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Good evening. We're happy that you're here this evening. It's

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lovely to see these smiling faces up here instead of

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in the back. We appreciate you being here for our

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Tuesday, August 11th meeting. We have been in closed session

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and we just came out of closed session and we

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have been in recess. So we are coming back into

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open meeting. Thank you again for being here this evening.

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And now I'll ask for return to open meeting, please.

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I move the board to reconvene and to open session

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and certify that the Gloucester County School Board while enclosed

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session discussed only public matters lawfully exempted from open meeting

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requirements, provided in subsection A of section 2. 2 -

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3711. That only public business matters that were identified in

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the motion conveying the closed session were heard, discussed or

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considered. Second. All right, we have a motion in a

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second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Oh,

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I'm sorry. Jen, would you call roll? I'm sorry. Mr.

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Anderson? Ms. McPherson? Yes. Mr. Drew. Mr. Sinevic. Ms. Salman.

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Yes. Miss Scruggs, Ms. Parker. Yes. All right, personnel items.

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Do I have a motion to approve the personnel items?

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Madam Chair, I moved to approve the monthly personnel appointments

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and resignations as discussed in closed session. Okay. Do we

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have a second. We have a motion and a second.

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All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed. Okay. Madam

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chair, I also moved that we approve the student personnel

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items as discussed in closed session. Okay, we have a

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motion. Do we have a second? Second. We have a

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second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay,

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thank you very much. We're now at our time for

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a moment of silence and the Pledge of Allegiance. Before

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we get started though, I want to welcome Mr. Steven

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Kresevich. Okay. And Carrie, I believe you have something that

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you have about. She reads. It. Am I going now?

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Okay. Steven is a rising senior at GHS. This year,

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Stephen was selected to serve as Gloucesters NJROTC Battalion Master

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Chief. Just last week he planned and led over 50

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rising freshmen through a series of NJROTC training topics. And

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high school familiarization to become our newest student cadets. Steven

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has taken a variety of AP and dual enrollment classes

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and maintains a 4. 3 grade point average. He is

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active in scouting America and in the final stages of

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completing his Eagle Scout achievement. Steven was recently recognized as

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the youth of the year for the boys and girls

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clubs of the Virginia Peninsula. During the ceremony, Steven reflected

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on the importance of maintaining a sense of childhood while

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preparing for adulthood. Drawing from his experiences and scouting, JROJROTC,

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excuse me, and the boys and girls club. He spoke

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highly about the value of community mentorship and service. Okay,

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thank you. We're going to have a moment of silence

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and then you can lead us.

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Okay, sir. Well, Rise that can, please. Please join me

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in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance. Goodify, I'll

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be nice, safe America. And to the Republic for which

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it stands. One nation, under God. Indivisible with liberty and

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justice for all. Thank you very much, sir. Thank you.

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All right. Uh, Dr. Vladieu, are there any changes or

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additions to the agenda of the evening? Well, good evening,

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Madam Chair Parker. Ms. Salman, members of the board, those

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here in audience tonight. Good to see you all. Great

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to be back in those watching at home. I do

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have two recommended changes for the board to consider. Number

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one, uh, we would like to recognize the varsity softball

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team led by Coach Red, Lindsay Red. And then number

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two, that would be as item 8b. And to add

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item AC, we have a number of new staff here.

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Uh, in the audience. And I would like to introduce

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them to the public. So those are the two recommended

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updates. Okay. A, B will be the softball and the

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C will be your staff presentation. Okay. All right.

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Yeah. Um. We have a motion to approve Dr. Vlao's

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changes to the agenda. I moved it. We approved, um,

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changes that Dr. Motion second. All in favor say aye.

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Aye. Any opposed. Okay. Thank you. All right. Um, the

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next thing on the agenda, I actually brought up, um,

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policy JECB - E enrollment of non - resident students

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discussion and action. We have in the past offered employees,

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um, of our school division to bring their children here

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to be in school. In our schools here, even if

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they live across the water or wherever they live. And

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what my recommendation is, is that we have the opportunity

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to let the county employees and the sheriff's office also

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bring their students over here if they so desire. And

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I kind of ask Dr. Vladu to look into that

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to see if that was a possibility. So I'm going

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to now turn it over to you. With the information

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that you have. So thank you, Madam Chair. As the

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members of the public know, enrollment is how we fund

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our schools. Uh, we funded on an ADM basis. So

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when, um, staff member who may live in another district

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and wants to bring their students to our school or

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we benefit from that enrollment, which allow us to hire

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teachers, support our schools. And because education caused money. Now

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currently, if you want to bring your child here from

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one of the, let's say you live in our own

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name, but you know, let's say you live across the

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water and you bring your child to, um, our district

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in Gloucester, that is pending the availability of space. So

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for instance, if a class is at 24, we are

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not going to exceed the SOQ and have a financial

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impact. The answer for that would be no, because we

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do not have space at that school. So pending the

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availability of space, which we already do, um, in looking

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at other districts, they're opening up these opportunities to county

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employees. As well as sheriff's department to assist with enrollment.

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And it's a great benefit. We know that families don't

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spend a lot of time at home sometimes for a

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mom and dad to know that the child is in

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the same school or for county employee to know that

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they're on their way to work as they cross the

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bridge or they come from the northern neck that the

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child comes with them. So my recommendation is to extend

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that. I don't anticipate a big impact, but we may

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again 10 to 15 students across the district. Can I

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ask you a question about that? Um, I think it's

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a great idea in welcoming students from employees who in

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both departments, but we would get money from the state,

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but the local fund, we would be picking up. Because

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are they tuition painting? They're not tuition pain. It's coming

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at no cost to them. That is correct. So the

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state funding portion of that, um, it's a little north

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of 10, 000 dollars per ADM per student enrollment. So

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the local funding, uh, again, that would not change. But

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the state funding more than cover the cost of educating

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those students. They're share of it. Their chairman, correct. Well,

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that's what I'm saying. Okay. So I just want to

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put that out there. That we would be absorbing that

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cost. Because there are students who come to the county

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who are tuition pain. I mean, because they're not as

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children of employees, which is fine. I mean, which is

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great. We would encourage many students to come here and

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pay tuition. We would welcome them if we have the

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room. Is there any other questions discussion. Mr. Drew. So

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the document that we were given. JECB Echo is a

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form. It's just a form. It's not talking about the

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policy. That must be an error. That is a company.

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There is an application form, but we do have a

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policy on GLOGRO non - residenced students, which covers our

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teachers and staff. So we will check that and make

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sure we upload the correct information. So with everything that

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you guys just said about allowing people from the county

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come in, correct? That's going to be listed in this

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policy. Well, here's what happens tonight is just to get

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the board to give consensus and moving forward. If there's

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more consensus, what we would like to do is to

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turn this over to the policy committee to discuss it.

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Um, evaluate the issue. And, um, you know, bring it

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back for discussion and possible approval. So tonight we're not

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asking for approval. We're just asking for is there a

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boar consensus and proceeding with drafting something to bring back

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to the board. Okay. Thank you. Go ahead. Okay. But

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we are you're asking us to approve. It is an

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approval of students of county employees to have the option

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to come here tuition free. So we have to vote

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on that. Right. Well, we still, you may take a

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vote, but we still need to drive policy to bring

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before you. And so at this point there wouldn't be

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approving that. You would just allow us to draft policy

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to bring back before you at the next meeting. But

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the board has that option. Right now if you all

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are in consensus and you decide, Hey, we don't have

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any issue with this. You could direct again, allow that

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change to be made. But I will bring you back

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an update policy regardless. So the board has an option

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of approving it tonight or bringing directing me to use

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the policy committee to make changes and bring back to

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you. Do we need to make a motion. I don't

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know what the board's pleasure is to whether or not

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they would like to go ahead and vote on this

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this evening. And let them. For him to just go

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ahead. And create the policy. Just have a consensus that

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it's okay with all of us. So we don't want

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to have to vote. For it. Right. Okay. Anyone else

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have any comments. Or concerns? I would be curious from

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an athletics perspective. If that were to change any eligibility

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for moving districts and how we can combat people potentially

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moving students because of program is doing, let's say better

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like our softball team here in this county, then the

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current county or district that they are in. That would

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be one of the concerns that I would like to

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see kind of spelled out. Absolutely. We talk about VHSL

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eligibility. But if you're moving or coming to a school

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and your intent is not academics. It's just to compete

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with that team VH subprohibit stat. So anyone moving here

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for the purpose of just playing, um, that would be

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a violation of some VHSL rule. But we could provide

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again, that could be the work of the committee, um,

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to look at that. But I provide those updates to

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our coaches. We're actually to the AD and the coaches

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regularly when I attend my meetings. So that's pretty much

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common knowledge that you cannot move here to play. Yeah.

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A great point. We have people that try to do

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that. Has there been a, um, kind of any kind

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of informal polling of county staff and their interest. Those

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who live out of town. And so, um, I mean,

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I ran this by a couple of county officials, uh,

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letting them know that I am bringing it tonight. Now

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I have not done anything more formal than that. But

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if the board would like for us to pull the

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county employees, uh, we certainly could work with the county

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government and do that. If we're going to do this,

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I would like to be able to have it in

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place for school. For September. So that families that may

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be interested can go ahead and get, get that rolling

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so that they can be. For one, we've got to

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make sure that we have room in our school that

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they would like to attend. Depending on where they work.

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I would assume whether it would be closer to their

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works. And in that case, the boar would need to

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entertain a motion tonight to approve a county employees and

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the sheriff's department, um, children to attend GLOUSTA County public

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schools, non - resident pending the availability of space and

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staffing. I would put those two conditions on it. Is

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there anyone that would like to make that motion.

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Obviously. I think there needs to be. More discussion. Okay.

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We'll come back then. With discussion for the next meeting.

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Do we have a work session? We do not, do

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we? So far September meeting. We will be back here,

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um, on Tuesday, September 8th, which is going to get

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here before we know it. And then that time our

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policy committee will meet and develop policy for the board's

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review in the next meeting. I would prefer we meet

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and create the policy and therefore extend out to have

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the regulation written. That way when school starts. We'll have

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it in place. Okay. If there are any students that

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are waiting to find out and they're planning to pay

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that are here in the county, can that be held

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in obeyance for a time until all of this has

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worked out. Well, the next meeting the board can make

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a retroactive. So we'll use our processes. There's no change

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to policies. It would be a tuition. Penn would absent

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the board approval. They would have to follow the rules

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in the processes. However, at the next meeting, the board

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can make a retroactive to August 24th. Okay. Cachool does

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start very soon. Okay. All right. Is that OK with

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everyone? We'll bring it back in September. Okay. All right.

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Moving forward. Um, BSBA legislative advocacy conference, September 17th. Please

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let Ms. Brazil know by September 1. If you would

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like to be registered to attend the VSBA annual convention

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is November 18th through the 20th in Waymsburg. Please notify

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Ms. Brazil by October 15th. If you'd like to be

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registered to attend. And now we're at committee sports and

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commissions and updates from board members. Is there any board

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member that has an update from any committee that they

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are serving on. Mr. Jo. I believe we have a

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looking forward to have a notification when our next CTE

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meeting is going to be. There's a lot of information

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going to be coming out. About. Our expansion, I believe.

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Um. That's about it. A report back that I did

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make the presentation, um, of that legislative proposal for adoption

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to the VSBA committee. And we'll hear back on whether

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they are going to accept it. We won't know until

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the September meeting. And so we'll find out, uh, I

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guess I could report back on October meeting. Okay. All

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right. Anyone else have any. Anything. The only thing I

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would like to say here, it's not an update for

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committee, but, um, yesterday, um, we had the new teachers

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here. And I know you're going to introduce some, but,

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um, it was quite an opening, quite a grand opening

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for our new teachers. And I think everyone that was

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there was very uplifted on how they were, um, treated

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when from the time they walked in the door. And

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it was a really great morning. I didn't stay past

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morning. And I know you guys had to stay a

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lot longer, but we appreciate you. We hope you know

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that. And we hope we showed you that by a

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little bit. And as, um, I'm just hoping that you

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have a wonderful year. And I guess we'll see them

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a little bit later. And if we could bottle up,

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Dr. Stams energy, excitement. Yeah. I could use a little.

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That would be helpful. She doesn't even drink coffee. Okay.

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All right. Community presentations. BCUeded outreach presentation. And that is

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Mr. Derek Jones. Thank you for having us. Dr. Do.

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Ms. Salmon. And the team at Gloucester County Public Schools.

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We want to thank you for allowing us to be

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a partner with you in helping our students in Gulfster

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County. BCU United. If you guys don't know about us,

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we are a 501c3 nonprofit here in Gloffsta County. The

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focus of our nonprofit is our K through 12 students.

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And our seniors in the community. Uh, this past Saturday

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that you can let our roll this past Saturday. We

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had our annual back to school block party here at

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the high school. Well, at the high school, not here,

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but at the high school where we were able to

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bless over 200 students with school supplies and backpacks. We

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fed all of the students that came out whether or

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not they were in Gloucester Middlesex Matthews or some that

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struggled in from new pernus. All the kids were fed.

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We had over 30 vendors out there. And we didn't

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count the number of, uh, attendees that we had because

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the most important thing was our students. So, uh, Dr.

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Doo and his team was out there feeding the students.

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We had a great time. It was a big success.

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And we want to thank you once again for allowing

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us to use the GLOSTA high school. Practice field area

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for this event. This was our fourth annual event. And

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we're looking to many more years. We are now able

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to bless the school system with over a hundred more

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backpacks, uh, that are stuffed and ready for your students.

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We have elementary, middle and high school backpacks sitting right

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here for you guys to distribute. Our supporters, our sponsors

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range from Centera, Riverside, Gloucester County Community Foundation, Gloucester Toyota.

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Bayport, Langley, and a host of smaller donations that allow

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us to do the work that we do. We just

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let it run. Let's go right on through. We have

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some pictures up there. Um, also BCU and I also

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goes into the nursing homes. We go into Riverside four

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times a year and do a spa day for the

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ladies and gentlemen that are there. Um, we do two

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financial seminars for seniors in the community talking about their

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social security, Medicaid, uh, trust, wills, deeds and all those

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type of things. Um, we also put on I am

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enough for young girls. Grade six through 12 where we

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mentor them, give them different avenues. Viewing themselves as they

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stand in front of us. They are enough. We bring

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in speakers from the community. And also some from outside

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the community. We've had people from the vice president's office.

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To entrepreneurs, to educators, um, to even one of our

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local teachers that was there. Um, and then we do

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what's called, uh, Boys Demand. I think we have. A

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slide for that. Boys demand is the same program, but

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it's for young men from six to 12th grade. And

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that we do the same things. The mentoring program. We've

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had, uh, educators there. We've had, well, we're going to

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have, let me rephrase that last year's event had the

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postponed. This year's event for the I Am Enough and

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boys demand it's going to be in September. September 19th.

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So we need registration. We need our teachers involved. And

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our Glocial County administrators involved to get the word out

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there, get the registrations going. It is a free event

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for all students. They'll be fed breakfast, lunch and a

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snack before they go home. Um, we'll have speakers. I

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think this year's speakers come from the Air Force come

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from, I think a doctor. Dr. Jones. Um, we have,

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uh, a Navy pilot that is now a lawyer. Um,

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that will be coming. Um. Can't remember all the names,

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but, but we have a great group of young men

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and ladies that will be presenting and supporting this event.

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Do you have any questions. Anyone have any questions. I

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just want to thank you so much for the impact

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that you have on our students. I mean, the block

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party is a huge event. I know it takes a

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good deal of effort and time to put it together.

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And we want to thank you so very much for

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all that you do with all these fabulous events to

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reach the students, our seniors. So we're blessed to have

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you. So thank you. Thank you guys. Appreciate it. I

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was able to be out there that day. It was

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very hot, very humid, but it was very nice. And

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the kids seemed happy and everything that was going on.

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It was a really good site to see so many

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children out there and getting their backpacks and picking them

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out, whether they wanted a dinosaur or they wanted a

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truck or whatever. Um, that was kind of neat to

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stand back and watch the children trying to decide what

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special bag they wanted. So I appreciate all that you

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do. I know I've been able to come the last

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few years and I hope to continue to come in

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the future years. So. Thank you. Thank you so much.

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I also want to thank you for all the work

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you're done. I said when I write a Glossar, it

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was a first year. So here are four years later

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doing some great work. I don't know if anybody's been

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to Walmart. That's a lot of school supplies. We're talking

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about thousands of dollars of school supplies. So what we'll

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do is we'll inventory it. And we'll get involved in

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actually, um, putting a value on it and actually we'll

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accept that as a donation from you. The most important

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thing is that we'll have hundreds of students. We can't

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afford a pencil. They can't afford a notebook. That because

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of your work, they'll go there and they'll have a

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pencil, a notebook, a backpack. And that speaks to love

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and commitment and our partnership. And I want to say

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the better way to invest in this community than investing

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our children in this group, BCUnited is a perfect example.

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That's what thank you. Thank you very much. Appreciate that.

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We'll see you back next year. Thank you. Okay. Now

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we have softball. All right. Our other main event. I

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see a lot of very excited young ladies. I'll just

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start was by saying this and, uh, coached red. Their

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lessons that you learned on the field that you cannot

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learn in the classroom, how to compete, how to give

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feedback, how to win together, how to excel together how

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to just be excellent. And the better example than this

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team. So that's before I get to my statement. I

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thought about you all a lot because, um, when we

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opened up with our new teachers, we actually showed a

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picture of you all when you were winning. And what

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did you do? Well, you worked together. And you excelled.

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And you showed us adults that when you work hard,

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great things happen and your passion and some of the

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pictures I've seen posted and on social media, Aedjist speaks

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volume. So I'm telling you as an adult, you all

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inspired me, but not just me. I think every staff

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member in this district, cause that's what we want to

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do, what we do is educate. So enough about that.

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I do have a prepared statement. So tonight we're proud

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to recognize the Gloucester High School. Before we do that,

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I want you all to come up here. Let's not

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sit down. You guys are doers. Come up here with

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your coach. Let's give my hand. All right. Dr. Stan,

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maybe they could face the audience face their parents and

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their coach. They come up here. We're going to take

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a nice picture and then I'll read the statement. So.

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We're going to. Turn.

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All right. Now I'm ready to read this. All right.

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You also, please don't go anywhere. You guys got to

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have to, you have the limelight right now. So, uh,

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we're proud to recognize the Gloucester High School varsity softball

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team for now standing season and for finishing, um, as

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the Virginia high school league class four, one of the

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most competitive runner ups. The lady Duke's earned their place

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in the state championship game. And I travel there. You

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all traveled there. It was three and a half hours

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over the mountains and through the hills. Um, and, um,

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and you played a very competitive team last week, state

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champs. And you all held your own. I mean, it

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was down to the wire. And so, um, the championship

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game and the banada way, um, that we wanted it

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to end, uh, the lessons you learned, do not diminish

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your achievements. Reaching a state final is an extraordinary achievement.

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These young women represented Gloucester High School in our entire

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community with tremendous pride as they have given all of

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us something worth celebrating. I also want to recognize coach

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David, Lindsay, affectionately known as red. And I'm not sure

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if you guys are allowed to call them that, but

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after you graduate, he can't, you know, he can't give

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you directions anymore. So, um, coach read, um, the passion

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and the commitment you put into these programs and these

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sports go a long way. And these young ladies will

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remember these experience for their life, the rest of their

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life success at this level, takes countless hours of preparation,

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sacrifice, encouragement and commitment. Tonight was especially celebrate our graduating

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seniors. And thank you all for coming. That's why we're

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doing this tonight as they begin the next chapter. So

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I'm going to, um, read some of your names. So

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panorsely will attend random making savanna shot hand. Did I

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say that right. All right. Thank you. Um, I totally

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get it. We'll attend long with university. Alexis Tishman will

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attend Methodist University Cameron Palace. We'll attend the University of

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Virginia Brianna Tatement. We'll attend Bridgewater College and Lily Logan

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will attend the region university. So to our seniors, congratulations

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on everything you accomplished here at Gloucester High. You represent

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the best in us. We hope you carried the lessons

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of friendship, confidence, uh, memories and also the competitive spirit

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that will carry well not just in sports, but in

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academics, life and everything that you will do. And I

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hope you remember this for the rest of your life

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to the entire lady Duke's team. Congratulations on an exceptional

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season and are earning the title of class for state

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runner up. You can represent the Gloucester with excellence. And

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we are incredibly proud of you. Congratulations. Let's give them

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a hand. Does anybody that wants to speak. On

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three.

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Coach Red, did you want to say anything. What I

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like to watch. Would you like to say anything? Like

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you do the girls. First of all, I would like

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thank the young ladies who could come tonight. We have

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a lot of people who are still on vacation. Um,

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however, we have a wonderful group of young ladies. And

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this was our 30 second year here at Gloucester teaching

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and coaching softball. And we have had wonderful parents over

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the years and we have wonderful parents this year. And

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it's just been a family atmosphere for 32 years. And

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we would like to thank Dr. Vladiu because he does

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come out to the games. And, um, and everyone who

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does come out to the games, we do appreciate all

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of their support. So. Thank you so much. Thank you.

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Nice. Thank you ladies. All right. Dr. Will I do.

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Have some staff to introduce. Yes. A lot of people

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wonder what are these all administrators do during the summer?

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What are they doing with TC Walker? Right. I mean,

472
00:49:37,224 --> 00:49:40,083
we see their cars there, um, you know, all we

473
00:49:40,083 --> 00:49:42,803
do. We plan for the year. And just like our

474
00:49:42,904 --> 00:49:47,283
teachers have every lesson plan, every detail, every learning target,

475
00:49:47,323 --> 00:49:50,463
every activity. This is where the planning happens. A lot

476
00:49:50,664 --> 00:49:53,203
of state reporting, but, um, the funnest part of this

477
00:49:53,224 --> 00:49:56,883
is hiring our new staff, our new leaders. So tonight

478
00:49:56,923 --> 00:49:59,843
I would like to introduce some of our leaders to

479
00:49:59,864 --> 00:50:03,283
you. Uh, so here we go. We have many of

480
00:50:03,304 --> 00:50:06,403
them right here. They're excited. They probably already feel like

481
00:50:06,443 --> 00:50:08,643
they've been on job for under job for a couple

482
00:50:08,643 --> 00:50:10,943
of months, but we're going to go ahead and, um,

483
00:50:11,544 --> 00:50:19,041
introduce them to you. So we'll start. If I could

484
00:50:19,081 --> 00:50:22,961
figure out this mouse, Dr. Freeze, it feels like you've

485
00:50:22,961 --> 00:50:25,041
been here forever, but we hired you. I think back

486
00:50:25,062 --> 00:50:28,401
in March, we board approved you back then. Uh, he's

487
00:50:28,401 --> 00:50:34,281
been, um, meeting administrators, teachers, schools, um, visiting everywhere. I

488
00:50:34,281 --> 00:50:36,321
think sometimes you make feel like you've been here for

489
00:50:36,422 --> 00:50:39,001
a long time, but sometimes you're just learning things. If

490
00:50:39,001 --> 00:50:40,641
you stand up to be recognized, let's give my hand.

491
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,139
So Dr. Freeze is going to continue the success at

492
00:50:47,139 --> 00:50:50,259
the elementary level. And again, we wish him a success

493
00:50:50,360 --> 00:50:53,859
in that role. So, uh, Mr. Libo Brian, we have

494
00:50:53,859 --> 00:50:56,499
a lot of Bryans to go through. Right. So we're

495
00:50:56,680 --> 00:50:58,619
going to start calling these brines by last names. I

496
00:50:58,619 --> 00:51:03,779
do apologize in advance. Uh, Brian Lebold, um, he's already

497
00:51:03,779 --> 00:51:09,059
been busy. He was helping with our new teacher, breakfast.

498
00:51:09,099 --> 00:51:12,459
He's been helping with our staff development. He's around. He

499
00:51:12,459 --> 00:51:15,619
is a calm demeanor, but he could keep a kitchen

500
00:51:15,659 --> 00:51:18,179
in order, right? You know how they have discerned about

501
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,259
too many cooks in the kitchen. He could keep that

502
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:23,299
in line. And he just steps in and picked up

503
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,659
right where we needed to be. During his interview, he

504
00:51:26,840 --> 00:51:29,619
actually shared that, uh, at ODU where you did this,

505
00:51:29,619 --> 00:51:32,099
that you could do sushi for four dollars serving. I

506
00:51:32,099 --> 00:51:33,619
don't know how you could do that here. I don't

507
00:51:33,619 --> 00:51:35,759
know for a lot to do sushi here, but, um,

508
00:51:35,800 --> 00:51:37,939
you could make this happen. And again, let's give him

509
00:51:37,939 --> 00:51:45,172
a hand. Please stand to be welcome. So Raven Carlton,

510
00:51:45,172 --> 00:51:50,372
um, you probably help serve thousands of sunmeal, right? Every

511
00:51:50,412 --> 00:51:53,812
Thursday and Friday when I drove by, and please stand

512
00:51:53,812 --> 00:51:56,292
up, Raven, where then I think you have your husband

513
00:51:56,393 --> 00:51:58,592
with you. Please. Thank you again for coming tonight, but

514
00:51:58,592 --> 00:52:00,932
I want to say something very, um, from a place

515
00:52:01,033 --> 00:52:04,292
of gratitude every single Thursday or Friday, I would drive

516
00:52:04,313 --> 00:52:06,932
by the high school going to some schools or going

517
00:52:06,953 --> 00:52:09,732
to some appointment. I would see you there. Uh, with

518
00:52:09,732 --> 00:52:12,612
your staff delivering sun meals. I know that this community

519
00:52:12,873 --> 00:52:15,412
counts on those. I know it's in the thousands. We're

520
00:52:15,433 --> 00:52:17,572
going to get a number, but you ran all of

521
00:52:17,572 --> 00:52:19,792
that. You were in all of the summer reporting. All

522
00:52:19,792 --> 00:52:22,932
of the financial aspects. And so I want to again,

523
00:52:22,932 --> 00:52:25,412
thank you on behalf of all Gloisso families for running

524
00:52:25,433 --> 00:52:31,252
that program. And Raven serves as the financial manager and

525
00:52:31,292 --> 00:52:33,812
food service. But she does a lot more, um, than

526
00:52:33,833 --> 00:52:36,332
that she rolls up her sleeves and serves meal. So

527
00:52:36,332 --> 00:52:43,570
let's give her a hand. So Linieda, if you would

528
00:52:43,570 --> 00:52:48,450
stand up from, um, being a phenomenal teacher to be

529
00:52:48,450 --> 00:52:51,090
in a phenomenal leader. I got to watch you in

530
00:52:51,090 --> 00:52:55,810
PLC meetings. Look at that data help teachers. I asked

531
00:52:55,831 --> 00:52:57,970
the right questions, but we're so excited for you to

532
00:52:58,010 --> 00:53:01,170
join us at the district level. We know, um, you

533
00:53:01,271 --> 00:53:04,610
have big shoes to fill when Melanie's depart, but there

534
00:53:04,650 --> 00:53:07,570
is no one better in this district to take the

535
00:53:07,671 --> 00:53:10,530
lead and continue the math achievement that this district is

536
00:53:10,631 --> 00:53:15,716
proud of. So again, welcome on board and congratulations. So

537
00:53:15,977 --> 00:53:19,476
Tammy, welcome to, uh, to Gloucester, uh, we're excited for

538
00:53:19,577 --> 00:53:23,956
you to join the Barata Bulldog community. You've already walked

539
00:53:23,977 --> 00:53:27,636
that building several times. I believe you're already planning to

540
00:53:27,676 --> 00:53:30,356
make sure that we don't back up on Main Street

541
00:53:30,617 --> 00:53:33,116
and we don't keep anybody from showing up to, or

542
00:53:33,116 --> 00:53:34,596
being late for work because we just have to blame

543
00:53:34,697 --> 00:53:39,556
you. Just kidding. Um, but welcome on board. And you

544
00:53:39,556 --> 00:53:41,776
know, Tammy has a passion for teaching and learning. She

545
00:53:41,817 --> 00:53:44,976
wears sneakers to work and she gets into classroom. She

546
00:53:45,097 --> 00:53:47,796
still teaches a lesson every once in a while helps

547
00:53:47,796 --> 00:53:50,356
teachers with, you know, sometimes you have one or two

548
00:53:50,356 --> 00:53:53,156
students and even adult to talk to, that's Tammy. She's

549
00:53:53,337 --> 00:53:54,916
going to help out with that again. Welcome to the

550
00:53:55,017 --> 00:54:02,509
Bulldog community. Mr. Cassis, you've done it all. You don't

551
00:54:02,549 --> 00:54:04,749
elementary. That's where you started. I believe you have a

552
00:54:04,789 --> 00:54:06,349
stint in the middle school. And then I think you

553
00:54:06,450 --> 00:54:08,909
were at a high school comprehensive high school. So you

554
00:54:08,930 --> 00:54:12,749
really understand that K12, Riley K12 vision. It all starts

555
00:54:12,789 --> 00:54:16,009
as a little kid having the vision working hard. And

556
00:54:16,009 --> 00:54:18,869
you get all of that. So the Abington community. I

557
00:54:18,869 --> 00:54:21,469
want to thank them for the hiring process. Um, they

558
00:54:21,490 --> 00:54:24,029
are so excited to welcome you and to lead that

559
00:54:24,050 --> 00:54:28,909
community in a direction that, um, takes us to new

560
00:54:28,909 --> 00:54:31,629
height. So appreciate your leadership and welcome on board. Let's

561
00:54:31,650 --> 00:54:37,639
give them a head. All right, nay from a star

562
00:54:37,660 --> 00:54:41,479
math teacher to a star assistant principal stand up there.

563
00:54:41,479 --> 00:54:44,359
So, um, what I love about an eight is his

564
00:54:44,399 --> 00:54:48,679
ability to engage people through his intellect. He's thoughtful. He's

565
00:54:48,679 --> 00:54:51,139
smart. He waits. And then when he says something, you

566
00:54:51,139 --> 00:54:53,939
just have to listen because it's really, really good. And

567
00:54:53,939 --> 00:54:56,679
so I know that peaceley staff will benefit from your

568
00:54:56,700 --> 00:55:00,679
leadership, from your ability to inspire others, for your calm

569
00:55:00,679 --> 00:55:03,239
demeter. And I'm thinking you'll be a great role model

570
00:55:03,260 --> 00:55:06,039
at that school. So make sure some of us through

571
00:55:06,060 --> 00:55:08,279
middle school that need somebody to look up to, you'll

572
00:55:08,279 --> 00:55:10,919
be that person again. Let's give my hand of applause.

573
00:55:14,194 --> 00:55:17,773
So crystal, if you stand up again, I see you

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00:55:17,813 --> 00:55:20,073
fight for students for the past three years. Every day

575
00:55:20,073 --> 00:55:22,013
when I come in, you're in that office having a

576
00:55:22,053 --> 00:55:26,733
conversation with somebody about, you know, some intervention, some remediation,

577
00:55:26,733 --> 00:55:29,293
a senior who needs help, first grader who, you know,

578
00:55:29,394 --> 00:55:31,693
need somebody else to talk to. So I seen her

579
00:55:32,034 --> 00:55:35,053
Pfeiffer kids every single day. And I'm sure you'll do

580
00:55:35,093 --> 00:55:37,833
the same thing. A Gloucester High School to help, um,

581
00:55:38,594 --> 00:55:41,613
again, them reach even greater levels of success. Let's give

582
00:55:41,613 --> 00:55:46,983
them my hand. All right. I want to thank you

583
00:55:47,023 --> 00:55:49,783
all for coming out here tonight. Uh, let's give both

584
00:55:49,823 --> 00:55:53,703
of our softball team and our new administrator hand of

585
00:55:53,743 --> 00:56:03,223
applause. All right. Thank you, Dr. V.

586
00:56:04,364 --> 00:56:07,783
Um, we're at the citizen comment period. We will now

587
00:56:07,804 --> 00:56:12,423
begin the comment period. The board welcomes comments from Gloucester

588
00:56:12,423 --> 00:56:16,023
Citizens parents and students on matters related to the Gloucester

589
00:56:16,023 --> 00:56:19,863
County public schools. Comments should focus on the programs and

590
00:56:19,903 --> 00:56:24,121
not personnel. This is a time. For the board to

591
00:56:24,161 --> 00:56:27,321
listen, not engage in discussion. They'll follow up question from

592
00:56:27,422 --> 00:56:29,961
board members, our allow. Speakers are asked to state their

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00:56:30,001 --> 00:56:33,001
name district in which they reside and limit their remarks

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00:56:33,041 --> 00:56:40,356
to four minutes per citizen. So is there anyone left.

595
00:56:42,022 --> 00:56:45,761
I think they all left. Okay. Uh, Jen, are there

596
00:56:45,801 --> 00:56:49,281
any call - ins? There are zero columns. Okay. All

597
00:56:49,281 --> 00:56:52,481
right. Well, I looked up from reading and they're gone.

598
00:56:52,481 --> 00:56:58,222
Okay. It's nice to have a full auditorium, though. Um,

599
00:56:58,483 --> 00:57:03,721
okay. Staff presentations, Dr. Vladi. Thank you, Madam Chair. We

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00:57:03,721 --> 00:57:06,481
have a number of presentation, but most important one is

601
00:57:06,902 --> 00:57:10,161
back to school departmental updates. So we're going to turn

602
00:57:10,201 --> 00:57:13,161
it over to our cabinet members who are going to

603
00:57:13,161 --> 00:57:20,627
share with you what is new in their departments. Good

604
00:57:20,667 --> 00:57:23,507
evening, Madam Chair. Madam Vice Chair, members of the board,

605
00:57:23,507 --> 00:57:26,467
Dr. Vladi and our community. We are so grateful to

606
00:57:26,507 --> 00:57:29,907
be here tonight. We have several topics to present to

607
00:57:29,907 --> 00:57:31,907
you this evening, but one of the things that we're

608
00:57:31,928 --> 00:57:34,067
so excited about is that we get to go back

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00:57:34,248 --> 00:57:36,627
to school. So we're starting a new year and we

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00:57:36,627 --> 00:57:38,387
are so grateful for the support that you're giving us.

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00:57:39,223 --> 00:57:42,642
I'm going to now turn it over to our directors

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00:57:42,823 --> 00:57:52,172
of secondary elementary, Dr. Freeze and Dr. Magus. Good evening,

613
00:57:52,193 --> 00:57:54,572
Madam Chair, board members, Dr. VLADO. I'm excited to share

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00:57:54,612 --> 00:57:57,692
with you the instructional updates from this summer. Our team

615
00:57:57,692 --> 00:58:00,572
has been hard at work preparing for new teachers to

616
00:58:00,612 --> 00:58:03,532
join us yesterday for all staff to return tomorrow. And

617
00:58:03,532 --> 00:58:06,092
then most importantly for our students to come back to

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00:58:06,132 --> 00:58:09,212
us on Monday, August 24th. So this summer, this is

619
00:58:09,212 --> 00:58:11,052
just a few of the projects that our team has

620
00:58:11,092 --> 00:58:14,732
been involved in. Curriculum writing across all four content areas.

621
00:58:14,732 --> 00:58:16,652
We don't do that in isolation here as a coordinator

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00:58:16,833 --> 00:58:19,212
and director team. We do bring in teachers from all

623
00:58:19,212 --> 00:58:22,092
of our schools to join us in that process. We've

624
00:58:22,092 --> 00:58:26,072
been planning for implementation of high quality instructional materials. You

625
00:58:26,072 --> 00:58:28,892
recall that you adopted a math textbook series K through

626
00:58:29,073 --> 00:58:33,461
12 earlier this year. And we are. Having that textbook

627
00:58:33,501 --> 00:58:36,644
training at the end of this week. Um, we also

628
00:58:37,065 --> 00:58:41,204
were able to host our administrator instructional academy. So spending

629
00:58:41,204 --> 00:58:43,924
a day last week with all of our assistant principals

630
00:58:44,105 --> 00:58:48,484
and principals and our instructional coordinators preparing them, um, two

631
00:58:48,484 --> 00:58:50,644
return for the school year. And then the last update

632
00:58:50,825 --> 00:58:53,124
I'll share before handing it off to Dr. Magis is

633
00:58:53,225 --> 00:58:56,164
a special education administrator academy. So Dr. Tingley and her

634
00:58:56,204 --> 00:58:59,444
team, um, put together a two day special education boot

635
00:58:59,465 --> 00:59:01,844
camp, so to speak for all of our assistant principals

636
00:59:01,945 --> 00:59:04,244
and principles to make sure that they have the most

637
00:59:04,265 --> 00:59:08,164
current updates related to compliance and best practice, um, as

638
00:59:08,204 --> 00:59:11,204
they seek to reach our students with disabilities this year.

639
00:59:11,204 --> 00:59:13,844
So now Dr. Migas will share a couple of secondaries

640
00:59:13,945 --> 00:59:18,256
specific updates with you. All right. Thank you and good

641
00:59:18,256 --> 00:59:20,576
evening. Um, so the first update that I'd like to

642
00:59:20,576 --> 00:59:23,056
share with you all is about our middle school schedule

643
00:59:23,237 --> 00:59:26,816
at page and Peasley. You know, last year we did

644
00:59:26,917 --> 00:59:30,976
have to eliminate our intervention and enrichment block that we

645
00:59:31,016 --> 00:59:32,656
had been a part of the schedule for quite a

646
00:59:32,656 --> 00:59:35,936
while. Um, in order to meet the minimum, uh, requirements

647
00:59:35,976 --> 00:59:39,776
for instructional hours for each content area. But, uh, we,

648
00:59:39,816 --> 00:59:42,816
we've looked at all of the, all of the minutes

649
00:59:43,157 --> 00:59:45,776
we counted every single thing that we could and tried

650
00:59:45,776 --> 00:59:47,696
to squeeze out as much as we could because we

651
00:59:47,877 --> 00:59:50,816
heard very clearly from our teachers and from our students

652
00:59:51,077 --> 00:59:53,376
and from everybody that we do need to try to

653
00:59:53,397 --> 00:59:55,056
carve out some of that time. So we were able

654
00:59:55,056 --> 00:59:56,976
to put it back in for two days a week

655
00:59:57,237 --> 01:00:00,896
and still maintain all of the required, uh, instructional hours.

656
01:00:00,896 --> 01:00:03,136
So we're, we're looking forward to that. Uh, and the

657
01:00:03,136 --> 01:00:05,456
rest of the bell schedule is otherwise unchained. There's no

658
01:00:05,496 --> 01:00:08,976
major disruption there. Uh, and then the other, um, exciting

659
01:00:09,077 --> 01:00:11,296
thing is that we are hoping to be able to

660
01:00:11,477 --> 01:00:15,296
implement, we're planning to be able to implement, um, a

661
01:00:15,717 --> 01:00:18,336
course pilot, which you'll have some more information for you

662
01:00:18,357 --> 01:00:21,616
about very, very soon. Um, we recently received a grant

663
01:00:21,717 --> 01:00:25,936
from, um, exploring the trades, um, work - based learning

664
01:00:25,976 --> 01:00:28,736
coordinator, Mr. Scheck, uh, was able to apply for a

665
01:00:28,757 --> 01:00:32,816
grant to get some free equipment funded by Ferguson to

666
01:00:32,856 --> 01:00:35,216
purchase some HVA equipment. It goes right along with our

667
01:00:35,317 --> 01:00:38,656
goal of trying to expand some of our CTE programs.

668
01:00:38,656 --> 01:00:40,916
So, uh, we, we were awarded that grant. It was

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01:00:40,916 --> 01:00:43,776
a very competitive grant. And we are looking forward to

670
01:00:43,797 --> 01:00:46,656
being able to get that equipment and hopefully before the

671
01:00:46,656 --> 01:00:50,156
end of the year, implement, um, a small pilot, um,

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01:00:50,156 --> 01:00:52,176
that we will be, like I said, updating all about

673
01:00:52,277 --> 01:00:54,576
as soon as possible, but we are planning for it.

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01:00:54,576 --> 01:01:01,591
And it's very exciting. And I will turn it back

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01:01:01,631 --> 01:01:07,696
over to Dr. Stan. All right. In the world of

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01:01:07,797 --> 01:01:12,336
human resources, we're really excited to share that we have

677
01:01:12,336 --> 01:01:14,976
looked at our vacancy rate as of last year and

678
01:01:15,016 --> 01:01:18,256
going into this year as compared to Virginia. We are

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01:01:18,296 --> 01:01:21,296
down in terms of the percentage point. We're lower than

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01:01:21,296 --> 01:01:23,856
the vacancy rate statewide. So that's really exciting to see

681
01:01:24,597 --> 01:01:26,176
last year at the end of the year, we only

682
01:01:26,197 --> 01:01:30,376
reported three vacancies, which estimated a local vacancy rate of

683
01:01:30,376 --> 01:01:34,016
about 0. 8 percent. Right now, these are the teacher

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01:01:34,117 --> 01:01:37,056
vacancies that we're looking at across the division for our

685
01:01:37,077 --> 01:01:42,016
teaching staff at Abingdon. We have two teacher vacancies, Achilles.

686
01:01:42,016 --> 01:01:45,536
We have one, um, badati we have one. Pets worth

687
01:01:45,576 --> 01:01:48,096
elementary school. We have a 0. 5. That is a

688
01:01:48,117 --> 01:01:51,136
school counselor. And then at the high school, we have

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01:01:51,557 --> 01:01:53,856
5. 5. And one of the things that we are

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01:01:53,856 --> 01:01:56,016
going to get unique with at the high school is

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01:01:56,056 --> 01:01:58,656
being able to do fourth block. So where other teachers

692
01:01:58,677 --> 01:02:01,296
could pick up a four block for a flat rate

693
01:02:01,336 --> 01:02:02,976
compensation. So we are going to be able to support

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01:02:03,637 --> 01:02:06,736
their. And then the other, um, vacancies at the elementary

695
01:02:06,776 --> 01:02:09,536
level, what we're looking at is enrollment. And so we

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01:02:09,557 --> 01:02:12,896
will be looking to monitor those numbers every single day.

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01:02:12,896 --> 01:02:16,016
And if enrollment is down in one area and up

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01:02:16,016 --> 01:02:17,616
in another, we will be able to make sure that

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01:02:17,637 --> 01:02:23,536
we offset that with our FTEs or teachers, um, to

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01:02:23,536 --> 01:02:26,656
ensure that we're making sure teachers in front of all

701
01:02:26,696 --> 01:02:29,296
of our students. So, um, that's the stuff that we're

702
01:02:29,336 --> 01:02:31,936
working on right now. A teaching staff, as far as

703
01:02:32,197 --> 01:02:35,456
support staff, we have a vacancy and transportation. That's a

704
01:02:35,496 --> 01:02:39,893
bus driver. We have two custodial services. And that's two

705
01:02:39,893 --> 01:02:43,493
of our elementary schools and then five paraprofessionals. And currently

706
01:02:43,493 --> 01:02:47,206
right now we are doing interviews for those. Thinking about

707
01:02:47,387 --> 01:02:50,326
how we're working through this, um, you know, we have

708
01:02:50,326 --> 01:02:54,326
to get very creative. The applicant sometimes just aren't there.

709
01:02:54,326 --> 01:02:56,566
And so we are going to be doing a substitute

710
01:02:56,747 --> 01:02:59,926
hiring event in September. We're also doing our GRO our

711
01:02:59,926 --> 01:03:04,006
own. Um, we have our teacher interns where we support

712
01:03:04,046 --> 01:03:07,286
them through a teacher apprentice. Um, we have paraprofessionals that

713
01:03:07,627 --> 01:03:10,086
are becoming teachers. In fact, we have one at Abington

714
01:03:10,126 --> 01:03:12,866
that will be finished with her degree in December. Um,

715
01:03:12,907 --> 01:03:16,646
we are allowing our substitutes that are, and we have

716
01:03:16,646 --> 01:03:20,566
several substitutes that are actually licensed. We are having, trying

717
01:03:20,566 --> 01:03:22,486
to recruit them and have them come teach for us

718
01:03:22,587 --> 01:03:25,305
full time. And then we have a partnership with Mary

719
01:03:25,406 --> 01:03:29,065
Baldwin right now where we have three special education teacher

720
01:03:29,166 --> 01:03:31,385
apprentices that we're supporting and they will be done at

721
01:03:31,385 --> 01:03:33,385
the end of the year, um, and they will be

722
01:03:33,385 --> 01:03:38,425
fully licensed. We do social media advertising. We use indeed.

723
01:03:38,425 --> 01:03:40,625
And then we do internal advertising. And then of course

724
01:03:40,766 --> 01:03:46,185
we do job fairs in recruiting at locals and universities.

725
01:03:48,231 --> 01:03:51,250
Some things looking at the benefit side of the shop.

726
01:03:51,250 --> 01:03:54,770
We will be having open enrollment, um, that is happening,

727
01:03:54,770 --> 01:03:57,250
August 17th through the 28th. We had our new teachers

728
01:03:57,290 --> 01:04:01,170
yesterday and where our benefits coordinator Gale Corey came and

729
01:04:01,191 --> 01:04:04,370
explained what our benefits are in Glossa County public schools

730
01:04:05,351 --> 01:04:08,210
and more information will be coming to our employees in

731
01:04:08,210 --> 01:04:10,530
the next couple of days about the open enrollment. They'll

732
01:04:10,530 --> 01:04:13,785
be getting open enrollment booklets and things like that. So

733
01:04:14,046 --> 01:04:15,705
I'm going to turn it over to Mr. Hartley in

734
01:04:15,705 --> 01:04:25,052
operations. Okay. Good evening. Um, it's certainly been a busy

735
01:04:25,313 --> 01:04:28,892
summer as far as projects are concerned. So I'll try

736
01:04:28,892 --> 01:04:32,172
to give a brief description and then share some pictures

737
01:04:32,673 --> 01:04:36,412
in the following slides. At GHS, the completion of the

738
01:04:36,513 --> 01:04:41,212
punch list still in progress, um, getting down to the

739
01:04:41,393 --> 01:04:44,252
end of that. Um, let's go emerge the updates. I've

740
01:04:44,252 --> 01:04:47,692
been completed. Those are the generator switches. Um, we're working

741
01:04:47,732 --> 01:04:52,172
on getting the process flowing for repair of the greenhouse.

742
01:04:52,172 --> 01:04:54,812
Um, so it'll be just like brand new once we

743
01:04:54,852 --> 01:04:58,012
get some structural repairs done. Um, and all the automation

744
01:04:58,193 --> 01:05:01,292
taken care of. Um, and then a substantial amount of

745
01:05:01,313 --> 01:05:04,892
paving going on. Um, it's still in progress. There's still

746
01:05:04,892 --> 01:05:06,332
a little bit of work to do, but they, they've

747
01:05:06,372 --> 01:05:08,812
made a great amount of progress at GLOSAR high school.

748
01:05:10,536 --> 01:05:13,055
And again, we've had several million dollars. We're with the

749
01:05:13,055 --> 01:05:16,755
HVAC work going on this summer. Um, uh, particularly at

750
01:05:16,936 --> 01:05:22,895
Achilles and at body tight, preparing for next summer, uh,

751
01:05:23,016 --> 01:05:26,115
for replacements. And they were doing some control work at

752
01:05:26,155 --> 01:05:29,395
Petsworth. Um, and then we had another paving project that

753
01:05:29,496 --> 01:05:32,275
body tot to help, uh, ease with that parent loop

754
01:05:32,296 --> 01:05:36,115
that was mentioned earlier. So, uh, with that, I'll go

755
01:05:36,115 --> 01:05:41,875
to some pictures of paving in particular at, uh, at

756
01:05:41,976 --> 01:05:49,116
Gloucester High School. And these are actual pictures of floating

757
01:05:49,137 --> 01:05:52,616
equipment. Um, on and off, uh, roofs, uh, you can

758
01:05:52,616 --> 01:05:55,676
see the size those HVAC units that we were, were

759
01:05:55,716 --> 01:05:57,836
switching out. You can imagine a work that goes in

760
01:05:57,876 --> 01:06:04,181
with those. And then, uh, more paving, well, the top,

761
01:06:04,181 --> 01:06:07,621
uh, pictures are the parent loop or the end of

762
01:06:07,621 --> 01:06:11,061
the new parent loop of bodytiary school, um, if you've

763
01:06:11,061 --> 01:06:15,141
ever driven that route, it's not an easy turnaround at

764
01:06:15,181 --> 01:06:17,621
the end of that parent loop. Sometimes it's a two

765
01:06:17,661 --> 01:06:21,761
or three point turnaround. We were hoping that this, uh,

766
01:06:22,122 --> 01:06:26,021
solution provides, uh, some assistance, at least for a majority

767
01:06:26,042 --> 01:06:29,381
of our vehicles, uh, we do have some plans to

768
01:06:29,421 --> 01:06:32,741
further address that, um, when we get to our capital,

769
01:06:32,741 --> 01:06:36,321
uh, our long range capital submission later this fall. Um,

770
01:06:36,522 --> 01:06:40,021
and then the bottom pictures, uh, the ones on the

771
01:06:40,021 --> 01:06:43,621
left is actually the parent lupi Gloss of high school,

772
01:06:43,621 --> 01:06:45,461
then the one on the right is the, uh, student

773
01:06:45,482 --> 01:06:48,501
parking lot at GLOSER high school. So plans are still

774
01:06:48,682 --> 01:06:51,461
in the work to have separate parking, um, for buses

775
01:06:51,642 --> 01:06:54,181
at Gloucester High School and really separate that student and

776
01:06:54,221 --> 01:06:57,301
bus traffic, uh, for safety reasons. We are hopeful to

777
01:06:57,341 --> 01:06:59,221
get that done this summer. It looks like it may

778
01:06:59,261 --> 01:07:02,101
be a little further into the fall. But, uh, the

779
01:07:02,101 --> 01:07:05,461
work is still on schedule to get done. So I'll

780
01:07:05,482 --> 01:07:09,978
pause there and see if there are any questions. I

781
01:07:09,978 --> 01:07:12,378
love how you saved the tree and did the turnaround

782
01:07:12,559 --> 01:07:14,458
and botta tot around the tree. No, it looks so

783
01:07:14,498 --> 01:07:17,018
nice. It saves three. Yeah. Love it. Thank you for

784
01:07:17,058 --> 01:07:20,378
doing that. But much needed. Because you couldn't get around

785
01:07:21,039 --> 01:07:25,149
without backing up and pulling forward and backing up. And.

786
01:07:26,417 --> 01:07:29,116
The wonder we'd not had people backing into each other

787
01:07:29,617 --> 01:07:34,316
doing that. Mr. Drew. On our summer projects, are there

788
01:07:34,316 --> 01:07:40,671
any behind schedule. First. Well, I think we have some

789
01:07:40,932 --> 01:07:43,391
punchless stuff with some of our HVAC work that we

790
01:07:43,431 --> 01:07:46,671
were hoping would be done by the first week of,

791
01:07:46,671 --> 01:07:49,711
uh, August. We actually met with honey well today to

792
01:07:49,732 --> 01:07:54,351
talk about their specific issues. Um, there's actually three one

793
01:07:54,351 --> 01:07:56,191
at body type and two at Achilles that have some

794
01:07:56,452 --> 01:07:59,791
part issues that we need to address. Um, really when

795
01:07:59,831 --> 01:08:01,711
the park gets here, what we're told is it's a

796
01:08:01,711 --> 01:08:03,951
pretty easy fix. We just need to get that part

797
01:08:03,991 --> 01:08:07,191
here to fix it. So very hopeful everything will be

798
01:08:07,191 --> 01:08:08,831
taken care of in the next week and a half.

799
01:08:09,665 --> 01:08:11,164
I got it one more question. It doesn't have to

800
01:08:11,204 --> 01:08:14,364
deal with what you guys going on, but it's VDOT.

801
01:08:14,364 --> 01:08:16,204
When are they going to disrupt body tot with the

802
01:08:16,204 --> 01:08:20,507
sidewalk. So that, that work's still scheduled for spring of

803
01:08:20,688 --> 01:08:25,947
27. Okay. Um, again, we have been working with FEDOT,

804
01:08:25,947 --> 01:08:28,347
the gentleman named Thomas Gordon. It came here and presented

805
01:08:28,387 --> 01:08:31,067
to the board and talked about all the right aways

806
01:08:31,067 --> 01:08:34,347
and everything. It's been working on a resolution for us.

807
01:08:34,347 --> 01:08:36,987
Um, we might have found a different solution to bring

808
01:08:37,027 --> 01:08:41,067
all parties and all stakeholders together. Um, again, we kind

809
01:08:41,067 --> 01:08:45,307
of talked about that under the de facto, um, eminent

810
01:08:45,347 --> 01:08:48,987
domain process, um, again, no difference in impact on the

811
01:08:48,987 --> 01:08:51,627
school division, but everything seems like it's still on schedule

812
01:08:51,648 --> 01:08:56,657
for the spring of 27. And to go a step

813
01:08:56,697 --> 01:08:59,617
further, any disruption to that bus loop or whatever we've

814
01:08:59,617 --> 01:09:02,897
met with them, any changes need to happen in summer,

815
01:09:02,897 --> 01:09:05,937
um, we talked about road closer schedules. Been a great

816
01:09:05,977 --> 01:09:08,177
amount of detail to go into the impact of that

817
01:09:08,217 --> 01:09:10,737
project would have on body talk or that they can't

818
01:09:10,777 --> 01:09:15,976
have a body thought, I should say. We do expect

819
01:09:16,317 --> 01:09:19,976
to have cool AR flowing and body taut and Achilles

820
01:09:20,637 --> 01:09:25,012
win school starts. Yes. Okay. I hope so. Was it

821
01:09:25,052 --> 01:09:29,251
just those two. Is it just Achilles and body title.

822
01:09:30,132 --> 01:09:33,471
I'm sorry. Was it just Achilles and body taunt that

823
01:09:33,572 --> 01:09:35,871
had that? Achilles and body tot were to swap out

824
01:09:35,892 --> 01:09:38,111
this summer where he left it to big units off

825
01:09:38,132 --> 01:09:40,671
and put new units on and rewired and everything. They

826
01:09:40,671 --> 01:09:43,231
did some prep work. Abbonin is a full change out

827
01:09:43,492 --> 01:09:46,511
next year, next summer. Um, it's a pretty big project,

828
01:09:46,511 --> 01:09:48,671
but they did some wire. And this year to help

829
01:09:48,852 --> 01:09:52,751
with that, um, that swap out of equipment. And then,

830
01:09:52,751 --> 01:09:57,391
uh, we just really changed Pettsworth to a newer system.

831
01:09:57,391 --> 01:10:00,591
Um, control system that matches the other systems we have

832
01:10:00,631 --> 01:10:02,911
in division. We actually have one more building that we

833
01:10:02,932 --> 01:10:05,871
will have to change controls on that has not made

834
01:10:05,871 --> 01:10:08,111
it to CIP yet just because other things have taken

835
01:10:08,132 --> 01:10:11,071
priority. Um, we anticipate that we'll be on a long

836
01:10:11,092 --> 01:10:16,708
range capital submission this fall. Okay. Abing done is scheduled

837
01:10:16,729 --> 01:10:21,108
for replacement next summer. Yes, ma'am. Pets worth or they,

838
01:10:21,108 --> 01:10:23,348
is that going to be they're actually replaced and I

839
01:10:23,348 --> 01:10:27,188
want to say 14 2014. It was a complete swap

840
01:10:27,209 --> 01:10:30,868
out. They did the roof. They did HVAC system. They

841
01:10:30,868 --> 01:10:33,888
did lighting. They did ceilings. They did, uh, a lot

842
01:10:33,888 --> 01:10:36,868
of work. But the controls had anything care of. So

843
01:10:37,369 --> 01:10:40,628
wiring was updated wiring then that was done. When they

844
01:10:40,628 --> 01:10:44,428
did all that, um, the issue back in 2014, he

845
01:10:44,428 --> 01:10:47,388
still had an old control system on those units. We

846
01:10:47,388 --> 01:10:51,268
need to upgrade to a newer control system that integrates

847
01:10:51,449 --> 01:10:53,668
what we currently have in the majority of our buildings.

848
01:10:55,664 --> 01:10:58,683
Anyone else, Mr. Drew? I'm a guy all kinds of

849
01:10:58,723 --> 01:11:04,921
questions. Um, we've recently dealt with a piece of equipment

850
01:11:05,022 --> 01:11:07,401
that went down in a lot of food was spoiled.

851
01:11:08,791 --> 01:11:12,210
Uh, do we have any and Achilles ice maker was

852
01:11:12,250 --> 01:11:15,970
down for since March of last year. And the staff

853
01:11:16,791 --> 01:11:20,339
had to actually go buy ice. Do we have a

854
01:11:20,680 --> 01:11:24,499
prevented magnet schedule for all the equipment in each school.

855
01:11:25,702 --> 01:11:29,914
We have a list. Of those that equipment. Do we

856
01:11:29,914 --> 01:11:36,074
have a plan because everything has life expectancy. And so

857
01:11:36,575 --> 01:11:40,474
I'm curious that is the maintenance getting done on it

858
01:11:40,735 --> 01:11:43,594
because it's not just, Oh yeah, it's working. You can't

859
01:11:43,615 --> 01:11:46,874
do that with electrical stuff that has compressors and stuff

860
01:11:46,914 --> 01:11:51,594
like that. I'm concerned that I, you know, it's been

861
01:11:51,594 --> 01:11:53,914
the hottest part of the, uh, the year. And we're

862
01:11:53,954 --> 01:11:56,594
going into the fall. We're going into the winter. I

863
01:11:56,594 --> 01:11:58,154
just want to make sure we're not going to get

864
01:11:58,175 --> 01:12:01,194
hit with something else breaking down when the kids are

865
01:12:01,295 --> 01:12:06,968
in school. So I don't know if you guys have,

866
01:12:06,968 --> 01:12:09,528
if there is a maintenance schedule for them, how they

867
01:12:09,568 --> 01:12:13,128
do it, that kind of thing. So I guess a

868
01:12:13,168 --> 01:12:14,968
simple way to answer your questions. We're needing to make

869
01:12:15,069 --> 01:12:18,228
some adjustments. We obviously have some staff and implications. Um,

870
01:12:18,349 --> 01:12:22,488
that, that impact that, um, and again, I'm going to

871
01:12:22,589 --> 01:12:24,968
be hesitant to speak to a specific piece of equipment,

872
01:12:24,968 --> 01:12:28,128
but some of our equipment, we have to evaluate. It

873
01:12:28,128 --> 01:12:30,168
has some age to it. Um, and you have to

874
01:12:30,168 --> 01:12:34,328
make them determination of whether or not, right. Well, when

875
01:12:34,328 --> 01:12:35,528
you don't have a whole lot of money to replace

876
01:12:35,629 --> 01:12:38,728
it, you do everything you can to fix it. So,

877
01:12:38,728 --> 01:12:42,248
um, we're going through. We've created a priority list of

878
01:12:42,288 --> 01:12:46,648
equipment needs the most attention or TLC, if you will,

879
01:12:46,669 --> 01:12:49,448
and how we might address those, whether it's getting a

880
01:12:49,448 --> 01:12:53,968
repair, um, or replacement, replacement of kitchen equipment. You can

881
01:12:53,968 --> 01:12:57,368
imagine is quite costly. Um, to address your other topic,

882
01:12:57,368 --> 01:13:00,968
we've had two or three occasions where we've not received

883
01:13:01,069 --> 01:13:05,288
the alerts or the alarms on our freezer equipment that

884
01:13:05,389 --> 01:13:08,618
cause they lost a food. That's not connected to the

885
01:13:08,639 --> 01:13:14,912
actual system itself, right? It's separate from the equipment. There

886
01:13:14,933 --> 01:13:17,232
is a monitoring system that will send us an alarm

887
01:13:17,493 --> 01:13:20,112
if it goes above a certain temperature. Okay. Um, so

888
01:13:20,533 --> 01:13:24,032
when we notice the freezers down and we go back

889
01:13:24,293 --> 01:13:26,272
and we notice that we don't have an alarm. Then

890
01:13:26,272 --> 01:13:28,672
we have some investigation. Number one, we got to figure

891
01:13:28,712 --> 01:13:31,312
out how to address the issue at hand, how to

892
01:13:31,312 --> 01:13:33,472
fix the freezer and then why we didn't get an

893
01:13:33,512 --> 01:13:36,432
alarm. Um, so some of that is through our monitoring

894
01:13:36,453 --> 01:13:40,032
company as well. Um, I will say, you know, we

895
01:13:40,133 --> 01:13:41,632
have been told this before. We have to go back

896
01:13:41,672 --> 01:13:43,872
and revisit and do some spot checking just to make

897
01:13:43,872 --> 01:13:47,632
sure that things are up and running. Um, after we

898
01:13:47,672 --> 01:13:51,792
had the page incident last spring, um, what that freezer.

899
01:13:51,792 --> 01:13:54,192
So the most recent was belt, but it's, it's up

900
01:13:54,232 --> 01:13:56,712
and running. It's fixed. The alarm systems are working. We

901
01:13:56,712 --> 01:14:02,066
actually checked them today. Okay. Anyone else have a question.

902
01:14:03,301 --> 01:14:07,320
I would like to ask Dr. Migas a question, if

903
01:14:07,320 --> 01:14:11,044
I may. Sure. All right. Well, I think it's time

904
01:14:11,065 --> 01:14:13,124
to turn to open house. So I'll turn it over

905
01:14:13,145 --> 01:14:19,337
Dr. Freeze and Dr. Meyer. Dr. Migas, we talking about

906
01:14:19,598 --> 01:14:25,611
the, uh, HVAC project there. So. Where in the high

907
01:14:25,651 --> 01:14:30,011
school are we going to put that projected, be taught.

908
01:14:30,011 --> 01:14:32,491
So that's, that's the conversation that we're having right now

909
01:14:32,912 --> 01:14:36,411
is to look at our, um, current electrical wiring and

910
01:14:36,451 --> 01:14:38,971
voltage and see if we can put this either in

911
01:14:39,472 --> 01:14:41,531
one of our existing classrooms, which we would have space

912
01:14:41,952 --> 01:14:44,571
or to put it possibly in like the auto area

913
01:14:44,672 --> 01:14:46,331
or something like that. Cause it's not going to be

914
01:14:46,672 --> 01:14:49,531
multiple classes. It would be, you know, one class relatively

915
01:14:49,632 --> 01:14:51,931
small group. So that's, that's what we're looking at right

916
01:14:51,931 --> 01:14:53,651
now is where are we going to put this? We

917
01:14:53,651 --> 01:14:55,771
did get the list of equipment that we know we're

918
01:14:55,952 --> 01:14:58,891
going to need. And we've met with the representative from

919
01:14:58,992 --> 01:15:01,691
Ferguson. So I think the purchasing process will be pretty

920
01:15:01,872 --> 01:15:04,731
straightforward. It doesn't require any funding from us in terms

921
01:15:04,731 --> 01:15:08,971
of the equipment. We'll just have to figure out how

922
01:15:08,992 --> 01:15:11,931
to implement it and then get somebody to actually teach

923
01:15:12,192 --> 01:15:16,811
a section of it. So when do we wait until

924
01:15:17,072 --> 01:15:19,371
we get the equipment installed and everything before we start

925
01:15:19,472 --> 01:15:21,371
looking for a teacher or what? How are we going

926
01:15:21,371 --> 01:15:25,051
to do that? Um, well, no, I don't think we

927
01:15:25,091 --> 01:15:29,051
have to wait until we get it installed. But we,

928
01:15:29,072 --> 01:15:31,131
we need to probably get on that, you know, sooner

929
01:15:31,131 --> 01:15:32,931
than later. It's kind of a recent development. Like we

930
01:15:32,931 --> 01:15:34,331
got the, we got the grant kind of at the

931
01:15:34,331 --> 01:15:35,691
end of the school year and we've been working with

932
01:15:35,712 --> 01:15:37,691
Ferguson to figure out the details of how to implement

933
01:15:37,792 --> 01:15:39,931
it. But no, I mean, we, we, we know it

934
01:15:39,971 --> 01:15:41,531
may not be the easiest thing in the world to

935
01:15:41,571 --> 01:15:43,511
find somebody quickly, but we've been in touch with, um,

936
01:15:43,552 --> 01:15:46,731
some local folks to see if they may have somebody

937
01:15:46,771 --> 01:15:48,651
that might be willing to come do it part -

938
01:15:48,651 --> 01:15:50,631
time, like even come over for one block, you know,

939
01:15:50,672 --> 01:15:52,571
a professional in the, in the area that might be

940
01:15:52,571 --> 01:15:59,116
able to do that for us. Okay. Thank you. Um,

941
01:15:59,137 --> 01:16:03,339
just what we had summer school, correct? Yes, ma'am. Will

942
01:16:03,339 --> 01:16:06,939
we be getting a report on summer school outcomes and

943
01:16:06,939 --> 01:16:11,616
a number of students attending maybe. Certainly we'll provide that

944
01:16:11,656 --> 01:16:14,576
to you at the next meeting. Just summer school was

945
01:16:14,597 --> 01:16:17,136
in there for the scale down due to the esser

946
01:16:17,176 --> 01:16:19,616
fund. So it's a much smaller scale, but there are

947
01:16:19,717 --> 01:16:22,576
next meeting will provide you with an update as far

948
01:16:22,837 --> 01:16:24,256
as add that one. I know we had a number

949
01:16:24,296 --> 01:16:27,376
of seniors that graduated as a result of somewhere school.

950
01:16:27,376 --> 01:16:28,976
So we'll share some data with you. Appreciate that. Thank

951
01:16:28,976 --> 01:16:34,216
you. And we will conclude our back to school update

952
01:16:34,216 --> 01:16:36,296
with just a couple of reminders to the board in

953
01:16:36,296 --> 01:16:39,016
the community, um, open houses are coming up next week.

954
01:16:39,016 --> 01:16:41,976
So you'll notice that this year, um, elementary, middle and

955
01:16:41,976 --> 01:16:44,516
high school are each have their own separate day, um,

956
01:16:44,557 --> 01:16:46,856
to help our families who may have students at multiple

957
01:16:46,896 --> 01:16:49,096
levels and prevent them from having to go to multiple

958
01:16:49,117 --> 01:16:51,736
schools on the same night. Um, so elementary will be

959
01:16:51,736 --> 01:16:55,336
Tuesday, August 18th. We have suggested times by student last

960
01:16:55,336 --> 01:16:58,296
name just to help with traffic and congestion in the

961
01:16:58,296 --> 01:17:01,256
buildings, but we will certainly accommodate, um, families at whatever

962
01:17:01,296 --> 01:17:03,896
of those two options work best for them regardless of

963
01:17:03,997 --> 01:17:06,296
last name. Um, and then our middle school open house

964
01:17:06,336 --> 01:17:09,096
will be Wednesday the 19th. We've preserved a dedicated time

965
01:17:09,136 --> 01:17:12,456
for sixth grade students recognizing that that elementary to middle

966
01:17:12,456 --> 01:17:14,216
school transition is so critical. We want to have a

967
01:17:14,256 --> 01:17:17,976
dedicated, um, intentional time for our sixth grade students and

968
01:17:17,976 --> 01:17:20,136
then followed by seventh and eighth. And then we'll conclude

969
01:17:20,317 --> 01:17:22,296
open house on Thursday the 20th with our high school

970
01:17:22,397 --> 01:17:25,896
students, um, again, preserving a separate time for our ninth

971
01:17:25,896 --> 01:17:29,096
graders as they have that freshman transition into high school.

972
01:17:29,757 --> 01:17:32,616
Our returning students for open house, um, in that later

973
01:17:33,117 --> 01:17:36,136
time slot. And then we'd just like to encourage everyone

974
01:17:36,176 --> 01:17:38,136
that we have a wealth of back to school information

975
01:17:38,237 --> 01:17:42,376
on our website from registration information, information about school supplies,

976
01:17:42,557 --> 01:17:45,816
open house and orientation, um, bus stop information. We do

977
01:17:45,816 --> 01:17:47,816
have a new bus stop app this year, which is

978
01:17:48,077 --> 01:17:51,416
my ride mist decorator and her transportation team or busy

979
01:17:51,416 --> 01:17:55,076
loading that information in. So encourage our families to, um,

980
01:17:55,197 --> 01:17:57,576
access the my ride app to look at their bus

981
01:17:57,576 --> 01:17:59,896
stops for the school year. Um, and then just one

982
01:17:59,936 --> 01:18:03,416
last reminder, um, regarding power school annual updates for our

983
01:18:03,517 --> 01:18:05,736
families who might not have completed those yet to go

984
01:18:05,736 --> 01:18:07,896
in and make sure that there are students information is

985
01:18:07,896 --> 01:18:11,136
updated as we prepared again, begin the school year. So

986
01:18:11,277 --> 01:18:15,416
that concludes our back to school update for the evening.

987
01:18:15,416 --> 01:18:17,896
And just again, a reminder Monday, August 24th is the

988
01:18:17,896 --> 01:18:19,816
best day as we welcome all of our students back

989
01:18:19,856 --> 01:18:24,435
to school for the first day. The other questions. I

990
01:18:24,435 --> 01:18:27,635
just want to say, I hope that parents do contact

991
01:18:28,056 --> 01:18:31,635
transportation if they have moved over the summer. I've heard

992
01:18:31,675 --> 01:18:34,515
a lot of problems with that. The parents just forget

993
01:18:34,856 --> 01:18:39,715
because they're busy and transportation doesn't know what transportation does

994
01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:43,153
it know. Yes, ma'am. Earlier they can update and also

995
01:18:43,414 --> 01:18:47,073
providing that updated address information in the power school update.

996
01:18:47,073 --> 01:18:48,593
We can get those two systems to talk to each

997
01:18:48,593 --> 01:18:50,433
other and make sure we have the most current information.

998
01:18:50,854 --> 01:19:00,148
Okay. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. All right. Dr. Stam. I

999
01:19:00,148 --> 01:19:01,988
believe we have a cut score presentation. If we have

1000
01:19:02,089 --> 01:19:04,228
the departmental updates, but you do have a pay plan

1001
01:19:04,409 --> 01:19:07,468
up just very short. I think just one slide. So

1002
01:19:07,468 --> 01:19:08,308
Dr. Stan.

1003
01:19:19,582 --> 01:19:23,401
Play an updates tonight. Um, so we have really worked

1004
01:19:23,422 --> 01:19:27,481
hard on efficiencies in HR. And obviously we have room

1005
01:19:27,582 --> 01:19:29,481
to grow. We always will. But one of the things

1006
01:19:29,502 --> 01:19:32,761
we've worked on are our supplements. And so with the

1007
01:19:32,761 --> 01:19:36,781
help of car, Tyler, we went through, and I also

1008
01:19:36,781 --> 01:19:39,481
want to commend our principals for getting in their HR

1009
01:19:39,582 --> 01:19:42,441
action forms to help us with this. But we went

1010
01:19:42,462 --> 01:19:45,881
through and looked at what supplements are we using, what

1011
01:19:45,881 --> 01:19:49,481
is being using used for something and not named correctly.

1012
01:19:49,481 --> 01:19:52,041
Um, and so we went through an update that pay

1013
01:19:52,142 --> 01:19:54,761
plan thus far to ensure that to be in reflected.

1014
01:19:54,761 --> 01:19:56,681
So one of the things that we no longer have

1015
01:19:56,782 --> 01:20:00,041
is, um, our cafeteria monitor. So we went ahead and

1016
01:20:00,062 --> 01:20:04,281
removed those. We added a FOIA officer supplement because now

1017
01:20:04,302 --> 01:20:09,941
we have support for our FOIA officer, Ms. Brazil. And

1018
01:20:09,941 --> 01:20:12,441
that is Candace Keeper. And so she's going to be

1019
01:20:12,542 --> 01:20:15,481
supporting that. Um, all of your changes are in the

1020
01:20:15,822 --> 01:20:18,281
pay plan that was uploaded their in red so that

1021
01:20:18,281 --> 01:20:20,681
you can do exactly what I'm talking about. Um, we

1022
01:20:20,942 --> 01:20:24,361
remove the instructional lead supplements of pages 30 and 32

1023
01:20:25,182 --> 01:20:27,481
because we were seeing that our middle schools were using

1024
01:20:27,502 --> 01:20:31,321
that for department and grade level chairs. And so we

1025
01:20:31,321 --> 01:20:33,721
just named it exactly what it is. It's a department

1026
01:20:33,761 --> 01:20:37,326
in grade level chair. Um, we added the cross country

1027
01:20:37,347 --> 01:20:40,046
coach and assistant coach to the middle school supplements because

1028
01:20:40,067 --> 01:20:41,886
that was approved by the board. And so we wanted

1029
01:20:41,886 --> 01:20:45,246
to make sure that was reflected. We reduced the gifted

1030
01:20:45,267 --> 01:20:49,646
program in Richmond activity supplements from 12 to 10 because

1031
01:20:49,747 --> 01:20:53,326
every school, um, at the elementary level and then our

1032
01:20:53,366 --> 01:20:57,726
two middle schools have gifted program enriched by grade level.

1033
01:20:57,726 --> 01:20:59,966
And so we went ahead and did, um, did that

1034
01:20:59,966 --> 01:21:03,786
at the elementary in the middle to reflect that. And

1035
01:21:03,786 --> 01:21:06,926
then we removed the VTSS division coordinator from page 34

1036
01:21:07,427 --> 01:21:09,086
because that has not been in use for the last

1037
01:21:09,187 --> 01:21:12,206
three years. And so we're looking at where they're, where

1038
01:21:12,227 --> 01:21:14,846
our efficiencies are and we are then going to be,

1039
01:21:14,846 --> 01:21:17,326
um, making sure that we support other things that are

1040
01:21:17,427 --> 01:21:22,866
in need through the supplement process. Any questions? Any questions.

1041
01:21:24,958 --> 01:21:28,297
This may not be dealing with this, but, um, I

1042
01:21:28,297 --> 01:21:30,297
ran into this again. I want to say two days

1043
01:21:30,297 --> 01:21:33,577
ago. Our teachers give and give and give to the

1044
01:21:33,617 --> 01:21:37,460
kids. They go out and they buy supplies. And they

1045
01:21:37,500 --> 01:21:41,220
give themselves even when they're not even working. What are

1046
01:21:41,220 --> 01:21:43,140
we doing? And I think we touched on this last

1047
01:21:43,641 --> 01:21:46,400
couple of years. Uh, how are we going to, uh,

1048
01:21:47,321 --> 01:21:50,542
I don't know what the word reimburse. For the money

1049
01:21:50,563 --> 01:21:52,862
that these teachers are going out and spending out of

1050
01:21:52,862 --> 01:21:57,014
their own pocket for supplies. I'm just wondering how we,

1051
01:21:57,054 --> 01:21:59,894
how can we monitor that and or ensure that they

1052
01:21:59,915 --> 01:22:05,069
get paid back. Well, we do have a process for

1053
01:22:05,970 --> 01:22:09,549
spending funds. And so typically our teachers should be going

1054
01:22:09,570 --> 01:22:13,869
through their principal to get approval to spend. And what

1055
01:22:13,869 --> 01:22:17,469
that typically looks like is they are requesting for items.

1056
01:22:17,469 --> 01:22:20,589
And then if it's something that the school isn't going

1057
01:22:20,589 --> 01:22:24,349
to purchase, then they will allow them to purchase it

1058
01:22:24,389 --> 01:22:26,509
on their own. But typically all of that should be

1059
01:22:26,549 --> 01:22:28,269
going through the principle. They shouldn't be spending out of

1060
01:22:28,269 --> 01:22:34,561
pocket right now. A challenge you to go to Dollar

1061
01:22:34,601 --> 01:22:41,639
Tree on a Saturday. Or a Sunday. School sponsor. I'm

1062
01:22:41,639 --> 01:22:43,399
not saying they're not doing it. I'm just saying there's

1063
01:22:43,399 --> 01:22:45,639
a process. No, I'm not. I'm not pointing fingers or

1064
01:22:45,639 --> 01:22:47,479
nothing. I just want to, I mean, a lot of

1065
01:22:47,519 --> 01:22:52,599
people don't realize how much these teachers give of themselves.

1066
01:22:53,740 --> 01:22:56,199
They get for sure. But I also think sometimes it's

1067
01:22:56,239 --> 01:22:59,799
more of a hassle to go through the process. Exactly.

1068
01:22:59,900 --> 01:23:02,199
You used to go buy it yourself. And that's unfortunate,

1069
01:23:02,199 --> 01:23:03,719
but that we really do need to use the process

1070
01:23:04,300 --> 01:23:07,479
because all of our schools have a budget to be

1071
01:23:07,479 --> 01:23:11,919
to support school supplies for our teachers. And also, I

1072
01:23:11,919 --> 01:23:14,679
mean, we are getting so many donations too. We just

1073
01:23:14,719 --> 01:23:17,319
had another one do on flow saying we've got all

1074
01:23:17,420 --> 01:23:19,399
this stuff to donate to you. Where do we take

1075
01:23:19,399 --> 01:23:22,279
it? So I just think there's a little bit of,

1076
01:23:22,279 --> 01:23:24,599
you know, I want it right now versus I want

1077
01:23:24,599 --> 01:23:27,079
to follow the process to get it right now. And,

1078
01:23:27,079 --> 01:23:30,199
um, although we're grateful because our teachers are amazing. They

1079
01:23:30,199 --> 01:23:32,839
give of themselves more than we can ever imagine. I

1080
01:23:32,839 --> 01:23:36,072
mean, they just have such servant hearts. But at the

1081
01:23:36,072 --> 01:23:38,312
same time, I think that some of them don't take

1082
01:23:38,352 --> 01:23:40,312
advantage of what they're, what is there so that they

1083
01:23:40,312 --> 01:23:42,952
can not have to put their own funds into it.

1084
01:23:42,952 --> 01:23:45,192
So would it be easier to, Hey, I need to

1085
01:23:45,533 --> 01:23:49,192
go to Dollar Tree and buy a hundred pencils and

1086
01:23:49,192 --> 01:23:52,270
then turn in that receipt. Can they do that? Or

1087
01:23:52,270 --> 01:23:53,830
do they have to fill it out first and get

1088
01:23:54,091 --> 01:23:57,510
permission to spend that hundred dollars kind of thing? Because

1089
01:23:57,550 --> 01:23:59,510
if every teacher was doing that, who knows how much

1090
01:23:59,510 --> 01:24:02,790
money we've been spending. So we have probably a monitoring.

1091
01:24:02,790 --> 01:24:04,790
That's what I'm saying. How do we monitor it? Remember

1092
01:24:04,830 --> 01:24:07,590
the peak cards. Remember the peak cards? Yeah. But that's

1093
01:24:07,691 --> 01:24:12,870
illegal. No, the current cards are illegal purchase cards or

1094
01:24:12,910 --> 01:24:17,685
not. Yeah. Yeah. I just want to say we can't

1095
01:24:17,685 --> 01:24:20,085
afford a teacher, every teacher having a peak guard though.

1096
01:24:20,944 --> 01:24:24,813
Right. I. Know. I spent a lot of time in

1097
01:24:24,813 --> 01:24:27,853
the elementary schools years ago. And if you walk into

1098
01:24:28,274 --> 01:24:31,693
the elementary especially, some of the middle school and high

1099
01:24:31,693 --> 01:24:35,193
school rooms as well. But especially the elementary level, you

1100
01:24:35,193 --> 01:24:38,413
can walk in a classroom and it looks like home.

1101
01:24:38,413 --> 01:24:42,093
I know. Um, they make it as welcoming as they

1102
01:24:42,114 --> 01:24:45,293
possibly can. So I firmly believe you are not going

1103
01:24:45,293 --> 01:24:47,693
to have teachers that are not going to want to

1104
01:24:47,693 --> 01:24:50,653
purchase what they see that they like and want to

1105
01:24:50,653 --> 01:24:53,293
do. And a lot of these teachers also bring some

1106
01:24:54,674 --> 01:24:57,293
one teacher brought a carpet from home so that they,

1107
01:24:57,293 --> 01:25:00,093
because it was a nice checkered carpet for the kids

1108
01:25:00,594 --> 01:25:03,213
and elementary. And I don't think we're going to stop

1109
01:25:03,253 --> 01:25:09,392
that. Um, but and I think it sounds bad that,

1110
01:25:09,392 --> 01:25:10,912
you know, they have to go out and buy these

1111
01:25:10,912 --> 01:25:13,312
things, but they don't have to go out and buy

1112
01:25:13,312 --> 01:25:15,312
a lot of this. It's because they want to buy

1113
01:25:15,733 --> 01:25:18,352
some things because they want their classroom to be special

1114
01:25:18,933 --> 01:25:21,712
and very welcoming to the students. So. That's what I

1115
01:25:21,752 --> 01:25:25,792
wanted as a teacher. I wanted to have my stuff.

1116
01:25:26,533 --> 01:25:30,596
I understand completely. I mean, even the low light in

1117
01:25:30,636 --> 01:25:34,756
some of the classrooms is so nice. It's the ambiance

1118
01:25:35,177 --> 01:25:38,036
in walking in one of the classrooms. So yeah, they're

1119
01:25:38,036 --> 01:25:41,076
so creative. They are really good at making those classrooms

1120
01:25:41,097 --> 01:25:45,076
feel amazing. Yeah. Okay. Ms. McPherson, I think you are

1121
01:25:45,116 --> 01:25:46,996
going to ask me something. Yeah. I just wanted to

1122
01:25:46,996 --> 01:25:50,116
ask the removal of the cafeteria monitor, um, could you

1123
01:25:50,116 --> 01:25:51,876
talk a little bit more about that? So will there

1124
01:25:51,916 --> 01:25:58,516
not be any cafeteria monitors or anyone besides the cape?

1125
01:25:58,516 --> 01:26:01,476
Great question. Thank you. So our cafeterias are monitored by

1126
01:26:01,897 --> 01:26:07,876
our, um, paraprofessionals and at the middle schools, I know

1127
01:26:07,876 --> 01:26:10,436
that they have a rotating schedule of administrators. And at

1128
01:26:10,436 --> 01:26:12,596
the high school, they have the same thing. Um, that

1129
01:26:12,777 --> 01:26:15,956
was put in there for a short term that actually

1130
01:26:16,537 --> 01:26:19,476
we, um, dissolved of that last year. So we didn't

1131
01:26:19,476 --> 01:26:21,636
have them last year, but it remained in the paid

1132
01:26:21,636 --> 01:26:23,936
plan. So we just needed to clean it up. Um,

1133
01:26:24,537 --> 01:26:29,186
cafeterias will continue to be monitored. Perfect. And the last

1134
01:26:29,287 --> 01:26:34,066
one, the VTSS Division Coordinator. So you're saying that we

1135
01:26:34,327 --> 01:26:37,266
haven't filled that position in the last couple of years.

1136
01:26:37,266 --> 01:26:41,666
Are we doing anything to, I mean, it looks as

1137
01:26:41,687 --> 01:26:46,624
though that is just more of a data. So, so

1138
01:26:46,664 --> 01:26:48,944
that was a, that was a supplement that was put

1139
01:26:48,965 --> 01:26:53,104
in when the previous administration was here. And she was

1140
01:26:53,365 --> 01:26:57,824
used to pretty much oversee the process of ETSS and

1141
01:26:57,864 --> 01:27:00,904
the data collection. But our directors do that now. So

1142
01:27:00,904 --> 01:27:03,264
that's been absorbed in their roles. And they do that

1143
01:27:03,365 --> 01:27:07,438
with our coordinators. So that was a division level process.

1144
01:27:07,438 --> 01:27:11,038
But our VTSS, MTSS is what it's called. It's still

1145
01:27:11,219 --> 01:27:13,238
in full swing and we still have that process. We

1146
01:27:13,299 --> 01:27:15,838
just haven't had someone lead it because we have our

1147
01:27:15,878 --> 01:27:19,278
directors in place. Okay. So is that role funded by

1148
01:27:19,379 --> 01:27:23,758
the VDOE or no GOLD.

1149
01:27:31,959 --> 01:27:35,992
Okay. All right. Um, we, you want us to vote

1150
01:27:36,032 --> 01:27:40,190
on this this evening. I assume. For the paid land.

1151
01:27:42,498 --> 01:27:47,224
Do I have motion to approve. The pay plan that

1152
01:27:47,245 --> 01:27:56,820
was presented. Second. All right. We have a motion and

1153
01:27:56,820 --> 01:28:01,179
a second. Any more discussion. Jen, would you please pull

1154
01:28:01,219 --> 01:28:06,119
the board. Ms. McPherson? Yes. Mr. Drew? Yes. Ms. Salman.

1155
01:28:06,884 --> 01:28:11,595
Yes. Mr. Anderson. Miss Scruggs. Yes. Mr. Cinevic. Yes. Ms.

1156
01:28:11,616 --> 01:28:18,515
Parker. Yes. Thank you. All right. Um, cut score presentation.

1157
01:28:19,959 --> 01:28:22,818
Dr. Vlido. Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, I know we're

1158
01:28:22,818 --> 01:28:25,138
going to shift gears a little bit. Um, and talk

1159
01:28:25,138 --> 01:28:28,738
about something that is familiar to you. And hopefully to

1160
01:28:28,738 --> 01:28:31,778
the public. I know we don't have many here in

1161
01:28:31,778 --> 01:28:37,015
audience. However, this will affect. The work of every single

1162
01:28:37,276 --> 01:28:42,375
child, every single teacher and every single parent and Gloucester.

1163
01:28:42,375 --> 01:28:45,615
The purpose of school is to graduate, to graduate. We

1164
01:28:45,615 --> 01:28:49,415
have an SOL curriculum. At the end of that course,

1165
01:28:49,415 --> 01:28:53,657
particularly end of course grades. There is a test. And

1166
01:28:53,758 --> 01:28:56,137
that test is used to give you a verified credit

1167
01:28:56,177 --> 01:28:58,857
at a high school level. And those verify credits are

1168
01:28:59,198 --> 01:29:03,417
used to me graduation requirement. And it's not just teachers.

1169
01:29:03,417 --> 01:29:06,457
It's the work of every single bus driver that drives

1170
01:29:06,457 --> 01:29:10,277
them to school. And every teacher and every director, our

1171
01:29:10,277 --> 01:29:12,777
work is going to look different. My work as a

1172
01:29:12,798 --> 01:29:15,817
superintendent is going to look different. I'll quote calling power

1173
01:29:15,838 --> 01:29:18,777
before I get started. Leadership is known what's around the

1174
01:29:18,777 --> 01:29:21,657
corner. And what's around the corner is our work. Our

1175
01:29:21,678 --> 01:29:23,977
work is changing. Why do I say that? I'm probably

1176
01:29:23,977 --> 01:29:26,617
making a big deal. If you do something in life

1177
01:29:26,798 --> 01:29:29,457
27 times and the 28th time you got to do

1178
01:29:29,518 --> 01:29:33,448
it differently, this is the year. I came into education

1179
01:29:33,469 --> 01:29:37,208
like many teachers 27 years ago. SOL was a minimum

1180
01:29:37,389 --> 01:29:40,728
achievement test. Some of the passing rates of the SOL

1181
01:29:40,768 --> 01:29:46,687
are 46 percent to get a 400. And so they're

1182
01:29:46,868 --> 01:29:48,447
going to be bumped up a little bit. It's a

1183
01:29:48,487 --> 01:29:51,807
done deal. We talked about it now on October 14th

1184
01:29:51,988 --> 01:29:54,607
last year, but it's happening and it's here and it's

1185
01:29:54,647 --> 01:29:58,527
affecting the work. So that's my spill. But that's our

1186
01:29:58,567 --> 01:30:01,727
work. That defines the work. My work are strategic plan,

1187
01:30:01,727 --> 01:30:05,327
the board priorities, probably some funding, the budget. We're talking

1188
01:30:05,327 --> 01:30:07,607
about a lot of discussions. And this is going to

1189
01:30:07,668 --> 01:30:11,567
be driven from that. So you saw these charts, but,

1190
01:30:11,567 --> 01:30:14,927
um, for our parents, I'm certainly going to work on

1191
01:30:14,948 --> 01:30:18,527
developing a communication plan back to schoolhouse. Probably needs to

1192
01:30:18,527 --> 01:30:20,687
have this information letting our parents know that there is

1193
01:30:20,727 --> 01:30:24,527
a new cut score. So grade three, for instance, approaching

1194
01:30:24,708 --> 01:30:31,267
is not quite proficient. But that is the minimum expectation.

1195
01:30:31,267 --> 01:30:33,107
Proficient is what we like folks to go, but that's

1196
01:30:33,128 --> 01:30:37,439
a big spread. That is a huge spread, right? To

1197
01:30:37,479 --> 01:30:42,719
go from, um, 400, which was last year or this

1198
01:30:42,719 --> 01:30:46,079
year we just completed to a 418 to 443 in

1199
01:30:46,119 --> 01:30:49,639
order to be able to be, or approaching proficion. So

1200
01:30:49,940 --> 01:30:54,639
we see that, um, those changes, particularly in the mustard

1201
01:30:54,740 --> 01:30:58,879
color, uh, column in the middle. Um, so I'll move

1202
01:30:58,879 --> 01:31:02,650
to the next slide. Grade six at the middle school.

1203
01:31:02,650 --> 01:31:05,450
You see it goes to 413 for a minimum approaching

1204
01:31:06,671 --> 01:31:10,570
and reading grade 74 13 minimal changes. The middle school,

1205
01:31:10,570 --> 01:31:13,690
but those changes are significant. I want to share this.

1206
01:31:13,690 --> 01:31:17,050
The majority of our students passed the SOL slightly above

1207
01:31:17,151 --> 01:31:21,733
the minimum score. So we do measure advanced score. So

1208
01:31:21,733 --> 01:31:24,493
we have a lot of students that score a 401.

1209
01:31:24,493 --> 01:31:27,293
So moving this sliding scale just a little bit affects

1210
01:31:27,333 --> 01:31:31,913
everything and everyone. So this is the big change. Um,

1211
01:31:32,914 --> 01:31:35,773
I want to start with this. If you're graduating senior.

1212
01:31:36,373 --> 01:31:42,696
Is still 400. So parents with seniors right now. Right.

1213
01:31:42,696 --> 01:31:44,976
Because that's important that you walk across that state. We

1214
01:31:44,976 --> 01:31:47,896
want you to do your best. By our ninth graders

1215
01:31:48,637 --> 01:31:53,645
are expected. To have a very, very high score on

1216
01:31:53,645 --> 01:31:58,525
their English reading in your board packets. You will see

1217
01:31:58,565 --> 01:32:01,005
actually the four year implementation plan. I didn't want to

1218
01:32:01,005 --> 01:32:04,525
make this presentation too long. They're going to be required

1219
01:32:04,546 --> 01:32:09,325
to increase their passing rate. Let's from a 54 give

1220
01:32:09,325 --> 01:32:12,845
or take to a 77 percent if you think about

1221
01:32:13,186 --> 01:32:17,005
0 to 100 to pass your English reading in order

1222
01:32:17,026 --> 01:32:20,765
to graduate. So again, this year's ninth graders, when those

1223
01:32:20,765 --> 01:32:23,765
parents walk into the building with their ninth graders, we

1224
01:32:23,765 --> 01:32:26,045
all need to know that three years later, when you

1225
01:32:26,045 --> 01:32:28,905
take that test, you no longer need a 54. You

1226
01:32:28,905 --> 01:32:32,480
need a 77. In English in order to graduate. That

1227
01:32:32,501 --> 01:32:35,360
is huge. Cause I share with this for our students

1228
01:32:35,541 --> 01:32:41,141
of this abilities. It goes down from having single digits

1229
01:32:41,141 --> 01:32:44,261
from heaven dozens me graduation. So that's why I say

1230
01:32:44,301 --> 01:32:47,541
this not to scare people. It's here, but we have

1231
01:32:47,642 --> 01:32:50,901
a plan and I'm willing to share that tonight because

1232
01:32:50,922 --> 01:32:53,221
we have talked about that. And we have provided professional

1233
01:32:53,242 --> 01:32:57,221
development all summer long. Let's make this more tangible. Sometimes

1234
01:32:57,722 --> 01:33:00,181
the 400 is arbitrary and capricious. We don't know what

1235
01:33:00,181 --> 01:33:03,381
it means. Sometimes it means a 64. Sometimes it means

1236
01:33:03,482 --> 01:33:06,927
a 48. So here's what it means. In algebra 1

1237
01:33:07,028 --> 01:33:09,007
currently to get a 400, you need to get a

1238
01:33:09,348 --> 01:33:13,167
43 percent 43. That gets you a pass that gets

1239
01:33:13,207 --> 01:33:19,481
you to graduate. That goes for our ninth graders for

1240
01:33:19,502 --> 01:33:26,852
leader for graduation. It goes to 69. 93. That's a

1241
01:33:27,033 --> 01:33:30,710
26. And I'll share with you what this means because

1242
01:33:30,750 --> 01:33:35,030
we did the analysis. What is the impact? EEOC reading

1243
01:33:35,131 --> 01:33:37,190
the end of course, not EOC. I'm thinking about something

1244
01:33:37,211 --> 01:33:44,190
different. EOC reading 53. 33 to 77. 78. That is

1245
01:33:44,891 --> 01:33:46,630
for our ninth graders coming in into the high school.

1246
01:33:48,869 --> 01:33:52,824
Now let's look at elementary. So this is the one

1247
01:33:52,845 --> 01:33:58,300
year, right? High school seniors. Not affected. Third graders this

1248
01:33:58,300 --> 01:34:00,780
year affected. I want to make that distinction. I want

1249
01:34:00,780 --> 01:34:07,340
to be very, very clear. So last year's third graders

1250
01:34:07,441 --> 01:34:13,822
in math need 56. Reeding, um, in fifth grade is

1251
01:34:13,822 --> 01:34:22,942
significant 12. And from 47 and great, um, fifth math

1252
01:34:23,043 --> 01:34:26,622
to 64 for a 16 point increase in one year.

1253
01:34:28,017 --> 01:34:33,019
There's a four year implementation plan and that's coming. Middle

1254
01:34:33,059 --> 01:34:37,819
school again changes not as big. And grave six mat,

1255
01:34:37,819 --> 01:34:42,943
almost a six percent. You notice that reading is a

1256
01:34:42,943 --> 01:34:45,423
little bit higher than math. There is a focus on

1257
01:34:45,463 --> 01:34:49,627
reading. And that's our Achilles heel. That we do need

1258
01:34:49,627 --> 01:34:52,587
to unlock reading particularly at the middle school level to

1259
01:34:52,608 --> 01:34:54,827
make it interesting to make it fund, to make it

1260
01:34:54,928 --> 01:35:00,923
engaging. Now you sow a lot of forties and fifties

1261
01:35:01,024 --> 01:35:06,952
moving to 60s. We could get kids. To get a

1262
01:35:07,133 --> 01:35:12,264
65 percent on a test. But only when we do

1263
01:35:12,365 --> 01:35:16,375
things differently. So we can't pull out last year's plans

1264
01:35:16,796 --> 01:35:22,009
because that will get us last year's results. West teachers,

1265
01:35:22,009 --> 01:35:24,489
this is not too scare you. This is actually to

1266
01:35:24,510 --> 01:35:28,329
inspire you. The grace seven reading. We move from 52

1267
01:35:28,369 --> 01:35:31,994
percent to 60 percent. We could do that. But again,

1268
01:35:32,034 --> 01:35:36,374
by working together, by taking off what doesn't work. Let

1269
01:35:36,374 --> 01:35:39,178
me give you an example. We pull IXL. You all

1270
01:35:39,178 --> 01:35:43,360
see it in rooms or kids are answering. Well, we

1271
01:35:43,360 --> 01:35:46,480
look at the effective ISL on the SOLs. Anybody want

1272
01:35:46,480 --> 01:35:49,440
to wonder what it is? It's not positive. So let's

1273
01:35:49,480 --> 01:35:52,400
do a little less. I excel belongs at home as

1274
01:35:52,440 --> 01:35:55,920
practice. Maybe belong somewhere as a little bit of a

1275
01:35:55,941 --> 01:35:59,320
slice by putting kids on ISL the entire period. If

1276
01:35:59,320 --> 01:36:02,000
you see that, that's not going to get us there.

1277
01:36:02,000 --> 01:36:05,360
So that is the level of detail where data informed.

1278
01:36:05,360 --> 01:36:07,920
We're going to find out what works. What doesn't work.

1279
01:36:07,920 --> 01:36:09,520
And we're going to support our teachers. And we're going

1280
01:36:09,520 --> 01:36:13,422
to do this together by locking arms. And working together.

1281
01:36:14,083 --> 01:36:16,222
Impact. I want to show the board how this will

1282
01:36:16,243 --> 01:36:23,862
impact us. So when we look at, um, sped. In

1283
01:36:23,902 --> 01:36:30,902
reading currently for the district, these are all the reading

1284
01:36:30,902 --> 01:36:34,982
tests. Three through 11. That goes down to 11 percent.

1285
01:36:35,643 --> 01:36:39,542
That means that nine out of 10 students with disabilities,

1286
01:36:39,542 --> 01:36:44,502
if we don't do things differently, particularly our tier one,

1287
01:36:44,502 --> 01:36:48,582
we go from four out of 10 passing to one

1288
01:36:48,763 --> 01:36:51,302
out of 10 passing. In one year, and this is

1289
01:36:51,342 --> 01:36:54,902
based on a projection on actual scores. Actually, it's not

1290
01:36:54,902 --> 01:36:58,722
based on a projection is implementing the new standard, uh,

1291
01:36:58,923 --> 01:37:02,972
the new CUS scores to this year's course. About math.

1292
01:37:04,126 --> 01:37:07,385
Currently 50 percent of our students with disabilities past math.

1293
01:37:08,572 --> 01:37:13,188
If we do nothing, thou will go to 17. So

1294
01:37:13,769 --> 01:37:15,988
we'll share with you a couple other forces. I share

1295
01:37:16,009 --> 01:37:19,508
special education because that's where, um, you lift up special

1296
01:37:19,529 --> 01:37:22,308
education. You lift up everything because the clarity of teaching

1297
01:37:22,409 --> 01:37:26,097
and learning works. That's why the focus. But let me

1298
01:37:26,097 --> 01:37:30,488
give you some statistics that I memorized. And I want

1299
01:37:30,528 --> 01:37:33,208
everybody to memorize these if they, you know, they're just

1300
01:37:33,229 --> 01:37:36,970
four numbers. And reading as a district. We go from

1301
01:37:37,231 --> 01:37:46,871
78 to 43. In math, we go from 82 to

1302
01:37:47,212 --> 01:37:50,760
50. As a district. These are general, all of our

1303
01:37:50,800 --> 01:37:55,621
students together. I share with you special education. So those

1304
01:37:55,642 --> 01:37:59,621
are in a sum what are the major changes. Algebra,

1305
01:37:59,621 --> 01:38:03,301
uh, one English end, of course, reading, um, you see

1306
01:38:03,562 --> 01:38:06,741
the difference in percentage increase over the year. I'm going

1307
01:38:06,741 --> 01:38:08,561
to stop here because I know I present a lot

1308
01:38:08,561 --> 01:38:12,661
of information. I think what comes after this is our

1309
01:38:12,661 --> 01:38:15,141
response to this. As a district, we're responding like other

1310
01:38:15,242 --> 01:38:18,981
districts and, um, in the region. So what questions were

1311
01:38:19,021 --> 01:38:20,821
comments do you all have based on this data before

1312
01:38:20,861 --> 01:38:30,171
we go on. How our parents going to be

1313
01:38:30,592 --> 01:38:36,041
brought into the loop on these huge changes. When it

1314
01:38:36,081 --> 01:38:40,488
directly affects our kids. Back to school, what we're doing

1315
01:38:40,488 --> 01:38:42,888
here tonight. If you're an elementary, you just get the

1316
01:38:42,989 --> 01:38:48,968
elementary version. We have also, uh, directed our schools to

1317
01:38:49,008 --> 01:38:53,688
include the community engagement coordinators in the instructional meeting every

1318
01:38:53,728 --> 01:38:58,357
week. What better way to have the person that communicates

1319
01:38:58,458 --> 01:39:00,277
who pair and everything is to know about your reading

1320
01:39:00,277 --> 01:39:02,677
program to know about the PLC, to know about what

1321
01:39:02,858 --> 01:39:06,077
the standard. So those community engagement coordinators are going to

1322
01:39:06,077 --> 01:39:10,677
be critical in commuting that. So communicating that. Uh, so

1323
01:39:10,698 --> 01:39:14,757
we will have, uh, numerous opportunities to communicate that pay

1324
01:39:14,757 --> 01:39:18,117
and reading, I literacy night anytime we get parents together.

1325
01:39:18,117 --> 01:39:19,677
We're going to show them this. But I want to

1326
01:39:19,677 --> 01:39:23,377
say this. We need to provide hope and optimism. And

1327
01:39:23,377 --> 01:39:26,437
I'll go back to those charts about passing rates as

1328
01:39:26,437 --> 01:39:29,877
a percentage versus the 400, which means different thing to

1329
01:39:29,917 --> 01:39:34,016
different people. So, uh, here's the big, if we remember

1330
01:39:34,037 --> 01:39:38,063
anything from tonight, remember this. SOLs go from a minimum

1331
01:39:38,164 --> 01:39:42,987
achievement test of 43. 75 in algebra. To an achievement

1332
01:39:43,027 --> 01:39:46,014
test over four years. Remember back in the day, where

1333
01:39:46,014 --> 01:39:48,094
you wanted to get an A, that's what we're going

1334
01:39:48,094 --> 01:39:53,507
to do. Is no longer a minimum achievement test. So

1335
01:39:53,507 --> 01:39:57,787
we've done this for 27. In 99 and 2000 NCLB

1336
01:39:57,827 --> 01:40:01,147
came here. Another child left behind. And here we are

1337
01:40:01,168 --> 01:40:08,347
in 2026, 2027 changing everything, right? And we didn't change

1338
01:40:08,387 --> 01:40:11,867
it. However, it is here. Therefore, we must adapt and

1339
01:40:11,867 --> 01:40:15,800
overcome. So how do we adapt and overcome one high

1340
01:40:15,821 --> 01:40:19,080
quality instructional materials. The board has invested a tremendous amount

1341
01:40:19,120 --> 01:40:25,906
of funding in K12. Literacy. And we got that big

1342
01:40:26,007 --> 01:40:30,306
grant for almost 800, 000 last year. New material support

1343
01:40:30,487 --> 01:40:33,186
these new standards are learning. What does that mean? Don't

1344
01:40:33,207 --> 01:40:36,146
go back and use the materials from 20 years ago.

1345
01:40:36,186 --> 01:40:40,146
Please don't do that. Use this high quality materials. Let

1346
01:40:40,146 --> 01:40:43,512
me give you an example of HMH. What we invested

1347
01:40:43,533 --> 01:40:46,792
in that. The teachers that sold the most growth use

1348
01:40:46,813 --> 01:40:50,392
the rigorous part of HMH, not the worksheets from HMH.

1349
01:40:51,508 --> 01:40:54,207
High engagement and high rigor is when we struggle a

1350
01:40:54,207 --> 01:40:56,847
little bit with support and with love when we care.

1351
01:40:56,847 --> 01:41:00,767
So we need to use our high quality instructional material.

1352
01:41:00,767 --> 01:41:02,367
The board is invested. We invested more than a million

1353
01:41:02,407 --> 01:41:05,407
dollar in that. And we need to be all behind

1354
01:41:05,428 --> 01:41:10,449
that. Pacing guides. We need a better measuring stick. So

1355
01:41:10,710 --> 01:41:12,449
right, if you're going to measure an engine, you might

1356
01:41:12,489 --> 01:41:15,754
need to measure use a caliper or dial indicator. So

1357
01:41:16,015 --> 01:41:19,364
our measuring is to get more precise. Why? Because we're

1358
01:41:19,545 --> 01:41:22,324
going to decide who needs help with a better tool.

1359
01:41:22,324 --> 01:41:25,364
So we're going to move to a CIP benchmark, which

1360
01:41:25,364 --> 01:41:30,164
tell a student that they missed standard 6. 6B. C,

1361
01:41:30,164 --> 01:41:32,564
which means that I need to be able to analyze

1362
01:41:32,905 --> 01:41:37,364
and identify the main idea. Versus just teaching without an

1363
01:41:37,364 --> 01:41:40,964
objective. We need to focus on those objectives and intervene.

1364
01:41:40,964 --> 01:41:45,044
And then, um, MTSS, multi tier system of support, you

1365
01:41:45,084 --> 01:41:47,284
know, has been here for a long time. It's one

1366
01:41:47,284 --> 01:41:50,164
of the reasons why this district shines will have to

1367
01:41:50,505 --> 01:41:54,324
revamp that system as well. Better measurement, more response, more

1368
01:41:54,505 --> 01:41:59,957
intervention. School leadership. This is us. Professional learning communities. This

1369
01:42:00,378 --> 01:42:04,302
is done together. Um, our administrators need to be able

1370
01:42:04,323 --> 01:42:09,262
to, uh, hone up their structural leadership skills. What does

1371
01:42:09,302 --> 01:42:13,062
that mean? They need to inspect what they expect. If

1372
01:42:13,062 --> 01:42:15,502
you expect engagement, then be willing to put in the

1373
01:42:15,542 --> 01:42:18,982
time just like our coaches. You saw coach red. He

1374
01:42:19,203 --> 01:42:21,982
pours into his kids. So we got to pour into

1375
01:42:22,022 --> 01:42:28,302
those lesson plans because that's key. Um, monitor progress every

1376
01:42:28,403 --> 01:42:32,222
quarter, we will know whether we're ahead or we're behind.

1377
01:42:32,222 --> 01:42:35,182
Why? So we could intervene in a lot of resources.

1378
01:42:35,182 --> 01:42:39,102
And the MTSS coaching is going to be critical. Lastly,

1379
01:42:39,102 --> 01:42:43,375
for teachers, what does it mean. Pacing guys slight adjustment.

1380
01:42:43,415 --> 01:42:45,695
They're not major by the way. Slight adjustments to match

1381
01:42:45,716 --> 01:42:51,055
the new assessment. Use high quality instructional materials. Use evidence.

1382
01:42:51,055 --> 01:42:54,930
Teaching is both a science and art. You got to

1383
01:42:54,930 --> 01:42:58,610
love your children. Support them. But you all got to

1384
01:42:58,610 --> 01:43:00,450
know that when you come into a classroom, you got

1385
01:43:00,450 --> 01:43:02,690
to be managed at classroom. You got to have rules,

1386
01:43:02,690 --> 01:43:08,770
procedure, discipline, objectives, closure, data, and being forms that you

1387
01:43:08,770 --> 01:43:12,530
could adjust the next lesson. And then the MTSS feedback

1388
01:43:12,711 --> 01:43:15,490
as a coaching strategy. So I shared a lot of

1389
01:43:15,591 --> 01:43:19,999
information. We presented this last year just that it happened

1390
01:43:20,020 --> 01:43:22,799
now. So I'll just share with this. We had a

1391
01:43:22,820 --> 01:43:26,953
Republican administration that introduced this. And then we have a

1392
01:43:27,054 --> 01:43:31,959
democratic administration that approval they increased standards. They were listening

1393
01:43:32,060 --> 01:43:36,366
sessions from VDOE. So all of us had our opinions

1394
01:43:36,366 --> 01:43:39,215
on this. But the time for that is now it's

1395
01:43:39,215 --> 01:43:42,438
time to do. And time to act and time to

1396
01:43:42,539 --> 01:43:45,158
change rather than time to argue. Cause we just don't

1397
01:43:45,158 --> 01:43:47,398
have that option. If you're in third grade, you're only

1398
01:43:47,419 --> 01:43:50,915
in one year. If you're a senior, we need an

1399
01:43:50,915 --> 01:43:53,475
SOL. You only dare one year. So as we work

1400
01:43:53,656 --> 01:43:56,115
this system out, we need to balance the need of

1401
01:43:56,115 --> 01:44:00,084
students. And continue to advocate for good assessment, continue to

1402
01:44:00,124 --> 01:44:04,484
advocate for resources, continue to advocate for interventions and literacy

1403
01:44:04,745 --> 01:44:08,284
and mass specialists and reading specialists and special educations. So

1404
01:44:08,345 --> 01:44:10,644
the work will continue. I presented a lot of information

1405
01:44:11,225 --> 01:44:12,324
at this time. I'm going to open it up for

1406
01:44:12,324 --> 01:44:20,667
comments. Can you go back a slide, sir. Go back

1407
01:44:20,707 --> 01:44:26,456
now. One more. Progress. Is that going to mean more

1408
01:44:26,456 --> 01:44:30,080
testing. Actually, there's going to be a reduction in testing.

1409
01:44:30,080 --> 01:44:32,960
Okay. So we look at, we were taking three whole

1410
01:44:33,000 --> 01:44:37,166
days. So we're gaining three days this year from the

1411
01:44:37,206 --> 01:44:39,726
reduction and testing. So we had an assessment that told

1412
01:44:39,747 --> 01:44:43,086
us nationally for on par below or above. But what

1413
01:44:43,107 --> 01:44:46,288
it didn't tell us is the specific standard. So that's

1414
01:44:46,288 --> 01:44:51,248
being replaced with a specific CIP benchmark. And that CFP

1415
01:44:51,269 --> 01:44:53,008
benchmark is going to let us do it in a

1416
01:44:53,008 --> 01:44:56,208
teacher now with standard they're doing well and which standard

1417
01:44:56,208 --> 01:44:59,228
they're doing. So one assessment comes off the table. But

1418
01:44:59,228 --> 01:45:02,208
great point. We need to be very credible about teaching

1419
01:45:02,389 --> 01:45:06,528
and learning. If it's not working, let your principal know,

1420
01:45:06,528 --> 01:45:09,088
let your director know. Let's take it off the table.

1421
01:45:09,088 --> 01:45:11,168
If it's working and you have proof. And I'll do

1422
01:45:11,168 --> 01:45:15,168
this. If you have evidence is working advocate. We do

1423
01:45:15,189 --> 01:45:18,168
not need to add more things for our teachers. If

1424
01:45:18,168 --> 01:45:20,128
anything, we need to make it more clear and more

1425
01:45:20,168 --> 01:45:27,271
actionable. I have a question. Are you ready? No, go

1426
01:45:27,271 --> 01:45:35,669
ahead, Nico. I think it's interesting that. Both, uh, both

1427
01:45:35,690 --> 01:45:38,069
sides of the fence were agreement upon this. And I

1428
01:45:38,069 --> 01:45:40,629
know that we've had a couple of conversations about this.

1429
01:45:42,773 --> 01:45:45,312
You know, it is, it is about mastery and it

1430
01:45:45,312 --> 01:45:49,392
is about being proficient. As you go on, um, one

1431
01:45:49,493 --> 01:45:53,472
of the things that I think a lot of people

1432
01:45:53,573 --> 01:46:00,126
have concerns about is. Teachers, our masterful in always finding

1433
01:46:00,147 --> 01:46:05,246
a way. And, um, you know, how will there be

1434
01:46:05,286 --> 01:46:08,526
a clear communication up and down this chain to ensure

1435
01:46:09,187 --> 01:46:12,206
that they're getting the information that they need. And we

1436
01:46:12,206 --> 01:46:14,846
are getting the information that we need to be successful

1437
01:46:14,867 --> 01:46:19,520
with these new scores. So it's a system. We put

1438
01:46:19,520 --> 01:46:22,240
together a playbook, just like remember when we started doing

1439
01:46:22,341 --> 01:46:28,080
the, um, this is back in 23 and high dosage

1440
01:46:28,501 --> 01:46:30,800
to the ring, the all - in model. We had

1441
01:46:31,061 --> 01:46:33,520
a playbook. We knew that if you was, Lexia, that

1442
01:46:33,520 --> 01:46:36,480
works. If you did this, that worked. So we did

1443
01:46:37,381 --> 01:46:40,400
with our leadership. We had leadership academy for two days.

1444
01:46:40,400 --> 01:46:43,280
One of those days was an entire day devoted to

1445
01:46:43,280 --> 01:46:45,920
this. I'll go back to the science of teaching and

1446
01:46:45,960 --> 01:46:52,171
learning. All of our principles tomorrow will welcome teachers. They're

1447
01:46:52,432 --> 01:46:55,131
going to be present them with this information. They're going

1448
01:46:55,131 --> 01:46:59,458
to ask for inputs. It's going to be collaborative, we

1449
01:46:59,458 --> 01:47:02,946
said. Ask them. If this is the standard, you all

1450
01:47:02,946 --> 01:47:06,946
are, they can't content area experts. How does, how does

1451
01:47:06,967 --> 01:47:10,027
English at the middle school need to look different. How

1452
01:47:10,448 --> 01:47:12,427
this mat need to look different. And as the teachers

1453
01:47:12,528 --> 01:47:15,067
and listen to them and then provide the evidence and

1454
01:47:15,168 --> 01:47:18,027
implement that into a plan. And so we have a

1455
01:47:18,128 --> 01:47:22,547
playbook, um, what we can do is, um, well, we

1456
01:47:22,547 --> 01:47:24,587
again, what we don't want to do is fly a

1457
01:47:24,627 --> 01:47:28,836
plane without instrumentation. We need to know for moving in

1458
01:47:28,857 --> 01:47:31,516
the right direction because our teachers are already busy. So

1459
01:47:31,516 --> 01:47:33,156
I think the measurement is going to be the biggest

1460
01:47:33,337 --> 01:47:35,716
key to be able to say at the end of

1461
01:47:35,716 --> 01:47:39,716
the first quarter, you're ahead. Well, we need some work.

1462
01:47:39,716 --> 01:47:42,996
And then to allow coaching and division resources and materials

1463
01:47:43,497 --> 01:47:46,116
to, to, um, to be provided. So how will our

1464
01:47:46,156 --> 01:47:50,116
teachers know this is our work, our PLC. This is

1465
01:47:50,116 --> 01:47:53,956
our work. Tomorrow we're going to visit somebody's schools and

1466
01:47:53,996 --> 01:47:56,836
to see how, um, how they're going to respond to

1467
01:47:56,876 --> 01:47:59,636
it. But we do have a plan. And we, anyone

1468
01:47:59,636 --> 01:48:02,356
that has questions, we ask, come and ask us, ask

1469
01:48:02,537 --> 01:48:06,036
your principal, ask me, ask Dr. Stam, as Dr. Freeze,

1470
01:48:06,036 --> 01:48:09,536
Dr. Migas, this should be something we do together, not

1471
01:48:09,536 --> 01:48:18,872
a part. Um, I know that, uh, to be successful

1472
01:48:19,373 --> 01:48:22,372
too, will require, you know, teachers will ask for, um,

1473
01:48:22,893 --> 01:48:24,952
the IE bloc was so important because you needed that

1474
01:48:24,973 --> 01:48:28,072
intervention time. So time is what they don't have enough

1475
01:48:28,112 --> 01:48:31,752
of. Um, because they have so much to do and

1476
01:48:31,773 --> 01:48:34,132
always are saying so little time to do it. Um,

1477
01:48:34,493 --> 01:48:37,592
so we'll obviously probably have to be doing before and

1478
01:48:37,632 --> 01:48:42,872
after school tutoring or our programs as well. Absolutely. I

1479
01:48:42,893 --> 01:48:46,872
remember back before Esther that, um, as a department chair,

1480
01:48:46,872 --> 01:48:53,432
social studies and science stayed on Tuesdays. And math and,

1481
01:48:53,432 --> 01:48:55,352
you know, English may be on another day or vice

1482
01:48:55,392 --> 01:48:57,832
versa, whatever works. He asked, um, we're going to have

1483
01:48:57,832 --> 01:48:59,912
to support students during the day. I know we have

1484
01:48:59,912 --> 01:49:02,232
them, but also after school, some of our schools did

1485
01:49:02,272 --> 01:49:05,752
before school with all intuitoring. So we're going to be

1486
01:49:05,752 --> 01:49:08,152
looking at resources as well for that, but also I

1487
01:49:08,152 --> 01:49:12,632
think, um, we're just all figuring this out along the

1488
01:49:12,632 --> 01:49:14,552
way, but student supports are a big key of that.

1489
01:49:15,453 --> 01:49:18,232
That was a state funded program, the all in tutoring,

1490
01:49:18,232 --> 01:49:20,712
who's very successful. I mean, it really made an impact.

1491
01:49:20,712 --> 01:49:23,820
So we are now having to pay for that. If

1492
01:49:23,860 --> 01:49:26,060
we implement something like that. It's coming out of our,

1493
01:49:26,100 --> 01:49:27,660
obviously out of our budget. Right. So we have to

1494
01:49:27,841 --> 01:49:31,340
compensate the teachers for the time, obviously. But it seems

1495
01:49:31,681 --> 01:49:33,820
you're going to, we're going to have to do that.

1496
01:49:33,820 --> 01:49:36,380
So we'll have to prepare. So we'd like to see

1497
01:49:36,380 --> 01:49:38,860
how much that you are absolutely correct. Another way to

1498
01:49:38,860 --> 01:49:41,500
look at this, you could technically say this is on,

1499
01:49:41,681 --> 01:49:46,740
unfunded mandate. This will cost money. And, um, you know,

1500
01:49:47,081 --> 01:49:51,540
the state, unfortunately when the state comes in, because you

1501
01:49:52,281 --> 01:49:54,900
didn't meet a standard, then that's when the money comes

1502
01:49:54,921 --> 01:49:59,220
in with their coaching cycles. We want to advocate for

1503
01:49:59,220 --> 01:50:01,140
money to be given ahead of time before our kids

1504
01:50:01,161 --> 01:50:08,957
get behind. I think what gives me the most heartburn

1505
01:50:08,957 --> 01:50:11,757
is every year towards the end of the school year,

1506
01:50:11,757 --> 01:50:15,597
we have parents that come in upset because their child

1507
01:50:15,637 --> 01:50:17,837
is not doing as well as they had thought they

1508
01:50:17,877 --> 01:50:21,437
were doing and may or may not graduate because of

1509
01:50:21,437 --> 01:50:26,299
it. I have a lot of fears right now about.

1510
01:50:27,293 --> 01:50:31,512
The largest of the group of parents that will not

1511
01:50:31,853 --> 01:50:37,912
understand how this is going to definitely, in some ways,

1512
01:50:37,933 --> 01:50:42,472
work against their child and hopefully we can pick up

1513
01:50:42,512 --> 01:50:46,152
that slack and they will be successful. But it does

1514
01:50:46,253 --> 01:50:53,352
worry me that we are looking at more unsuccessful issues

1515
01:50:53,533 --> 01:50:56,792
than we are successful. Not for the most part, I

1516
01:50:56,792 --> 01:50:59,192
think we're going to be fine. But I do worry

1517
01:50:59,192 --> 01:51:02,390
about those parents that do not understand. What all of

1518
01:51:02,430 --> 01:51:05,110
this actually means. And I don't know how we convey

1519
01:51:05,291 --> 01:51:08,230
it as the school district to make sure that everybody

1520
01:51:08,411 --> 01:51:11,830
is on board. Is there something we could have at

1521
01:51:11,851 --> 01:51:16,150
each school a night where they come in and somebody

1522
01:51:17,051 --> 01:51:20,892
comes in and explains it a little bit. To them?

1523
01:51:20,892 --> 01:51:26,103
Would that be helpful to parents. There's probably not one

1524
01:51:26,143 --> 01:51:29,812
thing that is going to. Communicate is it's a number

1525
01:51:30,073 --> 01:51:34,612
of things. It's back to school night several times. Literacy

1526
01:51:34,612 --> 01:51:39,092
night, math night, um, pushing out messages, pulling them in

1527
01:51:39,132 --> 01:51:42,452
for conferences, student - led conferences. We need a system

1528
01:51:42,553 --> 01:51:46,212
because there's no one communication tool that's going to convince

1529
01:51:46,252 --> 01:51:49,412
somebody that things have changed. I think, not, I think,

1530
01:51:49,412 --> 01:51:54,410
I know our teachers love our kids. And when they

1531
01:51:54,511 --> 01:51:58,650
realize that, okay, the standards have increase. Our teachers are

1532
01:51:58,650 --> 01:52:00,890
going to do what it takes to respond to that.

1533
01:52:00,890 --> 01:52:02,890
But I also want to say this. If I'm going

1534
01:52:02,991 --> 01:52:06,490
into an algebra class, I take this meeting, for example.

1535
01:52:06,490 --> 01:52:08,570
If I'm already talking to you about things you already

1536
01:52:08,610 --> 01:52:13,307
know, we're not going to pay attention. So the teaching

1537
01:52:13,568 --> 01:52:16,507
below grade level skills and algebra to talk to kids

1538
01:52:16,528 --> 01:52:21,067
about six great skills. I had nauseam. That probably needs

1539
01:52:21,067 --> 01:52:24,187
to change. We need to challenge and we need on

1540
01:52:24,227 --> 01:52:27,227
gray level standards because we can't teach below the curriculum

1541
01:52:27,248 --> 01:52:30,059
anymore. But that does go back to your point. Now

1542
01:52:30,340 --> 01:52:33,439
that student may need some after school tutoring before tutoring

1543
01:52:33,479 --> 01:52:37,259
because they may not be on grade level. So, um,

1544
01:52:37,940 --> 01:52:40,719
the biggest thing we can do is communication and feedback

1545
01:52:40,900 --> 01:52:44,079
loops. Before I leave that lesson, I got to be

1546
01:52:44,079 --> 01:52:47,519
able to determine if that learning target is actually master

1547
01:52:47,540 --> 01:52:54,478
or non - mastered. Um, and if we are able,

1548
01:52:54,478 --> 01:52:56,718
and I hope we are, uh, you know, more before

1549
01:52:56,899 --> 01:53:00,558
after school, um, I think one way to get students

1550
01:53:00,579 --> 01:53:02,958
to participate, because it could be a burden for parents

1551
01:53:03,219 --> 01:53:07,518
as ours transportation. So, you know, can we, again, it's

1552
01:53:07,558 --> 01:53:09,678
a cost, but it's some necessary causes to provide them

1553
01:53:09,859 --> 01:53:15,129
transportation somehow to be able to attend. So we currently

1554
01:53:15,150 --> 01:53:18,649
have activities buses, but not enough. We may need before

1555
01:53:18,670 --> 01:53:21,129
school after school. So our team will evaluate. We got

1556
01:53:21,150 --> 01:53:24,009
our instructional directors working with a principles listening to them

1557
01:53:24,830 --> 01:53:26,729
and how we're going to respond. That's going to be

1558
01:53:26,750 --> 01:53:29,089
on a table. You may see me come here, us

1559
01:53:29,089 --> 01:53:32,809
come here asking for more resources, good teaching takes money.

1560
01:53:32,809 --> 01:53:35,489
And that's what makes this an unfunded mandate. I think

1561
01:53:35,790 --> 01:53:39,318
parent - teacher conferences are going to be vital. This

1562
01:53:39,358 --> 01:53:44,598
coming year. That teachers reach out to their parents in

1563
01:53:44,638 --> 01:53:47,398
order to have them understand we need to come in

1564
01:53:47,419 --> 01:53:49,958
and talk about this so that we can catch that

1565
01:53:50,059 --> 01:53:54,998
child while they can still do the things that are

1566
01:53:55,019 --> 01:53:58,703
needed to make them successful. That's absolutely.

1567
01:54:09,551 --> 01:54:14,593
English adoption, six through 12. Dr. Magus. I don't know

1568
01:54:14,593 --> 01:54:17,983
how you follow that, right? Actually, it's a good lead

1569
01:54:18,164 --> 01:54:24,063
in for the next topic, which is our proposal for

1570
01:54:25,204 --> 01:54:29,503
high quality instructional material, uh, adoption for English language arts

1571
01:54:29,924 --> 01:54:31,103
in grades six through 12.

1572
01:54:41,352 --> 01:54:43,491
So this presentation will be very similar to the one

1573
01:54:43,531 --> 01:54:45,811
that, uh, Dr. Stan and I gave a few months

1574
01:54:45,811 --> 01:54:49,011
ago when we talked about, uh, high quality instructional materials

1575
01:54:49,051 --> 01:54:52,891
for K through 12 math. Just as a refresher, as

1576
01:54:52,891 --> 01:54:55,651
a background, um, there is a state law that requires

1577
01:54:55,672 --> 01:54:59,551
all public schools to adopt high quality instructional materials. Uh,

1578
01:54:59,551 --> 01:55:02,931
which builds on the Virginia literacy act, um, which was

1579
01:55:03,192 --> 01:55:04,931
passed a couple of years ago. And that's when our

1580
01:55:05,192 --> 01:55:09,811
division was required to adopt high quality instructional materials for,

1581
01:55:09,811 --> 01:55:13,251
um, elementary K5 reading, which was HMH. And so now

1582
01:55:13,272 --> 01:55:17,571
we're looking to expand that into six through 12 English

1583
01:55:17,672 --> 01:55:23,342
language arts. Uh, and I just wanted to go back

1584
01:55:23,763 --> 01:55:26,702
a few months, um, I gave a presentation about a

1585
01:55:26,883 --> 01:55:30,862
middle school literacy audit. I talked about how, um, the

1586
01:55:30,862 --> 01:55:33,742
instructional coordinators myself. We went and we visited pretty much

1587
01:55:34,003 --> 01:55:38,282
every middle school classroom, English classroom in the division. And

1588
01:55:38,282 --> 01:55:40,622
we just took some notes and gathered some data. It

1589
01:55:40,622 --> 01:55:42,942
was not, um, you know, there was no names attached

1590
01:55:43,043 --> 01:55:44,862
or anything like that. But one of the things we

1591
01:55:45,043 --> 01:55:48,942
really looked at is are our students observed behaviors aligned

1592
01:55:49,123 --> 01:55:51,382
with the one that is in the curriculum framework. So

1593
01:55:51,382 --> 01:55:53,142
if it says that a student is supposed to be

1594
01:55:53,283 --> 01:55:57,182
analyzing that they're supposed to be comparing and contrasting are

1595
01:55:57,182 --> 01:56:00,702
the students really doing that. Are we reaching the standards?

1596
01:56:00,702 --> 01:56:02,542
Because that's what's going to be required to get the

1597
01:56:02,563 --> 01:56:05,502
students to that level of proficiency that Dr. Vladi was

1598
01:56:05,502 --> 01:56:08,062
just talking about in his presentation. And we found that

1599
01:56:08,163 --> 01:56:10,942
many times students were not. Uh, and we did bring

1600
01:56:10,982 --> 01:56:14,062
the teachers in a representative group. And, you know, one

1601
01:56:14,062 --> 01:56:15,662
of the things that came out of that was the

1602
01:56:15,662 --> 01:56:19,022
teacher said, we really need some help in getting the

1603
01:56:19,022 --> 01:56:21,262
students to reach that level. You know, help us to

1604
01:56:21,283 --> 01:56:24,302
understand what that level is. But then the lesson plans,

1605
01:56:24,302 --> 01:56:26,702
the materials, the resources that we need to help the

1606
01:56:26,702 --> 01:56:30,062
students to get there. So, um, that is one of

1607
01:56:30,062 --> 01:56:31,982
the reasons why we're putting this out there is that

1608
01:56:32,083 --> 01:56:35,102
the need for high quality instructional materials goes right along

1609
01:56:35,123 --> 01:56:38,302
with that need for the increased cut scores that Dr.

1610
01:56:38,323 --> 01:56:41,262
Vladi was just talking about. Um, also the legal requirement

1611
01:56:41,302 --> 01:56:44,622
here, uh, in order for our schools to stay accredited,

1612
01:56:44,622 --> 01:56:47,422
we do have to continue to adopt these high quality

1613
01:56:47,443 --> 01:56:50,382
instructional materials, not just the ones that we already have,

1614
01:56:50,382 --> 01:56:52,382
but we actually have to expand and adopt more of

1615
01:56:52,382 --> 01:56:56,462
these materials. Eventually, uh, it's going to be across multiple,

1616
01:56:56,462 --> 01:57:00,017
all of our content areas. I wanted to put this,

1617
01:57:00,017 --> 01:57:03,217
um, money part, uh, up front and just show you

1618
01:57:03,257 --> 01:57:05,777
all what the total cost is going to be. I

1619
01:57:05,958 --> 01:57:07,457
want to just let you all know this is not

1620
01:57:07,497 --> 01:57:10,497
an ask for an increase in funding from the county

1621
01:57:10,537 --> 01:57:12,177
or anything like that. This is all going to have

1622
01:57:12,177 --> 01:57:14,637
to come from our budget that we do have. But

1623
01:57:14,637 --> 01:57:16,497
I wanted to put the dollar sign up there. This

1624
01:57:16,497 --> 01:57:19,097
will be the ask for us to be able to

1625
01:57:19,158 --> 01:57:21,777
spend this amount of money on these materials. Again, not

1626
01:57:21,798 --> 01:57:25,377
a new appropriation of, you know, additional funds from anywhere,

1627
01:57:25,377 --> 01:57:28,317
but this is what it's going to cost. Uh, and

1628
01:57:28,317 --> 01:57:30,717
so the timing of this is obviously not ideal with

1629
01:57:30,717 --> 01:57:32,877
the new, the new school year starting. This is something

1630
01:57:32,917 --> 01:57:34,957
that we've known we were going to have to try

1631
01:57:34,957 --> 01:57:37,997
to do. But if you recall through our budget process,

1632
01:57:37,997 --> 01:57:40,237
it did take the state quite a while to come

1633
01:57:40,237 --> 01:57:42,797
up with a budget and give us a final number.

1634
01:57:42,797 --> 01:57:44,397
And we had to go back to the county multiple

1635
01:57:44,437 --> 01:57:47,997
times and do, uh, revisions with, with the pay raise

1636
01:57:47,997 --> 01:57:50,397
and all of that. Um, the good news is we

1637
01:57:50,437 --> 01:57:53,997
do have some increased enrollment projections. Those slides of Dr.

1638
01:57:54,037 --> 01:57:57,597
Vladiu shared with you all, um, over, uh, the budget

1639
01:57:57,778 --> 01:58:01,197
period. We do think our enrollment coming into 26, 27

1640
01:58:01,218 --> 01:58:02,877
is going to be higher than what the state had

1641
01:58:02,917 --> 01:58:05,197
told us it was going to be. We're monitoring our

1642
01:58:05,237 --> 01:58:08,557
numbers every day. But with that higher increase in student

1643
01:58:08,658 --> 01:58:13,837
enrollment does come some increased funding. Dr. Vladiu mentioned that,

1644
01:58:13,837 --> 01:58:17,357
um, you know, we have a number of instructional programs,

1645
01:58:17,357 --> 01:58:20,877
electronic online subscriptions that we use. Some of those have

1646
01:58:20,917 --> 01:58:25,037
been paid for over the years by the instructional money,

1647
01:58:25,037 --> 01:58:27,037
the, um, textbook money that the state gives us to

1648
01:58:27,138 --> 01:58:30,237
buy instructional supplies. And so now that we know we're

1649
01:58:30,338 --> 01:58:32,957
going to have to buy these instructional materials. We have

1650
01:58:32,957 --> 01:58:35,837
been looking at all of our subscriptions and saying, which

1651
01:58:35,837 --> 01:58:39,677
ones are actually being used. Not only the efficacy, the,

1652
01:58:39,677 --> 01:58:41,757
the, um, the value of them, but are they even

1653
01:58:41,778 --> 01:58:44,557
being used? And so looking at that and making sure

1654
01:58:44,597 --> 01:58:47,357
that we are really, um, spending money on the things

1655
01:58:47,397 --> 01:58:50,157
that we really have to have, but maybe sunsetting some

1656
01:58:50,157 --> 01:58:52,832
things that we don't have to have. Um, from a

1657
01:58:52,933 --> 01:58:55,632
personnel standpoint, as you all know, we are reviewing all

1658
01:58:55,653 --> 01:58:58,432
of our positions constantly in light of enrollment and just

1659
01:58:58,432 --> 01:59:01,552
making sure that we are being as efficient as possible.

1660
01:59:01,552 --> 01:59:03,792
And also, um, last year we were able to reduce

1661
01:59:04,293 --> 01:59:07,392
the number of early graduates at Gloucester High School by

1662
01:59:08,053 --> 01:59:10,192
well over 50 percent. There was a huge drop and

1663
01:59:10,192 --> 01:59:12,812
we're hoping to drop that even lower this year. Uh,

1664
01:59:12,812 --> 01:59:15,472
so, um, that does help out with the funding as

1665
01:59:15,472 --> 01:59:21,060
well. So this is just an overview of the process.

1666
01:59:21,060 --> 01:59:25,600
Um, our instructional coordinator for secondary literacy, Mr. Minguez. She

1667
01:59:25,600 --> 01:59:28,500
looked at all of the, uh, approved high quality instruction

1668
01:59:29,161 --> 01:59:32,340
materials or textbook series that were put out there by

1669
01:59:32,380 --> 01:59:34,580
the state. We did not ask our committee to review

1670
01:59:34,841 --> 01:59:39,220
every single one of those because there to go ahead

1671
01:59:39,260 --> 01:59:41,540
and review that and see which ones were really the

1672
01:59:41,540 --> 01:59:44,820
most aligned with the state standards. Same process that we

1673
01:59:44,860 --> 01:59:48,740
did for elementary and secondary math textbooks. It's not on

1674
01:59:48,921 --> 01:59:52,100
this, uh, slide, but I also asked Ms. Dominguez a

1675
01:59:52,100 --> 01:59:55,140
few months ago to actually pull data from the state

1676
01:59:55,241 --> 01:59:58,020
and look at who are the highest performing school divisions

1677
01:59:58,020 --> 02:00:00,340
across the state in English language arts at the secondary

1678
02:00:00,380 --> 02:00:03,860
level. Who has the highest SOL scores? Which school systems?

1679
02:00:03,860 --> 02:00:05,460
And then to reach out to those school systems and

1680
02:00:05,500 --> 02:00:08,100
find out what materials they're adopting. Because everybody has to

1681
02:00:08,100 --> 02:00:10,980
adopt something. So what, what have they adopted and what

1682
02:00:10,980 --> 02:00:12,820
have they seen so that we would have a background

1683
02:00:12,921 --> 02:00:15,220
and we're making sure we're looking at the best of

1684
02:00:15,220 --> 02:00:19,220
the best before we narrow it down. Um, we did

1685
02:00:19,241 --> 02:00:21,540
send out sample materials to every school and we had

1686
02:00:21,580 --> 02:00:24,460
them up here in the CAFI at TC Walker. We

1687
02:00:24,521 --> 02:00:27,620
did get a committee together. Um, and we also collected

1688
02:00:27,801 --> 02:00:30,900
data from our, uh, staff and community to review the

1689
02:00:30,940 --> 02:00:34,980
materials. And then our committee got back together and made

1690
02:00:35,020 --> 02:00:37,540
a final product recommendation. All of this work was going

1691
02:00:37,580 --> 02:00:39,460
on while we were still trying to figure out if

1692
02:00:39,460 --> 02:00:41,140
we were going to hopefully be able to find the

1693
02:00:41,180 --> 02:00:43,940
funds to do this. Because unlike in math, there was

1694
02:00:43,940 --> 02:00:45,500
not a grant for this. But I do want to

1695
02:00:45,500 --> 02:00:47,540
just say thank you publicly to the teachers who took

1696
02:00:47,580 --> 02:00:50,900
the time to come up here, review the materials and

1697
02:00:50,940 --> 02:00:56,605
they really, they were very diligent in their work. And

1698
02:00:56,645 --> 02:00:59,005
here you can just see, uh, who we had. There's

1699
02:00:59,005 --> 02:01:00,845
no names attached to this, but we did have a

1700
02:01:00,885 --> 02:01:05,325
representative committee from page, Peasley, Gloucester High School and Division

1701
02:01:05,365 --> 02:01:08,905
staff across multiple grade levels. And we also included, um,

1702
02:01:09,106 --> 02:01:13,816
special education staff as well. And these are the three,

1703
02:01:13,816 --> 02:01:15,816
uh, textbook series that we looked at. So they were

1704
02:01:15,856 --> 02:01:20,856
called into literature. My perspectives and study things, studied sync.

1705
02:01:20,856 --> 02:01:23,388
So those were the three. Um, and here's the timeline

1706
02:01:23,388 --> 02:01:26,188
that we followed. So back in March, um, we started

1707
02:01:26,209 --> 02:01:29,688
looking at the materials and getting a committee together, uh,

1708
02:01:29,688 --> 02:01:32,588
throughout the spring. We did the work that I just

1709
02:01:32,628 --> 02:01:35,708
described about getting the feedback. Um, and we are hoping

1710
02:01:35,729 --> 02:01:38,348
now that we, um, have looked at our numbers and

1711
02:01:38,388 --> 02:01:40,908
figured out that we can fund this, um, to, to

1712
02:01:40,908 --> 02:01:44,108
get school board approval for adoption. Um, and I will

1713
02:01:44,129 --> 02:01:46,348
let you know that, you know, there has been a

1714
02:01:46,348 --> 02:01:49,628
lot of work going on. Um, in preparation so that

1715
02:01:49,628 --> 02:01:51,708
if we do get board approval tonight, we are ready

1716
02:01:51,708 --> 02:01:55,228
to pull the trigger and place the order. We do,

1717
02:01:55,228 --> 02:01:57,448
we do have that ready to go so that, um,

1718
02:01:57,489 --> 02:02:00,108
we can get things in place as soon as possible.

1719
02:02:00,108 --> 02:02:01,788
Um, so that we will be able to, to order

1720
02:02:01,828 --> 02:02:04,828
the product, get the digital materials immediately and get the

1721
02:02:05,009 --> 02:02:11,291
physical resources shortly thereafter. So these are the criteria that,

1722
02:02:11,291 --> 02:02:14,171
um, we asked our committee and our teachers to look

1723
02:02:14,171 --> 02:02:17,611
at the five criteria were the overall quality of the

1724
02:02:17,651 --> 02:02:21,191
materials. The quality of the text that the students, um,

1725
02:02:21,191 --> 02:02:25,771
would be reading. The writing instruction involved, how usable the

1726
02:02:25,811 --> 02:02:28,891
materials were, both from a print and an online standpoint.

1727
02:02:28,891 --> 02:02:31,691
And then our supports for our diverse learners. We know

1728
02:02:31,731 --> 02:02:34,731
we have students across the spectrum at all different reading

1729
02:02:34,731 --> 02:02:36,731
levels, even at every grade. And some of our students

1730
02:02:36,771 --> 02:02:39,051
have disabilities and some of our students are reading at

1731
02:02:39,051 --> 02:02:41,371
a 12th grade level in elementary school. So do we

1732
02:02:41,371 --> 02:02:43,611
have, you know, something support for all of our students.

1733
02:02:45,058 --> 02:02:47,357
And so these were the ratings that we got from

1734
02:02:47,378 --> 02:02:50,157
our teachers. And so this one here, um, I think

1735
02:02:50,258 --> 02:02:53,677
makes pretty clear why it is the recommendation that we're

1736
02:02:53,677 --> 02:02:57,337
bringing to you tonight. So the blue graph fair, the

1737
02:02:57,337 --> 02:03:00,397
blue bars on the graph represent study sync, the red

1738
02:03:00,658 --> 02:03:06,157
represents my perspectives and the yellowish orange represents into literature.

1739
02:03:06,157 --> 02:03:08,557
And you can see, um, we, we ask them to

1740
02:03:08,658 --> 02:03:11,277
rate on a scale of, you know, not effective at

1741
02:03:11,317 --> 02:03:15,917
all to very highly effective. Um, those five different domains

1742
02:03:15,957 --> 02:03:19,837
that I just, uh, described. And across all of the

1743
02:03:19,877 --> 02:03:22,877
domains, there was one textbook series that stood out, which

1744
02:03:22,877 --> 02:03:27,197
is the my perspectives. Um, uh, series. So that is

1745
02:03:27,197 --> 02:03:29,837
the one that we're, um, that I'm bringing for you

1746
02:03:29,837 --> 02:03:35,148
tonight for approval as our adopted curriculum. And here's some

1747
02:03:35,169 --> 02:03:39,148
quotes that we, um, got from teachers, um, they range

1748
02:03:39,148 --> 02:03:42,428
from some practical things like they love the digital features.

1749
02:03:42,428 --> 02:03:44,748
Um, how easy it was to integrate with power school

1750
02:03:44,849 --> 02:03:48,988
and with canvas, our existing systems. And then also some

1751
02:03:49,028 --> 02:03:51,548
things on the instructional side, like the supports for our

1752
02:03:51,548 --> 02:03:55,768
students with disabilities, uh, things about the vocabulary instruction, the

1753
02:03:55,889 --> 02:03:59,388
high academic standard. So again, I just appreciate our teachers

1754
02:03:59,409 --> 02:04:01,788
really took the time to review these materials and give

1755
02:04:01,828 --> 02:04:06,396
the best possible recommendation. And so these are our proposed

1756
02:04:06,497 --> 02:04:09,436
next steps. Um, we are asking tonight for the board

1757
02:04:09,476 --> 02:04:13,116
to approve this. We haven't implementation plan that we have

1758
02:04:13,156 --> 02:04:15,836
been working diligently on to get ready and pull the

1759
02:04:15,876 --> 02:04:18,456
trigger. So we're ready to hit the ground running. Um,

1760
02:04:18,897 --> 02:04:22,316
PD starting as soon as possible. Um, and then monitoring

1761
02:04:22,337 --> 02:04:25,196
our support and implementation throughout the year, um, it will

1762
02:04:25,196 --> 02:04:27,676
be an ongoing process. As we know from our, our

1763
02:04:27,716 --> 02:04:30,796
previous, uh, adoption of HMH, it's going to be an

1764
02:04:30,796 --> 02:04:34,236
ongoing process with teachers, professional development and learning as we

1765
02:04:34,276 --> 02:04:39,476
go. And so at this time, I am asking for

1766
02:04:39,516 --> 02:04:42,496
that approval. And if y'all have any questions or, um,

1767
02:04:42,537 --> 02:04:48,827
any comments, I'm happy to take those. Number of hard

1768
02:04:48,848 --> 02:04:53,527
copy items included in that price quote approximately. So, um,

1769
02:04:53,568 --> 02:04:56,827
here's what we will be getting just because I figured

1770
02:04:56,848 --> 02:04:59,387
you would probably want some to know. So we will

1771
02:04:59,387 --> 02:05:02,027
have a digital copy for every single student in our

1772
02:05:02,067 --> 02:05:06,187
division. Um, however, I will let you know that that,

1773
02:05:06,187 --> 02:05:09,227
um, we did as much cost savings as we could.

1774
02:05:09,227 --> 02:05:10,747
So like grade six, seven, and eight, we got one

1775
02:05:10,768 --> 02:05:13,067
for each student. But like at the high school level,

1776
02:05:13,067 --> 02:05:14,947
because the semester based courses were able to kind of

1777
02:05:14,947 --> 02:05:16,587
cut that at half a little bit and keep the

1778
02:05:16,768 --> 02:05:20,267
cost down. The hard copy books, we have enough to

1779
02:05:20,307 --> 02:05:24,507
put a class set in every classroom. So at the,

1780
02:05:24,507 --> 02:05:27,387
um, middle schools and the high school. And I don't

1781
02:05:27,387 --> 02:05:29,627
know the exact number right here. That is there is

1782
02:05:29,627 --> 02:05:31,467
a number somewhere I could, I could certainly send you

1783
02:05:31,507 --> 02:05:34,507
that invoice. But it's a class set in grade six,

1784
02:05:34,507 --> 02:05:36,907
seven, and eight in both middle schools and then a

1785
02:05:36,928 --> 02:05:39,147
class set in nine through 12 at the high school

1786
02:05:39,808 --> 02:05:42,267
as well as some additional copies for students who need

1787
02:05:42,267 --> 02:05:46,398
to take them home. Where are they? Yeah. Go ahead.

1788
02:05:46,579 --> 02:05:48,798
Say the reason I was asking is that shipping and

1789
02:05:48,838 --> 02:05:52,798
handling price looked super steep, but without context, I could

1790
02:05:52,838 --> 02:05:55,118
be off. It was almost 10 grand and shipping. I

1791
02:05:55,118 --> 02:05:57,198
was literally my question is where are they shipping from.

1792
02:05:58,139 --> 02:06:01,158
Right. And so that's actually, um, that's less than the

1793
02:06:01,198 --> 02:06:03,478
initial quote that they gave us for shipping and handling.

1794
02:06:03,478 --> 02:06:04,758
Cause it is, I mean, it's still, even though it's

1795
02:06:04,758 --> 02:06:08,198
not, you know, 3000 books. It is still, it's still

1796
02:06:08,238 --> 02:06:10,358
a lot. Um, and chipping is a lot these days.

1797
02:06:10,358 --> 02:06:12,758
So this was the best negotiated price we could get

1798
02:06:13,019 --> 02:06:14,998
even with the discount because it happens to be the

1799
02:06:14,998 --> 02:06:19,251
same company that we adopted the, um, MacBooks from. And

1800
02:06:19,251 --> 02:06:22,591
do we know where they're shipping from? I don't know

1801
02:06:22,692 --> 02:06:25,871
where the, where the warehouse is or where they're produced.

1802
02:06:25,871 --> 02:06:28,431
No, man. Yeah, I will gladly drive a vehicle and

1803
02:06:28,471 --> 02:06:29,951
pick some of them up. It's a lot of money.

1804
02:06:34,280 --> 02:06:36,579
Again, it might not be. I mean, are we talking

1805
02:06:36,840 --> 02:06:39,699
a thousand hard copies, 2000 hard copies? In my head,

1806
02:06:39,699 --> 02:06:41,939
it was in hundreds. Yeah. That's what I was saying.

1807
02:06:41,979 --> 02:06:45,699
Uh, no, it's, it's, it's more than in the hundreds.

1808
02:06:45,699 --> 02:06:47,859
I mean, it's, it's a lot of books. And again,

1809
02:06:47,859 --> 02:06:50,819
I can get you that exact number. It also includes,

1810
02:06:50,819 --> 02:06:53,059
I will add, um, in addition to the actual textbooks,

1811
02:06:53,059 --> 02:06:55,619
it includes some physical copies of novels that go with

1812
02:06:55,640 --> 02:06:59,459
the textbook series. So you, um, you're reading the book

1813
02:06:59,880 --> 02:07:01,919
as you're doing the activities that are in the, um,

1814
02:07:02,600 --> 02:07:06,237
that are in the textbook series. Is that in the

1815
02:07:06,237 --> 02:07:09,548
digital as well. Yeah. Everything is also in the digital,

1816
02:07:09,548 --> 02:07:15,669
yes, ma'am. Yes, sir. Go ahead. So the new SOL

1817
02:07:15,850 --> 02:07:17,589
thing has been in the works for what two years.

1818
02:07:17,917 --> 02:07:20,376
We knew it was coming. The cut scores, you mean?

1819
02:07:20,416 --> 02:07:23,576
Right. Yeah. Cut scores. How long have we known that

1820
02:07:23,576 --> 02:07:26,139
that's going to be coming down the pipe. Well, they've

1821
02:07:26,139 --> 02:07:27,819
been talking about it for a couple of years. Like

1822
02:07:27,819 --> 02:07:29,819
you said, but I think, um, we've gotten even in

1823
02:07:29,819 --> 02:07:32,859
the last few months alone multiple different updates as far

1824
02:07:32,899 --> 02:07:35,259
as the phase implementation. So I know we did this

1825
02:07:35,440 --> 02:07:39,979
whole thing last year. We did a book purchase part

1826
02:07:40,019 --> 02:07:45,032
of the cycle. So the most recent adoption the board

1827
02:07:45,053 --> 02:07:47,752
approved was, um, K through 12 math a few months

1828
02:07:47,752 --> 02:07:49,752
ago. And a couple of years we did a couple

1829
02:07:50,413 --> 02:07:52,952
two or three years ago. We did HMH for K5

1830
02:07:52,973 --> 02:07:55,112
reading. And a regional mask in this is that all

1831
02:07:55,152 --> 02:07:57,592
these books that we've already bought going on a line

1832
02:07:57,592 --> 02:08:01,912
with these new SOLs and I mean, yes sir. So

1833
02:08:01,912 --> 02:08:04,792
we've adopted high quality instructional materials that are aligned to

1834
02:08:04,832 --> 02:08:10,792
the standards in K5 reading and K through 12 math.

1835
02:08:10,792 --> 02:08:12,712
This will get us to six through 12 reading as

1836
02:08:12,712 --> 02:08:18,749
well. The standards didn't change. The cut scores changed. What

1837
02:08:18,789 --> 02:08:22,349
we've adopted was to meet the new standards which were

1838
02:08:22,349 --> 02:08:25,488
adopted how many years ago. Probably four years ago, five

1839
02:08:25,488 --> 02:08:29,214
years ago. Three. Yeah. You know, at the high school

1840
02:08:29,375 --> 02:08:31,514
they had some, one of the teachers teaching with a

1841
02:08:31,535 --> 02:08:33,834
15 year old history book. And I'm like, you know,

1842
02:08:34,015 --> 02:08:37,674
history doesn't change, but. Well, and you bring up a

1843
02:08:37,674 --> 02:08:39,974
good point. I'm going to be honest that, you know,

1844
02:08:39,974 --> 02:08:41,274
the state has made it clear to us that we

1845
02:08:41,274 --> 02:08:44,074
are eventually going to have to adopt textbook resources for

1846
02:08:44,114 --> 02:08:46,954
other content areas as well. And so I'll use the

1847
02:08:46,954 --> 02:08:50,314
same term that Dr. Vladiu used, which is unfunded mandate.

1848
02:08:50,314 --> 02:08:51,594
Um, this is what we're going to try to do

1849
02:08:52,015 --> 02:08:54,234
now because we know literacy is the one that we

1850
02:08:54,234 --> 02:08:57,354
need to, we need to get to, but that is

1851
02:08:57,394 --> 02:09:01,989
the push that is coming from the state. I just

1852
02:09:01,989 --> 02:09:04,408
want to make. Sure we didn't spend on something that's

1853
02:09:04,408 --> 02:09:07,088
not going to, by teacher may not be able to

1854
02:09:07,088 --> 02:09:09,608
use. You know what I'm saying? Or something. Yes, sir.

1855
02:09:09,608 --> 02:09:11,128
And so that is, you know, when the state comes

1856
02:09:11,168 --> 02:09:14,908
out with the adopted, the approved list, that is the

1857
02:09:14,908 --> 02:09:17,128
one that we have to go by. So once they

1858
02:09:17,168 --> 02:09:19,368
come out with the new standards, you know, in each

1859
02:09:19,408 --> 02:09:22,248
content area, they'll give us an updated list. And certainly

1860
02:09:22,349 --> 02:09:24,168
we're not going to purchase something that's going to be

1861
02:09:24,208 --> 02:09:27,048
out of date. So those standards that, um, that these

1862
02:09:27,048 --> 02:09:29,368
are aligned to, it'll be aligned to that throughout the

1863
02:09:29,408 --> 02:09:35,741
life of this textbook series. If I could also share

1864
02:09:35,781 --> 02:09:38,541
with the board, if we click no on the standards

1865
02:09:38,562 --> 02:09:42,221
of accreditation report because of this purchase, we would not

1866
02:09:42,221 --> 02:09:45,261
be accredited as a district. So this is an advocacy

1867
02:09:45,362 --> 02:09:50,009
piece. And, you know, I actually went into adminton and

1868
02:09:50,009 --> 02:09:52,889
I looked at, I said in the science classroom and

1869
02:09:52,889 --> 02:09:54,809
I tried to find, they asked us to report when

1870
02:09:54,849 --> 02:09:58,598
is the last science adoption. You ready for this? 2006.

1871
02:10:00,111 --> 02:10:02,890
Wow. So many districts are not fun. We checked with

1872
02:10:02,930 --> 02:10:06,730
other districts. The money they give us for textbooks is

1873
02:10:06,770 --> 02:10:09,450
not enough. I mean, it's not even enough to replace

1874
02:10:09,711 --> 02:10:13,450
that where you have. And so we talk about true

1875
02:10:13,490 --> 02:10:16,410
on fundamentate. This is, it's almost like pulling your hand

1876
02:10:16,431 --> 02:10:20,890
behind your back and say, uncle approved this or we're

1877
02:10:20,890 --> 02:10:23,210
not going to accredit you. So I think the advocacy

1878
02:10:23,311 --> 02:10:25,450
piece, the VSPA piece, I know I'm going to speak

1879
02:10:25,471 --> 02:10:27,930
to VAS. Is it a good thing for our kids?

1880
02:10:27,930 --> 02:10:32,945
Yes. Does it make us one extremely tight budget's absolutely?

1881
02:10:32,945 --> 02:10:36,203
And that's what we are. Because I require just looked

1882
02:10:36,203 --> 02:10:40,123
at the, um, COLC tool and we got like 450,

1883
02:10:40,144 --> 02:10:42,203
000 from the state that we then have to match

1884
02:10:42,224 --> 02:10:46,855
our funding for. So. You already halfway there. Yes, ma'am.

1885
02:10:47,356 --> 02:10:50,055
I don't mean to push back on this shipping expense.

1886
02:10:51,715 --> 02:10:54,174
It's not adding up. And even if you look at

1887
02:10:54,515 --> 02:10:59,614
international freight, um, or domestically, I'm genuinely curious as to

1888
02:10:59,654 --> 02:11:01,614
where these textbooks are coming from. I mean, I just

1889
02:11:01,635 --> 02:11:05,614
did a simple Google search asking what it would cost

1890
02:11:05,635 --> 02:11:09,294
to ship a thousand textbooks overseas and it's 1, 500

1891
02:11:09,294 --> 02:11:14,414
to 3, 500 dollars. Now, if it comes air, that's

1892
02:11:14,414 --> 02:11:18,174
a different story. But domestically is even lower. And I,

1893
02:11:18,174 --> 02:11:19,934
I mean, I deal with shipping on a daily with

1894
02:11:19,974 --> 02:11:22,494
my work and I would absolutely push back on that

1895
02:11:22,595 --> 02:11:25,854
shipping expense. So and certainly we, when we place the

1896
02:11:25,894 --> 02:11:28,574
order, we can try to see and negotiate a better

1897
02:11:28,675 --> 02:11:31,214
price on the shipping and handling. Um, I will just

1898
02:11:31,214 --> 02:11:33,534
tell you that the initial number that we got was

1899
02:11:33,574 --> 02:11:36,414
significantly higher. And all of those numbers that, that you

1900
02:11:36,454 --> 02:11:38,654
see up there, we did as much as we could

1901
02:11:38,755 --> 02:11:42,734
to still provide the right resources while keeping the cost

1902
02:11:42,835 --> 02:11:45,584
as low as we possibly could. Yeah. It just seems

1903
02:11:45,624 --> 02:11:48,304
like they're potentially getting more out of us in a

1904
02:11:48,344 --> 02:11:52,384
shipping and handling fee versus the book cost personally. Right.

1905
02:11:52,424 --> 02:11:55,104
And I can certainly, um, like I said, you know,

1906
02:11:55,104 --> 02:11:57,244
go back and look at the invoice. It is, you

1907
02:11:57,244 --> 02:11:58,624
know, I mean, it is probably at least a couple

1908
02:11:58,645 --> 02:12:04,307
of thousand textbooks plus some novels. Well, we get, we

1909
02:12:04,347 --> 02:12:06,467
get this, I'm surprised. I think it was closer to

1910
02:12:06,488 --> 02:12:08,787
50 to bring it down to 10. And so there's

1911
02:12:08,808 --> 02:12:11,587
a, there are trucking companies. You could go online, tell

1912
02:12:11,587 --> 02:12:13,267
them how many pallets. And they could bid on it.

1913
02:12:13,446 --> 02:12:15,585
And so I think what the message we're getting is

1914
02:12:15,766 --> 02:12:22,145
to explore other shipping options with that contract because shipping.

1915
02:12:22,185 --> 02:12:26,043
So we'll do that research. All right. Line.

1916
02:12:32,677 --> 02:12:36,336
Just order them through Amazon. Yeah. Uh, the way to,

1917
02:12:36,357 --> 02:12:40,613
I'll rent. I'll go pick them up. If we can

1918
02:12:40,613 --> 02:12:42,753
get them on Amazon Prime, we will do so, I

1919
02:12:42,753 --> 02:12:47,271
promise. Let me know. Sorry, Dr. Maggis. I know that's

1920
02:12:47,271 --> 02:12:50,231
not you. I'll close this by saying we're picking on

1921
02:12:50,231 --> 02:12:53,191
you about the shipping and handling, but overall great presentation.

1922
02:12:53,191 --> 02:12:56,371
And it seems like the selection was well researched. And

1923
02:12:56,371 --> 02:12:58,151
it sounds like you also need an approval. So I

1924
02:12:58,151 --> 02:13:01,031
would make a motion to approve the high quality instructional

1925
02:13:01,071 --> 02:13:05,776
materials as presented by Dr. Migus. Second. Second. We have

1926
02:13:05,797 --> 02:13:10,656
a motion in a second. Um, I've got one comment.

1927
02:13:10,656 --> 02:13:12,576
Just if you can do whatever you can do to

1928
02:13:12,576 --> 02:13:14,816
get that down. So carry doesn't have to make a

1929
02:13:14,856 --> 02:13:20,336
trip down for a joke. We will absolutely look into

1930
02:13:20,376 --> 02:13:23,136
getting every, we will say about every penny we can,

1931
02:13:23,136 --> 02:13:27,454
I promise you. Okay. All right. Um, we have a

1932
02:13:27,454 --> 02:13:31,179
motion and a second. Any more discussion. If not, Jen,

1933
02:13:31,179 --> 02:13:34,939
would you pull the board, please? Mr. Sinevic? Yes. Ms.

1934
02:13:35,120 --> 02:13:44,791
Scruggs. Mr. Drew. Yes. Ms. Salman. Ms. McPherson? Yes. Mr.

1935
02:13:44,892 --> 02:13:50,405
Anderson. Ms. Parker. Yes. Just think of gas. I have

1936
02:13:50,405 --> 02:13:54,818
a friend who has a track. Thank you. Okay. Thank

1937
02:13:54,818 --> 02:13:59,924
you, Mr. Miss. Appreciate it. Hey, Madam Chair, I'd like

1938
02:13:59,924 --> 02:14:01,844
to make a motion that we approve items A through

1939
02:14:02,105 --> 02:14:07,340
K of the consent agenda. A through K. Yes, sir.

1940
02:14:07,361 --> 02:14:09,820
There's no disciplinary report for you to pull out. They're

1941
02:14:09,820 --> 02:14:10,060
not in school.

1942
02:14:21,275 --> 02:14:25,658
Do what? Wait, we're not on policy yet. The consent

1943
02:14:25,698 --> 02:14:34,392
agenda. Oh, sorry my fault. You want to do what

1944
02:14:34,653 --> 02:14:37,272
now? Operations department monthly report.

1945
02:14:59,249 --> 02:15:07,686
Maintenance report. I didn't G.

1946
02:15:17,882 --> 02:15:25,673
We got 16 maintenance requests overdue. Uh, yes, sir. That's

1947
02:15:25,694 --> 02:15:29,704
what it's reading. Are they detrimental to opening. Or to

1948
02:15:29,704 --> 02:15:32,915
the kids. Not, not that I'm aware of. Um, I

1949
02:15:32,915 --> 02:15:36,595
don't have the specifics on those 16. I'd be glad

1950
02:15:36,595 --> 02:15:39,715
to pull those 16 up and provide the board more

1951
02:15:39,755 --> 02:15:42,835
information. I'd like to know about that. And the 21

1952
02:15:43,176 --> 02:15:48,428
plan maintenance tasks that are overdue. Those are most likely

1953
02:15:48,529 --> 02:15:50,668
again, and I'll come back to the board with the

1954
02:15:50,668 --> 02:15:55,733
most likely PM stuff that we were discussing earlier. But

1955
02:15:55,733 --> 02:16:00,693
I do have to say you guys 187 scheduled requests

1956
02:16:00,693 --> 02:16:04,133
completed. So that's my hat's off to you, but I'm

1957
02:16:04,133 --> 02:16:07,491
just concerned about these ones that are overdue. What in

1958
02:16:07,491 --> 02:16:13,652
operations do they affect. So certainly. If it's not going

1959
02:16:13,652 --> 02:16:15,492
to cost too much trouble, I mean, I don't want

1960
02:16:15,492 --> 02:16:17,252
to put more on you. But I just think that

1961
02:16:17,292 --> 02:16:22,132
that's pretty important to. And I will say, hopefully we

1962
02:16:22,132 --> 02:16:25,492
have access to the system's reports from our old system

1963
02:16:26,313 --> 02:16:30,852
FMX. And we just switch the incident IQ. Again, there's

1964
02:16:30,852 --> 02:16:33,492
just some adjustments and growing pains with that. But we

1965
02:16:33,513 --> 02:16:35,899
will provide what we can on this two items. Thank

1966
02:16:35,939 --> 02:16:37,579
you. Yes, sir. And I'd like to go ahead and

1967
02:16:37,920 --> 02:16:42,770
second your motion. So you're OK with A3K. Yeah. I

1968
02:16:42,770 --> 02:16:47,044
just want a little more information on that. All right.

1969
02:16:47,832 --> 02:16:53,947
We have a motion. For A through K. We have

1970
02:16:54,208 --> 02:16:59,147
two seconded Mr. Drew. Okay. This ma'am. All right. All

1971
02:16:59,147 --> 02:17:05,147
in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed in terms of,

1972
02:17:05,147 --> 02:17:09,639
I'm sorry. Thank you, Mr. Anderson. Ms. Jen, would you

1973
02:17:09,639 --> 02:17:14,629
please poll aboard? Mr. Sinevic? Yes. Ms. Scruggs. Yes. Ms.

1974
02:17:14,650 --> 02:17:22,077
Salmon. Yes. Ms. McPherson? Yes. Mr. Anderson. Mr. Drew. Ms.

1975
02:17:22,178 --> 02:17:30,970
Parker. Yes. All right. Is everyone okay if we take

1976
02:17:31,871 --> 02:17:38,106
a three minute break. Except I'm not asking Mr. Dur.

1977
02:17:40,423 --> 02:17:43,076
Just a couple minutes. Thank you.

1978
02:24:58,327 --> 02:25:02,146
Dr. Vlajeu, you have the strategic plan update for us.

1979
02:25:03,473 --> 02:25:06,597
Thank you. Mr. Thank you, Ms. Parker. This will not

1980
02:25:06,597 --> 02:25:09,557
be a long update at all. I'm asking the board

1981
02:25:09,578 --> 02:25:13,797
to schedule strategic plan meeting, the Code of Virginia requires

1982
02:25:13,837 --> 02:25:18,070
us to revisit the strategic plan. We provide a strategic

1983
02:25:18,110 --> 02:25:21,270
plan updates all the time. It's almost nonstop, but every

1984
02:25:21,291 --> 02:25:23,430
two years we like to sit down, see what the

1985
02:25:23,611 --> 02:25:27,590
board would like to see different, look at our goals,

1986
02:25:27,590 --> 02:25:29,430
but also this meeting I would like for the board

1987
02:25:29,451 --> 02:25:33,190
to consider the strategic direction for CT career and technical

1988
02:25:33,230 --> 02:25:36,150
education. Our committee has done a lot of work there.

1989
02:25:36,150 --> 02:25:38,790
We had a community survey. I like to present that

1990
02:25:38,811 --> 02:25:41,430
to the school board and ask for direction and for

1991
02:25:41,430 --> 02:25:45,190
some goals. We are very lucky to have put on

1992
02:25:45,230 --> 02:25:49,750
our calendar some dates, just in case we need this.

1993
02:25:50,668 --> 02:25:54,527
And I would recommend that our meeting in November, we

1994
02:25:54,527 --> 02:25:59,649
have a work session schedule on the 19th. That used

1995
02:25:59,750 --> 02:26:04,289
Air Force strategic plan meeting. It's already on the calendar.

1996
02:26:04,289 --> 02:26:07,089
And so that is the ask, the request to schedule

1997
02:26:07,110 --> 02:26:13,649
a strategic plan meeting war or on November 19th. What

1998
02:26:13,649 --> 02:26:17,264
day did you say? November 19th. And the reason that

1999
02:26:17,285 --> 02:26:20,144
is by them will have accreditation scores. I think everything's

2000
02:26:20,325 --> 02:26:22,224
going to be unlocked. It'll give us a lot of

2001
02:26:22,325 --> 02:26:25,904
information to review and see if our strategies are working.

2002
02:26:28,288 --> 02:26:34,640
That's a VSVA conference. All right, in that case, we

2003
02:26:34,741 --> 02:26:37,680
will need to find another date. I do think October

2004
02:26:38,021 --> 02:26:40,400
is too early because the data may not be out

2005
02:26:40,661 --> 02:26:44,640
by then. We may not have school accreditations. So I

2006
02:26:44,680 --> 02:26:48,140
would recommend we meet again in November if we, the

2007
02:26:48,140 --> 02:26:51,900
19 is off the table because of the VSBA. Can

2008
02:26:51,900 --> 02:26:57,120
we go that Thursday the 12th to be a consideration.

2009
02:26:58,207 --> 02:27:01,066
Thursday, November. So we would have two meetings that week.

2010
02:27:01,066 --> 02:27:07,381
We would have the Tuesday, but then a Thursday. No.

2011
02:27:07,819 --> 02:27:11,628
Yeah. No, I thought. It's just 17th. Isn't it? Well,

2012
02:27:11,628 --> 02:27:14,028
we have a regular meeting on November 10th on Tuesday

2013
02:27:14,289 --> 02:27:16,508
at 6 p. m. So we'll have two meetings that

2014
02:27:16,849 --> 02:27:18,908
week. We'll have our regular meeting on Tuesday, but we

2015
02:27:18,908 --> 02:27:23,176
would meet again on the 12th. On the Thursday, forest

2016
02:27:23,216 --> 02:27:30,201
strategic plan meeting. I'm open. You know, the birthday every

2017
02:27:30,201 --> 02:27:34,121
day. And this celebration every day, Mr. Drew, so we

2018
02:27:34,161 --> 02:27:43,332
got to pick something. All right. What time. Same time.

2019
02:27:45,170 --> 02:27:46,966
Seven. What are you talking about? I would say, I

2020
02:27:46,966 --> 02:27:49,406
mean, Borkin considered five, so we could, you know, two

2021
02:27:49,446 --> 02:27:53,406
hours, five to seven. You know, it's appropriate. But again,

2022
02:27:53,907 --> 02:27:57,006
I'll defer to you all. You guys schedule families times.

2023
02:27:57,006 --> 02:27:58,766
I think if we do a six, that's fine too.

2024
02:27:58,947 --> 02:28:01,486
Our staff is ready to do either work. But I

2025
02:28:01,526 --> 02:28:04,926
prefer a five if we can. But I see that

2026
02:28:04,966 --> 02:28:09,723
we may need a six. 5. 30, absolutely. Yep.

2027
02:28:14,734 --> 02:28:24,557
Okay. No. 12.

2028
02:28:26,122 --> 02:28:31,921
Okay. So you need to get VSBA on your calendar.

2029
02:28:34,443 --> 02:28:38,691
Clearly, I plan on being there. So, uh. Okay. It's

2030
02:28:38,691 --> 02:28:41,969
really. The 19th is the day. We go. The 18

2031
02:28:42,470 --> 02:28:50,627
we have. The dinner. Okay. You're the first. Yeah, I

2032
02:28:50,627 --> 02:28:55,048
would recommend we do it here. All right. Operations. Mr.

2033
02:28:55,069 --> 02:29:01,753
Harley. All right. Good evening. Once again, it's time for

2034
02:29:02,654 --> 02:29:07,388
policy updates. And as you can see from the summary,

2035
02:29:07,388 --> 02:29:10,728
a lot of this is driven by legislative updates. And

2036
02:29:10,728 --> 02:29:14,188
I, I know we kept a rather slim agenda in

2037
02:29:14,209 --> 02:29:17,808
July. So we were bringing these in August. A lot

2038
02:29:17,808 --> 02:29:21,068
of them really impact the start of the school year.

2039
02:29:21,068 --> 02:29:23,388
Again, I know Mr. Smith is laid out the summary

2040
02:29:23,428 --> 02:29:28,828
for the changes. But, um, items, uh, one through seven

2041
02:29:29,089 --> 02:29:32,668
in particular, uh, is the request for tonight that we

2042
02:29:32,708 --> 02:29:35,708
see if the questions that we can answer this evening

2043
02:29:35,729 --> 02:29:37,388
in hopes that we could get a first and second

2044
02:29:37,428 --> 02:29:40,668
reading, um, and then below in part two, those are

2045
02:29:40,708 --> 02:29:47,759
all regulations. And we're bringing for informational purposes and the

2046
02:29:47,759 --> 02:29:50,759
bunch of forms that, uh, are attached to those. So

2047
02:29:51,540 --> 02:29:54,219
with that said, I'll see if there's any questions, um,

2048
02:29:54,219 --> 02:30:03,111
for part one. And I will advance. Slide. So. Um.

2049
02:30:04,956 --> 02:30:11,655
Do students and parents still sign the computer system. Use.

2050
02:30:11,655 --> 02:30:14,295
Yeah. And in were some legislative updates and further down

2051
02:30:14,636 --> 02:30:17,795
in section one, I think item six and seven, um,

2052
02:30:17,916 --> 02:30:21,895
have the same title, different lettering, um, because one section's

2053
02:30:22,156 --> 02:30:25,015
in the, uh, employees in the one sections for the

2054
02:30:25,015 --> 02:30:29,255
students. But they're exact same policy, but there wasn't legislative

2055
02:30:29,295 --> 02:30:32,375
changes that made us address those and certainly would impact

2056
02:30:32,476 --> 02:30:37,755
anything into code of conduct as well. Okay. Any questions

2057
02:30:37,936 --> 02:30:43,686
of the polished C revisions. No. One through seven. I

2058
02:30:43,686 --> 02:30:48,965
like to make a motion to accept. The agenda items.

2059
02:30:50,934 --> 02:30:55,657
And their operational department items except. Okay. There needs to

2060
02:30:55,657 --> 02:31:05,100
be a change to regulation GOR section 13. It's the

2061
02:31:05,121 --> 02:31:10,500
annual renew audit and certification. There's a numbering issue in

2062
02:31:10,500 --> 02:31:15,255
there. Number an issue. Yeah. No, it's instead of starting

2063
02:31:15,255 --> 02:31:17,575
with one, two, three, four, five. It starts with eight,

2064
02:31:17,575 --> 02:31:20,397
nine, 10, 11, 12, 13. Just need to change the

2065
02:31:20,397 --> 02:31:22,554
numbers. That's all. We'll certainly take care of that. Yep.

2066
02:31:23,607 --> 02:31:29,038
That's all. Okay. Are there any other comments items for

2067
02:31:32,419 --> 02:31:35,158
is your motion for one through 18? Well, I mean,

2068
02:31:35,158 --> 02:31:38,638
we don't have to, cause I would like to pull,

2069
02:31:38,638 --> 02:31:42,258
okay, one through seven, that's your motion. Okay. I will

2070
02:31:42,279 --> 02:31:45,618
second approving one through seven as a first and second

2071
02:31:45,658 --> 02:31:51,477
read. But I have regulation questions. We have a motion

2072
02:31:51,818 --> 02:31:56,183
and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any

2073
02:31:56,204 --> 02:32:01,842
opposed. Okay. All right. Now in the section two. Uh,

2074
02:32:02,023 --> 02:32:06,882
again, these are, our regulations a lot, um, the forms

2075
02:32:06,922 --> 02:32:11,979
attached, uh, in. A lot of forms presented this evening.

2076
02:32:11,979 --> 02:32:15,739
Excuse me or attached to JR, which the GO dash

2077
02:32:15,840 --> 02:32:19,259
R is really a comprehensive regulation to make sure that

2078
02:32:19,299 --> 02:32:23,099
we are thorough and complete as possible with sharing information

2079
02:32:23,440 --> 02:32:25,899
in our code of conduct with our parents making sure

2080
02:32:26,160 --> 02:32:29,179
our staff sharing it with our students, um, and providing

2081
02:32:29,280 --> 02:32:34,474
some forms to acknowledge those tasks. Um, and then moving

2082
02:32:34,495 --> 02:32:41,634
further down, there is a regulation update on EBDR. A

2083
02:32:41,634 --> 02:32:46,154
slight regulation update on our home instruction, um, and then

2084
02:32:46,194 --> 02:32:49,874
some associated forms with home instruction where we've kind of

2085
02:32:49,935 --> 02:32:53,194
combined some forms and keep things simpler for, for record

2086
02:32:53,215 --> 02:32:57,001
checking. So with that, I'll stop and see if there's

2087
02:32:57,001 --> 02:33:00,281
any questions I can provide clarification to or questions I

2088
02:33:00,281 --> 02:33:03,321
can answer this evening, um, on our regulations that are

2089
02:33:03,321 --> 02:33:07,833
presented this evening. Yes, the, uh, I'm looking down at

2090
02:33:07,934 --> 02:33:11,513
the last section number 16, JECBE, because we talked about

2091
02:33:11,553 --> 02:33:15,513
that in the beginning. Um, same policy. And the one

2092
02:33:15,513 --> 02:33:18,313
that's online here looks actually different from one that was

2093
02:33:18,334 --> 02:33:22,873
presented to us earlier. So anyway, just we, I guess

2094
02:33:22,873 --> 02:33:24,713
we, the policy committee needs to talk about that one

2095
02:33:25,214 --> 02:33:27,273
because that's what we decided. Yeah, we certainly can. We

2096
02:33:27,294 --> 02:33:30,073
took two forms and combined them together where it was,

2097
02:33:30,073 --> 02:33:35,113
uh, I think forgive me home instruction. And non -

2098
02:33:35,113 --> 02:33:37,993
resident student enrollment? No, non - resident part - time

2099
02:33:37,993 --> 02:33:39,913
students. And part - time suit, right. But the other

2100
02:33:39,913 --> 02:33:42,873
one just had non - resident students. So, I mean,

2101
02:33:43,054 --> 02:33:47,596
the looked at earlier. Correct. So we're proposing that those

2102
02:33:47,596 --> 02:33:51,996
two forms would be combined for, but certainly. So since

2103
02:33:52,036 --> 02:33:55,196
we didn't make a determination tonight and it's coming back,

2104
02:33:55,196 --> 02:33:58,375
should we pull that one. Well, again, it's just a

2105
02:33:58,375 --> 02:34:02,535
form that support time or non - residential students that

2106
02:34:02,636 --> 02:34:04,615
would complete that. So, I mean, you need it there

2107
02:34:04,615 --> 02:34:07,095
because you still have students who are non - residents

2108
02:34:07,196 --> 02:34:10,375
who tend to hear. Right. As tuition pain students. Yes.

2109
02:34:10,556 --> 02:34:19,917
Okay. Yeah. I'd like to pull 14 out and take

2110
02:34:19,917 --> 02:34:25,329
a look at that. Specifically if you open up the

2111
02:34:25,510 --> 02:34:32,784
79 - page document on page 60, section 14. Where

2112
02:34:32,784 --> 02:34:38,083
it discusses, um, prohibited memorial activities. It says the following

2113
02:34:38,104 --> 02:34:42,003
activities are explicitly prohibited. And there are two that I

2114
02:34:42,043 --> 02:34:49,976
would like to remove from that. The first day I'll

2115
02:34:50,016 --> 02:34:51,976
look at years. The first bullet that I would like

2116
02:34:51,997 --> 02:34:55,496
to remove, or at least leave up for discussion is

2117
02:34:55,496 --> 02:34:59,256
the permanent memorials that altered division property. And the second

2118
02:34:59,256 --> 02:35:03,176
would be monument statues plaques benches trees, markers or named

2119
02:35:03,197 --> 02:35:09,036
facilities. And do not want those in there. Ms. Brooks,

2120
02:35:09,076 --> 02:35:12,076
what number page is it in the presentation? Page 60

2121
02:35:12,116 --> 02:35:15,276
of 79 in the larger packet where everything is spelled

2122
02:35:15,316 --> 02:35:23,080
out. It's at the bottom. 60 page 60? Yes, ma'am.

2123
02:35:23,120 --> 02:35:32,648
Yes, ma'am. Which ones did you want to focus the

2124
02:35:32,648 --> 02:35:36,488
others? Uh, bullet number three and four permanent memorials at

2125
02:35:36,528 --> 02:35:41,048
alter division property. I think it goes in line with

2126
02:35:41,149 --> 02:35:45,755
the next one. Because these others would alter division property,

2127
02:35:45,755 --> 02:35:49,355
but monument statues plaques benches trees, markers, or named facilities.

2128
02:35:53,288 --> 02:35:56,852
Why would you want to pull those. Um, I would

2129
02:35:56,873 --> 02:36:03,172
say that in recent events of the summer, there are

2130
02:36:03,172 --> 02:36:06,852
very likely going to be some facilities that are going

2131
02:36:06,852 --> 02:36:10,372
to come up as potentially naming for people who are

2132
02:36:10,393 --> 02:36:17,611
no longer with us. Come up for recommendation. And this

2133
02:36:17,632 --> 02:36:21,211
currently reads as they are not. We do not allow

2134
02:36:21,251 --> 02:36:30,153
that. But when you look at policy FFA, we do

2135
02:36:30,734 --> 02:36:34,713
allow for facilities to be named. And I just believe

2136
02:36:34,734 --> 02:36:37,993
it's a little bit of conflicting wording there.

2137
02:36:48,966 --> 02:36:51,745
So are you saying that a potential name facility could

2138
02:36:51,766 --> 02:36:55,379
be interpreted as a permanent memorial. I mean, in the

2139
02:36:55,379 --> 02:36:58,979
way this reads, we as a board or not allowing

2140
02:36:59,560 --> 02:37:09,467
that. But in policy FFA, it says the board may

2141
02:37:09,488 --> 02:37:12,667
rename a school or school facility upon determination that is

2142
02:37:12,667 --> 02:37:21,341
appropriate to do so. So it's somewhat contradicts. It's. Okay.

2143
02:37:21,381 --> 02:37:25,462
Can that one go back to the committee. Certainly we

2144
02:37:25,462 --> 02:37:28,582
had some discussion earlier about bringing items back to policy

2145
02:37:28,603 --> 02:37:32,023
review committee. I'll put a plug in for a third

2146
02:37:32,204 --> 02:37:36,941
member. If a board member's willing. It would certainly be

2147
02:37:36,981 --> 02:37:39,421
helpful to have another set of eyes. Um, we need

2148
02:37:39,461 --> 02:37:43,339
a third member. When do you? Uh, we can certainly

2149
02:37:44,080 --> 02:37:46,539
pull that one and take it back to the policy

2150
02:37:46,579 --> 02:37:51,259
review committee for further review. So you're pulling 14 and

2151
02:37:51,299 --> 02:37:54,096
16, I think was coming back for discussion. And we're

2152
02:37:54,096 --> 02:37:57,216
putting an ask in for another volunteer to serve on

2153
02:37:57,256 --> 02:38:02,148
the committee. Because right now she's Mr. Drew and myself.

2154
02:38:02,169 --> 02:38:06,433
When do y'all meet. Meaning the third Thursday, I think

2155
02:38:06,433 --> 02:38:09,353
of the month. Which simply shoot for the third Thursday.

2156
02:38:09,353 --> 02:38:13,353
Right. In the afternoon. What it's in the interview. Usually

2157
02:38:13,393 --> 02:38:15,993
at three o'clock, we try to keep our meetings to

2158
02:38:15,993 --> 02:38:19,513
an hour. Um, certainly as we get into the fall,

2159
02:38:19,513 --> 02:38:22,393
we look at some larger reviews. So probably either be

2160
02:38:22,393 --> 02:38:25,353
multiple meetings or longer meeting, but, um, we'll try to

2161
02:38:25,353 --> 02:38:27,193
do our legwork ahead of time and make sure we're

2162
02:38:27,214 --> 02:38:31,993
involved in the employee stakeholders ahead of time for their

2163
02:38:32,033 --> 02:38:38,027
input. What day of the week is that? Thursday. Tipley

2164
02:38:38,067 --> 02:38:42,982
Thursdays. That's my babysitting.

2165
02:38:51,253 --> 02:38:54,186
The committee can talk about that. Under to the board.

2166
02:39:01,956 --> 02:39:04,335
So you have to have a third member in order

2167
02:39:04,375 --> 02:39:08,658
to do. Have the committee. I don't want to misrepresent

2168
02:39:08,658 --> 02:39:12,018
the committee. We've, we've been operating with two members previously.

2169
02:39:12,018 --> 02:39:14,669
We had three members on the committee. It would again,

2170
02:39:14,669 --> 02:39:17,149
I think it'd be helpful to the committee to have

2171
02:39:17,570 --> 02:39:20,109
another set of eyes, but also another board member that

2172
02:39:20,109 --> 02:39:22,429
can share with the rest of the board. Yeah. That

2173
02:39:22,450 --> 02:39:26,509
this has been looked at, um, that has been discussed.

2174
02:39:26,509 --> 02:39:31,309
Not that I can't provide his explanations, but good discussion.

2175
02:39:31,410 --> 02:39:34,754
It does. You hear additional viewpoints. And we're able to

2176
02:39:35,575 --> 02:39:38,674
in these committee meetings bring stakeholders that might be involved

2177
02:39:38,714 --> 02:39:42,194
with different policies in. So it's not just Craig Smith

2178
02:39:42,194 --> 02:39:48,666
and I. You could have, um, department heads also. Maybe

2179
02:39:48,706 --> 02:39:51,066
able to work around the schedule, but I'm not positive

2180
02:39:51,727 --> 02:39:54,746
at this point. So just putting it out there. Hopefully

2181
02:39:54,927 --> 02:39:58,106
it started again. We did take a couple meetings off

2182
02:39:58,767 --> 02:40:02,586
over the summer. Things were a little less. So I

2183
02:40:02,626 --> 02:40:05,626
guess a proposal is to pull that regulation or policy.

2184
02:40:07,788 --> 02:40:15,339
14 and 16. Right. Okay. For additional review. Yeah. Okay.

2185
02:40:15,360 --> 02:40:20,821
Do I have a motion then to. Adopt the regulations

2186
02:40:20,842 --> 02:40:23,541
other than 14 and 16 that will be sent back

2187
02:40:23,562 --> 02:40:29,484
to committee. So I moved. I don't think we don't

2188
02:40:29,484 --> 02:40:35,484
think we have to adopt. We don't. Okay. We don't

2189
02:40:35,484 --> 02:40:41,950
need a vote on regulations. Okay. All right. Just a

2190
02:40:41,950 --> 02:40:45,950
point of the clarification. The board policy trumps is superintendent's

2191
02:40:45,950 --> 02:40:49,570
regulation. Um, I also want to consider this. If you

2192
02:40:49,570 --> 02:40:51,630
were to have a resolution and put a committee together

2193
02:40:52,051 --> 02:40:55,630
to name a field, then that's certainly the board has

2194
02:40:55,651 --> 02:40:59,070
already has that authority to do that. Um, I would

2195
02:40:59,110 --> 02:41:02,030
also caution us in terms of if you allow it

2196
02:41:02,070 --> 02:41:06,030
to be NAMA after anyone, it could be at some

2197
02:41:06,030 --> 02:41:09,550
point, some were down the line 10 years from now.

2198
02:41:09,550 --> 02:41:11,790
So the board can treat it as a standard policy

2199
02:41:12,611 --> 02:41:14,990
or as a one - off. Anytime it feels that

2200
02:41:15,171 --> 02:41:18,830
they want to name something, then certainly it could pass

2201
02:41:18,870 --> 02:41:21,390
a resolution and we run that by the attorneys. What

2202
02:41:21,390 --> 02:41:22,990
would they need to do in order to do that?

2203
02:41:22,990 --> 02:41:24,430
So I think you have a couple options before you.

2204
02:41:33,166 --> 02:41:36,905
I think some people initiate some discussions about name in

2205
02:41:36,945 --> 02:41:38,985
whole or in part, whether it be a field or

2206
02:41:39,025 --> 02:41:41,225
part of a building or whatever, but back to the

2207
02:41:41,265 --> 02:41:44,425
regulation we reference, I believe the person has to be

2208
02:41:45,006 --> 02:41:47,125
deceased for a certain amount of time before it can

2209
02:41:47,125 --> 02:41:52,029
even be considered. You know, and it's a tough topic

2210
02:41:52,450 --> 02:41:54,749
to discuss when we start talking about the death of

2211
02:41:54,930 --> 02:41:59,069
a student or an employee in people look at regulations

2212
02:41:59,090 --> 02:42:01,069
such as this and might think that they're rather cold

2213
02:42:01,330 --> 02:42:04,729
and I can understand that perspective or that lens, um,

2214
02:42:04,930 --> 02:42:06,989
if you will, but we also need to make sure

2215
02:42:07,010 --> 02:42:11,629
we can control everything that's done and memory of a

2216
02:42:11,730 --> 02:42:16,889
lost one, um, so it's certainly a tough topic, one

2217
02:42:16,889 --> 02:42:20,109
worthy of discussion. And I will tell you haven't been

2218
02:42:20,109 --> 02:42:23,309
involved in at least some of these conversations. They are

2219
02:42:23,349 --> 02:42:27,389
committee conversations. There are mental health experts at the table.

2220
02:42:27,389 --> 02:42:30,669
Their administrators at the table, um, and it's again, not

2221
02:42:30,930 --> 02:42:33,309
an easy conversation. They talk about what we can and

2222
02:42:33,349 --> 02:42:36,589
cannot do. Um, and there's some dissension over all of

2223
02:42:36,589 --> 02:42:38,749
it. And, you know, we don't want to come across

2224
02:42:39,730 --> 02:42:41,469
as cold by any means, but we want to make

2225
02:42:41,469 --> 02:42:43,389
sure that what we do is done in the right

2226
02:42:43,389 --> 02:42:51,044
way. FFA also does state that a school or facility.

2227
02:42:52,118 --> 02:42:55,577
Can be named upon the appropriateness to do so. So

2228
02:42:55,577 --> 02:43:00,615
it doesn't necessarily restrict to that timeline. So I just,

2229
02:43:00,615 --> 02:43:04,135
I found them conflicting and thought that we should clean

2230
02:43:04,175 --> 02:43:07,882
that up a little bit. Absolutely. We can take another

2231
02:43:08,063 --> 02:43:17,434
look at it. Anything else. Good. Thanks. We ready. All

2232
02:43:17,434 --> 02:43:22,203
right. Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay. We're ready

2233
02:43:22,243 --> 02:43:27,654
for public announcements. Wednesday, August 12th, 2026, all staff report.

2234
02:43:28,347 --> 02:43:35,324
Thursday, August 13th. Friday, August 14th and Monday, August 17th,

2235
02:43:35,324 --> 02:43:40,194
our teacher work days and professional days. Tuesday, August 18th,

2236
02:43:40,194 --> 02:43:44,034
Wednesday, August 19th and Thursday, August 20, our open houses.

2237
02:43:45,529 --> 02:43:49,348
Um, the specific times. And for those. So please parents

2238
02:43:49,369 --> 02:43:54,507
look at those dates with your prospective school. Um, Friday,

2239
02:43:54,507 --> 02:43:58,327
August 21st is a teacher work day professional day. And

2240
02:43:58,368 --> 02:44:02,357
Monday, August 24th is our first day of school. So

2241
02:44:03,898 --> 02:44:07,717
Friday, September 4th and Monday, September 7th, the division is

2242
02:44:07,757 --> 02:44:11,836
closed for our Labor Day holiday. And Tuesday, September 8th,

2243
02:44:11,876 --> 02:44:15,436
school board monthly meeting at TC Walker at 6 p.

2244
02:44:15,436 --> 02:44:21,683
m. As for a motion to adjourn. Ms. Parker, before

2245
02:44:21,683 --> 02:44:24,163
we do, could I just give a shout out to

2246
02:44:24,744 --> 02:44:30,949
Ms. Carino? Yes. Uh, Ms. Carino is our technology resource

2247
02:44:30,970 --> 02:44:36,789
teacher at, um, and when she made the bulldog for

2248
02:44:36,810 --> 02:44:41,429
their blue ribbon, um, award celebration. I took it upon

2249
02:44:41,469 --> 02:44:42,789
myself to tell her it was the will of the

2250
02:44:42,810 --> 02:44:44,789
board that we would like mascots for all of our

2251
02:44:44,810 --> 02:44:48,629
schools. Uh, but I picked them up today and just

2252
02:44:48,669 --> 02:44:51,189
wanted everyone to kind of acknowledge the fact that they

2253
02:44:51,189 --> 02:44:53,589
will be on a rotating basis. We can't fight over

2254
02:44:53,629 --> 02:44:55,989
who you get. Did she thank you, Ms. Career? But

2255
02:44:55,989 --> 02:44:58,429
she did. She made every single one of these. So

2256
02:44:58,429 --> 02:45:00,869
each one of these little stuffies is a representation of

2257
02:45:00,970 --> 02:45:05,042
our eight schools in Gloucester County. So. Amazing. Yeah. Yeah.

2258
02:45:05,896 --> 02:45:08,835
And by the way, I do have three schools in

2259
02:45:08,875 --> 02:45:11,635
my district. So just so, you know. Jen is the

2260
02:45:11,635 --> 02:45:15,715
one with the power of picking. So. But any requests

2261
02:45:15,715 --> 02:45:17,395
now for next month. You may all come and talk

2262
02:45:17,395 --> 02:45:21,475
to me and bribey possibly. Okay. Now we can adjourn.

2263
02:45:21,475 --> 02:45:24,355
I second the motion. Okay. All right. We had a

2264
02:45:24,355 --> 02:45:27,287
motion and a second to adjourn. We are adjourned. Thank

2265
02:45:27,287 --> 02:45:29,876
you. I'm sorry. All I'm saying.