[1.Meeting Called to Order by Chair Alderton]
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ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
I WILL DO THE ROLL CALL SO WE CAN SEE WHICH BOARD MEMBERS ARE CURRENTLY PRESENT.
CHRISTOPHER HARRIS IS NOT HERE YET.
AND DR. ASHLEY SIMPSON BAIRD HERE.
ALL RIGHT. AND MS.. IGNACIO IS ABSENT FOR NOW.
BUT WE WILL VOTE HIM INTO THE MEETING ELECTRONICALLY.
OKAY. SO WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA?
[3.Adopt the Agenda for the February 16, 2023 School Board Meeting]
MATTER. I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA.AND NOW WE NEED A MOTION TO ALLOW MR. AL NEWBY TO PARTICIPATE ELECTRONICALLY.
MADAM CHAIR, WHERE IS BOARD MEMBER ABDUL RAHMAN NEWBY? HAS NOTIFIED THE BOARD THAT HE IS UNAVAILABLE TO BE PHYSICALLY PRESENT FOR TONIGHT'S SCHOOL BOARD MEETING DUE TO A PERSONAL MATTER, SPECIFICALLY ILLNESS.
AND. WHEREAS, BOARD MEMBER AL NEWBY REQUESTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL FROM ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, WHERE THE CONFERENCE CALL SHALL BE HEARD BY ALL PARTICIPANTS IN THIS BOARD ROOM.
AND. WHEREAS, A QUORUM OF THE BOARD IS PHYSICALLY ASSEMBLED IN THIS BOARD ROOM.
THEREFORE, I MOVE PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2-3708 THAT THE BOARD APPROVE THE PARTICIPATION OF BOARD MEMBER ABDUL RAHMAN AL NEWBY AND THE BOARD MEETING BY VIDEO CONFERENCE CALL.
RIEF WHO SECONDS VICE CHAIR GREEN'S MOTION AND I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. MR. NEWBY, YOU ARE NOW ABLE TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM.
AND JUST REMEMBER, FOR ALL THOSE, I WILL NEED YOUR VERBAL CONFIRMATION.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE CAN MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS AND ADDRESSES TO THE BOARD.
[5."Simply the Best" School Highlight--Douglas MacArthur Elementary School]
AND FIRST STEP IS OUR SIMPLY THE BEST SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT.AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR IN THE HOUSE.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU ALL.
GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.
GOOD MORNING. I MEAN, GOOD EVENING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TONIGHT.
MORNING. I AM PENNY HARRISON, THE VERY PROUD PRINCIPAL OF DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO SHOWCASE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR AND ALL OF MY STARS.
OH. INNOVATION IN THE SPACE FOR US TO DESIGN.
SOLVE PROBLEMS. WAIT SPACE FOR US TO DESIGN, BUILD, TINKER, SOLVE PROBLEMS AND REFLECT USING A VARIETY OF MATERIALS DURING OUR LIBRARIAN CORE.
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MY NAME IS ANDREW AND I'M IN THE FOURTH GRADE IS FOR ACHIEVERS OF ACADEMIC SUCCESS.WE WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THAT DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY IS FULLY ACCREDITED.
I'M IN THE FOURTH GRADE GRADE.
I'M OURS FOR READING IS FUNDAMENTAL.
THIS HELPS US ENJOY THE LOVE FOR READING.
MY NAME IS LEIGHTON AND I'M IN THE FIFTH GRADE.
S'S FOUR STARS SINGING AND SHINING BRIGHTLY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OUR MUSIC TEACHER, MR. FITCH. LISTEN TO THE MUSIC AS OUR SCHOOL CHORUS SINGS FOR YOU.
AP SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH GOES, GOES.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
THANK YOU. WE REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU.
IN FACT. SO I REALLY FEEL THAT AS THAAD, I.
HOW DID YOU GET YOUR ROCK? OH, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS.
NO, THANK YOU, GUYS. WE SHOULD BE THANKING YOU.
OK. SO WE WILL MOVE ALONG IN OUR AGENDA.
AND WE NEXT UP WE DO HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN VIDEO VIGNETTE.
[6.Strategic Plan Video Vignette]
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE JUST EITHER HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME OR JUST TUNING IN, WE HAVE SPENT THE SCHOOL YEAR DEVELOPING SMALL LITTLE VIDEO VIGNETTES TO SHARE OUT WITH OUR COMMUNITY SORT OF THE BONES OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.AND SO THIS IS ONE IN THE SERIES.
THROUGH OUR 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN.
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LEARNING. THIS SCHOOL WAS DESIGNED SO THAT ACP PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTS WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE STRENGTHS AND NEEDS OF THE WHOLE CHILD.REFLECT AND SUPPORT HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL STUDENTS.
THE FIRST OF THESE IS EXPANDING ACCESS TO OUR ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL'S SATELLITE CAMPUS, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO DELIVER A CURRICULUM THAT IS FLEXIBLE IN SCHEDULING AND STUDENT CENTER AND SUPPORT.
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS REQUIRE A MORE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE AND COMMONLY AVAILABLE IN A TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SETTING DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS BEING AN ATHLETE NEEDING TO SUPPORT THEIR FAMILY OR HAVING THE DESIRE TO GRADUATE EARLY.
IT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO SELECT A SCHOOL SESSION THAT WORKS BEST FOR THEIR PARTICULAR SCHEDULE AND ALLOWS THEM TO WORK AT THEIR OWN PACE, WHILE ALSO BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL EXTRACURRICULAR CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES AT HHS.
EACH HHS SATELLITE STUDENT IS ASSIGNED WITH AN ACADEMIC ADVISOR WHO WORKS ONE ON ONE WITH STUDENTS, CAREFULLY MONITORS THEIR PROGRESS, AND TAKES ON A PROACTIVE ROLE IN ADDRESSING ANY ACADEMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE STUDENT.
ADDITIONALLY, IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH STUDENTS, ACADEMIC ADVISORS, THE STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM MONITORS STUDENT'S SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC LEARNING AND PROVIDES INTERVENTIONS AS NEEDED.
OUR SATELLITE CAMPUS IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW ACPS HAS IDENTIFIED AND USED BEST PRACTICES IN ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING TO DIFFERENTIATE SUPPORT AND INCREASE ACCESS TO INSTRUCTION AND PROMOTE INNOVATION.
WE BELIEVE THAT ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BENEFIT FROM A RIGOROUS AND CHALLENGING CURRICULUM THAT MEETS THEIR LEARNING NEEDS AND ADDRESSES THEIR STRENGTHS THROUGH ADVANCED ACADEMIC SERVICES.
BEYOND THE REGULAR CURRICULUM ARE PROVIDED FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES K THROUGH 12, WHOSE ABILITIES AND POTENTIAL FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT REQUIRE SPECIAL PROGRAMS TO MEET THEIR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
HONORS AND ADVANCED PLACEMENT CLASSES.
DUAL ENROLLMENT IN COLLEGE COURSES FOR ACCESS TO SUMMER RESIDENTIAL GOVERNESS SCHOOL.
AND THE YOUNG SCHOLARS MODEL, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO HELP IDENTIFY STUDENTS FROM HISTORICALLY UNDERREPRESENTED POPULATIONS FOR GIFTED SERVICES AND PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO NURTURE TALENT AND BUILD CONFIDENCE SO THAT STUDENTS CAN MEET THEIR POTENTIAL.
THIS WORK ENSURES A CURRICULUM THAT IS DIFFERENTIATED TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF ALL STUDENTS.
ONCE FOUND ELIGIBLE, AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION PROGRAM OR IEP, IS SPECIFICALLY DEVELOPED FOR THE STUDENT BY THEIR PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, EDUCATORS, PRINCIPAL, AND OTHER INVITED PARTICIPANTS.
SERVICES MAY BE PROVIDED IN THE CHILD'S CLASSROOM BY SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFF OR THE GRADE LEVEL TEACHER, AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER COULD PLAN AND CO TEACH DURING SPECIFIC CONTENT AREAS.
THESE SERVICES MAY ALSO INCLUDE DIRECT SERVICES PROVIDED TO A CHILD IN A SMALL GROUP SETTING LED BY THE SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER IN A LOCATION OUTSIDE OF THE GRADE LEVEL CLASSROOM.
OTHER SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES MAY INCLUDE SPEECH THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, OR PHYSICAL THERAPY BY PROFESSIONALS IN THOSE FIELDS BASED ON THE LEVEL OF NEED IDENTIFIED THROUGH EVALUATION.
CITYWIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES ARE ALSO PROVIDED.
IN SPECIFIC SITUATIONS WHEN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SERVICES ARE NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE STUDENT, STUDENTS WHOSE NEEDS ARE MORE INTENSIVE MAY RECEIVE SERVICES FOR ALL ACADEMIC CONTENT AREAS IN A SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES INCREASED SUPPORT AND DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION.
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THE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES IN A CITYWIDE PROGRAM ARE HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED, SYSTEMATIC AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR REPEATED PRACTICE IN ORDER TO MAKE PROGRESS. THE RELATED SERVICES OF SPEECH, OCCUPATIONAL AND PHYSICAL THERAPY MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED FOR STUDENTS IN CITYWIDE PROGRAMS. CITYWIDE PROGRAM PLACEMENT IS DETERMINED BY THE IEP TEAM AND BASED ON A STUDENT'S LEVEL OF NEED.ACPS HAS CITYWIDE PROGRAMS AT VARIOUS SCHOOL SITES ACROSS THE DIVISION THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM, INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, EMOTIONAL DISABILITIES, OR MULTIPLE DISABILITIES.
THE JOB OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, ALONG WITH THE WORK AND INPUT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, SENIOR LEADERSHIP, STAFF, PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND FAMILIES, IS TO PLAN, PREPARE, ADOPT, IMPLEMENT, MONITOR AND CONTINUOUSLY EVALUATE SERVICES AND SUPPORTS LIKE THESE TO ENSURE THAT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ARE ALIGNED WITH THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WITH OUR CORE VALUES.
THE GOALS ESTABLISHED IN OUR 2025 STRATEGIC PLAN SET CLEAR DIVISION WIDE PRIORITIES TO ELIMINATE OPPORTUNITY AND ACHIEVEMENT GAPS, AS WELL AS PREPARE ALL STUDENTS TO GRADUATE READY FOR COLLEGE CAREERS AND LIFE.
WHEN WE ALIGN THESE GOALS WITH OUR CORE VALUES AND STRATEGIES, WE ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE EMPOWERED TO THRIVE IN A DIVERSE AND EVER CHANGING WORLD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR. REEF.
WELL, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO YET.
DON'T WORRY. YOUR TURN IS COMING.
ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, DR.
REEF. AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER VIDEO THAT WE WANT TO SHARE IN OUR EFFORTS TO
[7.ACPS Recruitment Video]
RECRUIT.WE HAVE A VIDEO THAT HAS BEEN CREATED.
WE'VE GOT INFO FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
TO BE A PART OF A DIVERSE COMMUNITY.
TO BE A PART OF A PLACE WHERE I CAN GROW.
SEE COMPANIES AGAIN WHO'LL BE PART OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT VALUES EQUITY.
TO BE A PART OF A TIGHT KNIT, CARING COMMUNITY.
JOIN OUR EQUITY JOURNEY TODAY.
I WAS MOVED. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO MOVE ON.
[8.Advisory Committee Comments--Career and Technical Education (CTE) Advisory Committee]
PATRICIA JACOBS AND PATRICK HOAR, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.WHAT DO I DO WITH THAT WORK? THAT EVENING, MADAM SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR ALDERTON AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD.
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AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO BRING YOU A CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE UPDATE.FIRST, LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CTE PROGRAMS IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.
ACP CURRENTLY HAS OVER 7300 GRADE SIX THROUGH 12 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CTE COURSES.
THE SIX CTE PROGRAM AREAS AND JROTC HAVE 30 PATHWAYS WITH OVER 80 HIGH SCHOOL COURSES AND NINE MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSES THAT ARE TAUGHT BY 65 INSTRUCTORS.
THE CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS REPRESENT THE NATIONAL CTE.
NONTRADITIONAL CAREER FIELDS AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS FOR FEDERAL PERKINS GRANT FUNDING.
THE COMMITTEE MEETS QUARTERLY IN OCTOBER, DECEMBER, MARCH AND MAY FROM 4 P.M.
AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
MEETING AGENDAS FOCUS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED SCOPE OF WORK AS WELL AS THE REVIEW OF ALL CTE PROGRAM AREA PATHWAYS THAT ARE BASED ON REGIONAL WORKFORCE NEEDS.
THE CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DECIDED ON ROTATING THE SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITIES THIS YEAR AND WE HAVE ELECTED A NEW CHAIR FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR, DR.
GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR, MS..
ALDERTON, AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.
AS DR. JACOBS MENTIONED, MY NAME IS DR.
PATRICK COOPER. I'M CHAIR OF THE CTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THAT WILL COME UP AT OUR MARCH MEETING THIS YEAR.
WE'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME TIME THIS EVENING TO SPEAK ABOUT THREE RECENT C.T.
HIGHLIGHTS. FIRST, WE HAVE THE CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM, WHICH IS PARTNERED WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AT ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL TO OFFER A UNIQUE COURSE CALLED EDUCATION FOR EMPLOYMENT IN THE CULINARY ARTS.
THE STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THIS PARTICULAR CLASS ARE PARTNERED UP WITH ADVANCED LEVEL STUDENTS, SO UPPERCLASSMEN WHO TAKE PART IN THIS COURSE ALONGSIDE THEM WITH THE AKP'S NUTRITION DEPARTMENT PROVIDING OVERALL CURRICULUM SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE.
THERE'S BEEN REALLY GREAT RESPONSE TO THIS PARTICULAR COURSE OVER THE COURSE OF ITS RUN.
THIS IS ITS SECOND YEAR IN OPERATION.
WE'VE SEEN ENROLLMENT GROW KIND OF A MASSIVE PERCENT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE HOW THAT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE OVER THE COMING YEARS.
RECENTLY WE HAD THE GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR ADVISORY BOARD TO THE AMAZON WEB SERVICES SKILL CENTER, A SKILL CENTER IN ARLINGTON. WE HELD OUR REGULAR MEETING IN THIS SPACE.
STAFF AT THE CENTER PROVIDED US A TOUR, DISCUSS THE ROLE OF CLOUD BASED COMPUTING SOFTWARE, THE CERTIFICATION AND CLOUD BASED COMPUTING SKILLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO FACULTY.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT REALLY BRIEFLY IS THE STEM FOR HER DAY.
ONE OF OUR CTE ADVISORY MEMBERS IS THE HEAD OF STEM FOR HER.
THAT'S JEN FORTNEY, WHO'S UP ON THE BOARD.
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THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SPEND A DAY IMMERSED IN CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.SO THAT'S SOMETHING QUITE EXCITING.
WE'VE HAD A GREAT TIME PARTNERING WITH STEM FOR HER AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THIS PARTNERSHIP GROWS IN TERMS OF SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND CONTINUED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR FOLKS.
SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO DR.
JACOBS TO TALK ABOUT CTE MONTH.
THANK YOU. SO EVERY FEBRUARY IS NATIONAL CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, AND IT'S OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE MANY BENEFITS AND OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED THROUGH CTE PROGRAMING AND TO CELEBRATE CTE MONTH.
WE HAVE PROVIDED EACH OF YOU WITH A ONE PAGE FLIER ABOUT WHAT IS CTE AS WELL AS A MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CTE CAREER GUIDE. SO YOU CAN HAVE A LOOK AT THOSE A LITTLE BIT LATER.
WE ALSO HAD A MEMO SENT TO US FROM THE VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ANNOUNCING CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH WITH A PROCLAMATION.
AND I THINK MR. HARRIS, WHO SITS ON OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MIGHT BE READING THAT TONIGHT.
IT IS. IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.
THERE IS HEREBY OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH, WHEREAS EVERY STUDENT IN THE COMMONWEALTH SHOULD GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL PREPARED FOR SUCCESS IN LIFE.
AND. WHEREAS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ALLOW STUDENTS TO EXPLORE MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO POST-SECONDARY READINESS THROUGH HARD WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, WORKFORCE TRAINING, COLLEGE PREPARATION AND EARNING INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS.
AND. WHEREAS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF A STRONG, WELL-EDUCATED WORKFORCE WHICH FOSTERS PRODUCTIVITY IN INDUSTRY AND CONTRIBUTES TO VIRGINIA'S LEADERSHIP IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE.
AND. WHEREAS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION OFFERS LIFELONG LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS WITH MORE CAREER CHOICES, EXPAND THE EARNING POTENTIAL AND GREATER JOB SATISFACTION.
AND. WHEREAS, THE COOPERATIVE AND EVER INCREASING EFFORTS BETWEEN CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATORS, ADMINISTRATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY TO STIMULATE THE GROWTH OF THE COMMONWEALTH ECONOMY BY PREPARING STUDENTS FOR CAREER AND HIGH DEMAND, HIGH SKILL AND HIGH WAGE FIELDS.
AND. WHEREAS, THE NATIONAL THEME OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH CELEBRATE TODAY AND TOMORROW DEMONSTRATES THE CRUCIAL ROLE THAT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PLAYS IN READYING VIRGINIA STUDENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL CAREERS.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNN YOUNGKIN, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE FEBRUARY 20, 23 AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH AND IN OUR COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AND I CALLED THIS OBSERVANCE TO THE ATTENTION OF ALL OUR CITIZENS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS.
TIME TO UPDATE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT WITH ME BECAUSE I'M GOING
[9.Public Comments]
TO TRY TO MAKE SOME NEW POINTS.WE HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT PUBLIC COMMENT LOOKS LIKE IN THE MEETING.
SO I WILL HAVE THIS FINE TUNED BY NEXT TIME.
BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO HIT THE KEY POINTS.
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ALL RIGHT. SO THE ALEXANDRIA SCHOOL BOARD OBVIOUSLY WELCOMES PUBLIC COMMENT AT MOST REGULAR MEETINGS AND AT PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR EACH BOARD MEETING, WE ALLOCATE UP TO ONE HOUR FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS.SPEAKERS WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO SHARE THEIR COMMENTS IN PERSON OR VIA ZOOM.
GENERALLY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DO NOT RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT DURING A MEETING OR HEARING.
FOLLOWING THE MEETING, EACH SPEAKER HAS UP TO 3 MINUTES.
IF MORE SPEAKERS SIGN UP THAN THAN CAN BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN OUR ALLOTTED TIME.
SPEAKERS WILL BE ASKED TO LIMIT THEIR TIME.
ADDITIONAL TIME WILL BE PROVIDED FOR SPEAKERS WHO HAVE INTERPRETERS.
I THINK I GOT MOST OF THE KEY POINTS.
SO WHEN YOU HEAR THAT YOU WILL BE MADE AWARE IF YOUR 3 MINUTES IS UP.
WE ALSO ALLOW FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS.
IF YOU HAVE WRITTEN COMMENTS, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO BOARD CLERK AT ACPS K 12 VA US.
NIELSEN ANNOUNCE THE SPEAKERS, IF THAT'S OKAY.
I TOLD YOU I'M TRYING SOMETHING NEW.
OH, MY GOODNESS. WELL, THANK YOU.
FIRST WE HAVE CATHERINE WILEY.
WELL, GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.
AM I ALLOWED TO BEGIN NOW? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
SO I'LL BE TALKING ON THE ISSUE OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE BRIEFLY.
MY NAME IS DR. KATHERINE WILEY.
AND IN MY CAPACITY AS A RESEARCHER AND A PROFESSOR.
SO I HAVE SPENT THE LAST TEN YEARS STUDYING SCHOOL CLIMATE AND EQUITABLE DISCIPLINE.
AND AS ACP IS CONSIDERING YOUR BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF FUNDING TWO OR MORE ADDITIONAL RESTORATIVE PRACTICES POSITIONS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, REALLY TO HELP WITH SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT RESTORATIVE JUSTICE WITH FIDELITY.
I SPENT TEN YEARS IN DENVER, COLORADO, WHERE I RELOCATED FROM LAST YEAR, AND THERE I WAS DOING A LOT OF WORK IN RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, SEEING OVER 100 SCHOOLS IN THAT DISTRICT.
AND SO IT'S IMPERATIVE REALLY THAT CENTRAL OFFICE DOES PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT FOR HIGH QUALITY IMPLEMENTATION OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, PARTICULARLY WITH AN EQUITY LENS.
SO WE KNOW FROM THE RESEARCH THAT JUST BECAUSE RJ IS USED IN SCHOOLS DOESN'T MEAN THAT BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS GET IT, GET ACCESS TO RJ AS OFTEN AS WHITE STUDENTS. SO FOR THAT REASON, TOO, I WOULD SUGGEST AN AUDIT OF RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE IT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED IN SCHOOLS AND THAT STAFF DO HAVE SUPPORT.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF RJ DOESN'T RECEIVE SUPPORT IS THAT PEOPLE WILL BLAME THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
RIGHT? WE NEED GOOD IMPLEMENTATION OF IT, INADEQUATE SUPPORT.
SO LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THAT AUDIT AS WELL.
AND AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND PLEASE USE ME AS A RESOURCE SINCE I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
I HAVE COME TO YOU AGAIN TONIGHT TO SPEAK ABOUT SAFETY IN OUR SCHOOLS.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, PEOPLE LIKE ME DO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
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I MEAN, WHO WOULDN'T IT SCARE? IT'S HARD TO FACE THE FACT THAT WE ARE ALL WE CAN RELY ON.AND THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN'T JUST PRETEND THAT SROS AND DETECTION SYSTEMS AND MORE AND MORE SURVEILLANCE AND ESCALATION ISN'T REACTIVE AND THAT IT ISN'T AN OUTRIGHT RETREAT.
AND ONE DAY WE WILL ALL BE GONE.
AND AMONGST ALL THE THINGS WE'RE PROPOSING TO ERECT, WHAT ARE WE BUILDING? EVERY DAY AND EVERY ACT IS A LESSON.
AND WHAT ARE WE TEACHING THEM? I MEAN, DOES THIS BUILD THEIR RESILIENCE, THEIR EMPATHY, THEIR SENSE OF DIGNITY, OF COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITY? WHAT PROBLEM ARE WE TRYING TO SOLVE? I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ALL WANT TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
I DO BELIEVE EVERYONE HERE IS TRYING THEIR BEST.
BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE WAY BRINGING IN PEOPLE TO SEPARATE US WON'T BRING US TOGETHER.
TECHNOLOGY CAN'T SOLVE A SOCIAL PROBLEM, AND THIS DISTRICT HAS A TERRIBLE STAFFING CRISIS.
I WAS VERY GLAD TO SEE YOUR AD.
I HAVE HEARD YOUR STAFF AND THE PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS BEGGING FOR POSITIONS TO BE FILLED, NEW ONES TO BE CREATED, BEGGING FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY THAT COMES WITH ADEQUATE STAFF PAY.
NOT ONLY PARENTS, BUT STUDENTS ASKING FOR MORE PSYCHOLOGISTS AND COUNSELORS AND DE-ESCALATION PROGRAMS. THE STUDENTS VERY POLITELY AND RESTRAINED, WIDELY, EXPRESSING DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE ADMINISTRATION'S SEEMING INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS WORKING WITH THEM ON STUDENT PRIORITIES AND A STEADY DRIP OF FRUSTRATION AND ALIENATION MAY NOT SEEM THAT BAD COMPARED TO THE WORST HEADLINES, BUT HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HEARD? I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT HERE.
AND THAT IS THE WORST POSSIBLE POSITION FOR A SCHOOL OF ALL PLACES TO BE IN.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, GREEN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND STAFF.
AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING ME WITH THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.
WHAT WE HEARD AT THE ROUNDTABLE CONFIRMED WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW.
THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG OUR YOUTH.
WE HEARD SOME TERRIFYING STATISTICS.
INITIAL INTAKES IN ALEXANDRIA HAVE RISEN BY 28% SINCE 2021.
OVERDOSES AMONG YOUTH IN THE CITY HAVE RISEN DRAMATICALLY, AND HALF OF STUDENTS IN ALEXANDRIA WOULD SCREEN POSITIVE IN A DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION. WE ALSO HEARD OF THE CRITICAL ROLE THAT SCHOOLS PLAY IN PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND YOUTH.
THEREFORE, THE COMMISSION WANTS TO CONVEY ITS SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR SUBMITTING AD DELETES TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 ACA CPS BUDGET THAT RECOGNIZE AND ADDRESS BOTH THE CURRENT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG YOUTH AND THE IMPACT THAT SCHOOLS CAN PLAY IN ADDRESSING IT.
IN YOUR BUDGET TAKES A VERY IMPORTANT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
WE'RE SURE THAT LONG HOURS AND CREATIVE THINKING WERE REQUIRED TO REACH THIS RESULT.
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AGAIN, THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.THANK YOU. MR. FOXX. GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR ALDERTON, VICE CHAIR GREEN AND THE REST OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MY NAME IS JAY FALK AND I'M A TEACHER AT MANY HOWARD BUILDING REP FOR THE EAA.
I COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MASSIVE GRATITUDE FOR INCLUDING THE HIGHER RAISES AND ADDITIONAL STAFF POSITIONS IN THE REVISED BUDGET YOU SUBMITTED LAST WEEK.
WE HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE ON HOLD STEPS THAT WILL NOW RECEIVE FULL PAY RAISES THIS YEAR.
THANK YOU. THANKS TO YOU, WE WILL NOW HAVE PSYCHOLOGISTS AT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WHO WILL BE ABLE TO FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION.
I'M SUPPORTING THE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND NOT TRAVELING FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.
THANK YOU. THANKS TO YOU, WE WILL HAVE STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN CHRONICALLY ABSENT ALL YEAR WHO WILL NOW GET DIRECT PARENT OUTREACH AND ONE ON ONE SUPPORT FROM OUR TRUANCY SPECIALIST.
WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO WILL HAVE CAREER COUNSELING TO REACH ANY JOB, CAREER OR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOME THAT THEY DESIRE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CAREER SPECIALIST.
NO CORE TEACHERS AT ACC'S NEXT YEAR SHOULD HAVE MORE THAN 150 STUDENTS.
THANKS TO YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CRITICAL AD DELETES.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS MORE WORK TO DO, BUT THIS FINAL BUDGET, IT REFLECTS A HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN FILLING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND STAFF. THANK YOU.
HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
GOOD EVENING, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CONCERNS OF STUDENTS AND PARENTS.
SELECTED AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WHILE WE ARE APPRECIATIVE THAT SOME OF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO MEET DIRECTLY WITH OUR YOUTH GROUP TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS AND EXPERIENCES ON THEIR NEEDS AND SCHOOLS, A FEW MONTHS AGO WE SAW THAT THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED BUDGET IN THE LATEST ADJUSTMENTS AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE LACK OF INVESTMENT IN HOLISTIC RESOURCES FOR STUDENT WELL-BEING THAT IS BEING PLACED FOR THE FY 2024 BUDGET.
AS A CPS LEADERSHIP, YOU ARE NOT PRIORITIZING AND LISTENING TO STUDENT NEEDS AND UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS STILL AN ONGOING GAP THAT LIES IN REACHING THOSE NECESSARY MENTAL HEALTH AND RESTORATIVE BUILDING SUPPORT STUDENTS DESERVE.
WE SEE THAT THE STATE OF YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH REQUIRES IMMEDIATE RESOURCES.
SOME EXAMPLES OF THESE STATISTICS INCLUDE THAT ONE IN THREE YOUTH STATED THAT THEY FELT PERSISTENT SADNESS AND HOPELESSNESS OVER THE PAST YEAR, AND ONE IN FOUR STATED THAT THEY HAD RECENT SYMPTOMS, SYMPTOMS OF CLINICAL DEPRESSION.
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SEEING THE URGENCY OF THE ISSUE AND NOT ADDRESSING IT WITH THE PROPER SUPPORTS WILL ONLY CAUSE THE ROOT CAUSE, THE ROOT ISSUE TO CONTINUE AND EXISTENCE. THAT FURTHER IMPACTS THE SUCCESS OF STUDENTS OF COLOR AND ASPS.AS YOU ARE AWARE, OUR YOUTH GROUP, ALEXANDER UNITED TEENS, THAT INCLUDES THE YOUTH OF OUR SOCIAL JUSTICE CLUB MEMBERS, HAVE LED A PETITION TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS, WHERE 117 ACP STUDENTS AND PARENTS SIGNED.
59 COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR TEACHERS AND OTHERS ALSO SUPPORTED THIS PETITION.
WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE PSYCHOLOGISTS THAT THAN THAN WHAT'S IN THE CURRENT PROPOSED BUDGET AND MORE INVESTMENTS IN RESTORATIVE PRACTICE THAT ARE NEEDED.
AND ALTHOUGH TONIGHT YOU WILL BE TAKING A VOTE IN THE BUDGET OR ADVOCACY WOULD NOT END HERE, OUR ORGANIZATION, TENANTS AND WORKERS UNITED, ALONG WITH OUR YOUTH AND PARENT PARENT MEMBERS, WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH CPS ON HOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL ENSURE THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS ACPS, ESPECIALLY ON THOSE IMPLEMENTED RESOURCES THAT ACP WILL BE INVESTING IN.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE MS..
BASU ON LINE TO ALLOW HER TO SPEAK.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTERS THIS EVENING.
AND IF YOU ARE OUT THERE AND YOU EVER WISH TO SPEAK, WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU SIGN UP.
CAN'T CAN'T REMEMBER IF WE WERE CONSIDERING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
BUT FOR NOW, IT'S NOON THE DAY PRIOR.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ALL.
SO. MOVING ALONG IN OUR AGENDA, WE STILL NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR STUDENT
[10.Report from Student Representatives Emily Milton and Torenzo Ricks]
REPRESENTATIVES. OH, WE MUST HEAR FROM YOU, MR. RICKS. ALL RIGHT.I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS.. MILTON.
HELLO, EVERYONE. I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT YESTERDAY WAS ESSER APPRECIATION DAY, AND I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT THE WONDERFUL OFFICER SUAREZ AND A DIE AT KING STREET CAMPUS AND OFFICER PIERRE HILL AT MANY HOWARD CAMPUS WHO WORKED SO HARD TO KEEP ALL OF US SAFE.
I ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT THAT FEBRUARY, AS WE KNOW, IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND THE BLACK STUDENT UNION OVER AT PHS HAS BEEN RUNNING PRESENTATIONS IN THE BLACK BOX THEATER TO CELEBRATE CULTURE AND HISTORY AT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MONTH.
THE TELEVISION AND MEDIA PROGRAM AT OUR SCHOOL TO CREATE IS A WONDERFUL DOCUMENTARY THAT I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO LOOK AT TMA ON YOUTUBE AND WATCH. IT IS ABOUT AN HOUR, I WOULD SAY, AND IT'S CREATED BY STUDENTS BROADCASTING THE ENTIRE TRIP.
AND AND IT'S IT'S EXTREMELY POWERFUL.
I WAS VERY MOVED WHILE WATCHING THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO SHARE THAT THE CLIMATE SURVEY IS STILL AVAILABLE TO TAKE UNTIL FEBRUARY 26TH.
I THINK THAT THE SURVEYS ARE SUPER IMPORTANT AS THEY GIVE US DATA ON IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS AND THEN IT ALLOWS THEM TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ARE ALL ENCOURAGED TO RESPOND TO THE FORM.
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AT PHS NARCAN, WHICH IS THE MEDICATION THAT CAN HELP COUNTER THE EFFECTS OF AN OVERDOSE, IS AVAILABLE AT THE TEEN WELLNESS CENTER FOR FREE, AS WELL AS FENTANYL TESTING STRIPS.
ALL ADMINISTRATORS ARE TRAINED AND HAVE AND HAVE ACCESS TO NARCAN AROUND THE BUILDING.
THERE ARE ALSO THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOW TO ADMINISTER NARCAN AT MANY HOWARD AND KING STREET AND AT KRANTZ FOR CHANGE CHANCE FOR CHANGE, CAMPUS AND SATELLITE. THERE WILL BE PRESENTATIONS IN MARCH.
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AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO TRUNZO.I DO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE THE BEST SCHOOL BOARD IN ALL OF VIRGINIA.
BUT THAT'S JUST ME. TYING INTO THAT, I'D LIKE TO WISH OUR AMAZING BOARD CLERKS A HAPPY BSB, A SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION WEEK. MISS ALEX JUST JOINING US, WE.
I MADE HER A BIT NERVOUS EARLIER.
I TOLD HER TO BE PREPARED FOR AN EMBARRASSING MOMENT, BUT I HAVE TO.
AND HOW MISS NELSON, FORGIVE ME, A52 WOMAN WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THIS HUGE VAN IN THE RAIN AT NIGHT TO GET US DOWN THERE. I WILL ALWAYS COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.
YES, SHE DOES WHAT SHE HAS TO DO.
LASTLY, TO ALL OF OUR ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL TITANS, YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER IN THE EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ESSAY CONTEST BY MARCH 17TH FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ANY TYPE OF SCHOLARSHIP MONEY.
AGAIN, HAPPY SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.
[11.Report from International Academy Student Representative Zahra Rahimi]
HELLO EVERYONE. HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING OKAY.AND WE HAD A PARADE FOR HIM TODAY.
I IN LITERATURE CLUB HAD A POETRY EVENT THIS MONDAY.
A STUDENT SHARED THEIR POEMS AND THERE WERE JUDGES GIVING THEM FEEDBACK AT THE END.
MANY OF OUR ALUMNI JOINED AND AFTER SCHOOL, TAUGHT ON VIOLENCE AND HAVE FORMED AN ALUMINUM NETWORK TO COME IN AND GIVE MOTIVATIONAL TALKS TO THE CURRENT STUDENTS. AND ON FEBRUARY 21ST, DURING LUNCH, WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FIRST INTEREST MEETING AND INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS COMMITTEE, WHICH I ORGANIZED AND SUPPORTED, SPONSORED BY MR. ELIAS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY AND OUT OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY STUDENTS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL, AS USUAL.
OKAY. SO WE CAN MOVE ON IN OUR AGENDA EVEN FURTHER.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT THE BOARD CONVENE A CLOSED MEETING PURSUANT TO VIRGINIA CODE 2.2-37118 29 FOR THE DISCUSSION OF THE AWARD OF A PUBLIC CONTRACT INVOLVING THE EXPENDITURE OF PUBLIC FUNDS, INCLUDING INTERVIEWS OF BIDDERS OR OFFERS AND DISCUSSION OF THE TERM OR SCOPE OF SUCH CONTRACT OR DISCUSSION IN AN OPEN SESSION WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE BARGAINING POSITION OR NEGOTIATING STRATEGY OF THE BOARD.
I HAVE DR. FEW SECONDS, VICE CHAIR, GREENS MOTION.
I. IS THAT A YES? I GUESS THAT'S A NEW ONE.
GOTCHA. OK WE WERE GOING TO CLOSE.
[Consent Calendar]
OKAY. I NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR SO I CAN ADD MR..
DR. REEVES. MOTION CALL FOR THE VOTE.
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AND MR. NEWBY.ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE SOME OLD BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO.
[24. Motion to Approve FY 2024 Combined Funds Budget (Documents have been uploaded.)]
THE FIRST OF WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF OUR COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET.SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT.
VICE CHAIR GREEN. MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE.
WE APPROVE THE FY 2024 COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET AS FOLLOWS THE FY 2024 OPERATING BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF 331,476,957 FOR BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AS SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT TO INCLUDING THE ADJUSTMENT SHOWN IN MEMO AS DISCUSSED AND SUPPORTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD DURING THE FEBRUARY NINE, 2023 BUDGET WORK SESSION.
THIS INCLUDES OTHER FINANCING SOURCES AND USES, AS WELL AS A 6,000,855 850,557 PLANNED USE OF GENERAL FUND BALANCE.
THE OPERATING BUDGET INCLUDES 2442 FTES, AN INCREASE OF 0.1% FROM FY 2023.
A TOTAL CITY APPROPRIATION REQUEST OF 258,686,800, AN INCREASE OF 4.0% FROM FY 2023.
THE FY 2024 GRANTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF 17,850,779 FOR BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AS SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT TWO, INCLUDING THE ADJUSTMENTS SHOWN IN MEMO AS DISCUSSED AND SUPPORTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD DURING THE FEBRUARY NINE, 2023 BUDGET WORK SESSION. THE BUDGET INCLUDES OTHER FINANCING SOURCES AND USES AND A TOTAL OF 125.45 FTES, AN INCREASE OF 23.4% FROM FY 2023.
THE FY 2024 SCHOOL NUTRITION SERVICES BUDGET TOTALS 12,600,871 FOR BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AS SHOWN IN ATTACHMENT TWO.
THERE ARE NO ADJUSTMENTS RECOMMENDED TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET PRESENTATION.
THIS BUDGET INCLUDES 121 FTES, WHICH REPRESENTS THE SAME AS FY 2023.
REEF WHO A SECOND SPICIER GREENS MOTION.
MADAM CHAIR. OH, MR. NEWBY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES. YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO REALLY THANK EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS BUDGET PROCESS.
I THINK IT WAS A TRULY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO THANK STAFF.
I WANT TO THANK DR. KAY WYATT.
I WANT TO THANK MR. TURNER AND HIS STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THEY PUT INTO IT AND FOR BEING PROACTIVE, HOW THEY DEALT WITH OUR ATHLETES AND CAME BACK WITH THEIR ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE THE ATHLETES SESSION MADE THE ADD DELETE SESSION REALLY MUCH EASIER THAN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.
SHOWED THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND REALLY BEING COLLABORATIVE.
AND WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS.
BUT I THINK WE DID MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS, AND I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD BUDGET.
I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S WORK ON IT.
AND AS ONE COMMUNITY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL, WHETHER IT'S EDUCATORS, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EVERYONE ON BOARD, WE ALL WANT THE BEST EDUCATION FOR OUR KIDS. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S REAL HARD WORK ON THIS BUDGET.
SO IS YOUR VOTE A YES? YOU THEN ASK FOR MY VOTE.
AND WE HAVE ADOPTED OUR COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET.
ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED WEAPONS ABATEMENT PILOT.
[25.Update, Proposed Weapons Abatement Pilot]
I KNOW THERE WERE QUESTIONS AT THE END OR.[01:00:05]
WITHIN THIS TOPIC FOR THE LAST MEETING.SO STAFF WANTED TO COME BACK AND ATTEMPT TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS.
SO I WILL ACTUALLY TURN IT OVER TO DR.
KAY, WHO CAN TURN IT OVER TO HER TEAM.
WONDERFUL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS EVENING, I THINK YOU'VE KIND OF GIVEN CORRECTION.
WE THINK OUR RESPONSES THIS EVENING WILL REALLY BE HELPFUL.
SO LOOK FOR THAT COMMUNICATION.
AND NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.
KAY WYATT. AND GOOD EVENING, CHAIR ALDERTON, VICE CHAIR, GREEN AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
AT THE FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING, I INTRODUCED THE PROPOSAL FOR A PILOT WEAPONS ABATEMENT PROGRAM.
TONIGHT, I WANT TO SHARE A FEW MORE DETAILS ABOUT THAT PROPOSAL.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU WILL SEE A GRAPHIC REPRESENTATION OF THE PROPOSED PROCESS TO BEGIN.
THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OFFICERS OR THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND CONSEQUENCES WILL BE APPLIED.
CONSEQUENCES MAY BE DISCIPLINARY RESULT IN CRIMINAL CHARGES OR BOTH.
THIS IS THE CURRENT PROCESS AS RELATES TO WEAPON RELATED INCIDENTS.
WE ARE SUGGESTING TO BEGIN THE PILOT PROGRAM AT THE HS KING STREET AND MINI HOWARD CAMPUSES, ALONG WITH THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AND FRANCIS C HAMMOND. THE RATIONALE FOR SELECTING THESE LOCATIONS INCLUDES THE FACT THAT THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR WEAPONS RELATED INCIDENTS TO DATE HAVE HAPPENED AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LOCATIONS.
THESE LOCATIONS ARE ALSO STAFFED WITH SROS AND CSOS FOR SECURITY SUPPORT, AND THE VOLUME OF STUDENTS AND STAFF AT THESE LOCATIONS WILL ALLOW US TO PROPERLY TEST THE SCREENING PROCESS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT AS RELATES TO THE COSTS.
EACH AFFECTED UNIT RUNS ABOUT $60,000 EACH IN THE MOBILE OPTION IS ROUGHLY $13,000 PER UNIT.
WE WILL LIKELY USE A MIX OF BOTH SYSTEMS AT ALL PILOT LOCATIONS AS THIS WILL PROVIDE THE MOST FLEXIBILITY BASED ON SCHOOL CONFIGURATION AND ACTIVITY USE, SUCH AS IF WE NEED TO USE THESE FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS.
THE SURVEY WILL BE OPEN TO STUDENTS, STAFF, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DR. HARTZ.
TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
MS.. BOOS. THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE, DR.
HART. HOW MANY UNITS DO YOU PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET FOR THE THE TWO HIGH SCHOOLS AND THE TWO, THE MINI HOWARD AND THE STATE CAMPUS AND OUR TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS? WE HAVE NOT SOLIDIFIED HOW MANY WE WILL NEED FOR THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
SO WE'RE JUST WAITING TO FINALIZE THOSE PLANS.
BUT I BELIEVE FROM THE KING STREET CAMPUS, PROBABLY 3 TO 4, JUST BASED ON HEAVILY USED ENTRANCES, AND THAT IS NOT INCLUDING UNITS THAT MAY BE NEEDED FOR THE STADIUMS TO SUPPORT ATHLETIC EVENTS.
AND THEN FOR MANY, HOWARD, I BELIEVE IT WAS TWO OR THREE.
BUT AGAIN, WE'RE STILL FINE TUNING THAT WITH ADMINISTRATION.
SO I DON'T WANT US TO BE HELD TO THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE THEY MAY CHANGE.
BUT IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE MULTIPLE UNITS FOR FOR THOSE CAMPUSES.
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AND WE I'M SORRY, BEFORE I FORGET, WE ALSO LOOK TO DO THE SAME THING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH IN TERMS OF WALKING AROUND WITH ADMINISTRATION APPROPRIATE VENDORS JUST TO TRY TO MAP OUT HOW MANY WE WOULD POTENTIALLY NEED TO SUPPORT A PILOT PROGRAM AT THOSE LOCATIONS.YOU'RE WELCOME. I MISS MELTON AND THE MISS GREENE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THIS YET AS NOTHING IS SOLIDIFIED, BUT IS THE INTENTION TO ALSO HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY PLACED AT ANY EVENTS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL? NOT DURING SCHOOL HOURS AS WELL.
YES. SO WE WERE DISCUSSING YESTERDAY WITH ADMINISTRATION, FOR INSTANCE, WE KNOW OUR BASKETBALL GAMES ARE HIGHLY ATTENDED, SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER PARTICULAR OPPORTUNITY TO USE THOSE SCREENING IF THERE'S ANY OTHER LARGE EVENT.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THOSE STATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFIXED WILL BE AFFIXED THE ENTIRE TIME.
SO THOSE WON'T THOSE WON'T CHANGE.
GREENE, THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, DR.
HART. MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE MAINTENANCE OF THE ACTUAL MACHINES, AND DO WE HAVE INFORMATION FROM OTHER SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THIS? HOW OFTEN DO WE HAVE TO UPDATE THE TECHNOLOGY, SO FORTH AND SO ON? I WILL START AND JOHN OR CARLTON, PLEASE JUMP IN IF I MISQUOTE ANYTHING.
BUT I DO KNOW IN TERMS OF THE MAINTENANCE, ONE OF THE REPS THAT WE WERE MEETING WITH IS ACTUALLY THE SAME COMPANY THAT IS WORKING WITH PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY AND MANASSAS CITY SCHOOLS ON THEIR PILOT PROGRAM.
SO IN HEARING HIM SHARE WITH US YESTERDAY, IT IT TAKES A LOT TO REALLY DAMAGE THAT EQUIPMENT, IF THAT IS WHETHER IT'S INTENTIONAL VANDALISM OR JUST HIGH USE. THE POINT OF HAVING IT AFFIXED IS WE REALLY WANT TO LIMIT HAVING TO BREAK IT DOWN AND PUT IT BACK TOGETHER FOR THAT EXACT REASON, AS WE DO NOT WANT TO DAMAGE THE EQUIPMENT OR HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO MAINTENANCE ON IT.
THERE IS, I BELIEVE, AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE COST THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE EQUIPMENT.
CARLTON AND JOHN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT, BUT THERE IS AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE AND THERE WILL ALSO BE JUST GENERAL MAINTENANCE SET UP THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE PARTICULAR VENDOR IF WE ARE HAVING ANY ISSUES.
IT'S SO JUST ONE FOLLOW UP, MADAM CHAIR.
ARE WE COMMITTED TO PURCHASING THESE AFTER THE PILOT PROGRAM IS OVER? I WOULD SAY NO, BECAUSE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO PURCHASE AND GET A QUOTE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PILOT.
MR. BAILEY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
DOCTOR, ARE WE LOOKING AT ADJUSTING THE START TIMES AT BOTH CAMPUSES? NO, SIR. WE'RE NOT.
NO, SIR. AS PART OF WHAT WE WERE WALKING THROUGH WITH THE VENDOR YESTERDAY IS WE WERE LITERALLY LOOKING AT IT DURING STUDENT ARRIVAL TIME WHERE POTENTIAL PIECES OF EQUIPMENT COULD BE SET UP.
HOW THAT WOULD WORK WITH THE FLOW, THE CURRENT FLOW IN TERMS OF THE ID CHECK PROCESS.
SO JUST LOOKING AT THE FLOW OF STUDENTS, LOOKING AT THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS THAT THEY USE THROUGHOUT THE DAY, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE ANY NEED TO ACTUALLY ADJUST SCHEDULING BECAUSE THESE MACHINES ARE BUILT FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT.
SO BEING ABLE TO PROCESS INDIVIDUALS WALKING THROUGH EXTREMELY QUICKLY.
SO NO, WE WOULDN'T LOOK TO CHANGE ANYTHING FROM A SCHEDULING STANDPOINT AT THIS TIME.
WE THINK WE CAN ACCOMMODATE IT WITHIN EXISTING SCHEDULE AND EXISTING PROCESSES.
I WANTED TO ASK, WILL THIS POSSIBLY BE MOVED DOWN TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS? AND I ASKED THIS JUST LOOKING OUT OR JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T WANT IT TO SEEM LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE, QUOTE UNQUOTE, PROTECTED BY THIS.
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WEAPONS RELATED CONCERNS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.BUT WE DO JUST KNOW WE HAVE A HIGH VOLUME OF VISITORS AND OTHERS THAT COME INTO THE BUILDING.
SO JUST FOR A STANDARD SECURITY MEASURE.
SO THAT MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, BUT THAT WOULD BE OUR GROUP'S PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO MOVE FORWARD FROM A DIVISION WIDE STANDPOINT IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE PILOT PROGRAM.
PERFECT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
HART. ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS AROUND PERSONNEL.
DO YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL? BECAUSE I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW A LOT OF OUR DOORS HAVE A SECURITY OFFICER, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S A HIGH TRAFFIC EVENT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE NECESSARY TO HAVE TWO PEOPLE THERE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? YES. SO THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE PART OF THE OUTCOME OF THIS PILOT PROGRAM IS LOOKING TO SEE HOW IT WORKS ONCE IT'S ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTED.
AND WALKING THROUGH WITH THE ADMINISTRATORS YESTERDAY, WE DO THINK THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE SOME ADJUSTMENT TO OUR CURRENT STAFFING RIGHT NOW, NOT NECESSARILY IN TERMS OF ADDING, BUT MAYBE IN POSITIONING DURING ARRIVAL, SO ON AND SO FORTH TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS.
AND SO THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A CONSIDERATION IF THE DECISION IS TO IMPLEMENT DIVISION WIDE IS TO PROVIDE THAT SUPPORT SO THEY CAN BE THERE TO ASSIST ADMINISTRATION WITH THAT PROCESS. YOU.
ALL RIGHT, DR. SIMPSON, THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, DR.
HART. WITH REGARD TO THE PILOT STUDY, WHAT SORT OF AND I WILL THROW OUT THE CAVEAT THAT OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S SAFETY INFORMATION YOU CAN'T SHARE PUBLICLY, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. BUT WITH REGARD TO THE PILOT STUDY, WHAT WILL YOU BE LOOKING FOR TO DETERMINE IF THIS TECHNOLOGY IS SUCCESSFUL OR WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW FOR FOR IMPROVED IMPLEMENTATION? AND THEN SEPARATE FROM THAT, JUST A COMMENT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I REALLY TOOK MS..
MILTON'S WORDS TO HEART LAST TIME, AND I HOPE THAT I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE A BIG CHANGE FOR SOME OF OUR STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE SOME FACILITATED MAYBE CONVERSATIONS OR SOMETHING TO HELP EASE THIS TRANSITION AND AND GET SOME BUY IN.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST ARE WILL THIS EQUIPMENT HAVE THE IMPACT OF ACTUALLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF WEAPONS RELATED INCIDENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING EITHER THROUGH ACTUALLY BEING A DETERRENT BEFORE PEOPLE DECIDE TO BRING THINGS INTO THE BUILDING OR THROUGH CATCHING WEAPONS THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE FIRST PARAMETER WE WILL LOOK AT, BUT ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE FROM THE OPERATIONAL DAY THAT IT'S EFFICIENT.
HOW IS THIS IMPACTING ACTUAL STUDENT ARRIVAL? OUR STUDENTS ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS QUICKLY? HOW IS THIS IMPACTING THE WELCOMING CULTURE? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED AS A PART OF THE CONCERN AND SEEING DEFINITELY HEARING FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY, FROM OUR STUDENTS AND FROM OUR ADMINISTRATORS JUST TO SAY, YES, THIS HAS BEEN IMPACTFUL OR NO, THIS IS IMPACTING OUR STUDENTS OR OUR STAFF IN THIS SORT OF WAY.
AND HOW CAN WE THEN ADDRESS THAT? I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK IT'S A IT'S A.
PROGRAM WHERE WE COULDN'T HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE IT, BUT REALLY USING THE PILOT PROCESS TO SEE, OKAY, HOW IS THIS WORKING? HOW ARE PEOPLE GETTING ADJUSTED TO IT? WHAT IS IT THAT WE ARE SEEING? WHAT IS IT THAT WE ARE CATCHING? DO WE REALLY FEEL THAT THIS WOULD BE A DETERRENT AND A WORTHWHILE INVESTMENT ACROSS THE DIVISION? SO I THINK THAT THOSE WOULD BE OUR STARTING PARAMETERS, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH THE SALES REP AND OUR OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS, NEIGHBORING SCHOOL DIVISIONS, TO ALSO JUST INQUIRE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MEASURE SUCCESS, BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE WE'RE ALL SEEMING TO BE IMPLEMENTING THIS AROUND THE SAME TIME AND WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THEY ARE ALSO MEASURING IT FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOL DIVISIONS.
YOU'RE WELCOME. MR. HARRIS. THANK YOU, DR.
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THE SCREENING PROCESS THAT YOU'RE USING DOES FOLLOW BEST PRACTICES, AND IT DOES GARNER SUCCESS, WHICH SHOULD HAVE GONE TO SUCCESS.BUT KNOWING AND SEEING AND READING ABOUT THIS, THE IMPACT ON THAT SHOULD BE MINIMAL.
AND I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU, YOUR TEAM AND DR.
KAY, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT AND I KNOW THAT LAST WEEK WE HAD A CONTENTIOUS CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT.
AND IF I CAN ALSO JUST MAKE ONE QUICK COMMENT ABOUT THE ESTHETICS OF IT, THIS EQUIPMENT DOES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ADD SCHOOL LOGOS INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE DESIGN. I KNOW THAT THEY MAY SEEM A SMALL THING, BUT WHEN WE HAVE SEEN IT IN ACTION AT OTHER SCHOOLS, IT ACTUALLY JUST STARTS TO BLEND IN AND BECOME PART OF THE SCHOOL ESTHETIC, WHICH IS OUR OVERALL GOAL.
SO ONE THING WE HAVE ASKED OUR VENDOR TO DO IS TO CREATE MOCKUPS OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE ACTUAL LOGOS INSERTED AS WELL, JUST TO CONTINUE TO ADD ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AND CONCEPTUALIZE WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE IT'S IN THE BUILDINGS.
I THOUGHT ABOUT THE SPECIFICALLY ON THE KING STREET CAMPUS.
THERE ARE SEVERAL STUDENTS WHO HAVE CLASSES THAT ARE IN THE TRAILERS.
SO WITH THEM LEAVING OUT AND THEN HAVING TO RETURN BACK INTO THE BUILDING, WOULD THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN? YES. SO THAT IS PART OF WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR ANY IN AND OUT OF ANY FACILITY.
WE WOULD HAVE STAFF THERE TO MONITOR IT.
HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T PICK UP ANYTHING BETWEEN GOING TO ONE CLASS OR ANOTHER.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT EQUIPMENT ALLOWS US TO SCAN THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND REALLY TO BE ABLE TO PREVENT AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT IS UNSOLICITED COMING IN, COMING INTO OUR BUILDINGS. YEAH.
DR. HART, I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO MR. RICKS QUESTION. AND ALSO THIS GOES BACK TO DR.
REEVES QUESTION SOME OF OUR IMPLEMENTATION FOR THIS, SOME OF OUR MORE MOBILE POST WILL BECOME STATIC IN NATURE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYONE REENTERING THE BUILDING, IF THEY HAD LEFT THE BUILDING, GOES THROUGH THE SCREENING PROCESS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF A AS FAR AS PERSONNEL WISE, THAT'S LITTLE CHANGES LIKE THAT MIGHT HAVE TO HAPPEN.
THANK YOU. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD AND FURTHER UPDATES AND WE'LL SEE HOW THIS GOES.
[26.School Law Enforcement Partnership (SLEP) Recommendations, Feedback and Staff Notes]
WE ACTUALLY DON'T REALLY I DON'T THINK STAFF HAS ANYTHING MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT.WE DO, HOWEVER, NEED TO TAKE THE DISCUSSION WAS TABLED.
SO WE DO NEED TO FIRST BEFORE THERE WOULD BE ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE NEED TO TAKE THAT ITEM OFF THE TABLE BEFORE WE DO ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE TO TAKE THE SLEEP ADVISORY GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TABLE.
BOOTH. 2 SECONDS. VICE CHAIR, GREENS MOTION.
MS.. ALDERTON, COULD WE DO A HAND VOTE ON JUST THIS ONE MOTION? SURE. ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY, SO WE HAVE ALL NINE IN FAVOR.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, WE HAVE SEVERAL MOTIONS FOR THIS ITEM.
AND THE GOAL BEING TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE PIECES OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
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ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. WAS GREAT.MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT AS PART OF AS COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY PLAN, THE DIVISION INCORPORATES RECOMMENDATIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT FROM THE SLIP ADVISORY GROUP INTO THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY PERTAINING TO THE ACPS APD MOU.
THESE DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO THE STAFF NOTES PRESENTED ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023.
YOU WANT ME TO CALL FOR THE VOTE FOR EACH MOTION? ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE FOR THE FIRST MOTION.
SECOND. OH, SORRY, MR. BAILEY. SECOND.
I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF AND I'M SURE I HAVE A QUESTION.
MR. NEWBIE, ARE YOU A YES? I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST.
ALL RIGHT. MR. NEWBIE HAS A QUESTION.
GO AHEAD. SO NOW I THINK ONE ONE IMPORTANT PART IS THAT I TALKED ABOUT LAST NIGHT AND I'M CURIOUS HOW THIS PLAYS INTO IF THIS MOTION PASSES.
METRICS AND MEASUREMENT OF THE PROGRAM.
SO HOW ARE WE PLANNING TO EVALUATE THIS PROGRAM, OUR STAFF PLANNING OR COMING BACK TO US WITH SOMETHING AT A LATER DATE? OR HOW HOW WOULD THAT WORK? BECAUSE I REALLY THINK WE NEED SOME SORT OF METRICS TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THIS PROGRAM IF IT GOES FORWARD.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO ADDRESS THAT.
WELL, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO FIRST IS TO VOTE ON THE MOTIONS, AND THEN IF THERE IS THE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS, THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE WILL MONITOR, SUPPORT AND HAVE METRICS AROUND IT.
I THINK ALSO THAT CAN BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE MOU WITH THE CITY.
HART, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND? I DID. IN ADDITION TO WHAT DR.
I BELIEVE WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM SLEEP AND OF COURSE, LISTENING TO YOU, MR. AL NEWBY, IS THE NEED TO POTENTIALLY REVIEW AND REVISE THOSE QUANTIFIABLE MEASURES.
FOR INSTANCE, CURRENTLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE MEASURE ARE THE ATTENDANCE FOR SROS.
THERE ARE SOME OTHER QUANTIFIABLE MEASURES SPOKEN OUT SPECIFICALLY CURRENTLY IN THE MOU.
AS DR. KAY WYATT NOTED DURING THE UPCOMING MOU REVISION PROCESS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT CLARITY BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT IT TO.
YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, DR.
YES, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
LIKE, JUST REEVALUATING THAT AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN POTENTIALLY IMPROVE THESE MEASUREMENTS.
THEY PROVIDED APPENDICES TO SHOW FOR THE SUBCOMMITTEES.
I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO READ THAT ATTACHMENT.
IT'S LIKE A WHITE PAPER, A LOT OF GOOD WAYS OF HOW THE SRO PROGRAM CAN BE MEASURED BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT OF AN SR PROGRAM AND SO ALSO TALKS ABOUT HOW IT WOULD BE MEASURED.
SEVERAL THINGS. THERE WAS A TABLE WITH MAYBE 32 POTENTIAL METRICS IN THERE.
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DID MR. AL NEWBY.WE HAVE A SECOND MOTION ON THE TABLE.
I MOVE THAT DUE TO BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND THE ONGOING DESIRE TO PRIORITIZE STUDENT LEARNING.
DEFER ACTION ON RECOMMENDATIONS NINE AND TEN FROM THE ADVISORY GROUP TO FUTURE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS, THE BOARD DIRECTS THE SUPERINTENDENT TO DETERMINE IF THE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BE MET USING EXISTING RESOURCES IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE STAFF NOTES PRESENTED ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE NEED A SECOND VERSUS SECOND.
OKAY, SO I HAVE A SECOND FOR MR. AL NEWBY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OK.
AND MR. ROMNEY. B, IS YOUR VOTE.
OK. SO NOW WE HAVE TO CONSIDER ITEMS 11, 12, 13, 16 AND 17.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT AS PART OF ECB'S COMPREHENSIVE EFFORTS TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND REPORTING, THE DIVISION INCORPORATES RECOMMENDATIONS 11, 12, 13, 16 AND 17 INTO THE ONGOING REVIEW OF REPORTING AND COMMUNICATIONS.
ANY RESULTING REVISIONS SHOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO THE STAFF NOTES PRESENTED ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023.
ALL RIGHT, I HAVE TO SECOND BITE YOUR GREENS MOTION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
OK AND MOVING TO ITEMS 14 AND 15.
YES. MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT AS PART OF ECB'S ONGOING WORK TO SUPPORT STUDENTS SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND ACADEMIC LEARNING, THE DIVISION INCORPORATES RECOMMENDATIONS 14 AND 15 INTO THE ONGOING REVIEW AND REVISION OF STUDENT SUPPORTS.
ANY RESULTING REVISIONS SHOULD BE RESPONSIVE TO THE STAFF NOTES PRESENTED ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023.
SECOND. I HAVE MISSED 2 SECONDS.
VICE-CHAIR GREENS MOTION START ANY DISCUSSION.
AND WE ARE MOVING ON NEXT STEPS.
WE WILL BE MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL FEBRUARY 27TH.
I GOT THE DATES RIGHT IN MY HEAD.
BACK TO OUR SAFETY DISCUSSIONS.
[27.SY22-23 School Safety Data (Q1 and Q2)]
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SAFETY DATA FOR QUARTER ONE AND TWO, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DR.KAY, WHO CAN TURN IT OVER TO HER TEAM? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS EVENING, OF COURSE, WE HAVE THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY SERVICES UNDER DR.
SO, DR. HART, I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND YOUR AMAZING TEAM.
MYSELF, JOHN CONTRERAS AND COLTON GERALD ARE HERE TO PRESENT THE FIRST SEMESTER.
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QUARTER ONE AND QUARTERS TWO SAFETY DATA FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2223.TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL ANSWER QUESTIONS REGARDING WHAT THE DATA SHOWS, HOW IT COMPARES TO THE PREVIOUS TWO SEMESTERS, HOW WE ARE RESPONDING TO THE DATA, AND WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE PERTAINING TO SAFETY.
NEXT SLIDE. WE ALWAYS LIKE TO BEGIN THIS PRESENTATION BY SETTING CONTEXT FOR THE DATA.
NEXT, THE DATA WILL BE SHARED FOR THE DATA THAT WILL BE SHARED FOR THE SEMESTER.
REFLECT INCIDENCE FOR THE TIME FRAME OF AUGUST 2022 THROUGH DECEMBER OF 2022.
THE DATA REPRESENTS INCIDENCE CALLS FOR APD SUPPORT AND ARREST DATA FOR THE NODE AT TIME FRAME.
THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE DATA REGARDING THE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS OR OUTCOMES RELATED TO THE INCIDENTS AS THAT FALLS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES AND EQUITY. NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU, DR. HARDT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO THIS SLIDE STARTS WITH INCIDENTS, INCIDENT REPORTS BY MONTH.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 188 INCIDENTS FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE.
AUGUST HAD 17, SEPTEMBER HAD 36, OCTOBER HAD 55, NOVEMBER HAD 45, IN DECEMBER HAD 35.
WE NORMALLY COLLECT 14 CATEGORIES, BUT TWO OF THEM HAD A ZERO AND THAT WAS VANDALISM AND CPS CASES.
AND ON THIS LIST HERE, THE HIGHEST CATEGORY WAS THE CATEGORY WE DECLARED AS OTHER IN OUR INCIDENT REPORTING AND OUR COLLECTION. IF IT FALLS CLEANLY INTO ONE OF THE OTHER CATEGORIES LIKE FIGHTS OR INJURIES OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE, WE PLACE THEM THERE.
EVERYTHING ELSE GOES INTO THE OTHER CATEGORY.
AND I'LL GIVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THOSE RUNAWAY CASES.
PARENT MEETINGS WITH THIS AROSE.
THAT WAS OUR PARENTS REQUESTING SPECIFIC MEETINGS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
SCHOOL BUS ACCIDENTS, PERSONS TRAPPED IN ELEVATORS, PROTECTIVE ORDERS, WARRANTS, CAR FIRES, CUSTODY CASES, AND EVEN ACCIDENTAL 911 CALLS.
THIS IS THE SAME MATERIAL, SAME DATA, BUT REPORTED BY SCHOOL TYPE THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES.
AND THAT'S ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES HAD.
78 MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD 71, THE K THROUGH EIGHT, SCHOOLS HAD 29, AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAD TEN.
THIS IS THE APD CALLS FOR SERVICE BY MONTH, AS YOU CAN SEE.
AUGUST HAD THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 74 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
AUGUST HAD FIVE, SEPTEMBER HAD 15, OCTOBER HAD 28, NOVEMBER HAD 14 AND DECEMBER HAD 12.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE A TWO WAY STREET.
THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS INCIDENTS THAT INVOLVE A CRIME OR CRIMINAL IN NATURE, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS REQUESTING HELP FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHER TIMES IT'S LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVING AT A SCHOOL LOCATION BASED ON CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS THE SAME INFORMATION, BUT BY SCHOOL TYPE.
THE HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUSES HAD 37 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD 28 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THE K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOLS HAD FOUR AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAD FIVE.
THIS NEXT CATEGORY IS THE ARREST.
BYE MONTH. WE HAD 17 ARRESTS FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD.
AUGUST HAD TWO, SEPTEMBER HAD TWO, OCTOBER HAD THREE, NOVEMBER HAD FIVE, AND DECEMBER HAD FIVE.
OF THOSE 17, FIVE OF THEM ARE WEAPONS CASES.
FOUR WERE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE CASES, THREE WERE ASSAULT CASES, THREE WERE OBSTRUCTION CHARGES.
ONE WAS A THREAT AND ONE WAS A WARRANT SERVED.
THIS IS THAT SAME ARREST INFORMATION, BICYCLE TYPE THAT WERE ALL IN THE SECONDARY LEVEL.
HIGH SCHOOLS HAD 11 AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS HAD SIX.
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NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.THIS LAST SLIDE IS THE WE PROVIDE A RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMPOSITION OF OUR ARREST DATA FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR THE SIXTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ARREST FOR BLACK MALES.
ONE WAS A HISPANIC MALE AND ONE WAS A HISPANIC FEMALE.
AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THERE'S OUR ENROLLMENT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
SO YOU CAN GATHER THE ARRESTS BASED ON THE ETHNIC ENROLLMENT DEMOGRAPHIC FOR ASPS.
AND I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DR.
I WILL NOW REVIEW THE SEMESTER COMPARISON ACROSS CATEGORIES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SEEN A REDUCTION IN ALL THREE DATA CORE CATEGORIES, MEANING INCIDENTS.
APD CALLS FOR SERVICE AND ARREST AS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS SEMESTERS.
THIS SLIDE JUST CONTAINS MORE DATA COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PAST THREE SEMESTERS BASED ON SCHOOL TYPE.
THIS SLIDE HELPS TO SHOW THE INCIDENT.
SO WHAT IS THE DATING THE DATA TELLING US? HERE ARE SOME POSITIVE CHANGES THAT INCLUDE INCIDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE K-8 SCHOOLS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER.
APD CALLS FOR SERVICE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER AND ARREST AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER. THERE DO CONTINUE TO BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHICH INCLUDE INCIDENTS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS INCREASED FROM THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER.
APD CALLS FOR SERVICE INCREASED AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND K-8 SCHOOLS FROM THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER, AND ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON REDUCING THE NUMBER OF WEAPONS RELATED INCIDENTS WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS.
IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT OF THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, I WANTED TO CONNECT THAT LAST POINT TO SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE WEAPONS ABATEMENT PILOT AND TIE IT INTO THE SPECIFIC SAFETY DATA.
SO AGAIN, TO THE LAST POINT, I WANT TO TIE IN MORE ABOUT THE PILOT WEAPONS ABATEMENT PROGRAM AS IT RELATES TO THE DATA FROM AUGUST OF 2021 UP UNTIL THIS LAST SEMESTER, WE HAVE RECORDED 43 WEAPONS RELATED INCIDENTS TO MEAN CONFIRMATION OF A WEAPON ON CAMPUS AND OR THREATS OF A WEAPON ON CAMPUS.
ADDITIONALLY, WEAPONS RELATED INCIDENTS REMAIN STAGNANT FROM THE PREVIOUS SEMESTER.
WE HAD 15 LAST SEMESTER AND WE HAD 15 THIS MOST RECENT SEMESTER.
THE TYPES OF WEAPONS THAT WERE CONFISCATED THIS PAST SEMESTER INCLUDE KNIVES, A PAIR OF BRASS KNUCKLES, STUN GUNS, TASERS AND GUNS. PEPPER SPRAY, WHICH IS CONSIDERED A NON LETHAL WEAPON, WAS ALSO CONFISCATED THIS LAST SEMESTER AS PART OF A CONTINUED ADVOCACY FOR THE WEAPONS ABATEMENT PROGRAM. WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON THE EDUCATIONAL ELEMENT OF THE DANGERS AND CONSEQUENCES OF WEAPONS IN SCHOOLS AND WILL WORK TO INCORPORATE THAT IN THE OVERALL ROLLOUT OF THE PILOT PROGRAM IF IT IS APPROVED.
TO CLOSE TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO REVIEW THE NEXT STEPS.
FIRST, WE PROVIDED FOLLOW UP INFORMATION ON THE WEAPONS ABATEMENT PROGRAM EARLIER TO SCHOOL, TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, WHICH WAS COMPLETED EARLIER THIS EVENING. NEXT, WE WILL ALSO BEGIN POSTING THE SAFETY DATA PRESENTATIONS ON THE SAFETY AND SECURITY SERVICES WEB PAGE AND LISTENING TO THE SLEEP ADVISORY GROUP FEEDBACK. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A NEED TO ENSURE EASE OF ACCESS TO OUR SAFETY DATA, AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS A NATURAL FIRST STEP.
WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STUDENT SERVICES ON STUDENT WELLNESS AND SUPPORT INITIATIVES.
ALSO, WE STARTED THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VIDEO SERIES ROLLOUT THAT WAS SHARED ON THE FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING, AND OUR TEAM HAS CONTINUED TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS TO CREATE EMERGENCY RESPONSE VIDEOS THAT DEMONSTRATE THE VARIOUS RESPONSE STRATEGIES AND STATUSES THAT WE EMPLOY.
AGAIN, WITH THE HOPES THAT ONCE THAT IS IMPLEMENTED, THAT WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REPORT AND HELP US PREVENT INCREASE INCIDENTS OCCURRING IN FUTURE SEMESTERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THAT CONCLUDES TONIGHT PRESENTATION.
AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND I HAVE QUESTIONS FROM MORE MEMBERS TO GO.HART. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
FIRST, GOING BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER.
I JUST WONDER IF YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.
WHAT WHAT DETERMINES A FIGHT? WHAT DETERMINES AN ASSAULT? WHAT KIND OF CLARIFY WHAT THAT CLASSIFICATION IS? I WILL ASK MR. CONTRERAS TO RESPOND TO THAT, PLEASE.
YEAH, IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
WE HAVE ASKED SCHOOLS TO REPORT ANY TIME THERE IS A.
CONFRONTATION, A PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION BETWEEN STUDENTS.
USUALLY WE DON'T GET VERBAL REPORTS OF VERBAL FIGHTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS IS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES.
THE IF THE STUDENT GOES TO THE NURSE WITH AN INJURY OR EVEN JUST TO BE EVALUATED, THEY GET HOME.
PARENT PARENT DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO PRESS CHARGES.
WE HEAR ABOUT IT AFTER THE FACT AND WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT SITUATION.
AND WE WANT TO KNOW AHEAD OF TIME WHEN THINGS ARE OCCURRING.
SO IT'S ANY TIME A CONFRONTATION OCCURS BETWEEN STUDENTS.
YES, IT HAS TO BE PHYSICAL IN NATURE.
AND WHEN IT GETS INTO THE CLASSIFICATION OF ASSAULTS, SOMETIMES THAT IS SUPPORTED BY APD.
AND THERE ARE VARYING DEGREES OF ASSAULT.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. HARRIS, THERE'S SIMPLE ASSAULT, WHICH SOMETIMES AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT WOULD BE CHARGED WITH ALL THE WAY TO ASSAULT BY MOB, FELONY ASSAULT, THINGS LIKE THAT.
YEAH. AND IF I MAY, MR. HARRIS, TO KIND OF SORT OF JUMP IN HERE AS WELL TO SUPPORT WHAT JOHN IS SAYING.
AND DR. HART, ANY TIME THERE IS A FIGHT THAT IS AN ASSAULT, THE QUESTION IS WHO IS THE AGGRESSOR? SO JUST TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT, AND ANOTHER THING IS THAT WHEN AND IF THERE IS PERSONAL INJURY, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE VARIABLES THAT WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN AND IF WE DO DOCUMENT THESE INCIDENTS, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A LEVEL OF DIFFERENT IMPORTANCE AS WELL.
BUT BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
MY OTHER TWO QUESTIONS ON THE SAME SLIDE AND IT GOES DOWN TO INJURIES AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
ARE ALL THESE CREATED BY THESE ALTERCATIONS? CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE INJURIES VERSUS MEDICAL ATTENTION? YES. SO, FOR INSTANCE, WE CAN HAVE AN INJURY WHERE A STUDENT FELL OFF A PIECE OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT.
SO THAT WOULD NOT BE TIED TO A FIGHT OR AN ASSAULT.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CLASSIFY UNDER INJURIES.
YEAH, THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
AND TO ADD TO THAT, THESE INJURIES ARE STAFF AND STUDENTS ANY TIME.
YOU KNOW, WE GET REPORTS OF, LIKE DR.
HART SAID, A STUDENT BEING INJURED ON THE PLAYGROUND.
WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO POSSIBLY RECLASSIFY THIS? BECAUSE AS YOU LOOK AT THESE, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THESE ARE INJURIES CAUSED BY FIGHTS, ASSAULTS AND OTHER ALTERCATIONS.
IT JUST WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO TO IMPROVING THE SAFETY REPORTING.
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SO, YES, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. HARRIS, IF I COULD TAKE THIS BACK AND WORK THAT OUT WITH THE TEAM IN TERMS OF HOW WE COULD BETTER CLASSIFY IT TO MAKE A DISTINCTION, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.AND MY LAST QUESTION SURROUNDS THE WEAPONS.
THE WEAPONS. IS THERE ANY WAY TO IDENTIFY THE WEAPON TYPES AND WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? BECAUSE, OF COURSE, IT'S A BROAD RANGE OF THINGS THAT COULD BE CALLED A WEAPON.
I MENTIONED THAT AT THE LAST SLIDE, MR. HARRIS. SO SPECIFICALLY, WHAT WAS CONFISCATED THIS PAST SEMESTER, LET ME JUST GET BACK TO MY NOTES INCLUDED.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE, OF COURSE, KNIVES.
WE HAD A PAIR OF BRASS KNUCKLES.
WE HAD STUN GUNS, GUNS, PEPPER SPRAY, WHICH IS ALSO CONSIDERED A NON LETHAL WEAPON.
BUT WE DID CLASSIFY IT AS PART OF THE WEAPONS RELATED CATEGORY.
AND THAT IS, I BELIEVE, ON SLIDE.
IT'S FURTHER DOWN IN THE SLIDE DECK.
I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SEE THE SLIDE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE ON THE SAFETY AND SAFETY DATA.
AND YOU GAVE A DISCLAIMER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, DR.
ABSOLUTELY. SO FIRST, THE REASON WHY WE CONTINUE TO HONE IN ON THE SEPARATION IS BECAUSE AT LEAST WHEN I STARTED, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFLATING HOW WE CLASSIFIED INCIDENTS AND STUDENT DISCIPLINE AND PEOPLE WERE DETERMINING THAT IT WAS ONE AND THE SAME AND IT IS NOT.
SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF WE WOULD NOTE THE WEAPONS RELATED INCIDENT.
BUT THE DISCIPLINE THAT IS APPLIED TO THAT PARTICULAR STUDENT WE DON'T CAPTURE, THAT IS, OF COURSE, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ADMINISTRATION, AND IT IS CAPTURED AS PART OF OUR SBIR DATA, WHICH IS OVERSEEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STUDENT SERVICES AND EQUITY.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE THE NARRATIVE THAT THEY ARE, THAT THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHY WE CONTINUE TO MAKE THAT THAT DIFFERENCE.
AND IN TERMS OF THE REPORT AND I BELIEVE WHAT THE SELECT ADVISORY GROUP RECOMMENDED WAS SPECIFIC TO THE ASFAR DATA BEING PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, AND THAT TYPICALLY ROLLS OUT OVER SUMMER.
SO I BELIEVE AND I DON'T SEE MY MY PEER, DR.
AND DR. KAY, I SEE YOU CAME OFF MUTE, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK TO THAT AS WELL.
JACKSON OFFICE, WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT INFORMATION TO THE BOARD.
THERE IS A TIME GAP IN BETWEEN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT EARLY FALL TO BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THE UPDATED DISCIPLINE DATA.
MY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT THE DATA IS RELATED TO THE SLEEP RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 13, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PULL UP SLIDE NUMBER 11, BUT RECOMMENDATION 13 SAYS THAT ANY AND ALL DATA ANALYSIS ON RACE AND ETHNICITY SHOULD BE BASED ON SOUND PRINCIPLES AND CONSISTENT ACROSS QUARTERS AND YEARS.
AND I SAW THAT THERE WERE NO STAFF NOTES ON THIS ONE.
AND I THINK WHAT MIGHT BE THEY MIGHT BE TALKING ABOUT AND I BELIEVE MR. HARRIS BROUGHT THIS UP IN THE LAST DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD, IS THAT IF IT'S SLIDE NUMBER 11, THAT'S OKAY.
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WHEN THE REPORT IS FILED, THERE'S A STUDENT ID NUMBER THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND THAT THE DATA IN TERMS OF RACE AND ETHNICITY IS PULLED FROM THE STUDENT'S INFORMATION WITHIN THE SYSTEM.SO BUT WE ARE CONFLATING THESE TWO CATEGORIES TOGETHER.
I ACTUALLY INTERPRETED THE RECOMMENDATION DIFFERENTLY, AND I COULD BE COMPLETELY MISTAKEN, BUT I THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED PRESENTING THIS DATA, WE ACTUALLY PRESENTED THE ARREST AND PERCENTAGE VERSUS VERSUS JUST QUANTIFIABLE NUMBERS.
WE DIDN'T DO HOW YOU PRESENT IT, HOW WE HAVE PRESENTED HERE TONIGHT.
WE CHANGED THAT AT THE SECOND ROUND OF REPORTING OUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR DATA.
SO I ACTUALLY INTERPRETED IT IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE CONSISTENT AND HOW WE PRESENTED THE NUMBERS AND NOT NECESSARILY CONFLATING RACIAL AND ETHNIC COMPOSITIONS OF ARREST. BUT IF THAT IS HOW YOU'RE INTERPRETING IT AND IF THAT WAS THE ACTUAL INTENT OF THAT ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION, WE CAN, OF COURSE, WORK TO PRESENT IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
THEIR THEIR RACE AND OR ETHNICITY IS CAPTURED AS PART OF THAT ARREST RECORD.
YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I'M.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD LOOK AT EXPLORING A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE, LIKE, THE STANDARD, I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THE DATA THAT WE COLLECT, THE CENSUS COLLECTS, THOSE TWO CATEGORIES ARE SEPARATE.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO COLLECT THEM SEPARATELY.
BUT I'D LOVE TO HEAR SOME MORE THOUGHTS ON THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THANK YOU. UM, SO ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN HERE, WHICH I USUALLY TRY NOT TO DO, BUT MY QUESTIONS ARE. I GUESS I HAVE A BIGGER QUESTION RELATED TO THIS SLIDE, BECAUSE I THINK FOR ME WHAT POPS OUT, I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND THIS NOTION OF EQUITY.
AND I THINK WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE THAT FOR SOMETHING'S MISSING FOR OUR BLACK MALES.
RIGHT. AND SO MY QUESTION REALLY IS, BECAUSE I THINK, DR.
HART, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO SORT OF SEPARATE THE SAFETY DATA FROM DISCIPLINE DATA.
HOWEVER, I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, ARE WE SORT OF TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CROSS REFERENCE THIS DATA? SO ARE WE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE HAVING MORE BLACK MALES BEING ARRESTED AND THERE'S A DISPROPORTIONALITY THERE, YOU KNOW, THAN ANYONE ELSE, THEN ARE WE THEN LOOKING AT HOW IS THE DISCIPLINE DATA LOOKING AT OUR IN OUR SCHOOLS? IS THAT LOOKING SIMILAR? AND THEN ARE WE MAKING CONNECTIONS TO ACADEMIC DATA? BECAUSE I THINK.
SO ARE WE SEEING ISSUES IN STRUCTURALLY OR ACADEMICALLY WITH BLACK MALES AND ARE WE SEEING HIGH INCIDENTS OF REFERRALS FOR BLACK MALES IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS? LIKE I'M JUST WONDERING IF AND WHEN, YOU KNOW, I'M ASSUMING WE TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO START TO GET A BIGGER PICTURE OF THIS? BECAUSE I'M YOU KNOW, I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR KPIS IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE HIGHEST LEVER WE CAN PULL TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES? SO I KNOW THAT'S LIKE A BIG STATEMENT, BUT, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS LIKE, ARE WE THERE? ARE WE GETTING THERE? HOW CAN WE GET THERE? DR. WHY DID YOU WANT TO START OR DID YOU WANT ME TO TO JUMP IN? YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND THEN I'LL CLOSE OUT AFTER YOU.
OKAY. SO, CHAIR ALDERTON, I CAN SAY THAT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION WITH MYSELF.
YOU KNOW, DR. JACKSON, OF COURSE, WE WORK WITH DR.
GONZALEZ AS WELL, JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE SEEING ON THE SAFETY SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OR MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN ALSO WORK TOWARDS SPECIFIC TO THE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE ARE SEEING CONTINUOUSLY IN OUR DATA, WHICH IS A BLACK MALE SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW.
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ALSO, I THINK THAT PART OF THE CHALLENGE, IF I CAN BE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT, IS THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY PUTTING OUT MULTIPLE FIRES EVERY SINGLE DAY IN OUR RESPECTIVE AREAS.SO IT IS HOW DO WE SIT AND ACTUALLY HAVE THE THE DEDICATED TIME TO NOT ONLY PUT OUT FIRES BUT FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT WE ARE SENDING, WHAT WE ARE SEEING FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE.
WHILE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ACADEMIC REVIEWS GOING ON, SO IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE NOT TRYING TO IT IS LITERALLY TRYING TO FIND THE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING IT AND DOING IT RIGHT. AND ALSO, TO YOUR POINT, ONCE WE IDENTIFY ACROSS ALL THREE CATEGORIES WHAT THE ISSUES ARE, WHERE DO WE START? THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN THE MEANTIME, BUT IT WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT AND WE DON'T WANT SOMETHING THAT IS HAPHAZARD AND IS NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO ADDRESS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM.
SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LONG WAY AROUND OF SAYING THAT.
DO WE HAVE ANY FINAL SOLUTIONS? NO. BUT THERE IS A LOT OF POP PAWNING RIGHT NOW OF IDEAS AND CONTINUING, OF COURSE, TO WORK WITH DR.
AND NOW I WILL DEFER, OF COURSE, TO DR.
HART, YOU COVERED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SHARE.
AND I THINK YOU REALLY SPOKE TO THE HEART OF WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
SO, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK OUR PROGRAMS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN KIND OF I HATE TO USE THE WORD SILOED, BUT I THINK THIS COMING TOGETHER OF THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM IS REALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO TAKE WHAT WE SEE AS THE DATA AND NOW REALLY TYING IT TO RESOURCES TO CONNECT IT WITH A FEW COMMUNITY RESOURCES AROUND MENTORING BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS FOR OUR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND NOT AS MANY THAT WE THINK WILL REALLY TARGET THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS.
SO THAT'S WHERE OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN AND WE WILL CONTINUE THOSE EFFORTS MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THIS SOUNDS CLICHE, BUT I THINK LIKE.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS. I'M LIKE, WHATEVER I CAN DO, WHATEVER WE CAN DO, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW.
THERE'S SO MUCH URGENCY IN THEM RIGHT NOW WITH SO MANY THINGS.
SO. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER I CAN DO.
LIKE THE PASSION IS THERE FOR ME.
I KNOW IT'S HERE FOR OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
NOW'S THE TIME TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR THESE KIDS.
AND. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
MADAM KAMARA, ALSO ADD THAT WE ARE ALSO TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORTS WITHIN THE DAY, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT MEASURES THAT WE CAN TAKE TO NOT ONLY HELP OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOL, BUT ALSO TO HELP OUR FAMILIES.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE REALLY FOCUS ON THE STUDENT AND ONCE WE HAVE THE STUDENT KIND OF WITH SOME GOALS AND SOME PROGRAM AND RESOURCES, IT'S REALLY HELPFUL TO CONNECT WITH THE FAMILIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
I KNOW DR. JACKSON HAS REACHED OUT TO A NUMBER OF AGENCIES ON BEHALF OF ACP TO SEE HOW WE CAN DO THAT, TO BUILD NOT ONLY THE STUDENT'S GROWTH, BUT MAKE IT A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
SO WHO DID I HAVE NEXT? ALL RIGHT, SO, MR. RIGGS, THEN, MS..
MY FIRST QUESTION EXCUSE ME IS ASKING FOR PRETTY MUCH CLARITY.
DR. HART, YOU STATED AND I HOPE I'M NOT SAYING THIS WRONG, BUT IF A STUDENT IS FOUND WITH A KNIFE, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE, THEY WON'T NECESSARILY BE CHARGED OR GIVEN A CONSEQUENCE.
IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
BUT YES, THERE IS A THERE IS A SPECIFIC MEASUREMENT, AND THAT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN TERMS OF THE SIZE OF THE OF THE KNIFE THAT DETERMINES WHETHER IT'S DISCIPLINARY AND OR DISCIPLINARY AND CRIMINAL CHARGES.
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THIS STUDENT STILL, I GUESS, GET PULLED ASIDE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH.YES. SO I WANT TO BE EXPLICITLY CLEAR.
ANY TYPE OF KNIFE IS STILL PROHIBITED FROM COMING INTO THE BUILDING.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M VERY CLEAR.
KNIVES OF NO SHAPE, FORM OR SORT ARE ALLOWED WITHIN A BUILDING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS UPDATE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST MORE OF A REQUEST FOR THE FUTURE.
AND WHILE THE ENNIS REPORT KIND OF DOES THE HOLISTIC HERE'S THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS, I THINK IT ALSO BE HELPFUL GOING FORWARD TO SEE HOW WE COMPARE IN OUR DIFFERENT SEMESTERS BASED ON THE DIFFERENT INCIDENT REPORTS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS LAST FALL WE HAD 44 FIGHTS IN ASSAULTS COMPARED TO 28 FIGHTS AND ASSAULTS IN SPRING OF LAST YEAR AND FALL YEAR OVER YEAR.
SO JUST KIND OF GETTING A SENSE LIKE, IS THERE A PATTERN BASED ON THE TIME OF THE YEAR OR ARE WE SEEING AN INCREASE IN WEAPONS OR DECREASE IN WEAPONS AND JUST KIND OF GETTING THAT BROKEN DOWN OR ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, WHICH WE KNOW IS A BIG ISSUE RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED TO TACKLE? SO THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SEE.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MS..
BOOS, I ACTUALLY PLAY WITH THE IDEA OF BREAKING IT OUT THAT WAY.
AND THIS CURRENT PRESENTATION, THE ONE THING THAT WE'VE ALSO BEEN WANTING TO BE COGNIZANT ABOUT IS REALLY NOT TRYING TO ESTABLISH TRENDS PER SE UNTIL WE HAVE AT LEAST THREE SOLID YEARS OF SEMESTER DATA, BECAUSE THEN WE FEEL LIKE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REALLY SPEAK VERY CLEANLY TO ACTUAL TRENDS THAT WE ARE SEEING. HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE START BREAKING IT OUT BY INCIDENT TYPE PER SEMESTER.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, DR.
HART AND TEAM FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I KNOW IT'S NEVER ALWAYS THE EASIEST ONE, BUT I THINK REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK A CLARIFICATION QUESTION ON ARREST DATA.
NO NEED TO BRING UP A SLIDE, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF ARREST DATA ARE FOR EVENTS THAT OR INCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN ON CAMPUS OR OR THEY COULD BE INCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED OFF CAMPUS AS WELL? BOTH. SO, FOR INSTANCE, I KNOW MR. CONTRERAS MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS AN ARREST THAT OCCURRED FOR A WARRANT.
THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT HAD AN ACTIVE WARRANT AGAINST THEM.
THE INCIDENT HAPPENED OFF CAMPUS, AWAY FROM SCHOOL.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE NATURE OF THAT PARTICULAR WARRANT, THEY NEEDED TO MAKE AN ARREST ASSET.
SO IT HAPPENED ON SCHOOL GROUNDS WITH A STUDENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY THAT.
YES, IT'S IN MOST CASES, IS IT ACTUALLY DUE TO AN EVENT THAT HAS OCCURRED ON CAMPUS? BUT THERE ARE CASES WHERE THEY HAVE TO SERVE AND COMPLETE A WARRANT ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
INVOLVED IN SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY.
THESE ARE EVENTS THAT HAPPEN ON A SCHOOL PROPERTY.
BUT MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO SORT OF SEPARATE THE TWO AND JUST SAY IF THE ARREST IS RELATED TO AN INCIDENT ON CAMPUS, JUST WE DON'T WANT TO CREATE AN UNREALISTIC PERCEPTION OF SOMETHING BEING UNSAFE.
BUT I THINK THAT COULD HELP MAYBE MAKE THE DATA A LITTLE BIT MORE FINE GRAINED AND DETAILED.
OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
[28. Boundary Analysis]
WYATT TO TURN IT OVER TO HER TEAM.AND THIS EVENING, WE'RE GOING TO BE JOINED BY MRS. ERICA GULICK, WHO IS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, AND SHE WILL GIVE US AN UPDATE ON OUR BOUNDARY ANALYSIS PROPOSAL.
SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AT THIS TIME.
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THANK YOU, DR. KAY, AND GOOD EVENING, SUSAN, ARE YOU ABLE TO SHARE THE MEMO? SO WE WANTED TO COME TO YOU TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS.AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE SCHOOL BOARD IN 2018, WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED REDISTRICTING, ALSO ADOPTED A POLICY THAT SAID THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD DO CONDUCT A BOUNDARY ANALYSIS TO REVIEW BOUNDARIES EVERY FIVE YEARS.
IF ALL IS WELL AND SCHOOLS ARE AT CAPACITY AND DIVERSITY IS WHAT WE WANT, WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD EXPECTS IT TO BE BETWEEN THE SCHOOLS OR WHATEVER ELSE THE PRIORITIES MAY BE FOR DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES THAT THOSE WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO ENTER INTO A REDISTRICTING EFFORT EVERY FIVE YEARS OR WITH EVERY WITH THE OPENING OF EVERY NEW SCHOOL.
SO TODAY, BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE PROPOSED BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE POLICY DID NOT DO IS SAY, WHAT ABOUT BOUNDARY ANALYSIS IS? AND SO HAVING BEEN A PART OF THE LAST REDISTRICTING EFFORT, I WORKED WITH DR.
JACKSON, AS WELL AS LEADERSHIP ON ON PUTTING TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD PROPOSE AS BEING THIS BOUNDARY ANALYSIS, WHICH IS REALLY THE INITIAL STEP TO SAYING WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO DO REDISTRICTING AND THEN WE WOULD PURSUE A REDISTRICTING EFFORT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT CLEARER.
WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TONIGHT IS THE INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD COLLECT THROUGH A BOUNDARY ANALYSIS WHICH WOULD REALLY LOOK AT EXISTING CONDITIONS OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND PLACEMENT IN OUR FACILITIES.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO THAT ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS AND ALL GRADE LEVELS.
SO PRE K THROUGH 12 INFORMATION PROPOSED HERE IS REALLY A LOT OF THIS WAS TAKEN FROM THE LAST AND YOU COULD SAY RIGHT THERE, SUSAN, A LOT OF THIS WAS TAKEN FROM THE LAST REDISTRICTING EFFORT AND DATA THAT WAS ASKED TO BE TO BE EXPLORED AS PART OF THAT AT THAT TIME. AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING A SIMILAR FOR YOU TONIGHT AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN HEARING IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS OR OTHER THINGS YOU WOULD LIKE US TO LOOK AT.
SO JUST TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED BY THE SOME OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE SCHOOL'S BOUNDARY SO NOT NECESSARILY ATTEND, BUT LIVE IN EACH SCHOOL'S BOUNDARY AND FOR THOSE APPLICABLE GRADE LEVELS.
THEN WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT IN THIS MANY PATRICK HENRY STUDENTS, THIS MANY K THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS ATTEND THIS SCHOOL AND WE WOULD DO THAT FOR EACH SCHOOL AND COMPARE THAT TO ITS CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A CAPACITY, A CAPACITY ANALYSIS.
WE WOULD NOT GOING FORWARD THAT SOME OF THE SPECIFIC DATA THAT WE WOULD WE ARE RECOMMENDING WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THESE BREAKDOWNS BY SCHOOL WOULD INCLUDE THAT TOTAL SCHOOL POPULATION. SO TOTAL AMOUNT OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE BOUNDARY, TOTAL AMOUNT WHO ATTEND THE BOUNDARY.
WE ALSO WOULD LOOK AT THE GENDER OF THOSE STUDENTS, THE RACE DATA, ETHNICITY, THE GRADE LEVEL, SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION PERCENTAGES FOR THOSE STUDENTS, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER, WHETHER OR NOT THEY QUALIFY FOR FREE OR REDUCED MEAL, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY LIVE WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED WALK ZONE FOR THAT SCHOOL.
SO WE CAN LOOK AT WALKABILITY AS WELL.
AND THIS BREAKDOWN WILL GIVE US A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE POPULATION FOR EACH SCHOOL SHOULD BE, BASED ON EITHER THE ATTENDING ENROLLMENT OR THE LIVE IN. WE COULD SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE WILL ALSO COMPARE EACH OF THOSE TO THE AVERAGE FOR ASPS IN ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
SO YOU CAN SEE ONE SCHOOL MAY BE NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE POPULATION.
ANOTHER SCHOOL MAY BE OVERREPRESENTED, OVERREPRESENTED IN IN CERTAIN CATEGORIES, AND THAT WOULD BE THE KIND OF INFORMATION THAT MIGHT INFORM THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PROCESS, JUST REITERATING THAT ALL GRADE LEVELS WOULD BE INCLUDED AND THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE, IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT EXISTING DATA, WHICH WOULD BE BASED ON THIS YEAR'S FINAL ENROLLMENT AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, THE ENROLLMENT DATA THAT'S PRESENTED TO YOU BY DR.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD ALSO PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF ANY RECENT OR FORTHCOMING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE WILL IMPACT STUDENT ENROLLMENT WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ONCE THIS APPROACH IS SUPPORTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING THIS.
THE LAST TIME WAS THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE WE'RE KIND OF WRITING THIS PROCESS TOGETHER.
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BUT ONCE THIS APPROACH IS SUPPORTED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD, POTENTIALLY THROUGH A VOTE AT A SUBSEQUENT BOARD MEETING, STAFF WOULD ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE ANALYSIS.ON THE WITHIN THE OFFICE OF CAPITAL PROGRAMS, PLANNING AND DESIGN.
OUR PLANNER DOES HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DO GIS ANALYSIS IN-HOUSE.
SO THEY WOULD EXECUTE THAT ANALYSIS.
WE WOULD PUT IT TOGETHER FOR YOU, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN BASED ON THAT, WE CAN DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT A REDISTRICTING EFFORT IS WARRANTED AT THAT TIME AND WHAT WHAT WOULD BE THE PRIORITIES FOR THAT? WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE, HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT ADMINISTERING IT, ETC.? JUST SOME A COUPLE OF CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER HERE FOR THE REDISTRICTING EFFORT.
SOME OF THESE WE'VE HAD A GOOD AMOUNT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT DURING THE SIP WORK SESSIONS, THE FIRST OF THOSE BEING IF WE ANTICIPATE ANY CHANGES TO EXISTING OR FUTURE PROGRAMING AT PARTICULARLY AT JEFFERSON, HOUSTON AND PATRICK HENRY OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WE WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT COULD BE IN ORDER TO INCORPORATE IT INTO THE ANALYSIS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD CHANGE POTENTIALLY THE ENROLLMENT, THE LIVE IN ENROLLMENT AS WELL.
ALSO DISCUSSING PRE-K, WE DO HAVE PRE-K CLASSES IN SEVERAL OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND WE ALSO HAVE THE PRE-K CENTER OR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER ESTABLISHED AT THE PREVIOUSLY JOHN ADAMS. BUT THERE'S NOT PRE-K IN ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
AND IF THAT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OR SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER OR MAYBE THE BOUNDARY ANALYSIS WOULD WOULD INDICATE SOME NEED FOR THAT AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS, THAT WOULD ALSO DRIVE SOME OF THE CAPACITY, AS WELL AS ENROLLMENT INFORMATION FOR THOSE SPECIFIC SCHOOLS.
THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION, SUCH AS A TIMELINE FOR THOSE NEW BOUNDARIES TO TAKE EFFECT, AS WELL AS ANY PHASED IMPLEMENTATION OR WHAT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS GRANDFATHERING.
I WILL SAY IT DID NOT ALLEVIATE THE CAPACITY ISSUES AS QUICKLY AS SOME MAY HAVE HOPED THE REDISTRICTING EFFORT DID, BUT IT DID ALLOW FAMILIES WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN IN A CERTAIN SCHOOL FOR A LONG TIME TO CONTINUE TO FINISH OUT THEIR PROGRAM THERE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE SCHOOL BOARD CONSIDERATIONS OR POLICY DECISIONS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE.
WE WILL BE OPENING THE NEW DOUGLAS MACARTHUR IN AUGUST.
THAT BOUNDARY WAS EXPANDED AT THAT TIME.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT IT SHOULDN'T CHANGE AGAIN, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE THIS BOARD AWARE OF THAT.
AND SO THAT IS ALL WE WANTED TO TALK SPEAK WITH YOU ALL ABOUT TONIGHT.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY OUR TEAM CAN RUN THAT FOR YOU AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH A REPORT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SKOLNIK AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THAT UPDATE.
I DEFINITELY HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
LET'S SEE. SO I THAT WAS GOOD THAT YOU SAID WE THAT WE HAVE THE POLICY REQUIRING A BOUNDARY ANALYSIS AND BUT IT DOESN'T DEFINE IT BECAUSE I'M WONDERING NOW WHAT IS A BOUNDARY ANALYSIS? BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS MAYBE SOMETHING THAT INVOLVED AN OUTSIDE VENDOR.
BUT I'M HEARING THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE INTERNALLY WITHIN ASPS.
SO I GUESS MY QUESTION, IF YOU COULD PULL UP THE MEMO AGAIN ON THE TOP OF PAGE TWO, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO BE PULLED.
IT SAID THAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE SOME OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS BOUNDARIES, AS WELL AS THE SOME OF STUDENTS WHO ATTEND EACH BOUNDARY SCHOOL.
SO DOES THAT MEAN WE YOU'LL BE PRESENTING INFORMATION ON NON ACP STUDENTS?
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I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT THAT MEANT.IF YOU COULD JUST. IT'S AT THE TOP OF PAGE TWO.
RIGHT THERE. RIGHT THERE. INFORMATION WILL BE COLLECTED BY THE SOME OF STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE SCHOOL'S BOUNDARY BY APPLICABLE GRADE LEVELS, AS WELL AS THE SOME OF STUDENTS WHO ATTEND EACH SCHOOL.
SO I WASN'T SURE IF YOU COULD ELABORATE.
YES. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE DATA, THE DATA THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE FOR THIS REPORT, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THAT DOES INCLUDE ANY STUDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN CAPACITY REASSIGNED.
AND THAT MIGHT TRIGGER TO US, HEY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS TO SEE IF WE SHOULD EXPAND THIS BOUNDARY.
WHEN A STUDENT IS CAPACITY REASSIGNED, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HAPPENS? I BELIEVE THE POLICY SAYS TWICE A YEAR.
AND IF YOU'RE AND IF YOU WANT TO ANSWER LATER, THAT'S FINE.
I THINK THAT IN A LOT OF CASES, SCHOOLS DO HAVE REGISTRARS ATTEMPT TO BRING STUDENTS BACK.
BUT I'M NOT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE FREQUENCY OR HOW OFTEN OR HOW THAT HAPPENS.
DR. KAY WYATT YES, THAT COMES OUT OF ANOTHER OFFICE FOR US.
THAT'D BE GREAT. I'M DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT THAT.
AND MY LAST THING IS JUST ABOUT THE TIMELINE THAT YOU THINK THIS WILL BE COMING BACK TO US.
AND BEFORE YOU SAY THAT, I'M JUST WHEN I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS DATA COMING BACK TO US, ONE THING I'M THINKING IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE CRITERIA THAT'S GOING TO HELP US DECIDE IF WE NEED TO DO REDISTRICTING.
SO I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, JUST EVALUATE IT? I GUESS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'M THINKING ABOUT.
BUT WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR THIS DATA COMING BACK TO US? OUR OUR INTENT WOULD BE THAT YOU ALL REVIEW THIS TONIGHT.
YOU GIVE US FEEDBACK ON IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL DATA POINTS THAT YOU WOULD SEE AS WANTING TO INCLUDE POTENTIALLY AT A NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, IF APPROPRIATE, THE SCHOOL BOARD COULD VOTE ON THAT AS PART OF CONSENT AND THEN IT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE US.
THANK YOU. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OK. SO I THINK WE CAN JUST IN THE NEXT AGENDA SETTING, WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE BOARD. ALL RIGHT.
[29. Policy Revisions]
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MR. SMITH, WE HAVE SOME POLICY REVISIONS.GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'VE GOT A FEW POLICY REVISIONS FOR YOU TONIGHT.
SO WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE POLICIES WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT.
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MOST OF THESE ARE MECHANICAL CODE CHANGES.THIS WAS CHANGED AS A RESULT OF TWO CHANGES IN THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.
ONE NOTING THAT THE BOARD CLERK MUST POST POLICIES WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF APPROVAL OF THAT.
AND THAT APPROVAL IS THAT AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
SO IT WOULD BE ABOUT A WEEK AFTER A BOARD MEETING AS A DEADLINE.
THE SECOND ONE IS ACTUALLY SORT OF AN INTERESTING SIDE EFFECT OF COVID AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS BECAUSE IT CURRENTLY SAYS THAT OR PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT THAT THE MINUTES HAD TO BE RECORDED.
WELL, IN THE DIGITAL WORLD, THAT COULD MEAN A DIGITAL RECORDING AS OPPOSED TO TAKEN IN WORDS.
AND SO THEY'VE USED THE CHANGE IN THE TERM TAKEN TO CLARIFY THEIR INTENT DOES NOT REQUIRE AN ACTUAL RECORDING OF A VISUAL MEETING TO BE REFLECTED IN THE MINUTES. RIGHT. SO IT'S SORT OF A SIMPLIFICATION AND CLARIFICATION OF THAT.
THIS IS BOARD MEMBERS INSERVICE ACTIVITIES.
WE DO LITTLE REORGANIZATION AROUND THIS AND IMPROVE SOME READABILITY ON IT BECAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE CONVOLUTED BEFORE AND WE CLARIFIED THAT BOARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND ONE NATIONAL CONVENTION PER TERM.
IT WAS YOUR PRACTICE, BUT IT WAS UNCLEAR IN THE LANGUAGE ITSELF.
C B CA DISCLOSURE SUPERINTENDENT.
AGAIN, THIS WAS A STANDARD FIVE YEAR REVIEW.
AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE DID ADD ONE THING TO THIS, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS PRETTY GOOD.
THIS IS SAYING THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT EVERY YEAR IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY CERTAIN DISCLOSURES AROUND FINANCIAL INTERESTS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF, BUT SAID, HEY, IF THAT OCCURS IN THE MIDDLE OF A TERM OR A YEAR, THEY SHOULD INFORM THE BOARD OR THE BOARD CHAIR OF THAT MORE PROMPTLY THAN WAITING UNTIL THE NEXT DISCLOSURE.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING BFA, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT FOR BOARD MEMBERS BACK WITH A MINOR AMENDMENT TO NOTE THAT BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THAT SAME REQUIREMENT AS THE SUPERINTENDENT.
SO THAT'S WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW, I.E.
SO THAT'S THE CODE SAYS MINUTE OF SILENCE, NOT MOMENT OF SILENCE.
I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE HAD TO FIX THAT IN ONE OF THE POLICIES.
SO THIS IS A STANDARD FIVE YEAR REVIEW.
THE EQUITY TEAM LOOKED AT THIS PRETTY CAREFULLY, ACTUALLY, AND REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT BOTH A MINUTE OF SILENCE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND HOW CAN WE DO THAT IN A WAY THAT'S SORT OF RESPECTFUL FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND REFLECTIVE OF ALL OUR STUDENTS.
SO THEY SORT OF EXPANDED ON THE MODEL LANGUAGE THERE AND ADDED MORE EQUITABLE PRACTICES, NOTING THAT SOME STUDENTS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STAND AT THEIR DESKS, THEY MAY NOT HAVE A DESK, THEY MAY PRAY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THERE'S NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR THAT.
AGAIN, SAME CONCEPT, BUT IT WAS JUST MORE EQUITABLE PRACTICES.
SO THAT'S MOST OF THE REVISIONS THERE.
SO THESE ARE JUST STANDARD FIVE REVIEWS, REAL SIMPLE.
JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS MOVING ALONG PRETTY NICELY.
YOU'VE ADOPTED 33 OR YOU WILL THE CONSENT AGENDA TONIGHT, 38 FOR INFORMATION, AND WE'RE OVER 133.
IT'S A LITTLE LONG, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 100 A YEAR.
WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE. THESE ARE PROPOSED FOR CONSENT.
NEXT TIME I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? I KNOW MISS BOOZE DOESN'T HAVE ANY.
SIMPSON BEAR DOESN'T HAVE ANY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.
[30. Report from Meagan L. Alderton]
TIME FOR MY REPORT.ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO HAVE MISS GREEN.
WILL YOU DO THESE REPORTS? I HAVE TO GO GRAB SOMETHING.
NEVER MIND. I DON'T HAVE TO GRAB ANYTHING.
ALL RIGHT, WE'VE GOT MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, AT 5 P.M..
THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE OUR JOINT MEETING WITH CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S ALSO OUR SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING DAY.
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SO WE WILL MEET RIGHT AFTER THE SUBCOMMITTEE.WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8TH AT 7 P.M..
WE HAVE OUR JOINT BUDGET WORK SESSION WITH COUNCIL.
SO ALSO IT IS THAT THAT THE CLERK'S APPRECIATION.
SO WE HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR OUR CLERK'S.
AND WE HAVE NOTHING BUT CHAOS IN THE BACK OF THAT PLANT FOR US.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR CLARK AND DEPUTY CLARK.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY INTERESTING JOB AND I'M NOT SURE PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND IT IN THE LEVEL OF STUFF THAT GOES WITH IT AND THE LEVEL OF THINGS THAT THEY ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO KEEP ORGANIZED AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND.
AND THEY'VE JUST BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD LATELY.
DRIVING KIDS IN THE RAIN IN BIG AND BIG BANDS.
YOU PUT IN A LOT OF HOURS, UNCONVENTIONAL HOURS.
AND SO WE WANTED TO APPRECIATE YOU.
AND YOU HAVE THERE ARE NOTHING BUNDT CAKES IN THE BACK AS WELL.
[31. Report from Interim Superintendent Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt]
ALL RIGHT. DR.K-Y, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR US? GOOD EVENING. I DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, I THINK.
YOU ALL SAVED ME SOME FROM EARLIER BETWEEN YOU AND THE STUDENT REP.
WE ARE DOING ALL JOB CLASSES, SO YOU'LL SEE MANY MORE.
YOU'LL SEE THEM ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT OUR RECRUITMENT EVENT.
SO THERE'S MORE OF THOSE TO COME.
ALSO, JUST A REMINDER, WE'VE SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT THE ECB'S EQUITY FOR ALL CLIMATE SURVEY.
THAT IS FOR ALSO STUDENTS AND STAFF IN GRADES SIX THROUGH 12.
OFTENTIMES WE THINK ABOUT FAMILIES, BUT STUDENTS AND STAFF IN GRADES 6 TO 12.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT THAT SURVEY AS WELL.
NEXT, I'D LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK THE ALEXANDRIA CITY SCHOOLS.
PETA'S AS OF FEBRUARY 17TH, MARCH, NATIONAL PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION, FOUNDER'S DAY, MORE THAN 125 YEARS AGO, THE WOMEN OF VISION FORMED THIS ORGANIZATION. AND JUST LAST NIGHT MYSELF, ALONG WITH MADAM VICE CHAIR, WE SPENT SOME TIME WITH OUR PTA LEADERS.
SO WE WERE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT TIME THAT WE SPEND WITH THEM, AND WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL HOW THEY CONTINUOUSLY DEDICATE THEIR TIME TO WORK TO MAKE EVERY CHILD'S POTENTIAL A REALITY BY EMPOWERING OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO ADVOCATE FOR ALL CHILDREN.
AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM IN THEIR WORK.
THIS WEEK SERVES AS A TIME TO CELEBRATE THE STRENGTHS AND POTENTIAL OF OUR NATION'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HOW THEY CAN HELP SHAPE OUR NATION'S FUTURE OF SUCCESS FOR OUR STUDENTS. ON FEBRUARY THE 15TH, WE CELEBRATED NATIONAL SCHOOL RESOURCE EXCUSE ME NATIONAL SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER APPRECIATION DAY.
SO WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUABLE WORK OF SROS IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
ALSO RECENTLY WE HAD A STAFF MEMBER, DR.
SEARS, WHO IS AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE RECOGNIZED BY THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR HER FIVE DECADES OF WORK, AND SHE WAS THERE ALONG WITH DELEGATE BENNETT PARKER, TO RECOGNIZE HER EFFORTS.
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SHE'S BEEN HONORED WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION HIGH FIVE AWARD.MS.. TOZZI HAS BEEN A COUNSELOR AT CORE KELLY SINCE 2014, AND HER COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS IS EVIDENT IN HER WORK. WE ALSO HAVE A FEW OTHER RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT.
THE FIRST ONE HERE IS FOR FOR 90 DAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
MR. MISSOURIAN, ACTUALLY, SHE DOES DOUBLE DUTY AT FTD.
THE WE THE PEOPLE TEAM AT ALEXANDRIA CITY HIGH SCHOOL, ONE OF THE BEST UNIT TO AWARD AT THE STATE FINALS ON JANUARY THE 28TH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF EDUCATION.
AND THOSE STUDENTS INCLUDED J.B.
BROCK TAGER AND KC MALIK CANNATA AND MAKAI STEWART.
AND THE REGIONAL SCIENCE FAIR WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 4TH.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO OUT.
IT'S AT WAKEFIELD HIGH SCHOOL IN ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
WE ALSO WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN MAKING THIS YEAR'S FIDDLE FEST A SUCCESS.
THE DAYLONG EVENT WAS ON JANUARY THE 27TH AND ALL FIFTH GRADE ORCHESTRA STUDENTS WERE WORKING ALONGSIDE WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHESTRA DIRECTORS WITH A PERFORMANCE THAT THEY GAVE AT THE END OF THE DAY.
AND WE WANT TO THANK THE ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR, MS..
VERONICA JACKSON, AS SHE BELIEVED THAT THIS EVENTS REALLY, TRULY HELPS GROW OUR STRINGS PROGRAM.
AND WE ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR VERY GENEROUS ANONYMOUS DONOR WHO FUNDED THIS ENTIRE EVENT.
THE ACPS 2023 POETRY CONTEST IS CALLING ON ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES THREE THROUGH 12 TO ENTER STUDENTS TO CHECK WITH THEIR ENGLISH TEACHERS OR ONE OF THEIR TEACHERS FOR A DEADLINE SUBMISSION.
I BELIEVE IT'S ON MARCH 10TH AND SCHOOL ANNOUNCED WINNERS AT THAT TIME.
SO WE DO THANK YOU AGAIN SCHOOL BOARD FOR SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS THIS EVENING.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY BOARD MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS? ALL RIGHT. SEE THAT? THERE ARE NONE.
THEN I'M SURE I MOVE THAT WE ADJOURN SECOND.
GIVE IT TO MR. BAILEY. 2 SECONDS, DR.
I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.