Sep 14, 2021 September 14, 2021 - Business Meeting - 6:30 p.m.

CARRIES.

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[A. Meeting Opening - 6:30 p.m.]

FIRST UP, WE HAVE INVOCATION BY MS. BAILEY.

THANK YOU.

HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY ASKING FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, WISDOM AND SUPPORT AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING.

HELP US ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL DISCUSSION ABOUT US TO GROW CLOSER AS A GROUP AND NURTURE THE BONDS OF COMMUNITY.

PROTECT OUR STUDENTS, TEACHERS AND STAFF AS WE CONTINUE TO NAVIGATE THE PANDEMIC.

BLESS THIS BOARD WITH WISDOM, COURAGE AND STRENGTH.

BE WITH BE WITH US IN OUR DELIBERATIONS AND HELP US TO BE WISE IN THE DECISIONS WE MAKE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PLACED THEIR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR LEADERSHIP.

IN YOUR NAME, WE PRAY.

AMEN.

FLAG SALUTE MS. HEFFRON.

[B. Consent Agenda]

10TH, 2021.BUSINESS MEETING.

MEMO NO.

110-21, TRANSFER OF BUDGET FROM OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TO TECHNOLOGY.

MEMO NO.111-21, 2022 HEALTH AND DENTAL CONTRACTS.

MEMO NO.

112-21, RECOMMENDED PERSONNEL ACTIONS.

MEMO NO.

118-21, APPOINTMENT OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? MR. CHAIR, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA THIS EVENING.

OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FROM A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO SEPARATE AN ITEM FROM AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION OR INDIVIDUAL ACTION? HEARING NONE MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED.

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?

[C. Awards and Recognitions]

RYAN HARTER? AYE.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT, WE HAVE AWARDS AND RECOGNITION.

DUE TO THE NUMBER OF RECOGNITIONS TONIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO PLEASE CLEAR THE ROOM AT THIS TIME.

MR. SMITH? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, WE'RE EXCITED TONIGHT TO PRESENT TO YOU A NUMBER OF RECOGNITIONS.

IF I COULD FIRST ASK OUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM CLOVER HILL FOR THE FILM FESTIVAL TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CLOVER HILL HIGH STUDENT QUINN NGUYEN FOR WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE ANIMATION CATEGORY OF THE 2021 FILM FESTIVAL AT VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.

CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO ART TEACHER AMANDA BERNAKE, WHO'S THE COACH SPONSOR FOR THE FILM STUDENTS.

QUINN WON FOR "LOVING LIFE'S LIE," BASED ON HER DIGITALLY HAND-DRAWN ROTOSCOPING ANIMATION OF THREE ORIGINAL POEMS, PLEASE, JOLENE, RECOGNIZING HER ACCOMPLISHMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH HER MOVIE, IT IS PHENOMENAL.

YOUR ARTWORK IS INSPIRATIONAL AND THE POEMS WERE VERY MEANINGFUL.

THE HEART IS THE HOME.

IT WAS VERY LOVELY AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

THIS IS A STATEWIDE AWARD AND WE'RE JUST SO PROUD OF YOU.

THANK YOU.

GREAT WORK.

FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION, IF I COULD ASK MICKEY SCHWARTZ TO COME FORWARD, PLEASE.

BUT I WILL NOTE TONIGHT, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ARE TWO STUDENTS CANNOT JOIN US, BUT

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CONGRATULATIONS TO VHSL TENNIS CHAMPIONS CAITLIN HUBBARD AND HAYLEY GLENN.

CAITLIN IS CURRENTLY A JUNIOR AND HAYLEY IS A SENIOR AT COSBY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE THEY ARE COACHED BY CHRISTOPHER HARTMAN.

DURING THE VHSL CLASSICS PLAYOFFS IN JUNE.

CAITLIN AND HAYLEY TEAMED UP TO WIN THE STATE TITLE IN DOUBLES, IN THEIR FINAL MATCH THAT DEFEATED JAMES MADISON HIGH.

THE NEXT DAY.

CAITLIN ALSO WON THE STATE SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP.

IN HER FINAL PLAYOFF MATCH, SHE WENT 61, 6-1 AGAINST A PLAYER FROM SOUTH COUNTY HIGH.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING CAITLIN HUBBARD AND HALEY GLENN.

WELL, THEY'RE NOT HERE THIS EVENING, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TRUST THAT YOU WILL ENSURE THAT THEY GET TO THEM, BUT IT'S I'M EXTREMELY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO COME UP AND PRESENT THESE AWARDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN OUR STUDENTS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND THIS IS JUST AMAZING.

SO I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND MY CONGRATULATIONS AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TO RECOGNIZE THEM.

I'LL SEEK THEM OUT TOMORROW, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

I COULD ASK OUR COSBY HIGH SOFTBALL TEAM TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

COACHED BY RAY JETER, COSBY HIGH'S SOFTBALL TEAM WON THE VHSL CLASS SIX STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND FINISHED THE 2021 SEASON UNDEFEATED.

THE FINAL GAME THE STATE PLAYOFFS PITTED COSBY AGAINST SOUTH COUNTY HIGH FROM FAIRFAX COUNTY.

AFTER A GRAND SLAM IN THE BOTTOM OF THE FIFTH INNING, THE COSBY TITANS BEAT THE STALLIONS 6-3.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE TEAM.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF PEOPLE UP HERE, I GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW YOU GUYS TO GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO YOURSELF AND TELL ME WHAT WAS THE KEY TO YOUR GUY'S SUCCESS? WHICH SIDE DO YOU GUYS WANT TO START ON WITH THE COACH? ALL RIGHT.

RAY JETER, I'M THE HEAD OF VARSITY SOFTBALL COACH.

I'M THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS, I BELIEVE, WAS HOW WELL THE TEAM CAME TOGETHER.

AND IN THE SHORT SEASON IT WAS ONLY 17 GAMES.

I FELT LIKE WE WERE JUST HITTING OUR STRIDE AT THAT TIME.

AND THESE ARE THE RETURNING PLAYERS, BUT THERE ARE NINE SENIORS THAT ARE AWAY AT COLLEGE AND THEY PLAYED A BIG ROLE IN OUR SUCCESS AS WELL.

BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW THESE GIRLS CAN REPRESENT NEXT YEAR.

I'M COACH FOX AND I WOULD PIGGYBACK ON THAT.

WE HAD GREAT LEADERSHIP ON THE FIELD WITH NINE SENIORS AND WE HAD A VERY HARD WORKING GROUP AND, YOU KNOW, HARD WORK PAYS OFF.

AND SO WE WERE VERY LUCKY WITH THAT.

MY NAME IS ELLIE TALLEY, AND I JUST FEEL LIKE WE HAD REALLY GOOD CHEMISTRY THIS YEAR.

AS SOON AS WE KIND OF HIT THE FIELD TOGETHER, I FEEL LIKE WE JUST CAME TOGETHER SO FAST, WHICH REALLY LED TO LIKE OUR AWARD AND LIKE SUCCESS.

YEAH.

MY NAME IS JORDAN, AND I THINK WHAT LED TO OUR SUCCESS WAS JUST WORKING HARD ONCE OUR SEASON FROM 2020 GOT CANCELED AND COMING BACK AND JUST PUTTING IN ALL THAT EFFORT TO GET THE FINAL ONE.

HI, I'M JESSICA FERGUSON.

I THINK THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS WAS JUST A CHEMISTRY AND TOTAL AND TEAMWORK AND CHEERING IN THE DUGOUT.

AND JUST LIKE LEANING ON OUR TEAM AND THE SENIORS LIKE PROPS TO THEM, THEY REALLY HELPED LIKE TEACH US AND HELP US DEVELOP AS PLAYERS AND HUMANS.

AND YEAH.

HI, I'M BLAINE.

I THINK THE KEY TO SUCCESS WAS PROBABLY JUST WE ALL SHARE A COMMON LOVE FOR THE GAME AND WE HAD A LOT OF DETERMINATION AND A LOT OF HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.

AND A LOT OF GOOD LEADERSHIP LIKE COACH FOX SAID, HI, I'M ALEX DONARDO.

AND I THINK THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS WAS THAT WE REALLY WORKED HARD TOGETHER AND WE REALLY GELLED AS A GROUP AND IT REALLY HELPED US COME BACK, COME OUT WITH THAT WIN.

HI, I'M TAYLOR HIGGINS.

AND I THINK THE KEY TO OUR SUCCESS WAS HOW WELL ALL THE GIRLS GOT ALONG ON AND OFF THE FIELD.

IT WAS JUST REALLY CLOSE BOND.

ALL RIGHT, SO I ONLY GOT ONE QUESTION.

YOU GUYS READY TO DO IT AGAIN THIS YEAR? ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO TO MAKE THE RECOGNITION EASY, WE'RE GOING TO DO COSBY HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN.

YOU'RE GOING TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE WELLS FARGO CUP TO COME FORWARD TO THIS TOWN.

FOR THE FOURTH TIME, COSBY HIGH CLAIMED WELLS FARGO CUP AND ATHLETICS FOR CLASS SIX SCHOOLS IN THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE.

THIS AWARD REPRESENTS THE BEST VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE TO OFFER.

THE WELLS FARGO CUP ATHLETICS GOES TO THE SCHOOL IN EACH VSL GROUP CLASSIFICATION THAT HAS ACHIEVED THE BEST OVERALL RECORD IN STATE LEVEL COMPETITION IN TWENTY SEVEN SPORTS.

IN EFFECT, THE WELLS FARGO CUP SIGNIFIES BEING THE STATE CHAMPION OF STATE

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PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THE SCHOOL.

WELL, I HAVE TO SAY I'M VERY PROUD OF COSBY AND I'M VERY PROUD OF PRINCIPAL SNYDER, AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN THEM OVER TO HIM AND LET HIM SAY A FEW COMMENTS.

HEY, I'LL MAKE YOU SPEAK IN HERE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT I THINK IT WAS.

WE'VE WON THIS THREE YEARS IN A ROW.

THEY DIDN'T DO THIS AND DURING THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN 2020, BUT THIS YEAR WAS REALLY SPECIAL WITH EVERYTHING OUR ATHLETES HAD TO GO THROUGH AND ALL THE EXTRA MEASURES OUR COACHES AND ATHLETES HAD TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE OUR ATHLETES COULD HAVE SUCCESSFUL SEASONS.

IT WAS JUST A WONDERFUL SPRING, WITH MANY REGIONAL CHAMPIONS AND MANY TRIPS UP AND DOWN 95 AND AND EVEN TO THE BEACH TO TO PLAY IN STATE AND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.

BUT IT WAS WORTH IT TO SEE OUR STUDENTS COMPETE AND WIN, AND IT WAS GREAT THING FOR THE GREAT WAY TO END THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR US AGAIN WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH WITH THE WITH THE PANDEMIC LAST YEAR.

YEAH, STARTING WITH 2020, WHEN WE SHUT DOWN.

THEY LOST THE SPRING AND SPRING THIS YEAR.

WE WON EIGHT REGIONAL TITLES.

THIS THIS SPRING, THEY LOST THAT LAST YEAR, SO THEY YOU COULD SEE THE WHOLE YEAR THEY WERE WORKING, WORKING HARD, GETTING BETTER.

AND IN APRIL, WHEN WE STARTED, THEY CAME RIGHT OUT OF THE BLOCKS AND LIKE THE SOFTBALL TEAM, IN FACT, THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP GAVE US THE WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP AND THIS JUST SEEING ALL OF OUR KIDS COME TOGETHER WORKING HARD EVERY DAY.

IT WAS PLEASANT.

IT WAS A GOOD SURPRISE AND IT WAS GREAT TO BE BACK.

I'LL TELL YOU AND THE SAME THING WITH THIS FALL TO HAVE THE KIDS BACK IN SCHOOL.

IT IS TREMENDOUS TO SEE JUST EVERYTHING GOING ON, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING.

I DON'T HE'S GOING TO GET BACK.

NO PROBLEM.

EMBLEMATIC OF THE WORK SESSION PRESENTATION WE HAD REGARDING CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION, WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECOGNIZE THE STATE WINNERS AND CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION COMPETITIONS.

AND WE BASICALLY HAVE THESE IN FIVE DIFFERENT BATCHES.

AND SO EACH TIME I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH, RECOGNIZE, HAVE OUR STUDENTS COME FORWARD, I'LL READ THE NAMES AND ALSO GIVE OBVIOUSLY THEIR HOME HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

FIRST UP, FOR PROGRAM OF STUDY, IF I COULD ASK THE BUSINESS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA TO COME FORWARD.

AS THEY COME FORWARD FOR THOSE STUDENTS AT COURTHOUSE, PAUL MATHIS FROM JAMES RIVER, WILSON NEE FROM MEADOWBROOK, EMILIO PYTHONS FROM JAMES RIVER, MUHAMMAD DIAWARI FROM CLOVER HILL, CALEB MOORE FROM CLOVER HILL, KEVIN GARCIA ROSAS FROM MEADOWBROOK, ANDREW [INAUDIBLE] FROM MEADOWBROOK.

FROM MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL, THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS ELIZA ADAMY, MEREDITH ETHERIDGE, AVA GAY, CAROLYN LONGEST.

DANIELLE MARMOT, BRENNAN LAYNE, DIMITRI [INAUDIBLE].

I THINK I GOT THAT RIGHT, MAYBE.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE STUDENTS.

WELL, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND SAME THING I DO, AND EVERY TIME THERE'S A LARGE CROWD OF COMES UP, I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS THE MICROPHONE.

YOU COULD JUST SAY SOMETHING THAT YOU ENJOYED ABOUT LAST YEAR.

THAT'S THREE GUYS TO ALL SHARE AFTERWARDS.

THANK YOU.

I'M D.J., I REPRESENT [INAUDIBLE] AND I WAS JUST THANKFUL TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE WITH COVID LAST YEAR.

IT KIND OF STUNK BEING STUCK IN MY HOUSE ALL DAY, BUT IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO SOCIALIZE WITH OTHER PEOPLE THROUGH BUSINESS.

I'M PAUL MATHIS, AND I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL FOR THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT THAT I HAD AND THE MENTAL PREPARATION THAT I WAS GIVEN TO COMPETE.

AND YEAH, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS EMILIO, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR OUR CLASS AND HOW WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND HOW WE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER TO GET THESE ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

HI, I'M ANDREW, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR OUR GREAT TEACHER MR. C HELPING US THROUGH THE YEAR AND HELPING OUR TRANSITION FROM VIRTUAL TO IN-PERSON.

GO EASY AND SMOOTH.

SO THANK YOU.

I'M AVA, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT OUR TEACHER, MRS. MULLINS, GAVE US.

I'M BRENNAN.

I REPRESENT MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND I JUST LIKE TO SAY, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T GET TO GO TO CALIFORNIA AND EXPERIENCE NATIONALS, I'M STILL THANKFUL TO BE PART OF THE LARGEST CHAPTER IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES FOR FBLA, WHICH IS THAT MIDLOTHIAN, WHICH IS SPEARHEADED BY MS. MULLINS.

I'M DANI, AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT AND BEING ABLE TO STILL COMPETE

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THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

NEXT UP, IF I COULD ASK OUR MARKETING AND DECA STUDENTS TO COME FORWARD.

AGAIN, THE PROGRAM OF STUDY IS MARKETING THE ORGANIZER IS DISTRIBUTIVE EDUCATION CLUBS OF AMERICA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DECA, FROM CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL, JAYDEN KLEIN, JAMES [INAUDIBLE], GRACE IRWIN, SEAN FORSYTH FROM MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL, CAROLINE LONGUS AND DMITRIS VILAYATIS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE STUDENTS.

ALL RIGHT, ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO LET EVERYONE TAKE A MOMENT TO LET ME KNOW WHAT THEY ENJOYED ABOUT LAST YEAR.

OK.

I'M D.J.

VILAYATIS.

I REPRESENT MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE DURING COVID.

HI, I'M GRACE ERWIN AND I REPRESENT JAMES RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AND AS A DECA OFFICER, I WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSED ABOUT THE TURNOUT AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ABLE TO COMPETE AT STATES AND EVEN PLACE EVEN THOUGH WE WERE VIRTUAL.

HI, I'M SEAN FORSYTH, AND I REPRESENT JAMES RIVER AS WELL.

LAST YEAR, I WAS REALLY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE SUPPORT THAT US AS A CLASS WE WERE GONE FROM.

WE WERE GIVEN FROM OUR TEACHERS AND ADMIN AT OUR SCHOOL.

IT REALLY MEANT A LOT TO US.

HI, MY NAME IS JAYDEN KLEIN AND I REPRESENT CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL AND I'M EXTREMELY THANKFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT OUR SPONSOR, MR. BURNESH PROVIDED FOR EVERY SINGLE DECA MEMBER AND OFFICER AT CLOVER HILL, AND ALSO FOR THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT DECA'S GAVE US TO INTERACT WITH OUR STUDENTS FROM AROUND, NOT ONLY THE NATION, BUT OTHER INTERNATIONAL COUNTRIES THAT WERE COMPETING.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU.

YES, SIR.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE OUR HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES IF THEY CAN COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

SO FOR THE ORGANIZER, FOR THESE STUDENTS IS THE FUTURE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FROM THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTERS VICTORIA COCHRANE FROM COSBY HIGH SCHOOL; REAGAN COLE, THOMAS DALE; GABRIELLA DEVEREUX, COSBY; ABIGAIL DRISCOLL, THOMAS DALE;ARISAD MORALES -HERNANDEZ, BIRD; JADEN SHACKELFORD, COSBY; JOCELYN SOLANO, MONACAN; SHOSHANA CHUKOTKA, CLOVER HILL; CADE KENNY FROM CLOVER HILL; AND THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS FROM MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL, ELIZABETH BARNES, ABEL BUELL, CAITLIN DONNELLY, ELIZABETH [INAUDIBLE], MOLLY AYKROYD, CORRINE FITZGERALD, BRIEF LICK, LAUREN FOX, MADELINE FRAZIER, MEGAN HALL, EMMA HASH, LILY HOY, BRAD JENKINS, MACY KANE, LUIS LAZARO MAGAR, MAURA MAHONEY, JORDAN MAUNDRY AND EMMA PARKHURST, SYDNEY PIZARA.

BROOKE SAILOR, NATALIE SEATON, NATALIE TORRANCE, NATALIE TROUP, CAITLIN WERT AND ANNIE ZAMITO.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE STUDENTS.

ALL RIGHT.

FUTURE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, SAME THING, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD, PASS THE MIKE DOWN, TELL ME ONE THING THAT YOU ENJOY ABOUT IT.

HI, I'M VICTORIA COBURN AND I REPRESENT COSBY HIGH SCHOOL.

I REALLY ENJOYED THE TIME TAKEN TO DO THIS AND THE AMOUNT OF LEADERSHIP SKILLS I HAD TO LEARN TO DO THIS.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

HI, MY NAME IS ABIGAIL DRISCOLL.

I REPRESENT THOMAS DALE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I'M JUST SO THANKFUL THAT EVEN THOUGH WE WEREN'T IN PERSON THIS YEAR THAT IT WAS STILL SET UP FOR IT TO BE POSSIBLE VIRTUALLY.

HI, MY NAME IS GABRIELLE, AND I ALSO GO TO COSBY, AND I REALLY ENJOYED WORKING WITH MY PARTNER ABBY AND MAKING IT TO NATIONAL, SO I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT.

HI, MY NAME IS REGAN COLE AND I REPRESENT THOMAS DALE HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT I REALLY ENJOYED WAS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP US SET UP OUR FUTURE FOR BEING IN THE PROFESSIONAL LIKE I DID.

I DO PHARMACY TECHNICIAN, SO I WAS REALLY THANKFUL FOR BEING SET UP FOR THAT FIELD.

I'M JADEN, I'M FROM COSBY, AND I REALLY ENJOYED THE CHALLENGE AND HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE.

HI, MY NAME IS KERRY, AND I REPRESENT MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GAVE US AND ALSO FOR THE TIME THAT WE

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IT WAS SO AWESOME.

HI, I'M BRAD JENKINS.

I REPRESENT MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M REALLY THANKFUL I WAS ABLE TO WORK MY TEAM THROUGH THE CURVE WITH YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS NATALIE, AND I ALSO REPRESENT MONICA IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS JUST THANKFUL FOR THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT VIRTUALLY THROUGH ALL OF MY SPONSORS AND BEING ABLE TO COMPETE ON THE STATE LEVEL AND THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL THIS YEAR AROUND THE CLOCK.

ON THE WAY OUT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS SOMETHING.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT UP, IF I COULD ASK OUR TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION STUDENTS TO COME FORWARD.

SO THIS PROGRAM OF STUDY IS TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, THE ORGANIZER OF TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION FOR MATOACA HIGH SCHOOL, KENDALL BIRMINGHAM, ELIZABETH PORTER, HUNTER CUMBY AND ALEXANDER DUNN.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE STUDENTS.

ALL RIGHT, TECHNOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION, SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD, I'LL START DOWN HERE.

LET'S TAKE A MINUTE.

TELL ME SOMETHING YOU ENJOYED ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

MY NAME IS HUNTER.

MY NAME IS HUNTER.

OK.

MY NAME IS HUNTER.

CUMBY AND I PARTICIPATED IN COMPUTER AIDED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, AND I THOUGHT THE MOST FUN PART ABOUT IT WAS JUST LIKE EXPRESSING WHAT I WANTED TO CREATE IT ON A DIGITAL BLUEPRINT.

MY NAME IS ELIZABETH PORTER.

I DID FORENSIC SCIENCE AND WEBMASTER, AND I REALLY ENJOYED SPECIFICALLY IN THE FORENSIC SCIENCE FIELD WAS THE RESEARCH THAT I HAD TO DO TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON.

AND IT WAS REALLY COOL.

MY NAME IS ALEXANDER DUNN AND I WORKED IN PROMOTIONAL DESIGN AND WEBMASTER.

ONE THING I REALLY ENJOYED WAS THE EXPERIENCE THAT I KIND OF WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE WITH KNOWING THE WEBSITE AND ALSO KIND OF DESIGNING LIKE THE PROMOTIONAL FLIER AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I REALLY THOUGHT WAS VERY HELPFUL IN LIKE GETTING THE EXPERIENCE THAT IT WAS ABLE TO OFFER.

OK.

HI, MY NAME IS KENDALL BIRMINGHAM, AND I COMPETED IN DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION.

AND MY FAVORITE PART WAS GETTING TO BE CREATIVE AND CREATING SOMETHING WITH TECHNOLOGY.

LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

IT'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.

YOU GOT THAT ONE.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

IT'S GOING TO ASK OUR SKILLS USA STUDENTS COME FORWARD.

SO ORGANIZER SKILLS USA AND THE PROGRAM OF STUDY IS TRADE AND INDUSTRIAL FROM THE CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER AT WHOLE ST.

GABY FLINT FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

NATHANIEL WEEBO FROM COSBY HIGH SCHOOL.

ALEX SWITEK FROM COSBY HIGH SCHOOL.

JASON POTTS FROM CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL.

AND KENAN SHIELDS FROM MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE STUDENTS.

ALL RIGHT, SO SAME THING AS THE LAST CREW THAT WAS IN HERE, JUST TELL ME SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY ENJOYED ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

MY NAME IS GABBY FLYNN AND I COMPETED IN THE ROBOTICS, URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE, AND I ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE OF BUILDING THE ROBOT AND FINDING OUT THE SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEMS THAT WE THAT WE EXPERIENCED.

AND YEAH.

MY NAME IS JASON POTTS.

I COMPETED IN MOBILE ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY AND PART I ENJOYED THE MOST WAS BEING ABLE TO PROBLEM SOLVE WITH THE TIME AND THE MATERIALS THAT WE HAD AND BEING ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING COME TOGETHER AND WORK IN THE END.

I'M ALEXANDER SWITEK AND I COMPETED IN THE.

MOBILE ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY WITH NATHANIEL.

AND MY FAVORITE PART WAS DEFINITELY GETTING TO REALLY PLAN OUT AND KIND OF JUST THINK THROUGH HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THE VEX GAME THAT WE DID.

IT WAS AN INTERESTING CHALLENGE.

I'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE.

SO MY NAME IS NATHANIEL WEEBO AND I DID THE MOBILE ROBOTICS COMFORT IN OUR TECHNOLOGY, AND I REALLY ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO DESIGN FROM THE BOTTOM AND THE GROUND UP FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT OF DESIGNING, YOU KNOW, CREATING THE WHOLE THING AND MAKING IT ABLE TO WORK AND BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE ROBOT THAT WE PROGRAMED.

CONGRATULATIONS.

LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

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OK, THE COMPANIES ARE TO.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

MS. HAINES.

SO WE'LL SHIFT GEARS NOW TO STAFF SUCCESSES, IF I COULD ASK OUR GIFTED EDUCATION TEACHERS TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

TWO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY TEACHERS HAVE BEEN NAMED 2021 OUTSTANDING TEACHERS OF THE GIFTED FOR REGION ONE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO SHANNON HAYES OF SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE AND ELIZABETH CLARK OF MANCHESTER MIDDLE.

TRADITIONALLY, THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR THE GIFTED NAMES ONE OUTSTANDING TEACHER IN EACH OF VIRGINIA'S EIGHT REGIONS.

BUT MS. HAYES AND MS. CLARK ARE SUCH STRONG EDUCATORS THAT THE ASSOCIATION NAMED BOTH OF THEM AS OUTSTANDING TEACHER OF THE GIFTED FOR REGION ONE, WHICH COVERS 11 COUNTIES AND FOUR CITIES IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE TEACHERS.

AS A MOM WHO HAS KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF GIFTED SERVICES.

I'M JUST I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE EXTRA MILE THAT YOU GO TO REALLY PUSH OUR KIDS AND JUST HELP THEM BE THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE AND THEY'LL BE OUR FUTURE LEADERS AND INNOVATORS.

SO MANY OF OUR OTHER KIDS.

SO THANK YOU AND I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT TEACHING.

GIVE IT THE CCPS.

I'M ELIZABETH CLARK AT MANCHESTER MIDDLE AND MY FAVORITE THING TEACHING GIFTED OR KIDS OF ANY SORT ARE JUST SEEING THEIR EXCITEMENT ANY TIME THEY FIGURE OUT SOMETHING NEW AND HOW THEY APPLY IT TO OTHER THINGS AND JUST THE IMPACT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE ON THE WORLD.

AND I'M SHANNON HAYES, AND I THINK MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT TEACHING GIFTED STUDENTS IS HOW THEY'RE ALWAYS UP FOR A CHALLENGE AND THEY ALWAYS CHALLENGE ME AS WELL.

I'VE GOT TO ASK COURTNEY ROGERS TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

CONGRATULATIONS TO COURTNEY ROGERS, WHO IS NAMED THE VIRGINIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

WHEN SHE WON THE AWARD, MRS. ROGERS WAS THE STEAM TEACHER AT SPRING RUN ELEMENTARY.

BUT ADDITIONAL CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER BECAUSE SHE RECENTLY BECAME THE CENTER BASED GIFTED ENRICHMENT TEACHER AND OUR GIFTED EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

MRS. ROGERS RECEIVED THE VIRGINIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM THE VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION IN MID-JULY.

SHE WILL ALSO RECEIVE A TEACHER EXCELLENCE AWARD FROM THE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERS EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION IN MARCH 2022 AT THE ASSOCIATION'S CONFERENCE.

THESE ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST HONORS GIVEN TO TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION CLASSROOM TEACHERS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING COURTNEY ROGERS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY I BELIEVE THAT I'VE POSSIBLY SEEN SOME OF YOUR STEAM LAB STUFF THAT YOU'VE HAD IN PLAY, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S JUST IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT WE ARE INTRODUCING THIS INTO OUR LOWER EDUCATION AND LEVELS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO.

IT'S GREAT, AND I'LL LET YOU SAY A FEW WORDS FOR YOURSELF.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE VTEA FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S BEEN SO WONDERFUL AND MY WONDERFUL PRINCIPAL, CHRIS HART, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO KIND OF WHATEVER I NEEDED TO DO AND FOR MY NEW JOB.

THANKS FOR LETTING ME FLOURISH SO FAR.

SO THANKS SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

FOR OUR LIBRARY BOARD, IF I COULD ASK KRISTEN, THEY AND THEN TOMORROW AND LORI, IF THEY'RE HERE AS WELL TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MEADOWBROOK HIGH LIBRARIANS CHRISTIAN THOREAU AND THEA PAUL.

THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS SELECTED MEADOWBROOK HIGH'S LIBRARY AS THE STATE'S BEST SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM IN 2021.

DESIGNATION AS A SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM OF THE YEAR RECOGNIZES MEADOWBROOK HIGH'S COMMITMENT TO ENSURING THAT STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE EFFECTIVE USERS OF IDEAS AND INFORMATION AND IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL SCHOOL LIBRARY STANDARDS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE EDUCATORS.

CONGRATULATIONS SO MUCH.

I'M SO HONORED TO BE STANDING HERE PRESENTING MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE LIBRARY OF, I MEAN, SCHOOL LIBRARY AND THE ENTIRE STATE THE BEST.

THAT'S A LOT OF COMPETITION OUT THERE, BUT I KNOW WHY YOU WON.

I'VE BEEN IN YOUR LIBRARY AND IT'S A PLACE YOU WANT TO STAY WHEN YOU GO THERE.

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AND THERE'S NOTHING GREATER GIFT THAT WE CAN GIVE OUR OUR CHILDREN THAN A LOVE OF READING.

AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.

IF YOU'LL TAKE A SECOND AND JUST TELL US SOMETHING YOU WANT US TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR LIBRARY BECAUSE TO BE THE STATE LIBRARY OF THE YEAR, IT'S IT IS A PHENOMENAL PLACE AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE.

WE SHOULD ALL GO.

IT'S WONDERFUL LIBRARY.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MISS THEA PAUL, ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN.

IT IS SUCH A JOY TO WORK IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

IT'S MY SECOND GO ROUND IN CHESTERFIELD.

IT'S A GREAT JOY TO BE A PART OF MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL AND BE AMONG ITS MANY SHINING ACHIEVEMENTS, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO MANY YEARS TO COME.

ENGAGING OUR CHILDREN, ENCOURAGING THEM TO READ AND ENRICHING THEIR LIVES THROUGH LITERACY AND LEARNING.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MS. THOREAU.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING US HERE.

I LOVE MEADOWBROOK.

WE HAVE THE BEST TEACHERS, THE BEST STUDENTS, AND WE PROMOTE LITERACY NOT ONLY THROUGH READING, BUT THROUGH GUEST SPEAKERS, THROUGH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY GAMES.

AND THERE'S NOTHING BETTER IN THE WORLD THAN GIVING A CHILD A BOOK AND SEEING THEIR EYES LIGHT UP.

IT IS MAGIC HERE ON EARTH, AND DR.

RICE, OUR PRINCIPAL, SUPPORTED US AND ALL OF OUR VARIOUS PROGRAMS. MS. DONOVAN HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE AS WELL.

MY FAMILY'S HERE.

HEY, EVERYBODY.

BUT WE HAVE THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE AT THE BEST SCHOOL.

SO THANK YOU.

I THINK YOU CAN HEAR IN THEIR VOICES WHY THEY WON.

THEY, WHEN YOU LOVE YOUR JOB, IT'S JUST AMAZING.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AT MEADOWBROOK.

YOU WANT THIS? THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, IT'S MY PLEASURE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE OUR DRIVERS OF THE MONTH.

I WISH I HAD ONE HUNDRED MORE OF THESE FOLKS.

THERE ARE MANY DRIVERS WHO COULD BE RECOGNIZED THIS MONTH, BUT EACH TRANSPORTATION AREA MANAGER HAD TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION OF SELECTING A SINGLE BUS DRIVER WHO EXEMPLIFIED EXCELLENCE AND DEDICATION TO REPRESENT THEIR AREA.

WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE FOLLOWING DRIVERS LINDA RAMEY, AREA ONE, BUS 638, TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

ANDY MCCAIG, AREA TWO, BUS 507, FOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

MARTY REEDER, AREA THREE, BUS 470, NINE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

AMY HUNTER, AREA FOUR.

BY 606, ONE AND A HALF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

UNABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THEM.

DAVID SOBERT AREA FIVE, BY 626, ONE AND A HALF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

SO, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, I LOVE OUR BUS DRIVERS.

AND WHEN WE SHUT DOWN IN MARCH FOR COVID OF NOW, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I WAS SO CONCERNED BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO SAY GOODBYE TO MY KIDS BUS DRIVER.

I KEPT LOOKING FOR HER BECAUSE SHE REALLY MEANT, LIKE EVERY DRIVER DOES EVERY YEAR, A LOT TO MY KIDS.

SO THIS YEAR MY KID IS ON THE BUS AND IT JUST I WAS SO EXCITED TO MEET THE NEW DRIVER.

IT REALLY IT BRIGHTENS MY KIDS DAY, AND I KNOW YOU DO THAT FOR SO MANY KIDS.

SO I LOVE TO HEAR WHY YOU LOVE TO DRIVE FOR CHESTERFIELD.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS AMY CONTOS AREA FOUR, I DRIVE 606.

WE I LOVE DRIVING THE FOR THE KIDS, FOR THE KIDS.

THEY'RE THE LITTLE SMILING FACES, ALTHOUGH I DON'T SEE THEM VERY OFTEN, BUT IT'S FOR THE KIDS.

IT REALLY IS.

AND I LOVE THIS JOB.

I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD, BUT I LOVE THIS JOB.

IT'S A REALLY GOOD JOB.

SO THANK YOU.

MARTY REEDER.

I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR NINE YEARS.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MY KIDS AND I LOVE DRIVING A SCHOOL BUS SO COULDN'T BE BETTER.

ANDY MCCAIG, I DEFINITELY LOVE DRIVING THE BUS AND THE KIDS, THEY'RE JUST A BONUS ON TOP.

I DIDN'T THINK I'D LIKE THEM AS MUCH AS I DO, BUT THEY'RE GOOD.

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I'M SITTING IN A NICE JOB, AIR CONDITIONING, YOU KNOW, I'D SEE A SCHOOL BUS GET DOWN THE ROAD AND BE GO, OH NO, NO, NO.

AND I HAD TO COME BACK TO DO THIS.

AND I'VE BEEN BACK NOW 24.

I THINK TWENTY FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, MAYBE.

AND THE REASON I WANTED THIS, THE EXPERIENCE WITH THE STUDENTS, I KNOW THAT I MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I TALK TO THEM AND THEY TALK OPENLY TO ME, LIKE THEY DON'T TALK TO ANY OTHER ADULT, PROBABLY.

AND ON THE THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, WE TALK ABOUT WORD OF THE DAY IF I NEED SOMETHING TO CALM DOWN OR GET THEM QUIET.

WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE WORD MEANS AND HOW TO USE THE WORD.

SO I TRY TO MAKE IT FUN AND SOMETHING THAT THEY LOOK FORWARD TO, AND IT'S REALLY NEAT.

TEN YEARS LATER, SOMEBODY SAYING, HEY, HEY, AND I'M LOOKING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW YOU, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE THIS LITTLE PERSON IN YOUR HEAD.

SO THAT'S WHY I DO WHAT I DO.

AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL.

GETTING MR. CHESTERFIELD BOARD MEMBERS DR.

DAUGHERTY, AS ALWAYS, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING FOOD NUTRITION SERVICES EMPLOYEES THIS YEAR, AS THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, WE'VE FACED A TON OF ADVERSITY.

YOU KNOW, NEW THINGS COMING UP THIS YEAR, SUCH AS SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE ARE UNDERSTAFFED.

ALSO JUST THE FLEXIBILITY OF THESE FOLKS.

THE CONTINUED FOCUS ON FEEDING THEIR STUDENTS IS IS ALWAYS JUST SUCH A BENEFIT TO THE DISTRICT, AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE THE FOLKS THAT WE DO.

WE HAVE THREE OF OUR FOUR HONOREES WITH US HERE THIS EVENING.

OUR FIRST HONOREE IS TRACY LLEWELLYN.

MS. LLEWELLYN IS CAFETERIA MANAGER AT HENING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE'S BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR 10 YEARS.

AND FEELS THE BEST PART OF HER JOB IS INTERACTING WITH THE CHILDREN AND MY STAFF.

I LOVE BEING ONE OF THE FIRST SMILING FACES A STUDENT SEES DURING THEIR SCHOOL DAY.

ALL RIGHT.

OUR NEXT HONOREE IS TRICIA MCGEE.

MS. MCGEE IS THE CAFETERIA MANAGER AT WINTERPOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE'S BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR 19 YEARS AND FEELS THE BEST PART OF HER JOB IS INTERACTING WITH THE CHILDREN.

NEXT, WE HAVE TONI WEARY.

MS. WEARY IS THE MANAGER-IN-TRAINING AT MATOACA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE'S BEEN EMPLOYED WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR FIVE YEARS AND FEELS THE BEST PART OF HER JOB IS GETTING TO INTERACT WITH STUDENTS EVERY DAY AND GET TO KNOW THEM.

AND NOT WITH US THIS EVENING IS PAULETTE SCOTT.

MS. SCOTT IS THE CAFETERIA MANAGER, ELIZABETH DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE'S BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS FOR ONE YEAR AND FEELS THE BEST PART OF HER JOB IS THAT EACH DAY, ALONG WITH MY TEAMMATES, I'M ABLE TO PLAY IN A CENTRAL ROLE IN THE LIVES OF THE YOUTH AND CCPS.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS REAL QUICK, JUST TO SAY FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS, AND IT IS A TESTAMENT FOR YOUR EMPLOYER TO RECOGNIZE THE GOOD WORK, THE WORK ETHIC, YOUR PERFORMANCE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS, KEEPING THEM HEALTHY AND THEIR BELLIES FULL.

WE LOVE AND SUPPORT OUR FOOD NUTRITION WORKERS, AND I WOULD NOW LIKE JUST TO PASS THE MIC AND I KNOW SHARED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB.

BUT IF YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, LET'S START WITH YOU.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS TONI WEARY.

I ENJOY SMILING FACES EVERY MORNING.

MY NAME IS TRISH MCGEE, AND I JUST LOVE WHAT I DO.

I LOVE COMING IN, TALKING TO THE KIDS.

AND I HAVE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO IT'S A WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENT KIDS AND ATTITUDES AND THE WHOLE NINE YARDS.

MY NAME IS TRACEY LLEWELLYN, I WORK AT HENING AND I DO LOVE THE KIDS.

THEY COME IN WITH ALL KINDS OF STUFF TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT, BUT WEEKENDS, ALL GAMES AND IT'S A JOY TO SPEAK TO AND INTERACT WITH THEM.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE AWARD.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF TONIGHT'S HONOREES AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE A BRIEF RECESS TO ALLOW TIME FOR CCPS STAFF AND THE PUBLIC TO TAKE THEIR SEATS INSIDE THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A...

DO YOU THINK A FIVE MINUTE RECESS?

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OK, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RECONVENE.

[D. Public Comment on Agenda Items]

THE BOARD RECEIVED 28 ONLINE COMMENTS.

COMMENTS SUBMITTED VIA THE ONLINE FORM WERE SENT TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE START OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.

POSTED TO THE BOARD DOC SITE AND WILL BE INCLUDED AS A FULL ADDENDUM TO TONIGHT'S MEETING.

MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THIS EVENING'S IN-PERSON SPEAKERS ON AGENDA ITEMS? MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE EIGHT SPEAKERS, FOUR AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.

THEY ARE ANTHONY JUNTA, MICHAEL CARABINAS, DOMINIQUE CHATTERS, AMY DODSON, CAROLYN CHAPMAN, EMILY HOLLAND, CHRISTOPHER WALKER AND CHRISTINE MELENDEZ.

EACH SPEAKER THIS EVENING WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THERE'S A TIMER SET UP ON TOP OF THE PODIUM THAT WILL TURN GREEN WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING, YELLOW WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING, AND RED WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

SPEAKERS MUST WEAR THEIR MASKS, AND WE ASK THAT SPEAKERS REFRAIN FROM TOUCHING THE MICROPHONES.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO GIVE YOUR NAME AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENTS, AND PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMENTS EQUIVALENT TO CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE ARE IN VIOLATION OF SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 1110 AND ARE PROHIBITED.

ANTHONY JUNTA? MICHAEL CARABINAS ? MY NAME IS MICHAEL CARABINAS, AND I AM HERE AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, AND AS THIS HAS GONE ON, I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ADDRESSED IN YOUR AGENDA.

BUT AS LONG AS THIS CONTINUES, IT SEEMS LIKE I'M ALWAYS HERE TALKING ABOUT OUR COVID MITIGATION STRATEGIES.

I AM FULLY VACCINATED.

I TRUST MY VACCINE.

BUT I GO TO THE GROCERY STORE.

I GO TO A RESTAURANT.

I GO OUT IN PUBLIC OR ANYWHERE CROWDED.

I WEAR MY MASK BECAUSE I OWE IT TO MY NEIGHBORS, TO MY FRIENDS, TO THE PERSON, TO THE LEFT, TO THE PERSON, TO THE RIGHT AND TO THEIR CHILDREN WHO ARE TOO YOUNG TO GET A VACCINE TO PROTECT THEM.

IN THE EVENT THAT I MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING I DON'T REALIZE, I DON'T WANT TO GIVE THOSE GERMS TO THEM.

IT'S WHAT WE OWE EACH OTHER AS A COMMUNITY.

AND LAST MEETING THIS BOARD HAD THE GOOD WISDOM TO GIVE THE SUPERINTENDENT THE AUTHORITY TO FOLLOW HEALTH GUIDELINES AND PUT THE MITIGATION STRATEGIES IN PLACE WE NEED TO DO WHAT WE OWE EACH OTHER.

NOW WHAT DO I WANT? BECAUSE IT WOULD SEEM THAT I GOT WHAT I WANTED, BUT WHAT I WANT IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE STILL SUPPORT THAT DECISION.

WHAT I WANT IS A COUNTY AND A SCHOOL BOARD AND AN ADMINISTRATION THAT HAS THE BACK OF THE FACULTY WHO HAS TO INFORM.

MR. CARABINAS? YES, SIR? THIS ISN'T TECHNICALLY AN AGENDA ITEM.

IT IS ON HIS, IT IS ACTUALLY IN HIS REPORT.

THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT INCLUDES COVID MITIGATION STRATEGIES.

CARRY ON.

I'D LIKE TO RECLAIM MY TIME.

YES, OF COURSE.

AS I WAS SAYING, I WANT THE ADMINISTRATION HERE TO HAVE THE BACK OF FACULTY WHO HAS TO ENFORCE THESE POLICIES.

I WANT TO KNOW THAT WHEN A TEACHER REMINDS A STUDENT TO PUT A MASK ON OUT ON A BUS LOOP, THAT WHEN THE PARENT WHO IS IRATE BECAUSE HE DISAGREES WITH THE POLICY COMES AFTER THAT TEACHER THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS THEIR BACK.

I WANT TO KNOW THAT THE FACULTY HAS A GOOD, SOLID BASE OF CLEAR GUIDELINES TO FOLLOW, CLEAR GUIDANCE.

SO I'M NOT HEARING A DIFFERENT STORY FROM ONE ADMINISTRATION PERSON TO ANOTHER ADMINISTRATION PERSON.

I AGREE WITH FOLLOWING CDC RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY ARE OUR EXPERTS.

IT'S WHAT WE OWE TO EACH OTHER.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR AND THAT IS FOLLOWED PRECISELY AND ACCURATELY.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE BACK OF THE FACULTY WHO HAVE TO ENFORCE IT.

AND I WANT TO THANK EVERY PARENT, EVEN THOSE OUT THERE WHO DISAGREE WITH ME BECAUSE THEY'RE HERE.

EVERY ONE OF THEM IS HERE BECAUSE THEY LOVE THEIR CHILD.

AND I HOPE WE DON'T FORGET THAT.

I HOPE WE DON'T FORGET THAT IN THE FUTURE, I MAY STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH SOME OF THEM ON ISSUES.

SO THAT'S WHAT I ASK OF CHESTERFIELD SCHOOLS AND OUR CHESTERFIELD PARENTS REMEMBER THAT WE OWE IT TO EACH OTHER TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE AND TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CARABINAS.

DOMINIQUE CHATTERS ?

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I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE AWARD RECIPIENTS EARLIER TODAY, BUT I BELIEVE SOMEONE WAS MISSING FROM THAT AWARD PRESENTATION.

MRS. DAWN MARIE HARRIS, AN AREA FOUR BUS DRIVER FOR 19 YEARS AND A CCPS POLICE OFFICER.

SHE WAS A MEMBER OF OUR VILLAGE, AND SHE DIED ON SEPTEMBER 5TH FROM COVID COMPLICATIONS.

MAY WE HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND PLEASE STAND.

THANK YOU.

I AM DISAPPOINTED IN THE LACK OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HER DEATH.

IT SPEAKS VOLUMES OF EITHER YOUR IGNORANCE OR DETACHMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY YOU SERVE OR THE HECTIC LIFESTYLES WE ARE LIVING TODAY.

EITHER WAY, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED PUBLICLY BY OUR OFFICIALS.

I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE EMPLOYMENT LISTED POSTED IN THE BOARD DOCUMENTS AS WELL.

I AGREE WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT WHEN HE CLAIMS THAT HE CANNOT GROW PEOPLE, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT SEPARATIONS AT 137 IS CONCERNING.

WITH THESE RETIREMENTS, WITH THESE DISSATISFIED TEACHERS WHO LEFT OUR COUNTY TO GO TO A DIFFERENT COUNTY WERE THEY CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY MITIGATION? WERE THESE BUS DRIVERS WHO LEFT FOR CAREERS THAT WOULD PAY THEM ADEQUATELY.

WAS THIS IS JUST A SIMPLE CHANGE IN CAREER OR WERE THESE TERMINATIONS? THE ABSENCE OF THE EXPLANATION LEAVES US TO SPECULATE, AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DO THAT.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE ADMINISTRATION IS THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

AGAIN, WE KNOW WE CAN'T GROW PEOPLE, BUT OUR SHORTAGE IS NOT A NEW PROBLEM.

IT WAS FORECASTED BY OUR SUPERINTENDENT IN 2017 WHEN WE AGREED TO THE START TIME CHANGES FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A COHESIVE PLAN IN PLACE, A VERY AGGRESSIVE ATTACK STRATEGY TO GET US TO A BETTER POINT SO THAT TODAY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADJUST FROM THAT PLAN.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO CREATE A CITIZEN WORKING GROUP THAT CAN HELP BRAINSTORM SOME SOLUTIONS.

IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PARENTS THAT GOT A BUNCH OF IDEAS.

SO USE THAT ENERGY.

LET THEM HELP.

WE CAN DO MORE TOGETHER THAN WE CAN APART.

WE SHOULD HAVE CITIZENS ON THIS BOARD OR THIS WORKING GROUP THAT HAVE LOGISTICS BACKGROUNDS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE UNDERSTANDING THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT.

THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF GOOD IDEAS.

SO LET THE COMMUNITY HELP YOU FIGURE THIS OUT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MS. CHATTERS.

AMY DODSON ? GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS AMY DODSON.

I HAVE TWO STUDENTS AT JAMES RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.

CCPS HAS A TEACHER SHORTAGE AND IT'S NOT ALL DUE TO COVID AND LOW TEACHER PAY.

DR. DAUGHERTY SAID IN A RECENT INTERVIEW I CAN'T CREATE TEACHERS, I CAN'T GROW THEM.

WHAT DR. DAUGHERTY AND CCPS CAN CREATE IS AN ENVIRONMENT WITHIN SCHOOLS THAT ENCOURAGES A TEACHER'S AUTONOMY TO TEACH THE SUBJECTS THEY WERE LICENSED TO TEACH TO THE STUDENTS THAT THEY KNOW BETTER THAN CENTRAL OFFICE OR, EVEN WORSE, THE FOLKS UP AT THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

TEACHERS ARE DANGEROUSLY AND DETRIMENTALLY MICROMANAGED.

VDOE CREATES COUNTLESS POLICIES, MANDATES, TEACHING MATERIAL WERE JUST ONE BOARD MEMBER OF NINE IS A CURRENT TEACHER.

THE MAJORITY OF THE VDOE BOARD HAS NO TEACHING EXPERIENCE, OR TAUGHT BRIEFLY AS A STEPPING STONE TO BEING AN ADMINISTRATOR.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE INCAPABLE OF BEING GREAT EDUCATION LEADERS, BUT IT DOES GIVE YOU A MUCH BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM IF YOU'VE BEEN IN ONE IN THE PAST FEW DECADES.

TEACHERS ARE FORCED TO ATTEND SEMINARS AND MEETINGS, LEARN REVOLVING EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE, ACHIEVE CERTAIN SCORES ON TEST, INCORPORATE SOCIAL ISSUES, PLUS A DOZEN OTHER THINGS.

WHILE DR. DAUGHERTY AND CENTRAL ADMIN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GROW A TEACHER.

YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR OVERREACH INTO THE CLASSROOM AND LET TEACHERS DO WHAT THEY'RE TRAINED TO DO AND KEEP POLITICS AND IDEOLOGY OUT OF SCHOOLS.

TEACHERS I'VE SPOKEN TO ARE FRIGHTENED TO SPEAK UP FOR FEAR OF COLLEAGUE AND ADMINISTRATIVE RETRIBUTION.

CCPS IS LUCKY TO HAVE AS MANY WONDERFUL TEACHERS AS WE DO.

WE NEED TO TRUST THEM TO DO THEIR JOB.

SPEAKING OF OVERREACH, I AM NOT ANTI-MASK IF IT IS SAFELY ACCOMPLISHING THE GOAL WITHOUT SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.

THE MASK MANDATE WAS PUT IN PLACE TO PREVENT COVID.

THERE ARE VERY, VERY FEW MASKS THAT HAVE A HIGH COVID PREVENTION EFFICACY RATE.

I GUARANTEE YOU THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF DON'T WEAR THOSE TYPES OF MASKS.

I BOUGHT ONE OF THE TOP SELLING MASKS ON AMAZON FIVE STAR RATING TWENTY THOUSAND PLUS REVIEWS, ONLY TO FIND A DISCLAIMER THAT IT DOESN'T PREVENT VIRUS OR DISEASE TRANSMISSION.

SAME DISCLAIMER ON THE ONE SOLD AT COSTCO, WALMART AND THE MASKS THAT'S BEING HANDED OUT IN THE HALLWAY BEHIND ME.

THE CDC REVOKED K95 MASK EMERGENCY APPROVAL BECAUSE OF VARYING PROTECTION AS LOW

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SO WE HAVE PEOPLE WEARING MASKS WITH VARYING DEGREES OF EFFICACY.

SOME WITH NO PROTECTION OR THEY PULL GAITERS UP OVER THEIR FACE OR THEY'RE WEARING DISPOSABLE MASKS DAILY.

AND ALL OF THESE THINGS NEGATE ANY CHANCE OF ACHIEVING THE GOAL FOR WHICH THEY WERE MANDATED.

WE ARE ALL EITHER PRETENDING WE'RE DOING SOMETHING OR IGNORANT ABOUT THE INEFFECTIVENESS OF WHAT'S ON OUR FACE.

AND WORSE IS THIS MANDATE TO WEAR SOMETHING ACROSS OUR FACE, WHICH INCLUDES SOME MASKS THAT SAY FOR FASHION USE ONLY IS ADDING TO OUR TEACHER SHORTAGE AND HAS RESULTED IN THE PROBABLE TERMINATION OF AMAZING TEACHERS WHO ARE PASSIONATE AND ENGAGING AND WHOSE STUDENTS ADORE, SPECIFICALLY MY CHILDREN.

CCPS NEEDS TO SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER YOUR POSITION ON STEPHEN ROZELL, AMONG OTHER TEACHERS.

MS. DODSON, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

YOU ARE LUCKY TO HAVE.

THANK YOU, MS. DODSON.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. DODSON.

CAROLYN CHAPMAN? EMILY HOLLAND ? ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES OR SPEAK TO THEM.

I GAVE CHESTERFIELD SIX YEARS WITH MY DAUGHTER.

I TRUSTED THEIR INTENTIONS, THEIR EXPERTISE.

I TRUSTED THEM.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CHILD WHO NEEDS SPECIAL EDUCATION, YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND HOW WRONG I WAS.

AS ONE OF THE SCHOOL SPECIALISTS SAID, CHESTERFIELD IS NOT REQUIRED TO OPTIMIZE EDUCATION, BUT TO JUST SHOW THAT YOUR CHILD MADE SOME PROGRESS.

BUT WHEN I SEE THE COUNTY PUSH THE GIFTED COMMUNITY, I QUESTION IF SCHOOL IS JUST CHOOSING WHO EDUCATION WE OPTIMIZE.

BEGINNING IN KINDERGARTEN, MY DAUGHTER WAS OVERWHELMED WITH SCHOOL ANXIETY.

I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING MORE GOING ON, AND I ASKED IN KINDERGARTEN FOR AN EDUCATION EVALUATION.

THE COUNTY TOLD ME THIS WAS NOT A SCHOOL ISSUE.

THEY RECOMMENDED THERAPY AND SUGGESTED MEDICATION.

SHE WAS SIX YEARS OLD.

MY GUT TOLD ME OTHERWISE, BUT I WAS DESPERATE, EXHAUSTED AND EMOTIONALLY DRAINED.

BY FIRST GRADE, SHE HAD TO BE PHYSICALLY REMOVED FROM THE CAR ON A REGULAR BASIS.

IN PANIC MODE, THEY PRIED HER FROM THE CAR ALMOST EVERY DAY.

I WOULD LEAVE THE PARKING LOT IN TEARS AND GUILTY.

DESPITE MY CONTINUED INQUIRIES FOR AN EVALUATION, I WAS TOLD BE PATIENT, SHE'S NOT FAILING.

YOU'RE SETTING THE BAR TOO HIGH.

YOU SHOULDN'T COMPARE YOUR TWO CHILDREN.

I TRUSTED THEM.

I WANTED MY CHILD TO BE HAPPY AND HEALTHY.

GRADES WERE SECONDARY TO ME.

TUTORS, THERAPY RULES, REWARDS, DOCTORS AND MEDICATION DID NOTHING.

I BEGGED SCHOOL TO HELP.

THEY SHRUGGED IT OFF AND MADE ME BELIEVE I MANIFESTED HER ANXIETY.

FINALLY, SHE HAD A TEACHER WHO SAW HER, WHO BELIEVED IN HER AND WHO WAS WILLING TO FIGHT FOR HER.

SCHOOL PUSHED BACK, BUT ULTIMATELY AGREED TO DO EDUCATIONAL TESTING.

THE RESULTS CAME IN.

YOUR DAUGHTER HAS AN IQ IN THE 98TH PERCENTILE.

SHE HAS A SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITY IN READING AND WRITING, ALSO KNOWN AS DYSLEXIA.

I WAS NAIVE AND THOUGHT OUR FIGHT WAS OVER, BUT THE REALITY HAD JUST BEGUN.

WHAT I LEARNED FROM HER THIRD GRADE TEACHER WAS THAT SHE FELT UNPREPARED WITH HOW TO HELP HER, BUT WAS WILLING TO TRY EVERYTHING.

MOST GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO INCLUDE A CHILD WITH DYSLEXIA OR TWICE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD.

FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE WERE A HUGE DETRIMENT TO HER EDUCATION AND SELF-ESTEEM.

SHE WAS PUSHED ASIDE, ABUSED, BULLIED BY THE SYSTEM.

WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO REMOVE HER FROM THE TOXIC ENVIRONMENT CCPS HAD PUT HER IN.

I TRUSTED YOU.

I EXPECTED BETTER AND YOU TOOK A BRILLIANT CHILD AND DID NOTHING BUT WATCH HER FALL.

WHEN I SEE THE COUNTY SPENDING MONEY ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ON EQUITY, INCLUSIVITY, I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY ARE EXCLUDING THIS UNDERSERVED POPULATION.

EVERY CHILD DESERVES AN EDUCATION.

EVERY CHILD SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN A WAY THAT THEY LEARN, AND EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO HAVE THEIR EDUCATION OPTIMIZED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. HOLLAND.

CHRISTOPHER WALKER ? THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

I'M HERE REALLY TO SHARE WITH YOU AN OVERARCHING THEME OF THE MOST CONVERSATIONS THAT MY SONS ARE HAVING AT A CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL.

KIDS ARE OPENLY ADMITTING THAT THEY ARE DEPRESSED, THAT THEY SUFFER ANXIETY

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WHEN I DRIVE MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING, THERE'S A TEACHER IN THE STUDENT SCHOOL LOOP WEARING A MASK BIGGER THAN MY MASK, AND SHE'S 50 FEET AWAY FROM THE ANYONE, A CHILD OR ANOTHER PERSON, 50 FEET.

WHAT MESSAGE ARE WE SENDING TO THESE KIDS? WE ARE SCARING THEM TO DEATH, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE DOING THIS BECAUSE OF A VIRUS WITH A SURVIVAL RATE OF 99 PERCENT.

AND THAT DOES NOT AFFECT CHILDREN, AND THEY ARE IN THE LEAST AFFECTED AGE DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE WORLD.

I KEEP SEEING REPORTS, NEWS REPORTS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT DISCUSSING COVID CASES IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

THAT SHOULD BE THE LEAST OF THE CONCERNS AS A PARENT OF A CHILD IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT HOSPITALIZATIONS AND SEVERE LIFE THREATENING SYMPTOMS OF CHILDREN, NOT THE NUMBER OF CASES.

NO ONE SHOULD REALLY CARE ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CASES BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES OVER 90 PERCENT ARE EITHER ASYMPTOMATIC OR VERY MILD SYMPTOMS. WHY AREN'T WE TALKING ABOUT THE SERIOUS CASES? WHY ARE WE SCARING CHILDREN WITH THE NUMBER OF CASES? I'M HERE REALLY, BECAUSE I WANT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS QUARANTINE AND CONTACT TRACING ISSUE, AND I WANT TO BE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR HERE.

IF MY CHILD IS SUSPECTED OF BEING IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS COVID POSITIVE AND HE'S VACCINATED, HE COULD REMAIN IN SCHOOL AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T HAVE SYMPTOMS. BUT IF MY CHILD IS UNVACCINATED, HE MUST QUARANTINE AT HOME FOR 14 DAYS WITH NO LIVE SCHOOL INSTRUCTION AND IS INSTEAD TASKED WITH KEEPING UP VIA CANVAS ASSIGNMENTS.

THE QUESTION HERE IS IF MY CHILD IS UNVACCINATED AND HAS NO SYMPTOMS, WHY IS HE TREATED DIFFERENTLY THAN A VACCINATED CHILD? THE CDC DIRECTOR JUST ADMITTED IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT THE VACCINATION PROTECTION IS WEAKENED AND THAT VACCINATED PEOPLE CAN BOTH BE INFECTED BY THE VIRUS AND ALSO SPREAD THE VIRUS AT THE SAME RATE, IF NOT HIGHER RATE THAN AN UNVACCINATED CHILD.

WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE AT THE SCHOOLS BOARD TAKING UP THE MANTRA OF SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL? IS THIS ANOTHER SCHEME COOKED UP WITH BIG PHARMA TO ALIENATE THE UNVACCINATED AND PRESSURE THEM AND THEIR PARENTS INTO CAVING AND GETTING THE VACCINE? WHAT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF LONG TERM.

THANK YOU, MR. WALKER, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, MR. WALKER.

THANK YOU, MR. WALKER.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, MR. WALKER.

CHRISTINE MELENDEZ ? GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS DIVISION STAFF, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE MELENDEZ, AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHESTERFIELD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

THIS EVENING, DURING AGENDA ITEMS, I BRING TO YOU SOME CONCERNS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION EMPLOYEES OF THIS WONDERFUL DIVISION.

FIRST, AS MS. CHATTERS ALREADY MENTIONED, THEY DID HAVE THE LOSS OF A VERY BELOVED EMPLOYEE, AND THEIR CONCERN WAS THAT IT WAS NOT RECOGNIZED BY PEOPLE THAT THEY FELT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZING THAT EMPLOYEE WHO GAVE A VERY SIGNIFICANT PART OF HER LIFE TO SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.

THERE WAS ALSO A SEPARATION OF A BELOVED EMPLOYEE AND ONE OF THE AREAS.

HE WAS TOLD THAT HE WAS NOT WORKING FAST ENOUGH ON REVIEWING 30 HOURS WORTH OF VIDEO FROM THE BUSSES.

AND INSTEAD OF OFFERING SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, DEVELOPMENT, THE EMPLOYEE WAS JUST TOLD THAT AND CHOSE TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES AND SECURED A JOB IN A NEARBY COUNTY.

THEY ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE DRIVERS SECURE JOBS IN NEARBY COUNTIES, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT IS STARTING TO CATCH UP WITH OUR VACANCIES THAT ARE ALREADY QUITE QUITE LARGE AND QUITE DIFFICULT TO FILL.

SOME DRIVERS ARE CONCERNED THAT OR THEY'RE THANKFUL FOR THE PAY RAISE AND THE INTENTION TO INCLUDE BONUSES IN THEIR PAY, BUT THEY DO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PAY RAISE ONLY EQUATES TO TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.

IF THE EMPLOYEE IS WORKING 30 HOURS A WEEK AND ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE DAYS A YEAR, AS MOST OF US ARE AWARE, THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TO RAISE A FAMILY TO PROVIDE FOR

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THE LATEST TRANSPORTATION NEWSLETTER STATED SEVEN THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE, BUT GOES ON TO LIST NINE MUST DO ITEMS, AND NONE OF THEM MENTIONED THE WORD DRIVING THE VEHICLE, WHICH FROM SOME EMPLOYEES WAS A LITTLE COMICAL.

BUT THERE WAS ALSO A LOT OF CONCERN THAT THEY ARE BEING TREATED MORE AS IN THE BUILDING INSTRUCTIONAL POSITIONS AND NOT AS TRANSPORTATION WORKERS THAT THEY ARE.

THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CLASSROOM THAT COULD BE EFFECTIVE IF USED PROPERLY AND EFFICIENTLY AND DONE IN THE RIGHT ORDER.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, ESPECIALLY WITH THESE TABLETS, THEY'RE SEEING THAT A LOT OF THE CART COMING BEFORE THE HORSE.

THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THESE RFID CARDS FOR ALL STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH EVERY STUDENT GETTING ON THE BUS AND EVERY PARENT COMING TO PICK UP A STUDENT TO ENSURE, FIRST OF ALL, ACCURACY OF THE STUDENT GETTING ON THE BUS AND THE PARENT PICKING UP THE STUDENT, BUT ALSO KEEPING THEIR HANDS OFF OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVICE WHILE BEING BEHIND THE WHEEL.

THANK YOU, MS. MELENDEZ, YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS MELENDEZ.

MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.

NEXT, WE HAVE THIS EVENING'S SUPERINTENDENT REPORT FROM DR.

[E. Superintendent's Report]

GOOD EVENING.

JUST TO THANK THE PEOPLE SPEAKING, IT'S I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALWAYS TO HEAR THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE AND THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO GET BETTER.

AND I WAS JUST TAKING A LOT OF NOTES.

I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR SPEAKING.

SO THANK YOU.

SO SOME INFORMATION HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THIS HAS BEEN OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL, AND A LOT OF THIS IS, THE BOARD ALREADY KNOWS THIS STUFF, BUT IT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO, NONE OF US WOULD HAVE BELIEVED COVID AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD GO AWAY AND IT'S STILL HERE AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHEN IT'S GOING AWAY.

AND SO I KEEP HEARING THE WORD THAT THINGS ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO DO AND WE TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE UNIQUE BEFORE US.

AND SO OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS HOW DO WE SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS? HOW DO WE GET BETTER? HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO HELP EACH PERSON IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, FROM STAFF TO STUDENT TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS? AND WE HAVE FANTASTIC PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, AS YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT, FROM OUR NUTRITION WORKERS, FROM OUR BUS DRIVERS, FROM OUR GIFTED TEACHERS, FROM OVER AND OVER.

WE SEE OUTSTANDING WHEN YOU'RE IN SCHOOLS, YOU SEE OUTSTANDING, FANTASTIC TEACHING GOING ON AND GREAT ADMINISTRATORS AND WE ALL HAVE UNIQUE SKILLS.

AND WHAT I'VE SHOWN YOU IS A TOWER AND THIS TOWER HAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT MEANING BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT BY LEGOS.

AND IT'S 11 STOREYS HIGH AND IT WAS BUILT BECAUSE EVERY CHILD IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT PUT A BLOCK ON THIS.

AND THEY FILMED IT AT THE SCHOOL WITH THE PURPOSE OF THIS WAS TO SAY NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WHEN WE WORK TOGETHER.

AND SO, LIKE THE COMMENTS WE HAD TONIGHT ALREADY, I TAKE AS REALLY STRONG INFORMATION FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET BETTER.

AND SO THE THINGS ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU HERE OR SIMILAR TO THIS AS WE WANT TO GET BETTER.

AND SO JUST SOME THINGS.

DID YOU KNOW THAT OUR ENROLLMENT AS OF TODAY, WE WERE UP ALMOST FIFTEEN HUNDRED STUDENTS AS OF TODAY.

SOMEONE ASKED ME, WELL, WHY DID WE START SCHOOL EARLY? AND IT'S A VERY EASY EXPLANATION.

WE GET ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BEFORE ASSESSMENTS.

EVERY TEACHER YOU TALK TO SAYS NO, AFTER ASSESSMENTS OVER YOU THINK OF HIGH SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SECOND WEEK OF AP TESTING IS COMPLETED AND THEN YOU FINISH ANY SOLS, THERE'S STILL A MONTH OF SCHOOL GOING ON.

AND THAT INSTRUCTION IS STRONG, BUT WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT GROWING IS STRONGER ADMINISTRATION TO GET TO THE ASSESSMENTS EVERY YEAR, SUCH AS AP, SUCH AS OUR SOLS.

SO WE HAVE STRONGER INSTRUCTION, MORE MEANINGFUL INSTRUCTION IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

IN TRANSPORTATION, WE HAD OVER 350 APPLICANTS.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN TRANSPORTATION, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT.

YOU ONLY GET BETTER WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO TELL YOU THE THINGS WHERE THEY'RE THE CRACKS ARE.

AND SO I THANK THEM FOR THAT.

SOME SUCCESS IS THAT THAT ALL MEANS ALL THAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT ABOUT OUR AP AND IB, DOING ROMAN HONORS COURSES, OUR GIFTED STUDENTS THAT WE HAD OVER TWENTY ALMOST TWENTY EIGHT THOUSAND COLLEGE CREDITS EARNED THIS SCHOOL YEAR.

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AND WHAT'S HISTORY POINT IS THAT WE HAVE PUT MORE STUFF THAN EVER BEFORE IN THE SCHOOLS OF, IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

BUT THE I BRING UP THE SAT AND PSAT BECAUSE SO, YOU KNOW, COLLEGES AREN'T LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION, THOUGH.

BUT I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT AS A COLLEGE ASSESSMENT.

I LOOK AS ASSESSMENT ON TWO THINGS ONE, HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE GROWING IN THEIR IN THEIR TEENAGE YEARS AND STRONG ACADEMIC POINTS.

BUT ALSO HOW ARE WE DOING IN TEACHING THEM AND WATCHING THEM GROW? AND A GREAT TARGET VIEW OF STUDENTS OVER A FOUR YEAR PERIOD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING THEM AT THEIR HIGHEST LEVEL POSSIBLE FOR SUCCESS IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD.

AND IT'S FOR ALL STUDENTS, NOT A FEW.

IT'S FOR ALL STUDENTS.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, WE COULD GO INTO EVERY HOME EVERY DAY AND WE'LL STILL HAVE TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

BUT I THINK WITH THE MONDAY MESSAGE, THE WEDNESDAY MESSAGE, IF INFORMATION TO OUR FAMILIES WE DID THE 30 DAYS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS DID YOU KNOW? THE VIDEO IS DONE BY THE BOARD AND THE CHAIRMAN.

THE NEWSLETTER THAT'S GOING TO GO OUT TO ALL RESIDENTS OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND WE ARE STILL GETTING BETTER.

HAVE YOU HEARD SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY? WITH COMMUNICATIONS? WE TALK, I TALKED ABOUT THE NEWSLETTER IN MID-NOVEMBER.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT ALL RESIDENTS WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

YOU HEARD ABOUT PINK FLAMINGO THERE FROM AMY AT THE WORK SESSION.

WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT THE WEEK OF THE THE 9TH THAT WE WILL BE WORKING WITH OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY, THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER BECAUSE THE COMMON GOAL IS WE'RE ON OPERATION WARM.

WE WANT TO SEE OUR KIDS HAVE COATS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT WITH OUR KIDS.

MS. BAILEY MENTIONED THE BOOKMOBILE, AND THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT RUNNING AROUND IN THE FACE MOBILE, AND I MISSED THE POPCORN AND I SHOWED UP TOO LATE.

AND THEY WERE PACKING UP, BUT GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND IT IS TRUE.

YOU HAVE TEENAGERS, YOU HAVE FOOD, THEY'LL SHOW UP AND THAT'S WHAT WAS HAPPENING, I THINK.

I'M NOT SURE IT WAS A COTTON CANDY OR THE SNOW CONES THAT WERE MORE IMPORTANT THERE.

SO EVERYBODY WANTS TO TALK ABOUT READING, AND WE HAD TWO SCHOOLS GET SHOUT OUT CREDITS TO WATKINS ELEMENTARY AND CURTIS ELEMENTARY.

THIS WAS THEIR IDEA, AND WE SAID, HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO READ MORE AND HOW DO WE GIVE INCENTIVES AND HOW DO WE GET IT? AND WE STILL GET BOOKS OUT TO OUR STUDENTS.

BUT WE NOTICED WITH THE TWO SCHOOLS THAT WERE DOING THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT THERE WAS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT READING.

IT WAS ABOUT INCENTIVES.

IT WAS ABOUT ENCOURAGING ABOUT HAVING BETTER BEHAVIOR IN THE SCHOOL THAT I GET TO PICK THE BOOK I WANT AND I'M PUTTING THE COIN IN THE MACHINE AND HERE COMES A BOOK AND WE'RE BUILDING LIBRARIES AT HOME.

AND THAT'S THE KEY HERE THAT WE'RE BUILDING LIBRARIES AT HOME.

AND SO OUR GOAL IS GOING TO PLACE AND START WITH EVERY TITLE ONE SCHOOL DOWN THE ROAD, EVERY SCHOOL, BUT EVERY TITLE, ONE SCHOOL.

THERE IS A COST FACTOR TO THIS, AND I'M NOT ASKING THE BOARD FOR ANY MONEY ON THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND FIND THE MONEY.

OF COURSE YOU YOU MAY.

YOU WILL HELP US OUT DOWN THE ROAD.

BUT THE OPPORTUNITY IS BUILDING SUCCESS IN OUR STUDENTS BY GIVING THEM BOOKS THEY WANT TO READ, WATCHING THEIR VOCABULARY AND FLUENCY GROW.

AND THAT'S OUR GOAL HERE.

AND THERE'S A LOT MORE TO COME ON THIS AND WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITIES, WE ADDED 14 INTERPRETERS TO OUR SCHOOLS TO HELP OUR FAMILIES WHEN THEY ARE SHOWING UP AND THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR SCHOOLS THAT NOW THEY HAVE INTERPRETERS IN THE OFFICE, THAT WHEN PARENTS COME IN, THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE NOW WANTED IN THE SCHOOL AND THEY'RE STARTING TO STRUGGLE TO EXPLAIN AS THEY'RE COMING INTO THE SCHOOL.

GRADUATION COACHES, I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET THEM AND THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THEIR JOB.

AND WITH REBECCA HARMON AND HER TEAM AND AND LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE'RE GOING AFTER STUDENTS AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE DROPOUT PREVENTION PLAN.

WE TALK ABOUT THE RE-ENGAGEMENT OF STUDENTS AND THAT'S WHAT THESE STUDENTS HAD ALREADY IN SCHOOL, BUT IT'S ALL OVER EACH OTHER CREDIT AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING AND WE DON'T WANT THEM TO DROP OUT BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS NUMBER ONE.

WE WANT YOU TO GET YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BECAUSE THAT OPENS UP OTHER DOORS AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT NOT.

BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE RECOVERY WITH THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE DECIDED TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL FOR WHATEVER REASON.

MAYBE THEY HAD TO GO TO WORK.

MAYBE THERE WAS A FAMILY SITUATION, THERE WAS SOMETHING OCCURRING AND THE GOAL WAS TO GO OUT AND GRAB THEM AND BRING THEM BACK IN TO GET THEM EITHER A GED, NIGHT SCHOOL TO GET THE DIPLOMA TO THEM.

AND THIS IS AN EXCITEMENT PART AND WITH OUR PROGRAM 360 WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL

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WE'RE SEEING A GREAT DEAL OF SUCCESS.

AND WE'LL HAVE DATA FOR YOU AS WE GET PROBABLY INTO NOVEMBER OF OUR SCHOOL DATA.

HOW ARE GRADUATION RATES GOING UP AND HOW OUR DROPOUT RATES ARE GOING DOWN? AND FOR A LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN, IT'S A VERY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT BUDGET PRIORITIES, WHICH YOU'VE BE DISCUSSING, AND WE'VE ALREADY SHARED IT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MADE A PROMISE TO OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO GO AFTER SALARIES IN THE WITH THE TEACHERS, THEN GO AFTER SALARY STUDY, TOO, AND DO THE SAME THING.

AND THESE ARE PRIORITIES WITH THE EVERYBODY CALLS THEM LEARNING COLLEGES.

I CALL THEM TRAILERS.

WE FINISHED THE FIRST INITIATIVE AND IT WAS MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE FOR US GETTING RID OF INDIVIDUAL TRAILERS.

WE GOT RID OF OVER 70 TRAILERS THIS SUMMER.

INDIVIDUAL TRAILERS TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR OUR STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS.

THE OVERCROWDING THAT WE HAVE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A PHASE TWO TO THIS.

AND THE PHASE TWO IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FALLING CREEK ELEMENTARY, WHERE THEY HAVE TOO MANY TRAILERS AND WE WANT TO PUT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN THERE, BUT WE'RE ALSO GROWING AT A RAPID RATE AND COSBY AND THE GRANGE HALL, AND OLD HUNDRED , WE'RE SEEING DEVELOPMENT OUT PACING AS FASTER THAN WE COULD EVER IMAGINE.

AND, YOU KNOW, AN EXAMPLE WITH OLD HUNDRED, MAYBE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY DOWN THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY USE THE LAND NEXT TO US AND WE PUT A CAMPUS ON THAT MODEL.

THERE'S LAND RIGHT NEXT TO US THAT WE OWN ALREADY.

MAYBE WE PUT A CAMPUS THERE THAT THERE IS A K-2 AND 3-5 MODEL, A BIG CAMPUS WHERE THE GROWTH IS GOING TO KEEP GOING.

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REDISTRICT IN THAT AREA UNTIL YOU EITHER BUILD MORE SCHOOLS OR THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU EVERYONE HERE IS VISITED, IF YOU HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BEEN THERE IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY AND I THINK IN THE COUNTY.

BUT WE HAVE I THINK IT'S NOW 351 STUDENTS.

THE BEFORE AND AFTER CARE IS WORKING WELL FOR US.

WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE Y.

MS. HARRIS IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND LEADING THAT SCHOOL AND HER STAFF ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THE KIDS AND WITH THE FIRST LADY OF VIRGINIA WAS THERE LAST WEEK AGAIN AND HAD A CHANCE TO GO IN AND TALK TO STUDENTS AND STAFF.

AND IT WAS A GOOD THING.

OUR SECURITY EFFORTS, WE FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE TWO YEARS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.

WE HOPE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER, '22 THAT ALL SIXTY SIX SCHOOLS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE CAMERAS INSIDE AND OUT.

WE ARE FINISHING UP THE ACCESS CARD PROCESS.

WE'RE FINISHING UP THE CAMERAS IN THE FRONT OF THE DOORS, EVERYTHING.

SO WE'RE EXCITED AND WE WILL BE LOOKING AT EVEN ENHANCING THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US.

UH, WORKING WITH THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AS THEY MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS LAST WEEK, WE'RE LOOKING AT A POSSIBLE NEW CENTRAL OFFICE TO COMBINE CROSSROAD AND HALL STREET.

THE OPPORTUNITY IS THEN IS THAT WE CAN EXPAND OUR CTE PROGRAMING AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE HOPING TO MOVE ON THIS QUICKLY.

WE'LL HAVE PLANS READY AND WE JUST SEE THE EFFORTS OF EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER IN THIS OPPORTUNITY, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE LEAVING OUR SCHOOLS READY TO GO TO COLLEGE OR GO TO WORK.

I KNOW THAT MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND IT'S A 90 PERCENTILE AND ABOVE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING JOBS EVEN BEFORE THEY LEAVE THEIR CTE PROGRAMING BECAUSE THEY'RE SO WELL TRAINED.

ALSO WORKING WITH THE COUNTY WE ARE, WE HAVE OPPORTUNITY OF A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A REBUILD OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND RIGHT NOW, THOSE PROJECTIONS ARE TO OPEN IN AUGUST OF 2024.

AND IF WE BREAK GROUND THIS FALL, WE I MEAN, THIS SPRING, WE'LL BE RIGHT ON TARGET TO DO THIS.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY, WHICH HELPS US WITH OUR CIP TO MOVE FORWARD AND EXPAND THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.

TURF FIELDS AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE E-MAIL ME.

WHY WERE THEY IMPORTANT? WELL, IT'S ONE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY, BUT THE OTHER PIECE HERE, IT'S ACTUALLY A COST SAVING EFFORT.

WHEN YOU TALK TO ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND AROUND THE COUNTRY AND LOOK AT DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, IT'S SAFER.

IT REDUCES INJURIES, BUT ALSO IT'S A COST SAVER FOR THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND IT CAN BE USED BY MORE THAN JUST THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BY THE COUNTY FOR EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE CIP, PROJECTED WE ARE HOPING THAT THE NEXT CIP WILL HAVE BECAUSE OF ROOM AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOUR ELEMENTARIES AND WE'RE HOPEFULLY A POSSIBLE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S OCCURRING UP AT THE UPPER MAGNOLIA SITE.

AND THEN THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE ONE TIME FUNDING EVERY YEAR, WE GET A CHANCE TO GO BACK AND ASK THE COUNTY FOR ONE TIME PROJECTS, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE TRACKS ARE USED, NOT JUST BY THE SCHOOLS, BUT BY OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY WEAR OUT AND TRACKS ARE ANY GOOD FOR EIGHT TO 10 YEARS AND THEY'VE NOT BEEN RESURFACED IN A WHILE.

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MAYBE USE IT ONCE.

OK, THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY IS WE'RE LOOKING IN THE SECURITY EFFORT PHASE FOUR, WHICH WE DIDN'T THINK WAS GOING TO OCCUR TO 2023, AND WE THINK WE'LL GET IT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND BY THE START OF NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT PLAYGROUNDS, AND I TALKED TO JOSH DAVIS, AND HE'S EXCITED ABOUT THIS .

COUNTY REVIEWS OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND IF THERE'S NOT A PLAYGROUND NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, THEY TAKE IT OUT, BUT WE GOT TO REPLACE IT.

SO THAT'S OK BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A COMPLETE STUDY OF ALL OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND WE'RE LOOKING AT SECURITY ENTRANCES IN MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU COME INTO BUILDING, YOU GO IN THE OFFICE AND NOT JUST WALK IN THE BUILDING.

AND SO FINALLY, SOME UPDATES, SO WE CONTINUALLY AND REGULARLY SPEAK WITH THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON COVID CASES AND MITIGATION PROCEDURES, QUARANTINE GUIDELINES AND VACCINATIONS AND TESTING.

AND SO TODAY CAMPBELL WAS ON THE CALL AND WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT WITH HIS PLAN.

BUT THE KEY IS IF VIRGINIA IS ONE OF THE STATES THAT IN THE PLAN IS AN OSHA STATE, IT'S AN OSHA STATE.

SO THEY HAVE OSHA GUIDELINES AND THERE ARE 16 OF THEM.

WELL, THERE'S 16 STATES ARE IN THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT SOME TYPE OF VACCINATIONS AND TESTING.

RIGHT AT THIS POINT, THERE ARE NO GUIDELINES, THERE ARE NO DETAILS, THERE'S NO TIMELINES, THERE'S ACTUALLY NO DIRECTIONS YET.

AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME OUT SOMETIME AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, MAYBE EARLY NEXT MONTH.

SO ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT THERE WAS A STATEMENT MADE, BUT THERE'S NO GUIDELINES AND THE STATE HAS NOT DECIDED WHERE THEY'RE GOING WITH THIS YET.

I WILL TELL YOU THIS THAT TO THINK ABOUT TESTING IN EVEN TO DO WEEKLY TESTING IN OUR SCHOOLS WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL NURSE IN EACH OF OUR SCHOOLS AND OTHER STAFF MEMBERS BECAUSE OF THE PAPERWORK.

BUT THE TESTING PEOPLE HAVE TO BE TRAINED.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE ARE YOU MAY THEY MAY HAVE THE MONEY AT THE STATE, BUT THERE AREN'T PEOPLE THERE.

WHEN YOU HAVE HOSPITALS THAT ARE CLOSING WINGS DOWN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF OR WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE IN THE SYSTEM TO HIRE.

AND THAT'S COME FROM BASICALLY EVERYONE AROUND.

AND SO THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE LOCAL DISTRICTS ARE RESPONSIBLE TO LOOKING AT, IS THERE GOING TO BE A BOOSTER? AND WHO'S GOING TO PUSH THE BOOSTER OUT IF THE THE 5-11 VACCINE IS SUPPOSED TO BE APPROVED BY THE END OF OCTOBER, EARLY NOVEMBER? WHO WILL OFFER THE VACCINATION TO STUDENTS WHO APPARENTLY WANT TO GIVE IT TO THEM, WHO WILL OFFER ADDITIONAL? SO THE COUNTY HAS ACTUALLY SET UP SITES, AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE STUDENTS AND PARENTS WHO WANT TO GET VACCINATED, THE THINGS WILL OCCUR AND ALSO AFGHAN REFUGEES.

SO IN A CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S AN OFFICE CALLED THE OFFICE OF NEW AMERICANS IN VIRGINIA, AND IT'S THE GUIDELINE FOR THIS PROCESS.

AND SO OUR STUDENTS THAT WOULD COME IN THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD COME IN AS ESL STUDENTS.

AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN, WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE WITHIN IN OUR OWN COUNTY WHO COULD HELP US WITH INTERPRETATIONS AND HELP US TO DEAL WITH THAT, THAT THEY WOULD BE PLACED AT THE WELCOME CENTER AND WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR STAFF THERE.

SO AS THIS CONTINUE OCCURS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND THERE.

AND FINALLY, YOU KNOW, THE MINDSET THAT NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO.

YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR TEAMWORK AS WE GET BETTER AT WHAT WE DO AS WE KNOW, WITHOUT A DOUBT.

IT'S GOING TO CHANGE NEXT WEEK, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

AND I LOVE THE BABE RUTH THAT NEVER LET FEAR OF STRIKING OUT KEEP YOU FROM PLAYING THE GAME.

AND AS LONG AS WE, AS EDUCATORS, COMMUNITY, BUSINESS AND PARENTS DECIDE WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER, THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND STAY WORKING TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS YEAR AND GET THROUGH THIS YEAR SUCCESSFULLY.

I'VE BEEN TELLING THE STAFF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT YEAR AND OUR KIDS ARE GOING TO LEARN A LOT.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

I THANK TO THE PARENTS, THEY'VE BEEN FANTASTIC.

NOT I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY.

I'M HERE TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR KIDS AND STAFF, AND I THINK PEOPLE KNOW THAT AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM NOW FOR ME.

THANK YOU, DR. DAUGHERTY BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HAINES?

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ONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT A SOLUTION FOR OLD HUNDRED BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN FAMILIES SEE THE MEGA TRAILER FOR AN ALMOST BRAND NEW SCHOOL IT, IT TAKES YOUR BREATH AWAY.

BUT THE IDEA OF THE CAMPUS MODEL K-2, 3-5 THREE FIVE THAT LEADS TO HOPE THAT THERE COULD BE AN OPTION OF A SCHOOL THAT IS NOT QUICKLY OVER A THOUSAND STUDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL SCREENING AND TESTING FOR ASSURANCE PROGRAM BECAUSE I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMENTS ABOUT THAT, AND I THINK I'M GOING TO TAKE HOPE WITH YOUR COMMENT THAT EVERYTHING DOES CHANGE.

SO MAYBE WITH REGULATORY BARRIERS, IT WILL BE EASIER TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROGRAM.

BUT UNDERSTANDING NOW WHAT WE REALLY DO NEED WOULD BE AN EXTRA NURSE IN EVERY SCHOOL.

AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU MENTIONED, THE BARRIERS.

I WOULD ASK US TO BE PROACTIVE BECAUSE I THINK THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT I'M HEARING FROM PARENTS IS WANTING TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEIR TEACHER IS EITHER VACCINATED OR THAT CCPS HAS A PLAN.

SO MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE THAT NOW, WHILE TRANSMISSION IS HIGH, THAT UNVACCINATED CCPS EMPLOYEES SHOULD SELF-TEST WEEKLY FOR COVID AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.

I'M HEARING SO MANY PARENTS THAT ARE ASKING FOR THAT ASSURANCE, AND I THINK THAT USED TO BE RADICAL AND WE'RE SEEING THAT EVERYWHERE.

AND SO I THINK IT'S NOT RADICAL ANYMORE IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT AND THEN I HAVE ONE LAST.

I APPRECIATE THAT MS. HAINES.

I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE STATE HEALTH AND THE LOCAL HEALTH AND THE COUNTY AND EVERYONE ELSE.

THE ISSUE IS AND THE PROBLEM THAT YOU HAVE IS THAT WHERE YOU SEE THIS OCCURRING, ESPECIALLY IN STATES, IS THAT IT'S COME AS A STATE EFFORT.

AND RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LOT OF LITIGATION FIGHTING IT AS WELL.

SO WE'VE JUST ASKED FOR GUIDANCE FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE ON THE NEXT STEPS BECAUSE THERE ARE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES EITHER WAY.

I, YOU KNOW, MY PERSONAL OPINION DOESN'T MATTER HERE.

IT'S WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT THE LAW IS GOING TO LET US DO.

AND WE'LL SEE IF THERE IS ANY MOVEMENT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS FROM RICHMOND, FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT HAD PROPOSED.

OK.

I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE NEW DASHBOARD THAT IS GIVING MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE I THINK LIKE LAST YEAR, PARENTS REALLY STRUGGLED WITH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POSITIVE CASES, WHICH CAN NUMBER IN THE HUNDREDS AND ACTUAL TRANSMISSION THAT IS HAPPENING IN SCHOOL, WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT LAST YEAR THAT AN OUTBREAK WAS TWO CONNECTED CASES.

BUT I THINK OUR VIRTUAL PARENTS DIDN'T, MAYBE DIDN'T GET THAT MESSAGE BECAUSE THEY WERE VIRTUAL.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP REPEATING THAT POSITIVE CASES ENTERING SCHOOL DOES NOT EQUAL TRANSMISSION IN SCHOOLS.

I'M HOPING THAT THE NEW DASHBOARD AND THE ABILITY TO MONITOR OUTBREAKS.

THE NEW DIAGRAM WE PLACED ON THE FLOW CHART SHOULD BE ADDITIONAL HELP.

AND THEN FINALLY, I DID WANT TO BRING UP, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN A HOT BUTTON [INAUDIBLE] THIS PAST WEEK, A QUESTION ABOUT OUTSIDE MASKING.

THERE WERE PARENTS THAT WERE ALARMED BY KIDS WHO WERE GATHERING UNMASKED AT A HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAMES.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING BVH AND CDC GUIDANCE.

WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE OUTDOOR MASKING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HEAR THAT FROM YOU AND THAT WE WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL MITIGATION STRATEGIES IF WARRANTED.

AND ALSO WANTED TO KNOW IF AT THIS TIME WE HAD IDENTIFIED ANY CASES THAT WERE DIRECTLY TIED TO FOOTBALL GAMES.

WELL, I THINK THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE IF STUDENTS HAD STAYED IN THEIR HOUSE ALL THE TIME AND JUST WENT TO A FOOTBALL GAME, THAT WOULD BE A MEASURABLE OUTCOME.

BUT I THINK THEY GO OUT AND SEE FRIENDS.

I THINK THEY GO TO THE MARKET.

I THINK THEY GO TO DINNER.

I THINK THEY GO TO PARTIES JUST LIKE ADULTS.

AND SO TO SAY THAT YOU GOT AT ONE PLACE OR ANOTHER IS ALMOST AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK.

WHEN YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, MOST, MOST SCHOOL SYSTEMS WILL TELL YOU THAT MOST OF THE PROBLEMS ARE HAVING IS COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE IN.

WE ARE FOLLOWING RISK MANAGEMENT, LOCAL AND STATE GUIDELINES ON OUTDOOR EVENTS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THOSE GUIDELINES UNTIL THEY TELL US TO CHANGE.

THANK YOU.

[01:25:01]

THANKS, DR.

DAUGHERTY AND I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT.

FIRST OF ALL, COULD YOU CLARIFY HOW MANY CLASSROOMS ARE IN A MEGA TRAILER? ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 12.

IT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE ORDER.

SO WHEN WE SAY LIKE WE GOT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE MINDFUL OF, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT A LEARNING VILLAGE, IF YOU WILL, OF OF TRAILERS.

BUT WE STILL HAVE ROUGHLY THE SAME NUMBER OF CLASSROOMS THAT ARE NOT INSIDE THE BUILDING.

RIGHT? SO THIS IS ONLY, IT'S REALLY A COSMETIC.

IT'S MORE FOR SECURITY.

THEY HAVE RESTROOMS. IT'S MORE SECURITY WHEN YOU HAVE A MEGA.

RIGHT, EXCEPT IF THERE'S A WEATHER EVENT, THEN WE'RE STILL.

WE NEED TO GET THE KIDS INTO BUILDINGS, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.

WELL, IF YOU HAVE A WAY TO BUILD A BUILDING, WE'LL BE HAPPY.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

I'D LOVE TO.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE TURF FIELDS IN THAT YOU'RE HEARING THIS QUESTION WHY.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S GREAT THAT THE COUNTY IS EXCITED ABOUT ADDING RESOURCES FOR RECREATIONAL TOURISM.

I WOULD ASK US TO AGAIN BE MINDFUL THAT THE MAIN INTENDED PURPOSE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND THE FACILITIES THERE ARE FOR THE KIDS.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, NO MATTER WHERE THEY GO TO SCHOOL, TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE SAME QUALITY RESOURCES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTY.

AND THAT THESE FACILITIES, I DON'T THINK FOLKS REALLY GET THAT THESE FIELDS ARE MAINTAINED BY THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY BY AND LARGE.

SO IT IS AN EQUITY ISSUE.

I HOPE THAT WE DO GENERATE A LITTLE BIT OF REVENUE ON THE COUNTY SIDE TO MAINTAIN THEM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, I THINK THAT OUR PURPOSE FOR IMPROVING THESE FACILITIES IS FOR THE KIDS JUST TO CLARIFY ON THAT.

UM, AND I HAVE ONE MORE I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT COVID.

SORRY, MERV.

YOU KNOW, JUST TO JUST TO COME BACK ON THIS, THE TESTING, THE STAFF.

I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT WITH PERSONNEL, CCPS HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL.

AND SO WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT VDH DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY OR ABILITY TO SUPPORT THAT ENDEAVOR.

THE OUR LOCAL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING A GREAT DEAL WITH OUR LOCAL, THE CHESTERFIELD HEALTH AGENCY AND JUST THE PEOPLE.

I MEAN, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 66 SCHOOLS AND WE CANNOT ASK OUR NURSES TO DO ANYMORE.

THEY ARE WORKING OVERTIME NOW.

OF COURSE.

YEAH, I HEAR YOU.

THE OPPORTUNITY IS YOU KNOW, THERE'S MONEY OUT THERE FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR TESTING.

THERE AREN'T PEOPLE TO DO THE TESTING AND THIS IS WHAT MOST SCHOOL SYSTEMS ARE FINDING DIFFICULTY TO DEAL WITH.

IS THIS THE SAME? IS THIS PERSONNEL ISSUE THE SAME KIND OF ROADBLOCK THAT WE'RE SEEING AS FAR AS HAVING MOBILE VACCINE CLINICS AT OUR SCHOOLS? WELL, THAT WOULD BE FROM THE COUNTY.

THAT'S A COUNTY ISSUE.

IF THEY WANTED TO DO THAT, THEY WILL SET UP CENTERS.

I THINK FOR SOME OF THE VACCINE CENTERS THAT THEY'VE SET UP, THEY WILL DO THE SAME THING FOR THE BOOSTER AFTER THEY TALKED ABOUT, I THINK THERE'LL BE TWO MAJOR SITES HERE IN THE COUNTY FOR THE BOOSTER SHOT.

I FOUND IT INTERESTING ON OUR QUARANTINE SITE, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, BY THE WAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHO DESIGNED THAT, BUT IT WAS.

IT'S A WORK OF ART.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE QUARANTINE WEBSITE, MORE THAN HALF OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE IN QUARANTINE ARE IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

YES.

I ALWAYS ASSUMED THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

I REALLY LIKE FOR US TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE ACCESS AND PARTICIPATION IN THE VACCINE PROGRAM AMONG OUR SECONDARY FAMILIES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, YOU KNOW, BUT I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE US WORK ON THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MERV FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

YES, MA'AM.

MR. CHAIR.

REAL QUICKLY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LIKE THE FACT, DR.

DAUGHERTY, THAT YOU STARTED BY THANKING THE SPEAKERS BECAUSE YOU DO LISTEN AS WELL AS ALL THE MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD.

WE LISTEN.

I TAKE LOTS OF NOTES TO EVERYTHING THAT IS SAID FROM PEOPLE WHO COME UP HERE AND MAKE COMMENTS OR EMAIL US OR CALL US.

AND EVIDENCE OF THAT IS THE DASHBOARD THAT MS.

[01:30:01]

YOU ASKED FOR THE COMMUNITY, ASKED FOR QUARANTINE STATS.

WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT QUARANTINE STATS WERE SOMETHING THAT WAS OF A HIGH INTEREST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT THEY ASKED US FOR THAT.

THEY CAME AND SPOKE TO US ABOUT THAT TO YOU.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, AS A RESULT OF YOUR DIRECTIVE, OUR STAFF CREATED A NEW WEB PAGE AND IT IS VERY STREAMLINED AND VERY EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND CLICK ON AND SEE ALL THE DATA.

AND SO THE QUARANTINE STATS ARE THERE, AS WELL AS THE POSITIVE COVID CASES STATS.

AND I THINK THAT'S INFORMATION THAT THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR.

AND IT'S EVIDENCE OF THE FACT THAT YOU LISTEN TO THEM AS WELL AS THE BOARD LISTENS TO WHEN YOU MAKE COMMENTS.

NOT EVERYTHING IS FEASIBLE TO WHAT IS BEING ASKED, BUT WHEN IT IS, IT IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO STEP UP AND TRY TO MAKE HAPPEN.

SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND LISTENING TO YOUR WHOLE PRESENTATION AND I THINK IT'S INDICATIVE OF WHY YOU PROBABLY NEVER GO HOME.

AND YES, VERY BUSY.

YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE AND A LOT GOING ON, AND THE PANDEMIC JUST PUT AN ADDITIONAL LAYER ON THAT FOR YOU AND FOR EVERYBODY IN EDUCATION.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

YES, MA'AM.

MS. COKER.

YEAH.

AND KIND OF ON THE THEME OF LISTENING TO THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE CONSTITUENTS.

I THINK ALL OF US HAVE HEARD IN REGARDS TO QUARANTINE STUDENTS AND YOU KNOW, THE ASSIGNMENTS THAT THEY ARE ARE GIVEN WHEN THEY'RE IN QUARANTINE.

AND ONE THING THAT A NEW INITIATIVE FOR THIS THAT WENT OUT THIS WEEK TO OUR STAFF IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF ANOTHER RESOURCE, WHETHER IT BE A RECORDING OR ANOTHER RECORDING FROM PREVIOUS FROM LAST YEAR OR SOMETHING NEW THAT GOES WITH THAT ASSIGNMENT SO THAT THE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT HOME NOT ONLY HAVE THEIR ASSIGNMENT, BUT THEY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S ACTUALLY EXPLAINING THE INSTRUCTION AS WELL.

YES MA'AM.

SO I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THAT WENT OUT THIS WEEK AS WELL.

THANK YOU.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO A LOT OF WHAT OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE MENTIONED TO THE PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT HERE IN PERSON TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE THAT WROTE COMMENTS ONLINE.

THANK YOU AND TO THE PEOPLE THAT EMAIL US AND CALL US.

WE DO LISTEN.

THINGS TAKE TIME TO FORMULATE.

JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN TODAY DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T BE A REALITY A MONTH FROM NOW.

THE LAST 20 MONTHS, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY FROM WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.

THAT'S UNDENIABLE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THINGS.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ROADBLOCKS SPECIFICALLY WITH, YOU KNOW, IN TESTING AT SCHOOL SITES.

I KNOW I TALKED TO DR. DAUGHERTY AND WE DID TALK ABOUT THE LIMITATIONS THAT VDH HAS SAID OUR LIMITATIONS AND RIGHT NOW, OUR NURSES PLATES ARE OVERFILLED.

THEY'RE OVERFLOWING.

SO WE ASKED, WELL, WHAT IS ANOTHER ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION? AND THE COUNTY ACTUALLY PROVIDES SOME TESTING SITES.

I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I'D BE ABLE TO GIVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE A TEST IN A SCHOOL TO A STUDENT THAT MAY BE SHOWING SYMPTOMS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE WHERE EVEN A STAFF MEMBER AND THE COUNTY DOES HAVE THEY USED TO HAVE MULTIPLE SITES? NOW I THINK IT'S JUST ONE AT ROCKWOOD PARK WHERE THEY'RE GIVING VACCINES AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING TESTING ON-SITE.

A LOT OF THIS STUFF HAS TO BE IN COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY.

WE DON'T CONTROL THEIR VDH PORTION.

DR. SAMUEL.

THAT IS KIND OF COUNTY DRIVEN.

SO A LOT OF THINGS HAVE TO BE DONE IN COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY AND SOMETIMES THAT DOES TAKE TIME.

JUST TO ECHO BACK REALLY QUICK TO THE TURF FIELDS, I DO HEAR WHAT MS. HEFFRON'S SAYING, AND I BELIEVE THAT SCHOOLS HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE FIRST OF RIGHT TO USE THEIR FACILITIES FOR ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH EDUCATION, AND THAT IS THE AGREEMENT MR. CHAIRMAN.

THAT IS THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE.

WE WILL SCHEDULE THE FIELDS.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THE COUNTY IS GOING TO PAY FOR US TO HAVE AN UPGRADE TO ALL OF OUR FIELDS, WE'LL TAKE IT.

AND BUT I WILL, YOU KNOW, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT AND I THINK SOME FIELDS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WHICH ONES WILL HAPPEN FIRST AND HOW THE REST OF THEM WILL FALL IN LINE.

BUT JUST ANYONE THAT IS LISTENING, IT WON'T JUST BE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS EVERY HIGH SCHOOL WILL GET THIS.

EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IS ON THE PLAN.

YEP.

SO I DO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND STAFF HAS DONE ON EVERY ISSUE THAT HAS COME UP LAST YEAR AND EVEN INTO THIS YEAR.

WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND THE WORK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO TO KEEP IMPROVING.

SO THANK YOU.

AND JUST ONE MORE THING.

MR. CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY.

I AM SADDENED THAT WE DID NOT RECOGNIZE MS. HARRIS.

I WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.

[01:35:01]

I WILL SEND A PERSONAL LETTER TO APOLOGIZE TO THE FAMILY.

SHE WAS A DEDICATED WORKER.

AND SO I FORMALLY WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE BOARD, TO MY COLLEAGUES, TO THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO TO THE FAMILY FOR THAT.

AND I WILL PERSONALLY SEND A LETTER OUT THIS WEEK TO THEM APOLOGIZING.

THANK YOU, DR. DAUGHERTY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP THIS EVENING'S ACTION ITEMS, MR.

[1. Memo #107-21: Fund Transfer Request for Initial Architecture and Engineering Services (New 360 W Middle, and Rebuild of Falling Creek Middle)]

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN HARTER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

DAUGHERTY, I'M PLEASED TO BRING TO YOU CCPS MEMORANDUM NUMBER 107-21 THAT IS FROM DR.

DAUGHERTY AND STAFF.

THE SUBJECT IS A FUND TRANSFER REQUEST FOR INITIAL ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE NEW 360 WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE REBUILD OF FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IN RECENT 10 DAYS OR SO.

WE ARE SEEING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN SOME BOND FUNDING AND ACCELERATE THESE VERY BADLY NEEDED PROJECTS AT BOTH ENDS OF THE COUNTY, AND WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THESE BUILDINGS RIGHT AWAY.

WE ARE JUST FEELING BLESSED TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ACCELERATE THE PROJECTS.

THIS MEMORANDUM IS ASKING YOU AS WE CONSULT WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM TO USE A SPECIAL FUND THAT'S AVAILABLE CALLED FUTURE PROJECT RESERVE TO HELP OFFSET A PORTION OF THE UPCOMING FEES THAT WE'LL NEED TO SPEND WITH OUR ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERING TEAM.

SO THIS MEMORANDUM REQUEST $500,000 TO BE TRANSFERRED.

OUR RECOMMENDED ACTION STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE THE TRANSFER OF FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE FUTURE PROJECT RESERVE FUND TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT TO WORK WITH ITS DESIGN TEAM AND TO HELP OFFSET A PORTION OF NEAR TERM FEES RELATED TO THE PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL FACILITIES.

I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS BOARD MEMBERS.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO 107-21 AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HEFFRON.

LET'S GET ROLLING, AND I VOTE TWICE, YES, YES.

I WOULD JUST BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MAKE A COMMENT AND THANK OUR COUNTERPARTS AT THE COUNTY FOR WORKING WITH US.

THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE BOND REFERENDUM.

IF MOST PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE OF THAT.

BOND REFERENDUM WAS PUSHED BACK A YEAR BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS THAT KIND OF TRANSPIRED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND OUR FINANCIAL STAFF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY'S FINANCIAL STAFF REALLY FOUND A WAY TO MAKE THIS A POSSIBILITY TO GET THESE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS ROLLING.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK ON THAT.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION.

THERE'S BEEN A SECOND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ON THE MOTION.

DOT HEFFRON.

AYE.

DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE.

ANN COKER.

AYE.

RYAN HARTER.

AYE.

MEMOS APPROVED.

NEXT WE HAVE MEMO 108-21.

MR. MEISTER.

MR. CHAIR DR.

[3. Memo #109-21: Request to Issue General Obligation Bonds]

IT DEALS WITH THE SAME TOPIC THAT MR. DAVIS JUST SPOKE OF, AND I THINK THE FLOW WILL GO BETTER.

THIS IS THE REQUEST TO ISSUE THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, AS MR. DAVIS JUST SPOKE TO THE SCHOOL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN HAS INCLUDED THESE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS, THE 360 WEST AND FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ON IT.

AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY REALLY TO SEE SIGNIFICANT FUNDING UP TO ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS TO JUMP START THOSE TWO PROJECTS.

AS WAS MENTIONED, WE ARE ABLE TO CONSIDER THIS INFLUX OF FUNDING THANKS TO THE GENEROUS COMMITMENT FROM CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND OUR PARTNERS TO FUND OUR SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN, THUS DECREASING OUR ONGOING OPERATIONAL COSTS FOR THAT PROGRAM.

THOSE ONGOING FUNDS SAVED WILL GO TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING DEBT SERVICE FOR THAT BOND.

THE MEMO BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A KEY STEP IN THE VPSA FUNDING PROCESS, AN APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED ON YOUR BEHALF TO VPSA.

THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES TWO PRIMARY THINGS.

ONE, IT REQUESTS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ISSUE THE BONDS ON YOUR BEHALF, AND TWO, IT RATIFIES THE APPLICATION PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NUMBERS IN THERE THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR, AND I'LL TAKE TWO SECONDS JUST TO EXPLAIN THEM.

ONE IS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND IS THE AMOUNT IN THE OFFICIAL

[01:40:01]

THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR AND YOU'LL SEE IN OTHER MEMOS IS WHAT IS DUE TO THE COUNTY.

THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND IS TO COVER ESSENTIALLY THE COST OF ISSUANCE, LEGAL FEES, VPSA FEES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IT'S NOT A TYPO.

ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND IS THE NET PROCEEDS WE ARE LOOKING.

FOR IN THE MEMO IT'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT A NUMBER THAT'S ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE MILLION UP TO.

THAT'S TO PROVIDE WIGGLE ROOM AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS WHEN WE DRAW DOWN THIS, SHOULD WE NEED TO HAVE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER PRINCIPAL GIVEN INTEREST RATES SO THAT WE CAN STILL RECEIVE THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION? SO AS WE ARE PLANNING OUR CIP, WE ARE ANTICIPATING THE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY MILLION OF NET PROCEEDS TO THE SCHOOL.

THERE ARE A FEW OTHER NUMBERS IN THERE THAT LOOK AND SOUND SIMILAR, BUT THEY ARE THERE FOR A REASON.

SO WITH THAT, I ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE MEMO IN FRONT OF YOU AND THE RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

OK, THANK YOU.

MR MEISTER BOARD MEMBERS MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO 109-21 AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MRS. COKER.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.

DOT HEFFRON.

AYE.

DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE.

ANN COKER.

AYE.

[2. Memo #108-21: FY2022 - Acceptance of New Grants]

AYE.

THE MEMO IS APPROVED.

BACK TO MEMO 108-21.

YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AGAIN, MEMORANDUM 108-21 IS OUR FY 22 ACCEPTANCE OF NEW GRANTS.

WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS FOUR GRANTS, ONE THAT IS RELATIVELY MATERIAL, WHICH I'M HERE TO SPEND MOST OF THE TIME TALKING ABOUT AND THREE OTHER SMALL ONES.

THE LARGE GRANT HERE IS AN IDEA GRANT OF ABOUT 3.2 MILLION, THREE MILLION TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY NINE DOLLARS TO BE PRECISE FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, REALLY TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS WITHIN SPECIAL EDUCATION.

THERE ARE A FEW COMPONENTS OF THIS FIRST LARGER GRANT OF ABOUT THREE POINT TWO MILLION.

ABOUT TWO POINT FIVE MILLION OF THAT IS REALLY DEDICATED TO SUPPORT.

THAT IS REALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITY EDUCATION ACT OR IDEA.

THERE'S FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND RELATIVE RELATED TO COORDINATED EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES AND ANOTHER TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE THOUSAND FOR THE PRESCHOOL PORTION AS WELL.

IN ADDITION TO THAT LARGE $3.2 MILLION GRANT FROM IDEA ALSO IN FRONT OF YOU, ARE THREE SMALLER ONES, THE FIRST ONE, ABOUT ONE HUNDRED WELL NOT ABOUT $100,000 FOR MCKINNEY-VENTO HOMELESS SERVICES THIRTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS RELATED TO OUR JUVENILE DETENTION HOME.

AND LASTLY, ABOUT 12000 TO SUPPORT SPEECH AND DEBATE WITHIN THREE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE FOR CONSIDERATION AND QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

MR. MEISTER.

BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO 108-21 AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OK, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND MR. CLERK PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.

DOT HEFFRON.

AYE.

DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE.

ANN COKER.

AYE.

RYAN HARTER.

AYE.

[G. Discussion Agenda]

OK, THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE THIS EVENING'S DISCUSSION AGENDA.

MR. SMITH.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

DAUGHERTY.

YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU MEMORANDUM NUMBER 117-21 AS SHARED WITH THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE STAFF RECOMMENDS REVISIONS TO CURRENT POLICIES AND REGULATIONS AS FOLLOWS.

REVISIONS TO POLICY 7120 BUDGET FUNDS TRANSFER.

THIS POLICY HAS BEEN REVISED REFLECT CHANGES MADE TO THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY CHESTERFIELD SCHOOLS APPROPRIATIONS RESOLUTION PROPOSED CHANGES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY.

SECOND READING AND FINAL SCHOOL BOARD ADOPTION FOR THE ABOVE-NAMED IS SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED SCHOOL MEETING.

IF APPROVED, THE REVISIONS OF CURRENT POLICIES AND REGULATIONS WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND YOU NOTICE ON THE SCREEN.

BASICALLY, THE STRIKETHROUGH IS THE LAST TWO SENTENCES OF THE POLICY.

THAT BUDGET STAFF'S REPORT IS NO LONGER PART OF THE RESOLUTION, AND SO THAT'S BEING STRICKEN WITH THIS REVISION TO THE BOARD.

THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. CHAIR.

HOW DOES THIS LANGUAGE CHANGE THE POLICY? HOW DOES THE STRIKE IN THIS LANGUAGE CHANGE THE IMPACT OF THE POLICY? THE BIGGEST PIECE HERE IS THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE BACK WHEN THE POLICY WAS FIRST ADOPTED IN DECEMBER OF 2009.

SO IT'S NO LONGER A REQUIREMENT FROM THE RESOLUTION ITSELF.

I THINK IN PRACTICE, OBVIOUSLY, GIVEN THE INCREASED COMMUNICATION AND THE COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS, WE HAVE REGULAR UPDATES THAT GO BEFORE OUR BOARD AND THEIR BOARD.

[01:45:01]

NEXT, WE HAVE ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW MR.

[H. Items for Board Review]

MR. CHAIR TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR THE BOARD'S REVIEW MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FUNDS FOR FY 2022 FY 2021 JUNE PRELIMINARY EXPENDITURES VS.

APPROPRIATIONS UNAUDITED.

FY 2022 JULY EXPENDITURES VS.

APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET CHANGE REQUEST SUMMARY ACROSS CATEGORIES FOR JULY 2021, BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS THE PRE-K UPDATE FOR JUNE AND JULY 2021, THE DRAFT FY 2023 BUDGET CALENDAR AND THE HEAD START ANNUAL UPDATE OR I'M SORRY, HEAD START ANNUAL REPORT.

THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.

NEXT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS.

[I. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items]

THE BOARD RECEIVED 28 ONLINE COMMENTS SUBMITTED VIA THE ONLINE FORM, AND THEY WERE SENT TO BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO THE START OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, AS WELL AS POSTED TO BOARD DOCS AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN A FULL AS ADDENDUM ON THE TONIGHT'S MEETING MINUTES.

MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THIS EVENING'S IN-PERSON SPEAKERS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS? MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE 24 SPEAKERS FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING AND I WILL CALL THEM UP IN GROUPS OF FIVE.

BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE PROTOCOL.

EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THERE'S A TIMER SET UP ON TOP OF THE PODIUM THAT WILL TURN GREEN WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING YELLOW WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING AND RED WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

SPEAKERS MUST WEAR THEIR MASKS AT ALL TIMES, AND WE ASK THAT SPEAKERS REFRAIN FROM TOUCHING THE MICROPHONES.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO GIVE YOUR NAME AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENTS, AND PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMENTS EQUIVALENT TO CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE ARE IN VIOLATION OF SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 11-10 AND ARE PROHIBITED.

MR. CHAIR, FIRST FIVE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING ARE SARAH OXIDANT, MATTHEW MCNEIL, JANICE BISHOP, I'M SORRY, RICK RICE, ANN TITUS AND JERRY HERNANDEZ.

SARAH OXIDANT.

MATTHEW MCNEIL.

MR. MCNEIL, YOU CAN COME ON DOWN TO THE THE PODIUM, PLEASE.

SO, MR. MCDANIEL.

YES, SIR.

MAN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GOOD WORK, MAN.

THE EMAILS KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH US.

IT'S MY PLEASURE.

THANK YOU.

REAL GOOD MAN.

SHOUT OUT TO YOU, DUDE.

MY PLEASURE.

ALL RIGHT LET'S SEE WHAT WE GOT.

THREE MINUTES.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I MEAN, NOT ON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M A LITTLE UPSET THE WHOLE WORLD'S CRAZY RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, THE MASK THING, VACCINE MANDATE STUFF.

I MEAN, IT'S THE VACCINE MANDATE.

IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN.

IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN.

THE MASKS, HEY, IT'S HAPPENED.

WE GOT TO LIVE WITH IT.

HOPEFULLY, SOMEBODY WISES UP WHEN WE GET DONE WITH IT, WE GET OVER IT.

IT'S A LITTLE UPSETTING, BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STUFF WITH SCHOOLS.

YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S EDUCATION, BUT IT'S A LOT OF STUFF WE'RE LEAVING OUT.

YOU KNOW, LIKE MY GRANDPARENTS USED TO TELL ME THAT THEY USED TO TEACH CIVICS IN SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE KNEW HOW TO GET ACTIVE, HOW TO REINVEST IN THEIR COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT LIKE, YOU KNOW, COMMITTEE POSITIONS YOU CAN TAKE A LOCAL STANCE ON TO HELP OUT YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, TO HELP OUT OTHERS, TO HELP OUT, YOU KNOW YOUR KIDS THAT LIVE NEXT TO YOU.

YOU CAN TEACH THEM HOW TO RAISE THEM AND HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE.

YOU KNOW, ETERNAL, YOU KNOW, THINGS, NOT JUST THESE WORLDLY THINGS, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER.

AND I THINK WE'RE LOSING SIGHT ON A LOT OF THAT STUFF AND TEACHING OUR KIDS A BUNCH OF CRAP.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING CAUGHT IN THE FRAY, CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE, BUT THEY DON'T DESERVE ANY FLAK.

THEY'RE JUST CAUGHT UP IN A BAD SITUATION, AND I THINK WE COULD GIVE THEM A LITTLE MORE RESPECT.

BUT YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PROBLEMS TOO IN SCHOOL, WE'VE TAKEN GOD OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MORALITY IN THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND AGAIN REALLY CENTER THEM, YOU KNOW, BRING THEM BACK TO JUST HOW TO BE RESPECTFUL AND LOOK TO OTHER PEOPLE AND LIFT EVERYBODY UP AND NOT TEAR EVERYBODY DOWN.

IT'S EMBARRASSING.

IT'S CRAP.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I SEE SOME POSITIVE, BUT LET'S BE HONEST, A LOT OF NEGATIVE OUT THERE.

IT'S ALMOST DEPRESSING.

IT'S EMBARRASSING.

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THEY'RE A BUNCH OF BUNCH OF MALARKEY.

YOU KNOW, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD A MILLION TIMES.

YOU PROBABLY CONTINUE TO HEAR IT UNTIL SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT TO GET TO A FEDERAL COURT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BLANKETS THE U.S.

AND SAY MASK MANDATES ARE DONE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THAT DAY HAPPENS, WE'LL LIVE WITH IT.

BUT I JUST APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HEARING ME OUT AND LET'S DO SOME REAL THINGS HERE.

LET'S MAKE SOME GOOD CHANGE.

ONCE AGAIN GREAT JOB, DUDE.

EVERYBODY.

GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU, MR. MCNEIL.

EXCUSE ME, MR. CLERK.

COULD WE ASK THE DEPUTIES TO PLEASE REMIND FOLKS THERE'S A MASK RULE BEFORE THEY COME INTO THE BUILDING THAT WE ARE REQUIRING MASKS IN THE PMR? WE DID ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

PREVIOUS TO THAT, A DETERMINATION WAS MADE FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, RICK RICE.

ANN TATUS.

I'M SURE MOST OF YOU REMEMBER ME FROM LAST TIME I HAD THE RED SHIRT ON THAT SAID CHILDREN FIRST.

I ALSO ASKED EACH OF YOU TO THINK AS FREE THINKERS AND TO NOT FOLLOW THE HERD.

AND I'M STANDING UP HERE AND I'M HERE TO FIRST LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M FROM MIDLOTHIAN, AND YOUR JOB HERE IS TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

AND I WAS BORN AND BRED THERE.

AND WHEN YOU, I BELIEVE YESTERDAY STATED, OK, CHESTERFIELD, HOW DO WE INCREASE OUR VACCINATION RATES? YOU DO NOT REPRESENT ALL OF CHESTERFIELD WITH THAT OR ALL OF MIDLOTHIAN WITH THAT COMMENT.

I WILL ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU VIOLATED YOUR CODE OF ETHICS IN THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LET'S SEE, AVOID USING ONE'S POSITION FOR PERSONAL GAIN THROUGH POLITICAL, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC OR OTHER INFLUENCE.

YOUR JOB IS ALSO MR. HARTER.

AS YOU SAID LAST THE END OF LAST MEETING, IF YOU WATCHED ALL FOUR AND A HALF HOURS THAT I APOLOGIZE FOR GOING AGAINST WHAT OUR WORD WAS, BUT OUR JOB IS TO KEEP THE SCHOOL DOORS OPEN THAT IT GOES AGAINST YOUR CODE OF ETHICS.

NUMBER ONE MAKE THE WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUE OF ALL DECISION MAKING AND ACTIONS.

YOU'VE ALSO VIOLATED VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION IN SEVERAL WAYS, ONE OF THEM BEING THE 1-240-1 THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS.

LET'S SEE, A PARENT HAS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION AND CARE OF THE PARENT'S CHILD.

I WILL PURSUE EACH ONE OF YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE VIOLATED MY RIGHT IN THE VIRGINIA CONSTITUTION TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS TO MY CHILD.

I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT MASKING, I'M TALKING ABOUT VACCINATION.

I'M GOING TO PREEMPT THIS BECAUSE YOU OBVIOUSLY WANT VACCINATION.

LET'S SEE WHO ELSE CHANGED THEIR FACEBOOK PROFILE FRAME AFTER THE LAST MEETING.

I THINK SEVERAL OF YOU DID, WHICH HAVE NOW BEEN REMOVED.

SO YOU DON'T REPRESENT A COMMUNITY WHEN YOU'RE ADVOCATING FOR MASKING AND VACCINATION ON YOUR FACEBOOK PROFILE.

LET'S GO TO LET'S SEE WHAT DR.

TAYLOR SAID ABOUT MEDICAL EXEMPTION.

LET'S AT LEAST MAKE THE CHILDREN COMFORTABLE WITH THEIR MEDICAL EXEMPTION.

THAT WAS THE LAST MEETING MY CHILD HAD ONE UP UNTIL 4:44 P.M.

ON FRIDAY, THE DAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED.

AND THAT'S WHEN YOU GUYS POST CHESTERFIELD POSTED WHAT THESE NEW ACCOMMODATIONS WERE GOING TO BE WITH GIVING PARENTS ZERO TIME TO EVEN THINK ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR CHILDREN.

AND THEN SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED ON MONDAY, THE EMAILS WERE SENT TO PARENTS STATING THAT THE ACCOMMODATIONS WERE GOING TO BE FACE SHIELDS PLEXIGLASS AROUND OUR STUDENTS.

OH, NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF SCHOOL YOU WERE TAKEN OFF THE ROSTER.

SO I DON'T HAVE TIME TO THINK AS A PARENT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO MY CHILD? AND WHEN YOU GIVE ME ZERO TIME BECAUSE YOU DO IT 48 HOURS BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED? OH, AND LET'S NOT FORGET VIRTUAL LEARNING NO LONGER AN OPTION BECAUSE THERE'S A WAITING LIST.

SO THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT ON AND IT IS TYRANNICAL.

AND THIS IS YOUR TIME AND WE'RE DONE.

THANK YOU.

MS. TATUS.

[APPLAUSE] JERRY HERNANDEZ.

THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE TYLER GARRETT, BRAD MARTIN, DOROTHY DRAYER AND MICHAEL CARABINAS AND DOMINIQUE CHATTERS.

TYLER GARRETT.

GOOD EVENING, CHAIRMAN HARTER AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

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THERE'S NO REASON FOR ME TO BE HERE.

HONESTLY, THE POINT OF CONCERN THAT COVID HAS BROUGHT US TOO HAS MADE IT TO WHERE I AS A STUDENT HAVE TO COME UP HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF PRACTICALLY EVERYONE.

WHATEVER IS BEING DONE IS NOT WORKING AS COVID CASES HAVE BEEN ON THE RISE FOR WELL SINCE SCHOOL STARTED HONESTLY.

IT'S BEEN HORRENDOUS WATCHING THIS HAPPEN, AS I'VE SEEN TEACHERS GRAB THE EDGES OF THEIR MASKS TO PULL IT OUT SO THEY COULD BREATHE PROPERLY, AND THEY JUST DO THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF CLASS.

WHILE THESE STUDENTS ARE THERE WITH THEIR MASKS ON AND IN THE HALLWAYS, I SEE STUDENTS WITH THEIR MASKS UNDER THEIR NOSE OR ON THEIR NECKS, COMPLETELY IGNORING ANY GUIDELINES OR RULES THAT ARE SET IN PLACE.

WHATEVER IS IN CURRENTLY IN PLACE DOESN'T WORK WELL ENOUGH TO STOP THE HYPER INDUCED SPREAD OF COVID 19.

AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT OUR IDEAS ARE FOR GOING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT WORKING.

AS OF LAST WEEK, THERE WERE AROUND ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE NEW CASES PER WEEK.

AND IT'S BEEN ON THE RISE, AND IT'S GOING TO EXPONENTIALLY GROW FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.

WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF SOLUTION AS WHATEVER IS IN PLACE CURRENTLY IS NOT WORK.

PEOPLE, ARE SCARED.

I'VE SEEN IT.

PEOPLE, THEY DON'T ENJOY GOING TO SCHOOL.

THEY'RE SCARED THAT THEY ARE GOING TO GET INFECTED WITH THE DISEASE AND BRING IT SOMEWHERE ELSE AND KILL SOMEONE OR DO ANYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY HURT A FAMILY MEMBER, A RANDOM STRANGER THEY MEET AT THE MARKET, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS THAT I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF WOULD BE HAVING A DAY FOR SANITATION, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING ANYONE HERE WOULD CONSIDER BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM INSTRUCTIONAL TIME THAT IT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO BE SEEN HERE.

SO I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WHEN MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WHATEVER IS IN PLACE JUST DOESN'T WORK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. GARRETT.

AND MR. CHAIR, I OVERLOOKED SARAH OXIDANT, WHO IS HERE, I BELIEVE I WAS MOVING A LITTLE TOO FAST, SO MY APOLOGIES TO MS. OXIDANT IF YOU ARE HERE.

COME ON UP.

THANK YOU.

I'VE LIVED IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FOR THIRTY THREE YEARS.

I BOTH ATTENDED CCPS SCHOOLS WHEN I WAS A CCPS EDUCATOR FOR EIGHT YEARS.

AS A STAFF MEMBER, I WITNESSED BOTH IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT BIAS AND RACISM NUMEROUS TIMES.

TWO INCIDENTS STAND OUT, THOUGH, FOR BOTH THE SEVERITY OF THE INFRACTIONS, AS WELL AS THE LACK OF RESPONSE AND ACTION FROM ADMINISTRATION.

FOR THE SAKE OF BREVITY, I WILL SUMMARIZE, BUT I ASK THAT YOU READ MY LETTER FOR THE FULL ACCOUNT.

ONCE THE FELLOW TEACHER REFERRED TO A STUDENT AS BLACK, BLACK BUT NOT GHETTO THUG BLACK, SHE WAS EXPLAINING THAT WHILE HE WAS VERY DARK COMPLEXION, HE WAS NOT A GHETTO THUG, AS IF THE TWO ARE RELATED.

WHEN I TURNED TO MY PRINCIPAL, RATHER THAN ADDRESS THE TEACHER'S RACISM, HE LECTURED ME ABOUT ROCKING THE BOAT.

HE ALSO ACCUSED ME OF JUDGING HER.

FINALLY, HE WARNED ME NOT TO DISCUSS THE INCIDENT FURTHER.

THERE WAS ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION TAKEN, AND I WAS MADE TO FEEL LIKE THE PERPETRATOR FOR SPEAKING ON SUCH THINGS THAT WHITENESS WOULD RATHER REMAIN UNSPOKEN.

THE SECOND INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN A COWORKER WITNESSED A GROUP OF BLACK STUDENTS IN THE HALLWAY PLAYING AROUND.

ONE CHILD THROUGH A PARTIALLY EATEN DONUT AT ANOTHER CHILD.

IMMATURE? YES, BUT ALSO PRETTY TYPICAL TEENAGE BEHAVIOR.

MY COLLEAGUE ANNOUNCED ALL WE TEACH AT THIS SCHOOL ARE A BUNCH OF INWARDS.

ONCE AGAIN, I PUSHED BACK AND CONFRONTED ADMINISTRATION.

I WAS TOLD THIS TEACHER WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ATTEND SENSITIVITY TRAINING, BUT SHE NEVER DID.

NO ONE FOLLOWED UP AND SHE WAS NEVER HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

THE INCIDENT WAS YET AGAIN SWEPT UNDER THE RUG.

I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THESE STORIES ARE NOT UNIQUE.

FURTHERMORE, LEST ANYONE THINK THAT THESE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WERE BAD APPLES, I MUST UNDERSCORE THAT THEY WERE NOT ONLY CONSIDERED GOOD PEOPLE, THEY WERE HELD IN HIGHEST ESTEEM BY STUDENTS, PARENTS AND COLLEAGUES.

THEY WON AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS AND WERE EXAMPLES OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY'S STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE.

I SAY ALL THIS TO EXPLAIN THAT EACH OF US IS A VICTIM OF RACISM, IMPLICIT BIAS AND THE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES OF WHITE SUPREMACY.

EVEN GOOD PEOPLE AND EXCELLENT EDUCATORS HOLD BIASES AND CAN BE ACTIVELY RACIST.

WITHOUT INTENTIONAL ACTION, WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CREATE AND NURTURE AND ANTI-RACIST LEARNING ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY CHILD IS RESPECTED AND VALUED FOR WHO THEY ARE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SKIN COLOR.

AS THE COUNTY'S 2020 RESOLUTION STATES, THE VCU TEACHER TRAININGS ON RACISM AND BIAS WOULD HAVE BEEN BOTH A NECESSARY AND HOPEFUL START ON THE JOURNEY TOWARDS UPHOLDING THE COUNTY'S RESOLUTION.

MY FAMILY LIVES IN A FIRST CHOICE FEEDER PATTERN, BETTIE WEAVER ELEMENTARY, AND WE BUILT

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HOWEVER, AS A TEACHER WITHIN THE COUNTY, I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND EDUCATION WHEN RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY REARED THEIR HEADS.

AND BECAUSE OF THIS, WE HOMESCHOOL.

AS A PARENT OF TWO BROWN CHILDREN AND WITH WHAT I KNOW, UNDERSTAND AND SEE ABOUT HOW INTENTIONALLY CCPS IS RESISTING TRUE EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, ESPECIALLY IN A SYSTEM THAT IS MAJORITY MINORITY.

WE DO NOT FEEL SAFE OR SUPPORTED IN THE COUNTY.

I STRONGLY URGE CCPS TO RECOMMIT THEMSELVES TO THE WORK THEY BEGAN WITH VCU.

EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS NOT DIVISIVE.

EQUITY AND INCLUSION IS UNIFYING.

IF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IS SINCERE ABOUT CREATING ANTI-RACIST LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT UPLIFT AND PROTECT EVERY CHILD, THEN THEY MUST HOLD FIRM IN THEIR POSITION AND COMMIT TO DOING THE HARD BUT ESSENTIAL WORK BEFITTING A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT PURPORTS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS A SAFE SUPPORTIVE AND NURTURING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.

YOU MS. OXIDANT YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU.

MS. OXIDANT.

THANK YOU, MS. OXIDANT.

[APPLAUSE] AND AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES FOR OVERLOOKING YOU EARLIER.

BRAD MARTIN.

DOROTHY DRAYER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, HOW Y'ALL DOING? FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO MAKE IT FOR THE RECORD, YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO VACCINATE MY CHILD.

YOU DO NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO TEST MY CHILD.

THAT IS MY DUTY, NOT YOURS.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT FOCUS SHOULD EVEN BE CONSIDERED INTO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

THAT IS A WASTE OF OUR TIME.

WASTE OF OUR MONEY.

CARRY ON.

NOW, VIRTUAL LEARNING, I'M VERY, VERY DISRUPTIVE ABOUT THE VIRTUAL LEARNING.

WE STARTED OFF AS A VIRTUAL LEARNER.

HOWEVER, WE WERE FORCED TO GO IN SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU ALL COULDN'T GET IT TOGETHER TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN, LET ALONE GET ENOUGH EDUCATORS, TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN.

THERE'S A PROBLEM THERE.

SO HERE'S MY CHILD FORCED INTO IN-PERSON CLASS WEARING A MASK EVERY DAY, AND IF HE CATCHES COVID OR HE HAS TO GO ON QUARANTINE BECAUSE SOMEBODY SENT THEIR KID TO SCHOOL SICK.

HE DOESN'T HAVE A TEACHER.

HE'S DUE TO TEACH HIMSELF FOR 14 DAYS.

HOW PATHETIC IS THAT? SERIOUSLY, IS THAT WHAT WE'RE COMING TO? YOU HAVE GOT TO GET IT TOGETHER.

I AM SUPER, SUPER DISAPPOINTED.

IF ANY OF YOU ARE PARENTS TO AGREE TO A VIRTUAL ACADEMY, THAT'S A DIVISION THAT'S SEPARATING OUR CHILDREN.

HENRICO, TAKE NOTES BECAUSE HENRICO, THEY GOT IT TOGETHER.

MY FAMILY IS CONSIDERING MOVING TO HENRICO.

THEY HAVE LAPTOPS SITTING IN FRONT OF THEIR TEACHERS.

THEY DIDN'T DIVIDE OUR CHILDREN.

THEY DIDN'T CAUSE THAT DISRUPTION.

SO WHEN SOMEONE GOES ON, VIRTUAL LEARNING HAS TO QUARANTINE AND VIRTUAL LEARNING THEIRSELF.

THEY STILL HAVE A TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM.

THEY STILL GET TO ATTEND SCHOOL.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO LET OURS DO THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO LET OURS JUST GO OUT WITHOUT EDUCATION, THAT'S UNETHICAL OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

IT'S INCONSIDERATE OF PARENTS THAT WORK THAT YOU ALL WENT AHEAD, ROLLED FORWARD WITH THE EARLY START DATE OF AUGUST 24TH WHEN YOU WASN'T PREPARED.

YOU WASN'T PREPARED FOR BUSSES.

YOU WASN'T PREPARED FOR TEACHING.

THEN YOU WANT TO SAY.

OH, WE GOT A STAFFING ISSUE.

THE STAFFING ISSUE MIGHT COME FROM WHEN YOU START ENFORCING VACCINATIONS ON YOUR TEACHERS.

ENFORCING THIS ON YOUR TEACHERS.

THAT IS RIDICULOUS.

EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN.

THAT'S WHAT WE ASKED FOR.

FOCUS ON THEM, IT'S ABOUT THEM, IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU, YOU YOU, YOU ANY PARENT, IT'S ABOUT THE CHILDREN.

EDUCATE THEM.

THEN WE TALK ABOUT WE COMMUNICATE, I'VE LEFT NUMEROUS OF MESSAGES FOR YOU.

NOTHING.

NO RETURN.

SAME THING WITH THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL, FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.

MY CHILD WASN'T EVEN ABLE TO LOG ONTO A CLASS.

THIRD DAY OF SCHOOL, HE WAS KICKED OUT OF CLASS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE HIS CAMERA ON.

OH, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HAVING TO HAVE A CAMERA ON BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? I WASN'T RECEIVING VIRTUAL ACADEMY EMAILS.

NOBODY COULD FIGURE THAT OUT.

WEEK THREE.

I HAD TO PUT MY CHILD IN IN-PERSON CLASS.

AGAINST MY WISHES, I'M NOT HAPPY AND YOU ALL HAVE GOT TO AND THANK YOU, MS. DRAYER YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, MR. DRAYER.

MICHAEL CARABINAS.

HELLO AGAIN.

LAST TIME I ASKED THE BOARD TO REMAIN NONPARTIZAN THIS MONTH, I UNFORTUNATELY HAVE TO ADDRESS THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF OUTSIDE PARTIZAN ORGANIZATIONS ON THIS COUNTY.

PARTIZAN ORGANIZATIONS THAT INTEND TO DISRUPT DERAIL OUR SCHOOLS THROUGH

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PARTIZAN ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE REPEATEDLY SAID THAT SEIZURE AND CONTROL OVER SCHOOL AND COUNTY BOARDS ARE THEIR GOALS IN THE COMING YEARS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE RADICAL GROUP NO LEFT TURN HELD A ZOOM MEETING WITH CHESTERFIELD PARENTS JUST THIS WEEK TO PUSH THESE MANUFACTURED CONTROVERSIES A GROUP SO RADICAL THEY EVEN HAVE A BOOK BANNING LIST.

THAT THEY ENCOURAGE THEIR FOLLOWERS TO TRY AND CENSOR FROM OUR SCHOOLS.

CENSORSHIP ONCE AGAIN IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, REARING ITS HEAD.

I READ SOME OF THESE BOOKS.

MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE ATTEMPT TO BAN THESE BOOKS IS AN ATTEMPT TO SILENCE ANY VIEWS THAT THIS NATION IS NOT MET WITH THEIR RADICAL NARRATIVE.

IT'S AN ATTEMPT TO WHITEWASH HISTORY.

AND CONTINUE WITH THE MYTHOLOGY.

BE PREPARED AND BE INOCULATED AGAINST THESE TACTICS.

CHESTERFIELD DOES NOT NEED CENSORSHIP.

WE JUST HEARD A FEW MOMENTS AGO.

WHAT I KNOW IS A VERY COMMON EXPERIENCE OF BEING WHITE IN AMERICA, AND THAT'S HAVING ANOTHER WHITE PERSON SHARE THEIR RACISM.

ASSUMING YOU SHARE IT WITH THEM AND THEN BEING PRESSURED TO STAY SILENT IN THE FACE OF IT TO NOT ROCK THE BOAT.

A FEW YEARS AGO, AFTER DYLANN ROOF, I DECIDED NEVER TO BE SILENT AGAIN.

AND WE NEED TO RAISE OUR COMMUNITIES, NEVER TO BE SILENT AGAIN.

BECAUSE THIS CENSORSHIP IS EXACTLY THAT, ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO SILENCE ANYONE WHO WOULD EVER TRY TO DISARM THAT RACISM FROM WITHIN.

SO I PLEASE ASK EVERY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD AND EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY TO WATCH FOR IT.

WATCH FOR THESE FALSE NARRATIVES THAT ARE BEING GENERATED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CARABINAS.

DOMINIQUE CHATTERS AND WHILE MS. CHATTERS IS COMING UP, I'LL READ THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS.

JESSIE IWASAKI, JESSICA BAUER, LEAH LIFFORD, AMY DODSON AND EMILY HOLLAND, MS. CHATTERS.

I WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING THANK YOU TO DR.

DAUGHERTY FOR HIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND TAKING THE ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MS. HARRIS'S LACK OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

THANK YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK MR. MCDANIEL FOR HIS EFFORTS IN TRYING TO GET A SPANISH TRANSLATION FOR THESE MEETINGS.

HE'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL AND COMMUNICATIVE WITH ME ON HIS PROGRESS, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT IN TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR UPDATING THE CCPS DASHBOARD WITH THE QUARANTINE NUMBERS.

MY CONCERN IS ABOUT QUARANTINING AND CONTACT TRACING.

CONTACT TRACING AND DETERMINING WHO SHOULD BE QUARANTINED IS NOT CONSISTENT RIGHT NOW WITH VDH GUIDELINES.

THE VDH STATES THAT AN EXEMPTION FOR K THROUGH 12, AS LONG AS THE STUDENTS BOTH ARE WEARING THE MASK PROPERLY DON'T HAVE TO BE QUARANTINED.

SO WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT IN ORDER TO ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION, ANY CHILD OR PERSON CONSIDERED IN CLOSE CONTACT BY VDH DEFINITION SHOULD BE QUARANTINED, VEXED OR NOT.

SO WHILE THEY ARE HOME QUARANTINING, THEY SHOULD STILL BE GETTING AN EDUCATION WHEN THIS WAS ADDRESSED BY MS. HEFFRON AT THE LAST MEETING CCPS MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT A HOMEBOUND PROGRAM.

THAT HAS NOT BEEN MY EXPERIENCE WHEN MY CHILDREN WERE QUARANTINED.

THE LACK OF CONSISTENCY IN THE QUARANTINE EDUCATION PLAN IS EVIDENCE OF NO STANDARD.

WITH OVER 2000 CHILDREN QUARANTINED TO DATE, WE NEED A BETTER PLAN, A BETTER IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR HOW WE KEEP OUR KIDS ON PACE AND NOT JUST USING ALEXIA AND DREAMBOX.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MS. GIPE AT HOPKINS ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR HAVING A PLAN FOR MY FIRST GRADER.

SHE WORKED HARD TO BUILD A QUARANTINE PLAN BY DAY WITH VIDEOS INCLUDED.

I WOULD ASK THAT WE ESTABLISH A STANDARD FOR WHAT THE EDUCATION LOOKS LIKE FOR ALL OUR QUARANTINED STUDENTS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] MS. CHATTERS JESSE IWASAKI.

JESSICA BAUER.

AT THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, MANDATORY MASKING WAS VOTED ON AND A MASK EXEMPTION POLICY WAS PUT INTO

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ON AUGUST 20TH AT 4:30 P.M., AN EMAIL WENT OUT TO CHESTERFIELD FAMILIES.

THE POLICY HAD CHANGED AND NOW REQUIRED STUDENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO WEAR MASKS TO WEAR FACE SHIELDS OR SIT INSIDE A DESK PARTITION.

SB 13 03 THREE STATES THAT SCHOOL SHOULD PROVIDE IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION WHILE FOLLOWING CDC GUIDANCE.

IF THIS IS THE CASE, THEN WHY WOULD FACE SHIELDS AND DESK PARTITIONS BE RECOMMENDED? THE CDC DOES NOT RECOMMEND FACE SHIELDS.

IT'S RIGHT ON THEIR WEBSITE.

A STUDY PUBLISHED IN JUNE AND LED BY RESEARCHERS FROM JOHNS HOPKINS, SHOWED THAT DESK SCREENS IN CLASSROOMS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF COVID INFECTION, NOT ONLY FOR THE CHILD INSIDE THE FISHBOWL BUT ALSO FOR OTHERS IN THE ROOM.

SINCE FACE SHIELDS AND DESK PARTITIONS ARE NOT BASED IN SCIENCE, THAT IT SEEMS OBVIOUS THAT THE REASON THESE WERE ADDED TO THE POLICY WAS PUNITIVE AND COERCIVE IN NATURE.

WHAT STUDENT WANTS TO WALK AROUND SCHOOL LOOKING LIKE THEY'RE WEARING A SPACE HELMET OR SITTING IN A FISHBOWL IN CLASS? ADDITIONALLY, SCHOOLS WERE ILL PREPARED FOR THESE MITIGATIONS, AS MANY LACKED PARTITIONS FOR STUDENT USAGE, AND OTHERS REQUIRED THAT STUDENTS LUG AROUND A BULKY PARTITION ALL DAY INSTEAD OF PLACING THEM IN EACH CLASSROOM.

AGAIN, ANOTHER COERCIVE MEASURE MEANT TO DETER FROM VALID EXEMPTIONS.

WHY WOULD YOU PUT A POLICY IN PLACE AT 4:30 P.M.

ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE SCHOOL STARTED, WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROPERLY IMPLEMENT THE POLICY WAS NOT EVEN IN PLACE? STUDIES ON THE CDC WEBSITE SHOW THAT IMPROVING VENTILATION THROUGH DILUTION METHODS WITH FILTRATION REDUCED COVID INCIDENTS BY 48 PERCENT IN SCHOOLS.

WHILE A STUDY DONE IN GEORGIA SHOWED THERE WAS NO STATISTICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COVID SPREAD IN SCHOOLS THAT REQUIRED MASKS AND THOSE THAT DID NOT.

WHAT HAS CCPS DONE TO IMPROVE VENTILATION SINCE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY WORKS.

A STUDENT'S MEDICAL INFORMATION IS SUPPOSED TO BE PRIVATE, BUT BY PUTTING CUMBERSOME REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES IN PLACE, YOU'RE ANNOUNCING A STUDENT'S MEDICAL INFORMATION TO THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

IF YOU HAD SIMPLY RECOMMENDED MASKING AS A CDC SAYS TO DO, NINETY FIVE PERCENT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE CHOSEN TO BE MASKED ANYWAY, BUT THE EXEMPT STUDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE FELT SO ALONE.

THE CCPS WEBSITE USES THE WORD EQUITABLE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IS IT EQUITABLE THE WAY STUDENTS WITH EXEMPTIONS ARE BEING TREATED? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED HOW THIS MAY AFFECT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH IN ADDITION TO THE HEALTH CONDITIONS THEY'RE ALREADY DEALING WITH? AND PLEASE DO NOT BLAME BBH AND THE GOVERNOR.

THE SHIELD AND PARTITION POLICY WAS YOURS ALONE.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE QUARANTINED STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACCESS TO ASSIGNMENTS, BUT NO ACTUAL ACCESS TO INSTRUCTION.

HOW COULD WE HAVE OVER 60 THOUSAND STUDENTS LEARNING VIRTUALLY LAST YEAR? BUT NOW WE'RE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A LIVE STREAM OR EVEN A RECORDING OF CLASS FOR THOSE WHO ARE FORCED TO SIT OUT FOR AS MUCH AS TWENTY EIGHT DAYS.

THIS IS NOT EQUITABLE TREATMENT.

I AM SPEAKING TODAY FOR ALL THE STUDENTS WITH HEARING LOSS, LEARNING DISABILITIES, SENSORY ISSUES AND BREATHING DISORDERS.

I'M ALSO SPEAKING FOR THIS KINDERGARTEN STUDENT WHO WAS FORCED TO WEAR A DIRT FILLED MASK FOR HALF THE DAY BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN LEADERSHIP PROVIDING CARE OR CONCERN FOR THESE STUDENTS.

AS A PARENT OF A MEDICALLY EXEMPT STUDENT, I AM BEYOND DISAPPOINTED AND I HOPE THAT AT SOME POINT YOU WILL START READING STUDIES INVESTIGATING POLICY ON YOUR OWN AND CARING FOR ALL CHILDREN IN CCPS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH EXEMPTIONS.

THANK YOU MS. BAUER YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MS. BAUER.

LEAH LIFFORD.

HELLO, MY NAME IS LEAH LIFFORD.

I HAVE COME TO A FEW MEETINGS, I HAVE READ UP ON POLICY, I HAVE SUBMITTED PUBLIC WRITTEN COMMENT AND TODAY I HAVE CHOSEN TO COME AND SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOU AS A MOTHER OF THREE.

DID YOU KNOW THAT THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT MAKE ME A PARENT? DO YOU RECALL WHEN MY DAUGHTER HAD ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR POINT FIVE DEGREE TEMPERATURE AND WE HAD TO RUSH HER TO THE E.R.? CAN YOU TELL ME WHICH OF MY CHILDREN HAS AN ALLERGY TO AMOXICILLIN OR WHAT MY OLDEST DAUGHTER PREFERS TO EAT FOR LUNCH? OF COURSE YOU CAN'T, BECAUSE IT'S THE PARENT WHO KNOWS THEIR CHILD PERSONALLY AND INDIVIDUALLY.

PARENTS ARE GIVEN THE DIVINE PURPOSE TO GUIDE, RAISE AND PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN.

YOU HAVE NO DIVINE OR LEGAL RIGHT TO DECIDE MY CHILDREN'S HEALTH OR BIOLOGICAL CHOICES WITHOUT MY CONSENT.

AND OUR COMMONWEALTH CONSTITUTION PROTECTS THESE PARENTAL RIGHTS.

VIRGINIA CODE 1-240.1 STATES A PARENT HAS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION AND CARE OF THE PARENT'S CHILD.

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS CANNOT BE OVERRULED BY ANY GOVERNMENT BODY.

YOUR CURRENT MASK AND TRANSGENDER POLICIES DIRECTLY VIOLATE OUR FUNDAMENTAL PARENTAL RIGHTS.

VICE CHAIR, EVEN YOU RECOGNIZE HOW THE TRANSGENDER POLICY VIOLATED FUNDAMENTAL PARENTAL RIGHTS WHEN YOU SAID THE PROPOSED POLICY DOES NOT ALLOW FOR ENOUGH PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND DOES NOT ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES ANY FLEXIBILITY FROM A MORAL OBLIGATION STANDPOINT, END QUOTE.

YET DESPITE YOUR STATEMENTS, YOU ABSTAINED FROM VOTING RATHER THAN FULFILL YOUR OATH.

IT IS A SHAME TO SEE PEOPLE BOWED TO THE OPPRESSIVE POLITICAL SPIRIT OF THIS AGE

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THE COURTS WILL NOT SIDE WITH YOU IN YOUR ATTEMPT TO VIOLATE OUR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS.

AS JUSTICE SOUTER ONCE SAID, STRICT SCRUTINY LEAVES FEW SURVIVORS.

IT IS TIME THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS UPHELD THEIR OATH AND VIRGINIA'S CONSTITUTION.

AS PARENTS, WE ELECTED YOU TO THIS OFFICE, ASSUMING YOU WOULD HONOR OUR PARENTAL RIGHTS.

IF YOU ALLOW THESE MEASURES TO CONTINUE.

WE WILL NOT MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN IN FUTURE ELECTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MS. LIFFORD.

AMY DODSON.

EMILY HOLLAND AND WHILE MS. HOLLAND IS COMING UP, THE NEXT FIVE SPEAKERS ARE DANISHA POTTS, ERIN MCCANN, TAMMY THOMAS, MICHELLE SCHMIDT AND CHRISTOPHER WALKER, MS. HOLLAND.

SO I ALREADY SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT MY BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER THAT'S NO LONGER WITH CCPS, AND SHE REALLY WANTED HER VOICE TO BE HEARD, SO I'M GOING TO READ HER LETTER.

MY NAME IS ANNA KLEIN, AND I AM 11 YEARS OLD.

SOME PEOPLE MAY THINK KIDS CAN'T HAVE OPINIONS OR THOUGHTS BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I DO.

I ONCE MET SOMEBODY WHO TOLD ME TO WEAR A MASK OUTSIDE LIKE HIM THAT I HAD TO GET VACCINATED AND SOCIAL DISTANCE.

I SAID, NO, I AM NOT GOING TO DO ANY OF THAT.

YOU CAN SOCIALLY DISTANCE, YOU CAN WEAR A MASK, YOU CAN GET VACCINATED.

BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO YOU EVER GET TO TELL ME WHAT I HAVE TO DO.

I WILL WALK JUST THE SAME AND I WILL GET TO GO WHERE I'M GOING, JUST THE SAME.

HE OBVIOUSLY DID NOT UNDERSTAND THIS.

HE THEN SHOUTED OUT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE SHE WANTS TO GIVE US ALL COVID.

I UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE ARE SCARED, BUT I AM NOT.

THAT DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO PERSECUTE ME FOR BELIEVING WHAT I BELIEVE.

I AM NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY OPINION BECAUSE YOU SAY SO.

IN FIFTH GRADE, MY LIBRARIAN DID A LESSON FOR A WEEK ON POLIO.

IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST DISEASES AND MILLIONS DIED, SHE SAID ONCE THEY GOT THE VACCINE.

IT WAS FINE AND ALL THE KIDS WERE HEROES AND THEIR LIVES WENT BACK TO NORMAL.

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN LEAVE OUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO DIED FROM THE VACCINE.

THEY HAD MULTIPLE TRIALS UNTIL THEY GOT IT RIGHT.

MY LIBRARIAN SAID COVID IS LIKE POLIO AND KIDS CAN BE HEROES BY GETTING THE SHOT.

BUT IF I DON'T WANT TO GET THE SHOT, DOES THAT MEAN I AM BAD? THANKS FOR NOT SUPPORTING ME LIBRARIAN.

AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MS. HOLLAND.

DANISHA POTTS.

GOOD EVENING TO THE BOARD.

DR. DAUGHERTY.

I AM NO STRANGER TO MANY OF YOU.

PRETTY MUCH ALL OF YOU.

I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS DANISHA POTTS AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE MATOACA DISTRICT, BUT I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY TONIGHT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU MR. HARTER FOR RESPONDING TO MY EMAIL LAST MONTH REGARDING MY CONCERN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BUT I COME BEFORE YOU AS A COMMUNITY HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE.

I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MAJORITY OF MY LIFE.

MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF MY INDEPENDENT AS WELL AS MY GROUP CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, MY WORK IN THE COMMUNITY.

TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY.

AND ALTHOUGH I COULD BE DOING NUMEROUS THINGS TODAY OR TONIGHT, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE THAT I EXPRESSED THE CONCERNS OF MANY SURROUNDING COVID IN OUR SCHOOLS.

I'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMMUNICATIONS FROM SEVERAL CONCERNED PARENTS AND OTHERS SINCE THE REOPENING OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THE CONCERNS RANGE FROM CROWDED BUSSES AND HALLWAYS, LACK OF TESTING OR TRANSPORTATION, RISING COVID CASES, DEATHS AND NO GUIDANCE.

I TRULY UNDERSTAND THE MAMMOTH RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

HOWEVER, SOMEONE'S LIFE IS DEPENDENT ON YOU MAKING SOUND DECISIONS.

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BY DOING SO, YOU MUST DO WHAT I CALL ACT.

A C T THAT REQUIRES ACCOUNTABILITY, CONSISTENCY AND TRANSPARENCY.

THE SCHOOLS SHOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH SUFFICIENT PROTECTIVE SUPPLIES, TOOLS, ADEQUATE GUIDANCE AND RESPONSES IN A TIMELY MANNER.

THE PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO WAIT UNTIL YOUR NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FOR DECISIONS TO BE MADE.

PLEASE KNOW THAT AS THE VIRUS SHIFTS, YOU MUST SHIFT BY UPDATING YOUR POLICIES AND THAT ENTAILS ON A REGULAR BASIS.

PREPARE TO DO AGAIN THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS UNTIL THE VIRUS IS SUCCESSFULLY MITIGATED.

LASTLY, I WANT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY TO KEEP THE FAITH AND STAY ENCOURAGED BECAUSE BRIGHTER DAYS ARE COMING.

I PROMISE YOU.

I'M SORRY.

THAT'S NOT MY LAST THING.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS BOARD PLEASE INCREASE THE TIME BACK TO FIVE MINUTES LIKE IT USE TO BE WHEN I USE TO COME TO THE BOARD MEETINGS.

THANK YOU MS. POTTS YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU MS. POTTS.

THANK YOU, MS. POTTS.

ERIN MCCANN.

MY NAME IS ERIN MCCANN.

I'M OF THE BERMUDA DISTRICT, I'M A MOTHER OF FOUR THREE STILL IN CCPS.

I COME BEFORE YOU ONCE AGAIN TO POINT OUT THE LACK OF EDUCATION BEING AFFORDED TO OUR STUDENTS.

AFTER ONLY SIX DAYS OF SCHOOL.

MY THIRD GRADER WAS REMOVED FROM SCHOOL DUE TO A POTENTIAL EXPOSURE ON THE BUS.

HER BUS IS LESS THAN HALF FULL.

SHE SITS ALONE, NOBODY IN THE SEATS IN FRONT OF HER, BESIDE HER OR BEHIND HER.

ALL OF THE KIDS WERE SPACED AND WEARING MASKS.

WHEN I ASKED THE CRITERIA FOR THIS, I WAS TOLD SINCE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO KNOW WHERE SHE WAS ON THE BUS THEY ARE QUARANTINING THE ENTIRE BUS AND THEY WERE ALL REMOVED FROM CLASS.

MY DAUGHTER WAS AFFORDED THIS PACKET.

I'VE COPIED IT IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT HER EDUCATION LOOKED LIKE FOR TWO WEEKS WHILE AT HOME.

NO TEACHER INTERACTIONS.

IF THIS IS AN ADEQUATE EDUCATION DR.

DAUGHERTY SCHOOL BOARD, YOU DO NOT HAVE A TEACHER SHORTAGE.

YOU DO NOT HAVE A BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE.

WE SIMPLY NEED ACCESS TO PAPER AND A PRINTER.

THIS CAN BE MAILED OUT.

THE QUESTION, THOUGH, IS WHAT OF THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE GUARANTEED EDUCATIONAL, EXCUSE ME, EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AS THE LADIES HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE ME? PLEASE NOTE THAT BASED ON THIS POLICY, CHILDREN COULD GET ONE DAY A MONTH OF SCHOOL IN-PERSON EDUCATION AS THEY COULD BE OUT FOR TWO WEEKS IN CLASS FOR A DAY, GET EXPOSED AND BE OUT FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS WITH ANOTHER TWO WEEKS WORTH OF PAPER.

THIS BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT POINT.

IF THIS IS OK.

THAT'S A PACKED STADIUM BEHIND HIM, BEHIND HER AND HIM, THEN HAVING A MASKED CHILD ON A BUS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL FOR TWO WEEKS.

THERE WAS LESS THAN 10 ON THE BUS AND THEY WERE EXILED WHILE HUNDREDS WERE IN THE STAND.

PLEASE DON'T MISINTERPRET ME.

I AM BEYOND HAPPY SEEING NORMAL BEHAVIORS, BUT SEE THE HYPOCRISY.

LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EACH OF YOU THAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO THE POSITION BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY TO STAND UP AND PROTECT OUR STUDENTS EDUCATION.

HOWEVER, WHAT SEEMS TO BE MORE IMPORTANT IS ENSURING THAT BIOLOGICAL MALES AND FEMALES SHARE FACILITIES, WHICH LED ONE OF MY CHILDREN TO HOLD HER BLADDER FOR NINE HOURS BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DESPITE THE PROPER ACCOMMODATIONS BEING REQUESTED PER THE POLICY.

SO I ASK RESPECTFULLY THAT IF YOU CAN NO LONGER PUT ASIDE YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS AND STOP VIEWING CHILDREN AS COLORS, PRONOUNS OR WHETHER THEY ARE THE OPPRESSOR OR THE OPPRESSED, THEN PLEASE STEP DOWN AND ALLOW SOMEONE WHO CAN SEE MINDS EAGER TO LEARN, GROW AND BE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO BE TAKE OVER.

THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MS. MCCANN.

TAMMY THOMAS.

HELLO.

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YOU STATED YOUR INTENTIONS TO VOTE FOR OPTIONAL MASKING FOR OUR KIDS AT THE AUGUST 10TH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

THEN WHEN THE MEETING OCCURRED, YOU CHOSE TO DESERT THOSE WHO WANT MEDICAL CHOICE FOR OUR CHILDREN.

THERE WERE OTHER SCHOOL BOARDS IN VIRGINIA WHO MADE THE BRAVE DECISION TO GIVE THEIR KIDS THE CHOICE OF MASKING OR NOT.

YOU TOOK THAT OPPORTUNITY AWAY FROM US AND IT WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN.

THEN AT THE LAST HOUR ON AUGUST 20TH KING NORTHAM TOOK AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THIS STATE TO HAVE MEDICAL CHOICE AND EVEN REMOVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEDICAL AND RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS.

MY SON HAD AN EXEMPTION IN PLACE ON FRIDAY ON AUGUST 20TH, AT 3:30 AND AT 4:45 HE DID NOT.

HE WAS TOLD THAT HE COULD NOT BE MASKLESS AND HAD TO NOW EITHER WEAR A FACE SHIELD OR SIT BEHIND A PLEXIGLASS DIVIDER IN CLASS THAT HE HAD TO TRANSPORT FROM CLASS TO CLASS, CARRYING IT THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL HALLS EACH DAY.

GUESS WHAT HE DECIDED TO DO? I THINK, YOU KNOW.

NO CHILD WANTS TO BE FEELING SINGLED OUT AND PUT IN A POSITION TO SET THEMSELVES UP FOR BULLYING.

SO NOW MY SON IS COMPLYING LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, AND I WORRY ABOUT HIM AND SO MANY OTHERS AND THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THIS TORTURE AND WHAT IT WILL BE.

YOU MAY THINK OF IT AS A SIMPLE MASK.

WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? AND OH, IT'S TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE.

I DON'T NEED TO REMIND YOU THAT THESE MASKS DO NOT EVEN WORK, AND MANY, MANY STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO THESE KIDS IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN THEM CATCHING COVID.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECTS WILL BE FELT FOR YEARS AND YEARS, AND YOU BEAR RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT.

THERE ARE RUMBLINGS THAT SOME SCHOOLS ARE NOW EVEN REQUIRING MASKING OUTDOORS DURING RECESS AND POSSIBLY DURING GYM CLASS.

I PERSONALLY HAVE FELT THE FEELINGS OF ALMOST PASSING OUT DUE TO MASKING INDOORS ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION.

I CAN SHOW YOU MANY COMMENTS OF HOW THINGS ARE GOING AT COSBY WHEN IT'S 82 TO 90 DEGREES INSIDE THE BUILDING AND THE AC HAS NOT BEEN WORKING OR NOT TURNED ON, ON TWO MONDAY MORNINGS THIS MONTH, WE ARE CURRENTLY RAISING KIDS WHO ARE LESS SOCIABLE, MORE ISOLATED, HAVE INCREASED MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUICIDES ARE ON THE RISE EVEN HERE IN CHESTERFIELD.

DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT WHAT IT IS DOING TO YOUR OWN CHILDREN? IF SO, HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? MAY I REMIND YOU THAT CHILDREN 18 AND YOUNGER ARE THE LEAST AFFECTED BY COVID? SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED IN CHESTERFIELD, THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF TWO DEATHS IN CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 19 AS OF TODAY'S REPORTING.

I SAID TWO, IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, NOT TO DIMINISH DEATH, BUT WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE ONE DAY AND THESE MEASURES ARE NOT PREVENTING US FROM WHAT IS OUR EVENTUAL LIFE CONCLUSION.

THE SURVIVAL RATE OF COVID FOR CHILDREN IS ALMOST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT, YET ALL SIXTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND 67 STUDENTS.

THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING.

THANK YOU, MS. THOMAS.

[APPLAUSE] MICHELLE SCHMIDT.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE SCHMIDT.

I AM A MOTHER, RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

I'M NOT SURE WHO DECIDES WHAT ITEMS ARE ON AN AGENDA LIST FOR THESE MEETINGS, BUT THE FACT THAT MASKS ARE NOT ON TONIGHT'S LIST, WHILE STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY SUFFERING BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY IN CLASSROOMS AND ONE HUNDRED DEGREE HEAT INDEX BUSSES JUST REAFFIRMS THAT THIS WILL NEVER END.

I CAN SPEAK FOREVER ON WHY MASKS ARE HARMFUL TO CHILDREN, AS I HAVE DONE MY RESEARCH OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, BUT I WON'T WASTE MY BREATH TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU TONIGHT AS LAST MONTH YOU MADE YOUR MIND UP AND IGNORED ALL THE UNBIASED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.

YOU ALSO IGNORE FUNDAMENTAL PARENTAL RIGHTS, WHICH BRINGS ME TO VIRGINIA LAW, AS MANY OF MY FELLOW FRIENDS HAVE BROUGHT UP THIS EVENING, SPECIFICALLY CODE 1-240.1 THAT STATES A PARENT HAS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MAKE DECISIONS CONCERNING THE UPBRINGING, EDUCATION AND CARE OF A PARENT'S CHILD.

MY CHILDREN ARE THREE AND FOUR, AND WE'LL NEVER WEAR A MASK.

THAT IS MY PARENTAL CHOICE.

IT IS PRETTY CLEAR TO ME THAT YOU HAVE AND CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OVERSTEP OF YOUR BOUNDARIES AND CREATING A VERY SLIPPERY SLOPE TO GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND I CANNOT STAY QUIET ANY LONGER.

AMERICA NEEDS TO WAKE UP TO WHERE THIS IS LEADING.

YOUR OTHER RADICAL POLICIES IN OUR SCHOOLS ARE PERMANENTLY CHANGING OUR CHILDREN AND NOT FOR THE BETTER, AND NO ONE SEEMS TO CARE.

THERE ARE WAYS TO PROTECT LGBTQ STUDENTS WITHOUT NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THE MAJORITY OF THE STUDENT POPULATION, AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO DO SO TO PROTECT THEM.

BUT IT SEEMS TO ME YOU JUST CAVED TO PROTECT YOURSELF POLITICALLY AGAIN.

I HAVE TODDLERS, SO WHY AM I HERE? WE'RE NOT IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

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BEFORE HAVING CHILDREN AND BEFORE LAST YEAR.

I USED TO THINK HOW LUCKY WE WERE TO BE ZONED FOR SUCH GREAT SCHOOLS.

PEOPLE SOLELY MOVED TO OUR AREA BECAUSE OF YOUR SCHOOLS.

WHICH LEADS ME TO THE MAIN REASON WHY I DECIDED TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.

TONIGHT, I WANTED TO PERSONALLY TELL YOU THAT MY CHILDREN WILL NEVER STEP FOOT IN ONE OF YOUR SCHOOLS.

YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY LOST TWO FUTURE STUDENTS DUE TO YOUR ACTIONS, DECISIONS AND WORDS THIS LAST YEAR.

AND I WON'T BE THE ONLY PARENT WHO FEELS THAT WAY.

BUT THERE ARE MANY PARENTS WHO CANNOT WITHDRAW THEIR CHILDREN FROM PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR AN ABUNDANCE OF REASONS.

THAT'S WHY I CONTINUE TO FIGHT AND WHY YOU WILL CONTINUE TO SEE MY FACE HERE BECAUSE THIS BATTLE IS JUST BEGINNING.

I ASK YOU TONIGHT TO PLEASE PROTECT OUR FUNDAMENTAL PARENTAL RIGHTS OF VIRGINIA AND PLEASE PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC THAT WE ARE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MS. SCHMIDT.

CHRISTOPHER WALKER.

NANCY DIFRANCO.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M HERE.

I'M SORRY, I'M HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ALLISON DUFFY.

AND I'M NOT A GREAT PUBLIC SPEAKER, SO BEAR WITH ME HERE.

GOOD EVENING, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AS YOU MAKE DECISIONS, THIS IS REALLY ROUGH.

OK? AS YOU MAKE DECISIONS ON MASKING OUR CHILDREN, PLEASE ASK YOURSELVES TWO THINGS WHAT IS THE DESIRED OUTCOME? WHAT IS THE FUTURE IMPACT.

AND DESIRED OUTCOME IS IT TO END COVID.

IN MARCH 2020 WE WERE ALL TOLD THAT WEARING MASKS WAS THE KEY TO ENDING COVID, SO WE ALL MASKED UP.

YET AFTER 18 MONTHS OF MASKS, POSITIVE CASES HAVE CONTINUED TO CLIMB AND PEOPLE CONTINUE TO LIVE IN FEAR, WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL, BUT THERE IS NO PROVEN REASON TO BELIEVE THAT MASKS WOULD SOMEHOW START MAGICALLY PREVENTING COVID IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY HAVE NOT DEFINITIVELY CURBED COVID IN THE PAST.

MAYBE THERE ISN'T A WAY TO END COVID AND BASED ON WHAT IS GOING ON NOW.

IT WILL NEVER END.

PERHAPS THE FOCUS SHOULD NOT BE ON HOW WE GET OUT OF THIS, BUT OUR HANDLING OF COVID TODAY WILL IMPACT THE HANDLING FOR YEARS TO COME.

WITH THAT, I WILL MAKE DECISIONS FOR MYSELF AND MY FAMILY THAT MAY OR MAY NOT.

SORRY, MY GLASSES ARE FOGGED UP.

OR MAY NOT BE THE SAME AS THE CHOICES MADE BY ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY.

AS A SCHOOL BOARD, THOUGH, YOU CAN MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT NOT JUST YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILIES, BUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

AND NOW AND IN THE YEARS TO COME.

SO I ASK YOU LONG TERM, DO YOU WANT MY KINDERGARTNER TO BE MASKED FOR THE REST OF HER GRADE SCHOOL YEARS? WELL, HER FUTURE CHILDREN AND HER CHILDREN'S CHILDREN BE MASKED BECAUSE OF A PRECEDENT SET BY THE DECISIONS YOU ARE MAKING TODAY.

WILL 2021 BE THE YEAR THAT FORCED MASK COMPLIANCE COMES INTO OUR SCHOOL FOREVER.

ONE DAY WE WILL BE PROUD TO KNOW THAT YOUR VOTE LED TO THE PERMANENT MASKING OF CHILDREN AND STIFLING OF PARENTAL RIGHTS.

OR WILL YOUR VOTE SAY THAT ALTHOUGH WE CAN'T STOP COVID, I'M SORRY NOW I LOST MY SPOT.

ONE DAY, LET'S SEE.

OR WILL YOUR VOTE SAY, ALTHOUGH WE CAN'T STOP COVID YOU COULD AND DID TRY TO STOP THIS CONTROL FROM SEIZING OUR STUDENTS.

YES, COVID.

WE ARE ALL SO LUCKY TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY THAT GIVES US FREEDOM TO CHOOSE SO MANY THINGS.

I BEG YOU, DO NOT VOTE TO LET CURRENT FEAR CONTROL YOUR DECISION.

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE A FOR NOW CHOICE BASED ON FEAR, BUT A FOREVER CHOICE BASED ON OUR FREEDOM AND THE FREEDOM OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU AND ASK YOU A QUESTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY ON THE WEBSITE THAT ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO HOW THE ESSER GRANT MONEY IS NOT AVAILABLE.

EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, MS. DIFRANCO.

THANK YOU, MS. DIFRANCO.

OUR FINAL SPEAKERS THIS EVENING ARE CHRISTINE MELENDEZ, BILL STEELE AND RODNEY MARTIN.

MS. MELENDEZ.

[02:35:05]

MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND OR WATCH TONIGHT DUE TO BACK TO SCHOOL EVENTS, BUT MANY WANTED ME TO UPLIFT SOME CONCERNS.

INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF WAS WONDERING WHEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE TIME TO UPLOAD OR SEARCH FOR ONLINE RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS AT HOME ON QUARANTINE.

WHEN, BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING STUDENTS FOR LONGER THAN EVER BEFORE.

THEIR PLANNING TIME IS CONSTANTLY TAKEN UP BY COVERAGE FOR UNFILLED POSITIONS, SICK AND QUARANTINE COWORKERS, PLC MEETINGS, TEAM MEETINGS, DEVELOPMENT WITH MATH AND LITERACY SPECIALISTS.

AND THEN MANY HAVE TO GO HOME AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN FAMILIES OR EVEN BETTER WORK THEIR SECOND OR THIRD JOBS BECAUSE THEY STILL NEED THE ADDITIONAL INCOME.

ALL OF THE CONCERNS AND ISSUES I'VE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION TONIGHT COULD SO EASILY BE ADDRESSED BY ENGAGING IN COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.

IT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES NOT HAVE TAXING AUTHORITY, YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ENGAGING IN BARGAINING.

I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE HERE THAT THROUGH COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SCHOOL BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY, WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE TEACHER PAY AND ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS SCHOOL EMPLOYEE PAY FOR ALL ESSENTIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS.

AND THAT WAS DONE BEFORE THE RIGHT TO COLLECTIVELY BARGAIN WAS RESTORED FOR PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYEES.

THE PURPOSE OF BARGAINING WITH US IS TO COLLABORATIVELY ADDRESS SOMETHING WE ARE ALL WORKING TO IMPROVE, COMMUNICATION.

THANK YOU.

MS. MELENDEZ, BILL STEELE.

GOOD EVENING, DR. DAUGHERTY, CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY PURPOSE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT IS TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION AN ONGOING PRACTICE THAT MAY BE HARMING YOUR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OBTAINING WELL-QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS TO ASSIST IN THE STAFF OPERATION.

PLEASE ALLOW ME TO CLARIFY, BUT FIRST, PLEASE KNOW THAT I DID TRY TO GO THROUGH THE CHAIN OF COMMAND ON THIS.

I WOULD REFUSED THE REQUIRED INFORMATION THAT YOUR H.R.

DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PROVIDE TO ME, AND I EVEN WENT TO TRY TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH DR. DAUGHERTY BUT I WAS TOLD DR.

DAUGHERTY OR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT IN THIS COUNTY DOES NOT DEAL IN HR MATTERS.

SHOCKING.

BUT IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU RUN THIS COUNTY, THAT'S UP TO YOU.

TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M BRINGING YOU THIS EVENING.

PLEASE KNOW THAT I HOLD A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CHARTING MY FIRST TWO YEARS AT I HOLD TWO GRADUATE DEGREES ONE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND THE DODS COMMAND, GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE AND MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS.

I HAVE 11 YEAR TENURE AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WITH A MAJOR METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHERE IN 1982 I WAS THE FIRST OFFICER TO EARN POLICE OFFICER OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND FOR THAT SCHOOL.

AND MY REWARD WAS BECAUSE OF THE DRUNK DRIVING AND DWI PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT I CREATED AND PRESENTED TO OUR COUNTY SCHOOLS, AS WELL TO THE STATE SCHOOLS AND TO HERE IN VIRGINIA.

AND IN FACT, MY PROGRAM WENT NATIONWIDE.

MY PRIMARY CARE, HOWEVER, WAS SERVING 29 YEARS WITH THE U.S.

ARMY MILITARY POLICE, THOUGH I DID GIVE [INAUDIBLE] ALL TO THE AIR FORCE, WHERE I WAS STARTED AS ENLISTED AND MOVED UP THROUGH THE RANKS AS AN OFFICER, BEING A PRIMARY STAFF OFFICER AT THE BATTALION BRIGADE AND ARMY COMMAND LEVEL AND THE COMMANDING OFFICER DURING DESERT SHIELD DESERT STORM IN OIF WHERE I HELD A TOP SECRET CLEARANCE.

I ENDED MY MILITARY CAREER AS A BATTALION COMMANDING OFFICER, LEADING 1400 SOLDIERS THROUGH OIF, EARNING A BRONZE STAR, WHICH ADDED TO MY OTHER 29 HONORS AND SERVICE AWARDS FOR THE MILITARY.

THIS BRINGS ME TO MY ISSUE AT HAND.

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ABM IS YOUR CONTRACTED JANITORIAL SERVICE PROVIDER TO BE THE DISTRICT MANAGER TO OVERSEE AND SUPERVISE THE JANITORIAL SERVICES FOR 14 OF YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

WELL OVER THE NEXT 15 WEEKS, YOUR STAFF NOTICED THE VAST IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOUR BUILDING HAD, AND YOU CAN SPEAK TO THEM TONY MEYER, MR. THOMAS IF YOU WANT FURTHER INFORMATION ON THAT, THEY WERE PLEASED WITH THE PROGRESS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE MADE IN YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

THEN ON MAY 18TH, 15 WEEKS AFTER THIS, YOUR HR DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT I WAS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO ENTER YOUR COUNTY SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE].

NOW WHY IS THAT WITH SOMEBODY WITH MY BACKGROUND? WELL, I TRIED TO GET THE INFORMATION FROM THEM.

AND OF COURSE, THE CONTRACT THAT YOU HAVE WITH ABM CLEARLY STATES THAT, HEY, IF YOU DON'T PASS YOUR BACKGROUND CHECK, WE CAN'T.

WE CAN GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION THAT YOU FAIL.

BUT WE WILL ONLY GIVE TO THE INDIVIDUAL THE REASONS.

THANK YOU, MR. STEELE.

YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED.

OH, THIS IS THANK YOU, MR. STEELE.

RODNEY MARTIN.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME'S RODNEY MARTIN.

I LIVE IN THE MIDLOTHIAN MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT.

YOU KNOW, WHEN BEFORE YOU GUYS TOOK THIS JOB, YOU INHERITED MESSES, DIDN'T ENVY ANY OF YOU.

I TOLD MY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER THAT I WANTED YOU ALL TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THERE WAS ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THERE.

TOLD HER THERE WAS REALLY NO REASON FOR ME TO SHOW UP AT THESE MEETINGS, AND THEN YOU INHERITED COVID.

I'M NOT GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU MY OPINION ABOUT COVID BECAUSE IT'S IRRELEVANT.

IT'S GOING TO BE WITH US FOR YEARS AND IT'S DONE NOTHING BUT DIVIDE US.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION I KNOW YOU PROBABLY CAN'T ANSWER IT, BUT DO YOU ALL PRINT THE AGENDA OR ANY OF THE MEMOS FOR ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM OR DO YOU HAVE TO PRINT THEM YOURSELF? OK.

PRETTY SURE YOU DON'T.

I ONLY ASK OF ONE THING, MS. HAINES ONE.

ONE.

WHEN RON AND I MET WITH YOU AND THAT WAS YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE AGENDA ORDER.

AT LEAST THREE OF YOU ARE TEACHERS.

YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF STUFF THAT I CONSIDER TEACHING.

DO Y'ALL GIVE YOUR TESTS TO YOUR KIDS BEFORE YOU TEACH THEM THE CURRICULUM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE AGENDA.

WHICH LEADS ME TO A POINT THAT YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND DO IT LIKE THE COUNTY DOES.

LET PEOPLE TALK AT CERTAIN TIMES YOU HAVE ACTION ITEM, THEN PEOPLE CAN COME RESPOND TO THE ACTION ITEM.

PEOPLE THAT GAVE YOU THE ACTION ITEM CAN COME BACK.

TONIGHT.

YOU GAVE AT LEAST THREE MEMOS AND I'M GOING TO CONFESS UP FRONT I DID NOT SEE THE JOINT MEETING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO PROMISED WHOM WHAT.

I AM GLAD TO SEE THE CTC AT HULL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE USED FOR WHAT IT WAS INTENDED.

MY SON ALSO HAD DYSLEXIA.

THIS IS BEFORE YOU COULD SAY IT.

IT'S BEEN A NIGHTMARE.

YOU ALL SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ON GIFTED.

I DON'T THINK Y'ALL KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE A FORM OF DYSLEXIA, BUT I JUST HEAR.

THIS IS WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT AND THIS IS WHY I'M NOW GOING TO KEEP SHOWING UP.

THERE WAS NO PRESENTATION OF NUMBERS.

I KNOW YOU HAVE WORK MEETINGS, BUT A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HERE CAN'T GET TO THEM.

Y'ALL ARE GOING TO GET TWENTY SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS TO FIX SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BROKEN FOR SO LONG.

LET ME TELL YOU HOW YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT BECAUSE YOU THINK MONEY JUST FALLS FROM THE SKY AND NONE OF YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

MY MOM'S HOUSE UP 10 PERCENT.

IT'S A NICE HOUSE.

FIFTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE SQUARE FEET IN [INAUDIBLE].

MOTHER IN LAW'S HOUSE OFF OF ARCH ROAD.

FIFTEEN HUNDRED SQUARE FEET, HERS WENT UP 11 PERCENT.

MY MOMS WENT UP TEN.

BROTHER IN LAW ON DEER RUN HIS ONE UP 10 PERCENT.

MINE WENT UP 13.

Y'ALL NOT ONLY RAISED, YOU'RE PARTICIPATING IN RAISING TAXES.

NINETY FIVE CENTS AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN 91 AND MY HOUSE WENT UP SPEAKERS] I PAID 18 PERCENT TAXES.

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN.

MR. MARTIN, THANK YOU.

MR. MARTIN, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN.

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THERE WILL BE NO SUPERINTENDENTS REMARKS BECAUSE THE SUPERINTENDENT GAVE A PRESENTATION EARLIER, SO THANK YOU, MR. CLERK.

[K. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments]

BOARD MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? MS. COKER.

MR. CHAIR.

I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO SPEAK ABOUT THE START OF SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL YEAR AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HAD THESE PAST FEW WEEKS.

SO A LOT HAS BEEN COVERED IN OUR WORK SESSION.

A LOT HAS BEEN MENTIONED THIS EVENING.

JUST WANT TO KIND OF GO OVER AND RECAP A LITTLE BIT.

FIRST WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION WE HAVE INCREASED OUR STARTING BUS DRIVER PAY BY $3 TO TWENTY DOLLARS AND TWENTY ONE CENTS FOR ANY NEW AND EXISTING EMPLOYEES.

WE'VE ALSO INCREASED OUR NEW HIRE IN EXISTING DRIVER BONUS TO INCENTIVIZE DRIVERS TO COME AND WORK AND CONTINUE TO WORK WITH CHESTERFIELD.

WE HAVE SEEN A VERY POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM THIS INVESTMENT AND ARE HOPING THAT THE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES WILL GET BETTER EVERY WEEK AS MORE AND MORE BUS DRIVERS GET THROUGH THE TRAINING PROCESS AND START RUNNING ROUTES.

WE'VE ALSO CREATED A TASK FORCE WITH CHESTERFIELD DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CHESTERFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY AT SCHOOL DROP OFF AND PICK UP TIMES.

WE'RE WORKING WITH THE POLICE TO EVALUATE SCHOOLS THAT MAY HAVE THE NEED TO HAVE POLICE PRESENCE FOR TRAFFIC PURPOSES.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT VARIOUS TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND ROAD SIGNAGE NEEDS AT ALL SCHOOLS TO MINIMIZE THE TIME IT TAKES IN THE CARPOOL LINE.

THESE ARE CURRENTLY BEING ROLLED OUT AS RECOMMENDED, AND AS DR.

DAUGHERTY SAID, WE ARE HAVING DAILY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VDH ABOUT OUR SPECIFIC CASES OF COVID 19 IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THE VDH IS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW THE SCHOOL DIVISION PROCEEDS WITH AN OUTBREAK.

POSSIBLE PAUSES TO ATHLETICS AND, IF NECESSARY, TO SWITCH TO VIRTUAL SETTING IN A CLASSROOM OR SCHOOL BASIS, IF NECESSARY.

WE'RE HANDLING THIS STAGE OF THE PANDEMIC, JUST LIKE WE HAVE HANDLED ALL THE OTHER STAGES.

WE'RE FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE MANDATE SET FORTH BY THE MEDICAL EXPERTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND STATE.

FOR OUR QUARANTINED STUDENTS AND PARENTS THAT WANTED A STANDARD FOR EDUCATION DURING QUARANTINE.

WE HAVE HEARD YOU.

THERE IS NOW A STANDARD FOR TEACHERS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ON CANVAS TO HELP TEACH OUR STUDENTS AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR ASSIGNMENTS SO THEIR LEARNING CAN CONTINUE.

AND THIS WILL BE EFFECTIVE THIS WEEK.

WE APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK TOGETHER TO BETTER OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND COMMUNITY.

EACH DAY, WE ARE LEARNING, IMPROVING AND PUTTING THINGS INTO ACTION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. COKER.

MS. HAINES.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO BOTH BETTIE WEAVER AND CHALKELY COMMUNITY FOR HAVING INCREDIBLY LOW RATES OF STUDENTS QUARANTINED.

I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT.

WE OFTEN SAY USE THE DAILY HEALTH SCREENER IT WORKS.

SO I THINK OBVIOUSLY THERE IT'S BEING USED IN BETTIE WEAVER AND CHALKELY, AND I JUST ENCOURAGE.

I SEE THIS ALL OVER FACEBOOK.

JUST DON'T SEND YOUR KID TO SCHOOL SICK.

AND WE'LL KEEP OUR KIDS IN SCHOOL.

MS. BAILEY.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT IN THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN SOMETIMES TO COMMENTS THAT ARE HEARTFELT AND EMOTIONAL.

AND WE TRY NOT TO RESPOND TO ANY COMMENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO EQUALLY DIFFICULT TO LISTEN TO WHEN THERE'S SOME MISINFORMATION OR MISREPRESENTATION OF INFORMATION WHICH OCCURRED A COUPLE OF TIMES THIS EVENING.

AND ONE OF WHICH KIND OF OFFENDED ME GREATLY AS A CIVICS TEACHER OF THIRTY FOUR YEARS.

AND THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT WE DO NOT TEACH OUR CHILDREN CIVICS ANY LONGER.

AND AS SOMEONE WHO TAUGHT CIVICS AND I KNOW THAT I TAUGHT COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE RESPONSIBILITY AND EVEN HAD A TREMENDOUS PROJECT BASED LESSONS SURROUNDING PUBLIC SERVICE AND TEACHING OUR STUDENTS THE NEED TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW I HAD DOZENS OF COLLEAGUES AROUND THIS COUNTY, THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY THAT DID THE SAME AND CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME.

SO WE DO TEACH CIVICS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND IT IS A VALUED PART OF OUR CURRICULUM.

SO I JUST FELT THAT EVEN THOUGH I WOULD NEVER CHALLENGE A SPEAKER AT THAT MOMENT, THAT RIGHT HERE, THOUGH, DURING THIS TIME OF PUBLIC COMMENT FOR MYSELF, I NEEDED TO

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WE DO TEACH CIVICS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU.

SPEAKING.

SIR, IF YOU CONTINUE TO SPEAK, I'M GOING TO ASK THE DEPUTY TO HAVE YOU REMOVED FROM THE ROOM.

FROM THE AUDIENCE OUT OF TURN, YOU HAD YOUR THREE MINUTES.

IT'S AGAINST ROBERTS RULES TO DO WHAT SHE JUST DID.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR US TO ADJOURN.

I ACTUALLY WANT TO GIVE SOME COMMENT.

ACTUALLY, MS. HEFFRON GO AHEAD.

DO YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? I WAS JUST GOING TO SECOND MS. BAILEY MOTION.

[LAUGHTER] BUT NO I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING HOW CHALLENGING IT CAN BE WHEN YOU KNOW, WHEN THE PUBLIC SPEAKS WITH SUCH EMOTION AND CLEARLY THERE'S A LOT OF STILL A LOT OF CONFLICT IN OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THIS WAS A VERY CIVICALLY ENGAGED GROUP ESPECIALLY, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERYONE WHO DOES THEIR CIVIC DUTY JUST TO WRITE US, TO CALL US, TO COME TO MEETINGS BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO DO OUR BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I SEE THIS AS MY COMMUNITY SERVICE, MY PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I APPRECIATE THE ENGAGED, THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, MS. HEFFRON.

DR.

DAUGHERTY, IF I COULD, JUST FOR A MOMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY THERE WAS A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THAT CAME UP THIS EVENING THAT TALKED ABOUT WHEN THEIR CHILD IS QUARANTINED AND THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY BEEN A PROCEDURE IN PLACE.

CAN YOU OR DR. TAYLOR SPEAK FOR A MOMENT BRIEFLY ON WHAT WE DID THIS PAST WEEK AND WHAT WAS SENT OUT TO OUR EDUCATORS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS THAT HAVE AN EXPECTATION OF WHAT STUDENTS SHOULD RECEIVE.

DID PUT SOME STUFF ON THE WEBSITE, AND WE DID SEND THINGS OUT THROUGH HIS OFFICE TO OUR STAFFS, BUT ALSO CLARIFYING QUARANTINING AS WELL AS THOSE GUIDELINES HAVE CONTINUED TO CHANGE.

I THINK YOUR DIRECT QUESTION WAS REGARDING SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WE PUT OUT, AND I THINK THAT AND MS. COKER'S REFERENCED THIS IN SOME OF HER COMMENTS TOO.

WE SET OUT TO OBVIOUSLY OUR PRINCIPALS AND TRYING TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID AND UNDERSTANDING THE MATERIALS THAT THEY MAY NEED AND OBVIOUSLY HAVING SOME MORE AVAILABLE MATERIALS THAT ARE FOR THOSE FAMILIES AND OBVIOUSLY ALSO ENCOURAGING THEM TO REACH OUT, OBVIOUSLY TO THE SCHOOL FOR ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES AND MATERIALS.

THE SECOND PIECE, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON IS TO ENSURE OBVIOUSLY THAT ONE OF THE UPDATES WE'RE GOING TO MAKE TO OUR QUARANTINE LETTER FOR FAMILIES IS TO TALK ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR FAMILIES SO THAT WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BE FOR A CALL OR A GOOGLE MEET TO WORK WITH THE FAMILY DIRECTLY IF THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THAT FAMILY OR THAT CHILD MAY HAVE AS WELL.

I CAN ANSWER ANY OTHER DIRECT QUESTIONS YOU HAVE REGARDING PROCEDURES THEMSELVES, I GUESS AS FAR AS LIKE MORE OF A RICH INSTRUCTIONAL EXPERIENCE.

THERE WAS ONE SPEAKER TONIGHT THAT CAME IN, I GUESS MY EXPECTATION, AND I WOULD GUESS THE BOARD'S EXPECTATION IS STUDENTS AREN'T JUST HANDED A PACKET AND SAYING, SEE YOU IN 10 DAYS OR SEE YOU IN 14 DAYS.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

I THINK THAT THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION, I THINK THAT OUR STAFF IS WORKING VERY HARD, WHETHER THE CHILDREN ARE RIGHT THERE, IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION, WHETHER THEY'RE AT HOME, IN QUARANTINE.

I THINK OBVIOUSLY THE GUIDANCE WE PROVIDED TO STAFF IS OBVIOUSLY TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT CHILD ENGAGED, OBVIOUSLY IN THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY'RE NOT THERE IN PERSON.

AND SO I THINK WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT, MODEL TO SEE WHERE WE CAN ADAPT OUR PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES.

AND CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL WILL EVOLVE.

AND I THINK OBVIOUSLY PUTTING OUT ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE THIS WEEK IS ENSURING THAT THOSE RESOURCES ARE THERE FOR FAMILIES, BUT ALSO THAT WE BRING THAT DIRECTLY TO FAMILIES TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT THEY MAY NEED.

OK, THANK YOU.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED.

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 THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.