OKAY. [00:00:01] THIS IS CINDY ANDERSON AND THIS IS THE VIRTUALLY CALLED MEETING. [Call to Order] I CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 1201 P.M. ROLL CALL, CINDY ANDERSON IS HERE, VERONICA NOLAN, PRESENT. MEAGAN ALDERTON HERE. FTC RAMEE GENTRY, PRESENT. JACINTA GREENE, JACINTA HAS SOME AUDIO ISSUE. PRESENT, PRESENT CINDY. GREAT, THANK YOU. MARGARET LORBER, PRESENT. MICHELLE RIEF, PRESENT. CHRISTOPHER SUAREZ, PRESENT, HEATHER THORNTON, PRESENT. AGENDA, MAY I GET A MOTION FOR ADOPTION [Item 2] I MOVE. SECOND. CINDY ANDERSON, YES, VERONICA NOLAN, YES, MEAGAN ALDERTON YES, RAMEE GENTRY. YES. JACINTA GREENE, YES, MARGARET LORBER, YES, MICHELLE REIF, YES, CHRISTOPHER SUAREZ, YES, HEATHER THORNTON, YES. GREAT, THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR. [Consent Calendar] SO IF I COULD GET A MOTION TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE WE ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR TODAY'S MEETING. SECOND. I'M SORRY WHO WAS THAT WAS THAT MS. GREENEE FOR SECOND YES. OKAY, MS. GREENE SECONDS MS. ALDERTON'S RECESS. CINDY ANDERSON YES, VERONICA NOLAN, YES, MS. ALDERTON, YES, MS. GENTRY YES, MS. GREENE, YES, MS. LORBER, YES. DR. RIEF, YES. MR. SUAREZ. YES. MS. THORNTON. YES. OKAY. SO THEN WE MOVE ON TO THE OLD -- THE NEXT THING ON THE AGENDA IS THE RESOLUTION. [Item 5] AND I THINK SOME OF YOU RECEIVED A -- WELL, ALL OF YOU, ALL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM DR. RIEF THIS MORNING, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE FROM MS. ABBRUZZESE. SO I'LL LET DR. RIEF EXPLAIN, AND MAYBE TALK ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT SHE MADE AND IF MS. ABBRUZZESE WANTS TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT LATER, LET'S DO IT THAT WAY MAYBE. DR. RIEF. THANK YOU EVERYONE. WE DISCUSSED THIS AT OUR MEETING LAST FRIDAY. THIS IS TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES DURING IF EMERGENCY AND THAT IS ANY POLICIES OR PROVISIONS WITHIN POLICIES WHICH REFLECT LEGAL ANDOR REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WAIVED BY THE GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY WHICH ENACTED THOSE REQUIREMENTS. AND I GUESS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD. I'M JUST KIND OF PUTTING THIS OUT THERE TO SHARE. IS THAT THESE ARE CHANGES THAT COULD BE -- WE WOULD BE SUSPENDING POLICIES WHICH WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. BUT I JUST -- I'M NOT SURE WHAT THOSE POLICIES ARE GOING TO BE OR WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS ARE. SO THAT IS KIND OF ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAD ABOUT THIS RESOLUTION. BUT A CHANGE THAT I HAD SUGGESTED MAKING WAS, IN THE SECTION WHERE IT SAYS NOW THEREFORE CAN BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT IS DIRECTED TO INFORM THE SCHOOL BOARD OF ANY FURTHER I WOULD SUGGEST THAT TO INFORM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE PUBLIC, TO MAKE SURE WE WANT IT COMMUNICATED TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AND ANY POLICIES OR REGULATIONS. IT ONLY SPECIFIES REGULATIONS THERE. AND AGAIN WE ARE AUTHORIZING SUSPENDING POLICIES THAT REFLECT LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS. I WOULD WANT TO BE INFORMED SERGE WHAT THOSE WERE IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE WAIVED. SO THAT WAS A SUGGESTION THAT I WAS RECOMMENDING, AND WOULD WELCOME ANY FEEDBACK [00:05:04] ON THAT. I JUST WANTED TO LET MS. ABBRUZZESE MAYBE WEIGH IN ON THAT AND THEN OTHER BOARD MEMBERS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. SURE, THANK YOU, CHAIR ANDERSON. I WANTED TO SAY I FULLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT. I THINK IT MAKES CLEAR FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT IS CLEARLY IMPLIED BY THE LANGUAGE. BUT ANY TIME YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING MORE CLEAR, EASILY UNDERSTOOD FOR EVERYONE, THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO I FULLY SUPPORT THAT CHANGE. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE COMMENTS, OR QUESTIONS IF -- I SEE ARE DR. RIEF ARE YOU ASKING TO SPEAK AGAIN I WASN'T SURE IF I MISSED YOUR HAND UP BEFORE. YES, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I KNOW THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE JUST NOW PROPOSING IT AT THIS TIME. BUT IF WE COULD JUST -- IF WE DO PASS IT, GET JUST CLARITY ON YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE METHOD OF COMMUNICATION OUT AS WELL, SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS YOU KNOW CLEARLY WHAT THE METHOD IS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALSO THINKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO-IF WE COULD KEEP THE COMMUNICATES FOR ANY OF THOSE REGULATIONS, OR POLICIES, AND IN PLACE, SO THAT THEY COULD EASILY BE REFERRED TO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. I KNOW THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE FIGURED OUT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE OUT THAT THIS DOESN'T REALLY STIPULATE THE HOW OF IT'S GOING TO BE SHARED. IF AT SOME FUTURE TIME WE COULD GET CLARIFICATION OF THAT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GRATEFUL. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT, YES. WHEREVER THIS IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE IT COULD HAVE LINKS TO WHERE IT'S POSTED, I WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE A RELATIVELY EASY WAY TO DO IT. ANY NOTICES WOULD BE LINKED UNDERNEATH. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CLERK OR MS. ABBRUZZESE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT. WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO DECIDE THAT TODAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION SO I DON'T KNOW IF -- IT WAS ON FOR INFO LAST WEEK AND NOW THERE'S BEEN AN AMENDMENT BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY PASS IT THIS WEEK. SO IF SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO MAKE A MOTION. MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION WITH THE AMENDMENTS. SECOND. I'LL SECOND ALSO. JACINTA. YOU CAN HAVE IT MARGARET. MIX IT UP A LITTLE BIT HERE. I HAVE MS. LORBER SECONDING MS. GENTRY'S MOTION SO I WILL CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT. CINDY ANDERSON, YES, VERONICA NOLAN, YES, MEAGAN ALDERTON, YES, RAMEE GENTRY, YES, JACINTA GREENE, YES, MARGARET LORBER, YES, MICHELLE RIEF, YES, CHRISTOPHER SUAREZ, YES. HEATHER THORNTON. YES. WE ARE NOW QUICKLY AT 1209, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, OR FOLLOWING UP ON ANY CLARIFICATIONS, I SAID WITH MY E-MAIL EARLIER THIS WEEK, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL FRIDAY, CAN YOU SEND THEM TO DR. HUTCHINGS AHEAD OF TIME [Items 6 & 7] AND THEY CAN BE SHARED WITH EVERYONE DURING THE WEEK. DR. HUTCHINGS. YES, YOU ARE SENDING THEM, THANK YOU FOR SENDING THEM. BEFORE I GET TO THE Q&A. IF YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW CHIEF OF SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS WHO'S ACTUALLY ON OUR ZOOM MEETING TODAY, MS. JULIA BURGOS WHO IS HERE, WHICH YOU ALL JUST APPROVED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR HER POSITION. SHE WILL NOT BEGIN UNTIL JULY 2ND. BUT SHE WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN TO ENGAGE WITH OUR TEAMS. BECAUSE REMEMBER, THIS POSITION WAS DEVELOPED BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING TWO DEPARTMENTS TOGETHER. THAT'S COMMUNICATIONS AND OUR FACE AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TEAM, ALL UNDER ONE DEPARTMENT. SO WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE MS. BURGOS HERE WITH US TODAY. SHE'S GOING TO REMAIN ON THE CALL I BELIEVE AS LONG AS SHE CAN AND YOU ALL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A LOT OF THE INFORMATION OR ACTUALLY ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT HER BACKGROUND. BUT WE ARE JUST LIKE SO FORTUNATE TO FIND SOMEONE OF HER CALIBER TO BE A PART OF [00:10:03] THIS POSITION. OR TO BE A PART OF OUR TEAM. BECAUSE THE POSITION WAS SO UNIQUE, WITH THE QUALIFICATIONS WE WERE LOOKING FOR, WAS LIKE LOOKING FOR A UNICORN. AND THEN IT'S LIKE JULIA BURGOS CAME. I'M LIKE YES, THIS IS THE PERFECT MATCH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SAY ANY WORDS, YOU KNOW, JULIET YAH OR MS. BURGOS TO THE TEAM. I THINK YOU'RE ON MUTE RIGHT NOW. YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HELLO TO EVERYONE. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING EVERYONE IN PERSON. I WAS ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TODAY AND THOUGHT WOW I DIDN'T ACTUALLY THINK I WAS GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR A JOB OR CHANGING POSITIONS IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC, IT WASN'T ON MY BUCKET LIST SO TO SPEAK. I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS THAT DR. HUTCHINGS AND THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM TO MAKE IT WORK AND HAVE ME TAKE ON THIS POSITION IN JULY. I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE TEAMS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET READY. WHEN I MET DR. HUTCHINGS EARLIER IN MARCH WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD AND REALLY WANTING TO BE READY FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR. AND LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT AT THAT TIME WE WERE GOING TO REALLY NEED TO HAVE A LOT OF MOMENTUM AROUND THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR DEPENDING ON WHAT TAKES PLACE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH THIS PANDEMIC. SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING THE TEAM. I'M REALLY EXCITED. THIS POSITION IS SORT OF LIKE A DREAM JOB, IT'S EVERYTHING I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR MY ENTIRE CAREER, WORKING IN COMMUNICATIONS AND MARRYING MY LOVE FOR WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I REALLY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING ON BOARD AND WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH JULIA, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL SO AS I TELL EVERYBODY WHO ARE NEW HIRES WITH US, WELCOME TO THE ACPS FAMILY. WE ALWAYS HAVE SOME KINKS IN THE FAMILY AND SOME DYSFUNCTION NOW AND THEN BUT THAT'S WHAT THE FAMILY IS ALL ABOUT. I DO APPRECIATE YOU SAYING YES TO US AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER. SO WITH THAT SAID I WANT TO GET INTO OUR Q&A, AND TO REMIND BOARD MEMBERS THAT TODAY, YOU WILL HAVE BOARD BRIEFS THAT RELATE TO SOME SPECIFIC TOPICS THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. ONE IN PARTICULAR IS AROUND OUR CIP PROJECTS. AND I KNOW THAT IS A QUESTION THAT HAS COME UP FROM SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ALL THE BOARD HAS ALLOWED OUR TEAM TO FOCUS ON OUR CONTINUITY OF LEARNING PLANS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR OUR STUDENTS, AS WE NOW TRANSITION, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ALSO BEGINNING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON, TO OPERATE AS A SCHOOL DIVISION. SO TONIGHT, YOU WILL HAVE THE BOARD BRIEF THAT'S ON OUR CIP THAT WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON SUMMER PROJECTS THAT ARE OCCURRING, IT WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON CURRENT PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY LIKE IN PROGRESS, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFICALLY LIKE THE DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PROJECT, AN UPDATE ON THAT, UPDATE ON THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME INDEPENDENT BOARD BRIEFS AS WELL ON LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT AND DOUGLAS MACARTHUR BECAUSE THERE IS SOME MORE INFORMATION THAT WE WANT TO SHARE THAT IS A LOT MORE DETAILED THAN THE DOCUMENT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE TODAY. BUT IT IS A CLEAR LIST OF ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND THE STATUS. SO THAT BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY IS AWARE THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR CIP PROJECTS. WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY OF NOT HAVING ALL, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS AND STAFF MEMBERS IN OUR BUILDINGS, TO GET SOME OF OUR THINGS DONE. AND THEN WE ALSO DO HAVE SOME CHALLENGES AND SOME BARRIERS THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE BOARD BRIEF IN REGARDS TO COMPANIES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH AND, YOU KNOW, BEING A LITTLE NERVOUS IN SOME CASES ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE SOME OF OUR COMPANIES IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE SUPPLIES, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO COME IN THAT IN TURN COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR PROJECTS AND OUR DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE SET. SO WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT THE BOARD WAS INFORMED. THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE ALSO MONITORING THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THE OTHER BOARD BRIEF THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEE RELATES TO OUR FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET. EACH YEAR, WE PROVIDE, OR THE FINANCE TEAM PROVIDES YOU ALL WITH AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT POWER PROJECTIONS OR ESTIMATIONS LOOK LIKE FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. AND BEING THAT WE'VE HAD THIS PANDEMIC, YOU KNOW, THAT STARTED IN MARCH AND WE CLOSED OUR BUILDINGS AS OF MARCH 16TH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE ACADEMIC SCHOOL YEAR, [00:15:04] THERE WAS AN IMPACT ON OUR FY 2020 BUDGET. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO JUST COMMEND OUR FINANCE TEAM THAT'S LED BY MR. TURNER, DOMINIC TURNER, BECAUSE THE MOMENT WE BEGAN TO SAY OUR SCHOOLS WERE GOING TO BE CLOSED OR WE WERE GOING ON THE PATH OF HAVING TO CLOSE OUR BUILDINGS, DOMINIC TURNER AND HIS TEAM DREW THE SRT INTO OUR BUILDINGS AND WE BEGAN TO TALK THROUGH HOW DO WE FREEZE CERTAIN BUDGETS, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE WEREN'T CONTINUING TO SPEND DOLLARS AS WE WERE IF WE WERE IN SESSION AND HOW DO WE SET UP A PROTOCOL TO MAKE SURE WE ARE APPROVING ONLY ESSENTIAL ITEMS, SO WE WEREN'T IN THE POSITION AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHERE WE OVERSPENT OR DON'T HAVE THE DOLLARS TO DO WHAT WE NEED. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT OUR FINANCE TEAM WAS BEING SO FRO ACTIVE EARLY ON THAT YOU ALL WILL SEE IN THE BUDGET PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET OUR BUDGETARY NEEDS FOR FY 20. SO THAT IS A HUGE KUDOS TO OUR TEAM AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS FOR MAKING THOSE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE NOT IN A DEFICIT SITUATION AT THE END OF THE YEAR. YOU ARE ALSO GOING TO SEE A BOARD BRIEF THAT RELATES TO OUR BUDGET FOR FY 21. AS YOU ALL KNOW, NEXT WEEK WE ARE GOING TO BEGIN OUR BOARD TWO BY TWOS TO TALK ABOUT THE REVISED BUDGET THAT WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC ON MAY 8TH, WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO MAKE CERTAIN REVISIONS. AND THIS IS BASED OFF OF THE CITY MANAGER HAS PROPOSED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR -- OUR APPROPRIATIONS FROM THE CITY BY $7.4 MILLION. WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THAT BOARD BRIEF AS THAT -- OUR CITY APPROPRIATIONS IS NOT THE ONLY IMPACT. WE ARE ALSO IMPACTED BY OUR LOCAL AS WELL AS OUR STATE AND OUR FEDERAL REVENUE. SO THERE WILL BE A BUDGET SHORTFALL IN THOSE AREAS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE CLEAR NUMBERS IN REGARDS TO WHAT THOSE DEFICITS ARE GOING TO BE. BUT WE ARE MAKING SOME ESTIMATES SO THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING TO BEGIN TO WORK THROUGH AND BEING PREPARED FOR AS A BOARD AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE FINAL STAGES OF OUR BUDGET PROCESS. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT THAT, AS WELL. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE BOARD BRIEFS. THE OTHER BOARD BRIEF, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT RELATES TO JUST THE BUDGET TRANSFER THAT WILL BE HAPPENING AND THIS IS A BUDGET TRANSFER, OUR POLICY REQUIRES OUR BOARD TO MAKE DECISIONS OR TO VOTE ON ANY BUDGET TRANSFERS THAT EXCEED A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THIS IS IN PARTICULAR FOR OUR JEFFERSON HOUSTON PROJECT, HVAC PROJECT AND US MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE DOLLARS TO PAY FOR THAT WORK THAT WILL HAPPEN THIS SUMMER. BUT THE BOARD BRIEF WILL BE ABLE TO OUTLINE SPECIFICALLY HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO PAY FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BACK IN THE FALL AND WE HAD IDENTIFIED SOME DOLLARS BUT AT THAT TIME WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL COST WAS GOING TO BE FOR PHASE 2 OF JEFFERSON HOUSTON. NOW WE HAVE WHAT THE ACTUAL COST IS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WITH TRANSFERS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT FUNDING FOR THIS SUMMER SO WE CAN KEEP THAT PROJECT ON SCHEDULE. SO YOU WILL SEE A BUDGET OR BOARD BRIEF ON THAT. AND THAT WILL SHOW UP NEXT WEEK ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR OUR BOARD MEETING. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDED YOU ALL WITH THAT INFORMATION IN ADVANCE SO CAN YOU ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT DURING THE WEEK. SO 50 THE TIME WE GET TO FRIDAY FOR A VOTE YOU ALL ARE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE ARE ASKING AND HOW WE ARE PLANNING TO USE THESE DOLLARS. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO START OFF WITH AND I WANTED TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE IN REGARDS TO BOARD BRIEFS OF LAST WEEK OR JUST THINGS IN GENERAL THAT YOU WANT TO ASK. OKAY, I SEE MISS THORNTON HAS A QUESTION. YES, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU DR. HUTCHINGS FOR THE UPDATES. I THINK IT WAS THE APRIL 13TH BOARD BRIEF WHERE WE READ THAT OUR TELECOMMUNICATIONS IS DOING REALLY WELL, BUT OF COURSE, AS WE KNOW WHEN USING ZOOM A [00:20:04] LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ENCOUNTERING SOME ZOOM BOMBING OR SOME SECURITY ISSUES. I THINK THAT IT WAS REPORTED THAT WE HAD FOUR, AS OF THE 13TH. AND I JUST WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE HAD ANY MORE INCIDENTS, AND AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE VERY TIGHT COMING UP, I THINK IT WOULD REALLY BEHOOVE US TO THINK ABOUT OUR CYBER SECURITY EFFORTS AND DOING WHAT WE CAN TO BEEF THAT UP. I WAS HOPING TO HEAR FROM DR. HOOVER IF SHE'S ONLINE HERE, AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE'VE HAD ANY OTHER SECURITY INCIDENTS AND WHAT'S KIND OF ON THE HORIZON AS FAR AS LOOKING AT OUR CYBER SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE. DR. HOOVER. THANK YOU, GREAT QUESTIONS. WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY MORE INCIDENCES WITH ZOOM. THEY APPLIED MANY, MANY SECURITY FEATURES AND EVERYONE'S EXPERIENCING THEM RIGHT NOW. AND OUR TEACHERS HAVE DONE AGREAT JOB OF MANAGING THEIR CLASSES. IN FACT ZOOM HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY RESPONSIVE TO US AS WELL. THEY HAVE A REPUTATION TO MEND AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR PROACTIVITY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE QUESTION ON CYBER SECURITY. IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE FOCUSING ON. EVERYONE'S AWARE OF PHISHING ATTACKS. WE ARE JUST LIKE ALL OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WE ARE SEEING MANY PHISHING ATTACKS AROUND WE GOT A LITTLE SIDETRACKED TO THIS TRANSITION TO OUR ONLINE ENVIRONMENT. BUT WE WILL BE DOING SOME CAMPAIGNS FOR PHISHING AS EXAMPLE WHERE WE WILL BE PUTTING THEM OUT THROUGH ONE OF OUR VENDORS AND SEEING WHO, IN OUR STAFF, IS VULNERABLE, AND THEN FOLLOWING UP WITH SOME TRAINING. WE HAVE GOT A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT DELAYED A LITTLE BIT. BUT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WITH WELCOME FOR FUNDS FOR CYBER SECURITY, YOU KNOW, DEPLOYMENT. SO I AGREE, IT'S A CONCERN. I THINK WE'RE ALL MORE VULNERABLE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING ONLINE. BUT IT IS ON THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS AND WE'RE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING. OKAY, NEXT I HAVE MS. NOLAN. THANK YOU, CHAIR ANDERSON. AGAIN THANKS TO STAFF, THE FACT THAT WE'VE ONLY HAD FOUR INCIDENTS WITH ZOOM IS PRETTY REMARKABLE. ALL AROUND, EVERYONE ANSWER EFFORTS HAVE BEEN TRULY AMAZING. JUST WANT TO ASK A CLARIFYING QUESTION. I APOLOGIZE JENNIFER, WITH REGARD TO THE POLICY WORK WE JUST WENT THROUGH, THANKS VERY MUCH TO DR. RIEF I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT AMENDMENT. DO YOU MIND CLARIFYING TO US, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. I APOLOGIZE. SURE, THANK YOU. FOR FOLLOWS THAT HAVE A REAL IMPACT SUCH AS I'M THINKING OF WE JUST DID THE GRADING POLICY IN THE COMING WEEKS YOU WILL SEE A POLICY AMENDMENT COMING TO YOU REGARDING HOW WE WILL VERIFY CREDITS REGARDING SOL'S. YOU WILL SEE THEM COMING TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY FOR BOARD MEETINGS. FOR MORE MINOR POLICY PROPOSED CHANGES BASED ON SOME SORT OF SUSPENSION OF THE FEDERAL OR STATE LAW POLICY THOSE ARE BASED ON, THOSE WOULD COME VIA A BOARD BRIEF, WHICH THE BOARD COULD REQUEST FOLLOW UP INFORMATION ON. IN ADDITION, CHANGES WOULD GO OUT VIA THE COMPRESS AND INSIDER. WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP A NEW SECTION ON THE POLICY WEB PAGE THAT WILL HIGHLIGHT ANY CHANGES TO OUR POLICIES DURING THE CLOSURE AND THEN FINALLY WE ARE HOPING TO COLLABORATE WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM ON A ARE THAT FOLKS COULD SIGN UP FOR THAT WOULD PUSH OUT SCHOOL UPDATES FOR THEM. I'M SURE MS. BURGOS IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS, MANY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS BESIDES ARLINGTON. I'M SURE WE HAVE DEVELOPED SOME THINGS AS WELL. HAVING TROUBLE ON MEETING. NEXT UP I HAVE MR. SUAREZ. YES, THANKS CHAIR ANDERSON. I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE KUDOS TO THE STAFF TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR HARD WORK. THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY I THINK PLEASED OVERALL WITH OUR RESPONSE. AND IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE ALL THE EFFORTS ON ZOOM, AND DR. HOOVER HATS OFF TO YOU, FOR THE EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS AND WORKING HARD TO DO THAT. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT SORT OF THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE AND THE ZOOM, I HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BOARD BRIEF. I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE ON FERPA AND THE PRIVACY ISSUES AS WELL, AND I'M REALLY GLAD [00:25:01] IF THOSE ARE IN HAND. MY QUESTION IS SORT OF RELATED TO WHAT I HAD ASKED ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO AND I'M WONDERING IF WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THIS WHICH IS NOW THAT WE KNOW THIS IS A LONGER TERM PROPOSITION AND THE QUARTER'S TRANSITIONING IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY ASSESS YOU KNOW ENGAGEMENT AND LOOK AT THE DATA AND UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE PEOPLE ARE LOGGING INTO THESE ZOOM PLATFORMS, WHO'S E-MAILING THEIR TEACHERS, WHO'S ENGAGED AND THAT SORT OF THING. TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN DEVELOP DATA THAT'S A PROXY FOR ATTENDANCE, DECISION MAKING FOR BOTH NOW AND THE FUTURE THAT COULD BE VALUABLE. SO I'M WONDERING KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THERE AND MAYBE IF THE BOARD CAN RECEIVE SOME SORT OF UPDATE WITH AGGREGATED, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE GOT TO RESPECT PRIVACY BUT AGGREGATED DATA, TO SEE WHO IS ENGAGING RIGHT NOW, WHO IS NOT ENGAGING AND FROM THAT DATA WE CAN ASSESS WHAT CAN WE DO TO REACH SOME OF OUR FAMILIES WHO ARE MAYBE NOT ABLE TO BE AS ENGAGED AT THIS TIME. JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE CURRENT UPDATE IS ON THAT FRONT. I'M GOING TO HAVE MR. PAGE IF HE ISN'T AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW. BUT NEXT FRIDAY, IS SLATED FOR THE BOARD TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE REGARDING OUR SURVEY ASSESSMENTS, IN AREAS TO MONITOR OUR PROGRESS. BUT IF MR. PAGE CAN PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW ON THAT THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YES, SO A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW IS GOING TO BE CERTAINLY, AS MR. SUAREZ IS SPEAKING, TO WANTING TO HAVE INDICATORS AT A HIGH LEVEL IN TERMS OF THOSE QUANTITATIVE MEASURES THAT WE KNOW BEE HAVE ACCESS TO SUCH AS LOG-INS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS CERTAINLY. WE ARE LOOKING AT AND WILL BE PROVIDING MOVING FORWARD. AND ALSO AS DR. HUTCHINGS ALLUDED TO, KNOWING IT IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR THE VOICE OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, KNOWING HOW THINGS ARE GOING FOR THEM, IN AREAS OF INSTRUCTION, STUDENT NUTRITION, HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, IN AREAS OF TECHNOLOGY ACCESS SLOWS COMMUNICATION, WHERE OUR FOLKS, AND WHEN I SAY FOLKS, MEANING STAFF, STUDENTS, AS WELL AS PARENTS, IN REGARDS TO THE DIVISION. AND USE THAT AS KIND OF A PROVERBIAL CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FOR ANY AREAS THAT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION AND POTENTIALLY IMPROVEMENTS AS WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO REFINE AND WORK TO BE THE BEST VERSION THAT WE CAN FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAKEHOLDERS. SO MORE TO COME ON THAT FOR THE BOARD IN THE COMING WEEKS AND WE WILL BE STARTING WITH AN UPDATE ON THE SURVEY PIECE NEXT FRIDAY. OKAY, NEXT UP I HAVE DR. RIEF. OFTEN, THANK YOU AND I ECHO EVERYONE'S THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ESSENTIAL WORKERS, I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO BE STARTING THE HEALTH SCREENINGS NEXT WEEK. AND I WAS BONDING, I HAVE THREE THINGS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT. I KNOW WE RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A NEW AUTHORIZATION TO USE AN EXCHANGE COVID-19 INFORMATION. IF YOU COULD SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT TO CONTACT TRACING WITH REGARDS TO ANY ABOUT ACPS EMPLOYEES IN THE FUTURE WHO MAY TEST POSITIVE, HOW ARE THEIR CO-WORKERS GOING TO BE NOTIFIED IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT WOULD BE OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD DO ALSO IF THERE'S ANY UPDATE ON THE MOU BETWEEN US AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE WORK OF THE NURSES WHO ARE WORKING WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THEN IF YOU COULD PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR SUPPLY OF THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT ARE WE HAVING ANY ISSUES ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL PPE HOW ARE YOU PLANNING FOR THAT SO I'M GOING TO HAVE DR. CRAWFORD ANSWER THAT FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION AND THE LAST PART OF THE QUESTION AND HAVE DR. WILKINS DISCUSS THE MOU. THANK YOU, DR. HUTCHINGS, GOOD AFTERNOON YOU ALL. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, ABOUT THE NEWS RELEASE. THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS PROVIDED US WITH AUTHORIZATION TO RELEASE HEALTH COMMUNICATION FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS TESTED POSITIVE OR SUSPECTED TO BE POSITIVE. [00:30:01] THE EMPHASIS IS EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NONCITY RESIDENTS. IF THEY WERE CITY RESIDENTS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE INFORMATION. A SUSPECTED POSITIVE FOR SOMEONE WHO LIVES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY IF THE EMPLOYEE IS WILLING TO SIGN THIS FORM, IT IS TOTALLY VOLUNTARY BECAUSE OF COURSE THEIR MEDICAL INFORMATION IS PROTECTED THAT WOULD EXPEDITE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT BEING ABLE TO REACH OUT TO ANY EMPLOYEES, IN THIS CASE, OR OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD CLOSE CONTACT. THE CONTACT TRACING ITSELF IS COMPLETED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT ACPS OR HUMAN RESOURCES WOULD DO, OTHER THAN THEY MAY BE IN TOUCH WITH US TO ASK ABOUT JOB LOCATION, POTENTIAL EXPOSURE, ET CETERA. BUT THAT IS LED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.NESS SORRY. DID THAT COVER EVERYTHING DR. WILKINS SORRY. YOU HAVE DR. WILKINS WHO WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. REGARDING TO THE -- REGARDING THE MOU. ALL RIGHT. IN REGARDS TO THE MOU IT IS DRAFTED. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE ALEXANDRIA HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR OITS FINAL YOU REVIEW. WE HOPE THAT WE CAN GET THAT BACK LET'S SAY BY THE END OF TODAY. IF NOT, NO LATER THAN MONDAY AND AS SOON AS WE GET IT BACK IT WILL BE SIGNED. SO HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK, THAT DOCUMENT WILL BE COMPLETED. AND MY OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE PPE SUPPLY. DR. HUTCHINGS, I THINK IF MIGNON IS ON SHE CAN HANDLE THAT. ON THE CALL. I DO RIGHT NOW KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE ENOUGH PPE OR PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT FOR OUR STAFF. WE WERE WORKING WITH, COLLABORATING WITH THE CITY, HERE IS MIGNON NOW. YES, WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A REALLY GREAT EXCHANGE OF THE MASKS, WE'RE GETTING ABOUT 150 A DAY THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACEMENT FOR ONE TIME USE PPE HAS REALLY BEEN THE ISSUE. BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PROCESS FOR THAT WITH THE CITY. IN TERMS OF THEIR PROVIDING US WITH THAT. THE TEMPERATURE SCREENING, IT IS NOT A HEALTH SCREENING OPERATION BUT A TEMPERATURE SCREENING OPERATION THAT IS GOING TO STAND UP NEXT WEEK WILL EMPLOY THE MASKS, BODY COVERINGS AND GLOVES, FOR THE PERSONNEL WHO ARE DOING THE SCREENINGS AND SUPPORT. AND AS DR. HUTCHINGS MENTIONED LAST WEEK, OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION, OUR DRIVERS WHO ARE DOING THE MOBILE POPUPS IN THOSE AREAS, ALL OF THEM HAVE THEIR ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF FACE COVERINGS AND GLOVES. SO WE BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING WE DON'T HAVE FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE IT BY THE TIME THE FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS COMES IN. BECAUSE THERE ARE SUPPLIES STILL ON BACK ORDER. WE HAVE ABOUT 13,000 FACE COVERING MASKS ON ORDER THAT WILL BE HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AS WELL, SO WE THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE. OKAY, NEXT UP I HAVE MS. GREEN. THANK YOU CHAIR ANDERSON. MY QUESTION IS AROUND MEAL DISTRIBUTION. AND I NOTICE THAT WE HAVE ADDED A SATURDAY DISTRIBUTION DATE. AND I WAS WONDERING, IS THAT BECAUSE OF NEED, OR THEY'RE CHANGING THINGS UP AND ALSO, ARE WE -- HOW ARE THE NUMBERS LOOKING ARE WE CONTINUING TO INCREASE AND ARE WE HAVING ANY PROBLEMS WITH WORKERS SHOWING UP FOR WORK, ARE WE HAVING ANY CALL OUTS BECAUSE OF COVID AND IF THERE ARE CALL-OUTS DO WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS WHO REPLACE THEM THIS IS MIGNON ANTHONY. WE ARE ADDING A SATURDAY DISTRIBUTION ADDED TO THE FRIDAY DISTRIBUTION. IF YOU THOUGHT THAT, THEN WE NEED TO CLEAR UP OUR COMMUNICATION ON HOW THAT'S BEING SHOWN. SO WE'LL CLEAR THAT UP. AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE APPROVED LAST WEEK, TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL WEEKEND MEAL WHICH WE'RE CALLING SATURDAY MEAL TO THE FRIDAY DISTRIBUTION. WE DID ADD IN ADDITION TO BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, WE HAVE ADDED A SNACK TO THE OFFERINGS AND THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK. WE ARE ADDING THE NUMBERS, RIGHT NOW WE ADDED ANOTHER MOBILE POPUP STATION THIS WEEK AND WE ARE TRYING TO ASSESS WHETHER THE POPUPS ARE TAKING AWAY FROM THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE SEEN AT THE ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION SITES. BUT WHEN WE HAD A DIP IN NUMBERS THIS WEEK WHICH WE THINK HAD SOMETHING TO DO [00:35:03] WITH BEING RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAY, THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS HAD A COUPLE OF LARGE MEAL DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS THIS WEEK, THE FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN THEIR STIMULUS CHECKS. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND ASSESS THAT WE'RE WORKING EFFICIENTLY AND CONTINUING TO REACH ALL EVER OUR FAMILIES. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION YES. I WOULD JUST HAVE THEM -- I READ IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE THE SOCIAL MEDIA CLARIFIED, ABOUT SATURDAY. YEAH. I THINK THAT WHEN IT WENT OUT, BECAUSE WE ADDED THE WORD SATURDAY, IT SOUNDED LIKE WE WERE HAVING ANOTHER SATURDAY MEAL DISTRIBUTION. SO YEP, SO WE'LL GET THAT SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY, NEXT UP I HAVE MS.ALDERTON. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. DEFINITELY STARTING OFF, EVERY TIME WE MEET I'M GOING TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK AS EVERYONE HAS DONE A REALLY TREMENDOUS JOB IN SUCH AN UNPRECEDENTED SITUATION. MY QUESTION IS PROBABLY FOR DR. WERNER. WE VENTURED INTO THIS NEW SORT OF NEED TO REGREEN FAPE IN A WAY UNDER THIS CONTEXT OF DISTANCE LEARNING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO -- WE'VE HAD GUIDANCE FROM THE STATE WHAT A FREE AND APPROPRIATE EDUCATION LOOKS LIKE, HOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT I THINK I'M A LITTLE BIT TOO, IS WHAT THE PROCESS, HOW ARE SCHOOL DIVISIONS LOOKING AT THEIR PROCESS FOR WHAT I'M CALLING RECOVERY ONCE THIS IS ALL OVER THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A DIFFERENT KIND OF ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE REGRESSED IN ANY WAY. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE A NEED FOR SOME ADAMANT ADVOCACY ABOUT NOT USING -- MY THING IS LIKE I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE WORD COMPENSATORY EDUCATION IN THIS CONTEXT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SCHOOLS AREN'T ACTIVELY DENYING FAPE TO STUDENTS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO START LOOKING AT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF DECIPHER IF WE NEED TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR KIDS WHEN THEY RETURN. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS FOR DR. WERNER HAVE YOU AND YOUR TEAM STARTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS COULD POSSIBLY LOOK LIKE HOW TEAMS CAN SORT OF HAVE SOME GUIDANCE ON MAKING THOSE DECISIONS BECAUSE THAT IS -- QUITE FRANKLY THIS IS VERY NEW TERRITORY. AND JUST WANTED TO SEE IF LIKE YOU'VE EVEN SORT OF GOTTEN TO THAT POINT OF THINKING ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP MS. ALDERTON AND GIVING US THAT OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND WE HAVE A LETTER THAT IS GOING OUT TO ALL PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY, OUTLINING WHAT THE CURRENT PROVISIONS LOOK LIKE UNDER THIS SITUATION SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND AND HAVE THAT CONTEXT. WE ARE ALSO HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITHIN OUR IEP AND OUR ELIGIBILITY MEETINGS AND WE HAVE SPECIAL STATEMENTS THAT ARE GOING IN THOSE DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THIS. AND TO THE COVID CLOSING AND THAT IMPACT AND WE'RE ALSO ADDRESSING THAT IN THE THIRD QUARTER REPORT CARDS. IN TERMS OF COMING BACK NEXT YEAR HOPEFULLY IN SEPTEMBER OR AT WHICH POINT WE ARE BACK OUR TEACH HAS ALREADY STARTED THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND THIS IS BIG IDEAS, OKAY SO WE DON'T HAVE THE PROCEDURE, GUIDANCE DOCUMENTS DONE YET. BUT OUR BIG IDEAS RIGHT NOW ARE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT FIRST QUARTER DATA, THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING ALL THE STUDENTS IN AND WE ARE GOING TO START TO LOOK AT WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THEY LEFT US, WHAT SORT OF SERVICES THEY HAD WHEN THEY WERE GONE AND DO THE FIRST QUARTER TO DO EVALUATIVE DATA. IN TERMS OF ESY, I AGREE WITH YOU, WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT COMPENSATORY, BUT THIS IS AN ESY ISSUE. ALL STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE IN SUMMER SCHOOL, OUR ESY SERVICES ARE REALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHAT IS AN EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY POTENTIALLY LOOK LIKE FOR STUDENTS AND ARE THERE SOME AFTER SCHOOL EXTENDED SCHOOL DAY SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES. THAT WE WOULD PROVIDE TO ADDRESS STUDENT NEEDS FOR RECOUPMENT. [00:40:04] SO THAT IS WHERE OUR BIG IDEAS ARE AT THIS POINT BUT WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY STARTED THIS DISCUSSION INTERNALLY AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FLESH IT OUT AS WE GET CLOSER. AND IF I COULD JUST QUICKLY FOLLOW UP ABOUT.THE OTHER THING I'VE SORT OF THOUGHT ABOUT WITH ALL OF THIS IS FUNDING. IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE EVENTUALLY DECIDE THAT STUDENTS NEED, DO WE IN ANY WAY NEED TO ADVOCATE AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH OTHER ELECTEDS AROUND YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT MAY BE REQUIRED ONCE WE GET BACK TO OUR BRICK AND MORTAR SETTINGS THERE IS A TWOFOLD APPROACH TO THAT. ONE IS THAT OUR ESY FUNDS ARE BUDGETED JULY 1. AND SO WE, FOR THIS YEAR, WE USE THE ESY FUNDS THAT START WITH THE JULY 1 BUDGET. SO WE WILL POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME SAVINGS FROM SOME OF OUR ESY FUNDS THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPENDED THIS SUMMER HAD WE BEEN FACE TO FACE. WE DON'T KNOW YET, WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THE SUMMER BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL THERE. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH DR. HUTCHINGS ABOUT THE CARES FUNDING. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME UP IN THE SPECIAL ED DISCUSSION YESTERDAY. I KNOW DR. HUTCHINGS HAS GOT SOME VERY SPECIFIC IDEAS ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS CAN BE USED FOR THAT. I'M THROWING OUT SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS. THERE MAY BE SOME WAYS TO ALSO LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING FUNDING WITHIN THE IDEA GRANT. I'M PUTTING TOGETHER THE IDEA GRANT APPLICATION RIGHT NOW AND BECAUSE OF STAFFING ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS, WE MAY BE RUNNING REALLY TIGHT ON THE IDEA GRANT. BUT MY FIRST PLACE TO LOOK FOR THIS WILL BE WITH SAVINGS FROM THE ESY GRANT THIS SUMMER AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT OTHER OPTIONS. WE WILL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE ADVOCACY NEEDS TO YOUR ONCE WE GET MORE DEFINITIVE NUMBERS FROM THE STATE. KEEP IN MIND EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT RELATE TO THE STATE, EVEN RELATES TO THE CARES ACT, THEY ARE ALL ESTIMATES. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL THAT WE DON'T MAKE MAJOR DECISIONS. WE WANT TO KEEP ALL THESE THINGS IN MIND TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO IF IT HAPPENS. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BANK ON SOME OF THOSE ESTIMATES THAT WE CURRENT HAVE. BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T COME TO FRUITION, WE WILL BE GOING BACK TO THE DRAWING TABLE AND STARTING OVER. SO WE ARE MONITORING AND USING THE GUIDANCE THAT IS COMING FROM THE VDOE, WITH REGARDS TO ESTIMATES. BUT WE ARE JUST KEEPING IN MIND THAT NOTHING IS DEFINITIVE AS OF YET. OKAY, NEXT UP I HAVE MS. GREEN, I THINK, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, OTHERWISE YOUR HAND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TAKEN DOWN BUT I THINK YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, CHAIR ANDERSON MAY I ASK THEM BOTH OR I CAN PUT MY HAND UP AGAIN IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO. THAT'S FINE DO BOTH. THANK YOU. DR. HUTCHINGS, THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU ABOUT THE BOARD BRIEFS THAT WE'LL RECEIVE ON FRIDAY. IN REGARDS TO CIP. WILL THAT ALSO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR OUR SCHOOLS ARE WE STILL ON TRACK WITH THAT ANY AMENDMENTS TO IT THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE OUR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. WE WILL HAVE A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR YOU AT ANOTHER TIME. AS YOU ALL KNOW OUR MAINTENANCE CREW HAS STILL BEEN A PART OF OUR WORK AND THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF OUR CENTRAL PERSONNEL. SO WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS ON SCHEDULE. AND ALSO WITH OUR MAINTENANCE CREW WE HAVE A FULL SCHEDULE THAT I KNOW WAS PRESENTED TO ME AND OUR TEAM BY MS. CORDOVA ABOUT A WEEK AGO. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THAT. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T PUT THINGS IN THE SAME DOCUMENTS, WE'RE TRYING TO SEPARATE IT SO THAT THE BOARD CAN GET THINGS CHUNKED VERSUS HAVING IT ALL AT ONCE. IT CAN BE CONFUSING. YOU TALK ABOUT MAINTENANCE, CIP, FACILITIES. WE'RE TRYING TO SEPARATE THOSE BOARD BRIEFS BUT YOU WILL HAVE A BOARD BRIEF ON MAINTENANCE IN THE FUTURE. OKAY THANK YOU. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS SURROUNDING COMMUNICATION AROUND THE CHROME BOOKS. [00:45:01] I'M GETTING A LOT OF E-MAILS FROM PARENTS OF SENIORS. AND WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO WITH CHROME BOOKS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. WE DON'T KNOW YET. IT DEPENDS A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAYS IS OUR DATE THAT WE CAN RESUME SOME NORMAL CONFIDENT. AND WE'VE JUST BEEN REALLY KIND OF BEEN ORGANIZING AROUND HOW WE DO OUR CURRENT HELP RIGHT NOW AND NOT COLLECTION. BUT WE'LL STRATEGIZE, WE'LL TRY TO FIGURE OUT SOME OPTIONS. MOSTLY WE WANT TO BE SAFE IN HOWEVER WE COLLECT THEM. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF HOW WE -- OUR FIRST PRINCIPLE IN DESIGNING WHATEVER WE DO, TO COLLECT. WE COULD DO DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE AND ONCE WE HAVE THAT PLAN, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. OKAY NEXT UP I HAVE DR. RIEF WITH A QUESTION. HI. I JUST WANTED TO THANK DR. JACOBS WHO IS WITH US FOR PREPARING THE LOCAL PLAN FOR CTE AND I THOUGHT THIS MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO JUST HEAR AN UPDATE ON THOUSAND CTE CLASSES ARE GOING ON. I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY HANDS-ON, AND HOW THEY ARE TRANSITIONING TO THE AT HOME LEARNING. IF YOU COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE. THANK YOU, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL WITH OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CLASSES. I'M ON WEEKLY WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CTE TEACHERS. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR LEARNING FUN, ON POINT WITH THE COMPETENCIES AND STILL KEEP TRACK OF THE COMPETENCY ATTAINMENT. AS FAR AS HIGH SCHOOL GOES I'M ON WEEKLY WITH THE ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL TEACHERS AND THEY'RE CONTINUING THEIR LEARNING WITH THE STUDENTS, TEACHING WITH THE STUDENTS AND THINGS ARE MOVING AHEAD VERY WELL WITH THAT GRADUATION REQUIREMENT. THE OTHER TEACHERS ARE GETTING USED TO THEIR NEW SCHEDULE, AND ARE AGAIN MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE ON POINT, MONITORING THE COMPETENCY ATTAINMENT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO AMERICA THE BEST WE WITH HAVE THE TIME WE HAVE WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN THE INSTRUCTION, THE STUDENTS ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THE CURRICULA RIGHT NOW. SUPER, THANK YOU FOR THAT ANSWER, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, DR. RIEF. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WITH THEIR HANDS RAISED RIGHT NOW. SO PLEASE TEXT ME IF YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS RAISING YOUR HAND. BUT OTHERWISE -- MADAM CHAIR, I AM -- GO AHEAD. OTHERWISE, OKAY. MS. GENTRY'S RIGHT ON BOARD. WE HAVE A TELEPATHY THING WORKING. GO AHEAD MS. GENTRY. MADAM CHAIR I MOVE HAD A WE ADJOURN THE MEETING. IN ALDERTON SECONDS MISS GENTRY'S MOTION TO ADJOURN. ROLL CALL VOTE, CINDY ANDERSON YES, VERONICA NOLAN, YES, MEAGAN ALDERTON, YES RAMEE GENTRY, YES, JACINTA GREENE, YES, MARGARET LORBER, YES, MICHELLE RIEF, YES, CHRISTOPHER SUAREZ, YES, HEATHER THORNTON. YES. OKLAHOMA WE ARE ADJOURNED, EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, KEEP THE QUESTIONS COMING AND WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER NEXT WEEK. THANKS. THANK YOU. BYE. BYE-BYE. BYE. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.