHILDREN, LET'S TAKE THE ADULT EGOS OUT OF THE WAY.

IF IT'S ABOUT EDUCATING THE KIDS, LET'S TAKE THESE EGOS AWAY.

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BE LISTEN TO.

I AM AN ACTION PERSON.

EVERY CHILD IN OUR SCHOOL, EVERY TEACHER IN OUR SCHOOL, EVERY ADMINISTRATOR, EVERY STAFF PERSON IS LOOKING FOR ACTION FROM YOU ALL.

YOU ARE ELECTED TO GIVE ACTION.

NOW, I HAVE TO REMIND DR.

HUTCHINS, WHEN WE MET THREE YEARS AGO, ON JULY THE THIRD.

I CAME DOWN TO HIS OFFICE, BY THE WAY, HE WAS TARDY, AND I TOLD HIM HE HAD SNAKES IN HIS GRASS.

AND THE ONLY WAY TO UNEARTH THOSE INDIVIDUALS IS FOR ME TO ACT LIKE A FOOL.

REMEMBER THAT? I HOPE HE DOES.

AND I TOLD HIM I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO UNEARTH THOSE SNAKES IN HIS GRASS.

AND I KNEW THE CONSEQUENCES.

BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO COME AFTER ME, ACCUSED ME OF BEING IGNORANT.

I KNEW THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THEY DO BUSINESS OVER HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

AND I TOLD HIM.

WHEN I LEARNED THAT THEY WERE CHASING HIS DAUGHTER AROUND SCHOOL, TRYING TO BEAT HER UP BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS DAUGHTER, I CRIED.

MY DAUGHTER HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

AND NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT BUS DRIVER, MR. ROBERTS, WE'RE FOCUSED ON MR. ROBERTS. PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.

I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT MINE. THANK YOU.

MINE WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED.

MINE WAS BULLIED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

KIDS WERE TAKING PICTURES OF HIM IN THE BATHROOM AND POST ONLINE.

AND YOUR THING WAS, WELL, YOU NEED TO CALL THE POLICE YOURSELF.

AND I DID. SO WHEN I COME UP HERE A LITTLE PASSIONATE.

SICK AND TIRED OF TALK.

I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THE SILENT VICTIMS. THE KIDS WHO ARE RUNNING AROUND IN SILENCE, SCARED.

TO SAY SOMETHING TO INVOLVE THE POLICE.

AND YOU ALL HAVE ELECTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.

SO, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU, DR.

HUTCHINS, IN YOUR FAMILY.

BUT I THOUGHT PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW.

THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS.

YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU.

ONCE AGAIN, THAT WAS NOT AN ACCURATE STATEMENT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I COULD THANK YOU.

MY INFORMATION WAS WRONG, HOWEVER.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BEFORE WE CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M JUST GOING TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS.

NEED TO BE APPROPRIATE.

PLEASE DO NOT TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN.

NEXT STEP. WE HAVE MYTHS.

LET'S SEE. SORRY, WE HAVE MR. FARAH GOA.

WITHIN EVENING.

THIS IS, AFTER ALL, A TEST FOR MICHAEL TARA.

MY WIFE.

WE ARE HERE TO REGARDING OUR DAUGHTER ZULA REGARDING HER GI OR TAG QUALIFICATIONS AND THE QUALIFICATION.

METHOD THERE SHE HAD WAS THE EXAM WAS NOT GIVEN.

EXAM WAS ON THE PANDEMIC IN THE HOME.

AND AFTER THAT SHE WAS INELIGIBLE BECAUSE HER BROTHER IS AN ADULT.

AND SHE ALSO, AS WE BELIEVE THE SCHOOL SHE IS IN, JONATHAN BELIEVES HER TEACHER BELIEVES THAT SHE QUALIFIED FOR TOG

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AND THEN IN THE DAY SHE BORN IN THE RAISING HERE AND SHE HAD TO TAKE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE.

OF COURSE, WE FROM FOREIGN COUNTRY, WE SPEAK DIFFERENT LANGUAGE.

BUT SHE BORN AND RAISED IN HERE.

SHE SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKE THE TEST TO BEGIN WITH AND SHE HAD TO TAKE THE EXAM AND THEN SHIT WHEN SHE TAKE THE WE WE TESTED SO SHE WAS AT HOME DISTRACTED, THE TEST WAS PLACED AND THEN THE TEACHER RECOMMENDED HER THAT SHE QUALIFIES IT.

BUT AT THE END OF THE SELECTION SHE WAS NOT QUALIFIED.

WE COMPLAINED TO APPEAL AND THE APPEAL AS WELL ALSO DECIDED SHE WAS NOT QUALIFIED.

BUT WE DEEPLY BELIEVE MY DAUGHTER IS ACTUALLY MORE SMARTER THAN MY SON.

I'M NOT COMPARING, BUT SHE IS SMART.

AND THEN WE WENT TO THE BOARD TO LOOK OUT ON IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I DO HAVE SOME VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENTERS.

FIRST WE HAVE MR. JACK HADLEY.

ALL RIGHT. WE DON'T SEE MR. JACK HADLEY. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MISS JULIE SMALLMAN.

GOOD EVENING. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME OKAY? YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE STATE OF AFFAIRS AT GW. I AM MOM TO THREE STUDENTS IN CPS, TWO OF THEM AT G.W., ONE AT MINI HOWARD.

I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ENGAGEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU TRY TO DO TO SUPPORT THE KIDS.

BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT STILL SHOCKS ME TO SAY ALOUD JUST THE POOR BASIC MAINTENANCE AT GW.

I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO DR.

MAZER AND HIS STAFF FOR THE TREMENDOUS EFFORTS THAT I THINK THEY PUT FORTH DAILY TO SUPPORT THE KIDS, ANSWER QUESTIONS AND IN GENERAL TRY TO PROMOTE THEIR GROWTH AND SUCCESS.

BUT IT'S MY VIEW THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THAT IN A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND JUST REALLY DISGUSTING. I THINK THAT PARENTS HAVE ALREADY SHARED TONIGHT ABOUT VERY REAL CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT THINGS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOLS, IN CPS, SUCH AS FEELING SAFE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT THIS IS A BASIC CONCERN THAT IS NOT BEING MET.

BASIC NEEDS ARE NOT BEING MET IN TERMS OF BASIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AT GW OR SPECIFICALLY THE STATE OF THE BATHROOMS, TOILETS, VENTILATION SYSTEMS. I'M BASING THIS THERE ARE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ON FACEBOOK THAT PARENTS SHARE, BUT MY CONCERNS ARE BASED IN ADDITION ON WHAT MY KIDS COME HOME AND TELL ME.

I'VE REPEATEDLY HEARD THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR THAT THEY WAIT TILL THEY GET HOME TO GO TO THE BATHROOM BECAUSE THE TOILETS AREN'T WORKING.

THERE'S NO SOAP, JUST BASIC THINGS THAT I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE.

I HAVE TO SAY OUT LOUD THAT WE NEED TO GIVE OUR KIDS TO SOME DEGREE.

I DID CHALK THE CHALK THIS UP TO KIDS BEING 12, NOT NECESSARILY WANTING TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AT SCHOOL OR THE VERY REAL ISSUES THAT I REALIZE WERE HAPPENING EARLIER IN THE YEAR RELATED TO CHALLENGES ON TIK TOK, FOR EXAMPLE.

NOW HOWEVER, THEY'RE TELLING ME THAT THERE ARE FEW FUNCTIONING TOILETS IN THE BUILDING THAT AGAIN, THERE'S NO SOAP, TOWELS, THINGS THAT THINGS THAT THEY NEED. SOMETIMES DOORS ARE BROKEN.

AND AS A AS A MOTHER OF 2/6 GRADE DAUGHTERS, ANY OF YOU HAVE DAUGHTERS HAVING A HAVING A CLEAN, SAFE BATHROOM TO USE DURING THE SCHOOL DAY IS A NECESSITY.

AND I JUST AGAIN, I AM JUST SHOCKED AND AMAZED THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE AND THIS COMMUNITY, WITH THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE,

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I EVEN HAVE TO BRING IT UP.

TO ADD TO THAT, WE HAVE COVERED AND IN THE COMMENTS, I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP.

THANK YOU. SCHOOL BOARD.

THANK YOU, OK.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, JUST INFORMATION FOR THE BOARD.

WE DO HAVE A WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT FROM SATOSHI TORRES.

I'M NOT WILLING TO READ THAT, HOWEVER, THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT FOR YOURSELVES.

AGAIN, IF YOU WISH TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK OR SUBMIT WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE DO SO NO LATER THAN NOON, THE DAY PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING. AND WE HAVE A LINK ON THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING PAGE WHERE YOU CAN SIGN UP.

MOVE RIGHT ALONG.

[9. Report from Student Representatives Emily Milton and Sylvia Rahim]

WE HAVE THEM BOTH HERE TODAY.

OKAY. SO SHALL WE START OFF WITH MISS MILTON? ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH MISS SYLVIA RAHIM.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND ATTENDEES.

I'D LIKE TO START ON A HIGHLIGHT REGARDING THE HHS ROBOTICS.

HHS ROBOTICS TEAM WAS SELECTED TO COMPETE IN THE NATIONAL ROBOTICS COMPETITION.

ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT IS THAT TEACHER OF PAQUIN WINS WILLIAM C LORI, TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM JEFFERSON HOUSTON.

THIS MONTH IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THAT THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION COALITION OF ALEXANDRA SACA IS DOING TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALEXANDRIA AGAINST BEHAVIORS RELATED TO ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AND AN ACP EXPRESS POST.

IT IS ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHTED THAT REFERRALS FOR THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONCERNS FOR STUDENTS CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR.

BUT PARENTS CAN CONTACT LISTED PROFESSIONALS IN THE ACP EXPRESS POST FROM MAY 13TH.

IT IS ALSO ASIAN-AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH, WHERE WE SHOULD CELEBRATE ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER STUDENTS AND STAFF WHO MAKE OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE. AND THE MONTH OF MAY CONTINUES TO BE FILLED AS JUST YESTERDAY.

MAYOR MAYOR OF ALEXANDRIA JUST JUSTIN WILSON PROCLAIMED THAT MAY IS OFFICIALLY SEX ED FOR ALL MONTH.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE ON THE OCCASION OF ALEXANDRIA CAMPAIGN ON ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY COMMUNITY MEETING OVER ZOOM.

THE GOAL OF MAKING SEX ED FOR ALL MONTH IS TO PROPERLY EDUCATE ALEXANDRIA YOUTH WITH SEXUAL HEALTH INFORMATION AND COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO AND IN THE CARE THAT THEY DESERVE.

WE HAD WONDERFUL TITANS REPRESENTATIVES IN THE MEETING THROUGH THE FORM OF OUR THREE 60 ADVOCATES, WHERE THEY GAVE AN AMAZING PRESENTATION SHOWING THE RESULTS OF A SURVEY THEY DID OF THE HEM IN MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH EDUCATION.

AND THEY ALSO GAVE THEIR OWN THOUGHTS ON WHY SEXUAL EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT.

WE HOPE THAT THIS SETS A STRONG PRESIDENT OF ALEXANDRIA TAKING THE TEACHING OF SEXUAL EDUCATION VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I'LL PASS IT ON TO EMILY.

IN CONCLUSION, MAY IS ALSO NATIONAL PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SPORTS MONTH, AND ECB'S IS HIGHLIGHTING PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS THAT HELP KEEP STUDENTS HEALTHY AND SAFE.

THESE PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ARE ALEXANDRIA SOCCER ASSOCIATION ALEXANDRIA LITTLE LEAGUE ALEXANDRIA FAMILIES FOR SAFE STREETS AND ALEXANDRIA BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE HAD MANY ORDERS GIVEN AT THE REGIONAL AND REGIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR FOR ACP STUDENTS, INCLUDING ONES FROM KING STREET CAMPUS, MINI HOWARD CAMPUS, GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, FRANCES HAMMOND AND JEFFERSON HOUSTON.

WE WANTED TO ESPECIALLY HIGHLIGHT MANY HOWARD CAMPUS STUDENT NATALIE BOWEN, WHO WILL BE MOVING ON TO THE STATE COMPETITION.

WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK ACPS COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT AND PR LIAISONS FOR SCHOOL COMMUNICATORS DAY, WHICH WAS ON MAY 13, AND STUDENTS, INCLUDING MYSELF AT THE KING STREET CAMPUS WHO WERE INVOLVED WITH THIS SCHOOL NEWSPAPER THING.

WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE A TOUR, INTERVIEW STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF, AND WRITE THREE ARTICLES ABOUT A SATELLITE CAMPUS LOCATED IN THIS VERY BUILDING IN ORDER TO FURTHER EDUCATE STUDENTS ABOUT OTHER CAMPUS SITES IN CONNECTION WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT AND OR CONNECTED HIGH SCHOOL NETWORK.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ ALL THREE ARTICLES ON SI.COM AND IN THE PRINT EDITION NEXT WEEK.

ON TUESDAY, THERE WAS THE FINAL 2021 2022 SCHOOL YEAR MEETING OF THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHERE STUDENTS TALKED ABOUT WAYS THAT ACPS CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH STUDENTS, WAYS THAT RACIAL BIAS MAY PLAY INTO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND MANY STUDENTS EXPRESS THEIR JOY AT BEING ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GIVE PERSONAL FEEDBACK TO THE SUPERINTENDENT WHILE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

TO END TODAY, WE ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT THERE IS OFFICIALLY LESS THAN A MONTH UNTIL GRADUATION FOR THE CLASS OF 2022 AND OUR OWN 2022 GRADUATE SYLVIA RAHEEM WILL NOW REFLECT

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SO I HONESTLY CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'M GRADUATING AND LIKE TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, LIKE I.

AND IT WAS ESPECIALLY SAD BECAUSE SAMUEL W TUCKER IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT I WENT TO AND I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BECAUSE MR. PASCAL, WHEN I WAS THERE, HE WAS A NEW PRINCIPAL.

SO IT'S SO LIKE CRAZY TO SEE, LIKE ALL THE STUDENTS, LIKE, YOU KNOW THAT.

YEAH, I KNOW. IT'S LIKE IT'S A FULL CYCLE.

SO JUST SEEING ALL THAT JUST MADE MY HEART, LIKE, WARM, AND JUST, LIKE, SEEING ALL THE FIFTH GRADERS COME AND SPEAK.

AND JUST REMINDED ME OF BACK WHEN I WAS IN FIFTH GRADE, AND I WAS SO SMALL A LITTLE BACK THEN.

BUT YEAH, SO HONESTLY, LIKE CLASS OF 2022 HAS DEFINITELY BEEN THROUGH A LOT THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND EVERYTHING.

AND YOU KNOW, COMING BACK AFTER ALL THE CRAZINESS OF 2020, I WASN'T SURE HOW THIS YEAR WOULD PAN OUT.

I WAS IT WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY AND UNCERTAINTY AND I JUST WASN'T SURE, LIKE HOW EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE ENDED UP.

I WASN'T EVEN SURE IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE IN PERSON, LIKE EVERYTHING WAS JUST UP IN THE AIR.

BUT I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HERE, BE WITH EVERYONE.

AND YES, I'M SO EXCITED TO GRADUATE.

BUT I'M ALSO VERY SAD TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE.

SO YEAH. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU AND WE WILL BE SAD TO SEE YOU GO, BUT EXCITED FOR YOU AT THE SAME TIME.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.

[11. 2022 Athletic Hall of Fame Nominees]

WE WILL HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR 2022 ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME NOMINEES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK THE CHAIR OF THE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME ADVISORY BOARD TO COME FORWARD.

MR. JOHNSON.

AND WHILE MR. JOHNSON IS COMING UP, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME AND HOW THE COMMITTEE ADVISORY BOARD COMMITTEE CAME ABOUT IN 2014.

THE SCHOOL BOARD, DUE TO NUMEROUS REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY TO BASICALLY RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING ATHLETES IN THE ALEXANDRIA COMMUNITY THAT CAME THROUGH ACPS, WHICH LET ME TELL YOU, OUR NUMEROUS WE ARE BLESSED IN THIS COMMUNITY TO HAVE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL ATHLETES THAT COME THROUGH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, SO MANY OF WHICH THAT WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN EACH YEAR.

SO THAT SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH ACTUALLY MS..

BOOS WAS A PART OF THAT SCHOOL BOARD IN 2014, PUT TOGETHER THE ADVISORY HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE.

AND SINCE THEN WE HAVE INDUCTED 79 INDUCTEES STUDENT ATHLETES INTO INTO THE HALL OF FAME.

AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT THIS GO ROUND.

WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MORE THAT ARE COMING IN.

AND THEY DECIDED TO UP THE NUMBER THIS YEAR BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, WE DO HAVE A BACKLOG OF NOMINATIONS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO CATCH UP FOR THE MANY YEARS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS COMMITTEE.

SO I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK MR. JOHNSON FOR HIS EXPERT LEADERSHIP IN LEADING THE COMMITTEE AND ALSO OUR STUDENT, OUR STAFF LIAISON, MR. MARK EISENHAUER, AND THEN ALSO OUR DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS, MR. JAMES PARKER, AND THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE WHO, LET ME TELL YOU, THEY PUT IN COUNTLESS HOURS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN EVERY YEAR, ALL VOLUNTEER.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO BECAUSE ATHLETICS IS VERY PASSIONATE.

PEOPLE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ATHLETES THAT CAME THROUGH ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO IT'S A IT'S A FUN TIME.

AND I TELL THEM, I TOLD SHARE ALL THIS.

AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IN OUR SECOND TERM, I SAID, YOU CAN'T TAKE ME OFF OF THIS COMMITTEE.

THIS IS LIKE THE THE BEST THING THAT I DO AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

THE MOST FUN THAT I HAVE IS WORKING WITH THIS THIS COMMITTEE.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING WITH THEM AS WE CONTINUE TO INDUCT SOME TRULY WONDERFUL STUDENT ATHLETES FROM ACPS.

SO I'LL LET YOU TAKE IT AWAY.

MR. JOHNSON. THANK YOU, MS..

GREENE. I KNOW YOU SAID A LOT THERE AND THAT WAS VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ALSO AND SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING WE TRY TO DO WITHIN THE COMMITTEE.

MEMBERS OF SCHOOL BOARDS.

MADAM CHAIRMAN, SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF AN OUTSTANDING COMMITTEE THAT PUTS US TOGETHER EVERY YEAR AND THE HOURS WE PUT INTO

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LET ME GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND ON HOW WE DO THIS.

WE CHANGED SOME THINGS AROUND WE USED TO DO TO CEREMONIES IN FEBRUARY AND WINTER, AND WE CHANGED IT BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT WAS A SNOWSTORM AND PEOPLE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN AND SO FORTH.

SO THEN WE MOVE INTO THE HOMECOMING WEEKEND FOR THE LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE DID TWO CLASSES, THEN WE CHANGE IT AGAIN BECAUSE WITH YOUR SUPPORT TOO, LET'S NAIL DOWN A DATE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT EVERY YEAR ON THIS PARTICULAR DATE.

AND SO EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF IT.

SO OUR DATE IS, AS YOU KNOW, OCTOBER EIGHT THIS YEAR, IT'S THE SECOND SATURDAY IN OCTOBER.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE OUR DAYS TO LIVE EVERY PIECE OF IT THAT AGAIN THINGS FOR EXCELLENT COMMITTEE THANKS TO MS. GREEN FOR SUPPORT AND SUSAN.

BILSON FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT'S YOUR CLASS AGAIN.

46 YEARS IN EDUCATION, 33 YEARS IN ALEXANDRIA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS A COACH, TEACHER AND ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATOR.

THANK YOU. TEN YEARS IN CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SO YOU LEARN A LOT.

AND THEN SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU LISTEN TO HERE ARE SAME ISSUES THAT WE HAD 30 YEARS AGO AND IT SEEMS TO COME AROUND.

THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT JOB AND I KNOW YOUR WORK YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS TOUGH.

JUST LIKE MY JOB HERE AS CHAIRPERSON.

MY NAME IS THE FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, FORMER TRACK COACH, AND PRETTY SOON FORMER CHAIRMAN, SEPARATE PERSON OF THE HALL.

THE MINUTE I LIKE JUST I THOUGHT BEING ATHLETIC DIRECTOR WAS HARD BUT I PULLED IT OFF FOR THREE YEARS.

THEN FINALLY THEY OF COURSE, PULL ME IN.

WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS CLASS.

YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE BIOS FOR EVERYONE.

THIS IS A GREAT CLASS.

IT'S A LARGE CLASS.

WE STARTED PROCESS WITH THE CUTOFF FOR NOMINATION WAS JANUARY THE 31ST.

ONCE YOU ARE THIS APPLICATION COMES IN, IT STAYS ON FOR FIVE YEARS.

SO THAT NAME IS IN THERE.

WE ASK FOR BACKGROUND AND WE DO A CHECK.

AND THEN AFTER JANUARY 1ST AS A COMMITTEE, WE START OUT WORK AND OUR WORK GETS TO GO THROUGH THE BIOS AND WE DIVIDE OURSELVES INTO SUBCOMMITTEES AND WE CALL THE SCREENING COMMITTEES. THEN THE SCREENING COMMITTEE GO THROUGH IT IN EACH CATEGORY, AND WE GENERALLY WORK OUT OF THREE CATEGORIES AND THERE'S A STUDENT ATHLETE, TEAM AND COACH, ADMINISTRATIVE OR CONTRIBUTOR.

WE COVER ALL THOSE AREAS EACH YEAR AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE A NOMINATION GOING FORWARD FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME OF YOUR CLASSES YOU HAVE, OF COURSE, THE LYLES BROTHERS AND JOSEPHUS.

AGAIN, NO, HISTORY IS WHAT IT IS.

YOU KNOW, HE'S WORLD RECORD HOLDER, WORLD CHAMPION, BRONZE MEDAL WINNER AND A GREAT AMBASSADOR FOR ALEXANDER CITY.

AS SOMEONE SAID EARLIER, I MEAN, WE ARE RICH AND I'VE SORT OF STARTED YEARS AGO.

THIS IS A RICH COMMUNITY FOR US ATHLETICS AND IT MEANS A LOT AND WE WOULDN'T BACK THE U.S.

NOMINATION FROM GW.

WE STILL HAVE A HARD TIME TO GET NOMINATION FROM HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THOSE OUT THERE LISTENING HIM IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE STILL NEED SOME NOMINATION COMING IN.

SO AGAIN, THE PROCESS WE GET FROM SCREAMING COMMITTEE TO GET OUT OF NOMINATION FROM THEM AND THEN WE SIT DOWN, REVIEW THEM AGAIN AND THEN WE VOTE.

AND THEY'VE TOLD PEOPLE THE HIGHEST NUMBER BASED ON THE NUMBER WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IN THEIR CLASS, THOSE ARE NAMED GO FORWARD.

YOU LOOK ON THAT LIST, YOU SEE SOMEONE LIKE SHERIFF FUNDS.

REFINE WAS THE FIRST HIGH SCHOOL FIRST ALL-AMERICAN TRACK ATHLETE AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY.

SHE ALSO WAS OUSTED AND ALL MIT ATHLETE AT TCU GIBBS HIGH SCHOOL AND TRACK AND FIELD YOU SEE LADELL SCOTT, THE FOOTBALL CALL TURNING FOOTBALL AS IT WERE.

YOLANDA BROWN, WHO ALSO OUTSTANDING TRACK ATHLETE, STATE CHAMPION ERIC WILLIAMSON.

HE WAS HE PLAYS PROFESSIONAL SOCCER, OUTSTANDING ATHLETIC WINS.

SO THAT'S THE THING YOU HAVE TO OUTSTANDING TEAMS. THE TEAM IN 1945, GW WERE THE STATE CHAMPION AND THE 1977 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, T.C.

WILLIAMS, WHICH IS LABOR, ONE OF THE BEST TEAM EVER OUT OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, BASED ON THE INPUT THAT ATHLETES WHO PLAYED ON THAT TEAM AND

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DEE CAMPBELL, A LEGEND IN CREW AS AN ATHLETE AT G.W.

HIGH SCHOOL. THEY CAME BACK AS ASSISTANT CREW COACH AND D ONE YEAR HIS BOAT WON EVERY MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP, INCLUDING THE NATIONALS CHAMPIONSHIP.

CANADIAN NATIONALS.

THE COURSE IS STILL SPERRY IS A COMMITMENT THAT WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF.

ALSO, WE ALL HAVE A OLYMPIAN ATHLETE AND CREW WHO ARE IN CLASS.

I GUESS HE WAS IN THE 70 1970 OLYMPICS, 1974 OLYMPIAN.

I THINK YOU LOOK BACK THERE ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD THERE.

BUT AGAIN, A VERY RICH AND JUST TRADITION HERE AND ALEXANDER.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.

WITHOUT YOU.

IT WOULDN'T BE AN EVENT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME OUT TO ON THE EIGHTH TO VISIT WITH US.

WE WANT TO GET MOST OF THEM BACK AND WE COMMUNICATE NOW WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND CONTRIBUTE AGAIN.

I JUST BRIEFED THROUGH THE BIOS, BUT IF YOU TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY SOMETIME, GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE BIOS AND YOU WILL SEE SOME OUTSTANDING AND THERE'S MANY MORE.

FOR EVERY ONE THAT WE BRING FORWARD TO YOU TONIGHT.

THERE ARE 30 MORE THAT'S WAIT IN LINE.

AND LIKE I SAID, MY PHONE NEVER STOPPED RINGING ABOUT THAT ON HOW THEY GOT MY NUMBER.

BUT WHY I'M NOT IN THERE.

WHAT I HAVE TO DO IS SO WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE COMMITTEE FOR THE HARD WORK, THE DEDICATION, THE EXPERTIZE THAT YOU BRING TO THIS EACH AND EVERY YEAR.

JUST HEARING YOU TALK MAKES US SO PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, OF OUR OUTSTANDING ATHLETES WHO CONTINUE TO BE OUT THERE MAKING US PROUD.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT CHAIR THING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND FELLOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU, STUDENT REPS, COMMUNITY EVERYONE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME RECEPTION AND INDUCTION CEREMONY ON OCTOBER 8TH.

SO PLEASE COME CELEBRATE WITH US.

IT'S A IT'S A GREAT TIME.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO WITH THAT SAID, WE CAN MOVE ON TO MORE BUSINESS BECAUSE WE HAVE PLENTY.

I DO NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[Consent Calendar]

SECOND I HAVE MR. NEWBY, WHO SECONDS AS BLUES MOTION.

ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL? OKAY. SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ADOPTING THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

THAT'S JUST.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE TO MOVE INTO A CLOSED MEETING, SO I NEED A MOTION TO DO SO.

[17. Closed Meeting]

THAT'S 3711 829 FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS OR OFFERS AND DISCUSSION OF THE TERM OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT OR DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE BOARD. SO I HAVE MR. L MAYBE 2 SECONDS.

MS.. GREEN'S MOTION.

SO WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

SHE'LL HAVE TO DO IT EARLY.

AND I WON'T NEED AN ALL VOTE FROM DR.

REEF. YES.

YES. OH, SHE'S ON.

YEAH, SHE'S DOING HER THING.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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MM HMM. OKAY.

[18. Certification of Closed Meeting]

PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.23712.

I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CERTIFIED THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION BY WHICH THE CLOSE MEETING WAS CONVENED, AND OUR LAWFULLY EXEMPTED BY THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD AND THE CLOSED MEETING HELD ON MAY 19, 2020 TO.

I HAVE MS.. IGNACIO, WHO'S SECOND MS..

GREENE'S MOTION.

GO AHEAD AND VOTE. DOCTOR, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN ORAL VOTE? YES. YES.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

LET'S SEE.

OKAY. MOVING ALONG, WE HAVE SOME OLD BUSINESS AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT REVISIONS TO OUR EQUITY FOR ALL 2025 STRATEGIC

[19. Revisions to the Equity for All 2025 Strategic Plan]

AS YOU ALL KNOW, OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS A ROADMAP TO OUR SUCCESS, AND IT IS ONGOING.

IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU GET IT DONE AND YOU PUT IT ON A SHELF.

AND I'M HOPING THAT TODAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU OR OUR TEAM.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME OF THE REVISIONS THAT OUR COMMITTEE HAS COME UP WITH.

EACH YEAR, WE DO LOOK AND REVIEW OUR STRATEGIC PLAN CONTINUOUSLY.

AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING OUT WITH SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR THESE REVISIONS.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR.

PAGE SO THAT HE CAN INTRODUCE OUR TEAM AS WELL AS SHARE OUR INFORMATION.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS, AND GOOD EVENING.

MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THRILLED TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR REVISION PROCESS.

SO LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN SO WE CAN GET THE POWERPOINT GOING.

THERE WE ARE. AND AS DR.

HUTCHINGS MENTIONED, THIS PROCESS WAS PUT IN PLACE AT THE AT THE GENESIS OF THIS STRATEGIC PLAN TO REALLY SAY, WE KNOW IN ANY FIVE YEAR PLAN, UNDER THE GUISE OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, WE WANT TO KEEP LOOKING, REFRESHING, REVISING AND MAKING SURE OUR PLAN IS RELEVANT AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND STAKEHOLDERS AS WE GO THROUGH THE FIVE YEARS WITHIN THE PLAN.

WITH THAT SAID, WE DON'T EXPECT WHOLESALE CHANGES TO THE PLAN YEAR TO YEAR, CERTAINLY.

RIGHT. WE KNOW A LOT OF THE EFFORTS IDENTIFIED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN OR MULTI-YEAR EFFORTS THAT HAVE TO BE SUSTAINED TO TRULY TAKE ROOT, BUT ALSO CERTAINLY MAKING SPACE FOR THOSE TWEAKS, THOSE REVISIONS, THOSE EDITS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PLAN.

SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE WILL TALK ABOUT.

BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

WE'LL KIND OF GO THROUGH THE OVERVIEW AND FRAMEWORK OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL AS THE IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE REVISION PROCESS ITSELF, KIND OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE, WHAT THE KEY TENETS WERE AND DRIVING THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN WE WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE TYPES OF THE REVISIONS THAT ARE BEING PUT FORWARD FOR THE BOARD.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO LINE BY LINE THROUGH EVERY SINGLE REVISION, BUT CERTAINLY THE ATTACHMENT THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED IN YOUR BOARD MATERIALS FOR THE MEETING TONIGHT. THE SECOND ATTACHMENT HAS THE CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN AND THEN ANY REVISIONS OR SUGGESTED EDITS ARE THEN READ LINES WITHIN THAT DOCUMENT WITH COMMENT BOXES ON THE MARGINS.

SO YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT IS BEING SUGGESTED TO BE CHANGED AS WELL AS THE RATIONALE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CHANGE.

SO JUST A REMINDER WITHIN THE EQUITY FOR ALL STRATEGIC PLAN, EVERYTHING WE DO WITHIN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONTINUES TO HAVE RACIAL EQUITY AS OUR NORTH STAR AND AT THE HEART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.

WITH RACIAL EQUITY AT THE HEART.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO WITHIN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, WE HAVE FIVE GOAL AREAS.

WITHIN EACH GOAL AREA, WE HAVE STRATEGIES THAT ARE KIND OF THE BIG BUCKETS OR AREAS WITHIN EACH GOAL THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT AND AFFECT CHANGE IN WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR LIFE OF THE PLAN.

AND THEN UNDERNEATH EACH OF THOSE STRATEGIES, WE HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTED ACTIONS THAT WILL ASSIST THAT STRATEGY IN MOVING FORWARD OVER THE LIFE OF THE PLAN.

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RIGHT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE EFFORTS ARE ACROSS A MULTITUDE OF DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EFFORTS ARE CARRYING FORWARD EACH YEAR OF THE PLAN. SO WITH THAT, WE CAME TO THE BOARD IN MARCH TO LOOK AT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THIS SCREEN.

WE CAME TO THE BOARD IN MARCH TO LOOK AT THE KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.

YOU REMEMBER OUR EQUITY DASHBOARD AND THAT DISCUSSION WE HAD THERE.

AND TONIGHT, IF YOU LOOK BELOW THE SCHOOL BOARD EMBLEM THERE, WE HAVE THE STRATEGIC PLAN ANNUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE WHO WE LOVINGLY REFER TO AS SPARC.

AND THAT IS THE WORK THAT WE'RE COMING TO TONIGHT IN TERMS OF OUR ANNUAL REVIEW PROCESS AND THE POTENTIAL REVISIONS THAT ARE BEING PUT FORWARD.

SO I JUST I HAVE TO START.

I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MANY THANK YOU'S I HAVE FOR THIS COMMITTEE OF FOLKS.

THEY ARE A TREMENDOUS GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO TRULY LEAD IN THIS WORK AND DEDICATE THEIR TIME WHEN WE KNOW TIME IS A COMMODITY THAT REALLY NO ONE HAS TO GIVE.

AND SO WE WERE VERY PURPOSEFUL IN THE SELECTION OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ANNUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, BOTH IN TERMS OF LOCATIONS.

YOU'LL SEE VARIOUS LOCATIONS THERE AS WELL AS ROLES.

WE ALSO ARE VERY INTENTIONAL IN TERMS OF DIVERSITY, OF INDIVIDUALS, GENDER, ETC., TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BRINGING AS MANY PERSPECTIVE AS POSSIBLE TO THE TABLE THROUGH THE SPARC COMMITTEE.

SO A HUGE THANK YOU TO GO OUT TO OUR INDIVIDUALS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ANNUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE TWO MEMBERS OF MY TEAM WHO REALLY DID LEAD THIS WORK.

YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF THE TALKING HEAD HERE TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT THIS WITH YOU, BUT NONE OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN DONE WITHOUT TINA CONSTANTINE OR DR.

AMBER EBY ON MY TEAM, WHO REALLY SPEARHEADED THIS WORK AND DID A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE ALL OF THIS COME TO FRUITION. SO AS DR.

HUTCHINGS MENTIONED, REALLY A KEY DRIVER FOR US IN THE EQUITY FOR ALL PLAN IS TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT.

THIS IS NOT A DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE BINDER THAT'S GOING TO GET DUSTED OFF FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO, WELL, HOW DID WE DO? RIGHT. THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE REALLY INVESTED IN AND TRULY ENGAGED IN ON A DAY TO DAY, WEEK TO WEEK, MONTH TO MONTH BASIS.

SO AS A PART OF THAT, WE HAVE THE ANNUAL REVISION PROCESS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.

WE ALSO HAVE THE MONITORING AND MEASUREMENT WHICH WE HIGHLIGHTED AND TALKED ABOUT FROM OUR CONVERSATION IN MARCH AND OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND OUR EQUITY DASHBOARD. WE ALSO HAVE AN UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT WE DO WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

BUT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT IS HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING THAT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE KNOW WE HAVE TO LEAN INTO OUR CORE VALUES AS AN ORGANIZATION AND HOW WE BEHAVE AND OPERATE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS TO BE BEST IN SERVICE TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT CORE VALUES ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH.

WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY AND BE SPECIFIC AROUND THOSE BEHAVIORS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH WITH EACH OF THOSE CORE VALUES.

SO TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK, WE'VE BEEN SEEKING INPUT AND VOICES FROM STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL REALLY TO UNDERSTAND FOR THEM WHAT EACH CORE VALUE BOTH LOOKS LIKE AND SOUNDS LIKE WITH THE GOAL OF IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC BEHAVIORS AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE EXPECT WITHIN EACH OF THOSE CORE VALUES IN TERMS OF SEEING AND HEARING, WE ALSO KNOW, AGAIN, WITH RACIAL EQUITY IS OUR NORTH STAR WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PROCESSES, BOTH IN TERMS OF OUR IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS, OUR BUDGET EFFORTS, OUR EVALUATION EFFORTS, ALIGN WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN TO GET US TO THAT PURPOSEFUL ACTION AND OUTCOMES THAT WE AIM FOR.

SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE REVISION PROCESS.

THE REVISION PROCESS INVOLVES BOTH THE STRATEGIC PLAN ANNUAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE GOAL LEADERS AND THE STRATEGY MANAGERS COMING TOGETHER.

AND IT'S A FOUR PHASE PROCESS.

THE FIRST PHASE, WE BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAN, HOW IT SITS NOW, WHAT OUR DATA ARE SHOWING US IN TERMS OF OUR KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND WHAT WE'RE THINKING POTENTIALLY AS INDIVIDUALS MIGHT BE SOME POTENTIAL AREAS OF DISCUSSION.

WE THEN GO THROUGH A CREATION PHASE, WHICH IS A VIRTUAL REVISION WORKSHOP WHERE EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER AND BEGINS BRAINSTORMING AND DISCUSSING POTENTIAL REVISIONS WITHIN THEIR

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AND THEN WE GO THROUGH A REFINEMENT WHERE WE'RE SENDING OUT THE POTENTIAL REVISIONS.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REVIEW AND FEEDBACK AND FINALIZATION PRIOR TO THE DELIVERABLE TO THE BOARD, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE THIS EVENING.

SO THAT IS OUR OVERALL PROCESS.

AND FOR THIS YEAR, OUR KEY AREAS OF FOCUS, WE'RE REALLY CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON EQUITY AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON PANDEMIC RECOVERY.

THAT WAS THE FRAME IN WHICH WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS BEING RESPONSIVE IN THOSE TWO AREAS AND THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO FINE TUNE AND ADJUST WHERE NEEDED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE DON'T EXPECT, AGAIN, KIND OF A WHOLESALE CHANGE, BUT WHERE CAN WE KIND OF FINE TUNE AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO MEET THOSE AREAS? SO JUST SOME HIGHLIGHTS AND SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE PROPOSED REVISIONS LOOK LIKE FROM AN EQUITY FOCUSED STANCE.

I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN A PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT ADDING AN ACTION SPECIFIC TO PRIORITIZING THOSE BEHAVIORS ALIGNED WITH EACH CORE VALUE TO MAKE SURE FROM AN EQUITY FRAME WE ARE MEETING EACH STUDENT WHERE THEY ARE AND MEETING THEIR NEEDS AND ALIGNING THAT WITH OUR CORE VALUES.

WE ALSO HAD AN UPDATE AROUND A STRATEGY AROUND RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO CLARIFY THAT THAT WAS AN EQUITY BASED STRATEGY.

SOME OF THE LANGUAGE WAS A LITTLE I GUESS, A LITTLE NEBULOUS IN THAT SENSE.

SO THE COMMITTEE WANTED TO MAKE THAT EXPLICIT AS WELL AS WITHIN THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GOAL AREA, ADDED A SPECIFIC ACTION WITHIN A STRATEGY AROUND PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES THAT REALLY HONED IN AND MADE EXPLICIT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IN PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES, THIS IS INHERENTLY A RELATIONSHIPS BASED BUSINESS, RIGHT? SO IN PARTNERING WITH FAMILIES, WE KNOW THAT THAT IS HOW ARE WE GARNERING THOSE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS TO CONTINUE TO WORK AS PARTNERS IN THE EDUCATION OF THEIR STUDENTS? SOME EXAMPLES OF SOME PANDEMIC RECOVERY FOCUS PROVISIONS.

THE STRATEGIC PLAN HAD SPECIFIED THE K TO TWO LITERACY TASK FORCE AND THAT THAT HAD BEEN EXPANDED TO COLLABORATE AND IMPLEMENT BEST LITERACY PRACTICES ACROSS THE ELEMENTARY GRADE SPAN.

SO EXPANDING THAT FROM K TO TWO TO BE ENCOMPASSING OF ALL THE ELEMENTARY GRADE LEVELS K THROUGH FIVE, WANTING TO DRIVE HOME THE CLEAR POINT AND VALUE IN OUR SEAL INSTRUCTION, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS AT TIER ONE.

ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE IN EVERY DAY IN CLASSROOMS AT TIER ONE AROUND THAT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLNESS, AS WELL AS THE ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION, ALSO HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF OUR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PANDEMIC, WHICH IS WE CAN HAVE MULTIPLE MODALITIES AND HOW WE ENGAGE FOLKS.

SO OFFERING COMMUNITY EVENTS BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUALLY TO MEET NEEDS AND SCHEDULES AND TIMING FOR FAMILIES.

AND ALSO JUST REALLY THE LAST BULLET HERE IS CODIFYING THE VIRTUAL VIRGINIA OPTION AND INGENUITY THAT WE HAVE COMING OFF THE BACK OF THE PANDEMIC FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO ARE REMAINING VIRTUAL.

AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF REVISIONS THAT ARE HONED IN ON CLARIFICATION.

SO MAKING SURE WHAT'S IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS AS CLEAR AND CONCISE AS POSSIBLE.

SO AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WITHIN THE LITERACY AREA.

A SPECIFIC ACTION ITEM WAS UPDATED TO NAME THE SPECIFIC PHONICS PROGRAM, WHICH IS K TWO, REALLY GREAT READING.

AND THEN ITEMS WERE UPDATED WITH MORE SPECIFICITY, MORE SPECIFICITY THAT WORD AND INCLUSIVITY AS WELL AS LANGUAGE THAT IS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND BUT AT TIMES HARDER TO SAY SPECIFICITY AND INCLUSIVITY.

SO THERE WE HAVE IT.

THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF AGAIN, THOSE ARE HIGHLIGHTS OF JUST A TASTE OF THE REVISIONS.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T YET.

ALL REVISIONS ARE IN THAT ATTACHMENT TO FOR YOUR REVIEW.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DR.

HUDGINS. THANK YOU, MR. PAIGE. SO, DR.

PAIGE. THANK YOU, DR.

PAGE. SO, WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO SEE IF BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

MS.. POOTS YEAH, I THINK YOU, DR.

PAGE AND I FEEL YOUR PAIN WITH THE SPECIFICITY WITH YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE. I HAVE JUST KIND OF JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS IN THE ACTUAL EDIT OF THE OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

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AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A REALLY GREAT MOVE.

SO FIRST OF ALL, PAGE 17 TALKS ABOUT REMOVING TALENTED AND GIFTED TAG AND REPLACING IT WITH ADVANCED ADVANCED ACADEMICS.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO KEEP KEEP TAG IN WITH ADVANCED ACADEMICS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T APPROVED OR APPROVED THE NEW TAG PLAN.

AND I KNOW THE TAG COMMITTEE IS STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO COMPLETELY TAKE THAT OUT SINCE WE HAVEN'T MOVED IN THAT DIRECTION YET.

SO THAT'S MORE OF A I DON'T KNOW IF A QUESTION OR JUST COMMENT.

AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS ON PAGE 19.

THERE'S A PROPOSED BULLETS UNDER THE STAFF RETENTION THAT MENTIONS THAT BASICALLY KIND OF REMOVES ALL OF THE ORIGINAL LOCATION OF ORIGINAL LANGUAGE ABOUT STAFF, STAFF RETENTION.

AND THEN IT SPECIFICALLY TALKS ABOUT REALLY BUILDING STAFF SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY FOR SUPPORT STAFF, BUT IN NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL STAFF.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS INTENTIONAL OR OR NOT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

YES. AND I'LL START WITH THE SECOND 1/1.

SO THAT ACTUALLY EAGLE I AWARD TO YOU THE INTENT THERE WAS THE ORIGINAL EDIT PUT FORWARD BY THE COMMITTEE WAS TO SUPPORT STAFF.

AND OUR INTENT WAS TO NOT CONFUSE FOLKS USING THAT WORD SUPPORT.

SO WE MEANT TO DELETE SUPPORT AND CHANGE IT TO ASSIST.

SO THAT'S A TECHNICAL EDIT.

WE WILL ABSOLUTELY MAKE THAT PRIOR TO BRING IT BACK BACK TO THE BOARD FOR THE JUNE 2ND.

SO THAT WILL BE CHANGED TO SIMPLY ASSIST STAFF AND THE WORD SUPPORT WILL BE STRICKEN, BUT IT IS INTENDED TO BE ACROSS ALL STAFF.

AND THEN I FIGURED AS MUCH.

I JUST WHEN I SAW SUPPORT STAFF, I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT ONE POPULATION OF OUR STAFF.

YES. NO, THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

AND IT TOOK US A LITTLE SLEUTHING TO PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

AND THE SECOND QUESTION AROUND TALENTED AND GIFTED, I WILL SAY I THINK WE GO BACK AND WE WILL REVISE IT BACK TO TALENTED AND GIFTED UNTIL THE BOARD TAKES ACTION, AT WHICH POINT WE CAN CHANGE IT AS NEEDED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT SPECIFICITY.

MY PLEASURE. RIGHT.

YOU AND THE OTHER QUESTIONS.

SEE DR. BAIRD.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DR.

PAIGE, AND THANKS TO YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SPARC COMMITTEE.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ALSO RELATED TO THE RED LINE DOCUMENT.

I'M GOING TO REFER I REALIZE WHEN SHE REFERRED TO THE PDF PAGE.

I'M GOING TO REFER TO THE NUMBERS ON THE PAGES.

SORRY IF THAT'S CONFUSING.

BUT ON PAGE 13, IT REFERENCES THE, QUOTE, EXPANDED VIRTUAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR K-12 STUDENTS.

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES ARE REFERRING TO.

IS THIS VIRTUAL VIRGINIA SATELLITE OFFERINGS OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY? AND THEN ON PAGE 17, I SAW THAT THERE WAS THE REMOVAL OF THE TRANSPORTATION STUDY, BUT NOT AN EXPLANATION.

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT THAT REMOVAL WAS FOR.

SURE. SO THE EXPANSION OF THE VIRTUAL PROGRAMING IS CODIFYING THE EXISTING VIRTUAL VIRGINIA AND GENUITY, NOT FORECASTING ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.

IT'S KIND OF JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THE CURRENT STATE OF THAT.

FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

I WAS NOT IN THAT SPECIFIC CONVERSATION.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CERTAINLY GET BACK TO YOU ON AND JUST FOLLOW UP.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU, DR.

REEF. THANK YOU.

THANKS, DR.

PAIGE, FOR WALKING US THROUGH THOSE REVISIONS AND TO EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THEM.

I WANTED TO ASK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DASHBOARD, WHICH YOU MENTIONED.

YOU TALKED ABOUT AT OUR MAR BOARD MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE MID-YEAR REVIEW.

AND I THINK THE DASHBOARD IS JUST SUCH A GREAT RESOURCE.

AND I WAS WONDERING KIND OF LIKE, WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR WORKING WITH THAT? TO MY MY RECOLLECTION, I DON'T RECALL IT BEING LIKE SHARED OUT THROUGH THE ACP EXPRESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO I'M KIND OF WONDERING I'M WONDERING HOW THE SCHOOLS ARE USING IT.

I, I ALSO NOTED THAT THERE'S NOT A WAY TO LOOK AT LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS DATA ON THERE.

BUT I'M JUST I'M JUST WONDERING HOW YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT USING THAT GOING FORWARD AND SHARING IT WITH STAKEHOLDERS.

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SO THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS.

SURE. SO THE EQUITY DASHBOARD QUESTION FIRST.

SO IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE LEVERAGING THAT RIGHT, WE VIEW THIS ALL OF THIS WORK AS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WORK.

RIGHT. SO THIS IS UNDER THE GUISE OF LEARNING.

AND HOW ARE WE ILLUMINATING AND INNOVATING AND IMPROVING THE WORK THAT WE DO EACH AND EVERY DAY WITHIN THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO UNDER THAT UMBRELLA, WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE PUBLIC FACING DASHBOARD, WHICH IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AND DISCUSSED IN EARLY MARCH, AND THAT HAS ALL THE KPIS.

AND THEN YOU CAN GO AS FAR DOWN AS BY GRADE BAND, SO YOU CAN GET TO LIKE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE OR HIGH.

AND SO THAT IS THE INTENT FOR THE PUBLIC FACING DOCUMENT.

WE ALSO HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS, SO THEY EACH HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR SPECIFIC RESULTS IN TERMS OF HOW THEIR RESULTS ARE LENDING TO THE DIVISION.

RIGHT. SO WE WANT OUR SCHOOL LEADERS TO KNOW HOW THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO SOME OF THESE OVERALL OUTCOMES AND KPIS.

AND SO THEY HAVE HAD MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES, TRAININGS, PROFESSIONAL LEARNINGS AROUND THE DASHBOARD RESULTS AND THEIR SPECIFIC SCHOOLS DASHBOARD RESULTS TO THEN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THEIR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS IN THEIR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING EFFORTS BOTH WITHIN THE CURRENT YEAR, BUT THEN ALSO PLANNING SEEDS FOR THEM IN TERMS OF AREAS OF CONTINUED FOCUS AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN I THINK YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS THE EQUITY CLIMATE SURVEY.

YEAH. SURE.

SO THE TIMING OF THAT SHOULD BE CERTAINLY WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT BACK, I WOULD SAY, BEFORE JULY.

SO IT SHOULD BE COMING HERE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO MONTH, GIVE OR TAKE.

BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE RESULTS YET.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SO MY QUESTION IS ON RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES DR.

HUTCHINGS IS, YOU KNOW, PASSIONATE ABOUT.

AND IT'S LISTED, OF COURSE, IN OUR UNDER STRATEGIES AND HIGHLIGHTS IN THE 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUT A PLUG FOR IT.

AND YOU KNOW, LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT RESTORATIVE PRACTICES WAS DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AND SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS REVOLVED AROUND HAVING SOME METRICS AND BENCHMARKS AND KPIS FOR RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE'RE EVALUATING THE PROGRAM AND IF WE HAVE A PLAN. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY MOVEMENT OR IF THERE A SENSE OF WHEN WE MAY BE GETTING ANY UPDATES OR ANYTHING ON UNDERSERVED PRACTICES AND SPECIFICALLY EVALUATION METRICS, ON BENCHMARKS, THAT SORT OF THING.

SO, YES. SO THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN SPECIFICALLY FOCUSING ON TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES WE SHARED WITH THE WITH THE BOARD AS WELL AS WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT IN THE FALL WE WERE FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET STUDENTS BACK INTO IN-PERSON.

WE HAD A LOT OF STAFF AND STUDENTS OUT FOR THOSE MONTHS, AND WE REALLY DIDN'T GET TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING UNTIL WE GOT BACK FROM THE BREAK.

SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THOSE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.

I HAVE TO SAY, I WAS I MET WITH MY STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP THIS WEEK AND I ASKED SPECIFICALLY HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF A COMMUNITY CIRCLE IN YOUR CLASS? MANY OF THEM HAVE NOT.

SO WHICH I KNEW THAT ALREADY, BUT I WANTED TO HEAR FROM THEM SO I CAN HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ALSO MENTIONING THAT WE ARE NOT DOING SOME OF THESE PRACTICES. AND THE STUDENTS DID SHARE SOME SOME REASONS AS TO PROBABLY WHY THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

AND THEY GAVE US SOME SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN MAKE IT SO THAT STUDENTS WILL BE ENGAGED AND WILL FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING WITH THEIR PEERS IN THE CLASSROOMS. AND I'LL SHARE SOME OF THOSE NOTES WITH THE BOARD THIS WEEK, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE SOME DATA POINTS WITH THE BOARD WHEN WE DO OUR ANNUAL REPORT OR REPORTING OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF DR. CRAWFORD IS ON HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY, BUT IF SHE IS, SHE MAY WANT TO PROVIDE SOME MORE INSIGHT TO THAT.

AND I DON'T SEE DR. CRAWFORD.

SO I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

NO. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE. SO I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

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AND WE HAVE SOME NEW BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO HAVE AN EXCITING PRESENTATION REGARDING OUR PRE-K THROUGH SECONDARY TRANSITION

[20. PreK-Secondary Transitions]

SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

HUTCHINGS, WHO WILL TURN IT OVER TO HIS TEAM.

AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY PROVIDED THE BOARD AN OVERVIEW OF OUR TRANSITIONS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE INITIALLY WE WERE JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE WANTED TO EXPAND IT TO PRE-K THROUGH 12.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TEAM JUST SHARING OUT.

WE HAVE OUR PRINCIPAL LEADERS AND SOME OF OUR CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS WHO ARE GOING TO BE JOINING US IN THIS, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO TO DR.

MOZINGO. I'M SORRY, IS IT? DR. GONZALEZ. I'M GOING TO START DR.

GONZALEZ, BUT IT'S EXCITING TO GET US STARTED.

OH, OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR.

HUTCHINS. IN OUR CURRENT STRATEGIC PLAN, ONE OF OUR GOALS ADDRESSES OUR COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT STUDENTS HAVE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO AND ENGAGEMENT WITH PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTS THAT REDUCE BARRIERS TO LEARNING AND HAVING SOLID TRANSITIONAL PLANS IN PLACE FOR ALL STUDENTS ALIGNS WITH THAT COMMITMENT.

SO INSTEAD OF JUST SHARING OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TRANSITIONAL PLANS AS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR THIS EVENING, WE DECIDED TO SHARE OUR FULL ARRAY OF TRANSITIONAL PLANS FROM PRE-K TO GRADUATION THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT OUR SCHOOLS DELIBERATE, INTENTIONAL AND PURPOSEFUL TRANSITIONAL PLANS DESIGNED TO SERVE THE NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS IN ALL GRADES IN ALL OUR SCHOOLS.

SO TONIGHT, WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE SEVERAL OF OUR PRINCIPALS, AS WELL AS OUR PRE-K COORDINATOR HERE WITH US TO SHARE THESE PLANS WITH YOU.

AND NOW I WILL TURN THE TIME OVER TO MR. PASCAL, WHO WILL START US OFF WITH OUR ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, DR. GONZALEZ.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL HIGHLIGHT BEST PRACTICES CURRENTLY IN PLACE FROM PRESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL TO WELCOME ORIENT AND SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY MATRICULATE ACROSS ALL LEVELS WITHIN CPS.

WE WILL ALSO SHARE HOW INTENTIONAL EFFORTS TO SECURE SMOOTH TRANSITIONS FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL AND LEVEL TO LEVEL SUPPORT THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC NEEDS OF ACP STUDENTS.

NOW OVER TO OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD COORDINATOR, JANE RICHARDSON.

THANK YOU. THE PRE-K TEACHERS BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR BY BUILDING THE FAMILY HOME CONNECTION THROUGH A HOME VISIT WHERE TEACHERS WELCOME EACH NEW PRE-K FAMILY INTO A ACP AND THEY GET TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FAMILY, THEIR CULTURE AND GOALS FOR THEIR CHILD.

FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO AN OPEN HOUSE AT THE SCHOOL TO MEET THE ADMINISTRATORS AND STAFF, TOUR THE CLASSROOM AND LEARN ABOUT THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PRE-K STUDENT. EACH PRESCHOOL SITE WILL HOST A POPSICLES ON THE PLAYGROUND EVENT.

FAMILIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER, AND THE STUDENTS HAVE TIME TO PLAY WITH THEIR NEW CLASSMATES BEFORE THE START OF SCHOOL.

EACH FAMILY WILL RECEIVE A BOOKLET TITLED GETTING YOUR CHILD READY FOR PRE-K, WHICH OFFERS INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND ACADEMIC GROWTH OF THE PRE-K STUDENT.

EXCELLENT. WE ARE CELEBRATING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR PRE-K STUDENTS FIRST YEAR IN SCHOOL.

TEACHERS AND CASE MANAGERS ARE NOW GUIDING FAMILIES THROUGH THE KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION PROCESS.

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER SERVING STUDENTS WITH IEPS BEGIN THE TRANSITION PROCESS WITH THE PARENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION BEGINNING IN EARLY SPRING. ALL FAMILIES REGISTER THEIR INCOMING KINDERGARTNER AT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL.

FAMILIES CAN FIND DETAILED INFORMATION ON STEPS FOR REGISTRATION ON THE ENROLL PAGE OF THE AKP'S WEBSITE.

EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS CURRENTLY HOSTING VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSES AND BEGINNING SCHOOL TOURS SO PARENTS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE KINDERGARTEN DAY.

WE ENCOURAGE FAMILIES TO JOIN THE CPS EXPRESS IN THEIR SCHOOL NEWSLETTER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT UPCOMING SCHOOL EVENTS.

ALL PRE-K STUDENTS TRANSITIONING TO KINDERGARTEN OR WILL RECEIVE A SUMMER ACTIVITY CHOICE BOARD TOWARDS THE END OF SCHOOL TO HELP KEEP THEM ENGAGED AND ACTIVE OVER THE SUMMER.

FAMILIES WILL RECEIVE A BOOKLET.

GETTING YOUR CHILD READY FOR KINDERGARTEN TO HELP SET THEIR CHILD UP FOR SCHOOL SUCCESS.

EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL HOST A STEP UP TO KINDERGARTEN HALF DAY OF LEARNING FOR INCOMING STUDENTS.

THE STUDENTS WILL GET TO RIDE THE BIG YELLOW SCHOOL BUS AND EXPERIENCE A SHORTENED VERSION OF THE KINDERGARTEN DAY.

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A GRAB AND GO LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED.

THANKS, JANE. PLEASE DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LAST ITEM ON THIS SLIDE AS I COME BACK TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON STEP UP TO KINDERGARTEN.

STEP UP TO KINDERGARTEN IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR AND REFLECTS AN EVOLUTION IN HOW WE WELCOME OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS AND HOW WE CONDUCT IMPORTANT INITIAL ASSESSMENTS. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE FORMER STRUCTURE, WHICH YOU REMEMBER, YOU WILL REMEMBER AS K PREP HAPPENS IN STEP UP TO KINDERGARTEN.

EVENTS ARE JUST DISTRIBUTED DIFFERENTLY.

THE HALF DAY STEP UP SCHOOL EXPERIENCE DESCRIBED BY MS. RICHARDSON IS FOLLOWED UP WITH THE ASSESSMENT PIECE NOW FORMALLY TAKING PLACE WITH THE HELP OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOL. THERE IS A MORE AUTHENTIC, REAL LIFE FEEL TO THESE ASSESSMENTS WHEN THEY TAKE PLACE IN THE CONTEXT OF A CHILD SETTLING INTO THE NEW CLASSROOM THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

THE NEW FORMAT IS THE STAFFING CHALLENGES AND ALLOWS KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES IN TEACHER WORKDAY AND POTENTIAL PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS LEADING UP TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

THE NEW STEP UP FORMAT HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED BY STAKEHOLDERS AND WE ARE EXCITED TO OFFER IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

NOW WE WILL HEAR FROM MR. ITASCA, THE PRINCIPAL OF WILLIAM RAMSAY.

THANK YOU, MR. PASCAL.

WELCOMING AND ORIENTING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES TO THE NEW CLASSROOM GRADE LEVEL.

AND IN SOME STUDENTS CASES, THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR INCLUDES A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS ACROSS ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

IT ALL STARTS DURING PRE-SERVICE WEEK WHEN TEACHERS AND CASE MANAGERS REACH OUT VIA PHONE AND EMAIL TO WELCOME AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. OUR OPEN HOUSE EVENTS, OFTEN IN THE AFTERNOON OF THE SAME DAY OF STEP UP TO K INCLUDE INCLUDE ORIENTATIONS FOR FAMILIES.

INCLUDE. I'M SORRY.

I LOST. I LOST TRACK.

INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO COME IN AND VISIT THEIR NEW SCHOOLS, VISIT THEIR CLASSROOMS, AND GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DROP OFF SCHOOL SUPPLIES.

THAT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEIR TEACHERS AND ORIENT THEMSELVES TO THE CLASSROOMS. THE NEXT EVENT IS THE ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT, WHICH IS THE SECOND IN A MORE FORMAL OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DETAILS ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE CLASSROOM GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS. BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS ARE SCHEDULED THIS YEAR FOR AUGUST 11TH AT TUCKER AND SEPTEMBER 11TH AT ALL.

TRADITIONAL CALENDAR SCHOOLS SUPPORTING FIFTH GRADERS MOVING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGINS EACH WINTER WITH SCHOOL COUNSELORS PROVIDING DIRECT SUPPORT, WITH MAKING SIXTH GRADERS COURSE REQUESTS AND TAKING STUDENTS TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO VISIT THE SPRING TO VISIT THE SCHOOLS IN THE SPRING.

THIS YEAR'S VISITS WERE VIRTUAL.

MOVING UP ACTIVITIES AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE ALSO IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO TO PREPARE STUDENTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.

MOVING TO FIFTH. MOVING TO MIDDLE SCHOOL IS A HUGE EVENT FOR OUR FIFTH GRADERS AND INCLUDES A STEP UP EVENT AT ALL.

ALL MIDDLE, ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

THE TRANSITION FROM ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND ALL SCHOOLS HAVE PROMOTION EVENTS.

ALL STUDENTS REAP THE BENEFITS OF OPPORTUNITIES TO EASE TRANSITIONS AS THEY TRANSITION WITHIN OUR ELEMENTARY BUILDINGS.

THAT MEANS INVOLVING FROM ONE GRADE LEVEL TO THE NEXT.

STUDENTS WILL VISIT THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL, AND THEY WILL ALSO READ LETTERS FROM STUDENTS THAT ARE EXITING THAT GRADE LEVEL.

OR WRITE LETTERS TO STUDENTS ENTERING THAT GRADE.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS WE TRANSITION.

NOW WE'LL HEAR FROM DR.

BYNUM ABOUT THE K TO EIGHT TRANSITIONS.

THANK YOU, MR.. BOTH JEFFERSON HOUSTON AND PATRICK HENRY K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOLS PROVIDE A MOVING UPDATE TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOLS.

ON THIS DAY, ALL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SEVENTH GRADE, STUDENTS VISIT CLASSROOMS AND TEACHERS IN THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL.

DURING THE VISITS, STUDENTS LEARNED WHAT TO EXPECT DURING THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR BY PARTICIPATING IN QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSIONS, REVIEWING A SAMPLE CLASS SCHEDULE AND REVIEWING GRADE LEVEL CURRICULUM FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

WE ALSO SEND A GRADE LEVEL OVERVIEW TO FAMILIES, BOTH SCHOOLS, IN LINE WITH ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES OF THE TRADITIONAL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS, INCLUDING HAVING THE EIGHTH GRADERS PARTICIPATE IN TRANSITION ACTIVITIES HOSTED BY MINI HOWARD.

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GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, DR.

BYNUM. WHERE EVERYBODY BELONGS, WHICH IS ALSO AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS WEB, IS A HALF DAY INTRODUCTION TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE OFFERED TO RISING SIXTH GRADE AND NEW SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT THEIR RESPECTIVE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ORIENT STUDENTS TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE BEFORE STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS YEAR, WEB WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 19TH, FROM 9 A.M.

TO 12:00 PM. WHILE WEB FOCUS IS ON RISING SIXTH GRADE AND NEW STUDENTS BEING INCLUSIVE OF THE ENTIRE STUDENT BODY, EACH GRADE LEVEL WILL HOST AN EVENING OPEN HOUSE FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS DURING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 15TH.

WEB IS AN ORIENTATION PROGRAM OFFERED AT BOTH HAMMOND AND G.W.

MIDDLE SCHOOLS BEFORE THE OPENING OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, THERE ARE ALSO TOUCH POINTS TO PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS.

FINALLY, DURING WEB, STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THE FOLLOWING ORIENTATION ACTIVITIES RELATIONSHIP BUILDING AND SUCCESS STRATEGIES FOR NAVIGATING MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE KEY PROGRAM OFFERED AT GW AND THE STRONG START PROGRAM OFFERED AT HAMMOND PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION.

THESE ORIENTATION PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED FOR FAMILIES OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO SUPPORT THEM IN FEELING KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THEIR SCHOOL.

AVAILABLE RESOURCES, SUPPORT STAFF MEMBERS AND GO TO STAFF MEMBERS DURING KEY AND STRONG.

START MEETING FAMILIES.

ENGAGE IN THE FOLLOWING MEET AND GREET, WHICH INCLUDES AN INTRODUCTION OF TEAM MEMBERS.

REVIEW OF SPECIALIZED LEARNING RESOURCES, REVIEW OF RESOURCE PACKETS, CASE MANAGERS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND SUPPORTS FOR STUDENTS WITH IEPS.

CONSISTENT WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ALSO HOLDS TRANSITION EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THESE EVENTS INCLUDE ALL STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO THEIR GRADE LEVEL OPEN HOUSE DURING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 15.

DURING THE 2022 2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT WILL BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER SEVEN, 2022.

TRANSITIONAL ACTIVITIES.

PREPARE OUR EIGHTH GRADERS FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

INCLUDE EIGHTH GRADE COUNSELOR MEETINGS TO COMPLETE THEIR COURSE.

REQUESTS FOR NINTH GRADE VISITS HOSTED BY ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WE ALSO CONDUCT HOME VISITS TO SELECT FAMILIES.

AND THE FINAL CULMINATION OF OUR SCHOOL YEAR IS CELEBRATED DURING THE EIGHTH GRADE PROMOTION CEREMONIES AS THEY LEAVE THEIR MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO BECOME TITANS.

AND NOW WE WILL DISCUSS THE HIGH SCHOOL TRANSITIONS AT ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL.

WE PREPARE STUDENTS TO TRANSITION AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT POINTS.

FIRST IS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL.

STUDENTS FROM OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND K-8 SCHOOLS WILL TRANSITION TO MINI HOWARD.

STUDENTS IN THE HAMMOND MIDDLE SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY WILL TRANSITION TO THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AT THE KING STREET CAMPUS.

NEXT IS A TRANSITION FROM MINI HOWARD TO KING STREET.

AND FINALLY, WE PREPARE STUDENTS TRANSITION BETWEEN ANY OF OUR FOUR CAMPUSES OF THE CONNECTED HIGH SCHOOL NETWORK.

DURING THE SUMMER, WE'LL BE HOSTING STUDENT AND FAMILY ORIENTATIONS IN PERSON THE WEEK OF AUGUST EIGHT, BEGINNING THE WEEK OF AUGUST 8TH.

DURING THESE ORIENTATIONS, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THEIR SCHEDULES AND GET TO KNOW THEIR WAY AROUND.

IN ADDITION, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WILL LEARN ABOUT DIFFERENT TOPICS SUCH AS THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS, THE SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE FOR OUR TITANS, AND A MULTITUDE OF OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO OFFER IN ATHLETICS AND EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.

ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS OVER 100 DIFFERENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS, MANY OF WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED DURING THE DAY, DURING LUNCH AND LEARN.

DURING THE SUMMER.

WE WILL ALSO HOLD, MEET AND GREET SESSIONS.

THESE WILL INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS RECEIVING SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION TO MEET WITH THEIR CASE MANAGERS AND TO MEET THEIR ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SOCIAL WORKERS WHO ARE ON THEIR SUPPORT TEAMS. THIS SUMMER, WE'LL ALSO BE CONDUCTING HOME VISITS TO SELECT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES, AS WELL AS PLANNING NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

FINALLY, A MORE FORMAL OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT OUR CLASSES AND MEET OUR TEACHERS WILL TAKE PLACE AT BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT.

OUR BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON SEPTEMBER 7TH FOR MINI HOWARD SATELLITE AND CHANCE FOR CHANGE CAMPUSES AND ON SEPTEMBER 8TH FOR THE KING STREET CAMPUS. AND SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK WE DO AT ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL IS IN POST SECONDARY ADVISING AS WE ARE PREPARING

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THIS TIME, LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING THROUGH CTE CLASSES, WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES SUCH AS SENIOR EXPERIENCE AND CAREER FAIRS.

ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY ADVISING THROUGH THE COLLEGE AND CAREER CENTER, AS WELL AS THEIR SCHOOL COUNSELORS.

FOR STUDENTS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM A MORE TARGETED SUPPORT WITH COLLEGE PREPARATION, THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS THE AVID ELECTIVE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS TO ASSIST IN BUILDING COLLEGE READINESS, SKILLS AND HABITS.

ADDITIONALLY, THE HIGH SCHOOL HAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF ALEXANDRIA TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT WITH COLLEGE, FINANCIAL PLANNING AND COLLEGE ADVISEMENT.

FINALLY, ALL OF THE TRANSITIONS WE HAVE PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT IN SUPPORT OF THE ACP STRATEGIC PLAN, EQUITY FOR ALL GOAL AROUND STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY AND SUPPORT AND CULMINATE IN THE ULTIMATE TRANSITION.

OUR TITANS GOING FROM OUR SCHOOLS AND ASPS ACROSS THE GRADUATION STAGE TO THE NEXT STAGES OF THEIR LIVES.

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US ALL IN JUST OVER TWO WEEKS AS WE CELEBRATE OUR GRADUATING TYPE AND CLASS OF 2022.

THIS WILL TAKE PLACE AT GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY'S EAGLE BANK ARENA IN PERSON.

WE WILL BEGIN OUR PROCESSIONAL AT 9:15 A.M.

AND IT WILL BE LIVE STREAMED FOR ANY WHO ARE NOT ATTENDING IN PERSON.

AS DR. HUTCHINGS ALWAYS SAYS, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND SPECIAL EVENT OF EVERY YEAR AS IT REPRESENTS THE HARD WORK OF OUR TITAN STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES.

AND NOW I WILL TURN THIS BACK OVER TO DR.

HUDGINS. BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MADAM CHAIR FOR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A QUESTION, I GUESS.

OKAY. THAT'S GREAT.

YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S SO EXCITING TO HEAR THE TRANSITION PROCESS, GREAT THINGS INVOLVED AT EVERY LEVEL.

MR. BELLIS I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

I BELIEVE IT WAS ON SLIDE NINE.

YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE SELECTION OF FAMILIES THAT WOULD BE VISITED OR THAT WOULD HAVE HOME VISITS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT SELECTION CRITERIA, PLEASE.

SURE. SO THROUGH OUR OUR MTS PROCESS, MULTI-TIERED SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT, WE IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO ARE BASICALLY IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF RISK IN THIS SITUATION.

SO BASICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT STUDENTS PERHAPS WHO HAVE LOW LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT DUE TO ATTENDANCE OR ACADEMICS OR POSSIBLY EVEN BEHAVIORS. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TAKE A LOOK AT WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES BETWEEN MINI HOWARD AND KING STREET AND ALSO IN OUR TRANSITION MEETINGS THAT ARE ALSO HAPPENING ALREADY BETWEEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND MINI HOWARD.

TO START TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE SOME OF OUR EFFORTS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY MIGHT BE MOST IMPACTFUL, IF YOU WILL.

SO BASICALLY AROUND THOSE DIFFERENT CRITERIA, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MS..

GREENE IS REALLY AROUND TAKING A LOOK AT SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE VULNERABLE AT POSSIBLY BECOMING DISENGAGED THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ATTENDANCE BEHAVIOR AND ACADEMICS.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, DR.

BAIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK. SORRY I LOST MY PLACE FOR A SECOND.

THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR FOR SHARING THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSITIONS AT VARIOUS GRADE LEVELS IN ACP.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT NOT EVERY KID NEEDS TRANSITION SUPPORT, BUT THOSE WHO DO REALLY NEED IT AND THOSE WHO DON'T STILL BENEFIT FROM IT.

I HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STEP UP TO KINDERGARTEN, WHICH MR. PASCAL SORT OF TEED UP NICELY, BUT I HOPE WE COULD DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER ON.

I KNOW THAT PREP HAS IT CHANGED OVER THE YEARS IN ITS LENGTH AND WHO WHICH STUDENTS WERE SERVED THROUGH THIS TRANSITION? AND SO NOW I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT DROVE THE DECISION TO SWITCH FROM K PREP TO STEP UP? I KNOW WE DID STEP UP THIS YEAR.

I HAD THOUGHT JUST AS A PARENT, THIS WAS A TEMPORARY THING FOR COVID, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE NOW THIS MIGHT BE OUR FUTURE PRACTICE.

SO WHAT INFORMED THIS? I HEARD MR. PASCAL REFERENCE CHALLENGES TO STAFFING FOR K PREP.

IS IT THAT OR ARE THERE BUDGET OR DATA THAT ARE DRIVING THIS DECISION? AND DEPENDING ON THAT RESPONSE, I MIGHT HAVE A FOLLOW UP AS WELL.

SURE. IF YOU LIKE.

TEST RUN PASS.

I KNOW YOU'RE ONE. SURE.

THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS.

NO, THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS.

SO IT REALLY IS IN THE BIG PICTURE, AN EVOLUTION THAT WAS SOMEWHAT NATURAL.

I DO THINK STAFFING IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN'T BE DENIED, BUT THAT WOULD BE A SMALL PART OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

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AND REALLY, I DO WANT TO REITERATE WHAT IN MY MIND IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE, AND THAT IS WHEN THE ASSESSMENT TAKES PLACE IN STEP UP, IT IS GOING TO BE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CHILD WITH THAT TEACHER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE WITH ALL YEAR.

IN THE OLD FRAMEWORK, THAT CHILD'S TEACHER MIGHT NOT EVEN HAVE BEEN SERVING IN K PREP.

AND SO THE ASSESSMENT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WITH SOMEONE WHERE THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER CONNECTION MOVING FORWARD.

SO REALLY A NATURAL MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION.

AND AGAIN, STAKEHOLDERS, IN OUR EXPERIENCE, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE SEEM TO BE VERY PLEASED WITH IT.

WE GET A VERY STRONG TURNOUT FOR THE ONE DAY EVENT, A VERY STRONG TURNOUT.

AND SO WE'RE WE'RE PLEASED SO FAR.

THANK YOU. THAT IS IT'S REALLY HELPFUL INFORMATION AND I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL CONTEXT.

I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS SORT OF WEREN'T SURE ABOUT THE CHANGE, SO IT HELPS TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION.

I'M STILL JUST WONDERING, EVEN FROM MY POSITION AS A PARENT, WHAT I'VE SEEN FOR MY OWN CHILDREN IN OTHER CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL, IF IT IS REALLY SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT SOME OF OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS AT THIS THIS PIVOTAL POINT IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY, SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO MIGHT BE ENTERING THE FORMAL EDUCATION SETTING FOR THE FIRST TIME, ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING ENGLISH OR HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS.

I WAS LOOKING AT OUR EQUITY DASHBOARD EARLIER IN PREPARATION FOR THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION AND IT'S QUITE APPARENT THAT NOT ALL STUDENTS HAVE FORMAL EDUCATION BEFORE KINDERGARTEN.

WE SEE THESE DISPROPORTIONALITY WITH ASIAN STUDENTS AND OUR HISPANIC LATINO STUDENTS AS SORT OF BEING THE DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO ARE LEAST LIKELY TO HAVE PRE K EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS THOSE IDENTIFIED AS ENGLISH LEARNERS.

AND SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO THROW THIS OUT THERE.

SO IT'S PART OF THE DIALOG THAT WE'RE HAVING AROUND THIS.

BUT I HEARD SO MANY OTHER GREAT STRATEGIES PRESENTED THIS EVENING THAT I THINK COULD ALSO BE DEPLOYED TO SUPPORT SOME TARGETED GROUPS OF RISING KINDERGARTNERS LIKE HOME VISITS, NEIGHBORHOOD WALKS, MEET AND GREETS, AND OR INDIVIDUAL OR SMALL GROUP VISITS.

SO JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISCUSSION.

OKAY. SO I HAVE DR.

REEF, WHO HAS A QUESTION, BUT I WANT TO PIGGYBACK REALLY QUICKLY ON DR.

SIMPSON BEARS QUESTION.

I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE COULD JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT REGARDING HOW IN MAKING THIS SHIFT, AS WAS MENTIONED, THERE ARE SOME VERY SPECIFIED GROUPS OF KIDS WHO MAY BENEFIT FROM THE ADDITIONAL TIME TO TRANSITION. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS HAS BEEN AS WE MAKE THIS CHANGE.

HOW DOES THIS IMPACT SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT SORT OF WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE TO REPLACE THAT NEED FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES WHO AGAIN, MIGHT BENEFIT FROM HAVING THAT ADDITIONAL MOMENT IN TIME OF SUPPORT TO TRANSITION INTO EVEN KINDERGARTEN FROM PRE-K, ETC.? SO IF WE COULD MAYBE HAVE I GUESS MAYBE DR.

WARD CAN EXPAND ON THAT.

YES. MS.. WERNER, IF YOU ARE ONE, IF YOU CAN EXPAND ON THAT.

AND I ALSO SEE THAT MR. BARTOWSKI HAS HIS HAND UP.

I'M ONE. I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU HAVE A HAND UP REGARDING DR.

SIMPSON BAIRD'S QUESTION.

OR IS IT REGARDING THE FROM MADAM CHAIR? NO, THAT'S ACCURATE.

I WOULD SAY THAT.

FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WILLIAM RAMSAY, I WOULD SAY TRANSITIONING INTO A FORMAL NEW SCHOOL EXPERIENCE IS IS SOMETHING THAT'S ONGOING ALL THE TIME. RAMSAY THIS YEAR HAS SEEN A 39% MOBILITY RATE, SOMETHING WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

WE ARE ALWAYS TRANSITIONING CHILDREN INTO SCHOOL WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN IN SCHOOL.

AND SO HAVING HAVING PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS IN PLACE IN EVERY SCHOOL FOR THIS SITUATION IS IMPORTANT ALL THE TIME.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUST DO IN AUGUST.

AND MY COMMENT DOES NOT SPEAK TO ALL OF WHAT WHAT SHE ADDRESSED.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO RECOGNIZE THAT FACT.

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I AM. I WAS JUST WAITING FOR MR. ITASCA. YES. AND THIS WAS THE QUESTION IN REGARDS TO SPECIAL EDUCATION AND KINDERGARTEN READINESS.

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.

AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT TAKES PLACE DURING OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSITION.

THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSITION TO KINDERGARTEN BEGINS WITH PLANNING.

IN JANUARY, THE COORDINATOR MEETS WITH OUR TEACHERS TO PLAN THE STEPS NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE KINDERGARTEN IEP.

THAT COORDINATOR THEN HAS OPEN INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR PARENTS OF STUDENTS IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM EXPLAINING THE IEP AND THE TRANSITION PROCESS DURING THE SPRING SEMESTER, THE SPECIALISTS FROM THE OFFICE OF SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION, WHO PARTICULARLY FOCUSED ON OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS, OBSERVE THE STUDENTS IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTING, AND THEY MEET WITH CURRENT TEACHERS TO GATHER INFORMATION THAT THEY THEN TAKE TO MEET WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEAMS TO PREPARE FOR THE STUDENTS NEEDS.

THEY ALSO THEN ASSIST WITH DEVELOPING THAT STUDENT'S KINDERGARTEN IEP.

THE RISING KINDERGARTEN IEP MEETING IS HELD WITH THE TEAM AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO BUILD AND FOSTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE FAMILIES.

AT THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS WILL THEN SEND THE SUPPORTS THAT ARE STUDENT SPECIFIC, SUCH AS MANIPULATIVES, INTERVENTIONS, MESSAGE BOARDS, ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS ARE SENT FORWARD TO THE RECEIVING SCHOOL, THE BEHAVIOR CHARTS, THE VISUALS, ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

THEN IN THE FALL, WHEN THE CHILDREN ARRIVE IN KINDERGARTEN, A SPECIALIST WILL WORK WITH THAT RISING KINDERGARTEN CITYWIDE CLASSROOM TEACHER TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A SMOOTH TRANSITION. STUDENTS IN THE CITYWIDE PROGRAM DO NOT TYPICALLY ATTEND THE STEP UP PROGRAM DUE TO THE LOW NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS IN CITYWIDE CLASSES AT EACH SCHOOL.

EACH SCHOOL MIGHT MAYBE RECEIVE ONE OR TWO KINDERGARTNERS EACH YEAR.

SO WHAT WE'LL DO AS AN ALTERNATIVE, THE CITYWIDE STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH TWO OPEN HOUSE OPPORTUNITIES THE WEEK BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS, DURING WHICH THE FAMILY AND CHILD ARE ABLE TO SPEND ABOUT AN HOUR IN THE CLASSROOM AT THEIR ASSIGNED SCHOOL.

THEY EXPLORE THE NEW THINGS IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY INTERACT WITH THE CITYWIDE STAFF, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO GET A REAL, AUTHENTIC EXPERIENCE IN THEIR CLASSROOM DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE TRANSITIONAL NEEDS.

THIS OPPORTUNITY WAS REALLY SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE LOW DEMAND, HIGH REINFORCING INTERACTIONS SO THAT THE CHILDREN HAVE A VERY POSITIVE, ENGAGING EXPERIENCE IN THEIR NEW CLASSROOMS. AND THEY CAN FOSTER POSITIVE ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE NEW CLASSROOM AND WITH A NEW CITYWIDE TEAM AT THEIR SCHOOL.

SO WE HAVE A VERY DELIBERATE AND EXPLICIT PROCESS, AND WE REALLY FOCUS VERY CLOSELY ON THE NEEDS OF THESE STUDENTS AS THEY TRANSITION INTO KINDERGARTEN.

DR. REEF. WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR WALKING US THROUGH THESE TRANSITIONS.

IT WAS A GREAT A GREAT TEAM EFFORT AND I REALLY APPRECIATED HEARING ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS.

I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST COMMENT IS JUST THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PLANS BEYOND THIS PRESENTATION, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO JUST SHARE THIS INFORMATION OUT WITH FAMILIES OR MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEBSITE OR SOMETHING, JUST SO FOLKS KNOW KIND OF WHAT WHAT IS AVAILABLE, WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO, WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR.

ANOTHER THING IS, SINCE THE BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT DATES WERE LISTED, I WAS WONDERING, THIS IS JUST A COMMENT IF THOSE COULD PERHAPS BE ADDED TO THE ACADEMIC CALENDAR THAT'S LISTED ON THE ECB'S WEBSITE.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WE CAN INCLUDE THAT SINCE ALL THOSE DATES ARE AVAILABLE.

I KNOW PEOPLE ARE USUALLY LOOKING TO FIGURE OUT WHEN THOSE DATES ARE.

SO THOSE ARE MY MY COMMENTS.

MY QUESTIONS ARE I WAS WONDERING LIKE, WHAT IF WHAT IN HERE IS NEW OR IF WAS THIS JUST A PRESENTATION KIND OF LETTING US KNOW WHAT ECB'S HAS BEEN DOING? OR IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S ESPECIALLY NEW THAT YOU WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT? I NOTICED IN IN THE MEMO AND THE PRESENTATION, IT MENTIONED GRADE LEVEL, EVENING OPEN HOUSES THE WEEK BEFORE THIS, THE SCHOOLS YOU'RE STARTING.

SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ANYTHING THAT'S NEW IN HERE.

AND THEN AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION WAS JUST ABOUT IF WE IF WE'VE EVER OR IF WE COULD CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, JUST SOLICITING FEEDBACK FROM FAMILIES ABOUT ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THESE TRANSITION ORIENTATIONS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE, LIKE, ARE WE MEETING THE NEEDS?

[02:05:08]

THANKS. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE CERTAINLY CAN DO A SURVEY TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.

SOME OF THIS TONIGHT WAS HIGHLIGHTING WHAT IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS.

I WILL TURN IT TO THE PRINCIPLES WE DO, TWEAK AS WE GO ALONG, AS WE DO WITH ALL THINGS PRINCIPLES.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE OUT WHAT WERE SOME OF THE NEWEST TWEAKS? AND ALSO, JANE, IF YOU WANT TO SHARE OUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE NEWEST THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THIS PROCESS? IN ADDITION TO WHAT DR.

GONZALES SAID, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION FOR THE BOARD AS WELL AS FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT THE THE TRANSITION'S COMPONENT WAS. WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION TODAY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY LONG TIME AGO, BUT DOING OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THROUGH OUR SURVEYS, FAMILIES SAID THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED WITH SOME OF THE TRANSITIONS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THE TRANSITION FOR OR WE DIDN'T HAVE A SMOOTH TRANSITION FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL. AND THAT WE NEEDED TO ALSO JUST LOOK AT HOW CAN WE ENGAGE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES A LITTLE MORE WITH THE KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION? AND I WANT TO JUST MAKE THAT CONNECTION SO THAT PEOPLE, THE BOARD AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED. THIS WAS REALLY A PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING EFFORTS.

AND TO YOUR POINT, DR.

REEF, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO TO MONITOR AND TO ALSO GET FEEDBACK ON THE PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSISTENTLY HAVE OR AT LEAST STAY CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF OUR NEW, NEW VENTURES AND TO GET THAT FEEDBACK AND MAKE REVISIONS AND REFINEMENTS AS WE GO ALONG.

BUT I WANTED TO JUST MAKE THE POINT THAT THIS CAME OUT OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR SPECIFIC AREAS OF FOCUS THAT WE WANTED TO LOOK ON, AND THAT WAS TRANSITIONS FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH.

THANK YOU. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

OK. AND IF ANY OTHER QUESTIONS POP UP FOR PEOPLE, JUST MAKE SURE YOU SEND THEM TO DR.

HUTCHINGS. OK MOVING ALONG.

OUR LAST PRESENTATION FOR THE EVENING IS REGARDING OUR TEXTBOOK ADOPTION PROCESS.

[21. Textbook Adoption Process]

HUTCHINGS. AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR.

MANN ONCE AGAIN IN REGARDS TO OUR SECONDARY SCIENCE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION, THIS IS ANOTHER PRESENTATION I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO BEFORE THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE IT DOES ALLOW FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS FOR ADOPTING TEXTBOOKS.

AND WHO BETTER TO DO THAT THEN? OUR SPECIALISTS AND OUR COORDINATORS TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO DR.

MANN. THANK YOU, DOCTOR.

AGAIN. GOOD EVENING, THE SCHOOL BOARD.

GREAT TO BE HERE THIS EVENING WITH YOU.

ON THIS EVENING, I'M HERE WITH OUR LIBRARY MEDIA AND TEXTBOOK INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST CANDACE PINNELL AND ALSO OUR STEM TEAM AND ELEMENTARY MATH SPECIALIST JULIAN SCHAEFFER.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON HOW WE ACTUALLY ADOPT TEXTBOOKS NORMALLY, BUT THEN ALSO AN UPDATE ON THE ACTUAL SECONDARY PROCESS.

AND SO TONIGHT SERVES THOSE TWO PURPOSES.

WE HAVE FOUR ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS.

I WON'T READ THESE AND TRY SOMETHING NEW TONIGHT, BUT THIS AGAIN GOES OVER HOW OUR TEXTBOOKS ARE FUNDED.

BUT THEN ALSO OUR NEXT STEPS AND AS DR.

MICHAEL MENTIONED, IS WHAT'S OUR PROCESS? AND SO WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR SUPERINTENDENT, OUR SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL, AND ALSO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FUND OUR TEXTBOOKS.

AND THIS IS EXCITING NEWS.

AND ON THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE STARTING IN 2020, ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2027, THE MONEY THAT'S IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET.

AND SO THIS REALLY ALLOWS US FOR PLANNING, AS YOU CAN SEE, WHAT TARGETED SUBJECTS WILL BE UP NEXT.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THE FUNDING IS THERE AND SO DOING THIS MOVE HAS LESSENED THE ANXIETY ON OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST SIDE AS WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GET UP TO DATE MATERIALS AND RESOURCES TO OUR FAMILIES, AND ALSO TO INCLUDE THAT IT'S NOT JUST PURCHASING A TEXTBOOK, BUT IT'S ALSO ALL THE DIGITAL RESOURCES. BUT ALSO ENCOMPASSED WITH THIS PURCHASE IS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR STAFF.

AND SO AGAIN, WE JUST THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE AND THE COLLABORATION WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS.

[02:10:03]

BONILLA. THANK YOU, DR.

MANN. GOOD EVENING, DR.

HUTCHINSON. AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IS MY PLEASURE TO PRESENT THE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION PROCESS WITH YOU.

OUR TEXTBOOK ADOPTION IS ONGOING.

THE STEPS YOU SEE BELOW ARE OUR NORMAL PROCESS.

WE BEGIN REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS TO RECRUIT MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE TEXTBOOK SELECTION COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING, EVALUATING AND SELECTING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE WORK WITH PROCUREMENT TO SEND OUT NOTICES TO RECOMMEND PUBLISHERS TO SUBMIT THEIR TEXTBOOKS FOR REVIEW.

ONCE WE RECEIVE THE SUBMISSIONS, THE APPOINTED COMMITTEE MEMBERS MEET TO REVIEW AND NARROW DOWN THE CHOICES.

WE GATHER FEEDBACK FROM OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH PLCS AND ONLINE AND IN-PERSON REVIEWS.

WE TYPICALLY END UP WITH A SHORT LIST OF VENDORS AND INVITE THOSE VENDORS IN FOR A PRESENTATION AND QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AFTER MAKING OUR SELECTION.

WE WILL BRING THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW.

PROCUREMENT WORKS ON NEGOTIATIONS AND CONTRACTS.

ONCE THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS COMPLETE AND WITH THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, WE WILL FINALIZE OUR CONTRACTS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PURCHASE.

THE TEXTBOOK SELECTION COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT MEETS THE OVERALL DISTRICT'S NEEDS AND ALIGNS WITH OUR CURRENT STANDARDS.

THE COMMITTEE IS MADE UP OF A DIVERSE GROUP OF INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS, CLASSROOM TEACHERS AND COACHES.

ADMINISTRATORS, TECHNOLOGY SERVICES IN ALL OFFICES FROM WL ARE REPRESENTED.

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ARE ESSENTIAL TOOLS ACPS TEACHERS USE TO ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING AND DELIVER QUALITY INSTRUCTION.

IN ADDITION TO THE SIX EVALUATION CRITERIA WE USE TO GUIDE OUR TEXTBOOK SELECTION PROCESS, WE ALSO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STATE STANDARDS PROVIDES GUIDANCE FOR ADAPTING INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS, STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND ADVANCED STUDENTS, AND INCLUDES LESSONS THAT INVOLVE INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND DIGITAL RESOURCES THAT MAINTAIN HIGH RIGOROUS EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS.

WE CURRENTLY OFFER SEVERAL WAYS FOR TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VIEW THE MATERIALS.

PHYSICAL COPIES ARE AVAILABLE TO VIEW IN PERSON AT OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE SCHOOL BOARD CONFERENCE ROOM, AND YOU ARE INVITED TO VIEW THE MATERIALS AT THE ACP TEXTBOOK WAREHOUSE.

THE MATERIAL IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE USING DEMO ACCOUNTS.

WE INCLUDED AN INVITATION IN THE ACP INSIDER AND EXPRESS AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHARED THE INFORMATION WITH THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.

ANYONE INTERESTED IN LEAVING FEEDBACK CAN DO SO THROUGH A GOOGLE SURVEY THAT WE CREATED THROUGH THE THAT WE CREATED OR THROUGH THEIR SCHOOL'S TEXTBOOK COMMITTEE MEMBER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

AND I'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO JULIAN FOR.

THANK YOU, CAMUS.

NOW WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROCURING THE BEST TEXTBOOKS FOR OUR SECONDARY SCIENCE, AND OUR TEXTBOOK SELECTION COMMITTEE HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK REVIEWING ALL OF THE RESOURCES.

THIS MONTH, THE COMMITTEE WILL PARTICIPATE IN VENDOR PRESENTATIONS FROM THEIR SHORTLIST OF VENDORS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'LL BRING BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN JUNE.

IN AUGUST, WE'RE GOING TO ENGAGE OUR TEACHERS IN INTERACTIVE, TEACHER DRIVEN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL SCIENCE RESOURCES, AS WELL AS PROVIDE CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO AND TO AND ENGAGEMENT WITH HIGH QUALITY SCIENCE INSTRUCTION.

ADDITIONALLY, OUR TEAM WILL ALIGN THE SCIENCE TEXTBOOK RESOURCES TO THE CURRICULUM IN CANVAS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEXTBOOK ADOPTION.

GIVEN THE SCOPE AND BREADTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE COURSES, INCLUDING OUR AP COURSES, ELECTIVE COURSES AND THE CORE SCIENCE COURSES, THE TIMELINE IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN MIDDLE SCHOOL. THE HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE COMMITTEE WILL FINALIZE THEIR REVIEW AND THEIR EVALUATION OF MATERIALS, INCLUDING VENDOR PRESENTATIONS, BY JUNE 14.

DURING THE MONTH OF JULY, PROCUREMENT WILL BE FINALIZING THEIR WORK WITH VENDORS, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IN AUGUST.

THIS WILL ALLOW OUR TEACHERS TO HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW THE RESOURCES AND WILL ENSURE THAT WE ARE TRULY SELECTING INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES THAT MEET THE MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF OUR 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN.

OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO BRING YOU THE MIDDLE SCHOOL RECOMMENDATIONS IN JUNE.

CONTINUE THE WORK WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL EVALUATION PROCESS BY JUNE 14.

[02:15:01]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NOW I'M GOING TO TURN THIS BACK OVER TO DR.

HUTCHINGS. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IF THEY COME UP.

OH, SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE THAT.

I'M SORRY, DR.

REEF. THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON.

THANK YOU FOR FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND TO EVERYONE ON THE TEXTBOOK SELECTION COMMITTEE FOR FOR DOING THIS WORK AND MS..

PANEL FOR FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS TO COORDINATE IT.

I DID WANT TO I WAS INTERESTED IF SOMEONE COULD TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF ALIGNING THE TEXTBOOKS TO THE AKP'S CURRICULUM.

I'M JUST CURIOUS TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT PROCESS.

AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ASK ABOUT.

THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE KIND OF RAISED IN THE PAST, AND I'M A LITTLE BIT PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.

BUT I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PRIORITIZED PUTTING THESE TEXTBOOKS IN THE CIP SO THAT WE CAN REGULARLY BE UPDATING THEM.

AND I KNOW ALL THIS WORK GOES INTO SELECTING THE REALLY ABSOLUTE BEST TEXTBOOKS.

AND THEN SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I'VE EXPERIENCED WITH MY KIDS OR I'VE HEARD ANECDOTALLY FROM OTHER PARENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETIMES THE TEACHERS ARE NOT ALWAYS USING THE TEXTBOOKS IN THE CLASSROOM.

AND I WAS JUST KIND OF WONDERING IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT, LIKE WHAT KIND OF FLEXIBILITY THE TEACHERS HAVE TO TO USE OR NOT USE THESE TEXTBOOKS THAT WE'RE PURCHASING.

AND THEN THIS ISSUE ALSO OF STUDENTS BEING ABLE TO BRING HOME THE TEXTBOOKS.

I STILL ANECDOTALLY HEAR SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PUBLISHERS, THEY BUNDLE THE HARD COPY WITH THE ONLINE COPY.

AND A LOT OF THE KIDS ARE USING THE ONLINE COPIES THAT ARE ON THEIR CHROMEBOOK.

BUT IF BUT IF FAMILIES WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COPY AT HOME, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE DR.

HUTCHINGS HAS SAID THAT THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT SOMETIMES WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE TEACHERS IS THEY ONLY HAVE ONE CLASS SET, AND SO THEY'RE RELUCTANT TO KIND OF LET THEM COME HOME.

SO IF YOU COULD TALK TO THOSE THINGS, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I'M GOING TO ASK MISS NEWBERG TO RESPOND TO ASHLEY BOTH OR THEN CANDACE AND I WILL ADD ON IF WE SEE SOMETHING THERE, BUT I'LL LET HER TACKLE, STARTING WITH YOUR CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT ONE AND THEN RESOURCES AND STUDENTS BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM HOME.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SO JUST ADD ON AND JOIN ON IT IF I MISS ANYTHING.

SO WITH ALIGNING THE TEXTBOOK RESOURCES TO OUR CURRICULUM, WE DO A LOT OF WORK WITH TEACHERS DURING OUR SITE.

WE USUALLY HOST LIKE A SUMMER CURRICULUM WRITING, SO OUR TEACHERS APPLY AND WORK WITH US THROUGHOUT THAT.

SO THAT TAKES A LOT OF KIND OF DIGGING INTO THE STANDARDS, AS CANDACE MENTIONED, AND THEN DIGGING INTO THOSE CURRICULUM RESOURCES.

WE ALIGN THE RESOURCES WITHIN OUR UNITS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER SCIENCE UNITS WE'RE COVERING, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE A HORSE MOTION AND ENERGY, WE'RE LOOKING FOR LIKE WHERE ARE THOSE RESOURCES, WHERE ARE THE EXPERIENCES? AND THOSE ARE THE SUGGESTED RESOURCES THAT WE THEN LINK AND I GUESS REFERENCE WITHIN THE CURRICULUM THAT'S ON CANVAS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG IMPORTANT REASONS THAT WE FOCUS A LOT ON ALIGNMENT WHEN WE'RE REVIEWING OUR TEXTBOOK RESOURCES DURING THIS PROCESS, WE WANT TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SELECTING SOMETHING THAT HAS THAT REALLY CLOSE ALIGNMENT TO OUR VIRGINIA STANDARDS, BECAUSE IT REALLY THEN BECOMES WELL ALIGNED WITHIN OUR CANVAS CURRICULUM.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF DR. MAN OR MS..

VERNELL WOULD LIKE TO ADD ON AT ALL TO THAT.

SO. I'LL ADD ON.

SO THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT FLEXIBILITY TO USE THE RESOURCES.

SO WE PROVIDE SUGGESTED RESOURCES AND SUGGEST WHAT TEXTBOOK KIND OF UNITS AND RESOURCES TEACHERS ARE USING.

WITHIN THAT, WE DO ALSO REALIZE THAT OUR STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS HAVE VARIOUS NEEDS AND WE ALSO WANT OUR TEACHERS TO USE OUR PRE AND POST ASSESSMENTS SO THEY MIGHT ADJUST OR DIFFERENTIATE SCAFFOLD OR ENRICH BASED UPON THOSE TEXTBOOK RESOURCES.

BUT THOSE TEXTBOOK RESOURCES SHOULD BE A CORE PART OF THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE QUESTION ABOUT STUDENTS BRINGING HOME THE TEXTBOOKS AND BUNDLING, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS PART OF THE NEGOTIATIONS, WHEN WE PURCHASE BOOKS, THAT WE WILL WORK TO NEGOTIATE.

SO TO ENSURE NOT ONLY THAT WE HAVE BOOKS FOR AT SCHOOL, DIGITAL ACCESS FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF OUR ADOPTION, BUT ALSO ENOUGH COPIES OF BOOKS

[02:20:01]

I DON'T KNOW IF I MISSED ANYTHING OR IF THAT'S CLEAR ENOUGH.

I THINK THE ONLY THING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I THOUGHT EXCELLENT JOB.

I LOVE JUST TALKING ABOUT CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT, BUT ONE OF THE I WANTED TO JUST MENTION ABOUT THE TEACHERS.

WE ALL ALSO HAVE TEACHERS WHO WORK WITH WITH THE STAFF DURING THE SUMMER TO HELP DO SOME OF THAT ALIGNMENT.

SO THIS HAS BECOME A STANDARD PRACTICE FOR US IN THE SUMMER.

AND LIKE SHE INDICATED, WE WORK WITH PROCUREMENT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THE MATERIALS THAT ARE PURCHASED AND PARTICULARLY THAT BUNDLE, BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS NEED TO PURCHASE EVERYTHING WITHIN THE BUNDLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE TIME TO USE ALL OF IT.

SO WE REALLY WORK IN A DELIBERATE SENSE WITH PROCUREMENT AND STAFF TO BE REALLY SURE ABOUT WHAT IS PURCHASED FOR THE TEACHERS AND TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH THOSE WITH THE INSTRUCTIONAL ORGANIZER UPDATED AND READY TO GO.

READY TO GO FOR THE TEACHERS.

IF I COULD ADD IN OR SORT OF JUMP IN AND SORT OF ADD MY $0.02 ON A FEW THINGS, I THINK SOME OF IT COULD BE.

IN REGARDS TO DR. REESE QUESTION, I THINK SOME SOME OF IT COULD BE YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TEXTBOOK THAT IS COMPLETELY ALIGNED WITH THE STANDARDS EVER.

IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.

AND SO FOR THAT REASON, THE TEXTBOOK IS JUST THAT IT IS A RESOURCE.

AND SO IT MAY BE HELPFUL TO EXPLAIN THAT TO FAMILIES.

BUT I THINK WHAT ALSO COULD BE HELPFUL IS US MAYBE DOING A BETTER JOB OF EXPLAINING OUR CURRICULUM TO FAMILIES AND TO TEACHERS, BECAUSE WHEREVER THERE IS ALIGNMENT IN A TEXTBOOK THAT SHOULD BE NOTED SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE CURRICULUM, YOU KNOW, THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE WORKING ON X UNIT, THESE ARE THE TEXTBOOK PAGES THAT ARE A RESOURCE DURING THIS SUBJECT.

SO ONE THING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS SOME.

I GUESS. SOME CURRICULUM WORK, I THINK WOULD GO A LONG WAY TO ADDRESSING SORT OF SOME OF THESE GAPS BECAUSE I THINK YOU END UP HAVING SOME TEACHERS WHO ARE JUST LIKE THEY KNOW THEIR STANDARDS, THEY'RE GOOD AT IT, THEY GOT THEIR RESOURCES TOGETHER AND THEY'VE GOT THE FLOW.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU HAVE MAY HAVE NEW TEACHERS COME IN WHO DON'T.

AND SO PEOPLE SOMETIMES WILL LEAN ON A TEXTBOOK THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY IN LINE.

AND YOU GET SORT OF CONFLICTING.

RESULTS. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT DURING THIS DISCUSSION.

AND AS WE ARE DOING, WE'RE DOING SO MUCH WORK RIGHT NOW ON LIKE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT AND THE MATH STANDARDS.

AND IT SEEMED LIKE AN OPPORTUNE TIME FOR US TO PULL ALL OF THIS TOGETHER IN A REALLY TIGHT, LIKE A CURRICULUM FOR EVERY SINGLE GRADE LEVEL.

SO THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHT.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, MADAM CHAIR, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE AN EDUCATOR FOR SURE, AND THANK YOU.

SHE SHOULD BE ON THE COMMITTEE.

YOU KNOW, YOU MAKE A REALLY GOOD POINT.

I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO JUST UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT THE CURRICULUM, TEXTBOOKS BEING ONE RIGHT.

AND ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING, WITH OUR STAFF AND WE'RE DISCUSSING SPECIFIC CURRICULUM ITEMS, WE ARE BRINGING IN SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES THAT ARE NOT JUST TEXTBOOKS.

WE BRING IN DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT STAFF THAT TEACHERS ARE ABLE TO USE WITH STUDENTS EXPERIENCES BECAUSE EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IS ALSO AS ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT WE'RE INTEGRATING INTO OUR CURRICULUM, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE GROUP ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT THEY ARE THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CRITICAL THINKING.

AND THAT IS ONE OF OUR KEY COMPONENTS TO CURRICULUM AND TO EDUCATION IN GENERAL.

THAT'S THAT'S THE FUTURE.

EVERYBODY, YOU'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO CRITICALLY THINK, WHICH MEANS THAT A LOT OF YOUR WORK IS COMING FROM REAL WORLD EXPERIENCES AND DISCUSSIONS AND NOT NECESSARILY LECTURE, SIT AND GET OR TEACHER STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CLASSROOM.

AND THAT'S A HUGE PARADIGM SHIFT FOR EDUCATION.

I THINK A LOT OF EDUCATORS, ESPECIALLY SEASONED EDUCATORS, IT'S A DIFFERENT MODEL, RIGHT? IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY OF TEACHING.

AND IT CAN BE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING TO MAKE THAT SHIFT SOMETIMES.

[02:25:02]

AND AND THAT'S BEEN FOR A WHILE.

THIS IS NOT A NEW THING THAT WE'RE JUST DOING NOW.

I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND IT STARTED WHEN WE DEVELOPED OUR CURRICULUM AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORTS, AND THAT WAS AT LEAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THIS WORK, WHEN DR.

JOHN BROWN WAS HERE LEADING THOSE EFFORTS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

BUT SPOT ON, MADAM CHAIR, WITH WHAT WHAT YOU SAID.

I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT YOU SAID IN SUPPORT.

MAY I JUST JUMP IN, MADAM CHAIR, WITH ONE LAST, FINAL COMMENT? YEAH, DR. REEF, YOU KNOW WHAT I WHAT I'VE NOTICED, I JUST WANT TO CONTRIBUTE.

ONE THING TO THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT ESPECIALLY WHEN TEACHERS ARE RELYING A LOT ON NOTES AND THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF THE STANDARDS AND DIFFERENT RESOURCES, SOMETIMES WHAT I'M HEARING AND EXPERIENCING IS THAT WHEN STUDENTS ARE NEEDING SUPPORT OR LOOKING FOR INFORMATION, THEY'LL JUST GOOGLE IT.

THEY WON'T GO TO THE TEXTBOOK AS A RESOURCE, YOU KNOW, AND I UNDERSTAND LIKE THINGS ARE CHANGING, BUT THOSE TEXTBOOKS CAN BE REALLY GREAT RESOURCES FOR THEM.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEIR FIRST INSTINCT IS TO JUST GOOGLE IT.

AND I THINK SOMETIMES THEY'RE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH FINDING, YOU KNOW, THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR TO SUPPORT THEM.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TO.

OKAY. MORE TO COME.

WE HAVE SOME TEXTBOOKS TO ADOPT.

OKAY. WE ARE COMING TO THE END OF THE EVENING.

I DO HAVE SOME UPDATES ABOUT EVENTS.

[22. Report from Meagan L. Alderton]

NOW THERE ARE NO AD DELETES FROM THE BOARD.

WE WON'T HAVE THAT ADD DELETE ITEM, BUT THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL PRESENTATION FROM THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SPECIAL ED ONE ON ONE JUNE 2ND. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT TEXTBOOKS, SO THAT WOULD BE THE FINAL ADOPTION.

I'M SORRY. WELL, YES, THAT IS INCLUDED.

SO WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE FY 2023 COMBINED FUNDS, BUDGET AND CIP BUDGETS.

THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ESSER THREE FUNDS, SO MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP BY JUNE 1ST AT NOON.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT.

GRADUATION IS COMING FOR OUR SENIORS AND AS YOU SAW, WE ARE BACK AT BASELINE.

SO THAT WILL BE JUNE 4TH AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF THOSE HAPPY SENIOR SHINING FACES.

LET'S SEE, JUNE 7TH, WE HAVE A RETREAT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD AT 630 AND THEN WE HAVE A FULL JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION.

AND THEY A TOPIC THEY WILL JUST DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR SCHOOL LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIP.

JUNE 16TH AT 630 WILL BE THE FINAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING OF THE YEAR.

YAY! MS..

CRANE SAID THAT. SHE SAID.

AND, SUPERINTENDENT, YOU HAVE A REPORT?

[23. Report from Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr.]

AND THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I DO HAVE A FEW UPDATES THAT I WANT, OUR HIGHLIGHTS THAT I WANT TO SHARE.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO CHECK OUT THE 2022 ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PROFILES, AND THEY'RE POSTED ON OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES.

IT'S A GREAT SEEING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SENIORS.

AND AS YOU SAID, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE BACK AT GEORGE MASON.

WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND EVERYBODY'S BACK AT GEORGE MASON.

SO WE'RE ON A TIME CRUNCH AND WE CANNOT BE 1/2 PAST THE TIME THAT WE HAVE A LOT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH THERE, FOLKS.

SO JUST BE READY. IF WE HAVE TO PULL YOU ALONG, THAT MEANS WE GOT WE GOT TO GO.

BUT WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR GRADUATES AND ALL OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS, AND I'M SURE YOU ALL WILL ENJOY READING SOME OF THOSE PROFILES.

THIS MONTH WE ALSO OBSERVE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH AS A COMMUNITY.

TOGETHER, WE CELEBRATE THE CULTURE AND ITS TRADITIONS AND EXPERIENCES WHICH ADD DIMENSION TO OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.

AND THEN ALSO I WANT TO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING MISS FARR QUINN, WHO TEACHES MATH AT JEFFERSON HOUSTON PRE K EIGHT IB WORLD SCHOOL.

MR. QUINN SHE HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A VIRGINIA COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF MATHEMATICS, AND THIS IS THE WILLIAM C LOWREY OF MATH EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD. AND THIS IS A HIGH HONOR AS IT RECOGNIZES ONLY ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATOR AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF VIRGINIA WHO EXEMPLIFIES THE DEDICATION TO TEACHING AND LEARNING MATHEMATICS.

SO HUGE CONGRATULATIONS.

[02:30:07]

SO EVEN THOUGH.

DOHERTY. DOHERTY.

EXCUSE ME. I WANT TO GET YOUR NAME RIGHT.

EVAN. EVAN DOHERTY, FOURTH GRADE DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHER AT MOUNT VERNON COMMUNITY SCHOOL.

AND BILLY GODFREY.

JOHN ADAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIBRARIAN.

AND GREGORY RANSOME, SIXTH GRADE HISTORY TEACHER AT GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THESE EDUCATORS EXCEL AT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, HELPING TO MAKE EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL A REALITY.

SO CONGRATS TO ALL OF THEM.

WE ALSO HAD A GREAT VISIT THIS MONTH FROM US OLYMPIC BOXERS KEYSHAWN DAVIS AND TROY ISLEY AT PATRICK HEMBREE K-8 SCHOOL.

AND THESE ATHLETES, THEY TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO PATRICK HENRY'S SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS ABOUT MOTIVATION, PERSEVERANCE AND THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES, OFFERING SOME SOUND ADVICE TO BE SMART AND TO MAKE GOOD CHOICES.

AND THE 2020 US OLYMPIAN AND USA WOMEN'S NATIONAL RUGBY TEAM MEMBER ABBY GUSTAVUS MET WITH ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS AND BOYS RUGBY TEAM MEMBERS AT THE JACOB PENN PARK RECREATION CENTER.

IT WAS QUITE A THRILL AS THEY RAN A QUICK TRAINING SESSION WITH THE OLYMPIAN.

BIG DEAL. AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK AND OFFER A SINCERE THANK YOU TO OUR ACPS COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.

AS THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATE AT SCHOOL COMMUNICATIONS OR SCHOOL COMMUNICATORS DAY.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAD A CHANCE TO WATCH THE VIDEO AND LAST WEEK'S EXPRESS AND THE INSIDER.

AND THEN ONE FINAL THING.

I HAVE TO DO THIS AND I KNOW I'M GOING OFF SCRIPT, JULIA, BUT I HAVE GOT TO MENTION THIS.

TODAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO BE ON THE PRESS CONFERENCE WITH OUR STATE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AND OUR STATE SUPERINTENDENT.

IF YOU ALL HAVE NOT SEEN THIS, THIS IS THE 90 DAY REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED.

I WILL BE SURE TO SEND THIS TO BOARD MEMBERS THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY REVIEW.

AND JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I JUST HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE SOME OF THIS INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WAS MISLEADING.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS A SCHOOL DIVISION THAT WE DISCUSS THIS ESPECIALLY AND WE TAKE A STANCE.

AND THIS IS NOT I'M NOT TRYING TO POLITICIZE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

I'M JUST SPEAKING EDUCATION TALK BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT NAPE, RIGHT, THERE IS A WEBSITE FOR US TO GO AND IT'S THE NATION'S REPORT CARD.

IF YOU GO WHEN YOU LOOK AT NAPE AND YOU LOOK SPECIFICALLY UNDER VIRGINIA SCORES, WE SCORED FOUR, GRADE FOUR AND EIGHT IN MATH AND IN LANGUAGE ARTS. WE SCORE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL PUBLIC.

SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER IN EVERY AREA EXCEPT FOR ONE.

I BELIEVE THAT GRADE EIGHT READING WAS AT THE LEVEL OF THE NATIONAL PUBLIC.

SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO ACCEPT THE NARRATIVE THAT VIRGINIA SCHOOLS ARE LOW PERFORMING AND THE WORSE, YOU KNOW, AND SO MANY PEOPLE ARE PERFORMING BETTER THAN US WHEN WE'RE AT THE HIGHEST BRACKET IN MOST OF OUR AREAS.

I THINK THAT IS A VERY KEY POINT.

I ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THE NEW ADMINISTRATION, THEY TOOK THE NAVIGATING EQUITY VIRGINIA OFF OF OUR WEBSITE.

THEY TOOK IT REALLY OUT OF OUR SCHOOLS.

I HAVE A COPY. FORTUNATELY, WE HAD ONE OF OUR TEACHERS WERE ON OR WAS ON THE ACTUAL COMMITTEE.

MISS PENNY HAIRSTON FROM DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, WHO'S AWESOME.

YES. AND I JUST HAPPENED TO AFTER I WATCHED THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I WENT AND I PULLED THE DOCUMENT CAUSE I SAID, WOW, SOME OF THIS STUFF SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO ME.

AND A LOT OF THE DATA IS NOT NEW.

I MEAN, WE WERE ALREADY EXPRESSING IN VIRGINIA THE EQUITY GAP.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE HUGE DISPARITIES IN REGARDS TO ACADEMICS AND REGARDS TO GRADUATION RATES.

AND THERE WAS A SOLUTION FOR THAT LIKE AND THAT IS WITH THIS DOCUMENT, IS THAT NOBODY GETS TO HAVE ACCESS TO ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND SCHOOLS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE THEM ANYMORE.

RIGHT. SO I JUST HAVE TO MAKE THIS POINT THAT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN OUR CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM IS TALKED OR OUR ADMINISTRATION TEAM IS TALKING ABOUT VIRGINIA'S NOT SERVING STUDENTS WELL, THE WAY WE SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND THE WAY WE ADDRESS THE EQUITY GAPS THAT WE HAVE IS BY DISCUSSING EQUITY, WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN OUT OF EVERY CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD.

WHAT I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, I GET TO MEET WITH OUR STATE SUPERINTENDENT EVERY MONTH AS THE CHAIR OF REGION FOUR.

SO I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THE TRUTH AND ACCURATE INFORMATION OUT THERE.

IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, I BELIEVE, AS BOARD MEMBERS, MY RESPONSIBILITY AS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE INFORMING OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO OTHERS,

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SO I WANTED TO JUST TAKE THAT MOMENT TO SHARE THAT.

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE ARTICLE IN THE WASHINGTON POST THAT ACTUALLY ADDRESSED SOME OF THIS.

IT WAS JUST RELEASED TONIGHT.

AND I THINK IT WILL IT WILL GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO WHAT I JUST SHARED RIGHT RIGHT NOW WITH YOU ALL.

SO THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO JUST SPEAK.

AND MS.. BURGOS, I KNOW THAT WAS NOT A PART OF MY TALKING POINTS TONIGHT, BUT I JUST HAD TO SAY IT.

SO THANK YOU. I'M JUST IMAGINING MISS BURGOS FACE RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT. I KNOW I DO HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS, SO.

[24. Announcements]

THIS IS ACTUALLY A TRILINGUAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MR. LUIGI AND I WILL SHARE, FIRST IN ENGLISH, THEN IN SPANISH, AND LASTLY IN ARABIC.

IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE SCHOOL BOARD FORMALLY APPROVED THE FORMATION OF THREE LANGUAGE FOCUSED ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN SPANISH, ARABIC AND PAK IN ORDER TO ELEVATE THE VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SPEAK THOSE LANGUAGES AND ENABLE THEM TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.

TONIGHT, I AM PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THIS FAMILY AND COMMUNICATION CENTER, THESE COMMITTEES WILL OFFICIALLY BE LAUNCHING AT THE START OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THE COMMITTEES WILL BE COMPRISED OF ALEXANDRIANS FROM THESE THREE LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES.

LINKS TO THE APPLICATION FOR THESE COMMITTEES WILL APPEAR IN THE JUNE 10TH ISSUE OF ACCESS EXPRESS, AND WE INVITE THOSE FROM THE SPANISH, ARABIC AND PA SPEAKING COMMUNITIES TO APPLY. MEETINGS WILL OCCUR ON AT LEAST A QUARTERLY BASIS DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS EFFORT TO DEEPEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ALL COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS WAYS THAT WE CAN FURTHER SUPPORT ALL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES IN OUR DIVISION.

WHAT I LOVE WHAT YOU SAID IN ESPANOL IN DECEMBER.

EL PASADO, LA JUNTA ESCOLAR DE ACPS A PRO FORMA DE LA FORMACION DE TRES COMEDIES ACCESSORIES IN FORCADOS IN IDIOMS IN ESPANOL, ARAB YAMATO PARA EL VIVA LAS VOCES LOST THE NUESTRA COMUNIDAD ASSOCIATED MASS E COMPETITION SERIES E PERSPECTIVES DIRECTAMENTE CONJUNTO ESCOLAR SENATOR AMY COMPLICIT IN ASSOCIATION CON EL CENTRO DE PARTICIPACION FAMILIA E COMMUNITY AREA DE ACPS ESTAS COMMUNITIES ALONGSIDE AN OFFICIAL AL COMIENZO ANNUAL PROXIMO ANO ESCOLA THOSE COMMITTEES EASTERN PUESTOS POR ALEJANDRO KNOWS THE STRESS THAT THIS LINGUISTIC LOSS IN LOSSES ARE LOST.

SO LISTEN TO THIS.

PROTESTERS COMMITTEES PRESIDENT IN LA DECISION DE JUNIO THE ACPS EXPRESS IN THE ALASKA MONTEVERDI'S ESPAGNOLE DANTES THE ARAB E LA AMERICO A PRESENTAR SU SOLICITUD REUNION, AS THEY SAY, PELO MENOS CUATRO VECES DURANTE EL ANO ESCOLAR ESPERAMOS LA OPORTUNIDAD THEY SOUTHERN RACIAL COMPREHENSION THE TODAS LAS COMUNIDADES THE ACPS E LAS FORMOSAN PODEMOS UNIMAS A TODOS LOS PACIENTES E FAMILIARES IN THE VISION GRACIAS AURA IF SENOR EL NEWBIE LOVATO DECEIT IN ARABIC. THANK YOU.

HAVE THE ISLAND DEVELOPED LOTS OF AL-ARABIYA TO SAY THAT ASHLEE SIMPSON BIRD ENGLISH OR SPANISH CALL DOUGLAS MAY BE MY LITTLE ISKANDARIYAH.

WELL, I HAD VIRGINIA SEE DISMEMBERMENT IN MULTIPLE MAY AND ARTHUR SKILLS ARRESTED AGAIN.

IT'S THE SHARIA TURKEY'S ADULTERATED ESPANA.

ALL ARABIA WILL LOOK MORE LATINATE THE SOON TO BE A DEAL THAT WILL FORCE A LITTLE SEAL OSWALD HIM WHEN MUSHARRAF OF HIM VOGUE HAD ANOTHER OF WHOM WERE CERTAIN MAMA LAWTON MOTHERS WITH LAILA AND ALLEN AND INTERLOCK HAD HILDEGARD RASMUSSEN BE THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AHMED BRAZIL, MOKBEL BIN MUSHARRAF AMONG AMERICA'S MUSHARRAF CATTLE, OSLO AND MUQTADA AL AL-HADI.

SO THE GUNMAN, OLIA AMOUR, A LATINA, HAD THE IRONMAN SOUTH OF ORBITAL CASTLE.

MR. MAROTTA TOOK THEM TO THE HILL AGAIN, FINISHED ECB'S EXPRESS OTHER LASHER MINION CORDON ONE MORE MALE MUQTADA NOT SO SARTORIAL THE VICTIMIZED MOROCCO SALAFIST USHER ALLAH LOCAL AHMED DE ROSSI THE QUIET MANNER MUKHTAR MARTINA ALFA EGAD TOROK PLATINUM KG IN HILALI AND MAJID MEN ADAM TO LOB WHILE ALSO FEMALE ARIZONA.

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SIMPSON FOR SUGGESTING THAT WE MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS ALL THREE LANGUAGES.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LIVE IN OR GO TO A SCHOOL IN A SOCIETY WHERE YOU LOOK DIFFERENT OR HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME LIKE ME, SOMETIMES YOU WONDER IF YOU REALLY BELONG AND SOMETIMES IT MAKES IT A LITTLE HARD TO BE COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN SKIN.

AND AS A KID, BEFORE MY FAMILY MOVED TO EGYPT, I USED TO FEEL THAT WAY.

SOMETIMES I'LL FEEL EMBARRASSED, YOU KNOW, OR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT US NOW, MAKING THESE ANNOUNCEMENT HERE FROM THE DAIS, YOU KNOW, WITH DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, I HOPE THAT REALLY MAKES EVERY KID OUT THERE WHO QUESTIONS THAT, QUESTIONS WHETHER THEY BE BELONG BECAUSE OF THEIR ACCENT OR THE NAME OR SKIN COLOR TO REALLY MAKE THEM REALIZE HOW THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY BE PERCEIVED AS AN ADVANTAGE IS REALLY AN ASSET AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN PUT IT TO USE.

YOU KNOW, ONE DAY I HOPE PARENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS EFFORT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT WE PUT HERE IN WHETHER IT'S STAFF OR, YOU KNOW, SUPERINTENDENT BOARD MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S A TESTAMENT OF THE COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND TO REALLY MAKING A SPACE, A PLACE WHERE EVERYONE FEELS VALUED.

SO REALLY THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR THAT.

AND HOPEFULLY WE GET FAMILIES TO APPLY AND BE PART OF THIS AMAZING, AMAZING EFFORT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT.

I KNOW. SORRY.

MISS GREENE HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

SORRY. THANK YOU, CHAIR ALDERTON.

I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK.

AKP'S EARLY CHILDHOOD.

EVERY YEAR THEY DO A PICTURE, AND THEY.

THEY GIVE IT TO.

THEY GIVE A COPY OF IT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND I KEEP IT HERE AT THE DAIS.

AND JUST TO REMIND ME EACH AND EVERY EVERY TIME THAT I'M UP HERE THAT WE'RE DOING IT, DO THE WORK THAT WE DO AS FAR AS STUDENTS.

SO I THANK THEM. AND THE PICTURES GET BETTER AND BETTER EACH YEAR.

THIS IS THE 2021 PICTURE THAT I HAD AND I REPLACED IT WITH THE 2020 122 PICTURES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, ACPS EARLY CHILDHOOD.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE.

THE KIDS ARE JUST SO CUTE.

OKAY. SO I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

I WILL NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO WE'LL. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE 3 SECONDS, MR. MOTION, SO WE CAN MOVE.

PLUS.

WILLIE.

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.