[A. Meeting Opening - 6:30 p.m.]
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I CALL THE CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING, FOR JANUARY 12TH, 2024, OUR OFFICIAL SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING. AND, LIKE TO WELCOME ALL THAT ARE HERE AND ALL THAT ARE LISTENING.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK LISA HUDGINS FOR THE INVOCATION.
OH, GOD, AS WE GATHER TODAY TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY, MAY WE BE GUIDED BY WISDOM, COMPASSION, AND A SHARED COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING AND GROWTH OF EVERY STUDENT.
LET US WORK TOGETHER WITH COURAGE AND PURPOSE TO CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT NURTURES LEARNING, FOSTERS COLLABORATION, AND BUILDS A FOUNDATION FOR SUCCESS. AMEN.
BEFORE THIS AFTERNOON'S INVOCATION, THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE PASSING OF MICHAEL ANDERSON, A CUSTODIAN DAY PORTER AT CARVER MIDDLE SCHOOL WHO ORIGINALLY JOINED CCPS ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2013.
THE PASSING OF MARION TRENT, A BUS DRIVER WHO JOINED CCPS ON AUGUST 31ST, 2000, AND THE PASSING OF WYATT FOWLER, A SOPHOMORE AT MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL WHO PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 30TH, 2023.
PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.
THANK YOU. NOW FOR THE FLAG SALUTE, DOMINIC CHATTERS, PLEASE JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[B. Election of Chair]
WE WILL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR NOMINATIONS FROM THE BOARD OF, FOR THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR 2024. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? DOCTOR DAUGHERTY I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE LISA MARTIN HUDGENS FOR CHAIR.AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE DOT HEFFRON FOR CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? OKAY. HEARING NONE, NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED.
WE WILL START WITH THE FIRST NOMINATION.
THE VOTE DOES NOT CARRY FOR THE SECOND NOMINATION OF, DOT HEFFRON AS BOARD CHAIR FOR 2024.
CONGRATULATIONS, MISS HEFFRON.
AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO ASK MISS HEFFRON AND MISS CHATTERS TO SWITCH POSITIONS.
IT WAS NICE BEING IN THE MIDDLE.
SPOT ON THE TABLE. MISS HEFFRON, CONGRATULATIONS AS THE BOARD CHAIR FOR THE 2024 YEAR.
AND I WILL TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DOCTOR DAUGHERTY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
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A VERY SINCERE THANK YOU TO ANN COKER FOR HER SERVICE TO CSPS FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS AS AN EXEMPLARY CHAIR OF THIS BOARD.YOU SET A HIGH STANDARD AND ARE DEFINITELY A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW.
I WILL DO MY BEST TO CONTINUE TO EARN AND DESERVE THE TRUST YOU'VE PLACED IN ME.
OUR SCHOOLS SERVE LEARNERS OF ALL ABILITIES, BACKGROUNDS, INCOMES, RELIGIONS AND VALUES.
IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS BOARD APPROACH OUR DELIBERATIONS AND POLICY MAKING WITH THIS IN MIND.
THERE'S NO PLACE FOR POLITICS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE MUST CHECK OUR PERSONAL POLITICAL AGENDAS AT THE MEETING ROOM DOOR.
THE PREVIOUS BOARDS TERM WAS DEFINED BY THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC.
THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND BEYOND OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BOARD TO EMPOWER CCPS LEADERS TO IMPLEMENT INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE LINGERING EFFECTS OF THE PANDEMIC ON OUR DIVISION.
WE ARE UNIQUELY POSITIONED TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP NECESSARY TO ALLOW CHESTERFIELD COUNTY TO STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AS A LEADER IN EDUCATION IN NOT ONLY THE COMMONWEALTH, BUT NATIONWIDE.
THESE NEXT FOUR YEARS ARE CRITICAL TIMES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION.
WE FACE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
GOTTA GET USED TO LEAVING THE MIC ON.
[C. Election of Vice Chair]
SO NOW THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR 2024.ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? YES. NOMINATE STEVE PARONTO.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? I NOMINATE ANN COKER.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL? ARE THERE SORRY? ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? AND HEARING NONE, THE NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL ROLL ON THE NOMINATION OF MR. PARONTO TO SERVE AS VICE CHAIR OF THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD FOR 2024? SO THE NAYS HAVE IT, AND MR. PARONTO HAS NOT BEEN ELECTED TO THE CHAIR, OR TO TO THE VICE CHAIR.
SO ANN COKER, WILL SERVE AS THE VICE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR 2024.
IT HAS BEEN AN HONOR TO BE IN THE CHAIR POSITION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT OVER THIS NEXT YEAR, WE CAN, ALL WORK TOGETHER AND, KIND OF HOLD TRUE TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR CCSP, WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS, WHAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, MISS COKER. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[D. Consent Agenda]
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THE CONSENT AGENDA INCLUDES THE AGENDA, ADOPTION APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE DECEMBER 12TH, 2023 WORK SESSION AND THE DECEMBER 12TH, 2023 BUSINESS MEETING.MEMO NUMBER 001 24 APPOINTMENT OF SCHOOL BOARD REPRESENTATIVES TO COMMITTEES AND REGIONAL PROGRAMS. APPOINTMENT OF CLERK AND DEPUTY CLERKS.
RESOLUTION TO BOND CLERK AND DEPUTY CLERKS.
APPOINTMENT OF AGENT AND DEPUTY AGENT.
RESOLUTION TO BOND AGENT AND DEPUTY AGENT.
AUTHORIZATION OF SIGNATURES IN ABSENCE OF SUPERINTENDENT.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA? MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FROM A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO SEPARATE AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AND INDIVIDUAL ACTION? OKAY. HEARING NONE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION?
[E. Public Comment]
NEXT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.FOR THIS MEETING, CITIZENS WERE GIVEN THE OPTION OF SUBMITTING THEIR COMMENTS ONLINE OR IN PERSON.
MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THIS EVENING'S IN-PERSON SPEAKERS? MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING.
MAY WE HAVE MICHAEL KARABINOS? EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.
NEW YEAR, NEW BOARD, NEW TERM.
AND LET'S START BY HOPING THAT YOUR TERM IS NOT AS EVENTFUL AS THE LAST TERM WAS, BECAUSE I THINK WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH ON OUR PLATE FROM THAT . AS MATOACA PARENT, I'LL ASK YOU THE SAME THING I ASKED THE LAST BOARD.
THAT EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE, AND THOSE SEATS IS IN THE SERVICE OF THE BEST INTEREST OF THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF THIS COUNTY. THAT YOU ACT AN INCLUSION, NOT AN EXCLUSION.
THAT YOU PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY AND NOT ROADBLOCKS.
THAT YOU OPEN MINDS RATHER THAN CLOSE THEM.
NOT PARANOIA THAT YOU LOOK FOR THE GREATER GOOD.
I BELIEVE THAT STUDENTS HAVE A FREEDOM TO READ.
SUPPORT OUR EDUCATORS, PAY OUR EDUCATORS, PAY OUR EDUCATORS.
IGNORE THE MANUFACTURED MORAL PANICS.
AND LET'S GET BACK TO THE REAL BUSINESS OF EDUCATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. KARABINOS. MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES THIS EVENING'S PUBLIC COMMENT.
[F. Superintendent's Report]
NEXT, WE HAVE THIS EVENING'S SUPERINTENDENT REPORT FROM DOCTOR DAUGHERTY.I'D LIKE TO SHARE A VIDEO FROM OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE SEAN SMITH TO COME AND PRESENT.
THEY PARTICIPATED IN A CONTEST TO CREATE THE BEST APPLE DISH.
THE WINNING RECIPE WILL BE SERVED AT MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIAS BEGINNING JANUARY 22ND.
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[VIDEO] WE ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE FARM TO SCHOOL MONTH CRUNCH HEARD AROUND THE WORLD COMPETITION.I HAVE FOUR GROUPS OF STUDENTS, TWO STUDENTS IN EACH GROUP, AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN PREPARING AND TESTING AND TRYING OUT DIFFERENT RECIPES THAT FEATURE APPLES. WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON OUR FARM TO SCHOOL PROGRAMING HERE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, AND THE CRUNCH HEARD AROUND THE COMMONWEALTH IS SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S SCHOOL NUTRITION DEPARTMENT REALLY TRIES TO EMPHASIZE IN ORDER TO KIND OF BRING FARM TO SCHOOL TO THE FOREFRONT IN CAFETERIA PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE SOME RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME GROWERS HERE IN THE STATE THAT PROVIDE US FRESH APPLES.
AND WE'RE ABLE TO GET OUT WITH THE STUDENTS AND GIVE THEM SOME AND HAVE THEM HAVE A LITTLE FRIENDLY COMPETITION WITH THE INTENT OF PUTTING SOME RECIPES ON OUR MENUS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED.
WE'VE TESTED A FEW RECIPES, SOME WORKED, SOME DIDN'T, AND WE JUST KIND OF SWITCHED UP WHATEVER WE NEED TO THROUGH OUR TESTING, AND WE HAVE OUR END RESULT TODAY. I FEEL LIKE IT'S LIKE MORE OF A PRACTICE, LIKE IF I WANTED TO BE A CHEF ONE DAY AND I HAVE SOME PEOPLE COME TO MY RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING, IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE A GOOD EXPERIENCE BECAUSE I ALREADY EXPERIENCED IT WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
IT PREPARES THEM FOR LIFE OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
I LOVE APPLES, I REALLY LOVE FRUIT IN GENERAL.
I WAS JUST SCARED IT WASN'T GONNA TURN OUT RIGHT BECAUSE OUR OTHER ONES DIDN'T TURN OUT RIGHT.
SO I WAS JUST, LIKE, VERY SCARED.
IT TURNS OUT BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS.
I THINK INITIALLY A LITTLE BIT OF NERVOUSNESS.
YOU SEE A BUNCH OF FOLKS WALK IN AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE JUDGING YOUR RECIPES.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE CONCERNING, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY SEEM VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
OVERALL, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL REMEMBER OUTSIDE OF JUST THE BOOKWORK, THE CLASSWORK, THE HOMEWORK, HAVING A HANDS ON OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING AND GETTING TO PARTICIPATE WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND JUST HAVE FUN, I THINK THEY'LL THEY'LL KEEP THAT EXPERIENCE CLOSE TO THEM.
THANK YOU, MR. SMITH AND DOCTOR DAUGHERTY.
BOARD MEMBERS. ARE ANY DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M JUST CURIOUS. WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE DISH? THE BAKED APPLE CRUMBLE.
IS THAT WHAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE MENU? WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL MY CHILDREN THAT IS A THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT IS THE THAT IS THE RECIPE.
BUT YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL THEM JUST TO LOOK OUT FOR IT.
THAT'S AWESOME. AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE TWO. WHERE'S THE RECIPE? ARE YOU GOING TO SHARE THAT WITH THE REST OF US? AND NUMBER TWO.
I DIDN'T GET MY CALL TO BE A JUDGE.
SO RECEIVING A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK TODAY.
AND SO I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO PONDER THAT AND TAKE IT BACK TO THE TEAM.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME WHILE I'M FIRST TIME BEHIND THE WHEEL.
[G. Items for Board Review]
NEXT WE HAVE ITEMS FOR BOARD REVIEW.MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING? AFTERNOON. MADAM CHAIR.
THIS AFTERNOON'S AGENDA INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FOR BOARD'S REVIEW.
NUMBER ONE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT FUNDS.
NUMBER TWO, FY 2024, NOVEMBER.
EXPENDITURES VERSUS APPROPRIATIONS.
NUMBER THREE BUDGET CHANGE REQUEST SUMMARY ACROSS CATEGORIES NOVEMBER 2023.
NUMBER FOUR, BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS.
NUMBER FIVE, PRE-K UPDATE NOVEMBER 2023.
NEXT WE HAVE THIS AFTERNOON'S SUPERINTENDENT'S REMARKS.
[H. Superintendent's Remarks]
DOCTOR DAUGHERTY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.[00:20:02]
FIRST OF ALL, BOARD MEMBERS, CONGRATULATIONS.LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR, GIVING ME ALL YOUR TIME.
I WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY FOR, YOU BEING INVOLVED BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE TIME AWAY.
AS YOU'RE INVOLVED IN MANY ACTIVITIES IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.
NEXT WEEK, THE JANUARY 14TH TO THE 20TH IS THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL PRINCIPALS APPRECIATION WEEK.
NEXT THURSDAY TO, HAVE OUR MONTHLY MEETING, BUT ALSO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION TO THEM AS WELL.
THEY WORK HARD. AND I THINK AS YOU GO OUT AND ABOUT THE SCHOOLS, YOU WILL SEE THE DEDICATION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAMS. SO WE'RE, WE WANT TO HONOR THEM AS WELL.
MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S ALL. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[I. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments]
NEXT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS.SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, OR COMMENTS? YES, MISS CHATTERS.
AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY THAT THE TOWN, THE BUDGET TOWN HALL FOR DALE DISTRICT WILL BE ON JANUARY 24TH AT MEADOWBROOK HIGH SCHOOL, SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF DALE DISTRICT TO ATTEND TO SHARE YOUR OPINIONS AND YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET CONSENSUS AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MISS CHATTERS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BOARD MEMBERS. OKAY.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER BUSINESS, ALL WE NEED IS A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.
CARRIES THE JANUARY 12TH, 2024 SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.