Feb 07, 2023 February 7, 2023 - Budget Work Session - 4 p.m.

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GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023 SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORK SESSION TO ORDER.

[A. Meeting Opening]

[B. Citizens Budget Advisory Committee Annual Report]

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JASON YOUNG.

I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING AS THE CHAIR OF THE CITIZEN'S BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS CBAC.

I HAVE A FEW MINUTES, PROBABLY A FEW MORE MINUTES THAN I HAD ANTICIPATED, PREPARED REMARKS AFTER WHICH I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

SO JUST AS A QUICK REMINDER, THIS COMMITTEE WAS CHARTERED TO ASSIST CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD IN THE EVALUATION AND ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO ENSURE HIGH EFFECTIVE, HIGH QUALITY, EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SCHOOL DIVISION.

SO THIS IS OUR COMMITTEE.

WE TAKE OUR WORK VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO'S ON OUR COMMITTEE, DR.

SAMUEL PERRY, GREGORY HATCHER, RENAL PATEL, DUANE MCLEAN AND FAIZAN HABIB FOR THEIR WORK AND COMMITMENT TO SEE BACK, HAD COMMENTS IN HERE ABOUT NEEDING A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BERMUDA DISTRICT.

BUT ELKE JUST SENT OUT THAT I THINK WE HAVE A PERSON TO FILL THAT.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED THAT EVERY MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT WILL HAVE REPRESENTATION ON CBAC VERY SOON.

I WANT TO KNOW SEE BACK AS AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE MADE UP OF PARENTS AND CITIZENS.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, WHO ALL HAVE A SHARED INTEREST IN MAKING SURE SCHOOLS ARE THE BEST THEY CAN BE AND THAT THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO MEET THEIR MISSION.

KNOWING OUR COMMITTEE IS AN EMPLOYEE OF CCPS SCHOOLS AND THAT ALLOWS US TO MAINTAIN A TRUE SENSE OF INDEPENDENCE AND OUR WORK AS WELL AS OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

I'D LIKE TO THANK SEVERAL FOLKS WHO HELPED US HELP HELP US THROUGH THIS.

DR. DAUGHERTY, DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

TIRELESS, BOB MEISTER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

KAILYN CAMPBELL, OUR DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

ELKE MIMOLA.

YOU JUST STEPPED OUT, COLLECTED THE SCOREBOARD, AS WELL AS MANY OTHERS WHO HELPED US SEE BACK KIND OF THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO GET US WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

SPECIFICALLY, I'D LIKE TO THANK BOB AND KAILYN FOR THEIR WORK.

CCPS BUDGET IS ALMOST $900 MILLION THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S CONTRIBUTIONS FROM A WHOLE ARRAY OF FUNDING.

FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL FUNDING SOURCES.

TO SAY THE BUDGET IS COMPLEX WOULD BE A COLOSSAL UNDERSTATEMENT.

AND BOB AND KAITLYN, THEY KNOW THIS BUDGET INSIDE AND OUT ON THE VERY RARE OCCASION THAT WE CAN'T EVEN FIND A QUESTION TO ASK THEM THAT THEY DON'T IMMEDIATELY KNOW THE ANSWER TO.

BY THE END OF THE MEETING, THEY HAVE THAT ANSWER TO US.

SO I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT OUR FINANCE AND BUDGET OPERATIONS ARE REALLY IN SOUND HANDS WITH BOB AND KAILYN AT THE HELM.

SECONDLY, I WANT TO THANK OUR SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVE KATHRYN HAINES, FOR HER STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO THE COMMITTEE.

I'VE BEEN ON CBAC SINCE 2021, AND KATHRYN HAS BEEN AT EVERY SINGLE CBAC MEETING EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOL VISITS THAT WE MAKE.

AND THERE'S MORE THAN A DOZEN EVERY YEAR THAT WE TAKE SINCE I JOINED THE COMMITTEE.

WHAT I REALLY LIKE ABOUT MISS HAINES IS THAT SHE LENDS HER VOICE TO OUR DISCUSSIONS AND CBAC, BUT SHE DOES IT IN A WAY TO INFORM US AND NOT DIRECT THE COMMITTEE'S WORK.

SO I KNOW YOU ALL CHANGED YOUR ASSIGNMENTS AND AND WE'RE SUPER EXCITED THAT YOU'VE JOINED CBAC NOW AND ARE GOING TO BE OUR REPRESENTATIVE.

BUT I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, KATHRYN, JUST FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND YOUR STEADFAST SUPPORT FOR CBAC OVER THE YEARS.

THANK YOU, KATHRYN. OKAY.

SO THIS IS KIND OF THE MEAT OF OF OUR PRESENTATION.

SO IN PAST YEARS, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMITTEE IS TAKING KIND OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT APPROACHES WITH OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

SOME YEARS WE'VE RECOMMENDED ADDITIONS, SOME YEARS WE'VE RECOMMENDED CHANGES, REMOVAL OF SPECIFIC LINE ITEMS. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THAT DR.

DAUGHERTY IS CHARGED WITH PRESENTING A NEEDS BASED BUDGET EVERY YEAR, AND WE FEEL HE HAS DONE SO THIS YEAR, THIS IS A TRUE NEEDS BASED BUDGET. WE DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF FLUFF IN THERE.

AND IN FACT, THERE'S A FEW AREAS WHICH WE'RE GOING TO NOTE THAT WE'D LIKE TO MAYBE SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS THAT WE'RE STILL AND I KNOW THE STATE BUDGET HASN'T BEEN DECIDED YET, BUT, YOU KNOW, ON HOLD, WE'RE AROUND $17 MILLION SHORT RIGHT NOW ON THE REVENUE SIDE OF THINGS.

SO WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF WAYS TO GO TO MAKE THAT NEEDS BASED BUDGET A REALITY.

THIS YEAR, WE'RE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING FIVE THEMES TEACHER AND STAFF COMPENSATION, INCREASING PAY FOR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS, INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.

AND THE LAST THEME, AND I THINK IS THE THEME THAT KIND OF BINDS THESE ALL TOGETHER IS KEEPING OUR CHESTERFIELD OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS YEARS BECAUSE WE

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ALL RIGHT. THIS SLIDE SHOULDN'T BE UNFAMILIAR TO ANYONE ON HERE.

SO THIS SHOWS A BREAKDOWN OF PER PUPIL SPENDING FOR THE NINE LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

YOU CAN SEE CHESTERFIELD UP THERE.

IT'S THE LOWEST OF THOSE NINE DISTRICTS, ALSO WELL BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE.

WE FEEL THAT WE KIND OF HAVE THIS MOTTO HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, AN UNOFFICIAL MOTTO THAT WE DO MORE WITH LESS.

WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY THE CASE FOR CCPS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, EMPLOYEES.

THEY ARE FORCED TO DO MORE WITH LESS.

HOWEVER, WHAT THIS REFLECTS IN OUR SCHOOLS IS THAT WE HAVE CHILDREN LEARNING IN TRAILERS.

WE HAVE OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS.

WE LACK SUFFICIENT MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.

WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT ADA ISSUES AND FACILITY AND MAINTENANCE ISSUES IN OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALL KIND OF BE COLLECTIVELY EMBARRASSED BY THAT CHART.

AND OUR CHARGE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD IS THAT FOR YOU ALL TO WORK WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS.

SO CHESTERFIELD IS NOT AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT LIST NEXT YEAR.

OKAY, SO OUR FIRST THEME TEACHER AND STAFF COMPENSATION.

DR. DAUGHERTY PROPOSED BUDGET RECOMMENDS A SIX AND A HALF PERCENT RAISE FOR TEACHERS, CCPS STAFF.

SO THIS IS A COMPOSITE FIGURE THAT REFLECTS THE PROPOSED 5% STATE REQUIRED INCREASE, ALONG WITH A ONE AND A HALF PERCENT MARKET INCREASE THAT'S REFLECTIVE OF IMPLEMENTING THE NEXT STEP OF OUR SALARY STUDIES.

WE ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT JUST THE ONGOING IMPACT OF RISING INFLATION AND WAGES.

AND WHILE SOME YEARS YOU MIGHT LOOK AT A FIVE OR SIX AND A HALF PERCENT RAISE AND SAY MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE HIGH THIS YEAR, WE DON'T FEEL THAT WAY.

WE FEEL IT'S A NECESSITY.

THERE ARE TREMENDOUS DEMANDS BEING PLACED ON OUR TEACHERS, AND THIS IS REFLECTED BY THE ONGOING TEACHER SHORTAGE HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

AND WHILE THIS PROBLEM ISN'T UNIQUE TO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, IF WE'RE NOT TAKING PROACTIVE STEPS TO APPROPRIATELY COMPENSATE OUR WORKFORCE, OUR TEACHER SHORTAGE IS ONLY GOING TO GROW LARGER IN FUTURE YEARS.

AND THAT'S JUST GOING TO PLACE FURTHER DEMANDS ON THE TEACHERS THAT REMAIN TO DO MORE WITH LESS.

SO WE FULLY SUPPORT THE SIX AND A HALF PERCENT RAISE FOR TEACHERS AND KPS STAFF.

SO INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE, FIRST OF ALL, WE SUPPORT THE INCREASED FUNDING FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE AND WE'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT WE MADE CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS HERE IN CLOSING KIND OF OUR UNFILLED POSITION GAP THIS YEAR.

WE'VE CUT IT IN HALF FROM LAST SUMMER, BUT THAT STILL MEANS THERE ARE ABOUT 50 VACANCIES FOR THESE CRITICAL POSITIONS.

INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANTS PERFORM MANY ESSENTIAL TASKS IN OUR SCHOOLS, FROM LIBRARY ASSISTANCE TO TUTORING ASSISTANCE, WRITING ONE ON ONE ASSISTANCE TO SPECIAL EDUCATION, HIGH NEEDS STUDENTS.

THEY PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SUPPORT TO SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE CHILDREN.

THEIR PRESENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS ALLOWS OUR TEACHERS TO FULLY FOCUS ON THEIR JOB OF TEACHING.

WE FEEL STRONGLY THAT THIS PAY INCREASE SHOULD GO EVEN HIGHER THAN WHAT IS PROPOSED.

AS I HEARD YOU ALL WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU CAN GO OUT NOW AND MAKE MORE THAN $16 AN HOUR AT MANY RETAIL AND FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS.

YET WE KNOW THE WORK, THE SCHEDULE THAT THESE IAS DO AND THE UNIQUE IMPACTS SHOULD DEMAND A HIGHER LEVEL OF COMPENSATION THAN WE'RE ABLE TO PAY THEM.

SO MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS.

I'M GOING TO TALK THE LONGEST ABOUT THIS EACH FALL.

SEE BACK. AS I MENTIONED, WE TOUR A NUMBER OF CCPS SCHOOLS.

I THINK WE TOURED MORE THAN A DOZEN THIS YEAR AND WE GET REALLY GET IN-DEPTH TOWARDS REALLY HAVE IN-DEPTH DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS, OTHER KEY LEADERSHIP IN THESE SCHOOLS. BY FAR THE MOST COMMON REITERATED THEME AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL WE WENT TO WAS THE RISING IMPACT OF STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AND THE NEED FOR MORE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM UNIQUE TO CHESTERFIELD.

WE KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, 2021, 45% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE SO PERSISTENTLY SAD OR HOPELESS THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO ENGAGE IN REGULAR ACTIVITIES. ABOUT ONE IN FIVE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED SUICIDE, AND ABOUT 9% OF TEENAGERS TRIED TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS.

WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS HERE IN AMERICA, AND THIS CRISIS IS DEEPENED SIGNIFICANTLY BY THE PANDEMIC.

AND THE FACT THAT SO MANY CHILDREN WERE ISOLATED AT HOME FOR SO LONG AWAY FROM KIND OF THE MAIN SAFETY NET AND SOCIAL NET THAT THEY RELY UPON OUR SCHOOLS.

SO WE CAN'T GO BACK.

RIGHT? WE CAN'T GO BACK AND MAYBE CORRECT OR CHANGE SOME OF THE DECISIONS WE MADE DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE PANDEMIC.

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SO THE RECOMMENDED RATIO FOR STUDENT TO SCHOOL COUNSELORS IS 250 TO 1.

MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT 325 TO 1.

WE REALLY DON'T FEEL NOW IS THE TIME FOR CCPS TO BE AWARE OF THE RECOMMENDED LEVELS OF MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

COMMON REFRAIN THAT WE HEARD AT MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, WAS THIS SPLIT SCHOOL COUNSELOR POSITION WITH ANOTHER SECONDARY SCHOOL WAS WAS UNIQUELY PROBLEMATIC.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WHEN THEY HAVE A SPLIT POSITION OR SPLIT BETWEEN TWO SCHOOLS, SO WHEN THAT SCHOOL COUNSELOR IS AT THE OTHER SCHOOL, THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO THEM, THEY DON'T HAVE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

SO IF THEY HAVE AND AGAIN, THEY HAVE THESE THESE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THAT PERSON TO GO TO.

SO WHO FILLS IN FOR THEM? OF COURSE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET THE STUDENT, YOU KNOW, GO WITHOUT HELP.

BUT IT'S TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS AND PRINCIPALS DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO STEP IN AND FILL THE GAP, AS THEY ALWAYS DO.

BUT THEY'RE NOT UNIQUELY TRAINED IN THE DELIVERY OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS, AS OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS ARE.

AND AGAIN, DUE TO THE INTENSITY OF THE NEED THAT THEY'RE SEEING FROM OUR STUDENTS NOW, THIS IS TAKING AWAY MORE AND MORE OF THEIR TIME TO DO THEIR OTHER JOBS THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING.

SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED THAT SUPERINTENDENT ALREADY RECOMMENDED THE ADDITIONAL ONE AND $1.1 MILLION TO ELIMINATE THESE SHARED SCHOOL COUNSELOR POSITIONS.

BUT WE'D LIKE MORE TO BE DONE.

THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SHAB, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO SPEAK TONIGHT AND GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

THEY'VE RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK, SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST POSITIONS TO HELP MEET THESE SURGE OF MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS.

CCPS IS ALSO BELOW THE RECOMMENDED LEVELS FOR SOME OF THESE POSITIONS AS WELL.

UNFORTUNATELY, THESE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

BUT AGAIN, WE'D LIKE TO URGE YOU AS A SCHOOL BOARD, WHEN YOU MEET WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS, TO WORK WITH THEM TO IDENTIFY THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO ALLOW OUR SCHOOLS TO HAVE THE NECESSARY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS TO MEET THE CRISIS.

ALL RIGHT, DR. DAUGHERTY, I HOPE I GOT YOU YOUR QUOTE RIGHT HERE AND HOW YOU SAY THIS.

SO HENRICO COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE ABOUT 20,000 LESS STUDENTS THAN WE DO HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, BUT YET THEY HAVE 11 MORE SCHOOLS TO TEACH THOSE STUDENTS IN.

SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN HERE? IT MEANS OUR SCHOOLS ARE OVERCROWDED AND WE KNOW THEY'RE GETTING MORE OVERCROWDED.

OUR ENROLLMENT IS EXPECTED TO GROW BY 1600 NEXT YEAR, APPROXIMATELY ADDITIONAL 4000 BY 2028.

I SAW IN THE PAPER JUST THE OTHER DAY THAT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY IS BY FAR THE FASTEST GROWING LOCALITY IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

SO THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TRAILERS, MEGA TRAILERS AT SO MANY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING BRAND NEW SCHOOLS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY OVERCAPACITY.

WE HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THE PROLIFERATION OF TRAILERS AT OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S KIND OF THIS.

THE TRAILERS ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING.

WE FEEL THEY DON'T ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING AT SCHOOLS.

TRAILERS PROVIDE EXTRA CLASSROOM SPACE AT THESE SCHOOLS.

WHAT THEY DON'T PROVIDE IS EXTRA GYM SPACE, EXTRA CAFETERIA SPACE, EXTRA COMMON AREA SPACE, EXTRA SPACE IN THE HALLS FOR STUDENTS TO GET TO CLASS.

ONE OF THE RESULTS OF THIS AND WE SAW THIS AT TOMAHAWK CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, IS THAT EVERY TIME CLASSES CHANGE, THE TEACHERS LITERALLY HAVE TO BE OUT IN THE HALLS, ESSENTIALLY SERVING AS TRAFFIC COPS DIRECTING THE TRAFFIC FLOW.

OTHERWISE, STUDENTS ARE GOING TO MAKE IT TO THEIR CLASS ON TIME.

SO I'M NOT REALLY SURE HOW TEACHERS AT PLACES LIKE TOMAHAWK CREEK ARE SUPPOSED TO PREPARE FOR THEIR NEXT CLASS WHEN THEY'RE SERVING AS HOME MONITORS OR EVEN MAYBE GO TO THE BATHROOM IN BETWEEN CLASS.

WE KNOW THAT STUDENTS HAVE TO SOMETIMES EAT THEIR LUNCH REALLY EARLY OR LIKEWISE REALLY LATE, BECAUSE THE CAFETERIA IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.

SO SIMPLY PUT, TRAILERS ARE, AND I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THIS, THEY'RE A BAND-AID FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS THAT AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL PUTS ON TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS AND STUDENTS.

THE OTHER PROBLEM CONCERN WE NOTICED ABOUT TRAILERS REVOLVES AROUND SAFETY.

SO EVERY TIME A STUDENT HAS TO GO TO A TRAILER, THEY HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE THE PHYSICAL BUILDING.

AND LIKEWISE, WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY HAVE TO HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE AGAIN TO ENTER THE SCHOOL.

AND WE'VE DONE A LOT TO MAKE TO MAKE OUR SCHOOLS SAFE, TO HARDEN OUR SCHOOLS.

I HATE THAT TERM, BUT TO HARDEN OUR SCHOOLS FROM A SECURITY STANDPOINT, FROM THE ONGOING THREATS OF VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE.

BUT OUR TRAILERS REPRESENT A TRUE WEAK SPOT IN OUR EFFORTS TO SECURE OUR SCHOOLS AND PROTECT OUR CHILDREN.

SO FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE, THESE ARE THEMES.

LET'S SEE BACK AS HAD BEFORE AND WE WANT TO REITERATE THEM AGAIN.

WE NOTICED IN SOME OF OUR TOURS THAT THAT SOME SCHOOLS HAVE ACCESS TO MORE TECHNOLOGY THAN OTHER SCHOOLS.

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AND SECONDLY, ON THE ON THE REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE, AGAIN, CONTINUED NEED FOR MAJOR MAINTENANCE AT OUR SCHOOLS IS AN ISSUE.

AND WE WOULD BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T HIT THAT THEME AGAIN THIS YEAR.

WE VISITED SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT MAINTENANCE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY ROOF AND HVAC ISSUES.

SOME OF YOU KNOW, I COME FROM A DISABILITY BACKGROUND, SO I ASKED ABOUT ADA ACCESSIBILITY, AND SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS LACK BASIC ADA ACCESSIBILITY.

I'LL MENTION MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE, ONE OF THE SCHOOLS WE VISIT.

SO IF A STUDENT INJURES THEIR LEG DURING SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE TO BE ON A WALKER, CRUTCHES, ONE OF THOSE SCOOTERS AND AND THEY HAVE TO GO TO CLASS ON THE SECOND FLOOR, WELL, THAT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE.

SO WHAT THE TEACHERS HAVE TO DO IS THEY HAVE TO MOVE THAT ENTIRE CLASS DOWN TO THE FIRST FLOOR SO THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL THERE.

I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO KNOW IF THERE'S ANOTHER PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE COUNTY BUILDING OTHER THAN OUR SCHOOLS THAT DOESN'T LACK FULL ACCESSIBILITY LIKE MANY OF OUR SCHOOLS DO.

THAT'S REALLY UNACCEPTABLE.

AND SO WE JUST RECOMMEND A CONTINUED FOCUS ON ALLOCATING AS MUCH FUNDING AS POSSIBLE TO ADDRESS THE ONGOING FACILITY ISSUES IN OUR BUILDINGS.

AND FINALLY, KIND OF THE TIE THAT BINDS US ALL TOGETHER.

SO LAST YEAR HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, WE HAD RECORD TAX REVENUES.

SO I KNOW I WAS SHOCKED TO LEARN THAT DESPITE THIS RECORD TAX REVENUES, THE COUNTY ACTUALLY LOWERED THE PERCENTAGE OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE ALLOCATED TO EDUCATION BY ALMOST 3% LAST YEAR FROM 44% TO 41% OVER GENERAL REVENUE.

HAD THEY JUST KEPT THIS PERCENTAGE LEVEL LAST YEAR, THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ADDITIONAL $27 MILLION FOR SCHOOLS.

INSTEAD, THE PROPOSED BUDGET LAST YEAR WAS LEFT ABOUT $17 MILLION SHORTS.

SO WE HAVE A SIMILAR SHORTFALL THIS YEAR.

RIGHT. AND I THINK WE'RE REALLY AT AN INFLECTION POINT.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'VE DONE, WHICH IS TRY TO DO MORE WITH LESS.

BUT WHAT WE SEE THAT AS IS JUST KIND OF KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD TO ANOTHER YEAR, WHICH IS ONLY GOING TO FURTHER COMPOUND THE PROBLEMS THAT WE SEE AND PRESENT THIS YEAR IN THE FUTURE.

OR WE CAN TRY TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO OUR CHARGE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS REALLY SIMPLE, BUT I'LL SAY WE KNOW IT'S NOT.

IT'S COMPLEX AS WELL, RIGHT? THE SIMPLE PART SHOULD BE APPROVING DR.

DAUGHERTY'S NEED BASED BUDGET.

THE COMPLEX PART THAT IS GOING TO BE SITTING DOWN WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ADEQUATE REVENUE TO MAKE THIS BUDGET A REALITY. THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO THANK.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, FOR FEEDBACK TO PROVIDE INPUT INTO THE BUDGETARY PROCESS.

RECOGNIZE THAT THIS BOARD HAS ALWAYS BEEN WILLING TO LISTEN IN PRIOR YEARS AND THAT IS TREMENDOUSLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR SCHOOLS.

WE KNOW THAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES FACING OUR SCHOOLS ARE IMMENSE.

BUT FACING THEM AND FIXING THEM STARTS WITH HAVING THE NECESSARY RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THEM.

SO LET'S MAKE THAT HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

WE CANNOT ALLOW THE TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN THE COUNTY TO CONTINUE TO OUTPACE OUR SCHOOL RESOURCES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. YOUNG, FOR THAT PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AS CHAIR OF SEE BACK.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEE THIS YEAR.

I'VE BEEN TO TWO MEETINGS SO FAR AND YOU ALL ARE DOING SOME GREAT WORK AND GREAT DISCUSSION DURING THOSE MEETINGS.

SO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. YOUNG? AND JUST TO COMMENT AND TO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND ALL THAT YOUR COMMITTEE HAS DONE.

YOU DEFINITELY HAVE HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD WITH YOUR PRESENTATION.

YOU HIGHLIGHTED THE PRIORITIES THAT ARE EXACTLY THE PRIORITIES THAT WE NEED TO BE ADDRESSING.

YOU GAVE SPECIFICS AS TO WHY THESE ISSUES MATTER.

AND AS SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN IN A CLASSROOM, I ESPECIALLY LOVE THE SPECIFICS OF THE CROWDED HALLWAYS AND CAFETERIAS AND GYMS AND HOW TRAILERS DON'T ALLEVIATE THE OVERCROWDING IN SCHOOLS.

I REALLY APPRECIATED THOSE COMMENTS.

YOU ELOQUENTLY SPOKE ABOUT ALL OF THE SPECIFIC NEEDS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND I PLAN ON SUPPORTING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET FULLY AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT DOING SO LAST YEAR.

SO BECAUSE YOUR POINT IS ALSO WELL TAKEN, WE'RE CONTINUING TO DIG THIS HOLE.

AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE TRYING TO COMPROMISE LAST YEAR, IT DIDN'T GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE THIS YEAR FOR SURE.

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I WILL TAKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION THIS YEAR.

THANK YOU. MS. HAINES? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND WORDS.

WORKING WITH FEEDBACK HAS REALLY BEEN A JOY FOR ME.

I'M ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO MS. COKER STEPPING IN AND TAKING THE COMMITTEE FURTHER, NOT JUST THIS YEAR, BUT BEYOND.

I JUST CAME I HAD A 1:00 MEETING WITH CONGRESSMAN WHITMAN, WERE DOWN IN THE FIRST DISTRICT, AND I WAS WITH SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

WE HAD 11 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS REPRESENTING SCHOOL BOARDS FROM ACROSS THE STATE.

AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT THE THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED, TEACHER AND STAFF COMPENSATION, INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS ESSENTIAL ASSISTANCE.

WE ROLLED THAT IN WITH TEACHER AND STAFF AND FACILITIES AND MAINTENANCE.

WE CALL IT SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AND MODERNIZATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

BUT THAT'S THOSE ARE THE SAME TOP PRIORITIES FOR EVERY DISTRICT IN THE STATE.

AND AND LISTENING TO SOME OF MY SCHOOL BOARD COLLEAGUES IN RURAL AREAS WHERE THEY DO NOT HAVE THE REVENUE, THAT'S WHERE THEY REALLY DO NEED THAT EXTRA HELP FROM THE STATE TO STEP IN WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE TAX BASE.

AND I'M EXCITED TO JOIN WITH BAILEY.

I SUPPORT HER STATEMENT.

YES, I HEAR YOU LIKE HER.

I WOULD SAY THAT I SHOULD NOT HAVE CEDED GROUND THE LAST YEAR.

AND I'M ALSO STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THE CITIZENS BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS ASKED FOR A LARGER BUDGET.

AND THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW MUCH DR.

DAUGHERTY SAID TIGHTEN UP YOUR BELTS AND DON'T ASK FOR A PENNY OVER.

SO THAT IS THAT'S REALLY STRIKING.

SO THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL WE'LL HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET IT DONE.

SO THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

THANK YOU. MS. HEFFRON? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. YOUNG. YOU'RE WELCOME. I APPRECIATE YOU.

I'VE TAKEN A LOT OF NOTES, AND I THINK WE HAVE.

I THINK WE ALL HAVE OUR CHARGE AS FAR AS WHERE WE CAN LOOK GOING FORWARD.

I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE YOUR ANALYSIS OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR SITUATION AND OUR STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT OPERATING IN A VACUUM.

WE'RE HEARING THAT, TOO.

WE HAVE WE KNOW THAT THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR NEXT UNFORTUNATELY, OUR NEXT PANDEMIC.

AND THIS IS I HAD NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED THE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY PIECE.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL DIGGING INTO THAT.

I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, AND I'M SURE YOU.

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

SORRY. I KNOW IT'S ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES FROM THE BUDGET, BUT, YOU KNOW, MR. YOUNG BROUGHT UP THE $27 MILLION KIND OF LOST OPPORTUNITY IN THE IN THE.

PERCENTAGE OF COUNTY BUDGET THAT'S BEING ALLOCATED TO SCHOOLS, BUT THERE WAS A $0.01 REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE.

HOW MUCH WAS HOW MUCH OPPORTUNITY LOST WAS THERE WITH THAT $0.01? I KNOW IT WAS IN $5 MILLION EVERY CENT, $5 MILLION.

THANK YOU. I KNEW THAT ONE.

THERE YOU GO. I KNEW YOU WOULD.

I WASN'T GOING TO. WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THESE ISSUES TO LIGHT.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

AND IF I COULD JUST LEAVE WITH ONE PARTING THAT THE MOST IMPACTFUL THING CBAC DOES EVERY YEAR IS TO DO THESE TOURS OF OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS.

AND SO I MIGHT CHARGE YOU WITH INVITING SOME OF OUR COUNTY PARTNERS FROM THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO GO ON SOME OF THOSE TOURS TO TOUR AN OVERCROWDED SCHOOL, TO TO TOUR A SCHOOL THAT HAS LESS THAN WHAT THEY NEED FACILITY WISE, AND DON'T GIVE THEM THE SHINY, GLOWY TOUR.

YOU KNOW, WE GO IN AND ASK, WHAT DO YOU NEED AND WHAT'S WRONG? AND THAT'S THE TOUR THAT WE GET.

SO THAT'S THE TOUR THAT WE WANT TO GIVE THEM TO, BECAUSE I'M CONFIDENT THAT ONCE FOLKS GET INSIDE AND SEE OUR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SEE SOME OF THE NEEDS, THAT MAYBE PEOPLE HAVE A DIFFERENT TUNE. AND WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING OUR SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU. I THINK MR. HARTER MIGHT HAVE. YEAH, JUST ONE STATEMENT.

NO, IT'S FINE. IT'S FINE.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THAT CBAC DOES.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I ACTUALLY MY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, MR.

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HE'S BEEN IN THE TRAILERS.

HE'S SEEN THEM. HE'S BEEN DOWN TO MATOACA MIDDLE SCHOOL.

HE'S SEEN HOW WE HAVE HALF OF A SCHOOL THAT WAS BUILT A FEW YEARS AGO.

AND THE OTHER HALF IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE WE PUT SOME LIPSTICK ON IT TO MAKE IT BETTER, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AT LEAST A FACILITY THAT'S USABLE.

BUT IT IS A LOT OF CHALLENGES.

AND BESIDES FOR THE CLASSROOMS, WE KNOW THAT OUR SUPPORT POSITIONS TO LEADS IN THE TRANSPORTATION THAT LEADS INTO OUR FOOD SERVICE WORKERS.

AND IT IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE STATE, THEY KIND OF CAME BACK AND SAID MAYBE NOT ALL THAT MONEY THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GET, YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

AND THAT'S AN ENORMOUS PROBLEM.

AND MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS, YOU'RE RIGHT, BY NOT BRINGING THE KIDS BACK.

WHEN WE DID, WE WERE SEEING THAT TRANSPIRE.

AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE YEARS UNTIL WE GET THAT.

BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY AN ISSUE EVEN, SAY, FIVE YEARS AGO.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ON THIS.

AND SO WELCOME TO YOU SEEING THAT FIRSTHAND, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE DO HAVE.

AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS ACROSS THE ROAD TO TRY TO IMPART THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ON THEM.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

[C. Proposed FY2024 CIP and Operations Budget]

DR. DAUGHERTY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THESE INITIATIVES THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO OUR SCHOOL DIVISION THIS AFTERNOON.

WE KNOW WE'RE GROWING.

IT'S GREAT TO BE IN A THRIVING, GROWING COMMUNITY.

OBVIOUSLY, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, SUPPORTING OUR STUDENTS AND EDUCATION NEEDS TO ALSO GROW AND BE MAINTAINED.

NOT ONLY OUR MODELS IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION, BUT THE COUNTY STRATUS MODEL PREDICTS SIGNIFICANT GROWTH OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

OVER 68,000 STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HERE WHEN WE OPEN SCHOOLS IN SEPTEMBER OF 27.

FORTUNATELY, FUNDING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR QUITE A BIT OF SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION ONE NEW THREE REPLACEMENT ELEMENTARIES, ONE NEW TWO REPLACEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOLS, ONE NEW HIGH SCHOOL, ONE HIGH SCHOOL EXPANSION.

THAT SOUNDS LIKE A HEFTY PLATE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING TO EXECUTE THAT.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER NEEDS THAT WE'RE GOING TO COVER AS WE OUTLINE A PLAN THAT GOES THROUGH THE NEXT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS TO YOU.

WE HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING OUR STUDENT NEEDS.

WE WANT TO BE SAFE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO HAVE MODERN FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION SO THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AT THEIR HANDS TO HELP THEM LEARN TO INCLUDE NOT ONLY OUR STUDENTS, BUT, OF COURSE, OUR FACULTY.

WE DO WANT TO REDUCE THE USE OF THOSE TEMPORARY MODULAR FACILITIES THAT MR. YOUNG SPOKE TO AND WE'VE TALKED TO AT LENGTH IN THE PAST.

RESIDENTIAL GROWTH, WE HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP.

WE'RE OPENING SCHOOLS THAT ARE FULL FROM THE BEGINNING.

WE'RE TRYING TO REPLACE SCHOOLS AND BRING IN CAPACITY WHERE WE ARE NOT ONLY BURSTING AT THE SEAMS BUT OVERFLOWING.

COULD WE IN THE FUTURE PERHAPS GROW INTO SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS INSTEAD OF OPENING THEM CHOCK FULL? JUST A WEEK AGO, I SPOKE AT SOME LENGTH REGARDING OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE NEEDS.

I APPRECIATE MR. YOUNG'S SUPPORT OF SOME OF THOSE NEEDS.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO AT LENGTH, BUT I'LL JUST MENTION HERE WE'VE OUR RESOURCES HAVE INCREASED AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND WE'VE ACHIEVED A LOT.

BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THAT DEFERRED BACKLOG, AND THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO HEAR ABOUT ROOFS WITH ISSUES AND HVAC SYSTEMS WITH ISSUES.

WE'RE TRYING TO CATCH UP, BUT WE HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP AND IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE AND WE NEED QUITE A BIT MORE IN THAT BUCKET TO CATCH UP.

AS WE LOOK TO THE LONG RANGE, WE HAVE A POLICY THAT GUIDES US AND WE DO WANT TO PROMOTE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING.

WHERE WE'VE CHATTED ABOUT THIS IN PUBLIC MORE THAN ONCE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT.

YOU'VE DONE YOUR TOWN HALLS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT IN OUR DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

WE LOOK AT DATA, WHETHER IT'S THAT GROWTH THAT WE JUST SPOKE OF OR THE HOUSING TRENDS, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY STUDENTS DO FIT IN A CLASSROOM BASED ON THE PROGRAMING THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE TODAY, WHAT OUR CAPACITY MODELS, SPACE UTILIZATION AND AND LET'S BE SMART ABOUT WHERE WE PUT OUR NEW FACILITIES SO THAT WE CAN TRANSPORT OUR STUDENTS EFFICIENTLY AND KEEP THOSE BUSSES ABLE TO RUN ON THREE SEPARATE TIERS EVERY MORNING AND EVERY AFTERNOON.

THERE'S MORE THAN ONE CAPACITY OR EXCUSE ME, MORE THAN ONE SOLUTION.

NOW, THAT FINAL NUGGET DOWN THERE, NEW SCHOOLS THAT'S BRIGHT AND SHINY AND THAT'S WHAT WE LOVE TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF.

BUT WE'VE DONE EACH AND EVERY OTHER THING THAT'S ON THIS LIST THAT OUR POLICIES SUGGEST.

I WON'T RECITE THEM.

YOU KNOW THEM, AND WE'VE DONE THEM.

THIS IS JUST A GRAPH SHOWING HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE 68,000 STUDENTS.

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ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT NUMBER IS RIGHT NOW OUR UTILIZATION OF OUR CAPACITY IS 96%.

AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S NOT SMOOTH ACROSS THE BOARD.

BUT EVEN IF IT WERE, THAT WOULD BE A VERY CROWDED SCHOOL.

BUT THAT'S OUR AVERAGE SCHOOL.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE TRAILERS, 239.

THAT'S WHERE INSTRUCTION IS TAKING PLACE FOR AN AWFUL LOT OF OUR STUDENTS EVERY DAY.

HERE'S OUR CIP PROGRAM AS WE PROPOSE.

AND WE AGAIN, WE'VE CHATTED A LITTLE BIT IN THE LAST MONTH OR TWO, BUT I DO WANT TO EXPLAIN THESE BUCKETS TO YOU AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT MAY BE TUNING IN.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ONGOING PROJECTS.

THE TWO NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS, FALLING CREEK REPLACEMENT PROJECT, WESTERN AREA MIDDLE, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME A NEW CAPACITY.

THE REFERENDUM SEVEN PROJECTS EXCUSE ME.

YES, SEVEN THAT ARE LISTED HERE.

I WON'T RECITE THEM, BUT WE ALL KNEW THEM WELL.

THEY WERE PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC.

80% OF THE PUBLIC SAID YES.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY WISELY.

THE ORANGE BUCKET REFERS TO NON REFERENDUM PROJECTS.

THESE PROJECTS WERE RECOMMENDED BY YOU, OUR BOARD, LAST YEAR'S NEEDING TO BE IN THE CIP.

THEY DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE FINITE RESOURCES OFFERED BY THE REFERENDUM, BUT THEY CERTAINLY REMAIN IMPORTANT TO YOU AND AS CANDIDATES FOR YOUR CIP.

AND THEN THE FINAL BUCKET TO THE RIGHT OR OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE EMERGED, IN PARTICULAR THE DALE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY.

I'LL SPEAK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE PROJECTS INDIVIDUALLY.

AND THEN WHAT WILL WE DO WITH THE THOMAS DALE WEST CAMPUS IF WE ARE ABLE TO ADD ON TO THE MAIN CAMPUS? AND WE TALKED AGAIN AT LENGTH ABOUT MAJOR MAINTENANCE LAST WEEK, AND THEN THE NEXT SET OF BUILDINGS ARE ALWAYS OUT THERE.

WE'VE EVEN HEARD IT A COUPLE OF THE TOWN HALLS.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS SCHOOL AND THAT SCHOOL? AND THERE ARE CERTAINLY A LARGE SET OF THEM THAT WE WILL SEE THEIR CONDITIONS CHANGE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

BUT IF WE LOOK AT OUR LIST OF BUILDINGS THAT ARE 50 TO 60 YEARS OLD, THAT AREN'T BEING REPLACED OR WHERE WE'VE GOT LOTS OF POCKETS OF GROWTH AROUND THERE, THERE'S ANOTHER LARGE CANDIDATE AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO LET'S SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS CHART BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S SHOWING US OVER THE NEXT SIX YEARS HOW WE CAN OPEN SOME OF THESE NEW BUILDINGS THAT WE'VE PLANNED AND HAVE SOME RESOURCES IN PLACE AND SOME THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES. SO THE TOP ACCESS ACROSS IS SHOWING AUGUST, AUGUST, AUGUST.

THAT'S WHEN WE OPEN SCHOOL.

SO THESE ARE THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAT WE BELIEVE WE CAN OPEN BETWEEN 2024 AND 2029.

AND THEN THOSE PROJECTS ARE LISTED IN EACH COLUMN FROM THE FOUR BUCKETS THAT ARE COLOR CODED AS YOU SAW.

AND IT TRIES TO MAKE A NOTE ABOUT WHEN WE WOULD BEGIN WORK.

I'M NOT GOING TO RECITE ALL OF THEM, BUT LET'S GET STARTED IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE NOW.

WE'VE BROKEN GROUND ON FALLING CREEK MIDDLE.

WE DO HOPE TO BREAK GROUND ON TWO MORE SCHOOLS THIS SPRING AND SUMMER, AND THAT WOULD BE THE NEW WESTERN AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL AND DAVIS ELEMENTARY, SO THAT WE'LL HAVE THREE PROJECTS UNDERWAY, HOPEFULLY IN THE VERY NEAR TERM FUTURE.

BUT TO THEN OPEN IN AUGUST OF 26, YOU SEE FOUR MORE PROJECTS AND I BELIEVE WE COULD CERTAINLY EXECUTE ALL OF THESE.

BUT I WILL NOTE A CAUTION ABOUT THE BOTTOM ONE.

THE WESTERN AREA HIGH SCHOOL BADLY NEEDED.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME DETAILS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOCATION FOR IT YET.

I JUST CHATTED WITH SOME COUNTY OFFICIALS.

THEY ARE WORKING HARD TO LOOK FOR, FIRST OF ALL, SITES, PERHAPS IN THE UPPER MAGNOLIA GREEN DISTRICT AND PERHAPS SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVE SITES OUT WEST.

BUT WE NEED THAT LOCATION IN PLACE BEFORE A NEW ARCHITECT CAN BE PUT ON THE JOB.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT THAT AUGUST OF 26 IS A VERY AMBITIOUS GOAL AND THERE'S A GREAT CHANCE THAT THAT WOULD SLIDE TO THE NEXT YEAR UNLESS THAT LAND IS IDENTIFIED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. THEN WE MOVE OUT TO THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BEGIN A LITTLE LATER AND OBVIOUSLY FINISH LATER.

THE OLD HUNDRED ELEMENTARY IS SHOWN, AS WAS THE DALE ELEMENTARY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MIXED IN WITH THE REFERENDUM PROJECT'S NOT WAITING TO AFTER THE REFERENDUM IS COMPLETE.

AGAIN, OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE EXTREMELY CROWDED AND WE'VE GOT THOSE NEEDS IN THOSE HIGH GROWTH AREAS.

THEN ON OUT THROUGH MID LOW MIDDLE GRANGE HALL, THOMAS DALE, NINE AND MATOACA MIDDLE.

I WENT BACKWARDS. HERE WE GO.

HOW DO WE FIND IT? AGAIN, WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THE VPC FUNDING IN PLACE FOR THE TWO MIDDLE SCHOOL PROJECTS THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE.

I'LL CALL THE MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING.

I BELIEVE THE TOTAL PRICE TAG OF THOSE SCHOOLS WILL END UP AT ABOUT $200,000.

BUT WE'RE WELL UNDERWAY.

I'VE TALKED ABOUT WE'VE BROKEN GROUND.

THE BOND REFERENDUM PROVIDES A 375 MILLION FOR THE SEVEN PROJECTS THAT WERE NOTED EARLIER, AND WE THINK WE'D PROBABLY NEED UP TO 200 MILLION OR MAYBE MORE, MAYBE A LITTLE LESS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES TO DO THOSE OTHER PROJECTS THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY FUNDED.

AND MR. MEISTER'S NOTED A FEW WAYS IN WHICH THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN, WHETHER IT'S CASH FROM THE BUDGET PROJECT SAVINGS, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN AND SOMETIMES GAP FUNDING

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FALLING CREEK MIDDLE.

WE BROKE GROUND.

WE DESPERATELY NEEDED THIS SCHOOL.

WE TOOK THE ADVICE OF MR. YOUNG AND TOOK OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS INTO THAT SCHOOL, WHAT, 12, 18 MONTHS AGO? AND THAT CERTAINLY HELPED FIND THE FUNDING THAT WE NEEDED TO GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY.

AND WE HAD AN ENTIRE GRADE LEVEL IN INDIVIDUAL TRAILERS.

OUR INITIATIVE TO PUT THEM INTO THREE MEGA TRAILERS WAS A NICE BAND-AID.

OBVIOUSLY THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE A JEWEL FOR THIS COMMUNITY WHEN THIS SCHOOL IS DONE.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. WE'VE GOT A GREAT CONTRACTOR IN PLACE THAT'S GOING TO PROVIDE ALL THE CAPACITY THAT WE NEED AND PERHAPS A LITTLE MORE.

WE TALKED ABOUT GROWING INTO A SCHOOL.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST A COUPLE OF HUNDRED SEATS THAT WE CAN GROW INTO WHEN WE OPEN IT.

PHASE ONE IS UNDER CONTRACT FOR JUST UNDER $82 MILLION.

THE EXISTING SCHOOL WILL REMAIN AS A SWING SPACE FOR BENSLEY WHEN IT IS BEING CONSTRUCTED, AND THEN WE'LL EVENTUALLY DEMOLISH THIS BUILDING AND PUT IN SOME NICE STATE OF THE ART ATHLETIC FACILITIES FOR FALLING CREEK MIDDLE.

WESTERN AREA, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WE'RE GOING TO GET A NAME FOR THAT PLACE HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, I HOPE.

RIGHT NOW IT'S WAMS AGAIN.

MS. HEFFRON SAYS DON'T SAY THAT AGAIN, MR. DAVIS. BUT WE DO HOPE TO OPEN THAT IN THE FALL OF 25.

AND WE ARE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD WITH OUR ARCHITECT.

OUR RM HAS DONE A BANG UP JOB.

THEY ARE PREPARING FOR FINAL SITE PLAN SUBMISSION TO THE COUNTY.

WE'VE HAD MANY ITERATIONS BACK AND FORTH.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITE HERE AT THE END OF WESTERLY PARKWAY AS A PART OF THE MAGNOLIA GREEN UPPER MAGNOLIA GREEN SITE THAT WAS REZONED A FEW MONTHS AGO TO THE EAST.

THAT WAS THE EAST PORTION AND THE WEST PORTION WILL EVENTUALLY HAD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FOLLOWING BRIEFING SLIDES.

BUT IT'S A HIGH GROWTH AREA.

WE KNOW HOW CROWDED TOMAHAWK CREEK IS.

WE KNOW HOW CROWDED SOME OF THE OTHER ADJOINING MIDDLE SCHOOLS ARE, AND WE'RE STILL GROWING OUT THERE.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE COSBY HIGH SCHOOL ATTENDANCE ZONE, APPROXIMATELY 23 NEW, 2300 NEW DWELLING UNITS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

I MENTIONED TOMAHAWK CREEK.

WE'VE ALREADY GOT 13 TRAILERS THERE, COST ESTIMATES, A NICE ROUND, $100 MILLION.

WE'VE HAD TWO FOLKS LOOK AT IT AND THAT'S THE AVERAGE NUMBER.

WE'RE EXCITED AGAIN, THAT BID PACKAGE WILL GO OUT SOON.

WE'LL BE DOING A GROUNDBREAKING HOPEFULLY IN THE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER.

UNDER THE REFERENDUM.

AM DAVIS ELEMENTARY WILL BE THE FIRST ONE OUT THE GATE.

WE WILL HAVE A NEW PROTOTYPE.

WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS.

WE'VE WE'VE BUILT NINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN RECENT YEARS, HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS WITH A GREAT DESIGN.

BUT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A NEW DESIGN AND A NEW ARCHITECT.

MOSELEY ARCHITECTS IS AT WORK ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DESIGN CAPACITY OF 1000 STUDENTS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO STORIES.

THE YOUNGER STUDENTS WILL BE DOWNSTAIRS, THE OLDER STUDENTS WILL BE UPSTAIRS.

YOU SEE A RELATIVELY LARGE PIECE OF LAND HERE WITH THE EXISTING SCHOOL, WITH THE WHAT I'LL CALL THE STAR TREK DESIGN IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN YOU SEE A NEST OF MEGA TRAILERS, WHICH HAS BEEN THERE EVER SINCE RHEIMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS BUILT.

AND THIS WAS USED AS SWING SPACE.

AND IT'S REMAINED BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A STRONG NEED BY DAVIS ITSELF TO USE ALMOST 20 OF THOSE CLASSROOMS. AND WE'VE HOSTED OUR VIRTUAL ACADEMY THERE.

BUT THE SCHOOL WILL BE TO THE REAR BACK THERE IN THOSE PARKS AND REX FIELD, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO RESERVE SOME OF THAT LAND THAT'S USED FOR THE DRAGON TRAIL SO THAT A LOT OF THAT'S STILL IN PLACE.

WE'VE GOT STUDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY TALKING TO US AND THAT'S GREAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING COMMUNITY MEETINGS ABOUT HOW THIS SCHOOL WILL BE DESIGNED IN THE NEAR FUTURE SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE A PIECE OF DETERMINING HOW THAT WILL LOOK.

AND SO SOME OF THOSE PARKING AND ATHLETIC FIELD AMENITIES WILL MOVE CLOSER TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY THAN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.

AND IT'S JUST GOING TO BE A VERY WELL NEEDED BUILDING.

AGAIN, IT'S A COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS THOSE SMALLER CLASS SIZES.

I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW DESIGN AND WE CAN SHOW YOU THE DIAGRAMS, BUT WE REALLY WON'T KNOW TILL WE SEE IT.

AND BENSLEY ELEMENTARY USING A SIMILAR NEW PROTOTYPE DESIGN TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 26.

AGAIN, ASSUMING WE FINISH FALLING CREEK MIDDLE, WE CAN MOVE THESE STUDENTS INTO THAT BUILDING AND THEN HAVE A TWO YEAR BUILD OUT.

VERY SIMILAR DESIGN CAPACITY OF 1000, SOME OF THE EXACT SAME NEEDS THERE AS WE HAVE AT UMN DAVIS IN REGARDS TO THE SMALLER CLASS SIZES AND THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS THAT ARE

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YOU'LL NOTE THAT I HAD AM DAVIS AT $40 MILLION, THIS ONE AT 42.

THAT'S JUST RECOGNIZING THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE SOME INFLATION OVER THAT TWO YEAR TIME PERIOD.

WESTERN AREA HIGH SCHOOL I MENTIONED A FEW IMPORTANT NOTES ON THIS ONE.

MY GOODNESS, IT'S NEEDED.

COSBY'S GOT TWO MEGA TRAILERS OUT THERE WITH 24 CLASSROOMS. WELL, WELL OVER CAPACITY.

IT'S THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST HIGH SCHOOL IN MORE THAN 15 YEARS.

IT'LL PROBABLY BE ABOUT 20 YEARS BETWEEN THE LAST OPENING AND BY THE TIME THIS ONE OPENS.

WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNTY OFFICIALS.

WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT LOCATION SETTLED SO THAT WE CAN GET TO WORK ON DESIGN AND EVENTUALLY CONSTRUCTION.

AGAIN, THE 2300 PIPELINE UNITS THAT THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE HOUSING MARKET ARE STILL COMING OUT THERE.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT NOT JUST TO THE COSBY COMMUNITY, BUT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

WE'LL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT REDISTRICTING PROJECT.

I SHOULD HAVE NOTED THAT FOR THE WESTERN AREA MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HELP US ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TIGHT QUARTERS THAT WE HAVE IN SOME OF OUR BUILDINGS AS WE ADD THIS MUCH CAPACITY, 2400 STUDENTS OUT TO THE WEST WILL ALLEVIATE OVERCROWDING AT COSBY AND HOPEFULLY HAVE A RIPPLE EFFECT THAT WILL COVER MULTIPLE HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGH THE CENTER AND THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY IN PARTICULAR.

I MENTIONED THE SECOND PROJECT AT THE END OF WESTERLY PARKWAY, AND THIS IS THE WESTERN AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE SOMEWHAT OF AN AGGRESSIVE BUILDOUT.

BUT WHAT'S HAPPENED AT MOSELEY RIGHT NOW WHERE WE OPENED IT FULL, WE'RE GOING TO ADD A MEGA TRAILER NEXT YEAR.

SO THIS SCHOOL IS NEEDED, THIS ONE AND THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO ALLEVIATE OLD HUNDRED, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO MENTION IN A COUPLE OF SLIDES, THERE'S SO MUCH GROWTH THAT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN IN THIS AREA OF THE COUNTY.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR MOSELEY, BUT WE NEED TO ADD THESE ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS.

THIS WILL BE JUST TO THE WEST OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO CLEAR AND BUILD UPON.

SO HOPEFULLY THIS ACTIVITY WILL BEGIN AND WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE CONSTRUCTION OCCURRING ON BOTH SCHOOLS DURING CALENDAR YEAR 25 AND 26 OR ACTUALLY HOPEFULLY ONLY THIS SCHOOL IN 26.

MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE.

GOODNESS. ONE OF OUR OLDEST BUILDINGS.

IT'S A BIT OF A FRANKENSTEIN, BUT THE CORE OF IT'S 100 YEARS OLD AND WE'VE MADE SOME NICE ADDITIONS TO IT.

AND IT'S IN AN AREA OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO USE IT.

THAT LAND IN SOME OTHER WAYS AND TO REPLACE THE BUILDING MAKES SENSE.

I'M WORKING AGAIN WITH THE COUNTY TO FIND THE RIGHT SITE.

TIMMONS IS DOING A STUDY ON FOUR SITES.

I'VE GOT A MEETING ON THURSDAY TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE LEARNING.

NOT THAT WE HAVE ANY IMMEDIATE DECISIONS, BUT I'LL CERTAINLY SHARE THAT INFORMATION AS IT COME OUT COMES OUT THIS THIS ONE IS PARTIALLY FUNDED IN THE REFERENDUM.

SO AGAIN, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WILL HAVE TO BE FOUND.

THERE'S GROWTH IN THE AREA, NOT QUITE AS GROWTH TO THE A LITTLE BIT OF SOUTHWEST OF THERE.

BUT MIDLAND IS STILL A VERY THRIVING COMMUNITY THAT'S EXPANDING.

SO THIS WILL BE A WELCOME SCHOOL, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE IN THAT SAME SITE IN MIDLAND VILLAGE, PROBABLY A BIT TO THE WEST.

NOW WE'RE GETTING A LITTLE FARTHER OUT.

REPLACEMENT FOR GRANGE HALL.

THAT'S OUR OTHER OLDIE BUT GOODIE.

I KNOW THAT THE, THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WAS TOURED BY CBAC AND THEY SAW THERE WERE SOME GOOD BONES THERE BUT THERE'S OTHERS ALSO SOME ISSUES WE CERTAINLY HEAR FROM FROM THE PRINCIPAL THERE ABOUT HVAC BLINKING AND KEEPING BOILERS RUNNING AND SO FORTH.

BUT IT JUST MAKES SENSE TO EVENTUALLY REPLACE THIS OLDEST SCHOOL.

AND IT MAY NOT BE IN THIS EXACT LOCATION.

IT PROBABLY WON'T, BUT IT WILL PROVIDE THAT CAPACITY THAT WE NEED IS PERHAPS IF YOU LOOK A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH IN THE WEST AREA OF THE COUNTY, WINTERPOCK IS GOING TO FILL RIGHT BACK UP. WE'RE ALREADY NEAR CAPACITY AT SPRING RUN AND AM SMITH.

SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT TOO, JUST A LITTLE FURTHER OUT IN OUR TIMELINE.

THOMAS DALE HIGH SCHOOL MAIN CAMPUS EXPANSION.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BACK TOGETHER UNDER A SINGLE CAMPUS, WHICH WOULD TAKE ITS FINAL CAPACITY.

IT WOULD BE OUR LARGEST UP TO 3000.

CERTAINLY AN INITIATIVE THAT THE BERMUDA DISTRICT REMAINS HIGHLY INTERESTED IN, AND IT IS IN THE REFERENDUM A LITTLE FURTHER OUT IN OUR TIMELINE.

THAT COST ESTIMATE MIGHT CHANGE BY THE TIME WE GET TO ACTUALLY BUILDING THIS OUT, BUT IT WOULD BE AN EXCITING PROJECT FOR THAT COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE AT THE WEST CAMPUS BUILDING THAT USED TO BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL.

A FEW THINGS.

AGAIN, THESE FIRST TWO WERE IN YOUR CIP LAST YEAR, BUT DID NOT GET FUNDED WITH THE REFERENDUM, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS OLD HUNDRED AREA ELEMENTARY

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I THINK IT'S IN ITS THIRD YEAR OF OPERATION OR IS IT FOURTH? AND WE'VE GOT A MEGA TRAILER THERE NOW.

WE FILLED IT UP AND IT'S GROWING VERY QUICKLY AROUND THERE.

1900 PIPELINE UNITS IN THE VICINITY USING THE MID LOW HIGH ATTENDANCE ZONE.

WE'D EXPECT TO SPEND ABOUT $44 MILLION.

BUT AGAIN, THIS ONE'S NOT FUNDED, BUT THAT ONE, COMBINED WITH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN UPPER MAGNOLIA GREEN, ARE TWO IMPORTANT SCHOOLS.

THE COMPLETION OF MATOACA MIDDLE.

YOU SEE THE PHOTO HERE? THE NEW PIECE IS RIGHT IN THE FOREFRONT.

IT'S KIND OF THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THEN THERE'S THE OLDER BUILDING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM LIKE THIS, ABOUT 60 YEARS OLD.

AND WE DID A LITTLE MORE THAN LIPSTICK AND WE DID A NICE ROOF PROJECT THERE.

AND WE'RE DOING OUR AND THE LIBRARY LOOKS A LOT NICER, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT'S AN OLDER BUILDING THAT WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUES.

SO IT'S IN THE CIP.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THAT FUNDING WOULD COME FROM AND WHEN WE COULD, WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT.

BUT IT'S CERTAINLY THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE TO KEEP IT IN THE CIP.

OTHER PROJECTS, THIS IS ONE THAT'S EMERGED MORE AS WE'VE CONTINUED TO LEARN AND THINK A LITTLE MORE CRITICALLY IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS.

AND I'M GOING TO GET RIGHT DOWN TO ONE OF THESE BULLETS.

WE'VE GOT 60 TRAILERS AT FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE DALE DISTRICT, ALL TITLE ONE BLACK AND BROWN KIDS.

WE NEED TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

AND AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SOLVE THIS BY REDISTRICTING.

AND WE ARE LOOKING AT REDISTRICTING.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE A FEW KIDS FROM A COUPLE OF THESE SCHOOLS, POSSIBLY.

DR. DAUGHERTY SPEAKING WITH YOU.

AND YOU ALL CAN DETERMINE WHICH OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE INTERESTED TO YOU.

WE CAN'T SOLVE IT UNTIL WE BUILD ANOTHER BUILDING.

I MEAN, 60 CLASSROOMS, THAT'S ACTUALLY BIGGER THAN A SCHOOL.

WE PROBABLY NEED TO LET'S GET STARTED WITH ONE.

AND SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WE THINK IT'S IF LAND CAN BE IDENTIFIED, WE COULD OPEN THIS IN AUGUST OF 26.

IT'S UNFUNDED. RECOGNIZE THAT RIGHT OFF THE BAT, IT WASN'T IN THE REFERENDUM.

BUT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS TO PERHAPS FIND A WAY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MENTIONED A COUPLE OF UNFUNDED PROJECTS THAT'LL REALLY BE THE WORK OF THE BOARDS AND SENIOR LEADERSHIP TO DETERMINE WHICH OF THOSE COME FIRST AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE. BUT I JUST THINK THIS ONE IS REAL IMPORTANT.

ONTO THE OPERATIONS BUDGET.

UNLESS WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A BREAK AND TALK ABOUT CIP FIRST.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? YOUR PLEASURE, MA'AM.

WE'LL SEE IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.

BOARD MEMBERS. ANY COMMENTS ON THE CIP? MR. HARTER, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

AND I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN PARTNERED ON OUR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE ROAD.

THE NEED FOR THESE NEW BUILDINGS AND WITH THE REFERENDUM, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT WE REALLY NEED TO IDENTIFY SOME LOCATIONS THAT WE CAN GET THIS WORK UNDERWAY.

MY FEAR IS THAT WITH THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLING AND I WAS NOT EVEN AWARE OF THAT MANY MODULAR CLASSROOMS IN THE DALE DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S A REAL BIG CONCERN.

SO I THANK YOU FOR SHINING A LIGHT ON THAT.

AND I THINK WE JUST NEED TO REALLY KEEP THE PRESSURE ON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME OF THESE THINGS IDENTIFIED.

YOU KNOW, OUT IN MY DISTRICT, WE'RE COSBYS, THAT YOU'RE RIGHT.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TWO MEGA TRAILERS OUT THERE.

THEY'RE FULL. YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE WAITING TO FIND OUT WHERE THIS LAND IS GOING TO BE IDENTIFIED FOR THAT FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE WESTERN AREA.

SO IT'S GOT TO KEEP PUSHING AND WORKING ON IT.

BUT THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING ALL THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT, SIR. WHEN I WENT FORWARD, THAT MEANS AT LEAST FOUR MORE YEARS OF WORKING IN THOSE MEGA TRAILERS.

MS. HAINES? I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT IS BEING TAKEN TO FIGURE OUT A SITE FOR THE WESTERN AREA HIGH SCHOOL.

NOW THAT IT MIGHT PUSH THINGS OUT A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WHY I THINK THE TIME IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME STUDYING, NOT JUST OF POPULATION TRENDS AND ALSO AVAILABLE LAND TO FIGURE OUT HOW WEST THE HIGH SCHOOL SHOULD BE.

I. LAST YEAR DURING THIS PROCESS, I EXPRESS MY CONCERNS AND AM IN SUPPORT OF A LITTLE MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED SCHOOL.

AND I THINK IN LOOKING AT SOME OF THE DATA FOR THE CENTER OF CHESTERFIELD'S POPULATION DENSITY IS MORE IN THE CENTER OF THE COUNTY AND THAT HASN'T CHANGED VERY MUCH OVER THE YEARS.

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BUT I DON'T RECALL SEEING MANY TOWNHOME STARTS IN THE MATOACA DISTRICT.

AND I KNOW HISTORICALLY FAMILIES WITH KIDS HAVE NOT LIVED IN TOWNHOMES.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST CAME FROM DC AND I WALKED PAST A SIGN THAT HAD TWO BEDROOM CONDOS FOR SALE.

AND 20 YEARS AGO, WHEN I LIVED IN THE AREA.

YOU'RE RIGHT, FAMILIES DID NOT LIVE IN THOSE CONDOS.

BUT NOW WHEN IT COSTS $1,000,000 TO BUY A HOME, THOSE CONDOS ARE RIGHT NEAR A GOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND ABSOLUTELY, FAMILIES BUY THOSE TWO BEDROOM CONDOS.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CAREFULLY WATCH THE TREND OF WHO'S BUYING THE TOWNHOMES SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY TOWNHOME STARTS.

AND I KNOW THIS COUNTY CAN HELP US WITH THIS.

AND THEN FINALLY, I'M THINKING OF THE CIP PREVIEW THAT WE HAD IN DECEMBER.

AND THE IF YOU LOOK AT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 20, 27, 28 IN BERMUDA, YOU HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH OF MORE THAN 150 STUDENTS WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND I SUSPECT THAT WHEN YOU ADD LEGO TO THE MIX AND WE ARE ALL SO EXCITED ABOUT LEGO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EVEN MORE GROWTH BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL MOVE TO THE BERMUDA AREA TO WORK AT LEGO.

I MEAN, MY OWN KIDS ARE LIKE, CAN I GET A JOB LEGO? SO I JUST THINK I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT WE'RE TAKING.

I THINK WE HAVE TO GIVEN OUR JUST EXPLOSIVE GROWTH AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE SO BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL FOR NO ONE'S FAULT.

IT'S NOT THIS BOARD, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL BECAUSE HIGH SCHOOLS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE.

AND SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CERTAIN, GIVEN OUR STRAIN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, HOW FAR WEST WE PUT A SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S MY VERY LONG COMMENT.

I REALLY THANK YOU PERSONALLY FOR BRINGING TO EVERYONE'S ATTENTION THE NEED FOR THE DALE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT MAKE IT ON THE ORIGINAL CIP, WHICH WAS A PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED PRE-PANDEMIC AND THEN IF EVERYONE REMEMBERED, WE ACTUALLY PUSHED BACK THE BOND REFERENDUM.

AND IN THAT TWO YEARS, THE DAYLE DISTRICT JUST EXPLODED.

WE BUILT BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND IT'S LIKE ONCE THAT NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS PUT IN PLACE.

NEIGHBORHOODS SPRANG UP EVERYWHERE.

AND SO IT WAS IT WAS YOU, MR. DAVIS, THAT BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND FOR PUSHING THE DALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT INTO THE PLAN AND PUTTING IT SO MUCH TO THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE IT IS DESPERATELY NEEDED, AS YOU NOTED.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SORRY, I HAVE ANOTHER. GO AHEAD.

I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION, I KNOW THAT THE BACK MR. YOUNG REMINDED ME WHEN WE WENT ON THE CBAC TOURS, I THINK THERE WERE MEMBERS THAT WERE WERE SHOCKED.

MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND GRANGE HALL ARE PUT IN THE SAME YEAR.

BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT MIDLOTHIAN, THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, IS 100 YEAR OLD SCHOOL AND GRANGE HALL.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S ONLY A SMALL PART OF THE BUILDING IS 90 YEARS.

AND THERE WERE MAJOR ADDITIONS IN 1981, I THINK LIKE 1958, 81.

AND THEN THERE WAS A HUGE ADDITION IN 2002 THAT HAS A SPECTACULAR LIBRARY THAT ANY WATKINS PARENT WOULD BE JEALOUS OF BECAUSE WATKINS, FOR SOME REASON HAS THIS TINY LIBRARY. I'M NOT SURE WHO WHO DECIDED TO BUILD THAT, BUT I JUST I THINK THERE'S LOTS OF.

MS. BAILEY SAID DALE WASN'T ON BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH PROJECTIONS.

PANDEMIC CHANGED EVERYTHING.

AND JUST THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN WE'RE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION AT THE TIME.

AND THIS ACCESSIBILITY MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT ADA ACCESSIBLE AT ALL.

AND WHEN THE GREEN TALL WING WAS ADDED, IT WAS NOTED THAT THERE WAS IT WAS MADE TO BE ADA ACCESSIBLE AS WELL.

SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION KIND OF TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE TIMELINE OF OUR PROJECTS THAT YOU PRESENTED EARLIER.

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THOSE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS AS FAR AS THOSE DATES ARE CONSIDERED.

THOSE COULD BE ADJUSTED AS THE YEARS PROGRESS.

CORRECT. I'M JUST GOING TO BRING THAT UP THERE AND SAY, YES, MA'AM.

AND I MENTIONED AGAIN THE RISK WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT WOULD SLIDE A YEAR.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER ADJUSTMENTS CERTAINLY, THAT THIS BOARD COULD COULD MAKE, BEGINNING WITH THAT THIRD COLUMN.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO START NEXT YEAR.

AND NOW WOULD BE THE TIME THAT THE BOARD WANTED TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS FROM THERE TO THE RIGHT.

AND THEN YOU MENTIONED ABOUT HAVING SHOWING US THE PROTOTYPE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ITEM TO ADD TO A FUTURE WORK SESSION TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROTOTYPE.

I KNOW I'M QUITE INTERESTED TO SEE THE TWO STORY.

I THINK A LOT OF OUR OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COULD HAVE BENEFITED FROM A TWO STORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO BE EXCITING TO DO HERE AND TO DO IN PERSON WITH THE WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO GET THE FIRST ONE CORRECT.

GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

ONE MORE QUESTION. I FORGOT A CONSTITUENT.

IF YOU GO BACK TO SLIDE 13, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS.

IT'S AT AM DAVIS OR YOU CAN JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THE SLIDE.

IT MENTIONED 20 TRAILERS AT AM DAVIS AND THERE WAS A BELIEF THAT THAT MEANT THAT DAVIS WOULD BE REBUILT AND YOU'D STILL HAVE THOSE 20 TRAILERS AND.

ABSOLUTELY NOT. YEAH, I SAID, I WILL CLARIFY THAT IN PUBLIC.

SO WE WANT JUST PERMANENT CAPACITY THERE TO HANDLE THESE ISSUES THAT ARE LISTED IN THOSE THREE BULLETS, IN THE THIRD OF WHICH IS THAT OUR CURRENT STATE IS 20 PLUS TRAILER CLASSROOMS IN THOSE MEGAS.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND I KNOW THAT WILL RELIEVE SOME PEOPLE WHO MISINTERPRETED THE SLIDE.

OKAY. IT'S WORTH REITERATING A COUPLE POINTS.

THANK YOU. YES, SIR.

JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR THE BOARD, THE RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT PLAN IS TO PUT THE SCHOOL IN THE BACK PART OF THE LOT THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS THEY HAVE WITH TRANSPORTATION IN THE MORNING WITH DROP OFF AND PICK UP THE TRAILERS WOULD BE ALL GOING TO.

THAT'S A PARKING LOT NOW IN FIELDS FOR PLAYGROUNDS AND ETC..

THE FRONT PART WHERE THE SCHOOL IS NOW WILL TURN INTO THE FIELDS FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE IN THE BACK.

JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT. AND THE DRAGON TRAIL STAYS.

JUST WE'RE HOPING.

YOU WALK THE DRAGON TRAIL, YES.

OH, OR THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT REVISION TO IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE BIGGER. WELL, I WON'T SAY BIGGER, BUT BETTER THAN EVER.

BETTER. BETTER.

THANKS. THAT'S EXCITING, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO EVEN MORE WITH IT THAT, AS YOU'VE DESCRIBED IT, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A HUGE COMMUNITY ASSET BECAUSE THE PROVIDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELDS ARE THERE.

SO IF YOU'RE MOVING THOSE TO THE FRONT, THEY'LL EVEN BE MORE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE PROVIDENCE FIELDS, RIGHT? THE DAVIS FIELDS WOULD LINE UP.

SO, YEAH, IT'S WONDERFUL.

I WANT TO SEE IT. THANK YOU.

PROCEED TO OPERATING BUDGET.

OK AGAIN, THIS BOARD SUPERINTENDENT FINANCE TEAM HAS WORKED SO HARD TO COME UP WITH A PLAN TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

AND I'M GOING TO FOCUS FIRST ON SOME THINGS THAT THAT THAT ARE IN THE BUDGET THAT ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FROM OPERATIONS.

AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT A FEW THINGS AT THE END THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO WAIT A YEAR OR WAIT FOR SOME YEAR END FUNDING.

BUT SECURITY ENHANCEMENT SO IMPORTANT TO GET SOME MORE MANPOWER TO SUPPORT MR. PIKE AND HIS SMALL OPERATION.

A SECOND ASSISTANT MANAGER WOULD ALLOW US TO DIVIDE THE COUNTY IN HALF FOR HIS TWO ASSISTANT MANAGERS TO EACH HAVE A REGION.

OF COURSE HE'S GOING TO GO ANYWHERE THAT HE NEEDS TO, BUT 165,000 HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO HIRE THAT INDIVIDUAL.

THAT ALSO INCLUDES A VEHICLE, UNIFORM, PHONE, RADIO AND SUPPLIES.

BUT WE HAVE DEFERRED THE CONCEPT OF ADDITIONAL SSOS AND ADDITIONAL CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THAT GO.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE DID A PRESENTATION WITH YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER AND SHOWED YOU A COUPLE OF BENCHMARKS IN WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD GO AS YEAR END FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE. WE'LL USE THAT FOR ONE TIME EXPENSES.

A LOT OF GOOD WORK JUST GETTING STARTED.

WE'VE COMPLETED SOME VESTIBULE PROJECTS.

WE HAVE 32 MORE ON THE WAY, THE SECURITY CAMERAS.

WE'RE FINISHING OFF OUR ELEMENTARIES AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CYCLE BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOLS BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY WITH THOSE CAMERAS IS SIMILAR TO SOME OTHER DEVICES THAT WE CYCLE THROUGH. SO IT'LL BE IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THOSE INVESTMENTS.

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DR. HUFF GAVE A LENGTHY PRESENTATION LAST WEEKEND.

I MADE SURE THAT DR.

FRYE WAS INFORMED ON ALL OF HER INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO RETENTION AND SO FORTH, AND THE TURNOVER THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE WITH OUR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS.

AND AGAIN, WE'VE HIRED MORE THAN 300 OF THEM SINCE JULY OF 21.

SO WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HIRE, HOPEFULLY, AND HANG ON TO THEM EVEN WITH ENHANCED COMPENSATION.

AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE THIS INITIATIVE TO ENHANCE THEIR STARTING PAY UP TO $23 AN HOUR.

THAT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.

AND DR.

HOUGH'S DONE SOME FOCUS GROUPS WITH SOME WITH SOME DRIVERS.

AND WE UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, WE TOOK THE LEAD IN THE COMPENSATION FOR A WHILE, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE.

AND THIS WOULD WOULD BE A HUGE STEP TO CONTINUE TO KEEP A VERY IMPORTANT WORK PHASE OF FORCE GROWING AND IN PLACE AND HOPEFULLY RETAINED WITH FOLKS THAT WANT TO DO THIS JOB AND WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS.

UTILITIES BOY OUT OF OUR CONTROL.

SO WE ASSUMED A 5% INCREASE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

BUT THE REALITY IS ABOUT 17.

AND YOU SEE A GRAPH THAT'S GOING UP, UP IN A WAY IN REGARDS TO ACTUALS IN THE BUDGET AND PROJECTIONS.

SO $3.65 MILLION IS NOW PROJECTED AS AN INCREASE NEEDED IN FY 24 ABOVE OUR FY 23.

FRANKLY, I'M HOPING THAT WON'T COME TRUE AND WE'LL HAVE SOME YEAR END MONEY.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO BUDGET FOR THIS BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE COUNTY AND SAY WE CAN'T PAY OUR LIGHT BILL.

SO THIS IS THIS IS A WISE STEP IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS, AS IS TRANSPORTATION, FUEL, DIESEL.

YOU GO DOWN THE HIGHWAY, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE YOU CAN GET SOME UNLEADED NOW FOR THE LOW $3, BUT THAT DIESEL FUEL IS WELL OVER FOUR.

AND IT STAYED THERE AND IT WAS OVER FIVE FOR A WHILE.

WE DO PAY A TAX FREE RATE, WHICH IS ABOUT $0.40 OFF THE RETAIL.

BUT THE GRAPH TELLS THE STORY HERE.

AND IF ANYONE HAS A MAGIC EIGHT BALL THAT CAN TELL US WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE WITH THE COST OF DIESEL FUEL AND OTHER ENERGY EXPENSES, INVEST IN THE RIGHT COMPANIES THEN.

BUT WE'RE DOING, AGAIN, THE RIGHT THING BUDGET WISE.

I DON'T WANT TO MAKE LIGHT OF THIS.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, AGAIN, WE BE ABLE TO PAY OUR GAS BILLS.

THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT WHEN WE GROW FROM BUDGET TO BUDGET, OUR TEAM WORKS VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DO WE NEED TO SUPPORT THE NEW STUDENTS, 1600 GREATER STUDENTS FROM ONE BUDGET TO THE NEXT BUDGET? AND SO WE'VE WORKED HARD TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF AND SOME OF THE SUPPORT STAFF, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE HAD TO TAKE A LITTLE PAUSE.

I ACTUALLY RAISED MY HAND AND SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, BUS DRIVERS SHOULD BE A PART OF THAT.

SO STAFFING EQUATIONS AND WE GOT GENERAL CONCURRENCE FROM EVERYONE.

BUT WHEN IT CAME TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET THAT WE THINK THAT THE COUNTY CAN HELP US AFFORD, WE'VE LEFT THAT ON THE TABLE.

SO RIGHT NOW, NO ADDITIONAL BUS DRIVERS, NO ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL.

AND I MENTIONED THE BUS FLEET.

I APPRECIATE THAT THIS BOARD MADE ENHANCING AND MODERNIZING THE BUS FLEET A STRATEGIC GOAL.

AND I YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, YOU'VE BEEN UNABLE OR WE'VE BEEN UNABLE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE ABILITY TO TO TAKE MORE OF OUR BUSSES OFF THE STREET THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED.

WE HAVE MORE THAN 200 BUSSES, GREATER THAN 15 YEARS OF AGE, POOR GAS MILEAGE, POOR MAINTENANCE RECORDS, DIRTY DIESEL.

HE HEAR ABOUT THE BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE BUSSES THAT WERE BUILT BACK WHEN THE EMISSION STANDARDS WERE LESS AND THOSE BUSSES DON'T HAVE CLIMATE CONTROL.

SO I HOPE THE DAY COMES WHEN WE CAN ACCELERATE BUS REPLACEMENT.

APPRECIATE THE STRATEGIC GOAL AND WE'LL KEEP THIS IN MIND.

WE DID PUT A LITTLE MORE YEAR END MONEY TOWARDS TOWARDS BUS REPLACEMENT THIS YEAR AND AND THAT'LL HOPEFULLY BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN AFFORD NEXT YEAR AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, START TO STRIVE TOWARDS THAT GOAL.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE MUST DO FIRST, WHICH IS TO SUPPORT THE CLASSROOM.

AND I FULLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT THOSE OPERATIONS AS BEST WE CAN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO IT WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF STAFF.

AND NEXT YEAR THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, CONTRACT INCREASES.

THESE ARE, AGAIN, SOMEWHAT INEVITABLE THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

THIS IS THE CONTRACT CUSTODIANS IN PARTICULAR.

WE EXPECT THAT BILL TO RAISE BY $2 MILLION.

FRANKLY, WE DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A NEW RFP HITTING THE STREET.

SO THIS LIST OF VENDORS MAY CHANGE SOME AS OF JUNE THE FIRST THIS YEAR.

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AND I KNEW THERE WERE HICCUPS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND DARREN LANE AND JOHN THOMMO WORKED VERY HARD TO ENSURE QUALITY.

BUT THERE'S A OUR OUR SCHOOLS ARE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE IN CLEANING THIS YEAR AND I GIVE SOME CREDIT NOT ONLY TO OUR DAY PORTERS WHERE WE'VE HAD BETTER RECRUITING AND RETENTION, BUT ALSO THESE FOLKS THAT WORK AT NIGHT ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.

BUT THOSE EXPENSES WILL GO UP AND THEN WE'VE GOT JUST A SMALL INCREASE FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR REFUSE.

WE EXPECT THAT THAT BILL IS GOING TO GO UP TO TRAILER LEASES.

WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRAILERS AND MEGAS, AND IT WOULD TAKE AN ENTIRE PRESENTATION FOR ME TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHICH MEGAS WE OWN AND WHICH ONES WE LEASE.

BUT THESE ARE NEW BILLS IS THE BOTTOM LINE HERE.

THESE ARE EXPENSES THAT WE'RE INCURRING THAT WEREN'T IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

ONE OF THESE MEASURES IS ALREADY IN PLACE AT FALLING CREEK ELEMENTARY.

WE'RE ADDING THE TWO AT HOPKINS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT PROJECT TO TAKE, AGAIN, UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN OUT OF 16, 15, 16 TRAILERS AND PUT THEM IN MEGA TRAILERS.

FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE UNTIL THAT DALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GETS BUILT AND WE'VE GOT TO DO IT IN.

MOSTLY WE OPENED FULL THERE, GROWING, AND WE KIND OF EXPECTED THIS.

WE PUT THE UTILITIES IN PLACE AND IN THAT BUILDING WILL BE IN PLACE.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME EXPENSES AND IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO BUDGET FOR IT.

SO THIS WAS A LARGER GENERAL SLIDE THAT MR. MEISTER PRESENTED.

IS HE GOT STARTED WITH YOU IN THE SUPERINTENDENT MADE THIS PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO.

SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED.

YOU SEE THE WORD OPERATIONS TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT I GET TO WORK WITH EVERY DAY ARE INFLUENCED BY THOSE TOP FOUR BULLETS.

CHATTED A BIT ABOUT THE BUS REPLACEMENTS.

THE $16 MINIMUM WAGE AGAIN, WAS DISCUSSED LAST WEEK.

WE DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S A REALLY GOOD TARGET.

AND AS WE CONTINUE TO ADD MORE BUILDINGS AND TAKE CARE OF THE OLD BUILDINGS, BELIEVE ME, THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCE THINGS.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE A FURNITURE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

WE STILL DON'T HAVE A PAINTING PROGRAM.

WE STILL DON'T ROUTINELY HAVE REPAIRS TO CARPETS AND FLOORS.

SO WE WE DO A LITTLE BIT EVERY YEAR, BUT NOT A PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP US CONTINUE.

SO I WON'T BELABOR THE POINT.

WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET AGAIN THAT WE THINK IS AFFORDABLE AT THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, REMAINS, YOU KNOW, NEGOTIATIONS TO TAKE PLACE.

I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THIS BOARD AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING TO SUPPORT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET, AND I'LL PAUSE IT THIS TIME FOR ANY FINAL QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE OPERATIONS BUDGET? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON SUMMER LEARNING FROM DR.

[D. Summer Learning]

POPE.

YEAH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS COKER.

MISS HAINES, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

DOHERTY. THIS AFTERNOON, DR.

POPE AND I ARE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THE 2023 SUMMER PROGRAM OFFERING FOR STUDENTS IN KPS.

HERE YOU HAVE THE LIST OF TOPICS THAT WE WILL COVER FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FOCUS ON THE KEY FEATURES OF THE SUMMER PROGRAM.

THE SUPPORTS WE WILL BE PROVIDING TO ESL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS ONLINE, OUR ENRICHMENT CAMPS, AND THEN HOW ALL STUDENTS WILL ACCESS SUMMER LEARNING.

SO SOME KEY FEATURES FOR THE SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS ARE FIRST OF ALL, MOST OF OUR OFFERINGS WILL BE FACE TO FACE THIS YEAR FOR PRE K THROUGH 12 STUDENTS.

IT WILL BE TUITION FREE TO INVITE IT.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE MAKING PROGRESS BUT NOT MEETING GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS.

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUS STOPS TO THE DESIGNATED SUMMER SCHOOL SITES AND MEALS WILL BE OFFERED BOTH BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO OUR STUDENTS.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT MOST OF OUR SUMMER OFFERINGS ARE FACE TO FACE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONLINE FOR OUR FIRST TIME COURSE TAKERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR ACCELERATION.

THE SUMMER SCHOOL DATES FOR OUR YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS.

THEY WILL HAVE INTERSESSION FROM JUNE 5TH THROUGH JUNE 15TH FOR OUR TRADITIONAL STUDENTS.

OUR SCHOOLS ARE ON TRADITIONAL CALENDAR.

OUR SUMMER SCHOOL WILL RUN FROM JUNE 26 THROUGH JULY 20TH OR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SO FOUR DAYS A WEEK.

AND JUST PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR SUMMER GRADUATION FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO GRADUATE OVER THE SUMMER WILL BE JULY 27.

OUR ONLINE DATES ARE JUNE 19TH THROUGH THE 27TH, AND WE HAVE 20 SITES.

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THAT IS JUST TO ENSURE THAT TRANSPORTATION CAN BE PROVIDED TO THOSE STUDENTS.

AND THEN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, THERE'S ONE TIER AND THEY WILL BE GOING FROM 9 TO 1.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE HAVE ENRICHMENT CAMPS THIS SUMMER AS WELL.

THE DATES WILL BE PUBLISHED ON OUR DIVISION WEBSITE AS WE FINALIZE WHAT THOSE CAMPS ARE, BECAUSE SOME OF THEM HAVE A COST.

AND SO DEPENDING ON THE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS WILL DETERMINE WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED.

HERE. YOU SEE OUR TENTATIVE SCHOOL DAYS.

PLEASE NOTE WE EMPHASIZE TENTATIVE.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE CONDUCTED OVER THE SUMMER IN OUR FACILITIES, WHICH WOULD PROHIBIT OR HINDER THE ACCESS TO STUDENTS BEING IN THE BUILDINGS.

WE HAVE THE 20 ELEMENTARY SITES.

WE HAVE FIVE SECONDARY SITES WHICH WILL HOUSE BOTH OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND THE COMBINED SITES.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO SITES, ELSIE BYRD AND MONICA, AND WHO WILL SERVE AS SCHOOLS FOR OUR SOL AND YS ACADEMIES.

REGISTRATION. ON THIS SLIDE WE OUTLINE THE REGISTRATION DATES.

SUMMER SCHOOL REGISTRATION WILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH A SYNERGY THROUGH THE PARENT REVIEW PORTAL AS WELL AS ON THE SUMMER SCHOOL PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE.

LINKS TO THE ACADEMIES AND CAMPS WILL ALSO BE LINKED ON THE CCPS WEBSITE.

SUMMER SCHOOL AND ACADEMY REGISTRATIONS ARE OPENING IN EARLY APRIL AND WE SET THAT REGISTRATION DATE AFTER THE BEGINNING, AFTER THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER, SO THAT TEACHERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER DATA AND BE ABLE TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY FOR STUDENTS AS WELL AS NOTIFICATION TO PARENTS REGARDING THE STATUS OF THEIR STUDENTS.

MAY 26 WILL BE THE CLOSING DATE FOR THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM TO ALLOW TRANSPORTATION AND FOR PREPARATION TO BEGIN THE SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS. FOR OUR CAMPS, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE IS A MARCH SIX OPENING FOR CAMPS, AND THAT'S REALLY BASED ON THAT BECAUSE THERE IS A TUITION COST AND SCHOOLS SOMETIMES PLAN THOSE CAMPS WHEN THEY'RE ON THEIR OWN.

THE NEXT FEW SLIDES PROVIDE SPECIFICS REGARDING THE SUMMER PROGRAM OFFERINGS.

THE FIRST SLIDE HERE IS ABOUT ELEMENTARY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS WILL BE INVITED AND THEY WILL RECEIVE FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION, TO ADDRESS LEARNING GAPS AND TO PREVENT ANY SUMMER SLIDE.

THE INSTRUCTIONAL FOCUS WILL BE READING AND MATH AS IT HAS BEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING BACK TO HAVE KINDERGARTEN READINESS EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED, BASED ON WHEN THEY COME IN FOR THEIR SCREENING FOR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION, WE WILL DETERMINE STUDENTS WHO SHOULD BE ATTENDING THAT SESSION.

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR EXTENDED DAY PROGRAM IN THE AFTERNOON TO PROVIDE ENRICHMENT FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ATTEND SUMMER SCHOOL SITES AT SOME OF OUR DESIGNATED TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.

SUMMER LEARNING IS ONLY 15 DAYS, AND SO THIS YEAR FOR ELEMENTARY, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A ATTENDANCE POLICY.

STUDENTS AND FAMILIES SHOULD HAVE THEIR STUDENTS ATTEND REGULARLY.

STUDENTS WHO MISS THREE DAYS MISSED 20% OF THE LEARNING.

THEREFORE, WE ARE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF ABSENCES THIS YEAR THAT STUDENTS SHOULD ACCRUE.

OF COURSE, BUILDING PRINCIPALS WILL HAVE SOME DISCRETION IN DETERMINING WHEN THERE ARE EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES.

FOR OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN GRADE SIX THROUGH 12 THIS SUMMER, SCHOOL WILL BE OFFERED FACE TO FACE FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR CLASSES RECEIVING D'S OR F'S, AND THEY'LL BE INVITED TO ATTEND FOR THAT IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.

FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ONE OR TWO COURSES.

ONE COURSE WOULD BE OFFERED DURING THE FIRST 2 HOURS OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL BLOCK AND THE OTHER DURING THE REMAINING 2 HOURS OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL DAY.

FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY ONLY NEED ONE COURSE, WE WILL OFFER A STEAM ENRICHMENT COURSE AND MAKE THAT AVAILABLE FOR THEM.

PARENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP STUDENTS IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO HAVE THEIR STUDENT REMAIN FOR THE SAME COURSE THAT WILL BE OFFERED FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS WILL BE MOSTLY STUDENTS WHO NEED A COURSE FOR GRADUATION WILL BE OFFERED TO THOSE STUDENTS.

AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A POLICY FOR HIGH SCHOOLS ALL ALONG WHICH HAVE BEEN TWO DAYS, AND THIS WILL REMAIN AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL.

WE WANTED TO BE SURE TO FOCUS ON OUR SUPPORT TO OUR ESL STUDENTS.

SO AS ALL ENGLISH LEARNERS WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING.

WE HAVE TWO ELEMENTARY COORDINATORS WHO WORK AT THE DIVISION LEVEL, SO THEY WILL GO OUT AND SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS DURING THE SUMMER PROGRAM.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE INSTRUCTIONAL CONSULTANTS WHO CAN PUSH INTO OUR CLASSROOMS AS TEACHERS NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AS WELL AS BASED ON NEEDS AT THE INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS.

[01:15:05]

SO FOR SPECIFICS, OUR ESL COURSES FOR OUR LEVEL ONE AND LEVEL TWO STUDENTS WILL FOCUS ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN FOUR, LEVEL THREE AND FOUR STUDENTS, THEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN THEIR GRADE LEVEL CONTENT FOR SUMMER COURSES.

AND NOW I WILL TURN IT OVER TO DR.

POPE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

GOOD EVENING. BEYOND THE SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT DR.

HAI HAS JUST SHARED WITH YOU, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE ARE SOME STUDENTS WITH INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL PLANS OR 500 HOURS THAT MAY REQUIRE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED INSTRUCTION FACE TO FACE TO ASSIST THEM THIS SUMMER.

THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE LISTED HERE.

THE FIRST IS OUR EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS CONSIDERED BY IEP TEAMS AND THEN OFFERED TO THOSE STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION, WHICH SERVES OUR PRE K LEARNERS DURING THE SUMMER AND SUMMER.

PROGRAMING IS ALSO OFFERED FOR STUDENTS WORKING TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THE VIRGINIA ESSENTIAL STANDARDS OF LEARNING CURRICULUM.

OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WE SAW, WE WANTED TO IMPROVE OPERATIONALLY HOW WE SUPPORT OUR PARENTS THIS YEAR AS WE HEAD INTO THIS ROUND OF SUMMER SCHOOL REGISTRATION.

SO SOME OF THE SUPPORTS THAT WILL BE NEW AND BEYOND WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

FIRST, ONE OF THE THINGS WE REALIZED LAST YEAR IS WHEN OUR INITIAL MESSAGING WENT OUT WITH OUR SUMMER SCHOOL REGISTRATION COURSES LISTED, ALL OF OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES WERE NOT PUBLICIZED AT THAT TIME.

SO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE COMPLETE LIST PUBLICIZED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WHEN THOSE MESSAGES GO OUT.

AND THEN SECONDLY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT REGISTERING FOR SUMMER LEARNING EXPERIENCES CAN BE PARTICULARLY CONCERNING.

AND THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM SOME OF OUR PARENTS WHO HAVE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OR 504.

SO WE ARE GOING TO DESIGNATE IN THAT INITIAL DISTRICT MESSAGING A KEY POINT OF CONTACT.

OR WE'RE SAYING HERE ON THIS SLIDE, A CONSULTANT WHO IS EMPLOYED AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL AND WHO WILL BE STANDING READY TO ANSWER PARENT QUESTIONS ABOUT SPECIFICALLY HOW A STUDENT WOULD BE SUPPORTED.

COURSE SELECTIONS. SOMETIMES PARENTS WILL SAY, DID I SIGN UP FOR THE RIGHT THING? AND THEN EVEN QUESTIONS ABOUT WHICH SITE AND HOW DOES TRANSPORTATION WORK FOR MY STUDENT.

SO WE HOPE THAT WILL HELP OUR PARENTS FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFIDENT AS THEY NAVIGATE THE PROCESS OF SUMMER SCHOOL REGISTRATION ONLINE.

NOTHING DIFFERENT HERE THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

THIS IS JUST BASICALLY A SLIDE POSTING THE NEW DATES FOR THIS COMING YEAR, OUR TUITION AND OUR COURSE LENGTH, REMEMBERING THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY REGISTER NOW, REGISTRATIONS ALREADY OPEN.

IF YOU LOOK AT THAT DATE, IT OPENED MONDAY OF THIS WEEK.

AND YESTERDAY AFTERNOON I LOOKED IN AND WE ALREADY HAD OVER 30 APPLICANTS FOR THIS SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITY.

AND AS DR. HI SAID, THIS IS FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE TAKING A COURSE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

THEY'RE ACCELERATING.

THEY'RE GETTING ONE OF THOSE COURSES IN THEIR SCHEDULE OUT OF THE WAY BY TAKING IT DURING THE SUMMER.

SEAN SMITH, HIS TEAM, THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB STANDING UP OUR DIVISION WEBSITE.

ONE CCPS DOT ORG.

IF YOU GO THERE, YOU CAN LOOK AT KPS ONLINE AND THE SUMMER PAGE AND THAT'S WHERE OUR PARENTS CAN LAUNCH INTO THE APPLICATION.

BEYOND THE GENERAL SUMMER OFFERINGS.

DR. HIGH COVERED TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER AND SPECIFICALLY STUDENTS WITH DISABILITY OFFERINGS THAT I'VE JUST COVERED.

WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE OFFERING AN ARRAY OF ENRICHMENT CAMPS FOR OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE DIVISION.

IT IS POSSIBLE TO LIST THEM ALL HERE AND QUITE HONESTLY, I THINK WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF CREATIVE MINDS OUT IN OUR SCHOOLS THINKING OF ONE MORE THING THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER ACROSS OUR SCHOOL SITES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE SAMPLING SO THAT ANYONE WATCHING CAN BEGIN TO GET EXCITED ABOUT THESE CAMPS THAT WILL BE LISTED AGAIN ON OUR DIVISION WEBSITE. ONE THAT YOU SEE HERE IS CAMP EPIC.

ANOTHER IS THE CULTURAL ARTS CAMPS.

AND AS DR. HIGH MENTIONED EARLIER, SOME CAMPS, INCLUDING THESE TWO, DO COME WITH AN ASSOCIATED COST AND A TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENT FROM A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. BUT IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THAT SLIDE, LIKE I SEE SOME THINGS I WANT TO DO, PROBABLY YOU DO TOO, RIGHT? AND I HOPE THAT'S HOW OUR STUDENTS RECEIVE THESE OPPORTUNITIES.

I HOPE THEY'RE EXCITING AND THINGS THAT OUR STUDENTS REALLY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN.

WE ALSO WILL HAVE CAMPS THIS SUMMER.

HERE'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT DOESN'T COST IN A REGISTRATION WAY OR A TRANSPORTATION WAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S AGAIN, PARENTS HAVE TO GO TO THAT DIVISION WEBSITE.

THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE OFFERINGS THAT WILL BE LISTED, FIGURE OUT WHAT MIGHT INTEREST THEIR PARTICULAR STUDENT AND WHAT MIGHT WORK WITH THEIR FAMILY.

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IT'S OFFERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CLAUDE MOORE SCHOLARSHIP AT BRYANT POINT.

AND AGAIN, NO COST FOR THIS EXPERIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED.

WE ALSO CONTINUE TO OFFER, AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST, THE SOL ACADEMY, WHICH IS OPEN TO ANY STUDENT WHO PASSED THE COURSE BUT TOOK AND FAILED THE CORRESPONDING SOL TEST AT LEAST ONCE.

THE SAT ACADEMY IS OPEN TO RISING JUNIORS AND SENIORS TO PREP FOR THE SAT TEST AND THE Y'S ACADEMY IS OPEN TO ANY STUDENT WHO PASSED THE WISE FINANCIAL LITERACY CERTIFICATION COURSE BUT FAILED THE CORRESPONDING Y'S TEST.

THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT CREDENTIAL FOR GRADUATION.

SO AGAIN, THESE THREE SUPPORTS WILL CONTINUE AS THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY TEAM TO ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ACROSS CSPS CAN LEVERAGE DEVICES TO ACCESS DIGITAL LEARNING RESOURCES THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDES AND TO CONTINUE THEIR LEARNING SHOULD THEY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FACE TO FACE OFFERINGS AT DR.

HIGH AND I HAVE DESCRIBED TO YOU TODAY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER FOR YOU? THANK YOU BOTH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

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

BAILEY. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE TIERS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IS THAT GOING TO BE THE PARENTS PICK THEIR TIER? HOW DO THEY GET CHOSEN FOR WHAT TIER THEY GET? IS IT A CHOICE? IT'S BASED ON THE SCHOOL SIDE.

SO TRANSPORTATION WILL WORK AND DETERMINE WHICH SCHOOL SITES GO ON THE FIRST TIER OR THE SECOND TIER.

SO IT'S NOT AN OPTION. NOT EVERY SCHOOL HAS TWO TIERS, CORRECT? YEAH, WE JUST HAVE TWO TIERS TO ENSURE STUDENTS GET TO SCHOOL IN ELEMENTARY.

MS.. HEFFRON I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE ADDITION OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL, I GUESS IS THE CONSULTANT OR THE CONCIERGE.

I LIKE THAT TOO. I APPRECIATE THAT AND NOTICED THAT.

AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE FOR PARENTS WHO WHOSE CHILDREN WILL BENEFIT FROM OUR SERVICES IS IS A REALLY GREAT SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING RECOGNIZING IT AND AND TAKING ACTION.

AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THE PROJECT RUNWAY IF IF THERE'S SPACE.

IF THERE'S SPACE. LIKE BAKING AND CRAFTING MYSELF, I THINK WE CAN ALL SIGN UP FOR SOMETHING.

I DID HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED THE COURSE LISTING BEING AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.

IS THERE A DATE FOR THAT OR IS IT JUST WHEN REGISTRATION OPENS ON APRIL 10TH? THIS IS SORRY, NOT FOR CAMP.

THIS IS FOR THE THE SUMMER SCHOOL COURSES FOR SECONDARY.

YES, MA'AM. SORRY. BE ANY WE'LL OFFER PRETTY MUCH EVERY COURSE AND WHAT WE RUN WILL BE BASED ON ENROLLMENT.

SO IF THE CLASS MAKES.

BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S MATH, SCIENCE, SOCIAL STUDIES.

IT'S THE FOUR CONTENT AREAS.

TYPICALLY, A LOT OF TIMES FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT'S BASED ON WHAT THEY NEED FOR GRADUATION CREDIT.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

I TURNED IT OFF. GEEZ, MY CHILDREN.

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

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS THIS EVENING? THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2023, AT 6:30 P.M..

PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED FY 2024 OPERATING BUDGET IN FY 2024.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN WILL BE HELD AT THE START OF THE MEETING.

IF THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC BUSINESS, WE WILL ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOMS.

[G. Closed Session]

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 22-3711A OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTION ONE, THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND TO THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORDS, AN EIGHT COUNT CONSULTATION AND LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING SPECIFIC LEGAL MATTERS REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE BY SUCH COUNSEL.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. YOU HAVE JUST HEARD THE ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? I MAKE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION.

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TOT HEFFRON. HI, DEBBIE BAILEY.

RYAN HARTER. HI, KATHERINE HAINES.

HI, ANN COKER.

HI. WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION? SO MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THE BOARD IS NOW IN OPEN SESSION.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE CLOSED SESSION NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THE CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES AND TO ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING.

THE CLOSE MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION.

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

HI, DEBBIE BAILEY.

HI BRIAN HARTER KATHRYN HAINES HI HAND COKER I THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2022 2020 3/6? IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

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

DOT HEFFRON. HI, DEBBIE BAILEY.

HI, RYAN HARTER.

HI KATHRYN. HAINES.

HI, ANN. COKER.

HI. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2022, DASH 23 SLASH 37 DASH H.R.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

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

DOT HEFFRON. HI, DEBBIE BAILEY.

HI, RYAN. HARTER.

CATHERINE HAINES.

I AM COKER I THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2022 23 SLASH 38 H.R.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

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

DEBBIE BAILEY. HI, RYAN.

HARTER. CATHERINE HAINES.

HI. HAND COKER I THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2022, DASH 23 SLASH 39 H.R.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

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

HEFFRON DEBBIE BAILEY.

HI, RYAN. HARTER.

KATHERINE HAINES.

HI, ANN. COKER I THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2022 2342 H.R.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL? ROLL ON THE MOTION.

DOT HEFFRON. HI, DEBBIE BAILEY.

HI, RYAN HARTER.

KATHERINE HAINES.

HI, ANN. COKER I THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2022 DASH 2341 H.R.

IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

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

DOT HEFFRON. DEBBIE BAILEY.

RYAN HARTER. KATHERINE HAINES.

I AM COKER I THE MOTION CARRIES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.