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Good evening. We appreciate you being here this evening. This

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is our Tuesday, September 8th School Board meeting. We welcome

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all of you that are here this evening as well

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as those that are watching from home. And with that,

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we have been in recess, and I don't remember the

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time, but we came out, we were coming out of

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resource, so we are now going into open meetings. So

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Ms. Salman. I beat the board reconvening to open session

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and certify that the Gloucester County School Board, while in

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closed session, discussed only public matters lawfully exempted from open

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meeting requirements provided in subsection A of section 2. 2

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- 3711, and that only public business matters that were

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identified in the motion conveying the closed session were heard.

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Discussed or considered. Okay, do we have a second? Motion

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in a second. All in favor, say aye. Oh, no,

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I'm sorry, Jen. You've got to do this for me.

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Would you call role, please? You bet. Mr. Sinevek. Yes.

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Ms. McPherson. Yes. Mr. Drew. Ms. Salmon? Yes. Ms. Scruggs?

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Yes. Mr. Anderson? Yes. Ms. Parker? Yes, thank you. Okay.

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We have our personnel items that we went over this

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evening. I need a motion to approve. Personnel appointments, resignations.

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I make a mention that we improve, that we approve.

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For my whole person appointments. Okay, do we have a

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second? Did I get to hear a second? I couldn't

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hear, I'm sorry. You called him. Okay. All right. All

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in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Nay. Okay. We

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have one night. Okay, we're now at our point where

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we have our moment of silence and pledge of allegiance.

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We'll do our moment of silence, and then we'll have

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our pledge leader. Come up. And that is... That will

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be Monica and Veronica Childs. Okay, Monica and Veronica, you

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will be coming up very shortly then. We'll have a

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moment of silence.

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Okay, thank you. Would our pledge leaders please come forward?

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Everyone stand that can, please? I pledge allegiance to the

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flag of the United States of America, and to the

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republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible

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with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, ladies. Okay.

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Right. Dr. Bledou, are there any changes. To the agenda

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this evening? Well, evening, Ms. Parker, Ms. Salmon, members of

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the board, the public. It's good to see our students

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back in the house. Outstanding, and those watching at home,

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they have one minor adjustment. So we would want to

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introduce a new member of the GCPS family. And so

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if we could add that to the agenda as item

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6A, that would be the request. Alright,

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everyone... Anyone not in favor of adding 6A. To the

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agenda. For clarity, that would be 7A. Excuse me. 7A,

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we're on 6 now. Okay. 7A. Alright. I'm gonna be

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D. Okay. So we're gonna put it above. The middle

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schooler of the month. Is that what you mean? Affirmative

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at the top of 7. Okay. Alright. Alright. All in

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favor to that change, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Alright,

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Dr. Vladish. Your sale. Thank you. I think of our

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members and the audience here, they couldn't come into this

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building by seeing an adorable black lab. As you'll remember,

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just a little bit of context. Officer Lutz is always

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here to assist as the School Board meetings. And last

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spring during the budget process as we enhance school security

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and create more presence. Um, we did receive a train,

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canine. His name is Casper. He was born on Halloween,

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October 31st, 2025. So, we could compute the mat almost

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to. But he's out there, um, Casper's role is he's

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a friendly little guy. He goes in schools, Bill's positive

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relationships, and brightens up everybody's day. He's also going to

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training to be a therapy dog. So without further ado,

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if we could have Officer Lutz and Casper come up

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here for recognitions and a picture with the school board.

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And while he's coming down here, we also want to

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thank Ms. Carina for this wonderful depiction of Casper.

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Casper. What are we doing? I know we're taking a

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picture with him. I think so. I'm going to get

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up in front of them. Are we getting in front.

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Are we squee. Yeah. Look, he probably sleeps with Officer

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Lutz. I've spent many years with Officer Lutz, and he

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loves dogs. Hi, Casper, turn around. Oh. This way? Okay.

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Oh my. Gosh. Oh my gosh. So he's already done

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a much better job than I would ever do sitting

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for pictures. So let's give him a hand of applause.

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I think he's already been to visit some of the

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schools, too, if I understand that. Well, he began to

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work last week, if I'm not mistaken. And, uh, yep,

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he's hard at work. All right. Now we are middle

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schooler of the month. Yep. Thank you, Ms. Parker. So

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we have a number of student recognitions. We'll begin with

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the middle schooler of the month. And we have two.

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So excited to have two Monica and Veronica childs. Um,

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and Ms. Cindy Salmon is going to read the bio,

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but I know mismanning and the family are also here

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as well as Monica and Veronica come up here, please.

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If we could also have the family stand up to

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be recognized. And we have the principlen, Miss Kelly Stewart

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there. So anyone who's accompanying them, please stand up. I

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would like to recognize eighth grade students. Who are twins,

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Monica and Veronica Childs. Monica and Veronica Childs are child,

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our model students. They are actively involved in the Peasley

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School community. They are the flag team daily both raising

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and lowering our school flag, even in inclement weather. They

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do not need to be reminded as they come in.

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Report to their class. And then the office for flag

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duty. They are responsible and engage students who are both

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on the honor roll, every marking period. They are actively

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involved in school clubs and athletics. And even though they

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are twins, the both represent Peasley in different ways, which

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makes them such special students. I am proud to recognize

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both Monica and Veronica Childs as Peasley's middle schooler of

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the month, Schoolers.

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Next recognition is our high schooler of the month. Catherine

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King, I know Catherine had band practice and it was

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going to be close. Catherine, you're here. Outstanding. We thank

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Mr. Vanderbilt for letting you out a little early. So

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Catherine, if you could come up here and then Ms.

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Cary Scruggs is going to read your bio. I am

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pleased to present Catherine King as the Gloucester High School

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September, 2026, senior of the month. The staff member who

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nominated Catherine shared. Catherine is an outstanding student who serves

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as one of the drum majors for the marching band.

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She also accompanies many ensembles on piano and is a

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multiple year district band member. Catherine King is a driven

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scholar and accomplished musician whose impact spans across the arts,

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academics, and community service. Throughout her time at Gloucester High

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School, she has a balanced a rigorous academic schedule taking

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seven advanced placement courses while maintaining deep involvement in the

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numerous school leadership roles. A vital force in the GHS

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music department, Catherine has played percussion in the band for

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four years, stepping up to lead as drum major during

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her senior year. Her vocal talents are equally impressive, having

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participated in choir for seven years. She sings in the

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select ensemble and serves as the assistant director. She is

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also an active member of the tri - M Music

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Honor Society. Outside the auditorium, Catherine serves as the vice

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president of the National Honor Society and acts as the

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media relations officer for both the beta club and mute

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alpha theta. Despite her busy school schedule, Catherine remains deeply

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committed to her community. She works at Wawa and regularly

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volunteers her time at the local Humane Society and her

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church. In her personal time, she enjoys playing the piano

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and percussion singing and immersing herself in classical music. Looking

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toward the future, Catherine plans to pursue a degree in

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music therapy, aiming to combine her love of music with

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her desire to help others. She is considering Shenandoah University

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where she gained firsthand experience during their music major for

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a day program, as well as Radford University, where she

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previously attended the governor's school for the arts. Wherever her

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journey takes her, Catherine's leadership, talent and compassion will undoubtedly

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continued to make a meaningful difference. It is a privilege

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to recognize Catherine King as the September senior of the

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month.

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Next, the volunteer the month is, um. I don't have

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any graces from Peasley and Miss McColl McPherson will read

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the bias. So Ms. Grace says, would you please come

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up here?

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Miss Anita Gar says is Peaceley's PTA president for this

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school year. She has always been an active member of

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the PTA, but in this new role she has coordinated

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monthly activities geared at connecting home to school for all

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peasley families. She works collaboratively with school staff and provides

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treats and supports for teachers and students. She's easy to

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work with and always willing to try new things. Her

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strong organizational and communication skills has helped the principal with

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welcoming back students and staff as well as supporting the

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instructional programs at Peasley.

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Now lesson, our recognition, we have accent on academics and

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this month's action on academics going to be summer school

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2026. And I'm going to turn it over to Miss

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Raden and Ms. Thompson for the presentation. Good.

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Evening. I am Crystal Thompson. I'm one of the assistant

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principals at Gloucester High School and I was also one

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of the summer school coordinators this year. I'm Sarah Rad

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and I'm also assassin principal at the high school and

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helped assist and coordinating so much focus past summer. Okay.

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So summer school was held this year at page middle

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school for three weeks from July 6th through the 23rd

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students were there from 8. 30 to 11. 30. The

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program serve students entering grades three through eight. And we

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had students represented across seven schools in the division. So

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Abington, Achilles, Bethel, Batatot, Pettsworth and Paige and Peasley Middle

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Schools. We had 58 students attend summer school in grades

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three through eight, 252 high school students attend. We had

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seven bus drivers for the three through eight group one

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band driver, 11 teachers, eight of those being to support

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our three through eight group and three for high school

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two coordinators. Ms. Radden and myself. And then to cafeteria

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staff. So. Our primary goal for our focus for summer

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school this year was to reinforce those foundational skills helping

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to ensure that the students were prepared for the upcoming

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school year. Um, we did this through, we looked at

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most missed SOL scores, some of the standards and created

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IXL quizzes to give to the students when they entered.

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So teachers would have a baseline and know where they

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were starting. And then teachers created lessons that targeted those

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foundational skills and helped fill gaps. And we use supplemental

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programs like Lexia and IXL to help with that. Um,

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summer school also utilized two teachers for math and reading

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intervention that we're providing either one - on - one

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or small group instruction. They were pushing in and pulling

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kids out that needed that additional assistance. So we mostly

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worked with the rising third through eighth graders, but we

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did want to touch base just on our high schoolers

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were doing during this presentation. So you can see that

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we had 252 students participate in the high school virtual

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courses. Um, most of them participate at fully virtual, but

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we did have teachers in the building that if a

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student needed assistance, they could come in and get someone

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- on - one help from those teachers for their

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specific courses if they got stuck in an assignment or

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weren't sure about something. We broke it up into two

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different parts. Students that were taking initial credit. So it

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was 158 students that took initial credits, mostly the big

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majority were from our economial finance class, followed by health

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and PE9 and healthy PE 10 is where those initial

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credits came from. And then 94 students took credit recovery

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credits. So where they might have not passed on class

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at the high school in person and were able to

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recover that credit virtually. And again, the biggest majority for

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that was for our economial finance classes. In order to

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run a summer school program, the collaboration that needs to

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happen, especially for the in - person one that we

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coordinated, um, this summer, we have to work with food

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services, um, especially working with the summer meal pickup for

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students because the regulations. So we have to identify who

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in our program is getting the summer meal pickups. And

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then they get kind of alternative weekend ones for when

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they're not with us. So they're not getting double meals.

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Um, so we work with that. We need helped look

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at lunch menus and breakfast menus and made sure that

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food was coming in on time and on hot for

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students and looking at allergies for students as well. We

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had to work with transportation, um, and communicating with parents.

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They were going to be picking up their students and

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how that was going to work working with our transportation

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departments to identify any needs for specific students. If they

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need a special transportation, how many buses we would need,

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how long students would be on buses on a lot

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of back and forth between us for that. Special education,

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making sure all of our teachers that were there had

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students IEPs are 504s if they needed them. We also,

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not, we didn't, we didn't work with DARS and bloom

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camp, but they were also housed at page. So coordinating

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with them to make sure that rooms weren't double booked

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and that everybody was getting the services. Um, we do

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offer some students might have had OTPT or speech. And

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so making sure that we were able to get all

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that coordinated. And then the ESY students as well. We

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did, um, had the opportunity to have a military family

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and life counselor available to our students, which works with

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students specifically in active duty with active duty parents and

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are able to have some counseling and things like that.

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a coordinating with all the other schools in the district,

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um, to identify students. So we reached out to the

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elementary schools and middle schools and asked them to give

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us names. We sent out interest, um, surveys to parents.

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thing to coordinate with the schools again to make sure

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they knew who was coming. We still get emails asking

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who attended for purposes that they're, you know. If they,

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some schools still need to know who attended so they

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can document that on their side. Um, we had a

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miss Thompson did lots of mapping out rooms and rebuilding

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that. And every time a new teacher, a new service

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need to be put in. She worked through those making

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sure teachers had badges to get access in and that

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the AC in the building and we had security scanners

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and all of those things. Technology was fantastic. They were

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able to give us Chromebooks for all of our students

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and we had carbs for the students. They came in

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and make sure teachers were connected to printers and had

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the screen beans and document cameras and things like that.

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pay sheets and ordering supplies for student or for students

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to be able to use. And then of course coordinating

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with families, making sure that we were giving them all

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the information that they needed answering the questions that they

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had trying to be proactive and sending out reminders. And

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if a student missed the day, we would try to

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reach out and say, Hey, by the way, don't forget

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summer schools going on. Is there something we can do?

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Making sure all they had all their accommodations and the

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supports that they needed. So there's a lot of collaboration

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that goes along with this. And then of course we

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try to keep it fun. Our teachers came to us,

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um, during summer school and said, Hey, what about a

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spirit week? And we said, okay, let's figure out how

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we can do it. So, um, we, that last week

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of school, we did a spirit week, um, students were

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able to come in and dress. We had a sports

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day at tie today. Wacky Wednesday and then a bright

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future gave the students opportunities to talk to each other,

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see similar interests, talk about what their future goals might

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be and just have some fun with it. We did

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do, um, a survey of our teachers afterwards, um, to

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see how everything went and what we can improve on.

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They are all pretty happy with how everything went. We

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said first time we might ever say, could we invite

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a few more? And so, um, and wanted to teach

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again next year. Yes. All of them wanted to come

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back and teach again next year. So I would call

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it a very successful summer school program. Mr. Drew.

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No, go ahead. Thank you. So first off, thank you.

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I think that with everything you just said, when do

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you start planning for this. Early. It takes a lot.

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You want to identify students. We want to be able

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to get them in as much as possible. And break

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down any barriers that are there. So we this probably

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end of last school year is when we started playing

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conversations typically started happening around February March time and then

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it just kind of builds and it all, the front

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loading on, do you have a lot of kids that

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volunteer or parents that reach out to you to volunteer

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their kids to go at all. More, um. Other. Elementary

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school, parents that are interested in getting their kids in.

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I wouldn't say it's a huge majority. A lot of

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them do go off the recommendation of their teachers though.

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So if a teacher recommends that typically, that's how it

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happens. But some T even through this process, even though

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we had sent our letters to their parents, anybody that

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asked if they could attend, we did give them the

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sign up for. Right, right. So back in my day,

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summer school had a bad. Uh, reputation. But I think

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with the success, obviously we're seeing success with these kids

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that attended. And they enjoyed it. Hopefully that, uh, reputation

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goes away. And it becomes a good one. Thank you

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for everything you guys do. Thank you. Of course. Yes.

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And I want to echo. I appreciate. I know, you

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know, the logistics of summer school were pretty daunting. And

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you seem to have carried it off very well. But

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one thing missing though, I do wish there was a

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little bit more data on how the students did. So

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like, what would you say the attendance was kind of

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on average. I would. Say the majority of our. Kids

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attended daily. We had a few students that were no

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shows, um, and we did reach out to them several

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times in that first week reminders and, you know, trying

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to see what was going on and weren't able to

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get ahold of everybody that didn't show up. But for

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the most part, every student that said that they were

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coming where they are and where they are pretty regularly

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outside of any insinuating circumstances. Sure. Yeah, we had some

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students that they would attend two weeks, but not one

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week because of a vacation or something that does happen.

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We try to encourage them. We try to let them

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know what the dates are as well in advance as

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we can so they can plan around, but it doesn't

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always work. Right. And so, because these students are recommended

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by their teacher, obviously, because there were some gaps in

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there. And, you know, you were trying to maintain skills

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or build skills. So if you looked at the pre

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and post data, I mean, you were collecting pre and

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post data. Did you see growth? Part of our goal

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for next year and things is to make sure that

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we are. Cause right now we did a lot of

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grouping, looking at what they were before they came to

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us, um, looking at their star data, looking, we didn't

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just group by, um, graved. We kind of looked at

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bands to see who would work best with skill levels.

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Small groups that way. Right. Um, and so looking at

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that, looking at the IX test that they were given

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to be able to look at some of those skills,

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but collecting some of that data, um, again, for the,

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is our goal for next year. Okay. I apologize for

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that ring. I thought he had it off. But thank

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you. I appreciate that. That's always helpful information to know

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what to tweak next year and how to build on

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the instructional delivery and all that. Right. I know. And

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three weeks isn't very long. I know. So you'd like

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to double that, wouldn't you? But thank you very much.

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Appreciate it. Thank you. Any other questions? I did have

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one comment, Ms. Parker. So I want to thank you

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and the team at Gloucester High School because as a

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result of the work, we have 14 students that earned

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their diploma this summer. They work diligently. They work hard.

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And we're all able to participate in that. So that

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project graduation, the funding is extremely critical in supporting the

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good work. So again, thank you. And on behalf of

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our school board and everyone at TC Walker, we couldn't

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be more proud of the work that you've done. Thank

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you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay.

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We are at our community presentations. And WHR presentation, Mr.

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Birch Schmidt. WHR president, CEO. And Mr. Elmoed Stewart. Vice

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President of Education and Information. I'm going to ask you

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a question that I didn't prepare you to answer, but

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how many years, because I've seen you a lot of

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years, how many years have you been coming here to

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present to us? Okay. This will be my last one.

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By the way. I'm retired. You're retiring? Okay. Well, congratulations

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on that, but we're grateful to have had you all

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this time. Thank you, Madam Chair. Dr. Gladyan members of

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the board. My name is Bert Schmidt. I'm the presidency

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of WHRO with me is my vice president of education,

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Elmar Seward. So you got a hard question. So I

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got my backup. Each year we provide you with an

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impact statement. For those of you who might be new

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to the board, I come to you because you're one

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of the 21 school divisions that literally own the broadcast

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license. To WHRO. We're the only media company in the

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entire country. Owned by collaboration of school divisions where we

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bring the 21 school divisions together to do it one

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time. Save taxpayers'money and improve the educational experience for everybody

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regardless of zip code. It's a wonderful model. And we're

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just thrilled with the relationship. Um, I'm not going to

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go through this report with you because instead we've prepared

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a video for you to summarizes what you'll find. Again,

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this report is customized to the division. So the results

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and how much you use the services you're in here.

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This video kind of summarizes the services we offer. WHRO

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stands out as a nation's sole public media station owned

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by a collaboration of 21 school divisions. This distinctive ownership

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model places education at the heart of our mission, influencing

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every aspect of our work. Our team of indicators is

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committed to offering students, teachers, and families, innovative free, high

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quality programs and services. One key service that WHRO offers

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is e - media VA, Virginia, the leading digital content

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This platform is designed to enhance personalized learning and make

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and fully online teaching environments, enriching lessons with engaging content.

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At WHRI, we celebrate students achievement through competitions that showcase

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their talents. The great computer challenge, for example gather school

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teams from across the region at Old Dominion University to

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tackle real - world technology problems. Another highlight is the

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Tao Bank Regional Celebi, where middle school champions compete at

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National Spelling Bee, the local competition is recorded and aired

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on WHRO EJ Rome. Elementary students also have an opportunity

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to shine through our PBS kids writers contests. This competition

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Fostering creativity and critical thinking. Our student advisory board reflects

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our commitment to student engagement. This group of high school

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students offers feedback on WHRO's content and has opportunities to

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create their own, influencing our online courses and e -

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our professional development programs. Our workshops and training sessions provide

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materials programs and resources can benefit you. At WHRO Public

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Media. We're proud of the partner with our local School

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Divisions and the Virginia Department of Education to shape the

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future of education one student at a time. As School

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Board members, you care about the money, of course. Within

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this report on page 13 is a financial summary. You

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spend a little over three dollars per student. With WHRO

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last year translates a little over 17, 000 dollars. And

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you receive savings and value of almost 1. 5 million

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dollars. That's an 87 to one return on your investment.

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Uh, with that. I'm happy taking your questions. Any questions?

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I have one. The literacy van. How is that chosen

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as to what? Because I know you can't do but

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so much. So I don't know how many times you've

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come to Gloucester last year with the literacy banner report.

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I have to look that up. Okay. Um, but how

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is that chosen? Just a phone? Just call us. Okay.

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Just call us and we'll send folks. Up here. They

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do their thing. We'll coordinate obviously with literacy folks, but

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we've got the four different bands. So whatever you need,

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this call will be up here. Because I think that's

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a phenomenal program for our younger kids for sure. And

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I know there was interest in the science. You that

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dome, science dome. And I know Ms. Pearson was in

474
00:36:05,749 --> 00:36:09,069
contact. I might as well mulk and explain. The dome

475
00:36:09,069 --> 00:36:12,189
was a pretty new thing. Right, right, right. I'm working

476
00:36:12,690 --> 00:36:15,069
explain it. Um, I haven't got my speech down for

477
00:36:15,109 --> 00:36:19,004
the don't quite yet. Yeah. The dome is a new

478
00:36:19,004 --> 00:36:23,244
project for us. It's for middle school students. Uh, and

479
00:36:23,425 --> 00:36:27,404
we have lessons that are designed to meet the SOLs

480
00:36:27,585 --> 00:36:31,211
at six and seventh grade. That goes out to schools.

481
00:36:31,211 --> 00:36:35,153
Um, invitation. So schools invite us. We'll take it out.

482
00:36:36,544 --> 00:36:40,923
Generally, if you have seven or eight classes and a

483
00:36:40,963 --> 00:36:42,843
grade level, it might take us two days to get

484
00:36:42,883 --> 00:36:45,822
all of those classes through. Um, but we have pre

485
00:36:45,843 --> 00:36:48,942
and post lessons for teachers. And then instruction that happens

486
00:36:48,942 --> 00:36:52,042
when the dome comes in. It's pretty cool. And, uh,

487
00:36:52,323 --> 00:36:54,462
the people who have seen it so far have been

488
00:36:55,283 --> 00:36:57,902
leadership in the school divisions. They've been pretty excited about

489
00:36:57,923 --> 00:37:00,222
it. And so we're starting to get requests. We've been

490
00:37:00,262 --> 00:37:02,222
working with P's lead to try to get the ban

491
00:37:02,262 --> 00:37:06,302
out for sequence. Think of a planetarium. Effectively, that you

492
00:37:06,302 --> 00:37:08,782
can bring into like a gymnasium and blow it up.

493
00:37:09,259 --> 00:37:12,518
You can go in and experience all sorts of environmental.

494
00:37:13,036 --> 00:37:16,631
Topics. Well, we're fortunate to be a part of all

495
00:37:16,652 --> 00:37:21,125
that you have to offer. So thank you. Anyone? Anything

496
00:37:21,146 --> 00:37:25,525
else? Okay. Thank you so much. We appreciate you and

497
00:37:25,525 --> 00:37:34,665
congratulations on your retirement. Okay. Um, next student advisory

498
00:37:34,686 --> 00:37:38,665
committee, Ms. Dudley is not here this evening. So we

499
00:37:38,705 --> 00:37:43,934
will move on. Did you, are you wanting to have

500
00:37:43,934 --> 00:37:47,134
a recess now to be good? Okay. All right. We're

501
00:37:47,134 --> 00:37:49,774
going to have a brief reset for student parent board

502
00:37:49,774 --> 00:37:56,004
members meet and greet. So move around. Thank you.

503
00:47:37,568 --> 00:47:40,507
Okay, we're ready to get back to our meeting. Thank

504
00:47:40,608 --> 00:47:44,223
you all for being here this evening. The first thing

505
00:47:44,244 --> 00:47:47,503
on our agenda at this point is School Board Members

506
00:47:47,543 --> 00:47:51,343
Items. And the first discussion is going to be a

507
00:47:51,444 --> 00:47:56,174
meeting that we have scheduled tentatively for September 17. For

508
00:47:56,355 --> 00:48:01,724
School Board Work Session. I asking if anyone feels like

509
00:48:01,745 --> 00:48:05,404
we need to keep that on the calendar. If there's

510
00:48:05,404 --> 00:48:08,124
something that you really feel like that we need to

511
00:48:08,145 --> 00:48:15,695
discuss, but I believe Dr. Washington wait. We're still waiting

512
00:48:15,716 --> 00:48:19,615
on a couple of items. For instance, our School Accreditation

513
00:48:19,655 --> 00:48:22,735
status and also afford a discussion on career and technical

514
00:48:22,775 --> 00:48:26,575
education. So I would recommend that the board meets sometime

515
00:48:26,575 --> 00:48:29,375
in November to discuss the strategic plan and our next

516
00:48:29,375 --> 00:48:31,855
steps. But at this time, I don't see another reason

517
00:48:31,876 --> 00:48:39,453
for us to meet on the 17th. To be here

518
00:48:40,594 --> 00:48:48,216
on the 17th. No. Okay. All right, we will cancel

519
00:48:48,256 --> 00:48:54,596
that meeting. All right, the next thing is the VDOT

520
00:48:54,617 --> 00:48:59,611
Road Improvement Project Resolution. And that is discussion as well

521
00:48:59,611 --> 00:49:05,164
as action this evening. And who is handling that. Mr.

522
00:49:05,204 --> 00:49:12,926
Hartley. Yes, ma'am. The resolution should be in front of

523
00:49:12,926 --> 00:49:16,489
you. I feel like I'm echoing. I'm back up a

524
00:49:16,489 --> 00:49:19,289
little bit. The resolution should be in front of board

525
00:49:19,329 --> 00:49:24,249
members for consideration. This is the final signature. I know

526
00:49:24,350 --> 00:49:26,729
some things have been signed before, but y'all remember back

527
00:49:27,390 --> 00:49:29,849
in the spring, we had Vita at Mr. Gordon was

528
00:49:29,870 --> 00:49:32,729
with us to talk about the Roar in Springs sidewalk

529
00:49:32,769 --> 00:49:38,289
project. It still slated for the spring of 2027. A

530
00:49:38,289 --> 00:49:40,629
lot of pieces really had to come together. You know

531
00:49:40,910 --> 00:49:43,449
that obviously it's a beat out project, Dominion Energy had

532
00:49:43,489 --> 00:49:46,889
a piece for utilities. There's some easements and things that

533
00:49:46,990 --> 00:49:49,529
Mr. Gordon shared with us back in the spring. This

534
00:49:49,630 --> 00:49:52,549
is really the final piece of paperwork so we can

535
00:49:52,549 --> 00:49:55,929
get this to them and they can start getting the

536
00:49:56,110 --> 00:49:59,849
planning straight for the work that should happen about six,

537
00:49:59,849 --> 00:50:05,576
eight months. Okay, should the resolution be read? Is that

538
00:50:06,637 --> 00:50:10,175
the necessary. It certainly can be. I don't have a

539
00:50:10,215 --> 00:50:14,444
copy in front of me. Dr. Vladi, do you feel

540
00:50:14,444 --> 00:50:18,682
like it should be rad in public? It's available public

541
00:50:18,703 --> 00:50:21,562
to view the board notes. What's in the resolution? Certainly,

542
00:50:21,562 --> 00:50:24,122
I don't think reading it is necessary, but passing it

543
00:50:24,463 --> 00:50:27,642
and the information and it would be, or considering passing

544
00:50:27,682 --> 00:50:34,019
it. Everyone's read it over. Is there anyone that has

545
00:50:34,040 --> 00:50:43,765
any concerns with anything that's within it. I moved

546
00:50:43,765 --> 00:50:46,245
it. Just the reiterate, sorry, to cut you off. Just

547
00:50:46,245 --> 00:50:49,125
to reiterate, we've had multiple meetings with VDOT over the

548
00:50:49,165 --> 00:50:52,725
last, what, 12 or 18 months. We've talked about scheduling

549
00:50:53,066 --> 00:50:55,525
what times road can be closed down. Stay in the

550
00:50:55,525 --> 00:50:58,965
way from any work that wouldn't pack the bus loop,

551
00:50:58,965 --> 00:51:02,645
make sure that scheduled around school schedule. So the moving

552
00:51:02,666 --> 00:51:05,925
pieces. They are aware of all the restrictions that would

553
00:51:05,925 --> 00:51:08,725
be in place for this project to occur when it's

554
00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:12,085
do missed the tree on the corner. Yeah. That was

555
00:51:12,106 --> 00:51:16,374
a beautiful treat there. And that, well, this is BDOTS

556
00:51:16,414 --> 00:51:25,482
project. I know. Okay. Chewing nothing, no discussion or anything.

557
00:51:26,796 --> 00:51:29,616
All in favor. Well, we had different motion. To approve.

558
00:51:29,637 --> 00:51:31,696
Yeah, we need a motion. I moved that we approved

559
00:51:32,117 --> 00:51:38,285
the resolution as written. All in favor say aye. Aye.

560
00:51:39,467 --> 00:51:45,089
Any opposed. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. It's the next

561
00:51:45,089 --> 00:51:49,729
one is MOU between scouting America troop 111 and Gloucester

562
00:51:49,729 --> 00:51:54,688
County School Board. Regarding the stewardship of GH11 Scout Cabin.

563
00:51:57,285 --> 00:52:05,744
Do we... Is that you two, Mr. Hartley? Sure. As

564
00:52:05,784 --> 00:52:08,784
some members may be aware. We've had a longstanding relationship

565
00:52:09,285 --> 00:52:12,944
with the scouts and that cabin on that corner is

566
00:52:13,045 --> 00:52:19,015
actually Lost County Public School's property. You know, there's also

567
00:52:19,055 --> 00:52:23,495
been, you know, Fairfield Foundations has been involved. We've had

568
00:52:23,596 --> 00:52:27,255
members in front of the board before to discuss improvements

569
00:52:27,436 --> 00:52:31,255
to that cabin. They do take responsibility for all those.

570
00:52:31,255 --> 00:52:33,895
Um, but they reached out to us more recently to

571
00:52:33,916 --> 00:52:37,975
say, Hey, we're trying to get additional grants, um, to

572
00:52:37,975 --> 00:52:40,375
make more improvements and to fix some things that this

573
00:52:40,415 --> 00:52:43,735
log cabin. If you've inspected it closely by walking by

574
00:52:43,756 --> 00:52:45,655
it or anything, you can tell there is some work

575
00:52:46,076 --> 00:52:49,255
that needs to be done. It's a rather old structure,

576
00:52:49,255 --> 00:52:52,615
but they are seeking to get some grant dollars to

577
00:52:52,636 --> 00:52:57,975
put towards it. They're really doing the legwork for this

578
00:52:58,236 --> 00:53:02,135
to seek out these grants and to obtain these grants.

579
00:53:02,135 --> 00:53:04,615
And then they will seek out the contractor once they

580
00:53:04,655 --> 00:53:08,055
are awarded. Hopefully we'll be awarded. And then they will

581
00:53:08,095 --> 00:53:11,255
manage to work. Um, but this is just a new

582
00:53:11,436 --> 00:53:15,125
copy of our MOA. That was suggested we did run

583
00:53:15,165 --> 00:53:18,405
this by our county attorney and his suggestion was to

584
00:53:18,445 --> 00:53:22,005
go back to this form, which would cover all this

585
00:53:22,186 --> 00:53:29,402
proposed, um, improvements to that law cab. Okay. I did

586
00:53:29,442 --> 00:53:32,442
have a question and I'll have to admit, I've been

587
00:53:32,442 --> 00:53:36,522
involved in that cabin for 20, 30 years, I guess.

588
00:53:36,522 --> 00:53:41,468
Right. Um. The one thing that the county attorney said

589
00:53:41,569 --> 00:53:49,554
was so, um. The word was. That they would be

590
00:53:49,594 --> 00:53:55,736
able to use the cabin solely, I think. And we

591
00:53:55,757 --> 00:54:00,136
had already always said as members of Trup 111 that

592
00:54:00,136 --> 00:54:02,296
the county, of course, the school board, could at any

593
00:54:02,296 --> 00:54:05,656
time utilize it for something we would need, which has

594
00:54:05,656 --> 00:54:08,216
not happened in all the years that I've been involved.

595
00:54:08,216 --> 00:54:11,816
Right. But I did have a problem with if it,

596
00:54:11,856 --> 00:54:15,496
if it's opens up the door by taking out that

597
00:54:15,757 --> 00:54:20,536
word, for other entities to be able to use the

598
00:54:20,576 --> 00:54:25,119
cabin. I have concerns about that because there are things

599
00:54:25,140 --> 00:54:28,299
in there that are really, really old. And right. And

600
00:54:28,299 --> 00:54:31,759
I think our agreement, what the scouts is really, really

601
00:54:31,799 --> 00:54:36,399
old as well. Um, but we can certainly follow back

602
00:54:36,439 --> 00:54:41,119
up on that wording, but that again, we had a,

603
00:54:41,119 --> 00:54:43,999
that was the wording that was presented by the county

604
00:54:44,039 --> 00:54:47,599
attorney. Yes, ma'am. Is that I haven't had a chance

605
00:54:47,620 --> 00:54:51,039
to go through all of this. Is that wording put

606
00:54:51,039 --> 00:54:55,839
in here or did the wording revert to his recommendations.

607
00:54:57,643 --> 00:55:01,782
The wording in the newly proposed what the reverted back

608
00:55:01,782 --> 00:55:04,784
to his recommendations. Okay. And it's in here. Yeah. They,

609
00:55:04,824 --> 00:55:08,704
they actually, um, trying to be helpful. They presented us

610
00:55:08,805 --> 00:55:11,984
a template from MOA to would encompass what they're trying

611
00:55:11,984 --> 00:55:14,464
to do with obtaining these grants and spending this money

612
00:55:14,565 --> 00:55:18,784
for improvements. We actually sent that copy to the county

613
00:55:18,784 --> 00:55:23,104
attorney and his response was we should use this MOA.

614
00:55:27,699 --> 00:55:30,638
I just, uh, I do have concerns myself personally with

615
00:55:32,579 --> 00:55:35,518
the cabin, of course, could be used by the school

616
00:55:35,518 --> 00:55:37,198
board. If we decided we wanted to have a meeting

617
00:55:37,238 --> 00:55:39,598
there, I can't imagine why. But if we wanted to

618
00:55:39,598 --> 00:55:41,838
have a meeting there, we could do so. But with

619
00:55:42,099 --> 00:55:49,038
the cabins use, if you take out solely, um, use

620
00:55:49,059 --> 00:55:52,398
by troop 111, I'm concerned that that would open the

621
00:55:52,419 --> 00:55:55,918
door for other entities to try to use the cabin.

622
00:55:56,722 --> 00:55:59,421
And that's where I have a problem. Right. And it's,

623
00:55:59,421 --> 00:56:02,061
um, I understand that concern. I think there was some

624
00:56:02,082 --> 00:56:06,381
change in verbiage to just address scouts in general. Cause

625
00:56:06,381 --> 00:56:09,101
I think the changes on that side and not be

626
00:56:09,122 --> 00:56:12,141
specific. But I think to understand is that it is

627
00:56:12,181 --> 00:56:15,341
just troop 111. We've not entered an agreement with any

628
00:56:15,381 --> 00:56:20,499
other users. I mean, I'm not picking on 4 -

629
00:56:20,499 --> 00:56:23,059
H or anything else. But say if another entity wanted

630
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:27,219
to utilize the cabin, that has been around since I

631
00:56:27,219 --> 00:56:30,979
don't even know. 1956, I believe. The agreement reaches all

632
00:56:30,979 --> 00:56:34,179
the way back to the 50s. Yeah. So, um, I

633
00:56:34,179 --> 00:56:37,580
don't know what anybody else feels like. But I'm good

634
00:56:37,601 --> 00:56:40,220
as long as we keep on track of that because

635
00:56:40,220 --> 00:56:41,900
I will be the one that stands up and says

636
00:56:42,401 --> 00:56:44,940
this should be the use of the cabinet. Yes, ma'am.

637
00:56:44,940 --> 00:56:48,940
Yes. Certainly that's, that's our intent is for this, this

638
00:56:49,041 --> 00:56:52,300
troop to be able to use it solely. Okay. Especially

639
00:56:52,340 --> 00:56:54,860
if they're going to obtain grant dollars and make them

640
00:56:54,860 --> 00:56:58,380
prove. And you can also terminate the MOU for any

641
00:56:58,420 --> 00:57:01,340
reason upon 30 days. So if the concerns, you have

642
00:57:01,340 --> 00:57:04,620
that. All right. So is this an MOU or an

643
00:57:04,660 --> 00:57:10,798
MOA? Cause there is a difference. I think it's actually

644
00:57:11,059 --> 00:57:14,878
MOU. Okay. Cause you said MOA. All right. Sometimes I

645
00:57:15,219 --> 00:57:17,358
mix them up. I just want to make sure. Yes.

646
00:57:17,459 --> 00:57:26,985
Yeah. Okay. Cool. Okay. Um, you're ready to

647
00:57:28,206 --> 00:57:33,896
get a motion. I'm making motion that we approve the

648
00:57:33,997 --> 00:57:40,500
MOU between truth 111 and Gloucester County School Board. Regarding

649
00:57:40,761 --> 00:57:45,029
that billboard. Second. We have a motion in a second.

650
00:57:45,029 --> 00:57:49,002
All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed. Okay. Thank

651
00:57:49,042 --> 00:57:54,544
you. Thank you. I appreciate it. All right. Um, the

652
00:57:54,565 --> 00:57:59,744
VSBA annual convention is November 18th through 20th in Williamsburg.

653
00:57:59,744 --> 00:58:03,264
Please notify Ms. Brazil. By October 15th, if you would

654
00:58:03,264 --> 00:58:06,384
like to be registered to attend. And now we're at

655
00:58:06,424 --> 00:58:10,624
the committee's boards and commissions updates. Are there any board

656
00:58:10,645 --> 00:58:12,624
members that have any updates that they would like to

657
00:58:12,645 --> 00:58:19,564
present this evening. Beyond, did you have any. No. Oh,

658
00:58:19,564 --> 00:58:24,764
I did attend the special ed, uh, regional, um, meeting.

659
00:58:24,764 --> 00:58:28,504
And our classes are pretty full at this point, you

660
00:58:28,504 --> 00:58:31,884
know, which is a good problem to have. Um, but

661
00:58:31,985 --> 00:58:35,505
there wasn't any, uh, news at this point. But it's

662
00:58:35,505 --> 00:58:38,975
all gotten off to a good start. Great. Okay. All

663
00:58:38,975 --> 00:58:41,935
right. We are now at the citizen comment period. We'll

664
00:58:41,956 --> 00:58:45,455
now begin the public comment period. The board welcomes comments

665
00:58:45,455 --> 00:58:49,295
from Gloucester Citizens, parents, students on matters related to the

666
00:58:49,316 --> 00:58:53,275
Gloucester County Public Schools comments should focus on programs, not

667
00:58:53,275 --> 00:58:56,626
personnel. This is a time for the board to listen,

668
00:58:56,626 --> 00:58:58,786
not engage in discussion. Their follow - up questions for

669
00:58:59,047 --> 00:59:02,146
board members are allowed. Speakers are asked to state their

670
00:59:02,186 --> 00:59:05,346
name. The district in which they reside and limit their

671
00:59:05,386 --> 00:59:08,786
remarks to four minutes per citizen. And if you would

672
00:59:09,127 --> 00:59:12,946
also sign in, is there a paper up there? Okay.

673
00:59:13,367 --> 00:59:16,946
Sign in, please. Okay. Anyone that would like to speak,

674
00:59:16,946 --> 00:59:22,455
please come up now. Yes, sir. Hi. How are you

675
00:59:22,455 --> 00:59:25,879
doing? Good. I'm Christopher Pi. I am in the wear.

676
00:59:26,620 --> 00:59:33,463
District. And the chairperson of the Siak board. And I

677
00:59:33,463 --> 00:59:37,555
just had a proposal that I was interested in. And

678
00:59:37,576 --> 00:59:42,355
I got it as, um, building community through peer connection.

679
00:59:42,355 --> 00:59:46,595
A peer membership mentorship proposal. Good evening, members of the

680
00:59:46,616 --> 00:59:50,115
board, administration, teachers and fellow parents. Thank you for giving

681
00:59:50,136 --> 00:59:52,995
me the opportunity to speak with you tonight about an

682
00:59:53,035 --> 00:59:57,075
idea that has been potentially to transform the social and

683
00:59:57,115 --> 01:00:00,372
academic culture of our county schools. I want to start

684
01:00:00,412 --> 01:00:03,492
with a personal observation, like any parent, I pay close

685
01:00:03,593 --> 01:00:07,292
attention to my child's learning environment. My son, Jacob, is

686
01:00:07,513 --> 01:00:10,292
in special education class here in the county of body

687
01:00:10,393 --> 01:00:14,414
taught school. I can tell you without hesitation his classroom

688
01:00:14,595 --> 01:00:17,854
is easily the funnest, most enjoyful room in the entire

689
01:00:17,875 --> 01:00:21,934
building. And watching my son, I have seen firsthand how

690
01:00:21,974 --> 01:00:25,374
powerful peer influence is. As we know that children naturally

691
01:00:25,395 --> 01:00:30,654
learn to behave from those around them, through memory, Hey,

692
01:00:30,675 --> 01:00:34,414
since entering special education, my son has picked up various

693
01:00:34,595 --> 01:00:38,414
traits behaviors and ticks from his classmates. Hey, it reminds

694
01:00:38,454 --> 01:00:40,814
me of a simple truth. If the kids learn how

695
01:00:40,854 --> 01:00:44,894
to navigate the world by watching other kids, that realization

696
01:00:44,915 --> 01:00:48,334
led me to the question. What would happen if we

697
01:00:48,355 --> 01:00:53,054
regularly introduced neurotypical students into a special education classroom as

698
01:00:53,315 --> 01:00:57,362
peer mentors and learning partners. There's, if children naturally mirror

699
01:00:57,543 --> 01:01:04,826
their peers, bringing neurotypical students into these classrooms is. Creates

700
01:01:04,866 --> 01:01:08,106
an environment where all students can model positive social skills

701
01:01:08,127 --> 01:01:12,493
communication and emotional regulation for one another. But this is

702
01:01:12,493 --> 01:01:15,613
far from a one - way street. And educational psychology,

703
01:01:15,634 --> 01:01:18,173
there is a well - known documented concept known as

704
01:01:18,354 --> 01:01:21,373
the prestige effect. Simply put true mastery of a subject

705
01:01:21,954 --> 01:01:24,013
comes when you can explain it in the simplest form

706
01:01:24,834 --> 01:01:27,853
to someone else when a neurotypical student steps in to

707
01:01:27,893 --> 01:01:31,933
help appear understand a lesson. They aren't just helping. Hey,

708
01:01:31,933 --> 01:01:35,613
they are solidifying their own academic understanding. They're sharpening their

709
01:01:35,653 --> 01:01:39,693
own mind while discovering their genuine empathy looks like in

710
01:01:39,733 --> 01:01:43,613
practice. For our special education students receiving guidance and is

711
01:01:43,653 --> 01:01:46,493
from a peer offers a level of connection and communication

712
01:01:46,914 --> 01:01:50,333
that no adult, no matter how dedicated can replicate, there

713
01:01:50,333 --> 01:01:53,613
is a unique comfort and motivation that comes from learning

714
01:01:53,954 --> 01:02:03,806
alongside a classmate. Sorry. Neuroscientists have shown

715
01:02:04,147 --> 01:02:07,086
known that this exact type of meaningful social connection triggers

716
01:02:07,107 --> 01:02:12,366
positive neural activity lowering stress and enhancing learning. And if

717
01:02:12,406 --> 01:02:17,006
we're both participants, beyond the immediate classroom benefits, this program

718
01:02:17,347 --> 01:02:22,366
creates a powerful career and technological education or a CTE

719
01:02:22,467 --> 01:02:27,406
pipeline. And for our county, School divisions everywhere are facing

720
01:02:27,587 --> 01:02:33,326
critical shortages and special education teachers. Speech therapists and paraprofessionals.

721
01:02:33,427 --> 01:02:36,246
By offering our high schoolers a structured hands - on

722
01:02:36,246 --> 01:02:40,206
opportunity to mentor peers with diverse learning needs is we

723
01:02:40,246 --> 01:02:44,206
are planting the seeds for our county's future educators and

724
01:02:44,246 --> 01:02:47,966
specialists giving them real world leadership experience while still in

725
01:02:48,006 --> 01:02:52,416
high school. Well, now as parents and board members, the

726
01:02:52,416 --> 01:02:55,296
first question might be, how do we implement this without

727
01:02:55,397 --> 01:03:01,022
disrupting normal class time or overburgering our teachers. The answer

728
01:03:01,203 --> 01:03:04,622
really isn't flexibility and structure to create a zero core

729
01:03:04,803 --> 01:03:08,862
or instruction disruption participants and it can take place during

730
01:03:09,203 --> 01:03:13,502
existing non - core blocks such as homerooms, interim periods.

731
01:03:15,050 --> 01:03:19,909
And or structure elective credits, ensuring no student misses essential,

732
01:03:19,909 --> 01:03:26,710
little academic instruction. Set up a mandatory orientation. Every participating

733
01:03:27,131 --> 01:03:30,790
peer mentor would be able to complete a one to

734
01:03:30,830 --> 01:03:33,510
two hour training, any session co - led by district

735
01:03:33,531 --> 01:03:39,350
staff on communication wait time patients and privacy etiquette before

736
01:03:39,390 --> 01:03:43,430
stepping into a classroom. This program can create can operate

737
01:03:43,691 --> 01:03:47,590
on a voluntary opt - in basis for families, starting

738
01:03:47,590 --> 01:03:51,030
as a small lobris pilot program in just one to

739
01:03:51,070 --> 01:03:54,870
two classrooms together data before expanding. Hey, you might hear

740
01:03:54,891 --> 01:03:57,510
that people say, Hey, students today don't want to step

741
01:03:57,550 --> 01:04:00,150
out of their comfort zone, uh, but learning to connect

742
01:04:00,251 --> 01:04:03,990
with people who think or communicate differently isn't just a

743
01:04:04,030 --> 01:04:07,466
nice to have skill. It's an essential life skill. That

744
01:04:07,647 --> 01:04:11,466
has put me before you today. So your time is

745
01:04:11,506 --> 01:04:14,266
up. I'm sorry. Your time is off. Oh, I am

746
01:04:14,306 --> 01:04:19,066
so far. That's okay. Do you have that where you

747
01:04:19,066 --> 01:04:25,394
could send a copy to Ms. Brazil. That I. Put

748
01:04:25,434 --> 01:04:31,987
together. Some things. That he's there? Yeah. Uh, together. Okay.

749
01:04:32,008 --> 01:04:34,227
All right. We'll get, we'll get copies to all of

750
01:04:34,248 --> 01:04:38,383
us then. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. All right.

751
01:04:39,244 --> 01:04:39,703
Anyone else.

752
01:04:54,183 --> 01:04:57,992
I'm Diane Jones. I'm from the where district. I'm very

753
01:04:58,093 --> 01:05:02,472
happy to come back to a school system that is

754
01:05:02,512 --> 01:05:06,872
so far superior to the one that I had to

755
01:05:06,893 --> 01:05:09,432
deal with when I first started coming to the school

756
01:05:09,432 --> 01:05:19,229
board. To address the school board. So. As I usually

757
01:05:19,250 --> 01:05:22,909
do, I have a scripture that, since it's the start

758
01:05:22,909 --> 01:05:26,429
of the school year, that we started every day with

759
01:05:26,850 --> 01:05:30,647
when I was in high school. And it is in

760
01:05:30,668 --> 01:05:35,752
home room, a scripture that we said every day. And.

761
01:05:37,516 --> 01:05:41,460
It's found in Matthew. And it's our father who art

762
01:05:41,481 --> 01:05:45,849
in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy

763
01:05:45,950 --> 01:05:47,929
will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

764
01:05:48,924 --> 01:05:52,503
Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us

765
01:05:52,543 --> 01:05:56,183
our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.

766
01:05:57,164 --> 01:05:59,703
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

767
01:06:00,559 --> 01:06:02,458
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the

768
01:06:02,498 --> 01:06:08,442
glory forever. Amen. And another one says, if he who

769
01:06:08,482 --> 01:06:11,562
runs the race, should run it according to the rules.

770
01:06:13,368 --> 01:06:22,776
Or he doesn't win. And, um. As far as literacy

771
01:06:22,957 --> 01:06:27,075
goes. There are some school systems in the country that

772
01:06:28,056 --> 01:06:34,424
have completely returned to phonics. Have eliminated screens and have

773
01:06:36,685 --> 01:06:42,279
expected the children who learn cursive to utilize it. When

774
01:06:42,279 --> 01:06:47,068
they send write papers, et cetera. And they are the

775
01:06:47,108 --> 01:06:53,301
ones who are excelling. So my hope is that as

776
01:06:53,341 --> 01:06:57,461
you continue to improve and get to be the best

777
01:06:58,042 --> 01:07:03,726
school around what you have. That that would be part

778
01:07:03,766 --> 01:07:10,380
of your program. Start out with phonics. Teach them cursive

779
01:07:10,401 --> 01:07:13,974
as you do in the fourth grade. And allow them

780
01:07:14,795 --> 01:07:17,974
and require them to utilize it as they continue their

781
01:07:18,014 --> 01:07:24,490
studies. And get rid of the screens. I mean, you

782
01:07:24,511 --> 01:07:31,050
had your educational director a while back admit that screens

783
01:07:31,050 --> 01:07:36,823
were harmful to the children. I don't know how you,

784
01:07:36,823 --> 01:07:41,877
how you would do that. But it would be a

785
01:07:41,877 --> 01:07:46,790
really good idea. I have to sign this thing.

786
01:07:57,519 --> 01:08:01,118
Thank you. Thank you. Right. Anyone else.

787
01:08:15,415 --> 01:08:17,554
Either way, fine. Okay. I'll do it after. Uh, my

788
01:08:17,594 --> 01:08:21,920
name is Steve Bilidu from the WHERE district. I wanted

789
01:08:21,941 --> 01:08:25,360
to come today and talk to you all about the

790
01:08:25,461 --> 01:08:30,400
football program and player safety. We've had a few incidents

791
01:08:30,400 --> 01:08:32,807
this year. Um, and I just think it's time that

792
01:08:32,988 --> 01:08:36,487
it's brought up, uh, to this level. Um, in preseason

793
01:08:36,508 --> 01:08:39,527
football at the first scrimmage of the game, we had

794
01:08:39,788 --> 01:08:43,927
a player hit so hard that his ACL, MCL were

795
01:08:43,948 --> 01:08:48,637
both torn. The player was carted off the field. When

796
01:08:48,637 --> 01:08:52,355
I turned to one of the coaches. Looking around. I

797
01:08:52,376 --> 01:08:55,235
asked where the ambulance was in case something more severe

798
01:08:55,256 --> 01:08:58,275
had happened. And I was told according to VHSL standards

799
01:08:58,456 --> 01:09:00,835
and ambulance is not required. Therefore, the school will not

800
01:09:00,875 --> 01:09:05,486
pay for it. Um, a scrimmage. Really is a game

801
01:09:05,526 --> 01:09:07,566
where kids are trying to make the team. That seems

802
01:09:07,587 --> 01:09:10,560
completely unacceptable. That money is a reason why we're not

803
01:09:10,661 --> 01:09:12,960
going to put an ambulance there when kids are going

804
01:09:12,960 --> 01:09:17,597
to play harder than they would during a game. The

805
01:09:17,597 --> 01:09:20,717
fields are not irrigated at this point. There's holes all

806
01:09:20,757 --> 01:09:24,317
over the field. They're making them right for injury. This

807
01:09:24,357 --> 01:09:27,353
school is paying for a robot to put lines. Across

808
01:09:27,534 --> 01:09:30,879
the field. But yet there's holes where the robot is

809
01:09:30,879 --> 01:09:35,279
going over to put these lines. Seems like we need

810
01:09:35,300 --> 01:09:38,079
to fix the field before we put a robot in

811
01:09:38,119 --> 01:09:42,337
to make these lines. On obvious 31st, we had a

812
01:09:42,377 --> 01:09:46,871
JV game. No medical personnel were assigned to be on

813
01:09:46,871 --> 01:09:50,834
the field. Coach Baker was the person that was supposed

814
01:09:50,834 --> 01:09:52,914
to be on the field. He was up in the

815
01:09:53,015 --> 01:09:57,789
box, uh, overseeing the game. At one point a kid

816
01:09:57,789 --> 01:09:59,469
was hit so hard. He was down on the field

817
01:09:59,490 --> 01:10:02,871
for about 45 seconds. Part of the delay was him

818
01:10:02,911 --> 01:10:05,994
getting from the box to the field. At that point

819
01:10:06,175 --> 01:10:08,394
I started to look around. The med kit wasn't even

820
01:10:08,434 --> 01:10:10,660
on the field. As a parent, I know what the

821
01:10:10,681 --> 01:10:13,540
med kit looks like. I'd been there numerous games practices

822
01:10:13,881 --> 01:10:21,207
everything else. This just didn't seem right to me. Uh.

823
01:10:23,793 --> 01:10:28,672
September 1st, I sent an email. To the coaches, the

824
01:10:28,672 --> 01:10:32,692
principal and Dr. Volidu. I asked a few questions about

825
01:10:32,713 --> 01:10:35,856
that. Um, I was told that a response would come

826
01:10:35,896 --> 01:10:40,825
within 48 hours. Uh, September 3rd after receiving no response

827
01:10:40,846 --> 01:10:45,237
at that 48 hour period. Uh, sent a follow -

828
01:10:45,237 --> 01:10:48,757
up email and I said, is 48 hours his past.

829
01:10:49,925 --> 01:10:54,159
Can I just see where are we? Um. I received

830
01:10:54,180 --> 01:10:59,119
another email from Mr. Brayboy. And just to doctor of

831
01:10:59,140 --> 01:11:03,119
Lido, uh, there's been other issues with the, uh, football

832
01:11:03,300 --> 01:11:05,919
booster club that my wife's been involved with. Um, I've

833
01:11:05,919 --> 01:11:09,527
been trying to stay out of that. Because I don't

834
01:11:09,548 --> 01:11:13,435
deal with money. I hate money. Um, so, uh, there

835
01:11:13,435 --> 01:11:17,435
was some condescending remarks in the email about unresolved issues

836
01:11:17,536 --> 01:11:20,215
with that. I have no idea what that's about. Um,

837
01:11:20,576 --> 01:11:23,115
that wasn't what my intention was. My intention was the

838
01:11:23,115 --> 01:11:28,245
safety of these kids. Um, and another, another comment in

839
01:11:28,285 --> 01:11:34,424
there about, um. Safety cannot be hinder on information requests,

840
01:11:34,424 --> 01:11:35,704
um, so I made sure to make it clear that

841
01:11:36,045 --> 01:11:40,264
the information requests and the timeline wasn't put by me.

842
01:11:40,264 --> 01:11:43,384
Dr. actually was the one that put that timeline and

843
01:11:43,424 --> 01:11:47,053
place. Um, since then, I have noticed the ambulances in

844
01:11:47,053 --> 01:11:50,211
place. The med kit is not coming out to practices

845
01:11:50,472 --> 01:11:53,811
at every practice still. We had a kid tonight. I

846
01:11:53,851 --> 01:11:56,815
just found out that went down on the field. Um,

847
01:11:56,815 --> 01:11:59,695
we had the coach there. Uh, we still don't have

848
01:11:59,796 --> 01:12:04,018
medical personnel at these practices. This is really becoming an

849
01:12:04,058 --> 01:12:07,333
issue. These kids are going to get hurt. Someone's going

850
01:12:07,333 --> 01:12:12,553
to get seriously hurt. We need that this is not,

851
01:12:12,553 --> 01:12:15,913
this isn't field hockey. This isn't soccer. Those are contact

852
01:12:16,014 --> 01:12:19,033
sports. Yes. But this is a sport where we're asking

853
01:12:19,054 --> 01:12:21,993
kids to get into a car accident every single play.

854
01:12:23,172 --> 01:12:26,431
They're coming at each other full speed full scale and

855
01:12:26,471 --> 01:12:30,762
crashing into each other. We're taking head trauma seriously, but

856
01:12:30,762 --> 01:12:33,582
the rest of their bodies are still getting wrecked every

857
01:12:33,603 --> 01:12:36,591
single play. And we don't have anyone out there to

858
01:12:36,612 --> 01:12:39,391
take care of them. We've got to get this better.

859
01:12:41,652 --> 01:12:47,746
Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else.

860
01:12:58,107 --> 01:13:00,166
Time anyone else would like to speak tonight.

861
01:13:08,737 --> 01:13:12,156
Ms. Brazil, do we have anyone. That called in. There

862
01:13:12,196 --> 01:13:16,614
are no calls. Okay. We're going to close public comment.

863
01:13:17,384 --> 01:13:21,441
Thank you for everything you had to say. All right.

864
01:13:21,462 --> 01:13:29,627
Um, student and staff presentations, Dr. Bledou. Thank you, Madam

865
01:13:29,627 --> 01:13:32,827
Chair. We have a number of strategic plan presentations, schedule

866
01:13:33,008 --> 01:13:38,827
for tonight. And we will begin with school safety updates.

867
01:13:38,827 --> 01:13:42,587
So Mr. Bryan Hartley, Deputy Superintendent will come up to

868
01:13:42,608 --> 01:13:48,994
the podium and present this update. Mr. Hartley. All right.

869
01:13:49,034 --> 01:13:54,323
Thank you, Dr. Get all my stuff out. I do

870
01:13:54,363 --> 01:13:58,025
have school safety updates. And I should have included them

871
01:13:58,025 --> 01:14:01,945
on opening slide, but we do have strategic goal four

872
01:14:02,126 --> 01:14:05,865
to increase safety measures at all schools. And also goal

873
01:14:05,905 --> 01:14:08,425
three a little bit, um, for attendance and behavior because

874
01:14:08,425 --> 01:14:11,585
we know when our schools are safe and orderly, we

875
01:14:11,585 --> 01:14:17,306
see improvements with attendance and behavior. So to see evening,

876
01:14:17,306 --> 01:14:20,966
I will quickly touch base on our universal screening. Um,

877
01:14:20,966 --> 01:14:26,506
we do have a september 23rd active shooter exercise. I'll

878
01:14:26,546 --> 01:14:29,526
provide some detail on, um, I have a little bit

879
01:14:29,526 --> 01:14:33,066
of detail and stop arm cameras. Talk about our after

880
01:14:33,167 --> 01:14:37,386
action review process and trying to expand that quickly touch

881
01:14:37,426 --> 01:14:41,066
base on safety drills and safety audits. Um, and I

882
01:14:41,106 --> 01:14:43,866
think you've got some of the highlight for this evening.

883
01:14:43,866 --> 01:14:47,626
Earlier, uh, we do have a strong partnership with Gloucester

884
01:14:47,626 --> 01:14:50,986
County and what their Gloucester County Sheriff's office. So those

885
01:14:51,407 --> 01:14:55,725
will be the topics that I covered this evening. And

886
01:14:55,725 --> 01:15:00,125
starting with Universal Screeners, um, this is our second full

887
01:15:00,146 --> 01:15:05,085
year of implementation of OpenGate systems. Uh, we are working

888
01:15:05,346 --> 01:15:10,125
with staff, uh, to make some adjustments to our sensitivity

889
01:15:10,146 --> 01:15:13,645
on our settings, sometimes mix things up and maybe use

890
01:15:13,645 --> 01:15:17,045
the old school metal detectors, um, just to kind of

891
01:15:17,426 --> 01:15:21,565
switch things up. Um, we do have at least two

892
01:15:21,605 --> 01:15:24,445
sets at every building. So we can cover the parent

893
01:15:24,445 --> 01:15:27,465
loop and we cover the bus loop as well. Um,

894
01:15:27,506 --> 01:15:31,405
and then we, uh, continue to expand our event usage.

895
01:15:31,405 --> 01:15:35,165
If you go to anything's associated after school, you should

896
01:15:35,205 --> 01:15:44,057
see these in use, um, for screening. All right. Uh,

897
01:15:44,958 --> 01:15:48,377
if you were recalled last September, we did this active

898
01:15:48,478 --> 01:15:53,557
shooter exercise and partnership with Gloucester Community Sheriff's office, but

899
01:15:53,557 --> 01:15:57,577
we did our secondary staff. Um, all instructional or licensed

900
01:15:57,577 --> 01:16:01,417
instructional staff is expected to participate this year. It is

901
01:16:01,417 --> 01:16:04,417
for our elementary staff, uh, as I mentioned, it is

902
01:16:04,478 --> 01:16:08,777
a partnership, Gloucester Sheriff's office comes in and does a

903
01:16:08,798 --> 01:16:13,577
dynamic job presenting what staff can expect during this exercise.

904
01:16:13,577 --> 01:16:15,737
Um, and they want to make it as real as

905
01:16:15,737 --> 01:16:18,057
possible. It's a training opportunity for them just like it's

906
01:16:18,078 --> 01:16:21,337
a trained opportunity for us. Um, and they want to

907
01:16:21,337 --> 01:16:24,057
know how our staff are going to respond in this

908
01:16:24,097 --> 01:16:26,617
type of scenario. So they make it as real as

909
01:16:26,657 --> 01:16:29,657
possible, uh, staff members either play the role of a

910
01:16:29,657 --> 01:16:31,737
teacher or a role of a student. They will actually

911
01:16:31,737 --> 01:16:37,177
be placed in classrooms and such roles after initial presentation,

912
01:16:37,177 --> 01:16:39,657
um, at the beginning, the training will last about 30

913
01:16:39,697 --> 01:16:44,377
minutes. Um, and they will have some sound effects and

914
01:16:44,377 --> 01:16:47,377
they'll come in with their actual weapons tagged out. So

915
01:16:47,377 --> 01:16:50,297
they are safe. And they will clear our building just

916
01:16:50,318 --> 01:16:53,897
like they would clear in a real event. Um, and

917
01:16:53,918 --> 01:16:57,577
then afterwards, um, they will come back and bring staff

918
01:16:57,598 --> 01:17:00,057
in for kind of a debriefing. Like I talked earlier

919
01:17:00,478 --> 01:17:04,377
after action kind of summary. We had a lot of

920
01:17:04,478 --> 01:17:08,617
positive feedback last year. Certainly it's, uh, it's an emotional

921
01:17:08,798 --> 01:17:10,937
exercise that we've gotten to the point that we have

922
01:17:10,937 --> 01:17:13,497
to do this. But it's important that we train our

923
01:17:13,518 --> 01:17:18,037
staff that they can react appropriately and respond quickly. And

924
01:17:18,037 --> 01:17:20,453
these kind of settings. So I know that's a big

925
01:17:20,493 --> 01:17:23,013
item. I'll stop and see if the questions about our

926
01:17:23,053 --> 01:17:27,813
active shooter exercise. And that is a designated professional development

927
01:17:27,853 --> 01:17:31,462
day. It is an early out. And again, September 23rd

928
01:17:31,502 --> 01:17:35,583
is the date. Do you have a question? Go ahead.

929
01:17:35,844 --> 01:17:43,162
Does the exercise include trauma. Does it include trauma in?

930
01:17:43,162 --> 01:17:45,802
Yeah. Like for instance, uh, are the teachers taught to.

931
01:17:47,079 --> 01:17:50,305
Take care of somebody that's been hurt. Or I mean,

932
01:17:50,486 --> 01:17:51,825
how is, how is that? Is that going to be

933
01:17:51,825 --> 01:17:54,545
a part of it? We have exposed, uh, some of

934
01:17:54,545 --> 01:17:58,385
our staff members primarily administrators to, uh, civilian response and

935
01:17:58,425 --> 01:18:04,235
critical care that's put on for, um, by DCJS. And

936
01:18:04,235 --> 01:18:08,075
really, and they will cover this, um, law enforcement cover

937
01:18:08,096 --> 01:18:11,515
before this exercise, but they say our job is to

938
01:18:11,616 --> 01:18:14,615
stop the killing and stop to dying afterwards. And, um,

939
01:18:14,816 --> 01:18:16,875
I hate to use that terminology, but that's what they

940
01:18:17,056 --> 01:18:19,755
use. Um, and that's part of it is you get

941
01:18:19,795 --> 01:18:23,435
that building as safe as possible as quick as possible.

942
01:18:24,093 --> 01:18:26,792
And they will tell our staff members, you know, you

943
01:18:26,792 --> 01:18:28,792
might be in this room for an extended amount of

944
01:18:28,832 --> 01:18:30,952
time. Even after we come in and check it, we're

945
01:18:30,952 --> 01:18:33,592
not letting you out. We need to clear the hallways.

946
01:18:33,592 --> 01:18:35,672
Um, we need to make sure we get medical personnel

947
01:18:35,712 --> 01:18:38,472
on site. Um, and provide care where we can provide

948
01:18:38,653 --> 01:18:43,588
care. Um, so it will be very real. And again,

949
01:18:44,009 --> 01:18:46,788
they want us to act as roles possible, law enforcement

950
01:18:46,809 --> 01:18:49,588
is going to treat it like an actual training exercise

951
01:18:49,769 --> 01:18:52,468
like they would any other thing that they train for.

952
01:18:53,734 --> 01:18:56,991
So that include medical as well. We did not have

953
01:18:57,092 --> 01:19:00,271
medical there. I think they will cover the medical care

954
01:19:01,492 --> 01:19:04,351
and the need. If the need to get medical care

955
01:19:04,372 --> 01:19:07,631
in there in the presentation prior to the exercise, they'll

956
01:19:07,631 --> 01:19:09,631
say, Hey, you might be in the room for extended

957
01:19:09,671 --> 01:19:12,191
period of time because we have to do this or

958
01:19:12,191 --> 01:19:14,831
we have to block this off or we might have

959
01:19:14,852 --> 01:19:18,031
to evacuate the building at some point. So in order

960
01:19:18,071 --> 01:19:19,551
to do that, they need to make sure things are

961
01:19:19,572 --> 01:19:22,191
safe. Well, I guess my, uh, be a little more

962
01:19:22,191 --> 01:19:24,111
clear on my question. I mean, we're going to make

963
01:19:24,111 --> 01:19:28,911
this real, um, shouldn't we include medical personnel like first

964
01:19:28,951 --> 01:19:35,001
responders, uh, EMT, that kind of thing. To, to at

965
01:19:35,001 --> 01:19:37,161
least show up. It'd be something we can talk about

966
01:19:37,662 --> 01:19:41,625
incorporating. We've not had actors in these roles. You're not

967
01:19:41,886 --> 01:19:46,545
going to have that during the active shooter situation. I

968
01:19:46,545 --> 01:19:51,465
mean, as a deputy sheriff, when I was a deputy

969
01:19:51,486 --> 01:19:55,785
sheriff and gone through this training, I'm going to step

970
01:19:55,825 --> 01:20:01,465
over, unfortunately, as bad as it sounds. I can't focus.

971
01:20:01,465 --> 01:20:03,225
No, no, that's not what I'm talking about. I'm smell

972
01:20:03,225 --> 01:20:04,665
what I'm talking about. I have to focus after it's

973
01:20:04,686 --> 01:20:06,585
all over. That's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking

974
01:20:06,625 --> 01:20:10,185
about, let's say for instance, you're doing that you step

975
01:20:10,185 --> 01:20:14,105
over someone. Then the communication goes back for first responders

976
01:20:14,105 --> 01:20:17,385
to come in. Like EMT and stuff like that. Most

977
01:20:17,385 --> 01:20:19,865
responders in a, in a scene. I'm talking about the

978
01:20:19,886 --> 01:20:25,381
communication part. Yeah. But you can't have first responders in

979
01:20:25,381 --> 01:20:28,189
there till that scene is safe. You don't practice it.

980
01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:34,939
The whole idea is to neutralize the part of this

981
01:20:35,040 --> 01:20:39,819
part of the scenario should include your ambulances and EMT

982
01:20:40,080 --> 01:20:43,499
showing up after everything is done. So they'll know what

983
01:20:43,499 --> 01:20:48,539
to do. I'm sure I'm positive that if that type

984
01:20:48,539 --> 01:20:52,699
of a situation happened in this county, not only are

985
01:20:52,739 --> 01:20:58,299
the dispatchers sending out our people, but they're also going

986
01:20:58,320 --> 01:21:02,299
on and send out your rescue units. And they stage

987
01:21:02,320 --> 01:21:06,859
themselves X amount of, you know, whether it's a mile

988
01:21:06,899 --> 01:21:10,299
away or two miles, but their staged. And when the

989
01:21:10,560 --> 01:21:13,499
scene, when we get the scene safe, we'll call those

990
01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:19,485
rescue people on. Yes. Yes, you will stay. They know,

991
01:21:19,485 --> 01:21:21,485
yes, it is part of the training. And if I

992
01:21:21,485 --> 01:21:23,645
could provide an update on that. So this summer we

993
01:21:23,685 --> 01:21:27,085
did have a, um, uh, want to thank Ms. Weiner.

994
01:21:27,085 --> 01:21:30,285
Mr. Hartley and I and our team had attended incident

995
01:21:30,386 --> 01:21:35,165
command. There's a lot in coordinating resources. But that happens

996
01:21:35,205 --> 01:21:39,165
as something that, um, the coordination of resources, that training

997
01:21:39,186 --> 01:21:42,445
is separate from this training. I think they would overlap

998
01:21:42,626 --> 01:21:44,925
at some point in the real world, but again, I

999
01:21:45,106 --> 01:21:49,525
want to thank emergency management. Um, and the trainer, we

1000
01:21:49,525 --> 01:21:51,405
ask somebody that came all the way from Chesapeake who

1001
01:21:51,405 --> 01:21:54,765
does this for all the school districts in coordinating services

1002
01:21:55,506 --> 01:21:59,245
with multiple agencies, uh, during a crisis. You can speak

1003
01:21:59,245 --> 01:22:01,085
a little bit more about that training. I'd be happy

1004
01:22:01,125 --> 01:22:04,925
to. Thank you. Um, this, uh, training we attended over

1005
01:22:04,965 --> 01:22:10,605
the summer, when medical personnel would come in, um, and

1006
01:22:10,605 --> 01:22:13,565
to make it safe. The actual event, the tabletop exercises

1007
01:22:13,666 --> 01:22:16,765
this summer was for a tornado. Um, but there are

1008
01:22:16,765 --> 01:22:20,125
some similarities in this and how we approach it and

1009
01:22:20,165 --> 01:22:23,485
bring those first responders in because the fire department would

1010
01:22:23,506 --> 01:22:25,645
have to get there and make sure the building's safe

1011
01:22:26,146 --> 01:22:28,205
to even enter and make sure to build in safe

1012
01:22:28,306 --> 01:22:31,885
where we can evacuate people, um, if there's injuries, where

1013
01:22:31,885 --> 01:22:33,485
do we put those people if we can move them

1014
01:22:34,226 --> 01:22:36,285
or we bring in medical personnel to treat them right

1015
01:22:36,325 --> 01:22:39,405
where they are. So to answer your question right now

1016
01:22:40,546 --> 01:22:43,725
having medical personnel on scene wasn't part of the previous

1017
01:22:43,826 --> 01:22:47,165
exercise. Certainly talk to Sergeant Holt and see if he

1018
01:22:47,165 --> 01:22:53,325
can't cover and say, yes sir. I think they want

1019
01:22:53,325 --> 01:22:57,817
to do proverbial. Hole, but I was just asking the

1020
01:22:57,817 --> 01:23:01,737
question. Right. So yeah, it's just when I say first

1021
01:23:01,777 --> 01:23:07,691
responders for this, it'll be law enforcement. This is primarily

1022
01:23:07,872 --> 01:23:10,771
for law enforcement to, I mean, we're a part of

1023
01:23:10,771 --> 01:23:14,491
it, but law enforcement, this is their training time. I

1024
01:23:14,491 --> 01:23:17,771
have been involved in the past in a exercise that

1025
01:23:17,792 --> 01:23:21,451
was at the water treatment plant years ago where I,

1026
01:23:21,491 --> 01:23:26,091
and others were injured and had multiple injuries because we

1027
01:23:26,592 --> 01:23:28,891
were trying to get out of the building. And for

1028
01:23:28,931 --> 01:23:32,791
whatever reason, you're basically told what injuries you have. And

1029
01:23:32,791 --> 01:23:36,411
that point, the ambulances were coming in. And they did

1030
01:23:36,992 --> 01:23:39,211
pick, you know, they triage and then they take us

1031
01:23:40,192 --> 01:23:42,491
in an ambulance to the hospital. And we had to

1032
01:23:42,491 --> 01:23:46,091
go through hazmat at that point. Right. But the way,

1033
01:23:46,091 --> 01:23:47,931
and I've been through one at the hospital where it

1034
01:23:47,931 --> 01:23:50,411
was an active shooter at the hospital. But I understand

1035
01:23:51,392 --> 01:23:54,791
basically they come up in the past. They've always, the

1036
01:23:54,791 --> 01:23:58,011
sheriff's office comes up with the scenario. And we just

1037
01:23:58,112 --> 01:24:00,971
go along with whatever their scenario is at the time.

1038
01:24:01,072 --> 01:24:05,131
Right. They do. And they again, they have a very

1039
01:24:05,152 --> 01:24:08,811
strong presentation at the beginning. No cover more than just

1040
01:24:09,072 --> 01:24:12,571
that. But they'll, the focus will be on our staff

1041
01:24:12,912 --> 01:24:16,411
response to an event going down. And what they need

1042
01:24:16,411 --> 01:24:18,811
to do and what they need to do for students.

1043
01:24:18,811 --> 01:24:22,571
So, I mean, lockdown is doors locked. Windows covered lights

1044
01:24:22,571 --> 01:24:26,811
out. Everybody's quiet. Those are expectations for staff during this.

1045
01:24:29,468 --> 01:24:32,407
Quick question. Um, I know when, um, I was teaching

1046
01:24:32,588 --> 01:24:35,587
we did have part of our, um, training, you know,

1047
01:24:36,028 --> 01:24:37,767
our modules that we had to do before the year

1048
01:24:37,788 --> 01:24:40,807
started was on how to address trauma. I don't know

1049
01:24:40,908 --> 01:24:44,338
if that's still part of the training. Like how to

1050
01:24:44,679 --> 01:24:47,218
do, I don't know if it was ever, you know,

1051
01:24:47,218 --> 01:24:50,338
how did you severely wounded in referring to like the

1052
01:24:50,378 --> 01:24:53,218
safe school stream? Right, right. And then we had to

1053
01:24:53,218 --> 01:24:56,978
go. I mean, we really have an act of mental

1054
01:24:56,978 --> 01:25:00,698
health support team that becomes together. They meet regularly. I

1055
01:25:00,698 --> 01:25:03,458
mean, several staff members from here are part of it.

1056
01:25:03,458 --> 01:25:06,258
We have school psychologists. No, it's not. I'm afraid physical

1057
01:25:06,298 --> 01:25:12,218
trauma. Not sorry. I misunderstood it. I wasn't clear. My

1058
01:25:12,218 --> 01:25:16,835
fault. No, I don't think it's a specific module, but,

1059
01:25:16,835 --> 01:25:21,315
uh, we're trying to get, again, we follow DCJS on

1060
01:25:21,576 --> 01:25:24,115
every step that we possibly can, whether it's a standard

1061
01:25:24,155 --> 01:25:27,955
response protocol or a reunification method. They're the ones that

1062
01:25:27,955 --> 01:25:31,295
put on the civilian response and critical care training. And

1063
01:25:31,336 --> 01:25:34,435
in that training is what they do to address wounds.

1064
01:25:34,640 --> 01:25:39,063
Okay. So teachers get something. We were working on getting

1065
01:25:39,164 --> 01:25:42,023
more and more staff exposed to it. We've actually brought

1066
01:25:42,684 --> 01:25:46,823
DCGS here before, um, Mrs. Winters brought them in to

1067
01:25:47,484 --> 01:25:51,143
the, um, to her office several times. And we've attended

1068
01:25:51,244 --> 01:26:00,252
several times. Thank you. Okay. Okay.

1069
01:26:02,778 --> 01:26:06,597
There are, uh, some stop arm data, uh, that I

1070
01:26:06,597 --> 01:26:11,077
just want to share with you, uh, quickly. And this

1071
01:26:11,117 --> 01:26:16,197
is from September 25 to July of 26. Um, and

1072
01:26:16,197 --> 01:26:20,037
you can kind of see where the peak activity rates

1073
01:26:20,077 --> 01:26:24,517
are, you know, obviously it gets a little more frequent

1074
01:26:25,658 --> 01:26:28,837
in the middle months. Um, so that's the data by

1075
01:26:28,938 --> 01:26:38,041
Bont. Ness is the high violation areas. And it doesn't

1076
01:26:38,062 --> 01:26:41,561
matter where these occur. We don't want these two occur.

1077
01:26:41,561 --> 01:26:43,961
But just to kind of put a point of reference,

1078
01:26:43,961 --> 01:26:47,961
um, number one is close to Ab and then. Number

1079
01:26:47,961 --> 01:26:51,961
two is close to body tight. George Washington, that's worth

1080
01:26:51,982 --> 01:26:56,281
elementary school short lanes. Obviously Gloucester High School. And then,

1081
01:26:56,281 --> 01:26:59,161
um, the last one, we're out 17 is close to

1082
01:26:59,262 --> 01:27:03,561
Abeden. Again, true. That's all in your area, man. Better

1083
01:27:03,561 --> 01:27:08,977
do something about that. But it's, uh, again, it's, it's

1084
01:27:08,977 --> 01:27:13,697
a good program. We are not into the stop arm

1085
01:27:14,118 --> 01:27:17,937
camera business for any sort of profit. We want the

1086
01:27:17,937 --> 01:27:20,897
behavior to stop. How much is the ticket again? It's

1087
01:27:21,078 --> 01:27:27,053
250 dollars. Needs to be 400. Yeah. So, um, and

1088
01:27:27,053 --> 01:27:29,773
again, days of the week, not a lot of variants.

1089
01:27:29,773 --> 01:27:32,393
Um, but we do have buses running on Saturdays, not

1090
01:27:32,393 --> 01:27:36,733
on Sundays. So we do see some violations on Saturdays.

1091
01:27:36,733 --> 01:27:40,253
And then, um, as you can imagine the time of

1092
01:27:40,274 --> 01:27:43,373
day, obviously in the morning and an afternoon when we're

1093
01:27:43,413 --> 01:27:45,533
transporting students, we're going to have more violations. We have

1094
01:27:45,573 --> 01:27:50,251
more stops. Um, so that, that, uh, makes sense. And

1095
01:27:50,272 --> 01:27:52,971
I think that's all the data on stop arm cameras.

1096
01:27:54,180 --> 01:28:00,479
Um, I did mention early after review, uh, process at

1097
01:28:00,519 --> 01:28:03,999
start at doing this after any event, um, had occurred

1098
01:28:04,100 --> 01:28:06,399
in a building like significant event that we had to

1099
01:28:07,140 --> 01:28:10,159
lock down or go into a secure mode or things

1100
01:28:10,159 --> 01:28:13,199
like that. Um, really what we want our people doing

1101
01:28:13,460 --> 01:28:15,999
to kind of put it quite simply is we need

1102
01:28:15,999 --> 01:28:17,999
to talk about what went well and what didn't go

1103
01:28:18,039 --> 01:28:22,079
well, where areas we can improve. This year we were

1104
01:28:22,079 --> 01:28:24,779
trying to expand to our safety drills as well. Um,

1105
01:28:24,779 --> 01:28:28,559
so I think it's an important process for reflection and

1106
01:28:28,559 --> 01:28:31,505
improvement, but this is just an example. Of what might

1107
01:28:31,686 --> 01:28:35,425
drive the conversation, um, again, we're starting to have lockdown

1108
01:28:35,446 --> 01:28:39,345
drills now. Obviously we had fire drills the first couple

1109
01:28:39,385 --> 01:28:41,025
of weeks of school. We still have a couple to

1110
01:28:41,025 --> 01:28:43,405
come before we slow down to once a month. Um,

1111
01:28:43,606 --> 01:28:48,505
so that's all that's intended to do. Safety drills. I

1112
01:28:48,505 --> 01:28:51,905
just tried to summarize real quick. We do have a

1113
01:28:52,006 --> 01:28:55,665
pretty complex sheet that talks about all our safety drills

1114
01:28:55,686 --> 01:28:57,385
and all our meetings and all. But this kind of

1115
01:28:57,385 --> 01:29:00,465
summarizes that, um, to talk about the number of fire

1116
01:29:00,486 --> 01:29:03,665
drills, um, the number of lockdown drills. We are above

1117
01:29:04,086 --> 01:29:07,265
what's required for lockdowns, but we feel like that's important.

1118
01:29:07,265 --> 01:29:11,425
Um, we do have earthquake drills, tornado drills, cardiac, arrest

1119
01:29:11,446 --> 01:29:15,825
drills and response teams. That's fairly new from last year,

1120
01:29:15,825 --> 01:29:18,265
uh, but we need to do two of those. So

1121
01:29:18,265 --> 01:29:21,985
you can imagine having a minimum of 22 drills during

1122
01:29:22,006 --> 01:29:24,865
the school year takes up some time and the, some

1123
01:29:24,865 --> 01:29:28,305
need for preparation. Um, but again, we're trying to push

1124
01:29:28,566 --> 01:29:31,025
the after action on these. And we're trying to make

1125
01:29:31,046 --> 01:29:33,825
a point to be and buildings and observe some of

1126
01:29:33,825 --> 01:29:40,437
these drills ourselves. Mr. Hartley. Yes, ma'am. For all of

1127
01:29:40,477 --> 01:29:45,237
these drills, um, does anybody in the school know that

1128
01:29:45,277 --> 01:29:48,557
they're going to take place other than administration? I mean,

1129
01:29:49,018 --> 01:29:51,637
our teachers made aware that they're going to have droles

1130
01:29:51,677 --> 01:29:54,677
or some of these are not done that way. Some

1131
01:29:54,698 --> 01:29:57,157
of them should not be done that way. Um, I'll

1132
01:29:57,157 --> 01:30:00,517
take a lock ground. Well, fire drills. We don't really

1133
01:30:00,557 --> 01:30:04,277
need advance warning for fire drill. Um, we need to

1134
01:30:04,277 --> 01:30:06,437
know what people are going to do. Um, we do

1135
01:30:06,458 --> 01:30:09,477
have some discussions. We try to provide minimal disruptions to

1136
01:30:09,517 --> 01:30:12,037
things like lunch, but we ask them to talk to

1137
01:30:12,077 --> 01:30:14,337
their staff about what would you do if there was

1138
01:30:14,337 --> 01:30:16,917
a fire drill during lunch? Like what are the steps?

1139
01:30:16,957 --> 01:30:19,157
Because your behaviors and your responses would be a little

1140
01:30:19,157 --> 01:30:22,837
different during lunch than would be why you're in class.

1141
01:30:22,837 --> 01:30:26,117
Um, lockdown drills were required to provide at least 24

1142
01:30:26,138 --> 01:30:29,317
hours to notice to families, um, before we do a

1143
01:30:29,357 --> 01:30:32,277
lockdown drill. It doesn't mean we can't provide more than

1144
01:30:32,458 --> 01:30:34,757
24 hours, but that kind of gives people an idea

1145
01:30:34,797 --> 01:30:38,277
that once coming because, you know, word kind of gets

1146
01:30:38,277 --> 01:30:42,597
out. But we want them to be, um, is responsive

1147
01:30:42,618 --> 01:30:45,797
as possible if we provide too much information ahead of

1148
01:30:45,837 --> 01:30:48,257
time and planning out ahead of time, then we're not

1149
01:30:48,257 --> 01:30:50,837
getting a real response that we want. That's what I

1150
01:30:50,837 --> 01:30:52,997
was, I guess that's what I was getting at is

1151
01:30:53,037 --> 01:30:55,797
if you, if they have prior knowledge of it, they're

1152
01:30:55,978 --> 01:30:59,397
going to be prepared for it. So are sometimes they

1153
01:30:59,437 --> 01:31:01,317
don't know what time it's going to take place. They

1154
01:31:01,317 --> 01:31:03,797
may know it's going to be during the day at

1155
01:31:03,797 --> 01:31:06,437
some point, but not necessarily time. They might not. It's

1156
01:31:06,437 --> 01:31:08,997
like during the week before, you know, secondary schools might

1157
01:31:09,037 --> 01:31:11,357
do an all call on a Sunday and say, we

1158
01:31:11,357 --> 01:31:13,877
do have a lockdown drill this week. Okay. So they

1159
01:31:13,877 --> 01:31:16,757
have some idea there this week, but we're not saying,

1160
01:31:16,757 --> 01:31:20,720
Hey, it's going to be Tuesday at nine o'clock. Okay.

1161
01:31:20,741 --> 01:31:26,704
Good. Um, we did last year when we started, um,

1162
01:31:27,225 --> 01:31:29,204
we need to make sure we have a strong response

1163
01:31:29,305 --> 01:31:32,324
to answer your question a little bit deeper. The cardiac,

1164
01:31:32,324 --> 01:31:35,604
um, response drills. Those were kind of scheduled because we

1165
01:31:35,604 --> 01:31:38,324
needed all our team members to be part of it.

1166
01:31:38,324 --> 01:31:41,924
Um, so it's a really a practice and learn kind

1167
01:31:41,924 --> 01:31:43,604
of thing. So this is our second year doing it.

1168
01:31:43,604 --> 01:31:46,391
So is that the AED. At part of it is

1169
01:31:46,572 --> 01:31:49,271
the AD. We have to have people that are first

1170
01:31:50,652 --> 01:31:59,523
aid in CPR certified. Okay.

1171
01:32:01,384 --> 01:32:03,843
I'm going to work backwards for a moment on this

1172
01:32:03,883 --> 01:32:06,083
one. Um, just to talk about some of the things

1173
01:32:06,083 --> 01:32:07,923
that we have in place. I talked about our partnership

1174
01:32:07,944 --> 01:32:14,003
with the county. Really, that's when we apply for SORO

1175
01:32:14,104 --> 01:32:18,803
grant. And that's where we push to have SROs in

1176
01:32:18,803 --> 01:32:22,363
every building. Um, if you remember several years ago, it

1177
01:32:22,363 --> 01:32:24,243
was just middle school and high school. Now we do

1178
01:32:24,243 --> 01:32:28,322
have them in every building. Um, we kind of work

1179
01:32:28,823 --> 01:32:32,382
independently with filling them in for our SSO grant, um,

1180
01:32:32,583 --> 01:32:37,122
so we have school security also. Um, really it's an

1181
01:32:37,162 --> 01:32:39,442
initiative of the sheriff's office. We were involved with the

1182
01:32:39,783 --> 01:32:43,682
school zone speed cameras. Um, currently they do have schools

1183
01:32:43,682 --> 01:32:46,302
on speed cameras and the pets worth area and the

1184
01:32:46,302 --> 01:32:50,002
Achilles area. Those citations are a little bit less. They're

1185
01:32:50,103 --> 01:32:53,282
a hundred dollars. But again, we can only run our

1186
01:32:53,383 --> 01:32:56,242
lights 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in

1187
01:32:56,242 --> 01:32:59,602
the afternoon. Um, and I don't have data available to

1188
01:32:59,642 --> 01:33:03,042
me to share with the number of violations for those.

1189
01:33:03,042 --> 01:33:06,402
Um, and you did have a chance to meet Casper

1190
01:33:06,442 --> 01:33:11,122
earlier, um, Casper was born on Halloween thus the name.

1191
01:33:11,122 --> 01:33:14,082
He has obviously arrived. He arrived, I think on August

1192
01:33:14,343 --> 01:33:17,042
the 31st, um, cabinet got to meet him on the

1193
01:33:17,082 --> 01:33:20,846
day he got here the day after. And they're going

1194
01:33:20,846 --> 01:33:27,406
through the handler selection process now. Um, again, uh, master

1195
01:33:27,446 --> 01:33:30,926
Deputy Lutz is the trainer. He is not the handler

1196
01:33:30,966 --> 01:33:33,566
for Casper. Casper will be assigned to one of our

1197
01:33:33,747 --> 01:33:37,006
SOROs. I think they're in the final steps of that.

1198
01:33:37,006 --> 01:33:40,446
And then there's some certification and things where Master Deppie

1199
01:33:40,486 --> 01:33:44,846
Lutz will be with handler, um, and, and Casper in

1200
01:33:44,846 --> 01:33:49,371
her buildings doing some initial things. Um, but really right

1201
01:33:49,371 --> 01:33:51,451
now is anticipated by the end of the month, this

1202
01:33:51,451 --> 01:33:54,411
process will be done certification. We've done. And he'll be

1203
01:33:54,672 --> 01:33:58,731
with his handler in our buildings, um, and I want

1204
01:33:58,731 --> 01:34:01,971
to rotating bases by the end of the September. So

1205
01:34:02,192 --> 01:34:06,011
things are happening quickly. And I believe Dr. Ledu mentioned

1206
01:34:06,112 --> 01:34:09,691
a dual purpose integration. He's actually also been trained as

1207
01:34:09,731 --> 01:34:12,011
a therapy dog and we'll get the certification for the

1208
01:34:12,032 --> 01:34:14,971
therapy dog. Um, I think everybody in the rooms had

1209
01:34:14,971 --> 01:34:18,091
a chance to meet Casper. They don't get much friendlier

1210
01:34:18,131 --> 01:34:22,651
than, than that. So, um, he's certainly a welcome addition.

1211
01:34:22,651 --> 01:34:25,611
Um, and he's really very good at his job and

1212
01:34:25,651 --> 01:34:28,811
his job is to snip out weapons, um, or anything

1213
01:34:28,912 --> 01:34:38,644
associated with weapons. Yes. Uh, well,

1214
01:34:39,065 --> 01:34:41,684
yes. I mean, he will stay with law enforcement. Technically,

1215
01:34:41,684 --> 01:34:45,204
I guess he's ours. We did purchase them, but we

1216
01:34:45,204 --> 01:34:49,044
need law enforcement to support us. Um, but he's already

1217
01:34:49,145 --> 01:34:52,484
been in our buildings like Dr. Validu said, um, he's

1218
01:34:52,665 --> 01:34:56,004
observed the weapon detection systems that we talked about in

1219
01:34:56,004 --> 01:35:00,964
the middle or beginning, sorry. So we believe he's going

1220
01:35:00,964 --> 01:35:03,684
to do, uh, good work in the special when we

1221
01:35:03,684 --> 01:35:06,564
have larger events. So like maybe some football games that

1222
01:35:06,604 --> 01:35:08,484
I don't come and things like that. So we look

1223
01:35:08,585 --> 01:35:11,284
forward to working with the sheriff's office and maybe potentially

1224
01:35:11,465 --> 01:35:14,149
even expand at some point in time. How are we

1225
01:35:14,250 --> 01:35:20,392
compensating Casper. Belly rubs or treats? Treats. Well, I don't

1226
01:35:20,392 --> 01:35:24,272
know if the allow treats, but belly rubs certainly he,

1227
01:35:24,312 --> 01:35:26,672
he knows how to get those, um, he got several

1228
01:35:26,712 --> 01:35:30,112
of those before the meeting started. Um, but I, I

1229
01:35:30,152 --> 01:35:32,592
can see, I mean, it kind of relieves some fears

1230
01:35:32,853 --> 01:35:34,832
that people might have had and said that you're going

1231
01:35:34,832 --> 01:35:37,392
to have a police canine in your buildings. You see

1232
01:35:37,392 --> 01:35:40,832
what we have. And he is, he's got a very

1233
01:35:40,832 --> 01:35:43,632
good, strong training background. And, um, he's going to do

1234
01:35:43,632 --> 01:35:52,768
good things. Um. I did mention safety audits. This is

1235
01:35:52,768 --> 01:35:58,048
an annual requirement for us. Um, the code cite it,

1236
01:35:58,048 --> 01:35:59,888
uh, you know, all of that information is collected. I

1237
01:35:59,928 --> 01:36:02,288
just want to report out that all our schools have

1238
01:36:02,309 --> 01:36:05,728
submitted their safety surveys and the division surveys been completed

1239
01:36:05,749 --> 01:36:10,119
as well. So that criteria has been met. And then,

1240
01:36:10,119 --> 01:36:14,359
uh, next step, we are always working to add to

1241
01:36:14,399 --> 01:36:18,359
our safety, um, we are exploring some options for safety

1242
01:36:18,380 --> 01:36:21,319
apps. Um, the several products out there. So we're trying

1243
01:36:21,319 --> 01:36:24,519
to find what works best. Um, our first step in

1244
01:36:24,519 --> 01:36:28,679
that is to just secure the safety app. Um, after

1245
01:36:28,700 --> 01:36:30,839
that, I think people have heard more and more about

1246
01:36:31,100 --> 01:36:34,759
wearables. I know some legislation that really simply says they're

1247
01:36:34,860 --> 01:36:38,739
allowed to have wearables. I think we were before, um,

1248
01:36:39,020 --> 01:36:41,079
but it's just a little more clear. So we do

1249
01:36:41,340 --> 01:36:45,319
want to at some point in time obtain wearables that

1250
01:36:45,500 --> 01:36:49,159
really cut down on law enforcement's response time. If the

1251
01:36:49,180 --> 01:36:52,679
need to call 911, but also gives us the ability

1252
01:36:52,780 --> 01:36:56,279
to lock down buildings, um, from anywhere, um, by any

1253
01:36:56,300 --> 01:36:58,759
staff member. And that's a practice we put in place

1254
01:36:58,780 --> 01:37:01,959
a couple years ago. Um, it's very important that everybody

1255
01:37:02,060 --> 01:37:04,759
knows that anybody can call a lockdown. You see something,

1256
01:37:04,759 --> 01:37:09,879
say something. Um, and then we will start next week.

1257
01:37:09,879 --> 01:37:12,439
What the division wide safety committees, the expectations been stated

1258
01:37:12,620 --> 01:37:14,519
and made clear to schools that they need to meet

1259
01:37:15,180 --> 01:37:17,399
at a minimum on a monthly basis, um, at the

1260
01:37:17,439 --> 01:37:19,639
school level. So we have division and school level safety

1261
01:37:19,639 --> 01:37:22,599
team meetings. Um, they try to meet ahead of the

1262
01:37:22,620 --> 01:37:25,719
division team so they can bring concerns back to us.

1263
01:37:25,719 --> 01:37:27,559
Uh, and it won't be long before we have parents

1264
01:37:27,900 --> 01:37:31,079
safety advisory meetings starting back up. And then the last

1265
01:37:31,079 --> 01:37:33,959
thing that I'll cover this evening is the school safety

1266
01:37:34,540 --> 01:37:38,965
equipment grant. This is something that we apply for and

1267
01:37:39,005 --> 01:37:41,845
been fortunate every year for the last at least five

1268
01:37:41,885 --> 01:37:45,765
years of getting awarded something, um, sometimes we get a

1269
01:37:45,765 --> 01:37:48,725
little bit more than others, but we used this grant

1270
01:37:48,746 --> 01:37:52,165
to do things like the Achilles security festival. But now

1271
01:37:52,346 --> 01:37:56,565
we're really focusing on door access controls. Um, focusing on

1272
01:37:56,666 --> 01:37:59,685
cameras because they've made a lot of improvements on cameras.

1273
01:37:59,685 --> 01:38:02,325
Um, and we're working in incorporating some vape detectors where

1274
01:38:02,506 --> 01:38:05,925
that's appropriate. Again, we do look at some servers and

1275
01:38:05,925 --> 01:38:08,005
things like that. But those are the big things that

1276
01:38:08,186 --> 01:38:13,559
are really covered for safety. So with that, I will

1277
01:38:13,559 --> 01:38:17,005
stop and see if there's any questions. Or more information

1278
01:38:17,346 --> 01:38:19,805
I can provide. Just a quick question about the cameras.

1279
01:38:19,906 --> 01:38:26,045
Where is the thought to put them? The new cameras.

1280
01:38:26,045 --> 01:38:29,245
Really don't have a lot of new locations. Our technology

1281
01:38:29,245 --> 01:38:33,085
staff goes around with like security staff at different buildings

1282
01:38:33,426 --> 01:38:36,525
and administrators, different buildings and say is an area that

1283
01:38:36,565 --> 01:38:38,605
you can't see or you feel like it's a problematic

1284
01:38:38,626 --> 01:38:41,245
area. If they identify those and then we might put

1285
01:38:41,285 --> 01:38:44,445
a new camera there, um, we're really, we're, we got

1286
01:38:44,445 --> 01:38:46,445
a lot of cameras in our buildings already, but these

1287
01:38:46,706 --> 01:38:50,765
there's better cameras out there. The technology's better. Um, you

1288
01:38:50,765 --> 01:38:53,085
get cameras that, you know, go from a single view

1289
01:38:53,106 --> 01:38:56,205
to almost a 360 degree view. Cause I got several

1290
01:38:56,226 --> 01:38:59,165
lenses on them. Um, and just the clarity on them

1291
01:38:59,586 --> 01:39:02,765
is better. And, you know, after a while they just,

1292
01:39:02,805 --> 01:39:12,693
they're just not as good. To Mr.

1293
01:39:12,733 --> 01:39:15,013
Harley and his team for working on this. We, we

1294
01:39:15,114 --> 01:39:19,093
don't restore the summer as well as sheriff Warren and

1295
01:39:19,194 --> 01:39:23,413
emergency management because we were there half a day. Having

1296
01:39:23,434 --> 01:39:27,493
very detailed discussions about how all this works. And again,

1297
01:39:27,674 --> 01:39:31,013
sheriff Warren with a program which was so helpful in

1298
01:39:31,053 --> 01:39:34,613
identifying and adding another layer to weapons detection. So again,

1299
01:39:34,794 --> 01:39:37,773
we can't do this work for our community partners. So

1300
01:39:37,773 --> 01:39:40,613
kudos to Sheriff Warren, his team as well as emergency

1301
01:39:40,653 --> 01:39:44,703
management. Yep. Thank you. I would like to say something

1302
01:39:44,804 --> 01:39:47,903
real quick. Uh, Mr. Hartley, thank you for making that

1303
01:39:48,884 --> 01:39:52,383
slide about the, uh, cameras from the buses. I don't

1304
01:39:52,423 --> 01:39:56,336
think people really. Understand how important it is to stop

1305
01:39:56,517 --> 01:40:00,396
at a school bus. When the lights come on. Stop.

1306
01:40:00,396 --> 01:40:03,012
It's not a race car to pass. As fast as

1307
01:40:03,012 --> 01:40:04,852
you can. As soon as you see the yellow lights

1308
01:40:04,892 --> 01:40:08,932
flashing, um, because it's Kid's life at stake. So thank

1309
01:40:08,932 --> 01:40:11,652
you for giving us that. And we can't emphasize that

1310
01:40:11,692 --> 01:40:14,852
enough. And you, you can see after a couple of

1311
01:40:14,852 --> 01:40:18,532
years of implementation, we still have a significant number of

1312
01:40:19,353 --> 01:40:23,092
violations that we're citing. Um, I will say, and I'd

1313
01:40:23,092 --> 01:40:25,952
have to go back to proved his data point. But

1314
01:40:25,952 --> 01:40:27,812
when, you know, we started this, they said rarely do

1315
01:40:27,812 --> 01:40:31,332
you have somebody to get a second offense. Cause you

1316
01:40:31,332 --> 01:40:35,332
know, 250 dollars things a little bit, that number that

1317
01:40:35,372 --> 01:40:38,372
we're dealing with. We really wish to bring it down.

1318
01:40:38,372 --> 01:40:41,172
Again, our goal is not for money is to stop

1319
01:40:41,193 --> 01:40:43,812
the behavior. Like I said, I thank you for putting

1320
01:40:43,913 --> 01:40:47,252
that because that's when one of my biggest questions is

1321
01:40:47,353 --> 01:40:49,932
how effective is it? What are we looking at? Is

1322
01:40:49,932 --> 01:40:53,172
the community responding? Are they still being a knuckleheads behind

1323
01:40:53,212 --> 01:41:02,715
the wheel. Right. Okay. Um, academic

1324
01:41:02,816 --> 01:41:07,195
achievement state and federal targets, Dr. Freeze and Dr. Migas.

1325
01:41:10,701 --> 01:41:14,120
Good evening, Ms. Parker. Board members, Dr. V'Adou. Dr. Mickesen,

1326
01:41:14,120 --> 01:41:15,880
I have the pleasure this evening of sharing with you

1327
01:41:15,920 --> 01:41:18,920
some division assessment results from last school year. So from

1328
01:41:19,101 --> 01:41:24,652
2025, 26. So these are directly related to goal 1

1329
01:41:24,692 --> 01:41:26,252
in the strategic plan, which is that all of our

1330
01:41:26,292 --> 01:41:29,132
students meet are exceed all annual state and federal performance

1331
01:41:29,313 --> 01:41:31,852
benchmarks. We recognize that those are just benchmarks, but they

1332
01:41:31,892 --> 01:41:35,549
serve as a foundation for a grade level readiness. And

1333
01:41:35,549 --> 01:41:38,189
then beyond. So for collagen career preparation, um, and then

1334
01:41:38,370 --> 01:41:42,337
excellence in citizenship and academic achievement as well. So I'm

1335
01:41:42,377 --> 01:41:45,217
pleased to report this evening, um, that Gloucester County public

1336
01:41:45,238 --> 01:41:48,497
schools has ranked 18th in the state of Virginia at

1337
01:41:48,518 --> 01:41:51,537
the end of last year. That's based on state ranking

1338
01:41:51,577 --> 01:41:56,017
reports from our comprehensive instructional program. They consolidate pass rates

1339
01:41:56,017 --> 01:41:58,977
for all 131 school divisions in the state and then

1340
01:41:58,977 --> 01:42:01,937
provide that ranking. So you'll notice steady improvement over the

1341
01:42:01,958 --> 01:42:04,417
past four school years from 30 second in the year

1342
01:42:04,438 --> 01:42:07,697
ending in 2023. Um, all the way up to 18th

1343
01:42:07,697 --> 01:42:10,932
at the end of last school year. We also always

1344
01:42:11,193 --> 01:42:14,052
want to compare ourselves to the 17 school divisions that

1345
01:42:14,233 --> 01:42:17,092
are in region three. You'll see that we again rank

1346
01:42:17,113 --> 01:42:20,212
at the top. That is for the second consecutive year.

1347
01:42:20,212 --> 01:42:22,132
Um, so proud of the work that our students and

1348
01:42:22,153 --> 01:42:25,572
teachers and administrators have performed in making this rankings possible.

1349
01:42:25,572 --> 01:42:28,852
So we're not only performing well statewide, but also here

1350
01:42:28,873 --> 01:42:33,311
within our region right at the top. And our success

1351
01:42:33,332 --> 01:42:36,911
in region three actually spans all three core content areas.

1352
01:42:36,911 --> 01:42:38,671
So we are ranked number one overall in the region

1353
01:42:38,772 --> 01:42:42,351
from mathematics. Number two overall for reading. And number three

1354
01:42:42,452 --> 01:42:46,111
overall for science. And those are combined rankings across elementary,

1355
01:42:46,111 --> 01:42:48,511
middle and high school. Um, and we are one of

1356
01:42:48,551 --> 01:42:50,511
only two school divisions out of the 17 in the

1357
01:42:50,511 --> 01:42:52,671
region that are ranked in the top three for all

1358
01:42:52,671 --> 01:42:56,431
of those core content areas. So strong performance across the

1359
01:42:56,471 --> 01:42:59,922
board. Want to share with you a little bit of

1360
01:42:59,962 --> 01:43:04,082
information about our comparison to the state. So you'll see,

1361
01:43:04,082 --> 01:43:05,762
and this is from last school year. So you'll see

1362
01:43:05,783 --> 01:43:08,802
Gloucester County Public Schools rankings in the green bars and

1363
01:43:08,842 --> 01:43:11,842
the state of Virginia in blue. So we are outperforming

1364
01:43:11,943 --> 01:43:15,822
the state by four almost five points in reading, um,

1365
01:43:16,263 --> 01:43:19,442
almost 10 points in mathematics, um, and then seven almost

1366
01:43:19,863 --> 01:43:23,122
eight points in science. And again, that's a combined pass

1367
01:43:23,162 --> 01:43:26,882
rate across elementary, middle and high school. So now we'll

1368
01:43:26,882 --> 01:43:30,562
go into our specific scores by test and by grade

1369
01:43:30,602 --> 01:43:32,242
level for elementary. And then I'll hand it over to

1370
01:43:32,263 --> 01:43:36,442
Dr. Migas to do secondary. You'll notice a pattern. So

1371
01:43:36,442 --> 01:43:39,122
we'll first provide our comparison to the state by each

1372
01:43:39,143 --> 01:43:41,842
grade level and test, um, and then we'll provide a

1373
01:43:42,023 --> 01:43:45,162
three year trend just for Gloucester County. We're going to

1374
01:43:45,223 --> 01:43:47,762
cover the data all the way up front, um, and

1375
01:43:47,762 --> 01:43:49,842
then at the end, we'll conclude with some areas of

1376
01:43:49,863 --> 01:43:52,322
focus for this year, kind of what we attribute our

1377
01:43:52,343 --> 01:43:54,962
success last year, too, and the next steps, um, as

1378
01:43:55,002 --> 01:43:58,806
we move forward into this school year. So for our

1379
01:43:58,907 --> 01:44:02,166
elementary assessment results, we'll start with elementary reading. Um, you

1380
01:44:02,206 --> 01:44:05,286
will see grades three, grade four and grade five reading,

1381
01:44:05,286 --> 01:44:10,307
um, strongly outperforming. The state. So 72, almost 73 percent

1382
01:44:10,328 --> 01:44:18,547
in grade three reading as a pass rate five reading.

1383
01:44:20,724 --> 01:44:24,063
In a three year comparison, you'll see that grades four

1384
01:44:24,103 --> 01:44:26,223
and grades five have had a steady increase over the

1385
01:44:26,244 --> 01:44:28,843
past three school years. Um, we had a little bit

1386
01:44:28,843 --> 01:44:32,863
of a dip in grade three reading last school year,

1387
01:44:32,863 --> 01:44:35,103
which doesn't just attribute to grade three. We know that

1388
01:44:35,204 --> 01:44:37,903
K1 and two are foundational areas for our students as

1389
01:44:37,903 --> 01:44:40,863
well. Um, and we'll talk about again next steps at

1390
01:44:40,863 --> 01:44:43,903
the end on, on where we're focusing our efforts in

1391
01:44:43,943 --> 01:44:48,391
reading this year. Moving on to mathematics, you'll see again

1392
01:44:48,412 --> 01:44:51,111
that we are strongly outperforming the state and all three

1393
01:44:51,212 --> 01:44:54,951
tested grade levels at the elementary level. So performance in

1394
01:44:54,951 --> 01:44:58,311
the mid to high 80s in grade three grade four

1395
01:44:58,492 --> 01:45:01,431
and grade five. So definitely want to celebrate that work

1396
01:45:01,852 --> 01:45:04,391
almost 10 points above the state average or the state

1397
01:45:04,492 --> 01:45:07,671
pass rate more than 10 points. Um, above in a

1398
01:45:07,671 --> 01:45:11,675
couple of grade levels. And then our math performance over

1399
01:45:11,696 --> 01:45:14,075
the past three school years. So a little bit of

1400
01:45:14,176 --> 01:45:17,515
a decline in grade three mathematics from the year before,

1401
01:45:17,515 --> 01:45:19,515
um, little bit of decline in grades four and grade

1402
01:45:19,555 --> 01:45:22,395
five also, but still a very strong pass rates again

1403
01:45:22,435 --> 01:45:25,275
in the mid to high eighties, um, and proud of

1404
01:45:25,275 --> 01:45:27,435
the work again that our teachers and students have done

1405
01:45:27,536 --> 01:45:30,840
in those areas. And then we'll wrap up elementary with

1406
01:45:30,861 --> 01:45:33,960
a comparison of grade five science. You'll recall that we

1407
01:45:34,000 --> 01:45:37,560
only test science in fifth grade at the elementary level,

1408
01:45:37,560 --> 01:45:39,640
um, our pass rate last year was hovering right around

1409
01:45:39,981 --> 01:45:44,360
80 percent almost 12 points higher than the state pass

1410
01:45:44,381 --> 01:45:51,052
rate. And in a three year trend, you'll see three

1411
01:45:51,092 --> 01:45:55,052
years of very strong science performance, um, big gains from

1412
01:45:55,233 --> 01:45:58,812
2023, 24 to 24, 25, gave a little bit of

1413
01:45:58,852 --> 01:46:01,852
those gains back last year, uh, but still right at

1414
01:46:01,892 --> 01:46:05,456
that 80 percent threshold. So at this, they're looking for.

1415
01:46:05,456 --> 01:46:06,656
So this time I'll go ahead and hand it over

1416
01:46:06,677 --> 01:46:09,856
to Dr. Migas to share with you our secondary assessment

1417
01:46:09,877 --> 01:46:17,815
results. Thank you. Um, so I'm going to start by,

1418
01:46:17,815 --> 01:46:20,855
uh, sharing with you our middle school reading results. You'll

1419
01:46:20,895 --> 01:46:24,535
see grade six grade seven and grade eight reading. Once

1420
01:46:24,535 --> 01:46:27,975
again, Gloucester is in the green and the statewide pass

1421
01:46:28,015 --> 01:46:30,135
rate is in the blue. And here you can see

1422
01:46:30,236 --> 01:46:32,775
that in all three grade levels, we are a little

1423
01:46:32,775 --> 01:46:36,855
bit above the state at about 76, 77 percent across

1424
01:46:36,876 --> 01:46:42,158
all three grade levels in reading. And this is our

1425
01:46:42,179 --> 01:46:44,878
three year trend. And as you can see here, it's,

1426
01:46:44,878 --> 01:46:47,358
it's been very stable. We've been hovering around the same

1427
01:46:47,859 --> 01:46:50,478
pass rates in those mid to upper 70s for the

1428
01:46:50,478 --> 01:46:52,958
last three years. Um, across the board in our middle

1429
01:46:52,958 --> 01:46:59,139
school reading. This is our end of course reading state

1430
01:46:59,179 --> 01:47:01,619
comparison. So when we say, and of course what, what

1431
01:47:01,619 --> 01:47:03,859
I mean by that is our high school reading test.

1432
01:47:03,859 --> 01:47:06,259
Our students take that, um, in 11th grade when they

1433
01:47:06,259 --> 01:47:09,419
take English 11, um, and you can see there, we

1434
01:47:09,419 --> 01:47:13,619
are a slightly under the statewide pass rate at right

1435
01:47:13,659 --> 01:47:17,379
about 85 percent for our students in the end of

1436
01:47:17,379 --> 01:47:21,037
course reading test. And you can see our three year

1437
01:47:21,077 --> 01:47:25,517
trend. We had experienced a pretty good gain between 23,

1438
01:47:25,517 --> 01:47:28,157
24 and 24, 25. And we gave a little bit

1439
01:47:28,178 --> 01:47:32,477
of that back. Um, last year. But still ahead of

1440
01:47:32,477 --> 01:47:34,637
where we were a couple of years ago at right

1441
01:47:34,677 --> 01:47:40,472
about 85 percent last year. Moving on to math, um,

1442
01:47:40,513 --> 01:47:44,252
these are grade six, grade seven and grade eight test

1443
01:47:44,273 --> 01:47:48,012
results. I will say, um, when you look at this,

1444
01:47:48,052 --> 01:47:51,532
these are division wide results, but, um, these three tests

1445
01:47:51,553 --> 01:47:54,972
do not represent all of our students in middle school

1446
01:47:55,393 --> 01:47:57,332
in grade six, seven, and eight who take math. So

1447
01:47:57,393 --> 01:48:00,252
in middle school math, some sixth graders are taking the

1448
01:48:00,292 --> 01:48:02,812
sixth grade test. Some are taking the seventh grade tests.

1449
01:48:02,812 --> 01:48:04,412
And then when you get to grade seven and grade

1450
01:48:04,452 --> 01:48:07,292
eight, some of those students are taking algebra one or

1451
01:48:07,332 --> 01:48:10,092
geometry. So they'll be included on the next slide when

1452
01:48:10,092 --> 01:48:12,652
I show you the end of course results for our

1453
01:48:12,692 --> 01:48:15,852
high school level tests. But happy to report that across

1454
01:48:15,892 --> 01:48:18,972
the board in these three tests, um, we are above

1455
01:48:19,012 --> 01:48:23,052
the statewide average significantly above the statewide average in grade

1456
01:48:23,092 --> 01:48:26,172
six. Grade seven and grade eight math in double digits

1457
01:48:26,273 --> 01:48:28,652
in all three. In all three categories. So very happy

1458
01:48:28,652 --> 01:48:32,362
to see that. And you can see our statewide trend

1459
01:48:32,362 --> 01:48:35,082
there. We did see an increase in our grade six

1460
01:48:35,263 --> 01:48:37,722
math. Um, and a little bit of a decrease in

1461
01:48:37,903 --> 01:48:40,602
our grade seven and eight. But again, still also still

1462
01:48:40,623 --> 01:48:42,602
above the statewide average, but we did go down a

1463
01:48:42,602 --> 01:48:46,908
little bit in grade seven and grade eight. These are

1464
01:48:46,929 --> 01:48:48,988
our end of course tests. So these are our tests

1465
01:48:49,009 --> 01:48:50,668
that the students have to pass in order to get

1466
01:48:50,708 --> 01:48:54,188
those, um, high school credits. So algebra one, um, you

1467
01:48:54,209 --> 01:48:56,508
can see that we are about three points above the

1468
01:48:56,609 --> 01:49:01,388
statewide pass rate. We're just under 89 percent there Geometry,

1469
01:49:01,388 --> 01:49:04,668
we saw, um, we saw us outpacing the state by

1470
01:49:04,689 --> 01:49:07,948
about 10 points at just about 92 percent. So very,

1471
01:49:07,988 --> 01:49:10,988
very strong results there. One of the highest, um, across

1472
01:49:11,028 --> 01:49:13,868
the state. And the highest in the state in Algebra

1473
01:49:13,889 --> 01:49:16,268
too. So very happy to report. We had a 100

1474
01:49:16,308 --> 01:49:19,228
percent pass rate. There may have been a couple of

1475
01:49:19,249 --> 01:49:21,708
other school systems that were tied with us for first,

1476
01:49:21,708 --> 01:49:23,548
but we are first. So we can, we can claim

1477
01:49:23,569 --> 01:49:26,268
that for algebra too. So a great job by our

1478
01:49:26,308 --> 01:49:32,041
students and our teachers and algebra too. That's right. Yeah.

1479
01:49:32,081 --> 01:49:34,921
Nobody beat us there. Um, and then you can see

1480
01:49:35,182 --> 01:49:38,041
our three year trend. We did have a high pass

1481
01:49:38,081 --> 01:49:40,121
rate in algebra one, although it did go down a

1482
01:49:40,121 --> 01:49:43,001
few points from the prior school year. And then in

1483
01:49:43,041 --> 01:49:45,161
geometry and algebra two, you can see the trend there

1484
01:49:45,422 --> 01:49:48,041
staying about the same in geometry and seeing that increase

1485
01:49:48,542 --> 01:49:53,073
in algebra two up to a hundred percent. And then

1486
01:49:53,334 --> 01:49:56,733
our middle and high school, um, science results. So, um,

1487
01:49:56,934 --> 01:49:58,753
the first test that you see there on the left

1488
01:49:58,793 --> 01:50:01,153
side of the graph, that's our grade eight science test

1489
01:50:01,254 --> 01:50:05,473
that all of our students take currently in eighth grade.

1490
01:50:05,473 --> 01:50:07,553
And we were well above the statewide average there by

1491
01:50:07,574 --> 01:50:12,673
about nine points at about 75 percent. Uh, the vast

1492
01:50:12,694 --> 01:50:15,473
majority of our students take that in 10th grade. That

1493
01:50:15,473 --> 01:50:17,793
is the one science test that all of our high

1494
01:50:17,833 --> 01:50:21,153
school students do take. And we were above the statewide

1495
01:50:21,174 --> 01:50:24,433
average by about six points there at, uh, 82 and

1496
01:50:24,473 --> 01:50:29,249
a half percent. And here you can see the trend

1497
01:50:29,590 --> 01:50:32,849
for grade eight science and for biology. So happy to

1498
01:50:32,889 --> 01:50:34,689
report. We did see a little bit of an increase

1499
01:50:34,870 --> 01:50:37,809
in our grade eight science by about five point increase

1500
01:50:37,849 --> 01:50:39,969
there. So that was good to see. And a slight

1501
01:50:39,990 --> 01:50:42,209
dip in biology, although we're still a little bit above

1502
01:50:42,310 --> 01:50:48,209
where we were a couple years ago. And so what

1503
01:50:48,249 --> 01:50:53,409
are our areas of focus moving into this upcoming school

1504
01:50:53,430 --> 01:50:56,049
year based on the data? Certainly as Dr. Free said

1505
01:50:56,150 --> 01:50:58,609
grade three reading. We know that that's foundational for our

1506
01:50:58,649 --> 01:51:02,449
students. And that preparation really starts in kindergarten, um, but

1507
01:51:02,449 --> 01:51:03,889
we want all of our students to be reading on

1508
01:51:04,070 --> 01:51:07,089
grade level. Um, by third grade, because that sets them

1509
01:51:07,129 --> 01:51:10,849
up for success moving forward. Grade six through eight readings.

1510
01:51:10,849 --> 01:51:13,169
So you saw those scores. Um, the good news is

1511
01:51:14,150 --> 01:51:16,846
they're stable. But kind of the other side of that

1512
01:51:16,886 --> 01:51:19,246
is that they're stable. We haven't really seen growth. We've

1513
01:51:19,286 --> 01:51:21,406
been kind of in the same spot. So we are

1514
01:51:21,427 --> 01:51:25,566
focused on trying to improve those scores. Um, certainly very

1515
01:51:25,566 --> 01:51:28,286
grateful to the board for investing in those resources in

1516
01:51:28,286 --> 01:51:30,046
grade six through eight reading as well as high school

1517
01:51:30,067 --> 01:51:33,886
reading. Um, with our high quality instructional materials. And then

1518
01:51:33,907 --> 01:51:36,526
you see on there grade 11 English, that's that end

1519
01:51:36,707 --> 01:51:39,566
of course reading test that I mentioned. Algebra 1 and

1520
01:51:39,566 --> 01:51:43,246
biology. Um, and it's not that those scores weren't good,

1521
01:51:43,246 --> 01:51:46,286
but, um, it's really twofold. One is that our students

1522
01:51:46,326 --> 01:51:48,566
have to pass these tests in order to graduate. So

1523
01:51:48,566 --> 01:51:51,726
that reading test, that algebra test, that biology test, that's

1524
01:51:51,726 --> 01:51:53,246
what they have to pass in order to get that

1525
01:51:53,267 --> 01:51:55,246
diploma. So that's always going to be an area of

1526
01:51:55,427 --> 01:51:58,846
focus for us. And also, um, as Dr. Vladiux shared

1527
01:51:59,347 --> 01:52:02,446
at last month's board meeting, that grade 11 reading test

1528
01:52:02,707 --> 01:52:05,006
and that algebra 1 test, they are going to see

1529
01:52:05,046 --> 01:52:08,446
some of the biggest increases in the required cut score

1530
01:52:08,486 --> 01:52:11,246
in order to pass. So we've been very strong historically.

1531
01:52:11,246 --> 01:52:13,866
We've had good scores. We've had high graduation rates, but

1532
01:52:14,387 --> 01:52:16,526
it's not going to be enough anymore. We know our

1533
01:52:16,526 --> 01:52:18,526
performance is going to have to improve. So that is

1534
01:52:18,526 --> 01:52:20,366
why those tests are going to continue to be an

1535
01:52:20,406 --> 01:52:24,059
area of focus. And so what do we attribute our

1536
01:52:24,099 --> 01:52:26,219
growth to in those areas that we had success where

1537
01:52:26,219 --> 01:52:28,599
you saw where we were significantly above the state. You

1538
01:52:28,599 --> 01:52:31,979
saw some increases. First of all, high quality instructional materials

1539
01:52:32,080 --> 01:52:34,539
like I just mentioned. Thank you all for investing in

1540
01:52:34,579 --> 01:52:38,539
those. Um, and we're looking forward to seeing the impact

1541
01:52:38,720 --> 01:52:42,219
this year in math, K12 and in English six through

1542
01:52:42,259 --> 01:52:44,939
12. Uh, but a couple years ago the board did

1543
01:52:44,960 --> 01:52:49,099
invest over a million and a half dollars. Um, in,

1544
01:52:49,099 --> 01:52:50,939
in HMH to start off with. And then we got

1545
01:52:50,979 --> 01:52:54,059
the, um, the new materials for this year. So we

1546
01:52:54,080 --> 01:52:56,459
are very grateful for that. And I think you did

1547
01:52:56,499 --> 01:52:59,339
see the results in those, in those elementary reading scores

1548
01:52:59,440 --> 01:53:02,119
where we were, uh, well above the state averages. Um,

1549
01:53:02,560 --> 01:53:06,379
instructional and curriculum clarity. We know that being clear in

1550
01:53:06,379 --> 01:53:09,579
the classroom is really the most important thing, uh, for

1551
01:53:09,619 --> 01:53:12,499
student success. All of the research tells us that. We

1552
01:53:12,800 --> 01:53:16,619
do see the example there in parentheses building thinking classrooms.

1553
01:53:16,619 --> 01:53:21,099
That's a program that, um, an instructional method that really

1554
01:53:21,120 --> 01:53:24,379
started with our math teachers and our math coordinators have

1555
01:53:24,419 --> 01:53:27,419
to give a shout out to, um, Melanie Jenkins and

1556
01:53:27,440 --> 01:53:29,179
Kristen Heaney who brought that in a couple of years

1557
01:53:29,219 --> 01:53:32,139
ago and began with our math teachers and really started

1558
01:53:32,179 --> 01:53:36,299
getting teachers to get students more involved. It's, it's where

1559
01:53:36,339 --> 01:53:39,179
kids are getting up. They're having conversations. It's hands on.

1560
01:53:39,179 --> 01:53:41,339
It's real world. It's very engaging. And it was so

1561
01:53:41,440 --> 01:53:44,619
popular with teachers when they were doing that professional development.

1562
01:53:44,619 --> 01:53:47,499
It was so successful that other content areas, other teachers

1563
01:53:47,600 --> 01:53:49,739
wanted to be involved. And so they started expanding it

1564
01:53:49,779 --> 01:53:53,019
to teachers and pretty much every content area. So that's

1565
01:53:53,040 --> 01:53:55,739
the kind of instructional clarity and the kind of engagement

1566
01:53:56,320 --> 01:53:59,179
that really leads to student success. And we know that.

1567
01:53:59,179 --> 01:54:03,819
Um, teacher learning and administrator efficacy. When we say administrator

1568
01:54:03,920 --> 01:54:07,579
efficacy, we want our principles and our system principles and

1569
01:54:07,579 --> 01:54:09,979
buildings, not just to be managers. They're not just there

1570
01:54:09,979 --> 01:54:13,259
to do operations. They're really instructional leaders. And we want

1571
01:54:13,259 --> 01:54:16,859
them to have that efficacy to help lead the learning

1572
01:54:16,880 --> 01:54:20,299
that happens in their buildings to work with teachers on

1573
01:54:20,339 --> 01:54:22,379
a day - to - day basis, looking at standards,

1574
01:54:22,379 --> 01:54:26,059
looking at lesson plans, doing instructional walkthroughs, giving them feedback

1575
01:54:26,400 --> 01:54:29,019
and really helping them to improve their instruction. That's really

1576
01:54:29,059 --> 01:54:32,139
important. And providing those teachers with the feedback to help

1577
01:54:32,179 --> 01:54:37,059
them to improve their instruction. Um, mathematics pathways. A couple

1578
01:54:37,059 --> 01:54:40,059
of years ago, this board approved some new mathematics pathways

1579
01:54:40,160 --> 01:54:43,179
for our middle school students. And you saw some improvements

1580
01:54:43,360 --> 01:54:47,259
there, particularly with, um, grade six was a significant increase

1581
01:54:47,299 --> 01:54:49,479
in our pass rate. So thank you for that. And

1582
01:54:49,479 --> 01:54:52,299
thank you to Ms. Heaney and her team for getting

1583
01:54:52,339 --> 01:54:55,979
those matics pathways. Um, aligned to where they need to

1584
01:54:56,019 --> 01:55:01,259
be. The PLC process, our professional learning communities process and

1585
01:55:01,259 --> 01:55:03,339
feedback cycle, you all have heard us talk a little

1586
01:55:03,339 --> 01:55:06,379
bit about PLCs. Um, last year, it was our first

1587
01:55:06,480 --> 01:55:09,339
year of implementation. And I think we definitely had some

1588
01:55:09,440 --> 01:55:13,339
success as we reflected on the data, not just at

1589
01:55:13,379 --> 01:55:16,299
the division wide level, but even looking at individual grade

1590
01:55:16,339 --> 01:55:19,419
levels and teams at different schools, we could tell where

1591
01:55:19,600 --> 01:55:22,379
the, where the PLC process was really successful, where those

1592
01:55:22,379 --> 01:55:26,619
teachers were really able to come together, work together and

1593
01:55:26,659 --> 01:55:29,099
improve their instruction. They saw really good results. And so

1594
01:55:29,600 --> 01:55:33,099
as we move into year two, we've reflected on how

1595
01:55:33,099 --> 01:55:35,739
we can help to implement that even better. And we've

1596
01:55:35,739 --> 01:55:37,819
been working with our administrators to make sure that that

1597
01:55:37,920 --> 01:55:40,939
PLC process is as tight as possible and as effective

1598
01:55:40,960 --> 01:55:43,659
as possible for our teachers so that they can help

1599
01:55:43,680 --> 01:55:47,099
our students to have success. And feedback. Um, feedback is

1600
01:55:47,139 --> 01:55:49,499
huge. Uh, it's right up there with clarity in terms

1601
01:55:49,539 --> 01:55:53,339
of student success. So our students need, um, regular feedback

1602
01:55:53,840 --> 01:55:56,379
on how they're doing and, you know, are they meeting

1603
01:55:56,480 --> 01:55:58,939
the learning target? What's their progress in getting there? And

1604
01:55:58,979 --> 01:56:02,299
then teachers need feedback. They need assessment data to see

1605
01:56:02,480 --> 01:56:05,419
where are their students. Are they being successful? And they're

1606
01:56:05,419 --> 01:56:07,739
also going to get feedback from the administrators on their

1607
01:56:07,779 --> 01:56:10,379
lesson plans and on their, on their lessons, uh, and

1608
01:56:10,419 --> 01:56:12,459
it's not in a judgmental way, but it's just in

1609
01:56:12,459 --> 01:56:14,299
a way to make sure that everything we're doing is

1610
01:56:14,339 --> 01:56:17,419
really tightly aligned and, uh, really engaging for our students.

1611
01:56:17,520 --> 01:56:19,579
And then again, once again, I do have to say

1612
01:56:19,600 --> 01:56:21,979
thank you to the board, um, for supporting us with

1613
01:56:22,000 --> 01:56:24,139
the schedule change that we made at the middle schools

1614
01:56:24,139 --> 01:56:27,579
last year. We did add 20 instructional hours back in

1615
01:56:27,579 --> 01:56:29,979
middle school science and social studies. And you saw we

1616
01:56:30,019 --> 01:56:32,299
had a pretty significant gain in our pass rate for

1617
01:56:32,320 --> 01:56:34,459
science. And I don't think that that was a coincidence.

1618
01:56:34,459 --> 01:56:39,649
So I do appreciate that. And so what are our

1619
01:56:39,649 --> 01:56:41,349
next steps? Um, it's going to be a lot of

1620
01:56:41,349 --> 01:56:42,769
the things that I kind of talked about last time

1621
01:56:42,870 --> 01:56:46,369
with the continued focus on student engagement and student centered

1622
01:56:46,409 --> 01:56:50,689
instruction, building thinking classrooms, feedback, those things. Those high quality

1623
01:56:50,710 --> 01:56:54,289
instructional materials, um, teachers have them. They have been delivered

1624
01:56:54,329 --> 01:56:56,769
to the schools. They have the online access and they're

1625
01:56:56,769 --> 01:56:59,729
getting into those. Um, so we do really appreciate the

1626
01:56:59,729 --> 01:57:03,729
money that the board is invested. Our MTSS process multi

1627
01:57:03,750 --> 01:57:06,729
- tiered systems of support and systems of intervention. We

1628
01:57:06,729 --> 01:57:09,249
know that not all students are going to get it

1629
01:57:09,249 --> 01:57:11,809
the first time. So after we teach it the first

1630
01:57:11,809 --> 01:57:16,049
time and we have an assessment, we look to see.

1631
01:57:16,049 --> 01:57:17,889
Where are the students? Who's getting it? Who needs more

1632
01:57:18,070 --> 01:57:20,929
help? How are we intervening? Uh, and really having a

1633
01:57:20,969 --> 01:57:24,609
tight process for that, that's data driven. Continued refinement of

1634
01:57:24,609 --> 01:57:28,529
PLCs, as I just mentioned. And then those feedback instructional

1635
01:57:28,550 --> 01:57:32,289
cycles. And you see on their students, teachers and administrators.

1636
01:57:32,289 --> 01:57:34,529
So it really is a team approach. We all need

1637
01:57:34,550 --> 01:57:38,769
feedback. Um, throughout the entire process. And then just that

1638
01:57:38,790 --> 01:57:43,729
standards aligned curriculum standards aligned instruction and standard salon assessment.

1639
01:57:43,729 --> 01:57:46,289
Everything we do is align to those standards of learning.

1640
01:57:46,289 --> 01:57:48,929
The SOL is not just a test. It is, it

1641
01:57:48,969 --> 01:57:51,649
is the benchmark for what we do. It's the foundation.

1642
01:57:51,649 --> 01:57:54,369
So everything is aligned to those standards every day, every

1643
01:57:54,470 --> 01:57:58,369
lesson, every learning objective. Um, and then some continued investment

1644
01:57:58,550 --> 01:58:01,009
in our employee development. I know Dr. Stam has a,

1645
01:58:01,009 --> 01:58:02,849
has a presentation coming up in a moment where she's

1646
01:58:02,849 --> 01:58:05,809
going to talk about some employee development, but it is

1647
01:58:05,849 --> 01:58:07,969
a constant thing for all of us. We invest in

1648
01:58:07,969 --> 01:58:10,449
our teachers. We invest in our administrators and we really

1649
01:58:10,489 --> 01:58:13,649
are trying to help our people to grow and their

1650
01:58:13,689 --> 01:58:15,489
capacity so that they can help our students to be

1651
01:58:15,510 --> 01:58:21,066
successful. And at this time, Dr. Fries and I are

1652
01:58:21,106 --> 01:58:22,666
happy to take any questions that you all may have.

1653
01:58:25,321 --> 01:58:31,601
Anyone have a question. Command. Thank you for that presentation.

1654
01:58:31,641 --> 01:58:37,281
How are teachers adapting to the requirements from the state

1655
01:58:37,542 --> 01:58:41,946
that they just pushed down. Are you referring to the

1656
01:58:41,946 --> 01:58:45,706
increased cut scores? Correct. So really that's, it's not just

1657
01:58:45,807 --> 01:58:47,826
the teachers. It's really all of us. It's kind of

1658
01:58:47,826 --> 01:58:50,346
an all hands on deck approach. And so we are

1659
01:58:50,367 --> 01:58:53,546
implementing these new high quality instructional materials that the state

1660
01:58:53,567 --> 01:58:56,186
has told us are aligned to the standards. And our

1661
01:58:56,226 --> 01:58:58,986
teachers have really dove in and tried to work with

1662
01:58:59,007 --> 01:59:01,626
those materials. It's new. So it's a learning process for

1663
01:59:01,647 --> 01:59:03,866
everybody. We know that first year there's going to be

1664
01:59:03,866 --> 01:59:05,866
a bit of a learning curve, but I, I have

1665
01:59:05,866 --> 01:59:08,266
been in some of those PLC meetings already. I've talked

1666
01:59:08,266 --> 01:59:09,706
with some teachers and I have to say I'm very

1667
01:59:09,746 --> 01:59:12,746
impressed with, um, just kind of the way they've jumped

1668
01:59:12,767 --> 01:59:16,646
in and they've, and they've, um, kind of embraced. And

1669
01:59:16,646 --> 01:59:20,246
they understand like, okay, the standard has been raised. But

1670
01:59:20,246 --> 01:59:23,786
when we talked about it, you know, even though it

1671
01:59:24,047 --> 01:59:26,906
sounds bad when we say, okay, the cut score is

1672
01:59:26,906 --> 01:59:28,346
going to go up and our pass rate would have

1673
01:59:28,386 --> 01:59:31,146
been here, right? 10 points lower, 20 points lower, 30

1674
01:59:31,247 --> 01:59:33,706
points lower. But when you look at the pass rate

1675
01:59:33,746 --> 01:59:36,086
that's needed, the number of questions that are needed, and

1676
01:59:36,086 --> 01:59:38,826
we're not talking about making an A on a test.

1677
01:59:38,826 --> 01:59:40,946
We're talking about getting a C or a D, or

1678
01:59:40,946 --> 01:59:43,146
in some cases, not even quite a D on a

1679
01:59:43,186 --> 01:59:45,146
test. That puts in a little bit of a different

1680
01:59:45,807 --> 01:59:48,186
framework. And so when people started to understand that they

1681
01:59:48,186 --> 01:59:50,426
said, okay, you know what? We, we can get kids

1682
01:59:50,466 --> 01:59:52,906
there. So I have to say that I'm, I'm grateful

1683
01:59:53,007 --> 01:59:55,706
for the response that I've seen from teachers so far.

1684
01:59:55,706 --> 01:59:59,226
Um, yes, it is, it is pressure. Uh, in that

1685
01:59:59,226 --> 02:00:02,106
sense. But I think the fact that we're tackling this

1686
02:00:02,127 --> 02:00:05,946
head on from, from central office level, from principal level

1687
02:00:05,986 --> 02:00:07,866
to teacher level. And we're kind of all in it

1688
02:00:07,866 --> 02:00:11,511
together. I think that's really helped. Thank you so much.

1689
02:00:11,511 --> 02:00:14,191
Thank you. And if I could say, uh, something. So

1690
02:00:14,191 --> 02:00:16,231
we want to do more of the things that are

1691
02:00:16,231 --> 02:00:19,751
working and fewer things that are not. So we will

1692
02:00:19,791 --> 02:00:24,791
be able to tell true ICIP assessment, the benchmark, whether

1693
02:00:24,791 --> 02:00:27,271
strategy ABCD works not at the end of the year.

1694
02:00:27,857 --> 02:00:32,293
But in October. How is the work against similar classes

1695
02:00:33,274 --> 02:00:36,053
and other districts? Also looking our students with disabilities and

1696
02:00:36,093 --> 02:00:38,433
subgroups. You didn't see a lot of that tonight, but

1697
02:00:38,433 --> 02:00:42,213
I want our public to know we disaggregated that by

1698
02:00:42,253 --> 02:00:45,413
that. So that's the beauty of these assessments that you

1699
02:00:45,514 --> 02:00:48,853
think you're working hard. But then when it's working, then

1700
02:00:48,853 --> 02:00:50,913
that's going to be hope, give hope and optimism. And

1701
02:00:50,913 --> 02:00:54,533
so we're asking our teachers, our staff, but also we

1702
02:00:54,573 --> 02:00:57,242
haven't talked much about the parents. Their children will come

1703
02:00:57,282 --> 02:00:59,882
home and talk a little bit more about the increased

1704
02:00:59,922 --> 02:01:01,882
rigor. They'll come home and talk a little bit more

1705
02:01:01,922 --> 02:01:05,642
about, you know, their classmate experience. We're asking them to

1706
02:01:05,903 --> 02:01:09,562
trust us to lead them there, um, again, because the

1707
02:01:09,562 --> 02:01:12,042
standards are here. And we believe we have the right

1708
02:01:12,082 --> 02:01:15,082
leadership in place. And the right staff in place to

1709
02:01:15,082 --> 02:01:19,694
make difference for our children and staff and staff. I

1710
02:01:19,694 --> 02:01:22,254
think that's the message that I think parents need to

1711
02:01:22,254 --> 02:01:27,715
hear. Is that. We're committed. To bringing them to where

1712
02:01:27,715 --> 02:01:35,614
they need to be. Anyone else? The question? Um, I

1713
02:01:35,654 --> 02:01:37,134
just want to make fun of if I could. Um,

1714
02:01:37,395 --> 02:01:40,414
thanks again for this presentation. The scores are really very

1715
02:01:40,435 --> 02:01:44,254
impressive. So, you know, kudos to the whole team and

1716
02:01:44,275 --> 02:01:47,374
to our families. I am worried. I mean, the teachers

1717
02:01:47,395 --> 02:01:50,654
have had to deal with so much change, whether it's

1718
02:01:50,654 --> 02:01:55,054
division enforce change or statewide change. And it really is

1719
02:01:55,094 --> 02:01:58,414
stressing them. And can take a toll. So I really

1720
02:01:58,454 --> 02:02:04,174
am concerned about teacher stress levels and worry about burnout.

1721
02:02:04,174 --> 02:02:07,614
So, I mean, I know that they can work hard.

1722
02:02:07,614 --> 02:02:09,694
And I know they rise to the occasion, but there's

1723
02:02:09,734 --> 02:02:12,014
a level. So I just think that we need to

1724
02:02:12,054 --> 02:02:14,494
be aware of, you know, when we ask them to

1725
02:02:14,494 --> 02:02:18,654
do yet one more different thing task or how we

1726
02:02:18,694 --> 02:02:22,394
ask it and that we're listening carefully to them, um,

1727
02:02:24,195 --> 02:02:28,094
because they, you know, they, they're there, as you know,

1728
02:02:28,275 --> 02:02:30,574
you're watching them in the trenches doing it. So we

1729
02:02:30,574 --> 02:02:34,019
really need to listen to our teachers. Well, and I

1730
02:02:34,019 --> 02:02:36,179
appreciate that. And thank you for saying that. And, and

1731
02:02:36,200 --> 02:02:39,219
I would just say, you know, I'll say publicly our

1732
02:02:39,219 --> 02:02:40,979
teachers work super hard. And I, and I don't think

1733
02:02:41,160 --> 02:02:44,019
any of us can go to our teachers and say,

1734
02:02:44,019 --> 02:02:46,499
you know, please work harder. The cut scores have gone

1735
02:02:46,539 --> 02:02:48,659
up. So now you need to do more. And so

1736
02:02:48,659 --> 02:02:50,179
what I've shared with folks, when I've talked with them

1737
02:02:50,200 --> 02:02:52,579
is it's really not about doing more. It is about

1738
02:02:52,600 --> 02:02:55,859
being more focused. And it's about like Dr. Vladidoux said,

1739
02:02:55,859 --> 02:02:57,539
maybe we're going to stop doing certain things that we

1740
02:02:57,640 --> 02:03:00,099
had done and focus more on doing the things that

1741
02:03:00,099 --> 02:03:01,939
we think are going to really help us. But we

1742
02:03:01,939 --> 02:03:04,179
can't ask our teachers to do more. We are going

1743
02:03:04,179 --> 02:03:05,939
to ask them to do some different things because things

1744
02:03:05,979 --> 02:03:08,819
are, they have changed. But it's, it's not about doing

1745
02:03:09,000 --> 02:03:17,282
more. It's just about being more focused. I don't. I

1746
02:03:17,463 --> 02:03:25,927
don't. I. Have had educators reach out to me. A

1747
02:03:25,927 --> 02:03:29,367
lot more on the elementary school level in reference to

1748
02:03:29,548 --> 02:03:34,065
lesson plans. Um, I mean, one educator shared that she

1749
02:03:34,086 --> 02:03:38,625
had spent not only all day Saturday, but all day

1750
02:03:38,665 --> 02:03:42,925
Sunday and still had Monday left to go. And, but

1751
02:03:43,126 --> 02:03:48,685
explain to me that it's not just lesson plans. She

1752
02:03:48,685 --> 02:03:53,425
now has to do 17 lesson plans for just one

1753
02:03:53,446 --> 02:03:59,145
day because she's elementary level. I heard her stress. I

1754
02:03:59,206 --> 02:04:07,335
heard her frustration. It was put to

1755
02:04:07,375 --> 02:04:13,947
me, who are these lesson plans for. But just the

1756
02:04:14,048 --> 02:04:18,187
frustration alone coming out more out of that elementary school

1757
02:04:18,288 --> 02:04:25,790
level. I just think we need to definitely recognize that

1758
02:04:25,891 --> 02:04:30,510
we have educators that are going to, of course, do

1759
02:04:30,611 --> 02:04:34,110
what they're supposed to do and put that time in.

1760
02:04:34,110 --> 02:04:38,300
But I have had educators say, I'm looking. To get

1761
02:04:38,300 --> 02:04:42,700
out at another job. And that stresses me, that worries

1762
02:04:42,700 --> 02:04:47,300
me because we have good educators in these buildings. I

1763
02:04:47,300 --> 02:04:51,667
know because I've been with them. I've watched them. Um,

1764
02:04:51,688 --> 02:04:56,366
but we have some stressed out. Elementary school level educators.

1765
02:04:57,485 --> 02:05:03,826
And. I don't know what the answer is, but I

1766
02:05:03,826 --> 02:05:06,846
think it's important that you as well as, you know,

1767
02:05:07,447 --> 02:05:11,106
Dr. Vladi was aware of the stress that's out there

1768
02:05:11,146 --> 02:05:14,045
right now. And. They know the scores are going up

1769
02:05:14,546 --> 02:05:17,979
or, you know, have gone up. But we got to

1770
02:05:17,979 --> 02:05:20,993
take care of our educators. Absolutely. And you know, I

1771
02:05:20,993 --> 02:05:22,433
think you, you asked the question of who are these

1772
02:05:22,614 --> 02:05:25,393
four. And, you know, ultimately lesson plan is for a

1773
02:05:25,393 --> 02:05:27,853
student because they're the ones that are receiving instruction, um,

1774
02:05:28,774 --> 02:05:31,793
obviously they'll have more historical knowledge in the division than

1775
02:05:31,833 --> 02:05:34,273
I do, but lesson plans are not, not a new

1776
02:05:34,614 --> 02:05:39,873
expectation, um, four teachers. Um, I think we've really tried

1777
02:05:39,974 --> 02:05:42,913
to focus in with our administrators on providing quality feedback

1778
02:05:43,334 --> 02:05:46,993
on, um, a select number of, you know, criteria or

1779
02:05:46,993 --> 02:05:49,473
things that need to be included in the lesson plan,

1780
02:05:49,473 --> 02:05:51,233
just so that we can make sure that our students

1781
02:05:51,334 --> 02:05:54,753
are receiving that quality instructional delivery. Um, we never want

1782
02:05:54,934 --> 02:05:58,093
a teacher spending so much time planning that it's, you

1783
02:05:58,093 --> 02:06:01,853
know, impacting personal life impacting their delivery, um, or, you

1784
02:06:01,853 --> 02:06:04,833
know, missed our Zenivec mention that change piece. And I

1785
02:06:04,833 --> 02:06:06,513
think a big part of change management is making sure

1786
02:06:06,534 --> 02:06:11,953
that the stress doesn't trickle down to students, right? And

1787
02:06:11,974 --> 02:06:14,833
so I think, you know, to Dr. Mickey's point earlier

1788
02:06:14,854 --> 02:06:18,273
about that standards aligned curriculum instruction and assessment. It's really

1789
02:06:19,094 --> 02:06:22,733
working smarter, not harder. I think as part of the

1790
02:06:23,174 --> 02:06:28,013
MTSS process, it's deselecting things that, that aren't working. Um,

1791
02:06:28,013 --> 02:06:31,313
but making sure that our team and the instruction department

1792
02:06:31,353 --> 02:06:34,593
is there in PLCs is there in planning to support,

1793
02:06:34,593 --> 02:06:38,113
um, because I certainly recognize, you know, for elementary, especially

1794
02:06:38,214 --> 02:06:41,473
in our primary grades, you know, they're not departmentalizing. They're

1795
02:06:41,473 --> 02:06:45,713
planning for reading math, science, social studies, whole group, and

1796
02:06:45,713 --> 02:06:48,113
then reading and math small group on top of that.

1797
02:06:48,113 --> 02:06:50,753
Um, so we've asked our administrators to make sure that,

1798
02:06:50,753 --> 02:06:53,953
you know, they're reviewing some plans each week, but reviewing

1799
02:06:53,993 --> 02:06:56,753
plans without feedback that's actionable and make sense and that

1800
02:06:57,014 --> 02:07:00,913
doesn't translate to students success is not what it's about.

1801
02:07:00,913 --> 02:07:03,873
Um, it's not about checking a box for Dr. Vlidou

1802
02:07:03,913 --> 02:07:05,633
or for us or for the principal. It's really making

1803
02:07:05,633 --> 02:07:10,413
sure, um, that instruction is aligned for our students. But

1804
02:07:10,413 --> 02:07:14,353
we certainly, we have teacher council coming up next week.

1805
02:07:14,353 --> 02:07:18,033
Certainly want to get teacher feedback on that, on that

1806
02:07:18,033 --> 02:07:20,913
planning piece, um, because again, it's, it's not trying to

1807
02:07:20,934 --> 02:07:23,713
create a burden that's trying to make sure that all

1808
02:07:23,713 --> 02:07:25,873
of our instruction is aligned. So that our students are

1809
02:07:25,873 --> 02:07:29,153
getting, continuing to get, um, the best instruction that they

1810
02:07:29,153 --> 02:07:38,682
can. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Okay. Thank you very

1811
02:07:38,722 --> 02:07:48,552
much. Both of you. Great presentation. All right.

1812
02:07:48,813 --> 02:07:56,366
Dr. Stam. No. Yeah. Dr. Stam. Yes. Thank you. Good

1813
02:07:56,406 --> 02:08:00,402
evening members of the board. Madam chair, Madam Vice Chair.

1814
02:08:00,442 --> 02:08:04,162
Dr. Vo, our community members. Um, I'm so excited to

1815
02:08:04,202 --> 02:08:07,602
bring to you our employee development programs this evening. I

1816
02:08:07,623 --> 02:08:09,682
have some friends that are going to help share about

1817
02:08:09,863 --> 02:08:12,562
their experiences in our programs. And I think you're going

1818
02:08:12,562 --> 02:08:14,402
to be in for a real treat. You know, the

1819
02:08:14,423 --> 02:08:17,202
investment in our people is the investment in our kids.

1820
02:08:17,202 --> 02:08:20,002
And we try really, really hard to provide as much

1821
02:08:20,023 --> 02:08:23,522
job embedded professional developments that people can learn from each

1822
02:08:23,522 --> 02:08:26,562
other. Our experts are in our buildings. And we want

1823
02:08:26,562 --> 02:08:29,582
to make sure we continue to develop that talent. And

1824
02:08:29,582 --> 02:08:32,782
some of that talent is developed by developing others. And

1825
02:08:32,782 --> 02:08:37,025
so you'll see some of that in presentation. So our

1826
02:08:37,126 --> 02:08:40,385
strategic goal that we follow in HR is around enhancing

1827
02:08:40,425 --> 02:08:44,385
operation deficiency goal number three. You know, our theory of

1828
02:08:44,425 --> 02:08:47,985
action is to attract retained compensate and grow highly qualified

1829
02:08:48,166 --> 02:08:51,945
employees. We work really hard to grow our own. We

1830
02:08:51,945 --> 02:08:56,385
develop our people. We build leadership from within. And that

1831
02:08:56,425 --> 02:09:00,812
all goes to strength in our retention. Two of our

1832
02:09:01,153 --> 02:09:05,052
leadership pathways that just bring so much joy to my

1833
02:09:05,052 --> 02:09:08,972
life is our lead program and our aspiring leaders. Our

1834
02:09:09,073 --> 02:09:13,532
lead program takes on, um, the impact of our current

1835
02:09:13,713 --> 02:09:17,372
administrators or central office staff and works to develop their

1836
02:09:17,393 --> 02:09:20,472
leadership from where they are. So this year I was

1837
02:09:20,472 --> 02:09:23,612
very, very fortunate to work with two assistant principals in

1838
02:09:23,612 --> 02:09:26,972
our division. Um, each of them had some different ways

1839
02:09:27,153 --> 02:09:31,132
of meeting the lead expectations because it was tailored to

1840
02:09:31,132 --> 02:09:33,772
them. We took a different approach this year because we

1841
02:09:33,772 --> 02:09:36,732
had two, um, and our impact was to build strong

1842
02:09:36,833 --> 02:09:39,452
fusion ready leaders who guide schools effectively. So I'm going

1843
02:09:39,452 --> 02:09:42,792
to bring up a manda gum and Nicole Lance, two

1844
02:09:42,792 --> 02:09:43,612
of our lead participants.

1845
02:09:53,712 --> 02:09:57,611
Good evening. I'm Nicole Lance, assistant principal at Achilles. Um,

1846
02:09:57,952 --> 02:10:02,171
I was very grateful for the opportunity to, um, participate

1847
02:10:02,211 --> 02:10:03,931
in the lead program. So I'm going to share a

1848
02:10:03,931 --> 02:10:06,651
little bit about my experience and how that went for

1849
02:10:06,651 --> 02:10:10,101
me. Um, so one of the most valuable parts that

1850
02:10:10,141 --> 02:10:12,261
I found of the experience was having the opportunity to

1851
02:10:12,282 --> 02:10:15,381
step out side of my own building, um, I was

1852
02:10:15,381 --> 02:10:20,581
able to observe administration and staff at Achilles elementary as

1853
02:10:20,581 --> 02:10:23,781
well as secondary at page. Um, so that allowed me

1854
02:10:23,821 --> 02:10:27,621
to see different leadership styles, different routines in the buildings,

1855
02:10:27,621 --> 02:10:31,461
different systems, as well as how those leaders approach supporting

1856
02:10:31,501 --> 02:10:35,301
students and staff within their building. Um, what did stand

1857
02:10:35,322 --> 02:10:37,861
out to me was that leadership is not all the

1858
02:10:37,861 --> 02:10:40,981
same. Right. So it looks very different in each building.

1859
02:10:40,981 --> 02:10:43,761
Every building has its own culture, its own needs, its

1860
02:10:43,761 --> 02:10:47,301
own challenges. Um, and each administrator in our buildings, they

1861
02:10:47,322 --> 02:10:49,941
all have their own strengths with working with those and

1862
02:10:49,981 --> 02:10:53,221
their own approaches. Being able to observe those differences gave

1863
02:10:53,261 --> 02:10:56,101
me an opportunity to reflect on my own leadership practices

1864
02:10:56,682 --> 02:10:59,221
and consider strategies that I'm able to bring back to

1865
02:10:59,261 --> 02:11:06,581
my own, to my own school. As you've heard tonight,

1866
02:11:06,581 --> 02:11:10,981
um, our MTSS process, um, so what I specifically looked

1867
02:11:11,021 --> 02:11:16,181
at was our advanced tiers of MTSS, particularly how and

1868
02:11:16,221 --> 02:11:18,981
what we were doing to respond to students that are

1869
02:11:19,021 --> 02:11:24,341
struggling with academics or behaviorally. Um, so through that process,

1870
02:11:24,341 --> 02:11:27,621
Ideally, what we would do was is identify students that

1871
02:11:27,661 --> 02:11:30,901
have a need. We would provide targeted interventions for those

1872
02:11:30,941 --> 02:11:35,141
individual kids, monitor their progress, use that data to determine

1873
02:11:35,322 --> 02:11:37,141
what are we going to do next? What are our

1874
02:11:37,141 --> 02:11:39,381
next steps going to be? And as you can imagine,

1875
02:11:39,381 --> 02:11:42,581
that looks different for every single student. Um, a student

1876
02:11:42,682 --> 02:11:45,701
may respond successfully to intervention. And then they no longer

1877
02:11:45,802 --> 02:11:48,341
need that support. And that's what we want, right? We

1878
02:11:48,362 --> 02:11:51,941
want them all to succeed. Another student, however, they may

1879
02:11:52,042 --> 02:11:55,541
require intervention. We may have to adjust that intervention multiple

1880
02:11:55,562 --> 02:11:58,821
times. We may have to increase the frequency and intensity

1881
02:11:58,861 --> 02:12:01,861
of which they receive that intervention. And then in some

1882
02:12:01,861 --> 02:12:05,541
cases, we do reach the point as a MTSS committee

1883
02:12:06,282 --> 02:12:08,421
where we feel as though there may be something a

1884
02:12:08,421 --> 02:12:10,341
little more going on with the student that we need

1885
02:12:10,381 --> 02:12:13,301
support with. And we do refer them for special education

1886
02:12:13,802 --> 02:12:18,017
and potentially evaluations throughout that process. Um, looking at this,

1887
02:12:18,017 --> 02:12:20,497
the research really encouraged me to think more deeply about

1888
02:12:20,758 --> 02:12:24,897
how we are making those decisions. As you've heard tonight,

1889
02:12:24,937 --> 02:12:28,017
being very targeted with that, treating this as truly as

1890
02:12:28,038 --> 02:12:30,817
an intervention process. And like I said, with the goal

1891
02:12:30,918 --> 02:12:34,257
being that kids are moving out of that process and

1892
02:12:34,297 --> 02:12:38,737
getting what they need. As leaders in our building, it

1893
02:12:38,737 --> 02:12:43,697
is my responsibility to continue to evaluate those systems. Ask

1894
02:12:43,737 --> 02:12:46,337
whether or not those outcomes are working. Is that what

1895
02:12:46,337 --> 02:12:50,497
we intended? Was that our plan? Um, when a student,

1896
02:12:50,497 --> 02:12:52,417
a staffed, we want to make sure that we are

1897
02:12:52,438 --> 02:12:58,177
clearly identifying the concern. Um, monitoring what the intervention was,

1898
02:12:58,177 --> 02:13:00,817
how it was implemented and what the data tells us

1899
02:13:00,918 --> 02:13:04,257
throughout our progress monitoring so that we're ensuring the next

1900
02:13:04,278 --> 02:13:08,864
step for the student is what they need. My participation

1901
02:13:09,045 --> 02:13:11,024
and lead gave me the opportunity to look beyond the

1902
02:13:11,125 --> 02:13:14,704
daily responsibilities of my own building and to think more

1903
02:13:14,725 --> 02:13:18,304
broadly about leadership systems and decision making. I do appreciate

1904
02:13:18,885 --> 02:13:21,504
the administrators that open their schools and allowed me to

1905
02:13:21,525 --> 02:13:24,624
learn alongside them. And I'm grateful for the opportunity to

1906
02:13:24,885 --> 02:13:27,584
have participated in the lead program. I look forward to

1907
02:13:27,605 --> 02:13:31,104
applying what I learned through that to continuing to grow

1908
02:13:31,205 --> 02:13:33,504
as a leader and support the success of our student

1909
02:13:33,765 --> 02:13:37,984
staff and all of our schools here in Gloucester for

1910
02:13:37,984 --> 02:13:40,064
a little bit of data purposes, because I know that's

1911
02:13:40,104 --> 02:13:42,864
what we're all kind of driven by. Um, so this

1912
02:13:42,904 --> 02:13:46,624
year at Petsworth staffing students to the level of which

1913
02:13:46,664 --> 02:13:48,944
I just went through, um, was a new process for

1914
02:13:49,285 --> 02:13:52,844
PETS worth. Um, so we did form a committee. And

1915
02:13:52,844 --> 02:13:55,424
so that was all new roles to them. So I

1916
02:13:55,445 --> 02:13:59,984
implemented that. Um, we staffed 11 students throughout last school

1917
02:14:00,005 --> 02:14:03,904
year, um, two of those students. We did continue over

1918
02:14:04,005 --> 02:14:06,384
to this school year and we'll be meeting on next

1919
02:14:06,485 --> 02:14:08,384
month to kind of pick up where we left off

1920
02:14:08,485 --> 02:14:10,944
and see what baseline data we have from this year.

1921
02:14:10,944 --> 02:14:13,104
And if those interventions are still needed and what that

1922
02:14:13,104 --> 02:14:17,024
might look like, um, and we had three students who

1923
02:14:17,285 --> 02:14:20,224
the intervention worked degrade and they were dismissed and we

1924
02:14:20,325 --> 02:14:23,504
reconvened last year and everyone was comfortable that the kiddo

1925
02:14:23,544 --> 02:14:25,784
was on the right track. Um, we did end up

1926
02:14:26,085 --> 02:14:29,904
referring six of those children to special education. Um, in

1927
02:14:29,904 --> 02:14:33,664
which case 67 percent of those six were eligible and

1928
02:14:33,704 --> 02:14:37,344
found to have a specific learning disability, which all of

1929
02:14:37,344 --> 02:14:41,264
that information throughout that testing then gets that student a

1930
02:14:41,264 --> 02:14:44,704
case manager in an individualized education plan, which will provide

1931
02:14:44,744 --> 02:14:49,634
more targeted intervention specific to their needs. Does anybody have

1932
02:14:49,634 --> 02:14:54,628
any questions? Thank you.

1933
02:15:00,225 --> 02:15:02,124
Hi, my name's Amanda Gumm. I'm one of the assistant

1934
02:15:02,145 --> 02:15:06,092
principals over at page middle school. During my time in

1935
02:15:06,092 --> 02:15:08,332
the lead program, I was actually able to shadow Mr.

1936
02:15:08,433 --> 02:15:11,195
Bray Boy at the high school. Um, I found this

1937
02:15:11,296 --> 02:15:14,155
opportunity beneficial as it made me realize kind of the

1938
02:15:14,256 --> 02:15:18,075
weight of a principal's decisions. As an AP, our decisions

1939
02:15:18,115 --> 02:15:21,755
do have considerable impact, but typically to a smaller population,

1940
02:15:21,755 --> 02:15:24,315
which in my case is approximately half of page middle

1941
02:15:24,315 --> 02:15:28,212
school. But as the principal, Mr. Brave Boy's decisions affect

1942
02:15:28,393 --> 02:15:31,552
every single person in that building and their families. And

1943
02:15:31,552 --> 02:15:35,120
that's quite the heavy burden to bear. Um, my personal

1944
02:15:35,301 --> 02:15:38,880
project for the lead program was a 100 plus page

1945
02:15:39,061 --> 02:15:42,800
assistant principal's handbook. Um, being an AP is a difficult

1946
02:15:42,901 --> 02:15:47,972
job, but that first year can feel downright insurmountable. Uh,

1947
02:15:48,012 --> 02:15:50,612
you get the degree that says that you're qualified and

1948
02:15:50,652 --> 02:15:53,252
you've gotten your internship hours, but it's a very different

1949
02:15:53,673 --> 02:15:57,244
thing when you're the decision maker. One of the goals

1950
02:15:57,345 --> 02:15:59,404
of the AP handbook was to bridge kind of the

1951
02:15:59,745 --> 02:16:04,444
theory of that program with application in the school. It

1952
02:16:04,625 --> 02:16:07,884
started from a list of obstacles that APs from last

1953
02:16:07,924 --> 02:16:11,084
year who were new faced and in the questions that

1954
02:16:11,124 --> 02:16:14,585
they had and the help that they needed. Um, using

1955
02:16:14,606 --> 02:16:17,465
that list as the starting point, the handbook goes through

1956
02:16:17,505 --> 02:16:21,065
the various programs and responsibilities in AP deals with on

1957
02:16:21,105 --> 02:16:24,585
a daily basis. A personal benefit of my project is

1958
02:16:24,606 --> 02:16:27,465
that it forced me to stop and notice all of

1959
02:16:27,465 --> 02:16:30,665
the things that I did on a daily basis that

1960
02:16:30,665 --> 02:16:35,567
just kind of flew by without attention. It gave me

1961
02:16:35,668 --> 02:16:39,647
the macro view of my place both within the school

1962
02:16:40,068 --> 02:16:42,927
and then within the school district. Um, it also gave

1963
02:16:42,927 --> 02:16:46,527
me the confidence to offer my assistance to this year's

1964
02:16:46,548 --> 02:16:49,567
new APs because I want to make their first year

1965
02:16:49,908 --> 02:16:55,967
feel just hard, not insurmountable. Um, so that was a

1966
02:16:55,967 --> 02:16:58,207
great benefit to me to kind of use my knowledge

1967
02:16:58,788 --> 02:17:00,767
and provide it to these people in a quick reference

1968
02:17:00,948 --> 02:17:03,521
guide. If some of you have seen it, it is

1969
02:17:03,521 --> 02:17:07,841
quite a hefty document. Um, any questions from anybody on

1970
02:17:07,862 --> 02:17:17,393
the staff. School board. Thank you. Both of them took

1971
02:17:17,414 --> 02:17:20,673
on projects that were meaningful to them. And I will

1972
02:17:20,713 --> 02:17:24,753
say, um, they each had different outlooks because of them.

1973
02:17:24,753 --> 02:17:28,673
But Amanda's AP handbook has been used for multiple people

1974
02:17:28,934 --> 02:17:33,153
in our division, not just APs, because it's that robust.

1975
02:17:33,153 --> 02:17:34,913
And we are really appreciative of the work that she

1976
02:17:34,953 --> 02:17:37,953
put into that. Um, the next program that we have

1977
02:17:37,993 --> 02:17:40,973
is aspiring leaders program. Have you heard about this? But

1978
02:17:40,973 --> 02:17:42,753
one of the things that I think has been really

1979
02:17:43,014 --> 02:17:46,193
exciting, the energy that comes from the people in that

1980
02:17:46,193 --> 02:17:49,233
room. And then that spreads out into our schools is

1981
02:17:49,233 --> 02:17:51,953
actually amazing. Um, it's one of the things I love

1982
02:17:52,374 --> 02:17:56,193
going to these sessions each month because they bring so

1983
02:17:56,233 --> 02:17:58,673
much energy and so many great ideas. And what we're

1984
02:17:58,673 --> 02:18:01,953
doing in this is we're preparing teachers and staff for

1985
02:18:01,974 --> 02:18:05,693
administrator roles, not necessarily principle. It can be curriculum, um,

1986
02:18:05,693 --> 02:18:09,713
but they go through mentoring workshops and shadowing to make

1987
02:18:09,713 --> 02:18:13,233
sure that we're creating that pipeline that supports teacher leaders.

1988
02:18:13,233 --> 02:18:15,933
Um, some may want to remain a teacher leader, but

1989
02:18:15,933 --> 02:18:20,033
they get some really good experience from each other as

1990
02:18:20,033 --> 02:18:23,073
well as our sessions together. So I have four of

1991
02:18:23,094 --> 02:18:25,473
our participants out of the 13 that we had this

1992
02:18:25,513 --> 02:18:26,893
year that want to share just a little bit.

1993
02:18:39,287 --> 02:18:42,306
Um, my name is Jessica Chavez. I am a math

1994
02:18:42,306 --> 02:18:45,906
teacher at Peasley Middle School. You may remember me when

1995
02:18:46,007 --> 02:18:49,186
I came here to teach you how to use algebra

1996
02:18:49,207 --> 02:18:54,066
tiles maybe. So, um, but I had the privilege to

1997
02:18:54,327 --> 02:18:59,345
be accepted into the aspiring leaders program. Um, it wasn't

1998
02:18:59,385 --> 02:19:01,665
really sure what to expect from the program, but I

1999
02:19:01,705 --> 02:19:04,945
was definitely interested in it because I want to continue

2000
02:19:04,985 --> 02:19:08,225
to grow as a person. So I'm always continuing to

2001
02:19:08,566 --> 02:19:12,648
learn about myself. Just gather more information. I'm an information

2002
02:19:12,989 --> 02:19:18,046
seeker. So the aspiring leaders program gave me the opportunity

2003
02:19:18,086 --> 02:19:20,766
to learn more about myself as a leader. It helped

2004
02:19:20,806 --> 02:19:25,150
me identify what my leadership strengths are. Um, the areas

2005
02:19:25,150 --> 02:19:30,101
that I can grow in. And what my leadership style

2006
02:19:30,101 --> 02:19:33,701
is, I guess I never really understood the dynamics before

2007
02:19:33,722 --> 02:19:37,210
that go into a school. And how those different parts

2008
02:19:37,250 --> 02:19:40,890
of leadership styles and personalities really can make a school

2009
02:19:41,871 --> 02:19:46,135
great. And how important that is. Um, I also had

2010
02:19:46,476 --> 02:19:51,015
a lot of tools that we used in each session

2011
02:19:51,036 --> 02:19:54,135
that I brought back to my school. So I led

2012
02:19:54,396 --> 02:19:57,255
the School mentoring program at our school. I'm the School

2013
02:19:57,356 --> 02:20:00,668
Level Mentor. This year and last year. And I was

2014
02:20:00,668 --> 02:20:02,928
able to take some of the tools and bring it

2015
02:20:02,968 --> 02:20:06,944
back to help our new teachers. Um, feel more comfortable,

2016
02:20:06,944 --> 02:20:11,786
help the mentors. Help their mentees. So I used that

2017
02:20:11,887 --> 02:20:15,125
tool. Um, but I feel like I discovered more about

2018
02:20:15,546 --> 02:20:17,925
myself through these sessions than I have in a long

2019
02:20:17,925 --> 02:20:21,165
time. I feel like I know myself pretty well. But

2020
02:20:21,506 --> 02:20:26,685
we went through learning about different leadership styles, um, the

2021
02:20:26,685 --> 02:20:28,205
things that are important to us. And I guess I

2022
02:20:28,226 --> 02:20:32,965
just never understood that about myself before now. Um, so

2023
02:20:33,005 --> 02:20:36,153
that was really important to me. I also enjoyed having

2024
02:20:36,174 --> 02:20:39,273
people from the district come and share their struggles in

2025
02:20:39,313 --> 02:20:44,162
leadership and their pathways. Uh, their experience helped and their

2026
02:20:44,162 --> 02:20:48,387
advice. Moving forward. It's sort of eye - opening. Um,

2027
02:20:48,427 --> 02:20:53,021
I walked into each session. Very excited. To learn something

2028
02:20:53,122 --> 02:20:56,381
new. And every time it was over, I wanted there

2029
02:20:56,381 --> 02:20:58,941
to be another one. And I'm really hoping that there's

2030
02:20:58,941 --> 02:21:03,661
a 2. 0 coming. But I really did enjoy it.

2031
02:21:03,701 --> 02:21:06,941
I felt like every time I left, I felt so

2032
02:21:07,202 --> 02:21:12,141
motivated to just continue my leadership pathway. And just to

2033
02:21:12,141 --> 02:21:15,021
go bring this great information back to the school and

2034
02:21:15,021 --> 02:21:18,621
back to my colleagues and to my students. Um, so

2035
02:21:18,642 --> 02:21:21,101
one of the biggest impacts that the program had on

2036
02:21:21,101 --> 02:21:26,104
me was addressing my fears about moving to administration. I.

2037
02:21:27,261 --> 02:21:29,960
See some of what the leadership deals with in our

2038
02:21:30,000 --> 02:21:32,840
school. And I see them running around and handling business

2039
02:21:33,821 --> 02:21:37,080
and taking care of things and keeping it all together.

2040
02:21:37,080 --> 02:21:39,480
And that's a little overwhelming when you really pay attention

2041
02:21:39,501 --> 02:21:42,720
to the details. Um, and I was a little worried

2042
02:21:42,760 --> 02:21:45,360
about moving into a leadership role in how that would

2043
02:21:45,621 --> 02:21:49,340
change how I impact the students because I really, um,

2044
02:21:49,621 --> 02:21:51,680
that's why I do this because I really love it.

2045
02:21:52,325 --> 02:21:55,104
Um, but through the program, I realized that leadership gives

2046
02:21:55,144 --> 02:21:58,624
you another way to support the students, the teachers, the

2047
02:21:58,885 --> 02:22:03,290
entire school and the community. Um, and I also discovered,

2048
02:22:03,290 --> 02:22:07,748
I guess what makes me truly happy is serving. I

2049
02:22:07,769 --> 02:22:09,668
never really could put a word to it until I

2050
02:22:09,668 --> 02:22:13,076
went through this program. So I enjoy serving not just

2051
02:22:13,116 --> 02:22:15,716
my school, not just my students, not just the parents,

2052
02:22:15,716 --> 02:22:20,388
but the community as a whole. I really enjoyed the

2053
02:22:20,489 --> 02:22:23,988
value of being challenged. That was great. So we had

2054
02:22:24,169 --> 02:22:28,148
mock interviews. Um, we had our resume critiqued just right

2055
02:22:28,148 --> 02:22:31,417
out there in the open. It was fantastic. Uh, sometimes

2056
02:22:31,678 --> 02:22:34,697
I have a really difficult time seeing these qualities in

2057
02:22:34,697 --> 02:22:36,537
myself that other people see. And it's not because I

2058
02:22:36,798 --> 02:22:40,057
think less of myself. I just kind of, it's my

2059
02:22:40,097 --> 02:22:43,178
normal. And I just do it. Um, so it's really

2060
02:22:43,199 --> 02:22:45,738
difficult for me to point out what makes me maybe

2061
02:22:45,778 --> 02:22:48,538
stand above someone else in a leadership perspective. But this

2062
02:22:48,639 --> 02:22:52,218
program really, um, helped with that because I got to

2063
02:22:52,218 --> 02:22:55,898
work alongside other educators and leaders that were able to

2064
02:22:55,919 --> 02:23:00,218
help me point out that leadership experience. And it helped

2065
02:23:00,239 --> 02:23:03,418
me also see sort of how to take something and

2066
02:23:03,458 --> 02:23:05,658
turn it into leadership experience because that's what it is.

2067
02:23:06,879 --> 02:23:11,338
Um, so with all of this, I finally had the

2068
02:23:11,439 --> 02:23:16,218
realization and the confidence that, um, I don't think I

2069
02:23:16,218 --> 02:23:18,138
would have gained anywhere else. I don't think I would

2070
02:23:18,178 --> 02:23:19,738
have found this reading a book. I don't think I

2071
02:23:19,738 --> 02:23:21,338
would have found this doing research. I don't think I

2072
02:23:21,378 --> 02:23:25,012
would have found this in a PD. But it helped

2073
02:23:25,012 --> 02:23:27,772
me feel much more confident about where I want to

2074
02:23:27,772 --> 02:23:35,252
go in the future. So. That's cool. Thank you. That

2075
02:23:35,292 --> 02:23:37,172
was quite a lot. And I have to say thank

2076
02:23:37,212 --> 02:23:45,643
you. Wow. We're blessed to have you. Now that you've

2077
02:23:45,664 --> 02:23:53,236
gone through that training, you can't go nowhere. I love

2078
02:23:53,276 --> 02:23:59,911
the excitement. Hello. Hi. I'm Sadie monasteri, formerly Malaygo in

2079
02:23:59,911 --> 02:24:01,431
the process of changing my name. I got married in

2080
02:24:01,431 --> 02:24:05,671
August. Congratulations. Thank you very much. Um, I am our

2081
02:24:05,711 --> 02:24:09,031
division's new coordinator of instructional coaching. So thank you for

2082
02:24:09,071 --> 02:24:13,191
having me. Um, I feel that Gloucester has invested in

2083
02:24:13,191 --> 02:24:14,791
me in the last two years. I was a part

2084
02:24:14,831 --> 02:24:17,911
of the aspiring leaders program. And through that, I got

2085
02:24:17,951 --> 02:24:20,111
to learn more of the Gloucester way. How do we

2086
02:24:20,111 --> 02:24:22,071
do things in our division to do what's best for

2087
02:24:22,111 --> 02:24:25,271
our kids, not at the expense of our teachers supporting

2088
02:24:25,311 --> 02:24:28,551
our teachers through the process. Um, so I'm very excited

2089
02:24:29,052 --> 02:24:31,511
in my new role through this division to now invest

2090
02:24:31,532 --> 02:24:34,071
in the teachers in ways that I've been invested in

2091
02:24:34,111 --> 02:24:43,515
through this division. Can I leave? I'm not. Good

2092
02:24:43,555 --> 02:24:47,755
evening. I am Heather Jonas. I recently in May graduated

2093
02:24:47,795 --> 02:24:51,755
with my doctorate and special education. And I apparently can't

2094
02:24:51,936 --> 02:24:54,555
stay away from school because I just started again in

2095
02:24:54,595 --> 02:24:57,915
school in this August to get my leadership endorsement to

2096
02:24:57,955 --> 02:25:01,422
move on to the next step. Um, the aspiring leaders

2097
02:25:01,763 --> 02:25:04,302
was very impactful because you didn't just get to learn

2098
02:25:04,302 --> 02:25:05,742
from Dr. Stan, but you got to learn from each

2099
02:25:05,742 --> 02:25:08,382
other. And I really appreciated how she would hear us

2100
02:25:08,803 --> 02:25:10,542
and what we wanted to learn and that she would

2101
02:25:10,542 --> 02:25:13,742
kind of pivot. Um, to the next meeting. And then

2102
02:25:13,742 --> 02:25:15,402
she would bring that to the meeting. And it was

2103
02:25:15,402 --> 02:25:17,422
very, very powerful. And I'm hoping that we do it

2104
02:25:17,422 --> 02:25:20,702
again. So and then I can join again. Um, but

2105
02:25:20,723 --> 02:25:23,662
my next goal is to move back into leadership once

2106
02:25:23,702 --> 02:25:26,402
my little lady who was born very early. It was

2107
02:25:26,402 --> 02:25:30,622
a little older. But, um, yeah, it was very amazing.

2108
02:25:30,622 --> 02:25:33,422
Um, this school year I'll be admin intern at Achilles

2109
02:25:33,683 --> 02:25:35,982
and hoping to shadow at some of the secondary levels

2110
02:25:36,022 --> 02:25:39,082
as well. Um, and it's just, you learn a lot

2111
02:25:39,283 --> 02:25:41,742
and you learn from your colleagues and like she's intended.

2112
02:25:41,742 --> 02:25:44,142
We all got to look at each other's resumes and

2113
02:25:44,142 --> 02:25:46,222
we got to do mock interviews, which really put she

2114
02:25:46,222 --> 02:25:49,402
outside your comfort zone. Um, but it was fun. And

2115
02:25:49,402 --> 02:25:51,982
it was, it was very amazing. So I appreciate the

2116
02:25:52,022 --> 02:26:00,121
program being offered. All right. Last but not least, I'm

2117
02:26:00,161 --> 02:26:02,201
just going to ditto what they said because they did

2118
02:26:02,241 --> 02:26:04,281
a wonderful job. My name is Tiffany Harding. I am

2119
02:26:04,321 --> 02:26:06,921
a third grade teacher at Petsworth Elementary. This is my

2120
02:26:07,182 --> 02:26:11,199
third year at Gloucester. I've been teaching for 13. When

2121
02:26:11,199 --> 02:26:13,599
I found out about this program, cause it's, this is

2122
02:26:13,599 --> 02:26:15,039
kind of where I'm at in my head. I'm trying

2123
02:26:15,039 --> 02:26:16,399
to figure out what do I want to do? I

2124
02:26:16,439 --> 02:26:18,319
feel like I can be more. I feel like I

2125
02:26:18,340 --> 02:26:21,659
could do more. Um, teaching for 12 years at the

2126
02:26:21,659 --> 02:26:23,639
time. I was like, I need, I need more. So

2127
02:26:23,780 --> 02:26:26,799
when Dr. Stam offered this actually one of my coworkers

2128
02:26:26,820 --> 02:26:28,959
was like, Hey, you should apply for this. I'm like,

2129
02:26:28,999 --> 02:26:31,919
really you think so? So I did and I'm very

2130
02:26:32,180 --> 02:26:34,799
appreciative of being a part of it. Um, like they

2131
02:26:34,799 --> 02:26:37,999
said, I learned a lot about myself. Um, uh, about

2132
02:26:37,999 --> 02:26:41,839
my leadership style. And I love the, um, conversations. Like

2133
02:26:41,839 --> 02:26:44,799
they were saying, like talking, getting ideas. I love that.

2134
02:26:44,799 --> 02:26:46,239
That's like my jam. If we could just all sit

2135
02:26:46,660 --> 02:26:49,359
and just what ideas you have and what works for

2136
02:26:49,359 --> 02:26:51,519
you, what doesn't work for you. I just love that.

2137
02:26:51,519 --> 02:26:54,239
So, um, I'm just appreciative of it. And my next

2138
02:26:54,340 --> 02:26:58,879
steps, I'm actually, um, looking into applying for my leadership

2139
02:26:59,220 --> 02:27:02,479
endorsement. So I already have a master's in elementary education.

2140
02:27:02,479 --> 02:27:06,479
So now I'm looking, um, at different universities to start

2141
02:27:06,519 --> 02:27:09,439
that process. So thank you so much for the opportunity.

2142
02:27:09,540 --> 02:27:18,276
Appreciate it. I hate that talent. That was a breath

2143
02:27:18,697 --> 02:27:23,493
of fresh air that I know I needed on. Yeah.

2144
02:27:23,493 --> 02:27:25,653
The talent is in our, in our buildings. I mean,

2145
02:27:25,994 --> 02:27:28,213
amazing. And this, like I said, this is, these are

2146
02:27:28,714 --> 02:27:31,893
four 13 people that we got to be together every

2147
02:27:31,994 --> 02:27:34,613
month and just feel that from each other. So you

2148
02:27:34,714 --> 02:27:37,173
all go because it's late. And you're going to get

2149
02:27:37,173 --> 02:27:40,053
up for school. So go. Thank you. Um, and I'll

2150
02:27:40,074 --> 02:27:42,773
continue and I'll be quick, I promise. Thank you. Thank

2151
02:27:42,773 --> 02:27:45,653
you to all of you. Yeah. We appreciate very talented

2152
02:27:45,674 --> 02:27:49,393
people. They don't know this. I did tell them, but

2153
02:27:49,393 --> 02:27:52,133
I don't think they realize that they taught me just

2154
02:27:52,133 --> 02:27:53,893
as much as I taught them. I mean, I learned

2155
02:27:53,933 --> 02:27:56,053
so much for them. And then being able to hear

2156
02:27:56,474 --> 02:28:00,013
their stories and what they were looking for kind of

2157
02:28:00,013 --> 02:28:02,493
gave me the insight on what are division needs. So

2158
02:28:02,493 --> 02:28:05,173
it was, it was very impactful all the way around.

2159
02:28:05,173 --> 02:28:11,253
Well, if you got this much of her energy and

2160
02:28:11,293 --> 02:28:17,813
excitement for education, they have it. There we go. We

2161
02:28:17,813 --> 02:28:20,453
need to patent and bottle it and sell it on

2162
02:28:20,453 --> 02:28:23,733
the market. Mr. Drew, I don't know that everybody wants

2163
02:28:23,754 --> 02:28:28,373
all that. Might be much for some, but, but they're

2164
02:28:28,413 --> 02:28:30,533
very talented people and we're very blessed to have them

2165
02:28:30,573 --> 02:28:32,773
in our schools. And if this is what I always

2166
02:28:33,034 --> 02:28:35,253
said, if I couldn't go into a classroom and see

2167
02:28:35,274 --> 02:28:37,733
where the magic was happened where it really is my

2168
02:28:38,074 --> 02:28:40,373
joyous place, it would be going to these meetings with

2169
02:28:40,394 --> 02:28:44,619
these talented people because they're just so inspirational. So thank

2170
02:28:44,619 --> 02:28:48,619
you. All right. So going on, we have teacher development

2171
02:28:48,640 --> 02:28:54,139
pathways. Um, our teacher mentor program professional learning communities. Teacher

2172
02:28:54,139 --> 02:28:57,019
mentor program not only mentors are new teachers, but the

2173
02:28:57,059 --> 02:29:00,619
teachers who are mentoring also play of major role and

2174
02:29:00,619 --> 02:29:02,939
the impact that they have in building capacity. Um, and

2175
02:29:02,939 --> 02:29:05,499
then professional learning communities is similar to what Ms. Harding

2176
02:29:05,520 --> 02:29:07,579
was just sharing is that's where teachers look at it

2177
02:29:07,579 --> 02:29:09,819
and say, Hey, what are you doing? How are you

2178
02:29:09,819 --> 02:29:12,219
getting those students? What more could I do? What are

2179
02:29:12,219 --> 02:29:14,139
some strategies that you have? So that's where all these

2180
02:29:14,139 --> 02:29:16,699
teachers come together and that teacher efficacy comes into place

2181
02:29:16,960 --> 02:29:19,019
and they're learning from each other and working with each

2182
02:29:19,019 --> 02:29:23,436
other at the analyze the data. And then our career

2183
02:29:23,537 --> 02:29:27,836
pathways that we have, I'm so stoked about this because

2184
02:29:27,836 --> 02:29:31,436
the date is amazing. I have data. So teacher apprentice

2185
02:29:31,457 --> 02:29:34,476
program is where we take paraprofessionals and we help them

2186
02:29:34,516 --> 02:29:38,076
earn their licensure while gaining classroom experience. And then the

2187
02:29:38,076 --> 02:29:41,276
substitute to pair a program where substitutes have the opportunity

2188
02:29:41,316 --> 02:29:45,756
to become pares. Um, essentially that's growing our own in

2189
02:29:45,796 --> 02:29:49,436
both capacities. So if you see here, we had a

2190
02:29:49,436 --> 02:29:53,836
total of nine employees advanced through those defined career paths.

2191
02:29:53,836 --> 02:29:56,956
So substituted teacher, we had one employee substitute to teacher

2192
02:29:56,956 --> 02:30:01,916
apprentice to, paired a teacher one teacher apprentice to teacher,

2193
02:30:01,916 --> 02:30:03,996
two and then pair to teach our apprentice. Um, so

2194
02:30:04,497 --> 02:30:07,036
nine total employees are serving our kids in a capacity

2195
02:30:07,076 --> 02:30:10,556
that we're supporting them in. And then additionally we had

2196
02:30:11,457 --> 02:30:16,636
12 teacher internal promotions where teachers, for example, Nate Peterson,

2197
02:30:16,636 --> 02:30:19,756
he's our new AP at Beasley Middle School. He was

2198
02:30:19,796 --> 02:30:24,396
in our aspiring leaders program. Um, super talented young man.

2199
02:30:24,396 --> 02:30:28,876
And then we also have, um, our teachers became specialist,

2200
02:30:28,876 --> 02:30:32,076
teachers became coordinators. Um, so we're really excited to see

2201
02:30:32,577 --> 02:30:35,436
growing our own within and having that opportunity to support

2202
02:30:35,476 --> 02:30:39,356
them. So total of 21 promotions happened for this school

2203
02:30:39,377 --> 02:30:46,493
year, 26, 27. We had a total of 12 promotions.

2204
02:30:46,493 --> 02:30:51,613
And that's where substitutes go into a role that is

2205
02:30:51,634 --> 02:30:54,573
there. So for example, we had a substitute custodian become

2206
02:30:54,594 --> 02:30:58,893
a custodian. We had a assistant foreman become a foreman.

2207
02:30:58,893 --> 02:31:01,693
And so this opportunities of growing our non - licensed,

2208
02:31:01,693 --> 02:31:05,133
um, internally is also something we're very focused on. We

2209
02:31:05,234 --> 02:31:09,853
had people move in transportation to, um, advance their career.

2210
02:31:09,853 --> 02:31:13,773
So those focuses are our goal, um, when working with

2211
02:31:14,594 --> 02:31:16,893
our. And the other thing that we have, that we

2212
02:31:17,314 --> 02:31:21,053
monitors the transfer process. That's also something that helps give

2213
02:31:21,053 --> 02:31:23,853
us information on what people are looking to do too.

2214
02:31:23,893 --> 02:31:26,573
And so we really encourage our employees to make sure

2215
02:31:26,613 --> 02:31:28,573
they take advantage of that when that comes out in

2216
02:31:28,613 --> 02:31:32,689
February. Another exciting thing that we had this summer was

2217
02:31:32,729 --> 02:31:37,489
our student career readiness pathway. Our workforce development coordinator, which

2218
02:31:37,590 --> 02:31:41,009
is Mr. Eugene Scheck. He worked with our HR department

2219
02:31:41,049 --> 02:31:44,129
to support our students this summer in this program. It's

2220
02:31:44,129 --> 02:31:47,249
to help our students interested in career and technical fields

2221
02:31:47,270 --> 02:31:51,649
get a job placement through mentorship with GCPS staff or

2222
02:31:51,649 --> 02:31:54,929
other outside community organizations. And so that we can grow

2223
02:31:54,969 --> 02:31:58,849
our future workforce. Um, here you'll see we had 12

2224
02:31:58,870 --> 02:32:03,409
students participating. They got to experience over 32 career trade

2225
02:32:04,070 --> 02:32:07,569
experiences. And in fact, one of the apprentices is now

2226
02:32:07,910 --> 02:32:10,769
going to be placed at Millers for the second semester

2227
02:32:11,270 --> 02:32:14,129
as a apprentice intern. So she's, I mean, the, the

2228
02:32:14,169 --> 02:32:16,769
impact this has had on this person's, this student's life

2229
02:32:16,870 --> 02:32:19,169
is pretty impactful. And then you can see the other

2230
02:32:19,270 --> 02:32:22,349
opportunities we had outside of the eight students and the

2231
02:32:22,470 --> 02:32:25,729
skills boot camp, which was June 29th through July 9th.

2232
02:32:25,729 --> 02:32:30,769
We had, um, our GCPS CTE summer internships where we

2233
02:32:30,809 --> 02:32:33,489
had four of them where one of them worked with

2234
02:32:33,510 --> 02:32:36,849
our facilities in plumbing and then three of them work

2235
02:32:36,849 --> 02:32:40,049
with technology. And if you ever saw Noah Hendricks running

2236
02:32:40,070 --> 02:32:42,609
around, he had one of them. I'm going to tell

2237
02:32:42,609 --> 02:32:45,249
you the things that student learned from him, I can't

2238
02:32:45,289 --> 02:32:47,969
even begin to start because he was taking her everywhere

2239
02:32:48,230 --> 02:32:51,249
and showing her everything. Um, so we're very fortunate. Those

2240
02:32:51,249 --> 02:32:53,889
students that were in the technology interns, they were actually

2241
02:32:54,310 --> 02:32:57,089
cybersecurity students. So they were already in the CTE program

2242
02:32:57,190 --> 02:32:59,969
with that. Um, but it's really exciting to see that

2243
02:33:00,070 --> 02:33:02,609
our students have opportunities within our school division that we

2244
02:33:02,609 --> 02:33:04,929
can offer them that they get to grow and have

2245
02:33:04,969 --> 02:33:09,463
that hands on workforce development. And then looking ahead, we're

2246
02:33:09,503 --> 02:33:13,303
going to continue to expand our career paths, especially for

2247
02:33:13,343 --> 02:33:15,143
both license and non - licensed, but really looking at

2248
02:33:15,164 --> 02:33:18,423
how can we continue to give our non - licensed

2249
02:33:18,423 --> 02:33:22,903
staff, professional development and growth opportunities. We did a customer

2250
02:33:22,924 --> 02:33:28,583
service professional development with all of our clerical and cafeteria

2251
02:33:28,623 --> 02:33:33,243
managers in August. It was based on Chick - fil

2252
02:33:33,243 --> 02:33:35,863
- a way. So we had, um, that experience for

2253
02:33:35,863 --> 02:33:37,383
them. And that was new this year. We were excited

2254
02:33:37,423 --> 02:33:40,823
to offer. We're going to continue to invest in our

2255
02:33:40,863 --> 02:33:43,423
employee development programs. I think Dr. Freeze is going to

2256
02:33:43,423 --> 02:33:47,023
sign up for our sparring leaders 2. 0. Maybe we

2257
02:33:47,023 --> 02:33:50,343
can get something ramped up for that. Um, we're going

2258
02:33:50,343 --> 02:33:54,743
to continue to expand teacher leadership, enhance retention through recognition

2259
02:33:54,924 --> 02:33:57,783
and professional growth opportunities. Um, one of the things we're

2260
02:33:57,823 --> 02:33:59,463
working on right now, we're going to bring to the

2261
02:33:59,484 --> 02:34:03,063
board in October. It is an opportunity to provide some

2262
02:34:03,084 --> 02:34:06,903
of our leader, teacher leaders who have already completed their

2263
02:34:07,004 --> 02:34:11,863
endorsement in supervision administration, K12, but they haven't had the

2264
02:34:11,884 --> 02:34:15,703
experiences as a teacher to lead yet. And so we're

2265
02:34:15,703 --> 02:34:18,103
looking for ways to support them as a teacher leader

2266
02:34:18,684 --> 02:34:22,103
in those administrative experiences. And so that's something that's in

2267
02:34:22,143 --> 02:34:24,583
the works. Um, and then we're going to continue to

2268
02:34:24,764 --> 02:34:27,543
make GCPS, the employer of choice. I mean, why wouldn't

2269
02:34:27,543 --> 02:34:30,263
you want to be here? And grow your own and

2270
02:34:30,303 --> 02:34:32,183
brand GCPS is that place that you want to be.

2271
02:34:33,998 --> 02:34:37,337
All right. I sped up for us. Questions, comments, feedback.

2272
02:34:39,777 --> 02:34:41,676
Do you know of any other districts that are doing

2273
02:34:41,697 --> 02:34:48,371
this. I'm sure there are. I haven't researched. But I'm

2274
02:34:48,371 --> 02:34:50,771
sure there are. I don't think they got the energy

2275
02:34:50,872 --> 02:34:55,411
you do. Well, or any of those guys. That's because

2276
02:34:55,411 --> 02:34:59,789
we love it here. That's why. And we have amazing.

2277
02:34:59,789 --> 02:35:02,989
I mean, we have the most amazing people. We will,

2278
02:35:02,989 --> 02:35:05,389
and I can say that I've been to multiple divisions

2279
02:35:06,530 --> 02:35:09,069
and our teachers and staff are top notch. They really

2280
02:35:09,069 --> 02:35:16,951
are. Very, very fortunate. Anyone else? Thank you, Dr. Stan.

2281
02:35:16,991 --> 02:35:17,911
You're welcome. Appreciate it.

2282
02:35:27,171 --> 02:35:30,959
Okay. Special education. Dr. Tingley.

2283
02:35:41,087 --> 02:35:43,763
Good evening. I know it's been a long night. So,

2284
02:35:43,763 --> 02:35:48,243
um, good evening members of the board, Dr. V families

2285
02:35:48,283 --> 02:35:51,923
and community members. Mr. Pittman, thanks for staying as well.

2286
02:35:51,923 --> 02:35:54,883
Um, I was asked tonight to do a presentation about

2287
02:35:54,984 --> 02:35:57,583
kind of our special ed programs that we have. Our

2288
02:35:57,583 --> 02:36:00,803
students, special education students, um, so I put something together

2289
02:36:00,904 --> 02:36:09,307
for y'all. Oh. Okay.

2290
02:36:10,853 --> 02:36:15,712
Yes. I'm good. Okay. Um, to get a snapshot, sometimes

2291
02:36:15,712 --> 02:36:17,592
this is a little bit of a moving target. So

2292
02:36:17,592 --> 02:36:20,912
what I did is I pulled our December 1st, 2025

2293
02:36:21,173 --> 02:36:23,152
child count. This is something we do on an annual

2294
02:36:23,253 --> 02:36:27,232
basis. We'll be doing it again on December 1st, 2026.

2295
02:36:27,232 --> 02:36:29,232
Um, so I could give you just an idea of

2296
02:36:29,253 --> 02:36:32,592
kind of, who are our students with disabilities and where

2297
02:36:32,632 --> 02:36:35,552
are they? So out of our total child count of

2298
02:36:35,573 --> 02:36:40,112
778 students, 696 of them are in a public school

2299
02:36:40,453 --> 02:36:44,012
program. So they're at one of our eight schools, um,

2300
02:36:44,012 --> 02:36:47,648
which works out to be about 89 percent. 30 of

2301
02:36:47,648 --> 02:36:50,608
our students attend a private day program. Um, that's a

2302
02:36:50,648 --> 02:36:54,768
more restrictive placement. Um, and that is, um, considered a

2303
02:36:54,808 --> 02:36:58,448
more restrictive placement because it's a private school basically that

2304
02:36:58,469 --> 02:37:01,248
we're applying for all of the students within that program

2305
02:37:01,989 --> 02:37:06,048
have disabilities. So they're in a situation where they're only

2306
02:37:06,088 --> 02:37:09,488
around other students with disabilities. They're not around any other

2307
02:37:09,669 --> 02:37:12,608
non - disabled peers. So that's a much more restrictive

2308
02:37:12,629 --> 02:37:17,877
placement. Um, that's about four percent of our students. Then

2309
02:37:17,917 --> 02:37:22,277
we have about 33 students in a regional program that

2310
02:37:22,317 --> 02:37:26,917
includes both new horizons and our middle peninsula regional program.

2311
02:37:26,917 --> 02:37:29,157
Um, in the past, we've also had students in the

2312
02:37:29,498 --> 02:37:34,597
southeastern cooperative education program and CSEP. That is typically for

2313
02:37:34,637 --> 02:37:37,317
students who are more medically fragile. And so we occasionally

2314
02:37:37,418 --> 02:37:42,117
have students there. We don't currently. That's includes 33 students,

2315
02:37:42,117 --> 02:37:45,717
which again is about four percent of our population. And

2316
02:37:45,717 --> 02:37:49,317
then the categorized this last group together that really is

2317
02:37:49,357 --> 02:37:52,437
split out. But because it's so few students, um, put

2318
02:37:52,437 --> 02:37:55,317
them in one category. So non - public school, this

2319
02:37:55,317 --> 02:37:58,177
could be a parental placement in a private school. Um,

2320
02:37:58,538 --> 02:38:01,277
students who are homebound or students who are virtual. We

2321
02:38:01,277 --> 02:38:03,957
had 19 students in that situation, which works out to

2322
02:38:03,957 --> 02:38:10,820
be about two percent of our students. Okay. So, um,

2323
02:38:10,941 --> 02:38:13,640
then to give you a little bit more specific information,

2324
02:38:13,640 --> 02:38:17,800
um, we looked at specific disability categories. I ranked ordered

2325
02:38:17,800 --> 02:38:23,000
them by, um, lease common. So about a third of

2326
02:38:23,040 --> 02:38:26,040
our students, if you're looking there, um, have a specific

2327
02:38:26,141 --> 02:38:30,680
learning disability at 29 percent Again, I put approximate numbers

2328
02:38:30,720 --> 02:38:35,000
of students, um, because again, at any one moment in

2329
02:38:35,021 --> 02:38:37,480
time, you know, today or tomorrow we could have students

2330
02:38:37,741 --> 02:38:42,020
qualifying or students coming out or students referred. So, you

2331
02:38:42,020 --> 02:38:44,420
know, it's a rough estimate that I figured there. Um,

2332
02:38:44,420 --> 02:38:48,280
these will be their primary categories. So some students have

2333
02:38:48,381 --> 02:38:50,760
multiple categories, but this is just a list of what

2334
02:38:51,181 --> 02:38:53,560
their primary category is. Um, the next two that are

2335
02:38:53,581 --> 02:38:56,760
most common are students with other health impairments. That's typically

2336
02:38:57,021 --> 02:39:01,800
involving something like an attention deficit disorder, something along those

2337
02:39:01,840 --> 02:39:06,440
lines. Um, and then the next area of, that's most

2338
02:39:06,480 --> 02:39:09,720
common is our students with speech language impairments. That these

2339
02:39:09,821 --> 02:39:14,360
can be articulation impairments, um, or stuttering or language -

2340
02:39:14,360 --> 02:39:17,320
based disorders, where they're having issues with either receptive or

2341
02:39:17,341 --> 02:39:21,461
expressive language. Then, um, our next most common category is

2342
02:39:21,482 --> 02:39:24,981
autism. Um, that's at 16 percent. That's definitely we've seen

2343
02:39:25,162 --> 02:39:27,621
an increase in that over the past several years since

2344
02:39:27,802 --> 02:39:30,981
I've been in this position. Um, so looking at approximately

2345
02:39:31,482 --> 02:39:35,348
124 students. Then our next most common category is a

2346
02:39:35,348 --> 02:39:39,268
developmental delay. These are for students. Um, that our youngest

2347
02:39:39,308 --> 02:39:42,468
students, um, this is the only category that has an

2348
02:39:43,049 --> 02:39:46,628
age kind of stipulation. So, um, by the age of

2349
02:39:46,809 --> 02:39:49,428
seven, we need to either find another category for students

2350
02:39:49,769 --> 02:39:51,988
or if they've made the gains that they need to,

2351
02:39:51,988 --> 02:39:54,228
then they may not qualify anymore. This is looking at

2352
02:39:54,409 --> 02:39:58,388
kids in a variety of areas and looking at they're

2353
02:39:58,388 --> 02:40:02,448
just not making the gains as their typical peers. And

2354
02:40:02,649 --> 02:40:05,028
we may not know exactly what's going on because it's

2355
02:40:05,049 --> 02:40:07,508
younger kids. So we're trying to rule out if it's

2356
02:40:07,508 --> 02:40:10,928
just exposure or really a delay in some areas. Um,

2357
02:40:11,129 --> 02:40:13,508
and so those are the students that were typically serving

2358
02:40:13,689 --> 02:40:18,868
in our preschool programs or kindergarten moving into first grade.

2359
02:40:18,868 --> 02:40:22,148
That's, that's our common area there. Then, um, our next,

2360
02:40:22,148 --> 02:40:26,628
um, you may have heard this in the past as

2361
02:40:26,668 --> 02:40:29,908
an emotional disturbance, um, the language has been changed or

2362
02:40:29,908 --> 02:40:32,628
an emotional disability. I would say that category has also

2363
02:40:32,668 --> 02:40:35,588
been on on the rise in the past few years,

2364
02:40:35,588 --> 02:40:38,628
um, especially since COVID, we're seeing more kids with some

2365
02:40:39,049 --> 02:40:45,248
social emotional issues or just mental health concerns there. Um,

2366
02:40:45,248 --> 02:40:48,708
so approximate number of students would be about 39 students.

2367
02:40:48,708 --> 02:40:52,788
And then we have intellectual disability at four percent for

2368
02:40:52,828 --> 02:40:56,868
an intellectual disability. You need to have both a cognitive

2369
02:40:56,969 --> 02:41:01,108
deficit that's pretty significant as well as adaptive skills that

2370
02:41:01,289 --> 02:41:04,508
are well below average. Um, and so that's kind of

2371
02:41:04,508 --> 02:41:07,588
where we are right now. And then the other categories

2372
02:41:08,249 --> 02:41:11,828
would be considered our low incidence categories. So students with

2373
02:41:11,849 --> 02:41:17,828
hearing impairments, visual impairments, orthopedic impairments, deaf blindness, um, students

2374
02:41:17,828 --> 02:41:21,508
with multiple disabilities or a traumatic brain injury. And all

2375
02:41:21,508 --> 02:41:25,588
of those together taken together, um, are lower than two

2376
02:41:25,628 --> 02:41:33,078
percent. So approximately around 16 students. In order to provide

2377
02:41:33,259 --> 02:41:36,678
you some additional information, um, I wanted to share that

2378
02:41:42,219 --> 02:41:45,878
special education. So, um, and again, that's something else that

2379
02:41:45,878 --> 02:41:48,518
I have seen on the rise since COVID in the

2380
02:41:48,518 --> 02:41:51,558
past five years. So students will have, for example, a

2381
02:41:51,558 --> 02:41:55,158
specific learning disability and in other health impairment or autism

2382
02:41:56,539 --> 02:41:59,558
and speech language impairment, something along those lines. And then

2383
02:41:59,979 --> 02:42:02,918
additional three percent of our students with disabilities have three

2384
02:42:02,958 --> 02:42:06,518
different categories of special education. Um, the reason this is

2385
02:42:06,558 --> 02:42:10,998
important is because for every category of service, you need

2386
02:42:10,998 --> 02:42:14,598
to have goals that address those areas of deficit as

2387
02:42:14,598 --> 02:42:18,358
well as services. So, um, if you think about having

2388
02:42:18,699 --> 02:42:21,718
one student with a disability, um, that has one category

2389
02:42:21,899 --> 02:42:23,718
and that compared to a student that has might have

2390
02:42:23,758 --> 02:42:30,038
multiple categories. Your IEP and service minutes and accommodations and

2391
02:42:30,038 --> 02:42:32,118
needs are going to be more significant. And I would

2392
02:42:32,118 --> 02:42:35,438
say over time, that's another area that we've seen. So

2393
02:42:35,499 --> 02:42:38,918
our special ed numbers have remained fairly constant, but I

2394
02:42:38,918 --> 02:42:41,958
would say the intensity of the needs and the severity

2395
02:42:41,998 --> 02:42:48,271
of our needs have increased over time. I tried to

2396
02:42:48,271 --> 02:42:51,231
pull out as well, um, and this I pulled from

2397
02:42:51,732 --> 02:42:55,791
our indicator data, um, so the numbers, if you're a

2398
02:42:55,791 --> 02:42:58,991
numbers person and you're trying to align everything up, it's

2399
02:42:59,092 --> 02:43:03,551
slightly different data set because we do our indicators in

2400
02:43:03,591 --> 02:43:06,431
the summer. So middle of August. So I pulled out

2401
02:43:06,532 --> 02:43:09,071
our most recent data for that just to show you,

2402
02:43:09,071 --> 02:43:11,711
and this has been pretty consistent over time. So one

2403
02:43:11,711 --> 02:43:14,431
of the things we look at is as well as

2404
02:43:14,471 --> 02:43:17,391
is how many students are in inclusive environment. So we

2405
02:43:17,412 --> 02:43:20,591
have about 81 percent of our students are in a

2406
02:43:20,631 --> 02:43:25,871
regular ed classroom around typical peers So those are students

2407
02:43:25,892 --> 02:43:28,751
that are using an inclusion model. They might have a

2408
02:43:28,791 --> 02:43:31,471
reading disability. So they're most of the time in a

2409
02:43:31,471 --> 02:43:34,351
generalized classroom. They might have some pull - up services

2410
02:43:34,452 --> 02:43:38,031
for reading services or they may be getting their services

2411
02:43:38,372 --> 02:43:41,871
within a general education setting. So that's the vast majority

2412
02:43:41,871 --> 02:43:44,751
of our students fall in that category. Then we have

2413
02:43:45,732 --> 02:43:49,871
the smaller percentages of students included in regular classrooms less

2414
02:43:49,871 --> 02:43:51,951
than 40 percent of the day. Those would be our

2415
02:43:51,972 --> 02:43:54,671
students that are more of a self - contained setting

2416
02:43:55,652 --> 02:43:58,991
that are still considered in public schools, but they might

2417
02:43:59,172 --> 02:44:02,671
have, um, they need a smaller class size. They may

2418
02:44:02,711 --> 02:44:06,111
have behavioral challenges. They may have communication challenges or adaptive

2419
02:44:06,151 --> 02:44:10,111
skill needs that what they're learning is when we have

2420
02:44:10,111 --> 02:44:13,191
the SOL track, we might have a VSAL track. So

2421
02:44:13,191 --> 02:44:16,031
the essentialized standard. So students are taking a VAP at

2422
02:44:16,031 --> 02:44:17,951
the end of the day. Um, and then the last

2423
02:44:18,132 --> 02:44:25,391
category there, private schools. So that would be our regional

2424
02:44:25,492 --> 02:44:29,791
programs have including those students. Our private day students are

2425
02:44:29,831 --> 02:44:33,071
also in this category. Any students who might be in

2426
02:44:33,071 --> 02:44:36,111
a residential setting, um, home - based or a hospital

2427
02:44:36,132 --> 02:44:39,471
facility. Um, and so when you look at these together,

2428
02:44:39,572 --> 02:44:42,911
those last, those bottom two categories, the 40 students in

2429
02:44:42,911 --> 02:44:45,711
the 62 students. So you're talking about, you know, that

2430
02:44:45,751 --> 02:44:49,231
percentage of students, even though it's small, they really need

2431
02:44:49,412 --> 02:44:53,251
specialized programs. They have more intensive needs. That's a lot

2432
02:44:53,251 --> 02:44:56,351
of individual problems solving. It's not, you know, not that

2433
02:44:56,372 --> 02:44:58,751
any students in special education have a one size fits

2434
02:44:58,751 --> 02:45:03,951
all approach. But these students need some particular planning and

2435
02:45:04,052 --> 02:45:06,911
kind of above and beyond, uh, they're usually getting multiple

2436
02:45:07,252 --> 02:45:10,991
related services, uh, maybe getting counseling, meeting with the school

2437
02:45:10,991 --> 02:45:17,311
psychologists, having specialized transportation and equipment, um, augmentative communication devices,

2438
02:45:17,311 --> 02:45:20,031
all of that kind of stuff. So there it's a

2439
02:45:20,071 --> 02:45:26,622
smaller percentage, but the needs are more significant there. Then,

2440
02:45:26,622 --> 02:45:29,582
I wanted to share, we have in the time that

2441
02:45:30,003 --> 02:45:33,662
I've been here, we've really been able to expand our

2442
02:45:35,203 --> 02:45:39,342
continuum of services. Um, so right now, um, this is

2443
02:45:39,342 --> 02:45:43,082
what we have for elementary. So, um, we've got, um,

2444
02:45:44,243 --> 02:45:47,982
in looking at preschool through, through fifth grade at Abingdon,

2445
02:45:47,982 --> 02:45:51,102
we have self - contained classroom for students in K

2446
02:45:51,142 --> 02:45:52,942
through two and then a self - contained classroom for

2447
02:45:53,123 --> 02:45:55,902
grades three through five in terms of preschool. We have

2448
02:45:56,083 --> 02:45:59,342
a specialized preschool classroom that is a kind of a

2449
02:45:59,382 --> 02:46:03,022
self - contained preschool classroom as well as students who

2450
02:46:03,123 --> 02:46:07,102
are served in our VPI classroom for preschool and get

2451
02:46:07,123 --> 02:46:11,468
early childhood special education services. At Achilles, we just opened

2452
02:46:12,369 --> 02:46:15,228
another self - contained classroom for students and grades K

2453
02:46:15,268 --> 02:46:18,428
through two. And we also have the BPI early childhood

2454
02:46:18,449 --> 02:46:22,228
special ed program for our preschool students. At Bethel, we

2455
02:46:22,289 --> 02:46:25,228
have two self - contained classrooms for grade SK through

2456
02:46:25,409 --> 02:46:28,188
two, as well as a self - contained, another self

2457
02:46:28,188 --> 02:46:31,468
- contained preschool program that primarily is serving students with

2458
02:46:31,489 --> 02:46:36,748
autism. And then another VPI early childhood special ed classroom.

2459
02:46:36,748 --> 02:46:39,148
At Bodytot, we have, this is going to be our

2460
02:46:39,188 --> 02:46:42,348
second year of this program. We're calling it an instructional

2461
02:46:42,369 --> 02:46:46,988
support classroom. So these are students who need, needed more

2462
02:46:47,489 --> 02:46:51,308
than an inclusion model, but didn't need totally a self

2463
02:46:51,348 --> 02:46:53,628
- contained model. And their students who are going to

2464
02:46:53,668 --> 02:46:56,508
be taking SOLs. So they need to be exposed to

2465
02:46:56,548 --> 02:47:00,428
the curriculum in our industrial education classroom, but they can't

2466
02:47:00,468 --> 02:47:04,508
really sustain that whole time. They need more specialized instruction

2467
02:47:04,849 --> 02:47:08,268
than our typical students with inclusion. We also have our

2468
02:47:08,369 --> 02:47:11,548
regional, one of our regional autism classrooms there for grades

2469
02:47:11,569 --> 02:47:15,031
two through five. And then, um, we have also at

2470
02:47:15,071 --> 02:47:18,211
Batatop, we have our early learners, pre - K, and

2471
02:47:18,211 --> 02:47:21,911
these are our really, really youngst kiddos. So usually two

2472
02:47:21,951 --> 02:47:24,791
and three year olds who have never been to school

2473
02:47:24,812 --> 02:47:27,511
before, but they have some pretty intensive needs. Um, and

2474
02:47:27,511 --> 02:47:30,311
then we also have a VPI early childhood special education

2475
02:47:30,492 --> 02:47:33,911
classroom. And then finally, at Petsworth, we have our second

2476
02:47:34,572 --> 02:47:39,191
regional autism classroom K through two and our regional multidiscibilities

2477
02:47:39,292 --> 02:47:42,231
classroom K through five. And then we also have another

2478
02:47:42,332 --> 02:47:48,511
VPI early childhood special education classroom there. At the secondary

2479
02:47:48,612 --> 02:47:55,911
level, we are doing this year, um, we've done, we

2480
02:47:55,911 --> 02:47:58,911
typically had had both at page and peace lead to

2481
02:47:58,911 --> 02:48:01,631
self - contained classrooms for students who were on a

2482
02:48:01,652 --> 02:48:05,431
BAP curriculum. Because of our numbers, we were able to

2483
02:48:05,892 --> 02:48:10,431
condense that into one classroom, which is happening at Peasley

2484
02:48:11,332 --> 02:48:14,031
along with our regional autism classroom there for grade six

2485
02:48:14,071 --> 02:48:17,551
through eighth. And then at page, we're taking that same

2486
02:48:17,572 --> 02:48:19,871
model that we had at botta this past year, which

2487
02:48:20,052 --> 02:48:22,471
worked really well. And moving it up to page. So

2488
02:48:22,471 --> 02:48:26,311
we have students in that classroom who, again, kind of

2489
02:48:26,372 --> 02:48:30,031
need more than an inclusion model. But, um, are not

2490
02:48:30,071 --> 02:48:32,831
really, don't need a full self - contained all the

2491
02:48:32,831 --> 02:48:36,591
time. So it gives them some extra support and helps,

2492
02:48:36,591 --> 02:48:38,911
we can still do a lot of work on communication,

2493
02:48:38,951 --> 02:48:43,471
social skills and some intensive educational pieces as well. And

2494
02:48:43,492 --> 02:48:45,551
then at the high school, we have two self -

2495
02:48:45,551 --> 02:48:49,791
contained classrooms grades nine through 12 and post - grad.

2496
02:48:49,791 --> 02:48:59,049
Our regional autism program and our regional multidiscibilities classroom. Anyone

2497
02:48:59,089 --> 02:49:04,751
have a question. Thank you for that presentation. I really

2498
02:49:04,751 --> 02:49:09,791
appreciate it. Um, I do have two questions. The instructional

2499
02:49:09,831 --> 02:49:12,911
support class at page does that serve students from Peaceley

2500
02:49:12,951 --> 02:49:14,911
as well? Yes. That's what I thought. Okay. So the

2501
02:49:14,911 --> 02:49:17,471
same for the elementary level class as well. So that,

2502
02:49:17,471 --> 02:49:19,980
yeah, that class brings in. That's really cool. Yeah. I

2503
02:49:19,980 --> 02:49:22,300
really appreciate that. And the other thing that really caught

2504
02:49:22,321 --> 02:49:26,460
my attention is the total number served that we serve

2505
02:49:26,721 --> 02:49:31,500
778. So what's our student population? Are we about 14

2506
02:49:31,601 --> 02:49:40,284
something. 1, 400. 4700. I would say that's later my

2507
02:49:40,284 --> 02:49:42,764
report. We have 4, 600 show up. We don't think

2508
02:49:42,764 --> 02:49:45,724
of the high school. Okay. This is a significant number.

2509
02:49:45,764 --> 02:49:50,044
It's, you know, you're serving a huge number. So just

2510
02:49:50,465 --> 02:49:53,164
glad to folks to see that, you know, that it's,

2511
02:49:53,164 --> 02:49:56,124
it's quite, it's quite broad and the needs areas as

2512
02:49:56,124 --> 02:49:57,964
well. So thank you for all you do. Yeah. Thank

2513
02:49:57,964 --> 02:50:00,044
you. And I think the other point, and we've talked

2514
02:50:00,044 --> 02:50:03,884
about this quite a bit, is that our, um, as

2515
02:50:03,905 --> 02:50:08,044
the division wide numbers have, have decreased overall, like our

2516
02:50:08,084 --> 02:50:11,404
overall student numbers, our special ed student numbers really haven't,

2517
02:50:11,404 --> 02:50:14,764
because I think families are less likely to pull kids

2518
02:50:14,764 --> 02:50:20,124
out in homeschool. Then if they've got significant needs, they

2519
02:50:20,145 --> 02:50:21,644
want to be in school. You know, they want their

2520
02:50:21,684 --> 02:50:23,404
kids to be in school and they're getting speech services

2521
02:50:23,985 --> 02:50:26,364
and OT and that kind of thing. So I will

2522
02:50:26,385 --> 02:50:32,444
say, um, from our percentages have increased a little bit,

2523
02:50:32,444 --> 02:50:35,964
not because, um, just because the overall number is going

2524
02:50:35,985 --> 02:50:39,644
down, the denominator is going down. So it ends up

2525
02:50:39,684 --> 02:50:44,759
being more for overall percentage wise. Anyone else have a

2526
02:50:44,759 --> 02:50:50,748
question. I do. Um, the, I noticed the 16 percent

2527
02:50:51,009 --> 02:50:57,036
was with the autistic class. Some years back, there was

2528
02:50:57,057 --> 02:50:59,596
a lot of when I was on the special ed

2529
02:50:59,617 --> 02:51:03,836
board that we were seeing massive increases in that category

2530
02:51:04,177 --> 02:51:07,836
for students. Has it leveled out or we see in

2531
02:51:07,836 --> 02:51:12,076
more diagnosis or less? I would say it's been probably

2532
02:51:12,497 --> 02:51:15,796
slightly increasing, but level for the most part. What I

2533
02:51:15,796 --> 02:51:20,076
would say though is that we definitely have more students

2534
02:51:20,097 --> 02:51:25,676
with very intensive needs, um, with autism. So younger students

2535
02:51:26,817 --> 02:51:31,836
and significant needs. So students that have significant behavioral challenges,

2536
02:51:31,836 --> 02:51:39,276
um, communication challenges adaptive skill needs, um, what the student

2537
02:51:39,297 --> 02:51:42,556
with autism looks like is can be. And again, it's

2538
02:51:42,556 --> 02:51:45,196
a very broad range, but I would say the intensity

2539
02:51:45,236 --> 02:51:47,836
of the needs of some of our really, really young

2540
02:51:47,876 --> 02:51:53,356
students has been much more significant than I've seen more

2541
02:51:53,396 --> 02:51:56,236
recently in the past few years than I'd seen 10

2542
02:51:56,276 --> 02:51:59,036
years ago, I would say. Okay. Thank you very much

2543
02:51:59,137 --> 02:52:07,601
for your presentation. Appreciate it. Right. Um. We're moving on

2544
02:52:07,702 --> 02:52:14,085
to the consent agenda. I need a motion to approve

2545
02:52:14,266 --> 02:52:17,605
the consent agent agenda. Madam chair move that we approve

2546
02:52:17,645 --> 02:52:21,125
items a through k as presented in our board packet.

2547
02:52:21,125 --> 02:52:25,318
Okay. We have a second. We have a motion in

2548
02:52:25,318 --> 02:52:35,166
a second. Right. All in favor say aye. There's

2549
02:52:35,206 --> 02:52:41,583
money. Okay. All right. Would you say miss Salmon. Yes.

2550
02:52:41,764 --> 02:52:50,605
Ms. Gruggs. Yes. Mr. Drew. Mr. Anderson? Yes. Ms. McPherson?

2551
02:52:50,645 --> 02:52:54,591
Yes. Ms. Parker. Yes. Can I just go back for

2552
02:52:54,591 --> 02:52:56,751
one second? I agree, but I just had a couple

2553
02:52:56,751 --> 02:53:02,304
of comments about the study trip. Paige. A, thank you

2554
02:53:02,304 --> 02:53:05,024
for making it all on the same format this year.

2555
02:53:06,762 --> 02:53:08,901
Um, but I just had a question. I was looking

2556
02:53:08,941 --> 02:53:12,376
through it. And it. For the middle schools, it's very

2557
02:53:13,357 --> 02:53:20,590
chorus and band heavy. And I don't see really many,

2558
02:53:20,611 --> 02:53:30,352
many other. Studies. Especially at page. Like the port

2559
02:53:30,533 --> 02:53:35,098
Isabel field trip's not on there. Um, from science, I

2560
02:53:35,098 --> 02:53:41,246
mean, there's only one other. Like. Subject other than Spanish

2561
02:53:41,347 --> 02:53:44,446
or music or band. Is there a reason why have

2562
02:53:44,446 --> 02:53:50,715
we cut back? Is this a final final list. Thank

2563
02:53:50,755 --> 02:53:53,435
you for that question. No, we, we have not called

2564
02:53:53,475 --> 02:53:55,835
back, nor do we want to cut back. Um, it

2565
02:53:55,856 --> 02:53:59,355
does not appear that the traditional trips you're referencing are

2566
02:53:59,376 --> 02:54:01,275
included. So our team will go back and look at

2567
02:54:01,856 --> 02:54:03,595
just for the, uh, I know it's been confusion about

2568
02:54:03,776 --> 02:54:06,315
study trips in the past couple of years. We encourage

2569
02:54:06,736 --> 02:54:11,275
more curricular trips, not less. So there is no decrease

2570
02:54:11,275 --> 02:54:14,475
in that funding. So again, I'll turn it back over,

2571
02:54:14,475 --> 02:54:17,275
um, to Dr. Miygas and Dr. Freeze to get that

2572
02:54:17,376 --> 02:54:19,595
updated and I'll provide it in a Friday notes. Thank

2573
02:54:19,595 --> 02:54:26,946
you. But other than that, it's great. Thank you. We

2574
02:54:27,047 --> 02:54:29,979
still have a, did you have something else to. No,

2575
02:54:29,979 --> 02:54:33,099
that was it. I thank you for the consistent format

2576
02:54:33,360 --> 02:54:35,339
because last year was a little hard to look at.

2577
02:54:35,339 --> 02:54:37,819
But no, I just glancing at it. I just noticed

2578
02:54:37,859 --> 02:54:39,819
that. I just wanted to make sure all subjects were

2579
02:54:40,160 --> 02:54:48,293
being included and encouraged. Okay. We had a motion second.

2580
02:54:48,293 --> 02:54:58,050
And did we finish? Okay. All right. The regulation.

2581
02:55:00,180 --> 02:55:03,771
Let's go ahead. So many this is the time for

2582
02:55:03,792 --> 02:55:07,851
my, uh, opening school report. So, uh, good evening everyone

2583
02:55:07,872 --> 02:55:10,571
again. I will now be long, but I'm excited to

2584
02:55:10,752 --> 02:55:15,031
report that, uh, we complete a two full weeks. For

2585
02:55:15,031 --> 02:55:16,571
some of us, you may feel like we've been a

2586
02:55:16,571 --> 02:55:18,331
school forever. For some of us, it may only feel

2587
02:55:18,371 --> 02:55:21,371
like you're school four two weeks. And we appreciated the

2588
02:55:21,371 --> 02:55:24,571
four days off and it was relaxing for staff as

2589
02:55:24,571 --> 02:55:27,531
well as for our families. So just some stats with

2590
02:55:27,531 --> 02:55:30,811
you coming from a place of gratitude. Just thinking about

2591
02:55:30,851 --> 02:55:33,691
our bus drivers, right? They start the day. Last year

2592
02:55:33,872 --> 02:55:38,891
they travel 1. 114 million miles. If you might think

2593
02:55:39,152 --> 02:55:41,451
how long that is, is going to the moon one

2594
02:55:41,472 --> 02:55:43,451
way five times. If you want to come back is

2595
02:55:43,491 --> 02:55:45,291
two and a half. So you're still stuck on the

2596
02:55:45,331 --> 02:55:49,531
moon. Um, why is that important? Because every day starts

2597
02:55:49,571 --> 02:55:53,122
with a bus ride. And it's important that we recognize

2598
02:55:53,383 --> 02:55:55,602
this folks. We value them and we continue to engage

2599
02:55:55,943 --> 02:56:02,322
them. Um, there are, um, MVP team. So, um, so

2600
02:56:02,362 --> 02:56:05,582
far this year, I want to share some stats. Uh,

2601
02:56:05,582 --> 02:56:10,302
we have already traveled 50, 785 miles in those two

2602
02:56:10,302 --> 02:56:13,742
weeks. So that's again, if you like geography, that's two

2603
02:56:13,742 --> 02:56:19,770
times around the earth. We broke down six times. But

2604
02:56:19,770 --> 02:56:21,690
it was a major. We never didn't lose a transmission.

2605
02:56:23,803 --> 02:56:25,862
It was some bulbs and there was an air on

2606
02:56:25,902 --> 02:56:28,422
a roof catch. And so we didn't hear about that

2607
02:56:28,443 --> 02:56:31,382
because they took care of it. And, uh, we also

2608
02:56:31,563 --> 02:56:36,162
want to say that 259 students have specialized transportation. And

2609
02:56:36,162 --> 02:56:38,262
that's important because we want to make sure that our

2610
02:56:38,363 --> 02:56:41,062
students are taken care of. They gave us some scope

2611
02:56:41,403 --> 02:56:44,902
of the growth in this district. New writers. These are

2612
02:56:44,923 --> 02:56:50,022
folks that are brand new to riding buses, elementary 463,

2613
02:56:50,022 --> 02:56:53,942
middle school 43 new riders, high school 22. And then

2614
02:56:53,963 --> 02:56:58,742
a total of 528 new riders in GCPS, which is

2615
02:56:58,782 --> 02:57:00,982
a little bit more than 10 percent of the district.

2616
02:57:01,163 --> 02:57:04,262
But who's keeping track? Let's move on to attendance and

2617
02:57:04,302 --> 02:57:08,662
enrollment. Are you ready for this? Our average daily attendance

2618
02:57:09,483 --> 02:57:14,271
at the elementary school was 98 percent. Here's the challenge.

2619
02:57:14,311 --> 02:57:16,351
Let's keep that up for the whole year. Parents, students,

2620
02:57:16,372 --> 02:57:18,911
teachers, staff, right? We could do what we did for

2621
02:57:18,951 --> 02:57:23,905
the first two weeks. We got this. And, um. Peacely

2622
02:57:24,406 --> 02:57:29,500
edged page by one point in attendance. And one was

2623
02:57:29,601 --> 02:57:33,100
in 97 and one was a 98. Well, who's counting?

2624
02:57:33,100 --> 02:57:36,098
We're not competitive at all. And I want to share

2625
02:57:36,138 --> 02:57:39,378
with you that, um, the enrollment at Gloucester High School.

2626
02:57:39,378 --> 02:57:42,418
I know folks in the community still tell stories where

2627
02:57:42,418 --> 02:57:45,298
there wasn't enough room. There's plenty of room because we

2628
02:57:45,559 --> 02:57:49,218
have 1, 490. And at what time it was 2,

2629
02:57:49,258 --> 02:57:53,378
100 students. So, um, again, there's plenty of room there.

2630
02:57:53,378 --> 02:57:57,538
And attendance there, get this 97 percent. So yes, high

2631
02:57:57,578 --> 02:58:02,018
schoolers, middle schoolers and elementary folks. You are 97 and

2632
02:58:02,058 --> 02:58:04,898
98 percent. Here's the good news from a funding perspective.

2633
02:58:06,242 --> 02:58:10,541
Um, the state funded us at 4454. I'll remember that

2634
02:58:10,562 --> 02:58:13,421
number, you know, for a long, long time. And that

2635
02:58:13,421 --> 02:58:18,541
must be Casper. A beautiful. All right. There we go.

2636
02:58:18,581 --> 02:58:22,301
I think it's, let's send this. Let's close it out.

2637
02:58:22,301 --> 02:58:24,621
So, uh, well, here's the, you must have cried at

2638
02:58:24,621 --> 02:58:28,381
the good news. We have some good news. 44, 54.

2639
02:58:28,381 --> 02:58:31,901
He barked at that. Right. And, um, the reason that's

2640
02:58:31,901 --> 02:58:35,001
important because we get funded based on that number. And

2641
02:58:35,122 --> 02:58:38,941
so far through the 10 day count, we're a 4596.

2642
02:58:38,941 --> 02:58:41,661
So we're, uh, our beating on Roman for, um, for

2643
02:58:41,762 --> 02:58:46,061
approximately 150 students. We're 140 students give or take. That's

2644
02:58:46,061 --> 02:58:51,741
big 4596 40 45 96. Right. And we project to

2645
02:58:51,781 --> 02:58:57,224
have a total of 4665 total students. And, um, that's

2646
02:58:57,224 --> 02:59:00,104
important. So, um, I'll share with you, um, some information

2647
02:59:00,765 --> 02:59:02,864
and advance of this. I know Mr. Hartley's going to

2648
02:59:02,864 --> 02:59:07,865
have a presentation on School Nutrition in October. But so

2649
02:59:07,905 --> 02:59:12,985
far, we have 1, 475 students who qualify for free

2650
02:59:13,025 --> 02:59:19,185
and reduced lunch. I'm sorry. Repeat that, please. 1475. And

2651
02:59:19,366 --> 02:59:23,025
then our cafeteria staff, you can learn on an empty

2652
02:59:23,065 --> 02:59:28,505
stomach. Breakfast 5, 485 that we served and lunches. We

2653
02:59:28,505 --> 02:59:35,085
served 10, 556. That's as of 831. And so, uh,

2654
02:59:35,606 --> 02:59:41,425
we've done more than that. We also recognize that there

2655
02:59:41,425 --> 02:59:46,625
are coda conduct instructors or instruction that it's important when

2656
02:59:46,665 --> 02:59:49,425
we know. And our students know what the expectations are

2657
02:59:50,006 --> 02:59:54,713
for student behavior. And so, uh, Gloucester High School conducted

2658
02:59:54,974 --> 02:59:59,474
four assemblies. And at page, they conducted one assembly for

2659
02:59:59,514 --> 03:00:02,994
great level. Plus teachers had five mini lessons on the

2660
03:00:03,034 --> 03:00:06,754
code of conduct. So same thing for P school. They're

2661
03:00:06,754 --> 03:00:09,314
doing exactly the same thing. Not only are they getting

2662
03:00:09,354 --> 03:00:13,074
the assemblies, but teachers are also doing many lessons to

2663
03:00:13,095 --> 03:00:17,474
assure that students understand the expectation for behavior. That concludes

2664
03:00:17,495 --> 03:00:27,438
my report. Thank you. Thank you. Good news. Uh, did

2665
03:00:27,478 --> 03:00:32,078
we, how many of the last minute students were enrolling

2666
03:00:32,419 --> 03:00:37,464
in elementary for kindergarten? Was that a. Rush toward the

2667
03:00:37,464 --> 03:00:39,064
end? I don't have the numbers for you, but we

2668
03:00:39,104 --> 03:00:42,184
know in the days, uh, right before school, we have

2669
03:00:42,184 --> 03:00:44,744
a flurry of enrollment activities, but we'll provide that to

2670
03:00:44,784 --> 03:00:52,100
the board. Thank you. You walk. All right. Mr. Harley.

2671
03:00:53,081 --> 03:01:00,016
Okay. Let's get to this the hard way. Um. There

2672
03:01:00,056 --> 03:01:04,176
are only two regulations for this evening and they both

2673
03:01:04,216 --> 03:01:07,456
relate back to a topic from last months. Um, or

2674
03:01:07,477 --> 03:01:11,936
do some discussion on the board about including the waiver

2675
03:01:11,976 --> 03:01:16,236
for tuition for county employees. Also, when we met, um,

2676
03:01:16,597 --> 03:01:19,376
as a policy review committee, we looked at those two

2677
03:01:19,416 --> 03:01:22,576
regulations that address that topic for full - time school

2678
03:01:22,616 --> 03:01:25,536
employees wanting to make sure that language was consistent between

2679
03:01:25,557 --> 03:01:29,216
both regulations and then also to be inclusive of county

2680
03:01:29,256 --> 03:01:33,216
employees. So if you, upon quick review, you will see

2681
03:01:33,216 --> 03:01:39,296
that those are only two changes for JCA - R.

2682
03:01:40,904 --> 03:01:45,605
JECBR. So I'll pause and see if there's any questions.

2683
03:01:45,605 --> 03:01:48,325
You should be able to see those changes highlighted in

2684
03:01:48,325 --> 03:01:52,485
green and the scratch and red for the word board.

2685
03:01:54,230 --> 03:01:58,209
Parents that already put their children in school before this

2686
03:01:58,230 --> 03:02:01,569
would be approved. Are they getting notified that they do

2687
03:02:01,609 --> 03:02:05,642
not have to pay. We can certainly follow up with

2688
03:02:05,642 --> 03:02:09,722
them once it is approved. Okay. Do you know how

2689
03:02:09,722 --> 03:02:13,082
many students we have? I do not have that number

2690
03:02:13,122 --> 03:02:18,723
off the top of my head. Any other questions. Which

2691
03:02:18,744 --> 03:02:24,108
passing is this G? J. B. R.

2692
03:02:36,382 --> 03:02:41,401
Okay, do we need a vote on this? Alright. Really

2693
03:02:41,422 --> 03:02:44,281
just kind of a head official since they're both regulations.

2694
03:02:44,467 --> 03:02:50,056
Alright. Any questions or discussion? We move on. Alright, thank

2695
03:02:50,056 --> 03:02:58,405
you. Alright, appreciate it. Public announcements, Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026,

2696
03:02:58,405 --> 03:03:03,796
professional development day. Early dismissal, middle and high school, 1215.

2697
03:03:03,796 --> 03:03:08,996
Elementary schools at 1. 30. Tuesday, October 13th, 2026 School

2698
03:03:09,036 --> 03:03:12,836
Board Monthly Meeting right here at 6 p. m. So

2699
03:03:12,876 --> 03:03:15,636
do I have a motion to adjourn? That we would

2700
03:03:15,676 --> 03:03:18,581
gern. We have a one motion. Do we have a

2701
03:03:18,581 --> 03:03:23,100
second? Okay, we have a motion to second. All in

2702
03:03:23,140 --> 03:03:25,740
favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? No.