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Shields. She is um not here tonight and

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time. Um we [clears throat] will just

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get right into our work section. I want

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votes and um we get to deep dive into

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district. So um let's just go ahead and

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get started with our D technology report

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from director Dustin

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Nelson. I'm gonna call him Dr. Dustin

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Nelson. Congratulations.

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>> No, I was just telling Jackie. I saw it

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on the agenda. I'm like, I'm not used to

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>> I know. It's so great.

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>> So, um, yeah, what better way to start

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off a work session than talking about

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technology. In the past couple months,

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if you've been paying attention on the

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about technology and a lot of changes

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coming down the line and we're just

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trying to figure out how to move forward

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with those changes and and what that

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>> Dustin, do you have a mic?

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>> Yeah, sorry.

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classroom because it sparks better

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engagement with students. So, it makes

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tell teachers to use it and then I send

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>> Yeah.

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>> So, uh yeah, with my presentation,

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hopefully you guys saw the recording. I

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kind of gave you guys a more in-depth

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view of the technology department. Um

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with that being said, I'm going to just

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kind of highlight a few different things

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through the through the presentation

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that I kind of want some of the public

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to see. Um here's our organizational

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chart if you ever want to dig into that.

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Um technology audits. And as I'm going

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>> well, I'll start with the question then

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on your chart.

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>> So, it seems that your secretary has so

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that. Like, is she spread too thin?

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technology department and she does so

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much for the school district. She really

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for the technology department. Anytime

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anyone comes down there, she's, you

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how can we help you? She's she's willing

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with any secretary, right, like they sometimes are just always sort of a

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fantastic job. And, uh, yeah. So, shout

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technology audits. So, this last year

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about this time, we were going through four different

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technology audits at the same time. So

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security assessment. Both of these were

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of Technology Services from the state of

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network. Um so all those audits going on

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recommendations. Eight of those are

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is a policy that it's a data governance

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policy that I probably need to work with

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um Andy or Thomas Troder now in

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assessment. Um kind of impacts that

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department. Um,

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of all the changes with legislation. I

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didn't want to bring them to you guys

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acceptable use policy. There's a whole

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spread really thin in the department. So

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a a statewide concern, and you mentioned

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this that we did extremely well on that,

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everyone's benefit what that means, that

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in a good spot. Um, students are very

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they find ways to get around. Um, and

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compliant with our policy and with

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specific sites that get blocked. And I'm

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not asking you at this moment to go into

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specific sites and say, but um if people

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Wikipedia? Why PBS? I don't know this

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answer. So they just call the help desk

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email you or what they do.

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allowed in schools. Wikipedia, same

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thing. There's also some gender

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identification things that also um are

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filtering system and they just need to

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be open. So, a student can't make a

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teacher who then can make a request to

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help desk. They can put in a ticket with

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the technology department and we can

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review the site. But we also have learn

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platform which is our data privacy

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metadata library. Essentially it

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highlights all of the programs that are

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a workflow of um goes through data

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privacy review, it goes through a

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curriculum review, goes through an ADA

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compliance review, it goes through a

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network security review, all to get

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the website and it'll tell you um if the application is open or not.

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program. We have all sorts of things on

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there. But um a lot of that work has

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privacy agreements and stuff and it'll

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sign like the data privacy agreement

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with the state of Utah which is which is

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law. They they can't screw that. So

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there are just some programs we can't

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Dualingo is one. Those are great

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programs, right, that you can use in the

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classroom, but they just they won't sign

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data privacy agreements. They say that

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they'll collect and sell our students

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information, which is a very bad deal

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when you're working with K through2

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students. So

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>> thank you. So there's a website people

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can go to look on the data library and

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that will be their first answer. If they

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still don't understand then reach out to

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the help desk and they can also make a

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request to change.

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>> Yep. And sometimes help desk can review

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those sites like right away when they're

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on the phone with them. If it's one that

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they're not sure then it gets elevated

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up for review. But if it Yeah. So

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>> thank you.

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>> Yep.

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>> All right. Um field operations projects.

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We have a lot. So we do have a rotation

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plan that's been in place for the last 5

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years that we implemented. Um however it

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kind of a couple years ago we realized

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it excluded a critical area in the

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schools which is like AV systems,

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intercoms, things like that. So for the

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last couple years on capital outlay what

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we do is we sit down and we review all

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the all the all the worst systems I

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guess in the district that need to be

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improved. We have some really old ones

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that are you know 20-year intercom

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systems that um when they go out they

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just they go out. There's no repairs,

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there's no parts. So, we've slowly been

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trying to add a few every single year

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just to get us up. And when we update

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some systems, that gives us parts for

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those older systems so we can keep

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limping them along, you know. So, um

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anyways, you see a lot of a lot of AD

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gym projects like Stansbury High School.

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We just upgraded the gym system there.

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That one um that one was

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original to the building. So,

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um let me jump over here. We're

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currently in the middle of a phone

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system migration. We're moving away from

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um Mel Connect, Mel Business, which is

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just um we have two different phone

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systems in the district right now. And

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that's a whole process. It's like a

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three-phase project. We're in like phase

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two. Um but we have until 2029 to

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migrate that system. Otherwise, we are

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we'll just anything on the old system

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will just not work. So that's been a

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capital project. Every year we've been

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requesting money um for little pieces of

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that to get that going along. Um summer

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rotation. I know there are some

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questions on this one. So this year

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we're doing the district office, Mil

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Canyon, Old Mill, Stanbury Park, and

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Sterling on the five-year rotation. A

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five-year rotation is a laptop, desktop,

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document, camera, uh keyboard, mouse,

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monitor, and we do have printers right

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now on a five-year rotation, but as soon

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as this is our last year, the five-year

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rotation. So now that we're completing

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that, we're going to move printers to an

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8-year, but they were just so old in the

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schools, we needed to upgrade them

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sooner. So that's what that looks like

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right now. And then we have the 8year

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which is like projectors, audio systems

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in the classroom, um cabling, all sorts

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of different things there. So I know

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Elizabeth, I think you had a question on

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rotation.

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>> Yes. Um

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so how is it saving the district money

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and and how is it helping the employees

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with their workload?

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>> Yeah. So when I first came to the

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technology department, um the issues

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that we had is we had technology that

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should only be in service for maybe five

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or six years that was in service for

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like 10 or 12 years. And so what that

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was doing is our our field technicians

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were doing everything they could to just

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like piece these computers together,

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replacing parts on computers, um all

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sorts of things. So um so just like the

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labor cost itself of just

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troubleshooting and trying to get old

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technology to work with new software

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programs and things like that it was a

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lot of time. So I think there was some

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savings there. I don't have like details

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on what exactly that looks like from

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years ago. I wish I did but I don't. And

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then um the other piece of that is just

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as you look at the industry standard

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technology refresh is a common thing. So

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when you look at like private industry

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they'll do like a three-year rotation on

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computers. we do a fiveyear. Um, and

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then when I talk to other school

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districts, they do a fouryear. So, we're

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really doing everything we can to

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maximize our dollar and get our

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technology to where to where it can be

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before we before we swap it out. So, um,

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kind of like with the capital projects

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with like Ian's team with facilities,

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right? Like if we put off you put off

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the rotation and ultimately you're going

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to have a much bigger cost to replace it

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all at one time. So, for example, right

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now, um, Windows 10 just went away in

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October and everything has to now be

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Windows 11 or doesn't receive security

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updates. Security updates are important

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when you're handling, uh, student

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information, right? So, uh, moving this

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direction, we just if if we weren't on

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this five-year rotation, I would be

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standing up here today asking you for a

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few million dollars to go through and

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replace uh, computers in the whole

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district. And on top of that, we would

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have to do it in one summer versus like

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spreading it out. It's so it's much

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better for the workload too, a lot more

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manageable and it just creates a better

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experience for students and teachers in

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the classroom having updated refreshed

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technology. So I think that's important.

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I think that's one of the most um uh one

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of the greatest things I I guess I could

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say that we've implemented since I've

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been in the department is that

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>> Go ahead. I know time and attendance is

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a separate project outside of what

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you're involved with, but once it's all

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implemented, will your department be

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responsible for maintaining, answering

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questions, troubleshooting, all of those

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things with time and attendance as well?

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>> What do you mean by that question?

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>> The system itself probably. Is that what

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you're talking about?

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>> Yeah, the time.

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>> Oh, the system itself. I think that

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one's kind of split up between multiple

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people. So I think like technology has a

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piece in terms of like rostering

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employees and making sure that that

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information is correct in in correlation

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with working with HR and payroll. So I

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think that's I think it's kind of

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divided out between different

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departments. There's certain things like

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if we get a phone call on help desk it's

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u okay you're going to need to talk to

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this department about this issue or you

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know so it might be

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>> Yeah. Does that make sense?

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>> It it well I understand what you're

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saying but it does not make sense to me.

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I would like one department if possible

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where anyone can go to if they have

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issues with

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>> retirement. It's finance.

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>> Is it finance? Finance department

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>> because it seems pretty techy as well,

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right? Just trying to maintain the whole

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technical side of that as well.

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>> Yeah, we'll get calls of like people

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trying to log in that can't get in,

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right? Um and then we usually just work

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with finance, but we could we could

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determine what that looks like if we can

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have like one contact if it is finance.

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We can we can make sure that that's what

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happens.

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specifically person.

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>> Okay.

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>> So, I think like I said, I think there's

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like three pieces to it, but yeah. So,

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okay.

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>> All right. Any other questions on on

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this one? All right. Uh field operations

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workload. I usually every year kind of

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want to highlight what the ticket

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workload looks like for our field

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technicians. So, here's the elementary

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totals. You can kind of see the

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different ticket counts for the schools.

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Um and then

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u secondary you can see this one thing

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when you're looking at these numbers you

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can see like hey desert peak high school

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and Stanbury Junior High School these

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are brand new schools so why is the

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ticket um why is the ticket count so

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high and that's common thing with that

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we've noticed in technology is just when

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you first take on a school sometimes you

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think like oh it's going to be so much

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easier it's got all new technology and

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all this thing but there's just so much

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there's just so many little things that we have to work through and work

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out um after a building opens so I think

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you'll see these tickets maybe come down

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a little bit next year. Uh the other

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thing too is like with Desireette Peak

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High School, I think um with the senior

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class coming in next year, these will

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probably stay about the same is my guess

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because as the student count goes up, it

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does mean more devices in the in the

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school and more more assistance needed

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there. So Elizabeth, did you have a

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question on the tickets?

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>> Oh, I you answered it in the email.

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There was a correlation to the number of

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tickets versus the the student

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population at each school.

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>> Okay.

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>> Yeah. And um that's what we see. So when

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we look at like 1:1 devices specifically

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um that's about 30 to 40% of our field

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tech workload just across the board as

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an average. Um it's going to vary

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between schools right like IPA is not

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going to have like as many as Smith but

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>> is the goal to be at zero

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>> for tickets

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>> technology if I so I don't know

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>> I mean because each ticket you got to

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[clears throat] have someone working

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that to fix it. That takes time, costs

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money. Or is it to say we like tickets

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because not it keeps us busy, but it

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means that we're actually solving issues

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that are out there.

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>> I think these mics are all dying on

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[laughter]

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>> Let's put a ticket.

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>> And that's that's what it kind of looks

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like, right? So,

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>> um, so it take I don't know. I guess

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it's kind of a

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>> I don't mean to be silly with that

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question. I'm just wondering, you know,

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do we get to a point where we start

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reducing these and we feel good when

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they go down or

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>> I think Yeah. Yeah. So, I think what we

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want to see is a is a good balance, I

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guess. Not not I don't know. That's what

536
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I want to see. So, like when we

537
00:17:47,120 --> 00:17:48,640
implemented the rotation plan, I wish we

538
00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,320
had more data because I feel like if we

539
00:17:50,320 --> 00:17:51,919
would have seen the ticket workload back

540
00:17:51,919 --> 00:17:55,760
when we had before we were rotating out the

541
00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,280
technology, I feel like we probably

542
00:17:57,280 --> 00:17:58,799
would have had more tickets back then

543
00:17:58,799 --> 00:18:00,640
trying to just keep the same machines up

544
00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:01,919
and running like limping them along to

545
00:18:01,919 --> 00:18:03,679
get them to go, right? Um but at the

546
00:18:03,679 --> 00:18:05,440
same time, we adopted the rotation plan

547
00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:06,960
the same time we adopted a onetoone

548
00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:08,799
initiative. So, we loosened up some of

549
00:18:08,799 --> 00:18:10,400
the workload for the filts, but then

550
00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:12,160
picked it up on the Chromebook side. So,

551
00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:14,480
it it it would be interesting to see

552
00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:15,840
what those numbers are, but I just don't

553
00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:17,360
have those either. But, yeah, I don't

554
00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:18,960
know. I would say not zero because it's

555
00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:21,039
just I guess

556
00:18:21,039 --> 00:18:22,559
>> I guess it just highlights it highlights

557
00:18:22,559 --> 00:18:23,919
all the hard work the field techs are

558
00:18:23,919 --> 00:18:25,760
doing out in the schools. And, you know,

559
00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,760
I that's kind of our emphasis. Our goal

560
00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,360
this year uh really was to focus on um

561
00:18:31,360 --> 00:18:34,640
using the ticketing system more. So um

562
00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,160
we what we wanted to do is we really are

563
00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,080
emphasizing like priorit prioritizing

564
00:18:38,080 --> 00:18:39,840
tasks and communication back to our

565
00:18:39,840 --> 00:18:42,080
customers. So when a ticket's submitted

566
00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:43,280
we can communicate right through the

567
00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:45,120
ticket all that kind of stuff. So that

568
00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:46,400
was kind of our focus is to really

569
00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:47,840
increase the customer service side using

570
00:18:47,840 --> 00:18:49,360
the ticketing system and being more

571
00:18:49,360 --> 00:18:51,760
effective with the completing tasks. But

572
00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,120
I know what you're saying but yeah it's

573
00:18:53,120 --> 00:18:56,480
like yeah good balance I guess I want to

574
00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,240
see. So is there

575
00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:00,960
>> yeah so I you've already kind of gotten

576
00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:02,559
into this. I was just wondering how it

577
00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:04,799
compared to past years, but you kind of

578
00:19:04,799 --> 00:19:06,720
got into that. Um, the other question I

579
00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,360
had is could some of these tickets be

580
00:19:09,360 --> 00:19:12,080
reduced by a little more employee

581
00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:13,679
training so that it didn't have to get

582
00:19:13,679 --> 00:19:15,840
to the help desk or these things like

583
00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,240
I've got a black screen or like things

584
00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:19,760
are falling apart. This is totally

585
00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,679
outside my wheel. I I don't know what

586
00:19:21,679 --> 00:19:23,200
kind of tickets are most common for you

587
00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:23,679
to

588
00:19:23,679 --> 00:19:25,840
>> Abs. Absolutely. I think I mean there's

589
00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,520
some people that just are not techsavvy,

590
00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:28,640
right? and like we're here to support

591
00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:33,600
and help them and and get them through the day sometimes. Um but yeah,

592
00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:34,960
I mean more training can always be

593
00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,880
helpful out in schools. I think that's

594
00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:38,160
going to be a struggle moving forward

595
00:19:38,160 --> 00:19:40,400
with some of the recent changes that are

596
00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,160
happening with FP and stuff on the

597
00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:45,280
technology side. So I just it's kind of

598
00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:46,640
like our [snorts] training part that's

599
00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:48,160
going away.

600
00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:49,840
anyway. So,

601
00:19:49,840 --> 00:19:52,240
>> well, no, but also the 30 to 40% of it

602
00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,679
being onetoone devices is u extremely

603
00:19:55,679 --> 00:19:57,760
interesting with you you'll talk about

604
00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:59,280
this in a minute in the presentation

605
00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,200
about the conversations we're having

606
00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,200
about the role of technology in the

607
00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:03,919
district.

608
00:20:03,919 --> 00:20:06,400
>> So, anyway, that's something to think

609
00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:07,360
>> that that's coming right up.

610
00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:08,000
>> Yeah, sorry.

611
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,200
>> Um, so network operations um -ate. So

612
00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,280
every year we have our network rotation

613
00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:15,440
plan and this is all fully reliable on

614
00:20:15,440 --> 00:20:19,200
our -ate uh reimbursement that we get

615
00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,960
from federal money essentially. So what

616
00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:23,600
-ate is is they provide funding for

617
00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,640
connectivity for internet to education

618
00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:29,039
and to libraries, public libraries. So

619
00:20:29,039 --> 00:20:32,240
the way that that works is um we are

620
00:20:32,240 --> 00:20:34,000
actually awarded on a five-year

621
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,240
increment. So um and it's it starts on

622
00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:38,640
like so like 2020 to 2025 we had like $2

623
00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,440
million that was allocated to us but to

624
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,120
get that money you basically have to go

625
00:20:43,120 --> 00:20:44,640
out and spend money on the network

626
00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,559
technology and then they reimburse you

627
00:20:46,559 --> 00:20:49,280
up to 60% until you hit that threshold.

628
00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:51,200
So we've kind of designed our network

629
00:20:51,200 --> 00:20:53,280
rotation plan around the money available

630
00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:54,960
through

631
00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,520
again this is fedally funded or federal

632
00:20:57,520 --> 00:20:59,200
money that we get. It's been very

633
00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,039
difficult working with this program last

634
00:21:01,039 --> 00:21:03,120
so this we just barely got this money.

635
00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:04,320
Well, we haven't even received it yet.

636
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,640
So 32 $222,000 is what we're getting

637
00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:09,200
back this year, but uh because of all

638
00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:11,200
the worker shortages and stuff this last

639
00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:13,039
year, it has been such a huge pain to

640
00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:15,200
get applications filed and things like

641
00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:16,640
that. So what normally took a couple

642
00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,440
days is taking months. But we filed,

643
00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:20,799
we've been awarded the money, we're just

644
00:21:20,799 --> 00:21:22,320
waiting for it to show up and it's just

645
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,679
taking a minute to hit the bank. So um

646
00:21:25,679 --> 00:21:28,000
with that too, um we work with UEN. So

647
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:31,280
UEN uses part of our um - money to pay

648
00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:32,640
for all of our circuits for all of our

649
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:34,080
buildings, which is the internet

650
00:21:34,080 --> 00:21:35,360
connection to them. So we don't pay

651
00:21:35,360 --> 00:21:37,120
anything for for our internet

652
00:21:37,120 --> 00:21:38,799
connections to our buildings, which is a

653
00:21:38,799 --> 00:21:40,320
lot of money. So they they help us out

654
00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:44,320
on that. Any questions on the rate, any

655
00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:45,280
of that?

656
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:46,000
>> Good job.

657
00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:47,520
>> Okay.

658
00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:48,960
>> All right. Um I want to highlight this

659
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:50,640
real quick. So when I first came into

660
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:53,200
technology about 5 years ago, one of the

661
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:54,720
initiatives that was tasked by me from

662
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,919
building pit was to come up with uh more

663
00:21:57,919 --> 00:21:59,679
accountability for the technology that

664
00:21:59,679 --> 00:22:02,400
we have in Ed County School District. So

665
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,559
we have millions of dollars worth of

666
00:22:04,559 --> 00:22:06,400
technology and back then when I first

667
00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,480
came in it was we didn't know where it

668
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:10,240
was at I guess you could say. So, we've

669
00:22:10,240 --> 00:22:11,440
really we've really come up with

670
00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,240
processes and plans to five years from

671
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,559
now, I can tell you that I'm 98%

672
00:22:16,559 --> 00:22:17,919
confident in our system that if I look

673
00:22:17,919 --> 00:22:19,039
like if I look up something in those

674
00:22:19,039 --> 00:22:20,159
devices that you have right there, it's

675
00:22:20,159 --> 00:22:21,280
going to show me that it's assigned to

676
00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:23,120
you. Uh we have such a really good

677
00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:25,280
program in place and part of that's just

678
00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,120
been a team effort of technology

679
00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:28,559
department coming together working with

680
00:22:28,559 --> 00:22:29,840
the employees of Tula County School

681
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:31,360
District too because we every year we've

682
00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,080
been running those uh technology audits

683
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:35,760
where you where the employees go in and

684
00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,360
put in like what devices they have and

685
00:22:37,360 --> 00:22:38,559
all that and that gives the

686
00:22:38,559 --> 00:22:41,760
accountability piece back to to it. So

687
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,000
um yeah a really great program that we

688
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:45,440
have in place. It's been led by Corey

689
00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:47,280
Price up in the warehouse and we now

690
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:48,640
basically from the time we get

691
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:50,559
technology to the time it goes to

692
00:22:50,559 --> 00:22:53,440
recycling we have a full process built

693
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,919
out for it. So it's a lot of work. Um

694
00:22:55,919 --> 00:22:57,600
this last year on our audits our

695
00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,200
inventory we had seven sites that

696
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:01,039
located 100% of their inventory in their

697
00:23:01,039 --> 00:23:03,039
schools. This is huge progress. We've

698
00:23:03,039 --> 00:23:04,320
only been doing this for three years and

699
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:05,440
it's been getting better and better.

700
00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:06,799
Last year we had four sites. This year

701
00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:09,440
we have seven sites. So um better and

702
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,039
better every year. These are the ones

703
00:23:11,039 --> 00:23:14,720
that the sites that got 100%. Um, and

704
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:16,480
then we have many many other sites that

705
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:20,640
were like 97 98%. So just a lot of good

706
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:22,320
work by the employees and staff in these

707
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,799
buildings and um and technology

708
00:23:24,799 --> 00:23:27,280
employees for all they've been doing. So

709
00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:29,520
any questions there?

710
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,000
Okay. All right. Um, the only thing I

711
00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:33,280
want to highlight real quick on this is

712
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:34,799
just we talked about learn platform some

713
00:23:34,799 --> 00:23:36,320
of that data privacy agreements. There's

714
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,400
some new legislation for those. Um, and

715
00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:39,679
then we have some ADA compliance

716
00:23:39,679 --> 00:23:41,200
deadlines that are coming up. Um,

717
00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:43,120
federal deadlines for making sure our

718
00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:44,960
website, social media pages are all ADA

719
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:46,559
compliant. Brett probably touched on

720
00:23:46,559 --> 00:23:48,240
that last board session. I don't know,

721
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,080
maybe. Um, but we're working really

722
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,840
hard. Communications is or

723
00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:58,000
communications is out there working with the teachers and and principles.

724
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,240
And then we're also working with uh

725
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,760
working Whitney Wallace is working with everyone on their department pages

726
00:24:03,760 --> 00:24:05,280
on the website. We're really doing

727
00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:06,960
everything we can to meet that deadline.

728
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:08,080
So,

729
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:09,600
Um, with that being said, here's the

730
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,279
legislative updates and changes coming

731
00:24:11,279 --> 00:24:13,600
this year. Um, like I said, a lot of

732
00:24:13,600 --> 00:24:15,679
technology ones. So, like coming is like

733
00:24:15,679 --> 00:24:17,840
a parent portal for internet filtering

734
00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:20,240
in 2027 that's going to come out. So,

735
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:21,360
that'll give parents a little more

736
00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,440
control when the when the devices go

737
00:24:23,440 --> 00:24:25,679
home, if they go home, depending on this

738
00:24:25,679 --> 00:24:27,200
other one, um, which is the balanced

739
00:24:27,200 --> 00:24:29,279
technology one. So, I mentioned in the

740
00:24:29,279 --> 00:24:30,559
recording, but we have a committee that

741
00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:32,559
we established. So before this bill was

742
00:24:32,559 --> 00:24:35,360
even uh proposed a few months ago, I

743
00:24:35,360 --> 00:24:36,880
have a tech leadership team and we were

744
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,039
discussing the future of technology in

745
00:24:39,039 --> 00:24:40,400
Tula County School District. We were

746
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,799
trying to make some decisions on on how

747
00:24:42,799 --> 00:24:44,720
to manage Chromebooks in the classroom.

748
00:24:44,720 --> 00:24:46,640
And then we were as we were having these

749
00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,799
discussions, we realized what is the

750
00:24:48,799 --> 00:24:50,240
purpose of this technology? It's not

751
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,000
even defined anywhere with Tula County

752
00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:53,279
School District. Like what why do we

753
00:24:53,279 --> 00:24:57,120
have these in the classroom? And so, um,

754
00:24:57,120 --> 00:24:58,640
we worked on this as a technology

755
00:24:58,640 --> 00:24:59,679
leadership group, couldn't figure it

756
00:24:59,679 --> 00:25:01,679
out. And, well, we we tried we tried to

757
00:25:01,679 --> 00:25:02,960
work on it, but we realized it's a much

758
00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,039
bigger task than just the technology

759
00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:07,039
department. So, um, we put together a

760
00:25:07,039 --> 00:25:08,559
committee. We met a couple weeks ago.

761
00:25:08,559 --> 00:25:10,640
We've got Valerie Shields and Emily on

762
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,520
the on the committee. We have, um, a

763
00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:15,919
huge group. We've got teachers. We have,

764
00:25:15,919 --> 00:25:18,000
um, a whole it's a whole whole group.

765
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:21,279
So, but basically this this committee is

766
00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:22,960
establishing the purpose and the future

767
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,640
of technology in Tula County School

768
00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,880
District. And as it all kind of came

769
00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:28,640
together, this bill was passed right

770
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,360
here for balanced technology. And this

771
00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,200
gives specific direction on how some of

772
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,840
these devices are used in K12. Um so

773
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,159
like for K through three, it talks about

774
00:25:38,159 --> 00:25:40,080
um only using them when only using

775
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:41,919
devices for when the teachers are

776
00:25:41,919 --> 00:25:43,840
teaching computer science standards or

777
00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,240
for preparation for assessment or taking

778
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,960
assessments. Um, it also states that

779
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:50,640
like K through six can no longer take

780
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:53,200
devices home anymore. Um, and then as

781
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:54,480
we're kind of looking at that, we're

782
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,520
just we're kind of reanalyzing what what

783
00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:58,960
the future of the technology looks like

784
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,200
in the schools and then more training

785
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:02,480
for teachers on how to use it more

786
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:07,279
effectively. I mean, whole it's a whole thing. So, I think this committee there's going to be a lot

787
00:26:07,279 --> 00:26:09,039
of great things that come out of it. Um,

788
00:26:09,039 --> 00:26:10,640
we're going to have a good good

789
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:13,279
direction moving forward on what that

790
00:26:13,279 --> 00:26:14,240
looks like. So,

791
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:16,000
>> sorry. This just occurred to me. So, if

792
00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,520
you don't know, and I can read the bill,

793
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,360
too. I just Yeah. I'm wondering about um

794
00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:23,679
with K6 not being able to take devices

795
00:26:23,679 --> 00:26:27,440
home. So, does that mean if a teacher

796
00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,960
assigns a an assignment that has to use

797
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,360
the computer and it has to be done at

798
00:26:33,360 --> 00:26:36,880
school, is it also illegal for let's say

799
00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,679
the kid is sick for two weeks? Um would

800
00:26:39,679 --> 00:26:41,760
it be illegal to check them out a device

801
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,480
to loan? Is it zero ever?

802
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:45,279
Can you do that?

803
00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:46,880
>> There is a specific bullet point in that

804
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,640
bill that talks about like online

805
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,120
schooling. So, I mean, so like the DEC

806
00:26:51,120 --> 00:26:52,880
there's no issues there. I think in that

807
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:54,320
case, probably not. It might have to be

808
00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,640
paper packets for those students.

809
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:57,760
>> So, make a substitution.

810
00:26:57,760 --> 00:26:59,200
>> It would have to be I don't think we

811
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:00,960
could send them home. No. So,

812
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:02,480
>> I I was just thinking about the way that

813
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:04,159
things currently run and thinking about

814
00:27:04,159 --> 00:27:06,000
the adjustment that it will be.

815
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,679
>> Yeah. And this whole bill has got us

816
00:27:07,679 --> 00:27:09,279
thinking differently about how we use

817
00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:11,360
the devices in in the classroom. And so

818
00:27:11,360 --> 00:27:12,960
we're thinking about completely just

819
00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:14,960
restructuring all the way up to K8 what

820
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,679
that looks like. Um so just more to come

821
00:27:17,679 --> 00:27:18,799
on that. I think this committee is going

822
00:27:18,799 --> 00:27:21,279
to bring up a lot of good good things.

823
00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:22,480
But

824
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,400
>> um I just want to touch on that. I know

825
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:29,039
that um and I believe I don't know you

826
00:27:29,039 --> 00:27:30,480
kind of make me when I go to parent

827
00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,840
teacher conferences I always one

828
00:27:33,840 --> 00:27:35,360
conversation that I've had with a few

829
00:27:35,360 --> 00:27:37,600
teachers. I won't believe everything my

830
00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:39,600
kid says about you as long as you don't

831
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,760
believe everything my concerns about

832
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,799
being at home, right? But I know there's

833
00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:46,799
just started to be a little bit of buzz

834
00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:51,120
around and part of it we it's co right

835
00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,440
the not the terrible thing that happened

836
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:56,720
in 2020 but brought about good things

837
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,760
but people are some parents have started

838
00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,520
to ask

839
00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:05,279
is this too much can we not you know

840
00:28:05,279 --> 00:28:06,880
they're saying my kids on the computer

841
00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:08,720
for four and a half hours if they're six

842
00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,399
hours at school and then they've got to

843
00:28:10,399 --> 00:28:12,640
do assignments anyways and I'm assuming

844
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,120
That's what you were saying. This this

845
00:28:15,120 --> 00:28:16,720
committee is going to start to look at

846
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:19,279
that. What does technology look like in

847
00:28:19,279 --> 00:28:21,360
our district? OB obviously legislation

848
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,880
is doing some of it. But anyways, I just

849
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,559
think even teaching has changed a little

850
00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:27,919
bit because we were so excited about

851
00:28:27,919 --> 00:28:30,399
these devices, but then there's research

852
00:28:30,399 --> 00:28:34,240
now coming out really it's it is it

853
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:37,120
better than the what paper and pencil

854
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:38,960
that we use? So anyways, is that

855
00:28:38,960 --> 00:28:41,039
something I'm assuming that we're

856
00:28:41,039 --> 00:28:42,399
looking at? I think that's the best

857
00:28:42,399 --> 00:28:43,360
injunction with that.

858
00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:44,880
>> Yeah, that that's what that committee I

859
00:28:44,880 --> 00:28:47,360
think is going to help develop. So, um

860
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:48,399
and that's the thing is like the

861
00:28:48,399 --> 00:28:50,000
research is both ways and so we're

862
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:51,600
really just trying to figure out what

863
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,360
and I the term that kept getting thrown

864
00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:54,640
around in that committee the last time

865
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,159
we met was just balanced use of those

866
00:28:56,159 --> 00:28:57,760
devices, right? Like teacherled

867
00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:58,960
instruction is going to be way more

868
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:00,640
critical than Chromebookled instruction,

869
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,159
right? Just get on a Chromebook and go

870
00:29:02,159 --> 00:29:04,080
through a software program. And so I

871
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:05,200
think that's what it is is it's

872
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:07,200
establishing boundaries and guidelines

873
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,840
and and support for teachers on how to

874
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:11,760
use them more effectively.

875
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:14,080
um and just you know so

876
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:15,760
>> it's it's across the board. One thing

877
00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,360
we're looking at because the seven

878
00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:19,279
through eight um it requires parents to

879
00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:21,520
opt in to let them take them home. So

880
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,760
instead of opting out like it is now

881
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,039
it's opt in which is just going to

882
00:29:25,039 --> 00:29:26,640
create so many difficulties that we're

883
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:28,159
possibly looking at just going classroom

884
00:29:28,159 --> 00:29:30,559
steps all the way up to 8th grade. So

885
00:29:30,559 --> 00:29:31,600
they don't even go home

886
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,840
>> which could save the district quite a

887
00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:35,600
bit of money if we're not having one to

888
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:36,000
one

889
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:37,840
>> possibly. Possibly because if we have to

890
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,279
have a classroom set

891
00:29:39,279 --> 00:29:40,080
>> Yeah. Yeah, if you have to have a

892
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,640
classroom set in a classroom of 35

893
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:44,240
students, but there's only 35 students

894
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,080
in that classroom once a day, it's going

895
00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:47,200
to be

896
00:29:47,200 --> 00:29:48,240
>> like you have to have enough in there

897
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,720
for that class period. So, just

898
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,240
>> we're trying to like work out all that.

899
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:53,440
There's a lot of good conversations

900
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,375
happening. So, that'll be coming.

901
00:29:55,375 --> 00:29:55,760
[clears throat] But

902
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:57,200
>> yeah, it's the same. Okay.

903
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,640
>> Anyways, thank you.

904
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,760
>> Yeah. Um anyways, any other questions?

905
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,840
There was a bill like on rural buses

906
00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:05,440
putting Wi-Fi on them. There's some

907
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,679
funds available for that. Not sure that

908
00:30:07,679 --> 00:30:10,320
um I know we the ones I that come to

909
00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,080
mind is like the IBA bus, right? An hour

910
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:13,600
a day back and forth between Wendover

911
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,399
and Ibopa, but with that there's a huge

912
00:30:16,399 --> 00:30:19,200
lapse of cell coverage there. So,

913
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,200
>> but we already have it on on some

914
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,360
>> we have it on activity activity buses.

915
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:24,080
So,

916
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:25,200
>> yeah,

917
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,440
>> but not on that IBA that hour a day

918
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,720
ride. No, no, but again, again, like the

919
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:32,320
majority of that ride, there's no cell

920
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,360
service, so it' be hard to get, but

921
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:37,520
Starlink could be an option. Yeah, it's

922
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:39,360
expensive, but

923
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:40,640
>> could be an option. I know some other

924
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:42,559
districts are looking into it, so

925
00:30:42,559 --> 00:30:43,919
>> yeah. Anyways, you guys have any

926
00:30:43,919 --> 00:30:45,200
questions? I'm taking up way more time

927
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:47,121
than I wanted to. So, [cough]

928
00:30:47,121 --> 00:30:47,440
[clears throat]

929
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,159
>> go ahead. Yeah, just um with all the

930
00:30:50,159 --> 00:30:51,919
funding cuts that are happening with a

931
00:30:51,919 --> 00:30:54,720
lot of these things, um you don't

932
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,640
obviously need our approval for every

933
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:58,720
little thing you do, but I'm um

934
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,200
wondering if when you make adjustments

935
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,679
due to those funding cuts, if maybe you

936
00:31:03,679 --> 00:31:06,080
could compile a list and eventually send

937
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:07,919
that to us, maybe an email. And the

938
00:31:07,919 --> 00:31:09,919
reason I'm asking is because when things

939
00:31:09,919 --> 00:31:12,480
happen in the schools, um teachers or

940
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,399
community members, neighbors will come

941
00:31:14,399 --> 00:31:15,919
to us and say, "Oh, why is this

942
00:31:15,919 --> 00:31:18,399
happening?" or whatever. And a lot of

943
00:31:18,399 --> 00:31:21,919
times we won't know the answer because

944
00:31:21,919 --> 00:31:24,320
we don't know why it happened. So

945
00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:27,039
anyway, I know that there'll be a lot of

946
00:31:27,039 --> 00:31:30,320
impacts with those funding cuts and that

947
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,559
maybe if I mean if you think nobody will

948
00:31:32,559 --> 00:31:33,840
notice, that's fine. But if you think

949
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:35,760
there's something that's coming out that

950
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,679
people would notice, I would love a way

951
00:31:37,679 --> 00:31:39,120
to just be on top of that.

952
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:40,399
>> Yeah, I think we could look in that. I

953
00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:42,240
know like the so recently the computer

954
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,720
science money was cut, digital teaching

955
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:46,720
and learning money was cut and like

956
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,399
those are going to impact those are

957
00:31:48,399 --> 00:31:50,480
going to impact us because that's like

958
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:54,480
edtech positions. That's also um that's

959
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,880
also like school AI that's our approved

960
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,039
AI platform for schools to use. [snorts]

961
00:31:59,039 --> 00:32:00,880
It's a very safe environment for

962
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,799
students to use. Teaches them good

963
00:32:02,799 --> 00:32:06,640
practices but that money is gone. So um

964
00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,200
I guess we have to decide do we keep

965
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,640
that program? Do we try to find money

966
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,480
for that program? Do we get rid of that

967
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:14,240
program and try to find some other

968
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:16,159
resources that are cheaper or free? I

969
00:32:16,159 --> 00:32:18,159
don't know. It's hard with AI programs

970
00:32:18,159 --> 00:32:19,600
like that just because of the way they

971
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,399
collect data. Um, so like I said, those

972
00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:25,440
programs are critical for just safe safe

973
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:29,519
environments to keep the kids in. So

974
00:32:29,519 --> 00:32:30,159
anyway,

975
00:32:30,159 --> 00:32:30,720
>> thank you.

976
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,480
>> Yeah, you guys have any other questions?

977
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,320
I will get out of here, but if you guys

978
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:35,600
ever have any questions, feel free to

979
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:41,039
reach out anytime. So, okay. Thank you.

980
00:32:41,039 --> 00:32:44,720
very much. Okay, next up we

981
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,600
will have our student services director

982
00:32:47,600 --> 00:32:50,880
report. Um, Heather Castino, you got two

983
00:32:50,880 --> 00:32:55,909
right in a row.

984
00:32:55,919 --> 00:32:57,120
» All right. Hopefully that's not too

985
00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,440
noisy for you. Dustin's going to get

986
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,559
that up for me.

987
00:33:02,559 --> 00:33:04,399
>> This is one of his many jobs is to help

988
00:33:04,399 --> 00:33:09,039
us at board presentations. So,

989
00:33:09,039 --> 00:33:10,720
I'm excited to be here tonight to talk

990
00:33:10,720 --> 00:33:12,559
about student services. My goal for

991
00:33:12,559 --> 00:33:14,080
tonight was just to try to help you

992
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:16,720
understand the the depth and the breadth

993
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,360
of student services and what we cover.

994
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,679
So, and I'm not going to read word for

995
00:33:21,679 --> 00:33:23,279
word from each slide. So, if you have

996
00:33:23,279 --> 00:33:25,600
questions, just stop me. So, at Student

997
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,600
Services, we're dedicated to empowering

998
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:29,120
our students and their families. Our

999
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,399
mission is to strengthen students

1000
00:33:30,399 --> 00:33:33,279
physical, social, cognitive wellness

1001
00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:35,039
while ensuring safe, equitable learning

1002
00:33:35,039 --> 00:33:36,399
environments that prepare them for the

1003
00:33:36,399 --> 00:33:38,240
future. So everything we do in our

1004
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,640
building is focused on helping students

1005
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:42,320
succeed.

1006
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,120
Um, a big part of student services and I

1007
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:46,159
didn't add it on here and I'm going to

1008
00:33:46,159 --> 00:33:48,240
talk about it first is because it's not

1009
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:49,679
like a physical thing that you see in

1010
00:33:49,679 --> 00:33:52,640
our building that happens but um I've

1011
00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:54,159
commandeered a few members of my team

1012
00:33:54,159 --> 00:33:56,720
and we do the ALPS every month with the

1013
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,440
administrators and so our ALP focus this

1014
00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:01,600
year has been champs classroom

1015
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,039
management and that's a big part of

1016
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:06,000
prevention and good teaching for helping

1017
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,320
principles to teach teachers. So we

1018
00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:09,679
train administrators through that

1019
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:12,639
process. And then um another thing at

1020
00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:14,720
student services that involves me

1021
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:17,839
directly is case management. So each

1022
00:34:17,839 --> 00:34:19,599
week we meet on Thursdays and we make

1023
00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:21,359
sure that students have due process when

1024
00:34:21,359 --> 00:34:22,879
they have behaviors that have risen

1025
00:34:22,879 --> 00:34:24,159
above the level that a school should

1026
00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:27,359
deal with. Um this was a big deal for

1027
00:34:27,359 --> 00:34:29,200
me. Uh last year you guys approved to

1028
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,240
change some of the wording on the

1029
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:32,320
policy. we were able to kind of condense

1030
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,839
the committee a little bit so it wasn't

1031
00:34:33,839 --> 00:34:37,919
20 people and um we've streamlined those

1032
00:34:37,919 --> 00:34:39,919
processes. I'm I'm pretty happy with how

1033
00:34:39,919 --> 00:34:42,079
it's running now and the procedures and

1034
00:34:42,079 --> 00:34:44,480
we my my big focus is when a student

1035
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,560
misbehaves and they have a consequence,

1036
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:48,000
we still have to support them through a

1037
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,040
consequence. And so, um I've held many

1038
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,200
meetings over the last year and three

1039
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,839
quarters with students and parents. Um,

1040
00:34:55,839 --> 00:34:57,280
by the time they come to me, we're

1041
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,760
usually calm down, you know, and I love,

1042
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:01,040
this is one of my favorite parts about

1043
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:02,320
my job. So, I love talking about it

1044
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:05,280
because I I think those kids you get the

1045
00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:07,839
biggest reward for when you help them um

1046
00:35:07,839 --> 00:35:09,040
get through whatever they need to get

1047
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:10,560
through and to still be successful in

1048
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:12,400
school. So, that's a big part of what I

1049
00:35:12,400 --> 00:35:16,079
do every Thursday. Section 504s. This is

1050
00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:17,920
something I'm still learning about. I'm

1051
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:19,520
going to attend the LRP conference this

1052
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,200
year to help, but make sure that

1053
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:22,880
families feel supported when they need

1054
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:24,560
help from schools or schools feel

1055
00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:25,599
supported when they need help

1056
00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:27,040
understanding how to help students that

1057
00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:28,880
have a 504

1058
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,680
or um something that is hindering their

1059
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:34,560
education. Nursing. So, I asked each of

1060
00:35:34,560 --> 00:35:35,760
my directors to kind of give me a

1061
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,079
positive and Addie wanted me to share

1062
00:35:38,079 --> 00:35:40,240
the nurses. We have six nurses. They are

1063
00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:42,960
spread very thin among all the schools.

1064
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:46,400
We have one healthc care aid at Sterling

1065
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:48,240
and last week that healthcare aid was

1066
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:49,680
able to successfully administer an

1067
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:51,760
EpiPen when needed. So Addy wanted me to

1068
00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:54,320
point that out and um save a kid before

1069
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:56,400
they were carded off in an ambulance. So

1070
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:58,560
kind of a big deal.

1071
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,720
>> Um teen centers. So the teen

1072
00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:02,400
>> make a comment about nurses.

1073
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,720
>> So uh at the last working board meeting,

1074
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:06,720
Ian really invited us as board members

1075
00:36:06,720 --> 00:36:08,240
when we're in a school to talk to all

1076
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,960
the employees. And so I took his advice

1077
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:12,240
not only [snorts and clears throat] for

1078
00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:13,599
Did I say Andy?

1079
00:36:13,599 --> 00:36:15,359
>> Oh, okay. Andy, did I said the right

1080
00:36:15,359 --> 00:36:17,280
name, right? Ian. Okay. So then I took

1081
00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,599
his advice to, you know, ask all the

1082
00:36:19,599 --> 00:36:21,520
employees and I spoke with the nurse at

1083
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,680
one of the school and she just said, "We

1084
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,480
love our job, but we're spread so thin,

1085
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,480
but we just love it." And we know we

1086
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,160
could go be a nurse somewhere else and

1087
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:32,400
make more money, but we just love the

1088
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:35,200
students and everyone who we work with.

1089
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:36,640
>> Yeah, the nurses are a great group of

1090
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:38,560
people. They're very positive. I hardly

1091
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:39,839
ever see them because they really are

1092
00:36:39,839 --> 00:36:42,079
just running. In fact, I don't use my

1093
00:36:42,079 --> 00:36:44,240
assigned district car. I allow them to

1094
00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:48,400
take it all the time because they're going constantly. So, it's

1095
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:50,720
awesome. Um, teen centers. So, teen

1096
00:36:50,720 --> 00:36:52,079
centers in our district, they're

1097
00:36:52,079 --> 00:36:53,440
designed, as you guys know, to help

1098
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,200
students usually before school, during

1099
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:57,599
lunch, or after school. Um, through or

1100
00:36:57,599 --> 00:37:00,480
through structured hall pass access. Uh,

1101
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:03,440
we try to keep the kids in in class as

1102
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:05,040
much as possible, but then help them as

1103
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,599
needed. Um and then giving them services

1104
00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:10,400
for food, hygiene, you know, emotional

1105
00:37:10,400 --> 00:37:13,119
regulation, academic support, connection

1106
00:37:13,119 --> 00:37:14,640
to school staff and different support

1107
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,240
systems and school appropriate mental

1108
00:37:16,240 --> 00:37:18,400
health support when needed or connecting

1109
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:19,839
them with the counselors as needed or

1110
00:37:19,839 --> 00:37:22,880
the social workers that we have. Um I

1111
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,320
will say with teen centers, something

1112
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,480
that I'm working on because we've kind

1113
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:28,720
of found that the funding even though it

1114
00:37:28,720 --> 00:37:30,079
seems like a lot of money doesn't go as

1115
00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:32,640
far as we would like it to go um when

1116
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,480
actually building teen centers. So, my

1117
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,000
goal for teen centers and the vision

1118
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,480
that I would like to see happen is to

1119
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:40,320
focus on getting access at every single

1120
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:41,839
school, no matter if it's a teen center,

1121
00:37:41,839 --> 00:37:44,000
a wellness center, or a care closet,

1122
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:45,520
which could be at an elementary or a

1123
00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:47,839
junior high. Um, over the past year and

1124
00:37:47,839 --> 00:37:50,640
a half, we've kind of done a clean out

1125
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,160
at student services building in our

1126
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,800
warehouse bay of stuff that's just

1127
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,160
sitting there. I'd rather have that out

1128
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:58,560
in schools, getting it into the hands of

1129
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,480
those that need it. So, that's going to

1130
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:02,320
be my focus going forward for the teen

1131
00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:03,680
center vision and kind of have a model

1132
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,160
that supports every single school. Um,

1133
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,720
instead of some that we can maybe build

1134
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:10,640
something in, we can probably find rooms

1135
00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:12,800
and make things work. It's just being

1136
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,359
creative in each school. Um, I'm going

1137
00:38:15,359 --> 00:38:16,640
to leave the prevention one because I'm

1138
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:17,680
going to talk about that a little bit

1139
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,920
later. Crisis response. Um, principles

1140
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,400
call me multiple times during the day,

1141
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,720
you know, for help. Um, and this is

1142
00:38:26,720 --> 00:38:27,760
something we're going to be working

1143
00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:29,680
towards right now. I've been working on

1144
00:38:29,680 --> 00:38:31,520
at Dr. Ern's direction, a student code

1145
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,359
of conduct that we'll kind of change the

1146
00:38:33,359 --> 00:38:35,040
behavior model in our district for next

1147
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,599
year. We'll be sharing that out and and

1148
00:38:37,599 --> 00:38:39,440
making sure that principles have that

1149
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:40,960
person that they can bounce something

1150
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:42,480
off of if they need to. So, trying to

1151
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:45,280
always be available when they need help.

1152
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:49,440
Um, so more to come on that and then I

1153
00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,599
think I'm going to go ahead and forward

1154
00:38:51,599 --> 00:38:52,400
on

1155
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:53,440
>> Can I ask you a question?

1156
00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:54,160
>> Go ahead.

1157
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,079
>> Going back to case management, you know,

1158
00:38:56,079 --> 00:38:57,920
those are all referrals, right? Mhm.

1159
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,640
>> Are they up or down? I mean, more or

1160
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:03,200
less than what we're we've seen last

1161
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:04,240
year even.

1162
00:39:04,240 --> 00:39:05,920
>> I think from when I started, probably

1163
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:08,960
down a little bit. Uh, we did point out

1164
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:10,640
to school level administrators that

1165
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,240
district policy says that they could

1166
00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:14,800
suspend a student for up to 10 days if

1167
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:17,040
it was something. So, that kind of made

1168
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,800
it so they weren't coming for every

1169
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:20,240
little thing, if that makes sense. Like,

1170
00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:22,880
they're kind of handling. And then that

1171
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:24,800
um student code of conduct, we're going

1172
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,440
to do a lot more focus on what we have

1173
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:28,720
district case management. We're going to

1174
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:30,880
help people build local case management

1175
00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,440
in their buildings and kind of determine

1176
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,200
how they can handle those situations

1177
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,960
appropriately. We try to make all of our

1178
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:39,520
decisions unemotionally.

1179
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,560
We use a a matrix that we apply to every

1180
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,400
single case that's a safe schools case

1181
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:46,480
for example. So that we're not saying,

1182
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,800
well, I feel like that kid was naughty.

1183
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,400
let's give them a year, you know, which

1184
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,920
we hardly ever have a kid on a year

1185
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,920
suspension. Um, but if something

1186
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:55,599
warrants that, it definitely could

1187
00:39:55,599 --> 00:39:56,400
happen.

1188
00:39:56,400 --> 00:39:58,240
>> Um, that would be an extreme safe

1189
00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:00,880
schools type thing. Um, the

1190
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,240
conversations are interesting with

1191
00:40:02,240 --> 00:40:04,240
parents and getting them to understand,

1192
00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:06,560
you know, when when I just was on the

1193
00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:08,160
phone with a mom yesterday talking to

1194
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:10,720
her and and trying to talk through, you

1195
00:40:10,720 --> 00:40:12,000
know, your student may have a

1196
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:13,119
consequence, but we're going to this is

1197
00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:14,079
how we're going to support you through

1198
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:15,520
that. And then I want schools to be able

1199
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,280
to build that at at the local level,

1200
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,440
too. So, you can suspend a kid for up to

1201
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:21,359
10 days, but along with the suspension,

1202
00:40:21,359 --> 00:40:22,800
what supports are you putting in place?

1203
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:24,800
You can't just do a flatout suspension.

1204
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:26,640
And we've tried very hard with students

1205
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,800
to make sure that we're supporting if we

1206
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:30,560
put a student on a long-term suspension,

1207
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,040
which for me, the longest has been a

1208
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:35,440
year, just recently, but um that's a

1209
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:38,480
very extreme case. I put reminders in my

1210
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,000
calendar, and I am calling those

1211
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,079
parents, you know, every couple months.

1212
00:40:42,079 --> 00:40:43,599
I've scheduled meetings every quarter.

1213
00:40:43,599 --> 00:40:46,240
We're doing that review every 45 days to

1214
00:40:46,240 --> 00:40:47,440
make sure they are getting their due

1215
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:49,599
process, you know, and really helping.

1216
00:40:49,599 --> 00:40:51,599
Um, Mr. Curfew tells me, he says, "You

1217
00:40:51,599 --> 00:40:53,599
don't want a school to prison pipeline."

1218
00:40:53,599 --> 00:40:54,880
You know, we need to try to fix that.

1219
00:40:54,880 --> 00:40:56,160
And so, we're trying to make sure that

1220
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,560
we have supports in place that way. So,

1221
00:40:58,560 --> 00:40:59,040
>> thank you.

1222
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,560
>> That probably more than answered for

1223
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:01,680
you, Elizabeth.

1224
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:03,680
>> And then, how many employees do you

1225
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:04,079
have?

1226
00:41:04,079 --> 00:41:06,480
>> So, we have at student services 36 in

1227
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:08,800
the building at different times of the

1228
00:41:08,800 --> 00:41:12,160
day. And then Mrs. choir supervises 39

1229
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:16,960
counselors also. So, um, we did push out

1230
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,040
some ML aids. They used to be kind of

1231
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,200
based out of our building and we sent

1232
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:22,720
the funding out to the schools. So, we

1233
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:24,240
now have them working with their schools

1234
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:25,440
more because that's been kind of a thing

1235
00:41:25,440 --> 00:41:27,680
that I've pushed as the director. I

1236
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:28,960
don't want people sitting in student

1237
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,839
services, you know, as much as possible,

1238
00:41:31,839 --> 00:41:33,839
but like I have meetings all the time,

1239
00:41:33,839 --> 00:41:35,280
but other people that need to be of

1240
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:36,480
students, I expect them to be of

1241
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:37,599
students and that's come down through

1242
00:41:37,599 --> 00:41:39,760
the directors. So, McKini Vento

1243
00:41:39,760 --> 00:41:42,800
specialist, the title six liaison, the

1244
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:44,400
anybody that can, we should be out

1245
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:45,920
helping kids. We shouldn't be sitting in

1246
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,720
our offices, you know. So, we we have

1247
00:41:48,720 --> 00:41:50,480
done that. So, 36, but they're not all

1248
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,480
there all the time. In fact, sometimes

1249
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:54,319
it kind of looks like a ghost town, but

1250
00:41:54,319 --> 00:41:56,880
that's okay. They're out working. So,

1251
00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:59,119
any other questions? I just kind of

1252
00:41:59,119 --> 00:42:02,720
wanted to comment just in anyways when

1253
00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:05,839
you said a 504 for students I kind of I

1254
00:42:05,839 --> 00:42:08,560
thought wait I thought that special ed I

1255
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,680
actually know please anyways so

1256
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:14,240
different between an IEP and a 504 yes

1257
00:42:14,240 --> 00:42:16,560
>> it's a funding me it's the mechanism in

1258
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:18,720
which it's funded or federal

1259
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:20,400
>> is generally academic

1260
00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,079
>> no not always Marissa can probably

1261
00:42:22,079 --> 00:42:23,760
answer this is where I'm still learning

1262
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:24,160
>> I know

1263
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:26,400
>> so the difference between 504 and IEP

1264
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:28,880
504 is the accommodation based where IEP

1265
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,359
is you need services as well. So you

1266
00:42:31,359 --> 00:42:33,119
might have a disability but you might

1267
00:42:33,119 --> 00:42:35,040
not need require special education

1268
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:37,040
services or you might have a disability

1269
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:38,800
and you only need accommodations. And so

1270
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:40,240
that's the biggest difference. It's just

1271
00:42:40,240 --> 00:42:42,160
your access to accommodations versus

1272
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:44,000
access to accommodations and services.

1273
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,800
>> And so is there a reason why they're in

1274
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,440
two different departments?

1275
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:50,480
>> It gets messy.

1276
00:42:50,480 --> 00:42:53,119
>> Okay, that's gone back and forth over

1277
00:42:53,119 --> 00:42:55,599
the years. took it under us um at one

1278
00:42:55,599 --> 00:42:56,800
point.

1279
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,359
>> Federal funding for IDEIDA I feel like

1280
00:42:59,359 --> 00:43:02,160
shouldn't be servicing 504. So, I think

1281
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:02,640
that's what I was saying.

1282
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:04,400
>> Yeah. So, I think there needs to be a

1283
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:04,960
distinct

1284
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:06,000
>> real distinct.

1285
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,440
>> Okay. That's what she was saying.

1286
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:09,040
>> There's other districts that do bowl,

1287
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:10,960
but I think it just depends on

1288
00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:12,319
>> I hope I don't get in trouble for saying

1289
00:43:12,319 --> 00:43:13,680
this, but I'm just going to advocate

1290
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,040
because we've had this conversation a

1291
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:17,119
lot. We could have a 504 person in our

1292
00:43:17,119 --> 00:43:19,200
district that that's what they do.

1293
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:20,240
along with other

1294
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:22,240
>> that's why I was like whoa

1295
00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:25,280
>> cuz it's a lot you know you add on um

1296
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:26,880
and and just wrapping your head around

1297
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:28,720
all the different things you know making

1298
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:31,440
sure so someday when the money tree

1299
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,280
grows wherever we've planted it

1300
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:34,319
>> you know [laughter]

1301
00:43:34,319 --> 00:43:37,119
>> that's something to think about but um

1302
00:43:37,119 --> 00:43:39,760
counselors so we do have right now 39

1303
00:43:39,760 --> 00:43:43,520
counselors in our district um Mity has

1304
00:43:43,520 --> 00:43:45,680
done Mrs. Sors has done a great job of

1305
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:47,200
training. She has those counselors in

1306
00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:49,599
there every month, you know, and they're

1307
00:43:49,599 --> 00:43:51,200
getting training that's specific to what

1308
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:52,800
they need and she works really well with

1309
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:54,880
them. I'm just super impressed with her

1310
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,480
ability to manage all of that. She's

1311
00:43:56,480 --> 00:43:58,800
also taken on all mental health. I

1312
00:43:58,800 --> 00:43:59,839
changed the structure at student

1313
00:43:59,839 --> 00:44:01,280
services and she's over all mental

1314
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:02,640
health because I felt like that kind of

1315
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:06,960
landed in that realm. Um, so the school

1316
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:08,480
counselors, they play a critical role in

1317
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:09,920
student success. They provide direct

1318
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:11,520
services such as classroom instruction,

1319
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,040
college and career readiness, dropout

1320
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,440
prevention. Their work is data driven

1321
00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:16,960
and aligned with state expectations to

1322
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,839
close the gaps and improve outcomes. So,

1323
00:44:19,839 --> 00:44:21,280
this kind of shows how they all lot

1324
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,839
their time. If you've ever Well, I'm

1325
00:44:23,839 --> 00:44:25,200
married to a counselor, so I guess this

1326
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:26,480
makes sense to me. He has to do a

1327
00:44:26,480 --> 00:44:28,560
portfolio every year. You know, he has

1328
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:30,000
to make sure that he's falling within

1329
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,160
these percentages and doing what he

1330
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:34,720
needs to do. And it is a shift. People

1331
00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:36,000
sometimes think a counselor is just

1332
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:37,359
there to help with scheduling. they do

1333
00:44:37,359 --> 00:44:39,839
so much more than that. So, especially

1334
00:44:39,839 --> 00:44:41,040
and it's very different in the

1335
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:42,640
elementary versus the secondary

1336
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:44,400
counseling realm. So, counselors are

1337
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:46,079
essential

1338
00:44:46,079 --> 00:44:48,400
mental health services. So, um the

1339
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,720
project aware grant

1340
00:44:50,720 --> 00:44:52,240
uh if you may remember that's how we

1341
00:44:52,240 --> 00:44:53,680
have funded social workers that we've

1342
00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:56,160
had in our district. We currently have

1343
00:44:56,160 --> 00:44:58,079
social workers based at Desert Peak,

1344
00:44:58,079 --> 00:45:00,079
Dougway, Grantsville, Stansbury, and

1345
00:45:00,079 --> 00:45:04,400
Tilla. Uh the base pays for the Dougway

1346
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,200
one currently. that Twilive funds their

1347
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,599
own and then the other three schools,

1348
00:45:09,599 --> 00:45:11,680
Stanbury, Desert Peak, and Grantsville,

1349
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:13,200
are looking at possible funding sources

1350
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:14,880
because the Aware grant does end on

1351
00:45:14,880 --> 00:45:17,920
September 29th. It it actually ended on

1352
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:19,440
January 14th this year. I don't know if

1353
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:23,520
you guys knew that. It was doed and um

1354
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:25,599
some lobbyists and stuff kind of came in

1355
00:45:25,599 --> 00:45:26,800
and we weren't sure what to do because

1356
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:28,400
we were told on the 14th that we were

1357
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:30,480
responsible for their pay as of that

1358
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:31,280
day.

1359
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,520
>> Anything they worked after, that got

1360
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:35,839
overturned on January 16th. So, we were

1361
00:45:35,839 --> 00:45:38,880
able to continue on. Um, lots of great

1362
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:40,560
work by people in our state. Stephanie

1363
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:42,160
Rolley has been amazing with federal

1364
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:44,400
grants and she helped jump on that and,

1365
00:45:44,400 --> 00:45:48,319
you know, we submitted our our voice as

1366
00:45:48,319 --> 00:45:50,240
part of that to try to help. So, the

1367
00:45:50,240 --> 00:45:52,800
project aware is ending. um that has

1368
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,160
helped with the social workers, the

1369
00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:56,240
schools, the model that we are promoting

1370
00:45:56,240 --> 00:45:58,880
that is if a school wants their own that

1371
00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:00,480
they find the funding source that they

1372
00:46:00,480 --> 00:46:03,520
can maintain for that and then uh within

1373
00:46:03,520 --> 00:46:05,200
that realm stick to our salary

1374
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:07,440
schedules. So that follows you know

1375
00:46:07,440 --> 00:46:10,000
along with other positions

1376
00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:11,920
um we're also looking we're kind of have

1377
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:13,280
a relationship with Inter Mountain

1378
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:15,119
Connect Dr. Ernst and I met with them

1379
00:46:15,119 --> 00:46:16,720
was I think it was Mr. Brian's

1380
00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:18,640
suggestion and talking about some

1381
00:46:18,640 --> 00:46:20,720
virtual social work visits for students.

1382
00:46:20,720 --> 00:46:22,800
And I think that would be amazing having

1383
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:25,440
been a principal in rural schools. That

1384
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:26,720
would have been an awesome resource to

1385
00:46:26,720 --> 00:46:28,480
have available to be able to get a kid

1386
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,640
help, you know, and and do it quickly.

1387
00:46:30,640 --> 00:46:32,240
And I think people are so used to that

1388
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:34,640
now, you know, and that that way of

1389
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:36,720
doing things.

1390
00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:39,200
Um, federal programs.

1391
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:40,720
So, I'm going to start out this one with

1392
00:46:40,720 --> 00:46:42,480
a positive. So, we did get an audit of

1393
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:43,760
federal programs this year and there

1394
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:47,280
were no findings. So, yay. Um, Dustin

1395
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:48,400
was talking about how stressful

1396
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:49,359
everybody is this time of year.

1397
00:46:49,359 --> 00:46:50,640
Stephanie, really stressful time is

1398
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:52,400
December. I thought I was going to lose

1399
00:46:52,400 --> 00:46:54,160
her for a while. [laughter] It was

1400
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:56,000
crazy. She was so worried about this

1401
00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,359
audit and then they came. It was the

1402
00:46:57,359 --> 00:47:00,240
state director and one of the um his

1403
00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:02,560
assistants and it was awesome to sit in

1404
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:03,760
that meeting and hear all the good

1405
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,200
things that Stephanie has implemented.

1406
00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:07,280
She's just a magician with that kind of

1407
00:47:07,280 --> 00:47:09,440
stuff. So, we currently have six

1408
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,200
schoolwide title one schools and I think

1409
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,119
this is an answer to Elizabeth question

1410
00:47:13,119 --> 00:47:15,440
you had. So, we use the school free and

1411
00:47:15,440 --> 00:47:16,720
reduced lunch numbers to determine

1412
00:47:16,720 --> 00:47:18,319
whether or not a school is schoolwide or

1413
00:47:18,319 --> 00:47:20,480
if they're targeted. So, they get less

1414
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:23,359
money when they're on a targeted track,

1415
00:47:23,359 --> 00:47:25,200
but the three schools that are targeted

1416
00:47:25,200 --> 00:47:27,520
this year will most likely be schoolwide

1417
00:47:27,520 --> 00:47:28,960
next year because their numbers have

1418
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:31,680
shifted. So, um we will probably have

1419
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:33,200
nine schools in schoolwide status. So,

1420
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:34,720
that depends on the amount of funding we

1421
00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:37,359
get. Um we do never know what that

1422
00:47:37,359 --> 00:47:38,400
funding is going to look like,

1423
00:47:38,400 --> 00:47:41,727
especially lately. It could change. So,

1424
00:47:41,727 --> 00:47:42,880
[clears throat] and the federal

1425
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:45,520
government and the state are being very

1426
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:47,680
strict about spending. And so, we have

1427
00:47:47,680 --> 00:47:49,839
put in some procedures for schools,

1428
00:47:49,839 --> 00:47:52,720
things they used to be able to just buy.

1429
00:47:52,720 --> 00:47:54,400
They don't get to just buy anymore. They

1430
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,319
have to get approval through Stephanie.

1431
00:47:56,319 --> 00:47:58,160
Um, and I do want to mention, we've done

1432
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:00,319
that with all of student services. Some

1433
00:48:00,319 --> 00:48:03,040
things that I've put in place. No, no,

1434
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:04,960
nothing is purchased without going up

1435
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:06,720
the ladder. Like, we are being very

1436
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:08,240
careful and conscientious about what we

1437
00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:11,839
spend money on. um because we do want to

1438
00:48:11,839 --> 00:48:13,839
spend the money wisely.

1439
00:48:13,839 --> 00:48:16,880
So, title three, this is multi-english

1440
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:20,640
learners and um we help students gain

1441
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,079
English proficiency and meet state

1442
00:48:22,079 --> 00:48:24,000
academic standards and we also have two

1443
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:25,680
liaison that are based out of our

1444
00:48:25,680 --> 00:48:27,680
building and they are busy. They get in

1445
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:30,400
there about 7:15 and they go all day.

1446
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:32,720
They're always translating um for

1447
00:48:32,720 --> 00:48:35,119
schools, they translate for families,

1448
00:48:35,119 --> 00:48:37,040
help people when needed. They're great.

1449
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:39,280
If you've ever met Angelina, she's

1450
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:40,960
amazing. She's such a powerhouse of

1451
00:48:40,960 --> 00:48:42,079
helping people and she's been in our

1452
00:48:42,079 --> 00:48:43,359
district for over 20 years, you know,

1453
00:48:43,359 --> 00:48:45,680
she just really knows what she's doing.

1454
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:51,520
Um, the title six and title four, title six. So, title four focuses

1455
00:48:51,520 --> 00:48:52,480
on providing students with a

1456
00:48:52,480 --> 00:48:54,240
well-rounded education, improving school

1457
00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:55,680
conditions, and expanding the use of

1458
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:57,839
technology. So, I was thinking about

1459
00:48:57,839 --> 00:48:59,599
that money and kind of how we currently

1460
00:48:59,599 --> 00:49:01,280
spend it. We mostly use that money for

1461
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:03,680
refocus aids in our schools. So that

1462
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:05,040
would kind of meet those first couple

1463
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:07,440
things, providing students with to

1464
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:09,599
access and improving school conditions.

1465
00:49:09,599 --> 00:49:12,240
The schools that do have a refocus aid,

1466
00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:14,319
they have loved having refocus aids.

1467
00:49:14,319 --> 00:49:15,680
They are those people that when a kid is

1468
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:17,680
having trouble, generally they've been

1469
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,920
elementary schools. That person is the

1470
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:21,280
person who can take them, let's walk and

1471
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:22,720
talk. Let's walk and talk it out, you

1472
00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:24,559
know, let's figure out what's going on.

1473
00:49:24,559 --> 00:49:27,280
Um, we've done lots of support for kids

1474
00:49:27,280 --> 00:49:29,359
with Rethink lessons. We've used Rethink

1475
00:49:29,359 --> 00:49:32,640
a lot in our district and the the lady

1476
00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:35,040
that is kind of our serer for Rethink,

1477
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:37,440
Marie, if we tell her, hey, we have a

1478
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:39,440
kid who is having problems with touching

1479
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:42,240
people in private parks. What do you got

1480
00:49:42,240 --> 00:49:44,160
for us? And she will get lessons for us

1481
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:45,440
and get those back and we're able to

1482
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:47,280
have those refocus aids or counselors or

1483
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,599
whoever needs to go through those as

1484
00:49:49,599 --> 00:49:51,359
part of a behavior contract and help a

1485
00:49:51,359 --> 00:49:54,800
kid um change their behavior. Yes.

1486
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:57,359
>> Yes. Refocus aids. I have loved loved

1487
00:49:57,359 --> 00:49:59,280
working with refocus aids in elementary

1488
00:49:59,280 --> 00:50:01,839
schools. I'm curious about um the

1489
00:50:01,839 --> 00:50:04,559
position. Is there a district-wide

1490
00:50:04,559 --> 00:50:07,599
standard of training or protocol or

1491
00:50:07,599 --> 00:50:08,160
things that

1492
00:50:08,160 --> 00:50:11,440
>> So Julie Spindler kind of um she's not

1493
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:12,800
their supervisor. Their principal is

1494
00:50:12,800 --> 00:50:14,000
their supervisor, but she does bring

1495
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:15,359
them in and they get trained. I believe

1496
00:50:15,359 --> 00:50:16,240
it's monthly.

1497
00:50:16,240 --> 00:50:18,400
>> Oh, good. um they start, you know, the

1498
00:50:18,400 --> 00:50:19,599
beginning of the year and she has them

1499
00:50:19,599 --> 00:50:20,720
in there and she's kind of going over

1500
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:22,400
best practices with them and what to do

1501
00:50:22,400 --> 00:50:24,800
and and if we had more money that would

1502
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:26,480
be a great way to spend money, too. I

1503
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,680
mean, they're just they're needed. So,

1504
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:32,160
um title six Indian education added to

1505
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:33,040
your list.

1506
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:36,319
>> Sorry. Sorry, Jeremy. I know we're

1507
00:50:36,319 --> 00:50:38,400
asking for all the money, but everybody

1508
00:50:38,400 --> 00:50:40,559
else needs money, too. So, the title

1509
00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:42,880
six, this is um Indian American Indian

1510
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:44,559
and Alaskan native students. We

1511
00:50:44,559 --> 00:50:46,880
currently have 119 qualified students.

1512
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:48,720
These are students who have a tribal

1513
00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:50,400
number when they fill out their

1514
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:52,559
application. This is kind of a cool

1515
00:50:52,559 --> 00:50:54,640
program, really unique. Um I know

1516
00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:57,119
Emily's done a lot with this out. She's

1517
00:50:57,119 --> 00:50:58,880
traveled to IDPAW many years to go out

1518
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,520
to our annual meeting out there. We do

1519
00:51:01,520 --> 00:51:03,760
cultural nights in our building. We do a

1520
00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:05,760
special graduation ceremony recognition

1521
00:51:05,760 --> 00:51:09,200
for these guys. Um it's a lot of fun. So

1522
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,119
if you've ever met Dr. Foster from the

1523
00:51:11,119 --> 00:51:12,480
state office. He's coming out this year

1524
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,559
to our cultural, you know, recognition

1525
00:51:14,559 --> 00:51:16,160
night for the graduates and it's just a

1526
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:18,720
neat experience. So, um, really neat

1527
00:51:18,720 --> 00:51:19,920
guy.

1528
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:23,119
>> And there was a gentleman, gosh, Bob's

1529
00:51:23,119 --> 00:51:24,000
probably going to remember his name

1530
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,040
better than me. Virgil

1531
00:51:25,040 --> 00:51:25,359
>> Virgil.

1532
00:51:25,359 --> 00:51:26,800
Johnson.

1533
00:51:26,800 --> 00:51:28,480
>> He retired this year. His wife actually

1534
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:30,079
passed away. So, he retired, but he was

1535
00:51:30,079 --> 00:51:31,440
teaching the goshoot language to our

1536
00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:33,599
students in Igopa. And it was a pretty

1537
00:51:33,599 --> 00:51:34,880
cool program because it's kind of

1538
00:51:34,880 --> 00:51:37,040
considered a dead language now.

1539
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:38,880
>> And so, it was really neat to be able to

1540
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:40,880
go and see that. and his his wife passed

1541
00:51:40,880 --> 00:51:42,240
away and he just decided he was kind of

1542
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:45,040
done. So, um that's a change for us out

1543
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:46,640
there. So, if anyone knows anybody

1544
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:48,240
available,

1545
00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:51,285
let us know. Uh Mckin Vento.

1546
00:51:51,285 --> 00:51:53,680
[clears throat] So, Mckin Vento um is

1547
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:55,680
the homeless assistance act. So, it

1548
00:51:55,680 --> 00:51:57,200
ensures that students experiencing

1549
00:51:57,200 --> 00:51:59,040
homelessness can enroll, attend, and

1550
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:01,440
succeed in school.

1551
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:03,920
So, it's part of the Education for

1552
00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:06,880
Homeless Children at Youth program. And

1553
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:08,240
how do you describe Mckin Vental?

1554
00:52:08,240 --> 00:52:09,680
There's so much that happens with McKini

1555
00:52:09,680 --> 00:52:11,520
Vental. We help with food. We help with

1556
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:15,839
clothing. We help with hygiene kits. Um

1557
00:52:15,839 --> 00:52:18,880
we the education foundation, we've tried

1558
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:20,559
to shift the the load a little bit and

1559
00:52:20,559 --> 00:52:21,599
they've taken on they have a

1560
00:52:21,599 --> 00:52:22,720
relationship with the Church of Jesus

1561
00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:24,960
Christ of Latter-day Saints and we can

1562
00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:28,079
get a student a voucher to go get items

1563
00:52:28,079 --> 00:52:30,319
of clothing from DI for free now.

1564
00:52:30,319 --> 00:52:32,000
Whereas before our student services was

1565
00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:33,119
kind of this building that had this

1566
00:52:33,119 --> 00:52:35,839
closet that was kind of a mess and we're

1567
00:52:35,839 --> 00:52:38,160
kind of getting that not we keep a

1568
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:40,000
little bit of that on hand but we don't

1569
00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:41,200
do it to the extent we did before

1570
00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:42,480
because now we can let families go pick

1571
00:52:42,480 --> 00:52:44,480
out what they want to pick out. Get them

1572
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:46,800
a voucher. They go get what they need.

1573
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:48,800
We do gas vouchers for families that

1574
00:52:48,800 --> 00:52:51,040
need to get kids to a bus station or

1575
00:52:51,040 --> 00:52:52,400
even to school. There's not a bus

1576
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:55,119
station. Um

1577
00:52:55,119 --> 00:52:56,880
and we've had to change the processes

1578
00:52:56,880 --> 00:52:59,119
because people do abuse things. And so

1579
00:52:59,119 --> 00:53:00,640
when we figure that out, we try to

1580
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:01,920
tighten it down and have a good

1581
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,520
procedure for that. Um, we do also help

1582
00:53:05,520 --> 00:53:06,880
if there's a family that comes into our

1583
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:08,079
building that may not necessarily

1584
00:53:08,079 --> 00:53:10,079
qualify for Mckin Vento, we're going to

1585
00:53:10,079 --> 00:53:11,760
help them if we can and we try to find

1586
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:14,319
those resources. Many donors, especially

1587
00:53:14,319 --> 00:53:15,839
around Christmas time, come to student

1588
00:53:15,839 --> 00:53:18,079
services and hand us money, you know, or

1589
00:53:18,079 --> 00:53:19,839
here, I have these items or I have if

1590
00:53:19,839 --> 00:53:22,640
you need food, we'll go go get food. One

1591
00:53:22,640 --> 00:53:25,520
hiccup that we can kind of see happening

1592
00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:29,760
is that the new food die regulations.

1593
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:31,359
We got to figure out how to work that

1594
00:53:31,359 --> 00:53:33,200
out. We don't know what to do because we

1595
00:53:33,200 --> 00:53:35,359
give weekend meal kits all the time to

1596
00:53:35,359 --> 00:53:37,680
kids that experience hunger over the

1597
00:53:37,680 --> 00:53:38,720
weekends

1598
00:53:38,720 --> 00:53:40,400
>> and now we can't pass out food that has

1599
00:53:40,400 --> 00:53:43,680
I don't I don't know the exact dies but

1600
00:53:43,680 --> 00:53:46,400
>> so we're going to be talking about that.

1601
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,720
goes into effect July one. So

1602
00:53:48,720 --> 00:53:52,160
>> So is this a crossover? Has it been

1603
00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:54,559
tricky? Is it just something we're

1604
00:53:54,559 --> 00:53:59,040
working on or maybe it's too much? Um,

1605
00:53:59,040 --> 00:54:02,000
McKenna McKini Vento and the teen

1606
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:03,760
centers and

1607
00:54:03,760 --> 00:54:04,400
>> so that

1608
00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:06,640
>> is that opening a can of worms beyond.

1609
00:54:06,640 --> 00:54:08,319
>> Am I okay to speak the way I would like

1610
00:54:08,319 --> 00:54:09,440
to see it? Dr.

1611
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:10,000
Yeah,

1612
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:12,880
>> I I do feel like that could be that

1613
00:54:12,880 --> 00:54:13,680
umbrella

1614
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:15,119
>> and it should be that umbrella because

1615
00:54:15,119 --> 00:54:16,640
the way that I envision it, teen center,

1616
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:18,880
wellness center, care closet,

1617
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:21,520
>> and then that part of student services

1618
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:23,200
is the one managing all those resources

1619
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:24,960
and getting them out. Does that make

1620
00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:26,319
sense? And then sourcing grants,

1621
00:54:26,319 --> 00:54:28,720
sourcing donations, sourcing. So that's

1622
00:54:28,720 --> 00:54:30,880
the direction I would like to go is to

1623
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:32,160
have it all be part of that because I

1624
00:54:32,160 --> 00:54:34,160
think those flow so well together anyway

1625
00:54:34,160 --> 00:54:37,280
and should to support students and and

1626
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:39,040
teen centers all over the state look

1627
00:54:39,040 --> 00:54:40,880
different. They don't look like Davis

1628
00:54:40,880 --> 00:54:42,960
everywhere. They look um we did some

1629
00:54:42,960 --> 00:54:45,440
training with um what's the name of that

1630
00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:48,000
group you listen to the policy project

1631
00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:49,200
>> policy

1632
00:54:49,200 --> 00:54:51,520
>> they talked about like Morgan Morgan has

1633
00:54:51,520 --> 00:54:54,880
a very high socioeconomic rate their

1634
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,960
students deal with mental health. So

1635
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:58,400
they said in our teen center we're

1636
00:54:58,400 --> 00:55:00,720
helping kids with mental health whereas

1637
00:55:00,720 --> 00:55:03,359
in Davis they have kids who are homeless

1638
00:55:03,359 --> 00:55:04,880
>> you know so it's different and and even

1639
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:06,319
in our district you could have a

1640
00:55:06,319 --> 00:55:07,440
completely different teen center at

1641
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:08,960
Desert Peak than you would in Wendover

1642
00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:12,240
versus Twiligh versus Dansbury versus So

1643
00:55:12,240 --> 00:55:14,240
I I do think going forward we need to be

1644
00:55:14,240 --> 00:55:16,319
able to work with that and make it

1645
00:55:16,319 --> 00:55:17,920
function for each school and then get

1646
00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:21,680
the resources where they need to be. So

1647
00:55:21,680 --> 00:55:22,160
>> yeah,

1648
00:55:22,160 --> 00:55:24,640
>> that's where I would like it to go.

1649
00:55:24,640 --> 00:55:28,079
>> We're working on that. So,

1650
00:55:28,079 --> 00:55:31,760
um, any other questions about that?

1651
00:55:31,760 --> 00:55:33,359
McKini Vento. So, parent and family

1652
00:55:33,359 --> 00:55:34,880
engagement. This is one. It wasn't a

1653
00:55:34,880 --> 00:55:37,280
finding for our, um, title one audit,

1654
00:55:37,280 --> 00:55:39,599
but just a suggestion. We are going to

1655
00:55:39,599 --> 00:55:41,280
work more on student services on trying

1656
00:55:41,280 --> 00:55:43,280
to have more parent engagement. How can

1657
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:45,040
we help parents do needs assessments,

1658
00:55:45,040 --> 00:55:47,680
figure out what they need? Um, we have a

1659
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,359
couple liaison that it is their job to

1660
00:55:49,359 --> 00:55:50,720
work with parents and families and

1661
00:55:50,720 --> 00:55:53,359
figure out what we can do to help. Um,

1662
00:55:53,359 --> 00:55:54,880
be careful not to just throw a resource

1663
00:55:54,880 --> 00:55:56,319
at a problem without knowing that the

1664
00:55:56,319 --> 00:55:57,680
resource is going to help the problem.

1665
00:55:57,680 --> 00:56:00,400
That's kind of a big deal. And then I

1666
00:56:00,400 --> 00:56:03,680
did want to point out, um, Mckin Vento,

1667
00:56:03,680 --> 00:56:07,040
we have 161 students for Mckin Vento. I

1668
00:56:07,040 --> 00:56:08,720
have been pushing, we have one leazison

1669
00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:11,280
right now, Jennifer Berth.

1670
00:56:11,280 --> 00:56:12,799
I told her that the moon goal that

1671
00:56:12,799 --> 00:56:15,440
regards graduation rate is her baby. You

1672
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:17,040
know, she needs to be out talking to

1673
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,280
those kids. Like we need to be finding

1674
00:56:19,280 --> 00:56:20,559
those kids, seeing what they need,

1675
00:56:20,559 --> 00:56:22,880
getting help so we can have success

1676
00:56:22,880 --> 00:56:24,640
stories with kids from McKini Vento,

1677
00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:26,960
too. That we were featured on I can't

1678
00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:28,799
remember which channel. Is Brett here?

1679
00:56:28,799 --> 00:56:30,799
Remember what? [clears throat]

1680
00:56:30,799 --> 00:56:32,720
>> Channel four.

1681
00:56:32,720 --> 00:56:34,880
>> I think it was channel 4.

1682
00:56:34,880 --> 00:56:37,440
>> Jennifer KTV. Jennifer did a great job.

1683
00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:38,960
So, you can click that link there if you

1684
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:40,960
want to watch that talking about what we

1685
00:56:40,960 --> 00:56:42,640
do in our district.

1686
00:56:42,640 --> 00:56:45,680
Um, so

1687
00:56:45,680 --> 00:56:47,359
sorry, I don't want to take a ton of

1688
00:56:47,359 --> 00:56:50,000
noise this time either. Prevention.

1689
00:56:50,000 --> 00:56:51,680
in our district is I love

1690
00:56:51,680 --> 00:56:53,359
this graphic that Julie put on here.

1691
00:56:53,359 --> 00:56:54,880
Should we build a fence at the top or

1692
00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:56,160
should we put an ambulance at the

1693
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:58,160
bottom? So, prevention is building the

1694
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:00,240
fence at the top. You know, we want to

1695
00:57:00,240 --> 00:57:02,799
protect students. So, it covers all

1696
00:57:02,799 --> 00:57:05,119
these areas. SEAL, you know, PBIS,

1697
00:57:05,119 --> 00:57:07,040
suicide prevention, educators handbook.

1698
00:57:07,040 --> 00:57:08,880
We look at our data from there.

1699
00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:11,599
substance abuse, attendance initiatives,

1700
00:57:11,599 --> 00:57:13,200
bullying prevention, grant writing,

1701
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:15,280
community collaboration, safe UT refocus

1702
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:16,559
mentors, which we kind of talked about,

1703
00:57:16,559 --> 00:57:19,839
and youth and care. Um,

1704
00:57:19,839 --> 00:57:21,520
she did one one thing I wanted to point

1705
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:23,119
out. We have a school, it's North Lake

1706
00:57:23,119 --> 00:57:25,200
Elementary. They have been following our

1707
00:57:25,200 --> 00:57:28,079
attendance procedures to the tea. A lot

1708
00:57:28,079 --> 00:57:29,280
of the schools are doing a good job, but

1709
00:57:29,280 --> 00:57:31,040
North Lake has made sure they they hired

1710
00:57:31,040 --> 00:57:32,400
a person that deals with attendance

1711
00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:33,520
because that was one of their findings

1712
00:57:33,520 --> 00:57:35,599
on their state, you know, that they're

1713
00:57:35,599 --> 00:57:36,240
in

1714
00:57:36,240 --> 00:57:36,720
>> turn

1715
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:38,480
>> turnaround for. My gosh, I I'm not a

1716
00:57:38,480 --> 00:57:39,680
principal anymore, so these words have

1717
00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:42,160
left me. But, um, they have taken their

1718
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:44,960
attendance from 90% to 92%. Which is

1719
00:57:44,960 --> 00:57:47,920
awesome. So, and it's been hard. They've

1720
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:49,119
had a few hard things they've had to

1721
00:57:49,119 --> 00:57:50,480
deal with, but they've stuck with it.

1722
00:57:50,480 --> 00:57:53,040
And I really commended Stephanie Lindsay

1723
00:57:53,040 --> 00:57:55,680
for her work in that area. So, a lot

1724
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:57,359
going on with prevention. I have a

1725
00:57:57,359 --> 00:57:58,400
question about that slide.

1726
00:57:58,400 --> 00:57:58,880
>> Yep.

1727
00:57:58,880 --> 00:58:00,960
>> Thank you. Um, so when I was looking

1728
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:03,119
through this presentation, I saw there's

1729
00:58:03,119 --> 00:58:05,280
12 different boxes and that's exciting

1730
00:58:05,280 --> 00:58:07,440
that we have so many different resources

1731
00:58:07,440 --> 00:58:09,680
that we have in our toolbox, but also I

1732
00:58:09,680 --> 00:58:11,440
was wondering what's being done to make

1733
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:13,440
sure that these things are working

1734
00:58:13,440 --> 00:58:16,480
together instead of repeating and not

1735
00:58:16,480 --> 00:58:18,319
that in some areas we might not need

1736
00:58:18,319 --> 00:58:20,960
like a too deep situation, but just

1737
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:22,960
making sure that everything is is really

1738
00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:25,200
efficient. Um, this came in my brain for

1739
00:58:25,200 --> 00:58:26,720
the first time. I think I even said it

1740
00:58:26,720 --> 00:58:28,400
in the board meeting is when we were

1741
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:31,280
approving PBIS plans and you look at the

1742
00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:33,200
plans and there's so many different

1743
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:34,559
things and you're like, okay, are we

1744
00:58:34,559 --> 00:58:35,280
just

1745
00:58:35,280 --> 00:58:37,520
>> whatever sticks to the wall or is there

1746
00:58:37,520 --> 00:58:39,520
a straight line that shows us

1747
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:40,640
>> because we know we're going to be more

1748
00:58:40,640 --> 00:58:41,920
effective if we're

1749
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,240
>> streamlining our effort. Um I will say

1750
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:45,599
where we're headed with our student code

1751
00:58:45,599 --> 00:58:48,000
of conduct is a streamline of all of

1752
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:51,200
these like MTSS, multi-tered systems of

1753
00:58:51,200 --> 00:58:52,559
support. What are we doing? What do we

1754
00:58:52,559 --> 00:58:56,799
do when this happened? now I do what um

1755
00:58:56,799 --> 00:58:58,880
and so looking at all these things and

1756
00:58:58,880 --> 00:59:00,720
kind of implementing everything into

1757
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:02,640
that plan and then training schools so

1758
00:59:02,640 --> 00:59:04,160
that they're able to handle you know

1759
00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:05,599
what they can at their level and then

1760
00:59:05,599 --> 00:59:07,040
getting district support when they need

1761
00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:08,079
it.

1762
00:59:08,079 --> 00:59:10,319
>> Um did that answer your question?

1763
00:59:10,319 --> 00:59:12,640
>> Yeah, I mean yeah I I'll be interested

1764
00:59:12,640 --> 00:59:15,119
to see how it plays out as as you're

1765
00:59:15,119 --> 00:59:17,359
doing this. So thank you.

1766
00:59:17,359 --> 00:59:19,119
>> This is actually my favorite part of my

1767
00:59:19,119 --> 00:59:21,359
job. I like dealing with this kind of

1768
00:59:21,359 --> 00:59:24,319
stuff, but I know principles are ready

1769
00:59:24,319 --> 00:59:25,359
for spring break. They're done with

1770
00:59:25,359 --> 00:59:27,171
dealing with that kind of stuff. Um,

1771
00:59:27,171 --> 00:59:28,000
[laughter]

1772
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:29,760
so youth and care, I changed the

1773
00:59:29,760 --> 00:59:30,880
structure of youth and care in our

1774
00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:32,160
district. I actually added this onto

1775
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:34,079
Julie Spinber's responsibility and she

1776
00:59:34,079 --> 00:59:36,720
has done an awesome job with this. So

1777
00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:38,880
youth and care is based off of five

1778
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:41,359
pillars, you know, and I'm not going to

1779
00:59:41,359 --> 00:59:42,880
read it all to you. You guys can read

1780
00:59:42,880 --> 00:59:44,000
that. But one thing I did want to

1781
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:45,920
mention is every student who is in youth

1782
00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:48,000
and care custody in our district has a

1783
00:59:48,000 --> 00:59:50,240
check-in connect mentor and that is the

1784
00:59:50,240 --> 00:59:51,599
program that Youth and Care uses

1785
00:59:51,599 --> 00:59:54,640
statewide. Um these mentors are meeting

1786
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:56,079
with their kids weekly. You know,

1787
00:59:56,079 --> 00:59:57,680
they're trying to build relationships.

1788
00:59:57,680 --> 00:59:58,799
They're trying to offer support

1789
00:59:58,799 --> 01:00:01,359
academically. Um getting in getting them

1790
01:00:01,359 --> 01:00:02,559
in touch with the people that they need

1791
01:00:02,559 --> 01:00:04,160
to when they need u mental health

1792
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:07,200
supports or anything else. Um some of

1793
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:08,880
these kids come to us and they come to

1794
01:00:08,880 --> 01:00:10,160
us and they're only here for a short

1795
01:00:10,160 --> 01:00:12,160
time. you know, they're in and they're

1796
01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:16,720
out. So, we do the best we can. We've actually held multiple meetings

1797
01:00:16,720 --> 01:00:20,240
with um the boys home. Can't remember

1798
01:00:20,240 --> 01:00:21,599
what it's called. My gosh. Tonight,

1799
01:00:21,599 --> 01:00:22,400
>> Live for Life.

1800
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:24,079
>> Yeah. Live [clears throat] for life. And

1801
01:00:24,079 --> 01:00:25,760
it's been a very positive. They're going

1802
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:27,280
through some growing pains and changes

1803
01:00:27,280 --> 01:00:29,200
at their building. And so, we can't

1804
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:30,400
control what happens at their building,

1805
01:00:30,400 --> 01:00:31,839
but we can control when we get those

1806
01:00:31,839 --> 01:00:33,920
kids to school, you know, and and trying

1807
01:00:33,920 --> 01:00:35,680
to work with them and change schedules

1808
01:00:35,680 --> 01:00:37,119
because they have a bus that drives them

1809
01:00:37,119 --> 01:00:40,559
all to school. and um had I've had the

1810
01:00:40,559 --> 01:00:41,680
pleasure of meeting with a couple of

1811
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:43,359
those students and it's been awesome.

1812
01:00:43,359 --> 01:00:44,960
You know, they have a lot of aces in

1813
01:00:44,960 --> 01:00:48,799
their life that they're dealing with and I think we have to look at those

1814
01:00:48,799 --> 01:00:52,559
kids differently and um it they're

1815
01:00:52,559 --> 01:00:54,160
actually my favorite kids to meet with.

1816
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:56,559
But um yeah, youth and care does a lot

1817
01:00:56,559 --> 01:00:58,000
and it's not just students who have done

1818
01:00:58,000 --> 01:00:59,760
things. There are people who are in DCFS

1819
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:01,920
custody and things like that. Uh, one

1820
01:01:01,920 --> 01:01:03,440
thing we do run into is sometimes we're

1821
01:01:03,440 --> 01:01:05,599
not even notified when a [snorts]

1822
01:01:05,599 --> 01:01:07,040
student is placed in the district and we

1823
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:08,240
find out they're on the case load, you

1824
01:01:08,240 --> 01:01:12,000
know, so as soon as we know, we try to get on that and offer help and

1825
01:01:12,000 --> 01:01:14,640
support when we can. Um, it has been the

1826
01:01:14,640 --> 01:01:15,920
goal with this group. Also, Mrs.

1827
01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:18,079
Spindler has hired she has money within

1828
01:01:18,079 --> 01:01:20,000
the program and she's hired more of

1829
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:21,200
those check and connect manners and

1830
01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:22,559
they're not in our building. I didn't

1831
01:01:22,559 --> 01:01:23,680
want them based in our building. they

1832
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:25,520
are based at schools, you know, and

1833
01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:26,799
they're helping kids and that's been

1834
01:01:26,799 --> 01:01:28,720
awesome for those kids to get to school

1835
01:01:28,720 --> 01:01:30,720
and see that familiar face, someone that

1836
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:32,400
they can talk to if they need to and

1837
01:01:32,400 --> 01:01:34,880
that also kind of shepherds them, you

1838
01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:37,200
know, to class or whatever is needed.

1839
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:38,799
So,

1840
01:01:38,799 --> 01:01:42,640
I think that's it for me. Any questions?

1841
01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:44,720
>> Yes. This one about um you mentioned a

1842
01:01:44,720 --> 01:01:46,480
long time ago and I should probably know

1843
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:48,559
this answer, but uh we're talking about

1844
01:01:48,559 --> 01:01:50,960
that you have out now student services,

1845
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:53,599
which is really exciting. Um and this

1846
01:01:53,599 --> 01:01:55,599
year I know you started with champs

1847
01:01:55,599 --> 01:01:57,680
training the principles and so when I've

1848
01:01:57,680 --> 01:01:59,599
been in the schools people are using

1849
01:01:59,599 --> 01:02:01,359
champs with you know a variety of

1850
01:02:01,359 --> 01:02:04,799
degrees. So is the goal that this year

1851
01:02:04,799 --> 01:02:07,040
we are training the principles and next

1852
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:09,040
year we'll see it in the schools as a

1853
01:02:09,040 --> 01:02:11,040
full implementation. We we've taken it

1854
01:02:11,040 --> 01:02:12,480
more of it's it's a lot harder to do

1855
01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:13,839
that with behavior because behavior

1856
01:02:13,839 --> 01:02:14,799
doesn't go away,

1857
01:02:14,799 --> 01:02:15,359
>> right?

1858
01:02:15,359 --> 01:02:17,359
>> So they've been most of the principles

1859
01:02:17,359 --> 01:02:18,559
have been actually going back and

1860
01:02:18,559 --> 01:02:20,880
training as they go right away,

1861
01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:22,559
>> but then next year we would expect that

1862
01:02:22,559 --> 01:02:24,960
to be like if I was a principal still,

1863
01:02:24,960 --> 01:02:26,799
we've handed everything to them, you

1864
01:02:26,799 --> 01:02:28,960
know, all the presentations, it'd be a

1865
01:02:28,960 --> 01:02:30,960
great start to your year to just begin.

1866
01:02:30,960 --> 01:02:32,240
And I've shared that with them multiple

1867
01:02:32,240 --> 01:02:33,839
times, you know, and if you need more,

1868
01:02:33,839 --> 01:02:35,280
let us know. We'll get you more, you

1869
01:02:35,280 --> 01:02:37,839
know, um we'll help them however we can.

1870
01:02:37,839 --> 01:02:40,079
We've given every school a chance books.

1871
01:02:40,079 --> 01:02:42,559
We've done the money's kind of gone for

1872
01:02:42,559 --> 01:02:44,240
all of that, but if we need more, you

1873
01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:46,000
know, we'll try to see what we can do.

1874
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:47,359
But that is the goal. And then we're

1875
01:02:47,359 --> 01:02:48,880
kind of hitting a little bit of a reset

1876
01:02:48,880 --> 01:02:50,960
button with that ALP idea because we're

1877
01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:52,400
going to be rolling out the student code

1878
01:02:52,400 --> 01:02:54,000
of conduct. So, we may step back just a

1879
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:56,240
little bit and go to schoolwide. And

1880
01:02:56,240 --> 01:02:58,079
then as you go through local case

1881
01:02:58,079 --> 01:02:59,040
management, what does it look like

1882
01:02:59,040 --> 01:03:00,799
schoolwide? What does it look like in a

1883
01:03:00,799 --> 01:03:02,160
classroom? What does it look like in a

1884
01:03:02,160 --> 01:03:04,000
tier two or tier three intervention?

1885
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,079
That's where we're going with Alps is

1886
01:03:06,079 --> 01:03:07,920
creating those levels and very clearly

1887
01:03:07,920 --> 01:03:10,240
training principles so that they can

1888
01:03:10,240 --> 01:03:11,839
train their staffs to make sure that

1889
01:03:11,839 --> 01:03:13,920
they're handling and creating MTSS.

1890
01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:16,000
>> So you haven't identified a specific set

1891
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:19,760
of annual high leverage practices or you have already and you're pushing

1892
01:03:19,760 --> 01:03:20,960
pause.

1893
01:03:20,960 --> 01:03:23,359
>> We had it. We're going to back up just a

1894
01:03:23,359 --> 01:03:24,480
little bit because now we're we're

1895
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:25,760
rolling out the student code of conduct

1896
01:03:25,760 --> 01:03:27,280
which is a lot more comprehensive and I

1897
01:03:27,280 --> 01:03:28,799
wanted to work within that framework.

1898
01:03:28,799 --> 01:03:31,039
>> Okay. So, it'll still be doing all the

1899
01:03:31,039 --> 01:03:32,400
same things, but we're going to step

1900
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:34,240
back a little bit, make sure we really

1901
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:35,680
clearly train because when I came into

1902
01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:38,000
Ambassador, kind of trying to figure out

1903
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:40,160
what to do. Now, we're a little more

1904
01:03:40,160 --> 01:03:42,000
solid on what we need to do

1905
01:03:42,000 --> 01:03:43,359
>> instead of just what should we do, now

1906
01:03:43,359 --> 01:03:44,960
we're solid on what we need to do. So,

1907
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:46,319
we're kind of doing that to make sure

1908
01:03:46,319 --> 01:03:47,920
it's very clear and supporting those

1909
01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:50,319
schools as they build that within each

1910
01:03:50,319 --> 01:03:50,799
school.

1911
01:03:50,799 --> 01:03:52,480
>> That's awesome. And I'm wondering what

1912
01:03:52,480 --> 01:03:54,720
the feedback loop has been with been

1913
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:56,640
like with CHAMPS from the teachers and

1914
01:03:56,640 --> 01:03:58,559
the principles. Um, I haven't heard as

1915
01:03:58,559 --> 01:03:59,920
much from teachers and that's something

1916
01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:00,960
we're going to try to get a lot better

1917
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:02,079
at next year getting out in the

1918
01:04:02,079 --> 01:04:03,599
buildings and doing those kind of like

1919
01:04:03,599 --> 01:04:05,039
calibration visits like teaching and

1920
01:04:05,039 --> 01:04:06,160
learning does.

1921
01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:08,480
>> But from principles

1922
01:04:08,480 --> 01:04:10,799
generally all positive. They really

1923
01:04:10,799 --> 01:04:12,480
appreciate it. You know, we've tried to

1924
01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:15,359
model everything we teach them and they

1925
01:04:15,359 --> 01:04:16,640
leave [snorts] our sessions with

1926
01:04:16,640 --> 01:04:18,079
activities they can go and implement

1927
01:04:18,079 --> 01:04:19,680
immediately with teacher with teachers.

1928
01:04:19,680 --> 01:04:20,799
Then teachers could implement

1929
01:04:20,799 --> 01:04:22,559
immediately with students

1930
01:04:22,559 --> 01:04:24,799
>> because we we kind of flipped the switch

1931
01:04:24,799 --> 01:04:27,599
at first. Um, I felt like I felt kind of

1932
01:04:27,599 --> 01:04:28,960
overwhelmed with Alps and it was kind of

1933
01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:30,960
just me and I brought on my team and

1934
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:32,480
I've been very appreciative of them cuz

1935
01:04:32,480 --> 01:04:33,680
two of them have never even been

1936
01:04:33,680 --> 01:04:36,160
teachers, you know, and so for them, but

1937
01:04:36,160 --> 01:04:38,559
they're very good teachers of adults and

1938
01:04:38,559 --> 01:04:40,000
we model, like I said, we model

1939
01:04:40,000 --> 01:04:41,359
strategies. We try to always give them

1940
01:04:41,359 --> 01:04:43,039
something new to use and try with their

1941
01:04:43,039 --> 01:04:44,720
staff. So, that's been they've been very

1942
01:04:44,720 --> 01:04:46,000
appreciative of all that. And we've had

1943
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:48,079
multiple principles go back and do it

1944
01:04:48,079 --> 01:04:50,079
and then send us photos and and they

1945
01:04:50,079 --> 01:04:51,359
come back and say, "Hey, I tried this

1946
01:04:51,359 --> 01:04:53,440
and it was awesome." So,

1947
01:04:53,440 --> 01:04:55,440
>> I like the the idea of starting the

1948
01:04:55,440 --> 01:04:57,200
calibrations next year because there are

1949
01:04:57,200 --> 01:04:58,960
teachers that I've seen

1950
01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:02,720
>> um do it effectively and then I mean

1951
01:05:02,720 --> 01:05:05,200
just from observing but then there's

1952
01:05:05,200 --> 01:05:06,559
others that are kind of frustrated with

1953
01:05:06,559 --> 01:05:08,480
the amount of like okay wait so every 15

1954
01:05:08,480 --> 01:05:10,480
minutes I'm like things [clears throat]

1955
01:05:10,480 --> 01:05:13,440
around so it'd be nice to to help them

1956
01:05:13,440 --> 01:05:14,720
>> and understanding how to make it work

1957
01:05:14,720 --> 01:05:15,359
for you.

1958
01:05:15,359 --> 01:05:17,200
>> Yeah. For their own situation. So I'm

1959
01:05:17,200 --> 01:05:18,240
really glad that you guys are going to

1960
01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:19,359
get there and do that.

1961
01:05:19,359 --> 01:05:22,160
>> Yeah. Heather, as you think of student

1962
01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:24,400
services, and I appreciated your first

1963
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:26,559
slide that talked about um kind of the

1964
01:05:26,559 --> 01:05:28,000
mission and purpose and what you're

1965
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:32,000
trying to do, are there two or three key

1966
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,039
indicators that you already know about

1967
01:05:35,039 --> 01:05:37,599
or come to the top of your mind that

1968
01:05:37,599 --> 01:05:40,000
really allow you to know we're winning,

1969
01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,400
we're losing, we're we're we're doing

1970
01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:44,240
what we need to do, we're not doing what

1971
01:05:44,240 --> 01:05:46,559
we need to do when it comes to student

1972
01:05:46,559 --> 01:05:49,200
services. even just one, two, maybe

1973
01:05:49,200 --> 01:05:51,599
three. They said, "Look, if you want to

1974
01:05:51,599 --> 01:05:53,280
know how we're doing, here's where you

1975
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:55,680
look and you can see year-over-year."

1976
01:05:55,680 --> 01:05:56,960
I'm just trying to put in data because

1977
01:05:56,960 --> 01:05:59,200
there's so much great information. I'm

1978
01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:01,039
still trying to figure out. Okay.

1979
01:06:01,039 --> 01:06:02,559
>> So, two for me that come to mind

1980
01:06:02,559 --> 01:06:04,799
automatically are I feel like case

1981
01:06:04,799 --> 01:06:05,680
management

1982
01:06:05,680 --> 01:06:08,559
>> is a completely different

1983
01:06:08,559 --> 01:06:11,680
um system than it was when I came in. It

1984
01:06:11,680 --> 01:06:12,799
and I'm going to be honest, I was

1985
01:06:12,799 --> 01:06:15,920
principal in Wendover and we have

1986
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:18,319
streamlined it. so much that and I feel

1987
01:06:18,319 --> 01:06:22,240
like it's a much more supportive um

1988
01:06:22,240 --> 01:06:24,079
system and and I I am going to say on

1989
01:06:24,079 --> 01:06:25,760
that note, not everybody's always happy

1990
01:06:25,760 --> 01:06:28,480
with decisions of case management um

1991
01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:31,359
which to me is kind of a win too because

1992
01:06:31,359 --> 01:06:34,400
sometimes you have to put responsibility

1993
01:06:34,400 --> 01:06:36,799
back where responsibility needs to be

1994
01:06:36,799 --> 01:06:38,720
and and then also support schools as

1995
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:40,880
they're dealing with student behavior

1996
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:43,680
and consequences. It can also flip and

1997
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:45,280
there are things we could improve, you

1998
01:06:45,280 --> 01:06:46,960
know, helping people. It's exactly what

1999
01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:48,799
Melissa was asking about or maybe it was

2000
01:06:48,799 --> 01:06:51,839
Emily. Um really knowing if what we're

2001
01:06:51,839 --> 01:06:54,160
doing is effective at that school level.

2002
01:06:54,160 --> 01:06:55,839
You know, for me that will be a win-win.

2003
01:06:55,839 --> 01:06:57,200
Hopefully next year at the end of the

2004
01:06:57,200 --> 01:06:59,200
year, schools feel very confident about

2005
01:06:59,200 --> 01:07:00,880
local case management. You know, that's

2006
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:02,640
my goal. We've kind of refined district

2007
01:07:02,640 --> 01:07:04,880
case management. Um an example is if

2008
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:07,359
you're ever in Clark Johnson

2009
01:07:07,359 --> 01:07:09,680
High, Shayen Jones Miller has taken, she

2010
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:11,200
was on our case management team earlier

2011
01:07:11,200 --> 01:07:13,119
in the year. She took everything we did

2012
01:07:13,119 --> 01:07:15,920
and she created her own system and it

2013
01:07:15,920 --> 01:07:17,680
has been working awesome for her. You

2014
01:07:17,680 --> 01:07:20,400
know, she has um behavior and fraction

2015
01:07:20,400 --> 01:07:23,440
chart. She's using a matrix. That's what

2016
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:24,799
I need to happen. I need to have schools

2017
01:07:24,799 --> 01:07:26,160
have the initiative to take it back. And

2018
01:07:26,160 --> 01:07:27,119
that's what we're going to work through

2019
01:07:27,119 --> 01:07:28,720
next year is how do you create this at

2020
01:07:28,720 --> 01:07:31,119
the school level because even though

2021
01:07:31,119 --> 01:07:32,319
they still deal with hard things, they

2022
01:07:32,319 --> 01:07:34,000
deal with them more efficiently, if that

2023
01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:35,119
makes sense. And I feel like we deal

2024
01:07:35,119 --> 01:07:37,039
with things more efficiently. Um we're

2025
01:07:37,039 --> 01:07:39,119
not wasting people's time and we're also

2026
01:07:39,119 --> 01:07:40,640
giving kids due process, which is the

2027
01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:42,880
bottom line. Um, one of my models at

2028
01:07:42,880 --> 01:07:44,559
student services is if it becomes about

2029
01:07:44,559 --> 01:07:47,280
us adults, we're not doing it right.

2030
01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:48,480
Everything we do has got to be about

2031
01:07:48,480 --> 01:07:50,640
kids. So, if we start having

2032
01:07:50,640 --> 01:07:51,680
conversations more about the

2033
01:07:51,680 --> 01:07:53,440
comfortableness of adults, I don't know

2034
01:07:53,440 --> 01:07:55,440
if that's the right word, we have a

2035
01:07:55,440 --> 01:07:58,160
problem. So, and then my other win would

2036
01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:01,200
be exactly that. I have changed the way

2037
01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:03,920
student service functions as a group.

2038
01:08:03,920 --> 01:08:05,920
There are a lot more checks and balances

2039
01:08:05,920 --> 01:08:08,720
in place. Um, and once again, that has

2040
01:08:08,720 --> 01:08:10,240
not made everybody happy, but I'm okay

2041
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:12,319
with that. You know, I can I can go home

2042
01:08:12,319 --> 01:08:13,839
at the end of the day and feel like I'm

2043
01:08:13,839 --> 01:08:16,159
confident that I've done my job. Um, I

2044
01:08:16,159 --> 01:08:18,159
always tell my employees, our job is not

2045
01:08:18,159 --> 01:08:22,080
to make Dr. Ern's job harder. And so, we

2046
01:08:22,080 --> 01:08:23,759
have we think of that all the time, you

2047
01:08:23,759 --> 01:08:24,880
know. So, if we're doing these things,

2048
01:08:24,880 --> 01:08:25,920
even though they're hard, we're putting

2049
01:08:25,920 --> 01:08:27,359
things in place like a Qualrix form

2050
01:08:27,359 --> 01:08:28,640
where people have to ask permission to

2051
01:08:28,640 --> 01:08:30,560
make a purchase because then before the

2052
01:08:30,560 --> 01:08:31,600
purchase is made, it goes through

2053
01:08:31,600 --> 01:08:33,600
Stephanie who's over all grants. She's

2054
01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:35,440
looking at the grant and she's making

2055
01:08:35,440 --> 01:08:37,120
sure that that purchase falls within the

2056
01:08:37,120 --> 01:08:38,480
terms of that grant. If it doesn't,

2057
01:08:38,480 --> 01:08:40,799
sorry, you're not purchasing it. And

2058
01:08:40,799 --> 01:08:42,560
that is just things we've tried to put

2059
01:08:42,560 --> 01:08:44,799
in place to have a check and balance.

2060
01:08:44,799 --> 01:08:46,719
So, for me, those are the two quick

2061
01:08:46,719 --> 01:08:52,239
wins. Um, and then as far as schools, I I do feel like people feel supported,

2062
01:08:52,239 --> 01:08:53,679
but on the flip side, I think people are

2063
01:08:53,679 --> 01:08:54,880
frustrated, too, you know, because

2064
01:08:54,880 --> 01:08:56,239
behaviors are [clears throat] hard right

2065
01:08:56,239 --> 01:08:58,560
now. They're hard everywhere. And so,

2066
01:08:58,560 --> 01:09:00,719
working on that,

2067
01:09:00,719 --> 01:09:02,640
that's I do feel like it's a win. We're

2068
01:09:02,640 --> 01:09:06,880
heading the right direction. So, okay.

2069
01:09:06,880 --> 01:09:08,239
Yeah, we can go.

2070
01:09:08,239 --> 01:09:10,640
>> All right.

2071
01:09:10,640 --> 01:09:13,120
Okay. Well, we we'll just let you stay

2072
01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:13,920
standing.

2073
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:14,799
>> Hopefully this one's

2074
01:09:14,799 --> 01:09:16,480
>> for our cell phones. I know this has

2075
01:09:16,480 --> 01:09:18,400
been on the

2076
01:09:18,400 --> 01:09:21,040
>> box or on the I don't know. We've been

2077
01:09:21,040 --> 01:09:22,799
talking about it for a while and it was

2078
01:09:22,799 --> 01:09:24,719
leadership kept saying

2079
01:09:24,719 --> 01:09:26,560
>> super kept saying just wait till the

2080
01:09:26,560 --> 01:09:30,159
bill passes before we bring it up again.

2081
01:09:30,159 --> 01:09:32,719
>> The bill has passed. that's passed.

2082
01:09:32,719 --> 01:09:35,120
>> Um, you guys probably all know the bill

2083
01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:37,120
is passed and that's the exact language.

2084
01:09:37,120 --> 01:09:39,359
A student may not use a cell phone,

2085
01:09:39,359 --> 01:09:41,600
smartwatch anyway, you can read it all,

2086
01:09:41,600 --> 01:09:43,199
but during school hours, they cannot use

2087
01:09:43,199 --> 01:09:44,799
it. That's the rule. And we actually

2088
01:09:44,799 --> 01:09:46,400
like that wording instead of bell to

2089
01:09:46,400 --> 01:09:48,400
bell. It's a little bit less confusing,

2090
01:09:48,400 --> 01:09:51,120
we think, to say school hours. The

2091
01:09:51,120 --> 01:09:53,279
kicker is this piece right here. This

2092
01:09:53,279 --> 01:09:55,600
was the little thrown in. It didn't it

2093
01:09:55,600 --> 01:09:57,199
was not in there in the beginning and it

2094
01:09:57,199 --> 01:10:00,000
got thrown in later. Um, we have to

2095
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:01,600
establish a policy that allows a parent

2096
01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:04,080
to request an accommodation for their

2097
01:10:04,080 --> 01:10:06,080
parent student to briefly use their cell

2098
01:10:06,080 --> 01:10:08,880
phone or other technology in a specified

2099
01:10:08,880 --> 01:10:10,719
area that the school designates during

2100
01:10:10,719 --> 01:10:13,120
non-instructional time.

2101
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:15,679
So, that's not a 504, that's not an IEP

2102
01:10:15,679 --> 01:10:17,360
that requires a cell phone. This is just

2103
01:10:17,360 --> 01:10:19,760
anybody like if I wanted my twins to be

2104
01:10:19,760 --> 01:10:21,199
able to use the phone, I I'm able to

2105
01:10:21,199 --> 01:10:24,159
say, "School, when is the time that they

2106
01:10:24,159 --> 01:10:26,400
can contact me?"

2107
01:10:26,400 --> 01:10:28,400
So, I I've thought a lot about this and

2108
01:10:28,400 --> 01:10:31,520
I I kind of put it later. Um, I'll just

2109
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:34,480
go forward to that slide real quick. So,

2110
01:10:34,480 --> 01:10:36,480
I thought, should the district say this

2111
01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:37,760
is the time, but then I was thinking

2112
01:10:37,760 --> 01:10:39,600
today, I was like, I think that kind of

2113
01:10:39,600 --> 01:10:41,040
looks different school by school. But I

2114
01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:43,360
don't know what you guys think cuz I I

2115
01:10:43,360 --> 01:10:44,800
think or maybe it looks different in the

2116
01:10:44,800 --> 01:10:46,320
elementary level versus the junior high

2117
01:10:46,320 --> 01:10:47,679
level versus the high school level of

2118
01:10:47,679 --> 01:10:50,400
when because I will say as a principal

2119
01:10:50,400 --> 01:10:52,080
if I was told I had to figure out how to

2120
01:10:52,080 --> 01:10:54,159
monitor 100 kids kids and when their

2121
01:10:54,159 --> 01:10:57,040
designated time was

2122
01:10:57,040 --> 01:10:59,760
>> I'm ready to move on like so I do feel

2123
01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:02,320
like there needs to be kind of a set

2124
01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:05,199
time you know that's designated and I I

2125
01:11:05,199 --> 01:11:06,320
don't know how you guys feel about that

2126
01:11:06,320 --> 01:11:07,520
but I feel like the school should have a

2127
01:11:07,520 --> 01:11:10,239
little bit of say in that. Scott,

2128
01:11:10,239 --> 01:11:13,600
>> I I I think that this is one where we

2129
01:11:13,600 --> 01:11:16,719
need to step up as a board and and so

2130
01:11:16,719 --> 01:11:19,040
we're consistent. I I think one of the

2131
01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:22,640
hazards we have sometimes is well at,

2132
01:11:22,640 --> 01:11:25,040
>> you know, blank HS whatever, you know,

2133
01:11:25,040 --> 01:11:27,920
12 grand, whatever. They do it this way.

2134
01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:30,000
How come we don't do it that way?

2135
01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:30,400
>> Yep.

2136
01:11:30,400 --> 01:11:32,080
>> And and

2137
01:11:32,080 --> 01:11:34,239
you know, and and not have to have the

2138
01:11:34,239 --> 01:11:36,400
principles take those bullets. I I think

2139
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:38,640
that that's why we're on a board and

2140
01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:41,040
that's what I think, you know, we need

2141
01:11:41,040 --> 01:11:42,800
to just say this is what we're doing as

2142
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:45,199
a district. You know, it may not be time

2143
01:11:45,199 --> 01:11:46,719
of day, but if it's

2144
01:11:46,719 --> 01:11:49,600
>> if it's lunch, it's the defined lunch

2145
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:51,280
period, right? We don't have to say it,

2146
01:11:51,280 --> 01:11:54,159
you know, starting at 11:06 to 12:02,

2147
01:11:54,159 --> 01:11:54,880
but

2148
01:11:54,880 --> 01:11:57,760
>> but we could say lunch period and it's

2149
01:11:57,760 --> 01:12:00,719
that would then apply to each school.

2150
01:12:00,719 --> 01:12:02,480
That's just my sense. And you you asked

2151
01:12:02,480 --> 01:12:04,560
what the board thought, but I

2152
01:12:04,560 --> 01:12:08,400
>> in my mind, let's not recreate

2153
01:12:08,400 --> 01:12:09,679
>> a policy first.

2154
01:12:09,679 --> 01:12:11,199
>> What what I wonder if will happen with

2155
01:12:11,199 --> 01:12:12,560
this one is that you know how people

2156
01:12:12,560 --> 01:12:14,719
talk and once one parent says, "Well, I

2157
01:12:14,719 --> 01:12:16,480
got an accommodation, you know, and then

2158
01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:20,239
you're going to have more and more." And I do I do even think, man,

2159
01:12:20,239 --> 01:12:22,320
it's going to be hard to remember which

2160
01:12:22,320 --> 01:12:24,080
300 kids have that accommodation now

2161
01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:26,960
versus the 800 that don't.

2162
01:12:26,960 --> 01:12:29,760
>> Uh it just seems so big to me. Yes. Just

2163
01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:32,320
one clarification I think is helpful for

2164
01:12:32,320 --> 01:12:34,320
this conversation is that the

2165
01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:36,159
accommodations that have to do with the

2166
01:12:36,159 --> 01:12:38,880
504 IEP are separate from this thing

2167
01:12:38,880 --> 01:12:40,880
that we're talking about. So you know

2168
01:12:40,880 --> 01:12:42,719
like the diabetes or the sensory

2169
01:12:42,719 --> 01:12:44,400
processing or whatever

2170
01:12:44,400 --> 01:12:46,640
>> that's already taken care of and so now

2171
01:12:46,640 --> 01:12:47,600
we got a whole conversation.

2172
01:12:47,600 --> 01:12:50,719
>> So you're managing another and that's

2173
01:12:50,719 --> 01:12:55,520
what yeah. So just in talking to the

2174
01:12:55,520 --> 01:12:57,040
board,

2175
01:12:57,040 --> 01:12:59,920
>> does this start with going through the

2176
01:12:59,920 --> 01:13:03,679
policy committee and hashing it out and

2177
01:13:03,679 --> 01:13:04,640
>> having ideas?

2178
01:13:04,640 --> 01:13:07,280
>> That's not the procedure that we have

2179
01:13:07,280 --> 01:13:08,800
now for policy committee. We were not

2180
01:13:08,800 --> 01:13:11,840
the idea team. No, but I think but I

2181
01:13:11,840 --> 01:13:13,760
think what you're saying and what

2182
01:13:13,760 --> 01:13:16,159
Scott's saying and maybe what you're

2183
01:13:16,159 --> 01:13:21,920
saying, Heather, is come with come to the policy committee, whatever,

2184
01:13:21,920 --> 01:13:23,679
with a time.

2185
01:13:23,679 --> 01:13:26,480
>> I I agree. I agree with Scott. I think

2186
01:13:26,480 --> 01:13:29,440
it's going to be very laborous to try to

2187
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:31,040
designate everything and you can't

2188
01:13:31,040 --> 01:13:32,880
remember all these. So it's easier to

2189
01:13:32,880 --> 01:13:35,040
designate a time whether it's the lunch

2190
01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:37,840
hour or or what it is

2191
01:13:37,840 --> 01:13:40,800
>> as far as what maybe SCES feels

2192
01:13:40,800 --> 01:13:43,280
superintendent those those type of

2193
01:13:43,280 --> 01:13:45,600
things I think that has to come to us

2194
01:13:45,600 --> 01:13:47,679
through policy how however you want it

2195
01:13:47,679 --> 01:13:48,400
to come

2196
01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:50,880
>> and then it's going to more like every

2197
01:13:50,880 --> 01:13:53,360
policy does I you know Emily I think

2198
01:13:53,360 --> 01:13:58,000
that is the role of policy committee to put it together it's a draft every

2199
01:13:58,000 --> 01:13:59,920
policy that's brought to the board is a

2200
01:13:59,920 --> 01:14:06,640
draft and and We may debate it's, oh, I think it should be passing time. Oh, I

2201
01:14:06,640 --> 01:14:08,960
think it should be and we can debate

2202
01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:11,199
that and we're going to get I I

2203
01:14:11,199 --> 01:14:12,880
guarantee we'll have public comment on

2204
01:14:12,880 --> 01:14:15,360
this one and and then we'll we'll we'll

2205
01:14:15,360 --> 01:14:17,040
morph it. But at least I think you get

2206
01:14:17,040 --> 01:14:18,719
the template and the bulk of the work

2207
01:14:18,719 --> 01:14:20,719
done in the policy committee and we

2208
01:14:20,719 --> 01:14:24,000
bring it as a first read and and the

2209
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:26,159
board may tweak it a little bit from

2210
01:14:26,159 --> 01:14:28,000
there and then we're going to get a

2211
01:14:28,000 --> 01:14:29,600
whole lot of feedback by the time we

2212
01:14:29,600 --> 01:14:31,440
have a third read. And

2213
01:14:31,440 --> 01:14:32,960
>> I also think it might be a good idea to

2214
01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:34,640
reach out to other districts and see how

2215
01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:37,280
they interpret that or if model policy

2216
01:14:37,280 --> 01:14:39,920
because that once during the day is it a

2217
01:14:39,920 --> 01:14:40,719
half hour?

2218
01:14:40,719 --> 01:14:42,320
>> Yeah. And I want to know what briefly

2219
01:14:42,320 --> 01:14:42,800
means

2220
01:14:42,800 --> 01:14:45,040
>> is Yeah. Is it [laughter] because that

2221
01:14:45,040 --> 01:14:45,840
could be interpreted

2222
01:14:45,840 --> 01:14:47,600
>> because I think if we do it during lunch

2223
01:14:47,600 --> 01:14:49,199
that means they might be on for all of

2224
01:14:49,199 --> 01:14:51,199
lunch but passing time

2225
01:14:51,199 --> 01:14:53,199
>> and and if you want input brought to

2226
01:14:53,199 --> 01:14:55,280
policy committee I could do reaching out

2227
01:14:55,280 --> 01:14:56,960
to student services directors too and

2228
01:14:56,960 --> 01:14:57,840
say what are you going to how are you

2229
01:14:57,840 --> 01:14:59,280
going to handle this you know just to

2230
01:14:59,280 --> 01:15:00,960
get some input [laughter]

2231
01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:02,560
>> um before we continue

2232
01:15:02,560 --> 01:15:04,480
>> can we continue on that thread one

2233
01:15:04,480 --> 01:15:06,159
second

2234
01:15:06,159 --> 01:15:08,800
>> um just to say that um I'm not anti

2235
01:15:08,800 --> 01:15:10,640
coming up with ideas actually I love

2236
01:15:10,640 --> 01:15:12,320
coming up with ideas better than I like

2237
01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:14,000
following up for refining them. It's

2238
01:15:14,000 --> 01:15:17,120
actually so much easier. Um but

2239
01:15:17,120 --> 01:15:19,199
according to the the procedure that

2240
01:15:19,199 --> 01:15:21,679
we've adopted and all the flowcharts we

2241
01:15:21,679 --> 01:15:25,600
have, I would love Chantel to address um

2242
01:15:25,600 --> 01:15:28,560
how this would work with that.

2243
01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:31,199
>> So Heather would bring together a policy

2244
01:15:31,199 --> 01:15:33,199
with what she thinks the recommendations

2245
01:15:33,199 --> 01:15:36,239
would be to the policy committee, but on

2246
01:15:36,239 --> 01:15:38,480
the forum indicate that these are the

2247
01:15:38,480 --> 01:15:41,120
areas the board has input in and that

2248
01:15:41,120 --> 01:15:43,920
can be changed. And so then uh in the

2249
01:15:43,920 --> 01:15:45,520
policy committee, those are the areas

2250
01:15:45,520 --> 01:15:48,080
that we at the board would discuss about

2251
01:15:48,080 --> 01:15:50,719
those changes that they want made. Uh

2252
01:15:50,719 --> 01:15:52,159
which comes back to what Scott was

2253
01:15:52,159 --> 01:15:54,480
saying that we work out the details and

2254
01:15:54,480 --> 01:15:55,840
>> and at the end of the day, the reality

2255
01:15:55,840 --> 01:15:57,920
is we have input on the whole thing. I

2256
01:15:57,920 --> 01:16:00,719
mean, we can

2257
01:16:00,719 --> 01:16:02,400
we probably ought to follow model policy

2258
01:16:02,400 --> 01:16:03,520
and we ought to follow state law, but

2259
01:16:03,520 --> 01:16:04,880
the reality is we can adopt something

2260
01:16:04,880 --> 01:16:07,040
that's left field.

2261
01:16:07,040 --> 01:16:09,120
>> Yeah. And as long as it's in compliance

2262
01:16:09,120 --> 01:16:12,480
with the law, then um we're we're good.

2263
01:16:12,480 --> 01:16:15,120
We can get stricter than the law.

2264
01:16:15,120 --> 01:16:16,960
>> Um usually can't get looser than the

2265
01:16:16,960 --> 01:16:17,280
law.

2266
01:16:17,280 --> 01:16:18,640
>> We do have schools that are stricter

2267
01:16:18,640 --> 01:16:20,159
than that right now. There are schools

2268
01:16:20,159 --> 01:16:22,719
that from school hours with no

2269
01:16:22,719 --> 01:16:26,080
accommodation and they love it. So this

2270
01:16:26,080 --> 01:16:27,760
will actually throw a little wrench, I

2271
01:16:27,760 --> 01:16:29,600
think, in their

2272
01:16:29,600 --> 01:16:31,920
>> you know how the law reads. Sorry, I can

2273
01:16:31,920 --> 01:16:34,960
>> This is exact wording. Oh, from the from

2274
01:16:34,960 --> 01:16:35,600
the legislation.

2275
01:16:35,600 --> 01:16:37,440
>> We have to allow those accommodations.

2276
01:16:37,440 --> 01:16:38,640
>> Whenever it says shall

2277
01:16:38,640 --> 01:16:39,120
>> shall

2278
01:16:39,120 --> 01:16:39,679
>> Yeah.

2279
01:16:39,679 --> 01:16:40,880
>> We have to shall,

2280
01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:41,920
>> right?

2281
01:16:41,920 --> 01:16:44,080
>> But it's at a parents request.

2282
01:16:44,080 --> 01:16:46,239
>> Yeah. That's where you kind of and and

2283
01:16:46,239 --> 01:16:47,840
I'll be honest, just thinking as a

2284
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:49,120
school administrator, can you imagine

2285
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:51,440
managing all of that? Like those forms

2286
01:16:51,440 --> 01:16:52,719
are going to come in somehow. We've got

2287
01:16:52,719 --> 01:16:55,520
to figure out

2288
01:16:55,520 --> 01:16:57,280
>> and and I'm I'm thinking of I was

2289
01:16:57,280 --> 01:16:58,719
looking at numbers Dr. Ernson sent out

2290
01:16:58,719 --> 01:17:00,080
from the October one count and you have

2291
01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:02,080
Stansbury High that's at 2,200 something

2292
01:17:02,080 --> 01:17:05,360
kids. Am I right? Maybe I'm wrong. Like

2293
01:17:05,360 --> 01:17:06,719
I'm looking at all these kids and I'm

2294
01:17:06,719 --> 01:17:10,239
thinking, you have a accommodation. You know, oh my goodness. Can you

2295
01:17:10,239 --> 01:17:11,440
imagine? It's almost like they need a

2296
01:17:11,440 --> 01:17:13,679
cell phone lounge. You're allowed to

2297
01:17:13,679 --> 01:17:15,840
come with your cell phone lounge pass

2298
01:17:15,840 --> 01:17:18,763
during this time.

2299
01:17:18,763 --> 01:17:19,120
[clears throat]

2300
01:17:19,120 --> 01:17:20,880
>> So Todd,

2301
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:22,560
>> you know, I thought the slide that

2302
01:17:22,560 --> 01:17:24,239
showed

2303
01:17:24,239 --> 01:17:25,040
survey you did.

2304
01:17:25,040 --> 01:17:27,199
>> Yeah. Are you getting there still?

2305
01:17:27,199 --> 01:17:27,840
>> Yeah.

2306
01:17:27,840 --> 01:17:29,600
And I guess the only question I

2307
01:17:29,600 --> 01:17:31,520
had about this is there's quite a

2308
01:17:31,520 --> 01:17:32,800
difference, right, between parent

2309
01:17:32,800 --> 01:17:35,120
response and staff response.

2310
01:17:35,120 --> 01:17:37,440
>> And at least as far as I'm concerned,

2311
01:17:37,440 --> 01:17:40,640
I'm one of seven on the board, but uh so

2312
01:17:40,640 --> 01:17:43,280
maybe it doesn't really matter, but I

2313
01:17:43,280 --> 01:17:45,040
think we really want to do this more for

2314
01:17:45,040 --> 01:17:46,159
the staff.

2315
01:17:46,159 --> 01:17:46,640
>> Yeah.

2316
01:17:46,640 --> 01:17:48,560
>> And help the staff out because they're

2317
01:17:48,560 --> 01:17:50,239
the ones who have to manage this

2318
01:17:50,239 --> 01:17:52,080
dayto-day in the classroom.

2319
01:17:52,080 --> 01:17:54,640
>> Parents, yeah, I get it. they can, you

2320
01:17:54,640 --> 01:17:57,600
know, submit, you know, a, you know,

2321
01:17:57,600 --> 01:17:59,360
some sort of request that maybe it

2322
01:17:59,360 --> 01:18:01,840
doesn't fit their child specifically,

2323
01:18:01,840 --> 01:18:05,600
>> but at least as I approach this, I want

2324
01:18:05,600 --> 01:18:08,960
to try to help the teachers out as much

2325
01:18:08,960 --> 01:18:10,239
as possible.

2326
01:18:10,239 --> 01:18:12,560
>> And I'm not Yeah, parents matter too

2327
01:18:12,560 --> 01:18:14,480
obviously, but you see where I'm coming

2328
01:18:14,480 --> 01:18:14,880
from.

2329
01:18:14,880 --> 01:18:16,320
>> Well, and I was I was kind of looking

2330
01:18:16,320 --> 01:18:17,600
just the difference. You know, we of

2331
01:18:17,600 --> 01:18:20,480
course had more parents respond, but 55%

2332
01:18:20,480 --> 01:18:22,880
of the parents somewhat agreed or

2333
01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:25,679
strongly agreed altogether and 42% were

2334
01:18:25,679 --> 01:18:27,360
on the disagree spectrum. And then over

2335
01:18:27,360 --> 01:18:31,600
here, we had 78% of staff agreed versus

2336
01:18:31,600 --> 01:18:33,679
15 that didn't. So, it is a different

2337
01:18:33,679 --> 01:18:35,840
mindset, but it's exactly what you said.

2338
01:18:35,840 --> 01:18:37,120
They're the ones who are dealing with it

2339
01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:39,984
in the classrooms daily. So,

2340
01:18:39,984 --> 01:18:40,560
[clears throat]

2341
01:18:40,560 --> 01:18:43,280
>> yeah, that's hard.

2342
01:18:43,280 --> 01:18:46,320
which to me means that we need a policy

2343
01:18:46,320 --> 01:18:48,480
that they get backed up on because

2344
01:18:48,480 --> 01:18:52,400
>> yes, I mean I kind of made the comment

2345
01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:54,880
last time we talked about this and this

2346
01:18:54,880 --> 01:18:57,840
is no reflection on a particular school.

2347
01:18:57,840 --> 01:19:00,560
I think it's everywhere that household

2348
01:19:00,560 --> 01:19:04,080
that say oh there was a change.

2349
01:19:04,080 --> 01:19:06,880
>> Yeah. And that was after we passed the

2350
01:19:06,880 --> 01:19:09,840
last policy. And then

2351
01:19:09,840 --> 01:19:11,440
>> every time I receive a text from one of

2352
01:19:11,440 --> 01:19:12,880
my twins during the day, I think the

2353
01:19:12,880 --> 01:19:14,239
same thing.

2354
01:19:14,239 --> 01:19:18,880
>> We just want to make sure that our

2355
01:19:18,880 --> 01:19:21,760
staff, we we support them.

2356
01:19:21,760 --> 01:19:23,679
>> And I appreciate what Scott said about

2357
01:19:23,679 --> 01:19:25,280
taking the, you know, the hit for that,

2358
01:19:25,280 --> 01:19:26,960
like being a board and saying this is

2359
01:19:26,960 --> 01:19:28,000
the hardest.

2360
01:19:28,000 --> 01:19:30,239
>> I would suggest that it's different for

2361
01:19:30,239 --> 01:19:32,800
elementary for each

2362
01:19:32,800 --> 01:19:36,400
>> level I I I it it doesn't what what we

2363
01:19:36,400 --> 01:19:38,480
set for policy for first graders is not

2364
01:19:38,480 --> 01:19:40,239
the solution for 10th graders.

2365
01:19:40,239 --> 01:19:41,920
>> So I guess what I need from you guys is

2366
01:19:41,920 --> 01:19:43,440
do you want me to gather some

2367
01:19:43,440 --> 01:19:45,600
information and some suggestions for the

2368
01:19:45,600 --> 01:19:46,880
different levels kind of like I did when

2369
01:19:46,880 --> 01:19:49,040
we redid the cell phone policy get the

2370
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:50,480
new policy put together with the correct

2371
01:19:50,480 --> 01:19:52,640
language and then some suggestions for

2372
01:19:52,640 --> 01:19:54,400
>> I think that falls into the kind of that

2373
01:19:54,400 --> 01:19:56,880
flowchart with policy.

2374
01:19:56,880 --> 01:19:58,560
>> When would you like it done by? We

2375
01:19:58,560 --> 01:19:59,679
probably want this ready to roll next

2376
01:19:59,679 --> 01:20:00,000
year.

2377
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:01,199
>> It's got to be ready to roll for next

2378
01:20:01,199 --> 01:20:02,960
year. So this is a

2379
01:20:02,960 --> 01:20:04,880
>> and they've got to put it in their right

2380
01:20:04,880 --> 01:20:06,159
their handbooks. They've got to be able

2381
01:20:06,159 --> 01:20:09,440
to communicate. The schools use so

2382
01:20:09,440 --> 01:20:11,280
>> Scott's talking about public comment and

2383
01:20:11,280 --> 01:20:14,800
we need one or two or three reads. It's got to be

2384
01:20:14,800 --> 01:20:17,040
>> Do you want it on April's Can we get it

2385
01:20:17,040 --> 01:20:18,719
in April?

2386
01:20:18,719 --> 01:20:20,239
>> If you can get it to me by the end of

2387
01:20:20,239 --> 01:20:22,000
this week.

2388
01:20:22,000 --> 01:20:25,120
>> Boy, Hannah. Okay, I'll try. [laughter]

2389
01:20:25,120 --> 01:20:26,800
>> I think we need it by I think we need it

2390
01:20:26,800 --> 01:20:28,719
on the April meeting. Okay. Yeah.

2391
01:20:28,719 --> 01:20:30,239
>> And if if you have to give her a little

2392
01:20:30,239 --> 01:20:31,760
bit more time, I do it.

2393
01:20:31,760 --> 01:20:34,960
>> Oh, yeah. April

2394
01:20:34,960 --> 01:20:36,480
the week before.

2395
01:20:36,480 --> 01:20:44,870
>> Sure.

2396
01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:46,560
» Well, if I can get input, I'm going to I

2397
01:20:46,560 --> 01:20:48,480
think I should input some input from M

2398
01:20:48,480 --> 01:20:49,679
administrators because I feel like

2399
01:20:49,679 --> 01:20:51,120
they're the ones who are kind of in the

2400
01:20:51,120 --> 01:20:51,679
trenches.

2401
01:20:51,679 --> 01:20:52,560
>> Yeah.

2402
01:20:52,560 --> 01:20:53,600
It doesn't have to be, remember, it

2403
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:55,199
doesn't have to be perfect when it goes

2404
01:20:55,199 --> 01:20:56,560
to policy committee, but you've got to

2405
01:20:56,560 --> 01:20:59,760
have a good idea. But it's got to be

2406
01:20:59,760 --> 01:21:01,920
>> by if we're going to roll it out

2407
01:21:01,920 --> 01:21:04,239
>> for the fall to be ready for

2408
01:21:04,239 --> 01:21:05,520
>> Do you guys think I need a committee to

2409
01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:06,960
add this language? I don't think I do

2410
01:21:06,960 --> 01:21:08,480
because it's pretty cut and dried. Like

2411
01:21:08,480 --> 01:21:10,880
we we just redid the policy last year.

2412
01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:12,640
>> Let Let the legislature take their

2413
01:21:12,640 --> 01:21:15,040
arrows, too. Yeah. So, we'll just I'll

2414
01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:16,719
fix the policy so it reflects that and

2415
01:21:16,719 --> 01:21:18,080
then I'm going to get some input this

2416
01:21:18,080 --> 01:21:19,360
week and then I'll work over spring

2417
01:21:19,360 --> 01:21:21,360
break to have something ready to turn in

2418
01:21:21,360 --> 01:21:22,960
right after. Is that okay? Or do I need

2419
01:21:22,960 --> 01:21:24,159
>> I'll need it by Friday.

2420
01:21:24,159 --> 01:21:26,560
>> Okay. I'll have it ready by Friday on

2421
01:21:26,560 --> 01:21:27,199
Monday.

2422
01:21:27,199 --> 01:21:30,709
>> So,

2423
01:21:30,719 --> 01:21:31,280
thank you.

2424
01:21:31,280 --> 01:21:32,640
>> I think I have directions. You're

2425
01:21:32,640 --> 01:21:33,120
welcome.

2426
01:21:33,120 --> 01:21:36,800
>> I I think this could be very Well, never

2427
01:21:36,800 --> 01:21:40,080
mind. I The research is out there.

2428
01:21:40,080 --> 01:21:42,880
>> Yeah. and we have got to help our

2429
01:21:42,880 --> 01:21:43,600
students.

2430
01:21:43,600 --> 01:21:45,120
>> And I do want to point out Dustin let

2431
01:21:45,120 --> 01:21:47,760
you know that the policy project

2432
01:21:47,760 --> 01:21:50,560
>> the policy project right now has $5,000

2433
01:21:50,560 --> 01:21:53,199
per school to help with implementation

2434
01:21:53,199 --> 01:21:54,719
>> if we get on it quickly. So if we're

2435
01:21:54,719 --> 01:21:56,320
done by Friday, maybe I could start

2436
01:21:56,320 --> 01:21:57,600
working on that too

2437
01:21:57,600 --> 01:21:59,600
>> because we can purchase the yonder bags,

2438
01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:01,120
we could purchase signage, we could

2439
01:22:01,120 --> 01:22:03,280
purchase lots of different things to

2440
01:22:03,280 --> 01:22:05,920
help with the campaign to advertise

2441
01:22:05,920 --> 01:22:08,320
this. So that could help us also.

2442
01:22:08,320 --> 01:22:14,470
>> So

2443
01:22:14,480 --> 01:22:17,440
Okay. Special education.

2444
01:22:17,440 --> 01:22:32,390
Thank you very much. You're welcome.

2445
01:22:32,400 --> 01:22:34,239
» All right.

2446
01:22:34,239 --> 01:22:36,400
So, I sent you guys an audio recording

2447
01:22:36,400 --> 01:22:38,639
beforehand and so I'm just going to

2448
01:22:38,639 --> 01:22:40,159
highlight and talk about a few things

2449
01:22:40,159 --> 01:22:41,760
and then at the end I'll leave any

2450
01:22:41,760 --> 01:22:45,760
questions uh time for questions.

2451
01:22:45,760 --> 01:22:48,320
All right. So, I wanted to just first

2452
01:22:48,320 --> 01:22:50,000
start off talking about challenges in

2453
01:22:50,000 --> 01:22:52,159
special education. Um, as you guys know,

2454
01:22:52,159 --> 01:22:54,239
it's not just a district-wide challenge.

2455
01:22:54,239 --> 01:22:56,239
It's across the state of Utah, across

2456
01:22:56,239 --> 01:22:59,199
the nation. Um, one thing that we have

2457
01:22:59,199 --> 01:23:01,679
realized over the last few years is just

2458
01:23:01,679 --> 01:23:03,120
uh teacher retention in special

2459
01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:06,239
education as well as hiring certified

2460
01:23:06,239 --> 01:23:08,480
special education teachers. So, I just

2461
01:23:08,480 --> 01:23:10,400
wanted to touch briefly on this. So,

2462
01:23:10,400 --> 01:23:13,199
currently we have 23 teachers who are

2463
01:23:13,199 --> 01:23:15,280
getting the Apple S, which is an

2464
01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:17,520
alternate pathway to become a special

2465
01:23:17,520 --> 01:23:19,520
education teacher or they're in a

2466
01:23:19,520 --> 01:23:22,320
master's level um course and getting

2467
01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:24,800
their masters in special education. We

2468
01:23:24,800 --> 01:23:27,360
have eight long-term subs. So, two years

2469
01:23:27,360 --> 01:23:30,159
ago, we moved from ESS sub employees to

2470
01:23:30,159 --> 01:23:32,480
Twilla County School District uh special

2471
01:23:32,480 --> 01:23:35,199
education teacher long-term subs, which

2472
01:23:35,199 --> 01:23:36,880
they have to show progress towards their

2473
01:23:36,880 --> 01:23:39,280
degree. We have to open the position.

2474
01:23:39,280 --> 01:23:41,280
And if we if there is a certified

2475
01:23:41,280 --> 01:23:42,719
teacher, we do have to go through the

2476
01:23:42,719 --> 01:23:44,800
interview process to hire those. And so,

2477
01:23:44,800 --> 01:23:46,800
we currently have eight long-term subs

2478
01:23:46,800 --> 01:23:49,520
and then we have about 72 certified

2479
01:23:49,520 --> 01:23:51,440
teachers. And so the challenges that

2480
01:23:51,440 --> 01:23:54,239
we're seeing um we have people at the

2481
01:23:54,239 --> 01:23:55,840
district office that were hired to be

2482
01:23:55,840 --> 01:23:57,440
teacher specialists to go out and to

2483
01:23:57,440 --> 01:23:58,800
mentor. Well, right now they're

2484
01:23:58,800 --> 01:24:01,280
currently holding case loads of about

2485
01:24:01,280 --> 01:24:03,840
150 because we have multiple teachers in

2486
01:24:03,840 --> 01:24:06,000
buildings that can't be a teacher of

2487
01:24:06,000 --> 01:24:09,520
record under IDA. And so there it's kind

2488
01:24:09,520 --> 01:24:11,360
of falling on either certified teachers

2489
01:24:11,360 --> 01:24:12,960
in the building to case manage and be

2490
01:24:12,960 --> 01:24:15,280
the teacher of record or my specialists

2491
01:24:15,280 --> 01:24:17,040
at the district office to go in and

2492
01:24:17,040 --> 01:24:18,560
support. And so they're not able to go

2493
01:24:18,560 --> 01:24:20,880
in and mentor. And so that's just one

2494
01:24:20,880 --> 01:24:23,280
challenge that we're seeing um across

2495
01:24:23,280 --> 01:24:25,760
the board is just not being able to

2496
01:24:25,760 --> 01:24:27,920
retain teachers, but also hiring

2497
01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:30,400
certified teachers. Another challenge

2498
01:24:30,400 --> 01:24:32,800
we've seen is just behaviors and the

2499
01:24:32,800 --> 01:24:36,000
increase of uh complex um students who

2500
01:24:36,000 --> 01:24:38,800
have multiple needs. Uh we used to back

2501
01:24:38,800 --> 01:24:41,040
when I I mean 10 years ago when I first

2502
01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:42,880
started, we saw a lot of mild behaviors.

2503
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:44,800
We saw students who are just being

2504
01:24:44,800 --> 01:24:47,840
serviced for reading or just math. Well,

2505
01:24:47,840 --> 01:24:50,000
now you have students with very uh

2506
01:24:50,000 --> 01:24:53,040
complex IEPs with a lot of services to

2507
01:24:53,040 --> 01:24:55,679
meet their needs. And so, um I think not

2508
01:24:55,679 --> 01:24:57,920
being able to retain or hire certified

2509
01:24:57,920 --> 01:24:59,679
teachers, it really puts the pressure

2510
01:24:59,679 --> 01:25:02,400
on. And if you I I was an alternate

2511
01:25:02,400 --> 01:25:07,360
route teacher. I didn't my first day, number one at Clark Johnson, I had

2512
01:25:07,360 --> 01:25:09,520
no teaching background, no courses to

2513
01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:11,760
even know what I was doing. And now we

2514
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:13,679
have 23 teachers that are falling in

2515
01:25:13,679 --> 01:25:16,800
that as well. That on day one, they're

2516
01:25:16,800 --> 01:25:18,560
doing the best that they can. They got

2517
01:25:18,560 --> 01:25:21,360
our opening intro that we had for our

2518
01:25:21,360 --> 01:25:23,440
special education opening, but they

2519
01:25:23,440 --> 01:25:24,960
really don't know what to do on the

2520
01:25:24,960 --> 01:25:26,960
first day until they start taking their

2521
01:25:26,960 --> 01:25:29,440
courses um and become competent as a

2522
01:25:29,440 --> 01:25:32,239
special educator. So, just a few of

2523
01:25:32,239 --> 01:25:34,000
those challenges that we're running

2524
01:25:34,000 --> 01:25:38,560
into. Any questions on that? Yes.

2525
01:25:38,560 --> 01:25:43,360
>> Yeah. So, um, we know that money is a

2526
01:25:43,360 --> 01:25:46,239
problem, but really it's advocacy that

2527
01:25:46,239 --> 01:25:48,400
I've been trying really hard on a state

2528
01:25:48,400 --> 01:25:50,880
level to always be talking about this.

2529
01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:54,560
Um, so the question is,

2530
01:25:54,560 --> 01:25:57,600
I can think of a lot of ideas, but more

2531
01:25:57,600 --> 01:26:00,000
than just anecdotally, what are your

2532
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:02,239
impressions of why we're in this

2533
01:26:02,239 --> 01:26:04,080
shortage and what would what would help

2534
01:26:04,080 --> 01:26:06,320
us to get out of the shortage? Um, are

2535
01:26:06,320 --> 01:26:08,560
there resources and data we could look

2536
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:11,600
at to say there are proven ways to

2537
01:26:11,600 --> 01:26:13,520
gather the shortage that aren't just

2538
01:26:13,520 --> 01:26:16,480
like here's an idea? Um, yeah.

2539
01:26:16,480 --> 01:26:18,719
>> Yeah. So, I was tasked, I believe it was

2540
01:26:18,719 --> 01:26:21,360
in December, Dr. Ernst asked me to send

2541
01:26:21,360 --> 01:26:24,880
in just kind of a draft proposal of what it would look like, what could help

2542
01:26:24,880 --> 01:26:26,800
special educators in Tilla County School

2543
01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:29,120
District. And through my research, many

2544
01:26:29,120 --> 01:26:30,800
states have given special education

2545
01:26:30,800 --> 01:26:34,159
teacher stipens, which pays for um it

2546
01:26:34,159 --> 01:26:36,719
could be a $5,000 to $10,000 stipen in

2547
01:26:36,719 --> 01:26:37,840
addition to what they're currently

2548
01:26:37,840 --> 01:26:39,760
making as a special education teacher.

2549
01:26:39,760 --> 01:26:41,920
That helps out with, hey, we know you

2550
01:26:41,920 --> 01:26:43,280
have high case loads. We know that

2551
01:26:43,280 --> 01:26:45,760
you're writing IEPs well into the night.

2552
01:26:45,760 --> 01:26:47,920
We know that you're not lesson planning

2553
01:26:47,920 --> 01:26:51,120
um at your at the time that's given

2554
01:26:51,120 --> 01:26:52,400
throughout the day, that you're taking

2555
01:26:52,400 --> 01:26:53,920
that home at night. You're dealing with

2556
01:26:53,920 --> 01:26:55,840
behaviors. you're being pulled and not

2557
01:26:55,840 --> 01:26:57,679
being able to provide services because

2558
01:26:57,679 --> 01:26:59,040
you're juggling so many different

2559
01:26:59,040 --> 01:27:01,120
plates. And so that was one suggestion

2560
01:27:01,120 --> 01:27:04,239
that um that I found u just through the

2561
01:27:04,239 --> 01:27:06,320
research that I did was just adding that

2562
01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:09,280
additional stipen um in addition to what

2563
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:11,520
they're doing. But I'm definitely open

2564
01:27:11,520 --> 01:27:14,159
to any suggestions that you guys may

2565
01:27:14,159 --> 01:27:17,120
have, but I think just money shows that

2566
01:27:17,120 --> 01:27:18,880
they're valued, right? We know that our

2567
01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:20,639
special educators go above and beyond

2568
01:27:20,639 --> 01:27:22,159
and so do our general education

2569
01:27:22,159 --> 01:27:24,080
teachers. But when you're juggling so

2570
01:27:24,080 --> 01:27:25,520
many different plates and then there's

2571
01:27:25,520 --> 01:27:27,280
the requirement of you have to do more

2572
01:27:27,280 --> 01:27:29,280
and you have to get your certification.

2573
01:27:29,280 --> 01:27:31,840
Um I feel like that's a big hiccup. One

2574
01:27:31,840 --> 01:27:35,199
other thing that I've ran into is Apple.

2575
01:27:35,199 --> 01:27:36,719
It's not just if you're a general

2576
01:27:36,719 --> 01:27:38,080
education teacher and you want to get

2577
01:27:38,080 --> 01:27:40,400
your Apple to become a math teacher. The

2578
01:27:40,400 --> 01:27:41,760
requirements to become a special

2579
01:27:41,760 --> 01:27:43,360
education teacher is completely

2580
01:27:43,360 --> 01:27:44,800
different. They're going above and

2581
01:27:44,800 --> 01:27:46,800
beyond. They have to show competency in

2582
01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:48,400
multiple areas. they have to take

2583
01:27:48,400 --> 01:27:50,080
courses. And so in addition to what

2584
01:27:50,080 --> 01:27:51,520
they're already doing and being asked to

2585
01:27:51,520 --> 01:27:54,239
do as a teacher, they have to do more to

2586
01:27:54,239 --> 01:27:55,840
become qualified to be a special

2587
01:27:55,840 --> 01:27:58,239
education teacher because IDA is so

2588
01:27:58,239 --> 01:27:59,679
strict.

2589
01:27:59,679 --> 01:28:00,159
>> Yes.

2590
01:28:00,159 --> 01:28:03,600
>> So in the research you did, money is

2591
01:28:03,600 --> 01:28:06,960
keeping special education teachers in

2592
01:28:06,960 --> 01:28:07,840
>> Okay. Yeah. Paying.

2593
01:28:07,840 --> 01:28:09,679
>> Is that just in other states or other

2594
01:28:09,679 --> 01:28:11,440
districts or what is it?

2595
01:28:11,440 --> 01:28:12,960
>> It was mostly outside of the state of

2596
01:28:12,960 --> 01:28:16,080
Utah is one area that they focused on is

2597
01:28:16,080 --> 01:28:18,400
hiring. Um, one, hiring certified

2598
01:28:18,400 --> 01:28:20,080
teachers. If you can't get them, how do

2599
01:28:20,080 --> 01:28:21,679
you build your own with what you have?

2600
01:28:21,679 --> 01:28:23,280
We have the grow your own pipeline,

2601
01:28:23,280 --> 01:28:25,679
which has helped. We have some paras

2602
01:28:25,679 --> 01:28:27,600
coming up that are currently in programs

2603
01:28:27,600 --> 01:28:29,040
that in the next few years they'll

2604
01:28:29,040 --> 01:28:30,560
become certified teachers, which I think

2605
01:28:30,560 --> 01:28:32,719
is helpful, but I think down the road

2606
01:28:32,719 --> 01:28:34,239
paying for the additional time that

2607
01:28:34,239 --> 01:28:36,639
they're doing um because it's not just

2608
01:28:36,639 --> 01:28:38,960
writing an IEP, it's collecting data,

2609
01:28:38,960 --> 01:28:41,280
it's progress monitoring, it's um

2610
01:28:41,280 --> 01:28:42,639
contacting parents, it's writing

2611
01:28:42,639 --> 01:28:45,440
behavior plans, it's um collecting data.

2612
01:28:45,440 --> 01:28:47,199
So, I feel like they're juggling so many

2613
01:28:47,199 --> 01:28:48,719
different plates that it's like where do

2614
01:28:48,719 --> 01:28:50,400
you even start? And so, I feel like just

2615
01:28:50,400 --> 01:28:53,040
adding that additional bonus helps with

2616
01:28:53,040 --> 01:28:54,320
retention as well.

2617
01:28:54,320 --> 01:28:56,000
>> Okay.

2618
01:28:56,000 --> 01:28:56,480
>> Yes.

2619
01:28:56,480 --> 01:28:59,440
>> Uh, two questions. One is if um maybe I

2620
01:28:59,440 --> 01:29:00,880
should just send you an email. I'd love

2621
01:29:00,880 --> 01:29:03,920
to get a link to that research. That

2622
01:29:03,920 --> 01:29:05,360
would be great. So, I'll probably follow

2623
01:29:05,360 --> 01:29:08,159
up on that. Um, the other thing is, um,

2624
01:29:08,159 --> 01:29:11,120
I'm aware of a few people that have

2625
01:29:11,120 --> 01:29:13,280
their special special education

2626
01:29:13,280 --> 01:29:14,719
certification that have previously

2627
01:29:14,719 --> 01:29:16,400
worked in it in the past, but it was

2628
01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:17,920
just too much. They weren't being

2629
01:29:17,920 --> 01:29:19,679
compensated for it, so they're just

2630
01:29:19,679 --> 01:29:22,159
doing regular classroom teaching work.

2631
01:29:22,159 --> 01:29:24,480
Um, how many of those people I mean, you

2632
01:29:24,480 --> 01:29:25,520
probably don't know off the top of your

2633
01:29:25,520 --> 01:29:28,239
head about how many of those people

2634
01:29:28,239 --> 01:29:29,920
exist? So, like if we suddenly had a

2635
01:29:29,920 --> 01:29:32,320
stipen, would we suddenly have people or

2636
01:29:32,320 --> 01:29:37,199
there's only really like a couple? So we actually pulled that data this year.

2637
01:29:37,199 --> 01:29:40,320
So we have we there's a lot of

2638
01:29:40,320 --> 01:29:42,159
university programs that you can be dual

2639
01:29:42,159 --> 01:29:43,679
certified. So you can go and get your

2640
01:29:43,679 --> 01:29:45,760
gen your elementary but then you're also

2641
01:29:45,760 --> 01:29:47,840
going to get your sped minor. Most of

2642
01:29:47,840 --> 01:29:50,400
those people have no like yes they got

2643
01:29:50,400 --> 01:29:51,920
the minor but they didn't teach special

2644
01:29:51,920 --> 01:29:53,840
education. So those were the ones that I

2645
01:29:53,840 --> 01:29:55,600
automatically like crossed off the list

2646
01:29:55,600 --> 01:29:57,280
and I'm like okay well if they don't

2647
01:29:57,280 --> 01:29:58,639
it's not going to help our cause for

2648
01:29:58,639 --> 01:30:00,719
them to write IEPs for us if there was a

2649
01:30:00,719 --> 01:30:03,199
stipen. Um there are a few I would say

2650
01:30:03,199 --> 01:30:05,199
we lose about three two to three every

2651
01:30:05,199 --> 01:30:07,040
year that go from sped to gened just

2652
01:30:07,040 --> 01:30:09,280
because the task demand is a lot and so

2653
01:30:09,280 --> 01:30:11,760
if we were to offer a stipen they might

2654
01:30:11,760 --> 01:30:13,920
come back or they might just love what

2655
01:30:13,920 --> 01:30:16,320
they're doing. Um but yeah I can pull

2656
01:30:16,320 --> 01:30:17,840
that data for you and send that to you

2657
01:30:17,840 --> 01:30:18,320
as well.

2658
01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:18,960
>> Thank you very much.

2659
01:30:18,960 --> 01:30:22,000
>> I will say we had this is I liken this

2660
01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:23,440
to the problem we used to have at our

2661
01:30:23,440 --> 01:30:25,199
desk schools Doug way and win over where

2662
01:30:25,199 --> 01:30:28,960
we would see a lot of turnover. When we were with the University of

2663
01:30:28,960 --> 01:30:30,639
Virginia, they said, "You've got to

2664
01:30:30,639 --> 01:30:32,800
incentivize." They said, "10,000 is the

2665
01:30:32,800 --> 01:30:34,960
magic number." Ever since we've

2666
01:30:34,960 --> 01:30:37,840
incentivized a nest school with an extra

2667
01:30:37,840 --> 01:30:42,400
10,000, our turnover is extremely low at

2668
01:30:42,400 --> 01:30:45,280
our nest schools. I don't know how many

2669
01:30:45,280 --> 01:30:48,480
teachers will come back, but I do think

2670
01:30:48,480 --> 01:30:51,040
some will come back to special ed, and I

2671
01:30:51,040 --> 01:30:53,679
do think it will keep some in special

2672
01:30:53,679 --> 01:30:56,400
ed. And I'm just going off what we did

2673
01:30:56,400 --> 01:30:58,880
at the nest schools that 10,000 is the

2674
01:30:58,880 --> 01:31:00,639
magic number. I don't know that, but

2675
01:31:00,639 --> 01:31:03,040
that would be my my guess. For whatever

2676
01:31:03,040 --> 01:31:06,159
reason, I think mentally 10,000 sounds

2677
01:31:06,159 --> 01:31:09,040
better than 7500. You know, I just think

2678
01:31:09,040 --> 01:31:11,440
it does something. And so, um, I do

2679
01:31:11,440 --> 01:31:14,880
think that I I concur with with Director

2680
01:31:14,880 --> 01:31:18,000
Lowry that I I love to see this. If I

2681
01:31:18,000 --> 01:31:21,440
had a list of goals to accomplish as

2682
01:31:21,440 --> 01:31:24,000
superintendent, it would be that uh all

2683
01:31:24,000 --> 01:31:25,840
of our special ed teachers would receive

2684
01:31:25,840 --> 01:31:29,120
an additional $10,000 stipen for all the

2685
01:31:29,120 --> 01:31:30,320
extra work they do.

2686
01:31:30,320 --> 01:31:33,199
>> Can I clarify clarify that question

2687
01:31:33,199 --> 01:31:35,840
which is there is already some state

2688
01:31:35,840 --> 01:31:37,360
funds,

2689
01:31:37,360 --> 01:31:39,120
right? We're we're using some of that

2690
01:31:39,120 --> 01:31:42,560
money. It was used to be math special ed

2691
01:31:42,560 --> 01:31:44,239
science. Now we

2692
01:31:44,239 --> 01:31:46,159
>> shine money. No. So,

2693
01:31:46,159 --> 01:31:48,480
>> so there is already a chunk. For

2694
01:31:48,480 --> 01:31:50,719
argument sake, let's say it's 5,000. If

2695
01:31:50,719 --> 01:31:52,639
10's the magic number, it really is only

2696
01:31:52,639 --> 01:31:54,320
going to cost our district five more.

2697
01:31:54,320 --> 01:31:55,520
>> Yeah, we'd have to do the math.

2698
01:31:55,520 --> 01:31:56,800
>> Does that make I mean those are

2699
01:31:56,800 --> 01:31:58,719
approximate numbers, but you're not

2700
01:31:58,719 --> 01:32:00,800
suggesting another 10.

2701
01:32:00,800 --> 01:32:02,239
>> No, not on top of

2702
01:32:02,239 --> 01:32:06,000
>> I just wanted to clarify that.

2703
01:32:06,000 --> 01:32:09,030
>> Perfect.

2704
01:32:09,040 --> 01:32:10,880
» All right. Um,

2705
01:32:10,880 --> 01:32:12,719
>> so just a priority goal we had this year

2706
01:32:12,719 --> 01:32:14,400
was our manifestation determination

2707
01:32:14,400 --> 01:32:16,239
review.

2708
01:32:16,239 --> 01:32:18,400
>> Oh, yes. Really quickly, except I'm

2709
01:32:18,400 --> 01:32:21,040
going to push back.

2710
01:32:21,040 --> 01:32:24,960
>> If if 10,000's the magic number, we they

2711
01:32:24,960 --> 01:32:27,679
already get 5,000.

2712
01:32:27,679 --> 01:32:29,040
>> Sure.

2713
01:32:29,040 --> 01:32:29,840
>> Five's less than

2714
01:32:29,840 --> 01:32:34,080
>> five more. If 10,000 is the magic, 5,000

2715
01:32:34,080 --> 01:32:36,239
isn't keeping them there and and they

2716
01:32:36,239 --> 01:32:37,920
feel that

2717
01:32:37,920 --> 01:32:40,320
>> I think it's going to take 10,000 from

2718
01:32:40,320 --> 01:32:41,760
where they

2719
01:32:41,760 --> 01:32:43,920
>> and and that may be well and good,

2720
01:32:43,920 --> 01:32:46,000
>> but you've got 71 teachers. You just

2721
01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:46,960
spent a million dollars.

2722
01:32:46,960 --> 01:32:47,840
>> No, I know. I

2723
01:32:47,840 --> 01:32:49,280
>> I'm reading you back to the reality on

2724
01:32:49,280 --> 01:32:53,199
finances and and the re Dr. said it's

2725
01:32:53,199 --> 01:32:55,440
10,000 more. If they go back to a

2726
01:32:55,440 --> 01:32:57,840
general classroom, they're going to give

2727
01:32:57,840 --> 01:33:00,800
up the five. Okay. If you're if they go

2728
01:33:00,800 --> 01:33:02,639
back They're getting 10,000 more than

2729
01:33:02,639 --> 01:33:04,080
they would if they were teaching.

2730
01:33:04,080 --> 01:33:07,679
>> Okay. They get more what comes up to

2731
01:33:07,679 --> 01:33:08,560
they would get.

2732
01:33:08,560 --> 01:33:08,880
>> Okay.

2733
01:33:08,880 --> 01:33:11,679
>> They get from one source.

2734
01:33:11,679 --> 01:33:13,520
>> Okay. Thank you. I just wanted

2735
01:33:13,520 --> 01:33:14,639
sometimes. Yes.

2736
01:33:14,639 --> 01:33:16,320
>> Should I tell a comment?

2737
01:33:16,320 --> 01:33:18,480
>> So during this last legislative session,

2738
01:33:18,480 --> 01:33:20,320
just so that you're aware, shine funding

2739
01:33:20,320 --> 01:33:23,040
was cut back quite a bit.

2740
01:33:23,040 --> 01:33:23,520
>> Yes.

2741
01:33:23,520 --> 01:33:25,520
>> Even more than before.

2742
01:33:25,520 --> 01:33:26,159
>> And [clears throat]

2743
01:33:26,159 --> 01:33:28,080
and [snorts] so I know math and science,

2744
01:33:28,080 --> 01:33:31,280
but do special ed still get it or no? it

2745
01:33:31,280 --> 01:33:31,920
now. But

2746
01:33:31,920 --> 01:33:34,480
>> right now in our policy, we wrote Shine

2747
01:33:34,480 --> 01:33:36,480
for special education because we

2748
01:33:36,480 --> 01:33:38,960
recognized that there was a need, but we

2749
01:33:38,960 --> 01:33:40,880
don't know what our allocation's going

2750
01:33:40,880 --> 01:33:42,560
to be. So, it's based off of the

2751
01:33:42,560 --> 01:33:44,320
allocation that we received because the

2752
01:33:44,320 --> 01:33:46,880
way we wrote that policy was so that the

2753
01:33:46,880 --> 01:33:48,800
district's not kicking in money or or

2754
01:33:48,800 --> 01:33:49,840
held right

2755
01:33:49,840 --> 01:33:53,440
>> to uh maintain that amount of funding.

2756
01:33:53,440 --> 01:33:56,560
And because it did take a decrease, we

2757
01:33:56,560 --> 01:33:58,320
don't know what our allocation is, but

2758
01:33:58,320 --> 01:34:00,560
we can suspect it's going to be

2759
01:34:00,560 --> 01:34:02,480
considerably less.

2760
01:34:02,480 --> 01:34:05,120
>> That makes sense. And and you know, and

2761
01:34:05,120 --> 01:34:08,719
10's great, sure, but we still

2762
01:34:08,719 --> 01:34:09,840
>> everything's money.

2763
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:14,070
>> No, I agree.

2764
01:34:14,080 --> 01:34:17,280
» I will say stipens are great, but there

2765
01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:19,520
are other areas to consider. Our life

2766
01:34:19,520 --> 01:34:21,199
skills teacher, there is an inequity

2767
01:34:21,199 --> 01:34:22,639
piece. our life skills teachers at the

2768
01:34:22,639 --> 01:34:24,400
elementary versus life skills at the

2769
01:34:24,400 --> 01:34:27,040
secondary. They get preps. Elementary,

2770
01:34:27,040 --> 01:34:29,120
they don't get any preps. Most of the

2771
01:34:29,120 --> 01:34:30,719
time we're trying to get them lunches

2772
01:34:30,719 --> 01:34:32,560
and paras lunches and that's not taking

2773
01:34:32,560 --> 01:34:34,719
place. So, I think yes, a stipen would

2774
01:34:34,719 --> 01:34:36,000
be great, but there's things that we

2775
01:34:36,000 --> 01:34:38,480
could do to help um with that teacher

2776
01:34:38,480 --> 01:34:39,920
retention for them not to feel so

2777
01:34:39,920 --> 01:34:42,080
overwhelmed. Starting with our behavior

2778
01:34:42,080 --> 01:34:44,159
classroom teachers or our moderate

2779
01:34:44,159 --> 01:34:46,000
classrooms that are self-contained as

2780
01:34:46,000 --> 01:34:47,360
well as our life skills classroom

2781
01:34:47,360 --> 01:34:50,719
teachers just to uh help them see what

2782
01:34:50,719 --> 01:34:52,239
we're trying to do and recognize all

2783
01:34:52,239 --> 01:34:53,440
that they're doing. Yes.

2784
01:34:53,440 --> 01:34:55,520
>> Yes. And so, I even had an administrator

2785
01:34:55,520 --> 01:34:57,360
say to me, "We need more moderate

2786
01:34:57,360 --> 01:34:58,880
classrooms."

2787
01:34:58,880 --> 01:35:01,360
>> Yes. I think we should have moderate in

2788
01:35:01,360 --> 01:35:03,520
multiple areas. Um it's something that

2789
01:35:03,520 --> 01:35:05,679
you open it up and it grows and everyone

2790
01:35:05,679 --> 01:35:07,760
wants wants to send these kids there

2791
01:35:07,760 --> 01:35:09,280
which is great because we know that the

2792
01:35:09,280 --> 01:35:11,840
need u the need is there but it's just

2793
01:35:11,840 --> 01:35:13,760
have we have we have to have parameters

2794
01:35:13,760 --> 01:35:15,920
in place but I think growing it is

2795
01:35:15,920 --> 01:35:17,840
something that we need to do. Yes.

2796
01:35:17,840 --> 01:35:20,400
>> You know I saw this slide um and I went

2797
01:35:20,400 --> 01:35:21,840
back through the slides just quickly to

2798
01:35:21,840 --> 01:35:24,960
see if I was missing it. You've got a

2799
01:35:24,960 --> 01:35:27,760
ratio here for school psychologist

2800
01:35:27,760 --> 01:35:29,760
uh to students that looks like

2801
01:35:29,760 --> 01:35:32,080
recommended 1 to 500 at twilelet it's

2802
01:35:32,080 --> 01:35:35,040
one to over 1100. Mhm.

2803
01:35:35,040 --> 01:35:37,520
>> Are there any other I'm looking for data

2804
01:35:37,520 --> 01:35:40,159
so I can see how big is our gap.

2805
01:35:40,159 --> 01:35:40,639
>> Mhm.

2806
01:35:40,639 --> 01:35:42,480
>> Is do you have a slide in there on how

2807
01:35:42,480 --> 01:35:44,239
big is the gap that we have right now at

2808
01:35:44,239 --> 01:35:46,719
Twilla School [snorts] District?

2809
01:35:46,719 --> 01:35:49,199
>> Um like for our school sites or

2810
01:35:49,199 --> 01:35:51,040
>> do you know what I mean in terms of gap?

2811
01:35:51,040 --> 01:35:53,520
We've got this number of teachers. We

2812
01:35:53,520 --> 01:35:54,480
need [clears throat] this number of

2813
01:35:54,480 --> 01:35:57,520
teachers. Here's the gap.

2814
01:35:57,520 --> 01:36:01,120
>> Um I haven't done that for teachers but

2815
01:36:01,120 --> 01:36:03,199
>> okay but this isn't teacher. This is

2816
01:36:03,199 --> 01:36:04,639
>> Yeah. So, this was our school site

2817
01:36:04,639 --> 01:36:06,320
ratio, but I can come up with one.

2818
01:36:06,320 --> 01:36:09,520
>> I saw that one, but I'm I'm asking for

2819
01:36:09,520 --> 01:36:10,880
another slide that shows you how many

2820
01:36:10,880 --> 01:36:12,800
people are school sites.

2821
01:36:12,800 --> 01:36:13,920
>> I just Yeah.

2822
01:36:13,920 --> 01:36:16,320
>> How many more teachers would you need?

2823
01:36:16,320 --> 01:36:18,320
>> Exactly. How many more special education

2824
01:36:18,320 --> 01:36:19,440
teachers do we need?

2825
01:36:19,440 --> 01:36:22,239
>> Oh, so how many more special education

2826
01:36:22,239 --> 01:36:23,600
teachers do we need? That's

2827
01:36:23,600 --> 01:36:24,880
>> Well, I feel like we've been very

2828
01:36:24,880 --> 01:36:28,000
generous over the years where I'm not

2829
01:36:28,000 --> 01:36:29,840
going to ask for more just because I

2830
01:36:29,840 --> 01:36:31,280
know the current state that we're in in

2831
01:36:31,280 --> 01:36:34,080
our district. I mean 10 to 15 would be

2832
01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:36,639
great and fantastic but the reality is I

2833
01:36:36,639 --> 01:36:39,120
think we would be happy with three right

2834
01:36:39,120 --> 01:36:41,440
um and I can come up with a ratio I was

2835
01:36:41,440 --> 01:36:43,920
explaining in SCS last week that it's

2836
01:36:43,920 --> 01:36:45,440
not just case loads that we're looking

2837
01:36:45,440 --> 01:36:47,920
at case loads is a one one indicator we

2838
01:36:47,920 --> 01:36:50,800
also have IEP services so we might have

2839
01:36:50,800 --> 01:36:53,840
a case load of 10 kids or 10 on a case

2840
01:36:53,840 --> 01:36:56,000
load in a self-contained classroom but

2841
01:36:56,000 --> 01:36:58,159
the amount of minutes on their IEP makes

2842
01:36:58,159 --> 01:36:59,679
it self-contained and so they're

2843
01:36:59,679 --> 01:37:02,159
teaching bell to bail and so My ratio is

2844
01:37:02,159 --> 01:37:03,199
going to look very different from

2845
01:37:03,199 --> 01:37:05,600
self-contained to a mild moderate case

2846
01:37:05,600 --> 01:37:07,440
load. But we have elementaryaries that

2847
01:37:07,440 --> 01:37:09,760
are at 47 on a mild to moderate case

2848
01:37:09,760 --> 01:37:12,000
load that within their whole entire day

2849
01:37:12,000 --> 01:37:13,520
they they're trying the best that they

2850
01:37:13,520 --> 01:37:15,360
can to provide services. But it's so

2851
01:37:15,360 --> 01:37:17,040
hard with their current bell-to bell

2852
01:37:17,040 --> 01:37:19,119
that we have and only having two

2853
01:37:19,119 --> 01:37:20,560
teachers in the building with high case

2854
01:37:20,560 --> 01:37:22,719
load numbers with as amount of uh

2855
01:37:22,719 --> 01:37:24,800
service minutes on the IEP that they're

2856
01:37:24,800 --> 01:37:27,040
juggling so many different plates to be

2857
01:37:27,040 --> 01:37:29,679
able to deliver services to these kids.

2858
01:37:29,679 --> 01:37:31,760
But I can definitely get you a ratio

2859
01:37:31,760 --> 01:37:34,000
number of what that would look like if

2860
01:37:34,000 --> 01:37:34,639
that would be helpful.

2861
01:37:34,639 --> 01:37:35,600
>> Hold on for a question.

2862
01:37:35,600 --> 01:37:36,800
>> No, I think that we didn't understand

2863
01:37:36,800 --> 01:37:38,239
what at first you're saying that you

2864
01:37:38,239 --> 01:37:40,000
would like a ratio like we have for the

2865
01:37:40,000 --> 01:37:41,679
school sites. You would like one that's

2866
01:37:41,679 --> 01:37:43,280
also for the other.

2867
01:37:43,280 --> 01:37:45,920
>> Not necessarily. I want I I I just

2868
01:37:45,920 --> 01:37:47,360
simply want to know.

2869
01:37:47,360 --> 01:37:50,159
>> Yeah. How many additional special

2870
01:37:50,159 --> 01:37:52,239
education teachers do we need

2871
01:37:52,239 --> 01:37:55,520
>> so that we can handle the load that

2872
01:37:55,520 --> 01:37:56,480
we've got here?

2873
01:37:56,480 --> 01:37:58,159
>> And that's a goal, right? It doesn't

2874
01:37:58,159 --> 01:37:59,360
mean you're getting it, but and we

2875
01:37:59,360 --> 01:38:01,440
appreciate you being conservative, but

2876
01:38:01,440 --> 01:38:04,400
if you what what is the goal? And we can

2877
01:38:04,400 --> 01:38:06,239
march towards that if we knew the target

2878
01:38:06,239 --> 01:38:07,199
is

2879
01:38:07,199 --> 01:38:09,760
>> we start marching. We need an additional

2880
01:38:09,760 --> 01:38:12,400
10,000 5,000 wherever we go. We've got

2881
01:38:12,400 --> 01:38:13,920
to do something here. And I and I just

2882
01:38:13,920 --> 01:38:14,880
didn't see.

2883
01:38:14,880 --> 01:38:17,119
>> Yep. I can get that for you guys.

2884
01:38:17,119 --> 01:38:17,760
>> Yes, I'm

2885
01:38:17,760 --> 01:38:20,080
>> sorry. We're kind of um all over the

2886
01:38:20,080 --> 01:38:22,000
place in your presentation, so I

2887
01:38:22,000 --> 01:38:24,320
apologize for that. But um I wanted to

2888
01:38:24,320 --> 01:38:27,840
go off what he was talking about. Um,

2889
01:38:27,840 --> 01:38:30,639
and let's see. Let me make sure that I

2890
01:38:30,639 --> 01:38:33,119
am the right.

2891
01:38:33,119 --> 01:38:35,360
Did I just say my intro? And I don't

2892
01:38:35,360 --> 01:38:38,648
know why I wouldn't introduce this. Um,

2893
01:38:38,648 --> 01:38:39,199
[laughter]

2894
01:38:39,199 --> 01:38:40,639
>> all over the place.

2895
01:38:40,639 --> 01:38:44,543
>> Yeah, we're so all over the place. Um,

2896
01:38:44,543 --> 01:38:45,198
[cough]

2897
01:38:45,198 --> 01:38:46,800
[clears throat] let me just think about

2898
01:38:46,800 --> 01:38:49,679
this.

2899
01:38:49,679 --> 01:38:51,360
>> Yeah, move on.

2900
01:38:51,360 --> 01:38:56,790
>> Okay.

2901
01:38:56,800 --> 01:38:59,199
So, with our manifestation determination

2902
01:38:59,199 --> 01:39:01,280
review last year at this time, we got

2903
01:39:01,280 --> 01:39:03,280
two letters of non-compliance. The first

2904
01:39:03,280 --> 01:39:04,320
letter Yes,

2905
01:39:04,320 --> 01:39:05,840
>> that was why I raised my hand.

2906
01:39:05,840 --> 01:39:08,560
>> Oh, okay. [laughter]

2907
01:39:08,560 --> 01:39:10,880
It was the letters of non-compliance. I

2908
01:39:10,880 --> 01:39:12,480
was going to say as far as what he's

2909
01:39:12,480 --> 01:39:15,040
saying about the additional teachers,

2910
01:39:15,040 --> 01:39:18,000
um, I guess getting into compliance and

2911
01:39:18,000 --> 01:39:19,679
how many people it would take to do that

2912
01:39:19,679 --> 01:39:21,199
I feel like is a really important piece.

2913
01:39:21,199 --> 01:39:23,360
So, I was going to ask you about that.

2914
01:39:23,360 --> 01:39:27,280
Yes. So just the broad overview of uh

2915
01:39:27,280 --> 01:39:28,800
special education compliance. There's

2916
01:39:28,800 --> 01:39:31,440
many indicators that come with it. Uh

2917
01:39:31,440 --> 01:39:33,600
right now we have one file compliance

2918
01:39:33,600 --> 01:39:35,920
specialist that just focuses on the file

2919
01:39:35,920 --> 01:39:38,800
itself. Is it compliant? If USB came and

2920
01:39:38,800 --> 01:39:40,480
did a monitoring visit, would it be

2921
01:39:40,480 --> 01:39:42,960
compliant? Um, every other indicator

2922
01:39:42,960 --> 01:39:45,840
that we get non-compliance uh letters

2923
01:39:45,840 --> 01:39:48,800
on, uh, it really falls on me and my two

2924
01:39:48,800 --> 01:39:51,199
assistant directors, uh, being able to

2925
01:39:51,199 --> 01:39:53,280
identify, okay, root cause analysis,

2926
01:39:53,280 --> 01:39:54,719
what's our corrective action plan, are

2927
01:39:54,719 --> 01:39:56,480
we doing it right, what does the data

2928
01:39:56,480 --> 01:39:59,520
show? Um, it really has just taken the

2929
01:39:59,520 --> 01:40:01,280
three of us over the course of time. And

2930
01:40:01,280 --> 01:40:03,840
so with manifestation determination,

2931
01:40:03,840 --> 01:40:05,920
that was one indicator that we got

2932
01:40:05,920 --> 01:40:08,560
flagged on. Normally, we'll just get an

2933
01:40:08,560 --> 01:40:10,239
indicator of non-compliance for

2934
01:40:10,239 --> 01:40:12,080
indicator 4, which is suspension and

2935
01:40:12,080 --> 01:40:14,880
expulsion. Uh, as we started doing a

2936
01:40:14,880 --> 01:40:16,719
deep dive last year into the data, we

2937
01:40:16,719 --> 01:40:17,920
noticed that there were some data

2938
01:40:17,920 --> 01:40:20,080
discrepancies. So, we kind of tattled on

2939
01:40:20,080 --> 01:40:22,320
ourselves to USB and we just said,

2940
01:40:22,320 --> 01:40:24,000
there's something going on. The data

2941
01:40:24,000 --> 01:40:26,480
that you have in your report isn't the

2942
01:40:26,480 --> 01:40:28,320
data that we're seeing on Utre. And so,

2943
01:40:28,320 --> 01:40:30,800
as we did a deep dive, we realized that

2944
01:40:30,800 --> 01:40:32,960
there was data inaccuracy across

2945
01:40:32,960 --> 01:40:35,440
platforms. So that's where um our

2946
01:40:35,440 --> 01:40:38,639
indicator number four non non-compliance

2947
01:40:38,639 --> 01:40:41,119
letter came was the data inaccuracy. And

2948
01:40:41,119 --> 01:40:43,360
so not only are we looking at suspension

2949
01:40:43,360 --> 01:40:45,360
and expulsion, we noticed that on

2950
01:40:45,360 --> 01:40:47,040
educators handbook the way that

2951
01:40:47,040 --> 01:40:49,760
suspensions and expulsions were listed

2952
01:40:49,760 --> 01:40:52,400
didn't go into Skyward and then Skyward

2953
01:40:52,400 --> 01:40:54,239
is what filters into the state. And so

2954
01:40:54,239 --> 01:40:55,840
there was this missing piece along the

2955
01:40:55,840 --> 01:40:58,239
way of it might be listed as 15 on

2956
01:40:58,239 --> 01:40:59,760
educator's handbook for out of school

2957
01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:02,480
suspension but on um in Skyward it's

2958
01:41:02,480 --> 01:41:04,960
only at 7.5 days. Well that's the data

2959
01:41:04,960 --> 01:41:07,679
that's going to go into Utrex. So we got

2960
01:41:07,679 --> 01:41:11,119
a non-compliance report on that and so

2961
01:41:11,119 --> 01:41:13,600
we came up with our own internal review

2962
01:41:13,600 --> 01:41:17,520
action plan. So monthly we do in um

2963
01:41:17,520 --> 01:41:20,159
leadership we do a behavior corner. They

2964
01:41:20,159 --> 01:41:22,480
review data across platforms. We send

2965
01:41:22,480 --> 01:41:24,480
out notices to school teams to let them

2966
01:41:24,480 --> 01:41:26,320
know you're hitting that seven-day

2967
01:41:26,320 --> 01:41:27,600
threshold. You need to hold a

2968
01:41:27,600 --> 01:41:30,239
manifestation. We pull weekly reports

2969
01:41:30,239 --> 01:41:33,280
for um to just check the data accuracy

2970
01:41:33,280 --> 01:41:35,600
across platforms. And I am happy to

2971
01:41:35,600 --> 01:41:37,920
report right now we're we've met our

2972
01:41:37,920 --> 01:41:40,239
timeline requirements for manifestation.

2973
01:41:40,239 --> 01:41:42,719
So you have to hold the MDR before the

2974
01:41:42,719 --> 01:41:44,880
10th day. And then data accuracy across

2975
01:41:44,880 --> 01:41:48,000
platforms has been 100%. So big win for

2976
01:41:48,000 --> 01:41:50,719
us. Are we where we want to be? No. We

2977
01:41:50,719 --> 01:41:52,400
know that we are suspending students at

2978
01:41:52,400 --> 01:41:54,159
a higher rate, but we're going to be

2979
01:41:54,159 --> 01:41:55,920
putting in, like Heather mentioned, the

2980
01:41:55,920 --> 01:41:58,000
student code of contact uh conduct,

2981
01:41:58,000 --> 01:42:00,080
putting in uh preventative strategies to

2982
01:42:00,080 --> 01:42:02,800
help with this. But I I like that we

2983
01:42:02,800 --> 01:42:05,040
we've been able to control our timeline

2984
01:42:05,040 --> 01:42:07,040
requirements and to we are able to

2985
01:42:07,040 --> 01:42:09,520
control the data accuracy piece as well.

2986
01:42:09,520 --> 01:42:10,880
Any questions? Yes.

2987
01:42:10,880 --> 01:42:12,800
>> Yeah. And as I've read through that,

2988
01:42:12,800 --> 01:42:16,400
it's um expulsions of greater than 10

2989
01:42:16,400 --> 01:42:18,800
days in a school year by race or

2990
01:42:18,800 --> 01:42:20,159
ethnicity. Y

2991
01:42:20,159 --> 01:42:22,800
>> for students with IEPs. So are they

2992
01:42:22,800 --> 01:42:26,080
saying that we're somehow targeting

2993
01:42:26,080 --> 01:42:27,840
students

2994
01:42:27,840 --> 01:42:28,320
>> essentially

2995
01:42:28,320 --> 01:42:30,800
>> based on racial profile or ethnicity?

2996
01:42:30,800 --> 01:42:33,280
>> So when you're looking at it, they know

2997
01:42:33,280 --> 01:42:35,760
that students of race and ethnicity are

2998
01:42:35,760 --> 01:42:38,880
at a higher um at risk category for

2999
01:42:38,880 --> 01:42:42,080
being expelled uh the suspension,

3000
01:42:42,080 --> 01:42:44,719
expulsion, dropouts. So they're just

3001
01:42:44,719 --> 01:42:46,719
risk categories. And so that's one area

3002
01:42:46,719 --> 01:42:48,719
that they look at is race and ethnicity.

3003
01:42:48,719 --> 01:42:50,639
So they're saying, so this last year

3004
01:42:50,639 --> 01:42:52,639
with our indicator 4, it was

3005
01:42:52,639 --> 01:42:54,800
African-American. We had students that

3006
01:42:54,800 --> 01:42:57,119
were above the threshold in comparison

3007
01:42:57,119 --> 01:42:58,880
to all students in Tula County School

3008
01:42:58,880 --> 01:43:01,520
District. That subset of students uh

3009
01:43:01,520 --> 01:43:03,679
were marked higher than the rest for our

3010
01:43:03,679 --> 01:43:05,760
suspension and expulsion.

3011
01:43:05,760 --> 01:43:07,280
>> Yep.

3012
01:43:07,280 --> 01:43:10,000
All right.

3013
01:43:10,000 --> 01:43:11,760
I'm not going to do a deep dive into our

3014
01:43:11,760 --> 01:43:13,920
annual performance determination review,

3015
01:43:13,920 --> 01:43:17,600
but just a brief overview. Um, IDA

3016
01:43:17,600 --> 01:43:21,360
requires USB to hold us to uh or make

3017
01:43:21,360 --> 01:43:23,199
determinations annually about the

3018
01:43:23,199 --> 01:43:25,440
performance. Uh, there's four

3019
01:43:25,440 --> 01:43:27,360
indicators. So, you could meet the

3020
01:43:27,360 --> 01:43:28,880
requirements, needs assistance, need

3021
01:43:28,880 --> 01:43:30,480
intervention, or need substantial

3022
01:43:30,480 --> 01:43:32,800
intervention. So, I'm happy to report

3023
01:43:32,800 --> 01:43:34,800
for the second year in a row, we're in

3024
01:43:34,800 --> 01:43:36,800
the needs assistance. So, essentially in

3025
01:43:36,800 --> 01:43:38,960
number two, um, which we're making

3026
01:43:38,960 --> 01:43:42,000
progress. Are we at or where are we

3027
01:43:42,000 --> 01:43:44,159
where we want to be at? No. But we are

3028
01:43:44,159 --> 01:43:46,800
making progress. And so just a few areas

3029
01:43:46,800 --> 01:43:48,639
of growth, preschool transitions, we

3030
01:43:48,639 --> 01:43:51,840
were 100% compliant. Um participation

3031
01:43:51,840 --> 01:43:53,600
and proficiency, we saw a growth

3032
01:43:53,600 --> 01:43:55,760
increase. Dropout and graduation, a

3033
01:43:55,760 --> 01:43:57,679
growth increase. And then corrections of

3034
01:43:57,679 --> 01:43:59,600
non-compliance, we meet the requirements

3035
01:43:59,600 --> 01:44:01,679
for that.

3036
01:44:01,679 --> 01:44:05,040
I wanted to just talk about the these

3037
01:44:05,040 --> 01:44:07,520
two, which is really cool. So at my

3038
01:44:07,520 --> 01:44:09,119
state meeting last week, we were

3039
01:44:09,119 --> 01:44:11,040
recognized in these two categories for

3040
01:44:11,040 --> 01:44:13,520
our post-secary transition program. The

3041
01:44:13,520 --> 01:44:15,119
first one is our post school outcome

3042
01:44:15,119 --> 01:44:17,440
survey. We were ranked number two in the

3043
01:44:17,440 --> 01:44:19,760
state uh for getting survey completion

3044
01:44:19,760 --> 01:44:22,320
rates. And then the next one is we were

3045
01:44:22,320 --> 01:44:24,320
number two for medium leas for

3046
01:44:24,320 --> 01:44:26,159
competitive employment opportunities for

3047
01:44:26,159 --> 01:44:28,400
students with disabilities. So um just

3048
01:44:28,400 --> 01:44:30,560
kudos to our transition team. We have

3049
01:44:30,560 --> 01:44:32,400
one of the best transition programs in

3050
01:44:32,400 --> 01:44:34,800
the state. And so just a very good

3051
01:44:34,800 --> 01:44:38,000
highlight um that they they deserve and

3052
01:44:38,000 --> 01:44:39,440
I'm happy that they were able to be

3053
01:44:39,440 --> 01:44:40,880
recognized.

3054
01:44:40,880 --> 01:44:41,600
>> Marissa.

3055
01:44:41,600 --> 01:44:44,080
>> Yes. I just want to say Marissa's kind

3056
01:44:44,080 --> 01:44:46,719
of underelling that and your performance

3057
01:44:46,719 --> 01:44:50,080
determination you [laughter]

3058
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:52,960
that is a big deal that it's not perfect

3059
01:44:52,960 --> 01:44:57,119
but I will say four years ago when I

3060
01:44:57,119 --> 01:45:00,560
started in this job it was just normal

3061
01:45:00,560 --> 01:45:04,080
that on the vast majority we were a four

3062
01:45:04,080 --> 01:45:08,080
right that's the worst one uh and we've

3063
01:45:08,080 --> 01:45:10,800
made so much progress in this area

3064
01:45:10,800 --> 01:45:13,440
Marissa and our team have done such an

3065
01:45:13,440 --> 01:45:15,679
amazing job and she really did underell

3066
01:45:15,679 --> 01:45:17,600
that. That is just it is a huge

3067
01:45:17,600 --> 01:45:19,119
accomplishment in the world of special

3068
01:45:19,119 --> 01:45:22,639
ed to have this much growth in our

3069
01:45:22,639 --> 01:45:25,840
districtwide program. Um yeah, I agree.

3070
01:45:25,840 --> 01:45:28,000
We're not where we want to be, but man,

3071
01:45:28,000 --> 01:45:30,800
it we're so much better than we were

3072
01:45:30,800 --> 01:45:33,040
four years ago. So, just hats off to her

3073
01:45:33,040 --> 01:45:33,760
and her team.

3074
01:45:33,760 --> 01:45:36,560
>> Thank you. Thank you. It's the

3075
01:45:36,560 --> 01:45:38,480
perfectionist in me. I am not where we

3076
01:45:38,480 --> 01:45:40,239
want to be yet, but sometimes I forget

3077
01:45:40,239 --> 01:45:42,000
to celebrate the small victories. So,

3078
01:45:42,000 --> 01:45:42,960
thank you.

3079
01:45:42,960 --> 01:45:43,920
>> Or the large ones.

3080
01:45:43,920 --> 01:45:46,367
Yes.

3081
01:45:46,367 --> 01:45:46,960
[laughter and gasps]

3082
01:45:46,960 --> 01:45:48,320
All right. We talked about the

3083
01:45:48,320 --> 01:45:50,000
challenges and I'll just end with the

3084
01:45:50,000 --> 01:45:52,239
good things happening. So, power hour

3085
01:45:52,239 --> 01:45:55,679
training two years ago, Dr. Ham uh

3086
01:45:55,679 --> 01:45:57,199
mentors came to him just trying to

3087
01:45:57,199 --> 01:45:59,360
problem solve. It was a bigger uh

3088
01:45:59,360 --> 01:46:01,840
district-wide issue. We had paras and

3089
01:46:01,840 --> 01:46:04,000
aids where across the district that we

3090
01:46:04,000 --> 01:46:05,360
felt like we weren't giving them

3091
01:46:05,360 --> 01:46:07,520
adequate training. And so two years ago

3092
01:46:07,520 --> 01:46:09,119
with the mentors and my special

3093
01:46:09,119 --> 01:46:10,880
education team, we came up with power

3094
01:46:10,880 --> 01:46:13,600
hour. Last year it was a great success.

3095
01:46:13,600 --> 01:46:15,920
Um but we got some push back from

3096
01:46:15,920 --> 01:46:17,760
principles saying you're telling me what

3097
01:46:17,760 --> 01:46:19,199
I can do with my money. Like these are

3098
01:46:19,199 --> 01:46:20,880
my aids. And so we just decided, you

3099
01:46:20,880 --> 01:46:22,400
know, like let's control what we can

3100
01:46:22,400 --> 01:46:24,800
control. And we just decided to do power

3101
01:46:24,800 --> 01:46:26,880
hour training for our special education

3102
01:46:26,880 --> 01:46:29,440
paras. And so we've had we've utilized

3103
01:46:29,440 --> 01:46:31,520
the early release Tuesdays. So thank you

3104
01:46:31,520 --> 01:46:33,280
guys so much for that. It's a great

3105
01:46:33,280 --> 01:46:35,360
opportunity for us to pull our pairs to

3106
01:46:35,360 --> 01:46:37,840
train them. Um, and there's many topics

3107
01:46:37,840 --> 01:46:39,760
that we've discussed and next year we'll

3108
01:46:39,760 --> 01:46:41,440
provide the training again and provide

3109
01:46:41,440 --> 01:46:43,679
additional supports and resources. One

3110
01:46:43,679 --> 01:46:45,119
thing that I've learned with them, it

3111
01:46:45,119 --> 01:46:47,119
opens up that collaboration piece. They

3112
01:46:47,119 --> 01:46:48,960
feel safe in that environment. They feel

3113
01:46:48,960 --> 01:46:50,639
like they're building relationships with

3114
01:46:50,639 --> 01:46:52,000
people they might not have built

3115
01:46:52,000 --> 01:46:53,760
relationships with and they know who to

3116
01:46:53,760 --> 01:46:56,719
turn to. Um, so we've had over 130 PAR

3117
01:46:56,719 --> 01:46:58,400
educators each day that we hold the

3118
01:46:58,400 --> 01:47:00,639
training. And then this year with Dr.

3119
01:47:00,639 --> 01:47:02,480
Abraham's approval, we sent five PAR

3120
01:47:02,480 --> 01:47:04,239
educators to the National Resource

3121
01:47:04,239 --> 01:47:06,000
Center for PAR educators, the virtual

3122
01:47:06,000 --> 01:47:08,719
conference, um, which we had so many

3123
01:47:08,719 --> 01:47:10,560
that wanted to go, which was a great

3124
01:47:10,560 --> 01:47:12,159
success. I wish we could have taken all

3125
01:47:12,159 --> 01:47:14,080
of them, but it was on their own time.

3126
01:47:14,080 --> 01:47:16,159
We just paid for them to attend and the

3127
01:47:16,159 --> 01:47:18,480
resources that they got, um, they came

3128
01:47:18,480 --> 01:47:20,000
back and they're presenting to our team

3129
01:47:20,000 --> 01:47:22,480
in April. And so, it's just it's an area

3130
01:47:22,480 --> 01:47:23,920
that I feel like we need to continue

3131
01:47:23,920 --> 01:47:25,920
with because our paras are ones that are

3132
01:47:25,920 --> 01:47:27,679
running the classrooms. We wouldn't be

3133
01:47:27,679 --> 01:47:29,280
able to do our jobs without them. And so

3134
01:47:29,280 --> 01:47:31,280
being able to train them appropriately

3135
01:47:31,280 --> 01:47:34,000
is is going to benefit our jobs. It's

3136
01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:35,920
benefiting the students, but it's also

3137
01:47:35,920 --> 01:47:38,000
allowing them to feel a sense of

3138
01:47:38,000 --> 01:47:40,639
community within special education. Any

3139
01:47:40,639 --> 01:47:41,440
questions? Yes.

3140
01:47:41,440 --> 01:47:43,920
>> So how did you select the five?

3141
01:47:43,920 --> 01:47:47,119
>> So we presented it in I believe it was

3142
01:47:47,119 --> 01:47:49,199
November's power hour training. If

3143
01:47:49,199 --> 01:47:50,880
anyone was interested to send us their

3144
01:47:50,880 --> 01:47:52,880
names, we put everyone in there and then

3145
01:47:52,880 --> 01:47:54,800
we just put it on one of the virtual

3146
01:47:54,800 --> 01:47:56,880
spin wheels and it selected. We did have

3147
01:47:56,880 --> 01:47:59,440
a few alternates just in case we know

3148
01:47:59,440 --> 01:48:01,679
life gets busy and so I think two people

3149
01:48:01,679 --> 01:48:03,119
dropped out so we were able to choose

3150
01:48:03,119 --> 01:48:05,119
from the alternates but great success

3151
01:48:05,119 --> 01:48:07,040
and we'll definitely be doing it again

3152
01:48:07,040 --> 01:48:09,840
next year. Yes.

3153
01:48:09,840 --> 01:48:11,760
>> So I think this is super amazing. Yay.

3154
01:48:11,760 --> 01:48:15,199
Good job. Um, also I've had teachers,

3155
01:48:15,199 --> 01:48:17,760
special ed teachers tell me that they uh

3156
01:48:17,760 --> 01:48:19,760
would like time to be able to train

3157
01:48:19,760 --> 01:48:22,320
their own paras in their classrooms that

3158
01:48:22,320 --> 01:48:25,280
they can be on board with the the things

3159
01:48:25,280 --> 01:48:27,520
that are going in on in their specific

3160
01:48:27,520 --> 01:48:29,280
classrooms, but they don't feel like

3161
01:48:29,280 --> 01:48:32,800
they have time to do that. Um, what

3162
01:48:32,800 --> 01:48:34,960
would you recommend for them? Yeah. And

3163
01:48:34,960 --> 01:48:36,960
that's when I think a teacher came to us

3164
01:48:36,960 --> 01:48:38,960
last week and we see it more so in our

3165
01:48:38,960 --> 01:48:40,239
life skills class like in our

3166
01:48:40,239 --> 01:48:42,080
self-contained classes where it's like

3167
01:48:42,080 --> 01:48:44,639
busy all day every day and then crisis

3168
01:48:44,639 --> 01:48:46,159
happens and then they're like we need a

3169
01:48:46,159 --> 01:48:48,400
training, we need a debrief and so we've

3170
01:48:48,400 --> 01:48:50,080
talked about maybe utilizing some of the

3171
01:48:50,080 --> 01:48:51,920
power hour training time for them to

3172
01:48:51,920 --> 01:48:53,440
maybe once a month meet with their

3173
01:48:53,440 --> 01:48:55,840
school teams. I'm open to suggestions. I

3174
01:48:55,840 --> 01:48:57,520
think it's very vital in what they do.

3175
01:48:57,520 --> 01:48:59,679
The debriefing part after an incident

3176
01:48:59,679 --> 01:49:01,840
happens is so crucial to being able to

3177
01:49:01,840 --> 01:49:04,080
say h we did this wrong. let's do this

3178
01:49:04,080 --> 01:49:05,840
better next time. And so we're trying to

3179
01:49:05,840 --> 01:49:07,760
prioritize what does it look like moving

3180
01:49:07,760 --> 01:49:09,119
forward for additional training

3181
01:49:09,119 --> 01:49:12,629
opportunities.

3182
01:49:12,639 --> 01:49:15,520
And then Sher Levit was a USB marvelous

3183
01:49:15,520 --> 01:49:19,040
mentor. Um she is one that we hired when

3184
01:49:19,040 --> 01:49:20,960
I first started. We felt the need. The

3185
01:49:20,960 --> 01:49:23,440
mentors just stated, you know, we know

3186
01:49:23,440 --> 01:49:25,040
what we're doing as mentors, but the

3187
01:49:25,040 --> 01:49:27,440
special education side of things, uh we

3188
01:49:27,440 --> 01:49:28,880
just don't have a good understanding.

3189
01:49:28,880 --> 01:49:32,080
And so we hired Sher Levit um as a

3190
01:49:32,080 --> 01:49:33,920
special education mentor for our new

3191
01:49:33,920 --> 01:49:35,600
teachers and she was highlighted or

3192
01:49:35,600 --> 01:49:37,920
she'll be highlighted in their April 3rd

3193
01:49:37,920 --> 01:49:40,159
meeting as the USC marvelous mentor for

3194
01:49:40,159 --> 01:49:44,719
what she does. Um this is one that I I'm

3195
01:49:44,719 --> 01:49:47,199
so grateful for. Three years ago, you

3196
01:49:47,199 --> 01:49:49,280
guys approved for us to consolidate

3197
01:49:49,280 --> 01:49:51,840
three uh part-time positions into one

3198
01:49:51,840 --> 01:49:53,840
full-time position. This is our student

3199
01:49:53,840 --> 01:49:56,639
success coordinator, Michelle Garbett,

3200
01:49:56,639 --> 01:49:58,719
and she works with our atrisisk students

3201
01:49:58,719 --> 01:50:01,360
that we've identified and then she

3202
01:50:01,360 --> 01:50:03,600
really focuses on those seniors. So, as

3203
01:50:03,600 --> 01:50:06,080
you can see over the course of time, um

3204
01:50:06,080 --> 01:50:08,239
she's worked with students and she's

3205
01:50:08,239 --> 01:50:11,040
helped students graduate. And so, this

3206
01:50:11,040 --> 01:50:13,280
year, you can see we have 15 students

3207
01:50:13,280 --> 01:50:16,560
that will graduate. So, 11 seniors are

3208
01:50:16,560 --> 01:50:18,480
potentially going to graduate. One

3209
01:50:18,480 --> 01:50:19,840
student that was in our transition

3210
01:50:19,840 --> 01:50:21,600
program that was working with her will

3211
01:50:21,600 --> 01:50:23,520
graduate. And then three students that

3212
01:50:23,520 --> 01:50:25,520
we identified as fifth year seniors last

3213
01:50:25,520 --> 01:50:27,679
year will graduate because of Michelle's

3214
01:50:27,679 --> 01:50:29,920
work. So this just goes back to one of

3215
01:50:29,920 --> 01:50:32,159
our indicators of dropouts and

3216
01:50:32,159 --> 01:50:34,000
graduation, our moon goals. What

3217
01:50:34,000 --> 01:50:37,520
Michelle has done has truly impacted um

3218
01:50:37,520 --> 01:50:39,360
students access to being able to

3219
01:50:39,360 --> 01:50:40,960
graduate. We've seen a decrease in

3220
01:50:40,960 --> 01:50:42,719
dropouts and an increase of graduation

3221
01:50:42,719 --> 01:50:44,320
for students with disabilities. And so

3222
01:50:44,320 --> 01:50:45,920
this is just a vital position that we

3223
01:50:45,920 --> 01:50:48,239
have in our district um and identifying

3224
01:50:48,239 --> 01:50:49,920
and being a support and being able to

3225
01:50:49,920 --> 01:50:51,360
collaborate and set goals with these

3226
01:50:51,360 --> 01:50:53,840
students. so they can graduate and so um

3227
01:50:53,840 --> 01:50:55,440
I'm just grateful for all that Michelle

3228
01:50:55,440 --> 01:50:59,119
does. Any questions? Okay.

3229
01:50:59,119 --> 01:51:02,639
Um Medicaid billing um special ed is

3230
01:51:02,639 --> 01:51:04,239
just very unique. We have multiple

3231
01:51:04,239 --> 01:51:06,320
funding sources. We have state funds, we

3232
01:51:06,320 --> 01:51:08,159
have federal funds, and then we have

3233
01:51:08,159 --> 01:51:10,800
Medicaid funds. And so within Medicaid,

3234
01:51:10,800 --> 01:51:12,960
we can bill for students who are covered

3235
01:51:12,960 --> 01:51:15,280
under Medicaid for personal care,

3236
01:51:15,280 --> 01:51:17,840
speech, occupational therapy, behavior,

3237
01:51:17,840 --> 01:51:19,679
um health care plans. There is a

3238
01:51:19,679 --> 01:51:22,480
Medicaid expansion that will it's it's

3239
01:51:22,480 --> 01:51:24,880
already happening. We haven't um done

3240
01:51:24,880 --> 01:51:26,800
much with it, but it provides additional

3241
01:51:26,800 --> 01:51:29,920
opportunities uh for students in our uh

3242
01:51:29,920 --> 01:51:31,920
district who are on 504s healthcare

3243
01:51:31,920 --> 01:51:34,159
plans as well as IEPs to be able to

3244
01:51:34,159 --> 01:51:36,000
provide services and get reimbursed for

3245
01:51:36,000 --> 01:51:38,960
those services. And so every year we

3246
01:51:38,960 --> 01:51:40,880
have to do a Medicaid compliance review.

3247
01:51:40,880 --> 01:51:42,960
Um they look at multiple things. They

3248
01:51:42,960 --> 01:51:45,520
look at is the IEP current? Um is the

3249
01:51:45,520 --> 01:51:47,520
student uh the services we're providing

3250
01:51:47,520 --> 01:51:48,960
an eligible service? is the

3251
01:51:48,960 --> 01:51:51,360
documentation provided and I'm happy to

3252
01:51:51,360 --> 01:51:53,679
report we received 100% compliance on

3253
01:51:53,679 --> 01:51:56,000
this for the second year in a row. Um,

3254
01:51:56,000 --> 01:51:58,159
which is another big win in our books.

3255
01:51:58,159 --> 01:52:00,480
Anytime we have the documentation during

3256
01:52:00,480 --> 01:52:03,119
an audit, um, just goes to show what

3257
01:52:03,119 --> 01:52:04,560
we're doing and that we're compliant

3258
01:52:04,560 --> 01:52:06,960
with everything. And then the last one

3259
01:52:06,960 --> 01:52:09,119
is just unified sports. If you haven't

3260
01:52:09,119 --> 01:52:13,119
met Nate Pullman, he he's amazing. Um,

3261
01:52:13,119 --> 01:52:14,960
Nate has done so much with unified

3262
01:52:14,960 --> 01:52:17,280
sports. Tilla High School. They won two

3263
01:52:17,280 --> 01:52:19,040
state championships last week in

3264
01:52:19,040 --> 01:52:21,840
basketball for unified. Um soccer has

3265
01:52:21,840 --> 01:52:24,560
great success. What he's done um in the

3266
01:52:24,560 --> 01:52:27,280
last little bit in his role as an

3267
01:52:27,280 --> 01:52:30,080
adapted PE, but also with unified is

3268
01:52:30,080 --> 01:52:31,599
just great and it's removing those

3269
01:52:31,599 --> 01:52:33,360
barriers. And so I just wanted to give

3270
01:52:33,360 --> 01:52:35,040
him kudos for all the hard work he's

3271
01:52:35,040 --> 01:52:40,070
done. And that's it. Questions?

3272
01:52:40,080 --> 01:52:42,000
All right.

3273
01:52:42,000 --> 01:52:43,608
Thank you guys.

3274
01:52:43,608 --> 01:52:45,910
[clears throat and snorts]

3275
01:52:45,920 --> 01:52:48,639
Thank you so much. Thank you. Thank you.

3276
01:52:48,639 --> 01:52:51,360
I think um every department is huge in

3277
01:52:51,360 --> 01:52:53,840
our in education, but special ed with

3278
01:52:53,840 --> 01:52:55,440
the

3279
01:52:55,440 --> 01:52:58,960
extra laws put in adds I mean education

3280
01:52:58,960 --> 01:53:01,760
has so many laws behind it, but is it

3281
01:53:01,760 --> 01:53:05,040
fair to say that special ed trumps every

3282
01:53:05,040 --> 01:53:06,880
single

3283
01:53:06,880 --> 01:53:09,360
other area of education as far as laws

3284
01:53:09,360 --> 01:53:14,159
go? So, thank you. It's It's amazing how

3285
01:53:14,159 --> 01:53:16,960
much you do with the so we appreciate

3286
01:53:16,960 --> 01:53:17,360
it.

3287
01:53:17,360 --> 01:53:20,800
>> Thank you.

3288
01:53:20,800 --> 01:53:22,639
>> Looking for a motion.

3289
01:53:22,639 --> 01:53:27,270
>> The motion

3290
01:53:27,280 --> 01:53:39,109
by Todd. All in favor? I

3291
01:53:39,119 --> 01:53:42,080
Thank you so much for your