Mar 08, 2022 March 8, 2022 - Work Session - 3 p.m.

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GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MARCH 8TH 2022 SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION TO ORDER.

[A. Meeting Opening]

[B. Mirror Me Program]

JOHNSON, MRS. BARTILOTTI, AND MR. NEFFINGER.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, DR.

DAUGHERTY. DR TYLUS, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

ALMOST A YEAR AGO TO THE DAY MRS. BARTILOTTI, MR. NEFFINGER AND I WERE BEFORE YOU TO SHARE ABOUT MIRROR ME, WHICH IS OUR DIVISIONS TEACHER DIVERSITY INITIATIVE.

AND WE SHARED WITH YOU ALL THAT CCPS LOOKS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS ON A PATHWAY TO TEACH A LICENSURE AND CONNECT THEM BACK TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION AS LICENSED TEACHERS.

AND WE ALSO SHARED THAT WE'D BE PARTNERING WITH UNIVERSITIES, NAMELY VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY AND VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, TO SUPPORT WITH THIS EFFORT.

BETWEEN MARCH 2021 AND MARCH 2022, WHERE WE ARE NOW, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF EFFORT GIVEN TO GIVING LIFE TO MIRROR ME.

SO WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS AFTERNOON TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE WITH THE EXECUTION OF THIS CRITICAL INITIATIVE.

SO TODAY'S FOCUS TOPICS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

WE WILL REVISIT MIRROR ME'S PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES TO GROUND OURSELVES WITH THE WORK TO BE DONE. SHARE HOW THIS WORK ALIGNS WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, IMAGINE TOMORROW.

SPEAK TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY AND VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY. REVIEW WHAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR MIRROR ME.

SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MIRROR ME NARRATIVE PROJECT, WHERE TEACHERS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES.

SHARE SOME OF THEIR STORY AS IT RELATES TO TEACHER DIVERSITY.

TAKE A LOOK AT SUPPORTIVE HIRING PRACTICES.

AND LASTLY, SPEAK TO SOME NEXT STEPS FOR SUSTAINING MIRROR ME AGAIN.

WHEN WE LAST SHARED ABOUT MIRROR ME, WE STARTED WITH SPEAKING ABOUT THE WHY.

SO TO RE GROUND OURSELVES, WE WANTED TO START THERE AGAIN.

SO BEFORE YOU, YOU SEE THE OBJECTIVES.

MIRROR ME AIMS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MINORITY TEACHERS IN CCPS, CHANGE THE PERCEPTIONS OF HIRING PRACTICES WITHIN CCPS AND PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION WITHIN.

THROUGH OUR DIVISION STRATEGIC PLAN, IMAGINE TOMORROW WE SHARE OUR COMMITMENT TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH OUR EFFORTS TO HIRE AND RETAIN STAFF THAT ALIGN WITH THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

WE ALSO SHARE THE STRATEGIES THAT WE WILL EMPLOY TO DO SO.

SO PARTNERING WITH UNIVERSITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT RECRUITMENT, CULTIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES TO PROVIDE CCPS GRADUATES THE OPPORTUNITIES TO COMPLETE TEACHER PREP PROGRAMS AND RETURN TO CCPS AS LICENSED EDUCATORS AND MORE.

SO MIRROR ME SUPPORTS THE WORK THAT WE HAVE SHARED WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS BEING A PRIORITY FOR OUR DIVISION, BUT ALSO THE INTENTIONALITY THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT INCLUSIVITY AND OUR STUDENTS, STAFF AND FAMILIES FEELING CONNECTED AND REFLECTED.

SO BEFORE YOU, YOU SEE OUR CORE VALUES IN CCPS, OUR CORE VALUES ARE EQUITY, TEAMWORK, INGENUITY AND INTEGRITY.

AGAIN, WE SHARE THROUGH OUR CORE VALUES WHAT'S GROUNDED THROUGH ALL OF OUR PROCESSES TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS THRIVING.

HIRING AND RETENTION PRACTICES SHOULD VERY MUCH BE A PART OF OUR CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE SPEAK ABOUT EQUITY, TEAMWORK, INGENUITY, AND INTEGRITY, AND SO MIRROR ME SUPPORTS OUR COMMITMENT TO OUR CORE VALUES AS WELL.

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GRAPHIC.

THIS WAS ALSO SHARED DURING OUR LAST PRESENTATION.

HERE YOU WILL SEE PIE CHARTS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR STUDENTS DEMOGRAPHICS DATA AND THAT OF OUR STAFF. AND SO LOOKING AT THE CHART TO THE LEFT, WHICH IS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR STUDENTS. FORTY SIX PERCENT IDENTIFY AS WHITE 26.3 PERCENT BLACK, 18.7 PERCENT HISPANIC, 3.4 PERCENT ASIAN .3 PERCENT TWO OR MORE AND 5.2 PERCENT NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER . SHIFTING TO THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE SLIDE, EIGHTY ONE PERCENT OF OUR TEACHERS IDENTIFY AS WHITE, 11.3 PERCENT BLACK, 2.5 PERCENT HISPANIC, 1 PERCENT ASIAN, 2.5 PERCENT

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WE'D BE REMISS IF WE DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DATA IS SIMILAR ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS IT RELATES TO TEACHER DEMOGRAPHICS, AND THERE ARE MANY CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO. BUT AS A DIVISION, OUR TEACHER DEMOGRAPHICS MIRROR NATIONAL DATA, NOT THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

SO WHY IS PRIORITIZING A DIVERSE TEACHER WORKFORCE IMPORTANT? FIRST AND FOREMOST, OUR COMMUNITY IS A DIVERSE ONE, AND SO OUR TEACHER WORKFORCE SHOULD REFLECT THE COMMUNITY WE SERVE.

WHILE THE WORD INITIATIVE IS PART OF THE TITLE, THIS WORK IS WELL BEYOND AN INITIATIVE.

WE ARE TRULY LOOKING TO SUSTAIN AND CULTIVATE A CULTURE OF RETAINING AND VALUING A DIVERSE TEACHER WORKFORCE.

WE WANT STUDENTS TO SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED THROUGH THE TEACHERS BEFORE THEM, AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT A PIPELINE BEGINNING WITH OUR AMAZING STUDENTS.

THIS WORK IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US BECAUSE A DIVERSE TEACHER WORKFORCE BENEFITS ALL OF US.

ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND US, FRANKLY, AS COLLEAGUES.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS COMMITTED TO FINDING INNOVATIVE WAYS TO RECRUIT AND SUSTAIN A DIVERSE AND DYNAMIC TEACHER WORKFORCE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO SPEAK THROUGH WHAT HAS BEEN PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED FOR THE EXECUTION OF MIRROR ME.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE FOR OUR CURRENT JUNIORS AND SENIORS, AS WELL AS JUNIORS AND SENIORS WHO ARE PART OF TEACHER PREP PROGRAMS AT VCU AND VSU.

APPLICATIONS, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THE APPLICATIONS FOR OUR STUDENTS HAVE GONE LIVE AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT AS BARRIER FREE AN APPLICATION PROCESS AS POSSIBLE.

THEREFORE, THIS IS AN INTEREST BASED APPLICATION PROCESS.

JUNIORS AND SENIORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN MIRROR ME CAN AND THEY ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

ALL HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE RECEIVED WHAT WE ARE CALLING A MIRROR ME TOOLKIT, AND THAT ELECTRONIC TOOLKIT CONSISTS OF APPLICATION LINKS FOR MIRROR ME AN FAQ DOCUMENT FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

A QR CODE TO OUR DIVISIONS MIRROR ME WEBSITE AND THE APPLICATION IS ACCESSIBLE ELECTRONICALLY AND IN OUR DIVISION'S TOP LANGUAGES.

SO ENGLISH, SPANISH, ARABIC, CAMBODIAN, VIETNAMESE AND CHINESE.

THE APPLICATION CONSISTS OF THREE SECTIONS, STUDENT INFORMATION, PARENT, GUARDIAN INFORMATION AND STUDENT ESSAY, WHERE WE HAVE ASKED STUDENTS TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR INSPIRATIONS AS WELL AS THEIR ASPIRATIONS.

WHEN WE WERE IN A BRAINSTORMING SPACE FOR MIRROR ME, DR.

DAUGHERTY INVITED SEVERAL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND PARTNERS TO THE TABLE TO TAKE PART IN THE CONVERSATION AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH SOME OF THESE SAME INDIVIDUALS FOR THE APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESS, SO MIRROR ME APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED BY AN EXTERNAL REVIEW PANEL.

AGAIN, THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION FROM THE ONSET AND UNDERSTAND OR HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO AS A DIVISION WITH MIRROR ME. STUDENT INTERVIEWS ARE ALSO PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

IT IS NOT JUST A TIME FOR THE PANEL TO ASK QUESTIONS, BUT IT WILL ALSO BE A TIME FOR STUDENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS AND SHARE WHAT THEY WILL LIKE THE PANEL TO KNOW BEYOND WHAT IS PRESENTED ON THEIR APPLICATION.

AND WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IDENTIFYING OUR VERY FIRST MIRROR ME COHORT.

I AM NOW GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MRS. BARTILOTTI SHE IS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME MORE ABOUT THE EXECUTION OF MIRROR ME AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH VCU AND VSU.

THANK YOU. IN TERMS OF THIS WORK, SO MUCH OF THIS IS ABOUT REALLY STRENGTHENING A PIPELINE OF STUDENTS TO ENTER EDUCATION, AND AS AN EDUCATOR, I BELIEVE THAT'S SO VERY IMPORTANT. AND SO SOME OF THE SUPPORTS THAT STUDENTS ACCEPTED IN THE PROGRAM WILL HAVE WILL BE ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES AT NO COST.

FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, WE HAVE DETERMINED WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE.

AND SO ONCE ENROLLED AND IN COLLEGE, THEY WILL RECEIVE A STIPEND OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER SEMESTER TO TAKE CARE OF ANY COSTS, SUCH AS BOOKS, OR MEAL PLANS, ET CETERA.

BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ASSIGNED, AND THIS IS IN KEEPING WITH WHAT BEST PRACTICES.

A MIRROR ME MENTOR AT THE POINT THAT THEY ARE ACCEPTED IN THE PROGRAM.

AND SO WE ARE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING TEAM TO ENSURE THAT THESE CONNECTION POINTS ARE TAKING PLACE.

AND SO THAT WAY THEY WILL BE ONBOARDED AND THAT IT GOES TO, YOU KNOW, BEST PRACTICES THAT WERE USED IN ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO STEM FIELDS, GIRLS TO STEM FIELDS A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS FINDING THAT CONNECTION, THAT PERSON THAT MIRRORS THEM, THAT HAS TAKEN A SIMILAR

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AND THEN RECEIVE PRIORITY HIRING AS THEY ARE GOING THROUGH AS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THERE ARE POSITIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO WORK OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL DAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

ALSO, OPPORTUNITIES TO BE EMPLOYED WHILE THEY ARE UNDERGRADUATES IN COLLEGE.

SO SUBSTITUTES TUTORS IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AS WELL.

AND STUDENTS WILL ACTUALLY HAVE UNTIL THE SECOND OR THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THEIR SOPHOMORE YEAR TO WITHDRAW. SO THEY MAKE THE COMMITMENT AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION BY SOPHOMORE YEAR.

IN TERMS OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR, IT REALLY HAS KIND OF FALLEN INTO THREE BIG CATEGORIES. ONE IS AROUND THE COMMUNICATION PLAN.

SECOND IS ENGAGING STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

AND SO WHO DO WE NEED TO TALK TO ABOUT THIS? SO THAT WAY THEY CAN CARRY THE MESSAGE AND THEN REALLY LOOKING AT PARTNERSHIPS WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHARED VALUES.

SO THAT COMMUNICATION PLAN WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA.

DEVELOPING A WEB PRESENCE ON OUR DIVISION SITE WITH ADDITIONAL FAQS AND INFORMATION.

SO IT'S A ONE STOP SHOP.

PRINT MATERIALS, AS IN DR.

JOHNSON REFERRED TO FOR SCHOOLS AND PARTNER INSTITUTIONS THAT CAN BE USED, THEY'RE BRANDED WITH THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND THE DIVISION AND THE ORGANIZATION'S LOGO AS WELL.

AND THEN SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES WITH PARTNERS SUCH AS THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE HERE ARE SOME SAMPLES OF OUR LOCAL MEDIA COVERAGE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.

THE GROUPS THAT WE'VE PUT IN BECAUSE THIS IS NOT JUST WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T BECOME TEACHERS BECAUSE OF SOMEONE THAT WORKED IN HUMAN RESOURCES.

PEOPLE BECOME TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THEY INTERACT WITH, THE PEOPLE THAT INSPIRE THEM.

AND SO REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ALL ARE ABLE TO TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE.

AND SO PULLING IN BEYOND OUR SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TEAMS, OUR EQUITY LEADS, WE'VE ASKED PRINCIPALS TO IDENTIFY A MIRROR ME LIAISON AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

WE HAVE GROUPS THAT ROUTINELY COMMUNICATE WITH TEACHERS, SO THAT WAY THEY'RE SHARING OUT THROUGH CEA AND THE EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND SO AS WE START TO ENGAGE PEOPLE IN THIS WORK, IT'S MORE PEOPLE TO SHARE IT OUT.

AND THEN THE EXTERNAL APPLICATION REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT WAS SELECTED, PEOPLE WERE ASKED TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS.

AND MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THIS FOR PEOPLE THAT SAT ON SOME OF THE FUNDING GROUPS THAT ARE SUPPORTING THIS INITIATIVE.

SO ROBIN'S FOUNDATION, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, OTHER BUSINESSES WHO SAID, YES, WE WANT TO HELP YOU IN THIS WORK.

WE'RE KEEPING THEM CONTINUOUSLY ENGAGED IN IT.

SO THAT WAY IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE DOING AND NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE JUST PAYING FOR. AND THEN THE TWO BIG PARTNERSHIPS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH VCU AND VSU, THEIR SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION AND REALLY FINDING THOSE CONNECTION POINTS THERE.

WE HAD, AS DR.

JOHNSON SAYS, EACH UNIVERSITY HAS IDENTIFIED A LIAISON FOR THEIR UNIVERSITY THAT THEN WE ARE WORKING WITH HAVING ONGOING MEETINGS WE'VE GOTTEN IN FRONT OF THEIR STAFF.

OUR INFORMATION IS GETTING TO THEIR STUDENTS AND WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING INFORMATION AND REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION FROM STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN PROGRAMS AT BOTH OF THOSE UNIVERSITIES BECAUSE THEY TOO ARE ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE.

THE PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORTS WHILE THEY'RE IN COLLEGE ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE STUDENTS GRADUATING FROM CHESTERFIELD.

BUT CERTAINLY BUILDING THAT CONNECTION POINT, HAVING THE DIRECT LINE TO HR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK FOR CHESTERFIELD WHILE THEY FINISH THEIR DEGREE IS IN PLAY.

IT WILL ALSO HELP US SCALE THIS MORE QUICKLY.

AND SO JUST SPEAKING TO SOME OF THOSE THINGS, LIKE I SAID, THE CO-BRANDED MATERIALS AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE IN FRONT OF AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN BE AND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CHAMPIONING THIS WITH US HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO TO TAKE THIS MESSAGE FORWARD. I'M GOING TO TURN THIS NOW OVER TO MR. NEFFINGER, WHO IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHY WORK FOR CHESTERFIELD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY.

SO I WORK IN HUMAN RESOURCES, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS FOR COMING TO WORK FOR CHESTERFIELD.

NUMBER ONE IS PARAMOUNT COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, STRONG BENEFITS AS WELL AS A MEMBERSHIP IN THE VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

WE DO ALSO OFFER TUITION ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES WHICH MAY NOT BE RELEVANT TO THIS EXACT GROUP HERE, BUT I DO GET QUESTIONS QUITE FREQUENTLY ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO TO SUPPORT OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS OR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS? I'M PROUD TO SAY WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST TUITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO FURTHER DEVELOP YOURSELF OR BENEFIT YOURSELF IN ANY WAYS OR GROW, WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE.

WE DO ALSO HAVE CERTAIN FEDERAL STATE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO TEACH AT HIGH NEED SCHOOLS.

AND ALSO THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] STICKS OUT IS A COLLABORATIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT.

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WE LIKE TO FOSTER THOSE RELATIONSHIPS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES WITHIN OUR TEACHERS, AS WELL AS WITHIN OUR STAFF.

THERE'S A VERY STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.

I'VE RECRUITED ON QUITE A FEW POSITIONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT WE NEEDED A PRETTY STRONG RESPONSE FROM OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP US OUT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT EVERY TIME THEY'VE COME THROUGH AND THEY'VE SHOWN UP TO OUR JOB FAIRS OR APPLIED TO POSITIONS WHEN WE NEEDED HELP FOR CERTAIN HARD TO FILL AREAS.

SO WE KNOW WE HAVE A STRONG COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS THEM BEHIND THAT AS WELL.

THERE'S MANY ROADS TO PROMOTION THROUGH EITHER ADMINISTRATIVE OR LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. MANY OF THE ADMINISTRATORS AND LEADERS WITHIN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MOST OF THEM USED TO BE FORMER TEACHERS AND A GOOD BIT OF THEM USED TO BE CHESTERFIELD TEACHERS AS WELL.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO PROMOTE OR HIRE PEOPLE FROM OTHER PLACES AS WELL, BUT WE DO HAVE A CULTURE WHERE WE DO WANT TO FOSTER OUR OWN AND GROW THEM TO BE OUR NEXT LEADERS. THERE'S VARIOUS DISCOUNTS YOU CAN HAVE THROUGH THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING A CCPS EMPLOYEE. AND FINALLY, THERE IS A CULTURE HERE WHICH FOCUS ON GROWTH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS A RECOGNITION OF PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT.

A LITTLE PERSONAL STORY HERE.

I WAS HIRED IN NOVEMBER OF 2019 TO HELP US RECRUIT ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE TO MAKE CHESTERFIELD THE BEST SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE AREA.

LITTLE DID I KNOW OR ANYBODY KNEW A PANDEMIC WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN, SO IT'S KIND OF A WILD RIDE. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT EVERYWHERE, FROM MY SUPERVISORS TO MY COWORKERS TO THE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME, I'VE NEVER WORKED ANYWHERE THAT HAS SUCH A COLLABORATIVE AND SUPPORTIVE GROUP, AND I'VE GROWN QUITE A BIT.

AND I KNOW OUR TEACHERS IN THE FUTURE AS WELL AS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT I DID.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT BACK TO ALMOST THERE WE ARE.

WE'RE ALMOST THERE, ALMOST.

NOW ALMOST FINISHED, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL ABOUT MIRROR ME'S NARRATIVE PROJECT.

PERCEPTION IS REALITY, AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO CAPTURE THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO DO THE WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY OF INSTRUCTING AND SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS.

AND SO AS PART OF SHARING ABOUT OUR TEACHER DIVERSITY INITIATIVE AND SUPPORTING THE MESSAGE THAT A DIVERSE TEACHER WORKFORCE BENEFITS US ALL.

WE INTRODUCE THE NARRATIVE PROJECT OR MIRROR ME NARRATIVE PROJECT COMPLETELY OPTIONAL, BUT THE NARRATIVE PROJECT ALLOWED TEACHERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES PERSONALLY, PROFESSIONALLY, WHATEVER THEY WERE COMFORTABLE WITH SHARING AS IT RELATES TO THE EXPERIENCE, THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH TEACHER DIVERSITY AND ALSO THEIR SUPPORT FOR TEACHER DIVERSITY.

AGAIN, COMPLETELY OPTIONAL.

TEACHERS WERE INVITED TO SHARE WHAT THEY FELT COMPELLED, AND COMFORTABLE TOO AS IT RELATES TO THEIR EXPERIENCES.

SO I AM JUST GOING TO READ A FEW OF THE EXCERPTS THAT HAVE BEEN SHARED FROM CURRENT CCPS TEACHERS. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, IT'S VERY, IT'S SMALL TEXT, SO I WILL READ IT ALOUD. STARTING AT THE TOP LEFT.

IN 1995, I STARTED KINDERGARTEN IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AS THE ONLY HISPANIC GIRL IN THE GRADE, MY BLACK FRIZZY HAIR AND HAZEL EYES STOOD OUT AMONG MY PEERS.

WHAT ARE YOU? IS A QUESTION I WOULD OFTEN GET.

MY PARENTS AND I SPOKE ENGLISH AT HOME BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD THAT A SECOND LANGUAGE WOULD HINDER MY GROWTH IN READING AND WRITING ENGLISH.

I DID NOT HAVE A SINGLE HISPANIC TEACHER THROUGHOUT MY EDUCATION.

I HAD MAYBE TWO TEACHERS THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE EDUCATION THAT HAD AN ETHNICITY OTHER THAN WHITE. I REALLY DIDN'T REALIZE THE EFFECTS OF THIS UNTIL I BECAME AN ADULT, AND I NOW REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF A DIVERSE WORKFORCE, ESPECIALLY IN EDUCATION.

TOP RIGHT, THROUGH MY 13 YEARS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLING, I HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR BLACK BROWN TEACHERS THAT LOOK LIKE ME.

I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION I RECEIVED WOULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT, BUT I BELIEVE THE CONNECTIONS I BUILT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE MEANINGFUL.

LAST YEAR WAS MY FIRST YEAR OF TEACHING, AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEMORIES IS WHEN A STUDENT WALKED IN WITH HER NATURAL HAIR IN A BLOWOUT SIMILAR TO MINE, AND THE WHOLE CLASS SIMULTANEOUSLY SAID, YOU TWO ARE TWINS.

MY STUDENT WAS ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS DUE TO HAVING A TEACHER THAT MIRRORED HER.

BOTTOM LEFT. SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I CAN SEE HOW THE TIMES THAT I GREW MOST IN AWARENESS, ALLYSHIP AND ADVOCACY WERE TIMES THAT I SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME AND QUALITY CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE DIFFERENT FROM ME.

BOTTOM RIGHT.

I WENT THROUGH ALL OF MY EDUCATIONAL COURSES, BEING THE ONLY ASIAN IN THE ROOM.

I WAS THE ONLY ASIAN TEACHER IN THE SCHOOL WHERE I TAUGHT, AND I WAS THE ONLY ASIAN ADMINISTRATOR IN MY PREVIOUS SCHOOL DIVISION.

AND SO WHEN I MET SOMEONE WHO CONNECTED WITH ME ON MY FIRST DAY OF WORK AT CCPS, I KNEW I HAD ARRIVED AT THE RIGHT PLACE.

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AND SO WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOME OF WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS TEACHERS OF COLOR BOOST THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS OF COLOR, INCLUDING IMPROVED READING, AND MATH TEST SCORES, IMPROVED GRADUATION RATES AND INCREASES IN ASPIRATIONS TO ATTEND COLLEGE.

TEACHER DIVERSITY MITIGATES FEELINGS OF ISOLATION, FRUSTRATION AND FATIGUE THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO INDIVIDUAL TEACHERS OF COLOR LEAVING THE PROFESSION.

BLACK STUDENTS WHO ARE EXPOSED TO ONE BLACK TEACHER BY THIRD GRADE, WERE 13 PERCENT MORE LIKELY TO ENROLL IN COLLEGE.

WHITE STUDENTS REPORTED FEELING ACADEMICALLY CHALLENGED AND CARED FOR BY THEIR TEACHERS OF COLOR. THE LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, A DIVERSE TEACHER WORKFORCE BENEFITS ALL STUDENTS, AND SO SOME NEXT STEPS.

AGAIN, WHILE THE WORD INITIATIVE IS A PART OF THE TITLE, THIS IS NOT A ONE AND DONE OR ONE YEAR EFFORT. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE OUR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR UNIVERSITY PARTNERS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS SO THAT WE CAN BE SURE THAT THIS OPPORTUNITY IS IN THE HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS, WORK COLLABORATIVELY AND HAND IN HAND WITH OUR PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY OUR FUTURE MIRROR ME COHORTS.

APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED QUARTERLY AND WE WILL HAVE A TRACKING SYSTEM SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED.

WORK WITH OUR OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND OUR NEW TEACHER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS WHO IMPLEMENT THE MENTORING COMPONENT OF MIRROR ME.

AND WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE ASK FOR AND RECEIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THIS NEW PROCESS.

AS WITH ANY INAUGURAL PROCESS, YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN MANY THINGS ALONG THE WAY.

AND SO WE WANT TO BE INTENTIONAL WITH IDENTIFYING WHAT IT IS THAT WE CAN CHANGE MOVING FORWARD TO SUPPORT, TO BEST SUPPORT THE PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES.

THIS IS THE END.

THIS IS THE END.

I KNOW IT'S THE END. SOMETIMES WE SEE A PRODUCT OR SEE THE FINISH LINE WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING OR RECOGNIZING THE PROCESS, AND THIS HAS BEEN A HUGE LIFT AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN AND PLEASE CHARGE IT TO OUR HEADS, NOT OUR HEARTS.

IF WE ARE MISSING ANYONE, WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE ALL WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO GETTING MIRROR ME OFF THE GROUND.

SO DR. DAUGHERTY FROM MAKING THIS ONE OF HIS TOP INITIATIVES OUR SCHOOL BOARD FOR SUPPORTING THE PROCESS, OUR PARTNERING UNIVERSITIES, ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, CHESTERFIELD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, MEGA MENTORS, ROBINS FOUNDATION, ETC..

OFFICE OF EQUITY, OFFICE OF FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

DEPARTMENT OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

AND LASTLY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, OUR STUDENTS, FAMILY AND STAFF.

AND THAT IS THE REAL END.

WE GOT THROUGH IT, GOT THROUGH IT ALL.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY, DR.

JOHNSON, YOU DID BETTER THAN GET THROUGH IT, THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

VERY NICE. VERY WELL DONE.

THANK YOU. SO WHEN DID THIS GO LIVE? APPLICATIONS WERE MADE AVAILABLE, I BELIEVE THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 7TH TO HIGH SCHOOLS.

CAN YOU SHARE WHAT THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN LIKE? SO WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL INQUIRIES.

WE HAVE HAD CHECK INS WITH MIRROR ME LIAISONS.

WE GOT AN APPLICANT YESTERDAY.

I HAVE MET WITH MIRROR ME LIAISONS AS RECENT AS THIS MORNING ASKING CLARIFYING QUESTIONS.

SO WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE COMING IN, BUT SCHOOLS ARE EXCITED AND THE COMMUNICATION IS HAPPENING IN SCHOOLS TO GET THIS OPPORTUNITY IN THE HANDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

SO AGAIN, EXCITED TO SEE THE EVOLUTION.

THAT'S REALLY GREAT NEWS.

HAVE YOU--? I KNOW YOU SAY INITIATIVE, [INAUDIBLE] I'M LIKE YOU, I WANT TO GET LIKE, GET IN FRONT OF IT, LET'S GO. BUT HAS THERE BEEN ANY TALK OF PUSHING THIS INTO OUR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL PROGRAMS WITH TEACH FOR TOMORROW AND THOSE STUDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED INTEREST EVEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL IN PURSUING A TEACHING CAREER? YES. AND SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH--.

AND, AMY, BUT WE HAVE WORKED WITH CTE, DR.

BARBARA DAVENPORT IS OUR LIAISON BECAUSE WE WANT TO LEVERAGE THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DIVISION. SO SHE HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A PART OF FACILITATING THIS PROCESS AND YOU SPOKE TO THIS. SO BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE--.

YOU KNOW, FOR US TO START WITH THE SOPHOMORE IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THEM TO APPLY AS A JUNIOR, THAT IS STILL A SIX YEAR TIMELINE.

SO THAT IS HOW WE'RE SCALING IT MORE EFFECTIVELY.

WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO THE COLLEGE LEVEL, BUT THEN ALSO TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH DR.

DAVENPORT BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS SITTING IN OUR CLASSES.

THEY HAVE SAID THAT THEY WANT TO BE AN EDUCATOR, AND WHAT WE KNOW IS STUDENTS OF COLOR WHO GO INTO EDUCATION ARE NOT AS LIKELY TO JOIN A SUBURBAN DIVISION AND SO WE WANT THEM, TO INVITE THEM, TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT YOU TO BE PART OF US.

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SO THAT IS CERTAINLY KIND OF [INAUDIBLE] THE GROUPS OF KIDS THAT HAVE ALREADY SAID, YES, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO.

YEAH, I'VE JUST ASKED BECAUSE THIS WEEK-- LAST WEEK WE HAD THE CTE, THE CHAMBER HAD US DOING THE MOCK INTERVIEWS AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE WITH THE TEACHERS FOR TOMORROW GROUP AND THEY ARE GREAT KIDS.

I KEPT SAYING, DON'T FORGET US, COME BACK HOME.

THERE'S ALWAYS A PLACE FOR YOU.

I LOVE THIS INITIATIVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. NEXT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON CCPS ON THE GO PARTNERSHIPS FROM MRS.

[C. CCPS On the Go! Partnerships Update]

DAUGHERTY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A BRIEF UPDATE ON A COUPLE OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE ACCOMPLISHMENT WISE AS WELL AS TO GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS ON SOME UPCOMING INITIATIVES.

OBVIOUSLY, A BIG FOCUS WHEN I LAST PRESENTED TO THE BOARD ON THIS TOPIC IT WAS BACK IN, I BELIEVE, AUGUST AT A WORK SESSION.

WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK THAT AMY AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING ON AS FAR AS ALIGNING SOME OF OUR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, AND WE'LL DISCUSS SOME OF THAT LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.

AS YOU THINK ABOUT SOME OF ON THE ONGOING PIECES WE HAVE WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WORK WE HAD IN THE ENGAGEMENT WORK IS SOME ONGOING THINGS WITH TECH IT OUT TUESDAYS, DESTINATION LIFE, THE COLLEGE APPLICATION SATURDAYS, AND IN THE FACE FWD FILM SERIES.

A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, PRINCIPAL FOR A MORNING WAS A GREAT SUCCESS BACK IN THE FALL.

IN TWO DAYS IN OCTOBER, [INAUDIBLE] ABOUT THIRTY EIGHT SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED.

WE'LL HAVE THAT PROGRAM AGAIN AT LATE APRIL, APRIL 25 AND 26.

KINDERGARTEN READINESS IS UP AND RUNNING, GETTING READY FOR OBVIOUSLY THAT EVENT IN APRIL, BUT ALSO THE NEWSLETTER PIECE THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR PREVIOUSLY AND RESPONDED VERY WELL BY THE COMMUNITY.

ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT THERE, OBVIOUSLY, IS THE MIDDLE AGES PIECE WITH WORKING WITH THE VIRTUAL SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES WHO ARE TRANSITIONING.

SOME OF THE NEW PIECES THAT WE'VE SORTED THROUGH THE PROGRAM THIS YEAR, WHICH THE BOARD HAD AT THE LAST MEETING, OBVIOUSLY WAS A CHANCE TO INTERACT WITH THE LEARNING WITH YOU PARTICIPANTS. WE HAD A REALLY PHENOMENAL RESPONSE WITH THIS BRAND NEW INITIATIVE.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING ANOTHER COHORT PARTICIPATE IN MAY OF THIS YEAR.

EVERYONE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS CCPS ON THE GO VAN, WHICH IS OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF POPCORN AND A LOT OF SNOW CONE SYRUP, I LOVE THOSE STATS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, OBVIOUSLY, WAS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE CONNECTED, ALMOST 7000 PEOPLE CONNECTED.

AND SO WE LOVE THIS INITIATIVE NOT JUST FOR THE ASPECT OF GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, BUT ALSO THE CHANCE, OBVIOUSLY, TO INTERACT WITH OUR FAMILIES AND OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR SCHOOLS.

OUR HALL OF FAME GALA, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THE FIRST BULLET POINT IT SHOULD BE 2021, ACTUALLY, BUT THE INAUGURAL HALL OF FAME WAS BACK IN DECEMBER.

WE WERE GLAD TO FINALLY HOST THAT EVENT.

I THINK WE FINALLY HAVE HOSTED SOME OF THE REOCCURRING EVENTS.

WE'RE BACK UP TO SPEED NOW WITH HALL OF FAME, RETIREMENT, AND TEACHER OF THE YEAR [INAUDIBLE] AS OF LAST NIGHT, AT LEAST.

WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY, WITH THE LAST TIME WE RAISED ABOUT $11,000 GOING INTO THE NEXT HALL OF FAME GALA. OBVIOUSLY, THE DESIGNATED RECIPIENT OF THAT WILL BE CONEXUS [INAUDIBLE] THE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEIR WORK AND THE EFFORTS THEY'VE DONE WITH OUR SCHOOL DIVISION AND OUR FAMILIES. AND THEN THE PINK FLAMINGO CAMPAIGN, [INAUDIBLE] INITIATIVE THAT DR.

DAUGHERTY BROUGHT TO US, VERY WELL RECEIVED OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, $15,000 WERE RAISED, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAD THE DISTRIBUTION OF COATS THROUGHOUT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SO WE KNOW THAT WAS A WELCOME SIGHT TO OUR FAMILIES AS WELL.

AMY AND HER TEAM OBVIOUSLY HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING PHENOMENAL WORK UNDER HER LEADERSHIP WITH HER TEAM MEMBERS IN A SMALL TEAM, BUT DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK.

THEY REALLY HAVE TAKEN SERIOUSLY THE EFFORTS TO ALIGN SOME PARTNERSHIP EFFORTS BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE REFLECTIVE OF THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO OUR SCHOOLS.

SO SHE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO KEY INITIATIVES WE'RE GOING TO START, OBVIOUSLY, HERE SHORTLY. SO BACK AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR SPEAKERS BUREAU AND REALLY WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, PUBLIC EDUCATION MATTERS.

IT'S A KEY DRIVER IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.

PUBLIC EDUCATION INFLUENCES DECISION MAKERS FOR INDUSTRY, COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED SCHOOL DIVISION, LEADS THE REGION IN BEING FULLY ACCREDITED AS A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

A DEEPER DIVE THAN INTO THAT SCHOOL SYSTEM BRINGS TO LIFE THE VARIOUS FACETS OF THE VISION, OPERATIONS AND SUCCESSES OF TEAM CHESTERFIELD.

WHETHER MAKING THAT DECISION FOR A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY OR A FAMILY OF FOUR, HAVING A GREATER INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING OF EVERYTHING WE DO IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS ESSENTIAL.

THIS SPEAKERS BUREAU, THOUGH, IS REALLY DESIGNED TO TAKE THAT DEEPER DIVE, SO OFFERING

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AND THOUGH, WHILE THE TOPICS WILL BE PRESENTED FROM A SCHOOL DIVISION PERSPECTIVE, OUR DIVISION LEADERS OFTEN ARE LEADERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO OFFER INSIGHT AND APPLICABLE INFORMATION FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING OR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFFING, YOU CAN'T FIND ANYONE THAT'S RUNNING AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S NOT THINKING ABOUT HOW DO YOU MOVE THE NEEDLE WITH STAFFING OR HOW DO YOU MOVE THE NEEDLE WITH CULTURE? OR HOW DO YOU LOOK AT A LONG TERM STRATEGIC PLAN FOR A LARGE, LARGE OPERATION? SO IT'S ALSO TRANSFERABLE KNOWLEDGE AND THEN PROVIDING A PLATFORM TO ADDRESS ONGOING AND TOPICAL ISSUES AS THEY ARISE.

PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO CONTACT US WHEN THEY GO ONLINE TO SIGN UP FOR A SPEAKERS BUREAU TOPIC. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN SAY, HEY, I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT OR THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE TALKING A LOT IN OUR FAMILY ABOUT DOES THE SCHOOL DIVISION HAVE ANYTHING? SO REALLY, IT PROVIDES SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE.

IN THE LAST-- IF THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE TAUGHT US ANYTHING, AND THIS IS OUR BETTER TOGETHER CAMPAIGN.

SO WE HAVE THE SPEAKERS BUREAU, WHICH IS REALLY ABOUT THE ON THE GO, US COMING TO YOU, BUT THE ON THE GO, LET'S ENGAGING OUR COMMUNITY IS AROUND OUR NEW COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP CAMPAIGN BETTER TOGETHER, AND IF THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE TAUGHT US ANYTHING, IT'S THAT WE'RE BETTER WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER, EVEN VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON.

BUT BEING CONNECTED AND ENGAGED WITH ONE ANOTHER IS REALLY SO KEY.

OUR SCHOOLS, OUR COMMUNITY AND STAYING ON BRAND WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN ARE TOMORROW.

WE'RE ALL BETTER, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR COMMUNITY, OUR TOMORROW IF WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER.

WE ARE THRILLED TO BE LAUNCHING THIS.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY DESIGNED TO CELEBRATE THE COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS. THIS CAMPAIGN IS ALL ABOUT STRENGTHENING THE PATHWAYS TO ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SO WE'RE GOING TO KICK IT OFF BY COMING BACK IN. WE'VE NOT HAD OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP APPRECIATION EVENT, LIKE ANYTHING ELSE, IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND SO WHAT WE REALLY DECIDED TO DO IS TO TAKE A STEP AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S MORE THAN AN EVENT THIS YEAR? IT REALLY IS REALLY TRYING TO FIND A WEEK THAT WE CAN SHOWCASE AND KICK OFF.

JUST REENGAGING EVEN THOUGH WE'VE ALL BEEN ENGAGED, BUT REALLY THIS CONCEPT OF WHAT ENGAGEMENT CAN LOOK LIKE WITH OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WE'LL DO SO BY HIGHLIGHTING INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS AT THE SCHOOL AND DIVISION LEVEL AND THE IMPACT THAT THEY HAVE MADE.

SCHOOLS WILL BE GIVEN TOOLKITS TO RECOGNIZE THEIR PARTNERS, AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHT PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AT THE DIVISION AND AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.

WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS WEEK WILL ALSO SERVE AS A KICKOFF FOR WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEXT WEEK, OUR SECOND PRINCIPAL FOR A MORNING EVENT OF THE YEAR, WHICH WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND WE'RE GOING FOR FULL PARTICIPATION.

I SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT STREAMLINING THE PATHWAY TO REAL TIME ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PORTAL IS CENTRAL TO THIS.

OVER THE NEXT MONTH, WE WILL BE INVITING OUR SCHOOLS TO BEGIN SUBMITTING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH A GOOGLE FORM THAT WILL POPULATE A SEARCHABLE DATABASE ON THE WEBSITE. IT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE COMMUNITY PAGE.

INDIVIDUALS WILL BE ABLE TO SELECT OPPORTUNITIES BY A SEARCHABLE DROPDOWN MENU IN ORDER TO FIND THE PERFECT FIT.

THE PORTAL WILL BE ABLE TO CONNECT THE POTENTIAL VOLUNTEER THROUGH THE SCHOOL'S PREFERRED SIGN UP METHOD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE CLEAREST OF PATHWAYS.

ON THAT PAGE TOO WILL BE INFORMATION ABOUT BECOMING A CLEARED VOLUNTEER, OR GOING THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER APPROVAL PROCESS.

SO THAT WAY, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WILL BE HELD AT THE SAME PLACE JUST TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN AND SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS ARE SAFE.

SO KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT THE DROPDOWN OPTIONS.

YOU CAN SEARCH BY SCHOOL OR BY VOLUNTEER TYPE, SO IF I WANT TO WORK AND WORKPLACE LEARNING OR I'D LIKE TO BE A MENTOR OR I WOULD LIKE TO DO A VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITY OR SOMETHING I CAN DO AT HOME, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THAT ON THE PORTAL.

AND THEN ALSO JUST RECOGNIZING THAT STRONG PARTNERSHIPS BEGIN WITH A PLAN AND THE NEXT FEW WEEKS SCHOOLS WILL BE RECEIVING THEIR BETTER TOGETHER PARTNERSHIP TOOLKIT, I TRY TO PUT ALL FOUR THOSE WORDS INTO TWO, BUT THAT WILL HAVE BOTH VIRTUAL AND IT'S PHYSICAL PRINT COLLATERAL, AND IT WILL HAVE RESOURCES THAT WILL ALLOW SCHOOL LEADERS TO CREATE A PLAN THAT IS CUSTOM FIT FOR THEIR SCHOOL THAT STRATEGICALLY SUPPORTS THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE THE NEEDLE FOR STUDENTS, THINGS LIKE ASSET MAPPING TOOLS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT. BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO INCLUDE SOME SAMPLE COMMUNICATION VERBIAGE THAT WILL HELP WITH KIND OF KEEPING AND FOSTERING THOSE ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS, SHOWCASING

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THEY WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING BRANDED COMMUNICATION TOOLS ALONG WITH THE COLLATERAL TO RECOGNIZE THEIR COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, SO YOU SEE THE BETTER TOGETHER LOGO THERE.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD THOSE THINGS DONE SO THAT WAY THE CHAMPIONS OF OUR SCHOOL DIVISION CAN BE RECOGNIZED EITHER AT THEIR STORE OR ON THEIR PERSON OR ON THEIR AUTOMOBILE OR LITTLE LAPEL PIN.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, AND IT'S JUST GOING TO PROVIDE SOME WAYS TO MAKE IT MORE BRANDED AND UNIFORM AND KIND OF EASE THE CONNECTION.

SO WE ARE CERTAINLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I THINK THAT THIS IS SUCH A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE KIND OF COMING BACK TOGETHER AND RECOGNIZING, THOUGH, THAT WITHOUT THE WORK AND THE COLLABORATION IN OUR COMMUNITY OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE AS WELL AS WE'VE DONE, AND SO THIS IS A WAY OF US KIND OF CELEBRATING THAT AND NAMING IT.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HAINES? JUST REALLY EXCITED.

I KNOW A SCHOOL HAD REACHED OUT TO ME AND THEY WANTED TO HAVE LIKE THIS COMMUNITY FUN DAY IN A REALLY SHORT TIME, BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT BUSINESSES TO CONNECT TO AND FINALLY DECIDED, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'LL JUST WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

WELL, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE READY FOR THEM.

SO NEXT YEAR THEY CAN PUT OUT, HEY, WE WANT TO DO THIS COMMUNITY FUN DAY AND WHO'S INTERESTED, AND IT'LL JUST BE SO EASY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

SO I JUST, YEAH.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE SO EXCITED.

I CAN'T WAIT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I HOPE SO. AND I THINK EQUALLY EXCITED FOR THE BETTER TOGETHER WILL BE THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND THOSE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE OFTEN SAID, I WANT TO HELP BUT HOW AND THIS IS A PORTAL FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO TO.

IT'S LIKE ONE STOP SHOP.

THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE GOODWILL AND THAT REALLY ARE GENUINELY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ASSIST OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THIS IS A PHENOMENAL IDEA FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO GO TO A DROPDOWN BOX. I WANT TO MENTOR OR I WANT TO MAKE CUPCAKES.

WHAT DO I DO WITH THEM? AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO FIND AN OUTLET FOR THEIR GOODWILL.

SO THIS IS A WIN WIN FOR EVERYBODY.

I DON'T KNOW WHOSE IDEA THIS WAS, BUT GOOD ONE.

THANK YOU. IT'S REALLY ABOUT--.

BECAUSE THERE IS THAT TIMELINE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE BUSY RUNNING A BUILDING, YOU'RE REALLY BUSY RUNNING A BUILDING, AND SO WITHOUT KIND OF SOMETHING TO REALLY MAKE IT A SYSTEM IN WHICH HOW YOU CAN PLUG AND NAME THESE OPPORTUNITIES, IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER FOR OUR SCHOOLS WHO NEED IT. YEAH.

JUST TO CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS RUNNING THE BROADWATER LEARNING CENTER, I DESPERATELY NEEDED ALL KINDS OF THINGS, NOT ONLY PEOPLE AND FOOD AND JUST THINK, BUT SOMETIMES IT WAS EASIER FOR ME TO GO GET IT MYSELF THAN IT WAS FOR ME TO GO FIND PEOPLE THAT WOULD HELP ME, AND SO BECAUSE IT WAS JUST TOO--.

I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO DEDICATE TO FINDING THE RESOURCES.

ONE PORTAL LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE SO BENEFICIAL FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO NEED BOTH ENDS OF IT. GOOD JOB.

AMY, SORRY, ONE QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN IS THE PORTAL LAUNCHING? SO THE PORTAL IS GOING TO BE MADE LIVE FOR SCHOOLS, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN START POPULATING IT BECAUSE WITHOUT IT WOULD BE KIND OF HERE'S OUR PORTAL, BUT THERE'S NOTHING ON THERE RIGHT NOW. SO OUR GOAL IS FOR THAT TO ALL GO SUPER LIVE OUTWARD FACING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. SO BEFORE THE PARTNERSHIP APPRECIATION WEEK, SO ALL OF THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN DISTRIBUTING THE TOOLKITS THIS WEEK IN PERSON, TAKING THEM TO PRINCIPALS. AND SO THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO JUST TOUCH BASE WITH THEM AND KIND OF EXPLAIN IT. THEY WILL HAVE ON CNET THE BRANDED MATERIALS OR THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY CAN JUST ACCESS, COPY AND PASTE, BUT THEN KIND OF THE COLLECTION OF MATERIALS WILL COME OUT TO THEM.

SO THAT WAY THEY CAN DETERMINE THE BEST WAY THAT THEY CAN CELEBRATE THEIR PARTNERSHIPS IN THEIR SCHOOLS SO THAT, YOU KNOW--.

I LOVE THE EVENT, I LOVE A PARTY, ANYBODY THAT KNOWS ME KNOWS THAT, BUT I THINK PROVIDING THOSE ONGOING TOUCH POINTS TOO, I THINK, REALLY HELPS BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS.

SO YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE GETTING TOOLKITS TOO, THAT WILL HAVE YOUR OWN LITTLE THINGS YOU CAN HAND OUT. SO I HAVE SOME SAMPLES HERE THAT MR. SMITH CAN GIVE TO YOU AT A LATER TIME.

THANK YOU. THIS IS GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND NEXT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON DISTANCE LEARNING AT HIGH SCHOOLS.

[D. Distance Learning Update at High Schools]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. COKER, MS. HEFFRON, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

DAUGHERTY. I'M HERE JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE AGAIN ABOUT DISTANCE LEARNING. I'VE BEEN HERE A FEW TIMES TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, HAVING SOME GREAT SUCCESS WITH IT.

SO I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND SHARE WITH YOU WHAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR WITH IT. AS YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL

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OR THERE AREN'T QUITE ENOUGH STUDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING A PARTICULAR COURSE, SO THEY CAN'T HAVE IT MAKE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STUDENTS.

SO THOSE ARE SOME REASONS WHY WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO CERTAIN COURSEWORK, AND SO THE DISTANCE LEARNING IS A WAY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO NOW DO THAT.

SO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COMBINE INTO ONE VIRTUAL CLASS AND A TEACHER AT ANOTHER SCHOOL TEACHES IT FOR ALL OF THEM ACROSS THE TIME.

IT'S HELD DURING THE SCHOOL DAY, SO IT'S SYNCHRONOUS, AND STUDENTS REPORT TO A MONITORED LOCATION SO THEY'RE CONSTANTLY SUPERVISED, BUT THEIR TEACHERS IN ANOTHER LOCATION ACTUALLY OFFERING THE INSTRUCTION VIA THE COMPUTER.

THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR, WE ARE FOCUSING ONLY ON THE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES, WE REALLY FOUND THAT THAT'S WHAT STUDENTS WANTED MOST AND WHAT SCHOOLS NEEDED THE MOST.

SO IN ORDER TO GIVE US REALLY THE BEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE BEST. THESE ARE THE COURSES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT OFFERING.

AS ALWAYS, THE COURSE SUBJECTS COULD CHANGE DEPENDING UPON STUDENT INTEREST.

SO IF THERE'S NOT MANY STUDENTS WHO SIGN UP FOR A COURSE, FOR INSTANCE, ONLY ONE OR TWO STUDENTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN DUAL ENROLLMENT FRENCH.

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN IT WOULDN'T POSSIBLY MAKE.

WE WOULD INSTEAD USE THAT FTE OR THAT TEACHING SLOT FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO TEACH A COURSE.

SO THESE ARE THE COURSES WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING IN OFFERING FOR THIS COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

PERSONAL HEALTH AND FITNESS IS NEW, WE HAVE A TEACHER AT MIDLOTHIAN WHO'S ABLE TO TEACH THAT COURSE, SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO GET QUITE A BIT OF INTEREST.

AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALREADY HAVE OVER 255 STUDENTS WHO'VE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN TAKING SOME OF THESE COURSES.

ONE OF THE NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS YEAR, AS EVERY YEAR WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING, YOU KEEP ADJUSTING TO MAKE SURE IT'S BETTER AND BETTER, ONE OF THE THINGS WE RECOGNIZE IS THAT THE WAY WE HAD TO RUN IT LAST YEAR, WE HAD LOTS OF SEPARATE REGISTRATIONS OCCURRING AND IT WAS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS.

SO WORKING WITH MR. LONGWORTH AND CCPSONLINE, WE WERE ABLE TO CONSOLIDATE, SO THAT WAY WE HAVE ONE REGISTRATION PROCESS.

IT ALLOWS THE TEACHER TO HAVE ONLY ONE SECTION, THEREFORE, THEY HAVE ONE GRADE BOOK VERSUS 11, AND IT ALSO ALLOWS OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE CHOOSING TO REMAIN VIRTUAL TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR LIST OF DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES THAT THEY ALSO COULD TAKE THAT WOULD FIT WITHIN THEIR SCHEDULE IN A SYNCHRONOUS MANNER.

SO WE REALLY THINK THIS WORKS OUT BEST FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND AS WE SAID, ALREADY, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THAT RIGOROUS COURSEWORK FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AS THEY NEED IT.

THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING DISTANCE LEARNING FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR? THANK YOU, DR.

MERRIMAN. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THANKS. I JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

ARE WE LOOKING AT THE DATA TO SEE IF WE ARE INCREASING ACCESS WITH THIS MODEL TO DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES OR IF IT'S THE PERSON WHO ALWAYS DOES ONE IS DOING TWO [INAUDIBLE]? AND THE SECOND QUESTION, I'M CURIOUS IF WE ARE SEEING STUDENTS THAT ARE AT MORE UNDER ENROLLED HIGH SCHOOLS, IF THEY ARE MORE LIKELY, LIKE ANY PATTERNS THAT WE'RE SEEING, IF THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO TAKE THIS? BECAUSE THEY ARE LESS LIKELY WITH A UNDER ENROLLED SCHOOL TO HAVE MORE COURSE OFFERINGS.

AS IN TERMS OF HAVING STUDENTS TAKE THE COURSEWORK, AS WE ALL KNOW, IT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS IN IMAGINE TOMORROW IS THAT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, BEFORE THEY GRADUATE, TAKE AN IB, AP, OR DE COURSE. SO THAT IS A DATA SET THAT THE SCHOOLS LOOK AT FREQUENTLY, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD OR CURRENT PERCENTAGE, BUT THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING AT THAT AND THEY'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF STUDENTS TAKING ONE COURSE, NOT THE NUMBER OF OVERALL DE COURSES, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO LOOK TO MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT TAKES AT LEAST ONE VERSUS ONE STUDENT TAKING SEVEN.

SO THEY ARE CONSISTENTLY DIGGING INTO THAT, AND THIS RIGHT NOW IS AROUND THE TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.

STUDENTS FINISHED UP COURSE REQUESTS, THEY'RE HAVING THOSE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH SCHOOL COUNSELORS, TALKING TO FAMILIES, TRYING TO HELP INCREASE THE RIGOR FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT SCHOOLS OFTENTIMES FOCUS ON TOO TO HELP MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE READY FOR THE DUAL ENROLLMENT IS THEY START REALLY IN THAT NINTH GRADE, MAKING SURE THAT STUDENTS NOT CURRENTLY IN AN HONORS COURSE, HELPING THAT STUDENT GO AHEAD AND TAKE AN HONORS COURSE IN 10TH GRADE OR MAYBE EVEN 11TH GRADE, SO THAT WHERE THEY'D BE READY TO TAKE THAT DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSE OR AN AP COURSE DURING THEIR SENIOR YEAR. BUT THAT IS THE DATA THAT WE CONSISTENTLY LOOK AT AND WE ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO IMPROVE ON IT. AS WE ALL KNOW, COVID WAS A HARDER YEAR.

WHENEVER YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS, BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, THE WAY THAT WE GET STUDENTS TO SOMETIMES STEP OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONE IN ORDER TO TAKE A COURSE THAT THEY MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE TAKE IS THROUGH THE RELATIONSHIP THEY BUILT WITH TEACHERS, AND OFTENTIMES IT'S AT SIDEBAR CONVERSATION THAT YOU'RE HAVING.

WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL LAST YEAR WE DID NOT HAVE 100 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS RETURNING IN PERSON.

SO THOSE SIDEBAR CONVERSATIONS OFTENTIMES A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE AND FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE. WE WERE REALLY THOUGHTFUL IN TRYING TO HAVE THEM.

BUT WE RECOGNIZE THOSE DAY IN DAY OUT CONVERSATIONS HELP PUSH KIDS TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO. SO WE REALLY DO CONSISTENTLY LOOK AT THAT.

IN THE YEARS I'VE BEEN HERE IN THIS POSITION, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT EVERY YEAR WE STRIVE TO IMPROVE UPON.

THANKS. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE DATA.

HOPEFULLY, THIS MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

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SO I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING TRULY EXTRAORDINARY AND I'M VERY GLAD THAT WE'RE FINALLY ABLE TO OFFER SOME TYPE OF OPTION LIKE THIS.

SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK.

OF COURSE, WE'RE THRILLED EVERY TIME WE CAN OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

IT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT TOOL FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE, SO I GUESS KIND OF ONE POSITIVE OF VIRTUAL LEARNING, IF WE HAVE TO LOOK FOR ONE.

YEAH, THERE ARE BITS AND PIECES OF EVERY EXPERIENCE THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE WITH YOU.

THERE'S SOME WE DEFINITELY WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND, CORRECT. AND THERE'S SOME WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE WITH US.

THAT'S RIGHT. WELL, I THINK YOU ARE UP NEXT.

I AM UP AGAIN. DR. MERRIMAN FOR OUR PREVIEW OF OUR GRADUATION FOR 2022.

[E. Graduation 2022]

WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF EXPERIENCES DURING OUR TWO YEARS OF COVID. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IS FOR THIS COMING SPRING, WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO WHOLE CLASS GRADUATIONS AT VCU AND VIRGINIA STATE, AND THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS THAT IT ALLOWS ALL OF OUR STUDENTS TO GRADUATE TOGETHER, WHICH THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING FOR OUR SCHOOLS, FOR THE STAFF AND FOR THE STUDENTS TO REALLY BE ABLE TO BE TOGETHER DURING THAT TIME.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS RECOGNIZE IS THAT SCHOOLS WILL BE SENDING OUT INFORMATION THROUGHOUT THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

WE JUST FINALIZED ALL THE EXAM SCHEDULES, SOME OF THOSE PIECES WILL BE SENT OUT IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

SO ALL OF THOSE GET SENT OUT BY THE SCHOOL IN ADDITION TO INDIVIDUALIZED GRADUATION PRACTICE OR SENIOR ASSEMBLY INFORMATION THAT'S SENT OUT BY THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THOSE ARE DIFFERING TIMES, DEPENDING UPON THE SCHOOL.

THIS IS THE GRADUATION DATES AND TIMES THAT WE HAVE HERE, IF YOU NOTICE WE HAVE THREE DAYS AT VCU, AT THE SIEGAL CENTER AND THEN WE HAVE ONE DAY AT VIRGINIA STATE, AT THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, THERE IS A LITTLE SHIFT OF TIME FOR THOSE TWO AT THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T CONFLICT WITH ELEMENTARY START TIME AND END TIME. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WHILE STILL UTILIZING THAT SPACE, BECAUSE I KNOW THE MATOACA FAMILIES AND THE CARVER FAMILIES DO ENJOY THAT. AND THAT'S OUR GRADUATION UPDATE FOR THE SPRING.

[LAUGHTER] WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE WHEN WE HAVE GRADUATIONS.

WE CAN BRING PICTURES.

YOU CAN SEE THE FUN PIECES THAT WE'LL HAVE, BUT FOR NOW, IT'S JUST THE WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN A BIG SPACE AGAIN, WHICH WE'RE ALL SUPER EXCITED ABOUT.

THAT'S EXCELLENT.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, DR.

MERRIMAN. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? WILL BE IN A NEW VENUE THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN IN [INAUDIBLE]. BE SO EXCITING. YES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NO. AND NEXT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON CONSTRUCTION.

[F. Construction Update]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

DAUGHERTY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE, LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT, AND I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY. WE REMAIN BUSY AND WE PLAN TO REMAIN BUSY.

WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS ADDRESSING MAJOR MAINTENANCE BACKLOG.

SECURITY INITIATIVES [INAUDIBLE] VERY IMPORTANT.

WITHIN A FEW MONTHS, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE DOORS.

OUR NEWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OVER AT MOSELEY AND WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF OF BIDDING AND SOLICITING OUR NEWEST MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THAT WORK AND PENDING THE BOND REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER, THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME.

SO WE ARE ACTIVELY PLANNING AND I COULD NOT PASS THIS UP TO BUILD ON THIS SUCCESS, AND ON SUPPORTING OUR OBJECTIVE, OBVIOUSLY, OF PROVIDING SAFE, SUPPORTIVE AND NURTURING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, SO.

WE'LL START WITH SOME OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS UNDERWAY.

MOSELEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AGAIN, VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT THIS IS ON SCHEDULE AND READY FOR FIRST CLASSES IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

THAT'S VERY EXCITING. DESPITE SOME COVID DELAYS, WE ARE ON TRACK AND READY TO GO AND WE WILL END UP WITHIN OUR BUDGET ALLOTMENT.

SO VERY EXCITED THERE.

IN TERMS OF NEW DESIGN, OUR FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL REPLACEMENT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE LOCATED DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE EXISTING FALLEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FALLING CREEK

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WE CHOSE READ SIMPLY JUST SO IT CAN STAND OUT THERE, BUT THAT'S THE THE FOOTPRINT.

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS EFFORT.

IT'S A RECONFIGURATION OF OUR EXISTING PROTOTYPES, SO WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE BOARDS TOO MUCH, SAVE SOME TIME, SAVE SOME EFFORT.

AND I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT ON MONDAY, MARCH 14TH, WE ARE PLANNING TO SUBMIT HERE FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW WITH THE COUNTY.

SO WE ARE DEFINITELY MOVING FORWARD GETTING READY TO BID THIS EFFORT THIS SUMMER AND START CONSTRUCTION LATER ON THIS YEAR.

[INAUDIBLE]. THE WESTERN AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL, WAMS, THAT I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING.

YOU'LL NOTICE THE CHANGE IN LOCATION FROM THE SORT OF TOP RIGHT ON THIS SITE, PLAIN TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT, TO MOVE OUT OF SOME OF THE WET AREA AND BRING THIS FACILITY CLOSER TO THE WESTERLY NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE MOVING ALONG WITH DESIGN HERE, WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, MAKING SURE THE SITE IS MANAGED EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING VERY GOOD.

HAD A GREAT MEETING WITH OUR DESIGN TEAM THIS MORNING AND THIS LOOKS GOOD TO GO AGAIN FOR SITE PLAN REVIEW PROBABLY EARLY SUMMER THIS YEAR.

SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG VERY HAPPILY.

AGAIN, I CAN'T CONTAIN THE EXCITEMENT, I'M GOING TO USE THAT WORD OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THIS EVENING, JOSH DAVIS IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU VIA A BOARD MEMO ABOUT OUR NEW PROTOTYPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND DAVIS ELEMENTARY AND BELLWOOD-- I'M SORRY, BENSLEY ARE THE FIRST TWO OUT OF THE GATE.

THESE ARE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE AGING FACILITIES, BUT WE'VE SOLICITED AND ENGAGED AND REVIEWED, AND WE ARE READY TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO A NEW ARCHITECT FOR A NEW PROTOTYPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DESIGN FOR ONE THOUSAND STUDENTS MOVING FORWARD INTO THE MID TWENTY FIRST CENTURY WITH OUR DESIGN PRINCIPLES.

PENDING THE BOND REFERENDUM, WE'LL BE IN A SPOT TO BID THESE PROJECTS WITHIN A FEW SHORT YEARS AND OPEN THE DOORS AM DAVIS IN AUGUST OF '25, WITH BENSLEY OPENING JUST A YEAR LATER, SO THAT'S MOVING FORWARD SWIMMINGLY.

OK. AS I SAID, WE'VE BEEN BUSY SWITCHING OVER TO MAJOR MAINTENANCE, YOU'VE SEEN THIS LIST BEFORE, BUT EVERY TIME WE SHOW IT, WE SEEM TO HIGHLIGHT MORE AND MORE OF THE EFFORTS WE'VE UNDERTAKEN; 10 TO 11 MAJOR SYSTEMS, THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, OUR EFFORTS ADDRESS. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM ROOF ENVELOPE TO HYDRAULICS AND ELEVATORS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT THERE'S CERTAINLY A LARGE BACKLOG OF WORK TO ADDRESS, AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING OUR LEVEL BEST WITH THE STAFF AND OUTSIDE CONTRACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THIS VERY IMPORTANT WORK TO KEEP OUR SCHOOLS FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

SO A LOT HAS BEEN DONE.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE EFFORTS THAT BOTH RELATE TO TO INDOOR AIR QUALITY, VERY IMPORTANT AND RELATE TO SOME OF THE VERY GENEROUS FUNDING THAT WE'VE RECEIVED LATELY. AND I CANNOT GO AWAY FROM THIS PRESENTATION WITHOUT MENTIONING CSLFRF, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE GRANT PROGRAMS. SO ON THE LEFT IS THE NEW COOLING TOWER AT WELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT SORT OF ON THE BOTTOM SECTION OF THIS COOLING TOWER IS A ABOUT A THREE FOOT TALL CANISTER. IT'S CALLED PULSE PURE, THAT'S A UV FILTER ON THE COOLING TOWER ITSELF THAT PURIFIES ALL OF THE THE WATER THAT IS PROCESSED THROUGH THE COOLING TOWER THAT ADDS TO OUR INDOOR AIR QUALITY PROGRAM HERE.

SO THAT'S A CSLFRF FUNDED EFFORT OVER AT WELLS AND ON THE RIGHT, THESE ARE [INAUDIBLE] TRANSFER FUNDS. THIS IS THE MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL FOUR ROOFTOP UNIT REPLACEMENT.

WE'VE ACTUALLY FOUND DURING THE COURSE OF THIS EFFORT, WE HAD TO REPLACE ONE MORE.

IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE OVER AT JAMES RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE WE ARE PLANNING TO REPLACE 18 ROOFTOP UNITS AT THAT FACILITY WITHIN THE COMING YEARS.

WE JUST GOT TO BE ABLE TO FIND THEM AND BUY THEM SO TWO VERY IMPORTANT PROJECTS.

WITH THE REMAINING FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ALLOCATIONS AND THROUGH VARIOUS GRANT AND BOND PROGRAMS, AGAIN, WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF ITEMS TO DO, NOT TO MENTION YEAR END FUNDS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SECURITY, ENTRANCE VESTIBULES, PROJECTS OF THAT NATURE.

SO WE'RE ACTIVELY PLANNING AND WORKING WITH OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM ON MANY OF THESE EFFORTS AND SOME OF WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED IN THE SUMMER.

SO WE'RE LINING UP A VERY BUSY SUMMER.

SUMMER PROJECT INITIATIVE SET OVER TWO DOZEN PROJECTS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WILL TOUCH AND

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OK, HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE, SOME OF THESE ARE ACTUALLY YEAR END FUNDS, THE RESTROOM LOCKER PETITION EFFORT.

WE'RE DOING A PILOT PROGRAM DOWN AT DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH THE RESTROOMS IN THAT FACILITY WHERE WE'RE HEIGHTENING THE PANELS IN THE RESTROOMS THEMSELVES.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PARTNERS RIGHT NOW TO CREATE A PRIVATE CHANGING STATIONS IN EACH LOCKER ROOM AT EACH MIDDLE SCHOOL FACILITY, HIGH SCHOOLS WILL BE NEXT.

SCHOOL ENTRANCES, YEAR END FUNDS, ACTIVELY WORKING WITH OUR ARCHITECTS ON THAT AND OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM TO GET THESE MATERIALS PROCURED HERE IN THE APRIL-MAY TIMEFRAME SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN WORK AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND AT MATOACA MIDDLE SCHOOL THIS SUMMER, READY FOR OPENING IN AUGUST.

OK, UV LIGHTING I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH DEWBERRY ENGINEERS STUDYING ROUGHLY 30 SITES ON THE RED LIST.

PROBABLY BE ABLE TO GET DONE TEN OF THESE SITES BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR THIS YEAR, THESE ARE ENGAGED PROJECTS AND OUR ESSER FUNDS WILL ADDRESS THIS, BUT VERY COOL GRAPHIC BASICALLY HOW THEY WORK WITH THE THE UV LIGHT CASTING THE AIRFLOW REDUCING INFECTION.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMERAS PHASE TWO.

THIS ONE, WE HAD A DISCUSSION JUST TODAY WITH OUR PROCUREMENT PARTNERS.

THIS IS VERY SOON TO BE LET OUT TO BID AND WITH LUCK THAT WILL BE READY IN THE SPRING OF 2023. HAD SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WITH CAMERAS AND CHIP MANUFACTURING.

OK. MATOACA MIDDLE SCHOOL, A LOT OF PROJECTS HAPPENING DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW, GYM FLOOR RESURFACING, THEATER LIGHTING, I MENTIONED THE VESTIBULES, DO SOME REFRESH IN THE LIBRARY, SOME WORK IN THE CAFETERIA.

YOU KNOW, LOTS HAPPENING DOWN THERE THIS SUMMER.

TURF FIELDS.

I KNOW THE THE BOARD HAS DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE.

THIS IS A PARK AND REC FUNDED AND MANAGED PROJECT.

WE'RE DOING SOME OVERSIGHT AT THE TWO LOCATIONS MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL AND LC BIRD, WE HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER ASSIGNED AS LIAISON TO THAT.

THAT LOOKS TO BE COMPLETED HERE IN LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL, IDEALLY.

WE'LL SEE WHERE THE MARKET IS ON THAT.

I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION OUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL PROTOTYPE.

WE WILL BE SOLICITING FOR A NEW ARCHITECT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE CIP, BUT WILL PROBABLY ISSUE THAT RFP LATER THIS WEEK, PERHAPS EARLY NEXT WEEK, TO BRING A NEW ARCHITECT ON BOARD FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT DESIGN PROJECT AND LOOK TO HOST FIRST CLASSES HERE AROUND THE SAME TIME AS THE NEW BENSLEY IN AUGUST OF '26.

IT'S A VERY INVOLVED PROJECT.

LASTLY, I'VE SHOWN THIS SLIDE TO THE BOARD TOO.

THREE MAJOR DRIVERS OF OUR PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THAT DRIVE MUCH OF WHAT WE DO IAQ, ACCESSIBILITY, AND SAFETY FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF OUR FACULTY AND ALL OF OUR GUESTS TO ALL CCPS SITES.

WE CONTINUE TO USE THIS AS ONE OF OUR-- OR THREE OF OUR, RATHER, GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

OK. AND LASTLY, I'LL SHOW THE SUMMARY SLIDE AGAIN, BUT I WON'T REPEAT IT, BUT I GOT TO GET BACK TO WORK BECAUSE I'M BUSY.

[LAUGHTER] ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. CARSON.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I KNOW MS. HAINES IS DYING TO BITE ON THAT UV FILTER, I'LL LET YOU GO FIRST.

I JUST THINK YOU SHOULD PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK BECAUSE THIS IS SO EXCITING.

I DO FOLLOW WHAT SCHOOLS ARE KIND OF DOING ACROSS THE STATE BECAUSE ACTUALLY I WAS INTERESTED IN THIS BEFORE COVID, AND IF YOU KNOW THE RESEARCH, INDOOR AIR QUALITY AFFECTS ATTENDANCE, EVERYBODY KNOWS ATTENDANCE AFFECTS STUDENT PERFORMANCE, AND WE ARE LEADING IN THIS AREA.

SO I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY EXCITING.

THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS IN THE PRESENTATION SO THE PUBLIC SEES THAT WE ARE LEADING IN THIS AREA. AND YEAH, IT JUST THANK YOU.

GREAT STUFF. WELL, WE HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT AND VERY, VERY DEDICATED STAFF, BUT AS I LIKE TO SAY, WE HAVE THE SECOND COOLEST JOB [LAUGHTER], IN CCPS CLASSROOM TEACHER THAT ROCKS THE HOUSE, SO.

YOU KEEP THE KIDS IN THE CLASSROOM SO THE TEACHER CAN TEACH THEM.

IT'S IMPORTANT. WELL, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GOING TO SAY THIS, BUT AS SOMEONE WHO RESENTS CHANGING THE OIL IN MY CAR INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO BUY A NEW PAIR OF SHOES, I ALWAYS STRUGGLE WITH MAINTENANCE EXPENSES.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THEIR NEED, AND EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT NOT BE AS COOL AS A NEW PAIR OF

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AND FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON THIS BOARD, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM A CONSTITUENT PRAISING US FOR OUR HVAC AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN THE SCHOOLS.

I WAS LIKE STUNNED.

I WAS LIKE, WOW, SOMEBODY NOTICED THAT.

THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE, ND IT SPEAKS TO HOW IMPORTANT IT IS AND THE SUGGESTION IN THERE, I'M GOING TO BRING HERE TO MR. SMITH, AND THAT WAS THAT WE HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU ALL ARE DOING IN THE NEXT CCPS ON THE GO MAGAZINE AND THAT WE ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW MORE AND MORE ABOUT ALL OF THESE MAJOR-- . MAJOR MAINTENANCE TO ME IS JUST LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CLASSROOM STUFF, BUT APPARENTLY IT'S A BIG DEAL, AND MS. HAINES KNEW ABOUT IT YEARS AGO, AIR QUALITY AND ALL OF THAT.

SO I JUST THINK WE ARE DOING REALLY COOL STUFF.

AND SO WE PROBABLY NEED TO REALLY WORK ON HIGHLIGHTING THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE.

THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION, ACTUALLY DR.

DAUGHERTY HAD SUGGESTED THAT FOR THIS CURRENT CCPS ON THE GO, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT ABLE TO MEET THAT DEADLINE, SO WE HAVE IT ON BOARD FOR NEXT TIME.

GOOD IDEA, DR. DAUGHERTY.

SO--. MR. SMITH, MR. HARTER JUST HAD A GREAT SUGGESTION.

BEING THAT OUR TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WE ARE CAUGHT UP.

MAYBE THAT WEEKLY MESSAGE THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ON TRANSPORTATION, WE COULD PIVOT TO MORE OF MAINTENANCE.

JUST A THOUGHT. WE'VE ACTUALLY TRANSITIONED THAT MESSAGE TO A MONTHLY NOW, BUT I THINK CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHTING THAT IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS REGARDLESS IS IMPORTANT, SO.

AND I ALSO I JUST WANT TO SAY LOUD AND CLEAR IN CASE PEOPLE DIDN'T CATCH THAT ONE LITTLE LINE THAT THE TURF FIELDS ARE PARKS AND REC FUNDED AND MANAGED.

JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT.

SO WE DON'T GET ACCUSED OF USING EDUCATIONAL FUNDS FOR TURF FIELDS.

THIS WAS A COUNTY GOVERNMENT PARKS AND REC FUNDED AND MANAGED PROJECT.

THEY OWN OUR SPACE, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH IT, AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE THEM.

BUT ANYWAY, GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU. MR. CARSON, I HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE SOLAR PANEL PROJECTS? YEAH, THANK YOU THAT.

NOT UNLIKE OTHER INITIATIVES, WE HAVE RUN INTO SOME SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND SOME TARIFF ISSUES AND YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

A LOT OF THESE MATERIALS ARE IMPORTED FROM CHINA.

A LOT OF THEM ARE STUCK IN LONG BEACH, SO TO SPEAK.

THE PRICE INCREASES THAT OUR INSTALLER HAS MENTIONED, WE'VE TAKEN TO ACCOUNT AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE COUNTY, CLAY BOWLES, JULIA REYNOLDS, THEIR ENERGY MANAGER.

WE HAVE ASKED SUN TRIBE SOLAR FOR SOME VERY SPECIFIC AND CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND THINK ABOUT IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE 12 CCPS SITES ON THAT LIST AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO PUT SOLAR PANELS ON ALL OF THEM, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE NEW SITES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL, MAKING SURE THOSE ROOFS ARE SOLAR READY.

SO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON EXPANDING RECESS FROM DOCTORS BOOTH

[G. Expanding Recess Update]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. COKER, MS. HEFFRON, DR.

DAUGHERTY. WE DO HAVE A VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION ON EXPANDING RECESS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

WE WILL BE REVIEWING SOME OF OUR CURRENT PRACTICES, AS WELL AS NEXT STEPS IN LOOKING AT THOSE POSSIBILITIES.

CURRENTLY, 43 PERCENT, OR 17, OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE MULTIPLE RECESS TIMES FOR AT LEAST ONE OR MORE GRADE LEVEL SCHEDULED IN THEIR MASTER SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY. MOST OF THOSE ARE TARGETED AT OUR YOUNGER GRADE LEVELS K, FIRST, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF SCHOOLS WHO HAVE MANAGED TO FIND MULTIPLE RECESS BLOCKS FOR ALL THEIR GRADE LEVELS. ALSO, 11, OR 28 PERCENT, OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE A REGULAR USE OF OUTDOOR CLASSROOM OR LEARNING SPACES.

THOSE MIGHT INCLUDE USING PICNIC TABLES OUTSIDE FOR CLASSROOMS.

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THE EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS IN THIS EFFORT TO POTENTIALLY EXPAND SOME RECESS OPPORTUNITIES IS AS SCHOOLS ARE CREATING THEIR MASTER SCHEDULES, AND NOW IS THAT TIME, WE WILL ENCOURAGE MORE SCHOOLS TO FIND THAT TIME IN THEIR DAY TO PROVIDE AT LEAST TWO OF THE RECESS BLOCKS, AND THESE WOULD BE 15 TO 20 MINUTE RECESS OPPORTUNITIES VERSUS THE 30 ONE BLOCK.

ALSO TO INCREASE OUTDOOR LEARNING AS POSSIBLE OR AS WEATHER PERMITS, INCORPORATING PLANNED BRAIN AND MOVEMENT BREAKS THROUGHOUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL DAY AND TO DESIGNATE SPECIFIC DAYS LIKE WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS, WHERE THE STAFF AND STUDENTS ARE FOCUSED ON HEALTH AND WELLNESS AND MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

AND SO AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOLS IN THEIR EFFORTS TO PROVIDE THAT MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR OUR YOUNGEST LEARNERS.

THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? [INAUDIBLE].

BARE WITH ME, I HAVE A LOT TO SAY ON THE SUBJECT.

SORRY, IT'S A PASSION OF MINE.

I GUESS A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS, I LOVE THAT THE MIRROR ME PRESENTATION HAD A TON OF RESEARCH, SO IF YOU WEREN'T SO SURE ABOUT THE PROGRAM, YOU'D WATCH THE PRESENTATION AND THINK, OH YEAH, WE HAVE TO DO THIS RIGHT? AND I THINK THE DATA ON EXPANDING RESOURCE/OUTDOOR TIME BECAUSE I KNOW IT CAN'T-- YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN HOW IT LOOKS AT SCHOOLS IS JUST AS COMPELLING.

SO MAYBE IN A FUTURE UPDATE AND WE EVEN HAVE A LOCAL ONE OF OUR OWN, A FORMER CCPS TEACHER, DR.

MISTI MUELLER, IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT VCU SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, AND SHE'S THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION.

AND SHE TEACHES HER STUDENTS SO THEY'RE PREPARED TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THEY GO AND TEACH, AND EVEN TO ADVOCATE IF THEY END UP IN A BUILDING THAT MAYBE IS NOT SOLD OR HER STUDENTS ARE READY TO GO AND CONVINCE EVERYBODY.

AND I JUST SHE HAS THIS PRESENTATION THAT SAYS, WHY IS MOVEMENT IMPORTANT? AND SHE HAS THIS QUOTE, IN ORDER FOR A MAN TO SUCCEED IN LIFE, GOD PROVIDED HIM WITH TWO MEANS EDUCATION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, NOT SEPARATELY, ONE FOR THE SOUL AND THE OTHER FOR THE BODY, BUT FOR THE TWO TOGETHER.

WITH THESE TWO MEANS MEN CAN ATTAIN PERFECTION.

AND THAT WAS PLATO THAT SAID THAT.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, A VERY LONG TIME AGO, PEOPLE KNEW THIS WAS IMPORTANT. I KNOW THAT BEFORE COVID, THE SCHOOLS WERE DOING MORE.

I KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE SCHOOL HAD, ROBIOUS ELEMENTARY, HAD A 40 TO 45 MINUTES FOR ALL KIDS K-5, OTHER SCHOOLS THAT IT JUST FOR LIKE K-1ST.

SO I'D LOVE TO KIND OF MAYBE FIND OUT HOW THEY DID IT.

SHARE THOSE BEST PRACTICES.

I'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT THE THINGS THAT GET IN THE WAY.

I WOULD IMAGINE, YOU KNOW, I FOUND THAT WHEN WE WERE RETURNING KIDS TO SCHOOL AND EVEN NOW IN FUNDING, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY LIKE THINGS HAVE TO SHIFT THERE TOO.

YOU KNOW, WHY DO WE NEED TO GO AND TALK TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ABOUT.

SO THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE SUPPORTED SO WE CAN REALLY MOVE TO BEST PRACTICE FOR RECESS AND OUTDOOR TIME? THAT'S ALSO SUPPORTED BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S BURNT OUT.

WE CAN'T JUST DO ANOTHER THING WITHOUT SUPPORTING, SO.

I GUESS THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING THE CONVERSATION, LIKE EVERYTHING, RIGHT? IN SCHOOLS FROM WORKING TOWARDS BEING FULLY FUNDED, IT'S A CONVERSATION AND DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE US GET THERE.

SO, THANK YOU.

I DO THINK WITH RECESS AND BEING OUTSIDE AND OUTDOORS IS IMPORTANT, AND I DO THINK OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STAFF ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO BRING THEIR KIDS OUTDOORS AND KEEP THAT MOVEMENT GOING. I KNOW I'VE SEEN ON FACEBOOK WITH SOME OF THE SCHOOLS IN BERMUDA WHERE THEY'RE SITTING OUTSIDE IN CHAIRS, AND I THINK EVEN FOR LAST WEEK IT WAS FOR READ ACROSS AMERICA. SO THEY'RE TAKING THEIR KIDS OUTSIDE, THEY'RE DOING THOSE ACTIVITIES.

SO I THINK IT IS HAPPENING FOR SURE.

I MEAN, WE JUST GET THAT THE SLIDE THAT SAID OUTDOOR, I THINK IT WAS 28 PERCENT, MAYBE WE CAN GET IT TO 40 PERCENT.

I KNOW THE SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR NUMBER ONE REQUESTS

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I THOUGHT THAT AND I DID NOT TELL THEM TO SAY THAT.

I PROMISE. ALL RIGHT.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS?

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

[I. Adjournment into Closed Session]

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

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711.A OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTION ONE, THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS.

NUMBER TWO, THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORDS, AND EIGHT CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL. 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.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE MOTION? DEBBIE BAILEY.

AYE. RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

ANN COKER AYE.

WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.