Sep 13, 2022 September 13, 2022 - Business Meeting - 6:30 p.m.

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING TO ORDER.

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

COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ARE PROHIBITED AND ARE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 18.2-415 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND PUBLIC SPACES AND SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 6141.

I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS MEETING IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.

WE WILL NOW HAVE INVOCATION BY MR. HARTER, FOLLOWED BY FLAG SALUTE LED BY MS. HAINES. THANK YOU.

IF WE COULD ALL JUST BOW OUR HEADS FOR A MOMENT.

ACCEPT OUR THANKS FOR THIS DAY AND ALL OF ITS BLESSINGS.

GUIDE US AND DIRECT US AND ALL OF OUR ACTIONS AND GRANT THAT EACH OF US FEEL OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO A CHAIN, EXCHANGE IDEAS, AND PROPOSE SOLUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. AMEN.

[B. Consent Agenda]

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FROM A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO SEPARATE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AND INDIVIDUAL ACTION? HEARING NONE.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS AMENDED? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?

[C. Awards and Recognitions]

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

IF I COULD ASK OUR BIRD HIGH BOYS TEAM TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE TEAM.

COACHED BY ADAM CANNING, THE BIRD HIGH BOYS TEAM WON THE 2022 VHSL CLASS FIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD.

THIS IS BIRD'S FOURTH STRAIGHT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE TITLE STREAK BEGAN IN 2018.

AS OF NOTE, THERE WAS NOT A CHAMPIONSHIP MEET IN 2020.

HERE ARE THE TEAM MEMBERS WHO WON INDIVIDUAL TITLES.

JASON WARD WON THE 400 METER DASH, THE FOUR BY 400 METER RELAY TEAM MAKAI LEWIS, TYSON [INAUDIBLE], BRYANT LOVETT AND DAVION BANKS.

MAKAI LEWIS WON THE 800 METER RUN.

FROM THE BIRD HIGH GIRLS TEAM CAITLIN COOKE WON THE LONG JUMP WITH A LEAP OF 18.6.

THE BIRD GIRLS TEAM FINISHED SEVENTH OVERALL.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THE BIRD HIGH TRACK TEAM.

[APPLAUSE] WELL, CONGRATULATIONS, COACH.

SO IT'S A TREMENDOUS HONOR TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT. YOU MUST BE GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO IT BY NOW, BUT YOU OBVIOUSLY ARE ESTABLISHING A CULTURE AT BIRD HIGH SCHOOL OF WINNERS, AND I KNOW THAT DR.

BLANTON BACK THERE HAS GOT A SAYING ABOUT THAT.

I HEAR IT OFTEN, BUT YES, L.C.

BIRD IS DEFINITELY FULL OF TALENTED ATHLETES, BUT IT ALSO TAKES A TREMENDOUS DEDICATION AND ESTABLISHING THAT CULTURE OF SUCCESS THAT YOU HAVE AS A COACH AT BIRD

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EVERY YEAR WE GET A NEW GROUP OF KIDS AND LAST YEAR MORE OF THE SAME.

LUCKILY FOR US, OBVIOUSLY, MOST OF THEM HAVE GRADUATED.

I THINK I SENT AN EMAIL TO ONE OF YOU SAYING, WELL, I WOULD LOVE EVERYONE TO BE HERE, BUT ALL OF THEM ARE RUNNING TO COLLEGE.

SO IT'S FUN, AND I COULDN'T DO WITHOUT, LIKE I SAID, THE SUPPORT OF GREAT STAFF AND STUDENT BODY OVER AT LC BIRD.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE AND I DON'T BELIEVE MADISON IS WITH US, BUT THE CLASSIC STATE CHAMPION TRIPLE JUMP, MADISON [INAUDIBLE] OF THOMAS DALE HIGH WON THE 2022 TRIPLE JUMP TITLE IN CLASS SIX OF THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE OUTDOOR TRACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, THE LEAP OF 40 FEET THREE INCHES.

SHE WAS COACHED BY THOMAS DALE HIGH BY JAMARI PRICE AND KENDALL BROWN AND NOW ATTENDS THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

WHILE SHE'S NOT HERE, PLEASE JOIN ME IN GRADUATING MADISON [INAUDIBLE].

[APPLAUSE] NEXT UP, IF I COULD ASK OUR CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL TEAM TO COME FORWARD THIS TIME.

YEAH.

CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL WON THE 21-22 NATIONAL GUARD CUP IN CLASS FIVE OF THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE FOR YEAR LONG ACTIVITY SUCCESS.

THIS IS CLOVER HILL HIGH'S SECOND CUP PREVIOUSLY WINNING IN 2016.

A POINT SYSTEM DETERMINES THE WINNERS BASED ON OVERALL PERFORMANCE IN THE VHSL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITIONS.

CLOVER HILL HIGH SCORED POINTS IN THESE COMPETITIONS.

THEATER CARLY WILKERSON IS THE ADVISOR.

PARTICIPATING STUDENTS ARE LAUREL BENNETT.

SARAH CRAFT.

[INAUDIBLE].

GENESIS [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] DE FRANCESCO JUPITER [INAUDIBLE] AURORA [INAUDIBLE] [INAUDIBLE] LIBBY ROGOWSKI [INAUDIBLE] WHITE AND MADDOX BARNES AND DEBATE HUNTER CLARK IS THE ADVISOR.

PARTICIPATING STUDENTS ARE [INAUDIBLE] HUDSON, [INAUDIBLE] CHANDRAGUPTA, MAGGI MATTSON, [INAUDIBLE] PAGANINI. I APOLOGIZE IF I GOT THAT WRONG.

ERIC WALKER.

IN FILM, AMERICA AND FILM.

AMANDA BERNANKE IS THE ADVISOR.

PARTICIPATING STUDENTS ARE KAYLEE FUTRELL, SERENITY MARTIN, KAYLEE PATEL, BAILEY BRINSON, [INAUDIBLE], JADEN SMITH, WILLIAM WHITLOCK AND JONATHAN [INAUDIBLE], AND THE YEARBOOK TEAM AS WELL, WHO I BELIEVE IS ALL GRADUATED.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING THE CLOVER HILL HIGH STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] WE DO HAVE SOME GIFTS HERE.

SO WHO IS THE SPONSOR FOR FILM? CONGRATULATIONS AND DEBATE YOU'RE WELCOME AND THEATER.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE ACHIEVEMENT, AND WE'RE ALL SO PROUD OF YOU, AND NOT AN EASY FEAT GIVEN WHAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE BEEN.

SO I HOPE THAT YOU ALL ARE VERY PROUD OF YOURSELVES AND TAKE SOME TIME TO JUST ENJOY THE VICTORY.

GREAT. WELL DONE.

LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

[APPLAUSE] YOU ARE FREE TO GO.

AT THIS TIME, IF I COULD ASK OUR FRIENDS OF ETTRICK EARLY LEARNING CENTER TO COME FORWARD.

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DIRECTOR NANCY ROSS.

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DOROTHY EDWARDS AND TEACHER OF THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER PROGRAM, JOANNE GIBSON, ARE HERE TONIGHT ALONG WITH SOME OF THE OTHER MANY SUPPORTERS.

[INAUDIBLE] AMONG THOSE MANY SUPPORTERS ETTRICK ELEMENTARY IN CHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

FOR FIVE YEARS, THE FRIENDS OF ETTRICK LEARNING CENTER HELPED THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS LEARN THROUGH PLAY AND PREPARE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN KINDERGARTEN.

THE STORY OF THE LEARNING CENTER SEEMS THE BEST TOLD THROUGH THE WORDS OF DIRECTOR NANCY ROSS, WHO WROTE THIS IN AN EMAIL AFTER UNANTICIPATED AND UNAVOIDABLE STAFFING SITUATIONS OCCURRED IN MID-AUGUST, AND I'M QUOTING FROM THE EMAIL.

THIS IS ONE EMAIL I WISH I DID NOT HAVE TO WRITE.

WE HAVE GIVEN THIS MUCH THOUGHT, DISCUSSION AND REFLECTION ON OUR PROGRAM'S MISSION AND VISION.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ASK, QUOTE, HOW DOES THE FUTURE LOOK FOR FRIENDS OF THE EARLY LEARNING CENTER, END QUOTE.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING.

WITH REALIZATION, WE DECIDED TO CLOSE THE DOORS TO OUR COMMUNITY BASED EARLY LEARNING CENTER.

WE'VE BEEN ON AN AMAZING JOURNEY SINCE THE OPENING IN 2017.

IT'S BEEN EXTRAORDINARY COLLABORATION OF PARENTS, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, GRASSROOT ORGANIZATIONS, LOCAL BUSINESSES, CHURCHES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY AND COUNTY SERVICE ENTITIES.

PLEASE SHOW ME RECOGNIZING THE FRIENDS OF ETTRICK EARLY LEARNING CENTER.

[APPLAUSE] SO IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THREE AND A HALF YEARS AGO WHEN I MET NANCY, AND NANCY TOLD ME ABOUT THIS AMAZING PROGRAM THAT THE PAST MATOACA SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE ROB THOMPSON AND STEVE ELSWICK, WHO WAS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, HAD HELPED THEM GET GOING.

THEY SAW A NEED AND THEY FEEL THAT THEY STEPPED UP AND THAT NEED WAS TO HAVE AN OPTION FOR STUDENTS THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF OUR TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY THREE AND FOUR YEAR-OLDS, AND THEY HAD A CENTER THAT THEY STARTED WITH A TRAILER.

THAT TRAILER THEN GREW INTO A CLASSROOM THAT'S INSIDE THE NEW ETTRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THESE PEOPLE DID THIS FOR THE GREATNESS OF THEIR HEARTS.

THEY DID NOT DO THIS FOR MONEY.

THIS WAS NOT THIS WAS NOT FUNDED FOR THERE'S A NUMBER OF LEGAL REASONS WHY CCPS COULD NOT LEGALLY FUND IT, BUT WE WOULD TRY TO SOLICIT DONATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO KIND OF GET THEM THROUGH WITH SUPPLIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS FOR US TO OPEN A LAB SCHOOL THAT IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THE SAME SITUATION ON VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ETTRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

WE WERE TRYING TO PULL IT TOGETHER FOR ONE MORE YEAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON, AND I AM JUST SO GRATEFUL THAT THESE WOMEN UP HERE STEPPED UP TO HELP WITH A NEED THAT THEY SAW IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOU GUYS WHAT YOU DID, AND YOU GUYS HAVE MY WORD THAT I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT LAB SCHOOL DOES HAPPEN.

SO IT'S BITTERSWEET THAT THIS COMES TO AN END, BUT KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TO HELP OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND THAT WE GET THE FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO PUSH THROUGH, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HELP JUST MAYBE 15 STUDENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MAYBE 2 TO 300 STUDENTS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING, YOU COULD DO SO AT THIS TIME.

WELL, WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, RYAN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

IT IS BECAUSE OF RYAN, AND I MENTIONED TO HIM THAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR A RETIRED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TEACHER. RYAN SAID, I KNOW SOMEONE AND I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MRS. JOANNE GIBSON, WHO CAME TO US SHE IS A RETIRED CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATOR.

SO SHE JOINED US AND THIS FAMILY, AND IT HAS BEEN A BEAUTIFUL ADVENTURE.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE THANKS BECAUSE AS RYAN STATED, WE HAD A ZERO BUDGET.

EVERYONE WAS VOLUNTEERING.

WE HAD KIDS THAT CAME TWO DAYS A WEEK, 10 TO 12:30 P.M, AND WE HAD A BALL, BUT WE DID HAVE DONATIONS. DONATIONS THAT CAME FROM VARIOUS CHURCHES AND OTHER NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, AND ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT STOOD WITH US SINCE 2017 WAS MARTHA MASON HILL MEMORIAL FOUNDATION.

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THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THIS IS A GIFT OF OUR APPRECIATION.

THERE'S FOUR OF THEM IN THE [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD CALL BACK UP OUR THOMAS DALE HIGH SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

MADISON [INAUDIBLE] OF THOMAS DALE HIGH WON THE 2022 TRIPLE JUMP TITLE IN CLASS SIX OF THE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE OUTDOOR TRACK STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS A LEAP OF 40 FEET THREE INCHES. SHE WAS COACH AT THOMASVILLE HIGH BY JAMARI PRICE AND KENDALL BROWN AND NOW ATTENDS THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING AND CONGRATULATING MADISON [INAUDIBLE].

[APPLAUSE] WE'RE SO THANKFUL AND BLESSED TO HAVE MADISON'S PARENTS HERE AND COACH UP HERE.

SO I KNOW WHAT AN AMAZING FEAT FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND BE ABLE TO JUMP AS FAR AS SHE DID.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT SHE DOES IN THE FUTURE, AND I KNOW Y'ALL ARE, LIKE I SAID, VERY PROUD PARENTS, AND SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MADISON, SINCE SHE'S NOT HERE WITH US THIS EVENING AND WHAT SHE'S DOING AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

HOW ARE YOU DOING? CORY [INAUDIBLE] MADISON'S FATHER.

WE JUST SPOKE WITH HER; THEY STARTED, SHE'S BEEN PRACTICING FOR ABOUT FOUR WEEKS.

THEY HAD THEIR FIRST OFFICIAL TRACK PRACTICE YESTERDAY, SO SHE'S REALLY ENJOYING IT AND THE PLEASURE SHE LOVES.

SHE'S THERE WITH ANOTHER CHESTER NATIVE, TATIANA MARSH.

SO SHE'S ACTING LIKE A BIG MENTOR FOR HER, BUT SHE HAS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HER BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO REPRESENT CHESTERFIELD REALLY WELL AND STUFF, ESPECIALLY THOMAS DALE AND STUFF TO SHOW HIM WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

SO THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] SURE. IT'S FUNNY.

WE JUST SPOKE IN THE HALLWAY.

MADISON WAS NOT A TRACK ATHLETE AT ALL.

MADISON? I KNEW THAT SHE WAS A TRACK ATHLETE WHEN SHE RAN FROM ME IN THE HALLWAY.

[CHUCKLING] EVERY DAY I TRIED EVERY DAY, AND SHE RAN AND SHE RAN, AND SHE FINALLY SAID, I'LL TRY IT AND END UP BEING A MAYBE FIVE, SIX TIME STATE CHAMPION IN THE TRIPLE JUMP AND LONG JUMP.

AMAZING YOUNG LADY.

ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUSH AND PERSUADE OUR YOUTH TO DO THINGS THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEY CAN DO, BECAUSE THE FEAR OF FAILURE IS VERY IMMINENT IN OUR YOUTH, AND SOMETIMES THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE GUIDANCE AND A LITTLE SHOVE AND THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR ALL OF THEM.

SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE SHE IS.

I'M JUST SO PROUD AND THANKFUL.

A LITTLE SHORT STORY.

HER MENTOR, TATIANA MARSH, ACTUALLY BROKE THE STATE RECORD IN TRIPLE JUMP, AND THEN IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE MADISON BROKE HER STATE RECORD AND NOW THEY'RE TEAMMATES AT UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

SO IT'S JUST AWESOME. [APPLAUSE] THAT'S AMAZING, AND I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT RECORD SHE'S GOING TO BREAK NEXT.

SO PLEASE GIVE THIS TO HER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING DRIVER PERFORMANCE, DR.

FRYE. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.

BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

DAUGHERTY, IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR DRIVERS OF THE MONTH PROVIDING SAFE TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY IS ESSENTIAL TO INSTRUCTION, AND OUR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL DRIVERS GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ACCOMPLISH THIS MISSION EVERY DAY.

ALTHOUGH OFTEN AN UNSUNG HERO TO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS, THEIR BUS DRIVER IS A ROLE MODEL FOR PATIENTS HARD WORK, KINDNESS AND

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THERE ARE MANY DRIVERS WHO COULD BE RECOGNIZED THIS MONTH, BUT EACH TRANSPORTATION MANAGER HAD TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION OF SELECTING ONE DRIVER TO REPRESENT THEIR AREA. WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE FOLLOWING DRIVERS.

CHRISTIE SAM AREA ONE BUS 213.

11 MONTHS OF SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE] GEORGE HOWARD AREA TWO BUS 205 NINE MONTHS OF SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE] HOPE JONES AREA THREE BUS 824. 15 YEARS OF SERVICE [APPLAUSE] AWARD BEEN ACCEPTED BY OUR AREA MANAGER RON ARENA.

BOBBY RADFORD AREA FOUR BUS 328 NINE MONTHS OF SERVICE.

AWARD BEING ACCEPTED BY OUR AREA MANAGER, JENNIFER DAVIS.

[APPLAUSE] NORA [INAUDIBLE].

AREA FIVE BUS 235.

ONE YEAR OF SERVICE.

[APPLAUSE] SO I WAS EXCITED TO DO THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE AFTER MORE THAN A DECADE, MY YOUNGEST IS IN FIFTH GRADE, AND HE DOESN'T WANT ME TO COME TO THE BUS STOP ANYMORE, AND SO FOR THE FIRST TIME, I DON'T GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT INCREDIBLE CONNECTION AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO, BECAUSE IT WOULD BRIGHTEN MY DAY TO SEE YOU ON THE BUS AND JUST DOING WHAT YOU DO.

SO YOU'LL BE THE STAND IN SINCE I CAN'T GO TO THE BUS ANYMORE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT COOL.

SO JUST KNOW THAT IT MEANS SO MUCH TO ME AND ALL THE PARENTS, ALL THE GUARDIANS OUT THERE.

IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US.

SO I'D LIKE YOU TO SHARE YOUR NAME AGAIN AND WHY YOU LOVE TO DRIVE AND IF YOU ARE RECEIVING THE AWARD FOR THE DRIVER, IF YOU CAN SAY, SINCE YOU WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT THEY BRING TO THE DRIVING COMMUNITY.

HELLO, I'M CHRISTIE, I DRIVE 213.

I LOVE DOING MY JOB.

MOST JOBS THAT I HAD I DIDN'T LIKE, BUT DOING THIS JOB, WORKING WITH KIDS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO.

SO I TREAT MY BUS BABIES LIKE MY OWN BABIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

HELLO, I'M GEORGE HOWARD AND I DRIVE BUS 205.

I WORK OUT OF AREA TWO, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BEST AREAS IN THE COUNTY.

WORK WITH A GREAT TEAM AND I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

I COACHED YOUTH SPORTS FOR 18 YEARS AND HAD BEEN AWAY FROM IT FOR A WHILE.

SO I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE THIS JOB BECAUSE IT GIVES ME A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THE YOUTH AGAIN.

THANK YOU AGAIN. MY NAME IS NORA [INAUDIBLE].

I AM THE AREA FIVE.

I LIKE MY JOB.

I LOVE WORKING WITH THE KIDS.

I LIKE IT DRIVE EVERY DAY.

I LIKE IT BECAUSE I CAN DRIVE MY DAUGHTER EVERY DAY I PICK HER UP FROM THE SCHOOL.

THANK YOU. I'M ACCEPTING FOR OUR DRIVER, BOBBY RADFORD, AND HE JUST TRULY ENJOYS DRIVING THE CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND BEING PART OF THEIR FUTURE.

SO I'M ACCEPTING FOR OUR DRIVER, HOPE, WHO HAS BEEN DRIVING WITH AREA THREE.

SHE IS A FIXTURE OVER THERE.

I KNOW SHE'S BEEN DRIVING FOR THE GRANGE HALL COMMUNITY FOREVER, IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE, BUT REALLY, FOR ALL OF THESE GUYS, I'M THE MANAGER FOR AREA TOO, SO I DON'T GET TO WORK WITH ALL OF THEM, BUT THEY ALL WORK HARD AND THEY TAKE THEIR JOB VERY SERIOUSLY, AND IT'S DIFFICULT WORK AND IT'S AN HONOR TO BE UP HERE WITH THEM.

[APPLAUSE] I FORGOT.

IS ANYBODY HERE FAMILY, FRIENDS IN THE AUDIENCE TO SUPPORT THEM? YAY! [APPLAUSE] I DO APOLOGIZE, I THANKED QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, BUT I DID NOT THANK MY WIFE FOR TOLERATING ME. [LAUGHTER]

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MR. [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.

DR. DAUGHERTY, FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING FOOD NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM MEMBERS.

A NEW SCHOOL YEAR ALWAYS BRINGS ABOUT OPTIMISM, OPPORTUNITY, AND A CHANCE TO START FRESH , BUT FOR FOOD NUTRITION STAFF THIS YEAR, IT'S BEEN SOMEWHAT OF A RETURN TO WAYS OF THE PAST WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOOD SERVICES.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS THIS YEAR THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR TWO YEARS THAT HAVE NEVER DONE A CASH TRANSACTION, AND THEY GOT TO DO THAT THIS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

SO LEARNING ON THE JOB IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE FLEXIBLE AND USED TO WITH SUCH FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM.

THERE WAS PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR CONFUSION AND CONCERN, BUT OUR TEAM NEVER FAILS TO HAVE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH READY TO GO FOR THE STUDENTS WITH A SMILE.

THEIR CONTINUED DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO FEEDING THE STUDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING I'M HONORED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT WITH YOU ALL.

OUR HONOREES THIS EVENING ARE NICOLE BENNETT.

MS. BENNETT IS A FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATE AT MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL AND HAS BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR TWO YEARS, AND WHAT SHE LIKES MOST ABOUT HER JOB IS FEEDING KIDS.

I ENJOY THE FAST PACED WORKING AS A TEAM.

I LOVE THE WORK LIFE BALANCE THIS JOB OFFERS.

NEXT, WE HAVE [INAUDIBLE].

MS. [INAUDIBLE] IS A FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATE AT ELIZABETH DAVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE'S BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR ONE YEAR, AND BEST PART OF HER JOB IS BEING AROUND THE CHILDREN.

THIS JOB GIVES ME A CHANCE TO HELP THEM TO GET BREAKFAST AND LUNCH ON TIME.

OUR WONDERFUL TEAM MAKES THIS JOB STRESS FREE.

NEXT WE HAVE HEATHER CAMPBELL.

MS. CAMPBELL IS OUR NEW MANAGER AT REAMS ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND HAS BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FOR ONE YEAR, AND HER COMMENT ABOUT HER JOB IS, I LOVE MY JOB AS A NEW MANAGER AND I TRULY ENJOY INTERACTING WITH THE KIDS EVERY DAY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR HOLDS, AND NEXT, WE HAVE TANISHA MILLER.

MS. MILLER IS OUR MANAGER AT JB WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND SHE'S BEEN EMPLOYED WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR THREE YEARS.

SHE FEELS THE BEST PART OF HER JOB IS TALKING TO THE KIDS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GET USED TO YOU.

THEY WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE FOOD WE MAKE.

SO THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] I DON'T WANT TO CUT OFF THE APPLAUSE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

THE WORK THAT YOU DO IS SO IMPORTANT AND I'LL JUST SHARE.

I WAS READING AN ARTICLE TODAY.

PENNSYLVANIA THEIR GOVERNOR WAS QUOTED AS HE JUST PASSED AN ORDER THAT WOULD HAVE UNIVERSAL FREE BREAKFAST, AND ONE OF HIS QUOTES WAS, WE CAN'T FEED THEIR MINDS UNTIL WE FEED THEIR BELLIES, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND IT'S SUCH AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR EVERY EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, EVERYTHING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE.

SO I APPRECIATE YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

DO YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING? [INAUDIBLE] DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED? OKAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK KAREEM, FIRST OF ALL, FOR BEING SUCH A WONDERFUL SUPERVISOR, BERKLEY, FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE. WHEN ON MY FIRST INTERVIEW, I SAID, UH, HOLD ON A SECOND, AND CASEY AND EVERYBODY ELSE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE AT CENTRAL OFFICE AND ALL THE FIELD SUPERVISORS WORKING ALONG, ALL THE MANAGERS AND ASSOCIATES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU, JUST FOR THE COUNTY, FOR CCPS, FOR EVERYTHING, AND AS SHE SAID THE FIRST THING WE CAN DO OUR JOB VERY, VERY WELL BECAUSE THE OUR MANAGER AND THE BOARD AND THE STAFF, EVERYTHING, THEY ARE LIKE A BACKBONE, AND THEY SAY, OH, GO, GO AHEAD, AND YOU CAN DO THAT, AND THAT'S THE SPIRIT WE'RE GETTING HERE, AND THE SECOND THING I CAN SEE, AS SHE SAID, THAT WE CAN'T FEED THEIR MINDS WITHOUT FEEDING THEIR BELLIES, AND YES, I SEE EVERY MORNING AT THE BREAKFAST, AT THE LUNCH, THEIR FACES, EXCITING FACES.

OH, WHAT ARE E GOING TO HAVE IN THIS TODAY? THIS MAN, THIS MAN, AND THEY LOVE BREAKFAST.

THEY LOVE THE LUNCHES, AND IT'S NICE TO BE AROUND WITH THE KIDS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND DO YOU HAVE ANY WORK FAMILY OR HOME FAMILY WHO'S HERE TO.

WE AT LEAST HAVE ONE CHEER CHEERING SECTION.

[CHEERING] CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU.

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[D. Public Comment on Agenda Items]

COMMENTS SUBMITTED VIA THE ONLINE FORM OR SENT TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE START OF TONIGHT'S MEETING AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN FULL AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE MEETING MINUTES.

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

THEY ARE WENDY LITTLE, DOMINIQUE CHATTERS, EMILY KLINE AND MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE].

PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS MUST BE RELATED TO SPECIFIC ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.

IF COMMENTS ARE DETERMINED TO BE OF A MORE GERMANE NATURE OR NOT GERMANE TO SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS, SPEAKERS WILL BE ASKED TO RESERVE THEIR COMMENTS FOR THE SECOND GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THERE IS A TIMER SET UP ON THE TOP OF THE PODIUM THAT WILL TURN GREEN WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING YELLOW, WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING AND RED WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. AS YOUR REMINDER, NO PERSONAL BELONGINGS OTHER THAN A CELL PHONE AND SPEAKER NOTES ARE ALLOWED AT THE PODIUM.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO GIVE YOUR NAME AT THE BEGINNING OF YOUR COMMENTS, ALONG WITH WHICH AGENDA ITEM YOU WILL BE ADDRESSING, AND PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMENTS EQUIVALENT TO CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE ARE IN VIOLATION OF SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 1110 ARE PROHIBITED.

SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT COMMENTS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND NOT TO INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS.

MAY WE HAVE WENDY LITTLE? HELLO, I'M WENDY LITTLE, AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME POLICIES THIS EVENING, BUT FIRST I NOTICED THAT SEPTEMBER IS ATTENDANCE MONTH, AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE YOU'VE DENIED MY SON ACCESS TO SCHOOL.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP POLICY 4185.

I THINK THAT YOU MAY WISH TO INCLUDE SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN THAT POLICY.

IT SEEMS TO BE VOID OF THAT, AND THAT MAY BE WHY SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS ARE NOT RECEIVING SOME OF THE SERVICES AND CURRICULUM THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE.

IT ALSO MENTIONS A SPECIAL EDUCATION PROCEDURE MANUAL.

I COULDN'T FIND THAT ANYWHERE.

WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PROACTIVELY GIVEN TO EVERY SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENT PARENT AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY YEAR.

WHERE IS THAT? THAT NOT ONLY WOULD HELP THE SCHOOL DIVISION PERSONNEL, BUT HELP THE PARENTS TO GO TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE, RIGHT PLACES FOR THE RIGHT THINGS, BUT THE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY BY HAVING A DOCUMENT REFERRED TO IN 4181 THAT'S NOT SEARCHABLE ANYWHERE IS PRETTY ASTOUNDING TO ME, AND WE THE PARENTS ARE GOING TO TAKE WE'RE GOING TO TAKE SOME CHARGE WITH OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DIVISION, BECAUSE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY CONTINUES TO NOT BE ABLE TO DO VERY WELL IN THAT ARENA.

WE ARE ESTABLISHING A COUNTYWIDE SPECIAL EDUCATION, PTSO OR PTSA.

A LOT OF PEOPLE REFER THEM TOO AS [INAUDIBLE] AND AFTER THE MEETING I WILL BE COLLECTING NAMES OF THOSE IN SUPPORT.

THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO IMPROVE THINGS FOR ALL.

IT WILL BE A STAKEHOLDER DRIVEN ORGANIZATION AND WE WELCOME YOUR SUPPORT.

THIS WILL BE SEPARATE AND DISTINCT FROM SEAC, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS LITTLE.

MAY WE HAVE DOMINIQUE CHATTERS? GOOD AFTERNOON. A QUOTE FROM MAYA ANGELOU.

I'VE LEARNED THAT PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU SAID.

PEOPLE WILL FORGET WHAT YOU DID, BUT PEOPLE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW YOU MADE THEM FEEL.

RECOGNITION IS AN IMPORTANT WAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT WE VALUE, AND WE DO THAT VERY WELL HERE.

WE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR BUS DRIVERS, CAFETERIA WORKERS, SUPPORT STAFF AND TEACHERS FOR CHOOSING TO GIVE THEIR BEST UNDER LESS THAN IDEAL CONDITIONS AND OR SITUATIONS. WE RECOGNIZE THE TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS.

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I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN.

WE AS PARENTS CONCEDE THAT THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD NEGATIVE EDUCATIONAL IMPACTS ON SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENT POPULATION.

FULL TRANSPARENCY THE COUNTY STRUGGLED WITH IEPS AND PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF SUPPORT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

THE DATA WILL SHOW THIS.

IN YOUR DEFENSE, YOU IMPLEMENT A RECOVERY OF LEARNING TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP SUFFERED BY MANY OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE KNOW WE'VE HAD A LARGE EXODUS OF TEACHERS FROM CCPS DUE TO UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS, LACK OF SUPPORT, SELF CARE NEEDS AND INSUFFICIENT SALARIES.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT WE RECEIVED COVID FUNDING TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THESE THINGS.

HAVE WE EXHAUSTED ALL OF OUR COVID EDUCATIONAL DOLLARS? IF SO, HOW MUCH HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED TO OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS? IF YOU NEED THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ARE NO LONGER LEFT BEHIND, PLEASE REACH OUT AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU NEED OUR SUPPORT. AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, USING FOOTBALL TERMINOLOGY, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE FOURTH QUARTER OF YOUR TERM.

I HOPE THAT YOU FINISH THE TERM STRONG AND BY RECOGNIZING THOSE MOST OFTEN LEFT OUT.

REMEMBER, WE WON'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID OR WHAT YOU DID, BUT WE REMEMBER HOW YOU MADE US FEEL.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MS. CHATTERS. MAY WE HAVE EMILY KLINE? GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AS WELL.

WHEN ATTENDING A FORUM PRESENTED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TRACIE LEE FROM THE OFFICE OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SPOKE ON TRUST AND IT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME, SHE EXPRESSED. TRUST IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE PARENT SCHOOL RELATIONSHIP, AND ONCE TRUST IS LOST, IT CAN TAKE UP TO SIX YEARS TO REPAIR.

I'M A NATURALLY TRUSTING PERSON.

I BELIEVE WE ARE ALL INHERENTLY GOOD.

I BELIEVE IN MISTAKES AND FORGIVENESS AND SECOND CHANCES AND GRACE.

SOME WOULD TELL YOU I'M A BIT NAÏVE BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE ALL HAVE A MORAL COMPASS THAT SHOULD GUIDE US.

I ASSUME YOU TRUST YOUR TEACHERS AND YOUR SUPPORT STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, DIRECTORS, SUPERINTENDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

MAYBE YOU EVEN TRUST YOUR ATTORNEYS AT SANDS ANDERSON, BUT NOT FOR THEIR HONESTY.

YOU CAN TRUST THEM TO CLEAN UP YOUR MESSES.

COVER UP YOUR LIES.

TRAUMATIZE AND FINANCIALLY DEVASTATE FAMILIES BY BULLYING TEACHERS JUST TO PRESERVE THE IMAGE OF CHESTERFIELD.

LAST YEAR ALONE, THAT CAME AT A PRICE OF OVER $600,000.

I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS OR INFLAMMATORY STATEMENTS.

I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU OF TRUTH FOUND IN TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE.

YOU SPENT WELL OVER $250,000 TO BURY MY FAMILY.

YOU SPENT THAT MONEY TO COVER UP, OLD HUNDRED'S PRINCIPAL ASKING STAFF TO FALSIFY DOCUMENTS, OLD HUNDRED'S STAFF ALTERING SERVICE LOGS, COVERING UP BULLYING AND TEACHER FRUSTRATION WITH CHILD TEACHERS AS STANDARD PROCEDURE, INFLATING GRADES, FALSELY ADMINISTERING STANDARDIZED TESTS AND MISREPRESENTING DATA TO INFLATE PROGRESS.

A MATH TEACHER ATTACKING THE INTEGRITY OF MY STUDENT AS HE LIED UNDER OATH MULTIPLE TIMES.

COUNTY DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION LYING EFFORTLESSLY UNDER OATH.

COUNTY DIRECTOR OF SPED LYING EFFORTLESSLY UNDER OATH COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST ENGAGING IN RETALIATORY BEHAVIOR TO DELAY AND DENY STUDENTS ACCESS TO EDUCATION.

THROUGH YOUR ATTORNEYS. YOU SAID STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE LAZY AND NEED TO TRY HARDER.

YOU SAID STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS THEIR PEERS.

YOU INSISTED THAT YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO REMEDIATE LEARNING LOSS FOR THE VULNERABLE POPULATION DESPITE TAKING MILLIONS IN FEDERAL FUNDS, AND ALTHOUGH YOU FAILED TO FOLLOW MY STUDENTS, IEP AND EVERYBODY ELSE'S, YOU SHOULD NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY STUDENTS YOU FAILED.

IT WOULD OPEN THE FLOODGATES TO BLOCK MY FAMILY FROM SEEKING JUSTICE.

YOU CREATED A KANGAROO COURT, HIRED INCREASED POLICE PRESENCE, INTIMIDATED AND DISCRIMINATED AGAINST OBSERVERS, HIRED THREE ATTORNEYS AND HAD A MINIMUM OF FIVE FULL TIME STAFF CIRCLING THE BUILDING TO INTIMIDATE EVERYONE THERE.

IT WAS AN EIGHT DAY PROCESS OF HELL.

IF YOU VALUE AND TRUST THE FAMILIES AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES I WOULD SUGGEST YOU MAKE SOME CHANGES AND STOP PAYING SANDS ANDERSON TO DO YOUR DIRTY WORK.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE].

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HOWEVER, I WAS READING THROUGH THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND AS USUAL, I HAD SOME NOTES MAINLY AROUND GOAL NUMBER TWO.

2(1)(A) SAYS BY 2025, 97% OF CCPS TRANSPORTATION BUSSES WILL ARRIVE ON TIME TO SCHOOL.

SOME STATS BECAUSE I JUST WENT THROUGH IT.

I HAVE 25 EMAILS IN MY INBOX REGARDING BUS 72.

IT'S AT SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT IS USUALLY 40 MINUTES LATE IN THE MORNING.

IT'S PICKING UP KIDS AFTER CLASSES START.

THEY'RE DOING A DOUBLE BACK.

SO IT'S NOT THE FAULT OF THE DRIVER.

THIS IS A LOGISTICS ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED IF YOU'RE EVER GOING TO HIT THAT GOAL.

TO THIS POINT, WE HAVE TAKEN TO DRIVING OUR SON TO SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE MORNING, SOMETHING WE HADN'T PLAN TO DO.

IN THE AFTERNOON, HE USUALLY COMES HOME ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATE.

NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR AND WIDESPREAD THIS IS WITH THE COUNTY.

I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN WITH MR. HARTER ABOUT THIS.

I'VE SENT A COUPLE OF EMAILS ABOUT THIS.

I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON IT, BUT WE NEED TO PUT THE MONEY OUT THERE.

WE NEED TO GET MORE BUSSES AND MORE DRIVERS.

MORE BUSSES ALSO, BECAUSE THE OTHER FEEDBACK I'M HEARING FROM MY NEIGHBORS IS ABOUT OVERCROWDED BUSSES, KIDS SITTING THREE ACROSS ON BUSSES TO THE POINT THAT WE'VE BEEN DRIVING OUR DAUGHTER TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY AT COSBY SINCE THIS YEAR HAS BEGUN , AND WHILE DOING SO, WE'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT THE DROP OFF PROCESS IN THE MORNING IS A GRIDLOCK.

IT IS A DISASTER.

IT IS BACKING UP ON THE WHOLE STREET, CAUSING A FOUR WAY GRIDLOCK ON WALL STREET ITSELF, WHICH BECOMES A SAFETY CONCERN.

MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO RETURN TO THE DROP OFF PROCESS THEY HAD AT COSBY LAST YEAR, OPENING BOTH ENTRANCES TO REDUCE THAT TRAFFIC.

NOW, BECAUSE WE'RE SITTING IN THE PARKING LOT AT COSBY QUITE A BIT, I HAVE NOTICED THE MEGA TRAILER THERE.

SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKED AS SOMEBODY WHO'S WORKED IN DATA AND PHYSICAL SECURITY, I HAVE SEVERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE MEGA TRAILER TO BUILDING TRANSFER. EVERY 90 MINUTES, THE PERIMETER OF THAT BUILDING IS BREACHED FOR A LARGE CROWD OF STUDENTS GOING IN AND COMING OUT.

SOMEBODY WITH BAD INTENT COULD EASILY TAILGATE RIGHT ON IN WITH THAT GROUP.

SO MY SUGGESTION THERE IS TO FIND A WAY TO A COVERED WALKWAY OR AN ENCLOSED WALKWAY BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE MEGA TRAILERS.

OTHERWISE, ANY SECURITY YOU HAVE ON THAT DOOR IS COMPLETELY MEANINGLESS.

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

[E. Superintendent's Report]

DR. DAUGHERTY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I'D LIKE TO CALL DR.

POPE CCPS [INAUDIBLE] PILOT WORK, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE SHE'LL STAY UP FOR A SUPPORTING SCHOOLS PROGRAM AS WELL.

THANK YOU. BOARD CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

DAUGHERTY. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU INFORMATION ABOUT A PILOT OFFERED BY THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CALLED BRIDGING THE GAP.

THIS PILOT IS AN AMBITIOUS AND EXCITING DATA SHARING PILOT FROM THE VDOE TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS.

THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING AN UPDATE ON THE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE NOTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE.

THE VDOE BRIDGING THE GAP PILOT FOCUSES ON THREE PARTS.

FIRST, PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT, FOCUSED ON HELPING PARENTS RECEIVE AND UNDERSTAND STUDENT PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AND ENGAGE IN DIALOG WITH THE SCHOOL.

THE SECONDARY OF THE PILOT IS DATA FOR INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING PURPOSES, WHERE THE VDOE WILL SHARE INFORMATION DIRECTLY WITH TEACHERS TO HELP IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING, AND THE THIRD COMPONENT IN THE PILOT IS INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING PLANS, SOMETIMES CALLED PERSONALIZED LEARNING PLANS IN THE PILOT, AND THE POINT OF THIS ASPECT IS TO DEVELOP AND SHOW PARENTS AND TEACHERS IN AN EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE WAY THE LEARNING GAPS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE OFF GRADE LEVEL.

AS PILOT PARTICIPANTS, CCPS IS IN A POSITION TO HEAR FROM OTHER PILOT PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE, ALL IN THOSE THREE AREAS THAT I JUST LISTED.

ALSO, AS A PILOT PARTICIPANT, WE ARE ABLE TO PREVIEW THE TOOLS THAT THE VIDEO IS SELECTING AND HONING BECAUSE THE IDEA WITH VIDEO IS THAT EVERY

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HERE ARE THE FOUR PRIMARY WORK TASKS THAT WE ANTICIPATE AS A PARTICIPATING SCHOOL DIVISION IN THE PILOT THAT WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE.

BUILDING STAFF CAPACITY.

COMMUNICATING FEEDBACK TO THE VIDEO, SHARING DATA WITH TEACHERS AND PARENTS, AND SHARING INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING PLANS WITH PARENTS OF STUDENTS PERFORMING BELOW GRADE LEVEL IN MATH, SCIENCE AND LITERACY GRADES ONE THROUGH EIGHT.

NOTICE IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, THERE'S AN ASTERISK.

WE HAVE NOT YET DETERMINED THE PILOT COHORT SIZE OR THE SCHOOLS WHO WILL PARTICIPATE AT THIS TIME.

NOT SURPRISING AS THIS IS A VIDEO PILOT.

IT ALIGNS TO THE MAY 2022, OUR COMMITMENT TO VIRGINIANS HIGH EXPECTATIONS AND EXCELLENCE FOR ALL STUDENTS, A DOCUMENT THAT WAS RELEASED FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. WE BELIEVE THIS PILOT ALSO ALIGNS TO OUR COMMITMENTS TO PARENT AND TEACHER EMPOWERMENT AND ENGAGEMENT, TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, DATA DRIVEN, PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION, HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR ALL, AND SUCCESS FOR EVERY STUDENT.

WHILE THERE IS NO COST TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS PILOT, WHENEVER WE INVEST THE TIME OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND WORK, WE PAUSE TO EXAMINE WILL THAT WORK ALIGN TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN? AND WE HAVE FOUND IT DOES AS NOTED HERE IN OBJECTIVES 1.1 AND 2.6.

THE RED TEXT IS TO INDICATE WHAT IS A PROPOSED CHANGE IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE BROUGHT TO THE BOARD THIS EVENING, AND WE'LL BRING BACK AGAIN NEXT MONTH , AND THEN FINALLY WE ALSO CHECK ALIGNMENT TO OUR LITERACY PLAN, WHICH OBVIOUSLY A HUGE COMPONENT IS TEACHING TO THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS, AND THE PILOT PARTICIPATION WILL BE REPORTING OUT STUDENT PROGRESS ON THOSE STANDARDS.

SO WE SEE ALIGNMENT THERE AS WELL WITH THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED, OUR PARTICIPATION BEGINS THIS FALL, AND OTHER THAN MAKING YOU AWARE, I WILL GLADLY TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, DR. POPE.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS BAILEY.

MORE OF A COMMENT THEN A QUESTION FOR YOU, DR.

POPE, AND THAT IS THAT I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS PILOT, BECAUSE I TRUST THAT WILL GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE INPUT IN ITS OUT ITS END RESULT, AND THAT INPUT, ALTHOUGH THOSE COMMITMENTS SOUNDED GREAT, I WOULD CAUTION US TO MAKE SURE WE WEED OUT ANYTHING THAT CREATES ANY ADDITIONAL WORKLOAD FOR OUR TEACHERS AND THAT EVEN THOUGH, YES, INDIVIDUALIZED LEARNING PLANS SOUNDS ON PAPER LIKE A WONDERFUL THING TO A PARENT.

TO A TEACHER, THEY PROBABLY JUST DID TASMANIAN DEVIL AND SPUN OUT.

SO I'M CONCERNED THAT WE NEED TO LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT THIS PILOT AND GIVE ALL THE INPUT THAT WE CAN TO MAKE IT A GREAT PROJECT IN THE END RESULT FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF AND PARENTS.

THANK YOU. MR. HARTER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

DR. POPE, THANK YOU, AND I MAY HAVE ASKED YOU SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE, BUT DO WE KNOW HOW MANY OTHER LARGE DISTRICTS IN THE COMMONWEALTH ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS? I DO NOT HAVE A COMPLETE PARTICIPATION LIST.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY STILL SOLICITING PARTICIPATION.

SO I KNOW THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD FOR MORE INFORMATION HAD QUITE A FEW SCHOOL SYSTEMS SIGN IN.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY WILL ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN THE PILOT, AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF ECHO WHAT MS. BAILEY SAID TOO. I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY FEAR OF HEARING THIS IS THE EXTRA BURDEN, AND FOR THE TEACHERS OUT THERE THAT MAY BE LISTENING TO THIS, THE BURDEN OF SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE AN INDIVIDUALIZED PLAN FOR EACH STUDENT, AND THEN SECONDLY WOULD BE THE DATA COLLECTED TO DO THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN THESE PROCESSES COME OUT AND I COMMEND YOU GUYS FOR JUMPING ON IT SO THAT WE COULD HELP BE PART OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON REALLY WHAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES SOME THINGS AT 30,000 FEET SEEM LIKE A GREAT IDEA, BUT WHEN YOU BRING IT DOWN TO THE GROUND AND I JUST KNOW FOR ME, SEEING THAT PERSONALIZED INDIVIDUAL LEARNING PLANS AND MAYBE THAT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MEANING BY THE TIME IT COMES BACK DOWN.

BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE OUT THERE THAT IS THINKING THAT EACH STUDENT IS GOING TO GET TAILORED LEARNING FOR THAT, WE WANT TO JUST BE CLEAR ON THAT WE'RE PARTAKING IN THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE SOLID INPUT ON IT.

SO BENEFICIAL AND MANAGEABLE ARE DEFINITELY GOALS AS WE GO IN, AND ABSOLUTELY THAT IS WHY WE WANT TO BE AT THE TABLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS RATHER THAN NEXT YEAR JUST BEING GIVEN WHAT WE ARE EXPECTED THEN TO IMPLEMENT.

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I THINK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IT'S SOMETHING I RAN ON.

I'M CONSTANTLY ASKING FOR MORE DATA AND BREAKING DOWN BY SUBGROUPS, AND I'M CURRENTLY WORKING WITH A GENOMICS WITH GEORGETOWN TO KIND OF DO A DEEP DATA DIVE, AND I REMEMBER IN MY, I THINK PROBABLY MY FIRST CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING AND CBAC THEY'RE BIG DATA FANS ASK FOR A WHITE PAPER RIGHT YOU CAN WANT SOMETHING I CAN LOVE DATA BUT DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO? RIGHT, AND SO THEY ASKED AND I THINK I MENTIONED THIS A BOARD MEETING OR TWO AGO CBAC ASKED OUR DEPARTMENT TO SUBMIT A WHITE PAPER TO KIND OF LAY OUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO GET US UP TO SPEED, TO DO THE KIND OF DATA ANALYSIS THAT ME WITH MY RESEARCH BRAIN MIGHT LIKE TO DO.

WELL, THE PAPER MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES.

OUR DATA ANALYSIS RESEARCH DEPARTMENT IS NOT APPROPRIATELY SIZED FOR THIS COUNTY AND [INAUDIBLE] DEPARTMENT IS BIGGER.

SO TO ME, THIS IS AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, AND I'M VERY CONCERNED THAT WE ARE YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE I'M ALREADY STRAINING OUR DEPARTMENT AND SOMETIMES THEY HAVE TO DO SIDE PROJECTS.

I REMEMBER WHEN MS. BAILEY CALLED FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR TEACHERS, AND THEY DID THIS INCREDIBLE DASHBOARD, RIGHT? LIKE OVERNIGHT, IT WAS A PHENOMENAL ASK, AND WHAT THEY DID WAS AMAZING.

SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES AND IT WILL JUST MEAN MORE PLANNING PERIODS AWAY FROM TEACHERS, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW OUR DATA DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HANDLE THE NEEDS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IN ADDITION TO THE STATE.

WELL, YOU ARE CORRECT IN RECOGNIZING WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING TEAM OF THREE AND FOR A DIVISION THIS SIZE, I COULD CERTAINLY POINT TO EXAMPLES OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE MANY MORE THAN THAT ON THAT TEAM.

MY UNDERSTANDING AT THIS POINT FOR THIS PILOT IS THAT THE BURDEN OF COMPILING THE DATA AND PROVIDING IT DIRECTLY TO TEACHERS AND PARENTS WILL FALL TO THE VDOE. THEY ARE SECURING VENDORS.

THEY ARE USING ANY DATA POINTS THAT ARE REQUIRED ASSESSMENT ADMINISTRATIONS FROM VDOE SO THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION.

THEY WORK WITH THEIR VENDORS TO COMPILE IT IN THOSE EASILY TO UNDERSTAND REPORTS AND THEN ISSUE IT OUT.

WE HAVE DR.

TILLMAN WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM AS WELL AS OUR RESEARCH TEAM INVOLVED AT THE TABLE IN THIS PILOT SO THAT THEY ARE WATCHING AND LISTENING FOR DOES ANY OF THIS ROLL BACK ONTO THE SCHOOL DIVISION FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT TO DO THE WORK? OR IS IT THE GIFT OF WORK BEING DONE SOMEWHERE ELSE? IT IS OUR UNDERSTANDING AND CERTAINLY WHAT WE WILL ADVOCATE FOR THAT THIS DOES NOT BECOME A BURDEN, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY TO PROVIDE HELPFUL INFORMATION EASILY TO OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS AND OUR PARENTS.

I HEAR YOU ALL LOUD AND CLEARLY.

MISS HEFFRON. THANK YOU.

DR. POPE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED COUNTYWIDE, CORRECT? THE THINKING AT THIS POINT IS BECAUSE WE ARE SUCH A LARGE COUNTY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF HOW MANY, WHICH SCHOOLS, WHICH GRADE LEVELS, AND WE'VE NOT CONCLUDED THAT DISCUSSION YET.

PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T LANDED ON OUR FINAL ANSWER.

IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT OF THE PILOT THAT AN ENTIRE DIVISION PARTICIPATES.

WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY WITH VDOE.

CAN YOU SHARE ANY INSIGHT AS TO HOW THE PARTICIPATING COHORT WILL BE SELECTED OR WHAT SORT OF GOLDEN TICKET WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A PARTICULAR--WELL, MUCH IN LINE WITH THE THINKING OF THE BOARD.

TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE IS ONE OF OUR PREMISES AND IT'S WHAT IS ALREADY REQUIRED IN THE SOQ FOR REPORTING THAT THIS REPORT WILL ALSO COVER FOR US.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENT OPTIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, TITLE ONE SCHOOLS HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENT OPTIONS IN REPORTING THAN NON TITLE ONE SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE LAYERS WE'RE TEASING THROUGH RIGHT NOW OF HOW CAN THIS BE A WIN WIN FOR US TO PARTICIPATE, GIVE FEEDBACK, BUT ALSO MEET SOME OF THOSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE ALREADY UNDER.

WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED.

IF I COULD JUST ADD THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ONE OF THE CRITERIA JUST BE THOSE STUDENTS.

I FEEL LIKE IT'S AN OBVIOUS ASK, BUT THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SEEING THE BIGGEST GAP, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST...

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GOTCHA. KIND OF THE I GUESS ONE OF THE THINGS OF BEING LAST TO SPEAK IS EVERYBODY TAKES YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU ARE BEING VERY MINDFUL OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE UP HERE AND ALREADY THINKING DOWN THAT PATH AS WE LOOK OUT FOR OUR STAFF AND FOR OUR TEACHERS AND THEIR WORKLOAD.

SO NEXT, WE HAVE ANOTHER REPORT BY DR.

POPE, AND THAT'S ON SUPPORTING SCHOOLS.

DR. TYLUS WILL BE FIRST.

THANK YOU, AND DR.

POPE, I'LL BE CALLING HER RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN TO.

SO BELIEVE ME, JUST FOR A MOMENT.

DR. DAUGHERTY, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, AS MR. [INAUDIBLE] IS ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY PARENTS AND SPEAKERS EARLIER REFERENCE TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

IT'S AN ANCHOR POINT OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WITHIN THE DIVISION.

IN LAST MONTH'S SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION, OUR STAFF OUTLINED THE CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AS YOU MAY RECALL IMAGINE TOMORROW, AND THAT GUIDES OUR WORK AT ALL TIMES.

WHILE THE FOCUS OF THAT EXTENSIVE SESSION A MONTH AGO REALLY WAS ON THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN ITSELF.

WHAT WE WANT TO TAKE SOME TIME TODAY AND I REMINDED THEM, BECAUSE MANY OF THEM CAN SPEAK FOR A WHILE, IS THAT THESE ARE HIGHLIGHTS THAT THEIR DIVISION CHIEFS ARE ABLE TO BRING UP, BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A CHANCE TO SAY THIS IS HOW WE LINK INTO THAT STRATEGIC PLAN AND HOW WE DO KEEP IT AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR WORK THROUGHOUT EACH DAY.

SO AT THIS POINT, WE'LL CLICK FORWARD AND YOU CAN SEE WE'LL HIT EACH OF THESE KEY AREAS WITHIN THE DISCUSSION TODAY, AND WE WILL START BECAUSE MR. MEISTER LIKES TO ALWAYS BE FIRST WITH MR. MEISTER, WITH BUSINESS AND FINANCE, BECAUSE THE BUCK STOPS THERE.

THE BUCK STOPS THERE, BUT THIS CONVERSATION APPARENTLY STARTS HERE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR BOARD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SORT OF MY TEAM'S COMMITMENT TO THE IMAGINE TOMORROW, AND AS DR.

TYLUS SAID, THE BUCK REALLY DOES START HERE.

SO WE'LL START WITH FUNDING AND START WITH DOLLARS.

REALLY, AS YOU THINK ABOUT OUR WORK, IT'S ABOUT FUNDING.

ALL OF THE GREAT WORK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR AFTER I TALK, RIGHT? SO IT'S ABOUT DELIVERING THE BUDGET PRIORITIES.

IT'S ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS ON ENSURING THE COMMUNITY IS WELL AWARE OF THE COMMUNITY BOND PLAN, THE REFERENDUM COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.

IT'S ABOUT ENSURING WE GET TO USE ONE, USE OUR ESSER MONEY APPROPRIATELY AND GET TO THE END OF THAT FUNDING WINDOW AND DO THAT IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE BOTH FOR THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY. THE SECOND BIG PIECE IS REALLY ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'RE EMBARKING ON THE FIRST STAGES OF REPLACING OUR ERP, BASICALLY OUR FINANCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

THAT'S A HUGE PROJECT AND WE'RE JUST STARTING TO REALLY START TO SEE SOME OF THAT WORK COME TO FRUITION.

AS WE ROLL OUT WITH OUR RFP THAT'S OUT NOW, WE'LL HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS ON THAT SHORTLY.

OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE IS REALLY ABOUT STAFFING CHALLENGES AND CONTINUING INNOVATION.

I WON'T READ THAT FOR YOU, BUT CONTINUING TO DO THE LITTLE THINGS IN TERMS OF BOTH GETTING THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN AND FINDING THOSE AREAS WHERE WE CAN QUITE FRANKLY IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR WORK.

THAT'S THE FINANCE PIECE.

I ALSO WORK WITH THE FOOD NUTRITION.

YOU HEARD SOME GREAT STORIES TODAY FROM BERKLEY AND HIS TEAM, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER BIG PIECE OF MY IMAGINE TOMORROW PIECE, WHICH IS REALLY FEEDING THE COMMUNITY, FEEDING OUR KIDS WITHIN CCPS AND AS WE THINK ABOUT THIS YEAR, RETURNING TO NORMAL, YOU HEARD PEOPLE DOING CASH TRANSACTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, GETTING BACK INTO THE WORLD OF SORT OF POST UNIVERSAL FREE MEALS.

WE DO STILL HAVE 30 SCHOOLS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CEP, SO WE DO STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT DO HAVE FREE MEALS.

THERE ARE 37 THAT DO NOT AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT NEW NORMAL.

SO WE'LL ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY.

AS I STAND HERE, IF YOU BELIEVE YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED, PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR FORM SO WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE AND YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT FANTASTIC BENEFIT.

OTHER EXAMPLES HERE AROUND CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH SUPPLY CHAIN DISRUPTIONS.

WE JOKE ABOUT SPORKS, WE THINK WE'RE OKAY THERE NOW, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO ASK THE BOARD, THE COMMUNITY, OUR STUDENTS FOR FLEXIBILITY AS WE NAVIGATE THOSE SUPPLY CHAIN SHORTAGES AND SOME MENU FLEXIBILITY AS WE GO FORWARD, AND WE DO HAVE A DISTRIBUTION FACILITY THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG HELP. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF STANDING THAT UP AND STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THE BENEFITS FOR THAT.

SO AS WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE START OUR YEAR WORKING TOWARDS SOME OF THOSE GOALS.

THE BIGGEST AND THE FIRST THING THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IS REALLY WORKING TOGETHER WITH BOTH OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR COUNTY PARTNERS.

THIS IS MOST PREVALENT AS YOU THINK ABOUT THAT COMMUNITY FACILITIES BOND PLAN.

I ALREADY MENTIONED WE HAVE THAT REFERENDUM COMING UP IN NOVEMBER.

WE'VE BEEN OUT TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE MEETINGS THIS WEEK IN THE WEEK FOLLOWING MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE.

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PLEASE TUNE IN TO THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO GET THE WORD OUT ON THAT, AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON THINGS LIKE ERP, AND AS WE ARE SITTING HERE IN SEPTEMBER BEGINNING THAT PROCESS OF NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, REALLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE OUR BUDGET NEEDS ARE UNDERSTOOD AND THEY CAN START TO PLAN ON THEIR END FOR THAT AS WELL.

I MENTIONED CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

I WON'T DWELL ON THAT ANYMORE, BUT I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TALENT MANAGEMENT AND OUR PEOPLE.

ANOTHER HUGE PART OF OUR STORY THIS YEAR IS REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING TO FILL THOSE GAPS, AND WHEN PEOPLE GET HERE, THEY'RE REALLY GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE ENVIRONMENT TO DO WHAT I LIKE TO REFER TO AS THE BEST WORK OF THEIR LIVES.

THAT REQUIRES MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND MODERN OPERATIONS.

WE'RE GETTING THERE, WE'RE NOT THERE.

WE'RE ON THE PATH, AND THAT WILL BE WHERE WE CONTINUE TO INVEST OUR TIME AND RESOURCES, AND I THINK I USED ABOUT 4 MINUTES OF MY THREE MINUTE TIME ALLOTMENT.

SO QUESTIONS, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD JOB. THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBERS FOR COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE HAVE TWO SLIDES IN THEIR.

STRATEGIC PLAN OBVIOUSLY, THESE TWO PIECES OVERLAP MANY DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT THERE ARE THREE KEY PIECES THERE.

FIRST PIECE IS INCREASING THE EXTERNAL PARTNERSHIPS.

WE PUT IN SOME MEASURABLE GOALS WITH THAT.

THE SECOND PIECE IS INCREASING THE LITERAL ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE WITH OUR COMMUNITY VIA OUR PHONE CALLS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER ELECTRONIC SOURCES.

THE LAST PIECE THERE IS INCREASING THE OVERALL COMMUNITY SATISFACTION WITH REGARD TO ALL THE ASPECTS OF OUR WORK.

NEXT MONTH YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO IN-DEPTH PRESENTATIONS ONE ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ONE ON COMMUNICATIONS, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. THE FIRST PIECE OBVIOUSLY IS GROWING THOSE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS [INAUDIBLE] WORK FOR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.

WE'VE BEGUN OUR VOLUNTEER PORTAL TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN SCHOOL NEEDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THE NEXT PIECE OBVIOUSLY IS THE BETTER TOGETHER PARTNERSHIP TOOLKIT, WHICH WE'VE TALKED WITH THE BOARD ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, AS WELL AS THE WORK OF OUR PRINT SHOP, WHICH REALLY HELPS PREPARE OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL THROUGHOUT A LOT OF THINGS, THEY HAVE TO PUBLICIZE.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A [INAUDIBLE] PLAN.

WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THAT NEXT MONTH.

SOME OF THE KEY PIECES OF THAT, OBVIOUSLY, INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS REALLY BEGINNING TO DECIPHER BETWEEN THOSE TWO PIECES OF THE HOUSE, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH OUR EMPLOYEES SO THEY'RE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THE NOT JUST THE BOARD'S WORK, BUT OUR INTERNAL WORK ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT CHIEFS.

WE'VE TAKEN SOME NEW INITIATIVES ALONG THE WAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE HAS BEEN THE PEACE WITH THE DR.

DAUGHERTY, THE MINUTES WITH MERV, REALLY LOOKING TO EXPAND SOME OF OUR EFFORTS WITH REGARD TO SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.

THE NEXT PIECE THERE IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE BETTER USER EXPERIENCE THAT'S FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR STAFF.

WE'RE OVERHAULING THE DIVISION AND SCHOOL WEBSITES, ALSO LOOKING INTERNALLY AT THE INTRANET, WHICH IS KNOWN AS THE CNET, AND SOME UPDATES WILL BE MAKING THAT AS WELL.

OBVIOUSLY, BOB HAS TALKED ABOUT OUR WORK WITH THE BOND REFERENDUM.

WE CONTINUE TO KIND OF PUSH THAT OUT THERE FROM INFORMATIONAL STANDPOINT.

THE LAST PIECE TO MENTION IS WE'RE LOOKING CLOSELY AT SOME OF THE WORK THAT DR.

JOHN MURRAY DOES, [INAUDIBLE] SERVICES AND REALLY BEGINNING TO BUILD KIND OF A WEB PRESENCE FOR THAT EFFORT AND LOOKING AT SOME DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK TO CLOSELY TRACK OUR EFFORTS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

SO IT'S JUST SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR WORK THAT'S UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, GOOD JOB.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR.

DAUGHERTY. IN OPERATIONS.

WE ARE VERY, VERY FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

AGAIN, AS WE CHATTED IN REGARDS TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN LAST MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PRINCIPALS, BUILDING OPERATIONS SUPERVISORS WITH OUR FACILITY STAFF THAT WILL BE ONSITE TO LOOK AT THOSE BUILDINGS AND ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED.

AND WE'VE TAKEN SOME REAL STRIDES IN ANALYZING OUR WORK ORDER RESPONSE TIMES, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THOSE AND ANALYZE THEM AND PROVIDE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT'S NEEDED FOR IMPROVEMENT.

CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO DELIVER OUR STUDENTS ON TIME FOR SCHOOL.

WE ARE ADDING A GOAL IN REGARDS TO A SCHOOL BUS REPLACEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PLAN AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR BUILDINGS AT THE APA RATING OF TWO OR BETTER FOR CLEANLINESS.

SO OUR HIGHLIGHTS HERE AT THE START OF THE YEAR, OUR FACILITIES TEAM AND OUR CONTRACTING SUPPORT HAVE DONE A DYNAMITE JOB OF HAVING OUR BUILDINGS READY TO GO.

THEY'VE STAYED CLEAN, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE AND MAINTAINED.

ONE OF THE NICE HIGHLIGHTS THIS YEAR IS WE'VE HAD SUCCESS WITH OUR RECRUITING OF DAY PORTERS, AND SO THAT REALLY HELPS OUR PRINCIPALS AND EVERYBODY IN THOSE BUILDINGS IN REGARDS TO THE DAY TO DAY CLEANLINESS.

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CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE THE INVESTMENT THAT THE COUNTY IS MAKING IN CONSTRUCTION AND MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION IN A FEW MOMENTS, AND MR. CARSON GAVE YOU A BRIEFING ON MAJOR MAINTENANCE.

WE CHATTED BRIEFLY ABOUT GETTING STUDENTS TO SCHOOL ON TIME AND READY TO LEARN THE START OF THE YEAR.

WE DO HAVE SOME GAPS.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND TRAINING NEW DRIVERS IS THE KEY TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.

EARLIER TODAY AT THE WORK SESSION, YOU DID A VERY GREAT JOB OF KIND OF INFORMING US AND BRINGING US UP TO SPEED OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE MAY BE HEARING WITH TRANSPORTATION.

WOULD YOU MIND JUST REPEATING A LITTLE BIT OF THAT FOR THOSE THAT ARE MAYBE LISTENING AT HOME AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT CHALLENGES WE'RE FACING AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO FIX THOSE PROBLEMS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT I NOTED AT FIRST, OF COURSE, IS THAT OUR DEMAND FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION HAS INCREASED AND WE WANT THAT.

THAT'S THE MOST SAFEST WAY TO TAKE OUR STUDENTS TO SCHOOL IS VIA THE SCHOOL BUS.

WE'VE OPENED A NEW SCHOOL, WE'VE STARTED NEW PROGRAMS AND WE'VE ASKED PARENTS, PRINCIPALS HAVE ASKED PARENTS TO PUT THOSE STUDENTS BACK ON THE BUS, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT.

WE'RE SEEING THAT INCREASED RIDERSHIP, AND THERE WERE COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT SOME OVERCROWDING ON BUSSES.

WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS TAKE SOME GOOD STUDENT COUNTS AT THE START OF THE YEAR AND EVEN OUT THOSE LOADS.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE FACT THAT SOME OF THE BUSSES AREN'T ARRIVING ON TIME YET, BUT THEY WILL.

ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO ENACT BEGINNING NEXT WEEK IS TO DELIVER A LITTLE BIT EARLIER IN THE MORNING TO FOUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR.

SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE SOME DOUBLE BACK RUNS AND WE NEED TO DROP OFF THOSE STUDENTS A LITTLE BEFORE 7:15 INSTEAD OF AFTER 7:15 SO THAT SECOND RUN CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER, AND SO THAT'S COMING INTO THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IN REGARDS TO THAT SCHEDULE ADJUSTMENT, AND THEN WE'RE CONTINUING TO STRIVE TO BRING MORE DRIVERS OUT OF OUR TRAINING PIPELINE.

WE HAVE THE SEVEN DRIVERS RETURNING FROM THEIR HIATUS DUE TO THEIR SRP REQUIREMENTS, AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 20 DRIVERS THAT ARE IN TRAINING EITHER IN BEHIND THE WHEEL OR ABOUT TO ENTER.

WE HAVE AT LEAST A DOZEN THAT HAVE ENTERED CLASSROOM TRAINING AND CHATTING WITH DR.

HOUGH. IN BETWEEN THE SESSIONS WE'VE GOT ALMOST 100 THAT HAVE APPLIED AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THEIR MEDICAL CLEARANCE AND THEIR BACKGROUND CLEARANCE.

SO I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE PIPELINE.

I FEEL GOOD ABOUT OUR TRAINING TEAM.

WE WISH THAT WE WERE AT 97% RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO STRIVE TO GET THERE AS SOON AS WE CAN.

THANK YOU, AND JUST SO PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THE PROCESS OF WHEN SOMEONE SUBMITS AN APPLICATION TO BECOME A DRIVER, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT FIVE WEEKS TO SIX WEEKS TO GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS, THE TRAINING, THE MEDICAL SCREENING, IS THAT CORRECT? FIVE OR SIX WEEKS ON AVERAGE.

THE QUICKEST ONES ARE IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS.

IF SOMEBODY HAS A CDL LICENSE ALREADY.

THAT CAN PERHAPS BE A LITTLE SHORTER THAN THAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING THEM THROUGH THAT BACKGROUND CHECK, SOMETIMES IT'S REAL QUICK AND SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE DELAYED FOR RESEARCH TO TAKE PLACE, AND DR.

HOUGH HAS, LIKE I SAID, A VERY LARGE NUMBER THAT ARE IN THAT PROCESS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO FALL OUT AND THEY NEED TO FALL OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT SUITABLE FOR WORKING WITH US. SO ONCE THEY'VE GOTTEN THROUGH THAT CLEARANCE, THE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, SOMETIMES THERE MAY BE SOME PREEXISTING CONDITIONS THAT WE NEED TO RESOLVE AND SO THAT CAN DELAY A DRIVER, BUT ONCE THEY ENTER THAT CLASSROOM TRAINING, IT'S A 3 TO 4 WEEK PROCESS TO EARN FIRST THEIR LEARNER'S PERMIT AND THEN GO BEHIND THE WHEEL AND EARN THE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE RIDE WITH A MENTOR FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND THEN GET OUT AND TRANSPORT OUR STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS IN THEIR OWN BUS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, IN THE AREA OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND TALENT MANAGEMENT, WE ARE SUPPORTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE AREA OF EVALUATION.

WE'RE REVISING OUR SYSTEMS TO BE CONGRUENT WITH NEW STATE REQUIREMENTS.

ALSO, WE'RE DEVELOPING REPORTING AND TRACKING TO ENSURE THAT NEW TEACHERS ARE OBSERVED AND SUPPORTED.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEW TEACHERS, AND SO WE'VE DEVELOPED SOME DASHBOARD TOOLS FOR PRINCIPALS TO HELP MAKE MANAGING THAT EASIER.

WE ARE ENGAGING IN A RIGOROUS SCREENING PROCESS FOR ALL OF OUR APPLICANTS, BUT ALSO OFFERING MORE SUPPORT FOR CAREER SWITCHERS AND PROVISIONALLY LICENSED STAFF ON THEIR LICENSURE JOURNEYS, AND WE'RE CONTINUING PROGRESS TOWARDS HAVING FEWER WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS COMPARED TO

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WE HAD A NUMBER OF SUMMER HIRING FAIRS TO GEAR UP FOR THE START OF THE YEAR.

WE HAD TWO CAREER SWITCHER FAIRS IN JUNE AND JULY.

WE HAD A TRANSPORTATION FAIR IN LATE MAY AND AGAIN IN JULY WITH A FOOD SERVICE EVENT IN JULY, AN INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT EVENT IN AUGUST , AND TONIGHT WE HAD A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER EVENT AT MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO BUSY SUMMER AND ON BOARDING AS WELL.

OVER 1000 HIRES FOR JUST FULL TIME POSITIONS OVER THE SUMMER.

I THINK OUR ANNUAL NUMBERS CAN BE WELL OVER 2500 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SIZE OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND BEING LIKE A FORTUNE 500 COMPANY.

2500 HIRES AND UP IN A YEAR IS A LOT OF HIRES.

WE HIRED OVER 240 BUS DRIVERS IN THE LAST YEAR.

WE HIRED OVER 1000 SUBSTITUTES, WHICH WAS MORE THAN LARGER DISTRICTS IN VIRGINIA HIRED, AND WE ONLY HAD TWO PEOPLE WORKING ON THAT PROCESS. SO I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE STAFF BECAUSE I KNOW THE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN OVERWHELMING, BUT I RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'RE MAKING BUS DRIVER OFFERS ON SATURDAYS AND THEY'RE TUCKING IN THE KIDS AND PUSHING THOSE APPLICATIONS OUT TO PRINCIPALS LATE AT NIGHT AND REALLY JUST APPRECIATE THEIR COMMITMENT EVEN AMIDST BEING DOWN SOME STAFF MEMBERS OURSELVES.

WE'RE DOUBLING UP ON OUR FINGERPRINTING TO TRY TO GET PEOPLE IN THE DOOR QUICKER WHO'VE BEEN HIRED SO THAT THEY CAN BE READY TO GO FOR SCHOOLS.

WE ARE DOING TESTING NOW EVERY THURSDAY FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT CANDIDATES FOR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS TO MAKE SURE IF THEY DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, THAT THEY PASS THE PAIR PROTESTS AND CAN WORK IN OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS ACCORDING TO THOSE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

OUR VACANCIES. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE HAD ABOUT 209 TEACHING VACANCIES.

WE HAD 161 ANNUAL SUBS HIRED.

THOSE NUMBERS HAVE IMPROVED SLIGHTLY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THEN I DID WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON OUR BUS DRIVER NUMBERS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I LOOK AT THIS DONUT OF NUMBERS EVERY DAY AND SOMETIMES ON WEEKENDS, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT USED TO LOOKING AT IT, YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE CATEGORIES MEAN. AND SO WE STARTED THE YEAR WITH ABOUT 49 DRIVER VACANCIES.

WE DID HAVE SOME INCREASE IN DRIVERS.

AS MR. DAVIS MENTIONED, WE HAVE INCREASED DEMAND INCREASED STUDENT POPULATION.

SO THERE WERE A FEW MORE DRIVER POSITIONS THIS YEAR THAN LAST.

THE BULLETS AT THE TOP ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CLOSEST TO BEING DRIVERS.

SO TRAINEES, THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE IN CLASSES OR BEHIND THE WHEEL, AND WE HAD 38 AT THE START OF SCHOOL MEDICAL STATUS.

THOSE FOLKS HAVE MADE IT THROUGH ALL THE OTHER PARTS OF THE PROCESS AND THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE EMPLOYEE MEDICAL CENTER, GETTING ALL OF THEIR MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION AND TO BE CLEARED FOR THE TRAINING.

THOSE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY SOLID.

WE HAVE A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE MAKE IT THROUGH TRAINING AND WE HAVE A HIGH PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE COMPLETE THE MEDICAL PROCESS, ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES DEPENDING ON THEIR PHYSICIAN'S RESPONSE, THAT CAN CAUSE A BIT OF A DELAY.

BACKGROUND STATUS, WE HAD 72 IN BACKGROUND STATUS.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS THE LARGER NUMBER THERE BECAUSE THOSE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE SELF SCHEDULING AND SOMETIMES THEY DECIDE NOT TO ACCEPT THE POSITION, AND WE DO A NUMBER OF REMINDERS AND PHONE CALLS ABOUT SCHEDULING.

SO ALL 72 OF THOSE FOLKS WON'T MOVE ON.

SOMETIMES THEY HAVE SCHEDULED AND WE'RE AWAITING THE PRINTS TO COME BACK.

OFTEN THOSE PRINTS WITH NO RESULTS ARE COMING BACK IN 48 HOURS AFTER SOMEBODY FINGERPRINTS.

SO YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE THERE.

THEN THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CATEGORY FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.

CONDITIONAL OFFER, THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT WE'VE MADE AN OFFER TO AND THEY'RE DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT INTERVIEW STATUS.

THOSE ARE FOLKS THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS INTERVIEWING FOR THE POSITION AND REFERRED, THOSE ARE NEW APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE JUST COME IN FOR THE TRANSPORTATION MANAGER'S CONSIDERATION.

SO AGAIN, WE LOOK AT THOSE NUMBERS EVERY DAY AND OUR NEXT BUS DRIVER FARE IS GOING TO BE ON SEPTEMBER 27, TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT.

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SO WE'RE AT ABOUT TEN WHEN I LOOK TODAY.

SO THAT'S EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S THE LOWEST NUMBER WE'VE BEEN IN A WHILE, AND FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATES, THERE WERE SOME RESTRUCTURING THERE AND WE NOW HAVE SOME ASSISTANT MANAGER POSITIONS FOR FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATES THAT ARE SEVEN HOUR POSITIONS WITH BENEFITS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HIRING FOR THOSE POSITIONS AT THAT SEPTEMBER 27TH EVENT.

IT'S A LIVE EVENT.

PEOPLE CAN REGISTER ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S BEING ADVERTISED RIGHT NOW, AND WE ALSO ACCEPT WALK INS AT THAT EVENT.

SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS OF ANYONE INTERESTED IN THOSE POSITIONS, WE'LL BE EXCITED TO GREET THEM ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, AND I WAS EXCITED THIS EVENING TO SEE A BUS DRIVER THAT I INTERVIEWED AT ONE OF OUR JOB FAIRS RECOGNIZED AS AN OUTSTANDING DRIVER INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS.

WE HAD OUR FIRST DEDICATED EVENT FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS IN AUGUST, MADE A NUMBER OF OFFERS THERE, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER EVENT PLANNED FOR OCTOBER 13 SO THAT THE START OF OUR YEAR WAS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON GETTING OUR SCHOOLS STAFFED AND WHAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THROUGHOUT THE FALL TO IMPROVE OUR STAFFING PICTURE.

THANK YOU, DR. HOUGH.

BOARD MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? I ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE QUESTION.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD LOVE NOT TO HAVE ANY VACANCIES IN ANY OF OUR ROLES, BUT CAN YOU JUST SHARE FOR THE COMMUNITY HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WE HAVE JUST TO PUT THESE NUMBERS WHERE, AGAIN, WE WOULD LOVE NOT TO HAVE ANY.

THEY'RE NOT OUTRAGEOUS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY COMPARE IT TO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE, HOW MUCH WE ARE STAFFED AT THIS POINT.

IF WE LOOK AT FULL TIME AND PART TIME ROLES ALL IN, WE'RE OVER 11,000.

YEAH. SO I THINK YOUR EFFORTS ARE SHOWING THAT ALL OF THESE RECRUITMENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE DOING AND ALL THESE EVENTS THAT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOWING UP AND WE ARE GETTING GOOD CANDIDATES AND PUTTING THEM INTO THESE POSITIONS, AND WOULD ALSO LIKE JUST TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU DID A GREAT JOB IN OUR WORK SESSION, KIND OF EXPLAINING THE FUTURE PLANS FOR HIRING.

SO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GO BACK AND WATCH OUR WORK SESSION, JUST TO HEAR ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOUR TEAM IS DOING.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

THE DIVISION OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ENCOMPASSES THE DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND EQUITY AND STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES.

THE TWO FOCUS AREAS THAT WE'VE CHOSEN TO SUPPORT IMAGINE TOMORROW ARE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP, DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

WITH INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT.

OUR GOAL IS TO DEEPEN INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP THROUGH CONDUCTING ONE ON ONE COACHING VISITS WITH OUR PRINCIPALS FOCUSED ON INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMING AND PRACTICES.

OUR PRINCIPAL MEETINGS WILL BE DEDICATED TIME TO CONTENT SPECIFIC PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE BRINGING IN OUR ASSISTANT LEADERS FOR QUARTERLY MEETINGS TO BUILD THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND TO DIFFERENTIATE, DIFFERENTIATE SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL BASED LEADERSHIP IN THE AREA OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

OUR GOAL IS TO ARTICULATE A MODEL OF SHARED VISION FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT ACROSS THE SCHOOL DIVISION.

OUR MAJOR FOCUS TO ADDRESS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IS THE SCHOOL INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT PLANNING PROCESS.

OUR TEAM WILL MEET WITH EACH SCHOOL TO REVIEW THEIR CIP PLANS.

OF THE 65 SCHOOLS OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF, WE'VE ALREADY MET WITH 17 SCHOOLS INDIVIDUALLY TO GO OVER THEIR CIP PLAN.

A MONTHLY MEETING WILL BE SCHEDULED WITH SCHOOLS WHO WE IDENTIFY AS PRIORITY SCHOOLS BASED ON THEIR ACADEMIC FOCUS AREAS.

WE WILL BUILD COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIVISION LEADERS, SCHOOL LEADERS AND THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S OFFICE OF SCHOOL QUALITY TO ALIGN OUR EXPECTATIONS AND OUR SUPPORTS. OUR CENTRAL OFFICE AND SCHOOL BASED LEADERS WILL BE ENGAGED AND TARGETED NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES AROUND COMMON PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE, AND THESE GOALS ARE ALIGNED TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS ONE AND TWO.

SO HOW WE'VE STARTED OUR YEAR: WE'VE APPROACHED THIS SCHOOL YEAR WITH GOALS OF ENHANCING COMMUNICATION, COLLABORATION AND COLLABORATION, COMMUNICATION CHANNELING OUR EFFORTS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR BUILDING LEADERS.

WE HAVE STREAMLINED OUR COMMUNICATION WITH PRINCIPALS THROUGH OUR WEEKLY COMMUNICATIONS.

WE WILL STRENGTHEN OUR TWO WAY COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH OUR MONTHLY PRINCIPAL MEETINGS, VIRTUAL CHECK INS THAT OUR DIRECTORS WILL BE DOING, AS WELL AS NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES,

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BI-WEEKLY THE DIVISION OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP AND THE DIVISION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING MEET COLLABORATIVELY AROUND PERTINENT FOCUS AREAS TO SUPPORT SCHOOLS.

WE'RE CALIBRATING OUR PRACTICES THROUGH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL WALKS WITH SCHOOL TEAMS, THROUGH THE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS, AND AROUND OUR EVALUATION GROWTH SYSTEM.

AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH OUR COUNTY COUNTERPARTS IN THE MY CHESTERFIELD ACADEMY, WHICH IS A PROGRAM WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE COMING IN TO HEAR ABOUT HOW WE CAN ENSURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION INTO OUR SCHOOLS.

AS DR. DAUGHERTY HAS STATED SEVERAL TIMES, IT'S ALL ABOUT INSTRUCTION.

OUR WORK IS CENTERED AROUND CREATING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS THROUGH OUR INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? I'M ALWAYS TRYING TO RUN AWAY FROM THE MIC.

[CHUCKLING] YOU GOT TO STAY FOR A COMPLIMENT.

GO AHEAD, MISS BAILEY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LOVE THAT YOUR FOCUS IS ON LEADERSHIP BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THAT MAKES OR BREAKS A BUILDING LIKE GREAT LEADERSHIP OR POOR LEADERSHIP, AND I KNOW THAT THE PRINCIPAL IS TRULY THE HEAD OF THE DRAGON HERE, AND WHEN YOU GROW GREAT LEADERS, EVERYONE IS HAPPY.

THE STAFF IS HAPPY.

THE STUDENTS LOVE GREAT PRINCIPALS, THE FAMILIES LOVE GREAT PRINCIPALS.

SO FOCUSING ON YOUR LEADERSHIP IS SUCH A WONDERFUL GOAL AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE WONDERFUL RESULTS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THAT.

SO I PRAISE YOU FOR FOCUSING ON THAT LEADERSHIP BECAUSE THOSE GOOD PRINCIPALS, THEY MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

THANK YOU, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO SEEING THE REVAMPED PRINCIPAL HUB.

A LOT OF GREAT WORK THERE.

THANK YOU. IT LOOKS VERY STREAMLINED.

I HAD SOME SUPPORT. YES.

I CAN RUN? YES, I THINK IT'S FINE. ALL RIGHT.

[CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT, DR.

POPE.

DR. DAUGHERTY HAS SAID IT MANY TIMES THAT THIS YEAR WE ARE RETURNING THAT FOCUS TO INSTRUCTION AND THAT THRILLS THE DIVISION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.

AS WE LOOK AT THE YEAR AHEAD, WE HAVE INTENTIONALLY DECIDED TO FOCUS OUR WORK IN THREE BIG AREAS.

NOW THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER WORK THAT HAPPENS, BUT WE WERE TOLD TWO SLIDES.

SO HERE YOU GO.

THE VERY FIRST THING IS A BEST INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES GUIDEBOOK.

IT'S A LOOK FOR DOCUMENT, AND I CANNOT TELL YOU, WHEN WE LAST TOOK TIME TO PAUSE AND SAY, HEY, IN CCPS, WHEN WE SAY EXCEPTIONAL INSTRUCTION IN EVERY CLASSROOM, WHAT DO WE MEAN BY THAT? SO CALIBRATING, DEFINING THAT, COMMUNICATING IT OUT CONCISELY TO EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL AND THEN ANCHORING OUR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE STRATEGIES.

WHAT SHOULD THE TEACHER BE DOING? WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE DOING, AND WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE BASED BEST PRACTICE? SO COMPILING THAT, PROMOTING, DISTRIBUTING IT THIS SUMMER TO OUR LEADERS AND OUR TEACHERS AND THEN ANCHORING OUR WORK IN THAT THIS YEAR CERTAINLY ALIGNS WITH MANY OF OUR OBJECTIVES IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

THE SECOND AREA, NO STRANGER TO THIS BOARD, THE CCPS LITERACY PLAN, WE NOW ARE IN THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION, HEAVILY FOCUSED ON PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE ENGAGED IN ALMOST NEAR THE END OF THE RFP PROCESS AND WE EXPECT MATERIALS TO ARRIVE BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.

THESE ARE PRINT MATERIALS FOR OUR ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS. WE ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED.

I THINK IT'S BEEN ABOUT 20 YEARS SINCE WE ADOPTED THE TREASURES BOOK, IF ANYONE REMEMBERS THE TREASURES BOOK FROM WAY BACK IN THE DAY.

SO WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE CALIBRATED HIGH QUALITY, SCIENCE BASED, EVIDENCE BASED READING MATERIALS IN THE HANDS OF OUR TEACHERS, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO JUST GIVE THEM MATERIALS. IT'S NOT ABOUT JUST GETTING A BOX, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT THE QUALITY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES WITH IT.

SO THAT'S ALREADY BEGUN.

THE THIRD AREA, CHAD MACKLIN, PARTNERS WITH OUR LEVEL LEADERS AND OUR COUNSELORS ON DR.

HIGH'S TEAM, AND WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED THERE ON HOW DO WE EXTEND BEYOND THE CLASSROOM WALLS, WHAT ARE THOSE OPTIONS AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO REALLY ENGAGE STUDENTS IN THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO EXCITE THEM ACROSS THEIR CAREERS, ACROSS THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCES, ACROSS THEIR WORK EXPERIENCES.

SO WORK BASED LEARNING, SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE CERTAINLY CONTINUING TO BE FLUSHED OUT , AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MAKE GREAT TRACTION IN THAT AREA THIS YEAR AS WELL.

SO HOW DO YOU DO IT? HOW DO YOU GET TO THE STARTING LINE? HOW DO YOU LAUNCH? THE TWO DRIVERS THAT WE FEEL ARE GOING TO BE CRITICAL THIS YEAR, IN THOSE THREE BIG WORK AREAS, NUMBER ONE TIME, LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE MINUTE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND THEN CREATIVELY USING MINUTES, CREATIVELY USING SUBSTITUTES, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ORDER TO REALLY PULL THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER

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THAT SAVES A MINUTE OR TWO, RIGHT, AND EVERY MINUTE COUNTS THIS YEAR.

CALIBRATION. YOU'VE HEARD THAT WORD A LOT, I THINK, FROM THE OTHER CHIEFS, AND WE JUST FEEL LIKE AS WE'RE COMING THROUGH, LEARNING TO MANAGE COVID, COMING BACK TO WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS FEELING A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL AND OUR NORMAL EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE NOW IS THE TIME TO REALLY ENSURE THAT EVERY SCHOOL GETS BACK ON TRACK, THAT THEY'RE ALL CALIBRATED, THAT THEY'RE ALL MEETING THE INSTRUCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS AND THE ASSESSMENT EXPECTATIONS.

SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE HOPING TO DRIVE AT HOME THIS YEAR.

QUESTIONS? BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, SORRY, MISS HAINES.

I DO THINK IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE FOCUS ON CAREER AND WORK BASED LEARNING, AND I THINK THAT SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF SUPPORT IN THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING FROM A MOM WHO HAS GONE ON THAT VERY CHALLENGING JOURNEY TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU GET AN ENTIRE DAY PRACTICALLY.

YOU DO FIRST PERIOD, AND THEN YOU GO TO THE TECH CENTER AND IT CAN BE VERY CHALLENGING AND CAN REQUIRE PLANNING THAT STARTS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND SO I THINK THAT PART OF EXPANDING IS NOT JUST PROVIDING OBVIOUSLY WE PROVIDE A FANTASTIC PROGRAM, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING SO MANY KIDS WHO ARE KIND OF WONDERING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO DO, WHY AM I EVEN IN SCHOOL AND A GOOD COUNSELOR THAT CAN HELP THEM WALK THROUGH EVERYTHING.

SO JUST SOMETIMES I THINK THAT THE INCREASING STAFF COMPONENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO IT'S NOT JUST HAVING AN INCREDIBLE PROGRAM.

IT'S HELPING KIDS AND PARENTS UNDERSTANDING HOW [INAUDIBLE] TO BE HONEST.

MY IT WAS SO CHALLENGING.

MY KID ALMOST DECIDED TO GIVE UP.

IT'S HARD AND IT REQUIRES SACRIFICES, AND SOMETIMES IT REQUIRES TAKING P.E.

ONLINE IN THE SUMMER OR IT'S A CHALLENGE.

I WAS WONDERING IF IT SAID MASTER SCHEDULING UP THERE.

IF THAT IS SOMEHOW CONNECTED TO--MASTER SCHEDULE UNIVERSITY PULLING ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN A LONG TIME.

JUST TO TALK ABOUT PHILOSOPHY, HOW YOU MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR STAFFING, HOW YOU HAVE THOSE OFFERINGS THAT STUDENTS REALLY NEED WHEN THEY CAN REALLY GET TO THEM. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE SHORING UP THE FOUNDATION, GETTING EVERYONE ON THE SAME PAGE.

ONE OF THE NEEDS THAT WE FEEL WE HAVE, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU, COUNSELING IS CRITICAL, AND AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING, CHAD MACKLIN, WORKING WITH DR.

HIS TEAM, OUR LEVEL DIRECTORS AND OUR COUNSELING STAFF, ALL CRITICAL COMPONENTS.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

HEY, MADAM CHAIR.

MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. DAUGHERTY, TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO BLESSED WITH ALIGNMENT TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.

I WOULD REMIND YOU, THOUGH, THAT TECHNOLOGY ALSO HAS A SEPARATE TECHNOLOGY PLAN THAT IS NOT JUST IN ALIGNMENT WITH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE STATE'S TECHNOLOGY PLAN.

SO IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN THAT, IT'S A GREAT READ AND IT WILL NEED TO BE UPDATED AFTER WE FINISH APPROVING ALL OF THESE THINGS.

SO TECHNOLOGY HAS REALLY BEEN FOCUSED IN THE LAST YEAR ON PROVIDING THE TOOLS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR DIGITAL CURRICULUM.

SO SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, SOME OF THE MORE VISIBLE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE ARE WE'VE REPLACED A TREMENDOUS NUMBER OF TEACHER LAPTOPS LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH WE WERE SOMEWHAT LATE BECAUSE OF SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, WE DID FINALLY GET THEM REPLACED.

SO THAT GREATLY INCREASED A LOT OF PRODUCTIVITY.

WE REPLACED LIBRARY COMPUTERS LAST YEAR IN ALL OF OUR LIBRARIES.

WE ALSO REPLACED ALL SECONDARY CHROMEBOOKS.

THAT WAS 35,000 CHROMEBOOKS THAT WE REPLACED, AND WE DID THAT IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.

THAT DID NOT TAKE US ALL YEAR.

IT TOOK US THREE WEEKS.

IT WAS FANTASTIC. MY STAFF REALLY WORKED HARD ON THAT AND WE UPGRADED OUR INTERNET BANDWIDTH IN OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO BE FIVE TIMES MORE.

I WON'T SAY FASTER, BUT FASTER IS THE LAYMAN'S TERM FOR IT, BUT IT'S MORE BANDWIDTH, IT'S MORE AVAILABILITY, SO MORE REQUESTS CAN BE ANSWERED FASTER.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY CONCERNED WITH CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

THAT IS MY DRIVING FORCE.

EVERY DAY I AM LOOKING AT EFFICIENCY.

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A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN DONE BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT THAT WAY, AND THAT'S THE WAY I WAS SHOWN TO DO IT.

SO THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT, RIGHT? BUT NOBODY EVER WROTE IT DOWN.

SO WE'RE GOING BACK AND WE'RE TRYING TO DOCUMENT SOME OF THOSE PROCEDURES, AND THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON IN THE IT DEPARTMENT EITHER, BECAUSE WE MOVE SO FAST, THERE'S OFTEN NO TIME TO GO BACK AND DOCUMENT.

SO WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED WITH CALIBRATION.

WE HAVE THESE THESE C WORDS ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT CALIBRATION IS IMPORTANT TO US TOO, AND THAT'S PART OF THAT EFFICIENCY CHECK.

THAT'S PART OF LOOKING AT OUR RESPONSE TIMES, LOOKING AT HOW LONG DOES DOES A CHILD GO WITHOUT A CHROMEBOOK IF IT BREAKS, HOW LONG DOES A TEACHER GO WITHOUT A LAPTOP IF IT BREAKS OR IF THEY MAKE A REQUEST BECAUSE SOMETHING ELSE HAS HAPPENED IN THEIR CLASSROOM, SOMETHING'S WRONG.

WE'VE NEVER REALLY TRACKED THOSE KIND OF METRICS BEFORE.

SO IT'S NEW FOR US.

IT'S NEW FOR MY STAFF TO PUT IN A TICKET AFTER THE FACT SO THAT WE KNOW THAT EVENTS HAPPENED.

RIGHT, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE'RE LEARNING HOW TO DO THAT.

WE ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON COMMUNICATION AND TRYING TO AGAIN, TRYING TO DOCUMENT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE DO AS WELL, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT WORK GOES UNDOCUMENTED.

SO WE MAY HAVE TECHNICIANS THAT WORK ALL DAY LONG, BUT THERE'S NO EVIDENCE OF THAT WORK.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THAT, AND IN TERMS OF COLLABORATION, WE ARE WORKING VERY MUCH WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT IS THEIR NEEDS ARE BEING MET, AND WE ARE STARTING TO MOVE OUTSIDE OF ONLY SUPPORTING INSTRUCTION.

WE'RE STARTING TO TRY TO REACH OUT AND SUPPORT OUR BUSINESS UNITS AS WELL.

WE'VE ALWAYS SUPPORTED THEM WITH HARDWARE, SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE AND COMPUTERS, INTERNET, THAT KIND OF THING, BUT NOW I THINK WE CAN BE MORE OF A BUSINESS PARTNER WITH THEM AS WELL , AND THAT WAS PART OF MY MANDATE AS A CHIEF.

I WILL ALSO ADD THAT DR.

POPE DID A WONDERFUL PRESENTATION ON BRIDGING THE GAP.

TODAY WE WERE ASKED BY DOE TO ALSO JOIN A SISTER PILOT FOR THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE OF THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO KIND OF INFLUENCE THE WAY THAT USER AUTHORIZATION IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITHIN THOSE SYSTEMS. SO WE KIND OF GET TO BE A PART OF THAT PROCESS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE DOING OUR PART ON THAT AS WELL.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT, GREAT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

LIKE MY COLLEAGUES, THE OFFICE OF LEGAL SERVICES IS EXCITED.

THE OFFICE OF LEGAL SERVICES IS EXCITED TO BEGIN THIS NEW SCHOOL YEAR SERVING STUDENTS, THE DIVISION AND THE BOARD, AND STAYING FOCUSED ON YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

NOW, OUR BIG WORK SUPPORTING THE STRATEGIC PLAN IS FOCUSED ON THREE MAIN COMPONENTS: SUPPORTING SCHOOLS, SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY, AND SUPPORTING CENTRAL OFFICE.

WE SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS DIRECTLY THROUGH CONTRACT MANAGEMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL PURCHASES AND FIELD ACTIVITIES, RESOLUTION OF DAY TO DAY LEGAL ISSUES AND WHERE POSSIBLE, DIRECT INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS.

WE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, RESPONDING TO SUBPOENAS AND TRAINING TO COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO SERVE ON SCHOOL BOARD ADVISORY COMMITTEES, AND OF COURSE, WE SUPPORT CENTRAL OFFICE BY RESPONDING TO FEDERAL EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, REGULATORY AGENCIES AS WELL AS STATE UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. WE ASSIST IN DRAFTING AND REVIEW OF SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES AND PROVIDING DIRECT LEGAL SUPPORT FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S AND THE SCHOOL BOARD'S PRIORITIES.

NOW, OUR SCHOOL YEAR STARTED WELL BEFORE THE STUDENTS CAME BACK.

WE PROVIDED LEGAL UPDATES.

THE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND REGISTRARS, BUT THIS YEAR WE ALSO MET FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH DSAS DIRECTORS OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES, NEW SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, AND IT WAS A TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR WHERE THEIR LEGAL CONCERNS WERE AND TO DIRECTLY SPEAK WITH THEM, AND LATER THIS FALL, FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE'LL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND DEANS.

SO WE GET A CHANCE TO MORE DIRECT CONTACT.

AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY, MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT WE'VE BEGUN OUR FALL TOUR OF MEETING WITH YOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO REMIND THEM OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMS TO INFORM CITIZENS ABOUT THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AND FERPA.

WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DECIDE ON WHETHER TO CREATE AN ONLINE MODULE OR ACTUALLY PRESENT TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH FACE OR SOME OF THE OTHER WAYS WE DIRECTLY CONNECT WITH THE

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SO WE ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ALL OF OUR CHIEFS.

THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS.

BOARD MEMBERS. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SAFETY AND SECURITY.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.

[INAUDIBLE] THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON THE PHYSICAL SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER AND SCOTT CARSON'S DIVISION AND AS WELL AS THE COUNTY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK, OBVIOUSLY, TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO MINIMIZE THE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON, BOTH AS OUR CAMPUS AND TO SUPPLY OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES WHILE AT SCHOOL.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE LOOK AT IS MORE OF AWARENESS AT OUR SCHOOL LEVEL AS WELL AS AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE LEVEL IS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A CULTURE SHOCK TO SOME AREAS OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT EVERYBODY HAS THAT RESPONSIBILITY FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY AT ALL TIMES BECAUSE OF THE MAKEUP OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND UNFORTUNATELY HAS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A LOT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A MANPOWER STRUCTURE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE OUR MANPOWER TO BE AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL FOR EYES ON AND QUALIFIED PEOPLE TO HANDLE SITUATIONS, TO WORK WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AS WELL AS OUR POLICE PARTNERS, AND THEN FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT ON THIS LAST PART WITH THE EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE PIECE, WE HAVE ADDED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EQUIPMENT SUCH AS CAMERAS AND ACCESS CONTROL AND ALARMS AND ALL THESE TYPE OF PHYSICAL SECURITY THINGS, BUT THEY ALL TAKE TECHNICIANS TO KEEP THIS EQUIPMENT HEALTHY AND VIABLE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

LIKE I SAID EARLIER, AND AGAIN, WORKING WITH SCOTT CARSON'S GROUP AND TECHNOLOGY, AGAIN, WE'RE AT THAT FINAL STAGE NOW OF OUR LAST 16 SCHOOLS OR OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE NOW ADDING THE IP CAMERA SYSTEMS ON THAT.

WE STARTED APPROXIMATELY FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO.

WE ALSO NEED TO START PLANNING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF SOME OF THIS EQUIPMENT.

A LOT OF THIS EQUIPMENT RUNS--ALL OF THIS EQUIPMENT RUNS 24/7, MUCH AS YOU JUST HEARD DR.

TILLMAN TALKING ABOUT THE REPLACEMENTS WITH OUR LAPTOPS FOR OUR STAFF, WHICH ABOUT EVERY THREE YEARS, OUR EQUIPMENT HAS A LIFE OF ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND THEY RUN 24/7.

SO LIKE ANYTHING, THIS STUFF HAS A TENDENCY TO DEGRADE AND IT GETS TO A POINT TO LIKE ANY TECHNOLOGY, YOU CAN'T REPLACE IT WITH A LIKE ITEM YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE BECAUSE THOSE SYSTEMS JUST AREN'T AVAILABLE ANY LONGER.

ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS ALSO HAVE NOW THEY'RE FULLY COMPLEMENT WITH ACCESS CONTROL, BUT BECAUSE OF ADDITIONS THAT SCHOOLS SUCH AS MEGA TRAILERS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A LOT, INDIVIDUAL TRAILERS THAT ARE GOING ON AND A LOT OF OUR SPECIAL ED NEEDS THAT GO ON BUILDINGS.

WE HAVE TO ADD ADDITIONAL DOORS TO SUPPORT BOTH OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING ON.

SO A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON AND THAT'S A CONSTANT THAT GOES ON BASED ON WHAT THE STUDENT POPULATION AND THE NEEDS AT THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.

A BIG PUSH AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT'S BEEN GREAT WITH THIS AS WELL AS OUR COMMUNICATION EXCUSE ME, OUR CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT TO WHERE WE'RE BUILDING THE ENTRANCES FOR SECURITY REASONS TO GET PEOPLE IN OUR BUILDING TO LIMIT INTRUDERS INTO OUR BUILDING, TO PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACES AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED, OBVIOUSLY, 25 BUILDINGS THAT ARE DONE THAT HAVE TO BE COMPLETELY DONE, BUT WE HAVE SOME OTHERS THAT HAVE TO BE MODIFIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE FOCUS ON A LOT THIS YEAR AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS IS SOME OF THE SECURITY OFFICERS THROUGH GRANTS AND A RADIO SYSTEM THAT IS SORELY NEEDED, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE FAST COMMUNICATIONS.

AN ADDITIONAL THING THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOCK TO SOME OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS IS THIS RESPONSE PLAN OR COMMUNITY OF OPERATION PLAN OR COOP, WHICH HAS BEEN VITAL BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES, THERE'S BEEN SOME SOME INCIDENCES WHERE BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN LOST FOR EITHER A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OR A FIRE OF THIS NATURE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO REPLACE ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS.

SO IT'S REACHING OUT AND HAVING ONE ON ONE CONVERSATION WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS TO DEVELOP WHAT THEIR ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS ARE.

WHAT GOES ON AT A PRE K ENVIRONMENT IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN AT A HIGH SCHOOL, SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A VIABLE PLAN OF OPTION.

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THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE MAIN FOCUS THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON THIS YEAR, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. PIKE.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? MS. BAILEY.

JUST A COMMENT THAT IF ANYONE WATCHING DID NOT GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE WORK SESSION AND GO BACK AND LOOK IN, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT AND THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND THEY TALKED ABOUT BUILDING THE DOUBLE VESTIBULES FOR SECURITY.

THEY ALSO SHOWED THE BEAUTIFUL WRAPS THAT ARE GOING ON THE WALLS, AND AS MUCH AS I LOVE THE WRAPS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY NOTHING ELSE MATTERS IF OUR STUDENTS AREN'T SAFE.

SO WE I REALLY LOVE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING AND FOCUSING ON KEEPING OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF SAFE IN OUR BUILDINGS HAS GOT TO BE A PRIORITY BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY TAKE ONE TRAGEDY FOR US TO ALL REALIZE THAT HAS TO BE OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, GETTING THESE DOUBLE VESTIBULES COMPLETED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, AND I UNDERSTAND MAYBE WITH THE HELP OF BOS MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO START SOME OF THESE PROJECTS QUICKER, BUT I THINK THEY'RE CRITICAL TO THE SECURITY OF THE BUILDING.

MR. HARTER? YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BIG THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR, BECAUSE, TO BE HONEST, COMING OUT OF THIS IS KIND OF MY BACKGROUND.

BEFORE I WAS A TEACHER, IT'S LIKE MY THREE LIVES AGO MILITARY AND I WAS A SECURITY PLANNER, AND, YOU KNOW, THE CAMERAS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN PUTTING IN AND CONTINUE TO PUT IN ARE LEAPS AND BOUNDS ABOVE WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE, THE ACCESS CONTROL AND ELIMINATING KEYS AND SINGLE POINTS OF ENTRY IN AND OUT AND THE VESTIBULES THAT WERE YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL GREAT THINGS TO HAVE IN PLACE, AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE ALSO THAT THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN KIND OF RESPONSE PLAN, THINGS OF THAT NATURE THAT ARE REVIEWED PERIODICALLY, AND I'M COMFORTABLE.

I FEEL WE'RE REALLY GOING DOWN THE RIGHT PATH WITH TAKING SECURITY SERIOUS IN OUR SCHOOL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, MA'AM.

JUST TO WRAP IT UP HERE AGAIN, THAT WAS A BROAD SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL DELVE INTO A VARIETY OF THOSE TOPICS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND MUCH MORE DETAIL, AND AS INTEREST COMES UP, THAT WAS A HIGH LEVEL VIEW, BUT I THINK THAT YOU CAN SEE, EVEN THOUGH IT IS EXTENSIVE, AS THE WORK MAY BE THAT'S GETTING DONE OUT THERE, I DON'T THINK WE EITHER WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SAY WE DON'T HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING, BUT I WANT US TO KNOW, TOO, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT A DOCUMENT.

I THINK YOU CAN HEAR EACH OF THOSE LEADERS VOICES JUST ABOUT THE CREATIVE THINKING, THE DEDICATION, THE HUMAN ELEMENT THAT THEY BRING TO THE TABLE, AND THEY NEVER FORGET THAT THE FOCUS MISSION IS STILL ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF IN OUR SCHOOLS.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THANKS FOR HAVING US TODAY.

YES. THANK YOU TO ALL THE CHIEFS FOR THEIR UPDATE THIS EVENING, AND YES, YOU CAN DEFINITELY HEAR THE PASSION AND THEIR REPORTS THAT THEY GAVE TONIGHT.

NEXT, WE HAVE THIS EVENING ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Memo #124-22: Falling Creek Middle School Construction]

ACTUALLY, MR. DAVIS.

GOOD EVENING YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.

MEMO NUMBER 124-22.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT SCHOOL FOR FALLING CREEK MIDDLE WENT OUT TO BID IN LATE JULY, AND WE RECEIVED THREE VERY RESPONSIVE BIDS FROM FINE COMPANIES, RANGING FROM 81.6 MILLION TO $83.6 MILLION AND THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIVE BID WAS FROM GULF SEABOARD, AND WE'VE MADE A RECOMMENDATION AND THE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR HAS ALSO MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE BOARD APPROVE GRANTING THIS CONTRACT TO GULF SEABOARD FOR THE PRICE OF APPROXIMATELY $81.6 MILLION. BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE THE BOARD TAKES ACTION.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.

BOARD MEMBERS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO 124-22 AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. BAILEY.

WELL, NOT ONLY MY EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND BREAKING THE GROUND FOR THIS BUILDING IN MY DISTRICT, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION TO HAVE YOU MAYBE MENTIONED TO THE PUBLIC THAT THIS $81 MILLION PRICE TAG IS TELL US WHAT IT'S NOT INCLUDING SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THERE IS A PART TWO TO THIS BUILDING.

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YES, THIS PHASE ONE IS THE GREAT BULK OF THE WORK THAT'S NEEDED FOR FALLING CREEK MIDDLE.

HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE EXISTING BUILDING STANDING FOR TWO MORE YEARS TO SERVE AS A HOME FOR THE STUDENTS AT BENSLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHILE THEIR REPLACEMENT SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT.

SO APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS FROM NOW, WE'LL BE ASKING FOR THE BOARD TO APPROVE A FINAL WHAT WE'LL CALL THE PHASE TWO CONTRACT, WHICH WOULD DEMOLISH THE EXISTING FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING AND CONSTRUCT THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES THAT WILL BE IN PLACE IN THE SAME LOCATION AS THE EXISTING BUILDING, FIRST CLASS TRACK, SOFTBALL, BASEBALL FIELDS, ETC..

SO AGAIN, THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, PLUS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ATHLETIC FACILITIES WILL BE THE FINAL COMPONENT ABOUT FOUR YEARS FROM NOW.

THANK YOU. AS MUCH AS I HATE THAT IT HAS TO BE IN TWO PHASES, I THINK IT'S THE MOST EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL AND COST SAVING WAY FOR OUR COUNTY TO NOT ONLY HELP OUR STUDENTS AT BENSLEY WHILE WE BUILD THEM A BRAND NEW SCHOOL, BUT I JUST WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE $81 MILLION PRICE TAG, IF THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT, IS JUST IT IS, AS YOU SAID, THE BULK OF IT, BUT THE ATHLETIC FIELDS WILL COME WHEN BENSLEY IS FINISHED.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.

BOARD MEMBERS, THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.

THE MEMO IS APPROVED.

NEXT WE HAVE MEMO 125-22.

[2. Memo #125-22: Proposed Adoption of Revisions to Current Policies and Regulations, and Suspension of Rules]

NUMBER ONE REVISIONS OF POLICY 2040 EVALUATION SUPERINTENDENT POLICY HAS BEEN UPDATED TO CLARIFY REFERENCE TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S CABINET THE LEADERSHIP SURVEY, AND NUMBER TWO REVISIONS OF POLICY 6131 CCPS TITLE NINE POLICY AND PROCEDURES.

THIS POLICY HAS BEEN UPDATED AND REVISED THE CONTACT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

SCHOOL POLICY 1200 PROVIDES THAT QUOTE IF IN CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT IMMEDIATE ACTION PROPOSED POLICY REGULATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD MAY SUSPEND ITS RULES AND BRING THE POLICY REGULATION UP FOR IMMEDIATE ADOPTION FOLLOWING A FIRST READING.

END QUOTE. THEREFORE, IT'S RECOMMENDED THE SCHOOL BOARD SUSPEND ITS REGULAR RULES OF POLICY ADOPTION BY WAIVING A SECOND READING OF THE POLICIES.

CONTAIN THIS MEMORANDUM AND APPROVE EACH FOLLOWING THIS FIRST READING.

PROPOSED CHANGES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY A SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY.

IF APPROVED, THE REVISION WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

MADAM CHAIR, YOU HAVE TWO RECOMMENDED ACTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH.

BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO 125-22 FIRST RECOMMENDED ACTION AS PRESENTED.

SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL.

ROLL ON THE MOTION.

BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MEMO 125-22 SECOND RECOMMENDED ACTION AS PRESENTED SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL.

ROLL ON THE MOTION.

APPROVED. NEXT, WE HAVE ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW.

[G. Items for Board Review]

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

NEXT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS FOR THIS MEETING.

[H. Public Comment on Non-Agenda Items]

COMMENTS SUBMITTED VIA THE ONLINE FORM WERE SENT TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE START OF TONIGHT'S MEETING AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN FULL AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE MEETING MINUTES.

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THEY ARE ROBERT [INAUDIBLE], JAMES MOSS, [INAUDIBLE], DORIS [INAUDIBLE], WENDY LITTLE, AARON LITTLE, DOMINIQUE CHATTERS AND MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE].

EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 3 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

THERE'S A TIMER SET UP ON TOP OF THE PODIUM THAT WILL TURN GREEN.

WHEN YOU BEGIN SPEAKING YELLOW, WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING AND RED WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

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

SPEAKERS ARE ALSO REMINDED THAT COMMENTS SHALL BE DIRECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND NOT TO INDIVIDUAL STAFF MEMBERS.

MAY WE HAVE ROBERT [INAUDIBLE]? IT'S FUNNY HOW THESE THINGS GO.

I ALWAYS BRING SOMETHING ELSE TO SPEAK ON.

THEN I FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO SPEAK ON.

SO I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE BUSSES.

I HEAR A LOT OF THIS MONEY FLOATING AROUND $81 MILLION FOR PHASE ONE.

WE KNEW WE HAD A BUS SHORTAGE IN THE BEGINNING AND I WAS GIVEN VIDEO AND A PHOTO AND I SHARED IT WITH YOU GUYS, AND I BELIEVE EVERY ONE OF Y'ALL DIDN'T AGREE WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THOSE VIDEOS AND THE PHOTO WHICH EVENTUALLY GOT TAKEN CARE OF, AND APPARENTLY IT WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DECIDED TO TAKE ALL THE KIDS ON THE BUS INSTEAD OF DOUBLE THEM BACK. SO IT WAS OVERCROWDED.

THEY WERE SPILLING IN THE FLOOR, JUMPING AROUND, DISTRACTING THE DRIVER.

IT WAS LOUD AS ANYTHING. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DRIVE OR CONCENTRATE AND DRIVE, AND THAT'S A DANGEROUS SITUATION, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAD THAT ONE BUS FLIP OVER AND SOME CITIZENS HAD TO SAVE SOME OF THE STUDENTS OUTSIDE THE BUS.

COULD YOU IMAGINE IF IT WAS THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THERE? AND I KNOW MOST OF YOU GUYS AGREED WITH IT AND WAS TAKEN CARE OF.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS, BUT I MEAN, IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD HAVE HAD A TEMPORARY SITUATION IN PLACE SINCE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND $81 MILLION IN THIS.

WE COULD HAVE PROBABLY PUT $1,000,000 IN TEMPORARY BUSING OR DRIVERS OR SOMETHING IN THE VERY BEGINNING.

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

I'M NOT SITTING ON THE BOARD.

ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT I WANT TO ALSO DO, SINCE I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE IT UP SO MY SON GOT THIS THING IN THE MAIL WHERE THE I'M SORRY FOLDER CALLED THE SOS, THE SIGNS OF SUICIDE PREVENTION PROGRAM, AND I SAW THIS AND I KNEW THIS WAS COMING.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S DESCRIBED VERY WELL.

I MEAN, IF PARENTS ACTUALLY SEE IT, IF THEY DON'T SEE IT, THEN THEIR KIDS ARE ALL AUTOMATICALLY OPT IN AND THEY'RE IN THE PROGRAM.

WELL, I WAS SMART ENOUGH [INAUDIBLE] GET MY CHILD OUT.

THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS I HAVE WITH THIS PROGRAM, BUT I ONLY HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS I HAVE IS THE ESSAY QUESTIONS THAT THEY ASK AT THE END FOR 11 YEAR OLD OR 12 YEAR OLD.

IT SAYS, ARE YOU CURRENTLY BEING TREATED FOR DEPRESSION? THIS IS THE SURVEY QUESTIONS AFTER THEY TAKE THIS TO SESSION CLASS.

THE NEXT IS, DO YOU THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT KILLING YOURSELF? THIS IS 11 OR 12 YEAR OLD.

HAVE YOU TRIED TO KILL YOURSELF IN THE IN THE LAST YEAR? I MEAN, I GUESS THAT'S YOU KNOW, ARE YOU CURRENTLY BEING TREATED FOR DEPRESSION? DOES WHAT IS ANOTHER ONE? OH, DO YOU FEEL YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WELL OR THAT YOU ARE NOT AS GOOD LOOKING OR SMART AS MOST OTHER PEOPLE? YOU'RE ASKING AN 11 OR 12 YEAR OLD THAT QUESTION.

LIST, A TRUSTED ADULT AT SCHOOL YOU CAN TURN TO IF YOU NEED HELP FOR YOURSELF OR A FRIEND , AND THAT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO SUICIDE.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF OTHER QUESTIONS IN HERE THAT'RE CONCERNING.

I SHARED IT WITH SOME FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND THEY'RE LIKE, I CAN'T EVEN BELIEVE THAT'S IN OUR SYSTEM.

MOST PARENTS DON'T KNOW THAT THIS EXIST.

THEIR KIDS ARE BEING OPTED IN WITHOUT THE PARENTS EVEN SEEING THAT FORM.

THIS IS AN ADULT PROGRAM.

I'VE SEEN THE VIDEOS.

IT'S KIND OF SILLY AND IT REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING I WENT THROUGH FOR ARE YOU CHOKING? CALL, HELP, CALL EMS. IT KIND OF LOOKED KIND OF RIDICULOUS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF THESE KIDS WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT SUICIDE, THEN THEY WERE NOW WHEN THEY LEFT THAT CLASS, AND I GET THAT THERE'S GOOD INTENTIONS IN THIS, TOO, BUT IT'S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD.

IT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE].

YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

JAMES MOSS.

GOOD EVENING, FELLOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

RYAN, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

I COME TO YOU TODAY TO PROTEST HOW SOME STUDENTS, MY DAUGHTER IN PARTICULAR, ARE BEING TREATED WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEMS. MY DAUGHTER LAST YEAR ATTENDED MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL AND BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE REDISTRICTING THAT WAS DONE.

MY DAUGHTER NOW ATTENDS LC BIRD.

MY DAUGHTER DREADS GOING TO SCHOOL, AND SHE HAS COME TO ME MULTIPLE TIMES SAYING, DADDY, THEY'RE MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I DON'T BELONG IN

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I WENT TO RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHERE BULLYING WAS SOMETHING THAT WENT ON DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

I MOVED TO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS AFTER GETTING CUSTODY OF MY DAUGHTER TO ENSURE THAT WOULDN'T HAPPEN TO HER.

THE ONE THING THAT SHE WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO DO, AND IT'S BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THIS LOCALITIES HISTORY WHEN HUGUENOT WAS ANNEXED IN 1962 INTO THE CITY OF RICHMOND, THEY GAVE THOSE STUDENTS AN OPTION.

YOU CAN EITHER FINISH YOUR LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN WHICH MY DAUGHTER IS A JUNIOR AT THE SCHOOL YOU ARE ATTENDING, OR YOU CAN GO HERE.

I DON'T SEE WHY THAT'S NOT AN OPTION THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED HERE.

MY DAUGHTER WOULD BE BACK WITH HER FRIENDS.

GRANTED, MEADOWBROOK ENDURED ITS FAIR SHARE OF NIGHTMARES LAST YEAR, BUT SHE WANTS TO BE WITH HER FRIENDS.

I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL WITH MY FRIENDS AND GRANTED I WAS BULLIED BUT MY FRIENDS WERE THERE WITH ME TO GET ME THROUGH IT.

SHE DESERVES THE SAME.

UM, AND RYAN, YOU KNOW A BIT ABOUT ME BY HAVING THOSE FRIENDS.

I BUILD COMPUTERS FOR A LIVING.

I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE BEEN ASTOUNDED AT SOME OF THE PIECES THAT I'VE BUILT.

I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WITHOUT MY FRIENDS.

MY DAUGHTER. SHE LOVES GOING TO SCHOOL.

SHE LOVES LEARNING.

SHE WANTS TO BECOME A 3D ARCHITECT.

BUILDING COMPUTERS AND BUILDING WEBSITES.

I'M PROUD OF HER FOR DOING THAT.

I ASK THAT THE SCHOOL ALLOW ANY CHILD THAT WAS DRAWN INTO THIS WHOLE REDISTRICTING PLAN IF THEY WANT TO FINISH UP MEADOWBROOK.

IF THEY'RE A JUNIOR. IF THEY'RE A SENIOR.

GIVE THEM THAT OPTION.

OR YOU'LL HAVE MORE KIDS THAT ARE DREADING GOING TO SCHOOL JUST LIKE MY DAUGHTER IS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. MOSS. [INAUDIBLE] DORIS [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS SUPERINTENDENT, COUNTY ATTORNEY.

MY NAME IS DORIS [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M ONE OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS HERE WHO ARE WELL AWARE THAT THIS COUNTY'S PRIORITY IS NOT SAFETY.

IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO NOW WHEN I BROUGHT IN THE LEGAL LETTER FROM THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE ON WIRELESS RADIATION AND CHILDREN'S HEALTH.

IT'S ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT I MET WITH YOU, MR. DAUGHERTY, WITH AN RF ENGINEER, AS WELL AS A PHYSICIAN WHO WAS TRAINED IN RECOGNIZING SYMPTOMS FROM MICROWAVE RADIATION, AND SINCE THEN I'VE HAD ZERO.

THERE'S BEEN NOTHING DONE AT ALL IN REGARDS TO PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM WIRELESS RADIATION.

IN FACT, I CAN'T GET A HOLD OF MR. TILLMAN. I CAN'T GET ANYONE TO DO THE SLIGHTEST THING.

EVEN AFTER TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS AND COMING MONTH AFTER MONTH AFTER MONTH TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU.

ALSO WORKING WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

SO I NEED I DO NEED TO TELL YOU THAT I AM AT THE POINT WHERE I'M [INAUDIBLE] TO DETERMINE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COUNTY.

BECAUSE, AS MY DEAR FRIEND EMILY HAD STATED, WE'VE LOST TRUST IN THE SYSTEM.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY SHAMEFUL WHAT IS OCCURRING.

WE NEED YOU TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND PROTECT THE CHILDREN.

THERE IS NO REASON WHY THIS COUNTY CANNOT TAKE SOME STEPS TO MITIGATE THE ISSUES.

YOU HAVE A BRAND NEW SCHOOL BUILDING THAT'S BEING BUILT.

ARE THERE GOING TO BE WALL JACKS INSTALLED FOR THAT? MY OTHER CONCERN IS I'M FULLY AWARE THAT DOMINION HAS A CONTRACT WITH THESE MEGA TRAILERS FOR OLD 100 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS WELL AS COSBY HIGH SCHOOL.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS IF YOU ARE GOING TO ALLOW SMART METERS TO BE PLACED OUTSIDE OF THOSE TRAILERS BECAUSE DOMINION UTILITY IS CURRENTLY EXPOSING PEOPLE TO ILLEGAL LEVELS OF MICROWAVE RADIATION IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND I'VE BEEN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, I'VE BEEN TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM, I'VE BEEN TO THE VDH, I'VE BEEN TO THE VDOE IN REGARDS TO MICROWAVE RADIATION. THIS IS NOT A JOKE.

THESE SMART METERS ARE NOT HEALTHY.

NUMBER ONE, THEY POSE A THREAT TO HUMANS, INSECTS, BIRDS, ANIMALS, BEES, THE ENVIRONMENT.

NUMBER TWO, THEY ARE NOT PRIVATE.

THERE IS NOTHING ABOUT THEM.

IT'S A CYBERSECURITY NIGHTMARE.

NUMBER THREE, THEY ARE A FIRE HAZARD.

THEY ARE NOT SAFE AND THEY'RE ALREADY CAUSING FIRES.

I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.

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THEY ARE AN ENERGY HOG.

YOU HAVE A CHOICE TO MAKE.

YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO BELIEVE AND BUY IN THE LIES AND JOIN IN PART OF THE GREAT RESET.

OR YOU ARE GOING TO BE JOINED WITH THE REST OF US WHO ARE FULLY AWAKE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE GREAT AWAKENING.

WHEN THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU THEY'RE HERE TO PROTECT YOU, THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WHY ARE THESE UTILITIES REPLACING RELIABLE ANALOG METERS WITH SMART METERS TO CUT COSTS BY FIRING METER READERS TO OBTAIN FEDERAL GRANTS WITH OUR TAX MONEY TO CHARGE YOU MORE DURING PEAK HOURS TO ENABLE REMOTE SHUT OFF, WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO DO THAT? TO EXTRACT DATA FROM ON YOUR FAMILY'S BEHAVIOR.

THEY ARE NOT IN OUR BEST INTERESTS.

THERE IS ZERO BENEFIT TO THE CUSTOMER.

DO NOT ALLOW SMART METERS TO BE PLACED ON THESE TRAILERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

I HAVE INFORMATION TO ADD TO THE PUBLIC RECORD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE THE PUBLIC RECORD? I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE THANK YOU.

YOU GIVE IT TO ME.

THANK YOU. WENDY LITTLE.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I'M WENDY LITTLE.

EVERYBODY KNOWS ME PRETTY WELL BY NOW.

I'M SURE I HAVE SOME INSTANT STAKEHOLDER INPUT ON THE PILOT PROGRAM.

NO, THAT'S MY INPUT.

NO. IN DECEMBER OF 2021, THERE'S A PRESENTATION THAT TALKED ABOUT SPENDING $6 MILLION OF RECOVERY FUNDING ON TUTORS, DIFFERENTIATED SUPPORT.

YOU CAN'T EVEN SERVICE OUR 8000 SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS PROPERLY.

WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE GOING TO THINK ABOUT TRYING TO MESS UP EVERYTHING FOR THE REST OF THE POPULATION? I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT PROGRAM.

ALL CHIEFS SPOKE.

I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT SPECIAL EDUCATION FROM ANYBODY.

WE'RE ALWAYS A FOOTNOTE, IF THAT.

IT STILL CONTINUES.

IT'S NOTHING TO BE PROUD OF.

SPEAKING OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN MORE DEPTH, THESE ARE SPECIAL EDUCATION PERFORMANCE REPORTS FROM 2016 TO 2020 , AND I WILL LEAVE THESE FOR YOU, BUT I'M THE ONE THAT DOES ALL THOSE COOL CHARTS.

I DO NOT HAVE SOLS COMPLETED.

I DO NOT HAVE UPDATED MAPS DATA, BUT YOU HAVE ALL THAT.

YOU'VE SEEN THE HILL SLIDING DOWN.

SINCE 2016, SPECIAL EDUCATION PERFORMANCE DATA WAS AT 40%, WENT UP TO ALMOST 60, AND HAS BEEN ON A DOWNWARD DECLINE EVER SINCE.

THE DATA SUPPORTS YOUR FAILURE WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS OVER AND OVER.

AS I SAID, SOME OF US ARE GETTING TOGETHER AND WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A SPECIAL EDUCATION PTA ORGANIZATION.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CHARGE AND OWNERSHIP OF THINGS THAT YOU WON'T DO.

I BEG EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU--EXCEPT YOU TWO ON THE END--I BEGGED YOU ALL TO GET INVOLVED, AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE SO MY SON COULD GO TO SCHOOL.

NOT ONE SINGLE ONE OF YOU DID, AND NOW YOU'VE VIOLATED A LAW.

THE BASIC LAW OF DENYING EDUCATION, AND IT'S NOT AS EASY AS HURRY UP AND OPEN THE DOOR AND SEND THE BUS AND SEND HIM TO SCHOOL.

WAY MORE COMPLICATED THAN THAT BY NOW.

YOU DENIED MY SPECIAL NEEDS ON POTTY ASSISTANCE FOR FOUR YEARS.

YOU DENIED HIS HUMAN DIGNITY FOR FOUR FULL SCHOOL YEARS AND MADE SURE THAT HAPPENED.

NOW YOU'RE DENYING HIM AN EDUCATION.

SHAME ON YOU, AND I HOPE THAT THERE'S THREE OF YOU IN PARTICULAR.

I HOPE THAT YOU OR SOMEBODY YOU LOVE GETS IN THAT POSITION, CAN'T GET OUT OF IT, GET STUCK, AND THEN I HOPE THAT YOU SEE MY SON'S FACE AND THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT WHEN SOMEBODY LETS YOU SIT IN POOP FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE OR FOR YEARS ON END, IT'S RIDICULOUS.

I'D LIKE TO READ A LETTER BECAUSE I HAVE VERY LITTLE TIME, OR I WILL LEAVE IT FOR THE CLERK FOR THE RECORD.

OR DO IT THE NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS LITTLE.

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HEY, I GUESS.

WELL I'M AARON LITTLE.

THIS IS MY MOM.

I'M PRETTY MUCH HERE TO SAY A LOT OF THE SAME THING THAT SHE JUST SAID. NOT PROVIDING THE RIGHT EDUCATION AND NOT PROVIDING HEALTH CARE WILL NOT HEALTH CARE, BUT HEALTH ASSISTANCE, AND I GUESS THAT'S IT.

I DON'T KNOW. CAN I HELP HIM OUT TO SPEAK HIS WORDS? YEAH. EXCUSE ME.

IF AARON WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

HE CAN SPEAK. IF HE DOES NOT CARE TO SPEAK, IT'S FINE.

HE HAS AUTISM AND DISABILITIES.

HE'S TRYING HIS BEST.

AS WELL AS I'VE NEVER REALLY DONE THIS BEFORE.

UNDERSTOOD. CAN YOU JUST READ WHAT YOU HAVE? BECAUSE THEY WON'T LET ME HELP YOU OUT.

UM. AARON, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE YOUR WORDS WITH US, WE WILL BE HAPPY TO READ THEM.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, BUT YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR YOUR REPORT AND WE WILL READ IT.

OKAY, JUST LEAVE IT AND GIVE IT TO THE DEPUTY, PLEASE.

YOU DID GREAT. YOU DID GREAT.

[APPLAUSE] DOMINIQUE CHATTERS.

GOOD EVENING, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT CONTEXT IN TWO INSTANCES.

ONE RELATED TO THE VACANCIES THAT WERE ADDRESSED TODAY.

WHEN THE SCHOOL YEAR FIRST STARTED.

MAJORITY OF THE VACANCIES WERE IN MY DISTRICT.

I'M DALE DISTRICT.

MAJORITY OF THOSE VACANCIES WERE AT FALLEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN, BUT FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, AS I'VE MENTIONED HERE BEFORE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE CONTEXT, AS MS. COKER MENTIONED, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POPULATION 11,000.

THAT'S GOOD CONTEXT, BUT THE NEXT LEVEL OF CONTEXT WOULD BE WHERE ARE THOSE VACANCIES? WHAT DISTRICT IS BEING HIT THE HARDEST WITH THOSE VACANCIES? SO YOU CAN TELL US THE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN, BUT WITHOUT THE CONTEXT, WE CAN'T SEE WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE, SO YOU CAN'T ADDRESS THEM.

SECOND ISSUE OF CONTEXT.

THE VDOE IS CURRENTLY REVIEWING HISTORY STANDARDS.

IT'S WITH THE FORDHAM INSTITUTE.

THEY PUBLISHED A REPORT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SEE IT.

IT GAVE VIRGINIA A B-PLUS, BUT IF YOU READ DOWN INTO THE B PLUS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE SCORED A TWO AND A THREE IN CLARITY AND ORGANIZATION , AND I'M JUST GOING TO CITE SOME OF THE QUOTES FROM THAT REPORT.

IT SAYS THE CONCEPTUAL AND COGNITIVE LEARNING LEAP FROM KINDERGARTEN TO THIRD GRADE IS FRAGMENTARY.

IT SAYS WE SHOULD NO LONGER BE USING MORAL OBJECTIONS TO SLAVERY AS AN ADEQUATE EXPLANATION OF THE NORTHERN ANTI-SLAVERY VIEWS.

IT SAYS THE SECOND HALF OF OUR U.S.

HISTORY IS WEAKER THAN THE FIRST.

IT TALKS ABOUT CARPETBAGGERS AND IT'S QUOTING OUR HISTORY BOOK SAYS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE SOUTH.

THEY SAY THAT STATEMENT IS PROBLEMATIC.

IT TALKS ABOUT THE 3/5 CLAUSE, WHICH IN OUR TEXTBOOK SAYS 3/5 OF THE POPULATION IS AFRICAN AMERICAN VERSUS 3/5 OF A PERSON.

IT SAYS THAT IN THE 1920S IT OMITS THE AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE CONTRIBUTIONS.

IT SAYS THAT IT'S A MESSY, ORGANIZATIONAL, MESSY ORGANIZATION, NOT IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER TO HELP THE LEARNERS UNDERSTAND.

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I KNOW YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HISTORY STANDARDS.

IF IN THE EVENT THAT VDOE DECIDES TO DEFER TO LOCAL SCHOOL BOARDS TO HELP FINALIZE THE DECISION.

I ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT YOU TAKE THE CORNUCOPIA OF CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OTHER SECTIONS OF OUR COUNTRY AND OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR CITIZENS INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU'RE DISCUSSING HISTORY, IT DOES PAINT ONE WAY RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S NOT ACCURATE, AND IF WE WANT TRANSPARENCY AND TRUTH AND CONTEXT, THEN WE HAVE TO BE HONEST ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF OUR HISTORY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MS. CHATTERS.

MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE].

I'M GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE I HAVE TO COMMENT ON THAT.

YOU KNOW, I WENT TO SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA AND I DIDN'T LEARN OF.

THE SEVERITY OF THE FAILURE OF RECONSTRUCTION.

UNTIL I READ ABOUT IT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AFTER HAVING CONVERSATIONS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BECAUSE MY VIRGINIA EDUCATION DID NOT IT TAUGHT ME A VERY, VERY LOST CAUSE VERSION OF THAT HISTORY.

NOW, I CAN'T STAND THE PHRASE, AND I'VE HEARD IT QUITE A BIT RETURNED TO NORMAL.

WHAT WE WENT THROUGH IN 2020 WAS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT HOW WE DO THINGS AND MAYBE SEE IF NORMAL IS THE WAY WE NEED TO KEEP DOING THEM.

WHAT, POSTMORTEM, HAVE WE DONE ON WHAT WORKED, WHAT WE LEARNED, AND WHAT WAS DIFFERENT AND WORKED BETTER DURING THAT TIME? ALL I SEE IS JUST MORE AND MORE TESTING, SOL, SAT, MAPS ONE, TWO, THREE, ACT, PSAT.

I'M SURE I'M MISSING MORE.

STANDARDIZED TEST AFTER STANDARDIZED TEST AFTER STANDARDIZED TEST AFTER STANDARDIZED TEST FOCUSED ON DATA COLLECTION, DATA COLLECTION, DATA COLLECTION, DATA COLLECTION, AND I DON'T CARE. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A LOT OF US, OUR PARENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE COMPETE OR WE KNOCK HEADS AGAINST EACH OTHER SOMETIMES, BUT I THINK MOST OF US AREN'T FANS OF VENDOR DATA COLLECTION OR DATA COLLECTION FOR THE SAKE OF DATA COLLECTION.

IT TAKES TIME AWAY FROM TEACHERS.

TEACHERS DON'T HAVE TIME TO TEACH WHEN THEY'RE TEACHING TO A TEST OR THEY HAVE TO BE INTERRUPTED TO PROCTOR A TEST OR TO SPEND THE CLASS TIME WITH A TEST.

GET RID OF THE MAPS TEST.

WE DON'T NEED IT AT ALL.

DUMP IT. WE'VE GOT THE SATS, WE'VE GOT THE SOLS, UNFORTUNATELY, UNTIL WE CAN GET RID OF THEM, AND WE'VE GOT TO LET TEACHERS TEACH FOCUS ON THE SUBJECT. IF YOU'RE TEACHING A CLASS IN THE CLASS IS REALLY INTERESTED IN ONE TOPIC, MAKE IT TO THE TEACHER CAN FOCUS ON THAT TOPIC INSTEAD OF HAVING TO JUMP AHEAD TO THE NEXT THING BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO COVER ON THE TEST.

SPARKS OF INTEREST ARE LIT AND EXTINGUISHED BY OUR TEST CULTURE.

KIDS WILL HEAR SOMETHING AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT, BUT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT TO MOVE ON.

GET RID OF IT. LET TEACHERS TEACH, LET THE CLASSROOM BE A PLACE FOR INSTRUCTION, NOT DATA COLLECTION AND JOKING STATS SO THAT YOU LOOK GOOD HERE, LOOK BAD THERE, OR YOU KNOW HOW TO SHIFT NUMBERS AROUND.

SCHOOLS SHOULD BE A PLACE OF EDUCATION.

LEARNING, LEARNING TO LEARN LEARNING HUMANITIES STOP FOCUSING JUST ON STEM.

THE HUMANITIES ARE WHY WE'RE LACK OF HUMANITIES ARE WHY WE'RE IN THE PLACE THAT WE ARE.

LET TEACHERS TEACH.

THANK YOU, MR. [INAUDIBLE].

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

NEXT, WE HAVE THIS EVENING SUPERINTENDENT'S REMARKS.

[I. Superintendent's Remarks]

MADAM CHAIR, BOARD, SO THE FIRST SLIDE AND I HAVE A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION, BUT IF THERE'S ANY SLIDE I'M GOING TO SHOW BECAUSE EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO DISCUSS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED. SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS GET SAID AT A BOARD MEETING AND WHEN PEOPLE ATTACK THE STAFF.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO RESPOND, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IN EDUCATION TODAY, THAT THIS IS THE ONE INSTITUTION THAT CAN BE ATTACKED ALL THE TIME.

DO WE DO EVERYTHING CORRECT? ABSOLUTELY NOT, BUT WE DO A LOT OF THINGS WELL, AND WE'VE GOT SOME OUTSTANDING PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WE HAVE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, DISTRICT OFFICE STAFF WHO WORK TEN, 12, 14 HOURS A DAY TO MAKE SURE EVERY DAY IS A GREAT DAY.

[02:15:10]

WELL, WE HAVE CUT TESTING DOWN.

WE AREN'T DOING MAPS IN GRADES 3 TO 8 FOR READING AND WRITING, BUT I'M A BIG FAN OF THE SAT AND THE PSAT BECAUSE IT SHOWS STUDENTS AND PARENTS HOW WELL THEIR CHILD IS LEARNING IN ORDER TO FUNCTION IN SOCIETY.

IT IS A GREAT CAREER TOOL AND USED CORRECTLY, THEY ADVANCE GREATER THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY BECAUSE THE FAMILY AND THE SCHOOLS WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THEIR CHILD IS EXCEEDING.

I HEAR ABOUT SAFETY.

WE SPEND MORE TIME ABOUT SAFETY, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOUR YEARS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS THAN ANY OTHER DISTRICT I CAN THINK OF IN THE COUNTRY. NOW EVERYONE WANTS TO THROW STATISTICS OUT AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE PLACES TO GO LOOK FOR THEIR LITTLE WEBSITES, BUT THEY DON'T COME IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY.

WE ARE WORRIED EVERY DAY.

THAT'S THE ONE THING I WORRY ABOUT EVERY DAY THAT I HAVE THIS JOB ABOUT SAFETY OF OUR KIDS, ABOUT BUSING.

I HEARD COSBY. IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TWO TRAFFIC STUDIES DONE BY THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY POLICE, AND BOTH TIMES THEY HAVE TOLD THE PRINCIPAL, THIS IS THE BEST YOU CAN DO BECAUSE THE OVERCROWDING IS GETTING OUT OF HAND.

THAT'S WHY, AND FOR ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT BUS, SCHOOL BUSSES AND CARS, YOU CANNOT RELEASE THE CARS AND THE BUSSES OUT OF THE SAME LANES.

SO THE BUSSES HAVE TO BE RELEASED FIRST.

THEN THEY DO OPEN UP THE SECOND LANE.

SEE, I WANT PEOPLE TO AT LEAST WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT US, TO TELL ALL THE FACTS AND NOT SOME OF THEM, AND THAT'S MY CONCERN AND WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF ME, I DON'T CARE BECAUSE I THINK ABOUT OUR KIDS EVERY DAY AND I KNOW OUR STAFF CARES ABOUT OUR KIDS BECAUSE ALL IT DOES MEAN ON CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, AND WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK, THAT'S FINE.

PLEASE DO SAY WHAT YOU WANT, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO TELL BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY, AND TO SAY WE DON'T CARE ABOUT ANY CHILD IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WOULD SAY THAT'S AN UNTRUTH, AND I WOULD DEFEND THIS ANYWHERE IN THIS COUNTRY OF WHAT WE DO.

DO WE HAVE A BUSING ISSUE? I DON'T SEE ANYBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT EVERY OTHER BUSINESS IN THIS AREA THAT HAS A PROBLEM WITH HIRING, AND WE HAVE 440 DRIVERS AND WE STILL NEED MORE, BUT PEOPLE THINK WE'RE NOT SPENDING MONEY WISELY.

WE CAN'T SPEND MONEY ON CONSTRUCTION AND THE BUSSES.

WE DON'T NEED MONEY FOR MORE DRIVERS.

WE NEED PEOPLE FOR MORE DRIVERS AND WE'RE HIRING THEM.

BUT AGAIN, PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE SAYING BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO BE EDUCATED.

THEY JUST WANT TO COME UP AND COMPLAIN, AND AT SOME TIME, WE'VE GOT TO TAKE A STAND FOR EDUCATION AND TALK ABOUT THE POSITIVE THINGS THAT OCCUR, AND WE'RE GOING TO GET BETTER IN THINGS THAT WE DO.

THE BUSING IS GOING TO GET BETTER.

BEFORE I GOT HERE. THE BUSING WAS HORRENDOUS, AND NOW WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE BUS ROUTES.

WHEN WE RUN 1400 IN THE MORNING AND 1400 IN THE AFTERNOON, AND WE'VE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT'S ON FACEBOOK PAGE INSTEAD OF WORRY ABOUT WHAT'S REAL.

HISTORY, THE STATE'S COMING OUT WITH NEW STANDARDS.

I HOPE THEY'RE BETTER AND I AGREE WITH THE SPEAKER.

I HOPE THEY ARE BETTER.

IT'D BE BETTER FOR ALL OF US.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT US BEING IN A PILOT WITH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

I'D RATHER BE BUILDING THE PLANE THAN WAIT FOR IT TO BE BUILT AND HANDED TO US.

BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IN TWO YEARS, EVERY DIVISION ALL 133 DIVISIONS WILL HAVE TO MARCH TO THE VDOE TUNE ON LITERACY.

SO I TALKED TO OUR TEAM AND I SAID I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO BE IN THE PILOT.

AT LEAST WE CAN SAY DON'T DO THE FOLLOWING, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY ARE LISTENING TO US.

THEY LIKE OUR LITERACY PLAN THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.

AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN SHARON AND HER TEAM AND LISA AND HER TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT RIGHT.

WE DON'T WANT MORE WORK FOR OUR TEACHERS.

WE WANT LESS, BUT WE WANT IT RIGHT.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE TIME TO TRAIN OUR TEACHERS SO THEY FEEL WELL PREPARED.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STATEMENT THAT SAYS PEOPLE SHOULD STOP TRYING TO BE EXTRAORDINARY, AND THEY SHOULD DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE TRYING TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS FOR OUR KIDS.

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IT'S AN INSULT AND IT'S AN IGNORANT STATEMENT, AND I'M GOING TO DEFEND CHESTERFIELD.

I'M GOING TO DEFEND OUR KIDS.

I'M GOING TO DEFEND OUR TEACHERS TO THE LAST DAY I'M ON THIS JOB.

BECAUSE I'M HERE BECAUSE I WANT TO BE HERE, AND I GOT PEOPLE BEHIND ME THAT WANT TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THE MISSION THAT ALL MEANS ALL.

WE HAD A GREAT START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR AND EVERY SCHOOL I'VE BEEN INTO, I'VE SEEN THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL KIDS WERE WORKING IN CLASS THE FIRST DAY.

I VISITED 52 OF OUR SCHOOLS ALREADY.

PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT BEING BACK.

PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD, AND IT'S A HARD JOB, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT HR DID AND KIM AND HER TEAM AND VINNIE. YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A SCHOOL THAT HAD OVER 20 OPENINGS AND NOW THEY HAVE FOUR.

GREAT JOB, BUT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO TEACH BECAUSE EVERYBODY BEATS THEM DOWN, AND INSTEAD OF BEATING US DOWN WHY DON'T YOU BE POSITIVE AND GET INVOLVED? AS YOU CAN TELL, I AM VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I'LL FIGHT TO THE DEATH BECAUSE I BELIEVE OUR KIDS DESERVE IT.

THE LAST THING I JUST WANT TO SAY IS SPECIAL EDUCATION AND ESL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE REVAMPED BOTH AREAS WITH GREAT PEOPLE, AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE WORKING THEMSELVES INTO THE GROUND TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE AND THAT WE GET BETTER, AND IF WE DON'T DO IT RIGHT, WE MAKE SURE WE CHANGE OUR COURSE. BOARD MEMBERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, DR.

DAUGHERTY. THOSE WERE AMAZING COMMENTS, AND I ECHO EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID.

WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AS A COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE TO NOT TEAR EACH OTHER DOWN.

WE HAVE TO START BRINGING EACH OTHER UP AND WORKING TOGETHER AND UNTIL WE DO THAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS THIS EVENING.

I THINK WE ALL NEEDED TO HEAR THAT.

NEXT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS.

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

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

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I AM HAVING TO A TOWN HALL, MIDLOTHIAN DISTRICT TOWN HALLS.

I'M CALLING BASICALLY BACK TO SCHOOL LISTENING SESSIONS.

I HEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY LIKES MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT, SO THIS IS A CHANCE TO COME ON OUT.

THERE'LL BE SOME GUIDING QUESTIONS AND I'M EAGER TO HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.

THE FIRST ONE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 15TH AT ROBIOUS MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM 6:30 TO 7:30, AND THE SECOND ONE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 20TH FROM MANCHESTER AT MANCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL FROM 6:30 TO 7:30, AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN MENTIONED ALREADY IN SEVERAL OF OUR WORK SESSIONS, BUT WE WILL BE CONTINUING THE COUNTY WILL BE CONTINUING THE COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS ON THE BOND REFERENDUM.

SO IF IT'S ONE IN YOUR AREA, PLEASE ATTEND.

THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL HOLD A WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2022, AT 4:00 PM IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM.

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

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

SO MOVED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? CARRIES. THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2022 SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.