GOOD AFTERNOON, I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MAY 11TH 2021 SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION TO [00:00:06] ORDER. FIRST, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY FROM DR. [B. Early College Academy] MERRIMAN AND DR. COLEMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MR. HARTER, MS. COKER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DR. DAUGHERTY, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TO TALK TO YOU WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH OUR EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY. I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, INTRODUCE DR. JENNY COLEMAN. SHE'S THE COORDINATOR OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WHO WORKS WITH ME. SO SHE IS ONE OF OUR MAIN LIAISONS TO JOHN TYLER. SO OFTENTIMES YOU MIGHT ASK QUESTIONS THAT SHE'LL HAVE TO ANSWER INSTEAD OF ME. SO SHE'S HERE TO HELP SUPPORT. SO JUST LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A BIT ABOUT HOW THE EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY RELATES TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN JOHN TYLER AND CCPS, OUR ACCESS, OUR STUDENTS, ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT, AND WHAT IS OUR PATH FORWARD? WHAT'S OUR GOALS MOVING FORWARD, AS YOU KNOW, IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, WE DO HAVE A GOAL THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL EMBODY THAT INFINITE LEARNER MINDSET. AND THAT GOES DOWN TO THE FACT THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WILL ENROLL IN AT LEAST ONE AP, IB OR DE COURSE AND EARN A QUALIFYING SCORE BEFORE THEY GRADUATE. SO THEREFORE, OUR SUPPORT OF EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY DIRECTLY SUPPORTS OUR IMAGINED TOMORROW STRATEGIC PLAN. AT THIS POINT, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN TYLER. THEY ARE THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WITHIN OUR DISTRICT, SO THEREFORE WE DO WORK WITH THEM. THEY CURRENTLY OFFER THROUGH WITH THEM. WE OFFER EITHER AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE THAT A STUDENT CAN EARN THROUGH THE EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY OF HIGH SCHOOL OR GENERAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATE. SO WE'LL TALK, FIRST OF ALL, ABOUT THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE. A STUDENT HAS TO EARN 60 CREDITS THROUGH AP AND COURSES WITH A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THEM BEING ONLY DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSEWORK. THE FINAL 40 CREDITS OF AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO A STUDENT'S DESIRED MAJOR IN THAT ASSOCIATES DEGREE PROGRAM AND CREDITS TRANSFER TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE UNIVERSITY. BUT IT'S DEPENDENT UPON WHAT THAT STUDENT WANTS TO DO ONCE THEY GO TO THAT UNIVERSITY, SO WHAT THEIR MAJORS ARE, ETC.. THE GENERAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATE IS THIRTY TWO CREDITS, AND THESE CREDITS ARE THE FOUNDATION OF MOST ASSOCIATE DEGREE PATHWAYS. SO THESE TEND TO BE YOUR FOUNDATIONAL EARLY ENTRY COURSES THAT THEN ARE EASILY TRANSFERABLE. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME TALK TO THROUGHOUT. THIS IS JUST TRANSFERABILITY. OUR GOAL IS THAT IF OUR STUDENTS ARE PAYING TUITION OR TAKING COURSEWORK FROM US IN ORDER TO GET COLLEGE CREDITS, WE WANT THOSE COLLEGE CREDITS TO TRANSFER TO THE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY OF THEIR CHOICE. IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR FAMILIES. IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR STUDENTS WHEN THEY MAKE AN ASSUMPTION OR THEY BELIEVE THAT COURSES WILL TRANSFER AND THEN THEY DO NOT. SO OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUALLY LOOK AT THE COURSES THAT WE OFFER AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO. THAT'S ALSO JOHN TYLER'S GOAL. IT'S ALSO THE VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM'S GOAL BECAUSE THEY'VE RECOGNIZED THAT WE'VE OFTENTIMES GIVEN STUDENTS DUAL ENROLLMENT CREDIT THAT THEN ENDS UP NOT ALLOWING THEM TO GO ANYWHERE. SO UNDER THE TRANSFER VIRGINIA INITIATIVE, THEY'VE CREATED PASSPORT COURSES AND THOSE PASSPORT COURSES OFFER CREDITS THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO TRANSFER. SO OUT OF 14 OF OUR 15 PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES, THEY WILL TRANSFER AS WELL AS MOST OF OUR PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES. WE WILL BE OFFERING TEN OF THOSE IN THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, ONCE AGAIN, INCREASING TRANSFERABILITY OF OUR STUDENTS CREDITS THAT THEY'RE TAKING IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ALLOWING THEM TO USE THEM IN COLLEGE. AS I SAID, THE BCCS AND JOHN TYLER ARE PARTICIPATING THIS AND JOHN TYLER HAS BEEN WORKING TO ALIGN THEIR DEGREE PROGRAMS, COURSE OFFERINGS TO THIS PROGRAM ALSO. SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH CATALOG REVISIONS, REMOVING COURSES THAT DO NOT FIT TRANSFERABILITY GUIDELINES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT ASKING STUDENTS TO PAY TUITION AND THEN DON'T TRANSFER THESE ADJUSTMENTS, HAVE DIRECT IMPACT ON WHAT WE CAN OFFER. WE CANNOT OFFER A DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASS IF JOHN TYLER IS NOT OFFERING IT WITHIN THEIR CAMPUS. SO WE CURRENTLY OUR CURRENT STATUS IS THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THREE THOUSAND STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES. SOME OF THESE STUDENTS TAKE MULTIPLE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES OVER THE SAME YEAR AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST THESE STUDENTS CAN TAKE COURSEWORK THROUGH VARIOUS AVENUES, ONE OF WHICH, OF COURSE, IS IN-PERSON IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS. THEY GO TO CLASSES JUST LIKE THEY'D BE GOING TO ANY OTHER CLASS THAT TEACHERS CREDENTIALED IN DUAL ENROLLMENT AND IS ABLE TO TEACH. AND THEY EARN COLLEGE CREDIT ALONGSIDE HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT. WE ALSO HAVE SOME SPECIALLY DESIGNED ONLINE ASYNCHRONOUS CLASSES THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE THIS YEAR TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO GAIN THE COURSEWORK THAT THEY NEEDED TO EARN THAT ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE SETTING UP KIDS FOR SUCCESS. AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS WORK SESSION BEGINNING THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL ALSO BE OFFERING DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES SO THEREFORE MORE STUDENTS CAN TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT AND EARN THESE COLLEGE CREDITS. SO ALL IN ALL, WE OFFER FORTY, FORTY SIX DISTINCT DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES WITHIN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND OUR TECH CENTERS. SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD OF JOHN TYLER. JOHN TYLER IS MOVING AWAY FROM ASSOCIATES DEGREES THAT DO NOT FULFILL A CERTAIN MAJOR BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE THAT STUDENTS GAIN CREDITS THAT THEN THEY CAN'T TRANSFER. [00:05:02] SO THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE HELP STUDENTS AND MORE STUDENTS GAIN THE GENERAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE TAKING THEIR LEAD ON. WE ALSO FIRMLY BELIEVE WE WOULD RATHER HAVE MORE STUDENTS GRADUATE CERTIFICATE THAN A FEW NUMBER OF STUDENTS GRADUATING WITH A DEGREE. WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE. WE'RE MAXIMIZING THE NUMBER OF COLLEGE CREDITS FOR OUR STUDENTS, THIS ALLOWS STUDENTS TO COMPLETE THE THIRTY TWO CREDITS RATHER THAN 60. THEREFORE, SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WHO WANT TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN BAND OR CHORUS CLASSES, PERHAPS THE TECH CENTER. THIS ALLOWS THEM THE AVENUE TO DO THAT. IT ALSO ALLOWS THEM TO CONTINUE TO TAKE THE COURSEWORK THAT, OF COURSE, THEY NEED TO GRADUATE WITH A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA. IT DOES NO GOOD IF OUR STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE BUT DO NOT FEEL THE HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA REQUIREMENT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ALWAYS LEAVE ROOM IN THEIR SCHEDULES FOR THAT TO OCCUR. OUR STUDENTS IN THE COMING YEARS WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE COURSEWORK IN THEIR HOME SCHOOL THROUGH THOSE IN-PERSON CLASSES, THROUGH DISTANCE LEARNING CLASSES AND OF COURSE THROUGH THIS ASYNCHRONOUS COURSEWORK CLASSES. WITH OUR CURRENT OFFERINGS BETWEEN THOSE THREE TYPES OF COURSEWORK, ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS ARE ABLE TO GIVE STUDENTS THAT GENERAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATE SO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GAIN THE CERTIFICATE OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR FOUR YEARS. I WILL SAY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT WHENEVER WE TALK THROUGH GUIDANCE, COUNSELING OR WORKING WITH STUDENTS IS WE WOULD PREFER YOU TO TAKE SOME COLLEGE LEVEL COURSEWORK THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO. IT'S NOT ALWAYS YOU AIM FOR A DEGREE OR YOU DON'T ALWAYS AIM FOR A CERTIFICATE. BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SETTING UP ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE SOME TYPE OF COLLEGE LEVEL COURSEWORK SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO AND ALSO HELP GIVE THEM THE RIGOR AND TO FULFILL OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW WE'VE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT, BUT WHAT IF MY KID WANTS TO TAKE AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE? WHAT IF THEY WANT TO GO FURTHER? JOHN TYLER WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALIGNING THAT ASSOCIATES DEGREE WITH WHAT THAT STUDENT'S TRUE MAJOR PASSION IS IN LIFE, WHERE THEY WANT TO ACTUALLY GO IN THEIR CAREER VERSUS US DECIDING WHAT MAJOR WE CAN OFFER WITHIN A HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT IT PERHAPS NOT BEING EASILY TRANSFERABLE FOR A STUDENT AS A GRADUATE AND MOVE ON TO COLLEGE. WE DO HAVE THESE FOUR ASSOCIATES DEGREES THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE WITHIN I THINK FOUR TO FIVE COURSEWORK CLASSES IN EARNING. SO IF WE HAVE STUDENTS WHO WANT TO GO AHEAD AND EARN ANY OF THESE, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE CONCURRENT COURSEWORK THROUGH JOHN TYLER. SO THAT WOULD MEAN A STUDENT WOULD GO TO JOHN TYLER, THEY WOULD BE ON THEIR CAMPUS, THEY WOULD PAY THE TUITION, WORK WITH THEM DIRECTLY, BUT STILL WORK TOWARDS GETTING THAT SO THEY COULD TAKE SOME OF THEIR COURSES WITH US THROUGH ANY OF THOSE DUAL ENROLLMENT OPTIONS THAT WE DO AND THEN TAKE SOME THROUGH THE CONCURRENT PIECE. OUR GOAL IS TO ALSO CONTINUE TO INCREASE DUAL ENROLLMENT OFFERINGS BECAUSE ONCE, AS I SAID ALREADY, WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. WE WANT THEM TO DIP THEIR TOE INTO COLLEGE LIFE. WE WANT THEM TO SEE WHAT THE RIGOR IS AND SUPPORT THEM ALL WE CAN. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT STAFF BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF IS SOMETIMES A BARRIER TO HAVING DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES IN A SCHOOL. SO WE LOOK PURPOSELY TO HIRE STAFF WHO ARE ABLE TO TEACH DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES. WE'VE SET UP COHORTS IN MATH AND ENGLISH AND SCIENCE TO TRY TO HELP GET THEM TOWARDS CREDENTIALING. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE LOOK AT TUITION REIMBURSEMENT FOR THOSE STAFF MEMBERS WHO MIGHT JUST BE ONE OR TWO CREDITS SHY OF BEING ABLE TO BE CREDENTIALED. SO, AS I SAID, WE WERE GOING TO TALK TO HOW IT RELATES TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN, SPECIFICALLY THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH JOHN TYLER. WE WANT TO CONTINUE FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, HAVE ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSEWORK AND COLLEGE LEVEL COURSES. AND OUR PATH FORWARD IS TO REALLY BEGIN FOCUSING ON THAT CERTIFICATE. SO THAT WAY WE CAN IMPACT MORE STUDENTS IN ANY OF THAT COURSEWORK NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD AND INCREASE THE TRANSFERABILITY OF THEIR COLLEGE COURSES. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR. ALL RIGHT, I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK ONE, THE ASSOCIATES DEGREES, THE FOUR THAT ARE OFFERED, ARE THEY THIS MIGHT BE FOR DR. COLEMNA. ARE THEY TRANSFERABLE TO THE FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITIES IN VIRGINIA? THOSE ARE JUST LIKE ANY OF THE OTHER DEGREES THAT THEY'RE OFFERING. SO THEY ARE IF THE STUDENT CONTINUES TO TAKE COURSES IN THAT AREA, SO THE ASSOCIATE OF PSYCHOLOGY, THOSE COURSES WILL TRANSFER. IF THAT'S THE PATHWAY THAT A STUDENT IS GOING. IF THEY'RE SEEKING A FOUR YEAR DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY. CORRECT. PERFECT. OK. YES. AND FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THE FOCUS AWAY FROM ASSOCIATE DEGREE, WHICH I'VE KIND OF SPOKEN OUT A NUMBER OF TIMES, I THINK THAT IF OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO ADVANCED COURSEWORK, THAT'S BETTER SERVED BY THE PASSPORT PROGRAM. SO SUPER EXCITED THAT JOHN TYLER IS ALSO SEEING THAT. AND I THINK I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE A LOT OF THE RESEARCH ON THAT IS IN THE LATEST MERC REPORT, WHICH IS ANALYZING ADVANCED PLACEMENT, MAKING THE NATION'S MOST PROMINENT COLLEGE PREPARATORY PROGRAM MORE EQUITABLE. I KNOW THE REPORTS ABOUT AP, BUT IT GOES INTO THE RESEARCH. AND JUST A QUICK WHY IS BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC LIKE, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? [00:10:01] HAVING ACCESS TO A RIGOROUS CURRICULUM IS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES, WHICH I KNOW WE CARE ABOUT, AS WELL AS HIGHER COLLEGE ENROLLMENT AND COMPLETION. ADVANCED COURSEWORK IS ALSO TIED TO STRONGER SELF EFFICACY AND SELF PERCEPTION. SO I JUST WANTED THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT THIS IS VERY CRITICAL WORK. AND I WAS ALSO WONDERING HOW WE ARE ENSURING THAT WE'RE NOT JUST INCREASING ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSEWORK, BUT THAT WE'RE INCREASING ACCESS TO POPULATIONS THAT ARE LESS REPRESENTED IN RIGOROUS CLASSES LIKE DUAL ENROLLMENT. ARE WE GOING TO TRACK THE DATA ON THIS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ADJUST AS NEEDED IF WE NOTICE THAT WE'RE ONLY INCREASING ACCESS IN HIGHER SCS SCHOOLS CETERA? NO, I DEFINITELY OUR GOAL FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR REMINDING US ALL ABOUT THE RESEARCH, BECAUSE I AGREE THAT IS VERY KEY. ALLOWING KIDS TO SEE THEMSELVES AS A COLLEGE STUDENT THEN ALLOWS THEM TO SEE THEMSELVES MOVING FORWARD FROM GRADUATION INTO COLLEGE. SO I FIRMLY AGREE THAT IS TRUE, TOTALLY TRUE RESEARCH, WHICH IS VERY COOL AND INTERESTING. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, THE OTHER PIECES WE AS HIGH SCHOOLS CONSISTENTLY LOOK AT, WHAT ARE THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN EACH OF OUR CLASSES, HOW WE'RE REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS WHO PERHAPS HAVEN'T TAKEN AN AP COURSE BEFORE, AND THAT STARTS ALL THE WAY INTO THE TRANSITION FROM EIGHTH TO NINTH GRADE. LOOKING AT THE NWA MAP SCORES, WHAT ARE STUDENTS TAKING THAT PERHAPS ARE NOT TAKING RIGOROUS COURSES? WE SEE SOME ABILITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THEM INTO AN HONORS LEVEL COURSE FIRST TO ALLOW THEM TO SEE THAT THEY CAN DO THIS. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WE LOOK AT HOW DO WE MENTOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN AN AP OR DE COURSE BEFORE. SO MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE OFFERED OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THEY WILL PAIR A STUDENT WHO IS THE FIRST TIME TAKER THIS YEAR OR THE STUDENT WHO TOOK IT FOR THE FIRST TIME THE PREVIOUS YEAR TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S ENTAILED AND THAT THEY CAN DO IT. AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS WHO ARE IN THEIR FEEL SUCCESS IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT WE ARE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING AT OUR DATA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE READING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS NEEDS TO [INAUDIBLE] SOME OF OUR STUDENTS NEEDS. I THINK IT'D BE GREAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF REPORTS, BUT IT'S SOME TIME TO GET A REPORT TO THE BOARD JUST SO THAT WE CAN SEE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING AND CELEBRATE THAT ALL YOUR HARD WORK IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S MOVING THE NEEDLE. AND THEN I WAS ALSO CURIOUS IF WE HAD LOOKED WITH PARTNERING LESS A DUAL ENROLLMENT THING. BUT LIKE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE WORKING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO RIGOROUS COURSES LIKE THE NATIONAL EDUCATION EQUITY LAB. WE LOOK AT CURRENTLY, WE ARE FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT WE HAVE TO OFFER THROUGH JOHN TYLER. THEY ARE OUR PROVIDER. THERE ARE SOME COURSES WE CAN OFFER OUTSIDE OF JOHN TYLER. SO, FOR INSTANCE, THE TECH CENTER OFFER SOME COURSEWORK THROUGH BLUE RIDGE OR THROUGH VCU BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONLY ONES WHO OFFER THE PROGRAMING. WE ARE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO MAKE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS FEEL LIKE COLLEGE IS THAT IS FOR THEM AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS EASILY ACCESSING THE COLLEGE LEVEL COURSEWORK THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM IN HIGH SCHOOL. AWESOME. THANKS SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANKS, SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. JUST ONE QUESTION REALLY ABOUT THE TRANSFERABILITY OF ANY COURSEWORK. I KNOW, YOU KNOW, JOHN TYLER IS REALLY STRONG WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S LIKE THE THRUST OF WHAT THEY DO. SO ARE THERE ANY DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES IN OUR PROGRAM OR ANY? IF NOT, ARE THERE ANY ARE WE LOOKING TO TO TO TAKE THAT UP TO THE NEXT TO THE COLLEGE LEVEL? WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOME BUSINESS TYPE COURSES OR SOMETHING. WE'RE LOOKING AT. ADDITIONALLY, OUR TECH CENTERS DO OFFER DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSEWORK. CHAD MACLIN WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THEM THROUGH BOTH BLUE RIDGE AND THROUGH JOHN TYLER. PRECISION MACHINING I KNO IS ONE OF OUR LARGE ONES THAT GET STUDENTS SKILLS THAT TAKE THEM DIRECTLY INTO THE WORKFORCE WITH HIGH PAYING JOBS. THE GOAL IS WHAT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING AT IS AND THIS IS TRUE FOR WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE TAKING AN ENGLISH CLASS OR TAKING CTE CLASS, IS ARE YOU ABLE TO THEN TAKE THAT COURSE EITHER DIRECTLY INTO THE JOB FORCE, LIKE ARE YOU WORKING OR YOU'RE ABLE TO MOVE THAT INTO ANOTHER MAJOR? SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING. SO IF YOU'RE TAKING COURSEWORK AT CTC, THEN JOHN TYLER WILL WORK WITH YOU TO GO TO THE ASSOCIATES DEGREE THAT MATCHES THAT OR THAT FITS THAT. THAT HELPS YOU MOVE FORWARD YOUR CAREER OPTION. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, THE CERTIFICATE AND HOW WE'RE TRANSITIONING TO THE CERTIFICATE PORTION INSTEAD OF AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE. SO THE CREDITS THAT ARE OBTAINED IN THAT CERTIFICATE, THEY STILL WILL TRANSFER ON TO IF A STUDENT DECIDES TO GO TO A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY. IT WILL DEPEND UPON THE STUDENT'S UNIVERSITY THAT THEY CHOOSE AND THE MAJOR THAT THEY CHOOSE. SO THE GOAL IS THE PASSPORT COURSES ARE THOSE THAT ARE GUARANTEED TRANSFERABILITY. THE OTHER ONES WILL REALLY SOMETIMES BE DEPENDENT UPON WHAT THEY CHOOSE TO DO. SO, FOR INSTANCE, MY DAUGHTER TOOK, YOU KNOW, COULD TAKE A DUAL ENROLLMENT ENGLISH CLASS. SHE'S AN ENGLISH MAJOR, HER UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON. LIKE I NEED YOU TO ACTUALLY TAKE THIS ENGLISH CLASS BECAUSE IT'S A FOUNDATIONAL SKILL. YOU'RE GOING TO USE THIS AS AN ELECTIVE CREDIT INSTEAD. SO THAT IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT OUR PARENTS HAVE FOUND IS THAT THEY TRANSFER [00:15:02] IN, BUT THEY DON'T QUITE TRANSFER IN THE WAY THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE. BUT THEY TRANSFER IN AS ELECTIVES OR OTHER PIECES BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES DEPEND UPON THE UNIVERSITY IN TERMS OF WHAT AP SCORE THEY'LL TAKE AS A TRANSFER OR WHICH DUAL ENROLLMENT AND HOW THEY ALIGN WITHIN THEIR COURSEWORK. AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME FOR EVEN THE ASSOCIATES PROGRAMS. THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S TRUE FOR ANY OF THOSE COURSEWORKS. OK, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. [C. The Posse Foundation] NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE POSSE FOUNDATION FROM DR. JOHNSON. GOOD EVENING, DR. DAUGHERTY, DR. TAYLOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT ABOUT THE POSSE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT PARTNERS WITH COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS FOR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. AND SO THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO INTRODUCE THE POSSE FOUNDATION, ITS HISTORY MISSION PROGRAM COMPONENTS, GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT COLLABORATION WITH CCPS, GOING TO SHARE VERY EXCITING NEWS ABOUT OUR POSSE SCHOLARS AND THEN WHAT CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP LOOKS LIKE. AND SO POSSE WAS FOUNDED OVER 30 YEARS AGO IN 1989, AND IT WAS FOUNDED BECAUSE OF ONE STUDENT WHO SHARED THE SENTIMENTS. I WOULD HAVE NEVER DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE IF I'D HAD MY POSSE WITH ME. AND SO FOSTERING TOGETHERNESS AND A CONNECTION BEFORE ENTERING A COLLEGE CAMPUS AS STUDENTS MATRICULATE THROUGH THEIR COLLEGE YEARS AND EVEN POST GRADUATION IS WHAT POSSE IS ALL ABOUT. THEY LOOK TO THIS ORGANIZATION, LOOKS TO EMPOWER STUDENTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, FROM DIVERSE WALKS OF LIFE. AND SO THE POSSE SCHOLARSHIP IS A LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP, ONE THAT IS OPEN TO STUDENTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS A LITTLE MORE IN THE SLIDES TO COME. BUT THE POSSE FOUNDATION HAS EXPANDED SIGNIFICANTLY AS I'VE SHARED THIS ORGANIZATION PARTNERS WITH VARIOUS COLLEGES AS WELL AS UNIVERSITIES. THE VERY FIRST PARTNER UNIVERSITY WAS VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY. AND SO SINCE THEN THERE HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANT PROGRAM EXPANSION AND TO DATE MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND SCHOLARS HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS POSSE SCHOLARS AND RECEIVED THE LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP. THESE ARE THE GOALS OF THE POSSE FOUNDATION TO EXPAND THE POOL FROM WHICH TOP COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES CAN RECRUIT YOUNG LEADERS, HELP INSTITUTIONS BUILD MORE INTERACTIVE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENTS, A MORE INCLUSIVE CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT, AND ENSURE THAT POSSE SCHOLARS PERSIST IN THEIR ACADEMIC STUDIES AND GRADUATE SO THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO TAKE ON LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THE WORK FORCE. EXCITING NEWS FOR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS YEAR WE WERE INVITED TO PARTNER WITH POSSE AND WHAT THE ORGANIZATION CALLS AS A NOMINATING DISTRICT TO NOMINATE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS TO BECOME POSSE SCHOLARS. OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WERE VERY CRITICAL IN SUPPORTING STUDENTS THROUGH THIS PROCESS. OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, AS WELL AS SCHOOL COUNSELORS, WERE INVITED TO JOIN A NOMINATOR MEETING. AND THIS IS WHERE OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND COUNSELORS WERE ABLE TO HEAR SOME OF THE VERY SAME INFORMATION THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY. BUT ALSO THE DIRECTORS AND POSSIBLY PERSONNEL WALKED THEM THROUGH THE NOMINATING PROCESS SO THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT AS THEY WERE SUPPORTING STUDENTS THROUGH ALL OF THE COMPONENTS. SO THIS IS JUST THE HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF WHAT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS SHARED IN REGARDS TO STUDENTS THAT POSSIBLY SEEKS TO SUPPORT. AND SO, AGAIN, HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO ARE LEADERS IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES COMMITTED TO THEIR EDUCATION, INTERESTED IN TEAMWORK AND DIVERSITY, AND THOSE WHO ARE POSITIVE, TALENTED AS WELL AS AMBITIOUS GPA AND GRADES ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. BUT THEY ARE NOT THE SOLE DEFINING FACTOR FOR STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP. AGAIN, OUR HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTED STUDENTS THROUGH THIS MULTI STEP PROCESS WILL NOTE THAT POSSE IS AN EARLY DECISION PROCESS. SO THIS MEANS THAT STUDENTS COMMIT TO ATTENDING A POSSE PARTNER INSTITUTION IF THEY ARE SELECTED AS A FINALIST. THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE POSSE FOUNDATION ALIGNS WITH GOAL ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF WILL EMBODY AN INFINITE LEARNER MINDSET. POSSE DOES PRIDE ITSELF IN SUPPORTING STUDENTS PRIOR TO THEM STEPPING FOOT ON CAMPUS. SO PRIOR TO THEIR COLLEGIATE YEARS, AS THEY MATRICULATE THROUGH COLLEGE AND THEN [00:20:05] AFTERWARDS WITH CONNECTION. SO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ARE THE PROGRAM COMPONENTS, THIS KIND OF SPELLS OUT A LITTLE BIT HOW THEY DO THAT, BEGINNING WITH THE TOP ONE, WHICH IS THE DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS. THIS IS UNIQUE TO POSSE. IT IS A UNIQUE EVALUATION METHOD THAT THEY USE TO IDENTIFY YOUNG LEADERS WHO MAY NOT BE PART OF THE TRADITIONAL COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE OR COLLEGE INTERVIEWING PROCESS. THERE IS ALSO THE PRE COLLEGIATE TRAINING. SO THOSE WHO ARE SELECTED AS POSSE SCHOLARS, AGAIN THINKING BACK TO FOSTERING THAT CONNECTEDNESS AND TOGETHERNESS BEFORE. REALLY STEPPING FOOT ON A CAMPUS POSSE SCHOLARS ARE ABLE TO FORM THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR POSSE AS WELL AS THEIR ASSIGNED POSSE MENTORS PRIOR TO THE ACADEMIC TERM BEGINNING THEIR FRESHMAN YEAR. THERE IS THE CAMPUS PROGRAM WHERE THE POSSE RECEIVES VISITS FROM LIAISONS AS WELL AS THEIR MENTORS, AND THEY MEET WEEKLY AS A GROUP WITH THEIR POSSE AND INDIVIDUALLY EVERY TWO WEEKS WITH THEIR MENTORS. THERE IS ALSO THE CAREER PROGRAM AGAIN, WHICH LOOKS TO CONNECT STUDENTS POST GRADUATION TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND EVEN TO DIFFERENT PROFESSIONS. WHAT I WILL SHARE IS THE DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND PRE COLLEGIATE TRAINING WOULD CHANGE THIS YEAR TO INCLUDE A VIRTUAL COMPONENT. SO THERE'S THE VIRTUAL POSSE PROGRAM. THIS WAS DONE OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATION HAS FOUND GREAT SUCCESS IN REACHING STUDENTS AND REACHING HIGH SCHOOLS WITH THE ONLINE PLATFORM. AND SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT, TO CONTINUE THROUGH WITH THE A DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND PRE COLLEGIATE TRAINING AND DOING THAT USING INNOVATIVE, INNOVATIVE VIRTUAL COMPONENT. THOSE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE POSSE SCHOLARS HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON CAMPUS AND BE ALONGSIDE THE GENERAL POPULATION AS THEY GO THROUGH SCHOOLING. THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT, POSSE BY THE NUMBERS OR POSSIBLY OVER THE YEARS. SO YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO SEE THIS. POSSE SCHOLARS GRADUATE AT A RATE OF 90 PERCENT. THE INFORMATION THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU IS FROM POSSE FOUNDATION. AND AS THEY HAVE IT, SINCE ITS FOUNDING POSSE'S PARTNER COLLEGES HAVE AWARDED ONE POINT SIX BILLION DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO SCHOLARS. AGAIN, TO DATE, MORE THAN TEN THOUSAND SCHOLARS HAVE BEEN SELECTED. THEY RECRUIT FROM CITIES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THEY HAVE 63 PARTNER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AT THIS TIME. THIS PROGRAM HAS GAINED NATIONAL RECOGNITION AND GOING BACK TO ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM TO REACH STUDENTS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE. FIFTY SEVEN PERCENT OF POSSE SCHOLARS OF FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. NOW ON TO THE EXCITING PART. HAPPY AND EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU THAT FIVE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE FIRST FOR THE POSSE THREE FOR THE FIRST EVER POSSE AT WILLIAM AND MARY AND TWO STUDENTS FOR THE POSSE AT A PARTNERING COLLEGE, WHICH IS CORNELL COLLEGE. SO FIVE OF OUR STUDENTS, FIVE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE POSSE. EACH POSSE SCHOLAR RECEIVES A FOUR YEAR FULL TUITION LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP. THE SCHOLARSHIP IS PROVIDED BY THE PARTNER COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITIES IN THINKING ABOUT COMMITMENT. WHEN STUDENTS COMMIT TO BEING A POSSE SCHOLAR, THEY ARE COMMITTING TO PROGRAMMATIC EVENTS. AND SO THEY ARE COMMITTING TO THE PRE COLLEGIATE TRAINING, THE MEETINGS WITH THEIR POSSE, AS WELL AS WITH THEIR MENTORS. THEY HAVE WEEKLY POSSE MEETINGS DURING THEIR FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE YEARS ON CAMPUS. WEEKLY MEETINGS ARE NOT REQUIRED DURING THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR, BUT THERE ARE SIGNATURE EVENTS THAT POSSE DOES SPONSOR, AND THE POSSE SCHOLARS ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THOSE SIGNATURE EVENTS DURING THEIR JUNIOR AND SENIOR YEAR. AND SO LOOKING AHEAD, AGAIN, EXCITED ABOUT THE PATH AHEAD FOR THESE STUDENTS, WE ARE SPEAKING ABOUT OUR FUTURE GENERATION OF LEADERS. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR EXCUSE ME, LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THE AMAZING THINGS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO BEING TRANSFORMATIONAL IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND BEYOND. PLANNING IS UNDERWAY FOR THE NEXT POSSE. AND SO OUR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, AS WELL AS COUNSELORS, THEY HAVE RECEIVED INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THE NEXT CYCLE MEETING. THEY WILL THEY HAVE BEEN INVITED TO THE WHAT THEY CALL THE RETURNING NOMINATOR MEETING SO THEY CAN SPEAK ABOUT THE NEXT NOMINATION PROCESS. SO THAT IS UNDERWAY. AND THE LAST BULLET IS A LINK TO THE POSSE FOUNDATION'S WEBSITE. SO FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO READ MORE, THAT IS A LINK TO THE ORGANIZATION'S MAIN [00:25:06] WEBSITE. AND SO THAT WAS AN INTRODUCTION OF POSSE INTRODUCED HOW WE HAVE PARTNERED AS A SCHOOL DIVISION, AS A NOMINATING SCHOOL DIVISION THIS YEAR, HAVE SHARED WITH YOU ABOUT OUR CCPS POSSE SCHOLARS, AS WELL AS CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP. AND THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU, DR. JOHNSON, BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO I THINK THIS IS JUST A PHENOMENAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FIVE STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING TO GET THESE SPOTS, AND I LOVE THE THE SCAFFOLDED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE PROGRAM THAT IT'S THAT IT'S A REAL IT'S A COHORT THAT THESE KIDS ARE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT THE EARLY THEY'RE STARTING EARLY IN THE SUMMER, EVEN BEFORE THEY GO MATRICULATE INTO THE INTO THE CLASSES. AND JUST KNOWING THAT THIS IS MAXIMIZING THEIR OPPORTUNITIES FOR A SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME. WHAT A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP. AND AND CONGRATULATIONS ON BRINGING THAT TO THE COUNTY. I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS. THANK YOU. WE ARE EXCITED. JUST TO ECHO. IT'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE FIVE STUDENTS AND FOR MORE TO COME IN THE FUTURE. JUST AS A MOM WHO'S SEEN TWO KIDS GO TO COLLEGE THAT FRESHMAN YEAR IS REALLY CRITICAL. THEY CALL HOME. THEY'RE HOME SICK UNTIL THEY GET THEIR FOOTHOLD INTO THE UNIVERSITY AND FIND THEIR POSSE AT COLLEGE. IT'S HARD. THEY FEEL ALONE AND A LITTLE BIT KIND OF LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER. AND I CAN IMAGINE THAT A FIRST TIME COLLEGE, SOMEBODY FIRST GENERATION ATTENDING COLLEGE WITHOUT HAVING THEIR PARENTS TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE AND EVERYTHING, IT'S EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. SO THIS GIVING THEM THAT CONNECTION BEFORE THEY EVEN GET THERE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG AND YOU HAVE A NETWORK AROUND YOU TO TO FACILITATE YOUR SUCCESS, A LOT OF KIDS DROP OUT THAT FRESHMAN YEAR JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE LONELY AND THIS WILL GIVE THEM THAT CONNECTION. SO THIS IS TREMENDOUS. I'M WONDERING WHY IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1989 AND THEY JUST FOUND US. BUT DR. JOHNSON, YOU HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. AND THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT FOUNDATION. FOR ANSWERING THE CALL AND SUPPORTING US THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AS WELL. SO WE ARE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED, THANKFUL THAT THEY FOUND US, EVEN THOSE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THAT. AND LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. JOHNSON. WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON CURRICULUM FROM DR. [D. CCPS Curriculum Portal] POPE. GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS, DR. DAUGHERTY, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE EXCITING LAUNCH OF OUR CCPS CURRICULUM PORTAL. THE CREATION OF THIS ONE STOP CURRICULUM PORTAL PLACE IS ONE OF A KIND, AND WE ARE WORKING TO FUTURE PROOF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH ENDEAVORS SUCH AS THIS. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THE DIVISION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING WORKS IN THREE PRIMARY AREAS TO SUPPORT TEACHERS AND IMPROVE INSTRUCTION. AND IN EACH OF THESE AREAS, WE'VE TAKEN ON MAJOR FUTURE PROOFING EFFORTS OVER THE PAST TWENTY FOUR MONTHS. ON THE FAR LEFT, ONE CRITICAL AREA OF SUPPORT IS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. IN JUNE 2019, WE LAUNCHED IMPACT U. WHICH IS A ROBUST PD PLATFORM THAT TRACKS LICENSURE, PD COMPLETION AND EVEN RECOMMENDS TO OVER TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ACTIVE EMPLOYEES POSSIBLE TRAINING RELATED TO THEIR JOB TITLES. IMPACT U REPLACED SDR WEB, WHICH WAS A 15 YEAR OLD CCPS HOMEGROWN SYSTEM THAT HAD BECOME OBSOLETE AND COULD NO LONGER BE UPDATED OR LINKED TO OUR OTHER SYSTEMS ON THE FAR RIGHT. ANOTHER CRITICAL AREA OF SUPPORT IS WITH BY MANY DIGITAL RESOURCES AND LEARNING APPLICATIONS. EVERY INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER AND TEACHER NEEDS EXPERTISE IN THESE DIGITAL LEARNING RESOURCES. JUST LAUNCHED LAST MONTH, THE CCPS APPLICATION HUB IS A ONE STOP COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT THAT REPLACES THE SIX YEAR OLD ED TECH HUB. IN THE MIDDLE AND THE REAL REASON I'M HERE IS THAT CRITICAL THIRD AREA OF SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS AND TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION, AND THAT IS IN HOW WE PROVIDE THE K THROUGH 12 DISTRICT WRITTEN CURRICULUM AND RESOURCES. WE OFTEN GET QUESTIONS, AS I THINK YOU DO TOO FROM DIFFERENT EXTERNAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH VERY DIFFERENT INTERESTS ABOUT WHAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR DISTRICT CURRICULUM. OUR ANSWER IS ALWAYS THE SAME. [00:30:02] OUR PROVIDED WRITTEN DISTRICT CURRICULUM TO TEACHERS, ALIGNS TO THE VDOE STANDARDS AND CURRICULUM, FRAMEWORK AND CONTENT AND SKILL EXPECTATIONS FOR INSTRUCTION AS EXPECTED ACROSS THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. FOR MANY REASONS, MANY REASONS, WE HAVE BECOME A VERY LARGE DISTRICT WITH NO SINGLE PLACE THAT WE COULD POINT TO AND SAY, HERE IS OUR DISTRICT CURRICULUM. THE PERFECT STORM. OF COURSE, AS WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED, WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF IMPLEMENTING CANVAS, OUR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF BUILDING ALL OF OUR DIGITAL COURSES AND THEN COVID STRUCK. WHAT THAT DID IS IT LEFT A LOT OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL QUESTIONING WHERE DO I GO FOR WHAT RESOURCE? THE CURRICULUM PORTAL BECAME THAT ANSWER, AS WE SHARED WITH YOU IN JANUARY, WE HAD AT THE TOP OF OUR WORK LIST CREATING A CONSISTENT, WELL-ORGANIZED ONE STOP CONTAINER FOR OUR ENTIRE SCHOOL DIVISION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AND IT TOOK US THREE MONTHS TO MEET THAT WORK GOAL. WE WERE ABLE TO LAUNCH PHASE ONE OF THE CCPS CURRICULUM PORTAL IN FEBRUARY, AND INSTANTLY OVER TEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF MEMBERS HAD IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO ALL DISTRICT PROVIDED WRITTEN CURRICULUM AND RESOURCES WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THEIR SPECIFIC GRADE AND CONTENT AREA. THIS NEW LEVEL OF ACCESS PUTS AT OUR TEACHERS FINGERTIPS THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO MAKE INSTRUCTIONAL CONNECTIONS AND EXTENSIONS TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS. TEACHERS WHO SERVE MULTIPLE GRADE LEVELS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN SPECIAL EDUCATION OR WITH THE LL STUDENTS, WITH OUR GIFTED STUDENTS, WITH OUR MATH AND READING SPECIALISTS. AND EVEN OUR BUILDING LEADERS HAVE NEVER BEFORE HAD SUCH AN EASY AND COMPLETE ACCESS TO THE DISTRICT PROVIDED CURRICULUM. SO HOW DO YOU USE THE PORTAL? WELL, IF YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE, YOU USE YOUR SINGLE SIGN ON USER ID AND ON YOUR DASHBOARD YOU WILL SEE THE ICON THAT'S PICTURED HERE. AND WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT ICON FOR THE CURRICULUM HUB, THERE ARE THREE BASIC PLACES YOU CAN GO TO ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY OR K-12 ELECTIVES. FROM THOSE THREE CHOICES, YOU SPIN OFF ONTO ONE OF THE PAGES SHOWN HERE, COMMON DESIGN FEATURES ON EACH PAGE, SUB PAGE BUTTON DESIGN AND COLORS HELP THE USERS NAVIGATE QUICKLY. DIGGING IN FURTHER, HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A SECOND GRADE PAGE IN THE ELEMENTARY SECTION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE CONSISTENTLY AT THE TOP ARE CONNECTIONS TO ALL THE CORE SUBJECTS IN THE MIDDLE BLUEPRINT COURSES ARE AVAILABLE AND AS A REMINDER, BLUEPRINT COURSES ARE DEVELOPED BY SPECIALISTS AND TEACHERS WITHIN CCPS. THESE CONTAIN QUALITY TEACHER RESOURCES AND STUDENT FACING ACTIVITIES. AND SINCE 2019, WE HAVE BUILT ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE READY TO GO BLUEPRINT COURSES. AND THEN AT THE VERY BOTTOM YOU WILL SEE THAT WE NOW HAVE A VERY STANDARD DESIGN AND AN EASY PLACE TO FIND ALL OF YOUR SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES. IN THE SECONDARY SECTION YOU'LL SEE HERE WE'VE GIVEN YOU SCIENCE AS AN EXAMPLE. AND JUST LIKE IN THE ELEMENTARY SECTION, THE BLUEBOX TAKES TEACHERS TO THE BLUEPRINT COURSES. THE YELLOW BUTTONS INDICATE THAT NOW STANDARD DESIGN PLACE TO FIND RESOURCES. AND THIS IS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THE TEACHERS WOULD FIND THEIR QUARTERLY INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDES. AND THEN, LIKE IN THE SECONDARY AND THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL PAGES, THE K-12 ELECTIVE SECTION, AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR LOOK, WE SEE THAT THE YELLOW BUTTONS HERE AND THE BLUE PRINT COURSES ARE AGAIN INDICATED IN THE SAME WAY. AND WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK, A COUPLE QUOTES HERE THAT WE SHARE WITH YOU AND WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT QUOTE IN GRAY, BECAUSE TEACHERS IMMEDIATELY STARTED SAYING, THIS IS GREAT, I WANT MORE, I WANT MORE, WHICH WAS PERFECT BECAUSE WHEN WE ACTUALLY PUT OUT THE LETTER INTRODUCING THIS IN FEBRUARY, THERE WAS A PARAGRAPH TELLING TEACHERS THAT WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR THEIR FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS WE ARE ALREADY RECEIVING THAT WE'LL PUT AN ALL CALL OUT AGAIN AS WE GET CLOSER TO SUMMER. AND THAT FEEDBACK AND THOSE SUGGESTIONS WILL GUIDE OUR PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE OF WORK. SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. STILL TO COME, PRE-K IS THE NEXT PIECE BEING ADDED. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT A FOURTH SECTION TO TEMPORARILY HOUSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FOR OUR [00:35:01] STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, TITLE ONE, GIFTED, ETC. THE IDEAL [INAUDIBLE] WILL HAVE THAT ALL BE EMBEDDED SO THAT THERE'S LESS CLICKS AND THAT EVEN FROM THOSE THREE SECTIONS I SHOWED YOU IN THE OPENING SLIDE, THERE WILL BE EMBEDDED LINKS TO TAKE TEACHERS DIRECTLY TO PD OR DIRECTLY TO A DIGITAL RESOURCE. SO MORE BUILD. BUT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ALREADY HAPPENING. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PORTAL? BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION. MS. HAINES. THAT'S VERY EXCITING, THANK YOU. I HAD ACTUALLY HEARD A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT TEACHERS WERE LOOKING FOR MORE CURRICULUM SUPPORT AND IT PROBABLY FEELS GOOD TO THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU FOR ADDING TWICE EXCEPTIONAL AND EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCES AS WE EXPAND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GIFTEDNESS. I'M WONDERING IF TEACHERS LOOKING AT MAYBE THE KIDS NOT IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED YET, BUT IS LOOKING FOR ACCELERATION OPPORTUNITIES. IS IT ALSO EASY TO FIND RESOURCES FOR ACCELERATION? YEAH, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE AMAZING THINGS ABOUT THIS. WE TALK ABOUT INTERDISCIPLINARY UNITS. WE TALK ABOUT STUDENTS WHO MAY NEED ACTIVITIES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ADVANCED OR POSSIBLY SPIRAL BACK TO REPEAT LEARNING FROM EARLIER GRADE LEVELS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME OUR TEACHERS CAN LOOK UP, DOWN AND SIDEWAYS WITHIN THE CURRICULUM THAT WE OFFER. IT'S NOT JUST PIGEONHOLED TO WHAT I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO TEACH, BUT IT REALLY OPENS UP THAT ENTIRE DOOR AND THINK ABOUT AN INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER OR A COACH OR PRINCIPAL GOING IN TO DO AN OBSERVATION. THEY CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT THOSE RESOURCES AS WELL, AND IT CAN REALLY ENCOURAGE, I THINK, MORE MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE INSTRUCTION. THANKS. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THIS IS LIKE A FEW YEARS TOO LATE FOR ME, BUT I WOULD KILL FOR THIS. I'M SORRY. TEACHERS [INAUDIBLE] TEACHERS IS GOING TO HATE YOU ALL FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY JUST LOST A LOT OF PEOPLE SELLING THEIR PLANS. MY QUESTION IS THE ASSESSMENT LINK. ARE THE ASSESSMENTS JUST ARE THEY LIKE JUST REGULAR ASSESSMENTS FOR DIFFERENT UNITS OF STUDY THROUGHOUT THE CURRICULUM? AND CAN THEY BE EASILY UPLOADED TO CANVAS FOR THE TEACHERS TO USE IN THEIR MODULES? SO THEIR CONNECTION? YEAH, THE UPLOADING OF ASSESSMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, A LOT OF THE BLUEPRINT COURSEWORK AND A LOT OF THE SUGGESTIONS WE'VE MADE ARE EITHER FORMED BY OUR SPECIALISTS OR OUR TEACHERS WHO ALSO CONTRIBUTE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE HAVE EXTERNALLY PURCHASED BANKS OF ITEMS THAT CAN ALSO BE USED. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND WE'RE REALLY HOPEFUL FOR FOR THIS COMING YEAR IS THAT THAT LINK BETWEEN THE PORTAL, CANVAS, BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS IN CANVAS, THIS IS BUILT TO IT ALL IS ALREADY IN CANVAS. BUT HOW I DOWNLOADED INTO MY PARTICULAR COURSE THAT HAS GOTTEN EASIER FOR OUR TEACHERS. AND THEN THE LAST HURDLE THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO GET THROUGH FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR IS TO HELP TEACHERS IF THEY'RE GRADING IN CANVAS TO HAVE IT AUTOMAGICALLY, AS DR. TAYLOR LIKES TO SAY HERE IN A [INAUDIBLE], I DON'T WANT TO OVERPROMISE AND UNDER DELIVER ON THAT, BUT WE'RE PUSHING REALLY HARD BECAUSE THESE ARE THE TYPES OF GIFTS WE LIKE TO GIVE OUR TEACHERS. THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT BY ME AND OTHERS. I'M SURE THAT WITH MULTIPLE SCREENS WHERE YOU'RE LITERALLY TYPING IN THE GRADES FROM THIS ASSESSMENT INTO THE GRAY BOOK PROGRAM AND TO BE ABLE TO JUST HAVE IT, SPEAKERS] WOULDN'T THAT BE AWESOME? YES. SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT AS WELL. BUT YES, THAT FLUIDITY AND THEN THAT JUST EASE IN MOVING FROM ONE TO THE OTHER IS ABSOLUTELY A GOAL IN OUR BUILDING IT OUT. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. TEACHERS WILL REALLY LOVE THAT. THE OTHER QUESTION IS THE VETTING OF PLANS THAT TEACHERS UPLOAD. IS THERE A PROCESS IN PLACE SO THAT THEY ARE JUST AREN'T RANDOMLY PLACED [INAUDIBLE] ANYONE ELSE VETTING THEM OUT? SO THE BLUEPRINT COURSES WERE ACTUALLY EMPLOYEES THAT WE CONTRACTED WITH AND THERE WAS A VETTING PROCEDURE, A REVIEW PROCEDURE BEFORE THOSE MATERIALS WERE ACTUALLY PART OF OUR BLUEPRINT COURSES. THE SECOND ITEM THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BACK IN JANUARY IS CROWDSOURCING. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BUILT OUT A THREE PRONGED APPROACH FOR THAT SO THAT THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT WAYS TEACHERS CAN BECOME INVOLVED IN CROWDSOURCING. AND ONE OF THOSE WAYS IS KIND OF LIKE THEY EARN BADGES FOR EACH OF THEIR EXPERTISE AREAS AS THEY LEARN MORE ABOUT CROWDSOURCING. ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS IS TO HAVE TEACHERS WHO ARE INTERESTED ACTUALLY BECOME TRAINED TO JUDGE THE MATERIALS BEING RECEIVED AND HOW THEY BEST FIT. SO THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY WE ARE LAUNCHING THIS SUMMER FOR OUR TEACHERS AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS TO BECOME REALLY WELL INFORMED ON WHAT CROWDSOURCING IN THE RIGHT WAY LOOKS LIKE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TOO SO THAT WE GET HIGH QUALITY LESSONS ON THERE AND THAT. [00:40:06] BUT THIS IS JUST PHENOMENAL AND VERY EXCITING. I'M SURE THE TEACHERS OUT AS QUICKLY AS THEY DID. THREE MONTHS. YEAH, PRETTY QUICK. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. AND JUST TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH MS. BAILEY'S QUESTION ABOUT THE VETTING PROCESS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE REALLY GOT SOME GOOD, SOLID GUIDEPOSTS FOR, LIKE, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S CURRICULUM ALIGNMENT. WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE WE VETTING FOR I MEAN, EVEN EVEN JUST ACCURACY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. COULD YOU GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THAT? HOW WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF NOW, THAT WE'VE NOW THAT WE'VE TAKEN EVERYTHING OUT OF IT, HOW DO WE PUT IT BACK IN IN A WAY THAT WORKS. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST TIME CONSUMING PORTION OF THE BILL, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PLACES WE WERE PULLING FROM WERE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE HAD COBBLED TOGETHER IN THE PAST AND CHECKING EVERYTHING FOR UPDATED THIS AND ACCURACY. THAT WAS A HUGE PART OF THE LIFT IN THE PHASE ONE BILL. BUT HERE'S A NOVEL IDEA. WHEN WE BUILT IT, WE ACTUALLY ALSO INCLUDED A SCHEDULE SO THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY CHECKING OUR LINKS WORKING. THERE'S A FEEDBACK LINE IF AN ERROR IS SPOTTED SO WE CAN FIX IT. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY BUILT THAT INTO THE DESIGN OF THIS SO THAT IT'S NOT GLITZY AND BEAUTIFUL RIGHT NOW. AND THREE MONTHS FROM NOW, IT STARTS TO BECOME A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING. YEAH, THANK YOU. I JUST THINK IT'S GREAT. I REMEMBER WHAT IT'S LIKE MS. BAILEY. GOING TO DIFFERENT PAGES TO TRY TO GRAB STUFF. AND I'LL NEVER FORGET WHEN I FIRST BECAME A TEACHER AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TEXTBOOKS ANYMORE, WE JUST TRANSITION AWAY FROM THAT AND IT'S LIKE. GOT TO MAKE YOUR CONTENT UP, THAT'S HOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS. SO I THINK THIS IS GREAT TO GIVE TEACHERS THAT ARE ESPECIALLY JUST COMING IN REALLY FRAMEWORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TEACHING ON TRACK WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE APPROVED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, THE TEAM DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU CAN DEFINITELY REMEMBER, AND THIS IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. LOOKS LIKE. [E. Summer Reading] COME RIGHT BACK UP. OKAY, DO YOU NEED TO DO ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT. I TEASED DR. TAYLOR EARLIER THAT I COULD BE REALLY QUICK ON THIS ITEM IF I SIMPLY SAID, HEY, READING IS GREAT AND SUMMER READING IS EVEN BETTER, PICK UP A BOOK AND READ, BUT I GUESS I'LL DO A LITTLE BIT MORE PRESENTING THAN THAT. SO AGAIN, GOOD AFTERNOON. GREAT TO WITH YOU ALL. AND AS NOTED HERE, OUR SCHOOLS ARE EACH INSTRUMENTAL IN ENCOURAGING SUMMER READING AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVELS. FOR ALL STUDENTS, THE EMPHASIS IS ALWAYS ON CHOICE AND FUN IN THEIR PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE COHORT OF STUDENTS LISTED ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER DO RECEIVE SPECIFIC PRESCRIBED SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENTS. THE FIRST COUPLE THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE CENTER GIFTED COHORT FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT. IN 2019, THE SHIFT WAS MADE TO FOCUS SUMMER READING FOR STUDENTS IN THE COHORT TO AN INTERDISCIPLINARY THEMED APPROACH. AND YOU CAN SEE THE THEMES THERE IN THE BOX ON THE SLIDE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. DR. [INAUDIBLE] WOULD LIKE ME TO MENTION THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS A STAND ALONE, BUT THAT CBG SUMMER READING DEFINITELY COMPLEMENTS THE OVERALL READING PROGRAM OF THE SCHOOL, AND THEY'VE RECEIVED WONDERFUL FEEDBACK IN THAT SHIFT TO THE THEMATIC APPROACH. THE OTHER TWO COHORTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT FOR OUR EL COHORT BEYOND PROVIDING BOOKS THAT FASTER LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, THE LATINO FAMILY LITERACY PROJECT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO BUILD AWARENESS OF LITERACY AND EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ESTABLISHING FAMILY READING ROUTINES FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE PARENTS. THE PROGRAM FOSTERS LITERACY AND HELPS BOTH PARENTS AND SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN LEARN ENGLISH TOGETHER AS A FAMILY. AND THEN THE THIRD COHORT GROUP THAT I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS OUR AP IB AND DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS, OF COURSE, THEY DO RECEIVE SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENTS. BUT WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A VERY SHORT SUMMER, THAT MANY FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING INCREASED FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AND THAT PARENTS, STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALL HAVE EXPERIENCED QUITE A HIGH STRESS YEAR PLUS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS EXAMPLE THAT I'VE SHOWN, THESE ARE THE PARAMETERS THAT DR. MERRIMAN, WHO JUST PRESENTED OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL DIRECTOR, WORKS SO CAREFULLY WITH HER PRINCIPALS ON TO ENSURE THAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS FOR THOSE ENROLLED IN THESE COURSES. AND YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY HERE HOW WE'VE EMPHASIZED SOME OF THOSE POINTS THAT I [00:45:02] JUST MADE TO YOU SO THAT WE'RE VERY REASONABLE IN THE EXPECTATIONS IN THE SHORTENED SUMMER FOR OUR STUDENTS IN THIS COHORT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE CAN'T TALK SUMMER READING IN CHESTERFIELD WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT OUR GREAT PARTNERS. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE'RE TAKING A SHOUT OUT TO OUR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LIBRARIES WHO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CENTRAL OFFICE AND OUR SPECIALISTS AND OUR LIBRARIANS IN OUR SCHOOLS. AND THERE'S A PROTOTYPE OF THE FACE BOOKMOBILE VAN. I UNDERSTAND IT IS STILL BEING WRAPPED. SO THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD YET, BUT VERY EXCITED TO WORK WITH OUR FACE OFFICE, WITH OUR BOOKMOBILE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE WORK EVERY YEAR WITH GOODWILL IN BOOK DRIVES, JUST AS WE DID LAST YEAR, NEVER WANTING TO DO LESS, BUT ALWAYS WANTING TO DO MORE. WE ARE AGAIN INVESTING OVER FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND PARTNERING WITH MACKIN, ONE OF OUR VENDORS TO GIVE AWAY BOOKS, PRE-K THROUGH 12 WITH THIRTY FIVE HIGH INTEREST TITLES IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, CENTERED ON THE THEME OF EMPATHY DISTRIBUTION OF BOTH THROUGH OUR LIBRARIES, OUR SPECIAL SUMMER PROGRAM SITES AND OUR FACE OFFICE. AND PROBABLY SOME OF THOSE BOOKS WILL END UP IN THAT NICE LOOKING VAN THAT WE JUST LOOKED AT. AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, THE FACE VAN CAN BE CHECKED OUT BY PRINCIPALS OR POSSIBLY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I WOULD VENTURE. AND IT INCLUDES A POPCORN MACHINE, A SNOW CONE MACHINE, TENTS, CHAIRS AND OTHER GOODIES TO ENCOURAGE SUMMER READINGS. SO THERE'S MAYBE SOMETHING TO ENTICE YOU IF YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE A RIDE IN THE VAN. HOPEFULLY YOU'VE ALREADY PILED UP YOUR INTERESTING SUMMER READING AND YOU WILL BE JOINING OUR MANY STUDENTS AS WE ALL PLAN TO READ THIS SUMMER. I THINK THAT IS MY LAST SLIDE. YES. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? MS. BAILEY. I HAVE JUST GOT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO KRISTEN THROWER AND LISA SIGNORELLI. I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THEM, BUT THEY'RE MY DALE DISTRICT FOLKS THAT STARTED THEIR BOOKMOBILE OUT OF THEIR STATION WAGON. AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, THESE TWO WOMEN ARE PHENOMENAL AND THEY ON THEIR OWN AND ON THEIR OWN TIME HAVE DONE SO MUCH. AND DR. DAUGHERTY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THEM AND FOR ADVOCATING FOR THEM TO GET THEIR VAN. AND THEY ARE SO EXCITED. AND I JUST KNOW THAT, I MEAN, THEY'VE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND A READING TEACHER AND A LIBRARIAN WHO COULD HAVE JUST CHECKED OUT AT THE END OF DAY AND GONE HOME. THEY GO INTO COMMUNITY AFTER COMMUNITY, AFTER COMMUNITY, AND GIVE AWAY FREE BOOKS THAT THEY TAKE THEIR OWN TIME TO GATHER AND GET FROM ALL CORNERS THAT THEY CAN FIND MONEY. AND THEY'RE JUST PHENOMENAL PEOPLE. AND THEY DESERVE ALL OF OUR APPRECIATION FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE DONE. I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL THEY ARE IN THE DALE DISTRICT. INSPIRATION AND MODEL FOR US ALL. YES THEY ARE. NOTHING ELSE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE A BUDGET UPDATE FROM MR. [F. FY2022 Operating Budget Updates] MEISTER. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. DAUGHERTY, DR. TAYLOR. HAPPY TO COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT ACTUALLY THREE TOPICS TODAY, NOT JUST THE BUDGET UPDATE, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT BOTH THE UPCOMING AMENDMENTS THAT WILL PROPOSE TONIGHT IN THE BUDGET AS WELL AS THE CIP. AND LOOK AT THE GOING FORWARD FIRST WELL SECOND ROUND OF ESSER FUNDING. WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER ROUND AFTER THAT. SO WE'LL HIT ON ALL THREE OF THOSE TOPICS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION TODAY. BUT BEFORE I GET INTO ANY BUDGET CONVERSATION AT ALL, I HAVE TO USE THE SLIDE THAT I STARTED ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER JUST WHY WE'RE HERE AND THOSE TWO PRIORITIES, TOP PRIORITIES THAT DR. DAUGHERTY LAID OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS WITHIN THIS BUDGET IS REALLY TO FIRST ADDRESS TEACHER DECOMPRESSION. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'VE DONE THAT. WE'RE NOT DONE, BUT WE'VE DONE AT LEAST A REALLY BIG PIECE OF THAT. AND SECOND IS ADDRESSED AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND REALLY A DIFFERENTIATED WAY. AND WE MADE A SIGNIFICANT SET OF IMPROVEMENTS ON THAT DIMENSION AS WELL. SO AS I LOOK AT THIS BUDGET, EVEN BEFORE WE MAKE THESE ADJUSTMENTS, I THINK IT WAS A SUCCESS. AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THIS GOING FORWARD AS EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON TOP OF THAT. SO, AS I MENTIONED, THREE TOPICS TODAY. WE'LL START WITH THE OPERATING BUDGET UPDATE. WE START WITH A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS AS WE LEAD IN, AS WE'VE GOTTEN WORD FINALLY FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF WHAT THE FINAL STATE BUDGET ALLOCATION WILL BE. AND YOU'LL SEE HERE A SIXTEEN POINT FIVE MILLION INCREASE FROM THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED A FEW MONTHS BACK, TAKING OUR TOTAL OPERATING BUDGET UP TO SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY ONE POINT THREE MILLION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S A FIFTY SEVEN AND A HALF GIVE OR TAKE MILLION INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR. TRULY A REMARKABLE INCREASE. AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF REALLY GOOD THINGS WITH THAT. YOU CAN SEE IN THE LIST OF WHAT WE'VE SPENT THAT ON, THE BULK OF THAT HAS GONE TO [00:50:02] COMPENSATION. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD REALLY NEEDS TO BE NEEDS TO BE PROUD OF. AND NONE OF THIS INCLUDES THE EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE CARES AND ESSER FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL AID AS WELL. SO WITH THAT REVENUE UPDATE, WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WOULDN'T BE A FINANCE PRESENTATION WITHOUT A WALL OF NUMBERS. HERE'S ONE OF SEVERAL IN THIS DISCUSSION. YOU CAN SEE THE FIFTY SEVEN MILLION INCREASE HERE FROM FY 21 YOU CAN SEE ABOUT WAS IT TWENTY THREE MILLION FROM COUNTY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER OR THIRTY THREE MILLION SORRY, FROM COUNTY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. TWENTY SIX FROM STATE AND A FEW OTHER OFFSETS AS YOU GO IN THERE. MATH. I THOUGHT I KNEW THAT. AS WE LOOK AT THAT FROM FY 22 TO ADOPTED TO WHAT WE'RE TALK ABOUT TODAY. THAT'S AT SIXTEEN AND A HALF MILLION WE TALKED ABOUT HERE YOU CAN SEE A SMALL TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT WITHIN THE COUNTY TRANSFER WHERE THAT WAS LOWERED FROM A PREVIOUS EXPECTATIONS. THE BIG ADJUSTMENTS ARE WITHIN THOSE TWO STATE LINES, RIGHT? STATE BASIC AID WHICH IS PRIMARILY SOQ AND COMPENSATION RELATED, AND THE SALES TAX OF ABOUT 4.7, WHICH IS REALLY A TREND BASED UPDATE THAT WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. AS YOU LOOK AT IT HERE FROM SIXTY SIX TO SEVENTY ONE, LOOKS LIKE A LOT. HOWEVER, WHERE WE EXPECT TO END THIS CURRENT FY 21 IS AROUND SIXTY NINE MILLION, SO THAT'S SIXTY NINE TO SEVENTY ONE IS A PRETTY TYPICAL INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR FOR SALES TAX. SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT UPDATE. DIGGING ONE STEP DEEPER INTO THE STATE REVENUE UPDATES. I MENTIONED THAT FOUR POINT SEVEN MILLION, EIGHT POINT TWO OF THIS IS FROM THE C OMPENSATION. THIS IS REALLY TRANSITIONING FROM THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED TWO PERCENT BONUS TO THE GOVERNORS. AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS NOW ADOPTED FIVE PERCENT ONGOING SALARY INCREASE. THAT WAS AN EIGHT MILLION DOLLAR INCREASE TO OUR BUDGET, SOME SMALL ADJUSTMENTS WITHIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS FUND. BUT THE OTHER BIG ADJUSTMENT BEING THE BASIC CHANGES ARE PRIMARILY REFLECTING THE CHANGE FOR THREE SPECIALIZED SUPPORT POSITIONS PER 1000 STUDENTS OF ABOUT THREE POINT TWO MILLION. WITH ANY STATE DOLLAR COMES FROM STATE STRINGS. AND I'D LIKE TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE TWO BIG ONES IN THESE AMENDMENTS, WHICH I THINK BOTH OF WHICH WE ARE GOING TO BE SORT OF AVOIDING THE STRINGS ON THE STATE AID INCREASE REQUIRED THAT WE PROVIDE A FIVE PERCENT INCREASE TO COVERED POSITIONS IN THIS BUDGET. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE WELL NORTH OF THAT, GIVEN THE HISTORIC INVESTMENT IN DECOMPRESSION AND THE SECOND ONE RELATED TO THE STANDARDS OF QUALITY FOR THE THREE SPECIALIZED SUPPORT POSITIONS FOR THE BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE, THAT IS, THINGS LIKE NURSES, LICENSED HEALTH CARE AND OTHER BEHAVIORAL POSITIONS BASED ON OUR CURRENT PROJECTED ENROLLMENT. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO POSITIONS AT THE CURRENT TIME. WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE WELL NORTH OF THAT. SO WE SHOULD BE IN GOOD STATE, GOOD SHAPE THERE. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ASTERISK, THE FINAL GUIDANCE ON THAT IS EXPECTED FROM THE STATE SHORTLY. BUT EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD SUGGESTS THAT WILL BE WILL BE OK. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, THE JUST QUICKLY HIGHLIGHTING, WE'RE PROPOSING A BALANCED BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURE IN THIS VIEW DO BALANCE. WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING, I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE I MISSED IT ON THE FIRST SLIDE, BUT REALLY IMPORTANT, WE HAD ABOUT SIX MILLION DOLLARS OF COUNSELOR, ESL AND NURSES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY FUNDED BY SOME OF THE ORIGINAL CARES FUNDING. REALLY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE INTO OUR ONGOING OPERATING PLANS. SO THOSE FOLKS ARE PART OF THE ONGOING TRAJECTORY. AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLY BIG AND IMPORTANT WIN FOR THE DISTRICT AS WE'VE GOT THESE POSITIONS HERE, AS WE ARE ABLE TO GET IN FRONT OF THE NEED ON MANY OF THESE POSITIONS. WE HAVEN'T HEARD ALL OF THEM, ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT REALLY IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE. HAVING LEANED INTO THESE POSITIONS THIS PAST YEAR, YOU CAN SEE NINE POINT SIX MILLION RELATED TO COMPENSATION. THAT FIRST 5.5 MILLION IS REALLY AN ADJUSTMENT TO ENSURE THAT TEACHERS RECEIVE COMPENSATION FOR EACH YEAR OF SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE. WHAT THIS BASICALLY RELATES TO IS A CONSULTANT PAY STUDY SIZE THE IMPACT BASED ON FY 21 EXPERIENCE. SO THIS FIVE POINT FIVE MILLION IS TO REALLY ENSURE THAT THE FY 22 STEP IS ALSO INCLUDED. THIS HELPS TO ENSURE THAT WE PREVENT THE SCALE FROM BEING RECOMPRESSED OVER TIME. ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE THAT THE PAY SCALES THAT WERE PUBLISHED PREVIOUSLY ARE STILL VALID. THOSE ARE STILL WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. WE WON'T HAVE A SECOND ROUND OF PAY SCALES COMING OUT BECAUSE OF THIS. REALLY, THIS ADJUSTMENT REALLY REFLECTS THE SUCCESSFUL FY 21 EXPERIENCE IN BOTH THE TEACHER'S PAY AND IN THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS. ULTIMATELY, GOOD NEWS. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN AVERAGE PAY INCREASE OF ABOUT EIGHT PERCENT FOR THOSE IN THE STUDY. THIS IS REALLY GOOD NEWS IN AGGREGATE. AS WE LOOK AT THIS, THE OTHER PIECE, FOUR POINT ONE MILLION FOR COMPENSATION RELATED TO FUTURE SALARY CONSIDERATIONS AND THE LAST JUST UNDER A MILLION FOR OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE MOSTLY PREVIOUSLY ON THE LIST FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION THAT WERE DEFERRED, INCLUDING SOME STAFFING UPDATES AROUND, IF YOU CAN SEE THE LIST HERE, EMPLOYEE RELATION [00:55:01] CONSTRUCTION BUDGETS AND EXECUTIVE STAFF, AS WELL AS STUDENT EMAIL AND A RECENT INCREASE THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM ABOUT CODERVA FOR ABOUT TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. A FEW ADDITIONAL DETAILED SLIDES ON THESE. FOR THE SAKE OF THIS, I'LL JUMP TO HERE AND JUST SUM UP AND THEN PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS ON THIS PIECE OF THE DISCUSSION AS WE AS I PRESENT TO YOU THIS EVENING THE THE CHANGES TO THE BUDGET, THE PRIMARY DISCUSSION WILL BE ON THE OPERATING LINE. YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE TOP. WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT GRANTS FOOD SERVICE AND THE ARGS NUMBERS ARE ALSO APPROPRIATELY REFLECTED, AS YOU SEE HERE, ALL IN TOTAL, THE DOLLARS THAT THIS BOARD IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR IS THAT EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT MILLION AT THE BOTTOM, ALTHOUGH WE DO SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME ON THAT SEVEN SIXTY ONE UP AT THE TOP. I DON'T WANT TO FORGET ABOUT THE OTHER OTHER FUNDS AS WE AS WE GO THROUGH. ONE MORE VIEW OF THE SAME NUMBERS JUST VERSUS FY 22 APPROVED AND I'M SURE THE BOARD HAS QUESTIONS FOR ME ON THIS PIECE BEFORE I MOVE INTO CIP. SO I WILL, I WILL PAUSE HERE AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR QUESTIONS. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS I. I SEE MS. COKER. YES, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF REITERATE ON THE FIVE POINT FIVE. YES, MA'AM. SO THAT FIVE POINT FIVE MILLION IS BECAUSE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO START THE DECOMPRESSION IN FY 21 WE HAD TO START IT IN FY 22, JUST SO THAT'S CLEAR. YEAH, ESSENTIALLY, THE CONSULTANT'S STUDY WAS BASED ON A FY 21 IMPLEMENTATION. NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT WILL BE AN FY 22 HENCE THE EXTRA STEP. FEDERAL FUNDING HAS DEFINITELY HELPED US ACHIEVE A LOT OF OUR INITIATIVES. I JUST WANT OUR BOARD TO BE VERY MINDFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE USE THE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR AND YEARS IN OUR FUTURE BUDGET YEARS THAT WE ARE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT GOING FORWARD. AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO SUSTAIN ALL THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE MADE. I KNOW THAT YOU WERE EXTREMELY NERVOUS ABOUT THE FUNDING OF THE NURSES WITH CARES MONEY, AND I WAS POSITIVE IT WAS GOING TO WORK OUT. IT DID. BUT I NOTE YOUR CONCERN FOR THE FUTURE. AND BUT I'M JUST THRILLED THAT IT WORKED OUT TO OUR BENEFIT THAT YOUR CONCERNS WERE VALID AND VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND I WAS WILLING IT. SO I'M GLAD IT WORKED OUT THAT WE ARE FULLY FUNDED WITH THOSE NURSES BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AND I WILL COMMENT. I'M SORRY, MISS BAILEY, JUST. I'M GOOD. THE DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF HERE ARE SORT OF RECURRING FUNDS. I'VE GOT A DISCUSSION A LITTLE LATER AND WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF FEDERAL DOLLARS AND MS. COKER. I FULLY EXPECT THE SAME COMMENT AS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL. BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS PARTICULAR PIECE IS THE ONGOING PIECE, AND I FEEL THE SAME WAY. SO I APPRECIATE IT. MS. HAINES. CAN YOU GO A LITTLE BIT MORE IN-DEPTH? BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE FOUR POINT ONE MILLION MEAN. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT THERE'S A LOT TO UNPACK THERE, BUT BECAUSE ESSER IS NOT COMPLETE AND GUIDELINES ARE ALWAYS CHANGING. BUT IF IT GETS UNPACK IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, THE FOUR POINT ONE FUTURE CONSIDERATION, I'VE GOT IT. I MEAN, I THINK THE BEST WAY TO THINK ABOUT THIS IS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF UNCERTAINTIES THAT WE'RE STARING AT AS WE THINK ABOUT COMPENSATION GOING FORWARD. THERE IS PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE OF THE STUDY. WE SAW THIS PAST BUDGET AROUND TEACHERS. THE COUNTY HAS RECENTLY STARTED ANOTHER PROCESS TO LOOK AT THOSE POSITIONS THAT ARE NOT STUDIED. AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, MARKET COMPETITIVENESS NEEDS TO ALSO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS FOUR POINT ONE MILLION, WHILE I'M NOT IN A POSITION AND DR. DAUGHERTY ISN'T IN A POSITION TO SAY EXACTLY WHAT THAT WILL BE ALLOCATED FOR. BUT KNOWING THAT THERE ARE THOSE THREE REALLY BIG AND IMPORTANT COMPENSATION RELATED RISKS OR OPPORTUNITIES, DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM OUT THERE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE ARE PRUDENT IN OUR FINANCIAL PLANNING AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE MONEY AVAILABLE TO TO SUPPORT, QUITE FRANKLY, ALL THREE OF THOSE INITIATIVES BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL REALLY IMPORTANT. AND THIS WILL HELP SUPPORT THAT. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO YOU AND THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING WORK TO REALLY HELP SHAPE THIS. AND I WAS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF MS. BAILEY AND MS. COKER, BECAUSE I DID WANT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND IT MADE ME A BIT NERVOUS AT FIRST WHEN WE WERE EXPANDING THOSE POSITIONS. BUT I DEFINITELY UNDERSTOOD THE RISK REWARD. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M GLAD WE TOOK THE RISK BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO [01:00:02] BRING SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS ON BOARD. AND NOW A LOT OF OTHER DISTRICTS AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH ARE SCRAMBLING TO TRY TO FIND SOME OF THESE POSITIONS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WHERE WE'RE SITTING PRETTY WITH THEM. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. OK, MOVING FORWARD, NEXT STEP, CIP THIS ONE IS A RELATIVELY TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT IN NATURE, BUT WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY AND CONTINUING TO PLAN FOR WITH OUR CURRENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS BASED ON A COUNTY BOND REFERENDUM TAKING PLACE IN ROUGHLY THE FALL OF 2022. AND WE'VE GOT A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE BUILD PLAN ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, ESPECIALLY THAT FIRST BULLET, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS, IS REALLY PRE WORK IN FY 22 TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ON THAT WORK BEGINNING IN FY 23 OR SO WHEN THAT BOND, THAT BOND FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE. YOU CAN SEE IT LAID OUT HERE AS ABOUT FOUR POINT TWO MILLION FOR PREDESIGN AND ABOUT POINT EIGHT FOR SITE WORK. THERE'S ANOTHER ADJUSTMENT THAT WE ASKED THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION HERE FOR JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS FOR FOOD SERVICE RELATED TO THREE FREEZER UPGRADES, AS WELL AS CREATING A LITTLE BIT OF CONTINGENCY IN THEIR BUDGET. THAT SIDE IS ALL FUNDED BY THE FOOD SERVICE BALANCE AND DOES NOT IMPACT SORT OF OPERATIONS OR COUNTY FUNDING IN ANY WAY THEY ARE A SELF FUNDED UNIT. SO REALLY QUICK, JUST TO REITERATE AND RECALL WHAT IS ON THE CURRENT CIP AGENDA, YOU CAN SEE A RELATIVELY AGGRESSIVE SET OF GOALS HERE, ESPECIALLY IN FY 23-24, AS YOU SEE BOTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS OCCURRING IN THAT TIME. AS WE CURRENTLY UNDERSTAND IT, THE BOND REFERENDUM SUPPORTS THOSE FIRST TWO BUNDLES, BUNDLE THREE AND FUTURE PROJECTS ARE FUNDING STILL TO BE DETERMINED ON THOSE. WE'RE HOPING TO TO SOLVE THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. REALLY QUICK. AND I WANT TO PAUSE ON THIS ONE. THIS ONE, THIS PAGE IS LARGELY A KUDO TO OUR COO JOSH DAVIS AND HIS TEAM. WE'RE ABLE TO FUND THIS FIVE MILLION OF FY 22 WORK FROM SAVINGS FROM EXISTING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, HIS CURRENT SUITE OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAS A FUND BALANCE OF ABOUT 19 MILLION DOLLARS AVAILABLE TO SPEND. THERE'S STILL SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN FLIGHT SO THAT NUMBER WILL FLUCTUATE AS WE GO FORWARD. SO THIS FIVE MILLION IS REALLY BEING FUNDED BY THE GREAT AND EFFICIENT WORK OF HIS TEAM. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD RECOGNIZES THAT THIS ISN'T FIVE MILLION THAT WE'RE PULLING FROM OPERATIONS OR NEW STATE FUNDING OR ANYTHING. THIS IS FROM EXISTING CIP WORK THAT HAS, QUITE FRANKLY, COME IN UNDER BUDGET, WHICH IS A WHICH IS A FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC WIN FOR THE COUNTY. THIS SLIDE, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FOR YOUR PERUSAL. I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT, BUT TALKS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THAT WORK IS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN FY 22 AROUND ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING ENGINEERING WORK, AS WELL AS SITE PLANNING FOR ABOUT THAT THAT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING SLIDE. IT ADDS TO FIVE MILLION TO FY 22 THE OTHER PIECE THAT I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT REALLY QUICKLY. HERE IS THE FOOD SERVICE PORTION OF THE CIP. YOU CAN SEE ABOUT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THOSE THREE FREEZERS I MENTIONED AT MATOACA, BAILEY BRIDGE AND HENING ELEMENTARY, AS WELL AS CREATING CONTINGENCY SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE WORK AS IT COMES UP OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. SO WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY CIP RELATED QUESTIONS. ACTUALLY I HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT I NEGLECTED TO ASK PRIOR FROM THE FIRST SLIDE, AND IT WAS THAT ARE THE ACTUAL ADOPTED BUDGET FROM THE COUNTY WAS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS LESS. DO WE KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED? ALL I CAN SAY IS THE COUNTY LETTER FOR THE APPROPRIATION FROM DR. CASEY TO US WAS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND HIGHER THAN WHAT WAS ULTIMATELY IN THE RESOLUTION. SO IT WAS I DON'T WANT TO SAY AN ERROR. I'M SURE IT WAS PURPOSEFUL, BUT IT WAS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT WAS THE FIGURE IN THE APPROPRIATION LETTER AND WHAT THE COUNTY STAFF ULTIMATELY PUT INTO OUR APPROPRIATIONS. OK, THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTION ON CIP. YES. I WOULDN'T BE A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE OF MY DISTRICT IF I DID NOT POINT OUT NOT JUST MY DISTRICT, BUT ALSO BECAUSE I SIT ON SOME COMMITTEES, SPECIFICALLY THE CITIZEN BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP WITH MS. COKER HAVE POINTED OUT THE CONCERN OF DEFRAYING THE BOND REFERENDUM AND THE REDUCTION IN SIZE. AND WE DID AT THE APRIL CBAC MEETING. WE DID HAVE COUNTY STAFF ON HAND TO GRACIOUSLY KIND OF SHARE SOME OF THEIR INSIGHTS ON THAT, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL. AND THEY MENTIONED THAT DELAYING TO NEXT YEAR DOES GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAIR A BOND [01:05:01] REFERENDUM WITH THE MEALS TAX. AND SO I JUST WANTED PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE I CONTINUE TO GET A LOT OF CONCERNS AND WE HAVE A PLAN. SO THAT DEFINITELY ALLAYED MY CONCERNS WITH THE DELAY. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WORK TO DO BECAUSE IT'S REALLY THE MEALS TAX IS UP TO THE CITIZENS. BUT DR. CASEY MADE A SOLID CASE FOR WHY A MEALS TAX HAS A BETTER CHANCE OF PASSING IF WE WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR. SO I WOULD SAY TO THE CITIZENS WHO ARE CONCERNED WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THIS OUT AND HOPEFULLY COULD EVEN GET AN INCREASED REFERENDUM. SO I THINK AS YOU SINCE YOU OPENED THE DOOR THERE, I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO COMMENT TO THE BOARD THAT THAT CAME OUT OF THE SAME DISCUSSION IS AS THE COUNTY AND QUITE FRANKLY, THE SCHOOLS, AS WE LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, ADDITIONAL CARES FUNDS, ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES, ET CETERA, WE CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY ON WHETHER AND HOW WE CAN USE SOME OF THESE EXTRA OR NEW FUNDING SOURCES TO SUPPORT THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN. I'M NOT HERE TODAY TO SAY I HAVE A DEFINITIVE PLAN ON ANY OF THE GIVEN ITEMS, BUT I WILL COMMENT THAT WE'VE HAD A GREAT RELATIONSHIP THUS FAR WITH THE COUNTY ON EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING FOR SOME OF THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE LATER PIECE OF THAT REFERENDA OR CIP. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO. ALL RIGHT, SIR, THERE ARE TWO REALLY BIG PIECES OF MONEY THAT WE'LL NEED TO TALK TO THE BOARD ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE OF THEM TODAY, WHICH I'LL CALL ESSER 2 THIS ONE IS ABOUT 23 MILLION DOLLARS TO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS. LIKE MOST FUNDS, THIS ONE WILL REQUIRE AS WELL BOTH THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVAL AS WELL AS BOARD OF SUPERVISOR APPROVAL FOR THE APPROPRIATION FOR THAT. SO TECHNICALITIES ASIDE, ESSER 2 ABOUT 23 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE KEY FACTS HERE. I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE TERM OF THE AWARD, ESSER 2 IS ELIGIBLE TO BE SPENT FROM ESSENTIALLY THE START OF THE PANDEMIC MARCH 2020 THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2023. SO WE'VE GOT A FEW YEARS ON THIS ONE. SO UNLIKE THE FIRST SET OF CARES AND ESSER MONEY, WE ARE NOT RACING AGAINST A CLOCK THAT'S COUNTED IN WEEKS. IT'S COUNTED IN YEARS. SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF OPPORTUNITY TO TO SPEND THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE THOUGHTFULLY THAN THAN WE MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE. THE SECOND SET OF DOLLARS ESSER 3 DOLLARS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDS. THIS ONE IS JUST UNDER FIFTY ONE AND A HALF MILLION ONCE AGAIN TO HIGHLIGHT THE DATES ON THIS ONE SIMILAR TIMELINE, EXCEPT IT EXTENDS OUT ANOTHER YEAR. SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS, CLOSE TO SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDS THAT I'LL COME TO TALK TO THE BOARD ABOUT OVER WELL THIS MONTH AND NEXT MONTH, IT DOES EXTEND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND SOME OF THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS WISELY THROUGH SEPTEMBER OF 2024, WHICH IS WHICH IS GREAT. PROPOSED USES HERE. ESSER 2 TWENTY TWO POINT EIGHT MILLION, AS I SAID, MOSTLY FOCUSED ON TWO BIG SETS OF ACTIVITIES, ONE, REMEDIATION OF LEARNING. THINK ABOUT IT AS SUMMER SCHOOL TUTORS, THINGS LIKE THAT AS A BIG PIECE OF IT. AND THE OTHER BIG ONE ON HERE IS REALLY AROUND SCHOOL SAFETY AND TOUCHLESS AND FINISHING THE JOB THAT WE STARTED WITHIN THE SCHOOLS TO TO ADVANCE THE HVAC BUSINESS, ADVANCE THE TOUCHLESS LIGHT SWITCHES, FAUCETS, ET CETERA, THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO LEAN INTO ONLINE LEARNING, DIGITAL CURRICULUM NEEDS AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGY. TWO MILLION FOR CONTINUING TO SUPPORT CHROMEBOOKS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL, FOR TEACHERS, FOR STUDENTS, ETC.. CONTINUING TO LEAN INTO THAT. AND I'LL SHOW YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT AS WE GO FORWARD. BUT I ALSO WANT TO COMMENT A LITTLE BIT ON ESSER 3 AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT PIECE OF MONEY THAT WHEN WE START TO LEAN IN TO SOME OF THE OTHER NEEDS OF THE DISTRICTS, INCLUDING THE VIRTUAL ACADEMY, SOME OF THE DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AS PART OF THE BUDGET, THAT WE FUNDED A FAIR AMOUNT OF THAT WE DIDN'T GET ALL THE WAY THERE. THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAN IN ON SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY WITH ESSER 3 FUNDING AND QUITE FRANKLY, CONTINUING SOME OF THE GOOD WORK IN ESSER 2, ALWAYS WITH AN EYE TO MISS COKER PLAN TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T CREATE A GIANT CLIFF AT THE END OF 2025. AND WHEN WE GET AND TALKED ABOUT ESPECIALLY THE ESSER 3 MONEY, I'LL BE SURE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD OUR PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING OFF A CLIFF WHEN THIS FEDERAL MONEY ULTIMATELY RUNS OUT. ESSER 2 THE WAY THIS IS SET UP, WE'LL EXPEND MOST OF THESE FUNDS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS AND RUN THEM THROUGH RUN PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO BE CONTINUED THROUGH THE ESSER 3 FUNDS AS WE GO FORWARD. ONE MORE CLICK ON WHAT THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE USED FOR. AND THIS IS A PAGE I'LL ACTUALLY STOP ON ON THIS ONE. YOU CAN SEE THAT TWENTY TWO POINT NINE MILLION, ABOUT TWELVE AND A HALF IN INSTRUCTION, SUMMER SCHOOL, EXTENDED DAY PROGRAMS, ONLINE LEARNING AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT MATERIAL. ADMIN AND ATTENDANCE, INDIRECT COST TO HELP SUPPORT THE GRANT, AS WELL [01:10:03] AS A GRANT TECHNICIAN TO HELP MANAGE THE CLOSE TO 75 MILLION OF EXPENSES HERE. ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND TO SUPPORT SUMMER SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION. I MENTIONED THIS. OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE WAS THE OTHER BIG CHUNK OF MONEY, SEVEN POINT FOUR MILLION TO FINISH THE TOUCHLESS INITIATIVE PPE, WIPES, MASKS, ETC.. POLICE OVERTIME. I DIDN'T MENTION THAT BEFORE, BUT AS FEWER KIDS TAKE THE BUS, MORE KIDS AND PARENTS DRIVE TO SCHOOL. IT'S CREATING BACKLOG AT OUR SCHOOLS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING POLICE THERE TO MAKE SURE TRAFFIC FLOW CONTINUES. WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE THIS AS LONG AS THAT NEED IS EVOLVING, AS WELL AS CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE HVAC WORK THAT MR. DAVIS TALKS ABOUT FREQUENTLY. AND LASTLY, TECHNOLOGY OF JUST UNDER 2.8 MILLION AROUND COMPUTERS, LARGELY FOR SUBSTITUTES AND SUMMER SCHOOL LAPTOPS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL CHROMEBOOKS FOR OUR CHILDREN. SO WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE ON ESSER 2. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SLIDES THAT GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION IN THE BACK. BUT I'LL LET YOU REVIEW THOSE OFFLINE IF YOU PREFER. THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER. BOARD MEMBERS. ANY DISCUSSION, MISS COKER? A QUESTION ON THAT CHROMEBOOKS. I ASSUME A LOT OF THOSE ARE FOR WHAT WE HOPE IS AN INFLUX OF OUR REDSHIRTED KINDERGARTNERS IF WE'RE STILL PROVIDING CHROMEBOOKS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO KINDERGARTEN LEVEL. YEAH, IT DEFINITELY CAN BE. A LITTLE BIT. IT'S HONESTLY, MOST OF THIS 2.8 IS AROUND THOSE FIRST TWO TO MAKING SURE T HAT STAFF HAS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY TO INSTRUCT AS WE GO FORWARD, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL LAPTOP NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL KINDERGARTNERS, ET CETERA. THERE ARE SOME MONEY SET ASIDE HERE. I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW MUCH I'M SORRY, BUT I'LL LOOK FOR ESSER 3 TO HELP ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE FULLY. I JUST WANTED TO PLUG THE TOUCHLESS FAUCETS BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN GETTING REALLY POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S NOT JUST I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT COVID. ANYONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT HAND HYGIENE KNOWS YOU'RE LIKE TAKE THE PAPER TOWEL. RIGHT, AND USE IT TO TURN THE FAUCET OFF. BUT GUESS WHAT? THE KIDS NEVER DO THAT. SO I THINK IT'LL HAVE MORE KIDS IN SCHOOL, MORE DAYS. AND PARENTS HAVE BEEN REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. SO THANKS. AND THEN I'M THINKING THIS. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I LOOKED AT THE SLIDES AT HOME RIGHT BEFORE I CAME HERE, THERE WAS A SLIDE ABOUT NEW TEACHER SUPPORT, THE PROGRAM IS THAT THE PLAN. I THINK, WAS LIKE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ALLOCATED. YES, I KNOW THAT'S PART OF 3, IS IT IN 2? IT'S MOSTLY IN THREE OH NEW TEACHER SUPPORT. I DO HAVE A FIRST YEAR. YEAH. BUT SO I JUST MAKE A COMMENT THAT WHEN THIS IS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAD REVIEWED THE BUDGET BECAUSE THAT WAS INITIALLY IN THE BUDGET, THAT ONE OF THEIR COMMENTS WAS THEY WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION BEFORE GIVING THEIR FULL SUPPORT AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PRINCIPALS WERE INVOLVED IN THAT INITIATIVE AND THAT IT WAS VERY INTERACTIVE APPROACH. SO I'M JUST PASSING ALONG THAT FEEDBACK SINCE IT'S BACK ON THE. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'LL WORK WITH DR. TAYLOR AND OTHER STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPLAIN THAT ONE MORE THOROUGHLY TO THE GROUPS. AND HELPS US ANSWER WHEN PEOPLE SAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT'S LARGELY A NEW TEACHER MENTORING PROGRAM IS THE SHORT ANSWER. BUT WE CAN GO A DOUBLE CLICK ON THAT FOR YOU. AWESOME. THANKS SO MUCH. [G. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments] ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS. THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING, MAY 11TH, 2021 AT 6:30 PM IF THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC BUSINESS. [H. Adjournment into Closed Session] WE WILL ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOMS, CONFERENCE ROOM. MR. CLERK, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE ITEMS FOR TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711.A OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTIONS 1 THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS. 2 THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS IN MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORDS. AND 8 CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. YOU'VE JUST HEARD THE ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION. DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE. KATHRYN HAINES. AYE. ANN COKER. [01:15:01] AYE. RYAN HARTER. AYE. WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND. THE BOARD IS NOW IN OPEN SESSION? MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE CLOSED SESSION. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, 1 ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES AND 2 ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE. KATHRYN HAINES. AYE. ANN COKER. AYE. RYAN HARTER. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2020-21-1, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION. DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE. KATHRYN HAINES. AYE. ANN COKER. AYE. RYAN HARTER. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES IS THEIR MOTION REGARDING THE REMAINING STUDENT MATTERS. IN CASE NUMBERS 2020-21/16RE AND 2020 -21/17RE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION. DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE. KATHRYN HAINES. AYE. ANN COKER. AYE. RYAN HARTER. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES IS THEIR MOTION REGARDING THE PERSONNEL MATTER. IN CASE NUMBER 2020-21/27-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND. MR.CLERK COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION. DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE. KATHRYN HAINES. AYE. ANN COKER. AYE. RYAN HARTER. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.