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[A. Meeting Opening]
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE JUNE 6TH, 2023, SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION TO ORDER.FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR CHESTERFIELD RECOVERY ACADEMY UPDATE WITH MR.
[C. Chesterfield Recovery Academy]
SAVOY AND DR.MERRIMAN. I'M GOING TO FLIP THINGS AROUND A LITTLE BIT.
JUST CLICK THE. OH, I THOUGHT IT WOULD COME UP.
OUR PROGRAM IS FUNDED THROUGH LEGISLATION APPROVED BY THE VIRGINIA ASSEMBLY BACK IN JUNE OF 2022.
WE FORMALLY OPENED ON AUGUST 2ND, 2022, AND OUR FIRST DAY WAS SEPTEMBER THE 8TH, 2022.
SO AS YOU CAN TELL, WE HAVE BEEN ROLLING.
THEY RECEIVED PHYSICAL AND EMAILS ABOUT OUR PROGRAM.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE 12 STUDENTS ENROLLED, TEN FROM WITHIN THE DISTRICT, TWO FROM HENRICO.
FOR COUNTY REPRESENTATION OVER THE YEAR WE'VE HAD CHESTERFIELD, HENRICO AND COLONIAL HEIGHTS.
OUR COLONIAL HEIGHTS STUDENTS HAD TO RETURN BACK HOME TO THEIR DISTRICT FOR FAMILY REASONS.
FOR STAFFING. CURRENTLY IT'S MYSELF, THE COORDINATOR.
WE HAVE THREE CLINICIANS, OUR SENIOR CLINICIAN AND TWO CLINICIAN ONES.
WE HAVE NOW TWO ACADEMIC FACILITATORS AND OUR OFFICE MANAGER.
AND WE'LL SOON BE HIRING AN INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE AS WELL.
THEY PROVIDE OUR CLINICAL GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO OUR CLINICIANS TO HELP HIRE AND PROVIDE THE CLINICAL SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED FOR OUR PROGRAM AND THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT AND GROUP COUNSELING. OVERALL, WE RECEIVED $28,500 IN DONATIONS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH HAS BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL FOR OUR PROGRAM.
WE HAVE WORKED WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE WOODLAKE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, BOYS TO MEN, WHO PROVIDES AN ALL INCLUSIVE SUPPORT GROUP EVERY WEEK, AND ALSO TO END THE STIGMA FOUNDATION, WHICH HAS PERSONALLY DONATED $4,500 TOWARDS OUR PROGRAM.
SO WITHIN ONE SCHOOL YEAR, WE HAVE 37 MONTHS OF SOBRIETY, WHICH IS HUGE FOR OUR STUDENTS BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM START THEIR JOURNEY TO RECOVERY WHEN THEY FIRST COME TO US. THEY HAVE COMBINED IT'S OVER 250 HOURS OF SUPPORT GIVEN TO THEM, 170 HOURS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND 80 HOURS PER GROUP, 40 CREDIT HOURS THEY HAVE EARNED FROM ENGLISH AND SCIENCE.
SOME OF OUR KIDS HAVE TAKEN TRIGONOMETRY AND PHYSICS.
AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, THOSE COURSES ARE HARD IN GENERAL, AND THEN YOU ADD ON RECOVERY AS WELL.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CELEBRATED.
THE EOC VERIFIED CREDITS THEY RECEIVED AND OUR STUDENTS, FIVE OF THEM, HAVE EITHER STARTED A FIRST TIME JOB OR REENTERED THE FIELD, THE WORKFORCE, WHICH IS HUGE FOR THEM BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE ON THEIR JOURNEY TO RECOVERY, THEY HAVE LOST THAT RESPECT TO THAT TRUST WITH THEIR FAMILY OR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
AND NOW TO ACTUALLY BUILD THAT TRUST BACK AND THEY'RE ALLOWED BACK INTO THE WORKFORCE.
ON MAY 18TH, WE HAD OUR FIRST COMPLETION CEREMONY WHERE OUR STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED.
WE HAD TWO TERM GRADUATES AND OUR STUDENTS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR BEING IN THE PROGRAM.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE PARENTS AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS AS WELL.
ALSO WITH THE PROGRAM AND ACHIEVEMENT, I WAS SELECTED TO BE PART OF THE MEMBERS FOR THE GOVERNOR'S RIGHT HELP RIGHT NOW PLAN IS THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PLAN TO ADDRESS SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES WITHIN THE STATE, HELP SUPPORT THE EXPANSION OF RECOVERY HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE STATE AS WELL.
WE WERE SELECTED AS THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION 2023 SHOWCASES FOR SUCCESS SPECIAL EDITION, THE 2023 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, AND WE HAVE BEEN FEATURED ON SCRIPTS TV, WHICH IS A NATIONAL TELEVISION STATION.
I'M GOING TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS AT FENTANYL AWARENESS DAY.
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I WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE WHERE HE SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDERS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES WITHIN THE STATE.HOW TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES WHILE BEING OUT OF SCHOOL.
WE'RE LOOKING AT 25 KIDS BY MAY 2024, WHICH I FEEL LIKE WE WILL REACH THAT BEFORE THEN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HAINES. SO I ATTENDED THE SAFE BREAKFAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE FREE ENVIRONMENT.
AND I DID NOT REALIZE THE HIGH PERCENTAGE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE CONNECTED TO UNDIAGNOSED UNTREATED ADHD, WHICH THE PHYSICIANS SAID 70% OF THEIR PATIENTS THERE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE HAD UNDIAGNOSED UNTREATED ADHD.
SO I WAS CURIOUS, SINCE YOU WORK SO COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BOARD, IF THERE IS A WAY TO YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT RUNS IN FAMILIES, YOU'RE WORKING WITH FAMILIES, THERE ARE OTHER KIDS AND FAMILIES DO IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IN THE FUTURE SOME KIND OF PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
BUT HOW DO WE IN TERMS OF ENDING THE STIGMA, GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT TRAITS THAT I THINK HAVE BEEN MISSED? YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST THE KID THAT CAN'T SIT DOWN THEN, YOU KNOW, LEADS THAT'S JUST THE IMPULSIVE KID THAT THOSE KIDS ACTUALLY ARE VERY PRONE TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
I'M CURIOUS IF YOU'VE HAD ANY CONVERSATION.
I KNOW THAT'S REALLY THE COUNTY, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE PREVENTION PIECE, GIVEN YOUR ACCESS TO FAMILIES AND EVEN THE BROADER COMMUNITY, MAYBE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY TO DO SOME KIND OF PREVENTION PUBLIC SERVICE THING.
OKAY. WELL, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CONVERSATIONS.
ONE WAS WITH THE RIGHT HELP, RIGHT NOW PLAN ABOUT HOW TO EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY ACROSS THE STATE ABOUT THE STIGMA OF ADULT ABUSE, DEALING WITH CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS AND HOW TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO WE'VE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO ADDRESS IT.
WELL, I'M GLAD YOU'RE STARTING IT ALREADY.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
JUST AN FYI, WE'LL BE COMING TO THE BOARD EARLY THIS FALL WITH A PROGRAM THAT FACE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW TO GO INTO EACH MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT TO SPEAK TO THE PARENTS ON VAPING AND OPIOID ISSUES.
SO THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW GETTING THE COUNTY AND THE STATE MEMBERS INVOLVED.
SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO SHARE WITH EACH MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
MS. HEFFRON. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE EXPANSION PLANS.
REALLY AT THE CENTER OF MY QUESTION IS HOW CAN WE SUPPORT THAT EXPANSION PLAN? BUT WHAT ARE YOUR HOW ARE YOU WHAT STEPS ARE YOU LOOKING TO TAKE TO REACH THOSE GOALS OF 13 ADDITIONAL STUDENTS? IF RIGHT, YOU'VE GOT 12.
SO EXPANDING REGIONALLY, CLEARLY THERE ARE OTHER DIVISIONS THAT ARE OPEN AND RECEPTIVE TO THE COLLABORATION. HOW WHAT CAN WE DO TO DRAW MORE REGIONALITY TO THE PROGRAM? WELL, FOR ON YOUR BEHALF, THE BEST THING TO DO IS SPEAK TO YOUR OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AS THEY'RE PARTNERS WITH US.
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BUT ON MY BEHALF, WHAT I DO IS THAT I GO OUT AND I ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS AND I SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND ABOUT HOW TO ENROLL THEIR STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAM.SO THIS SCHOOL YEAR, NOW THAT WE EXPANDED, OUR STAFF, ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND ACTUALLY GO TO THE OTHER DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY LIKE RICHMOND CITY AND PETERSBURG, AND EXPLAIN TO THEM ABOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP AND OUR ENROLLMENT PROCESS.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.
THANK YOU. THAT MADE ME THINK.
HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT WE'RE REALLY GOOD I THINK OF PUTTING STUFF LIKE THIS IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC ON A REGULAR BASIS TO GET THE WORD OUT IN CHESTERFIELD HAVE OTHER IS SOMEONE TALKING TO THE OTHER SCHOOL BOARD SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WHY NOT DO A PRESENTATION ON THIS? YOU KNOW, JUST TO USE THAT AS AN AVENUE OR EVEN THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION DOING LIKE THEY HAVE THEIR JULY CONFERENCE BECAUSE LIKE ALL THE PETERSBURG BOARD MEMBERS ARE USUALLY THERE.
YOU'RE PRESENTING. I'M PRESENTING, YES.
SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE PRESENTING AT THE JULY.
OH WELL, THERE YOU GO. I'LL, I'LL TRY TO SMOOZE.
I WILL BE AT THAT CONFERENCE, SO I'LL WORK TO SMOOZE THE BOARD MEMBERS.
SORRY I MISSED THAT. NO PROBLEM.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. NEXT.
NEXT, WE HAVE MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND SUMMER CAPITAL UPDATE FROM MR.
[D. Major Maintenance / Summer Capital Update]
DAVIS AND MR. THUMMA.MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. DR. DAUGHERTY.
AND I HOPE I CAN RECALL THE DETAILS AS WELL AS HE DOES.
AND THEN WE HAVE MR. JOHN THUMMA WHO LEADS OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT, AND HE GIVES THEM AN ANNUAL CHECKUP WITH YOU.
AND AGAIN, HE WANTS TO SHOW YOU HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND TALK ABOUT SOME DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
BUT IF YOU NEED ME TO SLOW DOWN, I WILL CERTAINLY DO SO.
WE SHOW YOU THIS CHART FROM TIME TO TIME IN REGARDS TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING ON MAJOR MAINTENANCE, AND IT'S BEEN AT A VERY HEALTHY CLIP, ESPECIALLY IN THE PREVIOUS TWO FISCAL YEARS. WE AREN'T QUITE TO THAT $28 MILLION DOLLARS YET, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS ENCUMBERED, AND I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE VERY LARGE PRICE TAGS IN THEM.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY SPENDING THE MONEY THAT THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN TO US WISELY TO DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VERY GOOD WORK. I'VE SHOWN YOU THESE THREE BUCKETS BEFORE THAT DESCRIBE THE MAJOR MAINTENANCE WORK AND THEIR ORIGINS.
THE FIRST AND MR. THUMMA IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU SOME MORE ABOUT PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE.
THIS BOARD HAS TAKEN GREAT STRIDES IN THE LAST YEAR TO FUND THOSE PROGRAMS, AND IT ENABLES US TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE WITH CORE SYSTEMS. AND THOSE ISSUES COME TO THE FOREFRONT BEFORE WHAT WE MIGHT CONSIDER THE END OF USEFUL LIFE.
WE TRACK THEM CLOSELY IN OUR WORK ORDER SYSTEM.
AND IF WE HAVE A REPAIR JOB OR A REPLACEMENT THAT'S GREATER THAN $50,000, IT FALLS UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF OF MR. CARSON'S SIDE. AND WE CALL IT A MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROJECT.
MANY SUPERINTENDENT INITIATIVES, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH DR.
AND THE FUNDING METHOD MIGHT VARY AND THE BUDGETS CAN VARY FROM YEAR TO YEAR.
FACILITY CONDITION ASSESSMENTS.
THAT ALSO COMES FROM JOHN'S SIDE, THE WORK THAT STARTED BACK IN ABOUT 2018 TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE INFRASTRUCTURE AND IDENTIFY WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET TO THE END OF USEFUL LIFE FOR OUR MAJOR SYSTEMS THAT ARE COMPOSED, OUR BUILDINGS.
SO WE WANT TO, IN A DELIBERATE WAY AS WE SEE THE NEED FOR REPLACEMENTS COME UP, BE PREPARED TO REPLACE THOSE SYSTEMS AND WE HAVE A GOOD GRIP ON THOSE. IT DOES HELP THAT WE'VE RECEIVED ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND WE CERTAINLY HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP, BUT WE ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS IN THOSE FCAS ARE PROVIDING US VERY GOOD INFORMATION.
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MAJOR MAINTENANCE. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR RECENT EFFORTS? HERE'S A SERIES OF SLIDES ON WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.WE DID SOME RECENT WORK THAT YOU SEE AT THOMAS DALE WEST.
AND NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO DO SOME SIMILAR WORK AT LC BIRD, CARVER CAREER ACADEMY, AND MON ACAN.
WE'RE SPENDING JUST A LITTLE UNDER $1 MILLION DOLLARS TO HOPEFULLY GET THIS WORK DONE BY THIS FALL.
MS. HAINES AND I HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THIS ONE AND WITH THE WHOLE BOARD HAS CERTAINLY SUPPORTED IT AND IT CAME WITH ESSER FUNDING TO USE THE ULTRAVIOLET GERMICIDAL IRRADIATION IN SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS THAT HAD HVAC SYSTEMS THAT WEREN'T DESIGNED QUITE UP TO OUR CURRENT STANDARDS THAT ASHRAE HAS IN PLACE. AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS AND WE'RE CLOSING THIS PROJECT OUT.
SO I'VE GONE AND SEEN SOME OF THESE AT BAILEY BRIDGE AND AT CHALKLEY.
SO THEY ARE IN PLACE AND THEY'RE WORKING AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE AND THEY WILL HELP US HAVE CONTINUED AIR QUALITY AND PURIFICATION AT OUR LOCATIONS THAT NEED IT THE MOST.
HERE'S A BIG PROJECT THAT YOU APPROVED RECENTLY.
A HIGH SCHOOL HAS A VERY LARGE HVAC SYSTEM.
YOU CAN THINK ABOUT OVER 200,000FT² WITH A GYM AND AN AUDITORIUM AND LARGE SPACES.
JAMES RIVER HIGH IS THE ONE THAT IS WELL UNDERWAY.
I'VE BEEN OUT TO THIS JOB SITE TOO.
AND THEY'VE BEEN KNOCKING OUT 2 OR 3 OF THOSE EVERY NIGHT AND THERE'S OVER 100 IN THE BUILDING.
SO THE CRANE IS GOING TO BE LIFTING AND VERY BUSY AT JAMES RIVER HIGH.
IT'S GOING TO BE, AGAIN, QUITE AN EFFORT THIS SUMMER.
BUT IT'S A NEEDED PROJECT AND VERY IMPORTANT AND WE'RE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE THIS FALL.
THIS RESTORATION IS A MORE ECONOMICAL METHOD IN TERMS OF TAKING CARE OF A ROOF THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE TOTALLY REPLACED OR RECONSTRUCTED. AND SO WE'RE AGAIN, SPENDING SIGNIFICANT MONEY, $3.5 MILLION DOLLARS AT CHALKELY, EVERGREEN, AND MEADOWBROOK HIGH.
AND I'VE BEEN UP ON THE ROOF WITH OUR PM TO LOOK AT THIS BEFORE AND THEY'VE MADE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS AND FINISHING UP HERE IN THE SPRING WITH THOSE THREE JOBS.
AND BUT THAT DOES INVOLVE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE RECOATING AFTER YOU'VE TAKEN OUT OLD WET INSULATION WITH A TWO PART REINFORCED LIQUID SYSTEM THAT'S TRIED, TESTED AND WILL LAST FOR 25 YEARS.
BUT IT'S SOME OF THOSE SAME SCHOOLS.
WE ARE ALSO DOING SOME RECONSTRUCTION.
AND ONE OF THE TECHNIQUES THAT IS SHOWN HERE IN THESE GRAPHS, IT'S A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THE ROOF.
THE RED SECTIONS ARE THE WORST ONES AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY NEEDS THE RECONSTRUCTION.
THE YELLOW SECTIONS ARE SECTIONS THAT WE COULD RESTORE.
BUT AGAIN, ANOTHER LARGE NUMBER, $9 MILLION DOLLARS HERE JUST ON A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS.
AND WE'RE GLAD THAT THIS IS FINALLY GETTING DONE.
COMING BACK TO SOME INITIATIVES, ENTRANCE VESTIBULES, SEVERAL PHASES OF THIS.
BUT WE WANT TO DO THIS AT MANY OTHER PLACES.
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AND THIS IS THE PHASES TWO AND THREE.AGAIN, WITH SAFETY AND SECURITY BEING OUR OBJECTIVE, WE NEED OUR ENTERING FOLKS TO COME TO THE FRONT OFFICE AND CHECK IN AND BE CLEARED BEFORE THEY CAN GET INTO THE REST OF THE BUILDING WITHOUT FREE REIN.
AND THAT'S WHAT THESE SYSTEMS ARE DOING.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE MORE COMPLEX THAN OTHERS.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE ARCHITECT DESIGNED THE BUILDING.
WE ARE WE'VE HAD SOME SLIGHT DELAYS IN REGARDS TO GETTING CONTRACTORS WILLING TO DO THIS WORK.
SO WE'VE HAD SOME DIFFERENT STRATEGIES OF EITHER BUNDLING OR UNBUNDLING THEM.
AND SO THIS IS A QUOTE UNQUOTE BACK AT PROCUREMENT.
BUT WE ARE EXPECTING TO GET SOME VENDORS SIGNED UP TO CONTINUE THIS WORK THIS SUMMER.
BUT THIS WORK WILL STRETCH OVER THE NEXT TWO SUMMERS, FALL OF 2024 TO COMPLETE IT, BUT IT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT UPGRADE AT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE SCHOOLS IN REGARDS TO THEIR SAFETY AND SECURITY POSTURE.
TWO MIDDLE SCHOOLS WERE IDENTIFIED THAT HAD THE LOCKER PODS.
WE'RE GETTING NINE CLASSROOMS IN EACH OF THESE SCHOOLS AS A RESULT OF TAKING THESE OUT.
AND I WENT OUT DURING SPRING BREAK.
THIS IS A PHOTO THAT LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR TO ME AT BAILEY BRIDGE.
THOSE LOCKER PODS WERE DEFINITELY INTO THE CONCRETE.
AND IT WAS IT WAS A JOB TO REMOVE THEM.
WE ANTICIPATED THAT WHEN WE OPENED IT LESS THAN 12 MONTHS AGO.
SO WE PLANNED FOR THAT IN THE CONSTRUCTION IN REGARDS TO THE UTILITY STUBS.
THIS UNIT IS IN PLACE AND ALMOST READY FOR OCCUPANCY NOW.
WE OBTAINED SOME ADDITIONAL LAND TO GIVE US A LITTLE MORE ELBOW ROOM.
AND WE'VE GOT REALLY AN ELEGANT SOLUTION WITH TWO EIGHT CLASSROOM MEGA TRAILERS.
THE PRINCIPAL AND STAFF ARE VERY EXCITED THERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE STUDENTS AND THEY WILL BE THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN BETTER BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A BETTER SPOT. AND JOHN'S ACTUALLY GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW GOOD FACILITIES LEADS TO BETTER STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
SO I THINK THESE ARE VERY GOOD PROJECTS.
THIS ONE'S TAKEN A LITTLE WHILE TO GET STARTED.
WE'VE BEEN CHATTING WITH IT FOR OVER 18 MONTHS, BUT THE WORK IS WELL UNDERWAY.
I'VE BEEN OUT TO BIRD SEVERAL TIMES, MONACAN TWICE.
WE ARE GOING TO OPEN THESE FACILITIES WITH FOOTBALL GAMES IN AUGUST AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AGAIN, PARKS AND REC HAS A MAJOR ROLE IN THIS.
BUT LET'S TAKE THESE TWO OFF ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
I THINK THESE COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE DELIGHTED WITH WHAT THEY HAVE AND IT'LL BE VERY CLEAR TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT THIS CAN DO FOR OUR ATHLETIC PROGRAMS AND FOR THE COUNTY TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS AT THESE SITES.
AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE IN THE FUTURE AT ADDITIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS.
SOLAR, WE DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
WE'VE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY AT SIX OF OUR NEWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO PLACE SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF TO PROVIDE AT LEAST 50% OF THE POWER THAT'S NEEDED AT THOSE SCHOOLS. AND WE'RE GOING TO SAVE MONEY OVER THIS POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
THERE'S, I BELIEVE, A RIBBON CUTTING OF SOME TYPE BEING HELD AT ONE OF THE COUNTY FACILITIES, THE SAFETY AND TRAINING BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE OVER CLOSE TO RIGHT DOWN THE STREET HERE AND I CAN'T RECALL THE EXACT DATE, BUT THAT'S COMING SOON.
BUT WE'RE DOING ACTUALLY MORE SCHOOL BUILDINGS THAN WE HAVE COUNTY BUILDINGS.
AND AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT PHASE TWO.
WE DEFINITELY THINK OUR NEW MIDDLE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE BUILDING ARE GOOD CANDIDATES FOR THIS.
BUT WE'LL GIVE YOU A LIST OF THOSE PROJECTS ONCE WE'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STEP.
ALMOST DONE WITH MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
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AND THAT RANGES FROM THE ROOFTOP UNITS TO THE BOILERS AND THE CHILLERS AND PUMPS AND SO FORTH.CONTINUING TO DO WORK AT INTERIORS.
IN ADDITION TO THE VESTIBULE IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME FLOOR WORK THIS SUMMER.
OUT OF THE SITES AND ATHLETICS WE ARE DOING SCOREBOARD REPLACEMENTS.
EVERY SUMMER WE DO SOME PAVING AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.
THOSE CONTRACTS ARE GETTING IN PLACE.
WE DID IT AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS LAST YEAR.
WE'VE GOT THEM UNDERWAY THIS YEAR.
AND AND WE CONTINUE TO REPAIR TRACKS AT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT WE'RE HEADED TO NEXT.
THOMAS DALE WEST AGAIN, SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE AND BELLWOOD CARVER AND GREENWOOD GREENFIELD EXCUSE ME, WE'VE ALREADY HAD TREMCO GO AND LOOK AT THOSE AND KIND OF GIVE US THAT YELLOW AND RED ANALYSIS, YOU MIGHT SAY.
SO WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THOSE SITES AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO USE THAT TECHNIQUE AND SPEND THE MONEY AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE AND IN A MANNER IN WHICH WE CAN MANAGE THE PROJECTS. CAMERAS.
SOME GOOD NEWS HERE THAT THAT ISN'T EVEN SHOWN IN THE SLIDE.
IT'S TIME. AND WE TALKED, I THINK, RECENTLY WITH YOU ABOUT A REPLACEMENT CYCLE.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO FINISH THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS THIS SUMMER.
WE DID HAVE A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.
SO WE'VE GOT A NICE STOCKPILE OF HUNDREDS OF CAMERAS THAT ARE GETTING PROGRAMED.
WE'RE GOING TO FINISH THAT PROJECT.
OVERALL, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE NEXT 5 TO 6 YEARS.
AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE THOSE REPLACEMENTS AND THE ELECTRICAL PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED HERE ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO US, WHETHER IT'S PANEL AND SWITCHGEAR AND STUFF THAT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT ITS WAY INTO THE BACKGROUND OF THE BUILDINGS.
BUT BUT WE KNOW AND WE WATCH IT AND WE REPLACE IT.
AND IT'S TAKEN A LONG TIME, UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES WITH THESE SYSTEMS TO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TEMPORARY LIGHTING UP AT MEADOWBROOK FOR FOOTBALL GAME THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE BUT WE'VE GOT THE PROJECTS IN LINE TO REPLACE IT.
WE JUST NEED THE EQUIPMENT TO COME IN SO WE CAN PUT IT UP.
AND SO ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON MAJOR OR CAPITAL MAINTENANCE BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO MR. THUMMA? BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION? MISS BAILEY.
NOT REALLY A QUESTION, JUST SOMETHING.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS YOU MOVE FORWARD INTO 2024, WHICH WILL BE THE NEXT BOARD, THAT WHEN YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE UPGRADING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND REPLACING OLD PLAYGROUND THAT WE ALWAYS KEEP IN MIND, WE WANT TO DO THAT WITH ADA PLAYGROUND ACCESSIBLE EQUIPMENT, MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
I DROVE BY THE MEGA TRAILERS AT HOPKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
THEY'RE LOOKING GREAT ON THAT NEW LAND DR.
D GOT US. AND THEY LOOK REALLY NICE.
D HOW THEY LOOKED. I SAW THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME PLACED THERE.
AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FOR THAT SCHOOL AS WELL.
I'M HEARING ABOUT IT AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
SO WE GOT SOME GREAT PROJECTS IN THE DALE DISTRICT THAT I'M REALLY THRILLED WITH.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND IT WAS A MONEY ISSUE.
I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON THE UV GI LIGHTS THAT WE PUT IN.
HOW LONG IS SO AFTER THEY'RE PUT IN, DO WE MAINTAIN A CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE TO MAINTAIN THOSE? AND IS THERE A TYPE OF WARRANTY OR HOW LONG ARE THOSE? THEY HAVE A WARRANTY, BUT THEY WILL BE REPLACED.
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THAT'S IT. I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT SO THE NINE CLASSROOM, THE NINE CLASSROOMS THAT WILL BE ADDED AT TOMAHAWK FROM THE LOCKER CONVERSION, WILL THAT CREATE A REDUCTION IN THE TRAILERS THERE? NOT YET, NO.[LAUGHTER] SO WE'RE JUST KEEPING OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER THERE UNTIL THAT WAS.
YEAH, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO GROW AND IT'D BE NICE TO TAKE SOME AWAY, BUT WE'VE GOT TO SHOW ME FIRST.
WE'VE GOT TO FINISH [INAUDIBLE].
AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ON, BEHALF OF THE MONACAN COMMUNITY.
THAT WAS THE, THE CCTV REPLACEMENT WAS, IS I APPRECIATE YOU MAKING THAT.
I WISH WE COULD HAVE STARTED SOONER.
YEAH BUT YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR THE VALUE THAT YOU PUT ON ALL OF THESE PROJECTS.
I'D LIKE TO BRING UP ASSUMING EVERYBODY'S DONE ECHOING THE SAME THING.
YEAH. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK TO SCOTT CARSON AS WELL.
GETTING MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED AND THAT YOU'VE GOT A PLAN.
YOU'VE GOT A PLAN TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING NEEDS.
SO THANK YOU. WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM AND IT'S BEEN STABLE.
AND JOHN'S GOT SOME INTERESTING THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU TOO, THAT YOU DON'T HEAR ABOUT AS OFTEN.
MY OBJECTIVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO STAY IN THE BACKGROUND.
[LAUGHTER] GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
WE ARE EXCITED WITH WHERE WE HAVE COME FROM.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE FIRST BRIEF I'VE GIVEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
I WANT TO START WITH IT'S WE FEEL IT'S OUR GOAL TO PROVIDE A POSITIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT.
WE RECENTLY HAVE STARTED TO GO TO NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AN STATE CONVENTIONS.
NELSON RAY IS NOW THE CHAIRMAN FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR VIRGINIA.
WAS IT VSPMA? AND I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL [INAUDIBLE] SOCIETY, WHICH IS A ORGANIZATION THAT FOSTERS AND HELPS GROW SCHOOL PLANT MANAGERS.
AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WE WENT TO THIS BOARD AND WE HAD THIS DOCTOR, DR.
HE HAS MY POSITION IN CHESAPEAKE SCHOOLS.
BAILEY AND DR. BAILEY AND HE HAS SINCE RETIRED, BUT HIM AND I ARE BEGINNING TO WORK AND LOOK AT OTHER THINGS TO HELP VALIDATE HOW A POSITIVE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT CAN HELP IMPROVE PERFORMANCE.
HE ALSO SHOWED THIS SLIDE THAT 13 OUT OF 18 STUDIES SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF THE FACILITIES TO PERFORMANCE A 3 TO 5%.
AND WE WANT TO GET THAT 3 TO 5% FOR OUR STUDENTS.
HERE ARE SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES.
IT'S KIND OF NEAT. WE WENT THERE AND WE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM IS PROBABLY CUTTING EDGE.
I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT REVOLUTIONARY.
IT'S PROBABLY MORE EVOLUTIONARY COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE WAY WE'RE HANDLING THIS, OUR HVAC, BACKFLOW FIRE PROTECTION, ROOFING, ELECTRICAL WATER QUALITY PROGRAM. THAT PROGRAM IS DONE BY THE COUNTY, NOT BY US.
BY RISK MANAGEMENT. AND THAT'S PURPOSEFUL.
WITH THE HVAC, ROOFING AND ELECTRICAL, WE ARE GETTING RED, YELLOW, GREEN RESULTS.
WE'RE NOT JUST OUT THERE MAINTAINING THE SYSTEM.
WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK ON THE CONDITION OF THE SYSTEMS. OUR CUSTODIAL PROGRAM, IT IS OUR LEVEL OF CLEANING IS HIGHER THAN MOST OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THIS IS KIND OF INTERESTING TO HEAR THAT AND KIND OF GET THAT FEEDBACK WHEN WE WENT THERE.
IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS COMING INPUT TO OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BOUGHT NEW VEHICLES THIS YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THEN.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.WE'VE HAD 2 OR 3 TRANSMISSIONS FAIL THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE SEVERAL VEHICLES, OVER 200,000 MILES THAT ARE NO LONGER IN THE FLEET.
AND WE'VE PURCHASED OVER $800,000 OF FURNITURE.
AND THIS THIS IS VERY, VERY MAKES MY TEAMS DAY A LOT EASIER.
AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES.
THIS IS SOME FURNITURE THAT WE PURCHASED AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
AND THEN WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS IS SOME WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT CLEANING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPROVING CLEANING.
WE'RE LOOKING AT USING NEW KINDS OF TECHNOLOGIES.
THIS IS SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE INSTITUTED ALREADY, AND WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT OTHERS.
BUT WE HAVEN'T GONE THERE YET.
SO I DIDN'T INCLUDE IT IN THE BRIEF.
AND HERE'S WE'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING MORE TRAINING.
WE'RE NOT JUST PROVIDING TRAINING AND CLEANING.
WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE LEADERSHIP TRAINING FOR OUR CUSTODIAL STAFF.
WE FEEL THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT AND WE WANT TO LOOK TO GROW, HAVE THEM GROW.
WE ACTUALLY RECENTLY HIRED A CUSTODIAN AS A BOS BECAUSE SHE HAD THE RIGHT QUALIFICATIONS.
AND WE'RE VERY, VERY, VERY PLEASED WITH THAT.
AND WE'RE I KNOW THE SCHOOL IS EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING HER ON BOARD.
HERE'S SOME WHEN I GOT HERE, WE RENTED EVERYTHING.
WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE SCHOOL.
WE'D GO OUT AND WE'D RENT SPOT COOLERS.
PORTABLE LIGHTING. WE KIND OF MENTIONED THAT EARLIER.
PAYBACK ON THESE THINGS ARE LESS THAN TWO YEARS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THOSE. SO WE WHENEVER WE HAVE A NEED, WE DON'T HAVE TO RENT THEM.
WE JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND THEM OUT.
AND THIS HAS SAVED SIGNIFICANT MONEY FOR US ALLOWING US TO SPEND MORE MONEY ON MAINTENANCE.
WE HAVE SPENT $2.3 MILLION DOLLARS IN REGULAR MAINTENANCE AND WE MANAGE $3.5 MILLION DOLLARS IN MAJOR MAINTENANCE AND FACILITIES THIS YEAR. AND I'LL TELL YOU, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON DOING IT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.
BUT WE KNOW WHAT IT IS WITH OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
WE KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT.
IT'S A MORE IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR HVAC WORK.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN NEGLECTED.
AND WHEN WE REPLACED THESE BACKFLOWS, WE'RE NOT PUTTING IT BACK IN DUCTILE IRON.
SO THEY'LL LAST A LOT LONGER AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT LESS ISSUES IN THE LONG RUN.
HERE'S SOMETHING PEOPLE PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WE WERE DOING.
EACH YEAR WE TRY TO PICK A COUPLE SCHOOLS AND WE PUT IN LED LIGHTING IN THE GYMS. THIS YEAR, IN ADDITION TO THE ONES HERE WE'VE DONE WE GOT THIS MONTH WE'LL BE DOING JACOBS, CHALKELY AND WOOLRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WITH LED LIGHTING.
AND THIS IS MONEY THAT'S NOT REALLY ENERGY MONEY.
IT'S MONEY THAT WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE CARPENTRY WORK THAT DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PICTURES RIGHT NOW, BUT I WILL NEXT MONTH BECAUSE WE'RE PAINTING SWIFT CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL, PART OF IT, MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL AND SALEM CHURCH MIDDLE SCHOOL.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY BEGINNING TO PAINT, WHICH IS PHENOMENAL.
THIS IS LIKE THE FIRST YEAR WE'VE DONE THIS MUCH PAINTING.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TO THANK YOU BECAUSE WE COULDN'T DO THAT WITHOUT THE MONEY YOU GIVE US.
SO WHAT DOES IT REALLY COST TO DO TO MAINTAIN CCPS? WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND WE FOUND A MODEL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A MODEL FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? BUT THIS MODEL SAYS ABOUT THREE 3% OF CRV.
SO WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO US? THAT MEANS $79.8 MILLION DOLLARS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY GETTING ABOUT $67.8 MILLION DOLLARS SHORTFALL EXPECTED.
BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T THINK ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT'S GETS 100%.
THIS IS A TREND OF WHAT YOU'VE GIVEN US SINCE 2019 AND 2019.
THIS YEAR, IT'S $67.8 MILLION DOLLARS.
AND OVER THE SIDE, IT KIND OF SHOWS WHERE WE GOT THE INCREASES.
FIRST ONE, MY STAFF SINCERELY THANKS YOU FOR THEIR RAISES.
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I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH BILLING WITH DOMINION.BUT TWO MONTHS AGO WE WERE DOWN 8% FROM LAST YEAR IN UNIT USED.
WHEN YOU NORMALIZE THAT FOR WEATHER BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A WARM WINTER, THANK GOD.
WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? WHY DO WE HAVE A 4% SAVING IN UTILITIES? I WOULD SAY IT'S FROM OUR MAJOR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS.
WE'RE WHATEVER MONEY YOU GIVE US, WE'RE TRYING TO SPEND EVERY PENNY OF IT IN THE BEST WAY WE CAN.
UTILITIES, 14.5 IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE LIKE 16 AND IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO UP.
28 IS CUSTODIAL, AND THAT'S BOTH IN HOUSE AND OUR CONTRACTS AND MAINTENANCE FUNDING IS 21.8 MILLION. WHAT YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND, THOUGH, OF THAT 28.1 MILLION, ONLY 11.8 MILLION IS FOR CONTRACTS.
THE REST OF IT IS LABOR AND IN HOUSE THAT'S THAT.
WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL WITH THAT MONEY.
WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF THINGS DONE.
HERE'S SOME OF THE THINGS WE HAVE DONE.
I WANT TO TALK A PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
I TALK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHERE MY PASSION IS.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE MOST OF MY CAREER.
WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.
WHEN WE STARTED IT, I CHALLENGED MY GUYS NOT TO JUST DO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, BUT TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONDITION OF THE PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE. AND THEY'VE DEVELOPED A RED, GREEN YELLOW MODEL ON THEIR OWN USING, OF COURSE, GOOGLE, BUT THEY'VE CREATED FOR OUR HVAC A ROOFING AND AN ELECTRICAL A MODEL THAT ANYBODY THAT GOES OUT AND LOOKS AT OUR EQUIPMENT CAN APPLY AND GIVE US A CONDITION.
SO NOW WE KNOW WE GOT 2 OR 3 YEARS OF DATA WHAT THE CONDITION OF OUR FACILITIES ARE FOR HVAC.
WE HAVE A RED, YELLOW, GREEN MAP OF EVERY SINGLE ROOF.
HOW MANY ROOFS DO YOU THINK WE HAVE? 68, PROBABLY ABOUT A THOUSAND, BECAUSE EACH LITTLE RISE AND FALL YOU SEE IN THE SCHOOL IS ANOTHER ROOF. BUT WE HAVE MAPS OF EVERY ROOF IN OUR DISTRICT.
WHEN THOSE GUYS GO OUT THERE, THEY'RE PATCHING 100 HOLES EVERY TIME THEY GO UP ON A ROOF.
SO WE'RE SEEING A LOT LESS SERVICE CALLS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT IN THAT.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO WHERE WE ARE, I'M IMPRESSED.
WE'LL DO A THIRD NEXT YEAR AND WE'LL DO A THIRD YEAR AFTER THAT.
WE DID BEULAH TODAY OR YESTERDAY.
WE ACTUALLY FOUND THREE BREAKERS THAT WERE BROKEN, BRAND NEW SCHOOL.
SO IT'S IT'S REALLY BEGINNING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WRONG.
NEW MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
THIS ONE AGAIN IS ALSO VERY EXCITING TO ME.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
I THINK I'VE KIND OF BEAT THIS HORSE.
WE HAVE LESS, LESS ROOF LEAKS.
WE HAVE IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND WE'RE GETTING CONDITION OF ASSESSMENTS.
THIS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE GROUP IS ALSO DOING QUALITY CONTROL.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM, WE RECOGNIZED THAT HAVING A CONTRACT DOES NOT MEAN QUALITY, SO WE ACTUALLY SHIFTED AND REORGANIZED.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING AT EVERY EVERY TIME THEY'RE DOING PPM.
WE DO SAMPLING TO MAKE SURE THE PMS ARE DONE CORRECTLY.
THIS GROUP IS NOW GOING TO HELP MAJOR MAINTENANCE.
MY 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GUY IN THE FIELD THAT ACTUALLY KNOWS HOW TO PUT A DUCT TOGETHER OR HOW TO SEAL A ROOF, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T GET THE QUALITY YOU NEED WHEN YOU GET WHEN YOU GET A CONSTRUCTION GUY OUT THERE, THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ON THE ROOFS LOOKING AT THE
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EQUIPMENT AS IT'S BEING INSTALLED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.THIS PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, LIKE I SAID, IS MUCH BIGGER THAN WHAT IT MAY SOUND TO BE.
NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN WANTING SINCE DAY ONE.
I'M LIKE, THIS DOES NOT GIVE US WHAT WE NEED.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE VERY GRAPHICAL.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, ALL THAT DATA THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR PMS WILL BE PUT INTO THIS SYSTEM AND WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT INFORMATION TO BUILD FUTURE FCAS FCAS COSTS $0.08 A SQUARE FOOT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEED TO SPEND THAT $0.08 A SQUARE FOOT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT OUR BUILDINGS LOOK LIKE, KNOW HOW OUR BUILDINGS FUNCTION GOING OUT THERE ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
WELL, SOME ARE QUARTERLY OF HVAC, BUT TRIENNIAL BASIS FOR ELECTRICAL ROOFING EVERY YEAR AND GIVING US ASSESSMENTS, WE CAN DO OUR OWN FCAS.
THIS IS SOMETHING WHEN I BROUGHT IT UP AT THE NATIONALS, THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY.
THIS IS SOMETHING I BROUGHT WITH ME FROM THE NAVY.
AND THIS WILL SAVE US MONEY AND ALSO GIVE US BETTER QUALITY PRODUCTS.
NOW, THE REAL REASON I'M HERE IS WE'RE NOT DONE.
WE'RE READY TO GET A LOT OF ADDITIONAL WORK DONE.
AND IF YOU GUYS CAN FIND THE MONEY, HERE'S THE KINDS OF THINGS WE CAN DO FOR YOU.
WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A SUSTAINED PAINTING PROGRAM.
WE CAN REPLACE FLOORING, FENCING, A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'RE IDENTIFYING A LOT OF PANELS THAT ARE ELECTRICAL PANELS THAT ARE NOW OBSOLETE.
WE'RE ALREADY DOING THAT WITH SOME OF OUR FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS WILL PLACE A PART OF THE SYSTEM WITH A NEWER SYSTEM AND KEEP ALL THE HEADS FROM THE OLD SYSTEM. SO WHENEVER SOMETHING ELSE FAILS.
OF COURSE WE NEED NEW VEHICLES AND WE NEED MORE LIGHTINGS REPLACED.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS AND WE'RE READY TO DO IT.
AND I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT OF PRIORITIES.
AND THIS NEXT SLIDE IS SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF NEAR AND DEAR.
THERE'S ONE THING, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WHAT DO YOU WANT? WHAT IF YOU COULD GIVE ME MORE MONEY? WHAT DO YOU REALLY WANT? WELL, WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF SUPPORT WE GIVE OUR SCHOOLS.
THAT BOS PROGRAM, THE SUPPORT TO THE BOS.
WE HAVE SIX GMM'S THAT SUPPORT THEM.
SO ANY TIME SOMEBODY ELSE IS OUT, WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE THAT CAN SUPPORT 45 PEOPLE.
WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB AT IT, BUT WE'D LIKE TO IMPROVE THAT.
I DID A STUDY SHORTLY AFTER I ARRIVED HERE LOOKING AT THE APP.
THE APP STANDARD IS WHAT WE USE FOR CUSTODIAL.
APPA 2 BASICALLY MEANS COMPREHENSIVE STEWARDSHIP.
IT MEANS YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING WHENEVER YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET TO THE APPA 2 FOR MAINTENANCE.
WE'RE DOING A HIGH LEVEL APPA THREE BECAUSE OF WE GOT GREAT PEOPLE DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.
THE 125.3 IS A NUMBER THAT I CREATED BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WE HAVE ON BOARD.
CONTRACTS COUNT. SO WE DON'T NEED 164 PEOPLE.
WE CAN DO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT WITH CONTRACTS.
WHAT I'M ASKING FOR WOULD BE TEN ADDITIONAL GMMS. SO ANY TIME SOMEBODY IS OUT OF THE BUILDING, WE HAVE SOMEBODY TO PUT BACK IN THE BUILDING.
ANYTIME A BOS HAS A BIGGER JOB TO DO MULTIPLE THINGS, THEY'RE DOING A BIG REVAMPING JOB.
WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE TO SUPPORT THEM.
THAT IS WHAT WE WOULD BE ASKING FOR OR ONE IF WE COULD GET ONE THING, THAT'S IT.
AND IT IS TO GIVE OUR SCHOOLS BETTER SUPPORT.
JOSH GAVE ME A BRIEF THAT A STUDENT SHOWED PRESENTED LAST TIME.
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WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE HAD OVER 280 WORK ORDERS FOR BROKEN WATER FOUNTAINS OR WORKING ON WATER FOUNTAINS.ALL OF THOSE HAVE BEEN I THINK ALL THE 280 HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND CLOSED.
THE SPECIFIC ONE, THE BROWN WATER AT THOMAS DALE HIGH SCHOOL WEST.
THE WORK ORDER WAS PUT IN ON FEBRUARY 22ND.
THE BOS ON FEBRUARY 23RD FLUSHED THE SYSTEM FOR AN HOUR, AND IT WAS CLEAR, I THINK THERE WAS MENTION ABOUT PH AND CHLORINE TESTING.
THAT'S NOT A BUILDING SPECIFIC THING AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I SAID.
WE DON'T DO THE WATER QUALITY TESTING.
WE LET THAT BE DONE BY RISK MANAGEMENT AND WE DO WHAT THEY TELL US TO DO.
WE TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT TESTS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT.
SO PH CHLORINE IS KIND OF A SYSTEM WIDE THING.
IT'S NOT SPECIFIC AND WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT KIND OF TESTS THEY USE, SO WE CAN'T EVEN ADDRESS THAT.
NEXT. THEY TALKED ABOUT A FOUNTAIN AT COSBY.
2019 WE DID A LEAD AND COPPER TESTING THERE.
WE FOUND ONE FOUNTAIN THAT WAS HIGH IN LEAD.
WE REMOVED IT AND WE REPLACED IT.
ANYTIME WE GET A HIGH LEVEL THAT WE CANNOT FLUSH IT, WE REPLACE IT, NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
SO. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. THUMMA.
BOARD MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION? KATHRYN, I'M GLAD YOU GAVE THIS PRESENTATION SO THAT I CAN THANK YOU PUBLICLY BECAUSE ANN AND I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING, WITH YOU THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE AND JUST KNOW YOUR EXCELLENT WORK.
SO YEAH, I LOVE THAT WE ARE LEADING.
EVERYONE IS NOW KIND OF GETTING THE RESEARCH IS OUT THERE, GETTING ON THE HEALTHY BUILDINGS TRAINED.
BUT NOW YOU HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND NOW THESE SCHOOLS ARE THANKFULLY BACK IN SESSION.
WE CAN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SCHOOL CLOSURES TO GET ALL THIS WORK DONE.
SO WE WERE CUTTING EDGE AND THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
AND WE'LL TRY AND FIND YOU THE MONEY, RIGHT? WE'LL TRY. IT MIGHT TAKE A WHILE.
JUST QUICKLY TO TELL YOU THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
THE STUDY IN THE VERY BEGINNING OF YOUR PRESENTATION FROM DR.
BAILEY, WHO I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DID NOT NEED DR.
BAILEY TO TELL ME THAT THE CLIMATE OF A CLASSROOM MATTERS TO THE EDUCATION THAT CHILD RECEIVES.
ANYONE THAT TEACHES KNOWS WHEN THE ROOM'S TOO COLD, WHEN THE ROOM'S TOO HOT, WHEN THE ROOM'S TOO SMELLY, WHEN THE CEILING IS DRIPPING, WHEN THE ROOF IS LEAKING, IT ALL IMPACTS THE EDUCATION THEY RECEIVE.
AND SO YOU'RE STARTING THIS PRESENTATION WITH THAT STUDY DEFINITELY TELLS US ALL IN THE PUBLIC HOW IMPORTANT THE WORK IS THAT YOU DO TO THE EDUCATION, TO THE WHOLE PICTURE.
IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY VALUABLE AND IMPORTANT.
BUT I REALLY ENJOYED THE STATS TO SUPPORT WHAT I ALREADY KNEW THAT YEAH, ALL OF THAT DOES MATTER AND BUT I NEVER REALLY KNEW YOU WERE THE MAN BEHIND IT WHEN I WAS IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHING, SO. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THAT'S WHY MY ROOM WAS ALWAYS TOO COLD.
THANK YOU. IT WAS A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO LEARN SOME OF THOSE FACTS.
BAILEY AND I COME FROM VERY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND I'VE COME TO RESPECT AND LISTEN TO HIM.
AND I'M GOING TO BE WORKING WITH HIM IN THE FUTURE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO MORE THINGS AND SHOW HOW WELL I CAN SHOW WHAT I DO ACTUALLY IMPACTS THE SCHOOL.
THEN I HAVE A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF GETTING MORE SUCCESS.
SO I JUST HAVE TO TELL YOU, I USED TO ALWAYS PRAY THAT THE ROOM WAS COMFORTABLE ON SEL DAYS.
IT WAS LIKE THAT MATTERED SO MUCH, IT WASN'T TOO HOT OR SOMETHING.
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ATTENTION EVEN AS AN ADULT.SO TRY THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, EIGHT YEAR OLDS OR 12 YEAR OLDS.
AND SO, YEAH, WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS SO VALUABLE AND SO IMPORTANT TO OUR ENTIRE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO.
I THINK IT WAS EVEN BEFORE I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.
I HAVE TO ADD ONE MORE THING, BECAUSE IN THIS ELECTION YEAR AND SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO USE THE WORD FISCAL STEWARDSHIP AND RESPONSIBLE WITH TAXPAYER DOLLARS MORE THAN WE WOULD LIKE. AND I WOULD SAY, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY, IT'S WHAT YOU DO.
THAT IS WHAT RESPONSIBLE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS MEANS.
WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU MEAN? YEAH, NO POLITICS, JUST DO THE WORK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR RESPONSIVENESS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AS WELL.
[B. SHAB Report]
SO, DR. EWAN, COME ON UP.SORRY FOR THE CHANGE IN SCHEDULE.
I WAS EXPECTING 4:00 AND WAS ACTUALLY WAITING OUTSIDE BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO INTERRUPT.
AND THEN I REALIZED THAT MAYBE I SHOULD JUST COME IN.
I GUESS I SHOULD INTRODUCE MYSELF.
I AM A PHYSICIAN BY TRAINING PEDIATRICIAN, ADOLESCENT MEDICINE.
I ACTUALLY MAXED OUT MY SUB DAYS, SO I'VE BEEN IN SCHOOLS A LOT AND I'M A MOTHER OF TWO KIDS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO I AM A STAKEHOLDER SORT OF FROM EVERY ASPECT OF SCHOOL HEALTH.
SO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE WAYS THAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS MAY AFFECT DIFFERENT GROUPS IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND TRYING TO TRY TO KEEP THAT IN MIND TO TRY TO CREATE THE MOST EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN, REGARDLESS OF LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME OR INCOME LEVEL OF PARENTS OR GUARDIANS, TITLE ONE STATUS OF THE SCHOOLS, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHAB HAS WORKED ON IN THE PAST, WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT NURSING STAFFING IN SCHOOLS AND WE WERE VERY GLAD TO HAVE A NURSE FOR EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING NOW, IN THE PAST, WE ALSO WORKED ON A PARENT AND GUARDIAN SCHOOL NUTRITION SURVEY, TALKED ABOUT WELLNESS INTEGRATION IN SCHOOLS, AND WE HAVE SUPPORTED THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING CURRICULUM, WHICH WE ALL KNOW HAS BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT THESE DAYS WITH THE EFFECTS OF COVID THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS PAST YEAR, WE WERE ASKED TO GIVE SOME INPUT ON THE WELLNESS POLICY UPDATES, AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND HAVE CONSIDERED THOSE THINGS THAT WE TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WERE THE BENEFITS OF ADEQUATE RECESS TIME AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR RECESS FOR ESPECIALLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS TRYING TO GET AS MANY MINUTES AS FEASIBLE IN THE SCHOOL DAY GIVEN THE OTHER LIMITATIONS THAT WE KNOW THERE ARE AND ALSO CONSIDERING FOOD IN CLASSROOMS. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT LENGTH DURING OUR MEETINGS AND WE HAD SOME PARENTS COME AND WEIGH IN AS WELL.
FOOD ALLERGIES HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE COMMON.
AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, AS A GROUP OF HEALTH CARE EXPERTS THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE FOOD IN CLASSROOMS IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
IT STILL DOES EXCLUDE CERTAIN KIDS FROM CERTAIN PARTS OF REWARDS OR PARTIES OR THAT KIND OF THING.
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SO WE ENDED UP RECOMMENDING THAT FOOD BE EXCLUDED AS SORT OF A NON CURRICULUM ASPECT OF THE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE CURRICULUM, WE WERE RECOMMENDING THAT PERMISSION SLIPS ALWAYS BE USED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE TO REALLY MINIMIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ALLERGEN EXPOSURE.THE OTHER THING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A LOT WAS FOOD BEING USED AS A REWARD.
WE ALL HAD HEARD STORIES OF LOLLIPOPS AND SNACKS AND THINGS SORT OF BEING USED TO INCENTIVIZE KIDS TO IMPROVE THEIR BEHAVIOR OR ON FRIDAYS OR AS A SPECIAL TREAT SORT OF TIED INTO BEHAVIOR.
AND THERE WERE MANY OF US THAT FELT STRONGLY THAT THAT WAS NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF KIDS, BOTH JUST FROM A NUTRITIONAL STANDPOINT, BUT IN THE BIGGER PICTURE, HELPING CREATE A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT TIE A PERSON'S WORTH OR BENEFITS OR REWARDS TO NUTRITION.
SOME OF US HAD A BACKGROUND IN DISORDERED EATING AND EATING DISORDERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION TO NO LONGER BE ALLOWED TO USE FOOD AS A REWARD IN THE CLASSROOM.
OBVIOUSLY WE ALL KNOW THAT COVID HAS CHANGED THINGS IN THE SCHOOLS AND MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS HAVE BECOME MORE AND MORE AT THE FOREFRONT OF OF EVERYONE'S MINDS. THE THE MEMBERS OF SHAB WHO WORK DIRECTLY WITH PATIENTS IN PSYCHIATRY OR PSYCHOLOGY SETTINGS TOLD US ANECDOTES ABOUT THE MASSIVE INCREASE THAT THEY'VE SEEN IN BOTH THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS BEING REFERRED TO THEM AND THE SEVERITY OF THE SYMPTOMS OR THE DIAGNOSES THAT THEY'VE SEEN WALKING IN THE DOOR.
YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET STUDIES TO REFLECT ALL OF THIS WITH DATA.
AND, YOU KNOW, COVID IS ONLY 2 OR 3 YEARS OLD, BUT THE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE HAVE SHOWN SOME OF THEM HAVE SHOWN A 75% OR GREATER INCREASE IN DIAGNOSES LIKE ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
SUICIDE RATES HAVE SKYROCKETED IN TEENAGERS AND PRE-TEENS.
SO KIDS UNDER 13 HAVING SUICIDAL IDEATION OR SUICIDE ATTEMPTS, WHICH IS REALLY SCARY AND NATIONAL AS WELL AS LOCAL ANECDOTES, HAVE SHOWN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN UTILIZATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.
SO HOW DOES THAT TIE IN WITH CCPS? WE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.
WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BEST PRACTICES FOR STAFFING ARE 1 TO 250 STUDENTS.
SO ONE WORKER PER 250 STUDENTS FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND 1 TO 500 FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS, WHICH DIFFERS QUITE A BIT FROM OUR CURRENT CCPS STAFFING LEVELS. WE HAVE, AS OF THE TIME THAT WE PUT TOGETHER OUR SLIDES ABOUT 1 TO 2000 STUDENTS IN TERMS OF SOCIAL WORK STAFFING AND 1 TO 1800 FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS. SO OBVIOUSLY THOSE NUMBERS DIFFER QUITE A BIT FROM THE BEST PRACTICES.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST WHATEVER CAN BE DONE TO IMPROVE FUNDING FOR THAT SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, STAFFING IN THE SCHOOLS AND TO CONTINUE HAVING THE SCHOOL NURSES PRESENT IN EVERY BUILDING.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. HEFFRON. THANK YOU.
I WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GIVE OF YOUR TIME AND YOUR TALENT TO THIS ENDEAVOR. AND THIS IS A LOT TO TAKE IN SOME PARTICULARLY JARRING STATISTICS IN HERE, I THINK, FOR US TO ABSORB.
BUT I APPRECIATE I APPRECIATE YOU AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMITTEE'S WORK ON THIS.
I ALSO WANTED TO AS BEING THE BOARD LIAISON TO SHAB.
JUST REITERATE MY THANKS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
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STRUCTURE TO IMPLEMENT IT. SO WE COULD VOTE ON A BOARD POLICY RIGHT NOW THAT THE RATIO IS FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS IS 1 TO 500.BUT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
SO IT'S I CERTAINLY ALSO APPRECIATE ANY ADVOCACY IN GETTING THIS PRESENTATION OUT.
I THINK THIS IS NOT KNOWN BY THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
I THINK I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL AND WHEN I WOULD SAY ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS HAVE A NURSE IN EVERY SCHOOL AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WE DON'T HAVE A NURSE IN EVERY SCHOOL.
PEOPLE MAKE A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS AND WE THINK THEY KNOW WHAT WE KNOW BECAUSE WE ARE SO DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN SCHOOLS IN OUR NEEDS. SO ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT FRONT AND CENTER AND WE NEED TO GET THIS OUT INTO THE GENERAL COMMUNITY SO WE CAN SLOWLY MAKE PROGRESS.
NEXT, WE HAVE COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE WITH MR.
[E. Communications Update]
SMITH AND MS. O'QUINN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, DR.DAUGHERTY FOR A CHANCE TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS UPDATE.
I WANT TO GO THROUGH THE KIND OF THE FIRST TWO GENERAL SLIDES, THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO JENNY O'QUINN, OUR DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE AND MEDIA SERVICES FOR THE BALANCE OF THE PRESENTATION. JUST TO GO THROUGH KIND OF OUR OVERARCHING GOALS, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMMUNICATION, CERTAINLY WE'RE ENSURING THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS REALLY ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR STRATEGIC GOALS FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
WE LOOK AT KIND OF WHAT WE DO.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE BUILD THAT TRUST IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S WHO NEEDS TO KNOW THE MOST IS OUR STAFF AND OUR PARENTS AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, LED BY JENNY O'QUINN, HAS DONE A LOT OF GREAT EFFORTS, REALLY LOOKING AT CLOSELY ALIGNING OUR STRATEGIC EFFORTS.
AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO JENNY TO WALK YOU THROUGH THOSE EFFORTS.
SO I WILL HIT ON SOME OF OUR DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES.
HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THEM WRITING AND EDITING, WEBSITE DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE.
AND THIS TEAM PRODUCES BETWEEN 150 AND 200 VIDEOS EACH YEAR.
SOCIAL MEDIA, GRAPHIC DESIGN AND DIVISION EVENTS AND HERE ARE THE LARGER COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM LEADS MANY THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF MANY DIVISION WIDE EVENTS RANGING FROM STUDENT OF THE YEAR, THE ANNUAL RETIREMENT CELEBRATION, THE FALL LEGISLATIVE MEETING AND MORE.
I ALWAYS SAY THAT WE'RE A SMALL TEAM THAT DO BIG THINGS AND REALLY THE VOLUME AND QUALITY OF WORK THAT THIS TEAM PRODUCES IS REALLY INCREDIBLE AND I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF WHAT THEY DO.
WHO ARE OUR TARGET AUDIENCES? PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY WE COMMUNICATE WITH EVERYBODY EMPLOYEES, STUDENTS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MEDIA BUSINESS PARTNERS, RETIREES, VOLUNTEERS, ALUMNI AND KEY COMMUNICATORS.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
THE PLAN IDENTIFIES GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMING YEAR, AND IT'S WHERE WE IDENTIFY INITIATIVES OR PLANS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE, AS WELL AS AREAS WHERE WE CAN GROW. WE'RE ALSO STRATEGIC WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIFIC COMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVES.
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WE LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL SITUATION TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY TO COMMUNICATE, AND COLLABORATION IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE KEY WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.WE WANT TO BRING IN ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.
I MENTIONED STRIDE TUTORING HERE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE PUT TOGETHER A COMMUNICATIONS PLAN BEFORE THE STRIDE TUTORING ROLLOUT.
OUR COMMUNICATION PLAN FIRST ENGAGED EARLY ADOPTERS SO THAT WE COULD GET THEM ON BOARD WITH HOW STRIDE TUTORING WAS GOING TO WORK AND HOW THEY COULD SUPPORT ADOPTION.
WE DEVELOPED A COMMUNICATIONS TOOLKIT FOR PRINCIPALS THAT GAVE THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO COMMUNICATE WITH STAFF, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES ABOUT STRIDE, AND THIS INCLUDED PRE-WRITTEN MESSAGES, FAQ DOCUMENTS, PRESENTATION SLIDES, SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING, AND IT ALSO INCLUDED A CALENDAR SO THAT THEY KNEW WHEN ALL OF THOSE THINGS NEEDED TO GO OUT.
AT THE DIVISION LEVEL, WE COMMUNICATED ABOUT STRIDE TOO.
I DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN WEEKLY MESSAGES ON THE WEBSITE, ON SCHOOL WEBSITES, AND WE'RE STILL DOING THAT IN WEEKLY MESSAGES AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO LAUNCH A NEW COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM CALLED APPTEGY.
WE'VE COMPLETED A DIVISION WIDE TRAINING EFFORT AND VERY SOON WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING .
BUT THIS NEW PLATFORM, APPTEGY, IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO INTEGRATE MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION TOOLS FOR A ONE STOP SHOP FOR SCHOOL USERS AND DIVISION USERS. IT'S GOING TO STREAMLINE THINGS SO THAT IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THAT ONE STOP SHOP, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO GIVE US A LOT OF NEW OPTIONS.
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS IN APPTEGY, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FROM THERE INSTEAD OF GOING TO MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SITES TO DO THAT. WE'LL HAVE AN APP THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED WHERE FAMILIES, STAFF, COMMUNITY MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS INFORMATION QUICKLY ABOUT THE DIVISION AND THEIR SCHOOL ALL IN ONE PLACE.
WE'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND PUSH NOTIFICATIONS ON THAT APP.
IT GOES OUT EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE.
APPTEGY IS ALSO GOING TO HOST OUR WEBSITES.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IT'S ALL CONNECTED.
AND I WILL SAY THAT THE LOOK OF THE WEBSITES WON'T CHANGE.
WE JUST HAD THAT NEW DESIGN ROLL OUT SO NOBODY WILL REALLY NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT, BUT IT'LL JUST BE LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT PLACE. AS FAR AS WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING, WE'RE EXPECTING TO ROLL OUT THE EMAIL, PHONE AND TEXT FUNCTIONS IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
THE WEBSITE HOSTING AND THE APP WILL COME SHORTLY AFTERWARD.
HERE ARE A COUPLE OF WAYS THAT WE CONNECT WITH OUR AUDIENCES.
AS I JUST MENTIONED, THE NEW WEBSITE DESIGNS THEY ROLLED OUT IN JANUARY.
THEY WERE DEVELOPED FIRST AND FOREMOST WITH USER EXPERIENCE IN MIND, AND THEY'RE FOCUSED ON STORYTELLING, AND WE ARE FOCUSED ON SHARING MORE STORIES THROUGH THOSE AVENUES, AND WE CONTINUE WORKING TO GROW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE.
SUPPORTING SCHOOLS IS REALLY THE MAIN PRIORITY FOR OUR TEAM.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS WE SUPPORT SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE A COMMUNICATIONS GUIDANCE TOOLKIT THAT ALL SCHOOLS CAN ACCESS.
IT INCLUDES A COMMUNICATION AND BRANDING GUIDE FOR SCHOOLS.
AND IT HAS SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDANCE ALREADY.
BUT WE'RE EXPANDING THAT AND BROADENING IT FOR THE COMING SCHOOL YEAR.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO ALIGN MESSAGES ACROSS THE SCHOOL DIVISION.
SO EACH WEEK IN LEADERSHIP DASHBOARD, WE SHARE PREWRITTEN MESSAGES ABOUT DIVISION WIDE EVENTS, ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION THAT CAN JUST BE COPIED AND PASTED INTO WEEKLY MESSAGES THAT SCHOOLS SEND TO FAMILIES.
WE ALSO SHARE A PLUG AND PLAY SOCIAL MEDIA POST AND GRAPHICS.
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THOSE THINGS WITH US AND WITH THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.WE HAVE A GUIDANCE BOOKLET FOR PR REPS THAT ALSO JUST TALKS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN PROMOTE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR SCHOOL WITHIN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITY. AND WE MEET WITH THEM FOUR TIMES EACH SCHOOL YEAR JUST TO TOUCH BASE.
SOMETIMES WE ASK THEM FOR SPECIFIC THINGS AND THEN WE'RE ALSO THERE JUST AS A RESOURCE.
WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING TO SEE HOW WE CAN BEST AND BETTER COLLABORATE WITH EVERYONE ELSE TO BEST SUPPORT TEAM CHESTERFIELD . THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? WITH MS. BAILEY? I'VE BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING AN OVER COMMUNICATOR.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S SUCH A THING.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN EVER COMMUNICATE TOO MUCH.
AND WHAT YOU GUYS DO IS SO IMPORTANT.
AND I KEPT THINKING THE WHOLE TIME YOU'RE PRESENTING ABOUT IF A TREE FALLS IN A FOREST AND NO ONE HEARS IT, DOES IT MAKE A SOUND? AND THERE'S AN ACTUAL MODERN DAY SAYING TO THAT QUOTE, AND IS, IF A TREE FALLS IN A FOREST AND NO ONE IS THERE TO INSTAGRAM IT, DID IT REALLY HAPPEN? AND SO THAT TO ME IS EMBODIES WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
YOU KNOW, THEY ALL SAY BAD NEWS TRAVELS REALLY FAST.
I LOVE YOUR UPDATES THAT WE GET MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY.
I THINK THAT THEY ARE SO SPECIAL AND SO IMPORTANT.
AND WHETHER EVERYONE READS THEM ALL OR NOT, SOMEBODY DOES.
AND I THINK THAT COMMUNICATING CAN NEVER BE DONE TOO MUCH.
SO I JUST LOVE WHAT YOU ALL DO.
I'VE TOLD YOU A THOUSAND TIMES FACE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE DEPARTMENTS.
THE LIST OF SOCIAL MEDIA APPS YOU'RE WORKING WITH.
WAS THAT A COMPREHENSIVE OR ARE THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHATSAPP WOULD BE MY BIGGEST QUESTION BECAUSE I OFTEN GET QUESTIONS IF WE USE WHATSAPP. I LEARNED WHEN I WENT BACK TO VISIT FRIENDS AND IN SENEGAL AND I SAID, HOW AM I GOING TO COMMUNICATE? I CAN'T AFFORD ALL THE PHONE CALLS.
AND SO IN MANY COMMUNITIES IT'S THEIR NUMBER ONE SOURCE SO.
IF YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY USING IT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY WE SHOULD IT REALLY AND THE FUNNY THING IS, YOU KNOW, I WAS THEY WERE PAYING FOR PHONE CARDS TO CALL ME AND I WAS USING MY AND YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T UNTIL I SAID, LIKE, HOW AM I GOING TO AFFORD THIS? AND THEY SAID, DO YOU HAVE WHATSAPP? CAN YOU GET WHATSAPP KATHRYN? DO YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THAT? LIKE, I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS YEARS AGO, BUT NOW I HAVE IT AND IT'S AWESOME.
I MEAN, IT'S FREE. THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY USES IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY USE THAT INSTEAD OF FACEBOOK, BUT I'LL ROLL WITH IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
[F. Summer School Instruction 2023 and Secondary Tutoring Tool Availability]
FROM DR. HIGH AND DR.POPE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MS. COKER, MS. HAINES SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR.
DAUGHERTY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON.
ALL RIGHT. SO THIS AFTERNOON, DR.
POPE AND I WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO OUR SUMMER LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.
SO WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR SUMMER RECAP OF OUR PROGRAMS. WE WILL BE OFFERING FACE TO FACE INSTRUCTION TO ADDRESS THE LEARNING GAPS FOR STUDENTS WHO MADE PROGRESS BUT DID NOT MEET GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS THIS YEAR.
IT'S TUITION FREE TO OUR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.
ALTHOUGH SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM IS FREE, THERE ARE SOME SUMMER COSTS TO STUDENTS.
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THESE INCLUDE THE CLASSES FOR ACCELERATION.IF A STUDENT CHOOSES TO JOIN A ACADEMY FOR THAT, THEY WILL PAY FOR THE SAT BOOK FOR THE ACADEMIES.
PE 9, PE 10, DRIVER'S ED AND ANY ENRICHMENT CAMPS.
OUR YEAR ROUND INTERSESSION STARTED YESTERDAY AND IT'S GOING WELL AND IT WILL RUN THROUGH JUNE 15TH.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 6998 STUDENTS REGISTERED.
THERE ARE ABOUT 400 STUDENTS AND WE'RE WORKING TO GET THOSE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER PROGRAM.
IT'S ALL DEPENDENT ON STAFFING AND THE TEACHERS THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS.
JUST HOLD THE DATE FOR SUMMER GRADUATION.
IT WILL BE JULY 27TH AT 6 P.M.
AND THIS IS TYPICALLY WHERE WE FOCUS EACH YEAR.
WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO OFFER OUR EXTENDED ENRICHMENT CAMPS FOR OUR TITLE ONE SITES, AND THOSE WILL BE HELD RESPECTIVELY 11:40 TO 2:40 FOR THE TIER ONE GROUP AND 1:10 TO 4:10 FOR THE TIER TWO GROUP.
OUR ACADEMIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE SOL SAT AND WISE ACADEMIES AND WE ARE WORKING TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PROGRAM TO ADDRESS OUR NEEDS FOR OUR ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AS WELL AS OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
AS A REMINDER, HERE ARE OUR SUMMER SCHOOL SITES.
FOR THIS YEAR WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 26 SITES 19 ELEMENTARY AND SEVEN SECONDARY SITES.
LIKE IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WE OFFER SUMMER OFFERINGS.
THIS IS FOR OUR ACCELERATION FOR OUR FIRST TIME COURSE TAKERS.
YOU WILL SEE REASONS WHY STUDENTS SAY THEY PARTICIPATE IN CCPS ONLINE COURSES DURING THE SUMMER.
SOME OF THEM INCLUDE I NEED SPACE IN MY SCHEDULE TO ATTEND A SPECIALTY CENTER.
I'M PLANNING TO ATTEND THE CAREER TECHNICAL PROGRAM.
THE COURSE THAT I NEED TO TAKE IS NOT AVAILABLE AT MY HOME SCHOOL.
AND SOME SAY I JUST WANT TO TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE.
FOR CCPS ONLINE WE HAVE 1829 STUDENTS TAKING OVER WELL, TAKING 2,153 COURSES.
SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THOSE STUDENTS IN AS WELL.
AND NOW DR. POPE WILL STEP UP TO THE MIC AND SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES.
YOU HAD THE CHOICE OF HAVING FOUR CHIEFS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION VERSUS TWO.
LISA AND I TOOK IT FOR THE TEAM AND SHE'S BEEN PRESENTING A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FROM MY SHOP.
THE VERY NEXT SLIDE IS ACTUALLY BEING PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF OUR TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT, AND DR.
TILLMAN PROVIDED US WITH THIS INFORMATION.
AS WE ALL KNOW, OUR STUDENTS IN K THROUGH 11TH GRADE ARE SENT HOME WITH THEIR CHROMEBOOKS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE TEACHERS IN OUR DIVISION, YOU REMEMBER THE GOOD OLD DAYS WHEN WE HAD COLLECTION AT THE END OF THE YEAR AND IT WAS A BIG DEAL AND THEN YOU HAD DISTRIBUTION LIKE WE'VE MOVED SO BEYOND THAT NOW.
OUR STUDENTS GET TO KEEP THEIR DEVICES.
THEY GET TO CONTINUE TO MAKE ACCESS TO THEIR APPLICATIONS ON THEIR DEVICES.
AND THAT IS BASED ON WHEN WE ROLL THEM UP TO THEIR NEXT GRADE LEVEL.
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YEAR ROUND STUDENTS WILL SEE CONTENT CHANGES ON THEIR DEVICES ON JULY 5TH TO PREPARE FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR, AND ALL OTHER STUDENTS WILL SEE CONTENT CHANGES ON AUGUST 9TH TO REFLECT THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.AS JENNY O'QUINN JUST MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE STRIDE TUTORING CONTINUING WHERE WE LANDED WHEN WE TOOK FROM OUR VERY FIRST DAY, FEBRUARY 28TH THROUGH THE VERY LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, WE AVERAGED STILL ABOUT 200 STUDENT BOOK SESSIONS PER WEEK WITH A 77% ATTENDANCE RATE.
SO I THINK MS. HEFFRON SAID LAST TIME, TEENAGERS VOTE WITH THEIR FEET AND THEY COME BACK WHEN THEY LIKE IT.
I THINK THE BOARD ALSO REQUESTED LAST TIME TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT TOP GRADE LEVELS.
WE ENDED THE YEAR WITH A 4.92 OUT OF FIVE STAR SATISFACTION RATING.
I THINK IT WAS MS. BAILEY LAST TIME WHO MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, COULD WE AT LEAST ASK THE STUDENTS IF WE FEEL LIKE IT HELPED THEIR GRADES OR HELPED THEIR MASTERY OF THE CONTENT? SO WE ARE LOOKING NEXT YEAR AT ADDING A QUESTION OR TWO IN ADDITION TO THE STAR RATING SO WE CAN GATHER THAT OPINION FROM STUDENTS AS THEY EXIT EACH TUTORING SESSION.
AND WE DID HOLD STRONG WITH MATH, 59% OF THE SESSIONS STILL IN MATH CONTENT AREAS.
ALSO THE LAST TIME I WAS WITH YOU, WE WERE ASKING ABOUT HOW DO STUDENTS MOST EASILY ACCESS THIS? SO ON THE STUDENT DEVICE THAT REMEMBER THEY HAVE WITH THEM AT HOME THIS SUMMER ON THE STUDENT DASHBOARD, THERE IS AN ICON THAT SAYS STRIDE.
I WOULD ADVISE ANY PARENT OUT THERE, IF YOU WEREN'T HAPPY WITH 1 OR 2 OF THOSE END OF YEAR GRADES WHEN THE REPORT CARDS CAME HOME, IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO KEEP LEARNING, RIGHT? YOU CAN GO RIGHT BACK INTO THAT CONTENT AREA AND BRUSH UP ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN A STRUGGLE POINT THIS PAST YEAR.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT JENNY WAS GOING TO PUT AS AN EXAMPLE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND OUR TEAM ON THE COMMUNICATION OF STRIDE.
I'M SO GLAD SHE USED AS AN EXAMPLE.
I THINK SHE MENTIONED IT'S ON OUR DIVISION HOME PAGE AND THE HEADLINE SECTION.
ALL OF THOSE WEBSITES THAT HER TEAM HELPS OUR SCHOOLS MANAGE, IT'S ON EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL WEBSITE AS WELL AS THOSE MONDAY MESSAGES TO STAFF AND FRIDAY MESSAGES TO FAMILIES. OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS IN LEARNING AND ESPECIALLY READING OVER THE SUMMER.
THEY HAVE THIS HISTORICALLY HOW THIS HAS WORKED IN CHESTERFIELD, WHERE SCHOOLS CAN CREATE THEIR OWN READING PROGRAM AND ADVERTISE IT TO THEIR FAMILIES, OR THEY CAN DEFAULT AND TAP INTO THE CHESTERFIELD PUBLIC LIBRARIES PROGRAM.
AND WE'VE LINKED HERE FOR JUST OUR COMMUNITY THE TWO LINKS TO THE COMMUNITY LIBRARY READING PROGRAMS. AND THEN ONE FINAL PLUG FOR SHAWN SMITH AND HIS INCREDIBLE TEAM WE HAVE THROUGH THE OFFICE OF FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.
I THINK, MS. BAILEY, YOU'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THEM TODAY.
THEY HAVE AN INCREDIBLE VAN THAT IS AVAILABLE.
AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT THROUGH OUR FACE OFFICE EACH YEAR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE BOOKS, OF COURSE, PER OUR LIBRARY COLLECTION POLICY OUR SCHOOLS ADVISE WHICH BOOKS THEY FEEL ARE BEST FIT FOR THEIR STUDENTS, AND THEN THE FACE OFFICE FACILITATES GETTING THOSE BOOKS ORDERED AND DELIVERED.
AND THAT'S ALWAYS JUST ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO HELP STUDENTS STAY ENGAGED OVER THE SUMMER.
IT'S EVERYBODY'S WORK COMING TOGETHER.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE WOULD TRY TO HELP ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.
BUT THE KIND OF SUMMARY TAKEAWAY IS THAT WE WANT LEARNING TO CONTINUE.
WE WANT IT TO LOOK IN MANY WAYS AND SHAPES DIFFERENT FOR EACH STUDENT TO APPEAL TO THEM.
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ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? JUST A QUICK ANECDOTAL STORY.SHE SAID, YEAH, SHE TOLD ME SOMETHING ABOUT THAT, BUT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED INTO IT.
AND I SAID, WELL, DOES SHE LIKE IT? AND SAID SHE LOVES IT? THEN SHE TEXTED ME BACK.
THERE'S MY ONE STORY. IT WORKS.
THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITION TO THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S WONDERFUL. PEOPLE ARE LOVING IT.
I'M STARTING TO HEAR THE BUZZ.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SLOW, I THINK, GETTING OFF THE GROUND.
BUT THAT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T READY TO REALLY DIVE IN.
BUT THEN WHEN IT CRUNCH TIME CAME WITH EXAMS, PEOPLE STARTED REALLY, I THINK USING IT.
YOU NEED IT WHEN YOU NEED IT, RIGHT? YES, EXACTLY. AND IT'S WONDERFUL.
I JUST HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO FUND IT.
THAT IS THE PLAN FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR USAGE.
YEP. AND JUST TO ECHO MS. BAILEY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT HAS KIND OF BEEN A SLOW START.
AND SO, YOU KNOW BUT IT IS IT'S NOT TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
IT'S WONDERFUL. WELL, THANK YOU FOR ABSOLUTELY KEEPING THE KIDS ENGAGED.
THAT'S RIGHT. READING IS GOOD.
THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
NEXT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS.
[G. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments]
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS? THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING, JUNE 6TH, 2023, AT 6:30 P.M..[H. Adjournment into Closed Session]
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE ITEMS FOR TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION.IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2.2-3711.A OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTION ONE, THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL, DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND LICENSURE MATTERS AND TWO THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF STUDENT DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AND MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORDS.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD YOU HAVE JUST HEARD THE ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION.
DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
AYE. WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.
HOLD ON. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THE BOARD IS NOW IN OPEN SESSION.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE CLOSED SESSION? NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT TO THE BEST OF EACH MEMBERS 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 WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST STUDENT MATTER.
IN CASE NUMBER 2022- 23/18 IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE. RYAN HARTER.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
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DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SSUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER.
IN CASE NUMBER 2022-23/14 RE IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER.
IN CASE NUMBER 2022-2023/15 RE.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2022 DASH 2023 SLASH 16 THREE.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT STUDENT MATTER.
IN CASE NUMBER 2022-2023/17 RE.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
DEBBIE BAILEY. AYE. RYAN HARTER.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST PERSONNEL MATTER.
IN CASE? SORRY IN CASE NUMBER 2022- 2023/66-HR.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.
IN CASE NUMBER 2022-23/67-HR IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
AYE. ANN COKER. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.
IN CASE NUMBER 2022-2023/69-HR.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
AYE. KATHRYN HAINES. AYE. ANN COKER. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
AYE. KATHRYN HAINES. AYE. ANN COKER. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.
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IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.IN CASE NUMBER 2022- 23/72-HR.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.
AYE. ANN COKER. AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
DOT HEFFRON. AYE. DEBBIE BAILEY.
AYE. KATHRYN HAINES. AYE. ANN COKER.
IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.
IN CASE NUMBER 2022-2023/01-LA.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? DOT HEFFRON. AYE.
AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.