Aug 14, 2023 August 14, 2022 - School Board Summer Work Session - 12 p.m.

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AUGUST 14TH, 2023 SCHOOL BOARD SUMMER WORK SESSION TO ORDER.

[A. Meeting Opening]

[B. Health and Dental Contracts]

AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT, CHARLENE KINSEY HERE WITH US TO REVIEW THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL TODAY.

PUTTING IT HERE. JUST RIGHT THERE.

OKAY. OKAY. HELLO.

GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT IS 12. I'M GOING TO REVIEW WITH YOU THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL THE FINAL DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE ON THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL RENEWALS FOR THE 2024 PLAN YEAR CALENDAR YEAR.

THESE FIRST TWO SLIDES ARE JUST A SUMMARY OF THE HITTING THE HIGH POINTS OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PRESENTATION.

WE ARE, CHESTERFIELD IS IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE CONTRACT WITH ANTHEM FOR MEDICAL AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.

OUR PRELIMINARY PROJECTION RECOMMENDED A 9.6% INCREASE TO CURRENT BUDGET RATES FOR THE 2024 CALENDAR YEAR.

THE INCREASE THAT ISN'T A BLENDED INCREASE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOLS, AND IT'S BASED ON CLAIMS PAID FROM MAY 1ST OF 21 THROUGH APRIL 30TH OF THIS YEAR. THE CURRENT ENROLLMENT COMBINED FROM BOTH ENTITIES IS 10,894 EMPLOYEES.

THOSE PROJECTED EXPENSES, THAT 9.6% INCREASE HAS SEVERAL COMPONENTS, ONE OF WHICH IS THE PROJECTED PROJECTED EXPENSES, WHICH INCLUDE CLAIMS THAT ARE EXPECTED FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

THE FIXED FEES, THE HSA CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THE COUNTY AND SCHOOLS MAKE TOWARD THE HSA FORMULARY DRUG REBATES, WHICH ARE PAID AND THEY OFFSET YOUR EXPECTED CLAIMS AND THEN MARGIN FOR ANY CLAIM FLUCTUATION THAT MAY OCCUR.

THE ONLY PLANNED DESIGN CHANGE WE'RE RECOMMENDING FOR NEXT YEAR IS TO ADD COVERAGE FOR WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS.

THIS IS CURRENTLY NOT COVERED UNDER THE PLAN DESIGN.

IT'S EXCLUDED UNDER THE PHARMACY PLAN.

ANYBODY WHO CHOOSES TO ELECT TO TAKE ONE OF THESE DRUGS WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH SPECIFIC PRIOR AUTHORIZATION WITH THEIR PROVIDER TO GET PERMISSION TO TAKE THE DRUG.

SO IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC, BUT IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE COVERED AND THE EXPECTED IMPACT TO THE PLAN IS A HALF A PERCENT.

BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 21, USI DID A MEDICAL AND PHARMACY RFP.

AND DURING THAT WE DID THAT FOR THE 2022 PLAN YEAR.

AND DURING THAT TIME ADMIN FEES WITH ANTHEM WERE NEGOTIATED AND TO REMAIN AT THE CURRENT LEVEL.

SO THE ADMIN FEES FOR 2024 WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED.

ANTHEM HAS RELEASED AN ILLUSTRATIVE SPECIFIC STOP LOSS FEE.

THE STOP LOSS LIMIT IS $300,000.

THAT'S THE PROTECTION AGAINST ANYTHING CATASTROPHIC HAPPENING.

THEIR ILLUSTRATIVE INCREASE IS 24.1%.

THAT IS NOT FIRM.

IT'S NOT FINAL. THAT'S OUR JOB TO NEGOTIATE THAT.

THEY WILL LOOK AT CLAIMS THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND THEN RELEASE THAT IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR FOR 2024.

THE COUNTY HAS ELECTED TO UTILIZE THEIR AVAILABLE HEALTH CARE FUNDS TO OFFSET THE INCREASE TO BOTH COUNTY AND SCHOOLS AND REDUCE THAT 9.6% INCREASE TO 5%.

ALL RIGHT. AND NOW I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL FROM THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.

SO AS I MENTIONED, THE RECOMMENDED RENEWAL INCREASE IS 9.6%.

IF WE LOOKED AT THAT AND THAT'S A COMBINED INCREASE.

IF WE LOOKED AT THAT SEPARATELY, THE COUNTY'S INCREASE WOULD BE 4.3%.

THE SCHOOLS' INCREASE WOULD BE 12.4%.

THAT EQUATES TO A TOTAL PROJECTED EXPENSE FOR 2024 AT $154.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

THE NET CLAIMS PAID DURING THE RENEWAL REVIEW PERIOD, WHICH ENDED AT THE END OF APRIL, THEY INCREASED 4.7% AS COMPARED TO THE LAST YEAR.

THE COUNTY'S LOSS RATIO.

AND THAT'S WHEN WE COMPARE CLAIMS COST TO THE BUDGET RATES THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED.

THE COUNTY'S LOSS RATIO INCREASED FROM 85.5% TO 86.7, WHILE THE SCHOOLS INCREASED FROM 90.6 TO 95%. THE INCREASE IN THE SCHOOLS CLAIMS WAS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAD

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THAT NUMBER JUMPED 10% TO 470 MEMBERS.

THOSE 470 MEMBERS MAKE UP 2.4% OF THOSE COVERED BY THE PLAN, BUT THEY MAKE UP A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF OF THE TOTAL CLAIMS. SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE.

THE INCREASE IS ALSO A RESULT OF THE DECISION LAST YEAR TO FUND THE $5 MILLION WITH SURPLUS FUNDS AND NOT INCREASING PREMIUM RATES.

AS I MENTIONED, WE NEGOTIATED THE MONTHLY ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE BACK WHEN WE DID OUR RFP FOR THE 2022 PLAN YEAR.

SO THAT AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE UNCHANGED, MOVING FROM 23 INTO 2024.

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ADMIN FEES? ADMIN EXPENSE ARE THE ADMIN FEES, THE NETWORK ACCESS FEE THAT PHARMACY REBATE CREDIT I MENTIONED, WHICH OFFSETS YOUR EXPENSES.

A FEW THINGS THAT ANTHEM THROWS IN FOR EMPLOYEES.

THE SYDNEY HEALTH APP.

THEY HAVE THE TOTAL HEALTH TOTAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS A WELLNESS PROGRAM, AND THEN THE VISION FEE IS ALSO INCLUDED.

AS I MENTIONED, ANTHEM DOES SHARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG FORMULARY REBATES WITH CHESTERFIELD.

THE CREDIT WILL BE EIGHT POINT CALL IT $8.2 MILLION IN 2024.

THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A SETTLEMENT OF ANY REBATES THAT ARE EXPECTED IN THE LAST QUARTER OF 23.

THAT SHOULD BE AROUND $2.1 MILLION.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED THERE.

WE DID INCLUDE A CLAIMS FLUCTUATION, A 2% MARGIN FOR CLAIMS FLUCTUATION BECAUSE WE HAVE UNCERTAINTY, OBVIOUSLY, OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IN THE REMAINDER OF THE PLAN YEAR.

SO WE ALWAYS PUT IN A MARGIN TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT THAT UNKNOWN.

SO WE DID ADD A 2% MARGIN IN OUR PROJECTION.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THE ONLY PLAN DESIGN CHANGE THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS THE WEIGHT LOSS DRUG TO ADD COVERAGE FOR THAT.

IT'S CURRENTLY EXCLUDED AND THAT WILL ADD ABOUT ONE HALF A PERCENTAGE POINT.

ANTHEM IS PROPOSING AN INCREASE TO THEIR STOP LOSS FEE, AS I MENTIONED, OF 24.1%.

IT IS ILLUSTRATIVE.

THAT'S OUR JOB IS ONCE CLAIMS ARE PAID THROUGH SEPTEMBER, ANTHEM RELEASES THAT IN OCTOBER.

THAT'S OUR JOB TO NEGOTIATE THAT DOWN AS FAR AS WE CAN.

SO THAT 24.1% IS A STARTING POINT.

FOR CALENDAR YEAR 22 THERE WERE 23 PARTICIPANTS THAT WENT ABOVE THAT $300,000 STOP LOSS LIMIT.

FOR THE 2023 RENEWAL WE DID ASSIST CHESTERFIELD IN MARKETING THE STOP LOSS PLAN.

AS PART OF THAT MARKETING, WE NEGOTIATED THE FINAL STOP LOSS RENEWAL FROM ANTHEM FROM 36% DOWN TO 15% AND GOT A RATE CAP.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THIS YEAR WHEN THE FIRM FEE IS RELEASED IN OCTOBER.

NEGOTIATING THAT ONCE AGAIN SO WE CAN GET THAT DOWN AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

THE ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN VERY STABLE.

THE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES IN THE TWO PLANS, THE HSA, THE PPOS HAS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT AT 75%, AND THE HSA PLAN HAS 25% ENROLLMENT.

AND THE NETWORKS THAT ANTHEM THAT MEMBERS USE THROUGH ANTHEM DEFINITELY HELP OFFSET ANY OF THE EXPENSE.

THE NETWORK DISCOUNT SAVINGS ARE ABOUT 71% OF CLAIMS, WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT A PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR.

SO ONCE WE PRESENTED TO THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOLS AND WE PRESENTED OUR RENEWAL ANALYSIS, THE DECISION WAS MADE BY THE COUNTY FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO REDUCE THE INCREASE TO THE 2024 PREMIUMS FROM 9.6% TO 5%.

THEY ARE USING HEALTH CARE FUNDS TO BRIDGE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLAIMS AND PREMIUM.

AND I DO ON THE NEXT PAGE, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE PRELIMINARY RATES LOOK LIKE, REFLECTING THAT 5% INCREASE.

IN THE RED COLUMN ON THE LEFT ARE THE 2023 MONTHLY RATES.

THE TOTALS ON THE FAR LEFT AND THEN THE COUNTY AND SCHOOLS AND THEN WHAT THE EMPLOYEES PAY PER MONTH.

AND THEN IN THE BLUE, THAT'S THE PROPOSED 2024 RATES WITH THE 5% INCREASE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN IN THE BLUE IS THE MONTHLY CHANGE FOR EMPLOYEES FROM 2024 TO FROM 23 TO 24. AND THEN THE ENROLLMENT IS ON THE FAR RIGHT.

AND THEN TO WRAP UP AND COMPLETELY SWITCH GEARS TO THE DENTAL PLAN.

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THE RATES WHEN WE MARKETED THE PLAN A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY PROVIDED A RATE INCREASE CAP FOR 2024 OF 4.5%, AND THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT FULL INCREASE MAINLY BECAUSE CLAIMS HAVE INCREASED 6.4% FROM LAST YEAR AND THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN INCREASE SINCE 2021 WHEN WE MARKETED THE PLAN.

SO THIS WILL BE THE FIRST INCREASE.

RATES FOR 2025 ARE GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO THAT 5% RATE CAP INCREASE.

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND SCHOOLS BOTH CONTRIBUTE $10 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH TOWARDS THE COST OF THE DENTAL PREMIUMS, AND THAT VALUE IS APPROXIMATELY $1.7 MILLION AND THE ENROLLMENT IS 14,772 EMPLOYEES.

AND THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE THREE DENTAL PLANS IS SHOWN BELOW, WITH THE HIGHEST ENROLLMENT BEING IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BOARD MEMBERS IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

SO JUST AS I THINK I UNDERSTAND THIS AND FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, SO AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, A COUNTY EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS FOR, SAY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR JUST ONE OF THE COUNTY SERVICES OVER THERE, ARE THEY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SEE LESS OF AN INCREASE THAN THE SCHOOLS WOULD SEE? NO. NO, OKAY.

THE RATES ARE THE SAME. OKAY.

THANK YOU. RATES ARE THE SAME COUNTY AND SCHOOLS.

I GUESS THAT WAS MY QUESTION ON THE FIRST SLIDE.

LET ME SEE. IS IT THE FIRST LINE? YOU NEED TO GO BACK? IT'S SLIDE NUMBER FOUR.

THE COUNTY IS SEEING AN INCREASE OF 4.3% AND CCPS IS SEEING AN INCREASE OF 12.4%.

WELL, NO, BUT IT'S A BLENDED INCREASE.

IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT IT ON A STANDALONE BASIS, THAT'S HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE.

BUT YOU GUYS COMBINE, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A BLENDED INCREASE.

YEAH, BUT IF WE WERE TO SEPARATE, IF YOU DIDN'T PURCHASE TOGETHER AND WE WERE TO LOOK AT IT SEPARATELY, THE SCHOOLS WOULD RECEIVE A HIGHER INCREASE THAN THE COUNTY.

BUT YOU PURCHASED TOGETHER.

SO EVERYTHING IS DONE TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING. YOU'RE WELCOME.

IS THE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND SCHOOL INCREASE PRIMARILY DUE TO SHEER SIZE OF STAFF IN SCHOOLS VERSUS COUNTY? THAT'S PART OF IT.

AND THEN ALSO THE CLAIMS, YEAH, THE SCHOOLS HAD HIGHER CLAIM UTILIZATION THAN THE COUNTY DID.

AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, SCHOOL EMPLOYEES, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR OTHER CLIENTS THAT WE HAVE, TEND TO BE HIGHER UTILIZERS THAN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTY EMPLOYEES.

I WAS ALSO CURIOUS HOW OFTEN AN RFP IS DONE AND WHO INITIATES COUNTY OR SCHOOL? WHO INITIATES? I THINK IT'S WELL, IT'S BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT THAT WE ENTERED INTO WITH ANTHEM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO I THINK IT'S DONE EVERY FOUR YEARS AND IT COMES UP FOR BID ONCE THE CONTRACT EXPIRES.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY A DECISION OF COUNTY AND SCHOOLS.

IT'S JUST WHEN THE CONTRACT ENDS AND THEN WE SUBMIT FOR PROPOSALS.

SO THIS FOUR YEAR TERM STARTED IN 22.

22 YES. YES.

YES. BECAUSE WE DID IT IN 21.

YEAH. 22 FOR THE JANUARY 1, 22 PLAN YEAR.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE 2022-23 SUCCESSES AND THE SCHOOL YEAR AHEAD.

[C. 2022-23 Successes & The School Year Ahead]

DAUGHERTY, WITH TEACHER WORKWEEK AT FULL SPEED TODAY IN OUR SCHOOLS AND PREPARATION OF THOUSANDS OF LITTLE FEET ARRIVING AND CARRYING OUR HOPES AND DREAMS WITH THEM AS THEY ENTER THERE AND ONWARD.

IT'S A PERFECT TIME FOR US TO PROVIDE THIS OVERVIEW FOR BOTH THE CCPS SUCCESSES FROM LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS PLANS FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

BEFORE WE LAUNCH INTO THE PRESENTATION, THOUGH, I DID FEEL IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE CCPS LEADERSHIP TEAM WHO WILL SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR EVER PRESENT PASSIONATE DEDICATION TO STUDENTS, SCHOOLS, FAMILIES AND STAFF, AND HELPING SPEARHEAD EFFORTS TO GET US READY FOR THE 2023, 2024 SCHOOL YEAR.

THANK YOU. SIMPLY PUT, THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB, OFTEN BEHIND THE SCENES, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SKILLS AND TALENTS AND PUTTING THIS ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER SO THE

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TO START THIS PRESENTATION, WE DID WANT TO SHARE SOME GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO HELP ESTABLISH THE OVERALL CONTEXT IN WHICH PEOPLE WILL BE TALKING AND HOW WE OPERATE, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION HERE.

SO IT BECOMES PART OF OUR ANNUAL RECORD.

AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE, CCPS IS THE LARGEST SCHOOL DIVISION IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA.

I KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE SAID THAT MANY TIMES BEFORE, BUT IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE 70 LARGEST SCHOOL DIVISIONS AMONG OVER 16,000 SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THIS COUNTRY.

SO THAT'S WITHIN THE TOP 70.

OVER 16,000 SCHOOL DIVISIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

ANNUALLY WE HAVE SEEN OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW.

WHEN THIS IS EXAMINED FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, CHESTERFIELD SCHOOLS IS ONE OF THE REGION'S LARGEST EMPLOYERS IN THAT CONTEXT.

THAT GROWTH IN SCHOOLS HAS PROVIDED A RICH DIVERSITY FROM WHICH WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY WE HAVE SEEN A SIMILAR PATTERN.

IN TURN, CCPS HAS SHIFTED SERVICES TO SUPPORT STUDENTS FROM HOMES WHERE WE HAVE SEEN HIGHER POVERTY LEVELS AND WHERE WE HAVE NOTED AN INCREASING NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS WHERE ENGLISH IS NOT THE PRIMARY LANGUAGE SPOKEN, WHICH CAN ALSO PRESENT SPECIFIC CHALLENGES FOR STUDENTS WITHIN SCHOOLS.

OUR SCHOOLS, TEAMS AND STAFF WORK HARD TO INFUSE SPECIAL EDUCATION AND GIFTED SERVICES TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS.

AND WHILE THE ACADEMIC FOCUS WITHIN CLASSROOMS HAS LED TO ON TIME GRADUATION RATES OVER 90%, WE ARE ALSO PROUD OF THE WORK DONE WITHIN THE EXPANDED SCOPE OF CAREER READINESS.

A TOPIC YOU WILL HEAR OUR CAO ADDRESS SHORTLY IN THE CONTEXT OF RECORD NUMBER OF WORKPLACE CERTIFICATIONS BEING EARNED BY STUDENTS THIS PAST YEAR . ACROSS CHESTERFIELD WHEN BOTH VIRTUAL AND PRE K SCHOOL SETTINGS ARE COUNTED, CCPS HAS 67 ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE ALSO OPERATE TWO AWARD WINNING CAREER TECHNICAL CENTERS.

ADDITIONALLY, CHESTERFIELD SAW DR.

DAUGHERTY'S VISION WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE COUNTY SUPPORT BECOME A REALITY AS WE OPENED THE STATE'S FIRST RECOVERY ACADEMY FOR HIGH SCHOOL AGED STUDENTS LAST YEAR.

IN IMPRESSIVE FASHION UNDER JUSTIN SAVOY'S DIRECTION, CHESTERFIELD RECOVERY ACADEMY RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR THEIR WORK.

THE ACADEMY HAS ALSO RECENTLY BEEN NAMED BY THE VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES WITH THEIR TOP OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR LARGE COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE.

VERY IMPRESSIVE NUMBER ONE FOR LARGE COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE WITH A NEW INITIATIVE STARTED LAST YEAR AND WITH YOUR SUPPORT.

WHEN MENTIONING THE SIZE OF CCPS WORKFORCE IN COMPARISON WITH OTHER BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA, IT IS ALSO IMPERATIVE TO NOTE THE OTHER OPERATIONAL ELEMENTS BEYOND OUR CORE FOCUS OF STUDENT ACADEMICS THAT ALLOWS THIS ALL TO FUNCTION FROM A HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM WHICH CREATIVELY SORT CANDIDATES TO FILL NUMEROUS POSITIONS TO A BUDGET AND FINANCE TEAM, TIRELESSLY ALIGNING REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES.

SOME OF THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ARE JUST MIND BOGGLING.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR BUSSES TRAVEL 8 MILLION PLUS MILES PER YEAR.

OUR FOOD AND NUTRITION TEAMS SERVE APPROXIMATELY 8 MILLION MEALS ANNUALLY.

TAKEN AS A WHOLE, THE DAILY LOGISTICS WORK AND THE COUNTS AND LEVEL OF SERVICE THEY PROVIDE FOR CHILDREN ARE TRULY IMPRESSIVE.

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

WHEN YOU VISIT SITES AND SEE CCPS EMPLOYEES IN ACTION, THE FULL TIME AND PART TIME STAFF DO AMAZING WORK IN EACH CAPACITY IN WHICH THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH.

AND WHILE MANY WITHIN OUR WORK TEAM AND CCPS HAVE ATTAINED ADVANCED DEGREES AND NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATIONS AS MASTER TEACHERS, IT IS THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT, THAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WHERE EVERYONE EMBODIES A VISION WITH A LIMITLESS PASSION TO SEE STUDENTS SUCCEED, WHICH HAS LED TO SCHOOLS EARNING NUMEROUS STATE AND NATIONAL AWARDS.

AND IT IS THAT COMMON MISSION OF PUTTING STUDENTS FIRST THAT HAS RESULTED IN DESIGNATIONS FROM NATIONALLY KNOWN GROUPS LIKE FORBES NAMING CCPS AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S BEST IN STATE EMPLOYERS.

SO WITH THAT AS THE BACKDROP, I AM PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD EACH CHIEF THIS AFTERNOON TO PROVIDE THEIR DIVISION'S HIGHLIGHTS AND PLANS FOR THE 23-24 SCHOOL YEAR. YOU ARE INVITED WITH EACH PRESENTER AS THEY WRAP UP THEIR POINTS TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR POTENTIALLY RAISE SOME POINTS YOU FEEL NEEDED TO BE RAISED. AND AS EVERYTHING STARTS WITH STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS AT THE CORE OF WHAT WE DO, WE'D LIKE TO START WITH OUR CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER, DR.

SHARON POPE.

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DAUGHERTY. IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO GO FIRST DIVISION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING.

WE LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE ALL ABOUT INSTRUCTION AND OUR DIVISION TRULY DOES DEVOTE ITSELF TO SUPPORTING OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IN EACH SCHOOL SO THOSE STAFF MEMBERS CAN PROVIDE AMAZING LEARNING EXPERIENCES AND REMARKABLE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

SO IF YOU WANT OUR ELEVATOR SPEECH, THERE IT IS.

WE'VE LISTED HERE BY DEPARTMENT SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE MOST PROUD OF THIS YEAR.

AND WE'LL START WITH THE OFFICE OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT.

IT WAS THROUGH MUCH EFFORT THAT A TEAM LED AN RFP THAT EXTENDED OVER A YEAR SO THAT WE WERE POSITIONED AS A SCHOOL DIVISION TO ACT IMMEDIATELY WHEN THE VIDEO RELEASED ITS APPROVED LIST OF LITERACY SUPPORTS.

THAT HAPPENED IN JUNE AND WE ARE ALREADY TRAINING TEACHERS AND MATERIALS ARE ALREADY DELIVERED.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD THAT FORETHOUGHT TO DO THAT WORK IN ADVANCE.

VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT THAT'S GOING TO MEAN FOR OUR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS.

YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN OUR LITERACY UPDATE.

ALSO FOCUSING AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD ENOUGH DIGITAL LICENSES THERE TO SUPPORT STUDENTS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL WITH LITERACY INTERVENTION.

OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT THIS IS ITS FIRST YEAR UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR.

ELAINE GOULD.

ONE OF HER GOALS COMING IN WAS TO REALLY ESTABLISH A VERY STRONG BRIDGE OF SUPPORT BETWEEN THE CENTRAL STAFF AND OUR SCHOOLS, AND WE DECIDED WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF A MEASURE TO BE SURE THAT WE WERE PUTTING OUR TIME BEHIND THAT GOAL.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THAT WITH OUR CENTRAL STAFF, THEY ALMOST HIT THE 50% MARK THIS YEAR IN PROVIDING TECHNICAL SUPPORT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SHOULDER BY SHOULDER SUPPORT WITH SCHOOLS AS THEY WORK THROUGH THOSE MOST CHALLENGING NEEDS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

OUR SCHOOLS HAVE BEEN SINGING THE PRAISES OF FEELING THAT SUPPORT AND WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THAT PERCENTAGE EVEN HIGHER THIS COMING YEAR.

WE ALSO WERE ABLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE CREATIVE CURRICULUM, WHICH IS A CONSISTENT CURRICULUM ACROSS ALL OF OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS. ANOTHER AREA IN MY DIVISION, ASTOUNDING WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT WE HAVE FOUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT LEAD PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR A DIVISION THIS SIZE.

WE HAD OVER 3000 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS OFFERED AND OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS TOTALED OVER 109,000 PARTICIPANTS. WE ALSO MENTORED 229 FIRST YEAR TEACHERS, AND THAT'S ALWAYS FUN AND EXCITING WORK.

WE'VE ALREADY WELCOMED OUR NEW GROUP IN FOR THIS COMING YEAR.

WE ALSO, I THINK IT WAS MS. BAILEY WHO BROUGHT UP THE POINT THAT SHE FELT LIKE OUR ANNUAL AND OUR LONG TERM SUBS SHOULD GET THE SAME LEVEL OF SUPPORT.

SO WE DID. WE SET UP A MENTORING PROGRAM THAT MIRRORED OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHER PROGRAM, OFFERED THAT TO 111 PARTICIPANTS, AND THOSE EMPLOYEES WERE EITHER NEW WITHIN THE DIVISION TO THEIR SCHOOL.

MAYBE THEY TRANSFERRED FROM ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER OR NEW TO CHESTERFIELD COMING IN FROM ANOTHER DIVISION.

BUT WITH TEACHING EXPERIENCE TOTALED OVER 1000 EMPLOYEES AND THEY ALSO HAD THAT MENTORING TRANSITION SUPPORT . OUR INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION DEPARTMENT.

YOU'LL HEAR FROM ERNIE LONGWORTH HERE IN A FEW MINUTES.

HE'S THE LEADER OF THAT TEAM.

AND AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL, THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MANAGING THAT STRIDE TUTORING SUPPORT THAT WE'VE REPORTED OUT TO THE BOARD ON NUMEROUS TIMES.

ALSO YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE ACTUALLY THROUGH JULY 31ST IN CASE YOU WANTED ANOTHER UPDATE, 604 INDIVIDUAL SECONDARY STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN ADVANTAGE WITH OVER 3000 TUTORING SESSIONS SCHEDULED.

LOVE THE SATISFACTION RATING, A 4.9 OUT OF FIVE.

WHERE DO YOU GET THAT RIGHT? AND AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, THE STUDENTS WILL TELL YOU IF THEY LIKE IT AND IF THEY WANT TO KEEP USING IT.

ALSO CCPS ONLINE IS MANAGED UNDER OUR INSTRUCTIONAL INNOVATION TEAM.

AND YOU CAN SEE THERE FOR 22, 23, OVER 4000 STUDENTS SERVED AND OVER 6000 COURSES AND SATISFACTION RATING, 9.2 OUT OF 10. VERY PLEASED WITH THE WORK COMING OUT OF THAT TEAM.

RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.

IN ADDITION TO THOSE STRATEGIC PLAN MEASUREMENT AMP UPDATES THAT YOU RECEIVE ANNUALLY, THAT TEAM SPEARHEADS THE COLLECTION OF THOSE MEASUREMENTS.

WE ALSO HAVE THAT TEAM DIGGING IN TO HOW ARE WE SPENDING ESSER FUNDS? AND AS THOSE FUNDS BEGIN TO GO AWAY, WHERE WILL WE ACTUALLY SAY WE HAD THE HIGHEST RETURN ON INVESTMENT AS WE CONSIDER HOW TO CONTINUE FUNDING SOME OF THOSE MOST IMPORTANT PROJECTS.

CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, I THINK DR.

TYLUS ALREADY MENTIONED WE'RE GOING TO BRAG ON THESE NUMBERS EVERY CHANCE WE GET OVER 23,000 WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR OUR STUDENTS.

CHAD MACLIN HAS ALREADY TOLD ME THEIR GOAL NEXT YEAR IS 29,000, ALWAYS PUSHING THAT NUMBER HIGHER AND THEN VERY TANGIBLE FOR OUR

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THOSE CAREER CREDENTIALS, YOU CAN SEE WE HAD OVER 9100 THIS PAST YEAR EARNED BY OUR STUDENTS AND I SUSPECT YOU WILL SEE GAINS THERE WITH NEW GOALS BEING SET FOR THIS COMING YEAR AS WELL.

TEACHERS, THEY LIKE TO GET IN A RHYTHM.

THEY LIKE TO GET IN A PATTERN.

THEY DON'T LIKE TO CONSTANTLY BE HAVING NEW THINGS COMING AT THEM.

I THINK THAT'S HUMAN NATURE FOR ALL OF US.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZE IS THAT TO GAIN THAT MOMENTUM AND TO SEE THE SUCCESSES, THAT CONSISTENCY IS IMPORTANT.

WE USE OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AS OUR FOUNDATION FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR.

WE ALSO USE THE CCPS LITERACY PLAN AND SOMETHING CALLED THE CLASSROOM BEST PRACTICES LOOK FOR GUIDE.

SO IF YOU ASK TEACHERS ACROSS THE DIVISION, WHAT DOES CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXPECT, WHAT DOES GOOD INSTRUCTION LOOK LIKE? THAT IS WRITTEN DOWN FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL, FOR EACH SUBJECT AREA, SO WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

THOSE ARE OUR FOUNDATIONAL DOCUMENTS, AND FROM THERE WE BUILD EACH YEAR AND SAY, HOW CAN WE STRETCH, HOW CAN WE GO FURTHER? SO JUST TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'VE EARMARKED, THIS ENTIRE SLIDE IS I ASK MY TEAM LEADS, WHERE DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DIG IN THIS COMING YEAR? WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PUSH FURTHER? YOU CAN SEE THE EXAMPLES A FEW HERE THAT I'LL POINT OUT WHEN YOU HEAR FROM ERNIE LONGWORTH IN A FEW MINUTES.

THE DEPARTMENT OF INNOVATIVE INSTRUCTION WILL LEAD THE EXPERTS WITHIN OUR DIVISION AND ACROSS OUR DIVISION AND OUTSIDE OF OUR DIVISION.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TOPIC OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATIVE AI, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SETTING? EVERY SCHOOL SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE LOOKING AT THAT.

HE'S GOING TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT WORK, BUT THAT'S NEW WORK FOR THEM THIS COMING YEAR.

THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

HEY, WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED LEGOS HERE.

WE KNOW THAT IT'S AN EXCITING WAY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN AND HOW CAN WE SHOWCASE THAT LEARNING? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMPETITIONS AND LET STUDENTS HAVE SOME FUN.

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING WILL LEAD THAT UP.

THAT'S NEW WORK FOR US THIS COMING YEAR.

AND AS I GO TO MY LAST SLIDE, FINISHING UP THE DIVISIONS AND OFFICES THAT I'M HERE REPRESENTING, YOU CAN SEE ALWAYS ASKING, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO IN ADDITION THIS YEAR? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO STRETCH FURTHER? AND AS I'VE ALREADY REFERENCED, CHAD MACLIN AND HIS TEAM ARE REALLY GOING TO FOCUS IN ON PUSHING THOSE WORK BASED LEARNING AND CAREER CREDENTIAL NUMBERS EVEN HIGHER.

SO WE COULD PUT A LOT MORE ON THOSE SLIDES, BUT I HAVE A LOT OF CHIEFS LINED UP BEHIND ME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OR WORK THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT MAYBE I HADN'T INDICATED? JUST LEAVE IT OPEN TO THE BOARD TO CHIME IN AS YOU NEED TO.

SO I JUST THIS IS KIND OF CONNECTED TO THE INTRO, BUT THEN ALSO THIS SLIDE.

SO IN THE INTRO, THE 40 ALMOST 40% KIDS ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.

AND I RECENTLY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT'S ONLINE THE CHESTERFIELD HEALTH DISTRICT'S COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT PLAN TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 40%.

YOU KNOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO 19.9% OF THE PEOPLE SURVEYED HAD AN INCOME OF LESS THAN $10,000 A YEAR.

AND HEARING THAT, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW ONE MIGHT LIVE ON $10,000 A YEAR AND THEN 17.9.

SO AN ADDITIONAL 17.9% HAD AN INCOME BETWEEN 10,000 AND $19,999 A YEAR.

SO WHEN WE SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT IS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING, BUT THE CONNECTION TO THIS SLIDE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED WANTING WAS THIS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, PATHWAYS OPPORTUNITY.

SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE SOME WORK TO DO IN OTHER AREAS.

I THINK IT'S MORE OF THE COUNTY SIDE AND MEETING NEEDS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY NEAT THAT THIS WAS IDENTIFIED AS SOMETHING THAT IS IS NEEDED.

AND WE ARE PROVIDING THAT NEED.

SO THAT IS I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY NEAT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, CHAD WOULDN'T SAY THIS BECAUSE HE'S NOT GOING TO, YOU KNOW, BRAG ON THE TEAM THAT HE DIRECTLY WORKS WITH.

BUT I WILL HIS TEAM AND OUR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM HAS WON SO MANY AWARDS.

THEY ARE AWARD WINNING.

THEY ARE IN THE FRONT.

THEY ARE SHOWING OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS HOW TO DO IT.

AND HE DUG INTO THIS WORK IMMEDIATELY UPON HIS ARRIVAL, I TEASED HIM THAT HIS MASTER PLANNING GUIDE FOR THIS WORK IS LEGAL

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BUT I WOULD SAY, CHAD, YOURS IS THE ODD SIZE.

AND HE'S LIKE, BECAUSE WE'RE A DIFFERENT WAY TO GET WHERE STUDENTS NEED TO GO.

AND IT IS VERY DETAILED WORK AND IT HAS TO BE VERY WELL PLANNED OUT.

BUT I THINK THEY'RE SHOWING OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS HOW TO DO THAT, AND OUR NUMBERS SHOW THAT.

SO GOOD TO KNOW THAT THAT IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING, BUT ABSOLUTELY A RECOGNIZED NEED IN THAT DOCUMENT.

MS. HAINES, THANK YOU.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS, IF YOU'RE MAKING LESS THAN 10,000 A YEAR, IT IS OUR CAREER CONNECTION THAT MOVES YOU INTO THE NEXT [INAUDIBLE].

THAT WAS REALLY.

YEAH. MEANINGFUL.

THAT'S RIGHT. CHANGES LIVES.

RIGHT? CAN CHANGE LIVES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE WORK OF THE COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM.

TO START US OFF COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS.

OBVIOUSLY, SOME PRELIMINARY OUTCOMES HERE.

OBVIOUSLY, THEIR FOCUS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OBVIOUSLY IS CHANGING AND WORKING DIRECTLY WITH OUR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS, REALLY THE INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATION.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT STUDENT CONDUCT, PUPIL PLACEMENT, OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF THE WORK THERE IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH SOME OF THE DISCIPLINARY CASES, BUT ALSO THE PLACEMENT PIECES, BUT CERTAINLY PROCESSING ALMOST JUST OVER 100 CASES.

THE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS WORK WE'RE DOING.

OBVIOUSLY LOOKING AT ADULT WORKFORCE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION CLASSES SERVING CLOSE TO 1000 STUDENTS, OUR ADULT ESL CLASSES SERVING CLOSE TO JUST OVER 800 STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE ADULT GED, SERVING JUST SHY OF 300 STUDENTS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VHSL WORK WE'RE DOING.

OBVIOUSLY, THE BOARD'S REALLY WELL AWARE OF THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AND CLOSELY WITH DR.

MURRAY AND ADDING THE DIVE PROGRAM FOR ADDITIONAL ATHLETIC OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS OUR WORK IN TRAINING THE DSA'S AN THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROCEDURES LINKED CLOSELY TO THE AUDIT FINDINGS, WHICH WE APPRECIATE THE WORK FOR THE AUDITING TEAM THERE, AS WELL AS IMPLEMENTING THE GO FAN E-TICKETING PROCESS.

SUPERINTENDENT'S STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP, OBVIOUSLY ALSO KNOWN AS SAGE.

THEIR WORK THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN WITH TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

OUR PRINTING SERVICES TEAM, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A SHARED PROGRAM WITH THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT SHARED SERVICE.

OBVIOUSLY IT WORKED TO LOWER SOME PRICES ON OUR WORK.

CERTAINLY THAT DIVISION IS CLOSELY IMPACTED BY THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE NO BEARING OVER WHEN IT COMES TO PRINTING AND INK, BUT OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO LIMIT, OBVIOUSLY, THE PRICING INCREASES ALONG THE WAY.

OUR CREATIVE AND MEDIA SERVICES TEAM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE DIVISION WEBSITE AS WELL AS ENHANCING THE WEBSITES FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

ALSO, THE WORK THEY'RE DOING WITH THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TOOLS FOR STUDENTS DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL BOARD, AND ALSO WORKING CLOSELY TO CREATE AND ENHANCE SOME ADDITIONAL AVENUES TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.

OUR FAMILY COMMUNICATION TEAM, LED BY AMY BARTILOTTI, OBVIOUSLY THEIR WORK THERE OBVIOUSLY IS GEARED TOWARDS OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, BUT ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CCPS HALL OF FAME, WHICH WE'VE NOW ESTABLISHED AS AN ANNUAL EVENT.

AND THEN THE PROGRAMING THERE, ALIGNING THAT CLOSELY WITH THE REACH, GOING BACKWARDS TO THE PRE-PANDEMIC ERA, BUT ALSO LOOKING CLOSELY AT SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT FAMILIES HAVE SHARED WITH US THEY LIKE TO SEE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE PROGRAMING ASPECTS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR EXTERNAL PARTNERS, INCLUDING MANY OF THOSE THAT THE BOARD IS CLOSELY WORKING WITH US ON AS WELL.

IN THE YEAR AHEAD, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT CIS, OBVIOUSLY THE EXPANSION TO HENING ELEMENTARY AND CARVER MIDDLE HAS ALSO DONE A GREAT JOB IN LOOKING AT SOME OUTSIDE GRANTS, OPPORTUNITIES, ALLOWING THEM TO BRING IN SOME NEW FAMILY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

STUDENT CONDUCT, PUPIL PLACEMENT, WE'LL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FACILITATING THE TRAINING ON THE NEW VDOE SBAR PROCESS.

THAT IS THE PROCESS WE FOLLOW WITH REGARD TO IMPLEMENTING AND INPUTTING THE DATA TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS, A FOCUS THERE IS INCREASING OUR STUDENT ENROLLMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION STUDENTS AND THE A360 PROGRAM.

AND THEN VHSL AND A WEEK WILL HAVE OUR FIRST RIBBON CUTTING FOR OUR TURF FIELD AT BIRD HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER AT MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ARE IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE WITH ATHLETIC TRAINERS RIGHT NOW.

THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE VCU AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE WORK WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL AED MACHINES FOR OUTDOOR FACILITIES, SAGE'S, SUPERINTENDENT STUDENT ADVISORY GROUP ON EDUCATION.

THEIR FOCUS THIS YEAR IS ON STUDENT SAFETY.

YOU'LL BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THE MESSAGES FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT.

OUR CREATIVE MEDIA SERVICES TEAM, THEY ARE WORKING, CLOSELY IMPLEMENTING AND ROLLING OUT A COMMUNICATIONS PLATFORM, ALSO KNOWN AS APPTEGY.

THAT'S BEEN A PROCESS THAT'S BEEN SHEPHERDED BY JENNY O'QUINN.

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WE'RE ALSO WORKING THROUGH SOME OF OUR WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS OUR WEBSITES AND ALSO WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE ACCESSIBLE DOCUMENTS ALONG THE WAY.

WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING TO CREATE A BRANDING GUIDE, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT IN THIS COMING FALL, AS WELL AS SOME SOCIAL MEDIA GUIDANCE AND CONTINUE TO ENHANCE SOME OF THOSE PLATFORMS AND EDUCATION FOR OUR SCHOOLS.

FAMILY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION THIS FALL, MYSELF AND AMY BARTILOTTI, TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE ALIGNMENT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE WORK THAT THE FACE TEAM IS DOING.

AND THEN PRINTING SERVICES SOME OF THE WORK THEY'LL BE DOING THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR IS REALLY LOOKING CLOSELY AT SOME OF THE OFFERINGS THEY HAVE FOR SCHOOLS DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST THE SCHOOLS, BUT ALSO THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT, TO LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL AREAS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY CAN HAVE TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE OFFERINGS THAT THEY HAVE ALONG THE WAY WHILE PROVIDING A COST EFFECTIVE MEANS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

WE'RE ALL JUST LIKE.

[INAUDIBLE]. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

SO WHAT HOW MANY AEDS ARE REMAINING? DO YOU KNOW? ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE AEDS THESE ARE ADDITIONAL.

YES, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL AEDS.

AND HOW MANY OF THOSE REMAIN ON THE TO DO LIST? DO YOU KNOW? I CAN GET A FIGURE FOR YOU.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE FOR THE TRAINERS.

I KNOW THAT PARTICULARLY CLOVER HILL COMMUNITY WAS STRUGGLING WITH THAT CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, REALLY, I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

WE ARE ALL VERY PLEASED WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH VCU AND HAVING THAT FULLY STAFFED.

YES. I WAS CURIOUS, SINCE YOU MENTIONED THE INCREASED STUDENT PRESENCE ON THE EQUITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHAT SORT OF THE STUDENT'S TOP CONCERN WAS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT COMMITTEE? I DON'T HAVE ANY FEEDBACK FOR YOU AS FAR AS EQUITY COMMITTEE.

I CAN CERTAINLY CHECK ON THAT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THAT INPUT.

YEAH, I'M ALWAYS YOU KNOW, WE DO THIS FOR THE KIDS, SO I LIKE TO HEAR WHERE THEY ARE.

I THINK THE FOCUS IS REALLY CERTAINLY THE INPUT PIECE, BUT ALSO HAVING THE REPRESENTATION THERE AS WELL.

SO THANKS.

WE'LL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE.

NOW, I JUST WANT TO JUST SAY KUDOS TO THE FACE COMMITTEE AND PROGRAM, BECAUSE I KNOW AMY HAS DONE A HARD WORK ON GETTING OUR PARTICIPATE TEACHERS LINED UP THIS SUMMER.

AND SO IT JUST THE WORK GOES BEYOND, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILIES AND OUR STUDENTS.

IT GOES OBVIOUSLY TO OUR PARENT OR TO OUR TEACHERS.

AND SO JUST TO SEE HER HARD WORK THERE AND THE WHOLE GROUP'S HARD WORK TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING.

SO JUST I HAD TO DO A SHOUT OUT THERE TO AMY.

YES. NO, I SHARE THAT AS WELL.

I THINK A LOT OF THE WORK THEY DO, TOO, IS IS STRUCTURED ALONG THE LINES OF NEW ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND THAT'S EVER CHANGING AND PARTICIPATE HAS BEEN A VERY EXCITING PROGRAM. WE'RE JUST AT THE FOREFRONT OF THAT.

I KNOW ONE OF THE MESSAGES GOING OUT TODAY FROM DR.

DAUGHERTY TO ALL THE STAFF, LET ALONE THE WELCOME BACK PIECE.

THERE'S A PIECE IN THERE ABOUT PARTICIPATE IN A VIDEO THAT OUR TEAM PUT TOGETHER.

BUT IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT PROGRAM.

AND WE OFTEN REMARK ABOUT THAT PROGRAM ALONE.

JUST EVERYTHING THAT THOSE NEW STAFF MEMBERS ARE DOING TO LEAVE THEIR HOME COUNTRY TO COME WORK FOR OUR SCHOOL DIVISION FROM A, YOU KNOW, AN HR RECRUITMENT PERSPECTIVE, IT'S EXCITING TO THINK HOW THAT PROGRAM CAN GROW.

YOU FIGURE IN FIVE YEARS IT COULD BE 150 PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION, BUT LET ALONE THAT.

BUT ALSO THE ASPECT THAT WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN FROM SOMEONE FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY TOO.

MR. HARTER? YOU SURE.

YOU SURE? OKAY.

I'LL GET YOU A FIGURE. WE'VE BEEN SEEING MORE ACROSS JUST THE COUNTRY, EVERYWHERE.

IT'S MAYBE IT'S JUST WE'RE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO IT.

BUT STUDENTS HAVING CARDIAC ARREST IN YOUNG PEOPLE HAVING.

I JUST AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I MEAN, WE HAVE WE HAVE HAD AEDS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

THAT IS A LAW THAT WE COMPLY WITH.

THE CONVERSATION POINT IN A POSITIVE WAY HAS BEEN WHEN WE HAVE ACTIVITIES, OUTDOOR FACILITIES AND THE ASPECT OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A SCHOOL HAVING TO GO BACK INTO THE BUILDING TO GRAB THE AED AND ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR FACILITIES ARE USED NOT JUST BY OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE WORK WE'RE TRYING TO DISCUSS WITH THAT BULLET POINT THERE.

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YES SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER.

GOOD MORNING, FOLKS.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. DR.

DAUGHERTY, BOARD CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

CERTAINLY IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND FINANCE OVERALL.

TWO MAIN STORIES THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT A FAIR AMOUNT.

ONE IS AROUND THE OVERALL BUDGET AND ALL THE UNCERTAINTY THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THAT STORY, AS WELL AS THE BOND REFERENDUM.

IF YOU RECALL BACK IN NOVEMBER, THAT WAS A HUGE PIECE OF THE STORY OVER THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS YEAR'S BUDGET PROCESS IS ACTUALLY STILL IN PROCESS AS WE ANXIOUSLY AWAIT RESOLUTION ON THE STATE'S STALEMATE.

DESPITE THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME PRETTY EXCITING THINGS IN THE FY 24 BUDGET, INCLUDING 7% RAISES FOR STAFF MOVING OUR MINIMUM WAGE TO $14 PER HOUR . BUS DRIVER PAY TO $23 PER HOUR AND FUNDED THE GROWTH THAT THIS DIVISION IS SEEING IN TERMS OF CLOSE TO 1600 STUDENTS EXPECTED NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS DEALING WITH INFLATION.

SO DESPITE WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE STATE, AND WE ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THE ANSWER THERE.

EVEN STILL, WE HOPE TO COME TO CONCLUSION ON THAT.

WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH A NUMBER OF FANTASTIC THINGS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING HOW WE CAN CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.

BACK ON THE REFERENDUM, IF YOU RECALL IN NOVEMBER, THE SCHOOL SECURED SPECIFICALLY 375 MILLION OF THE OVERALL $540 MILLION BOND REFERENDUM PROJECT FOR SEVERAL SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, INCLUDING A.M.

DAVIS, BENSLEY, WEST AREA ELEMENTARY, MIDLOTHIAN MIDDLE, THE WESTERN AREA HIGH SCHOOL, GRANGE HALL, AND THE DALE EXPANSION.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO A BUNCH OF DETAIL ON THOSE.

I'M SURE MR. DAVIS WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS IN PROCESS AS PART OF HIS UPDATE.

BUT CERTAINLY A HUGE STEP FORWARD FOR THE DIVISION IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL INFRASTRUCTURE AS A RESULT OF THE BOND REFERENDUM.

SPEAKING OF IMPROVEMENTS, TURNING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERNAL, ANOTHER HUGE PIECE OF WORK OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR HAS BEEN THE REQUIREMENT GATHERING AND WORK ON THE VENDOR SELECTION PROCESS FOR THE NEW ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE BACKBONE FOR OUR FINANCIAL AND HR SYSTEMS. WE'RE NOT QUITE THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS JUST YET, SO I CAN'T TALK A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THAT EITHER.

BUT REALLY ON THE VERGE OF SOME EXCITING WORK THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR NEXT YEAR.

BUT WE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON, AS I SAID, REQUIREMENT GATHERING VENDOR SELECTION IN THIS PAST YEAR ON THAT SUPER, SUPER CRITICAL INTERNAL PROCESS.

LOOKING AT OTHER PIECES OF THE BUDGET, I'D BE REMISS NOT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ESSER AND THE CLOSE TO $23 MILLION IN ESSER TWO AND $51 MILLION IN ESSER THREE, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS OTHER SMALL GRANTS WE'VE USED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR RELATED TO PANDEMIC FUNDING.

WE'VE USED THESE FUNDS REALLY TO SUPPORT STAFF, TO SUPPORT STUDENTS, TO SUPPORT OUR BUILDINGS, INCLUDING EVERYTHING FROM STIPENDS TO HVAC WORK, IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY, ADDITIONAL STAFFING IN OUR SCHOOLS SUCH AS ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES, CUSTODIANS, MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT.

YOU HEARD DR. POPE MENTIONED EARLIER LITERACY PROGRAMING.

SOME OF THAT FUNDING CAME OUT OF THIS PARTICULAR ESSER FUNDING AS WELL.

SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT OF REALLY, REALLY GREAT, IMPORTANT, STUDENT CENTERED WORK WITH THESE ESSER FUNDS OVER THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR.

ONE MORE YEAR ON THAT.

YOU'LL HEAR ME TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS I FLIP TO THE NEXT PAGE.

LASTLY, I DO WANT TO PAUSE FOR A MOMENT FOR THE OTHER PART OF MY ROLE, WHICH IS SUPPORTING THE FOOD SERVICE TEAM.

THEY DID SOME AMAZING WORK THIS YEAR.

YOU HEARD DR.

TYLUS MENTION 8 MILLION MEALS SERVED THIS PAST YEAR.

THEY DID THAT IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERRING BACK TO WHAT I'LL CALL TRADITIONAL FOOD SERVICE.

IF YOU RECALL, DURING THE PANDEMIC, UNIVERSAL FREE MEALS WAS PROVIDED.

WE WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT FOR OUR 30 CEP SCHOOLS LAST YEAR.

BUT THE REMAINING SCHOOLS DID HAVE A TRANSITION BACK TO SORT OF BUSINESS AS USUAL, WHERE SOME KIDS WERE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR THEIR MEALS WHO DID NOT OTHERWISE QUALIFY FOR FREE AND REDUCED AND OUR TEAM EXECUTED THAT REALLY WELL.

AND WE GOT PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE FOOD LINES QUICKLY AND GOT THEM FED, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.

LOOKING EVEN FURTHER OUT, WE TOOK THE FIRST GIANT STEP TOWARD REALLY MODERNIZING OUR FOOD SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL BY PROCURING A FOOD SERVICE WAREHOUSE.

WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING THAT UP TO SPEED, BUT THAT'S GOING TO CREATE ALL SORTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR KIDS AND FOR OUR FOOD SERVICE STAFF FOR MORE EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVE FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM, WHICH AGAIN I'LL TALK ABOUT AS WE FLIP TO WHAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT NEXT YEAR.

YOU SEE A LOT OF SIMILAR THEMES ON THIS SLIDE.

I'D LIKE TO FIRST START BY HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF MY STAFF IN REALLY MAKING ALL THIS HAPPEN, BOTH THE RESULTS FROM LAST YEAR AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD.

PAULA ALDOUS, KAILYN CAMPBELL, WHO YOU HAVE MET, JAMI PEOPLES WHO YOU'LL MEET TONIGHT OUR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR, BERKLEY DUNBRACK, ON THE FOOD SERVICE SIDE OF ALL REALLY LEANED INTO

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WITH RESPECT TO THE ERP, I ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS RIGHT NOW WORKING WITH BOTH THE COUNTY, OUR OWN HR TEAM, OUR OWN TECHNOLOGY TEAM TO REALLY ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT IS A SUCCESS.

THIS WILL TAKE 18 TO 24 MONTHS AFTER VENDOR SELECTION.

SO THIS ISN'T A FLIP THE SWITCH EXERCISE AND THAT IMPLEMENTATION WILL TAKE TIME AND OUR TEAM IS REALLY GEARED UP TO TO TAKE THAT ON AND WE'RE EXCITED.

EXCITED, LESS SO FOR THE CHALLENGE BECAUSE THAT WON'T BE EASY, BUT MORE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT THE RESULTS ARE ON THE OTHER END.

REALLY GETTING INTO SOME BEST IN CLASS TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WE'RE REALLY, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO.

BUDGET FY 25 YOU'LL HEAR A LOT ABOUT TWO THINGS.

ONE, CONTINUING UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE STATE.

THIS IS GOING TO COME FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

ONE, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE STILL WAITING ON THE FINAL ANSWER FOR FY 24 MAKES IT ESPECIALLY CHALLENGING TO BUILD AN FY 25 BUDGET WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THE HOW THE STATE WILL LAND ON FY 24.

AND THE OTHER BIG PIECE AND THE BIG THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET WILL BE ESSER AND THE SUNSETTING OF THOSE FUNDS.

ESSER TWO EXPIRES IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, ESSER 3RD SEPTEMBER OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO THAT FY 25 BUDGET WILL ASK THE BOARD TO MAKE SOME IMPORTANT DECISIONS ON WHICH OF THOSE PROGRAMS WITHIN ESSER SHOULD STAY.

WHICH OF THESE WILL NEED TO FIND ADDITIONAL OR OTHER MEANS TO SUPPORT, AND WHICH ONES WILL HAVE TO SAY, THAT WAS A THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT WE'LL NEED TO GO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION ON SOME OF THAT.

YOU'VE HEARD DR. POPE ALREADY TALK ABOUT THE WORK THAT DR.

FOX AND TEAM ARE DOING TO HELP US REALLY INFORM THOSE DECISIONS.

WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO BRINGING YOU THAT INFORMATION OVER THE FALL AND DURING THE BUDGET SEASON IN THE WINTER.

AS WE BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT THAT FY 25 PROCESS, I WANT TO PAUSE FOR A SECOND AND TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS RECENTLY RELEASED BY JLARC OR THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT AND REVIEW COMMITTEE.

THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY IS WORTH A SEPARATE WORK SESSION AGENDA TOPIC ON ALL IN ITSELF.

BUT WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS A REVIEW OF K 12 FUNDING ACROSS THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND HOW IT STACKS UP.

QUITE FRANKLY, THIS WAS REALLY A THICK, DEEP DOCUMENT, AS I SAID, ABOUT 190 PAGES OF FINDINGS IN HERE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, SEVERAL CONCLUSIONS THAT THEY CAME TO INCLUDE THE CONDITION OF VIRGINIA STATE FUNDING MECHANISM, REALLY PROVIDING NOT ENOUGH FUNDING TO DISTRICTS ACROSS VIRGINIA, THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR WHICH THEY PROVIDE IT BEING OVERLY COMPLEX AND NOT NECESSARILY ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE EVIDENCE BY THE [INAUDIBLE] JUST LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS THE FUNDING MODEL ITSELF, NOT ADEQUATELY PROVIDING THE STATE FUNDING REQUIRED FOR THOSE STUDENTS OF HIGHER NEEDS.

THINK SPECIAL ED ESL AT RISK CHILDREN.

IT'S NOT THAT THE DISTRICTS AREN'T SUPPORTING THOSE GROUPS.

IT'S JUST AS THE STATE FUNDING MODEL HAS FAILED TO KEEP UP, THAT CREATES A BIGGER BURDEN ON LOCAL DISTRICTS AND CROWDS OUT OTHER NEEDS AS WELL AS WE LOOK AT THAT.

SO A LOT TO REALLY DIGEST THERE.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT JUST FROM CCPS'S PERSPECTIVE, YOU TAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM JLARC, THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN AN EXTRA 200 TO 300 MILLION IN FUNDING TO CHESTERFIELD COUNTY ALONE.

BUILD THAT UP TO THE STATE.

THAT'S 2 TO $3 BILLION DOLLARS OF STATE FUNDS.

THIS IS NOT A NOT A CHEAP SOLUTION THAT THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO KEEP OUR EAR TO THE GROUND ON AS EVEN SMALL PIECES OF THIS, SHOULD IT GET IMPLEMENTED, WOULD CREATE A PRETTY IMPORTANT SOURCE OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO CHESTERFIELD.

SHIFTING BACK TO LOCAL, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CIP.

AGAIN, WE'LL PARTNER VERY CLOSELY WITH BOTH THE COUNTY, MR. DAVIS AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] ON THE CURRENT PLANS.

WHERE MY TEAM COMES IN AT THIS POINT REALLY IS YES, WE HAVE THE REFERENDUM, WE HAVE THE FUNDING EARMARKED FOR MANY PROJECTS.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY AND OUR FUNDING PARTNERS TO ACTUALLY ISSUE BONDS TO SUPPORT THAT, TO GET THAT FUNDING IN HOUSE.

WE HAD OUR FIRST ISSUANCE ALREADY.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER ONE COME NEXT SPRING TO KEEP THOSE PROJECTS ROLLING.

AND THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF PROJECTS ON THE CIP THAT WE STILL HAD TBD IN TERMS OF FUNDING WE'LL NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THIS BOARD, WITH THE COUNTY TO ENSURE THAT THOSE OTHER IMPORTANT PROJECTS ALSO CONTINUE TO TO BE FUNDED.

LASTLY, FOOD SERVICE ONE LAST TIME AS THEY BEGIN TO OPERATIONALIZE THE WAREHOUSE.

EVEN TODAY ARE THE BUILDING OWNER IS PUTTING IN NEW AND UPDATED HVAC AND FREEZER CHILLER EQUIPMENT IN THERE.

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THE BID IS OUT FOR SHELVING.

TRUCKS TO DRIVE THINGS AROUND.

WE ANTICIPATE BEING OPERATIONAL AND START BEGIN TO USE THAT TO BETTER OUR FOOD SERVICE EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE, STUDENT EXPERIENCE, ETCETERA, MIDDLE OF THE YEAR.

SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL PAUSE FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. MEISTER, A QUICK QUESTION.

I KNOW WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE ERP, BUT ANY IDEA AS FAR AS WOULD THAT BE DONE THIS YEAR? WOULD IT BE IMPLEMENTATION IN 2024? AT THE RISK OF OVERSTEPPING, I THINK THE EXPECTATION IS FOR SOMETHING TO BE DETERMINED THIS FALL.

THIS FALL. OKAY. MR. HARRIS WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE MEETING LATER THIS MONTH.

NOT KNOWING WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY, I CAN PRETTY MUCH ONLY SAY THAT.

OKAY, FAIR ENOUGH.

THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR POINTS.

I WAS CURIOUS WITH THE FOOD SERVICE WAREHOUSE, WHICH I JUST THINK IS SO AMAZING AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE BENEFITS OF BEING A LARGE DISTRICT AND THE ECONOMIES OF SCALE THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE IF WE ARE WORKING SORT OF WITH A LOT OF LOCAL PARTNERS LIKE THE CHESTERFIELD FARM BUREAU.

YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE HUGE ADVANTAGES OF THIS.

BY GOING TO A WAREHOUSE, WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE SMALLER DELIVERIES FROM LOCAL FARMS AS AN EXAMPLE, WHERE TODAY IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO ASK A LOCAL FARMER TO DELIVER TO 67 BUILDINGS, FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT IF WE CAN PROCURE TOMATOES FROM 4 OR 5 SEPARATE LOCAL PRODUCERS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND HAVE THEM DELIVERED TO OUR WAREHOUSE AND BERKLEY'S TEAM TAKE OWNERSHIP OF GETTING THOSE OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS, THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH BETTER, FASTER THE QUALITY OF THE FOOD WILL BE AND THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE.

AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OBVIOUSLY LOCAL CONSORTIUMS ALL OVER THE AREA TO HELP SUPPORT THAT.

LOVE THAT. VERY EXCITING.

AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, JUST YOU'RE MENTIONING, YOU KNOW, OTHER RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE GAP THAT ESSER MIGHT LEAVE. I'VE BEEN DOING SOME OF MY OWN RESEARCH, JUST THIS BOARD HAVING MADE THE BOLD STEP OF MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A NURSE IN EVERY SCHOOL.

AND SO THAT COMES WITH AN INCREASED PRICE TAG AND A VERY STRAINED BUDGET.

I DISCOVERED I KNOW WE'RE ON IT.

THE NEW MEDICAID FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SCHOOL BASED SERVICES, GRANTS ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE IN 2024.

I'D LOVE TO KNOW IF WE'VE EXPLORED AND I'M VERY NEW TO THIS, JUST LOOKING FOR MONEY IN VERY STRAINED TIMES.

IF WE'VE EXPLORED THE POSSIBILITY OF USING PARTNERING WITH MCOS INSTEAD OF DOING THE MORE TRADITIONAL FEE FOR SERVICE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SOME DISTRICTS HAVE MOVED TO AN MCO MODEL THAT IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND ALSO PROVIDES FOR CONTINUITY OF CARE, BECAUSE IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT BEST HANDLED INSIDE SCHOOL, THEN THAT INFORMATION CAN BE SHARED WITH MCO.

SINCE I THINK IT'S 90, ABOUT 90 TO 95% OF KIDS ON MEDICAID ARE IN AN MCO PLAN.

SO JUST AS WE ARE RESEARCHING THIS AND WE TEND TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME.

THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHY WE ARE READY FOR THE LITERACY ACT BEFORE MAYBE SOME OF OUR PARTNER DISTRICTS.

BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE REALLY EXPLORING EVERYTHING, INCLUDING DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS WITH MCOS INSTEAD OF FEE FOR SERVICE? SO WE ARE BETTER POISED TO LEVERAGE THIS FUNDING? I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS WE GO FORWARD TO DATE, WE'VE LARGELY BEEN FOCUSED ON UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING THE NEW MEDICAID GUIDELINES AND MAKING SURE WE CAN IMPLEMENT THOSE APPROPRIATELY.

BUT I'D LOVE TO SPEAK OFFLINE ON WHAT YOU'VE FOUND THERE.

THANKS. I HOPE SO.

I HAVE FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONTEXTUALIZING THE STUDY IN DOLLARS AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO CCPS.

THAT'S REALLY HELPFUL.

200 TO $300 MILLION ADDITIONAL TO OUR ANNUAL BUDGET.

SO THAT'S SIGNIFICANT.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR FIGURING THAT OUT.

AND BEFORE YOU LEAVE THAT POINT, ONE THING I WILL WANT TO STRESS, I PROBABLY SAID IT ALREADY, BUT IN CASE I DON'T, JLARC'S RECOMMENDATION WASN'T TO DO THIS ALL SHORT TERM.

RIGHT? THIS IS A.

RIGHT. ONGOING CHALLENGE.

AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY RAISED IN THERE ARE RELATIVELY COMPLEX AND THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY COULD BITE OFF RIGHT AWAY.

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I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL MOVE AT THE SPEED OF GOVERNMENT, NO DOUBT.

AND DO YOU HAVE I KNOW YOU HAVE YOUR EAR TO THE GROUND BETWEEN YOU AND MR. SMITH. YOU GUYS HAVE SOME SORT OF INSIDER SCOOP ON THAT FINAL BUDGET.

I KNOW YOU GUYS. YOU GOT YOUR FINGER ON THE PULSE.

I MEAN, I THINK THE BEST WAY I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT, I THINK THERE'S TWO SCENARIOS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW.

ONE IN WHICH THEY ACTUALLY COME TO SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE IN THE NEAR TERM.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME RECENT BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

I HAVE NOT HEARD MUCH OF ANYTHING THAT CAME OUT OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS OF A WEEK AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS AGO OR SO.

SO OPTION ONE IS SOMETHING COMES OUT OF THAT AND WE'RE SURPRISED.

OPTION NUMBER TWO IS THE ONE THAT I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO WHERE IT BECOMES PART OF THE DECEMBER GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ROLLOUT.

AND WE START THE PROCESS WITH THE FY 25 DISCUSSION.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MR. SMITH HAS OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT.

DO YOU GET YOUR MAGIC EIGHT BALL? JUST TO POINT OUT TWO ADDITIONAL THINGS.

I MEAN, THEY ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH AS FAR AS DIFFERENT PROPOSALS BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE THE HOUSE AND SENATE.

I DO THINK YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO SEE THINGS MOVING TOWARDS THE DECEMBER PROCESS.

I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING SO FAR REMOVED TO IT.

AND I THINK BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY NOT BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT BOB SAID, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, THAT WE'RE TALKING AGAIN ABOUT AMENDMENTS TO THE STATE BUDGET.

SO THERE IS A STATE BUDGET IN PLACE.

WE DO HAVE FUNDING.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COMMONWEALTH TRYING TO DETERMINE THEY HAVE SEVERAL BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND THEY JUST CANNOT GRAPPLE WITH HOW TO SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY.

WE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO SPEND AN EDUCATION.

SO [INAUDIBLE] ARE WAITING TO HEAR BACK.

SO YEAH, I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS ABOUT HOW THEY CAN SPEND THE MONEY TOO.

AND THAT'S MY POLITE VERSION.

IT'S VERY POLITE. AND THEN THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION, AND I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS TONIGHT TODAY, BUT I YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALKED THE COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION PLAN THAT WE'VE PUT INTO PLACE AND I'VE JUST BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT OVER THE SUMMER AND HOW ARE WE TRACKING DATA ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LOW INCOME STUDENTS WHO GO TO WHO ATTEND CEP SCHOOLS IF THEY DON'T FILL OUT AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT TRADITIONALLY WE USE THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH APPLICATION TO TRACK THE PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME STUDENTS.

SO HOW DO WE KNOW THAT, HOW MANY STUDENTS THERE ARE IN THE SCHOOL? AND THEN HOW DO WE USE THAT? HOW DOES THAT APPLY TO OUR PER PUPIL ALLOCATION, OUR SCHOOL BASED ALLOCATIONS? I THINK A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT ANSWERS TO THAT.

ONE IS, ON A MACRO LEVEL, YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.

ONCE YOU ARE ON THE CEP, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PROCESS THE APPLICATION FOR FREE AND REDUCED MEALS ANYMORE.

IT'S GENERALLY AN EQUITY THING.

IT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT AND FEDERAL, QUITE FRANKLY, REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THAT.

SO HOW WE TELL WHAT THE OVERALL RATES ARE FOR THE SCHOOL, THERE IS SOMETHING CALLED A ISP AND FORGETTING WHAT THEY STAND FOR BUT IDENTIFIED STUDENT PERCENTAGE.

I GOT IT. THAT USES KNOWN FACTORS.

MEDICAID, ARE THEY ON MCKINNEY-VENTO, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'S USED IT.

AND THEN THERE IS A MULTIPLIER THAT'S SPECIFIC TO CENTRAL VIRGINIA CHESTERFIELD COUNTY TO EXTRACT THAT UP, TO GET TO THE SCHOOL PERCENTAGE.

FOR AN INDIVIDUAL STUDENT I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT.

WE'VE USED LAST KNOWN DATA AS BEST WE CAN TO THE EXTENT THAT WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR SORT OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR A SPECIFIC STUDENT REQUEST FOR A FEE WAIVER, ETCETERA, THAT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS AND DISCUSSION, QUITE FRANKLY, WITH THE PRINCIPAL AND STAFF.

BUT IN TERMS OF OVERALL SCHOOL SHARE OF FUNDING FOR THINGS LIKE THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING, ET CETERA.

IT'S REALLY BASED ON THIS ISP PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE UNDERSTATED VERSUS THE OVERALL NUMBER OF KIDS IN THAT BUILDING WHO ARE AT RISK POVERTY. BUT THERE IS A FACTOR THAT GROSSES THAT UP TO GET TO AN APPROXIMATION THAT'S GENERALLY PRETTY WELL REGARDED BY THE STATE AND THE AND QUITE FRANKLY, CCPS TO GET TO A REASONABLE PERCENTAGE.

AND THAT'S THE FORMULA THAT WE USE TO DETERMINE THE PER PUPIL ALLOCATIONS AND THE? YES. OKAY. YEAH. AWESOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT 40 PERCENT ISP, WHICH IS THAT FACTOR TIMES THE 1.6 IS WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO BE ON CEP PER CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.

IT'S JUST CHURNING AROUND.

JUST A COMMENT BACK TO SOMETHING YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT AGO ABOUT THE JLARC STUDY BEING POSSIBLE WORK SESSION BECAUSE YOU DID A GOOD JOB IN CBAC GOING OVER THAT

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HAPPY TO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M PLEASED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE OUR PRESENTATION ON SUCCESSES AND PLANS FOR THE NEW YEAR BY SHARING SOME SUCCESSES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND TALENT MANAGEMENT.

THIS YEAR, JULY TO JULY, WE HIRED ABOUT 3700 PEOPLE.

THOSE WERE NEW HIRES REHIRES AND SUBSTITUTES.

WE HIRED ABOUT 1000 SUBSTITUTES BROUGHT ON FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

IT WAS ACTUALLY 3699.

SO THAT'S A VERY BUSY OPERATION AND WE'RE PLEASED TO WELCOME ALL OF THOSE EMPLOYEES ON BOARD.

WE ALSO IMPLEMENTED SALARY STUDY ONE AND SALARY STUDY TWO WITH WHICH YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH, NO INTERNAL AUDIT FINDINGS AND NO RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEY SHARED WITH US THAT WAS THE FIRST AUDIT THEY'D DONE, AT LEAST IN FOUR YEARS, COUNTY OR SCHOOLS WITHOUT RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED AND PLEASED.

WE REALLY VALUE OUR EMPLOYEES AND THE WORK THAT THE BOARD IS DOING WITH INVESTING IN EMPLOYEE SALARIES.

AND WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE A CLEAN AUDIT AND IMPLEMENTING THAT.

WE ALSO COMPLETED 50 RECRUITING EVENTS IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, SO THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM OUR ON SITE EVENTS, WHICH WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOR A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ROLES WHERE WE HIRE ON SITE.

AND IT'S ONE STOP SHOPPING AND YOU DO YOUR INTERVIEW AND YOUR FINGERPRINTING.

ALSO, WE'VE HAD INFORMATIONAL EVENTS BECAUSE MANY NEW PATHWAYS HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE TO OBTAINING TEACHER CERTIFICATION THAT PEOPLE WANT TO LEARN ABOUT AS THEY'RE CONSIDERING CHANGING CAREERS.

AND WE'VE ALSO ATTENDED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF COLLEGE EVENTS AND BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENTS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY BE ACTIVE WITH ENGAGING POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES.

EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE THREE TIMES AS MANY BUS DRIVERS IN TRAINING STATUS AS WE DID LAST JULY.

SO THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY WE TOOK THAT MEASUREMENT.

WE HAD A BUS DRIVER JOB FAIR IN APRIL.

WE HAD ANOTHER ONE AT THE END OF JUNE, AND THEN WE SUBSEQUENTLY HAD ANOTHER ONE, THE END OF JULY, WHERE WE MADE 83 MORE OFFERS.

SO OVER THE WEEKEND I THINK WE HAVE 79 BUS DRIVERS IN TRAINING STATUS, ANOTHER 57 IN MEDICAL, 42 IN BACKGROUND CHECK FOR AN OFFER STAGE AN 27 MORE TO INTERVIEW.

SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED ABOUT THAT.

AND AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, THE STARTING RATE FOR BUS DRIVERS HAS CHANGED TO $23 AN HOUR THIS YEAR.

AND THAT WAS PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GOT FROM BUS DRIVERS.

AND SO IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT POSITION AS THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS.

WE ALSO INTERVIEWED 1500 SUBSTITUTE APPLICANTS IN THE LAST YEAR AND WE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF SUBSTITUTES BY 65% AND WE INCREASED OUR AVERAGE SUBSTITUTE FILL RATE TO 80 TO 86% ON AVERAGE, DEPENDING ON THE DAY OF THE WEEK AND THE TIME OF THE YEAR.

OUR GOAL IS 90%.

THAT WAS KIND OF THE GOLD STANDARD PRE-PANDEMIC, BUT AT OUR LOW POINT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, MID 60S.

SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN BOTH THE NUMBER OF SUBS AND THE PERCENTAGE OF TIME THAT THAT'S FILLED.

AND WE KNOW THAT'S AN IMPORTANT WORKING CONDITION FOR OUR TEACHERS.

YOU KNOW, I CAN REMEMBER THOSE TIMES WHERE YOU WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU HAVE A FEVER, YOU CAUGHT SOMETHING FROM YOUR CLASS AND YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THOSE SUBPLANS.

BUT SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS TO BE THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS HAVE A PRODUCTIVE DAY.

SO WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT AND OUR TRENDS ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

WE THINK THAT WE WILL BE ON TRACK BY NEXT SPRING TO HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF SUBSTITUTES FOR OUR SIZE SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ASSUMED THE DRUG AND ALCOHOL PROGRAM FROM CHESTERFIELD COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

THIS PRIMARILY APPLIES TO OUR CDL HOLDERS AND WE DID THAT IN THE SPRING OF 2023, END OF MARCH 1ST OF APRIL.

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AND IN THE PAST THE COUNTY THAT WAS A SERVICE THEY HAD PROVIDED AND IT'S GOING WELL.

WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THAT'S GOING.

WE REQUESTED AN AUDIT AS WE TOOK OVER THE PROGRAM SO THAT WE COULD LEARN.

WE'VE TRAINED THREE STAFF MEMBERS IN THIS PROGRAM AND THERE'S A LOT OF FEDERAL REPORTING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS ALIGNED.

AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH HOW THE FIRST QUARTER OF THAT IT'S GONE.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A FULL QUARTER AS WE START THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

WE ALSO HAD 99.8% ACCURACY RATE ON DELIVERING CONTRACTS AND NOTICES OF ASSIGNMENT.

WE KNOW HISTORICALLY THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE.

OUR HRS TEAM JOKES THAT OUR SYSTEMS ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH BUBBLEGUM AND BARBED WIRE, BUT NOT FOR LONG BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT ERP COMING AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO TRY TO IMPROVE THAT EACH YEAR AND WE'RE PLEASED WITH THAT LAUNCH THIS YEAR.

WE'VE ALSO DIGITIZED ALL OF OUR CENTRAL PERSONNEL AND BENEFITS FILES AND NOW WE ARE WORKING WITH SCHOOLS TO DIGITIZE THEIR PERSONNEL FILES. SO THE LIBRARY OF VIRGINIA HAS SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS FOR PERSONNEL FILES AND WHAT ELEMENTS ARE IN THEM.

AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SECURITY OF PERSONNEL FILES.

AND WE HAVE NOW DIGITIZED 14 SCHOOLS.

WE'VE ALSO WRITTEN STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR WHAT TO DO IN THE FUTURE, LIKE IF SOMEONE RETIRES AND THEY HAVE SOME SCHOOL BASED MATERIALS THAT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED PART OF A PERSONNEL FILE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A CHECKLIST FOR WHAT WE DO WITH THAT.

SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT.

AND IN THE COMING YEAR, WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR FIRST FULL YEAR OF OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PARTICIPATE LEARNING.

WE'VE HAD 29 OF OUR 30 TEACHERS HAVE ARRIVED.

ONE THAT WE HIRED A LITTLE BIT LATE IS ARRIVING THURSDAY.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEY'RE FROM NINE COUNTRIES AND IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO SEE THEM ARRIVE, GET SETTLED, TO SEE THEM AT THE NEW TEACHER EVENTS LAST WEEK, AFTER REALLY WORKING WITH PARTICIPATE LEARNING SINCE LAST FALL, PLANNING FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AND THEIR ARRIVAL.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING, YOU KNOW, CERTIFIED, EXPERIENCED TEACHERS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND THE CULTURAL EXCHANGE THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR.

AND WE ALSO HAVE LAUNCHED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ITEACH IT WAS APPROVED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION THIS SUMMER TO EXPAND ACCESS TO TEACHER LICENSING AMONG THOSE WHO ARE SWITCHING CAREERS.

WE HAD THREE EVENTS RELATED TO ITEACH IN JULY AND WE HAD GOOD TURNOUT.

WE HAD BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL EVENTS.

SO A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT.

AND AS WE CONTINUE TO HIRE AS WE APPROACH THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR AND STUDENTS ARRIVE NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THOSE TEACHERS TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THE VARIOUS OPTIONS FOR BECOMING CERTIFIED IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.

AND WE ARE ALSO ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING, AS BOB MENTIONED, THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM.

WE KNOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT A NUMBER OF HR MODULES, EVERYTHING FROM APPLICANT TRACKING.

THE FIRST THING AN APPLICANT IS GOING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS THEY APPLY TO THEIR ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE TO OUR CORE HRIS, YOU KNOW, DATA SYSTEMS TO THE AMOUNT OF REPORTS AND DATA ANALYTICS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US THAT WE CAN RUN.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THOSE PIECES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING BOTH WITH OUR PARTNERS IN FINANCE AND WITH THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT ON THAT PROJECT.

WE ARE CONTINUING THE DIGITIZATION OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL RECORDS AND THIS YEAR WE PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO FINISH ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE ARE ALSO PRIORITIZING ANY SCHOOL THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A PHYSICAL LOCATION MOVE SO THAT ALL THOSE FILES CAN BE DIGITIZED PRIOR TO THEIR MOVE.

WE ARE WORKING WITH LICENSURE.

THEY'RE DOING A NUMBER OF LUNCH AND LEARN EVENTS.

THEIR GOAL THIS YEAR IS TO KIND OF BECOME MORE FRONT FACING AND DIFFERENTIATE THEIR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR STAFF, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SO MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING AT BECOMING TEACHERS, BUT NOT IN THE TRADITIONAL WAY.

THEY DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH AN UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM IN TEACHER EDUCATION.

AND SO THAT REQUIRES A LITTLE MORE ADVICE AND A LITTLE MORE INDIVIDUALIZATION THAN IN THE PAST.

AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO PRESENTATIONS.

THEY HAD STANDING ROOM ONLY PRESENTATIONS EVERY TIME THE FIRST DAY OF TEACHER WORK WEEK.

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AND WE ARE LAUNCHING A NEW, MORE USER FRIENDLY BENEFITS GUIDE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND OPEN ENROLLMENT, TRADITIONALLY WE START THAT THE 1ST OF OCTOBER AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO LAUNCHING A MORE USER FRIENDLY BENEFITS GUIDE AT THAT TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? I'LL GO FIRST. FIRST OFF, GREAT WORK.

EVERYONE THAT HAS COME UP TODAY SO FAR.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE UPDATES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR.

AND MAYBE JOSH WILL BE ANSWERING THIS QUESTION WHEN HE COMES UP NEXT.

BUT IT WAS KIND OF BACK TO THE BUS DRIVERS, I GUESS, IN RELATION TO WHERE WE WERE AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR.

AS FAR AS BUS DRIVERS ARE WE DO WE HAVE MORE HIRED BUS DRIVERS THAT ARE TRAINED AND ON THE ROAD NOW THAN WE DID AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR? WAS THAT A JOSH QUESTION? YEAH. YES, THE ANSWER IS YES.

[LAUGHTER] OKAY.

WE WERE LOOKING REAL GOOD FOR THE FIRST WEEK.

GOOD. OKAY. I'LL CHAT ABOUT SOME OF THOSE.

YEAH, THE FIRST WEEK.

I'LL LET YOU SAY THAT. OKAY.

THAT'S ALL. REALLY. AND THE ITEACH PROGRAM, YOU GUYS SAID YOU'VE SEEN A LOT OF INTEREST IN THAT.

AND HAS THE STATE ROLLED OUT ALL THE ALL THE SPECIFICS ON THE ITEACH PROGRAM AND DO WE ALREADY HAVE ANYONE THAT'S IN THE PROCESS OF GOING? WE DO. THEY YES.

THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN UP IN JULY.

WE STILL HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE STATE, BUT IT HAS BEEN APPROVED.

IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AT BOTH THE JUNE STATE BOARD OF ED MEETING AND THE JULY STATE BOARD OF ED MEETING.

WE DO STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT A FEW OF THE ENDORSEMENT AREAS, AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THEY'RE HAVING SOME STAFF TURNOVER IN THAT OFFICE AT VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF ED AT THIS TIME.

AND SO WE'RE WAITING ON A COUPLE OF THOSE ANSWERS.

BUT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY ENROLLING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION AND THEN A COMMENT AS WELL.

WHERE ARE WE ON OUR TEACHER COVERAGE PERCENTAGE WISE? WE 95%.

WE'RE ABOVE 99%.

OKAY. AS OF THIS MORNING.

SO WHAT IS OUR PERCENTAGE? WE HAVE WELL, WE HAVE LESS THAN HALF A PERCENT TO GO TO BE COVERED FOR THE FIRST DAY.

AWESOME. THAT'S GREAT WORK.

AND THEN THE OTHER IS JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THE LICENSURE LUNCHEON LEARNS.

I THINK THAT THAT IS A GREAT INITIATIVE TO GET OUT AND, YOU KNOW, INTO THE SCHOOLS AND IN FRONT OF THOSE TEACHERS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS LAST YEAR AS AS TEACHERS WERE ENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO GLAD TO SEE WE'RE GETTING OUT AHEAD OF THAT THIS YEAR.

THAT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU.

I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT THE 99% COVERAGE MEANT, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE POINTED OUT WE DID HAVE FULL COVERAGE, BUT WE HAD AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NUMBER OF PROVISIONALLY LICENSED TEACHERS AS WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH.

SO HAS THAT GAP NARROWED? NO, WE STILL HAVE PROVISIONALLY LICENSED TEACHERS AND WE ALSO HAVE THOSE WITH THEIR TENURE LICENSE.

AND WE ALSO HAVE ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES WHO HAVE FOUR YEAR DEGREES AND ARE WORKING TOWARDS LICENSURE.

AND WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT PROCESS THROUGH ITEACH AND ALSO TUITION ASSISTANCE FOR OTHER CAREER SWITCHER PROGRAMS IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND ARE ACCREDITED. AND SO WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF EMPLOYEES AS WELL AS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF AN EMPLOYEE HAD A PRE-APPROVED LEAVE, MAYBE THEY HAD A SURGERY OR A MATERNITY LEAVE, THOSE CLASSROOMS ARE COVERED.

AND SO THE TINY FRACTION THAT WE HAVE LEFT ARE WE'RE LOOKING FOR ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS TO BEGIN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO I GUESS TO BE MORE CLEAR, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE SO MUCH WORK, RIGHT, TO HELP TEACHERS GET THEIR LICENSE, IS A NUMBER OF PROVISIONALLY LICENSED TEACHERS THIS YEAR SMALLER THAN GOING INTO NEXT YEAR? OR ARE WE STILL? JUST KIND OF WHERE ARE WE? THE NUMBERS ARE NOT SMALLER.

I THINK IF WE RUN PERCENTAGES AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THAT DATA YET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THEIR LICENSURE DATA, BUT WE HAVE GROWN AS WELL AS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND ADDED MORE STUDENTS, WHICH MEANS MORE TEACHERS BY FORMULA.

SO PERCENTAGE WISE, MY GUESS LOOKING AT THE PRELIMINARY DATA IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT THE SAME AS LAST YEAR.

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SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER EXCEPT THAT WE ARE GROWING SO MUCH.

IT'S KIND OF WHAT I.

IT'S HARD TO MAKE STRIDES WHEN WE ARE GROWING.

I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

I THINK WE'RE MUCH MORE FULLY STAFFED AND READY TO WELCOME STUDENTS.

AND I THINK THE WORK THIS YEAR IS DIFFERENT.

I MEAN, THE WORK THIS YEAR IS, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING THE PARTICIPATE PROGRAM.

IT'S HELPING THE TEACHERS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE AND OUR ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES WHO'VE DONE A GOOD JOB AND WANT TO RETURN AND WANT TO WORK WITH OUR KIDS AND HAVE BACHELOR'S DEGREES AND LOTS OF LIFE EXPERIENCES, HELPING THEM TO NAVIGATE THAT TEACHER LICENSURE PROCESS WITH ALL OF THESE NEW AVENUES WE HAVE.

SO I THINK IT'S SHIFTED FROM GETTING ENOUGH PEOPLE TO WE FOUND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS WHO HAVE A LOT OF TALENT AND EXPERIENCES AND TRYING TO HELP THOSE FOLKS LEARN MORE ABOUT PEDAGOGY, ABOUT CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND HELP THEM NAVIGATE THAT LICENSURE PROCESS.

THAT'S GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS ASKED.

BUT TO KIM AS WELL, WE WERE ABLE THIS YEAR TO BRING IN ALL OF OUR NEW TEACHERS, ALL THE NEW PEOPLE IN OUR BUILDINGS [INAUDIBLE] THE TEACHER WEEK FOR SOME ALMOST 700, 700 INDIVIDUALS.

WE BROUGHT IN LAST YEAR'S NEW PEOPLE AS WELL TO HELP JUST GIVE THEM A STRONGER START TO THE SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE EVERYONE CAME IN THIS WEEK, WHICH WAS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THE TWO DAYS WE HAD ON THAT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK.

IT WAS A VERY INTENSE.

BUT ALSO THEY WERE APPRECIATIVE OF GETTING THE INFORMATION AT THAT TIME ON OPERATION OF CLASSROOMS, UNDERSTANDING CONTENT, DELIVERING LESSONS AS WELL.

GOOD REFRESHER FOR THE TEACHERS FROM LAST YEAR TOO, SO THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU, KIM. THANK.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

DR. DAUGHERTY. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AS WE ENTER A NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

MY SLIDES ARE A LITTLE BRIEFER THAN SOME THAT YOU'VE SEEN.

I'M KIND OF TRYING TO PAINT SOME BROAD BRUSHES, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT SOME SPECIFICS AND IF THERE'S SOME DETAILED QUESTIONS THAT I CAN'T RECITE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'LL BE HAPPY TO FILL YOU IN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED LAST YEAR.

WE OPENED MOSELEY ELEMENTARY.

THAT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, A GROWING SCHOOL.

YOU ALL KNOW WE'RE ADDING A MEGA TO IT.

SO IT'S A GROWING AREA OF THE COUNTY THAT REALLY, REALLY NEEDED THE BUILDING.

WE WERE PROBABLY THREE YEARS LATER THAN WE NEEDED TO BE WITH IT, BUT GREAT LEADERSHIP OUT THERE IN ALL ELEMENTS OF CONDUCTING OUR INSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS.

BUT BREAKING GROUND AT FALLING CREEK MIDDLE WAS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT.

WE RECALL THE EXTRA FUNDING BONDS THAT THE COUNTY WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER SO WE COULD GET THOSE TWO PROJECTS UNDERWAY.

AND WE'LL SPEAK ABOUT WAM'S HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

FALLING CREEK MIDDLE IS WELL UNDERWAY.

IT WILL BE DONE ON TIME.

DR. HIGH AND DR.

WASNOCK AND I TOOK A TOUR JUST LAST WEEK AND WE JOKED ABOUT OPENING AT SPRING BREAK.

THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE.

BUT THEY'RE REALLY MAKING VERY GOOD PROGRESS.

AND YOU SEE THE MAGNITUDE AND THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING WHEN YOU FIRST WALK IN THE HALLWAY AND LOOK TO THE LEFT WHERE THE CAFETERIA IS, THOSE DINING SPACES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN WE'VE SEEN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL BEFORE.

AND THAT THEME CONTINUED.

AS YOU GO DOWN THE HALL AND YOU SEE THE GYMNASIUM, THE AUXILIARY GYMNASIUM, THE AUDITORIUM, THE LOCKER ROOMS AND SO FORTH.

THIS IS REALLY GOING TO BE JUST A FINE BUILDING THAT'S GOING TO REALLY ENHANCE EDUCATION IN THAT AREA OF THE COUNTY.

AND IT'S BADLY NEEDED AND ALSO OVERDUE.

WE ALSO DESIGNED OUR NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PROTOTYPE THAT'S BEEN AN EXCITING PROCESS WITH WITH MOSELEY ARCHITECTS, AND WE'RE GETTING READY TO PUT SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS IN THE GROUND IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

SAFETY AND SECURITY REMAINS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US.

AND DR. DAUGHERTY'S INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN FOCUSED IN MANY AREAS.

JUST A COUPLE THAT I'VE NOTED HERE IS THE VESTIBULE PROJECTS, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE ONGOING WORK.

BUT WE DID ACCOMPLISH THE COMPLETION OF FIVE OF THEM AT THE HIGH AND MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL LAST YEAR, PRIMARILY DOING WORK DURING BREAKS IN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO THIS WAS WORK THAT WAS DONE ESSENTIALLY BEFORE WE CLOSED SCHOOL LAST YEAR.

AND WE DID ADD SECURITY CAMERAS AT 16 MORE ELEMENTARY, THE FIRST 16 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN ADDITION TO OUR NEW SCHOOLS.

AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT OTHER PROJECT AS WE LOOK FORWARD HERE IN JUST A COUPLE OF MOMENTS.

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WE'LL BE CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THOSE SYSTEMS OPERATE AND ARE MAINTAINED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

MAINTAINED SAFE AND CLEAN BUILDINGS.

AND WE ACCOMPLISHED APA LEVEL TWO FOR CLEANLINESS.

THAT IS MAINTAINED. I'M GOING TO JUMP AHEAD.

I WENT TO ABOUT 31 BUILDINGS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

THE BUILDINGS REALLY, REALLY LOOK GOOD.

AND OUR TEAM OF DAY PORTERS, WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE THANKS TO THE INCREASED WAGES AND BONUS PROGRAM AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR CUSTODIAL CONTRACTORS HAS REALLY PAID DIVIDENDS.

BOTH OF THOSE GROUPS REALLY HIT THE GROOVE LAST YEAR AND THEY'VE DONE EXTREMELY WELL THIS SUMMER.

OUR PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM HAS CONTINUED TO GROW.

MR. THUMMA BRIEFED YOU BACK IN JUNE ABOUT HOW WE'VE GONE BEYOND HVAC TO ROOFING AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS, AND THAT'S HELPING US STAY ON TOP OF THESE AREAS WHERE THE OLD BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE ARE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES.

SO HAVING THIS SYSTEM IN PLACE AND EXPANDING TO THESE OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDINGS IS DEFINITELY PAYING OFF.

TRANSPORTATION WE LAST YEAR WAS CERTAINLY BETTER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE, AND WE THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR.

SO I'M HOPPING AROUND A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THE PREVIOUS YEAR WE HIRED AND TRAINED 200 DRIVERS.

LAST YEAR THAT MOMENTUM CONTINUED 150 DRIVERS AND WE MEASURED OUR ON TIME ARRIVAL RATE THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR.

AND BY THE END WE ACHIEVED 96% AND WE CAN DO BETTER.

AND I'M GOING TO CHAT ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WE TALK ABOUT AS WE LOOK FORWARD.

SO WE'RE AT THE CUSP OF THE SUMMER.

AND AGAIN, I MENTIONED THE PRESENTATION WE DID BACK IN JUNE.

AN AWFUL LOT HAS OCCURRED IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS.

AND SO IN MANY WAYS I'M THINKING ABOUT THE NEXT FOUR DAYS.

DR. TYLUS HAS A MEETING TEED UP FOR US TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE READY FOR AUGUST 21ST.

BUT WE HAVE MORE TO ACCOMPLISH THAN TO SIMPLY OPEN THE DOORS NEXT WEEK.

BUT THAT SHORT TERM FOCUS IS SO IMPORTANT TO US TO TO GET OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF OFF TO A GOOD START.

WE'RE GOING TO FINISH FALLING CREEK MIDDLE AND WE'RE GOING TO BREAK GROUND ON WAM'S, I SHOULD SAY.

WE JUST DID. YOU KNOW, IT'S THAT'S HOW THE TENTS CAN CHANGE, JUST AS THESE SLIDES ARE BUILT OVER A WEEK OR TWO.

BUT THE REPLACEMENT, DAVIS ELEMENTARY, IS GOING TO BE YOUR NEXT EVENT THAT YOU GO TO.

THAT'LL BE HOPEFULLY LATER IN THE FALL OR EARLY WINTER.

WE'LL BREAK GROUND AND BUILD THAT BUILDING IN 18 MONTHS OR LESS.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK FORWARD WITH THAT PROTOTYPE DESIGN.

WE'VE BEGUN THE DESIGN PROCESS FOR BOTH THE NEW WESTERN AREA ELEMENTARY AND THE REPLACEMENT BENSLEY ELEMENTARY.

THAT WESTERN AREA CAMPUS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY EXCITING IN REGARDS TO ALL OF THE COUNTY'S OBLIGATIONS.

THOSE ARE HUGE PROJECTS FROM THE SCHOOL'S PERSPECTIVE.

BUT THE COUNTY HAS LOTS OF WORK TO DO ON ROADS, SEWER LINES, WATER LINES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THEY'VE GOT THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR US.

WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR PART.

WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN THAT BUILDING.

WE WANT TO START ON IT IN ABOUT A YEAR SO THAT IT CAN OPEN IN THE FALL OF 2026.

AND THE SAME THING IS TRUE OF BENSLEY.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET TO NOTE THAT BENSLEY IS GOING TO HAVE A TEMPORARY HOME FOR TWO YEARS AT THE EXISTING FALLING CREEK MIDDLE AND WE'VE ALREADY BEGUN DOING SOME DETAILED PLANNING ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO MAKE A FEW CHANGES TO THAT BUILDING.

THE CAFETERIA IS GOING TO SHIFT TO THE OTHER END OF THE BUILDING AND WHAT USED TO BE AN INDUSTRIAL ARTS FACILITY.

BUT WE NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE'RE KNOCKING DOWN PART OF THE OLD FALLING CREEK MIDDLE TO BUILD A BUS LOOP BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO OPEN.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE QUITE A TRANSITION.

BUT THERE'S MANY OTHER ELEMENTS OF BRINGING BENSLEY INTO THAT BUILDING THAT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR AND TO PROVIDE THEM A GOOD HOME FOR TWO YEARS.

GETTING BACK TO DESIGN, IT'S NOT JUST AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, THE REAL BIG ONES, THE HIGH SCHOOL, AND WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THIS HIGH SCHOOL IN FOUR YEARS.

SO DESIGN IS UNDERWAY.

WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS ALREADY WITH OUR ARCHITECT STANTEC IN REGARDS TO THE PROGRAMING, THE REALLY SMART FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPALS HAVE BEEN GETTING TOGETHER TO DETERMINE HOW MANY CLASSROOMS WE NEED IN EACH OF OUR RESPECTIVE CATEGORIES, AIMING FOR THAT FULL PROGRAM CAPACITY OF 2400 STUDENTS. AND THAT'S JUST NOT A XEROX OF COSBY OR CLOVER HILL.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO BUILD THAT NEXT CHESTERFIELD SCHOOL THAT'S GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND PROGRAMS. AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN SOMEWHERE IN THAT VERY BUSY GROWING WESTERN AREA OF THE COUNTY.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND A FINAL DECISION ABOUT WHERE THAT SITE IS GOING TO BE.

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THE DALE DISTRICT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALSO DOESN'T HAVE LAND.

IT ALSO DOESN'T HAVE FUNDING AS MR. MEISTER REFERRED TO. WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE TBD.

WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS DONE IN TIME TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 2026.

BUT AGAIN, WE NEED THE LAND, IT NEEDS TO BE IDENTIFIED AND THE DOLLARS NEED TO BE FOUND.

SO THAT'S OUR STRETCH GOAL.

I HOPE WE CAN ACHIEVE IT.

THOSE STUDENTS ALL ALSO NEED IT.

YOU RECALL MAKING THE CASE ABOUT HOW MANY TRAILERS, CLASSROOMS WE HAVE IN THE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE SUPPORTED AND WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE THE CASE FOR TWO NEW SCHOOLS.

BUT LET'S GET THAT FIRST ONE UNDER OUR BELT AND GET THE PLANNING UNDERWAY.

BACKING DOWN FROM CONSTRUCTION A LITTLE BIT TO OUR DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.

MR. THUMMA'S TEAM HAS IMPLEMENTED THE NEW FACILITIES MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

IT'S CALLED FMX. WE TURNED THE SWITCH ON JULY 1ST AND IT DOES EVERYTHING FROM HELPING SCHOOLS WRITE WORK ORDERS TO DOING THEIR EXTERNAL EVENTS.

AND IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT APPLIES AT A PLACE LIKE THE CTC WHOLE CONFERENCE CENTER AND, AND GETTING SOMEONE LIKE PEYTON AND HIS TEAM ON BOARD TO USE A NEW SYSTEM. AND SO FAR SO GOOD.

AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT TO REALLY BE SEAMLESS TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

ACTUALLY, WE HOPE THAT THE CUSTOMERS WILL NOTICE AND SAY THAT THIS IS BETTER.

A MORE IMPORTANT SYSTEM THAT WE'VE CHATTED ABOUT BRIEFLY THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS IS BUILDING AUTOMATION.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN ENGINEER THAT BRIEFED US ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO ON THE SIEMENS SYSTEM THAT WE WERE USING AND ALL THAT PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS SUNSETTING.

SO WE HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TO EITHER UPGRADE WITH SIEMENS OR MOVE TO TRIDIUM.

AND THE ENGINEERS RECOMMENDATION WAS THE TRIDIUM.

SO AS WE DO THESE MAJOR PROJECTS AT STARTING AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, WE WILL BE MIGRATING TO TRIDIUM.

AND I DON'T WANT TO GO FARTHER INTO THE WEEDS, BUT JOHN CAN EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.

BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL CONSUME PART OF OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE BUDGET AS WE UPGRADE OUR SYSTEMS IS TO GET TO THIS SYSTEM THAT IT'S STILL AMAZES ME THAT DAWSON CAN LOOK AND SAY, THIS CHILLER IS PUTTING OUT WATER THAT'S 44 DEGREES AND IT'S COMING BACK TO THEM AT 48.

SO WE THINK WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD COLD WATER GOING THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

AND TO READ IN THIS CLASSROOM WHERE WE'VE HEARD REPORTS THAT THERE'S BEEN DIFFICULTY, YEAH, THEY ARE AT 78 DEGREES.

SO WE NEED TO HUSTLE OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING TO FIX IT.

SO THOSE SYSTEMS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY ARE COMPLEX AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THAT MIGRATION.

I MENTIONED THE SECURITY SYSTEMS AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE TO US AND FRANKLY, WE WISH WE WERE FURTHER ALONG IN A COUPLE OF THESE, BOTH THE SECURITY CAMERA AND THE VESTIBULE UPGRADES. BUT STARTING WITH THE CAMERAS, 4 OF THE 16 SCHOOLS ARE OPERATING NOW.

WE EXPECT ABOUT THREE MORE TO BE FINISHED THIS WEEK AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BITING OFF 2 OR 3 EVERY 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

SO IT WILL BE PROBABLY LATE NOVEMBER BEFORE ALL OF THE 16 SCHOOLS ARE OPERATIONAL.

AND WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE.

WE KNOW THE SCHOOLS THAT HAVE HAD THEM, YOU KNOW HOW THEY'VE BEEN SO USEFUL TO THEM.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, FROM SOLVING SMALL THINGS TO PREVENTING BIG THINGS AND PREVENTING THE BIG THINGS IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED AND WANT.

WE WANT THE BAD GUYS TO KNOW THAT CHESTERFIELD HAS SURVEILLANCE IN PLACE SO THAT IF THEY COMMIT A BAD ACT THAT THEY'LL BE SEEN AND RECORDED AND PROSECUTED.

THE VESTIBULE PROJECTS COMPLETING 20 SCHOOLS, THERE WOULD BE SEVEN MORE.

SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THE TOTAL YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE THE FIVE LAST YEAR, THEN THERE'S 20 THAT NEED TO BE FINISHED.

ABOUT SIX OF THEM WERE RELATIVELY MINOR AND I COULD CHALK THEM UP AS FINISHED.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT UNTIL WE'RE REALLY READY TO DECLARE THAT THE PUNCH LIST IS DONE.

SO HOPEFULLY 20 TO BE FINISHED THIS YEAR, ANOTHER SEVEN IN THE FOLLOWING SUMMER.

WE HAVE HAD SOME PROCUREMENT ISSUES IN REGARDS TO GETTING COMPANIES THAT WANT TO DO THE WORK THAT WE SPECIFIED.

AND SOME OF IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, PUTTING UP THOSE STOREFRONTS WITH THE ALUMINUM AND THE GLASS AND SO FORTH.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DONE.

WE'VE ALSO PUT IN FOR SOME GRANTS WITH BEING ABLE TO PUT UP SOME BALLISTIC FILM ON SOME OF OUR DOORS AND WINDOWS.

WE BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY HAS BEEN ASCERTAINED AND THERE MAY BE MORE TO COME.

GLENN'S GONE OUT AND DONE A STUDY WHERE HE'S ACTUALLY MEASURED AND DETERMINED HOW MUCH COULD BE APPLIED AT EACH SCHOOL.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE ABOUT THAT.

AND I'M JUST OFFERING THAT TO YOU AS A LITTLE INTERLUDE HERE.

AND SWINGING BACK TO TRANSPORTATION.

WE GOT TO RETAIN ALL THESE DRIVERS.

YOU HEARD ME SAY HOW MANY WE'VE HIRED.

WE'VE HIRED 31 MORE ALREADY SINCE JULY 1ST.

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I LOOKED AT ONE THING TO TWO NUMBERS THIS MORNING.

ONE WAS THE NUMBER OF PACKAGES, AND THAT IS THE DAILY PACKAGE THAT'S GIVEN A DRIVER.

THEY HAVE BEEN EFFICIENT IN REDUCING THOSE NUMBERS DESPITE THE GROWTH IN OUR POPULATION, BUT MORE KNOWLEDGE IN REGARDS TO WHO'S RIDING AND WHEN THEY'RE RIDING.

AND SO WE'RE DOWN TO 463 IN TERMS OF PACKAGES.

WE HAVE 443 DRIVERS ON BOARD QUITE A FEW IN TRAINING THAT I'M SURE SOME MORE ARE GOING TO PASS THIS WEEK.

BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT NEXT WEEK.

ALL HANDS ON DECK.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAINING ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE BUSSES FOR THE WEEK.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING TRAINING ARE GOING TO HELP IN THE OFFICES WITH ANSWERING PHONES, MAYBE SERVE AS A HEAD START AID.

SO WE WANT THAT FIRST WEEK OR TWO TO GO AS SMOOTHLY AS POSSIBLE.

THEN WE'LL TURN THE TRAINING SPIGOT BACK ON AFTER WE GET THROUGH THOSE BUMPS THAT INEVITABLY OCCUR, YOU KNOW, AND THOSE BUMPS DO OCCUR.

YOU KNOW, FOR SOME DIFFERENT REASONS STUDENTS AREN'T ROUTED ON THE RIGHT BUS.

THEY'RE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER, ESTABLISHING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, LEARNING THE NEW KINDERGARTNERS IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR THE SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORTATION.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GO OUT TO SOME SCHOOLS AT TIER THREE NEXT WEEK AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PRAYING FOR EVERY YELLOW BUS THAT COMES AROUND THE CORNER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THEM HOME. BUT I THINK WE ARE IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN EACH OF THE LAST TWO YEARS.

YOU KNOW, I'D BE FOOLISH TO RAISE MY HAND AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO BE ON TIME DAY ONE, BECAUSE THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.

IT'S THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE QUICKER.

I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN DR.

FRYE AND HIS TEAM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE ADDED THIS YEAR IS A PARENT WEB FORM.

SO WHEN A PARENT CALLS THE AREA OFFICE AND MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE GUY EVEN OR GAL WROTE DOWN WHAT THEY REQUESTED.

I SAID, YOU'VE GOT TO FORMALIZE THIS SO THAT WE DON'T HEAR FIVE MONTHS LATER WHILE I TALK TO SO-AND-SO AND IT'S STILL NOT SOLVED.

SO PERHAPS YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL YOU MIGHT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO IS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE THIS, BUT IF YOU FILL IT OUT ON THE WEB FORM THAT HELPS US TRACK.

WE'VE GOTTEN 250 RESPONSES ALREADY AND THEY'VE EACH BEEN ANSWERED.

I'LL SHARE, ONLY SEVEN OF THEM WERE FROM AREA FIVE SPECIAL NEEDS WHERE WE PUT A LOT OF FOCUS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE ROUTE TIMES AND BUS STOPS HAVE BEEN SHARED.

SO WE ARE GETTING THAT FEEDBACK AND WE KNOW THAT'LL CRESCENDO ONCE THE BUSSES START TO ACTUALLY RUN.

BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN IN TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE THE BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND TO HELP OUR DRIVERS FEEL LIKE IT'S HOME. WE NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO LOVE WORKING WITH KIDS, BUT THE ONES THAT WANT TO DO IT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET MORE SUPPORT AT OUR SCHOOLS.

TALKED TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL LAST WEEK, HE SAYS, I'M GOING TO HAVE THEM ASSIGN SEATS THIS YEAR.

HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS JUST ENOUGH OF THIS.

YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS HE'S HAD SOME ISSUES ON SOME BUSSES, SO HE WANTS TO HELP ESTABLISH SOME MORE ORDER.

AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT DR.

HIGH AND HER TEAM IS DOING UNDER DR.

DAUGHERTY'S LEADERSHIP FOR TREATING THE BUS LIKE THE CLASSROOM IN REGARDS TO THE ATMOSPHERE THAT WE HAVE AND THE SAFETY THAT WE PROVIDE AND THE WAY THAT CHILDREN CAN IN FACT ACT FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHILE THEY'RE ON THE BUS.

AND WE KNOW THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM DO.

AND SO OUR DRIVERS ARE GOING TO ASK FOR HELP RIGHT AWAY.

THEY'VE BEEN ENCOURAGED, DON'T WAIT TILL YOU'RE AT YOUR WIT'S END.

IF A COUPLE OF THEM ARE A LITTLE UNTOWARD.

LET'S START TALKING TO THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS RIGHT AWAY.

SO I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

IF I'VE LEFT ANYTHING OUT OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

WELL, IF RYAN'S NOT GOING TO GO FIRST, I WILL.

NO.

I APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE ONE REQUEST.

CAN YOU PLEASE GET ME A TOUR OF FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL? I'M DYING TO SEE IT.

LET'S DO THAT. YES, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THE PROGRESS.

I'VE HEARD A LITTLE CHATTER ABOUT HOW GREAT IT IS, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MY EYES ON IT.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO COME AND I'LL EVEN WEAR A HARD HAT AND BOOTS IN FACT.

DO YOU REMEMBER GOING THROUGH RINGS, TWO WEEKS AGO? YES. YES.

THIS IS ANOTHER LEVEL OF MAGNITUDE, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THE PICTURES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE EITHER.

SO BE HAPPY TO ARRANGE THAT.

I WOULD LOVE THAT. REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT THE THREE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE SLATED TO HAVE CAMERA UPGRADES.

WHICH HIGH SCHOOLS ARE THEY AND ARE THOSE BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR CAMERAS? YEAH, MONACAN, BIRD, AND MEADOWBROOK.

THANK YOU. AND INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR.

FANTASTIC. THERE IS SOME DEBATE AND DISCUSSION ABOUT SOME SCHOOLS HAD SOME CAMERAS MOUNTED ON LIGHT POLES AND THEY HAVE THEIR BATTERIES RECHARGED WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE

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WE THINK WE'VE GOT GREAT VISIBILITY IN MOST CIRCUMSTANCES FROM THE BUILDING.

NOW, THERE MAY BE SOME EXAMPLES, LIKE OUTSIDE OF MANCHESTER'S ATHLETIC FACILITY, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT HAVE TO SEEK SOME ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS.

BUT SO THOSE ARE THE THREE FOR NOW.

MONACAN, BIRD, MEADOWBROOK.

WONDERFUL. IT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

THANK YOU. SO FIRST THING I KNOW, WE CAN'T REDO JOHN THUMMA'S AMAZING REPORT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF BUILDING MAINTENANCE AND AIR QUALITY ON STUDENT TEST SCORES.

BUT I DID WANT TO SAY THAT I TRACKED DOWN HIS SOURCE AND SENT IT ON TO THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION HAS AN INFRASTRUCTURE TASK FORCE, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THE GREAT WORK WE'RE DOING IN CHESTERFIELD, WHICH IS VERY, AS HE NOTED THE LAST SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, VERY EVIDENCE BASED AND WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL.

CERTAINLY WE'LL DO OUR BEST.

WE HAVE A PLAN TO WORK ON THE STATE LEVEL TO HOPEFULLY GET MORE INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT TO THE WHOLE STATE.

SECOND, JUST TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, I KNOW WE'RE IN A BETTER PLACE, BUT TO PUT NUMBERS ON IT BECAUSE THAT'S MORE HELPFUL TO ME.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE LET'S SAY WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE COULD BE DOWN 20 DRIVERS AT THE START IF NOTHING CHANGES. BUT I'M OPTIMISTIC.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE FULLY STAFFED.

HOW MANY DRIVERS WERE WE DOWN AT THE END OF THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR? I DON'T REMEMBER THE NUMBER.

I REMEMBER IT WAS QUITE A FEW.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR IT WAS AROUND 70. AND BELIEVE ME, WE STILL HAVE LIKE AT LEAST 55 POSITIONS.

WHEN I SAID FOCUS ON THE PACKAGES AND THE NUMBER OF DRIVERS, WE NEED THAT EXTRA 35 RUNNERS.

I AGREE. YEAH.

SO WE WANT TO FILL THEM ALL.

SO BUT COMPARING A NUMBER FROM LAST YEAR TO THE START OF THIS YEAR, THAT'S HELPFUL.

SO RON ARENA, YOU KNOW, RON.

YES, HE SAID, JOSH, I THINK I HAVE SOMEBODY FOR EVERY SEAT ON THE FIRST DAY.

WOW. SO WELL LET'S HOPE AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TOMORROW ABOUT PLAN TO DOUBLE BACKS IN THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO OCCUR AND I KNOW MULTIPLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE C WORD HERE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS AND THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR WORKFORCE, TOO.

SO LET'S HOPE THAT WE HAVE STRONG ATTENDANCE AND THAT PEOPLE STAY WELL AND THAT OUR STUDENTS STAY WELL.

AND SO BUT AGAIN, REALLY THANKS TO KIM AND DR.

DAUGHERTY FOR HAVING THESE JOB FAIRS, BECAUSE OUR PIPELINE IS IN SO MUCH BETTER CONDITION.

AND WE TRAINED A WHOLE LOT AT EACH OF THE LAST TWO SCHOOL YEARS.

BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE SUCCESS THROUGH THE SUMMER THAT WE DID THIS YEAR.

SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND WILL SHOW.

EXCELLENT. AND THEN THE PARENT WEB FORM, I LOVE THAT.

AND IF YOU COULD SHARE IT WITH BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE IT'S JUST AN EASY WAY TO RESPOND TO SOMEBODY WHO MAYBE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

HEY, DID YOU FILL OUT THE THE WEB FORM? MADAM CHAIR, I'LL SEND THAT THIS AFTERNOON.

OKAY. WE LOVE THOSE EASY TO ANSWER EMAIL RESPONSES.

SO YEAH, GREAT SYSTEM.

AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT IS I WOULD ALSO LOVE TO GO ON THAT TOUR.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FALLING CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT BECAUSE I WAS ON THE BUDGET CBAC COMMITTEE, I WAS ABLE TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE FIRST ONE. AND SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED SIZE, THE NEW SIZE OF LUNCHROOMS AND GYMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I THINK OF THE OLD ONE AND I THINK I WAS SHOCKED BY HOW TINY THAT SCHOOL WAS. SO IT WILL BE VERY EXCITING TO SEE HOW FAR WE'VE COME AND WHAT'S PLANNED.

SO I WOULD LOVE TO JOIN THAT TOO.

I HAVE A FEELING PROBABLY WE ALL WOULD.

[LAUGHTER] JUST TWO BY TWOS.

YES.

OR NO, IS IT? WE CAN AFFORD THAT.

WE GOT TIME. EITHER WAY.

I DID, I GUESS JUST TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC OUT THERE.

IF YOU HAVE NOT UPDATED YOUR BUS TRANSPORTATION, MAKE SURE THAT THAT OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN HOPEFULLY EVERYONE HAS DONE THAT ALREADY.

BUT JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE, JUST MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ACCURATE FOR HOW YOUR.

THAT IS HELPFUL. WE DO SEE SOME RECORDS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED YET.

IT IS A PROCESS.

SO STEP ONE IS TO CONTACT THE SCHOOL AND THEY'LL GET THAT INFO INTO SYNERGY AND THEN OUR ROUTERS WILL JUMP AND RESPOND.

THAT'S RIGHT. GET THEM ON BUSSES.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT'S ALWAYS MY PLEASURE TO TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP.

WE DO, LET ME GET THIS GOING.

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SO THIS AFTERNOON I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAMS AND RECOGNITIONS OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THERE ARE MANY MORE THAT, BUT I COULDN'T GET ALL OF THOSE IN THE FEW SLIDES THAT I WAS GIVEN.

SO WE'LL START WITH OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE A DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM AT GATES AND SCOTT ELEMENTARY'S, AND THEY WERE ASKED TO PRESENT ABOUT THEIR PROGRAMS INTERNATIONALLY THIS YEAR.

WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AT MOSELEY WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL OPENING THIS SCHOOL YEAR AND THE SCHOOL YEAR WENT REALLY WELL.

WE CONTINUE TO HAVE GROWTH IN THAT AREA.

AND AS JOSH SAID, WE DO HAVE A TRAILER THAT WILL BE THERE THIS THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR .

CHESTERFIELD VIRTUAL SCHOOL BECAME A SCHOOL INSTEAD OF A PROGRAM, BUT OUR ENROLLMENT REMAINED CONSISTENT AND STABLE THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE SCHOOL YEAR.

GRANGE HALL CELEBRATED 100 YEARS IN EXISTENCE, AND IT CONTINUES TO SERVE OUR STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND FAMILIES VERY WELL.

MULTIPLE SCHOOLS RECEIVED GRANTS AND AWARDS TO ENHANCE THEIR STEAM ARTS CLASSROOMS AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMS. FOR OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

WE HAD SEVERAL MIDDLE SCHOOLS WHO RECEIVED RECOGNITION.

WE HAD ELIZABETH DAVIS, MIDLOTHIAN AND TOMAHAWK CREEK WERE DESIGNATED RE-DESIGNATED AS SCHOOLS TO WATCH.

STAFF FROM PROVIDENCE, TOMAHAWK CREEK, ELIZABETH DAVIS AND ROBIOUS PRESENTED AT REGIONAL CONFERENCES AND SALEM CHURCH AND MIDLOTHIAN RECEIVED GRANTS TO ENHANCE THEIR STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES.

IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

THE CHESTERFIELD RECOVERY ACADEMY OPENED ON AUGUST OF 2022, AND THE PROGRAM MODEL WAS PRESENTED TO SEVERAL AUDIENCE ACROSS THE STATE.

JUSTIN SAVOY, OUR COORDINATOR, HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN THIS INAUGURAL YEAR TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PROGRAM AND ALSO TO GET IT OFF THE GROUND TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE PROUD OF IN CHESTERFIELD AND IN REGION ONE.

JAMES RIVER AND L.C.

BIRD RECEIVED THE VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION'S CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AWARD FOR DEMONSTRATING AN INCREASE IN THE GRADUATION AND COMPLETION INDEX FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

MATOACA TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAM WAS THE PROGRAM OF THE YEAR FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND L.C.

BIRD HIGH SCHOOL'S GOVERNOR ENGINEERING ACADEMY WAS THE VDOE'S REGION ONE PROGRAM OF THE YEAR.

AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GREAT WORK AND RECOGNITION OF OUR SCHOOLS.

SO FOR THIS COMING YEAR, WE KNOW THE IMPACT OF CONTINUITY AND CONSISTENCY IN OUR PROGRAMS AND OUR APPROACH.

SO AS I SHARED WITH YOU LAST YEAR, WE FOCUS ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

WE WILL CONTINUE THAT FOCUS AGAIN FOR THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR.

WE START WITH OUR NEW LEADER INSTITUTE, WHICH IS A BI MONTHLY LEARNING SESSION WITH OUR NEW PRINCIPALS AND ASSISTANT LEADERS.

OUR NEW LEADER INSTITUTE FOR OUR PRINCIPLES OR IS IN ITS THIRD YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION.

AND WE HAVE FIVE NEW LEADERS IN THAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

AND WITH OUR ASSISTANT LEADERS, IT'S BRAND NEW THIS YEAR AS OUR FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION.

AND WE IMPLEMENTED THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE 21 NEW ASSISTANT LEADERS WHO HAVE JOINED US IN CHESTERFIELD THIS YEAR.

AND SO AGAIN, WE WILL MEET WITH THEM BI MONTHLY TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

OUR PRE K 12 PRINCIPAL MEETINGS AND OUR QUARTERLY MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TO BE INSTRUCTIONALLY FOCUSED AND OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES LEADERS AS READERS.

THIS BOOK STUDY WAS FACILITATED BY OUR LEADERSHIP DIRECTORS AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DIRECTORS WITH PRINCIPALS.

OUR PRINCIPALS WERE ABLE TO SELECT FIVE BOOK TITLES TO STUDY OVER THE NEXT SEMESTER, AND WE KICKED OFF THE STUDY IN OUR LEADERSHIP AUGUST MEETING.

SOME TITLES THAT WE'RE USING IS PLC PLUS, AMPLIFY YOUR IMPACT, DARE TO LEAD, SHIFTING THE BALANCE AND THE KNOWLEDGE GAP.

AND AGAIN, ALL THESE TITLES CONNECT WITH OUR WORK, WHETHER IT'S ABOUT LITERACY, ABOUT LEADERSHIP OR ABOUT COLLABORATIVE STRUCTURES THAT WE WANT IN OUR BUILDINGS.

IN TERMS OF CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT, WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ONGOING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES RELATED TO OUR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROCESS.

SEVERAL WORK SESSIONS WERE OCCURRED THIS SUMMER TO ASSIST OUR PRINCIPALS IN THE DEVELOPING AND REFINEMENT OF THEIR GOALS IN THEIR SCHOOL INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO ALIGN AND ALLOCATE RESOURCES TO CREATE EQUITABLE AND SYSTEMIC SUPPORT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION AND EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS.

SO ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALISTS TO ENSURE ENGAGING INSTRUCTION AND BEST PRACTICES ARE IMPLEMENTED IN THE CLASSROOM.

IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING THE OPEN COURT MATERIALS TO INCREASE STUDENT LITERACY AND WILL BE IN OUR FINAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STAGES OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING PROGRAM.

AT OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRIORITIZE WRITING, INSTRUCTION AND ALL SUBJECT AREAS IN GRADES SIX THROUGH EIGHT.

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THIS MEANS THERE WILL BE NO MORE SEPARATE WRITING SOL TEST IN MARCH.

THE INTEGRATED APPROACH WILL HIGHLIGHT SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDY PASSAGES, AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON THE COLLEGE CAREER AND CIVIC READINESS INDEX, A NEW PIECE OF THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS BY EXPANDING STUDENTS ACCESS TO HIGH QUALITY WORK BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, SERVICE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTING AP, DE, AND IB COURSES.

THIS BECAME ACTIVE FOR THE 23-24 ACCREDITATION YEAR, WHICH IS BASED ON OUR 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR DATA.

AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON GETTING ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ACROSS THE STAGE FOR GRADUATION.

MY TEAM IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOLS THIS WEEK TO ENSURE WE'RE READY TO WELCOME STUDENTS NEXT MONDAY.

ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES.

SO THE SOL INTEGRATION, DOES THAT SAVE TESTING DAYS? YES. YES.

IT WILL SAVE SOME TESTING DAYS.

YES, IT'LL BE MORE, IT'LL BE PUSHED OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER, WHICH WILL GIVE OUR TEACHERS AND LEADERS OPPORTUNITY TO PREPARE OUR KIDS A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR THAT FOR THAT TEST. SO IT'LL.

RIGHT. SO IT WILL KIND OF BE ABLE TO HAVE AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY WHERE WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE SEPARATE WRITING SOL DAY.

THAT'S CORRECT. AWESOME.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

AND DR.

TILMAN. ALL RIGHT, TECHNOLOGY.

HELLO. MY PREPARED REMARKS COME IN JUST UNDER 90 MINUTES, SO WE'LL BE GOOD.

MADAM CHAIR, MADAM VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY.

I WANTED TO START BY READING TO YOU OR READING FOR YOU.

THE MISSION OF MY DIVISION.

THE MISSION OF THE DIVISION OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICES IS TO PROVIDE THE TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS, SERVICES, SAFEGUARDS AND ACCESS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN 21ST CENTURY LEARNING.

THE DIVISION ENHANCES INSTRUCTIONAL EFFORTS BOTH IN SCHOOL AND VIRTUALLY WHILE PROVIDING SAFE, SECURE, ROBUST, RELIABLE, PREDICTABLE, EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT AND FINANCIALLY SOUND RESOURCES FOR ANYTIME, ANYWHERE LEARNING.

ANYTIME. ANYWHERE. LEARNING.

THAT'S IT ALL BOILS DOWN TO THAT.

A LOT OF THE CHANGES WE MAKE, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO ARE TO IMPLEMENT ANYTIME, ANYWHERE LEARNING.

THAT HAS BEEN THE MANTRA OF OUR 1 TO 1 PROGRAM WHEN IT STARTED SOME TEN YEARS AGO.

IT IS TODAY OUR MANTRA OF ANYTIME, ANYWHERE LEARNING.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE, I NEED TO SKIP AHEAD, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON IN THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF INCLUDE THINGS THAT SUPPORT ANYTIME, ANYWHERE LEARNING.

SO WE LOOK AT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THAT WE JUST COMPLETED OR HAVE NOW IMPLEMENTED IS THE REORGANIZATION OF OUR TECH SUPPORT TEAM, MEANING THAT WE SWITCHED FROM A COVERAGE DRIVEN MODEL TO A TICKET BASED MODEL.

SO WE WORK VERY MUCH MORE LIKE FACILITIES, WORKS MORE LIKE ANY OTHER LARGE IT DEPARTMENT WOULD WORK WHERE WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT PROVIDING A BODY TO A BUILDING SO MUCH ANYMORE.

WE'RE MORE WORRIED ABOUT PUTTING BODIES WHERE THE WORK NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED.

THIS IS A BIG CHANGE.

THIS IS A BIG CULTURAL SHIFT, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE DONE THE RIGHT THING.

WE BELIEVE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, PEOPLE WILL SEE THE BENEFIT OF THAT.

HOPEFULLY THAT TICKET GETS CLOSED FASTER.

WE ARE STARTING TO IMPLEMENT SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS SO THAT WE KNOW HOW TO PRIORITIZE AND HOW TO TRIAGE TICKETS SO THAT THE PEOPLE WITH THE EXPERTISE GO WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED INSTEAD OF BEING ASSIGNED TO AN INDIVIDUAL BUILDING.

WE STILL USE THOSE ASSIGNMENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT SO DRACONIAN AS THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

SO WE'RE NOW ABLE TO PUT PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

PART OF THAT, TOO, IS WE ALSO HAVE INITIATED A NEW TICKETING SYSTEM.

OUR OLD TICKETING SYSTEM DID NOT MEET OUR NEEDS.

IT DID NOT MEET OUR INVENTORY AND ASSET CONTROL NEEDS.

SO WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THAT AS OF LAST WEEK.

IT IS NOW LIVE VERY MUCH LIKE FACILITIES NEEDED A NEW SYSTEM WE DID TOO, SO THAT WE CAN TRACK OUR METRICS, WE CAN TRACK OUR NEEDS, WE CAN TRACK ALL OF OUR ASSETS.

INTERNAL AUDIT WILL APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.

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PART OF THAT TOO IS CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

WE ARE ALWAYS DEALING WITH CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM MOST PROUD OF, OF MY TEAM IS THEIR ABILITY TO ADAPT AND TO BE AGILE.

AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY NOT ONLY AFFECTING CHANGE IN OUR SCHOOLS, BUT WE ARE AFFECTING CHANGE IN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY ADAPTING, WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING THROWN AT NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING THROWN, AT NEW PATCHES, NEW SOFTWARE, NEW IMPLEMENTATIONS, NEW REQUESTS, NEW MIRACLE MAKING, ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE ARE WE MUST ADAPT TO AND BE AGILE WITH.

LAST YEAR WE DID IMPLEMENT A PILOT PROGRAM FOR TRANSPORTATION PHONES REPLACEMENT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN HERE LONGER THAN I HAVE, YOU KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION ALWAYS HAD PHONE PROBLEMS IN THE PAST.

TYPICALLY THOSE PHONE PROBLEMS WOULD INCREASE WITH VOLUME.

SO THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL WOULD NORMALLY BE A BAD TIME FOR PHONES TO BE OUT.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE NEW SYSTEM IS MORE ROBUST, HAS MORE CAPABILITIES, MORE FUNCTIONALITY.

THERE ARE STILL SOME LEARNING GAPS THAT NEED TO BE ACHIEVED WITH THAT.

THERE ARE STILL SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE IRONING OUT TO MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT.

BUT THE PHONES THEMSELVES SEEM TO BE WORKING, SEEM TO BE MUCH MORE STABLE AND RELIABLE THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST.

THAT PILOT WILL GROW AND START TO REPLACE SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE PHONE PROBLEMS WITH.

IT'S ALMOST BECOMING LAUGHABLE NOW FOR SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS.

THE PHONES ARE OUT. AGAIN, I DON'T LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, NOBODY LIKES THAT. BUT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD A REPLACEMENT OF THOSE THINGS BECAUSE OUR VENDORS ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO PROVIDE THE CORRECT RESOLUTIONS.

OUR CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW IN ITS CAPABILITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

WE'VE HAD CLOSE SESSIONS ABOUT THIS AND WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.

I HAVE BIG PLANS FOR THE NEXT YEAR THAT WE WILL DISCUSS MORE IN DETAIL IN ANOTHER CLOSED SESSION IN THE FALL.

BUT I'M VERY PROUD OF THOSE FOLKS.

WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE DEDICATED TO CYBERSECURITY AT ALL TIMES THAT WILL SOON BE FOUR, AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND HAVING MET WITH OTHER LEADERS IN THE STATE, OTHER LEADERS AROUND THE NATION, WE ARE BETTER, WE ARE MORE PREPARED.

WE ARE MORE RESOURCED FOR CYBERSECURITY THAN A LOT OF OUR COUNTERPARTS ARE.

AND WE ARE HOPEFULLY TRUDGING THROUGH THE PATH THERE.

LAST YEAR WE INSTALLED 200 UP TO 200 IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 200 NEW PROMETHEAN PANELS TO REPLACE OLDER ONES.

SO WE REPLACED OLDER PROMETHEAN PROJECTION SYSTEMS AND OR PANEL SYSTEMS. WE HAVE 200 MORE TO DO THIS YEAR, WHICH YOU'LL SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT WE ARE ADAPTING AND CHANGING AND REPLACING AGING HARDWARE AS FAST AS WE CAN, AS FAST AS BUDGET WILL ALLOW.

SO WE ARE REGULARLY REPLACING THINGS.

WE OPENED ONLINE VERIFICATION TO ALL GRADE LEVELS.

ONLINE VERIFICATION AS PART OF SYNERGY ALLOWS PEOPLE TO VERIFY THEIR OWN DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ONLINE THAT'S NOW OPEN TO ALL GRADE LEVELS. WE INSTITUTED A NEW HOMEBOUND MODULE TO REPLACE PAPER AND A PREVIOUS GOOGLE MODEL OF JUST FILLING OUT A FORM ONLINE.

SO NOW IT'S A MUCH MORE STRUCTURED FORMAT.

THE DATA IS KEPT SAFER THAN IT WOULD BE ELSEWHERE.

AS YOU HEARD DR.

HUFF TALK ABOUT THIS IDEA OF DIGITIZING EVERYTHING.

WE'RE STARTING TO WORK DOWN THAT PATH AS WELL.

WE COMPLETED OUR AUDIO ENHANCEMENT PILOT PROGRAM AT FIVE SCHOOLS, FIVE SCHOOLS WHO DEARLY LOVE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT.

AND AS YOU SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE AND THE LAST ONE THERE WE HAVE EXPANDED AUDIO ENHANCEMENT NOW TO COVER THOSE FIVE SCHOOLS COMPLETELY.

EVERY CLASSROOM WILL HAVE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT.

THAT IS A PROJECT THAT IS BEGINNING NOW AND WE HOPE TO COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE FIRST SEMESTER.

PROBABLY WON'T TAKE THAT LONG, BUT I'D LIKE TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BUFFER TIME.

BACK UP TO THE TOP THERE.

OUR DIGITAL FIRST RECORD STRATEGY.

WE HAVE BEEN TASKED BY INTERNAL AUDIT TO HAVE MORE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR RECORD KEEPING AND OUR RECORD MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE DIVISION, ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

SO WE ARE WORKING TOWARD THAT.

AS DR.

HUFF HAS SAID, THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS.

I'M GOING TO FOLLOW A LOT OF WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE TO START DIGITIZING I.T.

RECORDS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE A DIGITAL FIRST STRATEGY, NOT DIGITAL CONVERSION.

NOBODY WANTS TO CONVERT LATER.

WE WANT TO START DIGITAL, STAY DIGITAL, AND WE'LL START WORKING ON THAT.

WE ARE EXTENDING WI-FI TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELDS.

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WE EXPECT NUMBER 10 TO COME ONLINE THIS WEEK AND NUMBER 11 TO BE ONLINE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK TO A WEEK AND A HALF, MAYBE TWO WEEKS.

THIS ENABLES ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, LEARNING ON OUR FOOTBALL FIELDS DURING FOOTBALL PRACTICES WHILE WAITING FOR FOOTBALL PRACTICES OR FOOTBALL OR ANY OTHER SPORT THAT'S BEING PLAYED AT THE FOOTBALL STADIUMS. THIS IS ALSO BENEFICIAL IN THAT IT ENABLES SOME FURTHER CELL PHONE ACCESS FOR STUDENT USE IN CASE THEY ARE IN A FOOTBALL FIELD.

A LOT OF OUR FOOTBALL FIELDS DO NOT GET VERY GOOD CELL RECEPTION, SO THAT ENABLES THEM TO HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THEIR FAMILIES OFF HOURS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO WE HAVE COMPLETED THAT EXTENSION.

THERE IS ALSO SOME BENEFIT THERE TO THE PUBLIC IN TERMS OF CELL PHONE ACCESS AND TICKETING FOR OUR FOOTBALL GAMES.

BUT OUR PRIMARY GOAL THERE IS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE LEARNING.

WE AGAIN, WE HAVE 200 MORE PROMETHEAN PANELS TO INSTALL THIS YEAR.

WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO COMPLETING OUR SYNERGY SE PLATFORM CONVERSION FROM VIRGINIA IEP.

SO WE ARE GOING BACK TO SYNERGY FROM OUR PREVIOUS PRODUCT.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF BUGS TO WORK OUT THIS WEEK, MAYBE NEXT WEEK, BUT WE HAVE A PLANS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT GOES SMOOTHLY.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT AUDIO ENHANCEMENT.

AGAIN, ADDITIONAL VOICE OVER IP CONVERSIONS TO CONVERT OUR OLD COPPER LINE BASED CELL PHONE OR EXCUSE ME, CELL PHONE SYSTEMS TO INTERNET BASED SYSTEMS, IMPROVING CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD THE WORD CELL BOOSTER IN A WHILE.

FOR A WHILE WE ARE STILL INSTALLING THOSE THE NOT WE, BUT THE SECURITY DEPARTMENT IS INSTALLING CELL BOOSTERS.

BUT WE HAVE ALSO STARTED TO IMPLEMENT A SOFTWARE BASED CELL BOOSTING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PILOTING AND TRYING OUT THIS YEAR.

IT'S CALLED PASSPOINT.

IT'S ACTIVE AS WE SPEAK IN OUR BUILDINGS AND WE HAVE SOME COMMUNICATION TO SEND OUT ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE PROVIDED A SOFTWARE CELL BOOST THAT WILL ENHANCE COMMUNICATION FOR MOST OF OUR USERS.

RIGHT NOW, NOT ALL OF THEM.

WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR SOME CELL PHONE PROVIDERS SUCH AS VERIZON TO GET ON BOARD WITH THIS TECHNOLOGY.

BUT WE BELIEVE THAT BETWEEN T-MOBILE AND SPRINT AND THE MVNOS THAT MAKE UP THOSE NETWORKS THAT WE HAVE A LOT MORE COVERAGE THAN WE WOULD HAVE HAD BEFORE. WE ARE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING OUR OWN PURCHASED CELL PHONES TO T-MOBILE TO UTILIZE THAT PASSPOINT TECHNOLOGY.

I FORGOT WHERE I WAS. OH, THERE RELATIONSHIPS WITH VENDORS.

YOU KNOW, WE RUN A FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE SHOP COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS THAT WE HAVE AND THE NUMBER OF DEVICES WE HAVE.

WE SERVE AND PROCESS OVER 100,000 DEVICES NOW, AND WE HAVE 30 PEOPLE IN THE FIELD SUPPORTING THOSE AND WE HAVE ANOTHER 30 IN THE BACKGROUND SUPPORTING THEM AND SUPPORTING ALL THE OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE DO.

SO IT IS TIME FOR US TO REALLY CONSIDER WORKING WITH VENDORS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STAFF, ADDITIONAL CONTRACT WORK, EVEN TSA WORK, INTERNS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THAT WORKLOAD DOWN AND SOME OF THE MORE MONOTONOUS THINGS THAT WE DO, SUCH AS LIKE INVENTORY MANAGEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT, TO HAND THOSE THINGS OFF TO OTHER PEOPLE.

SO WE'LL BE INVESTIGATING THAT THIS YEAR.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE IMPROVING PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.

WE'RE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

AND BECAUSE WE MOVE SO FAST AND BECAUSE WE ADAPT SO FAST, WE ALWAYS HAVE TO UPDATE THOSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WHICH ARE OFTEN FORGOTTEN.

SO THAT'S ONE OF MY TASKS AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, TIM.

THAT WAS GREAT. AND COMING WAY UNDER 90 MINUTES, I FEEL LIKE YOU OVERSOLD IT.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

SO I HAVE.

I KNOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN HEARING.

YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT CELL BOOSTERS.

[LAUGHTER] I HAVE FOR A WHILE. IT'S BEEN SUMMER.

SO I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT MY FRIENDS THAT ARE KIND OF I DON'T THEY'RE NOT EXPERIENCING, I GUESS, LIKE THE BOWL ISSUE THAT I THINK SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE STRUGGLING WITH JUST GEOGRAPHICALLY.

IT'S DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO RECEIVE A SIGNAL.

BUT THESE SCHOOLS ARE JUST LOCATED IN DEAD CELL ZONES.

AND IT'S NOT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE GEO FENCE OR ANY OF THAT.

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RIGHT. ZERO TIMES 1000 IS STILL YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A SIGNAL.

WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY ARE IN A DEAD ZONE THAT IS OUT OF, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF PUTTING A TOWER, YOU KNOW, WHICH I DON'T EVEN WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOT A POSSIBILITY, RIGHT.

WITH THE 5G NETWORK THE SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MORE TOWERS.

THEY'RE INTERESTED IN MESH ENVIRONMENTS, WHICH THEY STILL ARE NOT REALLY INTERESTED IN DOING FOR US.

I BELIEVE THAT THE SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE HAVE DONE TO BOOST CELL PHONES USES THE INTERNET INSTEAD OF CELL TOWERS TO ENABLE CELL CONNECTIVITY ON PHONES.

SO IT USES OUR INTERNAL NETWORK AS A BRIDGE TO THE CELLULAR NETWORK.

IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM SOMETHING CALLED WI-FI CALLING.

WI-FI CALLING IS WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOG INTO MY WI-FI NETWORK AND ATTEMPT TO USE IT.

THIS IS A NEW TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S BEING USED IN A LOT OF LARGER RETAIL ENVIRONMENTS.

IT'S BEING USED IN HOSPITALS AND AIRPORTS, AND IT IS A PASS THROUGH.

IT'S A COMPLETE PASS THROUGH.

SO IF YOU ARE ON OUR CAMPUS, YOU WILL UTILIZE THIS SERVICE AND IT WILL JUST BE TRANSPARENT TO THE USER.

AGAIN, NOT FOR VERIZON USERS YET.

WE HOPE THEY ARE RIGHT BEHIND LIKE TOMORROW COULD MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO, BUT THEY'RE NOT ON BOARD YET.

BUT WE'VE BEEN TESTING THIS.

IT WORKS GREAT.

WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT FAIL NECESSARILY.

THE FAILURE WOULD BE IF OUR WI-FI GOES OUT, IF OUR NETWORK GOES OUT, IF OUR POWER GOES OUT.

SO IT IS NOT A PERFECT SOLUTION IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE, OH, WELL, NOW IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY, EVERYBODY CAN LOG IN.

WELL, NO, YOU'LL STILL OVERLOAD THE NETWORK.

YOU'LL STILL IF WE LOSE POWER, YOU STILL WON'T HAVE CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY.

SO WE THINK IT'S A DAY TO DAY OPERATIONAL FIX.

BUT THE CELL BOOSTERS ARE STILL THERE.

THE PHYSICAL BOOSTERS ARE STILL THERE FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY ASPECT TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE RAVE APP FROM THE OFFICE AND TO REPORT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

WE ARE NOT RELYING ON THE SOFTWARE BASED SOLUTION TO REPLACE THAT, IT'S JUST AN AUGMENTATION.

THIS IS FOR THE TEACHERS TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY, FOR STAFF TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY, AND STUDENTS WILL ALSO BENEFIT FROM IT.

OF COURSE THEY WILL. RIGHT.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BRINGING THAT UP AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS THAT I'M HEARING FROM SOME FROM FOLKS CANDIDLY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU KNOW, AT GORDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND YOU MENTIONED AT THE OLD COPPER, I THINK THAT WAS WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS.

IT'S AN OLD COPPER LANDLINE.

BAD WEATHER COMES THROUGH.

EVERY TIME IT RAINS. EVERY TIME IT RAINS.

OR EVEN A HARD DEW.

[LAUGHTER] PARTICULARLY HUMID DAY.

AND THEY LOSE PHONE SERVICE AND THE PHONES GO DOWN.

THEY'RE IN A DEAD ZONE.

SO IN THAT SITUATION, THIS SOFTWARE THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING CAN HELP BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN.

WELL, I MEAN, THE VOICE OVER INTERNET, I THINK IS THE LAND LINE SOLUTION.

BUT SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS ALL AT ONCE, RIGHT? SO WE ARE REPLACING THE PHONE SYSTEMS FOR THE PHYSICAL PICKUP A HANDSET PHONE, THAT IS JUST A NORMAL CYCLICAL THING THAT WE ARE DOING THAT WE'LL START NOW DOING IN SCHOOLS.

NOW THAT WE'VE TESTED IT IN TRANSPORTATION, WE'VE TESTED IT IN PLACES LIKE CTC AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE ARE NOW GOING TO START MOVING TOWARDS THE LARGER ENVIRONMENTS.

SOME OF OUR SCHOOLS ALREADY UTILIZE A TYPE OF THAT ENVIRONMENT.

THEY GO THROUGH CTC TO GET OUT, BUT THIS IS ABOUT PROVIDING ACTUALLY A CLOUD BASED SOLUTION.

SO THAT'S ONE WAY.

THE OTHER WAY IS THE CELL BOOSTERS.

PEOPLE DO. IF YOU'RE NEAR THE OFFICE, YOU WILL ALSO UTILIZE THE BOOSTER ON YOUR CELL PHONE.

BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN A CLASSROOM, NO WINDOWS, NO NOTHING, THEY'RE IN AN INTERIOR CLASSROOM, IN THE LIBRARY, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE THEY HAVE NO ACCESS.

THIS SOFTWARE SOLUTION SHOULD ENABLE THEIR CELL PHONE TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION.

OKAY, FANTASTIC.

AND I'M HEARING IT, TOO, FROM SWIFT CREEK ELEMENTARY.

AND I FEEL PROBABLY A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE BUILT WITH THAT.

THERE'S NO OTHER WAY A BUNKER DESIGN.

YEAH. THAT THAT THAT DESIGN OF THE BUILDING HAS IT'S EVEN WORSE NOW THAN IT'S EVER BEEN BECAUSE THE THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS THAT ARE MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT ALSO TEND TO BLOCK CELL SIGNALS. OF COURSE THEY DO.

WELL, THANKS SO MUCH, TIM.

APPRECIATE YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

I HAVE SOME. SORRY.

SORRY. NOT SO FAST.

OH, KATHRYN.

OH, MISS HAINES. I JUST.

I KNEW IT. WE LOCKED EYES FOR A SECOND.

I WAS LIKE, OH, SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING. OKAY.

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IT'S YOUR FAULT [LAUGHTER] YEAH, I WILL.

I WILL CONCUR WITH DOT'S COMMENT.

WE ARE STILL HEARING AND SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE SOFTWARE BOOST.

JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.

BUT EVEN THE TEACHER THAT IS STAYING AFTER WORK, WHICH MANY OF THEM DO TO GRADE PAPERS OR WHATEVER IT IS, SHOULD BE ABLE TO CHECK IN WITH FAMILY, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER THEY THEY NEED TO DO.

SO NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU, I'M SORRY, BUT WE'VE ALSO KIND OF LOOKED AT THIS AS A SAFETY ISSUE.

OH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ENABLE FACEBOOK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT HAS NEVER BEEN OUR DRIVING FORCE.

IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE.

WE ARE WE ARE WORKING WITH CHESTERFIELD EMERGENCY SERVICES AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS STILL TRANSMITS THINGS LIKE 9-1-1 DATA AND THOSE THINGS TO THE COUNTY. SO WE'VE ALWAYS KIND OF BEEN TREATING IT AS A SAFETY THING.

THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THAT.

AND THEN THE AUDIO ENHANCEMENT, I WILL ADMIT I'VE BEEN A BIT OF A SKEPTIC JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A TIGHT BUDGET, I SEE $1 MILLION DOLLARS AND I THINK, AND.

SO I'M CURIOUS IF WE'RE TRACKING DATA TO WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE IMPACT ON THE STUDENTS AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S MEASURED.

SO THIS ISN'T JUST ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRY NEW THINGS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT BRINGS VALUE ADDED BENEFITS TO STUDENTS.

FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, THERE WOULDN'T BE A WHOLE LOT OF DATA THAT I CAN TRACK.

I THINK THAT ACADEMICALLY AND CHIEF OF SCHOOLS MAY BE ABLE TO TRACK THE EMOTIONAL IMPACT, THE SOCIAL IMPACT.

WE CAN SURVEY STUDENTS TO SEE HOW THEY'RE UTILIZING.

WE DID THOSE THINGS DURING THE PILOT, THAT'S WHY WE EXPANDED THE PILOT.

SO I THINK ON A LARGER SCALE, WE CERTAINLY NEED TO REINFORCE THAT AS WE DO ANOTHER PILOT IN THE SPRING OF THIS YEAR FOR FIVE MORE SCHOOLS.

SO I HOPE WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SEEING BENEFIT THERE, MORE SO THAN JUST THE VENDOR TELLING US THERE'S BENEFIT.

RIGHT. VENDORS LIKE TO DO THAT.

RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND MAYBE A FUTURE PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD.

AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT IS, I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE MOVED BEYOND ASSIGNING THE PERSON TO THE BUILDING BECAUSE I DID.

IT WAS MANY YEARS AGO. HAVE THE KID THAT STOMPED THE BUILDING TECH AND WE HAD TO WAIT LITERALLY DAYS IN ORDER TO GET SOMEONE ELSE OUT OF THE BUILDING ASSIGNED TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO OPERATE AS ONE TEAM AND NOT SILOED.

AND I LOVE THAT.

THAT'S 21ST CENTURY TECH.

SO THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO DON'T MAKE EYE CONTACT. [LAUGHTER] JUST GOING TO TURN AWAY. WELL, JUST TO WRAP THAT UP, DR.

HIGH WILL FOLLOW UP WITH ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT PERTAIN TO THE PRIOR SCHOOL YEAR, TOO.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE FOCUS HAS SHIFTED AT THIS POINT INTO THE NEXT YEAR.

AND THERE ARE SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AS YOU HEARD THEM ARTICULATE, WHETHER IT'S THE LITERACY PLAN, DEVELOPMENT THAT'S NOW TURNED INTO FRUITION WITH MATERIAL ARRIVAL. AND YOU WILL HEAR THAT PRESENTATION TONIGHT, TOO, WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT TEACHER TRAINING AND THE READINESS LEVEL SO WE CAN START SHIFTING THE DYNAMICS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM.

ERP PROJECT THAT WILL UNDERCUT AND UNDERSCORE ALMOST EVERY OPERATIONAL FEATURE WITHIN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AS WELL AS THE COUNTY ITSELF.

THE ITEACH PROGRAM COMING IN TO HELP ACCELERATE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT DO WE HAVE NOT JUST TALENTED AND ANXIOUS PEOPLE TO BE IN HERE, BUT PEOPLE WITH THE SKILL SET THAT WE WANT IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS.

PARTICIPATE PROGRAM, I MEAN, THE WORK AND THE HOURS THAT WENT INTO THAT, BUT ALSO JUST SEEING THE EXCITEMENT OF THOSE FOLKS THAT KIM MENTIONED ABOUT THE 29 AND I'M SURE THE 30TH BODY WILL PROVIDE THAT TOO WHEN THEY ARRIVE HERE AND JUST SEEING HOW AMAZING IT IS AND HEARING THEIR STORIES ALREADY ANECDOTALLY ABOUT, WOW, THIS IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO BE IN.

SOMETIMES WE NEED TO BE REMINDED OF THAT LENS TOO.

TURF FIELDS, THEY TALKED ABOUT CUTTING THE STRINGS ON THAT PART, BUT AGAIN, JUST ENHANCING THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

THE BOND REFERENDUM, PROJECT STATUS AND WALKING THROUGH THOSE BUILDINGS, THE NEXT LEVEL OF CYBERSECURITY PROJECTS AND ENHANCEMENT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT ON THE HORIZON, A LOT OF UPBEAT POSITIVITY AS WE STEP INTO THE YEAR.

BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T FORGET THAT FOCUS; IT WILL BE ON KIDS, IT'S ON STUDENTS ARRIVING.

AND AGAIN, THOSE WONDERFUL TEACHERS THAT HAVE STARTED WITH WORK WEEK THIS WEEK WE'RE ANXIOUS TO HEAR THEIR STORIES, TOO, AS WE WORK TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE SUPPORTS THIS YEAR, TOO. SO WITH THAT, WE DO CLOSE OUT OUR OPENING PRESENTATION AT THIS POINT.

AND MADAM CHAIR, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WE CAN RESPOND TO? NO, EYE CONTACT.

YEAH, NO EYE CONTACT, JUST A THANK YOU.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE CHIEFS FOR THEIR UPDATES AND ALL THE INFORMATION.

EXCITED TO START THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR NEXT MONDAY.

SO THANK YOU.

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[D. Position on Artificial Intelligence in Teaching and Learning]

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

DAUGHERTY. I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY THIS AFTERNOON TO TALK ABOUT A TOPIC THAT'S BEEN MUCH ON THE MIND OF EDUCATORS RECENTLY, AND THAT'S ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR AI.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PRESENTATION, IT'S NOT A COMPUTER SCIENCE LESSON.

IT'S NOT AI AND THE HISTORY OF IT.

IT'S MUCH MORE NARROWLY FOCUSED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH AN INSTRUCTIONAL AS OPPOSED TO AN OPERATIONAL LENS.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT AI TO DATE IN CHESTERFIELD SCHOOLS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE CHALLENGES AND THE SUPPORTS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING FOR SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. SO OUR STUDENTS GROW UP IN A WORLD WHERE THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY WITH NOTHING BUT THE ICONS ON THE SCREEN.

THESE ARE IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZABLE AND THEY'RE WRAPPED AROUND THE WORLDS OF OUR STUDENTS TODAY, VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS, THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA, THEIR MAPPING SOFTWARE.

I CHALLENGE TO FIND A TEENAGER THAT CAN FIND THEIR DIRECTION ANYWHERE WITHOUT GOOGLE MAPS TODAY, BUT THESE HAVE JUST BECOME PART OF DAY IN LIFE, IN SOCIETY FOR FOR OUR STUDENTS.

NOW, THEY MAY NOT RECOGNIZE IT AS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND, BUT THEY INTERACT WITH IT EVERY DAY.

IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WHEN THEY COME INTO THE TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT, THEY ALSO INTERACT WITH IT EVERY DAY, THOUGH THEY MAY NOT REALIZE IT.

WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT BUILDING OUR DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM OVER A DECADE.

WE'VE BEEN LEADERS IN PROVIDING DEVICES.

WE'VE BEEN LEADERS IN PROVIDING INSTRUCTION AND THE APPLICATIONS TO USE WITH THOSE DEVICES.

FOR EXAMPLE, DREAMBOX MATH STUDENTS HAVE INTERACTED WITH DREAMBOX MATH FOR OVER A DECADE, AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICATIONS THAT OUR STUDENTS AT THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL INTERACT WITH ON A DAILY BASIS.

THOUGH THEY DON'T REALIZE IT IN THE BACKGROUND, THERE'S SOPHISTICATED ALGORITHMS THAT ARE DOING THINGS FOR STUDENTS THAT TEACHERS WOULD FIND VERY DIFFICULT TO DO, LIKE TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THINGS LIKE WAIT TIME, RIGHT, WRONG ANSWER THE NATURE OF THE WRONG ANSWER, WHETHER THEY TOOK A HINT, WHETHER THAT HINT HELPED THEM. AND THIS ISN'T LIKE A DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF OLD WHERE LIKE THEY DO SOMETHING ONE TIME AND THEN IT KIND OF CHARTS A PATH FOR THEM.

THIS IS WITH EVERY MOUSE CLICK, EVERY INTERACTION, EVERYTHING THEY DO IN THE APPLICATION IS DECIDING THE NEXT THING THEY'RE EXPOSED TO, THEIR LEVEL OF READINESS FOR CONTENT AND WHERE THEY NEED HELP.

THESE APPLICATIONS EVEN IDENTIFY WHEN SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN THIS APPLICATION, IN THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE, ISN'T CONNECTING WITH THE STUDENT.

THEY NEED A HUMAN BEING.

IT AUTOMATICALLY NOTIFIES THE TEACHER THAT THEY NEED TO BE IN INTERVENTION HERE.

HERE'S WHERE THEY STRUGGLED, HERE'S WHERE THEY ARE AND HERE'S WHY THEY NEED YOU.

SO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE USE OF IT IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ISN'T NEW.

IN FACT, IT'S BEEN VERY DELIBERATE IN OVER A DECADE.

WHAT HAPPENED VERY RECENTLY, THAT KIND OF TRIGGERED A LOT OF ATTENTION AND BY A LOT OF ATTENTION, I MEAN, EVERY DIVISION, EDUCATIONAL DIVISION AROUND THE AREA TO CREATE A POSITION PAPER, YOU CAN'T GO TO AN EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE THAT DOESN'T HAVE AI KEYNOTES OR THEMES OR TOPICS.

EVERYBODY HAS KIND OF HEADLINES AND DO'S AND DON'TS.

WAS THE INTRODUCTION OF CHATGPT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS A SPECIFIC TYPE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATIVE AI.

THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS ONE COMPARED TO ALL THE AI THAT STUDENTS HAVE INTERACTED WITH IN THE PAST, IS THAT THE USERS INTERFACING WITH IT IN A VERY DIRECT WAY. IT'S NOT OPERATING IN THE BACKGROUND.

IT'S VERY CLEAR TO THE USER.

THEY'RE LIKE, I'M APPLYING, I'M CREATING SOMETHING.

IT MAY BE A PAPER, A PAINTING, A PICTURE, BUT THEY'RE ASKING THIS SOFTWARE TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE, AND THE SOFTWARE IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD AT IT.

AND IT DOES IT WELL.

SO THIS OBVIOUSLY CREATES SOME CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT EVEN THIS ISN'T REALLY NEW.

TEN OR SO YEARS AGO CAME THROUGH WITH MUCH LESS ATTENTION AND VERY LITTLE FANFARE WAS PHOTOMATH.

THIS ALLOWS STUDENTS WITH A PHONE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF A MATH PROBLEM, WHETHER IT'S ON AN ENVELOPE, CHICKEN SCRATCH, THE CHALKBOARD, A COMPUTER SCREEN OR WHATEVER, AND IT CRANKS OUT AN ANSWER.

AND YOU MIGHT SAY, WELL, THE TEACHER WILL JUST SAY, SHOW ME THE WORK.

WELL, IT SHOWS THE WORK AND IT SHOWS THE WORK A SECOND WAY AND IT SHOWS THE WORK A THIRD WAY, AND THEN IT SHOWS YOU VIDEOS ON HOW TO ARRIVE AT THAT ANSWER YOURSELF.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW CHATGPT IS KIND OF PLAYED OUT AND BEEN RECEIVED IN PHOTOMATH TEN YEARS AGO IS LIKE PHOTOMATH KIND OF

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AND WHEN YOU GO INTO THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS NOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF MATH TEACHERS THAT SEE THIS AS LIKE A PRIMARY CHALLENGE.

AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT SEE THIS AS A PRIMARY ADVANTAGE.

AND THESE TWO THINGS, GENERATIVE AI ARE MUCH LIKE THE SAME CHALLENGES WITH NEW FACES THAT WE'VE HAD ALL ALONG.

CALCULATORS AT ONE POINT IN TIME GO BACK FURTHER NOTE PASSING.

HOW DO WE KNOW A KID KNOWS WHAT THEY KNOW? CALCULATORS, SEARCH ENGINES, NOW CHATGPT AND PHOTOMATH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO FAMILIAR CHALLENGES, NEW FACES.

SO THE RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT THESE ARE THE PRIMARY CHALLENGES.

AND THE TWO HIGHLIGHTED THERE, ACADEMIC INTEGRITY AND STUDENT OVERRELIANCE ON THE TOOL LIKE TO THE EXCLUSION OF NOT DEVELOPING THE SKILLS ARE THE TWO THINGS THAT ARE MOST ON THE MIND OF TEACHERS.

SO ACADEMIC INTEGRITY, SECURITY AND DATA PRIVACY.

THERE'S LOTS OF CAUTION TO BE EXERCISED IN THIS AREA.

TEACHER OVERRELIANCE.

THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA THAT LIKE BECAUSE IT CAN MAKE ME A LESSON PLAN THAT MAYBE IT'S A GOOD LESSON PLAN, MAYBE IT IS MAYBE IT ISN'T.

EQUITABLE ACCESS INAPPROPRIATE OR BIAS CONTENT.

SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES I'VE REFERENCED ALREADY, WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE HIGHLY PERSONALIZED EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS TO REPLICATE.

THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN THE AREA OF TAKING LOTS OF DIFFERENT DISPARATE SOURCES OF DATA AND ANALYZING THEM AND COMING UP WITH ANOTHER COURSE OF ACTION.

ALREADY AUTOMATED TUTORS ARE A THING LESSON GENERATION.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE CATEGORY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO BE AWARE OF AND TO EXPLORE.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND WHEN I SAY WE, THIS HAS BEEN A CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT.

AND IN ADDITIONALLY, DR.

DAUGHERTY'S GOT A GROUP TOGETHER ACROSS THE STATE OF MAJOR DIVISIONS SO THAT WE'RE NOT MOVING INDEPENDENTLY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE THINGS.

WE'RE MOVING LOCKSTEP, WE'RE SHARING RESOURCES.

BUT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO CREATE A COMMON FOOTING FROM WHICH TO OPERATE.

WE'VE CREATED A DIVISION POSITION PAPER.

WE'VE PRESENTED TO OUR PRINCIPALS, WE'VE PRESENTED TO OUR INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS.

WE'VE CREATED SOME DIGESTIBLE ITEMS TOO, INFOGRAPHICS, ONE PAGERS FOR OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR TEACHERS.

AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE CONTENT AND COMMUNICATING WITH OTHER DIVISIONS AROUND THE STATE.

SOME GOOD NEWS IS OUR EXISTING POLICIES AND PRACTICES ARE PERFECTLY SUFFICIENT FOR ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS OF THE TIME.

WE HAVE A STUDENT AND PARENT HANDBOOK THAT ADDRESSES ACADEMIC INTEGRITY.

THERE ISN'T A NEED FOR A DIFFERENT POLICY.

THIS ADDRESSES THAT.

WE HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY.

WE HAVE ACCEPTABLE USE TRAINING MODULES.

THEY HANDLE AND ADDRESS THE VERY SAME ISSUES.

AND IF TEACHERS KNOW MORE THAN ADHERE TO OUR EXISTING APPLICATION APPROVAL POLICY, THINGS AREN'T BEING USED WITH STUDENTS THAT SHOULDN'T BE USED WITH STUDENTS. PERFECTLY ADEPT TO HANDLING THAT.

I THINK ONE OF THE GREATEST ASSETS AND THINGS OF MOST IMPORTANCE MOVING FORWARD IS A RE EMPHASIS OF OUR DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM.

WE HAVE A ROBUST DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM.

K 12 SCHOOLS HAVE ACCESS TO GOOD CONTENT, EASY TO USE, AND JUST REMINDING SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT, EDUCATING STUDENTS ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE IN THIS WORLD WITH NEW CHANGES.

A LOT OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE'RE GOING TO YOU'LL SEE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IS KIND OF A THEME THROUGH HERE.

AND WORKING WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING DEPARTMENT AND OUR CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT TEACHERS UNDERSTAND WHAT AI IS SO IT'S NOT MAGIC AND IT'S NOT MYSTERIOUS AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING TO BE AFRAID OF.

WE ALSO WANT THEM TO KNOW THE NUANCES OF HOW IT RELATES TO THEIR SPECIFIC ACADEMIC CONTENT.

AND WHEN WE GET TO A POINT, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE EXEMPLARS, LESSON EXEMPLARS, MODEL LESSONS, CONCEPTS LIKE THAT.

SO SOME KEY KIND OF TAKEAWAYS FROM THE INFORMATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY.

IT PERVADES LIFE.

STUDENTS ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT, WHETHER THEY REALIZE IT OR NOT.

IT OPERATES IN THE BACKGROUND AND ON A DAILY BASIS.

EVEN IN SCHOOLS, THEY'VE BEEN INTERACTING WITH IT FOR OVER A DECADE.

THERE'LL BE CHALLENGES.

THERE'LL BE OPPORTUNITIES.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE'LL NAVIGATE TOGETHER OVER TIME.

AND SCHOOLS CAN EXPECT TO BE SUPPORTED AND TEACHERS CAN BE EXPECT TO BE SUPPORTED.

SO I WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

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BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SO I KNOW YOU HAVE IN YOUR PREVIOUS SLIDE INFORMATION ABOUT PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR OUR TEACHERS.

WHAT ABOUT CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR STUDENTS? AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE PARENT STUDENT HANDBOOK, BUT CONVERSATIONS AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL ABOUT CHATGPT AND HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE MONITORED AND SO FORTH.

SO THOSE CONVERSATIONS, I THINK ARE BEST HANDLED THROUGH DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP AND OUR DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM.

AND IDEALLY, AND WE EMPHASIZE THIS WITH TEACHERS AS WELL, RATHER THAN STANDALONE LESSONS LIKE THAT, SAY THIS IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND HERE'S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. AND BACK TO ENGLISH OR BACK TO MATH.

WE ENCOURAGE OUR TEACHERS, LIKE IN THE MOMENT BEFORE I PUT A STUDENT IN A DISCUSSION BOARD, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE RIGHT WAY TO DO THIS, THE WRONG WAY TO DO THIS.

WHAT'S FAIR PLAY? WHAT'S NOT FAIR PLAY.

SO WE ENCOURAGE TEACHERS AND WE PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ON THAT ALL ALONG.

THAT'S THE BEST WHEN IT'S RELEVANT TO A STUDENT.

IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT, THE MINIMUM IS THAT WE HAVE A DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM THAT WILL TRACK AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IMPLEMENTED ACROSS SCHOOLS.

AND IT'S BEEN UPDATED VERY RECENTLY TO INCLUDE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

SO I APPRECIATE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN CALCULATORS AND PHOTOMATH AND THE THINGS THAT ARE GONE BEFORE.

BUT OR AND I'VE ALSO NOTICED A RESPONSE THAT IS DIFFERENT TO TO THOSE THINGS.

FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN IN VIRGINIA, LARGE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BANNING AI.

SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT AI.

SO I WAS CURIOUS WHAT AND I APPRECIATE THE NEXT STEPS LIST AND WHAT THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE IS.

YEAH. IF THERE IS KIND OF A TIMELINE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE NEXT STEPS FOR FOR THOSE THAT BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS LIKE BANNING THAT RAISE A SENSE OF CONCERN SO AND EVEN MAYBE PUSHING OUT AS PART YOU KNOW HOW TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH YOUR KID FOR PARENTS ETCETERA ETCETERA.

YEAH. SO ON BANNING THAT WAS AN INITIAL REACTION FROM A LOT OF SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND GOT A LOT OF PUBLIC ATTENTION.

AND I WOULD SAY IN LOOKING ACROSS DIVISIONS AND TALKING IN THIS COOPERATIVE GROUP THAT DR.

DAUGHERTY IS CONNECTED, THAT PROBABLY REPRESENTS A ONE EXTREME WITH THE OTHER BEING LIKE, HEY, JUST LET'S ROLL, LET'S JUMP IN AND GET GOING AND GET STUDENTS USING THIS AS EXCITING, WHICH IS PROBABLY ANOTHER EXTREME.

WE ARE PROBABLY JUST A LITTLE THIS SIDE OF THAT.

WE'RE EXERCISING CAUTION AROUND STUDENT DATA PRIVACY.

WE COULDN'T BLOCK IT THROUGH WEB FILTERING.

WE COULDN'T BLOCK THEIR HOME ACCESS, WE COULDN'T BLOCK THEIR PHONE.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT TEACHERS WILL NEED SUPPORT.

AND QUITE HONESTLY, I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN OUR TEACHERS, JUST LIKE WITH PHOTOMATH AND MATH, THAT THEY'RE PRACTITIONERS, THEY'RE IN THE FIELD, THEY ADJUST AND HAVE A TIMELINE.

I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T ADDRESS TIMELINE.

SO A LOT OF THE STUFF AROUND COMMON MESSAGING SO THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE PREPARED TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR HAS HAPPENED BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY GUIDANCE PEOPLE WOULD MAKE IT UP AND IT MIGHT LOOK DIFFERENT AT 64 DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.

SO WE'VE BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT CATCHING THOSE PLACES WHERE INFORMATION IS DISSEMINATED.

THE POSITION PAPER WAS NECESSARY IN THE BEGINNING TO KIND OF SAY THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE ABOUT THIS, THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE ARE FOR OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES AND THESE ARE THE SUPPORTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

FROM THERE WE SHARED THAT WITH AT THE ADMINISTRATOR RETREAT ON AUGUST 2ND WITH ALL BUILDING ADMINISTRATORS AND INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS ON AUGUST 3RD AND THOSE DIGESTIBLE KINDS OF DO'S DON'TS.

HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT AT THIS TIME, AND HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T ARE BEING PASSED OUT DURING WORK WEEK.

WE'RE PROVIDING A VIDEO TO TEACHERS DIRECTLY TO TEACHERS THAT WE'RE FILMING TOMORROW, THAT WILL BE KIND OF A HEY, HERE'S HOW WE'RE APPROACHING AI AND HERE'S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT. AND THE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO KIND OF TRICKLE OUT THROUGH THE YEAR.

I'VE BEEN OUT OF TOWN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, SO I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IF IT WAS SENT TO THE BOARD, BUT I WOULD APPRECIATE SEEING THE POSITION STATEMENT JUST SO WE CAN KIND OF KEEP ABREAST OF SORT OF WHERE WE ARE AND JUST THINGS.

THANKS SO MUCH. OKAY.

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

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

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

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE ITEMS FOR TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION.

[F. Adjournment into Closed Session]

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.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

RYAN HARTER? AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. ANN COKER.

AYE. WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

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 AND 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.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

RYAN HARTER. AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. ANN COKER.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST PERSONNEL MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/01-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.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE. RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. ANN COKER.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.

IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/02-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.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

RYAN HARTER. AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. ANN COKER.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.

IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/03-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.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

RYAN HARTER. AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. ANN COKER.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.

IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/04-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.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

RYAN HARTER. AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES. AYE.

ANN COKER AYE.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/05-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.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE. RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. ANN COKER.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.

IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/06-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.

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

RYAN HARTER. AYE.

KATHRYN HAINES. AYE.

ANN COKER. AYE.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER.

IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/07-HR IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENTS RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

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

DOT HEFFRON. AYE.

RYAN HARTER.

AYE. KATHRYN HAINES.

AYE. ANN COKER.

AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.