GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021 SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION TO
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ORDER. FIRST, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON JOB EVENTS AND BUS DRIVER CANDIDATES FROM DR.HUFF AND MR. DAVIS. GOOD AFTERNOON NOVEMBER HAS BEEN AN UNUSUALLY BUSY MONTH FOR JOB EVENTS.
LAST WEEK, ON NOVEMBER 2ND, WE HAD A STUDENT TEACHER HIRING EVENT.
WE HAVE THIRTY EIGHT STUDENT TEACHERS WORKING WITH US IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIS FALL FROM A VARIETY OF UNIVERSITIES.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AS OF THIS MORNING, WE HAD HIRED FORTY FOUR POINT SEVEN PERCENT OF THAT. SEVENTEEN ARE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT FOR JANUARY 3RD.
ONCE THEY FINISH THEIR DEGREE, WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENT TEACHERS WHO STILL HAVE SOME COURSEWORK TO TAKE NEXT SEMESTER, AND WE'RE HOPING TO OFFER THEM AN EARLY CONTRACT FOR NEXT YEAR. THE EVENT WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL.
WE AND WE DID ACTUALLY A LOT OF HIRES IN THE LAST WEEK.
WE HAD SECOND YEAR TEACHER SPEAK TO OUR STUDENT TEACHERS ABOUT WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WORK IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF PRINCIPALS COME AND DO A Q&A WITH US.
WE HAD A PHOTO GROUP PHOTO OF THE FOLKS WHO CAME THERE WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND WE WE'RE ABLE TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO SUB NEXT SEMESTER WHILE THEY'RE FINISHING OUT THEIR CLASSES.
THEY WERE ABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT BENEFITS.
I THINK THE EARLIER HIRING PROCESS IS A SHIFT FOR STUDENT TEACHERS AS WELL.
THEY'VE HEARD FROM OLDER SIBLINGS OR FRIENDS KIND OF WAIT UNTIL YOU FINISH YOUR FIRST TEACHER PLACEMENT AND THEN YOU APPLY.
AND IT'S NOT THAT WAY ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU CAN GET A CONTRACT EARLIER DUE TO THE SHORTAGES.
SO PART OF IT IS JUST KIND OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW IT'S OK TO GO AHEAD AND APPLY NOW, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE THAT DEGREE ON YOUR TRANSCRIPT QUITE YET.
WE ALSO HAVE TODAY, AS WE SPEAK, GOING ON A DAY [INAUDIBLE] OPEN HOUSE AT [INAUDIBLE] LIBRARY, AND I SAW THE WAY THE NEWS MEDIA OUTLETS HAD COVERED THAT THIS MORNING.
WE DID SOME ADVERTISING FOR THAT.
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF ASSISTANCE WITH APPLYING, YOU KNOW, DOING THE APPLICATION PROCESS ONLINE, INTERVIEWING, DOING FINGERPRINTS ON THE SPOT AND HOPE TO HIRE SOME [INAUDIBLE] TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT AT CHESTER LIBRARY WERE INVITED TO SO SOME OF OUR STAFF IS THERE RECRUITING FOR ALL POSITIONS.
AND NEXT UP, WE ARE PLANNING FOR THREE TEACHER FAIRS.
WE ARE GOING TO DO CONDITIONS PERMITTING HYBRID THIS YEAR TWO IN-PERSON FAIRS, AND ONE VIRTUAL FAIR BECAUSE WE LEARN THAT EACH HAD SOME ADVANTAGES.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO CAPTURE THE WIDEST ARRAY OF CANDIDATES BY HAVING BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL TEACHER FAIRS, COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FAIRS.
WE NEED TO PLAN OUR SCHEDULE FOR THOSE THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LATE THIS YEAR AND PUTTING OUT THEIR DATES. I THINK BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS OF VIRTUAL AND CANCELATIONS, THEY'RE NOT QUITE CERTAIN.
BUT WE'RE WATCHING THE WEBSITES FOR THOSE AND PLAN TO ATTEND ALL THE REGIONAL EVENTS THAT WE CAN. AND WE HIRED 19 SUBS LAST WEEK AND TWO CONVERTED TO FULL TIME JOBS, AND WE ONLY HAD ONE RESIGNATION, SO HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK WITH THE EVENT WE'LL BE EVEN HIGHER. AND THEN WE HAVE A BUS DRIVER CANDIDATE UPDATE.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF MULTI DEPARTMENTAL EFFORTS RELATED TO BUS DRIVERS.
WE HAD OUR THIRD JOB FAIR SEPTEMBER 30TH.
WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO ATTENDEES, SO IT WAS OUR BIGGEST ONE BY FAR.
AND CERTAINLY THE SALARY, BONUSES AND MEDIA COVERAGE CAME TOGETHER FOR US THERE AND WE HAD A LOT OF PARTICIPATION.
WE HAD EIGHTY FOUR ON THE SPOT OFFERS.
THAT MEANS FOLKS SAID WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CHECK THEIR DMV AND EVERYTHING THEY HAD IN STATE DMV AND HAD ENOUGH INFORMATION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE AN OFFER RIGHT THERE. THIS MONTH WE HAVE OUR WATER BILL ADS RUNNING.
SO IF YOU GET A PAPER WATER BILL, THERE IS A FLIER IN THERE AND I THINK THERE'S A MESSAGE TO THE ONLINE ONE AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE ON OCTOBER 8TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 26TH WITH THE BILLING CYCLE, AND WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO PURCHASE THAT AND GET THOSE IN THE WATER BILLS.
WE'RE FINDING THAT WITH THIS CANDIDATE GROUP, WE NEED TO USE SOME DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAN WE USE WITH TEACHERS.
AND SO RADIO HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE FOR US THAT IT COMES NOW WITH STREAMING AND SOCIAL MEDIA STREAMS WITH THE RADIO AND THEN PRINT ADVERTISING HAS BEEN MORE EFFECTIVE WITH THIS
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CANDIDATE GROUP. NOW OUR STORY ABOUT OUR BUS DRIVER, MIKE MASON AND THE COMMUNICATIONS INITIALLY PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF FEATURES OF DIFFERENT BUS DRIVERS AND THAT WAS PICKED UP, AND THAT'S NOW EXPANDED TO A NUMBER OF NATIONAL MEDIA OUTLETS AND BOTH WASHINGTON POST CBS.I BELIEVE ABC HAS SOMETHING I THINK CNN CALLED RECENTLY, SO LOTS OF MEDIA OUTLETS FEATURING THAT, AND THAT WAS JUST GREAT NEWS.
AND WHAT A POSITIVE REPRESENTATION OF CCPS AND CHESTERFIELD COMMUNITY, THE COUNTY FAIR OF COURSE. WE PARTICIPATED WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION COLLEAGUES AND FOOD SERVICE AND RECRUITED BUS DRIVERS AND FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES THERE.
WE ARE BOOSTING OUR TRANSPORTATION JOB ON INDEED.
AND AGAIN, THE RADIO ADVERTISING HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR US WITH THE BUS DRIVER CANDIDATE POOL. OUR DATA ON OUR CANDIDATES OUR UPDATES AND THIS HAS CHANGED SLIGHTLY BECAUSE THIS DATA IS AS OF NOVEMBER 3RD.
SO SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE APPLICATIONS AND NOW WE HAVE SIX EIGHTY FOUR AND THEN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS WE HAVE RECEIVED THIRTEEN NOW WE HAVE DONE FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR INTERVIEWS. SO WE KIND OF DID SOME OF THOSE INTERVIEWS.
WE KNOW THE TRAINING DEPARTMENT WAS ON THE ROAD, SO REALLY APPRECIATE OUR HR STAFF PITCHING AND WITH THAT, PEOPLE [INAUDIBLE] AND SUBSTITUTES TO INTERVIEW CANDIDATES.
WE HAVE ONE DMV RECORD PENDING.
WE HAVE SEVEN INTERVIEWS WHERE WE'VE CONTACTED THE PERSON.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO GET BACK WITH US, WITH AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO INTERVIEW THAT.
AND WE HAVE EIGHT WHO HAVE ACCEPTED OFFERS BUT ARE IN THE FINGERPRINTING STAGE.
EITHER WE'RE WAITING FOR THE PRINTS TO COME BACK OR THEY'RE MAKING AN APPOINTMENT AND WE HAVE NINETY EIGHT WHO ARE WITH THE MEDICAL CENTER, WHO ARE GETTING THEIR PHYSICAL DRUG SCREEN AND [INAUDIBLE] TAX.
AND THAT'S BEEN A NICE ENHANCEMENT OR IMPROVEMENT TO THE PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE THIS.
AND IT'S ONE TRIP FOR THE CANDIDATE AND WE HAVE SENT TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN TO TRAINING WHO HAVE CLEARED ALL OF THOSE STEPS SINCE AUGUST 30TH.
SO IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE WOW, SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR.
IN RECRUITING, WE TALK ABOUT A FUNNEL INSTEAD OF A PIPELINE, AND YOU NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THE TOP OF THE FUNNEL, ESPECIALLY FOR POSITIONS THAT HAVE A LOT OF STEPS.
SO WE FIND THAT ABOUT THIRTY PERCENT DON'T GO FROM THE INTERVIEW TO THE FINGERPRINTING THEY DROP OUT AT THAT STAGE, THEY DON'T COME IN OR MAKE THEIR APPOINTMENT.
WE DO A NUMBER OF FOLLOW UP CALLS AND EMAILS, BUT ABOUT THIRTY PERCENT WE LOSE OFF THE FRONT END. BUT THOSE WHO DO COME IN AND FINGERPRINT ABOUT SIXTY TO SIXTY FIVE PERCENT OF THOSE WILL CLEAR RIGHT AWAY WITHIN ONE BUSINESS DAY AND CAN MOVE RIGHT ON TO THE NEXT STEP. BUT SOME FOLKS HAVE SOME RECORDS PROCESSING AND WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE STATE POLICE CENSUS RECORDS BACK.
THAT FBI CHECK IS PART OF STATE LAW, AND THAT'S GOING TO THE STATE POLICE, THE FBI AND BACK CHECKING ALL THE STATES, AND SOMETIMES THAT'S A DELAY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE A DISQUALIFYING REASON.
IN FACT, ABOUT EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE CANDIDATE POOL WHOSE FINGERPRINT PASSES ON TO THE NEXT STEP. BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE AT EACH STAGE, SOME CANDIDATES KIND OF FALL OUT OF THE PROCESS.
WE LEARNED BY DOING A REALLY LARGE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES FROM MEDICAL CENTER.
ABOUT SIXTEEN PERCENT OF OUR CANDIDATES NEED SLEEP STUDIES, SO THAT'S A DELAY BECAUSE THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL APPOINTMENT FOR THEM.
AND REALLY, IN THE END, MOST PEOPLE DO PASS THE PHYSICAL.
WE HAVE A REALLY SMALL NUMBER WHO DON'T EVENTUALLY PASS, BUT SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO CONTACT THEIR PHYSICIAN OR NEED ADDITIONAL STUDY.
SO WE NEED THAT BIG NUMBER AT THE BEGINNING TO GET TO A NUMBER OF BUS DRIVERS THAT WE NEED. AND WE DO HAVE ABOUT FIFTEEN CANDIDATES WITH FUTURE START DATES.
SO WE OFFER THE CANDIDATE A POSITION.
SOMETIMES THEY ARE GIVING NOTICE OF THEIR CURRENT EMPLOYER OR THEY WANT TO IF IT'S LIKE LATE IN THE WEEK WHEN THEIR PHYSICAL CLEARS, THEY MAY WANT TO WAIT BECAUSE THEY NEED EIGHT HOURS OF STUDY BEFORE THEY START THE TRAINING.
AND SO SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY, WELL, I PREFER TO START A WEEK FROM MONDAY, TWO WEEKS FROM MONDAY. SO EVERY MONDAY A COHORT STARTS AND WE HAVE PEOPLE QUEUED UP TO START IN THE FUTURE, AND I'LL TURN MY COLLEAGUE HERE TO UPDATE YOU ON THE ACTUAL TRAINING PROCESS.
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THANK YOU, DR. HUFF.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN HARTER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD DR.
DAUGHERTY. THEY ARE COMING OUT OF THE PIPELINE AND I'M SO PROUD, BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO STILL.
VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO ALL THE EFFORTS OF DR.
HUFF'S TEAM. WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATED DATA.
THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED AS OF CLOSE OF BUSINESS YESTERDAY.
WHAT WAS PUBLISHED LAST WEEK IS ACTUALLY GOTTEN A LITTLE NICER.
WE NOW HAVE FIFTY FOUR COMPLETED NEW DRIVERS THAT ARE ON THE ROAD, AND DR.
HUFF REFERRED TO THE COHORTS THAT HAVE STARTED EVERY WEEK.
THESE LAST SIX WEEKS, INCLUDING YESTERDAY, HAVE ALL BEEN SUBSTANTIAL GROUPS.
A TOTAL OF A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR CANDIDATES THAT HAVE COME TO US, SO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PROGRESS.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN OF THEM HAVE COMPLETED CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AND KEEP IN MIND THAT A COHORT JUST STARTED YESTERDAY, SO THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE THAT INSTRUCTION STILL TOO . OF THOSE THAT HAVE COMPLETED.
WE'VE GOT SIXTY SEVEN THAT HAVE COVERED THAT MOST DIFFICULT HURDLE OF EARNING THE COMMERCIAL LEARNER'S PERMIT, WHICH INCLUDES THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EXAM AND THEN ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL BUS FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION AND AIR BRAKES.
WE HAVE SEEN ONCE THEY GET TO THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND FINISH THAT THEY'RE VERY CAPABLE AND USUALLY GET THE OTHER THREE ENDORSEMENTS.
SO SIXTY SEVEN OF THEM ARE AGAIN WITH THE CLP AND ELIGIBLE FOR BEHIND THE WHEEL TRAINING.
ANOTHER TWENTY FOUR ALREADY HAVE A CDL, EITHER A CLASS A FROM DRIVING, LET'S SAY, A LARGER TRUCK OR A DIFFERENT KIND OF TRUCK, OR THE CLASS B, WHICH IS GENERALLY A BUS TRANSPORTATION, NOT NECESSARILY A SCHOOL BUS, BUT GENERALLY BUS TRANSPORTATION.
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THAT MOVE THE MOST QUICKLY.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF DRIVERS THAT JOINED OUR TRAINING PROGRAM LAST WEEK, LAST MONDAY FROM A NEIGHBORING DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE ON THE ROAD THIS WEEK.
SO GLAD TO SEE THEM, AND I TOLD YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO, SO WE'RE GLAD TO SEE A LARGE NUMBER OF THEM IN OUR POOL NOW THAT SHOULD FINISH PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND WE DON'T GIVE UP IF THEY FAIL THE CLP THE FIRST TIME THEY GET UP TO FOUR TRIES BEFORE WE EXCUSE THEM. SO FIFTY EIGHT CANDIDATES ARE STILL DOING IN THAT PROCESS.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE TWENTY FIVE HAVE DROPPED OUT FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
SOME ACTUALLY DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THE FIRST MONDAY, SO I'M DETERMINED AFTER GETTING EXPOSED TO THE DEPARTMENT AND DECIDING THAT SCHOOL BUS DRIVING WASN'T FOR THEM, AND SOME DID STRUGGLE WITH THAT INITIAL EXAM FAILED IT FOUR TIMES AND HAVE HOPEFULLY BECOME BUS ATTENDANTS OR CUSTODIANS.
BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN YOUR QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT LAST WEEK WAS OUR BEST WEEK.
WE'RE EXPECTING SIMILAR NUMBERS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS TO REALLY BITE INTO THAT REALLY LARGE DEFICIT THAT WE STARTED WITH.
SO AGAIN, THANKS SO MUCH TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM.
VERY PROUD OF OUR TRANSPORTATION AND TRAINING TEAM, ESPECIALLY THE THREE LEAD TRAINERS.
THOSE LADIES ARE THEY ARE INSTRUCTING THEY'RE ORGANIZING ALL THE CANDIDATES AND THEN THEY'RE TESTING THEM. I VISITED LAST FRIDAY, MET A COUPLE OF EXCITING CANDIDATES THAT HAD JUST EARNED THEIR CDL AND THEY WERE READY TO GO AND MEET THE STUDENTS.
I MET A COUPLE THAT WERE AHEAD THEIR CLP'S AND THAT WERE LOOKING UNDER THE HOOD WITH AN INSTRUCTOR. JUST A LOT OF FOLKS, I THINK WE GOT HIGH QUALITY PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT TO DO THIS JOB, AND THAT'S WHAT'S EXCITING.
AND OF COURSE, WE HOPE TO RETAIN THEM.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR NEXT BIG STEPS, TOO.
SO AGAIN, LET ME BE QUIET FOR A MOMENT AND SEE IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EITHER FOR ME OR DR. HUFF.
BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? CAN YOU JUST UPDATE US? I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONVERSATION WITH THE CHILD ABOUT THE TYLER DRIVE TABLETS AND VERSA TRAN AND THEIR SERVER GOING DOWN ONE DAY LAST WEEK AND A LOT OF COMMUNICATION ISSUES. CAN YOU JUST KIND OF UPDATE US AND THE PUBLIC MAINLY ON HOW YOU'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT AND CONVERSATIONS YOU'VE HAD WITH THE SOFTWARE PEOPLE ABOUT OUR DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THEIR PRODUCT? I'LL BE HAPPY.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH IT.
YES, BUT THE PUBLIC KEY HERE, WE'RE NOT IGNORING THESE ISSUES AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO TRY TO. DR.
FRYE HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY COMMUNICATOR WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES.
I DID ENGAGE WITH THEIR VICE PRESIDENT IN CHARGE OF ALL OF THEIR TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS YESTERDAY, AND THEY MADE SOME CHANGES IN REGARDS TO THE SIZE OF THE SERVER AND THE DEDICATION OF PEOPLE ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AGO.
AND WE HAD THREE GOOD WEEKS AND THEN THERE WAS A GLITCH WITH THE MY STOP APP.
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DR. FRYE WAS TRYING TO HELP SOME INDIVIDUAL PARENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE IN THAT LIST OF EIGHT OR TEN WENT TO TYLER AND SAID, HEY, CAN WE DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF THEM HAVE ACCESS? AND THEY MADE THAT REPAIR, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THEY TOOK THE SYSTEM DOWN AND IT DID NOT COME BACK UP. AND SO WE LOST ALMOST 24 HOURS ON I GUESS IT WAS EITHER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY MORNING OR A DAY BEFORE THAT.I MEAN, WE'VE GOT 30000 PEOPLE THAT WANT TO USE THIS APP, AND WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE DOWNTIME IN THE FUTURE.
WE HOPE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, RIGHT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH SHAWN'S TEAM THAT IF WE LEARNED THIS, THEY'RE GOING TO POST A BANNER THAT IS VISIBLE ON THE CCPS WEB PAGE.
BUT AGAIN, A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION WITH MR. THIEN, WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT AT TYLER TECHNOLOGIES, RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE TRANSPORTATION SOFTWARE.
HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN CHESTERFIELD IS NOT HOW THEY WANT A GOOD CLIENT TO ENJOY THEIR SERVICES.
AND HE MADE A FEW GESTURES THAT WERE GOOD.
WE'VE GOT 30 TABLETS THAT AREN'T OPERATING WELL, AND HE IS GOING TO SHIP US 30 NEW TABLETS TO REPLACE THEM.
HE IS GIVING US A CREDIT FOR THE TYLER DRIVE SERVICE PLAN.
SO WE'LL GET SOME FREE SERVICE FOR A FEW MONTHS, AND THAT'S NICE.
BUT MUCH MORE IMPORTANT IS THEY NEED TO KEEP IT UP.
THEY HAD DESIGNATED SOMEONE TO CHECK IT EVERY NIGHT AT 3:30 A.M., BUT THAT WAS KIND OF ROTATED AMONG PEOPLE.
AND SO HE'S IDENTIFYING SPECIFIC PEOPLE THAT DR.
FRYE CAN TALK TO AT ANY TIME, IF NECESSARY.
WE DON'T WANT TO TO CUT LOOSE AN IMPORTANT VENDOR TO US, BUT WE WILL, IF NECESSARY.
RIGHT. AND I THINK IT IS GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THAT.
I HOPE THEY ALL HEAR THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WERE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THIS AND WE ARE THE CUSTOMER.
BUT THEN ON THE BELOW US, OUR PARENTS, WHO ARE THE THE END USER CUSTOMERS AND THEIR FRUSTRATION, I THINK THEY NEEDED TO HEAR.
YOU DIDN'T JUST SAY, OH, WELL, THEN I KNEW YOU WERE TALKING WITH THEM, AND I'M GLAD THAT HOPEFULLY THAT WAS A ONE TIME LITTLE GLITCH AND THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW.
BUT I KNEW YOU GUYS WERE ON IT AND I JUST WANTED YOU TO EXPRESS THAT.
AND ONE MORE FINAL QUESTION FOR ME, AND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, I BELIEVE YOU CAN TELL ME MY NUMBERS OFF BUT WE HAD ABOUT A HUNDRED TO ONE HUNDRED AND TEN VACANCIES.
IT'S ACTUALLY, IF WE'LL SAY, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY.
REALLY, IT WAS ACTUALLY ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY.
OK. WE WERE SAYING ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FRANKLY, WE DIDN'T WANT TO CAUSE ANY MORE ALARM.
BUT WE KNOW WHEN WE OPENED WE COULD REALLY SEE THE PAIN.
SO ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY POSITIONS THAT WE NEEDED, WE FILLED FIFTY FOUR OF THOSE.
WE'RE STILL IN THE UPPER EIGHTIES.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A FEW RESIGNATIONS.
YOU KNOW, I TALKED ABOUT RETIREMENT.
YOU KNOW, I'M TOTALLY TRANSPARENT.
IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR REPORT OF SEPARATIONS, YOU'LL SEE FIVE BUS DRIVERS.
SO BUT WE BROUGHT ON ALMOST THIRTY IN THE LAST MONTH, LOST ABOUT FIVE, AND I HOPE THAT RATIO STAYS SIMILAR.
YEAH RIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE A WAYS TO GO.
THE ROUTING TEAM HAS WORKED HARD AT REORGANIZING ROUTES AND REDUCING DOUBLE BACKS AS SOME NEW DRIVERS HAVE COME ON AND WHEN THEY'VE GOTTEN THE DATA ABOUT WHO'S ACTUALLY RIDING THE BUSSES. SO WE'VE SEEN THAT POSITIVE CHANGE ABOUT TWENTY SCHOOLS.
FRYE AND I TALKED TODAY MULTIPLE METRICS.
THERE ARE FEWER LATE BUS MESSAGES GOING OUT NOW.
ONE OF THE THINGS HE DID IN RESPONSE TO OUR PRINCIPALS WAS TO BASICALLY ORGANIZE A SYSTEM , GOOGLE SHEETS, SO HE CAN SEE EVERY AREA OFFICE AND WHICH MESSAGES THEY SENT OUT FOR WHICH BUSSES EVERY DAY.
AND LIKE TODAY, HE SAID, IN AREA THREE, WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR TOUGHEST AREAS, ONLY FOUR MESSAGES WERE NECESSARY, WHEREAS IT'S BEEN DOZENS IN THE PAST.
SO PROGRESS, WE STILL GOT A WAYS TO GO.
AND I HIGHLY HOPEFUL WHEN IT'S DEPENDENT ALL ON OUR PEOPLE TO BRING IN MORE GOOD PEOPLE.
THE 91 THAT WE SHOW UP THERE IN FRONT [INAUDIBLE] ARE THERE COP AND THEN THE TWENTY FOUR CANDIDATES [INAUDIBLE] HOPEFUL THAT MAJORITY OF THOSE WILL, IN THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, SEVERAL WEEKS BY THANKSGIVING SHORTLY THEREAFTER [INAUDIBLE].
I WOULDN'T SAY BY THANKSGIVING BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY IS WHEN WE BREAK, SO I'M EXPECTING TWO BIG WEEKS.
OK. AND SO A GOOD CHUNK OF THEM IN THOSE TWO WEEKS AND CERTAINLY BEFORE THE WINTER BREAK, AGAIN, THEY'RE WELL ORGANIZED.
THERE'S THEY'VE ADDED MORE OF THE BEHIND THE WHEEL TRAINERS THERE, EACH [INAUDIBLE] EVERY
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DAY DOING THIS AND LINING UP THOSE CDL TEST FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE THE CREDENTIAL.AND WE'RE GETTING A REALLY GOOD PASS RATE WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINISH LINE.
ON MY WAY HERE THIS AFTERNOON, I SAW SEVERAL COUNTY SCHOOL BUSSES IN THE BACK THAT SAID DRIVER TRAINING. HMM.
GOOD TO SEE. THEY'RE WERE ASKING YOU TO GET [INAUDIBLE] AND LEARN HOW TO DRIVE.
THAT'S NEXT. WELL, THAT'S ENCOURAGING.
SO ON A PTA TOWN HALL, I WAS ASKED FOR AN UPDATE ON HIRING FOR THE VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY. AND SO I WAS CURIOUS WITH THE RECENT HIRES IF THE UPTICK HAS BEEN FOR VIRTUAL ACADEMY [INAUDIBLE] WITH VIRTUAL, ANYONE ON THE WAITLIST CAN BE CONTACTED BY OUR STAFF TO GO TO VIRTUAL VIRGINIA TECH OR THEY CAN WITH OUR MATH AND OTHER THINGS.
WE WERE WORKING WITH VIRTUAL VIRGINIA FOR THOSE COURSES.
SO MOST OF THE TIME [INAUDIBLE] CALLING NOW THEY'RE SAYING THEY WANT TO STAY IN THE SCHOOL, BUT THEY WON'T DO THE WAITLIST NOW.
BUT ANY PARENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO GO TO VIRTUAL VIRGINIA BECAUSE THEY'VE HAVE OPENED SEATS UP FOR US, THEY CAN NOW DO THAT.
BUT WE'RE FINISHED HIRING FOR A VIRTUAL [INAUDIBLE] FOR US BECAUSE WE'RE MAXED OUT WITH THAT. AND IT'S EASIER TO PUT THEM IF THEY WANT TO STAY VIRTUAL FOR THE SECOND SECOND SEMESTER, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT.
BUT WE'RE FINDING MORE OF OUR WAITLIST PEOPLE ARE NOW WANTING TO STAY IN THE BUILDING.
NEXT, BUT BASICALLY EVERYBODY WHO IS IN VIRTUAL NOW NOW HAS A TEACHER.
THEY WILL, YOU KNOW, VIRTUAL, I MEAN, THEY'RE [INAUDIBLE].
AWESOME. WHERE DO YOU DO THE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REGIONAL? SO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD MAPPED OUT TO GO TO TWENTY ONE.
THE DIVISION WAS GOING TO SEVEN BEFORE THAT AND WE TRY TO HIT ALL OF THE MAJOR VIRGINIA COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITH TEACHER ED PROGRAMS. JAMES MADISON HAS A LARGE PROGRAM.
OF COURSE, WE GO TO VCU VIRGINIA STATE, WE HIRE A LOT FROM VIRGINIA STATE, LONGWOOD.
AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING IN THE BORDER STATES BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T TYPICALLY MOVE A LONG DISTANCE FOR A TEACHING POSITION UNLESS THEY HAVE A REASON TO LIKE A FAMILY REASON.
SO WE'RE KIND OF HIT THAT MID-ATLANTIC AREA.
MARYLAND, DELAWARE, WVU AND PENNSYLVANIA.
IT'S LONG BEEN AN EXPORTER OF TEACHERS.
SO WE DO HIT SOME OF THE BIG PENNSYLVANIA FAIRS.
THERE'S PERK IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA, WHICH THEY HAVE LOTS OF TEACHER PREP PROGRAMS, AND THEY KIND OF CONVERGE AT ONE FAIR, WHICH WAS REALLY CONVENIENT.
THERE'S A BIG ONE IN PHILLY WITH LOTS OF DIFFERENT TEACHER ED PROGRAMS. AND SO PRE-PANDEMIC, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE HAD MAPPED OUT, AND WE'RE KIND OF WAITING TO SEE MANY OF THEM CONVERTED THEIR FAIRS TO ONLINE.
BUT THE PROBLEM WITH ONLINE FAIRS, WE JUST DIDN'T GET AS MUCH ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK PEOPLE FELT MORE UNCERTAIN ABOUT RELOCATING.
AND I ALSO THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO TO AN IN-PERSON FAIR, IF YOU HAVE AN ENERGETIC PRINCIPAL AND AN ENERGETIC RECRUITER AND A NICE DISPLAY, YOU'RE GOING DOWN TO THE AISLES.
AND HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEN YOU'RE IN A VIRTUAL SETTING THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE TO COME TO YOUR ZOOM ROOM IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT DYNAMIC.
STAFF ANY QUESTIONS [INAUDIBLE] WELL, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON TEACHER SUPPORTS FROM DR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN HARTER BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.
HIGH AND I ARE GOING TO DIVIDE UP SO SHE'LL BE UP HERE FOR THE NEXT STEP.
DIDN'T WANT YOU TO THINK WE WERE LEAVING HER OUT OF THIS FUN.
I WOULD ASSUME, LIKE MOST OF YOU, LIKE EVERYONE IN THE WORLD, YOU FEEL A LITTLE OVERWHELMED BY INFORMATION SOMETIMES.
SO WHEN THE REQUESTS CAME IN TO UPDATE YOU ON SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS, I REALLY CHOSE TO FOCUS ON THREE AREAS TOOLS, TRAINING AND TIME.
AND I'VE CHOSEN NOT TO GO BACK AND REPRESENT TO YOU THINGS LIKE THE CURRICULUM PORTAL THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM IN THE PAST.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD WITH THE FIRST AREA, WHICH IS TOOLS.
THERE WE GO. ONE THING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR TEACHERS RIGHT NOW IS THE ONE THING.
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THEY DON'T NEED MORE OF IS TOOLS.THEY NEED TIME, OF COURSE, TO FIGURE OUT AND GET COMFORTABLE WITH THESE TOOLS AND THE TOOLS ON THIS SCREEN.
SOME WE'VE HAD FOR OVER TWO DECADES.
THE ONLY NEW ONE THIS YEAR IS [INAUDIBLE] LEARN.
SO OUR TEACHERS HAVE FORTUNATELY IN CHESTERFIELD HAD AT LEAST LAST YEAR AND SOMETIMES UP TO 20 YEARS IF THEY'VE BEEN WITH US THAT LONG TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO SAY THAT THIS YEAR IS NOT WHAT TEACHERS HAD HOPED FOR OR EXPECTED. STUDENTS DO REQUIRE MORE PERSONALIZED LEARNING THAN WE HAD HOPED WE WOULD SEE IN THEIR FALL TESTING.
AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THOSE FALL TESTING RESULTS IS THAT EACH CHILD'S LEARNING GAPS ARE AS INDIVIDUAL AS THAT STUDENT'S FINGERPRINT.
EVEN THE VERY BEST TEACHER AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU AROUND THE TABLE WERE GREAT TEACHERS, RIGHT? EVEN THE VERY BEST TEACHER USING A WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION APPROACH IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THOSE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT GAPS THAT ARE AS UNIQUE AS EACH CHILD'S FINGERPRINT. HANGING ON TO THAT APPROACH.
I CAN PREDICT, WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO EACH STYLE, EACH STUDENT'S GROWTH, AS WELL AS TO SCHOOL ACCREDITATION.
MEETING STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE INDIVIDUALLY WILL REQUIRE US TO USE THESE TOOLS.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE. THE TOOLS ARE HERE.
THEY'RE WAITING, THEY'RE READY TO ASSIST THE TEACHER.
I LIKE TO CALL THESE TOOLS POWERFUL AUXILIARY TEACHER HELPERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HELP TEACHERS FIGURE OUT GROUPING OF STUDENTS ON ANOTHER SLIDE TO USE THESE TOOLS IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY.
THESE DO NOT REPLACE THE TEACHER, BUT THEY CAN BE A FABULOUS SUPPLEMENT TO FILL THOSE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
THE NEXT THING THAT I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IS TRAINING THE TOOLS ON THE LAST SLIDE ARE ONLY POWERFUL WHEN TEACHERS ARE TRAINED AND CONFIDENT IN HOW TO USE THEM.
WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE THAT WE STARTED ON THAT LONG BEFORE COVID WITH A LOT OF THE TOOLS AND THAT THE SUMMER LEADING INTO OUR FIRST 2020-2021 VIRTUAL DELIVERY, WE WERE ABLE TO REALLY FOCUS IN ON THESE TOOLS WITH OUR TRAINING.
POLICY FIFTY ONE NINETY ONE ACTUALLY COMPELS US TO DELIVER ANNUALLY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO STAFF.
ALL TEACHERS MUST PARTICIPATE AND IT SHOULD BE IN THE AREA OF INSTRUCTION AND CONTENT.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN A GREAT PLACE WITH THAT TRAINING.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? SOMETIMES TRAINING JUST DOESN'T DO IT BY ITSELF.
SO I THINK VERY WISELY, THIS DISTRICT HAS THAT INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER POSITION WHERE I HAVE AN ACTUAL PERSON RIGHT DOWN THE HALLWAY THAT I CAN GO AND THEY CAN TALK ME THROUGH.
I KNOW I HAVE TO SOMETIMES CALL MY PHONE PEOPLE, SO WALK ME THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHEN MY PHONE UPDATES, SOMETIMES YOU JUST NEED A PERSON IN IT WITH YOU.
SO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE THAT AS ON DEMAND SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS IN OUR BUILDING. ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE REALIZED, YOU KNOW, PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF THE COVID EXPERIENCE, IS THAT WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HAVE TO BE FLEXIBLE IN HOW WE OFFER ADDITIONAL TRAINING.
THAT'S OFTEN THE BEST RECEIVED TRAINING BECAUSE I CAN LEARN IT AND APPLY IT IMMEDIATELY.
MORE AND MORE NOW IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, WE HAVE MULTIPLE OFFERINGS.
WE HAVE VIRTUAL AND FACE TO FACE OFFERING OPTIONS.
WE HAVE RECORDED TRAINING SO TEACHERS CAN LISTEN TO THEM AT THEIR OWN CONVENIENCE OR EVEN GO BACK AND RE LISTEN TO PORTIONS OF THOSE TRAININGS.
I THINK WHERE WE HAVE GROWN WITH OUR DELIVERY OF TRAINING AND SUPPORT IS NIGHT AND DAY FROM WHERE WE WERE PRE COVID.
THIRDLY, IN MY OPINION, AND THE BEST, BEST SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GIVE TEACHERS IS TO BE RESPECTFUL AND COGNIZANT OF THEIR TIME NEEDS.
I ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE THAT OUR SCHOOL DIVISION IS TACKLING THE PROBLEM OF TIME VERY WISELY WHILE CALENDAR ADJUSTMENTS CAN BRING TEMPORARY RELIEF.
THE REAL RELIEF AND SUPPORT FOR OUR TEACHERS COMES THROUGH THE YEOMAN'S EFFORTS OF OUR HR TEAM. KIM JUST HIGHLIGHTED A LOT OF GREAT NEWS FOR YOU THERE, AS WELL AS THE INCENTIVES THAT WE'RE USING TO ATTRACT BUS DRIVERS AND SUBSTITUTES BECAUSE WITH MORE SUBSTITUTES, THE BUSSES ARRIVING AND LEAVING ON TIME, TEACHERS WON'T BE COVERING CLASSES.
THEY WON'T BE LOSING TIME THAT THEY COULD BE USED TO MAXIMIZE WHAT THEY KNOW ABOUT THE TOOLS AND ACTUALLY TRAIN GREAT LESSONS THAT ARE INDIVIDUALIZED FOR STUDENTS.
TO ME, THAT'S THE BIGGEST PAYING POINT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY HEARING THAT TOO.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE INCENTIVES ON THAT SIDE, WE ALSO KNOW AGAIN MANY OF YOU BEING
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TEACHERS THAT WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING PERIOD EVAPORATES, WHAT DO YOU DO? YOU DO MORE PLANNING AND GRADING AT HOME AND ON THE WEEKENDS AND IN THE EVENINGS? I THINK IT'S FAIR. IT'S RIGHT THAT WE SHOULD BE COMPENSATING TEACHERS WHEN THAT PLANNING PERIOD DOES EVAPORATE BECAUSE THEY'RE GIVING UP TIME SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THEIR LIFE TO MAKE UP THAT WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE FOR YOU TO FACE THAT NEXT CLASS.ADDITIONALLY, WITH TIME, WE CONSTANTLY ARE THINKING, HOW CAN WE SAVE TEACHERS TIME WITH WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING CENTRALLY? A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW VERY WELL THE FIRST BULLET WE DID PROVIDE MORE UNENCUMBERED TIME AND REALLY LOOKED AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE DATES OF OCTOBER 22ND, NOVEMBER 1ST AND NOVEMBER 2ND.
I THINK WHERE WE'VE LEARNED A LOT IS EVEN IN THE THREE CALENDARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IN THE BUSINESS MEETING, WE'RE NOW BEING VERY SPECIFIC ON THOSE CALENDARS TO NOTE WHEN IS IT A CLERICAL DAY FOR TEACHERS? IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S UNENCUMBERED.
IT'S FOR GRADING AND IT'S FOR PLANNING SO THAT TEACHERS SEE THAT PRINCIPALS SEE THAT.
AND WE ARE CLEAR ON WHAT'S TO HAPPEN WHEN THOSE DAYS.
MODULES ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE HERE RECENTLY IS WE BEGAN PUSHING OUT MODULES IN JUNE FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR THAT GIVES EMPLOYEES FROM JUNE THROUGH AN EXTENDED DEADLINE OF NOVEMBER 23RD NOW TO COMPLETE THOSE MODULES AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, WE HAVE FORTY ONE THOUSAND MODULES ALREADY COMPLETED, SO I THINK A LOT OF EMPLOYEES TOOK ADVANTAGE TO GET THOSE KNOCKED OUT IN THE SUMMER OR EARLIER IN THE FALL.
AND THEN WITH OUR BADGING DEADLINE, WE EXTENDED THAT FROM OCTOBER TO JANUARY 14, 2022 THE FIVE BADGE AND COURSES OFFERED ARE KEY FOR REDUCING LEARNING GAPS, AND TEACHERS ARE EXPECTED TO COMPLETE ONE.
THE TIME WAS PROVIDED FOR BADGING WORK BY REDUCING WHAT WAS FIFTEEN MODULES DOWN TO FIVE, SO WE REDUCED THAT REQUIREMENT AND THAT TIME THAT WE CREATED.
WE SAID LET'S FOCUS NOT ON COMPLIANCE, BUT ON TRUE CAPACITY BUILDING THAT CAN REALLY TACKLE LEARNING GAPS.
TECHNOLOGY CAN ALSO WORK TO SAVE US TIME, WE FINALLY HAVE A WONDERFUL FEATURE CALLED GRADE PASS BACK FEATURE, WHICH KEEPS A TEACHER FROM DOUBLE ENTERING A GRADE.
AND WE HAVE HEARD FROM TEACHERS THAT IT SAVES THEM HOURS EACH WEEK.
AND THAT MEANS I DON'T HAVE TO ENTER A CHILD'S GRADE ON A SINGLE QUIZ IN SYNERGY AND CANVASS THE GRADE FLOWS BACK AND FORTH.
AND IF I CORRECT IT IN ONE PLACE, IT CORRECTS IN ANOTHER PLACE.
FINALLY THE QUESTION OF ASSESSMENTS.
I'M PRETTY SURE THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD THAT WE ASSESS A LOT AND THAT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE ASSESSMENTS ON OUR DIVISION ASSESSMENT CALENDAR ARE REQUIRED.
WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION WHETHER WE GIVE THEM OR NOT.
BUT THEN THE QUESTION FOR OUR TEACHERS BECOMES WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT? IF A TEACHER VIEWS THE PURPOSE OF ASSESSMENT AS THE ONLY ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING.
DID YOU MASTER THE MATERIAL? YES OR NO? HE OR SHE WILL OFTEN MISS IN THAT STRUGGLE.
BUT IF THE TEACHER CAN VIEW THOSE ASSESSMENTS AS BEING ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING RIGHT, THEN AS MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY, A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE RIGHT, GARNERING EXACT INFORMATION ON WHAT AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS LEARNING GAPS ARE.
DIALING UP THE TOOLS THAT WE LOOKED AT ON THAT FIRST SLIDE USING THAT AUXILIARY TEACHER SUPPORT TO USE SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION.
THIS APPROACH CAN ACTUALLY SAVE TIME AND MOVE STUDENTS FASTER, FORWARD CLOSING THOSE LEARNING GAPS AND NOT ONLY JUST MOVE THEM THIS YEAR, BUT ELIMINATE TIER TWO AND TIER THREE REMEDIATION YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
WE'VE HEARD TEACHER DISPLEASURE ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] GROWTH ASSESSMENT FIRST, NOT OPTIONAL, NOT SOMETHING WE COULDN'T DO.
SECONDLY, IT WAS A THIRD THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE TEST FOR MATH AND READING, EXCLUDING ALGEBRA IN EIGHTH GRADE.
WE KNEW THAT TO MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AND THE RESULTS OF THAT ASSESSMENT MEANINGFUL, IT COULDN'T JUST BE AN ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING.
IT HAD TO BE AN ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING.
WHAT THAT WOULD HAVE MEANT FOR OUR TEACHERS, THOUGH, IS SITTING PROBABLY AT HOME ON THE WEEKEND, COMBING THROUGH 90 PLUS PAGES OF PDF REPORTS LOOKING AT EACH STUDENT'S RESULTS, FIGURING OUT WHICH STUDENT MISSED WHICH STRAND AND CLUMPING THEM INTO GROUPS FOR SMALL
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INSTRUCTION. THEN ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR GROUP SET, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO DIAL UP THE INSTRUCTION. THAT'S A LOT OF TIME.SO WE THOUGHT, WHAT COULD WE DO CENTRALLY TO ACTUALLY MAKE THAT MORE MANAGEABLE? SO WE ACTUALLY WORKED HARD TO CRUNCH DOWN ABOUT A MILLION ROWS OF DATA INTO AN INTERACTIVE REPORT.
TEACHERS RECEIVED TRAINING ON IT LAST WEEK, NOT TEACHERS.
I'M SORRY IT WAS ADMIN TESTING COORDINATORS, INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS TO INCLUDE PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS.
FEEDBACK THEY SAID IT WAS THE BEST PD THEY COULD REMEMBER IN A LONG TIME.
AND BASICALLY, THERE ARE FIVE SCREEN VIEWS A TEACHER IS RECEIVING THIS WEEK AN EMAIL WITH JUST HER STUDENTS RESULTS.
SHE PICKS WHICH OF THE FIVE VIEWS SHE LIKES THE MOST, AND IT WILL ALREADY HAVE COMBED FOR HER HER STUDENTS NAMES IN EACH CLASS BASED ON THE STRANDS THEY MISSED WHERE THEY NEED RECONSTRUCTION. AND IN SOME CASES, SHE'S GOING TO SEE EVIDENCE THAT SHE NEEDS TO TEACH THE ENTIRE CLASS SOMETHING THAT THERE'S JUST NOT SIGNIFICANT UNDERSTANDING ON.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUSLY HELPFUL.
YES, THE TEACHER STILL HAS TO PLAN THE LESSON, BUT ALL OF THAT FRONT END WORK OF CLUMPING MY STUDENTS TO PREPARE THE RIGHT INSTRUCTION, TO MEET THEM WHERE THEY ARE IS BEING DONE AUTOMATICALLY FOR THEM.
SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED WHEN WE CAN DO THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP OUR TEACHERS.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE SUMMARY OF IN THE HERE AND NOW, THE TOOLS, THE TRAINING AND THE TIME THAT WE FOCUSED ON TO TRY TO ELIMINATE TEACHER STRESS A LITTLE BIT TO SUPPORT THEM MORE.
WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR AREAS IN THOSE CATEGORIES AND IN ANY OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE LIFT WORK FOR THEM.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE SUPPORTS OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO REVIEW AGAIN, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? YES, SORRY. I GOT A COUPLE.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR DOING ALL OF THIS WORK TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE TEACHERS, AND YOU ARE CORRECT IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE TIME BEING THE GREATEST GIFT THAT WE CAN GIVE TEACHERS TO PLAY TO GRADE.
AND JUST TO DEVELOP RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR STUDENTS.
THEY NEED THAT TIME. SO GETTING THEM OUT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE DUTIES THAT ARE TAKING THEM AWAY FROM THOSE THINGS, HIRING THE SUBSTITUTES, GIVING THEM THAT SUPPORT IS GOING TO BE HUGE, ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE THEIR PLANNING DEGREE THAT THEY DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THE THE SYNERGY CANVAS UPLOADING THE GRADES FROM CANVAS IS A GODSEND.
I USED TO SIT THERE WITH SPLIT SCREENS AND ENTER DATA OF GRADES FROM ONE TO THE OTHER.
AND IT IS TIME CONSUMING, SO THIS IS WONDERFUL.
BUT I HAVE HEARD ONE THING AND BECAUSE YOU MADE THE COMMENT, AND MAYBE THIS PERSON JUST DOESN'T KNOW HOW.
SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND TELL YOU THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS.
YES. WHAT I ASKED ABOUT, HOW IS THAT GOING? HOW MUCH DO YOU LIKE THIS? IS THIS AMAZING, AND THEY'RE LIKE, YES AND NO.
AND THE NO WAS THAT YOU CAN UPLOAD THE GRADE FROM CANVAS TO SYNERGY, BUT ONCE IT'S IN SYNERGY, YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT UNLESS YOU GO BACK TO CANVAS AND CHANGE IT BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY LINKED THOSE TOO RIGHT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO OVERRIDE IN SYNERGY, TO LIKE LIKE YOU WANT TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE GRADE, BUT TO DIG THROUGH CANVAS AND FIND THE ASSIGNMENT AND FIND THE GRADE AND CHANGE THE GRADE IS THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN MAKE A CHANGE.
ARE WE SURE IT CAN FLOW BACK THE OTHER WAY? RIGHT? I DON'T.
I DON'T. I JUST I JUST HEARD THAT AS A COMMENT FROM SOME TEACHERS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE TYPE OF GRANULAR INFORMATION THAT HELPS US REALLY SPEAKERS] BUT ALREADY JUST THE UPLOAD PART IS PHENOMENAL.
BUT MAKING THEM INTERACTIVE WOULD BE AWESOME BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST [INAUDIBLE].
THE NEXT COMMENT SLASH QUESTION IS ABOUT THE TESTING AND YOU AND YOU, YOU NAILED IT AGAIN.
THEY ARE FRUSTRATED WITH THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF TESTING.
I THINK THIS YEAR WE HAD THE OVERLAY OF MAPS AND THE SOL GROWTH.
YES. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON AND YOU MAY NOT KNOW BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE NOT DISCUSSED WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH MAPS NEXT YEAR WHEN THE SOL GROWTH ASSESSMENT IS FULLY IN PLAY? WILL WE WILL WE BE ABLE TO STEP AWAY FROM THE MAPS GROWTH TEST? SO ARE WE GOING TO PLAN ON KEEPING? MOST LARGE DISTRICTS AND EVEN SOME OF THE SMALLER ONES THAT HAVE MAPS DID EXACTLY WHAT WE DID THIS YEAR. WE SAID, HEY, THE STATE IS ONLY GIVING US THE FALL ASSESSMENT.
LOTS OF QUESTION MARKS AROUND IT.
WE WON'T HAVE A SPRING OR EVEN A WINTER MEASUREMENT IF WE DON'T CONTINUE WITH THE
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LONGITUDINAL DATA THAT WE HAVE WITH MAPS, WHICH IS A GREAT SOL PREDICTOR.IT'S A GREAT INSTRUCTIONAL TOOL TO HELP US KNOW WHAT TO ADDRESS SECOND SEMESTER.
SO WE CHOSE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, LIKE, WE'VE GOT TO STAY THE COURSE THIS YEAR WITH MAPS.
WE KNOW THAT THE STATE IS GOING TO GIVE US THAT THREE TIMES PER YEAR GROWTH ASSESSMENT NEXT YEAR. I THINK IT WOULD BE FOOLISH AND ALL THE OTHER DISTRICTS ARE THINKING THE SAME WAY. IT WOULD BE REDUNDANT AND FOOLISH, AND WE WOULD NEVER GOBBLE UP THOSE INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES TO CONTINUE WITH MAPS AND GIVE THE THREE STATE GROWTH MEASURE ASSESSMENTS.
WHAT THAT WILL MEAN FOR MAPS, I'M NOT SURE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL.
I CAN'T FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF ANYONE ELSE WHAT THE VIDEO MAY SELECT AS THEIR VENDOR. IF THEY HAPPEN TO PICK THAT VENDOR, THEN WE WOULD STILL BE ADMINISTERING.
BUT WE WOULDN'T BE ADMINISTERING SIX TESTS.
WE WOULD ONLY BE ADMINISTERING THREE.
AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS THE PAYING POINT IS SO GREAT RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE WE'RE ADMINISTERING BOTH.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT I WAS JUST HOPING THAT THAT WE COULD LET THE PUBLIC HEAR AND UNDERSTAND. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
NOT SOMETHING THAT I PLAN ON ADMINISTERING BOTH PROGRAMS AND THAT THAT ONE ADDITIONAL TEST THIS YEAR WAS JUST THE FALL VOE AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, REDUNDANT IN THE FALL TO HAVE MAP. BUT TO MAKE THE MAP WINTER AND SPRING MEANINGFUL, YOU REALLY HAD TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FALL VERSION OF IT, TOO.
OK. PIGGYBACK OFF [INAUDIBLE] HOW QUICKLY IS THAT AS SOON AS THEY [INAUDIBLE].
IF TIM TILLMAN IS HERE, BUT IS THE REPLICATION IMMEDIATE OR OVERNIGHT? I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN. I CAN FIND THAT OUT FOR YOU.
AND THEN FOR THESE RESULTS, I GUESS TEACHERS JUST GOT THIS PASS.
THEY WILL BE RECEIVING THIS VIA EMAIL THIS WEEK.
IT'S LIKE 4000 EMAILS, AND IT ACTUALLY DOES TAKE THE TIME TO PUSH IT OUT.
SO WE HAVE A COUPLE THOUSAND GOING OUT EACH DAY, BUT THEY WILL RECEIVE VIA EMAIL THIS WEEK THEIR STUDENTS RESULTS AND EVERYBODY IN THEIR SCHOOL FROM THE INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER, THE TESTING COORDINATOR.
THE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE GOTTEN AN IN-DEPTH VIEW OF THE TRAINING.
WE ALSO HAVE THAT RECORDED SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO TEACHERS AS WELL.
IT'S REALLY FABULOUSLY SELF-EXPLANATORY.
LIKE OF THE FIVE VIEWS, I KNOW WHICH ONE'S MY FAVORITE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, OH, IF I'M A TEACHER, THIS IS THE VIEW THAT WOULD REALLY TELL ME WHAT I NEED TO DO.
BUT I THINK DELIVERING OH, SO FOR FOR THIS ASSESSMENT, THE VEO IS ACTUALLY CREATING A PARENT PORTAL AND WE'RE MESSAGING PARENTS ON.
THE PORTAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE AVAILABLE FROM [INAUDIBLE] BY NOVEMBER 15, BUT THERE'S QUITE A BIT THAT STILL WE'RE WAITING TO RECEIVE, LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US A DRAFT LETTER THAT WE MAY POTENTIALLY USE WITH OUR FAMILIES.
WE HAVE TO HELP THE FAMILIES GET THE ACCESS CODES, AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO TO DO ALL OF THAT IN A SAFE AND SECURE WAY.
BUT THIS PARTICULAR TEST, THE [INAUDIBLE] FALL GROWTH ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE DELIVERED THROUGH THE VEO PORTAL TO PARENTS, THE MAP ASSESSMENTS WE'RE ACTUALLY DELIVERING NOW THROUGH OUR PARENT VIEW PORTAL HERE IN CCPS, AND WE'LL DO THAT FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR.
THIS IS GREAT. THIS IS JUST HAVING.
WE HAVE A PHONE LIKE THERE'S A LINK, AND IF YOU GO IN, IT'S IT'S ALL PHONE INFORMATION.
IT'S NOT A TRUE STUDENT INFORMATION, BUT YOU SHOULD TINKER AROUND WITH IT.
IT'S PRETTY AWESOME. I RELIED A LOT ON THE MAPS DATA TO GUIDE OUR SMALL GROUP IN HOW WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD IDENTIFY THE STUDENTS THAT NEEDED HELP IN A PARTICULAR STRAND AND HAVING THIS DONE.
YES, BUT THIS IS BASED ON THE SOL GROWTH.
THIS IS THE FALL GROWTH ASSESSMENT, CORRECT? CORRECT. WHO DEVELOPED THIS? A PRIMARY MEMBER OF OUR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION TEAM.
DR. ERIC KOHN WAS THE BRAINCHILD BEHIND IT.
IF YOU'VE MET ERIC AND THEN HIS COORDINATOR, PATTY FOX.
IT WAS JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION BECAUSE DR.
PERKINS, THE RESEARCH AND EVALUATION LISA'S TEAM, I MEAN, THEY ALL CAME TOGETHER.
AND I MEAN, THAT IS THE QUESTION WE'RE ASKING EVERY DAY, LIKE, WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE THIS MEANINGFUL FOR TEACHERS TO SAVE THEM TIME.
BECAUSE IF THEY USE THIS INFORMATION AGAIN, IT'S THAT'S JUST IN TIME SAVES NINE.
RIGHT? SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO HAVE A NAME.
SO IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN REFER TO IT.
OR WHEN SOMEBODY TALKS ABOUT IT, WE KNOW IT.
I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE WE SHOULD CALL IT THE ERIC TOOL? I DON'T KNOW. BUT I WILL SAY THAT SOME OF THE TRAINING FEEDBACK WAS, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE OVER [INAUDIBLE] TRAINING? I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY, YOU NEED TO LEARN THIS AND SELL IT TO EVERY DIVISION IN THE STATE, BECAUSE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT CREATED THIS AND THIS DID NOT
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COME FROM THE VDOE. NO, IT'S PRETTY POWERFUL.AND AT THIS POINT, THE VDOE WILL GIVE THE TEACHERS THOSE THOSE PDFS.
BUT THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE IT MEANINGFUL, RIGHT? THIS PERSON NEEDS A WHICH FIVE MADE THE CUTS.
OH, OK, LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THIS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I'M SORRY. EQUITY, ENGAGEMENT, SPECIAL EDUCATION, DIFFERENTIATION.
AND I ALWAYS GET DOWN TO THE FIFTH ONE ASSESSMENT.
OH, ALMOST MADE ME SWEAT THERE [LAUGHTER].
AND THEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TEACHER SUPPORT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS REALLY UNDER YOUR YOUR WHEELHOUSE.
YOU'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THIS, THAT I KNOW WE ALL HEAR ABOUT THIS, THIS TEACHER BURNOUT, RIGHT? WE HAVE GOT TO SUPPORT THE TEACHERS, AND I SEE YOUR COMING AT THIS FROM MORE OF A A DAY TO DAY. WHAT CAN WE DO TO TO MAKE YOUR MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY TO I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY UPDATE ON HOW OR I THINK DR.
I MEAN, OUTSIDE OF WELLNESS OR SOMETHING LIKE SOME IN-BUILDING SUPPORT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE BECAUSE I'M JUST REALLY I'M.
THIS THESE TEACHERS THAT ARE ALMOST ALMOST THERE.
SO, YEAH, KIND OF TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MS. HEFFRON SAID, WHEN I THINK THE ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS MISSING IN THE PRESENTATION WAS THE MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT.
AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL THE FAMILIES THAT CALLED ME LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH VIRTUAL.
AND I REMEMBER ONE PARTICULAR FAMILY STANDS OUT BECAUSE THE DAD SAID THAT HE WANTED TO DRIVE OFF A BRIDGE.
THROUGH LAST YEAR AND HAD KIDS THAT STRUGGLED WITH VIRTUAL RIGHT.
AND SO I'M JUST I'M WONDERING WHAT THE, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE HEARD PARENTS AND WE REACTED TO THAT WITH THIS AMAZING STUDENT FAMILY SUPPORT.
WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING? I'M SURE WE'RE DOING SOMETHING, BUT IT'D BE GREAT TO HEAR WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING FOR MENTAL HEALTH, FOR FOR TEACHERS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT. BUT THAT'S NOT THIS.
. WELL, IT'S A PART OF SAFETY AND SECURITY, BUT JUST I'LL JUST COME UP NOW AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT HAS TO DO WITH STUDENTS, BUT IT IS REALLY THE SUPPORT STAFF AS WELL.
WE ARE DOING THE DESSA ASSESSMENT, WHICH OUR TEACHERS ARE GIVING THE BEST ASSESSMENT [INAUDIBLE] COMING OUT OF THAT. I'M HAPPY TO COME OUT IF THEY'RE IF THEY'RE FINISHED WITH ME ACTUALLY RIGHT HERE.
I HAVE A COUPLE, A COUPLE HERE.
WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE DESSA ASSESSMENT WHERE OUR TEACHERS ARE LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND AND PROVIDING RATINGS, AND WE JUST FINISHED IT.
AND SEVENTY SIX PERCENT OF OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS DID THE RATING.
SO AT K-8, THE RATINGS ARE DONE BY TEACHERS NINE THROUGH TWELVE.
IT'S A STUDENT RATING WHERE THEY LOOK FOR WHAT ARE THE SKILLS THAT STUDENTS HAVE, THE POSITIVE SKILLS THAT THEY'RE DEMONSTRATING.
AND THEN THERE IS A GRAPH THAT WE'RE SHARING WITH THE TEACHERS TO SAY, THIS IS WHERE YOUR STUDENTS ARE STRUGGLING, THIS IS WHERE THEY ARE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE FEELING GREAT ABOUT THAT.
AND WE'VE PROVIDED DATA TO OUR TEACHERS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND THEN OUR SEL SPECIALIST IS CREATING LESSONS ALONG WITH THE TEACHERS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE TEACHING THAT THROUGH SOME OF THE PROMOTE RESPECT.
WE DID START WITH A LOVE HELLO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, SO REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THE NEEDS NOT ONLY ASSESS THE STUDENTS, BUT THEN DO WHAT'S NEXT, HOW DO WE SUPPORT THEM? AND IS THERE ANYTHING? I GUESS MAYBE I'M NOT OBJECTING, LIKE FOR THE STAFF, LIKE MAYBE RESTORATIVE CIRCLES WITH THE STAFF OR I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST I REMEMBER ON OUR [INAUDIBLE] ONE SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR.
SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, OR IS IT MORE WHAT'S THE EAP WE DO? HAVE WE ALSO WE ALSO HAD A CHAT WITH THE CHIEFS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND, YOU KNOW, PRINCIPALS ASKED, WHAT CAN WE TAKE OFF A TEACHERS PLATES?
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AND YOU KNOW, WE WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT, LET'S NOT DO ASSESSMENTS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO. YOU CAN DECIDE NOT TO GIVE A COUPLE OF ASSESSMENTS THAT MAYBE TEACHERS LOVE AND HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS. BUT DOES IT GIVE YOU THE DATA THAT YOU NEED? WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT DURING FACULTY MEETINGS HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO RECOGNIZE THEM, NOT HOLD OUR MEETINGS, HAVE SHORT CHUNKS OF MEETINGS.WE'VE THERE ARE SOME DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WERE ABLE TO ALLOW THEM TO HAVE SOME RECOGNITION FOR FOR STAFF. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO RECOGNIZE STAFF.
AND WE'VE SAID TAKE THINGS OFF THEIR PLATE IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO DO IT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE, WE'RE NOT SAYING YOU NEED TO DO IT.
OUR LEADERSHIP DIRECTORS ARE MEETING WITH PRINCIPALS AGAIN IN NOVEMBER TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE OTHER THINGS AND COMPARE ACROSS SCHOOLS.
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND THAT THEY CAN TAKE OFF TEACHERS PLATE JUST SO THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND CONTINUE TO GROW.
I THINK WE ALSO HAVE THE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED TO EMPLOY FOR THREE EIGHT HOURS OF COUNCIL, EIGHT HOURS IS AWESOME.
[INAUDIBLE] THAT SEAT THAT OFFERS ALL KINDS OF REDUCED RATE YOGA AND EXERCISE OPPORTUNITIES AND WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH [INAUDIBLE].
AWESOME. YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO JUST HEAR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE.
ONE THING THAT MAYBE I THINK WOULD COULD BE IN THIS PRESENTATION IS THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING ON RECOVERY OF LEARNING BECAUSE I THINK THAT AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I HEAR A LOT OF CONCERN FROM EVERYBODY ABOUT THE GAP, RIGHT? AND I THINK IF WE THINK OF THE SCHOOL YEAR AS A WHOLE YEAR NOW INSTEAD OF JUST THE NORMAL AUGUST TO JUNE, THAT THAT SENDS THE MESSAGE TO TEACHERS THAT IT'S NOT JUST ON YOU FOR THESE NINE MONTHS.
SO MAYBE THAT MEANS PUTTING THE RECOVERY OF LEARNING INTO THE THE CALENDAR.
SO IT KIND OF SENDS THAT MESSAGE, YOU KNOW, PUSHING OUT THE DATES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
YOU KNOW THAT THAT KIND OF THE PART IS SUPPORTING TEACHERS IS UNDERSTANDING THAT WE HAVE TO YEAH, THE RECOVERY OF LEARNING AND THE TUTORING.
AND THAT ALSO CONNECTS TO THE COMMUNITY CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY WITH ESSER DOLLARS.
A LOT OF OUR ESSER DOLLARS ARE GOING TO RECOVERY OF LEARNING.
SO KIND OF KEEPING THAT FRONT AND CENTER OF LIKE THIS IS A.
YEAH, JUST REMINDING EVERYBODY THAT WE ARE, WE'RE IN IT TOGETHER AND IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN AUGUST THROUGH JUNE, I GUESS.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE THREE CALENDARS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD IN THE NEXT MEETING, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER PUT EVERY MONTH OF THE YEAR ON THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR TO TRY TO EMPHASIZE, AND WE INCLUDED THE SUMMER SCHOOL DATES TO TO TRY TO, AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, EMPHASIZE WHAT FAMILIES LIKE.
THE LEARNING DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP ON JUNE 3RD RIGHT THERE.
THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXTEND THROUGH THE SUMMER.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY IN AGREEMENT ON ADVERTISING EARLY.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE TALKING THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT BRAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEFORE, AFTER SCHOOL, ET CETERA.
WE ALL STRUGGLE WITH THE STAFFING PIECE ON THAT.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE PLANNING OPTIMISTICALLY.
AND WE DID. WE ALREADY HAVE STARTED OUR DISCUSSION AROUND OUR SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAM.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE BROUGHT KEY LEADERS TOGETHER TO TALK ABOUT STAFFING BECAUSE SO THAT WE KNEW THAT WAS A CHALLENGE FOR US LAST YEAR.
AND THEN ON THURSDAY, WE'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING THE INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM FINANCE HR TOGETHER TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION AND REALLY LOOK AT WHAT DOES THE PROGRAM FOR INSTRUCTIONAL, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR? WE IT WAS OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WHO HAVE SOME NEEDS AND GREATER NEEDS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE REALLY TARGET THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE THOSE GREATER NEEDS WHILE STILL ALLOWING IT TO BE OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS WHO NEED IT AND AND PROBABLY STRUCTURING OUR DAY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF KIDS WHO REALLY NEED IT AND KIDS WHO ARE JUST REALLY ABLE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THANKS. AND THEN LAST TWO POINTS IN THAT.
IS THERE ANY CONCERN ABOUT SUBS FOR THANKSGIVING WEEK AND MAYBE CENTRAL OFFICE COULD BE STANDING BY? THAT WHAT WE DO ALL THE TIME, OK.
WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE OPEN TWO DAYS.
AND I THINK THAT IF OUR OFFICE STAFF AT ANY TIME LIAISONS AND THEY HAVE TO LET US KNOW THE PRINCIPALS THAT. WHEN YOU JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOOD TO SAY THAT CENTRAL OFFICE IS STANDING BY SO WE DON'T GET INTO A CRUNCH. AND THEN THE LAST POINT, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS TWO YEARS AGO, IN JANUARY, WE GOT A REPORT ABOUT THE THE NEED FOR EXPANDING THE DATA FOR DATA ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES
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AND TO BE MORE ON PAR WITH A DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE AND HEARING ERIC'S WORK.I THINK IT'S LIKE WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT THEY DO.
WE JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE UNDER STAFF FOR A DISTRICT OF OUR SIZE.
BUT THIS CONCRETE EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THIS IS WHAT THEY CAN DO.
SO I'M WONDERING IF IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SO MANY NEEDS, BUT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD PROBABLY MAYBE TAKE UP AND DISCUSS.
I KNOW TIME WISE WE HAVE ABOUT THREE MORE PRESENTATIONS, BUT I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DEFINITELY CIRCLE BACK TO IT AT A LATER TIME.
PRESENTATION? [INAUDIBLE] WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
AS YOU SEE HERE, WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND SECURITY THIS AFTERNOON.
AND REALLY, SAFETY BEGINS WITH PREVENTION.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT OUR GOAL IS TO BUILD A STRONG SCHOOL COMMUNITY THERE AND TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS.
SOME SECURITY COMPONENTS THAT WE USE ARE SECURITY PERSONNEL.
THERE'S PHYSICAL SECURITY AND THEN OUR SECURITY MEASURES.
SAFETY BEGINS WITH PREVENTION.
FAMILIES AND SCHOOL STAFF MUST WORK TOGETHER TO PARTNER TO REINFORCE POSITIVE STUDENT BEHAVIORS. WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR WELL-BEING.
WE'RE DOING THIS THROUGH FIRST OUR SUPPORTIVE SCHOOL CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENTS WHERE STUDENTS FEEL SAFE.
THEY ARE A PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND WE WANT THEM TO BE MOTIVATED AND CHALLENGED IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO.
WE WANT TO PROVIDE DIRECT INSTRUCTION ON THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE CONSISTENT, CONSISTENTLY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW, PRACTICE AND REFLECT ON THEIR SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL NEEDS AND SKILLS.
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH THEIR CLASSMATES.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY CIRCLES.
WE SET NORMS AND AGREEMENTS WITHIN OUR CLASSROOMS. WE ALSO WANT STUDENTS TO PRACTICE THOSE SKILLS IN THE CLASSROOM AND DURING THE SCHOOL DAY TO PROMOTE DEEPER LEARNING FOR THE STUDENTS.
WE WANT TO CULTIVATE STRONGER RELATIONSHIPS AND HELP THEM TO SOLVE PROBLEMS CONSTRUCTIVELY PROMOTE RESPECT.
I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS IN OCTOBER, WHERE THIS IS OUR CCPS BULLYING AND PREVENTION PROGRAM, BUT WE DID A REBOOT ON THE PROMOTE AND RESPECT PROGRAM THIS YEAR TO ENSURE FIDELITY AMONG OUR SCHOOLS.
WE CREATED ONE DISTRICT WIDE REPORTING SYSTEM, AND WE ALSO CREATED LEADS IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDING TO PROVIDE UPDATED TRAINING AND RESOURCES WITH THIS BULLYING PREVENTION ON THE ON THE LINK OF THE EVERY WEBSITE SCHOOL WEBSITE.
THERE'S A BUTTON THAT SOMEONE CAN REPORT AN INCIDENT THAT'S HAPPENED AND THAT GOES TO SOMEONE IN THE SCHOOL TO RESPOND TO THOSE THOSE CONCERNS.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN BEHAVIORS AND INFRACTIONS WARRANT CONSEQUENCES, SUCH AS SUSPENSION AND INVOLVEMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BUT OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO BUILD A SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT IS SUPPORTIVE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
OUR DESIRE IS TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE INSTEAD OF PUNISHMENTS AND REWARDS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS USE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES TO TO MOVE AWAY FROM HURTFUL BEHAVIORS AND SOME, AND TO BE ABLE TO NURTURE MORE INTRINSIC DESIRE TO TREAT OTHERS AND CARE AND RESPECT FOR THEM.
SOME OF THE RESTORATIVE PRACTICES THAT WE USE IMPROVES THE SCHOOL CLIMATE AND STRENGTHENS THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL SKILLS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS.
THE USE OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES HELPS TO REDUCE CRIME, VIOLENCE AND BULLYING, AND ALSO TO IMPROVE HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN STUDENTS EXHIBIT BEHAVIORS WHERE THEY CAN NO LONGER BE A PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A TIME WHEN, BECAUSE OF A VIOLENT FIGHT OR WEAPONS OR DRUGS, STUDENTS ARE ARE ASKED TO NOT BE THERE AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS WORK WITH PARENTS AND FAMILIES TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS GET DUE PROCESS, BUT ALSO THEY RECEIVE THE CONSEQUENCE THAT WARRANTS THE BEHAVIOR THAT WAS EXHIBITED.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE DO WORK WITH OUR OFFICE OF STUDENT CONDUCT AS NEEDED WHEN THE BEHAVIORS ARE SEVERE, BUT WE ALWAYS WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE STUDENTS ARE OUT THAT WE STILL PROVIDE WORKING ASSIGNMENT TO THOSE STUDENTS WITH A GOAL OF GETTING THEM BACK INTO SCHOOL. SECURITY TECHNIQUES AND PERSONNEL HAVING SECURITY PERSONNEL IN PLACE AT OUR SCHOOLS HELPS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, THE SAFETY OF THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IN OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, WE HAVE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AS WELL AS SCHOOL SECURITY OFFICERS, AND THEY MONITOR THE ACTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE SCHOOL AS WELL AS SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION WHEN THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.
WE ALSO HAVE TWO SECURITY MANAGERS THAT ARE DIVISION WIDE STAFF WHO WHENEVER THERE'S
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SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON AT ONE OF OUR SIXTY FOUR SCHOOLS, THEY RESPOND TO ENSURE THAT THEIR SAFETY AND THAT WE CAN HANDLE SITUATIONS, WHETHER IT'S PARTNERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OR GETTING SOME OTHER RESOURCES IN PLACE.WE ALSO HAVE PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL SECURITY, SUCH AS OUR CAMERAS, ACCESS CONTROLS AND VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. THIS PROVIDES US REAL TIME DATA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR BUILDINGS AND SO WE CAN GO BACK AND SEE WHERE AN INCIDENT MAY HAVE STARTED AND BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE STUDENTS OR THE ADULTS. OUR SECURITY MEASURES.
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT GAGGLE, I KNOW AS WE HAVE ROLLED OUT THE EMAIL SYSTEM TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
GAGGLE IS ONE OF THE MONITORING SYSTEMS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO KNOW IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO MONITOR.
IT MONITORS THE GOOGLE AND THE GOOGLE SUITE, AS WELL AS ALL CHROMEBOOK CONTENT.
THIS INCLUDES DOCUMENTS, CALENDAR EVENTS, PICTURES DOWNLOADED, ANY DOCUMENTS A STUDENT SHARES OR RECEIVES.
GAGGLE IS ALWAYS SCANNING STUDENT DRIVES.
IT RUNS TWENTY FOUR HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FIVE DAYS A YEAR.
AND WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN PLACE TO HELP RESPOND TO THOSE GAGGLE ALERTS WHEN WE RECEIVE THEM. WHEN LEARNERS RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADDRESS THE ALERT, WHETHER IT'S TO CONTACT THE STUDENT, THE FAMILY OR APPROPRIATE OUTSIDE SUPPORTS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE RAVE APP, WHICH IS ANOTHER MEASURE.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, OFFICE STAFF AND COUNSELORS HAVE THE RAVE APP ON THEIR CELL PHONES AND IN ONE CLICK OF A BUTTON, THEY CAN NOTIFY CENTRAL OFFICE OR EMERGENCY SERVICES TO SUPPORT. LASTLY, WE BELIEVE THAT SAFETY IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL STAKEHOLDERS, SO WE SAY IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING.
BOARD MEMBERS DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN HEARING NOTHING BUT POSITIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE CURRENT RESPECT FORUM.
I THINK THAT'S A WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILIES, AND I'VE JUST HEARD REALLY POSITIVE THINGS FROM THE COMMUNITY AS FAR AS THE ACCESSIBILITY AND JUST BEING ABLE TO TO GET IN THERE AND FEELING LIKE THEY CAN BE A PART OF A PART OF THAT PROCESS.
THANKS FOR THE GREAT WORK ON THAT.
I AS WELL HEARD REALLY NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO BUILDING OUR STRONG, STRONGER SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES THAT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH STUDENTS.
BUT ALSO PARENTS HAVE ACTUALLY NOTICED A LOT OF THE NEW SECURITY FEATURES THAT WE HAVE FOR BUILDINGS WITH THE ACCESS CARDS, MORE CAMERAS.
AND SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE FINALLY REALLY MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT.
BUT SO IT'S AND IT'S WELL WORTH IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SECURITY IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU NEVER WANT TO KNOW THAT YOU DON'T HAVE.
THE DATA IS ADEQUATE STUFF UNTIL A WRONG TIME.
SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE WERE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE FUNDED TO GET CAMERAS AND OUR BADGE SYSTEMS IN OTHER SCHOOLS, AND ALSO THAT WE HAVE OUR SECURITY PERSONNEL.
RUCKER AND HER TEAM BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT OF THIS WORK, SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. I HAVE A QUESTION.
OH, GO AHEAD. CAN WE GO BACK TO SLIDE NUMBER SEVEN? SO SOMEONE HAD ASKED ME, I JUST DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
IS THIS AN INCREASE OR STAFF OR IS THIS A STAFF WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IN THE BUILDING.
THERE WE'VE HAD THE STAFF IN THE BUILDING, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE MORE RECENTLY IS TO HAVE SOME STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE ON TWA TO PROVIDE SUPPORT.
SO IF WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING ON AT WORK OR WE CAN DEPLOY THEM TO THAT, THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL, SO WE ARE INCREASING THE SECURITY IN OUR BUILDING AS WE SEE THERE'S A NECESSARY ALERT OR ANTICIPATED, OK.
AND ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT, I THINK WE ALL FEEL THE NEED FOR INCREASED SECURITY THESE DAYS.
BUT I NOTICED ONE OF THE THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENT MENTIONED, OF COURSE, THE SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT POINTING OUT THAT IT SHOULD NOT RESULT IN TAKING AWAY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OR AUTISM AND HANDCUFFS.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT WHEN WE DO HAVE SROS IN OUR SCHOOLS, THAT THEY DO UNDERGO THIS INCREASED TRAINING THAT WOULD PREVENT THAT.
AND WERE REALLY WORK HARD TO WORK WITH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS AND TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS AND OUR ADMINISTRATORS ARE ALWAYS INVOLVED AND WORK WITH OUR SROS WHEN THEY'RE IN THE BUILDING. I'M ALSO FRANKLY GRATEFUL TO THE OFFICERS WHO SUPPORT THIS BOARD, SO I WANTED
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TO BRING THAT UP AS WELL.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN HARTER, DR.
DAUGHERTY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM A NEED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AND HOW WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR STRUGGLING FAMILIES.
I WAS VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSIONATE REMARKS.
THE ONE THING THAT I WANT TO BRING TO YOU TODAY IS WHY WE ARE IN EDUCATION, AND THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EYES ON WHY WE'RE HERE, WHICH IS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
IN THE LAST NORMAL YEAR FOR OUR STUDENTS IS 2018-19.
WE ARE TEACHERS AND YOU ALL HAVE SCROLL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU'LL SEE THIS AND IT ACTUALLY CAPTURES VERY WELL WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE BASED ON WHERE THEY WERE BEFORE COVID.
AND A LOT OF THAT TIME BEFORE COVID IN 2018-19 WASN'T GREAT FOR THEM, AND IT'S NOT GREAT NOW. SOME STUDENTS STILL HAVE THE SAME THING THEY HAD IN 2018-2019 TO NOW, BUT THINGS CHANGE. SO JUST BECAUSE THE BUSSES ARE ROLLING, THANKS DR.
DAVIS, AND [INAUDIBLE] JUST BECAUSE THE SCHOOLS ARE OPEN, THANKS TO OUR CAFETERIA WORKERS FOR FEEDING OUR KIDS, KIDS CAN COME IN LOOKING A CERTAIN WAY AND DRESSED UP AND HAIR LOOKS GOOD AND BACKPACKS ON.
BUT INSIDE EMOTIONALLY, THEY'RE NOT DOING WELL, AND YOU CAN'T ALWAYS SEE THAT, TRAUMA ACTUALLY CAUSES BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.
AND IF YOU CAN SEE HERE OUR PRE-KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS ARE TWO YEARS OLD, SO WE HAVE OUR LITTLE LITTLE STUDENTS WHO ARE ACTUALLY STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR REALLY BIG KIDS WHO ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW, TOO, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WEAR IT OUTSIDE.
YOU DON'T SEE IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND SO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT MASLOW SO THAT THEY CAN BLOOM, I ALWAYS BOAST AND PUMP MY CHEST BECAUSE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES IS THE MASLOW OF A SCHOOL DIVISION.
WE GO DEEP DOWN INSIDE MAKING SURE PEELING THAT ONION AS COUNSELORS DO, LOOKING AT MENTAL HEALTH TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR KIDS ARE OK BEYOND THE SURFACE.
AND WE TRY TO HELP OUR TEACHERS UNDERSTAND THAT TOO, WHICH IS BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IS SO IMPORTANT. SO I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT THIS EVENING ABOUT WHAT STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE.
NICE VENN DIAGRAM FOR YOU TO TALK ABOUT PREVENTION AS WELL AS RESPONSE.
AND OF COURSE, IN THE MIDDLE WHERE THERE IS AN OVERLAP OF HOW THOSE SERVICES CAN CAPTURE BOTH PREVENTION AND RESPONSE.
IN OUR PREVIOUS BOARD MEETING, I ACTUALLY PROVIDED AN UPDATE TO YOU ALL IN SEPTEMBER I THINK IT WAS, ON THE DOCUMENT THAT WE SHARED ON SOCIAL EMOTIONAL WELLBEING AND HOW OUR SCHOOLS WERE CREATING ADVISORY LESSONS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, AS WELL AS WARNING CIRCLES ABOUT ELEMENTARY LEVEL TO ASK STUDENTS THAT ONE QUESTION.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? PAUSING AND WAITING FOR A RESPONSE AND THEN IMMEDIATELY GETTING THEM THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED BECAUSE TEACHERS HAVE TO TEACH AND WE HAVE SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO KIDS.
SO THE REGULATION IS THAT EVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, IT HELPS STUDENTS REGULATE WHERE THEY ARE AND ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHERE THEY ARE WHATEVER BASED ON WHATEVER COLOR.
ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE THIS YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID IS A PROGRAM THAT WE ARE PUSHING OUT THROUGH OUR DIVISION.
INDIVIDUAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES IS LOADED IN IMPACT YOU.
BUT ALSO, WE ARE TRYING TO ROLL IT OUT THROUGH SCHOOL.
SO SOME OF OUR PRINCIPLES ARE ASKING FOR US TO COME IN THEIR BUILDING BECAUSE THIS BRINGS AWARENESS TO THE FLAGS, THE RED FLAGS, THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES WITHIN OUR KIDS CLASSROOM OBSERVATION AND CLASSROOM GUIDANCE.
LICENSING GROUP COUNSELING COMES FROM OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS BASED ON THE NEEDS OF SCHOOLS, SO IT'S NOT A COOKIE CUTTER BOX OF LESSONS.
IT IS. WHAT DO OUR KIDS NEED TODAY? AND THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO DELIVER.
SOURCES OF STRENGTH IS A PROGRAM THAT WE JUST RECENTLY EMBRACED WITH ELEMENTARY HAVING A FULL CURRICULUM, AND IT'S TALKING ABOUT BEING PROACTIVE AND PREVENTIVE AS IT RELATES TO SUICIDE, GETTING KIDS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER THROUGH PEER DEVELOPMENT.
INTENSIVE DAY PROGRAM IS THROUGH OUR IEP PROGRAM THROUGH OUR IEP PROGRAM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES HAVE THEIR SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE LESSONS THROUGH SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.
ONGOING COUNSELING SUPPORT MORE THAN SAD IS A PROGRAM THAT WE WORK WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR WITH OUR COALITION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION.
AND THEN WE HAVE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SUPPORT THROUGH OUR PRE-K AND ESL.
WHAT IS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT HAVE TO DO WITH PREVENTION? EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT? WELL, WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL OFFICE LED BY AMY BARTILOTTI AND HER TEAM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OFFICES THROUGHOUT OUR DIVISION TO FALL IN MY OFFICE, PRE-K AND ESL, MAKING SURE THOSE WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS ARE AVAILABLE AT AN EARLY AGE. TEACHERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE HOME VISITS TO PARENTS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH HEAD START
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TWICE A YEAR FOR PRE-K TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE MODELING WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AT HOME SO THAT WHEN THEY COME INTO THE SCHOOL HOUSE, THEY'RE READY TO GO.ESL WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS ENGAGING FAMILIES AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH INSTRUCTION AND SOCIALIZATION AS WELL.
TRUMA INFORMED CARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING, SIGNS OF SUICIDE.
STUDENT SUPPORT TEEN'S FAMILY AND PARENTS TOGETHER AND MTSS ARE ALL PROGRAMS THAT ARE PREVENTION AND ALSO RESPONSIVE TO STUDENTS.
WE PREVENT BY BRINGING BRINGING AWARENESS TO IT, BUT WE'RE ALSO THERE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN RESPONSE. IF THERE IS AN ISSUE.
GAGGLE, AS DR. HIGH MENTIONED, IT'S ONE OF OUR RESPONSES THREE SIXTY FIVE TWENTY FOUR SEVEN. WE HAVE TWO SPECIALISTS THAT ARE ON AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHERS WHO ARE LOGGING IN AS TWAS TO SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.
BUT SCHOOLS GET THOSE CONTACTS IN THEIR INBOX EVERY SINGLE DAY AND RESPOND ACCORDINGLY.
OUR CRITICAL INCIDENT RESPONSE IS FOR INCIDENCES AS IT RELATES TO DEATH.
IF THERE IS A DEATH OF A STUDENT OR STAFF MEMBER IN A BUILDING, IMMEDIATELY WE GET TEXT MESSAGES FROM COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE REGARDLESS OF THE TIME, AND WE SWOOP IN, MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLS HAVE EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.
ALSO COLLABORATING WITH EAP TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE THERE TO SUPPORT STAFF BECAUSE STAFF ARE IMPACTED AS WELL AS STRONGLY AS ADMINISTRATORS ARE WHEN THERE IS A DEATH IN THEIR BUILDING, WE'VE GOT TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT THEM.
THREAT ASSESSMENTS OCCUR WHEN THERE'S A THREAT TO SELF AND OTHERS THAT IS CONDUCTED THROUGH OUR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SPECIALIST, AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS. REENTRY MEETINGS ARE AVAILABLE FOR FOUR LONG TERM SUSPENSIONS, OR EVEN FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED FOR PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES.
THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU HAVE TO GET STUDENTS BACK INTO A GENERAL SETTING THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S NOT COME BACK IN AND SIT DOWN AND LET'S KEEP MOVING.
IT'S HOW ARE YOU DOING? WHAT GOALS DO YOU HAVE? AND LET'S WALK THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
MY TEAMS ACTUALLY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A SEAMLESS PROCESS.
COMMUNITY STAFFING IS A CASE MANAGER REFERRAL PROCESS WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS GET TOGETHER FROM THE COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH SIDE, AS WELL AS FROM OUR SCHOOL SIDE TO FIND SUPPORTS AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES FOR FAMILIES.
RESTORATIVE CIRCLES ARE RESPONSIVE IN THAT IF SOMETHING OCCURS WITHIN A SCHOOL SETTING, THERE'S A RESTORATIVE CIRCLE THAT TAKES PLACE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY HEAL.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE DON'T TALK ABOUT HEALING.
WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT, BUT NO ONE TALKS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS AFTERWARDS.
WE HAVE TO HEAL, AND TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND REBUILD TRUST.
AND THEN OUR THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT.
THAT'S A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER THROUGH OUR MEDICAID PROVIDERS.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR OF THOSE PROVIDERS THAT COME TO OUR DISTRICT.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH PROCUREMENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF RED TAPE ASSOCIATED WITH IT AND DEFINITELY SOME STRUGGLES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE ON MY PART.
I'M GOING ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DOE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
BUT THERE IS A LOT OF RED TAPE ASSOCIATED WITH GETTING GETTING THEM IN THAT BUILDING, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT CHANGES EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
BUT THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OUR TIER ONE, TIER TWO SCHOOL BASED SUPPORT BECAUSE THIS IS A TIER THREE SUPPORT [INAUDIBLE] IS.
AND WHILE IT IS AVAILABLE TO US ON PAPER, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO GET THEM INTO THE BUILDINGS, BUT ALSO UTILIZE OUR TIER ONE AND TIER TWO SUPPORT.
WE ALWAYS PARTNER WITH THE PURPOSE.
AND SO THIS IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE CHESTERFIELD MENTAL HEALTH WITH MS. [INAUDIBLE] I MEAN, SHE'S LIKE MY SISTER FROM ANOTHER MISTER.
WE'VE WORKED SO CLOSELY TOGETHER IN THAT WE TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW WE CAN SUPPORT OUR FAMILIES.
SAME DAY ACCESS IS AVAILABLE, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SERVICES IS AVAILABLE.
INFORMATION AND REFERRALS LINKING THEM TO PROVIDERS IS WHAT MENTAL HEALTH CHESTERFIELD MENTAL HEALTH DOES. WE ALSO ARE EXPANDING OUR CRITICAL INCIDENT TEAM TO INCLUDE DR.
[INAUDIBLE] IS A TRAUMA INFORMED SPECIALIST, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT AFTER A CRITICAL INCIDENT OCCURS, ONCE WE GO THROUGH AN EAP COMES THROUGH.
AGAIN THE DUST SETTLES A LITTLE BIT, BUT PEOPLE ARE STILL STIRRED UP.
[INAUDIBLE] TO COME ALONG WITH ME, COME ALONGSIDE US AND WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THEIR TRAUMA INFORMED CARE SUPPORT SO SHE IS, WELL WILLING AND ABLE TO DO THAT. COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH ASHLEY HALL AND WENDY LIVELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH OUR TEN SCHOOLS TO ENSURE THAT OUR SCHOOLS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED. ALWAYS MAKE A MENTORS IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR FOR OUR GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BUILDING.
THAT COLLABORATION IS WONDERFUL.
CREST IN REACH, WHICH ARE CRISIS INTERVENTION SUPPORTS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT JUST BY PHONE CALL. THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST OUR FAMILIES.
CHESTERFIELD SUICIDE AWARENESS PREVENTION COALITION THEIR THEME FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH WAS RESILIENT AND THAT COLLABORATION WE DO A LOT OF CONVERSATION.
THE MORE THAN SAD WORK THAT WE DO ALSO IS VERY HELPFUL TO MAKE SURE PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE PREVENTION AS IT RELATES TO SUICIDE AWARENESS.
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WE'VE JUST RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING THROUGH CAMERON FOUNDATION TO WORK WITH CHILD SAVERS, WHICH IS A MENTAL HEALTH NONPROFIT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW.CAMERON FOUNDATION WORKS WITH OUR SCHOOL SOUTH OF ROUTE 10, BUT THIS PROGRAM IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO GET THAT BASELINE MENTAL HEALTH.
CONSULTATION WITH CHILD SAVERS SO THAT WE CAN GET IN THE BUILDING AND BUILD CAPACITY TO MEET OUR STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS.
WE'RE WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY SUPPORT US THROUGH OUR GAGGLE SUPPORT.
SO ON THE WEEKENDS OR AFTER HOURS, IF THERE IS A GAGGLE CONCERNED, WE ACTUALLY CALL OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY DO WELLNESS CHECKS FOR US.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO ADD AN AMENDMENT TO OUR MOU THAT INCLUDES HAVING A THERAPY DOG ON SITE, AND THAT'S THROUGH OFFICER WASHINGTON AND KATHRYN HAINES.
SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THEM AND WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE ON THE POSITIVE HEARING COALITION.
THAT COALITION IS A COMMUNITY OF PARTNERS THAT WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF OUR FAMILIES. AS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, FAMILIES AND PARENTS TOGETHER IN OUR COMMUNITY STAFFING. SO THAT'S A LOT, BUT I WANTED TO EXHAUST YOU A LITTLE BIT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE PARTNERING.
WE'RE DOING GREAT WORK WITH OUR COUNTY.
I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
IT TRULY TAKES A VILLAGE, AND I'M JUST SO HAPPY AND BLESSED TO HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT UNDERSTAND OUR WORK AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEIR EXTRA SUPPORT HELPS US IN AN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO HELP OUR STUDENTS. WELL, THANK YOU, DR.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? WE DO HAVE TWO MORE PRESENTATIONS TO TRY TO MAKE IT THROUGH IN TEN MINUTES, SO I HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION. AND WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CRITICAL RESPONSE TEAM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A DEATH IN THE BUILDING, WE AREN'T TALKING ABOUT AND IN THE PHYSICAL SPACE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE BUILDING COMMUNITY.
RIGHT? YES. SO INITIALLY IT WAS CREATED FOR THE BUILDING, BUT ALSO IN THE COMMUNITY THAT IS IMPACTING THE SCHOOL.
AND SO WHENEVER THERE IS AN INCIDENT, WE IMMEDIATELY CALL A PRINCIPAL AND SAY, DO YOU NEED US RIGHT? AND THEN THEY LET US KNOW.
SO MORE THAN LIKELY, YES, IF IT'S A PARENT, THAT'S CLOSE.
YES, OR JUST, YOU KNOW, BUS DRIVERS, ANYONE IN OUR IN THAT SCHOOL COMMUNITY THAT IMPACTS.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW THAT EVEN IF THEY SAY THEY DON'T, WE CHECK IN.
I HAD HEARD ABOUT THE ISSUES WITH THERAPEUTIC DAY TREATMENT.
SO PART OF WHAT I'VE BEEN THINKING, I DON'T THINK I NEED AN ANSWER NOW.
BUT WHAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY THAT WILL HELP US AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY STATE LEVEL THAT CAN SUPPORT OUR INCREASED NEEDS FOR MENTAL HEALTH? AND MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING WITH RED TAPE THAT CAN.
YOU KNOW, THE [INAUDIBLE] MAYBE THERE'S A LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY AND MAYBE THAT INCLUDES, I KNOW THAT OUR PSYCHOLOGIST, SOCIAL SERVICE RATIO STUDENT, YEAH, IS WHAT LIKE ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY EIGHT OR SOMETHING? YEAH. SO ONE STUDENT, SO IT'S AGAIN LIKE, WHAT'S THAT? THIS IS AMAZING THAT YOU WERE DOING SO MUCH WITH STILL SO LITTLE.
SO WHAT'S OUR GENERAL ASSEMBLY STRATEGY? AND THEN FINALLY, I HAVE TO.
EVERYONE KNOWS I HAVE TO ALWAYS MENTION RECESS.
THE METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM DID A MENTAL HEALTH REVIEW LIKE KIND OF BETTER SUPPORT. THEY REVIEWED ALL THE ARTICLES WRITTEN DURING COVID AND PULLED ONES AS INTEGRITY AND INCREASING RECESS OUTSIDE TIME WAS A KEY STRATEGY TO IMPROVE MENTAL HEALTH.
SO I THOUGHT WE'RE KIND OF LIKE ALREADY AHEAD OF THE GAME.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT IT'S ALSO IN THE RESEARCH NOW.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT, WE HAVE A BUDGET OVERVIEW FROM MR. MEISTER. THANK YOU.
WHERE ARE WE HERE? OK? GOOD EVENING, FOLKS.
I'VE HEARD THE CALL TO BE A LITTLE BIT QUICK, SO HOPEFULLY I'LL WIN THE PRIZE FOR THE QUICKEST PRESENTATION. TODAY WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING OUR BUDGET.
WE ARE IN THE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE IN NOVEMBER.
THERE'S A LOT THAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS TO KEEP IN MIND THAT FY 23 IS A FIRST YEAR OF A NEW BIENNIUM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGE TO BE EXPECTED AT THE STATE LEVEL, EVEN BEFORE SORT OF THE ELECTION RESULTS AND THE CHANGES THAT ARE TO COME FROM THAT.
ALTHOUGH THAT CLEARLY CREATES ANOTHER LAYER OF, I'LL JUST SAY, COMPLEXITY AS WE APPROACH THE BUDGET PROCESS.
THE OTHER BIG THING THAT WE MUST KEEP ON OUR MIND IS OUR PRIORITIES LARGELY HAVE REMAINED THE SAME AS WE ENTER INTO THIS BUDGET.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL GO THROUGH MANY CONVERSATIONS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS WITH YOU ALL ON THAT, BUT IT CONTINUES TO BE COMPENSATION.
BOTH THE FUTURE PHASES OF THE TEACHERS STUDY, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING THE COMPREHENSIVE
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STUDY FOR THE OTHER POSITIONS, AS WELL AS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO NOT NEGLECT OUR BUILDINGS. SO YOU SEE THAT UP THERE TWICE ONE IN THE FORM OF CONTINUING TO INVEST IN MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS THE OTHER BIG ONE ON HERE, WHICH IS THE CIP.WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH A BROADER CONVERSATION ON THAT IN NEXT MONTH'S PRESENTATION ON THE CIP. BUT THOSE ARE AND HAVE BEEN THE DISTRICT'S PRIORITIES AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS PRIORITIES, AND WE FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT TO BE THE CASE GOING FORWARD.
SO THAT CAME UP A LITTLE SMALLER THAN I THOUGHT.
BUT ANYWAY, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR I'LL JUST SAY, LEG WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ON OUR BUDGETS.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THINGS LIKE COLLECTING ENROLLMENT ASSUMPTIONS, STAFFING MODEL ASSUMPTIONS, WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ON THEIR BOTTOM LINE BUDGET IMPACTS.
WHERE CAN THEY SAVE A LITTLE MONEY IF THEY NEED TO REINVEST THAT AS WE GO THROUGH, THAT WILL ALL LEAD UP ULTIMATELY TO THE JANUARY PRESENTATION TO TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.
BUT IN THE MIDDLE, THERE YOU'LL SEE THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET IS RELEASED.
USUALLY, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG MILESTONE.
IT STILL IS IN DECEMBER MID-DECEMBER, ALTHOUGH GIVEN THE CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATION, WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN ACTUALLY COUNT ON THAT DECEMBER GOVERNOR'S ASSUMPTIONS.
JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WE GET INTO A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITH BOTH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE DATES UP THERE.
WE'VE GOT FIVE BUDGET WORK SESSION SET UP BETWEEN JANUARY 11TH AND FEBRUARY 16TH, A NUMBER OF TOWN HALLS, ALSO BETWEEN JANUARY 26TH AND FEBRUARY 7TH TO REALLY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY. WE'VE GOT A PRETTY ROBUST AGENDA THOSE EVENINGS, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, ULTIMATELY LEADING TO THE FEBRUARY 22ND DATE FOR HOPEFULLY THE SCHOOL BOARD'S APPROVAL.
WHERE WILL THEN SEND THE BUDGET TO OUR TO OUR FRIENDS OVER AT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION, MARCH AND FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT, I PROMISE TO WIN THE QUICKEST PRESENTATION AWARD.
HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS.
MS. COKER. I JUST HAVE ONE REQUEST AND I HAVE TALKED WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES IF WE COULD GET AN ESSER UPDATE IN THE NEXT SESSION OR JANUARY'S WORK SESSIONS, WHERE WE FOUND YOU WHAT WE SPENT ESSER ONE, WHAT WE HAVE REMAINING AND WHAT OUR PLANS ARE GOING FORWARD.
ABSOLUTELY. REALLY QUICK QUESTION.
THE BIG THING THAT I GET IS A TEACHERS WHO HAVE NO SOCIAL SECURITY, I GUESS, IS GETTING THE BIGGEST COST OF LIVING INCREASE EVER FIVE POINT NINE PERCENT GIVEN THE COMING INFLATION. AND SO WILL WE BE CONSIDERING THE INCREASE FOR COST OF LIVING WITH IT IS ON OUR LIST TO BE CONSIDERED.
ABSOLUTELY. OBVIOUSLY, COST OF LIVING WILL COME BACK TO AFFORDABILITY AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR BOARD, WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ACROSS THE ACROSS THE COUNTY. BUT YEAH, COST OF LIVING NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
I CANNOT COMMIT TO A PERCENT AT THIS POINT, BUT IT JUST HAS TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION HUNDRED PERCENT, YEP.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU GOT EIGHT MINUTES.
STARTS AT 6:00. I WOULD REMIND US TO BE BRIEF, BUT THERE ARE.
I'M HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR PROGRESS ON THE PROPOSED TWO NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT 360 WEST AND FALLING CREEK ON THE REBUILD THERE JUST TO STAY HIGH LEVEL AS WE START OUR INTENTION ON PROGRAM IS TO ACTUALLY BUILD A LARGER MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAN WHAT WE PRESENTLY BUILT AT MANCHESTER.
RAISING THE OCCUPANCY TO EIGHTEEN HUNDRED STUDENTS ON THE PROGRAM SIDE WITH THE CAFETERIA, AUDITORIUM AND GYM ALL UPSIZED TO ACCOMMODATE THAT LARGER CLASSROOM STUDENT AND TEACHER LOAD.
SO SIX FIFTY IN THE CAFETERIA, ONE THOUSAND AND TWELVE HUNDRED IN THE AUDITORIUM, TWELVE HUNDRED IN THE GYM. ONE HUNDRED AND FOUR CLASSROOMS FOR ALL THE VARIOUS PROGRAM NEEDS AND PURPOSES. WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAM, YOU KNOW, ON WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE.
SO THAT COVERS THE ENTIRE GAMUT OF CLASSROOM NEEDS WITH A GROSS SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ROUGHLY TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
WHAT WE'VE DETERMINED IS THAT THIS NEW FACILITY, NEW PROTOTYPE ADAPTION WILL NEED TO BE THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT TO ACCOMMODATE THESE NEEDS ON THE TWO SITES IN QUESTION.
OK. AND THE BASIC MODEL WILL FOLLOW, OR THE INTENT IS TO FOLLOW THE MANCHESTER MODEL AT
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THE SECOND LEVEL AGAIN FOLLOWING THE MANCHESTER WITH THE MEDIA CENTER FRONT AND CENTER AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRCASE.IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF DRAMA THERE.
EACH FLOOR WOULD HAVE ITS OWN GRADE LEVEL SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH AS YOU RIDE UP WITH COMMON GRADE LEVEL CLASSROOMS AT THE CENTER WING.
SO THIRD LEVEL WHERE WE'RE OUT OF THE MEDIA CENTER.
WE'VE BEEN BUILDING A VERY SOLID BUILDING HERE OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, HOWEVER.
WELL, ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, WE'VE ASKED OUR ARCHITECT TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF MODELING ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO THIS IS ACTUALLY THE MANCHESTER SITE EXTRUDED ONE LEVEL.
WE WOULD STILL USE THE SAME CONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY TO HELP SPEED UP THAT PROCESS, LIKE MY PRESENTATION.
SO JUST A FEW OTHER QUICK SHOTS OF WHAT MANCHESTER MIGHT HAVE LOOKED LIKE HAD IT BEEN THREE STORIES, BUT THIS WOULD AGAIN APPLY TO THE NEW PROTOTYPE.
SO A LOT OF PRECAST ON THE OUTSIDE.
SO AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, OUR NEW 360 MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE IS TO THE TO THE WEST OF [INAUDIBLE] ROAD, NORTH OF MOSELEY AND NORTH OF GRANGE HALL AND NORTH OF COSBY, RIGHT AT THE END OF WESTERLY PARKWAY.
WESTERLY PARKWAY EXTENDED IS ACTUALLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
AND THIS IS A SLIDE FROM A RECENT PUBLIC PRESENTATION.
THE 10 INCH WATER MAIN DEPICTED HERE WILL BE RUN RIGHT ALONGSIDE ON THE SCHOOL SIDE THAT IS OF THAT NEW ROADWAY AND A NEW TRUNK SEWER LINE WILL EXTEND DOWN KIND OF ALONG THE [INAUDIBLE] CREEK STREAM BED DOWN TO LAUDERDALE ROAD TO CONNECT INTO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THIS IS ALL BEING FUNDED BY THE [INAUDIBLE].
YOU'LL NOTICE THIS SITE IS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY TWO PLUS OR MINUS ACRES.
WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE SHAPE THERE TOO, BUT THE INTENTION, AS YOU KNOW, IS TO BUILD THREE SCHOOLS AND A LIBRARY ON THIS PROPERTY TO HELP ECONOMIZE THAT SITE AND MAKE BETTER USE OF OUR UTILITIES AND RESOURCES.
ULTIMATELY, THIS IS WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE AT FULL BUILD OUT AT A VERY CONCEPTUAL LEVEL, SHOWING THE, THE MIDDLE, THE HIGH AND THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATIONS AGAIN IN CONCEPT WITH A FUTURE LIBRARY HERE AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE SITE.
WHAT YOU SEE IN BLUE ARE MAPPED WETLANDS.
WE DO NOT YET HAVE A JURISDICTION WITH DETERMINATION THAT'S JUST A FANCY WORD FOR SAYING APPROVED WETLANDS AND A RESOURCE PROTECTION AREA ALONG [INAUDIBLE] CREEK THROUGH THE SOUTH END OF THE SITE.
AGAIN, ULTIMATE BUILD OUT FIRST PHASE SHOWING THE MIDDLE SCHOOL KIND OF ON THE PRIME REAL ESTATE ON THE SITE WITH AS LITTLE WETLAND IMPACT AS POSSIBLE, WE'LL STILL STAY UNDER.
I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT A HALF AN ACRE AT THIS POINT, WHICH MEANS A MUCH SMOOTHER REGULATORY REVIEW. HOWEVER, IN THE LONG TERM, WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PERMITTING TO TAKE CARE OF FULL COMPLEMENT OF SITE COMPONENTS AND A AUDITORIUM WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY CONNECT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL TO HELP ECONOMIZE THE USE OF AUDITORIUM SPACE.
LONG TERM, WE'VE HAD TO ADAPT THE PROTOTYPE TO FIT THIS SITE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, MOST NOTABLY THE LOCATION OF THE AUDITORIUM, WHICH WOULD ULTIMATELY LINK INTO A FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL, ON THE FLIP SIDE, AGAIN SHARED SPACE ECONOMY OF USE AND A LITTLE BIT OF COST MITIGATION AS WELL.
BUT THE THE BUILDING ITSELF TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT SHAPE, BUT ULTIMATELY FITS THE SITE FAIRLY WELL.
SO THAT IS 360 WEST STILL WORKING THROUGH OUR [INAUDIBLE] IS OUR ARCHITECT.
I'M VERY HAPPY TO TO BE INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS AGAIN.
SO MOVING ALONG TO FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL KIND OF A BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGING SITE HERE, TOO, BECAUSE OF ITS SIZE, LOCATION, EXISTING USE ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS.
BUT WE ARE CONSIDERING TWO ALTERNATIVES HERE.
THE FIRST ONE BEING TO DEMOLISH THE EXISTING BUILDING VERY EARLY IN THE PROCESS AND HOUSE THE FALLING CREEK OPERATION IN A MEGA TRAILER VILLAGE.
I KNOW WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN PAST MEETINGS, BUT ALSO TO EXPAND THE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE OVERALL MIDDLE SCHOOL PRESENCE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR FIELD PROGRAM, WHICH IS PART OF OUR CORE CORE DEVELOPMENT SCHEME.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS AND A BIT OF SOUL SEARCHING ABOUT THIS, ABOUT HOW LOGISTICALLY TO OPERATE A FULL MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR TWO PLUS YEARS OUT OF A MEGA TRAILER VILLAGE. MOVING THINGS LIKE DROP OFF, PICK UP, BUS STORAGE, KITCHEN, P.E., ATHLETICS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE ON A TIGHT SITE LIKE THIS.
AND IT IS [INAUDIBLE] WITH CHALLENGES AS AS YOU KNOW, AND WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION
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WITH COUNTY PLANNING JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO ABOUT HOW TO GET THAT DONE AND THE KEY WORD HERE. MULTIPLE SITE PLAN REVIEWS ARE REQUIRED.EACH OF THOSE REVIEWS TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS.
WE WOULD HAVE AN ENABLING AND AN ACTUAL SITE PLAN REVIEW, SO THERE'S A LOT OF UPFRONT WORK ON THE REGULATORY SIDE WITH A CONVENTIONAL BUILDING SUCH AS THIS.
THAT LED US TO A SECOND ALTERNATIVE, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO SAY IS TO USE THE SPACE IN BETWEEN THE EXISTING TWO OPERATIONS OF THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, CLEAR SOME LAND THAT WE WOULD HAVE CLEARED ANY WAY TO HELP ACCOMMODATE THE ATHLETICS PROGRAM THAT'S CORE TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL FUNCTION.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE WOULD BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING OPERATION AND THE EXISTING MEGA TRAILERS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE BACK WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE THE KITCHEN WITHOUT HAVING TO MOVE, DROP OFF AND PICK UP.
AND WITH ONLY ONE SINGLE SITE PLAN REVIEW THAT MAKES THE COUNTY VERY HAPPY AND HELPS EXPEDITE THIS PROCESS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE THESE DAYS.
IN FACT, WE'VE TAKEN OUR PROTOTYPE, MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO IT, THE FIT.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE FORM FIT TEST SEEMS TO FIT THERE FAIRLY WELL.
WE HAVE TO MOVE A PLAYGROUND OR TWO HERE OVER AT FALLING CREEK ELEMENTARY.
THAT'S REALLY NOT TOO CHALLENGING TO DO, BUT THE BENEFIT OF THIS IS IT GETS US ALL THE PARKING. WE NEED THE BUS DROP OFF, PICK UP AND A FULL SIGHT PROGRAM.
WHAT FALLING CREEK IS SORELY MISSING RIGHT NOW IS A RUNNING TRACK.
THERE ARE ONLY ONE OF TWO SCHOOLS, TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT DON'T HAVE A TRACK RIGHT NOW.
THE OTHER BEING SALEM CHURCH, BUT ALSO THE OTHER THE REMAINING COMPLEMENT OF SITE FEATURES. SO THIS THIS SCHEME LOOKS VERY DOABLE, A LITTLE BIT MORE PRACTICAL.
PLUS IT SAVES US UPWARDS OF EIGHT TO TEN MILLION DOLLARS AND COULD HAVE BEEN SUNK COSTS ON THE MEGA TRAILER VILLAGE.
NOT TO MENTION THE BIG CHALLENGE OF HOUSING A MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THOSE TRAILERS FOR SEVERAL YEARS, PROTOTYPE LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AGAIN.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE PARTS AND PIECES HAVE SHIFTED SOMEWHAT SUCH THAT ALL OF YOUR PUBLIC SPACE AGAIN IS UP FRONT RIGHT OFF THE LOBBY, WITH BUS DROP OFF ACCESS CLEARLY COMING DOWN TO HALLWAYS INTO THE MAIN CORRIDOR, FEEDING THE ACADEMIC WINGS AND THE PUBLIC SPACES.
BUT AGAIN, TO THE PARTS, IT WORKS FAIRLY WELL.
THE THE MAIN DIFFERENCE ASIDE FROM SHAPE BETWEEN THIS AND THE 360 PROTOTYPE, EXCUSE ME, IS THE SIZE OF THE AUDITORIUM.
THIS WOULD BE A MORE CONVENTIONAL FIT FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AT A THOUSAND SEATS.
SORRY, BUT THE REMAINING CORE PROGRAM IS ALL THE SAME, SCHEDULE IS STILL THE SAME AS WE HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ISSUE OUR IFB FOR BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS.
THE SUMMER BEGAN CONSTRUCTION REALLY ON TOWARDS THE END OF SUMMER, EARLY FALL AND THEN OPENING THEM ON SCHEDULE DURING THE LATE SUMMER OF 2024.
HOW AM I DOING ON TIME? OK, I THINK I'M GOOD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK ALMOST EACH MONTH BEFORE FOR SOME TIME AND KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP.
BUT WE JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A [INAUDIBLE].
AND THESE GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
WE HAD AN IDEA AND IT WORKED OUT, AND IT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS. ROB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS? OK THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021, AT 6:30 P.M. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC BUSINESS WE WILL ENTER A CLOSED SESSION, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CONFERENCE ROOM MR. CLERK PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE ITEMS FOR TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION [INAUDIBLE] SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTIONS ONE.
THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND TWO THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RETURNS.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD YOU'VE JUST HEARD THE ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? SO MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. CLERK WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE ON THE NOTION.
DEBBIE BAILEY, AYE. KATHRYN HAINES, AYE.
ANN COKER, AYE. RYAN HARTER, AYE.
WE'RE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.