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ALL RIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR.
WYATT AND YOU CAN TURN IT OVER TO YOUR TEAM.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
[1. FY 2024 Combined Funds and FY 2024-2033 Capital Improvement Program Budget Work Session]
WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY AT THIS POINT.I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. TURNER TO BEGIN WITH, SOME OF OUR PROPOSED CHANGES TO OUR BUDGET, AND HE'LL BE SUPPORTED BY DR.
SO, MR. TURNER, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR US NOW AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. SO SO, YES.
ON THE COMBINED FUNDS BUDGET, WE HAVE A FEW ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING AS SUPERINTENDENTS ADJUSTMENTS TO THE APPROVED BUDGET, UM, ACROSS ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT'S OPERATING SCHOOL NUTRITION AND GRANTS AND SPECIAL PROJECTS, WE HAVE AN INCREASE TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FULL INCREASE OF THE HALF A PERCENT THAT WE ADDED TO THE MRA AS WELL AS THE REMOVAL OF THE STEP INCREASES.
THIS IS JUST TO ADJUST FOR THE ESTIMATE THAT WAS USED ON THE APPROVED BUDGET.
THEN WE HAVE AN INCREASED STATE REVENUE ON THE OPERATING FUND OF JUST UNDER 100,000 AND THEN SOME SAVINGS ON THE FRINGE BENEFITS OR THE EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SIDE OF ABOUT 52,000.
THE LARGEST ADJUSTMENT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF TRANSFER OF $1.97 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE TO SUPPORT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THOSE ARE ALL OF THE PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TO THE APPROVED BUDGET.
ON THE COMBINED FUNDS SIDE, I'LL TOSS IT TO EITHER DR.
HART OR ERICA TO DISCUSS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THANK YOU, MR. TURNER. NOW WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO MRS. GOULET. OKAY.
GOOD EVENING, BOARD AND CONGRATS, DOCTOR WYATT.
HOPEFULLY YOU ARE ALL SEEING MY SCREEN.
SO BASED ON THE CAN I JUST GET I CAN'T SEE EVERYBODY BUT.
ARE YOU SEEING THIS SCREEN? OKAY, GREAT. SO BASED ON THE APPROVED THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVED BUDGET, IT WAS A REDUCTION FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD'S APPROVED ADOPTED BUDGET IN DECEMBER OF 7.5 MILLION IN FY 2020.
BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO MEET IN THE YEARS FOLLOWING.
SO IF YOU NOTICE IN THE ATTACHMENTS THAT IN THE OVERALL TEN YEAR BUDGET, WE'RE STILL NOT ALIGNED WITH THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, THAT IS OKAY BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE TO BE ALIGNED IN THE FY 2024 BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR FOR THESE PURPOSES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON CIP DEVELOPMENT.
THE CHANGES PROPOSED TO ACHIEVE THE 7.5 MILLION REDUCTION, WE'RE REALLY DRIVEN BY A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD HAD BUILT THAT $7.5 MILLION REDUCTION AROUND.
SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THE SUPERINTENDENTS ADJUSTED CIP BUDGET INCLUDES DEFERRING THE LEASE BASE RENOVATION FOR THE CHANCE FOR CHANGE FACILITY FROM FY 2024 AND FY 2025 TO FY 2025 AND FY 2026.
AND WE'LL REEVALUATE THOSE NEEDS AS PART OF THE AND THE COST AS PART OF THE FY 25 TO 34 BUDGET.
IN THE FALL, WE REDUCED THE PATRICK HENRY COMPLETION FUNDS.
WE'RE ACTUALLY SOLIDIFYING THAT CONTRACT NOW.
AND BASED ON HOW THE FUND, HOW THE BIDS WERE COMING IN AND BASED ON OUR OUR UP TO DATE ESTIMATES, WE BELIEVE WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT THE ESCALATION PROPOSED FOR THAT PROJECT BY $500,000.
WE ALSO REDUCED THE FY 2024 FUNDS FOR THE RENOVATION OF THE FIFTH AND SIXTH FLOORS FOR FERDINAND DAY TO SUPPORT A FAMILY, REALLY A FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER AS WELL AS SOME CENTRAL OFFICE FUNCTIONS.
2 MILLION TO FY 2025 FOR THE ULTIMATE CONSTRUCTION.
THE THE NEXT ONE IS REALLY A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT TO SUPPORT OUR EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES TEAM.
WE REALLOCATED THE 2 MILLION ORIGINALLY PROPOSED FOR WILLIAM RAMSEY HVAC TO SYSTEM WIDE HVAC.
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IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE ESSER FUNDING AND MR. FINNEGAN AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY EFFICIENT IN TRYING TO SPEND THE ESSER GRANT FUNDING FOR HVAC FIRST, AND IN DOING SO, WE MAY WE MAY NEED TO REPRIORITIZE SOME OF THE MONEY FOR ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED FOR WILLIAM RAMSEY FOR OTHER SCHOOLS STILL DELIVERING ALL THE HVAC PROJECTS WE HAD PLANNED, BUT JUST UTILIZING FUNDS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OF SOME OF THE COST EFFICIENCY IN DOING MULTIPLE PROJECTS AT ONCE.AND THEN LASTLY, JUST BASED ON SOME OF THESE CHANGES THAT LEFT ROUGHLY $50,000 FOR FY 2024 AND WE PUT THAT IN SYSTEMWIDE EMERGENCY REPAIRS BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE THINGS THAT COME UP RELATED TO HVAC OR POTENTIALLY PLAYGROUNDS OR OTHER NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION.
SO THOSE ARE THE SUPERINTENDENTS ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE CAPITAL PROGRAM, AND I THINK THAT IS IT.
HART AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. FINNEGAN AND MISS BARTLETT ARE ALSO HERE TO SUPPORT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS? DR. RIEF. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, EVERYONE.
THE FIRST QUESTION, MR. TURNER, IS ABOUT THE THE BUDGET NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE USING.
SO THE JUST TO KIND OF REITERATE.
SO WE'RE STILL DOING THE STEP INCREASE IN THE 3% MARKET RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR STAFF.
WE'RE STILL ELIMINATING THE WHOLE STEPS.
THE NUMBERS THAT YOU YOU KNOW, YOU MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
AND I KNOW THAT THE VIRGINIA SENATE AND HOUSE HAVEN'T REACHED AGREEMENT ON THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR.
SO I WAS WONDERING, IS THIS ARE THE IS THIS BASED ON IF THERE'S NO CHANGES TO THE BUDGET AT THE STATE LEVEL? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S TALK ABOUT POSSIBLY DOING NOTHING MAKING LIKE CONTINUING THE TWO YEAR BUDGET.
IF THERE ARE CHANGES, JUST LIKE LAST YEAR, THERE WERE CHANGES.
BUT YOU KNOW, FINGERS CROSSED THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENTS FOR STATE REVENUE.
OKAY. THANK YOU. DON'T. DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD ANY.
IT'S MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE, HOW MUCH WOULD THE INCREASE BE? BUT. AND THEN I APOLOGIZE IF I MISSED THIS, BUT COULD YOU.
MS.. GOULD COULD YOU JUST MENTION AGAIN, SO FOR THE FIFTH AND SIXTH FLOORS AT FERDINAND TODAY, UM, YOU SAID THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE REDUCED FROM THE 5.5 MILLION TO HALF MILLION TO ALLOW FOR RE INITIATION OF DESIGN.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S INVOLVED IN THE RE INITIATING THE DESIGN.
I'M SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, DR.
RIEF SO A FEW YEARS AGO, PROBABLY 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO, WE WERE AS PART OF THE FERDINAND DAY PROJECT, AIMING TO ALSO WE KNEW WE WERE GOING TO USE THE TOP TWO FLOORS FOR MORE CENTRAL OFFICE FUNCTIONS.
THERE WAS A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON NEEDING A WEST END LOCATION FOR DIFFERENT FAMILY SUPPORT AND KIND OF INTAKE SERVICES SUCH AS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS.
THE DESIGN STARTED, HOWEVER, WE DIDN'T HAVE FUNDS ULTIMATELY TO DO THE FULL PROJECT AT THAT TIME.
AND SO THERE IS CONCEPTUALLY SOMETHING ALREADY THAT WE HAVE THAT WE THINK STILL ALIGNS WITH A LOT OF PRIORITIES IS IN ORDER TO BE READY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION, THOUGH, WE WILL HAVE TO RESTART THAT CONVERSATION BASICALLY AND BRING THE THE DRAWINGS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, FURTHER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT OUT TO BID.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, AGAIN, MR. TURNER. I'M SORRY. QUICK QUESTION.
YOU WENT OVER THIS, BUT IF YOU CAN JUST ELABORATE FURTHER.
ADDITIONAL. FUNDING THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE COMPENSATION OF I'VE.
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ABOUT HALF A MILLION.WHERE'S THAT? WHERE'S. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO COVER THAT AGAIN? I'M SORRY. YOU CAN JUST EXPLAIN IT.
YEAH. SO THERE'S ABOUT $150,000 THAT'S COMING FROM ADDITIONAL REVENUE AS WELL AS A REDUCTION OR A SAVINGS THAT WE SAW ON OUR FRINGE BENEFITS SIDE.
AND MY SECOND QUESTION, UM, WHAT'S THE PROJECTED FUND BALANCE FOR THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR? AND THEN LIKE, WHATEVER'S OVER 5% IS THE 1.97 MILLION THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TRANSFER OVER TO THE CIP.
THAT'S WHAT IS CURRENTLY OVER.
SO I BELIEVE THERE'S ABOUT $21 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT 1.97, ROUGHLY $2 MILLION IS WHAT'S ABOVE THE 5% THRESHOLD.
DR. SIMPSON. BAIRD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
ON THE SHIFTING OF FUNDS LATER FOR TRANSFER CHANGE, WHAT ARE THE PROGRAMMATIC IMPACTS OF THAT DECISION? I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, MR. TURNER.
AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST OF THE SPACE THAT'S THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY CREATIVE IN DOING THAT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO, AGAIN, WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS WE'RE GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, DESPITE WHAT STRUCTURAL IMPACTS WE NEED TO HAVE IN THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK YOU AND THEN JUST A PROCESS QUESTION.
ARE WE STILL SUBMITTING IF WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, ARE WE SUBMITTING THEM TOMORROW? IS THAT PROCESS STILL TAKING PLACE? YEAH. SO I DIDN'T GO THROUGH MY LIST OF.
ANNOUNCEMENTS. BUT YES, THERE THERE IS TIME FOR QUESTIONS.
SO, DOMINIC, DO YOU HAVE YOUR YOU HAVE THE THING IN FRONT OF YOU? YES, I DO. SO QUESTIONS ARE SUBMITTED TOMORROW.
QUESTIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED TOMORROW.
STAFF WILL RESPOND AND POST THOSE ANSWERS BY TUESDAY.
UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO DAYS AHEAD ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, AND THEN FRIDAY, MAY 12TH.
NO, I'M SORRY. THURSDAY, MAY 11TH.
YOU'LL SUBMIT YOUR ADD DELETE REQUEST THE 12TH.
YOU'LL GET THEM BACK FOR CO-SPONSORSHIPS.
AND THEN MONDAY, MAY 15TH IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT CO-SPONSORSHIPS.
UM. MAY 18TH IS THE ADD DELETE WORK SESSION ONE AND MAY 25TH IS ADD DELETE WORK SESSION TO.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. MY SCHOOL PROJECT.
[2. The High School Project Update]
ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO I MIGHT READJUST SOME.I'M GOING TO ASK DR. HART TO MOVE OVER HERE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK DR., UM.
THE WHOLE TEAM THAT'S BACK HERE, OUR TEAM, DR.
AND MS.. SANDERS, IF YOU COULD PLEASE JOIN US AT THE FRONT.
WHO ARE YOU? SO THIS LEADERSHIP TEAM DOES HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT AT THIS TIME.
SO NOW I THINK I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO UM, I WAS GOING TO SAY, DR.
SANDERS, I'M CALLING THAT INTO EXISTENCE, MISS CARMEN SANDERS.
ALL RIGHT. SO THANK YOU TO DR.
SO TODAY WE WILL BE ANSWERING THE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS, AND I APOLOGIZE.
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I'M NOT SURE IF SUSAN IS HERE TO PULL UP THE PRESENTATION.UM, DR. FINNEY, DO YOU MIND SHARING? UM, FOR ME? IT'S ALWAYS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THIS TEAM, IF YOU SEE.
AND WHAT IS IT AGAIN? THE WONDER TWINS.
SO. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT TIME I WILL INTRODUCE YOU AS SUCH.
SO WONDER TWINS, SUPER CHARGE POWER.
WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. SO THANK YOU.
SO TODAY WE WILL BE RESPONDING TO THE FOLLOWING ESSENTIAL QUESTION.
OKAY. WHAT WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED WITHIN THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT? WHAT HAS CHANGED REGARDING THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TEAM? HOW HAS THE WORK EVOLVED AND WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS? I DO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR IN SAYING THAT THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE UPDATES AROUND THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THAT MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S NOT AN UPDATE ON THE PHYSICAL BUILDING OR THE DESIGN AS THAT IS NOT CHANGING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MINI HOWARD CAMPUS IS GOING UP VERY QUICKLY AND WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO OUR EDUCATION DESIGN TEAM IN PHASE ONE DID A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK.
AND AT THAT POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF STAKEHOLDER INPUT INTERVIEWS, WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE A PART OF THAT PLANNING.
AND IT WAS TO DETERMINE WHAT SCHOOL MODEL WE WOULD HAVE HERE IN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND SO AS A PART OF THAT WORK, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SCOPE OF WORK, WHICH WAS THE LEARNER CENTERED VISION FOR THE CONNECTED HIGH SCHOOL NETWORK. AND THE TEAM ALSO DID PROVIDE INPUT ON THE SCHEMATIC DESIGN AS WELL AS THE DESIGN DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS.
AND IT WAS MULTIPLE MEETINGS, MULTIPLE UPDATES TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THAT TIME, AS WELL AS PROVIDING SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITIES TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN AND RESPOND TO SOME OF WHAT THEY WERE HEARING.
AND SO AS A PART OF THAT TEAM, THERE WAS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING FRAMEWORK THAT WAS DEVELOPED.
AND THIS IS THIS IMAGE MAY LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU, BUT THIS IMAGE REPRESENTS THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS. 17 CAREER CLUSTERS AND INCLUDES PROGRAMS FOR ADVANCED PLACEMENT, DUAL ENROLLMENT, SPECIAL EDUCATION, ENGLISH LEARNERS AND GENERAL EDUCATION CONTENT AREAS.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR DIFFERENT INDUSTRY ADVISORY BOARD AREAS TO INCLUDE SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, MATH, WHICH IS KNOWN AS OUR STEM EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT.
AND THEN THE ARTS AND THE ARTS IS COMPRISED OF SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS TO INCLUDE EDUCATION, INDUSTRY, MUSIC, VISUAL ARTS, THEATER, ETCETERA.
AND SO WE PUT THERE THAT THE ENERGY TRACK IS FORTHCOMING.
JACOBS IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO DEVELOP AN ENERGY TRACK OR PATHWAY. AND THEN IN BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT, WE SEE AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
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AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS WE CONTINUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA TECH FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.AND SO THE COLLEGE ACCESS COLLABORATIVE IS OFFERING TO HOST TEACHERS AND STUDENTS FOR RESEARCH FOCUSED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING ON THE BLACKSBURG CAMPUS THIS YEAR.
AND SO THEY'RE DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING TO BE DURING THE DAY OR OVERNIGHT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN THE FALL OF 2023 OR IN THE SPRING OF 2024. AND THIS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY THE USDA, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE.
AND THIS IS PART OF WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, SUSTAINABLE PATHWAYS.
AND IN ORDER TO CONNECT TO EMERGING RESEARCH AND RESOURCES TO THE CURRENT SECONDARY CURRICULUM, TO ENCOURAGE YOUTH TO EXPLORE THE AVAILABLE FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE CAREER PATHS.
AND THAT'S VERY MUCH A PASSION WORK TO THEM.
THEY SENT GRADUATE STUDENTS TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TO TALK ABOUT THESE PATHWAYS, AND SO WE JUST SEE SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WE CONTINUE WITH THE WORK AT VIRGINIA TECH WITH VIRGINIA TECH.
AND SO THIS PLAN ALSO, AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING IN THE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP IS ALSO TO ENGAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL PATHWAYS. WE KNOW THAT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL PATHWAYS IS SUCH A BIG PART OF WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE IN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND SO ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD THE IMPACT OF COVID CLOSURE.
CLOSURE, EXCUSE ME, CHANGES IN STUDENTS SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS, TRANSITION AND LEADERSHIP.
WE HAVE MAINTAINED A COMMITMENT TO OUR CORE VALUES AND DRIVERS THAT WERE INITIALLY DEVELOPED WITH OUR ORIGINAL EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TEAM, AND THEY ARE CENTERED AROUND EQUITY.
RELATIONSHIPS AND COMMUNITY ACHIEVEMENT, AS WELL AS STUDENT CHOICE AND MULTIPLE PATHWAYS.
AND SO THE IMAGE HERE JUST REALLY KIND OF OUTLINES SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT CAME ALONG.
WITH THAT, THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE, THE HOLISTIC EXPERIENCE, RIGHT? NOT JUST THE ACADEMIC CORE.
EXPERIENCE, BUT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES TO INCLUDE CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, INTEREST AREAS.
AS WELL AS MANY OF OUR OUR WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNSHIPS AND EXTERNSHIPS.
WE HAVE PROJECT BASED LEARNING INSTRUCTIONAL EXCELLENCE, OUR PROGRAM OF STUDIES.
AND AS WE KNOW, AS WE'RE BUILDING OUT THOSE PATHWAYS, THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO REVISE AND ENSURE THAT IT IS VERY CLEAR HOW STUDENTS ARE GOING THROUGH THOSE PATHWAYS.
ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION AS WELL AS OUR MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION.
EVERY STUDENT IS NOT GOING TO CONNECT WITH THE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE FOR OUR STUDENTS IN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS? AND SO THAT WAS PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TEAM, THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT TEAM GOT TOGETHER AND IT WAS LED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP AND SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATION.
AND WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS.
IN THIS THESE WORK GROUPS, WE DISCUSSED THE AMBROSE MODEL OF CHANGE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SLIDE, AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE ALL FIVE ELEMENTS PRESENT.
WE KNOW THAT CHANGE THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS IS SUCCESSFUL AND WE HAVE PEOPLE FEELING CONFIDENT GOING INTO NEW INITIATIVES AND WE GET DESIRED OUTCOMES.
WE ALSO DISCUSSED WHAT HAPPEN IN THE ELEMENTS OF THE MODEL WHEN THINGS ARE ABSENT, WHEN ANY ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS ARE ABSENT, AND THE EMOTIONAL RESPONSE THAT'S OBSERVED. AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THAT WAS TO REALLY GROUND OURSELVES IN ENSURING THAT WE HAD A VERY CLEAR VISION FOR THE WORK THAT WE WANTED TO DO.
A PART OF THAT DISCUSSION ALSO INCLUDED THE FIVE C'S, WHICH IS A PART OF THE PROFILE OF THE VIRGINIA GRADUATE AND THE COLLEGE AND CAREER AND CIVIC READINESS INDICATORS.
AND SO OUT OF THAT, WE DEVELOPED OUR INSTRUCTIONAL VISION FOR THE CONNECTED HIGH SCHOOL NETWORK.
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THERE ARE A FEW KEY WORDS THAT KIND OF WANT TO PULL OUT OF HERE AS WE CONTINUE OUR WORK WITH TEACHING AND LEARNING.EQUITABLE, HIGH QUALITY, RIGOROUS, CULTURALLY RELEVANT.
WE SEE HERE WORK BASED LEARNING AND COMMUNITY CONNECTION.
FOSTER DEEP AND RIGOROUS LEARNING, AS WELL AS COOPERATIVE LEARNING AND PROJECT BASED LEARNING.
SO THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT TEAM WHERE WE ARE, THIS IS THE EVOLUTION AND WE HAVE ARE WORKING WITH THE LEARNER CENTER COLLABORATIVE, WHICH IS A CONSULTING FIRM.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO THEY ARE, THEY HAVE A FRAMEWORK AND THE THREE PARTS OF THEIR FRAMEWORK INCLUDE ENABLING CONDITIONS. LEARNING CONDITIONS AND WHOLE LEARNER OUTCOMES.
AND THE SUBPARTS OF THOSE ARE COHERENT CULTURE AND CONNECTEDNESS.
COMPETENCY BASED, AUTHENTIC, PERSONALIZED AND INCLUSIVE AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING AND THEN AGENCY COLLABORATION AND REAL WORLD PROBLEM SOLVING.
AND SO THEY WERE JUST REALLY TOP NOTCH AS THEY PRESENTED TO US AROUND HOW THEY COULD SUPPORT US IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.
AND SO WITHIN THE COMING DAYS, THEY WILL DO A DIAGNOSTIC VISIT.
IT WILL BE A TWO DAY VISIT ON MAY 16TH AND 17TH.
AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THAT DIAGNOSTIC VISIT, VISIT AND I'M GOING TO READ DIRECTLY WHAT THEY COMMUNICATED TO US IS TO HONOR THE CONTEXT, WHICH IS A CRITICAL STEP TOWARDS ENSURING THAT EVERY STUDENT THAT HAS ACCESS TO EDUCATION HAS IT TAILORED TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL AND LOCAL NEEDS AND INTERESTS.
AND BY ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STUDENTS, FAMILIES EXPLORING KEY ISSUES, WE CAN IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOP INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT SUPPORT STUDENT LEARNING AND SUCCESS.
AND SO IN DAY ONE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING CLASSROOM VISITS.
WE WILL DO STUDENT FORUMS AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO REALLY RALLYING THE TROOPS, OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND OUR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE STUDENTS IDENTIFIED FOR THOSE FORUMS. WE HAVE INTERVIEWS WITH FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS AND WORKING WITH MR. HUFFMAN TO IDENTIFY SOME SPECIFIC COMMUNITY GROUPS THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT AND PROVIDE FURTHER PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN JUST DOCUMENTING SOME KEY REPORTS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO GET SOME STUDENT SURVEY DATA.
OUR SENIOR SURVEY WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
BLESS YOU. THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE EQUITY CLIMATE SURVEY AND DIFFERENT DATA POINTS THAT THEY CAN GAIN MORE INSIGHT AROUND WHO WE ARE AS ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
DAY TWO WILL ALSO INCLUDE CLASS VISITS, INTERVIEWS WITH OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO INCLUDE REPRESENTATION FROM FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY, SERVICES AND ALL OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS WITHIN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE FORUM WITH CURRENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SO THAT THEY GET A FEEL FOR WHERE STUDENTS ARE NOW AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE. AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THESE ARE SOME STEPS THAT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE.
WE WILL DEBRIEF INSIGHTS FROM OUR DIAGNOSTIC VISIT AND DEVELOP SOME PRIORITIES, BUILD A SHARED VISION AND WHAT OUR CONSULTANTS CALL A FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE.
WE WILL DEVELOP A PROJECT ACTION PLAN AND THEN COMMUNICATE THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING TIMELINE.
AND SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING OUR PHASE THREE OF THE WORK WITH THE CONSULTANTS, AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS, UM, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING, STUDENT EXPERIENCE AND SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS AND STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO I'LL JUST READ THE PORTION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ENGAGE MORE AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT IN REGARDS TO UPDATES. BUT IN REGARDS TO THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LEARNER PROFILE AND LEARNING MODEL ALIGNED TO THE PROFILE OF VIRGINIA GRADUATE AND
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CURRICULAR FRAMEWORK EXPECTATIONS PROGRAM OF STUDIES, MASTER SCHEDULE, KEY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ONGOING EXECUTIVE COACHING FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS, WHICH WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL AS WE APPROACH THIS WORK.AND ONCE THE PRIORITIES ARE SET, AN ACTION PLAN IS DEVELOPED.
AND THANK YOU AND I WILL TURN IT OVER BACK TO CHAIR ALDERTON.
OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? DR. RIEF. THANK YOU, MISS SANDERS.
I'M EXCITED TO BE PUSHING FORWARD ON THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE HAD AN UPDATE, SO I WAS WONDERING, UM, EVER SINCE WE'VE STARTED THIS PROJECT, THERE'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE LEARNING PATHWAYS, MULTIPLE PATHWAYS TO GRADUATION.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD KIND OF EXPLAIN FOR A LAYPERSON LIKE WHAT IS MEANT BY THIS CONCEPT OF PATHWAYS AND HOW I MEAN, I KNOW WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT HOW WILL THAT PROCESS LOOK OR THAT EXPERIENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS LOOK DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, ARE OUR STUDENTS ON PATHWAYS NOW OR IS THIS GOING TO BE SOMETHING NEW OR REFINED? CAN YOU JUST KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? I BELIEVE THAT PATHWAYS, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE TIED DIRECTLY TO STUDENT INTEREST AREAS, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A PATHWAY TO GRADUATION THAT MAY NOT LOOK LIKE THE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GOING INTO SOME OF OUR CURRENT CAMPUSES CAN BE QUITE OVERWHELMING FOR STUDENTS.
SO FIGURING OUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND MAYBE SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES OR SMALLER CAMPUSES IS ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT PATHWAYS.
BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INDUSTRY ADVISORY PATHWAYS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS REALLY DIVING INTO THEIR PASSIONS AND INTERESTS, UM, WHETHER IT IS IN REGARDS TO COLLEGE OR CAREER PATH.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND IN REGARDS TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION.
SO WE DO HAVE STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON PATHWAYS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE THEM MORE DEFINED AND BE ABLE AND PUBLIC FACING SO THAT THEY CAN BE CLEAR AND CONCISE FOR ANYONE TO UNDERSTAND.
IF THEY HAVE A CHILD THAT'S GOING DOWN, MAYBE A EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES PATHWAY AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT COURSES? THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL.
UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE THE SORT OF ACTION PLAN WHEN WAS LIKE KIND OF LOOKING AT SOME OF THE REVIEWING SOME OF THE BUDGET STUFF FOR TONIGHT, I NOTICED I HAD PUT IN A BUDGET QUESTION IN THE CAPITAL, UM, CAPITAL BUDGET PROCESS IN THE FALL ABOUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN TO GET US KIND OF WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE PREPARED FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDING.
KIND OF LIKE. MAYBE JUST AS FAR AS THE TIMELINE, LIKE WHAT IS I REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE HEARD IN THE PAST IS WE HAVE TO, IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED FOR STUDENT SELECT STUDENTS SELECTING CLASSES IN THE SPRING, LIKE WE HAVE TO HAVE THE PROGRAM OF STUDIES DONE IN THE FALL.
SO KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S LIKE WHAT IS THE END POINT? LIKE HOW ARE YOU BUILDING LIKE SORT OF WHAT'S THE END POINT THAT WE HAVE TO GET? CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? NOW? THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION.
OUR CONSULTANTS KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH A VERY TIGHT TIMELINE IN ORDER TO BUILD A MASTER SCHEDULE FROM THE GROUND UP, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING FOR THE OPENING OF THIS NEW CAMPUS.
AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE SINCE 2024, SINCE WE ADOPTED OUR SCHOOL.
SO TO BUILD IT FROM THE GROUND UP IS GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A YEAR.
AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE A VERY STRONG AND FINALIZED PLAN AND PATHWAY BY AUGUST
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SO THAT WE CAN REALLY DO A OVERHAUL OF OUR PROGRAM OF STUDIES TO ENSURE THAT IT IS CLEAR WHAT PATHWAY STUDENTS WILL GO DOWN. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THINK ABOUT THE LEARNER CENTER COLLABORATIVE AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE, THEY'VE OPENED UP SOME OF THE LARGEST HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WE MODELED OURSELVES AFTER WHEN WE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS PROJECT TO INCLUDE HIGH TECH, HIGH.AND SO WE ARE INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO TAP INTO THEIR EXPERTISE ABOUT THIS.
SO I WOULD SAY AUGUST AS AS A DATE.
I WANT TO JUMP IN BECAUSE I HAVE A RELATED QUESTION AND THEN I'LL GO TO MS..
YOU MENTIONED THE SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
AND I THINK THAT FOR ME WAS LIKE A BIG HIGHLIGHT OF THE DISCUSSIONS INITIALLY.
SO AS WE, YOU KNOW, AS WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING OUT THE MASTER SCHEDULE AND AND, YOU KNOW, PATHWAYS, WHAT ARE OUR THOUGHTS ON HOW SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES WILL FIT INTO THIS EQUATION? UM, I THINK THAT AS WE, I'VE DONE A LOT OF DIGGING INTO SOME OLD DOCUMENTS AND, AND PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND WANTED TO GROUND MYSELF AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ORIGINAL EDUCATIONAL DESIGN TEAM WANTED TO DO WITH THE SMALLER LEARNING COMMUNITIES.
UM, WE ARE THINKING ABOUT AND NOT TO JUMP IN FRONT OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH THE CONSULTANTS, BUT WE ARE TRULY THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A COHORT MODEL AND ENSURING THAT STUDENTS ARE TRAVELING WITH ADULTS AND EDUCATORS THAT KNOW WHO THEY ARE HOLISTICALLY, UM, BEHAVIORALLY, ACADEMICALLY, SOCIALLY, EMOTIONALLY AND CONTINUING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT OUT OVER THE YEARS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS UPDATE AND FOR YOUR ENERGY AND SOMETHING, UM.
JUST WAIT FOR YOU TO GET HOME.
SO ARE YOU FOLLOWED A LOT OF THIS? YOU KNOW, WHEN THE CONVERSATION STARTED IN 2018 AND 2019, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T CATCH EVERY SINGLE WORK SESSION OR BOARD MEETING, BUT KNOW THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AT ONE POINT WHAT DIRECTION WE SHOULD GO AND SHOULD WE HAVE LIKE A HUMANITIES FOCUS AND A CIVICS FOCUS OR SHOULD, YOU KNOW, OR THESE OTHER KIND OF PATHWAYS. WHAT? THE CAREER CLUSTERS? YES. SO MY QUESTION AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THE THREE CIVIC STANDARDS IN HERE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN A LOT OF THIS CONVERSATION STARTED, IT WAS BEFORE JANUARY 6TH HAPPENED.
THE STATE OF DEMOCRACY AND CIVIC EDUCATION AND HISTORY.
EDUCATION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NAPE.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS UPDATE.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE GET TOO FAR AHEAD, WHICH IT'S KNOW THE TIMELINE IS TIGHT, BUT JUST ANOTHER LENS OF SAYING, OKAY, MAYBE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INFUSING SOME OF THIS HISTORY, CIVICS, CONSTITUTION, KNOWLEDGE FOR OUR STUDENTS, GIVEN THE STATE OF OUR COUNTRY WHERE WE ARE NOW.
UM. I THINK THAT SARAH WHALEN, WHO IS CURRENTLY WATCHING RIGHT NOW, WOULD BE INCREDIBLY EXCITED.
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT EXTENSIVELY.
AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THE FOCUS HAS BEEN ON READING MATH AND SCIENCE.
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BUT WE CANNOT LEAVE SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE STUDY OF HISTORY BEHIND.AND SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT BEING CREATIVE IN OUR APPROACH IN REGARDS TO HOW WE MAKE THINGS MORE INTERDISCIPLINARY INSTEAD OF JUST TEACHING A CONTENT AREA IN ISOLATION.
AND SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING SIDE IS PARTNERING.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SCIENCE AND READING MERGING TOGETHER TO HELP PRESENT INFORMATION, AND WE HAVE SOCIAL STUDIES THAT IS DURING THE SUMMER TIME LOOKING TO HELP.
PUT IN SWEET SPOTS FOR PROJECT BASED LEARNING.
AND WE KNOW THAT PROJECT BASED LEARNING IS ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW, PASSION AND INTEREST BASED.
AND SO BRINGING UP SOME OF THOSE REAL WORLD PROBLEMS THAT STUDENTS ARE LOOKING TO SOLVE.
AND SO IT IS FRONT OF MIND FOR US AS WE'RE WORKING WITH ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TO BETTER ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS AROUND THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE REALLY IMPACTING OUR CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY.
AND SO MORE CONVERSATIONS ARE BEING HAD AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR THAT.
NEXT YEAR. THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
AND I'D LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET SOME MORE UPDATES ON HOW MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE PART OF CENTER TO SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S SO CRITICAL THAT OUR STUDENTS HERE IN ALEXANDRIA GET THE EDUCATION ON HISTORY AND HONEST HISTORY AND SOCIAL STUDIES CIVICS THAT THEY NEED. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMING FRAMEWORK.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE WE HAD THIS INITIAL CONVERSATION IN 2018 AND 2019.
UM. WHEN I WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THIS WAS TO THIS DAY AN INCREDIBLY POWERFUL CLASS.
IT WAS A TWO HOUR LONG BLOCK CLASS THAT WAS IT WAS TAUGHT WITH FOUR TEACHERS.
HISTORY TEACHER, ENGLISH TEACHER, ART TEACHER, MUSIC TEACHER.
AND WHATEVER WE WERE STUDYING IN HISTORY, WE WERE READING THE LITERATURE OF THAT TIME.
I MEAN, TO THIS DAY, IT REALLY SPARKED MY LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY AND CIVICS AND AND THAT IS THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TO APPROACH OUR WORK, RIGHT? RIGHT. NOT TO SPILL THE BEANS, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT BEANS.
YEAH. I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW OUR SCIENCE AND READING INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO TIE THE FIVE E'S OF SCIENCE INTO THE PLOT OF A STORY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A RISING ACTION OR CLIMAX OR, YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO SCIENCE SO THAT STUDENTS ARE MAKING THE CONNECTION? I THINK SO. OFTENTIMES WE TEACH IN ISOLATION AND OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO SYNTHESIZE THE INFORMATION THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING.
YEAH, MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE SO CRITICAL.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING AS A.
THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GO FIRST.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR LATE NIGHT ENTHUSIASM.
SO WELCOME. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
I'M STILL TRYING TO WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THE PATHWAYS A LITTLE BIT MORE, TOO.
AND SO I'M CURIOUS, DO YOU SEE TWO SETS OF QUESTIONS? FIRST, DO YOU SEE THIS GOING IN A DIRECTION WHERE WE WILL BE ADDING A LOT OF COURSES OR ADDING A LOT OF PARTNERSHIPS, LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING, THE VIRGINIA TECH PARTNERSHIP.
I SEE BOTH. AND I ACTUALLY DO HAVE DOCTOR JACOBS ON THE CALL, WHO IS OUR RESIDENT PATHWAY EXPERT.
AND SO I DID WANT TO CALL HER DOCTOR.
JACOBS, ARE YOU THERE? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.
SO, JACOBS, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THE PATHWAY QUESTION THAT DR.
SO LET'S REMEMBER THAT THE TERM PATHWAY MEANS A GROUPING OF COURSES THAT GO
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FROM K TO 12TH GRADE, AND IT'S A PATHWAY THAT A STUDENT CAN TAKE.IT'S ALL THE REQUIRED COURSES.
AND THEY'RE PUT TOGETHER TO CREATE A INTEREST AREA OR A AREA WHERE WE KNOW THE WORKPLACE NEEDS PEOPLE TO FILL THESE JOBS.
THIS THIS CONCEPT HAS REALLY CAUGHT ON ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND IT'S A TREND RIGHT NOW TO DEVELOP PATHWAYS THAT MEET THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF STUDENTS AND MEET THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF EMPLOYERS.
SO WHEN WE WERE TALKING BEFORE, WHEN I HEARD YOU TALKING BEFORE ABOUT HUMANITIES OR BUILDING SOMETHING AROUND CIVICS OR WORLD LANGUAGES, THAT IS CERTAINLY A POSSIBILITY AND THAT'S KIND OF THE BEAUTY OF PATHWAYS.
ONCE WE GAUGE WHAT IS OF INTEREST AND OF NEED ALSO FOR STUDENTS, WE CAN PUT THE COURSES TOGETHER THAT ALREADY EXIST AND REALLY DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT AS TO WHAT WE MIGHT NEED TO ADD.
WE DO THIS IN CTE ALREADY, SO THERE IS A PROCESS THAT COULD BE FOLLOWED FOR A NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
BUT WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS THAT WE NEED TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THE PATHWAY GOES ON TO EITHER A CAREER IN THE WORKPLACE IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIGH SCHOOL.
THERE'S TRAINING, THERE'S A TWO YEAR OR A FOUR YEAR PATH FOR STUDENTS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, STUDENTS CHANGE THEIR MINDS.
SO THERE NEEDS TO BE WAYS THAT STUDENTS CAN EXIT A PATHWAY.
SO I THINK THAT THE WAY THAT THE WHAT WE ARE EMBARKING ON IS REALLY BUILDING ON WHAT IS NEEDED.
AND IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A VERY SOMETHING THAT'S VERY CHARACTERIZED TO WHAT IS NEEDED AND WANTED WITHIN ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
AND MADAM CHAIR, WHILE WE HAVE DR.
AND. AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, TOO.
UM, SO, YEAH, SO THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
THIS IS BASED OFF OF THE $200,000 VDO CT INNOVATION PROGRAMS GRANT.
IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE PARTNERSHIP AND STRENGTH OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS WITH NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WASHINGTON GAS, AND SOON.
THE DOMINION ENERGY IS VERY INTERESTED IN THIS.
AND THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS IS THAT THESE PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO AN ASSOCIATE'S OF APPLIED SCIENCES DEGREE WILL START WITH NINTH GRADERS AND IT WILL START WITHIN THE STEM ACADEMY AND THE KIDS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHOICE WITH MANY OF THESE PATHWAYS AND THESE TWO WILL BE TWO OF THE PATHWAYS THEY COULD CHOOSE AND THEY WILL GET HALF OF THEIR APPLIED ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE CREDITS WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN HAVE AN INTERNSHIP AND FINISH A FALL AND SPRING SEMESTER AT NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN TWO AREAS THAT ARE HIGHLY THAT HIGHLY NEED WORKERS IN CONSTRUCTION AND ENERGY, AND ALSO IN THE MANUFACTURING DATA CENTER LOGISTICS DISTRIBUTION AREAS THAT WE KNOW ARE COMING TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
EMPLOYERS ARE ALREADY LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH CPS.
THEY WANT OUR STUDENTS EVEN BEFORE THEY HAVE EVEN STARTED IN THESE PATHWAYS.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT DETAILED RESPONSE.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTIONS ARE AROUND, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, HOW ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT THE INCLUSION OF OUR MULTILINGUAL STUDENTS, OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS WORK? WE ARE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT OUR SPECIAL POPULATIONS.
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TEACHING, LEARNING AND LEADERSHIP AND HOW TO MAKE IT ACCESSIBLE TO THEM.JACOBS HAS MENTIONED, THE AC AC STEM PROGRAM WE DISCUSSED AS A BUILDING OUT OF THAT, INCLUDING OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND THE COMPETENCIES THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO HAVE IN ORDER TO BE A PART OF THAT WORK AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. AND SO WE KNOW THAT SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE BECOME OUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CALL OUR POST GRADS.
AND SO HOW CAN THEY THEN ACCESS A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IN ORDER TO GAIN THAT AS ASSOCIATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AND SO.
THANK YOU, MISS SANDERS AND TEAM.
I WILL MAKE MY QUESTIONS SHORT HERE BECAUSE I GOT A TEXT FROM MS..
IGNACIO THAT SAID SHE WAS TIRED.
I JUST WANT I JUST WANT TO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SO. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS REAL QUICK SO WE CAN GET MISS IGNACIO HOME.
AND I KNOW WE ARE ALL VERY THANKFUL FOR THE UPDATE.
BUT I STILL I CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE KIDS FROM ONE CAMPUS TO THE OTHER.
WE TALK ABOUT IT. WE TALK ABOUT IT A LOT.
BUT ARE WE WORKING SIMULTANEOUSLY TO FIGURE THAT PLAN OUT AS WE WORK WITH THE CONSULTANTS? THAT'S NUMBER ONE. AND THEN NUMBER TWO IS AT ONE POINT AND I'M SURE IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, BUT COULD WE GET LIKE A TIMELINE MAPPED OUT WITH LIKE DATES? I'M SO VISUAL AND THIS MIGHT ONLY BE I MIGHT ONLY BE THE ONE THAT WANTS THIS, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE VISUALLY, YOU KNOW, TO WHERE WE ARE NOW TO OKAY, WE MADE IT TO THE END OF THIS TIMELINE.
I AM VERY VISUAL TOO, SO I'M GOING TO COSIGN THAT.
AND SO? AND SO WE WILL HAVE A VISUAL FOR THAT.
UM, WHAT THE WORK WE'RE GOING TO DO.
WE ARE CURRENTLY TRANSPORTING STUDENTS FROM ONE CAMPUS TO THE NEXT.
YOU KNOW, I DO WANT TO FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WE HAVE OUR NINTH GRADERS THAT GO TO THE KING STREET CAMPUS FOR ELECTIVE COURSES AND CORE CONTENT COURSES JUST BECAUSE THAT'S JUST WHERE THEY'RE OFFERED RIGHT NOW.
WE IN YEARS PAST, LIKE MAYBE WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, HAVE THEN TRANSPORTED SOME OF OUR JUNIORS AND SENIORS WHO ARE IN THE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY TO THE MINI HOWARD CAMPUS TO THEIR SCIENCE CLASSROOMS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY HAD SPACE.
IT'S JUST ABOUT REFINING IT BASED ON A STUDENT'S PATHWAY.
AND YOU KNOW HOW IN THE STRUCTURE OF THIS NEW MASTER SCHEDULE, WE WANT TO DO IT.
SO IS IT EVERY DAY? IS IT EVERY OTHER DAY, YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL COME AS WE CONTINUE PLANNING.
BUT REALLY IT'LL BE ON A GRANDER SCALE.
BUT JUST NOW, JUST ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE'RE DOING IT ALREADY JUST GIVES US MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFINE VERSUS TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AT THE VERY, YOU KNOW, FROM THE.
AND I'LL JUST JUMP ON REALLY QUICK AS WELL TOO.
I THINK PART OF THE WORK WILL BE US WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH TL SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THAT TRANSPORTATION FOR WHATEVER THE NEW INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMING WILL BE, BUT ALSO MINIMIZING OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNSAFE BEHAVIORS OR ACTIONS TO TAKE PLACE JUST BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF TRAVERSING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN CAMPUSES.
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SO IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A LOT OF DISCUSSION, A LOT OF COLLABORATION, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS.I THINK THE ONLY OTHER THING I'LL ADD AND WE CAN MOVE ON.
UM, THE THING ONE THING THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES AND I THINK I'LL JUST SORT OF KEEP.
BRINGING UP IS, YOU KNOW, DOING THIS ALSO, I THINK WILL REQUIRE SOME LIKE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS TO BE BUILT INTO, YOU KNOW, OPENING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A NEW WAY OF JUST DOING THINGS.
IT'S A NEW WAY OF INSTRUCTION.
IT'S A NEW WAY OF OPERATING AND PARTICULARLY THE FOR HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELING.
LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE A MINDSET SHIFT AND JUST NEW PRACTICE AND EVEN JUST GUIDING STUDENTS IN IN, YOU KNOW, HELPING THEM NAVIGATE THIS THOUGHT PROCESS OF HAVING A PATHWAY AND WHAT DO I DO WHEN I WANT TO CHANGE MY PATHWAY.
AND SO THAT THAT IN ITSELF IS A LOT.
SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING THAT AT THE TOP OF OUR MINDS AS WELL, SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FULL EXECUTION SO THAT EVERYBODY'S, YOU KNOW, READY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
[3. Proposed Calendar Regulation]
ALL RIGHT. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST.HERE FOR MR. PASCAL, THE LAST ONE TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HIM JOIN US.
THANKS FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH US.
SO MUCH FOR RETIREMENT, MR. PASCOE. YES.
YES. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HANGING ON.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. SMITH. AND I BELIEVE MR. PASCAL, THEY WILL TAG TEAM THIS PRESENTATION AND IT'S, OF COURSE, ONE OF THE MR. PASCAL'S FAVORITE ITEMS, OF COURSE.
HERE, LET ME. IT'S A SHARED LOVE.
HERE WE GO. HOW'S THAT? AS LONG AS IT'S THERE, I'M GOOD.
OKAY. SO LET ME START BY SAYING THIS IS THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT WILL HAVE THE WORD INTERIM IN FRONT OF A SLIDE DECK FOR DR. WHITE'S NAME.
SO TONIGHT, MATT AND I ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN SUPPORT OF BOARD REGULATION, IN SUPPORT OF CALENDAR CREATION.
ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO START WITH WHY WE'RE DOING THIS.
AND OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES WITH PLANNING.
PARENTS, FAMILIES, AND ESPECIALLY FOR STAFF WHO LIVE IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
THE ALIGNMENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AS A RESULT OF THIS WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US AND ALLOW US TO FOCUS OUR PRIORITIES, PUT OUR FOCUS ON OTHER PRIORITIES. SO YOU HAVE SEEN THE BULK OF THIS.
SO WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE GOVERNANCE ELEMENTS THAT THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE WORKED ON.
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AND ALSO THAT THE CALENDAR COMMITTEE IS IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE EFFORT TO CREATE SOME BOARD REGULATION.NOW YOU SEE THE WORD TEAM REPLACED THE WORD COMMITTEE.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT TEAM, THAT IS THE WORK.
IT'S JUST TRULY REMARKABLE THAT WE ARE HERE ON THE PRECIPICE OF HAVING BROAD ALIGNMENT ACROSS REGION FOR SCHOOL DIVISIONS.
SO WE HAVE MET ABOUT TWICE A MONTH SINCE JANUARY WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM ACROSS REGION FOUR TO COME UP WITH SOME PRETTY SOLID AREAS OF AGREEMENT.
I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS BELIEF STATEMENT, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT UP THERE JUST FOR A SECOND.
YOU CAN SEE THE KEY WORDS DIVERSE COMMUNITY AND THEN ALIGN WITH SURROUNDING CALENDAR.
I'M GOING TO GO VERY QUICKLY THROUGH THESE.
BUT WE DO PLAN TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT.
CALENDARS FOR APPROVAL IN DECEMBER.
FIRST TO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL WOULD BE TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO LABOR DAY.
HE HEARS THE THIRD BULLET POINT.
WE WANT OUR CALENDAR TO ALIGN WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND SOME OF THIS CAME UP WHEN WE MADE CHANGES A FEW MONTHS AGO.
EACH MARKING PERIOD WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE AN APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF SIMILAR, SIMILAR DAYS AND WE WILL PUT A TEACHER WORKDAY AT THE END OF THE FIRST THREE MARKING PERIODS.
THAT FINAL BULLET DOWN THERE IS WAS THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION OF COMMITTEE.
THEY'RE LETTING ME DRIVE THIS SHOW.
BUT, MATT, HOP IN THERE, PLEASE, WHENEVER YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING.
SPRING BREAK WOULD BE ONE WEEK AND IN LINE WITH OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS.
THE OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS ARE INTERESTED ARE NOT LOCKED INTO IT BEING THE WEEK BEFORE EASTER.
BUT WE HAVE AGREED THAT WHATEVER WE DO, WE WANT TO DO IT IN UNISON.
SO HERE ARE THE PROPOSED HOLIDAYS.
SO TAKE A LITTLE PEEK AT THIS.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO COME BACK WITH SOME INPUT.
IF A HOLIDAY IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY AND IT FALLS ON A WEEKEND, WE WILL OBSERVE IT AS A HOLIDAY.
ON THE THE OBSERVED FEDERAL HOLIDAY.
IF THE HOLIDAY IS NOT A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, IT WILL NOT BE.
AN OBSERVED HOLIDAY FALLS ON A WEEKEND.
YOU CAN SEE THAT MOST OF THESE ARE DAYS THAT WE ALREADY ARE CELEBRATING IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY BECOME OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS.
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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AND ELECTION.THIS IS A BIG SHIFT AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE IN COMPLETE ALIGNMENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORS THAT WE WANT TO INCREASE OUR EMBRACING OF DIVERSE CELEBRATIONS AND NOT JUST LIMIT IT TO RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS, BUT TALK ABOUT CULTURAL OBSERVANCE DAYS.
TASKS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH SOME OF OUR POPULATION THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THOSE THINGS BEING ON A DAY THAT MEANS SOMETHING SPECIAL TO THEM.
WE'LL BE INTERESTED TO HEAR IF YOU HAVE ANY FEEDBACK.
MATT ALREADY HAS PREPARED DRAFT REGULATION.
YOU WANT TO SEE A TESTIMONY TO HOW MUCH ALIGNED WE ARE? YOU WILL LOOK ON THE ARLINGTON WEB PAGE AND SEE ALMOST VERBATIM WHAT THEY HAVE OUT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
RIGHT NOW, WE ARE THAT CLOSE TO BEING IN LOCK STEP WITH OUR REGION FOR.
AND SO FROM HERE, WE WILL DEBATE.
WE WILL HAVE OPEN COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU TO ADOPT A REGULATION.
HOW'S THAT FOR A SPEED PRESENTATION? REALLY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW OR COMMENTS? YOU WANT TO JUST TAKE IT? NO, WE'RE JUST SO WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU FOR GOING SO QUICKLY.
MATT, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT YOU WANTED TO CHIME IN ON HERE BEFORE WE GO TO QUESTIONS? UH, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I THINK WE'RE ANY ACHIEVED PERFECTION IN COVERING THE CONTENT PROPERLY.
ON THE PROPOSED CULTURAL OBSERVATION DAYS AND NOT DOING TEST QUIZZES OR A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THIS, ARE ALL OF THESE ALSO THE SAME? CULTURAL OBSERVATION IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS ARE OBSERVING.
THEY ARE, I CAN SAY AT LEAST I KNOW ALL OF THE ONES HERE ARE ON ARE ON FAIRFAX'S CALENDAR.
AND WHAT I JUST SAID A MOMENT AGO, THAT WITH ARLINGTON YOU CAN SEE ALMOST VERBATIM UNISON.
BUT, YOU KNOW, VHSL IS SETS THE SPORTING EVENTS AND SCHEDULES AND TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THAT WORK WITH THESE CULTURAL OBSERVATION DAYS? AND I'M SURE IT'S NOT JUST BSO.
AND THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
AND I KNOW THAT FAIRFAX COUNTY ALREADY HAS THIS IN PLACE.
BUT THEY SAY THEY HAVE ACHIEVED THAT BY JUST CLEAR COMMUNICATION.
SCHOOL CALENDAR CALENDAR SHARED WITH PARENTS ANY INTERNAL CALENDAR.
YEAH. SO WE ACTUALLY HAD HAD THAT QUESTION AND MR. SMITH ASKED THE FAIRFAX COUNTY FOLKS, HE JUST WENT DIRECTLY TO THEM AND SAID, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU DO THIS? BECAUSE I HAD THE SAME QUESTION REGARDING BSO, AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS.
MATTHEW. ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW, I'D LOVE TO KNOW, LIKE ALL THE DETAILS BEHIND IT, BUT IT'S BEING DONE.
AND WE DID PUT IN YOU'LL NOTICE THE WORDING SAYS SCHEDULED FOR SPORTING EVENTS.
AND THAT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO CONTROL.
SO THAT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THAT.
BUT YEAH, BUT FAIRFAX COUNTY SAYS YEAH, THAT'S THEY MANAGED TO PULL IT OFF AND THEY DO IT JUST BY REALLY CRYSTAL CLEAR COMMUNICATIONS OF ALL THESE DAYS AND SO ON, ALL THE PUBLISHED CALENDARS. IT'S PART OF THE STUDENT INFORMATION SYSTEM.
EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THIS, EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF WHAT THE RULES ARE.
AND SO IT'S ALL WHEN THEY DO THEIR SCHEDULING, THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS AND THEY SCHEDULE ACCORDINGLY.
THEY SAY THEY'RE DOING IT. I BELIEVE.
AND THANK YOU, MR. PASCAL, MR.
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SMITH, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS.I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME ON THIS ISSUE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
UM, I THINK THIS IS ALL IN THE PRESENTATION.
I'M TRYING TO KIND OF SORT IT OUT IN MY MIND, BUT MAYBE WHEN WE MAKE THE POLICY OR THE ACCOMPANYING REGULATION, WE COULD JUST HAVE A TABLE THAT SAYS THESE ARE THE REGION FOUR LEVEL DECISIONS AND THESE ARE THE LEVEL DECISIONS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL HELP US SEE.
FERVOR AROUND CALENDARS THAT WE EXPERIENCE ON A YEARLY BASIS.
BUT MAYBE JUST SEEING THAT AND LIKE AGAIN, TEAM VISUAL LEARNER SEEING THAT IN A TABLE FORMAT OR SOMETHING SIMPLISTIC WILL HELP COMMUNICATE AND LEVEL SET EXPECTATIONS AROUND THOSE THINGS.
OKAY. DR. RIEF. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH AND MR. PASCOE FOR WORKING ON THIS.
COMMENTS. UM, SO I'M TRYING TO FIND.
CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN THAT FOR ME? WELL, OUR ORIGINAL TEST TWO YEARS AGO WAS TO COME UP WITH TWO.
MORE IT WILL BE MORE REALISTIC.
UM. AND ACTUALLY I THINK FAIRFAX JUST PAST THREE YEARS THEY JUST.
AND SO HERE'S WHAT THE THIRD YEAR OUT LOOKS LIKE.
IT REALLY HELPS WITH PLANNING BECAUSE IF YOU WANT TO START TWO WEEKS EARLY AND YOU WANT TO END BEFORE JUNETEENTH, AS THE CYCLE SHIFTS, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE IT'S IT'S TIGHTER THAN OTHERS.
LET ME JUST SAY THAT WHEN LABOR DAY COMES.
ON SEPTEMBER 7TH, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MAKES FOR A TIGHT CALENDAR.
AND THEN HAD ANOTHER SORRY FOLLOW UP TO THAT QUESTION.
SO ONE THING WE DID IS WE PROJECTED WHAT THE CALENDARS WOULD LOOK LIKE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE 2029 SCHOOL YEAR IF YOU ADOPTED THESE REGULATIONS SO THAT WE COULD SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GETTING OURSELVES INTO TROUBLE, RIGHT? SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO PROPOSE ANYTHING WHERE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO EXECUTE THIS.
THAT'S AS LATE AS IT GETS. AND JUNETEENTH IS ON SATURDAY.
SO THE OBSERVED HOLIDAY IS ON A FRIDAY, SO THE YEAR NEVER GETS SHORTER THAN THAT.
SO IT'S TIGHT, BUT IT DOES WORK.
AND IF YOU EVER WANT TO GET INSIDE OF MATT'S HEAD, JUST, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULE A LITTLE TIME WITH HIM.
AND HE HE HAS CREATED I'M SERIOUS.
I'M JUST HIGHLY FASCINATED BY THIS TYPE OF THINKING.
SO JUST SAYING IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A QUESTION OR COMMENT.
SO IT SAYS COMMITTEE MEMBERS WILL WE'RE KIND OF MOVING TO THIS IDEA OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE GOING TO CANVASS STAKEHOLDERS AND GATHER FEEDBACK INSTEAD OF HAVING A SURVEY WHICH LIKE I GENERALLY AGREE WITH THAT.
I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS, THOUGH, THAT I NOTICED IS IN SLIDE, IT SAID THE ROLE OF A COMMITTEE MEMBER IS TO REPRESENT THE PERSPECTIVE OF THEIR STAKEHOLDER GROUP IN ITS ENTIRETY.
LIKE THAT'S NOT A HIGH BAR OR ANYTHING.
SO TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT.
AND AND SO JUST JUST KIND OF THINKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE.
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AND THEN AND THEN JUST THE LAST KIND OF FEEDBACK WAS, UM, I KNOW SOMETHING ELSE THAT CAME UP WAS KIND OF THE CITY'S HOW THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, WHAT HOLIDAYS THEIR STAFF ARE TAKING AND HOW THAT MIGHT AFFECT LIKE STAFFING AT THE REC CENTERS OR AFTERCARE PROGRAMS OR THINGS LIKE THAT.BUT I JUST THINK THAT'S A PIECE THAT WE WANT TO BE THINKING ABOUT TOO.
THANK YOU, DR. RIEF. WE COULD CERTAINLY INVITE PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITY MEMBER.
SO LET ME I'M GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.
ALSO, HAVING BUILT SEVERAL YEARS WORTH OF CALENDARS.
BUT THE NUMBER OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DAYS BEYOND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY AND ELECTION DAY, THE NUMBER OF CHOICES ARE INCREDIBLY SMALL AND THEY'RE MOSTLY INSTRUCTIONAL.
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO STRUCTURE? SO TWO SETS OF INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS AROUND MATCHING THE CALENDAR TO THE WAY THAT THE NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
BEST MATCH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM, NOT SO MUCH.
WE PREFER THIS HOLIDAY OVER THIS HOLIDAY BECAUSE THE DECISIONS ARE ALREADY PART OF THE POLICY.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. GOOD TALK, EVERYONE.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, MATT. THANK YOU.
TAKE CARE, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.