Sep 08, 2026 School Board Meeting - 9/08/2026

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Agenda

[1:38] A. Call Meeting to Order

[1:42] B. Approval for Remote Participation

[3:02] C. Closed Session

[30:05] D. Reconvene in Open Session

[30:55] E. Certification

[30:57] F. Moment of Silence

[31:43] G. Pledge of Allegiance

[32:12] H. Additions/ Amendments/ Adoption of Proposed Agenda

[32:54] 2. Recognition

[33:00] Marine Corps JROTC Naval Honor School

[38:28] 3. Announcements

[38:44] A. Attendance Awareness Month

[38:56] B. Patriotic Day- Day of Remembrance: September 11

[39:09] C. Constitution Day: September 17

[39:17] D. Goochland Courthouse 200: September 19, 10 a.m.

[39:20] E. Goochland High School Academic Awards: September 23, 6 p.m.

[39:42] F. Eastern States Visit to St. Charles Parish: September 26-28

[40:07] G. Team Goochland Kickoff Cookout: October 9, 5:00 p.m.

[40:28] H. October Regular Business Meeting: October 13, 5:30 p.m.

[41:04] 4. Public Comment

[42:23] 5. Report of the Student Representative

[47:29] 6. Superintendent's Comments

[49:55] 7. Chair's Comments

[50:26] 8. Policy Updates - First Reading

[52:45] 9. Consent Items

[53:48] 10. Information Items

[54:49] A. Goochland High School College Application Support and Resources

[1:17:57] B. GCPS Food Service Overview

[1:43:22] C. GCPS Summer Programming

[2:16:17] D. GCPS Org Charts Update

[2:16:55] 11. Items for Board Review

[2:16:57] A. Strategic and Tactical Plan

[2:17:33] B. Attendance/Enrollment Update

[2:18:24] D. Board Advisory Committee Reports

[2:18:37] E. School Activity Funds Reports

[2:18:43] F. Overnight Field Trip

[2:19:29] 12. Action Items

[2:19:31] A. Approval of Polling Place License Agreements for Byrd and Randolph Elementary Schools

[2:20:45] 13. New Business

[2:20:57] A. Discussion of School Board By-laws and Governance Information

[2:24:36] 14. Committee and Board Reports

[2:24:43] 15. Adjournment

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[30:11] >> WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION NOW. THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD -- BEFORE I DO THAT, WELCOME TO EVERYBODY HERE AND ONLINE. HEREBY CERTIFIES BY ROLL CALL VOTE TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS SET OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING WHICH THIS CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES AND ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION COMMUNING DELL NOT CONVENING BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. EACH BOARD MEMBER RESPONDS CERTIFIED WHEN CALLED. >> MS. WIRSING? MRS. MOSES? >> WE ARE BACK IN OPEN SESSION AND IF YOU'LL PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE. HAVE THANK YOU. MS. ROBINSON, WE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE? >> ABSOLUTELY. BOARD MEMBERS, IS OUR MOTION TO MOVE WITH THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. SECONDED. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY MS. WIRSING TO MOVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A QUESTION? HEARING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. WE HAVE ACCEPTED THE AGENDA. OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS AND GUESTS, WELCOME. I KNOW THAT OUR GOOCHLAND JROTC PROGRAM IS NO LONGER A WELL-KEPT SECRET IN THEIR SUCCESS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THE STATE BUT THEY HAVE RACKED UP YET ONE MORE HONOR. I'D LIKE MR. WATSON TO COME UP AND SHARE MORE WITH YOU ABOUT THIS EVENING. >> COULD YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR MIC ON FOR US? >> THERE YOU GO. WE ARE >> WE ARE PROUD TO REPRESENT THE JROTC PROGRAM FOR EARNING THE DISTINCTION FOR BEING NAMED A MARINE CORPS JROTC NAVEL ON HER SCHOOL. PLACED ON THE TOP 20% OF ALL UNITS NATIONWIDE, ONE OF ONLY THREE PROGRAMS TO RECEIVE THIS NATIONAL HONOR THIS YEAR. THIS ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS YEARS OF DISCIPLINE, HIGH STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY INSTRUCTORS AND CARRIED OUT BY CADETS. LEAVING THE PROGRAM KEVIN WILLIAMS, U.S. MARINE CORPS RETIRED FOLLOWING 23 YEARS OF ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAMS HAS BIDED OUR CADETS TO EXCEPTIONAL HEIGHTS INCLUDING REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND A NATIONAL RUNNER-UP FINISHED AT THE JROTC NATIONAL COMPETITION. JOINING HIM DRIVING THE UNIT SUCCESS IS MARINE INSTRUCTOR SERGEANT CLOONEY, DECADES OF MILITARY LEADERSHIP CONTINUE AND STILL CHARACTER, SELFLESS SERVICE, ACROSS THIS CADET BOARD. ALSO RECOGNIZED STAFF SERGEANT STRONG RETIRED. THE TEN YOUR TO BUILD THE STRONG FRAMEWORK TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. TOGETHER, THE MENTORSHIP REQUIRED BY THE REMARKABLE

[35:05] EFFORTS, INTO ONE OF THE PREMIER PROGRAMS IN THE NATION. PLEASE JOIN US IN CELEBRATING LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAMS, SERGEANT MAJOR CLOONEY, STAFF SERGEANT STRONG, AND THE ROTC UNIT. >> CONGRATULATIONS. >> NEVER SURE ON A FEW WORDS. >> THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. WATSON. I GOT HERE IN THIS WILL BE MY TENTH YEAR AND WHEN WE SHOWED UP, GOT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND DECIDED WHERE WE WANT THIS PROGRAM TO GO. AND THE HIGHEST DISTINCTION THAT A PROGRAM COULD GET SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT SINCE I GOT HERE. IT TAKES MULTIPLE LAYERS TO BE ABLE TO EARN THAT KIND OF DISTINCTION. THE FIRST LAYER IS A SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY IN THE SCHOOL AND WE'VE GOT THAT. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT AND THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE STRONGEST REASONS ARE PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL. DR. ARMSTRONG, MR. WATSON, IN HIS STEAD HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE TO SUPPORT OUR PROGRAM AND GIVE US ANYTHING WE'VE NEEDED AND SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T KNOW WE NEEDED. THE SECOND THING IS INSTRUCTORS. HAD THAT GOOD RAPPORT WHERE WE CAN PUT THOSE GOALS IN FRONT OF THOSE CADETS AND THEY WOULD WORK REAL HARD TO MEET THEM BUT THE CADETS ARE THE BIGGEST PIECE OF THE PIE AND OUR LEADERS LAST YEAR, THEY ARE NOT HERE BUT SAM FARKAS, AVA FREEMAN, AND HALEY BLACK ARE THREE OF OUR HEAVY HITTERS. THEY ARE ALL AWAY AT COLLEGE NOW BUT WE BROUGHT SOME CADETS HERE AND THESE ARE ALL PART OF LAST YEAR'S SUCCESS. WE GOT OUR FIRST SERGEANT THIS YEAR. AV AND NATHAN STRONG WHO IS OURPER. BUT THEY ANSWERED EVERY CHALLENGE WE PUT IN FRONT OF THEM ALL YEAR AND DOING THE SAME THING THIS YEAR. IT IS AN EVERY YEAR THEY'VE GOT TO WIN AGAIN SO NOW WE'VE GOT THE BAR SET REAL HIGH LOOKING FORWARD TO TRY TO REACH IT AG AGAIN. THANK YOU. >> LET'S GET A QUICK PICTURE BEFORE Y'ALL GO. >> BY THE WAY, THE GOOCHLAND ROTC UNIT IS STILL THE LARGEST UNIT IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA. [A. Attendance Awareness Month ] >> CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO OUR JROTC UNIT. A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR DECEMBER AND MAKING SURE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THE MONTHLY RECOGNIZED SEPTEMBER 11TH, HARD TO BELIEVE THIS WILL BE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS AND WILL BE INVOLVED BOTH COUNTYWIDE AND SCHOOL LEVEL ACTIVITIES THIS FRIDAY, ACTUALLY. SEPTEMBER 11TH. CONSTITUTION DATE WILL BE HELD SEPTEMBER 17TH AND ON SEPTEMBER 19TH WE WILL BE JOINING THE COUNTY AND CELEBRATING THE 200TH BIRTHDAY OF GOOCHLAND IN THE COURTHOUSE. THE ACADEMIC AWARDS WILL TAKE PLACE OCTOBER 23RD AT 6:00 P.M. AND WILL BE HEARING MORE FROM HER LATER AND WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE STUDENTS FOR DISAPPOINTING IN THE YEAR AND AT THE END MIC OF THE YEAR IT'S PRETTY HECTIC SO IT'S A NICE SPECIAL EVENING FOR OUR UNDERCLASS STUDENTS TO BE RECOGNIZED NEXT WEEK, THE WEEK AFTER NEXT. WE'LL BE TAKING TAKING OUR ANNUAL EASTERN STATE VISIT TO ST. CHARLES PARISH OUTSIDE NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. WE WILL HAVE A TEAM OF THREE, MYSELF, DR. WEGNER. WE'VE BEEN PART OF THE EASTERN

[40:02] STATE CONSORTIUM NOW FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 15 YEARS, PART OF THE CONSORTIUM FOR OTHER SIMILAR SCALE AND OUT COME OF ADDITIONS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE AND MIKE OF THE MONTH DOWN AND ST. CHARLES PARISH. GOING TO HAVE OUR TEAM GOOCH KICKOFF TO, WELCOME TO ATTEND THE 5:00 P.M. BEFORE THE FOOTBALL GAME. LOOKING FORWARD TO FLIPPING BURGERS. YOURS TRULY GIVING ENOUGH FOR EVERYBODY ON OCTOBER 9TH. RIGHT OUT THERE NEAR THE GREENHOUSE. AND WILL REJOIN AND RECONVENE OCTOBER THE 13TH 5:30. >> THANK YOU, DR. ARMSTRONG. I WANT TO BRING UP AT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE COURTHOUSE, I HEARD RUMORS THAT THE CULINARY DEPARTMENT ON THE CULINARY ARTS COOKIES. >> I'M GETTING THAT THUMBS UP. >> IF YOU HAD NOT THEIR COOKIES, YOU NEED TO. SERIOUSLY. I THINK IT'S TEN TO NOON AT THE COURTHOUSE GREEN. AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >> HI. I BROUGHT VISUAL AIDS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS FOR ALWAYS BEING RECEPTIVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND LAST MONTH WAS PARTICULARLY NICE BECAUSE THE COMMENTS WERE RIGHT INTO THE PRESENTATION ABOUT THE POLICY CHANGES AND I SENT YOU ALL A LETTER. THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING. ABOUT REALLY LOOKING AT THE FDA AND THE FACT THAT KIDS WITHOUT DISABILITIES AS WELL, DISABILITIES ALSO STRUGGLE WITH BEHAVIORS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY CHOSEN BUT ARE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING. IDENTIFYING WHAT STRESS BEHAVIORS VERSUS CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR IT SO IMPORTANT. THAT IS ALL AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A HAND OUT TO DIFFERENTIATE. >> ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY. HEARING NONE, WILL GO ON TO MR. IYER. >> THANK YOU. WELL, GOOCHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STARTED OFF WITH STUDENTS DISCIPLINING DURING THE TRYOUT. SELECTION RESULTS FOR THE TWO OFFICIAL TEAMS WERE ANNOUNCED THIS PAST FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH AND REGARDLESS OF OUTCOME, ALL STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THEIR EFFORT AND COMMITMENT. GES ALSO LAUNCHED THEIR POINT SYSTEM DURING THE GRADE LEVEL ASSEMBLY. STUDENTS HAVE QUICKLY EMBRACED THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE THESE SCHOOLS POSTURES CORE VALUES AND EVERY LODGE HAS SURPASSED 3,500 POINTS. THIS SCHOOL ALSO CELEBRATED STRONG ATTENDANCE WITH ITS FIRST POP UP ATTENDANCE DRAWING. THE WINNERS RECEIVE FUN AUTO KEY CHAINS FROM GUCCI PHARMACY. WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. KICKED OFF AUGUST WITH THEIR POPSICLES PLAYTIME ON THE PLAYGROUND PROVIDING NEW AND RETURNING STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECONNECT WITH FRIENDS AND CLASSMATES DURING THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOLS. DUE TO HEAT ADVISORY THE EVENT WAS MOVED INDOORS BUT IT REMAINED A GREAT SUCCESS. GES ALSO APPRECIATES THE MAINTENANCE TEAMS FOR THEIR SUPPORTS OF THE ONGOING PLAYGROUND CONSTRUCTION. TEACHER WORK WEEK PROVIDED STAFF WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE FOR THE YEAR AND RECONNECT WITH THEIR COLLEAGUES AT ALL WELL ATTENDED FAMILY, GOT UNDERWAY, POSITIVE RHYTHM FOR SCHOOLS COMMITTED TO ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING ONE ANOTHER. PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO WELCOME STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WHILE THE PTA HELP PROVIDED BY THE STUDENT. THIS SORTING CEREMONY WELCOMING NEW STUDENTS AND STAFF AND HEALTH COMMUNITIES. OPENING WEEKS FOR STUDENTS FOR STRONG CLASSROOM COMMUNITIES AND EXPECTATIONS AND BUILDING NEW FRIENDSHIPS. ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN COLLABORATIVE TEAM BUILDING FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING, COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION, AND TEAMWORK. STUDENTS HAVE ESTABLISHED

[45:04] ENTHUSIASM, CURIOSITY, STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY TO BEGIN ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR. APPLICATION OF A START OF THE YEAR REFLECTED THROUGH THE BUILDING. STUDENTS AND STAFF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY EMBRACING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH. ENGAGING BECOMING COMFORTABLE WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT. THE FIRST PARENT AUTO PROVIDING FAMILY WITH STAFF AND LEARN HOW THEY CAN PARTNER WITH THE SCHOOL TO SUPPORT STUDENT FOSTER SUCCESS. THE LAUNCH OF UNIFIED PE HAS BEEN ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT WITH STUDENTS COLLABORATING, ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER, AND BUILDING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS. STUDENTS ARE ALSO INVOLVED BEYOND THE CLASSROOM THROUGH EXTRACURRICULARS AND ATHLETICS SUCH AS VOLLEYBALL, BOYS SOCCER, AND CROSS-COUNTRY. BEHIND THE SCENES, STAFF WORKED DILIGENTLY TO DISTRIBUTE IPADS, PREPARE THE BUILDING FOR THE NEW YEAR. COUNSELING, CUSTODIAL, MAINTENANCE, THEY ALL PLAY VERY IMPORTANT ROLES IN ENSURING A SMOOTH START. GMS ALSO APPRECIATES THE PTA FOR PRESERVICE WEEK AND PROVIDING POPSICLES FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. NEW STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BECOME VALUED MEMBERS OF THE GES COMMUNITY AND EMBRACE THE ROLES WITH ENTHUSIASM. AS WE'VE ALREADY SEEN TONIGHT, GOOCHLAND HIGH SCHOOL HAS OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENTS BEING NAMED A NAVAL HONOR SCHOOL BEING AMONG THE TOP 20% NATIONALLY. THE CLASS OF 2027 ALSO CELEBRATED THE BEGINNING OF THE SENIOR YEAR. AND THE ALL-NIGHT GRADUATION PARENTS WERE CREATING MEMORABLE MORNING. THE BULLDOG COMMUNITY ALSO CAME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE STAFF WITH FRIDAY MORNING COFFEE EVENT AND THANKS TO THE 11TH GRADE CAMERON'S LAMP AS WELL AS MS. HOWELL, VICTORY CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AND THE PAIR OF VOLUNTEERS TO HELP MAKE IT POSSIBLE. ENTHUSIASTIC TO THE 2026-2027 SCHOOL YEAR. HELPING CREATE THE OUTSTANDING SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. SPEAK A GREAT JOB, THANK YOU. I CAN NEVER TOP YOUR COMMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHALLENGE FACED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS LAST WEEK. IF ANYONE JOINS ME A GREAT GUIDE FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND WE ARE GOING TO LEARN FROM THAT T TOO. LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME AFTER ACTION SO WE CAN SEE WHERE WE CAN TAKE THAT. JUST WANT TO GIVE OUR THOUGHTS FOR WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. DO YOU WANT TO MENTION TOO AS YOU SAW THE STATE ACCOUNTABILITY RESULTS, LIKELY THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER. WE DID RECEIVE A SHOUT OUT IN THE VIDEO PRESS RELEASE BECAUSE WE SAW AN INCREASE OF THREE POINTS IN BOTH MATH AND READING. OVER LAST YEAR'S SCORE, SO I DID WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EXPECTATIONS HIGH AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING MORE WITH DR. MYERS MASRI'S BIG PRESENTATIONS NEXT MONTH'S WHEN WE HAVE THE FULL RESULTS. WORK CONTINUES AND WE SHOULD HAVE THE FIRST SCHEMATIC DRAWINGS PROBABLY BY THE END OF THIS MONTH. HOPEFULLY IN NOVEMBER LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. WANT TO THANK THE BOARD WITH DELEGATES WITH COUNTERPARTS ON THE COUNTY AS WELL. WE WANT TO THANK MRS. ROBINSON FOR ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION ON THAT WORKSHOP AND APPRECIATE THE DELEGATES TAKING THEIR TIME TO DO THAT AND DOES NOT HAPPEN EVERYWHERE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT EFFORT. AS YOU HEARD, WILL MENTION THE FALL SPORTS IN FULL SWING. VOLLEYBALL, WE'VE GOT CROSS-COUNTRY SOCCER. AND THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG. THAT IS NOVEMBER. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, MAYBE EARLIER. I KNOW YOU DON'T DO THIS ONE BUT DO THE NEXT ONE SO GET READY TO DO THAT AND I'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY STAYS INFORMED AND SUPPORT PERFORMING ARTS.

[50:03] THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR NOW, MADAM CHAIR. >> THANK YOU, DR. ARMSTRONG. THANK YOU FOR THE JOB YOU ARE DOING. OFF TO A GREAT START. MY GOSH... THAT IS, WELL, THAT'S AMAZING. REMEMBER FOREVER, REMEMBER FOREVER. >> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. I WAS THINKING NEWS ANCHOR. A LIGHT MONTH FOR A POLICY. I FIGURE I'D MAKE IT A LIGHT MONTH FOR YOU BECAUSE I GAVE YOU A WHOLE BUNCH. I WANTED TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST TWO. THIS IS REALLY JUST REFLECTED AND REFLECTS LANGUAGE IN VIRGINIA CODE. GBD WAS CLARIFIED AND IMPROVED TO INCLUDE A REPORTING SECTION HOW YOU CAN REPORT AND HOW EMPLOYEES WILL BE SUPPORTED. IN A FEW MOMENTS YOU WILL BE APPROVING, VOTING TO APPROVE SECOND RATING. AND THERE ARE THREE THAT I WANT TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO. THE FIRST ONE IS AE, SIMPLY A CROSS REFERENCE THE ADDITION AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT IS REDLINED. YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING, HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO LOOK WHICH IS IN ADDITION TO THE FIRST READING. NB BFA, THIS WAS A PRONOUN REVISION AND STREAMLINED MEMBER TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WHEN APPROPRIATE. IT WAS REALLY INCONSISTENT. I DIDN'T CATCH IT THE FIRST T TIME. GDGGAE, SUCH A MOUTHFUL. THE REVISION WE PROPOSED DURING FIRST READING IS NOT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2027. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNEW THAT. WE DID ADDED TO THE POLICY BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IMPLEMENTED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE OUR LEARNING YEAR. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? WAITING FOR GUIDANCE AND WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO FROM THERE. THAT IS IT FOR POLICY. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE NOW TO THE CONSENT ITEMS. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS A SLATE OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIVIDE THIS SLATE. >> MADAM CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE AGREE. >> I SECOND. >> IT'S AND SECONDED BY MS. ROBINSON TO APPROVE A SLATE. IS THERE ANY INFORMATION YOU'D LIKE TO PASS ON? >> A FAIRLY PEDESTRIAN CONCERN FOR THIS EVENING. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY INSTRUCTIONS? WE ARE HEARING NO IN THAT CASE, WE HAVE AN APPROVED A SET AGENDA AND WE ARE TO INFORMATION EXAMPLES. >> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO INVITE MRS. FARRELL. TO EMBARK ON THE JOURNEY APPLYING TO COLLEGE WHICH HAS BECOME PROBABLY MORE INTENSE NOW THAN IT EVER HAS, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT IS REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY COLLEGES, ESSAYS, APPLICATIONS AND THE FINANCES INVOLVED, A LOT OF SCHOOLS, EMPLOYEE DEDICATED AND WORKING WITH MS. FARRELL SINCE I HIRED HER AS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO. EVEN LONGER. THE COMMONWEALTH TO LEAD THIS WORK AND THANK HER FOR DOING THE PRESENTATIONS AS EVENING BUT FOR EVERYTHING SHE DOES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. PLEASE TAKE IT AWAY. >> DO I TURN THIS ON? >> THIS TOPIC I'M VERY

[55:10] PASSIONATE ABOUT. MOVES AND CHANGES YEAR AFTER YEAR, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO LEARN AND GROW EVERY YEAR AS THE COLLEGES LOVE TO CHANGE THING ON US. BUT WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS IN WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS FOCUSED ON COLLEGE. BUT OUR MAIN GOAL AND I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS BEFORE THE STATE ADOPTED IT TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS ARE READY AND THOUGH WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO ENROLL FOR EMPLOYEE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND ARE PREPARED. WE HAVE SEVERAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO WORK ON COLLEGE, BEFORE TO GET THE SENIOR YEAR. THAT IS OUR COLLEGE VIRTUAL EVENT. THE LAST THREE YEARS WE HAVE DONE THIS THROUGH THE COLLEGE NIGHTS PROGRAM. THIS YEAR WE ARE PLANNING TO CREATE OUR OWN LESSON ON IT. WE THINK THAT ONE LIMITS US WHICH WOULD PROVIDE AND LEARNING A LOT IN THE PRESENTATION. WE GIVE AWAY SCHOLARSHIPS WHICH WAS NICE. BUT WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT AND SO WE ARE CREATING OUR OWN PROGRAM. WE INVITE ALL UNDERCLASS PARENTS TO THIS EVENT. PCMC PUTS TOGETHER THIS AMAZING RESOURCE THAT I PERSONALLY LOVE WHICH IS OUR OPPORTUNITY'S BOOK. START GIVING THIS AWAY, WE ORDERED SEVERAL IN SCHOOL COUNSELING, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A LITTLE BIT AND ORDERS THESE FOR OUR STUDENTS AND CLINICAL AMOUNT IN OUR COPY WHICH IS PREPARING FOR COLLEGE GUIDE AND WORKBOOK AND ITS VIRGINIA SPECIFIC AND IT'S VERY NICE. IT'S FREE OF COST FOR US. WE ALWAYS ORDER THEM IN A PLENTIFUL AMOUNTS. THIS IS THE COVER OF THE NEW ONE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED IN PERSON YET WHERE WE'VE ORDERED THEM. WE'VE HAD THEM ONLINE BUT EVERY TIME I MEET WITH STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHO ARE COLLEGE BOUND IN THIS ACADEMIC AND CAREER PLANNING MEETING IN THE JUNIOR YEAR, I DO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THIS AS A RESOURCE. WE ALSO PROVIDED AT VARIOUS EVENTS AND SO WE HAVE THEM ALL THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL COUNSELING OFFICE AND THE COLLEGE PROCESS DOES NOT BEGIN IN JUNIOR YEAR, IT DOES NOT BEGIN IN SENIOR YEAR. IT BEGINS BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL. BUT DEFINITELY WE ARE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH STUDENTS STARTING IN THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR. IN THEIR SENIOR YEAR, WE DO THIS THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL, DOING SCHEDULE CHANGES. PRESENTING IN POST SECONDARY OPTIONS SO WE GET TOGETHER IN ENGLISH CLASSES WITH THE STUDENTS, EVERY ENGLISH THAT HAS IT THAT BLOCK SO USUALLY IT IS TWO TOGETHER AND WE WORK ON AND TELL THEM ABOUT THE SENIOR PROJECT THAT IS A REQUIREMENT WHERE THEY GO TO REQUEST THEIR TRANSCRIPT TO BE SENT TO COLLEGES OR TO AN EMAIL ADDRESS TO SCHOLARSHIPS, ANYWHERE THEY WANT TO GO AND THEY WOULD DO THAT THROUGH PARCHMENT SO WE WORK WITH THEM AND SET UP THEIR PARCHMENT ACCOUNT IN THOSE MEETINGS. THEY PICKED A BREAKOUT SESSION SO SOME STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO TO A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL ARE GOING TO GO WITH ONE COUNSELOR INTO THAT BREAKOUT. STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO TO A TWO-YEAR COLLEGE ARE GOING TO GO WITH OUR COACH AND SHE'S GOING TO DO OUR END PRESENTATION COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS. AND THEN MS. SALAZAR WHO HAS BEEN DOING OUR TRADE SCHOOL MILITARY WORKFORCE. SO WE DO NOT WANT TO OVERLOAD STUDENTS WITH TOO MUCH INFORMATION ON A TOPIC THEY ARE NOT SUPER YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO BREAK. TELL THEM THAT ALL THREE PRESENTATIONS ARE POSTED AND IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MORE THAN ONE WE ASKED THEM TO CHOOSE THE ONE THEY ARE MOST INTERESTED IN THAT DAY AND WE DO HAVE ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR STUDENTS SO WE CAN SHIFT IF WE NEED TO. NEXT IS OUR COLLEGE APPLICATION AND RESUME WRITING WORKSHOP. THE VERY FIRST BIG DEADLINE FOR COLLEGES IS OCTOBER 15TH. THE FIRST GROUP OF EARLY ACTION AND EARLY DECISION DEADLINES ARE

[1:00:01] APPROVED AND NONE CAN HAVE A DO PRIOR TO OCTOBER 15TH. THERE'S NOT ONE DEADLINE BEFORE OCTOBER 15TH. WE ALLOW THE SENIORS, WE WORK WITH ENGLISH, THIS YEAR WE ARE DOING ENGLISH. WE RESERVE IT FOR THE DAY AND THEY COME IN AND THEY CAN WORK ON THEIR COMMON APP AND ASK QUESTIONS AS THEY ARE DOING THEIR COMMON APP. THEY CAN APPLY TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, SEVERAL STUDENTS APPLY, WE ALSO GIVE SUPPORTS WITH A RESUME BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE COLLEGE BOUND BUT THOSE RESUMES ARE VERY IMPORTANT SO WE WILL READ THEIR RESUME AND GIVE THEM FEEDBACK WHILE THEY ARE THERE. HAVE OUR SCHOLARSHIPS, WE ALREADY HAVE FOUR POSTED THAT ARE DUE IN APRIL SO WE ALLOW THEM COME OUT COLLEGE APPLICATIONS WILL START APPLYING TO SCHOLARS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IT'S JUST A DAY WHERE THEY CAN FEEL FREE TO NOT HAVE THE STRESS OF FINDING THE TIME TO DO IT. SO THEY HAVE THEIR ENTIRE ENGLISH BLOCK TO DO IT THAT DAY. >> I AM SORRY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE COMMON APP IS. >> THE COMMON APP IS A PLATFORM THAT MOST COLLEGES NOWADAYS USE. THEY FILL OUT THEIR DEMOGRAPHIC AND INFORMATION AND ESSAY ALL IN ONE PLACE AND THEY SELECT THE COLLEGES THAT WHAT THEY WANT TO APPLY TO AND THERE MIGHT BE INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE COLLEGES THEY WOULD DO AND THEY WOULD SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION RIGHT THERE THROUGH THE APT. >> INSTEAD OF FILLING OUT THREE DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS, I CAN BASICALLY DO ONE. >> ONE PLATFORM WITH A FEW CHANGES AND THEY DO SPECIFIC THINGS THAT THEY WANT. >> ACTUALLY HAS A NEW FEATURE THAT STARTED LAST YEAR IN DIRECT ADMISSION. HAVING A LOT OF DIRECT ADMISSIONS OFFERS BASED ON THE ANSWERS THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AND IN A LOT OF CASES IN GOOCHLAND IT'S NOT ONLY THE GRADES AND GPA AND ACTIVITIES BUT IT'S ALSO THE ZIP CODE AND BECAUSE WE ARE A RURAL COUNTY, A LOT OF STUDENTS ARE GETTING DIRECT ADMISSIONS OFFERS WHERE THE COLLEGE IS WAIVING THE APPLICATION FEE AND SAY WE WANT YOU. IF YOU APPLY TO US, TELLING YOU BASED IN WHAT WE SEE HERE WE ACCEPT YOU. WE ARE TELLING STUDENTS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE LOOKING AT THAT DIRECT ADMISSIONS FOR COMMON APP AS WELL BECAUSE THAT IS A NEWER FEATURE. >> IT'S ACTUALLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT. >> EARLY ADMISSION IS STILL A THING. EARLY DECISION IS WHERE YOU APPLY TO THE NUMBER ONE COLLEGE AND YOU FIND OUT EARLY AND ARE BOUND TO GO THERE. DIRECT ADMISSIONS IS THERE, LITERALLY READING -- I DO NOT KNOW WHO'S DOING IT. PROBABLY AI. READING WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IN THE APPLICATION AND LOOKING FOR PEOPLE IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS FOR US BEING RULE, IT'S VERY HELPFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS IN GETTING TO THE COLLEGE AND THEY ARE LITERALLY LISTING CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY IS ONE, I HAD A STUDENT THAT I MET WITH TODAY WHO HAD SEVERAL OUT-OF-STATE SCHOOLS AND HE HAD A DIRECT ADMISSIONS OFFER. ALL HE HAS TO DO NOW IS SAY I WANT TO APPLY TO DIRECT ADMISSIONS. HE CAN SUBMIT THAT APPLICATION AND HE IS GETTING IN. >> BASICALLY TOLD HIM ON THE SPOT. >> ALL ON THE SPOT. IT'S LIKE BACK IN THE DAY AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS CALLED, WE'D HAVE A COLLEGE. WE USED TO DO THIS WITH DR. ARMSTRONG WERE COLLEGE ADMISSIONS WOULD COME IN FOR THE DAY AND THEY WOULD INTERVIEW OUR STUDENTS AND GIVE THEM DIRECT ON THE SPOT ACCEPTANCE AND NOW THEY ARE DOING THAT. >> I'M SORRY. SO HOW DOES RULE HELP THEM? WHAT ABOUT THAT? >> EVERY COLLEGE IS BUILDING CLASS. THEY WANT A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC OF PERSON FOR THAT CLASS. I CAN ALWAYS SAY I NEVER GUARANTEE A STUDENT IS GOING TO GET INTO ANY SCHOOL THIS OTHER STUDENT HAS HIGHER GPA SO THEY WANT A VARIETY OF STUDENTS FROM

[1:05:08] ALL OVER BUT THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE FOR SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS, THAT TYPE OF PLACE. SO COMING FROM THAT SMALL ENVIRONMENTS THEY ARE GOING TO GET A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAT THEY WANT. THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> IF YOU COME TO OUR ACADEMIC AWARDS, SOME OF OUR STUDENTS WILL BE RECEIVING A RULE AND SMALL-TOWN AWARD FROM THE COLLEGE BOARD BASED ON SCORES ON THEIR AP EXAM SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED ON THE COLLEGE BOARD AS WELL. SO AFTER OUR COLLEGE WORKSHOPS EIGHTH AND NINTH, THAT'S THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WE JUST NEED TO PROOFREAD AND WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO THAT BUT THE DAY AFTER WE GO IN THE SENIOR LESSON, WE TRY TO GO GET THEM DONE BY THE END OF OCTOBER, WE ARE HAVING INDIVIDUAL SENIOR MEETINGS WITH OUR STUDENTS. SO WE ARE, PARENTS ARE INVITED. THEY CAN SIGN UP, STUDENTS CAN INVITE THEIR PARENTS TO COME. PARENTS CAN SIGN UP. WE POST OUR LINKS TO SIGN UP IN THE WEEKLY BULLDOG BULLETIN. WE ARE MEETING WITH EVERY SENIOR AND WE ARE HAVING A ONE-ON-ONE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR INDIVIDUAL POST SECONDARY PLANS. THEY HEARD THE WHOLE THING. WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY HEAR BETTER BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO LISTEN. BUT THEY DO NOT HEAR EVERYTHING AND SO WE REVAMP THIS FORM BUT WITH THIS PRESENTATION IT WASN'T QUITE READY YET. IT GIVES THEM A BUNCH OF REMINDERS, THEY GET A COPY OF IT AND IT HAS RESOURCES ON IT. WHEN I MEETING WITH THEM I'M HIGHLIGHTING THINGS THAT I'VE HAD THREE SENIOR MEETINGS TODAY AND ONE WAS WITH A PARENT WHO ATTENDED AND THE OTHER TWO WERE JUST WITH THE STUDENTS AND WE ARE MAKING A LOT OF REMINDERS AND LOOKING AT THEIR INDIVIDUAL COLLEGES. WE ARE REMINDING THEM THAT NOT ALL OF THE THINGS THEY NEED TO APPLY ARE ALWAYS ON COMMON APP. THEY MIGHT BE SELF-REPORTED ACADEMIC RECORD, THAT SORT OF THING. WE ARE HAVING THOSE INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS. PRIOR TO SENIOR YEAR, WE DO HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUAL CONVERSATIONS AND THAT'S TO OUR ACADEMIC AND CAREER PLANNING MEETINGS. WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WANT TO DO WHEN YOU GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL AND EVERY YEAR WE ARE MAKING NOTES OF THIS IS WHAT THEY THINK THEY WANT TO DO SO WE CAN GO BACK AND JOG OUR MEMORIES OF WHAT THEY HAD SAID THE PREVIOUS YEAR, TALK ABOUT IT. THINGS CHANGE DRASTICALLY. YOU HAD SAID THIS BEFORE. WE ARE GIVING THEM FROM WHAT THEY HEARD IN COLLEGES, NOT ONLY ARE WE PLANNING FOR THIS PROCESS IN A SENIOR YEAR WE ARE STARTING IN FRESHMAN YEAR AND PLANNING OUT A FOUR YEAR PLAN FOR THESE STUDENTS. THINGS CHANGED AND WE CAN SHIFT BUT WE ARE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE FIND THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE STATE REQUIRES US TO MEET I BELIEVE TWICE WITH OUR STUDENTS, TWO YEARS OF THEIR HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND EVERY DEPARTMENT I'VE EVER WORKED IN WE'VE ALWAYS REQUIRED EVERY YEAR BECAUSE I DO NOT THINK SKIPPING A YEAR IS BENEFICIAL FOR OUR STUDENTS IN HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS. SO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING AND MS. WIRSING HAS COME TO THEM. VIRGINIA COLLEGE APPLICATION WEEK IS A TIME IN NOVEMBER WHERE THE STATE PUTS TOGETHER WHERE YOU CAN DO A COLLEGE APPLICATION WORKSHOP. THIS IS WHERE THE IDEA SPARKED FROM. UNFORTUNATELY DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE BENEFITS PLUS MOST OF THE STUDENTS ARE APPLYING AND OCTOBER SO WE MOVED THAT WORKSHOP EARLIER IN THE YEAR. BUT WE ARE STILL CELEBRATING -- IF WE GET AN EMAIL SAYING HEY, WE ARE GOING TO GET FREE -- WE ARE GOING TO WAIVE THE FEE AND

[1:10:06] POSTING THAT ON CANVAS SO THEY HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, NOT ALL COLLEGES DO IT. THEY DO IT THAT WEEK IN NOVEMBER BUT WE ALSO DO SOME FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THE WHOLE SCHOOL. NOT JUST OUR SENIOR. WE HAVE LUNCHROOM ACTIVITIES THAT GET THEM THINKING ABOUT COLLEGE. SO THIS IS -- I CALL IT OUR SPINNING WHEEL WHERE SCHOOL COUNSELORS WILL SET UP IN THE BACK OF THE CAFETERIA. WE HAVE PRIZES AND THEY COME AND SPIN THE WHEEL AND THE WHEEL ATTRACTS THEM FOR SOME REASON. THEY HAVE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES. WE ARE IN THE CAFETERIA, THE LUNCHROOM ONCE A MONTH DOING SOME SORT OF ACTIVITY. GIVES US EXPOSURE, WHATEVER THE TOPIC OF THE WEEK IS OR THE MONTH THAT WE'VE CHOSEN TO DO AND THIS IS A BIG ONE FOR US. SENIOR DECISION DAY WE DO IT WHERE THEY HAVE TO GUESS WHICH TEACHER BASED ON THEIR COLLEGE WOULD BE. SO SOME OF THOSE ARE EASIER THAN OTHERS. SO WE ALSO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ON FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS. VERY LUCKY TO HAVE UP PARTNERSHIP WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT SENDS US WITH OUR OWN SPECIFIC ADVISOR LISA GUPTON AND WE HAVE AN MOU WITH THEM AND MEETS WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES FOR THE FINANCIAL AID PROCESS. SHE IS GOING TO HELP FAMILIES WITH FAFSA. HAVING THOSE VERY INTIMATE CONVERSATIONS WITH FAMILIES, WITH STUDENTS ABOUT HOW TO GET THEM THE MONEY THEY NEED TO PAY FOR COLLEGE. SHE CAN HELP THEM FIND SCHOLARSHIPS OR DO SEARCHES FOR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT FOR OUR MORE LOCAL SCHOLARSHIPS SO SHE IS A HUGE ASSET TO US. WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE AND OUR OWN SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR. MS. MCMULLEN HAS BEEN OUR SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR FOR A WHILE WHERE SHE'S POSTING EVERY SCHOLARSHIP THAT WE RECEIVE WITH ALL OF THE DEADLINES. WE DO HOST A SCHOLARSHIP BREAKFAST. THOSE TWO STUDENTS WHO HAVE THE BIG CHECKS IN FRONT OF THEM ARE MENTIONED IN THE JROTC AS THEY BOTH GOT THE NAVY JROTC SCHOLARSHIP AT ABOUT THE 300,000 SCHOLARSHIP LAST YEAR SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIPS IN THAT PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, BUT THEY ALSO GRASP THEIR OWN LUNCHEON THAT WE ATTENDED AND WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE AS WELL. THAT FINANCIAL AID PIECE, THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT WE DO HOST A FINANCIAL AID NIGHT. WHICH IS COMING UP I BELIEVE WE ARE LOCKING IN OUR FINANCIAL AID ADVISOR FROM COLLEGE AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE OCTOBER 7TH THIS YEAR. RIGHT AFTER FAFSA OPENS OCTOBER 1ST. AND WE CELEBRATE DECISION DAY CELEBRATIONS. THAT IS THE TEACHER GAME THAT I MENTIONED WE DO AROUND MAY 1ST ON THE LUNCHROOM. WHAT WE FOUND OUR SENIORS HAVE BEEN MORE INTERESTED IN IS OUR DECISION NIGHT RECEPTION AND PAIRING THAT WITH OUR SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. WE PUT TOGETHER A SLIDESHOW, EVERY SINGLE SENIOR WITH WHAT IS NEXT FOR THEM. WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BE NEXT YEAR. THAT I THINK IS VERY SPECIAL TO OUR STUDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES, THEY GET TO SEE THAT AT OUR AWARDS NIGHT AND WE HAVE A LITTLE RECEPTION AFTERWARDS TO CELEBRATE WHAT IS NEXT. THE DECISION DAY IS OFFICIALLY MAY 1ST SO THAT'S WHY WE DO SOMETHING AT LUNCH THAT DAY. BUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THEY KEPT HAVING TO PUSH IT BACK THE YEAR THAT THE FACET CHANGED AND THEY KEPT PUSHING IT BACK BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO GET THE DECISIONS BASED ON THE FAFSA EARLY ENOUGH AND THAT'S WHEN WE DID OUR FIRST NIGHT AT SENIOR AWARDS AND OUR SENIOR CLASSES HAVE REALLY DIFFERED WITH A SLIDESHOW. WE DO ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. SO WE DO ADMISSIONS COUNSELORS AND THEY COME TO US DURING LUNCH IS ALL THE TIME. SO MS. FOSTER, OUR REGISTRAR IS ALWAYS ANY TIME AN ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR REACHES OUT AND WANTS TO COME TO A VISIT, THEY CAN SET UP A TABLE DURING LUNCH IS AND CAN GO TALK TO THEM ABOUT COLLEGE.

[1:15:09] OUR TEACHERS DO AMAZING WORK AS WELL. A LOT OF TIMES IT'S LIKE GETTING STUFF FROM US AND COLLABORATING AND WALKED INTO OUR NEW ENGLISH TEACHER MR. HAMMONS CLASS YESTERDAY AND THEY WERE DOING COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SIMULATION ACTIVITIES WHERE THEY WERE THE ADMISSIONS PANEL AND WE HAD GIVEN OUT AND YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURE THEY WERE ATTRACTED TRANSCRIPTS SO THEY CAN LOOK THROUGH AND LOOK AT THE STUDENTS 'HIS GRADES, LOOK AT THEIR APPLICATIONS AND IF THEY WOULD ACCEPT THEM TO THAT COLLEGE BASED ON WHAT THE COLLEGE HAS. ENGLISH TEACHERS DO COLLEGE ESSAYS WITH STUDENTS. DIGITAL RESUMES. THEY ARE HAVING A FINANCIAL AID DISCUSSION. EVERY YEAR BRINGS IN THE ADVISOR TO HER CLASSROOM TO DO JUST INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM AS WELL. SITTING HERE WITH DOING SO MUCH MORE. SO WE DEFINITELY ALL THREE OF US VERY PASSIONATE AND WE DO PROVIDE A LOT OF SUPPORT HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE COLLEGE APPLICATION CONTEXT. THIS IS JUST AN OVERVIEW. >> THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. THE SLIDESHOW, IT'S REALLY DONE WELL. VERY, VERY WELL. >> I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER. IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE. JUST BEING A PART OF THE PROCESS, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU PUT IN AND ESPECIALLY THE FACT THAT YOU MEET WITH THE STUDENTS ON A YEARLY BASIS WHEN NOT REQUIRED TO. THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR TEAM AND YOU SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THE OPPORTUNITIES, THE GUIDING WORKBOOK, SAYS THAT STUDENTS WILL GET THOSE THAT ARE JUNIORS. >> USUALLY GIVE THEM IN THE JUNIOR MEETING. BUT WE HAVE THEM. SO I AM HAPPY, WE GIVE THEM OUT WHENEVER THEY ARE IN SCHOOL COUNSELING. WE ALWAYS HAVE THEM AND THERE IS A LINK ON ARKANSAS PAGE. SENIOR PARENT NIGHT, WE DID THAT LAST WEEK AS WELL, INFORMATIONAL SENIOR PARENT NIGHT AND THERE IS A TO THAT. THAT WAS OUR WEEKLY BULLETIN. THE RECORDING. ANY ACTUAL SLIDESHOW AND IT IS A DIGITAL COPY OF IT AS WELL. >> THANK YOU. >> THE FIRST WEEK IN OCTOBER IS GOING TO BE VERY BUSY FOR YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> FOOD SERVICE. >> SLIGHTLY INCAPACITATED, BUT HE'S A TROOPER FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING AND MET HIM SHARE AND BOARD MEMBERS, SOME DISCUSSION OF THE STATE OF FOOD SERVICE AND HOW IT RELATES TO FINANCES. FOUR THINGS THAT WE CAN IN CAN'T DO. WE ARE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE MR. FRANKLIN WITH US. THE STATE LEVEL, SCHOOL DIVISIONS. EXCITING FOOD SERVICE AND GIVE THEM A MOMENT. >> I'M USED TO BEING IN THE KITCHEN AND NOW THE PODIUM. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS BEST OF FOOD. A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW DOING THE BEST THEY COULD BE. SO TONIGHT, TALK ABOUT AN OVERVIEW, CHALLENGES FOR NUTRITION. SOLUTIONS WE HAVE FOR IT. OUR RECENT PROGRESS, A LITTLE BIT OF A ROAD MAP I'VE PUT TOGETHER TO REACH THOSE GOALS AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE SUMMER PROGRAMS. OUR PROGRAM FRAMEWORK, BASICALLY YOU RUN UNDER FEDERAL MEALS PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT IS THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM, THE NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM. THE SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM IS ABOUT CORRELATION WITH GREAT TEST SCORES, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR. SERVICE VARIATIONS. WE DO DIFFERENT SERVICE MODELS AND WE DO GRABBING GO.

[1:20:01] WE ALSO HAVE BREAKFAST IN THE CLASSROOM PART IS THE GRAB AND GROW DELL MYCO SERVICE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT WE DO OFFER VEGETABLES FOR BREAKFAST TOO. WE OFFER FRUIT, VEGETABLES, THE PREFERENCES RIGHT HERE TOO. NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM. BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE FUNDED MODELS THAT OPERATE STRICTLY OFF THE REIMBURSEMENTS TIED DIRECTLY TO STUDENT MEAL PER DISSIPATION INCLUDING MANDATORY COMPONENTS SUCH AS GRAINS, PROTEINS, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND ALSO MORE VARIETIES. WE ALSO HAVE STRICT CALORIC AND DIETARY LIMITS FOR ALL THESE PROGRAMS AND WE ALSO HAVE TO OFFER DIFFERENT FOOD VARIETIES TO MAKE THAT CENTRAL CHANGE RIGHT THERE. BOTH STATE AND FEDERALLY REGULATED. YOU GOT A LOW SELECTION. THE THREE STUDENT MEALS AS OPPOSED TO $0.56 FOR A PAID STUDENT. IT CREATES A BIG GAP FOR PAY DOWN THE LINE. REIMBURSEMENT MUCH LOWER THAN THAT. IT REALLY DOES SHIFT THE FOCUS AWAY FROM THE FEDERALLY FUNDED PROGRAM TO SOMETHING MORE STABLE WHERE YOU NEED TO SUBSIDIZE IT WITH A LA CARTE SALES AND REALLY RELY ON THAT PARTICIPATION TO COME INTO CLOSE THAT GAP RIGHT THERE. THERE IS NO SAFETY NET TOO. ALLOWING TO PARTICIPATE IN INCLUDING SNACKS, DINNERS, WEEKEND MEALS. THE CURRENT PERSPECTIVE, 56% FOR REDUCED. THIS SHIFTS THE FOCUS A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN A LA CARTE VERSUS NUTRITION, SIZE OF CHIPS AND DRINKS TO ACTUALLY MAKE SOME OF THAT REVENUE LOST THERE, FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT. HOT TOPIC ACROSS THE ENTIRE NATION. THE CUT OFF IS CHANGED EVERY YEAR. REQUIRED IN PHYSICAL FOR THE FREE MEALS.THIS LEADS TS BAD DEBT. SO ACTIVE BALANCES. A STUDENT HAS AN ACTIVE BALANCE IN THEIR ACCOUNTS SAYING THEY HAVE NEGATIVE $20 IN THEIR ACCOUNT. AS LONG AS THE STUDENT IS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND HAS TRANSFERRED THE DISTRICT IT STILL CONSIDERED A COLLECTIBLE DEBT. DEBT MUST BE RECOVERED BY GENERAL FUNDS IN THAT ASPECT. BUT IN YEARS PAST WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN THE COUNTY IS WE'VE ACTUALLY CLEARED OUT NEGATIVE BALANCES FOR EVERY STUDENT DURING THE SUMMER AND STARTED BACK OVER AGAIN. THE ONLY TIME WE NEED TO CLEAR ACTUAL DEBT IS WHEN THE DEBT IS CONSIDERED BAD DEBT FOR THE CHILD GRADUATE OR HAD MOVED ON. THIS YEAR AS OPPOSED TO OTHER YEARS STUDENTS HAVE BEGUN THE YEAR WITH THIS SAYING THAT THAT WAS CARRIED OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR. THERE IS A LOT OF STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS SURROUNDING THIS DEBT. WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO AS FAR AS COLLECTING THAT DEBT I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO DETAIL WHAT THAT ANOTHER TIME WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH IT BUT A LITTLE BIT WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW IS TACKLING IT. >> THIS QUESTION HAS COME UP SEVERAL TIMES. THE PUNCH LINE IS WE REALLY CANNOT CHANGE THE OFFERING. THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO IF A STUDENT HAS MEAL DEBT. SPEAK A GREAT WAY TO PUT IT IS I KEEP SAYING STUDENT MEAL DEBT. THIS IS NOT STUDENT DEBT. THIS IS A CHILD HAS AN ACCOUNT IN OUR SYSTEM TO HAVE A MEAL. THIS IS A DEBT THAT IS OWED FROM THEIR PARENT OR GUARDIAN. AT NO POINT DOES IT LAY ON YEARS PAST, I'VE BEEN A SCHOOL THAT YOUR SHARES IN JUST 15 YEARS AND I REMEMBER THE TIMES WHERE THAT CHILD DID NOT HAVE LUNCH MONEY ON AN ACCOUNT, WE'D ACTUALLY TAKE TH AWAY THEIR LUNCH. ALSO TIMES WHERE THEY WERE NOT ALLOWED TO EVEN GRADUATE OR GO TO PROM. THERE'S LOTS OF REGULATIONS SURROUNDING THAT. IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO WHEN WE DID THAT. BUT THIS IS AN ACTUAL PARENT DEBT. THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO TRY TO BRING THAT MONEY TO US BUT AT NO POINT WHEN I SAY STUDENT MEAL DEBT, THE STUDENT DOESN'T OWE THE MONEY. I WILL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ABOUT $24,000 IN UNPAID STUDENT MEAL DEBT THAT'S ABOUT 250 STUDENTS. OUT OF THOSE STUDENTS, 92% OF THOSE DO NOT QUALIFY FOR REDUCED MEALS.

[1:25:01] TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, MOST OF THE DEBT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR STUDENT MEAL DEBT COMES FROM FAMILIES THAT DO NOT QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL ASSISTANCE. A LITTLE BIT OF SOME FINANCIAL CHALLENGES. REPAIRS, EQUIPMENT ALWAYS BR BREAKS. COMMERCIAL KITCHENS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A SUGAR BUT WE DO THE BEST TO KEEP THEM UP AND RUNNING. IN THIS GENERAL MAINTENANCE INVOLVED, COMPETITIVE WAGES IS A HUGE TOPIC. TO TRY AND DRAW THE WORKFORCE INTO US, WE HAVE THE BEST SCHEDULE IN THE WORLD, WE SAY THAT ALL THE TIME. NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS OFF. COME ON AND ESPECIALLY YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN AND WORK, COMPARED TO OTHER COMPETITIVE WAGES ACROSS THE STATE I BELIEVE GOOCHLAND IS ABOVE 20%. PLUS LACK OF FULL-TIME POSI POSITIONS. OUR LABOR FORCE IS DERIVATIVE FROM THE PARTICIPATION WE HAVE SO THE MORE WE FEED THE MORE STAFF WE GET HIGHER SO IT BUILT TO SELL FROM THERE AND ALSO RISING COSTS. FOOD COSTS AS YOU KNOW HAVE GONE UP. SAME THING WITH FOOD SERVICE COMING TO THE SILL DON'T MAKE SYSTEMS. CONSUMABLES SUCH AS NAPKINS, SPORTS, EVERYTHING HAS GONE IN PRICE. TALK ABOUT A MINUTE STRAIGHT OF CHALLENGES. THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN OF THE SAME REQUIREMENTS WHERE WE SERVE A HUNDRED MEALS OR A THOUSAND MEALS. THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN, THE PAPERWORK, CROSSING THE TS AND DOTTING THE IS, NONE OF THAT CHANGE IS BECAUSE YOU ARE A SMALLER DIVISION AND IT'S ALSO HIGHLY REGULATED SO WE HAVE A BUSINESS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, HEALTH INSPECTIONS, USDA COMING TO DO STATE AND FEDERAL REVIEWS. VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER SCIENCES, WE ALSO HAVE REVIEWS FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT SO IT'S VERY HIGHLY REGULATED PROGRAM. SOME OF THE SOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEMS. SO THIS YEAR, I'VE REALLY RAMPED UP THE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PARENTS PRIOR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTING ABOUT OUR FREE AND REDUCED BENEFITS PACKAGES. WHAT THAT IS, WE HAVE AN ONLINE SYSTEM WHERE THE PARENT CAN APPLY FOR BENEFITS WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE QUALIFIED FOR IT AND MAKING THE NOTE WITHIN 24 HOURS WHETHER OR NOT THEY QUALIFY FOR THESE BENEFITS. JUST IN THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL ALONE THERE ARE 89 APPLICATIONS THAT CAME THROUGH TO MY DESK WHERE USUALLY HAVE A HUNDRED FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL YEAR. THE ONLINE APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN A HUGE STEP FORWARD TO MAKING IT AND ALSO ITS CONFIDENTIAL FROM THEIR SIDE. THE PARENT DOESN'T HAVE TO HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER, THE CHILD DOESN'T HAVE TO BRING HOME A PIECE OF PAPER AND IT'S ALL DONE BEHIND THE SCENES AND COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL. WE HAVE QR CODES POSTED IN OUR FRONT OFFICE IS BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM THEY CAN USE THEIR CELL PHONE, AND HE TO APPLY FOR THESE BENEFITS. COMES RIGHT TO MY DESK FOR PROCESSING. ALSO WE ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE PROGRAMS THEY QUALIFY FOR FREE THE BREAKFAST, LUNCH, SUMMER FEEDING. JUST TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH THOSE PROGRAMS AND NOT FOCUS ON THE ONES WE DO NOT QUALIFY FOR. MEAL DEBT. REALLY, IT JUST GOES BACK MENTIONING APPLICATIONS ENCOURAGING FAMILIES TO APPLY ONLINE FOR BENEFITS. THERE IS NO STIGMA ATTACHED TO IT AND IS A COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL ASPECT AND THERE'S NO HARM FOR APPLYING THE BENEFITS. DELINQUENT DEBT, I STARTED JUST LAST WEEK DOING NEGATIVE BALANCE EMAILS FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE NEGATIVE BALANCES. IN THE PAST WE'D PRINT UP LETTERS COME UP MAIL THEM, HOPE YOU GOT TO THAT ASPECT. RIGHT NOW I CAN DO BIWEEKLY EMAIL AND IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE PARENT AND I DID HAVE A LOT OF PARENTS REACH BACK OUT. THEY WERE UNSURE OF HOW THE STUDENT ACUMEN WEIGHTED THAT DEBT SO I WAS ABLE TO WALK THROUGH EXACTLY WHERE THAT CAME FROM. A COUPLE THERE THEY HAD NO IDEA THEY COULD PUT MONEY ON THE ACCOUNT IT'S ALL REALLY. >> I WONDER HOW MUCH THAT WAS ACUTE RELATED TO ICE CREAM SALES. >> THEY CAN'T CHARGE ICE CREAM. >> A LOT OF US, OUR EXPERIENCE WHEN WE MOVED TO THE CAFETERIA LINE. YOU AREN'T GOING TO KNOW. THE STUDENT WILL NOT BE IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES. YOU JUST TYPE IN YOUR CODE AND I HAD A TICKET. THAT CALLED ME OUT IN THE TICKET GOT PUNCHED EVERY DAY. NO STUDENT IS GOING TO FEEL ANY SHAME. >> THEN MEAL DEBT IS NOT -- THIS ISN'T THE GATORADE OR THE ICE CREAM. THIS IS A COMPLETE BREAKFAST OR LUNCH RIGHT THERE. >> PARENTS, WHEN THEY FIND OUT THEIR CHILD HAS NOT DITCH THEIR PACKED LODGE FOR A LUNCH, WILL THEY GET THEIR NOTICE AND IF THEY WANT THEY CAN PUT A HOLD SO THEY -- >> THEY CAN WORK THERE MYSELF AND WE CAN PUT ALERTS FOR THE STUDENTS ACCOUNT. I HAD ENOUGH OF MY OWN CHILD WHEN HE WAS IN FIRST GRADE BUT

[1:30:01] HE SWORE TO ME HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT A FRIDAY WAS AN HE HAD FIE ICE CREAMS THAT HE BOUGHT AND HE SAID, ISN'T EVERY DAY FRIDAY? DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT. THOSE PARENTS CAN PUT A HOLD ON THE ACCOUNTS SAYING COMPLETE MEALS ONLY, NO MEALS AT ALL. I DO HAVE SOME SAY NO MEALS AT ALL AND IT'S SOMETHING FOR THE PARENT TO UPDATE. WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING ON THERE. LET'S SAY THE CHILD KEEPS COMING THROUGH THE SAYING, HEY, PLEASE TALK TO YOUR FOLKS ABOUT THIS. WE CAN REACH UP TO THE PARENT AND GO, MY GOODNESS, YOU CAN TOTALLY LIFT THAT. SIX IN AND 17 DOWN. WE CAN DO ALL THAT BEHIND THE SCENES AND NOT TO DRAW ON THIS POINT, THE CHILD NEVER KNOWS THE DIFFERENCE. THEY KNOW WHEN THEY COME UP AND BUY A SNACK AND DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY ON THEIR ACCOUNT FOR THAT, BUT AS FAR AS THE MEAL GOES, YOU NEVER TURN DOWN A MEAL WITH THAT ASPECT TO IT. BUT YEAH. STARTING THIS YEAR WITH THE NEGATIVE BALANCE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO HAVE A HUGE IMPACT. AND JUST MOVING FORWARD, FOCUSING ON THAT UNCOLLECTIBLE DEBT AS OPPOSED TO JUST FOCUSING ON WHAT IS CONSIDERED BAD DEBT. RIGHT NOW BAD DEBT YOU CANNOT RECRUIT. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT -- IT'S A NATIONAL ISSUE. IT'S NOT JUST GOOCHLAND. TRUST ME. FINANCIALLY WHAT WE CAN WORK ON AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH UTILIZING THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE WHEN IT COMES TO REPAIRS, WE HAVE A CURRENT WORK ORDER SYSTEM UPGRADING TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE TRACEABLE AND TRACK YOUR REPAIRS, OVENS BREAK, FREEZERS GET WARM, SOMETHING YOU CAN WORK ON TO TRY AND FIX IT ALL DOING A GREAT JOB WORKING ON THAT. LABOR WISE ALL MY STAFF FRUSTRATING EACH OTHER SO NO LONGER IS IT JUST THE DISHWASHER OR THE FRUIT CUTTER. EVERYONE LEARNS SOMETHING AND ALSO ADJUSTED SCHEDULES BASED ON THE BUSINESS SO IF YOU A DATE A LITTLE BIT SCRATCH COOKING YOU CAN HAVE THOSE HOURS EXTENDED AND ON THE SHOULDER DAYS THEY CAN WORK LESS OF A SHIFT RIGHT THERE TOO. THE COSTS, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB, ALL OF THIS EXCUSE SO ALL THE ITEMS ON THE SHELVES IN THE PAST LIMITING WHAT WE HAVE. WE REALLY NEED FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHICKEN BREAST OR CAN UTILIZE IT ACROSS THE BOARD? THIS IS WHERE THE FOODIE IN ME REALLY COMES OUT. 27 OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OUR PURCHASING POWER IS A LOT BETTER THAN IT USED TO BE. ADMINISTRATIVE. I'M WORKING WITH CAFETERIA MANAGERS ON THE WHYS AND HOW'S OF RECORD KEEPING. THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THEY CAN DO TO KEEP THE RECORD STRAIGHT SO IT MAKES MY JOB WHEN IT COMES TO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. ANY UPDATES HAVING. >> I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS STATE AND ANY STRESSORS THAT COMES DOWN THE LINE, I LOVE WORKING WITH THEM ON A FIRST-NAME BASIS AND A NEW RESOURCE FOR THEM SO THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT LEVEL. SOME OPERATIONAL WINS WE'VE HAD SO FAR. HAVING GREAT PRODUCT ON A SHELF WITH FINANCIAL LIABILITY. ESPECIALLY ON THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL WITH KINDERGARTENS BY ICE CREAM, TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE SPECIAL ASPIC WHEN IT COMES TO A LA CARTE, THEY HAVE AND HAVE-NOTS. THERE, ALWAYS THERE. AND ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUE, SAFETY AND SANITATION, LAST TIME I SPOKE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL WE WERE CELEBRATING THE AWARD WE HAVE FOR HEALTH INSPECTIONS. MOVING FORWARD WE ALSO MOVE FORWARD TO A DRY SECTION OF THE RANDALL CAFETERIA WITH THE OLD STUFF TAKEN OUT. PLEASE COME TAKE A LOOK AT IT. MY FAVORITE POINT NOW TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD, REVITALIZED MENU. LET'S HAVE A SIX OR EIGHT WEEK CYCLE MENU AND TAKEN IT TO THE GREATEST HITS. STUDENTS REALLY LOVE HOMEMADE SPAGHETTI AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT EIGHT WEEKS TO HAVE IT AGAIN. IT CYCLES BACK EVERY THREE WEEKS AND HOW GOOD COOKING SOMETHING IF YOU CAN ONLY DO IT EVERY EIGHT WEEKS. BACK TO SIMPLE BASICS AND OPENING IT UP NEW ITEMS. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT LOOKS LIKE THE WAY YOU SERVED BEFORE.

[1:35:02] HAVING A REVITALIZED MENU. NEW ITEMS AND JUST ROLLED OUT SOME CHICKEN ALFREDO LAST WEEK. WE HAVE A DAILY SALAD BAR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL NOW. WRITE DOWN THE ROAD WHICH IS A DAILY SALAD BAR, AND RENEWED FOCUS ON CUSTOMER SERVICE. I'M REALLY BIG ON CUSTOMER SERVICE. POSITIVE ATTITUDE, THE SMILES, THE TIME TO COOK THE FOOD, HARD WORK AND WE ALL KNOW IT. AT THE END OF THE DAY IT BOILS DOWN TO THAT SMILE YOU HAVE AND THE PERSON SERVING YOUR FAVORITE THING OF THE DAY. CHICKEN ALFREDO WE HAD LAST WEEK WITH A SALAD BAR OVER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WITH OUR GARLIC BREAD RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE CE SELF-SERVE MILK OPPOD TO THE CARTONS WE HAVE TOO. HERE'S THE SALAD BAR. WE UTILIZE IT FOR BOTH SIDES. WONDERFUL UNIT AND WE HAVE BOTH THERE. WITH SEASONAL BOWLS ALSO. YOU CAN ADD IT TO YOUR PLATE. SOME OF MY GOALS MOVING FORWARD. SOME ITEMS MAYBE WERE NOT PRICED AS HEAVILY AS THEY SHOULD BE SO WE AREN'T GATHERING ENOUGH REVENUE FROM THE A LA CARTE SALES. THE CHIPS, BEEF JERKY, AND REALLY FOCUSING ON OUR HEAT AND SERVE ITEMS. I'M BIG ON SMART SCRATCH. SPAGHETTI IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. CAN WE MAKE A SAUCE BETTER USING OUR OWN RECIPE. COOKING FROM GROUND BEEF INSTEAD OF PRECOOKED BEEF SO IT ADDING THE SMART SCRATCH BUT KNOWING THAT SCRATCH COOKING IS TOUGH WHEN YOU'RE FEEDING 400-600 SCHOOLS PER DAY AND ALSO MOVING TO A 99% DOMESTIC PRODUCT REALLY BIG ON BUY AMERICAN WHEN IT COMES TO AGRICULTURE USING PEAK INGREDIENTS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON TO KEEP IT FRESH. WORKING WITH HR TO BUILD OUT OUR SUBSTITUTES. PART-TIMERS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL WE HAVE MANDATORY BACKUP CROSSTRAINING AND I WANT TO DO THE PANELS AND EXPANDING THE ITEMS FOR TASTING AS WELL. HAVING SOMEONE OUT THERE IN THE ROLE AND DIVISION FOR OUR FOOD SYSTEM. I LOVE TALKING NOT ONLY WHAT THE FOOD IS BUT WHY IS IT GOOD FOR YOU. NOW THE SUMMER, TAKING THIS TIME BACK A LITTLE BIT TO TALK ABOUT OUR SUMMER SUNSHINE. THIS SUMMER WE DID IT A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT MODEL THAN THE YEARS PASSED. WE QUALIFY FOR RURAL NONTARGET WHICH MEANS ANY TIME I COULD HAND OUT 7-10 DAYS WORTH OF FOOD, THAT INCLUDES BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, TO A PARENT, CHILD DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT. I CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW. ONLY SIGHT THAT QUALIFIES FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. WHAT WE DID WAS THIS SUMMER FOR FIVE WEDNESDAYS THIS SUMMER WE SET UP IN THE PARK AND THE RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. SO WE HANDED OUT IN THOSE FIVE THE TRIBUTE OF DAYS WE HANDED OUT 5576 MEALS, ALL MADE IN-HOUSE. WE DID THOSE ON FIVE DISTRIBUTION DAYS, EACH OF THESE PROVIDED 33 INDIVIDUAL MEAL DATES PER CHILD. WE SECURED 24,000, $500 IN COMPLETE FEDERAL REVENUE AND ALSO COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS. I PERSONALLY HAND-DELIVERED THIS, 3 TONS OF DONATED LOCAL PRODUCE WE HANDED OUT AND WE ALSO HANDED OUT 300 PLUS BOOKS AT THE SITES. WE DID THIS ALL SUMMER WITH A MINIMAL STAFF. MYSELF AND TO EMPLOYEES AND TO BUS DRIVERS. FROM OUR SCHOOL NUTRITION TEAM, THEY INDIVIDUALLY PREPPED, LOADED, AND SERVED EVERY SINGLE MEAL THAT WENT OUT THIS SUMMER. TWO BUS DRIVERS, JOE JACKSON AND MARY, THEY HELP CLEAN IT UP AFTERWARDS RIGHT THERE. SOME OF THE MEALS THAT WE REPAIRED BACK IN THE KITCHEN.

[1:40:02] I INCLUDED COOKING INSTRUCTIONS FOR MICROWAVE OVEN AND AIR PRIOR WHICH EVERY MEAL AND THAT COULD EASILY BE PREPARED AT THE HOUSEHOLD. HERE WE GO, SOME DISHES RIGHT HERE FOR IT. THERE IS THE LINE SO THE LINE WOULD START BEFORE THE BUS GOT THERE IN THE FIRST FEW DAYS HANDED OUT. AND THE TABLE SET UP, ABOUT TO OPEN UP AND HAND OUT TO SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ANY LEFTOVERS WE HAD THE DONATED PRODUCE WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT DAY THURSDAY AND DONATED TO THE FOOD PANTRY. HERE'S A FRESH DONATED PRODUCE. EVERYTHING FROM EGGPLANT TO CUCUMBERS, EVEN FRESH LOCAL HONEY WE HANDED OUT ALL SUMMER LONG. THE WONDERFUL TEAM THAT WE HAVE. THEY BROUGHT THEIR KIDS A COUPLE OF DAYS TO HELP US TO ALSO EN ENJOY. HAD SOME HOT HEAT AND ALSO A FREEZER GOING DOWN IN ELEMENTARY WHERE THE OPERATIONS WERE AROUND A LITTLE BIT. COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT MY WONDERFUL TEAM THERE. AND FINALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE ASPECTS OF MY JOB, I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO GO IN THE LUNCHROOM TO JUST SIT DOWN AND RANDOMLY GET A TABLE AND SEE WHAT THE KIDS ARE HAVING, NOT ONLY WHAT THEY CHOSE BUT WHAT ALSO CAME FROM HOME. I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT FOOD, AS YOU CAN TELL IT'S MY FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD TO TALK ABOUT HIS KIDS AND FOOD. TALKING KIDS AND FOOD IS AWESOME. I ENCOURAGE YOU AND THIS IS AN INVITATION, I WOULD LOVE IF YOU ALL REACH OUT AND COME HAVE LUNCH WITH US. COME TO THE LINE, SEE WHAT YOU THINK. I'M AN OPEN BOOK WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE DO IN THE KITCHENS. PLUS THERE IS NOTHING COOLER THAN HAVING LUNCH WITH THE KIDS. SO PLEASE, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'LL SEE YOU IN THE KITCHENS. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I COULD TELL YOU HAVE A PASSION FOR WHAT YOU DO AND SO LUCKY TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING. >> THANK YOU ALL. >> I'VE HAD YOUR SPAGHETTI AND YOUR GARLIC BREAD. IT IS GOOD. >> THE CHICKEN ALFREDO IS EXCELLENT. YOU GOT TO TRY IT. WILL GIVE IT A WHIRL. >> YOU HAD A FABULOUS BREAKFAST FOR THE TEACHERS AND THAT'S WHEN I FIRST MET YOU AND YOU SOME OF YOUR TEAM. WE THANK YOU. YOU'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB. THIS IS SO PROFESSIONAL. BUT ANYWAYS, WE APPRECIATE YOU. >> THAT FOOD WE HAVE IS THE SAME WE SERVED TO THE KIDS. NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. >> THANK YOU. >> YOUR SHOP HAS PROBABLY MOST OF THE COMPLEX WORK. EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING, FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ENERGY, LEADERSHIP, YOUR ENTHUSIASM, EVERYTHING. I AM HUGE FAN OF THE FOOD. EATING CAFETERIA FOOD SINCE I WAS 21 YEARS OLD. WHY STOP NOW? I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE INFORMATION. >> AWESOME. THANK YOU. >> IS A MENU ON THE WEB PAGE? >> IT IS. THERE IS A LINK TO IT. TAKE A LOOK AND LET ME KNOW, LET ME KNOW. >> I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU KNOW. >> THANK YOU, ALL. >> I THINK THAT'S DR. EAST? >> YES, SPECIAL GUESTS. >> LOTS OF SPECIAL GUESTS. ANY OF Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP? >> YOU GOT IT ALL SET UP, DON'T YOU? THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING, AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE SUMMER PROGRAMS WITH YOU. I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK WITH THESE WONDERFUL LEADERS BEHIND ME. THEY ARE HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO SEE ALL THE COOL THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THEM TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO GROW LEADERS. IT'S ONE OF MY THINGS. AS USUAL, WE HAD OUR IMMERSION CAMPS AND IN JUST A MINUTE I'M GOING TO INVITE MR. WATTS APPEAR. MR. WATTS I THOUGHT IT SUPPOSED TO BE HEARS ONLY GET TO FINE ARTS I'M GOING TO WING IT. WE DO HAVE A NEW PROGRAM THIS PAST SUMMER WHERE WE USE OUR TITLE I FUNDS FOR AND THAT'S OUR THIRD EAGLES START STRONG SUMMER CAMP. MR. MYLER AND I PLANNED IT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HE AND

[1:45:03] HIS TEAM DID ALL THE FINAL TOUCHES AND WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE -- WHERE ARE YOU? MR. TOMLIN AS OUR COORDINATOR FOR IT AND HE'S GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO. SO I INVITE MR. RUSSELL TO COME UP. >> THANK YOU, DR. EAST. WE HAVE A GREAT ROBOTICS CAMP THIS SUMMER. IT WAS SMALLER THAN USUAL BUT IT WAS QUALITY ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD. WE ENTERTAIN STUDENTS IN PRE-K THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL. MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS A ROBOTICS CAMP LED BY MR. STATE AND MR. LAMARR. IT WAS ALL HANDS ON ACTIVITIES. STEM LEARNING, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING. THE KIDS HAD A BALL. TEACHERS HAD A BALL. THEY LEARNED SO MUCH. HAD RAVE REVIEWS WITH THE PARENTS AND KIDS THE ENTIRE WEEK THEY WERE THERE. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT WE DO FROM MY DEPARTMENT, ANYWAY, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR. HAD A GREAT TIME AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US DO THAT. LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO THANK YOU. >> WHAT HE FAILED TO TELL YOU IS HIS LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER IS IN THE PINK RIGHT THERE. SHE ATTENDED IT TOO. SO WE HAD FINE ARTS CAMP AND AS USUAL WE HAD A NUMBER OF VARIOUS ACTIVITIES THE KIDS WERE ABLE TO DO. MISS WATTS ALWAYS PUTS ON SUCH A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND THE TEACHERS THAT WORK WITH THE KIDS ARE AMAZING. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE. EVEN THOSE LITTLE DANCERS. I LOVE THAT. MR. TOMLIN? >> SO THIS WAS THE FIRST YEAR IN A LONG TIME WE'VE HAD SOMETHING SPECIFIC AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO SORT OF TALK ABOUT PROVIDING A START FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, A POSITIVE START, THAT WE GET THE STUDENTS EXCITED ABOUT WHAT WAS COMING UP. WE HAVE ABOUT 30 STUDENTS AND RISING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH RISING THIRD-GRADERS, WE WERE ABLE TO WITH THE FUNDING GET FOUR IN-HOUSE FIELD TRIPS WE DID EACH WEEK. THAT WAS THE LAST DAY. WE HAD SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT COME TALKING ABOUT THE WATERSHED. WE HAD MAD SCIENCE OF WEST VIRGINIA COME AND LEGOS IN THE STEM AND THE FEEDBACK FROM STUDENTS AND PARENTS WAS THAT THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT, A GREAT WAY TO TRANSITION STUDENTS IN. I'D LIKE TO THANK MISS LYNN BECAUSE I WORKED WITH HER AND SUMMER SCHOOLS IN THE PAST AND SO IT WAS JUST EASY TO USE THE TEMPLATE SHE HAD FOR SETTING THINGS UP AND TEACHERS HAVE OMITTED THAT THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH CURRICULUM PREPPING THE STUDENTS FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS? >> ALL THE PRESENTERS ARE AWESOME, THE KIDS I DIDN'T THINK WERE GOING TO WANT TO HANDLE REPTILES OR ALL OF THAT. >> I'M SURE THEY LOVED IT. >> SO HOW DID THEY DO THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL? DID THIS HELP THEM? >> THESE STUDENTS THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS. >> OKAY. GOOD. >> I THINK WHAT I WAS TALKING WITH FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WORK ON THE TEAM, THE BEST TEAM EVER. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS COMING IN AND SEEING THEM THE FIRST DAY AND ONE TEACHER THAT WAS WORKING WITH THE RISING SECOND GRADERS, SHE SAID MOST OF THE KIDS IN HER CLASS WANTED TO DO IT LONGER EACH DAY. >> OKAY. I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING HOW DID IT GO THE FIRST DAY OF REAL SCHOOL? >> YES. THE STUDENTS... >> IT WAS GREAT ABOUT THE ENRICHMENT PIECES IS WE STARTED OFF THE SUMMER WITH TWO ENRICHMENT CAPS AND WE ENDED IT SO STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF THE PROGRAMS EVEN THE REMEDIATION PROGRAM IN BETWEEN. SO NOW ON TO ACADEMICS. I HAVE MISS LINDA TO COME TALK ABOUT WHAT WE REVAMPED THIS YEAR, ARCING TO GARDEN READINESS CAMP AND OUR SUMMER INTERVENTION

[1:50:02] PROGRAM. DURING THE YEAR MS. OLSON, MRS. LYNN GOT TOGETHER TO DISCUSS HOW WE ARE GOING TO IMPROVE OUR SUMMER PROGRAM. AND WE'VE GOT ACCOUNT OF ITALY MEASURES ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES. AND GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT IN JUST A MINUTE AND WE HAD OUR GMS LEVEL ACADEMY LED BY MS. HELENA MONTGOMERY AND PROGRAMS LED BY MR. CHRIS KING. YOU CAN DO THIS TOO! BUT WE HAD THE LARGEST PROGRAM THIS YEAR. AND IT WAS BECAUSE WE HAD A LARGER ELEMENTARY PROGRAM AND I'M HOPING IT'S BECAUSE OF THE INTERVENTIONS, THE INTERVENTION PIECE. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE INTERVENTION, WE HAD ENRICHMENT WRAPPED INTO IT TOO. OUR STUDENTS WERE -- I DO NOT WANT TO STEAL HER THUNDER SO I'LL STOP THERE. WE HAD 207 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THIS Y YEAR. CREDIT ACCRUAL WAS ALSO A LITTLE LARGER -- THAT'S OKAY. ABOUT 30. YES. WE HAD A LARGER ELEMENTARY PROGRAM AND WE HAD A LARGER CREDIT ACCRUAL PROGRAM BECAUSE WE OFFERED AN ADDITIONAL CLASS. >> MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HARD PLOT TO GET. >> ACTUALLY IT WAS PRETTY BIG THIS YEAR. AT LEAST BIGGER THAN IN TYPICAL YEARS. THAT'S USUALLY THE SMALLEST PROGRAM. I THOUGHT THIS WAS REALLY UNIQUE BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE DIFFERENCE IS NEGLIGIBLE, WE USUALLY HAVE MORE FEMALES THAN MALES AND THE CREDIT ACCRUAL PROGRAM MAKES OF THE BIGGEST PERCENTAGE. THAT IS OVERALL. AND I'M GOING TO WELCOME MRS. LIND UP TO SPEAK ABOUT KINDERGARTEN READINESS AND WHAT WE CALL ESIP. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME OVER SUMMER WITH ALL OF THE LITTLES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT. ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROGRAMS WE HAVE IS KINDERGARTEN READINESS WHICH IS REALLY A TIME WHERE THE STUDENTS COME IN FROM PRESCHOOL TO ENGAGE IN JUST STRENGTHENING THOSE EARLY LITERACY SKILLS. THEY ARE COMPILED OF DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES, THE PRACTICE MATH, WE WORK ON STRENGTHENING ROUTINES. JUST SHARING AND BEING IN A SHARED SPACE AND BEING ABLE TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE STUDENTS AROUND THEM. ONE OF THE BENEFITS IS IT DOES HELP THEM TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH JUST BEING A PART OF THE SCHOOL FOLLOWING CLASSROOM EXPECTATIONS AND STRENGTHENING THAT SENSE OF BELONGING THAT THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO BE READY AND PREPARED TO START AS A KINDERGARTENER. FOR THE DATA THIS YEAR IT'S REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE A PROGRAM WAS COMPILED OF BOYS WHICH WAS REALLY DIFFERENT FOR US THIS YEAR. WANTED 2% OF THE STUDENTS WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE DAVID SHOWED MEASURABLE GROWTH OVER TIME. WE ARE FOCUSED ON, LIKE I SAID, THOSE FINE MOTOR SKILLS, JUST OVERALL READINESS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPONENTS IS JUST BUILDING CONFIDENCE FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE IN ATTENDANCE AND JUST HELPING THEM TO BE PREPARED TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL START TO THE SUMMER. >> BEFORE WE MOVE ON -- >> SURE. >> DID YOU DO A REASSESSMENT COMING IN? >> SO WE HAD TWO TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM. THEY DID PREASSESSMENTS AND IT WAS FOCUSED ON STUDENT NEED. WE LOOKED AT A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT READINESS SKILLS AND THEN BASICALLY WHAT EACH TEACHER DID WAS FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON WHAT EACH STUDENT NEED-80 SPECIFICALLY. HAD AROUND EIGHT STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE IT WAS WONDERFUL TO HAVE A SMALL GROUP OF FOUR AND WORK SPECIFICALLY WHAT THOSE STUDENTS NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. >> NOT JUST LETTER I.D. >> THERE WAS AN INCORPORATION OF THOSE THINGS BUT A LOT OF IT TOO WAS EMERGENT IN GOING ON NATURE WALKS. THEY WOULD PRACTICE WALKING IN THE STAIRS, WALKING IN A LINE, DOING THOSE SORTS OF THINGS WHEN THEY WENT ON THE NATURE WALKS, USING COMPLETE SENTENCES, IDENTIFYING WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO AND ADDING AN ART COMPONENT TO THAT AS WELL. IT REALLY WAS ALL-ENCOMPASSING EXPERIENCE THAT WAS AGE-APPROPRIATE FOR A PRESCHOOL LEVEL. MOVING ON TO OUR NEW PROGRAM,

[1:55:05] ESIP, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL INTERVENTION PROGRAM. THIS TOOK BRAINS TO COME TO FRUITION AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A TEAM EFFORT. SOMETHING WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IN THE FALL OF LAST YEAR. NOW IN MY FOURTH YEAR OF BEING SUMMER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR THE DIVISION AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, ONE OF THE THINGS I HEARD A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM PARENTS WAS THAT THERE WAS A KIND OF -- WELL, WE HAVE THEM INVOLVED IN CAMPS BUT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TOO AND IT WAS A STRUGGLE TO SEE WHICH ONE WAS MORE IMPORTANT TO THEM. THAT GOT US TO THINKING OF, WELL, WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE ONE OR THE OTHER. WHY CAN'T OUR PROGRAM BE ALL-ENCOMPASSING AND INCORPORATE THE BEST COMPONENTS OF CAMP, BUT ALSO PROVIDE GAP CLOSING INSTRUCTION TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE OF A SPECIFIC NEED. THE MODEL LOOKED LIKE TWO FOR READING, TWO FOR MATH AND WE HAD TO ENRICHMENT TEACHERS WITH AN AIDE THAT WORKED ON VARIOUS THINGS FROM STEM-BASED ACTIVITIES. WE LOOKED AT DANCE. THEY DID MUSIC. WE PRACTICE READING AND COMPREHENSION THROUGH THEATER WORK. IT WAS REALLY JUST A FUN MULTI-AGED PROGRAM AND WITH IN THAT T INTERVENTIONIST WOULD GO BASED ON STUDENT NEED AND THEY DO INTENSIVE INTERVENTION AND BE IMMERSED IN THE PROGRAM AS IT WAS GOING. IT WAS A VERY FLUID, VERY ENGAGING AND REALLY COOL ENVIRONMENT TO BE A PART OF. IN FRONT OF YOU YOU HAVE THE DATA FROM OUR MATH INTERVENTIONISTS. IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT, THE SUCCESS CRITERIA OUTLINES THIS FROM THE UNIVERSAL SCREENER AND IT'LL SHOW YOU FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL WHERE STUDENTS BUDGETS RANGE SHOULD BE BASED ON THE PRESCREEN ASSESSMENT. AND WHERE'D WE'D LIKE FOR THEM TO BE. OBVIOUSLY A PROVISION BY THE END OF THE SESSION. THIS IS A SMALL EXCERPT OF WHAT OUR ACTUAL STUDENTS WERE DOING. WE PULLED K AND 1 DATA AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THEY CAME IN AT THE BEGINNING OF ESIP AND WHERE THEY EVENTUALLY LANDED AS A RESULT OF BEING OUR INTERVENTIONISTS. WE WERE PROUD OF THE GROWTH WE COULD SEE, 15 DAYS OVER TIME AND JUST HAVING THOSE SMALL GROUPS AND HAVING THE ABILITY FOR THE INTERVENTIONISTS TO GET TO KNOW THOSE STUDENTS AND REALLY STRENGTHEN THE SPECIFIC SKILLS OF THOSE STUDENTS PASS OR HIS NEEDS WERE VISUAL PART OF THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF OUR ELA WHICH WAS FOCUSED ON TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. WE DID A STRONG FOCUS IN A PROGRAM WE USED IN THE SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW. SO THIS IS THREE STUDENTS THAT YOU'LL SEE FOCUSING ON LETTER SOUNDS, SEGMENTING, BLENDING, AND WORD RECOGNITION. AND WORD READING. SO THE LEFT IS THE BEGINNING AND WHERE THEY ULTIMATELY ENDED UP. MOVING ON TO GRADES ONE THROUGH FOUR, THEIR ASSESSMENT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. THIS IS AN ASSESSMENT SAMPLE FROM OUR FOURTH GRADE IN THE BEGINNING WE HAVE OUR JUNE DATA AND ULTIMATELY OUR END OF PROGRAM JULY DATA ON THE RIGHT. SO LOOKING AT THOSE OUTCOMES, WHAT WE ULTIMATELY SAW WAS 95% OF THE STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE IN THE SEQUENCE AND THE WAY THE PROGRAM RUNS IT'S BASED ON CONSECUTIVE LESSONS SO OUR STUDENTS ADVANCED A COMBINED AMOUNT OF 462 LESSONS OVER THOSE 15 DAYS WITH THE AVERAGE STUDENT RANGING FROM THE 2022 LESSONS DURING THEIR TIME. THE MEDIAN STUDENT ADVANCEMENT WAS ABOUT 16 LESSONS WHICH SHOWS THAT IT WASN'T JUST A FEW LARGE UPGRADES BUT IT REALLY WAS AN AVERAGE OVER TIME. REALLY PROUD THAT NO STUDENT MOVE BACKWARDS WITHIN THE SEQUENCE. BUT WE DID HAVE ONE WHO DIDN'T ADVANCE SPECIFICALLY. BUT THEY DID MAINTAIN THEIR PLACEMENT WHILE DEMONSTRATING READING FLUENCY GROWTH FROM 99 TO 100.

[2:00:02] IN ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ADD WAS WHAT WE SAW. WE KNOW OUR STUDENTS ARE NOT JUST NUMBERS. BUT WE SAW WAS IN, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE BOARD, I WOULD SAY IT'S A PROXIMITY TO THE STUDENTS. INTERVENTION WAS HELPFUL TO MEET THOSE LEARNING GAMS AND TO MINIMIZE THAT SUMMER SLIDE THAT CAN BE A REAL THING FOR STUDENTS WHO JUST DO NOT HAVE A PROXIMITY FOR LEARNING WITHIN THE SUMMER. A REALLY COOL THING WAS THE INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THESE WERE COMBINED AGE GROUPS AND COLLABORATIVE LEARNING EXPERIENCES. WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS ACROSS THE BOARD TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND COLLABORATE. THERE WAS PEER MENTORING GOING ON. JUST A REALLY NEAT ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL. STUDENTS WHO MAY STRUGGLE IN ONE AREA WERE ABLE TO SHOW STRENGTH IN THEIR ART OR THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF MUSIC OR THEIR ABILITY TO BUILD REALLY AMAZING LEGO SETS AND DO EXPERIMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. OVER TIME THE ENRICHMENT PIECE WAS A REALLY AWESOME COMPONENT THAT HELPED US SHOWCASE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS 'STRENGTHS. IN THE CELL TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT WAS THE EXTENSION OPPORTUNITIES. EVERYBODY IN THE PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO REALLY SHOW A HIGHER LEVEL THINKING MASTERY IN WAYS THAT WERE REALLY MEANINGFUL AND SPECIAL TO THEM AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EVERY PERSON IN THE BUILDING COMMENTED ON TENFOLD FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL THINGS I'VE NOTICED WALKING IN THE HALLS AND WALKING INTO CLASSROOMS THERE'S A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT STILL CONTINUE TO FLOURISH I SAW FOURTH GRADERS WHO WERE WALKING FIRST GRADERS TO CLASS FOR THE FIRST PART OF THAT PROGRAM A THIRD GRADER WHO IS HELPING A SECOND GRADER IN WAVING TO THEM IN THE LUNCHROOM REALLY FOSTERING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND SENSE OF BELONGING THIS SENSE OF WELLNESS TOGETHER MENTALITY WHICH IS REALLY HELPFUL. >> AND THEN WE HAD GAME ON GOOCHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL LED BY MONTGOMERY. >> GOOD EVENING WHAT STARTED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS BECAUSE OURS IS A REMEDIATION PROGRAM SO STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER SCHOOL AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE STUDENTS WHO HAVE FAILED THE COURSE AND ARE THEN REQUIRED BY BOARD POLICY TO ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL SO WE ACTUALLY LIKE THAT NUMBER TO DECREASE A LITTLE BIT IT'S NOT ENRICHMENT FOR US BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED, WE HAD OUR LEVEL UP SUMMER ACADEMY AND OUR THEME THIS YEAR FOR OUR SCHOOL IS LEVEL UP WITH GAME ON AND WE WANT TO LEVEL UP ON THE THINGS WE STARTED LAST YEAR WE HAD 14 STUDENTS, TWO OF THE STUDENTS TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE COUNTY SO WE HAD PARTICIPATION FROM ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHICH IS AWESOME. A LOT OF TIMES STUDENTS TRIED TO GET OUT OF ATTENDING SUMMER SCHOOL THERE'S PARENTS TO EMAIL AND CALL SO I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT THE PARENTS DID THEM THIS YEAR SO WE DEFINITELY HAD 100% PARTICIPATION FROM OUR RECOMMENDED STUDENTS >> WE HAD OUR PERCENTAGE POINTS OF 29%. 100% OF OUR STUDENTS DID SHOW GROWTH GAINS. AND WE HAD 100% PROMOTION. IN ORDER FOR THE STUDENTS TO BE PROMOTED, WE REQUIRE THEM TO ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL. THEY MET THEIR GOALS AND THEY DID REALLY WELL. WE HAD MISS BURNS AND ESTHER BENNETT TEACH THIS YEAR FOR AS. WHEN WE STARTED THE PLANNING, THIS SUMMER, WE LOOKED AT STANDARDS THAT WERE PRIORITY STANDARDS FOR US, AND THAT'S HOW WE BUILT OUR CURRICULUM FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. MR. MONTGOMERY WAS WITH US THEN, AND THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. WHAT WE SAW WAS THAT THE STUDENTS WERE GOING TO START WITH EITHER DOING JUST MATHER JUST ENGLISH. THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO DO THE COURSE THAT THEY DID NOT PASS. IN YEARS PAST WE HAD THEM DO BOTH. AND WE DECIDED TO CONTINUE THAT TREND THIS YEAR. PRIMARILY FROM THEIR SCORES. THEY PAD THEIR SOL, BUT THEY CHOSE NOT TO DO THEIR WORK DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND I SAID, I'M SO PROUD OF YOU, BUT YOU DID NOT DO YOUR COURSEWORK. SO WE WILL SPEND SOMETIME THIS SUMMER. I HAD A KID CREATE A PRESENTATION, TELLING ME WHY HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO DO MATH. IT WAS GOOD. IS VERY IMPRESSED BY THAT. AND I SAID I FEEL YOU. WE ARE GOING TO DO BOTH. WHAT WE NOTICED LOOKING AT THEIR SCORES IS JUST A PASS.

[2:05:08] IT'S ABOUT 40-20, TYPICALLY ONLY ABOUT 50% OF WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. SO WE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO GET THE EXTRA SUPPORT IN ENGLISH AND MATH. REGARDLESS OF WHICH ONE. SO WE SPLIT OUR TIME BETWEEN ENGLISH AND MATH. WE USE MATH SPACE, PAIR ASSESSMENT COACH, LEXI AND I, THIS YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE HAD A GRADEBOOK. WE HAD A SESSION WITH OUR STUDENTS WERE WE WENT OVER EXPECTATIONS. THE KID SAY WHY DID I HAVE TO BE HERE? I DIDN'T CHOOSE TO BE HERE. AND YES, YOU DID. YOU CHOSE TO BE HERE WHEN YOU DECIDED TO NOT DO THE WORK THIS YEAR. SO THEY TOOK OWNERSHIP. AND WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE WHEN THEY FIRST CAME IN, LOTS OF ROUNDS AND COMPLAINING WHEN THEY FIRST CAME, BUT THEY UNDERSTOOD AT THE END OF IT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO YOUR WORK. WE LOVE THEY ARE PASSING YOUR TEST, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE THAT WORK DONE, AND UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR LEARNING. IF WE LOOK AT OUR COHORTS, MR. BENNETT, WE LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE POINTS, WHICH IS BASICALLY A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PRE AND POST. THERE WAS 43.8% PERCENTAGE POINTS IN GROWTH FOR MR. BENNETT IN HIS PRETESTS. AND THEN WE LOOK AT HIS POST TEST, AND IT WENT UP TO 74.5. SO IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRE AND POST-SCHOOLWORK. WITH MISS BARNES, WHO WORKED WITH OUR STUDENTS IN MATH, MR. BENNETT WORKED WITH THOSE STUDENTS IN ENGLISH. WE SEE THEY STARTED OUT THEIR PRETEST AT AVERAGE OF 23 PERCENT, AND THERE AGAIN WENT UP TO 50.4 PERCENT, WHICH GAVE US 27.3 PERCENTAGE POINTS. BUT THEIR RELATIVE GROWTH, THE COMPARISON OF WHERE THEY STARTED TO WHERE THEY ENDED, 100 AND 18%. SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE-- I THINK WE HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THAT LAST YEAR ABOUT THE GROWTH. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS IT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL. ANY QUESTIONS? >> YOU WERE SAYING-- AND THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. ONLY THE STUDENTS, THE 12 STUDENTS, YOU ONLY HAD 12 THAT DID NOT PASS A COURSE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL? AND IT WAS IN ENGLISH OR MATH? >> NOT HISTORY OR SCIENCE. >> HOW MANY PASSED THEIR SOL BUT DID NOT PASS THE COURSE? >> WE HAD ABOUT FIVE KIDS THAT PASS THEIR SOL. IT WAS NOT ABILITY BASED. IT WAS A CHOICE. AND THEY CHOSE NOT TO TURN THINGS IN AND THEY HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES. TYPICALLY WHAT WE WILL DO IS PULL OUR STUDENTS IN AND SAY THAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF DOING THIS WORK. SO WE HAVE MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SUCCESS MEETINGS WITH OUR STUDENTS. THEY KNEW EVEN BEFORE SUMMER SCHOOL THAT THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THIS WORK, AND TO GET THAT CREATED. AND SOME OF THEM JUST DID NOT EAT THAT GOAL. SUMMER SCHOOL IS HOW THAT TOP-MAC'S. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> DID THEY KNOW BEFOREHAND THAT THEY DID NOT DO THE WORK BUT THEY PASSED THE SOL, AND THAT THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO-- THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE NOT UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THEY JUST HAD TO THE SOL. >> WHEN WE HAVE OUR GRADE LEVEL ASSEMBLIES, ONE OF OUR PARTS IS ABOUT ACADEMICS. AND IT'S THE SECOND SLIDE. YOU HAVE TO PASS YOUR ENGLISH COURSE AND YOUR MATH. I WASN'T THERE THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL. SO I MISSED THE GRADE LEVEL ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL REASONS. BUT WE EVEN CHANGE OUR WORDING, BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT THEM TO CHANGE OUR SCIENCE-- THINK THAT SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES ARE NOT IMPORTANT. YOU HAVE TO PASS ALL YOUR COURSES. BUT BECAUSE OF OUR POLICIES, IF YOU DO NOT PASS ENGLISH WILL BE IN SUMMER SCHOOL. SO YOU KNEW. >> MAYBE THE PEOPLE IN SUMMER SCHOOL THIS TIME HE TO TELL THE PEOPLE COMING UP? >> I THINK THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. BY THE END OF IT IT WAS LIKE, WE GET IT. WE DEFINITELY COULD HAVE DONE OUR WORK. ABSOLUTELY. BRIGHT CHILDREN, VERY CAPABLE. BUT SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO LEARN LESSONS THE HARD WAY. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> SURE. AND SOME WERE ONLY OFF BY MAYBE A POINT OR TWO. BUT I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HOLD THOSE STUDENTS ACCOUNTABLE. THE LAST PHONE CALL TO PARENTS, IT'S LIKE DO THEY? AND UNLIKE, YES, THEY HAVE TO COME. WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MR. KING?

[2:10:04] >> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL HERE. THIS PASSED-- PAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR AS A SUMMER PRINCIPAL FOR MY HIGH SCHOOL. A LITTLE BIT LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS MISS MONTGOMERY TALKED ABOUT, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR NUMBERS LOW THERE AS WELL. WE RUN TWO SUMMER PROGRAMS. WE RUN AND SOL REMEDIATION PROGRAM AND A CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM. THE SOL REMEDIATION PROGRAM IS FOR STUDENTS I DO NOT PASS PAID SOL, THEY CAN COME BACK AND REMEDIATE MOST OF THE WEEKEND RETEST AT THE END OF THIS WEEK. AND GET CREDIT FOR THAT SOL AND ALLOW THEM TO EARN THAT VERIFIED CREDIT IF THEY PASS THE CLASS. LEADING TOWARDS GRADUATION COOKIE COURSE RECOVERY ASPECT OF THINGS IS THAT SECONDARY TYPE OF-- THE COURSE RECOVERY ASPECT TYPE OF THING, IS THAT SECONDARY TYPE WHERE A STUDENT MIGHT FAIL A CLASS AND THEY NEED TO REGAIN THE CREDIT FOR THAT CLASS TOWARDS GRADUATION. I DO FEEL LIKE IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT FOR US AS A DIVISION, TO MAXIMIZE THE POTENTIAL OF OUR LEARNERS AND STUDENTS, TO GIVE THE STUDENTS A SECOND CHANCE THERE AND GIVE THEM A TRUNCATED OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THOSE MISTAKES THEY HAVE MADE, ORDAINED SOME NEW KNOWLEDGE AND MOVE TOWARDS GRADUATION GOAL. I KNOW THAT THE DOCTORS HAVE CREDITED A PROGRAM THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL AND GROW AND WALK DOWN THAT PATH TOWARDS GRADUATION MAYBE FASTER THAN THEY NORMALLY WOULD. I KNOW DR. EAST GETS TIRED OF ME ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE FOLKS, SINCE WE PARTNER UP ON A LOT OF THOSE STUDENTS. SO I APPRECIATE-- I BLUEGER UP OVER THE SUMMER WITH QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE KIDS. THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME ON THAT. WITH OUR CREDIT RECOVERY FOLKS, WE DID HAVE 100% OF THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY GAIN THAT CREDIT. SO THAT IS A HUGE CREDIT TO THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAD. TEACHERS FROM MATH, SCIENCE, AND LYCIAN SOCIAL STUDIES TO HELP THEIR STUDENTS. ALL THEIR STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO GET THAT COURSE CREDITED MOVING IN TO THE SCHOOL YEAR. THEY CREDIT THE FOLKS UNDER DR. EAST'S UMBRELLA. 100% OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE TO EARN A CREDIT DID SO. AND THAT WAS OF CREDIT TO THOSE TEACHERS HELPING THEM MOVE THROUGH THOSE COURSES TO STAY ON TOP OF THEM AND GET THAT WORK DONE. WE HAD 20 STUDENTS COME AND TAKE US THERE, AS WELL AS HER REMEDIATION WEEK, THAT PASSED THEIR SOL AND GAVE US THE CREDIT. THAT'S A HIGHER NUMBER THAN IN THE PAST. IT'S MY FIRST YEAR GOOCHLAND, BUT JUST TALKING THIS MORNING WITH MR. HAHN, THEY SAID THAT WAS A SOLID NUMBER. SO IS PROUD THAT OUR TEACHERS DID THAT TO GET THE STUDENTS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE THERE. WE HAD FIVE EARLY GRADUATES FOR THE CLASS OF 2027. STUDENTS IN THESE PROGRAMS FINISHED UP THEIR GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS AND BECAME AN EARLY GRADUATE FOR THE CLASS. AS FAR AS THE HIGH SCHOOL GOES, THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT WE DID. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU ALL. >> HE BLEW UP MY PHONE A LOT. BUT I DO NOT MIND. I HAVE SOME AMAZING PRINCIPLES RIGHT HERE. G CPS HAS AMAZING SUMMER SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HERE. AND I LOVE WORKING WITH THEM EVERY SUMMER. A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM. THIS YEAR WE DID AN AD IN GEOMETRY. WE FOUND THAT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR OUR KIDS. IT'S AN ONLINE PROGRAM. WE HAD THREE STUDENTS DROP OUT, AND THEN WE FOUND THAT WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH REPORTING WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JUMP. SO WE WERE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT THIS YEAR. BUT WE DID GET QUITE A FEW GEOMETRY CREDITS. THAT IS THE PLUS. 108 STUDENTS THIS YEAR, 117 TOTAL CLASSES COMPLETED. SO WE HAD MULTIPLE STUDENTS TAKING MORE THAN ONE CLASS. WE DID OFFER OUR SCHOLARSHIPS, AND 100% OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED. LAST YEAR, WE DID OUR CPR TRAINING. 25 STUDENTS PER DRIVER'S ED, 34. AND WE TALKED A BIT ABOUT BEHIND THE WHEEL. I TALKED ABOUT NOT BEING IN CHARGE OF THAT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE THE NUMBERS. WE HAD 20 STUDENTS GET THEIR CERTIFICATE THERE. PLANNING SUMMER SCHOOL. IT'S JUST LIKE PLANNING THE

[2:15:07] SCHOOL YEAR, BUT FOUR-- FOR FOUR WEEKS. IT'S A DEFINITE TEAM EFFORT. I APPRECIATE WORKING WITH THE TALENTED PROFESSIONALS. THAT I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE A COLLEAGUE TO. SPECIAL RECOGNITION, AS ALWAYS TO MISSES MCKAY. SHE NEVER GETS A VACATION. ANYWAY. QUESTIONS. >> NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION AND LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THE STUDENTS THAT RECEIVED SUCH GREAT REMEDIATION AND INTERVENTION THIS SUMMER. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU ALL. >> MADAM CHAIR BEFORE I MOVE THE LAST ITEM, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO IS HERE THIS EVENING. I KNOW YOU HEARD A LOT OF INFORMATION. MISS FARROW, MR. FRANKLIN, MR. TOMLIN, MISS LAM, MR. MONTGOMERY, MR. KING, THESE ARE THE FOLKS DOING THE WORK EVERY DAY. AND IT MAKES ME PROUD TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE BEFORE YOU ALL AND SHOWCASE THEIR WORK. I AM JUST REALLY PROUD OF OUR TEAM. THANK YOU ALL. MADAM CHAIR, THE LAST ITEM FOR YOUR INFORMATION IS A FOLLOW-UP FROM NAME JULY WORK SESSION. YOU CAN SEE THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS, AND THERE ARE FOUR CHARTS. ONE FOR THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, WHICH WAS TO INCORPORATE THE GOOCHLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY. AT THE TOP OF EVERYTHING WE DO, IS A SCHOOL DIVISION. AND ON THE SECOND PAGE YOU WILL SEE THE INSTRUCTIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, FOLLOWED BY ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE. AND THOSE WILL BE THE SAME AS WHAT YOU SAW BACK IN JULY. >> THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH THE ITEMS REPORT REVIEW? >> WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS FOR YOUR REVIEW. I WANT TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL PLAN. DR. GUYER HELPED COORDINATE THAT. AND IT REFLECTS OUR STRATEGIES GROUNDED IN THE PLAN THAT YOU APPROVED BACK IN APRIL. REALLY SOME GREAT NUGGETS IN THERE. I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK. IT REFLECT THE DAY TO DAY WORK THAT WE ARE DOING ACROSS THE DIVISION. OPERATIONS AND INSTRUCTION IN EVERY OFFICE AND BUILDING. AND WE WILL UPDATE THAT FOR YOU AS THE MONTHS PROGRESS ON A BIMONTHLY BASIS. QUARTERLY, I'M SORRY. QUARTERLY BASIS. OTHER THAN THAT, THE ENROLLMENT UPDATE. I WANT TO MENTION ONE THING I WAS A BIT SURPRISED ABOUT. I WAS ALWAYS SKEPTICAL AT THE AUGUST DATA. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT ENROLLMENT INCREASE. WE SAW A VERY SLIGHT DIP FROM THIS AUGUST TO LAST AUGUST. BUT I WILL TELL YOU ANECDOTALLY, I TALKED WITH A STAFF MEMBER TODAY WHO NOTED WE HAD SEVERAL ENROLMENTS, BUT I EXPECTED TO EVEN OUT A BIT. I THINK WHEN WE GET THE SEPTEMBER REPORT IT WILL BE WORKING IN DETAIL. >> WHAT DID WE HAVE-- >> THAT SHOULD EVEN OUT WHEN THE SEPTEMBER REPORT ROLLS AROUND. OTHER THAN THAT BACK IN YOUR ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW WE HAVE YOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR YOU ALL TO LOOK AT AT YOUR LEISURE. THIS COMES FROM THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY UPON WHICH EACH MEMBER OF OUR BOARD SERVES, AT LEAST ONE. AND I THINK WE HAVE SCHOOL ACTIVITY FUND REPORTS FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL YEAR AUDITS. ONE OVERNIGHT FIELD TRIP, THAT IS THE ANNUAL NATIONAL FFA CONFERENCE. AND THE STUDENTS WILL BE TAKEN TO INDIANAPOLIS IN OCTOBER. >> DO WE NEED TO APPROVE THAT? >> WE TYPICALLY DO APPROVE THAT. HOW ABOUT THIS, THE TRIP IS NOT UNTIL LATE OCTOBER. WE WILL MEET AGAIN BEFORE THEN. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS SEPTEMBER. >> I WILL CHECK... OCTOBER. >> SO WE WILL MEET AGAIN. >> CORRECT. [A. Approval of Polling Place License Agreements for Byrd and Randolph Elementary Schools ] APOLOGIES FOR THAT. >> ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO. JUST QUICKLY ABOUT THE ACTION ITEMS. YOU HAVE TWO POLLING PLACE LICENSE AGREEMENTS FOR BURTON RANDOLPH. THEY HAVE SERVED AS POLLING PLACES FOR OUR GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS. AND THIS SYMBOLIZES THAT AGREEMENT WITH GOOCHLAND COUNTY ON YOUR APPROVAL. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE

[2:20:01] THE POLLING PLACE LICENSING AGREEMENTS AS A SLATE, OR WOULD YOU DO THEM INDIVIDUALLY? ACTUALLY LETS DO IT AS A SLATE. IF I CAN GET A MOTION FOR THAT. [INDISCERNIBLE] >> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED, AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE TWO POLLING PLACE LICENSE AGREEMENTS AS PRESENTED AS A SLATE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS MAXWELL? >> NO. >> HEARING NO DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY "AYE". THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. IT PASSES. GREAT. WE NOW HAVE THE NEW BUSINESS. WHICH WE DO NOT REALLY NEED TO DO ANYTHING WITH TODAY. I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE MODEL BYLAWS, GOVERNANCE MANUALS, AND THE SCHOOL BOARD CLERK'S HANDBOOK. THE PLAN IS TO CHANGE FROM THE POLICY MANUAL THAT HAS BEEN IN USE FOR EVER TO STREAMLINE IT. IT WILL MAKE IT EASIER FOREVER AND TO UNDERSTAND AND MANEUVER. AND THE POLICY MANUAL-- WHAT IS NOW GOING IN TO BYLAWS, GOVERNANCE, HANDBOOKS, EMPLOYEE MANUAL, AND SOME STUDENT CONDUCT. THE BYLAWS, BASICALLY WHO THE BOARD IS AND HOW IT GOVERNS ITSELF, THE MANUALS HOW THE BOARD GOVERNS THE DIVISION. THE CLERK HANDBOOK, THAT'S WHAT LINDA DOES, WHAT SHE NEEDS TO KNOW, AND WHAT SHE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT TO ACTUALLY DO. THE EMPLOYEE MANUAL, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN IN THE POLICY. BUT WHEN THE EMPLOYEE MANUAL COMES OUT IT WILL BE AN EASIER WAY TO USE THE DOCUMENTS OF THE EMPLOYEES CAN FIND SOME INFORMATION THAT THEY WOULD LIKE. LIKE WHO DO I GO TO IN CASE I HAVE AGREEMENTS. WHAT ARE THE STEPS KOREAN-- INSTEAD OF TRYING TO WADE THROUGH THE POLICY MANUAL. I HAVE A QUESTION HERE. DOES ANYONE EVER TRY TO FIND SOMETHING IN THE POLICY MANUAL? WERE YOU ABLE TO? OKAY. .CA NO. IT'S HARD. IT HAS SO MUCH STUFF THAT COULD BE PUT IN TO STREAMLINE. THE THREE DOCUMENTS ONLINE, WE STILL HAVE THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK AND THE CONDUCT, THE STUDENT CONDUCT. ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A STUDENT CONDUCT HANDBOOK, BUT THIS WOULD BE TAKING IT OUT OF THE POLICY. WE HAVE IT ONLINE NOW SO BOARD MEMBERS ON THE PUBLIC CAN SEE IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME. WE WON'T BE DOING ANYTHING WITH IT TODAY. NEXT MONTH WILL BE A FIRST READ. NOVEMBER WILL BE A SECOND READ AND APPROVAL. SO THE BYLAWS AND GOVERNANCE CAN BE IN PLACE BY JANUARY 2027. THE EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK POLICY AND REGULATIONS ARE ALL IN A STATE OF-- THEY ARE COMING ALONG. WE JUST HAVE NOT QUITE GOTTEN THEM. FINALIZED. FINAL ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY PRESENT TO THE BOARD. BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW? OKAY. TAKE A LOOK THROUGH THEM. AND IF YOU FIND ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WE HAVE TIME TO AMEND THEM IF NEED BE. >> I WILL ADD THAT I APPRECIATE THE BOARDS WORKS ON-- THE BOARDS WORK ON THIS. I THINK IT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE BOARD AND THE SUPER INTENDED TO HAVE THAT DOCUMENT FROM YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS EMBEDDED AND CONGRUENT WITH STATE CODE. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONVERSATION. >> I'M THINKING IT'S GOING TO MAKE THINGS A LOT EASIER. THE POLICY MANUAL. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMUNITY-- COMMITTEE AND BOARD REPORTS? NO. IN THAT CASE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? >> I MOVED TO ADJOURN. >> I WILL SECOND THAT. >> OKAY. IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY

[2:25:01] MS. ROBINSON AND SECONDED TO ADJOURN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, WE ARE ADJOURNED UNTIL OCTOBER 13TH, 2026, IN THIS ROOM, GOOCHLAND ADMINISTRATION BUILDING 250. THE CLOSE SESSION WILL BE -- CLOSED SESSION WILL BEGIN AT 6:00.