Feb 07, 2023 February 7, 2022 - Business Meeting - 6:30 p.m.

AND CARRIES. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

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

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BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING THIS EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING THE FEBRUARY 7TH SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING AND REMIND THE AUDIENCE THAT COMMENTS TO THIS BOARD MAY ONLY BE MADE AT THE PODIUM DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.

COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ARE PROHIBITED AND ARE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 18 .02-415 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA.

DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN PUBLIC PLACES AND SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 6141.

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

AS THIS IS THE START OF THE MONTH, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE HOW FEBRUARY IS DESIGNATED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR HISTORY.

AND WHILE A RESOLUTION PROPOSED THIS EVENING ARTICULATES A BROADER APPRECIATION OF THE SUBJECT, I KNOW THAT DR.

DAUGHERTY AND THE AND OUR BOARD ARE SO GRATEFUL TO JOIN WITH THE COUNTY STAFF LATER THIS MONTH AT A BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION.

AT THAT TIME, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE PRESENTATION OF SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TO CCPS STUDENTS.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING APPRECIATION WEEK, AND THAT IS THIS WEEK, FEBRUARY 6TH THROUGH 10TH.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL RECOGNITION DESIGNED TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS ALL ACROSS THE US SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AS THE WORLD CONTINUES TO GROW AND CHANGE, SCHOOL COUNSELORS HAVE TRULY STEPPED UP TO SUPPORT THE DIVERSE ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE DID NOT WANT TO PASS UP AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS FOR THE AMAZING JOB THAT THEY ALL DO.

AND FINALLY, TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 8TH, IS CROSSING GUARD APPRECIATION DAY IN VIRGINIA.

OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CROSSING GUARDS ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY WILL FEEL APPRECIATED.

WE WILL NOW HAVE INVOCATION BY MISS BAILEY FOLLOWED BY FLAG SALUTE BY MISS HEFFRON.

THANK YOU. LOVING AND GRACIOUS GOD.

YOU ARE INDEED THE GIVER OF ALL GOOD GIFTS.

AND WE THANK YOU TODAY FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS FOR THE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES OF OUR SCHOOL EVENTS AND FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, BOTH THE TEACHING AND SUPPORT MEMBERS.

WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM ABUNDANTLY AND WE CONTINUE TO SEEK YOUR WISDOM, GUIDANCE, COURAGE AND STRENGTH.

BE WITH US IN OUR DELIBERATIONS AND HELP US TO MAKE WISE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PLACED THEIR TRUST AND CONFIDENCE IN OUR LEADERSHIP.

GIVE US INSIGHT TO LEAD WITH INTEGRITY THAT OUR DECISIONS MAY REFLECT WHAT IS RIGHT AND GOOD.

HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF ALL AND GUARD US FROM BLIND SELF-INTEREST.

THANK YOU.

DEAR LORD. AMEN.

BEFORE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE PASSING OF WILLIAM PRENTICE, A MUSIC TEACHER AT MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL WHO JOINED CCPS ON AUGUST 1ST, 2015.

OUR CONSENT AGENDA FOR TONIGHT INCLUDES AGENDA ADOPTION APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM JANUARY 10TH, 2023.

BUSINESS MEETING JANUARY 24TH, 2023 BUDGET WORK SESSION JANUARY 31ST 2023 BUDGET WORK SESSION MEMO NUMBER 010 DASH 23 RECOMMENDED PERSONNEL ACTIONS MEMO NUMBER 011-23 FY 2023.

ACCEPTANCE OF NEW GRANTS MEMO NUMBER 012-23, ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS MEMO NUMBER 013-23, FY 2023 GRANT CHANGES MEMO NUMBER 014-23, 2022-2023 SCHOOL CALENDAR

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[B. 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 PRESENTED? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? NEXT WE HAVE THIS EVENING'S PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[C. Public Hearing - Superintendent's Proposed FY2024 Operating Budget]

THE FIRST WILL BE HELD FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED FY 2024 OPERATING BUDGET.

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED FY 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN HEARING YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT BOTH PROPOSED PLANS.

THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AND THE CIP AT THE FEBRUARY 23RD SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

FOR BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING, CITIZENS WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF SUBMITTING THEIR COMMENTS ONLINE OR IN PERSON.

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.

WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS RELATED TO THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED FY 2024 OPERATING BUDGET.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE SPEAKERS? MADAM CHAIR, FIVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

AS I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND BE READY TO SPEAK IN THE ORDER THAT YOU WERE CALLED.

MAY WE HAVE DENISHA POTTS, DOMINIQUE CHATTERS, KATY HILL, CHRISTY MELENDEZ AND WENDY LITTLE.

EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 4 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

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

PLEASE HAVE YOUR MATERIALS ORGANIZED IN A MANNER THAT AS YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM, YOU ARE PREPARED TO START SPEAKING.

PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMENTS EQUIVALENT TO CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE ARE IN VIOLATION OF SCHOOL.

SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 1110 AND ARE PROHIBITED.

MAY WE HAVE DENISHA PONCE.

MY NAME IS DENISHA PONCE.

I AM A RESIDENT OF MATOACA.

I'M COMING BEFORE YOU, ALTHOUGH I'M AFFILIATED WITH SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS, I'M COMING AS SELF TONIGHT AS I REVIEWED THE SUPERINTENDENT'S BUDGET.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A FEW KEY POINTS, HIGHLIGHTS.

FOR ONE, THE INFORMATION SEEMED TO BE VERY BROAD AND LIMITED.

I EXPECT IT TO REVIEW OR RECEIVE A COMPREHENSIVE BUDGET, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME AREAS THAT ARE LACKING FROM THE 16 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT I REVIEWED ONLINE.

WHEN I LOOK AT PAGE FIVE IN YOUR SUMMARY OF THE CRITICAL SERVICE LEVEL INCREASES, IT'S JUST THAT IN THAT AREA WHERE YOU'RE GIVING YOUR BULLET POINTS OF THE AREAS THAT YOU DEEMED CRITICAL NEEDS.

IT JUST SEEMED A LITTLE VAGUE.

YOU MENTIONED PROVIDE FUNDING FOR A SECOND ASSISTANT MANAGER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY.

BUT WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE SECTION OF YOUR BUDGET SUMMARY OF OPERATING FUNDS, THAT INFORMATION IS LACKING.

IT JUST SAYS IT INDICATES THAT YOU WILL BE ALLOCATING FUNDS FOR THAT.

I HAVE IT ON HERE.

LET ME JUST GO TO IT.

IN THAT SECTION.

IT SAYS SECURITY PERSONNEL, ADDITIONAL FTE AND STARTUP SUPPORT FOR SECURITY PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE REGIONAL COVERAGE AND BACKUP AS NEEDED.

SO IT DOESN'T MIRROR THE SPECIFICS THAT'S GIVEN UP IN THE TOP PORTION WHERE IT SAYS SECOND ASSISTANT

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ANOTHER EXAMPLE MATH SPECIALIST IS MENTIONED IN YOUR SUMMARY ON PAGE FIVE.

BUT THEN YOU GO DOWN TO YOUR BUDGET AND IT INDICATES $185,400 FOR STATE PROPOSED TWO FTE MATH SPECIALIST LOCATION TBD.

MY QUESTION IS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHEN YOU ARE SUBMITTING BUDGETS, WE NEED AS MUCH DETAIL AS WE CAN POSSIBLY RECEIVE TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS.

THIS IS NOT FOR US TO FIGURE IT OUT.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL GOING AROUND TOWN, CONDUCTING AND HOLDING YOUR TOWN HALLS.

BUT FOR THOSE WHO ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON YOUR BUDGET.

THIS SHOULD REALLY BE IN A SPREADSHEET FORM WITH THE DETAILS.

I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNICATION READING SPECIALISTS IN SCHOOLS RESOURCES FOR CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

WHERE DO WE GET? HOW DID YOU COME TO THAT? HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH HOW WAS CARVER EVEN CONSIDERED? WHAT CRITERIA HAD TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR CARVER TO BE SELECTED TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING FOR THAT? SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK, SUPERINTENDENT DAUGHERTY.

AND I WANT THIS BOARD TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR PROVIDING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, DETAILED BUDGET PROPOSAL.

THIS IS NOT IT.

IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION LACKING IN ORDER FOR YOU TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

THANK YOU, MS. PONCE. THANK YOU.

DOMINIQUE CHATTERS.

GOOD EVENING, DOMINIQUE CHATTERS.

DALE DISTRICT.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M IN SUPPORT OF ALWAYS FULLY FUNDING OUR SCHOOLS.

THAT SHOULD GO WITHOUT SAYING.

AND IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DO GET WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR, WHICH WE CAN HOLD OUT A HOPE AND A PRAYER THAT THEY'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

I DO HAVE A FEW POINTS TO CONSIDER.

ONE THE 12 MONTH AP POSITIONS INSTEAD OF 11 MONTHS, THEY ARE NEEDED YEAR ROUND FOR SUMMER PLANNING, SPECIAL EDUCATION NEEDS DURING SUMMER MONTHS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, ASSISTING WITH SUMMER HIRES TO NAME A FEW.

SECOND, THE OVERCROWDING OF OUR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY IN DALE DISTRICT.

ACCORDING TO THE CHARTS THAT ARE LISTED ON STRATUS ON ONE DOT ORG PBS.ORG.

DALE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE OVER 113% CAPACITY.

I KNOW THE BOND REFERENDUM ADDRESSES BENSLEY, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IN THE BOND REFERENDUM ADDRESSES OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOT AS HARD HIT AS DALE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

SO I'D ASK THAT TO BE CONSIDERED AS WELL.

AND THE LAST THING IS RESOURCING.

SO I KNOW WE HAVE VIRTUAL TEACHERS, FOR EXAMPLE, AT MEADOWBROOK, BUT WHAT ABOUT INCREASING THE SALARY FOR THOSE SCHOOLS? I KNOW WE CURRENTLY HAVE A WINDOW WHERE THE HARD TO STAFF SCHOOLS GET FIRST CRACK AT THE RESUMES, WHICH IS GOOD.

STEP ONE, THEY GET TO SEE THEM FIRST, THEY GET TO INTERVIEW FIRST BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR ANY OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN NEED OF THE SAME TYPE OF TEACHER.

BUT HOW ABOUT GIVING THEM AN EXTRA INCENTIVE TO STAY OR OR TAKE THE JOB OFFER AT ONE OF OUR HARD TO STAFF SCHOOLS? SO IN THE TOWN HALL MEETING, MR. DAUGHERTY MENTIONED 52,000, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE THAT'S UP 4000 STARTING SALARY WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

BUT HOW ABOUT 60,000 FOR OUR HARD TO STAFF SCHOOLS? BECAUSE VIRTUAL TEACHING IS BETTER THAN NO TEACHING.

BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A CENSUS OR A SENSING SESSION OF SOME KIND TO ACTUALLY ASK YOUR PARENTS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT HAVING A VIRTUAL TEACHER TEACH THEIR CHILD VERSUS A LIVE PERSON IN THE ROOM WITH THEM TEACHING THEIR CHILD, THEY WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THE RIGHT TEACHER IN THE ROOM.

AND THEN THE. I'M SORRY I SAID FINAL, BUT THIS IS THE LAST THING IN THE TOWN HALL BUDGET ASSESSMENT.

WE TALKED YOU MENTIONED 112 MILLION FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION.

SO I AGREE WITH MISS PONCE IN THE SENSE THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE THAT 112 MILLION IS BEING APPLIED.

I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE CONCERNED THAT THE MONEY IS NOT GOING WHERE IT SHOULD GO IN CONCERN FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND FOR TOTAL TRANSPARENCY THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO.

A LINE ITEM BUDGET FOR THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT SHOULD BE PROVIDED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

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KATIE HILL. MY NAME IS KATIE HILL.

AND FIRST, I WANT TO THANK THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.

I SERVE AS THE STUDENT WELLNESS EXPERT AND THE VICE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD, AND WE RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS.

TODAY. I'M HERE AS A PARENT AND REPRESENTING MYSELF, AND I WANT TO SPEAK ON A FEW ISSUES.

FIRST, I FULLY SUPPORT I SUPPORT FULLY FUNDING THE SUPERINTENDENT'S NEEDS BASED BUDGET.

AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS. FIRST, WE NEED TO FUND MORE COUNSELORS FOR OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

OUR COUNSELORS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WITH NEEDS AND CONNECTING THEM TO RESOURCES.

AND WE KNOW OUR STUDENTS ARE HERE TO LEARN AND THRIVE.

HOWEVER, AN ALARMING NUMBER OF STUDENTS ARE FACING EXTREME CHALLENGES THAT IMPEDE THEIR LEARNING.

A RECENT STUDY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOLS SHOWED THAT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS, CHRONIC ABSENTEEISM AND DISRUPTIVE STUDENT BEHAVIOR WERE TOP CONCERNS AMONG SCHOOLS. OUR STUDENTS ARE ANXIOUS, THEY'RE DEPRESSED, AND SOME ARE SUICIDAL.

WE KNOW THAT SOME COPE BY ABUSING SUBSTANCES.

OTHERS BECOME ISOLATED.

OR THEY MAY STOP ATTENDING CLASS.

SOME STUDENTS ARE ACTING OUT THEIR DISRUPTING CLASSES.

THEY'RE VANDALIZING PROPERTY.

THEY'RE FIGHTING OR THEY'RE TROLLING PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE RESORTING TO SELF HARM OR THREATENING VIOLENCE ON OTHERS.

THE SIGNS ARE CLEAR OUR STUDENTS NEED OUR HELP AND OUR PRINCIPALS HAVE ASKED FOR MORE COUNSELORS.

SO PLEASE, LET'S FUND THE ADDITIONAL COUNSELORS IN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

SECONDLY, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE 6.5% INCREASE FOR OUR TEACHERS.

CHESTERFIELD NEEDS THE BEST TEACHERS BECAUSE, AS YOU'VE JUST HEARD, THEY'RE NOT TEACHING UNDER IDEAL CONDITIONS.

THEY'RE CATCHING STUDENTS UP WHO HAVE MISSED MATERIAL DURING THE PANDEMIC.

STUDENTS ARE CONTINUING TO MISS CLASS DUE TO WIDELY CIRCULATING VIRUSES.

TEACHERS ARE FREQUENTLY ACCOMMODATING STUDENTS WHO ARE MISSING TESTS, MISSING DEADLINES.

AND WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EXPERIENCED TEACHERS.

THEY KNOW HOW TO ENGAGE STUDENTS.

THEY KNOW HOW TO MANAGE A CLASSROOM.

THEY KNOW HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE AT RISK.

WE CANNOT LOSE OUR TEACHERS TO NEIGHBORING COUNTIES.

PLEASE FUND THE 6.5 INCREASE FOR OUR TEACHERS SO THAT WE CAN REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND KEEP OUR BEST TEACHERS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CHRISTINE MELENDEZ.

GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT DAUGHERTY.

IT'S VERY NICE TO BE BACK WITH YOU.

MY NAME IS CHRISTINE MELENDEZ AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHESTERFIELD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

WE FIRST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS PROPOSING A NEEDS BASED BUDGET.

THANK YOU TO EVERY PERSON WHO PARTICIPATED IN ANY PART OF DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS THAT INFORMED THIS BUDGET.

THANK YOU TO EVERY CITIZEN AND EMPLOYEE THAT SHOWED UP TO A TOWN HALL OR SHARED THOUGHTS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS ELECTRONICALLY.

AND THANK YOU TO EVERY EMPLOYEE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR REMAINING AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT WAY.

AS ONE OF YOU SO ELOQUENTLY STATED, BUDGETS REFLECT OUR VALUES.

THE CHESTERFIELD EDUCATION ASSOCIATION LOOKS FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTING THIS BUDGET WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND STRENGTHENING OUR SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING AND STRENGTHENING THE EFFORTS OF ALL OF OUR STAFF TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

UTILIZING THIS BUDGET, WE ALSO WANT TO REMIND OUR COMMUNITY THAT MONEY CAN ONLY SOLVE SO MANY PROBLEMS AND WE, AS EDUCATION EMPLOYEES, DESIRE MORE THAN MONEY FOR THE SAKE OF SAFETY AND FOR BEING TREATED AS A PROFESSIONAL.

WE CONTINUE TO BEAT THE DRUM OF NEEDING DETAILED AND WELL WRITTEN CONTRACTS AND A TRUE SEAT AT THE CONTRACT WRITING TABLE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU, MS. MELENDEZ.

WENDY LITTLE.

MADAM CHAIR. NO MORE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING FOR SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED FY 2024 OPERATING BUDGET.

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NEXT, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED FY 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS? MADAM CHAIR, TWO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, AS I CALL YOUR NAME.

PLEASE COME FORWARD AND BE READY TO SPEAK IN THE ORDER THAT YOU ARE CALLED.

MAY WE HAVE DOMINIQUE CHATTERS AND WENDY LITTLE AS A REMINDER OF REPEAT THE PROTOCOL FOR THIS EVENING.

EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 4 MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

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

WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS REMAINING AND READ WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

AS A REMINDER, NO PERSONAL BELONGINGS OTHER THAN YOUR CELL PHONE AND SPEAKER NOTES OR ALLOW THAT PODIUM, PLEASE HAVE YOUR MATERIALS ORGANIZED IN A MANNER THAT AS YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM, YOU'RE PREPARED TO START SPEAKING.

PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMENTS EQUIVALENT TO CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR IN VIOLATION OF SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 1110 ARE PROHIBITED.

MAY WE HAVE MS. DOMINIQUE CHATTERS.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. DOMINIQUE CHATTERS.

DALE DISTRICT. THE TWO THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION.

ONE PERTAINS TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REFERENCE, THE BOND REFERENDUM.

SO I KNOW AGAIN, I'VE MENTIONED IT BEFORE, BUT JUST FOR THE LARGER COMMUNITY AT HAND, THE BOND REFERENDUM THAT WE VOTED ON IN NOVEMBER INCLUDED SCHOOLS, RIGHT? WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AGAIN, THAT WE PRIORITIZE THE SCHOOLS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

SO AS I MENTIONED IN MY LAST COMMENTS, THE 113% STRENGTH OF DALE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ALSO AT 115% STRENGTH AT THE MOMENT.

I KNOW WE'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT FALLING CREEK MIDDLE AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY WELL DESERVED ON TIME.

BUT AS WE BUILD THESE NEW SCHOOLS, NOT YOUR PROBLEM OR OUR SUPERVISOR'S PROBLEM, WE NEED TO STOP SAYING YES TO DEVELOPERS WHEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT IN PLACE.

SO I KNOW THAT IS NOT YOUR FIGHT, BUT I KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THAT FOR EVERYONE AROUND.

THE SECOND THING IS THE MEGA TRAILERS.

SO, YES, THE MEGA TRAILERS ARE BETTER THAN THE REGULAR TRAILER.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF TRAILERS IN DALE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

I DO KNOW THAT THE PLAN FOR HOPKINS IS TO GET A MEGA TRAILER TO REPLACE.

I THINK WE HAVE 17 OR 15 REGULAR TRAILERS [INAUDIBLE] ALREADY, HAS THEIR MEGA TRAILER.

AND AS FAR AS SECURITY IS CONCERNED, IT IS BETTER SECURE THAN THE TRADITIONAL TRAILER, BUT IT IS NOT EASILY FORTIFIED.

THAT IS NOT WHERE I WANT MY CHILD TO BE IN A LOCKDOWN SITUATION.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SCHOOL IS ALREADY BUILT.

BUT AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD SCHOOLS, CAN WE BUILD THEM PREPARED FOR THE FACT THAT OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS NOT GOING TO KEEP SAYING OR THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP SAYING YES TO DEVELOPERS AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS EVERY TIME YOU BUILD A NEW SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOT YOUR PROBLEM.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I AM NOT BLAMING YOU, BUT IT'S A PROBLEM THAT WE ALL NEED TO ADDRESS.

EVERY CITIZEN NEEDS TO BE AWARE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE BUSTING AT THE SEAMS AT OUR SCHOOLS IS BECAUSE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTINUES TO APPROVE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS WITHOUT HAVING INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.

INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT JUST POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

IT'S OUR SCHOOLS AND WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

AND THE LAST THING, IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER BOND REFERENDUM, PLEASE, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT TO ME IN THE TOWN HALL ABOUT GETTING ONE MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DALE, AND THAT'S AWESOME.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOING TO FIX IT.

RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO ADJUST AND THEN BRING THE COMMUNITY BACK TO GET OUR SUPPORT FOR YOU TO DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ALL BE IN THE 80, 80 PERCENTILE. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE COUNTY, ACCORDING TO STRATUS, THEY'RE SITTING AT 78, 83%, 91% CAPACITY.

SO THEY HAVE ELBOW ROOM WHILE THE CHILDREN IN DALE AND THE TEACHERS IN DALE ARE STRUGGLING.

SO I'D ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. CHATTERS. AND WE HAVE WENDY LITTLE.

MADAM CHAIR. NO MORE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S PROPOSED FY 2024 CAPITAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS CLOSED.

THANK YOU. ALL THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT TO SPEAK FOR BOTH PUBLIC HEARINGS.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, FEEDBACK AND SUGGESTIONS.

THE BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION TO APPROVE THE FY 2024 BUDGET AND THE FY 2024 CIP AT THE FEBRUARY 23RD SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. NEXT, WE HAVE DR.

DAUGHERTY TO ANNOUNCE NEW ADMINISTRATORS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND SCHOOL BOARD.

IT IS A PRIVILEGE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE TWO COLLEAGUES THAT WILL HELP US STRENGTHEN OUR CURRICULUM AND DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS.

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WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

I'M EXCITED AS I TAKE OVER JULY 1ST, AND I KNOW THAT THESE TWO WILL DO AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB TO MAKE SURE OUR STUDENTS MEET THEIR ACADEMIC GOALS. THANK YOU BOTH AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU, DR. DAUGHTERY.

NEXT, WE HAVE AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS, MR.

[E. Awards and Recognitions]

I'M ASSUMING EVERYBODY IS HERE TONIGHT FOR SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH, BUT WE HAVE A FEW OTHER RECOGNITIONS FIRST.

IF I COULD FIRST ASK OUR CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL TEAM TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF COACH LATOYA DANIELS.

THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM OF CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL WON THE 2022 CHESTERFIELD COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

THIS IS THE TEAM'S SECOND COUNTYWIDE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH IT FIRST WON IN 2019.

A MATH TEACHER AT CARVER MIDDLE, COACH DANIELS SUPPORTS MENTAL, SOCIAL AND ATHLETIC GROWTH AND STUDENT ATHLETES AS SHE HELPS THEM SUCCEED IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND PREPARE FOR SUCCESS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

HERE'S A FULL TEAM ROSTER.

HEAD COACH LATOYA DANIELS.

ASSISTANT COACH MICHELLE BROWN.

MANAGER KIARA WILSON.

PLAYERS. LONDON. FERGUSON.

KIMANI HARRIS.

JASMINE COSTIN.

KANILA ULLADULLA.

TAYLOR HENDERSON.

DAVION BROWN.

NAKIA SILAS.

ELIJAH FIELDS.

SASHA HODGE.

CAREA EVER BRAINER.

HOPE I GOT THAT RIGHT ERIN KNIGHT.

RIHANNA SILAS.

MILLAN WOODLEY-CHEATHAM.

PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATING THE TEAM.

CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES, ON A FANTASTIC SEASON.

NOT ONLY IS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE COMMUNITY PROUD OF YOU? CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL IS INCREDIBLY PROUD OF YOU AS WELL.

YOU ALL DID AN AMAZING JOB.

AND IF YOU WOULD, COULD YOU JUST REPEAT YOUR NAME AND MAYBE TELL US WHAT POSITION YOU PLAY ON THE COURT AND THEN WHEN THE COACH GETS DOWN TO THE COACH FOR YOU, SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT YOUR FABULOUS TEAM.

MILAN, POINT GUARD, ERIN, POWER FORWARD, ELAYSIA SMALL FORWARD, BREANNA, POINT GUARD, SASHA SHOOTING GUARD.

AMANI, SHOOTING GUARD, LONDON POINT GUARD, NYLA FORWARD, NAKIA SMALL FORWARD KIARA, MANAGER.

CAREA, POINT GUARD.

JASMINE SMALL FORWARD.

DAVIONA, SMALL FORWARD, MICHELE BROWN, ASSISTANT COACH.

AND I'M LATOYA DANIELS, THE HEAD GIRLS BASKETBALL COACH, AND AS STATED, WE DID GO UNDEFEATED WITH A REGULAR SEASON RECORD OF 11 WINS, ZERO LOSSES TO WIN THE COUNTY TOURNAMENT.

THAT FINISHED US OVERALL 14 AND ZERO.

AND IT WAS A PLEASURE ACTUALLY COACHING THESE YOUNG LADIES AND WORKING WITH ALL MY FAMILY FROM CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND IN HERE IS JUST A LITTLE TOKEN OF OUR CONGRATULATIONS AND APPRECIATION.

I'LL GIVE THAT TO YOUR COACH.

THANK YOU. LET'S GO.

IF I COULD ASK CHRISTIN THOR TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS SELECTED CHRIS [INAUDIBLE] AT THE 2022 SCHOOL LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR.

IN 2021, THE ASSOCIATION SELECTED MAVERICK HIGH'S LIBRARY AS THE STATE'S BEST SCHOOL LIBRARY PROGRAM.

KRISTEN CLEARLY EMBODIES THE ASSOCIATION'S MISSION OF EXCELLENCE, PROMOTING LIFELONG LEARNING AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF ALL STUDENTS.

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I JUST HAVE TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE STUDENTS AT MEADOWBROOK.

AND YOUR BOOKMOBILE IS PHENOMENAL.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S YOUR PASSION AND YOU SO DESERVED THIS AWARD AND THIS HONOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR STUDENTS.

IF I COULD ASK OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

AS WE KNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, THIS IS NATIONAL SCHOOL COUNSELING WEEK, FEBRUARY THE SIXTH, THE 10TH IN ANNUAL RECOGNITION DESIGNED TO FOCUS PUBLIC ATTENTION ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL COUNSELORS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES SCHOOL SYSTEMS. THE 2023 THEME IS SCHOOL COUNSELORS HELPING STUDENTS DREAM BIG.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

SCHOOL COUNSELORS WORK TO MAXIMIZE STUDENT SUCCESS, PROMOTING ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS.

OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS HELP ALL STUDENTS APPLY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGIES, SUPPORT STUDENTS, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL NEEDS, AND TEACH INTERPERSONAL INTERPERSONAL SKILLS.

RESPOND TO AND PROMOTE.

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL INCIDENTS WITHIN THEIR SCHOOLS AND PLAN FOR POST-SECONDARY OPTIONS, HIGHER EDUCATION, MILITARY WORKFORCE, ETC..

EACH YEAR, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING SCHOOL COUNSELORS WHO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE STUDENT SUCCESS AND PROMOTE ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE TOP SCHOOL COUNCIL LEADERS WHO ARE ALL IN FOR ALL STUDENTS.

OUTSTANDING FIRST YEAR COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, ARIANA MERRITT AT HETRICK ELEMENTARY AND CHRISTINA MEJIA AT CHOCOLATE ELEMENTARY.

OUTSTANDING OUTSTANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, ALLISON PETROSKI AT MARGUERITE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY.

OUTSTANDING MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR.

KELSEY WILKINS AT FALLEN CREEK MIDDLE.

AN OUTSTANDING HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, COREY JACKSON AT THOMASVILLE HIGH.

OKAY. SO I THINK AND IF YOU HEARD SOME OF OUR EARLIER PUBLIC COMMENTERS FAMILIES HAVE EXPERIENCED A NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN SCHOOLS.

AND LIKE ANY NEED THEY'VE HAD BEFORE, DUE TO THE PANDEMIC AND ITS TOLL ON OUR KIDS, ON OUR COMMUNITIES.

MY OWN FAMILY HAS NEEDED A CALL ON SCHOOL COUNSELOR SERVICES, AND I HAVE BEEN SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MY OWN KIDDOS, OUR KIDDOS.

SO REALLY PERSONALLY, WE NEED YOU.

OUR KIDS NEED YOU AND WE'LL JUST TRY TO GET MORE OF YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE SO CRITICAL.

THANK YOU. IF YOU WANT TO STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN AND WHAT LEADS YOU TO CANCEL IN SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE KNOW YOUR SERVICES ARE REQUIRED EVERYWHERE, BUT WHAT KEEPS YOU AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS.

I'M CORI JACKSON.

AND I GUESS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY THAT KEEPS ME GOING AT THOMAS DALE IS AT THE END OF THE YEAR WHEN YOU HAVE SENIORS THAT GRADUATE AND THEY LOOK AT YOU AND THEY SAY, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU.

AND THEN YOU GET TO TELL THEM IN RETURN THAT THEY DID ALL THE HARD WORK AND WE WERE JUST THERE FOR SUPPORT.

I AM CHRISTINA MEJIA AND I'M AT CHALKELY.

AND AT LEAST FOR OUR KIDS AT CHALKELY, I ALWAYS TELL THEM I DON'T EVER WANT YOUR TRAUMA TO DEFINE WHO YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BECOME, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR TRAUMA DOESN'T DEFINE THEIR DESTINY.

SO I AM SO THANKFUL THAT THESE KIDS TRUST US AS COUNSELORS, AND WE DEFINITELY PLEASE GIVE US MORE BECAUSE OUR KIDS DEFINITELY DESERVE IT.

AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL KNOW THEY HAVE A FUTURE NO MATTER WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO AT HOME.

MY NAME IS KELSEY WILKINS AND I'M A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT FALCON CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL.

AND I THINK THE ORIGINAL QUESTION IS WHAT KEEPS ME COMING BACK EVERY DAY? AND I WILL HONESTLY SAY IT'S THE CHILDREN JUST SEEING THEM EVERY DAY, TALKING TO THEM, HEARING ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES AND WATCHING THEM GROW FROM SIXTH GRADERS TO EIGHTH GRADERS IS REALLY A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE BEING IN THEIR CORNER, SUPPORTING THEM.

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AND I THINK WHAT KEEPS ME COMING BACK IS ELEMENTARY WAS ACTUALLY MY DREAM JOB.

I INTERNED THERE WHEN I WAS BECOMING A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

I WAS GRATEFUL TO BE THERE AND I TOLD MYSELF THAT I WOULD GIVE IT ALL I GOT.

AND I LOVE THOSE CHILDREN AND I LOVE MY SCHOOL.

THAT'S WHY I COME BACK.

AND I'M ALLISON PETROVSKI.

I'M AT MARGUERITE CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY.

AND I MEAN, TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THERE'S JUST THE JOY OF BEING WITH KIDS AND SEEING THEM GET OFF THE BUS EVERY MORNING.

AND FOR SOME OF THEM, THIS IS THEIR HAPPY PLACE.

AND WE ARE THERE. WE ARE THERE SAFE PEOPLE, AND THERE'S NO GREATER HONOR THAN THAT.

SO IT'S MY PLEASURE.

THANKS YOU.

IF I COULD ASK OUR ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCIAL FINANCE TEACHERS TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? ALL RIGHT.

WORKING IN SUPPORT OF EDUCATION.

BETTER KNOWN AS WISE, IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC MOBILITY THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT DEVELOP FINANCIAL LITERACY AND READINESS FOR COLLEGE AND CAREERS.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH THE WISE FINANCIAL LITERACY CERTIFICATION TEST.

CONGRATULATIONS ARE 35 ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE TEACHERS.

YOU'RE UNDER 21-22 WISE GOLD STAR TEACHER AWARD BY ACHIEVING A 93% PASSING RATE ON THE WISE FINANCIAL LITERACY CERTIFICATION TEST IN AT LEAST ONE CLASS.

YOU HAVE THE CHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS GOLD STAR TEACHERS.

ADAM CANNING BIRD HIGH.

MARK BIRD HIGH.

BILL WRIGHT, CBS ONLINE.

CHADD C C CBS ONLINE.

JANIS SHEPHERD, CBS ONLINE.

MICHAEL SUN CCPS ONLINE.

SAMANTHA OZELL CCPS ONLINE.

KYLE MILLER CLOVERDALE HIGH.

STEPHANIE MERCADO CLEVER HIGH.

ANGELA WAGNER COSBY HIGH.

DAVID TEMPLETON COSBY HIGH AT LEAST.

SARA COSBY HIGH.

CATHERINE SMITH COSBY HIGH.

NICHOLAS WAZNI COSBY HIGH.

WILLIAM SCHUMANN COSBY HIGH.

MARY NEO KTRK AT COURTHOUSE.

OWEN HUGHES. THOMASVILLE HIGH.

TERI BURCH THOMASVILLE HIGH.

JEFF JEFFREY BURROUGHS.

BARRAZA JAMES RIVER HIGH.

KERRY ROSENBERG.

JAMES RIVER HIGH.

MADISON IRVING JAMES RIVER HIGH.

ROSE MALONE. JAMES RIVER HIGH.

CURTIS ASHLEY MANCHESTER HIGH.

PAUL KLEIN. MANCHESTER HIGH.

CYNTHIA BARBER MATOACA HIGH.

WILLIAM DAY.

SALVATORE MATOACA HIGH.

RICHARD GOODWIN MEADOWBROOK HIGH.

WILLIAM FIELDS MEADOWBROOK HIGH.

GABRIEL TAYLOR MIDLOTHIAN HIGH.

JOANNA HICKS MIDLOTHIAN HIGH.

KIMBERLY POWELL NORTHLAND HIGH.

MADELINE SMITH MIDLOTHIAN HIGH.

MARK AND VAN ALSO MIDLOTHIAN HIGH.

CAROL GENTRY MONAGHAN HIGH.

CAROLINE MANNHEIM, MONICA AND HIGH AND THE SCHOOL RECOGNITION FROM 2021 DATA MIDLOTHIAN HIGH ACHIEVED THE WISE'S BLUE STAR SCHOOL AWARD BY REACHING AN 80% PASSING RATE OF THE FINANCIAL LITERACY CERTIFICATION TEST AND HAVE ANOTHER MAJORITY OF STUDENTS ON A GIVEN GRADE LEVEL RECEIVE PERSONAL FINANCE INSTRUCTION.

AT LEAST 10% OF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.

TAKING THE CERTIFICATION TEST AND COSBY HIGH WAS ONE OF JUST 29 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE TO RECEIVE THE WISE'S PLATINUM STAR SCHOOL AWARD, THE HIGHEST AWARD IT HAS EARNED IN A SCHOOL ACHIEVES A 90% PASSING RATE OF FINANCIAL LITERACY CERTIFICATION TEST, AND THE AVERAGE SCORE IN THE TEST OF IT 85% OR HIGHER, WITH AT LEAST HALF THE STUDENTS ON A GRADE LEVEL OR A MINIMUM OF 10% OF SCHOOL ENROLLMENT.

PLEASE DON'T BE CONGRATULATING THESE TEACHERS.

ASK EVERYBODY TO HYPE YOU.

I DON'T KNOW. DON'T, YOU KNOW? GET THAT TOO MUCH? AS MUCH AS YOU DESERVE.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR STUDENTS AND TO THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC OF FINANCIAL LITERACY.

AS THE PARENT OF TWO CHILDREN WHO HAVE SURVIVED THE WISE PROGRAM.

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I HAD NO IDEA THERE WAS A RULE OF 72.

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS, BUT I KNOW THAT IT EXISTS NOW.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR FOR HELPING TO ELEVATE OUR KIDS IN AN AREA THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM BECAUSE THERE AREN'T 35 OF YOU.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS THIS AROUND.

IF YOU COULD JUST LET US KNOW YOUR NAME AND YOUR SCHOOL AND ANY FUN FACT IF YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAVORITE RULE OF 72? I DON'T KNOW. I ALSO NO LONGER REMEMBER THE RULE OF 72, BUT I TAUGHT EPF WAS ONLINE.

I ALSO GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL WHERE I TEACH HISTORY.

SO. AND MICHAEL SUN IS MY NAME.

THANK YOU. HI, I'M DAVID TEMPLETON.

I TEACH AT COSBY HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

MIKE SHUMAN, COSBY HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

TG KHAN AND A COUPLE OTHER SUBJECTS IN SOCIAL STUDIES.

I REALLY ENJOY TEACHING AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO HELP YOUR CHILDREN SUCCEED.

HI, I'M ANGELA WAGNER.

I TEACH AT COSBY HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE REALLY GOT THIS ACCOMPLISHED BECAUSE OF THE AWESOME TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE AT OUR SCHOOL.

SO I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL THAT I WORK WITH A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE.

MY NAME IS ELISE SAITO.

I AM A TEACHER AT COSBY HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE RULE OF 72 IS HOW YOU CAN DOUBLE YOUR HOW QUICK YOU CAN DOUBLE YOUR INVESTMENT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.

SHE TOOK MY FUN FACT.

MARK CULP ELSIE BYRD SKYHAWKS IS OUR MASCOT, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS A EXISTS IN NATURE.

SO. GOOD EVENING.

I'M CAROLYN MANHEIM.

I TEACH AT MONARCH IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I LOVE TEACHING EPF BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IT'S A COURSE THAT BENEFITS EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN THE CLASSROOM FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

AND I'M CAROL GENTRY, MONICA IN HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL, RETIRED.

GOOD EVENING. I'M PETE MATAZEO.

I'M ALSO OVER AT COSBY HIGH SCHOOL, AND I AM THE EXCEPTIONAL ED TEACHER IN THE GOVERNMENT AND EXCEPTIONAL ECON PERSONAL FINANCE CLASSES.

GOOD EVENING. AND MY NAME IS OWEN HUGHES, AND ECON PERSONAL FINANCE IS ONE OF THE FIRST SUBJECTS I TAUGHT AS A TEACHER.

IT WAS IT WAS AN HONOR GETTING TO WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, AS I AM STILL A YOUNG PERSON MYSELF TO EXAMINE SUCH A CRITICAL SUBJECT AS FINANCIAL LITERACY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DONE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S A PLAY FOR OUR NEXT RECOGNITION.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE CTE REPRESENTATIVES TO JOIN MR. HARTER IN FRONT OF THE DAIS.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE? OOPS. ARE YOU READY? READ THE RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

WHEREAS RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY 2023 AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH.

WHEREAS THE ASSOCIATION FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION HAS DESIGNATED FEBRUARY 2023 AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CTE MONTH.

AND. WHEREAS, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAS OFFERED CTE COURSES FOR OVER A CENTURY.

AND. WHEREAS, CTE OFFERS PATHWAYS FOR STUDENTS TO PREPARE FOR CAREERS AND HIGH WAGE, HIGH DEMAND CAREERS.

AND. WHEREAS, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OFFERS INSTRUCTION IN 16 CAREER CLUSTERS, 37 CAREER PATHWAYS, AND 63 CAREER FIELDS WITH 255 CTE COURSE OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR KPS STUDENTS TO EXPLORE.

AND. WHEREAS, THE SCHOOL DIVISIONS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING PROGRAM AT MATOACA HIGH SCHOOL IS RECOGNIZED AS A PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE BY THE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION FOR 2023.

AND. WHEREAS, THE CTE WORK BASED LEARNING PROGRAM SUPPORTED 11,803 STUDENTS WITH A VARIETY OF WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES IN

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AND. WHEREAS, THE 2022 STUDENT JOB FAIR SUPPORTED 351 STUDENTS WITH ACQUIRING FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT UPON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. AND.

WHEREAS, DURING THE 2021-22 SCHOOL YEAR, CTE STUDENTS EARNED 8075 CAREER CREDENTIALS.

AND. WHEREAS, CTE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S CURRICULUM.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZES FEBRUARY 2023 AS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH ACKNOWLEDGES THE IMPORTANCE OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND THINKS THE HARDWORKING CTE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FOR THEIR WORKING AND ENSURING THAT THE SCHOOL DIVISION'S CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION REMAINS A BEST IN CLASS PROGRAM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

BOARD MEMBERS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BOARD MEMBERS? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? YEAH, SURE. I'LL TAKE THIS TIME AND I'LL ACTUALLY LET MS. CASPER TALK IN A SECOND.

BUT YOU KNOW THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, I'VE SEEN IT FIRSTHAND.

ALL MY KIDS HAVE GONE THAT ARE OLD ENOUGH, HAVE GONE THROUGH MY OLDEST WENT THROUGH IT FOR THE CISCO PROGRAM.

I HAVE A SON IN ELECTRICAL AND ONE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN CULINARY RIGHT NOW.

BUT I WAS ACTUALLY EVEN JUST WITH SOMEONE TODAY THAT WAS FROM HANOVER COUNTY THAT WAS GIVEN KUDOS TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WITH OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M ALWAYS PROUD TO SUPPORT IT.

I SEE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, THE DIFFERENCES THAT YOU GUYS ARE MAKING IN OUR STUDENTS LIVES.

AND THIS IS THIS IS WELL DESERVED.

SO I WILL HAND THIS OVER AND I'LL LET YOU SAY A FEW COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, WE ARE HONORED WITH THIS RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING FEBRUARY AS CTE MONTH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WITH US TONIGHT ARE FOUR EXCEPTIONAL CTE TEACHERS WHO REPRESENT THE WORK OF MORE THAN 150 CTE TEACHERS ACROSS CCPS.

REPRESENTING TOP NOTCH INSTRUCTION IS MR. TROY [INAUDIBLE].

A TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION TEACHER AT MATOACA HIGH SCHOOL, WHO WILL BE RECOGNIZED IN A FEW WEEKS BY THE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION WITH THE 2023 HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM OF EXCELLENCE AWARD.

AND NEXT RIGHT BESIDE HIM REPRESENTING STUDENT INVOLVEMENT IS MRS. YVONNE MULLINS, BUSINESS TEACHER AT MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL.

MRS. MULLINS HAD THE LARGEST FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA, ALSO KNOWN AS FBLA CHAPTER IN THE DIVISION AND IN THE COMMONWEALTH WITH MORE THAN 300 STUDENT MEMBERS DURING THE 2122 SCHOOL YEAR.

FBLA IS A CAREER AND TECHNICAL STUDENT ORGANIZATION ALSO KNOWN AS A CTSO, AND NEXT TO MS. MULLINS IS REPRESENTING CAREER CREDENTIAL ATTAINMENT.

MRS. ASHLEY HARWOOD, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY TEACHER FROM CHESTERFIELD CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER AT HALL STREET.

SHE HAD THE HIGHEST CAREER CREDENTIAL PASS RATE IN THE DIVISION LAST YEAR.

LET'S JUST SAY THAT SHE HAD 100% PASS RATE ON THE PHYSICAL THERAPY AID NATIONAL CERTIFICATION EXAM.

AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, REPRESENTING FUTURE READINESS IS MRS. SHANNON TOOLE, SPECIALTY CENTER COORDINATOR FOR MEADOWBROOK ACADEMY FOR DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURS, ALSO KNOWN AS MADE AT MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HAD THE MOST WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR ALL OF HER STUDENTS IN THE DIVISION DURING THE 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND YES, PLEASE.

SO INSTRUCTION, CREDENTIALS, WORK BASED LEARNING, AND CSOS ARE THE FOUR PILLARS OF QUALITY CTE PROGRAMS. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECOGNIZING THESE AMAZING TEACHERS AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ACROSS THE DIVISION AS WE CELEBRATE CTE MONTH IN FEBRUARY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION IN A SECOND.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?

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THANK YOU. YES, YOU'RE WELCOME.

NEXT, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING DRIVER PERFORMANCE.

DR. FRY. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS.

DR. DAUGHERTY, IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT 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 BUS 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 PATIENCE, HARD WORK, KINDNESS AND DEDICATION. CCPS BUS DRIVERS ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES WITH WHICH THEY SERVE.

THERE ARE MANY BUS DRIVERS WHO COULD BE RECOGNIZED THIS MONTH, BUT EACH TRANSPORTATION AREA MANAGER HAD TO MAKE THE TOUGH DECISION OF SELECTING A SINGLE BUS DRIVER WHO EXEMPLIFIED EXCELLENCE DEDICATION TO REPRESENT THEIR AREA.

WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE FOLLOWING DRIVERS.

STEPHANIE NUCKOLS AREA ONE BY 651 EIGHT MONTHS OF SERVICE.

DESIREE SMALLWOOD, AREA TWO BUS 28 ONE YEAR OF SERVICE.

MARISSA LE BAY AREA THREE.

BUS 613 ONE YEAR OF SERVICE AND ON MY DRIVER'S COUNCIL.

BARBARA HRUSKA AREA FOUR BY 695, 30 YEARS OF SERVICE.

MANUEL CURTIS.

AREA FIVE BUS 2011 YEAR OF SERVICE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR KIDS.

AND WE JUST APPRECIATE KNOWING.

AND AS A PARENT, I KNOW A LOT OF PARENTS CAN AGREE THAT IT'S IT'S VERY COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE PUT OUR KIDS ON THAT BUS AND SAY GOODBYE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, THAT WE'RE PUTTING THEM WITH SOMEONE WE TRUST AND SOMEBODY WHO LOVES THEM AND WANTS TO TAKE CARE OF THEM IN OUR ABSENCE.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT.

I WILL I WILL PASS THE MIC.

I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WHAT BRINGS YOU JOY IN YOUR DAY AS A BUS DRIVER? MAKING SURE ALL KIDS GET TO SCHOOL.

I WOULD SAY THE KIDS.

MY KIDS AND YOUR KIDS.

BECAUSE YOUR KIDS ARE MY BUS KIDS.

FOR 30 YEARS, I'VE HAD A LOT OF KIDS.

HATE TO REITERATE, BUT YEAH, THE KIDS, THEY'RE AMAZING.

THEY TELL YOU EVERYTHING ABOUT THEIR DAY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT IT.

I LOVE IT. I'LL PIGGYBACK THE KIDS AND IT FEELS GOOD, YOU KNOW, TO BE APPRECIATED AGAIN.

ALL THE KIDS AND SEEING THEIR SMILING FACES WHEN THEY GET ON AND THEY TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THEIR STORIES, IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR SOME OF THEIR STORIES.

ON THAT NOTE, I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I STARTED TEACHING, I MADE A PROMISE TO PARENTS THAT I WOULD BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT THEIR KIDS TELL ME, IF THEY BELIEVE HALF OF WHAT THEY TELL THEM. SO IN FAIRNESS, I'LL GIVE THE PARENTS A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY.

BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF OUR KIDS.

NEXT, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES.

MR. DUNBECK.

SORRY TO DISAPPOINT MY MR. DUNBECK, BUT MRS. DICKINSON. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR.

DR. DAUGHERTY, OTHER FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT'S WITH GREAT HONOR. TONIGHT, I GET TO REPRESENT MR. DUNBECK AND PRESENT THE RECOGNITION FOR THE FOOD OR THE FOUR OUTSTANDING FOOD NUTRITION SERVICES NOMINEES.

WHEN I TALK ABOUT OUR WORK AND SCHOOL NUTRITION, I OFTEN RELATE IT TO THE SELFLESS ACT OF BREAKING BREAD.

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BREAKING BREAD HAS THE NOTION OF FRIENDLINESS AND INFORMALITY.

EATING AND DRINKING IS OUR MOST BASIC HUMAN NEED, ONE THAT IS SHARED ACROSS GENDER, RACE, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, ORIENTATION, RELIGION, EDUCATION, AND AGE.

WHILE THIS NEED IS UNIVERSAL, IT'S ONE OF THOSE NEEDS WE OFTEN ONLY DISCUSS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

BUT EVERY DAY, SCHOOL NUTRITION AND PARTICULARLY TONIGHT'S HONOREES INVITE EVERY STUDENT AND EVEN ADULTS TO THE TABLE TO SHARE THE EXPERIENCE OF FOOD AND TOGETHERNESS AT THE TABLE WITH ONE ANOTHER, WE BEGIN TO FORM A POINT OF UNITY OR MUTUAL NEED FOR HUNGER TO BE SATISFIED AND FOR EACH STUDENT TO HAVE THIS NEED MET TO ENSURE THEY ARE READY AND ABLE TO LEARN.

WE CANNOT ASK FOR MORE CARING OR HARDWORKING INDIVIDUALS TO REPRESENT THIS NOTION.

THEY ARE TRULY EXAMPLES OF WHAT MAKES OUR TEAM SO EXCEPTIONAL.

OUR STAFF RECOGNITIONS THIS MONTH ARE HOSNY BATUBA.

MS. BATUBA IS A FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATE AT ROBIOUS MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SHE HAS BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR TWO YEARS.

SHE SAYS, I LOVE MY JOB BECAUSE I ENJOY WORKING WITH THE KIDS AND PLAYING A ROLE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

I ENJOY WORKING WITH MY COWORKERS.

NEXT IS TRACY GANO.

MS. GANO IS THE ASSISTANT MANAGER AT HARROGATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE HAS BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR NINE YEARS.

SHE SAYS MY FAVORITE PART OF MY JOB IS THE CHILDREN.

THAT AND I LOVE THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH.

I JUST HOPE THAT IN SOME SMALL WAY WE CAN MAKE AN IMPACT ON SOMEONE'S LIFE.

SUZANNE SEARS.

MS. SEARS IS A CAFETERIA MANAGER AT CLOVER HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE HAS BEEN EMPLOYED WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR TEN YEARS.

SHE SAYS, I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE CHILDREN OF ALL AGES WITH MEALS AND TO ENGAGE WITH THEM ON A DAILY BASIS.

I HOPE I HAVE ENRICHED THEIR LIVES AS MUCH AS THEY HAVE MINE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BONNIE MSKIBA.

MS. MSKIBA IS THE CAFETERIA MANAGER AT MATOACA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHE HAS BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 23 YEARS.

SHE SAYS, FOR ME, IT'S A CALLING.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH MANY CHANGES IN THIS BUSINESS AND WOULD HAVE WORKED WITH AND HAVE WORKED WITH MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

THE ONE CONSTANT FOR ME IS SEEING THE BEAUTIFUL SMILES ON THE FACES OF THE CHILDREN OF EACH DAY.

I DO MY BEST TO MAKE SURE EVERY CHILD THAT WANTS A MEAL HAS HAD A HEALTHY AND COMPLETE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT AND FOR WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.

AND I THINK SHE SAID IT BEST WHEN SHE SAID, WE'RE A TEAM.

WE'RE A TEAM HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY EDUCATING 64,000 STUDENTS.

WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR WONDERFUL BUS DRIVERS, CERTAINLY NOT WITHOUT OUR NUTRITION WORKERS.

AS SOMEONE WHO TAUGHT IN THE CLASSROOM FOR 34 YEARS, I KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT TEACH A HANGRY STUDENT AND WITH YOU NOT BEING THERE FOR THEM, SOME OF THEM WOULD NOT GET A MEAL.

AND SO THEY GET THEIR BREAKFAST, THEY GET THEIR LUNCH, AND THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A SATISFIED FULL TUMMY FOR A TEACHER TO HAVE A NICE CALM STUDENT TO THEM TRY TO IMPART SOME KNOWLEDGE ON.

SO WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY IS SO APPRECIATED.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING PART OF THE ENTIRE TEAM.

IF YOU JUST TAKE A MINUTE AND JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK.

WHAT IS IT THAT YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB THAT BRINGS YOU BACK FOR 23 YEARS? I, I LOVE THE CHILDREN.

I HAVE A SPECIAL LITTLE FRIEND THIS YEAR.

HE ASKED ME IF I'D BE HIS FRIEND THIS YEAR, AND HE'S A LITTLE KINDERGARTNER.

BUT YES, THE KIDS COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, WE GREET THEM IN THE MORNINGS AND WE GREET THEM AT LUNCH AND THEY'RE HAPPY. THEY'RE HAPPY BECAUSE THEY WANT PIZZA, THEY WANT FRIES, THEY WANT BURGERS.

BUT THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, EVERY CHILD, EVERY DAY, IF THEY'RE HUNGRY, THEY GET A MEAL AT OUR SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD THING.

AND WE KNOW AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE FED EVERY CHILD WE COULD IN THAT SCHOOL.

SO I LIKE KIDS AND I LIKE FOOD.

MY NAME IS TRACY AND I WORK AT HARROGATE.

AND MY FAVORITE THING IS THE CHILDREN.

AND WHEN THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT TACO TUESDAY, I JUST LOVE KIDS.

I LIKE TO BE WITH THEM AND I LIKE TO SEE THEIR BEAUTIFUL FACES EVERY DAY.

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NEXT, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH AND SCHOOL BOARD CLERK APPRECIATION WEEK.

MR. SMITH. THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF MORE THAN 850 SCHOOL MEMBERS ACROSS VIRGINIA CELEBRATED THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY AS PART OF THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL SCHOOL BOARD APPRECIATION MONTH.

THIS YEAR'S THEME, RISING TO THE CHALLENGE, REFLECTS THE PARTNERSHIP OF VIRGINIA'S SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION WITH LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AS THEY SERVE THEIR LOCAL SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND ADVOCATE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION, LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEADERS ON BEHALF OF ALL STUDENTS.

CHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS JOINS SCHOOL DIVISIONS ACROSS VIRGINIA AND THANKING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR VOLUNTARILY TACKLING THE ENORMOUS JOB OF GOVERNING OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS.

BOARD MEMBERS CONTRIBUTE HUNDREDS OF HOURS EACH YEAR LEADING OUR SCHOOL DIVISION, WHETHER IT'S WORKING ON POLICY, COLLABORATING WITH STAFF, LISTENING TO STAFF AND FAMILY CONCERNS, OR RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS. BOARD MEMBERS ALWAYS KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE GOALS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, EQUITABLE GOALS AND SOLUTIONS, SAFE SCHOOLS AND HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THESE CHESTER COUNTY LEADERS.

CHAIR ANNE COKER BERMUDA DISTRICT.

VICE CHAIR KATHERINE HAYNES MIDLOTHIAN DISTRICT.

DOROTHY HEFFRON CLOVERHILL DISTRICT.

DEBBIE BAILEY DALE DISTRICT.

AND RYAN HARTER FROM MATOACA DISTRICT.

DR. DAUGHERTY. I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO SAY, SEAN.

I MEAN, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO THANK YOU ON YOUR IN FRONT OF YOUR FLOWERS AND THIS CERTIFICATE, WHICH WILL NOT GET YOU FRIES ANYWHERE.

BUT WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

IF YOU'RE NOT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, YOU YOU REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY THAT THESE FIVE PEOPLE PUT IN TO THE SCHOOL DIVISION.

THEY'RE ARE WITH ME IN SCHOOLS ALL THE TIME.

WE DO GAME CHANGES TOGETHER.

WE'RE AT EVENTS TOGETHER.

THEY SACRIFICE FAMILY TIME.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY POSITION I KNOW OF THAT YOU GET ELECTED.

YOU HAVE THE TAXING AUTHORITY AND PEOPLE CAN ABUSE YOU ANY WAY THEY WANT.

AND YOU STAY TOGETHER.

YOU WORK HARD.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS A LONG TIME, AND THIS BOARD CARES 100% ABOUT CHILDREN.

THEY CARE ABOUT THE STAFF AND THE DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT IT IS A QUALITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I APPRECIATE YOU, OUR STAFF, APPRECIATE YOU.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU KNOW THAT WE VALUE WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU.

IN ADDITION, THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL ASSOCIATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS DESIGNATED THE THIRD WEEK IN FEBRUARY AS VSBA SCHOOL BOARD CLERK APPRECIATION WEEK, WITH A GOAL OF BUILDING AWARENESS OF THE ROLE OF SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS PLAY AND HELPING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENTS AND SCHOOLS RECOGNIZING SCHOOL BOARD CLERKS FOR A JOB WELL DONE TAKES A CONCERTED EFFORT ON THE PART OF ALL THOSE WHO SERVE SCHOOL MEMBERS, SUPERINTENDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL STAFF, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY.

WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE SERVICE OF CHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT AND CLERK TO THE SCHOOL BOARD.

COME ON UP HERE. SO FIRST I NEED TO AMEND THE AGENDA NOTES.

AMEND SEAN'S SPEECH HERE AT THE CENTER.

THIS IS ABOUT YOU. YEAH, IT'S ABOUT YOU.

YES. WE NEED TO AMEND JOHN'S SPEECH.

I THINK THAT YOU STATED THAT IT WAS HUNDREDS OF HOURS A YEAR.

ACTUALLY, I THINK IT'S THOUSANDS OR TENS OF THOUSANDS.

MAYBE WE CAN GET A CONSENSUS OVER HERE.

BUT. AND THE ONLY REASON IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE TENS OF THOUSANDS.

THE REASON IT LOOKS LIKE HUNDREDS IS BECAUSE OF YOU.

I THINK PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE WE HAVE OVER 20 COMMITTEES.

WE ALL STAFF, MULTIPLE COMMITTEES AND ALL OF THE ADDITION TO ALL THE THINGS YOU DO, THE EXTRA ADMIN WORK THAT GOES.

AND AND WHEN THE BOARD DECIDES TO ADD ANOTHER COMMITTEE, WE ADDED THE ENVIRONMENTAL, WHICH YOU KNOW, I ADORE LIKE MY BABY, BUT SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT THAT ALSO MEANS EXTRA DUTIES ON YOU AND YOU NEVER COMPLAIN AND YOU JUST YOU GET IT DONE AND YOU MAKE US LOOK GOOD.

BECAUSE I AM NOT A VERY ORGANIZED PERSON, BUT I LOOK ORGANIZED.

AND IT'S BECAUSE WHEN I'M ABOUT TO DROP A BALL, YOU'RE THERE TO CATCH IT BEFORE IT EVEN HITS THE GROUND.

SO WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOU.

THIS IS TAKE THAT TO STARBUCKS AND SAY YOU FREE COFFEE FOR A YEAR BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DESERVE.

SO DO YOU HAVE ANY FAMILY HERE TODAY TO OR I'M SURE THEY'RE WATCHING AT HOME?

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BUT ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHY YOU PUT UP WITH US, BECAUSE I KNOW WE ARE HARD TO WRANGLE.

WHY DO YOU STAY HERE? ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK FOR YOU.

I'VE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE.

SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU ALL FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

AND I'M GOING TO MISS ME WHEN Y'ALL ARE HERE, SO THANK YOU.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HOPE THAT SOME OF US WILL STAY TO CARRY ON THE LEGACY OF THE SPORT.

WE NEED THAT. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL FOR TONIGHT.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL TONIGHT'S HONOREES AND THE WONDERFUL RECOGNITION THAT WE WERE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE TONIGHT.

NEXT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.

[F. Public Comment]

MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THIS EVENING'S IN-PERSON SPEAKERS? MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

THEY ARE JAN WADLEY, JENNAE BROWN, DENISHA POTTS, DOMINIQUE CHATTERS, MICHAEL CARABINERS, ROBERT EBBERS AND WENDY LITTLE.

EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE 4 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 READ WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.

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

PLEASE HAVE YOUR MATERIALS ORGANIZED IN A MANNER THAT AS YOU ARRIVE AT THE PODIUM, YOU'RE PREPARED TO START SPEAKING.

PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMENTS EQUIVALENT TO CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR IN VIOLATION OF SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 1110 ARE PROHIBITED.

MAY WE HAVE DAN WADELICK.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU.

HELLO. BOARD. MY NAME IS DAN WADELICK, BUT VERY CLOSE.

I TEACH HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH.

I'M A PARENT. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CLOVER HILL DISTRICT.

AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT POLICY 3035.

APOLOGIES. I GENERALLY SUPPORT SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 3035.

AMAZING LITERATURE HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT HUMAN SEXUALITY, AND SOME OF IT DESERVES TO BE TAUGHT ON OTHER MERITS BECAUSE IT'S GOOD.

THAT BEING SAID, THE THOUGHT OF DISCUSSING SEX WITH MY STUDENTS OUTSIDE OF SOME AMAZING EDUCATIONAL REASON YUCK, NO INTEREST.

SO I'M OKAY WITH JUSTIFYING EXPLICIT TEXT IN MY SYLLABUS AND I'M OKAY WITH PREPARING REASONABLE ASSESSMENTS AND ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTS ASSIGNMENTS.

I'M NOT OKAY WITH HOW 3035 STIGMATIZES HOMOSEXUALITY, WHICH IS THE THING WE JUST KIND OF KEEP COMING BACK TO IN THIS COUNTRY AND COMMONWEALTH.

AND IT DOES THAT BY EQUATING HOMOSEXUALITY IN TOTAL TO MASTURBATION OR STIMULATING SEXUAL ORGANS FOR GRATIFICATION IN THE SAME SENTENCE.

THIS LANGUAGE WAS ADOPTED FROM THE STATE CODE.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS BOARD DID CLARIFY IN THE TEXT THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATION WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO SINGLE OUT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT ORIENTATION IS NOT BEHAVIOR.

AND THERE'S STILL A QUESTION OF LANGUAGE HERE.

AND IF IT SEEMS LIKE I'M QUIBBLING ABOUT THAT, I AM AN ENGLISH TEACHER, THIS IS WHAT I'M PAID TO DO.

THE FACT THAT THIS LANGUAGE IS IN THE STATE CODE TO ME IS BACKWARDS NONSENSE.

I FIGURE WE ARE WELL PAST THE TIME WHEN WE EQUATED BEING EQUATED BEING GAY WITH SEXUAL DEVIANCY.

SAME WAY IN VIRGINIA.

WE USED TO THINK THAT INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE WAS DEVIANT AND WE'VE LEARNED OUR LESSON.

THIS DISTRICT HAS GAY TEACHERS, GAY STUDENTS, GAY PARENTS.

THERE IS NO AGENDA.

NOBODY IS FORCIBLY MAKING STUDENTS JOIN THE LGBTQ CLUB IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY IN IT.

NOTHING I CAN SAY OR DO.

NO BOOK I CAN GIVE A STUDENT CAN TURN THEM GAY.

THEY ARE OR THEY ARE NOT.

AND I THINK THAT WHEN WE SEE POLICIES LIKE THIS, IT SHOWS US THAT THESE GAY STUDENTS, THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN OUR SCHOOLS, THEY REALLY HAVE MORE TO FEAR FROM STRAIGHT PEERS AND PARENTS AND POLITICIANS THAN WE HAVE TO FEAR FROM THEM.

SO WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT? HOMOSEXUALITY CANNOT MAKE EXPLICIT CONTENT MORE EXPLICIT; RIGHT? A GAY KISS AND A STRAIGHT KISS MEAN THE SAME THING.

AND ACCORDING TO THIS POLICY, A HARDER, MORE EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT SHOULD MEAN THE SAME THING NO MATTER WHO IS DOING IT.

WHAT I REQUEST, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A MATTER OF STATE REQUIREMENTS AND MANDATES.

I REQUEST THAT THIS BOARD AMEND 3035 OR CLARIFY IT.

THE TEXT WAS SAME SEX SEXUAL CONTENT, NOT JUST CHARACTERS OF DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS ARE JUDGED TO THE EXACT SAME STANDARDS AS OTHER TEXT.

I WISH WE COULD GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND MAKE THAT EXPLICIT.

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I REALLY DO. SO IF YOU COULD ACKNOWLEDGE IN WRITING THAT THAT STATE CODE IS PRETTY BROADLY WRITTEN AND THAT HOMOSEXUALITY HERE IN CHESTERFIELD DOES NOT IMMEDIATELY EQUAL SEXUAL DEVIANCY, BE NICE TO JUST HEAR THAT.

THAT YOU'RE NOT DEVIANT JUST FOR BEING GAY.

THIS POLICY MAKES KIDS AFRAID OF YOU, WHICH IT DOES, YOU'RE FACELESS PEOPLE TO THEM.

AND THEY HEAR THIS, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE GETTING BAD OR THINGS LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE AFRAID. SO LET'S MAKE IT NOT THE CASE.

ONE LAST THING IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.

I THINK OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD REMEMBER MATTHEW SEVEN THREE.

JESUS REMINDS FOLLOWERS TO LOOK TO THEIR OWN EYES FIRST.

MANY PARENTS GIVE CHILDREN SMARTPHONES, WHICH ARE THE GREATEST TOOLS FOR ACCESSING OBSCENE MATERIAL ON DEMAND EVER INVENTED.

SO I WOULD SAY PARENTS OF THE COUNTY BOARD, MAYBE YOU CAN REMIND THEM, CHECK YOUR PARENTAL CONTROLS.

YOUR STUDENTS ARE USING THOSE PHONES INSTEAD OF DOING THE READING IN MY CLASS.

ANYWAY. BOARD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THIS IS WHAT OUR LEGISLATORS TELL US PARENTS NEED.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO BETTER ON BEHALF OF OUR KIDS AND SIGNAL TO THEM HOW MUCH THEY MATTER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GINNY BROWN? DANISHA POTTS ? GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

BOARD DENISHA POTTS MATOACA DISTRICT.

COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

REFLECTING BACK ON SUPERINTENDENT DAUGHERTY'S BUDGET FOR CONSIDERATION.

I KNOW YOU ALL RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE COMMITTEE AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN SOME CLARIFICATION ON THE TRAILER LEASES.

YOUR BUDGET INDICATED FALLING CREEK HOPKINS MOSELEY TO ADDRESS THE GROWTH NEEDS.

AND WHEN I THINK OF TRAILER LEASES, I RECALL OUR FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MADE THE PROPOSAL THAT REPRESENTED MATOACA THE BUILDING THAT THE PURPOSE OF BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL IN MOSELEY WAS TO ADDRESS THE GROWTH.

WITH THAT BEING A NEW SCHOOL AND YOU HAD A TRAILER ON THE PROPERTY, DID WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AS FAR AS CONDUCTING AN ASSESSMENT OF THE GROWTH TO INDICATE THE NUMBER OF SPACE OR SEATS THAT'S NEEDED BEFORE WE START THESE DEVELOPMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SCHOOLS? I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE STILL HAVING TRAILERS ON NEWLY BUILT SCHOOLS ON THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S A SOME AMOUNT OF $550,000 ALLOCATED FOR THE TRAILERS.

BUT I THOUGHT WE WERE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM TRAILERS BECAUSE OF SAFETY ISSUES.

SO SECOND THING, MOVING ALL METAL, I MEAN, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS, THAT IS DEFINITELY A NEED I'M ALWAYS GOING TO SUPPORT.

WHEN DR. LANE WAS THE SUPERINTENDENT, I MET WITH HIM AND I WANTED IN HIS SHORT TERM GOALS TO HAVE A FULL TIME LICENSED COUNSELOR AND NURSE AT EVERY SCHOOL.

THAT WAS BEFORE COVID AND BEFORE THE MASS SHOOTINGS, ALL OF THAT.

I DID NOT SEE NURSES ALLOCATION FOR FULL TIME NURSES.

WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THE FORMULA TO ELIMINATE SHARED COUNSELORS 1.1 MILLION.

IF I CAN SEE SOME SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT THAT SAYS IS THIS ELIMINATING SHARED COUNSELORS AND THIS MONEY THAT YOU'RE ALLOCATING OR EARMARKING FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS IS FOR FULL TIME A FULL TIME LICENSED COUNSELOR FOR EACH SCHOOL, IF THAT CAN BE WRITTEN AT IT SOMEWHERE IN THE LANGUAGE.

THE NEXT THING, THE LAST I SAW IN THE MEDIA, AND I'M JUST BRINGING UP THESE LITTLE HIGHLIGHTS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, WE NEED THESE SPECIFICATIONS SO THAT YOU AS A BOARD CAN MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN PROVIDE THEIR INPUT.

BECAUSE IF THE SUPERINTENDENT, THE MEDIA, CHANNEL EIGHT REPORTED THAT THE PROGRAMS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE CUT, IT WARNS OF A

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SO WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED NOW AND WHERE WE PROJECT FOR THE FUTURE.

SO I NEED ALL OF THOSE SPECIFICATIONS MOVING FORWARD, A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, DETAILED BUDGET SO WE KNOW WHERE THIS MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED.

THE EVERYDAY PERSON MAY NOT KNOW SOME OF THIS LANGUAGE YOU HAVE IN YOUR BUDGET AND ALSO I AM IN SUPPORT OF FALLING CREEK MIDDLE, EVEN THOSE ITEMS OUT OF MY DISTRICT CONTINUING TO YEAR AROUND PROGRAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

DOMINIQUE CHATTERS? SORRY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

DOMINIQUE CHATTERS DALE DISTRICT.

IN RECOGNITION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, HERE ARE SOME QUOTES THAT APPLY FOR EDUCATION FROM 1960S 1950S THAT UNFORTUNATELY STILL APPLY TODAY.

THE PARADOX OF EDUCATION IS PRECISELY THIS THAT AS ONE BEGINS TO BECOME CONSCIOUS, ONE BEGINS TO EXAMINE THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE IS BEING EDUCATED. JAMES BALDWIN.

WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY THAT WE HOPE DOESN'T SPREAD IN OUR COUNTY IS DIVISIVENESS OVER THINGS THAT USED TO BE COMMONPLACE.

DIVISIVENESS OVER THE DEFINITIONS OF EQUITY AND EQUALITY, WHICH I NEED TO SAY WHAT THE DEFINITION IS FOR THE RECORD . EQUALITY IS ABOUT GIVING INDIVIDUALS OR GROUP THE SAME THING.

EQUITY RECOGNIZES THAT EACH PERSON HAS A DIFFERENT NEED, AND IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL, WE RESOURCE THEM WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

IT'S NOT ABOUT CHANGING STANDARDS, LOWERING STANDARDS, MAKING THINGS EASIER FOR ONE DEMOGRAPHIC OVER THE OTHER.

IT'S ABOUT EQUIPPING OUR STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

THE FUNCTION OF EDUCATION, THEREFORE, IS TO TEACH ONE, TO THINK INTENSIVELY AND TO THINK CRITICALLY.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

WHAT WE SEE GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY, HOPEFULLY, AND WE'VE SEEN IT HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY REGARDING BOOKS AND BANNING OF BOOKS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE TERM PARENTAL RIGHTS BEING THROWN AROUND.

VERY OFTEN NO ONE IS TAKING PARENTS RIGHTS AWAY, JUST LIKE NO ONE IS TEACHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY.

JUST LIKE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, THERE ISN'T REALLY ONE, RIGHT? THE ISSUE WE'RE HAVING AS A COMMUNITY IS WE'RE TALKING PAST EACH OTHER AND NOT TO EACH OTHER.

SO ONCE WE START TO REALIZE THAT EDUCATION IS MEANT FOR US TO THINK CRITICALLY, WE CAN'T BAN BOOKS BECAUSE THEY HELP US THINK CRITICALLY.

WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BOOK, MAKE SURE THE BOOK IS AGE APPROPRIATE.

BUT TO TAKE A BOOK OUT OF A LIBRARY AT A HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE IT'S INAPPROPRIATE FOR A NINTH GRADER, DENIES MY RIGHT FOR MY CHILD, WHO MIGHT BE A 12TH GRADER TO READ THAT BOOK.

SO THE RIGHTS OF ONE PERSON CANNOT TRAMPLE THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER, OR NONE OF US HAVE RIGHTS.

FINALLY, AMERICAN HISTORY IS BLACK HISTORY.

I ASK THAT YOU PLEASE CONTINUE TO EMBRACE AND FIGHT FOR EQUITY AND EQUALITY IN OUR SCHOOLS.

AND BECAUSE WORDS MATTER.

WE KNOW THE DEFINITIONS OF THOSE WORDS.

SO PLEASE DON'T LET ANYONE CONFLATE WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY STUDENT GETS WHAT THEY NEED.

IN THE PROPOSAL FOR THE BUDGET, MR. DAUGHERTY LAID OUT THE PER PUPIL COST.

WE RANK NUMBER FIVE, BUT WE HAVE 64,000 CHILDREN SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN OURS.

INVEST MORE IN THEIR CHILDREN THAN WE DO.

AND THE MEASURE OF A SOCIETY IS WHERE YOU PUT YOUR MONEY.

I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT.

THAT WASN'T FOR YOU.

OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE WATCHING WHERE THEY DECIDE TO PUT THE MONEY.

PLEASE PUT IT IN EDUCATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. CHATTERS. MICHAEL CARIBENOS? THIS HAS BEEN A PRETTY PLEASANT EVENING, MISS [INAUDIBLE], WHO HAS JUST RECOGNIZED UP HERE AS PART OF ICON OF PERSONAL FINANCE.

IT'S ACTUALLY MY DAUGHTER'S TEACHER, AND I HEAR STORIES ABOUT HER A LOT, SO IT'S NICE TO ACTUALLY SEE HER BE RECOGNIZED.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

TALKING ABOUT TALKING PAST EACH OTHER VERSUS TALKING TO EACH OTHER.

AND I HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION WITH SOMEBODY WHO I USUALLY DISAGREE WITH HERE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, AND WE DON'T AGREE THAT'S TRUE.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE PARENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THESE ISSUES THAT HAVE THE BEST INTENTIONS.

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THE AVERAGE SCHOOL LIBRARY HAS 13,000 BOOKS IN IT.

THESE BOOKS HAVE HUNDREDS OF PAGES PER BOOKS.

SO WHY IS IT, WHEN I LOOK NATIONWIDE AT THESE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AT FOX NEWS, NPR, EPOCH TIMES, TEXAS TRIBUNE, NEW YORK TIMES. I KEEP SEEING THE SAME PICTURES FROM THE SAME HANDFUL OF PAGES, FROM THE SAME HANDFUL OF BOOKS, 51 MILLION BOOKS, 13,000 PER SCHOOL.

THE SAME BOOKS KEEP SHOWING UP.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE THOSE PICTURES IN THOSE BOOKS WERE HANDPICKED TO CREATE THE GREATEST EMOTIONAL RESPONSE BECAUSE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT GETTING BOOKS BANNED FOR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT OR WHATEVER OPENS THE DOOR, GETS THE FOOT IN THE DOOR, AS ONE SPEAKER ALREADY TALKED ABOUT, VIRGINIA STILL CLASSIFIES HOMOSEXUALITY AS SEXUALLY EXPLICIT.

NOT THE ACT, JUST THE WORD, JUST THE EXISTENCE.

OPENING THE DOOR TO HAVING BOOKS BANNED MAY NOT BE THE INTENT.

IT MAY NOT BE THE INTENTION OF THOSE WHO WANT TO GET CERTAIN EXPLICIT BOOKS OFF THE SHELVES, BUT IT OPENS THE DOOR TO GETTING THOSE BOOKS OFF THE SHELVES TO ERASURE.

ERASURE OF COMMUNITIES.

WHEN ONE IS DIMINISHED, WE ARE ALL DIMINISHED.

I'M NOT GAY, BUT I'LL STAND HERE AND DEFEND THE GAY COMMUNITY.

I'M NOT TRANS. I'LL STAND HERE TO DEFEND THE TRANS COMMUNITY.

I'M NOT BLACK. I'LL STAND HERE AND DEFEND THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN PICTURES OF MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA CLASSROOM LIBRARIES WIPED CLEAN BECAUSE TEACHERS ARE AFRAID OF FELONY CHARGES FOR HAVING THE WRONG BOOK ON THEIR SHELVES.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR AND YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL.

OUE LEGAL SYSTEM THAT SAYS THAT ANY PERSON IS INNOCENT UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.

WE SHOULD HOLD OUR BOOKS TO THE SAME STANDARD.

YES, I'M SURE THERE ARE GUILTY BOOKS OUT THERE, BUT ANY TIME A BOOK IS CHALLENGED, WE NEED WE OWE IT TO EACH OTHER TO HOLD THAT BOOK TO THE GREATEST POSSIBLE INVESTIGATIVE STANDARD.

BEFORE WE PULL THAT BOOK.

WE CANNOT TAKE ACTION ON BOOKS WITH A SIMPLE ONE LINE COMMENT AND A ONE CONVERSATION.

WE NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL INVESTIGATION OF EVERY BOOK BEFORE ACTION IS TAKEN.

I DO SUPPORT THAT CHANGE TO THE POLICY TO EXPLICITLY SAY THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO ERASE THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY BY THAT POLICY.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THAT OPEN DOOR HAS ALREADY IN VIRGINIA LED TO THE BANNING OF BOOKS LIKE THE HANDMAID'S TALE MOUSE IN FLORIDA. THE AUDACITY OF HOPE AND STAMP FROM THE BEGINNING HAVE BEEN ALREADY BANNED.

SO SOME OF THESE YES PARENTS HERE, A NUMBER OF PARENTS HERE HAVE THE BEST INTENTIONS WHEN THAT DOOR GETS OPEN AND IT BECOMES TOO EASY AND THAT THAT SLIDE GETS SLICKED. IT'S NOT A FAR JOURNEY FROM BANNING THIS BOOK AND THAT BOOK TO EMPTY SHELVES AND MANATEE COUNTY AND PARENTS GROUPS GOING THROUGH SEARCHING LOCKERS FOR CONTRABAND BOOKS.

AND THAT ROAD LEADS TO SOMEWHERE WE ALREADY SAW LAST CENTURY.

WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BOOKS LIKE MOUSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CARABINERS. ROBERT EMMERT.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

GOD IS GOOD. I'M HERE AS A MIRACLE.

SOME OF YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH.

ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.

HIT BY A CAR 15 FEET UP IN THE AIR.

HERE I AM TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

YOU GUYS SIT IN FRONT OF THE BOARD, TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

REAL QUICK. THE 3035 ALREADY ADDRESSES THE HOMOSEXUALITY THAT I CAN OR ANY ORGANIZATION OR ANYBODY CAN NOT JUST TARGET A BOOK JUST BECAUSE OF HOMOSEXUALITY.

I BELIEVE THAT'S STILL ALREADY WRITTEN IN THE 3035.

MAYBE I'M INCORRECT ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT'S HOW I READ IT.

SO I HAVE PARENTS REACH OUT TO ME A LOT ABOUT BOOKS THAT THEIR KIDS WERE ASSIGNED.

3035 TAKES CARE OF THAT.

3031 CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR PARENT HAD A BOOK THAT WAS A BOOK REPORT, THE SEVENTH GRADE, THAT SHE HAD TO DRAW A PICTURE EXPLAINING THE CHAPTER AS REQUESTED.

AND IT JUST HAPPENED TO BE A FATHER HAVING A SEX CHANGE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE DOES THAT IN THE CLASS, BUT LUCKILY THAT WORKED OUT, HELPED THE PARENT.

THE TEACHER REASSIGNED ANOTHER BOOK AND THEY GAVE IT AN EXTENSION ON THAT THING.

SO THAT POLICY ACTUALLY WORKED IN THAT INSTANCE DIDN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN.

ANOTHER 13 YEAR OLD HAD TO READ A BOOK OR THE MAGICAL FISH FOR A GRADE A CHAPTER BOOK, WHERE, GIVEN A FEW QUESTIONS, THE BOOK IS ABOUT A BOY COMING OUT TO HIS PARENTS.

THE KID HAD NO IDEA.

AND I HAVE A POINT OF ALL THIS.

I HAVE MULTIPLE REPORTS.

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GOT TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT IS THERE WAS A SENATE BILL THAT WAS ACTUALLY PRESENTED IN FRONT OF COMMITTEE AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BUT IT GOT KILLED.

SO HERE I AM NOW LOCALLY.

I WAS WAITING FOR THAT TO GET KILLED.

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO KIND OF DO SOME KIND OF TRANSPARENCY CONTENT IN THE BOOKS, LABELING, AS YOU KNOW.

IS THERE LGBTQ? IS THERE SEXUAL EXPRESSION? IS THERE VIOLENCE? I MEAN, ALL REALMS, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF PUT CATEGORIES ON IT ON BOOKSHELVES AS WELL, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THERE.

THE KIDS DON'T NEED TO BE INADVERTENTLY PICKING IT OUT THEMSELVES BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW SOME PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS.

I GET THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE A CONTENT TRANSPARENCY, A CONTENT BASED LIBRARY MATERIALS RATING, WHICH I'VE ALREADY GAVE ONCE BEFORE.

YOU GUYS THEN PICK IT UP AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T EMAIL IT TO YOU, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT TOO.

MOVING ON, 2 MINUTES FLAG DISPLAY POLICY.

THE ONLY FLAGS OR BANNERS THAT SHOULD BE FLOWN POST OR FIXED TO THE GROUND STADIUMS, FENCING, WALLS, DOOR SEALING, OR ANY OTHER PRETENSES OF PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BUILDING OR FACILITY OWNED AS OPERATED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ARE AS FOLLOWS.

AND BEFORE I READ THESE, I DO NOT SEE HALF THE FLAGS IN DISPLAY AND THAT'S IN THE SCHOOLS ANYWHERE IN THE BOARDROOM, ANYWHERE TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS YOUR POLITICAL BELIEFS. WE ALREADY HAVE A POLICY 6100 THAT CREATES A BANNING OF POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND POLITICAL DISPLAY OF FLAGS.

THE ONLY FLAGS THAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN SCHOOLS OR THE OFFICIAL UNITED STATES FLAG, THE CURRENT COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FLAG, THE CURRENT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FLAG, ANY MILITARY ASSOCIATION FLAG, SUCH FLAGS AS PART OF A ALSO TEMPORARY UNIT OF STUDY WITHIN THE APPROVED CURRICULUM FLAGS OR BANNERS THAT PROMOTE OR I'M SORRY, DENOTE RECOGNITION OF ACHIEVEMENT, SPORTS FLAGS OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR TOURNAMENT BANNERS RECOGNIZING THE PARTICIPATION OF A SCHOOL TEAM, BANNERS FROM COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS. NOW, I KNOW I KIND OF HAD A LITTLE CRINGING WHEN I SAID OTHER COUNTRY'S FLAGS, I THINK OVER HERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST FOR EXTRA CURRICULUM, HISTORY, WHATNOT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE STUDENTS OF ALL NATIONS IN OUR CLASS, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE FROM ALL ACROSS THE WORLD. AND SO I DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT AS LONG AS THE AMERICAN FLAG WAS ACTUALLY MORE PROMINENT THAN OTHER COUNTRY'S FLAGS.

SO IF THEY WANT TO DISPLAY IT, THE AMERICAN FLAG SHOULD ALWAYS BE LARGER.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S BASICALLY AND I'M A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BLM FLAG, THE LGBTQ FLAG, BUT, YOU KNOW, DON'T TREAD ON ME FLAG.

IT'S THE THIN BLUE LINE FLAG.

I MEAN, I SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS 100%.

DON'T TREAD ON ME IS, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE ARE POLITICAL THINGS.

AND IF WE NEED TO LABEL SOME OF THESE THINGS AS POLITICAL AND PUT THEM UNDER POLICY 6100.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ABBOTT. BUT THE LITTLE.

MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

NEXT WE HAVE THIS EVENING SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT, DR.

[G. Superintendent's Report]

MEGAN, YOU'RE ON.

GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS MEGAN PERNO, AND I'M AN ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT THE CHESTERFIELD VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

I'M HONORED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF DR.

BRUCE FILLMAN TO SHARE UPDATES RELATED TO THE INAUGURAL YEAR OF THE CHESTERFIELD VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL BRIEFLY REVIEW VIRTUAL LEARNING AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT.

OUR DEVELOPING LEARNING MODEL STAFFING COURSE OFFERINGS, CURRENT ENROLLMENT, FUTURE ENROLLMENT AND SOME SUCCESSES TO DATE.

THE CHESTERFIELD VIRTUAL SCHOOL EMBODIES THE CCPS STRATEGIC PLAN.

IT IS THE FOUNDATION FOR EVERYTHING WE DO.

WE ARE NOT ONLY IMAGINING TOMORROW, WE ARE HELPING TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE A BETTER TOMORROW A REALITY.

AN INFINITE LEARNER MINDSET IS THE DRIVING FORCE IN OUR EFFORTS TO MOVE PAST PANDEMIC VIRTUAL TEACHING PRACTICES THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED IN A TIME OF CRISIS TO CREATING, DEFINING AND IMPLEMENTING BEST VIRTUAL TEACHING PRACTICES.

THESE INCLUDE PURPOSEFUL TEACHING AND MODELING OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FORGING STRONG RELATIONS WITH FAMILIES.

INSTRUCTION AT THE CHESTERFIELD VIRTUAL SCHOOL IS AN ADAPTATION OF THE CCP'S INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL.

INSTRUCTION IS SYNCHRONOUS AND INCLUDES TIME FOR WHOLE GROUP INSTRUCTION, SMALL GROUP INSTRUCTION GROUP WORK AND INDEPENDENT PRACTICE.

TO DO THIS, WE INTEGRATE A HOST OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES, A FEW OF WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE.

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THESE INCLUDE MATH LEARNING MATS, MATH COUNTERS, GRAPHING WHITEBOARDS, NOVELS, OTHER MANIPULATIVES AND INCENTIVES.

TO DO THIS, WE'VE LEVERAGED IN-PERSON SOCIAL TESTING DATES, COORDINATING PICKUP DATES WITH SOL GROWTH ASSESSMENTS TO MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THAT OUR FAMILIES NEED TO MAKE TO THE CVS CAMPUS.

WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO EXPAND THIS PRACTICE FOR NEXT YEAR BY PLANNING PICKUP DATES THAT CORRELATE WITH OUR FALL SOL GROWTH ASSESSMENTS.

OUR STAFFING MODEL IS SIMILARLY SIMILAR TO THAT OF OTHER SCHOOLS WITHIN CCPS WITH MINOR ADJUSTMENTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE DO NOT HAVE A CLINIC AIDE OR A NURSE OR GENERAL EDUCATION INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE.

BASED ON OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT PROJECTIONS, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 800 STUDENTS, WE WILL HAVE 59 TEACHERS IN GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR. WHAT DOES MAKE OUR STAFFING UNIQUE IS THAT WE EMPLOY TEACHERS FROM TEN DIFFERENT STATES AND ALL ACROSS VIRGINIA.

THIS ALLOWS US TO RECRUIT THE BEST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES, PROVIDE A MORE DIVERSE FACULTY, AND TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON THE LOCAL CANDIDATE POOL.

FOR OUR ELEMENTARY GRADES, OUR COURSE OFFERINGS ARE COMPARABLE TO THE OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

OUR STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THEIR CORE SUBJECTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND FOLLOW US AT ROTATION OF RESOURCE CLASSES.

OUR SPECIALISTS PROVIDE INTERVENTION SUPPORT IN BOTH READING AND MATH FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ADDITION TO THE CORE CONTENT REQUIREMENTS.

WE OFFER A VARIETY OF ELECTIVE COURSES DRIVEN BY STUDENT INTEREST AND ENROLLMENT TO INCREASE OUR COURSE OFFERINGS FOR ACCELERATED COURSES AND ELECTIVES WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH ONLINE. SORRY.

FOR THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR, OUR ENROLLMENT HAS REMAINED FAIRLY STABLE AT JUST OVER 800 STUDENTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THESE STUDENTS ARE IN GRADES K THROUGH FIVE.

THIS PIE GRAPH SHOWS THE DISTRIBUTION BY MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT WITH THE BERMUDA AND DALE DISTRICTS ACCOUNTING FOR THE LARGEST ENROLLMENT WITHIN THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR ENROLLMENT DISTRIBUTED OVER THE GRADE LEVELS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, ENROLLMENT GENERALLY INCREASES WITH EACH GRADE LEVEL.

KINDERGARTEN HAS OUR LOWEST ENROLLMENT AT 36 STUDENTS, AND SEVENTH GRADE IS OUR LARGEST, WITH 150 STUDENTS.

A FEW OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST ABOUT OUR ENROLLMENT INCLUDE 126 STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES, 43 STUDENTS WITH A 504 PLAN.

34 STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER SERVICES.

44 STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS GIFTED AND 43.2% OF OUR STUDENTS COMING FROM TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.

THIS GRAPH SHOWS OUR ENROLLMENT BY DEMOGRAPHIC.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE SERVE A RATHER RACIALLY DIVERSE STUDENT POPULATION.

IN ADDITION TO OUR RACIAL DIVERSITY, 16 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE SPOKEN IN OUR FAMILY'S HOMES.

VIRTUAL SCHOOL ENROLLMENT CAN BE EXPLAINED IN TWO DISTINCT CATEGORIES OUR CURRENT STUDENTS AND NEW OR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS.

ALL STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THE CHESTERFIELD VIRTUAL SCHOOL WILL REMAIN ENROLLED.

IF A FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THEIR SCHOOL OF RESIDENCE, THEY MUST GO TO THEIR SCHOOL OF RESIDENCE AND COMPLETE ENROLLMENT PAPERWORK.

WE ASK FOR PLANNING PURPOSES THAT STUDENTS INTENDING TO RETURN TO THEIR SCHOOL OF RESIDENCE INFORM US PRIOR TO APRIL 28TH.

NEW STUDENTS ARE GUARANTEED ENROLLMENT BETWEEN THE DATES OF FEBRUARY 6TH AND MARCH 31ST.

ENROLLMENT WILL REMAIN OPEN ON A SPACE AVAILABLE STATUS THROUGH APRIL 28TH.

STUDENTS CAN STILL ENROLL IF SPACE ALLOWS BASED ON STAFFING.

THIS CORRESPONDS WITH CCPS ONLINE'S REGISTRATION WINDOW.

IN ADDITION, FIVE SEATS PER GRADE LEVEL WILL BE CONTINUED WILL BE HELD FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PLACEMENTS.

OVER THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, OUR STUDENTS HAVE WORKED HARD TO BUILD LEARNING EXPERIENCES THAT ARE UNIQUE TO THE NEEDS OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES WE SERVE.

TO DO THIS, WE HAVE PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO GETTING TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR.

SOME CELEBRATIONS AND SUCCESSES INCLUDE FREQUENT LUNCH BRUNCHES WITH OUR COUNSELORS.

17 ESTABLISHED STUDENT CLUBS.

CLUBS WERE FORMED BASED ON STUDENT INTEREST DATA AND DESIGNED TO PROMOTE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND CONNECTION.

WE SURVEYED ALL STUDENTS GRADES K THROUGH EIGHT ABOUT THEIR INTERESTS, WITH LITTLE OVER 315 STUDENTS RESPONDING TO OUR SURVEY.

THE CLUBS WITH THE HIGHEST REQUESTS WERE THE CLUBS THAT WERE CREATED FOR THIS YEAR.

WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR CLUB OFFERINGS IN THE FUTURE BASED ON STUDENT AND STAFF INTERESTS.

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SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL CLUBS ARE THE CVS CREATES ART, VORACIOUS READING VIPERS AND ANIME CLUB, THE VALIANT RUNNING VIPERS, YOUNG ASTRONAUTS, CVS TEAM STEAM, VIPER SQUAD, A PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM CLUB, THE NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY, AND THE UNITY CLUB.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS PICTURE, WE HAD A WONDERFUL TURNOUT FOR OUR EIGHTH GRADERS TO ATTEND MISSION TOMORROW.

ADDITIONALLY, THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY STARTED A PIZZA WITH MORE THAN 100 MEMBERS.

CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED OUR VIPER EXPECTATIONS FOR OUR PBIS PROGRAM.

CREATED A STUDENT SUPPORT TEAM TO BETTER SUPPORT OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS.

CREATED AN ATTENDANCE TEAM THAT MEETS WEEKLY TO DISCUSS ATTENDANCE AND INTERVENTIONS AND HAD A TEACHER SELECTED FOR AN REB AWARD.

WHILE WE'RE NOT DONE BUILDING THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL, WE ARE PROUD OF WHAT OUR STAFF AND STUDENTS HAVE CREATED SO FAR.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE CHESTERFIELD VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

DURING THIS PRESENTATION, I SHARED UPDATES RELATED TO VIRTUAL LEARNING AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT, OUR LEARNING MODEL, STAFFING COURSE OFFERINGS, CURRENT AND FUTURE ENROLLMENT, AND SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES.

I WOULD BE GLAD TO PROVIDE ANY CLARIFICATION OR ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS PERNO.

BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS HEFFRON? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THAT WAS WONDERFUL. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AS YOU WERE GOING THROUGH, SOME THINGS POPPED UP TO THE TOP OF MY MIND.

YOU MENTIONED THAT 43% OF YOUR STUDENTS COME FROM TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.

DO YOU KNOW THE PERCENTAGE OR THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH AT CVS OR COME FROM AN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUND? THAT IS DATA THAT WE ARE STILL TRYING TO CURRENTLY COLLECT BECAUSE THEY DO NOT RECEIVE THEIR MEALS FROM US.

THEY DON'T FILL OUT THE PAPERWORK NECESSARY FOR US TO HAVE THAT READILY AVAILABLE. SO DO THOSE STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO MATH AND READING SPECIALISTS OR OTHER WRAPAROUND SUPPORTS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE IN TITLE ONE? WE DO HAVE A MATH SPECIALIST AND A READING SPECIALIST ON OUR STAFF FULL TIME.

AND SO, YES, THEY WORK.

WE WORK WITH OUR TEACHERS IN PLANNING, LOOKING AT DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO NEED EXTRA SUPPORT, AND THEN THEY BOTH PUSH INTO CLASSES AND ALSO DO SOME PULL OUT GROUPS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING ALL THAT INFORMATION.

THANK YOU. MS. BAILEY? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND I JUST HAVE A COMMENT AND THAT IS, I THINK THAT THE VIRTUAL SCHOOL IS EMBLEMATIC OF HOW CHESTERFIELD COUNTY LITERALLY REACHES SO FAR TO TRY TO MEET OUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE.

AND OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A SET OF STUDENTS THAT FEEL COMFORTABLE IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OFFER THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY.

I KNOW A VIRTUAL TEACHER AND SHE JUST LOVES IT AND LOVES HER CLASS AND IT'S A GREAT FIT FOR HER.

SO THIS IS JUST A NICE FIT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR THOSE THAT DESIRE THIS METHOD OF LEARNING.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE DR.

DAUGHERTY OFFERING IT AND CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THIS SCHOOL BECAUSE I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL IS HARD FOR SOME KIDS AND YET EDUCATION IS NOT.

AND SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU? YEAH.

IT'S NOT THE WORK SESSION. CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE SCHOOL IS? IT'S ENDLESS.

I MEAN, WE STAFF ON THE ENROLLMENT.

WELL, SO IT CAN KEEP GROWING AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE STAFFING IN PLACE.

YES, MA'AM. THAT'S FANTASTIC.

AND I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AGAIN WHAT I'M SHOCKED WITH WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO GIVEN OUR BUDGET.

AND IF WE HAD A BIGGER BUDGET, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FIGURES FOR A SYNCHRONOUS HIGH SCHOOL, BUT CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

BUT MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL GET THERE BECAUSE THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF THAT FORWARD THINKING DISTRICTS NEED TO BE DOING.

AND I'M AMAZED THAT WE'RE EVEN ABLE TO DO THIS RIGHT.

IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW WE ARE.

WE COULD. I WAS A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER.

I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY IN THIS DISTRICT IS A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER.

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IT'S PRETTY IT'S IMPRESSIVE.

BUT I LIKE TO SEE HIGH SCHOOL ONE DAY, SO.

NEXT PORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND I ECHO THE SAME SENTIMENT.

IT IS A NEED THAT OUR POPULATION, OUR STUDENTS HAVE OUT THERE.

SO I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO MEET THAT.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. NEXT, WE HAVE ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW.

[H. Items for Board Review]

NUMBER ONE, MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT BONDS FY 2023.

NUMBER TWO FY 2023.

DECEMBER EXPENDITURES VERSUS APPROPRIATION.

NUMBER THREE BUDGET CHANGE REQUEST SUMMARY ACROSS CATEGORIES.

DECEMBER 2022.

NUMBER FOUR BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS NUMBER FIVE PRE-K UPDATE DECEMBER 2022.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.

[I. Superintendent's Remarks]

DR. DAUGHERTY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS.

JUST SOME CLARIFICATIONS ON SOME THINGS THAT WERE SAID TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE EVENING.

THE GROWTH ISSUE THAT OCCURS, I HOPE EVERYONE REALIZES THAT WE DO NOT APPROVE HOUSING OR.

REAL ESTATE PURCHASES AND THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, THE COUNTY HAS A KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE A GROWING COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO BUILD, WE ARE TRYING TO NOT ONLY, WE'RE NOT EVEN TRYING TO CATCH UP, WE'RE TRYING TO START THE BALL ROLLING BECAUSE WE ARE EXTREMELY BEHIND BECAUSE OF THE LAST 15 YEARS OF FUNDING. JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS, WE DO HAVE FULL TIME NURSES IN EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE CLINICS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE FULL TIME COUNSELORS, NOT ONE, BUT ACCORDING TO THE 1 TO 325 RATIO, SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE AS MANY AS SEVEN FULL TIME COUNSELORS THAT WE'RE WORKING IN. WE ARE, AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO OUR BUDGET, WE HAVE REQUESTED TO ADD MORE COUNSELORS TO OUR SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

WE'VE HAD EIGHT PUBLIC HEARINGS.

TOWN HALLS.

WE ARE ON TV.

WE HAVE VIDEO.

WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE ISSUES OF DEMONSTRATIONS OF OUR BUDGET ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, WE HAVE OVER A 400 PAGE DOCUMENT THAT IS LINE BY LINE.

AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE AUDITED EVERY YEAR OF EVERY PENNY WE SPEND.

WE'RE THE ONLY AGENCY IN THE STATE THAT GETS AUDITED EVERY YEAR ON EVERY PENNY WE SPEND.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT WE DO.

WE ARE VERY WE'RE PROBABLY THE MOST TRANSPARENT GROUP IN THE STATE FOR ANY AGENCY AND ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT 40 PLUS PAGE DOCUMENT, WE'VE BEEN HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

AND YOU CAN SPEND YOUR ENTIRE LIFE LOOKING AT THAT, TRYING TO FIND A WHOLE.

SO I WANT TO THANK OUR BUSINESS DEPARTMENT AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THEY DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB, BY THE WAY, WINNING A NATIONAL AWARD EVERY YEAR ON THE BUDGET THAT THEY SUBMIT.

SO FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T SURE WHAT'S GOING ON, WE HAVE INFORMATION AND IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND.

BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU START LOOKING.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, DR.

DAUGHERTY. NEXT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS.

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

AND JUST TO SEE WE HAVE, AS DR.

ABELL SAID, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.

AND I'M PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO JUST REALLY HELP EVERY KID SUCCEED AND HAVE EVERY KID BE SEEN AND HEARD.

AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO PILOT THE AP AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS.

SO THEY WERE CHOSEN, I GUESS, BY THE COLLEGE BOARD.

SO THAT'S AN HONOR.

OUR NEXT SCHOOL BOARD BUDGET WORK SESSION WILL BE HELD HERE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM AT 4:00 PM ON FEBRUARY 13, 2023.

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

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

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.