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Good evening everyone. It is six o'clock

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and I left all this meeting

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of the very unified Movement school district Board to order.

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Please join me for the pledge allegiance.

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We have flags there and up here I pledge allegiance

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to the flag of the United States of America, America.

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And two very public for which it stands,

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one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty

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and justice for all.

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Thank you. We'll now take a brief mindfulness moment

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before we begin tonight.

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That can't remove, but you can sit there. Okay.

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It's like there's more seats on this side. I might just,

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Okay.

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So before we get to tonight's agenda, I want

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to take a few moments

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to recognize superintendent Joanne Canning this.

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This is her final regular board meeting with us.

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Joanne stepped into this role during the period

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of significant challenge

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and change for our district and community.

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Throughout her time here, she has brought a wealth

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of experience that has helped us analyze our systems,

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thoughtfully identify areas for improvement

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and continue moving this district forward.

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She has also led by example with a strong work ethic,

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professionalism and a determination to always push ourselves

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to be the best version of what we can be

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for our students and community.

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I also wanna personally thank Joanne for the support

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and guidance she has provided to this board.

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She has consistently encouraged strong governance,

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professionalism, clear standards, healthy boundaries,

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and collaborative and respectful working relationships

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that help keep our focus on moving forward together.

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Public education is not easy work, especially

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during a time when schools are being asked to carry

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so much for our communities.

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It requires resilience, patience,

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and a deep commitment to students in public service.

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On behalf of the board, I want to sincerely thank Joanne

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for her service to the Berry Unified Union School District

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for the countless hours she has dedicated to this work

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and for the care she has shown toward our schools, staff,

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students, and community.

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We wish you the very best in your next chapter

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because I know you are not done.

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You still have much more to give

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and so thank you for everything you have done for Barry.

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Thank You so much. That is gorgeous. Thank you.

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Well, I have to say something. Just let this go.

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It truly has been my pleasure to be here, to serve you,

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to serve this community, to serve the children,

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and to serve the staff.

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I get just as much from this work as I hope

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that I give to others.

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And I want you to know I believe in Barry.

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In fact, I want that to be the mantra going forward.

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We're gonna pass that budget.

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I believe in Barry, we all believe in Barry

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and these people would not be here if they did not believe

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in Barry is extremely important

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that we have consistent, competent leadership.

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And what you're gonna hear tonight

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around the continuous improvement plan is the commitment

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that these individuals have put into the plan

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with very rigorous standards

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because they have high standards for our kids.

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And that is one of the things

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that I think is really important.

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Having high standards, high expectations,

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and having the accountability that you need.

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And the community needs to know

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that we're doing the best we can for all of the kids.

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So thank, thank you for the opportunity.

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I will not be a stranger as I hope you aren't either.

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I'm always willing, ready and able to come back

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and help in any way that I can.

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So thank you. Okay,

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you, so we are now at

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additions or deletions.

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Are there any additions or deletions to tonight's agenda?

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I believe we need to add an executive session

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under one BSA 3 1, 3

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Are there any other additions

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or deletions to tonight's agenda?

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Hearing none.

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I'd look for a motion to approve the agenda as amended

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by Ian, second by Sam.

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Discussion. Alright,

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all those in favor say aye.

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Aye. Opposed? Motion passes.

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Alright, next is public comment for items not on the agenda.

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Before we begin, I want to remind everyone

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that public comment is limited to two minutes per second.

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This portion of the meeting is an opportunity for the board

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to listen and hear from the public.

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I understand and, and rather than respond directly

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during comment, I understand

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that can sometimes feel impersonal,

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but please know we genuinely welcome

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and appreciate your feedback and participation.

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So do we have any public comment

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for items not on tonight's agenda.

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Tyler, Watkins, and Camille, one of the pets here.

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Since this is the last board meeting, I

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wanna point out all the people that make this place work.

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So you've got all the school teachers,

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all the paras, all the janitors, daytime

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and night, you've got all the specials teachers,

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you've got a community of support.

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to each and every person that takes the time

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to put the energy into our kids.

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who's been in this district for what, 27 years,

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probably taught more kids than there are kids

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or people in Vermont at this point.

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of the best human beings I have ever met in my entire life.

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all the work that she does.

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I don't know if she ever goes home.

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Thank you Tyler. And thank you Brenda is,

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are there any other public comment

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I heard a hand raised on them.

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board education, starting

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with the continuous improvement plan

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and I will turn it over to Superintendent

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Kim, thank you so much.

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So I wanna first thank my administrators

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for being here tonight to talk about the goals

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that we've set, the very rigorous goals for next year.

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You may notice someone new in the audience

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and that is Judy Maynard.

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Judy has been hired as our project aware

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coordinator this year.

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She is helping us develop our multi tiered system of support

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for social emotional learning and behavior.

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so we're excited that she's gonna join us

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tonight in this presentation.

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So welcome Judy and welcome to the other administrators.

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of time lately talking about numbers

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what those numbers are all about.

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in the best way that we can.

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absolutely tireless in setting some very high,

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high standards because we know we have got a big room

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to move while we're also celebrating some progress we make

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towards those goals.

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So I wanna thank them in advance for this presentation.

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We're gonna start with Amanda Riggleman, who's gonna speak

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to some of the district goals

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of their individual school goals.

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Good evening everyone.

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Evening.

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So I'm gonna talk a little bit about what the CIP is

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and why it, why it matters.

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you'll hear some specifics from our different buildings

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and our administrators that are here as well.

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because we use CIP to become a framework

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for collective learning and systematic improvement.

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More than just boxes that we check

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or words on a document that we reference every so often.

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As we move towards making our CIP plan truly effective

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in bringing about growth

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and meaningful change, we want

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to be really intentional about getting to the root causes.

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and really intentionally use our data

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to drive honest equity focused conversations about what all

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of our students need across the district.

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that this plan is built on shared district goals

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with school specific strategies

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and implementation plans to tailor to address the needs

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of each school community

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and the different student needs across the district.

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and we decided collectively on some common district,

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what we call tights

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and our tight agreements is that we've set system wide goals

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that you'll hear about today.

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collective outcome measures that we're going to use

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to monitor our progress

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and checkpoints throughout the year where we evaluate

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and celebrate our achievements towards our goals

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and look at maybe areas that we need

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to make some adjustments on or look at a little bit closer.

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of the specific evidence-based strategies

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that our schools are going to adopt

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the past couple months with school-based leadership teams,

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with guiding coalitions, with teacher groups, staff input

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to develop these evidence-based action strategies

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that you'll hear about tonight.

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This dual approach ensures

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that we are strategically aligned across the district,

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but also that we're building a meaningful flexibility

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and meaningful investment across our different schools so

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that we have collective ownership in achieving these goals.

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This is all of our jobs to contribute

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to supporting our students be successful across all areas of

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their profile

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and their experience at school,

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which you're gonna hear tonight, are some rigorous goals

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that we have set that we are excited about

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and a lot of hard work ahead of us,

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but we truly believe in our students, our staff,

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and our community in being able to achieve these goals.

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These things do take time.

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So we are excited to celebrate our positive steps forwards

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and achieving these goals in the future.

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Alright, I'm gonna start, we're gonna just go through,

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we have about five goals that we're going to share tonight

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and so we're going to just go in order

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Safe and health and school.

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And let me just say it's been a very long time since I've

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got a school board conversation.

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So is it okay to sit here

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or, okay, wonderful.

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Alright. The first goal under Safe

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and Healthy Schools is around attendance.

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The target is by this time next year, end of June,

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that no more than 20%

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of students are chronically absent districtwide.

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And the definition of chronic absenteeism

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is that student, it's when they hit the 10%

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or more mark

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of absences on regularly scheduled school base.

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And it takes into account both excused

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and unexcused absences.

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20%, keep that in mind.

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This year the chronic absentee is some

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rate at the district level has varied.

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In October, it was 32%, that was the highest percentage.

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In January it had dipped down to 23

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and then today I checked it and it's 26%.

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So it has decreased over the school year

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at the district level.

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I think the principals will talk about some

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of the strategies they need that they've employed this year

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and will continue for next year.

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Yes. Yes. You said it started off at 33%

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and then you recently checked it was 26%.

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Can you just clarify what those 33% and 26% means?

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I'm sorry, 32% of the student body,

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32% of the student body.

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K through pre-K through K through 12

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Was what? Chronically.

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Chronically, Thank you sir.

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32% was, were chronically absent, chronically absent.

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And as of today it's approximately 26.

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And that's across All across our buildings, yes.

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Thank you. Does this include,

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so it's excused in unexcused absences.

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If a child is out for essentially the student version

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of FMLA, so they have a long-term illness of some sort, does

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that also count toward this?

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It it, it should not those, those absences should be coded

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as a medical absence.

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Okay. And they're not read as excused

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or unexcused, they're read as medical. Okay,

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Thank you Judy, Can I add that?

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Oh absolutely. Chronic absenteeism,

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when we think about it is the impact

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that it's having on a student.

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So even if you were sick,

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you still have a negative impact

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if you couldn't make it to school.

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So this is not the same as like a truancy function

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where there's like a consequence for a family.

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It's just we wanna waste the time kids are in school.

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Truancy is sort of the separate but related piece.

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Same. It's a great drop,

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which makes the goal seem totally reasonable, you know,

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from 32 to 26.

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Do you attribute that to any particular bunch of tactics

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or strategies that schools are using?

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Yeah, I, we are to my knowledge all using similar

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what we call attendance letters to try to get families floor

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to try to have team meetings

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to put those supports around students.

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We all have the same procedures for

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that five absences, 10 absences.

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And then we also work with our partners outside of school,

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Washington County Mental Health, sometimes CF,

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depending on supports, a child might need

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to all come together and make sure

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that there is a wraparound services,

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not necessarily just in school

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but also outside of school for families that might be having

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whatever issue that they're having that might be

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hindering their student from coming into school. Thank

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You.

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Juliana, do you have year over year data?

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Previous years, I do not. I don't know if I'm supposed to.

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We had an issue with the various city data from last year

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with campus and way that the schedule was inputted into it.

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So it's messed up our data to be able to track it.

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Comparing apples to apples is to that,

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but last year's data was really messy

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Offhand.

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Would you say it's about the same? There are no spikes.

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We definitely have a better year this year

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then we've had enough recent last four years.

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Our attendance data has definitely been

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concerning since the pandemic.

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Not that it wasn't, but since the pandemic we have seen

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significant attendance challenges.

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Jackie, thank you. What level

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Triggers the attendance letters?

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Is it when they hit that 10%?

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That is not linked to chronic absenteeism

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that is linked to truancy.

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Oh, okay. So that's a different, so

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they would get, yeah. Okay.

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But that's unexcused

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what total number?

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Oh school days you're using like it

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because is it like

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1 7 7 1 70, 1 70

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But what panorama reads is how many days you've gone

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through and looking at the percentage of days based on that.

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So you, if you're on day 10

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and you've missed five days, you're 50% absent.

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Yes. So those metrics took into account each time

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of the year, 10% of the school days from August to October

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and then August to 20.

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Yes. That's a good question.

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The denominator changed

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And Panorama updates that percentage at the district

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and building levels every day.

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Yeah, like you're, we're not at day 1 77 yet, or 79.

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So we're at day one 60 then students who have missed 16

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or more days would be considered chronic limits.

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I dunno their day was 16

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but yeah, it adds up really quickly.

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A previous district that I worked in would send out a

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reminder that if your child missed two days a month,

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it adds up to a month of lost instruction,

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which is chronic absenteeism.

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As a parent it doesn't feel like a lot

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to miss two days a month, but it does really add up

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and so it's helpful to let people know like, wow,

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I would never let my kid miss a month of school.

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But sometimes you do if you overlook those two days a month.

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And the hope in our strategy moving forward, if again,

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like proactive early identification.

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So we're monitoring this

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and we are supporting students sooner rather than later.

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So within that first month

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or two of school, we're noticing some trends in supporting

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students before it becomes to the level

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of of long-term chronic

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Absentee team.

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Lindsay, we looking at doing anything like proactive,

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like Shannon was saying like, hey,

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your kids are going misses two days a

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month. Like that headss up.

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Yeah we, I can only speak to my

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just the elementary school,

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but we just met as a student support team to review some

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of our procedures this year

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and we wanted to build in dates to go through next year,

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once every two months or so and just quickly counted us

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and link that to a call from the school social worker just

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saying, hey, we're reaching out, anything we can help with.

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That's sort of a thing that feels more supportive,

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not a letter saying you've missed,

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you know, getting that story

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Letter.

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Yeah, so more proactive. Yeah.

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And I have one other question.

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I'm like for those who know

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that their kids may be missing some days, like is there

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like a way for them to communicate

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and be like, hey they're gonna be absent, like

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to get the homework or something for them to do

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so they're not missing all that time.

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When I was in school, you know, things were a lot different

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and had homework every night that you'd have to come home

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and do for an hour, whatever

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before you gotta go play. You know,

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You can always reach out to classroom teachers

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are the best contact for that

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and they can definitely let you know if there particular

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things kids can take with them or things like that.

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Okay. Are you feeling

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that the supports you're offering are being

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accepted by families?

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For the most part there are a few outliers

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but I think for the most part, yes

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parents do want their kids

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to be successful at school in general.

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So they, they like, you know, we enjoy the partnership

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and when we're reaching out first I would say the majority

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of parents are meeting us right at the table.

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Can I do a follow up on that? Sure.

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So there's nothing that like you feel is lacking that,

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that you would would need to offer as as a support?

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I think as a district I feel pretty good.

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I think we are all hoping

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for some clear language from the state about how, so

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that school districts don't define things in different ways

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and some legislation has just come through about that

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and we're waiting to better understand it.

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It still looks like it's a big draft mess

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and it's a little hard but

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that would make things much easier if parents could

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consistently understand what the expectation is

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because some folks thought it was one way and one school

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and then moved and that kind of thing.

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So that would be helpful.

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So how about we continue through the,

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let's let's do the goals two through five

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and then let's do questions after we go through all.

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Great, thank you.

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Alright, so I'll say a little bit

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before I talk about the second goal specifically

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around self-efficacy.

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Starting last spring, the district is views,

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use this panorama platform

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and students in grades three through 12

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reflect on a several question,

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several questions in six topic areas.

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And then that day that is collected

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and it's called the social emotional learning survey.

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So it was piloted last spring

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and then has been administered three times this year, fall,

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winter, and spring.

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The topics in

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that survey, what before that?

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Panorama and most

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Articles That I've read define social emotional

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learning as the mindset skills, attitudes

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and feelings that help students succeed in school career

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and life of these skills

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and beliefs include a wide array

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of topics including growth mindset, relationships

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with adults, and a sense of belonging at school.

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So the the six topics that students in grades three

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through 12 respond to are emotion regulation,

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school climate, school safety, social awareness

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and supportive relationships

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and self-efficacy.

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Self-efficacy was chosen

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as a targeted goal across the district

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because the favorable responses to students who

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felt this is the definition of self-efficacy,

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confident in their own ability to grasp

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and work through challenging material.

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So that's kind of a broad definition of of self-efficacy,

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the confidence in their own ability to learn, to retain

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and to persevere through challenges

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In the self-efficacy category, there are one

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to five questions the students are asked to respond to

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how sure are you that you can

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complete all the schoolwork that is given to you?

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How sure are you that you will remember

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what you learned in your current classes next year?

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How sure are you that you can learn all the subjects

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taught in your classes?

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How sure are you that you can do the hardest

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schoolwork that is given to you?

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And then when complicated ideas are discussed in class,

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how sure are you that you can understand that?

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So those, so those are the questions.

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The goal for self-efficacy says that by next June

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55% of students

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will report high self-efficacy on the SEL survey.

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And the way the data is gathered is

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that those better percentage would be students

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who responded favorably.

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Yeah, I think I can do these things

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either totally or somewhat.

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There are two categories or favorable response

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and so in grades three through five

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this year across the year,

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those students who are 35% of the students

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who responded favorably in the fall, they expressed

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that degree of confidence across those questions.

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Happy to report that this spring that that had increased

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to 43% of students responding favorably.

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That's really significant, statistically significant

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and that puts us as a district at the 20th percentile

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when we're compared to, compared to all

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of the schools in panorama's national data set.

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So then the goal of

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increasing to 55% of the students responding

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with confidence about their ability to learn

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and retain it seemed like a, a really reasonable target.

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That's the grades three through five data,

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grades six through 12.

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The students are asked the same

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questions, questions don't vary.

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At grade six through 12 in the fall, the

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percent percentage of favorable responses was 36%

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and in the spring it was 35%.

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That puts us below the 10th percent percentile when we're

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compared to a database national.

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So grades six through 12 have got a bit more of a stretch

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to get up to that 55% target than grades three through five.

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So I don't know if the principals would like to

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share anything about the strategies that you've done

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that you're going to do and all of that.

530
00:28:10,575 --> 00:28:12,835
That's the end of my presentation. Thank you.

531
00:28:17,285 --> 00:28:18,695
Okay, we move on.

532
00:28:26,335 --> 00:28:30,835
So we shared some of through the question, you heard some

533
00:28:30,835 --> 00:28:31,955
of our school-based strategies,

534
00:28:32,935 --> 00:28:34,915
but are there any here that we haven't talked about

535
00:28:34,915 --> 00:28:36,955
that folks you'd like to share a little bit more about

536
00:28:38,785 --> 00:28:40,045
for the safe and healthy schools?

537
00:28:41,885 --> 00:28:45,345
Yes. So at Spalding we're really doing a lot to

538
00:28:46,235 --> 00:28:47,465
raise up school voice

539
00:28:47,725 --> 00:28:50,025
and involved in that

540
00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:54,785
that will help make school place they wanna be

541
00:28:55,085 --> 00:28:56,545
and feel comfortable

542
00:28:56,725 --> 00:29:00,305
and feel safe taking risks, academic risks.

543
00:29:01,205 --> 00:29:04,865
So we're using both our student council up for Spaulding,

544
00:29:04,925 --> 00:29:07,585
the Sharks Group to

545
00:29:07,725 --> 00:29:10,385
and some of our clubs to help increase

546
00:29:10,385 --> 00:29:11,865
that involvement and engagement.

547
00:29:12,765 --> 00:29:13,945
So we're really working

548
00:29:14,005 --> 00:29:16,865
to help coordinate those groups to work together.

549
00:29:17,825 --> 00:29:22,265
We're also just met today with Sherry Scho Schoenberg from

550
00:29:23,205 --> 00:29:27,785
the Best Institute so that we can bring in some of the

551
00:29:28,375 --> 00:29:32,825
same structures that PBIS uses in younger grades.

552
00:29:33,165 --> 00:29:34,165
And

553
00:29:43,925 --> 00:29:47,735
Yeah, so in the alternative space, we're doing a lot

554
00:29:47,735 --> 00:29:49,695
of the similar things that the high school is doing.

555
00:29:49,795 --> 00:29:52,335
We generally try to copy what they're doing

556
00:29:52,395 --> 00:29:54,775
to create alignment between see

557
00:29:55,035 --> 00:29:56,415
and what is happening at Bing High School.

558
00:29:56,715 --> 00:29:59,615
We also have been experimenting

559
00:29:59,635 --> 00:30:02,335
and seeing a lot of success with interdisciplinary learning

560
00:30:02,435 --> 00:30:05,775
and in terms of increasing student self-efficacy in

561
00:30:05,775 --> 00:30:10,295
understanding core content areas as they relate to areas

562
00:30:10,315 --> 00:30:11,815
of interest and preferred activities.

563
00:30:12,115 --> 00:30:15,655
So we also have a very strong clinical team

564
00:30:15,925 --> 00:30:19,255
that has been fantastic and reaching out to families

565
00:30:19,595 --> 00:30:21,255
and providing those wraparound services

566
00:30:21,255 --> 00:30:22,775
that Eric spoke about earlier.

567
00:30:23,315 --> 00:30:24,815
And in an effort to try

568
00:30:24,815 --> 00:30:26,695
and get students to school more often

569
00:30:29,365 --> 00:30:34,305
At Berry City, we started this year really focusing on our

570
00:30:34,485 --> 00:30:36,385
TA and middle school and morning meetings

571
00:30:36,885 --> 00:30:41,265
and aligning some of those strategies which really aligns

572
00:30:41,265 --> 00:30:42,265
with PDIS

573
00:30:42,265 --> 00:30:45,465
and developmental design that we've been implementing.

574
00:30:45,525 --> 00:30:49,585
And we're looking to do a more official PD with teachers

575
00:30:49,895 --> 00:30:52,385
because especially with the development design,

576
00:30:52,885 --> 00:30:56,945
we haven't had that training for about 10 years.

577
00:30:57,205 --> 00:30:59,065
So some of our staff have turned over

578
00:30:59,285 --> 00:31:02,465
and don't have that foundational stuff.

579
00:31:03,205 --> 00:31:06,225
And we have really been pushing hard this spring

580
00:31:06,495 --> 00:31:07,945
with the PBIS work

581
00:31:08,445 --> 00:31:10,825
and bringing in those practices, which again

582
00:31:11,605 --> 00:31:13,865
had been in place and then have waned

583
00:31:14,205 --> 00:31:16,705
as staffing changes that happened.

584
00:31:17,885 --> 00:31:21,625
Our school counselors had a major turnover in staffing

585
00:31:23,085 --> 00:31:25,225
school counselor this past year

586
00:31:25,485 --> 00:31:28,465
and so we've been working all year with them about

587
00:31:29,105 --> 00:31:33,105
SEL curriculum that they will be implementing next year

588
00:31:33,525 --> 00:31:35,625
and being pushed into classrooms.

589
00:31:36,165 --> 00:31:38,465
So those are our major focus areas.

590
00:31:40,905 --> 00:31:43,585
I would echo a lot of what Brenda said at Marytown Middle

591
00:31:44,475 --> 00:31:47,185
along with trying to find some grant money hopefully to kind

592
00:31:47,185 --> 00:31:48,985
of double down on our developmental design,

593
00:31:49,195 --> 00:31:52,505
which is a framework that will help keep things consistent

594
00:31:52,505 --> 00:31:53,705
across all grade levels.

595
00:31:53,715 --> 00:31:56,105
Consistent language, consistent expectations.

596
00:31:57,285 --> 00:32:01,185
We also kind of did, we also doubled down on some clubs

597
00:32:01,325 --> 00:32:04,625
and activities for our younger middle grade students.

598
00:32:05,065 --> 00:32:06,705
They were, the clubs and activities

599
00:32:06,705 --> 00:32:07,545
after school were pretty heavy

600
00:32:07,545 --> 00:32:08,785
toward the seventh and eighth grade.

601
00:32:09,205 --> 00:32:11,865
We had some that we have included in the last few years

602
00:32:11,865 --> 00:32:13,305
that we're specifically targeting

603
00:32:14,045 --> 00:32:15,105
and sixth graders trying

604
00:32:15,105 --> 00:32:17,585
to get them more involved in afterschool pieces,

605
00:32:18,185 --> 00:32:20,465
getting them hooked up with your book and student council

606
00:32:20,525 --> 00:32:22,185
and things a little bit early so

607
00:32:22,185 --> 00:32:24,225
that they can continue those things on all

608
00:32:24,225 --> 00:32:25,425
four years when they're there.

609
00:32:26,445 --> 00:32:30,305
And we also are connecting some of those

610
00:32:31,535 --> 00:32:34,585
exemplars of what we're looking for in SEL

611
00:32:35,165 --> 00:32:38,505
to something we already do, which is grade level town halls.

612
00:32:39,625 --> 00:32:42,965
It is character building each month with an identified

613
00:32:43,835 --> 00:32:47,085
character characteristic that we are using

614
00:32:47,625 --> 00:32:49,525
for all grades five through eight

615
00:32:49,835 --> 00:32:52,125
that is completely built on through our TA and stuff.

616
00:32:54,155 --> 00:32:55,455
And at the elementary school,

617
00:32:55,525 --> 00:32:59,975
very town this year we implemented a program that we run

618
00:32:59,975 --> 00:33:01,175
through all four assemblies.

619
00:33:01,615 --> 00:33:04,015
We have a fourth grade leadership team that has lunch

620
00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:06,975
with me on Fridays and they plan and run the assemblies.

621
00:33:07,875 --> 00:33:11,255
And then we have a school recognition system where teachers

622
00:33:11,275 --> 00:33:14,295
or other staff nominate kids for meeting those

623
00:33:14,855 --> 00:33:17,055
different pillars of character they're called

624
00:33:17,155 --> 00:33:19,535
and they wear badges on the backpack to show

625
00:33:19,535 --> 00:33:21,415
that they're carrying or responsible or those things.

626
00:33:21,725 --> 00:33:23,615
They take positive notes home about it.

627
00:33:25,075 --> 00:33:27,175
And then I think the other thing I would highlight is

628
00:33:27,175 --> 00:33:29,415
that we have been working also

629
00:33:29,415 --> 00:33:31,655
with Washington County this year specifically

630
00:33:31,655 --> 00:33:36,215
with a school-based clinician through Project AWARE also.

631
00:33:36,275 --> 00:33:40,055
And that has been so helpful for us in building lots

632
00:33:40,055 --> 00:33:41,335
of interventions for students

633
00:33:41,355 --> 00:33:43,775
who needed extra practice in lagging skills.

634
00:33:44,575 --> 00:33:47,535
Just one example is Respecters Academy, that's for students

635
00:33:47,595 --> 00:33:50,815
who struggle consistently with respectful communication

636
00:33:50,885 --> 00:33:52,655
with other children or with adults.

637
00:33:53,095 --> 00:33:56,255
They get to practice the skill, do playing, all of that kind

638
00:33:56,255 --> 00:33:57,895
of stuff for a chance to build skills.

639
00:34:05,375 --> 00:34:07,235
Now we're gonna move on to our academic goals.

640
00:34:14,885 --> 00:34:18,095
Okay, so this is districtwide

641
00:34:18,205 --> 00:34:20,495
that we're talking about in both of these.

642
00:34:22,115 --> 00:34:26,215
Our first one, academic proficiency, talking about math

643
00:34:26,395 --> 00:34:30,855
and ELA in the CIP by June, 2027,

644
00:34:31,075 --> 00:34:33,375
we have 80% of students needing

645
00:34:33,375 --> 00:34:36,415
or exceeding proficiency on Renaissance Star Math.

646
00:34:37,555 --> 00:34:41,535
80% is not a random number choice, 80%

647
00:34:42,045 --> 00:34:43,615
generally denotes the number.

648
00:34:43,725 --> 00:34:48,455
That means that your tier one system is working effectively.

649
00:34:48,955 --> 00:34:51,895
So what kids receive when they're in their general classroom

650
00:34:52,105 --> 00:34:54,375
space with the understanding that in a,

651
00:34:54,395 --> 00:34:57,695
in most classrooms roughly 20% of kids are going

652
00:34:57,695 --> 00:34:59,935
to need some additional support to meet those goals.

653
00:35:01,475 --> 00:35:05,015
We wanna see though about 80% of kids being able to get it

654
00:35:05,015 --> 00:35:06,255
with the first instruction.

655
00:35:06,315 --> 00:35:07,415
So that's the goal there.

656
00:35:08,315 --> 00:35:10,575
80% probably sounds really high,

657
00:35:11,155 --> 00:35:14,175
but last time I saw you I said we were gonna meet 60%

658
00:35:14,435 --> 00:35:17,055
and then we did by the winter.

659
00:35:17,275 --> 00:35:19,935
And so this has been a year of big growth for us.

660
00:35:19,935 --> 00:35:23,695
People feel really excited about having big goals,

661
00:35:24,135 --> 00:35:25,415
I think across the district

662
00:35:25,515 --> 00:35:27,815
and also in celebrating their progress.

663
00:35:30,445 --> 00:35:31,655
Also we have it noted here

664
00:35:31,655 --> 00:35:35,375
that this is again the restar 360 assessments administered

665
00:35:35,375 --> 00:35:37,605
three times per year across all schools.

666
00:35:38,095 --> 00:35:40,885
We're still in the middle of our spring testing right now.

667
00:35:40,935 --> 00:35:43,245
We've completed most of our reading,

668
00:35:43,415 --> 00:35:45,005
we've completed our early literacy

669
00:35:45,065 --> 00:35:46,445
and we are working on math.

670
00:35:47,405 --> 00:35:48,645
Anything else you wanna add to that slide?

671
00:35:49,235 --> 00:35:51,445
Okay, we can move on the next one,

672
00:35:54,695 --> 00:35:57,185
this is district five early literacy.

673
00:35:57,445 --> 00:35:59,465
So this is grades K through three

674
00:36:01,245 --> 00:36:04,385
and we again have a goal of 80% of students.

675
00:36:04,535 --> 00:36:06,945
This one is by June, 2028.

676
00:36:07,845 --> 00:36:09,025
And this is also linked

677
00:36:09,025 --> 00:36:12,665
to act 1 39 Vermont's new early literacy legislation.

678
00:36:13,125 --> 00:36:17,945
So this, for this testing metric, we also mail letters home

679
00:36:18,005 --> 00:36:19,945
for children who are not meeting the standard.

680
00:36:20,665 --> 00:36:22,305
Families are required to be notified

681
00:36:22,825 --> 00:36:24,185
and also the school lets you know

682
00:36:24,255 --> 00:36:26,665
what the standard essentially to support your student.

683
00:36:27,975 --> 00:36:31,025
This one we use start early literacy as that indicator

684
00:36:31,025 --> 00:36:32,105
for ACT 1 39.

685
00:36:32,245 --> 00:36:33,905
But we follow up with any student

686
00:36:34,005 --> 00:36:36,705
who isn't needing a benchmark with diagnostic tests

687
00:36:37,125 --> 00:36:39,505
to figure out specifically what skill they need

688
00:36:39,505 --> 00:36:41,185
to be working on to move them forward.

689
00:36:41,565 --> 00:36:43,585
And then we provide small group instruction

690
00:36:43,605 --> 00:36:45,625
or intervention in that skill.

691
00:36:46,695 --> 00:36:48,105
This one is super exciting.

692
00:36:48,245 --> 00:36:50,265
Can I say this Spring data, since this one's done

693
00:36:51,015 --> 00:36:55,745
just from January to May, we have moved from 60%

694
00:36:55,745 --> 00:36:57,905
to 68% across the district.

695
00:36:58,985 --> 00:37:01,985
I think linked to our extensive professional development

696
00:37:02,845 --> 00:37:03,945
in this area this year.

697
00:37:04,805 --> 00:37:07,425
So this one feels very achievable to me

698
00:37:07,445 --> 00:37:09,985
and to a lot of our teachers of younger folks

699
00:37:10,005 --> 00:37:11,385
who have been working so hard

700
00:37:12,005 --> 00:37:14,145
at implementing new curriculum really well

701
00:37:14,965 --> 00:37:16,185
and up being creative in their

702
00:37:16,185 --> 00:37:17,345
classrooms and their teaching.

703
00:37:17,905 --> 00:37:18,955
Just to add onto that,

704
00:37:18,955 --> 00:37:21,675
because we could start three times a year, we are able

705
00:37:21,675 --> 00:37:23,235
to look at growth across the year.

706
00:37:23,375 --> 00:37:27,675
And so from fall to spring, 70% of our K

707
00:37:27,745 --> 00:37:30,235
through our early literacy students, so our K one

708
00:37:30,235 --> 00:37:34,635
and Stu K one and two students, 70% of our K one

709
00:37:34,635 --> 00:37:36,395
and two students showed at

710
00:37:36,495 --> 00:37:39,515
or above typical growth in their

711
00:37:40,315 --> 00:37:43,035
early literacy skills from fall from the start

712
00:37:43,035 --> 00:37:44,115
of the school year to the spring.

713
00:37:44,295 --> 00:37:45,555
So that is really exciting.

714
00:37:49,705 --> 00:37:51,485
Now that we've introduced those goals,

715
00:37:51,615 --> 00:37:54,125
we'll share a little bit about our district wide

716
00:37:54,145 --> 00:37:56,445
and our school based strategies.

717
00:38:15,915 --> 00:38:18,205
Okay, sec,

718
00:38:22,525 --> 00:38:24,785
one thing that I think is really, really important actually

719
00:38:24,785 --> 00:38:25,905
to move the needle on all

720
00:38:25,905 --> 00:38:30,305
of these academic goals have been our investments in our PD

721
00:38:30,565 --> 00:38:31,785
for all of our teachers.

722
00:38:33,085 --> 00:38:35,405
The excitement that Jan was just talking, talking about

723
00:38:35,435 --> 00:38:38,325
with our early literacy actually

724
00:38:39,035 --> 00:38:40,685
gets talked about in other places.

725
00:38:41,305 --> 00:38:43,845
So when we, when that data is talked about

726
00:38:43,845 --> 00:38:45,445
and that excitement and that PD

727
00:38:45,455 --> 00:38:47,685
where it's paying off in dividends for our students

728
00:38:48,345 --> 00:38:49,365
are our teachers

729
00:38:49,365 --> 00:38:52,645
who are teaching at higher levels are already excited,

730
00:38:52,995 --> 00:38:56,165
whether they're to get those students and so,

731
00:38:56,225 --> 00:38:59,845
and their teachers feel that that trust in them

732
00:38:59,985 --> 00:39:03,405
and that we are investing in their growth so

733
00:39:03,405 --> 00:39:05,965
that they can invest and be there for our students

734
00:39:05,985 --> 00:39:07,005
and that we can have the,

735
00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:10,045
the most qualified teachers teaching at year one, which is

736
00:39:10,045 --> 00:39:13,605
what we know is the most impactful thing for all

737
00:39:13,605 --> 00:39:15,285
of our students across all breaks.

738
00:39:16,205 --> 00:39:18,365
I think that that is my favorite investment

739
00:39:18,435 --> 00:39:21,005
that we are making there for all of our students

740
00:39:21,005 --> 00:39:23,485
because it's, it also ensures equity

741
00:39:23,625 --> 00:39:25,365
for every single student that walks through our doors.

742
00:39:27,495 --> 00:39:30,695
I would add on and highlight our work

743
00:39:31,315 --> 00:39:33,255
around professional learning communities

744
00:39:33,275 --> 00:39:34,375
and collaborative teams.

745
00:39:34,685 --> 00:39:36,575
This has been a very different set

746
00:39:36,575 --> 00:39:40,135
of conversations this year with people knowing exactly

747
00:39:40,145 --> 00:39:43,775
where their students are regularly looking at different

748
00:39:43,775 --> 00:39:45,855
assessment information to tell us is

749
00:39:45,855 --> 00:39:48,135
what we're doing effective, do we need to change it?

750
00:39:48,525 --> 00:39:51,375
It's really shifting the conversation to a place

751
00:39:51,375 --> 00:39:53,135
of curiosity and improvement.

752
00:39:54,375 --> 00:39:56,055
I also was so excited

753
00:39:56,075 --> 00:39:58,895
and I highlighted this in my weekly email to staff this week

754
00:39:58,895 --> 00:40:01,255
that so many of the meetings were starting

755
00:40:01,255 --> 00:40:02,935
to wrap up like they do at the end of the year

756
00:40:02,935 --> 00:40:04,375
and people are really ready for a break.

757
00:40:04,435 --> 00:40:05,495
But instead, three

758
00:40:05,495 --> 00:40:07,895
of these teams this week jumped right into like,

759
00:40:07,895 --> 00:40:09,775
well we have time, let's talk about next year.

760
00:40:09,775 --> 00:40:12,455
Like let's go. We don't wanna, you know, lose any time.

761
00:40:12,515 --> 00:40:16,255
And I'll like, okay, I'll keep the candy bolt bowl.

762
00:40:17,715 --> 00:40:21,255
But it's a huge really difference in positive culture

763
00:40:21,255 --> 00:40:23,055
around teaching and it's so exciting to see.

764
00:40:24,005 --> 00:40:26,385
And I think another exciting piece is the branch out

765
00:40:26,445 --> 00:40:27,625
to vertical alignment

766
00:40:28,225 --> 00:40:31,585
because we just kind of started to tap that from middle

767
00:40:31,985 --> 00:40:32,985
to high school level

768
00:40:33,645 --> 00:40:36,465
and there's a lot of excitement for our educators

769
00:40:36,465 --> 00:40:37,665
and talking about that too

770
00:40:37,765 --> 00:40:41,145
and really identifying specific skills that kids need

771
00:40:41,145 --> 00:40:44,225
to have to walk in the door and be ready to go

772
00:40:44,245 --> 00:40:45,945
and hit the ground and be successful.

773
00:40:46,805 --> 00:40:49,625
And that is just exciting work that we have ahead of us.

774
00:40:49,705 --> 00:40:52,455
I think, and I'll piggyback on what Shannon

775
00:40:52,675 --> 00:40:56,375
and Erica were saying is really this year the amount of work

776
00:40:56,375 --> 00:40:58,775
that's gone into the proficiency scale alignment

777
00:40:59,515 --> 00:41:04,455
has really clarified or stack specifically the targets.

778
00:41:04,805 --> 00:41:07,375
Targets and everybody's all on the same page.

779
00:41:07,715 --> 00:41:10,215
And I think that's been a district effort

780
00:41:10,325 --> 00:41:12,815
that has really propelled us for this year.

781
00:41:18,605 --> 00:41:19,635
Thank you all. Okay.

782
00:41:19,695 --> 00:41:23,955
And our last goal is a 90 specific goal.

783
00:41:25,445 --> 00:41:28,985
Yes, at the high school and Etsy

784
00:41:28,985 --> 00:41:33,745
because at

785
00:41:34,685 --> 00:41:36,865
making sure that every student who graduates

786
00:41:36,865 --> 00:41:39,985
through Spalding has a plan for their future,

787
00:41:40,335 --> 00:41:43,665
whether it be college, whether it be work, whether it be

788
00:41:44,275 --> 00:41:46,585
additional training, but to know

789
00:41:46,605 --> 00:41:50,945
before they they graduate, what they're interested in, how

790
00:41:50,945 --> 00:41:53,705
to get there and hopefully it had a taste of

791
00:41:53,705 --> 00:41:54,745
what that means to them.

792
00:41:55,165 --> 00:41:57,065
So whether that be through credentialing,

793
00:41:57,065 --> 00:42:00,425
through work-based learning, through Google enrollment,

794
00:42:01,225 --> 00:42:05,545
through some of our early college options, internships

795
00:42:06,125 --> 00:42:09,625
and, and many of the other options that we have,

796
00:42:10,805 --> 00:42:12,665
our goal is that everyone has a plan

797
00:42:13,245 --> 00:42:14,745
and that starts with our freshmen

798
00:42:14,745 --> 00:42:16,585
with their first four year plan

799
00:42:16,925 --> 00:42:21,065
and then from there continue talking with their advisors,

800
00:42:21,115 --> 00:42:24,305
their school counselors to look at opportunities.

801
00:42:25,165 --> 00:42:27,785
And so that's, that's where we're headed.

802
00:42:28,485 --> 00:42:30,825
And so we'll start this next year

803
00:42:30,825 --> 00:42:35,145
with our freshmen having more of a formalized PLP

804
00:42:36,245 --> 00:42:38,825
to add to each year next.

805
00:42:43,085 --> 00:42:46,025
And then just to wrap up just a little glimpse into the

806
00:42:46,025 --> 00:42:47,345
future of where do we go next?

807
00:42:48,455 --> 00:42:51,755
So next year we will continue our progress monitoring

808
00:42:51,895 --> 00:42:55,555
of our CID plans, which will include monitoring, reflecting,

809
00:42:55,575 --> 00:42:56,755
and adapting as needed.

810
00:42:57,575 --> 00:42:59,035
And so as we do this,

811
00:42:59,485 --> 00:43:03,195
we'll look at this at consistent checkpoints three times a

812
00:43:03,195 --> 00:43:05,635
year that align with our academic assessments,

813
00:43:05,635 --> 00:43:08,035
our benchmark assessments that you've heard about as well

814
00:43:08,035 --> 00:43:09,515
as our SEL surveys

815
00:43:10,055 --> 00:43:13,275
and specific attendance checkpoints that are aligned

816
00:43:13,465 --> 00:43:14,595
with those dates as well.

817
00:43:15,325 --> 00:43:16,995
We're gonna be looking at a couple things.

818
00:43:17,535 --> 00:43:18,915
So we're gonna be looking at areas

819
00:43:19,065 --> 00:43:21,755
that we've highly implemented that have high impact.

820
00:43:22,055 --> 00:43:23,275
So where are there successes

821
00:43:23,275 --> 00:43:24,755
that we can scale to other areas.

822
00:43:25,445 --> 00:43:27,995
We're also gonna look at areas that we've really focused on

823
00:43:28,025 --> 00:43:29,155
with high implementation,

824
00:43:29,455 --> 00:43:31,155
but that we are seeing a low impact

825
00:43:31,495 --> 00:43:34,715
and using tools like the five y worksheet to really get

826
00:43:34,715 --> 00:43:38,915
to the root cause as to what may be causing not the impact,

827
00:43:38,915 --> 00:43:41,915
the level of impact that we hope for or we anticipated.

828
00:43:43,535 --> 00:43:45,555
To give you back off of something Shannon said,

829
00:43:46,065 --> 00:43:49,275
it's important that we celebrate our

830
00:43:49,275 --> 00:43:50,355
successes throughout this.

831
00:43:50,805 --> 00:43:51,995
These are rigorous goals

832
00:43:52,215 --> 00:43:54,235
and there's a lot of collective work ahead of us

833
00:43:54,335 --> 00:43:55,755
and so it's gonna be really important

834
00:43:55,755 --> 00:43:58,475
that we celebrate our steps towards achieving these goals.

835
00:44:00,255 --> 00:44:02,675
Second to that, we'll obviously spend a lot of time

836
00:44:03,195 --> 00:44:05,555
focusing on those areas that maybe are not going

837
00:44:05,615 --> 00:44:07,475
as we planned the low impact areas,

838
00:44:07,855 --> 00:44:10,115
but also being intentional about looking at

839
00:44:10,115 --> 00:44:12,035
where things are working, our strengths

840
00:44:12,055 --> 00:44:14,515
or our successes so that we can learn from those

841
00:44:14,615 --> 00:44:16,235
and scale them to the other areas

842
00:44:16,345 --> 00:44:19,075
that might not be responding in the way that we hoped.

843
00:44:21,145 --> 00:44:23,565
And then last, this involves collective leadership both

844
00:44:23,565 --> 00:44:25,845
as an administrative team across the district

845
00:44:26,145 --> 00:44:28,085
and within our school-based leadership teams.

846
00:44:28,545 --> 00:44:31,405
And we have a lot of exciting models in place to support us

847
00:44:31,405 --> 00:44:34,245
with that and support each other in,

848
00:44:34,305 --> 00:44:35,605
in reaching all of our goals.

849
00:44:38,565 --> 00:44:41,715
Thank you. Questions from the board?

850
00:44:44,745 --> 00:44:46,995
It's not so much a question, it's actually more

851
00:44:46,995 --> 00:44:49,795
of a shout out for the early literacy aids.

852
00:44:50,415 --> 00:44:51,915
So I am a first grader right now.

853
00:44:52,695 --> 00:44:55,795
So when she started the school year, the excitement,

854
00:44:56,035 --> 00:44:58,315
whenever the scholastic book fair was for the toys

855
00:44:58,375 --> 00:45:03,075
or the posters or whatever, now she cannot get enough

856
00:45:03,075 --> 00:45:05,515
of chapter books like just can't get enough.

857
00:45:05,515 --> 00:45:06,875
Like when I go to put her in bed, she has

858
00:45:06,875 --> 00:45:08,475
to have a chapter book with her in some kind of light.

859
00:45:09,095 --> 00:45:14,075
So I just have to throw kudos up to the work

860
00:45:14,075 --> 00:45:17,315
that's being done on there because I am seeing the results

861
00:45:17,335 --> 00:45:19,595
of that hard work every single day at my home.

862
00:45:20,545 --> 00:45:24,585
Thank you. Lindsay.

863
00:45:25,735 --> 00:45:27,795
Are there alternative assessments

864
00:45:28,055 --> 00:45:31,235
for the Renaissance star testing?

865
00:45:34,875 --> 00:45:39,375
We provide all assessment accommodations, access

866
00:45:40,715 --> 00:45:42,975
to make those as accessible as possible

867
00:45:44,075 --> 00:45:47,255
on nuanced situations.

868
00:45:47,635 --> 00:45:52,415
We, you know, we work to make it as accessible for students

869
00:45:52,435 --> 00:45:54,695
so that all students can can access it,

870
00:45:55,675 --> 00:45:57,855
but it is a standard, it is like a cri,

871
00:45:58,975 --> 00:46:00,375
a nationally normed assessment.

872
00:46:01,555 --> 00:46:05,655
It is also adapted so there's only so many modifications

873
00:46:06,485 --> 00:46:08,095
that are made that can be made to it.

874
00:46:08,095 --> 00:46:10,615
But it is an adapted assessment, meaning that

875
00:46:11,835 --> 00:46:13,655
as a student answers the first couple questions,

876
00:46:13,795 --> 00:46:15,655
it responds me.

877
00:46:15,755 --> 00:46:17,735
So it either it can up the level

878
00:46:18,195 --> 00:46:19,655
or it can lower the level

879
00:46:21,145 --> 00:46:24,075
based on the student's responses.

880
00:46:25,365 --> 00:46:27,985
Is there anything, any you want to add?

881
00:46:29,545 --> 00:46:31,905
Some pretty common general accommodations about it.

882
00:46:31,905 --> 00:46:34,225
Like the kids listen to the direction,

883
00:46:34,335 --> 00:46:36,265
like the younger kids, it's not assumed

884
00:46:36,265 --> 00:46:37,905
that they can read it or anything like that.

885
00:46:38,045 --> 00:46:40,945
So there are some good built in pieces to the early ones.

886
00:46:40,945 --> 00:46:43,265
In particular the graphics are very clear,

887
00:46:43,335 --> 00:46:46,185
it's on a white background, so I like a lot

888
00:46:46,185 --> 00:46:48,105
of the accessibility features about it.

889
00:46:49,225 --> 00:46:52,845
Okay. Because of the state testing

890
00:46:57,065 --> 00:47:00,405
now there's an alternative assessment of that.

891
00:47:00,405 --> 00:47:02,525
Right. So is this sort of like similar,

892
00:47:06,845 --> 00:47:09,225
The alternative assessment through the state, the MSAA,

893
00:47:09,665 --> 00:47:13,395
there are some pretty like tight

894
00:47:14,955 --> 00:47:16,715
qualifications or boundaries for students

895
00:47:16,735 --> 00:47:18,355
to qualify for those assessments.

896
00:47:20,535 --> 00:47:24,155
And so the REN star does not have, if we're,

897
00:47:24,155 --> 00:47:25,755
if we're looking at kind of VT cap

898
00:47:26,415 --> 00:47:28,755
and then the MSAA alternative,

899
00:47:29,425 --> 00:47:32,085
the renter assessment does not have something like that.

900
00:47:32,785 --> 00:47:34,565
So do do some kids like

901
00:47:34,835 --> 00:47:37,165
that would need an alternative assessment then don't

902
00:47:37,165 --> 00:47:39,525
participate in the renaissance.

903
00:47:42,035 --> 00:47:44,735
We have kids that don't, yeah, not too often,

904
00:47:44,955 --> 00:47:48,335
but generally like their special educator might have a

905
00:47:48,335 --> 00:47:51,455
different assessment that's measuring their progress on IEP

906
00:47:51,455 --> 00:47:53,295
goals or you know, some other way

907
00:47:53,295 --> 00:47:54,335
to get out the information.

908
00:47:54,365 --> 00:47:56,975
Yeah, these kids did have ips. Yeah. Yeah.

909
00:47:57,355 --> 00:47:58,535
And then there's always like,

910
00:47:58,535 --> 00:48:00,615
this is why we follow up with diagnostics too.

911
00:48:00,885 --> 00:48:03,015
Like the rest are only gives you so much information

912
00:48:03,875 --> 00:48:06,615
and it's great for data reporting purposes.

913
00:48:06,915 --> 00:48:09,735
Not always like as a classroom teacher you're kinda like,

914
00:48:09,925 --> 00:48:13,495
okay, that information usually it's like, yeah, I thought

915
00:48:13,495 --> 00:48:16,695
so when you see the results, so for like what can I do

916
00:48:16,695 --> 00:48:17,695
with the student next?

917
00:48:17,845 --> 00:48:19,655
Usually a different or tailored thing

918
00:48:19,655 --> 00:48:20,935
that you can decide at the classroom

919
00:48:20,935 --> 00:48:22,095
and special educator level.

920
00:48:23,315 --> 00:48:27,335
So I'm wonder if using literacy coaches as part

921
00:48:27,335 --> 00:48:28,335
of professional development.

922
00:48:29,715 --> 00:48:32,215
Yes. So at all the schools

923
00:48:32,355 --> 00:48:34,335
and friends with, no,

924
00:48:34,715 --> 00:48:36,935
at the high school they don't have a literacy coach.

925
00:48:37,445 --> 00:48:41,135
What is Maya? She's an, she's an instructional coach,

926
00:48:41,235 --> 00:48:44,855
so she's a more general classroom support model,

927
00:48:44,955 --> 00:48:47,695
but it's not specifically around any that area.

928
00:48:49,245 --> 00:48:51,145
Her background is strong in ELA

929
00:48:52,365 --> 00:48:54,585
and we do have like we do have a K eight

930
00:48:55,425 --> 00:48:56,545
ELA instructional coach

931
00:48:57,005 --> 00:48:59,385
and the instructional coaching team collaborates

932
00:49:00,175 --> 00:49:01,265
very closely together.

933
00:49:01,445 --> 00:49:05,385
So Andrea and Mayo do partner on things

934
00:49:06,125 --> 00:49:08,385
and Andrea is very, our,

935
00:49:08,445 --> 00:49:10,585
our instructional coach is very highly qualified.

936
00:49:10,685 --> 00:49:12,185
So we're extremely lucky to have her

937
00:49:12,245 --> 00:49:15,105
and she has a lot of experience in some

938
00:49:15,105 --> 00:49:17,345
of the professional development, specifically letters

939
00:49:17,375 --> 00:49:18,625
that we brought into the district.

940
00:49:19,525 --> 00:49:23,545
So she is a great resource to really facilitate that bridge

941
00:49:23,605 --> 00:49:25,425
to practice of taking the learning

942
00:49:25,685 --> 00:49:27,665
and implementing it in the classrooms.

943
00:49:28,455 --> 00:49:33,445
Thank you. This is so great to hear.

944
00:49:33,775 --> 00:49:37,125
Thank you so much. I feel like we're ending the year in a

945
00:49:37,305 --> 00:49:38,685
moving in the right direction.

946
00:49:38,985 --> 00:49:40,125
We set really high goals

947
00:49:40,595 --> 00:49:42,365
with our continuous improvement plan

948
00:49:43,385 --> 00:49:46,085
and we're meeting them, so looking at

949
00:49:46,085 --> 00:49:48,645
that 80% number feels really achievable.

950
00:49:50,485 --> 00:49:52,565
I really appreciate all that, all the things

951
00:49:52,565 --> 00:49:54,485
that we've been talking about, collaboration,

952
00:49:55,485 --> 00:49:59,165
district-wide alignment, investment in our staff

953
00:49:59,545 --> 00:50:00,725
and our professionals.

954
00:50:01,475 --> 00:50:03,005
It's really wonderful to see

955
00:50:03,005 --> 00:50:04,565
that this hard work is paying off

956
00:50:05,105 --> 00:50:06,325
and I really appreciate that

957
00:50:06,345 --> 00:50:08,005
and celebrate this with all of you.

958
00:50:08,145 --> 00:50:09,845
It feels really good. Thank you.

959
00:50:11,025 --> 00:50:12,645
And I'm just wondering, sorry Karen,

960
00:50:16,385 --> 00:50:17,845
and I'm just wondering

961
00:50:19,465 --> 00:50:22,205
the next step from the board perspective of

962
00:50:22,305 --> 00:50:26,125
how we communicate this information to the public, right?

963
00:50:26,125 --> 00:50:29,565
Because this is really, it can seem, there's a lot

964
00:50:29,565 --> 00:50:31,325
of numbers, it's a little overwhelming.

965
00:50:31,325 --> 00:50:33,845
There's not a lot of people here to digest this with us.

966
00:50:34,065 --> 00:50:38,525
So what are the next steps to spread this information out?

967
00:50:38,585 --> 00:50:41,325
Are we writing a letter to the paper?

968
00:50:41,505 --> 00:50:44,125
Are we putting this or sending a letter home to parents?

969
00:50:44,395 --> 00:50:46,685
Like what, how should we celebrate this

970
00:50:46,685 --> 00:50:48,005
with the rest of our communities?

971
00:50:48,835 --> 00:50:51,885
Well the paper is on the meeting tonight, so we're hoping

972
00:50:52,315 --> 00:50:54,125
that we will get some good press from that.

973
00:50:54,985 --> 00:50:57,605
And then what does go home to parents, Amanda,

974
00:50:57,705 --> 00:50:59,885
how do we report progress to our parents?

975
00:51:00,955 --> 00:51:02,975
So we have our student newsletter,

976
00:51:04,155 --> 00:51:06,175
we have our district newsletter

977
00:51:07,275 --> 00:51:11,335
and so that's one meme means we also have our website

978
00:51:11,475 --> 00:51:13,495
and our, the curriculum

979
00:51:13,875 --> 00:51:15,935
and instruction page on our website

980
00:51:15,935 --> 00:51:18,895
that we're working on beefing up.

981
00:51:19,915 --> 00:51:22,215
And so I think we have those avenues in place,

982
00:51:22,355 --> 00:51:23,895
but I really appreciate you bringing that up

983
00:51:23,895 --> 00:51:25,495
and I think that is an important point for us

984
00:51:25,495 --> 00:51:28,095
to consider about how we can be more effective in,

985
00:51:28,315 --> 00:51:32,215
in communicating this out in yeah,

986
00:51:32,215 --> 00:51:33,295
the most like effective ways

987
00:51:33,315 --> 00:51:37,945
or the most used ways by by parents in this week.

988
00:51:38,175 --> 00:51:39,385
Yeah. What's the best way

989
00:51:39,385 --> 00:51:41,625
to keep celebrating us when you know?

990
00:51:42,395 --> 00:51:43,395
Thank you

991
00:51:43,875 --> 00:51:44,875
Derek.

992
00:51:44,875 --> 00:51:46,225
So you should have gone after me.

993
00:51:46,625 --> 00:51:48,425
I was going, this is more of a notice

994
00:51:50,165 --> 00:51:53,585
and kind of a question every time we see this data

995
00:51:54,085 --> 00:51:55,385
and we look at the age group,

996
00:51:55,485 --> 00:51:58,465
so I don't know when the most important time to learn

997
00:51:59,295 --> 00:52:01,225
reading to learn math is,

998
00:52:02,045 --> 00:52:05,305
but always in the back of my mind is some of these kids went

999
00:52:05,305 --> 00:52:07,225
through COVID and lost a year.

1000
00:52:08,145 --> 00:52:09,765
Did they lose that year?

1001
00:52:10,315 --> 00:52:13,725
Because when you look at I, I mean the, the first scale

1002
00:52:13,755 --> 00:52:16,205
with like the confidence, it looked like scale,

1003
00:52:16,795 --> 00:52:19,965
it's worse in the older kids is that

1004
00:52:19,965 --> 00:52:22,605
because they lost learning and had to catch up

1005
00:52:22,665 --> 00:52:25,165
and they're less confident because it was so much at once

1006
00:52:25,825 --> 00:52:28,725
and COVID was such a huge impact on these

1007
00:52:29,125 --> 00:52:30,845
pathways and on these things.

1008
00:52:31,025 --> 00:52:33,085
And I think it speaks to Emily's point, it speaks

1009
00:52:33,105 --> 00:52:35,485
to the skill and the structure

1010
00:52:36,355 --> 00:52:37,925
that look at the younger kids.

1011
00:52:38,635 --> 00:52:41,285
They didn't have co they didn't have any COVID exposure

1012
00:52:41,385 --> 00:52:45,045
as far as learning and they're coming into the system

1013
00:52:45,225 --> 00:52:47,485
and they're exceeding goals like right off the bat.

1014
00:52:48,355 --> 00:52:49,855
So that speaks to something

1015
00:52:49,875 --> 00:52:51,975
and I think it also speaks to how we,

1016
00:52:52,115 --> 00:52:56,015
we don't spend enough time with the loss of learning

1017
00:52:56,285 --> 00:52:58,055
that happened with that pandemic

1018
00:52:58,275 --> 00:53:00,615
and how much of an uphill battle all of you

1019
00:53:00,635 --> 00:53:02,575
and all of these professionals have had.

1020
00:53:03,755 --> 00:53:06,655
And again, I mean this is great data to have

1021
00:53:07,115 --> 00:53:11,875
and I really wanna highlight that you've done a great job

1022
00:53:12,055 --> 00:53:15,835
and this system is working and we keep doing it.

1023
00:53:16,335 --> 00:53:20,335
So thank you Jeff.

1024
00:53:20,915 --> 00:53:24,615
And I think to build off of that momentum,

1025
00:53:25,645 --> 00:53:28,945
we do recognize that adults create the, the conditions

1026
00:53:28,945 --> 00:53:30,505
that students experience every day.

1027
00:53:31,205 --> 00:53:32,945
So to celebrate what we're doing

1028
00:53:33,205 --> 00:53:36,185
and continue to have the conversation about how to embolden,

1029
00:53:36,725 --> 00:53:39,305
how to build on hearing about

1030
00:53:39,975 --> 00:53:41,615
professional learning communities

1031
00:53:42,715 --> 00:53:46,215
and have a direct relationship to the growth

1032
00:53:46,315 --> 00:53:50,335
that's observable of student outcomes is wonderful.

1033
00:53:51,485 --> 00:53:54,515
Let's continue to share these successes with each other

1034
00:53:54,615 --> 00:53:57,515
so we can continue to build them across all of our schools.

1035
00:53:59,175 --> 00:54:00,995
The conversation continues of course

1036
00:54:01,105 --> 00:54:02,635
because the, these are great

1037
00:54:02,635 --> 00:54:04,755
that we're working toward our goals

1038
00:54:05,175 --> 00:54:06,715
of a continuous improvement,

1039
00:54:07,455 --> 00:54:09,315
but there's still a lot of work to do.

1040
00:54:09,315 --> 00:54:13,515
We all know that and I think the success will continue

1041
00:54:13,515 --> 00:54:16,675
to be honored as we keep building in systems

1042
00:54:17,115 --> 00:54:18,715
to support the ones that are already working.

1043
00:54:20,805 --> 00:54:25,005
Thank y'all. Lindsey, does the

1044
00:54:26,785 --> 00:54:29,465
documented plan for graduating seniors, does

1045
00:54:29,465 --> 00:54:31,825
that include transition plans for those?

1046
00:54:32,365 --> 00:54:37,255
Yes sir. And the Renaissance star sports,

1047
00:54:37,475 --> 00:54:39,175
are those sent home to parents?

1048
00:54:41,595 --> 00:54:44,845
They are sent home K through three in alignment

1049
00:54:44,875 --> 00:54:48,445
with Act 1 39 in

1050
00:54:49,145 --> 00:54:51,165
our upper grades four through nine.

1051
00:54:51,965 --> 00:54:53,565
I think some teachers send them home,

1052
00:54:53,955 --> 00:54:56,565
some have them accessible if parents would like to see them,

1053
00:54:58,525 --> 00:55:01,085
Supposed to know that their kids been doing testing.

1054
00:55:01,835 --> 00:55:04,605
Yeah, I was actually just having that conversation

1055
00:55:05,085 --> 00:55:07,885
and it's on our agenda for our faculty meeting tomorrow

1056
00:55:07,985 --> 00:55:11,285
to talk about the best way to make sure that all

1057
00:55:11,285 --> 00:55:12,445
of our parents have that too.

1058
00:55:12,765 --> 00:55:14,245
Once you get into the middle levels,

1059
00:55:15,415 --> 00:55:18,645
everything is also departmentalized by subject area.

1060
00:55:19,465 --> 00:55:22,965
So your child's TA might not be their math teacher.

1061
00:55:23,425 --> 00:55:25,845
So we're trying to look at a, a couple of different ways

1062
00:55:26,145 --> 00:55:29,205
of opening communication in that, in exactly

1063
00:55:29,205 --> 00:55:30,565
that vein that you're talking about.

1064
00:55:31,185 --> 00:55:33,005
And I think everybody's really ready to have

1065
00:55:33,005 --> 00:55:34,765
that conversation to move forward

1066
00:55:34,765 --> 00:55:36,085
because it's not something that

1067
00:55:37,405 --> 00:55:40,325
I think people think about the fact that, oh great, we like,

1068
00:55:40,425 --> 00:55:42,005
we wouldn't think necessarily to send

1069
00:55:42,005 --> 00:55:44,165
that home even if their teacher is communicating about

1070
00:55:44,165 --> 00:55:47,285
something like, your child is gonna have this intervention

1071
00:55:47,395 --> 00:55:49,165
time with this, this professional.

1072
00:55:49,225 --> 00:55:50,405
You know, we say that piece

1073
00:55:50,405 --> 00:55:51,605
but we don't necessarily send it home.

1074
00:55:51,745 --> 00:55:52,645
That's something that actually

1075
00:55:53,285 --> 00:55:54,565
we're talking about literally.

1076
00:55:55,585 --> 00:55:56,805
So thanks for bringing that up.

1077
00:56:02,125 --> 00:56:05,335
Alright, I wanna thank you all

1078
00:56:05,335 --> 00:56:09,375
for taking the time on this beautiful spring evening to be

1079
00:56:09,375 --> 00:56:12,495
with us to share our successes that we're having

1080
00:56:12,555 --> 00:56:13,975
as a district, our growth.

1081
00:56:14,895 --> 00:56:16,065
It's really encouraging

1082
00:56:16,445 --> 00:56:20,235
and I hope you all know that, you know, you have

1083
00:56:20,295 --> 00:56:23,645
so many challenges we've faced the last few years in Barry

1084
00:56:24,625 --> 00:56:28,165
and it's so appreciated the work you do, even though

1085
00:56:28,935 --> 00:56:31,565
those obstacles can seem really difficult some days,

1086
00:56:32,295 --> 00:56:36,045
these are the type of presentations that at least for me,

1087
00:56:36,045 --> 00:56:38,445
leave here with a smile on my face knowing that

1088
00:56:39,215 --> 00:56:40,885
we're getting, that we are doing

1089
00:56:40,915 --> 00:56:42,565
that, excuse me, doing better.

1090
00:56:42,785 --> 00:56:45,765
And that my next thought is how do we

1091
00:56:46,025 --> 00:56:47,845
as a board meet your standards?

1092
00:56:47,865 --> 00:56:51,285
How do we support you to achieve your goals for next year?

1093
00:56:51,465 --> 00:56:53,925
So that's, that's what's gonna be on my mind

1094
00:56:54,025 --> 00:56:55,855
and thank you. Thank

1095
00:56:55,855 --> 00:56:56,855
You.

1096
00:56:56,855 --> 00:56:57,535
Thanks. You leading our goal.

1097
00:56:59,495 --> 00:57:01,655
I think we would like to recognize all the staff

1098
00:57:01,835 --> 00:57:03,415
and how much work they fits this

1099
00:57:03,475 --> 00:57:05,695
and also all the kids, they've been working really hard too.

1100
00:57:05,915 --> 00:57:06,915
That's,

1101
00:57:07,865 --> 00:57:10,365
Thank you so much.

1102
00:57:10,575 --> 00:57:14,605
Thank you. Thank You'll now have Evelyn,

1103
00:57:16,055 --> 00:57:19,285
thank you for waiting so patiently we are

1104
00:57:19,955 --> 00:57:21,565
student representative update.

1105
00:57:22,825 --> 00:57:23,845
I'm Evelyn Callant,

1106
00:57:23,945 --> 00:57:26,605
I'm the student body vice president at Spalding High School.

1107
00:57:27,385 --> 00:57:31,045
And as the year wraps up, we're doing some fun things

1108
00:57:31,225 --> 00:57:34,485
to kind of boost morale as we're ending our school year.

1109
00:57:34,515 --> 00:57:38,165
This week we have sort of in Olympic games

1110
00:57:38,275 --> 00:57:41,165
that students were, could sign up for in teams at four

1111
00:57:41,785 --> 00:57:44,205
and we had a really fun time during our kind

1112
00:57:44,205 --> 00:57:46,965
of like free period, our study hall to

1113
00:57:48,395 --> 00:57:51,165
have a little fun obstacle course that's this week.

1114
00:57:53,025 --> 00:57:55,605
And then we have a bunch of musical performances.

1115
00:57:56,145 --> 00:57:59,725
Our end of year band and chorus concert was tonight.

1116
00:58:00,305 --> 00:58:05,285
And then we have some modern band appearances on June 10th.

1117
00:58:05,365 --> 00:58:10,245
There'll be a at Courier park at the sort of food truck

1118
00:58:10,785 --> 00:58:14,665
and music event they have there.

1119
00:58:14,925 --> 00:58:19,585
And then we also have a benefit concert on Friday, June 12th

1120
00:58:20,095 --> 00:58:24,825
that we would love for you to attend all entries by donation

1121
00:58:24,925 --> 00:58:29,345
and it, the funds go to our local chapter of

1122
00:58:30,725 --> 00:58:34,185
the Make-A-Wish Foundation and it's called Code for Cure.

1123
00:58:34,365 --> 00:58:37,845
We have of course our, our band

1124
00:58:37,905 --> 00:58:39,445
and then a local student

1125
00:58:39,545 --> 00:58:41,885
and then Native Tongue is also attending that.

1126
00:58:42,225 --> 00:58:45,875
So those are the events we're working on. But

1127
00:58:53,335 --> 00:58:55,875
Wasn't there the first annual,

1128
00:58:56,175 --> 00:58:58,675
it was the first annual contest at

1129
00:58:58,755 --> 00:59:01,635
Spalding T-shirt.

1130
00:59:02,835 --> 00:59:03,995
T-shirt design contest, t-shirt design.

1131
00:59:04,055 --> 00:59:05,395
Is that what I saw it?

1132
00:59:06,375 --> 00:59:07,555
You mean the T-shirt design?

1133
00:59:07,735 --> 00:59:10,675
Yes, that's, you haven't announced.

1134
00:59:13,365 --> 00:59:15,195
We'll stay tuned to That. Stay tuned.

1135
00:59:16,605 --> 00:59:17,635
Thank you Evelyn.

1136
00:59:18,815 --> 00:59:23,405
We will now move on to 4.2 portrait of a learner graduate

1137
00:59:24,225 --> 00:59:26,205
and I'll turn it over to Superintendent Union.

1138
00:59:26,455 --> 00:59:31,045
Thank you. So as you know, you had a strategic plan

1139
00:59:31,275 --> 00:59:34,645
that expired and we've been through two years

1140
00:59:38,085 --> 00:59:39,855
void of an updated plan.

1141
00:59:40,195 --> 00:59:43,695
And so this is my suggestion for your consideration that

1142
00:59:44,595 --> 00:59:48,415
in the, with the previous plan you developed some areas

1143
00:59:48,445 --> 00:59:50,375
that were really important goal areas,

1144
00:59:51,155 --> 00:59:54,255
but the new way of looking at this is by imagining

1145
00:59:54,965 --> 00:59:56,535
what a learner should look like

1146
00:59:56,675 --> 00:59:59,095
as they're walking across the stage.

1147
00:59:59,685 --> 01:00:01,615
Some people call it a portrait of a learner,

1148
01:00:01,615 --> 01:00:03,415
some call it a portrait of a graduate.

1149
01:00:03,835 --> 01:00:05,935
But I think the process is really important

1150
01:00:05,935 --> 01:00:09,855
because we want to create what are the transferable skills?

1151
01:00:10,765 --> 01:00:11,975
What do you want kids to know

1152
01:00:11,975 --> 01:00:15,055
and be able to do as they take those skills, knowledge

1153
01:00:15,055 --> 01:00:16,655
and dispositions onto life.

1154
01:00:17,595 --> 01:00:20,975
And so I think this is a great opportunity to rein,

1155
01:00:21,335 --> 01:00:22,495
reintroduce this concept.

1156
01:00:24,055 --> 01:00:25,255
I did provide a, a couple

1157
01:00:25,255 --> 01:00:27,775
of examples in the packet that I sent you.

1158
01:00:28,315 --> 01:00:31,095
It goes beyond setting goals for academic purposes.

1159
01:00:31,095 --> 01:00:32,455
It really looks at the whole student

1160
01:00:32,915 --> 01:00:36,815
and how you wanna develop that student going into life.

1161
01:00:38,555 --> 01:00:42,965
Some school districts develop a design plan, a design team

1162
01:00:43,075 --> 01:00:44,645
that takes the responsibility

1163
01:00:44,785 --> 01:00:47,245
of setting up the stakeholder meetings

1164
01:00:48,425 --> 01:00:51,685
and creating an agenda for anywhere from six months

1165
01:00:51,685 --> 01:00:53,285
to a full school year.

1166
01:00:54,125 --> 01:00:57,645
Taking a look at what are those skills,

1167
01:00:57,645 --> 01:00:58,885
knowledge, and disposition.

1168
01:00:59,185 --> 01:01:02,605
So I think this, this is a great opportunity for this board

1169
01:01:02,625 --> 01:01:04,325
as you're welcoming a new superintendent

1170
01:01:04,705 --> 01:01:07,885
to be thinking about embarking on a pro project like this.

1171
01:01:08,985 --> 01:01:11,805
And you do not have to make a motion tonight,

1172
01:01:11,905 --> 01:01:13,885
but I wanted to introduce the concept

1173
01:01:13,885 --> 01:01:17,605
because from here you would develop your strategic goals.

1174
01:01:18,035 --> 01:01:20,725
What is it that you wanna accomplish over a three

1175
01:01:20,725 --> 01:01:22,565
to five year period?

1176
01:01:22,945 --> 01:01:24,885
And then hold yourselves accountable for that.

1177
01:01:25,605 --> 01:01:28,045
I think this conversation was a missing feast in the budget

1178
01:01:28,245 --> 01:01:30,645
building over the past two years because we used the old

1179
01:01:30,715 --> 01:01:31,845
plan and we referenced it.

1180
01:01:32,345 --> 01:01:33,405
But things change, right?

1181
01:01:33,515 --> 01:01:35,885
Education changes, student needs change.

1182
01:01:36,385 --> 01:01:38,565
And I think this would be a great opportunity

1183
01:01:38,625 --> 01:01:42,455
of community engagement so that you are working

1184
01:01:43,005 --> 01:01:45,415
alongside face-to-face with your community members,

1185
01:01:45,685 --> 01:01:48,535
with students, with parents, with administrators,

1186
01:01:48,535 --> 01:01:49,655
and developing this process.

1187
01:01:50,595 --> 01:01:54,015
So it's just for your information for conversation purposes.

1188
01:01:54,675 --> 01:01:58,455
And I'm hoping that in the next phase of your work with

1189
01:01:59,095 --> 01:02:03,175
new leaders that you can accomplish that

1190
01:02:03,735 --> 01:02:04,895
throughout next year.

1191
01:02:06,205 --> 01:02:10,955
Emily, you and I attended a training that BSBA put on.

1192
01:02:11,045 --> 01:02:12,755
Would you add anything to what I said?

1193
01:02:14,065 --> 01:02:18,755
Yeah, I That was the The retreat, right?

1194
01:02:18,815 --> 01:02:19,885
The board retreat, yes.

1195
01:02:20,265 --> 01:02:22,525
The VSBA conference

1196
01:02:24,375 --> 01:02:27,325
where we talked about the keynote speaker, right,

1197
01:02:27,545 --> 01:02:30,565
was talking about how the board sets the vision

1198
01:02:31,995 --> 01:02:34,175
and mission for the school and what that looks like.

1199
01:02:34,395 --> 01:02:36,655
And one of the tools that we can use

1200
01:02:36,655 --> 01:02:40,655
to create foundational documents is this, this concept

1201
01:02:40,875 --> 01:02:43,775
of a portrait of a learner, a portrait of a graduate, right?

1202
01:02:44,135 --> 01:02:49,055
And how we can really start to build a concrete kind

1203
01:02:49,055 --> 01:02:50,655
of a legacy, a document, right,

1204
01:02:50,685 --> 01:02:52,695
that can follow our students into the world.

1205
01:02:55,505 --> 01:02:58,485
And it will, it will help us inform our strategic plan

1206
01:02:58,705 --> 01:03:01,205
and kind of set the vision for the next few years,

1207
01:03:01,205 --> 01:03:02,605
which is gonna be really important

1208
01:03:02,745 --> 01:03:05,605
as we move into this ED transformation bill.

1209
01:03:08,005 --> 01:03:12,625
So I think that this is a great, great work for us to do.

1210
01:03:14,075 --> 01:03:17,705
Oftentimes we get caught up in our budget cycle,

1211
01:03:18,565 --> 01:03:21,545
so it feels like we're not able to really dig into some

1212
01:03:21,545 --> 01:03:25,105
of this higher level board work, which we are at a level

1213
01:03:25,165 --> 01:03:26,585
of being able to accomplish.

1214
01:03:27,325 --> 01:03:30,185
So I think that this would represent a huge step forward

1215
01:03:30,245 --> 01:03:31,265
for us as a board

1216
01:03:34,005 --> 01:03:36,505
and maybe we should put it on our

1217
01:03:37,195 --> 01:03:39,305
board retreat agenda.

1218
01:03:39,465 --> 01:03:40,625
I think that would be appropriate

1219
01:03:40,655 --> 01:03:41,945
with our new superintendent

1220
01:03:46,835 --> 01:03:48,095
To talk to talk about.

1221
01:03:49,055 --> 01:03:53,535
I, I also really like the idea of

1222
01:03:55,965 --> 01:03:58,085
bringing the community in to this.

1223
01:03:58,265 --> 01:04:02,125
And this is a really, this is a community led process

1224
01:04:02,685 --> 01:04:05,565
where it's not just the board setting the goals, it's,

1225
01:04:05,565 --> 01:04:06,685
it's from our community.

1226
01:04:07,125 --> 01:04:08,845
I think that's a really important piece.

1227
01:04:08,985 --> 01:04:11,165
So however we structure it, I think

1228
01:04:11,165 --> 01:04:13,725
that the community stakeholder, the design thing,

1229
01:04:14,925 --> 01:04:16,125
I would be in favor of that.

1230
01:04:21,605 --> 01:04:24,805
Lindsay, we need to pick a date.

1231
01:04:27,535 --> 01:04:32,445
Yeah, let's, I, I want to check with our new superintendent.

1232
01:04:32,525 --> 01:04:33,605
I don't know when she's available

1233
01:04:33,665 --> 01:04:35,885
before we commit, commit to a date,

1234
01:04:36,025 --> 01:04:39,605
but I agree that we need to pick a date as soon as we can

1235
01:04:39,985 --> 01:04:41,645
so we can reserve the place.

1236
01:04:44,575 --> 01:04:48,405
There are some wonderful resources on the AOE website for

1237
01:04:48,955 --> 01:04:51,405
designing the portrait of a graduate

1238
01:04:51,745 --> 01:04:54,445
and it that involve both the board who,

1239
01:04:54,545 --> 01:04:56,365
the schools and the community.

1240
01:04:57,185 --> 01:05:01,685
So as you plan that, those resources to help.

1241
01:05:02,945 --> 01:05:07,605
Great. Thank you. Other thoughts

1242
01:05:07,605 --> 01:05:08,485
or comments for

1243
01:05:08,485 --> 01:05:13,075
this? Emily?

1244
01:05:13,615 --> 01:05:16,755
Do we need a motion to move this to our board

1245
01:05:16,755 --> 01:05:17,765
Retreat agenda?

1246
01:05:22,755 --> 01:05:25,115
I don't think we need a motion,

1247
01:05:25,335 --> 01:05:29,155
but I have a note here that that should go on.

1248
01:05:29,835 --> 01:05:33,515
Ian. Yeah. I'm willing to raise a motion to

1249
01:05:35,085 --> 01:05:36,395
start the process on this

1250
01:05:36,395 --> 01:05:39,675
and put it on the agenda for our retreat when we have one.

1251
01:05:40,075 --> 01:05:41,515
I don't think we need a a retreat,

1252
01:05:41,515 --> 01:05:43,835
but I'm hearing, am I hearing, is there consensus?

1253
01:05:43,955 --> 01:05:46,035
I guess I should ask that this should be something we

1254
01:05:46,035 --> 01:05:49,035
discuss at a retreat, Jeff.

1255
01:05:50,465 --> 01:05:54,755
Yeah, I just like developing the portrait of a graduate.

1256
01:05:55,635 --> 01:05:57,875
I think it originated from like the state

1257
01:05:57,875 --> 01:06:00,115
of New York a number of years ago.

1258
01:06:00,115 --> 01:06:01,795
Like it, it is an effective model.

1259
01:06:01,795 --> 01:06:04,635
Like it's really a good reframing of like how we

1260
01:06:05,415 --> 01:06:07,755
can see a lot of our work translated into students

1261
01:06:07,855 --> 01:06:08,995
and their end goal.

1262
01:06:09,575 --> 01:06:11,835
But I mean it really is about the systems

1263
01:06:11,935 --> 01:06:15,835
and investments in the adult actions that go to support

1264
01:06:15,835 --> 01:06:17,355
and like help those students get there.

1265
01:06:17,455 --> 01:06:19,635
So yeah, like you are like,

1266
01:06:19,635 --> 01:06:20,955
do we have thoughts and questions about this?

1267
01:06:21,055 --> 01:06:22,115
I'm like, yes, lots of them.

1268
01:06:22,715 --> 01:06:23,795
But I think making,

1269
01:06:24,175 --> 01:06:26,315
making time at the retreat makes a lot of sense.

1270
01:06:26,415 --> 01:06:29,035
But yeah, I'm looking forward to that conversation.

1271
01:06:29,225 --> 01:06:32,735
Yeah, fair points. Any other comments?

1272
01:06:38,935 --> 01:06:42,735
I, we will move on to our consent agenda,

1273
01:06:44,665 --> 01:06:48,695
which includes meeting minutes for

1274
01:06:49,715 --> 01:06:51,295
our special meeting on May 4th,

1275
01:06:51,395 --> 01:06:52,935
our regular meeting on May 4th,

1276
01:06:53,595 --> 01:06:56,935
our special meeting on May 7th, warrant approvals

1277
01:06:56,935 --> 01:06:59,735
for May 7th, May 14th and May 21st.

1278
01:07:01,755 --> 01:07:02,815
New hires

1279
01:07:03,075 --> 01:07:06,015
and resignations Joan, which it cover

1280
01:07:06,755 --> 01:07:08,455
new hires so we'd love to.

1281
01:07:09,435 --> 01:07:12,335
So first on the list, we are hiring a new school nurse

1282
01:07:12,355 --> 01:07:13,375
for Berry City School.

1283
01:07:14,225 --> 01:07:16,255
Sadie comes to us with over 10 years

1284
01:07:16,375 --> 01:07:18,575
of experience as a school nurse.

1285
01:07:18,785 --> 01:07:20,495
She's well connected to our community

1286
01:07:20,795 --> 01:07:23,695
as her own child will be attending Spalding next year.

1287
01:07:24,205 --> 01:07:26,575
It's very exciting, we're thrilled to welcome her.

1288
01:07:26,975 --> 01:07:28,855
Her dedication and connection

1289
01:07:28,855 --> 01:07:30,575
to the community will be a tremendous asset

1290
01:07:30,575 --> 01:07:31,855
to our students and families.

1291
01:07:32,485 --> 01:07:35,855
Next on the list is Kaitlyn MacGyver,

1292
01:07:36,415 --> 01:07:38,895
Berry Town grade three teacher Katie Stone

1293
01:07:39,115 --> 01:07:40,975
as paraeducator in Berry Town

1294
01:07:41,235 --> 01:07:44,175
and moved to be a long-term substitute coverage

1295
01:07:44,175 --> 01:07:46,335
for fourth grade math for the last few months.

1296
01:07:47,115 --> 01:07:50,295
She worked for Waterbury Day Camp as an assistant director

1297
01:07:50,475 --> 01:07:52,055
for first to third graders

1298
01:07:52,475 --> 01:07:54,935
and then Lotus Lake senior counselor

1299
01:07:55,315 --> 01:07:56,655
for six and seven year olds.

1300
01:07:56,655 --> 01:07:59,015
And we, we have been working with Katie for the past

1301
01:07:59,775 --> 01:08:02,215
little bit and she's very enthusiastic

1302
01:08:02,275 --> 01:08:04,175
and very excited about this position.

1303
01:08:04,885 --> 01:08:08,415
Next is Catherine Field from Barry Town, grade six teacher

1304
01:08:08,985 --> 01:08:10,575
Katie pronounced like Katie,

1305
01:08:11,175 --> 01:08:13,135
a highly recommended new teacher joining

1306
01:08:13,135 --> 01:08:14,575
us from Connecticut.

1307
01:08:14,895 --> 01:08:18,325
Katie has a deep passion for teaching both math and science

1308
01:08:18,745 --> 01:08:20,965
and was touted as a gifted math teacher

1309
01:08:21,225 --> 01:08:22,965
during the reference check process.

1310
01:08:24,155 --> 01:08:25,365
Next is Amanda Morris.

1311
01:08:26,385 --> 01:08:28,205
She will be the next one

1312
01:08:28,205 --> 01:08:30,125
of the assistant directors of special services.

1313
01:08:30,665 --> 01:08:33,965
Amanda joins us with over 25 years of experience

1314
01:08:34,425 --> 01:08:38,005
as a special educator, as a district instructional coach.

1315
01:08:38,225 --> 01:08:40,645
She actually worked at U 32 for a while

1316
01:08:41,025 --> 01:08:42,525
and is a licensed principal

1317
01:08:42,525 --> 01:08:44,845
with a deep breath background in Vermont,

1318
01:08:44,845 --> 01:08:46,965
special Education law and language arts.

1319
01:08:47,195 --> 01:08:49,965
Excited to have her come back to Vermont and

1320
01:08:50,025 --> 01:08:51,245
and to be working in Barry.

1321
01:08:51,665 --> 01:08:53,605
And then last but not least, John Stanley,

1322
01:08:54,465 --> 01:08:57,645
the other assistant director of special services, comes

1323
01:08:57,645 --> 01:09:01,765
to us with over 22 years of experience in K 12 education,

1324
01:09:02,115 --> 01:09:04,485
including service as an assistant principal.

1325
01:09:04,825 --> 01:09:06,485
And he has extensive leadership

1326
01:09:06,485 --> 01:09:09,885
and special education specifically with a focus on behavior.

1327
01:09:11,055 --> 01:09:14,755
So that is my recommendation this evening. Thank you.

1328
01:09:14,975 --> 01:09:17,035
Is there a motion

1329
01:09:17,215 --> 01:09:19,955
to approve the consent agenda as presented?

1330
01:09:21,005 --> 01:09:23,875
Moved by Juliana. Seconded by Jeff.

1331
01:09:23,965 --> 01:09:27,595
Discussion. Emily

1332
01:09:28,385 --> 01:09:30,715
Just had a question about the minutes

1333
01:09:30,905 --> 01:09:32,155
from the special meeting.

1334
01:09:34,025 --> 01:09:38,845
There were some highlighted parts

1335
01:09:40,785 --> 01:09:43,085
and I wondered if that, were we waiting

1336
01:09:43,225 --> 01:09:44,445
for information to be

1337
01:09:44,515 --> 01:09:45,515
Confirmed?

1338
01:09:45,515 --> 01:09:46,605
It, it is. Emily, we,

1339
01:09:46,605 --> 01:09:49,165
that was the night we had difficulty with our owl.

1340
01:09:49,595 --> 01:09:54,065
Okay. So we have a plan

1341
01:09:54,285 --> 01:09:55,645
to, to,

1342
01:09:56,145 --> 01:09:57,145
To let in.

1343
01:09:57,145 --> 01:10:01,525
Okay. Thank you Lindsey.

1344
01:10:02,225 --> 01:10:04,205
So should we hold off on approving

1345
01:10:04,205 --> 01:10:06,005
them until it gets filled in?

1346
01:10:06,155 --> 01:10:09,165
It's up to you a good idea. Probably. Yeah.

1347
01:10:10,145 --> 01:10:13,485
And I have a question about the

1348
01:10:20,155 --> 01:10:20,375
Yes.

1349
01:10:21,185 --> 01:10:25,055
Third MacGyver Mac. MacGyver. MacGyver. Correct.

1350
01:10:27,915 --> 01:10:31,875
So it seems like it was a multi-age.

1351
01:10:32,535 --> 01:10:34,875
That's not gonna be a anymore.

1352
01:10:35,695 --> 01:10:38,835
We don't have any multi H classrooms. We have

1353
01:10:39,655 --> 01:10:40,655
One four.

1354
01:10:41,105 --> 01:10:43,795
That might be, we're not swapping third graders

1355
01:10:43,795 --> 01:10:45,115
anymore for ELA and math.

1356
01:10:45,115 --> 01:10:47,915
They'll be with one consistent teacher all day next year.

1357
01:10:50,715 --> 01:10:52,445
Okay. Experience

1358
01:10:55,225 --> 01:10:56,225
In fourth grade.

1359
01:10:56,475 --> 01:10:57,965
Next year she'll teach third grade.

1360
01:11:01,295 --> 01:11:03,425
Okay. Because I was looking at the teacher

1361
01:11:03,455 --> 01:11:05,465
that she was replacing, she was staying,

1362
01:11:06,405 --> 01:11:08,425
but it's like she's gonna be fourth grade.

1363
01:11:08,535 --> 01:11:10,905
Yeah, we had Some and she was the third, fourth grade.

1364
01:11:13,545 --> 01:11:17,115
Regarding the incomplete minutes, do we wanna poll those

1365
01:11:18,895 --> 01:11:20,825
from the That would be the, the,

1366
01:11:20,925 --> 01:11:24,025
the special meeting minutes on May 4th, 2026.

1367
01:11:24,285 --> 01:11:25,825
I'd be fine too. Is that okay

1368
01:11:25,825 --> 01:11:27,465
with the motion and the secondary?

1369
01:11:28,615 --> 01:11:30,715
Yes. But we didn't cover

1370
01:11:36,445 --> 01:11:40,305
four solution.

1371
01:11:40,445 --> 01:11:41,825
Did you add that consent?

1372
01:11:43,465 --> 01:11:47,545
I did state it. Okay. But that's fine. Okay. Yeah.

1373
01:11:50,335 --> 01:11:52,555
So are we pulling? Yes. No, it's fine. Okay.

1374
01:11:52,655 --> 01:11:55,925
If you included it in, so the motion would be

1375
01:11:55,925 --> 01:11:58,685
to approve the consent agenda.

1376
01:12:00,135 --> 01:12:01,615
Everything here except this,

1377
01:12:02,195 --> 01:12:04,615
the May 4th special meeting minutes.

1378
01:12:06,465 --> 01:12:11,165
All those in favor say aye. A opposed Right.

1379
01:12:11,225 --> 01:12:16,005
The motion passes. Moving on to 6.1. Building reports.

1380
01:12:16,415 --> 01:12:18,565
Those were available in your packet.

1381
01:12:18,785 --> 01:12:21,525
Are there any questions from board members

1382
01:12:21,525 --> 01:12:22,565
regarding these reports?

1383
01:12:26,275 --> 01:12:28,845
Just a comment. Is that the empty bowl stuff looked great.

1384
01:12:30,885 --> 01:12:32,585
It was a great event. Yeah. Yeah.

1385
01:12:35,885 --> 01:12:39,535
Anybody win the raffle this year? Oh people, not me.

1386
01:12:40,645 --> 01:12:42,935
Garrett. Could I just do an addition

1387
01:12:42,965 --> 01:12:46,415
that I actually think is, would be an addition for all

1388
01:12:46,415 --> 01:12:49,495
of our district music leaders, our district music teachers.

1389
01:12:50,195 --> 01:12:52,895
We are in basically from April to June.

1390
01:12:53,075 --> 01:12:56,655
It is performance after performance after performance.

1391
01:12:57,675 --> 01:13:00,815
We had an amazing middle school concert for grades five

1392
01:13:00,815 --> 01:13:01,815
and six last week.

1393
01:13:02,455 --> 01:13:04,135
This week is seven and eight.

1394
01:13:05,015 --> 01:13:07,295
I know that there is something happening at the high school

1395
01:13:07,325 --> 01:13:10,215
tonight, but there're the marching band performances

1396
01:13:10,475 --> 01:13:14,375
for our town And just a, an a gigantic thank you

1397
01:13:14,375 --> 01:13:16,295
and appreciation for those teachers.

1398
01:13:17,085 --> 01:13:21,015
They spark a certain kind of passion for our, our students

1399
01:13:21,075 --> 01:13:22,495
and we hope that it carries 'em through.

1400
01:13:22,915 --> 01:13:25,735
And they put a lot of hours into that

1401
01:13:25,795 --> 01:13:28,655
and they show up for our families and our kids night

1402
01:13:28,655 --> 01:13:30,015
after night, we only have so much space

1403
01:13:30,015 --> 01:13:31,615
so we can't have one gigantic concert.

1404
01:13:31,615 --> 01:13:34,055
We have to break it up and we don't have

1405
01:13:34,055 --> 01:13:35,175
air conditioning in those spaces.

1406
01:13:35,395 --> 01:13:38,415
So it is warm. So just a big thank you across our entire

1407
01:13:38,695 --> 01:13:39,935
district for our music teachers.

1408
01:13:40,795 --> 01:13:42,575
It doesn't get said enough. So I just wanna take the

1409
01:13:42,575 --> 01:13:44,775
opportunity and get out and see a concert if we can.

1410
01:13:44,775 --> 01:13:45,775
They're amazing.

1411
01:13:47,015 --> 01:13:49,545
Thank you Lindsey.

1412
01:13:50,065 --> 01:13:52,425
I went to my son's spring recorder concert.

1413
01:13:53,725 --> 01:13:55,825
Oh it's exciting.

1414
01:13:56,085 --> 01:13:58,745
And they didn't fly through blind mice like I did.

1415
01:14:06,215 --> 01:14:11,085
Alright. Any else? Alright.

1416
01:14:11,155 --> 01:14:15,095
All right. Moving on to current business 7.1

1417
01:14:16,165 --> 01:14:17,785
budget revoke.

1418
01:14:19,675 --> 01:14:23,565
Sure. So there's some information in your briefing memo

1419
01:14:23,695 --> 01:14:25,445
concerning the process

1420
01:14:25,475 --> 01:14:29,285
that we will follow when we borrow money.

1421
01:14:29,885 --> 01:14:32,605
The bank is working on it now, as I mentioned in my report.

1422
01:14:33,825 --> 01:14:37,845
And when an arrangement is made with a particular bank,

1423
01:14:37,845 --> 01:14:39,205
then the board can affirm

1424
01:14:39,595 --> 01:14:43,045
that borrowing in office when you meet on in July,

1425
01:14:45,515 --> 01:14:49,775
it would be great if the board can provide administration

1426
01:14:49,805 --> 01:14:51,055
with feedback tonight.

1427
01:14:51,085 --> 01:14:54,255
Obviously these are just some streams of thought

1428
01:14:54,255 --> 01:14:55,375
that I had in term.

1429
01:14:55,595 --> 01:14:56,815
I'm making the assumption

1430
01:14:56,815 --> 01:14:59,935
that you're gonna wanna see some level of reductions

1431
01:15:00,875 --> 01:15:02,695
as we end the school year.

1432
01:15:02,695 --> 01:15:04,255
Things are changing all of the time.

1433
01:15:04,755 --> 01:15:06,775
So some of the changes have to do

1434
01:15:06,775 --> 01:15:10,095
with whether we should fill positions that ha

1435
01:15:10,095 --> 01:15:11,535
that are not filled at the moment.

1436
01:15:11,915 --> 01:15:13,615
Should we hold on to some of that

1437
01:15:13,875 --> 01:15:16,295
and to what degree should we do so?

1438
01:15:16,915 --> 01:15:19,615
So one of the ideas that I had is that Berry City,

1439
01:15:19,615 --> 01:15:21,995
it was recommended that we not our,

1440
01:15:22,215 --> 01:15:24,195
our science teachers moving on Barry town.

1441
01:15:24,775 --> 01:15:27,515
And so we were thinking about not filling that position

1442
01:15:27,515 --> 01:15:29,275
because when you actually look at the number

1443
01:15:29,275 --> 01:15:30,995
of electives in Berry Town

1444
01:15:30,995 --> 01:15:35,275
and Berry City, Berry City has more this particular class

1445
01:15:35,655 --> 01:15:37,835
that's not offered in Berry Town.

1446
01:15:37,975 --> 01:15:41,995
So that seems to be from an equity lens, a good suggestion.

1447
01:15:42,855 --> 01:15:45,115
We had a special educator who was coaching

1448
01:15:45,705 --> 01:15:48,915
provisional level, are new special education teachers.

1449
01:15:49,405 --> 01:15:52,075
She's moved into a special education role

1450
01:15:52,075 --> 01:15:53,595
because she misses working with kids.

1451
01:15:54,735 --> 01:15:56,355
And we're seeing less provisionals.

1452
01:15:56,695 --> 01:16:00,875
We are seeing more teachers with experience.

1453
01:16:01,295 --> 01:16:02,915
So that level of support can be

1454
01:16:03,235 --> 01:16:05,075
provided with the assistant

1455
01:16:05,555 --> 01:16:06,595
directors working in the schools.

1456
01:16:07,255 --> 01:16:10,235
And so we're suggesting that that position not be filled.

1457
01:16:10,695 --> 01:16:13,915
And then last but not least, we have an elementary position

1458
01:16:13,915 --> 01:16:15,755
that we have been advertising for

1459
01:16:16,775 --> 01:16:20,035
and we have not been able to find really good candidates.

1460
01:16:20,095 --> 01:16:21,315
And we are heading to the summer

1461
01:16:21,685 --> 01:16:24,035
where it's getting more difficult to fill.

1462
01:16:24,575 --> 01:16:26,715
So the class size will be a little bit larger

1463
01:16:28,135 --> 01:16:30,795
and it's still within the class size policy.

1464
01:16:31,735 --> 01:16:33,675
And so the recommendation is we not fill

1465
01:16:33,675 --> 01:16:34,875
that position for next year.

1466
01:16:35,015 --> 01:16:38,735
Now keep in mind we may have to fill

1467
01:16:38,735 --> 01:16:39,735
that position next year.

1468
01:16:40,235 --> 01:16:43,735
The fact that we are reducing classroom teachers

1469
01:16:43,795 --> 01:16:46,775
or the recommendations for this year, I don't know

1470
01:16:46,775 --> 01:16:48,415
what the class size is going to be next year.

1471
01:16:48,515 --> 01:16:51,015
So we can't make the assumption going forward

1472
01:16:51,045 --> 01:16:52,055
that that would be the case.

1473
01:16:53,845 --> 01:16:57,065
You could see that we received a new, a new number

1474
01:16:57,085 --> 01:16:59,225
for the yield, which is positive for us.

1475
01:16:59,245 --> 01:17:02,145
It does impact positively on the tax rate.

1476
01:17:03,115 --> 01:17:06,975
Taking a look at the proposed reductions, you can see

1477
01:17:06,975 --> 01:17:09,285
that our per pupil cost will go down

1478
01:17:09,825 --> 01:17:13,525
and will have a both a positive impact on the tax rate in

1479
01:17:13,525 --> 01:17:14,645
both the city and the town.

1480
01:17:15,225 --> 01:17:17,245
And then there's some conversation that you need

1481
01:17:17,245 --> 01:17:19,165
to have about taking that a step further

1482
01:17:19,225 --> 01:17:21,245
and using any of the tax stabilization money.

1483
01:17:21,665 --> 01:17:23,125
But these were just some options

1484
01:17:23,125 --> 01:17:25,005
that I thought maybe you wanna talk about.

1485
01:17:25,705 --> 01:17:29,045
And if you wanna provide administration with any guidance

1486
01:17:29,585 --> 01:17:31,965
at this point, you won't be adopting a budget

1487
01:17:31,965 --> 01:17:33,205
likely until August.

1488
01:17:33,625 --> 01:17:34,925
So you have plenty of time.

1489
01:17:35,145 --> 01:17:37,405
But this is for your conversation this evening.

1490
01:17:39,615 --> 01:17:41,775
I also have some information in here about a grant writer.

1491
01:17:41,775 --> 01:17:43,415
Some of you were inquiring about that

1492
01:17:44,675 --> 01:17:47,615
and so I'm providing some information about

1493
01:17:47,615 --> 01:17:48,615
what the cost would be.

1494
01:17:50,315 --> 01:17:52,695
I'm not recommending that at this point to be honest

1495
01:17:52,695 --> 01:17:54,975
with you, but that's certainly something you could add

1496
01:17:55,005 --> 01:17:57,015
back to the budget.

1497
01:17:58,535 --> 01:18:00,455
Somebody asked the question about whether we would qualify

1498
01:18:00,635 --> 01:18:03,855
for a 21 C grant and the answer to that is no.

1499
01:18:03,855 --> 01:18:07,975
Because if you currently get the money, you can continue

1500
01:18:07,995 --> 01:18:10,135
to get the money, but they're not opening that up

1501
01:18:10,135 --> 01:18:12,095
to any new school districts.

1502
01:18:12,395 --> 01:18:14,895
21 C is an afterschool

1503
01:18:16,035 --> 01:18:19,775
and sometimes summer school program for students.

1504
01:18:20,075 --> 01:18:21,975
It can have an academic portion to it,

1505
01:18:22,355 --> 01:18:26,455
but the other portion to this grant is that's used often

1506
01:18:27,235 --> 01:18:30,335
for, for childcare after school for parents that work.

1507
01:18:34,505 --> 01:18:39,405
Do we know when in August we need to approve a budget by?

1508
01:18:39,625 --> 01:18:40,845
You will have to approve the budget

1509
01:18:40,865 --> 01:18:45,425
by the second week in August to give a 30 day

1510
01:18:46,355 --> 01:18:49,245
warning for the budget vote,

1511
01:18:49,245 --> 01:18:50,925
which will occur on September 15.

1512
01:18:52,385 --> 01:18:53,565
Sam, it seems

1513
01:18:53,565 --> 01:18:55,565
to be potentially a grant writer could really reduce

1514
01:18:55,885 --> 01:18:58,965
pressure on the budget and relevant the investment.

1515
01:19:02,745 --> 01:19:06,205
Who else at I saw we'll go around Jackie.

1516
01:19:07,085 --> 01:19:08,925
I, speaking of grant writer, I want you

1517
01:19:09,065 --> 01:19:10,445
to thank you for putting that in.

1518
01:19:10,565 --> 01:19:11,605
'cause that's what we actually

1519
01:19:11,635 --> 01:19:13,245
discussed in the finance meetings.

1520
01:19:13,525 --> 01:19:15,205
So it's nice to see some numbers whether

1521
01:19:15,265 --> 01:19:16,285
we move on it or not.

1522
01:19:17,245 --> 01:19:19,565
And I think it just helps to put things in perspective.

1523
01:19:20,965 --> 01:19:22,365
I had a question about,

1524
01:19:25,065 --> 01:19:27,565
so under the conversation there was the numbers

1525
01:19:27,785 --> 01:19:28,845
one, two, and three.

1526
01:19:29,785 --> 01:19:31,805
So number one was just increasing the yield

1527
01:19:31,945 --> 01:19:35,405
and the effect on current number two, increased yield

1528
01:19:35,425 --> 01:19:37,005
and decrease by three 90.

1529
01:19:37,265 --> 01:19:40,925
Is that the total with the teachers not being added in? Yes.

1530
01:19:40,925 --> 01:19:42,885
Or is that three 90 that that is represented

1531
01:19:42,885 --> 01:19:44,285
by the reductions up above.

1532
01:19:44,705 --> 01:19:46,605
And then the next one is, and we would likely have

1533
01:19:46,605 --> 01:19:47,845
to add to those reductions.

1534
01:19:48,045 --> 01:19:49,885
'cause I, I don't have firm numbers on

1535
01:19:49,885 --> 01:19:51,645
what those positions would add up to.

1536
01:19:51,795 --> 01:19:55,325
Okay. But I'm, I was guesstimating. Yeah.

1537
01:19:55,745 --> 01:19:57,725
And then the last one includes 200. Okay. Correct.

1538
01:19:57,725 --> 01:20:02,695
Thank you. Yes.

1539
01:20:05,775 --> 01:20:10,045
Are we capturing the savings from the open positions?

1540
01:20:12,225 --> 01:20:15,615
These would, yes. This is, these are the open positions.

1541
01:20:15,675 --> 01:20:17,175
Now there are other open positions,

1542
01:20:17,175 --> 01:20:18,815
but most of them are on special ed

1543
01:20:18,815 --> 01:20:20,295
and we can't consider those open.

1544
01:20:20,485 --> 01:20:25,095
Yeah, we have to fill those and just

1545
01:20:25,215 --> 01:20:29,635
'cause we're gonna have a new, one of the

1546
01:20:30,815 --> 01:20:33,585
assistant special ed directors.

1547
01:20:33,605 --> 01:20:36,825
Is that the title? They're gonna be new. They will be new.

1548
01:20:37,785 --> 01:20:39,445
No, they're not, they're not new positions.

1549
01:20:39,515 --> 01:20:41,925
They will be new people to the jobs. No, no.

1550
01:20:41,985 --> 01:20:43,925
He, he's gonna be new to the job. Yes.

1551
01:20:45,105 --> 01:20:49,465
In that, for him to take on sort of mentoring those

1552
01:20:49,535 --> 01:20:51,345
with like the provisional licenses.

1553
01:20:51,445 --> 01:20:54,545
How many do we have with provisional licenses? Lindsay?

1554
01:20:54,665 --> 01:20:55,745
I don't have that number but I

1555
01:20:55,745 --> 01:20:56,825
could find out and let you know.

1556
01:20:56,845 --> 01:20:59,505
I'm just wondering if that's, I know that the, it has,

1557
01:21:00,445 --> 01:21:02,955
there are less teachers that we're hiring with provisional.

1558
01:21:03,075 --> 01:21:04,875
I mean, just listen to what I was saying tonight, right?

1559
01:21:04,875 --> 01:21:06,755
Yeah. 22 years of experience.

1560
01:21:06,815 --> 01:21:10,795
So we are finally seeing qualified individuals apply

1561
01:21:10,795 --> 01:21:14,635
for this, for these specialized jobs, which is good news.

1562
01:21:15,735 --> 01:21:18,995
And the teachers who were on provisionals are no longer on

1563
01:21:18,995 --> 01:21:20,435
because they have licenses now.

1564
01:21:20,855 --> 01:21:22,915
So the need for mentorship has reduced,

1565
01:21:23,675 --> 01:21:24,875
I mean, is it a good thing to have?

1566
01:21:25,015 --> 01:21:28,315
Yes. Is it a required thing to have? No, it's not required.

1567
01:21:28,775 --> 01:21:32,235
And so we believe that the support that the staff may need,

1568
01:21:32,735 --> 01:21:36,115
the less staff can be provided by the assistant directors

1569
01:21:36,185 --> 01:21:38,635
because of their level of knowledge of the law.

1570
01:21:38,745 --> 01:21:42,605
Both of them have over 20 years of experience. Okay.

1571
01:21:42,965 --> 01:21:44,285
I was just a little concerned.

1572
01:21:44,445 --> 01:21:45,765
'cause he's gonna be new to Vermont

1573
01:21:46,305 --> 01:21:48,365
and he lives in New Hampshire.

1574
01:21:48,545 --> 01:21:51,525
He, he's he'll be fine. I'll transfer car.

1575
01:21:55,615 --> 01:21:59,595
Thanks. I So these three positions

1576
01:21:59,595 --> 01:22:01,995
that we're talking about are currently unfilled,

1577
01:22:02,145 --> 01:22:04,555
correct's no one in these jobs right now Right.

1578
01:22:04,555 --> 01:22:05,715
That are losing their jobs.

1579
01:22:05,885 --> 01:22:07,595
We're just saying we're not gonna hire

1580
01:22:07,655 --> 01:22:08,755
for these anymore. Right.

1581
01:22:09,635 --> 01:22:11,475
I will say the 0.3 is a reduction.

1582
01:22:12,785 --> 01:22:14,765
And that individual was already notified.

1583
01:22:15,305 --> 01:22:16,405
The support staff. The 0.3,

1584
01:22:16,405 --> 01:22:17,405
The support staff.

1585
01:22:18,995 --> 01:22:22,615
And what about our new administrative position?

1586
01:22:22,805 --> 01:22:25,455
Have there been any candidates there? Is that still

1587
01:22:25,775 --> 01:22:26,775
Unfilled?

1588
01:22:26,775 --> 01:22:27,495
Which position? Which one is

1589
01:22:27,595 --> 01:22:29,655
Our director of finance and safety?

1590
01:22:29,995 --> 01:22:32,495
Oh, we, we we're gonna talk about that later. Yes.

1591
01:22:32,525 --> 01:22:37,455
Okay. I,

1592
01:22:37,615 --> 01:22:39,495
I don't wanna cut any more classroom teachers,

1593
01:22:39,595 --> 01:22:43,255
but if we, if we can't fill these positions

1594
01:22:43,675 --> 01:22:46,135
and we are in a place where we have to make cuts,

1595
01:22:47,235 --> 01:22:49,365
then I guess this is what we're looking at.

1596
01:22:49,365 --> 01:22:51,765
Right? Trying to keep people's jobs.

1597
01:22:52,145 --> 01:22:55,725
And I think that we need to

1598
01:22:57,505 --> 01:23:01,675
talk about using more tax stabilization money than $200,000.

1599
01:23:03,695 --> 01:23:07,205
If, if the people who are voting are really motivated by

1600
01:23:07,315 --> 01:23:10,325
that tax rate, then we need to really listen to that.

1601
01:23:10,745 --> 01:23:15,005
And it's great that the yield increased like that.

1602
01:23:15,025 --> 01:23:18,325
That's a way that our tax rate would've gone down.

1603
01:23:18,355 --> 01:23:19,965
Even if our first budget had passed

1604
01:23:19,965 --> 01:23:21,045
and we had done nothing else,

1605
01:23:21,345 --> 01:23:23,365
the tax rate still would've gone down.

1606
01:23:25,415 --> 01:23:29,195
But it's really hard to look at this, the funding formula,

1607
01:23:29,415 --> 01:23:30,875
the current funding formula, right?

1608
01:23:30,875 --> 01:23:33,875
Where one community's tax rates are increasing

1609
01:23:35,805 --> 01:23:38,545
and that another community's tax rates are

1610
01:23:38,545 --> 01:23:40,065
decreasing significantly.

1611
01:23:40,485 --> 01:23:43,275
So that there's an imbalance there

1612
01:23:43,965 --> 01:23:46,515
still when we're working within this funding formula,

1613
01:23:49,145 --> 01:23:50,505
I don't think we can

1614
01:23:51,455 --> 01:23:54,505
support adding a grant writer to our budget.

1615
01:23:54,915 --> 01:23:58,585
Sadly. I, I agree with Sam that

1616
01:23:59,435 --> 01:24:02,735
the benefit, it would benefit us,

1617
01:24:03,675 --> 01:24:05,535
but I don't see how we can start adding

1618
01:24:06,215 --> 01:24:07,615
positions into our budget right now.

1619
01:24:09,975 --> 01:24:10,975
Thank you.

1620
01:24:11,755 --> 01:24:13,935
Who else? Jeff?

1621
01:24:16,585 --> 01:24:19,865
I mean re respectfully Superintendent Canning

1622
01:24:20,965 --> 01:24:22,705
not filling those three positions

1623
01:24:25,715 --> 01:24:26,815
is not equitable.

1624
01:24:27,815 --> 01:24:30,835
I, you said the,

1625
01:24:30,975 --> 01:24:34,195
the science position it wasn't well attended.

1626
01:24:34,775 --> 01:24:39,035
Is that No, the science posi, the individual

1627
01:24:39,065 --> 01:24:41,875
that was in the eco position at Berry Town moved

1628
01:24:42,335 --> 01:24:45,385
to a open position in, I'm sorry,

1629
01:24:45,605 --> 01:24:48,625
the eco position in Berry City moved

1630
01:24:48,625 --> 01:24:50,385
to an open position in Berry Town.

1631
01:24:51,215 --> 01:24:54,305
That eco position is an extra elective than

1632
01:24:54,305 --> 01:24:56,425
what we offer at Berry Town.

1633
01:24:56,805 --> 01:25:00,745
So with the lens of equity in the types of things,

1634
01:25:00,815 --> 01:25:02,505
experiences that we offer kids

1635
01:25:02,925 --> 01:25:06,505
and the number of electives, I felt confident that that,

1636
01:25:06,845 --> 01:25:08,265
and that was actually a recommendation

1637
01:25:08,265 --> 01:25:09,545
of the principal, not myself.

1638
01:25:14,095 --> 01:25:16,075
If we don't fill those positions,

1639
01:25:16,215 --> 01:25:18,395
we will never add them back.

1640
01:25:19,235 --> 01:25:22,195
I would rather see an assistant principal

1641
01:25:22,375 --> 01:25:25,515
or administrative staff do double duty like teachers

1642
01:25:25,575 --> 01:25:26,795
and special educators

1643
01:25:26,795 --> 01:25:28,795
and para educators are all asked to do often

1644
01:25:30,855 --> 01:25:33,755
rather than not fill positions for money's sake.

1645
01:25:34,925 --> 01:25:38,635
Those, those teachers that will not be filled are the people

1646
01:25:38,695 --> 01:25:40,755
who see students all day every day.

1647
01:25:41,625 --> 01:25:44,485
And I would say that getting creative

1648
01:25:44,485 --> 01:25:48,285
around administration costs would be smart,

1649
01:25:50,155 --> 01:25:53,425
especially for the morale of staff that are working

1650
01:25:53,425 --> 01:25:54,745
with students all day every day.

1651
01:25:56,035 --> 01:25:57,455
And also with the feedback

1652
01:25:57,455 --> 01:25:59,095
that I heard from community members

1653
01:25:59,835 --> 01:26:03,175
around administration costs not being talked about enough

1654
01:26:04,235 --> 01:26:09,025
and how other folks on this board had said they heard

1655
01:26:09,025 --> 01:26:11,905
different community members share.

1656
01:26:11,985 --> 01:26:16,545
A similar thing with adding the administration

1657
01:26:17,225 --> 01:26:20,505
position director of, you know, finance safety,

1658
01:26:21,905 --> 01:26:25,015
which has a very high price tag compared

1659
01:26:25,355 --> 01:26:26,695
to a classroom teacher.

1660
01:26:27,615 --> 01:26:29,335
I just, I wish we could have been a little more

1661
01:26:29,615 --> 01:26:31,105
creative around that.

1662
01:26:33,785 --> 01:26:35,645
And yeah, those are some of my thoughts.

1663
01:26:38,745 --> 01:26:43,675
Catherine, has the assessment in the city

1664
01:26:43,825 --> 01:26:45,355
been, was that complete?

1665
01:26:45,855 --> 01:26:49,115
Oh yes. All sorts of people about this.

1666
01:26:49,415 --> 01:26:52,035
We all got it in the mail. That's all done.

1667
01:26:52,135 --> 01:26:54,555
So there's no more numbers to wait for from,

1668
01:26:54,745 --> 01:26:55,795
from the city on?

1669
01:26:56,965 --> 01:26:58,885
I don't, Christina is on if you want her

1670
01:26:58,885 --> 01:27:00,645
to answer Christina Kim.

1671
01:27:00,705 --> 01:27:01,765
Oh that would be great. Yeah. Yeah.

1672
01:27:01,765 --> 01:27:03,205
Christina, did you hear the question?

1673
01:27:05,865 --> 01:27:06,965
I'm sorry, could you repeat it?

1674
01:27:08,925 --> 01:27:13,825
Do we have the definitive numbers for the city

1675
01:27:14,375 --> 01:27:18,385
with as regards to the reassessment, is that all complete?

1676
01:27:18,585 --> 01:27:19,585
A hundred percent.

1677
01:27:20,685 --> 01:27:23,495
From my understanding, everybody's been sent notices,

1678
01:27:24,555 --> 01:27:26,475
but I haven't seen

1679
01:27:26,495 --> 01:27:29,035
or heard anything about like the total grand list.

1680
01:27:32,895 --> 01:27:37,855
Yep. So look like if a process of grievance

1681
01:27:37,875 --> 01:27:39,095
or anything happens, is

1682
01:27:39,095 --> 01:27:41,295
that gonna change anything at this point or no?

1683
01:27:41,525 --> 01:27:44,175
Well I just heard in the grocery store near hours

1684
01:27:44,315 --> 01:27:47,855
before coming here, was that someone

1685
01:27:48,005 --> 01:27:51,255
that there's opportunities to speak with the assessors for

1686
01:27:51,765 --> 01:27:54,775
four days, but I didn't, didn't sound like

1687
01:27:55,625 --> 01:27:57,865
there would be any changes.

1688
01:27:59,195 --> 01:28:03,105
Sound more like quick 15 minute calls that explain

1689
01:28:03,775 --> 01:28:05,185
what was going on.

1690
01:28:05,615 --> 01:28:06,985
Okay, great. Thank you.

1691
01:28:08,425 --> 01:28:11,605
Did did you have anything there?

1692
01:28:11,695 --> 01:28:13,965
There will be hearings offered.

1693
01:28:14,615 --> 01:28:18,325
Every property owner will get an opportunity if they would

1694
01:28:18,325 --> 01:28:20,685
like to, to schedule a meeting with the assessors.

1695
01:28:21,255 --> 01:28:25,125
There also be a grievance period individually

1696
01:28:25,125 --> 01:28:27,245
where individual property owners can go

1697
01:28:27,245 --> 01:28:28,565
through their board of abatement.

1698
01:28:29,845 --> 01:28:32,685
I don't, that process could take as long as it takes.

1699
01:28:33,185 --> 01:28:37,365
But that will be for the city, that board of abatement

1700
01:28:38,145 --> 01:28:38,845
to go through

1701
01:28:43,705 --> 01:28:44,025
Jackie.

1702
01:28:45,085 --> 01:28:46,465
So I just wanted a couple things

1703
01:28:46,625 --> 01:28:47,745
I wanted to follow up on that.

1704
01:28:47,985 --> 01:28:49,065
I mean, I'm on the board

1705
01:28:49,065 --> 01:28:50,985
of abatement granted for Berry Town.

1706
01:28:51,085 --> 01:28:55,425
But there is, you can always, always ask for a reassessment.

1707
01:28:55,565 --> 01:28:57,945
You can always fight against your assessment.

1708
01:28:58,065 --> 01:28:59,345
I don't know how successful it is,

1709
01:29:00,485 --> 01:29:03,045
but if you, you look at property cards very often it's

1710
01:29:03,045 --> 01:29:05,525
lowered and yes, that would lower result in taxes

1711
01:29:05,925 --> 01:29:07,245
'cause it's based on a different value.

1712
01:29:07,915 --> 01:29:09,565
Whether or not that will be in time.

1713
01:29:09,705 --> 01:29:11,005
That's kind of out of our hands.

1714
01:29:11,345 --> 01:29:13,365
So that you could see a bill change.

1715
01:29:13,585 --> 01:29:17,005
You could offer abatement after it's reassessed

1716
01:29:17,025 --> 01:29:19,125
and then abate the difference or not.

1717
01:29:19,275 --> 01:29:21,325
Like there's all sorts of things that go into it

1718
01:29:21,345 --> 01:29:24,605
and it's really, it's an individual property owners thing.

1719
01:29:26,105 --> 01:29:28,685
The second point I hear a lot about the

1720
01:29:28,685 --> 01:29:29,765
administration stuff.

1721
01:29:29,945 --> 01:29:31,885
So I did some rough math.

1722
01:29:32,105 --> 01:29:35,965
So about 78% of this budget, which is I rounded it

1723
01:29:35,965 --> 01:29:39,365
to 57 million, is staff

1724
01:29:40,275 --> 01:29:42,245
like all in wages benefits.

1725
01:29:43,365 --> 01:29:48,215
9% of that is administration. That is $4 million.

1726
01:29:48,435 --> 01:29:50,935
We could fire every single administrator tomorrow

1727
01:29:51,555 --> 01:29:53,655
and we would still not get flat taxes.

1728
01:29:54,155 --> 01:29:56,655
We would need 8 million to get that.

1729
01:29:57,315 --> 01:30:00,815
And I get it, there's this idea that administration is,

1730
01:30:00,955 --> 01:30:05,175
is heavy, but they just brought kids

1731
01:30:05,725 --> 01:30:09,215
from failing to succeeding with their planning

1732
01:30:09,435 --> 01:30:11,455
and then the hard work of all of the teachers

1733
01:30:11,455 --> 01:30:13,055
and staff that they lead.

1734
01:30:14,135 --> 01:30:16,755
So I would ask this of Joanne, I would ask this

1735
01:30:16,755 --> 01:30:19,395
of Emily Ley, if they're not doing that job,

1736
01:30:19,395 --> 01:30:20,755
they shouldn't be in that position.

1737
01:30:20,935 --> 01:30:24,475
But those positions demand the respect

1738
01:30:25,455 --> 01:30:28,195
and the 9% that they bring in.

1739
01:30:28,955 --> 01:30:31,675
I do not like the, the false narrative

1740
01:30:31,705 --> 01:30:36,355
that it's this one shot one group, one line item

1741
01:30:36,535 --> 01:30:38,115
and I'm, I'm sorry I'm not picking on you Jeff.

1742
01:30:38,115 --> 01:30:41,315
You're not wrong. I'm, I just, it echoed a lot of stuff

1743
01:30:41,315 --> 01:30:42,715
that I've heard and I did the math.

1744
01:30:42,785 --> 01:30:45,355
It's not even halfway. Not even halfway

1745
01:30:46,015 --> 01:30:47,395
to getting a flat budget.

1746
01:30:47,465 --> 01:30:49,635
Like no tax increase. At least not in Berry Town.

1747
01:30:51,315 --> 01:30:53,735
So you know, we can talk about that

1748
01:30:53,835 --> 01:30:56,215
and absolutely hold everyone accountable.

1749
01:30:56,375 --> 01:30:58,415
I wanna keep hearing these again.

1750
01:30:58,575 --> 01:31:00,175
I would tell Emily nicely the same thing.

1751
01:31:00,255 --> 01:31:01,495
I wanna keep hearing these numbers.

1752
01:31:02,295 --> 01:31:04,295
I think the board should hear that from now on.

1753
01:31:05,275 --> 01:31:08,055
But we need talented individuals in every

1754
01:31:08,055 --> 01:31:09,455
single position in the school.

1755
01:31:11,965 --> 01:31:13,375
It's a comment on the eco teacher.

1756
01:31:13,555 --> 01:31:15,575
We do not have an eco teacher at Berry Town.

1757
01:31:16,155 --> 01:31:18,335
My son's teacher was very into it, took them

1758
01:31:18,335 --> 01:31:19,535
outside every single week.

1759
01:31:19,685 --> 01:31:20,975
It's kind of teacher by teacher.

1760
01:31:22,425 --> 01:31:25,165
So we haven't, I don't think we've ever had an ego teacher.

1761
01:31:25,275 --> 01:31:26,605
It's always dependent on

1762
01:31:28,955 --> 01:31:31,125
what the individual teacher wants to do

1763
01:31:31,905 --> 01:31:33,125
or is capable of doing.

1764
01:31:33,865 --> 01:31:36,725
And I would love to have one in Freetown.

1765
01:31:37,425 --> 01:31:39,685
But you know, if it's the difference

1766
01:31:39,685 --> 01:31:41,245
between passing a budget

1767
01:31:41,425 --> 01:31:43,525
and not, then I will just ask

1768
01:31:43,785 --> 01:31:45,245
my teachers to take them outside.

1769
01:31:46,205 --> 01:31:49,725
Because unfortunately with for all my ranting

1770
01:31:49,725 --> 01:31:51,365
and stuff, this isn't really up to us.

1771
01:31:53,555 --> 01:31:55,255
We can hold fast on a lot of things,

1772
01:31:55,355 --> 01:31:57,055
but the community wants a reduction.

1773
01:32:00,625 --> 01:32:04,165
So the model that the teachers in Berry Town went through

1774
01:32:04,305 --> 01:32:08,685
to implement outdoor education is,

1775
01:32:08,905 --> 01:32:10,805
is from Wild branch.

1776
01:32:10,995 --> 01:32:13,685
It's a group that provides the professional development

1777
01:32:13,685 --> 01:32:18,445
and it's intended to implement, be implemented as part

1778
01:32:18,445 --> 01:32:21,085
of a curriculum, not a separate separate class.

1779
01:32:21,705 --> 01:32:23,285
So it was done,

1780
01:32:23,385 --> 01:32:25,605
the implementation was done right in Berry Town.

1781
01:32:25,835 --> 01:32:28,205
They decided in, yeah in Berry

1782
01:32:28,235 --> 01:32:29,565
City to have a separate teacher.

1783
01:32:29,945 --> 01:32:32,005
So it truly is an extra class.

1784
01:32:32,785 --> 01:32:35,565
And I think the professional development that would go

1785
01:32:35,765 --> 01:32:38,325
to all teachers, science, math, English,

1786
01:32:38,545 --> 01:32:41,725
you could integrate the concepts of outdoor education

1787
01:32:41,955 --> 01:32:43,845
through that professional development model

1788
01:32:44,145 --> 01:32:46,525
and I think would be, would be much more

1789
01:32:46,595 --> 01:32:48,165
sustainable going forward.

1790
01:32:52,485 --> 01:32:57,095
I think this is where we have to balance really

1791
01:32:57,925 --> 01:33:00,855
what is best for our kids and

1792
01:33:01,075 --> 01:33:02,575
and the needs of our community.

1793
01:33:03,395 --> 01:33:06,095
And I agree with Jeff, we are just nickel

1794
01:33:06,095 --> 01:33:07,735
and dimming our budget

1795
01:33:08,035 --> 01:33:10,415
and our, what we're offering to our kids.

1796
01:33:10,815 --> 01:33:13,335
I would rather see us be in a position

1797
01:33:13,335 --> 01:33:14,655
where we could create equity

1798
01:33:14,755 --> 01:33:17,335
by saying let's create an eco program at Berry Town.

1799
01:33:17,335 --> 01:33:19,415
Right? So we have two programs instead

1800
01:33:19,415 --> 01:33:20,495
of saying now we have none.

1801
01:33:20,635 --> 01:33:23,935
You know, like that's, I would rather be in that position

1802
01:33:24,115 --> 01:33:25,495
but we're not.

1803
01:33:26,155 --> 01:33:29,795
And we just heard from our administrative team

1804
01:33:30,175 --> 01:33:34,315
who showed us improvement in student outcomes

1805
01:33:34,735 --> 01:33:38,635
and we have to support the administrators as well

1806
01:33:38,655 --> 01:33:40,035
for the hard work that they're doing.

1807
01:33:41,095 --> 01:33:42,585
So this is

1808
01:33:42,585 --> 01:33:44,825
where we're making these really hard decisions, right?

1809
01:33:44,885 --> 01:33:47,505
And if we're talking about are we losing a few

1810
01:33:48,065 --> 01:33:49,185
unfilled positions

1811
01:33:49,185 --> 01:33:53,105
that at this point we we're not sure we can confidently fill

1812
01:33:53,105 --> 01:33:54,345
them before the year starts.

1813
01:33:56,115 --> 01:33:58,235
I think that feels a little bit

1814
01:33:59,245 --> 01:34:00,865
in the direction where we have to be looking.

1815
01:34:03,655 --> 01:34:08,205
Lindsay, I agree with

1816
01:34:08,205 --> 01:34:09,245
what Emily was saying

1817
01:34:09,305 --> 01:34:12,045
and like every count, my son would love

1818
01:34:12,045 --> 01:34:14,285
to have me co-teacher and a greenhouse.

1819
01:34:15,985 --> 01:34:18,605
We have had the career center up there doing some work

1820
01:34:18,705 --> 01:34:19,765
in the garden area.

1821
01:34:20,225 --> 01:34:21,925
Not sure what they were doing, but I don't

1822
01:34:21,925 --> 01:34:22,965
think they're building a greenhouse.

1823
01:34:23,125 --> 01:34:25,005
I was sort of like looking at there.

1824
01:34:28,695 --> 01:34:32,265
Yeah, I don't like

1825
01:34:33,475 --> 01:34:34,925
cutting positions.

1826
01:34:36,285 --> 01:34:38,965
I don't like cutting the elementary school's position

1827
01:34:39,185 --> 01:34:41,245
or the support staff position

1828
01:34:41,395 --> 01:34:43,925
because I know we've already lost support staff,

1829
01:34:44,175 --> 01:34:47,485
which we were in a position to create new staff.

1830
01:34:48,405 --> 01:34:50,895
Like if the new eco position berry town

1831
01:34:51,475 --> 01:34:56,135
or you know, there's no nurse at the seat.

1832
01:34:56,585 --> 01:34:57,565
Which I was kind of

1833
01:34:57,635 --> 01:35:01,935
surprised though.

1834
01:35:02,135 --> 01:35:04,535
I wish we were in a position to talk about that.

1835
01:35:05,595 --> 01:35:09,265
I'm like, I guess I don't know

1836
01:35:09,375 --> 01:35:10,865
what do they wanna see?

1837
01:35:11,245 --> 01:35:14,885
I'm like are you, is this saying that our on the ballot

1838
01:35:15,445 --> 01:35:19,645
language, are we still gonna be at 11.08%?

1839
01:35:19,675 --> 01:35:21,565
Well it depends on which. Yeah. Yeah.

1840
01:35:21,765 --> 01:35:23,405
I mean in the end result. Yeah.

1841
01:35:23,405 --> 01:35:25,805
So it will change if the budget gets changed,

1842
01:35:26,305 --> 01:35:27,925
the yield is not gonna change yet.

1843
01:35:28,955 --> 01:35:33,665
Okay. I'm like, yeah,

1844
01:35:35,075 --> 01:35:36,735
I'm like the only thing I've been able to come up, come up

1845
01:35:36,735 --> 01:35:38,935
with, I'm like, we got transportation.

1846
01:35:41,795 --> 01:35:45,175
I'm like, what do they want from us to pass a budget?

1847
01:35:45,715 --> 01:35:47,855
I'm like, you know,

1848
01:35:50,345 --> 01:35:54,625
I will also add that I have been through line

1849
01:35:54,645 --> 01:35:57,405
by line this budget on multiple times,

1850
01:35:58,045 --> 01:35:59,165
multiple weeks going forward.

1851
01:35:59,965 --> 01:36:02,125
I cannot cut non-personnel costs now.

1852
01:36:02,805 --> 01:36:06,605
I mean I just realized we are putting $400

1853
01:36:06,705 --> 01:36:09,525
of supply money into our elementary classrooms.

1854
01:36:10,035 --> 01:36:13,485
$400 for the year, for the year. It's too much.

1855
01:36:14,225 --> 01:36:17,245
We can't do that. Getting by markers with that.

1856
01:36:18,095 --> 01:36:23,045
So the non-personnel costs have been cut before

1857
01:36:23,625 --> 01:36:24,805
and now the only thing

1858
01:36:24,805 --> 01:36:28,525
that you have are either big programs or people.

1859
01:36:29,515 --> 01:36:30,935
And where are your contracts?

1860
01:36:31,605 --> 01:36:33,055
Because haven't a lot of 'em already,

1861
01:36:33,085 --> 01:36:35,015
haven't they signed contracts for next year?

1862
01:36:37,065 --> 01:36:39,485
Yes. So attrition is the only way at this point.

1863
01:36:42,895 --> 01:36:46,685
So okay, we're

1864
01:36:47,725 --> 01:36:49,295
have some things to think about here.

1865
01:36:50,595 --> 01:36:53,135
No decisions, just food for thought.

1866
01:36:53,515 --> 01:36:57,005
And so I guess my

1867
01:36:59,935 --> 01:37:04,795
next thought would be, I guess just thinking

1868
01:37:04,795 --> 01:37:09,035
about how we wanna proceed moving, moving forward.

1869
01:37:10,035 --> 01:37:12,115
I guess that's to be determined.

1870
01:37:12,425 --> 01:37:14,915
Well and if there's anything else this board would like

1871
01:37:14,915 --> 01:37:16,635
to ask of me going forward,

1872
01:37:17,335 --> 01:37:18,595
we still have a whole month left.

1873
01:37:20,275 --> 01:37:23,875
A lot of work to do. So I'm happy to look into

1874
01:37:25,395 --> 01:37:27,415
an area, consider other options.

1875
01:37:27,995 --> 01:37:30,655
I'm certainly doing some transition work with Emily.

1876
01:37:31,975 --> 01:37:33,995
She, I've shared all the documents with her.

1877
01:37:35,615 --> 01:37:37,315
So she'll hit be able to hit the ground running.

1878
01:37:37,455 --> 01:37:41,915
She starts Juliana, both along those lines we're,

1879
01:37:41,915 --> 01:37:45,035
if we're looking for the second week of August to

1880
01:37:46,975 --> 01:37:49,745
have a budget number, we should probably think about

1881
01:37:50,625 --> 01:37:53,285
meeting times to discuss.

1882
01:38:01,175 --> 01:38:03,105
Doesn't sound like we're getting July off.

1883
01:38:06,895 --> 01:38:08,555
We could wait till the last week in July

1884
01:38:10,695 --> 01:38:12,195
and get somewhat of a little vacation.

1885
01:38:13,735 --> 01:38:18,165
Lindsay. So could we

1886
01:38:18,865 --> 01:38:20,925
ask, like I like to see

1887
01:38:22,255 --> 01:38:26,625
the community participate at this point rather than

1888
01:38:26,755 --> 01:38:29,265
after we've voted on a budget

1889
01:38:33,475 --> 01:38:38,205
and I like the finance committee like they're supposed

1890
01:38:38,205 --> 01:38:41,365
to be doing, there's coming up with ideas

1891
01:38:41,425 --> 01:38:43,285
for community engagement or whatever.

1892
01:38:44,795 --> 01:38:48,105
Right? So could we like

1893
01:38:48,735 --> 01:38:50,105
have them maybe the finance,

1894
01:38:50,235 --> 01:38:52,505
maybe people on finance committee have other ideas

1895
01:38:52,575 --> 01:38:54,145
that those who aren't here today?

1896
01:38:54,255 --> 01:38:58,035
Yeah, about cost savings or something.

1897
01:38:58,575 --> 01:39:00,675
I'm sorry, I am kind of kicking the bucket down the road,

1898
01:39:00,735 --> 01:39:02,395
but I'm just sort of like trying to come up

1899
01:39:02,595 --> 01:39:03,835
'cause I don't want it to fail again.

1900
01:39:03,975 --> 01:39:08,635
And I'm like, we need the community to be behind the budget.

1901
01:39:09,375 --> 01:39:12,315
So I would like to hear from them

1902
01:39:12,415 --> 01:39:14,795
before rather than just having an informational meeting

1903
01:39:14,855 --> 01:39:18,515
and being like, this is what we're, what we're cutting.

1904
01:39:18,625 --> 01:39:22,875
They haven't liked it. So I'd like them to give us Well,

1905
01:39:22,875 --> 01:39:26,035
and the community is more than just, you know, the handful

1906
01:39:26,095 --> 01:39:27,835
of people that show up to those.

1907
01:39:28,945 --> 01:39:31,035
Yeah, no, but they're the ones that are supposed to come up

1908
01:39:31,035 --> 01:39:34,755
with like a community engagement event

1909
01:39:35,135 --> 01:39:38,035
or ideas, surveys or whatever.

1910
01:39:38,145 --> 01:39:42,515
Yeah. They could go hang out in the park, you know,

1911
01:39:42,515 --> 01:39:45,155
the courier park food trucks are coming or something.

1912
01:39:45,155 --> 01:39:49,415
They could have a booth. I don't know Jackie.

1913
01:39:50,395 --> 01:39:55,225
So I, I mean I like the idea of like gathering,

1914
01:39:55,615 --> 01:39:57,465
whether it's with the food trucks or,

1915
01:39:59,165 --> 01:40:03,025
but we can't, we've learned, we can't really do a town hall.

1916
01:40:03,265 --> 01:40:05,865
I almost like, I'm torn between having

1917
01:40:06,775 --> 01:40:09,865
just additional warned meetings

1918
01:40:11,695 --> 01:40:13,755
and, but like you mentioned,

1919
01:40:14,015 --> 01:40:15,795
the same people show up, which is wonderful.

1920
01:40:16,195 --> 01:40:20,385
Everyone online. So I, I don't know,

1921
01:40:20,465 --> 01:40:23,065
I almost wanna give more opportunities for engagements

1922
01:40:23,285 --> 01:40:26,145
and questioning and you know,

1923
01:40:26,245 --> 01:40:28,585
we can still have the two minutes each

1924
01:40:28,695 --> 01:40:30,305
because they can get questions in

1925
01:40:30,305 --> 01:40:32,545
and if we have enough meetings we can get answers back

1926
01:40:33,245 --> 01:40:35,185
at the next meeting, if not an email.

1927
01:40:37,285 --> 01:40:38,385
So, I mean, I don't know

1928
01:40:38,815 --> 01:40:41,945
that Or we can just leave comment boxes at local businesses.

1929
01:40:42,605 --> 01:40:45,625
I'm just gonna hang out by the veterans statute with a box

1930
01:40:46,845 --> 01:40:48,465
on Fridays, so,

1931
01:40:50,715 --> 01:40:52,135
so please forgive me on this.

1932
01:40:53,585 --> 01:40:56,165
So what I was thinking is, would it be possible

1933
01:40:56,165 --> 01:40:59,565
to set up a meeting for the 15th of June

1934
01:40:59,565 --> 01:41:00,885
for two month two Mondays up?

1935
01:41:01,795 --> 01:41:05,565
Well we have our committee meetings and yeah, that finance.

1936
01:41:05,945 --> 01:41:07,925
Oh that's right. Special meeting. So how about this?

1937
01:41:08,245 --> 01:41:12,445
I think I unfortunately agree that we have

1938
01:41:12,445 --> 01:41:13,525
to have more, yeah.

1939
01:41:14,035 --> 01:41:16,805
More meetings. So how about we

1940
01:41:20,235 --> 01:41:21,365
look at our calendars?

1941
01:41:21,365 --> 01:41:23,925
Yeah. And see where we're at in this last month.

1942
01:41:24,025 --> 01:41:26,685
And let's check with the new superintendent on

1943
01:41:26,825 --> 01:41:28,165
how much time she needs.

1944
01:41:28,165 --> 01:41:30,285
Let's not throw her into the piper pit.

1945
01:41:30,345 --> 01:41:33,485
The first we, we'll wait till week 10.

1946
01:41:34,145 --> 01:41:35,205
So let let,

1947
01:41:35,225 --> 01:41:37,605
but I think we are hearing consensus

1948
01:41:37,605 --> 01:41:40,525
that we need some additional meetings to make sure we have

1949
01:41:41,045 --> 01:41:43,685
a solid budget that we feel the community can get behind.

1950
01:41:44,425 --> 01:41:47,365
And so let's explore that over the coming weeks

1951
01:41:47,785 --> 01:41:49,005
and a second.

1952
01:41:49,435 --> 01:41:53,925
Sure. Would there be any

1953
01:41:53,955 --> 01:41:57,245
potential issue with sending out a communication

1954
01:41:57,545 --> 01:41:59,845
to our parent, to our parent community

1955
01:42:00,465 --> 01:42:03,805
via an email from the school district to let them know

1956
01:42:04,185 --> 01:42:05,485
of the school board meetings?

1957
01:42:06,655 --> 01:42:07,725
Would that run a out?

1958
01:42:07,725 --> 01:42:09,645
So I know that came up with an issue letting them know about

1959
01:42:09,925 --> 01:42:12,085
the vote, but letting 'em know about meetings of, hey,

1960
01:42:12,085 --> 01:42:13,085
we're having a budget meeting.

1961
01:42:13,385 --> 01:42:17,225
We would love to have you to come out and share your voice

1962
01:42:17,325 --> 01:42:18,425
and your opinion

1963
01:42:20,355 --> 01:42:25,285
because it is one group that we haven't seen as many of

1964
01:42:25,285 --> 01:42:25,445
as

1965
01:42:31,525 --> 01:42:32,785
an issue that we could try.

1966
01:42:32,865 --> 01:42:34,025
I mean an issue.

1967
01:42:34,105 --> 01:42:36,545
I mean I don't think the last thing wasn't intended,

1968
01:42:36,685 --> 01:42:38,025
it was legal what we did.

1969
01:42:38,125 --> 01:42:41,705
So I think as long as whatever we do is legal

1970
01:42:41,805 --> 01:42:43,425
and the full board Yeah.

1971
01:42:43,965 --> 01:42:46,545
Agrees to it and votes to it, we can try a lot of, a lot of,

1972
01:42:47,485 --> 01:42:49,825
I'm thinking because we're not trying to get them to show up

1973
01:42:49,945 --> 01:42:53,105
to an election that there would not be any accusations

1974
01:42:53,105 --> 01:42:54,425
of electioneering from that.

1975
01:42:54,535 --> 01:42:56,345
Yeah. I mean I wouldn't be worried about that.

1976
01:42:56,485 --> 01:42:59,225
I'm not worried about worried about what the facts are,

1977
01:42:59,325 --> 01:43:00,505
not what people Exactly.

1978
01:43:00,805 --> 01:43:03,025
You know, but, but yeah,

1979
01:43:03,025 --> 01:43:05,105
we can certainly look into what the facts are, right?

1980
01:43:05,375 --> 01:43:08,465
Yeah. Because I just want to get as many people to come up

1981
01:43:08,525 --> 01:43:09,545
for a meeting if we can.

1982
01:43:10,215 --> 01:43:14,825
Yeah. So could we take it on at finance?

1983
01:43:15,135 --> 01:43:16,465
Yeah. And kind of run through this

1984
01:43:16,765 --> 01:43:20,705
and also maybe have a motion to instruct Joanne to send

1985
01:43:20,705 --> 01:43:23,465
that out via remind an infinite campus like we're having

1986
01:43:23,465 --> 01:43:24,785
this meeting, here's the link

1987
01:43:25,445 --> 01:43:27,505
and it's a round table, you continue into whatever.

1988
01:43:28,395 --> 01:43:30,785
Would that make sense? Because that's the 15th.

1989
01:43:31,025 --> 01:43:32,665
I mean it gives them time. Well, let's have a meeting.

1990
01:43:32,755 --> 01:43:34,755
Let's think about it. Right?

1991
01:43:35,175 --> 01:43:38,205
Unless people, unless the board really wants, let's,

1992
01:43:38,545 --> 01:43:40,245
I'm just trying to catch 'em while school's in session.

1993
01:43:40,595 --> 01:43:43,665
Yeah. And the 15th is right

1994
01:43:43,665 --> 01:43:48,115
before is like the last week Sam

1995
01:43:48,215 --> 01:43:52,205
and we we're meeting, I don't think that be, I don't think

1996
01:43:52,205 --> 01:43:53,405
that will work particularly well.

1997
01:43:53,405 --> 01:43:55,525
Parents are tired. Kids are tired.

1998
01:43:56,465 --> 01:43:58,445
And we made a really great push I think

1999
01:43:58,445 --> 01:44:01,035
for the last, for the last budget.

2000
01:44:01,535 --> 01:44:04,995
And there's only gonna be a small percentage of people

2001
01:44:05,055 --> 01:44:06,275
who are possibly interested.

2002
01:44:06,875 --> 01:44:08,675
I mean, they want their kids to have a greater education

2003
01:44:08,675 --> 01:44:10,355
because they wanna come to a meeting,

2004
01:44:10,745 --> 01:44:12,155
doesn't mean they wanna look in the budget.

2005
01:44:12,535 --> 01:44:15,795
So I don't think, I don't think at this point

2006
01:44:16,345 --> 01:44:17,475
that would be the right push.

2007
01:44:17,615 --> 01:44:22,115
But you know, after maybe, maybe mid-summer, maybe July,

2008
01:44:22,115 --> 01:44:25,025
August, I know we have a short time

2009
01:44:25,525 --> 01:44:27,505
and remember there are a lot of activities going on

2010
01:44:27,505 --> 01:44:29,905
between now and the end of the year with concerts

2011
01:44:30,045 --> 01:44:31,545
and sporting events.

2012
01:44:32,025 --> 01:44:34,025
I mean, I am not trying to discourage you,

2013
01:44:34,085 --> 01:44:35,825
I'm just saying we'd have to, we'd have to

2014
01:44:36,335 --> 01:44:38,905
look at the calendar to see what's, what's going on.

2015
01:44:41,365 --> 01:44:44,575
Yeah. I'm like, I just know usually my calendar gets really

2016
01:44:44,725 --> 01:44:48,575
full like that last two weeks of school things pop up

2017
01:44:48,755 --> 01:44:50,375
and I feel like a crazy person.

2018
01:44:50,835 --> 01:44:54,575
So I'm, another meeting would be difficult,

2019
01:44:54,595 --> 01:44:58,055
but I'm just was thinking like, not having like

2020
01:44:59,105 --> 01:45:00,465
a quorum of people showing up.

2021
01:45:00,525 --> 01:45:04,445
But it would be like if we could have representation,

2022
01:45:05,065 --> 01:45:08,005
you know, like do each other

2023
01:45:08,065 --> 01:45:11,365
and be like, Hey, I'm going, you know, if we,

2024
01:45:11,385 --> 01:45:14,685
if somebody can make it some, we can make an effort

2025
01:45:14,685 --> 01:45:15,725
to get out in the community

2026
01:45:15,725 --> 01:45:18,805
and talk to people about things, good ideas, whatever.

2027
01:45:19,105 --> 01:45:21,125
I'm like, I know we can't get 'em together,

2028
01:45:21,185 --> 01:45:23,125
but I'm like, I,

2029
01:45:23,785 --> 01:45:26,565
an outdoor meeting maybe I'm like, I don't know.

2030
01:45:26,565 --> 01:45:28,245
We get in courier part.

2031
01:45:30,795 --> 01:45:34,125
You know, Emily,

2032
01:45:35,765 --> 01:45:37,605
I think that we have done a lot

2033
01:45:37,605 --> 01:45:40,485
of hard work about our next budget reboot.

2034
01:45:40,485 --> 01:45:42,965
We've set some good priorities for the superintendent,

2035
01:45:42,965 --> 01:45:46,165
which are being communicated to our incoming superintendent.

2036
01:45:46,745 --> 01:45:49,935
And I would be inclined to follow the model

2037
01:45:49,935 --> 01:45:52,255
that we did in 2014, right?

2038
01:45:52,265 --> 01:45:54,135
Where we, at this point, we're waiting

2039
01:45:54,155 --> 01:45:56,015
for our new superintendent to come in

2040
01:45:56,475 --> 01:45:58,375
and make some decisions for us.

2041
01:45:58,515 --> 01:46:00,495
And I'm sure that she has some ideas.

2042
01:46:01,935 --> 01:46:04,475
So, so maybe the best thing to do is wait

2043
01:46:04,925 --> 01:46:07,875
until we have our new superintendent and see what direction

2044
01:46:09,485 --> 01:46:11,275
Going forward looks like.

2045
01:46:17,045 --> 01:46:19,005
I would second that. And I agree with

2046
01:46:19,005 --> 01:46:21,565
what Sam was saying about the end of the year

2047
01:46:21,825 --> 01:46:26,725
and I think the community looks

2048
01:46:26,945 --> 01:46:30,365
to us to, to be their representatives.

2049
01:46:30,425 --> 01:46:33,965
And I think one of the best things that you can get as,

2050
01:46:34,065 --> 01:46:36,925
as positive was what, like what Ian said about his

2051
01:46:37,915 --> 01:46:40,305
child coming home and reading and being excited about it.

2052
01:46:40,605 --> 01:46:44,225
Having those interactions with people.

2053
01:46:45,425 --> 01:46:48,705
Actually talking with people and hearing from the community

2054
01:46:48,705 --> 01:46:49,845
and then us doing it.

2055
01:46:49,845 --> 01:46:52,565
Because I think, from what I can gather anyway,

2056
01:46:53,655 --> 01:46:56,275
people are tired of being asked what to do.

2057
01:46:56,545 --> 01:46:59,155
It's like decision fatigue.

2058
01:46:59,665 --> 01:47:03,195
They want us to do the work and we've got it

2059
01:47:03,195 --> 01:47:05,595
and we've, we've heard, we know, and,

2060
01:47:05,615 --> 01:47:06,875
and we just, we have to do it.

2061
01:47:07,535 --> 01:47:10,075
And that's, and I agree with Emily too, that

2062
01:47:10,305 --> 01:47:12,955
with the new superintendent coming on, I think we,

2063
01:47:12,955 --> 01:47:15,195
we hit the ground with her and,

2064
01:47:15,215 --> 01:47:16,995
and make a plan and go from there.

2065
01:47:17,315 --> 01:47:20,235
'cause right now it's just everything is still a little bit

2066
01:47:20,255 --> 01:47:25,195
up in the air and not quite as defined

2067
01:47:25,375 --> 01:47:27,395
as, as we probably want it to be,

2068
01:47:27,415 --> 01:47:29,035
to make a decision to go forward.

2069
01:47:34,195 --> 01:47:36,695
So with that, let's stay tuned

2070
01:47:40,135 --> 01:47:41,755
and thank you all for sharing your

2071
01:47:41,755 --> 01:47:45,665
thoughts with all of this.

2072
01:47:45,665 --> 01:47:46,145
It's a lot.

2073
01:47:51,625 --> 01:47:56,035
Alright, moving on to 7.2

2074
01:47:56,875 --> 01:47:59,795
B-A-U-S-D resolutions for the USBA.

2075
01:48:01,695 --> 01:48:03,795
Why is it alright if I hand it over to you?

2076
01:48:07,105 --> 01:48:09,205
At our last regular meeting, we

2077
01:48:09,905 --> 01:48:14,525
tasked the policy committee with creation of resolutions

2078
01:48:14,525 --> 01:48:18,125
to send to the Vermont School Board Association as part

2079
01:48:18,125 --> 01:48:19,725
of their resolution process

2080
01:48:19,955 --> 01:48:22,085
that helps guide their legislative work.

2081
01:48:23,475 --> 01:48:26,365
This is a way that we can participate

2082
01:48:26,985 --> 01:48:31,045
and put our viewpoint forward and,

2083
01:48:31,225 --> 01:48:32,245
and our voice

2084
01:48:32,745 --> 01:48:37,245
and see if we can be part of a bigger conversation

2085
01:48:37,465 --> 01:48:39,245
that's going to happen next year.

2086
01:48:40,475 --> 01:48:42,925
It's also to get to this point

2087
01:48:42,985 --> 01:48:44,805
to create resolutions as a board.

2088
01:48:44,875 --> 01:48:47,165
It's a really high level of functioning for us

2089
01:48:47,545 --> 01:48:49,165
and I think we should all be really proud

2090
01:48:49,285 --> 01:48:50,445
of that and celebrate it.

2091
01:48:52,195 --> 01:48:55,335
So we have put forward two resolutions

2092
01:48:55,895 --> 01:49:00,295
that we would ask the board to consider approving to send

2093
01:49:00,295 --> 01:49:02,295
to the Vermont School Board Association.

2094
01:49:02,295 --> 01:49:05,575
The deadline for resolution submissions is June 15th.

2095
01:49:05,715 --> 01:49:07,695
So we're looking to send these today.

2096
01:49:09,225 --> 01:49:12,135
Would you like me to read them into record

2097
01:49:12,795 --> 01:49:14,335
and or

2098
01:49:17,885 --> 01:49:18,885
Sure, Sure.

2099
01:49:18,925 --> 01:49:21,455
Okay. So our first resolution is a resolution

2100
01:49:21,475 --> 01:49:23,775
to support economic diversity in public

2101
01:49:23,775 --> 01:49:24,895
school redistricting.

2102
01:49:25,975 --> 01:49:27,975
This is advancing economic equity

2103
01:49:28,115 --> 01:49:31,465
and opportunity, whereas Vermont School children

2104
01:49:31,645 --> 01:49:34,665
and communities with a higher than average poverty rate have

2105
01:49:34,665 --> 01:49:36,065
higher school failure rates.

2106
01:49:36,365 --> 01:49:38,745
And whereas opportunity

2107
01:49:38,885 --> 01:49:41,825
and resources to address school failure are limited

2108
01:49:41,965 --> 01:49:44,905
by the community's capacity to fund public education

2109
01:49:44,925 --> 01:49:47,915
and support services services.

2110
01:49:47,915 --> 01:49:51,635
And whereas public education is the foundational training

2111
01:49:51,735 --> 01:49:54,475
for civic engagement and economic development.

2112
01:49:55,375 --> 01:49:59,315
And whereas economic diversity exposes students

2113
01:49:59,415 --> 01:50:03,765
to a wider range of educational and career options.

2114
01:50:04,185 --> 01:50:08,405
And whereas students with economic disadvantages

2115
01:50:08,985 --> 01:50:11,045
may also have limited travel options

2116
01:50:11,225 --> 01:50:14,005
and limited exposure to more urban resources.

2117
01:50:14,505 --> 01:50:17,885
And whereas it is advantageous for schools

2118
01:50:17,985 --> 01:50:20,765
to combine into larger districts to pull resources,

2119
01:50:21,495 --> 01:50:22,925
share administrative duties

2120
01:50:23,145 --> 01:50:25,565
and direct greater resources to the student,

2121
01:50:26,445 --> 01:50:28,055
therefore be it resolved

2122
01:50:28,285 --> 01:50:31,455
that redistricting plans will include economic diversity

2123
01:50:31,755 --> 01:50:34,895
as a prerequisite for each region or district

2124
01:50:34,995 --> 01:50:39,285
or CESA be it further resolved

2125
01:50:39,715 --> 01:50:41,725
that in addition to economic diversity,

2126
01:50:42,475 --> 01:50:45,485
variation in population density will be required

2127
01:50:45,545 --> 01:50:49,765
for each region or district as possible to ensure access

2128
01:50:49,785 --> 01:50:54,045
to more varied education educational experiences.

2129
01:50:57,355 --> 01:50:59,255
Our second resolution is a resolution

2130
01:50:59,255 --> 01:51:01,015
to support more equitable funding

2131
01:51:01,075 --> 01:51:04,625
for public schools in Vermont, advancing fairness

2132
01:51:04,765 --> 01:51:07,305
and opportunity in Vermont education system.

2133
01:51:08,405 --> 01:51:11,495
Whereas public education is a cornerstone of democracy

2134
01:51:11,915 --> 01:51:13,135
and essential to the social

2135
01:51:13,235 --> 01:51:15,815
and economic wellbeing of Vermont's communities.

2136
01:51:16,515 --> 01:51:19,205
Whereas every child in Vermont deserves access

2137
01:51:19,205 --> 01:51:22,845
to high quality educational opportunities regardless

2138
01:51:22,905 --> 01:51:26,525
of geographic location, family income, property wealth.

2139
01:51:27,455 --> 01:51:29,665
Whereas current funding mechanisms

2140
01:51:29,685 --> 01:51:32,945
for Vermont's public schools have resulted in disparities

2141
01:51:32,945 --> 01:51:35,945
that affect the quality of education students receive

2142
01:51:36,005 --> 01:51:39,285
and student outcomes be it resolved

2143
01:51:39,285 --> 01:51:42,245
that we call upon state legislatures, local officials

2144
01:51:42,585 --> 01:51:45,565
and community stakeholders to work collaboratively

2145
01:51:45,665 --> 01:51:47,925
to reform public school funding in Vermont

2146
01:51:48,065 --> 01:51:51,045
to ensure a more equitable allocation of resources,

2147
01:51:52,115 --> 01:51:53,175
be it further resolved

2148
01:51:53,175 --> 01:51:56,295
that any funding reforms should prioritize the needs

2149
01:51:56,295 --> 01:51:58,015
of historically underfunded schools,

2150
01:51:58,925 --> 01:52:01,535
address gaps in educational resources,

2151
01:52:01,675 --> 01:52:03,735
and provide adequate, adequate support

2152
01:52:03,835 --> 01:52:05,375
for all students to succeed.

2153
01:52:06,355 --> 01:52:09,215
Be it further resolved that we encourage the consideration

2154
01:52:09,355 --> 01:52:12,655
of alternative funding models, cost containment efforts,

2155
01:52:12,845 --> 01:52:13,935
community input

2156
01:52:14,315 --> 01:52:16,295
and ongoing evaluation to ensure

2157
01:52:16,295 --> 01:52:18,295
that educational equity is realized

2158
01:52:18,355 --> 01:52:20,055
for every student in Vermont.

2159
01:52:21,555 --> 01:52:23,055
You, Emily, is there a motion

2160
01:52:23,195 --> 01:52:25,295
to approve forwarding these resolutions

2161
01:52:25,295 --> 01:52:29,335
to the VSBA resolution Committee for Consideration Motion

2162
01:52:29,515 --> 01:52:30,615
by Ian, seconded

2163
01:52:30,615 --> 01:52:33,535
by Jackie discussion about these resolutions?

2164
01:52:34,785 --> 01:52:38,845
I have a wonder about that was, that was like a lot,

2165
01:52:39,685 --> 01:52:43,895
some really great resolution language in there.

2166
01:52:45,905 --> 01:52:48,825
I was, as I'm listening, I was trying to figure out like

2167
01:52:49,365 --> 01:52:53,465
public school is very much like in a lot of the language,

2168
01:52:53,485 --> 01:52:54,705
but not all of the language.

2169
01:52:56,375 --> 01:52:59,395
And I just wanted to throw it out there that is there,

2170
01:52:59,505 --> 01:53:03,385
because this been, I know what I'm trying to ask.

2171
01:53:03,605 --> 01:53:06,225
It is public school centric to this?

2172
01:53:06,315 --> 01:53:07,585
Every resolution in there

2173
01:53:07,645 --> 01:53:10,665
or there some wiggle room for expansion

2174
01:53:10,665 --> 01:53:13,785
of school choice charters, privacy private schools,

2175
01:53:14,655 --> 01:53:17,795
or is most of our resolution about public education?

2176
01:53:18,455 --> 01:53:20,835
It says public school redistricting awesome

2177
01:53:23,535 --> 01:53:25,215
resolution to support more equitable funding

2178
01:53:25,315 --> 01:53:26,855
for public schools of Germany.

2179
01:53:27,505 --> 01:53:30,625
Sweet. Thank you for that clarification.

2180
01:53:34,945 --> 01:53:35,165
One

2181
01:53:44,055 --> 01:53:46,355
all I guess I'll go to a, a public comment.

2182
01:53:52,085 --> 01:53:55,635
All right. And silence.

2183
01:53:56,155 --> 01:53:59,875
I guess we'll go to a vote, the motion on the tables

2184
01:53:59,875 --> 01:54:03,035
to approve forwarding these two resolutions to the BSBA

2185
01:54:03,675 --> 01:54:05,555
resolution committee for consideration.

2186
01:54:06,295 --> 01:54:10,955
All those in favor say aye. A. Opposed? The motion passes.

2187
01:54:13,865 --> 01:54:17,485
All right, moving on to the second reading

2188
01:54:17,665 --> 01:54:19,685
and adoption of new policy

2189
01:54:20,205 --> 01:54:22,685
C 16 student use of cell phones.

2190
01:54:24,885 --> 01:54:26,745
Is there a motion? So moved.

2191
01:54:26,915 --> 01:54:29,865
Moved by Emily second, seconded by Sam.

2192
01:54:30,035 --> 01:54:31,585
Discussion questions.

2193
01:54:34,235 --> 01:54:35,845
Certainly not over cell phone.

2194
01:54:40,495 --> 01:54:44,745
Just as a reminder, these were model policies

2195
01:54:44,985 --> 01:54:47,785
provided to us by the Vermont School Board Association

2196
01:54:48,765 --> 01:54:52,195
and also follows recent legislative

2197
01:54:53,375 --> 01:54:55,635
recent laws passed by the legislature.

2198
01:54:55,935 --> 01:54:58,155
Sam, I'm delighted to have this policy,

2199
01:54:58,535 --> 01:55:00,395
but do you think it'll be difficult to implement?

2200
01:55:02,075 --> 01:55:05,615
We are already implementing a form of this policy now.

2201
01:55:05,725 --> 01:55:07,575
It's not as restrictive as this one

2202
01:55:07,915 --> 01:55:08,975
and it has been difficult.

2203
01:55:09,165 --> 01:55:11,055
Okay. Thank you. Yep.

2204
01:55:15,305 --> 01:55:17,165
All right. Any further questions

2205
01:55:17,165 --> 01:55:18,525
or discussion from the board?

2206
01:55:20,965 --> 01:55:23,095
Hearing none, we'll go to public comment.

2207
01:55:24,865 --> 01:55:27,765
Are we, are we gonna move to adopt all of these at once

2208
01:55:27,945 --> 01:55:30,085
as usual, or are we going one by one?

2209
01:55:30,745 --> 01:55:34,645
I'm, we're doing seven motions for C 16 right now. Okay.

2210
01:55:35,175 --> 01:55:39,645
Thank you. We got full bucket.

2211
01:55:40,075 --> 01:55:44,965
Okay. Any comment? All right. Hearing none.

2212
01:55:45,105 --> 01:55:48,685
All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed?

2213
01:55:49,735 --> 01:55:54,485
Motion passes on to 7.4.

2214
01:55:55,265 --> 01:55:57,405
Second final reading

2215
01:55:57,465 --> 01:56:00,285
and adoption of local wellness policy C nine.

2216
01:56:00,705 --> 01:56:03,645
Is there a motion? So moved by Jeff,

2217
01:56:04,525 --> 01:56:06,005
seconded by Jackie.

2218
01:56:07,925 --> 01:56:09,795
Discussion of questions from the board.

2219
01:56:16,725 --> 01:56:19,375
Hearing none, we'll turn to public comment.

2220
01:56:23,175 --> 01:56:27,105
Alright, going to a vote. All those in favor say aye. Aye.

2221
01:56:27,575 --> 01:56:30,935
Opposed? Alright. Motion passes.

2222
01:56:32,905 --> 01:56:36,565
Moving on to 7.5, authorized superintendent

2223
01:56:36,625 --> 01:56:38,845
to approve federal and state grants.

2224
01:56:39,275 --> 01:56:41,045
This is an annual authorization

2225
01:56:41,045 --> 01:56:44,005
that a Vermont School Board must explicitly authorize the

2226
01:56:44,005 --> 01:56:45,805
superintendent to approve and accept federal

2227
01:56:45,905 --> 01:56:49,725
and state grants under 16 VSA

2228
01:56:49,795 --> 01:56:51,005
5 6 3 8.

2229
01:56:51,025 --> 01:56:53,365
The school board retains the ultimate legal authority

2230
01:56:53,425 --> 01:56:55,685
and responsibility to manage district funds,

2231
01:56:56,145 --> 01:56:57,285
but the board is permitted

2232
01:56:57,285 --> 01:56:59,645
to formally delegate the student to the superintendent.

2233
01:57:00,385 --> 01:57:03,005
Is there a motion to authorize the superintendent to approve

2234
01:57:03,025 --> 01:57:04,685
and accept federal and state grants?

2235
01:57:05,385 --> 01:57:09,325
So moved. So moved by Sam, seconded

2236
01:57:09,325 --> 01:57:11,005
by Juliano discussion.

2237
01:57:14,425 --> 01:57:18,245
Public comment. Alright,

2238
01:57:18,345 --> 01:57:19,845
all those in favor say aye.

2239
01:57:20,785 --> 01:57:23,565
Aye. Opposed? Motion passes.

2240
01:57:26,855 --> 01:57:30,985
Okay. Moving on to 7.6.

2241
01:57:33,375 --> 01:57:35,425
Make a motion to approve the contract signing

2242
01:57:35,425 --> 01:57:36,545
of the food service contract.

2243
01:57:36,795 --> 01:57:41,025
Thank you. Motion by Giuliano. Seconded by Ian. Discussion.

2244
01:57:41,705 --> 01:57:46,375
Lindsay, how much is I didn't be,

2245
01:57:47,605 --> 01:57:49,495
it's, the process is not complete, Lindsay.

2246
01:57:49,675 --> 01:57:52,095
It will be complete on JU June 8th.

2247
01:57:52,635 --> 01:57:55,535
And the board has already authorized Garrett to, to

2248
01:57:56,405 --> 01:57:58,015
sign contracts over the summer.

2249
01:57:58,355 --> 01:58:00,815
And since the board is likely not going to be

2250
01:58:00,945 --> 01:58:03,455
until later on, you can reaffirm

2251
01:58:03,685 --> 01:58:05,815
that decision when he meets.

2252
01:58:05,815 --> 01:58:08,895
But the process won't be completed for another week or so.

2253
01:58:09,435 --> 01:58:11,895
So I'm just wondering, so this is just for the summer?

2254
01:58:12,515 --> 01:58:15,175
No, no, it's the, it's the new food service contract

2255
01:58:15,235 --> 01:58:16,495
for the next couple years.

2256
01:58:16,515 --> 01:58:20,815
Oh, I was like, for the summer, I was like for ESY? Yeah.

2257
01:58:21,045 --> 01:58:25,785
Okay. And how about when I sign it, we send it out

2258
01:58:25,785 --> 01:58:27,145
to the full board Sure.

2259
01:58:27,205 --> 01:58:28,545
To review? Yeah.

2260
01:58:29,635 --> 01:58:32,345
Could you let us know how compared to like last year

2261
01:58:32,525 --> 01:58:36,045
or whatever and I No, I

2262
01:58:37,865 --> 01:58:42,605
or Emily can, depending on when that's ready for us.

2263
01:58:43,795 --> 01:58:46,725
Alright. Is there any other discussion from the board?

2264
01:58:47,105 --> 01:58:51,695
Any questions? Alright, public comment.

2265
01:58:55,445 --> 01:58:59,855
Alright, going to a vote. All those in favor say aye.

2266
01:59:00,355 --> 01:59:04,465
Aye. Opposed? All the motion passes.

2267
01:59:05,555 --> 01:59:09,025
7.7 annual designation of true officers

2268
01:59:09,125 --> 01:59:12,385
and HHB report recipients.

2269
01:59:13,655 --> 01:59:15,105
This is an annual requirement

2270
01:59:15,105 --> 01:59:16,585
to update the superintendent's

2271
01:59:16,585 --> 01:59:17,945
recommendations of assignments.

2272
01:59:19,205 --> 01:59:20,225
We have our state statute

2273
01:59:20,365 --> 01:59:23,225
and the packet explaining the true officers

2274
01:59:23,445 --> 01:59:26,945
and the HHB report recipients is located on the last page

2275
01:59:26,965 --> 01:59:28,465
of policy C 10.

2276
01:59:29,085 --> 01:59:31,265
Is there a motion to accept the superintendent's

2277
01:59:31,265 --> 01:59:34,465
recommendations of assignment for truant officers

2278
01:59:34,465 --> 01:59:36,905
and HHB report recipients?

2279
01:59:37,125 --> 01:59:41,425
So, so moved by Juliano second. No, I have a question. Okay.

2280
01:59:41,615 --> 01:59:43,425
I'll second. Seconded by Jackie.

2281
01:59:44,115 --> 01:59:48,585
Discussion Lindsay, just

2282
01:59:48,785 --> 01:59:51,705
'cause I'm not, who, what does the policy say?

2283
01:59:52,615 --> 01:59:56,665
It's in here. Oh, which,

2284
01:59:56,715 --> 01:59:59,385
which addendum?

2285
02:00:00,145 --> 02:00:01,705
I didn't see it in the addendum. Sorry.

2286
02:00:01,775 --> 02:00:04,465
It's in the regular package. The regular package.

2287
02:00:05,135 --> 02:00:07,145
It's on the very end. Okay.

2288
02:00:09,055 --> 02:00:10,785
It's under section 7.7.

2289
02:00:11,175 --> 02:00:12,745
It's our policy on the prevention

2290
02:00:12,745 --> 02:00:14,305
of harassment, hazing and bullying.

2291
02:00:14,565 --> 02:00:17,945
So it's the links also.

2292
02:00:18,185 --> 02:00:19,545
I thought I opened the link and there

2293
02:00:21,045 --> 02:00:22,065
was there other questions?

2294
02:00:22,385 --> 02:00:23,985
I had a question while you're looking for that, Lindsay,

2295
02:00:24,125 --> 02:00:25,785
for superintendent canning?

2296
02:00:26,125 --> 02:00:29,665
Yes. Are these designees like pretty standard?

2297
02:00:29,735 --> 02:00:31,865
Like is that like the building principal

2298
02:00:31,925 --> 02:00:33,225
or the building assistant principal?

2299
02:00:33,225 --> 02:00:35,065
Is that pretty standard? So like the next superintendent's

2300
02:00:35,065 --> 02:00:37,225
not gonna be like, why didn't you choose the counselor?

2301
02:00:37,525 --> 02:00:39,705
Why didn't you choose the No, it it,

2302
02:00:40,285 --> 02:00:42,225
it is typically an assistant principal role.

2303
02:00:42,225 --> 02:00:44,585
Okay. And then in the 2K eight schools

2304
02:00:45,305 --> 02:00:48,065
there have been two additional individuals

2305
02:00:48,065 --> 02:00:49,785
who have been trained to do this work.

2306
02:00:50,285 --> 02:00:53,315
Gotcha. And I noticed

2307
02:00:53,345 --> 02:00:56,395
that my email address is Liz did under Emily's name.

2308
02:00:56,395 --> 02:01:01,355
I'll have that changed the other discussion from the board.

2309
02:01:05,875 --> 02:01:07,695
All right. Moving to public comment.

2310
02:01:13,745 --> 02:01:15,445
All right, I'm gonna go to a vote. Oh,

2311
02:01:15,445 --> 02:01:16,765
Can I, oh, can I say something?

2312
02:01:17,505 --> 02:01:19,125
I'm sorry. Oh yeah.

2313
02:01:19,185 --> 02:01:20,965
Hi, I'm, I'm, yeah,

2314
02:01:22,305 --> 02:01:26,285
our HHB coordinator has improved

2315
02:01:27,745 --> 02:01:30,005
my classroom learning.

2316
02:01:31,245 --> 02:01:34,005
I just wanted to say that. Yeah. Thank you.

2317
02:01:35,135 --> 02:01:37,085
Thank you. That's good to know. Yeah,

2318
02:01:37,835 --> 02:01:39,045
Very thankful for that.

2319
02:01:39,125 --> 02:01:40,125
That thanks.

2320
02:01:41,355 --> 02:01:45,045
Awesome. Alright, I'm gonna move to a vote now.

2321
02:01:45,325 --> 02:01:50,175
Lin Lindsay. So you said the last page, I'm sorry,

2322
02:01:50,315 --> 02:01:54,555
but it's Appendix A, no la So it, on

2323
02:01:56,045 --> 02:01:59,815
here it said about the last page,

2324
02:01:59,935 --> 02:02:04,175
HAB report recipients is located on the last page

2325
02:02:04,175 --> 02:02:08,925
of policy C 10, continuing obligation

2326
02:02:08,945 --> 02:02:12,205
to investigate, disseminating, disseminating information,

2327
02:02:12,445 --> 02:02:15,445
training and data reporting, student training,

2328
02:02:16,935 --> 02:02:19,245
staff training, legal references.

2329
02:02:22,545 --> 02:02:23,785
I just don't like, I don't see

2330
02:02:23,785 --> 02:02:27,065
where the de current officer information's on the

2331
02:02:27,065 --> 02:02:28,265
last page of CT a.

2332
02:02:32,315 --> 02:02:34,985
It is, I'm sure it's in there.

2333
02:02:35,785 --> 02:02:37,985
I know it's one of the policies and we do it annually.

2334
02:02:37,985 --> 02:02:39,465
There. It's, thank you Sam.

2335
02:02:40,575 --> 02:02:45,105
Just the link.

2336
02:02:48,385 --> 02:02:51,245
No, so, so on the addendum

2337
02:02:53,155 --> 02:02:57,885
page 23, the last agenda item, it says

2338
02:02:58,925 --> 02:03:01,005
HHB report

2339
02:03:01,885 --> 02:03:05,445
recipients is located on the last page of policy C 10.

2340
02:03:05,545 --> 02:03:07,645
Yep. So it went to policy C 10.

2341
02:03:09,115 --> 02:03:13,805
Yeah, but not the truancy. The HHB. Oh this is C 10.

2342
02:03:14,315 --> 02:03:18,125
Yeah, but it's, it's just the HHB report is located.

2343
02:03:18,195 --> 02:03:20,725
Does it say truant officers has looked that,

2344
02:03:21,065 --> 02:03:23,765
but it does on the 7.7.

2345
02:03:23,955 --> 02:03:24,885
Yeah. Yeah.

2346
02:03:29,345 --> 02:03:33,205
But in the description of, sorry. No.

2347
02:03:33,825 --> 02:03:36,405
So this is the policy C 10 I opened up from the website

2348
02:03:36,785 --> 02:03:38,045
and I just don't see

2349
02:03:39,555 --> 02:03:42,245
what it is saying in our addendum on the last page.

2350
02:03:42,245 --> 02:03:44,245
Okay. So what the addendum says is

2351
02:03:44,245 --> 02:03:47,085
that HHB report recipients is located on the last

2352
02:03:47,155 --> 02:03:48,405
page of policy C 10.

2353
02:03:48,405 --> 02:03:50,805
Above that it says state statute in the packet.

2354
02:03:51,465 --> 02:03:53,285
It doesn't say the true officers,

2355
02:03:55,945 --> 02:03:57,485
but I don't see that it says anything.

2356
02:03:57,705 --> 02:04:01,525
Are you looking at the website? The the C 10? Yes.

2357
02:04:01,585 --> 02:04:04,555
It needs to be updated. Okay.

2358
02:04:06,935 --> 02:04:08,115
All right. I'm gonna go to a vote.

2359
02:04:08,695 --> 02:04:13,545
All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion passes.

2360
02:04:16,575 --> 02:04:20,335
Alright, if this is ct, our

2361
02:04:21,365 --> 02:04:24,135
next meeting date so far no meeting in July,

2362
02:04:24,275 --> 02:04:25,975
but to be determined.

2363
02:04:27,675 --> 02:04:29,415
Oh right. So our next

2364
02:04:30,225 --> 02:04:34,375
collective individual committee meetings are June 15th

2365
02:04:34,665 --> 02:04:36,735
where we'll meet at Spalding High School.

2366
02:04:36,875 --> 02:04:39,685
But, but I do have a request from the facilities committee

2367
02:04:40,185 --> 02:04:43,685
and that is, we have not acted on the request

2368
02:04:44,145 --> 02:04:46,725
to use the capital reserve funds

2369
02:04:46,865 --> 02:04:48,885
to replace boilers at the high school.

2370
02:04:49,465 --> 02:04:52,405
And so I'm wondering if people will be, would be available

2371
02:04:52,405 --> 02:04:54,765
to meet 15 minutes

2372
02:04:54,905 --> 02:04:57,165
before your committee meetings on that evening.

2373
02:04:57,395 --> 02:05:01,685
5 45. So the board can take action based on the facilities

2374
02:05:01,685 --> 02:05:02,845
committee recommendation

2375
02:05:03,225 --> 02:05:06,975
and the capital reserve fund that work for everyone.

2376
02:05:07,195 --> 02:05:09,415
Yes. Yeah. Okay. Work for every, that would be perfect.

2377
02:05:09,505 --> 02:05:12,255
It'll be a special meeting and thank you very much. Great.

2378
02:05:12,255 --> 02:05:15,135
Thank you. Sorry. Next we'll have a special meeting

2379
02:05:15,835 --> 02:05:19,855
on Monday, June 15th at 5:45 PM in Spalding High School

2380
02:05:19,855 --> 02:05:21,895
Library, followed by our

2381
02:05:22,425 --> 02:05:24,855
committees, which will be their own.

2382
02:05:26,905 --> 02:05:30,235
Alright. Now can I phone in

2383
02:05:30,775 --> 02:05:33,075
is, what's that?

2384
02:05:33,495 --> 02:05:37,595
Can I phone in? My daughter has pt? Sure. Yeah, of course.

2385
02:05:40,005 --> 02:05:44,105
All right, we will now we're now at executive session.

2386
02:05:45,705 --> 02:05:48,085
Hold on. One,

2387
02:05:49,565 --> 02:05:54,525
is there a motion to make a specific finding

2388
02:05:54,525 --> 02:05:57,445
that premature general public knowledge would clearly place

2389
02:05:57,585 --> 02:06:00,205
the public body or a person involved at a

2390
02:06:00,205 --> 02:06:03,085
substantial So moved.

2391
02:06:04,195 --> 02:06:09,185
Moved by Jackie, who's, sorry. Seconded by Ian. Discussion.

2392
02:06:11,305 --> 02:06:14,805
All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed?

2393
02:06:15,945 --> 02:06:19,205
Is there a motion to enter executive session

2394
02:06:20,175 --> 02:06:23,965
under Vermont BSA three three?

2395
02:06:24,105 --> 02:06:27,845
Oh boy. A one A regarding contracts

2396
02:06:27,845 --> 02:06:31,365
and inviting the superintendent Joanne can to join us.

2397
02:06:32,025 --> 02:06:35,765
So moved. Moved by Sam. Okay. Seconded by Jackie.

2398
02:06:35,855 --> 02:06:40,275
Discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye.

2399
02:06:40,385 --> 02:06:43,635
Opposed? We are now in executive session.

2400
02:06:44,665 --> 02:06:45,755
Well, we need to go to the other

2401
02:06:45,755 --> 02:06:46,795
room 'cause Rob's gonna be here.

2402
02:06:46,825 --> 02:06:51,035
Okay, Lindsay, all those in favor say aye. Aye.

2403
02:06:51,745 --> 02:06:56,615
Opposed? We are adjourned at 8 29. Thanks everyone. Thanks.