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>> DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE IN AN OPEN SESSION?
>> 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 THIS CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES, AND TWO, ONLY SUCH BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED MEETING OR HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
>> IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST STUDENT MATTER?
>> IN CASE NUMBER 2022-2023/16, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER?
>> IN CASE NUMBER 2022-23/17, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL IN THE MOTION?
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER?
>> IN CASE NUMBER 2022-23/13 RE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST PERSONNEL MATTER?
>> IN CASE NUMBER 2022-23/57-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER?
>> IN CASE NUMBER 2022-23/58-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER?
>> IN CASE NUMBER 2022-23/59-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL IN THE MOTION?
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER?
>> IN CASE NUMBER 2022-23/50-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. [OVERLAPPING].
>> SIXTY, 2022-23/60-HR. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?
>> THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER?
>> IN CASE NUMBER 2022-23/61-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?
[A. Meeting Opening - 6:30 p.m.]
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MAY 9, 2023 SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING TO ORDER.BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING THIS EVENING, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING 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
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SECTION 18.2-415 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, DISORDERLY CONDUCT IN PUBLIC PLACES AND SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 61, 41.I APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS MEETING IN AN ORDERLY FASHION.
BEFORE WE PROCEED FURTHER, I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST SAY HAPPY APPRECIATION WEEK TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.
[APPLAUSE] TO ALL OF OUR AMAZING TEACHERS, WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT YOU ARE A PART OF TEAM CHESTERFIELD.
YOU MAKE AN OUTSTANDING DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD EACH DAY.
YOUR INFLUENCE RIPPLES ACROSS YEARS AND AROUND THE WORLD.
YOU ARE VITAL TO OUR PRESENT AND TO OUR FUTURE.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.
[APPLAUSE] NOW, WE WILL HAVE INVOCATION BY MS. BAILEY, FOLLOWED BY FLAG SALUTE LED BY MS. HEFFRON.
>> THANK YOU. IN LIEU OF THE INVOCATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE A MOMENT OF SILENCE ON THE PASSING OF DONALD DANNY, A COORDINATOR FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AT MATOACA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHO JOINED CCPS ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 1996, AND THE PASSING OF WILLIAM HAMATE AND NICHOLAS BOOTH, TWO SENIORS AT JAMES RIVER HIGH SCHOOL WHO PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 11TH, 2023.
PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
>> TONIGHT'S CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES AGENDA ADOPTION,
[B. Consent Agenda]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR APRIL 11TH, 2023 WORK SESSION, APRIL 11TH, 2023 BUSINESS MEETING, MEMO NUMBER 057-23, RECOMMENDED PERSONNEL ACTIONS, MEMO NUMBER 058-23, FY 2023, ACCEPTANCE OF NEW GRANTS.MEMO NUMBER 059-23, ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS.
MEMO NUMBER 060-23, APPROVAL OF FEDERAL ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS. MEMO NUMBER 061-23, TITLE 1, PART C, EDUCATION OF MIGRATORY CHILDREN 2022, 2023, PARTICIPATING REGIONAL PROGRAM MEMBER CERTIFICATION.
MEMO NUMBER 062-23, FY 2023, INCREASE FOR APPROPRIATION FOR APPOMATTOX REGIONAL GOVERNOR SCHOOL.
MEMO NUMBER 064-23, CIP FUND SHIFT.
MEMO NUMBER 065-23, CEP EXPANSION.
MEMO NUMBER 078-23, FY 2023, TRANSFER OF BUDGET FROM STATE TO FEDERAL REVENUE SOURCE, AND MEMO NUMBER 079-23, TECHNOLOGY DONATION TO ETHIOPIAN SCHOOL.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA?
>> MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR MY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO SEPARATE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION OR INDIVIDUAL ACTION? HEARING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED?
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?
NEXT WE HAVE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
>> THESE ARE ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TONIGHT, WE HAVE FIVE ADMINISTRATORS WE'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT.
ALL OF THESE APPOINTMENTS WILL TAKE EFFECT OF JULY 1, 2023.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR NEW DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, LAWDY SPURLOCK.
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[APPLAUSE] NEXT, THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF OLD 100 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, ALICIA BRODEN.[APPLAUSE] NOT A NEW PRINCIPAL, BUT A NEW PRINCIPAL AT ECOFF ELEMENTARY STARTING THIS COMING YEAR, BRIAN CAMPOS.
[APPLAUSE] THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF CRENSHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SAMANTHA WADE.
[APPLAUSE] AND THE NEW PRINCIPAL OF WOOLRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CHANNING WAGNER.
[APPLAUSE] GUYS, THANK YOU FOR JOINING THE NEW RANKS OF LEADERSHIP.
[LAUGHTER] BUT CAN WE GIVE THEM THEIR ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR GREAT LEADERSHIP? [APPLAUSE]
>> NEXT, WE HAVE AWARDS AND RECOGNITION, MR. SMITH.
[C. Awards and Recognitions]
>> IF I COULD ASK THE MIDLOTHIAN HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL STATE CHAMPIONS COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, LADIES. ARE ALL THE DONUTS GONE?
>> IN NOVEMBER 2022, THE MIDLOTHIAN HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL TEAM WON ITS FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE VHSL CLASS 5 TITLE CAPTAIN, UNDEFEATED, 26TH, ZERO SEASON, LEADING THE TEAM MOTTO, REFUSE TO LOSE, MIDLOTHIAN BATTLED BACK IN THE STATE FINALS TO DEFEAT FIRST COLONIAL HIGH, VIRGINIA BEACH THREE SETS TO TWO.
SHERMAN CHUNG, THE HEAD COACH, ASSISTED BY WHITNEY DIFFERTIA AND JASON NEWCAM, TEAM MANAGERS ARE EDDY ZHENG AND ISABEL KERN AND ATHLETIC TRAINER IS EMILY HUS.
VOLLEYBALL TEAM MEMBERS ARE HANNAH BALL, SELECTED FOR FIRST TEAM ALL STATE.
BROOK ETHLYNJER SELECTED FOR SECOND TEAM ALL STATE.
TATUM EVANS, NAMED CLASSIFY PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND SELECTED THE FIRST TEAM ALL STATE.
ADDISON FLEMING, EMMA GREGORY, CAITLIN HAGGERTY, ADDIE JORDI, ALEX MAZOLZOWIECK.
HOPEFULLY, I GOT THAT RIGHT, I'M SORRY.
REAGAN MCADAMS, HALEY PHELPS, CAROLINE SALANKY, ELLA SAMSER, CASSIDY ZELENSKY, AND VIRGINIA ZELENSKY.
PLEASE SHOW ME CONGRATULATING THESE STUDENT ATHLETES.
>> SO I HAVE TO ASK, DO WE HAVE ANY TEACHER, NEIGHBOR, A PARENT, SUPPORTERS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT FOR THESE AMAZING GIRLS? [APPLAUSE] AND I'D ALSO LIKE EVERYBODY TO SAY BECAUSE, THERE ARE SOME SPORTS THAT WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT, AND I KNOW THAT YOUR PASSION FOR VOLLEYBALL IS JUST AS GREAT AS SAY, A PASSION FOR FOOTBALL OR SOCCER, SO I WOULD LOVE YOUR COACHES AND EACH MEMBER OF THE TEAM TO SHARE WHY YOU LOVE VOLLEYBALL.
AND THEN ANYTHING ABOUT YOUR POSITION ON THE TEAM.
WE CAN EDUCATE THESE FOLKS ABOUT VOLLEYBALL, ALL OF IT.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY TOO.
>> OH, THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW, I'VE JUST LOVED THE SPORT SINCE I STARTED PLAYING WHEN I WAS ABOUT 20.
SO IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME AGO.
THE GAME HAS CHANGED A LOT, BUT I ENJOY MORE JUST THE COACHING THESE KIDS AND WATCHING THEM GROW AND WATCHING THEM COMPETE.
>> WELL, THESE PLAYERS ARE SPECIAL AND IT WAS AWESOME GETTING TO WATCH THEM CELEBRATE AND WINNING EVERYTHING THAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY WIN OVER THE SEASON.
>> I ENJOY PLAYING WITH MY TEAMMATES AND WINNING WITH THEM.
>> I LIKE HAVING FUN WITH MY FRIENDS.
>> I LIKE IT BECAUSE ALL MY FRIENDS ARE ON THE TEAM AND IT'S ALWAYS SUPER FUN.
>> I LIKE HAVING A PLACE WHERE I CAN GO AND PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS.
>> I LOVE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT I MAKE WITH MY TEAMMATES.
>> I LIKE PLAYING WITH ALL MY TEAMMATES.
>> I LIKE THE BONDS THAT IT FORMS AND HOW HARD WORK PAYS OFF.
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>> I LIKE PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS.
>> THE LONG FRIENDSHIPS I MAKE WITH MY TEAMMATES.
>> I LIKE PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS.
>> I ENJOY GETTING TO MEET NEW PEOPLE THROUGH THE SPORT.
>> I LIKE THAT IT'S A VERY CO-OPERATIVE SPORT AND EVERYBODY IS DOING SOMETHING WHETHER THEY'RE TOUCHING THE BALL OR NOT.
>> IT PUSHES ME TO BE MY BEST EVERYDAY ON AND OFF THE COURT.
>> I LIKE HOW WE ALL GET ALONG AND THERE'S NO DRAMA.
>> IF I COULD ASK OUR COSBY HIGH BOYS WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONS TO COME FORWARD THIS TIME.
>> COACHED BY [INAUDIBLE] TWO COSBY HIGH STUDENTS, ONE INDIVIDUAL BOYS WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.
BOTH STUDENTS WERE NAMED TO THE VHSL CLASS 6 ALL STATE WRESTLING TEAM.
ELISHA KRAMER IS THE STATE WRESTLING CHAMPION, CLASS 6, 120 POUNDS.
THIS IS ELISHA'S THIRD STATE TITLE IN A ROW.
JAMES BLAND IS A STATE WRESTLING CHAMPION, CLASS 6, 285 POUNDS.
PLEASE SHOW ME CONGRATULATING THESE STUDENT ATHLETES.
>> WOW, SO CONGRATULATIONS, AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR REPRESENTING CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, IT IS WELL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
AND IF GUYS WANT TO GO AHEAD, JUST SAY WHAT YOU LIKE THE BEST ABOUT THE SPORT AND WHAT YOU GUYS LIKE BEST ABOUT YOUR COACH.
>> MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT MY COACH IS THE DEDICATION HE PUTS INTO ALL THE WRESTLERS, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN WRESTING FOR THE LONGEST.
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THE SPORT IS PROBABLY THE SATISFACTION YOU GET AFTER WINNING.
>> MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT MY COACH IS THE REPETITION WHEN WORKING.
HE ALWAYS MAKES SURE TO LET ME KNOW HOW TO DO THE MOVES AND WHENEVER WE HAVE QUESTIONS, HE ALWAYS ANSWER THEM.
AND MY FAVORITE PART ABOUT THE SPORT IS DEFINITELY THE PHYSICALITY.
I THINK IT HELPS CORRELATE THE FOOTBALL AS WELL.
>> COACH, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE STUDENTS? WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART?
>> THE FAVORITE PART ABOUT WRESTLING WISE, IT'S A SPORT, AS YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERYBODY CAN DO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE BIGGEST, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE THE SHORTEST, IT GIVES EVERYBODY AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXCEL.
AND THESE TWO GUYS, I DON'T HAVE TO DO MUCH BUT JUST MANAGE WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE THESE TWO GUYS ARE THE BEST THAT WE HAVE AROUND THIS AREA AS FAR THERE'S HARD WORK, TOUGHNESS, AND JUST GOOD [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.
>> IF I COULD ASK OUR BEGINNING TEACHERS TO COME FORWARD THIS TIME.
[APPLAUSE] EACH YEAR, CHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECOGNIZES 4 BEGINNING TEACHERS AS THE BEST AMONG THEIR PEERS.
THERE WERE 37 NOMINEES FOR THE 22/23 BEGINNING TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS, WHICH RECOGNIZE EDUCATORS TO ACCELERATE INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING AND DELIVERY AND CREATION OF A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND PROFESSIONALISM.
HERE ARE THIS YEAR'S BEGINNING TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.
KATIE PHARAOH, WHO TEACHES FOURTH GRADE AT HOPKINS ELEMENTARY, IS THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEGINNING TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
[APPLAUSE] SOPHIA PEREZ, WHO TEACHES ENGLISH AT SALEM CHURCH MIDDLE, IS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGINNING TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
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CLAYTON CHADWICK, WHO TEACHES SOCIAL STUDIES AT CLOVEROLL HIGH, IS THE HIGH-SCHOOL BEGINNING TEACHER OF THE YEAR.[APPLAUSE] HANNAH APPS, WHO TEACHES FIRST-GRADE ELEMENTARY, IS THE OVERALL CCPS BEGINNING TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
>> I'M GOING TO START CRYING TOO BECAUSE I CRY WHENEVER ANYONE ELSE CRIES.
[LAUGHTER] MY FIRST THOUGHT WHEN I SAW THESE FOUR WALK UP HERE IS, OH, GOD, THEY LOOK SO YOUNG.
[LAUGHTER] THEY LOOK LIKE BABIES, AND I JUST HAVE SO MUCH JOY THAT YOU HAVE ENTERED A PROFESSION THAT I CHOSE FOR MYSELF AS WELL, AND I SPENT 34 YEARS TEACHING.
I CAN TELL YOU, YOU ARE GETTING READY TO ENTER A CAREER THAT YOU WILL LOVE AND AS LONG AS YOU KEEP THE JOY YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW TODAY, EVERY DAY [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE EVERY DAY IS TOUGH, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S WORTH IT.
IT'S SO MUCH WORTH IT IN THE END AND I CONGRATULATE YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR TO BE A BEGINNING TEACHER OF THE YEAR.
YOU CAN'T START OFF ANY BETTER THAN THAT.
CONGRATULATIONS, AND I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE YOU SPEAK BECAUSE THIS POOR LITTLE GIRL, SHE'S GOT REPUTABLE.
[LAUGHTER] BUT CONGRATULATIONS.
>> IF I COULD ASK OUR FRIENDS FROM MIRROR ME TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
>> MIRROR ME IS A CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHER DIVERSITY INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN TEACHERS OF VARYING BACKGROUNDS BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MINORITY TEACHERS.
MIRROR ME SUPPORTS STUDENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN TEACHING PROFESSION AND ON A PATHWAY TO LICENSURE AND CONNECTS THOSE STUDENTS TO CHESTERFIELD SCHOOLS.
A PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY AND VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, MIRROR ME INCLUDES THESE SUPPORTS; ONE, CONNECTION WITH A MENTOR; TWO, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES DURING UNDERGRADUATE YEARS AT VCU OR VSU; THREE, ACCESS TO DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES AT NO COST FOR HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS; FOUR, SUMMER WORK AND SUBSTITUTE OPPORTUNITIES, AND FIVE, PRIORITY HIRING WITH CHESTER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AFTER TEACHER LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
A YEAR AGO, 13 STUDENTS WERE SELECTED AS THE FIRST COHORT OF MIRROR ME PARTICIPANTS.
THIS SPRING 13 STUDENTS WERE SELECTED TO THE SECOND COHORT.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEWEST MIRROR ME STUDENTS.
FROM MEADOWBROOK HIGH, BIANCA GARCIA MARTINEZ, ANASTASIA HAU, [APPLAUSE] MORGAN JOHNSON, [APPLAUSE] JADA KEY, IMANI LANE, [APPLAUSE] AND SHANIA STEVENS.
FROM BYRD HIGH, COREY JENKINS, [APPLAUSE] FROM HARVARD COLLEGE AND CAREER ACADEMY, JORDAN JOHNSON.
[APPLAUSE] IF YOU'RE GOING TO APPLAUD, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO APPLAUD FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE SOMEONE ELSE [LAUGHTER] SO WE'RE CLEAR.
ALL TOGETHER NOW, FROM CLAUDIA HIGH, MEGAN [INAUDIBLE] FROM THE LOTHIAN HIGH, RACHEL WALLENBERG, [APPLAUSE] FROM MONACAN HIGH, ALPHA ALMA RACY, [APPLAUSE] FROM THE VCU SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, EBONY MOORE, AND CHANEL RANCORBALL.
[APPLAUSE] AS OUR NEWEST MIRROR ME STUDENTS BEGIN THEIR PATH TOWARDS TEACHING CAREER, OUR FIRST COHORT IN MIRROR ME STUDENTS CONTINUES TO ADVANCE, LEADING TO AN EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT.
TWO MIRROR ME STUDENTS HAVE NOW COMPLETED COLLEGE AND ACCEPTED TEACHING POSITIONS WITHIN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
[APPLAUSE] THEY ARE THIS MERLIN RODRIGUEZ LUEGO AND NIGEL JONES.
>> THANK YOU. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT IS EXCITED TO SEE YOU, THEY WERE REALLY QUIET IF THEY WERE HERE.
DID YOU BRING ANY FAMILY HERE TONIGHT? [APPLAUSE] BUT CONGRATULATIONS, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF YOU.
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BUT THERE APPEARS TO BE AN ENTIRE TEAM OF PEOPLE WAITING TO GIVE YOU SWAG AND ALL GIFTS TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GO ON THIS JOURNEY, AND WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE.WE'RE SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING YOUR TALENTS, HOPEFULLY BACK TO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT YOU'LL BE IMPACTING THE LIVES OF CHILDREN GOING FORWARD IN YOUR ENDEAVORS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN WE HEAR IT FOR ONE MORE TIME FOR OUR MIRROR MES? [APPLAUSE]
>> I GUESS THEY WANTED THIS MEETING TO GO VERY LONG.
AS WAS MENTIONED, MIRROR ME IS OUR TEACHER DIVERSITY INITIATIVE, WHERE WE SUPPORT STUDENTS ON A PATHWAY TO TEACHER LICENSURE AND CONNECT THEM BACK WITH CCPS AS TEACHERS.
LAST YEAR, ALMOST A YEAR AGO TO THE DATE WE SHARED ABOUT MIRROR ME'S COHORT 1.
WE ARE FILLED WITH SO MUCH JOY AND EXCITEMENT TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL AS COHORT 2.
I'M CONFIDENT THAT I CAN SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE MIRROR ME TEAM WHEN I SAY THAT IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE HIGHLIGHT OF OUR WEEKS TO CONNECT WITH YOU ALL TO HEAR, TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR INSPIRATIONS, YOUR ASPIRATIONS, AND HOW YOU WISH TO POUR INTO CCPS AS HAS BEEN IMPORTANT TO YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS.
THANK YOU NOT ONLY FOR EXPRESSING YOUR INTEREST IN SERVING AS A TEACHER OR AN EDUCATOR, BUT SERVING IN CCPS.
WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME AND WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THIS IS THE START OF WHAT'S GOING TO BE A MOST FULFILLING AND REWARDING EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT YOU ALL NOW AS STUDENTS EMBARKING ON YOUR TEACHER PREP PROGRAM, BUT CANNOT WAIT FOR THAT MOMENT WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO CALL YOU COLLEAGUES.
PLEASE KNOW THAT THE SUPPORT DOES NOT STOP HERE.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WRAP YOU WITH SUPPORTS AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO.
YOUR MIRROR ME TEAM AND CCPS ARE HERE FOR YOU.
YOU ALL CAN JUST COME IN AND HAND THEM OUT.
[BACKGROUND] CAN WE GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME FOR COHORT 2, PLEASE? [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL.
>> THANKS SO MUCH. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF VCU OR DO YOU WANT TO JUST QUICKLY SAY WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO SCHOOL? BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT TO HEAR WHERE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO.
>> IF I COULD ASK OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS FROM THE METRO RICHMOND ZOO CONNECTS US AND DOMINION ENERGY TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
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LOCAL BUSINESSES HAVE THE POWER TO SHAPE COMMUNITY ATTITUDES SORTS PURPOSE OF EDUCATION, AND THE BUSINESS HONOR ROLL, THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION IS A WAY FOR THE LOCAL SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO RECOGNIZE BUSINESSES FOR THEIR SUPPORT.DURING ITS MARCH 2023 MEETING, THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD NOMINATED THREE BUSINESSES, THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATIONS, BUSINESS OWNER ROLE, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ACCEPT CERTIFICATES.
THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD RECOGNIZES AND THANKS THESE THREE BUSINESS PARTNERS; METRO RICHMOND ZOO, CONEXUS, AND DOMINION ENERGY.
>> MA'AM, ONE-SECOND COUNSELING.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTIONS BEING PRESENTED THIS EVENING?
>> 2023 VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION 2023 BUSINESS HONOR ROLL, WHEREAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS, AND WHEREAS THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, STATE, AND NATION DEPENDS ON A STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND WHEREAS COLLABORATION BETWEEN LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES STRENGTHEN SCHOOLS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ALIGN BY PROVIDING A WELL-TRAINED AND HIGHLY EDUCATED WORKFORCE, AND WHEREAS AN EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS VITAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND FUNDAMENTAL TO PRESERVING A STRONG DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD NAMES METRO RICHMOND ZOO, CONEXUS, AND DOMINION ENERGY, TO THE 2023 VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION BUSINESS HONOR ROLL.
SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THIS COMMUNITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
YOUR WORK HAS AIDED THIS COMMUNITY AND FOCUSING ON THE GOAL OF PROVIDING THE BEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE CAN FOR EVERY CHILD WHO ATTENDS THEM.
>> IF YOU WERE AT OUR WORK MEETING, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND EARLIER TODAY WHY I JUMPED INTO RECOGNIZE YOU BECAUSE WE GOT A BUDGET UPDATE AND ALL FELT THE PAIN OF NOT BEING FULLY FUNDED, AND SO WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THE INCREDIBLE LEADERS THAT YOU THREE ARE.
BUT WHEN FUNDING IS TIGHT, IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU, IT'S LIKE WE TRULY NEED YOU AND WITHOUT YOU, WE COULD NOT BE THERE FOR KIDS IN THE SAME WAY.
THANK YOU, AND IF YOU CAN SHARE WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO PARTNER WITH CCPS, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FLAG FOR YOU.
>> SURE. THANK YOU. CONEXUS, IT'S REALLY AN HONOR AND A JOY FOR US TO SERVE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND WHEN WE SAY A CHILD SEE CLEARLY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND KNOW THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON THEIR LIFE, THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATES US.
WE LOVE YOU ALL AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
>> AT DOMINION ENERGY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE WORK, LIVE, AND PLAY, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS.
THEN PARTIALLY, WE LIVE BY THE MOTTO, ACTUALLY THE BIBLE VERSE, TO WHOM MUCH IS GIVEN MUCH IS EXPECTED, AND THAT GOES TO OUR WORK HERE AS WELL.
>> WELL, METRO RICHMOND ZOO, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED US TO BRING IN ANIMALS SO WE BROUGHT OUR TWO FAVORITES.
[LAUGHTER] THEY'RE A LITTLE WILD.
BUT WE JUST REALLY LOVE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AND OF COURSE EMPLOY THOSE YOUNG ONES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW TO WORK FOR THE FIRST JOB, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC FROM DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
USUALLY, WITHOUT THIS PROGRAM WHERE YOU JUST GET COSBY, THE LOCAL KIDS.
BUT HERE WE'RE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO MORE OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY START TO REALIZE HOW FUN OF A JOB IT IS AND GREAT OPPORTUNITY IS TO BE AROUND THE ANIMALS AS WELL AS LEARN GOOD WORK ETHIC.
>> ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE.
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>> NEXT WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING DRIVER PERFORMANCE, DR. FRY.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR. GADY, MR. ROBERTS.
IT'S MY PLEASURE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR DRIVERS OF THE MONTH.
PROVIDING SAFE TRANSPORTATION FOR STUDENTS TO AND FROM SCHOOL EVERY DAY IS ESSENTIAL TO INSTRUCTION, AND OUR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL 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 THE ROLE MODEL FOR PATIENCE, HARD WORK, KINDNESS, AND DEDICATION.
CCPS BUS DRIVERS ARE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE FAMILIES 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 AND DEDICATION TO REPRESENT THEIR AREA.
WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE FOLLOWING DRIVERS.
JULIE GOLDING, AREA 1, BUS 752 SEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE.
[APPLAUSE] CYNTHIA FLORENCE, AREA 2, BUS 921, THREE YEARS OF SERVICE.
[APPLAUSE] CHRISTINA HOLLADAY, AREA 3, BUS 87, ONE YEAR SERVICE.
[APPLAUSE] CAROLYN BROWN, AREA 4, BUS 702, SEVEN YEARS OF SERVICE.
>> SEVENTEEN [BACKGROUND] THAT IS WORTH CORRECTING.
FOR 17 YEARS OF SERVICE ONLY HAVE 20 MORE.
[LAUGHTER] CHRISTOPHER PEACOCK, AREA 5, BUS 359, ONE YEAR OF SERVICE.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND I KNOW FROM MY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND PROBABLY EVERY PARENT THAT'S OUT HERE, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO EACH AND EVERY DAY FOR OUR CHILDREN.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ALL PROBABLY HAVE A STORY OF WHAT MAKES YOU WANT TO GET UP EVERY DAY AND DRIVE THAT BUS FULL OF SCREAMING KIDS.
[LAUGHTER] GO AHEAD, JUST GIVE US REAL QUICK.
IF YOU WANT TO ENLIGHTEN US ON WHAT MAKES YOU GET UP EVERY DAY AND GO TO WORK.
>> WELL, I LIKE THE FREEDOM OF BEING ON A ROAD, EVERY DAY ON THE ROAD YOU SEE DIFFERENT STUFF EVERY TIME.
AS FAR AS THE STUDENTS, I LIKE TO SEE STUDENTS WITH THEIR FUTURE GOALS AND I WANT TO BE A SMALL PART OF THAT JUST BEING A BUS DRIVER.
>> I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GET UP IN THE MORNING TO GET MINE.
BUT WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I HAD A BUS DRIVER AND I ALWAYS SAY I WANTED TO BE ONE AND I AM.
DID A LOT OF OTHER STUFF, BUT BUS DRIVING IS MY FAVORITE AND I DID ENJOY EVERY MOMENT OF IT.
>> REALLY WHEN I STARTED HERE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I HAD NO IDEA WHY I CAME HERE.
I KNEW I LOVED KIDS AND I WAS GOOD WITH THEM AND I KNEW I COULD PUT IN THE WORK TO DRIVE A BIG OLD VEHICLE.
BUT AFTER BEING HERE, I REALIZED THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TO CREATE SUCH A SAFE PLACE.
WE GET THEM IN THE MORNING WHEN THEY'RE GRUMPY AND THEY'RE HUNGRY AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OF BED BUT THEIR PARENTS MADE THEM.
WE GET THEM IN THE AFTERNOON AFTER THEY'VE BEEN IN CLASS FOR SEVEN HOURS AND THEY'RE CRAZY.
BUT CREATING THAT SAFE PLACE HAS BEEN WHAT'S KEPT ME AROUND.
MANY OF MY KIDS REALLY COME TO ME FOR THAT AND I HOPE I CAN CONTINUE TO KEEP A SAFE PLACE FOR THEM.
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>> I ENJOY JUST CONNECTING WITH THE CHILDREN AND NOW THAT I'M AT THIS WONDERFUL STAGE OF GRANDPARENTING, IT'S EVEN BETTER AND THE GRANDKIDS LOVE TO GO FOR A RIDE ON YAYA'S BUS.
>> I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME, IT JUST MELTS MY HEART EVERY DAY KNOWING THAT A PARENT AND THE STUDENTS THAT I TRANSPORT TRUST ME TO GET THEM TO SCHOOL SAFELY AND IN A TIMELY MANNER.
MY REWARD AT THE END OF THE DAY IS THANK YOU, MRS. GOLDING. THANK YOU.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEES, MR. DON BRECK.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, DR. DAUGHERTY, BOARD MEMBERS.
THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF OUR OUTSTANDING FOOD NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM MEMBERS.
ON MAY 6TH, WE CELEBRATED SCHOOL LUNCH HERO DAY.
MY TEAM AND I, ALONG WITH MR. MEISTER, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL TO BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO PRESENT THEIR FOOD NUTRITION SERVICES TEAM WITH THE SCHOOL LUNCH HERO AWARD FOR REGION 1, FOR NO KID HUNGRY VIRGINIA.
NOT ONLY WERE WE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THE STAFF, BUT DR. ALAN ROCHE, SEVERAL OF HER STAFF MEMBERS, AND SOME STUDENTS THAT WERE ON THEIR WAY TO EAT LUNCH WERE ABLE TO JOIN US TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM.
AS THE STAFF BEGAN TO GET READY FOR THE LUNCH SERVICE, I SAW THEM ALL GO INTO THE SWAG BAGS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THEM BY NO KID HUNGRY AND PUT ON THEIR CAPES TO SERVE LUNCH THAT DAY.
IT MADE ME FEEL VERY FORTUNATE FOR THE 400 SUPERHEROES THAT WE HAVE IN THE FIELD EVERY DAY SERVING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH TO OUR STUDENTS.
OUR RECOGNIZEES THIS EVENING ARE DION GILBERT.
MR. GILBERT IS OUR FOOD SERVICE ASSOCIATE AT MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR EIGHT YEARS.
>> HE SAYS, I LOVE LIFE AND I TRY TO HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU, DION. NEXT, WE HAVE ROBYN COX.
MS. COX IS A CAFETERIA MANAGER AT CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] SHE'S BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 12 YEARS AND SAYS THE BEST PART OF MY JOB IS HAVING THE PRIVILEGE TO MEET, GREET, AND FEED STUDENTS ON A DAILY BASIS.
HEARING THEM SAY, GOOD MORNING BACK OR THANK YOU IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND MAKES MY DAY.
MS. TOLMAN IS OUR CAFETERIA MANAGER AT MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE IS BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 12 YEARS.
>> SHE SAYS, I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT I LOVED MY JOB.
IT'S HUMBLING TO BE ABLE TO HELP FEED THE CHILDREN AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR NUTRITIONAL NEEDS.
THE CAMARADERIE AND FRIENDSHIPS HAVE MADE WORKING FOR CCPA AS FOOD NUTRITION SERVICES ENJOYABLE AND REWARDING.
[APPLAUSE] MRS. JOINER IS OUR CAFETERIA MANAGER AT BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND SHE'S BEEN EMPLOYED WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR 21 YEARS.
AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, MS. JOINER AND HER TEAM RECENTLY RECEIVED THE NO KID HUNGRY VIRGINIA SCHOOL LUNCH HERO AWARD FOR REGION 1 FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AT BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
[APPLAUSE] MS. JOINER SAYS, I LOVE MY JOB BECAUSE IT CONSISTS OF ACTS OF KINDNESS TOWARD OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
GREAT ACTS ARE MADE UP OF SMALL DEEDS.
I LOVE THE SMALL DIFFERENCE I'M MAKING IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS EACH DAY.
MS. FAIR IS OUR CAFETERIA MANAGER [APPLAUSE] AT J.
SHE'S BEEN EMPLOYED WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR TWO YEARS AND SAYS, THE BEST PART OF HER JOB IS DEFINITELY KNOWING THAT WE'RE NOURISHING KIDS, EITHER WITH FOOD, A SMILE, OR AN ENCOURAGING WORD.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING A CARING ADULT FOR OUR KIDS IN THE SCHOOL BUILDING.
THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING PRESENT.
BEING A COLLEAGUE, I'M SURE THAT YOU DON'T GET TO THIS PLACE WITHOUT HAVING YOUR COWORKERS KNOW THAT YOU ARE DEFINITELY A TREASURED MEMBER OF THE TEAM.
THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TO YOU, FOR FEEDING MY OWN CHILDREN.
I HAVE MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO THINK THAT ACCOUNT IS JUST BOTTOMLESS, SO THEY SEE YOU OFTEN.
[LAUGHTER] BUT THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
I KNOW THAT YOU ALL DO THE SAME THING FOR YOUR KIDS IN YOUR BUILDINGS.
I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH IT REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT WHAT YOUR FAVORITE THING IS.
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IF YOU WANT, JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW AGAIN YOUR SCHOOL AND YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.>> I AM THE CAFETERIA MANAGER FOR CHALKLEY ELEMENTARY.
I'VE BEEN WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FOR ABOUT A YEAR-AND-A-HALF, BUT I'VE BEEN WITH THE EDUCATION SYSTEM FOR ABOUT 10 AND 25 YEARS BEFORE THAT IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY.
>> MY NAME IS MARY JOINER, MANAGER OF BEULAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF A CCPS.
>> MY NAME IS MARIBEL TOLMAN AND I WORK AT MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
>. ROBYN COX, I'VE BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR ABOUT 12 YEARS AND THAT CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL FOR NINE.
>> HI, THE DEAN AT MEADOWBROOK WENT TO MBK.
>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE AND CONGRATULATIONS.
>>NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[D. Public Comment]
FOR THIS MEETING, CITIZENS WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF SUBMITTING THEIR COMMENTS ONLINE OR IN-PERSON COMMENTS SUBMITTED VIA THE ONLINE FORM OR SENT TO THE BOARD PRIOR TO THE START OF TONIGHT'S MEETING AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN FULL AS AN ADDENDUM TO THE MEETING MINUTES.MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THIS EVENING'S IN-PERSON SPEAKERS?
>> MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE 16 SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
THEY ARE MARIA CRAWFORD, JACOB WEATHERFORD, LANGSTON MCCURDY, CHASE BRYANT, ANAYA CHATMAN, MCKENZIE WILLIAMS, HEYLEY FLOREZ, CATE FLYNN, MICHEL MCQUEEN, MICHAEL CARABINAS, AND TITUS, JENNIFER PETERSON, ANGLE JEFFERSON, JENNIFER BOOTH, REBECCA HAMATE, AND ROBERT EVERETT.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE FOUR 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 THIRTY SECONDS REMAINING, AND RED 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 ARE PREPARED TO START SPEAKING.
PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMENTS ARE EQUIVALENT TO CAMPAIGNING FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR VIOLATION OF SCHOOL BOARD POLICY 1110 AND ARE PROHIBITED.
WE HAVE MARIA CRAWFORD, JACOB WEATHERFORD, LANGSTON MCCURDY.
>> I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS. [LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, DR. DAUGHERTY, AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MY NAME IS LANGSTON MCCURDY AND I LIVE AND ATTEND THE SCHOOL IN THE BERMUDA DISTRICT.
I'M A PART OF A POLICY AFFINITY GROUP TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT POLICY 3,031 F. WE UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE MAY FEEL ABOUT CERTAIN TOPICS AND OR CERTAIN TEXTS.
BUT WE FEEL AS IF WE SHOULD DESIGN A NEW AND MORE REASONABLE SET OF PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS WHEN CONSIDERING THE BANNING OF CONTROVERSIAL MATERIAL.
ALL OF THE MOST CHALLENGED PIECES OF LITERATURE IN OUR COUNTRY WERE CHALLENGED FOR VERY IMMATURE REGIONS.
OVER HALF OF THE BOOKS THAT ARE BANNED CONTAINED LGBTQIA CONTENT OR EXPRESSED RACIAL INJUSTICES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED TO YOUNGER AUDIENCES.
WE UNDERSTAND HOW MANY PEOPLE MAY FEEL ABOUT TOPICS LIKE THIS, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BAN CONTENT SOLELY BASED UPON THIS.
THE WORLD IS SLOWLY CHANGING AND WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.
BUT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ACCEPT EACH OTHER.
IF WE LIMIT OURSELVES TO SOCIETY'S EXPECTATIONS, HOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GROW? WE CAN'T ALLOW VIEWPOINTS AND FEELINGS STOP US FROM LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER.
LITERATURE IS REGARDED AS AN ARTISTIC MEDIUM BECAUSE AUTHORS SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS AND EXPERIENCES WITH READERS.
THIS ALLOWS CHILDREN AND TEENS ALIKE TO SEE LIFE IN DIFFERENT LIGHT, THUS ALLOWING THEM TO CREATE THEIR OWN IDEAS AND LIVE IN THEIR OWN IMAGE.
LITERATURE IS AN ART THAT IS EXPRESSED WELL WHEN THE ARTIST/AUTHOR ISN'T WORRIED ABOUT RESTRICTIONS AND BARRIERS, IT'S BETTER WHEN ONE CAN BE INFLUENCED BY ITS WORDS AND CREATE THEIR OWN STORY.
BY BANNING BOOKS THAT TEACH TOPICS YOU DEEMED SENSITIVE, YOU ARE ACTIVELY WAGING A WAR AGAINST SOCIAL AND RACIAL AWARENESS AND PERPETUATING INTOLERANCE AND IGNORANCE.
MANY STUDENTS AND I ARE DISCUSSING THIS TOPIC AND FEEL AS THOUGH THE POLICY IS PURPOSELY LEFT VAGUE.
MANY FORMS OF ART OR LITERATURE CAN BE CONTESTED FOR REASONS I'M ABOUT TO DELVE INTO.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE HATE YOU GIVE IS A STORY THAT BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATES THE STRUGGLES OF JUSTICE AND RACIAL EQUALITY.
I AND MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT CERTAIN TOPICS ARE
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NEGLECTED BECAUSE THE SCHOOL BOARD DOES NOT WANT TO SUPPORT OR CAUSE DIVISION.HOWEVER, ACTIVE IN NEGLECTING THE RACIAL PAST OF AMERICA, ALONG WITH THE GENDER PRESENT, WILL ONLY LEAD TO MORE CONFLICT WHEN THESE KIDS REFUSE TO GROW UP.
MY COLLEAGUES AND I ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THESE CHANGES TO HELP EVERYONE IN OUR DIVISION.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND RESPONSE FOR FUTURE STEPS.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, DR. DAUGHERTY, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS CHASE BRYANT AND I LIVE AND ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE BERMUDA DISTRICT.
I'M A PART OF A PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS TO ADDRESS YOU THIS EVENING ON OUR CONCERNS OF THE QUALITY OF OUR WATER.
WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE WATER FOUNTAINS.
BASED ON A SURVEY TAKEN THROUGHOUT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, WE HAVE AGREED THAT THE WATER QUALITY IS A PROBLEM.
WHILE DRINKING WATER FOR STUDENTS IS ACCESSIBLE, IT DOES NOT SEEM SAFE.
THE WATER IS IN A CONSTANT STATE OF TASTING LIKE CONTAMINANTS AND CHEMICALS.
WHILE SOME KIDS CAN BRING WATER FROM HOME, NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD TO BRING A PLASTIC BOTTLE JUST TO AVOID THE WATER [NOISE] FOUNTAINS.
WHAT IF YOU ARE AT WORK ONE DAY AND YOU WERE RUNNING LATE, YOU DIDN'T PACK YOUR WATER BOTTLE AND YOU ARE EXTREMELY THIRSTY? YOU'VE BEEN RUNNING AROUND ALL DAY MEETING AFTER MEETING AND YOU SEE YOUR COMPANY'S WATER FOUNTAIN.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU KNEW YOU COULDN'T DRINK FROM IT BECAUSE OF THE UNPLEASANT TASTE AND HEALTH OF THE WATER? THAT'S HOW THE STUDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FEEL EVERY DAY.
IF WATER FOUNTAINS ARE MEANT TO BE ACCESSIBLE IN A RESOURCE, SHOULD THEY BE BROKEN EVERY DAY? THE WATER FOUNTAINS AT THE WEST CAMPUS WERE DISPOSING OF BROWN LIQUID.
BASED ON TESTS WE HAVE CONDUCTED, WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE WATER IS AT A BARE MINIMUM QUALITY.
THERE ARE HARMFUL CHEMICALS IN THE WATER AND THEY PASS ONLY THE BARE MINIMUM TEST AND THEY SCORE LOW.
BASED ON A TEST WE RAN AND THE RESEARCH WE GATHERED, WE FOUND THAT MEADOWBROOK'S WATER HAD A PH BALANCE OF SIX WHEN SAFE CONSUMPTION LEVELS ARE 6.4-8.2.
THEIR CHLORINE LEVELS ARE ALSO HIGHER THAN RECOMMENDED WITH 10 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER OF FREE CHLORINE AND 10 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER OF TOTAL CHLORINE, WHEN SAFE CONSUMPTION LEVELS ARE 0-3.
COSBY'S WATER CONTAINED 20 MILLIGRAMS PER LITER OF LEAD WHEN IT SHOULD BE ZERO.
WE AS A COUNTY NEED TO RUN MORE EXTENSIVE TESTS TO IMPROVE OUR WATER QUALITY AND TASTES.
THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE CONSTANT TESTING AND ACCESSIBLE WORKING WATER FOUNTAINS.
HERE'S HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR WATER QUALITY.
WE NEED TO FIND THE SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION AND WHAT AREAS NEED TO BE IMPROVED.
ONCE WE TARGET THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE IMPROVED, WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHY THOSE AREAS ARE SCORING THE WAY THEY DID.
WE NEED REGULAR WATER QUALITY TESTING FOR BOTH THE WATER FOUNTAINS AND THE DISPENSER.
OUR RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT THE WATER BOTTLE DISPENSER WATER QUALITY IS LOWER THAN THE ACTUAL FOUNTAIN PART.
WE NEED TO ENFORCE REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THE FOUNTAINS.
FOUNTAINS SHOULDN'T BE BROKEN EVERY WEEK.
FINALLY, WE NEED DAILY FILTRATION.
THE POINT OF OUR RECOMMENDATION AND RESEARCH IS TO ADVOCATE FOR WATER SAFETY AND WATER HEALTH FOR STUDENTS.
WITH A FEW SMALL CHANGES, WE CAN SEVERELY IMPROVE A MASS MAJORITY OF PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE WATER HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND MY COLLEAGUES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH YOU TO IMPLEMENT THESE CHANGES TO HELP EVERYONE IN OUR DIVISION.
WE ALSO APPRECIATE A TIMELY RESPONSE ON NEXT STEPS.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, DR. DAUGHERTY, AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MY NAME IS ANAYA CHATMAN AND I LIVE AND ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE MARINA DISTRICT.
I'M PART OF THE POLICY INFINITY GROUP TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS OF THE POLICY NUMBER 5031, CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REPORTING.
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REPORTING IS A CRITICAL ISSUE THAT SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO REPORT ANY SUSPECTED CASES OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES IMMEDIATELY.
REPORTING CAN HELP PROTECT CHILDREN FROM FUTURE HARM AND PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO RECOVER FROM THEIR TRAUMA.
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT CAN TAKE MANY FORMS INCLUDING PHYSICAL, SEXUAL, AND EMOTIONAL ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
CHILDREN WHO ARE ABUSED OR NEGLECTED MAY BE TOO SCARED OR EVEN ASHAMED TO SPEAK UP,
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SO IT IS UP TO ADULTS TO TAKE ACTION.WHEN YOU REPORT ABUSE OR NEGLECT, YOU ARE HELPING TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM HARM.
YOU ARE HELPING TO PREVENT FUTURE ABUSE AND NEGLECT FROM OCCURRING.
BY REPORTING, YOU ARE SENDING A MESSAGE THAT THIS BEHAVIOR WILL NOT BE TOLERATED IN OUR SOCIETY.
ACCORDING TO VIRGINIA LAW, TEACHES ARE DESIGNATED AS MANDATED REPORTERS WHO HAVE A DUTY TO FILE REPORTS OF CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND EXPLOITATION.
POLICY 5031 STATES THAT ANY PERSON REQUIRED TO FILE A REPORT PURSUANT TO THE CODE OF VIRGINIA AND THIS POLICY, WHO FAILS TO DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BUT NO LONGER THAN 24 HOURS AFTER HAVING REASON TO SUSPECT A REPORTABLE OFFENSE OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT SHALL BE FINED NOT MORE THAN $500 FOR THE FIRST FAILURE AND FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT FAILURES NOT LESS THAN 100 NOR MORE THAN 1,000.
CHILD ABUSE OF CHILDREN IS A CLASS WAR CRIME, AND IF YOU ARE A PROVEN GUILTY, YOU MIGHT SPEND 2-10 YEARS IN JAIL OR BE FINED UP TO $100,000.
IF A STUDENT TELLS A TEACHER THAT THEY HAVE EXPERIENCED CHILD ABUSE AND THE INSTRUCTOR DOESN'T REPORT IT, THEY ARE NOW COMPLICIT IN THE CRIME.
THIS IS REFERRED TO AS GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION, WHICH OCCURS WHEN A PERSON IS FOUND GUILTY OF A CRIME WITHOUT DIRECT PROOF BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY KNOW OR HOW THEY ARE CONNECTED BY THE PERSON.
AFTER THIS BEING SAID, WE BELIEVE THAT ANY SUBSEQUENT FAILURE TO REPORT CHILD ABUSE SHOULD BE FINED MORE THAN THE SET AMOUNT OF $100-$1,000.
A TEACHER HAS THE POSSIBILITY TO BE FINED LESS FOR THE SECOND FAILURE TO REPORT THAN THE FIRST TIME, WHICH IS WHY WE WOULD LIKE FOR THE RANGE OF 100-1,000 TO BE INCREASED TO THE RANGE OF 500-1,000.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME, AND MY COLLEAGUES AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH YOU TO IMPLEMENT THESE CHANGES TO HELP EVERYONE IN OUR DIVISION.
WE ALSO APPRECIATE A TIMELY RESPONSE ON NEXT STEPS.
>> GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS MCKENZIE WILLIAMS AND I ATTEND THOMAS DALE HIGH SCHOOL.
I'M A PART OF A POLICY AFFINITY GROUP DESIGNED TO ADDRESS TO YOU THIS EVENING ON OUR CONCERNS ON THE POLICY 3170.
THIS POLICY IS THE 140-HOUR CLOCK RULE, WHICH IS THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF HOURS FOR STUDENTS TO BE ELIGIBLE TO PASS THAT SCHOOL YEAR.
IN POLICY 3170, IT STATES THAT STUDENTS MUST HAVE AT LEAST 140 HOURS OF CLASS, THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO REQUIRE SCHOOLS TO BE OPEN FOR THE MINIMUM OF 180 DAYS PER YEAR.
AS A STUDENT, YOU CANNOT MISS MORE THAN 20 DAYS FOR YOUR FIRST BLOCK CLASS, WHICH YOU MUST ATTEND EVERY DAY.
FOR THE REST OF YOUR CLASSES, YOU CANNOT MISS MORE THAN 10 DAYS.
OUR CONCERN WITH THIS IS THAT IT IS AN INCONVENIENCE FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE PASSING FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, BUT ARE STRUGGLING WITH ATTENDANCE FOR PERSONAL REASONS, MENTAL HEALTH REASONS, AND ETC.
I BELIEVE THAT SEAT TIME IN SCHOOL IS A FLAWED CONCEPT THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF STUDENTS.
INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THE NUMBER OF OUR STUDENTS SPEND IN A CLASSROOM, WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON THE QUALITY OF THEIR EDUCATION AND THEIR ABILITY TO LEARN.
BY IGNORING THE CONCEPT OF SEAT TIME REQUIREMENTS, WE CAN CREATE A MORE FLEXIBLE SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO LEARN AT THEIR OWN PACE AND IN THEIR OWN WAY.
WE COULD EVEN BE FOCUSING ON THE MENTAL HEALTH EFFECTS OF SCHOOL THAT CAN BE SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS THEM IN ORDER TO CREATE A HEALTHIER AND MORE SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES FACING STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL IS STRESS.
THE PRESSURE TO PERFORM ACADEMICALLY CAN BE OVERWHELMING AND MANY STUDENTS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY UNDER A GREAT DEAL OF PRESSURE.
THIS CAN LEAD TO ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, OR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
IN ADDITION, STUDENTS MAY NEED BREAKS IN ORDER TO GIVE THEIR BRAIN TIME TO BREATHE AND GIVE THEMSELVES TIME TO BREATHE.
BY REQUIRING A SET NUMBER OF HOURS IN THE CLASSROOM,
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WE'RE ESSENTIALLY PUNISHING STUDENTS WHO NEED MORE TIME TO LEARN.THIS CAN LEAD TO FRUSTRATION AND DISENGAGEMENT, WHICH CAN ULTIMATELY HURT THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
SEAT TIME CAN BE INCREDIBLY DEMOTIVATING FOR STUDENTS.
WHEN STUDENTS ARE FORCED TO SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY MIGHT START TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS OR JUST ATTENDING A TRADITIONAL SCHOOL.
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH TO EDUCATION.
THIS MEANS NOT FOCUSING JUST ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ATTENDANCE, BUT ALSO ON A STUDENT'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING.
IN CONCLUSION, SEAT TIME AND REQUIREMENT OF HOURS IS AN AWFUL AND MENTALLY STRAINING CONCEPT TOWARDS STUDENTS.
YES, ATTENDING SCORES ARE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE, BUT STUDENTS AT THOMAS DALE FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DAYS THERE SHOULD BE TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR TO SEAT TIME OR EVEN TALKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR ATTENDANCE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH YOU TO IMPLEMENT THESE CHANGES TO HELP EVERYONE IN OUR DIVISION.
I ALSO APPRECIATE A TIMELY RESPONSE ON OUR NEXT STEPS.
>> THANK YOU, MS. WILLIAMS. HEYLEY FLOREZ.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HEYLEY FLOREZ, I'M A JUNIOR AT JAMES RIVER HIGH SCHOOL AND A YC LEADER.
YC IS A STATEWIDE YOUTH INITIATIVE OF THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY YOUTH THAT PARTNERS WITH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE TO TRAIN AND ENGAGE YOUTH IN POLICY CHANGE.
AS A MEMBER OF YC, I'M EMPOWERED TO MAKE BEHAVIOR CHANGES THAT PROMOTE NUTRITIOUS LIFESTYLES AND TOBACCO-FREE LIVING.
YC UNDERSTANDS THAT BEHAVIOR CHANGE IS COMPLEX, SO OUR MISSION IS TO TACKLE LARGE HEALTH ISSUES THROUGH STATE-WIDE CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS REVUE BETH.
THE REVUE BETH CAMPAIGN ENCOURAGES VIRGINIANS TO DRINK MORE WATER AND MAKE WATER THEIR NUMBER 1 BEVERAGE OF CHOICE.
HYDRATION IS VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF STUDENTS AND CAN IMPROVE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE.
AS A STUDENT, I FIND IT EASIER TO CONCENTRATE AND PERFORM WHEN I'M ADEQUATELY HYDRATED.
FOR MANY STUDENTS, SCHOOLS ARE THEIR ONLY RELIABLE SOURCE OF MEALS AND POSSIBLY EVEN DRINKABLE WATER.
THAT IS WHY OUR GOAL IS TO INCREASE THE ACCESS, AVAILABILITY, AND PROMOTION OF WATER IN VIRGINIA SCHOOLS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE POLICY ADOPTION.
FOR THE PAST YEAR, I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH KEY DECISION-MAKERS ACROSS CHESTERFIELD TO SHARE THE GOAL AND MISSION OF REVUE BETH.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY YC REMEMBERS FOR WORKING SO HARD TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF DRINKING WATER AND OUR LEADERS FOR TAKING TIME TO HEAR STUDENTS AND WORKING WITH US TO MAKE OUR WELLNESS POLICY STRONGER.
THANK YOU FOR VOTING TO UPDATE OUR DIVISION'S WELLNESS POLICY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND ALL THAT YOU DO IN THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
>> THANK YOU, MS. FLOREZ. CAITLIN.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THEY DID SUCH A GREAT JOB. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] MY NAME IS CAITLIN IN THE MIDLOTHIAN DISTRICT.
I'M HERE TONIGHT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY FRIEND, DOMINIC CHARLES, DALE DISTRICT, WHO WAS, UNFORTUNATELY, UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS MEETING AS SHE DOES MOST MONTHS.
GOOD EVENING, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.
AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, THIS MEETING COINCIDES WITH MY 15TH YEAR WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND WE ARE ADULTING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR NOT BEING THERE IN PERSON AS I USUALLY AM.
FIRST, I WANT TO ADDRESS SCHOOL SAFETY.
A STUDENT BROUGHT A LOADED GUN TO METALLICA MIDDLE SCHOOL TODAY.
THIS IS NOT OUR FIRST FIREARM OR MAGAZINE FOUND ON ONE OF OUR STUDENTS.
THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT COME TO MIND ARE WHERE ARE THEY GETTING THESE GUNS FROM AND WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE CHILD.
DURING A TIME WHERE TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND STAFF ARE BEING LEGISLATED IN THE CLASSROOMS, BEING VERBALLY ATTACKED BY SOME PARENTS, AND DISRESPECTED BY OUR GOVERNOR, WHAT ARE WE EXPECTING THEM TO DO? I HAVE ALWAYS SAID IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD, PARENTS AND TEACHERS WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CHILDREN.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROTOCOLS ON WEAPONS BEING FOUND ON SCHOOL GROUNDS, MEANING WHAT ARE THE STEPS SCHOOL LEADERS TAKE UPON FINDING THEM, BEING NOTIFIED OR FINDING THE GUN OR WEAPON.
I KNOW SAFETY IS A PRIORITY FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IN HONOR OF OUR TEACHERS, STAFF, NURSES, COUNSELORS, BUS DRIVERS, AND FOOD SERVICE TEAMS, I WANTED TO READ A POEM I READ LAST YEAR AND IT STILL APPLIES TODAY.
I HEARD YOU SAY THE OTHER DAY, OH,
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YOU'RE JUST A TEACHER ANYWAY, YOU LAUGH AND PLAY YOUR DAY AWAY.YOU'RE FREE AT THREE, HAVE YOUR SUMMERS OFF.
YOU SNICKERED SOFTLY AND EVEN SCOFFED.
I'M SAD TO SAY THAT YOU JUST DON'T SEE WHAT BEING A TEACHER MEANS TO ME.
SURE, I LAUGH AND PLAY MY DAY AWAY BECAUSE LEARNING IS FUN.
IF I WERE FREE AT THREE AND I HAD MY SUMMERS OFF, I TOO SNICKER AND EVEN SCOFF.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY PAYCHECK DOES, BUT I DO NOT.
BUT YOU SEE GOOD SIR, MA'AM, MADAM OR MISS, BEING JUST A TEACHER IS MUCH MORE THAN THIS.
I JUST TEACH YOUR CHILD TO READ AND WRITE, TO JUST EXPLORING QUESTION, TO JUST THINK AND BE BRIGHT.
I JUST DRY THEIR TEARS WHEN THEY'RE HAVING A BAD DAY.
I'M JUST THERE FOR THEM IN EACH AND EVERY WAY.
YOUR MOST PRECIOUS ASSET JUST DESERVES A LOT AND BEING JUST A TEACHER, I'M NOT.
I DARE YOU TO JUST TAKE A CLOSER LOOK FOR BEING JUST A TEACHER DOESN'T COME IN A BOOK.
IT COMES FROM THE HEART AND IT'S A PASSION, YOU SEE, SO BEING JUST A TEACHER IS FINE WITH ME.
>> GOOD EVENING, DR. DORY, CHAIR COOKER, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I AM MICHELLE D. MACQUEEN, PRESIDENT OF THE CHESTERFIELD ALUMNI CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.
I HAVE STANDING HERE WITH ME AMALI BURGESS WHO SERVES AS OUR SOCIAL ACTION CHAIR.
WE ARE ONE OF 1,000 CHAPTERS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY WITH OVER 300,000 MEMBERS.
DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED IS AN ORGANIZATION OF COLLEGE-EDUCATED WOMEN COMMITTED TO THE CONSTRUCTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ITS MEMBERS AND TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
TODAY, I ALSO HAVE WITH ME SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR ORGANIZATION WHO ARE CONSTITUENTS WHO LIVE IN YOUR DISTRICTS, PLEASE STAND A MINUTE.
THE WORK WE DO IS BASED ON OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATION'S FIVE-POINT THRUST PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND POLITICAL AWARENESS AND INVOLVEMENT.
CHESTERFIELD ALUMNI CHAPTER WAS CHARTERED IN MARCH OF 1995.
FOR 28 YEARS, WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY COMMUNITIES.
IN OUR EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH US, OUR PROJECTS HAVE INCLUDED HOSTING THE FIRST NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND FORUM, GREETING STUDENTS AT THEIR SCHOOLS ON THE FIRST DAY BACK-TO-SCHOOL, ADOPT A SCHOOL PROGRAM WHERE WE PARTNER WITH AREA COUNTY SCHOOLS, FURNISHING SCHOOL SUPPLIES, MENTORING OPPORTUNITIES, AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR THE STUDENTS.
WE HAVE PARTICIPATED FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE YMCA BRIGHT BEGINNINGS PROGRAM.
DR. JEAN, I KNOW BOTH DELTA JIMS, DR. BETTY SHABAAB'S DELTA ACADEMY AND OUR EMBODIED PROGRAMS, MENTORING PROGRAMS, WHERE WE WORK WITH YOUNG LADIES AND YOUNG MEN IN ELEMENTARY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
DURING ONE OF OUR CLUSTER MEETINGS, WHICH INCLUDED MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE, WE COLLECTED OVER 1,000 BOOKS WHICH WERE DONATED TO VARIOUS LOCAL COUNTY SCHOOLS.
[NOISE] OTHER PROJECTS OUR CHAPTER HAVE DONE INCLUDE PROVIDING CHILDREN'S BOOKS TO JUSTIN WILLIS AND ST. FRANCIS HOSPITALS.
NICU PROVIDED OVER 200 HANDBAGS WITH ITEMS FOR WOMEN AND BOOK BAGS FULL OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR CHILDREN THROUGH THE JAMES HOUSE AND THROUGH OUR INSPIRED LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.
COHORT MEMBERS COLLECTED ENOUGH CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO FILL A BUS AND THEN SO ON.
THESE ITEMS WERE DONATED TO BURSTY MALL IN VIRGINIA, LOCATED ON THE WHITE PINE ROAD, WHO HAS A FREE CLOTHING, HOUSEWARES, AND BABY BOUTIQUE SERVING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES TO STABILITY.
OUR CHAPTER HAS HOSTED FORUMS FOR CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR OFFICES IN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS HOLDING MANY VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES AND INFORMATIONS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WITHIN THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL.
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY STUDENTS OVER OUR CHAPTER'S HISTORY AND SEVERAL JUST CLOSED RECENTLY FOR APPLICATIONS.
IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, WE HOSTED A MARCHING TO FITNESS EVENT FOR THE COMMUNITY HELD AT METERBROOKE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY WERE OVERALL.
EXCUSE ME, 100 PARTICIPANTS WHO HAD ACCESS TO LINE DANCING AND AEROBIC EXERCISE, BLOOD PRESSURE, AND OTHER HEALTH SCREENINGS, ARP, AND GIVING AWAY PRIZES.
TWO WEEKS AGO WE HELD A YOUTH EMPOWERMENT EXPLOSION VIRTUALLY INCLUDING ESSAY WRITING, OPIOID CRISIS, CCAA RECRUITMENT PROCESS, FASA AND FINANCIAL AID.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD IN SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITIES AND FOLLOWING THE PLATFORMS THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR US.
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THESE CURRENTLY INCLUDE VOTING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, EDUCATION APPROVAL, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, HEALTH EQUITY, RE-IMAGINE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE.WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND INFORM YOU ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION AND ALL THE INITIATIVES AND ACTIONS THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK FOR TOWARD THROUGHOUT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND OUR SERVICE AREA.
>> HERE WE ARE ON THE LAST PAGE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE YOU-ALL TOOK THE SEATS.
DEBBIE, I REMEMBER YOUR WORDS WHEN WE HAD TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO STAY OPEN AND YOU WERE LEFT TO YOUR OWN BY THE STATE ON DECISIONS TO MAKE.
I'VE BEEN HERE PRETTY FREQUENTLY SINCE THEN.
NUMBER OF US HAS TO THE POINT YOU COULD PROBABLY FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE WALK UP HERE.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT ORDER WE'RE GOING TO PUT WHAT WORDS IN.
BUT THE MESSAGES STAY THE SAME.
THE THING IS THOUGH, WHEN YOU START TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, YOU START TO FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO AGREE ON.
PEOPLE WHO I DISAGREE WITH VEHEMENTLY ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES IN THIS ROOM HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN AGREE ON.
ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN CONSTANT FOR FAR TOO LONG COMING IN HERE AND TALKING TO THIS BOARD WHILE WE HAVE OUR FIGHTS OVER THE ISSUE OF THE DAY IS ONE PERSON WHO HAS HAD A CONSISTENT SINGLE CONCERN.
WENDY LITTLE HAS BEEN COMING IN HERE TRYING TO GET HELP, TRYING TO GET THE EDUCATION EVERY CITIZEN OF CHESTERFIELD DESERVES FOR HER CHILD TO THE POINT WHERE ASIDE FOR ANYTHING ELSE, THAT'S THE ONE THING I THINK THAT I CAN AGREE WITH.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME HERE OFTEN IS SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO HELP.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS MISSING, WHAT IS IF IT'S BUDGET.
WE JUST WENT THROUGH TWO BUDGET SESSIONS IN THE TIME THAT SHE'S BEEN COMING.
WHY IS THE MONEY NOT HERE? WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE SPENDING TODAY PER STUDENT AND IT'S STILL ABYSMALLY LOW.
WHAT'S NOT GETTING DONE? WHAT'S NOT BEING ASKED? WHERE ARE WE FALLING BEHIND? BECAUSE IF I CAN AGREE WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO I DISAGREE WITH SO MUCH ON SO MANY OTHER THINGS ABOUT THIS ONE THING, THEN THERE HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING SERIOUSLY GOING ON HERE.
ALL I REALLY HAVE TO ASK YOU ON THAT MATTER IS PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO HELP HER FOR ALL OF OUR SAKE, FOR GOD'S SAKE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING.
I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT BOOKS AND SUBJECTS, BUT WE'VE HAD STUDENTS HERE SAY BETTER THINGS THAN I COULD HAVE SAID ABOUT IT.
THANK GOODNESS FOR GROUPS LIKE THE BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY WHO OFFER FREE ACCESS TO BAN BOOKS, AND FOR THOSE STUDENTS OUT THERE WHO ARE SMART ENOUGH TO LET EACH OTHER KNOW WHAT THEY'RE NOT BEING TOLD.
I SAW THE CAFETERIA WORKERS AND I WANT TO REMIND CHESTERFIELD THAT REALLY, AS A SOCIETY WE SHOULD SEE A KID AND THEN FEED A KID, AND WE SHOULDN'T BE CHARGING ANYBODY FOR BREAKFAST OR FOR LUNCH, PERIOD.
ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY AT A TIME WHEN THESE SUBJECTS CONTINUED TO COME UP, THESE SUBJECTS CONTINUE TO BE HAMMERED, WHERE WE SEE STATES TURN ABSOLUTELY AGAINST MANY OF THEIR CITIZENS.
WE'LL SEE A GOVERNOR STILL STALLING ON TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO INSTITUTE DAMAGING POLICIES, THAT TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS.
HAVE A NICE SUMMER. THANK YOU.
>> I ACTUALLY COME UP HERE TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH A BRIEF SMILE ON MY FACE AFTER HEARING MR. CARBINAS SPOKE.
BECAUSE AMEN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILDREN OF THIS STATE AND THIS COUNTY NEED HELP,
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AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE STATE IS DOING.YOU LOOK AT THEM AND YOU'RE LIKE, "OKAY, THAT'S NICE. YOU CAN'T EDUCATE YOUR KID." YOU'RE CREATING SUICIDAL PARENTS LITERALLY WHO ARE MY FRIENDS, BECAUSE YOU'VE DRIVEN THEM CRAZY BECAUSE YOU WON'T EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN.
YOU HAVE SUICIDAL CHILDREN BECAUSE YOU'VE SEND THEIR PARENTS WHO WON'T SEND THEM TO SCHOOL, BECAUSE THEY'RE IN SEVENTH-GRADE READING AT A THIRD-GRADE LEVEL AND THEY'RE SUICIDAL.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS DO? YOU HAUL THEM INTO COURT FOR TRUANCY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THE REALITY, SO THE GUN TODAY.
THEN THERE'S THE 417 SALEM CHURCH MIDDLE SCHOOL, MR. SMITH PUT OUT ON PERSONAL MATTERS.
THAT WAS SEXUAL HARASSMENT AGAINST A FEMALE CO-WORKER AND INAPPROPRIATE DEALINGS WITH CHILDREN MATOACA MIDDLE TODAY.
THEN YOU HAVE MARCH 16TH FINALLY REPORTED AFTER MONTHS, A TEACHER OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN FIVE OF THEM ASSAULTING.
FIRST INCIDENT, THEN YOU REPORTED A CPS.
CPS BECAUSE WE'RE PART OF THE DIRTY 13 BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I USED TO DO BEFORE I FOUGHT THIS, IS ONE OF THE WORST CPS SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD.
THE PARENT HAD TO CALL THE POLICE.
WHAT DID THEY FIND OUT WEEKS LATER? THAT AFTER LISA HARABILIS IN 12 COUNTS OF ASSAULT AND BODILY ON FIVE CHILDREN, AND YOU'VE LITERALLY WRITTEN POLICY AROUND IT TO WHERE YOU HAVE TO REPORT ALCOHOL AND MARIJUANA, THAT WOULD BE A.
THEN YOU SKIP B, WHICH IS PHYSICAL ASSAULT RESULTING IN BODILY DAMAGE AND YOU GO STRAIGHT TO, BUT WE HAVE SEXUAL ASSAULT.
YOU LITERALLY SKIPPED ASSAULT AND BATTERY RESULTING IN BODILY INJURY. WHAT DID THAT LEAD TO? WE'RE AT A LOUDON SITUATION THAT COVERING THAT UP, THEN YOU HAD ANOTHER ONE HAPPEN FOLLOWING KATHLEEN HARLOW, SAME SCHOOL ASSAULTING ANOTHER PRESCHOOLER.
THEN 17-YEAR-OLD ELSIE BIRD WITH A GUN.
JULY 13TH INTERNAL AUDIT FOUND THAT YOU WERE NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINING RECORDS, UNAWARE OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITY OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH STATE CODE CONCERNING CIVIL RIGHTS RECORD, SPECIAL EDUCATION REPORT CARDS, AND HEALTH CARE PLANS.
THERE IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE'RE FACADES, ESPECIALLY DRUG RE-EDUCATION SCHOOLS WHEREVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
SOFTWARE COMING OUT OF THE WAZUH, TEXT CHROMEBOOKS THEY'RE CHEAP THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS YOU SPENT ON THE SOFTWARE THAT GOES INTO THEM, TRACKING THE DATA.
WHY? YOU'RE NOT CREATING BETTER CHILDREN.
CHILDREN READING ON CHROMEBOOKS IN KINDERGARTEN, GIVE ME A BREAK.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A LAW 8 VAC 249010, IT IS THE DUTY OF ALL SCHOOL OFFICIALS INCLUDING SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE SCHOOLS LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
NOT TO THE VSBA, THERE'S A LAW THAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE LAW.
POLICIES REGARDING CERTAIN ACTIVITIES, YOU HAVE TO DEVELOP A POLICY IN WHICH QUESTIONNAIRES AND SURVEYS REQUESTING STUDENTS PROVIDE SEXUAL INFORMATIONAL, MENTAL HEALTH INFORMATION, MEDICAL INFORMATION, AND STUDENT HEALTH RISK BEHAVIORS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY ON IT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SENT IT OUT SO THAT PARENTS KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S CALLED SYSTEMIC EMBEDDED SEL IN EVERY SINGLE CLASS.
THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE BOOKS ANYMORE DOESN'T CHANGE THE FACT THAT SURVEYS, THE DEFINITION IS COLLECTING DATA.
REAL QUICK JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, VIRGINIA HAS NO EXEMPTIONS.
THEY'RE ONLY OF HIGHER EDUCATION ALLOWING THE BOOKS, SO I DON'T CARE HOW ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM FEELS.
ALLOWING THEM INTO SCHOOL IS CRIMINAL, PERIOD.
THIRTY STATES HAVE EXEMPTIONS, WE'RE NOT ONE, THEY'RE JUST HIGHER EDUCATION.
>> WELCOME TO YOUR NEW LAWSUITS.
>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JENNIFER PETERSON AND I'M HERE WITH ANN.
I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT A BOOK THAT YOU GUYS DO HAVE TWO OF YOUR SCHOOLS, MANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL AND THOMAS DALE WEST, IS CALLED TRANS PLUS.
LET ME START OFF WITH NOBODY CARES WHO IS DOING WHAT, WHO IDENTIFIES AS WHAT.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THIS BOOK CONTAINS QR CODES 83 OF THEM, SEVEN OF WHICH WILL LEAD THE STUDENT TO HYPERLINKS THAT LEAD TO ADULT PORNOGRAPHY SITES.
AS IN FULL FRONTALS, NO CLOTHING, NO PASTIES.
THEY LEAD TO SITES THAT CONTAIN MATERIAL WHERE YOU HAVE TO CLAIM THAT YOU ARE 18 AND OLDER, AND ALL THAT IS IT'S JUST CLICKING, YES, I'M 18.
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THERE IS NO OTHER AGE VERIFICATION.THIS BOOK ALSO LEADS YOU TO A WEBSITE THAT WILL HAVE A LIVE BLOG ON IT.
THEY TALK ABOUT BDSM AGE OF CONSENT BEING 12, FETISHES, ORAL, ANAL, AND VAGINAL SEX, AND A WHOLE MESS OF THINGS.
EVEN IN THAT, THEY HAVE LINKS TO WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE SEX TOYS.
ANOTHER ONE OF THE QR CODES TAKES YOU TO AN ARTICLE WITH HYPERLINKS, THAT WHEN YOU CLICK DOWN TO THE BOTTOM AND YOU CLICK SEX, TAKES YOU TO AN ADULT EROTICA FICTION SITE 86,000 STORIES ON IT BY 26,000 AUTHORS.
THERE IS ANOTHER SITE OUT THERE THAT WERE YOU CLICK THAT YOU'RE 18 AND OLDER, YOU ARE SEEING LITERALLY ILLUSTRATIONS OF TRANS WOMEN WITH STRAPONS ENGAGING IN SEXUAL ACTIVITY.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS TO BE IN OUR SCHOOLS AND THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THAT BECAUSE THIS BOOK TAKES THE READER BEYOND THE COVERS OF THE BOOK, THAT DOES SEEM TO CROSS STATE LINES.
WHICH IS THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE PART OF 18 USC 1470, WHICH COMES WITH A 10-YEAR FEDERAL PRISON SENTENCE FOR VIOLATION.
WHEN YOU HAVE TO CLICK THAT YOU'RE 18 AND OLDER, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.
THESE BOOKS JUST HAVE NO PLACE TO BE IN STUDENT LIBRARIES.
OUR TEST SCORES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS VIRGINIA, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE UP OVER COVID AND YOU'RE POISONING THESE KIDS MINDS WITH STUFF THAT EVEN AS AN ADULT, I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR.
I'M MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN, I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 20 YEARS THERE ISN'T A WHOLE LOT TO SHOCKS ME, THIS BOOK DID.
I URGE YOU GUYS TO START REVIEWING YOUR BOOKS, DO A LIBRARY AUDIT, DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO, BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THIS IS NOT THE ONLY BOOK THAT'S GOING TO BE INAPPROPRIATE IN THESE SCHOOLS.
>> GIVE ME A SECOND. MY PASSWORD DOESN'T WANT TO WORK RIGHT NOW.
GOOD EVENING, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.
MY NAME IS ANGLE JEFFERSON AND I AM AN EIGHTH-GRADE STUDENT AT MANCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DILEMMA, THAT MANY STUDENTS AT OUR SCHOOL ARE FACING REGARDING THE DRESS CODE.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONFUSION AND INCONSISTENCY IN THE WAY THE DRESS CODE IS BEING ENFORCED AT OUR SCHOOL.
WHILE THE CCPS PARENT HANDBOOK DOES NOT SPECIFICALLY MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT SHOULDERS OR SPAGHETTI STRAPS, MANY STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED FOR WEARING CLOTHES THAT EXPOSES THEIR SHOULDERS.
THIS ISSUE IS NOT ONLY CONFUSING FOR STUDENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO UNFAIR.
TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATION SEEMED TO BE FOCUSING MORE ON DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS THAN ACTUAL PROBLEMS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND OUR SCHOOL.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE WITNESSED STUDENTS MAKE RACIAL, SEXIST, AND HATEFUL REMARKS THAT HAVE ALL GONE UNNOTICED AND UNADDRESSED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE DRESS CODE IS A PLACE TO MAINTAIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPECTABILITY IN OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT ENFORCEMENT OF THE DRESS CODE, IS DISTRACTING FOR MORE PRESSING ISSUES AND IS NOT BEING APPLIED FAIRLY.
IT'S NOT HARD TO KNOW IS THAT GIRLS ARE BEING REFERRED FOR DRESS CODE VIOLATIONS MORE OFTEN THAN BOYS.
WHAT'S DISTRACTING IS AN ADMIN TELLING YOU TO BORROW HOODIE FROM SOMEONE ELSE DURING YOUR ALREADY SHORT LUNCH BREAK.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW STUDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO WEAR CAT EARS AND TAILS, BUT PROHIBITED TO WEAR SPAGHETTI STRAPS.
I FAIL TO SEE HOW STUDENTS' SHOULDERS ARE FOR OUR WRITERS OF THIS CHAT CAN BE CONSIDERED INAPPROPRIATE.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE FASHION IS CONSISTENTLY EVOLVING FOR YOUNG STUDENT AND VISUALS.
WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPRESS OURSELVES THROUGH OUR CLOTHING CHOICES WITHOUT BEING SHAMED OR PUNISHED.
IN ADDITION, I BELIEVE THAT IS ESSENTIAL TO CREATE A DIALOGUE BETWEEN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS ON THIS MATTER.
STUDENT SHOULD BE GIVEN A PLATFORM TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS AND CONCERNS ABOUT THE DRESS CODE POLICY.
THIS WILL HELP IN CREATING A MORE INCLUSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE SCHOOL BOARD REVIEW AND CLARIFY THE DRESS CODE POLICY FOR ALL CCPS SCHOOLS.
THIS WILL HELP ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE AWARE OF THE EXPECTATIONS, AND THE POLICY IS BEING ENFORCED CONSISTENTLY AND FAIRLY.
ADDITIONALLY, I URGED SCHOOL BOARD TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT THE ISSUE IS HAVING ON STUDENTS.
AS AN EIGHTH GRADER, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MANY OF MY PEERS ARE FEELING FRUSTRATED, CONFUSED, AND EVEN SINGLED OUT BY THE CURRENT ENFORCEMENT OF THEIR DRESS CODE.
IN CONCLUSION, I BELIEVE IT IS TIME FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ISSUE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND THAT OUR FOCUS IS ON CREATING A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND CONSIDERATION ON THIS MATTER.
>> JENNIFER BOOTH. REBECCA HAMMOND.
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>> WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS A BENEFIT GOING LAST.
I ALWAYS ENJOY THAT. ALL THIS PRETTY MUCH IS PROBABLY GOING TO GET THAT COVERED.
I WANT TO COVER ON WHAT ANN JUST TALKED ABOUT EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE VIRGINIA CODE 18-2374 ON THE INCENTIVE LAWS.
THERE IS NO EXEMPTIONS THAT INCLUDE ALL SCHOOLS AND ALL LIBRARIES IN THIS PARTICULAR ARTICLE LIKE THE OTHER STATES DO.
IT'S BASICALLY APPLYING TO EVERYTHING THAT'S HIGHER EDUCATION LEARNING, NOT ANYTHING ELSE.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
I CAN SUBMIT THIS INTO THE RECORDS IF YOU DON'T MIND.
MAN, THIS WHOLLY CHANGED EVERYTHING.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WENDY LITTLE.
I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING HER SINCE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS AND WATCHING WENDY COME UP HERE WITH A MASK ON WITH MESSAGES.
I KNOW SHE'S BEEN DEALING WITH YOU GUYS FOR A WHILE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT. I TRIED TO FIND OUT.
I'VE TALKED TO HER FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND DAYS AND HOURS AND DAYS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW ONE OF YOU GUYS HAVE A DISABLED CHILD, SO I CAN'T THINK IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH IGNORING HER ON THE DISABLED THING.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA, BUT I'M GOING TO FIND OUT AND I WANT TO THANK MR. CARABINAS FOR BRINGING THAT UP TODAY.
I'M PRETTY CONNECTED TO IT, WE'RE EMOTIONAL.
ANYWAYS, I'M GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THAT WITH HELP FROM PEOPLE THAT I DON'T USUALLY REACH OUT TO.
ANYHOW, LET'S GET PAST THE LIBRARY STUFF, ALREADY GREAT COMMITTEE.
I'M GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 20-30 PARENTS MEET ON MAY 16TH FOR A KICKOFF MEETING FOR MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, SO HOPEFULLY THAT GOES WELL.
WHAT I WANT TO ADDRESS IS THE DRESS ATTIRE FOR OUR TEACHERS.
IT'S WEAK HOW THE PERSONAL APPEARANCE AND DEMEANORS WRITTEN MUST BE IN BUSINESS ATTIRE PROFESSIONAL.
THAT COULD GO ANYWAYS. I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE TEACHERS AND OTHERS THAT ARE EXPOSED TO STUDENTS IN THE DAILY BASIS ARE PROHIBITED FROM DISPLAYING CONTROVERSIAL MESSAGES, PERSONAL BIASES, PERSONAL BELIEFS OR CONTROVERSIAL SYMBOLS ON PERSONAL CLOTHING, PERSONAL BELONGINGS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO TERMS AS COFFEE MUGS, PURSES, BRIEFCASES, CELLPHONES, AND MOUSE PADS.
I THINK THAT WOULD PROTECT EVERYBODY FROM BEING EXPOSED TO CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS SUCH AS 3031.
UNDER THERE IT SAYS, DO NOT EXPOSE STUDENTS TO THE DISPLAY OF CONTROVERSIAL MESSAGES, PERSONAL BIASES.
THE SAME THING I JUST WROTE IT HERE, I JUST REWROTE IT.
I'M GOING TO SUBMIT THIS AS WELL.
AS FAR AS THE LIBRARY BOOKS GO, I STILL FEEL LIKE WE DO NEED A RATING SYSTEM AND I TRIED THAT AT THE HIGHER-LEVEL GOVERNMENT, SO I'M TRYING TO DO THAT AT THE LOCAL LEVELS.
YOU GUYS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES I SUBMITTED THIS TO.
I'VE ALREADY PUT THAT IN THE MINUTES MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT I COULD DO THE SAME THING AGAIN RIGHT NOW.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK BECAUSE I HAVE GOT SOME TIME.
THE FLAG IS WAY POLICY WHICH I'VE INTRODUCED MANY TIMES AGO.
BASICALLY, WHAT THAT DOES IT JUST INCLUDES THE OFFICIAL UNITED STATES FLAG, THE CURRENT COMMONWEALTH FLAG, THE CURRENT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY FLAG, THE UNITED STATES MILITARY FLAGS, SPORTS FLAGS.
FLAGS BETWEEN RECOGNITION OF ACHIEVEMENT.
YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY SEEN THIS. I'VE READ THIS MULTIPLE TIMES.
IT KEEPS PROPAGANDA, IT KEEPS CERTAIN FLAGS.
THAT GOES FOR BOTH SIDES, NOT JUST ONE-SIDED.
THIS IS NOT A ONE-SIDED POLICY.
THIS IS ABOUT AS MIDDLE GROUND AS YOU POSSIBLY GET.
I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD BE BLANKETED ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTY OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, AND IF IT'S NOT IN OTHER COUNTIES IT SHOULD BE THERE AS WELL.
MAYBE IT SHOULD GO UP TO THE VDOE.
I DON'T KNOW YET, BUT RIGHT NOW I REALLY FEEL LIKE CHESTERFIELD NEEDS THE POLICY.
IT'S NOT IN PLACE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IMPLEMENTED AS WELL IN SCHOOL.
WITH THAT BEING SAID I'M GOING TO REVISIT THIS WHOLE WENDY LITTLE AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP HER.
I FEEL BAD FOR HER AND I KNOW SHE JUST LOVES HER SON AND SHE COMES UP HERE AND FIGHTS AS MUCH AS SHE CAN.
THIS HAS CAUSED HER A LOT OF MENTAL ANGUISH AND I FEEL REALLY BAD FOR HER.
I HOPE YOU GUYS REACHING YOUR HEARTS, FIGURE OUT HOW TO HELP HER.
NO MATTER WHAT, IF YOUR ATTORNEYS ARE TELLING YOU NOT TO, MAYBE YOU NEED TO QUESTION THAT TOO.
THANK YOU. ROBERT. THAT WAS THE VIRGINIA CHILDRFIRST.
>> THANK YOU, MR. ABARETH. MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
NEXT, WE HAVE ACTION ITEMS, MR. MEISTER.
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>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MADAM VICE CHAIR JUST STEPPED OUT.
REST OF THE BOARD, DR. DAUGHERTY, I'M GOING TO START WITH THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ADOPTION OF THE FY21 BUDGET WHICH I BELIEVE IS MEMO 72-23.
IN DOING THAT I WANT TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH A PRESENTATION THAT I
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SHARED JUST THIS AFTERNOON AT THE WORK SESSION TO PROVIDE BOTH THE BOARD THIS MATERIAL ONCE AGAIN AND ALSO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE ARE DOING HERE THIS EVENING.THE BUDGET PROCESS AS IT WOULD NORMALLY LINE UP IN WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WOULD HAVE LOOKED LIKE WHAT IS ON THE SCREEN NOW WHERE THE SUPERINTENDENT PROPOSE THEIR BUDGET IN JANUARY.
THE SCHOOL BOARD DID APPROVE A BUDGET IN LATE FEBRUARY.
THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOLLOWS THAT UP WITH A PROCESS IN MARCH WHERE THEY ADAPTED THEIR BUDGET IN APRIL AND UNDERLYING ALL OF THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A STATE PROCESS THAT WOULD HAVE ENDED IN AROUND THE SAME TIME AND WE WOULD HAVE COME TO YOU EITHER IN A LATE APRIL OR THIS MEETING IN MAY WITH OUR FULL BUDGET TOGETHER.
THAT IS NOT WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY AND NOT WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW AS THE STATE CONTINUES THEIR PROCESS AND ALL THE SIGNS AND INDICATION SUGGESTS THAT THE STATE WILL NOT RECONVENE TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET UNTIL LATE JUNE.
HERE WE'RE IN THIS GREEN BOX RIGHT NOW OR I'M GOING TO ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD TO ADOPT THE MEMO I MENTIONED EARLIER FOR WHAT I'M GOING TO CALL AN INTERIM OR A STOPGAP BUDGET UNTIL WE GET TO A POINT OF KNOWING WHERE THE STATE BUDGET IS.
THAT WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE LATE JUNE AT THE EARLIEST WHICH MEANS WE'LL START THE NEW FISCAL YEAR WITH THE BUDGET INTACT THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE TODAY AND WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK ONCE THE STATE BUDGET IS KNOWN AND LIKELY AFTER THAT JULY 1ST FISCAL YEAR FOR AMENDMENTS TO RECONCILE THE STATE BUDGET AND ANY OTHER CHANGES TO THIS PLAN THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
WHY ARE WE DOING ALL THIS? WHY DO WE NEED TO RUSH THIS ADOPTION? PRIMARILY BECAUSE WE NEED TO START TO SCHOOL WELL AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESSES THAT ARE REALLY DEPENDENT ON HAVING A BUDGET IN PLACE AND KNOWING WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH OF THOSE IS RECRUITING AND STAFFING OUR SCHOOLS.
THE BUDGET REALLY DRIVES BOTH THE STAFFING MODELS AND THE STAFFING PLANS.
WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENTS, WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS, IT DRIVES THE COMPENSATION STRUCTURE OF WHAT WE CAN OFFER A NEW TEACHER FOR EXAMPLE TO COME WORK FOR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY THROUGH THE RECRUITING PROCESS AND ALL THAT SHOULD AND WILL LEAD TO TEACHERS IN THE CLASSROOM AND HAPPY KIDS THERE.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO SOMETHING TODAY SO WE HAVE A WORKING PLAN.
IT IS NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT, BUT IT WILL BE A PLAN THAT WE CAN GET TO AT LEAST JULY 1 AND ADDRESS THE STATE AS IT COMES IN.
WHEN DR. DAUGHERTY CAME TO YOU IN LATE JANUARY, HE STRESSED THESE THREE KEY PRIORITIES.
THOSE REMAIN THE KEY THREE PRIORITIES AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, WHICH PRIMARILY REVOLVE AROUND COMPENSATION, MAINTAINING SERVICE LEVELS, WHICH WAS REALLY ADDRESSING THE GROWTH IN THIS COUNTY, AND ALSO EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE TOPIC INFLATION, AND LASTLY, TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND ADDITIONAL POSITIONS TO HELP SUPPORT SOME AREAS OF CRITICAL NEED.
I'VE MENTIONED COUNSELING AND ESL STAFFING HERE AS WELL AS ADDRESSING SEVERAL STATE AND FEDERAL MANDATES.
WITH ALL THAT IN MIND, THE BUDGET THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHARE TODAY AND THAT WE'RE WILLING TO PUT FORWARD DOES INCLUDE MANY OF THOSE KEY PRIORITIES AND DOES ADDRESS THEM.
FIRST AND FOREMOST AROUND COMPENSATION, DR. DAUGHERTY HAS BEEN CLEAR, HE'S BEEN LOOKING AT 7% INCREASE.
THROUGHOUT THIS, WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 7% INCREASE FOR THE TEACHERS IN SCHOOL-BASED POSITIONS.
THAT MEANS MOVING, FOR EXAMPLE, AN INTRODUCTORY TEACHER TO JUST [INAUDIBLE] OVER $52,400 FOR A FIRST-YEAR TEACHER AND THIS WOULD RESULT IN 7% PAY INCREASE FOR TEACHERS CURRENTLY WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
THE GRADED SCALE, THE NON-TEACHER POSITION, THIS LOOKS LIKE AN ESCALATION OF THAT MINIMUM WAGE FOR OUR LOWEST-PAID EMPLOYEES TO $14 PER HOUR.
ONCE AGAIN, A MINIMUM 7% RAISE FOR THOSE WHO ARE CONTINUING THEIR WORK HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
BUS DRIVER PAY TO $23 PER HOUR AS WELL AS ADDRESSING SOME INEQUITIES WITHIN OUR INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS AND FOOD SERVICE WORK.
THE OTHER THING THIS INTERIM BUDGET DOES, IT DOES ADDRESS THOSE 1,600 ADDITIONAL STUDENT'S BUDGET TO THE BUDGET THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT SCHOOL STAFFING MEETS OR EXCEEDS SOQS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT'S IN PLACE HERE AS WELL.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT CERTAIN TARGETED INCREASES AS WELL AROUND READING SPECIALISTS, COUNSELORS AND START BY SAYING SOME OF THOSE CRITICAL AREAS THAT WE DID TALK ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE BUDGET THAT WE SEE AS CRITICAL EVEN AS WE'RE FACING THE LIKELY BUDGET SHORTAGE WITH THE STATE.
THE LAST ITEM TO HIGHLIGHT HERE I MENTIONED INFLATION.
IT'S REAL IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD, IT'S REAL IN THE SCHOOLS AS WELL.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDS TO PAY THE BILLS.
YOU NOTICE HERE, UTILITIES, CONTRACTS PRIMARILY CUSTODIAL HEALTH CARE, DRIVE THE MAJORITY OF THE INFLATIONARY PRESSURE WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUTSIDE OF SALARIES, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT THIS WOULD RESULT IN ABOUT A $10 MILLION INCREASE TO YOUR BUDGET THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE TODAY FOR THESE ITEMS THAT YOU SEE LISTED ON PAGE 9.
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A REMINDER OF WHAT YOU APPROVED IN FEBRUARY, WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF THE FINANCIAL TECHNICALITIES AS WE GO HERE.BUT BUDGET OF 902.5 MILLION WAS WHAT YOU HAD APPROVED.
YOU CAN SEE THAT'S ABOUT A $66 MILLION INCREASE IN THE CHART ON THE LEFT.
THAT DID INCLUDE A $16 MILLION FUNDING GAP.
AT THAT POINT, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE COUNTY'S BUDGET WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
LIKE NOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATE BUDGET WAS GOING TO BE.
LIKE WE LOOKED AT THIS BUDGET AT 902.5 AND WE THOUGHT REASONABLY, THERE'S A REASONABLE SCENARIO THAT THE STATE AND COUNTY COULD COME TOGETHER AND CLOSE THAT GAP.
WHICH PUTS US INTO THE POSITION WE ARE TODAY.
YOU APPROVE THAT $902.5 MILLION BUDGET.
THE COUNTY, THROUGH THEIR PROCESS, DID HELP.
WHAT THEY WOUND UP DOING WAS ASSUMING AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION OF ONGOING FUNDS AND ADDITIONAL FIVE MILLION OF ONETIME FUNDS TO CLOSE THAT $16 MILLION GAP BY EIGHT MILLION.
IN THEIR BUDGET, THEY MOSTLY ASSUME THAT THE STATE COVERED THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE GAP FOR THEIR REVENUE TO BE ABOUT 902.5.
WHAT IS NORMAL AND TYPICAL AS PART OF THE COUNTY PROCESS IS FOR THEM TO HOLD BACK A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS IN THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR EXPENSES SO WE COULD SPEND UP TO, IN THIS CASE, 890.5 MILLION, THAT 12 MILLION HOLD BACK THEY DO EVERY YEAR.
THIS IS TYPICAL. THIS IS NOT DUE TO ANY NUANCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR STATE BUDGET, BUT IT DOES PROVIDE, I THINK, A VERY IMPORTANT AND RELEVANT ANCHOR POINT AS WE GO INTO WHAT I'LL ASK THIS BOARD TO APPROVE HERE IN A MOMENT.
LOOKING AT THAT FROM A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION, SIMILAR INFORMATION HERE, BUT THE SCHOOL BOARD, YOU HAD A GAP OF 16 MILLION WHEN YOU APPROVED IN FEBRUARY WITH A REQUEST TO BOTH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY TO HELP CLOSE THE GAP.
THE COUNTY CAME THROUGH AT ABOUT AN $8 MILLION GAP CLOSER, AS I MENTIONED, 3 MILLION AND ONGOING 5 MILLION IN ONE TIME TO REDUCE THE GAP TO 8 MILLION.
THE STATE SCENARIOS THAT EXIST ARE LAID OUT HERE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO LAND, BUT YOU CAN SEE IF THE SENATE PROPOSAL AS IT EXISTED, CURRENTLY COMES TO FRUITION.
THAT SCENARIO CLOSES THE GAP AND GIVES US A LITTLE BIT OF BUFFER.
THE HOUSE SCENARIO, SHOULD THAT COME TO FRUITION, INCREASES THAT GAP MODESTLY BY ABOUT FIVE MILLION TO ABOUT 13 MILLION.
THE OTHER SCENARIO, THIS, ON THIS CHART THAT IS QUITE FRANKLY THE SCARIEST ON THIS CHART IS WHAT HAS BEEN DUBBED THE SKINNY BUDGET.
THIS WOULD BE THE BUDGET SHOULD THE STATE NOT COME TO ANY AGREEMENT AT THE END OF JUNE THAT WOULD BE IN EFFECT IN FY20 BEFORE SHOULD NO OTHER CHANGES BE MADE.
THAT LARGELY IS A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT TO THE CURRENT BUDGET ADJUSTED AS ADM AND SOME SALES TAX ADJUSTMENTS, BUT NONE OF THE INCREMENTAL FUNDING THAT EITHER THE GOVERNOR OF THE HOUSE OR THE SENATE HAD PROPOSED OVER THE COURSE OF THE PLAN.
HENCE, THE GAP INCREASES TO 20 MILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO CROSS OUR FINGERS AND SAY THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO COME TOGETHER AND SETTLE ON A NUMBER THAT'S ULTIMATELY BETTER THAN THAT.
THEY'VE GOT AMPLE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO THAT.
HOW THEY CHOOSE TO ALLOCATE THEM IS STILL UP TO THE STATES DISCRETION.
WHAT THAT LEAVES US WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD, GIVEN THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS THAT EXIST IS TO REQUEST A BUDGET APPROPRIATION, INCLUDING THAT $12 MILLION HOLDBACK.
ESSENTIALLY REDUCING OUR BUDGET FOR THE TIME BEING UNTIL WE FIND OUT THE ANSWER BY 12 MILLION.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO THAT IN A WAY THAT ONE ENABLES US TO START THE YEAR AS BEST AS WE CAN AND ALSO DOES IT IN A WAY THAT IMPACTS RECRUITING AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE HERE, YOU NOTICE THESE COLLECTION OF REDUCTIONS ON THIS CHART.
I'LL WALK THROUGH THEM EACH ON THE NEXT PAGE, BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF MILLION OF TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS.
THERE ARE SOME POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING HELD BACK.
THERE'S SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL DEFERRALS THAT ARE PART OF THIS PLAN.
THE TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS, THERE'S REALLY TWO THINGS GOING ON HERE.
ONE IS AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE HEALTH CARE ASSUMPTION WHERE WE HAD ASSUMED A 7% INCREASE PER THE COUNTIES REQUESTS FOR REDUCING THAT TO 5.2%, THERE'S STILL SOME RISK TO THAT, BUT WE'LL ASSUME THE STATE OR THE COUNTY ASSUMPTIONS THERE.
THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER BENEFIT RATE UPDATE THAT PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER.
THAT'S ABOUT A $2.3 MILLION ADJUSTMENT TO THE BUDGET.
AS PART OF THE SUPERINTENDENTS PROPOSED BUDGET, THERE WERE ADJUSTMENTS PROPOSED FOR ADDITIONAL GENERAL ED AND ESL TEACHERS WERE NOT ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THOSE JUST YET WITH THE CURRENT PLAN.
WE'RE GOING TO MAINTAIN OUR RATIOS AT FY2013 LEVELS.
ESL RATIOS WILL BE MAINTAINED AT 1:25, AND 1:40 FOR THE VARIOUS LEVELS YOU SEE HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE SECONDARY RATIO IS THE SAME AS WELL.
THAT'S A 2.4 MILLION HOLDBACK.
DIFFERING BUILDING MAINTENANCE OF $1 MILLION HERE, WHICH LARGELY DELAYS WORK UNTIL THE BACK HALF OF THE YEAR OR WHENEVER WE HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT THE FUNDING LOOKS LIKE, WHETHER THAT'D BE ONE-TIME FUNDS ARE ADDITIONAL STATE DOLLARS
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OR THERE'S A CHANCE WE CAN CROSS OUR FINGERS THAT SOME OF THOSE INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE HAD INCLUDED FOR THINGS LIKE UTILITY COME IN BETTER AND WE CAN REGROUP THIS FUNDING NATURALLY AS THAT EVOLVES OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.THE LAST ONE ON THIS PAGE IS A LICENSURE PROGRAM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE BUDGET OF HELPING NEW TEACHERS ACHIEVED LICENSURE, THIS PROGRAM IS STILL PENDING APPROVAL AT THE STATE.
GIVEN THE STATE IS STILL PENDING APPROVAL, WE FELT IT'S PRUDENT TO PUT THIS ON THE LIST TO HOLD UNTIL WE HEAR THE ANSWER BOTH, FROM THE STATE ON THE BUDGET SIDE AS WELL AS THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
THE LAST TWO ITEMS, FREEZING ANNUAL BUDGET RESERVES EVERY YEAR THE BUDGET DEPARTMENT HOLDS BACK A CERTAIN PORTION OF SCHOOLS AND DEPARTMENTS, FUNDING FOR RELEASED MIDDLE OF THE YEAR SHOULD ECONOMIC CONDITIONS SUGGEST THAT'S ESSENTIALLY A BUFFER IN CASES BAD NEWS COMES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.
WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A LEVER TO PULL.
THIS SOUNDS LIKE BAD NEWS RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS PARTICULAR SET OF MONIES JUST UNDER TWO MILLION TODAY UNTIL WE FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE STATE.
THE LAST ONE IS HOLDING BACK GROWTH POSITIONS IN EXCESS OF OUR SOQ AND THE 2022/'23 STAFFING MODELS.
THIS ENSURES THAT WE'RE STILL GOING TO MEET OR EXCEED SOQ'S FOR ALL STUDENTS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STALL ANY RECRUITING EFFORTS, BUT IT DOES PUT A LITTLE BIT OF PRESSURE AS WE POTENTIALLY SEE ADDITIONAL GROWTH THE SCHOOLS, AND THIS IS ABOUT A $3.8 MILLION HOLD.
DESPITE ALL THE UNKNOWNS, DESPITE SOME OF THOSE HOLDBACKS WHICH I KNOW AREN'T POPULAR, WE ARE STILL LOOKING TO DELIVER A LOT OF THE REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT WERE PROPOSED IN THE BUDGET, INCLUDING THE 7% INCREASE FOR STAFF, THE $23 PER HOUR FOR BUS DRIVERS, WERE GOING TO EXCEED SOQ STAFFING LEVELS WHILE ADDRESSING THE STUDENT GROWTH.
WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THE INFLATION.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS WHERE WE SEE THEM AS SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO FUND ON THE CRITICAL SERVICE LEVELS, INCLUDING INCREASING COUNSELOR RATIOS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, ADDING READING SPECIALISTS TO OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AS WELL.
MY NERDY FINANCE SLIDE, WHICH SHOWS THE 890.5 UNDER OPERATING FY24 PROPOSED AND THE 6.5 OR SO PERCENT INCREASE THAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
ALSO IN FRONT OF YOU AS PART OF MEMOS 72-23 ARE THE BUDGETS FOR GRANTS, FOOD SERVICE, AND THE REGIONAL GOVERNORS SCHOOL, BRINGING THE TOTAL REQUESTS FOR ADOPTION IN MEMO 72-23 TO 970,330,000.
LAST SLIDE I'LL TALK ABOUT HERE REALLY QUICKLY.
THERE'S ALSO A RESOLUTION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ADOPT AS WELL.
I'VE SAID THIS A FEW TIMES ALREADY, BUT I WANT TO END ON THIS AS THAT STATE BUDGET DOES FINALIZE WILL NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU.
YOU'RE NOT DONE HEARING FROM ME ON THE FY21 BUDGET.
WE'VE BUILT A PLAN HERE THAT ALLOWS US TO START THE YEAR AND ALLOWS US TO BEGIN RECRUITING, BEGIN ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHEN THAT STATE BUDGET COMES, WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD, LIKELY IN THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IN AUGUST, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES TO FRUITION.
WITH THAT, I'LL PAUSE AND PRESENT BUDGET MEMO I THINK IT'S 72-23 FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION.
BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO 72-23, AS PRESENTED.
>> BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HEFFRON?
>> THANK YOU. THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT OUR WORK SESSION, I JUST WANTED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE THE SITUATION THAT WE'RE FACING.
WE HAVE A PROPOSED $12 MILLION CUT TO ACCOMMODATE ANTICIPATED BUDGET SHORTFALL.
>> GIVING ANY UNKNOWNS THAT THE STATE THAT'S OUR CORRECT.
>> THIS IS JUST USING OUR CRYSTAL BALL.
THIS IS THE BEST PLACE THAT WE THINK WE CAN LAND.
THEN THIS HAS BEEN A SIX-AND-HALF PERCENT INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR.
>> WE ARE FACING A ROUGHLY 8% INFLATION.
OUR INCREASE, LIKE WE'RE NOT MATCHING THE INFLATION RATE OF INFLATION.
WE HAVE 1,600 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS THAT HAVE COME INTO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY WITH BY THE LOOKS OF MY DRIVE HOME, NO SLOWING OF THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
REALLY NO MATTER HOW WE SLICE IT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROJECTED SHORTFALL BETWEEN TWO MILLION OR 20 MILLION.
SOMEWHERE IN THERE WERE GOING TO BE SHORT.
>> FOR THE SENATE PROPOSAL WOULD PROVIDE TWO MILLION EXTRA.
THAT WOULD BE A PLUS BUT THE ODDS OF THE SENATE PROPOSAL, COMING TO FRUITION, I THINK IS PRETTY LOW SO THERE WILL BE, ALTHOUGH CERTAINLY SOME REDUCTION, SOME PORTION OF THIS 12 WILL LIKELY STAY.
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>> I KNOW WE DIDN'T GO OVER SOME OF THE OTHER SLIDES THAT WE HAVE FROM THE WORK SESSION, WHICH I HOPE THAT FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED, WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK OVER THAT SLIDE DECK BECAUSE IT SHOWS CHESTERFIELD AND COMPARISON TO LIKE-SIZED DIVISIONS.
OUR PER PUPIL SPENDING BASED ON REGULAR DAY, OUR OPERATIONS SPENDING PER PUPIL, AND I THINK WHAT DR. DAUGHERTY PRESENTED TO US WAS A BARE-BONES BUDGET.
WE HAVE A PROPOSED $12 MILLION CUT TO A BARE-BONES BUDGET.
WHEN WE SAY TRIM THE FAT, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TRIM THE FAT WHEN THERE'S NO FAT ON THAT MEAT.
THIS IS WE'RE UNDERFUNDING OUR SCHOOLS AND WE NEED MORE MONEY.
WE NEED MORE MONEY FOR OUR SCHOOLS, IF WE'RE JUST KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON AND KEEPING OUR TEACHERS PAID AND PROVIDING CHAIRS FOR OUR STUDENTS.
TO ME, THAT'S NOT THE LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT I THINK THAT OUR FAMILIES AND OUR STAKEHOLDERS DESERVE.
AS I SAID BEFORE, I KNOW [LAUGHTER] YOU ARE GIVEN AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK AND I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND I REALLY I'M KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED FOR THE SENATE.
[LAUGHTER] I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME HERE FOR ALL OF US, BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS.
>> THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION IN A SECOND.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MISSION.
NEXT, WE HAVE MEMO NUMBER 73-23, MR. MEISTER.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. ONCE AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TALK TO YOU TODAY.
I'LL BE MUCH BRIEFER ON THIS ONE.
MEMO 73-23 IS THE ADOPTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARDS FY24-28, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THIS PLAN IS BEING PRESENTED TO YOU AS WAS PRESENTED OVER THE COURSE OF THE OTHER BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.
THIS PROVIDES THE FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO ADDRESS THE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND STUDENT GROWTH THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION, REPLACEMENT OR RENOVATION OF SIX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS, AND TWO HIGH SCHOOLS.
THE PLAN IS IN FRONT OF YOU AS PART OF MEMO 73-23 FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER. BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO NUMBER 73-23, AS PRESENTED? IS THERE A SECOND?
>> BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
NEXT, WE HAVE MEMO NUMBER 74-23, DR. GOLD.
>> GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, DR. DAUGHERTY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ANNUAL PLAN FOR 23, 24.
THE ANNUAL PLAN IS OUR AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE STATE REGULATIONS IS THAT WE FIRST SHARE THE ANNUAL PLAN WITH THE SPECIAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THEN IT IS SUBMITTED TO YOU FOR APPROVAL, AND THEN DR. DAUGHERTY WOULD SIGN AND SEND TO THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
WHAT THIS DOES IS THAT IT ASSURES AND ASSURES THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION THAT WE HAVE POLICIES IN PLACE, PROCEDURES IN PLACE THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.
WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR REVISING ANY POLICIES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE TO US.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF OUR DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION.
OF COURSE, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND WE HAVE AN OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, SPECIAL EDUCATION, AND TRANSITION SERVICES, WHICH IS PRIMARILY OUR INSTRUCTIONAL ARM, AND THE OFFICE OF DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH PROVIDES ALL OF OUR RELATED SERVICES, ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TO OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WE HAVE A RATHER LARGE DEPARTMENT.
LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR TREND DATA FROM SCHOOL YEAR 2016, '17 TO '22,'23, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION HAS GROWN.
HOWEVER, WE'VE STAYED RELATIVELY FLAT IN
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TERMS OF THE PERCENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, 13 PERCENT IS BELOW BOTH.THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS ABOUT 15 PERCENT, AND IT IS ABOUT 13 PERCENT HERE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
WE ARE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THAT ACROSS THE STATE.
THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT TABLE THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU.
THESE NUMBERS ARE BASED ON OUR DECEMBER CHILD COUNT, WHICH HAPPENS EVERY SCHOOL YEAR ON DECEMBER 1ST.
THIS IS A BREAKDOWN BY DISABILITY CATEGORY.
YOU CAN SEE HOW SOME OF OUR DISABILITY CATEGORIES HAVE GROWN ACROSS THE YEAR.
OUR GREATEST WAVE IS WITH OUR STUDENTS WITH AUTISM, WHICH HAS GROWN ABOUT 493 STUDENTS OR FIVE PERCENT SINCE 2016, '17.
SOME OF OUR OTHER CATEGORIES IN WHICH WE SERVE A LOT OF STUDENTS IS OTHER HEALTH IMPAIRMENT, AND STUDENTS WITH SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES, ALTHOUGH THAT CATEGORY HAS GONE DOWN, AND OUR STUDENTS WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS HAS ALSO RISEN.
WE HAVE EVERY GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE IS A TWO-YEAR GRANT CYCLE, AND IN IDA, PART B, WHICH IS OUR SCHOOL-AGE POPULATION, WE HAVE 611, WHICH IS FOR STUDENTS 2-21.
FEDERALLY, IT'S 3-21, BUT VIRGINIA SERVES STUDENTS FROM 2-21 INCLUSIVE.
THAT WILL GO TO FUND TEACHERS INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE RELATED SERVICE PROVIDERS.
WE'RE PRIMARILY USING THOSE FUNDS FOR FTES THIS YEAR, THIS COMING YEAR.
THEN SECTION 619 IS FOR OUR PRESCHOOL POPULATION.
THAT BUDGET IS ABOUT $247,000, WHICH IS SMALLER, AND IT FUNDS A TEACHER, 1IA AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR OUR PRESCHOOL STUDENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED PROPORTIONATE SET ASIDE, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THE ANNUAL PLAN, AND THIS IS FOR OUR PARENTALLY PLACED PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WE HAVE TO SET ASIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS FOR THOSE STUDENTS EACH YEAR.
IT SAYS HERE THAT THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T ALWAYS KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY WE WILL BE SPENDING.
THIS YEAR WE WILL OFFER SPEECH SERVICES TO THOSE PRIVATELY PLACED STUDENTS.
AGAIN, WE ARE MEETING OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION STAFFING REQUIREMENTS.
WE HAVE MANDATED BUILDING CASELOAD AVERAGES THAT WE HAVE TO MEET, AND WE ALSO LOOK AT SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO MEET THOSE STAFFING REQUIREMENTS.
THIS YEAR WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON RESULTS-BASED DATA FOR OUR STUDENTS.
SHIFTING NOT COMPLETELY FROM COMPLIANCE, COMPLIANCE IS CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO.
BUT LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN DRIVE RESULTS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
AGAIN, THIS IS OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THOSE GRANT FUNDS OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS AND WE'RE REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE MEMO AND THE ANNUAL PLAN FOR '23, '24.
>> THANK YOU, DR. GOLD. BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO NUMBER 74-23 AS PRESENTED?
>> BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
NEXT, WE HAVE MEMO NUMBER 75-23, MR. SMITH.
>> MADAM CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, DR. DAUGHERTY, AS A RESULT OF HIS MEETING ON MARCH 21, 2023, THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS REVISIONS THE CURRENT POLICIES AND REGULATIONS AS FOLLOWS.
REVISIONS OF POLICY 41, 90 REVISE STUDENT WELLNESS.
PROPOSED CHANGES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD APPROVE THE ABOVE REFERENCE REFERENCE REVISIONS TO CURRENT POLICIES, REGULATIONS.
IT'S FURTHER RECOMMENDED SCHOOL BOARD SCHEDULED THESE BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. BOARD MEMBERS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMO NUMBER 75-23, AS PRESENTED?
>>BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THERE HAS BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
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NEXT, WE HAVE THIS EVENING'S DISCUSSION AGENDA FIRST STEP IS
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MEMO NUMBER 76-23, MR. SMITH.>> AS SHARED WITH THE POLICY REVIEW COMMITTEE STAFF RECOMMENDS A NEW POLICY AND REVISIONS OF CURRENT POLICY AND REGULATIONS AS FOLLOWS.
REVISIONS TO POLICY 11, 20 SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES, LEGAL REFERENCES HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
REVISIONS OF POLICY 20, 40, EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
LEGAL REFERENCES HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
REVISIONS POLICY 30, 22 OR ACCREDITATION SCHOOL RECOGNITION POLICY UPDATE TO REFLECT CONTENT AND LEGAL REFERENCES.
REVISIONS TO POLICY 40, 130-R PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATION FOR MEDICATION TO STUDENTS.
POLICY UPDATE TO REFLECT CONTENT, LEGAL REFERENCES, AND ADOPTION OF A NEW POLICY.
REVISIONS TO POLICY 41, 35, MANAGEMENT OF STUDENTS WHO SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION THAT WAS REVIEWED WITH NO CHANGES.
A NEW POLICY POLICY 41, 38, ADMINISTRATION OF NON STUDENT-SPECIFIC NALOXONE, ADOPTION OF NEW POLICY, REVISIONS TO POLICY 41, 50 PHYSICAL RESTRAINT AND SECLUSION OF STUDENTS REVIEWED WITH NO CHANGES.
REVISIONS TO POLICY 41, 85, COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS POLICY UPDATE TO REFLECT CONSTANTLY REFERENCES AND LEGAL RESISTANCE UPDATED.
REVISIONS OF POLICY 52, 80, MILITARY LEAVE RESERVE TRAINING AND ACTIVE DUTY, POLICY UPDATED TO REFLECT CONTENT OF LEGAL REFERENCES, REVISIONS TO POLICY 54, 50 EMPLOYEE RESIGNATIONS, POLICY EPIDURAL FLIGHT CONTENT AND LEGAL REFERENCES, REVISIONS TO POLICY 70, 40 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, TECHNICAL UPDATES ARE MADE.
PRESENCE OF POLICIES 70, 60, SCHOOL ACTIVITY FUNDS, LEGAL REFERENCES HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
REVISIONS THE POLICY 17, 30, EXCEPT WE USE THE USE OF CPS-NET, POSSIBLY UPDATED TO REFLECT CONSTANTLY REFERENCES AND LEGAL ROUGH SINCE UPDATED AND REVISION TO THE POLICY 70, 30-R ACCEPTABLE USE THE CPS-NET POLICY UP AND REFLECT CONTENT, LEGAL REFERENCES AND LEGAL VERSUS UPDATED.
PROS CHANGES HAD BEEN REVISED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY.
SECOND READING, FILE SCORE ADOPTION FROM ABOVE NAMED.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.
IF APPROVED, THE REVISIONS OR CURRENT POLICY AND REGULATIONS WOULD BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> WAS ONE OF THOSE THE POLICY MELOXICAM?
>> YES, THAT'S OUR POLICY 41, 38.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE MEMO NUMBER 77-23, DR. POPE.
>> GOOD EVENING, BOARD CHAIR, VICE CHAIR MEMBERS, AND DR. DAUGHERTY.
BEFORE YOU, THIS EVENING IS MEMOS 077-23 CONSIDERATION OF THE 2023-24 AND 2024-25 SCHOOL CALENDAR REVISIONS.
THE REVISIONS SUMMARIZED IN THIS MEMO WERE REQUESTED AND POSED BY THE BOARD MEMBERS ON APRIL 11TH, 2023.
CONSIDERATION A IS FOR THE 2023-24 TRADITIONAL AND YEAR-ROUND CALENDARS.
THE CONSIDERATION IS TO NOTATE THAT APRIL 10TH, 2024 IS A HOLIDAY THAT MAY BE ADJUSTED.
THE PROPOSED NOTATION IN THE MEMO IS IN BOLD, ITALICS.
CCPS WILL REVIEW THIS HOLIDAY DATE AND APPROVE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED.
CONSIDERATION B IS FOR THE 2024-25 TRADITIONAL SCHOOL YEAR.
THE CONSIDERATION IS TO REMOVE THE APPROVED DECEMBER 20TH, 2024 FOR WINTER BREAK DAY AND ADD OCTOBER 3RD, I MAKE SURE I HAVE MY YEAR RIGHT, 2024 AS A HOLIDAY.
THE CONSIDERATION WILL ELIMINATE ONE APPROVE WINTER BREAK HOLIDAY DATE ON THE 2024-25 CALENDAR AND ADD A HOLIDAY DATE IN OCTOBER ON THAT SAME CALENDAR.
THE PROPOSED CHANGE WILL HAVE NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE 2024-25 DIVISION INSTRUCTIONAL TIME FOR BOTH CONSIDERATIONS A OR B.
THE ONLY THING TO NOTE THAT FOR CONSIDERATION A FOR PAYROLL PLANNING PURPOSES, ANY CALENDAR ADJUSTMENT THAT THE BOARD MAY DETERMINE TO MAKE SHOULD BE DONE MINIMALLY TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE PAY CYCLES, SO THAT'S JUST A WINDOW HEADS-UP FOR OUR PAYROLL FOLKS.
>> THANK YOU, DR. POPE. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HAINES?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE HOLIDAY THAT IN 2024, WHICH IS A HIGH ABSENCE DAY FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS, IN 2024 IS APRIL 10TH, THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 2025, IT ALSO COULD BE THERE NEEDS TO ALWAYS BE AN ASTERISK EVERY YEAR.
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IT IS ALWAYS THE HOLIDAY THAT IS NOT SET IN STONE.>> THAT ADDITION, IF I'M HEARING THE DISCUSSION CORRECTLY, COULD BE MARCH 31ST ON THE 2025 CALENDAR, THE SAME ASTERISK WITH THE SAME NOTATION?
>> NEXT, WE HAVE MEMO 78-23. MR. SMITH.
>> [NOISE] THE CHESTER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS REQUESTED THAT SCHOOL POLICY 4010-R IS PLACED ON SCHOOL BOARDS MAY 9, 2023 MAIN AGENDA UNDER FIRST REVIEW OF PROPOSED REVISIONS TO CURRENT POLICIES REGULATIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, I'M HAPPY TO PROCEED AS YOU WISH.
>> CAN YOU PULL UP THE CHANGES TO THAT POLICY?
>> OKAY. JUST HIGHLIGHT THE ONES THAT WE'RE UP FOR DISCUSSION.
>> THE FIRST ONE IS ON PAGE 6.
SURE. UNDER SUSPENSION FOR EXTRA COOL ACTIVITIES, THERE ARE STRICKEN LANGUAGE THERE WITH REGARDS TO STUDENTS HOLDING THE LEADERSHIP POSITION.
STRIKING LANGUAGE THAT REFERENCES BEEPERS PAGE AND DEVICES, CELL PHONES ARE REFERENCED LATER IN YOUR POLICY.
NEW LANGUAGE THERE, SCHOOLS MAY COLLABORATE WITH AND UTILIZE RESOURCES FROM STUDENTS SUPPORT SERVICES AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP OFFICES, WHERE POSSIBLE.
>> MADAM CHAIR, MAY I INTERRUPT?
>> MR. SMITH, WHILE WE'RE ON PAGE 9, WE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED THE REVISIONS TO THE CURRENT POLICY 4130 REGARDING PRESCRIPTION AND OVER-THE-COUNTER MEDICATIONS.
WITH THAT TIE INTO THIS SECTION REGARDING, I GUESS, THE POSSESSION OF PRESCRIPTION OR OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS, IT WOULD TIES INTO THIS POLICY AS WELL, DOESN'T IT?
>> I'M NOT SURE I'M FOLLOWING.
>> ARE YOU REFERENCING THE PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION?
>> YES, ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION TO STUDENTS?
>> I THINK MAYBE IN GENERAL TERMS, PROBABLY THE BETTER WAY TO THINK ABOUT IT IN POSITIVE TERMS IS 4130-R DESCRIBES THE TIMES WHICH MEDICATION IS ALLOWED AND PROPER IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS.
I THINK CODE OF CONDUCT REFERENCES THE CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT FOLLOWING THAT ESSENTIALLY.
>> OKAY. ONE DOESN'T NECESSARILY? THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THIS POLICY WHERE IF A STUDENT IS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND THERE WOULD BE A CONSEQUENCE.
BUT CLEARLY STUDENTS, THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE A STUDENT IS ALLOWED TO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUG.
>> I THINK THE ONLY TIMES WHICH A STUDENT WOULD BE USING ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICATION, BUT UNDERNEATH THE GUIDELINES THAT WE SET FORTH.
>> RIGHT. THEN IN 4010, THERE'S LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT PRESENTS A CONSEQUENCE FOR USING PRESCRIPTION OR OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUG.
THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IF A STUDENT IS USING A PRESCRIPTION OR OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH 4130 THEN [OVERLAPPING]
>> I APOLOGIZE, I MAY NOT BE FOLLOWING YOUR ANALYSIS.
I THINK THE DISTINCTION WOULD BE WITH REGARD TO THE ABUSE OF A SUBSTANCE VERSUS APPROPRIATE UTILIZATION ON MEDICATION.
>> YEAH, AND I THINK I NEED TO REVIEW THEN. THANK YOU.
[LAUGHTER] I JUST WANT TO FIND THAT SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN 4010 TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS [OVERLAPPING]
>> I THINK WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THAT BECAUSE WE HAD THIS IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME AND CONTEMPLATING THE CIRCUMSTANCES I THINK THAT YOU'RE REFERENCING.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MR. SMITH, JUST REALLY QUICK, BACK TO PAGE 6, SUSPENSION FROM EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS THE TOPIC THAT BROUGHT UP A LOT OF THIS DISCUSSION,
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SO I DO SEE THE PART THAT IS STRUCK OUT.AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT SAYS, ADDITIONALLY, TEAM RULES OR ORGANIZATIONAL CONSTITUTIONS, OR BYLAWS AT AN INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL LEVEL MAY DENY PARTICIPATION.
ARE WE TALK LIKE VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL LEAGUE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE?
>> YES, SIR. THAT R-14 HAS A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THEY'VE ASKED THEIR TEAMMATES.
>> THE NEXT ONE IS UNDERNEATH ALCOHOL, AND I'LL REFERENCE THIS FOR YOUR CONVERSATION.
THE ALCOHOL SECTION AND THEN A SECTION THEREAFTER, WHICH IS THE MARIJUANA SECTION, THE STRICKEN LANGUAGE, AND THEN THE HIGHLIGHTED NEW LANGUAGE, THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.
WHAT YOU HAVE IN THIS SECTION IS, FOR FIRST OFFENSE, THE FIRST LAYER THAT WOULD BE ATTENDING OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT WOULD BE LOSS OF PARKING PRIVILEGES FOR 365 DAYS, THE THIRD PIECE WOULD BE COMPLETION OF 20 HOURS COMMUNITY SERVICE, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE AWARENESS MODULE BEFORE RETURNING TO AFTER SCHOOL OR SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES, OR 20 SCHOOL DAYS SUSPENSION FROM PARTICIPATION IN OR ATTENDANCE AT ALL AFTER SCHOOL OR SCHOOL-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES.
THE SECOND OFFENSE FOR BOTH, AND THERE'S AN EDIT THERE WITH REGARD TO MARIJUANA, BUT NOW THEY WOULD BOTH READ UNDERNEATH THESE REVISIONS; SECOND OFFENSE WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION FOR EXTENDED SUSPENSION OR EXPULSION, AND THEN REFERRAL TO RECOVERY PROGRAM OR OUTREACH PROGRAM.
THE NEXT PIECE WOULD BE ON PAGE 12.
THAT SECTION, THERE'S TOBACCO VIOLATIONS, THERE'S REFERENCE THERE TO VAPING.
OBVIOUSLY, IN THE TITLE THAT'S BEEN ADDED.
THE NEW LANGUAGE THERE AND THE STRICKEN LANGUAGE THERE WOULD MAKE THE FIRST OFFENSE A ONE-DAY IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, COMPLETION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AWARENESS MODULE.
THE LAST LANGUAGE WOULD BE ON PAGE 18, WHICH IS UNDERNEATH SEARCH AND SEIZURE.
LANGUAGE IS STRICKEN, AND THEN LANGUAGE IS ADDED.
SEARCHES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY SCHOOL STAFF IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW.
THOSE ARE THE PIECES THAT ARE THERE.
CERTAINLY, BOARD DISCUSSION HAVE A CHANCE TO PROVIDE SOME FEEDBACK WHEN APPROPRIATE.
>> THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. BAILEY?
>> IF WE CAN GO BACK TO PAGE 10, WHICH IS 10 AND 11, THE MEAT OF WHAT? I WAS ADDRESSING LAST MONTH ABOUT STRIKING THE 45-DAY SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR PARTICIPATION AND ATTENDANCE.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MENTION FOR THE BOARD AND FOR THE CONSIDERATION IS THAT OUR INTENT HERE IS FOR STUDENTS TO, IF THEY HAVE A FIRST OFFENSE OF DRUG OR ALCOHOL, THEY DO THEIR 10-DAY OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TYPE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, IN LIEU OF TELLING THEM TO SIT HOME FOR 45 DAYS WITH NO PARTICIPATION IN A STRUCTURED ACTIVITY.
BUT IN CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS, AND MR. SMITH HAS BROUGHT UP, AS MUCH AS THAT WE WANT THAT TO BE OUR INTENT AND WE WANT THIS TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR STUDENTS TO BE PROACTIVE IN HELPING THEM NOT GO DOWN A PATH OF LIFELONG DRUG ADDICTION OR ALCOHOL.
WE MIGHT NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT A MODULE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A THIRD GRADER.
NOW, IT NEVER EVEN OCCURRED TO ME THAT THIS POLICY IS NOT AGE RESTRICTIVE THAT THIS IS K-12.
IT'S PRESCHOOL THROUGH 12, I SPEAK.
JUST SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT IS WE MAY NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE IN TERMS OF AGE APPROPRIATENESS FOR A MODULE AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.
OBVIOUSLY, AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
I NEVER EVEN GAVE A CONSIDERATION OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILD HAVING TO BE SUBJECT TO THIS CONSEQUENCE, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT THAT WE LITERALLY BE A LITTLE PROACTIVE ON THAT AND DO TRY TO PUT IN
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SOME LANGUAGE THAT DELINEATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONSEQUENCES VERSUS MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CONSEQUENCES.JUST SOMETHING FOR US TO THINK ABOUT.
THIS IS FIRST READ, BUT, AGAIN, IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE GOOD INTENTIONS.
WE KNOW WHAT OUR INTENT IS, WE KNOW WHAT OUR GOAL IS, BUT WE PROBABLY NEED TO GET A LITTLE MORE IN THE WEEDS IN TERMS OF THE ACTUAL CONSEQUENCES OF AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD HAVING TO FACE THIS POLICY.
I HATE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, BUT LET'S SAY IT DOES, SO WE WOULD NEED TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT THAT.
>> JUST IF I COULD JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO.
AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT THAT, ALSO CONSIDER WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE TOBACCO AND VAPING VIOLATIONS, THE LANGUAGE THERE TALKS ABOUT IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, SO YOU'D NEED TO ASSOCIATE YOUR THINKING WITH HOW YOU WOULD DEAL WITH THAT AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. ALONG THOSE LINES, I'M JUST EXPANDING THE WAY THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THIS, MS. BAILEY.
I REALLY EMBRACE THIS IDEA OF HAVING THE 20 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOUR ALTERNATIVE.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COUNTY TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE VERY EAGER TO ENGAGE WITH OUR SCHOOL DIVISION, AND I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
AS WE LOOK AT THE LOGISTICS OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, I KNOW THERE ARE MANY FACETS OF THAT THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
THERE'S A REALLY STRONG EQUITY PIECE TO THAT AS WELL AND HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT SHORTENED CONSEQUENCE OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE TO ALL STUDENTS, THAT WE AREN'T ELIMINATING STUDENTS BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION SHORTFALLS OR ANY OTHER RESOURCE THAT THEY MAY BE LACKING TO BE ABLE TO FULLY PARTICIPATE IN HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHORTEN THEIR OUT-OF-SCHOOL PARTICIPATION.
I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE REFERRAL TO A RECOVERY PROGRAM OR OUTREACH PROGRAM ON THE SECOND OFFENSE WOULD CONSIDER THAT ON THE FIRST OFFENSE.
IF WE HAVE A EIGHT-YEAR-OLD WHO IS ABUSING SUBSTANCES, THEN MAYBE THERE IS AN INTERVENTION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN OR AT LEAST SOME AWARENESS EDUCATION PROGRAM.
I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT, ON PAGE 12, THE IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSION FOR TOBACCO AND VAPING VIOLATIONS.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE, MR. SMITH, YOU PUTTING AT THE TOP OF OUR MINDS HOW DO WE APPLY THAT EQUITABLY FROM, PLEASE NOT PRE-K THROUGH 12, BUT JUST REALLY THAT WE DO HAVE A FULL SPECTRUM OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS.
I SUPPORT THE CHANGES IN SPIRIT AND LOOK FORWARD TO FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BEST APPLY THAT.
>> IT'S NOT FUNNY, MS. BAILEY, THAT YOU BROUGHT UP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BECAUSE MY 5TH GRADER CAME HOME TODAY, BECAUSE I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THAT EITHER AND SAID, "MOM, A KID WAS VAPING AT SCHOOL." MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS, ONE, I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND TWO, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR VAPING POLICY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, IT'S NOT WORKING.
I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TASK THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
I WANTED TO THANK [INAUDIBLE] FROM THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY YOUTH FOR HELPING SEND SOME RESOURCES TO LOOK OVER AS WE TRY TO GRAPPLE WITH THIS.
I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THE WHY ON THE EXCLUSIONARY, AND WE'VE ALL MENTIONED AND SOME OF US HAVE VERY PERSONAL STORIES AS A BOARD.
BUT IT'S INTERESTING TIMING THAT THE METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH CONSORTIUM DID A POLICY BRIEF ON SCHOOL DIVISION POLICIES RELATED TO SUICIDE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE.
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IN THEIR SUGGESTION OF POLICIES THAT SCHOOL BOARDS CAN TACKLE TO REDUCE SUICIDE, IS LOOKING AT EXCLUSIONARY SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.THE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT'S A RISK FACTOR FOR SUICIDAL IDEATION AND THAT STUDENTS FROM BLACK LATINX AND LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE SUSPENDED OR EXPELLED FROM SCHOOL, AND DURING THAT SUSPENSION, THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES THAT SCHOOLS CAN PROVIDE.
I ALSO WOULD LOVE TO, MAYBE IN THE BEGINNING GIVEN THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN A MOVE AWAY FROM EXCLUSIONARY DISCIPLINE, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO NOTE THAT BEHAVIOR IS A MESSAGE FROM A CHILD, AND SO OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO, WHERE POSSIBLE, OFFER THE SUPPORT SO THAT MESSAGE IS NOT REPEATED IN AN ESCALATED MATTER.
WE HOPE THAT IT STOPS WITH KICKING THE TURNOVER AND NEVER, GOD FORBID, GOES TOWARDS GRABBING A GUN.
ON PAGE 9, I'M WONDERING IF WE COULD STRIKE MAY AND PUT SHOULD BECAUSE, AGAIN, IN TERMS OF MINDSET, WE SHOULD CONSULT WITH STUDENT SERVICES.
PAGE 9 IS THE ONLY CHANGE ON THAT.
>> YEAH. [NOISE] WHERE POSSIBLE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT IS NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE, BY CHANGING MAY TO SHOULD, AGAIN SETS THE MINDSET THAT THIS IS NOT JUST A PUNISHMENT, BUT IT'S A WHAT DOES THIS KID NEED? PAGE 10 AND 11, MS. HEFFRON MENTIONED THIS AS WELL, BUT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PIECE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED HELP WITH THAT.
I DON'T WANT US TO SHY AWAY BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
OUR PARTNERS, CIS, MEGA MENTORS, BOYS TO MEN, ALL OF OUR AMAZING GROUPS, OUR FAITH COMMUNITIES.
HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THIS POTENTIALLY LIFE-CHANGING RESTORATIVE, AS MS. BAILEY SAID, INTERVENTION? I WOULD ENCOURAGE US NOT TO BE OVERWHELMED BY THE WORK, BUT INSTEAD TO ASK OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE NEED HELP.
THE VAPING POLICY, PBIS OFTEN GETS A BAD NAME OR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE GETS A BAD NAME.
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, PBIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE RIGHT THING TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A POLICY THAT ISN'T WORKING, THAT'S WHEN IT GETS A BAD NAME.
I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE CHANGING IT AND MAYBE PUSH US TO GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE HAVE A GRANT FROM THE VIRGINIA FOUNDATION FOR HEALTHY YOUTH AND THEY HAVE A CURRICULUM.
IT'S AN AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CURRICULUM CALLED INDEPTH.
IT IS EVIDENCE-BASED AND DOES SHOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL ALTERNATIVE TO SUSPENSION.
BUT PERHAPS WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO PILOT IT IN A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE STRUGGLING MORE WITH VAPING.
IF IT WORKS, THEN IT COULD BE EXPANDED TO ALL SCHOOLS.
IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE IS MONEY THERE.
I WAS WITH MY 5TH GRADER, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT VAPING.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND THERE ARE GROUPS WITH GRANT FUNDS THAT WANT TO FUND AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WORKS.
OBVIOUSLY, [NOISE] REFERRAL TO RESOURCES IS NOT A CONSEQUENCE THAT WORKS.
WE NEED AN EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM.
WE HAVE ALREADY EXISTING PARTNER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET
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THERE BECAUSE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE SHOULD NOT GET A BAD NAME.I WAS A PART OF A FELLOWSHIP WITH SCHOOL BOARD LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THE CONSENSUS IS, IF YOU DON'T MOVE FROM A PUNITIVE APPROACH TO RESTORATIVE APPROACH IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER WITH RESOURCES, IT CAN BACKFIRE.
PAGE 25, THERE'S SO MUCH IN THIS POLICY, THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE.
IT IS A DISCIPLINE OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
I DON'T FEEL THAT I HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO REDLINE THAT PIECE, BUT IT'S ONE OF MANY SECTIONS THAT IN MY ROSY VIEW, POSSIBILITIES ARE UNLIMITED THAT WE WOULD HAVE COMMUNITY EXPERTS.
MAYBE ONE DAY WE WOULD HAVE A ROUND TABLE AND EACH EXPERT GROUP WOULD TAKE A SECTION OF THIS POLICY AND REALLY DIVE IN AND UPDATE IT AND MAKE IT THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT THERE YET, AND MAYBE [INAUDIBLE] COULD HELP WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY AND I DON'T WANT US TO BE OVERWHELMED BY THE LACK OF RESOURCES.
LET'S GET THEM BECAUSE WE NEED TO DO THIS.
>> MADAM CHAIR, IF I CAN, JUST ONE THING REALLY QUICK.
I THINK THAT WE ALL WANTED TO DIVE INTO THIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE BEST POLICY FORWARD.
I WOULD JUST FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE, I KNOW EVERYONE UP HERE WOULD TOO IF WE COULD JUST MAKE SURE OF WHEN WE SAY COMMUNITY SERVICE, MAKE SURE WE HAVEN'T LAID OUT AND THAT'S A POSSIBILITY TO DO.
THEN THE SAME THING WITH WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A RECOVERY PROGRAM, IDENTIFY A SPECIFIC PROGRAM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET OURSELVES INTO SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO IT OR TO DO IT EFFECTIVELY.
THAT'S ALL I WOULD ASK AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS NEXT MONTH, IS IDENTIFY THESE THINGS SPECIFICALLY ON HOW YOU'D GO ABOUT THEM.
>> THANK YOU. I HAVE JUST A FEW MORE SUGGESTED LANGUAGE CHANGES.
ON PAGE 10, THE FIRST PARAGRAPH, UPON REASONABLE SUSPICION, EXCESSIVE ABSENTEEISM AND TARDINESS IS LISTED AS A BASIS FOR REASONABLE SUSPICION FOR DRUG OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE STRIKE THAT LANGUAGE.
ADDITIONALLY, ON PAGE 8, ON THE NUMBER 3 FOR THREATS TO PERSONS, SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, WHETHER CONSENSUAL OR NOT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE DEFINITION OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IS THAT IT IS NON-CONSENSUAL.
PERHAPS LANGUAGE, THE SEXUAL CONDUCT, WHETHER CONSENSUAL OR NOT.
>> I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY, I THINK SEXUAL CONDUCT CAN BE CONSENSUAL AND INAPPROPRIATE IN A SCHOOL.
>> THAT'S WHAT MY SUGGESTION, MS. BAILEY, MY SUGGESTED LANGUAGE.
>> MY SUGGESTED LANGUAGE IS SEXUAL CONDUCT, WHETHER CONSENSUAL OR NOT.
MISCONDUCT BY DEFINITION IS NON-CONSENSUAL. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
I ACTUALLY CAN'T FIND THIS IN WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING. WHAT BULLET? [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S ABOUT THE SEVENTH, MAYBE HALFWAY DOWN.
>> 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. OKAY, GOT YOU.
YOU JUST WANT TO CHANGE MISCONDUCT TO CONDUCT.
>> GOT YOU. YEAH, NOW I UNDERSTAND YOU.
OKAY. [LAUGHTER] I KNOW WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, MS. BAILEY. [LAUGHTER] [BACKGROUND]
>> THOSE ARE MY LAST [INAUDIBLE]
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK TO RECAP A COUPLE OF ACTION ITEMS. WE HAVE GRADE LEVEL REVIEW OF THE CURRENT SUGGESTIONS.
LOOKING AT COMMUNITY SERVICE TO MR. HARTER'S POINT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN, AND THEN LOOKING TO OUR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES, AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, TO HELP FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT LIST COULD LOOK LIKE THAT WE COULD OFFER STUDENTS.
THEN THE MODULE SELECTION, UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE DEFINED AS WELL ON A GRADE LEVEL PERSPECTIVE.
>> MADAM CHAIR, I APPRECIATE THE BOARD'S WORK ON THIS.
I JUST WANT YOU AND THE BOARD TO BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU START IDENTIFYING CERTAIN PROGRAMS,
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THEY MAY NOT BE AROUND EVEN NEXT YEAR.I WOULD JUST USE THE LANGUAGE OF CERTIFIED PROGRAM, STATE AUTHORIZED PROGRAM, COUNTY AUTHORIZED PROGRAM.
I WOULD NOT GET INTO IDENTIFYING CERTAIN PROGRAMS. ONE, YOU CUT OUT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. YOU HAVE TO BE WITH A WIDE RANGE HERE, CAST A BROAD NET.
JUST MY ADVICE IN TRYING TO NAME BOYS TO MEN, OR MEGA MENTORS, WHATEVER, GREAT PROGRAMS WE HAVE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
YOU'RE SPEAKING FOR THE PROGRAM, AND WE SHOULD NEVER SPEAK FOR THE PROGRAM.
BUT THE OTHER IS IF YOU ALLOW THIS WIDE NET THEN WE COULD HAVE SIX PEOPLE.
SIX PEOPLE CAN MEAN SIX DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE COUNTY OR STATE, OR PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
>> MADAM CHAIR, IF I COULD, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO POINT OUT.
ONE, IN GOING THROUGH MY NOTES, YOU'VE ADDRESSED THE PIECE ABOUT THE NOLAN SCHOOL DETENTION PIECE, AND THE MODULE PIECE THERE TOO.
ANOTHER PIECE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ALCOHOL, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST OFFENSES THERE, WHEN YOU HAVE THE SECTION C WITH THE OR THERE, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO DETERMINE WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION, WHO'S GOING TO PICK THAT CHOICE.
I JUST NEED YOU TO DEFINE THAT SO THAT SCHOOLS ARE AWARE OF HOW THAT WOULD FLOW.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THE 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SUBSIDIES MODULE OR THE 20-DAY SUSPENSION.
SO YOU PROBABLY NEED TO ARTICULATE WHO'S MAKING THAT CHOICE.
>> [BACKGROUND] OKAY. I THINK MY DISCUSSIONS WITH FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS ON THAT IT WASN'T A CHOICE.
IF THE STUDENT DIDN'T COMPLETE THE 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THE MODULE BY THE 10-DAY OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION, PERIOD, THEN THEY WOULD GET THE 20 DAYS OF SCHOOL NON-PARTICIPATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, IF THEIR 10 DAYS IS UP AND THEY COME BACK TO SCHOOL, BUT THEY HAVE NO DOCUMENTATION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND THEY DID NOT COMPLETE THE MODULE, THEN THEY DON'T GET TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES UNTIL AT WHAT POINT IN TIME THEY DO OR THE 20 DAYS HAS EXPIRED.
IS THAT THE WAY YOU ALL UNDERSTOOD IT? NO? [LAUGHTER]
>> IF I COULD JUST MAKE A SUGGESTION.
THE THING TO THINK ABOUT IN GENERAL TERMS IS THINK IN TERMS OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION.
WHEN YOU SEND A CHILD, YOU ESSENTIALLY EXCLUDE THEM FROM THE EDUCATION ENVIRONMENT.
THE ISSUE IS THAT IS THEIR CONSEQUENCE, THEIR EXCLUSION FROM THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
YOU CAN'T, RESPECTFULLY, ATTACH AN ADDITIONAL CONSEQUENCE TO THAT EXCLUSION.
IF YOU SEND THEM OUT AND YOU ASK THEM TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE, IF THEY DON'T COME BACK AND HAVE DONE THAT, THEY'RE AFFORDED THEIR DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO COME BACK INTO THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO ATTACH IT IN THAT RESPECT.
>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH THE 45 DAYS EXCLUSION, IT'S IN ADDITION TO? WE'VE BEEN SAYING 10 DAYS OUT OF SCHOOL PLUS 45 DAYS OF EXCLUSION OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
I THINK THIS IS SAYING 10 DAYS OUT OF SCHOOL PLUS 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
>> I'M SAYING AS FAR AS ATTACHING THE TWO TOGETHER.
>> YOUR EXCLUSION, WHICH YOU'VE REFERENCED, WE MAY BE SAYING THE SAME THING IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.
YOU MENTIONED THEY CAN'T COME BACK UNTIL THEY'VE COMPLETED THAT.
THE EXTRACURRICULAR PIECE, THEY CAN STILL COME TO SCHOOL AND BE PROVIDED AN EDUCATION.
>> RIGHT. ALL OF THIS IS AROUND THE EXTRACURRICULAR PIECE.
>> NOT THAT THEY CAN'T COME BACK INTO THE SCHOOL BUILDING.
>> THEY COME BACK TO SCHOOL AFTER 10 DAYS.
IT'S JUST THEIR EXCLUSION FROM EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS ARE COMPLETE OR 20 SCHOOL DAYS HAVE PASSED.
>> MAYBE WE JUST NEED TO LOOK AT HOW IT'S WRITTEN.
>> THE LANGUAGE MAY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED THERE.
>> I'M JUST READING AS YOU'VE WRITTEN IT.
>> ACTUALLY TO BE VERY CLEAR, I DID NOT WRITE ANY OF THIS.
>> OKAY. THESE WERE OUR IDEAS.
[02:30:04]
I DON'T KNOW HOW THE LANGUAGE CAME OUT OR WHO PUT THE LANGUAGE TOGETHER.>> IF I COULD RESPECTFULLY, JUST FOR BOARD MEMBERS, JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR AT THE OUTSET.
AS YOU KNOW ME PERSONALLY, PROFESSIONALLY, WE, AS YOUR STAFF, ARE GOING TO ADHERE TO THE BOARD DIRECTION.
ALONG THE WAY WE TRY TO PROVIDE YOU COUNSEL, ALONG THE WAY JUST OUR EXPERIENCES.
PART OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS A CHIEF, I ALSO OVERSEE STUDENT CONDUCT, SO I HAVE ANOTHER VESTED INTEREST IN SEEING THIS THROUGH.
THAT BEING SAID, JUST FOR A REFERENCE POINT, FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING, WE WENT BACK TO MEET WITH PRINCIPALS TO DISCUSS THE BOARD DISCUSSION.
THE INPUT FROM PRINCIPALS ACTUALLY WAS TO LEAVE IN THE 45 DAYS PIECE.
THEY ALSO HAD A REFERENCE TO THE VAPING CONSEQUENCES WHICH I THINK YOU'VE ADDRESSED THERE AS WELL.
I THINK THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE FROM STAFF REALLY COME AROUND THE MODULE PIECE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.
BECAUSE WITH YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLS COMING, WE LITERALLY HAVE TO HAVE THIS IN PLACE BY JULY 1.
OUR CONCERN, RESPECTFULLY, IS THE ABILITY TO STAND UP THIS COMMUNITY SERVICE MODULE.
THE MODULE THEN IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THE NOTION THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO THEN PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL STUDENTS THE ABILITY TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE, WE NEED TO FIND SOME WAY, IT INVOLVES ADDITIONAL STAFF, QUITE FRANKLY, TO ASSERT, TO LOOK AT WHO'S COMPLIED WITH THAT, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SO THAT EVERYBODY WHO'S DONE THEIR COMMUNITY SERVICE, IT'S CLEAR AND AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO COME BACK.
WE UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THE BOARD IS ON A DIRECTION TO MAKE THESE CHANGES, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND AND BELIEVE AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE THE BEST OF INTENTIONS.
BUT FROM STAFF WHO HAS TO IMPLEMENT THIS, WE HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO ADHERE TO WHAT YOU'D LIKE FOR US TO DO.
THE ABILITY TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND SCREEN THIS SERVICE PIECE IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DO YOUR DIRECTION, WE WILL DO IT.
I NEED TO STAND IN FRONT OF YOU AND TELL YOU, IDEALLY, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE TIME TO GO BACK TO PRINCIPALS TO TALK ABOUT, THIS IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.
WE'VE NOT TALKED TO PRINCIPALS ABOUT THIS NOTION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT.
I REALIZE IT MAY NOT MOVE AS FAST AS YOU'D LIKE IT TO MOVE.
IN MAY IT'S DIFFICULT, WE'RE DOING TESTING, WE'VE GRADUATION IN TWO WEEKS.
I WON'T BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK BY JUNE.
I'VE REALIZED THAT YOU'RE ON A FASTER TRACK.
BUT IN AN IDEAL WORLD WE WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU THAT FEEDBACK FROM PRINCIPALS BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THIS, TO SEE THIS THROUGH.
LET'S BE HONEST, ULTIMATELY, IF THIS IS DONE THIS WAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE A WORKLOAD FOR THEM TO HAVE TO TAKE ON.
RESPECTFULLY, I KNOW THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY AT THE SCHOOL TO DO THIS.
AGAIN, I'LL GO BACK TO WHAT I'VE SAID.
WE WILL FOLLOW THROUGH THE BOARD DIRECTION ON THIS.
BUT I WANT YOU TO AT LEAST KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE CONCERNS AND WE WANT TO SUPPORT YOU IN YOUR ENDEAVORS AND WE KNOW YOU'RE IN THE BEST PLACE, BUT WE'RE NOT AT A PLACE TO HAVE THIS READY JULY 1.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. ON AVERAGE, JUST A BALLPARK NUMBER, HOW MANY STUDENTS IS THIS IMPACTING A YEAR? HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE GETTING A 10 DAY SUSPENSION FOR OUT-OF-SCHOOL FOR ALCOHOL OR DRUGS?
>> I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.
> TEN THOUSAND? ONE THOUSAND? FIVE HUNDRED? YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?
>> I'D BE HAPPY TO GET YOU THAT NUMBER.
>> BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THE LIFT FOR THE PRINCIPALS AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS.
BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN.
AT LEAST I PRAY WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN.
>> I THINK PROBABLY THE INTENT IS PROBABLY NOT SO MUCH AROUND THE NUMBER, BUT THE FIDELITY TO WHICH THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I THINK THE CONCERN WOULD BE THAT, TAKE A POSITIVE SCENARIO WHERE A FAMILY AND STUDENT EMBRACES A CONCEPT AND SAYS THAT THEY WANT TO DO RIGHT.
MY CONCERN IS 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, WE'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE FAMILIES WHO SAY WE WANT TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE.
ARE YOU GOING TO GET ME THERE? ARE YOU GOING TO COME PICK ME UP? ARE YOU GOING TO COME TO MY HOUSE? MY CAR BROKE DOWN.
I CAN'T DO THE 20 HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
>> I THINK THAT WAS MY CONCERN TOO, WAS HOW DO WE APPLY IT EQUITABLY?
[02:35:01]
I LOVE THE IDEA AND IF WE MAKE THAT OUR GOAL, THAT FOR THE 24, 25 SCHOOL YEAR, THIS POLICY LOOKS THE WAY THAT WE INTEND OUR HIGHEST ASPIRATIONS.BUT I'M HEARING THAT THE CHANCES OF US BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THIS WELL AND WITH FIDELITY AND WITH EQUITY ARE NOT WHERE WE WANT THEM TO BE FOR SOMETHING AS SWEEPING AS A POLICY CHANGE THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT 64,000 KIDS.
>> I CAN GIVE YOU THAT. I CERTAINLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD IMPLEMENT IT WELL.
BUT LET ME ASK THE BOARD THIS.
DO WE AGREE THAT STAYING AT HOME FOR 45 DAYS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE CONSEQUENCE FOR A FIRST OFFENSE OF DRUGS AND ALCOHOL AND THAT IS COUNTER-INTUITIVE TO WHAT WE ACTUALLY WANT THE STUDENTS TO BE DOING, WHICH IS PARTICIPATING IN SAFE, HEALTHY, STRUCTURED, SUPERVISED ACTIVITIES? INSTEAD, WE'RE TELLING THEM TO GO HOME AFTER THEIR 10-DAY OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND SIT AT HOME AND DO MORE DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
THE GOAL HERE IS TO PREVENT THAT FROM OCCURRING.
YOU WANT TO COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE? YOU WANT TO SAY DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY? THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING FOR BACK IN APRIL WAS JUST A MORATORIUM ON THE 45 DAYS WHILE WE WORKED IT OUT, AND THAT WE HAVE A POLICY OF 10 DAYS OUT OF SCHOOL PART OF THE POLICY.
BUT JUST UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE CONSEQUENCES.
NOW YOU'RE SAYING IT'S WE CAN'T EVEN GET THAT STRAIGHT BY JULY BECAUSE WE WANT TO DO SOME RESTORATIVE ASPECT TO THE CONSEQUENCE.
FINE. I WANT TO GET IT RIGHT AS WELL, BUT I DON'T WANT THE CURRENT POLICY WAS 45 DAYS OF STAYING AT HOME FROM SAFE, HEALTHY, ENGAGING, SUPERVISED ACTIVITIES TO STAY IN PLACE.
YOU TELL ME WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHILE WE GET THE REST OF THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PEACE CORRECT? THEY HAVE THE TIME TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
THAT'S FINE IF YOU WANT A WHOLE ANOTHER YEAR TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT I DON'T WANT THE CURRENT POLICY IN PLACE AND I COULDN'T EVEN FIND A SINGLE PERSON THAT ACTUALLY AGREED.
WE SHOULD MAKE THOSE KIDS STAY AT HOME FOR 45 DAYS AND GO HOME TO NO SUPERVISION.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND THIS MIDDLE GROUND HERE.
IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE IN PLACE BY JULY BECAUSE IT'S TOO HEAVY OF A LIFT, I CAN RESPECT THAT, SEAN.
I CAN, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I CANNOT BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS CURRENT POLICY GOING INTO NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
>> THE ONE THINGS I'M GOING TO ARTICULATE ABOUT COMMUNITY SERVICE TOO, IS THAT I'VE TALKED TO RISK MANAGEMENT TOO.
IF WE'RE GOING TO DIRECT OUR STUDENTS TO DO COMMUNITY SERVICE, WE ALSO ARE LIABLE FOR THAT PIECE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IN ORDER TO ADHERE TO THAT, WE QUITE FRANKLY NEED MORE TIME.
RISK MANAGEMENT NEEDS TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM IS LIKE IN ORDER FOR THEM TO ARTICULATE TO YOU AS A BOARD, AS THE LEGAL ENTITY, WHAT YOUR LIABILITIES ARE, AND HOW YOU STRUCTURE THE PROGRAM.
WE TAKE ON A HEAVY WORKLOAD EVERY SINGLE DAY AND IT'S NOT SHYING AWAY FROM THE WORKLOAD.
WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE CAN ADHERE TO YOUR INTENTS BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF THIS WILL BE PUT IN PLACE AND IT MAY NOT HAPPEN FOR SOME TIME, BUT WE WANT YOU TO LOOK BACK AND SEE THAT WE TOOK YOUR ACTION APPROPRIATELY.
>> MADAM CHAIR. YES, MS. HEFFRON.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH STUDENTS FOR PARTICIPATING TODAY.
[LAUGHTER] WE KNOW IT'S A SCHOOL NIGHT.
>> WE DID. WE GOT THE KIDS OUT.
[LAUGHTER] WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WE COULD STAY UP LATER THAN THE TEENAGERS? BUT HERE WE ARE.
IS THERE A COMPROMISE, IS THERE A MIDDLE GROUND? I THINK ABSOLUTELY THERE'S A MIDDLE GROUND AND THERE'S A WAY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE EVERYBODY ON THIS BOARD AGREES THAT WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS NOT PRODUCING OUR INTENDED RESULT.
I LIKE DR. DAUGHERTY SUGGESTION ABOUT AN AUTHORIZED PROGRAM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SECOND OFFENSE REFERRAL TO RECOVERY PROGRAMS. IF OUR INTENT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN THE INTERIM, IT'S NOT IDEAL AND IT CERTAINLY HAS SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOME EQUITY SUPPORTS.
[02:40:08]
BUT A LIST OF COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO ARE WILLING TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OR A COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW.IF YOU REACH OUT IN A ONE-TO-ONE, THIS ORGANIZATION MAYBE ABLE TO GIVE YOU OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU'RE TRYING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, BUT YOU'RE ADDING A LOT OF LAYERS TO SOLVING THE PROBLEM.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO A, B, C, AND D. BUT EVERYTHING YOU ADD TO THE POLICY, NO MATTER HOW YOU WRITE IT, IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO IT'S NOT THE PARENT'S RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S THE SCHOOL'S RESPONSIBILITY.
THEN WE'RE LIABLE FOR THIS NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO.
THAT'S EVERY POLICY YOU WRITE.
IF YOU SAY YOU'VE GOT TO DO THIS, IF YOU'RE OUT OF SCHOOL, THEN WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TO GET THEM THERE.
THAT'S WHAT RISK MANAGEMENT HAS SAID, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
WE HEAR YOU DON'T WANT TO KEEP THE 45-DAY.
INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT CAUSING ANY DOUBLE JEOPARDY PROBLEMS, YOU HAVE A POLICY IN PLACE.
IF YOU STRIKE OUT THE 45-DAY, YOU HAVE THE 10-DAY SUSPENSION, AND YOU HAVE THE PARKING ISSUE.
THE ISSUE THEN YOU ALLOW THE SCHOOLS TO WORK WITH THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS THAT THEY DO ALREADY.
YOU'RE NOT ADDING TO THE SCHOOL.
YOU'RE LETTING THEM DO THEIR WORK.
THEY KNOW STUDENTS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS, THEY WORK WITH STUDENTS EVERY DAY WHO HAVE PROBLEMS. THEY CONNECT PEOPLE.
THEY CONNECT OUR KIDS WITH THE COUNTY.
YOU'RE NOT WRITING A POLICY TO PILE ON.
BUT NOW YOU HAVE THE POLICY WHERE THERE IS A CONSEQUENCE.
LISTEN, THE PARKING PIECE IS A KILLER RIGHT THERE. THAT'S IT.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE THIS NEXT YEAR TO TALK TO YOUR COMMITTEES, TO GET MORE INPUT, TO TALK TO THE PRINCIPALS AND COME UP WITH A POLICY SO BY 24 GETS HERE, YOU HAVE AND WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE STATE AND THINGS THAT THEY DO.
BUT THE OPPORTUNITIES YOU'RE NOT PILING ON MORE FOR THE SCHOOLS, BUT YOU ARE ALLOWING A CONSEQUENCE TO OCCUR.
BUT AFTER THEY PAY THAT DEBT BACK OVER THAT 10 DAYS, THEY COME BACK IN AND THEY ARE NOW A REGULAR PART OF THE SCHOOL SOCIETY AGAIN.
>> THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
I UNDERSTAND THIS SIDE WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT OTHER THINGS TO HELP THE KIDS.
BUT OUR KIDS WE DO A LOT TO HELP OUR KIDS, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY IS, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE COMMUNITY SERVICE, NO MATTER WHO DOES IT, IT'S A BEAR TO TRY TO EVEN KEEP TRACK OF.
THIS GROUP OVER HERE'S ISSUE AND THIS ONE LOSE ITS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON IT.
BUT YOU'RE GETTING RID OF THAT 45-DAY WHICH EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD DOESN'T LIKE. I'M DONE.
>> THANK YOU. YEAH, [BACKGROUND] MS. HEFFRON. NO? OKAY.
>> DOT, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS BECAUSE [OVERLAPPING] I'VE NEVER SHIED AWAY FROM SOMETHING THAT'S HARD AND I DON'T BELIEVE YOU DO EITHER, SHAWN, OR ANYONE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
NOBODY WORKS HARTER THAN TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS AND PEOPLE IN SCHOOL SYSTEMS HANDS DOWN.
THEY WOULD MAKE IT HAPPEN IF WE SAID SO.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO THEM, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO GET RID OF THE 45-DAY BAN FROM EXTRACURRICULAR BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS RIGHT.
HOWEVER, I THINK WE DO NEED TO SPEND THE YEAR FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO MORE RESTORATIVE JUST ACTIVITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR PRINCIPALS TO HAVE THAT AS AN ARM OF THEIR CONSEQUENCES AS SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN REACH INTO AND SAY, YOU'VE GOT 10 DAYS OUT, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO WORK WITH MEGA MENTORS AND VOLUNTEER HERE AND THERE, AND CONNECT KIDS TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK AND DO SOME TYPES OF COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK.
WE NEED TO LOOK INTO GETTING THAT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO OUR PRINCIPLES DESPITE RISK MANAGEMENT AND IT GIVES EVERYBODY A YEAR TO WORK ON IT.
BUT IF WE CAN JUST STRIKE THE 45-DAY FROM THE POLICY, I'M HAPPY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP
[02:45:01]
ON THE OPPORTUNITIES OF DOING MORE COMMUNITY SERVICE.>> WELL THEN MS. BAILEY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LIKE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY.
>> CAN I SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK?
>> YES, MA'AM. IT'S YOUR MEETING.
>> OF THAT BACK AND FORTH. I THINK FROM LAST MONTH AND WE'RE HAVING THE SAME CONVERSATION THIS MONTH, IS WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT REALLY FAST.
I DO THINK THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION ON.
I THINK WE'VE GOT UNTIL JUNE 6 TO AGAIN, GO BACK TO THIS FIRST READ.
GOOD CONVERSATION, GREAT CONVERSATION UP HERE AT THE DIAS, BUT WE HAVE THIS NEXT MONTH TO GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WILL COME UP FOR THE FINAL DECISION FOR JUNE 6.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE OFFER OF COMPROMISE.
I HEAR THE ADMINISTRATORS SAYING THAT THEY WANTED TO KEEP THE 45, THAT IT GAVE THEM A LANE.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO KEEP THE 20-DAY SUSPENSION OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CONCURRENTLY.
YOU'RE OUT OF SCHOOL FOR 10 DAYS, YOU CAN'T PARTICIPATE IN EXTRA CURRICULAR FOR THOSE 10 DAYS THAT YOU'RE OUT OF SCHOOL, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 10 DAYS AFTER SCHOOL DAYS.
YES, SCHOOL DAYS AFTER YOU'VE COME BACK.
>> IT IS A MONTH AND YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN AVOID THAT.
EVERYBODY AGREES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
I'M OKAY WITH HAVING A LITTLE TEETH AND THIS IS YOUR 10 DAYS OUT OF SCHOOL CONCURRENTLY WITH A 20-DAY.
FORTY-FIVE DAYS IS A SEMESTER OR NINE WEEKS.
>> WOULD THAT BE LANGUAGE THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD CONSIDER?
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT IT. [LAUGHTER].
[OVERLAPPING] THAT IS SOMETHING WORTH CONSIDERING.
YES. THAT IS SOMETHING WORTH CONSIDERING. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.
>> YOU SAID I WILL CONSIDER? [LAUGHTER]
>> YES, MS. HAINES? [LAUGHTER]
>> I'M WONDERING, WHEN MS. BAILEY MENTIONED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, I SEARCHED THE DOCUMENT AND THERE'S NO MENTION IN THE DOCUMENT OF RESTORED JUSTICE OR A TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES, SO MAYBE PART OF A COMPROMISE.
WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES YET TO REALLY PUT THAT IN PLACE.
THE INTENT OF THIS IS TO MOVE TOWARDS TRAUMA INFORMED PRACTICES AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE.
THEN ALSO ALL THIS FELT VERY STRAINED WHEN WE GOT THE BUDGET UPDATE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE REASON THOSE PRINCIPLES FEELING REALLY STRAINED, THE REASON WE CAN'T DO WHAT WE WANT IS, AS I SAID IN MY TWO LONG COMMENTS, RESTORATIVE JUSTICE TAKES RESOURCES.
YOU HAVE TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY, STAFF, PARENTS.
THAT TAKES RESOURCES AND WE'RE IN A VERY FINANCIALLY STRETCHED DISTRICT.
WE DON'T FUND OUR SCHOOLS THE WAY WE NEED, AND SO WE HAVE TO MAKE COMPROMISES, BECAUSE LIKE MISS.
BAILEY SAID, OUR STAFF WOULD SCRAPE TOGETHER AND USE DUCT TAPE AND SPIT AND PUT IN 20-HOUR DAYS, BUT REALLY THAT'S NOT FAIR.
I JUST LIKE, AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT AN ELECTION SEASON MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FUND OUR SCHOOLS.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL FIGURE OUT THE COMPROMISE UNTIL WE CAN GET MORE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES AND MORE. ALL OF IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. SMITH.
>> NEXT, WE HAVE ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW.
[G. Items for Board Review]
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING?>> MADAM CHAIR, TONIGHT'S AGENDA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR BOARD'S REVIEW.
NUMBER 1, MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FUNDS FY 2023.
NUMBER 2, FY 2023 MARCH EXPENDITURES LESS APPROPRIATIONS.
NUMBER 3, BUDGET CHANGE REQUEST SUMMARY ACROSS CATEGORIES MARCH 2023.
NUMBER 4, BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS.
NUMBER 5, PRE-K UPDATE MARCH 2023.
[H. Superintendent's Remarks]
NEXT, WE HAVE THIS EVENING SUPERINTENDENT'S REMARKS, DR. DAUGHERTY.>> I'LL ONLY TAKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES, I'M GOOD [LAUGHTER].
[02:50:01]
MY STAFF JUST BOYCOTTED THE FLAGS.NOW OUR TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK WE JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR TEACHERS.
IF YOU'RE IN EDUCATION YOU'RE A TEACHER, NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
BUS DRIVERS, THR, ARE FEW SERVICES PEOPLE THEY PUT AS THEY'LL TEACH, THEY HELP KIDS LEARN THINGS.
TEACHER APPRECIATION IS REALLY EVERY DAY AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
EXCITING, POSSIBLY 4,800 STUDENTS TO 5,000.
HANDSHAKES, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.
EVERY MONTH WE GET TO HEAR FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR, BUT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE HERE THAT I JUST WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO.
BOB AND YOUR TEAM, YOU DO A GREAT JOB WITH IMPOSSIBLE NUMBERS [APPLAUSE].
THEY PUT UP WITH ALL MY INITIATIVES AND HE HASN'T RUN AWAY YET. BOB THANK YOU.
A PERSON CAME ON BOARD A LITTLE WHILE AGO AND [INAUDIBLE] AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
YOU MAY HAVE THE TOUGHEST JOB IN THE COUNTRY, ANYONE DEALING WITH SPECIAL EDUCATION.
EVERYBODY THINKS THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE, BECAUSE THERE ARE 20,000 PAGES OF LAWS THAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.
YOU AND YOUR TEAM KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
THE NEXT PERSON, ALEKI, I'M JUST GLAD YOU'RE STILL AWAKE RIGHT NOW [LAUGHTER].
BUT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND KEEP WORKING HARD, WE NEVER STOP.
JUST BECAUSE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS ENDING WE'RE GOING TO BE PUSHING FORWARD.
BOARD MEMBERS I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE US BETTER AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND SEE EVERYBODY AT GRADUATIONS.
>> THANK YOU, DR. DAUGHERTY. NEXT WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS,
[I. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments]
COMMUNICATIONS, AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS.SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS THIS EVENING?
>> THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL HOLD A WORK SESSION ON TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2023 AT 4:00 PM HERE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM.
IT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A BUSINESS MEETING AT 6:30.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL IN THE MOTION?
THE MAY 9TH, 2023 SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.