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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE JUNE 7TH, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION TO ORDER.
[A. Meeting Opening]
AND FIRST, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE FY 2023 BUDGET FROM MR.[B. FY2023 Budget Update]
MEISTER.AS I START THIS PRESENTATION, I MUST REITERATE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROPOSED AS A NEEDS BASED BUDGET FOCUSED ON INVESTING IN OUR WORKFORCE, OUR STUDENT NEEDS AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SINCE WE TALKED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY? GOOD NEWS ON JUNE 7TH, THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS APPROVED A BUDGET AND WE ARE AWAITING THE GOVERNOR'S FINAL ACTIONS ON THAT, WHETHER THAT IS AN APPROVAL OR SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS.
THE PROBLEM IS WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE GOVERNOR'S FINAL APPROVAL AND AMENDMENTS.
AS OF LATE LAST NIGHT, WE HAVE RECEIVED A "CALC TOOL" REFLECTIVE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUDGET, WHICH IS A GREAT STEP, BUT IT'S STILL BEING DEVELOPED. STAFF IS LOOKING AT IT.
WE'VE HAD IT FOR LESS THAN PROBABLY 20 HOURS AT THIS POINT, SO A LOT TO BE GLEANED FROM THAT.
BUT GOOD NEWS IS SHOULD THE GOVERNOR NOT MAKE ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANGES OR AMENDMENTS? WE HAVE OUR "CALC TOOL" AND WE'VE GOT THE PROCESS AT LEAST STARTED.
AND AS I'VE TALKED TO THE BOARD BEFORE, WE MENTIONED THAT THAT'S A GOOD WEEK OR SO TO ACTUALLY DIGEST AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OUR HAVE OUR HEAD AROUND THOSE PARTICULAR CHANGES. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY ARE THINGS THAT WERE REFLECTED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUDGET THAT I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND BE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT ABOUT AS WE APPROACH THE CONCLUSION OF THIS.
THE FIRST OF THOSE I KNOW IT'S ONE OF DR.
DAUGHERTY'S BIG PRIORITIES IS FUNDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOL.
AND AS OF NOW, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY RUMORS THAT THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY.
SO REALLY GOOD NEWS ON THAT PIECE.
IN TERMS OF OTHER PORTIONS OF THE BUDGET, I'LL TURN TO THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES.
AS WE TALK ABOUT, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE BIG PIECE OF THE BUDGET, WHICH IS THE OPERATING FUND.
THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS TO HIGHLIGHT.
I'M HAPPY TO NOTE THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONTINUED TO ENDORSE THE 5% TEACHER RAISE IN NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER FOR 10% IN TOTAL WITH AN ASTERISK.
AND THE ASTERISK IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVED BUDGET IS THE FY 23 5% TEACHER RAISE DOES NOT START UNTIL AUGUST, SO THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO FUND 11/12 OF THE 5% RAISE OR ABOUT 4.6% IN YEAR ONE.
OTHER GOOD NEWS THAT WAS IN THERE IS THE MEANINGFUL PROGRESS ON REMOVAL OF THE SUPPORT CAP.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS FOR THE DISTRICT.
WE'LL HAPPY TO REPORT SIZING AND ALL THAT ONCE WE GET A CHANCE TO DIGEST THE "CALC TOOL".
BUT THAT'S ABOUT THAT. WE ARE EXCITED THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS GONE AHEAD AND MADE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT IN FUTURE YEARS.
BUT THIS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP ON REMOVING THAT SUPPORT CAP.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER CHANGES IN HERE WHICH I'LL ONLY BRIEFLY OVERVIEW BECAUSE I DON'T YET HAVE THE FULL FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THOSE, BUT THERE'S CONTINUING TO BE MOVEMENT ON HOLD HARMLESS SOME IN A GOOD WAY, SOME IN A BAD WAY.
THEY INCREASED SOME OF THE SOQ FOR READING SPECIALISTS.
THEY'VE REDUCED IT IN FOR ELL TEACHERS AS AN EXAMPLE, THEY'VE REDUCED SOME AT RISK FUNDING.
THEY PROVIDED THERE'S A LOT OF PUTS AND TAKES IN THERE.
WE'LL HAVE ALL THAT SORTED OUT, BUT EXCITED TO HAVE A PLAN TO WORK FORWARD.
SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, YOU MAY BE WONDERING, WHAT DOES THAT 11/12 MEAN FOR TEACHERS? LAST MONTH WE WERE ABLE TO ARTICULATE THAT THE COUNTY OFFERED US SORT OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR FUNDING ON THE TEACHERS.
WE WERE ABLE TO ROLL OUT THOSE TEACHER CONTRACTS LESS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LAST BOARD MEETING.
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I'M HAPPY TO STATE THAT TODAY, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE, WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE SCALES AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HONOR THE 8.6 TO 8.8% INCREASE.AS WE DIGEST THE FULL BUDGET, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S INCORPORATED IN THE UPCOMING JUNE DISCUSSIONS.
WE WILL HONOR THE 8.6 TO 8.8% INCREASE THAT WAS PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE SCALES LAST MONTH.
AS PART OF THAT AND THE STARTING SALARY FOR THOSE BACHELOR STEP ZEROS AT 49,481.
CONSISTENT WITH ALL PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS.
THE NEXT BIG ITEM TO ADDRESS IS ONE TIME BONUS.
THOSE ARE ESSENTIALLY TEACHER MINIMUM POSITIONS.
SO WITH THAT IN MIND, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO LIMIT THE BONUS JUST TO THE SOQ POSITIONS.
WE'LL PUT A PROPOSAL TOGETHER FOR THE BOARD FOR THEIR ULTIMATE CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDE THAT BONUS TO ALL TEACHERS AND ULTIMATELY TO OTHERS AS WE KIND OF WALK THROUGH THIS LIST HERE MOMENTARILY.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE DO THIS BONUS FOR TEACHERS.
RETENTION RECRUITMENT IS IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BONUSES IN PLACE THIS YEAR.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE PLACES WHERE WE'VE HAD BONUSES IN THE PAST, WHERE WE'RE EXPECTING TO CONTINUE THOSE AND WE'RE EXPECTED TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS NEXT YEAR.
SHOULD THE BOARD CONSIDER THAT A GOOD MOVE GOING FORWARD? FIRST OF ALL, BUS DRIVERS THIS PAST YEAR, WE PUT IN PLACE A $3,000 BONUS FOR BUS DRIVERS.
WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE THAT NEXT YEAR.
THIS PAST BUDGET, WE'VE APPROVED THROUGH ESSER FUNDS A TEACHER CONTRACT FOR THOSE AT HIGH NEED SCHOOLS OF $3000. IN ADDITION TO ANY TEACHER BONUS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO AS PART OF THE PREVIOUS BUDGET PROCESS.
FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATES OF $2000.
IT'S IN RED HERE BECAUSE IT'S NEW.
INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE, TODAY WE'RE PROPOSING A $2,000 BONUS FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS AS PART OF THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, KNOWING THAT'S AN AREA WITH MEANINGFUL VACANCIES AND LOOKING TO USE THIS AS A RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TOOL FOR THOSE FOLKS AS WELL.
THIS PAST YEAR, WE PUT IN A $1,500 BONUS FOR CUSTODIANS AND DAY PORTERS.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT THIS YEAR.
THIS INCLUDES THE TEACHER 1000 BONUS AS PART OF THAT SOQ STATE FUNDING AS WELL AS A PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE THAT TO ALL OTHER FULL TIME EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS PART OF THIS PLAN.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS ISN'T FREE.
SOME OF THIS IS OBVIOUSLY FUNDED BY THE $6 MILLION FROM THE STATE TO SUPPORT THOSE SOQ POSITIONS.
WE'LL BE ABOUT 3 MILLION OR SO SHORT TO FULLY FUND THIS.
BUT AS I SET ASIDE ABOUT 5 MILLION FOR A COMP RESERVE IN THAT DISCUSSION, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT THE 3 MILLION, THE FIRST 3 MILLION OF THAT GO TO SUPPORT THESE INCREMENTAL BONUSES THIS YEAR. BUT YOU'LL VOTE ON THAT PIECE THIS EVENING.
AND THE LAST BIG UPDATE IN TERMS OF THE BONUS IS AROUND CONSTRUCTION.
WHEN I TALKED TO YOU IN RESPECT TO THE CIP, WHEN WE CAME TO YOU WITH BOTH THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED BUDGET AS WELL AS THE FINAL SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET IN FEBRUARY, GOVERNOR NORTHAM, IN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET HAD INCLUDED 22 AND A HALF OR SO MILLION IN WHAT HE'D CALL A CONSTRUCTION GRANT, FUNDING TO SUPPORT ONGOING CONSTRUCTION, NEW BUILDINGS, ETC..
AND WE HAD INCLUDED THAT PORTION IN OUR CIP PLANNING.
MANY OF THOSE PROPOSALS, QUITE FRANKLY, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WOULD NOT LIKELY HAVE QUALIFIED FOR.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SAY HERE THAT WHILE IT'S LOWER, WE'RE HAPPY THAT THERE IS STILL MEANINGFUL FUNDING REMAINING IN THIS BUCKET BASED ON THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUDGET OF A LITTLE LESS THAN 16 MILLION.
THIS WOULD EQUATE TO ABOUT A $5.8 MILLION HOLE IN OUR CIP.
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TO ESSENTIALLY FILL THAT GAP AND HOLD OUR CIP HARMLESS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THIS REDUCTION IN STATE FUNDING.NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THE CIP IS TRULY HOLD HARMLESS.
WE KNOW WE'RE IN AN INFLATIONARY ENVIRONMENT.
WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE FURTHER PRESSURE ON THE CIP GIVEN BUILDING COSTS.
WE'RE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE FIRST BID FROM THE FALLEN CREEK OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER.
AND AFTER THAT, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA ON WHERE THIS LANDS.
BUT BETWEEN THE 16 OR SO MILLION THAT HAS REMAINED IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUDGET AND THE 5.8 THAT ULTIMATELY ASK THE BOARD TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING AS PART OF YEAR END FUNDS, WE'RE NO WORSE OFF THAN WE WERE COMING INTO OUR SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED BUDGET IN FEBRUARY.
SO WITH ALL THAT SAID, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? IT IS THE SUPERINTENDENTS IN MY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD CONSIDER A SPECIAL MEETING ON JUNE 21ST TO FINALIZE THE BUDGET.
SO WE'LL HAVE A PRETTY SOLID IDEA OF WHERE WE STAND AND WHETHER THE "CALC TOOL" RECEIVED LAST NIGHT WILL HOLD UP, OR WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE PRETTY REASONABLE ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT WILL COME FORWARD.
WITH THAT, I WILL, IN THAT JUNE 21ST MEETING, BE ABLE TO PROPOSE ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS TO THIS BOARD FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION ON JUNE 21ST, WHICH IS STILL A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A WEEK AHEAD OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FINAL MEETING THIS FISCAL YEAR AND WOULD ALLOW US TO SEND THE ANY SCHOOL BOARD AMENDMENTS TO OUR BUDGET, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION IN THEIR JULY 29TH MEETING.
WE KNOW THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PRIORITY AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND BEING ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A HAVE A "CALC TOOL" WILL HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THE BUDGET IS LIKELY GOING TO BE.
BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE IN THAT 21ST MEETING WHAT THAT PLAN IS WITH THE IDEA OF THE RAISES BEING EFFECTIVE FOR THOSE IMPACTED ON JULY ONE, AS WAS ALWAYS THE CASE, WE APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE WHO'S LISTENING FOR THE DELAY IN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BUT WE ARE CONFIDENT AT THIS POINT THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT RESULT WILL BE AVAILABLE STARTING THAT JULY 1ST FOR THEIR PAYCHECK ON JULY 14TH, I BELIEVE THE DATE IS. SO WITH ALL THAT, I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. MEISTER.
BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU. PLEASE, MADAM CHAIR.
JUST ONE QUESTION. THE BONUSES AS FAR AS HOW THEY'RE STRUCTURED.
A GREAT QUESTION, MR. HARTER. I THINK THE PLAN WILL BE TO EACH OF THESE OBVIOUSLY IS A DIFFERENT AMOUNT, AND WE'LL NEED TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE ON WHAT THE TIMING IS.
DATE X, YOU'LL GET THE BONUS AT THE END OF THE MONTH OR IN THE NEXT PAY CYCLE, AND WE'LL DO THAT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THE BUS DRIVERS THIS PAST YEAR WE DID IT AS SIX $500 BONUSES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
WE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY CONTINUE A PRACTICE SIMILAR TO THAT.
THEY WILL FOLLOW SIMILAR PATTERNS TO THAT.
THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
FIRST ONE, THE REDUCTION AND ELL KNOW SUPPORT.
I KNOW THAT WE GAIN SOME EXTRA MONEY WITH THE SUPPORT STAFF.
SO WILL THAT HELP US FUND OUR ELL POSITIONS THAT WILL NOT RECEIVE THE SUPPORT THAT WE THOUGHT? DID I SAY THAT CLEARLY? I'M SORRY. I THINK THE WAY TO THINK ABOUT THE DECREASE IN ELL FUNDING IS A REDUCTION FROM WHAT WAS PROPOSED
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IN THE NORTHAM BUDGET.I'VE GOT TO GET MY VERSION STRAIGHT HERE.
I THINK THERE IS WHAT WE WOULD PLAN TO DO IS LOOK AT ELL STAFFING HOLISTICALLY WITH THE FUNDING AVAILABLE, AS WE UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE MOVING PIECES OF THE BUDGET, CERTAINLY MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE APPROPRIATELY SUPPORTING THE POPULATION HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO.
WE HAVE GENERALLY STAFFED ABOVE SKEW FOR MOST AREAS AS WE GO THROUGH.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT AS PART OF THE PART OF THE STAFFING MODEL.
THE BONUS IS IT FOR ALL CURRENT AS WELL AS NEW HIGHER STAFF.
THE PLAN WILL BE FOR THE BONUSES TO BE FOR THOSE WHO ARE EMPLOYED ON A CERTAIN DATE AND THEY WILL GET IT IN THE SUBSEQUENT PAY CYCLE OR MAYBE TWO, DEPENDING HOW LONG IT TAKES TO PROCESS.
WILL THAT DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY WOULDN'T GET THE NEW CONTRACTS UNTIL AFTER JUNE 21ST THEN? I THINK THE PLANS FOR WHEN WE WOULD DISTRIBUTE THE CONTRACTS IS STILL BEING WORKED THROUGH.
THE IDEA WOULD BE TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE CONTRACTS AS SOON AS FEASIBLE WITH THE IDEA OF THE JULY 1ST DATE BEING THE DATE WHEN THE CONTRACT OR THE NEW PAY RATE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE. EXCELLENT.
AND WHEN YOU SAY SECOND SALARY, SORRY.
SO THAT INCLUDES THE THE IN SCHOOL STAFF THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN INCLUDED.
RIGHT. LIKE THE DAY PORTERS AND THE OFFICE STAFF AND EVERYTHING? ABSOLUTELY, YES. EXCELLENT.
THAT IS. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORKING.
IT'S BEEN HARD WITH THE DELAYS.
IT'S BEEN A FUN YEAR. VERY LONG BUDGET SEASON.
SO RIGHT NOW WE KNOW THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OBVIOUSLY APPROVED THE BUDGET.
HOW LONG DOES HE HAVE TO REVIEW, APPROVE AND THIS IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT NUANCED.
AND SEAN, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, PLEASE CHIME IN IF I GET THIS WRONG.
HE TECHNICALLY HAS SEVEN DAYS FROM WHEN HE OFFICIALLY RECEIVES THE BUDGET.
YOU CAN THINK OF OFFICIALLY RECEIVING THE BUDGET.
SEA, EXPLAINED THIS TO ME REALLY WELL.
THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO US OFFICIALLY RECEIVING THE "CALC TOOL".
SO IT'S NOT WHEN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVED ON THE SEVENTH OF TODAY'S THE SEVENTH, THE FIRST SORRY, IT'S THAT SEVEN DAYS FROM THE FIRST, IT'S SEVEN DAYS FROM WHEN HE OFFICIALLY GETS COMMUNICATED THAT THROUGH THROUGH THE VARIOUS MEANS.
AND AS OF LAST NIGHT, HE HAD NOT YET OFFICIALLY RECEIVED THE BUDGET.
WHETHER HE HAS TODAY OR NOT, I'M NOT SURE.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU SEAN SHAKING HIS HEAD NO.
SO I WOULD EXPECT THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN ADVANCE OF THAT.
I SENSE THAT MR. SMITH'S DYING TO CHIME IN.
PLEASE. THANK YOU FOR MISS BAILEY.
NO, I THINK BOB DID A GREAT JOB OF EXPLAINING.
SO NOW THEY'VE STARTED THEIR PROCESS IT'S JUST PARLIAMENTARY WISE THEY HAVE THAT OFFICIAL SEVEN DAYS BUT THEY'VE SCHEDULED ESSENTIALLY INFORMALLY ASKED LEGISLATORS TO CONSIDER COMING BACK IN NEXT FRIDAY POTENTIALLY.
AND SO I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT MARKER WE'LL LOOK TOWARDS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[C. Recruiting and Retaining During Labor Shortages]
HUFF.WELL, I'M HERE TODAY TO CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT RECRUITING AND RETAINING DURING LABOR SHORTAGES.
IT'S CERTAINLY BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR IN HR.
AND AS YOU KNOW, FROM OUR EARLIER DISCUSSIONS RELATED TO THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS PEOPLE AND WE'VE SERVED THE LEARNING COMMUNITY OF STUDENTS WITH A VARIETY OF NEEDS.
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EMPLOYEES. WE ARE FACING A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF WORKERS WITH MANY SKILL SETS AND WE'RE COMPETING IN A CHALLENGING MARKET FOR A VARIETY OF POSITIONS.WE NEED TO RETAIN AND ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY EMPLOYEES.
AND IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, WE'RE FORTUNATE TO BE IN A GROWTH ENVIRONMENT.
SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING INCLUDE VACANCIES.
AND I'LL DO A REVIEW OF SOME OF OUR HIGHEST LEVEL VACANCIES AS OF LAST FRIDAY.
WE'RE CERTAINLY FACING SOME ATTRITION AS WELL.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE INFLATION IN THE MARKET, WHICH IS CHANGING PEOPLE'S EMPLOYMENT DECISIONS.
A NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE, WHICH WE'RE NOT IMMUNE FROM.
AND THERE'S A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF FRONT LINE WORKERS.
SO WE EXPECT THAT WILL BE WITH US FOR SOME TIME.
AND WE'RE SEEING THAT WITH DIFFERENT LABOR MARKET PARTICIPATION.
FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR, MAYBE SOME STAY AT HOME PARENTS WHO MIGHT HAVE CONSIDERED BEING INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE VARIOUS WAVES COMING THROUGH AND THEIR CHILDREN EXPERIENCING THOSE MAY NOT HAVE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE.
SO WE'RE STILL SEEING HOW ALL OF THAT SETTLES OUT.
AND SOME OF OUR ONSITE ROLES DO COMPETE WITH MORE FLEXIBLE, MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE MARKETPLACE, FOLKS THAT HAVE HYBRID OR TELECOMMUTING OR REMOTE OPTIONS.
AND THEN JUST THE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE STATE BUDGET TIMING, BECAUSE PART OF OUR RECRUITING EFFORTS IS IS LEAD TIME, BECAUSE WE HAVE WE WORK IN A VERY CYCLICAL TYPE OF ORGANIZATION WHERE SCHOOL STARTS A CERTAIN DAY AND WE NEED TO STAFF UP FOR THAT TIME OF YEAR.
AND SO THIS UNCERTAINTY AND TO YOUR POINT WITH HAINES NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THE WORK AGREEMENTS DOES KIND OF IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF LEAD TIME THAT WE HAVE TO RECRUIT FOR THESE POSITIONS.
SO WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF BEING ABLE TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THE TEACHER CONTRACTS.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME FOLKS WHO REMOVED THEIR DECISION TO ENTER INTO THE SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM WHEN THEY RECEIVE THOSE CONTRACTS.
SO OUR HIGH NEED ROLES BY VACANCY COUNT.
SO OUR HIGHEST NUMBER COUNT IS TEACHER.
OF COURSE, YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 5000 TEACHER CONTRACTS, SO BY PERCENTAGE THAT WOULDN'T BE OUR HIGHEST, BUT THAT IS A HIGH NUMBER OF TEACHER VACANCIES TO FILL.
AND OF COURSE, THAT'S OUR CORE MISSION, TEACHING AND LEARNING.
SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
SOME AREAS WHERE WE PARTICULARLY ARE STRUGGLING, OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND MATH FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATE AS OUR SECOND HIGHEST COUNT.
AND YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF OUR PLANS THERE FOR BONUSES.
AND THEN THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN SALARY STUDY TO INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT.
THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S INCREASING VACANCIES, 96 VACANCIES, QUITE A FEW VACANCIES.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN SALARY STUDY, TOO.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE TOP THREE JOBS ARE RELATED TO SCHOOL NUTRITION.
SO WE'RE CONTINUING A THEME THERE WITH FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATES AND THEN SOME OF THE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS AS WELL, AND TRANSPORTERS AND SCHOOL NUTRITION AND THEN STUDENT TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR, CIS SITE COORDINATOR, CUSTODIAN DAY PORTER, WE WERE RUNNING ABOUT 23 VACANCIES OR SO.
CLINIC ASSISTANT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR COORDINATOR AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST.
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SO WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT ALL OF THESE VACANCIES? SO I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY SOME OF THE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN TAKING.SO WE'RE USING A VARIETY OF JOB BOARDS.
WE'RE USING RADIO AND SOCIAL MEDIA PACKAGES THAT COME WITH RADIO AND PRINT ADVERTISING.
WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL FOR THAT, FOR OUR JOB FAIRS.
OUR LAST ONE LAST TUESDAY, MAY 31ST, BUS DRIVER, JOB FAIR.
WE MADE 50 OFFERS SO WE CAN BE READY TO START SCHOOL IN THE FALL AND HAD A GREAT TURNOUT.
AND WE ARE STARTING TO PROMOTE OUR VACANCIES IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
WE'VE HIRED OUR FIRST BILINGUAL RECRUITER IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, AND SO WE'VE STARTED TO LOOK AT HOW WE MIGHT LEVERAGE SPANISH RADIO AND SOME OTHER FORMATS TO BE ABLE TO MARKET OUR POSITIONS MORE BROADLY.
AND WE'RE HOLDING ONSITE JOB FAIRS AS WELL AS ATTENDING COMMUNITY FAIRS AND EVENTS.
AND WE HAVE THIS YEAR A DEDICATED SPECIALIST TO INTERVIEW AND HIRE SUBSTITUTES.
SO WE WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO DO THAT AS WELL FOR THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND SALARY STUDY 2.
OFTEN WE GET ASKED WHAT JOB FAIRS WE ATTEND AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN IN FLUX DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS HAVE HAD FAIRS ON SITE AND PERSON HAVE CANCELED FAIRS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A SLIDE TO SHARE.
WHAT JOB FAIRS WE HAD ATTENDED WERE QUITE A FEW.
THIS YEAR WE ATTEND MOST OF THE ONES IN VIRGINIA AND ALSO IN BORDERING STATES IN THE MID-ATLANTIC.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, BUT THE LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE TO OUR RECRUITING STRATEGY HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS BECAUSE FEWER COLLEGES ARE HAVING THESE IN-PERSON JOB FAIRS.
AND AND WE STILL DO QUITE A BIT OF HIRING FROM THESE EVENTS.
IT'S JUST THAT NOW WE NEED OTHER STRATEGIES TO SUPPLEMENT AS WELL.
I JOINED CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LESS THAN THREE YEARS AGO.
WE HAD ONE WINTER FAIR, KIND OF LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING, AND OUR JOB MARKET HAS CHANGED A LOT.
SO WE DID A CRITICAL NEEDS FAIR, AN ELEMENTARY FAIR AND ALL VACANCIES FAIR, SOME IN-PERSON, SOME VIRTUAL, BECAUSE WE WERE ALSO ATTRACTING CANDIDATES WHO WERE MOVING HERE AND THEN WE HAD A HIGH NEEDS FAIR MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL ON APRIL 26TH FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THAT BONUS AND ON JUNE 21ST, WE ARE PREPARING FOR A CAREER SWITCHER FAIR.
WE KNOW MOST OF THE COLLEGE GRADS HAVE FOUND THE HOME FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT WE ARE SO INTERESTED IN SHARING INFORMATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW YOU COULD BECOME PROVISIONALLY LICENSED THE ALTERNATIVE PROVIDERS IN OUR STATE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO HAVE A ONE STOP SHOPPING EVENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN FIND OUT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY COULD BECOME LICENSED, GET INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR TEST, HOW TO APPLY FOR A TEACHING POSITION, AND HOPEFULLY TRACK SOME FOLKS WHO ARE ALREADY LIVING IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY THAT MIGHT CONSIDER TEACHING IN THE FALL.
WE ALSO ARE HAVING CLASSIFIED AND TEMPORARY STAFF, JOB FAIRS AND THOSE HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
I MENTIONED OUR LAST ONE ON MAY 31 FOR BUS DRIVERS.
WE'RE PLANNING ONE ON JULY 26 FOR FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATES, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL.
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AUGUST 9TH, INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS AND SEPTEMBER 13TH SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS ARE OUR TENTATIVE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE PLANNED SO FAR.OUR SUBSTITUTE HIRING PROGRESS IS A CELEBRATION FOR US.
SO WE START IN JULY 2021 WITH 967 SUBSTITUTES ON OUR ROLLS, AND AT THE END OF MAY WE HAD 1783.
NOW, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY POSITION AND WE DO HIRE FROM OUR SUBS.
IT'S A GREAT SOURCE FOR HIRING.
SO SUBSTITUTES MIGHT BECOME LONG TERM SUBSTITUTES OR THEY MIGHT BECOME FACILITATORS OR ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES, OR THEY MIGHT BECOME TEACHERS WHO ARE PROVISIONALLY LICENSED OR FULLY LICENSED, SO OR IAS.
SO WE ARE HIRING A LOT FROM OUR SUBSTITUTE ROLES.
SO AS WE'VE BEEN BUILDING THIS FROM 967 TO 1783, WE'VE ALSO BEEN HIRING FROM OUR OWN SUBSTITUTE RANKS QUITE A BIT. SO WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE INCREASE THERE AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT NUMBER MORE AROUND 2500 FOR A SCHOOL DIVISION THIS SIZE. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS WE MADE IN THE FIRST YEAR.
AND YOU MIGHT RECALL THIS SLIDE FROM BUDGET PRESENTATION.
SO THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER RATE, WE DID DETERMINE EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAT WE WERE BELOW MARKET AND WE OF COURSE RAISE THAT DAILY RATE TO 150 TO BE MORE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MARKET WITH $203 FOR FRIDAYS AND HIGH DEMAND DAYS.
AND WE HAVE HAD A GOOD RESULT WITH THAT.
I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THIS IS NOT THE EQUIVALENT OF OUR ABSENCE DATA FOR ALL OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS IS SMART FIND DATA.
SO THAT'S THE SYSTEM THAT WE USE WHEN FOLKS REQUEST A SUBSTITUTE.
AND SO CERTAIN POSITIONS ARE NOT IN THAT PARTICULAR SYSTEM.
OR IF THE SCHOOL DECIDES, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF PEOPLE MIGHT COVER THAT DURING THEIR PLANNING PERIOD OR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT MIGHT BE COVERING OR SOME OTHER STAFF MEMBER MIGHT BE COVERING FOR THE DAY.
THAT REQUEST MAY NOT BE IN THERE.
SO IT'S NOT APPLES TO APPLES WITH ABSENCE DATA FOR THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE FILLED ABSENCES, THE GRAY WAS THE UNFILLED ABSENCES.
THE AVERAGE HIGH I GUESS WAS IN MAY AT 561, BUT WE WERE RUNNING IN THE FIVE HUNDREDS IN JANUARY, MARCH, APRIL AND MAY OF POSITIONS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FILL.
AND ON THIS NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE STORY OF THE YEAR.
SO WE HAD THE THE DELTA WAVE AND THEN WE HAD THE HIGH DEMAND PAY IMPLEMENTED.
AND THEN WE HAD THE OMICRON WAVE AND THEN WE HAD A LITTLE STAR THAT SAYS ACA RESTRICTIONS.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND SUBSTITUTES.
UNLESS WE WOULD BUDGET TO PROVIDE BENEFITS FOR ALL SUBSTITUTES, THEY CAN ONLY WORK 134 DAYS IN THE YEAR WITH SOME EXCEPTIONS, LIKE IF THEY'RE ON OUR RETIREE HEALTH INSURANCE OR ON MILITARY TRICARE HEALTH INSURANCE OR ANOTHER QUALIFYING INSURANCE, BUT SO YOU CAN SEE A DROP OFF THERE WITH THAT DATE.
WE JUST HAD MORE POSITIONS TO FILL DURING THAT PARTICULAR TIME FRAME.
ANOTHER EFFICIENCY THAT WE LIKE TO CELEBRATE IS THE NEW TRANSFER PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT ELIMINATES LEGACY SOFTWARE AND IT'S EXPANDED OUR TEACHERS OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO TRANSFER BY MAXIMIZING SOME OTHER SOFTWARE THAT WE ALREADY OWN AND USE.
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SO YOU HAD TO JUST KIND OF PUT IN NAMES OF SCHOOLS AND NOT NECESSARILY LIKE IF I WANTED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, USE MY ESL ENDORSEMENT INSTEAD OF MY SOCIAL STUDIES ENDORSEMENT, YOU COULDN'T REALLY TELL THAT VERY WELL WITH THAT TRANSFER PROCESS.SO NOW YOU CAN APPLY FOR THE POSITION AS IT COMES UP.
AND OUR HOPE WAS DOING THIS IS TO PROVIDE MORE CHOICES FOR THE TEACHERS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN FIND A LOCATION, A SUBJECT AREA, A SCHOOL THAT REALLY MATCHES THEM AND WANT TO STAY IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
IT ALSO GIVES THE HIRING MANAGER MORE STATUS INFORMATION.
SO RATHER THAN GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS FROM THE PRINCIPAL, WHERE ARE YOU AT THIS REQUEST? USING ONE SYSTEM FOR EVERYTHING ALLOWS THEM TO SEE, OKAY, I PUT IN, I DO REMEMBER PUTTING THE OFFER FOR THIS ONE OR THE OFFERS OUT TO THE CANDIDATE OR THE CANDIDATES ACCEPTED.
SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO SEE A STATUS.
WE USED TO HANDLE ALL OF THAT MANUALLY AND NOW THAT'S HANDLED DIRECTLY THROUGH THE WORK NUMBER AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN HUMAN RESOURCES, INFORMATION SYSTEM AND PAYROLL TO GET ALL OF THOSE FILES IN A FORM THAT WE WERE ABLE TO USE THE SYSTEM AND WE'RE EXCITED BECAUSE IT'S FREE.
BUT ALSO IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF DOING THIS, OVER 6700 EMPLOYMENT VERIFICATIONS WERE DONE, ALMOST 6800 AUTOMATED WAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE WITH VERIFICATIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, LOTS OF VERIFICATIONS OF INCOME WITH BUYING CARS OR HOUSES OR OTHER LARGE ITEMS, AND THEN SOCIAL SECURITY SERVICES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES VERIFICATIONS.
AND WE ESTIMATE THAT WE SAY 426 IN PERSON HOURS IN ONE QUARTER, WHICH WE ESTIMATED TO BE $12,700.
AND IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT OUT BY FOUR QUARTERS, THAT'S TIME THAT OUR STAFF CAN BE DOING OTHER THINGS AND IT'S LESS FTES THAT WE HAVE TO ASK FOR. AND SO WE'RE IN ITS SAVINGS, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
YOU MIGHT REMEMBER OUR COMPENSATION GOAL, SALARY STUDY ONE, PHASE TWO WE IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR.
AND SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND SALARY STUDY TO PHASE ONE.
WE ARE HOPING TO IMPLEMENT BEFORE JULY ONE AND HOPING TO CONSIDER ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS THAT WERE NOT PREVIOUSLY STUDIED, CONSIDERING THE MARKET AND COMPRESSION IN THOSE POSITIONS.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST A REMINDER ABOUT OUR CELEBRATION.
WITH COMPENSATION ADJUSTMENTS, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A VERY LOW VACANCY RATE FOR OUR BUS DRIVERS.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE OUTCOME OF THAT WITH A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN VACANCIES.
AND WE'RE HOPING TO SEE A CHART LIKE THIS FOR MANY POSITIONS IN THE MONTHS TO COME.
SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. BAILEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT INFORMATION AND FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
AND I WANTED TO SAY THIS UNDER THE BUDGET ONE, AS WELL AS JUST TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE SALARY STUDY TO I COMMEND YOU FOR I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE UNDER A TIGHT WINDOW TO TURN AROUND CONTRACTS, AND I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT I IMAGINE THAT YOU WILL WORK THAT MIRACLE AS YOU HAVE ALL THE OTHERS, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF CONTRACTS OUT THE DOOR AFTER JUNE 21ST AND THEN BACK BY JULY ONE.
AND I TELL EVERYBODY, WILL THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEM BACK BY JULY ONE? YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM MORE WINDOW THAN THAT.
WE DO NEED TO HAVE THEM OUT AND IN THEIR HANDS BY JULY ONE.
BUT. I THINK THESE ARE NOTICES OF ASSIGNMENT.
SO THE TEACHER CONTRACTS A LITTLE DIFFERENT UNDER THE LAW.
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ARE OFF WORK HOURS OR COULD BE ON VACATION THAT WEEK.AND IT'S A VERY UNUSUAL SITUATION.
I THOUGHT THEY HAD TO BE BACK BY JULY ONE.
SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
I'M WONDERING IF ON JUNE 21ST, WHEN WE DO COME BACK TO HOPEFULLY APPROVE THIS BUDGET, WILL THERE BE A PRESENTATION ON WHAT SALARY STUDY TO ULTIMATELY LOOK LIKE? DR.
DAUGHERTY DO WE EXPECT SOME KIND OF INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL TO SEE, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN ITERATIONS OF IT AND HOPEFUL PRESENTATIONS.
AND THIS IS THE FINAL VERSION.
AND SO WE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
AND JUST A COMMENT THAT THIS GRAPH RIGHT HERE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN IS PERFECT.
AND TO SAY ONCE AGAIN THAT THE AMAZING THINGS THAT WE DID WITH BUS DRIVER VACANCIES, SUBSTITUTE FILL RATES AND VACANCIES HAD TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE RAISED THE MONEY THAT THEY IN MONEY TALKS.
AND SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS WITH ALL OF THESE VACANCIES, THE TEACHER VACANCY RATE WITH 354 POSITIONS AS OF RIGHT NOW, CAN YOU TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT TYPICALLY IS THE VACANCY RATE AT THIS STAGE IN A SCHOOL YEAR, THIS TYPICALLY IS YOUR HIGHEST VACANCY RATE.
AND AS YOU LIKELY KNOW, THAT JUNE 15TH IS KIND OF THAT MAGIC DATE IN VIRGINIA CODES, THE LAST DATE THAT PEOPLE CAN CHANGE DISTRICTS FOR A LATERAL MOVE AND TEACHING AND SO THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA AFTER JUNE 15TH BECAUSE THE TRANSFER PROCESS IS GOING TO END. LOCAL DISTRICTS ARE GOING TO STOP TRAINING TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THAT CODE SECTION.
AND WE SHOULD GET A BETTER IDEA OF OUR TRUE VACANCIES THEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
IT SEEMS TO BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT, BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
SCENES SORT OF SIMILAR TO MS..
BAILEY'S QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT THE 354.6 INTO PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT IS OUR CURRENT VACANCY RATE PERCENTAGE OF TEACHERS GOING INTO EXPECTED RIGHT NOW, GOING INTO THE FALL? AND WHAT HAS BEEN THE HISTORIC, YOU KNOW, POST-COVID PERCENTAGE OF POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT? I THINK WE SAW SOMETHING UNUSUAL THIS YEAR, WHICH MAKES PATTERNS OF DATA A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER A BIG BUDGET INITIATIVE RIGHT BEFORE WE CLOSED FOR COVID IN MARCH OF 2020 WAS ADDING TEACHING [INAUDIBLE].
SO THOSE POSITIONS GOT ADDED, BUT THEY WERE ADDED AT A TIME OF GREAT UNCERTAINTY.
AND SO WHILE THE SCHOOL DIVISION PRIOR TO COVID FILLED A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF ITS VACANCIES ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, I THINK YOU HAD SORT OF A PERFECT STORM BECAUSE YOU HAD COVID COUPLED WITH ADDING POSITIONS AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO WE'VE CARRIED SOME POSITIONS SINCE THEN.
WHAT WE SAW THIS YEAR WAS ATTRITION THAT WAS MORE FOCUSED IN THE FALL MONTHS, KIND OF SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER WAS A HIGH MONTH AND IT CONTINUED.
THAT NUMBER CONTINUED UNTIL EARLY FEBRUARY.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING NOW IS ADDITIONAL VACANCIES ON TOP OF THAT 190 THAT ARE POSSIBLY PART OF OUR NORMAL ATTRITION THAT WOULD TYPICALLY OCCUR THIS TYPE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.
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THOSE FACTORS.I MEAN, WE HIRED, I THINK, 450 TEACHERS IN OR SO IN 2019.
NEW TEACHERS THE FOLLOWING YEAR, I BELIEVE, WAS OVER 500.
SO IN ORDER TO FILL ALL OF THESE VACANCIES, BECAUSE YOU WERE STARTING BEFORE THE ATTRITION SEASON WITH A BASE OF AROUND 190, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 700 HIRES TOTAL THAT WOULD BE NEEDED.
THE REASON I KEEP PUSHING IS I KNOW HISTORICALLY THE VACANCY RATE, THE NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE BIT UNDER A HALF A PERCENT AND NOW MAYBE IT'S AROUND 7%.
AND AND OFTEN WE GET ASKED, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? WHY CAN'T WE ADD THIS PROGRAM? IT JUST IT'S SO IMPERATIVE TO INVEST IN OUR STAFF BECAUSE WE ARE SEEING RATES THAT WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT, I THINK, FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP HEARING IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE A SMALL NUMBER, BUT IT'S REALLY IT'S NOT AND IT'S IT'S THE HEART OF THE WORK THAT WE DO.
THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON TECHNOLOGY.
[D. Technology Update]
DR. TILMAN.MADAM CHAIR. MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
DR. DAUGHERTY THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS AFTERNOON.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU JUST A KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR GOALS FOR TECHNOLOGY AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WE HAVE MANY THINGS THAT WE COULD CELEBRATE ABOUT THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR, BUT WE ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR AND WE REALLY WANT TO SHOW YOU AND SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE MAJOR FOCUSES THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT OUR WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE.
WE OPERATE A FAIRLY COMPLEX NETWORK IN THE CORE OF VIRGINIA.
WE ARE, OF COURSE, THE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE OPERATE THE LARGEST NETWORK.
WE HAVE OVER 100,000 DEVICES THAT UTILIZE OUR NETWORK EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THAT ITSELF IN ITSELF LENDS TO A NEED FOR CYBERSECURITY.
NOW, OF COURSE, WE'RE OUR HANDLING CYBERSECURITY NOW, BUT THE MORE COMPLEX THAT WE BECOME, THE MORE DEVICES WE ADD TO OUR NETWORK, THE MORE USERS WE HAVE, THE MORE INTRICATE SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS WE USE, THE MORE SOFTWARE WE USE, THE MORE THAT WE USE THE INTERNET, EVERYTHING BECOMES MORE RISK FOR US.
SO THE NEED TO FOCUS ON CYBERSECURITY CONTINUES TO GROW.
WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEM THAT WILL THEN ALLOW US TO ENCRYPT EMAIL FROM FROM GOOGLE THAT WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TO EVERY USER, BUT WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MOST USERS WHO HAVE THAT NEED.
AND WE WILL EXPAND THAT AS WE NEED TO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO PILOT THAT FIRST WITH THOSE USERS THAT HAVE THE CRITICAL NEED TO SEND SENSITIVE DATA VIA EMAIL AND HAVE IT ENCRYPTED IN TRANSIT SO THAT IT CAN'T BE INTERCEPTED BY OTHER PARTIES.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING CALLED DARK WEB SCANNING.
THIS IS MORE ABOUT REPUTATION SCANNING AND BEING ABLE TO LOOK FOR CREDENTIALS FROM USERS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE ON WHAT'S CALLED THE DARK WEB, WHICH YOU COULD THINK OF IS JUST A MARKETPLACE OF INFORMATION.
SO THIS ALLOWS US TO SCAN THAT ENVIRONMENT AND LOOK FOR THINGS SUCH AS MAYBE MY EMAIL ADDRESS.
AND IF I SEE THAT MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND ASSOCIATED PASSWORD INFORMATION OR ASSOCIATED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IS AVAILABLE, I CAN THEN TAKE STEPS AS A USER TO SAY, OKAY, MAYBE I NEED TO GO AND CHANGE MY PASSWORDS OR OBSCURE DATA OR DO OTHER THINGS.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO SCAN UNDERGROUND SOCIAL MEDIA ENVIRONMENTS TO LOOK FOR THREATS AGAINST CHESTERFIELD, WHETHER THAT BE PHYSICAL THREAT, WHETHER THAT BE SOCIAL THREAT, WHETHER THAT BE LOGICAL THREAT.
SO AS AN EXAMPLE, WHEN WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT SOME OF THIS SOFTWARE, WE WERE ABLE TO IN TIMES OF THE GREAT DEBATE ABOUT MASKING OR NOT MASKING, WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SEE THAT THERE WERE THREATS MADE AGAINST SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN VIRGINIA, NOT NECESSARILY US, BUT SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN VIRGINIA, WHERE PEOPLE HAD RECRUITED HACKER GROUPS TO MONITOR THOSE SITUATIONS AND HACKER GROUPS TO BE ON THE READY, AS THEY CALLED IT, TO POSSIBLY INTERRUPT SERVICES TO THOSE DISTRICTS IF THEY DIDN'T MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, WHATEVER THAT DECISION MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
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WE HAVE A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH FBI RICHMOND.I HAVE CONFIDANTS THERE THAT I TALK TO ALL THE TIME.
AND THEY THEY ALSO UTILIZE SOFTWARE LIKE THIS.
SO IT REALLY HELPS US HAVE AN EYE ON THAT.
WE'VE ALSO IMPLEMENTED DATA LOSS PREVENTION SOFTWARE.
THIS JUST ALLOWS US TO REALLY LOOK AT WHAT ARE PEOPLE SHARING OUTSIDE OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHAT ARE THEY? WHAT ARE THEY SENDING VIA EMAIL? WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT CONTENT NECESSARILY.
SO IF WE SEE SOMETHING LIKE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER LEAVE OUR DISTRICT, IT MAY GET FLAGGED AND WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, WHY? WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? AND NOW WE CAN SAY, WELL, REALLY, IT'S OKAY THAT IT HAPPENED, BUT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENCRYPTED.
SO WE'RE PUTTING ALL THESE TOOLS TOGETHER.
WE'RE ALSO DOING ADULT USER CONTENT SCANNING.
AND THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY ADULT CONTENT.
WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO ALSO SCAN THE ADULT SIDE OF THAT.
WE ARE NOT ACTIVELY SCANNING FOR THE SAME THINGS.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SELF HARM, WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS DATA LOSS.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE, ARE YOU HOARDING DATA AND THEN SENDING IT OUT SOMEWHERE? ARE YOU MAKING LARGE COPIES OF DATA THAT ARE OFFSITE, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I HAVE MADE THIS A SIMILAR SPEECH IN NASHVILLE.
I HAVE BEEN TO FLORIDA, I HAVE BEEN TO WILLIAMSBURG AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AND I HAVE BEEN A CHEERLEADER FOR SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING.
AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO ACTUALLY DO IT NOW TOO.
SO IN THE FALL WE WILL BE STARTING A CAMPAIGN THAT IS ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR ALL USERS OF OUR NETWORK TO RECEIVE BASIC INTERNET HYGIENE AND SOFTWARE TRAINING.
AND IT'S NOT JUST ALL ABOUT HOW TO CREATE A PASSWORD, IT'S ABOUT SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS OF NOT SHARING INFORMATION TOO MUCH OR KNOWING WHAT WHAT A PHISHING EMAIL LOOKS LIKE, KNOWING HOW TO IDENTIFY THOSE THREATS, KNOWING HOW TO IDENTIFY RISK.
MOST USERS DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE RISK WHEN THEY TOUCH A COMPUTER.
AND THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
SO WE NOW HAVE A FULL TIME THREE PERSON INFORMATION SECURITY STAFF.
BUT WHAT IT DOES FOR ME IS ALSO NOW SETS AN EXAMPLE.
I DO PLAN AND YOU PROBABLY HEARD ME SAY IT BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE TRIED AND STARTED AND STOPPED AND STARTED AND STOPPED TO TRY TO OBTAIN THE COSN TRUSTED LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SEAL OR CERTIFICATION, AS TLE.
COSN IS A VERY VALUED PARTNER THAT WE ARE A MEMBER OF THE CONSORTIUM OF SCHOOL NETWORKING.
THEY ARE AN ADVOCACY GROUP IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
THEY PROVIDE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RESOURCE FOR K 12 EDUCATION IN TECHNOLOGY AND ED TECH, AND THEY HAVE A BASIC CERTIFICATION OF UNDERSTANDING THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE REACHED THIS LEVEL OF CYBERSECURITY POSTURE, YOU'RE IN, YOU'RE IN GOOD START.
YOU'RE AT A GOOD LEVEL, RIGHT? THERE ARE ONLY I THINK I HATE TO SAY, BUT I THINK THERE'S ONLY FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN VIRGINIA THAT HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S TIME FOR ONE OF THE BIG ONES TO HAVE IT.
WE DO PLAN TO DEVELOP AND CREATE A FULL NIST ALIGNED SECURITY PROGRAM.
NEST IS THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS FOR THE FIRST TIME, SUCH AS THINGS LIKE RISK ANALYSIS OR AUDITING OURSELVES, CLASSIFICATION OF DATA, DATA SENSITIVITY LEVELS, CREATING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT REALLY INTEGRATE CYBERSECURITY INTO OUR CULTURE.
AND NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT THE GUYS WITH THE BLACK HOODIES DO IN THE BASEMENT.
AND AGAIN SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
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IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, WE ARE WORKING ON FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS THIS YEAR ON REPLACING OLD TECHNOLOGY.WE HAVE A LOT OF OLD TECHNOLOGY WEATHER, MANY REASONS FOR THAT.
COVID WAS A BIG REASON FOR THAT.
WELL, NOW THINGS ARE STARTING TO FAIL AND THINGS ARE STARTING TO NOT MEET OUR NEEDS ANYMORE.
WE HAVE SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT IS 15 YEARS OLD IN OUR CLASSROOMS. IT'S STILL WORKS, BUT IT'S NOT THE BEST THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
WE'RE FOCUSED ON FIRST IDENTIFYING ALL OF THAT AND THEN FOCUSED ON A WAY TO TRY TO REPLACE IT.
THE BOARD HAS BEEN NICE ENOUGH TO APPROVE MOST OF OUR BUDGET INITIATIVES IN THAT ARENA.
I KNOW TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS ARE VERY WORRIED ABOUT PROMETHEAN BOARDS.
THAT IS OUR FIRST AND PRIMARY EFFORT STARTING IN THE SUMMER.
WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON PROVIDING CELLULAR BOOSTERS IN OUR SCHOOLS.
THIS HAS BEEN A VERY TOUCHY SUBJECT AND VERY PRICKLY SUBJECT FOR FOLKS.
THIS IS AN OUTSIDE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE TO GET YOU TO.
SO WE DO HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THAT.
WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE A CELL PHONE BOOSTER IN EACH SCHOOL.
THERE WILL BE ONE WHICH WE THINK IS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO EMERGENCY SERVICES WE PROVIDE.
WE BELIEVE IT'S ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE RAVE APP FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE IT.
AND IF WE NEED TO ADD MORE, WE WILL WE'LL FIND A WAY TO DO THAT.
AND BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW, CELL PHONE TECHNOLOGY CHANGES JUST AS FAST AS EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO THIS IS A FIX THAT'S NOT GOING TO LAST VERY LONG.
LASTLY, WE ARE LOOKING AT CHROMEBOOK EFFICIENCIES.
THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
I LOVE DIVING INTO THE NUMBERS ON CHROMEBOOKS.
WE DID IT FOR MOST OF THE DAY TODAY.
AND WE ARE LOOKING AT AND HOW WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW TO GO FORWARD AND REDUCE OUR NUMBERS AND OUR COSTS, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRACKING INVENTORY AS BEST WE CAN.
THERE'S A LOT TO TRACK. THERE'S A LOT TO KEEP TRACK OF.
IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE INVOLVED.
IT'S NOT JUST THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN CHROMEBOOKS.
WE HELP, WE INSTITUTE THE HELP OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR LIBRARIANS, OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS.
AND WE CAN'T JUST GIVE A CHROMEBOOK AWAY.
WE CAN'T JUST SEND ONE OVER HERE.
WE HAVE TO TRY TO RECOUP SOME OF OUR COSTS.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO BE FOCUSED VERY MUCH ON.
WE ALSO HAVE PLANNED UPGRADES TO INTERCOM SYSTEM PHONE SYSTEMS. AND OF COURSE OUR CAMERA SYSTEMS WERE ALWAYS UPGRADING CAMERAS.
WE'RE ALWAYS ADDING MORE CAMERAS.
WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF CCTV CAMERAS IN OUR SCHOOLS, INTERCOM SYSTEMS AT ECOFF, COSBY AND CLOVERHILL ARE BEING REPLACED IN THE SUMMER, AND BECAUSE THOSE SYSTEMS HAVE AGED OUT, WE CAN NO LONGER FIND PARTS FOR THEM AND THEY ARE STARTING TO FAIL.
I DO NOT WANT TO BE THE ONLY VOICE MAKING DECISIONS.
I NEED OTHER INPUT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ACCURATE REPRESENTATION.
AND I'M ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HISTORICAL BUDGET SPEND AND VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS AGAIN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AS EFFICIENT AS POSSIBLE, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THINGS. AND PART OF THAT ALSO IS COMPARING US TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING THAT'S COMPLETELY ABNORMAL.
BUT WE MAY BE DOING THINGS THAT IS LEADING THE WAY.
WE HAVE A VERY HIGH TURNOVER IN TECHNOLOGY.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A STAFF A LOT.
SO I HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING TO DO.
SO THAT'S THAT'S ANOTHER SUMMER GOAL IS WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET EVERYBODY UP TO SNUFF.
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POPULAR WITH EVERYONE.SO WE NEED MORE VOICES INVOLVED AND WE MAYBE NEED CHOICES INVOLVED AS WELL.
WE MAY INSTITUTE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A MACINTOSH LAPTOP.
WHICH WOULD MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY.
THAT'S WHY MY JOB IS I WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
WE AGAIN, WE RUN A REALLY COMPLEX NETWORK.
WE ALREADY DO BYOD OR BRING YOUR OWN DEVICE.
EXCEPT ALL THOSE DEVICES ARE IN PEOPLE'S POCKETS.
WE DON'T ALLOW THAT DEVICE TO BE USED FOR PRODUCTIVITY PURPOSES.
SO WHY DON'T WE? SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO HOW WE COULD DO THAT.
I'M NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO INTERNET.
EVERYBODY'S LISTENING, BUT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO THAT.
AND OF COURSE, WE PLAN TO CONTINUE OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
WE ARE BECOMING INVOLVED IN THE ERP PROJECT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
BOARD MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HAINES. I HAVE TWO TECHIES IN THE HOUSEHOLD, SO I KNOW NOTHING, BUT I HEAR ABOUT THE STUFF ALL THE TIME SO I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR PRESENTATION.
I LOVE THAT YOU'RE GOING FOR THE COSN CERTIFICATION.
ONE. WOULD PARENTS BE ABLE TO TAKE THE SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING? BECAUSE I DEFINITELY HEAR A LOT FROM PARENT TO.
AND I'M ONE OF THOSE. I HAVE TWO TECHIES IN THE HOUSE, SO I ALWAYS GET HELP.
BUT PARENTS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND MAYBE THAT'S WHERE SOME OF THE ADVISORY INPUT GROUP WHAT WILL HELP WITH.
OTHERS DON'T TOUCH THEM FOR A SUMMER.
SO IT'S KIND OF A WASTE OF A DEVICE THAT COULD BE USED.
SO MAYBE THAT COULD BE AN OPTION.
SOME FAMILIES WOULD TAKE IT HOME FOR THE SUMMER, OR SOME MIGHT OPT NOT TO.
I HOPE THEY DON'T LOSE IT. PLEASE DON'T LOSE MY CHROMEBOOKS.
IT'S NOT JUST KIND OF A ONE SIZE FITS ALL THING.
IT'S GOING TO BE TAILORED TO OUR ENVIRONMENT.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT SHAUN AND HIS GROUP ARE DOING IS REDESIGNING OUR WEBSITES SOON, AND I REALLY HOPE TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE PARENTAL RESOURCES OF TECHNOLOGY ONCE THAT WEBSITE IS AVAILABLE AND WE CAN REALLY START TO LOAD IT DOWN WITH CONTENT THAT'S BENEFICIAL.
PARTICULARLY WHEN WE START THIS PROCESS, WE WILL START THE SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING DURING CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH, NATIONAL CYBER AWARENESS MONTH, AND THAT IS A GREAT TIME FOR US TO ALSO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND SAY IT IS REALLY A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE BEDROOM TO THE CLASSROOM.
SO THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE PART OF OUR EFFORTS.
AS FOR THE CHROMEBOOKS AND CHOICE, WE SENT CHROMEBOOKS HOME THIS SUMMER FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.
ONE WAS WE HOPED FOR CONTINUED LEARNING OVER THE SUMMER.
WE HOPED THAT THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO UTILIZE THOSE CHROMEBOOKS.
I PREFER THEY NOT DO THAT, BUT IT'S BETTER IF THEY TAKE IT HOME FOR US.
THEY KEEP THE SAME CHROMEBOOK FROM YEAR TO YEAR EXCEPT FOR FIFTH GRADE WHO WILL HAVE TO SWAP OUT BECAUSE WE DO TRANSITION FROM PRIMARY TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND THAT'S A TRANSITION THAT THEY WILL LIKE.
IT'S A BETTER MORE NEW CHROMEBOOK.
SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SEND THEM HOME EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT UTILIZED.
JUST FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE SENDING IT HOME.
SO YOU'RE READY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AND THAT'S OUR EFFORT?
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ABSOLUTELY. AND ALSO, BY THE WAY, FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.SO THEY'RE THEY'RE ALREADY PRELOADED FOR SUMMER SCHOOL.
THEY'RE READY TO GO AND THEY'RE GOOD TO GO.
BACK TO THE SECURITY AWARENESS TRAINING.
IS THAT ONLY FOR ADULT USERS OR IS THAT ALSO FOR STUDENTS? IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR ADULTS AT THIS POINT.
STUDENTS HAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF UNIQUE ENVIRONMENT.
I DON'T HAVE A WAY TO REACH OUT TO STUDENTS AND REQUIRE THEM TO DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND BUT ADULT USERS KIND OF HAVE TO BE REMINDED OF IT A LITTLE BIT ANNUALLY.
DO YOU HAVE AN ETA FOR THOSE CELLULAR BOOSTERS? IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THEM DONE BY THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.
WE HAVEN'T. THE PROMETHEAN BOARDS, UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, HAS A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.
SO WE WILL WE WILL BE INSTALLING THOSE AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
BUT WE WE ALREADY HAVE 200 OF THOSE AVAILABLE IN OWN ORDER, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY TO FOR THEM.
AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
A LOT OF LOGISTICS INVOLVED IN THAT TOO, OF WE'RE NOT THE ONES ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY INSTALLING THEM, SO THEY'LL BE INSTALLED AT NIGHT AND ON WEEKENDS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. WE WILL GET TO THEM AS HUMANLY FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
THE CELL PHONE BOOSTERS ARE MUCH EASIER TO DO AS SOON AS WE GET THEM THE INSTALL.
65 ONLY. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, WHO DO YOU SEE AS BEING KEY STAKEHOLDERS WHO WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT ADVISORY GROUP? SO WE ALREADY I ALREADY REACHED OUT TO CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATORS TO [INAUDIBLE] TOLD FOLKS OR [INAUDIBLE] PEOPLE.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM ADMINISTRATION AND FROM CENTRAL OFFICE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK THAT I PLAN TO REACH OUT TO A CIVIC GROUP.
SO THAT WILL ALSO GIVE ME SOME MORE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE THERE.
BUT CERTAINLY WE WANT PARENTS AND BOARD MEMBERS AND ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO BE THERE.
I DIDN'T MENTION STUDENTS, BUT OF COURSE, STUDENTS TO PRIMARY STAKEHOLDERS.
I THINK THAT STUDENTS WOULD BE A A SEPARATED GROUP FROM THE ADULTS, THAT WE'LL TALK TO STUDENTS INDIVIDUALLY, BUT THAT WE WOULD ALSO HAVE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IS MORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ADVISORY COMMITTEES CAN VERY EASILY GET CAUGHT UP IN PROCESS AND THEY CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN WHICH COMPUTER DO WE PICK? AND REALLY WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS NOT ABOUT WHICH ONE DO WE PICK, BUT WHAT IS A WHAT IS THE 21ST CENTURY CLASSROOM LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE IT HAS CHANGED SIX TIMES IN THE 21ST CENTURY ALREADY.
SO WHAT SHOULD WE BE WORKING TOWARD? WHAT DOES THAT IMAGE LOOK LIKE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO UTILIZE THESE THINGS? IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE HARDWARE CHOICE OR GETTING CAUGHT UP IN MICROSOFT VERSUS APPLE OR AMAZON VERSUS NETFLIX OR ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
IT'S MORE ABOUT CREATING THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF HARD DECISIONS TO MAKE, LIKE CONTENT FILTERING.
WHAT DO WE FILTER? WHAT DO WE NOT FILTER? WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE RISK? THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE IT DEPARTMENT CANNOT DECIDE BY ITSELF.
ABSOLUTELY. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK.
YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE OFFICE OF SAFETY AND SECURITY FROM MR.
[E. Office of Safety & Security]
PIKE.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
DAUGHERTY, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO UPDATE YOU ON SOME OF OUR SECURITY INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THROUGH THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, AS WELL AS A TRAINING EVENT THAT WE WERE INVOLVED IN.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THE INSTALLATION OF ELECTRONIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT OR ACCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT THROUGH ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, OUR INTERNET PROTOCOL OR OUR IP CAMERAS THAT DR.
TILLMAN REFERRED TO A MOMENT AGO.
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WE REFER TO AS SAMS BOXES AND OUR INSTALLATION OF SECURITY VESTIBULES, WHICH WE HAVE BEGUN THIS SUMMER AND HOPE TO TAKE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD TO MOVE OUT TO ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS. APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO, WE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE ACCESS CONTROL FOR ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY AT THIS POINT THAT OUR BUILDINGS ARE DONE.
AS FAR AS THE INITIAL INSTALLATION, WE HAVE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FROM SCHOOLS BASED ON THEIR UPCOMING OPERATIONAL YEAR FOR SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN, SUCH AS TRAILERS AND NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE MOVING INTO THEIR SCHOOL.
SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THAT TO ASSIST THEM WITH ADDITIONAL ACCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT.
BIG THINGS THAT COME OUT OF THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WE CAN COME IN AND WE CAN PROGRAM BASED ON WHAT AN EMPLOYEES LEVEL IS IF THEY'RE A TEACHER AND THE HOURS THAT THEY NEED, THEY DON'T NEED 24 SEVEN ACCESS ON WEEKENDS TO OUR BUILDINGS, WHEREAS OUR ADMINISTRATORS DO AND OF COURSE, OUR FACILITIES PEOPLE.
A BIG PLUS TO THIS HAS BEEN BECAUSE WE UTILIZE THE SAME SYSTEM AS OUR COUNTERPARTS ON THE COUNTY SIDE, WE'RE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE 24 SEVEN ACCESS TO OUR BUILDINGS.
THIS HAS BEEN A GODSEND IN A LOT OF CASES.
ON WEEKENDS, WHEN WE HAVE ALARMS AND SUCH AS THIS THAT ARE GOING OFF, THEY'RE ABLE TO GET INTO OUR BUILDINGS AND NOT HAVE TO WAIT FOR KEY HOLDERS, SOMETIMES FOR HOURS THAT MIGHT TAKE THEY CAN GET IN AND TAKE CARE OF THE BUSINESS AND SECURE OUR BUILDINGS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
AND OF COURSE, IF WE HAVE ANY KIND OF ACCIDENT OR AN INCIDENT AT A BUILDING, THEY CAN RESPOND.
ADDITIONALLY, WE WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT INTO THIS PROCESS SO THEY CAN COME IN AFTER HOURS UTILIZING CERTAIN DOORS AND GET IN AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS, WHICH WE WORK WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS.
ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE DONE AT THIS POINT.
WE HAVE 24 OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DONE AS WELL.
AND ALL OF THE SCHOOLS WITH THE SYSTEMS ARE UP AND RUNNING.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFFS HAVE ALL BEEN TRAINED AND THEY WERE USING IT REGULARLY.
OUR NEWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WILL OPEN IN JULY, THAT WILL ALSO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE IEP SYSTEM.
WE ARE CURRENTLY ALSO WORKING TO FINISH OFF THE ADDITIONAL 16 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT STILL NEED THE IEP SYSTEM AND HOPEFULLY THE PROJECTED DATE ON THAT WILL BE JULY OF 2023.
WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS WHERE THIS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY VALUABLE.
OUR HR DEPARTMENT NEEDS FOOTAGE SOMETIMES FOR INCIDENTS THAT TAKE PLACE.
RISK MANAGEMENT HAS ASKED A NUMBER OF TIMES.
SO WE'VE PUT A LOT OF USE INTO THIS AND WE'VE HAD REALLY GREAT RESULTS OUT OF IT.
A RAVE APP PHONE RAMP THAT WE'VE BEEN USING.
WHEN WE HAVE AN INCIDENT AT A SCHOOL, THEY START THE PROCESS.
IT ALSO GOES TO OUR MERCHANT COMMUNICATIONS CENTER AND THEY'RE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH US WHEN AN INCIDENT GIVING US VALUABLE INFORMATION TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS WHEN WE'RE DOING ANY KIND OF CRITICAL INCIDENT AT A SCHOOL.
WE USED THE RAVE APP FOR ABOUT 80.
EXCUSE ME. AS OF SINCE JULY OF 21ST, JULY OF 2021, WE USED THE RAVE APP APPROXIMATELY 85 TIMES FOR SOME SORT OF INCIDENT AT A SCHOOL, WHETHER IT BE MEDICAL OR POLICE OR SOMETHING WHERE THEY'VE HAD TO GET ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE TO COME INTO THE BUILDING. HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE ON THE USE OF IT.
AND THIS YEAR, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'VE INCORPORATED A LOT OF TRAINING ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, SUCH AS TABLETOP EXERCISES, WHAT WE'VE ACTIVATED AS AN ACTIVE SHOOTER OR DURING A TRAINING EVENT THAT WE DID IN MARCH.
IT WAS ONE OF OUR STORAGE FACILITIES AREAS.
WE TURNED IT INTO A OFFICE TYPE COMPLEX AND WE USED MEMBERS FROM CHESTERFIELD POLICE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME THE VIRGINIA STATE POLICE CAME AND ALONG WITH ABOUT 70 MEMBERS OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL, WE CONDUCTED SEVERAL SCENARIOS INVOLVING WORKPLACE
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VIOLENCE AND ACTIVE SHOOTER.WE VIDEOTAPED THE WHOLE THING.
AND SO WE CAN SHARE IT WITH OUR SCHOOLS SO THEY CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE RESPONDED TO IT.
WE HAD SOME VERY SPECIFIC GOALS DURING THIS I'D LIKE TO SHARE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPORT STAFF.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHO IS IN CHARGE AT WHAT TIME AND FOLLOW DOWN AS TO WHAT IS THE ORDER OF SUCCESSION AT THE SCHOOL AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF THERE'S AN INCIDENT AT THE SCHOOL THAT TAKES OUR SCHOOL OUT OF AVAILABILITY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
AND IF WE LOSE STAFF MEMBERS IN WHO'S GOING TO BE RUNNING THAT ORGANIZATION WHILE IT'S OUT AND THAT INFORMATION WILL BE TAKEN OVER INTO OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL THIS YEAR WHEN THEY GO OUT SO WE CAN COLLECT THAT DATA BACK AND SHARE WITH OUR PARTNERS AND THE COUNTY SIDE IN CASE WE HAVE AN INCIDENT, UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS DID, WHERE WE MIGHT LOSE A BUILDING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GENTLEMAN ON THE BOTTOM HAND, RIGHT, IS ONE OF OUR CTC EMPLOYEES.
THE NEXT THING WE'LL TALK ABOUT IS, AGAIN, THIS ELECTRONIC KEY CONTROL BOX.
WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM OUT THAT WE'VE USED WITH PROTOTYPES THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS WILL ALLOW LAW ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR BUILDINGS AND TO OUR KEYS 24/7.
IN THE CASE OF AN ALARM ACTIVATION ON OUR PART WHERE OUR STAFF GOES INTO SOME SORT OF LOCKDOWN PROTOCOL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO AND FIND THAT CUSTODIAN WHO'S HIDING OR THAT PRINCIPAL WHO'S IN A CLOSET SOMEWHERE THEY CAN GO AND BE SELF SUSTAINING.
AND THIS PICKS UP TIME AND AVAILABILITY FOR THEM TO GET TO THE PROBLEM AREA AND DEAL WITH IT.
OUR PROJECTED COMPLETION OF THIS AGAIN IS GOING TO BE SUMMER OF 2023 AND IT WILL INCLUDE TRAINING THAT WILL GO OUT TO BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL PARTNERS. ANOTHER ONE OF OUR OUR NEWEST INITIATIVES IS THE VESTIBULES THAT WE'RE ADDING TO SCHOOLS.
AS PICTURED, THESE VESTIBULES ARE DESIGNED TO FUNNEL VISITORS INTO OUR MAIN OFFICE PORTION OF THE BUILDING WHERE THEY CAN PROPERLY BE SCREENED AND BE ALLOWED INTO OUR SCHOOLS VIA ACCESS CONTROL EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE.
THIS WILL LIMIT THOSE PEOPLE THAT CAN GET IN THE BUILDING THAT DON'T BELONG THERE.
AGAIN, THIS IS TO BOLSTER THEIR EQUIPMENT.
I KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL MEGA TRAILERS THAT ARE GOING TO GO IN TO SITES AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW BOTH OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS ACCESS IN AND OUT OF THE BUILDING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP THEM AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THESE REQUESTS WILL ALSO BE FOR ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING ADDED TO SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS TO ASSIST THEM TO GET CHILDREN IN AND OUT QUICKLY AND SAFELY. WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE OUR RAVE APP AND TO MONITOR AGENCIES AND CRITICAL INCIDENTS THAT TAKE PLACE AT OUR SCHOOLS.
AND WE'RE IN THE BEGINNING STAGES OF PLANNING AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS CONTROL EXCUSE ME, AN ACTIVE SHOOTER SCENARIO TRAINING WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CELL.
AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'LL GLADLY ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. PIKE. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SUBJECT AND APPRECIATE YOU HERE BEING HERE TO TO UPDATE US ON ONE OF OUR NUMBER ONE GOALS, WHICH IS KEEPING OUR KIDS AND STAFF SAFE.SO, BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. HARTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU, GLENN, FOR COMING OUT HERE.
SO THE RAVE APP THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR FACULTY AND FOR OUR TEACHERS.
SO IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR EVERY TEACHER TO DOWNLOAD THAT APP? NO, SIR, IT'S NOT. DO WE HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN EVERY SCHOOL WHERE THERE'S A REQUIREMENT, LIKE ADMINISTRATORS? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
THE IP CAMERAS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN.
DO WE HAVE AVAILABILITY YET? AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME TALK BEFORE WHERE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY LOG IN TO MONITOR SITUATION IF IT WAS GOING ON.
IT WAS BASED ON THE THE ANALOG SYSTEM.
IT HAS TO BE UPDATED. AND WE WERE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH THE COUNTY I.T.
SO THE ELECTRONIC KEY CONTROL ALMOST DONE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS SECURITY IS KIND OF MY BACKGROUND, BUT THE ELECTRONIC KEY CONTROLS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, THAT IS HOW FIRE MEDICAL POLICE WOULD GAIN ACCESS TO A SCHOOL AFTER HOURS, CORRECT? YES. THOSE BOXES. HAS IT EVER BEEN BROUGHT UP THE TALK ABOUT LIKE DOOR WEDGES FOR CLASSROOMS? IT WASN'T. AND I JUST OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, I HAD A COUPLE OF TEACHERS REACH OUT AND I KNOW THAT MAYBE WE TALKED ABOUT IT A YEAR OR TWO AGO, BUT WHAT DID WE EVER COME UP WITH ON THOSE? WERE THEY EFFECTIVE? NOT REALLY EFFECTIVE? THE ONES THAT USE IT, IF THEY DON'T TRAIN ON THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS, IT'S THE CONFIDENCE AND IT'S LIKE ANY MUSCLE MEMORY.
ALL OF OUR DOORS WERE EQUIPPED WITH LOCKS.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I KNOW TALKED ABOUT, LIKE OUR ACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, I KNOW THAT EVEN BEING A TEACHER, YOU'RE KIND OF GIVEN AN OVERVIEW OF REALLY HOW YOU WOULD REACT.
BUT I GUESS THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF THE OTHER SECURITY FEATURES, HOW WE'RE WE'RE ADDING THESE, ARE WE THINKING ABOUT A MORE OF A ROBUST KIND OF TRAINING, MAYBE DURING A WORKWEEK WHERE THEY GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ON RESPONSES? IF WE'VE UPDATED ANY RESPONSES, WHAT TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO KEEP THEMSELVES AND THEIR STUDENTS SAFE? RIGHT. AS PART OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN INSIDE OF IT THIS YEAR, THERE'S A VIDEO THAT WE ACTUALLY MADE IN COOPERATION WITH THE COMMUNITY POLICING DIVISION, WHICH ACTUALLY SHOWS AN EVENT AT A SCHOOL WHERE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER TAKES PLACE AND IT TALKS THEM THROUGH EVERYTHING, SHOWS THE RESPONSE THAT THE POLICE THE POLICE COME IN AND DO AND WHAT WE EXPECT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL.
BUT ROUNDABOUT, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOMEONE FULL TIME TO DO IT.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, TRYING TO WORK THAT IN TO A MEMBER OF MY STAFF TO WHERE WE COULD GET OUT PHYSICALLY TO EVERY BUILDING AND START MORE OF A ROBUST PLAN WITH THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.
MS. BAILEY SO THAT BRINGS ME TO MY QUESTION.
IF YOU COULD TELL US AS A BOARD, WHAT IS THE 1, 2, 3 THINGS THAT YOU REALLY WISH YOU HAD THAT WOULD KEEP OUR STUDENTS SAFE THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WHAT IS IT IS BECAUSE I HEAR EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING AND WE'RE DOING A LOT, BUT THERE'S PROBABLY SOME THINGS THAT YOU WISH WE COULD DO IN ADDITION.
WHAT WOULD THAT BE? WELL, I HOPE I'M NOT STEPPING OUTSIDE OF MY CHAIN OF COMMAND HERE, BUT YES, MA'AM, THERE ARE THREE AVENUES THAT I HAVE TO APPROACH. THE FIRST COURSE IS THE PHYSICAL SECURITY PART, AND WE'VE DONE A LOT WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND IT AND EVERYONE WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, PARTICULARLY ON MY END.
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I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO HAVE A MEMBER OF MY OFFICE THAT'S DEDICATED SOLELY TO TRAINING SOMEONE THAT CAN I CAN GET OUT AND GET IN.THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT WE COULD BRING IN AND WE COULD DO A LOT OF HANDS ON TRAINING WITH THEM AND GET THEM MORE INVOLVED IN THE SCENARIOS AND MAKE THAT REALLY PART OF THAT OPERATIONAL SCHEME OF WHAT THEY DO.
THOSE THOSE WOULD BE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
THANK YOU. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU NOW THEN FOR NEXT BUDGET SEASON TO PLEASE PUT THAT INTO A DOLLAR SUM, PUT YOUR WISH LIST DOWN INTO A BUDGET REQUEST, AND THEN WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE.
WELCOME. MS. HAINES. THANK YOU. THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS, MISS BAILEY, BECAUSE ALONG THE LINE OF BRINGING IT UP, WHY THE NUMBERS 7% TEACHER SHORTAGE.
IF WE DON'T KIND OF SHARE THE THE HARD FACTS, THEN IT'S HARDER TO GET IT IN THE BUDGET.
RIGHT. I'M STILL GOING TO DREAM, BUT WE THIS IS CRITICAL, THOSE THREE THINGS.
WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO DO THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THAT'S CORRECT. IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MA'AM.
YEAH. SO YOU HAVE THE CREDENTIALS AND THAT'S IMPORTANT.
IT'S REASSURING. SO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. AND NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON LOOKING FORWARD 2022 TO 2023 FROM DR.
[F. Moving Forward]
DAUGHTERY. IF YOU THINK I'M GOING TO LET THAT LAST COMMENT GO, THAT'S ON RECORD.ONLY FOR SIX MONTHS. AND AND JUST SO YOU KNOW AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT AS WELL.
AND I AM PLEASED WHERE WE'RE GOING.
WE'RE NOT THERE YET, BUT WE KEEP.
THE FIRST PERSON THAT I CAME IN WHEN I MET WITH GLENN, WE TALKED ABOUT SECURITY.
MY FIRST DAY HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT IT EVERY DAY.
THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW.
JUST AS WE ARE FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS AT LEAST, OUR TOTAL FOCUS WILL BE ON INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND GETTING BETTER ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. WE WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED WITH SOME OF OUR TESTING.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT HOW HARD OUR TEACHERS WORKED.
OUR PARENTS WORKED WITH THEIR CHILDREN, HOW OUR CHILDREN WORKED.
BUT WE WE NOW HAVE A BASELINE AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TACKLE THAT BASELINE FULFILLED WHEN WE HAVE OUR RETREAT COMING UP NEXT WEEK WITH ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS. THE ENTIRE RETREAT IS INSTRUCTION AND NOTHING ELSE WILL OCCUR DURING THAT TIME.
WE HAD A CAMPUS WEEK OVER AT HALL STREET AND SEVERAL KIDS THERE.
THE FINAL TOTALS WILL BE HERE IN SEPTEMBER, AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
WE DO KNOW THAT WE DID SHAKE 4700 HANDS TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO INSTRUCTION. SO ONE THING YOU NEED TO KNOW IS THAT WE HAVE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OF THREE CRITICAL AREAS OUR CURRICULUM, CONTENT AREA OR PORTAL, EASY ACCESS FOR ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND CURRICULUM AND INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED AND WHAT TO TEACH AND HOW TO TEACH IT AND ACCESSORIES FOR THEM.
OUR LITERACY PLAN AND WE FEEL THAT WE ARE IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THE STATE TO COME OUT.
BUT WITH OUR SCIENCE OF READING PHILOSOPHY AND LOOKING AT ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK TO OUR PRE-K TO THIRD GRADE TEACHERS, THAT REALLY THE THE EXCITEMENT THAT THEY'RE GENERATING BECAUSE HOW WE'RE LOOKING INTO LITERACY NOW TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS HAVE THEIR PHONICS DOWN, MAKE SURE THE KIDS HAVE UNDERSTANDING OF AWARENESS AND OTHER AREAS, AND THEN THE ASSESSMENTS.
WE ARE GETTING RID OF SOME NWA ASSESSMENT.
WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE NWA ASSESSMENT FOR WRITING FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL.
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WE DO THINK THAT IS A WEAKNESS IN OUR COUNTY.WHEN WE'RE STRONG, WE'RE STRONG.
AND WHEN WE NEED TO IMPROVE, WE NEED TO IMPROVE.
THIS IS AN AREA WE NEED TO IMPROVE.
I MEAN, WRITING WAS GOING TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE START PRESSING IT A LITTLE HARDER.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT WE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOU'VE HAD CHILDREN, YOU KNOW ABOUT MYON.
YOU KNOW ABOUT ALEKS, YOU KNOW ABOUT DREAMBOX.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A STRONG CONNECTION TO LEARNING.
THEY ARE NOT THE TEACHING TOOL.
THEY ARE A SUPPLEMENT TO LEARNING.
AND THE KIDS LIKE TO DO IT AND IT ENHANCES WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED.
AND I THINK THAT'S THE KEY FOR US.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR EVALUATIONS OF APPLICATIONS.
SPECIAL EDUCATION. WE ARE TAKING A BIG, BIG, DEEP DOVE INTO THIS.
WE HAVE REALIGNED OUR ENTIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE YOU WILL MEET THE NEW DIRECTOR TONIGHT.
WE HAVE MADE A BIG COMMITMENT TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ADDRESS TIER ONE AND TIER TWO, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE PRACTICES THAT WE USE AND ADJUSTING THEM.
AND I AM PLEASED TO SAY THAT TALKING WITH DR.
GAUL, THAT WE ARE SEEING SOME SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES OCCURRING FOR US.
AND THIS IS AN ONGOING THING FOR US THAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
AND THAT'S THE THIS NEW GOAL FOR US IS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE THINK WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST AND STRONG PLAN THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE, BUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GROW, PEOPLE TO GET INTO, TEACH EACH OTHER IN THE SCHOOL, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN A TRAINER MODEL, LOOK AT ADVANCEMENT ON HOW TO IMPROVE AND WHERE YOU ARE.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IMPROVEMENT OF GROWTH OF LEADERS AND A LOT OF TIMES TEACHERS, THEY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THE CLASSROOM, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE A LEAD IN THE BUILDING TO DO SOMETHING.
OUR PROGRAMING DONE A GREAT JOB.
AND THESE ARE JUST SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS, BUT OVER 7000 CREDENTIALS EARNED THIS PAST YEAR.
AND WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR SEVERAL PROGRAMS TO GIVE US THEIR FINAL TOTALS.
AND STUDENTS WILL BE TAKING THEIR TEST EVEN THIS SUMMER TO GET CREDENTIALED, AS WELL AS OVER 11,000 WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES WITH OVER 240 PARTNERS BUSINESSES.
AND IN SEPTEMBER, THEY SHOWED UP.
WE HAD OVER 80 BUSINESSES AND 500 STUDENTS SHOW UP.
AND A LOT OF THE STUDENTS WALKED OUT WITH JOBS AND HAVE JOBS.
UNDER SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND OUR DIRECTORS AND DR.
[INAUDIBLE], SHE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
I THINK OUR DIRECTORS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, HAVE GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN WORKING WITH THEIR NOT ONLY THEIR PRINCIPALS, BUT ALSO WORKING WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO HELP OUR SCHOOLS GET BETTER.
AND WE'VE SORT OF TAKEN OUT THESE SILOS SO PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER AND HAVE REALLY COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS ON HOW TO GET BETTER OPPORTUNITY. AND I WANTED TO GET TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE, EVERY SCHOOL HAS A SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. EVEN AT A RETREAT, THEY WILL HAVE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND TALK ABOUT THEIR DATA AND LOOKING AT, OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED? WHAT DO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS? WHERE DO WE HAVE TO GO? IS OUR THIRD GRADE STRONG? IS OUR FIFTH GRADE. IS OUR THIRD GRADE.
WHAT AREAS? YOU KNOW, EVEN LOOKING AT ATTENDANCE, LOOKING AT HOW DO WE IMPROVE ATTENDANCE? HOW DO WE IMPROVE BEHAVIOR? ALL OF THESE THINGS IN OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, THE GREATER WE HAVE WITH ENGAGEMENT, THE LESS PROBLEMS YOU HAVE IN THE BUILDING.
SO I THINK WE ARE IN GREAT SHAPE WITH LOOKING AT NOT ONLY OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, BUT HOW OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT MAKES US SO MUCH BETTER THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAUSE OUR PRINCIPALS TALK AND THEY SHARE AND THEY TAKE FOR ONE ANOTHER.
OUR EQUITY AND STUDENTS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE OUR MIRROR ME CLASS TONIGHT.
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HELP WITH SOME OF THE [INAUDIBLE] INFORMATION THAT WE GET, HOW DO WE HELP OUR STUDENTS OUT? BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A CONSTANT ISSUE FOR US AND IT DOESN'T STOP IN THE SUMMER.AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO NOT ONLY BE CONSISTENT OF WHAT WE DO, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS AS WELL.
AND SO THIS OPPORTUNITY ALL TIES INTO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN BECAUSE WE WANT OUR STUDENTS TO BE WELL VERSED AND FEEL COMFORTABLE IN OUR BUILDINGS KNOWING THAT THERE'S INSTRUCTION GOING ON AND THAT THEY'RE THERE TO LEARN.
AND THAT WILL BE OUR FOCUS TO OUR PARENTS AND OUR STUDENTS THIS SUMMER, THAT WHEN YOU COME BACK THIS YEAR, THIS IS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE IT STAYS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. AND FOR STUDENTS WHO HAVE SOME DIFFICULTY WITH THAT, WE WILL HAVE ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR THEM.
WE HAD OVERSTAFFED AS WELL IF YOU REMEMBER SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD PUT IN A LARGE FLOW OF STAFF MEMBERS AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO THAT.
SO THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
BUT OUR STAFF ARE REALLY WORKING OUT WITH THAT.
MY GOAL IS TO HAVE TWO MORE SITES.
THAT'S OUR GOAL. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
OKAY, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD, GOOD TEAMWORK THERE.
I'M NOT GOING TO TALK MUCH ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, TIM.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, BRIAN WAS LEAVING AND WE LOOKED AT THINGS AND HOW DO WE REALLY LOOK AT DIG INTO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO HAVE? AND WE REALIZED WE NEEDED TWO SHOPS.
ONE WAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE AND ONE WAS THE SYSTEM PIECE.
AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK WHERE WE WERE IN 18 WHEN I GOT HERE AND WHERE WE ARE NOW IS LIGHT YEARS AHEAD.
THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR THIS SUMMER INTO THE SCHOOL YEAR IS PHENOMENAL.
NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT HVAC UNTIL IT DOESN'T WORK.
YOU KNOW, WE WORRY ABOUT WATER NOW.
AND WE HAD SYSTEMS THAT WEREN'T ON FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
NOW WE'RE TURNING THEM BACK ON AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THEY'RE READY TO GO? BUT I'VE BEEN ASSURED THAT WE WILL BE 100% READY AS WE START THE SCHOOL YEAR TO KNOCK IT OUT OF THE PARK FOR OUR FACILITIES.
CONSTRUCTION, WAITING FOR THE GROUNDBREAKING OPPORTUNITY AT FALLING CREEK MIDDLE.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR WE'LL BE READY FOR THE WILLIAMS. AND THEN EVERYBODY, WE'RE GOING TO VOTE YES FOR SOMETHING THAT'S COMING IN NOVEMBER.
I'M NOT ALLOWED TO. YOU CAN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD SOME SCHOOLS.
BUT ELEMENTARY, WE CAN DO SOME WORK AT A TIME WITH SOME OF OUR AREAS TO LOOK AT OVERCROWDING.
TRANSPORTATION. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT WE HAVE DRIVERS AND WE'RE GOING TO AND I KNOW EVERYONE IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE DRIVERS SPEAKING WITH THEM, LOOKING AT HOW TO ACCELERATE SOME BUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THAT MAY COME WITH PURCHASING MORE BUSSES.
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ACCELERATE THAT TO GET MORE BUSSES IN? THEY HAVE BECOME MORE EFFICIENT.AND IT SAVES US BY GETTING THE NEW BUSSES.
WE HAVE BUSSES THAT ARE OVER 15, 20 YEARS OLD AND WE'RE TRYING TO REPLACE THEM AS QUICK AS WE CAN.
SAFETY SECURITY. GLENN TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THE CAMERAS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS THE LAST 16 SCHOOLS THE CAMERA CONTRACT HAS BEEN SIGNED.
WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO PUT IT IN.
WE WANT TO GET THE RIGHT COMPANY WITH THE RIGHT CAMERA EQUIPMENT.
AND IT IS HIGHLY DIGITAL AND WHICH WE THINK, YOU KNOW.
YOU CAN READ THE LICENSE PLATE FROM THE ROAD AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE PIMPLE ON YOUR FACE.
WE ARE WE WILL SHARE WITH YOU IN THE FALL.
THE FIRST ROUND OF THE VESTIBULE PROJECT WHEN THEY ARE COMPLETED.
AND THEN WE HAVE A PLAN OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.
COMMUNICATIONS [INAUDIBLE] SEAN AND HIS TEAM ARE LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT A NEW WEBSITE WHICH WILL BE HAVE MORE ACCESS AND EASIER TO USE FOR OUR FAMILIES.
THEY'RE REALLY WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY THEY DOT ALL THE I'S AND CROSS ALL THE T'S.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO KEEP GETTING THE INFORMATION OUT TO OUR FAMILIES MEANINGFUL AND MEANINGFUL INFORMATION AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING VIDEOS CALLED MINUTES WITH MERV.
3 MINUTES REAL QUICK OR TAKE THEIR TIME, BUT ALSO AS SOME QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
FACE DOES A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH JUST GETTING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND GETTING OUR PARTNERS INVOLVED AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE YOU'LL SEE TONIGHT THE PARENT INVOLVEMENT PIECE WHERE PEOPLE HAVE GRADUATED FROM OUR PROGRAM AND OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND OUR STUDENT LEADERSHIP TEAMS WITH ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMING. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMING IS TO SAVE STUDENTS.
IT'S NOT YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, BUT IT'S TO SAVE THEM.
AND HOW DO WE GET THEM TO THE FINISH LINE? AND THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AND CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THEM BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE BEHIND THE SCENES PEOPLE THAT DO A GREAT JOB AND THE PRINT SHOP IS GOING VERY WELL.
AND THAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY IS, AS WE DO SOME OF THEIR WORK, HAS BEEN GOING EXTREMELY WELL.
FINANCE AND BUDGET, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE.
BUT AGAIN, PUSHING WHERE WE ARE, WE STILL HAVE THE COUNTY WORK.
THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT ESSER AND HOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO END.
SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED THERE.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUMMER SCHOOL.
WE HAVE SOME INCREASED PAY OPPORTUNITIES, INCENTIVES TO GET SOME PEOPLE TO WORK IN THE SUMMER.
AND YOU HEARD FROM KIM AND HER TEAM AND THEY ARE TRULY WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE WE FIND EVERYBODY WHO CAN BE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THE RIGHT PEOPLE FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL.
AND THEY'VE GOT WE'VE YOU'LL HEAR IN AUGUST SOME OUTSIDE THE BOX THINKING OF HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COVER CLASSES AND REALLY LOOK AT SOME ONLINE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THE KIDS GET INSTRUCTION EVERY DAY AND SOME CRITICAL NEED AREAS.
AND PROBABLY IN OCTOBER YOU'LL GET A REPORT ON THE TOTAL NUMBER IN ENROLLMENT.
I KNOW ENROLLMENT IS JUMPING UP.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE ENROLLING QUICKLY AND THEY HAVEN'T STOPPED BUILDING.
NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY THINKS, THEY'RE STILL PUTTING A LOT OF HOMES UP.
JUST A COUPLE INITIATIVES. THE RECOVERY PROGRAM WILL OPEN ON AUGUST 22ND, THAT MONDAY.
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WE WILL HAVE A FULL REPORT FOR THE BOARD ON OPERATIONS AND IN AUGUST.BUT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE APPRECIATE THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE.
AND ALSO WE HAVE SOME PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS THAT ARE SUPPORTING US ONE TIME OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE ALL OF OUR OLD SCIENCE TABLES IN THE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AREAS.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AREAS, MOSELEY 25TH OF JULY, RIBBON CUTTING, GO IN AND SEE THE BUILDING AND WE OPEN UP IN AUGUST. AND WE DO HAVE A BOND REFERENDUM IN NOVEMBER FOR REBUILD AND NEW SCHOOLS AND QUICKLY THAT WAS MY REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM CHAIR? THANK YOU, DOCTOR. THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT.
WE WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
YES. YEAH. DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT UPDATE THE STATE OF CCPS.
BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
YOU MENTIONED AUGUST 24TH AS THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR FALLING CREEK.
I JUST LOOKED, THAT'S NOT ON MY CALENDAR.
IS THAT SET IN STONE? NEVER MIND. I THINK THE DATE WAS AUGUST OF 2024.
YEAH. OH, LET'S GROUND BREAK NOW.
YEAH, BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT GROUND BREAKING.
MS. BAILEY, I'M READY TO START THAT BUILDING MERV.
MS. BAILEY, I'LL JUST SAY IT AGAIN FOR THE RECORD, WE WANT TO OPEN THE SCHOOL WITH A RIBBON CUTTING.
THE GROUNDBREAKING WILL OCCUR SOMETIME IN THE NEXT AS SOON AS THEY GET THE CONTRACT.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE GOT TO BREAK THE GROUND BEFORE WE CAN OPEN THE SCHOOL.
SO I'M JUST SURE I'M JUST MAKING SURE IT'S ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR TWO YEARS FROM NOW.
I NEED IT. I'M LIKE, LET'S BREAK THAT GROUND.
JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS.
SO EXCITING. IN ADDITION TO THE DUAL ENROLLMENT AND AP CREDIT UPDATE, I THINK IT'D BE GREAT TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH ADVANCED DIPLOMAS BY HIGH SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S KIND OF A THAT'S THE SHARED GOAL OF ACCESS TO RIGOR FOR ALL.
WE'LL HAVE ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL DATA FOR YOU. AWESOME.
AND I'M GETTING QUESTIONS WHEN TO EXPECT THE GUIDE.
AND SO WE'VE SHARED OUR GUIDES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE STATE.
OKAY. AWESOME. I THINK THE ONE REQUEST WOULD THAT WE NOT USE THE WORD BALANCED ANYMORE.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE THING I HEAR THE MOST IS IF LUCY CAULKINS, WHO'S LIKE THE ONE WHO STARTED THE WHOLE BALANCED LITERACY THING HAS RETRACTED. IT JUST IT HELPS SET THE TONE OF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING NEW.
[G. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments]
NEXT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS.SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS? THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING, JUNE 7TH, 2022, AT 6:30 P.M..
[H. Adjournment into Closed Session]
CONFERENCE ROOM. MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THIS ITEMS FOR TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION.IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.23-711.A OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTION ONE, THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL MATTERS AND THE EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF A SPECIFIC EMPLOYEE, AND TO THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORDS.
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.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
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DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE.AYE. WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION.
SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THE BOARD IS NOW IN OPEN SESSION.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE CLOSED SESSION.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES AND TO ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED SESSION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.
SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/15 IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE STUDENT MATTERS? IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/19RE, 2021-22/20RE, 2021 -22/21RE IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/41HR.
IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2021-22/42HR IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE. RYAN HARTER.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? CASE NUMBER 2021-22/43HR.
IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.