>> SUAREZ. [00:00:01] PRESENT. AND HEATHER THORNTON. [Call to Order] SO WE ARE ALL NINE HERE PRESENT. GREAT. THANK YOU. SORRY I JUMPED THE GUN BECAUSE I CAN SEE HEATHER. RIGHT. SORRY, MS. THORNTON. SO NEXT, WE NEED TO BEFORE WE CAN START, WE NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO [Item 3] ADOPT THE AGENDA PLEASE. >> MADAM CHAIR. I MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING. >> SECOND. >> MS. GREENE SECONDS MS. LORBER'S MOTION TO ADOPT THE AGENDA. I WILL CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE. CINDY ANDERSON. YES. VERONICA NOLAN. >> YES. >> RAMEE GENTRY. >> YES. >> JACINTA GREENE. >> YES. >> MARGARET LORBER. >> YES. >> MICHELLE RIEF. >> YES. >> CHRISTOPHER SUAREZ. >> YES. >> HEATHER THORNTON. >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. SO NINE TO ZERO. >> MEAGAN ALDERTON. >> YES. >> YOU FORGET ME. >> OH, I'M SO SORRY. I SKIPPED OVER MEAGAN. AND MS. ALDERTON I'M SO SORRY BECAUSE I THINK. >> SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST MEAGAN. >> MEAGAN WAS UPSET ABOUT THAT. >> WE ARE NINE. AND WE ARE NINE AND I CAN'T COUNT AT THIS POINT. SO WE ARE NOW ON TO THE. THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER CAN YOU JUST RESTATE THE MEETING AND THE TIME. I'M SORRY. I THINK I GOT CAUGHT UP OFF. >> THE VIRTUAL SPECIAL CALLED SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FOR JUNE 9TH, 2020, THE 7 P.M. VERSION, BUT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 7:01. >> THANK YOU. >> WHEN I STARTED APOLOGIES. !!!!!!!!!!!SO NOW THE MAIN PURPOSE FOR THE MEETING OR THE ONLY PURPOSE FOR THE MEETING [Items 4 & 6] TODAY IS TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. AND SO WE DO HAVE SOMEONE WHO SIGNED UP AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN WE HAVE ONE PERSON SO FAR WHO HAS THEIR HAND RAISED. AND I DON'T SEE I STILL DON'T SEE THE PERSON WHO'S SIGNED UP AHEAD OF TIME. SO LET'S START WITH JAMES HILINSKI, AND IT'S THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. AND YOU CAN ALSO WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND US YOUR COMMENTS AND WRITINGS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM TO REVIEW LATER. MR. KOLINSKY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WORKING. MR. LEWSKI, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND SPEAK SO WE CAN SEE IF YOUR MIKE IS WORTH? IS IS MY GUESS IS NEITHER GREEN NOR RED, IT'S JUST PLAIN. DOES THAT MEAN MEAN ANYTHING TO US? YOU DON'T THINK SO? OK. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MUTED AND HE HAD SAID UNMUTED. HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT HEARING HIM. OK. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT IS A SHAME. I APOLOGIZE, MR.. LEONSKI. THERE IS A WAY TO CALL IN, RIGHT, MS. NIELSEN ON A PHONE NUMBER. IS THAT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO MR. HILINSKI? THERE IS A WAY TO CALL IN MR. HOLMES SKI. IF YOU COULD EMAIL BOARD, KRAK YOUR EMAIL, I WILL RESPOND WITH THE CALL AND INFORMATION. THAT BOARD CLERK AT A CPS GOT K1 TO BE A U.S.. OK, I DON'T SEE DON'T SEE MS. MORRIS STILL COME HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME. ARE MS. MORE? I AM, MARTIN. I AM LOGGED IN. I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT. I'M JAMES HILINSKI. I'M LOGGED IN UNDER. OH YES. WELL, THE MS., THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED. THAT'S GREAT. OK. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M GLAD YOU DID. ALL RIGHT. SO PLEASE, PLEASE GO ON. THANK YOU. I HAVE MANY PSEUDONYMS. I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT. IT'S A I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED, BUT AT ANY RATE, I'M SORRY THAT I CAN'T SEE YOU ALL. THIS IS DISAPPOINTING. BUT I'M SPEAKING TO YOU THIS EVENING AS AN ACP, AS PARENTS, BUT ALSO AS A MEMBER OF THE PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTHIER ALEXANDREA STEERING COMMITTEE, A LEADER OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, CHIP POVERTY PLAN, AND A CO CHAMPION FOR THAT POVERTY PLANS, INCREASING EQUITY, QUALITY AND RELEVANCE OF EDUCATION FOR YOUTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL. SO I'M WEARING HATS TONIGHT AND I WILL SEND YOU WRITTEN COMMENTS SEPARATELY. [00:05:07] AND NORMALLY THAT'S JUST WHAT I WOULD DO. BUT TODAY I WAS REVIEWING THE PLAN. I HAD A FEW HOURS TO SIT DOWN AND LOOK AT IT, AND I WAS VERY PLEASED AT THE BEGINNING TO SEE THAT EQUITY IS UPFRONT IN THE PLAN, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. WE'VE WE'VE HAD A CHALLENGE WITH EQUITY FOR MANY YEARS, NOT JUST HERE, BUT, OF COURSE, ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. AND OUR RECENT EVENTS ARE EVIDENT TO THAT. AND BUT SADLY, AS I STARTED TO GO THROUGH THE PLAN, I DIDN'T SEE THE DRUMBEAT. I DIDN'T SEE THE OBVIOUS THREAD OF HOW EQUITY WILL BE PRIORITIZED. AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. IF THIS PLAN WITH WHICH I ASSUME IS MEANT TO BE A PUBLIC DOCUMENT THAT GIVES PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, PARENTS, PARTNERS AND OTHERS WHO WORK WITH OUR YOUTH, A ROADMAP OF HOW CPS IS GOING TO DO YOUR WORK AND HOW THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY CAN ENGAGE AND SUPPORT A CPS IN DOING THE WORK. IT'S NOT CLEAR IN THE PLAN. I SEE MANY OF THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS SINCE I FIRST ENGAGED THE CPS IN 2006. AS A PARENT OF A VERY YOUNG CHILD, BUT I ADVOCATE DIFFERENT THINKING THAT WILL REDESIGN NOT JUST LOOKING AT THE SAME EDUCATIONAL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT INSIDE EDUCATION. I SAY THAT AS A PILOT, AN EDUCATION POLICY PERSON, BUT AS AN EXAMPLE, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO INVEST IN, INVESTIGATE AND BREAK THE SYSTEM THAT TRACKS CHILDREN FROM KINDERGARTEN ON. AND I WANT TO SEE VISUAL EVIDENCE THAT THAT'S A PRIORITY BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS HAPPENS SO EARLY ON. AND JUST SIMPLY SAY LOOKING AT LITERACY RATES, THAT'S A NICE BUT THAT'S NOT GIVING THE MORAL IMPERATIVE THAT WE WANT TO BREAK THAT SYSTEM THAT'S TRACKING OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WHO ARE NOT SUCCEEDING AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO. AND THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE THAT COMES OUT IN MY MIND OF THE KINDS OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE. THE OTHER THING SPECIFICALLY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT I'M NOT SEEING IS THAT FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS VERY PASSIVE. I WANT TO SEE FAMILY INVESTMENT RATHER THAN FAMILY ENGAGEMENT. WE HAVE ALWAYS EXPECTED FAMILIES TO COME TO A CPS AND WE KNOW THAT THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS TO MANY FAMILIES FOR TOO MANY REASONS CANNOT COME TO A CPS. AND WE NEED TO GO TO THEM. AND I WANT TO SEE LANGUAGE THAT EVIDENCES A PRIORITIZATION OF THAT KIND OF THINKING. I'M NOT SEEING THAT KIND OF THINKING THROUGHOUT THE PLAN, AND I'M OUT OF TIME. IF I COULD WRAP UP THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE USING THIS TO LOOK AT THE WORK THAT I'M DOING THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTHIER ALEXANDREA, THERE'S A CAUVIN 19 RACIAL EQUITY RAPID RESPONSE FRAMEWORK THAT THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS PUT OUT. AND IT ASKS SEVEN KEY QUESTIONS ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT THROUGH AN EQUITY LENS. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE USED IN THAT KIND OF THING BEING USED IN THE STRATEGIC PLANNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. MORRIS. IT IS GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU. AND MY PICTURE IS NOW DISAPPEARED AGAIN BECAUSE I DID NOT REBOOT MY COMPUTER BETWEEN ZOOM'S AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP MY PICTURE LIVE. I HAVE DISCOVERY, SO I APOLOGIZE. SO I DON'T. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE RAISING THEIR HAND? DO YOU SEE MS. NIELSEN? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY. I DON'T SEE ANY. OK. WINEGROWER. WE GOT TO HEAR FROM MS. MONITORS. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT IS REALLY ALL WE HAVE. SO GUESS WHAT? THE NEXT NEXT MOTION I'M LOOKING FOR IS TO ADJOURN AGAIN. AND I'M SURE IF I MAKE THE MOTION THAT MEETING BE ADJOURNED. OK. MS. SCREEN SECONDS, THIS LITTERERS, IT'S IT'S MS. LORBER MOTION DAY. SO. SO THAT I HAVE A SECOND FROM A SCREEN OF MS. CLOVER'S MOTION. SO I WILL DO THE ROLL CALL VOTES IN THE ANDERSEN. YES. VERONICA NOLAN. MEGAN ALDERTON. YES. RENEE GENTRY. YES. THE CENTER GREEN. YES. MARGARET LORBER. YES. MICHELLE REIF. CHRISTOPHER SUAREZ. YES. HEATHER THORNTON. YES. OK, WE'RE NINE ZERO. [00:10:01] AND WE'RE ADJOURNED AT SEVEN TWELVE. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.