Sep 13, 2022 September 13, 2022 - Work Session - 4 p.m.

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LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN.

SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2022.

[A. Meeting Opening]

FIRST WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE JAMES RIVER SOIL AND WATER.

[B. James River Soil & Water Presentation]

WE WILL MAKE THIS QUICK, BUT FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT WITH ANY QUESTIONS AND ALSO LEAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AT THE END.

THIS IS OUR DISTRICT MANAGER, BRIANA MOORING.

SO SHE IS ONE OF OUR TWO STAFF MEMBERS.

AND THIS IS NIKO CHURCHILL, ONE OF MY INTERNS.

AND SO WE ARE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AND WE HAVE CHESTERFIELD AND PRINCE GEORGE COUNTIES.

AND SO HERE ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SO CAREY LYNN ALLEN AND MYSELF WERE THE TWO ELECTED DIRECTORS.

WE ALSO HAVE APPOINTED AND APPOINTED ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS.

SO INTRO TO ME.

I DID USED TO BE ON A SCHOOL BOARD, SO EDUCATION'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

I RUN AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

FOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AGED 14 YEARS AND UP.

WE'VE HAD 43 PEOPLE WHO HAVE STARTED OR COMPLETED OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AS OF TODAY.

IT'S A WORK, A MINIMUM OF 5 HOURS PER WEEK FOR A MINIMUM OF 12 WEEKS, WHICH IS 60 HOURS IN TOTAL.

AND THE WEEKS DON'T HAVE TO BE NECESSARILY CONSECUTIVE.

THIS IS AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP WITH THE OPTION OF RECEIVING SCHOOL CREDIT.

INTERNS WILL THEN HELP CHOOSE THEIR OWN ASSIGNMENTS AND CHOOSE THEIR OWN HOURS AND DOCUMENT THOSE HOURS ON A VIRTUAL RECORDING DOCUMENT.

AND THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AS AN INTERNSHIP WITHIN CHESTERFIELD HIGH SCHOOL'S WORK BASED LEARNING INITIATIVE.

AND NICO HERE, WHO IS NOT A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, BUT HE DID GRADUATE FROM MIDLOTHIAN HIGH.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM.

WE'VE HAD, I THINK NOW SIX INTERNS FROM CHESTERFIELD PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL, THREE CURRENTLY.

SO WE'VE HAD STUDENTS FROM LC BIRD, CLOVER HILL, THOMAS DALE, MANCHESTER HIGH, JAMES RIVER, MIDLOTHIAN HIGH.

SO GOOD RANGE.

AND WE HAVE COLLEGE AND MASTER'S STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AS WELL.

AND SO WHAT WE DO, THESE ARE TWO MAIN PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO VCAP AND BACKS VIRGINIA CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF VIRGINIA AGRICULTURE COST SHARE.

SO WE DO A LOT TO TRY TO GIVE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITY TO HELP PREVENT EROSION AND RUNOFF, BOTH WITH HOMEOWNERS AND WITH FARMERS.

AND SO SOMETIMES WHAT OUR INTERNS WILL DO IS PROMOTE THESE SERVICES.

SO WE HAVE A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

THERE'S A REALLY LONG LIST.

I AM MOSTLY GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE TITLES OF EVERYTHING WE DO BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE 10 MINUTES TO GO THROUGH EACH PROGRAM.

BUT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE.

A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE ACTIVE WITHIN K THROUGH 12 AND WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT WERE PROMOTING THESE PROGRAMS TO.

AND SO RAINBOW WORKSHOP, THAT IS THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM THAT WE DO.

WE HAVE IN MARATHON FOR NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADERS.

HEATH CONSERVATION LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.

THAT'S THROUGH OUR NINTH THROUGH 12 CONSERVATION CAMP, NINTH THROUGH 12TH.

IT'S AT VIRGINIA TECH IN THE SUMMER.

SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE BECAUSE THIS IS NEW.

SO WE HAVE THE JAMES RIVER STORM WATER, DONALD BAGSHAW MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP.

THIS IS FOR 12TH GRADE STUDENTS.

SO LAST YEAR, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT WE IMPLEMENTED THIS SCHOLARSHIP.

SO IT'S FOR STUDENTS WITH 3.0 GPA OR HIGHER, AND THEY HAVE TO BE STUDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD OR PRINCE GEORGE.

AND SO WE PROVIDE A ONE SCHOLARSHIP FOR 1500.

THERE'S ALSO THE 12TH GRADE COLLEGE FRESHMAN SCHOLARSHIP FROM SLOAN WATER STATEWIDE, BUT THAT'S FOR THREE INDIVIDUALS.

BUT IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE OR WAYS THAT WE SHOULD PROMOTE DONALD BAGSHAW MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT.

IDEAS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE GIVE RESOURCES TO OUR STUDENTS.

CONSERVATION EDUCATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

K THROUGH 12.

SO WE, THERE'S A STATEWIDE COMPETITION FOR THE CONSERVATION EDUCATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY NOMINATED A TEACHER WHO ONE OF THE INTERNS AT JAMES RIVER SUGGESTED.

HE TOLD ME, THIS TEACHER SO AMAZING.

AND I SAID, I LOVE THAT.

I DON'T KNOW YOUR TEACHER.

AND HE ACTUALLY WROTE THE NOMINATION AND HE WAS LIKE, WHEN'S IT DUE? AND I WAS LIKE, TOMORROW.

HE'S LIKE, THAT'S FINE.

AND HE WAS GOING AND WROTE THIS LIKE THREE PAGE PAPER ABOUT WHY THIS TEACHER IS AMAZING.

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HE GATHERED ALL THIS RESEARCH.

SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL GET SO EXCITED AND GET INVOLVED IN SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. POSTER CONTEST IS FOR K THROUGH 12 AS WELL.

AND SO WE HAVE THIS COMPETITION, I BELIEVE IN THE FALL, BUT WE TAKE POSTERS ANNUALLY.

AND SO THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PROGRAM.

YOU CAN ALSO RECEIVE A SCOUT PATCH IF YOU DO THE POSTER AND YOU'RE ALSO IN A IN A SCOUT GROUP.

SO THE SCOUT PATCH, YOU SEE THE POSTER CONTEST PATCH WE HAVE THE LIVING IN YOUR WATERSHED PATCH AND SO EXPERT PATCH AND SO EACH ONE IS FOR A DIFFERENT AGE GROUP.

SO ONE'S THIRD GRADE ABOVE, FOURTH GRADE OR ABOVE AND ONE'S KINDERGARTEN AND ABOVE, WE HAVE FIELD DAYS.

SO IN CLASS, FIELD TRIP SIGNS AS WELL, OBJECTIVES.

AND BRIANNA GOES TO SCHOOLS AND DOES SOME TEACHING IN THE CLASSROOMS. WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP FACEBOOK CLOSE TO.

FAN CLUB AND THE GARDEN CLUB AGAIN, GIVE US ALL ON WATER.

AND ACTUALLY TWO OF OUR LOGOS FOR THESE FACEBOOK CLUBS WERE CREATED BY ONE OF OUR TEST [INAUDIBLE] INTERNS.

AND WE HAVE A LITTLE FREE SEED LIBRARY, SO YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT OUTSIDE OF THE CENTRAL LIBRARY.

SO I DIDN'T LET THE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOOLERS USE POWER TOOLS.

I BUILT IT, BUT THEY HELPED ME WITH LOOKING UP BLUEPRINTS AND BUILDING BEST PRACTICES AND COMING UP WITH IDEAS AND WHO SHOULD BE AT THE RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY SO THAT WE HAD A LOT OF STRATEGY AND OUTREACH SESSIONS THAT THEY HELPED WITH.

SO WE HAVE TWO BOOTHS AT CHESTERFEST COUNTY FAIR AND MIDLOTHIAN DAY, WHICH HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAVE SOME INTERNS WHO APPLY FROM TO THE PROGRAM THROUGH THESE BOOTHS AND OTHER INTERNS APPLY FROM THEIR TEACHERS LETTING THEM KNOW ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

FUNDING. SO OUR FUNDING IS THROUGH THE DCR, SO IT'S THROUGH THE STATE AND IT'S THROUGH THE CHESTERFIELD BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THROUGH THE PRINCE GEORGE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.

THAT IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, BUT THAT IS SOME OF OUR PARTNERS.

AND WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY SO WE COULD LEAVE IT UP MORE TO QUESTIONS AND HAVE MORE OF A CONVERSATION.

SO WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR US? FIRST, I'LL JUST START BY SAYING THANK YOU, MS. THOMPSON, AND YOUR TEAM FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION TO NOT ONLY SHARE WITH US, BUT TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO NOW I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE BOARD MEMBERS WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

UM. I WAS CURIOUS IF YOU WERE AWARE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE CALLED THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THE REASON I BRING IT OUT IS IN THE PAST, CONVERSATION HAS CENTERED AROUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY DOING? HOW CAN WE CONNECT WITH THEM? AND SO I NOTICED SOME THERE'S INCREDIBLE INFORMATION IN YOUR SLIDE DECK AND DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO GET IT TO ESAC, BUT ALSO WONDER IF YOU WANT TO PRESENT TO ESAC AND MIGHT FORM A CONNECTION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS ESAC COMMITTEE.

THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. AND WHEN DO THEY GENERALLY MEET? YOU KNOW. OUR NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 21ST.

NEXT AT 5:30.

AND IT'S ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE MEETING AT THE LA PRAD LIBRARY TO BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE.

THAT'S PERFECT, BECAUSE I ALSO LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR INTERNS.

SO IF THEY'RE DONE WITH HIGH SCHOOL AT THAT TIME, IT WOULD BE EXCELLENT IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME AS WELL AND THEY COULD EVEN JOIN IT BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES IT'S HARDER TO FIND APPLICANTS TO FILL SPOT THESE DAYS WITH EVERYBODY SO BUSY AND IS ALSO WONDERFUL TO HAVE STUDENT VOICE SO MAYBE SOME STUDENTS WANT MIGHT WANT TO APPLY IF THERE IS A SEAT OPEN.

PERFECT. APPRECIATE IT.

MISS BAILEY. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION WITH THE SCHOLARSHIP, IF YOU'RE NOT ALREADY AWARE THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS, THERE'S USUALLY A COUNSELOR THAT'S APPOINTED TO HANDLE THE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO CERTAINLY GET THE SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION TO THE LEAD COUNSELOR AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNSELOR THAT IS IN CHARGE OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS WILL PUT THAT IN THEIR LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

PERFECT. IS THAT SOMETHING WE WOULD DO ONCE AND IT WOULD STAY? OR SHOULD WE ANNUALLY SEND IT? I WOULD ANNUALLY SEND IT.

OKAY. PERFECT. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME AND SHARE THIS WITH US.

AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I KNOW I REALLY I DID NOT ANTICIPATE THAT MUCH WORK WAS BEING DONE BY YOUR TEAM.

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AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE INTERNSHIPS AND THE WORKPLACE LEARNING.

IT'S WONDERFUL THAT ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE CAN HAVE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, BUT IT'S EVEN I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL WHEN IT IS, IT'S SO DEEPLY CONNECTED WITH OUR WITH OUR SCHOOLS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THAT'S ALWAYS FUN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON HEALTH AND DENTAL CONTRACTS.

[C. Health and Dental Contracts]

WE WILL HAVE CLAIRE HARLAN FROM USI.

SHE'S THE CONSULTANT TO COME AND GIVE A REVIEW OF OUR HEALTH AND DENTAL RENEWAL.

PRELIMINARY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

SO MY PURPOSE TODAY IS REALLY TO WALK THROUGH THE RENEWAL PROCESS THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH.

I SERVICE A CONSULTANT THAT WORKS WITH THE SCHOOLS AND THE COUNTIES EVERY YEAR TO KIND OF STRATEGICALLY MANAGE YOUR HEALTH AND DENTAL PLANS.

SO THIS YEAR, IN 2022 WAS OUR FIRST YEAR WITH ANTHEM FOR YOUR MEDICAL AND PRESCRIPTION DRUG PLAN UNDER OUR NEW CONTRACT.

SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE PRELIMINARY PROJECTION EARLIER THIS YEAR, IT WAS COMING BACK TO AN 11.2% INCREASE TO CURRENT BUDGET RATES THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO INTO EFFECT FOR JANUARY OF 2023.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF AN UNDERSTANDING, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE MOST RECENT DATA THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME, WHICH WAS LOOKING AT A TIME PERIOD OF MAY OF 2020 THROUGH APRIL OF 2022.

AND BASED ON THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT IN THE COMBINED COUNTY AND SCHOOL PLAN OF 10,845 EMPLOYEES.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT PROJECTED EXPENSE, I'M TALKING ABOUT EXPECTED CLAIMS, FIXED FEES, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HSA ACCOUNTS, BUT BY CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND SCHOOLS FORMULARY DRUG REBATES.

AND WE ALSO ALWAYS INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF MARGIN FOR CLAIM FLUCTUATIONS TO COVER ANY UNEXPECTED EVENTS.

THERE'S ONLY ONE PLAN DESIGN THAT IS PROPOSED FOR 2023, AND IT RELATES TO THE LUMINOUS HSA PLAN.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO INCREASE THE CALENDAR YEAR DEDUCTIBLE TO REMAIN COMPLIANT WITH IRS REGULATIONS, AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BY IMPLEMENTING THAT PLAN CHANGE.

IT BROUGHT THE INCREASE DOWN FROM 11.2% TO TEN AND ONE HALF PERCENT.

UM, WHEN WE LOOKED AT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, AS I MENTIONED, WE WENT OUT TO MARKET FOR 2022 AND NEGOTIATED VERY COMPETITIVELY WITH ANTHEM AS WELL AS THE OTHER CARRIERS.

SO WE NEGOTIATED A MULTI YEAR RATE GUARANTEE FOR THIS FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES.

SO YOU'LL SEE NO CHANGES TO THAT COMPONENT OF THE PROGRAM.

THE OTHER COMPONENT IN YOUR PROGRAM THAT'S A FIXED FEE IS THE REINSURANCE OR SPECIFIC STOP LOSS FEE.

WHAT THIS RISK CHARGE DOES IS PROTECT CHESTERFIELD AGAINST PAYING ANY CLAIMS AGAINST CATASTROPHIC PARTICIPANTS ABOVE $300,000 PER PARTICIPANT.

WE ARE SEEING A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THAT FEE OF 36.1%.

IT'S AN ILLUSTRATIVE FEE.

AND IN A MOMENT I'LL GO INTO SOME MORE DETAIL ABOUT THAT.

ANTHEM DOES NOT RELEASE A FIRM FEE UNTIL OCTOBER, AND WE HAVE A STRATEGY TO TRY TO MANAGE THAT INCOME, NEGOTIATE THAT TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

SO AFTER WE PRESENTED THE PRELIMINARY RENEWAL, THERE WAS SOME CONVERSATION INTERNALLY AND THE COUNTY HAS DECIDED TO UTILIZE AVAILABLE SURPLUS FUNDS AND REDUCE THAT INCREASE TO THE COUNTY AND SCHOOLS, TO THE EMPLOYEES DOWN TO 5.3% INCREASE.

SO TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL THE RECOMMENDED ROAD AND WILL INCREASE FOR 2023 AS I MENTIONED STARTED AT 11.2%.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT, THE TOTAL PROJECTED EXPENSE FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023 IS $148.4 MILLION AND THAT'S A COMBINED COUNTY AND SCHOOLS COST. AND THAT INCLUDES BOTH THE COSTS THAT THE COUNTY AND SCHOOLS AS WELL AS EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROGRAM.

NET PAID CLAIMS DURING OUR REVIEW PERIOD THAT ENDED IN APRIL OF 2022 ACTUALLY WENT UP 13.8% COMPARED TO LAST RENEWAL.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS INCREASE IS BEING DRIVEN BY THE EXPERIENCE IN THE PLAN.

SO WE SAW A LOSS RATIO AND WHAT WE MEAN BY LOSS RATIOS, WE TAKE CLAIMS AND DIVIDE IT BY REVENUE.

IT INCREASED ON THE COUNTY SIDE FROM 82.1% TO 87.2%.

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SO WE DID A LITTLE DIGGING.

THE INCREASE IN CLAIMS IS BEING PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY AN INCREASE IN CATASTROPHIC CLAIMANTS.

SO WHEN THIS NUMBER, WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS FOR ANYBODY THAT HAD A CLAIM OF OVER $50,000, THERE WERE 428 INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THAT TOTAL GROUP.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT YOUR TOTAL GROUP, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE EMPLOYEES AND SPOUSES AND DEPENDENTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 20,000 FOLKS.

SO WE HAD 428 OF THOSE FOLKS WHO HAD CLAIMS OVER 50,000, AND THAT WAS A 4.6% INCREASE IN PEOPLE FROM LAST YEAR.

AND WE HAD 28 INDIVIDUALS WHO HAD A CLAIM IN EXCESS OF THAT 300,000 STOP LOSS LIMIT.

AND THAT'S A 40% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY HIT THAT LIMIT.

TOTAL CLAIMS PAID BY CHESTERFIELD FOR CLAIMANTS THAT HAD AT LEAST 50,000 IN CLAIMS WAS A $55.4 MILLION. SO THAT'S 428 PEOPLE HAD $55.4 MILLION IN CLAIMS, AND THAT'S ABOUT 45% OF YOUR TOTAL CLAIM SPENT. AS I MENTIONED ALREADY, THE MONTHLY ADMIN FEES, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ARE NOT CHANGING FROM 2022 TO 2023. WHEN I TALK ABOUT ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE CHARGED BY ANTHEM TO ADMINISTER THE MEDICAL AND THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG PROGRAM. THERE IS A NETWORK ACCESS FEE THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO WHERE THEY NEGOTIATE WITH ALL OF THE PROVIDERS.

THERE IS A PHARMACY REBATE CREDIT.

THERE IS A FEE FOR ANTHEM'S HEALTH APP THAT THEY CALL THE SYDNEY HEALTH APP AND A CLINICAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THEY CALL TOTAL HEALTH TOTAL PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE FULLY INSURED VISION FEE.

AS A PART OF OUR RFP PROCESS IN 2021, ANTHEM HAS SHIFTED THE REBATE PAYMENTS ON THE PHARMACY PROGRAM FROM A QUARTERLY RETROSPECTIVE PAYMENT TO A FIXED PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT.

WHAT THAT MEANS AND BEFORE IS THERE'S A LAG FROM THE TIME THAT THE CLAIM GETS INCURRED TO WHEN THEY CAN ACTUALLY PAY YOU BACK THE REBATE.

IT'S ABOUT A NINE MONTH LAG.

SO BY PAYING YOU UPFRONT BASED ON A PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH BASIS, YOU'RE GETTING THAT CREDIT EACH MONTH.

THAT CREDIT IS WORTH $8.14 MILLION ANNUALLY.

IN ADDITION, WE NEGOTIATED WITH ANTHEM THAT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO SETTLE UP THAT REBATE CREDIT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO STILL GET ADDITIONAL ANY ADDITIONAL REBATES EARNED THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE PAID ON A QUARTERLY RETROSPECTIVE BASIS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT THAT FIRST CREDIT TO COME, COME BE PAID NEXT, PROBABLY IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, NEXT MONTH.

WE ADDED A 2% MARGIN FOR CLAIM FLUCTUATION TO THE PROJECTION, AS I MENTIONED, JUST TO COVER FOR ANY UNCERTAINTY THAT MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE PLAN.

AND THE ONLY PLAN DESIGN CHANGE WILL BE TO INCREASE THE DEDUCTIBLE ON THE LUMINOUS PLAN.

CURRENTLY IT IS $2,800 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL OR $5,600 FOR SOMEONE WHO COVERS DEPENDENCE ON THEIR PLAN.

IT WILL GO TO 3200 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL AND 60 $400 FOR A FAMILY OR SOMEONE THAT COVERS EVEN ONE DEPENDENT.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THIS THIS PLAN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR [INAUDIBLE] HSA PLAN, IT GIVES ACCESS TO FOLKS TO GET TAX FREE CONTRIBUTIONS INTO THAT HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, IT'S HIGHLY REGULATED BY THE IRS AND THEY HAVE MINIMUM DEDUCTIBLES THAT MUST BE IN PLACE IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE HSA ELIGIBLE. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SINCE ABOUT SINCE YOU IMPLEMENTED THIS PROGRAM THAT YOU'VE KIND OF CAPPED OUT ON YOUR DEDUCTIBLE.

AND THE FIRST TIME SINCE, I BELIEVE, 2016 THAT YOU'VE HAD TO INCREASE THAT DEDUCTIBLE.

THE SPECIFIC STOP LOSS OR A TERM WE CALL REINSURANCE.

AS I MENTIONED THEY'RE PROPOSED INCREASE TO THIS FEE IS 36%.

THAT WILL RAISE THE PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH FEE FROM $44.75 TO $60.92.

LAST YEAR, WHEN WE WERE OUT TO BID, THEY ACTUALLY DECREASE THIS FEE ALMOST 10%.

AND CLEARLY THEY'RE MORE THAN MAKING UP THAT DIFFERENCE THIS YEAR.

IT IS ILLUSTRATIVE AT THIS POINT.

WE DID ASK THEM TO PROVIDE OTHER STOP LOSS LIMITS.

YOU'VE BEEN AT THE $300,000 LIMIT FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS NOW, MAYBE SIX.

AND WE ASKED THEM TO GIVE US PRICES FOR BUMPING THEIR RISK UP TO 400,000 OR 500,000.

BUT THE WAY THEY PRICED IT, THE NET EFFECT WAS YOU'RE GOING TO BE PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT.

SO WE FIGURED WE'D CAP YOUR RISK AND LEAVE IT AT THE THREE, RECOMMEND LEAVING IT AT THE $300,000 LIMIT.

INSTEAD OF YOU PICKING UP THE ADDITIONAL RISK ON THE CLAIMS.

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MOST OF THOSE YEARS, WHAT YOU RECEIVED BACK IN CREDIT ON LARGE CLAIMS EXCEEDED WHAT ANTHEM CHARGED.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM ANTHEM AND IT IS INCONSISTENT IN A BID WITH THE MARKETPLACE, IS THAT ANTHEM HAS UNDERPRICED THEIR STOP LOSS OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS. AND I THINK THEY'VE FIGURED THAT OUT.

AND ALL OF OUR CLIENTS ARE SEEING SIGNIFICANT INCREASES AS THEY TRY TO CATCH UP TO MARKET.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TOOLS TO USE.

BUT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON AND WORKING TOWARDS IS TAKING THAT COMPONENT OF THE CONTRACT OUT TO BID FOR THIS FALL.

IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO EVEN THOUGH IT'S LATE IN THE SEASON WHEN YOU THINK OPEN ENROLLMENT IS COMING BECAUSE IT'S A RISK COMPONENT OF YOUR CONTRACT THAT'S TRANSPARENT TO EMPLOYEES. SO WE'RE PREPARING TO GO OUT TO MARKET TO SEE IF BEING PUTTING THAT PRESSURE OF GOING OUT TO MARKET.

WILL ONE MAKE ANTHEM BE MORE COMPETITIVE TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER THIRD PARTY REINSURANCE FIRMS OUT THERE WOULD BE WILLING TO PRICE FOR YOUR BUSINESS? THAT RFP IS SCHEDULED TO GO OUT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DECISION IN TIME TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A NEW CONTRACT BY JANUARY 1ST.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TOOLS BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT YOUR CLAIMS, AS I MENTIONED, THERE HAS BEEN SOME SERIOUS HIGH DOLLAR CLAIMANTS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE BEST FEE WE CAN POSSIBLY GET EITHER OUT OF ANTHEM OR ANOTHER VENDOR.

ENROLLMENT IN THE PLAN IS VERY STABLE.

BASICALLY A HALF A PERCENT INCREASE, WHICH IS, I CONSIDER, KIND OF NO INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.

WE'VE ALSO FINALLY STARTED TO SEE A STABILIZATION IN THE AMOUNT IN THE HSA PLAN VERSUS THE POINT OF SERVICE PLAN.

THERE ARE 25% OF YOUR EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SELECTED THE HSA PLAN AND 75% IN THE POINT OF SERVICE.

HISTORICALLY, I'VE SEEN THAT HSA PLAN KIND OF GROW YEAR OVER YEAR.

THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT'S BEEN PRETTY FLAT.

I THINK SO. I THINK PEOPLE KIND OF STAYING WHERE THEY ARE.

NEW HIRES MIGHT BE COMING IN AND TAKING THEIR PLACES, BUT WE'RE NOT SEEING A LOT OF CHANGE.

NOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE COST OF THE TWO PLANS, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COST PER AVERAGE COST PER EMPLOYEE IN THE HSA PLAN VERSUS THE AVERAGE COST OF AN EMPLOYEE THAT'S IN THE POINT OF SERVICE PLAN.

THAT HSA PLAN IS RUNNING 40% LOWER IN COST THAN THE POINT OF SERVICE PLAN.

SO WE SEE SOME SELECTION OF YOUR HEALTHIER FOLKS MOVING INTO STAYING IN THAT PLAN.

BUT IT'S A DIFFERENCE OF 70 $600 VERSUS $12,700.

SO THE MORE FOLKS WE CAN ENCOURAGE TO LOOK AT THAT HSA PLAN CAN HELP WITH YOUR OVERALL COST AS WELL.

WE DO THINK THAT ANTHEM'S NETWORKS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT VALUE.

THE AVERAGE DISCOUNT SAVINGS ON THE PROGRAM LAST YEAR WAS 70.4% OF CLAIMS, AND 99.2% OF THE CLAIMS WERE INCURRED WITHIN NETWORK PROVIDERS. SO OVERWHELMINGLY, YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE STAYING WITHIN THE NETWORK.

WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT EMPLOYEES PAID, NOT EXCLUDING WHAT THEY PAID OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK, BUT IN TERMS OF DEDUCTIBLES, CO-PAYS AND COINSURANCE, EMPLOYEES PAID 9.7% OF THE TOTAL COST.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THEY WERE PAYING.

BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, YOU HAVE AN INCREASED DEDUCTIBLES OR CO-PAYS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AS COSTS GO UP.

CHESTERFIELD PICKS UP MORE OF THAT COST AND THE EMPLOYEE PICKS UP A LITTLE BIT LESS.

BUT YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE PAYING RIGHT AROUND 9.7% IN TERMS OF DEDUCTIBLES, CO-PAYS AND CO-INSURANCE.

SO JUST IN SUMMARY, AS I'VE MENTIONED ALREADY, THE COUNTY FINANCE HAS AGREED TO USE SOME SURPLUS FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO BRING THAT INCREASE DOWN FROM TEN AND A HALF PERCENT TO 5.3% AND BRIDGE ANY COST COST DIFFERENCE.

SO THIS NEXT CHART WHICH YOU WILL HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE, IS JUST KIND OF SHOWING THE IMPACT OF WHAT THAT INCREASE IS.

IT'S RELATIVELY MODEST FOR AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S IN THE POINT OF SERVICE PLAN JUST COVERING THEMSELVES.

IT'S A MONTHLY CHANGE OF $3 PER MONTH.

IF IT'S A FAMILY CONTRACT, IT'S $40 PER MONTH.

AND FOR SOMEONE IN THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN, AN EMPLOYEE ONLY IS A DOLLAR INCREASE AND A FAMILY IS A $30 INCREASE PER MONTH.

AND JUST BRIEFLY TO TALK ABOUT YOUR DENTAL PLAN.

THIS IS THE 2023 WILL BE YOUR THIRD YEAR IN YOUR CONTRACT WITH DELTA DENTAL OF VIRGINIA.

WHEN THEY WE WENT OUT TO BID WITH THEM FOR A 2021 EFFECTIVE DATE, WE NEGOTIATED A THREE YEAR RATE GUARANTEE.

SO 2023 WILL BE THE LAST YEAR OF THIS RATE GUARANTEE.

IN 2024, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO ONLY GIVING YOU A RATE INCREASES THE HIGHEST THEY CAN GO WITH FOUR AND A HALF PERCENT.

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AND IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT TO CHESTERFIELD SCHOOLS, YOUR STRATEGY OR PHILOSOPHY RIGHT NOW IS TO CONTRIBUTE $10 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH TOWARDS THE DENTAL COST WITH THE EMPLOYEES PICKING UP THE BALANCE.

SO YOUR COST IS FLAT REGARDLESS OF KIND OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE INCREASE.

BUT THE VALUE OF THAT CONTRIBUTION FOR THE TOTAL PLAN IS ABOUT $1.7 MILLION.

THAT KIND OF SUMMARIZES BOTH PROGRAMS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THAT INFORMATION.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. HARTER? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND THIS MAY BE MORE OF A QUESTION FOR DR.

GREGORY, BUT WHAT TYPES OF I WOULD SAY MAYBE TRAINING OR ADVERTISEMENT ARE WE DOING WITH EMPLOYEES TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK MORE AT THE HEALTH SAVINGS PLAN? WELL, I KNOW.

DR. GREGORY CAN SPEAK AS WELL, BUT I KNOW FROM TALKING WITH THE TEAM THAT LIKE ALL NEW HIRE MEETINGS, THEY DO A THOROUGH COMPARISON OF BOTH PROGRAMS AND EXPLAIN WHEN THE HSA CAN BE A GOOD PLAN FOR FOLKS.

AND CERTAINLY WITHIN THE RENEWABLE PACKAGES, THERE'S COMPARISONS AS WELL.

AND YOU DO HAVE A VERY GENEROUS PLAN.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION FOR EACH EMPLOYEE IS VERY GENEROUS COMPARED TO THE MARKET.

THANK YOU.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SURE. SO IS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT BECAUSE THE WINDOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT WAS MAY 2020 TO APRIL 2022, WAS IT SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THAT 40% INCREASE IN CATASTROPHIC CLAIMS WAS LARGELY IN PART FOR COVID? IT WOULD HAVE LOOKED AT THAT TIME PERIOD, SO IT WOULD HAVE COMPARED THE 21 TO 22 TO THE SAME TIME PERIOD IN 20 AND 21.

SO LAST YEAR WAS LIKELY UNDERSTATED BECAUSE OF FOLKS THAT DIDN'T GO TO THE DOCTOR UNLESS THEY ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DURING COVID.

RIGHT. FROM.

SO THAT PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE THAT COME ALONG THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PLAN SYDNEY AND THE TOTAL HEALTH.

ARE THOSE ALL APART.

YES. YES.

THE HELP, THE APP IS THERE ARE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE EMPLOYEES IN AN EASY WAY THROUGH THEIR PHONE TO HAVE ALL THE DETAILS RIGHT THERE.

AND THEY HAVE SOME PROGRAMS ON THERE AS WELL.

AND DO YOU KNOW OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD WHAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION RATE WE'RE SEEING IN THAT? I DO NOT KNOW THAT.

UM. AND I GUESS THIS WAS MORE FOR OUR TEAM.

ARE WE GOING, HOW ARE WE GOING TO RESPOND TO THE INCREASE IN DEDUCTIBLE, THE COST PER EMPLOYEE? ARE WE GOING TO INCREASE THE SUBSIDY? THE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT TO INCREASE THE HSA CONTRIBUTION, MAINLY BECAUSE YOU ARE ALREADY ABOVE MARKET AND WHAT YOU ARE CONTRIBUTING.

YOUR $1400 AND $2800 TODAY, DEPENDING ON WHETHER IT'S SINGLE OR COVERS DEPENDENTS, IS REALLY MORE GENEROUS THAN ANY OF THE SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS IN TERMS OF CONTRIBUTION. SO WE DON'T SEE THAT IT'S NECESSARY FOR YOU TO TAKE ON THAT EXPENSE.

THANK YOU. MISS BAILEY? THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE THIS IS ACTUALLY FOR YOU, BUT THE CFIT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN THE COUNTY, IS THERE A DISCOUNT IN OUR HEALTH PLAN BECAUSE WE PARTICIPATE IN CFIT? THERE IS AN INCENTIVE THAT'S PAID FOR THOSE THAT COMPLETE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.

YEAH. THEY GET, THERE ISN'T FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO COMPLETE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT PROGRAM.

WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A COMMENT.

THIS IS AN OBVIOUSLY FOR YOU TO FIX, BUT I'VE NOTICED AS SOMEONE WHO'S PARTICIPATED IN CFIT AS AN EMPLOYEE THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES HAVE DIMINISHED.

THEY'RE NOT NEAR AS MANY CFIT PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES AS THERE USED TO BE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR CFIT PROGRAM BECOME A LITTLE MORE ROBUST WITH DIFFERENT VENDORS AND DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STAFF TO GO AND PARTICIPATE.

I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CLAIMS IMPACTING US FINANCIALLY, THE BEST WAY TO AVOID THAT IS PREVENTATIVE AND HAVING OUR STAFF BE AS HEALTHY AS POSSIBLE.

AND THE CFIT PROGRAM IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

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COMMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON MAJOR MAINTENANCE FROM MR.

[D. Major Maintenance]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR. DOHERTY, I'M REALLY PLEASED TO GIVE THE PODIUM DIRECTLY TO MR. CARSON, WHO'S GOING TO SHOW YOU AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THIS SUMMER, A FEW THINGS THAT WE'RE WRAPPING UP AND A FEW REALLY NICE THINGS FOR THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU, JOSH. THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE ON A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON.

PULL ME AWAY FROM THE DESK.

THAT'S AWFULLY NICE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL START BY TELLING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE FUNDING STREAMS THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS OR SO THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES.

BONDS CSLFRF, ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

WE'VE BEEN ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY $121 MILLION TO ADDRESS VARIOUS MAJOR MAINTENANCE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN SORT OF ONGOING ROLLING AND.

AND TO SOME DEGREE WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR.

SO 121 MILLION ALLOCATED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

WE SPENT JUST OVER $77 MILLION OF THAT MONEY TO ADDRESS, AGAIN KNOWN AND SURPRISE VISITS FROM MAJOR MAINTENANCE. AND WE STILL HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO.

THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE STARTED ON OUR SITES FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THOSE LISTS AND PLENTY OF WORK LEFT TO DO, BUT HAPPY TO DO SO.

SO ABOUT 44 MILLION.

AND SOME OF THAT WORK OR MOST OF THAT WORK IS DONE DURING THE SUMMERTIME, AND OUR SUMMER WINDOW IS SOMEWHAT NARROWING.

SO WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME PLANNING AHEAD AND YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT.

THE HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK INITIATIVE THAT WE STARTED BACK IN THE SPRING.

WE HIT THAT FULL SPEED.

COUPLE OF OUR SITES WERE ADDRESSED RATHER QUICKLY.

THOSE WERE THE TOPICAL OVERSPRAY.

THIS IS A PHOTO OF MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL.

WONDERFUL JOB BY OUR VENDOR THERE.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE ARE WRAPPING UP MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL THIS WEEK.

THE LINING AND THE PAINTING OF THE NUMBERS.

AND OUR TEAM HAS ROLLED INTO CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL THIS WEEK.

AND THEY SHOULD BE PUTTING DOWN THAT FIRST COAT OF SURFACING ON THEIR TRACK.

I WOULD THINK THURSDAY THIS WEEK AND MINING NEXT WEEK.

SO IT'S A BIG INITIATIVE, TALL TASK.

WE WE HAVE ADDRESSED SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL SITES AS WELL.

SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOR INSTANCE.

THEY'RE ARE ABOUT TO ROLL OUT THERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO TO RESURFACE THAT ASPHALT.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE STILL HAVE FALLEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SALEM CHURCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, ONE OF WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED IN CIP A COUPLE OF YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

STILL THINKING OF OPTIONS ON THE SALEM CHURCH MIDDLE SCHOOL'S POTENTIAL FOR A FULL SIZED TRACK.

I THIS IS A UNIQUE PROJECT HERE.

THE WOODRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DROP OFF IN PARKING.

A LOT OF GROWTH PRESSURE IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTY.

THIS IS A PROFFERED PROJECT WITH BENCHMARK CONSTRUCTION.

THEY'RE DOING A DEVELOPMENT RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD ACROSS WOOLRIDGE AVENUE.

BUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE SUMMER, WE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PARKING AND DROP OFF AND PICKUP SPACE OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING.

YOU CAN SEE HERE, THIS IS A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE WE'VE DECIDED THAT LANDSCAPE AREA IN FRONT.

IT'S A BIT OF A JUNGLE TODAY.

BUT THE CONTRACTORS, AS THEY WILL BE OUT THERE BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK TO DO THEIR FIRST MOW.

A GOOD SIGN. BUT AGAIN, THE FIRST APPLICATION OF A PROFFER THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT SEEMED TO WORK OUT REALLY WELL.

PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, ROUGHLY 18 SITES WE TOUCHED.

OVER THE SUMMER, MOST OF WHICH DEALT WITH ON HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY AND QUANTITY OF PLAY EQUIPMENT, PARTICULARLY AT THE PRE K AND K THROUGH TWO LEVELS. THIS IS A PHOTO OF SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS IMPORTANT BEFORE THE FENCE WENT UP BECAUSE THIS WAS OUR FIRST APPLICATION OF WHAT'S CALLED POURED IN PLACE, RUBBER SAFETY SURFACING.

AND WE LOOK TO DO MORE SITES LIKE THIS AT THE PRE-K AND EARLIER GRADE LEVELS DOWN THE ROAD.

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AND. HAS BEEN SHOWN TO REDUCE THE RISK OF.

ON POPULAR. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THIS AS.

SURE. SO, AGAIN, WE HAD 18 SITES.

YEAH. SALEM YEAH.

WE'RE. YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN SELECTING THAT COLOR WITH THE PRINCIPAL TO.

THERE'S A WIDE RANGE OF OPTIONS THERE.

AS I SAID, AS LONG AS THE TEMPERATURE IS RIGHT, THAT STUFF GOES IN PRETTY QUICK.

WE HAD A CREW FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK ACTUALLY COME DOWN HERE TO INSTALL THAT.

THEY'RE SORT OF ITINERANT TRADESPEOPLE.

FOR ME ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

BUT THE THE PLAYGROUND SUPPLIERS WE HAVE THERE EXCELLENT GAME TIME AND COMPOUND.

SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT IS VERY EUROPEAN.

THAT'S GREAT. WE INSTALL ALL THE SAME MATERIALS.

WE LOOK TO THE NEW CONSTRUCTION SITES AS THE LEAD.

WE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME YEARS AGO SELECTING EQUIPMENT.

JUST HAPPY TO SEE IT GO IN.

AND THE THRILL ON THE KIDS FACES WHEN.

WHEN YOU FIRST SEE THAT. OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, JUST AND I KNOW THAT THIS BAILOUT GAVE YOU ALL THE CREDIT FOR PUSHING THAT INITIATIVE.

JUST THE ACCESSIBILITY AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS PLAY TOGETHER IN THE SAME SPACE.

WE KNOW THAT PLAYS THE WORK OF CHILDHOOD.

RIGHT. AND THAT THEY ALL GET TO PLAY TOGETHER AND LEARN TOGETHER.

JUST FANTASTIC.

I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THAT.

WE LEARNED SO MUCH THROUGH PLAY.

AND I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE GO ON.

DO WE HAVE ANY BALLPARK IDEAS OF WHAT IT WOULD COST FOR SALEM? TO GET A FULL SIZED TRACK.

YEAH. SO WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS A LITTLE BIT.

THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT LANDLOCKED BACK THERE.

GO INTO THE WOODS A LITTLE. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, THE TRACK PLUS THE FIELD INSIDE.

INSIDE IS WELL OVER $1,000,000.

MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE LAND CLEARING, THE STORMWATER, THE PERMITTING, THE REGULATIONS THAT.

THANK YOU. WONDERFUL.

SINCE YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, MR. HERDER, I HAVE TO SAY, I AM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

I'M A RUNNER, MOM.

AND I THINK MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE NOTICED.

THE FACT THAT SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL DID NOT HAVE A A TRACK IS.

IT'S NOW IT REALLY DRAWS MY ATTENTION BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER IS MORE INJURY PRONE BUT VERY SPEEDY AND SCHOLARSHIP IS ABSOLUTELY IN HER FUTURE.

SO I'M THINKING, MOM OF FOUR, I NEED THAT SCHOLARSHIP AND INJURY PRONE.

SHE'LL TELL ME THAT WHEN SHE IS RUNNING ON A REVERSE SURFACE TRACK AND SHE ACTUALLY NOTICED JAMES RIVER RESURFACING.

MOM, I CAN MY KNEES DON'T HURT WHEN I RUN ON THE TRACK.

AND THE REALITY IS A GOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK SETS YOUR CHILD UP FOR SCHOLARSHIP POTENTIAL IN HIGH SCHOOL.

AND I JUST I WOULD NOT WANT I JUST WOULD WANT THOSE KIDS TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY THAT MY DAUGHTER HAS HAD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW MOM OF FOUR SCHOLARSHIP THAT'S I THINK ABOUT THAT A LOT SO I'M HOPING WE CAN FIND THAT MILLION 100% THE.

THE SURFACE IS LOW IMPACT.

IT'S MUCH SOFTER ON THE KNEES AND ANKLES.

RIGHT. I'LL GO BACK TO.

PARKING AND ROADWAY. THERE WE GO.

WE SPENT NEARLY $1 MILLION DOING PARKING AND ROADWAY RESURFACING AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SITES.

FROM ELEMENTARY TO HIGH SCHOOL.

THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT BACKLOG IN THIS TYPE OF WORK NOTED BY THE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS GOING BACK MANY, MANY YEARS.

THE SECOND YEAR OF THE PROGRAM.

NEXT YEAR, WE LOOK TO SPEND ROUGHLY THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY TO.

YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THIS MOVING.

WE WILL SAVE ON SHOCKS AND TRANSMISSIONS AS WELL.

UH, ENTRANCE VESTIBULE IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR SECURITY INITIATIVES.

VERY IMPORTANT.

SELECTED FIVE SITES, ONE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL, FOUR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

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MUCH LIKE WE DO WITH OUR CIP EFFORTS AND SOME OF OUR EXISTING SITES.

THIS IS A PHOTO HERE OF MATOACA HIGH SCHOOL UNDER UNDER THE KNIFE, AS IT WERE.

THIS IS ANOTHER PROJECT WHERE WE HAVE HAD SOME SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTION.

SO IF YOU WERE TO VISIT MATOACA TODAY, COSBY CLOVERHILL, YOU WOULD SEE THESE COLUMNS.

WHERE THE VESTIBULE IS GOING TO BE.

SO COMING SOON.

WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS INITIATIVE OR THIS PHASE OF THE INITIATIVE WRAPPED UP BY WINTER BREAK.

WE ALSO HAVE THE JAMES RIVER AND MANCHESTER ON THE DOCKET FOR NEXT SUMMER AS WELL AS MULTIPLE OTHER ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, ETC.

LOCATIONS. SO VERY IMPORTANT.

THE WALL WRAPS. SO WE LEARNED A LOT, MANY THINGS FROM OUR INITIATIVE.

IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY, BUT THAT WAS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO THAT WE STARTED.

GREENFIELD FALLING CREEK ELEMENTARY AND CURTIS ELEMENTARY ALL RECEIVE THESE WONDERFUL WALL WRAPS.

AND WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED GREENFIELD HERE.

THEIR THEME IS MORE OF A HARRY POTTER TYPE THEME, VERY COMMON AT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL, BUT IT'S REALLY DONE A LOT TO ENLIVEN THE INTERIOR SPACE AND EVOKE A SENSE OF SCHOOL PRIDE.

SO. VERY GREAT TO WORK WITH THE PRINCIPALS AND THEIR TEAMS. ROOF RESTORATION AND REPAIR.

SEEMS LIKE I COME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD PERIODICALLY WITH A WITH A ROOF BUNDLE.

WE LEARNED A LOT WITH OUR LAST BID AND WE ACTUALLY BROKE OUR BUNDLES APART BECAUSE THE MARKET WAS DEFINITELY TELLING US SOME THINGS ABOUT THIS.

BUT THIS IS SQL AS WELL, WHERE WE PUT ON A NEW MEMBRANE ROOF AND WE'RE STILL BUTTONING UP THIS ONE IN PUNCH LIST MODE.

BUT WE HAVE A NEW VENDOR, TREMARCO, WHO'S DOING ROOF RESTORATION FOR US AT ABOUT HALF THE COST IN ABOUT A GAZILLION TIMES THE SPEED.

SO METADATA, MIDDLE AND FALLING CREEK ELEMENTARY RECEIVED THAT TREATMENT.

IT WAS BEAUTIFUL ABOUT THAT IS THEY CAN TAKE A FIRST ROOF THAT'S 25 TO 30 YEARS OLD, COAT IT AND GIVE US A 30 YEAR WARRANTY.

SO THAT SAVES US A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.

SO WHAT DO WE DO? WE'RE HAPPY TO LOAD UP THAT BENCH THERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE SIX OR SEVEN SITES, SOME OF WHICH ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR BID RIGHT NOW.

BUT WE HAVE A DEEP BENCH.

SOME FUNDS TOO TO ADDRESS A GROWING.

HVAC ANOTHER ANOTHER HUGE, HUGE COMPONENT FOR OUR WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

I'VE MENTIONED WATER SOURCE SYSTEMS HERE ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.

THESE ARE BASICALLY ANY TYPE OF HEATING AND COOLING SYSTEM THAT IS WATER BASED.

SO. HEAT PUMPS BOILERS IN THIS THIS AS WELL AS THE COOLING TOWER.

WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF COOLING TOWER REPLACEMENT WITH INTERNAL UV LIGHT SYSTEMS. SO PHASE TWO, WE'RE WRAPPING UP RIGHT NOW AT CURTIS WEAVER AS WELL AS IN HOPKINS.

PHASE THREE GOT STARTED OVER THE SUMMERTIME.

WE HAD A CREW OF 50 PEOPLE OUT AT CLOVERHILL ELEMENTARY AND.

WOOLRIDGE OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND DOING VALVE WORK ABOVE CEILING WORK.

SO WE'RE PUSHING THIS REAL HARD AND WE'LL HAVE PHASE THREE WRAPPED UP HOPEFULLY IN THE SPRING SOMETIME AS SUPPLIES COME IN.

SO SUPER IMPORTANT PROJECT.

A LOT OF GREAT HANDS.

I MENTIONED OUR FACILITIES TEAM, SPECIFICALLY RODNEY MOON.

OUR HVAC LEAD JUST GOT A GAME CHANGER AWARD.

SO RHONDA AND RODNEY.

BUT DOING A LOT OF BOILER WORK THIS YEAR.

THIS IS CHALKELY ELEMENTARY.

THESE ARE THE BOILERS THAT WE INSTALLED THIS PAST SUMMER.

YOU KNOW, THESE BOILERS HAVE TO BE UP AND RUNNING BY OCTOBER 15TH, AND THAT'S BEEN A BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR US BECAUSE OF SUPPLY ISSUES.

BUT WE LOOK TO HAVE ALL OF THESE BOILERS LISTED.

IN AN OPERATIONAL BY THAT OCTOBER 15TH EDO DEADLINE.

ROOFTOP UNITS AND AIR HANDLERS.

A LITTLE BIT LONGER OF A LEAD TIME.

UH, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE.

A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK.

SOMETIMES WE GET SURPRISED, LIKE THE HEADING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT WE JUST CAME THROUGH ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TEAM, WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO IT.

YOUR WATER IS THE SAME.

I'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF AN EMERGENCY AT AL DAVIS THIS YEAR, BUT RODNEY AND HIS TEAM, THEY BUTTON THAT UP REAL QUICK AND GOT MS..

BATTS AND HER. UP AND RUNNING PRIOR TO LABOR DAY.

UV FILTRATION.

WE ARE OUT TO BID RIGHT NOW.

WE ARE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY 15 LOCATIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO DO THAT FILTRATION.

AND YESTERDAY I WAS JUST UP ON THE ROOF.

YOU MENTIONED JAMES RIVER.

I WAS ON THAT ROOF YESTERDAY WITHOUT MY SUNGLASSES, DOING THE PRE-BID FOR 18 ROOFTOP UNITS AND 130 VARIABLE AIR VOLUME BOXES, A COMPLETE

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WE'RE HOPING TO GET DONE NEXT SUMMER, BUT.

IT'S A SIGNIFICANT LEAD TIME AND MEADOWBROOK AND POSSIBLY THOMAS DALE WEST.

YOUR NEXT. ALL RIGHT.

STRUCTURE AND VERTICAL ENVELOPE AGAIN FCA STEMMING THIS IS THOMAS DALE WEST.

A LOT OF OUR EXTERIORS ARE SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF AGE.

A LOT OF OUR STEEL SUPPORTS SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF AGE.

WE HAVE A GREAT REQUIREMENTS.

CONTRACTOR IS HELPING US SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. WINTERPOCK EXCUSE ME.

WINTERPOCK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE HAD A LOT OF SLAB SETTLEMENT THERE OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO LIVE IN THE WESTERN END OF THE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, SHRINK SWELL IS A REAL DEAL OUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COUNTY.

SO WE'RE SEEING THE EFFECTS OF THAT AFTER SEVERAL YEARS.

BEING INSTALLED. AND THEN AGAIN, WE ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING IN THE.

PLENTY OF LOCATIONS.

I SAW YOU ALL AT THE CRA RIBBON CUTTING.

SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS ONE HAPPENED AND TURNED AROUND REAL QUICK FOR A GREAT CAUSE.

I RENOVATED THAT LOBBY, CREATED SOME TEAM SPACE OFFICE SPACE CONFERENCE SPACE, ALL WITHIN A VERY, VERY SHORT TIME FRAME.

WE SEE THIS ONE OURSELVES USING OUR REQUIREMENTS AND.

BUT WE CAME UP WITH A REALLY NICE SOLUTION.

YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T LET A MEETING PASS WITHOUT TALKING ABOUT MEGA TRAILERS.

ONE OF OUR SAFETY AND SECURITY INITIATIVES IS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF SINGLE CLASSROOM TRAILERS AND CONSOLIDATE THEM INTO THESE LARGER EIGHT, TEN, 12 CLASSROOM UNITS.

THIS IS COSBY, WHERE WE HAD A TON OF FUN THIS SUMMER, GETTING THIS UP AND RUNNING PRIOR TO THE START OF SCHOOL.

OR MAYBE A DAY AFTER THE START OF SCHOOL.

BUT. COSBY.

AN ODE WE READDRESS THIS SUMMER.

EXCUSE ME. AND WE HAVE TWO NEW SITES WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

IN FACT, WE'RE UNDER DESIGN AT MOSELEY ALREADY.

MOSELEY, YOU SAY? DIDN'T WE JUST CUT THE RIBBON THERE? WELL, WE DID CUT IT THERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

BUT THIS IS A QUICK IDEA, A RENDERING OF OF WHAT A 12 CLASSROOM TRAILER IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE JUST ADJACENT TO THE BUS LOOP AT MOSELEY NEXT SUMMER.

I THINK THE DEMAND IN POPULATION.

IS SUFFICIENT OUT THERE. WE'LL GET IT DONE.

OVER AT HOPKINS.

AND THIS IS JUST THE GOOGLE VIEW, BUT IN THE LOWER LEFT PART OF OUR PROPERTY.

ADJACENT TO THE. OVER THERE WE'D BE LOOKING TO DO TO A CLASSROOM THAT GOES DURING THE SUMMER OF 2020.

THE LOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL.

WE DID A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK IN MIDLOTHIAN.

WE CARVED UP THEIR EXISTING ART SPACE INTO TWO BONA FIDE TEACHING SPACES.

THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN THEIR ARTS PROGRAM THERE.

SO WORKING WITH THERE ON THEIR FACULTY AND THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE LEADS, WE CAME UP WITH THIS SOLUTION AND BANG, THIS WENT OUT OVER THE SUMMERTIME.

CREATED A REALLY NICE SPACE FOR ART.

PLUS, WE TOOK SOME SMALLER CLASSROOMS AND OFFICES IN THEIR MAIN ACADEMIC WING AND CONSOLIDATED THOSE INTO MORE TEACHABLE, MORE LUCRATIVE ACADEMIC SPACE. SO WE TURNED THAT ONE AROUND.

THERE'S METALLICA MIDDLE SCHOOL AGAIN.

WE TOOK SOME LIBERTIES WITH THEIR LIBRARY, DID A A BIT OF A FACELIFT IN THEIR LIBRARY, A NEW CARPET, NEW LIGHTING, NEW FURNITURE, SOME NEW PAINTING.

A REALLY BRIGHTENED UP THAT SPACE AND MADE IT A BIT MORE INTERACTIVE OF A LIBRARY SPACE IN THEIR AUDITORIUM.

WE REDID THEIR THEATER LIGHTING SYSTEM, WHICH WAS ALMOST AS OLD AS THE SCHOOL.

I'LL BE BACK TO THE FIFTIES AND WE RESURFACE THEIR GYM FLOOR LOOKS BRAND NEW.

AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WOOD. THEY'RE GOING TO WORK IN THE MIDDLE.

MIDDLE SCHOOL RESTROOMS. WE TOTALLY REVAMP THE ELIZABETH DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL RESTROOMS WITH TALLER HEIGHT PARTITIONS, KEEPING THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE PRIVATE.

LITTLE GAP ON THE BOTTOM, IN THE TOP TO MEET FIRE CODE, BUT ALSO READDRESSED PRETTY MUCH EVERY MIDDLE SCHOOL LOCKER ROOM WITH PRIVATE CHANGING SPACES IN BOTH THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS LOCKER ROOM.

SO GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS ON.

SECURITIES. WE ARE IN PHASE TWO OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CCTV EFFORT.

WE DID A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE LAYING THIS SUMMER AND BUTTONED UP.

OUR PRIOR PHASE ONE EFFORT AS WELL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT ON THE CAMERAS.

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SO WE LOOK TO GET CAMERAS FOR THESE SITES PROBABLY IN THE JANUARY TO MARCH TIME FRAME.

BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE THE CABLES INSTALLED.

WE ARE ABLE TO WRAP THOSE UP.

IN THE SANDBOXES, THE SECURITY ASSET MANAGERS.

WE ARE WALKING THROUGH VARIOUS SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY RIGHT NOW.

THE KEY BOX, THE ELECTRONIC KEY BOX THAT WILL BE RIGHT BY THE ENTRANCE DOORS.

WE CAN HELP MITIGATE THE USE.

I'M OLD FASHIONED. HE'S RIGHT.

WE'LL BE SEEING THOSE GETTING INSTALLED LATER THIS FALL INTO THE WINTER TIME.

CELL PHONE BOOSTERS YET AGAIN, ANOTHER SECURITY INITIATIVE.

THESE DIAL PICTURES ARE FROM HARROGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PILOT SCHOOLS.

WITHIN THE SPAN OF 4 MINUTES, OUR SIGNAL WAS BOOSTED FROM LOW TO MEDIUM, AND WE MIRACULOUSLY WENT FROM 3G TO 4G ON OUR SIGNAL STRENGTH.

SO THIS IS A GREAT TEST RUN FOR US, ALL OF OUR NEW CONSTRUCTION SITES.

WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND PUT IN THE CELL BOOSTERS.

IDEALLY, THIS WORK IS DONE BY THANKSGIVING TIME, IF NOT MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LATER.

WE'LL SEE HOW SUPPLY CHAINS WORK.

A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK HAPPENING ON THE CELL BOOSTER SIDE, 19 SITES THIS FALL.

AT A MINIMUM. AND. ON A DEEP BENCH AFTER.

GOOD SIGNALS NOW.

AND I KNOW WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT MAJOR MAINTENANCE, BUT I HAVE TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO THE CIP EFFORT.

WE DON'T WANT TO STEAL JOSH'S THUNDER HERE, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD NEWS RECENTLY ON FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WE HAVE A, I'LL JUST SAY, A GROUND BREAKING PLAN PENDING SOME ACTION LATER THIS EVENING.

THAT. A LOT OF HAPPY PEOPLE OVER IN THE EAST END OF THE COUNTY.

THE WESTERN AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL LOOKS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN FALLING CREEK BASED UPON THE COMMUNITY VOTING THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE SPRINGTIME.

BUT WE ARE DEEP IN DESIGN ON THE WESTERN AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE HAVE VARIOUS SECONDARY REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO MEET FOR THE COUNTY OUT HERE, WETLANDS, SOME UNSUITABLE SOILS, A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT CONCERNS THAT WILL THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY TIED TO HOW WE CAN OPEN THIS SCHOOL.

BUT OUR TEAM AND THE OTHER DESIGN TEAMS ARE WORKING THROUGH.

WE EXPECT TO BID THIS WORK IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.

LASTLY, I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE YOU TOO MUCH, BUT AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MY DEPARTMENT WAS AUDITED WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, AND I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.

AS A AS A YOUNG EMPLOYEE HERE AT CCPS, IT REALLY HELPED MY DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAND PROCESSES, PROCEDURES, HOW WE GET THINGS DONE, WHY WE DO THINGS A CERTAIN WAY.

AND ONE OF THE OUTPUTS FROM THE AUDIT IS TO WORK A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY WITH YOU ALL AS THE BOARD TO INFORM YOU ON A IDEALLY A QUARTERLY BASIS ABOUT WHAT OUR PLANS ARE, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AHEAD, HOW WE'RE DEVELOPING 18 TO 24 MONTHS OUT, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE WOULD AGAIN PULL FROM THOSE FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS AND PLAN TO DO OVER TIME.

BUT WE ENVISION THIS AS A AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE GOLD CHEVRONS ARE.

INPUT, INPUT, INPUT, INPUT.

WE WOULD BE COMING TO YOU SEPTEMBER, DECEMBER AGAIN ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE, WHAT WE'RE THINKING OF 18 TO 24 MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD, GETTING YOUR FEEDBACK, INCORPORATING THAT INTO A PLAN THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE SO WE CAN MAKE OUR PROCESS A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENT, RUN A LITTLE BIT MORE SMOOTHLY, AND SPEND THE THE DOLLARS THAT WERE ALLOCATED.

SO I STARTED WITH THE DOLLARS A LITTLE BIT MORE WISELY.

SO WE SEEK YOUR INPUT AND WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT.

THAT WAS MY LAST SLIDE.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, IT WOULD BE THRILLED TO ANSWER THEM.

THANK YOU, MR. CARSON.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SAFRA THINKS SO.

WE HAD A LITTLE MOMENT TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BREAK IN BETWEEN.

BUT CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS GREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK? I'D BE GLAD TO. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE PRICING ON THE TRACK.

WE ARE WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.

THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT PARTNER WITH US.

THE PARKS DEPARTMENT CAME IN IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER AND REDID THE FIELD, AND IT'S NOW A BERMUDA GRASS FIELD COMPETITION PLAY.

SO THAT'S WRAPPED UP.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO KNOW WE ARE COMING IN NEW CONSTRUCTION AND WE ARE GOING TO RESURFACE THE TRACK IN ASPHALT AND STRIPE IT.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A START DATE ON THAT MID TO LATE SEPTEMBER AND THAT WORK WILL NOT TAKE VERY LONG, MAYBE A COUPLE OF WEEKS WEATHER DEPENDENT.

ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH THE TRACK AND ALSO EXTENDING THE SPRINT SHOOT SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO BONAFIDE SPRINT EVENTS.

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THEY'RE GOING TO INSTALL SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE TRACK.

SO BY SPRINGTIME, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE PROMISED TO THE COMMUNITY, WE WILL HAVE A FULLY FUNCTIONING, BRAND NEW ATHLETIC FACILITY.

IT'LL BE OUT OF THIS WORLD.

SO NOW I APPRECIATE THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THE TRACK IS THERE.

IT JUST WAS NOT ABLE TO BE USED FOR OFFICIAL MEETS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MEET MEET THE REGULATIONS, RIGHT? IT WASN'T THE RIGHT MEASUREMENT STANDARDS WERE.

YEAH, THERE WERE SOME CONFIGURATIONS, SO THERE WAS A TRACK THERE.

SO FOLKS ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THERE WAS A TRACK THERE.

YES. BUT THE STUDENTS HAD TO COORDINATE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL, CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL, TO USE FIND TIME TO USE THAT THAT FACILITY OR OTHER FACILITIES IN THE COUNTY. SO THAT'S AND THERE'S A HUGE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE IN BRANDON MILL.

AND IT'S A SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE PARKS IS PARTICIPATING IN THAT PARTNERSHIP, TOO.

IT'S GREAT. NO, I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. UM, AS YOU'RE LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD TO DOING MORE REGULAR REPORT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, I THINK THAT ONE THING THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AND I'M ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT IS THAT GREATER ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE IS HOW WE'RE REALLY PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ON CREATING HEALTHIER BUILDINGS RIGHT AS WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO TO DO OUR REDESIGN.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SYSTEMS THAT YOU CAN PUT IN BUILDINGS SO THAT YOU CAN MONITOR THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND THAT COMES WITH THE COST.

BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN TIE THOSE SYSTEMS INTO THE CURRICULUM AND GET STUDENTS INVOLVED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT ENERGY.

AND I THINK THAT ENERGY IS ONE OF OUR CAREER PATHS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.

SO THE END RESULT IS ALL OF THIS HAS AN INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE.

I THINK PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE THAT IMMEDIATE CONNECTION, BUT THERE IS ALSO AN INSTRUCTIONAL PIECE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET KIDS EXCITED ABOUT HEALTHIER, MORE EFFICIENT BUILDINGS.

SO MAYBE THEY'LL GROW UP AND DESIGN ONES THAT ARE EVEN BETTER.

LET'S HOPE SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CARSON. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON FUTURE PLANS FOR HIRING TEACHERS.

[E. Future Plans for Hiring Teachers]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MS..

COKER. MS.. HEFFRON.

DR. DANI, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, HAPPY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR FUTURE PLANS FOR HIRING TEACHERS.

THESE ARE VACANCIES AS OF AUGUST 18, THE THURSDAY BEFORE SCHOOL BEGAN, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD ABOUT 209 TEACHER VACANCIES AT THAT TIME AND WE HAD ABOUT 161 ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES HIGHLIGHTED SOME DIFFERENT AREAS THERE. A CHALLENGE FOR US SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, ESL TEACHERS.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL WAS PRETTY EVEN IN TERMS OF OUR OUR VACANCIES.

AND TYPICALLY PRE-PANDEMIC IT WOULD BE COMMON FOR A DIVISION OF THIS SIZE HAVE AROUND 25 TO 40 VACANCIES.

SO CERTAINLY ACROSS THE REGION, THE STATE AND THE COUNTRY, WE'RE SEEING A LOT DIFFERENT PICTURE POST PANDEMIC OR AT THE STAGE OF THE PANDEMIC. SOME OF THE FACTORS INCLUDE LATER ENROLLMENTS, LATE LATER RESIGNATIONS.

THEN WE TYPICALLY SEE GROWTH WHERE WE'RE ALLOCATING POSITIONS FOR GROWTH, SCHEDULE CHANGES THAT OCCUR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

WE DID OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS GROW AS A DISTRICT.

MANY DISTRICTS DID NOT DURING THE PANDEMIC.

SO WE DID HAVE SOME POSITIONS ADDED FOR GROWTH.

AND OF COURSE, WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS WHERE ENROLLMENT AND TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IS DECLINING NATIONALLY AND IN VIRGINIA, AND THAT'S NOW BEEN HAPPENING FOR OVER A DECADE, WHICH CERTAINLY INFLUENCES THE SUPPLY OF TEACHERS.

PERHAPS THE BIGGEST FACTOR THAT WE'RE SEEING IS A CHANGE IN OUR NUMBER OF SEPARATIONS.

SO THE NUMBER OF SEPARATIONS, RESIGNATIONS AND RETIREMENTS OF FULL TIME AND PART TIME EMPLOYEES, THIS HIRING YEAR IS ON TRACK TO BE ABOUT 22 TO 25% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.

MEASURE FROM OCTOBER TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER KIND OF GIVES THAT BEGINNING OF THE YEAR SCHEDULE CHANGE, CHANCE TO SETTLE OUT.

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AND SO WE TAKE THE SNAPSHOT OF OUR STAFF ENROLLMENT AT THE SAME TIME.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE WEEKS TO GO AT THE MEASURED POINT, BUT THAT'S OUR PREDICTED RANGE.

AND THE NUMBER OF SEPARATIONS OF FULL TIME AND PART TIME TEACHERS IS ON TRACK TO BE 25 TO 30% HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR, WITH FIVE WEEKS TO GO AT THE MEASUREMENT POINT.

SO WE'LL UPDATE YOU ON FULL YEAR STATISTICS THERE.

THAT'S CERTAINLY BEEN A FACTOR FOR US.

WANTED TO DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF SUBSTITUTES IN OUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I KNOW SOMETIMES THAT CAN CAUSE SOME CONFUSION.

SO AN ANNUAL SUBSTITUTE IS A FULL TIME BENEFITED EMPLOYEE.

WE STARTED A STRATEGY WITH ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC 1 TO 2 PER SCHOOL, COVERING LONG TERM ABSENCES, MAKING SURE THERE WAS SOMEONE ASSIGNED TO THE SITE.

AND THIS YEAR WE'VE INCREASED THAT NUMBER OF ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES, AND MOST OF OUR ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES ARE COVERING CLASSES, COVERING VACANCIES.

THESE INDIVIDUALS HAVE BACHELOR'S DEGREES.

THEY HAVE EITHER EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH CHILDREN, THEY HAVE CONTENT, EXPERTISE OR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.

AND MANY OF THEM ARE CLOSE TO MEETING THE LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, MANY OF THEM MAY NEED JUST A TEST OR A COURSE OR TWO TO BE ENROLLED IN A PROVISIONAL LICENSURE PROGRAM.

ABOUT 3% OF OUR VACANCIES ARE FILLED BY ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES AT THIS TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE LONG TERM SUBSTITUTES.

LONG TERM SUBSTITUTES ARE SUBSTITUTES THAT SERVE IN A ROLE FOR 20 DAYS OR MORE.

WE DO LOOK FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH BACHELOR'S DEGREES FOR LONG TERM SUBSTITUTES.

THEY CAN SERVE IN CASE OF A VACANCY BETWEEN TEN YEARS OR A LONGER TERM ABSENCE, LIKE A SURGERY OR A MATERNITY LEAVE.

THEY MAY HOLD A LICENSE.

THEY MIGHT BE A RETIRED TEACHER OR A TEACHER THAT JUST WANTS TO WORK PART TIME OR INTERMITTENTLY AT THIS TIME.

AND THEN WE HAVE DAILY OR SHORT TERM SUBSTITUTES.

THEY SERVE IN A TEMPORARY OR DAILY ASSIGNMENT.

THEY MEET THE STATE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

A BACKGROUND CHECK, CPC CHECK AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS OF AN INTERVIEW.

THEY MIGHT BE ENROLLED IN A TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM, FOR EXAMPLE.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A COLLEGE STUDENT OR A MASTER'S STUDENT THAT SUBSTITUTES IN BETWEEN THEIR COURSEWORK.

AND THEN THEY MAY HOLD ONE OR MORE DEGREES.

OR THEY COULD BE A RETIRED TEACHER.

TONIGHT, IT'S A GOOD DAY TO TALK ABOUT SUBSTITUTES BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING A SUBSTITUTE FAIR TODAY AT MONARCH AND HIGH SCHOOL AND IS OUR HIGHEST REGISTRATION AND JOB FAIR EVER.

WE HAVE 213 INDIVIDUALS REGISTERED AND WE ALSO ARE ACCEPTING ONSITE DROP INS.

SO ANYBODY. WE'RE INTERESTED IN THAT.

THAT'S GOING ON UNTIL 7 P.M.

THIS EVENING. SOME STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TO HIRE TEACHERS.

ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES IS LICENSURE ASSISTANCE.

WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO ALREADY HAVE MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR EITHER CONTENT, EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE WITH CHILDREN, KNOWLEDGE OF OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY, OR SOME COMBINATION OF THOSE FACTORS.

AND SO WE WANT TO SUPPORT THEM IN THEIR JOURNEY TO BECOME LICENSED TEACHERS.

AND WE DO OFFER LICENSURE ASSISTANCE FOR CANDIDATES, NEW HIRES AND EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING SUBSTITUTES.

THAT INCLUDES INFORMATION ON DIFFERENCES IN SALARY AND BONUSES AND ANALYSIS OF TRANSCRIPTS, A DESCRIPTION OF PATHWAYS TO LICENSURE, INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRACTICE ASSESSMENT, TUITION ASSISTANCE, BUDGET PERMITTING.

AND WE ARE DOING EVENTS TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW TO BECOME LICENSED.

WE'RE DOING SCHOOL VISITS.

I KNOW THERE'S A SCHOOL VISIT PLANNED TOMORROW TO WORK WITH SUBSTITUTES ON PATHWAYS TO LICENSURE.

WE'RE MAKING ONE ON ONE PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, AND WE ARE HAVING ANOTHER EVENT IN NOVEMBER FOR CAREER SWITCHERS TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION.

SO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ED WEBSITE, BUT IT CAN BE QUITE COMPLEX AND INDIVIDUALIZED.

AND SO IT'S HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE KIND OF A GUIDE THROUGH SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF ADVANTAGES FOR INDIVIDUALS ACHIEVING LICENSURE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE THE SALARY FOR THE ANNUAL SUBSTITUTE AND THEN THE TEACHER EMPLOYEE BONUS PROJECTED FOR THIS YEAR, BUT WITH LICENSURE AND THAT'S THE BACHELOR'S LANE OF LICENSURE.

SO IT COULD BE DIFFERENT IF THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A MASTER'S OR DOCTORATE.

YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE THERE IN THE BASE SALARY.

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IF THEY'RE WORKING AT A HIGH NEEDS SCHOOL AND WE HAVE APPLIED FOR THE RIGHT GRANT THROUGH THE STATE FOR RECRUITING AND WE'RE HOPEFUL ABOUT THAT GRANT.

AND IT MAY PROVIDE BONUSES OF 2500 TO $5000 FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS FEELING CERTAIN VACANCIES.

AND THEY DO NEED TO HAVE A TEACHER LICENSE TO ACHIEVE THAT.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCES THERE IN SALARY.

SO THERE IS AN INCENTIVE TO PURSUE A LICENSURE PROGRAM.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PATHWAYS TO BECOME LICENSED AND THAT ARE NOT A TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM.

AND ONE OF THOSE IS ELIGIBILITY VIA MAJOR OR VIA PRAXIS, WHICH IS THE CONTENT TEST.

OR YOU COULD ENTER VIA A CAREER SWITCHER PROGRAM OR VIA EXPERIENCE IN SOME CTE AREAS, CAREER AND TECHNICAL PATHWAYS.

AND NOT ALL ENDORSEMENTS ARE AVAILABLE IN ALL PATHWAYS.

SO WE ARE ENGAGING ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES, BUT WE'RE ALSO ENGAGING INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ALREADY HAVE DEGREES.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH UVA WISE AND SPONSORING A COHORT FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHING AND MANY OF OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE IN AN INTEREST OF TIME, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE, BUT I DID WANT TO INCLUDE THE SLIDES IN CASE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAD QUESTIONS.

SO PARTICULAR COLLEGE MAJORS DO TRANSLATE INTO PROVISIONAL LICENSES IN PARTICULAR AREAS, AND THIS IS A LIST OF THOSE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ELIGIBILITY VIA ASSESSMENT.

YOU CAN GET A PROVISIONAL LICENSE BY PASSING AN ASSESSMENT IN ONE OF THESE AREAS.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH FOLKS ON THAT AS WELL.

I JUST GOT AN EMAIL ON SATURDAY FROM ONE SOMEONE WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH WHO PASSED HER ASSESSMENT ON SATURDAY AND THEN ANYONE WHO GETS A.

AND PROVISIONAL LICENSE THROUGH ONE OF THOSE AREAS, THROUGH MAJOR OR THROUGH ASSESSMENT, THEY STILL NEED TO TAKE THE PEDAGOGY PROFESSIONAL STUDIES COURSES.

SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE DIFFERS BY COLLEGE AND APPROVED PROGRAM, BUT IT IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPES OF COURSES PEOPLE WOULD TAKE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION, ASSESSMENT, LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, READING OR LITERACY IN THE CONTENT AREA.

THOSE TYPES OF COURSES THEY WOULD TAKE IN THE 3 TO 5 YEARS THAT THEY'RE THERE WORKING UNDER THAT PROVISIONAL LICENSE.

THERE'S ALSO ELIGIBILITY VIA THE CAREER SWITCHER PROGRAM, AND I'VE LISTED ALL THE CAREER SWITCHER PROGRAMS THERE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.

WE HAD AN EVENT THIS SUMMER WITH EDUCATE VIRGINIA, AND WE'RE PLANNING ANOTHER EVENT IN NOVEMBER TO PROVIDE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE INTERESTED INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

SOME OF THEM ARE LOCAL OPTIONS.

SOME OF THEM ARE ONLINE OPTIONS.

THEY'RE STRUCTURED DIFFERENTLY SO PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE WHAT FITS THEIR SCHEDULE AND INTERESTS.

THERE ARE PREREQUISITES FOR ALL OF THEM, WHICH INCLUDE BACHELOR'S DEGREES.

SOMETIMES THERE ARE GPA REQUIREMENTS, THERE ARE ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS THAT HAVE TO BE MET THROUGH ACADEMIC STUDY OR EXPERIENCE OR QUALIFIED SCORES ON ASSESSMENTS, AND THEY NEED THREE YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE OR THE EQUIVALENT.

AND THERE ARE THREE LEVELS TO THOSE PROGRAMS AND THOSE ARE LISTED THERE.

SO AND TYPICALLY A LEVEL EQUATES TO EQUATES TO A YEAR.

AND THEN THERE'S ELIGIBILITY VIA EXPERIENCE FOR PARTICULAR FIELDS LIKE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY OR COSMETOLOGY.

AND SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LICENSURE ROUTE.

AND WE ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO ENGAGE WITH CANDIDATES REGARDING THAT PATHWAY.

THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS SPECIAL EDUCATION.

YOU DO NEED TO HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN A SPECIFIC COURSE TO BEGIN THAT PATHWAY.

YOU CAN'T TEST INTO A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROVISIONAL LICENSE.

AN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION REQUIRES A BACHELOR'S TO INCLUDE 57 HOURS OF SPECIFIC TYPES OF CORE CONTENT AREAS OR A CAREER SWITCHER PROGRAM THAT INCLUDES ELEMENTARY.

SO WE ARE INTERESTED TO SEE WE KNOW THERE'S RECENTLY BEEN A GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER ABOUT SIMPLIFYING PATHWAYS TO LICENSURE.

AND SO WE'RE MONITORING THAT CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT THE DETAILS MIGHT BE.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT OUR PENDING APPLICATION FOR THE RIGHT GRANT IF WE ARE AWARDED.

THIS IS THROUGH VIDEO.

IT PROVIDES BONUSES OF 2500 TO $5000 TO CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAT ARE HIRED IN THIS SPECIFIC WINDOW AUGUST 15TH TO NOVEMBER 30TH.

WE'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED ALL OF THE VACANCY INFORMATION THAT WE HAD FOR EVERY SCHOOL ON AUGUST 15, AND IT PROVIDES GREATER FUNDING TO HIGH NEEDS

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AND OF COURSE, IT DEPENDS ON THE DATA THAT THEY RECEIVE FROM THE ENTIRE STATE, BUT IT COULD INCLUDE OUR ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES WHO QUALIFY FOR LICENSURE BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER 30TH AND SWITCH OVER TO THAT TEACHER CONTRACT.

SO WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAIL IF WE'RE AWARDED IN THE LATE WINTER AND EARLY SPRING.

BUT THE TIME TO MAXIMIZE THE HIRING AND THE QUALIFYING IS NOW BECAUSE THAT WINDOW IS ONLY UNTIL NOVEMBER 30TH.

OUR SECOND STRATEGY WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IS INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE AND WE'RE PLANNING ON PARTNERING WITH PARTICIPATE.

IF YOU'VE BEEN IN THE FIELD A WHILE, YOU MIGHT HAVE KNOWN THEM AS VISITING INTERNATIONAL FACULTY VIA.

THEY WERE BRANDED AS THAT BEFORE AND THEY HAVE A.

BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE.

I GUESS WE'VE REQUESTED POTENTIALLY 40 TEACHERS.

THEY THINK THEY CAN PROVIDE AT LEAST 20.

AND THEY WOULD BE ELEMENTARY TEACHERS OR ESL TEACHERS AND THEY WOULD BE EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.

IN OTHER COUNTRIES, THEY WOULD BE VETTED BY THIS LARGEST INTERNATIONAL TEACHER EXCHANGE CONTRACTOR.

THEY WOULD BE SELECTED BY OUR PRINCIPALS THROUGH PORTAL MATERIALS AND INTERVIEWS BEGINNING IN JANUARY FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR AND THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND 20 547 SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY PARTICIPATE AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE BENEFITS.

THE MAXIMUM STAY IS FIVE YEARS AND THEY ARE AVERAGING 4.1 YEARS FOR TEACHERS TO STAY IN THEIR LOCATION.

AND THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN USED SUCCESSFULLY BY OTHER LARGE VIRGINIA DIVISIONS.

AND THEY PRINCE WILLIAM HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING FOR A LONG TIME AND STAFFORD IS PARTICIPATING AND CURRENTLY HAS A CONTRACT WITH PARTICIPATE.

SO ADVANTAGES WE WOULD GET EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.

IT FULFILLS A NEED FOR US WITH OUR VACANCIES.

IT PROVIDES A CULTURAL EXCHANGE FOR THE STUDENTS, DIVERSIFIES OUR STAFF.

AND IT'S A COST NEUTRAL OPTION BECAUSE OF THE BENEFITS BEING PROVIDED BY THE AGENCY.

OUR THIRD STRATEGY IS TO EXPAND OUR RECRUITING.

WE HAVE A BUSY RECRUITING SCHEDULE THIS FALL.

TYPICALLY, YOU THINK OF THE BUSY RECRUITING SCHEDULE IN THE SPRING, BUT WE HAVE THE SUBSTITUTE FAIR TONIGHT.

NEXT WEEK WE HAVE THE BUS DRIVER AND ASSISTANT MANAGER OF FOOD SERVICE FARE.

WE HAVE THE COLLEGE JAM PICTURED HERE ON SEPTEMBER 28TH THAT'S BEING SPONSORED BY CHAMBER ARBOR, AND THAT'S A CHANCE TO ENGAGE WITH THE GEN Z POPULATION WHO MIGHT HAVE MAJORED IN OTHER FIELDS BUT MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN EDUCATION.

WE ARE EXPLORING COLLEGE BUSINESS FAIRS BECAUSE THEY ATTRACT A VARIETY OF MAJORS.

AND AS WE SEE FEWER AND FEWER EDUCATION FAIRS AND WE FOCUS ON THESE OTHER PATHWAYS, WE'RE WANTING TO ENGAGE WITH OTHER STUDENTS.

AND WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING EXPANDING OUR RADIUS OF OUR COLLEGE EDUCATION FAIRS DUE TO SMALLER NUMBER NUMBERS PER FARE AND FEWER COLLEGES HAVING FAIRS. AND WE WANT TO INCLUDE SOME TARGETED AREAS.

AND OUR RECRUITING TEAM IS LOOKING AT CHAMBER AND ECONOMIC DATA OF WHO'S MOVING TO THE RICHMOND METRO, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO TARGET MORE COLLEGES IN THOSE AREAS.

WE ARE ALSO PLANNING AN AIA JOB FAIR IN OCTOBER.

WE'RE PLANNING TO PARTICIPATE IN CHAMBER ARBOR'S MISSION TOMORROW, WHICH IS MORE OF A LONG GAME RECRUITING EFFORT, WORKING WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ABOUT VARIOUS CAREERS. AND THEN AGAIN OUR CAREERS, WHICH ARE INFORMATION EVENT ON NOVEMBER 2ND.

I THOUGHT THAT THE PUBLIC MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST IN WHERE DO YOU RECRUIT ALREADY? AND SO I INCLUDED THIS SLIDE FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR SO THAT PEOPLE COULD REFERENCE WHERE WE ARE ALREADY RECRUITING THEM.

WE DO PLAN TO REPEAT THESE LOCATIONS IF THEY CONTINUE TO HAVE TEACHER EDUCATION FAIR.

AND THEN OUR LAST STRATEGY, OF COURSE, IS TOTAL REWARDS.

AND I KNOW THIS BOARD HAS DONE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK ON IMPROVING COMPENSATION AND COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS, CONTINUE TO BE IMPORTANT IN A COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT MARKET.

AND WE ARE COMPETING WITH REGIONAL SCHOOL DIVISIONS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE HAD STAFF NEED TO GO TO PRIVATE BUSINESSES, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ENTREPRENEURIAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT REALLY JUST INCREASES OUR NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE MARKET AROUND THIS.

AND I KNOW WE'VE MADE A LOT OF CONCENTRATED EFFORTS IN THAT AREA AND CERTAINLY DURING THIS INTERESTING EMPLOYMENT MARKET AND TIME PERIOD, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL THERE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, DR. HOUGH. ACTUALLY, I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT YOUR PRESENTATION, AND THE NEXT SLIDE WOULD POP UP AND THERE WAS MY ANSWER.

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BOARD MEMBERS AND THE DISCUSSION.

MR. HARTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

REALLY? JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

THIS IS A THOUGHT. SO I WAS A CAREER SWITCHER AND WHEN I CAME, THE PROCESS WAS A LITTLE CUMBERSOME.

YOU HAD TO GO TO AN OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT IN THE STATE MAYBE THIS MAY BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT'S COMING DOWN THE PIPE AND.

WITH THE GOVERNOR'S DIRECTIVE TO HAVE ALMOST LIKE AN IN-HOUSE.

THE CHRIS MITCHELL PROGRAM IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST MEETING YOUR PRAXIS REQUIREMENTS, IT'S THE ACTUAL CLASSES YOU NEED.

UM, IN TEACHING THEORY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT OF POSSIBLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN HOUSE ALMOST LIKE COURT.

AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THE THOUGHT.

I CAN HELP YOU POKE HOLES IN IT.

BUT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING BECAUSE WE COULD GIVE INFORMATION TO PEOPLE ABOUT CHANGING CAREERS AND GET THEM TO TAKE TO PRACTICE AND WHATNOT.

BUT THEN YOU ARE HAVING TO GO OUT AND TRAVEL TO ODU OR ANOTHER PLACE FURTHER AWAY TO THE SEMINARS OR ON WEEKENDS.

NORMALLY THAT YOU HAVE TO DO SO.

THAT COULD ALSO JUST BE SOMETHING THAT PUTS AN EXTRA BURDEN ON PEOPLE THAT IF THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT DOING.

I WHEN THEY START LOOKING AT HOW DIFFICULT IT COULD BE, IF THERE WAS A WAY THAT WE FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DOING IT, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTNER SOMEHOW WITH A POSSIBLY BRIGHT POINT OR ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT DO OFFER SOME PREPARATORY CLASSES.

DON'T JUST BRING IT IN-HOUSE AND SAY, HEY, WE WE GOT TEN OR 15 PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN IT AND WE COULD ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM HERE SO THAT.

IT MAYBE CUTS DOWN ON PEOPLE WHO WOULD GO INTO THE WIND WHEN THEY REALLY SEE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL HOOPS YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH TO GET A LICENSE.

IT'S JUST A. YEAH.

WE'RE CERTAINLY KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT WITH THE LICENSURE REGULATIONS.

YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF VARIATIONS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY AND SPECIAL ED, BUT WE'RE REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE.

WHAT THAT WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

THANK YOU. MISS BAILEY.

THANK YOU. I THOUGHT THIS KEEPS REPEATING IN MY HEAD, AND THAT IS WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A HOLE, THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO IS STOP DIGGING.

AND SO EVEN THOUGH WE'RE FOCUSING A LOT ON THE RECRUITING, THE HIRING, INCENTIVIZING TEACHERS TO COME.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO TO INCENTIVIZE TEACHERS TO STAY, BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF TEACHERS THAT YOU REPORTED THAT HAVE INCREASED THAT HAVE LEFT THE IN SUCH A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER NUMBER THAN PREVIOUS PREVIOUS YEARS, I'M SURE HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PANDEMIC.

SO LET'S JUST HOPE THAT'S NOT A TREND THAT CONTINUES, BUT TO ENSURE THAT IT DOES NOT.

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, DO WE DO EXIT INTERVIEWS TO FIND OUT WHY THEY LEFT AND WHAT IS THE MAIN CULPRIT FOR THE VAST NUMBER OF TEACHERS LEAVING? ARE THEY LEAVING THE PROFESSION OR ARE THEY LEAVING THE COUNTY? WOULD BE MY FIRST QUESTION.

AND THEN SECOND.

IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE COULD CONSIDER ADDRESSING TO WITH OUR PRINCIPALS TO INCENTIVIZE OUR LONGTIME TEACHERS TO STAY AND NOT LEAVE, IF WE CAN MAYBE JUST BRAINSTORM SOME WAYS TO ADDRESS THAT.

I'M THRILLED ABOUT THE RIGHT GRANT, BUT I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY GOING TO BRAND NEW TEACHERS, WHICH WE NEED, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO KEEP THE ONES THAT WE HAVE.

YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY DO.

AND WE KNOW THAT CERTAINLY WORK HAS BEEN DONE TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, COMPRESSION, SALARY COMPRESSION AND THAT TYPE OF THING, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE.

WE DO SEND EXIT SURVEYS TO EVERYONE WHO SEPARATES.

AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF THEY MARK A REASON ON THE EXIT FORM, THAT'S A SEPARATE DATA FIELD THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE WILL MARK A SINGLE REASON ON A FORM, BUT THEY WON'T FILL OUT A SURVEY.

AND SO WE DO HAVE THOSE TWO DATA POINTS OVER AND WE SHOULD HAVE A YEARS COMPREHENSIVE WORTH OF DATA THAT SEPTEMBER 30TH CAPTURE. OVER THE SUMMER, WE WERE SEEING A NUMBER OF PEOPLE LEAVING THE FIELD.

AND IT YOU KNOW, IT WOULD NOT SURPRISE ME IF OUR NUMBERS DID NOT LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO THE NATIONAL TRENDS.

WITH PEOPLE LEAVING IN THEIR FIRST FIVE YEARS.

SAW PEOPLE.

AGAIN, STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I'M STARTING MY OWN BUSINESS.

I'M GOING TO WORK FOR PRIVATE COMPANY.

THE WORKING FROM HOME IS VERY ATTRACTIVE TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND OF COURSE TEACHING IS PRIMARILY WORKING IN THE CLASSROOM.

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AND WE'VE WE'VE BEEN CHALLENGED BY THAT.

UM. ONE THOUGHT IN TERMS OF TWO, THAT'S ONE IN TERMS OF SUPPORTING THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE NOW.

I THOUGHT THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM COULD HELP WITH THAT.

IF IT LEADS TO MORE ESL TEACHERS, I WAS LISTENING TO SOME DISCUSSION.

APPARENTLY WE STILL HAVE SOME SCHOOLS AT ONE HIGH SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR THAT ONLY HAS 0.4 ESL TEACHERS.

AND JUST THE STRUGGLE WHEN YOU YOU CAN'T REALLY MEET THE NEEDS OF YOUR STUDENTS WHEN YOU HAVE 0.4 PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WITH EASIER ACCESS TO ESL TEACHERS, WITH THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM, THAT THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS BETTER BY MAKING THEM FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IF THEY HAVE ANY ASL STUDENT, THAT THAT STUDENT IS GOING TO GET THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO SHARE A THOUGHT BECAUSE I WAS HANGING OUT WITH PEOPLE WHO OWN THEIR OWN COMPANIES AND TALKING ABOUT THE TREND, WHICH IS VERY REAL OF PRIVATE COMPANIES HIRING TEACHERS.

AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHY DO PRIVATE COMPANIES HIRE TEACHERS? AND THEY SAID, WELL, IT'S THAT'S EASY.

IT'S BECAUSE TEACHERS CAN EXPLAIN THINGS.

AND IT HIT ME, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT SORT OF A 21ST CENTURY SKILL IS COLLABORATION.

AND THE KEY TO COLLABORATION IS CLEAR COMMUNICATION.

SO OUR TEACHERS ARE REALLY 21ST CENTURY LEADERS BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE MAYBE A LOT BETTER THAN YOUR AVERAGE PERSON. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING.

SO GIVEN THAT WE HAVE TO BE EXTRA COMPETITIVE AS WE THINK AHEAD TO THE NEXT BUDGET SEASON, GIVEN THAT WE HAVE TO RETAIN THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE AND ALSO HIRE NEW ONES THAT ARE BEING COURTED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES WHO LOVE THEIR COMMUNICATION SKILLS.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE THE 2223 BUDGET? I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GOING TO EXPECT A LARGER NUMBER THAN WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

AND MAYBE YOU CAN'T ANSWER THIS YET, BUT I JUST I'M ALREADY THINKING NEXT MONTH IS WHEN WE START TO THINK MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT MORE DOLLARS IN THIS AREA THAN WE HAVE HISTORICALLY.

AND I KNOW THAT BUDGET IS CERTAINLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME AND THERE'S A LOT OF PUZZLE PIECES TO BE FILLED IN.

WE'VE ALSO BEEN WATCHING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE INITIATIVES RELATING TO TEACHING BECAUSE.

OF COURSE, IT'S A NATIONWIDE PROBLEM.

AND IN BOTH BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE ENTITIES HAVE MENTIONED SALARY.

AND SO WE ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT WHAT THAT WHAT THOSE PUZZLE PIECES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND THINKING THROUGH LIKE SUPPORT.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS LAST YEAR WHAT WE HEARD, WE HEARD THAT TEACHERS WERE UNDERSTANDABLY, YOU KNOW, PRETTY FRUSTRATED WITH, YOU KNOW, DURING MY PLANNING PERIOD, I'VE GOT TO COVER ANOTHER CLASS AND I NEED TO BE PLANNING AND GRADING, ASSESSING AND CONTACTING PARENTS.

AND SO WE'VE WE'VE WORKED HARD TO INCREASE OUR FILL RATES.

THEY'RE NOT OUR SUBSTITUTE TO NOT WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO BE YET, BUT THEY HAVE IMPROVED MARKEDLY.

AND I KNOW THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORKED HARD ON ADJUSTING THE SALARIES FOR SUBSTITUTES.

AND WE HAVE STARTED THE YEAR WITH THE ALMOST HIT 1600 SUBSTITUTES THIS WEEK.

SO WE'RE AT ABOUT 700 MORE THAN WHERE WE STARTED LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'VE ARRIVED YET, BUT WE ARE.

THAT'S ONE WAY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS.

FOR TEACHERS AS WELL.

I HAD JUST A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOING TO. I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MY QUESTIONS OFF THE LIST AS WE GO ALONG.

ARE WE SUPPORTING AND THIS IS KIND OF ALONG THE LINES THAT MR. HARTER WAS TALKING ABOUT, ARE WE SUPPORTING TEST PREP FOR PRAXIS AND CLA WITH OUR TEACHERS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO RELATIVELY PAINLESSLY? LIKE HOW WE HAVE.

WE HAVE A KHAN ACADEMY AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS FOR TEST PREP.

IS THERE ANYTHING AVAILABLE ALONG THOSE LINES? YES. WE HAVE DYNAMIC.

YES, WE HAVE. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO SOME PRAXIS TEST PREP SUPPORT.

THE OTHER THING WE'RE DOING KIND OF AGAIN, I GUESS YOU COULD CONSIDER THIS A RELATED CONDITION.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK THAT'S CHALLENGING FOR TEACHERS IS WE'RE ALSO CHALLENGED TO HIGHER IDEAS.

SO SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE HAVING TEST SESSIONS EVERY THURSDAY THAT WE PAID FOR TO TEST PEOPLE TO BECOME IIS IN

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AND THEN ALSO WE CAN IN SOME SITUATION TO A FULL TIME EMPLOYEE SUPPORT PRAXIS.

THE PAIR PROTEST FOR THE YES.

AND DOES THE RIGHT GRANT APPLY TO FOLKS WHO HAVE A PROVISIONAL LICENSE? YES. OKAY, GREAT.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION.

LAST ONE. DOES THESE.

THE SPONSORING AGENCY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TEACHERS COVER VISA FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT NEED TO BE ALL THAT BACKGROUND STUFF IS COVERED THROUGH THAT PROGRAM.

YES. AND THEY EVEN HAVE A SUPPORT PERSON IN THE RICHMOND AREA, ONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR..

NEXT WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN REVISIONS FROM DR..

[F. Strategic Plan Revisions - Short Note Updates]

DOHERTY. FOLLOWING OUR ROBUST REVIEW OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AT THE AUGUST 15 SCHOOL BOARD RETREAT, WE'VE COMPILED HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW.

THOSE REVISIONS THAT WERE SUGGESTED BY STAFF AS WELL AS BY BOARD MEMBERS.

THE PICTURED DOCUMENT DOES HAVE A LIVE LINK FOR OUR PUBLIC AND SPECIFICALLY TEXT AND READ OR SUGGESTIONS BROUGHT FORWARD BY STAFF.

IN TEXTS IN BLUE WERE SUGGESTIONS PROPOSED BY BOARD MEMBERS.

WE JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS BACK SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THIS PAGE BEGINNING ON PAGE TWO WHEN YOU SCROLL DOWN.

THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT OUR PLAN LOOKS LIKE AS IT'S PUBLISHED ONLINE RIGHT NOW.

BUT WITH THESE RED AND BLUE TEXT CHANGES AND FUZED SO THAT YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD LOOK AS WE COME BACK AGAIN NEXT MONTH AND CONSIDER POSSIBLY APPROVING THESE SUGGESTIONS.

AGAIN, WE'RE VERY OPEN STILL FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND.

THIS POINT. WE JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU.

FOR YOU. THANK YOU, DR.

POPE. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'M GOING TO ASK JOSH DAVIS TO COME UP AND SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AT THIS TIME.

JOSH, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. DOHERTY.

WE HAVE ABOUT 440 BUS DRIVERS AND THEY'RE WORKING REALLY HARD AND BEING VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE WITH THE MISSION THAT THEY HAVE.

I PROBABLY VISITED ABOUT 26 SCHOOLS THE FIRST WEEK AND GOT TO CHAT WITH A LOT OF THEM, EITHER ARRIVING AT SCHOOL OR TAKING CARE OF THE KIDS IN THE AFTERNOON.

AND OUR DEMAND IS UP.

OUR ENROLLMENTS UP.

WE STARTED SOME NEW PROGRAMS. WE OPEN A NEW SCHOOL. WE'VE GOT A NEW RECOVERY ACADEMY.

AND WE'VE ENCOURAGED KIDS.

THE PRINCIPALS ARE TO PUT THEIR PARENTS TO PUT THE KIDS ON THE BUSSES, AND THEY'RE DOING THAT.

SO THAT'S ALL VERY POSITIVE.

IT'S GOOD FOR THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AROUND THE SCHOOL.

SCHOOL BUSSES REMAIN THE SAFEST WAY TO GET OUR KIDS TO SCHOOL.

UM. A FEW THINGS I DO WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE WE'RE NOT QUITE REACHING OUR GOALS.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND OUR AND OUR FOCUS ON GETTING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING AS OUR FOCUS.

NUMBER ONE, WE REMAIN DEDICATED TO OUR SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.

AREA FIVE IS FULLY STAFFED AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS WITH THOSE DISABILITIES ARE AT THE TOP OF OUR PRIORITY LIST AND DOING VERY WELL WITH THEM.

OUR TECHNOLOGY IS WORKING WELL.

BOTH TYLER DRIVE AND THE MY STOP APP DON'T HAVE ANY SYSTEMIC ISSUES.

THERE ARE SOME HARDWARE ISSUES.

SOME OF THE RFID CARD READERS NEED REPLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE FROM TIME TO TIME, AND NOT EVERY USER IS EXTREMELY ADEPT AT USING THEM BY STOP APP.

WE DO HAVE SOME TIPS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN WE HEAR OF SOME ISSUES WITH IT.

OH, WE WERE IN ANOTHER MEETING WITH SOME COUNTY OFFICIALS THIS MORNING, AND ONE OF THE COUNTY DEPUTY ADMINISTRATORS TALKED ABOUT HOW WELL THE APP WORKED IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

HE SAID HE COULD TELL EVERYBODY EVERYBODY'S JUST WATCHING WHERE THE BUS IS AND THEN THEY COME STREAMING OUT TO THE BUS STOP.

AND HE THINKS IT'S VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE.

SO THINGS ARE GOING VERY WELL THERE, BUT NOT EVERY FAMILY'S GETTING PERFECT TRANSPORTATION.

SO WE'RE STRIVING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.

AND ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING BEGINNING NEXT WEEK IS TO BEGIN TO BRING SOME OF THOSE BUSSES TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS A BIT EARLIER THAN 715.

WE DID THAT LAST YEAR.

THAT WAS KIND OF A KIND OF A MAJOR PRACTICE.

AND WE'VE GOTTEN TOGETHER WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.

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AH. DO YOU KNOW IN REGARDS TO WHEN WE HAVE ROOTS? NOT ON SCHEDULE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR AREA OFFICES TO COMMUNICATE.

NUMBER ONE, TO ANSWER THE PHONES.

BUT NUMBER TWO, AS THEY ARE AWARE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUS BEHIND SCHEDULE TO PUSH OUT THOSE MESSAGES AS EARLY AS THEY CAN.

AND AND I KNOW SOME MESSAGES ARE GOING OUT AT 615 IN THE MORNING TO ALERT FAMILIES WHEN WHEN A BUS IS GOING TO BE BEHIND.

BUT THE WAY TO MAKE ALL THAT GO AWAY, OF COURSE, IS FOR OUR TRAINING PIPELINE TO COME THROUGH.

WE WE'VE GOT SOME ZP DRIVERS THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE THEIR LAST YEAR FOR US.

THEY'LL BE ON BOARD IN OCTOBER.

WE'VE GOT. 15 TO 20 DRIVERS BEHIND THE WHEEL NOW IN TRAINING.

SOME OTHERS HAVE RECENTLY STARTED THE CLASSROOM.

AND DR. HOUGH HAS DOZENS OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND CHECK IN THE MEDICAL CHECK.

SO OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, WE EXPECT MANY MORE OF OUR NEW DRIVERS TO COME THROUGH TRAINING AND AND CONTINUE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OR GET CLOSER TO MEETING THAT GOAL THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT JUST IN RECENT WEEKS.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AND AGAIN, ACCOMPLISHING A LOT.

WE KNOW WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. DAVIS.

NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS.

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

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC BUSINESS, WE WILL ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN CONFERENCE ROOM ONE 1138.

[H. Adjournment into Closed Session]

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION 2.23711.8 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTION ONE, THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL, DISCIPLINARY MATTERS, AND TO THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORD.

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 IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL IN THE MOTION.

DEBBIE BAILEY HI.

RYAN HARTER HI.

KATHRYN HAINES HI HEFFRON I AM COKER HI.

WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE? AN 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? THANK YOU. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES AND TO ONLY SUCH BUSINESS.

PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS, AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED SESSION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.

IS THERE AN OPTION TO IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? SAMANT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE ON THE MOTION? DEBBIE BAILEY. HI.

BRIAN HARTER. HI.

KATHRYN HAINES.

HI. DOT HEFFRON.

HI. ANNE COKER I.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2020 223? HR IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD AS THERE A SECOND.

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

DEBBIE BAILEY. HI.

BRIAN HARTER. CATHERINE HAINES.

HI, DOT HEFFRON.

I AM COKER I.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2020 223 EIGHT H.R.

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IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL RO ON THE MOTION SET? B BAILEY I RYAN HARTER KATHRYN HAINES I DOT HEFFRON I AND COKER I THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2020 223 NINE HR IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLE IN THE MOTION? DEBBIE BAILEY. HI.

RYAN HARTER HI.

CATHERINE HAINES.

HI. HEFFRON.

I AM COKER I.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2022 2310.

HR IT IS 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.

HI, BRIAN HARTER.

CATHERINE HAINES HI.

DOT HEFFRON. I AM COKER I.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2022 2023 ONE, IT IS 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.

HI. RYAN HARTER.

CATHERINE HAINES.

HI, HEFFRON.

I AM COKER I THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE STUDENT MATTERS IN CASE NUMBERS? 2020 223 ONE RE 2022 2322 RE 2020 220 33RE 2020 220 34RE 2020 220 3/5 RE 2020 223 SIX RE 2020 220 3/7 RE.

IT IS 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 HI.

RYAN HARTER HI.

CATHERINE HAINES I THOUGHT HEFFRON I AM COKER I THE MOTION CARRIES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.