May 14, 2024 May 14, 2024 - Work Session - 1:00 p.m.

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GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS HEFFRON.

MISS COKER, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, DR.

[D. Reconvene - 3:00 p.m.]

THE AGENDA HERE SHOWS YOU THE OVERVIEW OF OUR SUMMER PROGRAMS, OUR PROGRAM DATES, SCHOOL SITES, AND THEN ADDITIONAL WAYS THAT STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS SUMMER SCHOOL

[E. Summer School]

IT'S TUITION FREE TO OUR CCPS STUDENTS WHO ARE MAKING PROGRESS BUT DID NOT MEET GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS.

TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BUS STOPS, AND BREAKFAST AND LUNCH WILL BE OFFERED TO STUDENTS AT ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS.

THE MEALS WILL BE FREE.

OUR SUMMER SCHOOL DATES AND TIMES.

YOU'LL SEE OUR SUMMER SCHOOL STARTS JUNE 24TH THROUGH JULY 18TH, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

IT'S 15 DAYS.

AND THEN ON JULY 25TH, OUR SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATION WILL BE HELD AT 6 P.M.

AT CTC AT HALL.

AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT.

FOR CCPS ONLINE.

FROM JUNE 17TH THROUGH JUNE 25TH, WE WILL BE OFFERING SUMMER SCHOOL FOR CSPS ONLINE STUDENTS, TYPICALLY FOR ACCELERATION.

OUR SCHOOL SITES THERE ARE 19 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND FIVE SECONDARY SITES, AND YOU WILL SEE THOSE SITES ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT IF YOU NOTICE OUR ELEMENTARY HAVE TWO TIERS.

THERE'S A TIER ONE FROM 730 TO 11:30 A.M.

AND THEN FOR TIER TWO FROM 9 TO 1.

AND WE DO THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WE HAVE ON BUSSES.

AND THEN OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL WILL BE HELD FROM 9 TO 1.

HERE YOU'LL SEE OUR ELEMENTARY SITES AGAIN.

THERE ARE 19 SITES, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THE ASTERISK REPRESENTS EXTENDED DAY CAMP SITES.

AND THERE ARE 13 SITES IN OUR TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.

AND THE CARROT REPRESENTS WHERE OUR CULTURAL, ARTS AND WORLD LANGUAGE CAMPS WILL BE HELD.

FOR OUR REGISTRATION.

OUR REGISTRATION IS DONE THROUGH PARENT VIEW, AND WE ASK PARENTS TO REGISTER THEIR STUDENTS.

AND THEN AT THE LAST TWO WEEKS, WE WILL ALLOW SCHOOLS TO REGISTER STUDENTS IF PARENTS NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

ONCE THE SUMMER SCHOOL REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MAY 28TH, WE WILL OPEN A WAITLIST AND STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THAT WAITLIST.

WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO ACCOMMODATE THEM, BUT IN THE ACCOMMODATION, TRANSPORTATION WILL NOT BE PROVIDED.

WE HAVE THE SOL ACADEMIES, SAT ACADEMY, AND THE WISE ACADEMIES, AND THOSE ARE STILL OPEN UNTIL JUNE 6TH.

WE HOLD OFF ON CLOSING THOSE FOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NEED THAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT DURING THE SUMMER BECAUSE OF THEIR TEST TAKING WITH CCPS ONLINE.

THIS IS FOR ACCELERATION, AND IT CLOSED ON APRIL 28TH.

AND WE WILL SHARE THE COST OF THE DIFFERENT CAMP, THE COURSES LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.

FOR OUR ELEMENTARY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

OUR FOCUS IS ON LITERACY AND MATH, AND IT IS IN A FACE-TO-FACE FORMAT.

WE WILL BE OFFERING BOTH PRE AND POSTTESTS DURING THE SUMMER WITH THE LEXIA AND DREAMBOX AS OUR PLATFORMS. OUR EMPHASIS IS REALLY ON ADDRESSING THE LEARNING GAPS AND CLOSING THE LEARNING GAPS AND PREVENTING ANY SUMMER SLIDE.

DURING OUR KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION, WE DID PROVIDE SOME SCREENING AND SO WE WILL HAVE STUDENTS WHO ARE COMING FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS SKILLS.

EXTENDED DAY PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE AT NO COST TO OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ATTENDING THE TITLE ONE DESIGNATED SCHOOLS.

NOW, ONE NOTE IS THAT ATTENDANCE WE ALL HAVE WE DO HAVE ATTENDANCE EXPECTATIONS THIS YEAR.

WE ASK THAT PARENTS NOT HAVE THEIR ELEMENTARY STUDENTS MISS MORE THAN THREE DAYS, AS IT'S ONLY 15 DAYS DURING THE SUMMER.

AND ANY TIME THAT STUDENTS ARE NOT THERE, THEY'RE NOT LEARNING.

OUR SECONDARY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

AGAIN, IT WILL BE OFFERED FACE TO FACE TO ADDRESS ANY LEARNING GAPS.

AND FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL DURING THE YEAR, MANY TIMES THAT STUDENTS WHO RECEIVED A D OR AN F AVERAGE FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLS THERE WILL BE. THEY WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO TAKE 1 OR 2 COURSES.

AND IT'S TWO WEEKS IN LENGTH FOR EACH COURSE.

FOR STUDENTS WHO ONLY NEED ONE COURSE, WE'RE OFFERING A STEAM COURSE AS AN ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITY.

AND THEY WILL ALSO HAVE PRE AND POST TESTING AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL USING OUR SYSTEM MASTERY CONNECT.

OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MAY TAKE ONE COURSE FOR GRADUATION CREDITS, AND THEY WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE SOL TEST BASED ON THOSE COURSES.

CCPS ONLINE, WHICH IS REALLY FOR OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE ACCELERATING.

THEY ARE TAKING AN ADDITIONAL COURSE TO GET AHEAD OR TO JUST GET SOMETHING OFF OF THEIR SCHEDULE.

AND YOU'LL SEE HERE THERE ARE FEES.

WE OFFER CCPS ONLINE TO BOTH OUR RESIDENTS FOR YEAR END AND SEMESTER, AS WELL AS WE OFFER FIRST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE NONRESIDENTS.

AND YOU'LL SEE THE COST FOR NONRESIDENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR OUR CSPS ONLINE.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE 1724 STUDENTS WHO HAVE REGISTERED, AND THEY HAVE REGISTERED FOR 1987 COURSES.

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THESE ARE TEST PREP ACADEMIES AND THEY'RE FREE TO STUDENTS.

THE SOL ACADEMY IS FOR STUDENTS WHO PASS AN SOL.

I MEAN, SORRY, PASSED THE SOL COURSE, BUT FAIL THE SOL.

THE SAT ACADEMY IS FOR RISING 11TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS, AND THIS IS FOR TEST PREP.

AND THEN OUR WISE ACADEMY IS FOR STUDENTS WHO PASS THE ECONOMICS AND PERSONAL FINANCE COURSE BUT FAIL THE WISE TEST.

AND THIS IS A RETEST OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

ALL OF OUR SOL AND WISE TESTING SITES ARE HELD ON SITE, AND THEN ACADEMIES WILL BE HELD AT MIDLOTHIAN HIGH SCHOOL AND CARVER COLLEGE AND CAREER.

AND THOSE TIMES ARE FROM 920 TO 1240.

ESL FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY PROGRAMS. OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS WILL BE HAVING LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND THEIR APPROPRIATE INSTRUCTIONAL LEVEL.

LEVEL ONE AND TWO STUDENTS WILL FOCUS ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, AND OUR LEVEL THREE AND FOUR STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THEIR GRADE LEVEL CONTENT CLASSES.

FOR OUR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FOR ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INSTRUCTED IN THE VIRGINIA CENTRALIZED STANDARDS OF LEARNING, WHICH IS KNOWN AS VSOL, WE'RE OFFERING SPECIFIC PROGRAMS EXCLUSIVELY TO STUDENTS WITH IEPS.

IT WILL BE IN A SMALLER GROUP SETTING.

STUDENTS ARE PROVIDED REINFORCEMENT SKILLS AND MATH, LITERACY AND FUNCTIONAL SKILLS, INCLUDING COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL SKILLS.

WHILE ESY IS NOT CONSIDERED TO BE A SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAM, WE DO OFFER IT DURING THE SUMMER AND DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR ELIGIBLE STUDENTS, AND THE ELIGIBILITY FOR ESY IS DETERMINED BY THE CHILD'S IEP TEAM.

NOW TO SOME ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

THE NEXT TWO SLIDES WILL REALLY HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF OUR OPPORTUNITIES.

THERE ARE MANY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT CAMP EPIC, WHICH IS FOR OUR RISING FIFTH AND EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS.

FIFTH THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS.

THE CAMP PROVIDES HANDS ON CAREER EXPERIENCES IN AREAS SUCH AS BATTLE BOTS, CAKE WARS, CODING, PROJECT RUNWAY.

THEY REALLY ENJOY THOSE COURSES.

OUR CULTURAL CAMP, ARTS CAMP IS FOR STUDENTS IN K-5 AND THAT FEATURES VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, PE, WORLD LANGUAGE, EXPERIENCES, CAMP EPIC AND CULTURAL ARTS ARE VERY POPULAR AND OFTEN FILL UP QUICKLY.

YOU CAN FIND A FULL LIST OF OUR CAMP OPTIONS ON OUR CCPS WEBSITE UNDER SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS PAGE.

NOW WE HAVE A NEW CAMP AND IT'S THE WORLD LANGUAGE CAMP.

WE'RE OFFERING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME TO STUDENTS WHO ARE RISING SECOND TO FIFTH GRADE.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD.

THEY WILL ROTATE THROUGH FOUR LANGUAGES FRENCH, SPANISH, GERMAN AND LATIN.

OUR BASKETBALL CAMP IS OPEN TO STUDENTS IN GRADES FIVE THROUGH EIGHT FOR 20 2425.

THE LAST CAMP THAT WE WILL HIGHLIGHT TODAY IS OUR HEALTH SCIENCE CAMP, WHICH IS HELD AT BRIGHT POINT, AND THIS IS BY INVITATION ONLY TO OUR RISING EIGHTH GRADERS AT FALLING CREEK AND MANCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOLS' STUDENTS WILL BE ENGAGED IN MANY HEALTH-RELATED EXPERIENCES, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THOSE EXPERIENCES THERE.

SO FINALLY, WE WANT TO CLOSE WITH EMPHASIZING THAT ALL STUDENTS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN LEARNING THIS SUMMER THROUGH THEIR ELECTRONIC BACKPACKS.

SOME OF THE PROGRAMS INCLUDE LEXIA, MAYAN, DREAMBOX, ALEX, AND MORE.

THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. DOCTOR. BOARD MEMBERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MR. PARONTO. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

DR. HAGUE, A QUICK QUESTION FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE TAKING THE ACCELERATED COURSES THIS SUMMER.

DOES THAT SEAT TIME COUNT FOR THEM INDIVIDUALLY WHEN THEY GET INTO, LET'S SAY, THE FIRST SEMESTER OF THEIR SENIOR YEAR AND THEY HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS NEEDED FOR GRADUATION? YES. THE COURSE IS SEAT TIME.

AND IT'S IF THEY PASS THE COURSE DURING THE SUMMER, THEN IT IS A PART.

IT'S CREDIT. THEY RECEIVE CREDIT FOR IT.

THANK YOU.

HEY, DR., THIS WAS GREAT AGAIN.

I WANT TO TAKE THOSE SUMMER ENRICHMENT CLASSES.

THE CAKE WARS SOUND GREAT, BUT CLEARLY, I CAN'T.

SORRY. THE.

I COULD BE A JUDGE.

AND I PROBABLY MISS THIS, BUT YOU SAID THE LUNCH IS PROVIDED AT SCHOOLS WHERE IT'S NORMALLY PROVIDED. DOES THAT MEAN IT'S NOT OTHER PLACES? YES. LUNCH AND BREAKFAST ARE PROVIDED AT ALL SCHOOLS, BUT FOR SCHOOLS WHO ARE CEP SCHOOLS, IT WILL BE FREE TO THOSE STUDENTS.

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AWESOME. THANK YOU. QUICK QUESTION ON THE WISE ACADEMY.

TEST, DOES IT MATTER WHEN YOU TOOK PERSONAL FINANCE AND ECON? LIKE, LET'S SAY YOU TOOK THAT IN 10TH GRADE, BUT NOW YOU'RE RISING 12TH GRADE, AND YOU DIDN'T PASS THE WISE TEST.

CAN YOU STILL RETAKE IT? IS IT AT ANY TIME? YES. YOU CAN TAKE YOU CAN STILL TAKE IT.

OKAY. YES. PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON ESSER FROM MR. MEISTER.

MADAM CHAIR. MADAM VICE CHAIR, DR.

DOHERTY, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A RELATIVELY QUICK UPDATE ON OUR ESSER SPENDING PLAN AND PLAN FOR THE REMAINDER OF

[F. ESSER Update]

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE PANDEMIC, A LOT OF THOSE EARLY FUNDS ESPECIALLY, WENT TOWARDS REALLY ENSURING OUR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS WERE SAFE.

AND A LOT OF FUNDS AS WE WENT THROUGH WERE DEDICATED TO THINGS LIKE HVAC AND PPE AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT FOCUS OF THESE VARIOUS GRANTS HAS SHIFTED PPE.

HVAC IS STILL IMPORTANT AND IS STILL PART, BUT IT'S GRADUALLY SHIFTED INTO THINGS LIKE ALLOWING FOR MULTIPLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS THROUGH VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES AND THEN INTO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT WE ARE MAKING UP FOR LEARNING LOSS.

SO, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE EXTENT OF THIS GRANT, THE SHIFT HAS BEEN THERE THROUGHOUT AS WE LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW WE ARE IN THE LAST PHASE OF THIS PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDING.

YOU CAN SEE CARES FUNDING, WHICH WE HAD ABOUT 19 MILLION OF WHICH ABOUT FIVE AND A HALF WAS AN ESSER BUCKET.

SEE A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS. THEIR CARES ACT CORONA RELIEF FUNDS WERE ABOUT 23 MILLION.

THE BULK OF THOSE WAS ESSER II, WHICH I'VE RECENTLY TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, THAT EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR.

AND WHERE WE'RE AT NOW IS PRIMARILY WITHIN THIS FUNDING IN THIS LAST BUCKET HERE WE REFER TO IT AS ARPA OR ARPA ACT, WHERE THERE WAS A TOTAL OF ABOUT 69 MILLION.

AS YOU CAN SEE, 51 OF THAT IS ESSER THREE.

THAT'S THE BULK OF THE FUNDS HERE WHERE WE'LL SPEND THE BULK OF OUR TIME.

BUT WE'LL ALSO HIT ON SOME OF THESE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AS WE FLIP THROUGH.

SO, AS WE THINK ABOUT THOSE ESSER GRANTS, I MENTIONED THAT SEPTEMBER 30TH DATE LAST YEAR FOR ESSER II THE SAME DATE, SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, IS THE KEY DATE ON THIS SLIDE FOR ESSER III.

THAT'S WHEN WE MUST HAVE ALL OF OUR FUNDS ACCOUNTED FOR.

WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO MEETING THAT NEED.

THE OTHER IMPORTANT NUMBER ON THIS PAGE IS THAT 20% AT THE BOTTOM, WHERE THE GUIDELINES ON THE ESSER THREE FUNDS REQUIRED US TO DEDICATE AT LEAST 20% OF THOSE FUNDS TO LEARNING LOSS.

WE ARE WELL NORTH OF THAT REQUIREMENT.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT ON THE ON THE NEXT PAGE HERE.

SO, THAT'LL BE NICE.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT PROVIDED CLEAR GUIDANCE ON WHAT LEARNING LOSS EXACTLY IS.

WE USE OUR DEFINITION, WHICH I THINK IS A REASONABLE ONE AT THAT, TO CATEGORIZE OUR EXPENSES INTO WHAT WOULD BE LEARNING LOSS, OBVIOUS THINGS LIKE TUTORING ET CETERA. YOU ADD IT ALL UP, WE ARE WELL NORTH.

ALMOST 66% OF OUR FUNDS CAN BE QUALIFIED AS LEARNING LOSS IN THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE.

THE REMAINDER PRIMARILY IN FACILITIES.

YOU REMEMBER HVAC, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS AND TECHNOLOGY, CHROMEBOOKS, CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY MAKE UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REMAINING FUNDS ON ESSER THREE.

SO, WHATEVER THE FINAL GUIDELINE IS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO MEET THAT 20% THRESHOLD, WE FEEL WITH DEDICATING 66% OR SO TO LEARNING LOSS IN SOME FORM OR FUNCTION, WE'RE WELL NORTH OF THAT FEDERAL REQUIREMENT AND PRETTY HAPPY WITH HOW WE WERE ABLE TO TARGET OUR FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.

A LITTLE BIT OF A WORD STEW HERE, BUT A CHANCE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EXCITING INITIATIVES THAT WE DID PURSUE USING THESE ESSER THREE FUNDS.

YOU CAN SEE TUTORING UP HERE A COUPLE TIMES, BOTH IN THE TUTORING LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF FACE TO FACE AS WELL AS ONLINE TUTORING WITH THINGS LIKE STRIDE YOU'LL SEE BONUSES FOR STAFF AS PART OF THIS.

YOU SEE PERSONNEL ANNUAL SUBSTITUTES, ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST, MENTAL HEALTH PERSONNEL, VARIOUS STAFF FUNCTIONS ARE ALL REPRESENTED HERE.

BUILDING IMPROVEMENT.

I MENTIONED HVAC A COUPLE TIMES.

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21ST CENTURY IS ONE OF THOSE STANDING UP THAT FIRST VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY.

THE BULK OF THAT FUNDING WAS ULTIMATELY ESSER III.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY IS, THAT IS CURRENTLY WHAT WE CALL THE CHESTERFIELD VIRTUAL SCHOOL.

WE WERE THE FIRST ONE IN THE STATE TO STAND UP THAT VIRTUAL ACADEMY, AND THAT'S STILL GOING STRONG.

BUT THAT FIRST YEAR OF FUNDING, WE WERE ABLE TO JUMP START THAT USING THESE ESSER THREE FUNDS AS WE GO FORWARD.

I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THESE INITIATIVES, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THEM ON HERE AND YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF THE DOLLARS AND CENTS ON THE NEXT SEVERAL PAGES.

SO JUST LOOKING AT HOW WE'VE GENERALLY CATEGORIZED OUR FUNDING HERE.

AS OF MARCH 31ST, WE SPENT 71% OF OUR FUNDS OR CLOSE TO $37 MILLION.

THAT LEAVES ABOUT 14.5 YET TO SPEND AS OF MARCH 31ST.

I'LL GET INTO THAT STORY IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT BEFORE I DO, I WANT TO TALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE'VE CATEGORIZED THESE FUNDING AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH ONLINE LEARNING AND VIRTUAL ACADEMY. AS YOU LOOK AT THAT, CLOSE TO $10 MILLION, MOST OF THAT IS THAT VIRTUAL LEARNING ACADEMY IN THE SETUP OF THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK TECHNOLOGY, CHROMEBOOKS, CLASSROOM TECHNOLOGY ARE THE BULK OF THE SPEND IN THAT BUCKET.

SPECIAL EDUCATION, A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER HERE, LARGELY SPENT ON SUPPLIES FOR OUR SPECIAL ED STUDENT.

ONE OF THE OTHER ITEMS I DIDN'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON BEFORE, BUT THERE WAS CLOSE TO 3 TO 4 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ED FOCUSED PANDEMIC RELIEF FUNDS THAT WERE LARGELY SPENT TO SUPPORT THOSE STUDENTS, WHICH IS WHY YOU DON'T SEE A LARGE NUMBER ON THIS PARTICULAR GRANT.

SUMMER SCHOOL. YOU HEARD DR.

HAI. JUST TALK ABOUT OUR PLANS FOR THIS SUMMER.

WE HAVEN'T SPENT ANY MONEY THERE YET.

THAT WAS SUPPLEMENTED WITH ESSER TWO FUNDING LAST SUMMER.

WE'LL SUPPLEMENT SOME OF THAT WORK WITH ESSER THREE FUNDING THIS COMING SUMMER.

INSTRUCTION 26 MILLION HERE.

THAT'S CLEARLY THE LARGEST INDIVIDUAL BUCKET.

WITHIN THIS BUCKET IS EVERYTHING FROM STAFF STIPENDS TO TUTORING TO LEARNING SUPPORT TO LITERACY PROGRAMING THINGS OF THAT NATURE, STUDENT SUPPORT.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING RE-ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS.

THOSE TYPE OF SUPPORTS ARE IN THAT BUCKET.

ADMIN SECURITY FOOD SERVICE IS WHAT IT IS.

COST OF MAINTAINING THE GRANT, TRAFFIC CONTROL, HR AND TECHNOLOGY POSITIONS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS PART OF THE BUDGET AND THE CLIFF FROM THOSE ITEMS. AND LASTLY, FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS.

YOU CAN SEE HERE ABOUT 4.7 MILLION CLEANING SUPPLIES, INCENTIVES FOR CUSTODIANS, HVAC AND ROOF REPAIR, AMONG THE MAIN ITEMS HERE.

A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT WE'VE SPENT.

I WON'T SPEND AS MUCH TIME WALKING THROUGH HERE, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS. YOU SEE THE 5.7 MILLION FOR THAT VLA NOW CVS WORK LITERACY AND OTHER INSTRUCTION MATERIALS 7 MILLION, 6.3 MILLION FOR ANNUAL SUBS. THAT WE SPENT TO DATE, 1.4 MILLION FOR THE FIRST HALF OF OUR HIGH NEEDS STIPEND.

THIS YEAR. WE HAVE ANOTHER PAYMENT GOING OUT THIS MONTH.

SO, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

NOW, I WANT TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE.

TIME IS ON WHAT'S LEFT TO SPEND.

YOU SEE 14.7 MILLION TO SPEND FROM THE MARCH 31ST WHEN THIS DATA WAS COLLECTED THROUGH THAT SEPTEMBER 30TH.

DEADLINE. I DO WANT TO MAKE A POINT HERE, ULTIMATELY, THAT A LOT OF THE STIPENDS THAT ARE EMBEDDED IN HERE ARE SET TO BE PAID THIS MONTH.

SO, WE WILL BURN THROUGH A FAIR AMOUNT OF THIS FUNDING WITH THAT MARCH, MAY 31ST PAYCHECK.

THE REST OF THE FUNDS LARGELY LOOK LIKE ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

NATURALLY. SUMMER SCHOOL AND HVAC AND ROOF REPAIR PROJECTS IN SUMMER SCHOOL OVER THE SUMMER.

LOOKING AT THAT FROM A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LENS, YOU CAN SEE ROUGHLY A THIRD OF THAT REMAINING SPEND IS IN THAT STAFF AND STIPEND.

BUCKET. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING AND EXPECTING THESE FUNDS.

SO THAT WILL BE PAID OVER THE COURSE OF THEIR PERIOD.

SUMMER SCHOOL MAKES UP ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, ANOTHER THIRD.

THE BULK OF THOSE WILL OCCUR ROOF REPAIR, ETC.

OVER THE SUMMER AND TUTORING ANOTHER 7% ON TUTORING, THE REMAINDER OF THE STRIDE, AND A LITTLE BIT OF IN-PERSON TUTORING THAT'S LEFT FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR AND THE START OF SUMMER SCHOOL. YOU PUT THOSE FOUR THINGS TOGETHER.

THAT MAKES UP CLOSE TO 80% OF THE REMAINING FUNDING FOR ESSER THREE, AND WE ARE WELL ON OUR WAY TO SPENDING THAT AND FEEL IN GOOD SHAPE TO HAVE THIS GRANT FULLY LIQUIDATED BY OUR SEPTEMBER 30TH DEADLINE.

AS WE THINK ABOUT THAT DEADLINE, I DO WANT TO REMIND THE BOARD, I KNOW WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET, AND I'LL COME BACK AND TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHERE WE ARE ON THAT ONE THIS EVENING.

BUT WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THOSE ITEMS THAT WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN IN THE BUDGET.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAINTAIN A FAIR NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WE INCORPORATED AS PART OF ESSER, AS PART OF A PILOT, TO MAKE SURE WE SEE IF THEY WORK.

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YOU CAN READ ALL THE ITEMS ON THE LEFT.

THOSE ARE ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE EMBEDDED IN OUR BASE BUDGET.

THEY'RE FUNDED GOING FORWARD.

WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE LOOK AT YOUR YET TO BE FUNDED LIST ON THE BUDGET, THERE WERE STILL FOUR ITEMS ON THERE THAT WERE RELATED TO ESSER FUNDING, INCLUDING OUR VARIOUS BONUSES FILTERS AND OUR ANNUAL SUBS.

AND AS PROMISED, I'LL COME BACK AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BUDGET THIS EVENING.

I KNOW WE JUST HEARD SOME POSITIVE NEWS FROM THE FROM THE STATE YESTERDAY WHERE BOTH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR DID SIGN OFF ON THE BUDGET.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT SAYS.

AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ESSENTIALLY WAITING OUT VDOE AND THE CALC TOOL TO KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY CHESTERFIELD'S IMPACT WILL BE, AT WHICH POINT WE'LL REENGAGE THE BOARD ON THESE ITEMS AS WELL.

I MENTIONED THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS WITH THE SIMILAR SEPTEMBER 30TH DEADLINE.

MOST OF THESE HAVE THAT SAME DEADLINE ON THEM.

SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, A LITTLE BIT LATER.

BUT YOU CAN SEE HERE THE REMAINDER OF THE ARPA GRANTS.

HERE. WHAT MR. CARSON LIKES TO REFER TO AS CECIL FIRTH CSL, SRF, PLEASE DON'T QUIZ ME ON WHAT THAT ALPHABET SOUP MEANS.

THAT ABOUT 12.5 MILLION, WE HAVE ABOUT 300,000 LEFT TO SPEND THERE WHILE ON OUR WAY TO BURNING THROUGH THOSE FUNDS, AS IT'S BEEN A REALLY IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO OUR MAJOR MAINTENANCE PLANNING OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.

GOING DOWN THE LIST, YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THE OTHER ITEMS ARE SPENT.

WE DO DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEFT OVER ON THE HEAD START.

GRANT, $247.

SOME INVOICE BILLING.

DELAYS CAUSED THAT ONE TO NOT GET FULLY SPENT, BUT $247 ISN'T A BIG DEAL IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL DOLLARS HERE.

AND THE LAST ONE THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON IS THIS ARP BEFORE AND AFTER GRANT WHEREAS OF MARCH 31ST, WE HAD ABOUT A HALF A MILLION LEFT.

THIS WE'RE CURRENTLY USING FOR STRIDE ONLINE TUTORING AND A LITTLE BIT OF FACE-TO-FACE TUTORING AS WELL.

WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY TO MAKING SURE THAT GETS SPENT BY THE SEPTEMBER 30TH DEADLINE AS WELL.

AND TO CONCLUDE, OUR SPENDING PLANS ARE WELL UNDERSTOOD.

STAFF KNOWS WHERE THEY'RE OUT.

GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT INVOICES GET IN IN TIME, PRODUCT GETS DELIVERED, STAFF GETS PAID.

SUMMER SCHOOL IN THE SUMMER FACILITY PROJECTS WILL BE THE LAST THINGS ON THE LIST THAT WE'LL NEED TO MAKE SURE, GET INVOICED, ET CETERA.

WE'RE WELL ON TOP OF THAT, AND WE FEEL HONESTLY, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE REMAINING CLIFF ITEMS, GIVEN WHAT I'VE RUMORS I'M HEARING OUT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND THE GOVERNOR, BUT UNWILLING TO CALL THAT A WIN YET.

BUT WE'LL COME BACK AND REVISIT THAT AS PART OF THE ONGOING BUDGET DISCUSSIONS.

SO, WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, I'LL PAUSE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MEISTER.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS? MR. MEISTER. QUICK QUESTION.

JUST WANT TO CLARIFY ON THE SLIDE THAT STARTS WITH WE HAVE REMOVED A NUMBER OF ITEMS FROM THE ESSER CLIFF.

THE ITEMS ON THE ON THE BLUE SIDE, THOSE ARE ONES ARE THAT ARE JUST BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ESSER SIDE.

THEY ARE IN OUR BUDGET, CORRECT.

REMOVED FROM THE CLIFF. EMBEDDED IN OUR BUDGET.

EMBEDDED IN OUR BUDGET.

YES. RIGHT. PERFECT.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

UNDERSTOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO, DOVETAILING OFF OF WHAT MISS COKER ASKED.

SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS OF THE LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT WE WANTED THAT WE DID NOT HAVE FUNDING FOR.

THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE PINK ARE THE ONLY ONES LEFT, OR THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES LEFT THAT HAD TO DO WITH ESSER FUNDING THAT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

BECAUSE I WAS ABOUT TO BE REALLY EXCITED.

I'M LIKE, OKAY, WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED.

AND JUST THOSE FOUR.

OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST PERFECT.

THANK YOU, MR. MEISTER.

APPRECIATE YOU ALL. NEXT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON FOOD NUTRITION SERVICES FROM MR. DUNBRACK. AN EXCITING UPDATE.

BOB, YOU WERE GOOD.

IT'D BE NICE. THEY'RE ALL EXCITED.

I KNOW. SO, WHAT AM I MISSING? THIS IS MORE FUN.

THIS IS EXCITING. ALL RIGHT, FOLKS.

[G. Food & Nutrition Services Update]

DOHERTY. MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, AS ALWAYS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. IT FEELS LIKE THE MORNING FOR ME.

SO REALLY JUST GOING TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

GOING TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL PROGRAM OVERVIEW.

TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT WE'RE DOING HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME EXCITING WAREHOUSE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD UNDER WORKS FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CEP AND MINI PRICING MOVING FORWARD.

SO AGAIN, JUST KIND OF A GENERAL PROGRAM OVERVIEW, BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVEN'T NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD ABOUT GENERALITIES ON OUR PROGRAM.

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THIS YEAR WE ARE ON PACE TO SERVE ABOUT 8.7 MILLION MEALS, SO ABOUT 200,000 MORE THAN WE SERVED LAST YEAR.

WE WERE AT 8.5 LAST YEAR, SO THAT'S EXCELLENT.

LARGEST RESTAURANT IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY BY FAR IS DR.

DIAZ SAID MANY TIMES, WHICH I ALWAYS APPRECIATE.

CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE END OF THIS YEAR AN OVERALL FREE AND REDUCED PERCENTAGE FOR CHESTERFIELD AT 39% TOTAL.

CURRENTLY WE HAVE 425 HARD WORKING STAFF MEMBERS IN THE PROGRAM AND FOR THE MOST PART, OUTSIDE OF SOME ESSER ASSISTANCE THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM MR. MEISTER IN THE PAST.

WE ARE A SELF-FUNDED PROGRAM, SO WE DO NOT ASK MR. MEISTER OR DR. D CURRENTLY TO FUND OUR PROGRAM AND ALLOW THAT TO BE SPENT ON THINGS THAT IT SHOULD THE STUDENTS.

SO, A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

CULINARY EXPANSION AND FARM TO SCHOOL IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AS A TEAM AND SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO EMPHASIZE AND GROW ON AS A DEPARTMENT AND PROGRAM.

REALLY TRYING TO ADJUST OUR MENUS TO REFLECT SOME OF THE UPDATED FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT ARE COMING OUT, WHICH I THINK YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE SEEN RECENTLY.

QUITE FRANKLY, THEY ARE NOT AS BAD AS WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.

WE WERE EXPECTING MUCH STRICTER SODIUM REQUIREMENTS, MUCH STRICTER SUGAR REDUCTIONS.

A COMPLETE LOSS OF THINGS LIKE CHOCOLATE MILK.

WHICH WE ARE NOW BEING TOLD SHOULD NOT HAPPEN, WHICH WOULD BE AMAZING.

7 TO 1, CHOCOLATE MILK TO WHITE MILK IN CASE ANYBODY'S INTERESTED.

DISTRICT WIDE. SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT.

WE DO HAVE A REGISTERED DIETITIAN ON STAFF THAT DOES VET EVERY SINGLE MENU ITEM THAT WE BRING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NUTRITIONALLY COMPLIANT.

AND WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO GO THROUGH FEDERAL AUDITS FAIRLY FREQUENTLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLIANT.

PART OF THAT IS EXPANDING ON CULINARY TRENDS AND KIND OF TRYING TO INTRODUCE NEW CUISINE TO THE STUDENTS.

WE ARE TRYING VERY HARD TO GET OUT OF WHAT I CALL THE IQF INDIVIDUALLY QUICK, FROZEN, INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED MARKET AND GET INTO COOKING FOOD.

WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG AND SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO RETURN TO.

NOW THAT IS GOING TO OBVIOUSLY COME IN STAGES.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY ROLL OUT, YOU KNOW, LARGE CATERING EVENTS.

BUT THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON AS A PROGRAM.

PART OF THAT IS LOOKING AT OUR KITCHENS AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO UPDATE THEM FROM AN EQUIPMENT STANDPOINT, FROM A FLOW STANDPOINT, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GROW.

RIGHT NOW, WE ONLY HAVE REALLY TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR KITCHENS AND OVEN AND A STEAMER.

WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW DISTRICTS THAT HAS NO TYPE OF LIVE HEAT COOKING.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE.

BUT AGAIN, THAT IS GOING TO BE A PROCESS.

AS WE GET INTO THINGS.

SO AGAIN, LOOKING AT TRYING TO GROW OVERALL.

AND PART OF THAT IS REALLY GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE SERVING.

FARM TO SCHOOL AND LOCAL FOOD IS SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AT OUR WAREHOUSE SECTION.

BUT AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE PRIORITIZING, WE DO HAVE LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.

WE DO HAVE A FOOD SERVICE SET UP AT THE CHESTERFIELD FARMERS MARKET.

SO, STARTING IN JUNE WE WILL BE HANDING OUT FOOD AT THE FARMER'S MARKET.

PART OF WHAT WE DO THERE IS HIGHLIGHT A DIFFERENT FARMER EVERY WEEK, BUY PRODUCE FROM THEM.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE SERVE AT THAT WEEK'S FARMER'S MARKET.

TRYING TO EXPAND THAT TO A GRANDER SCALE, TO IMPACT OUR CAFETERIAS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH THAT AMOUNT'S FINE FOLKS AT PROCUREMENT, OTHER THINGS, BUT AGAIN, FOCUS OF OURS.

AND THEN STUDENT AND STAFF INPUT, WHICH I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE AGAIN, TRYING TO HIGHLIGHT, GETTING INTO SCHOOLS, HAVING MANY COMMITTEES WITH THE KIDS, GETTING THEIR FEEDBACK.

ALSO TRYING TO INVOLVE PARENTS.

HOPEFULLY BEGINNING INTO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME LARGER SCALE TASTING EVENTS IN COMMUNITIES THAT PARENTS CAN ALSO ATTEND.

SO, THEY CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE EATING AND ALSO HOPEFULLY GET TO TASTE SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEIR STUDENTS ARE EATING IN THE CAFETERIAS. SO AGAIN, TRYING TO CONSTANTLY GET INPUT AND FEEDBACK FROM THOSE FOLKS.

SO WE ARE STAYING ON TRENDS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN AND NOT JUST THROWING THINGS AT THEM THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO EAT.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF THIS YEAR, WHICH I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO HIGHLIGHT AT OUR MEETING LATER THIS EVENING IN THE PAST, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ISSUES HAS BEEN

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I FEEL LIKE IN MY FIVE YEARS ON THE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE PROBABLY TURNED OVER A FAIR AMOUNT, 75% OF OUR FIELD STAFF.

WE HAVE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 40 AND 50 YEARS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT COME FOR THREE DAYS AND SAY THIS IS A TOUGH JOB AND I CAN'T DO IT ANYMORE.

AND THEY LEAVE. SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING NOW THAT WE HAVE HELPED WITH THE HELP OF MR. MEISTER, DR.

HUFF, DR. DOUGHERTY.

GETTING FOLKS A LITTLE BIT MORE DOLLARS, GETTING THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTENT IN THEIR POSITIONS OUT IN THE FIELD.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR.

AND THEN KNOCK ON EVERYTHING YOU HAVE THAT WE'VE STARTED AND ENDED THE YEAR WITH THE SAME MANAGEMENT TEAM AT ALL 68 SCHOOLS.

NOT HAD THAT IN MY ENTIRE TIME HERE.

SO, I'VE NOT HAD TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME SAYING, HEY, THIS IS HOW YOU FILL OUT A PRODUCTION RECORD, THIS IS HOW YOU DO THIS.

WE'RE ABLE TO NOW GET INTO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND WORK ON THINGS LIKE CULINARY CLASSES, MANAGEMENT TRAINING, PEOPLE TRAINING, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR FOLKS. THEY'RE GREAT AT FOOD SERVICE.

THAT'S THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER. THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE.

LEADING A STAFF IS SOMETIMES DIFFICULT FOR THEM AND GIVING THEM THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO DO THAT, WE FEEL IS VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY CAREER GROWTH.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN BEING HERE FOR THEIR ENTIRETY OF THEIR CAREERS, AND THEY MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO STOP AT BEING A CAFETERIA MANAGER AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS.

THERE'RE POSITIONS THAT I HAVE IN MY CENTRAL OFFICE.

THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY POSITIONS IN THE WAREHOUSE AND ALLOWING THEM, YOU KNOW, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A CAREER PATH THAT THEY CAN SELECT.

PART OF THAT HAS BEEN AN IMPROVED ONBOARDING PROGRAM, WHICH WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH BRINGING IN NEW FOLKS THIS YEAR AND ALSO IMPROVING ON OUR FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION.

SO, ALL OF OUR MANAGERS IN THE FIELD HAVE DOCUMENTED FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION WAREHOUSE.

SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A WAREHOUSE PROJECT FOR FOUR YEARS SINCE SOMEBODY SAID, HEY, WE SHOULD HAVE A WAREHOUSE.

AND IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY SLOW BUT INTERESTING PROCESS.

I'VE LEARNED QUITE A BIT.

AND WE ARE INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO BRINGING THIS TO FRUITION.

OUR WAREHOUSE IS LOCATED AT 13,600 MILL SPRINGS, WHICH IS IN CHESTER.

IT IS RIGHT BY ROUTE ONE AND ROUTE TEN.

SO CLOSEST SCHOOL TO IT IS CHRISTIAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IT IS A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT, MAINLY FROZEN AND REFRIGERATED WAREHOUSE.

WITH SOME DRY STORAGE SPACE.

SO, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY TOOK IT ON, IT WAS BEING LEASED BY BLUE BUNNY ICE CREAM, WHO WAS ONLY USING A THIRD OF IT.

SO, WE HAVE TAKEN US ABOUT THREE YEARS TO GET THEM OUT.

AND GET EVERYTHING RENOVATED.

THE LANDLORD HAS BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH US.

SO, WE ARE INCREDIBLY CLOSE TO A POINT NOW WHERE WE CAN HAVE TRUCKS COMING OUT OF THERE AND BRINGING FRESH FOOD OUT TO OUR SCHOOLS.

OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I THOUGHT WOULD SLOW THIS PROJECT DOWN RIGHT NOW, THE THING WE ARE WAITING ON IS INTERNET.

I CAN'T GET INTERNET.

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET INTERNET SINCE DECEMBER.

VERIZON AND COMCAST CANNOT DECIDE WHO HAS TO BRING FIBER OUT THERE.

AND UNTIL FIBER IS OUT THERE, THERE'S A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO HOOK UP COAX CABLE.

LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS, ONCE THEY HAVE THAT TURNED ON, I CAN TURN ON MY REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT AND I COULD PROBABLY PUT FOOD AND TRUCKS, SO THAT WOULD BE VERY EXCITING.

I HAVE THREE TRUCKS ON SITE.

I HAVE TWO AT FLEET RIGHT NOW GETTING INSPECTED.

I HAVE FORKLIFTS COMING AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

WE HAVE HAND TRUCKS ON SITE.

I'VE GOT A SUPERVISOR AND A LEAD READY TO GO.

SO, EVERYTHING IS STARTING TO COME TOGETHER.

WE'VE GOT BRAND NEW SETS, LIKE I SAID, OF REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT, BRAND NEW DOORS.

THE ENTIRE BUILDING HAS BEEN RE INSULATED.

AND IT'S REALLY BEEN AN EXCITING PROCESS.

SO, WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO FOR US? WELL, REALLY THE IDEA BEHIND IT IS DURING COVID, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE GOT INTO A SITUATION WHERE NOT ONLY COULD WE NOT GET FOOD, BUT VENDORS WERE HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME GETTING FOOD TO US.

AND WE ENDED UP CONTACTING A VENDOR DIRECTLY AND THEY SAID, YEAH, I'LL BRING IT OUT TO YOU GUYS DIRECTLY.

HERE'S THE INVOICE FOR IT.

AND WE WERE SHOCKED AT THE PRICING AND REALIZED THE MAJORITY OF OUR MONEY WAS GOING TO BASICALLY MIDDLEMAN SERVICES FOR OUR VENDORS TO TAKE IN THE GROCERIES AND THEN BRING THEM OUT TO OUR 68 LOCATIONS.

SO, DURING THE PANDEMIC AND ONE PRODUCT ALONE THAT WE NORMALLY AT THE TIME WERE BUYING DURING THE YEAR FOR A COST OF ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS.

THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, WE SPENT $200,000 AND GOT THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT OF FOOD, AND THEN FIGURED OUT A WAY TO DELIVER IT OURSELVES.

AND THAT KIND OF GAVE US THE IDEA, HEY, WHAT CAN WE DO ON A GRANDER SCALE? NOW, WE DID NOT INVENT THIS IDEA.

PLACES LIKE CHESAPEAKE, NORFOLK, OTHER DIVISIONS HAVE ALREADY DONE THIS FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE A VERY SOUND PROGRAM.

WE'VE LEANED ON THEM A LOT DURING THIS PROCESS, AND THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY KIND BY GIVING US INFORMATION AND ALLOWING US TO COME VISIT THEM AND PIGGYBACK OFF OF SOME OF THEIR

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SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING DELIVERIES AGAIN.

AS LONG AS WE CAN GET INTERNET GOING, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO START BRINGING STUFF OUT NEXT YEAR.

NOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 100% ALL AT ONCE.

OBVIOUSLY, JUST LIKE A GOOD RESTAURANT OPENING, IT'S GOING TO COME IN STAGES, SOFT OPENING.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR COMMODITY FOOD.

GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THAT GOVERNMENT COMMODITIES, WHICH IS THE FOOD THAT WE GET FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

IN ORDER TO GET THAT DELIVERED TO OUR BACK DOOR, THEY CHARGE US $6 A CASE.

SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO TRADE THEM BASICALLY THE GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY MONEY FOR IT, BUT THEN TO BRING IT TO US AT $6 A CASE.

MY GUYS THIS YEAR ARE GOING TO GO PICK IT UP IN THEIR TRUCK.

$0.50 A CASE.

SO JUST RIGHT THERE, THAT'S ALMOST A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER OF $1 MILLION JUST IN WHAT WE'LL SAVE AND GOING TO PICK UP FOOD AS VERSUS GETTING IT DELIVERED TO THE DOOR. THIS IS ALSO GOING TO ALLOW US TO EXPAND LOCAL PRODUCE LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT.

IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A LOCAL FARMER TO HAVE ENOUGH TOMATOES TO BRING ME AND THEN TAKE TO ALL 68 SCHOOLS, BUT IF I CAN WORK WITH FIVE DIFFERENT FARMS AND GET THEM ALL IN ONE PLACE AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THEM OUT, NOT ONLY CAN I HELP OUR LOCAL FARMERS, BUT I'M GETTING FRESH STUFF FOR OUR STUDENTS, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE IDEA BEHIND WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH A LOT OF THAT STUFF.

SO AGAIN, SOMETHING WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON AND IT'S EXTREMELY CLOSE TO BEING A REALITY, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. COMMUNITY ELIGIBILITY PROVISION, WHICH I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE OF.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A PROGRAM FEDERALLY THAT ALLOWS FOR EVERYBODY WITHIN A SCHOOL TO EAT A FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, AND IT'S BASED ON THEIR IDENTIFIED STUDENT PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE ON PROGRAMS SUCH AS SNAP, TANF, MCKINNEY-VENTO, ET CETERA.

A QUALIFYING SCHOOL FEDERALLY TECHNICALLY CAN BE ANYTHING THAT IS 40% OR OVER ISP.

YOU CAN QUALIFY A SCHOOL THAT IS 25% OR OVER, BUT IT COMES AT YOUR KIND OF FINANCIAL DECISION, WHICH WE'VE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT.

REIMBURSEMENT RATES CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

NOW, INTERNALLY, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO KIND OF PRIORITIZE IT IS ANY SCHOOL THAT WOULD BE 30% ISP OR OVER.

IF WE LOOK AT KIND OF A MAP OF CHESTERFIELD, IF YOU NOTICE THE GREEN, OUR GREEN SITES ARE OUR CURRENT CEP SCHOOLS.

SO, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 40 SCHOOLS DIVISION WIDE THAT ARE CEP.

OUR BLACK SCHOOLS ARE OUR SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT QUALIFY.

SO, THEY ARE NOT AT A 30% OR OVER ISP.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS THAT WE ARE PROPOSING ADDING THIS YEAR THAT HAVE MADE THE JUMP OVER THAT 30% THRESHOLD.

AND THOSE ARE MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS THE RED DOT THAT IS CLOSER TO THE TOP OF THE MAP, AND ALBERTA SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH IS BURIED A LITTLE BIT IN BETWEEN THAT SEA OF BLACK AND GREEN, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE.

AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND KIND OF THE REVIEW SESSION, BUT BECAUSE OF FEEDER PATTERNS AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS, THE BAILEY BRIDGE CORRIDOR IS AN INTERESTING BREAKDOWN IN TERMS OF CEP QUALIFICATIONS RUNNING VERY SPECULATIVE NUMBERS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT POPULATION AT THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT'S VERY LIKELY THOSE STUDENTS THAT HAVE SOMEWHAT IMPACTED BAILEY BRIDGE WILL FLOW TO A DIFFERENT MIDDLE SCHOOL ONCE THE NEW ONE OPENS, AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REEVALUATE BAILEY BRIDGE AT THAT TIME.

BUT CURRENTLY IT IS SOMEWHAT COST PROHIBITIVE TO QUALIFY THAT SCHOOL.

SO CURRENTLY, LIKE I SAID, 40 SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING.

IF WE LOOKED AT THAT 30% IEP THIS YEAR, WE HAVE MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL, 32.66%.

THEY WERE AT 29.8% LAST YEAR, NOT ALLOWED TO ROUND UP FINE FOLKS AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

THIS YEAR WE ALSO HAVE ALBERTA SMITH, 30.23%.

LAST YEAR 29.25.

SO, COST THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.

NOT TO BORE YOU WITH TOO MUCH MATH, BUT BASICALLY THE MULTIPLIER THAT THEY GIVE US IS A LOVELY NUMBER, 1.6 AND THAT IS THE ISP PERCENTAGE TIMES 1.6 IS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO REIMBURSE AT A FREE PERCENTAGE.

SO, THE MORE THAT WE DILUTE THAT ISP BY ADDING SCHOOLS WITH LOWER PERCENTAGES, WITHOUT THEM INCREASING THE MULTIPLIER, OBVIOUSLY THE FINANCIAL IMPACT CAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES BE DIFFICULT, WHICH IS WHY WE TALK ABOUT KIND OF A BAILEY BRIDGE AND SCHOOLS AT 25% BEING FINANCIALLY

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BASED ON THAT MATH.

MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BASICALLY COST US ABOUT $35,000.

AND THEN ALBERTA SMITH WOULD BE ABOUT $15,000.

NOW, IN ORDER TO COVER THAT, BECAUSE WE DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO QUALIFY AS MANY SCHOOLS AS WE CAN.

WE PLAN TO COVER THAT WITH EFFICIENCIES IN OUR PROGRAM THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD MENTIONED IN OUR MEETING WAS WE HAVE A TON OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPING IN PLASTIC BAGS FOR YEARS.

IT WOULD SHOCK MOST PEOPLE THAT WE SPEND ALMOST $300,000 A YEAR IN INDIVIDUAL PLASTIC BAGS.

THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET AWAY FROM WHEN WE'RE BUYING FRESH, LOCAL FOOD.

IT IS A SHAME TO PUT THAT IN A BAG.

WE ARE TRYING TO GET BACK TO OUR FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE BARS AT OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS, WHERE WE'RE BASICALLY PUTTING OUT AN ARRAY THAT STUDENTS CAN SELF-SERVE THEMSELVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHILE TECHNICALLY LOOKS LIKE MORE FOOD OUT, IT'S ACTUALLY A COST SAVINGS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPING THINGS AND ADDING THE LABOR AND ALSO THE EQUIPMENT THAT IT TAKES TO DO THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO, THERE ARE A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES, AGAIN, EMBEDDED WITH OUR PROGRAM THAT WE ARE NOW ABLE TO KIND OF TRY TO DO AWAY WITH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT AS WE GET MORE INTO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND GETTING A TRAINED STAFF AND A CONSISTENT STAFF, WE'RE ABLE TO AGAIN FOCUS ON STREAMLINING SOME OF THESE PRACTICES.

IF WE WERE TO ADD MONACAN AND ALBERTA SMITH NEXT YEAR, 60% OF THE STUDENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY WOULD QUALIFY FOR A FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH EVERY DAY, WHICH IS A PRETTY GREAT NUMBER. SO, MEAL PRICING.

REALLY, MEAL PRICING IS DICTATED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THE PAID LUNCH EQUITY TOOL.

THE USDA, THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE PRICE IS BASED ON ADJUSTING THE 20 2324 PRICE REQUIREMENT BY 2% RATE INCREASE, PLUS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, WHICH IS 8.27%.

BASED ON THAT PROPOSAL AND THAT INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT AROUND 25 CENT PER MEAL RAISE.

SO, BREAKFAST, $2.25, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUNCH, $3.25.

AND THEN THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LUNCH, $3.50.

AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. DUNBRACK.

BOARD MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH, I KNOW I DO. OKAY, GOOD.

SOME AT THE START OF YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU SPOKE ABOUT MAYBE KIND OF TWEAKING THE MENUS A LITTLE BIT.

AND I'VE HEARD FROM SOME STUDENT INTEREST GROUPS, SOME REQUESTS FOR MORE INCLUSIVE MENUS MORE VARIETY FOR VEGAN MENUS GLUTEN FREE AND FOR STUDENTS WITH RELIGIOUS DIETARY NEEDS.

ARE WE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT? OR SO WE WORK.

WE DO TO A FAIR AMOUNT.

SO, GLUTEN FREE IS ACTUALLY A DIETARY MENU.

WE DO GLUTEN FREE MENUS, BUT THEY NEED TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH OUR DIETITIAN IN TERMS OF WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT FULLY DOCUMENTED TO BE FEDERALLY COMPLIANT.

TECHNICALLY, I CANNOT BUY ONE OFF FOOD FOR THOSE STUDENTS BECAUSE NONE OF THAT IS TECHNICALLY COMPLIANT.

SO, MY DH BASICALLY BUYS ALL OF THAT ONE OFF DIRECTLY, SUPPLIES THAT TO A SCHOOL, AND WE DO ALL OF THOSE MENUS.

IN TERMS OF VEGAN, VEGETARIAN, WE DO TRY VERY HARD TO HAVE AS MANY OF THOSE ITEMS. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH, QUITE FRANKLY, COST AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN QUALITY.

A LOT OF THE VEGAN OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE TASTE TESTED DID NOT GO OVER AS WELL AS FEEDBACK I RECEIVED.

SO, WE ACTUALLY DID A MEATLESS TASTE TESTING AT TOMAHAWK MIDDLE SCHOOL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

100% VEGAN ITEMS. SURPRISED BY SOME OF THE RESULTS? NOT SHOCKED BY SOME OF THEM.

WE HAD AN IMPOSSIBLE MEAT BURGER THAT SCORED VERY WELL.

WE HAD VEGAN TACOS THAT THREE DIFFERENT TYPES.

THEY DID NOT LIKE ANY OF THEM.

AND THEN WE ALSO TRIED SOME DIFFERENT SNACKS, SOME THINGS LIKE CRISPY FAVA BEANS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SNACKS. MUCH MORE WELL RECEIVED OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THEY'RE THINGS LIKE BUFFALO FLAVORINGS AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGREEABLE.

I WAS QUITE FRANKLY, SHOCKED BY THE IMPOSSIBLE BURGER RESPONSE.

THE TACO MEAT WAS NOT AS QUITE A SHOCK.

SO THAT IS THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THOSE ARE DEFINITELY THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET IN IN TERMS OF RELIGIOUS, WE CANNOT GO KOSHER SIMPLY BECAUSE WE CANNOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO GO KOSHER.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US.

WE DO HAVE SOME PORK ITEMS. WE LIMIT THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND WE DENOTE ALL THOSE ITEMS ON THE MENU.

SO FOLKS ARE AWARE THERE SHOULD NEVER BE A DAY WITHIN THE COUNTY WHERE THERE IS ONLY A PORK OPTION FOR A STUDENT TO CHOOSE.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT WAS WHERE THE STUDENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT THE VEGETARIAN OPTIONS COMING IN AS BEING SOMETHING THAT WAS, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO EXPAND THAT A LITTLE BIT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DEFAULTS, A LOT TO YOGURT.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE SHOULD BE MORE THAN THAT.

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BUT AGAIN, THAT WASN'T AS WELL RECEIVED FROM OUR VEGANS.

SO THEN TRYING TO FIND THAT OPTION HUMMUS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, BUT IT'S A LOT OF HUMMUSES TO MEET THE DIETARY GUIDELINE FOR MEAT ALTERNATIVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE THOUGHT WAS HUMMUS.

CAN YOU EAT IN FOR LUNCH? RIGHT, RIGHT. EXACTLY.

IT'S CLOSE TO A CUP OF HUMMUS, WHICH IS, THAT'S A LOT OF HUMMUSES, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT HAVING TO DIP THAT INTO VEGETABLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THAT'S AN UNDERTAKING. YES.

SO, SO ALL THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND CONSIDERING PART OF THE CULTURE INCLUSIVE MENUS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADD A LOT OF OUR HISPANIC OFFERINGS, SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE THE TAMALES AND THE PUPUSAS, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THOSE THINGS IN LIKE BEAN AND CHEESE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, NOT NECESSARILY 100% VEGAN, BUT HOPEFULLY GIVING OUR VEGETARIAN STUDENTS A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN TRYING TO FOCUS ON THE VEGAN STUDENTS AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

TERRIFIC. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT. THAT'S AT LEAST A TOPIC.

SOUNDS LIKE IT'S TOP OF MIND 100%, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE BROADBAND AT THE WAREHOUSE.

IS THAT A BROADBAND ISSUE, A BROADBAND ACCESS ISSUE, OR IS THAT A IS THAT SOMETHING THAT I WISH I HAD A BETTER ANSWER? I WOULD LOVE TO ADVOCATE FOR YOU.

I'VE SPOKEN I'VE SPOKEN WITH DR.

TILLMAN. AND HE SAID THAT IT'S KIND OF A VERIZON AND COMCAST SITUATION.

AND HE THINKS PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY COMPETING COMPANIES, AND NEITHER IS NECESSARILY GOING TO BE EAGER TO DO WORK FOR THE OTHER.

SO, WE ARE TRYING TO STAY ON TOP OF IT AS BEST WE CAN AND REMINDING THEM EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT WE ARE STILL HERE.

AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO, TO HELP US OUT.

QUITE FRANKLY, THE, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR OUR COMPANY ALSO REACHED OUT TO THEM BECAUSE THERE'S CONCERN THAT IF WE DON'T TEST THE EQUIPMENT SOON BY TURNING IT ON TO THE INTERNET TO TEST THE TEMPERATURE CONTROLS, THAT THE COMPANY COULD VOID THE WARRANTY.

BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WAITING THAT LONG.

SO, WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT WILL HOPEFULLY LEVERAGE THE SITUATION A LITTLE BIT.

OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'LL. I'M SURE THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL ALL ADVOCATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL FOR SOME SUPPORT.

AND THERE IS COAX CABLE THERE.

I THINK THE I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THE WHAT THE DISCONNECT MODEM AVAILABLE OR ARE WE? SO, WE DO HAVE SOME WIRELESS.

THE DR. TILLMAN WAS KIND ENOUGH TO HOOK US UP WITH.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT IS AN INCREDIBLY ISOLATED AREA.

SO, IT DOES COME IN AND OUT.

IT IS FINE FOR MY GUYS TO USE THEIR COMPUTERS AND WHATNOT, BUT IT IS NOT ENOUGH FOR THEM TO TEST THE CONNECTIONS ON THE TEMPERATURE CONTROL MONITOR.

WE HAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF INVENTORY.

YES, YES, WE NEED TO.

YES. AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT DOES THAT IS ACTUALLY FLYING IN FROM SOUTH CAROLINA ONCE WE GET IT HOOKED UP.

AND HE'LL DO A THREE-WEEK TESTING PROCESS HERE.

THANK YOU. OF COURSE, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, ANY EVENT THAT I'VE ATTENDED SINCE BEING ELECTED, THE FOOD HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

SO, I JUST WANT TO CREDIT YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THAT.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, 60 MANAGEMENT TEAM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU SAID, AND I APOLOGIZE.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH CCPS? I'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS OR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS.

SO, THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE AND A HALF YEARS THAT ALL 68 MANAGEMENT TEAM MEMBERS STARTED AND FINISHED WITH, STARTED AND FINISHED.

YES, SIR. WHAT CHANGED? QUITE FRANKLY, I JUST THINK WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB AS A DEPARTMENT TO GIVE THEM RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

AND REALLY ALLOWING THEM TO FOCUS NOT ONLY ON THEIR JOBS, BUT AS GROWING AS PROFESSIONALS.

I THINK PREVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU HAVE A TON OF STAFF TURNOVER, WHEN YOU'RE CONSTANTLY KIND OF UP AGAINST THE GUN AND YOU'RE ALWAYS HAVING CHANGING PRIORITIES AND FLUCTUATIONS WITHIN WHAT'S GOING ON, I THINK IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE.

AND THAT IS ON TOP OF THE NATURE OF FOOD SERVICE, WHICH IS KIND OF AN UNFORESEEN CHALLENGE IN AND OF ITSELF.

SO WE TRY VERY HARD TO OFFER THEM RESOURCES TO GIVE THEM CONSISTENCY TO OFFER THEM ANYTHING THAT THEY REALLY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS.

AND PART OF THAT IS GIVING THEM AS MANY STAFF MEMBERS AND QUALIFIED STAFF MEMBERS AS WE CAN.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME, SOME ADDITIONAL PAY TO THOSE POSITIONS HAS HELPED BECAUSE REALLY, WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS, FOOD, NUTRITION STAFFS.

WE'RE COMPETING AGAINST LOCAL RESTAURANTS, AND WE'RE NOW, DOLLAR WISE, MORE COMPETITIVE WHICH BEFORE WE WEREN'T.

SO, I THINK THAT'S HELPED OUT QUITE A BIT ALSO.

FANTASTIC. OKAY.

ALSO, IN REGARD TO THE WAREHOUSE NOW THIS IS DOWN THE ROAD THINKING.

RIGHT. AND I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE LOOK; WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET INTERNET TO THE BUILDING.

OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

WHAT IS YOUR PLAN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW IN REGARD TO THIS WAREHOUSE? I HAVE A TON OF PLANS.

YOU KNOW, I THINK I TRY NOT TO GET TOO AHEAD OF MYSELF BECAUSE I'M VERY MUCH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LET'S GET IT STARTED.

LET'S GET THE INTERNET UP. LET'S GET THE FOOD GOING.

RIGHT. QUITE FRANKLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOOKED AT SEVERAL THINGS, SUCH AS HYDROPONIC GARDENS THAT WE COULD BRING IN THERE.

WE'VE ALSO TALKED A LOT ABOUT HAVING CENTRAL KITCHEN OPERATIONS.

THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE INVOLVE A MUCH LARGER RENOVATION THAT WE WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH THE LANDLORD ON A TON OF PLUMBING AND INFRASTRUCTURE TYPE

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ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL WAS COMING INTO THE CAFETERIA AND ALL THE LADIES USED TO BAKE WE HAVE HAD STAND MIXERS THAT WE'VE BEEN REMOVING FROM KITCHENS FOR YEARS AND PUTTING ON THE LOVELY.GOV SITE BECAUSE THAT FRANKLY JUST HAS NOT EXISTED WITHIN THE SCHOOLS FOR, FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND SOMETIMES JUST WALKING INTO THE KITCHEN AND SMELLING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS, IS A HUGE KIND OF SALE IN AND OF ITSELF.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE KIND OF SEEN IN OTHER DIVISIONS, PARTICULARLY NORFOLK, THAT I'VE SPOKEN WITH THEIR DIRECTOR, MISS WINTER, ABOUT THEY DO BASICALLY ROLL PUCKS AT THEIR CENTRAL KITCHEN. THEY SEND THEM OUT TO THE FIELD.

IT'S PART OF THEIR ORDER.

SO, THEY GO ON, I WANT THIS, THIS, THIS, AND I WANT THREE PANS OF ROLLS.

AND THEN THEY COOK THEM IN THE OVEN, AND IT SMELLS LIKE FRESH BREAD WHEN THE KIDS WALK IN.

AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE NEXT YEAR WE'RE MAKING OUR CINNAMON ROLLS.

SO, WE'VE ALWAYS BOUGHT INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED CINNAMON ROLLS.

NEXT YEAR WE BROUGHT IN DOUGH.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE CINNAMON ROLLS.

WHEN MY CHEF TESTED HIM IN THE KITCHEN, AND IT SMELLED LIKE CINNAMON THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE OFFICE.

SO, THINGS LIKE THAT, OBVIOUSLY, IF WE CAN DO IT ON A GRANDER SCALE, INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SALADS, INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED SANDWICHES, TAKING THAT OFF OF THE FIELD SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON DOING THEIR ENTREES AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT'S IN THE COOLER.

NOT ONLY IS GOING TO HAVE A BETTER, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PRODUCT FOR THE STUDENTS, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO TAKE SOMETHING OFF OF THEIR PLATE.

SO, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, IDEAS.

AGAIN, I THINK MY, MY FIRST GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN EFFICIENT LOGISTICS OPERATION.

CORRECT. AND YOU KNOW, THEN WE WILL KIND OF MASTER, ONCE WE MASTER THAT, THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT KIND OF THE OTHER THINGS.

I THINK A HYDROPONIC GARDEN IS WHERE WE'D LIKE TO START.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCOTT'S ADDITION AND VISIT BABYLON MICRO FARMS. AND THEY WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH US IN THE FUTURE TO SET UP HYDROPONIC GARDENS WHERE WE COULD DO MICROGREENS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DOING CENTRAL OFFICE, CENTRAL TYPE SALADS, THEY COULD INCLUDE LOCALLY GROWN MICROGREENS.

SO AGAIN, THINKING, TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. OF COURSE.

MADAM CHAIR. SO, TWO THINGS.

ONE, I DID GET AN EMAIL.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT BRIEFLY, BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE WHO'S WATCHING AND LISTENING TODAY, IF A CHILD GOES THROUGH THE LINE AND DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET A HOT MEAL, LIKE WHAT IS WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN? SO PARENTS UNDERSTAND HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN AND HOW WE CAN AVOID THAT.

YEAH, WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE FOOD.

FIRST KID TO THE LAST KID.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE NOT JUST HERE, BUT IN MY 15 YEARS IN SCHOOL NUTRITION.

THERE IS A CONSTANT KIND OF FOOD SERVICE IDEA OF CONTROLLING WASTE.

AND I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONTROLLING WASTE AND LIMITING ACCESS.

AND IT IS, QUITE FRANKLY, A CHALLENGE.

WE HAVE PRODUCTION RECORDS.

WE ASK OUR FOLKS TO FORECAST TO LOOK AT THEIR PREVIOUS NUMBERS AND THEN ADD A CUSHION BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO RUN OUT.

THERE'S ALSO, QUITE FRANKLY, BEEN CHALLENGES FROM SOME OF OUR VENDORS WHEN WE GET SHORTED AT THE LAST MINUTE WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE FULL ITEM, YOU KNOW, ACUMEN, WE MIGHT HAVE SERVED EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD AND RUN OUT.

SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT MY FOLKS ARE COGNIZANT OF.

I CAN TELL YOU FROM A CENTRAL OFFICE PERSPECTIVE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COGNIZANT OF IN THE FIELD.

I HAVE A STUDENT THAT HAS A LAST LUNCH, AND THERE CERTAINLY BEEN TIMES WHERE NOT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR HER.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, AGAIN, YOU WANT TO FEEL INVITED WHETHER YOU'RE THE FIRST KID OR THE LAST KID.

SO, IT IS A FOCUS OF OURS.

AND AGAIN, I THINK IT'S GOING TO REALLY BE A MINDSET CHANGE FOR A LOT OF THESE FOLKS.

IT'S OKAY IF WE HAVE SOME LEFTOVER.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE APP.

SO SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ACCURATE TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING SERVED.

SO, THE PARENT WHO IS TRYING TO PACK THE LUNCH BECAUSE WHATEVER'S ON THE MENU DOESN'T AGREE WITH MY CHILD, I NEED TO PACK A LUNCH.

IS ARE WE GOING TO BE ONCE YOU GET INTERNET, RIGHT.

SO YOU CAN UPDATE THE SYSTEM PROPERLY TO SHOW WHAT'S GOING ON AT EACH SCHOOL.

SO IT'S A THIRD PARTY APP? OF COURSE. WE DO NOT HAVE AN INTERNAL APP.

AND PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT A LOT OF THOSE MENU DECISIONS SOMETIMES ARE KIND OF SCHOOL BASED.

AGAIN, IF SOMETHING DIDN'T SHOW UP ON THE TRUCK, IF ANYTHING HAPPENED, THEY'LL CALL OUR REGISTERED DIETITIAN AND SAY, HEY, I HAVE TO MAKE A MENU SUBSTITUTION.

A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL LET THE SCHOOL KNOW IN TERMS OF THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE NOT SENDING OUT AN EMAIL TO EVERY PARENT THAT DAY SAYING THIS.

WE TRY VERY HARD BECAUSE I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH PARENTS THAT WILL SIT DOWN AND DENOTE DAYS ON THE MENU, AND THAT IS WHAT THEY'LL BASE THEIR STUDENT'S PARTICIPATION ON.

AND I ABSOLUTELY GET THAT.

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AND, AND I TRY NOT TO RELY ON THAT AS A WELL IT SAYS MENU SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

SO THAT MEANS THIS IS A SHOT IN THE DARK.

WE TRY VERY HARD TO STICK TO IT AS BEST WE CAN.

NEXT YEAR WE'RE EVEN GOING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT THIS YEAR, IT SAYS FRESH FRUIT.

FRESH VEGETABLES. NEXT YEAR IT'S GOING TO DENOTE THE FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE.

REASON BEING, I SEE A LOT OF BAD CARROTS AND BAGS SLICED APPLES OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR MY FOLKS TO PUT OUT.

AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE NEED TO HAVE VARIETY.

SO, IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT FOR THEM.

BUT HAVING SAID THAT, THEN THERE'S EVEN MORE EMPHASIS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THE MENU GUIDELINES.

IN TERMS OF AN INTERNAL SYSTEM, I WOULD LOVE THAT.

I CERTAINLY NOT THE PERSON TO DECIDE HOW WE CAN SET THAT UP, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

WE DO HAVE A CHAB COMMITTEE.

MY RD IS ACTUALLY A PART OF CHAB.

SO. I LIKE MAKING NEW FRIENDS.

I'M SORRY. AND THEN MY LAST ONE IS I LOVE THE IDEA OF GETTING STUDENT FEEDBACK ON THE MENU, BUT WE CAN'T LET THEM SAY THEY WANT CHICKEN NUGGETS EVERY DAY.

NO. OKAY, THANKS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY BECAUSE STUDENT FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF HEY, DO YOU GUYS LIKE THIS? OKAY, GOOD. NOT HEY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT? I WILL TELL YOU MY VERY FIRST YEAR HERE, I DID DO A COUPLE TASTINGS WHERE I WENT INTO THEM WITH THAT IN MIND ASKING THE STUDENTS TO FEEDBACK, AND I DID THEM COUNTY WIDE.

AND NOT ONLY DID I GET INTERESTING RESPONSES, IT WAS 100% SCHOOL BASED.

SO, I WENT TO 100 AND THEY WANTED STARFRUIT AND MANGO AND SUSHI, AND I WENT TO FALLING CREEK MIDDLE, AND THEY WANTED CHILI DOGS AND OTHER THINGS. AND IT WAS NO MATTER WHERE I WENT, IT WAS INCREDIBLY INDIVIDUALIZED.

AND I DIDN'T GET THE SAME TWO ANSWERS ANYWHERE.

AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE NEED TO REMEDIATE THIS.

SO, WHEN WE DID THE VEGAN TASTE TEST, WE WENT IN WITH CHOICES THAT WE KNEW WE COULD EXECUTE THAT WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WERE REASONABLE FOR THE STUDENTS SELECT AND SAID, HEY, DO YOU LIKE ANY OF THESE? AND, YOU KNOW, NOT AS MANY AS WE HAD HOPED, BUT I THINK FEEDBACK, BUT MORE SO KIND OF STEERING A LITTLE BIT.

MAYBE THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, BUT YEAH, OF COURSE.

I UNDERSTAND THE HATE ON CHICKEN NUGGETS, BUT IF THEY HAD THEIR OPTIONS, IT WOULD BE PIZZA AND CHICKEN NUGGETS.

CITY 100% 100% AND CORN DOG NUGGETS.

MISS CHATTERS? YES.

THANK YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

WE'RE NOW STARVING. IT'S FINE.

I LOVE YOUR CREATIVITY AND YOUR FORWARD THINKING.

I'M KIND OF BLOWN AWAY.

AND ALSO, SIDE NOTE, KIND OF EXCITED ABOUT MAYBE YOU CAN FUND OUR UNFUNDED BID.

YEAH, I WISH I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING.

WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THAT GOOD.

I MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, OUR GOAL IS TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CUT INTO SOMETHING ELSE.

YEAH, IT'S IMPRESSIVE.

YEAH. I HAVE A I HAVE A I REMEMBER WHEN THEY BEGAN TO PULL BACK ON COOKING AND PEOPLE LIKE TO BE LUNCH LADIES OR LUNCH PERSONNEL BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO FEED THE CHILDREN.

IT IS. AND SO, I LOVE THAT YOU ARE NUMBER ONE.

I WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT STEAMERS AND OVENS WERE IT.

SO, THE IDEA OF A STOVE OR WHATEVER, I'M NOT.

YEAH. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING A LOT AT TILT SKILLETS.

SO BASICALLY, AN INCREDIBLY LARGE FLAT TOP, BUT WITH.

OH, SURE THAT YOU CAN.

SAUCES, STEWS, TACOS.

IT'S PRETTY UNIVERSAL TYPE OPTION.

HOPING TO GET SOME IN NEW SCHOOLS AS SCHOOLS ARE BEING BUILT AND KIND OF USE THAT AS A TESTING GROUND.

AGAIN, FORWARD THINKING WHEN DECISIONS WERE MADE TO ONLY USE OVENS AND STEAMERS IN THE PAST, PART OF THAT DECISION CAME WITH GETTING RID OF [INAUDIBLE] FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

SO THAT IS NOW HAVING TO BE ADDED TO THE NEW SCHOOLS.

AND IF I ADD THAT EQUIPMENT AT OUR OLD SCHOOLS, WE HAVE TO REINSTALL FIRE SUPPRESSION.

SO, SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF LOOK AT.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, WELL.

THANK YOU. THAT'S EXCITING.

LET'S GO REAL QUICK.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

AND OF COURSE, BEING HERE WHEN THE WAREHOUSE WAS FIRST BEING DISCUSSED, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

GLAD TO SEE WE'RE CLOSE.

YES, MA'AM. SO, ECHO, WHAT DOT SAID HELPED TO ADVOCATE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH GETTING THE INTERNET THERE.

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YEAH. AFTER INTERNET, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT LANDSCAPING, OKAY.

BECAUSE THAT'S OUR NEXT THING WE FOUND OUT, THE LANDLORD DOESN'T DO LANDSCAPING.

I WENT OUT THE OTHER DAY.

THOMAS DALE HAS A LANDSCAPING.

YEAH, I WENT OUT. NO, I WENT OUT THE OTHER DAY, AND MY, IT WAS FUNNY.

MY TWO GUYS BROUGHT THEIR WEED EATERS FROM HOME, AND THEY WERE WALKING AROUND THE LOT CLEANING IT UP.

SO, I GOT SOME REALLY DEDICATED FOLKS.

I'M VERY FORTUNATE.

AWESOME. THANK YOU.

THANKS SO MUCH, MR. DUNBRACK. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON MATH PATHWAYS FROM MR. HAINES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND DR.

[H. Math Pathways]

AND TODAY, WE WILL PROVIDE CURRICULAR UPDATES FOR MATHEMATICS, BEGINNING WITH THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE TOPICS I WILL PRESENT TO YOU TODAY ARE LISTED HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW.

AS A REMINDER, ON MARCH 12TH, 2024, THIS SCHOOL BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE NEW ON GRADE LEVEL MATHEMATICS PATHWAY FOR STUDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AS REPRESENTED BY THE BLUE COURSES.

ON THIS SLIDE, WITH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S 2023 MATHEMATICS STANDARDS OF LEARNING REVISION, THE CENTRAL OFFICE TEAM BEGAN THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR WORK THROUGH OUR INTERNAL STANDARDS REVISION PROCESS.

IN CSPS.

WE USE A STANDARDS REVISION PROCESS TO REVIEW OUR CURRICULAR, INSTRUCTIONAL AND ASSESSMENT RESOURCES TO ENSURE ALIGNMENT TO THE REVISED STATE STANDARDS OF LEARNING. FIRST, WE LEARN OUR DIVISION CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS READ THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STANDARDS AND THEIR DESIGNATED CONTENT AREA, ATTEND WEBINARS AND MEETINGS, AND REVIEW RELEASED CONTENT DOCUMENTS TO UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES TO THE STANDARDS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL THE REVISIONS.

AFTER WE LEARN, WE COMPARE THESE CHANGES TO OUR CURRENT MODELS AND OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES IN A CONTENT AREA WITH TEACHER LEADERS TO DETERMINE HOW THE IMPACT OF ADDING, DELETING, AND MOVING STANDARDS IN THE REVISION PROCESS REQUIRES THE DIVISION TO ADAPT OUR CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT ACCORDINGLY TO SUPPORT STUDENTS.

ONCE WE HAVE COMPARED THE CHANGES TO OUR CURRENT COURSES, WE DESIGNED THE REVISED COURSE CONTENT AND SEQUENCING IN RESPONSE TO THE CHANGES TO THE STANDARDS AND CONSIDER OUR STUDENTS AS PREVIOUS, CURRENT AND FUTURE LEARNING.

ONCE A COURSE IS SEQUENCED AND CONTENT IS FINALIZED, THE FINAL STEP IS TO REVIEW WHICH STANDARDS OF LEARNING ASSESSMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COURSE AS APPROPRIATE. TEAMS OF TEACHERS ARE LED BY THE CURRICULUM SPECIALIST TO CREATE INSTRUCTIONAL AND ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES AND RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN CANVAS AND ALIGNED TO OUR SEQUENCING, SO THAT TEACHERS HAVE THESE AVAILABLE FOR THEIR PLANNING PROCESSES AND IMPLEMENTATION.

AND THEN ONCE WE DESIGN THE COURSE CONTENT, TEACHERS INSTRUCT, SCAFFOLD, DIFFERENTIATE AND SUPPORT THE LEARNING NEEDS OF STUDENTS IN THEIR CARE.

THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, CURRICULUM SPECIALISTS REFLECT UPON AND REVIEW THE SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF OUR COURSE SEQUENCING TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR. AGAIN, THIS IS DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR TEACHERS TO PROVIDE THE BEST POSSIBLE LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR OUR STUDENTS THROUGH DYNAMIC INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THEM.

UNDER VIRGINIA'S ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, STUDENTS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE EIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE THE ASSOCIATED VIRGINIA ASSESSMENT PROGRAM TESTS FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION IN THE CONTENT AS REQUIRED BY THE VIRGINIA BOARD OF EDUCATION.

IF STUDENTS IN K-8 EXPERIENCE AN ACCELERATED CURRICULUM, INCLUDING COURSES WITH COMPACTED CURRICULUM OR AGAIN ACCELERATED CURRICULUM, STUDENTS SIT FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE HIGHEST GRADE LEVEL IN WHICH ALL GRADE LEVEL STANDARDS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT.

CCPS DESIGNATES THE APPROPRIATE STANDARDS OF LEARNING ASSESSMENT, BASED ON THE CURRICULAR REVISIONS AND DECISIONS MADE TO ALIGN TO THE NEWEST STANDARDS OF LEARNING.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ADOPTED THE 2023 MATHEMATICS STANDARDS OF LEARNING FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION DURING THE 2425 SCHOOL YEAR.

THIS SLIDE IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE REVISIONS TO THE MATH STANDARDS OF LEARNING HAVE, QUOTE, RAISED ACADEMIC EXPECTATIONS FOR STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS.

TO HIGHLIGHT THE SHIFT IN GRADE LEVEL REVISIONS TO THE 2023 MATH STANDARDS.

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THERE ARE SEVERAL IMPORTANT SHIFTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED AS PART OF THE 2023 REVISION.

FIRST, THE ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS ARE EMBEDDED DIRECTLY INTO THE STANDARDS.

SECOND, THE DATA CYCLE HAS BEEN ADDED IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH ALGEBRA TWO FOR STUDENTS TO EXPERIENCE INNOVATIVE WAYS TO PROCESS THEIR LEARNING THROUGH QUESTIONING, COLLECTING, ORGANIZING, AND CREATING DATA VISUALIZATIONS APPROPRIATE TO THE GRADE LEVEL.

THIRD, THE MATH PROCESS GOALS HAVE BEEN EMBEDDED INTO THE STANDARDS.

THE MATH PROCESS GOALS ARE SKILLS INVOLVING PROBLEM SOLVING, CONNECTIONS, COMMUNICATION, REPRESENTATION, AND REASONING.

IN THE FIRST COLUMN, YOU SEE THE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF STANDARDS AND SUB STANDARDS FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL.

FOR THE 2023 MATH REVISIONS.

IN THE FINAL COLUMN, YOU SEE THAT GRADE FOUR HAS 18 NEW STANDARDS AND OR SUB STANDARDS THAT ARE PART OF THE 97 STANDARDS AND KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THE GRADE LEVEL. NEW CONTENT OR CONTENT EXPECTATIONS COULD INCLUDE STANDARDS THAT DID NOT APPEAR IN 2016, STANDARDS THAT WERE MOVED FROM ANOTHER GRADE LEVEL, OR SKILLS THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A NEW EXPECTATION FOR THIS COURSE.

AS A RESULT OF THE SHIFTS AND NOTABLE REVISIONS, CCPS HAS UPDATED OUR CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT SEQUENCING TO ALIGN WITH THESE UPDATES.

WE'RE GOING TO SEE THREE EXAMPLES OF THIS IN ACTION.

SO, WHAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS AN EXAMPLE FROM GRADE FIVE MATH REGARDING AN INCREASE IN RIGOR.

NOTICE THE SHIFT IN THE VERBS FROM THE 2016 TO THE 2023 VERSION.

FOR FIFTH GRADE COMPUTATION AND ESTIMATION, THE 2016 STANDARD ASKS STUDENTS TO CREATE AND SOLVE, WHILE THE 2023 STANDARD ASKS STUDENTS TO ESTIMATE, REPRESENT, SOLVE, AND JUSTIFY SOLUTIONS.

THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW THE EXPECTATIONS OF RIGOR HAVE INCREASED WITH THE INCLUSION OF THE PROCESS GOALS DIRECTLY IN THE STANDARD.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE 2023 VERSION OF MATH STANDARDS HAVE RAISED CONTENT EXPECTATIONS ACROSS GRADE LEVELS AS WELL.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN GRADE SIX MATH, YOU SEE THAT IN 2016, STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO MULTIPLY AND DIVIDE FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS.

IN 2023, STUDENTS ARE EXPECTED TO NOT ONLY USE OPERATIONS WITH FRACTIONS AND MIXED NUMBERS, BUT THEY MUST ALSO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLYING OR DIVIDING BY ONE OF THESE NUMBERS AND HOW IT CHANGES THE ORIGINAL ONE.

TO QUOTE, INVESTIGATE, AND EXPLAIN THE EFFECTS OF THIS, POTENTIALLY WITHOUT ACTUAL EXAMPLES GIVEN, IS LIKELY TO BE A COMPLICATED AND ABSTRACT CONCEPT FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND FINALLY, THIS SLIDE SHOWS TWO EXAMPLES OF HOW STANDARDS HAVE BEEN MOVED ACROSS GRADE LEVELS IN THE 2023 REVISIONS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE STANDARD ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN HAS BEEN MOVED FROM GRADE SIX TO GRADE SEVEN.

STUDENTS ARE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THIS CONCEPT IN GRADE FIVE AND ENGAGE WITH THE STANDARD AGAIN IN GRADE SEVEN.

THE RIGOR HAS ALSO INCREASED BECAUSE STUDENTS WILL USE THE ORDER OF OPERATIONS WITH INTEGERS WITHOUT THE USE OF A CALCULATOR.

THE SECOND EXAMPLE SHOWS CONTENT THAT HAS BEEN MOVED DOWN FROM GRADE EIGHT TO GRADE SEVEN, AND IT IS A NEW CONTENT EXPECTATION FOR GRADE SEVEN FOR 2023. THE INCREASES IN RIGOR, CONTENT EXPECTATIONS, AND GRADE LEVEL EXPECTATIONS ARE ALL CONSIDERED AS PART OF SEQUENCING COURSE CONTENT.

AS WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, STUDENTS TAKE THE ASSESSMENT ALIGNED TO THE CONTENT THAT THAT THEY HAVE FINISHED.

BASED ON THE 2023 MATH STANDARDS REVISION, SOME OF OUR COURSES WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THE SAME ASSESSMENT AS PREVIOUS YEARS.

FOR EXAMPLE, MATH FOUR A WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THE MATH FOUR SOL.

AND IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH ONE AND GRADE SIX WILL CONTINUE TO ADMINISTER THE MATH SIX SOL TEST AND OTHER COURSES.

A CHANGE IN THE ASSESSMENT IS NECESSARY DUE TO THE CHANGES IN CONTENT COVERED.

FOR EXAMPLE, MATH FIVE A WILL NOT FINISH TEACHING THE GRADE SIX STANDARDS.

THEREFORE, MATH FIVE A STUDENTS WILL SIT FOR THE MATH FIVE SOL TEST.

WHAT REMAINS CONSISTENT IS THAT OUR SINGLE ACCELERATED MATH STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ALGEBRA ONE IN GRADE EIGHT, AND OUR DOUBLE ACCELERATED MATH STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE GEOMETRY IN GRADE EIGHT.

IN ORDER FOR THESE CHANGES TO OCCUR, CCPS HAS A COHORT OF STUDENTS THAT WILL NEED TO FOLLOW THEIR CURRENT COURSE SEQUENCE TO LEARN ALL CONTENT.

A FEW COURSES HAVE BEEN RENAMED TO ENSURE STUDENTS DO NOT MISS THIS CONTENT AND DO NOT REPEAT THE STANDARDS OF LEARNING ASSESSMENTS.

THE COURSES IN THE YELLOW BOX BOXES, EXCUSE ME, HAVE BEEN RENAMED AS A RESULT AFTER THE 2024-25 SCHOOL YEAR.

STUDENTS CAN TAKE EIGHTH GRADE MATH INSTEAD OF ALGEBRA PREP.

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STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN MATH FIVE HAVE TWO OPTIONS MATH SIX OR MIDDLE SCHOOL MATH ONE.

FOR STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN MATH FIVE A, THEY HAVE TWO OPTIONS MATH SEVEN EIGHT FOR SINGLE ACCELERATED OR HONORS PRE-ALGEBRA FOR DOUBLE ACCELERATED.

THE ADDITION OF A NEW ON GRADE LEVEL PATHWAY, AND THE REVISION OF THE 2023 MATH STANDARDS HAVE HELPED THE DIVISION REALIGN OUR CONTENT IN WAYS THAT HAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND BENEFITS FOR OUR STUDENTS.

CURRENTLY, CHESTERFIELD FAMILIES MAKE A DECISION FOR THEIR STUDENTS IN THIRD GRADE THAT REMAINS IN PLACE UNTIL THE END OF SIXTH GRADE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, OUR REALIGNED DISTRICT SEQUENCING BASED ON THE 2023 MATH REVISIONS, PROVIDES AN ANNUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR AN ABUNDANCE, OF COURSE, OPTIONS FOR FAMILIES AND STUDENTS AS THEY DECIDE THEIR COURSE OPTIONS THAT BEST MEET THEIR LEARNING NEEDS.

ON BEHALF OF OUR K-12 MATHEMATICS TEAM, DR.

MONIQUE BOOTH AND DR.

SHARON POPE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THESE CURRICULAR UPDATES TO THE BOARD.

MADAM CHAIR, I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, MISS STAINES.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? MISS CHATTERS, GO AHEAD. SO, I'M ON SLIDE.

THE ONE BEFORE THAT.

ANOTHER ONE. YES.

SO, FOR THE CURRENT STUDENTS WHO ARE IN SCHOOL BASED GIFTED, THAT WOULD BE THE ACCELERATED.

SO, LET'S GO WITH THAT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.

SO, THE 5A BEFORE THE MATH PATHWAYS THEY WOULD BE GETTING FIFTH AND PARTIAL SIXTH.

AND WHEN THEY GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL, THEY WOULD GET THE, OR EXCUSE ME, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

THEY WOULD GET THE OTHER HALF OF SIXTH AND PARTIAL SEVENTH.

THAT'S WHAT IT IS TODAY.

CURRENTLY. CURRENTLY, MATH FIVE STUDENTS GET THE REST OF FIFTH GRADE CONTENT AND ALL OF SIXTH GRADE CONTENT, AND THEN THEY ASSESS ON THE 6TH GRADE SOL. SO, IN THIS MODEL, WE'RE SKIPPING THE 6TH GRADE SOL.

IF THE FIVE A STUDENT CONTINUES WITH A SINGLE OR A DOUBLE ACCELERATED PATHWAY.

SO, THE SLOT. SO, I UNDERSTAND THE VISUAL IS A LITTLE CONFUSING, BECAUSE THE ONLY COURSES THAT HAVE CHANGED IS THE STUDENTS WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THAT MATH FIVE A STUDENT IS ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD.

THEY'RE NOT LOOKING BACKWARD.

WE TRIED TO CREATE A VISUAL FOR THE MATH FOR STUDENTS WHO CURRENTLY ARE IN MATH 4A SO THAT THEY COULD SEE WHAT THEY WOULD GET FOR 24-25 FOR MATH 5A.

OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN MATH FIVE A THEY HAVE THOSE TWO OPTIONS.

THE BOXES IN YELLOW, THEY HAVE MATH SEVEN WHERE THEY WOULD TAKE THE 7TH GRADE SOL FOR SINGLE ACCELERATED BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T COVERED SEVENTH GRADE CONTENT YET.

OR THEY WOULD TAKE HONORS PRE-ALGEBRA, WHICH IS SEVENTH GRADE AND PARTIAL EIGHTH GRADE.

AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO TAKE THE 7TH GRADE SOL WITH WHICH WE HAVEN'T TAKEN YET.

SO, THEY WOULD NOT GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THESE THE REST OF SIXTH GRADE CONTENT IF THEY STAYED ON THE ACCELERATED TRACK.

SO, WE'RE NOT DOING SIXTH GRADE SOL FOR MATH.

7H THE AS WE THINK AHEAD TO OUR NEXT COHORT.

SO, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE YOU I WANT TO BE SURE I'M CLEAR STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY REFERENCING ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN MATH 5A OR 4A, BECAUSE WHEN WE IMPLEMENT THIS, IT WILL BE FOR THEM WHEN THEY HIT MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO, FOR MY CHILD, SHE'S CURRENTLY A 4A MATH STUDENT.

SO CURRENTLY IN MATH FOR YOUR STUDENT.

WOULD WE ALWAYS SKIP A SOL IF THEY'RE SINGLE ACCELERATED.

SO, WE'RE SKIPPING SIX. WE WOULD SKIP SIX.

SO, THEY'RE GETTING PARTIAL CONTENT BUT WILL NOT BE TAKING THAT SOL.

THAT IS CORRECT.

IS THE PIECE THAT THEY'RE GETTING RELEVANT TO SEVENTH GRADE? YES. SO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO SPIRAL OUR CONTENT IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE 6TH GRADE SKILLS REALLY BUILD INTO SEVENTH GRADE AS WELL AS EIGHTH GRADE.

AND THAT'S PART OF THAT REALLY STRONG COURSE ALIGNMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OF COURSE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR MATH.

YES, IT IS. THOUGH NO ONE WOULD EVER SAY THAT.

BUT IT IS. IT HAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THIS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS SOME, SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OUT THERE ABOUT OUR RIGOR AND WHAT WE EXPECT OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND I'M GLAD TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH PEOPLE AND TELL THEM THAT WE'RE REALLY DOING A LOT FOR TO MEET OUR STUDENTS WHERE THEY ARE, BUT ALSO TO PUSH THEM READILY.

AGREED. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE 20 2526 DRAFT SCHOOL CALENDAR FROM DR.

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I HOPE WE CAN BE EQUALLY EXCITED ABOUT CALENDAR CONVERSATION.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON SO FAR, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS GOOD AS FOOD.

[I. 2025-26 Draft School Calendar]

ONE OF THE REASONS I AM OBVIOUSLY HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT CALENDAR, SPECIFICALLY THE 2526 DRAFT CALENDAR.

AS A REMINDER TO EVERYONE LISTENING.

OUR 2425 CALENDARS ARE ALREADY APPROVED.

THEY'RE ALREADY POSTED.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO FAST FORWARD OUR MINDS AND WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE TOPICS LISTED HERE.

AND AS EVERY SCHOOL DIVISION DOES WHEN THEY GO ABOUT FORMULATING A CALENDAR FOR POTENTIAL APPROVAL, WE REVIEW THE VIRGINIA STANDARDS TO BE SURE THAT ANY CALENDAR THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE OUR SCHOOLS, AS THEY BUILD OUT THEIR MASTER SCHEDULES, WOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THESE EXPECTATIONS HERE IN CHESTERFIELD, WHEN WE HAVE DOUBT THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO MEET ANY OF THESE EXPECTATIONS.

BECAUSE, LET'S FACE IT, WHO CAN PREDICT SOME OF THE CRAZY THINGS THAT HAPPEN, RIGHT? WE ALL KEEP THINKING THAT BLIZZARD COULD HAPPEN SOME YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT EVER WILL AGAIN IN VIRGINIA, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE POWER OUTAGES.

THERE ARE ELECTION NEEDS.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT POP UP THAT ARE VERY HARD TO PREDICT.

WHEN WE HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MEET, WE WOULD PRESENT TO YOU A WAIVER AND YOU AS A BOARD WOULD DETERMINE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE THAT WAIVER, JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF COMFORT AND A LITTLE BIT OF ASSURANCE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BUILD THOSE SCHEDULES IN A WAY THAT SERVES OUR STUDENTS.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE ALSO DO WHEN WE'RE BUILDING A CALENDAR, WE LOOK AROUND TO SEE IF OTHERS ACROSS THE REGION HAVE ALREADY APPROVED A CALENDAR IN THIS PARTICULAR YEAR THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, ONE OF OUR LARGEST NEIGHBORS HAS ALREADY APPROVED THEIR 25-26 CALENDAR.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE DO THAT IS BECAUSE WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT WE MAY HAVE CHILDREN ATTENDING OUR SCHOOLS WHO HAVE PARENTS THAT WORK IN OTHER DIVISIONS, AND WE MAY HAVE EMPLOYEES IN OUR SCHOOLS WHO HAVE STUDENTS IN OTHER DIVISIONS.

AND BY ALIGNING OUR MAJOR BREAKS, WE ACTUALLY ALLEVIATE A LOT OF STRESS.

THAT COULD COME ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE EMPLOYEE ABSENCES RELATED TO BREAKS.

AND OF COURSE, THAT PUTS A STRAIN ON OUR SUBSTITUTE POOL.

WE ALSO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS MOST RECENTLY.

ONE THAT I CAN REMEMBER IS SINCE MANY OF THE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE REGION ARE BEGINNING THEIR SCHOOL YEAR BEFORE LABOR DAY, SHOULD WE MOVE OUR SPRING BREAK EARLIER IN THE YEAR? SO THAT WAS A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION RECENTLY.

AND THEN WE LOOK AS WE BEGIN TO BUILD ANY CALENDAR DRAFT BACK AT THE QUESTIONS WE RECEIVE THROUGH ACTS AND FROM TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS DIRECTLY THROUGH EMAIL.

TAKING ALL OF THAT INTO ACCOUNT, WE BEGIN DRAFTING, AND THEN THAT DRAFT CALENDAR IS PRESENTED TO ALL OF THE GROUPS THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY AT THAT LAST BULLET AT THIS MOMENT WITH THIS CALENDAR BEING POSTED.

WE CERTAINLY WELCOME OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SUBMIT TO THAT EMAIL ADDRESS THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL DRAFT CALENDAR.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE SENDING A MESSAGE OUT.

I THINK OUR COMMUNICATION OFFICE IS WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUST LISTEN TO THIS WORK SESSION TO KNOW ABOUT THAT.

THE DRAFT CALENDAR IS LINKED, AND I BELIEVE ANYONE THAT GOES INTO BOARD DOCS WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

JUST A REMINDER, THIS IS THE STUDENT SLASH PARENT VERSION OF THE CALENDAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CALENDAR, IT'S FEATURE DESIGN IS A MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY LAYOUT.

AND OF COURSE OUR EMPLOYEES, WHEN THEY RECEIVE THEIR CONTRACTS, THEY RECEIVE THEIR WORK CALENDARS.

AND THOSE CAN DIFFER FROM A STUDENT PARENT CALENDAR.

TRY TO ALWAYS THINK ABOUT AS A PARENT, WHAT DATES WOULD I'M MOST BE INTERESTED IN? AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT VACATION PLANNING OR CONSIDERING INVITING FAMILY MEMBERS TO A POTENTIAL GRADUATION, ETC., WE LIFT OUT HERE ON THIS SLIDE THE DAYS THAT PROBABLY ARE MOST IMPORTANT.

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL, SPRING BREAK, ANTICIPATED GRADUATION WEEK WHICH WOULD FOLLOW OUR NORMAL PATTERN, AND JUST SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT PARENTS MIGHT BE MOST QUICKLY INTERESTED IN KNOWING.

FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS AND OUR STAFF.

JUST SOME THINGS THAT WE'LL FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DRAFT.

IT DOES REMAIN WITH THE 178 INSTRUCTIONAL DAYS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE HAD THE LAST FEW YEARS.

WE ARE CONTINUING THE STAGGERED FIRST DAY STARTS FOR OUR KINDERGARTEN, SIXTH AND NINTH GRADERS.

THAT IS SOMETHING WE CONTINUE TO GET GREAT FEEDBACK ON.

AN IDEA THAT DR. DOUGHERTY BROUGHT TO US.

WE HAVE A HALF DAY WHERE STUDENTS ARE LEAVING THE SCHOOL, AND TEACHERS CAN HAVE PLANNING AND CLERICAL TIME AT THE END OF EACH QUARTER, AND WE ALWAYS ALIGN OUR HOLIDAYS TO THOSE DAYS.

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AND OF COURSE, THAT QUESTION ALWAYS COMES UP.

DO WE STILL GET THE TWO-WEEK WINTER BREAK? YES. DO WE GET A ONE-WEEK SPRING BREAK? YES. AND THOSE TWO BREAKS DO ALIGN AGAIN TO THAT OTHER LARGE DIVISION.

AGAIN, WE LISTEN TO FEEDBACK.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THIS IS VERSION EIGHT OF THE CALENDAR I'M SHARING WITH YOU TODAY.

SO THAT TELLS YOU WE LISTEN TO FEEDBACK, AND WE MAKE CHANGES AS WE HEAR FROM EACH GROUP.

I SO ENJOYED MEETING WITH SAGE, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S ADVISORY GROUP YESTERDAY.

AND BOY DID THEY GIVE SOME GREAT IDEAS.

SO JUST KEEP THEM COMING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I BELIEVE WE'VE LOOKED AT AND EXHAUSTED AS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A WARM RECEPTION TO HERE IN CHESTERFIELD, IS THAT WE REALLY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN ADDING DAYS OR MINUTES TO THE DAY.

SO, WE ARE WORKING WITHIN THE CONFINES OF A CALENDAR AS IT HAS BEEN BEFORE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THOSE LENGTHS OF SCHOOL DAY AND SCHOOL MINUTES ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE ARE STILL ENTERTAINING, BUT REALLY ISN'T PERTINENT TO THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DETERMINE DOWN THE ROAD, WOULD BE THE CONSIDERATION OF MOVING FROM LOOKING AT THE NATURAL CALENDAR AND HOW THE DATES FALL, ODD AND EVEN IN THIS PARTICULAR CALENDAR, THAT GIVES NINE INSTANCES OF CLASSES MEETING BACK-TO-BACK.

FOR EXAMPLE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30TH, AN EVEN DAY.

AND THEN YOU GET TO MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND.

THAT'S AN EVEN DAY. TEACHERS DON'T LIKE THAT.

THEY JUST DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL.

THEY LIKE TO KEEP THEIR CLASSES VERY MUCH IN THAT BACK-AND-FORTH TOGGLE, YOU KNOW, SWITCH.

SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IS WHAT IS DONE OTHER PLACES, WHICH IS INSTEAD OF HAVING A DAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DATE ON THE CALENDAR, YOU SIMPLY DESIGNATE A DAY, B DAY.

MANY SCHOOLS USE THEIR SCHOOL COLORS GOLD DAY, BURGUNDY DAY, FOR EXAMPLE.

AND THAT MEANS IF A TUESDAY I'M IN SCHOOL AND ITS B DAY, AND THAT BLIZZARD FINALLY COMES AND THREE WEEKS LATER WE GET THE CALL FROM SEAN SMITH TO COME BACK TO SCHOOL.

I JUST SIMPLY COME BACK, AND I PICK UP WITH THE OPPOSITE COURSES FROM WHENEVER.

THE LAST TIME WAS THAT I WAS IN SCHOOL.

IT DOES ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE BACK-TO-BACK SITUATIONS.

IT IS MORE IMMUNE TO UNFORESEEN CALENDAR CHANGES, DOES VERY EVENLY DISTRIBUTE THE DAYS ACROSS QUARTERS, SEMESTERS AND THE YEAR WHICH TEACHERS REALLY LOVE THAT AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL YOU KNOW, BUT WITH EVERYTHING THERE ARE PLUSES AND MINUSES.

SO, IF I'M THE TEACHER IN SEPTEMBER WHO ARRANGES THE FEBRUARY FIELD TRIP FOR MY ADVANCED BIOLOGY CLASS AND THEY MEET ON ODD DAY OR B DAY, AND THEN WE HAVE THAT SNOW. I HAVE A 5050 CHANCE OF MAYBE HAVING TO ADJUST THAT GUEST SPEAKER WHEN WE COME BACK.

SO ANYWAYS, IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE THINGS WE REALLY DO TRY TO THINK, WE TRY TO RESPOND TO, AND WE TRY TO POSE SUGGESTIONS FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD LIKE US TO IMPROVE.

AND NOTHING'S REQUIRED.

THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT.

IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE WILL DO IT, BUT IT JUST SERVES AS AN EXAMPLE THAT WE REALLY TRY HARD TO TRY TO MAKE EVERYONE AS HAPPY AS THEY CAN BE.

SO, WHAT ARE YOUR QUESTIONS AS YOU LOOK AT THE DRAFT? I KNOW WE'RE ALL HUNGRY.

THANK YOU. BERKELEY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR.

POPE, BOARD MEMBERS, ANY DISCUSSION? MISS CHATTERS? I HAVE TWO.

SO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IS, IS THERE ANY WAY POSSIBLE TO GET AWAY FROM MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND FOR GRADUATION WEEK? IS THAT I MEAN, IT'S A VERY TIGHT CALENDAR, BUT IT LIKE COINCIDES WITH.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS YEAR.

THAT MONDAY IS NOT A GRADUATION, BUT THAT FRIDAY IS IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO, LIKE THOSE FAMILIES WHO WOULD? BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF SCHOOL ON THAT MONDAY THE 27TH, I WANT TO SAY.

AND THEN MEADOWBROOK AND BYRD ARE ON THE 24TH.

RIGHT. SO THOSE TWO SCHOOLS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IF YOU WERE GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE FOR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, THEN YOU REALLY CAN'T BECAUSE YOU GOT GRADUATION.

SO, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, IS THERE A WAY TO GET AWAY FROM THAT WEEKEND SO THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL DO WHAT THEY WOULD HAVE NORMALLY BEEN DOING FOR? MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. YES, WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT BEFORE.

OKAY. AND SO, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT YOU DO NOT WANT TO GO EARLIER BECAUSE IF YOU GO A WEEK EARLIER, YOU'RE IN AP TESTING.

AND. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE DOING THE AP TESTING AND NOT WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE.

IF YOU GO THE WEEK LATER, YOU STILL HAVE THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, SO THAT MEANS YOU WOULD PUSH IT INTO THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF JUNE ON MOST CALENDARS.

BECAUSE REMEMBER, IT'S THE LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH.

SO, THE BEST OPTION WAS TO TRY IT.

LIKE THIS YEAR WE DON'T HAVE A NIGHT GRADUATION ON FRIDAY.

NO. SO, YOU GET OUT OF TOWN, YOU GET OUT OF TOWN RIGHT AFTER THAT.

BUT WE LOOKED AT THE WEEK BEFORE.

IMPOSSIBLE JUST BECAUSE OF AP TESTING AND SOME DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES.

AND THEN WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FOLLOWING WEEK, YOUR MONDAY STARTS AND MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

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WELL. RIGHT.

SO SO I DON'T SEE PEOPLE COMING BACK ON THAT.

BUT WE HAVE SCHOOL THAT WEEK, RIGHT.

GRANTED, IT'S PROBABLY LET'S WATCH A MOVIE FOR THE OTHER GRADE LEVELS.

IT'S LIKE, LET'S WATCH A MOVIE AND LET'S WRAP UP.

BUT IF THERE WAS A WAY TO DO LIKE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY, IT WAS JUST A THOUGHT TO AVOID THAT WEEKEND FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT GO LAST, THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR THE NEW SUPERINTENDENT DOWN THE ROAD.

LOOK AT YOU. THE NEXT QUESTION I WILL ADD THAT WE DO NOTE THAT GRADUATION IS NOT NOTED ON THE CALENDAR SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE FACILITIES LOCKED IN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE VARIABLES THERE, RIGHT? IF WE GET IN THERE WORTH A MENTION AT THIS POINT.

NOT RIGHT. RIGHT.

NOT FOR THIS YEAR, BUT FOR LIKE TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD IF WE COULD.

RIGHT. FORECASTING. AND THE OTHER QUESTION WAS ABOUT WE HAD A PRESENTATION EARLIER ON ABOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL SEAT TIME.

AND THAT WAS WHERE THE THE ANGST WAS.

DID WE COME UP WITH A SOLUTION ON HOW WE WERE GOING TO RECTIFY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SEAT? TIME FOR THE KAUFER.

I'VE ACTUALLY SUMMARIZED THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE CONDUCTED WITH OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND ONE OTHER FROM THE SCHOOL DR. WAS THERE, DID A GREAT JOB LEADING THAT.

PEYTON ANDERSON WAS INVOLVED FROM A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LENS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT EVERY POSSIBLE SCENARIO AND I SUMMARIZED WHAT OUR FINDINGS WERE, AND WE EVEN THREW IT INTO I JUST TO SEE LIKE, IS SOMETHING ELSE OUT THERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.

AND AT THIS POINT, WITH THE IMPLICATION ON SOME COST AND STAFFING WITHOUT ADDING DAYS OR MINUTES, IT IT'S NOT REALLY DESIRABLE TO DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS TO PRESENT TO OUR BOARD A WAIVER FOR THOSE MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSES WHERE WE MAY COME UP OUT WITH SOME HOURS SHORT OF THAT.

140 SO ALL OF THAT IS KIND OF DETAILED OUT IN A SEAT TIME WAIVER MEMO SO THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER YOU KNOW, THERE WAS NO MAGIC SOLUTION THAT JUST MADE IT ALL BETTER.

EVERYTHING HAD AN IMPACT POINT.

OKAY. MR. JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I KNOW HOW MUCH TIME THEY SPEND ON THIS.

AND THE ONE ISSUE WAS THE SOMETIMES BECAUSE I MADE A SUGGESTION.

WELL, WHAT ABOUT TWEAKING THE ACTIVITY PERIOD THAT THEY HAVE WITH WHAT THEY CALL IT IN THEIR SCHOOL? AND THEY, THEY REALLY MADE SOME OUTSTANDING POINTS ABOUT HOW THOSE THAT TIME PERIOD DURING THE DAY, THEY'RE HELPING STUDENTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF THEY WERE FEARFUL THAT THE COUNSELING THAT THEY OFFER, THE TUTORING THAT THEY OFFER DURING THOSE TIMES WOULD REALLY AFFECT THE STUDENTS.

AND THEY WERE VERY STRONG AND, IN THEIR MOTION, TO KEEP THAT TIME PERIOD BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE.

AND I'M NOT A PROPONENT OF REMOVING FOR LIKE MY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS [INAUDIBLE].

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A FAN OF REMOVING RAW, BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN YOUR STUDENT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO GET EXTRA HELP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO, THAT'S NOT WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT.

I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHAT RECOMMENDATIONS CAME OUT OF YOUR ROBUST PLANNING TEAM TO COME UP WITH A REASON OR SOMETHING WE COULD DO? THE OTHER QUESTION THAT DOVETAILS OFF OF THAT, I KNOW I SAID TWO, BUT BASED ON THE RESPONSE IT LED ME TO, THIS ONE IS.

WE'VE HEARD TEACHERS COME BEFORE THE DAIS AND TALK ABOUT STUDENTS NOT GETTING ENOUGH OF SOMETHING BEFORE, THEY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT.

AND WE STILL DON'T HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SEAT TIME, EXCEPT FOR DOING A WAIVER.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE ANSWER CAME FROM OF WE'RE NOT EXTENDING, I UNDERSTAND NOT EXTENDING MINUTES BECAUSE OF LOGISTICS ON PEOPLE GETTING ON A BUS, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE CRAZY. BUT WE DID SHORTEN THE SCHOOL YEAR.

BUT IF WE'RE.

I DON'T WANT THE STUDENTS TO BE AT A DISADVANTAGE WHEN THEY GO TO HIGH SCHOOL.

LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE'VE HAD THE TEACHER WHO TEACHES FOREIGN LANGUAGE COME BEFORE US AND EXPLAIN WHERE THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WHEN THEY GET TO HER CLASS.

AND WE'VE HAD THE SAME CONVERSATION WITH MATH.

MAYBE THE PATHWAYS WILL ASSIST WITH THAT TRANSITION.

BUT THEY'RE THE.

I WANT. I WANT ANOTHER COURSE OF ACTION.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? I WANT ANOTHER COURSE OF ACTION SO THAT THE STUDENTS ARE PREPARED.

AND I FOUND OUT THIS MY FIRST TIME TRYING TO PUT MY CHILD IN SUMMER SCHOOL WHO DIDN'T NEED TO NECESSARILY GO.

BUT IT'S NOT OPEN TO A STUDENT WHO IS DOING WELL ENOUGH TO NOT NEED IT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

BUT STILL.

FEELING UNCOMFORTABLE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL AND WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SOMETHING.

IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO THAT STUDENT, RIGHT? SO THAT MEANS I NEEDED TO GET EVERYTHING I COULD GET IN THE CORE FOR OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

WHAT I'M SAYING, AND IT'S JUST I'VE, LIKE I'M TRYING TO.

I NORMALLY START THE PRESENTATION WITH ALL THE OTHER GROUPS, LIKE, WE CAN GIVE YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT, WE CAN'T GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT, RIGHT? LIKE SO I CAN'T GET I CAN'T GET THE CORE FOR AT 140 HOURS, SO MUCH HAS BEEN CONSIDERED AND CONSIDERED AND CONSIDERED, AND I FEEL LIKE

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AND JUST EVERY POSSIBLE SOLUTION HAD DRAWBACKS, AS DR.

DOHERTY JUST MENTIONED, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CONSENSUS IN THE GROUP WAS THAT'S TOO MUCH OF A COST FOR THAT PARTICULAR ADVANTAGE.

SO, WE JUST KIND OF WENT DOWN THROUGH THE LIST OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU GIVE? WHAT DO YOU TAKE? RIGHT.

YOU KNOW. OKAY.

GO AHEAD, DR.

POPE. I JUST WANT TO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

BEFORE THIS BOARD WAS ELECTED, TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR.

THE COMMUNITY CAME OUT IN DROVES TO A BOARD MEETING IN REGARD TO, I THINK IT WAS 15 MINUTES IN CONVERSATION BEING ADDED SOMEWHERE, A PART OF THE SCHOOL DAY.

AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT TURNED OUT TO BE FIGHTING WORDS.

AND SO, I JUST WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT PARTICIPATED IN THESE MEETINGS, THAT YOU WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND FIGURED OUT, OKAY, WE'RE LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC.

WE'RE HEARING WHAT THEY'RE SAYING, AND WE'RE MAKING ADJUSTMENTS, THEREFORE.

SO, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR DOING THAT.

MEANS A LOT. DR.

POPE. YES. REAL QUICK I KNOW A COUPLE QUESTIONS HAVE KIND OF BUBBLED UP FOR, FOR ME REGARDING ASYNCHRONOUS DAYS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HALF DAY BEING AN ASYNCHRONOUS DAY.

I KNOW WE CHATTED ABOUT IT.

CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THAT PUBLICLY, PLEASE? WE CLEARLY HEAR FROM OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN SOME OF THEIR FEEDBACK THAT PARTICULARLY AT THAT LEVEL, HALF DAYS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE HIGHLY VALUED AT THE END OF THE QUARTER FOR GRADING AND PLANNING, THEY DO POSE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A PROBLEM WITH ATTENDANCE.

I THINK IT PROBABLY STEMS FROM CHILDCARE CONCERNS.

IT'S HARD TO MANAGE A YOUNGER STUDENT WHO IS ONLY ATTENDING SCHOOL HALF DAY.

IT MIGHT BE EASIER JUST TO KEEP THE STUDENT HOME THE ENTIRE DAY, RIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY, ASYNCHRONOUS DOES NOT REALLY COUNT TOWARDS OUR SEAT TIME OR THOSE STANDARDS THAT I JUST ALLUDED TO.

SO THAT WOULDN'T REALLY BE A SOLUTION THAT WOULD GO IN THE BOOKS, SO TO SPEAK.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THOSE UNEXPECTED CHANGES, SOMETIMES WITH AN ELECTION OR SOMETHING.

IT IS SOMETHING WE LOOK AT TO TRY TO CONTINUE THE LEARNING, BUT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE THE ATTENDANCE COUNTS TOWARDS AN INSTRUCTIONAL DAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. YES.

DR. POPE. I KNOW I MAY HAVE BROUGHT THIS UP EARLIER, AND I'M, IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, HAVE WE EXAMINED ANY POTENTIAL ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS? I'M GOING TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO SAY IT.

I WAS READY FOR YOU. GOOD.

I'VE LOOKED THEM ALL UP.

THANK YOU. AND I WILL SAY THAT ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2025, THAT'S A SATURDAY.

WE HAVE A PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM.

I'LL GET MY GLASSES READY.

I'M ON IT. AND THEN ON THIS PARTICULAR CALENDAR ON FEBRUARY 17TH, WE HAVE A SOLAR ECLIPSE.

BUT UNLESS YOU'RE ON THE SOUTH PACIFIC RING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT ONE.

I CAN TRY THE REST OF THEM DO NOT IMPACT OUR AREA OR THEIR LUNAR.

SO, I AM SO GLAD YOU ASKED ME BECAUSE I TRY TO BE PREPARED.

AND I ACTUALLY HAD LOOKED THAT UP THINKING, SOMEONE MAY ASK, I APPRECIATE YOU.

YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THAT.

AND MY OTHER QUESTION IS ABOUT I KNOW THAT IT KIND OF COMES AND GOES, BUT SOMETIMES WE DO NEED TO PIVOT FOR A PRIMARY AND A PRIMARY ELECTION DAY.

DO WE HAVE THAT BUILT IN OR DO WE HAVE THAT? DO WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO DO THAT? I GUESS RATHER NOT.

THANK YOU. SEAN SMITH, HE'S REACHED OUT.

HE'S DONE RESEARCH TOO.

HE'S COME PREPARED.

I WILL SAY IT, SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP UP.

BUT THE COUNTY REGISTRAR HAS SENT US THE DATES.

AND THE JUNE PRIMARY ELECTION IS ACTUALLY JUNE 16TH.

SO THAT'S AFTER OUR SCHOOL YEAR ENDS.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE GENERAL ELECTION FIGURED IN ON NOVEMBER 4TH.

AND AT THIS POINT THERE ARE NO SPECIAL ELECTIONS.

SO, ON THIS PARTICULAR CALENDAR, AGAIN, WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN THE CLEAR AT THIS POINT.

I MEAN, FOR NOW, I'M GOING TO TRY A THIRD TIME TO STUMP US.

WONDERFUL. ANYTHING ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I GOT ONE MORE.

OH, OKAY.

ONE MORE. I'M SORRY. I KNOW I'VE MENTIONED IT TO SEAN AND ITS PENDING, SO I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE.

THIS LAST GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THEY DID PASS THE SEAT TIME WAIVER ADJUSTMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL.

SO THOSE ARE THE PARENTS WHO HAVE BEEN EMAILING US REGARDING.

DOES MY CHILD HAVE TO SIT? DOES MY CHILD HAVE TO SIT IF THEY ALREADY HAVE THE CREDITS? THERE IS THERE IS LEGISLATION PUBLISHED.

WE'RE WAITING ON VDOE TO GIVE US THE GUIDANCE ON HOW WE CAN USE THAT.

WE ARE HOUSE BILL 1477.

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I THINK NOVEMBER-ISH, DECEMBER-ISH.

WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE.

IT DOES PRIMARILY POTENTIALLY IMPACT AND GIVE US SOME CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOLERS.

AND, OF COURSE, WHAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER WAS MORE FOCUSED ON OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

BUT, YES, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY KEEPING AN EYE, AND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO GET THAT INFORMATION.

THOUGHT I'D SAY SOMETHING. I FEEL LIKE I DON'T WANNA BE LEFT OUT.

SO, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BACKGROUND WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THIS IS GREAT. INITIALLY I THOUGHT I SAW A DANGLING MONDAY TUESDAY BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT LOOK OF THE CALENDAR.

AND I WAS LIKE, OH, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT AGAIN.

WE ARE NOT GOING TO MESS.

BUT IT WASN'T THE CASE, SO.

WELL DONE. I HAVE COME FROM A COUNTY THAT DID A B DAY, OKAY.

AND IT WAS WONDERFUL.

SO, WHEN I CAME TO THIS COUNTY AND I HEARD THE BACK-TO-BACK, IT MAKES US GO CRAZY.

OH, WE CAN'T STAND THAT AS TEACHERS ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, SECONDARY TAUGHT AT THAT LEVEL.

THAT'S RIGHT. OH, MY GOODNESS.

YES. SO, I AM A FAN OF A DAY B DAY.

GOOD TO KNOW. SO JUST HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE I AM.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, DR. POPE. OKAY.

BOARD MEMBERS. NEXT, WE HAVE OUR SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE MANUAL DISCUSSION AND A DISCUSSION REGARDING RECOGNITION MONTHS. WE WANTED TO FOLD INTO THAT GOVERNANCE DOCUMENT.

SO, I'LL GIVE EVERYBODY A KIND OF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET SITUATED.

I KNOW WE HAVE LOTS OF PAPERWORK HERE.

SO. IT'S KIND OF STRANGE BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW BOARD, BUT TYPICALLY OUR, OUR GOVERNANCE MANUAL.

[J. School Board Governance Manual & Recognition Months]

AND WE ARE DUE FOR AN ANNUAL REVIEW.

WE WERE DUE IN APRIL.

I HOPE EVERYBODY HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS.

I WOULD.

LET'S START WITH.

YEAH. LET'S JUST START WITH THE WITH THE CCPS CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

THAT'S OUR FIRST PAGE.

AND PAGE NUMBER TWO IN THE IN THE MANUAL.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS OR CHANGES TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE CODE OF CONDUCT AS IT'S AS IT WAS ADOPTED ON 4/11/23? I KNOW I DO.

OKAY. SORRY.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE. I WENT THROUGH THIS.

I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CHANCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO.

REALLY. HAVE THIS REFLECT OUR CURRENT BOARD.

SO, MY RECOMMENDATION.

OH BOY. I HAVE TO, LIKE, SWITCH FROM THOSE GLASSES TO READING GLASSES.

OKAY. MY FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS FOR TO REPLACE NUMBER TWO.

AND ITEM NUMBER TWO INDICATES I WILL ATTEND SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS OR NOTIFY MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD IF THERE IS AN UNAVOIDABLE SCHEDULING CONFLICT.

I WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE THAT WITH LANGUAGE THAT SAYS, I WILL ATTEND REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS INSOFAR AS POSSIBLE, AND BECOME INFORMED IN ADVANCE CONCERNING THE ISSUES TO BE CONSIDERED AT THOSE MEETINGS.

I WILL BE PREPARED FOR MEETINGS AND CONTACT DIVISION STAFF FOR INFORMATION OR BACKGROUND AND HAVING REPLACED.

NUMBER TWO WITH THAT LANGUAGE.

I BELIEVE IT COMBINES TWO AND THREE AND ELIMINATES THE NEED FOR NUMBER THREE.

SO, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE, REPLACE NUMBER TWO WITH THAT LANGUAGE, AND DELETE NUMBER THREE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN INCORPORATED WITH THE NUMBER TWO.

RIGHT JUST TO PULL IT ALL TOGETHER.

I MEAN, WE'RE JUST. IT'S JUST US.

IT'S JUST US. LISA, HOW ARE YOU DOING UP THERE? OKAY. AND THEY'RE ALL.

THEY'RE ALL DOING THEIR WORK NOW, SO IT'S GOOD.

IS THAT? HEY, IS THAT BECOME COMING TO THE MEETINGS PREPARED.

IT'S NOT CONTINGENT UPON.

HEY, ONLY COME PREPARED IF YOU'RE NOT COMING.

I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS TO BE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. I AGREE, I THINK JUST TO.

YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW UP AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE PREPARED.

OKAY. I THINK THOSE ARE TWO REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS TO LOOP TOGETHER.

NO ISSUE. GREAT.

MY OTHER RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS I TRY TO FIGURE OUT MY EYEBALLS HERE.

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MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO REPLACE ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

I WILL DELEGATE AUTHORITY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SCHOOLS TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO DELETE THAT AND ADD THE LANGUAGE.

I RECOGNIZE THAT THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT IS THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND WILL TAKE ACTION ONLY AFTER CONSIDERING ALL FACTS PRESENTED.

THE OPINIONS OF MY FELLOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

I RECOGNIZE THAT THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT IS THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE SCHOOL DIVISION AND WILL TAKE ACTION ONLY AFTER CONSIDERING ALL FACTS PRESENTED.

THE OPINIONS OF MY FELLOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS AND THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND I'VE GOT.

OH, OKAY. ABSOLUTELY.

YEP. CAN CLARIFY THAT.

AND I GOT IT.

IT'S MORE THOROUGH THAN THE ORIGINAL THAN JUST.

YEAH, I FEEL LIKE THESE ARE JUST TO BE JUST REALLY CLEAR.

TIGHTEN IT UP.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN MY NEXT RECOMMENDATION.

IS TO REPLACE NUMBER NINE.

ITEM NUMBER NINE.

I WILL REFRAIN FROM USING THE BOARD POSITION FOR PERSONAL OR PARTIZAN GAIN AND AVOID ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO REPLACE NUMBER NINE WITH I WILL REFUSE TO SURRENDER MY INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT TO SPECIAL INTEREST OR PARTIZAN POLITICAL GROUPS, OR TO USE MY POSITION FOR PERSONAL GAIN OR PRESTIGE, OR FOR THE GAIN OF FRIENDS OR POLITICAL ALLIES.

A LITTLE BIT MORE. IT'S JUST A LITTLE CLEARER.

I KNOW, I KNOW. AND WE'LL HAVE THIS.

I THINK THAT ELKY IS GOING TO GIVE WE'LL HAVE FOR BOARD REVIEW THE REVISIONS. SO, THE LANGUAGE IS I REFUSE TO SURRENDER MY INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT TO SPECIAL INTEREST OR PARTIZAN POLITICAL GROUPS, OR TO USE MY POSITION FOR PERSONAL GAIN OR PRESTIGE, OR FOR THE GAIN OF FRIENDS OR POLITICAL ALLIES.

OKAY. AND THEN.

DOING THAT. I THINK WE ALSO DELETES ANOTHER ONE.

IT KIND OF REMOVED IT REMOVED USING THAT DELETED NUMBER 14.

SO ELIMINATED NUMBER 14 AS WELL.

THEY KIND OF COMBINED. SO, 14 WOULD BE DELETED.

IN VIRGINIA, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE NONPARTISAN OFFICE HOLDERS.

I WILL COMMIT TO KEEPING PARTIZAN POLITICS OUT OF MY GOVERNANCE ROLE.

WE I FEEL LIKE WE COMBINE THE SPIRIT OF BOTH NINE AND 14 IN THAT AMENDED LANGUAGE.

OKAY. AND THEN.

OH, BOY, I LOST MY PLACE NOW.

OKAY, TEN.

NUMBER TEN AS WRITTEN, I WILL RESPECT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF PRIVILEGED INFORMATION AND MAKE NO INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS OR COMMITMENTS THAT MIGHT COMPROMISE THE BOARD OR ADMINISTRATION. I PROPOSE NEW LANGUAGE THAT SAYS I WILL HOLD CONFIDENTIAL ALL MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHICH, IF DISCLOSED, WOULD NEEDLESSLY INJURE INDIVIDUALS OR THE SCHOOL DIVISION, AND ALL INFORMATION THAT IS PRIVATE AND OR PRIVILEGED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW AND SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES AND REGULATIONS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ALL MATERIALS AND INFORMATION PERTAINING TO CLOSED SESSION AND ALL MATTERS PROTECTED BY THE ATTORNEY CLIENT PRIVILEGE. IT'S JUST VERY CLEAR.

AND JUST NOT AS VAGUE.

RIGHT. SO THAT WOULD BE REPLACING NUMBER TEN WITH THAT LANGUAGE.

MY NEXT RECOMMENDATION IS.

OH, BOY. COME ON, I'LL.

GOOGLE DOCS IS GREAT.

YOU SAY IT. WHO SAID THEY AREN'T? IT WAS NUMBER TEN.

I THINK THAT WAS IT. YES, I THINK THAT WAS IT FOR.

OKAY. AND THEN I RECOMMENDED.

FOR TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL ONE.

OR ADD NUMBER 13.

I'M SORRY. THESE NOTES ARE A LITTLE OLD.

NO, THESE ARE FROM BACK IN MARCH.

YOU KNOW SO TO ADD LANGUAGE, IT SAYS I WILL FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE HANDBOOK.

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THAT WOULD BE A NUMBER.

I GUESS WITH THE ELIMINATION OF 14, THAT WOULD BE A NUMBER 14.

YEAH. WHEREVER THAT SLIDES UP, THAT WOULD BE.

THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE.

I RECOGNIZE THAT AUTHORITY RESTS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD AS A WHOLE AND WILL MAKE NO PERSONAL PROMISES, NO INDIVIDUAL PROMISES, NOR TAKE ANY PRIVATE ACTION THAT MAY COMPROMISE THE BOARD.

NOT ACTING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, RECOGNIZING THE AUTHORITY AS THE BOARD.

AND YEAH, IT'S JUST A LOT OF.

RIGHT. WHICH IS.

YEAH. AND IT'S UNDERSTOOD.

BUT YES, JUST SMELLING IT OUT.

AND THEN TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL AN ADDITIONAL ITEM, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DIRECT DIVISION STAFF.

I WILL GIVE STAFF THE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION DUE SKILLED PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES AND WILL SUPPORT AND PROTECT SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND PROPER PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.

I WILL FOLLOW THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND REFER PROBLEMS OR COMPLAINTS TO THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT FOR A REFERRAL TO THE PROPER ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE.

THAT'S NEW.

I SEE YOU ON THERE.

I SEE YOU.

CAN YOU. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN, PLEASE? I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DIRECT DIVISION STAFF.

I WILL GIVE STAFF THE RESPECT AND CONSIDERATION TO SKILLED PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, AND WILL SUPPORT AND PROTECT SCHOOL, SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND PROPER PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES.

I WILL FOLLOW THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND REFER PROBLEMS AND OR COMPLAINTS TO THE DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT FOR REFERRAL TO THE PROPER ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE.

SO THAT FIRST PART I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.

SO, IF A BOARD MEMBER REACHES OUT TO A STAFF MEMBER FOR INFORMATION.

THAT IS NOT DIRECTING THAT INDIVIDUAL.

IF YOU'RE NOT, IF A BOARD MEMBER IS NOT DIRECTING A DIVISION STAFF TO MAKE AN ACTION, THEN THAT'S I THINK THAT'S ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE.

NO INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER I'M ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION.

SO, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

NOT ASKING THE STAFF MEMBER TO DO ANYTHING THAT IMPACTS THE DISTRICT.

RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

OR TO OUR 15-MINUTE RULE, IF IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN 15 MINUTES.

RIGHT, RIGHT. IF IT'S GOING TO TAKE A STAFF MEMBER MORE THAN 15 MINUTES TO COMPLETE A TASK, THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S WHAT I THAT'S THE SPIRIT OF THIS.

ADDITION WOULD BE THAT WE HAVE NO AS A BOARD MEMBER NOW, IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE BOARD.

DIFFERENT. THAT'S DIFFERENT.

SO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO TELL US IF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WOULD TAKE MORE THAN 15 MINUTES OR THE SUPERINTENDENT.

THEY HAVE TO. YOU GUYS HAVE TO TELL US.

AND THIS WILL BE FOR REVIEW TOO.

SO, ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU WANTED TO IF ANY ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY ADDS WE CAN.

UPDATE. IT WILL BE.

AND THEN ANY OTHER RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT ON PAGE TWO.

OKAY. ANY RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THE OPERATING PROTOCOLS? SO, I HAD ONE.

IT WAS NUMBER NINE FOR A NEW BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION.

I LIKE HOW IT WENT.

I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THERE WERE SOME PIECES THAT WE COULD HAVE HAD AT.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE ACCOMPLISHED IN A DAY.

IT'D BE NICE TO HEAR FROM TRANSPORTATION EARLY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO HEAR FROM NUTRITION, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THERE WERE CERTAIN PIECES THAT WE GOT LATER, BUT, LIKE, AS SOON AS WE TOOK OFFICE, THE EMAILS WERE COMING.

THEY REALLY DIDN'T CARE THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO TO GET THOSE ANSWERS.

BUT LIKE THE VERY INTRO BRIEF THAT WE RECEIVED FROM TRANSPORTATION, I THINK THAT WAS REALLY HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS.

SO, FOR NEW BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION, IT SAYS THAT A FULL DAY BOARD ORIENTATION WILL BE SCHEDULED TO INCLUDE A MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT, WHICH WAS FINE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND ACQUAINT MEMBERS WITH CSPS.

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CAN YOU GIVE ME A NUMBER? WHERE ARE WE? I'M SORRY, NUMBER NINE.

THANK YOU. SORRY.

IF WE CAN ENLIST THE SUBJECTS AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN A DAY BECAUSE WE WERE DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE FROM THE DAY AFTER THE ELECTION.

AND SO, I'M STILL DRINKING FROM THE FIRE HOSE.

SO, THEY WERE ALL VALUABLE THINGS THAT WE DID AFTER THAT.

I JUST WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

SO, THE AGENDA CONCRETE.

MS. CHATTERS, WE ARE OF ONE MIND ON THAT.

I HAD I, I SAID THE LANGUAGE THAT I HAVE IN HERE IS A FULL DAY BOARD ORIENTATION WITH ALL CSPS.

CCPS CHIEFS.

DOES THAT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT? OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN IN.

IT WON'T HAPPEN ONE DAY.

THAT DEFINITELY WON'T HAPPEN IN ONE DAY.

HOWEVER, I ALSO THINK IMPLEMENTING WITH THAT ONBOARDING TRAINING THE TRAINING THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH A FEW WEEKS AGO.

RIGHT. WOULD BE ALSO EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL FOR A NEW BOARD, ANY NEW BOARD MEMBER COMING ON TO WHERE? THE OTHER PART. TO ADD ON TO THAT, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH MR. PARONTO THAT THAT TRAINING EARLY ON WOULD HAVE BEEN HELPFUL.

ADDING THAT IN AND THEN WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THIS, I STILL THINK WE SHOULD DO IT, BUT IF IT'S PART OF NEW BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION, AT LEAST IT'S WRITTEN.

WE NEED TO TOUR EACH OTHER'S SCHOOLS LIKE PICK A SCHOOL TO TOUR IN THAT DISTRICT TO HELP ALL BOARD MEMBERS VISUALIZE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE.

LIKE, I THINK IF YOU SEE IT, IT'LL HELP.

RIGHT. AND SO I THINK IF EACH BOARD MEMBER PICKS A SCHOOL THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT FOR WHATEVER REASON, GOOD, BAD AND DIFFERENT THINGS WE NEED TO WORK ON.

THIS IS WHY I'M GOING TO BE ADVOCATING FOR THIS.

IF YOU PHYSICALLY GET TO SEE IT, I THINK IT MAKES THE CONVERSATION A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

ONCE WE GET TO THE DAIS.

SO, WILL I ADD LANGUAGE TO NUMBER NINE TO INCLUDE AN INTERDISTRICT SCHOOL VISIT FOR ALL BOARD MEMBERS AT THE START OF A NEW TERM? WE ALSO HAD OUR OWN.

SO, UNDER NUMBER TEN.

I THINK. A TWO-DAY ORIENTATION.

I DO AGREE GOING VISITING ACROSS THE COUNTY.

I THINK THAT'S VERY VALUABLE.

BUT I KNOW PERSONALLY IT WAS VERY VALUABLE FOR ME TO VISIT MY OWN, ALL OF MY OWN SCHOOLS FIRST.

AND THAT WAS INCREDIBLY DAUNTING.

SO THAT WAS MULTIPLE DAYS FOR ME, BUT IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

BUT YEAH, LIKE, RIGHT NOW I WOULD LIKE TO.

YEAH. DEFINITELY.

THIS IS A. OKAY.

YOU. I'VE GOT A I'M TRYING TO UPDATE THE I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S SAID WE HAVE A2A2 DAY BOARD ORIENTATION WITH ALL CCPS CHIEFS WILL BE SCHEDULED TO INCLUDE A MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND ACQUAINT THE MEMBER WITH CSPS.

AND THEN WE WANTED TO ADD LANGUAGE ABOUT AN INTERDISTRICT, ONLY FIVE LOCATIONS.

YEAH, IT SHOULD BE FOUR.

OH, WELL, FIVE SEPARATE, BUT YEAH.

ONE BOARD. WELL, RIGHT.

IS THIS ALL OF US DOING IT.

SO, IT'S A THING.

SO, IT JUST MAKES IT EASIER.

LOOK AT HIM. UNLESS IT HAPPENS BEFORE.

BOTH. OH, WHY DO I GET THIS TYPING THIS? OKAY. AND THEN.

AND. WAS THERE? WERE THERE ANY OTHER BETWEEN THE SITE? DISTRICT VISITS, THE MEETING WITH THE CHIEFS AND THE TWO-DAY BOARD ORIENTATION? WERE THERE ANY OTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO NUMBER NINE? I DON'T HAVE THAT. I WAS SAYING REGARDING THE RETREAT WE JUST DID.

I THINK THAT'S NUMBER TEN, RIGHT? DOES. SO, IT WOULD FALL UNDER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

I THINK THAT'S FALLS UNDER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND MAYBE IT'S JUST FOR NEW BOARD ORIENTATION.

CONSIDER IT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

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IT'S TWO DAYS.

WE JUST SAID TWO DAYS.

WE JUST SAID TWO DAYS. AND NUMBER NINE.

EVERYBODY WAS GOOD. OH, YOU'RE LEARNING.

OH, SEE, I COUNTED THAT AS YOU'RE KILLING TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.

THAT'S MINIMUM.

THE MINIMUM IS EIGHT HOURS PER CALENDAR YEAR.

YEAH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS SEPARATE FROM PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

OH, THE NEW BOARD ORIENTATION.

YEAH. OH, YEAH.

NO, THAT'S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

YEAH. THAT ALL FALLS UNDER THAT.

THANK YOU.

YEAH. SO, 16 HOURS PER CALENDAR YEAR AND THEN I ALSO RECOMMEND THE, THE LAST LINE OF THAT NUMBER TEN.

THE BOARD WILL PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL BOARD GOVERNANCE TRAINING ANNUALLY IN DECEMBER.

AS A BOARD. SO, WE CAN START.

WELL, SO THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS READY IN JUNE OR IN JANUARY BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR ORGANIZATION MEETING IN JANUARY.

SO, I'M THINKING IF WE HAVE GOVERNANCE TRAINING IN DECEMBER, WE WE'RE READY TO KIND OF GET START JANUARY OFF WITH THIS.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENT.

I THINK IT WOULD BE SMART TO HAVE THIS DOCUMENT IN PLACE IN JANUARY.

YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ADD IT'S NOT ON HERE.

SO ESSENTIALLY THIS WOULD BE A NUMBER 16 IF YOU WILL.

I WITNESSED THIS IN THE PREVIOUS BOARD, WHICH I COMMEND THEM FOR DOING.

THEY YIELDED A DECISION TO THE MEMBER TO THE BOARD MEMBER OF THAT DISTRICT.

SO, TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR, RIGHT BEFORE THIS BOARD CAME ON THERE WAS A QUESTION IN REGARD TO THE YEAR-ROUND SCHOOL, AND I KNOW THAT THAT WAS HIGHLY CONTESTED, AND THERE WAS PASSIONATE CONVERSATION ON BOTH SIDES.

AND I DON'T MEAN TO GET INTO ANY OF THAT WITH WHAT DECISIONS WERE MADE.

BUT AT THE END OF THAT MEETING, THE CONSENSUS WAS YIELDING TO THE BOARD MEMBER THAT REPRESENTED THAT DISTRICT, WHO WAS HEARING FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND WERE MAKING THE DECISION THAT THEY BELIEVED WAS BEST FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.

BECAUSE THAT BOARD MEMBER, OF COURSE, THE THE EXPECTATION IS THEY'RE GOING OUT THERE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

THEY'RE GETTING THE FEEDBACK TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND SAYING, HERE'S WHAT MY COMMUNITY IS SAYING ABOUT OUR SCHOOL.

AND THROUGH THAT, THE BOARD YIELDED WHETHER THEY EXPRESSED CONCERNS OR NOT, BUT BUT ESSENTIALLY YIELDED TO THAT DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS MORE THAN COMMON COURTESY, BUT I THOUGHT AT THE SAME TIME IT SHOWS THE BOARD WORKING TOGETHER AND RECOGNIZING THE REPRESENTATION FROM THAT COMMUNITY.

SO I DON'T KNOW LIKE I SAID, THAT WOULD BE LIKE NUMBER 16 FOR, FOR EXAMPLE.

BUT IT DOES HELP IN.

I LIVE IN THE MATOACA DISTRICT AND I HEAR FROM THE MATOACA DISTRICT FOLKS, I DON'T LIVE IN THE CLOVER HILL, SO I DON'T HEAR FROM CLOVER HILL FOLKS.

AND SO IF VDOE IS SAYING HEY, THIS IS WHAT OUR FOLKS ARE SAYING ABOUT CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL.

SURE. I'LL HAVE PEOPLE FROM THE DISTRICT IN MATOACA THAT LIVE NEAR THERE THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE INPUT, AND I CAN SHARE THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE REPRESENTATIVE HAS TO OWN THAT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY VOTE YAY OR NAY FOR WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE.

AND SO, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS BOARD SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IN ADOPTING.

MR. PARONTO.

I HAVE SOME RECOMMENDED LANGUAGE WHILE YOU WERE TALKING.

SO, WHEN AN ISSUE ARISES THAT IMPACTS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY WHOLLY CONFINED TO A SPECIFIC MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT, THE BOARD SHALL DEFER TO THE BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING THAT DISTRICT AND RELY ON THEIR REPRESENTATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENCY.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I SAID.

YOU JUST WRITE THAT? YES.

DID YOU REALLY KNOW A CHATGPT? I'M SO IMPRESSED.

IT WAS AMAZING.

WELL DONE. SO, I WENT TO COLLEGE AND EVERYTHING.

I HAVE A AND I GUESS THIS GETS REVISITED EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SO, TO MR. TARANTO'S POINT, WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED DID NOT REALLY HAPPEN IN THAT LAST BOARD MEETING.

IT DID. THEY DIDN'T.

IT WAS NOT A CONSENSUS TO YIELD TO THAT PERSON WHO WAS REPRESENTING THAT SCHOOL IN THAT PARTICULAR VOTE.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THE ESSENCE OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING FOR.

MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT DOING THAT, BECAUSE IT GETS REVISITED EVERY YEAR, I GUESS IT'S OKAY BECAUSE WE'RE AGREEING TO DO THAT.

BUT SOMETIMES THE BOARD MEMBER IS NOT AS IN TUNE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY AS THEY SHOULD BE, AND THEREFORE THEIR CONCERNS OF THAT

[02:00:06]

SO, BY ADDING THAT TO THE LIST, IT.

IT'S ONLY HARD WORK IF YOU DO IT RIGHT.

AND SO, WE'RE TRUSTING THAT THE FIVE OF US ARE GOING TO DO THE HARD WORK THAT WE CAN RELY ON.

YOUR ADVICE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR DISTRICT.

BUT IN THE CASE WHERE YOU'RE NOT LISTENING OR NOT HEARING, MAYBE PEOPLE ARE NOT COMFORTABLE COMING TO ME.

THEY'D RATHER GO TO MRS. COKER, RIGHT.

SHE MIGHT HAVE INSIGHT ABOUT THINGS THAT I DON'T KNOW.

AND SO, TO LEAN TOTALLY ON ONE PERSON, I UNDERSTAND THE ESSENCE OF THE RECOMMENDATION.

I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT.

FOR. AS OF TODAY, I'M GETTING EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN MY DISTRICT ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE NOT EVEN HAPPENING IN MY DISTRICT, AND NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE DAILY CONFUSION BETWEEN ME AND MISS COKER.

BUT THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE TALKING TO ME ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON IN THEIR DISTRICT THAT ARE NOT MY DISTRICT.

AND EVEN THOUGH I SAY, PLEASE BRING YOUR CONCERN TO YOUR DISTRICT MEMBER AND I ASK THEIR PERMISSION TO SEND SAID EMAIL OR CONVERSATION DETAILS TO EACH OF YOU, THEY MIGHT NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING SO.

RIGHT. AND SO, IN THAT SITUATION IF THERE'S ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER THAT HAS SOMETHING TO ADD, I THINK WE SHOULD LISTEN TO THAT BOARD MEMBER, TOO.

BUT THAT'S WHERE MY CONCERN IS IF THAT IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP, BECAUSE I JUST ABSOLUTELY ASSUMED THAT THAT WAS PART OF THIS DOCUMENT.

THAT SHOULD BOARD I THINK WE HAD OUR PREVIOUS BOARD JUST KIND OF HAD AN UNDERSTANDING.

BUT AGAIN, TO JUST CODIFY THESE THINGS IS IMPORTANT THAT WHEN A CONSTITUENT REACHES OUT TO A BOARD MEMBER WHO IS NOT THEIR DIRECT REPRESENTATIVE, THAT THE BOARD MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN CONTACTED MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE DIRECT CONTACT AND TO CONNECT THAT CONSTITUENT WITH THEIR APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVE REGARDLESS.

EVEN IF IT'S JUST FORWARDING THE EMAIL AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, HERE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REACHING OUT TO ME.

MISS CHATTERS IS YOUR DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE.

I'M SURE THAT SHE SHE'S ABLE TO HELP YOU.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.

I MEAN, SOMETHING JUST AS SIMPLE AS THAT.

BUT YOU'VE.

I'VE GIVEN YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT YOUR CONSTITUENCY.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE EACH NEED TO BE COMMITTED TO DOING.

YEAH. SO, TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPTION, EVEN IF IT'S A PHONE CALL, IT'S LIKE WHEN IT'S A PHONE CALL YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CALLING.

HERE'S THE NUMBER WHEN YOU GET A VOICEMAIL.

HERE'S THE HERE'S THE VOICEMAIL YOUR CONSTITUENT CALLED ME.

YEAH, I'VE HAD TO DO IT.

YEP. AND JUST TO AFFORD EACH BOARD MEMBER THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AT LEAST, AT LEAST A CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO THAT CONSTITUENT.

AND IF THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE RESULT, THEN IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO REACH OUT TO THAT CONSTITUENT, THEN AND IF THE BOARD MEMBER CHOOSES NOT TO REACH OUT TO THAT CONSTITUENT BOARD MEMBER, IF I GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE INDIVIDUAL'S PHONE CALL.

RIGHT. THEY CHOOSE NOT TO.

REACH OUT TO YOU WITH THEIR ISSUE.

SO, THE HANDOFF IS MADE TO THE BOARD MEMBER.

I PASS ON THE INFORMATION TO THE PERSON CALLING ME.

YOU PASS OFF THE INFORMATION TO THE BOARD MEMBER.

OKAY. AND THEN THE BOARD MEMBER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THE CONTACT.

OKAY? I THINK.

ARE WE OKAY WITH CODIFYING THAT IN THIS? MM.HMM. OKAY, SO WILL WE MAKE THAT AN INDIVIDUAL ITEM OR CAN WOULD WE TUCK THAT UNDER NUMBER 16 AS WELL.

YEAH. OH.

TRUE COMMUNICATION.

BECAUSE IT'S IDENTIFIED IN THAT 1 IN 11.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN HERE.

IT'S AN 11.

WHICH SUBSECTION? I'M SORRY. I ONLY BROUGHT MY SI AND FARAWAY GLASSES.

IT WOULD BE AN E; IT WOULD BE AN ECHO.

YOU WOULD NEED TO ADD IT AS AN ECHO.

OKAY. IT'S NOT IN THERE.

YOU WOULD NEED TO ADD AS AN ECHO ANY EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS, RIGHT? ANY COMMUNICATION.

SO MAYBE WE. DO YOU THINK 11 COULD BE BOARD MEMBER USE OF BOARD MEMBER.

COMMUNICATIONS. I THINK WE COULD PUT IT ALL UNDER.

THANK YOU. MURPH.

I THINK I LIKE YOUR SUGGESTION TO JUST BROADEN THAT TO BOARD MEMBER LIKE.

YEAH. BOARD MEMBER COMMUNICATIONS, I THINK IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT. MISS CHATTERS WILL JUST ADD AN E.

[02:05:05]

SORRY, MISS HUDGENS.

I'M NOT QUITE IN THE FLOW ANYMORE, SO.

AND THAT PERSON'S USE OF ELECTRONIC [INAUDIBLE].

AND.

WHAT DID. WHAT DID YOU SAY, MISS HUTCHINSON? WELL, WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA SECTION IN 12.

AND SO THEN DO WE HAVE.

SCREENSHOT IT AND EMAIL.

RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.

YEAH. AND THAT'S.

ALL RIGHT. DO YOU MIND IF WE ROLL BACK UP TO.

I'VE GOT SOME BEFORE.

BEFORE WE. YES, SIR. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAD CONSENSUS ON MY RECOMMENDATION OR NOT, SO I THOUGHT WE DID.

DID WE? OKAY. IS EVERYBODY IS EVERYBODY SATISFIED WITH ADDING NUMBER 16? MR. ROGERS, ARE YOU OKAY WITH ADDING THE MR. [INAUDIBLE] RECOMMENDED NUMBER 16 ABOUT WHEN AN ISSUE ARISES THAT IMPACTS THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY, WHOLLY CONFINED TO A SPECIFIC MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT.

THE BOARD SHALL DEFER TO THE BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING THAT DISTRICT AND RELY ON THEIR REPRESENTATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CONSTITUENCY.

WHAT I SAID EARLIER STILL STANDS.

BUT I MEAN, IT'S 4 TO 1, SO I'M IT.

OH WELL, IT'S NOT AN ACTION.

I MEAN, WE'RE JUST I MEAN, I'M JUST SPIT BALLING.

OKAY. SO, WE'LL INCLUDE IT, AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT DURING OUR ON OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING.

OUR BUSINESS MEETING.

IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YEP.

GREAT. OKAY.

GOING BACK TO NUMBER ONE, I KNOW WE JUST KIND OF JUMPED AHEAD.

OH, RIGHT. SO, WE HAVE CHILDREN'S INTERESTS.

COME FIRST. THE BOARD WILL REPRESENT THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS OF ALL THE CHILDREN IN CCPS.

I WAS.

OH, BOY, DID I.

I'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER, I THINK.

OKAY, SO THIS LOOKS TRULY I WROTE THIS MARCH 12TH, SO I HAVE ADDED LANGUAGE.

I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT MY FIRST AND GREATEST CONCERN MUST BE THE EDUCATIONAL, WELFARE, AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF ALL STUDENTS ATTENDING THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND WILL MAKE DECISIONS IN TERMS OF THE EDUCATIONAL WELFARE OF ALL CHILDREN IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION, REGARDLESS OF MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT ABILITY, RACE, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX OR SOCIAL STANDING.

JUST KIND OF EXPANDING ON THAT INSTEAD OF THE INTEREST OF ALL CHILDREN THAT WE ARE JUST KIND OF AFFIRMING.

I'M FINE WITH THAT. OKAY.

AND THEN NUMBER THREE.

SO WE HAVE TIMELY ADVISED FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ISSUES TO BE RAISED AT A MEETING.

BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD TAKE EFFORTS TO REVIEW THE AGENDA AND MEETING MATERIALS SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE OF ANY MEETING, SO THAT THEY MAY INFORM EACH OTHER IN ADVANCE OF ANY ISSUES THEY INTEND TO RAISE.

THERE SHOULD BE NO SURPRISES.

AT A BOARD MEETING, WE AGREE TO ASK THE BOARD, CHAIR OR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT UP UNEXPECTEDLY AT THE MEETING.

SO. OUT OF I HAVE THIS.

ANY ISSUES THEY INTEND TO RAISE? I MEANT OUT OF COURTESY, NOT CURIOSITY.

GOOD GRIEF. OUT OF COURTESY TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUSINESS MEETING AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS.

I DON'T LIKE THE LANGUAGE OF.

THERE SHOULD BE NO SURPRISES.

IT JUST. I DON'T LIKE IT.

BUT. YEAH. OUT OF COURTESY.

TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUSINESS MEETING AND FELLOW BOARD MEETINGS.

ONCE THE WILL OF THE BOARD IS OBTAINED, WE AGREE TO ASK THE BOARD CHAIR.

BUT WE DON'T NEED THAT GOES AGAINST OUR POLICY, OUR BOARD POLICY.

WE CAN. OKAY.

SO. SO, THEN THAT WOULD READ OUT OF OUT OF COURTESY TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUSINESS MEETING AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, WE AGREE TO ASK THE BOARD CHAIR OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S REPRESENTATIVE TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT UP UNEXPECTEDLY AT THE MEETING.

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SO, I'LL READ THE WHOLE THING. I'LL READ NUMBER THREE FROM THE START.

FROM THE TOP. TIMELY ADVISED FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS AND OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF ISSUES TO BE RAISED AT A MEETING.

BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD TAKE EFFORTS TO REVIEW THE AGENDA AND MEETING MATERIALS SUFFICIENTLY IN ADVANCE OF ANY MEETING, SO THAT THEY MAY INFORM EACH OTHER IN ADVANCE OF ANY ISSUES THEY INTEND TO RAISE.

OUT OF COURTESY TO THE STRUCTURE OF THE BUSINESS MEETING AND FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, WE AGREE TO ASK THE BOARD, CHAIR OR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO PLACE AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT UP UNEXPECTEDLY AT A MEETING.

IT SEEMS THAT THAT SECOND PIECE IS A LITTLE DISCONNECTED BECAUSE IT.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD TAKE EFFORTS TO REVIEW THE AGENDA OR MEETING MATERIALS.

SO, IT'S WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.

WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

WE SHOULD KNOW IF THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT WE DISAGREE WITH OR THAT WE.

RIGHT. YOU CAN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CHAIR ONE ON ONE.

YOU KNOW, THIS SHOULDN'T BE THERE.

THIS SHOULD BE THERE.

WE'RE TALKING TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND.

IT'S NOT DURING A BOARD MEETING THAT SHOULD HAPPEN.

SO THAT SO THAT WE HAVE AN AGENDA, THAT WE COME TO A MEETING WITH AN AGENDA THAT.

BARRING ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCE, WOULDN'T BE PULLED AND AMENDED AT A MEETING.

RIGHT? I MAYBE I NEED TO HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME.

BUT IT FELT TO ME LIKE THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE.

IT'S. BE INFORMED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

TALK ABOUT IT AHEAD OF TIME.

ALSO, DON'T THINK THAT YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM.

YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM.

BUT NOT AND NOT WITHOUT THE CHAIR BEING AWARE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO AT THE MEETING.

SO THIS IS TALKING ABOUT ADDING ANOTHER AGENDA.

WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE CONVERSATIONS, BUT YOU WOULDN'T JUMP IN AND SAY, OH, I DON'T APPROVE THE AGENDA.

I WANT TO ADD SOMETHING.

AND THE CHAIR HAS NO IDEA, AND THE SUPERINTENDENT HAS NO IDEA, AND STAFF HAS NO IDEA THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS.

RIGHT. LIKE AKA SURPRISES.

RIGHT. OKAY.

WHICH I DON'T LIKE. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA.

I JUST DON'T LIKE THAT LANGUAGE OF NO SURPRISES.

I JUST THINK IT'S A LACK OF COURTESY.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

OKAY. BUT I FEEL LIKE.

AND I JUST COULD BE READING THIS INCORRECTLY.

EFFORTS TO BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD TAKE EFFORTS TO REVIEW THE AGENDA AND THE MEETING MATERIALS SUFFICIENTLY AND KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY ON THAT.

MAYBE I'M JUST READING.

WELL, I WOULD THINK THAT SO THAT A BOARD MEMBER WOULD KNOW WHAT IS GOING WHAT IS ON THE AGENDA, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO THAT IT WOULDN'T NEED TO BE A LAST-MINUTE ITEM.

YEAH. I MEAN, IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE CONNECTING THEM.

AND THIS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS THAT IT'S A AN ADDITIONAL NON CONNECTED TO THE AGENDA AS IT'S LAID OUT.

IS THAT WHAT CAN WE REDLINE THIS AND REVIEW IT? I THINK I'M OVERCOMPLICATING IT.

OKAY. I THINK WE ALL JUST NEED OUR BLOOD SUGARS MIGHTY LOW RIGHT NOW.

I DO, I WANT. I HEAR YOU.

YEAH. NUMBER SEVEN.

I JUST I'M ASKING FOR.

I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT NUMBER SEVEN.

IT'S A DELETION, A REPLACEMENT OF NUMBER EIGHT THAT THE BOARD ACTS ONLY AS A BODY.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS DO NOT HAVE AUTHORITY.

ONLY THE BOARD HAS AS A WHOLE HAS AUTHORITY.

WE AGREE THAT INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBER WILL NOT TAKE UNILATERAL ACTION.

I FEEL LIKE WE TALK ABOUT THAT IN OUR CODE OF CONDUCT.

AND MY RECOMMENDED REPLACEMENT LANGUAGE IS I UNDERSTAND THE BOARD MAKES DECISIONS AS A TEAM AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS MAY NOT COMMIT THE BOARD TO ANY ACTION.

I WILL. I WILL NOT MAKE PUBLIC STATEMENTS WHICH MAY BE PERCEIVED AS AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE BOARD, UNLESS DIRECTED TO DO SO BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

OKAY. PLEASE LET THAT BE THE LAST ONE.

I THINK IT IS.

OH MY GOSH.

OH, LOOK AT THIS.

AND THERE WERE SOME OTHER SOME OTHER ITEMS WE HAVE LIKE NUMBER 14 INDICATES THAT MR. SMITH'S DEPARTMENT IS THE.

HE'S THE OFFICER OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.

IF WE JUST KIND OF UPDATE THAT TO REFLECT HIS CURRENT TITLE AND IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, I THINK IS THE OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNICATING

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RIGHT. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THANK YOU. COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

THERE WAS SOME. YEAH. NUMBER 15.

THERE'S SOME OUTDATED LANGUAGE.

THERE'S NO LONGER A LIAISON COMMITTEE, SO WE WOULD THAT WOULD READ COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS.

THE CHAIR SHALL DISCUSS STRENGTHS AND INTERESTS WITH BOARD MEMBERS TO DETERMINE REPRESENTATION ON VARIOUS COMMITTEES, WHILE STRIVING TO MAINTAIN A BALANCE OF THE BOARD'S WORKLOAD AND ALIGNMENT.

THIS IS MY RECOMMENDATION AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE AGREED UPON COUNTY SCHOOLS JOINT BOARD STRUCTURE.

DELETE. DELETE THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE.

YEAH. SO, DELETE THOSE TWO LINES.

THREE LINES LIKE BASICALLY THE HALF THAT THAT END OF THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR ADDED NUMBER 16 AND THEN.

WHY NOT? WHAT IS IT? JUST DO IT. GO ON. GO ON.

NUTS UP HERE.

I WANTED TO ADD THE LANGUAGE ON THE BULLET POINT UNDER ROLE OF THE CHAIR.

THE THIRD BULLET POINT PROVIDES LEADERSHIP TO THE BOARD BY ENSURING THE INTEGRITY OF THE BOARD'S PROCESSES, EXERCISING RESPONSIBILITIES WITH.

AND I WANTED TO ADD THE LANGUAGE, FIDELITY, FAIRNESS AND IMPARTIALITY REFLECTING THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE BOARD IN ITS DELIBERATIONS.

SO JUST TO EMPHASIZE THAT OBJECTIVITY IN THE BOARD IN THE ROLE OF THE BOARD CHAIR.

UNDER COMMUNICATION.

RECOMMENDING ADDING A SECOND BULLET POINT.

YOU'D BE SO HAPPY, MISS HUTCHINS.

THAT SAYS COMMUNICATES AND DISCUSSES WITH ALL BOARD MEMBERS WHEN OBTAINING FEEDBACK AND SOLICITING THE WILL OF THE BOARD ON MATTERS THAT REQUIRE BOARD ACTION, VOTE, OR DIRECTION TO THE SUPERINTENDENT.

EMPHASIS ON ALL BOARD MEMBERS.

IS THAT WE WANT.

YEP. THAT'S THAT IS SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE CHAIR.

YOU. I HAVE EVALUATION RETREAT WOULD BE THE SECOND BULLET POINT TO CLARIFY THAT INSTEAD OF SAYING BY THE END OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, WE WOULD SEND BY THE SAY BY THE END OF OCTOBER.

YEAH. IT MATCHES OUR EVALUATION THAT MISS COKER WORKED SO DILIGENTLY ON.

SO INSTEAD OF FISCAL YEAR, IT WOULD BE BY THE END OF OCTOBER EACH YEAR, COMPILE THE COLLECTIVE RESPONSES OF BOARD MEMBERS, EVALUATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND ADD THE LANGUAGE AND DISTRICT LEVEL FEEDBACK.

COLLECTIVE EVALUATION.

RESPONSES OF BOARD MEMBERS.

YEAH. I MEAN, THE COLLECTIVE RESPONSES OF BOARD MEMBERS, SUMMATIVE EVALUATION AND DISTRICT FEEDBACK OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, AND FACILITATE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT ABOUT THE RESULTS.

YES, WE HAVE. WE DO SURVEYS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S A 360.

OH, OKAY.

SO, YOU. IT TAKES SOMETHING OFF OUR PLATE.

THANK YOU MURPH. APPRECIATE THAT.

AND ADDED A WHOLE BUNCH MORE.

SO. AND THEN.

OH, AND THE PUBLIC THE BULLET POINTS STARTING WITH KNOWING THAT CITIZENS FROM ALL MAGISTERIAL DISTRICTS EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE CHAIR SHOULD PROVIDE AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR BOARD MEMBERS TO SPEAK AT EVENTS OR IN RECOGNIZING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THEIR MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT.

SO JUST NITPICKING ON THAT.

YES, PLEASE.

AS PREVIOUSLY WE SAY I HAVEN'T EATEN SINCE.

YEAH. AND I KNOW IT'S NITPICKING, SO BEAR WITH ME.

BUT LIKE IF WE GO TO AN EVENT THAT'S IN THE MATOACA DISTRICT AND I SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, WE WELCOME YOU TO.

RIGHT. I'M SPEAKING FOR THE BOARD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A WELCOMING RIGHT.

IS THAT WITH THIS NEW LANGUAGE, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR TO, TO BE CLEARED SO THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS EVENT IS TAKING PLACE AND THE BOARD IS

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I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY GRANULAR, RIGHT? TO WHERE IT SHOULD JUST BE UNDERSTOOD THAT AS A BOARD MEMBER ON BEHALF, YOU KNOW, WHO DOESN'T WANT TO BE WELCOME ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD TO AN EVENT IS WHAT IS WHAT I'M GETTING AT. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GET THE GRANULAR SIDE OF THINGS TO SAY, A BOARD MEMBER CANNOT REPRESENT THE BOARD OR DOES NOT REPRESENT THE BOARD.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE WELCOMING PEOPLE TO AN EVENT THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU SAY ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, BUT YOU HAVE THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE THE WILL OF THE BOARD TO DO IT, LIKE IN A, LIKE IN A GAME CHANGER AWARD.

RIGHT. THE WILL OF THE BOARD IS IMPLIED THAT, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN SAY ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, I'M PRESENTING YOU WITH THIS, OR I'M LIKE, IF THE BOARD IS AWARE OF IT, IF WE KNOW YOU'RE HAVING AN EVENT AND WE'RE LIKE, OH, NO, I DON'T WANT STEVE TO REPRESENT THE BOARD.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE PULL IT.

I GUESS WE COULD DO I MEAN, WE COULD IF SOME I MEAN, WE'VE GOT BIGGER PROBLEMS IF THAT, IF WE'RE DOING THAT, I'M JUST IF WE'RE GOING TO GET BLACK AND WHITE WITH SOME STUFF, I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY TO ME THAT SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING THAT'S IN HERE.

BUT THEN AT THE SAME TIME, IT DOES GO AGAINST THE FACT THAT I WOULD BE SPEAKING WITHOUT REALLY THE BOARD KNOWING.

BUT ALL BOARD MEMBER PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS ARE PUBLIC, CORRECT.

SO, A BOARD MEMBER WOULD KNOW IT'S POSTED.

YEAH. AND I WOULD THINK A BOARD MEMBER WOULD HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR REVIEW THAT.

NOPE. THAT'S FAIR.

YEAH. YOU THREW A FIRST PITCH.

OH, YOU DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME.

WHERE'D YOU THROW THE FIRST? OH, NO.

I WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE. THAT'S EXCITING.

AND YOU SAID ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, DIDN'T YOU? YOU DID, DIDN'T YOU? YEAH. I APPRECIATE YOUR INDULGENCE.

THOSE ARE ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT I RECOMMEND.

IF ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY OTHER CHANGES FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT OR THE OPERATING PROTOCOLS.

LOVE TO HEAR THEM. OR IS EVERYBODY JUST GOING TO DO IS JUST GOT TO BE THE THING.

YOU GOT TO BE THE ONE THING STANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE AND FOOD.

THAT'S THE TRICK.

NO. SO, I HAD A QUESTION IN REGARD TO THE RECOGNITION MONTHS.

OKAY. AND MY RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT IS TO START THE SCHOOL YEAR IN AUGUST WITH A STATEMENT THAT.

WOULD REPRESENT AND WELCOME, AND SO THAT EVERYONE KNEW THAT THEY WERE WELCOME, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, WHAT THEY BELIEVE, WHERE THEY LIVE, ECONOMIC STATUS.

HOWEVER, WE WANT TO PHRASE THAT IF WE GET INTO THE.

MY CONCERN IS, AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GET INTO IS, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, JULY, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M USING THAT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN SESSION IN JULY.

BUT IF JULY IS GOING TO BE ITALIAN AMERICAN MONTH, AND THEN IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE MONTH, AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE WHERE WE ARE, INEVITABLY.

GOING TO CAUSE SOMEONE TO FEEL ISOLATED FOR NOT RECOGNIZING THEM.

AND WHEN WE HAVE RESOLUTIONS, MY OPINION IS RESOLUTIONS ARE HELD FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.

SO, A TEACHER SAVES A CHILD'S LIFE.

THAT RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING IS RECOGNIZING, YOU KNOW, MRS. SMITH FOR HER HEROIC ACTIONS.

RIGHT. IT TO ME, THAT'S RESOLUTIONS IN COVERING WHAT EACH MONTH IS GOING TO BE DESIGNATED FOR.

THAT WE'RE NOW, WE'RE GOING TO PICK POPULATIONS OUT OF THE CROWD AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, NOW THIS IS YOUR MONTH, BUT IT'S NOT SO AND SO'S MONTH, AND SO AND SO MAY NOT HAVE A MONTH THAT'S DESIGNATED.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR THAT WE'RE ASKING STAFF TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE POTENTIAL RECOGNITIONS FOR EACH MONTH. IF AS A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE COME OUT IN THE BEGINNING IN AUGUST AT THE FIRST BOARD MEETING AND SAY AT CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WE RECOGNIZE AND HONOR EVERYONE AND VALUE WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE TO, TO THE SCHOOL AND TO YOUR EDUCATION.

WE'VE COVERED EVERYBODY.

AND THAT IS AN ALL MEANS ALL MENTALITY RIGHT THERE.

THAT AS A SIDE NOTE, I REALLY HOPE THE BOARD WILL JOIN ME WHEN WE'RE SEARCHING FOR OUR NEXT SUPERINTENDENT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT MENTALITY THAT LIVES ON.

BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS VALUED, EVERYONE FEELS RESPECTED, AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE FOLKS WHO FEEL AS THOUGH THEY'RE NOT IN THE SPOTLIGHT BECAUSE,

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AND SOME OF THOSE MONTHS WERE NOT IN SCHOOL FOR.

AND SO, FOLKS AREN'T RECOGNIZED.

I WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THAT.

AND I HOPE THE BOARD WOULD CONSIDER THAT IN SUPPORT AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONTH IN RECOGNITIONS.

SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

THE ONE RESOLUTION, THE ONE RESOLUTION IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION, MISS CHATTERS.

SO. AND WENDELL CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THE FREQUENCY OF RESOLUTIONS.

RIGHT. SO, RESOLUTIONS ARE ANNUAL THINGS; CORRECT? RESOLUTIONS ARE ANNUAL THINGS.

BUT LIKE I THINK THE CLARIFYING QUESTION IS WOULD A RESOLUTION NEED TO BE RENEWED, RENEWED ANNUALLY IF IT WERE FOR A GIVEN MONTH? THE BOARD WOULD MAKE.

IT'S BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT THE BOARD MAKES A DECISION WHETHER TO, ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WHAT MONTH THEY WANT TO OFFER.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD IS COMMITTED TO EVERY YEAR.

OKAY. GOT IT.

I THINK THAT AND THAT WAS, THAT'S KIND OF THE DEPTH OF THIS DISCUSSION IS TO HAVE TO SEE IF WE CAN SET A CALENDAR.

AND THIS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION DURING WORK SESSION.

WE MAY NEED TO HAVE THIS DURING A BUSINESS MEETING.

BUT WE WERE HOPING TO HAVE TO AVOID THE ANNUAL OR TO HAVE A SET ADOPTED CALENDAR OF MONTHLY RECOGNITIONS.

WHETHER OUTSIDE OF STATE AND FEDERAL RECOGNIZED HOLIDAYS.

FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL TRUANCY PREVENTION MONTH, GET READY FOR KINDERGARTEN MONTH SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH, COLLEGE SAVINGS MONTH.

I MEAN, THERE ARE ALL OF THESE WHETHER IT WOULD BE I'M SURE SOME OF THESE WOULD FALL UNDER MR. SMITH'S OFFICE AS KIND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT THEN SOME OF THE OTHERS WOULD FALL, I THINK WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD ITSELF TO BUILD INTO.

OUR RESOLUTION.

SO, I WASN'T REALLY CALENDAR.

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION WAS IT WOULD NEED TO BE RENEWED IF IT WANTED.

OKAY. SO, I DON'T AGREE WITH MR. TARANTO'S ASSESSMENT THAT WE NEED JUST ONE THAT COVERS ALL STUDENTS.

HISTORICALLY IN THIS COUNTRY, RESOLUTIONS ARE MADE FOR POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN THE MOST DISENFRANCHISED, THE MOST NEGLECTED, THE MOST OVERLOOKED, THE MOST ABUSED THE MOST OVERSIGHT OVERLOOKED, THE MOST ENDANGERED POPULATION WE HAVE.

THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION COMES OUT WITH A LIST, AND SOMETIMES THAT LIST IS BASED ON WHAT THE TREND IS GOING.

RIGHT. SO, I REMEMBER THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE MILITARY CHILD APPRECIATION MONTH OR RECOGNITION MONTH, RIGHT.

BUT THEN AFTER 9/11, WE HAD A SURGE OF SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN AND SERVICE MEMBERS.

WHO WERE DEFENDING THIS COUNTRY.

AND SO, IT BECAME A THING, RIGHT? IT BECAME A THING THAT WAS ACROSS THE BOARD.

I THINK THAT ANY, ANY POPULATION OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO HAVE THEIR RIGHTS LEGISLATED.

DESERVE TO BE RECOGNIZED SEPARATELY BECAUSE THEIR RIGHTS HAD TO BE LEGISLATED.

I KNOW WE SAY THAT EVERYONE IS BORN WITH INALIENABLE RIGHTS, AND THAT'S ALL WELL AND GOOD IN THEORY.

BUT WE KNOW HISTORICALLY WE HAVE AMENDMENTS TO OUR CONSTITUTION BECAUSE SOME RIGHTS HAD TO BE LEGISLATED.

WE HAVE BILLS IN OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE SOME RIGHTS HAD TO BE LEGISLATED, AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE WHOSE RIGHTS HAD TO BE LEGISLATED IN ORDER TO BE SEEN, TO COEXIST, TO BE SEEN AS PEOPLE.

TO BE ABLE TO WALK THE STREET WITHOUT ISSUING CONSTERNATION AND CONCERN THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

DESERVE THE RESOLUTION.

MY RECOMMENDATION IS IF WE'RE IF IT HAS TO BE DONE ANNUALLY AND IT'S AT THE WILL OF THE BOARD, THEN PERHAPS A POLICY LETTER, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND POLICY LETTERS GET REVIEWED EVERY FIVE YEARS.

RIGHT. SO, WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO A MONTHLY, AN ANNUAL RESOLUTION FOR THAT PARTICULAR THING.

IF WE HAD A POLICY LETTER THAT COVERED THE ONES THAT THIS BOARD, BECAUSE IT WOULD KIND OF GO IN LINE WITH OUR TENURE, OUR FIRST TERM, RIGHT WHERE IT WOULD NEED TO BE REVIEWED

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IDEA, I THINK, DOES A DISSERVICE TO THE POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE WHO HAD TO STRUGGLE TO GET THE RIGHTS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE MEANT TO DO.

IT GIVES OUR TEACHERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS, PERHAPS DISCUSS SOME THINGS, BRING IT INTO THE CIVICS CLASS, BRING IT INTO WHATEVER CLASS IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT POPULATION OF OUR COUNTY AND NOT JUST TO SAY, HEY, WE WANT ALL CHILDREN TO BE TO BE HEALTHY.

AND WELL, THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT IF YOUR RIGHTS HAD TO BE LEGISLATED, I THINK YOU DESERVE A RESOLUTION.

THAT'S MY OPINION. ANY OTHER.

COMMENTS ABOUT RESOLUTIONS OR HAVING BUILDING IN A RESOLUTION CALENDAR, MISS HUTCHINS.

SURE, I APPRECIATE.

YOUR SENTIMENT AND YOUR THOUGHTS.

MISS CHATTERS, I UNDERSTAND.

ALTHOUGH. IN SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT A RESOLUTION WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.

THE LANGUAGE WAS, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL BOARD REMAINS FOCUSED ON MAKING EVERY STUDENT, TEACHER, STAFF MEMBER, FAMILY MEMBER AND PERSON WHO WALKS INTO THE INTO A BUILDING FEEL WELCOME, SAFE AND SUPPORTED.

AND THIS CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD IS COMMITTED TO CREATING A BETTER TOMORROW FOR ALL.

WHEN WE.

I LIKE. I LIKE THE LANGUAGE OF IF SOMEONE HAD TO HAVE THEIR RIGHTS LEGISLATED.

I THINK THAT'S A NEAT, JUST AN INTERESTING WAY TO CONSIDER THIS.

HOWEVER, WHEN I THINK ABOUT.

THERE ARE AS MANY GROUPS AS THERE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.

AND WHEN WE PICK AND CHOOSE, WE CHOOSE.

WE WILL FORGET OR NOT PICK.

WE WILL NOT PICK THEM ALL.

AND THERE WILL BE GROUPS THAT WILL BE.

THEY WILL, BY ESSENCE OF OUR CHOOSING AND HOLDING UP ONE.

AND WE ARE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO DO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO.

WE ARE DISENFRANCHISING OTHERS.

I THINK THAT BY SAYING THIS OVER HERE, WE AND THEN IF IT COMES UP THAT SOMEONE IS.

FEELING LIKE THEY ARE NOT THOSE THINGS THAT I JUST SAID.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT OURSELVES.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT OURSELVES AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WE ARE NOT DOING OUR JOB.

I STRUGGLE WITH THINGS THAT WITH FAVORITES.

AND I GUESS I'M JUST GOING BACK TO, LIKE, AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER, EVEN AS A PARENT.

THERE ARE NO FAVORITES.

EVERY SINGLE PERSON DESERVES THE LOVE, HONOR, RESPECT AND DIGNITY.

AND SOME PEOPLE IN A CLASSROOM, YES, THERE THEY NEED TO BE EVEN LIFTED WITH MORE TENDERNESS AND CARE BECAUSE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU REFERRED TO THAT IS ENDEMIC FOR OF THEIR SITUATION.

SO, I STRUGGLE WITH THIS BECAUSE OF.

THOSE WHO MAY BE LEFT BEHIND IN THESE CHOICES.

THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THAT.

WE ARE.

DESPERATELY IN A TIME CRUNCH.

MAY I RECOMMEND THAT WE REVIEW THESE OPTIONS AND THESE OPPORTUNITIES? ALL OF THEM.

THERE ARE SEVERAL IN HERE.

WE NOT ONLY SPEAKING OF INDIVIDUAL GROUPS, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION MONTH.

SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR US TO EVALUATE THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO RECOGNIZE, BUILD A CALENDAR WITH SOME CONSISTENCY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US AS A SCHOOL DIVISION AND AS A SCHOOL BOARD HONOR TRADITIONALLY MARGINALIZED GROUPS OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AND CITIZENS.

THAT'S JUST MY $0.02.

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RIGHT. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS THIS THIS AFTERNOON? THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING, MAY 14TH, 2024, AT 6:30 P.M.

HERE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM.

IF THERE IS NO FURTHER PUBLIC BUSINESS, WE WILL ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE PMR CONFERENCE ROOM.

MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE ITEMS FOR TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION?

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

[L. Adjournment into Closed Session]

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. YOU'VE 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.

WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION? SO MOVED.

QUIETLY FIND YOUR SEAT.

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 PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED MEETING WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED, OR CONSIDERED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.

IS THERE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE STUDENT MATTERS IN CASE NUMBERS 2023-24/21 RE 2023 DASH 24/22.

RE 2023-24/23.

RE 2023-24/24 RE IN 2023-24/25 RE IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SO MOVED.

TAKE YOUR SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL? ROLL ON THE MOTION.

CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/61-RHR.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL? ROLL ON THE MOTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/62-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

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

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/63-H.R., IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

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

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-2464 HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL? ROLL ON THE MOTION.

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THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-2466-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL? ROLL ON THE MOTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/67-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/68 HR.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/69-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-2470-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL? ROLL ON THE MOTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/71-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER IN CASE NUMBER 2023-24/72-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? THE MOTION CARRIES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.