Dec 14, 2021 December 14, 2021 - Work Session - 4 p.m.

[A. Meeting Opening]

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GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE DECEMBER 14, 2021 SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION TO ORDER.

[B. CIP Preview]

DAUGHERTY DR. TYLUS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION, IT IS TRULY A PREVIEW.

YOU WILL RECEIVE A FORMAL SUPERINTENDENT'S REQUEST FOR OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN JANUARY ASSOCIATED WITH THE FORMAL BUDGET PROCESS.

BUT WE DID THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SHARE THE ONGOING THOUGHTS OF STAFF AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH YOU AND THE COUNTY IN REGARDS TO CIP PLANS.

THESE ARE AGAIN, NOT CONCRETE PLANS.

HOPEFULLY, SOME GOOD INFORMATION FOR YOU TO WORK WITH AND CONTINUE TO ADVISE US A STAFF AS WE MOVE TOWARDS A MORE FORMAL PRESENTATION LATER IN THE BUDGET CYCLE.

WE ALL KNOW WE HAVE A THRIVING, GROWING COMMUNITY AND WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THAT GROWTH.

ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS THAT'S OCCURRED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS IS THE COUNTY'S STRATUS MODEL, WHICH LOOKS AT WHERE STUDENTS ACTUALLY RESIDE AND PROJECTS WHERE THEY WILL RESIDE IN THE FUTURE.

PROJECTS ENROLLMENT TO GROW BY ABOUT 5700 STUDENTS BY SEPTEMBER 2026, WHICH IS A LITTLE LESS THAN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

SO THAT WOULD TAKE OUR ENROLLMENT ALMOST TO 68 THOUSAND, AND WE NEED SOME MORE SEATS FOR THESE STUDENTS AS WE GROW.

WE'RE, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE QUITE FULL IN MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS AND IN CATEGORIES SUCH AS MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO THIS INITIAL PREVIEW OR PLAN THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU INCLUDES FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, EITHER BOTH NEW ONES AND SOME REBUILT ONES, THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO BE EITHER BUILT NEW OR REBUILT, ONE BRAND NEW HIGH SCHOOL AND A HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION.

FORTUNATE IN REGARDS TO FUNDING AND MR. MEISTER WILL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LATER IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE DETAILS.

WE'VE GOT A RUNNING START.

YOU WORK TOGETHER WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO OBTAIN US SOME VSPA OFFERINGS OF $130 MILLION. THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE LION'S SHARE OF FUNDING FOR THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS. AND THEN WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE REFERENDUM A LITTLE LESS THAN A YEAR FROM NOW TO HOPEFULLY HELP THE COUNTY PROVIDE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR GENERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR IMPORTANT PROJECTS.

SO WE'VE USED THE STRUCTURE OF BUNDLES STARTING LAST YEAR, SO WE'VE KEPT THAT FORMAT THIS YEAR. AND SO WHAT I HAVE HERE IS AN OUTLINE OF THE FOUR BUNDLES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FROM BUNDLES ONE THROUGH THREE, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THEM.

AND THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE IN REGARDS TO A TIMELINE OUR MOST DESIRED AND ACCELERATED TIMELINE AS THE FUNDS BECOME AVAILABLE BOTH FROM VSP AND OF COURSE, FROM THE REFERENDUM AND THEN BUNDLE FOUR WHICH WE DON'T HAVE A TIMELINE ASSOCIATED WITH YET.

SO WE'VE GOT THE DETAILS OF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO GREAT DETAIL RIGHT HERE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO FURTHER SLIDES, BUT QUICKLY SUMMARIZING BUNDLE ONE OR IS THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDER DESIGN AND WELL-FUNDED? BUNDLE TWO MOVES US TO THE REBUILD OF AM DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS MENTIONED.

BUNDLE THREE IS TWO MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THE REBUILD OF BENSLEY AND A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

UPPER MAGNOLIA GREEN IS THE SITE LISTED HERE.

AND THEN THAT LEAVES OTHER PROJECTS FOR BUNDLE FOUR THAT WE ALSO BELIEVE ARE IMPORTANT, JUST UNSURE OF THEIR TIMING AND THEIR FUNDING.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT OLD HUNDRED.

THE REBUILD OF MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

A VERY OLD FACILITY.

ANOTHER VERY OLD FACILITY.

GRANGE HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TO PERHAPS BE REBUILT IN A CONSOLIDATION THAT THOMAS DALE, A CONCEPT WHERE WE COULD LOOK AT EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT AT THE MAIN CAMPUS AND TURNING THE WEST CAMPUS, PERHAPS INTO A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO STARTING WITH BUNDLE ONE, THE BOARDS TOOK ACTION TO ACCELERATE THESE TWO AND PUT THEM AT THE FRONT OF THE LIST.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME SUBSTANTIAL FUNDING AND THE DESIGN ACTIVITIES ARE WELL UNDERWAY.

MR. CARSON BRIEFED YOU ABOUT FIVE WEEKS AGO ON SOME OF THE INITIAL CONCEPTS FOR BOTH THE FALLING CREEK REPLACEMENT AND FOR THE UPPER MAGNOLIA GREEN CAMPUS, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT PERHAPS, HOPEFULLY THE ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

SOME NOTES HERE ABOUT THE FUNDING.

I ALREADY MENTIONED THE VPSA.

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WE EXPECT THE COUNTY TO PROVIDE THE APPROVAL OF THOSE TOMORROW, WHICH WOULD BE ANOTHER ANTE UP, YOU MIGHT SAY OF $5 MILLION TO APPLY TO THIS PROJECT.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BIGGER SCHOOLS, THE CAPACITY OF 1800 STUDENTS, ABOUT 600 PER GRADE LEVEL, SO THAT INCREASES THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A SCHOOL, WHEREAS MANCHESTER MIDDLE WAS AT ABOUT 140000 SQUARE FEET.

HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST PROBABLY TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

SO MORE STUDENTS, MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE, HIGHER PRICE TAG IS ONE MIGHT IMAGINE PRICE TAGS VERY IMPORTANT. BUT HOW MUCH CAPACITY ARE WE GOING TO GAIN? WE WANT TO CONSISTENTLY SHOW YOU HOW MANY SEATS WE'RE ADDING, AND WE'VE GOT A SUMMARY SLIDE A LITTLE BIT LATER.

TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SEATS THAT WOULD BE 1800 BRAND NEW SEATS 360 WEST FALLING CREEK WOULD IMPROVE ITS CAPACITY FROM JUST BELOW 1100 TO 1800, SO 720 SEATS THERE.

ONE OF THE DIFFICULT THINGS TO ANTICIPATE WHEN WE DO COST ESTIMATES IS THE IMPACT OF INFLATION. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE AN ECONOMIC LECTURE HERE, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S REAL.

I'VE LOOKED AT A COUPLE OF CONSTRUCTION COST INDEXES, WHICH SUGGEST FIVE PERCENT A YEAR MIGHT BE A REASONABLE ASSUMPTION.

WE'VE HEARD FROM A COUPLE OF ARCHITECTS THAT MAYBE SIX PERCENT MIGHT BE THE REALITY OF THE FUTURE. SO THE ESTIMATED COST HERE THAT WE'RE SHOWING IS 86 TO 95 MILLION PER SCHOOL THAT HAS A CONTINGENCY FACTOR IN THERE.

SO IF YOU'RE AGGRESSIVE IN ASSUMING WE REALLY DON'T NEED MUCH CONTINGENCY, PERHAPS IT'S THE UPPER 80S. BUT IF WE NEED ALL THE CONTINGENCY FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES, WE MIGHT CONSIDER 95 MILLION.

SO UP TO 55 MILLION WOULD BE REQUIRED FROM THAT NEXT REFERENDUM, WHICH IS COMING IN NOVEMBER. AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SCHEDULE.

IT IS AGGRESSIVE.

SCOTT AND I MET WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM THIS MORNING AND THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THE GANTT CHARTS AND THERE'S MANY PARTS ESPECIALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER MAGNOLIA PROJECT AND ALL THE UTILITIES THAT ARE REQUIRED OUT THERE.

BUT WHAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN GET TO IS A BID PACKAGE EARLY IN THE SUMMER OF 2022, WHICH IS A YEAR, BUT BEGINS HERE IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS AND THEN CONSTRUCTION TO BEGIN VERY LATE IN THE SUMMER. REDISTRICTING, THE R WORD, IT'S IMPORTANT IT REMAINS A PART OF REALITY.

WE'RE ADDING A BRAND NEW 1800 SEATS OUT IN THE WEST PART OF THE COUNTY THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT.

YES, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SEVERAL LARGE POCKETS OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT WILL GO THERE. BUT THE REDISTRICTING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY THAT IN THE FALL OF 2023, ABOUT A YEAR IN ADVANCE OF OPENING THOSE SCHOOLS IN AUGUST OF 2024.

SO AS WE MOVE ON NOW TO PROJECTS THAT WOULD TOTALLY BE FUNDED BY THE REFERENDUM, WE GET TO THE BUNDLE TWO.

AND AGAIN, I JUST HAVE A NOTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER INFLATION AS THE YEARS PROGRESS START WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS THE BIGGEST PROJECT IN THE ENTIRE PLAN.

COSBY HIGH SCHOOL IS OVERCROWDED.

ITS CAPACITY IS RIGHT AROUND 2000 AND A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE.

THEY'VE GOT 2,373 ENROLLED BACK ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND DR.

DAUGHERTY COULD PROBABLY TELL YOU HOW MUCH HIGHER IT'S GOTTEN BY NOW, BUT IT'S GROWING.

WE EXPECT 2800 WITHIN FIVE YEARS.

SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S HAPPENING AT COSBY, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE 800 OVER CAPACITY IN FIVE YEARS.

STRATUS SUGGESTS A TOTAL GROWTH IN THE COUNTY OF ABOUT 1800 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

SO THERE'S CLEARLY A NEED FOR MORE HIGH SCHOOL SEATS AND THERE WOULD BE REDISTRICTING AGAIN, AND REDISTRICTING IS REALLY ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THESE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE TALKED TO OUR COUNTY PARTNERS MANY TIMES IN THE PAST ABOUT REDISTRICTING.

SOMETIMES IT IS A STANDALONE SOLUTION, BUT EVERY TIME WE BUILD A NEW BUILDING THAT'S PROVIDING NEW CAPACITY, THERE'LL BE REDISTRICTING.

AND HERE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, ONE BIG HIGH SCHOOL 2400 STUDENT SEATS THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO IMPACT POSSIBLY EVERY HIGH SCHOOL IN OUR DIVISION WHEN WE DO THAT REDISTRICTING STUDY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO NEED THOSE SEATS AGAIN, AS STRATOS SUGGESTED.

1,800 MORE STUDENTS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROJECT, AGAIN, VERY LARGE FACILITY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ESTIMATING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO TO ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE MILLION WITH A CONTINGENCY FACTOR IN PLAY. AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AM DAVIS.

THAT COMMUNITY HAS WAITED VERY PATIENTLY.

THEY'VE GOT A BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

THEY GRACIOUSLY HOSTED THE RHEIMS COMMUNITY WHILE THAT SCHOOL WAS BUILT, AND NOW THEY'RE SITTING THERE IN A VERY OVERCROWDED SITUATION IN A VERY OLD BUILDING.

THEY'RE CONTINUING TO GROW.

YOU SEE THE NUMBERS IN FIVE YEARS, PERHAPS GETTING CLOSER TO 800 STUDENTS.

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SO WE SEE THE ABILITY TO REPLACE AN OUTDATED FACILITY, DO SOMETHING VERY FINE FOR THAT COMMUNITY AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL CAPACITY.

AGAIN, 462 SEATS.

THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE SOME REDISTRICTING ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE SEEING GROWTH THERE AND THAT'S NUMBER ONE OBJECTIVE REPLACE AN OLD SCHOOL, PROVIDE ADEQUATE SEATS FOR THE AM DAVIS COMMUNITY AND PERHAPS REDISTRICTING ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

AGAIN, I'VE GOT SOME COST FIGURES THAT RANGE FROM 36 TO 40.

BOTH OF THESE SCHOOLS AGAIN UNDER THE MOST ACCELERATED TIMELINE, WITH AN OPEN IN AUGUST OF 2025.

WE KNOW THAT WE COULD EXECUTE THAT.

HOPEFULLY THE FUNDS WILL BECOME AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN IN FACT MOVE THE PLAN FORWARD AS RAPIDLY AS I KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

BUNDLE THREE STILL USING THE FUNDS THAT WE EXPECT FROM THE REFERENDUM, REBUILDING ANOTHER VERY OLD SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN WAITING IN LINE PATIENTLY BENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THIS IS A SLIGHT CHANGE IN REGARDS TO THE ORDER THAT BENSLEY HAD.

IT DID HAVE A HIGHER PRIORITY ABOUT A YEAR AGO, BUT AS WE'VE REALLY STRUGGLED TO CONSIDER WHERE WE WILL HOUSE THOSE STUDENTS WELL, A NEW BUILDING IS BEING BUILT.

THEY HAVE A VERY SMALL PIECE OF REAL ESTATE.

WE CANNOT HOUSE THEM ON THAT CAMPUS WHILE WE BUILD A NEW SCHOOL, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PLACE THEM SOMEWHERE IN THE.

THE BEST ALTERNATIVE AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO FINISH THE NEW FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, MOVE THOSE STUDENTS INTO THE NEW BUILDING KEEP THAT OLD BUILDING FOR TWO MORE YEARS TO HOST THE BENSLEY COMMUNITY.

IT'S THREE AND A HALF MILES FROM THE CURRENT SCHOOL, SO TRANSPORTATION WOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY.

AGAIN, A FACILITY THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN ADEQUATE TO MEET THEIR NEEDS FOR TWO YEARS.

THEY'RE CONTINUING TO GROW.

WE BUILD THAT NEW TWO STOREY DESIGN THAT I HAVEN'T MENTIONED YET TODAY, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE DESIGN WE WOULD USE BOTH FOR AM DAVIS AND HERE FOR BENSLEY.

BUT IF WE HAVE CAPACITY OF A THOUSAND STUDENTS, THERE'S ANOTHER GREAT REDISTRICTING OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TRAILERS AT FALLING CREEK ELEMENTARY AT HOPKINS ROAD ELEMENTARY. THOSE DISTRICTS ARE ABUTTING RIGHT NEXT TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BENSLEY ZONE, SO WE COULD CONSIDER SOME REDISTRICTING FROM THOSE SCHOOLS TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE, MAYBE NOT TOTALLY ELIMINATE THE TRAILERS THAT SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS ARE SITTING IN.

IN ALL THREE OF THESE SCHOOLS, SO ADDING THOSE TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEATS HAS GREAT VALUE. UPPER MAGNOLIA GREEN, THE GROWTH CONTINUES, WE'RE OPENING MOSLEY, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THAT'S ON SCHEDULE.

THE COUNTY'S CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND VERY EXCITING WHAT'S TAKING PLACE OUT THERE.

A COUPLE OF NOTES HERE IN REGARDS TO A POTENTIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

TWO SUBSTANTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ATTEND GRANGE HALL, NOW WESTERLY AND SUMMER LAKE, ARE ADJACENT TO THE UPPER MAGNOLIA GREEN CAMPUS.

THIS CAMPUS IS RIGHT OUT AT THE END OF WESTERLY BOULEVARD, SO THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT KIND OF GOT LEFT BEHIND WITH THE MOSLEY REDISTRICTING WHERE WE JUST SIMPLY COULDN'T FIT THEM ALL BECAUSE THE GROWTH HAS BEEN SO FAST, YOU KNOW, WOULD KIND OF BE THE CORE OF THE NEW ZONE THAT WOULD ATTEND THIS NEW SCHOOL IF WE WERE ABLE TO BUILD IT.

OLD HUNDRED IS A ZONE JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE LARGE GRANGE HALL ARC AND BOTH BETWEEN THE MOSLEY ZONE AND OLD HUNDRED.

WE EXPECT 500 MORE STUDENTS IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, SO THERE'S CLEARLY A NEED FOR MORE CAPACITY OUT THERE, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE OLD HUNDRED PROJECT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING THIS PROJECT IN BUNDLE THREE AND THE OLD HUNDRED PROJECT AND BUNDLE FOR A THOUSAND SEATS THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO NEED.

AND AGAIN, THESE SCHOOLS COULD BE FINISHED IN AUGUST OF 2026 UNDER HOPEFULLY THE MOST FAVORABLE TIMELINE.

NOW ON TO BUNDLE FOUR, WE TALKED ABOUT THE COST ESTIMATES AND THE ROLE OF CONTINGENCY, AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE EXACT MAGNITUDE OF WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE REFERENDUM.

THE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COUNTY SENIOR STAFF HAS BEEN BETWEEN 300 AND 320 MILLION.

SO IF YOU START APPLYING SOME ARITHMETIC TO THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY DESCRIBED, WE'RE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO 320 FOR BUNDLES, ONE THROUGH THREE.

SO THERE MAY BE NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO HERE'S THE LIST OF PROJECT NOT NECESSARILY IN IN A PRIORITY ORDER, BUT ON THE LIST FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

WE KNOW AGAIN MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE OF OUR OLDEST FACILITIES IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. THERE'S EXCITING THINGS THAT THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO DO WHERE THAT BUILDING IS NOW. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME MOTIVATION TO PERHAPS MOVE THIS PROJECT.

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THE NEXT ONE ON THE BUNDLE FOR LIST IS THE OLD HUNDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT BETWEEN MAGNOLIA GREEN, OLD HUNDRED, THERE'S GOING TO BE GROWTH AND IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHICH OF THESE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING TO SPRING AND SUCCEED MOST RAPIDLY. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT YOU AS A BOARD WILL KEEP YOUR PULSE ON AS YOU MAYBE MAKE DETERMINATIONS ABOUT WHICH PROJECTS GO INTO WHICH BUNDLES.

I MEAN, WE COULD HAVE A PLAN THIS YEAR THAT CHANGES A COUPLE OF YEARS FROM NOW BASED ON WHAT WE SEE WITH HOUSING.

SO AGAIN, WE THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED THERE.

AGAIN, THE COST ESTIMATES ARE GROWING BECAUSE WE'RE GOING FURTHER OUT IN TIME AND ANOTHER THOUSAND SEATS, IF WE WERE TO USE THAT TWO STOREY DESIGN.

FINAL ELEMENTARY PROJECT WOULD BE THE REPLACEMENT OF GRANGE HALL AND PROBABLY NOT ON THE EXACT PIECE OF PROPERTY.

THE [INAUDIBLE] EXTENSION IS GOING TO END JUST TO THE EAST OF WHERE THAT CAMPUS IS NOW, SO WE'D PROBABLY BE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY FOR AN ALTERNATIVE SITE.

IT WOULD NOT BE DIRECTLY AT THE BUILDING, BUT PRETTY CLOSE.

AND AGAIN, THEY'VE GOT A SUBSTANTIAL CAPACITY THERE.

NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN STUDENTS, IT'S PRETTY DARN FULL RIGHT NOW.

THEY ARE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF HERE FROM WHEN MOSELEY OPENS, SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS. BUT IT WOULD GIVE US SOME ADDITIONAL SEATS IF WE PUT A THOUSAND SEATS TO REPLACE THAT BUILDING. AND FINALLY, THERE'S THE CONSOLIDATION OF THOMAS DALE THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. PERHAPS SPENDING A LITTLE OVER 20 MILLION COULD ADD THIRTY TWO CLASSROOMS, WHICH WOULD GIVE US ANOTHER 700 SEATS ON THE PROGRAM CAPACITY ON THE MAIN CAMPUS, TAKING US TO 2,610, WHICH IS ABOUT WHAT WE PROJECT THE ENROLLMENT TO BE THERE IN THAT FIVE YEAR TIME PERIOD. AND SO THAT WOULD ENABLE THE WEST CAMPUS TO HAVE AN OPTION THAT MIGHT BE ATTRACTIVE TO THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY OF BECOMING A MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH WHAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE A PROGRAM CAPACITY OF 860.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT TOTAL SEATS, SINCE YOU'RE ADDING THE PRINCIPAL AND ADMIN SPACE AND AND SOME OF THE ELECTIVES THAT ARE NEEDED AT BOTH LEVELS, YOU ACTUALLY WOULD LOSE SOME SEATS NET BY DOING THIS, BUT AGAIN, GIVE YOU SOME FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU MIGHT FIND VERY VALUABLE. SO BEFORE MR. MEISTER COMES UP HERE TO DISCUSS, FINANCE JUST GOT A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECTED GROWTH IN THE NEW CAPACITY THAT WE MIGHT SEE FROM THESE PROJECTS.

IF YOU SUM THE THREE NUMBERS ACROSS THE TOP, YOU GET TO ABOUT THE 5,700 THAT STRATUS IS SUGGESTING WE MIGHT NEED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AND SO AS YOU MOVE THROUGH BUNDLES ONE, TWO AND THREE, SOME OF THOSE SEATS ARE FULFILLED.

BUNDLE ONE COULD PERHAPS TAKE CARE OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ISSUE.

IT WOULD ADD 900 SEATS.

WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR COME IN FROM MOSELEY, SO I'VE INCLUDED THAT ON THE CHART.

THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY, BUT THEY WILL BE ADDED BUNDLE TO GIVES US SOME MORE ELEMENTARY SEATS. BUNDLE THREE.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET THE HIGH SCHOOL SEATS, THE 2400 THERE, WHICH SHOULD SATISFY THE DEMAND, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.

BUNDLE THREE GETS US MORE ELEMENTARY SEATS AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM, YOU CAN SEE THAT AGAIN. IF BUNDLE FOUR WERE COMPLETED, WE GET OVER A THOUSAND ADDITIONAL ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE AND A SLIGHT NET DECREASE ON HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT HIGH SCHOOL WOULD STILL BE LARGE ENOUGH AND AGAIN, LOTS OF SEATS COMING FROM THE NEW PROJECT.

SO MR. MEISTER. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. JUST REALLY QUICK, JOSH HAS MENTIONED A NUMBER OF THESE POINTS ALREADY, BUT JUST TO SUMMARIZE, AS WE THINK ABOUT FUNDING FOR FOR THESE, THIS AGGRESSIVE PLAN, WE'VE GOT THE VPSA FUNDING IS IN PROCESS.

WE EXPECT TO ACTUALLY RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS IN THE COMING WEEKS.

EARLY FEBRUARY, MID-FEBRUARY IS KIND OF THE TIMING ON THAT.

AND AS MR. DAVIS TALKED ABOUT, ABOUT SIXTY FIVE MILLION POINTED TOWARD BOTH FALLING CREEK AND THE 360 WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL TO GET THOSE ROLLING.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS ALSO SET TO APPROVE FIVE MILLION FROM YEAR END FUNDS TO SUPPORT THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS TOMORROW AS WELL.

AND LASTLY, THE REFERENDUM UP TO THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE SHOWING ON THIS PAGE. WE'VE HEARD NUMBERS BETWEEN 300-320, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS WE GET CLOSER TO BOTH FINALIZING THE BUDGET AND ULTIMATELY THE REFERENDUM THAT WILL GO ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.

SO WHAT DOES THIS ALL MEAN? I COULDN'T COME UP HERE WITHOUT A WALL OF NUMBERS FOR YOU, ALL THIS KIND OF MY JOB.

SO YOU TAKE JOSH'S FIGURES AND YOU PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER.

YOU LOOK AT THE ITEMS ON THE LEFT, THOSE ARE THE BUNDLES ONE, TWO AND THREE.

IF YOU TAKE THE TOTAL COST, INCLUDING THE CONTINGENCY THAT MR. DAVIS WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU LAND RIGHT ABOUT 300-320, 312 MILLION IN TOTAL.

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THE OTHER PIECE ABOUT 213 MILLION, INCLUDING CONTINGENCY, WAS THAT BUNDLE FOR THAT MR. DAVIS SPOKE OF. IF YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER, IT PUTS THE TOTAL FUNDING NEED TO DELIVER THIS ENTIRE PACKAGE THAT MR. DAVIS TALKED ABOUT TO JUST OVER FIVE HUNDRED MILLION, 525 MILLION IN TOTAL AGGRESSIVE PLAN. A LOT OF THIS FUNDING IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THIS REFERENDUM, AND THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES THAT WE WILL NEED TO LOOK AT AND CONSIDER AS WE GO FORWARD AND IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY REALIZE THE FULL EXTENT OF WHAT MR. DAVIS TALKED ABOUT. SO WITH THAT, UNLESS YOU HAD ANY CLOSING REMARKS, QUESTIONS FOR THE BOARD. I'M GOOD, GOOD.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MS. BAILEY, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

BOB, IT'S FOR YOU.

WHAT STRATEGIES ARE WE CONSIDERING IF, GOD FORBID, OUR BOND DOES NOT PASS IN TERMS OF THE FIRST TWO BUILDS WHERE WE'RE USING VPSA BONDS AND THEN RELYING ON A PORTION FROM BOND THAT HAS NOT PASSED.

THAT'S THERE. I THINK THERE ALL HAVE A HALF BUILT BUILDING.

I THINK THERE ARE SOME IN THE COMMUNITY HERE THAT WE REALLY NEED THAT BOND.

BUT YEAH, GO AHEAD.

CLEARLY, THE FIRST AND BEST OPTION IS MAKING SURE THAT BOND PASSES.

I'M NOT GOING TO SORT OF LIE TO YOU THERE.

I THINK THE OTHER PIECE OF THIS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT IN THAT SCENARIO IS A FEW VALID SOURCES BEYOND THE VPSA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH INCLUDE PROJECT SAVINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED TO IDENTIFY FROM MR. DAVIS AND MR. CARSON'S CURRENT LIST OF PROJECTS.

I THINK THERE WILL BE FUNDING THAT ALL ELSE EQUAL WE'D LOVE TO USE FOR OTHER SOURCES, BUT WE COULD APPLY TO THAT.

THERE IS ALSO, QUITE FRANKLY, WE'D HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT OTHER NON REFERENDUM FUNDING. ADDITIONAL VSPA IS ANOTHER OPTION AS WE GO FORWARD.

OR QUITE FRANKLY, WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK AT SORT OF WHAT I'LL JUST SAY OTHER COUNTY RESOURCES TO HELP SUPPORT.

THEY ARE COMMITTED TO MAKING THIS A REALITY IF THE REFERENDUM DOES NOT PASS.

I WOULD TRUST THAT WE'D HAVE REALLY GOOD OPEN CONVERSATIONS IF ONE OF THOSE OTHER TWO SOURCES WEREN'T AVAILABLE TO ENSURE THAT THOSE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS BECOME A REALITY IN THE EVENT THAT THAT REFERENDUM, GOD FORBID, DOESN'T PASS.

MS. HEFFRON? I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, OK? I WAS LOOKING AT A SLIDE OR PAGE 10, WHERE WE'VE BROKEN OUT THE COST ESTIMATES, THE TOTAL COST IS LISTED AT 29 MILLION.

ISN'T IT 95 MILLION FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS? TO BE CLEAR, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT WHAT THIS TOTAL COST WOULD BE TOTAL COSTS, EXCLUDING WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN COVERED BY THE VPSA OR YEAR END FUNDS.

SO IF YOU LOOK IN THAT COST LINE, THE MIDDLE LINE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR 360 WEST, THE COST IS LISTED AS TWENTY ONE PLUS SIXTY FIVE NOT INCLUDED IN THE TOTAL.

BUT THAT WOULD STILL BE PART OF OUR DEBT SERVICE? WE'D STILL? 100 PERCENT, YES.

SO YEAH, JUST TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT'S I MEAN, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT MORE OF A ONE HUNDRED AND THIS IS ALMOST A HUNDRED AND IT'S 130 SHORT, RIGHT? THE 312? THE 312 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 135 ACTUALLY OF THE BOTH OF THE VPSA FUNDING AND THAT YEAR END FUNDS. THIS WAS MERELY TO ESSENTIALLY SIZE THE AMOUNT OF FUND NEEDED FOR THE REFERENDUM AND BEYOND QUITE FRANKLY.

I'M GOING TO ASK A SILLY QUESTION.

WHY AREN'T WE ASKING FOR A 500 MILLION DOLLAR BOND REFERENDUM? I MEAN, I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT COMES BACK TO THE ABILITY TO ONE FIRST AND FOREMOST ENSURE AFFORDABILITY OF SAID REFERENDUM, BOTH IN TERMS OF SORT OF THE COUNTY'S WILLINGNESS TO SORT OF LOOK AT THEIR ULTIMATE DEBT RATING, ET CETERA.

OUR ONGOING AFFORDABILITY, WE WOULD NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'D HAVE THE OPERATIONAL DOLLARS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT DEBT SERVICE AS WE GO FORWARD.

IS 320 THE CAP? PROBABLY NOT. WE COULD PROBABLY WIGGLE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

DOES IT GET ALL THE WAY TO FIVE HUNDRED IN A NATURAL COURSE? THAT WOULD BE A TOUGH ASK.

I WAS LOOKING AT THIS, AND IF MY MATH IS CORRECT THAT 260 MILLION OF THE TOTAL COST ESTIMATES WOULD BE HEADED TOWARDS MOSTLY THE MAGNOLIA GREEN DEVELOPMENT.

TO SUPPORT GROWTH IN THAT AREA.

BETWEEN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE SECOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S BEING BUILT UP THERE. UH, YEAH, THEY'RE ABOUT SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR OUR COUNTY LEADERSHIP WOULD CONSIDER THE TREMENDOUS

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AND I THINK THAT GOES A LONG WAY TO THE ORIGINAL 130 VPSA, WHERE THEY LEANED IN, WHERE WE WERE LOOKING AT A $300 MILLION BOND REFERENDUM AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

TO THAT END, THEY HAD MOVED FORWARD WITH ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY VPSA IN THE INTERIM TO HELP US CLOSE THAT GAP.

ARE WE ALL THE WAY THERE? NO, OF COURSE NOT.

RIGHT? WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE STARTED TO PUSH.

THESE FUNDING SOURCES OUTSIDE OF BOND REFERENDUMS. AND I'LL JUST FOLKS THAT BUILD THE HOMES CAN KIND OF HELP OUT WITH THAT LIFT, TOO.

BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS.

THANKS. MS. HAINES? AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU REFERENCED IN THE BEGINNING THAT THIS IS RIGHT, THIS IS THE START OF A CONVERSATION, SO IT'S NOT WRITTEN IN STONE YET.

I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BECAUSE AT LEAST IN THE MIDLOTHIAN DISTRICT, MAYBE A COUPLE OF MORE THAN TWO, BUT MOSTLY TWO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

SO FIRST OF ALL, AM DAVIS AND THE FEBRUARY 2021 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING WHEN WE PASSED THE THE CIP AND DAVIS COMPLETION DATE WAS AUGUST 24TH.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US MOVE THAT UP AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE CURRENTLY I AM.

DAVIS HAS 23 TRAILERS THAT ARE BEING USED FOR INSTRUCTION PURPOSES, AND THIS IS MORE TRAILERS THAN WE HAVE CURRENTLY AT WINTERPOCK.

AND SO WHEN OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE HAD THAT NUMBER OF TRAILERS, WE HAVE PUSHED UP.

THE TIMELINE OF CONSTRUCTION AND TRAILERS ARE FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY ARE A SAFETY ISSUE AND RECENTLY ALSO A HEALTH ISSUE.

OUR SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD POINTED OUT THAT CHILDREN WHO DO NOT HAVE EASILY ACCESSIBLE BATHROOMS CAN HAVE LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, CHRONIC UTI ISSUES AND WATER RETENTION ISSUES. I HAD NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THAT SINCE I'M NOT A PEDIATRICIAN, BUT THAT DID COME UP AND I THINK AND THERE'S ALSO OBVIOUSLY LITTLE KIDS ARE GOING TO BE WALKING TO AND FROM BATHROOMS. SO I THINK WE NEED TO.

MS. BAILEY. I MEAN, MS. HAINES, THERE ISN'T A BATHROOM ISSUE THERE.

THE TRAILER MEGA TRAILERS.

YOU KEEP TALKING TRAILERS, THERE ARE MEGA TRAILERS.

SO I WANT TO CORRECT THE TERMINOLOGY RIGHT NOW.

IT IS NOT A TRAILER.

A TRAILER IS AN INDIVIDUAL CLASSROOM.

WE HAVE MEGA TRAILERS THERE THAT BY THE CODE, HAVE ENOUGH BATHROOMS IN THE ROOM, IN THE TRAILERS FOR THE STUDENTS.

SO THEY ARE NOT LEAVING THE BUILDING TO USE A RESTROOM.

THEY ALSO HAVE THE FACILITY THAT WE'VE ADDED BECAUSE WE USE THE SAME TRAILERS AS WE DID FOR CRESTWOOD AND FOR THE OTHER SCHOOL RHEIMS THAT THE SAME FORMAT, SO THE TRAILERS ARE WELL BUILT AND THEY ARE THE BATHROOMS ARE THERE, SO NO ONE IS HAVING A A PROBLEM USING THE BATHROOM.

THE BATHROOMS ARE AT THE SCHOOL.

SO I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK WHO'S LISTENING THAT WE HAVE TWENTY THREE INDIVIDUAL TRAILERS HERE. WE DO NOT HAVE.

WE HAVE CLASSROOMS THERE, BUT THEY ARE MEGA TRAILERS.

AND THE ISSUE IS TO MOVE THAT UP.

THEN WE DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING TO MOVE IT UP UNLESS WE PASS A BOND REFERENDUM.

AND ONCE YOU PASSED A BOND IN NOVEMBER OF '22, YOU CAN'T START UNTIL '23 GROUNDBREAKING, WHICH PUTS YOU THEN AT '25.

SO THE THE ISSUE OF LOOKING AT MOVING IT UP, THAT'S THIS IS A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE TO ADD IT. YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE GOING TO OPEN IN '24.

THAT'S AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE.

AND THIS WOULD BE A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE.

AND THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED, BY THE WAY, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING AT THE LAND.

SO ONCE WE PASS A BOND REFERENDUM, GO THROUGH ALL THE PERMITS, THEY'LL BE READY TO MOVE UP ON AM DAVIS IMMEDIATELY.

BUT IT STILL WOULDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL '25 BECAUSE OF HOW THE IF WE HAD HAD A BOND REFERENDUM LAST MONTH, YOU'RE '24 TIMELINE WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE.

SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND, I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THAT THE TRAILER COMMENT WAS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MEDIA, IT WAS JUST TRAILERS IN GENERAL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAILERS WITHOUT BATHROOMS, BUT TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY THE FEBRUARY 2021 CIP HAD 2024. BECAUSE ORIGINALLY WE WERE LOOKING AT A NOVEMBER, IF YOU REMEMBER, BACK EARLIER,

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SO THAT TIME FRAME DID NOT CHANGE IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES.

WHAT CHANGED WAS WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO GO FOR THE REFERENDUM AND THE BONDS, WHICH WERE FROM ONE YEAR OF 21-22.

THAT'S WHAT'S CHANGED.

GOT IT. AND I HAVE TO POINT OUT DR.

DAUGHERTY, THAT IT WASN'T US THAT MADE THIS CHANGE.

IT WAS THE COUNTY'S DECISION TO NOT GO TO BOND THIS FALL DUE TO COVID AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON WITH COVID AND TO PUSH THE BOND TO NEXT FALL.

AND THAT BASICALLY SHIFTED EVERYTHING.

THE ONLY REASON WHY BUNDLE ONE IS THERE IS BECAUSE OF THE EXTRA FUNDS THAT THE COUNTY HAS GIVEN US. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE IF YOU DIDN'T EVEN CALL THAT BUNDLE ONE, YOU JUST CALL THAT LIKE, OH YAY, AND THEN BUNDLE ONE REALLY STARTS WITH AM DAVIS.

SO AM DAVIS IS REALLY IN THE EXACT SAME SPOT, ACCORDING TO THE BOND REFERENDUM, IT'S JUST THAT THE COUNTY DID NOT WANT TO GO TO BOND THIS FALL BECAUSE OF COVID, AND THEY'RE GOING NEXT FALL TO BOND.

AND AS SOON AS IT PASSES, AM DAVIS FIRST ON THE LIST.

I GUESS, THEN YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY COUNTERPARTS, BUT MAYBE, AS MS. HEFFRON SAID, THERE ARE OTHER SOURCES BESIDES A BOND REFERENDUM.

IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO LOOK AT MOVING UP FOR OUR SERIOUSLY OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR FALLING CREEK AND THE TOMAHAWK RELIEF, YOU KNOW, UPPER.

AND I JUST, I THINK AM DAVIS IS IN THAT SAME CATEGORY IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO HEAR THAT AM DAVIS AND BENSLEY WERE ALSO ON THE LIST OF SCHOOLS IN THE POOREST CONDITION.

TOP, TOP, YOU KNOW, LIST OF SCHOOLS IN POOR CONDITION, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S CRITICAL THAT THESE SCHOOLS ARE ON THE LIST THEN MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'VE ALREADY RECEIVED SOME PHONE CALLS.

I THINK THERE WAS SOME SHOCK THAT MIDLOTHIAN, WHICH WAS IN BUNDLE THREE AGAIN WITH THE 2021, WAS MOVED TO BUNDLE FOUR.

SO I GUESS IF YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NO LONGER IN A BUNDLE THREE? I THINK THIS EXPLAINS IT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CAPACITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE.

WE'RE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE SEATS FROM THESE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT ARE UNDERWAY. IT'S A BUILDING THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, I THINK WE CAN CERTAINLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SHOULD IT HAVE REPLACED ANYONE IN BUNDLE THREE WHERE WE STILL ARE TRYING TO GET THE SEATS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THAT'S TO ME WHY IT'S IN BUNDLE FOUR, BECAUSE THE BUNDLE THREE PROJECTS ARE NEEDED FOR THE GROWTH THAT WE EXPECT AND THE BUNDLE FOUR PROJECTS, ALL OF THEM ACTUALLY ARE GIVING US SEATS BEYOND WHAT THE STRATUS MODEL IS PROJECTING WE MIGHT NEED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO WEIGHING BETWEEN THE REBUILDS AND THE CAPACITY IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH BOARDS HAS TO DO AND MAKE A CONSCIOUS DECISION.

AND ONCE THOSE DECISIONS ARE MADE, STAFF WILL EXECUTE THEM.

BUT THAT'S, I THINK, THE LOGIC AS TO HOW THAT DECISION WAS MADE IN REGARDS TO WHAT MADE BUNDLE THREE AND WHAT MADE BUNDLE FOUR.

SIR, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD ADD? I GUESS MAYBE WHAT? BECAUSE BACK IN FEBRUARY, YOU KNOW, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD HOLD OFF ON THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD DONE SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, CREATIVE REMOVING OF LOCKER ROOMS RIGHT TO ADD CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS.

I'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT. IT'S INCREDIBLE WORK AND VERY CREATIVE AND, YOU KNOW, USING THE CTE PROGRAMS AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER CREATIVE IDEAS.

SO I GUESS WHAT CHANGED BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND NOW KNOWING THAT THE GROWTH IS NOT NEW, RIGHT? WE KNOW WE HAVE A HUGE GROWTH ISSUE.

WE NEVER, WE NEVER SAID ADDING IN THE LOCKER ROOM ISSUE WAS GOING TO RESOLVE THE HIGH SCHOOL PROBLEM OR THE CDC.

CTE PROGRAM IS NOT GOING TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM.

YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS, AND THE OPPORTUNITY IS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED.

WELL, THEY'RE ALL NEEDED, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE WE WON'T BE ABLE

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IF WE HAD TO PUSH THE THE HIGH SCHOOL UP BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT MANY STUDENTS IN COSBY AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REDISTRICT BECAUSE OUR OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE OVERCROWDED AS WELL, WHICH A LOT OF THEM, MOST OF THEM ARE OVER 85 PERCENT CAPACITY AS IT IS.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THE NEED OF THE SCHOOL, I LOVE THE MIDLOTHIAN IN THERE, THERE'S NEED TO BE REBUILT.

FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO BUILD IT.

THERE'S NO LAND FOR IT RIGHT NOW TO TO REBUILD.

BUT THE OTHER ISSUE IS AS A BOARD, WE'RE TELLING YOU THE DRAFT.

THIS IS THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION TO YOU.

YOU CAN VOTE ON THIS.

YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT AND JANUARY 25TH, THIS IS COMING TO YOU AS IS, AND THEN YOU CAN DECIDE TO VOTE ON IT.

THAT'S YOUR CALL.

JUST LIKE THE BUDGET WILL BE.

MY JOB IS TO PRESENT TO YOU THE NEEDS OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THESE ARE THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE CAN PAY FOR.

WE GOT 320 MILLION DOLLARS PLUS SOME CHANGE FROM THE FIRST TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL.

FIRST TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS CHANGED THE GAME OF EVERYTHING ONCE THEY PUT IT HERE.

SO COMMON SENSE SAYS THIS IS HOW THIS HAS TO GO, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MONEY WE HAVE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT MIDLOTHIAN IN; WHAT SCHOOLS DO YOU WANT TO TAKE OUT OF HERE? BECAUSE WE CAN'T JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A SCHOOL IN EVERY DISTRICT.

THE GROWTH OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT IS MOVING WEST RAPIDLY.

AND SO BY BUILDING THESE OTHER SCHOOLS, WE THEN CAN START, AS JOSH HAD STATED, WE CAN START TO REDISTRICT.

AND SO WE CAN MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE CAN REDISTRICT MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

WHEN WE GET TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, WE CAN REDISTRICT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE CAN'T REDISTRICT ANYONE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SEATS IN THE END TO DO THAT.

IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO SEE IN TERMS OF CAPACITY THAT ALSO CAN HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS CHANGED.

WELL, WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THE CAPACITIES OF THE SCHOOLS.

NO, FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. WE HAVE GIVEN YOU THE CAPACITY OF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

IN THE PRESENTATION WAS MY POINT.

OK, WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.

WE'LL DO IT AGAIN WHEN WE COME UP, BUT WE HAVE SHOWN YOU THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, THE SIZE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND MANY.

WHAT'S OUR CAPACITY OF OUR SCHOOLS? WHAT'S THE CAPACITY, NOT ONLY PROGRAM, WE CAN DO THAT AGAIN, BUT WE HAVE BEEN VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS.

BUT TO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IN EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT, EVERY MATCH YOUR DISTRICT WOULD NOT BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR.

NO, I AGREE. I THINK THE HARD PART RIGHT IS THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE FEBRUARY 2021 HAD A DIFFERENT PLANET. I'M TRYING TO HELP MY CONSTITUENTS WHO ARE LISTENING UNDERSTAND.

MAYBE IT WOULD HELP. DR.

DAUGHERTY IS MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL OVERCAPACITY RIGHT NOW? IT'S NOT FROM THE CAPACITY CHART I LOOKED AT.

MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS UNDER CAPACITY.

IT HAS ROOM FOR ALL ITS STUDENTS CURRENTLY.

AND SO CURRENTLY MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS MEETING THE NEEDS.

IT'S NOT OVERCROWDED, WHEREAS IN THE HIGH SCHOOLS WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT A SINGLE BOTTOM IN A SEAT IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO RIGHT NOW, MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, YES, IT'S ALL OF THESE ARE NEEDS.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE PRIORITIZING YOUR NEEDS, I THINK THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO LOOK AT IS, ARE THEY OVERCAPACITY AND JUST BUSTING AT THE SEAMS? AND THAT IS, TO ME, A BIGGER PRIORITY THAN GETTING A BRAND NEW BUILDING FROM WHICH WE ACTUALLY HAVE NO PLACE FOR IT TO GO AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

AND I KNOW THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON LOOKING AT THAT.

IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO FIGURE ALL.

WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU CAPACITY NUMBERS AGAIN AND.

BUT BUT I SAID YOU WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE.

I THINK AS WE CONTINUE THESE DISCUSSIONS, WE JUST NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT AS OUR COUNTY IS GROWING, AS WE'VE SEEN CAPACITY, NEW SCHOOLS GIVE YOU MORE SEATS, THEY GIVE YOU MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK THAN REBUILDS DO.

THEY GIVE YOU SMALL AMOUNTS OF SEATS FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND WE HAVE A GREAT NEED OF MORE, MORE SEATS AND THAT COMES WITH NEW BUILDINGS.

IF I MAY? GO AHEAD. AND I'LL TELL YOU, I'VE GOT SKIN IN THE GAME.

I AM A MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT, [INAUDIBLE] OF A CURRENT STUDENT AND YOU KNOW, MY OTHER TWO KIDS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SCHOOL.

THE SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE REBUILT.

BUT WE HAVE TO MS. BAILEY'S POINT, WE HAVE.

SPACE FOR THE KIDS.

THERE ARE SEATS FOR THE CHILDREN WHO GO TO THAT SCHOOL.

THERE WON'T BE SEATS FOR THESE CHILDREN WHO ARE COMING IN FROM THE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A ROOF THAT WE CAN TEACH THEM UNDER.

AND I WILL SAY I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A REBUILD OF THE MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE.

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THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO TAKE. THESE ARE STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE.

AND THERE MAY BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, BUT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU.

AND THESE ARE THE NEEDS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS.

THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE.

MS. ALLEN HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH HELPING US DETERMINE WHERE THE GROWTH IS GOING TO BE. AND NOW THE COUNTIES STRATA SYSTEM IS ACTUALLY EVEN CAUGHT UP TO THE NUMBERS.

SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE AND STRATUS HAS TRADITIONALLY BEEN A BIT BEHIND ON THIS, WHICH KIND OF GIVES ME, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF POSITIVE.

THESE NUMBERS MAY BE LOW OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE GROWTH IS, WHEN THERE WAS A MAP THAT WE HAD UP, WHEN WE DID THE REDISTRICTING FOR MOSELEY ELEMENTARY AND THERE'S LIKE 7500 ROOFTOPS STILL IN THE WESTERN PART THAT ARE ALL GOING TO FEED IN.

IF YOU GO OVER TO COSBY HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE AWAY THEIR PARKING LOT WITH TWO MEGA TRAILERS, TWO MEGA TRAILERS AND.

WE SAID IN FIVE YEARS, 2,800, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WOULD DO, WOULD WE PUT FOUR MEGA TRAILERS THERE? WE COULDN'T DO THAT.

AND SO I 100 PERCENT UNDERSTAND IT.

YOU KNOW THAT MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE DOES NEED TO BE REPLACED.

BUT AT THE TIME BEING, IT'S STILL STANDING STILL HAS A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD AND.

RIGHT, RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE TWO PROJECTS THAT CAME WITH THE VSPA LOANS THAT WERE GOING TO BE GETTING, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER FUNDING THAT CAME AVAILABLE BEFORE THAT, ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE FLUID.

EVERY YEAR WE REEVALUATE THIS AND WE TAKE A LOOK AND WE SEE WHAT IS OUR CIP GOING FORWARD AND WHAT ARE OUR NEEDS RIGHT NOW? AND I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS DONE A GREAT JOB OF EVALUATING THOSE NEEDS AND GOING FORWARD.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS TO STAFF FOR PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER.

MS. HAINES, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YEAH.

AND I REALIZE, YOU KNOW.

WE AREN'T THE ONE THAT FLOATS THE BOARD, SO I CAN'T WE CANNOT FIND 50 MILLION UNDER OUR MATTRESS IN ORDER TO ADD OUR CAPACITY.

BUT I'M JUST HOPING THAT WE WILL MAYBE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR KIND OF COUNTERPARTS ABOUT IMPACT FEES OR PROFFERS OR JUST HAVING MOSLEY ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS GOING TO OPEN IN 2022 AND NEEDING ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THAT SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREA ABOUT TWO YEARS AFTER THE OPENING OF A BRAND NEW SCHOOL IS.

IT'S A LOT AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE NEW SCHOOLS AND NOT JUST NEW SCHOOLS AND OUR ENTIRE COUNTY, NOT JUST IN THE WEST.

SO. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[C. Major Maintenance Update]

THE COUNTY ASKED FOR SOME INFORMATION ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO IN REGARDS TO HOW WE'D BEEN PROGRESSING WITH OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, AND SO THIS IS A SET OF SLIDES THAT WE SHARED WITH THEM AT THE TIME, AND WE WANTED TO SPEND A FEW MOMENTS SHARING THOSE WITH YOU TODAY SO THAT WE COULD AGAIN KEEP OUR PUBLIC INFORMED.

JUST WE'VE REALLY RECEIVED A SHOT IN THE ARM IN REGARDS TO RESOURCES.

THE PREVIOUS BUDGETS FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE OVER THREE YEARS KIND OF LOOKED LIKE THIS TOP LINE ONLY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A TRANSFER FROM OUR OPERATIONS.

AND AGAIN, THIS BOARD HAS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED TO ADD TO THAT SOME.

BUT AGAIN, WE'VE RECEIVED SOME GREAT BONDS FROM THE COUNTY FIRST VPSA AND THEN THE EDA REVENUE BONDS THAT ALL OCCURRED JUST OVER A YEAR AGO AS WE WERE KIND OF FINISHING UP FISCAL YEAR 20.

AND THEN WE MOVED INTO THE PANDEMIC AND OTHER SOURCES BECAME AVAILABLE FIRST CARES THEN ESSER II. AND THEN FROM THE MOST RECENT FEDERAL AID, WE HAVE THE ACRONYM CSLFRF.

BUT THIS ALL ADDS UP TO ABOUT $120 MILLION.

THAT HAS SHOWN UP AS REVENUE IN THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS, AND WE'VE BEEN SPENDING IT, WE DIDN'T EXPECT TO SPEND IT ALL AT ONCE.

YOU CAN'T. THESE ARE COMPLEX PROJECTS.

SOMETIMES THEY GO OFF VERY SMOOTHLY.

SOMETIMES THE PROJECT MANAGERS SPEND A LOT OF TIME BRINGING THEM TO FRUITION AND HOLDING OUR CONTRACTORS FEET TO THE FIRE.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE EXPENDITURES, IF YOU WERE TO COMPARE THEM TO PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER.

AND I'M SURE THAT THAT NUMBER THERE FOR FY '22 IS HIGHER THAN IT WAS FIVE OR SIX WEEKS AGO, BUT WE'VE SPENT ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WAS PROVIDED AND THERE'S MORE TO COME.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ WHAT WE'VE COMPLETED AND THEN PROGRESS.

BUT THE HIGHLIGHTED PROJECTS HAVE IN FACT BEEN COMPLETED.

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SO YOU SEE A BUNCH OF EQUIPMENT PROJECTS THERE AFTER ELECTRICAL, THEN YOU GET TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHART, YOU SEE A LOT OF HVAC PROJECTS.

SO WE'VE TRIED TO MEET SOMETHING MANY OF THE CRITICAL NEEDS AND WE ARE CATCHING UP AND WE'RE HAVING LESS CRITICAL FAILURES.

THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

AGAIN, CONTINUING WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY OR FINISHED INTERIORS, SECURITY SITE WORK, ALL OF THOSE CATEGORIES VERY IMPORTANT.

SCOTT'S TEAM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB.

WE'VE GOTTEN SOME SUPPORT FROM MVP TO HELP US MANAGE SOME OF THE CRITICAL PROJECTS AND LOTS MORE TO COME.

THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE LIST FOR AGAIN.

ORGANIZED BY SYSTEMS SUCH AS ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT, HVAC REMAINS A CRITICAL FOCUS AREA.

SO JUST WANTING TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU.

WE FEEL ENGAGED.

WE ARE GLAD THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES.

OUR TEAMS ARE WORKING VERY HARD, BOTH GOVERNMENT AND CONTRACTOR.

WE'VE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE ISSUES, SUCH AS ROOFING AND COST OF THOSE THINGS.

AGAIN, WE'VE MADE GREAT PROGRESS WITH WITH HVAC.

MUCH MORE TO COME.

THE FINAL GROUP OF THE WATER SOURCE HEAT PUMPS IS A BIG ONE THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE, YOU KNOW, SOME FUNDING FOR THAT.

SO ONCE WE GET THAT, THEN ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT HAD THOSE ANTIQUATED SYSTEMS WILL HAVE BEEN UPGRADED.

ROOFTOP UNITS, YOU KNOW, AT HIGH SCHOOLS, WE'VE DONE THOMAS DALE.

WE'RE GETTING READY TO MANCHESTER THIS SUMMER.

WE'RE PLANNING FOR JAMES RIVER HIGH.

AND I'LL SHARE THOSE SYSTEMS INCLUDE SOME UV LIGHT, MS. HAINES.

IN THOSE AIR HANDLERS TO TRY TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE NEW TECHNOLOGY.

WE'RE AGAIN BLESSED TO HAVE THE FUNDING.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO EXECUTE IT AND PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO TO LEARN WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS FROM OUR MAJOR SYSTEMS GOING DOWN.

BUT THIS IS THE LEVEL OF INVESTMENT THAT WE NEED IT AND IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE.

SO AGAIN, THANKS TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN PROVIDING THIS LEVEL OF INVESTMENT, AND HOPEFULLY IT WON'T JUST BE A SURGE THAT THEN GOES AWAY AFTER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.

WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO INVEST IN REPLACE THESE SYSTEMS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE GOT TO BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT JUST A COMMENT, QUICK COMMENT, AND THAT IS I ACTUALLY HEARD OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MATOACA REPRESENTATIVE ON THE RADIO THE OTHER DAY, AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.

HE MENTIONED IT IN HIS COMMENTS.

HE WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY OF YOU AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND HOW WE'VE HANDLED MAJOR MAINTENANCE. I HAVE TO ADD, THOUGH, IT'S A LOT EASIER WITH AN ADDITIONAL $89 MILLION.

SO YES, WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

BUT WHEN YOU WE ONLY HAD 30 MILLION TO WORK WITH PRIOR AND NOW WE HAVE 120 MILLION.

SO AN EXTRA, YOU KNOW, 89, 90 MILLION MAKES IT LOOK LIKE, YEAH, WE'RE ROCK STARS, BUT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND WE'RE TAKING CARE OF A LOT OF THIS STUFF.

AND TO YOUR LAST POINT, I HOPE THE INVESTMENT IN THIS CONTINUES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

THANK YOU. WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS WITH ONLY $10 MILLION A YEAR. YES, YES.

BECAUSE THERE'S LOOK HOW MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN NEGLECTED FOR DECADES AND NOW WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM AND AND THE INFLUX OF MONEY HAS DEFINITELY HELPED AS WELL AS YOUR EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP.

SO THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.

THANK YOU, MA'AM. I HAVE A QUESTION, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR LIKE, WHAT'S YOUR TARGET NUMBER FOR A CRUISING BUDGET ALTITUDE? WHAT DO YOU SEE? SO WHEN WE LOOK AT IT'S A BENCHMARK THAT'S EMPLOYED BY THE COUNTY, ALSO 2.5 PERCENT OF THE REPLACEMENT VALUE OF YOUR FACILITIES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR SIZE OF OUR ENTERPRISE AT BEING WELL OVER $2 MILLION, THOSE NUMBERS CAN RANGE FROM 45 TO 60 MILLION A YEAR.

AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RAMPED UP NICELY TO THIS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN WITH ADDITIONAL STAFF, WE COULD EVEN DO MORE TO TRULY GET AHEAD. SO WE'LL LEAVE THAT MARK ON THE WALL.

AND IF IF THE TWO BOARDS CAN FIND THOSE RESOURCES AGAIN, THE COUNTY'S ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT REPORTS THAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED THAT GOAL FOR THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

BUT THIS IS A MUCH LARGER ENTERPRISE AND REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT TO REACH THAT BENCHMARK. EXCUSE ME, REAL QUICK QUESTION.

THESE PROJECTS TAKE YOU OUT TO WHAT YEAR? FOR THE SPENDING OF 2024? SO I'D SAY THE REVENUE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF WE CONTINUE TO GET AT LEAST 10 MILLION FROM THE OPERATING BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THE BONDS THAT WE HAVE, I ALWAYS PERCEIVE THAT THAT GROUP OF BONDS WAS KIND OF GOOD FOR THREE YEARS, YOU KNOW, 57 PLUS IT WAS, YOU

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WE COULD DO 22 A YEAR FOR THREE YEARS.

AND THEN FORTUNATELY, WE'VE RECEIVED THE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TAKING US UP. SO I THINK YOU AS A BOARD, WHEN YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT WHEN WILL THE THE RAMP GO DOWN? IT WOULD BE POSSIBLY AFTER FY '23.

THAT'S WHEN YOU NEED TO START THINKING HARD ABOUT WHERE IS THE NEXT LARGE SET OF RESOURCES COMING FROM TO MAINTAIN THE THE PROGRESS THAT WE'VE MADE.

THANK YOU, MS. HAINES. SO JUST REALLY WANTED TO APPLAUD ALL THE HVAC WORK AND THE UV INFILTRATION PIECE. I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I REALLY DO THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON AND MAYBE OTHER DISTRICTS AREN'T, SO WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THAT.

AND THEN ONE QUESTION I NOTICED IT SAID THAT ESSER II FUNDS WERE USED FOR THAT PIECE.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS PART OF THE THE COUNTY EDA.

THE 57 MILLION BONDS ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE UPGRADE.

SO IF YOU COULD ADDRESS THAT AS WELL? SURE. WHEN WE.

THANKS TO THE COUNTY FOR THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATIONS WE DID IN THE SUMMER OF 2020, AS THE NEW BONDS WERE BECOMING REALITY, I BRIEFED SEABACK ABOUT THE LEVEL AND THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, GOT REALLY INTERESTED AND SAY, HEY, YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE HE, YOU KNOW, ARE DISPLAYING A BIT OF COMPETENCE AND WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT IF WE GET YOU A BOND, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, WE DID PROJECT SOME, SOME PLANS THAT INITIALLY SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO LIKE HIRE SOMEBODY LIKE DEWBERRY TO HELP US ASSESS WHERE OUR CRITICAL NEEDS ARE.

AND THEY DID THAT FOR US, AND THEY REALLY, REALLY HELPED IN REGARDS TO MAKING DECISIONS ON THE HEAP OF FILTERS AND AND WHERE THEY NEEDED TO BE POSITIONED BECAUSE WE KNEW WHICH SCHOOLS HAD VENTILATIONS THAT WERE DESIGNED OF TODAY'S STANDARDS, AS OPPOSED TO0 NOT TO TODAY'S STANDARDS, BUT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED AT THAT TIME THAT THERE WERE FUTURE PROJECTS SUCH AS THE UV LIGHT.

AND WE DID HAVE SOME SLIDES AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET A BUNCH DONE BETWEEN I THINK IT WAS JULY IN NOVEMBER OF 21.

AND OK, WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO 30, 40 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS IN THOSE FOUR MONTHS.

BUT THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE DEWBERRY REPORT IS THAT IT DID SUGGEST THAT UV LIGHT WAS A GOOD WAY TO GO AND SCOTT'S TEAM HAS THEY ARE INVOLVED RIGHT NOW IN ASSESSING WHICH SCHOOLS AND EXACTLY WHAT THOSE SYSTEMS SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND I WENT TO A PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE IN OCTOBER AND I SAW SOME UNITS THAT GO ON THE FLOOR IN CLASSROOMS AND A LARGE CLASSROOM WOULD TAKE TWO OF THEM YOU.

IT WOULD COST ABOUT $3000 PER CLASSROOM, AND YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO RUN THOSE SYSTEMS WHILE STUDENTS ARE IN THE BUILDING BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING OUT UV LIGHT.

SO WE REALLY THINK THAT THE BEST SOLUTION IS THE UV LIGHT RIGHT IN THERE WITH THE AIR HANDLER ITSELF.

SO SCOPING OUT THOSE PROJECTS? AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE ESSER II MONEY, SO WE WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNDING IT SOLELY OUT OF THE BOND PROCEEDS.

NOW, ESSER II CAME ALONG, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY EARMARK SOME FOR FOR THIS PROJECT AND WE HAVEN'T IT SHARED IT YET.

BUT I WILL. THE TOUCHLESS WATER STATIONS HAVE COME IN WAY UNDER BUDGET.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE CAN SHIFT TO SOMETHING SUCH AS THIS IF WE WANT TO EARMARK MORE.

BUT AGAIN, WE'LL BE SHARING THOSE DETAILS WHEN WE GET SOME MORE CONFIDENT IN THOSE NUMBERS. AND IN EARLY JANUARY, SO WE HAD THE LARGE POT AND WE GOT SOME ADDITIONAL POTS WHEN WE WERE TO EARMARK IT.

AND I THINK WE HAVE A DECENT DISTRIBUTION OF THE PRIORITIES AND THE FUNDS.

SO UNDERSTANDING THE EXPENSE OF UV, WHAT'S IN FACT MOST FEASIBLE AND MOST EFFECTIVE WILL LEAD TO COST EFFECTIVE DECISIONS.

THANK YOU. GREAT EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. DAVIS.

JUST REALLY QUICK SOMETHING THAT I FIND.

VERY USEFUL, AND A LOT OF PARENTS WOULD PROBABLY REALLY LIKE TO KNOW THIS IS THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE UPDATED WITH STATE OF THE ART CLOSED CIRCUIT, TELEVISIONS FOR SECURITY, GETTING CAMERAS ON THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME OUT OF THERE WAS A SECURITY COMMITTEE THAT CAME TOGETHER A FEW YEARS AGO. THIS IS ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, ALSO THE SWIPE CARDS TO GET IT OUT OF SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF INDIVIDUAL KEYS, SO THAT WE'RE NOT WORRYING ABOUT KEEPING CONTROL OF KEYS AND THEN UNDER DR.

DAUGHERTY HAS BEEN WORKING.

THAT'S SOME OF THE SCHOOLS WHERE THE VESTIBULE WOULD ALLOW ENTRY DIRECTLY INTO THE SCHOOL ONCE IT CAME TO THIS FRONT DOOR AS OPPOSED TO GOING INTO AN OFFICE, AN AREA WHERE IF YOU WERE COMING IN TO DO SOME TYPE OF HARM, YOU'D BE ABLE TO BE AT LEAST STOPPED OR AT LEAST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RESISTANCE THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO SKIM OVER THAT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, ESPECIALLY AS A PARENT, I KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PARENTS OUT THERE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE TAKEN SECURITY OF OUR STUDENTS AND OF OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, VERY SERIOUSLY, AND IT'S ONE

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[D. Federal Aid Updates]

DAUGHERTY. I'D LIKE TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES TALKING TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FEDERAL AID THAT HAS COME OUR WAY SPECIFICALLY AT THE REQUEST OF THIS BOARD LAST MONTH AROUND ESSER.

BUT WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ENTIRETY OF THE FEDERAL AID PACKAGE.

THIS REALLY HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S ABILITY TO EXECUTE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, REALLY KEY TO CONTINUITY OF SERVICE BEING THE KEY WORD HERE.

EVERYTHING FROM ENSURING SAFE BUILDINGS AND SAFE ENVIRONMENTS TO ALL, REALLY ENABLING THE ABILITY TO OFFER BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION AND REALLY STARTING TO LEAN INTO THE FIRST OF WHAT WILL BE SEVERAL STEPS ON THAT JOURNEY TO FULFILL THE LEARNING NEEDS OF OUR CHILDREN, AS WELL AS PROVIDE DIFFERENTIATED, EASY FOR ME TO SAY SUPPORT FOR THOSE FOLKS, MOST IN NEED.

WE'RE DOING THIS ALL WITH THE EYE TOWARDS THIS IS IN FACT ONE TIME FUNDS AND IT DOES RUN OUT. SO WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS FROM THE EYE OF REALLY WHAT IS WORKING.

LET'S LOOK AT THE ROI.

LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PLAN TO TO.

EITHER CONTINUE AND BUILD IT INTO THE OPERATING PLAN OR STOP SERVICES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE GET TO THE FUNDING CLIFF.

WITH THAT AS BACKGROUND, YOU CAN SEE HERE A LIST OF ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN SINCE THE START OF THE PANDEMIC.

STARTING FROM THE LEFT, YOU SEE THE CARES ACT, THE ORIGINAL CARES ACT.

WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THE FIVE AND A HALF FIVE POINT SIX MILLION THAT WE RECEIVED FROM ESSER I. YOU NOTICE SOME OF THE OTHER DOLLARS IN THERE THAT WE WON'T TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW, THIS CARES HERE IS ABOUT 11 MILLION.

THIS LIST DOES NOT INCLUDE THE 17 MILLION OF CARES DOLLARS THAT WERE ALLOCATED FROM CHESTERFIELD COUNTY TO US.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT UNDERSTATED WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT IS MORE EASILY PRONOUNCED.

ESSER II IS THE BIG ONE HERE THAT WAS ABOUT TWENTY THREE MILLION.

AND LASTLY, THE ARPA OR AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF ABOUT SIXTY EIGHT IS EMBEDDED IN HERE. THE BIG PIECE OF THAT BEING ESSEER III AT FIFTY ONE MILLION.

BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS ON HERE THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO MENTION WE WON'T DOVE TOO MUCH INTO IT.

YOU ALREADY HEARD MR. DAVIS TALK ABOUT CSLFRF OR THE HVAC GRANT OF JUST OVER 12 MILLION.

THAT'S PART OF THAT, AND YOU SEE A NUMBER OF SMALLER IDEA GRANTS WHEN YOU PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER AMOUNTS TO OVER $3 MILLION OF FEDERAL AID DIRECTED DIRECTLY TO OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENTS IN NEED. YOU CAN SEE A HANDFUL OF OTHER ITEMS INCLUDED THERE AS WELL.

A LOT OF WORDS HERE, BUT THE KEY HERE IS THE TIMING ESSER I SET TO EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER 2022, ESSER II THE TWENTY THREE MILLION SET TO EXPIRE IN SEPTEMBER.

2023 AND LASTLY, ESSER III SEPTEMBER 2024.

THE USE FOR THESE FUNDS DOES NOT MATERIALLY CHANGE AS YOU GO ACROSS THESE, WITH THE ONLY EXCEPTION BEING WITH THE ESSER III GRANT, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT WE SPEND 20 PERCENT OF THESE FUNDS TO ADDRESS LEARNING LOSS.

I CAN ASSURE THE BOARD THAT WE'RE WELL NORTH OF THAT.

OUR ESTIMATES ARE 50 PERCENT PLUS, SO THAT IS NOT AT RISK HERE WHEN WE TALK TO YOU ORIGINALLY ABOUT THESE USE OF FUNDS.

THE SUMMARY IS SITTING HERE.

YOU'LL SEE NOTHING OF SURPRISE HERE.

WE'VE LARGELY KEPT TO THESE PRIMARY GOALS AND MANDATES AND HAVE MAINTAINED A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH AS NEEDS HAVE EVOLVED AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THOSE AS WE GO THROUGH, WE'LL LEAD IN WITH ESSER I THAT'S ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF MILLION. SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE.

IF YOU RECALL ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION, WE SPEND TWO POINT FOUR MILLION ON SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND ESL TEACHERS IN FISCAL YEAR 20 BEFORE THE STATE FUNDING FOR THOSE POSITIONS CAME UP.

THIS WAS ABOUT WE MADE. THIS WAS ABOUT THAT.

WE WERE SUCCESSFUL THAT ARE NOW CURRENTLY EMBEDDED IN OUR OPERATING PLAN.

WE ALSO SPENT ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS IN FY 20 SUMMER SCHOOL AND OTHER ASSORTED LEARNING AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

AND ONE OF THOSE PLACES WHERE WE'VE HAD A PIVOT IS THE LAST BUCKET, WHERE WE'VE LEVERAGED ESSER I TO REALLY SUPPORT TRAFFIC CONTROL DURING PICK UP AND DROP OFF TIMES AS WE'VE HAD OBVIOUSLY A. TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT THEY WERE, WHICH LED TO MORE PARENTS DROPPING KIDS OFF, WHICH HAS LED TO A NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL OUTSIDE OF THOSE BUILDINGS TAKEN CARE OF.

HERE'S THE NUMBER CHART.

YOU CAN STARE AT THIS OFF LINE IF YOU WISH, THE KEY THING ON THIS PAGE IS ESSER I WE HAVE JUST UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS LEFT TO SPEND.

WE FULLY ANTICIPATE EXPENDING THAT FUNDS REALLY IN TWO MAIN PLACES.

ONE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SPEND IN THAT INSTRUCTION CATEGORY THAT 170 MILLION IS LARGELY RELATED TO TUTORS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE TUTORS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND THE LAST ONE, ABOUT 775 OF THAT WILL BE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THAT TRAFFIC CONTROL ACTIVITY

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ESSER II A BIGGER BUCKET OVER 20 MILLION SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS HERE ABOUT THREE MILLION IN CHROMEBOOKS AND OTHER CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY, JUST UNDER SIX MILLION IN SCHOOL BUILDING UPGRADES. YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD JOSH TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THIS, INCLUDING THE HVAC WORK, TOUCHLESS LIGHTS, ET CETERA.

AS WE LEARN THINGS LIKE SOME OF THIS TOUCH LIST IS ACTUALLY COMING IN LAST WEEK AND REALLOCATE SOME OF THIS MONEY, BUT CURRENTLY IT'S ALL ENCUMBERED UNDER THIS ROUGHLY SIX MILLION. AND LASTLY, ABOUT TWO MILLION ON SUMMER SCHOOL INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPLIES, OTHER LITERACY NEEDS THAT WE HAVE SPENT OR EXPECT TO SPEND IN THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OUT OF OR TWO LOOKING AT THE MORE DETAILED VIEW HERE.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF INTERESTING THINGS THAT I'LL POINT YOUR EYE TO.

FIRST IS THE BOTTOM LINE.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE EXPECT TO SPEND ABOUT HALF OF OUR ALLOCATION THIS YEAR, 11 AND A HALF MILLION OF THAT 22 AND CHANGE MILLION DOLLARS.

SO WE'RE ON TRACK TO EXPEND THIS FUND, AS YOU WOULD EXPECT.

THE THING THAT IS PERHAPS INTERESTING AND NOTEWORTHY HERE IS THAT SUMMER SCHOOL LINE.

WHEN WE ROLLED OUT ESSER II, WE FULLY ANTICIPATED THAT BEING THE LARGEST LARGEST PORTION OF OUR SPEND IN THIS GROUP.

YOU CAN SEE WE SPENT JUST A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN SUMMER SCHOOL THIS PAST SUMMER FY OR SUMMER OF 2021.

WE ACTUALLY SPENT CLOSER TO FIVE MILLION AS A DISTRICT.

HOWEVER, THE STATE CALCULATION PROVIDED MORE FUNDING FOR SUMMER SCHOOL THAN WE HAD INTENDED OR WITHIN WE HAD EXPECTED AT THE TIME WE MADE THE ESSER ALLOCATION AND THE WAY THE FUNDING RULES WORK.

WE HAVE TO SPEND THE STATE MONEY FIRST OR WE LOSE IT.

SO WE DID THAT, WHICH LEAVES US IN A POSITION OF HAVING, QUITE FRANKLY, JUST OVER NINE MILLION LEFT IN THIS BUCKET.

I'M NOT PROPOSING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD TO REALLOCATE THAT JUST YET.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT SUMMER SCHOOL TWENTY TWO LOOKS LIKE, BUT I FULLY ANTICIPATE THAT THAT'S A BUCKET THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS BOARD WITH SOME OTHER OPTIONS AS WE LEARN WHAT SUMMER SCHOOL LOOKS LIKE GOING FORWARD.

THE LAST BIG GROUP WE'LL TALK ABOUT QUICKLY HERE IS ESSER III, A BIGGER POT OF MONEY OVER 50 MILLION, SO THERE'S A FEW MORE GRAPHICS HERE.

THE BIG PIECE OF THIS IS THAT FOR SEVEN MILLION ON VIRTUAL LEARNING OR A VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY CCPS ONLINE, THIS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN WE ANTICIPATED THIS YEAR AS WE HAD A INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT IN VLA, ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND ABOUT SEVEN MILLION IN THAT PROGRAM IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. ANOTHER TWO AND A HALF MILLION ON CHROMEBOOK AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.

SIX MILLION ON SOME OF THAT DIFFERENTIAL SUPPORT TO OUR STUDENTS, LONG TERM SUBS, TUTORS, ET CETERA. A COUPLE MILLION ON LITERACY, PRIMARILY SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT THAT.

AND LASTLY, ABOUT A MILLION THUS FAR IN OUR BONUSES THAT WE PUT FORWARD FOR HARD TO STAFF AREAS LIKE BUS DRIVERS AND FOOD SERVICE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

LOOKING AT THE WALL OF NUMBERS CHART FOR ESSER III, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT WE EXPECT TO EXPEND ABOUT 20 MILLION THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL LEAVE US 30 MILLION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THIS GRANT.

SO ESSENTIALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ON YEAR ONE OF THREE YEAR PLAN ON ESSER III WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FLEXIBILITY AS WE GO THROUGH.

THIS IS WHERE I'LL PAUSE AND SAY WE ARE STARTING TO ACTIVELY LOOK AT EACH OF THESE INVESTMENTS THAT DOES HAVE THAT TAIL WHERE WE PUT IN INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY OR SOFTWARE, ET CETERA.

WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH DR.

POPE, DR. HIGH, DR.

TILLMAN, ET CETERA, ACROSS THE ENTITY TO REALLY START TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT THE RIGHT METRICS ARE. WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT FOR THESE METRICS TO ENSURE THAT WE MAKE A SMART DECISION AS WE GO FORWARD IN FISCAL YEAR 23-24 AS THESE FUNDS ULTIMATELY WIND DOWN.

AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT SUSTAINABILITY POINT IN THIS GRAPH WHERE YOU CAN SEE WE'RE GOING TO PEAK IN OUR SPENDING AND ENCUMBRANCE IN FY 22 OF JUST UNDER 40 MILLION THIS YEAR, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT COME DOWN TO AS IT CURRENTLY STATES RIGHT AROUND 15 IN FY 24.

AS WE GO FORWARD AND WORK ON FUTURE BUDGETS, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO MAKE THIS CLIFF EVEN SMALLER IN THAT TWENTY FOUR REALLY BE MORE ABOUT MORE ONE TIME ITEMS THAT COME UP AS WE BUILD BUDGETS AND HOPE TO BUILD POSITIONS INTO THE PLAN.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO TO WALK THROUGH THAT WITH YOU, AND I'LL PAUSE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER BOARD MEMBERS.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? BEFORE WE DO MOVE INTO DISCUSSION, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE KIND OF ON A TIGHT SCHEDULE, SO IF WE COULD REALLY JUST KEEP IT ANY REALLY BURNING QUESTIONS MS. HAINES.

MY ONLY BURNING QUESTION IS THE I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 11, THE NEW TEACHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR.

23-24. I REMEMBER THAT THAT WAS AN UNFUNDED ITEM FROM THIS PAST BUDGET AND I GUESS JUST GIVEN THE EXTREME TEACHER SHORTAGES, AND I KNOW THAT METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM HAS LINKED RETAINING TEACHERS TO A MENTORING PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST THREE THREE YEARS. I THINK IT IS LIKE IS WAITING UNTIL FISCAL YEAR.

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I'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DELAY AND ALSO IT WENT FROM 500000 TO A MILLION.

SO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CHANGES THERE.

YEAH, NO. NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

WHAT HAS CHANGED IS WE HAVE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR EACH OF THREE YEARS IN HERE AFTER TWO HAD THE OTHER FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND RIGHT NOW, WHICH WOULD BE THIS YEAR.

QUITE FRANKLY, THE PROJECT IS IN PROCUREMENT AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH WITH THE VENDOR AND GETTING THE BIDS THROUGH, ET CETERA, DEPENDING ON HOW FAST THAT GOES.

QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND 520 THOUSAND THIS YEAR, GIVEN THE TIMELINE HAS TAKEN TO GET THAT THROUGH PROCUREMENT, ET CETERA.

SO THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE THE FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS THAT WE HAD SAID ORIGINALLY.

GOT IT. THANKS, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE ONE QUICK REQUEST.

YES, MA'AM. I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS SET ASIDE TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONTROL ISSUES IN OUR SCHOOLS, GOING SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE WHEN THOSE PLANS ARE KIND OF IN PLACE.

I WOULD LOVE FOR THE BOARD TO BE UPDATED JUST WITH AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHAT OUR FAMILIES CAN EXPECT GOING FORWARD.

THAT'S THAT'S ALL.

I WILL SAY THIS IS TO CONTINUE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING THUS FAR THIS YEAR. SO I DON'T THINK THE PLANS ARE EXPECTED TO NECESSARILY CHANGE AS YOU SEE THE TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICERS IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOLS.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS PAYING FOR.

OKAY. YEAH. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE.

I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KNOW WHAT OUR REVENUE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE ASR FUNDS AND THEN HOW WE'RE SPENDING IT AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS GOING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING THE UPDATE.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO ASK MERV, WHEN DO YOU THINK HE MIGHT HAVE A PLAN FOR THAT $9 MILLION ON SUMMER SCHOOL TO PRESENT TO US BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR WHAT A ROBUST SUMMER SCHOOL WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH $9 MILLION AS A TAGLINE.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, A TICKET OUT THERE.

LET'S NOT GET CARRIED AWAY [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THE REASON WE HAVE THE MONEY IS BECAUSE THE STATE CAME UP WITH 3.8 MILLION.

SO WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO COME UP WITH THIS THIS YEAR.

WE ARE GOING TO ASSUME THAT THEY ARE STILL GOING TO USE THEIR ESSER MONEY TO PAY FOR A SUMMER SCHOOL. AND IF THAT CONTINUES, REMEMBER THIS MONEY RUNS OUT IN SEPTEMBER '24.

WE WILL HAVE TO REALLOCATE FOR OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL REASONS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND IT OTHER PLACES, SO IT WILL BE USED FOR INSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMING FOR CAMPS FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.

WE PLAN ON RUNNING A SIMILAR ROBUST SUMMER SCHOOL THIS YEAR WITH TRANSPORTATION IN OUR SCHOOL. SO OUR GOAL WAS IN OUR PLAN PUT TOGETHER BY DR.

POPE AND DR. HIGH WAS TO RUN AND MAKE SURE WE RAN THROUGH THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SUMMER 22, SUMMER 23, AND SUMMER 24, NOW WE PLAN ON MAKING SURE WE SPEND THAT MONEY FOR OUR SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMING AND THEN REEVALUATE WHAT THE STATE'S GOING TO DO WITH SUMMER SCHOOL AFTER THAT.

OK. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER? NEXT, WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE MS.

[E. Environmental Stewardship Advisory Committee Report]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS NICOLE ROWLAND, AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE CCPS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

THE ESAC, AS WE ARE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN, WAS PROPOSED BY THE CURRENT SCHOOL BOARD PRIOR TO THE START OF THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

ITS CHARGES TO REVIEW, EVALUATE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH REGARD TO CURRENT AND BEST PRACTICE EFFORTS TO SUSTAIN AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AS DIRECTLY TIED TO SCHOOL OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES, AS WELL AS GENERAL PUBLIC AWARENESS.

THE COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF 10 CITIZEN MEMBERS, WITH TWO MEMBERS REPRESENTING EACH MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, AND OUR CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE LISTED HERE IN THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

MRS. ANN COKER AND MRS. KATHRYN HAINES SERVE AS THE SCHOOL BOARD LIAISONS TO THE COMMITTEE.

MR. JOSH DAVIS, CCPS COO, SERVES AS OUR STAFF LIAISON AND ADDITIONAL CCPS STAFF ATTEND OUR MEETINGS AS AN AS NEEDED ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION RELATED TO THOSE AREAS IN WHICH THE COMMITTEE WISHES TO FOCUS.

TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.

ESAC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT NUMEROUS SCHOOL BOARD PRIORITIES, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY AND EFFICIENT FACILITIES, WASTE REDUCTION FACILITY, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, USE OF LOCAL FOOD AND OUTDOOR TIME FOR STUDENTS.

OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS THAT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY BEGAN A STUDY INTO THE CREATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PLAN.

FOR THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DEFINES ENVIRONMENTAL

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THIS PLAN, PRODUCED BY THE COUNTY, WOULD OUTLINE LESSONS THAT ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL IN SUPPORT OF THE BOARD INITIATIVES OF MENTAL HEALTH, HIGH QUALITY AND EFFICIENT FACILITIES, WASTE REDUCTION, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, LOCAL FOOD AND OUTDOOR TIME FOR STUDENTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PLAN WOULD CREATE A CONCRETE MEANS OF INCORPORATING THESE GOALS INTO DAILY INSTRUCTION. THE VIDEO HAS DISSEMINATED A TEMPLATE CREATED BY THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION, WHICH COULD BE USED AS A STARTING POINT FOR THIS WORK AND ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY PLAN SHOULD BE PART OF A POST-COVID LEARNING RECOVERY PLAN.

THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER STIPENDS FOR TEACHERS OR STAFF MEMBERS WHO PARTICIPATE IN THE CREATION OF THE PLAN OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN, PERHAPS AS A SCHOOL LIAISON TO ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

OUR SECOND RECOMMENDATION IS A WASTE REDUCTION INITIATIVE, RECYCLING SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF WASTE SENT TO COUNTY LANDFILLS, WHERE DECOMPOSITION OF TRASH EMIT TOXINS, INCLUDING METHANE, WHICH TRAPS SOLAR RADIATION CONTRIBUTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE, POLLUTES GROUNDWATER, DAMAGES THE QUALITY OF SURROUNDING SOIL AND ADVERSELY AFFECTS HUMAN HEALTH, ACCORDING TO MR. JOHN H. THUMA, DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE FOR CCPS.

EACH SCHOOL HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF TRASH CANS AND RECYCLING BINS, AS WELL AS AN EIGHT YARD RECYCLING DUMPSTER.

WRITTEN INTO THE CUSTODIAL CONTRACT IS THE REQUIREMENT TO DISPOSE OF THE CONTENTS OF THE RECYCLING BINS INTO THE RECYCLING DUMPSTER.

HOWEVER, FACILITIES AND CUSTODIAL CONTRACTORS CANNOT CONTROL WHAT IS PLACED INTO THE RECYCLING BINS, NOR CAN THEY BE EXPECTED TO SORT THE TRASH.

CONSEQUENTLY, HOW MUCH IS ACTUALLY RECYCLED VARIES WIDELY FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS PLACED IN THE RECYCLE BINS.

STUDENT AND FACULTY INVOLVEMENT IS THE KEY TO PROPER RECYCLING.

IN THE PAST, TEACHER VOLUNTEERS WERE ASKED TO TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF RECYCLING CHAMPION AT THE SCHOOL.

WITH THE EVER INCREASING WORKLOAD ON SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, IT WOULD NOT BE REASONABLE OR CONSISTENT TO EXPECT VOLUNTEERS TO OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO PROVIDE STIPENDS FOR TEACHERS WILLING TO SERVE AS SCHOOL RECYCLING MANAGERS IS SUGGESTED.

RECYCLING MANAGERS WOULD NEED TRAINING AND HOW TO EDUCATE STAFF AND STUDENTS ON RECYCLING PROCEDURES AND ADDITIONAL RELATIVELY SMALL EXPENDITURE COULD BE THE PRINTING OF POSTERS WITH RECYCLING DIRECTIONS.

DISPOSABLE ITEMS USED TO SERVE CHILDREN, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH ADD UP TO A HUGE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT CCPS IS PUTTING INTO LANDFILLS.

BESIDES CUTTING BACK ON THAT WASTE, THERE ARE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND PROCURING ALL THE ITEMS NEEDED, AS WELL AS COST SAVINGS TO CONSIDER IN SWITCHING TO REUSABLE BAGS.

WE RECOMMEND THE USE OF REUSABLE ITEMS FOR USE IN THE CAFETERIAS TO INCLUDE TRAYS, UTENSILS, PLATES AND FOOD CONTAINERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WE FURTHER RECOMMEND LOOKING INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF STARTING COMPOSTING PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS, COMPOSTING APPROPRIATE FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS AND STUDENTS, AND HAVING STUDENTS ACTUALLY MEASURE FOOD WASTE TO CREATE.

THIS WOULD HELP CREATE GOALS THAT REDUCE FOOD WASTE, CONTRIBUTING TO LESS LANDFILL WASTE FOR CCPS.

RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE IS PERTAINING TO FACILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE AS THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH.

ESAC IS RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING INITIATIVES TO REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT, REDUCE OUR LONG TERM COST OF OWNERSHIP AND PROCURE HIGH PERFORMANCE BUILDINGS FOR OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF. ESAC RECOMMENDS THAT CCPS INCORPORATE REQUIREMENTS FOR ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION FIRMS TO DEMONSTRATE INNOVATION FOR ENERGY USE REDUCTION AND REDUCE WASTE IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. AREAS OF FOCUS WOULD INCLUDE ENERGY CONSERVATION, DEMAND RESPONSE, EQUIPMENT SELECTION, PRODUCTION METHODS AND RENEWABLES, AS WELL AS CONSTRUCTION PROCUREMENT METHODS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AND COMMISSIONING APPROACH.

CCPS SHOULD OBTAIN A RENEWABLES FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT FOR ALL NEW CONSTRUCTION TO ALLOW LEADERSHIP THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER WHETHER RENEWABLES CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION. THE COST BENEFIT OF RENEWABLES, SUCH AS SOLAR PV, HAS IMPROVED DRAMATICALLY OVER THE LAST TWO TWO DECADES AND IS AT OR NEAR THE POINT WHERE ALL NEW CCPS FACILITIES SHOULD INCLUDE RENEWABLES.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF UPFRONT CAPITAL COSTS ARE STILL HIGH, ESAC IS RECOMMENDING THAT AT A MINIMUM, ALL NEW CCPS FACILITIES ARE DESIGNED TO BE RENEWABLE READY, MEANING STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS ALL ELECTRICAL, HVAC AND WATER HEATING EQUIPMENT ARE BUILT INTO THE FACILITY AT ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION TO ALLOW FOR THE ADDITION OF ONSITE GENERATION FOR RENEWABLES IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

THE TERM EMBODIED CARBON DESCRIBES THE ENERGY USED IN EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT AND

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HOWEVER, UNDERSTANDING ITS FULL IMPACT IS STILL CHALLENGING AT BEST.

WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE CCPS BE A LEADER IN STARTING THE CONVERSATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CARBON IMPACT OF MANUFACTURING, SHIPPING AND CONSTRUCTION OF OUR NEW FACILITIES.

ESAC RECOMMENDS THAT CCPS CREATE AND INCLUDE AN EMBODIED CARBON SPECIFICATION IN OUR DESIGN SPECS THAT REQUIRES, AT MINIMUM, A REPORT FROM PROSPECTIVE CONTRACTORS ON THE CARBON IMPACT OF THEIR PROPOSALS.

ALL TOO OFTEN, THE FINAL STEP OF CONFIRMING EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION AND OPERATION IS TAKEN AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT BECAUSE IT'S THE LEAST IMPACTFUL TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

HOWEVER, IT'S THE MOST IMPACTFUL TO THE OPERATION PHASE, WHICH CONSTITUTES 80 TO 90 PERCENT OF THE ENERGY THAT A BUILDING WILL USE OVER ITS LIFE.

ESAC RECOMMENDS THAT CCPS CONTINUES THE EFFORT IT BEGAN IN 2020 OF ASSESSING THE OUTDOOR AIR CAPABILITIES IN EACH FACILITY AND EXPAND THAT TO A FULL RETRO COMMISSIONING OF ALL CCPS FACILITIES, PRIORITIZING THE HIGHEST ENERGY USE SITES WITH THE MOST COMPLICATED HVAC SYSTEMS. RETRO COMMISSIONING BUILDINGS PROVIDES IMPROVED COMFORT CONTROL, ALONG WITH ENERGY COST SAVINGS THAT OFTEN WILL OFFSET PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY THE COST OF THE EFFORT. ESAC IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNTY EXPAND THE SMART METERING PROGRAM TO ALL FACILITIES. BENEFITS INCLUDE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF ENERGY USE DEMAND RESPONSE PROGRAMS TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE HIGHEST PEAK COSTS FOR UTILITIES, SPECIFICALLY ELECTRICITY.

IDENTIFICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION.

IDENTIFICATION OF SYSTEM ISSUES THAT IMPACT COMFORT AND FACILITY PERFORMANCE.

IDENTIFICATION OF BILLING ERRORS.

AND THE ABILITY TO HAVE THEM CORRECTED.

AND DASHBOARD INFORMATION THAT IS ABLE TO BE SHARED BY LEADERSHIP WITH EDUCATORS, STUDENTS AND CONSTITUENTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

WE HAVE INCLUDED AN APPENDIX WITH AN ADDITIONAL DETAILS FOR A REFERENCE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOWARDS THESE GOALS IN THE FUTURE AND I WOULD LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

THANK YOU, MS. ROLAND.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NICOLE, I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE PRESENTING TODAY AND YOU DID LEAVE OUT ON YOUR INTRO AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON BLAST, BUT NICOLE IS A TEACHER AT PROVIDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND . WELL, TOMAHAWK CREEK NOW.

OK, WELL, WHEN I KNEW YOU, YOU WERE ONCE A RAM, ALWAYS A RAM.

BUT IT DIDN'T TAKE ME LONG AFTER WALKING INTO THE BUILDING AS A TEACHER TO KNOW THAT YOU THIS IS YOUR PASSION, AND I REALLY FEEL THAT WE WERE SO LUCKY THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO CONTINUE TO PUT YOUR PASSION INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WORK ON THIS COMMITTEE WITH US.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THE COMMITTEE'S TIME.

WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL DIGGING INTO IT AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THIS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT.

I'M REALLY PROUD OF THE ESAC COMMITTEE.

YOU ALL HAVE DONE GREAT WORK THIS YEAR.

YOU TOOK AN IDEA THAT THE BOARD HAD AND YOU RAN WITH IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THOSE UNDER CONSIDERATION AND MOVE FORWARD.

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I JUST HAVE TO SHARE BECAUSE A CONSTITUENT SENT ME A LETTER YESTERDAY THAT WAS DATED 2009, IT WAS FROM SUPERINTENDENT MARCUS NEWSOM TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

I JUST HAVE TO. THE LETTER CLOSES WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT QUOTE "WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO TAKING ALL STEPS POSSIBLE TO REDUCE OUR ENERGY COSTS.

WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO APPLY FOR A 2.3 MILLION STIMULUS GRANT THAT COULD CHANGE THE MAJORITY OF OUR LIGHTING TO BECOME MORE ENERGY EFFICIENT, AND WILL ENSURE THAT ANY FUTURE NEW SCHOOL IS LEED CERTIFIED," END QUOTE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNSIDE OF POLITICS IS WHEN YOU HAVE CHANGE OVER, CERTAIN INITIATIVES GET LOST. SO I JUST THINK IT'S INCREDIBLE TIMING THAT YOU ARE PICKING BACK UP WHAT WAS ONCE A PASSION AND FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT OUR PREVIOUS CIP CONVERSATION; RIGHT? AS WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT FORTH A NEW BOND REFERENDUM.

JUST THE TIMING SEEMS AMAZING SINCE I READ THIS LETTER.

CAN YOU TELL I'M A LITTLE EXCITED? LEAD GOAL LEAD GOALS ARE CREATING HEALTHY, HIGHLY EFFICIENT AND COST SAVING GREEN BUILDINGS. I'M WONDERING HOW OUR 2022 BOND REFERENDUM IS GOING TO MEET THOSE GOALS, AND I FEEL LIKE ESAC WILL HELP SHOW US THAT WAY.

SO THANKS. YEAH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION, MS. ROLAND, AND TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS. NEXT UP, WE DO HAVE A REVIEW OF THE DRAFT YEAR, YEAR ROUND SCHOOL

[F. 2022-24 Year-Round Calendars Draft Review]

DR. POPE, DR.

BOOTH, YOU JUST WANT TO BE HERE.

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BOOTH AND HER WONDERFUL WORK WITH THE SLIDE DECK AND OUR TWO YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS.

AGAIN, GREETINGS BOARD CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

DAUGHERTY BEFORE YOU SEE THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH WITH THIS SLIDE DECK. IT WASN'T LONG AGO THAT I WAS BEFORE YOU WITH THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CALENDARS THAT WE LOOKED AT AND REVIEWED, RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND APPROVED FOR THREE YEARS.

WHEN WE LOOK NOW AT OUR YEAR ROUND SCHOOL CALENDARS, WE CAN SEE ON THE HIGHLIGHT SLIDE HERE. ITEMS THAT JUST MAY BE OF INTEREST FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE COMPARING THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR TO THE SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR.

AND WE HAVE MANY SIMILARITIES, INCLUDING THE STAGGERED START.

FOR OUR KINDERGARTNERS, SEVEN WEEKS OF INTERCESSION IS DIFFERENT.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT WITH OUR TRADITIONAL CALENDAR.

INSTEAD, WE HAVE SUMMER SCHOOL.

BUT THE HOLIDAYS, THE WINTER AND SPRING BREAK, THE NEW TEACHER AND THE TEACHER ASSIGNED WORKDAYS ARE ALL THE SAME WHEN YOU COMPARE ACROSS THE CALENDARS.

AS I MENTIONED WITH THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR WHEN PRESENTING TO YOU, OF COURSE, THESE CALENDARS ALSO ABIDE BY VIRGINIA CODE.

AND LIKE IN OUR TRADITIONAL CALENDAR PROCESS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE MANY PARTICIPANTS WHO REVIEW AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

THE NEXT LAYER OF FEEDBACK WILL BE THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND THAT WILL BE OPEN THROUGH THE END OF BUSINESS ON JANUARY 3RD.

AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK HERE IN JANUARY, HOPEFULLY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND POTENTIAL APPROVAL OF THE CALENDARS THAT YOU SEE DRAFTED ON THESE TWO SLIDES.

YOU WILL NOTE THAT THIS PRESENTATION CONTAINS TWO YEARS WORTH OF CALENDARS, THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR WE BROUGHT FORWARD THREE YEARS.

SO YOU MAY BE ASKING WHY? WELL, WE ARE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE DOLLARS THAT WE ARE ENTRUSTED TO SPEND WISELY FOR OUR DISTRICT, AND WE DO CONSIDER OUTCOMES BASED WHEN WE'RE SPENDING MONEY.

SO AS OUR YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS CURRENTLY OUR GRANT FUNDED FOR THEIR INNER SESSIONS, WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT AS THAT GRANT FUNDING ENDS.

ARE THESE PROGRAMS? IS THIS MODEL A GOOD FIT FOR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS? AND WE WILL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THAT.

THAT IS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR A REVIEW THROUGH 23-24.

WE FEEL AT THAT POINT WE WILL HAVE SUFFICIENT DATA TO MAKE SOME GOOD DETERMINATIONS ON THE MODEL OR EVEN POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THE MODEL.

WE'LL SEE. AND THEN FINALLY, YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON, THIS IS A VERY TYPICAL SLIDE THAT WE PUT IN THESE PRESENTATIONS, BUT JUST FOR FAMILIES WHO MAY BE CURIOUS, HOW DO THE 11 WEEKS OF STUDENT BREAK ACROSS THE SCHOOL YEAR WITH INNER SESSIONS AND SUMMER? SO WE LISTED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE SLIDE DECK FOR ANYONE INTERESTED.

AND AS WE DID WITH THE TRADITIONAL SLIDE DECK PRESENTATION FOR THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR, THE MAKE UP STATEMENT ON THESE CALENDARS WILL STAY THE SAME AS WELL AS OUR STAFF AT OUR TWO YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS.

BEING AWARE THAT AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE WILL PROVIDE MORE SERVICE IN WINTER BREAK BY HAVING MORE DAYS OPEN AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL.

THAT IS EVERYTHING WITH THAT SLIDE DECK.

MOVE THROUGH IT QUICKLY BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE CRUNCHED ON TIME THAT NO WAY IS A STATEMENT ABOUT OUR YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS.

WE WANT TO GIVE THEM JUST AS MUCH TIME, ATTENTION AND CARE AS ANY OF OUR OTHER SCHOOLS.

BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS DECK, WE CAN MOVE TO OUR LAST DECK OF THE WORK SESSION.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION OR CAN WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE? OK, I WILL HAVE DR.

[G. Assessment Overview]

AND AGAIN, GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF YOU.

AND DR. PERKINS, IN CASE ANYONE IS NOT AWARE, SHE IS OUR DIRECTOR FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT, AND SHE OVERSEES OUR ASSESSMENT OFFICE.

I JUST WANTED TO LEAD WITH AN INTRODUCTION.

OF COURSE, THESE ARE THE TOPICS WE'RE GOING TO COVER WITH YOU VERY QUICKLY.

BUT WE'VE HEARD SPEAKERS AT THE MICROPHONE.

WE KNOW WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE NUMBER OF ASSESSMENTS THAT OCCUR IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND SO I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT TO START WITH JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE WHY . THE WHY CAN BE CAPTURED IN ONE WORD, BASICALLY, AND IT'S ACCOUNTABILITY.

STANDARDIZED TESTING HOLDS US ALL ACCOUNTABLE TO THE IDEALS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

IMAGINE TOMORROW, AND AS YOU ALL VERY WELL KNOW IN THAT PLAN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STRIVE FOR IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES AT LEAST ONE YEAR OR MORE OF GROWTH FOR EVERY ACADEMIC YEAR OF INVESTMENT.

WE ALSO ARE COMMITTED IN THAT STRATEGIC PLAN TO PERSONALIZING INSTRUCTION FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS HELP GUIDE US IN WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT NEEDS, AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW WE'VE HAD OTHER DISCUSSIONS AND OTHER PRESENTATIONS THAT AS COVID HAS IMPACTED OUR STUDENT LEARNING.

WE HAVE STUDENTS COMING TO US WITH LEARNING GAPS AS UNIQUE AS EACH OF THEIR FINGERPRINTS, AND WE NEED GOOD INFORMATION ON HOW TO GUIDE INSTRUCTION TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.

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OF COURSE, IT HELPS US ASSESS THE LEARNING THAT HAS HAPPENED AT THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT LEVEL. IT IS ALSO A SOURCE OF TRUTH FOR US AS WE LOOK FROM STUDENT TO STUDENT CLASSROOM TO CLASSROOM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL ACROSS CCPS ACROSS THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND EVEN BEYOND ACROSS THE NATION.

AND FINALLY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THOSE STUDENT GROUPS, IT HELPS US ENSURE THAT NO GROUP OF STUDENTS ARE BEING LEFT BEHIND AND THAT THEY ARE ALL SUCCEEDING, THRIVING, ACHIEVING BEYOND ASSESSMENT OF LEARNING, IT CAN BE ASSESSMENT FOR LEARNING.

AND THIS IS WHEN WE HAVE THOSE TEACHERS WHO TRULY EMBRACE THE POWER OF THE INFORMATION THAT CAN BE GLEANED FROM ASSESSMENTS.

THEY GUIDE THEIR INSTRUCTION.

THEY UNDERSTAND INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS LEARNING GAPS, AND THEY ACTUALLY CATER THAT INSTRUCTION TO HELP FILL THOSE GAPS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THIS PRESENTATION IS WE WANTED TO CLEARLY SAY NOT JUST TO YOU, THE BOARD, BUT TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE LISTENING.

WE HEAR OUR TEACHERS, WE HEAR OUR FAMILIES AND WE UNDERSTAND THEIR WISH, THEIR DESIRE FOR LESS ASSESSMENTS.

WE HEAR AND AGREE THAT THE SECOND, THE FIFTH AND THE EIGHTH GRADE ARE THE HEAVIEST YEARS WITH STANDARDIZED ASSESSMENTS, AND WE ARE LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT WHICH STANDARD ASSESSMENTS WE CURRENTLY GIVE DISTRICT WIDE ARE REQUIRED AND WHICH WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REDUCE IN THE FUTURE.

AND THAT IS WHERE DR.

PERKINS IS GOING TO STEP FORWARD.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT FROM THE STUDENT VANTAGE POINT WHAT EACH GRADE LEVEL OF ASSESSMENTS LOOKS LIKE, AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE POINTING OUT IF THERE IS REDUNDANCY OR POSSIBLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO ELIMINATE.

SO I'M GOING TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE, STEP OUT AND LET DR.

PERKINS STEP IN. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, BECAUSE WE ARE STUDENT FOCUSED, WE WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ON THE NEXT 11 SLIDES WHAT THE STANDARDIZED TESTING EXPERIENCE LOOKS LIKE FROM THE STUDENT'S VANTAGE POINT AT EACH GRADE LEVEL.

NO WORRIES. WE'RE NOT GOING TO READ OR REALLY EVEN SPEAK TO EACH OF THE SLIDES.

WE JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ON EACH GRADE LEVEL SLIDE, WE HAVE THE FALL, WINTER AND SPRING TESTING SEGMENTS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT HEADER IN PINK.

YOU SEE THE ASSESSMENT NAME AND THE DESCRIPTION.

YOU SEE WHICH STUDENTS AT A GRADE LEVEL TAKE THAT ASSESSMENT BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALWAYS ALL OF THEM SO YELLOW.

NO, WHEN AN ENTIRE GRADE LEVEL DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE THAT PARTICULAR ASSESSMENT.

YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE AVERAGE TIME THAT CCPS STUDENTS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN TAKING TO COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENTS IF THAT CELL IS BLANK.

HOWEVER, VDOE HAS THAT TIME METRIC, BUT WE DO NOT.

AND FINALLY, VERY TRANSPARENTLY IN BLUE, YOU SEE ASSESSMENT AREAS THAT ARE REQUIRED ACROSS CCPS BY THE DIVISION LEVEL LEADERSHIP.

WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THERE IS HIGH VALUE IN THE RESULTS.

GREAT TEACHERS ARE TAKING THOSE RESULTS AND USING THEM TO MAKE INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS WHEN DESIGNING DAILY LESSONS THAT BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. BUT AGAIN, IN BLUE ARE THOSE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE OUR DIVISION CHOICE, WHEREAS IN WHITE THESE ARE ASSESSMENTS REQUIRED BY VIDEO.

SO WHILE WE ALL MIGHT WISH FOR A FEWER SOL TESTS, FOR INSTANCE, RIGHT NOW THESE ARE THE REQUIRED TESTS.

SO THIS GIVING YOU THAT SORT OF KEY, THIS WAS KINDERGARTEN.

THIS IS A STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE IN FIRST.

IN SECOND.

IN THIRD GRADE, YOU NOTICE THAT THAT'S WHEN SOL KIND OF THE TRADITIONAL SOL TEST START, I WOULD ALSO MAKE NOTE THAT THAT INCLUDES THE VIRGINIA ALTERNATE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE FOUND ELIGIBLE FOR THAT.

SO THAT ALSO COULD MEAN THAT FOR SOME STUDENTS.

UPPER ELEMENTARY GRADES.

AS DR. POPE MENTIONED, WE REALIZE AS WE ARE LISTENING AND ANALYZING OURSELVES, WE REALIZE FIFTH WAS A HEAVY TESTING YEAR.

OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL TESTING EXPERIENCE IN SIXTH.

IN SEVENTH.

AND IN EIGHTH, ANOTHER HEAVY TESTING YEAR.

IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT'S NOT BROKEN OUT COMPLETELY BY GRADE LEVEL BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT IS DEPENDENT ON THE COURSE YOU'RE TAKING, NO MATTER WHAT THE YEAR IS THAT YOU'RE TAKING IT AND A COUPLE OF CASES, THERE ARE GRADE LEVELS DENOTED THERE.

BUT IN MANY INSTANCES, THE ASSESSMENT IS TIED TO THE COURSE YOU'RE TAKING.

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SO THOSE PRECEDING 11 SLIDES CAPTURED THE STUDENT ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCE FOR STANDARDIZED CURRENTLY DIVISION REQUIRED OR VIDEO REQUIRED ASSESSMENT, BUT TO FINISH PAINTING A COMPLETE ASSESSMENT PICTURE.

THERE ARE TWO OTHER CATEGORIES, OF COURSE, TO NOTE EVERY DAY SCHOOL LEADERS AND TEACHERS ALSO SELECT ASSESSMENTS TO ADMINISTER.

THESE CAN BE FORMATIVE OR SUMMATIVE, WITH EXAMPLES LISTED HERE, AND WE UTILIZE ASSESSMENTS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES.

AS NOTED HERE.

SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU, DR. PERKINS.

BOARD MEMBERS? MS. BAILEY? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE TO SEE IF I COULD GET THE WILL OF THE BOARD BECAUSE I REALIZED I DID NOT DO THIS IN ADVANCE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE TEACHER OPINION VIA MAYBE A SURVEY ON THE VALUE OF THE DESA TEST. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT ANYONE UP HERE WOULD SUPPORT US ASKING STAFF TO DO BECAUSE THE DESA IS A TEST THAT IS OBVIOUSLY CCPS OUR CHOICE TO GIVE AND IT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M WONDERING THE WHAT ARE THE TEACHERS FEEL IS THE VALUE OF THAT TEST.

I'M NOT. I'M NOT PASSING JUDGMENT ON IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

I'VE NEVER GIVEN A DESA TEST.

BUT WHEN YOU MENTION YOU'RE GOING TO BE EVALUATING WHICH TESTS CAN AND CANNOT GO, THERE'S QUITE A FEW ON THERE THAT CAN'T GO.

THAT IS ONE THAT COULD.

SO I'M WONDERING, WOULD THE BOARD SUPPORT THAT REQUEST? IS THERE ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT OR AND I JUST A COMMENT THAT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT THAT'S NOT A STUDENT, A STUDENTS DON'T TAKE THAT TEST.

I KNOW, BUT IT'S A VALUABLE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT TEACHERS TAKE MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS THAT CAN SEGUE INTO EVEN LARGER TEST FOR THEM TO TAKE THAT.

OR THEY GO FROM LIKE EIGHT QUESTIONS THAT CAN GENERATE UP TO 60 QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS THAT A TEACHER CAN HAVE TO SIT AND FILL OUT.

I WOULD BE OK WITH, YOU KNOW, DOING A TEACHER KIND OF ASSESSMENT ON, YOU KNOW, AN ASSESSMENT,I'D ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF USES THAT INFORMATION AND SUPPORTS THE TEACHERS AND HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE WHAT THEY LEARN IN THE CLASSROOM.

CAN YOU GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON THE DESA TEST? I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I KNOW IT IS A MS. BAILEY IS RIGHT, IT'S IN THE K THROUGH EIGHT GRADES.

IT'S A I THINK, EIGHT QUESTION.

IT'S CALLED MINI DESA QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE TEACHER TO LOOK AT CERTAIN INDICATORS THAT HELP OUR STAFF TO KNOW SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SORT OF SCHOOL REGULATION, REGULATE SELF-REGULATION, KINDS OF THINGS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE STUDENTS DO TAKE IT THEMSELVES, BUT IN THE K THROUGH EIGHT GRADES, IT'S A TEACHER QUESTIONNAIRE. AND THAT IS CORRECT THAT IF THERE'S SORT OF ALMOST KIND OF A WARNING, LIKE THERE ARE A COUPLE INDICATORS THAT MAKE US THINK WE NEED TO DIG DEEPER THAN THE QUESTIONNAIRE BECOMES ABOUT 70 QUESTIONS.

I WOULDN'T BE OPPOSED TO GETTING SOME FEEDBACK, I THINK THAT'S PART OF OUR JOB IS TO GET STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK.

AND SO FROM BOTH TEACHERS AS WELL AS CENTRAL OFFICE.

RIGHT. I JUST I KNOW THAT I SHOULDN'T MAKE A REQUEST OF STAFF WITHOUT THE WHOLE BOARD SUPPORT. AND I'M SORRY, BUT THIS THOUGHT DURING OUR AGENDA REVIEW, IT JUST KEPT PERCOLATING IN MY HEAD THAT WHAT WOULD WE ELIMINATE FROM THAT LONG LIST? BECAUSE TOO MUCH TESTING IS REALLY SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT, I THINK.

AND WHAT ARE THE VALUE? WHAT IS THE VALUE IN THE DATA THAT THEY'RE GETTING? AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE TEACHERS THINK IS THE VALUE OF THAT DATA.

AND I KNOW MAYBE SOMEBODY MUST HAVE THOUGHT IT WAS VALUABLE, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE GIVING IT TO THE KIDS. BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TEACHERS THINK.

I GUESS MY THOUGHT, WHAT CAME TO MY MIND? I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DESA, BUT THE LITTLE I KNOW REMINDED ME A LITTLE ABOUT WHEN MIDWIVES STARTED USING BECAUSE I USED TO PRACTICE AS A MIDWIFE, A SCREENER TO HELP SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF LOSING MOMS TO POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS, RIGHT? SO SUICIDE OR, YOU KNOW, LOSING MOMS DURING THAT VULNERABLE POSTPARTUM PERIOD BECAUSE WE WERE MISSING THEM AND WE WERE LOSING MOMS. SO WE LEARNED THAT IF YOU DID A SIMPLE SCREENER, YOU COULD CATCH A MOM WHO IS STRUGGLING.

SO I'M WONDERING IF DESA, BECAUSE CERTAINLY I HEAR A LOT, YOU KNOW, MENTAL HEALTH IS

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SO I'M CURIOUS, IF YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT DESA.

IS DESA AN ATTEMPT, YOU KNOW, TO HELP FAMILIES WHO HAVE SAID AND THEN TO DO TEACHERS UNDERSTAND? BECAUSE CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, AS A MIDWIFE, I HAD NO PROBLEM DOING THAT SCREENING BECAUSE I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT LIKE I WAS SAVING LIVES.

IT WAS A PROBLEM.

IF I DID THE SCREENER, I COULD SAVE LIVES LIKE DUTY BECAUSE I HAVE TALKED WITH TEACHERS AND THEY HAVE SAID THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT DESA IS.

SO THEN, YEAH, IT IS.

THE FIRST YEAR FOR DESA WILL WANT TO WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES WHO ARE SPECIALISTS IN THIS AREA, BUT I WILL SAY THAT I'VE HEARD ARE OF HER, DR.

MCHUGH SAY. ACTUALLY, DESA IS NOT A MENTAL HEALTH SCREENER BECAUSE THAT'S PUTTING THAT WOULD BE PUTTING SO MUCH ON THE TEACHER TO ANSWER A SHORT QUESTIONNAIRE AND HAVE A STUDENT BE AT RISK.

IT IS MUCH MORE ABOUT REGULATION FOR SCHOOL KINDS OF THINGS.

BUT I THINK THE BEST WAY FOR US TO PROCEED WOULD BE TO TALK TO THE THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE THAT REALLY HAS DONE SOME OF THE DATA ANALYSIS AFTER DESA AND, AS YOU SAY, GET SOME GET A READ ON IT. SO THEN CAN I JUST MAKE THAT REQUEST, THEN DO I HAVE THAT? OK, SO AT A TIME THAT'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU ALL.

NO TIME SOON.

WHENEVER YOU GOT THAT DATA FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH COULD ALSO INCLUDE A TEACHER SURVEY AS TO THE VALUE OF THAT DATA, COME BACK TO US AND TELL US ABOUT DESA.

DOES THAT SOUND GOOD TO YOU ALL? OK, AND I AGREE.

I THINK IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO REALLY SEE WHAT THE DATA PRODUCES FROM THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME TO REALLY SEE THAT BECAUSE WE WERE ONLY HALFWAY THROUGH DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND I'M AGAINST TESTING ANY MORE THAN WE HAVE TO.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS SOME VALUE TO IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL HELP US MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

WAS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[H. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments]

SORRY. I DO HAVE A COMMENT.

I FORGOT I WAS THINKING ABOUT.

GO AHEAD. YEAH, I WAS BECAUSE A COUPLE MEETINGS GO.

I ASKED FOR A RECESS PRESENTATION AND WE HAD ONE AND I SAID I WOULD COME BACK AND ASK IF IT THE FEBRUARY WORKING GROUP, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A JANUARY WORKING GROUP, IF WE COULD HAVE AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.

AND YESTERDAY I ACTUALLY SAT IN ON A VCU SCHOOL OF EDUCATION CLASS AND TEACHERS HAD TO FUTURE TEACHERS HAD TO PRESENT AND ARGUE WHY YOU NEEDED MORE RECESS.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE A A TIMELY, A TIMELY ASK SO FEBRUARY WORK GROUP TO HAVE THE NEXT UPDATE ON RECESS. CAN I ASK THAT WE MAYBE TABLE THAT TO FIND OUT WHAT IS ALREADY ON THE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY IN THE WORK SESSION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT OVERCROWDING THE WORK SESSION? AND I THINK WE I THINK WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT THAT SOMETIMES THERE'S THERE'S SOME ITEMS THAT ARE REALLY TIME SENSITIVE THAT WE NEED.

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. MAYBE IN JANUARY, WE TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE AT THAT POINT AFTER A CONVERSATION, WHETHER WE PUT IT ON THE FEBRUARY.

I DON'T WANT TO JUST JUMP TO SAY, AND LET'S PUT IT ON FEBRUARY, BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S ON THE FEBRUARY AGENDA RIGHT NOW.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S TIME SENSITIVE, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE A LOT OF IT IS GOING TO FOCUS AROUND OUR BUDGET ON THE CIP, TOWNHALLS THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

BUT I THINK THAT SOMETHING NEXT MONTH, WE DEFINITELY REVISIT AND SEE WHAT IS WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE AFTER? MS. HAINES? I KNOW, TO BE HONEST, I CHECKED IN WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT IN FEBRUARY, WAS PROPOSED, SO.

SO I THOUGHT THAT HAD BEEN COMMUNICATED.

ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ANNOUNCEMENTS? AND. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC BUSINESS WE NEED, WE WILL ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION,

[I. Adjournment into Closed Session]

I BELIEVE IT WILL BE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM BACK HERE.

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

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ONE THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS.

AND SEVEN CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION WHERE SUCH CONSULTATION AND AN OPEN MEETING WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE LITIGATING POSTURE OF THE PUBLIC BODY. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU'VE JUST HEARD THE ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? 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? AYE.

BRIAN HARTER? AYE.

WE'RE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.