1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,980 Start. So we do have a piece of business that minister, we have to minister the oath, which means, I guess, as we understand it, that we each have to individually say this oath and be recorded. And then just for the recording, I think all seven voting members are present. Okay. Just the roll call. Yeah. Thank you. So I don't know. I do 2 00:00:29,980 --> 00:00:34,320 Well, I can introduce, this is Tiffany Allison, from one of the Vice President's offices. 3 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:44,120 She's in a military public and is graciously helping us out today with this, oh, my car 4 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:45,880 now by the way. 5 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:47,440 Thanks. 6 00:00:48,580 --> 00:00:49,340 We can hand it over. 7 00:00:49,420 --> 00:00:55,920 And so, I do need to have ID so that we'll drive this license and the first one on my list 8 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:56,480 is Becky. 9 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:57,940 Oh, you have a list. 10 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,680 I want to come up or yes, yes, I'll come up. 11 00:01:01,820 --> 00:01:03,360 I'll have my ID on the car. 12 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,660 I need my ID on also. 13 00:01:06,180 --> 00:01:06,580 I do. 14 00:01:07,340 --> 00:01:09,040 You guys go to the side of the house. 15 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:11,560 I left my ID on the car. 16 00:01:11,740 --> 00:01:12,920 Can you put me at the end of the list? 17 00:01:13,800 --> 00:01:14,800 I put you where I can. 18 00:01:15,060 --> 00:01:16,780 I've left my ID on my car. 19 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:17,880 Can we put me at the end of the list? 20 00:01:18,040 --> 00:01:18,600 I'll go grab a robot. 21 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:18,940 Okay, 22 00:01:22,340 --> 00:01:24,440 so raise your right hand and repeat after me. 23 00:01:25,020 --> 00:01:26,140 I do solemnly swear. 24 00:01:26,140 --> 00:01:38,880 I do solemnly swear that I will support Obey and defend that I will support Obey and defend the Constitution of the United States, the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Utah and the Constitution of the State of Utah, 25 00:01:39,300 --> 00:01:49,340 and that I will discharge the duties of my office, and I will discharge the duties of my office as a charterer, which is full of governing board member, as a charterer school government member, with fidelity. 26 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:51,900 Thank you. I think I have this one word in there. 27 00:01:51,900 --> 00:01:53,280 Let me get your signature. 28 00:01:58,460 --> 00:01:59,440 Okay, how are you ready? 29 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:00,880 Oh, you can go. 30 00:02:00,900 --> 00:02:01,140 Ellen? 31 00:02:01,860 --> 00:02:02,480 All right. 32 00:02:02,860 --> 00:02:04,120 Yeah, and I can do this with me. 33 00:02:04,340 --> 00:02:05,940 I'll just get your ID card. 34 00:02:13,540 --> 00:02:15,240 I said a pretty high bar. 35 00:02:15,660 --> 00:02:16,380 You did it. 36 00:02:16,940 --> 00:02:17,300 Yeah. 37 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,340 I just struggled a little bit on a few of those words, 38 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:21,540 so I didn't have any. 39 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:23,300 Well, thank you. 40 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:24,980 Can I get you the sign in the book, also? 41 00:02:25,300 --> 00:02:25,500 Yeah. 42 00:02:28,850 --> 00:02:29,650 It's just right here. 43 00:02:29,990 --> 00:02:30,470 Can I take a minute? 44 00:02:46,870 --> 00:02:47,390 Is that bad? 45 00:02:47,550 --> 00:02:48,510 It raised your right hand? 46 00:02:48,670 --> 00:02:49,430 Yeah, for me. 47 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:51,110 I do solemnly swear. 48 00:02:51,310 --> 00:02:55,030 I do solemnly swear that I will perform Obey and defend. 49 00:02:55,450 --> 00:02:57,550 And I will perform Obey and defend. 50 00:02:57,850 --> 00:02:59,530 The Constitution of the United States? 51 00:02:59,890 --> 00:03:01,370 The Constitution of the United States? 52 00:03:01,670 --> 00:03:03,510 And the Constitution of the State of Utah? 53 00:03:03,730 --> 00:03:05,430 And the Constitution of the State of Utah. 54 00:03:05,790 --> 00:03:07,430 Then I will discharge the duties. 55 00:03:07,790 --> 00:03:09,270 And then I will discharge the duties. 56 00:03:09,510 --> 00:03:10,370 And what this office is. 57 00:03:10,490 --> 00:03:11,910 I shall go and go to the school. 58 00:03:11,910 --> 00:03:12,190 Or go to the boarding. 59 00:03:12,910 --> 00:03:15,770 So then again, as the charter school gallery board. 60 00:03:15,810 --> 00:03:18,890 As a charter school governing board, with fidelity. 61 00:03:18,890 --> 00:03:25,150 All right, I guess you're the scientist and then the book also a little bit of a pumpkin there 62 00:03:25,150 --> 00:03:26,250 We're gonna have to take a word 63 00:03:56,540 --> 00:03:58,100 Hey, we'll drag in 64 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:09,660 That I will support a band of them the Constitution of the United States 65 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:13,180 and the Constitution of the State of Utah, 66 00:04:15,180 --> 00:04:17,980 and then I will discharge the duties of my office. 67 00:04:18,140 --> 00:04:20,040 And I will discharge the duties of my office 68 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,240 as a charter school, going board member 69 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:24,460 as a charter school governing board member 70 00:04:24,460 --> 00:04:25,160 with fidelity. 71 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:25,860 With fidelity. 72 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:26,820 Perfect. 73 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:27,280 Thank you. 74 00:04:28,740 --> 00:04:30,060 So I'm here. 75 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:30,760 I'm here. 76 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:34,280 I'm here. 77 00:04:34,740 --> 00:04:35,060 I'm here. 78 00:04:35,060 --> 00:04:35,380 I'm here. 79 00:04:35,380 --> 00:04:35,640 I'm here. 80 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:35,960 I'm here. 81 00:04:37,620 --> 00:04:38,400 So Christopher. 82 00:04:38,900 --> 00:04:39,240 I'm here. 83 00:05:16,020 --> 00:05:24,910 The Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Utah and that 84 00:05:24,910 --> 00:05:33,890 I will discharge the duties of my office as a charter school governor board member with 85 00:05:33,890 --> 00:05:34,370 fidelity. 86 00:05:35,210 --> 00:05:35,650 Perfect. 87 00:05:35,870 --> 00:05:36,730 Thank you. 88 00:05:36,730 --> 00:05:37,350 I'm going to sign. 89 00:05:37,690 --> 00:05:37,850 Yes. 90 00:05:38,130 --> 00:05:39,910 Have you signed this one here and then signed? 91 00:05:40,290 --> 00:05:41,230 I hope you already signed it up. 92 00:05:41,730 --> 00:05:41,930 No. 93 00:05:42,050 --> 00:05:42,210 No. 94 00:05:42,210 --> 00:05:46,130 You're not Steven. You're Christopher. Okay, we just did Christopher. We're 95 00:05:48,430 --> 00:05:49,490 getting to the tail end. 96 00:05:52,150 --> 00:05:55,690 Thank you. So Frank, was that Frank? 97 00:06:19,890 --> 00:06:25,030 Okay, so if you'll raise your hand and repeat after me, I do solemnly swear. I do solemnly swear, 98 00:06:25,430 --> 00:06:33,830 that I will support Obey and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of 99 00:06:33,830 --> 00:06:38,570 the state of Utah and the constitution of the state of Utah and then I will discharge 100 00:06:38,570 --> 00:06:43,210 the duties of my office and then I will discharge duties of my office as a charter school 101 00:06:43,210 --> 00:06:47,690 governing board member as a charter school governing board member with fidelity with fidelity. 102 00:06:48,070 --> 00:06:53,030 Great, thank you. So have you signed right here? I'm then in front of your name. 103 00:07:06,420 --> 00:07:07,260 Okay, so Whitney, 104 00:07:27,850 --> 00:07:32,570 if you'll just raise your hand and repeat after me, I do solemnly swear 105 00:07:32,570 --> 00:07:55,550 I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Utah and the Constitution of the State of Utah and that I will discharge the duties of my office and I will discharge the duties of my office as a charter school governor board member with fidelity. 106 00:07:55,550 --> 00:08:02,950 Thank you so there's the sign here and then just in front of your name 107 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:15,660 you just sign the 108 00:08:15,660 --> 00:08:23,810 next line huh that's all right okay so Frank's the last one 109 00:08:43,330 --> 00:08:44,750 okay if you'll reach right 110 00:08:44,750 --> 00:08:51,650 hand repeat after me I do solemnly swear I do solemnly swear that I will support Obey and 111 00:08:53,430 --> 00:09:11,350 and the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Utah and the Constitution of the State of Utah and that I will discharge the duties of my office and that I will discharge the duties of my office as a Charter School Governoring Board Member with fidelity. 112 00:09:12,290 --> 00:09:12,970 Perfect, thanks. 113 00:09:41,760 --> 00:09:49,420 And for future new members, the board chair can swear that in this case, everybody needed 114 00:09:49,420 --> 00:09:52,740 to do it to establish that compliance. 115 00:09:52,740 --> 00:10:03,100 Thanks. So I guess in the minutes is the next item on the agenda. Does anybody have any changes they'd like to make or suggest? 116 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:03,860 I'd 117 00:10:08,430 --> 00:10:12,030 like to forward a motion to approve. 118 00:10:12,930 --> 00:10:13,550 Second. 119 00:10:14,030 --> 00:10:14,130 Second. 120 00:10:15,330 --> 00:10:18,610 All those in favor of approving the minutes or this. 121 00:10:19,830 --> 00:10:20,450 Hi. 122 00:10:21,530 --> 00:10:22,470 So I'm Smith. 123 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:41,440 Okay, so I guess the next thing is the school and safety and anti-bullying policies did and Krillian, did we have anyone wanting to make a comment? 124 00:10:41,940 --> 00:10:44,600 Okay, okay, I'll go ahead with that. 125 00:10:46,620 --> 00:10:56,380 So I sent you the recommendations implementation plan, and I'll pull that up for discussion. 126 00:10:59,410 --> 00:11:08,250 There were 10 recommendations, and so I added some kind of narrative commentary on that 127 00:11:08,250 --> 00:11:15,250 for each of those recommendations, and at the bottom a timeline for each of the action 128 00:11:15,250 --> 00:11:17,290 items associated with that implementation. 129 00:11:18,930 --> 00:11:22,670 Many of these, I wanted in place before school started. 130 00:11:23,130 --> 00:11:27,970 There were more just building out forms and documentation 131 00:11:27,970 --> 00:11:29,050 templates and things. 132 00:11:29,710 --> 00:11:30,590 That's been completed. 133 00:11:31,770 --> 00:11:35,410 And I was able to train Dr. Reina and our school 134 00:11:35,410 --> 00:11:38,610 counselor, Mr. Farmer, on the use of those forms. 135 00:11:39,370 --> 00:11:41,210 So I think we're off to a good start. 136 00:11:42,850 --> 00:11:48,910 and I'll report on this implementation every month and you know if we're meeting 137 00:11:48,910 --> 00:11:56,430 our deadlines or not. Any questions may have. I think Jason has cookies if anybody wants 138 00:11:56,430 --> 00:11:58,150 I'm gonna say cookie before I leave. 139 00:11:58,910 --> 00:11:59,310 Remember. 140 00:11:59,870 --> 00:12:01,110 It's a 50-year-old. 141 00:12:01,330 --> 00:12:02,790 Oh, not the word. 142 00:12:04,030 --> 00:12:05,150 80-year-old. 143 00:12:05,150 --> 00:12:05,530 Thank you. 144 00:12:05,630 --> 00:12:06,450 Don't hold on to cookie. 145 00:12:06,670 --> 00:12:07,490 This is not on the internet. 146 00:12:09,770 --> 00:12:10,570 Thank you. 147 00:12:10,990 --> 00:12:12,370 Oh, you got two. 148 00:12:13,150 --> 00:12:14,030 I'm gonna take a picture. 149 00:12:15,570 --> 00:12:17,610 I just gotta say the tree on the... 150 00:12:17,610 --> 00:12:19,170 I know that it's a bird. 151 00:12:19,470 --> 00:12:20,630 I know that it's an 80-year-old. 152 00:12:21,490 --> 00:12:22,230 Thanks, see. 153 00:12:22,710 --> 00:12:23,050 I'm good. 154 00:12:23,390 --> 00:12:23,910 I had one. 155 00:12:35,130 --> 00:12:39,410 So I'm open to whatever questions you have about the plan. 156 00:12:48,540 --> 00:12:56,380 Yeah, and I think this is going to be a great level up for us. 157 00:12:56,740 --> 00:12:58,680 I feel good about the recommendations that came in. 158 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:00,940 I feel good about our ability to implement them. 159 00:13:00,940 --> 00:13:06,760 I know our team is taking them very seriously, so I think this is a good thing for the school. 160 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:14,240 Are there concerns, I guess one question, with recommendations one and two, just going 161 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:24,330 to have those, might work together, is there a concern or thought that more restrictive 162 00:13:24,330 --> 00:13:31,210 disciplinary actions in place once we'll be included in behavior intervention plans or 163 00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:33,130 or will those be kept separate 164 00:13:33,130 --> 00:13:35,250 from the intervention plan will be focused 165 00:13:35,250 --> 00:13:39,470 on positive behavior modification strategies 166 00:13:39,470 --> 00:13:42,190 and school policies will be primarily focused 167 00:13:42,190 --> 00:13:46,070 on the more restrictive disciplinary actions 168 00:13:46,070 --> 00:13:46,730 and placements. 169 00:13:47,530 --> 00:13:48,590 Yeah, thanks for asking. 170 00:13:48,790 --> 00:13:51,050 I have viewed them as two separate items. 171 00:13:51,410 --> 00:13:54,170 I agree with that perception. 172 00:13:54,930 --> 00:13:55,190 Yeah, okay. 173 00:13:55,470 --> 00:13:55,990 Get it out there. 174 00:13:56,430 --> 00:13:59,790 Yeah, and I did mention in back to school night last night, 175 00:14:01,210 --> 00:14:05,830 kind of a higher level on this, some of the items. 176 00:14:06,270 --> 00:14:08,030 I'd like to just show it to you. 177 00:14:10,690 --> 00:14:11,370 Let's see here. 178 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:19,160 I mentioned this year, we did a lot of work last year 179 00:14:19,160 --> 00:14:21,740 and this year we're implementing greater consequences. 180 00:14:21,740 --> 00:14:25,100 You can see I'm for A for major behavior infractions 181 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:27,040 and updated investigation protocols, 182 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,120 increased communication, increased train. 183 00:14:29,980 --> 00:14:32,080 And I said, we need your help, you know, 184 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:40,460 making this happen. We really want to continue to improve and that's going to be one of our key 185 00:14:40,460 --> 00:14:41,400 focuses this year. 186 00:14:44,030 --> 00:14:44,670 Thank you. Yeah. 187 00:14:49,420 --> 00:14:54,240 Other questions on that? Is there a follow-up from the third party 188 00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:59,820 reviewer that we had to look at what we're doing and give feedback. 189 00:15:00,820 --> 00:15:29,860 Yes, I was, yeah, what I'd like to propose is that, you know, most of these deadlines wrap up. We have an October 2nd, you know, wrap up by mid-October. So I think we could share back with him what's been done and get his perspective on that. If the board feels good about that. It would be great to have an outside perspective, I think. 190 00:15:29,860 --> 00:15:34,360 on where we started, what needed to change, 191 00:15:34,580 --> 00:15:38,740 how we've changed it, and get that outside perspective on, 192 00:15:39,080 --> 00:15:41,940 is where we wanna be, are we in the right direction? 193 00:15:42,380 --> 00:15:42,500 Yeah. 194 00:15:43,300 --> 00:15:46,900 No, I think that's very sound advice. 195 00:15:49,060 --> 00:15:52,060 Especially returning to the author of the recommendations, 196 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:53,480 you know, he has all the context. 197 00:15:53,900 --> 00:15:55,540 So I think that would be really valuable. 198 00:15:56,820 --> 00:15:58,940 And then on the audience, 199 00:15:58,940 --> 00:16:03,200 So number seven, the regular internal audits, the school responses to aggressive behavior. 200 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:10,200 Well, basically that be a tracking to see if the rubric for recording behavior incidents 201 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,980 was applied, what will the audit look at? 202 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:22,000 No, I think the audit is looking at consistency of disciplinary action taken. 203 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,240 That's my interpretation of that. 204 00:16:24,300 --> 00:16:28,920 Okay, so they won't be looking at necessarily the recording, they'll be looking at what 205 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,680 what the disproportionate response was? 206 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:32,980 Yes, based on the recording, you know, 207 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,680 on the documentation, most likely, yeah. 208 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:38,620 So that, too, I think will be a great practice 209 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:40,860 for you at the moment, you know, 210 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:44,720 to improve consistency across disciplinary actions. 211 00:16:47,750 --> 00:16:50,130 So that might be something that will help us 212 00:16:50,130 --> 00:16:54,770 as identifying before that first audit takes place, 213 00:16:54,770 --> 00:16:57,410 what some sort of tool that this is, 214 00:16:57,470 --> 00:16:59,110 if you're going through doing a financial audit, 215 00:16:59,110 --> 00:17:02,590 Okay, here are the questions we're going to ask. 216 00:17:02,730 --> 00:17:05,150 Here's the indicator that we're going to look at 217 00:17:05,150 --> 00:17:06,810 because that's the answer to that question. 218 00:17:07,670 --> 00:17:10,710 So it just gives the audit team 219 00:17:10,710 --> 00:17:12,210 a little more confidence moving forward 220 00:17:12,210 --> 00:17:13,350 and what they're looking at 221 00:17:13,350 --> 00:17:15,590 and it's easier and more consistent 222 00:17:15,590 --> 00:17:18,230 to report back with the bill there. 223 00:17:18,610 --> 00:17:18,810 Okay. 224 00:17:35,710 --> 00:17:38,330 Good to move on to the attendance policy. 225 00:17:41,030 --> 00:17:42,230 Okay, I'll dive into that. 226 00:17:42,230 --> 00:17:49,910 Not a number of legislative work was done this past session on school attendance. 227 00:17:51,190 --> 00:18:00,870 So I want to acknowledge Melody Weston in our main office spent a lot of time on a 228 00:18:00,870 --> 00:18:06,550 massing documentation, helping us draft updates to policy. 229 00:18:07,410 --> 00:18:12,730 She built out a whole parent communication campaign that her parents here have seen. 230 00:18:13,750 --> 00:18:17,190 And so I just want to publicly appreciate her and her efforts on this. 231 00:18:18,590 --> 00:18:24,270 So this is our draft policy, which I shared with you. 232 00:18:25,310 --> 00:18:26,250 Some key points. 233 00:18:26,670 --> 00:18:33,510 There's a lot of attention on chronic absenteeism, which is 10% of school days. 234 00:18:37,210 --> 00:18:44,770 There are school to family interventions that we mapped out in our parent handbook for 235 00:18:44,770 --> 00:18:50,070 any families who hit like the 5% mark and then if they hit the 10% mark, those interventions 236 00:18:50,070 --> 00:18:56,130 are not mapped out in law, so we've developed those and we can tweet those as we start to 237 00:18:56,130 --> 00:18:58,650 try them out and see how they do or don't work. 238 00:18:58,650 --> 00:19:05,390 work, we want to work with families, we don't want to, you know, analyze them, we want 239 00:19:05,390 --> 00:19:10,050 to work with them and help remove barriers so that school attendance can remain a priority. 240 00:19:12,190 --> 00:19:19,870 The list of valid excuses is slightly modified. 241 00:19:21,230 --> 00:19:26,670 Every once in a while the legislature adds some really specific pieces to this, like mountain 242 00:19:26,670 --> 00:19:34,290 inviting, shooting sports. I use the development program at USU. So somebody look happy to do it for that, I guess. 243 00:19:36,790 --> 00:19:40,690 Rodeo participation is 244 00:19:45,770 --> 00:19:48,310 So yeah, 245 00:19:49,750 --> 00:19:56,150 Nate in that section, I'm sorry, yeah, where the section 80 reason a parent provides to justify students absent 246 00:19:56,150 --> 00:19:58,450 and if the student maintains a cumulative grade point average, 247 00:19:58,670 --> 00:19:59,350 but at least you'll point out, 248 00:20:00,050 --> 00:20:02,690 is that applicable to Edith Bowen? 249 00:20:02,930 --> 00:20:05,130 I mean, we're having questions about our secondary school. 250 00:20:05,950 --> 00:20:06,950 We wanted to bring this up. 251 00:20:07,210 --> 00:20:08,570 So good catch, Frank. 252 00:20:09,530 --> 00:20:11,210 We didn't know if maybe the language 253 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,410 should be, you know, tweaked for Edith Bowen. 254 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:16,890 So maybe it could say a student's absence 255 00:20:16,890 --> 00:20:19,190 if the student exists. 256 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:25,280 That's how we, as a parent, we get the report card 257 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:30,660 of exceeds or masters exceeds, right, approaching that kind of thing, could you do it in that language 258 00:20:30,660 --> 00:20:35,940 so the parent wouldn't understand it? Or is that not an intent to better think they're 259 00:20:35,940 --> 00:20:42,520 reading them? I'll share one of our concerns, as we're working through this policy, is if any 260 00:20:43,260 --> 00:20:49,060 absence can be excused, if a child has a GPA or performance at or above a certain level, 261 00:20:49,380 --> 00:20:54,820 then the only students who will be penalized by this policy are those who are already academically 262 00:20:54,820 --> 00:21:01,140 risk. The way this law is written in combination, there are two laws that were passed at the same 263 00:21:01,140 --> 00:21:08,580 time. In red and concert, there are multiple contradictions and how those laws can be applied. So 264 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:13,840 as a district leadership, one of the things we're looking at is this even a provision we want to 265 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:21,560 include in leadership in our policy because it immediately disadvantages in an equitable way. 266 00:21:24,180 --> 00:21:24,740 Students 267 00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:29,200 puts the administration in a really awkward position you know hey we want to go 268 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:35,060 this five day vacation while your students really struggling yeah well this 269 00:21:35,060 --> 00:21:41,500 is going to be really enriching for yeah I really have a 3.3 EPA so yeah but 270 00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:50,580 isn't it says for the 10% that's excused and excused right is anything like 271 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:56,220 Because it seems like the consequences are for unexcused, not so much for the 272 00:21:56,220 --> 00:22:00,820 excused. Is there anything for if you what happens if you miss 18 days but 273 00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:04,860 they were all excused? Yeah, that little trigger of the intervention was from 274 00:22:04,860 --> 00:22:09,920 the school to address chronic absenteeism, like meeting with the family, identifying 275 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,480 challenges, identifying resources that the school could 276 00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:16,120 reasonably provide. 277 00:22:18,140 --> 00:22:19,880 Unfortunately, there are a number of things that you thought 278 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:28,760 can do with our robust counseling team. We also have last year, our team, our counseling team 279 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:35,220 assembled a great brochure of all the community resources. You know, not indicating that we could 280 00:22:35,860 --> 00:22:40,780 fund those, but hey, here's somewhere you can go. So that's pretty new. I mean, I do have those 281 00:22:40,780 --> 00:22:46,580 conversations with handful of families every year, but we'll initiate those conversations much earlier 282 00:22:46,580 --> 00:22:52,200 this year. Going back to what Frank is saying, yeah, I don't know what the right language 283 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:56,960 to use is for an elementary school. The law, the legislators appear to want parents 284 00:22:56,960 --> 00:23:04,520 to be able to, you know, give any reason for excuse, which is interesting. The school's 285 00:23:04,520 --> 00:23:10,220 can't ask for doctors notes anymore either. So, I mean, right now, a parent can just call 286 00:23:10,220 --> 00:23:23,700 say they're sick. They're sick. They're sick. They're sick. They're a little worried about that, but how many students, if this law were on the books last year, how many students and families would have been affected, do you think? 287 00:23:24,940 --> 00:23:26,560 Oh, I should have come with that number. 288 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:28,560 Oh, I get it. It's in my notes. 289 00:23:28,860 --> 00:23:31,800 Laura can pull it up. Let's see how close I can get. 290 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:39,020 So, maybe the question is, what percent of it is born families last year had chronic absenteeism? 291 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,720 What percent of students had chronic absenteeism? 292 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:42,900 I mean, you were at it. 293 00:23:43,620 --> 00:23:44,180 Yeah. 294 00:23:45,620 --> 00:23:47,760 And all circumstances would be considered. 295 00:23:47,940 --> 00:23:48,260 Of course. 296 00:23:48,580 --> 00:23:49,440 I understand that. 297 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:55,880 I mean, I guess 20 percent of our students had chronic absenteeism. 298 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:56,580 It's really high. 299 00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:10,340 It's interesting, though, the overall average attendance every day is in the mid-90s. 300 00:24:11,260 --> 00:24:17,860 But you have certain group of families that wait that tip the balance very heavily. 301 00:24:19,140 --> 00:24:19,640 I'm 302 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:29,780 wondering if it would be possible to keep everything up there as it is, other than 303 00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:34,880 remove that section that you have highlighted just because it's it's of awkward 304 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:39,680 application and an elementary setting but everything else the horsemanship, 305 00:24:39,860 --> 00:24:43,920 sportive rodeo, mountain biking, students, sports, you develop a program that 306 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:49,140 those are all those all remain and those are part of the policy just where a 307 00:24:49,540 --> 00:24:55,800 GPA isn't something that we often calculate if we'd say you know that's really 308 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,900 Yeah, that's a secondary provision. 309 00:24:59,420 --> 00:25:04,360 All these other things, though, we're going to acknowledge our part of the law and should 310 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:05,280 be part of our policy. 311 00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:08,660 So you're suggesting take out what I have in blue? 312 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:09,200 Yes. 313 00:25:09,660 --> 00:25:10,140 Just that. 314 00:25:10,220 --> 00:25:12,180 Everything else remains in. 315 00:25:17,260 --> 00:25:22,140 What I didn't really understand, you know, if you really pick up the words is, do they mean 316 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,440 including and only including? 317 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:25,680 I don't think so. 318 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:34,000 And I would look at removing the any reason a parent provides to justify a student's absence because that does 319 00:25:35,460 --> 00:25:38,160 Open the door. I mean there is no reason not to 320 00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:42,380 I'm not sure that'll keep us going 321 00:25:42,380 --> 00:25:45,760 I don't know that I worry with the leading bad. 322 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:51,230 Well, yeah, it probably 323 00:25:54,180 --> 00:25:56,980 isn't a problem to keep it, 324 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:58,740 because someone said, well, what about the GPA? 325 00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:01,720 Like, well, I can't tell you this would be a little calculator. 326 00:26:02,060 --> 00:26:04,800 So it becomes, it's in the tax, but it becomes a non-issue 327 00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:05,280 in application. 328 00:26:09,640 --> 00:26:14,060 Could we say something about, I wish it would indicate 329 00:26:14,060 --> 00:26:17,940 that, you know, the student's academic well-being 330 00:26:17,940 --> 00:26:18,820 would be considered. 331 00:26:18,820 --> 00:26:25,660 But to your point, we also don't want to create a disparity. 332 00:26:25,980 --> 00:26:26,220 Create. 333 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:26,840 Yeah. 334 00:26:27,140 --> 00:26:34,620 And I'm a believer that at your education is not just in the walls of your school experience. 335 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,020 It's with your family, too. 336 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,520 And the experiences that become available to you through your families. 337 00:26:40,180 --> 00:26:40,700 I 338 00:26:43,010 --> 00:26:47,110 think the reason we couldn't be the any reason that Karen may have is because 339 00:26:47,110 --> 00:26:49,890 excused absences count anyway. 340 00:26:49,890 --> 00:26:55,950 We do count towards the chronic absenteeism, which triggers the right intervention in some resources. 341 00:26:56,050 --> 00:26:57,710 This is any advantage to removing that. 342 00:26:58,970 --> 00:27:01,310 So you would say just remove the blue. 343 00:27:02,710 --> 00:27:04,030 The results are the same. 344 00:27:04,490 --> 00:27:05,350 In my understanding, right? 345 00:27:05,890 --> 00:27:08,310 Are there excuse for any of these reasons or not? 346 00:27:08,830 --> 00:27:10,870 The result for the triggering is the same. 347 00:27:11,510 --> 00:27:17,110 If it goes into the intervention, are the resources different depending on what if it's used or not excused? 348 00:27:18,790 --> 00:27:21,330 Yeah, I mean either way we would engage with the family. 349 00:27:21,990 --> 00:27:24,010 But it's not like, oh, these are all excused. 350 00:27:24,170 --> 00:27:27,070 So I'm going to send these resources to them or engage with them this way. 351 00:27:27,150 --> 00:27:27,230 No. 352 00:27:27,430 --> 00:27:29,210 Or these are all un-excuse, no differentiation. 353 00:27:29,610 --> 00:27:30,090 This way else. 354 00:27:30,370 --> 00:27:32,790 Then I don't see the results any different. 355 00:27:33,010 --> 00:27:36,610 Well, the un-excuse would trigger like the compulsory letter work quickly. 356 00:27:37,330 --> 00:27:42,630 Yeah, there are some more like serious actions that are taken with un-excuse. 357 00:27:44,310 --> 00:27:44,750 Yeah. 358 00:27:45,250 --> 00:27:52,750 The reason I like it is because unexcused absence, to me, suggests that the parent isn't paying attention. 359 00:27:53,750 --> 00:28:01,250 Because any parent who's actually paying attention or whether their kid goes to school or not, it's just going to call or fill out the form, and it's very easy. 360 00:28:01,250 --> 00:28:08,530 So that, if I were an administrator, I would take that as a clue of something larger at work. 361 00:28:09,190 --> 00:28:14,590 And so how I would intervene would maybe be adjusted based upon that. 362 00:28:15,510 --> 00:28:18,550 So that's why I feel like maybe we should leave it in. 363 00:28:22,830 --> 00:28:28,790 I'm okay with that. I get the other language really puts the administration in a text mod. 364 00:28:28,790 --> 00:28:36,710 So I'd suggest we leave it the way it is right now on the screen and revisit it if it becomes 365 00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:50,870 other points to draw your attention to pre-approval. So now vacations 366 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:11,880 so there's an indication here that the school will reasonably approve requests for absences 367 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:17,700 that are 10 days or less in duration. This has not been in our policy in the past. I'd like for 368 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:18,540 it to be in policy. 369 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:26,420 My rule in practice what I've been doing is if a family contacts me and 370 00:29:26,420 --> 00:29:33,420 says, hey, we already bought our tickets. We're going to Peru for a month or well, let me go into three 371 00:29:33,420 --> 00:29:40,400 weeks. Okay, thank you for letting me know. Please don't do that again. You know, please talk to me 372 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:49,380 first three weeks is a long time to leave a seat empty. Two weeks, I feel like it's 373 00:29:49,380 --> 00:29:53,940 reasonable and maybe once a year, but once you get past that, it feels like too 374 00:29:53,940 --> 00:29:54,260 much. 375 00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,280 Sometimes I have international families contact me and say, 376 00:30:01,260 --> 00:30:21,740 I think they fully realized that we're on a longer calendar than the university, and I have told families in the past, if you do that, you will need to withdraw a whole month, come on. So, and I have one family which I had another one adjusted vacation. So, how do you feel about that bar? 377 00:30:21,740 --> 00:30:22,780 person 378 00:30:33,470 --> 00:30:39,270 is a parent. I would think more than that seems excessive. But then you did bring 379 00:30:39,270 --> 00:30:48,010 up what if your what family does like two, five days right or not. Yeah, I'm taking 380 00:30:48,010 --> 00:30:54,410 three days here and four days here. That would that would trigger the chronic absenteeism stuff. 381 00:30:55,770 --> 00:31:00,350 But I don't know that we need to find a dream we need to find to policy to address 382 00:31:00,350 --> 00:31:06,950 that. This is also something I shared with families last night. This was a new focus on attendance. 383 00:31:09,050 --> 00:31:13,370 I indicated that vacations of more than three days need pre-approval. I thought that was in our 384 00:31:13,370 --> 00:31:31,670 draft policy, but I'm not seeing it. And then maybe the last will reason is that it's a 385 00:31:31,670 --> 00:31:32,570 Those are not in state law. 386 00:31:32,830 --> 00:31:34,870 The three days and the 10 days, those aren't in state law. 387 00:31:35,170 --> 00:31:36,170 But it would help us. 388 00:31:37,310 --> 00:31:39,730 I definitely think 10 days is a max. 389 00:31:40,130 --> 00:31:42,030 Especially where 10 days are consecutive absences. 390 00:31:42,030 --> 00:31:44,730 When you do the drops by state law, 391 00:31:44,910 --> 00:31:47,930 so they can parent understanding that you're gonna be 392 00:31:47,930 --> 00:31:49,150 absent more than 10 days. 393 00:31:49,750 --> 00:31:50,910 That's what the state says. 394 00:31:51,590 --> 00:31:52,810 You dropped out of school. 395 00:31:53,450 --> 00:31:53,730 Mm-hm. 396 00:31:53,970 --> 00:31:57,010 So is that excused absences or unexpected absences? 397 00:31:57,010 --> 00:31:58,790 10 days consecutive absences. 398 00:31:59,050 --> 00:31:59,490 Any kind. 399 00:32:06,530 --> 00:32:11,930 If you're at the state saying you're missing 10 consecutive days of school, you're considered 400 00:32:11,930 --> 00:32:12,710 to drop out. 401 00:32:13,710 --> 00:32:18,030 If you're excusing your child's absence for 10 consecutive days, you're putting your 402 00:32:18,030 --> 00:32:22,070 child in a situation where they're missing a lot of school. 403 00:32:23,530 --> 00:32:27,470 So I definitely think more than 10 days should not be allowed. 404 00:32:27,910 --> 00:32:28,310 Okay. 405 00:32:28,310 --> 00:32:29,790 I think they should be withdrawing after that. 406 00:32:30,210 --> 00:32:31,570 Provocation purposes, right? 407 00:32:32,390 --> 00:32:33,310 Yeah, illness is different. 408 00:32:35,410 --> 00:32:38,010 What does that look like in your internal system, 409 00:32:38,450 --> 00:32:40,770 when Sam and I go over four days, 410 00:32:41,550 --> 00:32:43,490 and I'm going to say, okay, I'm putting in my request. 411 00:32:44,610 --> 00:32:47,870 What burden does that put on, on EBS, for that? 412 00:32:48,130 --> 00:32:48,310 Yes. 413 00:32:48,430 --> 00:32:51,290 So we go in and we put a V, vacation on each of those days, 414 00:32:51,730 --> 00:32:56,890 and then we'll also be monitoring the total absences. 415 00:32:56,890 --> 00:33:00,150 So what happens if it's not approved? 416 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:03,440 Yeah, thank you for asking. 417 00:33:03,780 --> 00:33:08,460 So at five, unexcused absences, you get a notice of compulsory education. 418 00:33:10,140 --> 00:33:13,060 So that is right here. 419 00:33:13,900 --> 00:33:19,140 And then ten, well ten consecutive initiates a withdrawal, like Frank said. 420 00:33:21,780 --> 00:33:26,160 My work with DCFS, they've told me, 421 00:33:29,710 --> 00:33:36,030 call us if they have five more after your first five with a notice of 422 00:33:36,030 --> 00:33:40,170 compulsory education. And I've only had to do that once in the last eight years. 423 00:33:41,730 --> 00:33:45,350 In reference to your saying that this is just a e-tipo and policy on point D, 424 00:33:46,050 --> 00:33:51,690 three point D. That piece I was just referring to is that going to cause a new 425 00:33:51,690 --> 00:33:56,310 underwear for the office or as a parent if I get a non-approval do I get to find 426 00:33:56,310 --> 00:34:00,930 Why you know that kind of thing because it's not you said it's just an ebls policy and not 427 00:34:00,930 --> 00:34:04,350 It's like this yeah, yeah, no I can't 428 00:34:07,150 --> 00:34:10,710 Sorry, maybe no, no, no, I mean the rest of board doesn't 429 00:34:10,710 --> 00:34:13,890 It's a good question and welcome 430 00:34:17,690 --> 00:34:20,440 Those are the 431 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:25,540 I think those are the main like points you need to attend to 432 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,720 before approving the policy. 433 00:34:32,220 --> 00:34:33,040 Do you have any questions? 434 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:33,780 I can't, but it's a quick, 435 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:35,340 and it's probably a clarification. 436 00:34:35,700 --> 00:34:35,820 Yeah. 437 00:34:36,420 --> 00:34:39,220 So when this is like the 10 consecutive, excuse me, 438 00:34:39,300 --> 00:34:42,520 but then the student has an IT, it was 30, 439 00:34:42,720 --> 00:34:43,820 and I'm like, you're going to like hit 440 00:34:43,820 --> 00:34:45,540 in the six weeks of school before now. 441 00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,060 This is in the state model policy, 442 00:34:49,060 --> 00:34:51,080 because I had never heard that before. 443 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,500 I contacted folks in the state office 444 00:34:53,500 --> 00:34:55,980 and they confirmed this. 445 00:34:55,980 --> 00:34:58,200 Frank, I don't know if you've ever heard this. 446 00:34:59,140 --> 00:35:01,140 Yeah, we've had conversations about this year. 447 00:35:01,820 --> 00:35:05,100 They add extra days for students on IEPs 448 00:35:05,100 --> 00:35:08,580 to accommodate what they're considering 449 00:35:08,580 --> 00:35:11,560 is delays in transfer of paperwork 450 00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,380 between institutions and things like that. 451 00:35:14,580 --> 00:35:17,900 So they're trying what they've written in is more space. 452 00:35:18,740 --> 00:35:21,560 So what we do is, if you have a student who has the 10 days, 453 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:24,320 we start the process of withdrawing. 454 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,540 but in terms, they give that extra space 455 00:35:27,540 --> 00:35:29,620 because when a school exits a child, 456 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:32,660 they have to send their IEP paperwork somewhere, 457 00:35:32,820 --> 00:35:34,100 and they have to be tracking that there's 458 00:35:34,100 --> 00:35:36,840 not a discontinuous of services, 459 00:35:37,300 --> 00:35:38,940 so they provide districts and charters 460 00:35:38,940 --> 00:35:42,980 a little bit extra cushion to manage that process. 461 00:35:43,740 --> 00:35:46,820 Is that mandated by the state, or is that a recommendation? 462 00:35:47,860 --> 00:35:49,760 That's, there might be an issue. 463 00:35:50,380 --> 00:35:53,400 The way our special ed directors explain it to me, 464 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,580 We're not required to wait 30 days. 465 00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:58,240 We have the 30 days. 466 00:35:58,500 --> 00:36:01,460 So that's why it's more of a how do you allow schools 467 00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:05,100 to manage the IEP compliance piece of the issue 468 00:36:05,100 --> 00:36:07,000 when you have a child who's non-attending 469 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,100 and now you're exiting from there to your list? 470 00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:12,960 That's the way she's explaining. 471 00:36:13,220 --> 00:36:14,580 We don't have to do the 30 days. 472 00:36:14,780 --> 00:36:14,920 Okay. 473 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,980 The 30 days are there to allow the school time 474 00:36:18,980 --> 00:36:20,200 to manage the five days. 475 00:36:20,420 --> 00:36:21,600 Could we set a different limit? 476 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:29,500 Could we put up two, three days, which implies that we don't sooner have to do with this? 477 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:37,980 Yeah, if we put up two, then that kind of implies that that's not expected to be 30 days for every student. 478 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:39,800 Yeah, we're going to have to do something. 479 00:36:44,590 --> 00:36:46,430 I don't have any concern with that. 480 00:36:47,270 --> 00:36:50,850 I would be really surprised if this ever happens. 481 00:36:51,090 --> 00:36:55,590 I mean, these are like the families not contacting you at all. 482 00:36:56,270 --> 00:37:02,450 You know, yeah, no communication, no ability to get a sense of, you know, excusing the 483 00:37:02,450 --> 00:37:09,710 absences, but in less advantaged communities, I can see this happening. 484 00:37:12,940 --> 00:37:14,980 That being said, we want robust policies. 485 00:37:19,220 --> 00:37:23,580 So for now, we'll just add up to you and if somebody learns something to the contrary, please 486 00:37:23,580 --> 00:37:23,980 let us know. 487 00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:29,020 Any other questions? 488 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:44,080 All right. We didn't even like to pour an emotion to accept the attendance policy, so it was revised, I guess. Thank you. Second vote. 489 00:37:48,060 --> 00:37:48,500 Favorite? 490 00:37:48,580 --> 00:37:48,760 Aye. 491 00:37:50,660 --> 00:37:51,100 Opposed? 492 00:37:53,340 --> 00:37:54,220 Thank you. 493 00:37:55,260 --> 00:37:56,620 I'm not letting you all be really happy. 494 00:37:57,820 --> 00:37:58,580 That's so hard on us. 495 00:38:00,060 --> 00:38:00,820 That's so all the teachers. 496 00:38:03,820 --> 00:38:08,540 The next is the criminal background check and reference check policy. 497 00:38:09,740 --> 00:38:11,920 Jennifer is going to head this up for us. 498 00:38:12,200 --> 00:38:14,960 We should bring it up and see if anybody wants to see it. 499 00:38:15,940 --> 00:38:25,840 A few weeks ago I did an audit with the Bureau of Criminal Identification for our audits that we do. 500 00:38:29,860 --> 00:38:41,020 So we are in compliance, but I was looking at the policy that we have that's been on record and the last time this was looked at was in 2016. 501 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:54,640 So I have gone through and updated the rule law, which has changed numbers with the state of Utah, and then added in some additional wording. 502 00:38:54,640 --> 00:39:01,960 So, um, one thing that Nate and I, as we were going through these laws, um, realized, 503 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:07,200 you know, we need to have a signed reference check so the employees that were offering positions 504 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:15,020 too, they have to sign a release to have us check their references and we have to verify 505 00:39:15,020 --> 00:39:20,540 that, you know, what was disciplinary action, if anything's like that. 506 00:39:20,540 --> 00:39:30,080 So, we needed to add that to this policy, as well as a section of what happens if the 507 00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:34,400 EVLS employee that's handling the background checks does something, what's the disciplinary 508 00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:34,940 action. 509 00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:36,060 So, 510 00:39:38,260 --> 00:39:45,760 we, I came up with this paragraph that usually, so currently right now, the only people 511 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:50,220 in the school that have access to BCI is myself and Nate. 512 00:39:52,340 --> 00:39:54,880 I look at the background checks when they come through. 513 00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:59,140 If there is any red flags, Nate and I have discussion. 514 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:01,700 Proof the law. 515 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:05,780 I'm not allowed to download any information, share any information that's on anyone's background 516 00:40:05,780 --> 00:40:06,140 check. 517 00:40:06,540 --> 00:40:10,200 If I do, I am subject to class being a smear. 518 00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:14,820 I told Nate I'm like, that's never happening that I'm going to have to tell what the legal 519 00:40:14,820 --> 00:40:22,360 issue. So if that's ever discovered even long after I leave my position, then that 520 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:27,440 person that's running these background checks could result in even termination of their 521 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:34,440 position. So just needed to update the policy and make sure that the board approved that 522 00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,380 before we made that live on the website. 523 00:40:37,380 --> 00:40:37,940 so. 524 00:40:40,220 --> 00:40:44,820 And this is only for volunteers who are getting unsupervised access to 525 00:40:44,820 --> 00:40:48,400 students. All volunteers still have to do the cross check with the sex 526 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:53,380 offenders database, correct? That's that's a good question. So we do have a new 527 00:40:53,380 --> 00:40:58,260 check-in system but we'll need to ask. Yeah. Nobody's been working on that. We've 528 00:40:58,260 --> 00:41:03,880 also we also have the Raptor Technologies contract under review by USC right 529 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:18,370 now. So yeah so volunteers I know anybody who checks into the school 530 00:41:18,370 --> 00:41:23,330 needs to be checked against the database. Any volunteers have to do this 531 00:41:23,330 --> 00:41:27,250 ex-fender database if they're going to have unsupervised access. The 532 00:41:27,250 --> 00:41:34,830 students have to do the BCI. Okay that's what I'm wondering so if parents are 533 00:41:34,830 --> 00:41:37,030 of volunteering in the classroom, even supervised. 534 00:41:37,290 --> 00:41:38,090 Yep, great. 535 00:41:38,430 --> 00:41:38,990 We need to check. 536 00:41:39,170 --> 00:41:41,850 Yeah, just the cross reference with the sex 537 00:41:41,850 --> 00:41:42,530 vendor database. 538 00:41:42,870 --> 00:41:46,010 OK, does that happen when we scan into the system that 539 00:41:46,010 --> 00:41:47,290 automatically does that? 540 00:41:47,490 --> 00:41:47,570 Yeah. 541 00:41:47,830 --> 00:41:49,470 And that's the raptor technologies 542 00:41:49,470 --> 00:41:52,590 that we're trying to get in place so that it will just happen. 543 00:41:52,890 --> 00:41:55,150 Yeah, and which system are you guys using? 544 00:41:56,070 --> 00:41:56,330 Do you know? 545 00:41:56,730 --> 00:41:58,370 Oh, is it homegrown? 546 00:41:59,010 --> 00:42:00,410 No, no, it's purchased. 547 00:42:01,130 --> 00:42:01,410 OK. 548 00:42:04,550 --> 00:42:08,270 I know we've looked at Raptor, I can't remember if that's the one we're using or 549 00:42:08,270 --> 00:42:10,650 not, but I know that's one of the things that's going to happen. 550 00:42:12,190 --> 00:42:17,710 No, we're just, we're working right now with USU contracts to get that approved favor requested 551 00:42:17,710 --> 00:42:22,590 some additional information from Raptor, so I'm waiting for them to get me back those documents 552 00:42:22,590 --> 00:42:29,130 and then I'm hoping within the next week that we've got that signed and we're done with. 553 00:42:29,130 --> 00:42:35,650 It may be an easy step to update our current system to make sure it's checking against 554 00:42:35,650 --> 00:42:36,890 the registry because it's public. 555 00:42:37,650 --> 00:42:37,950 Yeah. 556 00:42:38,130 --> 00:42:43,830 You just need an API to put it in the database, or maybe we'll end up going with Raptor. 557 00:42:44,390 --> 00:42:45,030 And I don't know. 558 00:42:45,190 --> 00:42:49,750 It has to be, sorry, part of this policy where this is specifically criminal background checks 559 00:42:49,750 --> 00:42:51,550 and the reference check process. 560 00:42:51,970 --> 00:42:52,110 Right. 561 00:42:52,230 --> 00:42:53,430 So I think that's great. 562 00:42:53,430 --> 00:43:02,950 I just was wondering if we have recorded anywhere if it's best to put it in this process or if it's best put it someplace else that all volunteers 563 00:43:03,650 --> 00:43:07,030 Do also go through a check to prepare for the safety 564 00:43:08,070 --> 00:43:14,610 So we can't add that until they get their system right so that's what I don't know if it needs to be included here 565 00:43:14,610 --> 00:43:19,550 Or if it would be something once that's established we come back and say hey, can we know how to run it just says? Yeah 566 00:43:19,550 --> 00:43:20,970 just clarifies 567 00:43:20,970 --> 00:43:25,770 Um, just a quick question on how your district is doing it. 568 00:43:26,270 --> 00:43:29,290 Um, so if you do have someone that volunteers at the school, 569 00:43:29,450 --> 00:43:31,430 it comes in a scandal badge, right? 570 00:43:31,710 --> 00:43:32,690 It red flags. 571 00:43:33,190 --> 00:43:34,290 Fader on the list. 572 00:43:34,750 --> 00:43:36,570 What, how do you guys handle that? 573 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:37,790 Cuff them. 574 00:43:40,750 --> 00:43:44,730 If that happens, then the administration has to have a conversation 575 00:43:44,730 --> 00:43:48,410 with that person saying, hey, something has just come up flagged. 576 00:43:48,410 --> 00:43:51,510 before we have you volunteer, we need to follow up. 577 00:43:51,770 --> 00:43:53,470 We do have, there have been cases where 578 00:43:53,470 --> 00:43:55,330 someone's in an accurately flag, 579 00:43:55,530 --> 00:43:57,110 it pulls a record from another person, 580 00:43:57,290 --> 00:43:58,730 we have it stabbed, they're saying name, 581 00:43:59,550 --> 00:44:00,610 and we've gotta check that. 582 00:44:00,690 --> 00:44:02,430 So we have had a couple of situations like that. 583 00:44:02,930 --> 00:44:04,430 So the administration just asked 584 00:44:04,430 --> 00:44:05,810 that conversation with them to, 585 00:44:05,870 --> 00:44:07,350 hey, here's what just came up. 586 00:44:08,830 --> 00:44:10,650 Well, I know that we had, yeah, 587 00:44:10,770 --> 00:44:12,730 and I've had that conversation with RSRO 588 00:44:12,730 --> 00:44:14,710 that I said, what happens at that point? 589 00:44:15,090 --> 00:44:16,150 You know, what do we do? 590 00:44:16,150 --> 00:44:22,150 And the talk has been that if it would just err on their side, we would see this red, 591 00:44:23,210 --> 00:44:29,970 hey, it's flagged, it's to notify him so that we know, okay, are we good or are we not, 592 00:44:30,110 --> 00:44:34,470 because he said, you know, legally there's cases where you may have someone that's flagged, 593 00:44:34,470 --> 00:44:39,970 but because of their kid goes to that school and they're here for an event like a play 594 00:44:40,450 --> 00:44:42,890 that they can be here to watch that play. 595 00:44:42,890 --> 00:44:47,030 So I know that there's some wiggle things on that side too if they're flat 596 00:44:47,030 --> 00:44:52,610 So yeah, it doesn't seem like it's very black and white and that would be the difference between them volunteering 597 00:44:52,610 --> 00:44:59,830 I came to do okay, but we still for example on an elementary school. We would have everyone check in right but 598 00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:28,780 We, we wouldn't do the, the sex offender database check with everybody who comes to a third grain assembly. Right. Only if they were helping run the assembly, if they were doing prep activities, etc. Then they're volunteering and we've got to do it. So you're right. There are, there are situations where a person a parent might come into the school. And then we wouldn't require the background check because of the type of activity there. Okay. But I company in the class on the field trip. Yeah. They need to. Okay. 599 00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:36,040 It seems like it's easier to have a system that checks everybody and then ask them what they're doing in the school that day. 600 00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:37,480 I'm going to watch the play. 601 00:45:38,820 --> 00:45:41,860 In some cases, yeah, it depends on the class. 602 00:45:42,460 --> 00:45:44,700 Then that's a different scenario. 603 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:52,800 And if you happen like the fifth grade program that's been done, if you were trying to check everybody coming in and saying, 604 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:53,760 Yeah, now where are you here? 605 00:45:54,620 --> 00:45:57,360 You're lying just because you don't know what you're talking about. 606 00:45:57,460 --> 00:45:58,760 That's true, but we don't do that. 607 00:45:58,900 --> 00:45:59,100 That's true. 608 00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:00,660 Oh, that's the only part. 609 00:46:00,660 --> 00:46:00,760 Yeah. 610 00:46:01,220 --> 00:46:02,000 Parts should be over. 611 00:46:02,060 --> 00:46:02,380 Plays over. 612 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:02,980 Okay. 613 00:46:04,300 --> 00:46:06,000 Sorry, we didn't get to the last five people. 614 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:06,460 Yeah. 615 00:46:07,020 --> 00:46:11,380 When you have implemented this in other schools, do you find that you do like the supervisor 616 00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:12,620 unsupervised, right? 617 00:46:12,680 --> 00:46:18,620 Because the policy talks about supervisors unsupervised, or you just say no, we're going to cover all the 618 00:46:18,620 --> 00:46:23,340 liabilities and anyone whether they're supervised or not we check. Well we do 619 00:46:23,340 --> 00:46:28,080 the sex offender with everyone. We because the BCI comes at an additional 620 00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,800 expense we don't do that with everybody we've just really worked on training 621 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:37,400 principals and teachers said you can't let this person be unsupervised which 622 00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:41,840 they have to be in the room with a school employee so you can't take a volunteer 623 00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:45,440 you have a volunteer take a child out in the hallway and read with them they're 624 00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:49,520 in the classroom where they're supervised by staff. So there are some logistical things 625 00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:55,480 that you have to change the norms, but once everyone understands that and it's part of 626 00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:59,960 being compliant and safety for kids, everyone says, okay, we can do it. 627 00:46:59,980 --> 00:47:04,180 But that'd be the case for like playground supervision, like you know how we have parents 628 00:47:04,180 --> 00:47:08,040 to learn when our supervisors are, you know, between semesters. 629 00:47:09,060 --> 00:47:15,940 Yeah, so we it's been really rare that we would have a volunteer that is 630 00:47:15,940 --> 00:47:20,540 supervised. I mean with with the number of employees that are out there even 631 00:47:20,540 --> 00:47:26,080 now with pairing volunteers serving on the playground we haven't made them go 632 00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:35,960 do fingerprint checks. I think the only time maybe this has come up for us has 633 00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:41,540 then I think like with the Frisbee program sometimes the volunteer is way 634 00:47:41,540 --> 00:47:46,260 on the other end of the field with kids and Dr. Kaws is maybe on some other 635 00:47:46,260 --> 00:47:50,060 end and so to be safe we've had them do fingerprints. 636 00:47:55,020 --> 00:48:00,120 So that is the update. I don't 637 00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:05,960 know if anybody has any other questions or comments. I have a little question and 638 00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:07,860 And you may have already explained this in the group, 639 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,560 but on the reference check piece on 3.0, right? 640 00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:13,860 So is this legal to say, hey, we're 641 00:48:13,860 --> 00:48:14,920 going to contact your past employer. 642 00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:16,180 We're going to ask them all these things. 643 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:19,220 And we're going to expect them to tell us 644 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,600 because really traditionally, right, employers would say, 645 00:48:22,660 --> 00:48:23,880 the only thing I can tell you is they're hired 646 00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:25,740 and they're end date, right? 647 00:48:25,820 --> 00:48:28,180 I can't tell you anything else for definition by ability. 648 00:48:28,500 --> 00:48:32,400 Yeah, so per roll code 53GL1N for all of it for that. 649 00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:37,620 So the blue is actually copied directly off of that rule. 650 00:48:37,940 --> 00:48:39,620 Yeah, they have to sign a release. 651 00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:41,540 Yeah, well, no, I know they do. 652 00:48:41,660 --> 00:48:44,620 Yeah, but that doesn't mean as if I'm the last employer, 653 00:48:44,620 --> 00:48:45,740 I wouldn't touch that with them. 654 00:48:45,740 --> 00:48:51,280 And if anybody, yeah, if anyone refuses to sign that reference 655 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:54,120 check, then we can't pursue that any further. 656 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:54,620 Sure. 657 00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,980 Also, if they refuse to do a background check, 658 00:48:58,980 --> 00:49:01,700 then that would be a fault in just a short time. 659 00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:03,100 Yeah, I think so. 660 00:49:09,020 --> 00:49:09,900 Do you have anything else? 661 00:49:10,140 --> 00:49:14,240 Well, your question, if you call the past employer 662 00:49:14,240 --> 00:49:17,380 and you get that, then it's something I would use. 663 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:17,760 Then what? 664 00:49:18,140 --> 00:49:20,560 Yeah, can you send them at least to the past employer? 665 00:49:20,820 --> 00:49:22,800 Because really that would be the only way to be effective. 666 00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:25,560 You mean if the employer says I don't feel 667 00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:26,860 like I can disclose that information? 668 00:49:27,420 --> 00:49:28,900 Right, because no employer is going to disclose that. 669 00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,880 Not allow the person to volunteer, 670 00:49:31,880 --> 00:49:36,400 here do you have another step where you send the sign 671 00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:39,920 documents to do that like what happens with that I 672 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:43,060 was probably refer them to this law and have them 673 00:49:43,060 --> 00:49:46,840 reconsidered like review and call me back and what is 674 00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:50,180 a LEA stand for I'm sorry local education authority 675 00:49:50,180 --> 00:49:55,680 okay pretty sure I couldn't have said yeah so in a 676 00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:58,980 district the district is the LEA yeah thank you I 677 00:50:01,100 --> 00:50:03,780 I need the key to the map, okay, thank you. 678 00:50:04,180 --> 00:50:04,880 Ask away. 679 00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:09,860 So this is for volunteers and employees. 680 00:50:11,300 --> 00:50:11,400 Yep. 681 00:50:11,720 --> 00:50:13,620 So every volunteer will have to have, 682 00:50:13,760 --> 00:50:15,080 I'm supervised volunteer. 683 00:50:16,520 --> 00:50:17,840 Okay, it doesn't say that. 684 00:50:20,180 --> 00:50:21,620 And where is it at? 685 00:50:24,910 --> 00:50:27,570 Well, in C, I mean, maybe it should say earlier, 686 00:50:27,570 --> 00:50:28,770 but in C it says, 687 00:50:28,770 --> 00:50:33,690 It is not given unsupervised volunteers, I'm into a potential volunteer who does not sign or receive it. 688 00:50:33,930 --> 00:50:37,730 It is also in one in one, the light is being played volunteer. 689 00:50:38,010 --> 00:50:39,330 Who in one is in one? 690 00:50:39,330 --> 00:50:43,170 A volunteer who begins to give in to the kinds of services that are associated with volunteer assignments. 691 00:50:44,350 --> 00:50:45,190 Where it is in one? 692 00:50:45,190 --> 00:50:45,890 It is in one? 693 00:50:46,030 --> 00:50:46,390 One. 694 00:50:48,070 --> 00:50:48,870 I don't know. 695 00:50:49,890 --> 00:50:50,850 Oh, unsupervised. 696 00:50:51,250 --> 00:50:51,470 The 697 00:51:05,450 --> 00:51:11,250 light which in three A then be changed to a potential volunteer with unsupervised access. 698 00:51:11,490 --> 00:51:12,410 I think that should be clarified. 699 00:51:12,410 --> 00:51:18,990 Yeah, yeah, with potential, I'm super advised to get access. 700 00:51:25,150 --> 00:51:29,220 I just copy that straight out of the book. 701 00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:33,530 Yeah, since this deals with employment, 702 00:51:33,530 --> 00:51:39,370 I would also wonder based upon current practice at EBLS 703 00:51:39,370 --> 00:51:43,490 if this falls within what USU's policies are. 704 00:51:43,850 --> 00:51:46,190 Because our charter says that employment goes 705 00:51:46,190 --> 00:51:48,010 through USU policies and procedures. 706 00:51:48,430 --> 00:51:48,770 Right. 707 00:51:48,930 --> 00:51:50,290 So how does this? 708 00:51:50,290 --> 00:51:58,090 So, with this section, that's the background, like the 709 00:51:58,090 --> 00:52:03,870 disciplinary action. So, USU actually doesn't have a written policy on the 710 00:52:03,870 --> 00:52:08,690 disciplinary action of sharing background information. They only have one 711 00:52:08,690 --> 00:52:13,090 that what was, I can't remember the exact wordage, but it had to do with like data 712 00:52:13,090 --> 00:52:18,930 privacy, confidentiality, and that they're like it could possibly an 713 00:52:18,930 --> 00:52:28,130 intermination. Yes, with us being USU employees, we have to follow both. And that's a lot of our 714 00:52:28,130 --> 00:52:38,910 policies do reference Utah code for public ed and some USU code. So but all USU employees are, 715 00:52:39,210 --> 00:52:41,650 they are subject to a background check as well. 716 00:52:46,430 --> 00:52:48,010 I'm sorry, did I not answer your question? 717 00:52:49,290 --> 00:52:56,750 I guess what I'm trying to understand is, is this policy in addition to, or separate, 718 00:52:57,170 --> 00:52:59,870 so are there two background checks that will have to go on in other words? 719 00:52:59,950 --> 00:53:04,690 No, so I, so USU allows us to do a third party background check. 720 00:53:05,130 --> 00:53:09,650 So when we post the position, we tell them it's going to be third party. 721 00:53:10,110 --> 00:53:16,170 And then USU confirms with me that, hey, did the background check get done? 722 00:53:16,710 --> 00:53:17,030 Okay. 723 00:53:17,030 --> 00:53:25,570 So that is still part of discussion with USU because they want me to download those and I can't legally. 724 00:53:26,090 --> 00:53:33,790 So it's been a discussion for a couple of years and I just didn't like I'm not downloading them. 725 00:53:34,530 --> 00:53:44,250 So if push comes to shove these could end up costing our department more because we may have to go through USU's background 726 00:53:44,250 --> 00:53:48,870 and then do BCIs background with fingerprinting and I'm hoping we don't get 727 00:53:48,870 --> 00:53:57,520 to that point so yeah but I mean I could see it going that way but I'm not 728 00:53:57,520 --> 00:54:02,420 willing to download something that I've been told and they've now even been told 729 00:54:02,420 --> 00:54:09,920 through the auditor do not do it so so this policy is to be compliant with the 730 00:54:09,920 --> 00:54:19,740 Yes, and USU is right. So USU has a team of three people that do the job postings. 731 00:54:20,020 --> 00:54:26,560 They check, you know, did they get a background check done. And then about every six 732 00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:31,080 months they'll reach out to me and say, hey, you did not upload your third party background 733 00:54:31,080 --> 00:54:38,320 check. And I'm like, well, they've all been approved. They're all there. So we 734 00:54:41,300 --> 00:54:41,480 are in 735 00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:42,280 We're compliant with both. 736 00:54:48,510 --> 00:54:52,070 Do we have any more discussion, questions? 737 00:54:53,310 --> 00:54:53,990 Great event. 738 00:54:56,160 --> 00:55:00,020 Would someone please forward a motion about this policy? 739 00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:00,500 Would 740 00:55:04,820 --> 00:55:05,620 you approve it? 741 00:55:06,680 --> 00:55:07,400 I'll second you. 742 00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:08,080 Thank you. 743 00:55:08,660 --> 00:55:09,020 Thank you. 744 00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:10,120 Those in favor? 745 00:55:11,160 --> 00:55:11,540 All right. 746 00:55:14,760 --> 00:55:15,260 See you. 747 00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:18,160 Thank you. 748 00:55:18,260 --> 00:55:18,640 Thank you. 749 00:55:18,860 --> 00:55:19,640 Thank you. 750 00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:20,800 It's been a long time. 751 00:55:21,140 --> 00:55:21,860 Thank you for the time. 752 00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:23,280 You're fine. 753 00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:25,300 You go ahead and give that to her. 754 00:55:25,300 --> 00:55:26,800 Put me in the middle of the second. 755 00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:27,080 Oh. 756 00:55:27,340 --> 00:55:27,980 Or Christmas. 757 00:55:28,580 --> 00:55:29,140 Yeah, you do. 758 00:55:29,620 --> 00:55:29,660 Christmas. 759 00:55:30,620 --> 00:55:31,140 Christmas. 760 00:55:31,580 --> 00:55:31,620 Christmas. 761 00:55:32,420 --> 00:55:32,560 Yeah. 762 00:55:33,180 --> 00:55:34,440 In being second. 763 00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:35,540 In being second. 764 00:55:35,860 --> 00:55:35,920 Yeah. 765 00:55:37,460 --> 00:55:38,940 That's the best I can swear to you. 766 00:55:41,300 --> 00:55:41,900 Lauren? 767 00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:42,600 Oh. 768 00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:43,500 Yeah. 769 00:55:44,900 --> 00:55:51,740 So I just took all of our policies and built a review schedule so 770 00:55:51,740 --> 00:55:54,500 that we would have a consistent 10 year cycle. 771 00:55:54,500 --> 00:55:59,780 I prioritized this year the things we were all really talking about, the things we knew were outdated, 772 00:56:00,500 --> 00:56:05,240 the things we know we had in the legislation that we needed to address, put those in here one, 773 00:56:05,620 --> 00:56:11,560 so I would guess that after year one we might filter some of those, spread them out more evenly, 774 00:56:12,000 --> 00:56:16,460 and then I tried to cluster them so that as we were talking policy we would be talking about 775 00:56:16,460 --> 00:56:21,760 things that were similar, oddly they don't all line up in number just because they followed 776 00:56:21,760 --> 00:56:27,200 different categories but you know the year that we have health issues might be a year that we 777 00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:32,820 would bring in our school nurse and talk through policy with her and be talking about common types of 778 00:56:32,820 --> 00:56:40,400 things and just make a reasonable amount to address each year. Obviously if something came up in 779 00:56:40,400 --> 00:56:45,500 legislation we would just bump something up to the current year but I think it's good for us to 780 00:56:45,500 --> 00:56:53,180 constantly be looking at these and just making sure we're saying current and if we have a clear table we can 781 00:56:53,180 --> 00:56:53,640 do 782 00:56:56,200 --> 00:57:03,460 we want to engage the same policy review committee that was helping us last year or do so that was 783 00:57:03,460 --> 00:57:12,760 Chris Whitney and Frank or would you suggest that others participate I'm open to whatever you decide 784 00:57:12,760 --> 00:57:19,340 And I would suggest that we have like a monthly meeting, you know, to look at it and we 785 00:57:19,340 --> 00:57:20,820 may get through these more 786 00:57:22,930 --> 00:57:25,430 quickly than nine months, but I don't know. 787 00:57:26,370 --> 00:57:30,290 I have a suggestion just because I saw that travel is year two. 788 00:57:30,870 --> 00:57:37,010 There's a lot of university travel changes coming in November and just now I just quickly 789 00:57:37,010 --> 00:57:37,850 scroll through this. 790 00:57:37,850 --> 00:57:47,470 So, I probably, as those changes come to be, we probably need to update this sooner. 791 00:57:48,070 --> 00:57:55,490 So, and I can show you an insight here, you guys can, but yes, there is a lot coming 792 00:57:55,490 --> 00:57:56,970 that's with travel, so. 793 00:57:57,310 --> 00:58:02,090 There's also two policies I'm aware of, that you just want hasn't adopted yet. 794 00:58:02,090 --> 00:58:14,170 once a language access policy and there's another one that I'll work with Stephen on the agenda to prioritize. 795 00:58:16,340 --> 00:58:26,200 I would say that like the process would be that Nate and I sit down and go through our policies draft edits or edit increase in draft. 796 00:58:26,560 --> 00:58:27,460 It's been a long day. 797 00:58:28,340 --> 00:58:36,700 with suggestions that we would then bring to you the policy review committee to discuss and then bring to the board once we've gone away. 798 00:58:38,500 --> 00:58:41,360 Yeah, if that's the structure I'm playing with being the committee again. 799 00:58:41,940 --> 00:58:45,440 I think we want to make it as efficient as possible. You can do it well. 800 00:58:45,600 --> 00:58:46,160 I can do it again. 801 00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:48,260 Oh, that's very kind. Yeah, Becky. 802 00:58:48,600 --> 00:58:54,180 I appreciate there are a lot of policies that need to go through and are limited resources, 803 00:58:54,180 --> 00:59:04,440 but I'm just thinking outside the box from the perspective of parents if we are only reviewing certain policies once every ten years, that that could be a concern. 804 00:59:05,380 --> 00:59:21,920 And totally understand what we're working with, but how do we address only looking at a policy once every ten years and the parents perspective? 805 00:59:21,920 --> 00:59:35,530 I think this is going to be a living document, you know, if our state legislature makes a lot of movement on something, we'll need to change the timeline. 806 00:59:36,590 --> 00:59:43,250 If it's a highly, maybe contested policy, I think we should review more often. 807 00:59:44,560 --> 00:59:51,360 Okay. So maybe just with the reassurance to more infection. So this might be 808 00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:59,600 a little later than. Yeah, absolutely. Never go along with the 10. But many things will come up earlier. 809 01:00:01,520 --> 01:00:30,440 I think depending upon how fast we actually, through the policy that could, you know, find us in April. And we've finished everything in, you know, year one column. And so maybe we grab a couple from year two. And, you know, I think, like Nate said, I think we look at it as a living document, you know, fixed. We're only going to do it after 10 years more like try to do it sooner. It sounds great. Just wanted to voice the 810 01:00:30,440 --> 01:00:36,900 with the perspective and share the way we can view it 811 01:00:37,440 --> 01:00:39,080 as a living doctor, that's a great thing. 812 01:00:39,960 --> 01:00:40,220 Yeah, good. 813 01:00:40,600 --> 01:00:44,740 I also think that parents would probably prefer 814 01:00:44,740 --> 01:00:46,480 that night, night, night, night, night hours 815 01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:49,940 writing policy and rather be in classrooms with kids. 816 01:00:51,120 --> 01:00:53,560 So finding a good balance for me was like, 817 01:00:54,360 --> 01:00:55,780 this takes a lot of time 818 01:00:55,780 --> 01:00:57,360 that I'm not as students and teachers. 819 01:00:58,120 --> 01:00:59,740 And I would weigh rather being the students 820 01:00:59,740 --> 01:01:05,940 teachers how much can we get done in a reasonable time? So for me it was like I had it at five years 821 01:01:05,940 --> 01:01:14,280 and I was like this is multiple policies every month. I'll never get back to a classroom. So it's a 822 01:01:14,280 --> 01:01:20,220 it's a careful balance. Yeah, of course. Yeah. Well eventually A.I. is going to solve all our problems. 823 01:01:24,980 --> 01:01:25,460 Thank 824 01:01:28,880 --> 01:01:29,360 you. 825 01:01:29,480 --> 01:01:30,400 Any other points on that? 826 01:01:30,860 --> 01:01:31,240 Thanks, Lauren. 827 01:01:37,090 --> 01:01:37,670 Should I move on? 828 01:01:38,070 --> 01:01:38,250 Yeah. 829 01:01:39,030 --> 01:01:43,770 The annual focus is, I mean, they're not very sensational, but the implementation of the recommendations 830 01:01:44,330 --> 01:01:47,450 on the student discipline and bullying, that's going to be a key focus. 831 01:01:48,750 --> 01:01:54,030 And then the attendance, you know, fine-tuning this, use new attendance expectations. 832 01:01:56,010 --> 01:01:58,750 Obviously, we want to make the magic happen, right? 833 01:01:59,250 --> 01:02:03,350 And I think getting those pieces nailed down will continue 834 01:02:03,350 --> 01:02:07,670 to increase our capacity for making all 835 01:02:07,670 --> 01:02:10,010 of the other wonderful things happen at Edith Bowen. 836 01:02:10,250 --> 01:02:16,610 So just to, well, there's three highlights I want to make 837 01:02:16,610 --> 01:02:17,110 quickly. 838 01:02:17,910 --> 01:02:20,510 We have two new fifth grade teachers. 839 01:02:21,160 --> 01:02:22,850 We're really excited about here. 840 01:02:23,430 --> 01:02:26,470 Mrs. Pugh came over from Greenville Elementary. 841 01:02:26,890 --> 01:02:28,470 She's been teaching fifth grade for many years, 842 01:02:28,470 --> 01:02:31,290 and she's really excited to teach fifth grade at E.F. Bowen. 843 01:02:32,050 --> 01:02:36,010 So she has this real skill set related to fifth grade, 844 01:02:36,590 --> 01:02:38,050 and Felice from a survey. 845 01:02:39,410 --> 01:02:44,470 She was teaching at E.F. Bowen, and then took a hiatus, I guess, 846 01:02:44,790 --> 01:02:47,150 and did grad school and wanted to come back. 847 01:02:47,910 --> 01:02:51,410 We think she may be the only person ever hired twice by E.F. Bowen. 848 01:02:51,410 --> 01:02:55,190 So we're really excited to have her back so she knows it is 849 01:02:55,190 --> 01:02:59,910 born really well. She brings that to the team and Stacey brings the fifth grade 850 01:02:59,910 --> 01:03:02,590 expertise to the team and we're really excited about them. 851 01:03:04,170 --> 01:03:13,050 We also have, we're promoting the statewide readathon on October 2nd that the 852 01:03:13,050 --> 01:03:20,550 governor and first lady declared and we've been engaging with Teal and multiple 853 01:03:20,550 --> 01:03:27,110 parents and the president's office. We got to meet with President Martinson earlier and he 854 01:03:27,110 --> 01:03:32,190 and his chief of staff are all on board with making this a campus-wide initiative. We're really 855 01:03:32,190 --> 01:03:39,530 excited to get Edith Bowen's students reading with folks all over campus. And then you know this 856 01:03:39,530 --> 01:03:44,910 already but keeping this on our radar, we have the international conference we're hosting April 20. 857 01:03:44,910 --> 01:03:50,450 first second and third we'd love to have you involved however you know 858 01:03:50,450 --> 01:03:54,630 interested in getting involved we'll have probably around 100 to 120 folks 859 01:03:54,630 --> 01:04:00,910 from other lab schools I love connecting with other lab school people because they 860 01:04:00,910 --> 01:04:05,570 get it in a way that other charter schools don't get it and maybe district 861 01:04:05,570 --> 01:04:11,530 schools don't quite connect so it's really a cool community to be a part of 862 01:04:11,530 --> 01:04:15,740 And those are the highlights. 863 01:04:18,530 --> 01:04:19,490 Thank you. 864 01:04:20,250 --> 01:04:26,010 The next item is the closed session in order to go into the closed session. 865 01:04:26,430 --> 01:04:33,850 So we'll have to make a motion to hold a closed discussion session to discuss the character 866 01:04:33,850 --> 01:04:39,610 professional competence or physical or mental health of an individual who would sell on. 867 01:04:40,130 --> 01:04:41,130 Thank you. 868 01:04:46,040 --> 01:04:52,780 And then with this situation as I understand it we each have to vote or are each of us 869 01:04:52,780 --> 01:04:58,060 by the court and I guess yes or no. 870 01:05:02,280 --> 01:05:06,840 I'm assuming I sometimes the chair doesn't say your name and your vote. 871 01:05:06,840 --> 01:05:09,380 That's Stephen. Yes. Chris. Yes. 872 01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:11,040 Elspeth. Yes. 873 01:05:12,740 --> 01:05:13,700 Frank's cool. Phil. Yes. 874 01:05:14,340 --> 01:05:15,360 Becky. Chloe. Yes. 875 01:05:15,940 --> 01:05:16,840 Whitney Robinson. Yes. 876 01:05:17,300 --> 01:05:18,320 Bernie. Stop. Yes. 877 01:05:21,060 --> 01:05:21,520 Thank you. 878 01:05:26,500 --> 01:05:27,240 Thank you. 879 01:05:28,100 --> 01:05:31,420 So, I don't think we have any other further agenda item. 880 01:05:31,660 --> 01:05:33,000 So, I think that's it. 881 01:05:33,320 --> 01:05:34,800 Thank you. 882 01:05:34,920 --> 01:05:35,420 Thank you very much. 883 01:05:35,420 --> 01:05:36,360 Thank you. Thank you. 884 01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:38,020 I don't even know what it is.