Feb 08, 2022 February 8, 2022 - Budget Work Session - 3:30 p.m.

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GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE FEBRUARY 8TH, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORK SESSION

[A. Meeting Opening]

[B. Citizens Budget Advisory Committee Annual Report]

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME.

SO GOOD AFTERNOON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS KYLE VIELE AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF THE CITIZEN'S BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I HAVE A FEW MINUTES OF PREPARED REMARKS AFTER WHICH I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. SO THIS COMMITTEE WAS CHARTERED TO ASSIST THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD AND THE EVALUATION AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE A HIGH QUALITY, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT DIVISION.

THIS COMMITTEE TAKES THIS WORK VERY SERIOUSLY.

THIS COMMITTEE TAKES THIS WORK VERY SERIOUSLY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE VICE CHAIR JASON YOUNG, MARY BETH CAMACHO, D.

MCLEAN, CASSANDRA STANLEY, CHRIS WILLIAMS, WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COMMITTEE FOR OVER ALMOST SIX YEARS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION.

THE COMMITTEE CARRIED OUT ITS WORK DURING A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS BEGINNING IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. LISTENING TO THESE MEETINGS IS ATTACHED TO THE REPORT.

PRESENTATIONS AND MEETING MATERIALS ARE POSTED TO THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS WEBSITE IN THE BUDGET SECTION UNDER CITIZEN'S BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

ATTENDING NEARLY EVERY COMMITTEE WAS MS. HAINES, SO WE WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER BIG SUPPORT OF THIS COMMITTEE OVER THE PAST YEAR.

WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK SUPERINTENDENT DR.

DAUGHERTY FOR REGULARLY ATTENDING MEETINGS AND PROVIDING INSIGHTS, WE ALSO MUST THANK CFO AND OUR CHIEF FUN OFFICER BOB MEISTER, FOR HELPING ORGANIZING OUR AGENDAS AND LEADING US THROUGH RIVETING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

WE ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS TO JOSH DAVIS TO KAILYN CAMPBELL, DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, PAULA [INAUDIBLE], EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, AND [INAUDIBLE] AND THE MANY OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT WHO WE'RE FORGETTING.

WE ALSO LIKE TO EXTEND OUR MOST HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO FORMER CLERK AND EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, ROD MCDANIEL, WHOSE LAST DAY WAS YESTERDAY.

ROB HAS BEEN A BIG HELP AND SUPPORTER OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND WE WISH HIM THE BEST OF LUCK IN HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.

EACH COMMITTEE MEMBER FULFILLS A ROLE AS A CITIZEN ADVISOR, BRINGING THEIR SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND PERSPECTIVE TO THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL BUDGET PROCESS.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM STAFF, INVITED GUEST AND SUPERINTENDENTS STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP ON EDUCATION AND OUTSIDE SOURCES SUCH AS THE BLUEPRINT CHESTERFIELD TO HELP GUIDE US IN EVALUATING BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS, RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS AND FUNDING PRIORITIES.

EACH MEMBER OF THIS COMMITTEE ALSO TOURED TWO SCHOOLS AND SPOKE WITH FACULTY STUDENTS TO GAIN ADDITIONAL INSIGHTS.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE BUDGET PRIORITIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN THIS REPORT.

THIS REPORT IS NOT BASED ON ANY ONE INDIVIDUAL'S VIEWPOINT.

THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE WORK AND WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LAST.

IN PAST YEARS, THIS COMMITTEE HAS TAKEN A FEW DIFFERENT APPROACHES WITH ITS RECOMMENDATIONS. SOME YEARS, THE COMMITTEE HAS RECOMMENDED ADDITIONS, CHANGES OR REMOVAL OF SPECIFIC BUDGET LINE ITEMS. LAST YEAR, THE COMMITTEE CHOSE TO FOCUS ON FOUR GENERAL THEMES, WHICH INCLUDED ONE TEACHER AND STAFF COMPENSATION, TWO DIFFERENTIATED STAFFING BASED ON SCHOOL NEEDS, THREE A NEW PAYROLL SYSTEM AND INCREASED PAYROLL STAFFING AS RECOMMENDED BY THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND FOUR, FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.

THIS YEAR, THE COMMITTEE IS TAKING A SIMILAR APPROACH.

HOWEVER, I'M DISHEARTENED TO SAY THAT AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF RESEARCH, WE ONCE AGAIN NEED TO FOCUS ON THE SAME REOCCURRING THEMES.

DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MEMBERS OF THIS COMMITTEE TOURED SEVERAL SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. WE HAVE SINCE COMPARED NOTES AND A FEW THEMES ARE CONSISTENT.

FIRST, MOST OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE OVER CAPACITY.

I TOURED THE NEW MANCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS IN ITS SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION.

PRINCIPAL DAVID ALTIZER PROUDLY SHOWED ME THE SCHOOL.

HE SHOWED HIS CLASSROOMS THAT WERE DECORATED WITH A LOT OF THOUGHT.

THE BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE AREA UNDER THE STAIRS THAT WILL SOON BE USED FOR INSTRUCTION BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS ALREADY OVER 110 PERCENT CAPACITY.

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I ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF TOURING FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH WITH PRINCIPAL DOSWELL. NOW, MS. DOSWELL IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU MEET AND WITH A FEW MINUTES, SHE HAS EARNED YOUR RESPECT.

NOT RESPECT TO YOUR POSITION POWER, BUT THE KIND OF RESPECT A YOUNG ENLISTED PERSON HAS RESERVED FOR [INAUDIBLE] MASTER CHIEF.

NOW COMING FROM A FORMER COAST GUARD VETERAN, THAT IS A VERY HIGH HONOR.

NOW, MS. DOSWELL BEAMED WITH PRIDE AS SHE SHOWED HOW ART WAS ONCE AGAIN FILLING THE HALLS AS THEY HAD BEEN PRIOR TO COVID.

SHE WAS ALSO PROUD OF THE KIDS EFFORTS AS THEY DEAL WITH THE ADVERSITY OF BEING IN AN AGING HIGH NEEDS SCHOOL, WHICH I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE IS BEING REBUILT.

AS WE TOURED, I SPOKE WITH A PE TEACHER AND WE WERE TOURING THE SMALL GYM.

I ASKED HOW SEVEN P.E.

TEACHERS COORDINATED ACTIVITIES WITH THE USE OF ONLY ONE SMALL GYM AND NO TRACK.

HER RESPONSE: BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

LAST YEAR, WE STRONGLY CALLED UPON THE SCHOOL BOARD TO APPROVE THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET IN ITS ENTIRETY AND TO FIERCELY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY ADVOCATE FOR THE COUNTY'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO FUND IT.

IT WAS NOT.

YOU CHOSE TO GO AGAINST THIS RECOMMENDATION, AND IT IS OF THIS COMMITTEE'S OPINION THAT THIS BOARD DID NOT DO ENOUGH.

REGARDLESS OF THE REASON, OUR CHILDREN WILL BE THE ONES THAT CONTINUE TO SUFFER THIS DECADES OLD TREND OF THE COUNTY DOING MORE WITH LESS, AND LEAVING OUR TEACHERS TO ASK FOR THE GRACE OF GOD TO ASSIST THEM.

LAST YEAR, WE ALSO CHIDED THE USE OF THIS SIMPLE MINDED MODEL AS IT HAS BEEN USED FOR DECADES TO JUSTIFY UNDERFUNDING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

YET WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA, IT CONTINUES TO SHOW CHESTERFIELD DOES LESS FOR OUR CHILDREN THAN MANY OTHER DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

IN FACT, WE SPEND NEARLY 2800 PER CHILD LESS THAN THE STATE AVERAGE, AND I THINK MARY BETH CAMACHO ON OUR COMMITTEE SAID IT BEST: "MY CHILD DESERVES BETTER THAN AVERAGE" AND FOR REFERENCE, AVERAGE WOULD REQUIRE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL $176 MILLION TO THE BUDGET.

TO BRING CHESTERFIELD UP TO PER PUPIL FUNDING OF SURROUNDING COUNTIES, COUNTIES LIKE HENRICO AND HANOVER WOULD REQUIRE AN INCREASE OF ROUGHLY $54 MILLION.

NOW THE SUPERINTENDENT IS NOT EVEN ASKING FOR AVERAGE, THOUGH.

NO, HE'S NOT EVEN ASKING TO BE CLOSE TO AVERAGE.

IN FACT, WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET, OUR COUNTY'S LOCAL CONTRIBUTION WILL STILL BE THOUSANDS LESS THAN THE STATE AVERAGE.

THAT'S PLURAL. AS STATED IN THIS COMMITTEE'S REPORT LAST YEAR, THE COUNTY IS NOT FULFILLING ITS OBLIGATION TO PROPERLY FUND OUR SCHOOLS.

IT IS OF THIS COMMITTEE'S OPINION THAT THIS STILL HOLDS TRUE.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WHILE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LAUDED THE ADDITIONAL $16 MILLION IN INCREASED FUNDING FOR CCPS THIS YEAR, WE EMPHASIZE THAT THIS INCREASE IS LESS THAN THE CURRENT INFLATION RATE.

IN ESSENCE, THE COUNTY IS PROVIDING LESS REAL DOLLARS FOR OUR SCHOOL THIS YEAR.

THIS BOARD MUST ADVOCATE FOR THIS AND WORK WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ENSURE THAT THE BUDGET IS FULLY FUNDED.

NOW, IN DECEMBER, OUR COMMITTEE HEARD FROM SSAGE, THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP IN EDUCATION, SITTING BEHIND ME, YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM THEM I BELIEVE, AFTER ME.

NOW, ALEX, JAYDEN, BRENNAN, ZOE AND LAUREN ARE JUST A FEW OF THE OUTSTANDING STUDENTS THAT REPRESENT THEIR PEERS ON SSAGE.

NOW, OUR COMMITTEE RECEIVED PERMISSION FROM JAYDEN TO INCLUDE A SHORT POEM THAT HE WROTE IN THIS PRESENTATION. IT'S A WONDERFUL POEM THAT WOULD REALLY FIT THIS MESSAGE.

HOWEVER, WE DECIDED NOT TO INCLUDE IT, BECAUSE IT'S MUCH MORE POWERFUL COMING FROM THEM.

SO INSTEAD, I IMPLORE YOU TO REALLY LISTEN TO THEM.

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THIS COMMITTEE HAS LISTENED TO SO MANY DESERVING BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS.

WHILE WE HAVE IDENTIFIED MANY AREAS OF FUTURE NEED, WE LIMITED OUR SCOPE TO ONLY THOSE THAT WE BELIEVE WILL HAVE ABSOLUTE PRIORITY AND WHICH WE BELIEVE WILL IMPACT THE GREATER MORALE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF OUR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS.

THESE FOUR AREAS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

STAFF COMPENSATION, DIFFERENTIATED STAFFING AND INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE, AND I'LL SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THESE THREE AREAS.

STAFF COMPENSATION.

THE COMMITTEE IS IN SUPPORT OF CONTINUING TO FUND PHASE TWO OF STUDY ONE FOR TEACHERS, THE ABILITY FOR CHESTERFIELD TO RECRUIT, RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED EDUCATORS IS THE SINGLE MOST CRITICAL REASON THAT THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BE 100 PERCENT ACCREDITED.

HOWEVER, THIS IS IN JEOPARDY AS THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 200 OPENINGS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. JUST LAST WEEK, THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION RELEASED THE RESULTS OF A JANUARY SURVEY THAT FOUND 55 PERCENT OF ITS MEMBERS ARE PLANNING ON LEAVING THE TEACHING PROFESSION SOONER THAN ORIGINALLY PLANNED.

NOW, A FIVE PERCENT RAISE THIS YEAR IS A GOOD START.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT STILL FALLS SHORT OF LAST YEAR'S SEVEN PERCENT INFLATION RATE, AND THIS IS JUST TEACHERS. THERE ARE MANY OTHER CRITICAL POSITIONS THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN ADDRESSED. IF WE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE THIS YEAR, FOOD SERVICE WORKERS MAY VERY WELL BE THE NEXT BUS DRIVER SHORTAGE CRISIS THAT THIS BOARD WILL NEED TO DEAL WITH, AND AS WE SAW LAST YEAR, WHEN WE HAVE A STAFF SHORTAGE IN ONE AREA, IT AFFECTS ALL CCPS STAFF, TEACHERS LOST VALUABLE PLANNING TIME ON A DAILY BASIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, HAVING TO MANAGE BUS DRIVER CRISIS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY PROPERLY COMPENSATING BUS DRIVERS.

LET US LEARN FROM THIS ERROR LAST YEAR AND NOT REPEAT IT AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THE NEXT AREA IS DIFFERENTIATED STAFFING.

WE MUST RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE HIGHER STAFF CHALLENGES THAN OTHERS, AND WE COMMEND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S $3 MILLION STIPEND FOR HARD TO STAFF SCHOOLS, CCPS, LIKE MANY OTHER BUSINESSES, NEEDS TO CREATE A COMPREHENSIVE STAFFING PLAN TO FILL VACANT POSITIONS AT THESE SCHOOLS AND TO COMMIT TO HIGHER PAY.

EVERY CCPS STUDENT DESERVES TO HAVE PROPERLY STAFFED SCHOOLS, NO MATTER WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE COUNTY. THE THIRD AREA IS INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE.

NEXT YEAR, WE WILL HAVE AN ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL 1500 STUDENTS JOIN OUR DISTRICT.

AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF OVER 64000 THE FOLLOWING YEAR, AND THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE IF THIS BOARD AND THE COUNTY PROPERLY FUND THIS DISTRICT AND BUILD THE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE STUDENTS DRASTICALLY NEEDS, STUDENTS DO NOT DESERVE TO SPEND MOST OF THEIR FORMATIVE YEARS IN FEMA TRAILERS, LIKE THE STUDENTS AT FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THIS IS DECADES OF INACTION IN AN UNWILLINGNESS TO LOOK AT THE DATA AND BUILD SCHOOLS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.

THE COUNTY IS YET AGAIN FACED WITH THE SAME DECISION.

GIVE THE STUDENTS AND THE CITIZENS WHAT THEY NEED AND DESERVE, BUILD ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS THAT ARE WELL PLANNED FOR FUTURE GROWTH.

OUR BOARD MUST LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST AND RESIST FUNDING SECONDARY PRIORITIES BY SLASHING FACILITY MAINTENANCE BUDGETS.

OUR CITIZENRY HAS AND UNDERSTANDABLY GROWN TIRED OF IMPROPERLY MAINTAINED SCHOOLS.

IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY AND A DUTY OF THOSE ELECTED TO THIS OFFICE TO STEP AHEAD SO FUTURE GENERATIONS DO NOT HAVE TO CARRY THE SAME BURDEN.

I STARTED MY CAREER AS AN ACCOUNTANT, AND LIKE BOB, I WAS REALLY FOCUSED ON NUMBERS AND METRICS TO SHOWCASE SOMETHING.

SOMEHOW, IN MY WILD RIDE OF A CAREER, I'VE BECOME A PRODUCT MANAGER, AND THE THING I LOVE ABOUT BEING A PRODUCT MANAGER IS THAT I'M NOW OBSESSED WITH OUTCOMES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE COVER OF YOUR PROPOSED FY 2023 OPERATING BUDGET PRESENTATION, I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF, YOU'LL SEE THE QUOTE AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCES, AND REMARKABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

THAT'S THE OUTCOME, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALL HERE.

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IF YOU FOCUS ONLY ON METRICS, YOU'RE IN DANGER OF MISSING THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES.

PEOPLE FOCUSED ON METRICS WILL SAY THINGS LIKE, WELL, WE'RE 100 PERCENT ACCREDITED.

OUR DROPOUT RATES DECLINED LAST YEAR BY FIVE POINT SIX PERCENT.

WE HAVE SEVEN NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE A SIX TIME AWARDEE OF THE DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION.

THAT'S THE NERDIEST WORD I'VE EVER HEARD OF IN MY LIFE, [CHUCKLING] BUT A GOOD JOB NONETHELESS. THESE ARE ALL GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEM.

THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD BE PROUD OF THEM, BUT IF YOU'RE ONLY FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.

TWO OF OUR BRAND NEW SCHOOLS ARE OVER ONE HUNDRED AND TEN PERCENT CAPACITY.

TWO, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? NEXT YEAR, EVEN MORE CHILDREN WILL BE IN TRAILERS.

INCLUDING AT THE NEW OLD HUNDRED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IF YOU'RE FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES, YOU'LL HEAR COMMENTS TALKING TO TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS LIKE I HEARD FROM MS. DOSWELL, WHO SAID THERE'S NO STATE OF THE ART ANYTHING WHEN TOURING A SCIENCE ROOM AT FOLLY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT'S DEVASTATING.

PARENTS WAITING AT BUS STOPS FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

THEY'RE ARRIVING AN HOUR OR MORE LATE.

MANY OF THE STAFF MEMBERS WE SPOKE WITH MENTIONED THEY ARE EXHAUSTED WITH NO END IN SIGHT BETWEEN TRAINING AND COVID PROTOCOLS, SUBBING FOR VACANT STAFF COVERING FOR BUS DOUBLE BACKS. THERE'S LITTLE TIME FOR PLANNING, AND LASTLY, WHEN EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL WE VISITED MENTIONED LOW MORALE IS A MAJOR ISSUE, WITH ONE TEACHER, I THINK, SAYING IT BEST: WE'RE ONLY GETTING BY BY THE GRACE OF GOD.

THIS COMMITTEE IMPLORES YOU TO FOCUS ON THE OUTCOMES; WE CAN CHANGE THIS.

IN OUR OPINION, THIS BUDGET IS NOT ENOUGH EVEN TO PROVIDE REMARKABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, AND IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO PROVIDE AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

THIS COMMITTEE BELIEVES THIS BUDGET IS ALREADY BELOW WHAT IT SHOULD BE CUTTING ANY MORE WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR CHILDREN, AND ANOTHER SHAMEFUL MARK ON THIS BOARD.

WHILE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY HAS ENJOYED THE GOOD FORTUNE OF PROSPERITY AND GROWTH RECENTLY, WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL THAT THIS GROWTH HAS IN A LARGE PART, BEEN BECAUSE OF THE APPEAL OF OUR SCHOOLS. THIS TREND CAN REVERSE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT AND TIMELY INCREASES IN FUNDING TO KEEP UP WITH RISING COSTS AND TO MEET THE EVER EVOLVING NEEDS.

THIS COMMITTEE THANKS YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SHARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE BOARD HAS BEEN WILLING TO LISTEN TO US IN PRIOR YEARS, AND THAT'S TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATED.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THIS BOARD'S TIME, YOUR CONSIDERATION TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'M NOW HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. VIELE.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. BAILEY? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU COULD GIVE THAT EXACT SAME PRESENTATION TO A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ASK FOR YOU TO GET ON THEIR AGENDA IN SOME WAY BECAUSE YOU SIMPLY SAID EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID, AND I AGREE COMPLETELY, AND I WOULD 100 PERCENT SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET TO GO ACROSS THE WAY TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THERE'S NOT ONE THING AND THERE I WOULD CUT, AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

I WOULD ADD MORE IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

THANK YOU. MS. HAINES? THANK YOU, SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M SEEING THIS PRESENTATION, RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU YOU DO THIS AS MEMBERS AND A NOTICE MEETING, BUT WITHOUT ME PRESENT SO THAT I DON'T ADD MY BIAS. RIGHT. SO THIS IS TRULY THE VOICE OF THE CITIZENS.

I THINK THAT THE MEDIA TRIES TO DIVIDE US AND SAY THAT ONE PARTY OR ONE KIND OF GROUP WANTS THIS OR THAT.

I'M PRETTY SURE THE CBAC COMMITTEE AND THE STAFF ON IT HAVE DIVERSE PARTY AND IDEOLOGIES

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AND I FEEL THAT WE FAILED OUR KIDS AS A NATION WITH THIS PANDEMIC, AND WE CAN AT LEAST OUR TINY LITTLE PART OF REPAIRING THE DAMAGE CAN BE JOINING YOU IN THIS FIGHT.

SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME; IT'S MEANS A LOT.

THANK YOU. MS. BAILEY, AND MS. HAINES SAID PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON MY MIND, BUT I WANTED TO EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS AND YOUR COMMITMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO REALLY, YOU'VE TAKEN YOUR WORK VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

THANKS. YEAH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND PRESENTING, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF YOUR COMMITTEE THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER, BUT YOU DID HIT ONE KEY POINT EARLIER THAT I THINK IS WORTH NOTING AGAIN THAT.

YOU KNOW THIS, THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW WAS NOT CREATED IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, IT HAS BEEN DECADES IN THE MAKING, AND I THINK IF YOU GO BACK AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE WERE AT IN 2018 2019 AND WHERE WE'RE SITTING AT TODAY, I THINK IT WOULD BE HARD TO MAKE THE CASE THAT WE HAVE NOT MADE PROGRESS AS A BOARD, AND SO THESE CONVERSATIONS KNOW EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THE SAME SONG AND DANCE THAT WE DO WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE ROAD.

AND YOU KNOW, WE DO KNOW THAT EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THE SUPERINTENDENTS BUDGET IS IMPORTANT. WE DO KNOW THAT.

WE DO COMPETE WITH A LIMITED NUMBER OF RESOURCES, BUT I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID IT CORRECTLY IS THAT.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WASN'T SHOWN BEFORE WE ARRIVED IN OUR POSITIONS WAS TRUE NEEDS OF THINGS. SO.

DO APPRECIATE YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

AND I WILL JUST ECHO THE THANK YOU.

I KNOW A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THIS PRESENTATION.

A LOT OF RESEARCH ON YOUR OWN BY GOING TO THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK.

THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER AS WE LOOK AT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET, AND WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE STREET.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S WE GOT A WAY ALL THE WAYS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL DIVISION, SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT AND YOUR PRESENTATION.

GREAT, THANK YOU, AND ACTUALLY, THERE IS A PRESENTATION I REALIZED I FORGOT TO PRESS IT, SO.

THAT'S OKAY, YEAH.

I'M SURE THE SSAGE GROUP WILL DO MUCH BETTER IN PRESENTING THAN I DID SO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[C. Superintendent's Student Advisory Group on Education Budget Recommendations]

MURRAY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD DR.

DAUGHERTY. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP ON EDUCATION AND UNDER THE ADVISEMENT OF QUINCY WALLER, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT L.C.

BIRD, AND DR.

STEPHANIE MOONEY, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AT MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF LEADERS, ALONG WITH THE OTHER MEMBERS THAT MAKE UP OUR SSAGE GROUP, ENGAGED THEIR RESPECTIVE SCHOOL COMMUNITIES THROUGH DIALOGUE AND SURVEYS, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT HOW TO BEST DISTILL WHAT THEY FEEL THE TOP BUDGET PRIORITIES SHOULD BE MOVING FORWARD.

FROM THERE, THEY WERE ABLE TO PRESENT TO CBAC FROM WHOM YOU JUST HEARD TO BETTER PREPARE OR INFORM THEIR WORK MOVING FORWARD.

SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THEM, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO

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THANK YOU, JADEN.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS JADEN KLINE, AND I'M A CURRENT JUNIOR IN THE MATH AND SCIENCE CENTER AT CLOVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M BRENNAN LANE.

I'M A CURRENT JUNIOR AT MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M ALEX FITZ-HUGH, AND I'M A SENIOR AT LC BIRD HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M A JUNIOR AT THOMAS STOWE HIGH SCHOOL.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M ZOE MAXWELL, AND I'M A SENIOR AT MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, MY FELLOW SPEAKERS AND I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR PROVIDING US WITH THE CHANCE TO SHARE THE STUDENTS PERSPECTIVES ON THE CURRENT BUDGET PARTY DISCUSSIONS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE WANT TO THANK THE CBAC COMMITTEE FOR THEIR TIME, INTEREST AND COMMITMENT TO OUR PRESENTATION, AS IT TRULY DOES MEAN A LOT TO KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS VOICE IS BEING HEARD AND RESPECTED BY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SO MUCH INPUT WITHIN THE COUNTY, AND FOR THAT, WE THANK YOU. WHILE MANY STUDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL IDEAS ON THE CURRENT BUDGET PARTY DISCUSSIONS, WE AS MEMBERS OF SSAGE REPRESENT THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF THE STUDENTS WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

WE DO SO AS MEMBERS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP ON EDUCATION.

BETTER YET, SSAGE.

SSAGE IS CONSTRUCTIVE AT LEAST TWO REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH INDIVIDUAL HIGH SCHOOL WITHIN THE COUNTY THAT'S SELECTED BY THE PRINCIPAL, AS WELL AS THE TWO TECHNICAL CENTERS WITHIN CHESTERFIELD, AND ALTHOUGH OUR CURRENT PRESENTATION REGARDS SPECIFICALLY TO THE BUDGET, OUR OVERALL GOAL WITHIN THE SCHOOL YEAR IS TO PROVIDE INPUT FROM THE SCHOOLS AND THE STUDENTS DIRECTLY TO DR.

DAUGHERTY AND HIS TEAM ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CURRENT BUDGET PARTY DISCUSSIONS HAVE MANY IDEAS AND PERSPECTIVES THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, AND EACH ONE OF THOSE INVOLVES LONG RANGE PLANS AND FINANCIAL BACKING IN ORDER TO BE PUT INTO PLACE.

OUR HOPE IS THAT WITH OUR STUDENTS PERSPECTIVES THAT WE PROVIDE AND YOUR HARD WORK, THEY WILL MERGE TOGETHER TO CREATE THE BEST POSSIBLE SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR NOT ONLY THE CURRENT COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL FOR ALL THE CURRENT COMMUNITY AND STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS TO FOLLOW US AT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

TO BE AS IMPORTANT AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THIS PRESENTATION, WE SPENT SEVERAL AFTERNOONS UNDERSTANDING THE CRITICAL AREA.

WE STARTED BY UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF LINKING A VISION FOR FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE BUDGET AS WELL AS HOW BUDGETS ARE FORMED.

WE WENT AS FAR AS TO BRING IN THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MR. MEISTER, WHO INFORMED US OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CIP AND OPERATING FUNDS, AS WELL AS THE METHODOLOGY THAT GOES INTO CREATING A BUDGET AND TURN EACH INDIVIDUAL WHO WE SPOKE WITH STRESS US THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE THAT SINCE FUNDS ARE NOT LIMITLESS HARD DECISIONS OFTEN HAVE TO BE MADE REGARDING WHAT CAN AND CANNOT BE SECURED FOR STUDENTS WITHIN CERTAIN FUNDING REALITIES BECAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW, MONEY DOES NOT GROW ON TREES LIKE WE WISH IT DID. BEFORE WE WORKED TO BUILD A STATE GROUP PERSPECTIVE, WE FIRST DISCUSSED WHAT WE EACH SAW AS INDIVIDUALS AS POTENTIAL ITEMS THAT MIGHT NEED ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT. FROM THIS FIRST DISCUSSION, WE WERE TASKED WITH MEETING WITH CLASSMATES STAFF ADMINISTRATION TO GATHER INPUT.

SOME STUDENTS, LIKE MYSELF, CREATED AND UTILIZE A SURVEY TOOL, AND THE ONE THAT I RAN AT MIDLOTHIAN GARNERED ALMOST 700 RESPONSES.

AFTER GATHERING INFORMATION FROM OUR RESPECTIVE SCHOOLS, THE SSAGE MEMBERS CAME BACK TO MEET AND SHARE WHAT HAD BEEN HEARD WITH OUR FELLOW STATE REPS FROM OTHER SCHOOLS.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THE LIST WAS EXTENSIVE AS THE KEY PROMPT BEGAN WITH ASKING INDIVIDUALS WHAT SHOULD BE SECURED TO ENHANCE OR BUILD THE ULTIMATE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE AT THEIR SCHOOL, [INAUDIBLE] WORKED AS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTERS AT THEIR SITES, AND THEY OFTEN HEARD ABOUT DESIRED ITEMS SPECIFIC TO A SCHOOL LOCATION OR A COURSE THAT CLASSES THAT STUDENTS WITHIN THAT SCHOOL WERE TAKING.

THIS MASSIVE LIST WAS THEN REVIEWED IN DIFFERENT ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS TO TRY AND NARROW DOWN THE SCOPE OF WHAT HAD BEEN RAISED, AS WELL AS TO CREATE SOME PRIORITIZED ORDER AMONG THESE ITEMS. OUT OF THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO EXTRACT CERTAIN COMMON THEMES WHICH BUILD THE BASE FOR OUR SUGGESTED PRIORITY AREAS FOR BUDGETING FOCUS.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE NUMBER ONE ITEM THAT WAS HEARD AMONG ALL GROUPS SURVEYED, INCLUDING STUDENTS WAS THE NEED TO ATTRACT AND KEEP QUALITY TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATION, AND STAFF.

ALL THE INCREASE IN SALARY MAY APPEAR TO BE A NATURAL MEANS FOR BUILDING THE BEST OF

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IT IS ALSO LINKED WITH OTHER DESIRES, BETTER TEACHERS ARE THOSE WHO CAN ENHANCE CURRENT COURSE OFFERINGS AND ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE PRESENT EACH DAY, REDUCING THE PROBLEM WITH SUBSTITUTE SHORTAGES.

RETAINING THESE VITAL MEMBERS ALSO HELPS IN BUILDING A CONSISTENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS IN A FAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE TEACHERS AND STAFF ARE MORE LIKELY TO BUILD BETTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THESE STUDENTS.

I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T SAY MY NAME WHEN I CAME AND SAID I WAS A JUNIOR AT THOMAS, BUT I'M LAUREN VASQUEZ.

SO AS WE ALL KNOW, COVID HAS MADE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT ON ALL OF OUR LIVES, INCLUDING SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL TRANSPORTATION WAS ONE OF THE MANY IMPACTS THAT WE LEARNED ABOUT THROUGH OUR TIME HERE AT SSAGE.

WE LEARNED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THE PROPER STAFF IN PLACE TO MAKE THINGS RUN SMOOTHLY, AND DUE TO THE SHORTAGE OF BUS DRIVERS, BUS DRIVERS HAVE HAD TO DO SECOND ROUTES, WHICH HAS LED TO STUDENTS BEING AN HOUR OR SO LATE TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

AS A STUDENT, I WANT TO HAVE A SAFE AND CONSISTENT EXPERIENCE WHEN BEING TRANSPORTED TO AND FROM SCHOOL. SOLVING THE BUSSING ISSUE CAN HELP PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STAFF WITH MORE TIME WITH THEIR STUDENTS, AS I'VE WITNESSED THEM SPENDING MANY HOURS HELPING WITH THE BUSSES. FURTHERMORE, BUSSING ISSUE AFFECTS STUDENTS WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES BUT HAVE NO TYPE OF PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION.

NEXT THING YOU WANT TO DO IS THAT WE WANT TO KEEP STUDENTS COMFORTABLE, NOT JUST FOR PART OF THE DAY, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE DAY.

AS A STUDENT, I KNOW I UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN KIDS COME TO SCHOOL, WE WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE IN THE SAME BUILDING FOR SIX TO SEVEN HOURS A DAY, AND WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS BY HAVING A FUNCTIONAL AC AND HEATING UNITS.

NEXT, WE WANT A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT.

IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT OLD ITEMS GET UPDATED.

AND WE CAN HAVE WALLS AND FLOORS AS CLEAN AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THE BUILDING AS UP-TO-DATE AS POSSIBLE. FINALLY, WE WANT STUDENTS TO BECOME INTERESTED IN LEARNING, OPENING UP A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON HOW CONTENT IS TAUGHT.

WE CAN DO THIS BY OUTDOOR WITH OUTDOOR LEARNING BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS BEING TAUGHT ON A COMPUTER NOWADAYS THE OUTDOOR SPACE CAN OPEN THE KID'S MIND TO MORE CONTENT AND HAVE THEM BECOME MORE IMAGINATIVE.

THE CHANGE OF SCENERY CAN GET STUDENTS MORE INTERESTED IN LEARNING AND CAN LEAD THEM TO FOCUS BETTER ON WHAT'S BEING TAUGHT.

WHILE IT IS HARDER AT TIMES TO ADJUST WITH A DEFINED BUDGET, OPPORTUNITIES THAT BUILD NEW AND CREATIVE LEARNING SUPPORTS SHOULD BE A FOCUS WITH ANY FUNDING PRIORITIES.

THIS INCLUDES ASSISTANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENTS THAT LEARN DIFFERENTLY, INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OR STUDENTS WHO ARE AUDITORY, VISUAL, OR KINETIC LEARNERS SUCH AS MYSELF.

STEPS TO REDUCE OVERCROWDING IN SCHOOLS CAN PROVIDE SCHOOLS WITH THE ABILITY TO SUPPORT A MORE PERSONAL STUDENT TO TEACHER RELATIONSHIP.

BOTH OF THESE PRIORITIES ALSO AID IN IMPROVING STUDENT INVOLVEMENT.

WHILE WE DISCUSSED NUMEROUS OTHER POSSIBILITIES FOR POTENTIAL PRIORITIES TO CONSISTENTLY STUCK OUT. ONE WAS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS DEALING WITH CHALLENGES SUCH AS HIGHER RATES OF POVERTY, WHILE THE OTHER WAS AID AND AFTER SCHOOL SETTINGS, INCLUDING ATHLETICS AND ARTS PROGRAMS, BOTH VISUAL AND PERFORMING, WHICH WAS ALSO AFFECTED BY THE LACK OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE MENTIONED EARLIER.

THIS WAS A DECIDING FACTOR FOR MANY STUDENTS IN IF THEY WERE BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE ACTIVITIES.

AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, OUR SSAGE LEADERS TASKED US WITH THE CHALLENGE OF CREATING A SIX WORD MOTTO THAT WOULD DEFINE OUR PERSONAL LEGACY.

THE CHALLENGE WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO ERNEST HEMINGWAY IN THE FORM OF A SHORT SIX WORD NOVEL, AND HIS SIX WORDS WERE CHILD SHOES FOR SALE NEVER WORN.

IN TURN, THE CHALLENGE WAS ASKING US, HOW WOULD WE WANT TO BE REMEMBERED BY THOSE WHO WE IMPACTED EVERY DAY WITHIN OUR LIVES AND WHO WE ENCOUNTERED THE MOST? MY PERSONAL SIX-WORD LEGACY WAS CREATED A PATH INCLUSIVE TO ALL BECAUSE I NEVER WANT ANYONE WHO I'M AROUND TO FEEL LEFT OUT OR LIKE THEY ARE NOT INCLUDED IN ANY TYPE OF SITUATION BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE, AND I PERSONALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING I DO, THE PEOPLE AROUND ME FEEL COMFORTABLE, AND I MAKE SURE THAT I LIVE BY THAT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AS MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR ROLE IN THE COUNTY IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

EVERYONE HERE HAS A ROLE AND WITH YOUR SIX WORD MOTTO AND YOUR PERSONAL LEGACY AND THE PERSONAL LEGACY AND WITH WHAT YOU ALL HAD THE CAPABILITY OF DOING.

WE WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW CRUCIAL IT IS TO EMBRACE EVERYONE'S VIEWPOINTS, AS WELL AS

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AND FOR THAT, WE THANK YOU.

AGAIN, MY FELLOW SPEAKERS AND I WANTED TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD AS WELL AS A CBAC COMMITTEE FOR ALLOWING US THE CHANCE TO PRESENT THE STUDENTS PERSPECTIVES AS THE STUDENTS VOICES ARE THE ONES THAT MATTER THE MOST.

WE WILL NOW BE ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR PRESENTATION, AND AGAIN, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON WHAT THE FOUR IDEAS WERE, WE WILL ALSO BE PRESENTING THOSE NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL VERY, VERY MUCH.

I'M GOING TO START BECAUSE I USUALLY AM THE LAST TO SPEAK.

I JUST WANT TO SAY YOUR TEAMWORK IS AMAZING.

Y'ALL HAVE DONE SUCH A REALLY GOOD JOB IN THIS PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR INPUT.

YOU ARE CORRECT.

THE STUDENTS ARE THE ONES LIVING IT SIX HOURS A DAY EVERY DAY OR FIVE DAYS A WEEK.

SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND YOUR FEEDBACK.

SO THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU ALL.

SO BOARD MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND ECHO THAT BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AND I'M GLAD TO SEE ALEX UP HERE.

ALEX WAS ONE OF MY STUDENTS IN EIGHTH GRADE AND YOU KNOW, I'M PROUD THAT ALL YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER AND COME IN HERE AND REALLY PROVIDE A QUALITY PRODUCT FOR US. SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. I THINK WE OWE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, I MEAN, BECAUSE THAT IS VERY [APPLAUSE]. YOU MAKE ME WANT TO GET BACK IN THE CLASSROOM TO BE AROUND POWERFUL PEOPLE LIKE YOU.

PHENOMENAL PRESENTATION.

WHAT GREAT POISE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOUR PRIORITIES ARE RIGHT THERE WITH OURS.

THE STUDENTS HAVE IDENTIFIED EXACTLY THE QUALITY STAFF AND THE SALARY RAISES I THINK, YOU KNOW MORE THAN ANYONE IT BEGINS WITH THE TEACHER IN FRONT OF THE ROOM AND IT ENDS WITH THE TEACHER IN FRONT OF THE ROOM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS, YOU KNOW, YES, NICE, BUT THAT QUALITY TEACHER HAS HELPED DEVELOP THE FIVE OF YOU INTO THE TREMENDOUS PRESENTERS AND THE SKILL THAT YOU JUST DEMONSTRATED IS PHENOMENAL.

I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT NOT JUST FROM THE FACT THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTING, BUT THE QUALITY OF THE FACTS AND THE INFORMATION.

I LIKE THE RESEARCH, THE SURVEYS.

GREAT JOB ON THE SURVEY FROM MIDLOTHIAN WITH ALL THOSE RESPONDENTS, BUT ANYWAY, I REALLY THINK THAT YOU'RE ALL HAVE A FUTURE AS FUTURE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE THE FACT THAT YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CIP AND OPERATIONAL BUDGET ALREADY IS IMPRESSIVE.

I CAME ON THIS BOARD AND MY FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT'S CIP MEAN? SO YES, FUTURE SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES, PLEASE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK TODAY.

AND I WOULD JUST SAY THAT, I MEAN, IT'S ALL JUST GOING TO BE IF WE COULD ALL JUST GIVE YOU A ROUND OF APPLAUSE OVER AND OVER.

THAT WAS JUST PHENOMENAL, AND AGAIN, THE LEVEL OF EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS SHOWS THROUGH YOUR PRESENTATION FROM THE SURVEYS AND JUST THE FACT THAT YOUR BUDGET PRIORITIES ABSOLUTELY ALIGN WITH WHAT CBAC IS SEEING WHAT WE'RE SEEING, WHAT THEIR SUPERINTENDENT IS SEEING, I THINK, SPEAKS VOLUMES TO THE LEGITIMACY OF YOUR PRESENTATION, RIGHT.

IT ALL ALIGNS AND WE APPRECIATE THE STUDENT PERSPECTIVE.

YOU ARE WHY ALL OF US ARE HERE, NOT THE FIVE OF US, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM, EVERYBODY IN THE BUILDINGS, STUDENTS ARE WHY WE'RE HERE AND HEARING FROM YOU WHAT'S IMPORTANT AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ALL AROUND YOU IS VERY IMPACTFUL, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST, I WANTED TO COMMEND OUR SUPERINTENDENT FOR BRINGING YOU ALL TOGETHER BECAUSE YOUR VOICE IS SO IMPORTANT, SO I REALLY WANT TO GIVE MERVIN THAT UP FOR THAT.

SECOND BECAUSE MR. VIELE REALLY BROUGHT IT UP.

JADEN, AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT HE DID SAY, YOU HAVE A POEM.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU WOULD BE PREPARED TO SHARE IT WITH US? WELL, IT WASN'T EXACTLY A POEM, IT WAS THE SIX-WORD LEGACY, AND IT REPEATED AGAIN IT WAS CREATED A PATH INCLUSIVE ALL, AND THAT WAS IT WAS MORE REPRESENTATION OF MY TIME IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND NOT TO MAKE IT A SOB STORY, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS HARDER

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SOMETIMES THERE'S THINGS THAT REALLY DO THEY DO PUT ME DOWN IN A WAY, BUT FIGHTING TO CONTINUE MAKING IT THROUGH THAT, HAVING PEOPLE AROUND ME WHO CONTINUE TO HELP BRING ME UP, I WANT TO EMBODY THAT AND EVERYTHING I DO, AND THAT WAS WHY IT WAS SO IT WAS SO EASY FOR ME TO CREATE THAT SIX WORD LEGACY BECAUSE THAT'S IT EMBODIES EVERYTHING I STAND FOR AS A PERSON. I LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND THEN THE I SAW YOUR PRESENTATION A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO BEFORE I WAS ON THE BOARD AND LIKE CBAC WE KEEP HAVING TO RAISE THESE ISSUES, AND THE ONE THING THAT I NOTICED THAT WAS DIFFERENT BETWEEN THIS PRESENTATION AND THE ONE FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WAS THAT MENTAL HEALTH WAS NOT A TOP PRIORITY IN THIS.

SO THAT DID SURPRISE ME.

I'LL BE HONEST, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ALL OF YOU KIND OF SHARE WHY THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE TOP FOUR FOR THIS YEAR'S PRESENTATION.

OF COURSE. SO HONESTLY, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S A COMBINATION OF THINGS, AND IT REALLY STARTS WITH COVID, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN.

IF THIS HAD BEEN A YEAR AGO, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FIRST PRIORITIES I WOULD HAVE LISTED. BUT DUE TO THE FACT THAT I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MEETING WITH THEIR COUNSELORS, ESPECIALLY IN MIDLOTHIAN I CAN SPEAK TO, THAT IS SOMETHING NOT OF THE PAST, BUT IT'S JUST NOT PRIORITIZE AS MUCH WHEN YOU ARE IN THE BUILDING.

IT'S MORE OF A SENSE OF OTHER TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY RECENTLY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT HAS BEEN A RESOUNDING TOPIC, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS NUMBER SIX OR SEVEN ON MY SURVEY WAS IN FACT, MENTAL HEALTH, BUT AS FOR THE STUDENTS POLLED, YOU KNOW, IT DIDN'T PROVE TO BE ONE OF THE STRONGEST POINTS.

THANK YOU. I WOULDN'T SAY THAT MENTAL HEALTH ISN'T A PRIORITY AND IT'S NOT THAT IT'S GONE AWAY.

I JUST FEEL LIKE WITH US BEING BACK IN THE BUILDING.

KIDS CAN NOW BE WITH THEIR FRIENDS ALL DAY AND THEY CAN TALK TO TEACHERS, TALKED WITH THEIR COUNSELORS FACE TO FACE, PERSON TO PERSON, WHICH JUST MAKES IT EASIER ON THE KIDS AND ESPECIALLY THE SEEING YOUR FRIENDS PART.

WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT LAST YEAR, ESPECIALLY TO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T GO BACK IN PERSON.

SO JUST THAT DIFFERENCE MAKES IT BIG.

A MENTAL HEALTH WAS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THROUGH OUR TIME HERE AT SSAGE, AND IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT PRIORITY, BUT LIKE ALEX SAID, WE'RE BACK IN SCHOOL NOW AND I FEEL LIKE ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AND SOMETHING TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

AND SO FOUR THAT WE CAME UP WITH ALL LIKE WITH TEACHER SALARY, HAVING GOOD TEACHERS, HELP STUDENTS, AND TRANSPORTATION, GETTING ON TIME AND BEING ORGANIZED.

ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

SO I FEEL LIKE ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES HAVE SOMETHING TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH.

TO ECHO WHAT MY FELLOW PEERS HAVE SAID, I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR TOP FOUR BUDGET PRIORITIES DO IN SOME WAY ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, AS IT WAS ONE OF THE PRIORITIES THAT WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IN THE BEGINNING, ESPECIALLY THE CREATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE, AND ALL FOUR OF THESE THINGS REALLY HELP IN HELPING STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE THEIR CREATIVITY AND TO BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE ANY STRESS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE HAD OF BEING STRESSED ABOUT THEIR TEACHERS LEAVING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, OR NOT GETTING TO SCHOOL ON TIME AND HAVING TO MAKE UP TWO HOURS OF HOME, TWO HOURS OF WORK, IN ADDITION TO ALL OF THEIR HOMEWORK.

I THINK THAT DOES HELP IN, AS THEY HAVE SAID, BEING BACK IN THE BUILDING HAS HELPED A LOT MORE. IF YOU IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD THIS PRESENTATION LAST YEAR, I DEFINITELY THINK IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF OUR TOP FOUR PRIORITIES, BUT I THINK IN SOME WAY ALL THESE FOUR ADDRESS THAT PROBLEM.

THEN TO SUM UP MY BASIC RESPONSE, IT'S EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAID, BUT THEN FROM A

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EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT, BECAUSE WHO BETTER UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAN THE SAME PEOPLE GOING THROUGH WHAT WE WERE? BEFORE TECHNOLOGY, ANYONE WILL TELL YOU TECHNOLOGY HAS DRIVEN US APART, AND IT'S BECAUSE WE CAN SAY WHATEVER WE WANT TO BEHIND THE SCREEN, WE CAN HIDE OUR EMOTIONS WITHOUT SAYING IT DIRECTLY TO SOMEONE'S FACE, BUT OVER COVID, WE ALL WENT THROUGH SO MANY PERSONAL STRUGGLES. WE HAD TO FIND OTHER PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTOOD IT, AND WITHIN THAT, WE FOUND THAT OTHER STUDENTS AND OUR PEERS, OUR TEACHERS, THEY'RE THE ONES WHO BETTER.

WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE EVER WILL, AND I THINK ADDING THE FACTOR THAT WE'RE NOW BACK INTO SCHOOL AND WE CAN TALK TO THEM FACE TO FACE INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SEND SOMEONE A TEXT MESSAGE OR A SNAP, IT MAKES IT THAT MUCH EASIER FOR EVERYONE TO FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMEONE THERE TO LISTEN TO THEM, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK MENTAL HEALTH WASN'T AS MUCH OF A PRIORITY THIS YEAR, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT TO MAKE IT MORE INCLUSIVE FOR ALL SO THAT WE CAN KEEP EMBRACING THE MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE ALL HAD, BUT ALSO DO IT IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WE ALL WERE ALL ABLE TO FEEL BE OURSELVES IN, AS WELL AS APPRECIATE FOR THE STANDARDS THAT ENVIRONMENT DOES HAVE, AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT WAS WHAT WE'RE SO STRONGLY REFLECTED IN OUR TOP FOUR PRIORITIES. THANKS, I APPRECIATE THAT.

SHOUT OUT FOR IN-PERSON LEARNING, I THINK THAT ARGUMENT IS BEST HEARD FROM YOU BECAUSE YOU LIVE THAT EXPERIENCE, AND I GUESS THE OTHER THING IS I'D LOVE TO GET A REPORT SINCE YOU MENTIONED THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM PIECE.

LOVE THAT BECAUSE I'M A HUGE FAN OF OUTDOOR LEARNING, SO MAYBE WE CAN GET A COMMENT FROM STAFF IN THE FUTURE ON HOW WE COULD WORK THAT INTO THE BUDGET.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN VERY MUCH AND NOTE FOR FUTURE BUDGET SEASONS.

THESE GUYS ARE COMING BACK.

SO THANK YOU.

YEAH. [APPLAUSE] NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION

[D. Proposed FY2023 Compensation Plan]

HOUGH. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. COKER, MS. HEFFRON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD DR.

DAUGHERTY PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED FY '23 COMPENSATION PLAN.

COMPENSATION IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY BECAUSE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IS OUR PEOPLE.

WE SERVE A COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS WITH A VARIETY OF INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS AND MOST OF WHICH WE LEARNED ARE BEST MET WITH IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION, AS YOU JUST HEARD, SUPPORTED BY A VARIETY OF EMPLOYEES.

WE'RE FACING A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF WORKERS AND A VARIETY OF AREAS, AND WE'RE COMPETING IN A VERY CHALLENGING MARKET FOR A NUMBER OF POSITIONS AND WE NEED TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYEES.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WERE ALSO FORTUNATE TO BE IN A GROWTH ENVIRONMENT, AND A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE LOSING STUDENTS DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THAT'S NOT REALLY BEEN THE CASE HERE. SO THAT'S FORTUNATE IN MANY WAYS, BUT ALSO GROWTH SOMETIMES COMES WITH GROWING PAINS. WE OFTEN HEAR FROM OUR COLLEAGUE, DR.

POPE, ABOUT IT'S ALL ABOUT INSTRUCTION, BUT WE WOULD SAY THAT IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE INSTRUCTION POSSIBLE, AND THAT INCLUDES CERTAINLY TEACHERS, BUT ALSO SUPPORT FUNCTIONS AND FRONTLINE WORKERS.

COMPENSATION COMMUNICATES VALUE.

IT REFLECTS OUR SCHOOL DIVISION'S PRIORITIES.

IT INVESTS IN STRONG LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, CHIEFS INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PAY EQUITY, AND IT ALSO HELPS OUR EFFORTS TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN A MORE DIVERSE WORKFORCE.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT OUR HISTORICAL PROGRESSION, INFLATIONARY MARKET, AND AS YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WE HAD SALARY STUDY TO WHICH MULTIPLE PHASES WERE RECOMMENDED AND WE HAVE SALARY STUDY ONE, SORRY, WHICH IS TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL COMPENSATION AND THEN SALARY STUDY TWO, WHICH IS OUR FRONT LINE AND NON STUDY POSITIONS, AND WE'LL SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THIS SLIDE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE, BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DIDN'T GET HERE IN THIS SITUATION OVERNIGHT, AND WE'RE KIND OF IN A PERFECT STORM BECAUSE WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS FROM THE LAST RECESSION, THERE WERE A LOT OF YEARS OF PAY FREEZES OR REDUCTIONS OR FLAT INCREASES THAT WEREN'T A HIGH PERCENTAGE AND THAT KIND OF CREATED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE WERE BEHIND AND WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, MANY DIVISIONS STARTED TO KIND OF MOVE OUT OF THAT, MAYBE FY14, FY15 AND CHESTERFIELD WAS A

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AND MOVING ON THAT.

WELL, NOW WE'RE CONFRONTED WITH A WORSENING TEACHER SHORTAGE AND A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, SO IT'S ALMOST A PERFECT STORM.

SO WE MADE SOME GOOD PROGRESS LAST YEAR IMPLEMENTING STUDY ONE AND DECOMPRESSED TEACHER SALARIES, PRINCIPAL SALARIES, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SALARIES, AND SOME STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, BUT WE STILL HAVE MORE PROGRESS TO MAKE, AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT, ESPECIALLY TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THIS WAS A LONG PROCESS IN GETTING HERE, AND IT'S LIKELY TO BE A MULTIYEAR PROCESS TO GET SOMEWHERE ELSE.

INFLATION THIS YEAR HAS BEEN HIGH SINCE AT LEAST THE AVERAGE PRICE OF A SINGLE HOME HERE IN CHESTERFIELD INCREASED BY THIRTEEN POINT NINE PERCENT IN ONE YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE DECEMBER MLS REPORT, AND A CONDO, TOWNHOUSE INCREASED EVEN MORE BY OVER 15 PERCENT.

GROCERY PRICES WERE UP SIX POINT FOUR PERCENT IN DECEMBER 2021, AND THAT WAS THE LARGEST INCREASE SINCE DECEMBER 2008 AND THE AVERAGE COST OF BEEF, IF YOU LIKE HAMBURGERS, THE NEWS WAS WORSE BECAUSE THAT WAS UP ALMOST TWENTY ONE PERCENT, AND OF COURSE, GROCERIES ARE SOMETHING EVERYONE NEEDS HOUSING, GROCERIES, BASIC THINGS, NOT REALLY DISCRETIONARY ITEMS, AND ACCORDING TO THE CONFERENCE BOARD LAST YEAR, BUSINESSES WERE PLANNING TO GIVE AN AVERAGE COST OF LIVING INCREASE THIS YEAR OF ALMOST FOUR PERCENT, WHICH WAS THE LARGEST SINCE 2008.

AND THEY CITED SHORTAGES, TURNOVER, INFLATION, AND PLANS FOR REALLY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR ALL EMPLOYEE GROUPS FROM FRONT LINE ENTRY LEVEL WORKERS TO SENIOR WORKERS SHORTAGES ARE JUST OCCURRING IN A NUMBER OF AREAS.

LAST YEAR WE HAD SALARY STUDY ONE, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE FOCUSED ON PHASE TWO OF SALARY STUDY ONE, AND THAT WOULD BE TO INCREASE THE MARKET COMPETITIVENESS BY COMPLETING SOME STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS, INCLUDING STEP PROGRESSION AND CONSIDERING OUR CURRENT MARKET AND THE CONSULTANT'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE TEACHER.

[INAUDIBLE] WAS TO LINK THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR SCALE AS RECOMMENDED IN THE STUDY, BECAUSE YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR THAT OUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS WERE ONE OF OUR MOST DISCREPANT POSITIONS, MAKING 88 PERCENT OF THE SALARY OF A FIFTH YEAR TEACHER.

SO IN ORDER TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING IN THE FUTURE, WE WOULD LINK THOSE TWO SCALES.

SALARY STUDY TO THIS YEAR WOULD BE PHASE ONE FOR SALARY STUDY TWO, AND IT WOULD ADDRESS SALARY COMPRESSION SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR WITH TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS FOR ALL THE POSITIONS NOT PREVIOUSLY STUDIED, AND THEN ALSO CONSIDER A MARKET ADJUSTMENT FOR POSITIONS THAT WEREN'T PREVIOUSLY STUDIED.

THESE ARE POSITIONS LIKE CUSTODIAL, CLERICAL POSITIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL FOOD SERVICE TRANSPORTATION.

YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR SALARY STUDY ONE, WE COMPLETED THAT WITH THE COUNTY AND SEGAL WATERS, AND SOME OF THE IMPORTANT FINDINGS OF THAT STUDY WERE THAT STARTING TEACHER PAY RATES WERE SIMILAR TO THE 2020 MARKET AVERAGE, BUT THEN THE GAP WIDENED DUE TO SLOWER PAY PROGRESSION AND OVER THIRTY FIVE YEAR CAREER A CCPS TEACHER WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE EARNED 10 PERCENT LESS THAN THE MARKET AVERAGE.

NOW THIS WAS THE 2020 MARKET THAT WAS BEING STUDIED AND PAY COMPRESSION EXISTED AMONG SUPPORT SERVICES AND SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL, AND THEN THE MAXIMUM PAY RATES FOR PAIR PROFESSIONALS AS INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS LAGGED THE MARKET BY EIGHTEEN TO TWENTY SEVEN PERCENT, AND THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PAY, AS I MENTIONED, WAS THE MOST DISCREPANT, EARNING LESS THAN TEACHERS WITH FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE PER DAY, AND MANY OF THOSE ITEMS WERE CORRECTED IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S BUDGET.

WE IMPLEMENTED PHASE ONE OF SALARY STUDY ONE TO ADDRESS THE TEACHER SALARY COMPRESSION AND THE COMPETITIVE SALARY ISSUES FOR OTHER POSITIONS, AND THIS YEAR, IN FY '23, THE PROPOSAL IS TO IMPLEMENT REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES ON THE STEP SCALE TO TRY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN QUALITY TEACHERS IN A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE MARKET.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET CLOSER TO THE MARKET, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOW THE 2020 MARKET.

SO THE GAME IS CHANGING AS WE'RE PLAYING THE GAME, AND THE STATE HAS RECOMMENDED A PROPOSED INCREASE OF FIVE PERCENT AND THAT'S GOING TO MEAN AN INCREASE IN COMPETITOR PAY.

SO THE MARKET IS CONTINUING TO MOVE WHILE WE IMPLEMENT PHASES TO CATCH UP TO THAT 2020 MARKET. WE ARE ALSO FACING A LOCAL NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE.

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SO THIS IS TITLED TWO DATA TITLE TWO HIGHER.

ED HAS A FANTASTIC WEBSITE THAT'S VERY EASY TO USE AND YOU CAN EASILY MAKE CHARTS AND GRAPHS FROM THERE. THE DATA DOES RUN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, BUT THEY SURVEY EVERY TEACHER PREP PROGRAM IN THE COUNTRY AND YOU CAN LOOK AT JUST VIRGINIA OR NATIONALLY OR ANY STATE , AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COMPLETERS, THAT ORANGE LINE KIND OF FLAT LINES REALLY FOR THE LAST DECADE, IT'S EVEN GONE DOWN SLIGHTLY THE LAST THREE YEARS ON THE CHART.

WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE ON THIS CHART IS WHAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING THE NEXT THREE YEARS THAT WE DON'T YET HAVE DATA FOR, AND OF COURSE, THAT, YOU KNOW, ENTERS THE PANDEMIC.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A TEACHER WHO ACCEPTED A POSITION AS A SECRETARY AT A PRIVATE COMPANY BECAUSE IT WAS AN INCREASE IN PAY.

SO WE ARE SEEING, FOR EXAMPLE, VCU WE CALLED ABOUT, WHEN IS YOUR TEACHER FAIR IS GOING TO BE SCHEDULED BECAUSE SOME OF THE FAIRS WERE CANCELED OR WENT ONLINE LAST YEAR AND EVEN THE YEAR BEFORE, THEY SAID, WE'RE NO LONGER HAVING A TEACHER FAIR.

ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ALREADY HAVE MULTIPLE OFFERS.

WE CALLED WVU, FOR EXAMPLE, AS A FAIR WE TYPICALLY ATTEND.

THEY'RE CONSOLIDATING THEIR FAIR WITH OTHER CONTENT AREAS, SO WE'RE STILL PLAN TO ATTEND , BUT IT'S NO LONGER A DEDICATED TEACHER FAIR BECAUSE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH CANDIDATES.

WE WENT TO RADFORD UNIVERSITY THIS WEEK FOR A TEACHER INTERVIEW EVENT.

THEIR FAIR IS COMING UP AND WE PLAN TO ATTEND THAT AS WELL, BUT IF THE TEACHER INTERVIEW EVENT, YOU KNOW HOW TO INTERVIEW FOR A JOB.

A NUMBER OF THE CANDIDATES HAD ALREADY ACCEPTED POSITIONS AND HIGHER PAYING DISTRICTS.

SO I KNOW THOSE ARE ANECDOTAL AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL DATA BECAUSE THE DATA IS PAST DATA, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE IN A VERY CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, THIS SHOWS YOU THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ENROLLED IN TEACHER EDUCATION IN THE 18-19 YEAR, THE LAST YEAR DATA IS AVAILABLE AND THEN THE NUMBER OF COMPLETED.

SO LESS THAN A THIRD OF PEOPLE COMPLETE THE PROGRAM SO THEY MAY CHOOSE TO CHANGE MAJORS OR DO SOMETHING ELSE WHILE THEY'RE IN THE MIDST OF THE PROGRAM, AND THIS DATA SHOWS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AS WELL.

SO IT'S NOT JUST THE TRADITIONAL COLLEGE PROGRAMS, IT ALSO INCLUDES ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS LICENSE THROUGH VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ED.

WE'RE REALLY COMPETING FOR CONTENT.

THERE WERE 14 CHEMISTRY MAJORS IN THIS LAST SET OF DATA.

WE HAVE TWO RETIRING AND CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS THIS YEAR.

SO ASSUMING THAT A SIMILAR NUMBER OF CANDIDATES IS AVAILABLE AND THAT NO ONE RESIGNS OR RELOCATES OR GOES TO A PRIVATE COMPANY, WE ALREADY NEED TWO OF FOURTEEN.

AND THERE'S ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THE STATE.

I'VE ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED BY A PRINCIPAL LOOKING FOR PHYSICS CANDIDATE.

WE HAVE 17 MATH VACANCIES RIGHT NOW.

THERE WERE A HUNDRED AND FIFTY SEVEN MATH CANDIDATES AVAILABLE FOR THE LAST YEAR, THE DATA IS AVAILABLE.

TO THE CORE CONTENT, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERY SECONDARY GRADE LEVEL, MINIMUM NUMBER OF CREDITS REQUIRED. SO IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE TO FIND MATH CANDIDATES.

SPECIAL EDUCATION, OUR VACANCIES WERE IN THE UPPER 40S LAST WEEK.

ONLY THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX CANDIDATES AVAILABLE K THROUGH 12 GEN ED CURRICULUM AND ADAPTIVE FOR THE ENTIRE STATE FOR THE LAST YEAR THAT CANDIDATES WERE DATA IS AVAILABLE. SO PROVIDING A REASONABLE WAGE IS INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO COMPETE.

THE THREE LARGEST SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN VIRGINIA, THEY ROUTINELY HIRE TWO FIVE HUNDRED CANDIDATES PER YEAR, AND THAT WOULD JUST LEAVE SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN CANDIDATES FOR ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST OF THOSE HUNDRED AND THIRTY OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND ONE OF THE HIGHER GROWTH DIVISIONS, AND WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE PANDEMIC MAY EXACERBATE THE SHORTAGE.

THIS ALSO SHOWS AND WE HAVE AN INTEREST IN DIVERSIFYING OUR STAFF, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ONLY TWO HUNDRED AND TWELVE COMPLETERS IDENTIFIED AS BLACK IN THE LAST YEAR THAT DATA WAS AVAILABLE FOR VIRGINIA, AND SO OFTEN PEOPLE SAY, WELL, JUST GO TO MORE HBCUS.

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HISPANIC CANDIDATES, ONLY ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY COMPLETERS IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

THAT'S LESS THAN ONE PER SCHOOL DIVISION IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

THAT'S OUR LARGEST GROWING STUDENT DEMOGRAPHIC GROUP, AND THE REASON WE'RE ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT IS REPRESENTATION, BECAUSE THERE'S RESEARCH SHOWING THAT STUDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE AND NOT TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WHEN THEY SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTED IN THEIR SCHOOL, AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE ALL THAT WE THAT THEY CAN TO SEE THEMSELVES REPRESENTED AND TO SEE ACADEMICS AS SOMETHING FOR THEM.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DEMOGRAPHICS, THEY'VE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY DURING THE LAST 10 TO 20 YEARS.

SEVENTEEN POINT TWO PERCENT OF OUR TEACHERS IDENTIFIED AS TEACHERS OF COLOR THIS YEAR, BUT FIFTY FIVE PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS STUDENTS OF COLOR THIS YEAR.

SO WE HAVE A SMALL POOL OF CANDIDATES.

ONLY SIX POINT SEVEN PERCENT OF VIRGINIA TEACHER ED COMPLETERS IDENTIFIED AS TEACHERS OF COLOR, AND SO CANDIDATES HAVE CHOICES, AND WE'RE COMPETING FOR SUPPLY OF TEACHERS, QUALITY OF TEACHERS, CONTENT AREA, DIVERSITY OF STAFF.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE A SUSTAINED EFFORT TO COMPETE WITH MARKET COMPETITIVE SALARIES.

SALARY STUDY ONE WE PLACE OUR TEACHERS ON THE SCALE TO ACCURATELY REFLECT THEIR YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE, A STEP FOR EACH YEAR AND PHASE TWO.

WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE CLOSER TO THAT MARKET WITH CONSIDERATION TO OUR CURRENT WAGE MARKET, INCLUDING STEP PROGRESSION, AND EACH PHASE LINK THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS SCALE.

THIS IS A COMPARISON WITH HENRICO'S PAY SCALE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT AT THE BEGINNING, THERE'S A LITTLE OVER FOUR PERCENT DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU MOVE TO MID-CAREER.

THERE'S ABOUT A 20 PERCENT DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU MOVE TO LATE CAREER.

THERE'S ABOUT A THIRTY FIVE PERCENT DIFFERENCE NOW.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND GO TO HENRICO AND BE PLACED ON STEP THIRTY-TWO.

THEY CAPPED THEIR PLACEMENT AT STEP SIXTEEN.

THE IMPORTANT THING, THOUGH, IS THAT STEP SIXTEEN IS HIGHER THAN STEP THIRTY FIVE ON CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCALE THIS YEAR.

SO THERE IS AN INCENTIVE FOR CANDIDATES OR FOR OUR OWN TEACHERS TO GO TO HENRICO FOR A PAY INCREASE, AND THERE'S NOT AN INCENTIVE FOR A HENRICO TEACHER, PARTICULARLY A MID TO LATE CAREER TEACHER, TO COME TO CHESTERFIELD, AND THAT IS OUR LARGEST COMPETITOR BECAUSE THE COMMUTING DISTANCE AND BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT ARE HIRED THERE.

SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO INCREASE OUR SCALE, STARTING TO GO FROM FORTY SIX THOUSAND TO FORTY NINE FORTY ONE.

THAT WOULD BE STEP ZERO BACHELOR'S LEVEL AND INCLUDING STEP INCREASES THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE FOR TEACHERS TO RECEIVE AN INCREASE OF EIGHT POINT SIX TO EIGHT POINT EIGHT PERCENT MORE AFTER STEP ZERO, AND THE COST IS THIRTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS.

THIS IS OUR PROPOSED TEACHER SCALE.

I REALIZE THAT'S KIND OF SMALL, SO FOLKS MAY WANT TO PRINT IT OFF OR BLOW IT UP AT HOME, BUT THAT'S A PROPOSED FY 23 SCALE.

WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED THE PROPOSED ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL SCALE FOR FY 23 ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL SCALE, WHICH IS THE SAME DAILY RATE BUT INCLUDES AN EXTRA MONTH OF EMPLOYMENT VERSUS PRINCIPALS. IT'S 12-MONTH INSTEAD OF 11-MONTH POSITION AND THE PROPOSED PRINCIPAL SALARY SCALE. SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, WE WERE FORTUNATE THIS YEAR TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN INCREASE IN THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER PAY RATE, AND THIS IS BUILT IN TO THE PROPOSAL FOR FY 23 TO CONTINUE IT.

WE NOTICED THAT THE MEDIAN RATE IN THE MARKET AROUND US WAS NINETY FIVE POINT NINETY NINE IN HENRICO WAS PAYING ONE ZERO THREE THIRTY SEVEN AND OUR RATE WAS IN THE EIGHTIES.

SO WE HAVE INCREASED THAT IN NOVEMBER TO ONE ZERO ONE FIFTY PER DAY AND TWO HUNDRED AND THREE DOLLARS FOR FRIDAYS AND PRE-DETERMINED HIGH DEMAND DAYS, AND IF ANYBODY IS WATCHING AT HOME, THERE'S TOO HIGH DEMAND DAYS NEXT WEEK, FEBRUARY 14TH AND FEBRUARY 18TH, SO WE'RE SENDING THAT MESSAGE OUT.

THIS STARTED OUT WITH A LOT OF SUCCESS.

WE'VE HAD MANY MORE PEOPLE APPLYING TO BE SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS OR FILL RATES WENT FROM 60

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IN JANUARY, WE HAD SOME SETBACKS WITH THE AMOUNT OF ILLNESS, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT COME BACK.

SO WE SAW IT FALL BACK INTO THE SIXTIES.

NOW WE'RE SEEING IT GROW BACK INTO THE SEVENTIES AGAIN.

SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN BUILD BACK UP TO THAT, YOU KNOW, EIGHTY TO EIGHTY-FIVE RATE AND HOPEFULLY GROW FROM THERE AS WE CONTINUE TO INTERVIEW MANY SUBSTITUTES AND WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST.

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT SUBRATE, THIS WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BY OUR GROUP OF TEACHERS THAT WE MEET WITH EVERY SIX WEEKS OR SO ACTS AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE TEACHER FROM EVERY SCHOOL, AND THEY BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

WE DON'T THINK ANYONE'S REALLY PICKING UP THESE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT SUB JOBS, AND WE STILL HAVE GAPS THERE.

WELL, WE DO HAVE A TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT ATTRITION RATE FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, AND WE HAD SIXTY NINE VACANT POSITIONS IN DECEMBER TODAY AND WE HAD SIXTY ONE.

IT'S A CRITICALLY NEEDED STUDENT CONTRACT POSITION, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WE HAVE CHALLENGES WITH ATTRACTING AND RETAINING SUBSTITUTE EMPLOYEES IN THIS AREA, AND WE LOOKED AT THE MARKET AND THE MARKET DID SUPPORT A HIGHER DAILY RATE.

WE WERE PAYING SIXTY SIX DOLLARS PER DAY, WHICH PUT US ALMOST 17 PERCENT BELOW MARKET, AND THEN FOR SPECIAL ED INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT, WE WERE ABOUT SEVEN PERCENT BELOW MARKET.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE TO SEVENTY SEVEN DOLLARS A DAY, WHICH IS NOT THE HIGHEST RATE IN THE MARKET, BUT IT'S THE MEDIAN RATE IN THE MARKET AND THAT'S PROPOSED IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS WERE INCLUDED IN STUDY ONE AND THEIR SALARIES WERE DECOMPRESSED INCREASED TO THE 2020 MARKET, BUT WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT WAS A CONSERVATIVE SOLUTION AND IT WASN'T ENOUGH.

IT DIDN'T WORK BECAUSE IN GRADE THIRTY FIVE IS WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY PLACED AND THEIR STARTING PAY IS THIRTEEN POINT NINETY THREE PER HOUR AND MID-CAREER IS EIGHTEEN EIGHTY SIX PER HOUR.

WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOCAL SERVICE MARKET, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANT SERVERS, ET CETERA, JUST LOOK ON INDEED FOR MIDLOTHIAN, RICHMOND, PALATINE IT'S TWELVE TO EIGHTEEN DOLLARS TO START, AND THIS IS A POSITION WITH A LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT CAN INCLUDE SUPERVISING GROUPS OF CHILDREN WORKING WITH STUDENTS WITH SIGNIFICANT NEEDS, AND WE WERE NOT WELL POSITIONED WITH THE MARKET.

SO GRADE THIRTY FIVE ALSO INCLUDES SECRETARY, SCHOOL SECURITY, OTHER FOLKS WHO WERE BEING INCLUDED IN THE STUDY TOO, AND SO WHAT WE LEARNED WAS TO ALIGN WE NEEDED TO RECONSIDER SALARIES FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS.

SALARY CITY TWO JOB CATEGORIES, THESE ARE ALL THE TITLES THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED IN LAST YEAR'S STUDY, BUT SOME BROAD GROUPS ARE FOOD SERVICE CUSTODIANS, CLERICAL SUPPORT, SECURITY, BUS DRIVERS, WE HAD AN EARLIER ADJUSTMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THERE.

WE JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THE STUDY BECAUSE THEY HADN'T BEEN INCLUDED BEFORE AND TO TAKE A LOOK AT ANY COMPRESSION, PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL GROUPS LIKE FINANCE AND IT, ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES, NOT STUDY LAST YEAR, AND AGAIN, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS ARE BEING RECONSIDERED.

WE KNOW THAT WE WANT TO REMEDY PAY COMPRESSION AND ALIGN OUR DECOMPRESSION PHILOSOPHY WITH SALARY STUDY ONE SO THAT WE HAVE A SIMILAR PHILOSOPHY IN OUR PAY PLANS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES , AND THEN OBJECTIVE TWO IS TO MOVE TOWARDS MARKET COMPETITIVENESS.

THIS STUDY LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER OF 2021, AND IT'S A SEVEN MONTH PROJECT WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND A VENDOR.

IT INCLUDES BENCHMARKING POSITIONS, SALARY RECOMMENDATIONS, BENEFIT SURVEYS, ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES.

THE FOCUS IS ON POSITIONS THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THE STUDY ONE, AND WE PRIORITIZED WITH THE VENDOR BENCHMARKING THE POSITIONS FOR BUDGET PLANNING SO THAT WE COULD GET A COSTING FOR BUDGET PLANNING.

SO SOME OF THOSE OTHER PHASES WITH THE BENEFIT SURVEY AND RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES AND THE ENGAGEMENT SURVEY REPORT WILL COME LATER.

THE STUDY IMPLEMENTATION IS PLANNED IN TWO PHASES TO ADDRESS ONGOING MARKET CHALLENGES, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH STUDY ONE.

THIS IS SOME VACANCY DATA THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF

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WE'RE EXPERIENCING KIND OF SYSTEM SUSTAINED CHALLENGES THERE, WITH VACANCY RATE OVER 14 PERCENT. THE TRADES ARE RUNNING 11 TO 12 PERCENT ATTRITION AND BUS DRIVERS, THIS IS LAST YEAR DATA AROUND TWENTY FOUR, TWENTY FIVE PERCENT.

AGAIN, WE HAVE '19, '20, AND 2021 DATA FOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR AND COORDINATORS, OUR DIRECTOR POSITIONS OR OF CONCERN.

TWENTY THREE PERCENT ATTRITION RATE LAST YEAR.

FINANCE POSITIONS WERE OF CONCERN.

TWENTY FOUR AND SIXTEEN PERCENT AND SPECIALIST ADMINISTRATOR POSITIONS TWENTY FOUR PERCENT. NOW IT LOOKED LIKE FROM THIS SLIDE THAT THE WELL, THE FINANCE DATA MIGHT BE GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S HAPPENING THIS YEAR.

LET'S JUST LOOK AT THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THIS YEAR, AND SO THIS CHART SHOWS YOU WHAT HAPPENED JUST THROUGH JANUARY 11TH, OUR FINANCE POSITIONS, WE HAD AN ATTRITION RATE OF OVER 15 PERCENT.

OUR DIRECTOR POSITIONS OVER 16 PERCENT.

CUSTODIANS ALMOST 11 PERCENT.

SO IF YOU GO BACK AND DOUBLE THOSE, WE'RE ON TRACK TO DO WORSE THAN WE'VE DONE THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS IN THOSE CATEGORIES, ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE A SIMILAR ATTRITION RATE FOR SECOND SEMESTER, AND THAT'S CONCERNING TO US BECAUSE TYPICALLY PEOPLE MAKE DIFFERENT DECISIONS IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR CONCLUDES IN A VARIETY OF POSITIONS, NOT NOT JUST TEACHING.

THIS IS THE VACANCY PERCENTAGE BY POSITION, AND YOU CAN SEE WE'RE HAVING SOME REAL CHALLENGES THERE IN NUTRITION SERVICES AND IN THE TRADES WITH POSITIONS WE CAN'T FILL.

I LOOK TODAY AT THE NUTRITION POSITIONS AND I THINK WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY ONE VACANCIES IN OUR MOST RECENT REPORT.

SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT, AND SALARY STUDY, TOO, HAS A WIDE VARIETY OF COMPETITORS, SO THIS VENDOR HAD A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT PHILOSOPHY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT TARGET STUDY.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A TEACHER SALARY SCALE THAT'S TYPICALLY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE, PRETTY READILY AVAILABLE FOR EVERY SCHOOL DIVISION, THE SAME FOR PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS. THESE POSITIONS ARE VARIETY OF POSITIONS WHICH MAY HAVE DIFFERENT TITLES CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO GET INFORMATION ABOUT AND TYPICALLY REQUIRES SOMEONE FROM THE OTHER DIVISION TO RESPOND.

SO THE PHILOSOPHY WAS TO HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF COMPETITORS ADJUSTING FOR COST OF LIVING, AND IT'S THE SAME PHILOSOPHY ON THE COUNTY SIDE.

THE COUNTY HAS MANY OF THE SAME COMPETITORS, A FEW DIFFERENT COMPETITORS THEY'RE BASED ON THINGS LIKE THE SIZE AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND THE SOCIOECONOMICS AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COUNTY AND THE NUMBER OF TITLE ONE SCHOOLS AND THEN ADJUSTED FOR COST OF LIVING. SO THIS IS THE LIST OF COMPETITORS FOR OUR STUDY.

THE PRELIMINARY WORK IS SHOWING THAT OUR RANGES REMEMBER THE FOLKS WHO AREN'T TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS ARE ON GRADE RANGES INSTEAD OF A STEP SYSTEM, AND THE RANGES ARE SIX TO SEVEN PERCENT BEHIND MARKET BASED ON THE 2021 DATA.

ALTHOUGH SOME ARE EVEN FURTHER BEHIND AND THEIR SEVERE PAY COMPRESSION THROUGHOUT WHICH LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO HIRE AT A COMPETITIVE RATE, PROBABLY THE MOST ACUTE EXAMPLE OF THIS THAT KEEPS COMING UP OVER AND OVER IS IN OUR FINANCIAL POSITIONS, WHERE WE'RE HAVING A LARGE NUMBER OF DECLINES BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO OFFER A COMPETITIVE RATE BECAUSE IT SKIPS OVER MANY PEOPLE WITH A NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WHO ARE ALREADY HERE BECAUSE THE SALARIES ARE SO COMPRESSED.

APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF THE COST OF THE RECOMMENDATION IS RELATED TO THE COMPRESSION REMEDY. THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE BECAUSE IT WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WITH THE TEACHER STUDY.

WE ARE IN A HYPERINFLATION AND A HYPER WAGE MARKET, AND WE HAVE COMPETITION FOR TALENT FROM RETAIL PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES, AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO KEEP UP WITH THAT MOVEMENT, ESPECIALLY THOSE FRONT LINE POSITIONS.

PAY COMPRESSION, I THINK IT'S WORTH MAYBE REITERATING FOR THE COMMUNITY.

IT EXISTS WHEN THERE'S VERY LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN PAY BETWEEN EMPLOYEES, REGARDLESS OF THEIR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND THIS CAN IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO RECRUIT QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED EMPLOYEES BECAUSE WE CAN'T OFFER A COMPETITIVE SALARY DUE TO INTERNAL EQUITY

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ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH YOUR CAREER, YOU'D HIT THAT DARK LINE IN THE MIDDLE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE SEE IN OUR EXAMPLES.

WE SEE MOST OF THE FOLKS BELOW THAT MIDPOINT LINE, EVEN VERY FAR INTO THEIR CAREER.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE AROUND YOUR TWENTY FOUR OR SO YOU START TO CROSS THE MIDPOINT.

ALSO, THIS IS A JOINT STUDY WITH THE COUNTY, SO THIS IS KIND OF AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF OUR COMPRESSION ISSUES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

SO THIS IS A COUNTY CUSTODIAN IN A DAY PORTER BOTH HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND YOU CAN SEE THEIR ANNUAL SALARY AS OF LAST MONTH WAS FAIRLY SIMILAR, BUT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AT THE AT THE COUNTY.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COOK AND SCHOOL NUTRITION SERVICES ASSOCIATED EXPRESSING AN HOURLY RATE BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT NUMBER OF HOURS PER YEAR IN THE JOB, BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S BOTH HAVE SIXTEEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.

THERE'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE HOURLY RATE DUE TO COMPRESSION.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COUNTY SPECIALIST FOR INFO SYS TECH AND SCHOOL SPECIALISTS FOR TECHNOLOGY, SIMILAR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TWENTY AND TWENTY ONE, THE COUNTY PERSON HAS ONE MORE YEAR OF EXPERIENCE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A GOOD BIT OF DIFFERENCE HERE IN THE SALARY, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WHEN YOU HAVE COMPRESSION.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A COUNTY SENIOR PAYROLL ANALYST WITH SEVEN YEARS IN A SCHOOL, SENIOR PAYROLL ANALYST WITH TWELVE YEARS, AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE OVER A 30 PERCENT DIFFERENCE, AND SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE COMPRESSION. WE FOUND SOME OTHER EXAMPLES THAT WERE MORE SIGNIFICANT THAN THIS, BUT WE THOUGHT THESE WERE THE CLOSEST COMPETITORS.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME EARLY HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR VENDOR THESE ARE POSITIONS WHERE WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE FTE THAT ARE MOST OFF THE MARKET WITH THE RANGES.

SO NOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT COMPRESSION, WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE RANGES AND THE POSITIONS THAT ARE MOST OFF THE MARKET COMPARED TO THE RANGES.

YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S A SURVEY MINIMUM MIDPOINT AND MAXIMUM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GRADE? WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE MIDDLE OF THE GRADE? AND THEN WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE END OF THE GRADE? BUT KIND OF THE MIDPOINT WHEN YOU'RE SLOTTING POSITIONS IN A PAY STUDY IS KIND OF WHAT TRUMPS THE OTHER TWO, AND THAT'S WHY I BOLDED THAT MIDPOINT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THOSE PERCENTAGES DIFFER SLIGHTLY, BUT WE'RE REALLY CHALLENGED IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING, ANY JOB THAT REQUIRES SOMEONE TO BE BILINGUAL OR REALLY OFF MARKET, THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND FOR BILINGUAL POSITIONS.

THAT SECOND POSITION, THE SUPERVISOR FIELD, IS A FOOD SERVICE POSITION.

AGAIN, PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY OFF MARKET SERVICE CREW IS A OPERATIONS POSITION THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY OFF MARKET, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THESE FISCAL POSITIONS.

FISCAL TECHNICIAN TWO ABOUT THE FOURTH ONE DOWN AND THEN FISCAL TECHNICIAN THREE, THE LAST EXAMPLE ON THE SCREEN.

THOSE ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY OFF MARKET AND OUR BUILDING OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR.

THAT'S A REALLY KEY POSITION FOR US IN TERMS OF KEEPING OUR BUILDINGS RUNNING, KEEPING OUR BUILDINGS CLEAN.

THAT POSITION IS OFF MARKET AT THE MINIMUM MID AND MAX AND ABOUT 19 PERCENT OFF MARKET AT THE MIDPOINT.

THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS YOU CAN SEE, LIKE DEAF HARD OF HEARING ASSISTANT IS ALMOST 30 PERCENT OFF MARKET AT THE MIDPOINT.

CUSTODIAN DAY PORTER AGAIN ANOTHER VERY CRITICAL POSITION FOR US ABOUT TWENTY ONE AND A HALF PERCENT OFF MARKET.

OUR CLERICAL POSITIONS ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY OFF MARKET, SO YOU CAN SEE EXAMPLES HERE OF SECRETARY POSITION AND ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY POSITION.

OUR SCHOOL SECURITY POSITION OF SCHOOL SECURITY IS CERTAINLY OF INCREASING IMPORTANCE EVERYWHERE, AND THOSE POSITIONS ARE PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY OFF MARKET.

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF OUR CURRENT POSITION COST IMPACTS, SO THESE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE SITTING IN THIS POSITIONS RIGHT NOW, AND IF WE WERE TO CORRECT THIS TO PHASE ONE

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SO YOU CAN SEE OUR CLERICAL GROUPS THEY'RE OFF MARKET.

THEY WERE ONE OF OUR MORE SIGNIFICANTLY OFF MARKET POSITIONS.

WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF FTES IN THOSE POSITIONS AND THEY'RE VERY COMPRESSED.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO ARE MID-CAREER OR SO IN THOSE POSITIONS, AND THEY'RE ALSO THEY'RE VERY COMPRESSED.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE AVERAGE PERCENTAGE INCREASE THERE IS QUITE HIGH BECAUSE OF ALL OF THOSE FACTORS, THE FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE GROUP.

AGAIN, SOME OF OUR MORE DISCREPANT POSITIONS JUST IN TERMS OF RANGES, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE THE COMPRESSION SO YOU CAN SEE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THERE THREE POINT THREE MILLION AND TWENTY SIX PERCENT AVERAGE INCREASE.

SCHOOL SUPPORT, ADMINISTRATIVE, FOOD SERVICES, FOOD SERVICES IS WE'RE REALLY CHALLENGED.

THIS WOULD MOVE THE BOTTOM OF OUR RANGES TO A TWELVE DOLLAR AN HOUR MINIMUM, WHICH IS THE FY TWENTY THREE PROPOSAL FOR MINIMUM WAGE, AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE COST IMPACT OF THAT, AND THEN TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS, TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS, FISCAL POSITIONS, CERTAINLY IN DEMAND, AND SO THESE ARE SOME OF OUR HIGHER IMPACT GROUPS WITH BOTH BEING OFF RANGE AND BEING COMPRESSED.

NOW THIS NEXT SLIDE ARE REALLY GROUPS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY STUDIED, SO YOU CAN SEE THE ADJUSTMENTS ARE SMALLER.

THE INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT GROUP WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER CONTINUED CHALLENGES WITH NOT REALLY MEETING THE MARKET, HAVING VACANCIES, HAVING TURNOVER, AND SO THAT'S A TWELVE PERCENT INCREASE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY DECOMPRESSED.

IT'S JUST THAT WE'RE NOT MEETING THE 2022 MARKET.

SALARY STUDY ONE, WE HAD SOME STUDENT SUPPORT POSITIONS.

THESE ARE LIKE PSYCHOLOGIST, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, SPEECH THERAPISTS, THOSE GROUPS.

THE PROPOSAL IS THAT OUR OLD GRADES WON'T EXIST AND THERE'LL BE A NEW SET OF GRADES THAT WILL MATCH THE COUNTY'S NEW SET OF GRADES, AND SO WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THERE WAS A COST TO MIGRATING THOSE FOLKS FROM THOSE OLD GRADES TO THE NEW GRADES, AND IT'S LESS THAN A MILLION DOLLARS TRANSPORTATION.

WE MADE SOME FANTASTIC PROGRESS THERE THIS YEAR AND WE SAW SOME FANTASTIC RESULTS.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT COST IS MUCH LOWER, AND WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IS A LITTLE BIT OF COMPRESSION. ALTHOUGH MANY OF OUR BUS DRIVERS ARE NEW, AND THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE A BIG COMPRESSION COST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCED BUS DRIVERS PROPORTIONATELY . AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, YOU HAVE SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS, LIKE TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR AND OTHERS THAT NEEDED TO BE STUDIED WITH THE MARKET.

SO THE COST BREAKDOWN, OUR CURRENT POSITIONS, COST IMPACT IS TWENTY ONE POINT SIX MILLION. WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE THERE FOR VACANT POSITIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT IMPLEMENTING A SOLUTION LIKE THIS WOULD HELP US TO FILL A NUMBER OF OUR VACANT POSITIONS. WE HAVE FOUR HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO, I BELIEVE, VACANT POSITIONS THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF STUDY TWO AND INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS AND THEN ANOTHER TWO HUNDRED AND FIVE OR SO TEACHING POSITIONS.

ON TOP OF THAT. SO SEVEN HUNDRED VACANCIES IS QUITE A FEW VACANCIES.

OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AGAIN, THIS WOULD NOT ALL COME FROM THE OPERATING BUDGET BECAUSE SOME OF THESE POSITIONS ARE FUNDED BY GRANTS AND A 2023 MARKET CONSIDERATION, AND THAT'S WHAT GETS YOU TO YOUR OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT OF TWENTY THREE POINT SIX MILLION.

SO PHASE ONE BRING CCPS POSITIONS CLOSER TO THE MARKET AVERAGE AND MAKE THOSE COMPRESSION ADJUSTMENTS. IT WOULD BRING US TO A TWELVE DOLLARS AN HOUR MINIMUM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAY PLAN, WHICH WAS THE 2023 PROJECTED MINIMUM WAGE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT COMPENSATED AT THE $12 AN HOUR RATE, MOSTLY FOOD SERVICE AND DAY PORTER POSITIONS AND THE PROJECTED COST IMPACTED THERE, AND THAT INCLUDES BENEFITS VACANCY ASSUMPTION IN THE FY TWENTY THREE MARKET CONSIDERATIONS.

PHASE TWO WOULD BE A FUTURE STATE OF TARGETING A MORE COMPETITIVE MINIMUM OF THE SCALE AND MATCH THE COUNTY PLAN OF A SIXTEEN DOLLAR MINIMUM.

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I BELIEVE, INCLUDING UTILITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NOT MAKING A SIXTEEN DOLLAR AN HOUR MINIMUM, AND THAT INCLUDES GROUPS LIKE CLINIC ASSISTANTS, SECRETARIES, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, COUNSELING TECHNICIANS, MANAGERS AND TRAINING, CUSTODIAL FOOD SERVICE, LIBRARY ASSISTANTS, AND A LOT OF THOSE POSITIONS, NOT STARTING RANGE ARE ALSO VACANT. SO THE PHASE TWO WOULD FOCUS ON ATTRACTING AND RETAINING QUALITY TALENT IN FRONTLINE POSITIONS, AND THE MARKETS ARE REALLY THE PRIVATE MARKETS, AND EVEN THE NONPROFIT MARKETS ARE RUNNING AHEAD OF STATE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE LAWS.

EXCUSE ME, OFTEN WE'RE ASK WE'LL DO COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS HELP, YOU KNOW, ISN'T IT JUST WORKING ENVIRONMENT OR ISN'T IT SOME OTHER FACTOR? AND CERTAINLY ALL THOSE FACTORS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THIS WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS STORY OF CHANGING THE PAY FOR BUS DRIVERS.

THE STARTING RATE WAS AT SEVENTEEN TWENTY ONE AND WE HAD TWENTY FIVE PERCENT VACANCIES TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR AS OF JANUARY.

TWENTY EIGHTH, WITH THE STARTING RATE OF 2021, WE WERE DOWN TO SIX POINT SIX PERCENT VACANCY. SO THAT INCLUDES THE NEW RATE AND THOSE BONUSES OF UP TO $3,000 THAT WERE ANNOUNCED AUGUST 30TH.

LAST FRIDAY, THAT RATE WAS EVEN LOWER.

WE WERE AT THREE POINT SIXTY SEVEN PERCENT VACANCIES AND WE THINK WE MAY HIT ZERO HERE WITHIN THE NEXT EIGHT WEEKS.

SO IT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS STORY, AND I THINK THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW INVESTING AND TARGETING COMPENSATION DOLLARS CAN REALLY WORK.

WHY COMPENSATION RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF MISSING PIECES, AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE QUALITY IN PERSON INSTRUCTION, AND THE PANDEMIC'S REALLY FOCUSED US ON SURROUNDING STUDENTS WITH SUPPORT FOR THAT INSTRUCTION, AND WHEN WE HAVE VACANCIES AND WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF ATTRITION, WE HAVE MISSING PIECES AND GAPS THAT DETRACT FROM STUDENTS LEARNING INSTEAD OF ENHANCED STUDENTS LEARNING.

WE THINK OUR STUDENTS DESERVE INSTRUCTION DELIVERED BY OUTSTANDING TEACHERS, SUPPORTED BY CARING INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, LED BY VISIONARY PRINCIPALS.

WE THINK THEY DESERVE SPECIALIZED SUPPORTS IF THEY NEED THEM, DELIVERED BY COUNSELORS, SPECIALISTS, THERAPISTS, INTERPRETERS AND PLANNED AND COORDINATED BY EXPERTS.

THEY NEED SAFE ON TIME TRANSPORTATION TO CLEAN, SECURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS DELIVERED BY TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND SECURITY.

NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO READY THEM TO LEARN.

DELIVERED BY FOOD SERVICE.

WORKING TECHNOLOGY ENVISIONED AND SUPPORTED BY IT TO READY THEM FOR CAREERS OF THE FUTURE. FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT BY FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS TO MAXIMIZE THE BENEFITS THEY GET FROM SCHOOL DIVISION RESOURCES PLANNERS AND CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE SEATS READY FOR THEM, REGARDLESS OF OUR GROWTH, AND TO HAVE THEIR STORIES TOLD BY CARING COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONALS.

OUR STUDENTS DESERVE AN INVESTMENT IN THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVANTS IN EVERY FUNCTION BECAUSE OUR AIM IS TO CREATE AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND REMARKABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR.

HOUGH AND TO YOUR ENTIRE TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A LOT OF LONG HOURS, WEEKEND HOURS AS YOU'VE BEEN GETTING MORE AND MORE INFORMATION.

SO EXCUSE ME, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

SO BOARD MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION? OH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, DR.

HOUGH, FOR EVERYONE'S WORK ON THIS, I HAVE TO TELL YOU, IT'S REALLY EYE OPENING TO SEE THE COMPARISON OF COUNTY POSITIONS TO SCHOOL POSITIONS AND THE DISCREPANCIES OF SALARIES, SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY GREAT WORK TO REALLY SHOWCASE THAT.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I NOTICED ON HERE, AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING IS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE REALLY CLOSE THAT GAP WITH TRADES BECAUSE THE GAP IS ENORMOUS AND TO EVEN COME IN ON A TEACHER'S SALARY, SOMEONE WHO'S A MASTER ELECTRICIAN OR MASTER PLUMBER, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

HAVE WE THOUGHT OF ANY OTHER WAYS TO TRY TO TARGET SOME OF THOSE WITH LIKE SPECIAL INCENTIVES LIKE STIPENDS OR ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I MEAN, SOMEONE THAT'S MAKING $90,000, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY TOUGH.

YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOVE TEACHING TO SAY, I'M GOING TO COME IN AND DO THIS FOR FIFTY FIVE

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YEAH, I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE CTE TEACHING POSITIONS WHERE SOMEONE NEEDS A SKILLED TRADE, THAT IS VERY CHALLENGING.

SOMETIMES WE FIND FOLKS WHO'VE KIND OF WORKED A CAREER AND ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING A SECOND CAREER IN TEACHING.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NUMBER OF DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT.

YOU KNOW, CAN YOU INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DAYS? ARE THERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO? I MEAN, I KNOW SOME OF OUR TEACHERS IN THOSE AREAS WORK AND THEN ALSO HAVE A SIDE BUSINESS THAT THEY WORK IN THE SUMMER TO SUPPLEMENT THEIR INCOME, AND UNFORTUNATELY, MANY OF OUR TEACHERS DO.

I GUESS JUST THE LAST QUESTION, THEN I'LL SAVE SOME FOR MY COLLEAGUES BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS CHAIR AND I'D ALWAYS BE THE LAST PERSON, AND EVERYONE WOULD ALWAYS TAKE ALL MY QUESTIONS, BUT SO WE DON'T HAVE THE REPORT BACK FROM THE CONSULTANT ON THE PAY STUDY BUT YOU DID SAY THAT THE DATA WAS SHARED BETWEEN THE CONSULTANT AND US.

WAS THAT CORRECT ON THE BENCHMARK DATA? MM HMM. SO THAT PRETTY MUCH IS PART OF IT UNOFFICIALLY.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JUST A FEW QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, TO ECHO MR. HARTER, I AGREE THAT THE COMPARISON OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES OR DUTIES WITH THE COUNTY PARTS AND OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM EMPLOYEE SHOWS HOW POORLY WE HAVE BEEN FUNDED IN THE LACK OF FUNDING AND HOW MUCH WE NEED TO CORRECT THAT.

I WAS WONDERING, I KNOW THAT WE LOSE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO THE VDOE.

HAVE WE DONE A COMPARISON TO ALSO HOW MUCH A SIMILAR POSITION WOULD MAKE AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE I DO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE LEFT US TO GO TO WORK FOR THE VDOE, AND I ASSUME THEN WE ARE IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET WITH THEM AS WELL.

I DON'T HAVE THAT POSITION BY POSITION, BUT WE DID ASK TO HAVE THE STATE INCLUDED AS ONE OF OUR COMPETITORS FOR THAT EXACT REASON BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO LEAVE AND THEY DO SHARE WITH US THAT THEY'RE LEAVING FOR AN INCREASE.

RIGHT.

THERE WAS A ON THE SLIDE FOR YOUR PHASE ONE OF STUDY TWO, IT MENTIONED THREE POSITIONS.

I JUST MAY BE WONDERING IF YOU COULD TEASE OUT A GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES SCHOOL SUPPORT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECH AND PROFESSIONAL.

YOU HAVE THOSE DOWN THERE AS BROAD CATEGORIES.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD GIVE ME AN IDEA OF JUST WHO IS IN MENTIONED.

WHO WOULD YOU BE CONSIDERING SCHOOL SUPPORT, ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL? WELL, TECHNOLOGY AND PROFESSIONAL WOULD BE CERTAINLY OUR POSITIONS AND OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT.

IT WOULD BE FINANCIAL POSITIONS, ACCOUNTING POSITIONS, PLANNING POSITIONS.

SO IT'S POSITIONS WHERE YOU'RE NOT NECESSARILY MAYBE LEADING A DEPARTMENT OR AN OFFICE, BUT IT REQUIRES PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE OR TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND THEN ADMINISTRATIVE.

ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS WOULD BE LIKE CURRICULUM SPECIALIST COORDINATORS OF SPECIAL ED, ASSISTANT DIRECTORS.

A LOT OF CENTRAL STAFF.

CENTRAL STAFF AND SUPERVISORY TYPES OF POSITIONS, SCHOOL SUPPORT POSITIONS DON'T KNOW. I KNOW I'M THINKING LIKE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING SPECIALISTS.

OK. SO I JUST WANTED TO BE CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHO FIT INTO THOSE CATEGORIES, BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE ABOUT THAT, AND THEN I WAS WONDERING, DO YOU HAVE AN, SO THIS IS FUNDING PHASE ONE? DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT PHASE TWO WOULD BE AND IS PHASE TWO JUST TO BRING IT BACK TO MARKET AVERAGE BECAUSE PHASE ONE IS JUST TO DECOMPRESS AND BEGIN TOUCH? OR IS THERE A PHASE ASSUMING YOU CALL IT PHASE ONE, YOU'RE ANTICIPATING PHASE TWO? THERE IS, AND THERE IS AN ESTIMATE FOR PHASE TWO WHERE WE'RE AWAITING SOME ADDITIONAL DATA FROM THE CONSULTANT.

SO PHASE ONE IS DECOMPRESSION AND MOVING TO A MINIMUM OF TWELVE DOLLARS AN HOUR AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR PLAN.

PHASE TWO WOULD BE MOVING TO SIXTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLAN, SO COMPRESSION WOULD BE DONE BECAUSE COMPRESSION IS SOMETHING YOU KIND OF HAVE TO DO ALL IN ONE SWOOP.

BUT IT WOULD MATCH THE COUNTY'S PLAN BECAUSE OUR GRADES WOULD MATCH AND IT WOULD MOVE TO

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SO MOST OF THE COST FOR PHASE TWO WOULD BE CONCENTRATED TOWARDS YOUR FRONT LINE POSITIONS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE MARKET RIGHT THERE.

SO IT WOULD, FOR EXAMPLE, MOVE THOSE LOWER POSITIONS UP FOR JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOOD SERVICE WOULD GO FROM A TWELVE DOLLAR MINIMUM TO A SIXTEEN DOLLAR AN HOUR MINIMUM. SO MOST OF YOUR COSTS WOULD BE CONCENTRATED IN PHASE TWO IN THE LOWER GRADES OF THE PLAN AND THEN THE REST OF THE PLAN WOULD ALIGN, BUT IT WOULD BE DECREASING PERCENTAGES UP TO, I THINK, ZERO POINT FOUR PERCENT AT THE TOP OF THE PLAN.

SO THE COST FOR PHASE TWO, THEY'RE STILL WORKING OUT BECAUSE IT'S FURTHER INTO THE FUTURE , AND WE'VE TRIED TO REALLY FOCUS ON PHASE ONE FOR BUDGET PLANNING, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS AN ESTIMATE AND IT WOULD BE FOCUSED MORE ON MARKET COMPETITIVENESS WITH FRONT LINE POSITIONS WITH THE ASSUMPTION THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE.

DID I HEAR YOU SAY THAT THE COUNTY IS ALREADY GOING TO A SIXTEEN DOLLAR MINIMUM? NOT FOR EVERYTHING THEY ARE LOOKING AT.

THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT MOVING TO A SIXTEEN DOLLARS AN HOUR MINIMUM FOR PLAN FOR POSITIONS THAT WE SHARED AND COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER, AND SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT MOVING TO THE SIXTEEN DOLLAR AN HOUR MINIMUM FOR MENTAL HEALTH POSITIONS AND UTILITIES POSITIONS, WHICH ARE AREAS THEY INDICATED THEY WERE STRUGGLING WITH.

OK, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

YOU'VE DEFINITELY CARRIED A LOT OF THIS WORK BECAUSE I FEEL FRUSTRATED THAT THE EVERGREEN CONSULTING GROUP HAS NOT PRODUCED THE SAME TO ME QUALITY OF PRESENTATION THAT WE GOT FROM SEGAL LAST YEAR BECAUSE IN THE TEACHERS STUDY FROM SEGAL, THEY CAME AND THEY DID THE PRESENTATION, AND I FELT LIKE IT REALLY GAVE US GOOD INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE COMPETITORS, AND THIS WORK IS, I FEEL LIKE IT'S BEEN ALL ON YOUR SHOULDERS AND YOUR DEPARTMENT SHOULDERS AND GETTING BITS AND PIECES FROM THE CONSULTANT.

IT'S FRUSTRATING FOR, I THINK YOU AS WELL, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THIS, AND I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR ACTUALLY TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION TEASED OUT BECAUSE FROM WHAT I HAD SEEN PREVIOUSLY, I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT, BUT I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE DONE THAT, AND THEN I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE DETAILS THAT I WANTED, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING SOME OF THAT.

THANK YOU. DR.

HOUGH, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I WANTED TO JUST POINT OUT THAT I REALLY APPRECIATED IN THE BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION WHERE YOU STATED THAT COMPENSATION REFLECTS WHERE OUR PRIORITIES ARE.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND THAT'S WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO, AND GOING BACK TO THE END OF YOUR OF YOUR PRESENTATION WHERE WE SAY THIS IS ALL TO PROVIDE A BETTER OUTCOME, BETTER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I HATE THAT WE'RE I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALL HAMMERING ON THE PHASES, BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SO THIS PHASE TWO SALARY STUDY ONE PHASE TWO, THE THIRTY SIX MILLION THAT WILL CORRECT COMPRESSION AND MARKET CORRECTIONS AND WE WILL HAVE COMPLETED SALARY STUDY ONE.

NO? COMPRESSION WAS ALREADY ADDRESSED IN SALARY STUDY ONE.

SO WHAT PHASE TWO FOR SALARY STUDY ONE DOES IS MOVE US CLOSER TO THE 2020 MARKET, BUT ALSO THEN INCLUDES A CONSIDERATION FOR WHAT FY TWENTY THREE MARKET IS GOING TO BE GIVEN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT WE'RE IN, THE PROPOSALS THAT WE'RE SEEING AROUND US, AND THE FIVE PERCENT PROPOSAL FROM THE STATE.

I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING BY THE WHEN THIS IS IMPLEMENTED THAT ALL OF THE.

WELL, THERE WERE THREE PHASES.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, SO WE HAVE ANOTHER PHASE COMING? YES. GREAT.

SO AND THEN SO STUDY TWO PHASE ONE, AND I GUESS THAT WAS KIND OF SPEAKING TO BAILEY'S POINT. YOU KNOW, MY NOTES HERE ARE LIKE, WELL, HOW MANY PHASES WERE RECOMMENDED BY THE STUDY? AND THE ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE STUDY OR.

I THINK, NO.

I THINK THE RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE TWO PHASES.

OK. IT'S GOING TO BE THE TWELVE DOLLAR AN HOUR MINIMUM AND THE SIXTEEN DOLLAR.

SO THAT WILL BE A TWO STEP, AND THEN WHEN DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHEN WE CAN ANTICIPATE WHEN THE STUDY BEING AVAILABLE FOR BOARD REVIEW.

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THEY INITIALLY TOLD US THAT IT WAS A SEVEN MONTH STUDY AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM WEEKLY, ALTHOUGH THEY INDICATED THAT THEY WERE NOT AVAILABLE A COUPLE OF WEEKS THIS MONTH. I THINK IT WOULD SEEM LIKE WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE, BUT WE'RE WAITING ON AN ACTUAL REPORT WITH NARRATIVE AND TABLES AND EXHIBITS, AND THEY ALSO COMPLETED AN ENGAGEMENT SURVEY IN DECEMBER, BUT WE DON'T YET HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT.

GUESS ALL THAT I WOULD SAY TO THIS, AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF EDITORIALLY.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS AND TO MR. HARTER POINT REALLY WAS EYE OPENING WAS SEEING THE GAPS BETWEEN COUNTY PAY AND CCPS PAY, AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT EVEN A PART TIME EMPLOYEE THAT'S MAKING FIVE DOLLARS AN HOUR OR LESS.

THAT'S FIVE, $5,000, ROUGHLY $5000 A YEAR THAT EMPLOYEE ISN'T EARNING.

YOU KNOW, AND WITH THE OTHER SLIDE ON SLIDE 50, I THINK IT WAS AN ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL, SENIOR ACCOUNTING, AND THAT WAS NEARLY A $17000 GAP.

YOU KNOW, AND I ALWAYS SEE THIS, AS YOU KNOW, INVESTING IN SALARIES AS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE INCREASE BUYING POWER.

WE INCREASE THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.

WE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, IS THIS ECONOMICS LIKE, AM I DOING A GOOD CIVICS? AM I DOING GOOD? OK, THANKS, AND WHEN AND THOSE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DISCRETIONARY INCOME.

I MEAN, THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR EMPLOYEES.

[INAUDIBLE] IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR PRIORITIES.

IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS I THINK THAT'S WHY I THINK WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS HAS TO BE A PRIORITY FOR ALL OF US.

ALL OF US IN THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THIS INVESTMENT IN OUR WORKFORCE, AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND THE GYMNASTICS THAT YOUR TEAM HAS DONE TO COME TO THIS PRESENTATION AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU.

I GUESS THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD ADD IS THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING OF PHASE FOUR AND WHAT I MEAN BY, I GUESS, MAYBE PHASE FIVE, SORRY, AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS SO PHASE ONE WAS REALLY DONE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF COVID.

RIGHT WHEN WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, A TWO-WEEK SHUTDOWN MIGHT MAKE THE PANDEMIC GO AWAY.

SO I THINK WE STILL HAVE NO IDEA.

I MEAN, YOU ALLUDED TO IT A LITTLE BIT RIGHT, WITH A TITLE TWO DATA AND EXTREME SHORTAGES THAT WE'RE FACING AND ARE GOING TO BE WORSE, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF TWENTY EIGHTEEN TWENTY NINETEEN, WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY PHYSICS TEACHERS AND CHEMISTRY TEACHERS ARE GOING TO GRADUATE IN 2020 2021, RIGHT? SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY COMPETITIVE, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT I THINK IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, A REVIEW PROCESS THAT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS WE LOOK AGAIN AND MAKE SURE THAT WE RIGHT LIKE WE'RE PROACTIVE SO WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, I THINK IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, IF WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE, YOU KNOW, PHASE TWO OF STUDY ONE AND PHASE ONE, STUDY TWO THIS YEAR AND THE NEXT YEAR, THERE WOULD BE A PHASE THREE AND A PHASE TWO.

AND THEN IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST YOU FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, GIVING THE STEPS AND NOT TO RE-COMPRESS SALARIES THAT WERE ALREADY DECOMPRESSED AND LOOK MORE FREQUENTLY AT THE MARKET WHEN WE'RE NOT SO FAR OFF.

BECAUSE I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT BEGINNING SLIDE OF HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TWELVE YEARS IS HOW WE GOT HERE, AND I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LESSON IN LIKE WHEN WE GET UP TO DATE, HOW NOT TO GET HERE AGAIN.

THANKS, AND CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE COST OF LIVING.

YEAH, I THINK THAT MY POINT THAT IT'S NOT JUST.

MAKING SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAND UP OF DECOMPRESSION, RIGHT, SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WE NEED TO ALSO LIKE, YEAH, BE READY TO MOVE WHEN THINGS WORSEN. DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT OR ANOTHER QUESTION? YES, SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE TAKEN, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE SLIDE 55 WHERE YOU TALK

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THAT WAS THREE POINT SEVEN.

OH, GO BACK.

OH, NOPE. I THINK IT WAS 55, BUT I JOTTED DOWN.

RIGHT THERE.

WHAT IS THAT? I DON'T THINK YOU ALLUDED TO.

IT'S AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THIS IS A STUDY OF THE FY TWENTY ONE MARKET AND THAT WE'RE IN A VERY INFLATIONARY MARKET, AND WE ALREADY SORT OF SAW THAT WITH THE SEGAL STUDY WHERE WE STUDIED THE 20 MARKET, AND THAT'S ALWAYS SORT OF THE RISK OF MULTIPLE PHASES.

ALTHOUGH WHEN YOU'RE THIS FAR BEHIND, YOU DO NEED TO IMPLEMENT PHASES, BUT ONE OF THE RISKS OF THAT IS THAT THE MARKET CONTINUES TO MOVE WHILE YOU'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP TO AN EARLIER MARKET. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT I WAS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, AND THEN YOUR FINAL NUMBER THERE IS TWENTY THREE POINT SIX MILLION.

I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE FINAL NUMBERS YET, BUT DO YOU FEEL LIKE THAT COULD GO UP OR DOWN? I DON'T KNOW IF IT COULD GO DOWN, BUT I THINK I THINK WE FEEL RELATIVELY CONFIDENT IN THAT NUMBER. AGAIN, WE'RE WAITING A NARRATIVE REPORT.

WE'RE WAITING GRAPHS AND CHARTS.

WE'RE WAITING, YOU KNOW, FINAL SLOTTING OF A FEW POSITIONS, BUT NOT ENOUGH CHANGE TO SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE THE NUMBER.

OK, GOOD TO KNOW, AND AGAIN, I THINK I CAN SAY WITH CONFIDENCE THAT OUR BOARD IS VERY COMMITTED TO THE COMPENSATION PIECE OF THIS PROPOSED BUDGET.

SO I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE STRONGLY ENCOURAGING.

SO AGAIN, APPRECIATE VERY MUCH YOUR TEAM'S EFFORT AND WORKING LONG HOURS TO GET THIS DONE, AND I TOO WISH THE STUDY WAS COMPLETE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OK. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS?

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

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC BUSINESS, WE WILL NEED TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, WHICH

[F. Adjournment into Closed Session]

MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE ITEMS FOR TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.23711.A OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTION ONE.

THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS.

TWO THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORDS.

SEVEN, CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL PERTAINING TO ACTUAL OR PROBABLE LITIGATION, AND EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNCIL REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS.

REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

YOU HAVE JUST HEARD THE ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? SO MOVED. SECOND. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE MOTION? ANN COKER.

AYE. DOT HEFFRON.

AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE. RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION? SOME MOVED. I'M ON THE RIGHT SIDE, OK.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THE BOARD IS NOW AN OPEN SESSION, MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION CERTIFIED CERTIFYING THE CLOSED SESSION? NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES AND TO ONLY SUCH BUSINESS MATTERS OR AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED SESSION, WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND.

MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? ANN COKER. AYE.

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AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE. RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST PERSONNEL MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/16HR IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OH, GOODNESS.

SORRY, GUYS, MADAM MADAM, DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? ANN COKER.

AYE. DOT HEFFRON.

AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE. RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/17HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

MADAM, DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL IN THE MOTION? ANN COKER. AYE.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE. RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/18HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? ANN COKER. AYE.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE. RYAN HARTER. AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/19HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL IN THE MOTION? ANN COKER. AYE.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE.

RYAN HARTER. AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE STUDENT MATTERS? IN CASE NUMBERS, 2021-22/16RE, 2021-22/17RE, 2021-22/18RE, I T IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL IN THE MOTION? ANN COKER. AYE.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE.

RYAN HARTER. AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/7, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL IN THE MOTION? ANN COKER. AYE.

DOT HEFFRON.

AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE. RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/8 IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL IN THE MOTION? ANN COKER. AYE.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE. RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22.9, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

MADAM DEPUTY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL A ROLL IN THE MOTION? ANN HARTER, ANN COKER.

AYE. DOT HEFFRON.

AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE. BRIAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. A MOTION CARRIES.

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