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IF I CAN JUST ACKNOWLEDGE TO ON THE ORIGINS THE POLICY OF 1190 THERE IS NO FUNDAMENTAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE TO THE ESSENCE OF THIS POLICY.

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

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THERE ARE STREAMLINING EDITS THAT ARE MADE THERE.

BUT AND YOU'LL NOTICE AGAIN, ON THE AS YOU MENTIONED, 1190 IS REALLY CERTAINLY BOARD DISCRETION.

AS ALWAYS, IT'S MEANT REALLY TO DISTINGUISH ABOUT THE OVERALL PHILOSOPHY OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE POLICY ITSELF.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE 1201, THAT'S MORE OF A PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS, SO TO SPEAK.

SO, YEAH, NO, ABSOLUTELY.

WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT WHAT THEY HAD BEFORE WAS NOT THE BEST EITHER, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE AT LEAST IT SAID THAT POLICY WAS THE INTENT OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

SO THAT DOES CARRY THE COMMUNITY PEACE A LITTLE BIT.

SO IT WAS BETTER BEFORE I, I THINK THAT THE REVISIONS TAKE AWAY THE COMMUNITY VOICE 100%.

SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOME STATEMENT WHETHER ITS POLICIES, POLICY EXPRESSES THE VALUES OF THE COMMUNITY, DO SOMETHING THAT REFLECTS WHAT IS SORT OF CONSIDERED TO BE BEST PRACTICE OF WHAT POLICY IS.

THEN I WOULD SAY AGAIN TO STRIKE, SEEK AND PUT CONSIDERS THE ADVICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S MORE THAN JUST SEEKING, IT'S THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN IN THE LAST PARAGRAPH, THE NEED, IT KIND OF DESCRIBES HOW THE NEED FOR A NEW OR REVISED POLICY BEGINS.

I GUESS I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT IS NEATER.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S VERY WORDY.

I KNOW I TEND TO BE VERY WORDY, BUT IT'S THEN HARDER FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND.

SO MAYBE THAT THERE ARE THREE WAYS THAT POLICY IS DEVELOPED, BASICALLY STATE OR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE ACTION COMING FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH WOULD BE SCHOOL BOARD OR SCHOOL BOARD STAFF ADMINISTRATION, PARENT OR COMMITTEE OR SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES LIKE TONIGHT WE HEARD FROM THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD, LEGAL COUNSEL, EITHER OUR LEGAL COUNSEL OR VSBA'S LEGAL COUNSEL, MAYBE EVEN MENTIONING THAT IT COULD BE REVIEWED BY EXISTING SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES, ANYTHING THAT

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COULD MAYBE TIGHTEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

AND I REALIZE THIS WOULD BE US.

BUT MAKING THE SBA POLICY BETTER, WHY NOT? I JUST WANT TO ARTICULATE TO LIKE ALL THESE POLICIES, NOT JUST VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.

THESE ARE A LOT OF I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY, EVERY BOARD'S AUTHORITY TO ADAPT AND CHANGE POLICIES.

SO SOME OF THESE THINGS TO THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUSLY PREVIOUS BOARD ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN IN DEFERENCE TO THEM.

SO SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THERE IS NOT INHERENTLY ALWAYS GOING TO BE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.

GOT IT. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT WE PUT OUR OUR STAMP OTHER BOARDS HAVE PUT THEIR STAMP ON THIS POLICY AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US PUT OUR STAMP.

SO THEN 1200 A POLICY ADOPTION REVISION SUSPENSION.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO ADD THE IMPORTANCE OF PUTTING TIME BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND READING, KIND OF WHAT MS. BAILEY SAID THAT TIME ALLOWS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND AMENDING OF THE POLICIES SHOULD THE SCHOOL BOARD DECIDE TO DO SO.

I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT WE DO, BUT IT'S GOOD TO PUT THAT IN WRITING BECAUSE IT HELPS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND OUR PROCESS.

AND THEN THE SENTENCE THAT IS ADDED THAT SAYS WITH GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FROM THE SBA, THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL REVIEW ALL DIVISION POLICIES.

GIVEN THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S JOB TO DEFINE THE PROCESS OF POLICY REVIEW, I WOULD LIKE THAT SENTENCE TO LEAD WITH SOME LANGUAGE THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S JOB TO DEVELOP A PROCESS OF REVIEW.

IF I CAN JUST ARTICULATE ON THAT POINT, THE LAW REQUIRES THE BOARD TO ADHERE TO A FIVE YEAR VISION CYCLE FOR ALL OF YOUR POLICIES.

PART OF WHERE THE SCHOOL ASSOCIATION IS HELPFUL THROUGH THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL AND THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL IS GIVING LEGAL GUIDANCE.

THEY'RE NOT GIVING US ANYTHING OTHER THAN JUST LEGAL GUIDANCE.

AND SO THAT IS ACTUALLY A HELPFUL RESOURCE FOR US IN MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.

AND SO WE RELY UPON THOSE TO INHERIT ALL OF THESE.

THEY ARE BY NAME, SCHOOL BOARD POLICY.

SO EVERYTHING IS WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE ANY KIND OF POLICY.

AND SO YOU'LL FIND WHENEVER WE REFERENCE THAT LEGAL COUNSEL THEIR SPECIFIC LEGAL REQUIREMENTS THEY'RE BRINGING TO US.

YEAH, I AGREE. AND THAT'S I WOULD KEEP IT IN, BUT ALSO MENTION THAT IT IS THE SCHOOL BOARD'S JOB TO DELINEATE WHAT THE PROCESS OF REVIEW LOOKS LIKE TOTALLY SUPPORT VIA SBA'S HELP.

WE NEED THEM. IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

ANY COMMENTS ON FEEDBACK ON THOSE POLICIES? I HAVE TWO OTHERS.

YEAH. I, YOU KNOW, IN JUST IN RESPONSE TO COMBINING THESE TWO POLICIES, I WOULD PREFER TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE ONE IS 1190 DISCUSSES KIND OF THE SPIRIT OF POLICYMAKING.

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AND THEN WE DO HAVE 1200, THAT IS THE NUTS AND BOLTS.

SO I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO KEEP THOSE SEPARATED.

AND I WOULD WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT KIND OF LANGUAGE ABOUT POLICYMAKING BEING INFORMED BY COMMUNITY INPUT.

WE CERTAINLY I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE DAIS WELCOMES COMMUNITY INPUT AND WE SEEK COMMUNITY INPUT.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY CERTAINLY DOES NOT WANT EVERYTHING THAT THE BUSINESS OF THE BOARD TO HAVE TO BE A REFERENDUM EVERY TIME WE MAKE A DECISION.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THAT LANGUAGE LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WE'VE ALL BEEN ENTRUSTED BY OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE WERE ELECTED.

AND SO WE KIND OF NEED TO LOOK AT HOW THAT WORDING IS GOING, TO LOOK AT HOW WE BALANCE THAT TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND HOW WHAT DEGREE OF ENGAGEMENT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THAT IN THAT.

I WAS THINKING LIKE THE COMMITTEES, RIGHT, THE SCHOOL ADVISORY BOARD KIND OF THAT STANDING SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES COULD BE THE AUDIT AND FINANCE THAT THAT IS ONE

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WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY IS CAN BE INVOLVED IN OUR PROCESS.

AND THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHERE YOU HAVE A CROSS-REFERENCE OF A POLICY.

YOU HAVE A POLICY. IT TALKS ABOUT SCHOOL ADVISORY COMMITTEES.

IT GIVES THEM THEIR CHARGE, THEIR MISSION AND HOW THEY'RE ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD TO.

SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S I WAS THINKING IT WAS KIND OF DOUBLING UP ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN THE FIRST AND SECOND READS.

I HESITATE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE COME ACROSS WHERE WE HAVEN'T WE CAN WAIVE, WAIVE THE SECOND READING. RIGHT AND THAT PERFECT EXAMPLE IS WE FIND THAT WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN AUGUST ESSENTIALLY.

RIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIVE RATINGS IMMEDIATELY, PUT THEM IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.

I KNOW AS LONG AS I'VE HAD POLICY UNDER MY PURVIEW, I'VE BEEN REALLY STRICT ABOUT IN DEFERENCE TO THE BOARD MAKING A RECOMMENDATION, YOU WAIVE A READING JUST BECAUSE WE DO REALIZE THAT IT TAKES AWAY AND A LONGER TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THOSE.

AND SO A LOT OF THOSE WE MAY TURN TO BE KIND OF ALMOST NON-NEGOTIABLES.

YOU'RE REQUIRED BY LAW TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE THAT CHANGE.

WE DON'T USE WAIVE INGREDIENTS TO DO SOMETHING THAT MAY HAVE A MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION.

YEAH, I FULLY SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING IN A SAFETY NET TO PROVIDE FOR.

TIME FOR THE TRANSPARENCY.

TIME FOR THE COMMUNITY TO INTERACT WITH THE BILL OR THE POLICY, THE WAY THAT YOU THE WAY THAT MR. SMITH PUT IT. BUT YEAH, JUST TO BE ABLE TO I THINK THAT'S COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE.

YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH ALL THOSE POINTS AND I THINK POINTS I THINK IT'S JUST A GREAT POINT THAT WE DO HAVE TO WAIVE A READING AND IS BECAUSE OF A LEGAL REQUIREMENT AND BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, YOU MADE A LOT OF VERY GOOD POINTS AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT TIME TO DIGEST THEM, LOOK THROUGH THEM.

I CAN SEND MY NOTES TO EVERYBODY.

I WAS JUST GONNA ASK CATHERINE BEFORE YOU CONTINUE.

COULD WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THESE POLICIES WHERE WE EXTEND THOSE FOR AN ADDITIONAL READING NEXT NEXT MONTH AND THEN VOTE IN AUGUST? POTENTIALLY. ESPECIALLY THE SCHOOL BOARD ONES? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IF IT'S THE BOARD'S DEFERENCE TO DO THAT, THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS JUST TO MATCH UP THAT THERE'S NO TIMING REQUIREMENT.

YOU HAVE THAT IN PLACE BY JULY ONE.

OFF THE TOP, MY HEAD, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE ONES WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT.

BUT CERTAINLY YOU CAN DO THAT.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO PARLIAMENTARY WISE, YOU HOLD THOSE POLICIES UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO BRING THEM THE SECOND READING PARLIAMENTARY WISE THERE NOT BEFORE YOU AS A BOARD SO.

I'M FOR POLICY 1231.

GIVEN THAT IT IS A BOARD DEVELOPMENT IS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT PER THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.

I QUESTION WHY WE STRUCK THE WORDS FUNDS SHALL BE BUDGETED ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S BEST PRACTICE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO IF SOMETHING IS A LEGAL PRIORITY, THEN IT SHOULD ALSO BE BUDGETED FOR.

SO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THE REASON WHY THAT'S DONE IS BECAUSE THE CLARIFICATION UPON THE CODE OF VIRGINIA IS THAT IT REQUIRES BOARD MEMBERS TO HAVE THAT SELF EVALUATION PIECE AND TO HAVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PIECE.

THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE YOU BY CODE TO HAVE DESIGNATE FUNDS, OR IS THAT THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT DONE THAT WAY IS BECAUSE IT DOES NOT ALWAYS REQUIRE YOU TO FULFILL THAT LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT YOU HAVE TO GO EXPEND MONEY TO RECEIVE THAT TRAINING DEVELOPMENT.

A LOT OF SCHOOL DIVISIONS LIKE OURS ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS IN-HOUSE WITH OUR CURRENT STAFF.

AND SO THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER POLICY WHERE TRYING TO STREAMLINE.

SO WHAT'S IN HERE IS WHAT IS LEGALLY REQUIRED.

AND SO THE FUNDING PIECE IS NOT CERTAINLY AS A BOARD, YOU MAKE THAT, THAT CALL EACH AND EVERY DAY AS YOU ADOPT YOUR BUDGET AND WHAT YOU FUND IN THERE THAT DOESN'T LIKE ANY OF

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THESE POLICIES TO ANY POLICY THAT YOU RECEIVE AUTHORITY TO DERIVE AUTHORITY.

BARRING NONE, GENERALLY, JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE OR DON'T HAVE IT IN THESE DOCUMENTS, LETS REQUIRE BY LAW YOU CAN ALWAYS ADD TO IT.

SO THE FUNDING PIECES GOES WITH THAT AS WELL.

I GUESS I'D LOVE TO HEAR MY COLLEAGUE'S THOUGHT.

I GUESS I'M THINKING OF HOW MAINTENANCE GETS CUT IF IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY PRIORITIZED.

RIGHT. I THINK THIS BOARD HAS REALLY PRIORITIZED UPPING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.

RIGHT. EVEN THOUGH IT ISN'T SEXY AND IT'S HARDER TO SEE, IT'S NOT ALWAYS AS EASY TO SEE ITS DIRECT IMPACT ON KIDS.

ALONG THE SAME LINE, IF WE IF WE PUT IT AS A PRIORITY, THAT WILL STAY IN THE BUDGET.

IT'S MORE LIKELY TO JUST, I THINK, A DIVISION OF OUR SIZE.

WE SHOULD EXPECT A BUDGET FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

FOR SCHOOL BOARD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT? YEAH THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT SCHOOL BOARD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR.

RIGHT. AND AS WELL, STRUGGLING BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OUT FOR SOME REASON.

IT'S STILL IN HERE THAT WE THAT WE PARTICIPATE ANNUALLY IN IN HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONALS.

I THINK I THINK WHAT BUT THEY TAKE OUT THE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.

LOOKING AT THE THE THIRD PARAGRAPH, THEY JUST TOOK OUT THE LINE THAT SAYS IT'LL BE FUNDED SHALL BE BUDGET JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT LEGALLY.

TO BE HONEST, CATHERINE, I WILL SAY THIS, IF WE'RE IN A BUDGET CRUNCH AND IT MEANS FUNDING MY TEACHERS OR FUNDING MY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, I'M FUNDING MY TEACHERS.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FORWARD FACING WITH THEIR STUDENTS ARE MORE CRITICAL.

I DON'T SEE IF YOU PUT IT IN THERE THAT IT IS FUNDED, THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE THEN THAT'S POLICY AND THAT'S MANDATED AND IN IT'S IN STONE.

I'D RATHER HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY THAT IF I'M GOING TO CUT FUNDING, I'M CUTTING FUNDING PROFESSIONALLY, DEVELOPING ME AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.

SO I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OF NOT HAVING IN THAT THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE.

THAT'S JUST MY PREFERENCE.

SORRY. AND THAT FOIA TRAINING IS THE TRAINING THAT WE CAN RECEIVE.

WE RECEIVE THAT FROM OUR SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY.

IN-HOUSE. RIGHT. YES MA'AM? OKAY. I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF IT SAYS FUNDS SHALL BE BUDGETED ANNUALLY, YOU COULD STILL CUT IT, RIGHT? I MEAN, YOU WOULD BUDGET IT, BUT IT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

ARE YOU ABLE BECAUSE IF YOU DO BUDGET BUT HAVE TO GO BACK AND CUT IT, IT WAS BUDGETED.

I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE I'M SPLITTING HAIRS.

I SEE YOUR POINT. I WOULD DEFINITELY TEACH OUR DEVELOPMENT OVER BOARD DEVELOPMENT.

I WOULD HAVE TO CONCUR ON THAT ONE.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS JUST ONE THOUGHT ON THE POLICY 2040, WHEN I AND I KNOW MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD SIMILAR COMMENTS, WHEN I FIRST DECIDED TO RUN FOR SCHOOL BOARD, IT WAS REPEATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT ONE OF THE THE TOP JOB OF A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WAS TO HIRE AND FIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT.

AND NOW THAT I'M ON THE BOARD, I WOULD EDIT THAT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S ACCURATE.

I THINK THE NUMBER ONE JOB OR NUMBER TWO JOB IS TO HIRE AND EVALUATE THE SUPERINTENDENT.

SO. AND OUR WORK TO REWRITE THIS POLICY MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A FUTURE BOARD TO MISS THE VITAL IMPORTANCE OF THIS TASK. SO. I'M SORRY.

YOU WANTED TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE. I'M NOTING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE THAT IS OFTEN HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY.

OUR JOB IS TO HIRE AND EVALUATE.

NOT TO HIRE AND FIRE.

ARE YOU CITING? I'M JUST SAYING DIRECTLY FROM A POLICY.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE POLICY.

ALL RIGHT. THAT.

I LIKE THE LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY.

THAT'S WHAT MY POINT IS.

THE LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY IS WHAT WE WROTE.

YEAH. NO, I'M SAYING THE PURPOSE OF IT IS BECAUSE EVALUATION IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE JOB.

RIGHT. I'M TRYING TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE.

BUT CHANGING THE NARRATIVE.

BUT NOT THAT POLICY.

NO. GOT IT. THERE'S NO LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY CHANGING.

THIS IS JUST SOMETHING TO WHY WE'RE DOING THIS AS A BOARD AS PART OF OUR JOB.

YES. SO LET ME JUST RECAP FOR MR. SMITH. I THINK THERE ARE WHAT I GATHER REALLY THREE POLICIES.

HE HAS THREE POLICIES THAT WE MAY WANT TO BRING BACK FOR ANOTHER.

NOT THE SECOND REVIEW, BUT ANOTHER FIRST REVIEW, I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT.

YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE 1020.

YEP. 1190.

1200? YES.

OKAY. RIGHT.

SORRY. THAT WAS THIS WAS GOOD DISCUSSION, THOUGH.

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THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, WE HAVE ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING? MADAM CHAIR, TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR BOARD'S REVIEW.

NUMBER ONE, MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FUNDS FY 2022.

NUMBER TWO, FY 2022, MARCH EXPENDITURES FOR APPROPRIATIONS.

NUMBER THREE BUDGET CHANGE REQUEST SUMMARY ACROSS CATEGORIES, MARCH 2022.

BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS NUMBER FOUR AND NUMBER FIVE PRE K UPDATE MARCH 2022.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. FOR THIS MEETING CITIZENS WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF SUBMITTING THEIR COMMENTS ONLINE OR IN PERSON COMMENT SUBMITTED VIA THE ONLINE FORM OR SENT TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE START OF TONIGHT'S MEETING AND WILL BE INCLUDED INFO AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE MEETING MINUTES.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THIS EVENING'S IN-PERSON SPEAKER ON NON AGENDA ITEMS? MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE 14 SPEAKERS FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS THIS EVENING.

THEY ARE TYLER GARRETT, HAYLEY SNOW, MICHAEL WOOD, EMMA SCOTT.

GEORGE BURDINE.

RICHARD KEANE, DOMINIQUE CHATTERS, JASON MELENDEZ, CHRISTINE MELENDEZ, SAMUEL WYNNE, ANN TANUS.

ROBERT EVERETT, JOHN WARD AND MICHAEL CARABINERS.

EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

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

AS A REMINDER, NO PERSONAL BELONGINGS OTHER THAN A CELL PHONE AND YOUR SPEAKER NOTES ARE ALLOWED AT THE PODIUM.

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

MAY WE HAVE TYLER GARRETT? GOOD EVENING, DR. DOROTHY.

MADAME CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

MY NAME IS TYLER GARRETT. I'M A STUDENT AT THOMAS DIEHL HIGH SCHOOL, AND I PRESENT THE POLICY REVIEW [INAUDIBLE] GROUP FROM OUR PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR 4010R STANDARDS FOR STUDENT CONDUCT.

WITH REGARDS TO SECTION C, BULLYING.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MENTALLY INCAPACITATED IAP STUDENTS, THERE IS LITTLE TO NO SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR DISCIPLINE AND CONSEQUENCES FOR STUDENTS ACTIONS, SPECIFICALLY IN REGARDS TO BULLYING AND HARASSMENT.

AS THE CURRENT POLICY STANDS, THE FINAL ULTIMATE JUDGMENT TO A STUDENT OFFENDER'S ACTIONS ARE LEFT LITTLE OR NO INSTRUCTION AS THE PROCEDURE OR RESPONSE FOR AN INCURRED BULLYING OR HARASSMENT INCIDENT.

TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, WITH THE CURRENT STRUCTURE OF RESPONSE, THE VICTIMS OF ANY BULLYING HARASSMENT INCIDENTS WILL BE SUBJECT TO PUNISHMENT, DESPITE EXERCISING THEIR VIRGINIA STATE RIGHT UNDER THE CASTLE DOCTRINE TO PHYSICALLY DEFEND THEMSELVES.

THE LANGUAGE THAT CLEARLY SETS IN THE POLICY STATES THAT A STUDENT MAY BE SUSPENDED, MAY BE RECOMMENDED FOR A LONGER SUSPENSION, AND MAY BE RECOMMENDED FOR EXPULSION.

HOW SUBJECTIVE THE LANGUAGE SOUNDS.

IT'S NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO [INAUDIBLE] IN THAT GRAVITY OF THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED THE PUNISHMENT IS SUPPOSED TO TEACH.

TO MAKE SITUATION WORSE. AT THIS POINT, THE VICTIM IS IN A STATE OF RECOVERY FROM THE TRAUMA THAT OCCURRED DURING THE INCIDENT.

THUS, ADDING PUNISHMENT ON THEIR HEAD ADDS THE PRESSURE THEY POSSESS WHICH RESULT ON THEIR EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND PERSONAL LIVES DEGRADING.

ANOTHER POLICY THAT SHOULD BE REVIEWED A STANCE THE STUDENT CONDUCT, SECTION B CURSING OR VERBAL ABUSE.

THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE POLICY RESTRICTS ALL ACTIONS OF ANY WORDS THAT ARE CONSIDERED SWEAR WORDS.

FROM EXPERIENCE, THE CURRENT OF POLICY IS ALMOST 100% UP TO THE DISCRETION OF OF THE ENFORCERS WHAT THEY QUALIFY AS A SWEAR WORD.

ALREADY THIS RULE IS COMPLETELY UNENFORCEABLE AND IS LEFT ENTIRELY UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THOSE WHO CARE ENOUGH TO ATTEMPT TO ENFORCE IT.

ONCE AGAIN, FROM EXPERIENCE, STUDENTS ARE USING SIMPLISTIC CURSE WORDS DO NOT GET PUNISHED.

THE LACK OF THE PUSH TO ENFORCE THE RULE AREN'T ONE OFF SINGLE SCENARIOS, THEY ARE DAILY OCCURRENCES.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY ZERO REASON TO KEEP THE CURRENT STATUS OF THIS POLICY.

IT IS IGNORANT TO ASSUME THIS POLICY PROTECTS ANYONE OR ANY PARTY OR SUGGESTS A REVIEW WOULD, HOWEVER, ALTER THE USAGE OF THIS.

IT WOULD ALTER IT SO THAT THE USAGE OF RACIAL, PREJUDICIAL OR ANY TYPE OF ETHNIC SLURS TO NOT BE ALLOWED, THE CHANGE OF LAW, THE RULE TO BE ENFORCED IN A REALISTIC MANNER AND LEAVE NOTHING TO ENFORCE IS DISCRETION INTERPRETATION.

THIS IS IN REGARDS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ONLY.

THE FINAL POLICY REQUEST REVIEW UPON THE STANDARDS OF STUDENT CONDUCT.

SECTION B DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES PART TWO OR ANY WEAPON.

ACTUALLY A SHOTGUN OR SHOTGUN SHELL GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR SPORTING PURPOSES, SEEING AS THE TERM SPORTING PURPOSES IS ALREADY LEFT PRETTY VAGUE.

SO THIS AREA AND QUITE IMPERATIVE, HONESTLY, THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SHOULD ELABORATE AND ELABORATE ON WHAT THEY QUALIFY AS FOR SPORTING PURPOSES WHERE THE FIRST SPORT MEAN TUBE FED MAGAZINE FED OUGHT TO BE BREAK ACTION.

IF SO, THE SINGLE BARRELED, DOUBLE BARRELED, TRIPLE BILLED, EVEN QUADRUPLE BARRELED LEAVING DEFINITION AS THAT CURRENTLY STANDARD VERY CLEARLY BLUR THE LINES TOO MUCH FOR A

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SPORTING PURPOSE SHOTGUN IS MEANT TO BE.

POLICY IS NOT REVIEWED AND ELABORATED UPON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU MR. GARRETT, MAY WE HAVE HAYLEY SNOW? GOOD EVENING, DR. DOHERTY, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

MY NAME IS HAYLEY SNOW AND I'M A SENIOR AT THOMASVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, AND I REPRESENT THE POLICY REVIEW AFFINITY GROUP FOR MY PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS.

I CAME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS ON POLICY NUMBER 4130 ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION.

THE POLICY COVERS PROCEDURES FOR PRESCRIPTION AND NON-PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE, AS WELL AS INSULIN SHOTS, INHALERS AND VITAMINS.

I SUGGEST THAT NURSE'S OFFICE BE STOCKED WITH NECESSITIES SUCH AS TYLENOL, HEATING PADS AND CONTACT SOLUTION.

MOST HIGH SCHOOL NURSES HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES LIKE SANITARY ITEMS, ICE, WHEELCHAIRS AND BEDS.

BUT THEY CAN'T LET HIGH SCHOOLERS BRING MEDICAL ITEMS WITHOUT JUMPING THROUGH TONS OF HOOPS.

SCHOOL CLINICS SHOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION FOR WHEN A STUDENT IS IN PAIN.

CALLING A PARENT, GETTING VERBAL CONFIRMATION CAN ALSO BE ANOTHER OPTION TO ALLOW MEDICINE TO BE ADMINISTERED.

PROPER PROCEDURE STARTS WITH GETTING A PRESCRIPTION AND OR PHYSICIANS NOTE, BUT NOBODY NEEDS A DOCTOR TO PURCHASE PAIN MEDICINE FROM A LOCAL DRUGSTORE.

THEREFORE, I FEEL THAT A PHONE CALL FROM THE STUDENT'S PARENTS WOULD SUFFICE.

TYLENOL OR IBUPROFEN ARE GREAT SOLUTIONS FOR DEBILITATING CRAMPS.

HEATING PADS AND ADEQUATE REST CAN HELP AID AND EASE THE PAIN.

AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN DENIED THE OPTION TO BRING IN AND USE A HEATING PAD.

NUMEROUS TIMES I'VE WALKED INTO THE NURSE'S OFFICE AND HAVE BEEN DENIED NOT ONLY MEDICATION, A HEATING PAD AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REST.

SINCE THESE RULES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

I STAY AT HOME DUE TO THE HASSLE OF SCHOOL CLINICS.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, I WAS DOUBLED OVER IN PAIN DUE TO MY CRAMPS.

MY TEACHER SAW SOMETHING WAS WRONG AND WROTE ME A PASS TO THE CLINIC.

ONCE I WALKED IN AND I TOLD HER THIS EXPLANATION TO WHY I WAS FEELING SO BAD, I ASKED FOR A HEATING PAD SINCE THAT'S WHAT I'M USED TO AT HOME.

THE NURSE EXPLAINS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ON HAND TO BORROW.

I DON'T EVEN BOTHER ASKING FOR MEDICINE SINCE I HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DENIED BECAUSE NOBODY WAS IN THE CLINIC EXCEPT FOR THE NURSE AND I PROPOSED A QUESTION TO LET ME REST.

ONCE AGAIN, I WAS DENIED.

I GOT SO FRUSTRATED THAT I SIGNED MYSELF OUT AND WENT HOME.

THE FOLLOWING DAY I STOPPED BY TO ASK ABOUT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS AND SHE TOLD ME I NEED BOTH A DOCTOR'S NOTE AND A PARENTS NOTE TO BRING IN IBUPROFEN AND A HEATING PAD.

IT SEEMED LIKE MY PAIN WOULD ONLY BE VALIDATED THROUGH A DOCTOR'S NOTE, HAD THE SHELVES THEN STOCKED WITH PAIN RELIEVERS AND A HEATING PAD OR TWO, OR THE NURSE ALLOWED ME TO GET VERBAL PERMISSION FROM MY PARENT OVER THE PHONE.

ALL OF THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.

LOOKING BACK AT THIS SCHOOL YEAR, I'VE HAD MORE THAN A FEW ABSENCES EACH MONTH BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH TROUBLE IT IS TO ACCOMMODATE MY NEEDS NOT ONLY AS A WOMAN, BUT ALSO AS A STUDENT.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND I HOPE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE HEAD OF THE CCPS POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER EXPLANATION AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO REVIEW AND ADOPT THESE CHANGES FOR THE GREATER GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS SNOW.

MAY WE HAVE MICHAEL WOOD.

GOOD EVENING, DR.

DAUGHERTY. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL.

MICHAEL WOOD AND I ATTEND THOMAS DALE HIGH SCHOOL.

I REPRESENT A POLICY REVIEW OF [INAUDIBLE] GROUP IN MY PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS.

OUR THOUGHTS ON POLICY 4011 TEACHER REMOVAL OF STUDENTS FROM CLASS IS UNREASONABLE.

THE POLICY STATES NO REMOVAL SHALL OCCUR UNLESS TWO PRIOR WRITTEN INCIDENT REPORTS HAVE BEEN FILED WITH THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.

THE PROBLEM IS NEEDING TO HAVE TWO PRIOR WRITTEN INCIDENTS.

WHAT SHOULD THE TEACHERS DO WHEN THE STUDENT IS CONTINUING TO MISBEHAVE.

IS DEFINED AS A VIOLATION OF REGULATION 4010R TEACHERS DESERVE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO REMOVE STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR JUDGMENT.

MULTIPLE TEACHERS ATTENDING THOMAS DALE HIGH SCHOOL AGREE THAT TEACHERS DESERVE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO REMOVE A STUDENT AND HAVE HAD INCIDENTS WHERE THE STUDENT WAS MISBEHAVING AND STILL WAS ABLE TO WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO CLASS.

MY AFFINITY GROUP AND I CREATED A SURVEY ASKING TEACHERS ON THEIR OPINION.

THE QUESTION WAS ASKED SHOULD TEACHERS HAVE ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY TO REMOVE A STUDENT FROM DISRUPTIVE FOR DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR WITHOUT HAVING A PRIOR INCIDENT? THEN AN ANONYMOUS TEACHER SAID, YES, SOME BEHAVIORS CAN NOT BE TOLERATED AND NEED TO BE DEALT WITH IMMEDIATELY TO KEEP THE REST OF MY CLASS SAFE.

THE QUESTION WAS ASKED TO ANOTHER TEACHER AND THEIR RESPONSE WAS MAINTAINING AN APPROPRIATE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IS THE TEACHER'S FIRST RESPONSIBILITY? THE RIGHT OF THE STUDENT TO HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING CAN'T BE TAKEN AWAY BY ANYONE.

IT'S SOMEONE THREATENS THAT, RIGHT? THAT THAT PERSON SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM THE CLASSROOM.

THE DECISION SHOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF THE PERSON DEALING WITH THE SITUATION AND WITH THE DIRECT EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM, MEANING THE TEACHER IS CONCERNING, TO SAY THE LEAST,

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THAT NOWADAYS THE FINAL DECISION SOMETIMES IS IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE WITH LITTLE TO NO EXPERIENCE IN THE CLASSROOM, AND WHOSE KNOWLEDGE COMES FROM TEXTBOOKS AND BASED AND THAT BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS.

IN THAT SURVEY, ANOTHER QUESTION WAS ASKED WHAT STEPS DO YOU TAKE IN ORDER TO REMOVE A STUDENT AND HOW LONG DID IT TAKE? ANOTHER ANONYMOUS TEACHER RESPONDED.

THEY HAD TO WRITE THREE REFERRALS AFTER GIVING THE STUDENT MULTIPLE WARNINGS.

THE TEACHER CONTINUED TO TAKE ACTION BY CONTACTING THE STUDENT'S PARENTS BY PHONE AND EMAIL.

BUT THE OFFICE DIDN'T DISCIPLINE THAT STUDENT PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, DOCUMENTED BY A DIFFERENT TEACHER WHO HAD A STUDENT WITH MENTAL ISSUES.

THE TEACHER WAS UNAWARE AT THE TIME.

THE STUDENT BECAME A THREAT TO THE CLASS AND THE TEACHER OVER A DISPUTE WITH ANOTHER STUDENT.

THANKFULLY OF THAT OF THAT TEACHER'S QUICK REACTION, THEY WERE ABLE TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION BY REMOVING THE CLASS.

NO ONE WAS INJURED BECAUSE OF THAT TEACHER'S REACTION BASED ON THEIR JUDGMENT.

THAT STUDENT DIDN'T HAVE TWO PRIOR INCIDENTS THAT ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO RETURN TO CLASS.

VIRGINIA CODE 22.1273.137 SCHOOL BOARD POLICY STATES THAT EACH LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD SHALL MAINTAIN AND FOLLOW UP ON DATE POLICIES.

ALL SCHOOL POLICIES SHALL BE REVIEWED AT THE AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS AND REVISED AS NEEDED.

BUT POLICY 411 WAS ADOPTED DECEMBER 8TH, 2009.

THANK YOU MR. WOOD, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MAY WE HAVE EMMA SCOTT. GOOD EVENING, DR.

DOHERTY. MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

MY NAME IS EMMA SCOTT AND I'M A STUDENT AT THOMAS DALE HIGH SCHOOL.

I REPRESENT POLICY REVIEW AFFINITY GROUP FOR MY PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS.

AND WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO SHARE OUR THOUGHTS ON POLICY NUMBER 5081, LACTATION SUPPORT.

THIS POLICY HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED SINCE IT WAS INTRODUCED JUNE 24TH, 2014.

TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE FOURTH GRADE WHEN THIS POLICY WAS INTRODUCED AND LAST LOOKED AT.

I AM NOW A SENIOR.

IT HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS.

I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A CHANGE.

IN THE CURRENT POLICY, YOUR LANGUAGE STATES AND I QUOTE A MOTHER WHO IS EMPLOYED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AT THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR IS ENROLLED AS A STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION, MAY TAKE BREAKS OF REASONABLE LENGTH DURING THE SCHOOL DAY TO EXPRESS MILK TO FEED HER CHILD UNTIL THE CHILD REACHES THE AGE OF ONE.

THE FIRST PART OF THIS STATEMENT I AGREE WITH IT TELLS PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE ALLOWED INTO THE ROOMS. THE END OF THE STATEMENT IS WHERE THERE IS A PROBLEM.

ACCORDING TO THE CDC, BOTH THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICIANS AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ENCOURAGE MOTHERS TO BREASTFEED AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.

THE MINIMUM TIME IS ONE YEAR, BUT BOTH ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO DO IT LONGER.

AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION SAYS TWO YEARS OR LONGER, THEY CITE NUMEROUS HEALTH BENEFITS TO BOTH CHILD AND MOTHER IN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE LONGER CHILDREN DRINK BREAST MILK, THE MORE PROTECTION THEY HAVE FROM DEVELOPING OBESITY, DIABETES, ASTHMA, EAR INFECTIONS AND GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS. THE LONGER A MOTHER BREASTFEEDS, THE LOWER HER RISK IS FOR BREAST CANCER, OVARIAN CANCER, TYPE TWO DIABETES AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

I PROPOSE INSTEAD OF PUTTING A ONE YEAR TIME LIMIT ON THE USE OF THE ROOM, THE POLICY SHOULD STAY FOR AS LONG AS THE MOTHER NEEDS.

I THINK THAT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SHOULD BE STRIVING TO SUPPORT HEALTHY CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.

MANDATING FOLLOWING THESE GUIDELINES ONLY BY THE BARE MINIMUM IS HARDLY BEING SUPPORTIVE.

MOTHERS WHO WORK FOR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ASSURED THAT THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE BREAST MILK FOR AS LONG AS THEIR CHILD REQUIRES IT AND SHOULD HAVE PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT THEY CAN DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO HELP KEEP THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN HEALTHY.

IN ADDITION TO SUPPORTING THE HEALTH OF NEW MOTHERS AND THEIR BABIES, CHANGING THE POLICY WOULD HELP CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS TO HIRE AND RETAIN TEACHERS.

MOST TEACHERS ARE WOMEN, AND MANY OF THOSE WOMEN ARE GOING TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE CHILD WHILE THEY'RE EMPLOYED.

EMPLOYERS WHO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS BY MAINTAINING POLICIES THAT HELP THESE WOMEN WILL BE MORE ATTRACTIVE TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYEES AND WILL MAKE EXISTING EMPLOYEES WANT TO STAY.

I WANT TO BRING THIS POLICY AND THE CHANGE THAT I SUGGESTED TO LIGHT, BECAUSE AFTER REVIEWING ALL OF THE POLICIES ON THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD WEBSITE, THIS ONE STOOD OUT TO ME. I PLAN ON BEING A WORKING MOTHER SOMEDAY I'LL BE BALANCING MY JOB WITH THE NEEDS OF MY CHILDREN.

AND I DON'T WANT TO WORK FOR SOMEONE WHO WANTS ME TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HEALTH FOR MY CHILDREN.

WHEN READING THIS POLICY, I WAS SHOCKED AT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WOULD DECIDE HOW LONG SOMEONE CAN EXPRESS MILK TO FEED THEIR CHILD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS SCOTT. MAY WE HAVE GEORGE BURDON? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GEORGE BOURDAIN, AND I AM HERE TONIGHT TO ENCOURAGE A REVIEW OF THE BULLYING PROBLEM AT CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SPECIFICALLY THE

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MISHANDLING OF BULLYING INCIDENTS BY THE ADMINISTRATION.

FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS, MY CHILD HAS BEEN BULLIED RELENTLESSLY.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT TIME IT WAS ONE STUDENT THAT WOULD CONSTANTLY HARASS HIM.

THIS CHILD WOULD TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PUT MY CHILD DOWN AND INTIMIDATE HIM.

WHILE I TRIED MY BEST TO HELP HIM DEVELOP SKILLS THAT COULD HELP HIM OVERCOME BULLYING.

THIS CHILD WAS FIXATED ON BULLYING, HARASSING, HARASSING HIM EVERY SINGLE DAY.

OVER THESE PAST SIX MONTHS, I HAVE MET WITH THE SIXTH GRADE GUIDANCE COUNSELOR, MS. LYNCH, THE DEAN OF STUDENTS, MS. HODGES, AND THE PRINCIPAL, DR.

HICKS. WHILE THEY ALL SEEM CONCERNED WHEN WE HAVE MET, THE MOST THEY'VE EVER OFFERED TO DO WAS SPEAK TO THE BULLY.

HOWEVER, THESE TALKS NEVER AMOUNTED TO ANY CHANGED BEHAVIOR.

IN FACT, IT ONLY MADE THINGS WORSE.

SO THEN THE BULLY DECIDED TO START LOUDLY PROCLAIMING TO OTHER STUDENTS THAT MY CHILD WAS PSYCHOTIC AND MAKING UP LIES ABOUT THEM.

I KNOW THIS BECAUSE MY CHILD CAN HEAR THE BULLY TALKING ABOUT HIM AND THE TEACHERS CAN TOO.

TO MAKE MATTERS EVEN WORSE, THEY ARE IN FIVE CLASSES TOGETHER.

AS I RAISE THESE CONCERNS TO THE ADMINISTRATION AT CARVER.

THEY ONCE AGAIN ASSURE ME IT WILL BE HANDLED APPROPRIATELY.

BUT IT WASN'T.

THE ONLY THING THAT EVER SEEMED TO COME OF OUR COMPLAINTS OF BULLYING WAS VARIOUS MEETINGS WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.

THIS WAS EVIDENT BY THE FACT THAT THE BULLY WAS ALWAYS IN THEIR CLASSES.

DURING PREVIOUS MEETINGS, I HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE ADMINISTRATION HOW MY CHILD HAS BEEN BULLIED SO MUCH THAT HE CONSIDERS AND SOMETIMES HAS ACTUALLY TRIED TO SELF-HARM.

I HAD ALSO REQUESTED SEVERAL TIMES THAT THE BULLY HAVE THEIR CLASSES CHANGED SINCE THEY HAD PROVEN TO CONTINUOUSLY CREATE A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT FOR MY CHILD.

THE ADMINISTRATION STATED THAT THE POLICY IN CHESTERFIELD IS THAT THE PARENT REQUESTING TO MOVE HAVE THEIR CHILD MOVED CLASSES.

I CANNOT FIND THAT POLICY ANYWHERE IN THE PUBLISHED POLICIES ONLINE.

THE FINAL STRAW CAME WHEN MY CHILD HAD TO MISS A WEEK OF SCHOOL DUE TO ILLNESS.

WHEN HE RETURNED ONE OF HIS FRIENDS THAT IS ALSO IN SOME OF THESE CLASSES LET HIM KNOW THAT THE BULLY HAD BEEN TELLING EVERYONE THAT MY CHILD WAS SUSPENDED FOR MAKING UP LIES ABOUT THE BULLY. THEY ALSO CONTINUED TO INTIMIDATE HIM BY GLARING AT HIM FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY, AS THEY NORMALLY WOULD DO.

WHEN MY CHILD TOOK THESE ISSUES TO MISS LYNCH AND MS. HODGES, THEY COMPLETELY MISHANDLED THAT INCIDENT, TOO.

THEY RESPONDED TO HIM BY VICTIM BLAMING AND GASLIGHTING HIM.

AFTER THIS, I FINALLY HAD MY CHILD CHANGE ALL OF HIS CLASSES.

I SUSPECT THAT THE BULLIES CAMPAIGNING AGAINST MY CHILD TO OTHER STUDENTS RESULTED IN THIS NEXT INCIDENT.

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, A STUDENT ON MY CHILD'S BUS TOOK PICTURES OF HIM AND AIRDROP THEM AROUND THE SCHOOL UNTIL IT GOT BACK TO MY CHILD.

THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY UPSETTING, BUT I FEEL THAT INCIDENT LED TO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

THAT EVENING, SOMEONE LEFT A COMMENT ON HIS INSTAGRAM TELLING HIM TO GO KILL HIMSELF.

SUICIDE IS THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGED YOUTH, ACCORDING TO A 2019 SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CDC.

16% OF VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL YOUTHS SAID THEY HAD CONSIDERED SUICIDE WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

MY CHILD IS TRANSGENDER AND LGBTQ YOUTH ARE MORE THAN FOUR TIMES AS LIKELY TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE THAN THEIR PEERS.

I HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE ANGRY AND FED UP WITH CARVER'S ADMINISTRATION LACK OF ATTENTION.

AS MY CHILD IS AT HIGH RISK HERE, SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE WITH HOW BULLYING IS BEING HANDLED AT THE SCHOOL.

IT SHOULDN'T COME TO PHYSICAL VIOLENCE OR RECORDED THREATS AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF SUICIDE FOR BULLIES TO RECEIVE TRUE CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR ACTIONS.

I'M NOT DEMANDING THAT WE THROW THE BOOK AT EVERYONE.

I'M JUST ASKING YOU FOR YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

I CAN FINISH. I ALSO SAY HE COULD FINISH IF HE WANTED TO FINISH.

SO YOU CAN FINISH IF YOU'D LIKE TO FINISH.

ALL I'M ASKING IS THAT WE OPEN OUR EYES TO HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT ALL BULLYING CAN HAVE AND HOW IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IN A SERIOUS MANNER.

THE LINE FOR ACTION FROM THE ADMINISTRATION SHOULD NOT BE AT PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, THREATS AND ENCOURAGING SOMEONE TO KILL THEMSELVES.

THIS STUFF NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED MUCH, MUCH SOONER SO IT DOESN'T LEAD TO THOSE ITEMS. THANK YOU. RICHARD KEEN.

GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD.

MADAM CHAIR. DR. DOHERTY.

I'M RICHARD KEANE FROM THE DALE DISTRICT, AND OUR YOUNGEST IS A GRADUATING SENIOR AT COSBY.

I'M HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO MANY PEOPLE.

THANK YOU TO EVERY TEACHER WHO DOES THEIR BEST TO MAKE YOUNG PEOPLE SMARTER AND WISER.

TO BUS DRIVERS FOR KEEPING KIDS SAFE.

BEING PEACEKEEPERS AND GIVING SMILES, HUGS AND HIGH FIVES TO OFFICE STAFF WHO FIND A WAY TO DO EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY.

TO ASSISTANTS AND AIDES AND CLERKS AND SECRETARIES AND FACILITATORS AND TECHNICIANS AND OTHER RESOURCES THAT I NEVER MET WHO ARE AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS.

TO THE FOOD AND NUTRITION TEAMS FOR FEEDING OUR STUDENTS AND PROVIDING FRIENDLY SMILES.

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TO THE BUILDING MAINTENANCE TEAMS FOR KEEPING SCHOOLS CLEAN AND REPAIRED AND READY.

TO SROS AND SECURITY TEAMS WHO KEEP KIDS SAFE AND SET A HIGH STANDARD AND HELP THESE YOUNG PEOPLE REACH THOSE GOALS.

TO SPED TEACHERS WHO GIVE THEIR ALL TO THOSE THAT NEED AND DESERVE SOME EXTRA CARE.

TO THE CLINIC TEAMS WHO ARE TRAINED AND READY IF MY DAUGHTER EVER NEEDED HER EPIPEN.

TO THE BUS DRIVER WHO CALLED ME AT HOME AND ASKED THAT I DO A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING OUR SON'S BOY SCOUT GEAR AT HOME WHERE IT BELONGS, TO THE TEACHER WHO CALLED US TO LET US KNOW THAT OUR DAUGHTER'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS WAS LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

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TO THE TEACHER WHO'S GOING THROUGH SOMETHING THAT TOOK AWAY HER HAIR, BUT NOT HER BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND HER DEDICATION TO HER STUDENTS.

TO THE OFFICE MANAGER WHO STILL GIVES GOOD LIFE ADVICE TO US PARENTS YEARS AFTER OUR KIDS HAVE MOVED ON.

AND TO COUNSELORS WHO LISTEN AND CONSOLE AND HEAL AND HUG AND FOLLOW UP AND FOLLOW THROUGH.

TO EVERYONE WHO EXPLAINS THINGS A DIFFERENT WAY UNTIL THEY SEE THE LIGHT GO ON INSIDE THEIR STUDENT.

AND TO EVERYONE WHO PLANNED TO NEVER PLAN TO BE A VIDEO STAR BUT DID WHATEVER WAS NEEDED FOR THEIR CLASS AND TO A SCHOOL BOARD WHO SIGNED UP TO HELP AND HAD THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN ON THEM.

TO ALL THOSE WHO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE, SOMETIMES WITH JUST A LOOK.

SPEAKING VOLUMES WITH JUST THEIR EYEBROWS AND THEIR FOREHEADS.

MY FAMILY'S LIVES GOT BETTER ONCE WE STARTED LISTENING TO OUR TEACHERS AND FOLLOWING UP ON THEIR EXPERT ADVICE.

I SEE KIDS WITH BRIGHT FUTURES DUE TO THE LOVE AND DEDICATION OF SO MANY CARING ADULTS.

IT'S AMAZING AND APPRECIATED.

YOUR WORK IS CRITICAL AND IT MATTERS.

AND YOU MATTER.

YOU MATTER TO US, TO YOUR COMMUNITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO YOUR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

WE PRAY THAT THERE'S SOMEONE IN YOUR LIFE WHO'S TREATING EACH OF YOU AS GOOD AS YOU TREATED OUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KEENE. MAY WE HAVE DOMINIQUE CHATTERS? GOOD EVENING, DOMINIQUE CHATTERS, AS A PARENT OF FOUR CCPS KIDS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS STILL ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.

PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW HOW THINGS ARE GOING IN THEIR SCHOOLS, HOW TEACHERS ARE BEING TREATED, AND IF COURSES ARE BEING COMPLETED AND DELIVERED TO STANDARD.

I KNOW WE'VE SAID MANY TIMES IN THIS ROOM THAT WE CAN'T GROW PEOPLE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO KEEP THE ONES THAT WE HAVE? SHORTAGES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR MEAN THAT TEACHERS ARE STILL DOING MORE WITH LESS.

I'M ASKING THAT WE CONTINUE TO FUND STUDY TWO, A PHASE ONE FOR TEACHER PAY.

WE HAVE EXPANDED CDBG PROGRAMS IN OUR COUNTY, WHICH IS A GREAT IDEA IN THEORY.

WHERE ARE THE CERTIFIED TEACHERS TO TEACH THESE CLASSES IN ALL THESE NEW SCHOOLS? HOW DO WE DELIVER THIS PHENOMENAL, GIFTED PROGRAM THAT YOU SOLD US PARENTS ON AND THAT WE BELIEVED WE WERE GETTING WHEN SCHOOLS ARE STILL SHORTHANDED? MANCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, I HAVE A SIXTH GRADER THERE.

THE ACE PROGRAM IS NOT BEING DELIVERED AS PROMISED, NOT TO THE FAULT OF THE SCHOOL, NOT TO THE FAULT OF THE TEACHERS.

HE'S SHORTHANDED.

WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO DO? THEN I HAVE A CHILD AT HENNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE CDBG PROGRAM THERE.

I HAVE A CHILD, TWO CHILDREN ABOUT TO BE AT HOPKINS ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO GO TO MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAD FOUR OF 11 MATH TEACHERS.

WHAT ARE THOSE STUDENTS GETTING FOR MATH? WE'RE DOING SOLS RIGHT NOW.

HOW DO WE REALLY EXPECT THOSE CHILDREN TO PERFORM? IS IT REALLY THEIR FAULT? ARE THEY GOING TO SEE IT THAT WAY? MY HEART BLEEDS FOR THE PARENT WITH THE BULLYING CHILD.

BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF A PERSONALITY STUDENTS, RIGHT.

SO THE CHILD WHO'S NEVER FAILED, WHO'S NEVER GOT ANYTHING WRONG, DOESN'T DO WELL ON AN SOL.

HOW DO YOU THINK THAT MENTALLY IS GOING TO AFFECT THEM? AND IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT.

FOUR TEACHERS, FOR A HIGH SCHOOL IN MATH, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

MEADOWBROOK IS FINDING A WAY TO GET IT DONE, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH.

AND WE SHOULDN'T BE ASKING THEM TO DO IT THAT WAY.

I'M ASKING THAT WE CONTINUE TO PAY TEACHERS WHAT THEY DESERVE.

DON'T START PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN'T FUND.

DON'T PROMISE THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T DELIVER.

AND JUST TELL US THE TRUTH.

IF IT'S A BRIDGE TOO FAR, TELL US IT'S A BRIDGE TOO FAR.

TELL US WHEN WE CAN GET IT.

AND DON'T SHORTCHANGE YOURSELVES WITH THAT BUDGET WE ADVOCATED, WE WROTE TO YOU.

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WE ASKED YOU NOT TO GIVE THE BOARD SUPERVISORS A BREAK.

WE SHOULD HAVE GIVEN THEM WHAT DR.

DAUGHERTY ASKED US TO GIVE THEM AND LET THEM ANSWER FOR THEIR DECISIONS.

GRANTED, WE ALL KNEW THEY WERE GOING TO CUT IT, BUT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE.

YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR WHAT YOU KNEW WAS RIGHT, WHAT YOU PREACHED IN THIS ROOM THAT WAS RIGHT.

AND ASK FOR THE MONEY TO FULLY FUND OUR SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS CHATTERS.

MAY WE HAVE JASON MELENDEZ? GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

DAUGHERTY, JASON MELENDEZ FROM THE DALE DISTRICT.

I'M GOING TO SPLIT THIS INTO TWO PARTS.

FIRST, IT WAS REALLY UNFORTUNATE TO READ ABOUT THE REMARKS FROM BRIAN HARTER AS HE ANNOUNCED HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE NEWLY DRAWN HOUSE DISTRICT 73.

WHILE IT COMES OF LITTLE SURPRISE THAT IN THAT MOMENT, MR. HARTER WOULD TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAVE, QUOTE, RADICAL LEFT WING POLICIES.

IT IS YET ANOTHER REFLECTION OF MR. HARTER'S PIPER PARTISANSHIP THAT HE HASN'T EVEN TRIED TO HIDE DURING HIS OWN TERM ON THIS BOARD.

AND TIME AGAIN IS LEFT DENIGRATING MARKS ON THE CHARACTER AND INTEGRITY OF THIS BOARD.

AND JUST SO WE'RE CLEAR, I KNOW IT WON'T GET BETTER FROM THIS POINT, BUT I JUST WANT TO SET THAT OUT.

MY BIGGEST CONCERN TODAY IS A MOVEMENT GOING ACROSS SCHOOL DIVISIONS RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMONWEALTH STEMMING FROM ORANGE COUNTY, WHERE THEIR SCHOOL DIVISION IS SETTING UP A VOTE ON A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD GO BEYOND THE GOVERNOR'S POLICIES BY EVEN DIRECTING SCHOOL OFFICIALS TO NOTIFY PARENTS OF SO CALLED SELF IDENTIFICATION.

THIS MEANS THAT A SCHOOL BOARD WOULD MOVE TO EXCEED ITS AUTHORITY AND SANCTION A PROCESS OF OUTING QUEER STUDENTS TO THEIR PARENTS.

AND WE KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES WILL CERTAINLY DEVOLVE FROM THERE.

I'M A JAMES RIVER EARLY GRADUATE, AND AS A GAY STUDENT, I DID NOT FEEL LIKE I FIT IN WITH THE FABRIC OF THAT COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS I DID WHEN I WHERE I PREVIOUSLY LIVED.

BUT WHAT I CAN SAY, MADAM CHAIR, IS THAT IF A TEACHER OUTED ME, I COULD DEAL WITH IT.

BUT IF A TEACHER I HAD THE STUDENTS WITH PERHAPS A MORE SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE PARENTS, LIKE SOME OF THE PARENTS THAT APPEAR AT THESE MEETINGS EVERY MONTH, IT WOULD OPEN THOSE STUDENTS TO A HOST OF ISSUES AT HOME.

AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS IDEA MIGHT TICKLE AT LEAST ONE OF YOUR BRAINS.

BUT I WOULD SAY ON THE FLIP SIDE THAT I THINK AT LEAST BOTH MRS. HEFFRON AND MRS. HAYNES SHOULD BE BOTH COMMENDED FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF QUEER STUDENTS HERE IN CHESTERFIELD SCHOOLS.

IN THE MIDST OF THIS EFFORT TO OUT CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS.

ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS HAVEN'T REALLY SAID MUCH.

SENATOR DONOVAN FROM HENRICO, WHO PATRON THE UNDERLYING LEGISLATION, HAS BEEN ABSENT ON THIS AND SO HAS THE GOVERNOR.

I WANT TO REMIND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT THIS IS NOT FLORIDA OR WHATEVER STATE WITH THE GOVERNOR TRYING TO ONE UP RON DESANTIS.

THIS BOARD SHOULD WANT TO CARE ABOUT PROTECTING QUEER STUDENTS LIKE HIS [INAUDIBLE] WITH PREVIOUS RESOLUTIONS AND IN THIS CRITICAL MOMENT IS INCUMBENT ON EACH BOARD MEMBER TO TAKE A STAND AND CALL OUT ORANGE COUNTY AND REASSURE TEACHERS AND QUEER STUDENTS HERE IN CHESTERFIELD THAT WE WOULD NOT GO DOWN THAT RADICAL PATH, IN FACT, THAT WE WON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT GOING DOWN THAT PATH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. MELENDEZ, MAY WE HAVE CHRISTINE MELENDEZ? GOOD EVENING, DR. DAUGHERTY.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, I'M CHRISTINE MELENDEZ, THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHESTERFIELD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AND UNFORTUNATELY NO IMMEDIATE RELATIVE RELATIONSHIP TO MR. MELENDEZ, WHO JUST SPOKE.

IT'S NO SURPRISE TO ANYONE THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AN EDUCATOR SHORTAGE FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE CAFETERIA.

WE KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE WE SHOULD.

WE THANK CHESTERFIELD FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE AREAS OF COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES WHO WE KNOW DESERVE SO MUCH MORE FOR THEIR ABILITY TO ADAPT TO ANYTHING THROWN THEIR WAY, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR.

IT'S INTRIGUING AND CONCERNING TO HEAR THAT THERE ARE STILL TEACHERS AND OTHER STAFF IN THIS SCHOOL DIVISION WHO ARE STILL RECEIVING NOTICE THAT THEIR CONTRACTS WILL NOT BE RENEWED FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT ARE TOO SERIOUS TO IGNORE, BUT I MUST ADMIT THAT SOME HAVE BEEN FRIVOLOUS AND NOT WORTHY OF NON-RENEWAL.

WE OFFER STUDENTS EXTRA SUPPORT BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER SCHOOL FOR AREAS OF WEAKNESS.

WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CHECK IN WITH THEM REGULARLY TO ENSURE THEIR PROGRESS IS BEING MADE IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AND WE PULL IN OTHER SUPPORTS AND RESOURCES TO HELP THEM SUCCEED.

WHY IS THAT NOT AN OPPORTUNITY BEING AFFORDED TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE REMAINED LOYAL AND COMMITTED TO OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES, SOME FOR A DECADE OR

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LONGER? WHY AREN'T WE SHOWING THE SAME GRACE TO OUR STAFF THAT THEY'RE ASKED TO SHOW STUDENTS? AS WE ADJUST TO A NEW NORMAL, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOSTER CONVERSATIONS AROUND HOW TO SOLVE THESE ISSUES AND SO MANY OTHERS THAT NOT ONLY AFFECT OUR WORKING CONDITIONS, BUT ALSO YOUR AND OUR STUDENT LEARNING CONDITIONS.

WE KNOW THAT EMPLOYEES EVERYWHERE ARE TIRED OF FEELING IGNORED AND BULLIED OUT OF THE PROFESSION, AS IF THERE'S A LINE OUT THE DOOR AND AROUND THE CORNER TO TAKE THEIR PLACE.

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WOULD BE THE PERFECT WAY TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS CODIFY SUSTAINABLE WAYS TO LIFT UP EMPLOYEES, AS OPPOSED TO PUSHING THEM OUT AND RESTORE HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN RANK AND FILE EMPLOYEES AND THE SUPERVISORS RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING THEIR PERFORMANCE REGULARLY.

I YIELD THE REMAINDER OF MY TIME BY TO MY TIME TO SPEAK THE ENCOURAGING WORDS BY BERNICE ASKINS FROM FRUIT OF LABOR SINGING ENSEMBLE. IF YOU'RE FEELING BATTERED BY THE NEWS YOU READ AND THE TV'S MAKING YOU BLUE, WE ALL KNOW LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN A STROLL DOWN FIFTH AVENUE.

BUT IF SOME WORRY THAT THE DREAM HAS DIED AND NOTHING WORTHWHILE IS LEFT, TELL THEM LIKE A RUNNER IN A MARATHON RACE, WE'RE CATCHING A SECOND BREATH.

WHEN OUR JOURNEY BEGAN, OUR HEARTS WERE FILLED WITH THE DREAMS THAT WE CARRIED INSIDE.

THE SUN SHONE RED ON THE ROAD AHEAD AND THE PIKE LOOKED TEN LANES WIDE.

NOW THE ROAD IS NARROW AND IT WIGGLES AND TURNS AND A ROCK SLIDE BARS OUR WAY.

BUT THE DREAM WILL FLOWER IN THE FINAL HOUR WHEN WE CLEAR THE RUBBLE AWAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. MELENDEZ. MAY WE HAVE SAMUEL NGUYEN? DAUGHERTY. MADAM CHAIR.

AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

MY NAME IS SAMUEL NGUYEN, AND I'M A STUDENT OF THOMAS DELL HIGH SCHOOL, AND I REPRESENT A POLICY REVIEW AFFINITY GROUP OF MY PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS.

WE COME BEFORE YOU ALL THIS EVENING TO SHARE BOTH MY AND MY GROUP'S THOUGHTS ON POLICY NUMBER 720 ON SALES OF FOOD ITEMS ON SCHOOL PREMISES AND POLICY NUMBER 4190 ON STUDENT WELLNESS, NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

UNDER THE VALUE SECTION OF THE FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICES.

ON THE MY CHESTERFIELD SCHOOL WEBSITES, IT STATES THAT YOU'D LIKE TO EXCEED CUSTOMER EXPECTATIONS IN QUALITY AND SERVICE TO MANAGE ALL RESOURCES EFFICIENTLY TO PROVIDE AN ENJOYABLE, PLEASANT CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE.

A FRIENDLY EATING ENVIRONMENT TO ADVANCE THE PUBLIC'S IMAGE ON SCHOOL, BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AND TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE NEW FOODS.

WITHIN THIS FOLDER ARE SEVERAL PHOTOS OF THE FOOD WE EAT ON A CONSISTENT BASIS.

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IF YOU LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE VERY BLAND AND BORING.

THIS IS EVIDENT BY A SURVEY WE RAN WITH OVER 100 SURVEYS FROM SCHOOLS RANGING FROM THOMAS DALE TO BIRD. AND I THINK I GOT SOME PEOPLE DOWN AND FORGOT, BUT MANY OF THE STUDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT LACK OF VARIETY, POOR FOOD QUALITY, SMALL PORTION SIZES NOT FIT FOR A TEENAGER, BUT FOR A CHILD.

THESE COMPLAINTS WERE FOLLOWED UP BY ANOTHER QUESTION.

IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUTSIDE FOOD, WOULD IT IMPROVE THE OVERALL LUNCH EXPERIENCE? THIS QUESTION WAS ANSWERED QUITE POSITIVELY WITH OVER 100% OF THE STUDENTS RESPONDING WITH A STRONG YES.

SO THIS BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT DO WE WANT TO CHANGE? WE'D LIKE TO CHANGE SECTION C OF POLICY 720 IN SECTION B OF POLICY 4190, RESPECTIVELY.

OUR PROPOSED CHANGES ARE TO ALLOW STUDENT DRIVERS AND STUDENTS OVER THE AGE OF 18 TO LEAVE CAMPUS DURING THE LUNCH PERIOD.

WE ARE AWARE OF OR WE'RE AWARE OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF OURSELVES AND SCHOOL STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY.

THEREFORE, WE PROPOSE THE AVAILABILITY OF A PERMISSION FORM IN WHICH PARENTS OR LEGAL GUARDIANS ARE TO FILL OUT THAT ENABLES STUDENTS TO LEAVE DURING THE LUNCH PERIOD, RELIEVING THE SCHOOL OF LIABILITY.

WE ALSO PROPOSE THAT A KIOSK AREA IS OPEN THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL DAY TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS WHO MAY COME IN LATE OR LACK THE ENERGY TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION PROPERLY ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

WE ASK AND HOPE FOR HEALTHY OPTIONS, SNACKS AND BEVERAGES TO BE AVAILABLE.

ALTHOUGH THE FACT THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THESE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE EXTREMELY, FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, UNCALLED FOR.

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WE HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS RANGING FROM VENDING MACHINES THAT ARE ALWAYS EMPTY, COLD WATER NOT BEING AVAILABLE WITHIN THE SCHOOLS AND SO ON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. NGUYEN.

MAY WE HAVE ANNE TATUS? GOOD EVENING. A COUPLE OF QUICK MOMENTS IS THAT ORANGE COUNTY IS NOT ABOUT OUTING QUEER STUDENTS IF I'M ALLOWED TO SAY THAT.

IT'S ABOUT NOTIFYING PARENTS IF YOUR CHILD DECIDES TO COME INTO SCHOOL AND CHANGE THEIR GENDER.

SO A KINDERGARTNER THAT WANTS TO COME IN DOESN'T HAVE A SUPPORT PLAN EXCLUDING PARENTS.

THAT'S WHAT ORANGE COUNTY IS ABOUT.

IT'S NOT ABOUT OUTING CHILDREN TO THEIR PARENTS.

FIRST, THE CEA, THE VEA SHOULD BE ANGRY WITH BECKY PRINGLE, WHO MAKES OVER $500,000 A YEAR AND ADVOCATED FOR THE ARP MONEY TO GO TO NEW RECRUITMENT AND CULTURALLY COMPETENT TRAINING, LEAVING OUT TEACHER RAISES.

THAT'S WHO YOU SHOULD BE ANGRY WITH ABOUT WHERE YOUR MONEY IS.

AND THEN KERRY COINER ON THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD WITH JAVID SIDDIQI IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN JAMES LANE, DR.

DAUGHERTY WHAT JAMES LANE DID AT THE VDOE AND NOW SITS DIRECTLY UNDER MIGUEL CARDONA.

IS THAT A COINCIDENCE? NO.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, WHICH NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT.

YOU PROMOTE DATA COLLECTION.

PARENTS DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE THE CONTRACTS WITH 14 DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT YOU COLLECT DATA WITH EVERY TIME A CHILD GOES INTO GOOGLE SLIDES, GOOGLE CLASSROOM, ANY OF THAT, IT'S LOGGED.

EVERY CLICK OF THE MOUSE THAT THEY MAKE, EVERY ANSWER THAT THEY MAKE, EVERY INAPPROPRIATE, UNCONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION ON A SURVEY.

YOU CANNOT ISSUE ONE STATEMENT THAT THE PARENTS ARE ONE SURVEY A YEAR IS GIVEN ITS FALSE OK SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING.

YOU ARE INDUCING TRAUMA, YOU'RE CREATING ANXIETY BECAUSE YOU'RE INSERTING IT INTO CHILDREN'S MINDS CONSTANTLY.

YOU IGNORE WHAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WITH CHILDREN WITH ACTUAL TRAUMA ACTUALLY NEED BECAUSE YOU'RE CONCERNED WITH EVERY CHILD IS TRAUMATIZED, YOU'RE MISSING THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY NEED THE HELP.

AND UNDER [INAUDIBLE], YOU HAVE TO LET PARENTS KNOW YOUR DATA MINING.

PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION OF WHAT THEIR CHILD HAS BEEN DATA MINED, EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF MILLIONS OF PIECES OF DATA EVERY DAY, ALL DAY. AND THOSE CHROMEBOOKS WHICH HAVE RF CODES THAT WHICH TRACK YOUR CHILD TO YOUR HOUSE.

IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED OF THE CRITERIA, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT.

I HAVE THE FORM.

MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF SEL.

I HAVE THAT FORM TOO.

LAST OF ALL, STATEWIDE LONGITUDINAL DATA.

YOU ALSO GOT GRANTS FOUR YEARS AGO.

I HAVE THIS FROM 2017.

THE VDOE FAILED EVERY SINGLE MARK, WHICH MEANS THAT THE OIG, THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, WAS ABLE TO HACK INTO EVERY STUDENT'S INFORMATION AT THE VDOE FROM THE STATEWIDE LONGITUDINAL DATA.

STEVEN STAPLES TOLD THEM TO GO AND SUCK IT.

SO HOW SAFE IF OUR CHILDREN OR THEIR INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, MISS TATUS.

MAY WE HAVE ROBERT EVERETT? GOOD EVENING. HERE AGAIN TONIGHT.

SO I ACTUALLY CHANGED UP WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TODAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH IS WHAT HAPPENED ON MONDAY WITH SOME OF THESE WALKOUTS AND THESE PROTESTS.

YOU GUYS NEED TO KNOW WHO'S BACKING THIS.

IT'S NOT LOCAL, IT'S NATIONAL, IT'S STATE.

AND THE GROUP IS CALLED GENERATION RATIFY.

YOU ALL NEED TO LOOK THAT UP.

THERE'S KIDS HOLDING SIGNS THAT HAVE PROFANITIES ON IT.

IT'S TERRIBLE THINGS ON THAT SITE.

AND THEY HAVE CHAPTERS, AT LEAST 50 OR 60 OF THEM, ONE OF WHICH THE LOCAL CHAPTER IS A MECHANICSVILLE OK HANOVER.

WONDER WHY THEY'RE THERE.

SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS FOR ME, THAT'S CHILD EXPLOITATION OVER SOME POLITICAL ITEM RIGHT NOW, ROE VERSUS WADE.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST A DRAFT.

IT'S NOT EVEN BEEN APPROVED ON YET.

IT'S JUST A DRAFT. LOOK WHAT IT DID TO EVERYBODY.

NOW THEY'RE USING THE KIDS.

WHAT IF THE KID GETS HIT BY A CAR WHILE THEIR PROTESTING.

AND WHAT IF THE OPPOSITION COMES OUT? ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU GOT FIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOT WITH KIDS FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

THEY'RE USING OUR KIDS AS POLITICAL PAWNS, AND THAT NEEDS TO STOP.

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SECOND, LET'S MOVE ON.

SO WITH THE LIBRARY BOOKS, YOU KNOW, THE PROCEDURE WITH LIBRARY BOOKS ALL SOUNDS GOOD.

THERE'S A PERSON HEAD LIBRARY OR WHATEVER THAT LOOKS THROUGH ABOUT 2000 BOOKS.

AND IT'S HARD, YOU KNOW, I GUESS REVIEW THAT, APPARENTLY.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST A DIFFERENT METHOD.

I WOULD SUGGEST A BLANKETED AMOUNT OF BOOKS.

EVERY SCHOOL HAS THE SAME EXACT BOOK.

DEMOGRAPHIC DOES NOT MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO PORNOGRAPHY.

I MEAN, I DON'T NEED, YOU KNOW, THE DEMOGRAPHIC DOESN'T MATTER ABOUT ORAL SEX OR, YOU KNOW, HOW TO PERFORM SEX AND WHERE THINGS GO AND WHAT GOES INSIDE THAT'S IN THAT DOES END UP IN THE LIBRARY FROM TIME TO TIME.

IT'S ENDED UP IN OTHER COUNTIES AS WELL.

YOU CAN FIND THEM. WE'VE GOT THEM ON OUR WEBSITE, TOO.

WE'LL HAVE IT WHERE YOU CAN SEARCH EVERY SINGLE LIBRARY IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. WHAT'S IN THEM SECOND? THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF CHECKS AND BALANCES, A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROCEDURE.

IT'S JUST NOT WORKING? IF IT'S GETTING BY AND THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME OTHER SYSTEM THAT WORKS BETTER THAN WHAT IT IS BECAUSE IT SHOULD NEVER HAVE SNEAKED BY ANYBODY.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU GUYS TO CHECK EVERY BOOK, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT SYSTEM, A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE, MAYBE A MADE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST YOU'RE PUTTING YOURSELF IN LEGAL ISSUES WHEN YOU LEAVE STUFF LIKE THAT ON THE LIBRARY SHELVES OF PROFANITY, PORNOGRAPHY, WHATNOT.

I DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE POLITICS OF IT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STRIKE OUT ANYTHING THAT'S LIBERAL OR DEMOCRAT WHO CARES? BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY AND PROFANITY AND OBSCENITIES.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND OR THIRD, ACTUALLY.

OH, AND AND ON THE THERE'S AN OFFSHOOT ANYWAY, SOME GOOD TRANSGENDER POLICIES.

ORANGE COUNTY IS NOT TRYING TO DO ANYTHING BUT ALLOW THE PARENT TO KNOW WHEN THEIR KID IS GOING THROUGH GENDER CRISIS.

SAY THE KID IS HOMOSEXUAL.

FINE. BUT WHAT IF HE'S AFRAID OR HE OR SHE AFRAID IS GOING OUT TO THE PARENT? MAYBE THE PARENT CAN CONSOLE THAT PERSON.

MAYBE THAT CHILD NEEDS THAT PARENT TO UNDERSTAND.

MAYBE THAT PARENT WILL UNDERSTAND.

WHY DO WE GOT TO ASSUME THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO UNDERSTAND.

THEY'RE GOING TO BEAT THAT CHILD.

THE PARENT NEEDS THEM.

SORRY, THE CHILD NEEDS THE PARENT DOESN'T NEED THE TEACHER OR THE PSYCHOLOGIST OR THE COUNSELORS IN THE SCHOOL.

THEY NEED THEIR PARENT TO LOVE THEM, CARE FOR THEM.

AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO THEIR LIFE, IS THEIR PARENTS.

THANK YOU, MR. EVERETT. AND WE HAVE JOHN WARD.

MICHAEL CARAVENUS.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. HECK OF A NIGHT.

I FIND IT IRONIC TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ASTROTURFING SUPPORT FROM VIRGINIA'S FOR CHILDREN'S FIRST, WHICH IS TIED IN WITH PARENTS DEFENDING EDUCATION, WHICH IS TIED IN WITH MOMS FOR LIBERTY, WHICH IS TIED WITH THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION, WHICH IS TIED INTO THE GOLDWATER INSTITUTE.

HOWARD INSTITUTE, NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK FOUNDATION.

ACCURACY AND MEDIA ASSOCIATION.

ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE.

STATE POLICY NETWORK AND DONORS.

CAPITAL AND ALEC.

PLEASE. CAN I RETAIN THE TIME? CAN YOU PLEASE REMOVE.

SORRY.

REMOVE. REMOVE. PLEASE, MR. EVERETT TOO PLEASE. THANK YOU.

I'D LIKE TO RECLAIM 55 SECONDS OF MY TIME, PLEASE.

THE NEXT THING I WAS ABOUT TO SAY IS THAT I DO AGREE WITH ANN ABOUT THE DATA COLLECTION THROUGH GAGGLE.

IT'S BEEN A CONCERN ACTUALLY FOR A LONG TIME THAT THAT DATA COLLECTION WAS TAKING PLACE.

I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF SOMEBODY ELSE JUDGING WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES, ESPECIALLY IN A WORLD WHERE BILLS LIKE SOPA AND PIPA GET A READ.

I ACTUALLY WAS INSPIRED THIS PAST WEEK BY A NEWS STORY ABOUT AN ORGANIZATION ABOUT DADS IN THIS COUNTY LOOKING AT AN ORGANIZATION CALLED DADS ON DUTY. I KNOW THAT THEY'VE SPOKEN TO MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ALREADY.

IT REMINDED ME OF 2013.

IT WAS THE YEAR AFTER SANDY HOOK HAD HAPPENED.

I WENT TO SARAH GILLIAM, THE PTA PRESIDENT AT CLOVER HILL ELEMENTARY, WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WE COULD DO, AND SHE SUGGESTED WE LOOK INTO THE WATCHDOGS PROGRAM LIKE DADS ON DUTY WATCHDOGS AS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWED DADS TO COME IN AND VOLUNTEER AND TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE SCHOOL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DAY, HELPING OUT IN THE CLASSROOM, PATROLLING THE HALLWAYS, PRETTY MUCH THE SAME EXACT MISSION STATEMENT THAT I SAW DADS ON DUTY EXPRESSING WHEN I LOOKED AT THEIR DOCUMENTATION AFTER READING THAT STORY

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TODAY, THAT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, NOT ONLY IN THE SCHOOL WHERE WE HAD MORE VOLUNTEERS AND WE HAD SLOTS TO FILL, BUT IN THE LIVES OF THE DADS THAT TOOK PART BECAUSE THEY WERE NO LONGER LISTENING TO THE PROPAGANDA OF WHAT THEY'RE BEING TOLD WAS GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY SEEING WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON IN THE SCHOOL.

IT CREATED ADVOCATES FOR EDUCATION IN EVERY SINGLE ONE.

SO IF THOSE DADS WHO I READ ABOUT ARE WATCHING, GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND I HOPE YOU DO SO.

I THINK MORE PARENTS IN THE SCHOOL HALLWAYS WILL GO A LONG WAY TO MAKING THIS A BETTER COUNTY FOR ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE CONCERNS LIKE THE BULLYING CONCERNS THAT HAVE COME UP SEVERAL TIMES TONIGHT.

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

NEXT, WE HAVE THIS EVENING SUPERINTENDENT'S REMARKS.

DR. DAUGHERTY. THANK YOU, PAM, CHAIR AND BOARD.

JUST REAL QUICK, THAT GRADUATIONS ARE TWO WEEKS AWAY AND REMIND PARENTS, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE TICKETS AND THAT THEY DO GET TO THE LOCATION AND PLENTY OF TIME TO PARK.

WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

HAVE VIRGINIA, I MEAN, VCU FOR THE FIRST THREE NIGHTS AND WE THEN THE VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY ON THE FRIDAY, WE WILL BE GRADUATING OVER 4700 STUDENTS AND WE WILL MOST LIKELY HAVE A STANDING ROOM ONLY AT ALL OF OUR VENUES.

SO PARENTS, MAKE SURE YOU GET THERE IN TIME.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, DR.

DAUGHERTY. VERY EXCITED ABOUT GRADUATION.

OH. I WON'T TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, BUT I'LL ASK BOB TO COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET.

THANK YOU. NEVER HURTS TO BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT EVERY SO OFTEN.

ALMOST. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, DR.

DAUGHERTY. MADAM CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK UP AND REITERATE A FEW OF THE COMMENTS THAT I MADE IN OUR WORKING SESSION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR BOTH AUDIENCES TO HEAR SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH AS WE LOOK TO CONCLUDE OUR BUDGET, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY STARTED A LONG TIME AGO.

WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AT THE BEGINNING.

DR. DAUGHERTY LAID OUT A PROPOSED BUDGET IN JANUARY THAT ADDRESSED NEEDS WITHIN OUR WORKFORCE, WITHIN OUR STUDENTS AND WITHIN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND AS WE SIT HERE ON MAY 10TH, WE ARE STILL IN A PLACE WHERE WE ARE AT HOLD.

RIGHT. THE STATE STILL HAS NOT REACHED A FINAL BUDGET AGREEMENT.

THE HOUSE AND SENATE ARE STILL WORKING ON A COMPROMISE.

AND AS SUCH, WE ARE REALLY IN A BIT OF A BIND HERE LOCALLY IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR ACTUAL REVENUE PICTURE IS.

THE TIMING OF THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR US AND AS WE ARE LOOKING TO FINALIZE HOW MUCH FUNDS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO COMPLETE, QUITE FRANKLY, NOT JUST ANY INDIVIDUAL PIECE, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR SALARY STUDY TO THOSE SALARY STUDY THAT'S IMPACTING THE ESSENTIALLY NON TEACHER NON-SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATOR POPULATION.

AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND.

THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER AS YOU HEAR NEWS AND YOU START TO HEAR THE GOVERNOR OR THE LEGISLATOR COME OUT AND TALK ABOUT HAVING A DEAL, I WANT THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC TO

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UNDERSTAND THAT JUST BECAUSE THEY SAY THEY HAVE A DEAL DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO ACTUALLY FINALIZE OUR BUDGET.

THE STATE HAS UP TO 15 DAYS TO PUBLISH WHAT WE REFER TO AS A TOOL WHICH PROVIDES US WITH THE DETAILED INFORMATION WE NEED TO CREATE A DETAILED BUDGET BASED ON OUR CCPS SPECIFIC INPUTS.

THERE'S A HOPE THAT THEY WON'T TAKE THAT WHOLE 15 DAYS, BUT THAT IS IN THEIR RIGHT AND IN THEIR CODE TO TAKE UP TO 15 DAYS TO COMPLETE THAT PROCESS.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR TIMING? IN A PERFECT WORLD, I WOULD HAVE BEEN COMING TO YOU TONIGHT AS AN AGENDA ITEM TO DO A HANDFUL OF THINGS TO ADOPT THE BUDGET THAT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED ABOUT A MONTH AGO, PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON WHERE THE STATE BUDGET LANDED AND RECOMMEND AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET TO ADDRESS THE CHANGE IN FUNDING THAT THE STATE BUDGET WOULD HAVE APPLIED. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SCENARIO A ON THIS SHEET.

WE ARE PAST THAT POINT.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU KNOW, I DID NOT COME TONIGHT WITH A WITH AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THAT.

THERE WAS A SMALL WINDOW WHERE SCENARIO B COULD HAVE BEEN IN PLAY.

BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT AND HOPE FOR IS WHAT'S LISTED HERE AS SCENARIO C.

SEE IF THIS LEGISLATOR ARE ABLE TO COME TO A CONSENSUS AND REACH AN AGREEMENT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

GIVEN THE PREP TIME AND THE LEAD TIME FOR THAT CALC TOOL, WE WILL TARGET THE JUNE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO DO THOSE ITEMS THAT I TALKED ABOUT, TO ADOPT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

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BUDGET, TO RECOMMEND CHANGES TO OUR BUDGET BASED ON THOSE NEW STATE FIGURES, AND SEND THAT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BE VOTED ON THE 29TH IN THEIR MEETING, THERE IS STILL AN OUTSIDE CHANCE THAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES NOT REACH AN AGREEMENT BY THAT DATE, AT WHICH POINT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THAT JUNE MEETING TO, QUITE FRANKLY, ADOPT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS BUDGET AND SAY WAIT TILL THE STATE FINALIZES THEIR BUDGET TO RECOMMEND ANY AMENDMENTS . IT SAYS HERE THAT COULD BE AS LONG AS AFTER THE START OF THE FIRST, THE FISCAL YEAR, JULY ONE.

THAT EXACT TIMING CAN ONLY BE DETERMINED BASED ON WHEN THE FINAL STATE BUDGET IS FINALIZED AND LEGALLY THEY HAVE UNTIL THE END OF JUNE TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

WE ALL REALLY HOPE THAT THEY DON'T TAKE THAT LONG, BUT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY AT THIS POINT.

WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR, WITH SEAN'S HELP, THE STATE SITUATION PRETTY CLOSELY.

I'LL SKIP THROUGH A FEW OF THESE SLIDES RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

I WILL PAUSE ON THIS ONE FOR A SECOND.

THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DID ADOPT A BUDGET ON APRIL SIX THAT INCLUDED A FEW IMPORTANT PIECES THAT WILL REALLY DRIVE SOME WORK OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS FOR OUR STAFF.

THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THEY DID NOT FULLY FUND THE SCHOOL BUDGET.

THEY DID NOT FILL THE EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION GAP THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD PROVIDED TO THEM.

BUT THEY DID PROMISE AND FULLY FUND THE WHAT THEY CALL THE CLASSROOM PAY PLAN.

THAT'S REALLY OUR SALARY STUDY ONE, PHASE TWO FOR OUR TEACHER AND SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATORS.

AND THAT $36 MILLION IS ENSURED IN THE BUDGET.

THEY ALSO MADE SOME PROMISES ON SOME ONE TIME FUNDS TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THE OTHER IMPLICATIONS.

BUT I THINK THE IMPORTANT PIECE HERE IS THAT THEY HAVE COMMITTED TO FULLY FUND THAT 36 MILLION FOR THE TEACHER STUDY, WHICH IS THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE THAT I WANTED TO BRING TO THIS BOARD'S ATTENTION TONIGHT IS WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT SALARY STUDY TOO AS PRESENTED THROUGH THE BOARD AND THE BUDGET WHICH WILL LEAD TO A TEACHER RAISES BETWEEN 8.6 AND 8.8% FOR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS AS WELL AS INCREASE OUR STEP ZERO BACHELOR LEVEL STARTING SALARY FROM 46,000.

$49,481. THIS IS REALLY GOOD NEWS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD DESPITE NOT HAVING THE PRESENCE OF A FULLY INTERNALIZED STATE BUDGET.

AND DR. HUFF AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY TO PREPARE CONTRACTS FOR TEACHERS.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN TONIGHT THAT THOSE CONTRACTS WILL BEGIN TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO TEACHERS AS SOON AS TOMORROW, WITH THE PLAN AND A PHASED ROLLOUT FOR WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR ALL THOSE TEACHERS AND SCHOOL BASED ADMINISTRATORS TO HAVE THEIR CONTRACTS IN HAND.

IN THE SUBSEQUENT PAGES HERE, I HAVE PUBLISHED THE TEACHER, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL AND PRINCIPAL SCALES.

I WON'T PRESENT THOSE TO YOU AGAIN TODAY, BUT THEY'RE THERE FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S REFERENCE.

AND I'M ALSO HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE, DESPITE WHATEVER MAY COME FROM THE STATE, WE ARE COMMITTING TO THE ELEVATED SUB RATE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR THIS YEAR OF ABOUT 101.

50, THE DAILY RATE FOR SUBS, KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF THEM AND ALSO THE SUCCESS OF OUR HIGH DEMAND DAYS, WE CALL THEM OUR FRIDAYS AND OTHER SPORADIC DAYS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WHERE WE'VE OFFERED TO X TO PAY FOR THAT, WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT THAT CONTINUES, KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING QUALIFIED SUBS IN CLASSROOMS NEXT YEAR AND THE SUCCESS OF THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

AND THE LAST THING I'LL LEAVE YOU ON IS SALARY STUDY TWO.

THAT'S THE BIG ONE WHERE THE SIZING OF THAT WILL LARGELY BE DETERMINED BY WHAT HAPPENS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED.

REFERENCE YOUR QUOTE FROM LAST MONTH, HONORABLE COKER.

MS. COKER, THE COMMITMENT TO EVERY SINGLE POSITION THAT IS PART OF THAT STUDY THAT REMAINS OUR PRIORITY.

I KNOW IT'S DR. DAUGHERTY'S PRIORITY, THE BOARD STATED LAST MONTH.

THAT IS THEIR PRIORITY.

THE PROBLEM IS WE JUST DON'T KNOW THE FINAL STATE NUMBER AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING WHAT WE WERE ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS AS PART OF THAT STUDY, WHICH IS COMPRESSION, WHICH IS ENSURING GETTING AS CLOSE TO MARKET COMPETITIVENESS AS WE CAN AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT IN A SUSTAINABLE WAY.

WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS IS ULTIMATELY MAKING THOSE DECISIONS SOON, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TO PUT FORWARD, AND UNDERSTANDING ALSO THAT THIS IS NOT A ONE YEAR DEAL LIKE THE TEACHER STUDY THAT WHEN WE ROLLED THAT OUT LAST YEAR, THAT WOUND UP BEING TARGETED AS THREE YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS ONE WILL WIND UP BEING, BUT THIS WILL ALSO BE A MULTIYEAR PLAN.

WE WILL LOOK TO ADDRESS AS MUCH AS WE CAN AFFORD THIS YEAR ONCE WE FIND OUT THE STATE NUMBERS AND THE REMAINING PORTIONS IN THE COMING FISCAL YEARS.

SO TO CONCLUDE, WE'RE STILL WAITING.

THE FINALIZATION OF THAT STATE BUDGET IS CRITICAL.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO BOTH PIECES OF THE SALARY STUDY, EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE TO THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC TODAY THAT THOSE TEACHER CONTRACTS WITH THE FULL FUNDING FOR THAT PHASE TWO OF

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SALARY STUDY, ONE WILL BE ROLLING OUT IN THEIR INBOXES ON WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND DETAILS ARE STILL IN DEVELOPMENT.

SALARY STUDY TO CONTINUE TO BE PATIENT WITH US.

PLEASE. THERE'S GOOD NEWS TO COME, BUT WE ARE COMMITTED TO THAT SALARY STUDY, TOO, AS WE LEARN THE FINAL STATE NUMBERS.

AND IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, I'LL BE BACK HERE IN JUNE TO PRESENT A REVISED BUDGET TO THE BOARD AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO SEND THAT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR FINAL APPROVAL WITH THAT QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. MEISTER.

BOARD MEMBER, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. HARTER. JUST ONE.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE DID HAVE A SPEAKER THAT CAME IN THE NIGHT THAT DID ADDRESS BUDGETARY CONCERNS AND WHAT THIS BOARD HAS OR HASN'T DONE.

BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT LAST YEAR WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO OUR TEACHERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THE SALARY STUDY FUNDED AND WE GOT THE FIRST PHASE OF A FUND IT AND WE DID GET THE SECOND PHASE FUND IT.

PART OF THESE NEGOTIATIONS ARE ALWAYS ONGOING, BUT YOU HAVE TO NEGOTIATE FOR US TO ACHIEVE GOALS.

AND THOSE OTHER GOALS, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE PAY STUDY TWO, THOSE RESULTS AREN'T FINALIZED YET, BUT WHEN THEY ARE FINALIZED, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO FIGHT FOR THOSE AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF PUT THAT IN CONTEXT FOR EVERYONE THAT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE JUST ROLLED OVER ON.

THIS IS THE PROCESS AND WE DO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR IT.

AND I THINK I THINK IT'S EVIDENT.

SO THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS THIS EVENING? MS. HAINES. I HAD ONE, BUT I ADD ONE OTHER THING, AND THAT IS THAT I THINK THAT MAYBE A PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS STUDENTS COULD BE ANOTHER SOURCE OF IDEAS TO CONSIDER FOR POLICY REVISION.

BUT THAT'S MY EXTRA COMMENT.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I DID SEE THE COMMENTS TO THE BOARD ABOUT THE VIRGINIA LITERACY PLAN AND THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT IT WAS IN THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND I JUST WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE, WHICH I KNOW PEOPLE WERE EXPECTING, THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE LITERACY PLAN THAT IS TO COME AND WE'LL COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD.

SO NO WORRIES.

THE ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE THAT WILL ENSURE THAT THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED WITH FIDELITY AND WILL ALSO DISCUSS BECAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN WHEN YOU NEED TO MOVE TO ANOTHER TO YOUR LEVEL OF SUPPORT SUCH AS AN IEP, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AMAZING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WILL COME BACK BEFORE THE BOARD.

SO. EVERYTHING'S GOOD.

MS. BAILEY. I HAVE A SHORT LITTLE LIST HERE OF THINGS TO ADDRESS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING.

BUT THE FIRST I'LL START WITH IS THAT FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS THAT CAME AND SPOKE TONIGHT, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.

IT TAKES A LOT OF GUTS TO COME HERE AND SPEAK.

I KNOW ADULTS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS POISED AND WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS PUT TOGETHER AS YOU WERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M SURE A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH YOUR WONDERFUL TEACHER.

AND SO BE SURE TO BE NICE TO HER IN CLASS TOMORROW, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

DURING THE WORK SESSION, I MADE SOME COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO JUST BRIEFLY REPEAT I WON'T GO ON AS LONG AS I DID DURING THE WORK SESSION ABOUT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THIS STATE BUDGET, THAT IF ANYONE THAT IS LISTENING WOULD PLEASE CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TELL THEM TO PLEASE GET US THAT STATE BUDGET.

THEY ARE HOLDING THINGS UP FOR MANY LOCALITIES, NOT JUST CHESTERFIELD, BUT NOT JUST SCHOOLS EITHER.

WE HAVE POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, LIBRARIES, AND IT'S NOT JUST SALARIES.

WE HAVE AN ENTIRE RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL THAT WE CAN'T EVEN BEGIN THE PLANNING OF HIRING AND ISSUING CONTRACTS FOR UNTIL THIS BUDGET IS APPROVED. SO IT IS LITERALLY TYING PEOPLE'S HANDS AND BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THANKFULLY, AS WAS ALREADY MENTIONED, THAT WE ARE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FULLY FUNDING PHASE TWO OF THE TEACHER'S SALARY.

AND SO THAT IS FULLY FUNDED.

AND THOSE CONTRACTS VERY EXCITEDLY WILL BE GOING OUT WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK.

HOWEVER, SALARY STUDY TWO IS WAITING ON THAT BUDGET AND THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING FOR US DAILY THAT ARE

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ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TO SEE IF THEY ARE GOING TO GET A RAISE.

AND WHILE THEY ARE WAITING, THEY ARE BEING LURED AWAY TO OTHER EMPLOYERS BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING MORE LUCRATIVE OFFERS.

WE NEED TO GET THIS BUDGET APPROVED AND ANY PRESSURE ANYONE CAN PUT ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO GET THIS DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

TONIGHT IT WAS MENTIONED THIS DATA MINING THING AND ONE SOURCE THAT WE USE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WAS SOMEWHAT ATTACKED AND IT WAS GAGGLE. AND I WANT TO MENTION JUST SOME POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT GAGGLE THAT AS A TEACHER THAT EXPERIENCED THIS, I KNOW GAGGLE LITERALLY HAS SAVED CHILDREN'S LIVES BECAUSE OFTEN GAGGLE WILL RED FLAG STUDENTS THAT HAVE MADE COMMENTS TO HARM THEMSELVES.

AND BECAUSE GAGGLE IS MONITORING BULLYING COMMENTS AS WELL AS COMMENTS ABOUT SUICIDE AND THINGS, ADULTS ARE ABLE TO INTERVENE AND PROTECT CHILDREN.

SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT GAGGLE IS THIS BAD MONSTER.

THAT'S DATA MINING. IT HAS A PURPOSE AND ITS PURPOSE IS BENEFICIAL FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEY ARE ON CHESTERFIELD COUNTY ISSUED DEVICES.

SO I MEAN THERE IS NO LAW BEING BROKEN HERE BECAUSE WE ARE MONITORING THEM ON OUR ISSUED DEVICE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT AND THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOOL THAT WE USE TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.

AND THEN ALSO WE DID FUND THE HARD TO STAFF SCHOOLS WITH THE ADDITIONAL STIPEND FOR THOSE SCHOOLS.

AND THOSE SCHOOLS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH A METRIC THAT WAS DEVELOPED ARE GETTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FUNDS AND IN THE FORM OF BONUSES TO WORK AT THOSE SCHOOLS.

AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP TONIGHT HOW DIFFICULT IT WAS IN SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS.

AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT ABLE TO GET INTO THE BUDGET, THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET, IT IS BEING FUNDED WITH ONE TIME MONEY, WITH THE HOPE THAT THE DATA WILL SHOW THAT IT MADE A DIFFERENCE AND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS.

AND I DO KNOW FROM MY VISITS WITH DR.

DAUGHTERY AT ONE SCHOOL, THE PRINCIPAL TOLD ME HE HAD TWO TEACHERS THAT HAD PUT IN FOR A TRANSFER, BUT WHEN THEY WERE TOLD ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL STIPEND, THEY WITHDREW THEIR TRANSFER AND AGREED TO STAY.

SO I KNOW IT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE AND I'M HOPING IT'S EVEN BIGGER THAN THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THOSE HARD TO STAFF SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE TRIED TO ADDRESS THAT AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT IT GETS IN THE OPERATIONAL BUDGET NEXT YEAR.

I THINK THAT'S ALL I TOOK NOTES THAT I'VE HIT EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I JUST WANT TO ECHO THANK YOU TO OUR STUDENTS THAT CAME AND SPOKE THIS EVENING.

AND AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THOMAS DALE, I'M VERY PROUD OF HOW YOU ALL DID TODAY AND GO KNIGHTS.

THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL HOLD OUR WORK SESSION ON OUR NEXT WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, JUNE 7TH, 2022, AT 4 P.M.

HERE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM.

IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BUSINESS MEETING AT 6:30 P.M.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SO MOVED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.

MOTION CARRIES.

THE MAY 10TH, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.