>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I AM GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL
[1. Meeting Called to Order by Chair Alderton]
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THE MEETING TO ORDER, TODAY IT IS JUNE 16, 2022, I WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:35 P.M.SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL BOARD MEMBERS GO AHEAD AND LOG INTO ESP.
ALRIGHT SO WE WILL GO AHEAD SPEAKING OF WHICH, AND WE WILL OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE BEFORE WE CONTINUE.
>> OKAY THANK YOU, NEXT UP I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE
[3. Adopt the Agenda for the June 16, 2022 School Board Meeting]
>> SECOND >> I HAVE MISSED IT HARRIS WITH HIS MOTION YOU CAN GET IN
VOTE ON THAT. >> OKAY MOVING RIGHT ALONG, WE NEED TO ACTUALLY ALLOW PARTICIPATION OF BOARD MEMBER BAIRD BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, SO I WILL NEED A MOTION TO DO THAT.
OUR >> WHERE AS IS NOTIFY THE BOARD THAT SHE IS UNAVAILABLE TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT FOR TODAY
>> OKAY STEP BACK I NEED A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ADD DR. BAIRD TO THE MEETING.
ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD TO THE MEETING. BY VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL
>> I HAVE MR. BAILEY WHO SECOND SMITH MOTION.
THAT IS THE FIRST MOTION SO WE SHOULD VOTE ON THAT FIRST.
>> NOW WE NEED TO MOTION TO ALLOW HER PARTICIPATION.
>> BOARD MEMBER ASHLEY SIMPSON AT BAIRD THAT SHE IS UNAVAILABLE TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT FOR TODAY'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, DUE TO A PERSONAL MATTER, SPECIFICALLY
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TRAVEL, IN WHICH SHE HAS NOT PATES UNITY AND MORE THAN TWO OF 25% OF SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS DURING 2022. WHEREAS BOARD MEMBER ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL. FROM TUSKEGEE, NORTH CAROLINA, FOR THE VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL SHE WILL BE HEARD BY ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THE BOARDROOM, AND WHERE IS A FORM OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS PHYSICALLY ASSEMBLED IN THE BOARDROOM, THEREFORE IMO PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2 -- 3708.THAT THE BOARD APPROVED THE PARTICIPATION OF BOARD MEMBER DR.
ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD IN THIS MEETING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL.
>> I HAVE DR. REIF SECOND MOTION OKAY FOR THE VOTE.
SIMPSON BAIRD IS JOINING US TOO SOON, AND NOW YOU ABLE TO VOTE MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL NEED ORAL VOTES FROM YOU. ALL RIGHT MOVING ONTO COMMUNICATIONS AND
[4. RRMM Architects Superintendent's Scholarship Presentation]
ADDRESS IT TO THE BOARD.ITEM NUMBER FIVE, SO JUST A, REMINDER OF A RECOGNITION FROM ONE OF OUR STUDENT REPS MISS 3 SYLVIA RAHIM, SHE HAS, SHE IS THE RECIPIENT OF A SCHOLARSHIP FROM RRMM ARCHITECTS, IT IS A SCHOLARSHIP THAT IS BEING BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO APPLAUD YOU AGAIN FOR THAT. [APPLAUSE] FOR THAT AWESOME ACHIEVEMENT, AND SO I KNOW THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BUYING TEXTBOOKS AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS AFTER SCHOOL.
SO THAT IS GREAT. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE?
>> YES, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR I KNOW DR.
HODGES IS IN HERE BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM FOR CHOOSING MEETING TO BE RECIPIENT OF THE SCHOLARSHIP.
I AM TRULY GRATEFUL, BECAUSE I DID SEE YOU GET IT DID THE TEXTBOOK THING AND IT WAS MORE LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS I WAS LIKE I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THAT, NOW I AM HAPPY LIKE THAT IS LIKE, I WILL NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT AS MUCH SO THANK
YOU. >> AWESOME, THANK YOU, WELL DESERVED.
[5. Anne R. Lipnick Awards for Specialized Instruction]
NEWS AND COMMUNICATIONS TO THE BOARD, WE HAVE THE AND LIP NICK AWARDS FOR SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION, WERE WE GOING TO HAVE. SO THE ANNE LIPNICK AWARDS ARE AWARDS FOR SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION THEY ARE AWARDS FIRST FOR INCLUSIVE PRACTICES, AND THEN THIRDLY, UPPER PROFESSIONAL.THIS YEAR, 4 WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN IT CAME DOWN TO FOR THIS CHAIR, AND FORT DR.
TERRY WARNER. ALL OF THAT SPECIAL EDUCATORS HAD WORKED EXTREMELY HARD.
DURING THESE VERY UNPRECEDENTED TIMES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WILL ALL RECOGNIZE.
FOR DOING THE THINGS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
GIVEN THE SITUATION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, SO ALL OF OUR EDUCATORS WILL RECEIVE A LETTER OF APPRECIATION, FROM SEA ACT LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATED, WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS LEFT, AND OKAY. WE NOTE THAT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS LEFT FOR THEM AND SO WE JUST WANT TO THANK THEM. SO LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATORS. [APPLAUSE] OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[6. Public Comments]
SO, JUST EIGHT REMINDER, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, EACH SPEAKER IS ALLOWED SWEET MINUTES TO SPEAK.THE CLERK DOES TIME I WAS SPEAKERS.
THE BOARD DOES NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT, HOWEVER OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE LISTENING AND WE TAKE THAT FEEDBACK, AND AS BOARD MEMBERS IF YOU SHOULD CHOOSE THEY WILL RESPOND TO EACH ONE
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INDIVIDUALLY. SO WITH THAT SAID, OUR FIRST STEP, FOR IN PERSON COMMENTERS WE HAVE MR. ZACHARY ROBERTS.>> HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD I AM ON IS A VERY SAD THAT MY FATHER IS NOT HERE.
DUE TO A CERTAIN PERSON IN TELLING A 5 BLATANT LIE.
WHY IS IT THAT WHEN, OUR SCHOOLS WHY IS IT THAT, WE, IN SEVENTH GRADE, RIGHT BEFORE WE WENT INTO LOCKDOWN, AFTER MY FATHER, AFTER I TOLD MY FATHER ABOUT THE THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED TO ME, WHY IS IT THAT HE WAS, THAT I WAS, THAT HE WAS, ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING ON SCHOOL GROUNDS? DROPPING ME OFF, AND I WAS DRAGGED FROM THE VEHICLE. BY AN ADMINISTRATOR AT GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL? THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO IMPLEMENT A SYSTEM WHERE WE NEED TO DETER FOAM BRINGING WEAPONS.
PEOPLE ARE LIKE SAYING IT LIKE WE NEED TO STOP THE GANG PROBLEM, IN OUR SCHOOLS.
BUT MAYBE DO THAT BY HAVING SECURELY ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AND HAVE THE SECURITY ACTUALLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WEAPONS IN OUR SCHOOL. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JOIN GANGS FOR PROTECTION.
BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS PROVIDING AN ADEQUATE PROTECTION.
WE WERE TOLD FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHO WAS SADLY RESIGNING, THAT WE SHOULD INSTEAD OF SHARING VIDEO OR PHOTOS, OF CRIMES TAKING PLACE AT THE SCHOOL, AND THEM OVER TO THE SCHOOL. WHERE, MOST LIKELY I'M GOING TO BE BLOUNT HERE, THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE YOUR PHONE.
FOR AFTER YOU TOOK THE VIDEO OR PHOTO, AND DELETE IT, WHICH IT IS THE PARENT'S PHONE. WHICH IS UNLAWFUL SEARCH AND SEIZURE OF THE PARENTS PHONE.
BECAUSE THIS STUDENT MOST LIKELY DID NOT PURCHASE THAT PHONE 6 IT WAS THE PARENT. ALSO, YOU ARE EFFECTIVELY PREVENTING MY FATHER FROM BEING HERE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO BE HERE AND SPEAK IN A PUBLIC FORUM AND YOU CANNOT PUNISH HIM FOR ANYTHING HE SAYS.
HE IS ALLOWED TO SAY ANYTHING HE LIKES IN THE PUBLIC FORM AS LONG AS IT DID NOT FALL UNDER A FEW SELECT CATEGORIES OF NONPROTECTED SPEECH.
WHY IS IT THAT STUDENTS WHY IS IT THAT YOU WILL GOING AFTER A PARENT WHO IS RIGHTFULLY UPSET ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING TO HIS STUDENT, AND FOR EVERY LET'S BE HONEST ONE STUDENT THAT COMES OUT AND TELLS YOU ABOUT THINGS, THERE WAS PROBABLY TEN SILENT ONES.
>> THANK YOU ZACHARY. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE MISSED ALLISON ABELARD.
>> GOOD EVENING I AM ALLISON AVILA A STUDENT OF ACS PRODUCTION THREE STUDENT, AND A BROADCAST MEMBER CLUB MEMBER AT A CHS.
I AM HERE TO SPEAK UP ABOUT MY FUTURE EDUCATION.
REGARDING THE TV MEDIA PRODUCTION PROGRAM, IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION, THAT IT IS A VERY REAL AND ALMOST DEFINITE CHANCE THAT NEXT YEAR NONE OF THE TV PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO USE THE STUDIO, WHERE WE RECORD ALL OF OUR PROJECTS.
AND, WE EXPERIMENT WITH THE BLUE SCREEN AND MAKE ART LIKE DAILY SHOW. AND THAT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO ANY OF THE TV STUDENTS. NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT COLLEGES ARE NOT AS FORTUNATE TO HAS.
MANY COLLEGES DO NOT HAVE A 7 STUDIO, AS NICE AS OURS, AND AS FULLY WILL NOT SO FULLY FUNCTIONING, AS OURS, AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU TRY AND ATTEMPT TO DO THESE PROJECTS, WE HAVE THE FACILITY, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THERE TO MAKE IT AND KEEP IT RUNNING.
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AND ANY TIME THAT WE TRY AND FIX ANY OF THE PROBLEMS SUCH AS LIKE A PROMPTER NOT WORKING, OR A CAMERA THAT IS NOT SHOWING UP ON THE SCREEN, WE ARE WASTING VALUABLE PRODUCTION TIME WHICH WE ARE TAUGHT THAT TIME IS MONEY.WE TO TV STUDENTS TAKE OUR TIME VERY SERIOUSLY.
AFTER ALL, WE ARE TAUGHT THAT TIME IS MONEY.
A FEW OF MY CLASSMATES AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET ON HANDS-ON LEARNING, I ALSO REMEMBER HELPING OUT DURING THE STATE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, MIGHT WORK WAS ACTUALLY BROADCASTED IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY WATCHING CHANNEL 72.
WHICH IS NOT YOU KNOW, THAT BIG BUT, IT STILL FEELS NICE TO HAVE MY WORK PUT UP ON THE SCREEN, AND I HOPE WE CAN KEEP DOING AT AN BROADCASTING THAT, MAKE SURE THAT THE FUTURE TV STUDENTS ALSO GET THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE.
AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW COLLEGES MY POTENTIAL.
I AM GOING INTO SENIOR YEAR END I WANT TO BE ABLE TO PLAY A COLLEGES AND TELL THEM MY THINGS WERE PUT ON MY BROWSING PROGRAM, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL THEM THAT I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THESE PROJECTS, THAT ARE QUITE IMPRESSIVE, AND IT IS NOT EASY TO DO THAT, WHEN A WET LIGHTING SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING, WE HAVE HAD TIMES WHERE WE HAVE TO GRAB THE LED LIGHTS, WHICH ARE NOT AS STRONG ENOUGH 8 TO DO USING THE STUDIO, AND WE HAVE THIS WHOLE OVERHEAD LIGHTING SYSTEM, YET, IT IS NOT WORKING, AND SO IT IS A LITTLE HARD TO GET OUR PROJECTS DONE.
TV MEDIA PRODUCTION IS A CERTIFIED TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR A COURSE OR CDE BECAUSE CTE COURSES ARE PUT IN PLACE TO EDUCATE AND PREPARE FOR ACTUAL. STUFF.
THIS CTE COURSE FOR THOSE WHO ASPIRE TO BE FILMMAKERS
>> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE A COPY OF THOSE COMMENTS?
>> I DO NOT THINK SO, >> YOU WANT ME TOO LEAVE HIS COPY?
OKAY NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. JACOB SANCHEZ.
>> A GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND ATTENDANCE. I ALONG WITH MANY OF MY PEERS AT A CHS, TV MEDIA PRODUCTION CLASS, HAVE WATCHED IN DISAPPOINTMENT AS A C.P.S. HAS A LOT OF HER TV PRODUCTION STUDIO TO FALL INTO DISARRAY. WITH DISAPPOINTMENT IS FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY THE FACT THAT THE STUDIO FALLS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF CENTRAL OFFICE. UNTIL RECENTLY, THEY HAVE EMPLOYED SOMEONE WHO HIS RESPONSIBILITIES HAVE INCLUDED HELPING TO MAINTAIN THE STUDIO. HOWEVER RECENTLY WE HAVE SCALED BACK THE SCOPE OF THIS POSITION. AS A RESULT, THE JOB OF MAINTAINING THE STUDIO IS FALLEN ON TV MEDIA PRODUCTION TEACHERS.
THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE, ONLY BECAUSE IT IS NOT THEIR JOB.
BUT 9 BECAUSE BOTH ALREADY SO MUCH SKEWS ME SO MUCH EXTRA WORK FOR OUR PROGRAM. NOT INCLUDING THE FULL CLASSES THAT THEY ALSO HAVE ON THE PLATE. THE CARE THEY HAVE PUT IN THESE PROGRAMS, EVIDENT THAT THE FACT THAT MRS. EPHRON, DELETING OF THE TV MEDIA PRODUCTION PROGRAM WHAT TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE ENTIRE STUDENT LAST SUMMER. AS A RESULT, OVER THE LACK OF ATTENTION THE STUDIO RECEIVES IT IS FALLEN AND HAS BEEN PLAGUED WITH ISSUES, TIMES COMPLETELY UNUSABLE.
THIS STUDIO IS NECESSARY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
FIRST DIVISION OF EQUITY FOR ALL, IT IS GIVEN STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES TO SUCCEED. HAVING ACCESS TO WORKING EQUIPMENT IS THE ONLY WAY TO ENSURE, THAT EVERY STUDENT GETS THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES, TO GET KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE.
AND SECONDLY, LIKE ALL ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION'S OR CTE PROGRAMS, CTV MEDIA PRODUCTION IS NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE STUDENTS THE SKILLS TO GET AN ENTRY-LEVEL JOB IN THE FIELD OF STUDY OR PURSUE HIGHER EDUCATION. WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE STUDIO STUDENTS CAN'T SAY TO THE SAME EXTENT THAT THEY ARE QUALIFIED TO ENTER EDGEFIELD QUESTION INDUSTRY.
THIRD OF ALL, WITHOUT ACCESS TO THE STUDIO PRODUCTION OF A DAILY SCHOOL SHOW, WHICH IS BEEN RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS WITH THE ACCEPTED WILL RESCALE BACK TO A BIWEEKLY SHOW.
DOES NOT SEEM TO BE POSSIBLE. 10 THE SHOW HAS BEEN AN AVENUE FOR LEARNING INFORMATION ABOUT CLUB ACTIVITIES AND OTHER EVENTS.
IT IS ALSO BEEN AN AVENUE FOR TV PRODUCTION TO SHOW THAT WORK TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
SOME STUDENTS EVEN TAKING THE INITIATIVE ON RUNNING WEEKLY OR EVERY OTHER WEEK RECURRING SEGMENTS IN ORDER TO SHOWCASE THE TALENT THAT THEY HAVE. AND THIS ALLOWS HIM TO EXPAND
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THEIR KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS, AND THE VIDEO PRODUCTION FIELD.ALLOWING OUR STUDIO TO ACCESS AND PREVENTING US FROM DOING OUR DAILY SHOW. AND WE MIGHT HAVE TO SCALE BACK THE FREQUENCY OF OUR SHOW, TO A SHOW PROGRAM.
THIS IS WHY THAT SOME OF THE MANY REASONS IT IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, TO A CHS, AND TO THE TV PREVENTION PROGRAM TO HAVE A STUDIO THAT IS FUNCTIONING AND WHAT YOU WAS A SCHOOL BOARD NEED TO TAKE STEPS AT THE PROPER RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED TO HELP MAINTAIN IT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
OKAY, LET'S SEE NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. GLENN CLAUSE? OKAY, MISS MISSY ESTABROOK?
>> CHAIRMAN ALL THE TOUR DISTINGUISH MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL WILL GET EVEN. MY NAME IS MISTY ESPER, ON THE PROUD MOTHER OF RISING TENTH AND SEVENTH GRADE BOYS I CAN'T BELIEVE IT AT A C.P.S. I AM A COFOUNDER OF PARIS FOR SAFE ALEXANDRIA SCHOOLS, AND I AM THE INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE ALEXANDER PTA COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF A RESOLUTION AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE.
IN YOUR CONTINUING EFFORTS TO KEEP OUR KIDS SAFE.
TONIGHT I URGE A 11 C.P.S. TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SAFE GUN STORAGE, DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES AT THE START OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR, AND A WIDELY ACCESSIBLE MULTILINGUAL FORMAT, AS WELL AS TO GUN VIOLENCE AND PREVENTION INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO THE A C.P.S.
WEBSITE. FOR YEARS, THE NATIONAL PTA HAS ADVOCATED FOR SENSIBLE GUN SAFETY AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION POLICIES THAT WILL HELP KEEP OUR KIDS SAY.
JUST YESTERDAY I PARTICIPATED IN THE 2022 NATIONAL PTA CAPITOL HILL DAY VISIT WERE PTA MEMBERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY URGE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THEIR EFFORTS TO CREATE SAFE AND WELCOMING SPACES FOR EVERY CHILD.
AT THE TOP OF OUR LIST, THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION TO ENCOURAGE GUN SAFETY EDUCATION, AND THE SAFE STORAGE OF FIREARMS. INCLUDING SAFETY LOGS AND OTHER DEVICES TO PREVENT CHILDREN FROM OBTAINING AND DISCHARGING OF A GUN.
WHILE A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE ON LEGISLATION, TO BEAR NEW GUN RESTRICTIONS WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SECURITY INVESTMENTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
WE CAN TAKE ACTION NOW AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO SHIELD CHILDREN FROM GUN VIOLENCE, AND THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS IT CAN HAVE ON THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH TO ADULTHOOD.
SECURE STORAGE PRACTICES, LIKE THOSE THAT COULD BE SHARED WITH A C.P.S.
FAMILIES PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN REDUCING THE RISK OF NONVIOLENCE.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW VIOLENCE, ESPECIALLY BY FIREARM NOT ONLY HARMS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, 12 BUT ALSO ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.
OUR GOAL IS PTA MEMBERS IS ALWAYS TO PROMOTE THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF ALL CHILDREN, AND ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
WE BELIEVE PROVIDING INFORMATION LIKE THIS, FALLS PERFECTLY IN LINE WITH THAT MISSION, AND WE URGE YOU TO BEGIN SHARING IT WITH BACK-TO-SCHOOL PACKETS IN THE FALL.
THE TAX STANDS READY TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN'T, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS AND MANY OTHER ISSUES NEXT YEAR.
ESTABROOK. >> NEXT UP WE HAVE MR. KYLE MARTIN.
>> GOOD EVENING ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE ALEXANDRIA SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA GRIFFIN AND I'M A VOLUNTEER WITH THE ALEXANDER MOMS DEMAND ACTION.
WHERE I MANAGED COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS, WE HAVE LIVED IN THE ALEXANDER AREA FOR OVER 20 YEARS, I WAS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
2013-2016, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DEEP TIES TO ALEXANDRIA.
TODAY I AM HERE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOR BEING A COMMUNITY PARTNER.
FOR WHERE ORANGE ON JUNE 3 WE JUST HAD THAT AND FOR PASSING TO GUN VIOLENCE PROTECTION PROCLAMATION AT THE JUNE 2 BOARD MEETING.
WE ARE SO PLEASED TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS IMPORTANT EFFORT, AND 13 EVEN MORE PLEASED TO SEE PROGRESS TOWARD PREVENTING GUN VIOLENCE. MOMS DEMAND ACTION FORGOT SO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORTS A MINIMUM THE ANNUAL COMMUNICATION ON FIREARM SECURE STORAGE TO FAMILIES.
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VERY IMPORTANT MANY RESOURCES TO THE A C.P.S.WEBSITE. THESE SIMPLE ACTIONS WILL TRULY SAVE LIVES, AND THOSE ARE IMPORTANT PART OF INCREASING THE SAFETY OF ALL STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS IN ALEXANDRIA.
MY FELLOW MOM STAY READY TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY, TO PRIORITIZE THE FOLLOWING AND PASSING ONE FOR CONGRESS TO PASS BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ALL GUN SALES, TO ENSURE THOSE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE GUNS CAN EASILY GET THEM SIMPLY BY BUYING FROM AN UNLICENSED SELLER.
PLATT AS EXTREME RISK OR RED FLAG LAWS FOR QUICK INTERVENTION WHEN PERSON IS AT SERIOUS RISK OF HARMING THEMSELVES OR OTHERS.
THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF MILITARY STYLE ASSAULT WEAPONS, WHICH ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY BEEN USED IN RECENT SHOOTINGS.
ACCORDING TO EVERY TOWN RESEARCH, THE TEN MASS SHOOTING INCIDENTS WITH THE BOTH CASUALTIES ALL INVOLVED THE USE OF A FIREARM EQUIPPED WITH A HIGH-CAPACITY MAGAZINE AN ASSAULT WEAPON OR BOTH. INCREASING EDUCATION EFFORTS THAT INCREASES STORAGE SUCH AS THE BUSPAR PROGRAM, I HIGHLY IMPLY THAT, AND FINALLY FUND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR POTENTIAL PERPETRATORS OF GUN VIOLENCE, WHO MAY HARM THEMSELVES, OR OTHERS WITH A FIREARM, AND FOR THOSE VICTIMS OF GUN 14 VIOLENCE, WE NEED SUPPORT IN HEALING.
THOSE COMMONSENSE PROVISIONS A WIRELESS BE SUPPORTED BY AMERICANS AND VIRGINIANS AND WE CANNOT WAIT TO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU MS. GRIFFIN. NEXT UP WE HAVE MS. ALEX IN MCALLEN.
>> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS ELSA MCALLEN I'M ZACHARY'S MOM.
PEOPLE HERE IN ALEXANDRIA KNOW MY HUSBAND'S COACH WE GO, WHEN WE MOVE FROM ALEXANDRIA FROM D.C.
SEVERAL PEOPLE TOLD US THAT IF A PROBLEM NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE CITY I SHOULD BE THE WANT TO DO IT BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH RACISM HERE IN ALEXANDRIA.
WE DID NOT WANT TO THIS COULD BE TRUE. I AM SAD TO SAY THEY WERE RIGHT.
I WAS WRONG. THE ACTIONS AND INACTIONS OF SEVERAL OF YOU, DEMONSTRATE TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE PAYING ATTENTION THAT YOU ARE EITHER ACTIVELY PERPETUATING THE PROCESS -- RIGHT TO PURSUE POLICIES OF A PRINCESS OR WHAT YOU ARE IN YOUR SILENCE WERE COMPLICIT. YOUR UNWILLINGNESS TO SPEAK UP TO TAKE A RISK AND FIGHT FOR ACTUAL CHANGE FOR THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WAS SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT AND SERVE OUR SUFFERING IS INDISPUTABLE. WORSE THAN THAT YOUR EFFORTS TO SILENCE PEOPLE LIKE MY HUSBAND WHO ARE VOCAL ABOUT THE HORRIBLE THINGS ARE HAPPENING TO OUR SON AND OTHERS INSIDE YOUR SCHOOLS ARE DESPICABLE. SOME OF YOU WILL LIE AND PLOT AND HAVE LITTLE MEETINGS ON THE SIDE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO 15 WITHOUT PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT SIT BACK AND POLITELY ACCEPT THE TERRIFYING REALITY THAT CHILDREN AND STAFF IN OUR SCHOOLS FACE EVERY DAY.
OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ATTENDING ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS SINCE 2012.
ZACHARY JUST FINISHED NINTH GRADE AT THE STEM ACADEMY AT MANY HOWARD, GABBY JUST FINISHED SEVENTH GRADE WHERE WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE DR.
FINNEY LEADING THE FAMILY THAT SHE BUILDS FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF. THERE ARE WONDERFUL DEDICATED EDUCATORS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. MS. KB SPARKED A NEW LOVE FOR HISTORY IN OUR DAUGHTER THAT TOOK HER ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE COMPETITION FOR NATIONAL HISTORY DAY.
MR. HUDSON HELP GABBY GROW AS A WRITER SUPPORTING YOUR CREATIVE EFFORTS IN WRITING SHORT STORIES. MR. MATTHEWS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO DEVELOP BIOLOGY LABS THAT ENGAGE ZACHARY AND HIS CLASSMATES.
MS. ANGELA MADE ELLSWORTH TO FRONT.
MISS WONG WAS ATTENTIVE AND INTUITIVE AND SUPPORTED OUR SON AT EVERY TURN IN A STUDY OF CHINESE. DESPITE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE TEACHERS OUT THERE DOING THEIR BEST FOR EVERY CHILD REGARDLESS OF THEIR RACE, AS A PARENT WHO SENDS HER CHILDREN TO PUBLIC SCHOOL, AND THE CITY, I HAVE MY HEART AND MY THROAT, EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WILL I HAVE TO LEAVE MY OWN STUDENTS IN A PANIC AGAIN? BECAUSE MY CHILD HAS BEEN ASSAULTED? THREE TIMES THIS YEAR, I HAD DROPPED EVERYTHING AND RUSHED TO MANY HOWARD AFTER MY SON WAS ATTACKED. THE LAST TIME ON MONDAY JUNE 6, IT WAS MOMA 16 MONDAYS MY SON'S COWS ARE CALLED AND TOLD US SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN THE BATHROOM.
>> LET THAT SINK IN, IT IS BAD.
IMAGINE THE TERROR I FELT AS I CALLED MY ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL MAY ARRANGE FOR COVERAGE DROVE TO COVERAGE ACROSS TOWN.
IT IS BAD. STUDENTS AT A C.P.S.
HAVE BEEN BULLIED AND HARASSED ASSAULTED, RAPE SHOP STABBED AND KILLED AND SCHOOL GROUNDS OR DURING SCHOOL HOURS WERE PARENTS AND FAMILIES IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT THEY ARE SAFE.
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SO PLEASE, DON'T TELL ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE CHANGING THE NAMES OF A COUPLE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS OR DEVELOPING DISPOSE OF EQUITYFOR ALL PLAN >> OKAY NEXT UP WE HAVE MS. DEBBIE ASH.
>> GOOD EVENING ESTEEMED BOARD, I AM HERE TO SPEAK MY NAME IS DEBBIE ASH AS YOU MENTION, FORM A CANDIDATE FOR THIS VERY BORED AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF ISSUES.
THE FIRST BEING THE RESIGNATION OF DR.
HUTCHINGS, AND THE SECOND BEING THE TREATMENT OF PARENTS WHO ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR CHILDREN.
DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE EXCERPT DOCUMENT THAT I SUBMITTED ONLINE.
I DON'T WANT TO READ IT ALL BUT I WILL PICK UP PARTS OF IT, EXCERPT FROM THE ALEXANDER TIMES IN JUNE IT SHOULD BE THE 16TH OF LEE.
DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS WILL NOT READ IT ALL.
BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT PARTS PAGES 13 AND 14, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTRACT THAT THE 2020-21 BOARD HAD RE- UPPED WITH THE 17 SUPERINTENDENT.
SO THEY WENT AHEAD, ALMOST A YEAR IN ADVANCE, TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER CONTRACT.
TOO PREMATURE I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU SAW.
IN THE FUTURE, FROM SUPERINTENDENT HUTCHINGS, THAT HE PRESENTED THE REASONING BEING THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE FOR ANOTHER YEAR EXTEND THE CONTRACT.
SO THE LAST SENTENCE OR THE LAST PARAGRAPH THAT I INCLUDED OUT OF THAT ARTICLE, WAS A QUOTE FROM AMY HILLIS, A PARENT OF ACP ESTERS. PERSONALLY THAT'S A PART I FIND TERRIBLY OFFENSIVE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL BOARD ISSUE THAT CONTRACT, WITH YOU IF THEY HAD NOT ISSUED THAT CONTRACT, WE WOULD NOT BE IN THE HOLE FOR ALL OF THE MONEY.
THAT IS DISCUSSED IN THE PARAGRAPHS CHOIR.
IT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN A NATURAL SEPARATION, AND IT JUST WOULD NOT HAVE PAYOUT HIS CONTRACT.
AGAIN THAT IS A QUOTE FROM AMY HILLIS.
I AGREE WITH MS. PHYLLIS, I BELIEVE THE 2020-21 BOARD'S DECISION ON THE CONTRACT WITH OVER A YEAR AGO WAS TASTY AND ILL-ADVISED.
WITH THE CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE DELAYED OPENING UP AND PURSING LEARNING, AT ACP SCHOOLS DURING COVID-19, ADDITIONALLY THE SUPERINTENDENT PUSHED A RACIALLY DIVISIVE AGENDA THROUGH EQUITY FOR ALL OR EQUALITY FOR ALL, WHY NOT GIVE EVERY STUDENT THE SAME STARTING POINT AND TOOLS AS I HAVE HEARD A COUPLE OF MENTIONED TONIGHT THAT THE TEACHERS AND THE ADMINISTRATION USE DO THEIR JOBS, YOU DO YOUR JOBS, TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND KEEP POLITICS OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. AS A REMINDER DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN AND 18 VIRTUAL LEARNERS VIRTUAL DR.
HODGES MOVED A CHILD FROM SCHOOLS AND PLACE THE CHILD IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL
>> I'M GOING TO STOP YOU RIGHT THERE YOU MAY NOT TALK ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN IN PUBLIC, THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. ALRIGHT SO, SOMEONE LET YOU SAY A GENERAL PERSON TAKING THAT CHILD OUT OF A C.P.S.
SCHOOLS, AND POORLY THING THEM AND MARRIED PARENTS HAVE DONE THAT TAKEN THEM OUT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES DURING COVID-19, THE LAWFUL ACTUALLY INHUMANE MANDATES OF WEARING MASKS 247, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET OFF TRACK FROM AIR, PUTTING THEM INTO A PRIVATE SCHOOL WHERE THEY CAN GO IN PERSON EVERY DAY.
WHEN A C.P.S. DELAYED OPENING FOR IN PERSON LEARNING AND TEACHERS AND THEN MANDATED ART YOU HAVE A COPY OF MY DOCUMENT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> NEXT UP WE HAVE SHAY WESTFALL.
>> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS BRIDGET SHAY WESTFALL AND I AM HERE AS A VOLUNTEER WITH THE ALEXANDRIA CHAPTER OF MOM'S DEMAND ACTION IN THE FORMER GUN SENSE VOTER CANDIDATE FOR SCHOOL BOARD. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, AS AN ACS PARENT OF TWO STUDENTS. MY SONS JAMISON AND PATRICK ARE STUDENTS AT NO EL BROOKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
TWO WEEKS AGO WE WERE ORANGE TO BRING AWARENESS TO GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AS PART OF ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC SCHOOL CAMPAIGN TO OUT OF LIVES ON SITE ON VIOLENCE. OUR FAMILY WAS PROUD A C.P.S.'S COMMITMENT TO THE 19 WEAR ORANGE WEEKEND INVOLVING COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
THAT IS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT, TO ASK A C.P.S.
TO COMMIT TO ANNUAL COMMUNICATIONS ON SAY FIREARM STORAGE AT THE START OF EACH SCHOOL YEAR, AND BEFORE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IN JUNE. AS WELL AS ADDING RESOURCES ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION TO
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THE A C.P.S. WEBSITE.I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ROLLING OUT CHANGES TO THE WAY THE SCHOOL DIVISION COMMUNICATES WITH FAMILY. AND THESE SIMPLE ACTIONS CAN AND DO SAVE LIVES.
BEING A COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR WHERE ORANGE WEEKEND IS A GREAT FIRST STEP BUT LET'S BE DOERS AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE EASY ACCESS TO SAFE FIREARM STORAGE TANK AND SAFETY RESOURCE.
I KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF YOU WOULD ALSO ENDORSE AS MOM DEMANDS ACTION GUN CANDIDATES.
IN ARE COMMITTED TO ENACTING POLICIES AND IMPLEMENTING CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY AROUND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SAVE GUN STORES.
PLEASE SEND AN ANNUAL EVER ONCE SAY FIREARM STORAGE AND CONSIDER PARTNERSHIPS FOR HANDING OUT FREE GUM OXEN OF THE SAFETY MOTHERS WITH THE ALEXANDER SHERIFF AND PARTNERING TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUCH AS ALEXANDER LIBRARY.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WENT INTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS BY CHILDREN, INCREASE SIGNIFICANT LEE.
BETWEEN MARCH AND DECEMBER OF 2020, THERE WAS A 31% INCREASE IN UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTING 20 TEST BY CHILDREN, AND 18% INCREASING AND UNINTENTIONAL INJURIES COMPARED TO THE SAME.
ACCORDING TO EVERY TOWN NOT AN ACCIDENT, THERE HAVE BEEN NEARLY 200 UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS BY CHILDREN IN 2021 ALONE.
RESEARCH SHOWS TO PROTECT CHILDREN AND TEENS, GUN OWNERSHIP STORE GUN LOAD UNLOADED AND LOCKED AND SEPARATE FROM AMMUNITION.
TO COMBAT THIS TRAGIC VIOLENCE ON DIMENSIONAL DUTIES INVOLVED IN ACTION VOLUNTEERS WORK TO GET THIS MESSAGE OUT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SECURE FIREARMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS TO AMPLIFY THE VOICES OF RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERS IN THE SECURE'S PRACTICES THAT THEY RECOMMEND.
AS A SOCIAL WORKER, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL AND FOR PERFECT EFFORT OF JUVENILE OFFICER, AS WELL AS SOMEONE WHO IS A VICTIM OF CRIME INVOLVING GUNS.
I WOULD URGE YOU TO THINK OF CREATIVE WAYS TO ATTRACT AND RECRUIT AND RETAIN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND USE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR STUDENTS THANK YOU.
OKAY, HOLD ON ONE SECOND PERIOD OKAY, SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE COMMENTS THERE ARE SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED AS WELL, SO BOARD MEMBERS YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU TAKE A LOOK.
AND WITH THAT SAID, WE WILL ACTUALLY MOVE ON TO A
[7. Report from Student Representatives Emily Milton and Sylvia Rahim]
REPORT FROM OUR STUDENT REPS, ONE OF WHOM WILL HAVE THIS REPORT WITH US TODAY, SO WILL START WITH SYLVIA OR HE.>> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS AND ATTENDEES WITH 21 THIS BEING MY LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AS A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE WORK HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR ADVOCATING FOR FELLOW STUDENTS IN SCHOOL SYSTEM. WE HOPE TO CONTINUE STUDENTS ADVOCATING FOR STUDENTS WITH THE NEW STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES, THAT WILL BE ANY INTO ME, AND I AM EXTREMELY EXCITED TO PASS ON THE TORCH TO ANOTHER ACS STUDENT WERE I KNOW THEY WILL DO A WONDERFUL JOB. I NOW COME HERE AS AN OFFICIAL GRADUATE OF ALLEN JAMES CITY HIGH SCHOOL IS A TWO SATURDAYS AGO AND BEING ABLE TO BE THE FIRST CLASS GRADUATE WITH A NEW NAME IS EXTREMELY MONUMENTAL AND I KNOW THAT MY CLASS OF 2022 ARE GOING TO GO ON TO DO GREAT THINGS.
I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON JUNE 4, 809 SENIORS GRADUATED.
AND OF THOSE 80943% GRADUATED WITH AN ADVANCE DIPLOMA WHICH IS THE HIGHEST YET.
AND ABOUT 69% WILL BE ATTENDING UNIVERSITIES AT 98 DIFFERENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE FUNDING FOR MANY OF THESE DEGREES WILL COME FROM SCHOLARSHIPS TO THE CLASS OF 2020 THROUGH THAT TOTAL TO ABOUT 1 MILLION $700,000.
FOR 205 TIMES BEING AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP FROM OUR VERY OWN SCHOLARSHIP FUND OF ALEXANDRIA THAT CAN BE RENEWED ALL FOUR YEARS OF COLLEGE. IN THEY WILL BE 30 PATTERNS THAT HAVE TO CONTINUE THEIR ATHLETIC JOURNEY THAT THEY HAVE BEGAN HERE BY SIGNING ON TO COMPETE AND PLAY FOR THE SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE ATTENDING. AND WE ALSO HAVE GRADUATES 22 THAT ARE GOING ON TO THE MILITARY AND 30 SENIORS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLAN CAP 22 YEARS AND 15 GOING ON TO TRADE SCHOOL.
OVERALL THE CLASS OF 22 IS ARGOSY GOING ON TO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS, AND I AM PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AS A CLASS ESPECIALLY THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE HARDSHIPS THAT WE FACE WITH COVERT AND
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READJUSTING TO GOING BACK TO SCHOOL IN PERSON.AFTER LOSING ABOUT TWO YEARS OF THAT SCHOOL AS WELL.
AND DURING ALL OF THE CRAZINESS OF THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, WE HAVE HAD LIKE OUR MAIN FRONT MAN DR.
HUTCHINGS THAT WILL BE LEAVING US. AND DR.
HUTCHINGS HAS DONE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE WORK FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD SUCCEED. I WILL BE SENT TO SEE THEM GO, TO PURSUE HIS ASPIRATIONS, OF FOR ANTIRACISM, IT IS TRULY ADMIRABLE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES EXPERT I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT EVEN AFTER I LEAVE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS BECAUSE OF THE AMAZING STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN RIGHT HERE AS WE HAVE OVER THERE GOING OUT TO ADVOCATE FOR THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE SUCH AMAZING STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND BE BETTER AND ALSO WE HAVE A TEAM THAT TRULY CARES ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF OF A C.P.S.
AS MY FINAL MESSAGE WE CANNOT BE COMPLACENT, REGARDLESS OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THIS YEAR, THERE IS STILL AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE STUDENT CONSISTENCY REGARDLESS OF THE STRICT 23 CIRCUMSTANCES AND NOT ALL THAT'S EMPOWERED TO BE REALIZED BY EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM RIGHT NOW HAS TO PUT IN THAT WORK. THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE BOARD IN SUPERINTENDENT AND HONESTLY EVERYONE HERE FOR THIS GREAT AND POWERFUL EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD ON BEING A STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE AND I HOPE TO VISIT AGAIN SOON.
>> HELLO BOARD MEMBERS I WANT TO FIRST SAY I TOTALLY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING AND SYLVIA SAID IT AND I'M GOING TO BE SENT TO SEE HER LEAVE AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I PERSONALLY SUPPORT STATEMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS REGARDING GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND NOTE THE BOARD CAN MAKE IT A TOP PRIORITY IN THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR.
FIRST I WANT TO SAY HOW PROUD I AM ECS H IS FINISHING UP THE SHARED CHALLENGES AND ALL.
I ALSO HAVE TO GET RECOGNITION OF THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF A C.P.S. TEACHERS AND STAFF IN ALL OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD TO ADJUST TO THROUGHOUT THE SHIP.
I HOPE EVERYONE IS ABLE TO TAKE A 2ND AND GETTING HIMSELF SUFFERED RECOGNITION OF GETTING THROUGH THIS YEAR. I HAVE NOW COMPLETED MY JUNIOR YEAR END AM APPROACHING SENIOR AND REFLECTING BACK MY FELLOW CLASSMATES AND I ARE EXTREMELY THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO TO CONNECT WITH OUR PEERS IN PERSON SHIP AND BE BACK IN THE BUILDING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2020. AS SYLVIA SAID SHE IS PART OF THE FIRST CLASS TO GRADUATE ON THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL NAME WHICH ADDS TO 24 THE FIRST THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS YEAR.
THE ADAPTATIONS THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH ANY SIMPLE COURAGE.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE DR.
HUTCHINGS EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE IN THE FINAL MEETING OF THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR. I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR MANY YEARS, FIRST SINCE IT BECAME THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO HAVE KNOWN AND WORKED WITH HIM. ALTHOUGH THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME THAT I WILL SEE HIM, I WISH HIM LUCK AT ALL THE FUTURE GOALS THAT HE WILL ACCOMPLISH. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT HE IS KNOWN FOR A C.P.S.
I HAD THE HONOR OF ATTENDING THE FIRST LAB FOR STUDENT LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS GROUP THIS GROUP AS A MEMBER. AND LET ME JUST SAY I AM VERY OPTIMISTIC WITH THE PEOPLE OF THIS GROUP.
AND THEY ARE DEFINITELY THE BEST PEOPLE FOR THE JOB.
I AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY ARE HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE BOARD IN A GROUP CAN ACCOMPLISH.
THIS IS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR ME AND THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES I HAVE BEEN GRANTED THIS POSITION CLEARLY AT STUART, I CANNOT WAIT TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN YOU TWO WERE JUST, AN AWESOME GROUP OF LADIES, SAD TO SEE ONE GO HAPPY TO GET TO KEEP ON.
>> THANK YOU MANAGER I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR 25 STUDENT REPS, SIMPLY PUT TISSUES HERE I DON'T KNOW WHY, I GET EMOTIONAL WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR STUDENT REPS, EVEN BEFORE I BECAME VICE CHAIR, I WAS THE ONE THAT MET WITH THE STUDENT REPS EVERY MONTH.
AND ASKED THEM WHAT THEY NEEDED, WHAT THEY NEED TO PLAN AND THEY ALWAYS RAN THE MEETING.
WE HAVE SUCH WONDERFUL STUDENT REPS.
EVERY YEAR THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER, AND IT IS JUST AMAZING AND A GREAT TESTAMENT TO ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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MENTIONED EARLIER. YOU AND EMILY BRING SUCH PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION TO THIS PARTICULAR POSITION TO MAKE OUR SCHOOL BETTER FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND TO ENGAGE WITH OUR STUDENTS WHAT THOSE STUDENT MEANS AND YOU BRING TO THE BOARD. WE JUST APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT IN THE WAY THAT YOU DELIVER THAT TO US.IT IS BEEN A DIFFICULT YEAR THAT WE ARE YOU AS WELL.
WITH THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE HANDLED IT, IS JUST TOP-NOTCH, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT, AND SO WHAT I SENT YOU MUST COME BACK IN BUSINESS, AS YOU JOURNEY OFF TO UVA WILL BE FOLLOWING YOU, WE WILL FOLLOW EVERY STEP OF THE WAY SUE AND GET THAT STUDYING IT.
COME BACK TO BUSINESS AND EMILY WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO DO IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
BECAUSE HAVING BEING ABLE TO MOVE UP, AS A JUNIOR TO A SCENE YOU LEARN SO MUCH THAT SHE HAS BUT WHAT YOU CAN BESTOW UPON TO THOSE COMING UP.
WITH YOU, IS GOING TO BE THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH I LOOK FORWARD TO. WE JUST LOVE YOU, ALL THAT YOU HAVE 26 DONE, AND PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE SOME INTRODUCTIONS TO MAKE.
[8. Introduction of 2022-2023 Student Representatives to the School Board, and International Academy Student Liaison]
BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING SYLVIA BUT STRANGELY WE ARE GETTING TWO NEW FRIENDS.SO I WILL EXPLAIN THAT IT IN A LITTLE BIT.
BUT FIRST LET ME INTRODUCE SO OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR AS YOU HAVE HEARD. MISS EMILY MILITANT WILL STAY ALONG WITH THAT SO WE WILL GIVE HER A HAND.
[APPLAUSE] AND SOMEONE KNEW WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE, MR. LORENZO RICKS.
[APPLAUSE] SO THESE ARE OUR STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR 22-23 SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WAIT WE HAVE MORE.
WE WANT TO INTRODUCE TO YOU SOMEONE NEW.
AND THAT IS ZARA RAHEEM E, SO SORRY IF YOU CAN COME ON UP.
>> SO VICE CHAIR GREAT AND I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF DOING THESE INTERVIEWS, THIS IS MY SECOND TIME DOING THESE INTERVIEWS THIS YEAR, AND THERE IS ALWAYS SUCH A CHALLENGE AND A DILEMMA, IT IS SO HARD, BECAUSE THE STUDENTS WHO GET PUT IN FRONT OF US, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING AMAZING AND UNIQUE, OBVIOUSLY VALUABLE ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.
AND WHAT WE REALIZE MS. GREEN 27 AND I AS WE ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH AND WERE DELIBERATING MY GOSH WHAT WE DO, WE OBVIOUSLY WE ARE NOT GETTING RID OF EMILY, THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT, WHAT REALLY IT BECAME CLEAR IS THAT WHERE WE WERE LOOKING FOR WAS SORT OF A DIFFERENTIATION IN PERSPECTIVE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THREE. ZARA IS ACTUALLY GOING TO PILOTS A NEW POSITION. AND THIS POSITION IS GOING TO BE A INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY STUDENT LIAISON TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT IS A VOICE THAT IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE, AND IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT WE TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BRIDGING THE GAP.
OR BUILDING THE BRIDGE, BETWEEN THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY, AND THE REST OF TDC WILLIAMS ISAAC.
AND WE REALLY FELT LIKE SHE WAS THE PERSON, IF WE ARE GOING TO DESIGN THIS POSITION, YOU SIT DOWN WITH HER SHE IS GOING TO HAVE A PATHWAY FOR US.
TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
SO WE NOW HAVE, 422-23 TO STUDENT REPS, AND THE
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LIAISON TO THE SCHOOL BOARD SO WE EXPECT THE STREET TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD THESE BRIDGES, AND ALSO CONNECT THE DOTS FOR US AS A SCHOOL BOARD.SO WE APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, VERY EXCITED,
>> OBJECT JUST HAVE TO SAY A FUNNY QUESTION IN THE INTERVIEW, HE SAID HE WAS TALKING THIS POSITION INTO EXISTENCE. AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW TO RINSE OUT YOU TALK IT INTO EXISTENCE SO WE WANT TO SEE THAT WORK BEHIND THE TALKING INTO EXISTENCE SO IT THANK YOU ALL RIGHT.
28 >> HE IS ALSO EAGER WE GOTTA PUT INTO WORK OVER THE SUMMER PLEASE LET ME KNOW I AM HERE.
DON'T WORRY WE WILL PUT YOU TO WORK OKAY.
SO THANK YOU GUYS LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH OF YOU AND YOU GOT YOUR CHOCOLATE.
OKAY WE HAVE MORE RECOGNITION.
>> WE ARE LOSING, SHE IS RETIRING, AND SHE JUST LOOKED AT ME AND SAID ZERO MY GOSH.
DR. TERRY MOZINGO IF YOU COULD STAND FOR A MOMENT. SHE WILL BE RETIRING, SHE HAS BEEN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RIGHT-HAND SINCE HE IS BEEN HERE.
THERE ARE A LOT OF QUIET FORCES IN A C.P.S.
AND DR. MOZINGO IS ONE OF THOSE QUIET FORCES.
SHE LEADS A VERY LARGE TEAM THAT IS A VERY COMPLEX TASK, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP.
WHICH IS SOME OF THE THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK THAT WE DO.
AND SHE IS JUST SO VERY RESPECTED, AMONG HER TEAMS. DR. MOZINGO, DID YOU ARE LEAVING THIS LOSS. BUT AS A BOARD, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT, I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU, THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKING WOMEN I HAVE EVER MET.
DR. MOZINGO YOU HAVE TO TELL HER TO STOP WORKING, YOU HAVE TO START OVER TO STOP WORKING, BECAUSE SHE IT WILL BE SUNDAY AT 5:00 A.M.
AND SHE'S LIKE WHAT YOU NEED SOMETHING? SO I AM GLAD THAT YOU WILL GOING TO GET TO STOP WORKING I HOPE YOU JUST TAKE SOME TIME.
SO WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME YOU HAVE AFFECTED A LOT OF CHILDREN'S 29 LIVES AND WE JUST REALLY APPRECIATE YOU.
AND WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.
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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I AM USUALLY NOT AT A LOSS FOR WORDS, BUT I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, SUPERINTENDENT, COMMUNITY, FAMILY, THIS IS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY.
IT IS BEEN A GOOD JOURNEY, AND I REMEMBER WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO LEAVE NORTH CAROLINA AND HE SAID A GREAT JOB IN A COMMUNITY CALLED
ALEXANDRIA. >> I CANNOT SHARE WITH YOU IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST JOB THAT I'VE EVER HAD MY LIFE.
AND I REALLY FEEL THAT THIS HAS BECOME FOR ME AND FOR YOU A GREAT COMMUNITY, SOME REALLY GOOD WORK HAS OCCURRED, I KNOW THAT WE ARE STILL ON THE JOURNEY, AND WE ARE STILL STRIVING TO ACTUALLY BECOME THIS HIGH-PERFORMING SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I KNOW THAT WILL HAPPEN, IT IS BITTERSWEET ON A NUMBER OF LEVELS AS YOU CAN SEE IT IS EMOTIONAL, IT IS STILL VERY SAFE FOR ME, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT IT COMES A TIME IN LIFE WHEN YOU NEED TO PURSUE SOME DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, MY DAUGHTER IS IN ANOTHER STATE, AND SHE HAS ASKED TO COME AND SPEND SOME TIME WITH HER FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS, SO WE SAID OKAY WE WILL CONSIDER DOING THAT, SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING, BUT I WILL STAY IN TOUCH.
I WILL SEND E-MAILS, I WILL FOLLOW ALEXANDRIA AND I WILL 30 CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT I SHARE ANY NEW IDEAS AND BEST PRACTICES, BUT I KNOW WE ARE ON OUR WAY.
AND THAT THIS HAS BEEN A GOOD EXPERIENCE FOR ME PERSONALLY, AND PROFESSIONALLY I THINK THE COMMUNITY BUT I THINK OUR PRINCIPLES, OUR TEACHERS, STUDENTS IN OUR FAMILIES, I THINK YOU ALL, SO THIS IS JUST EIGHT NEW BEGINNING FOR ALL OF US AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUCH A SURPRISE.
AND I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY BUT I LOVE TO WATCH, I'VE BEEN WANTING A WATCH THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] I AM GLAD TO THE WATCH.
SO, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ALONG THE
[9. Closed Meeting]
AGENDA, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE A SHIP.WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION SO I NEED MET VICE CHAIR TO CERTIFY THE CLOSING.
>> METAL CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CONVENED CLOSE MEETING
[10. Certification of Closed Meeting]
PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2 -- 3711, 829 FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS, ABETTORS, OR OFFICE AND DISCUSSION OF THE TERM OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT, FOR DISCUSSION IS WHERE DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION IT WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE BOARD SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CHARLES BARRETT HVAC RENOVATION CONTRACT IN THE SCIENCE TEXTBOOK CONTRACT.MANAGER MOVED THE BOARD CAN SHE 2.2 -- 3711 FOR DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF EMPLOYMENT 31 PERFORMANCE AND CONTRACTUAL MATTERS FOR 2500 SPECIFIC PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. AND MATT I'M SURE I MOVE THE BOARD CONVENED CLOSE MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2S371182 FOR THE DISCUSSION OF STUDENT INFORMATION THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE SCHOLASTIC RECORD. CONCERNING ANY STUDENT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND LIAISON TO THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.
>> SECOND >> OKAY SO I HAVE A DR.
REIF AS A SECOND WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE,
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OKAY WE WILL GOING TO CLOSE AND THEN WE RETURN.>> YES. >> YES, OKAY NOW WE CAN GO INTO CLOSE.
>> THE RETREAT WITH THE FACILITATOR TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR GOVERNANCE ISSUES, AND THESE OPERATING PROCEDURES AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS HOW WE WORKED EFFECTIVELY TOGETHER, AND I THINK THAT, AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY HOW WE WERE TOGETHER, AND SO I THINK, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY
[Consent Calendar]
TO JUST HAVE A PRESENTATION, MAYBE FROM A WOULD BE USEFUL AT THIS TIME, AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT 32 COMMUNICATION.IN OUR ROLE IN OUR, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR CIRCLING BACK TO THIS IN THE FALL THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME.
>> I WOULD BE OKAY TO CIRCLE BACK OF THIS IN THE FALL IF WE NEEDED TO TO HAVE LAURIE COME BACK AND I THINK FRANKLY THAT
[20. Budget Advisory Committee (BAC) 2021-2022 End of Year Report]
WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING INTO THEM SUPERINTENDENT IN PLACE, I THINK WE HAVE TO VISIT THESE OPERATING PROCEDURES ANYWAY, WHATEVER WHO THAT PERSON'S WE WILL LIKELY BE WORKING WITH THEM, FOR THE NEXT YEAR.UNTIL WE FIND OUR PERMANENT SUPERINTENDENT.
>> ALL RIGHT SO, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MR.
ELNOUBI >> CAN ASK A QUESTION?
>> SHORT >> FOR THE LANGUAGE OF AMENDMENT, IF WE ARE POSTPONING IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO AMEND THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE NOW?
>> I THINK WE NEED TO FIRST SEE IF THE MOTION CARRIES.
MR. BAILEY, I GUESS I AM A LITTLE BIT MIXED UP AND CONFUSED.
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WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS ABOUT THIS, AND THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, IN THE END LORI SAID DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? AND SO FORTH, WHY DIDN'T WE BRING THIS UP THEN? WHY DID NOT TALK ABOUT THAT? I AM JUST CURIOUS? WHY WE DIDN'T? WHY WE DID NOT DISCUSS IT THEN. AND MY THINK IS ALSO, THIS IS BEEN GOING ON SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS WE'VE BEEN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT[26. School Board Operating Procedures]
THIS. RIGHT? SO I AM SURE IF THERE WERE SOME SERIOUS ISSUES, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD DURING 33 THE LAST MEETING.I MEAN,, THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT COMES ON, HE OR SHE, IF THEY HAVE ISSUES WE CAN ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET SO CAUGHT UP THAT WE FORGET THE POWER THAT WE HAVE AS IT RELATES TO, THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AND BRING UP, AND PULL THINGS DOWN AND REDO THEM, AND REWRITE THEM AS WE SEE FIT, AS A COMMUNITY SEES FIT, AS THE STUDENTS THINK WE SHOULD HANDLE THINGS.
I AM HONESTLY, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF PULLING IT.
I JUST THINK WE HAVE BEEN WE HAVE BEEN PICK THIS UP ENOUGH, AND WE NEED TO MOVE
ON. >> OKAY YOU ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF POSTPONING INTO THE FALL.
DR. REIF? >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND TO RESPOND TO THE POINTS THAT YOU RAISE WHICH I THINK ARE VALID.
WHEN WE, OUR RETREATS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THERE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MEDIA WHO WROTE A STORY ABOUT THIS.
AND I THINK YOU KNOW, I KNOW I GOT QUESTIONS FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AFTERWARDS, AND EVEN THOUGH I THINK THOSE MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC, IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS REPORTED SO MUCH SO PEOPLE CANNOT GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THE DISCUSSION WAS, SO MY THINKING IS JUST AGAIN, AND PERHAPS IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE APPROVE AND REVISIT IN THE FALL, BUT I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE COMMUNITY FROM A TRANSPARENCY STANDPOINT, IF WE HAVE 34 SOME PRESENTATION ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE AGAIN I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE RETREAT MEETINGS, OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS TALKING ABOUT, WORKING TOGETHER TO LIKE KIND OF HELP THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTAND OUR ROLE AS BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I THINK IF WE WERE TO DISCUSS THIS DOCUMENT PUBLICLY, I THINK IT WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY TO BE A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION WITH US, THAT IS KIND OF WHERE I AM COMING FROM ON THIS ISSUE.
>> MR. HARRIS. >> YES, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
REIF, I DO NOT AGREE IT SHOULD BE DONE NOW.
I THINK THESE THINGS SHOULD BE REVISITED, BUT WE ARE GOING TO ENGAGE A MONUMENTAL TASK WHEN WE COME BACK.
AND I DO NOT BELIEVE, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD ENGAGE IN NOW.
THE MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC, AS WELL AS THE DOCUMENT.
SO THE PUBLIC HAS THE DISCRETION TO REPEAT THESE DOCUMENTS AS THEY SEE FIT. AND I THINK WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF UNDUE PRESSURE
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FROM THE SO-CALLED MEDIA IN THE CITY, TO PUSH SOME THINGS, WHEN THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES.AND I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS NOT SIGNIFICANT.
BUT I JUST DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE SHOULD BE DEALT WITH NOW.
AND I DISAGREE WITH THIS NOW THANK YOU.
>> YES THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. HARRIS, 35 BECAUSE YOU SAID EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.
AS IT RELATES TO WE CAN ALSO PULL SOMETHING WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE JUST IMPORTANT, THAT WE CAN IT FALL COMES AROUND WE CAN GO OVER THIS DOCUMENT BUT THIS DOCUMENT IS ALSO GOING TO BE ONLINE.
IN THE PUBLIC WANTS TO BEAT IT UP THE COMPUTER. IN THE FALL WHEN WE COME BACK, WE READ ABOUT IT AND IF WE THINK IT DESERVES TO BE CHANGE WE CAN DO THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW I JUST DO NOT, I MEAN, MISS BOOZ, I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU HAD TO ADD.
I JUST THINK WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT TONIGHT, AND BE DONE WITH IT.
THANK YOU. >> OKAY LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE FIRST MOTION.
SO MR. ELNOUBI'S MOTION IS TO POSTPONE APPROVAL OR VOTING ON THIS THIS EVENING UNTIL THE FALL.
>> OKAY SO THE MOTION DID NOT CARRY, SO NOW WE NEED A MOTION FROM MISS BOOZ ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, SHOULD I MOVE TO APPROVE IT THEN AMEND IT? MOVE TO APPROVE DOCUMENT? OKAY ALL RIGHT GREAT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE PROCEDURE STUFF, OKAY MET UP CHAIR I MOVE THAT WE AMEND THE BOARD OPERATING DOCUMENT ON PAGE 12 NUMBERS SEVEN, TO SAY I HAD IT UP, WRITTEN RESPONSES FROM A C.P.S. COMMUNICATIONS TO THE MEDIA ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
>> OKAY SO I HAVE A MOTION FROM MISS BOOZ IN A SECOND BY DR.
REIF, MADAME CLERK, AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THAT WE CAN VOTE.
>> TOLD ON I THINK THERE IT SHOULD SAY WRITTEN RESPONSES FROM A C.P.S.
COMMUNICATIONS. >> HAS WRITTEN RESPONSES FROM A C.P.S.
COMMUNICATIONS SO YOU WANT TO ADD FROM A C.P.S.
COMMUNICATIONS, AND FORWARD TO THE
MEDIA. >> OKAY, SO THAT ITEM IS DONE, AND SO NOW WE HAVE TO VOTE TO ADOPT THE FULL CONSENT CALENDAR, WITH THE OPERATING PROCEDURES I AM SORRY.
ALL RIGHT, SO DO YOU WANT A MOTION FOR THAT? ALRIGHT SO I DO HAVE A MOTION? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SECOND MR.
HARRIS? >> SECOND >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDED OPERATOR BOARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
>> SECOND. ALL RIGHT NOW WE ARE ADOPTED.
OKAY, MOVING ON, WE HAVE SOME POLICY REVISIONS.
HERE? >> YES, MA'AM I AM HERE.
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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD EVENING MADAM CHAIR AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I HAVE A COUPLE OF POLICIES TONIGHT COMING FOR INFORMATION.
SOME POLICY REVISIONS, SO JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, ONE OF THE POLICIES THE EQUITY AUDIT OUR OBJECTIVE 37 HERE IN THESE SYSTEMS AND THE POLICIES, OUTLINE GUIDE AND SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL EQUITY IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE A COMMITTEE OF AUDIT TEAM OF STAFF MENTORS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES THAT PARTICIPATE IN ONE OF THESE POLICIES, THE REST WERE REGULATION CHANGES GOING INTO CODE.
WE HAVE AS PROCESS AT THIS POINT THE PROCESS HAS GONE THROUGH THE STEPS AND IS GOING TO BE APPROVED.
STEP OVER HERE IN THE RIGHT, AT THIS POINT TIME, I THINK A QUICK REMINDER IS A POLICY IS A BELIEF STATEMENT BY THE BOARD AND CODE AND REGULATIONS OR METHODS OF INVITATIONS BECAUSE I SAY THAT WE'VE DONE A REORGANIZATION OF SOME OF THE CONTENT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ALIGNS WITH THESE IDEAS IN THESE DEFINITIONS. ALWAYS HAVE THESE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS TO SUPPORT EQUITY FOR ALL IN THE CODE FOR VIRGINIA.
AND TO THE REVISIONS TO SUPPORT SYSTEMIC ALIGNMENT, THIS IS WHEN YOUR KEY TOOLS AS A BOARD TO MAKE SURE BUSINESS GET TOGETHER AND THE POLICIES HAVE TO ALIGNED TO THE BUDGET, AND THEY HAVE TO ALIGN WITH YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO TONIGHT WE ARE PROPOSING TWO GROUPS. I WILL GROUP THESE INTO DIFFERENT WAYS THE FIRST ONE IS THE EQUITY AUDIT REVISION, AND THIS IS POLICY JC'S THIS IS A POLICY THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION ON MAY 5.
AND WE PROPOSE SOME IDEAS AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK AS IT WERE ON 38 SOME SUGGESTED IDEAS FROM THE POLICY.
SO WE ARE ACTING ON THOSE AND COMING BACK WITH INFORMATION AND A DRAFT BASED ON THAT. THE OTHER ONES ARE CHANGES ACCORDING TO CODE AND FACEMASKS SO WE WILL TREAT THOSE TWO ARE SEPARATE CONCEPTS IS IDEAS.
AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE TO HAVE A CHANGES AROUND EVERY POLICY FOR EXAMPLE. WE REMOVE GENDER FROM THE LANGUAGE ET CETERA.
THE STANDARD PROCEDURES, AND SO I AM NOT GOING TO COVER THAT SORT OF THING IN MY CHANGES.
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CHANGES HERE IS EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE'S MORE DETAILS AND THE MORE DETAILS PROVIDED AND THERE ARE REDLINED CHANGES WITH MARKED UP COMMENTS ON EVERYTHING.
SO THEY CAN MOVE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THESE THINGS.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING SEVERAL CHANGES, MOST OF THESE REPRESENT AT
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THE BOARD, AT THE WORK SESSION.SO THE FIRST THING THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE BOARD WORK SESSION WE ARE RECOMMENDED THAT WE WOULD FOCUS THE DESIGNATED PROGRAMS FOR OPTIONS ON THOSE THAT ARE TRULY CONSTRUCTIONAL HE AND UNIQUE AT THOSE LEVELS SO THAT IS THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE, SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT ONLY THEY DO LANGUAGE PROGRAMS ARE CONSIDERED OPT IN PROGRAMS, FOR STUDENTS. AND SO WE ARE REMOVING A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE MODIFIED CALENDAR SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR, IT HAS AN OPT IN PROGRAM, AND THAT HELPS US TO FOCUS AND NOT DO THINGS WITH TRANSPORTATION KIDS INSTRUCTIONALLY ESSENTIALLY THE
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SAME. 39 ALSO, AT THIS POINT ON ONLY OPT OUT OF GRADES EIGHT 6-8.AT THE K8 PROGRAM AND THEN OF COURSE OPTING OUT IF THE TWO LANGUAGE PROGRAM DOES NOT ALSO OFFER AN ENGLISH RAG AND YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN DUAL LANGUAGE YOU CAN OPT OUT OF THERE AS WELL. THAT REALLY IS THE ONLY OPT OUTS OF THE POLICIES.
FOCUSING ON THE OPT INS AND OPT OUTS WE ARE MISSING COMPLEXITY WHEN WE MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY.
THE SECOND MAJOR CHANGE, IS THE RETURNING OF STUDENTS TO THEIR ATTENDANCE ZONE SCHOOLS IF THERE IS SPACE AVAILABLE.
THE CURRENT POLICY IS ONCE YOU IN
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THE SCHOOL THAT YOUR STAY.BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY CAN BE SITUATIONS WHERE A SMALL LITTLE BLIP IN ATTENDANCE MIGHT CAUSE A STUDENT TO BE HAVE THE CAPACITY REASSIGNED TO ANOTHER SCHOOL.
AND THEN THEY ARE CONTINUING TO BE BLESS ACROSS THE COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS WHEN THERE IS SPICE RACK AT THE BUILDING.
AND YOU FACTOR IN SIBLING PREFERENCE WITH THAT AS WELL YOU CAN HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE LOTS OF KIDS ARE BEING BUSED BUT WHEN THEY DO NEED TO BE BLESSED, BECAUSE THERE IS CAPACITY BACK AT THEIR BUILDINGS. YOU COULD END UP IN SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'RE BEING BUSSED TWO DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE YOU BUILD ANOTHER BUILDING UP AND KIDS ARE BEING BUSSED BACK, SO WE WANT THE KIDS TO BE MORE IN THEIR LOCAL BUILDINGS TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.
AND SO THIS AND THAT CHANGE IS RETURNING THOSE KIDS BACK TO THEIR 40 ATTENDANCE ZONE SCHOOL IF THERE IS SPACE AVAILABLE IN THOSE SCHOOLS. THAT HAPPENS TWICE A YEAR IT HAPPENS AT THE NATURAL BRACE.
WHICH IS WINTER HOLIDAY IN THE SUMMERTIME.
SO WE NOT LOOKING TO CHANGE A KID YOU KNOW IN MARCH OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YOU HAVE THESE NATURAL BREAKS.
AND RETURNING THOSE KIDS BACK IF SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
OF COURSE AT THE BEGINNING AT THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IS THE PREFERABLE WAY.
AND THAT IS PART OF THE NATURAL BUDGETING PROCESS AS WE GO THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE CAPACITY FOR BUILDINGS EVERY YEAR.
THE NEW CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE NOT DISCUSSED AT THE BOARD WORK SESSION THAT CAME FORWARD FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, IS THE CONCEPT OF A CAPACITY REASSIGNMENT CLUSTER.
RIGHT NOW THE POLICY SAYS THAT A STUDENT IS CAPACITY REASSIGNED AND IT WILL BE TO THE CLOSEST BUILDING CLOSER SCHOOL WITH SPACE WHERE THEIR RESIDENCES.
BUT THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T HAVE KIDS BUST ALL OVER THE COUNTY, EVEN KIDS WHO LEX LIVE NEXT DOOR TO EACH OTHER COULD BE BUSSED TO VERY DIFFERENT PLACES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO ENROLL IN DIFFERENT YEARS.
SO THE SUGGESTION IS SORT OF LIMIT THE SCOPE OF THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SO INSTEAD OF STAYING IN THEY CAN BE BUSSED TO ANY BUILDING IN THE COUNTY. THIS HAPPENS TO BE THE CAPACITY, THEY WILL BE GROUPED SCREWS INTO CLUSTERS ABOUT FOUR SCHOOLS.
AND SEE THEIR CAPACITY AND ADJUSTMENTS ALL WITHIN THE CLUSTER.
AND THAT HELPS TO 41 REDUCE THE AMOUNT THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSFERS ACROSS THE
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COUNTY, IT HELPS KEEP THE KIDS TOGETHER, MORE SO AND IT SIMPLIFIES THE ROUTES AS WELL AND THIS IS THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ROUTES, SO SIMPLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF FREEDOM AND KEEPING THOSE KIDS TOGETHER LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT IS A NEW CONCEPT THAT WAS NOT DISCUSSED AT THE WORK SESSION.THAT IS COMING FROM THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE, AS THEY HAVE LOOKED THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS AND THAT SORT OF THING. ANOTHER MINOR CHANGE IS THAT OPT OUT OF THE PROGRAMMATIC TRANSFERS AND THOSE ARE LIMITED.
THOSE ARE JUST THE'S DIVERSION PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT OFFER ANYTHING ON THAT. BUT ANY ENGLISH ALL MOUNT VERNON OR K GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT PROGRAMS. THEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE CLOSEST SCHOOL TO THE PROGRAM RATHER THAN THE CLOSEST SCHOOL TO THEIR RESIDENTS.
IN THE IDEA THAT THERE THAT SIMILAR TO THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE CLUSTERS YOU CAN HAVE TWO KIDS AT TWO DIFFERENT AGAIN, OF HIS OWN, AND BEING BUSSED TO TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS SO THIS WAY IF YOU DON'T GO TO THE SCHOOL YOU ALSO GO TO THIS ONE.
THE CLOSER SCHOOL OF CAPACITY.
SIMILAR TO THE CLUSTER CONCEPT TRYING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRANSPORTATION TIME FOR THOSE KIDS.
THE NEXT ONE IS SIBLING PREFERENCE.
NOW, THIS ONE RIGHT NOW THE SIBLING WILL STAY IN THEIR SCHOOL, THEY WILL GET THE PREFACE TO THE SCHOOL AND THAT'S A STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED IN AND THAT STILL 42 REMAINS IN PLACE, THE WE REALIZE THAT WITH THE CHANGE OH RETURNING STUDENTS TO THEIR ATTENDANCE ZONE SCHOOL WHEN THEY ARE IS SPACE, THEN ANY SIBLINGS ALONG WOULD COME BACK ALONG HERE. SO WE ARE THINKING THAT THE WHOLE SIBLING PREFERENCE SITUATION IF THE CAPACITY TRANSFER IT ARE ALL SORT OF COME BACK TOGETHER. SO WE DON'T SEE A LOT OF IMPACT OR RECOMMENDED CHANGE WHICH IS THAT SIBLING PREFERENCES WHILE THEIR PHOBIA SIBLING SEAT RECEIVES THE TRANSFER REMAINS AT THE FORWARD. SO WE THINK THAT THAT WOULD REALLY AFFECT MORE ADMINISTRATIVE TRANSFERS, WHICH STUDENTS ARE PLACED THERE FOR MINISTRY PURPOSES, RATHER THAN THE CAPACITY TRANSFERS.
AT WE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT TO THE FAMILY SAY HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THE SITUATION WHERE THE CHILD HAS AN ADMINISTRATOR TRANSFER HERE THEY GOING TO BE EXITING FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS.
WE HAVE A KINDERGARTNER COMING IN, DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE AT YOUR ATTENDANCE ZONE SCHOOL WHERE THEY CAN SAY THERE FOR THE ENTIRE TIME? OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE AT ANOTHER SCHOOL FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND THEN RETURNED TO THE ATTENDANCE ZONE SCHOOL. SO I WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT.
WE THINK THIS IS ONE MORE THING ONCE AGAIN TO REDUCE THOSE AMOUNT OF TRANSFERS AND BUSES MOVING AROUND THE DIVISION AND RETURNING THOSE KIDS BACK TO THE ATTENDANCE ZONE SCHOOL.
THIS CHANGE IS ALSO REALLY HELP US SIMPLIFY THINGS AS YOU WILL MOVING INTO YOUR PROCESS.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS SO MUCH TRANSFERS IS 43 COMPLICATED.
THE NEXT TERM AS WE STANDARDIZE ATTENDANCE ZONE AS YOU HEARD ME SAY REPEATEDLY, POLICIES TALK ABOUT THAT ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF STANDARD IN THE ATTENDANCE ZONE WE THINK THE SUPERVISED THINGS AND THEN THERE IS A PROVISION ABOUT IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATIONS AROUND REGISTRATION JUST WHEN YOU REFER TO THE SUPERINTENDENT TO STAFF TO GET EVERYBODY REGISTERED. SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE MORE CAPACITY IN THE BUILDING AND CORRECTED FOR BUDGET PURPOSES.
SO THAT IS IT ON THE JC COME UP MOST OF THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU HAVE NOT HEARD BEFORE WAS THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE CAPACITY REASSIGNMENT CLUSTERS.
THEY WERE NOT PRESENTED PUBLICLY BEFORE.
THE OTHER ONES ARE CODE CHANGES OR CHANGES TO THE COVID-19, THIS IS A ROUND FACE BEST REQUIREMENTS.
AND POLICIES OF RELATIONS ROUND FACE MASK, THOSE CHANGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR END WE ARE JUST CLEANING THAT UP, SO IN THE SITUATION IT IMPACTED THE STUDENT WELLNESS POLICY, MOVING LANGUAGE AROUND THE PROTECTIVE FACE COVERINGS.
AND THEN ALSO WE DID SOME THINGS AROUND THE STAFF HEALTH POLICY.
BUT WE REALIZE THERE ARE STILL COVID-19 PROTOCOLS IN PLACE, THAT ARE NOT JUST FACE COVERINGS. AND THE STUDENT HEALTH POLICY THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE REGULATION IT ASSERTED A BIG TEN, BUT IN THE STAFF IT
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WAS NOT, IT WAS ALL AROUND PROTECTIVE FACE COVERING POLICY OR REGULATION UP SORRY. SO WHAT WE RECOMMEND IS THAT WE 44 STRIKE THE PERFECT FACE COVERING AND CREATE A NEW REGULATION WHICH IS SIMPLY CALLED COMPANY PROCEDURES AND WE MOVED TO GO OVER PROCEDURES THAT NEED TO REMAIN IN PLACE FOR EXAMPLE STAFF REPORTING TO HUMAN RESOURCES IF THEY ARE FEELING ILL AND THAT SORT OF THING.TO HAVE IT AND THAT REGULATION SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A PLACE AND REGULATIONS FOR PROBABLY EVER-CHANGING RULES, AS IT LOOK LIKE COVID-19 IS NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY A FORGERY.
SO YOU HAVE A PLACE TO DO THAT SO IF YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING AND SPEND THE REGULATION SPOT AND IF IT'S REALLY WELL, AND THE POLICY STRUCTURE IN THE SET UP NICELY FOR EVER-CHANGING RULES.
AND GATHERS COMING DOWN FROM THE CDC ET CETERA RELATING TO COVID-19.
KATE KATE WHICH IS SCHOOL VISITORS, AGAIN THIS ONE IS MOSTLY RELATED TO COVID-19 CHANGES IN FACEMASK AND TESTING PROCEDURES AND ALL OF THOSE STEPS.
WE DID EXPAND THE SCOPE A LITTLE BIT TO INCLUDE VOLUNTEERS, AND IT WAS A GOOD THING BECAUSE THIS POLICY WAS SILENT ON VOLUNTEERS, YOU HAVE VISITORS AND STAFF, BUT THERE WAS NO VOLUNTEERS SERVING A WHOLE BETWEEN THE TWO. SO WE ADDED VOLUNTEERS IN THE SCOPE OF IT. WE ADDED VALID FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION IS THE POLICY DOES NOT TALK ABOUT THE FORMS OF IDENTIFICATION THAT PEOPLE CAN PRESENT. TO BE ADMITTED AS A VENDOR SO WE ADDED THAT FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES.
AND THE POLICY SPEAKS ABOUT CIVILITY IN INTERACTIONS WITH STAFF MEMBERS.
AND STUDENTS 45 AND PUBLIC, ON SCHOOL GROUNDS AND SCHOOL EVENTS.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT GIVEN THE EXPANSION OF HOW MUCH WE INTERACT WITH PEOPLE DIGITALLY AND ELECTRONICALLY, THAT THIS WAS A JUDICIOUS TIME TO SAY HEY, THOSE SAME RULES APPLY TO ELECTRONIC INTERACTION.
SO WE HAVE EXPANDED THE POLICY AND THE CONCEPT TO SAY WE EXPECT CIVILITY IN OUR IN PERSON INTERACTIONS. BUT ALSO IN OUR ENTERAL ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS.
I GUESS YOU HAVE TO SAY HEY, THE RULES APPLY IN PERSON ALSO APPLY ELECTRONICALLY, THAT IS REALLY WHAT IS THAT IS SAYING PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SAY THAT BUT I THINK WE DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY THAT. SO NATURALLY BUT THAT DOES IS EXTEND THOSE CIVILITY CONCEPTS OUT TO INTERACTION.
AND THAT IS REALLY AT THE NEXT STEP IS TO APPROVE THE POLICY.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A MEETING WITH US CAN HAPPEN THAT'S FOR YOUR INFORMATION TONIGHT.
AND WE WILL COME FROM ACTION SOME POINT OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER.
SO THAT IS IT AND I'D BE HAPPY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
>> OKAY THANK YOU MR. SMITH DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? SO MR.
BAILEY >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO I HAVE GOT THREE QUESTIONS TO ON ONE POLICY AND ONE ANOTHER.
SO, LET ME START WITH THIS ONE IS I THINK MINOR, ON THE SCHOOL VISITORS AND VOLUNTEERS, THE KK POLICY.
IT STARTS WITH THE STATE HAS A MAIN BULLET THE SCHOOL EXPECTS MUTUAL RESPECTABILITY AND 46 ORDERLY CONDUCT FROM ALL INDIVIDUALS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY AT ACPS OFFENSE. DOES THAT COME UP WHEN WE ARE SAYING SCHOOL PROPERTY WE ALSO, WE INCLUDED THAT AS LIKE THE SCHOOL BOARD ROOMS OR OTHER PROPERTY THAT IS NOT A SCHOOL HOUSE ITSELF? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY THAT?
>> YES THAT IS THE INTENT, AND IT REFERS TO SCHOOL SYSTEM PROPERTY, WHETHER THAT BE OWN OR RELEASE, SPACE IS SO YES THE INTENT IS THAT IT APPLIES TO
EVENTS, SO IF YOU ARE HAVING AN EVENT AT SOME OF THE FACILITY, SO YOU USE THE FACILITY FOR AN EVENT, IT WILL REQUIRE THERETO.
>> I GUESS MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO ADD JUST A CLARIFYING WORD AND THERE WHERE THERE IS ACPS PROPERTY ALL PROPERTY, AND THEN ALSO SPONSORED EVENTS.
>> YUP, WILL DO THAT THANKS FOR THE SUGGESTION.
>> GREAT THANK YOU YES THE OTHER ONE ON PAGE TWO IT TALKS ABOUT STUDENTS REASSIGNED TO CAPACITY WILL BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST AND ACTUALLY THE CAPACITY COMES OPEN, HALFWAY
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THROUGH THE YEAR STUDENTS WILL THEN BE MOVED BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL, I AM CONCERNED THAT BY TAKING OUT THE WORD OPTION, BECAUSE IT DOES SAY WE CUT THE LINE TO BE GIVEN THE OPTION FOR REASSIGNMENT, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT COULD PROVIDE A DISRUPTION THAT MAY NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENT TO HAVE TO HAVE THEM MOVE HALFWAY 47 THROUGH THE SCHOOL YEAR, AND I WANT TO KEEP OPTION AT LEAST FOR THE HALFWAY, I CAN UNDERSTAND FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR MOVING PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR HOME SCHOOL, BUT ALLOWING FAMILY TO HAVE THE OPTIONS IN THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE SCHOOL TO EITHER MOVE OR STAY.BASED ON WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENT.
THAT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE AT LEAST.
AND THEN THE SECOND PIECE, WAS ON THE PROGRAMMATIC TRANSFERS, AND ALSO MY SISTER THE WORK SESSION I FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN OPT IN AT LEAST FOR OUR K-868 GRADES UP FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ONCE I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY WE WANT DO THAT FOR THEY CAVE FIVE SINCE WE HAVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS HERE. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF UNIQUENESS WITH THOSE SMALLER K8 THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PORTION OF THE K8 6-8, AND NOT HAVING AN OPTION, I THINK IS NOT EQUITABLE IF FAMILIES WANT TO HAVE A SMALL OPTION THEN GOING TO A BIG SCHOOL.
NOW OBVIOUSLY THERE MAY BE CAPACITY ISSUES THAT WE CANNOT SOLVE, AND WILL BE ABLE TO NO HONOR THOSE REQUESTS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN OPT IN FOR THE 6-A.
BAILEY >> YES THANK YOU, MR. SMITH COULD YOU GO BACK TO THAT FIRST SLIDE, PLEASE.
>> ABSOLUTELY LET ME MOVE MY STUFF AROUND I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF STREAMS OF TRY TO KEEP ALL THE STUFF UP THERE.
SO 48 LET ME BRING THIS BACK UP AGAIN, YOU SAID THE FIRST LIE?
>> YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT NOW THAT IS NO COULD YOU EXPLAIN THE CAPACITY REASSIGNMENT CLUSTERS THERE REASSIGNMENT CLUSTERS PLEASE.
>> ABSOLUTELY, RIGHT, SO RIGHT NOW THE POLICY SAYS THAT STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE REASSIGNED TO THE CLOSEST BUILDING WITH WITH CAPACITY AT THEIR GRADE LEVEL, TO THEIR RESIDENCE.
RIGHT WHATEVER THEY HAPPEN TO LIVE, WHEREVER THEIR HOUSES, THAT'S WHAT THE CURRENT POLICY SAYS.
AND SORT OF THE ANALYSIS OF THE DATA IS THAT, THE KIDS ARE BEING TRANSFERRED ALL OVER, JUST BECAUSE THEY TRANSFER ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
BECAUSE THE CLOSEST BUILDING TO THEIR WITH CAPACITY IT MAY BE ACROSS THE DIVISION.
AND SO THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICE LOOKED AT THIS, AND WHAT THEY THINK WE SHOULD DO IS CLUSTER THE BUILDINGS IN OTHER WORDS, CONSIDER A GROUP OF SAY FOUR SCHOOLS, AS CAPACITY REASSIGNMENT CLUSTERS, AND KIDS WOULD ONLY BE REASSIGNED IN THE CLUSTER.
SO YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE A SITUATION WHERE A KID WAS REASSIGNED ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTY. THEIR ONLY WITHIN THE CLUSTER, SO THAT IS WHAT THAT IS. WE HAVE SOME PROPOSE CLUSTERS THAT THEY ARE NOT SET YET.
BUT THAT IS THE IDEA, AS THE ASSIGNMENT ONLY OCCURS WITHIN A CLUSTER OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY PROXIMATE TO EACH OTHER.
SO YOU DON'T END UP TRANSFER AS A KID ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTY THAT WOULD HAPPEN OR THE POLICY WOULD SAY YOU HAVE TO DO 49 THAT SO THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.
>> OKAY, AND THE OTHER ONE STUDENTS RETURN TO THE ATTENDED ZONE SCHOOL IF SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
SO THAT IS THAT IS GOING TO BEGIN IN THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR?
>> WELL IT WOULD NOT HAPPEN THE PROCESS, SORT OF IN THE SPRING BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR.
ENDED THAT THEY WILL BE REASSIGNED RIGHT? SO THAT WOULD NOT START THIS FALL, BECAUSE THAT IS ALREADY HAPPEN.
WE HAVE ALREADY DONE ALL OF THAT WORK THIS FALL, SO THAT WILL BE STARTING IN THE WINTER, ASSUMING HOW WE ARE GOING WITH THE RECOMMENDATION AND OB ARE OPTIONAL AT THE WINTER SITUATION IS CONVERSATION HAPPEN.
SO THE MAJORITY OF THEM WOULD BE AT THE WINTER AND COMING UP AND THE SPRING, BUT THAT IS THE IDEA, SO THERE IS SPACE IN
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YOUR IT FOR YOU AT YOUR GRADE LEVEL.WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO RETURN YOU TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL.
>> OKAY, DO WE HAVE A ACCOUNT ON HOW MANY ARE APPROXIMATE COUNT ON HOW MANY CHILDREN THAT WILL BE RETURNING? TO SCHOOLS WHERE THEY LIVE?
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU.
I DO KNOW THAT 233 CLASS REPORT AS SISTER STUDENTS AT THE CAPACITY TO RESIGN.
>> THIS IS MORE, TRYING TO SIMPLIFY THE CONCEPT, RIGHT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE GOT STUDENT CAPACITY REASSIGNED IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS.
SO YOU ARE FILLING EACH OTHER'S HOME SCHOOL SO THEY ARE BEING BUSED WITH A REAL NEED TO BE, BECAUSE OF FLUCTUATION 50 IN TRANSIT NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WAS TRYING TO PUT A STRUCTURE IN PLACE TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING.
IT IS JUST CONCERNED ABOUT YOU KNOW SITUATIONS WHERE YOU KNOW A FIFTH-GRADER OR WHATEVER ELSE FOR A YEAR.
OR WHATEVER ELSE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD CONSIDER SOME GRANDFATHERING OR THAT SORT OF AN IDEA, TO PHASE IT IN.
SO THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD HANDLE THAT.
IS TO SAY YOU KNOW FOURTH OR FIFTH GRADERS OR WHATEVER THAT CLAUSE WOULD BE.
THE IDEA IS TO PUT THIS IN PLACE WITH THE POLICY PERSPECTIVE SO IT IS SORT OF LANCED OUT OVER TIME AND BECOMES NORMAL.
SMITH. >> ALL RIGHT DOUGLAS SCREEN AND THEN DR.
SIMPSON BAIRD. >> THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING SO THOROUGH IN YOUR WORK.
SURROUNDING OUR POLICY IN THE EQUITY AUDIT.
MY QUESTION IS ALSO AROUND THE VISITORS POLICY, IF YOU CAN PULL THAT WILL
>> CORRECT AS FAR AS THE POLICY IS CONCERNED, WILL IT DETAIL THE SPECIFIC VISITORS TO OUR SCHOOL, MAINLY AND LOOKING AT PARENTS AND FAMILIES YOU KNOW VISITORS PERTAINING TO THE ACTUAL STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL COMING TO THE ACTUAL SCHOOL FOR A PARTICULAR REASON, I KNOW THAT THERE IS NORMALLY A RULE WHERE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A APPOINTMENT, TO COME BUT WE HAVE HAD INCIDENTS THIS YEAR, 51 WHERE PARENTS WANT TO COME, AND YOU KNOW, OUR SCHOOLS ARE VERY WELCOMING, AND IF THEY DID NOT HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, THE PARENTS ARE KNOWN, SO PRINCIPAL WILL ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN.
IN INCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS YEAR, BECAUSE OF THAT, I AM THINKING TO WE NEED TO GET MORE SPECIFIC WHEN IT COMES TO VISITORS IN OUR SCHOOL PARTICULARLY THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ARE IN NOW.
>> THAT RAISES AN INTERESTING QUESTION, THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION RIGHT? DO YOU WANT TO BE MORE OPEN OR MORE RESTRICTIVE, AND THAT'S AN INTERESTING DUALITY SITUATION. YOU CAN CERTAINLY ADD MORE RESTRICTIONS TO THE POLICY RIGHT NOW IT IS VERY OPEN IT DOES NOT REALLY SAY
>> I KNOW THE BOARD VOTES ON THIS BUT I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A HARDER LOOK AT THAT, WHEN IT PERTAINS TO PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR SCHOOLS.
YES WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE WELCOMING, BUT YES WE ALSO WANT TO AIR ON THE SIDE OF SAFETY PARTICULARLY WITH THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
IN THE SCHOOL YEAR. >> YOU NOT VOTING ON THIS TONIGHT THIS IS JUST FOR
THANK YOU. >> I TOOK A NOTE ON THAT.
SIMPSON BAIRD >> THANK YOU MADAME CHAIR AND MR. SMITH ALONG WITH ALL OF THOSE WHO WORKED ON THE POLICY EQUITY AUDIT, I KNOW IT IS 52 VERY METICULOUS WORK AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS. MR. SMITH AT THE OUTSET OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT I HAD BEEN THINKING BUT I DID NOT HAVE THE WORDS WERE POLICIES OUR BELIEF STATEMENTS.
I WAS, I HAD THAT SENTIMENT WITH A BUT I DID NOT HAVE THE WORDS I APPRECIATE THAT BUT WITH THAT, IDEA, I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT THE VISITOR POLICY SPECIFICALLY SECTION THREE ABOUT FAMILIES, I KNOW OVER THE PAST TWO AND HALF YEARS, WE HAVE HAD TO LIMIT VISITORS AND OUR FACILITIES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS, AND SORT OF AN UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF THIS IS NOT MANY FEELERS FEEL DISCONNECTED FROM THE CHILDREN SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF THEM ARE HERE TO BE ABLE TO RETURN AND PERHAPS EVEN ENTER THEIR CHILDREN SCHOOLS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND SO THE
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LANGUAGE HERE IT SAYS SPECIFICALLY FAMILIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO VISIT THE SCHOOLS ON SCHEDULE THIS FOR CONFERENCES WITH TEACHERS, ASSEMBLIES, PTA MEETINGS VOLUNTEER SERVICES OF THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. I KNOW THIS IS A LANGUAGE THAT WAS IN THE POLICY PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC HOWEVER I THINK THAT PROVIDING THIS RATHER LIMITED THIS IS UNNECESSARILY RESTRICTIVE, I THINK IT ALSO REFLECTS KIND OF AN OUTDATED MODEL OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT THAT IS UNIDIRECTIONAL FROM THE SCHOOL TO FAMILIES, AND IT SENDS MESSAGES TO FAMILIES THAT THEIR ONLY WELCOME FOR SPECIFIC EVENTS THAT ARE DETERMINED BY THE SCHOOL, IT DOES NOT 53 RECOGNIZE THAT FAMILIES ALSO AN AGENCY TO REQUEST A VISIT TO A CHILD IS WHO THE CLASSROOM.AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE ACTUALLY MODIFY THE LANGUAGE TO BE MORE WELCOMING AND MORE EXPENSIVE.
AND IDEALLY BE A STATEMENT OF OUR BELIEF THAT FAMILIES ARE IMPORTANT PARTNERS AND LEARNING.
I THINK SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF FAMILIES ARE VITAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF A SUCCESS IN EQUITY, FAMILIES ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THAT CHILD SCHOOL FOR EVENT SCHEDULE BY THE SCHOOL OR UPON REQUEST OF THE FAMILIES, THAT TO SIT SCHEDULED INDIVIDUAL VISITS IN ADVANCE WITH A CHILD'S TEACHER OF THE SCHOOL OF MINISTRY TO.
I THINK THAT WOULD ENCOMPASS THE BELIEF THAT WE APPRECIATE FAMILIES AND THEY WILL COME IN THE BUILDING.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, AND THIS AND THINKING ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE IDEA WE WANT THEM TO BE WELCOME.
THAT IS THE POINT, AND THE LIST IS RESTRICTIVE, WITHIN ITSELF JUST BY PROPOSING FOR EXAMPLE.
BUT THANK YOU. >> I WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE RECORDING HIS GUY COULD NOT WRITE AS FAST AS YOU WERE TALKING
>> L IN THEM -- MIKE I'LL E-MAIL THEM TO YOU.
>> IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THIS ITEM IS JUST FOR INFO WE WILL COME BACK FOR ACTION IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT IN.
AGAIN. 54 >> YOU WILL SEE THIS AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. THANKS EVERYBODY.
>> ALL RIGHT, NEXT IN TERMS OF NEW BUSINESS IS THE ONE OF
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THE SURGERIES THAT WE HAVE A WORKING ON SINCE JANUARY AND SHARING IT ALONG THE WAY.SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO I WANT TO LEARN IT OVER TO THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM TONIGHT YOU WILL HEAR FROM LIMBURG THAT THE EXECUTIVE DRIVER OF COMMUNICATION ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND OUR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS WHO HAVE ALL BEEN WORKING ON THE PROJECT AND WILL PRESENT YOU THE OUTLINE AND THE PROJECT AND THE TIMELINE AT WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
SO THANK YOU AND I WILL HAND IT OVER TO KATHY.
>> AS JULIA MENTIONED I AM HERE THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS OUR DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SPECIALISTS AND GLADYS IS GOING TO SHARE SCREEN, SO WE CAN FOLLOW THE PRESENTATION. GLADYS IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT LINE PLEASE.
I WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THE BACKGROUND OF THE PROCESS AND THE TIMELINE AND THE COST FOR THE LOGO REDESIGN, AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO GLADYS AND JACLYN WHO WILL SHARE MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THE DESIGN PROCESS.
AS WELL AS SHARE WITH YOU THE TWO FINALISTS LOGOS AND THEN A RECOMMENDATION. SO AS YOU KNOW JULIA MENTIONED, IN DECEMBER WE HAD ADOPTED A STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION ENGAGEMENT PLAN AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH OUR TIMELINE, IN THIS PLAN, AND A STRATEGY 55 NUMBER FIVE, IS WHAT JULIA WAS REFERRING TO.
AND WE ARE LOOKING TO DO MORE AND TERMS OF SHARING THE COMPELLING STORIES THAT SHOWCASE OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND PROGRAMS, AND MULTIMEDIA FORMAT, AND SO AS WE ARE DOING THAT, WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE MORE VISUALS, AND STRESS IN THE BRAND.
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AND THE LOGO, IS A CRITICAL PART OF THE BRAND.SO WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A WEB REDESIGN, AND WE HAD THE SOFT LAUNCH COMING IN JULY, AND THIS FELT LIKE A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR VISUALS, THE IMAGES THAT WE USE TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AND OUR SCHOOLS, THE CURRENT LOGO WAS DEVELOPED MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
AND IT DOES NOT, WHEN IT DOES DEVELOPED IT DID NOT HAVE A DEFINED COLOR SCHEME THAT WOULD THEN BE USED IN OTHER COMMUNICATIONS MATERIAL TO HELP PROVIDE A COHESIVE LOOK TO OUR MATERIALS AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS. SO IN THIS PROCESS WE WILL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WILL UNITE THE COMMUNITY UNDER THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AND HAVE IT SYMBOLIZE OUR VALUE AND REALLY WE FELT THIS IS A GOOD TIME AS I MENTIONED WITH THE RENEWAL AND THE REFRESHMENT OF THE WEBSITE AND GO TAKE A FIRST LOOK LOGO AND STAND FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
>> ALL RIGHT I THINK WE HAVE A BAD CONNECTION ON SOON.
>> WE CAN SEE YOU'RE BREAKING OUT.
SHOULD I REPEAT ANYTHING? FROM THE PREVIOUS SLIDE?
>> NO MAYBE START WITH JUST THIS SLIDE.
>> OKAY SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOCAL GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND SHE HAS A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND MORE THAN TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, HAS ALSO WORKED ON PROJECTS FOR EXAMPLE THE TEMPLATE FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT WE ARE USING TONIGHT IS SOMETHING THAT SHE DESIGN, TO DATE WE HAVE SPENT $6000 THAT INCLUDES ITEMS LIKE THE DESIGNER JOIN THE FOCUS GROUPS TO DIRECTLY WITH STAKEHOLDERS. TO DEVELOP A DESIGN CONCEPT, REVISE THROUGH SEVERAL ROUNDS, AS WELL AS DEVELOP FORMATS AND VARIATIONS AND COLORS AND STYLE. WHAT WE EXPECT IS ONCE THE LOGO IS ADOPTED A NEW LOGO, THEN IT WILL COST ANOTHER $4000.
TO DEVELOP AND DESIGN BRANDED MATERIALS SUCH AS LETTERHEAD BUSINESS CARDS AND TEMPLATES, FOR PRESENTATIONS AMONG OTHER MATERIALS.
>> NEXT LINE PLEASE SO IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS AND TIMELINE, GLADYS AND JACLYN WILL EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE BUT I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE PROCESS THAT WE USE FOR THIS LOGO REDESIGN, WAS THE SAME AS YOU USE LAST YEAR FOR THE LOGO DESIGNS NEXT LINE PLEASE AS YOU CAN SEE, IT STARTED IN DECEMBER, AND AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS, WE LOOKED TOO, WE WORKED WITH 57 STAKEHOLDER GROUPS TO REVIEW INITIAL DESIGN CONCEPTS AND TO NARROW THEM DOWN TO TWO FINAL ONCE IT WAS THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE USE WITH ACAS EDGE ALTHOUGH IT IS IN THOSE CASES WE USE THE STUDENT DESIGN, IN THIS CASE IT WAS OUR DESIGNER WHO DID THE INITIAL CONCEPTS AS WELL AS THE FINAL ONE.
>> YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE HAD FOCUS GROUPS JACLYN AND GLADYS WILL SHARE WITH THE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THOSE GROUPS. WE REVIEWED POTENTIAL LOGO OPTIONS.
WITH SENIOR LEADERSHIP AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, PROVIDED THESE IN A BOARD FREE. AND THEN WE WENT TO THE COMMUNITY WITH THE TWO FINAL DESIGN CONCEPTS. AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT BOAT.
AND THEN THIS IS OF COURSE WE ARE WRAPPING UP THE PROCESS AND STARTING IN JULY AS PART OF THIS NEW WEBSITE SOFT LAUNCH, AND PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS IS WHEN THE LOU LOGO WILL BE USED. SO I WILL TURN THIS OVER HERE NOW TO GLADYS AND JACLYN THANK
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YOU. >> THANK YOU KATHY, HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. IN THIS SECTION THAT WE GOING TO GO NEXT, WE WILL SHARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RESEARCH THAT WE DID DURING THIS PROCESS, AS WELL AS DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR FOCUS GROUPS.
WITH THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, AND OUR FAMILIES.
AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE FOCUS GROUP.
WE ARE GOING TO SHARE 58 SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY PROVIDED ON THE CURRENT LOGO AND WHAT THEY THOUGHT I'M SORRY ON THE CURRENT LOGO AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE NEW LOGO.
WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MS. JACLYN GOD THAT.
>> THANK YOU GLADYS AND THANK YOU FOR THE ZELLERS INDICES SCHOOL BOARD MY NAME IS JACK AND GOD THAT I AM THE DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH FOR THIS PROJECT, AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE ONE ASPECT OF THAT RESEARCH WITH YOU.
AS BACKGROUND FOR THE PROJECT, WE GROUP THEM INTO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
WHILE WE PARTNERED WE DID THIS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS CURRENTLY OUT THERE FOR LOGOS, WE ALSO WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE LOGO STOOD OUT AND SEPARATED US FROM OTHER DIVISIONS. I SHARE THE RESEARCH WITH OUR GRAPHIC DESIGNER WHO FOUND IT HELPFUL ESPECIALLY AS SHE WAS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP DIFFERENT CONCEPTS.
SO AS MENTIONED, CAUSES REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY, WE HELD TWO ROUNDS OF DISCUSSION WITH ALL THREE FOCUS GROUPS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO SIT IN ON ALL OF THESE MEETINGS.
FIRST WE AS PARTICIPANTS ABOUT THE MISSION, VISION, AND CORE VALUES MEANT TO THEM, AND HOW THEY SEE THOSE MISSION VISION AND CORE VALUES PLAY OUT IN THEIR DAY TO DAY LIFE, AND THEN AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF OUR GRAPHIC DESIGNER COMING UP WITH DIFFERENT CONCEPTS, AND GOING THROUGH A TURN OVERVIEW WITH OUR TEAM, WE BROUGHT THE FOCUS GROUPS BACK TOGETHER TO HEAR 59 THE FEEDBACK ON THE LOGO IDEAS, TO SUGGEST AND NARROW OUR SELECTION OF LOGOS.
CERTAINLY THERE IS A DIVERSE OPINIONS IN THE GROUPS, THERE WERE POINTS THAT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY, THE FIRST POINT THAT WERE CONSISTENTLY WAS THAT OUR LOGO IS OUTDATED AND NO LONGER REFLECTS ACPS.
YOU CAN SEE QUOTES AND VARIOUS FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS THAT ILLUSTRATE THIS POINT.
OUR FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS OVERWHELMINGLY BELIEVE THAT THE NEW LOGO SHOULD FOCUS ON THINGS OF EMPOWERMENT EQUITY COLLABORATION ENGAGEMENT AND GROWTH.
WE HEARD THESE, WE HEARD MANY COMMENTS THAT RELATED BACK TO THESE FIVE THINGS WE HAVE INCLUDED A SELECTION OF THOSE FOR YOU.
WE HAD A DESIRE FOR BRIGHTER MORE MODERN COLORS AND A LOGO THAT IS A DYNAMIC AND REPRESENTS ACTIONS AND GROWTH.
I WILL NOW HEADED BACK TO GLADYS.
>> THANK YOU, AND THE NEXT SECTION WE ARE GOING TO SHARE THE FINAL TWO OPTIONS, PEOPLE VOTE ON THE TWO LOCAL OPTIONS, WHICH WAS MADE AVAILABLE AND FOR LANGUAGE.
AND IT WAS PROVIDED THROUGH OUR EXPRESSIVE NEWSLETTER AND ALL OF OVER SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS FACEBOOK TWITTER AND STUD, AT THE WEBSITE OF COURSE AND POSTED IN CANVAS WHICH IS A PLASTIC FORM FOR OUR STUDENTS WHERE WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PARTICIPATION.
WE WILL PRESENT THE VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR YOU AND HOW THEY HAVE SHOWCASE ACROSS VARIOUS FORMATS, WHICH IS EXACTLY HOW THEY WERE PRESENTED.
>> THANK YOU@RIGHT BEFORE WE SHARED THOSE LOGOS I JUST WANT
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TO SHOW THAT OUR FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS JUST AS SELECTION OF WHAT THEY THOUGHT OF THE MULTIPLE LOGOS THAT THEY SELL, THEY WERE OVERALL VERY PLEASED WITH THAT THE RANGE THAT THEY WERE GIVEN AND EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF NEW LOGO OPTIONS. SO THIS IS LOGO OPTION ONE, THIS LOGO CELEBRATES THE INDIVIDUALS WHO COLLECTIVELY MAKE UP THE ACPS COMMUNITY AND IT DEBATES PEOPLE IN THE ABSTRACT WEIGHT WITH DIFFERENT LETTERS IN DIFFERENT COLORS REPRESENTING MULTIPLE GROUPS OF PEOPLE. EACH LETTER SYMBOLIZES DECEMBER 2 STUDENTS IN THE DIFFERENT GROUPS WHO GOT THEM TO SUCCESS FAMILY, STAFF AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THE OVERLAPPING LETTERS ILLUSTRATE PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER AS A COHESIVE SCHOOL DIVISION IN ARMS THE COLLABORATION OF UNITY AND OF TRIKE THREE.EACH LETTER CAN ALSO REPRESENT THE DIFFERENT STAGES IN A STUDENT'S JOURNEY THROUGH TRIKE THREE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND.
THE LOWER CASE LETTERS WERE INTENTIONALLY CHOSEN TO CREATE A UNIFORM HEIGHT, THE OVERALL EFFECT IS A COMPLEMENTARY BALANCE LOGO.
THE COLORS ARE BRIGHT AND MODERATE, THEY ARE A SLIGHT DEPARTURE FROM THE PRIMARY COLORS, WHICH SPEAKS TO TRIKE THREES INNOVATE SHOULDN'T WHILE ALSO REMAINING DOCUMENTED. AND WE WILL QUICKLY GO THROUGH THESE EXAMPLES OF THE LOGOS AND REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS, THIS IS A MOCKUP OF 61 THE NEW WEBSITE AND YOU CAN SEE THE LOGO IN THE TOP CORNER.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE IT AS A SIGN, AND THEN AS PRINTED MATERIAL SUCH AS ON A T SHIRT OR A WATER BOTTLE.
SO IN RESPONSE TO LOGO OPTION ONE, IT WAS HIGHLY FAVORED BY OUR FOCUS GROUPS. I THINK SECOND PRO SUMMARIZES THE FEELINGS THAT IT DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB REFERRAL TO MULTIPLE KEY THINGS. COLLABORATION, DIVERSITY, ENERGY, INCLUSION CONTEMPORARY. THERE'S A POSITIVE ENERGY TO IT AND IT'S VERY CLEAR AND EASY TO READ.
VERY STRONG OPTION. ESPECIALLY ITS SIMPLICITY. WE ASKED THE FOCUS GROUPS TO RANK THE LOGOS FROM THEIR FAVORITE LOGO TO THEIR LEAST FAVORITE LOGO, AND EVERY SINGLE FOCUS GROUP MEMBER BRINGS THIS AS THEIR FAVORITE LOGO. YES FOR THAT COMMUNITY THAT GLADYS MENTIONED IT RECEIVED 2167 VOTES.
THIS LOGO CELEBRATES THE UNIQUENESS OF EACH INDIVIDUAL AT TRIKE THREE. THE DIFFERENT STYLES OF LINES REPRESENT NOT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE SAME PATH TO SUCCESS.
BUT TRIKE THREE EMBRACES THIS FULL POTENTIAL FOR ANY STARTING POINT.
>> NEXT LINE PLEASE, AND NOW I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR
QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION, DO I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? MR. ELNOUBI
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS HERE, FIRST ONE IS ABOUT 62 WILL OUTLAST THE EASY ONE FOR THE DOTS WHAT DO THE DOTS STAND FOR AND LOGO NUMBER ONE? I DON'T THINK WE SAW THAT ON THE SLIDE.
>> YES IT IS SORT OF LIKE A REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE IS SUPPOSED TO SORT OF REPRESENT A PEOPLE LOOK AT, SO THE DOTS ARE REALLY TO LOOK LIKE PEOPLE.
SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, THE COLORS THE DIVERSITY EVEN THE INTERLOCKING OF THE
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LOGO SHOWS IN THE COLLABORATION THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES SO THE DOTS WERE HOPING IT LOOKLIKE PEOPLE. >> OKAY THANK YOU FOR THAT AND THE OTHER QUESTION, WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY INPUT WAS SOLICITED ON THE FRONT AND OTHER THAN THE FOCUS GROUPS LIKE LISLE THE CONCEPT WAS BEING DEVELOPED, WHAT IS A STRUCTURE OF PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED HOW MANY ALL OF THAT IF THERE WAS ANY?
>> SURE, ESSENTIALLY WE FOLLOWED VERY MUCH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE DID WITH ALEXANDER HIGH SCHOOL IN BROOKS, AND IN THAT CASE, WE HAD SUBMISSIONS OF LOGOS, AND THIS CASE WE WANTED TO EXPANDED A LITTLE FURTHER WHICH IS WHY WE DID THE FOCUS GROUPS WITH THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, TO GET A SENSE OF IF PEOPLE WANT THAT, TO HAVE A DIFFERENT LOGO WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAD AN APPETITE FOR AND ONCE WE LEARNED OF THOSE INITIAL MEETINGS BACK IN JANUARY, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WERE REALLY WANTING AND WE MOVED INTO THE PROCESS IS STARTED TO TALK ABOUT CONCEPTS AND 63 WHAT WAS IMPORTANT TO THEM OR WHAT THEY WANT TO SAY, WHAT WITH THE ISSUES THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THE THE POINT OF ACTUALLY CHANGING THE LOGO AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO BUT WE DID NOT WANT TO DO IT IN A VACUUM WE WANTED TO GET IN FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THEN THOSE OTHER PIECES, SO THAT IS THE ONLY THINK THAT WE ACTUALLY ADDED TO THE PROCESS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ORIGINALLY WITH OTHER LOGO CONTEST THAT WE DID LAST YEAR.
SO IF I GOT THAT RIGHT JUST A FOCUS GROUP WAS DOWN ON THE FRONT END, THERE WASN'T ANY SERVICE AT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE?
>> FOR ANYTHING JUST A FOCUS GROUP?
YIELD BACK. >> THANK YOU FOR WORKING ON THIS, THIS IS CHALLENGING, TO DESIGN A LOGO AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO IT, I GUESS, THE QUESTION I HAVE, IS YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FOCUS GROUPS AND KIND OF GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT I HEARD WAS WAS LIKE VISION MISSION AND CORE VALUES OF BASICALLY MEANT TO THEM.
LIKE I GUESS IF YOU COULD LIKE TO TO SUMMARIZE LIKE IN ONE SENTENCE OR THE LAST WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO CONVEY WITH THE LOGO DESIGN? IS THAT COULD YOU SUMMARIZE THAT'S A SAINTLY AND LIKE ONE
SENTENCE. >> I WILL TRY THAT STUFF.
AND I WILL ADMIT I MAY JUST PASS 64 IT OVER TO GLADYS AND JACLYN BECAUSE THEY ARE THE REALLY MASTERMINDS OF THIS PROCESS AND RAN THE FOCUS GROUPS, WITH THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER BUT NO I THINK WAS IMPORTANT IN THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS WAS THAT WE HAD THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER SITTING IN THE ROOM IT TO HEAR ALL THE FEEDBACKS FROM IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT RECEIVED THE TRANSCRIPT OR THEY DID NOT GET THAT FULL INFORMATION UP FROM THAT SO THEY COULD HEAR FROM THOSE THREE FOCUS GROUPS WHAT WAS REALLY WANTING, SO THEY COULD COME UP WITH CONCEPTS THAT CAP THOSE, SHE WORKED FROM THREE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES AND WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH A CONCEPT THAT EACH OF THE AUDIENCES REALLY ENJOYED AND LIKED. SO I THINK ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO DO, AND I HEARD THINGS AND I WILL TELL YOU THINGS LIKE THIS THAT WE HEARD, THE HANDICAPPED STUDENT THAT WE HAVE, SITTING IN A WHEELCHAIR IN A CURRENT LOGO SOME PEOPLE FIND THAT OFFENSIVE, THEY THINK IT DOESN'T SHOW DIVERSITY, BECAUSE NOT EVERY STUDENT WITH A DISABILITY IS IN A WHEELCHAIR, SO WE HEARD THINGS LIKE THAT WE HEARD IT WAS OUTDATED, IT DID NOT REPRESENT DIVERSITY WHEN YOU HAVE ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE IN A LOGO, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD AND WE WANT TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY INDICATIVE OF THE DIVERSITY AND EQUITY AND INCLUSION AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE STAND FOR FOR EQUITY FOR ALL I DON'T KNOW IF IT ANSWERS
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YOUR QUESTION BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU CREATE A NEW REFRESHED LOGO THAT REALLY COMPLEMENTS OUR STRATEGIC PLAN 65 AND WHAT WE ARE STRIVING FOR.>> YEAH, YEAH I KNOW THAT IS HELPFUL, I THINK LIKE WHEN I AM JUST HEARING ABOUT THE PROCESS IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO MAYBE HAVE LIKE A REALLY CONCISE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO CONVEY, AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE ON IF THE LOGO WAS CONVEYING THAT MESSAGE, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THE QUESTION IS A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE AND WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS, SO WHEN I LOOK AT THE TWO.
OPTIONS, THEY SEEM ACTUALLY KIND OF REALLY DIFFERENT TO ME BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE AND THAT YOU MENTIONED IT REALLY FOCUSES ON PEOPLE, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE AS THE LINES WHICH COULD BE LIKE AN EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY OR SOMETHING, AND AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS ABOUT ON SLIDE NUMBER 12, IT SAID IN AN ABSTRACT DESIGN WAS GOING TO BE PRIORITIZE, AND I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I GUESS ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS ABOUT THE TWO LOGOS IS THAT, WITH BOTH OF THEM, BECAUSE THEY BOTH USE THE TRIKE THREE LETTERS, THEY ARE A LITTLE HARD TO READ, THEY WERE NOT SEE THE LETTERS WITH THE DOTS ON THE TOP, IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE IT IS LIKE SOME KIND OF AND WITH THE OTHER LOGO.
LIKE THE A IS LARGE, I AM WORRIED THAT SOME FOLKS MAY ACTUALLY HAVE A HARD TIME EVEN READING LETTERS.
THEIR WAY THEY APPEAR IN THOSE MESSAGES. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION ON THE ABSTRACT DESIGN TOO.
>> THE PRIORITIZATION IS ON THE ABSTRACT DESIGN IS THE 66 FEEDBACK ON THE FOCUS GROUPS THAT WE HAD, ALL THREE OF THEM TALK ABOUT HAVING SOME POINT OF ABSTRACT BECAUSE WE CANNOT REPRESENT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
BUT I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, IS THAT THE ACPS LOGO WITH THE DOTS, THAT IS THE ARTWORK PART OF IT, IT STILL WILL HAVE THE ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO THAT LOGOS ARE ART RIGHT THEY ARE ALWAYS AND OF COURSE THEY ARE INTERPRETED AS ART WAS SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY INTERPRETS DIFFERENTLY, THEY LIKE IT OR THEY DON'T, AND SO BACK WE WILL HAVE THEM STACKED, IT WILL BE LONG LEGS LIKE WE SHOWED IT TO, WE WILL HAVE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS THAT USE ON DIFFERENT THINGS. SO HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS YOU TO UNDERSTAND LIKE THAT IT IS THE ARTWORK PART OF THE LOGO, AND SO IT IS NOT LIKE NO ONE WILL KNOW WHAT, LIKE WHAT SCHOOL DIVISION THEY ARE
GREEN? >> THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TEAM FOR THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS, WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THE COMMITTEE WAS SPLIT ALMOST 50/50 ON THE TWO. ON THE TWO LOGOS.
MY QUESTION IS, DID WE CONSIDER ASKING OUR VERY TALENTED TRAN ONE STUDENTS TO SUBMIT POTENTIAL LOGOS LIKE WE DID FOR ALEXANDER CITY HIGH SCHOOL AND NAOMI L BROOKS, SOME FABULOUS LOGOS CAME IN, FOR THOSE SCHOOLS. INCLUDING THEM IN THE PROCESS WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE PROCESS, EVEN IF WE DID USE A DESIGNER AS 67 WELL AND ALSO IN TRACE FROM STUDENTS, AND HAVING THOSE OPTIONS AS WELL, I WAS WONDERING IF WE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN
THE PROCESS. >> WE DID CONSIDER THAT, AND I THINK WHEN WE DID THE SCHOOLS IT WAS SUCCESSFUL, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE SAME DESIGNER THAT WORKED ON THIS IS THE SAME DESIGNER THAT DIGITIZE A TWO LOGOS AT THE STUDENTS TRUE.
SO IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT THEY CREATED.
SHE HAD TO WORK WITH WE PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH THE STUDENT AND THE PARENT, AND SHE DIGITIZED THAT THOUGHT AND THE CONCEPT OF WHAT THEY WANTED.
WE WERE A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT IT, BECAUSE WE WENT TO STUDENT ROUTE WE HAVE TO PICK SOMETHING FROM THE STUDENTS AND IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT GOING TO BE REPRESENTATIVE, WE DON'T WANT TO INSULT STUDENTS WRITE, SO WE THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS BECAUSE THIS IS THE LOGO FOR THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES AND
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THE STUDENT REPRESENTATION FOR THE SCHOOLS, WAS A LITTLE BIT LESS RISKY, I WOULD SAY, BUT NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT COULD PUT US IN A SITUATION LIKE FRANCIS BROOKS WE ONLY RECEIVED TWO LOGOS DESIGNS AND THAT WE HAD TO PICK FROM THAT.IT WAS JUST A LITTLE MORE RISKY AND WE DID NOT WANT TO BE PUT IN
THAT SITUATION. >> YET NO THANK YOU, I CAN APPRECIATE HOW MUCH WORK THAT GOES INTO ALL OF THIS THE WEBSITE THAT I RUN IT WENT THROUGH 68 A COMPLETE REBRANDING AND IS A PROCESS AND WE GOT TO THE POINT WHERE WE SAW SOME DESIGNS AND IT JUST LIKE WAS NOT SITTING RIGHT WITH US, TO THE POINT WHERE WE LIKE I DON'T KNOW, WERE CLOSE BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE.
AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND ENDED UP LANDING WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REALLY GREAT, BUT I AM KIND OF FEELING LIKE, OF THE TWO I AM DEFINITELY PREFER OPTION ONE, BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE WE ARE NOT JUST QUITE THERE YET IF I AM JUST BEING PERFECTLY HONEST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, SO I GUESS I ALSO KNOW IF A WEBSITE BEING DESIGNED LIKE HOW MUCH IS THIS LOGO TIED TO THE WEBSITE LAUNCH? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WITH WEBSITE RELAUNCHES, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SEEMING AND FONTS AND COLOR SCHEMES AND YOU GOING TO HAVE A REALLY BIG IMPACT ON THAT WEBSITE THAT YOU ARE LAUNCHING, BECAUSE WHEN I AM WONDERING IS DO WE HAVE ANY WIGGLE ROOM ON TIME TO TAKE ONE MORE STAB AT IT?
>> SO I THINK TO YOUR POINT, WE ARE HOPING TO LAUNCH BOTH AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PLACES WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND REDO ALL OF THE LURE IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE LOGO LATER. SO WERE TRYING TO GET THEM THE SAME TIME.
ALSO THERE IS GOING TO BE HAVE TO BE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT THE NEXT PROCESS LOOKS LIKES BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE DEFINITELY INCLUDED EVERYONE THAT WE COULD THINK OF EVEN STUDENTS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK ON IT SO WE WILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DIFFERENT PROCESS THE WEBSITE WILL HAVE 69 TO BE CHANGED LATER, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE TO ALSO HOLD OFF ON DOING ANY, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HOLDING OFF ON, LIKE ORDERING YOU NOTE FOR LANYARDS.
FOR HR, THEY HAVE BEEN DESPERATE FOR US TO FINISH THE PROCESS, SO THEY CAN ORDER IT AT LANDER FOR THE STAFF ESPECIALLY FOR NEW STAFF OF THE BADGES.
AND WE WANTED TO ALSO ORDER THOSE FOR THE SCHOOL PROVISION THIS SUMMER.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HAD PLANNED TO ORDER OVER THE SUMMER AND IS CAN BE PHASED OVER TIME, THE SIGNAGE AND THINGS BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REALLY WAITING FOR THAT FOR THAT NEW LOGO EVEN FOR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY SOME OF THE SWAG THAT WE WILL PURCHASE AND THE THINGS THAT WE NEED FOR LEADERSHIP ACADEMY NEED TO HAVE THE LOGO ON IT.
SO IS JUST THINGS LIKE THAT, BEHIND THE SCENES THAT WE HAVE BEEN PLENTIFUL, AND WE ARE WAITING FOR THE LOGO TO BE APPROVED.
>> AND I CAN COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH CAN GO INTO ALL THE PIECES.
I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION IN ADDITION TO THESE LOGOS I THINK YOU SAID THERE WAS FOR OTHER LOGOS THAT YOU LOOK AT CLOSURE FOR
TOTAL? >> WE ACTUALLY HAD A TOTAL OF TEN, AND THERE WE GOT IT DOWN TO FOUR, AND THEN THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS PICKED OUT OF THE FOR THESE TWO. SO SOME OF THEM JUST DID NOT WORK AT ALL, SOME OF THEM WHICH IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION. AND THEN D4 THAT WE PICKED, ONE OF THEM WAS 70 REALLY BUSY, AND WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT SOME OF IT, BUT WE DID OFFER THAT AS AN OPTION TO THE STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.
AND SOME OF THEM WERE JUST, VERY DIFFICULT TO SORT OF COME BUT THEY JUST DID NOT SEEM TO FIT WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO GO WITH THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
AND SO, WE HAD THOSE TO CHOOSE FROM, YOU KNOW PERSONALLY NOBODY ELSE REALLY LIKES THE OTHER ONES, BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE OTHERS TO CHOOSE FROM, THAT'S WE WANT TO GO THOUGH.
>> SURE. >> ALL RIGHT ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
I'M SORRY >> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS, I ECHO MS. SENTIMENT IS SO FAR AS I THINK WE HAD MAYBE NOT THERE, I REALLY LOVE THE ABSTRACT DESIGN AND THE VIBRANT COLORS, AND I REALLY LIKE THE PEOPLE, AND HOW THE SORT OF LOOPING GOES TOGETHER.
BUT WHEN I PUT ON MY ESL TEACHER HAT, AND THINK ABOUT STUDENTS READING THIS WHO FOR WHOM ENGLISH ISN'T THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE, OR MAYBE EVEN THE ROMAN ALPHABET IS NOT THE FIRST ALPHABET THEY'VE EVER LEARNED, THEY SEE A LOWERCASE VERSION AND WILL TRY TO SET OUT LIKE A WORD AND NOT UNDERSTAND IS AN ACRONYM.
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WE SEEK TO IS THAT ACRONYMS HAVE CAPITAL LETTERS.TREATMENT I WAS WONDERING IF OPTION WANT TO BE TWEAKED TO USE CAPITAL LETTERS BECAUSE THE FONT USE FILLER 8CPS STILL HAS A ROUNDED DESIGN ESTATE MIGHT SELECT PEOPLE.
THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION 71 I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IF THAT IS POSSIBLE THANK
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WANT TO ECHO ASHLEY EXEMPTION BAIRD'S COMMENT I HAD WRITTEN THE LETTERS IN CAPITAL LETTERS, ON THE PAPER TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND, AND WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD DO THE SAME WITH CAPITAL LETTERS, WITH THE COLORS, AND SUCH.
>> THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO START WITH A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE I GUESS OPTION ONE BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT?
>> DO WE DETERMINE IF WE HAVE TIME TO GO BACK FOR MORE
REVISIONS? >> KNOW WE PRETTY MUCH STARTED FROM SCRATCH, IF THIS IS NOT THE LOGO, AND THE RATIONALE FOR THE LOWERCASE IS THAT IT IS VERY MODERN IF YOU LOOK AT FACEBOOK AND HULU, THAT IS THE WAY THAT IS GOING SO IT IS VERY MUCH ABOUT THE TRENDS OF THE LOGO THESE DAYS, SO WE WANTED TO BE MODERN, IN FACT WHEN WE FIRST I WILL TELL YOU COME UP WHEN WE FIRST GOT THIS LOGO.
THE ALEXANDER CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALSO HAD LOWERCASE.
I ASKED THEM TO MAKE HIM CAPITAL LETTERS, WE DID NOT WANT TO GO ON THE TRAN SO WE WERE OVER THE LOCATION IS MORE ARTISTIC.
IT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO SET US BACK, I AM NOT GOING TO SUGARCOAT THAT.
WE WILL HAVE 72 TO START AT IT WILL TAKE TIME ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL BOARD MEETING YOU KNOW SCHEDULED AT THE MOMENT, AND WE WOULD HAVE TO GET THOSE REVISIONS AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. >> THANK YOU I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THANK YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE OPTION ONE? AND I THINK IF WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION, THEN WE HAVE TO
TABLE. >> IF WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION, I AM GETTING A SENSE THAT WE ARE NOT ALL THERE, ON THIS.
SO IF WE DON'T HAVE A MOTION TO DO THIS, THEN WE WILL HAVE TO TABLE IT.
>> SECOND >> SO THE MOTION IS ON THE TABLE, WE WILL VOTE, AND WE SEE
WILL WE GO FROM THERE. >> ALL RIGHT SO I THINK WE ARE I THINK WEEK MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST COME SORT OF BACK TO GATHER AT SOME POINT MAYBE YOU KNOW WE COULD TALK ABOUT IN ONE OF OUR AGENDA SETTING CONVERSATIONS THAT MOVING FORWARD THIS.
I GUESS IF OBVIOUSLY, IT IS NOT CATCHING ON.
WHICH IS OKAY, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING JUST TO DO IT.
YES GO AHEAD? >> BUT IF WE NEED TO WE COULD SCHEDULE ANOTHER MEETING OVER THE COURSE OF SUMMER, I KNOW WERE GOING TO BE HAVING 73 MEETINGS, BECAUSE WITH ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT THE NURSERY PRINT -- MIKE THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT.
>> YES, WE CAN ALWAYS COME TOGETHER WE CAN ALWAYS DO SPECIAL CALLS. MR. ELNOUBI
>> BETWEEN THE TWO I THINK IT IS BETTER BUT I THINK WE ARE
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NOT THERE YET BUT I THINK WE ARE GETTING THERE, ONE IS A GREAT IDEA AND CONCEPT, I JUST THINK A LITTLE BIT OF FINE-TUNING WE CAN PROBABLY GET THERE.>> ALL RIGHT SO MOVING FORWARD, WE WILL GET THERE.
OKAY, SO LET'S SEE. ALL RIGHT WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE REPORTS.
[29. Report from Meagan L. Alderton]
I HAVE GOT A FEW THINGS, JUNE 27, 2022, WE WILL HAVE OUR JOINT CITY COUNCIL SCHOOL BOARD SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING WHICH WILL BE OUR LAST ONE, UNTIL THE FALL SO THAT IS AT 5:00 P.M., I THINK THE LOCATION IS TO BE DETERMINED.SO THE LOCATION WILL BE DETERMINED. ALL RIGHT LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE.
I CAN FIND MY WAY. ALL RIGHT, SO A FEW THINGS, THIS YEAR'S RETIREES REPRESENT OVER 827 YEARS OF SERVICE.
WE THE THANKFUL FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE IN THIS DIVISION AND WE WISH THEM YEARS OF HAPPINESS AND FOR FUTURE ENDEAVORS WILL TAKE THEM. WE HAD A VERY NICE RETIREMENT GET TOGETHER.
AND AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO ARE MOVING ONTO DIFFERENT THINGS. WE ALSO HONORED 11 RETIREES FROM PREVIOUS YEARS WHO PASSED AWAY THIS YEAR.
SO WE WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR 74 THEIR SERVICE. WE NEED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FINAL SET OF VIP AWARD WINNERS, FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR, THE AWARD WINNERS IN THE LEADERSHIP CATEGORY EXHIBITING VISION INTEGRITY AND PASSION WERE PRINCIPAL OF PATRICK HENRY K-8 SCHOOL. SHE WAS COMMITTED FOR IMPARTING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF DOING WHAT IS RIGHT FOR CHILDREN.
CAMPUS ADMINISTRATOR AT ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL, MS. CARMEN SANDERS, WAS ALSO A VIP AWARD HE WHO WAS CITED FOR BEING THE BEST AND KEEPING STUDENTS SAFE AND STRIVING FOR SUCCESS.
WE HAD AN ADMINISTRATIVE ACADEMY NUMBER TWO, AT AC HS CHRISTOPHER THOMPSON CULTIVATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF CULTIVATION AND TEAMWORK. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE FINAL VIP WINNERS FOR THE YEAR. SUMMER WAS COMING UP THE SUMMER.
SO NEW WEBSITE, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING OUR NEW WEBSITE WITH A SOFT LAUNCH IN JULY, AND EXPECTATIONS IT WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL IN THAT 22-23 ACADEMIC YEAR.
IT IS IN SYNC WITH ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS MISSION TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE EDUCATION EXPERIENCE FOR ALL.
WITH HIGH QUALITY AUTOMATED TRANSLATION, WHICH ALLOW FOR GREATER ACCURACY, IT MORE CURRENT INFORMATION ONLINE.
ANOTHER EXCITED LAUNCH HIS PARENTS SQUARE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
AND SO THIS IS VERY EXCITING FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW PERRY SQUARE IS A UNIFIED AFTERSCHOOL COMMUNICATION.
IT ALLOWS FAMILIES TO RECEIVE 75 ALL DIVISION ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THOSE FROM THEIR CHILDREN SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS IN ONE PLACE.
SO FAMILY AND STAFF WILL RECEIVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT PARIS WHERE, DURING THE SUMMER, AND YOU WILL GET THAT INFORMATION VIA E-MAIL, VIA MAIL OR TEXT.
ALSO, WE NEED TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT A NEW ARABIC AND SPANISH-SPEAKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE SEVERAL LAUNCH IS FALL.
AND AS SPECIFIC LANGUAGE GROUPS AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. ANYONE INTERESTED IN BEING A PART OF THESE COMMITTEES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY ONLINE, THROUGH FORMS AND THE FORMS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, ARABIC.
AND I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[31. Announcements]
TURN IT OVER FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE BOARD.MISS IGNACIO? >> I ACTUALLY HAVE MORE OF A QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IF MISS BURGOS IS STILL ON THERE OR NOT I SAW IN THE EXPRESS THAT THERE IS A FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK, BEGINNING, AND MY QUESTION WAS JUST AROUND ARE ALL THE OFFICE IS GOING TO BE CLOSE ON
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FRIDAY? HOW WILL BE COMMUNICATING THAT OUT TO THE PUBLIC? WHO RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES, WHEN DOES THE SAND? I SAW A START DATE I DID NOT SEE AN END DATE, IT DOES INCLUDE FACILITIES AND FACILITIES PROJECTS? DOES IT INCLUDE BUILDING ENGINEERS, AND IS IT CONSIDERED A CALENDAR CHANGE.BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY FOR ME IS HOW WE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATING THIS TO RETIREES IN THE COMMUNITY SO THEY 76 DON'T SHOW UP AT CENTRAL OFFICE OR AT A SCHOOL TO FIND OUT
>> WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TOO TAKE THAT QUESTION,
>> YES >> YES, THANK YOU FOR ASKING, THE FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT IS BEEN PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, IT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO THE STAFF SEVERAL TIMES.
THE START DATE IS OF COURSE NEXT WEEKEND AND IT DOES END ON AUGUST THE FIFTH, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF OUR OFFICES TO HAVE THAT. WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT BEST FIT FOR JOB RESPONSIBILITY THIS SUMMER. THEY ARE WORKING WITH SUPERVISORS TO SEE WHAT DEPARTMENTS CAN'T REALLY WORK WITH FOUR-DAY VERSUS A FIVE DAY WORK SCHEDULE.
BECAUSE IT DOES ALLOW FOR SOME FACILITIES IN DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO WORK ON THAT FIFTH DAY.
IF THEY ARE CLOSE. SO AS FAR AS COMMUNICATIONS THEY HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATED TO OUR STAFF TWICE.
THERE IS BEEN A TEXT MESSAGE THAT HAS GONE OUT WE HAVE AT POP OUT ON THE WEBSITE.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH CONTACTING IF THE OFFICE IS CLOSED MISSED HAS MET WITH HOW THAT WILL HAPPEN. SO THAT POP-UP WOULD POP UP WEEKLY, SO THEY COULD COMMUNICATE AND WAS OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED.
IT IS NOT A CALENDAR CHANGE, IF STAFF ARE WORKING THEREFORE THEY WERE GREAT THEY ARE EXPECTED TO WORK THE 40 HOURS, BUT NOT ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS WILL OPERATE IN THAT REGARD 77 BECAUSE DEPEND ON THE BEST JOB FIT.
FOR MAYBE SUMMER PROGRAMS AND THAT SORT OF THINGS A SPECIAL WORK FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE HAPPENING.
SO IT IS NOT IN FACT A CALENDAR CHANGE, IT IS TRULY A SCHEDULE CHANGE OF WORK HOURS, BUT ALL EMPLOYEES ARE STILL EXPECTED TO GET IN THERE 40 HOURS IN THE FOUR-DAY WORKWEEK.
THERE WILL BE MESSAGES LIKE IF YOU WERE TO CONTACT THE OFFICE OF HOW TO CONTACT SOMEONE IN CASE OF EMERGENCY THAT SORT OF THING.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY BE KEEPING ONGOING COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT WHAT OFFICES ARE OPEN, WE ALSO ALWAYS HAVE THE ASK A THE ACPS ANNOUNCEMENT I HOPE I GOT EVERYTHING MISS IGNACIO.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO SEE THIS WHEN I PULLED THE BACK REPORT, WE NEED MORE MEMBERS SO I AM JUST SAYING IF WE WANT TO RECRUIT, WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY IT'S A SMALL GROUP WE CAN AT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TO MORE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE HELPFUL AND DISTRIBUTE THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
ON A MORE SUMMER KNOW, I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO RECOGNIZE THAT HEADACHE IS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD YOU SERVED ME FROM 21322015 SHE PASSED AWAY AND I WAS ABLE TO GO IN FOR SERVICE FOR SEVERAL MEMBERS.
WHO I SERVED WITH ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FROM 2013 TO 2015, A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS SHE WAS A FORCE, IF YOU KNEW PAT SHE WAS A FORCE OF NATURE, AND I KNOW YOU REMEMBER HER AND I WERE TO MEET US TOO. SHE WAS A FORCE OF NATURE, YOU ALWAYS AND WE USED IT WITH HER, SHE WOULD ASK THE TOUGH QUESTIONS, 78 AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL AND MANY TIMES I COMPLETELY WOULD DISAGREE WITH HER BUT WE ALL WERE VERY RESPECTFUL AND WE CAN WALK OUT LAUGHING WHEN WALKING OUT OF THE BUILDING EVEN WHEN WE MAY HAVE HAD A HEATED ARGUMENT ABOUT SOMETHING, AND THAT WHICH IS DEFINITELY PAT.
SHE WAS A BUDGET WIZARD THAT WAS HER BACKGROUND AND SHE DEFINITELY RAN OUR CFO OF THE TIME STACY JOHNSON HARD, AND STACY CAME TO HER FUNERAL TO CELEBRATE HER LIFE WHICH IS GREAT TO SEE STACY AGAIN AS WELL.
SHE ALSO HELPS THAT THE JR OTC AT ALEXANDER CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I KNOW THIS CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SHE MENTION HIM SHORTLY BEFORE SHE DIED WAS THAT SHE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS A SCHOLARSHIPS TO SET UP TO SUPPORT THE JROTC PROGRAM I'M HOPING THAT WILL COME BACK AT SOME POINT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THAT PROGRAM IN
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THEIR HONOR AND HER SON CHRISTOPHER THAT SHE REFERRED TO AS MY CHRISTOPHER, FOR THE DEIST WAS THAT HE IS A MARINE AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIM THERE, AND HE ABSOLUTELY WANTS TO HELP SUPPORT THE SCHOLARSHIP THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET UNDERWAY.SO PLEASE THINK OF PAT, IN ADDITION UP IN THE SCHOOL BOARD SHE WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD MANY YEARS BEFORE AND SHE HAS DONE SO MANY OTHER THINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND IT WAS IMPRESSIVE TO HEAR SOME OF THE STUFF THAT I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT SHE HAD DONE EVEN KNOW WHEN YOU'RE ON THE BOARD AND THE BOARD MEMBERS YOU SPENT SO MANY HOURS TOGETHER THAT 79 I JUST LEAVE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT HER.
SO THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT MISS GREENE
>> THANK YOU CHAIR, I WANTED TO THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD SINCE GRADUATION.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MR. BALLIS AND THE WHOLE TEAM EVERYONE THAT HAD A PART OR PLAYED A PART IN THE GRADUATION OF OUR 2022 ALEXANDER CITY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
GET GREAT COVERAGE, FAMILIES WERE SO PROUD AND THE KIDS WERE SO VERY EXCITED.
IT MAKES THIS WORK ALL WORTHWHILE.
WHEN YOU GET TO GRADUATION DAY.
AND I TELL EVERYONE EVERY YEAR, TWO THINGS I WOULD NOT EVER MISS, AS A SCHOOL MENTOR IS GRADUATION IN JUNE AND ONE FOR THE SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATES, IT PUTS IT ALL INTO FOCUS OF WHAT WE DO SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PLAYED A PART IN IT. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2022 ALEXANDRIA FIRST ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
>> YOU ACTUALLY REMINDED ME THAT I MISSED A FEW POINTS ABOUT THEM. SO OF THE 809 GRADUATES WE GOT 43% WHO'D EARNED EVENTS ANY DIPLOMAS THAT IS THAT HIGH IS% OF THOSE STUDENTS WHO EARN THAT THAT'S EXCITING.
AT THIS TIME WE HAVE 562 WHO WILL BE GOING TO COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, 22 WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO SERVE IN THE MILITARY.
THIRTY ARE PLAYING IN GAP YEARS AND 15 WHO HAVE PLANS TO ENROLL IN TRADE SCHOOL.
MERIT SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO 2022 TITAN GRADUATES THE TOTAL 1 MILLION $734,500.
AND 80 OBVIOUSLY THE SCHOLARSHIP OF ALEXANDRIA AWARDED 600,000 TO 205 OF OUR GRADUATES.
HARRIS. >> YES THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
WE HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES THIS YEAR. AS A SCHOOL BOARD, AND AS A COMMUNITY.
AND ALTHOUGH THIS IS THE LAST OFFICIAL MEETING FOR THE SUMMER, THE WORK IS NOT AN. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, SO I IMPLORE AND ENCOURAGE NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE BOARD, TO TAKE A BREATH, OVER THE SUMMER.
AND KIND OF GET TOGETHER AND UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE HERE.
WE ARE HERE FOR THE CHILDREN. AND THAT WORK WILL CONTINUE AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE WILL IMPACT OUR KIDS AND OUR CHILDREN
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