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          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE SEPTEMBER 9TH, 
          [A. Meeting Opening]
2025 SCHOOL BOARD WORK SESSION TO ORDER. 
          FIRST, WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD. 
          [B. SHAB Annual Report]
EMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. MY NAME IS LINDSAY EWAN. 
          I AM THE OUTGOING CHAIRPERSON OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH ADVISORY BOARD. 
          I'VE SERVED THE LAST APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS AS THE CHAIR PERSON. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON SHAB AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY. 
          JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT OUR COMMITTEE IS. 
          SHAB IS COMPOSED OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH EXPERTISE IN VARIOUS FIELDS RELATING TO SCHOOL HEALTH. 
          OUR MANDATE IS TO PROVIDE ADVICE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD REGARDING ANY MATTERS THAT PERTAIN TO SCHOOL HEALTH WITHIN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          IN THE PAST, WE'VE WORKED ON THINGS LIKE SCHOOL START TIMES, TRYING TO ALIGN THEM WITH BEST PRACTICES FROM WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT ADOLESCENT AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT, ENSURING THAT THERE'S A NURSE IN EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING. 
          INCREASING THE AWARENESS AND SUPPORTS FOR PROVIDING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING IN SCHOOLS AND PROVIDING INPUT TO UPDATES ON THE CCPS WELLNESS POLICY. 
          THEN FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS OR SO, OUR PRIMARY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON MENTAL HEALTH AND ESPECIALLY MENTAL HEALTH STAFFING WITHIN OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THIS CONTINUES TO BE OUR MAIN FOCUS CURRENTLY. 
          WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONSENSUS AMONG THE MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD THAT THIS IS THE PRIORITY OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON. 
          WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR INCREASED MENTAL HEALTH STAFFING AND FUNDING FOR STAFFING POSITIONS WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 
          OUR HOPE IS THAT THIS ACADEMIC YEAR, THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN SPEND SOME TIME DURING WORK SESSIONS TO BRAINS SOME WAYS TO MAKE THAT FUNDING POSSIBLE. 
          I'D LIKE TO OUTLINE A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED IN THE PAST. 
          WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE SOCIAL WORK AND PSYCHOLOGY LEADERS IN CCPS. 
          THEY HELPED US UNDERSTAND A BIT ABOUT WHAT THEY NEEDED IN TERMS OF STAFFING. 
          THEY GIVE US SOME POINTERS AS TO THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES. 
          WE RECOMMENDED SIX ADDITIONAL SOCIAL WORK POSITIONS, TWO ADDITIONAL ATTENDANCE, SOCIAL WORK POSITIONS, SIX ADDITIONAL SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY POSITIONS, SIX ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL DIAGNOSTICIANS, ONE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL NURSE. 
          THEN TO KEEP IN MIND, BUDGETING FOR ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AS NEW SCHOOLS ARE OPENED AS THEY WOULD NEED THOSE POSITIONS AS WELL. 
          I'D LIKE TO OUTLINE A FEW REASONS THAT WE FEEL SO STRONGLY ABOUT THIS. 
          IN THE PAST DECADE, RATES OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS HAVE RISEN STEADILY. 
          BY 2018, SUICIDE BECAME THE SECOND LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH OF PEOPLE AGES 10-24 NATIONALLY. 
          WITHIN VIRGINIA SPECIFICALLY, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEYS FOUND THAT 10% OF MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND 13% OF HIGH SCHOOLERS HAD SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ATTEMPTING SUICIDE. 
          THAT'S NOT PEOPLE WHO HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT DEATH IN PASSING. 
          THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY CONSIDERING SUICIDE. 
          IN FACT, NEARLY ALL INDICATORS OF POOR MENTAL HEALTH, INCLUDING SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORS HAVE WORSENED FROM THE PERIOD OF 2013-2023 WHEN THE MOST RECENT DATA WAS AVAILABLE. 
          IN LIGHT OF THOSE INCREASING MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR STAFFING RATIOS THAT ARE CLOSER TO THE PUBLISHED BEST PRACTICES. 
          LIKE I MENTIONED TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET WITH LEADERS FROM PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENTS TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEY THOUGHT THE MOST PRESSING NEEDS WERE. 
          THAT'S WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS. 
          WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE BUDGET THAT CAME OUT FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, WE SAW THAT ONE ADDITIONAL SOCIAL WORK POSITION HAD BEEN FUNDED, AND WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          WE WERE SADDENED TO SEE THAT THAT WAS THE ONLY POSITION THAT HAD BEEN FUNDED. 
          THE REMAINDER HAD BEEN LEFT ON THE UNFUNDED PRIORITIES LIST FOR THE 2026 FISCAL YEAR. 
          WE'RE EXCITED TO LEARN ABOUT THE NEW TELEHEALTH SERVICES THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED FROM HAZEL HEALTH FOR GRADES 6 THROUGH 12. 
          IT'S WONDERFUL THAT THE STUDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO SOME ONE ON ONE COUNSELING SUPPORTS. 
          BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THOSE PROVIDERS PLAY A DISTINCT ROLE FROM THE PROVIDERS WITHIN CCPS. 
          THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, 
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AND ADDITIONAL MENTAL HEALTH STAFF WITHIN CCPS PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AND THEY PERFORM DIFFERENT TASKS AND THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE, INCLUDING RISK ASSESSMENTS, IDENTIFYING HIGH RISK STUDENTS, COORDINATING IEPS, BEING ABLE TO OBSERVE IN THE CLASSROOM AND MANY MORE TASKS. 
          WHILE IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THAT AS A RESOURCE, WE ARE STILL ADVOCATING FOR THOSE INCREASES IN THE CCPS MENTAL HEALTH STAFFING. 
          ANOTHER TOPIC THAT TOOK A LOT OF OUR ATTENTION LAST YEAR WERE SOME OF THE CHANGES TO POLICIES. 
          IN PARTICULAR, WE DISCUSSED THE NEW CELL PHONE POLICY AND THE POLICIES RELATING TO TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. 
          WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE. 
          IN TERMS OF THE CELL PHONE POLICY, SOME OF OUR MEMBERS HAD CONCERNS ABOUT USING SUSPENSION AS A PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATING THIS POLICY. 
          SOME MEMBERS WERE CURIOUS IF THERE HAD BEEN DISCUSSION OF ALTERNATIVE DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. 
          MANY PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT EXPERIENCE OF STUDENTS BECOMING DISENFRANCHISED AND TRUANCY AND ABSENTEEISM AND WHETHER OR NOT KEEPING KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL WAS THE BEST WAY TO GET THEM TO PRACTICE IN LINE WITH THAT POLICY. 
          REGARDING THE POLICY AFFECTING TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. 
          WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR CONFUSION IN THE INTERPRETATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICY, PARTICULARLY AROUND THE LANGUAGE SPEAKING TO PARENTAL NOTIFICATION OF STUDENTS PREFERRED NAMES. 
          SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS WERE WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFICALLY WOULD ALLOW A TEACHER OR STAFF MEMBER TO NOTIFY A PARENT AND WHICH SITUATIONS WOULD MANDATE NOTIFICATION. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLE RAMIFICATIONS OF PARENTAL NOTIFICATION, BOTH POSITIVE AND POTENTIALLY NEGATIVE. 
          WE WERE CURIOUS WHAT SITUATIONS WOULD ALLOW TEACHERS TO DECLINE TO INFORM PARENTS. 
          OUR READING OF THE POLICIES. 
          OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE AN IMMINENT RISK OF SUICIDE FOR TEACHERS TO DECLINE TO PASS ON INFORMATION TO PARENTS. 
          WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING. 
          ALSO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THE TEACHERS FEEL ABOUT THAT, IF THEY FEEL THAT THEY ARE ADEQUATELY EQUIPPED, HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE APPROPRIATE TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHICH STUDENTS ARE OR ARE NOT AT THAT HIGH OF A RISK OF SUICIDE. 
          WE WERE CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT PUT TEACHERS IN A DIFFICULT POSITION BETWEEN FEELING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO BEST SUPPORT THEIR STUDENT IN FRONT OF THEM, AND BEING ABLE TO FOLLOW A LETTER OF THE POLICY. 
          OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A VERY CHALLENGING AREA. 
          WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS NOT AN EASY ANSWER THAT'S GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. 
          WE HAD ATTEMPTED TO HAVE AN ONGOING DIALOGUE ABOUT THIS AND HAD MADE SOME REQUESTS TO HAVE SOMEONE COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, BUT SCHEDULES DIDN'T ALIGN AND THAT WASN'T POSSIBLE LAST SCHOOL YEAR. 
          WHICH LEADS INTO MY LAST POINT. 
          AT OUR LAST MEETING OF THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR, WE TALKED ABOUT THE ROLE THAT SHAB SERVES AND THE ROLE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OURSELVES SERVE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. 
          MOST OF US EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO FEEL MORE USEFUL. 
          WE ALL HAVE AGREED TO BE ON THE BOARD TO SERVE AN ADVISORY FUNCTION, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT IN REAL TIME, TO PROVIDE INPUT BEFORE POLICIES HAVE BEEN ENACTED AND THE CHANGES HAVE BEEN WRITTEN AND EVERYTHING IS SET IN STONE. 
          TO DATE, A LOT OF TIMES WE'VE FELT THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION TO REACT TO CHANGES, BUT NOT TO HELP MAKE THOSE CHANGES. 
          WE ARE HOPING TO FIND WAYS TO WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON TO HELP US PROVIDE FEEDBACK IN REAL TIME SO THAT WE CAN USE OUR BREADTH AND DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICIES THAT ARE WRITTEN CAN REALLY SERVE OUR STUDENT BODY IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. 
          WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY AND TO HAVE SERVED AS THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE LAST TWO TERMS. AS ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS, I'M ROLLING OFF AS CHAIRPERSON, BUT I'LL STILL BE ON THE COMMITTEE FOR ABOUT TWO MORE YEARS TO THE END OF MY [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR EWAN, BOARD MEMBERS. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS HUDGINS? 
          >> DOCTOR EWAN, WE ARE SO THANKFUL FOR FOUR YEARS OF YOU BEING THE LEADER FOR THAT. 
          IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB AND WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, THANK YOU FAITHFULLY REPRESENTED SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS AND THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS, AND SO REALLY THAT'S THE WORLD WE LIVE IN, AND SO IT'S A SPACE WHERE WE COULD HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS, AND I APPRECIATE YOU FACILITATING THOSE IN A PRETTY SAFE SPACE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, BUT I'M REALLY GLAD THAT YOU'RE STILL ON THE BOARD. THANKS. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
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          >> NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON HEALTH AND DENTAL CONTRACTS FOR 
          [C. Health and Dental Contracts]
2026 FROM MR. ROBILOS AND MISS MCKENZIE. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. WE HAVE OUR HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE RATE RENEWAL INFORMATION UP NEXT FOR YOUR REVIEW. 
          AS YOU KNOW, CCPS USES THE EXPERTISE OF A HEALTH INSURANCE CONSULTANT, USI, TO ANALYZE OUR RECENT CLAIM DATA AND THE IMPACT TO OUR RENEWAL RATES. 
          I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CONSULTANT, CHARLENE KENZIE UP TO THE PODIUM TO REVIEW THIS YEAR'S INFORMATION WITH YOU ALL. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          MY NAME IS CHARLENE KENZIE WITH USI INSURANCE. 
          I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE RESULTS OF OUR MEDICAL AND DENTAL RENEWALS FOR 2026. 
          IN 2026, WE ARE ENTERING THE FINAL YEAR OF OUR CONTRACT WITH ANTHEM. 
          IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. 
          LATER THIS YEAR, FOURTH QUARTER OF 2025, WE'RE GOING TO BE RELEASING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR AN RFP TO THE OTHER MEDICAL CARRIERS WITH A JANUARY 1, 27 EFFECTIVE DATE TO START A NEW FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. 
          FOR THE 2026 PLAN YEAR, OUR PROJECTION RECOMMENDED AN 11.8% INCREASE TO THE BUDGET RATES FOR 2026. 
          THIS IS A BLENDED INCREASE FOR THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOLS. 
          IT'S BASED ON CLAIMS FROM MAY OF 23 THROUGH APRIL OF 25. 
          OUR PROJECTED EXPENSE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026 WAS 170 MILLION. 
          WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CLAIMS PAID DURING THE REVIEW PERIOD THAT I JUST MENTIONED, ENDING IN APRIL OF 2025, NET CLAIMS THAT WERE PAID AND DID INCREASE APPROXIMATELY 14.8% WHEN WE COMPARE IT TO THE LAST PERIOD A YEAR PRIOR. 
          WHEN WE THINK ABOUT LOSS RATIO, WHICH IS YOU TAKE YOUR NET COSTS COMPARED TO WHAT YOUR BUDGETED REVENUE IS, BASICALLY CLAIMS OVER PREMIUM THAT'S RECEIVED. 
          THE COUNTY'S LOSS RATIO DID INCREASE FROM 88.7% TO 91.9, WHILE THE SCHOOLS INCREASED FROM 96% TO 105.4%. 
          THAT INCREASE IN CLAIMS WAS PRIMARILY DRIVEN. 
          WE SEGMENT OUT THE CLAIMS INTO DIFFERENT REVENUE SEGMENTS. 
          THE LARGE INCREASE IN CLAIMS BETWEEN 100,000-400,000, THAT SEGMENT HAD THE LARGEST INCREASE, WHICH WAS 21.5%, AND THEY INCREASED $8.1 MILLION WITHIN THAT GROUP. 
          LARGE CLAIM INCREASE. 
          THE ADMIN EXPENSE HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE 2021. 
          THAT WAS THE LAST TIME AN RFP WAS RELEASED WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS WRITTEN WITH ANTHEM FIVE YEARS AGO. 
          WE NEGOTIATED THAT DURING THAT PROCESS FOR THE RFP. 
          INCLUDED IN LISTED OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS ADMIN EXPENSE. 
          THE MEDICAL AND DRUG ADMIN FEES NETWORK ACCESS FEE, OUR REBATE CREDIT, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A SECOND AND THE VISION FEE, AS WELL AS THE SYDNEY HEALTH APP AND THE TOTAL HEALTH TOTAL U PROGRAM. 
          ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY STABLE YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          TOTAL ENROLLMENT INCREASED 2% FROM PRIOR YEAR TO CURRENT. 
          THE DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYEES BETWEEN THE PLANS, YOU HAVE ABOUT 75% OF ENROLLMENT IN THE POINT OF SERVICE PLANS AND 25% IN THE HIGH DEDUCTIBLE OF THE HSA PLAN. 
          ANTHEM DOES SHARE THE PRESCRIPTION DRUG REBATES WITH CHESTERFIELD. 
          THAT'S A PROSPECTIVE MONTHLY ADMIN FEE, A CREDIT THAT SHOWS UP MONTHLY AS AN ADMIN FEE CREDIT. 
          THAT IS INCREASING NEXT YEAR FROM 15000000-18 0.4 MILLION. 
          IT INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR. 
          THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE EXPECTING HIGHER THAN NORMAL REBATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE EARNED. 
          YOUR SPECIFIC STOP LOSS LIMIT IS 400,000. 
          THE INCREASE THAT ANTHEM HAS PROVIDED SO FAR IS WE'RE LOOKING AT A 17.9% INCREASE TO THAT STOP LOSS LIMIT. 
          THAT WOULD INCREASE THE PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH FEE FROM $63.85 TO $75.30. 
          HOWEVER, THAT INCREASE IS ILLUSTRATIVE AT THIS POINT. 
          ANTHEM RELEASES, THEY WAIT TO GET CLAIMS PAID THROUGH JULY AND THEN RELEASE THE RENEWAL 
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THE STOP LOSS RENEWAL TO US IN SEPTEMBER. THEY'VE DONE THAT EVERY YEAR. 
          ONCE WE GET THE FIRM RENEWAL FROM ANTHEM, THEN WE WILL NEGOTIATE LOWERING THE PROPOSED INCREASE AND THEN TO CONTINUE THE GUARANTEES THAT WERE ALREADY NEGOTIATED IN THE YEAR PRIOR. WE'LL WORK ON THAT. 
          >> IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE OVERALL RATE INCREASE THAT WE WERE PROJECTING, OUR TEAM RECOMMENDED THAT CHESTERFIELD MAKE SEVERAL PLAN DESIGN CHANGES. 
          WE PREPARED AND SENT OVER NUMEROUS OPTIONS FOR THE COUNTY AND SCHOOLS TO CONSIDER, AND WE LANDED ON ONE OPTION THAT IS ADDING AN ADDITIONAL POINT OF SERVICE PLAN THAT HAS A HIGHER DEDUCTIBLE AND ALSO ADDS CO INSURANCE FOR FACILITY VISITS. 
          THINK HOSPITALS, ER, THINGS THAT YOU WOULD GO IN A FACILITY FOR. 
          THE OUT OF POCKET MAXIMUM ON THE CURRENT POINT OF SERVICE PLAN IS GOING TO DECREASE. 
          CO PAYS ARE GOING TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT. 
          THERE'S GOING TO BE NO CHANGES AT ALL TO THE HSA PLAN, AND I HAVE THESE CHANGES OUTLINED IN A FEW SLIDES. 
          IN MORE DETAIL, I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT ONE. 
          THAT INCORPORATING THESE CHANGES WILL REDUCE THE OVERALL RENEWAL INCREASE FROM 11.8%-5.6%. 
          THIS IS ASSUMING THAT WE WILL HAVE A 15% ENROLLMENT SHIFT FROM THE CURRENT POINT OF SERVICE PLAN OVER TO THAT NEW PLAN. 
          WE'RE ASSUMING IF THAT HAPPENS THAT THE RATES WILL DECREASE DOWN TO 5.6% INCREASE. 
          TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT GOAL, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY AND SCHOOLS IS GOING TO BE HOLDING AN ACTIVE ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR FOR 2026. 
          WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACT INSTEAD OF YOU EITHER HAVE A PASSIVE OPEN ENROLLMENT OR AN ACTIVE, IN YEARS PAST, IT'S BEEN PASSIVE. 
          BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE ACTIVE, WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO EVALUATE THEIR PLAN CHOICES AND TO ACTIVELY GO ONLINE AND MAKE THEIR ELECTIONS, THEREBY HOPING TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF GETTING EVERYBODY INTO THAT NEW PLAN. 
          HERE ON THIS SLIDE I'VE OUTLINED THE CHANGES I JUST SPOKE ABOUT. 
          AGAIN, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE HSA PLAN. 
          THE THE CURRENT POINT OF SERVICE PLAN, AS WE KNOW IT TODAY, IN 2025, IS GOING TO BE RENAMED TO THE PREMIUM PLAN. 
          THE PREMIUM PLAN IS GOING TO HAVE THE OUT OF POCKET MAX DECREASED. 
          THERE WILL BE A FEW OFFICE VISIT CO PAYS THAT WILL GO UP SLIGHTLY. 
          THEN WE'VE CREATED THIS NEW PLAN THAT WILL NOW BE CALLED THE STANDARD PLAN. 
          IT HAS A HIGHER DEDUCTIBLE THAN THE CURRENT PLAN, HIGHER OUT OF POCKET MAXIMUM. 
          THEN OFFICE VISITS HAVE SLIGHTLY HIGHER CO PAYS. 
          THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE FOR FACILITY VISITS, AS I MENTIONED, HOSPITAL VISITS, ER VISITS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY YOUR DEDUCTIBLE AND THEN 10% COINSURANCE AFTER THE DEDUCTIBLE IS. 
          WE WOULD RECOMMEND RENEWING WITH THE CURRENT POINT OF SERVICE PLAN, WHICH AGAIN IS NOW GOING TO BE CALLED THE PREMIUM PLAN, MAINTAINING THE HSA PLAN AS IT IS, AND THEN ADDING THIS NEW PLAN CALLED THE STANDARD PLAN WITH THE CHANGES THAT I JUST WENT OVER. 
          I DO HAVE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, THE NEW RATES FOR 2026. 
          THESE RATES REFLECT A 5.2% INCREASE TO THE PREMIUM PLAN AND AN 11.8% INCREASE FOR THE OTHER PLANS. 
          YOU CAN SEE, I KNOW IT'S SMALL, BUT THE LOWEST COST PLAN, IF WE LOOK AT THE EMPLOYEE ONLY, WOULD BE $30 AS COMPARED TO THE NEW STANDARD PLAN AT 39. 
          SWITCHING GEARS OVER TO THE DENTAL PLAN. 
          THE CURRENT CONTRACT WITH DELTA DENTAL IS UP AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, IN 2025, THAT WAS AGAIN, A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, SO THE PROGRAM WAS PUT OUT TO BID THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAD A JOINT RFP COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF BOTH COUNTY AND SCHOOL EMPLOYEES. 
          THE COMMITTEE CHOSE TO REMAIN WITH DELTA DENTAL FOR A 2026 EFFECTIVE DATE FOR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. 
          WE DID MAKE SOME PLAN ENHANCEMENTS TO THE DENTAL PLAN FOR 2026. 
          SIMILAR TO WHAT THE PREVIOUS CONTRACT LOOKED LIKE. 
          WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE THREE PLANS, THE BASIC, THE COMPREHENSIVE, AND THAT EPO DENTAL PLAN RATES WILL GO UP 8.7%. 
          BUT WITH THAT INCREASE, WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL MAXIMUMS ON ALL THREE PLANS, INCREASING THE LIFETIME ORTHODONTIA MAX ON THE COMPREHENSIVE AND THE EPO PLAN. 
          THEN WE'RE ADDING RIGHT START FOR KIDS, WHICH IS A PROGRAM, I'LL EXPLAIN IN JUST A SECOND. 
          WELL ACTUALLY, I'LL GO TO EXPLAIN IT NOW, IT'S AT THE THIRD BULLET POINT ON HERE. 
          RIGHT START FOR KIDS IS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WE'RE ADDING TO ALL THREE DENTAL PLANS. 
          IT PROVIDES 100% COVERAGE FOR ALL CHILDREN COVERED UNDER THE DENTAL PLAN UNDER THE AGE OF 13, EXCLUDING ORTHODONTICS. 
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THERE'S NO DEDUCTIBLE TO MEET AS LONG AS THEY SEE AN IN NETWORK DENTIST, THEIR DENTAL CARE IS FREE SO IT'S A GREAT PLAN FOR PARENTS FOR FAMILIES. 
          WE DID IN NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT WITH DELTA DENTAL, FOR THE FIRST THREE YEARS OF THE CONTRACT, THE RATES ARE STAYING STEADY, AND THEN IN YEAR 4, WE HAVE A RATE CAP OF 5.5%, AND IN YEAR 5, WE HAVE A 6% RATE CAP. 
          CHESTERFIELD IS CONTINUING THE $10 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH CONTRIBUTION THROUGH PAYCHECKS THROUGH THEIR PAY ROLL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND THAT'S VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $1.86 BILLION. 
          THEN ON THIS PAGE ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE THE DENTAL RATES FOR 2026 FOR ALL THREE PLANS. 
          >> THANK YOU, MISS KENZIE. 
          BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS CHATTERS. 
          >> THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION REGARDING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OFFICE VISIT AND FACILITY VISIT. 
          IS THERE A DIFFERENCE OR IS THAT THE SAME STRUCTURE? 
          >> NO. OFFICE VISITS ARE LIKE YOUR PRIMARY CARE VISIT, YOUR SPECIALIST DOCTOR VISIT, WHEREAS FACILITIES OUTPATIENT SURGERY, INPATIENT HOSPITAL, THINGS DONE IN A FACILITY. 
          >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. 
          >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          >> MR. PARANTO. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          QUESTION ON PAGE OR ME SLIDE 4. 
          IT STATES THE ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN VERY STABLE WITH TOTAL ENROLLMENT INCREASING 2%. 
          IS THAT YEAR OVER YEAR, A 2% INCREASE? 
          >> FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          >> FOR THE PRIOR YEAR AND THEN GOING ON TO SLIDE NUMBER 6, THE GOAL WAS A 15% ENROLLMENT, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> FIFTEEN PERCENT ENROLLMENT SHIFT. 
          >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE SHIFT PART? 
          >> TAKING WHEN WE CREATE A NEW PLAN, WHAT WE WANT IS FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE POSSIBLY FROM THAT YOUR CURRENT POS PLAN, WHICH IS NOW WHICH WILL NOW BE CALLED THE PREMIUM PLAN INTO THE LOWER COST PLAN, WHICH IS THE NEW STANDARD PLAN. 
          IT COSTS, THE PREMIUM DOLLARS OR LESS, SO WE WANT TO SHIFT. 
          WE'RE HOPING TO ENTICE PEOPLE THROUGH PAYROLL CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE IT'S LOWER OUT OF THEIR PAYCHECK, THE SHIFT INTO THAT NEW PLAN. 
          >> WE NEED 15% TO DO THAT CORRECT? 
          >> ACHIEVE THAT. YES. 
          >> IF WE DON'T HIT 15%. 
          >> THEN THE INCREASE WILL BE HIGHER. 
          >> THE INCREASE WILL BE HIGHER. THANK YOU. 
          >> IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS WHAT WE'LL GET. 
          WHICH BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING AN ACTIVE ENROLLMENT. 
          >> VERY GOOD. ACTIVE MEANING, OFFICE HOURS TO HAVE SOMEONE STOP BY AND ASK QUESTIONS OR. 
          >> YES. MY TEAM IS WE'RE DOING A RECORDED POWERPOINT PRESENTATION CALLED A BRAIN SHARK. 
          WE'RE DOING BENEFIT GUIDES. 
          WE'RE DOING ANYTHING WE CAN TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          >> REAL QUICK, MISS KENZIE, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT HAS THE RATES? WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS OUT OF POCKET, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT EMPLOYEE ONLY GOING FROM 86-39 IF THEY SWITCH. IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          >> JUST TO POINT OUT THE MONEY SIDE OF IT. 
          >> YES. HOPEFULLY, WE'LL GET THAT SHIFT WITH THAT. 
          >> YES. 
          >> MADAM CHAIR. 
          >> WE HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS. MR. PARANTO. 
          >> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS YOUR QUESTION. 
          YOU MENTIONED THE CO PAY GOING UP, IS THAT CORRECT? WHAT IS THE PROJECTION OF THAT INCREASE? 
          >> NO, THAT'S BUILT INTO THE PLAN DESIGN. 
          >> INTO INTO THE ANTHEM STANDARD DESIGN? 
          >> THE COPAYS. WELL, IT'S A NEW PLAN. 
          THE COPAYS ARE HIGHER THAN THE PREMIUM PLAN. 
          BUT YOU'RE PAYING LESS OUT OF POCKET OF YOUR PAYCHECK. IT'S A NEW PLAN. 
          >> WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU ON AVERAGE, THE CURRENT COPAY IS $25. 
          I BELIEVE I 25. 
          OH, YOU DO. 
          >> I NEED TO GO BUY A POP RIGHT AFTER. 
          >> THAT PLAN IS NOW THE PREMIUM PLAN. 
          I THINK THAT'S GOING TO $30 AND I THINK IF I REMEMBER RIGHT THE STANDARD PLAN IS 50. 
          >> ALMOST 25 THANK YOU. 
          WE WERE JUST TRYING TO GAUGE WHAT THE COPAY INCREASE WAS TO DEFRAY WHAT THE LOWER PREMIUM? THANK YOU. 
          >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          >> APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> YOU'RE WELCOME. 
          >> NEXT, WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON CEF FROM MISS HEIGHT. 
          [D. CEF Update]
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          >> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, AND MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. 
          I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE REPRESENTING CHESTERFIELD EDUCATION. 
          MY NAME IS LAURA HEIGHT AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROGRAMS AND IMPACT FOR THE 2024 25 SCHOOL YEAR. 
          AS A OVERVIEW OF OUR MISSION, WE EXIST TO PROVIDE EQUITABLE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES AND INCREASE CLASSROOM INNOVATION FOR CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. 
          SOMETIMES WE SAY WE HAVE ONE, Y, AND 100 HOUSE BECAUSE IT TAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENT FORMS. I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER SLIDE UNTIL I GO INTO HOW WE ACHIEVE OUR MISSION IN TERMS OF RESOURCES. 
          WE DO FUND RAISING ON BEHALF OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SCHOOLS. 
          WE'RE A FIVE OH 1C THREE NONPROFIT, AND SO EVERYTHING WE RAISE IS DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING STUDENTS, TEACHERS, AND SCHOOL PROGRAMS. HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF OUR REVENUE SOURCES. 
          IT'S MOSTLY OTHER FOUNDATIONS. 
          WE ARE A FUNDRAISING FOUNDATION, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM AN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION. 
          WE GET A LOT OF CORPORATE SUPPORT, WE DO SPECIAL EVENTS, AND WE GET SOME INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT FROM FANTASTIC DONORS THROUGHOUT CHESTERFIELD AND THE GREATER RICHMOND REGION. 
          I MENTIONED ONE OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS IS BRAVO. 
          THAT'S ACTUALLY A PROGRAM BEYOND A GALA BECAUSE IT'S AN ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          WE HAVE A PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN NOMINATE OUTSTANDING ALUMS OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS, AND THEN A SELECTION COMMITTEE CHOOSES THEM, AND THEN THE HONOREES GET TO VISIT THEIR ALMA MATER AND WE CELEBRATE THEM AT AN ANNUAL GALA, AND THEN WE RAISE MONEY WITH THIS THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS AND TICKET SALES, AND THEN THOSE FUNDS GO RIGHT BACK INTO ALL THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE SUPPORT. 
          THE NEXT SLIDES ARE SOME EXPLANATIONS OF WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE. 
          WE HAVE A LITERACY INITIATIVE THAT TAKES SHAPE DEPENDING ON WHICH SCHOOL NEEDS ASSISTANCE. 
          SOME OF THEM, IT'S THE BOOK MACHINES. 
          WE RESTOCK BOOK MACHINES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SCHOOLS, AND SOMETIMES IT'S LIBRARY SUPPORT. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN GROWING REQUESTS FOR BUYING SPANISH TITLES, ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. 
          ALSO, OTHER RESOURCES AND SUPPLIES THAT TEACHERS OR READING SPECIALISTS MIGHT NEED AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, AT MARGUERITE CHRISTIAN, WE HELPED STOCK SOME LITERACY CARTS TO HELP NEURODIVERGENT AND OTHER KIDS WHO MIGHT BE STRUGGLING WITH READING FROM A PAGE, LEARN HOW TO READ USING MANIPULATIVE. 
          ALSO EXPAND THE DEFINITION OF LITERACY TO INCLUDE DRAMA AND THEATER. 
          WE SUPPORTED CARVER ACADEMY'S NEW DRAMA CLUB. 
          THEN SOME OF YOU WERE PRESENT AT A BIG READING RALLY THAT WE HOSTED WITH E3 ELEVATE EARLY EDUCATION AT ECOFF ELEMENTARY LAST FALL, WHERE EVERY CHILD IN THE SCHOOL GOT A NEW COPY OF A BOOK AND AN NFL PLAYER WHO WROTE THE BOOK, MALCOLM MITCHELL CAME AND READ IT TO THEM, IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL. 
          ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE SUPPORT IS MIRROR ME. 
          YOU ARE PROBABLY ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT THIS IS A TEACHER PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, SPECIFICALLY TRYING TO INCREASE REPRESENTATION OF DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHICS WITHIN THE TEACHER PIPELINE. 
          WE HAD 18 STUDENTS AND 17 MENTORS LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR THAT'S INCREASED TO 21 STUDENTS AND 21 MENTORS. 
          CEF PART OF THIS GREAT PROGRAM IS RAISING MONEY TO PAY STIPENDS TO THOSE PARTICIPANTS AND THE MENTORS, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING THINGS LIKE THE CELEBRATION DINNER AND MEALS FOR MEETINGS, OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS AND RECRUITING AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AS WE ASSIST IN GROWING THIS PROGRAM. 
          THIS YEAR, WE ARE WORKING ON SOME NEW WAYS OF EXPANDING THE PROGRAM TO POSSIBLY INCLUDE CAREER SWITCHERS AND OTHERS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT AS THEY BECOME FULLY LICENSED TEACHERS AND WORK IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL. 
          ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE RUN IS THE INNOVATION GRANTS. 
          SOME OF YOU GOT TO ACCOMPANY ME ON SCHOOL VISITS RECENTLY AS WE AWARDED THESE TO TEACHERS AND STAFF AT OUR SCHOOLS. 
          THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW, THANKS TO OUR DONORS, AND THANKS TO THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL AS BEING A GREAT PARTNER. 
          WE RECEIVED 55 APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR, THAT'S MORE THAN DOUBLE LAST YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD 18 INNOVATION GRANTS AND THREE REPLICATION GRANTS. 
          WHEN I PRESENTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD LAST YEAR, YOU ALL ASKED ABOUT THOSE REPLICATION GRANTS. 
          THIS YEAR, WE MADE A MORE CONCERTED EFFORT TO SHOW THOSE TO PEOPLE AND BRING THEM IN AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY APPLIED FOR AN INNOVATION GRANT, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CEF HAD FUNDED IN THE PAST. 
          WE GAVE THEM A REPLICATION GRANT INSTEAD. 
          WE ADDITIONALLY DO MANY GRANTS, AND THESE ARE FUNDED BY THE CAMERON FOUNDATION. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO GROW THIS TO INCLUDE THE WHOLE COUNTY THAT'S IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. 
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BUT CURRENTLY WE FUND THE CAMERON REGION, WHICH IS 13 SCHOOLS IN THE BERMUDA AND METOCA DISTRICT AND THOSE ARE GRANTS. 
          LAST YEAR, THOSE WERE GRANTS UP TO $400, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO 37 OF THOSE THANKS TO CAMERON FOUNDATION. 
          ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT WE SUPPORT IS MEADOWBROOK ACADEMY FOR DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURS. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR KIOSK CARTS. 
          THEY HAD 52 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS, AND THEY ALREADY WERE DOING GREAT WORK, BUT THIS IS YET ANOTHER PROOF OF THE FANTASTIC OUTCOMES OF THIS GREAT PROGRAM AT MEADOWBROOK, THIS STUDENT LED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE, WHERE THEY'RE INTERACTING WITH THEIR PEERS. 
          THEY'RE GETTING REALLY GREAT REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE AND HOW TO RUN A SMALL BUSINESS, AND THEY'RE BRINGING MORE PEOPLE INTO MEADOWBROOK AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THIS PROGRAM AT A GREAT HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO SEND SOME OF THESE STUDENTS TO THE STATE CONFERENCE AND THEN THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AS WELL FOR DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, MISS CHATTERS JOINING US AS A PARTNER TO SEND EVERYONE WHO QUALIFIED TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN FLORIDA THIS YEAR. 
          >> ONE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE REALLY PROUD TO SUPPORT THROUGH PHILANTHROPY FROM THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IS THIS VETERINARY SCIENCE CLASSROOM EXPANSION AT MONACAN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          WE CAN'T TAKE ANY CREDIT FOR THIS. 
          WE JUST WERE THERE TO SUPPORT AND HELP BRING IN THE RESOURCES WHILE OUR INCREDIBLE CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TEAM MADE IT HAPPEN. 
          BUT I WAS BLOWN AWAY WHEN WE ASKED, HOW MANY EXTRA STUDENTS GOT TO TAKE VETERINARY SCIENCE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, 94% INCREASE. 
          THEY WENT FROM FOUR STUDENTS AT MONACAN HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY AT CTC HALL OR CTC COURTHOUSE TO 77 STUDENTS ABLE TO TAKE VETERINARY SCIENCE CLASSES RIGHT THERE AT CHESTERFIELD. 
          IN JUST CASUAL CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, I KNOW THAT VET TECH POSITIONS ARE IN HIGH DEMAND. 
          IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS SUPPORTING THIS CAREER PATHWAY. 
          WE SUPPORT CHESTERFIELD RECOVERY ACADEMY THROUGH FUNDRAISING TO PROVIDE WRAPAROUND SERVICES LIKE ADDITIONAL THERAPEUTIC SUPPORTS, FIELD TRIPS, STAFF APPRECIATION, STUDENT INCENTIVES FOR ATTENDANCE, YOU NAME IT, THEIR COMPLETION CEREMONY. 
          WE TAKE THE PLACE OF THEIR PTA IN A LOT OF WAYS AND THEY DESERVE IT. 
          WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS IN RECOVERY. 
          THANKS TO SOME OF OUR DONORS, WE WERE ABLE TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS. 
          THESE ARE ALL DONOR DESIGNATED SCHOLARSHIPS. LAST YEAR, YOU MIGHT RECALL. 
          WE OFFERED THE VERY FIRST MERV DORITY SCHOLARSHIP FOR AN OUTSTANDING YOUNG SCHOLAR, AND THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO A MIRAMI PARTICIPANT. 
          WE RECEIVED 75. 
          AGAIN, THIS WAS THANKS TO THE CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT, HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS TO GET THE STUDENTS TO APPLY. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO DOUBLE THE APPLICATIONS. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT THERE. 
          WE DO EARLY CHILDHOOD SUPPORT AS WELL. 
          THIS CAN LOOK LIKE BOOKS, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INCENTIVES, STAFF APPRECIATION, LAST YEAR, WE COVERED 100% OF BEFORE AND AFTER CARE FOR PRE K STUDENTS AT C CLUB. 
          WE ALSO DID PLAYGROUND UPGRADES AND OTHER SCHOOL LEVEL INITIATIVES, AGAIN, TAKING THE PLACE OF A PTA OR PTO SINCE THEY DON'T HAVE ONE AT THAT SCHOOL. 
          TEACHER LICENSURES IS ANOTHER CAMERON FOUNDATION FUNDED OPPORTUNITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS YEAR. 
          THAT'S SOMETHING WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM TO IDENTIFY TEACHERS AT ELIGIBLE SCHOOLS AND OFFER THEM REIMBURSEMENT OR PREPAYMENT FOR ITEACH CLASSES AND PRACTICE EXAMS. THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT SAVINGS FOR THE TEACHERS BECAUSE SOME ITEACH CLASSES THAT'S $3,000. 
          INSTEAD OF A STAFF PERSON PAYING FOR THAT, WE'RE ABLE TO FUND THAT THANKS TO THE CAMERON FOUNDATION. 
          WE ALL KNOW THE BENEFITS OF HAVING FULLY LICENSED TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOL. 
          IT'S GOOD FOR THEM, AND IT'S GREAT FOR US TOO. 
          HERE ARE SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS OF PROGRAMS THAT WE FUNDED THIS YEAR. 
          WE HAVE BEEN A PARTNER TO CCPS FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, ELLE BROTASO, THE ALL COUNTY AWARDS, HALL OF FAME, THE COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIR, AND THE PARTICIPATE LEARNING TEACHER EXCHANGE PROGRAM. 
          THEN SHARE THE LOVE REFERS TO SOME OF THE OTHER STAFF APPRECIATION AND MANY GRANTS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THANKS TO OUR DONORS. 
          LOOKING AHEAD, WE'RE ROLLING OUT OUR SCHOOL AMBASSADOR PROGRAM RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS WHERE THERE'S A SELF SELECTED STAFF PERSON AT EACH SCHOOL WHO SERVES AS A CEF AMBASSADOR. 
          WE'RE DOING THIS TO ADDRESS THE DIFFERENCE IN WHO APPLIES FOR INNOVATION GRANTS AND WHO DOESN'T. 
          I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A CLASSROOM GRANT OR FUNDING FOR YOUR SCHOOL, THAT EVERY SCHOOL KNOWS ABOUT IT AT THE SAME LEVEL, AND EVERY SCHOOL ALSO HAS A VOICE AT OUR TABLE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LITERACY INITIATIVES OR WE'RE 
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TALKING ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT PROGRAMS ARE GOING, I WANT ALL 68 SCHOOLS TO BE PRESENT IN THAT CONVERSATION. 
          THAT'S OFTEN ROLLING. 
          THEN WE'VE GOT CLASSROOM MINI GRANTS AGAIN THIS YEAR, AND WE'VE GOT OUR BOWLER CHALLENGE, BRAVO AWARDS, ALL COUNTY AWARDS. 
          WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT WHAT I JUST SHARED. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE LEADERSHIP THIS YEAR. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MISS [INAUDIBLE]. 
          BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. PARANTO? 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I THOROUGHLY ENJOY SITTING ON THE CEF BOARD, AND GETTING TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES WORK, IT IS A NON STOP MISSION THAT YOU HAVE TO IMPROVE EVERY ASPECT OF CCPS THAT YOU CAN, AND THAT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. 
          I GREATLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU AND THE BOARD ARE DOING ON A DAILY BASIS TO ASK THE QUESTION OF HOW CAN WE HELP? HOW MUCH MORE CAN WE DO? MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHO NEEDS THE HELP? THAT'S THE FOCUS AND IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO OUR STUDENTS. 
          THAT DOES NOT SEEM TO GET PAST ANYONE ON THE CEF BOARD, WHICH I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR. 
          I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR THE MANY THINGS THAT YOU DO FOR US, FOR OUR TEACHERS, THE FOUNDATION ITSELF, THE DINNERS, THE FUND RAISING. 
          WE COULD GO ON AND ON. BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR THIS INITIATIVE, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HALF OF THESE THINGS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR SO, I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. 
          >> DITTO. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT THE BOARD DOES AND ALL THAT YOU LOOK OUT FOR FOR OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. IT'S A PRIVILEGE. THANK YOU. 
          >> NEXT, WE HAVE A STAFFING UPDATE FROM DOCTOR HUFF. 
          [E. Staffing Update]
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MISS COKER, MISS HUDGINS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, DR. MURRAY. 
          PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON A STAFFING UPDATE, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD NEWS TO SHARE. 
          ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS ARE COVERED WITH VUE CERTIFIED TEACHERS, ANNUAL SUBS OR LONG TERM SUBSTITUTES, AND ALMOST 97.5% OF OUR CLASSROOMS ARE CURRENTLY HEADED BY LICENSED TEACHERS. 
          SINCE FY 22, OUR TEACHER ATTRITION HAS DROPPE FROM ABOUT 12.5% ANNUALLY TO ABOUT 8% ANNUALLY, AND WE'RE SEEING THAT PERCENTAGE STAY DOWN, SO WE'RE ENCOURAGED BY THAT. 
          OUR VACANCY RATE FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS HAS DROPPED, OUR VACANCY RATE FOR CORE CONTENT SECONDARY TEACHERS HAS DROPPED. 
          AMONG OUR MATH TEACHER VACANCIES, THAT VACANCY RATE HAS DROPPED. 
          A LOT OF PROGRESS THIS YEAR ON STAFFING OUR CLASSROOMS. WE'VE ALSO HAD A YEAR OVER YEAR SUCCESS WITH STAFFING BUS DRIVERS. 
          THAT VACANCY RATE HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM 9.9% IN 2023 DOWN TO THIS YEAR, ONLY 1/10TH OF 1%. 
          THAT NUMBER WITH A DIVISION OUR SIZE IS JUST ON ANY GIVEN DAY, SOMEONE'S RELOCATING OR RETIRING SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT. 
          WE ALSO HAD ALL OF OUR ROUTES COVERED FOR THE START OF SCHOOL. 
          WE HAVE A HEALTHY PIPELINE OF TRAINEES WORKING TO GET THAT CDL LICENSE AND BE AVAILABLE TO TAKE ROUTES. 
          THE VACANCY RATE FOR OUR FOOD SERVICE POSITIONS HAS CONTINUED TO DECLINE EACH YEAR FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. 
          I WENT FROM A HIGH POINT OF ABOUT 24%. 
          WE'RE DOWN TO 7% THIS YEAR. 
          WE'D LIKE TO SEE THAT A LITTLE LOWER, BUT A NUMBER OF THOSE POSITIONS ARE PART TIME. 
          NON BENEFITED POSITION, SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT MARKET FOR US. 
          ATTRITION FOR DAY PORTERS IS TRENDING LOWER YEAR FOR YEAR. 
          THAT'S THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT. 
          AGAIN, WE'RE JUST VERY PLEASED WITH THOSE RESULTS. 
          OUR SUBSTITUTE RATE SO FAR THIS YEAR, EACH WEEK, WE'VE BEEN ABOVE AT OR ABOVE 90% FILL RATE. 
          OF COURSE, THAT WAS THE NATIONAL PRE PANDEMIC GOLD STANDARD TO GET TO THAT 90% OF THE TIME. 
          WHEN SOMEONE CALLS OUT, THERE'S A SUBSTITUTE TO RESPOND. 
          WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT AND THAT'S A 25% IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PRE PANDEMIC OR EARLY PANDEMIC LOWS. 
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IT'S ALSO AN IMPROVEMENT OVER OUR PRE PANDEMIC DATA. 
          WE KNOW THAT THE BOARD HAS DONE A LOT TO SUPPORT SUBSTITUTE COMPENSATION AND HIGH DEMAND DAYS, AND WE'RE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF THAT. 
          WE ALSO ACCOMPLISHED OUR GOAL OF BEING ABLE TO HIT A TARGET OF 3,400 SUBSTITUTES THE END OF LAST YEAR. 
          WE ARE ACTIVELY INTERVIEWING. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN SUBSTITUTE TEACHING THIS YEAR AS WELL, AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR UPCOMING EVENTS TO HAVE SUBSTITUTE HIRING FAIRS. 
          WE WON A NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES ACHIEVEMENT AWARD THIS YEAR FOR OUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHER HIRING AND ENGAGEMENT. 
          LAST YEAR, WE PILOTED REGIONALIZED SUBSTITUTE RECRUITING EFFORTS FOR SCHOOLS WITH FILL RATES THAT WERE BELOW DISTRICT AVERAGE. 
          WE WERE PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF THOSE PILOTS, 17 OF THE 19 SCHOOLS TARGETED HAD A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THEIR SUBSTITUTE FILL RATE, AND WE ARE PLANNING THOSE EVENTS AGAIN THIS YEAR. 
          WE KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE SUBSTITUTES BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ADULT PRESENCE AND CONSISTENCY IN THE BUILDING. 
          IT'S ALSO AN IMPORTANT WORKING CONDITION FOR OUR TEACHERS. 
          YOU WAKE UP AT 2:00 A.M. WITH A SICK CHILD, YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S THERE TO COVER YOUR CLASS THE NEXT DAY. 
          BUT THESE CHARTS SHOW YOU THAT IT'S ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT PIPELINE FOR US FOR CAREER SWITCHERS. 
          PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT TO TRY OUT, THE CLASSROOM, TRY OUT, WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND THEN BECOME INTERESTED IN EARNING THEIR [INAUDIBLE] OR TAKING ANOTHER FULL TIME POSITION, WHICH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
          YOU CAN SEE HERE LAST SCHOOL YEAR, WE HIRED 278 PEOPLE WHO WERE DAY TO DAY SUBS INTO FULL TIME OR PART TIME POSITIONS, AND SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE'VE ALREADY HIRED 170 PEOPLE. 
          THAT IS AN IMPORTANT WAY FOR PEOPLE TO GAIN SOME EXPOSURE TO THE CLASSROOM AND THE CURRICULUM IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. 
          WE CAN ALSO SEE FROM THIS CHART THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE ENTERING OUR PROFESSION THROUGH THIS WAY, THEY TEND TO BE STAYING. 
          YOU CAN SEE THAT NUMBER THERE, PEOPLE STILL ACTIVE IN THEIR ROLE. 
          IT'S NOT JUST THAT WE HIRED PEOPLE FROM THE DAY TO DAY SUBSTITUTE POOL LAST YEAR AND THEN A DIFFERENT GROUP THIS YEAR. 
          WE DO SEE THAT MANY OF THOSE FOLKS ARE STAYING WITH CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND MAKING A CAREER OF EDUCATION. 
          WE DO STILL FACE SOME CHALLENGES. 
          ATTRITION IS STILL HIGHER THAN WE WOULD LIKE IN SOME CRITICAL NON EXEMPT ROLES, BUS DRIVER AND INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THIS YEAR, THE BOARD ADDED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, 70 INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS, AND THAT WAS A HEAVY RECRUITING LIFT, THAT WAS A CHALLENGE. 
          OUR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AREA ALSO REMAINS AN AREA OF NEED FOR US. 
          WE'RE STILL IN A NATIONAL TEACHER SHORTAGE AND WE ARE GETTING SALARY COMPETITION. 
          WE THINK THIS IS ANECDOTAL BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE YEAR OVER YEAR DATA YET, BUT WE THINK THAT THE COMPETITION NOW SEEMS TO BE COMING MORE FROM OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS. 
          OF COURSE, DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE PANDEMIC, WHEN THERE WERE MANY JOB OPENINGS AND MANY FIELDS, WE WERE EXPERIENCING PRESSURE FROM BOTH SURROUNDING SCHOOL DIVISIONS AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SEEMS TO HAVE SHIFTED A LITTLE MORE TOWARDS IN FIELD COMPETITION AS THE ECONOMY CHANGES. 
          OUR BUDGET TIMING, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW, AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR BUDGET IS STATE FUNDING, AND THE SCHEDULE FOR THAT HAS DIFFERED THE PAST FEW YEARS FROM WHAT IT TYPICALLY WAS. 
          WE'VE SOMETIMES NOT KNOWN ABOUT THE FINALIZED STATE DOLLARS UNTIL LATE SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER. 
          SOMETIMES THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT WITH INCENTIVES BECAUSE THE RECRUITING IS FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR HAPPENING PRIOR TO THE FINALIZATION OF THIS BUDGET DOLLARS. 
          GOOD NEWS WITH INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANCE AND STILL SOME REMAINING CHALLENGES. 
          WE DID FILL ALL THE VACANCIES THAT WE CARRIED FROM LAST YEAR. 
          LAST YEAR, WE WERE RUNNING ABOUT 25 VACANCIES. 
          THOSE WERE FILLED, ALL THE ATTRITION VACANCIES WERE FILLED. 
          THIS NUMBER IS ABOUT A WEEK OUT DATED NOW. 
          WE FILLED ABOUT 35 OF THOSE NEW 70 POSITIONS, AND TOMORROW NIGHT AT PROVIDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT 5:00, WE'RE HAVING ANOTHER INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT FAIR AND WE HOPE TO FILL MOST OF THOSE REMAINING VACANCIES, SO PEOPLE CAN REGISTER ON OUR WEBSITE. 
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ALL OR REGISTRATION IS APPRECIATED, IT'S NOT REQUIRED, AND SO WE ARE ACCEPTING WALKINS AS WELL AT 5:00 TOMORROW PROVIDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          THESE ARE JUST SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AND THAT THE BOARD HAS DONE TO TRY TO FILL THOSE IA VACANCIES. 
          WE'VE HOSTED 10 INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT JOB FAIRS, RESULTING IN 286 ACCEPTED OFFERS, AND THERE WERE SALARY INCREASES FOUR YEARS IN A ROW AND THEN DIFFERENTIATED SALARIES FOR IASE. 
          DEFINITELY WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS, FILLING ALL THE, ALL THE CARRIED VACANCIES FOR LAST YEAR, AND HALF OF THE ADDITIONAL POSITION SO FAR AND HOPEFULLY, WE'LL HAVE GOOD NEWS TO REPORT NEXT MONTH AFTER THIS NEXT FAIR. 
          SOME OTHER STRATEGIES THAT WE'RE USING. 
          YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE HANDSHAKE SOFTWARE, AND THAT'S THE SOFTWARE THAT WE'RE USING TO ENGAGE WITH STUDENTS IN COLLAGE AND UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS. IT CAN BE UNDERGRADUATES OR GRADUATE STUDENTS. 
          >> MOST COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES USE THE SOFTWARE THROUGH THEIR CAREER PLACEMENT SERVICES, SO WE ARE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO PEOPLE WITH PERMISSION WHO MIGHT BE IN EDUCATION PROGRAMS, BUT MIGHT ALSO BE IN OTHER PROGRAMS AND STILL INTERESTED IN TEACHING. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, MATH MAJORS, ENGLISH MAJORS, OTHER MAJORS THAT HAVE SKILLS OF INTEREST TO US. 
          YOU CAN SEE THERE, WE HEAVILY USED THAT SOFTWARE. 
          THEY HAVE FARES ONLINE THAT ARE CONDUCTED ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH THAT. 
          WE ATTENDED 17 OF THOSE LAST YEAR, SENT OVER 77,000 MESSAGES AND ENGAGED WITH OVER 15,000 CANDIDATES. 
          IT'S A WAY FOR US TO GET OUR NAME AS AN ORGANIZATION AND OUR NEEDS OUT THERE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE IN UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS. YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH I TEACH, AND THAT HAS BEEN A GOOD OPTION FOR US. 
          PEOPLE LEARN DIFFERENTLY AND THEY CHOOSE PREPARATION PROGRAMS THAT FIT THEIR LIFE AND THEIR OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE HAD THE SECOND HIGHEST COMPLETION RATE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. 
          I KNOW OVER 100 DISTRICTS ARE ENGAGED WITH THIS PROGRAM, AND WE HAD 217 TEACHERS COMPLETE SO FAR OR ENROLL AND 70 COMPLETE SO FAR, BUT I HAVE SEEN MANY MORE APPLICATIONS COME THROUGH JUST IN THE LAST WEEKS SINCE WE'VE CAPTURED THE STATUS, WE'RE EXPECTING A HIGH ENROLLMENT THIS YEAR AS WELL. 
          WE WERE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO SPONSOR A COHORT OF 75 ASPIRING LICENSE TEACHERS, AND FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH GRANT FUNDING, AND WE ARE FOCUSING ON ELEMENTARY, SPECIAL EDUCATION, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGLISH LEARNER LICENSES BECAUSE THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE WE HAVE THE GREATEST NEEDS. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THERE'S A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT, 146 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR CAREER SWITCHER EVENTS IN AUGUST ALONE. 
          WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND HOPE TO HAVE 75 MORE LICENSED TEACHERS IN AREAS OF HIGH NEED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. 
          YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PARTICIPATE LEARNING, WHICH IS THE LARGEST PROVIDER OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE TEACHERS IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING SINCE 1987. 
          ONLY ABOUT THREE PERCENT OF THEIR APPLICANTS ARE ACCEPTED INTO THAT PROGRAM, AND OUR PRINCIPALS ARE MAKING SELECTIONS AND MATCHING WITH APPLICANTS WHO ARE LICENSED TEACHERS IN THEIR COUNTRIES AND EXPERIENCE, AS WELL AS ELIGIBLE FOR LICENSURE THROUGH THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 
          WE'VE HAD A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE WITH THAT PROGRAM AND TEACHERS CAN STAY FOR UP TO FIVE YEARS. 
          THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 88 AMBASSADOR TEACHERS REPRESENTING 13 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 
          LITERALLY BRINGING THE WORLD TO OUR STUDENTS, AND WE ALSO HAVE FIVE NEW SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 22 OF OUR SCHOOLS ALMOST A THIRD OF OUR SCHOOLS ARE PARTICIPATING. 
          SEVERAL OTHER OUTREACH STRATEGIES WE PURSUED FOR STAFFING. 
          WE HAD 66 RECRUITING EVENTS LAST YEAR, AND EIGHT PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. 
          WE ATTENDED FIVE OUTREACH AND NETWORKING EVENTS AT FORT LEE. 
          WE COMPLETED 11 TEACHER LICENSURE INFORMATION SESSIONS AT SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 
          WE ALSO DID AT THE LIBRARY PROGRAM, 
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AND IN THE SPRING, WE HAD SEVERAL SESSIONS AT LIBRARIES AROUND THE COUNTY JUST TO ENGAGE WITH CITIZENS ABOUT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. 
          WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS TO A FEW ADDITIONAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. 
          LAST YEAR, WE WENT TO ELIZABETH CITY STATE, WENT TO STATE AND WESTERN NEW YORK UNIVERSITIES AND NORTH CAROLINA STATE AS WELL. 
          WE ARE OFFERING LICENSURE ASSISTANCE AS ONE OF OUR STRATEGIES. 
          WITH THE PIVOT TOWARDS BEING DEPENDENT ON MANY CAREER SWITCHERS AND LESS AVAILABILITY OF TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADUATE TRAINED TEACHERS, LICENSURE HAS JUST BECOME MORE IMPORTANT, AND THERE ARE SO MANY PATHWAYS TO LICENSURE AND SO MANY DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND SKILLS AND TALENTS THAT PEOPLE BRING THAT HAS REALLY BECOME IMPORTANT TO COUNSEL PEOPLE ONE ON ONE AND DIFFERENT PATHWAYS TO LICENSURE. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO GO OUT TO 65 SCHOOLS LAST YEAR. 
          THAT OPPORTUNITY WAS OFFERED TO EVERY SCHOOL, AS WELL AS HAVE SOME CENTRAL EVENTS. 
          WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TWO READING SPECIALIST COHORTS WITH LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY. 
          THOSE WERE GRANT FUNDED, AND WE HAD 15 READING SPECIALISTS COMPLETE ALL OF THEIR TRAINING IN AUGUST AND WE'RE EXPECTING ANOTHER 16 IN DECEMBER TO COMPLETE. 
          THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF SOME OF OUR EXTERNAL JOB FAIRS LAST YEAR, I KNOW, OFTEN CITIZENS OR TEACHERS WILL BE CURIOUS ABOUT WHICH COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FAIRS WE'RE ATTENDING. 
          THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THOSE. 
          OF COURSE, WE DON'T WANT TO MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND FOLKS HOW TO APPLY WITH US. 
          WE'VE LISTED FOR ANYONE'S INTERESTS OR ASSISTANCE, OUR CAREERS, CCPS NET.NET THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO OUR RECRUITING DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE WEBSITE, WHERE FOLKS CAN REVIEW POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OPEN. 
          I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. 
          >> THANK YOU, DR. HUFF. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MISS HUDGINS? 
          >> THANK YOU, DR. HUFF. 
          AS YOU AND YOUR TEAM YOU LEAD ONE OF THE LARGEST GROUPS IN THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA. 
          WE ARE THE BIGGEST EMPLOYER IN THIS AREA. 
          THIS IS A HUMONGOUS TASK THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          EVERY PAGE THAT YOU WENT THROUGH, IT WAS YET AGAIN, WAIT, THEY'RE NOT WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME. 
          YOU'RE NOT WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO YOU, HEY, I WANT TO TEACH, NO MA'AM. 
          YOU'RE GOING OUT, WAIT, YOU NEED A LICENSE. 
          LET ME HELP YOU THERE. LET ME HELP YOU. 
          HEY, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THIS? YOUR BRAIN AND YOUR TEAM, YOU ARE ALWAYS THINKING THIS WAY AND THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THESE NUMBERS BEGIN TO GO. 
          THEY'RE FILLING, AND THIS AWARD THAT YOU GUYS WON. 
          I MEAN, IT'S ALL, WE WANT TO AWARD. 
          THAT'S A HUGE DEAL. 
          IT WAS BECAUSE OF YOUR CREATIVITY AND YOUR INNOVATION. 
          I JUST WANT TO SHOUT ABOUT IT. 
          I'M REALLY THANKFUL FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM, AND YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND WE GET SOME REALLY GREAT PEOPLE BECAUSE OF IT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU. MISS CHATTERS.. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THE STILL ACTIVE CHART THAT YOU SHOWED. 
          APPRECIATE THAT DATA POINT TO HELP US SEE THE BIG PICTURE OF IT'S WORKING. 
          THEY'RE STAYING, THEY'VE SWITCHED OVER AND THEY'RE STAYING. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT CHART. 
          THEN AS MY USUAL QUESTIONS GO WITH THE VACANCIES, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GET A MINUTE, CAN YOU JUST SHOOT US AN EMAIL WITH WHERE THEY ARE TODAY? THE ONES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU SAID WE'RE AT 97.4 PERCENT? 
          >> YES. 
          >> WHATEVER THE DELTA IS, IF YOU CAN SHOW US WHERE THEY ARE? 
          >> YES. 
          >> THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. HUFF. APPRECIATE IT. 
          NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES FROM DR. COLEMAN. 
          [F. High School Opportunities]
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MISS COKER, MISS HUDGINS, BOARD MEMBERS AND DR. MURRAY. 
          I AM JENNIFER COLEMAN. I'M THE COORDINATOR OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, DR. MERRIMAN IS ILL TODAY, SO I'LL BE HERE SHARING WITH YOU HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES. 
          STUDENTS IN CHESTERFIELD HAVE A VARIETY OF OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPLORE SOME OF THEIR CAREER INTERESTS. 
          IN ADDITION TO THE NUMEROUS CORE AND ELECTIVE COURSE OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE AT OUR 10 COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          WE HAVE 13 SPECIALTY CENTERS WHERE THEY CAN EXPLORE SPECIFIC INTERESTS. 
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IN ADDITION TO THOSE, THEY ALSO CAN APPLY TO ONE OF OUR THREE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS, APPOMATTOX REGIONAL GOVERNOR SCHOOL, MAGGIE WALKER, OR ALSO CODE RVA REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. 
          OUR TECHNICAL CENTERS OFFER STUDENTS 11TH AND 12TH GRADERS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONE OR TWO YEAR PROGRAMS. THEN STUDENTS NINTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE CAN TAKE ONE OR MORE COURSES ONLINE AS WELL. 
          I WANT TO SHOW YOU A QUICK LITTLE VIDEO, OUR CREATIVE AND MEDIA SERVICES TEAM CREATED. 
          THIS SHOWCASES OUR SPECIALTY CENTERS. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          >> NO. 
          >> NO, THAT'S OKAY. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. OUR STUDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE A CURRICULUM AND CONTENT THAT FOCUSES ON A SPECIFIC INTEREST THAT THEY MAY HAVE WHILE THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL OVER THEIR FOUR YEARS IN A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL SETTING. 
          WE HAVE OVER 2,500 STUDENTS CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING IN OUR SPECIALTY CENTERS. 
          THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES LIST ALL OF OUR SPECIALTY CENTERS. 
          THEY'RE LISTED WITH JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THEIR FOCUS AREA IS, BUT THEY'RE LISTED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR OPENING WITH OUR FIRST BEING MATH SCIENCE AT CLOVER HILL HIGH SCHOOL 31 YEARS AGO. 
          YOU'LL SEE THE ADDITION OF OUR PROGRAMS FROM STEM PROGRAMS TO HUMANITIES TO OUR LAST COUPLE BEING OUR HPT PROGRAM, WHICH CEF MENTIONED, T SCIENCE, THAT'S AT OUR HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND THERAPY CENTER, AND THEN OUR ACADEMY FOR DEVELOPING ENTREPRENEURS AT METABRO. 
          MENTIONED IN OR SHOWN IN OUR VIDEO THAT WE JUST SAW JUST A SECOND AGO, TRANSPORTATION IS PROVIDED FOR OUR STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN OUR CENTERS AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ATTEND OUR REGIONAL GOVERNOR SCHOOLS. 
          WE WANT TO BE SURE OUR FAMILIES KNOW ABOUT OUR SPECIALTY CENTERS AND THAT THAT IS AN OPTION FOR STUDENTS TO CONSIDER WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO HIGH SCHOOL. 
          THAT BEGINS WITH OUR LETTER THAT GOES OUT EARLY FALL FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO FAMILIES OF EIGHTH GRADERS TO LET THEM KNOW. 
          WE HAVE FARES COMING UP, WHERE THEY ARE, PLEASE COME OUT AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR CENTERS, TO OUR DISTRICT UPDATES, THEY GO OUT TO FAMILIES, TO INFORMATION FROM SCHOOLS, THEY GO OUT FROM PRINCIPALS, TO COUNSELORS THAT TALK TO STUDENTS, TO PARENT PRESENTATIONS THAT HAPPENED IN THE EVENINGS, WHATEVER OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THAT WORDED OUT TO FAMILIES, AND IN AS MANY WAYS AS WE CAN SO THAT THEY KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE AVAILABLE. 
          WE DO HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR OUR SPECIALTY CENTERS AS WELL AS THE REGIONAL GOVERNOR SCHOOLS. 
          WE DO ALIGN OUR TIMELINE WITH THAT, AND THIS IS THE OVERALL TIMELINE. 
          IT BEGINS WITH SPECIALTY CENTERS, AS I MENTIONED IN THE FALL. 
          IT STARTS IN LATE SEPTEMBER WITH OPEN HOUSES BEING OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, AND THEN EARLY DECEMBER, WE WIND UP WITH THE APPLICATION PROCESS. 
          IN EARLY SPRING, STUDENTS FINISH THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS, WHETHER IT'S THEIR AUDITION OR THEIR ASSESSMENT, AND THEN OFFERS GO OUT IN EARLY MARCH. 
          ALSO OPPORTUNITIES, ANOTHER I'LL SWITCH A LITTLE BIT TO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT STUDENTS HAVE AND THAT'S PARTICIPATION IN OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES. 
          WE PARTNER WITH SEVERAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES. 
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FOUR, WE HAVE SOUTH UNIVERSITY, BLUE RIDGE, J SARGENT REYNOLDS, BUT ALSO BRIGHT POINT COMMUNITY COLLEGE, WHICH I WILL SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON BECAUSE THAT'S OUR LARGEST. 
          WE HAVE PROGRAMS, OUR PASSPORT COURSES THAT WE OFFER. 
          THOSE ARE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERABLE COURSES TO ANY STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. 
          THEY AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFER. 
          IT'S 15-18 CREDITS THAT STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO TAKE THROUGH THOSE COURSES, AND THEY ARE CONTINUING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COURSES THAT QUALIFIES PASSPORT COURSES. 
          ALSO INCLUDED IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE CODE OF VIRGINIA. 
          OUR STUDENTS, WE OFFER THE COURSES THAT ALIGN WITH THE UNIFORM CERTIFICATE OF GENERAL STUDIES, WHICH IS 30-32 CREDIT HOURS AND STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO EARN THAT, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO A ONE YEAR DEGREE THAT WE USED TO WOULD HAVE REFERRED TO AS A GENERAL STUDIES DEGREE, BUT OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO EARN THAT AT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE COURSES AT ANY OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          DURING THIS YEAR, WE HAVE OVER 3,000 STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE IN DUAL ENROLLMENT. 
          OUR STUDENTS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE EARNED OVER 26,000 CREDITS THROUGH JUST THEIR DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES ALONE. 
          STUDENTS CAN TAKE DUAL ENROLLMENT IN THESE THREE AREAS. 
          THEY CAN DO IT IN PERSON IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY CAN DO IT ONLINE SYNCHRONOUSLY OR ASYNCHRONOUSLY. 
          >> STUDENTS ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE COURSES CONCURRENTLY, ACTUALLY ON CAMPUS AT BRIGHT POINT. 
          OUR TEACHERS HAVE TO BE CREDENTIAL THE SAME WAY THAT TEACHERS ON BRIGHTPOINTS CAMPUS HAVE TO BE CREDENTIAL, THEY HAVE TO EARN THE SAME DEGREES AND THE SAME CREDENTIALS. 
          WE CURRENTLY HAVE 85 DUAL ENROLLMENT CREDENTIAL TEACHERS, AND WE OFFER 43 SPECIFIC DISTINCT DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL YEAR. 
          I MENTIONED DUAL ENROLLMENT AND CONCURRENT. 
          STUDENTS ALSO CAN EARN COLLEGE CREDITS WITH ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES AND INTERNATIONAL BALART COURSES. 
          FOR AP AND IB COURSES, STUDENTS DO HAVE TO EARN A QUALIFYING TEST SCORE TO EARN THAT COLLEGE CREDIT. 
          STUDENTS IN OUR INTERNATIONAL BAAL ART SPECIALTY CENTER CAN TAKE COLLEGE IB COURSES AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN COLLEGE CREDIT THROUGH AP COURSES. 
          WE OFFER SEVERAL OF THOSE COURSES AT ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. 
          ALL OF OUR COURSES ARE MULTIPLE COURSES THAT I MENTIONED ARE OFFERED AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, AND ALL OF OUR STUDENTS IN ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EARN THE UCGS. 
          LOTS OF BENEFITS FOR TAKING A COLLEGE LEVEL COURSE IN HIGH SCHOOL. 
          STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO EARN HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT AND COLLEGE CREDIT SIMULTANEOUSLY IN CLASS. 
          THEY DO ARE ABLE TO TRANSFER GOING FROM FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO COLLEGE A LITTLE BIT EASIER BY BEING EXPOSED TO WHAT THE RIGOR OF A COLLEGE CLASS IS LIKE. 
          TAKING A COLLEGE COURSE ON THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPUS WITH A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, WITH HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTS FACILITATES THAT AS WELL AND HELPS STUDENTS BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT A COLLEGE COURSE WOULD BE LIKE, IT IS A LOWER COST. 
          BEGINNING THIS YEAR ALL DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES OFFERED THROUGH BRIGHT POINT ARE AT NO TUITION COST FOR STUDENTS, SO THEY ARE FREE COURSES FOR STUDENTS. 
          GOING INTO COLLEGE WITH MORE CREDITS, THEN MY TIME TO COMPLETE MY DEGREE IS REDUCED, WHICH MEANS MY OVERALL TUITION BILL WOULD BE LOWER AND FOR FAMILIES OR STUDENTS RECEIVING THAT TUITION BILL, THAT IS A DEFINITE BENEFIT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO SO. 
          >> THANK YOU, DOCTOR COLEMAN. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. CHEERS. 
          >> FIRST, LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. 
          YOU PUT IT ON DO NOT DISTURB, BUT YOU FORGOT YOUR HUSBAND IS CLEARED FOR DO NOT DISTURB. 
          I WANTED TO SAY THE VIDEO IS GREAT, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          JUST ONE EXTRA THING IF WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS FOR SPECIALTY CENTERS, IT HELPS TO START SOONER THAN EIGHTH GRADE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WHEN YOU GO TO THE SPECIALTY CENTER AND LISTEN TO WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTING YOU TO HAVE, IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT COURSE IF IT'S REQUIRED OR WHAT THE GRADE IS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR FOR YOU TO HAVE IN THAT COURSE. 
          WHEN I WENT MY PTA RODEOS TO MY MIDDLE SCHOOLS LAST YEAR, I LET THEM KNOW, HEY, SEVENTH GRADERS, YOU SHOULD GO. 
          THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SEE WHAT IT'S ABOUT AND THEN GET PREPARED IN EIGHTH GRADE TO BUCKLE IN AND DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND BE MORE COMPETITIVE. 
          BUT I LOVE WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER. 
          THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO MENTION ABOUT THE BRIGHT POINT AND DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES AS BEING A MOTHER WHO HAD THEIR OLDEST TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE CLASSES. 
          IT IS A TREMENDOUS SAVINGS TO DO THAT. 
          I'M SO GLAD THAT CCPS HAS PARTNERED WITH BRIGHT POINT AND ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO OUR STUDENTS. THANK YOU. 
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          >> THANK SO MUCH. 
          >> NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON 
          [G. Bensley - Falling Creek Elementary Schools Redistricting (2026-27 School Year)]
BENSLEY AND FALLEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDISTRICTING FROM DOCTOR WAKA AND MR. BRIGGS. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. IT IS SO NICE TO BE WITH EVERYONE. 
          I AM VERY EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TWO REZONING PROPOSITIONS THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT THAT ARE A RESULT OF SOME REALLY GREAT WORK AND PROGRESS THAT'S BEEN MADE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, SO EXCITED TO TALK YOU THROUGH THAT. 
          BEFORE I GET STARTED, I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT MOST OF THE WORK THAT YOU SEE HERE IS REALLY THE WORK OF JUSTIN BRIGGS AND DIANE GAPS, JUST TWO REALLY HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE THAT DO GREAT WORK, AND SO I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THEIR WORK, AND SO I THANK THEM FOR THAT. 
          START OFF WITH THE BENSLEY FALLEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REZONING, I DO WANT TO MENTION BEFORE I START THAT WE DID HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION ON THIS TOPIC ON AUGUST 26 AT FALLEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL. 
          GOT SOME GREAT FEEDBACK FROM OUR COMMUNITY, AND SO WE'RE GLAD TO BE THERE FOR THAT. 
          I WANT TO START OUT BY JUST SHARING WHERE WE ARE IN THE COUNTY FOR THOSE WHO MAY BE WATCHING THAT MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THESE SCHOOLS. 
          ON THE MAP IT SHOWS WHERE WE ARE IN THE COUNTY, EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTY, WHAT WE'LL SHARE. 
          IS THAT THESE TWO SCHOOLS, BENSLEY AND FALLEN CREEK ELEMENTARY DO SHARE A BORDER, AND THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BALANCE SOME ENROLLMENT. 
          CURRENTLY, FALLEN CREEK ELEMENTARY IS OPERATING AT ABOUT 130% CAPACITY WITH 21 CLASSROOM TRAILERS. 
          THAT'S A HUGE AMOUNT. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE REBUILDING BENSLEY ELEMENTARY WITH A HIGHER CAPACITY, AND AS A RESULT, WE'LL OPEN WITH A DESIGN CAPACITY OF AROUND 1,000 STUDENTS AND A PROGRAM CAPACITY JUST UNDER THAT AT 900. 
          WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AT JUST A MINUTE. 
          THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BALANCE THAT ENROLLMENT, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SPACE THAT WE'RE CREATING, AS WELL AS GET AS MANY STUDENTS AS WE CAN OUT OF TRAILERS IN THE SOUTHERN COUNTY. 
          THIS IS A LITTLE BIT SMALL FOR FOLKS TO SEE, BUT JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU WHERE WE ARE, CAPACITY WISE, AGAIN, I MENTIONED A LITTLE OVER 130% OF PROGRAM CAPACITY AT FALLEN CREEK RIGHT NOW. 
          YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT AT BENSLEY, WE ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING THE OLD FALLEN CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL AS SWING SPACE AS THE NEW SCHOOL IS BEING BUILT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS WHERE WE ARE. 
          WHAT TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN DESIGN CAPACITY AND PROGRAM CAPACITY IN SCHOOL CAPACITIES, I THINK A LOT OF THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TO A LOT OF FOLKS. 
          DESIGN CAPACITY IS WHEN AN ARCHITECT SITS DOWN AND SAYS, I'M GOING TO DRAW THESE CLASSROOMS ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND THINK ABOUT OPTIMALLY HOW MANY STUDENTS CAN FIT IN THIS CLASSROOM? WE'RE THINKING USUALLY ABOUT 25 CAN FIT IN A CLASSROOM, BASED ON THOSE OPTIMUM USES. 
          BUT THE REALITY IS THAT MOST SCHOOLS OFTENTIMES ARE NOT PERFECT OPTIMAL USES. 
          THERE ARE DIFFERENT USES IN THE SCHOOL THAT DO TAKE PLACE. 
          FOR INSTANCE, SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS MIGHT HAVE EIGHT STUDENTS. 
          WE MIGHT USE A CLASSROOM FOR ESL OR TITLE ONE READING, BUT JUST ARE NOT USING THE SPACE AT THAT EFFICIENCY LEVEL THAT MAYBE WE WOULD BE. 
          AS A RESULT, OFTENTIMES, THAT PROGRAM CAPACITY IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN WHAT THAT DESIGN CAPACITY ORIGINALLY IS. 
          THAT'S JUST HOW IT WORKS. 
          USUALLY THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION, THAT NUMBER IS LOWER. 
          THERE ARE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AS WE'RE USING SPACES, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH THE DIFFERENCES THERE. 
          WHERE WE ARE IN THIS PROCESS IN THIS CONVERSATION. 
          THIS MAP SHARES A CLOSER UPVIEW OF THE EXISTING ZONES. 
          ROUTE ONE IS THE UP AND DOWN ROAD THAT YOU SEE THERE. 
          ROUTE 150 CHIPENHAM PARKWAY IS LEFT TO RIGHT THERE. 
          OUR GOAL HERE IS TO BALANCE ENROLLMENT AND PROVIDE RELIEF TO FALLEN CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND AGAIN, MINIMIZE THE USE OF TRAILERS TO THE BEST EXTENT WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR STUDENTS TO BE IN SCHOOL BUILDINGS. 
          AGAIN, WE ALSO WANT TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE A REBUILDING BENSLEY. 
          AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE BEING EFFICIENT IN OUR OPERATIONS AND THAT WE ARE PROVIDING THE CLOSEST COMMUTE WE POSSIBLY CAN, AS WELL AS ALLOW FOR POTENTIAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. 
          THE PROPOSAL THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORTH TONIGHT IS TO CHANGE THE ATTENDANCE ZONE. 
          ON THE MAP, YOU'LL SEE A HIGHLIGHTED HIGHLIGHTED WITH GOLD AREA, NORTH OF CHIENA PARKWAY. 
          YOU'LL NOTE THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS THERE, THE RANCH ACRES REMUA CROSSING APARTMENTS, AND SOUTHPOINT ANDING APARTMENTS, WHERE APPROXIMATELY 119 STUDENTS LIVE IN THE SCHOOL DIVISION, YOU'LL ALSO SEE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS MAP, A BIG LARGE AREA WHERE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYBODY IS LIVING AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S THE DUPONT AREA. 
          NO STUDENTS ARE LIVING THERE, BUT WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A HE ZONE THERE. 
          THAT IS WHY THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT. 
          JUST TAKING A LOOK AT OUR STUDY AREA COMMUTE. 
          AGAIN, ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO BRIDE AND TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE MAKE CHANGES, 
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WE ARE GETTING AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO OUR SCHOOLS. 
          IN THIS PROPOSAL, WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN DISTANCE FOR THESE FAMILIES THAT WOULD BE MOVING GOING FROM ABOUT 3 MILES TO 1.8 MILES FROM RAMUDA AS WELL AS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A REDUCTION. 
          NOT A HUGE CHANGE, BUT CERTAINLY VERY IMPORTANT AND CERTAINLY MEETS THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM. 
          IF WE DO ALL OF THAT, HERE IS WHAT WE LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE. 
          WE WILL BE AT 82% AS WE OPEN BENSLEY AND 113% AT FALLEN CREEK, SO WE'LL STILL BE OVER 100% CAPACITY OF FALLEN CREEK, SO STILL MORE WORK TO DO THERE. 
          BUT THERE WILL BE STILL ADDITIONAL ROOM TO GROW INTO BENSLEY AS WE DO TWO. 
          THERE WAS A REQUEST FROM A BOARD MEMBER TO TAKE A LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION BASED ON THIS CHANGE, WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE, THE ESL POPULATION AS WELL AS THE FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH POPULATION THAT WILL BE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL.WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE OTHER AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          A SLIDE THEN FINALLY, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS TO CONSIDER. 
          THIS WILL COME BACK TO YOU THIS EVENING FOR A VOTE FOR YOUR SCHOOL BOARD VOTE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT A IMPACTS. 
          JUST TO CONSIDER THE TWO SCHOOLS CURRENTLY ARE A SEPARATE BELL TIER, FAMILIES WILL NEED TO CHANGE. 
          CURRENTLY, BENSLEY IS ON TIER TWO. 
          FALLEN CREEK IS ON TIER THREE. 
          THE PRINCIPAL HAS REQUESTED THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT PUTTING BENSLEY ON TIER ONE. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. 
          WE'LL BRING THAT BACK IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FEA TO DO, WE'LL ACCOMMODATE THAT IF POSSIBLE. 
          ANOTHER THING JUST TO CONSIDER IS THAT THE CENTER BASED GIFTED STUDENTS AT BOTH SCHOOLS ATTEND ENDING, SO NO CHANGE THERE. 
          BENZ ZONE STUDENTS IN PRE K DO ATTEND SCL, THERE WILL BE A CHANGE FOR SOME FAMILIES. 
          IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN ONE LAST THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT RISING OF FIFTH GRADERS HERE WILL BE ALLOWED WE CAN SUBMIT WAIVERS TO REMAIN AT THEIR SCHOOL, BUT OF COURSE, PARENTS WILL NEED TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. 
          I JUST FINISHING UP HERE. 
          JUST JUST A SUMMARY OF OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS. 
          WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ELIMINATE SEVEN TRAILERS AT FALLEN CREEK, AND OPTIMIZE THAT SPACE AT BENSLEY. 
          WE'LL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER RELIEVE FALLEN CREEK DOWN THE ROAD. 
          THAT CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE NOT NECESSARILY SOLVED THROUGH THIS. 
          AGAIN, THIS WILL COME BACK TO YOU TONIGHT FOR A VOTE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE 
          [H. West Area Elementary School Redistricting]
A PRESENTATION ON THE WEST AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REDISTRICTING. 
          >> LOU AGAIN? AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO REZONING CONVERSATIONS TONIGHT, THAT IS A RESULT OF A GREAT AMOUNT OF PROGRESS THAT'S BEING MADE IN CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. 
          THIS ONE IS THE RESULT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW WEST AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCATED AGAIN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. WE'LL GET STARTED. 
          OF COURSE, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE SCHOOL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          IT IS A PLAN TO OPEN NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. 
          ANY CONVERSATION TODAY ABOUT ZONING WILL BE EFFECTIVE AGAIN, NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, OF COURSE, NOT THIS SCHOOL YEAR. 
          SCHOOL BOARD DOES HAVE POLICY ON HOW WE ARE TO MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, HOW WE SHOULD DEFINE THEM. 
          THOSE ARE LISTED THERE. 
          WE ALSO, AGAIN, WILL MENTION THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAILERS AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN THROUGHOUT THE DIVISION. 
          THOSE ARE TWO REALLY IMPORTANT GUIDES THAT PROVIDE US SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW WE DEVELOP THESE RECOMMENDATIONS OR POTENTIAL OPTIONS. 
          I WANT TO JUST OUTLINE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PLANNING OBJECTIVES, THAT WE DO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHEN WE DEVELOP OPTIONS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. 
          WE HAVE DEVELOPED TWO FOR YOU TO CONSIDER TONIGHT AS WE GO FORWARD. 
          OF COURSE, WE WANT TO BALANCE ENROLLMENT. WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT. 
          WE WANT TO MINIMIZE TRANSPORTATION ROUTES, WE WANT TO KEEP NEIGHBORHOODS INTACT. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE TO YOU, BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT OFTENTIMES THESE PRIORITIES CAN SOMETIMES COMPETE A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE TRY TO FIND THE BEST POSSIBLE COUPLE OF OPTIONS THAT MEET THEM THE BEST WE POSSIBLY CAN. 
          I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT IN A LOT OF RESPECTS, AND SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SOME WORK THAT'S GOING ON. HERE'S OUR STUDY AREA. 
          OF COURSE, THE WESTERN AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL OPEN AGAIN IN 2026, AUGUST 2026 WITH THE DESIGN CAPACITY OF 100 STUDENTS. 
          AS YOU KNOW, IT IS LOCATED IN THE EXISTING GRANGE HALL DISTRICT. 
          IF STUDENTS WHO ARE ZONED THERE NOW WANT TO CONTINUE AT DRA GRANGE HALL NEXT YEAR, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR THEIR OTHER ZONE SCHOOL. 
          I JUST WANT TO JUST CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE, IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A STRANGE ZONE BECAUSE IT WRAPS AROUND THE MOSLEY DISTRICT, AND SO THAT'S WHY THE SCHOOL IS BEING TARGETED FOR THIS AREA. 
          THAT REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT, 
          [01:15:02]
SO WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS AREA BECAUSE MOSLEY AND WOOLRIDGE ARE BOTH OVERCAPACITY. 
          BOTH SCHOOLS ARE OPERATING WITH A TEN CLASSROOM MEGA TRAILER AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTE IS THAT THE LOCATION OF THE SCHOOL ON THE MAP IS PRETTY CLOSE TO THOSE TWO SCHOOLS. 
          PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE OUT AND BALANCE OUT ENROLLMENT BASED ON WHERE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE. 
          THOSE SCHOOLS NOW ARE AT PROGRAM CAPACITIES THAT YOU SEE THERE. 
          GRANGE HALL IS THE ONLY ONE THAT'S NOT OVER CAPACITY OVER PROGRAM CAPACITY, AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT MOSLEY AND WOLIDG ARE AT 109 AND 108% RESPECTIVELY. 
          FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO MAY BE TUNING IN JUST FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM, JUST MENTION THE DIFFERENCE AGAIN BETWEEN DESIGN CAPACITY AND PROGRAM CAPACITY. 
          DESIGN CAPACITY AGAIN IS WHEN AN ARCHITECT SITS, WRITE CREATES A PLAN AND DEFINES THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT CAN BE IN A SPACE BASED ON THE DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS. 
          PROGRAM CAPACITY, OF COURSE, IS THAT SOMETIMES WE KNOW THAT SCHOOLS DON'T OPERATE AS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED. 
          SOMETIMES THERE ARE CLASSES THAT HAVE LOWER CLASS NUMBERS, MAYBE A SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM, FOR INSTANCE. 
          MAYBE HAVE EIGHT STUDENTS OR ESL CLASSROOM MIGHT HAVE PULLOUTS, OR TITLE ONE READING MIGHT JUST USE THE SPACE DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DESIGNED. 
          THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WE SEE BETWEEN DESIGN CAPACITY AND PROGRAM CAPACITY. 
          SORRY TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF FOLKS ARE JUST TUNING IN FOR THIS ITEM, THEY HEAR THAT AND KNOW THAT DIFFERENCE. 
          >> OUR GOAL IS TO HAS BEEN TO DEVELOP POTENTIAL BOUNDARY MOVES. 
          OUR GOAL HERE IS TO RELIEVE MOSELEY AND WOOLRIDGE EFFECTIVELY USING THAT SPACE. 
          WE HAVE CHUNKED OUT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE AREA AND YOU CAN SEE THE SMALLER AREAS THAT WE'VE PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES TO SHOW AND USING THAT GEOGRAPHY TO AGAIN TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT ONLY BALANCING OUT THAT ENROLLMENT, BUT ALSO DOING IT IN A WAY THAT LIMITS TRANSPORTATION TIME, MAKE SURE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE AS ATTACK AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BE. 
          WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF PRESSURES ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, AS YOU'RE AWARE. 
          THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT CONTINUES IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 
          WE HAVE UTILIZED THE COUNTY STRATUS REPORT. 
          THIS IS THEIR HOUSING PIPELINE CONVERSATION WHERE THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT WE PREDICT MAY OCCUR DOWN THE ROAD. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNOW IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT PRECISELY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BUT WE USE THAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE SOME PREDICTIONS BASED ON WHAT'S BEEN APPROVED, WHAT THE MARKET IS DOING, AND SO TAKING AN IDEA OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN. 
          IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF 1,100 UNITS ARE PROJECTED TO OPEN WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 
          ANOTHER 3,600 HOUSING UNITS ARE PROJECTED TO OPEN WITHIN THE PIPELINE. 
          WE WILL NEED TO THINK ABOUT HOUSING GROWTH IN THE AREA, HOW THAT WILL AFFECT FUTURE ENROLLMENT AND HOW IT IS THAT WE WILL BASE THOSE DECISIONS. 
          ANOTHER CONSIDERATION TO TAKE A LOOK AT. 
          THIS WILL COME MORE OBVIOUS WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE TWO OPTIONS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED. 
          IN BOTH OPTIONS, BECAUSE OF THE GEOGRAPHY OF WHERE THE SCHOOL IS, AND BOTH OPTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, GRANGE HALL, THE ENROLLMENT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE AS A RESULT OF THIS WORK. 
          THIS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL CENTER BASED GIFTED PROGRAM AT THE GRANGE HALL SITE TO BACKFILL THAT SPACE, SO WE'RE PROVIDING THAT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL. 
          WE'VE ALSO SHARED SOME OF THE CAPACITIES ARE, SOME OTHER CBG SITES THAT WE CAN CONSIDER. 
          ON THAT TOPIC, WE WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ACCEPTED INTO THE CBG PROGRAM, BUT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, CHOOSE NOT TO ATTEND. 
          WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY ALL THAT MAY NECESSARILY BE, BUT WE PROPOSE OR WE THINK THAT SOME OF THAT MAY BE THE DISTANCE FROM HOME TO THAT CBG SITE. 
          WE THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY MIGHT PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER A CBG SITE FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES, AND SO IT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO SHOW THERE. 
          WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CAPACITIES, WE WILL ASSUME THAT THE CBG NUMBER STAYS THE SAME, BUT AGAIN, HOPEFULLY, MORE STUDENTS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY IF IT IS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS. 
          WE'LL GET INTO OUR OPTIONS. OPTION 1 IS BASED ON THE MAP THAT YOU SEE. 
          THE RED LINE AROUND WHERE THE WEST AREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS THE PROPOSED OPTION THERE. 
          WHAT IT DOES IS RELIEVE WOOLRIDGE. 
          IT WILL TAKE WYNWOOD A FOXCREEK AND FOXFIELD, WILL BE UNITED TOGETHER AT THE SAME SCHOOL. 
          WE USE THE WORD REUNITED HERE, 
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PROBABLY BETTER TO SAY JUST UNITED PROBABLY MORE ARTFUL TERM TO MAKE THAT CLEAR THAT WAS CONNECTED. 
          WE ALSO WILL RELIEVE MOSELEY OUTSIDE OF MAGNA GREEN, THAT WILL BACK FULL AGAIN, GRANGE HALL WITH RELOCATION OF CBG PROGRAMS. IF YO U DO THAT. 
          THIS IS A LOT OF DATA HERE, SO I WON'T GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DATA POINT, BUT I'LL POINT OUT THREE COLUMNS UNDER OPTION 1 IMPACT. 
          THAT SHOWS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WILL BE MOVING. 
          BASED ON THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL, VERY IMPORTANTLY UNDER CBG IMPACT THAT A LARGER BLOCK OF THE PROGRAM CAPACITY. 
          THIS ASSUMES THAT WE DO CREATE THAT CBG PROGRAM AT GRANGE HALL, AND WE MAKE THOSE MOVES, IT STILL LEAVES GRANGE HALL AT ABOUT 50%, A LITTLE MORE THAN 50% OF PROGRAM CAPACITY. 
          THEN YOU SEE MOSELEY WOOLRIDGE AND WEST AREA WILL OPERATE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80 PERCENTAGES. 
          THERE'S A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO BE. 
          THEN IN THE HOUSING PIPELINE AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY WHAT HOUSING WILL BE BUILT, BUT BASED ON THE COUNTY STRATUS REPORT, THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, THAT IS A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION ON WHERE WE THINK WE MIGHT BE GOING FORWARD. 
          YOU WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY TWO SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE OVER CAPACITY IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS IF IN FACT, THE HOUSING IS DEVELOPED, THE WAY THAT WE THINK. 
          AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THAT'S THE BEST PROJECTION THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN HAVE. 
          THAT'S JUST SHOWN TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE CONTINUES TO BE HOUSING PRESSURES AS WE TALKED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD. 
          I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THESE TO YOU, BUT THESE ARE THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WILL MOVE TO THE WEST AREA ELEMENTARY BASED ON OPTION 1. 
          JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OPPORTUNITIES AND LIMITATIONS. 
          AGAIN, WE ARE OF COURSE RELIEVING MOSELEY AND WOOLRIDGE. 
          WE WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAILERS BY POTENTIALLY UP TO 20 TRAILERS. 
          WE WOULD SHARE THE FACILITIES OR SAME SCHOOLS AT FOXCREEK AND FOXFIELD. 
          WE KNOW THAT'S BEEN A PART OF THE CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD. 
          THEN ALSO, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONSOLIDATE OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROGRAM AT CBG FOR GRANGE HALL. 
          VERY IMPORTANTLY HERE IS GRANGE HALLS ZONE ENROLLMENT WILL BE TEMPORARILY REDUCED QUITE A BIT. 
          THAT IS A CONSIDERATION TO TAKE. 
          OPTION 2 IS VERY SIMILAR TO OPTION 1, BUT IT CHANGES HOW THAT FOXFIELD AND FOXCREEK CONNECTS TOGETHER. 
          IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO, THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT FOXCREEK WOULD MOVE TO WESTERN AREA ELEMENTARY, WHERE FOXFIELD WILL REMAIN AT WOOLRIDGE. 
          MOSELEY STAYS THE SAME WHERE NORTH OF MAGNOLIA GREEN GETS RELIEVED AS WELL. 
          SAME THING HERE. ALSO, GRANGE HALL WILL BACKFILL WITH CBG PROGRAM. 
          AGAIN, A LOT OF DATA ON THIS ONE. 
          WE'LL JUST POINT OUT THESE A COUPLE OF COLUMNS THERE THAT OPTION 2 TO IMPACT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO WILL BE MOVING. 
          THE PROGRAM CAPACITY UNDER THAT, SO LARGER BLOCK OF CBG. 
          AGAIN, GRANGE HALL REMAINS FAIRLY SMALL IN COMPARISON TO IT PROGRAM CAPACITY. 
          IN THIS CASE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT WIDER SPREAD BETWEEN THE THREE SCHOOLS THAT WOULD BE REMAINING AS WELL. 
          A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. 
          BUT THERE IS AT THE VERY LAST ONE, WE WILL NOTE THAT THERE'S ALSO TWO SCHOOLS THAT ULTIMATELY, IF THE FIVE YEAR HOUSING PIPELINE HAPPENS, AS WE SUSPECT, WILL BE OVER CAPACITY, BUT THE NEW SCHOOL WILL BE UNDER CAPACITY DURING THAT TIME. 
          AGAIN WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT HOUSING IS GOING TO ACTUALLY DO, BUT THAT'S THE BEST INFORMATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. 
          SAME THING HERE AGAIN, THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT WILL BE REZONED TO WEST AREA. 
          THEN AGAIN, THE SAME VERY SIMILAR OPPORTUNITIES AS THE PREVIOUS OPTION, BUT THEN LIMITATION WILL REMAIN SPLIT, THOSE TO FOXFIELD AND FOXCREEK SUBDIVISIONS. 
          I'LL JUST FINISH UP. THESE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS THAT ARE SIDE BY SIDE THAT YOU CAN SEE. 
          MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE, AS I MENTIONED, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD BE THERE. 
          I WON'T READ ALL OF THESE TO YOU, BUT THERE ARE JUST DIFFERENT CAPACITIES THAT MAY CHANGE OVER TIME. 
          HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          AFTER I TELL YOU THAT, WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION AT DEEP CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL ON SEPTEMBER 30TH FROM 6:00 TO 7:00 P.M. 
          WE WILL BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU THERE AND WE'LL HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MR. PARANTO. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND THE AMOUNT OF HOURS AND TIME THAT HAVE GONE INTO THIS. 
          THE CHALLENGING PART IS WHEN IT'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S NEAR OTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. 
          YOU CAN ONLY DRAW LINES IN CERTAIN PLACES THAT MAKE SENSE. 
          THE DIFFICULT PART HERE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN THE WESTERN PART OF HOLE STREET IS THE TWO OPTIONS. 
          I FIELDED A QUESTION NOT TOO LONG AGO ABOUT, WELL, HOW WE DON'T HAVE FOUR OPTIONS OR FIVE OPTIONS? I THINK WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT A HIGH SCHOOL, WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE AND I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR SURE, BUT YOU'D PROBABLY HAVE MORE OPTIONS THAN TWO VERSUS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STRICTLY BECAUSE OF WHERE IT'S LOCATED, AND THAT'S THE DIFFICULT PART. 
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I GREATLY APPRECIATE JUSTIN AND AGAIN, YOUR TEAM IN FIGURING OUT WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, IN EITHER OPTION THAT THIS BOARD CHOOSES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SCHOOLS OVER CAPACITY PROJECTED IN FIVE YEARS, TWO SCHOOLS IN OPTION 1 AND TWO SCHOOLS IN OPTION 2. 
          ACTUALLY I THINK ONE OF THE SCHOOLS STAYS OVER CAPACITY IN FIVE YEARS. 
          I THINK WOOLRIDGE AND MOSELEY ARE THE ONES THAT SWITCH OFF. 
          BUT STILL, TO YOUR POINT, AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT, WE DON'T KNOW. 
          WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR US FROM NOW TO THOSE FIVE YEAR MARK. 
          I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT CONVERSATION TO HAVE AS WELL. 
          WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALSO, SEPTEMBER 30, 6-7:00 P.M. AT DEEP CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HAVE THESE PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND THEN HAVE THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          >> THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON 
          [I. Year Round School: Bellwood Elementary]
YEAR ROUND SCHOOL FROM DOCTORS FOGLESONG ON AND FOX AND MISS RUDD. 
          >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MISS KOKER, MISS HUDGINS, MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, DOCTOR MURRAY. 
          I'M JOINED BY MRS. RUDD, PRINCIPAL BELWOOD ELEMENTARY AND DR. FOX, OUR DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND EVALUATION. 
          TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME UPDATED INFORMATION ABOUT BELWOOD ELEMENTARY, OUR YEAR ROUND SCHOOL. 
          THE CONSIDERATION OF RETURNING BELWOOD TO THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CALENDAR. 
          WE'LL BRIEFLY REVIEW THE BACKGROUND OF THE YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS, SOME INITIAL GOALS. 
          THE HIGHLIGHT SOME CURRENT DATA AND PROGRAMMING AND OUTLINE BOTH SOME POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND OTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN MAKING THIS CHANGE. 
          YEAR ROUND SCHOOL CALENDAR BEGAN AT BELWOOD IN 2018 AND AND AT FALLEN CREEK ELEMENTARY IN 2019. 
          FALLEN CREEK RETURNED TO A TRADITIONAL CALENDAR IN THE 24-25 SCHOOL YEAR WHILE BELWOOD HAS REMAINED A YEAR ROUND SCHOOL. 
          THE YEAR ROUND CALENDAR SHORTENS THE SUMMER BREAK AND INSTEAD PROVIDES EXTENDED FALL, WINTER AND SPRING BREAKS. 
          FREE LEARNING INTERCESSIONS ARE OFFERED DURING THESE BREAKS, GIVING IDENTIFIED STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH REMEDIATION AND ENRICHMENT. 
          OUR INITIAL GOALS IN IMPLEMENTING A YEAR ROUND SCHOOL CALENDAR WERE CENTERED ON STUDENT LEARNING AND ENRICHMENT. 
          IT CREATED THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND ENRICHMENT, AIM TO REDUCE SUMMER LEARNING LOSS BY STARTING THE SCHOOL YEAR IN JULY AND OFFERING FOUR INTERCESSION OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WITH A VARIETY OF INSTRUCTIONAL NEEDS THAT COULD BE MET AND SUPPORTED BY TEACHERS. 
          FINALLY, PROVIDING REGULAR BREAKS BUILT INTO THE CALENDAR THAT WERE DESIGNED TO HELP MAINTAIN FOCUS AND STAMINA FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND STAFF THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR. 
          >> GOOD EVENING AND I AM HERE TO TALK TO YOU FIRST, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR METHODOLOGY. 
          THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF OUR EVALUATION FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAS BEEN ACADEMIC PROGRESS, AND WE MEASURED CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE USING SPRING TO SPRING COMPARISONS WHERE POSSIBLE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO CAPTURE THE FULL EFFECTS OF THE DIFFERENT CALENDARS ON THE STUDENT OUTCOMES. 
          TAKE YOU BACK TO YOUR SIXTH GRADE SCIENCE TEACHER DAYS FOR A MINUTE. 
          ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF OUR METHODOLOGY WAS ENSURING THAT WE WERE HAVING TO COMPARISONS BECAUSE WE CAN'T CONTROL THE STUDENTS, WE CONTROL FOR THE FACTORS ON THE BACK END. 
          THIS INCLUDED SELECTING STUDENTS FROM SCHOOLS IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND BASED ON INPUT FROM ELEMENTARY LEVEL DIRECTORS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WE APPLIED A STATISTICAL TECHNIQUE CALLED PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING TO ENSURE WE'RE COMPARING SIMILAR STUDENTS. 
          STUDENT GROUPS WERE MATCHED ON DEMOGRAPHICS AND PRIOR PERFORMANCE, WHICH IS A VERY BIG INDICATOR OF CURRENT PERFORMANCE. 
          LOOKING AT THE ACTUAL DATA, AS NOTED HERE, IN THE 2021, 2022 SCHOOL YEAR, WE WERE UNABLE TO DO THE FALL TO SPRING COMPARISON OR THE SPRING TO SPRING COMPARISON BECAUSE OF COVID IMPACTS TO DATA. 
          WE WERE ALSO UNABLE TO DO THE PALS SPELLING DATA. 
          HOWEVER, THE REST OF THE COMPARISONS ARE THE SPRING TO SPRING COMPARISON. 
          WE DID READING AND MATH SOL TESTS AND ALSO THE PALS SPELLING SUB TEST. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, IN CHESTERFIELD, WE ARE NOT SEEING THE HIGHER GROWTH IN STUDENTS AT OUR YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS. 
          RATHER THE DATA ARE SHOWING THAT OUR GROWTH FOR STUDENTS IN THOSE SCHOOLS IS EQUAL TO 
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OR AT TIMES SLIGHTLY LESS THAN THE STUDENTS EXPERIENCE IN TRADITIONAL CALENDAR SCHOOLS. 
          SEVERAL OTHER QUESTIONS CAME UP ABOUT ATTENDANCE, SO WE EXPLORED THAT. 
          THE FIRST WAS PARTICIPATION OF INVITED STUDENTS TO INTERSESSION. 
          WHAT WE SEE IS THAT THERE IS DECREASING PARTICIPATION OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AT THE INTERSECTIONS. 
          WE ALSO LOOK FOR ANY POTENTIAL EFFECTS OF HAVING DIFFERENT CALENDARS WITHIN THE FEEDER PATTERN. 
          WE EXAMINED SECONDARY STUDENT ATTENDANCE DURING INTERSESSIONS TO EXPLORE WHETHER OLDER SIBLINGS MIGHT MISS SCHOOL TO CARE FOR YOUNGER SIBLINGS DURING THE INTERSESSION BREAKS. 
          FORTUNATELY, WE FOUND THAT THERE WERE NO EFFECTS ON SECONDARY STUDENT ATTENDANCE. 
          THERE WERE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT ATTENDANCE DURING THE FIRST 30 DAYS GIVEN THE EARLIER START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR FOR YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS. 
          THESE RESULTS WERE VARIABLE WITH YEAR ROUND SCHOOLS HAVING SLIGHTLY LOWER ATTENDANCE RATES THAN TRADITIONAL CALENDAR SCHOOLS FOR TWO OF THE THREE YEARS THAT WE STUDIED. 
          I'M GOING TO HAND ATTENDANCE. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. WHEN WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE BENEFITS OF MOVING BACK TO A TRADITIONAL CALENDAR, THERE WERE SEVERAL THAT STOOD OUT TO US. 
          FIRST BEING THAT STUDENT ATTENDANCE SHOULD IMPROVE. 
          BECAUSE FAMILIES WILL HAVE THEIR CHILDREN ON THE SAME CALENDAR AS THE REST OF THE DISTRICT. 
          SECOND TESTING WILL BE ALIGNED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DIVISION. 
          BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TESTING CALENDAR THAN THE REST OF THEM. 
          WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE OUR DATA MORE EFFECTIVELY. 
          THIRD INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND RESOURCES WILL ROLL OUT AT THE SAME TIME ACROSS THE DIVISION, AND THAT ALIGNMENT ALLOWS MORE CONSISTENT LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR STUDENTS NO MATTER WHICH SCHOOL THEY ATTEND. 
          FOURTH, TEACHERS WILL BE ABLE TO ONCE AGAIN PARTICIPATE IN THE COUNTY WIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING. 
          >> DAY DURING TEACHER WORK WEEK AND THAT GIVES THEM MORE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO TRAINING AND COLLABORATION. 
          THAT'S VITAL FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FOR THEIR SUCCESS AS WELL. 
          FINALLY, A TRADITIONAL CALENDAR WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME IN THE SUMMER FOR LEADERSHIP TEAMS TO COLLABORATE AND TO PLAN AND WORK TOGETHER. 
          THAT EXTRA TIME WILL HELP TO ENSURE THAT A STRONGER, MORE PREPARED START TO OUR SCHOOL YEAR. 
          NEXT, AS WE LOOK AT THE TRANSITION BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR, THERE ARE SEVERAL KEY CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE THINK WILL HELP US THAT WE DISCUSSED. 
          FIRST WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS DON'T LOSE THE ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY'VE HAD THIS ENTIRE TIME. 
          WE'VE LOOKED AT ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND POSSIBLE GRANTS THAT WE COULD USE AND ALSO MET WITH CIS PERSONNEL TO SEE HOW WE CAN USE THESE FUNDS TO STILL GIVE THOSE KIDS THAT BENEFIT. 
          SECOND, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF EXTRA ACADEMIC SUPPORT. 
          WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SECURING FUNDING FOR BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING OPPORTUNITIES, WHICH WILL GIVE STUDENTS MORE TIME FOR TARGETED SUPPORT, AND WE ALSO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE YMCA AFTER SCHOOL NEXT YEAR. 
          THIRD, COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN A TOP PRIORITY, AND WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT FACULTY AND STAFF AND FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES STAY INFORMED, JUST LIKE WE DID WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS. 
          WE'VE ALSO BEEN VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT OUR STAFFING, AND WE'VE WORKED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE FOR THE STUDENTS, SO THEY'LL CONTINUE TO TRANSITION BACK, ALLOW THE SAME TEACHERS THAT WE'RE THERE IN BEGINNING ARE THERE NOW AS WELL. 
          FINALLY, COMPENSATION ALIGNMENT FOR TEACHERS MOVING FROM THE YEAR ROUND PAY SCHEDULE BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL PAY SCHEDULE, A PLAN WILL BE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CONTRACT TRANSITIONS SMOOTHLY BACK TO THE PAY CALENDAR EVERYBODY ELSE HAS. 
          ALTOGETHER, THESE STEPS WILL ALLOW US TO THOUGHTFULLY AND EFFECTIVELY TRANSITION BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR TO KEEP OUR FOCUS WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE CHILDREN AND THEIR SUCCESS. 
          >> BASED ON THE INFORMATION AND THE ADDITIONAL DATA THAT WE'VE SHARED TODAY, WE DO RECOMMEND THAT THE STUDENTS AT BELWOOD ELEMENTARY RETURN TO THE TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CALENDAR. 
          WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. 
          >> THANK YOU ALL. BOARD MEMBERS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MS. CHATTERS? 
          >> I WAS PART OF THE SITTING IN THAT SIDE WHEN WE FIRST DECIDED TO GO TO YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLING WITH TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS. 
          ONE OF THE PREVAILING QUESTIONS I HAD THEN THAT I STILL HAVE NOW IS, WHY ARE WE SAYING THAT IT DIDN'T WORK? I KNOW WHAT THE DATA IS SHOWING, THAT THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING DIFFERENTLY THAN OUR TRADITIONAL STUDENTS, WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE TO JUST GO BACK TO TRADITIONAL SINCE WE'RE STILL PERFORMING AT THE SAME WAY. 
          BUT THE ROOT OF WHY WE'RE NOT, WHY IS IT NOT WORKING? IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ALL ON THAT SCHEDULE, DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD HELP GIVE ALL THE CHILDREN OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE HIGHER, 
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OR I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NOT WORKING? 
          >> I THINK THOSE ARE QUESTIONS WE'VE ALSO ASKED. 
          AS WE'VE LOOKED AT THE DATA. 
          I THINK WE'VE SPECULATED OVER THE REST OF THE DIVISION NOT BEING ON THAT CALENDAR. 
          I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS THAT WE COULD EXPLORE. 
          COVID OCCURRED DURING SOME OF THAT. 
          BUT WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL YEARS NOW FROM COVID, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO SEE A DECLINE AT BELWOOD. 
          I KNOW THAT THAT'S PART OF WHAT MRS. RUDD, YOU KNOW, CAME TO US AND SAID, IT'S NOT WORKING. 
          >> IF I MAY. 
          >> GO AHEAD. THEN I'LL ADD SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. 
          >> I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, DR FERGUSON. 
          I WOULD ALSO OFFER TO YOUR DIRECT QUESTION. 
          MRS. CHATTERS, WOULD IT BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, WELL, THAT'S EXACTLY ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE SUGGESTING TO MOVE BELWOOD TO THE TRADITIONAL CALENDAR BECAUSE THERE IS HEIGHTENED EFFICACY WHEN WE ARE ALL ALIGNED. 
          I THINK THAT IT WOULD HAVE WORKED A LOT BETTER HAD THERE BEEN EITHER ALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR THE ENTIRE DIVISION GOING FORWARD. 
          FOR SOME OF THE REASONS THAT WERE ILLUMINATED. 
          FOR INSTANCE, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IS BEING MISSED, AND THAT'S PARAMOUNT. 
          I THINK ANOTHER KEY DATA POINT THERE IS THE KIDS WHO NEED THE INTERSECTION, THAT NUMBER SHOULD BE CLOSER TO 100%. 
          THEY'RE NOT SHOWING UP TO HAVE THAT GAP FILL. 
          WHAT'S THE DRAW? I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT OR I DO THINK THAT THE INTERSECTIONS PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISENGAGE IF THEY'RE NOT ATTENDING, AND THAT'S MAYBE A LITTLE MORE ENTICING TO STAY HOME. 
          FOR THOSE REASONS IN A SCHOOL DIVISION, OUR SIZE, IT'S AN IMPRACTICALITY TO THINK THAT ONE SCHOOL CAN GO IT ALONE AND BE VOID OF ALL THE OTHER SHARED RESOURCES ALONG THE WAY. 
          >> I AGREE, THIS IS NOT A I DON'T WANT IT TO GO BACK TRADITIONAL. 
          I WASN'T A FAN OF IT STAYING ON. 
          BUT AGAIN, I WAS OVER THERE. 
          I WASN'T A FAN OF IT STAYING ON BECAUSE IT FELT IT WAS A HEAVY LIFT, FOR THE REASONS THAT YOU MENTIONED, THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS MISSING. 
          THERE WERE SOME CONNECTIVITY THAT THE SCHOOL FELT BY ITSELF IN A COMMUNITY OUR SIZE, AND SO I WASN'T A FAN OF IT STAYING ON THERE. 
          I'M GLAD WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS DECISION, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO THE DATA SHOWS OTHER PLACES, THAT IT WORKS, BUT IT WORKS BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S ON IT. 
          I JUST WAS TRYING TO GET TO THAT. THANK YOU, JOHN. 
          >> I'LL JUST ADD, YES, BECAUSE I WAS HERE TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THIS WAS BEFORE US BEFORE, AND A BIG PIECE OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THE DATA AT THE TIME WAS ALL MUDDIED WITH COVID. 
          WE GAVE IT A COUPLE MORE YEARS JUST TO SEE IF THINGS WOULD CHANGE AND TREND IN A MORE POSITIVE DIRECTION. 
          BUT I ALSO AGREE IT IS HARD TO BE SOLO WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY MOVING PARTS IN A SCHOOL DIVISION OUR SIZE. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT, MISS RUDD. 
          YOU'RE AN AMAZING PRINCIPAL. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, 
          [J. Announcements, Communications, and School Board Comments]
COMMUNICATIONS AND SCHOOL BOARD COMMENTS. 
          SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR COMMENTS THIS EVENING? 
          >> I DO. 
          >> SORRY, MS. CHATTERS. 
          >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY COMMENT IS RELATED TO THERE'S BEEN TRAFFIC. I'LL SAY THAT. 
          EMAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA TRAFFIC, AND I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO READ IT, RIGHT? I READ IT, BUT I DON'T RESPOND. 
          GROWTH. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE TALKING ABOUT IS OUR SCHOOL START TIMES AND A LACK OF CHILDCARE. 
          NOW I KNOW WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT CHILDCARE. 
          THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING. 
          WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THE SITUATION THAT YOU'RE IN, AND THIS IS JUST DOMINIQUE CHATTERS' OPINION, RIGHT? WE NEED MORE CHILDCARE IN PLACES WHERE WE DON'T HAVE CHILDCARE. 
          WE'RE TALKING THERE'S SECTIONS OF THE MATOAKA DISTRICT THAT HAVE NO ACCESS TO CHILDCARE. 
          BUT OUR SCHOOL START TIMES ARE WHAT OUR SCHOOL START TIMES ARE. 
          BESIDES THE YMCA, WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO 
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LOOK FOR CHILDCARE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WANT TO OPERATE INSIDE OF THOSE DISTRICTS WHERE WE NEED CHILDCARE SERVICES BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT PARENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND AS A PARENT WITH FOUR CHILDREN, IT WOULD THE DIFFERENT TIMES THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO BE SOMEPLACE AND THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE TO BE TO WORK IS AN ISSUE THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE FACING. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE PARENTS WHO ARE FEELING THE PINCH TO NOT JUST REACH OUT TO US OR TALK ABOUT US ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT GO REACH OUT TO YOUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING THAT TYPE OF SERVICE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS IN YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO MAKE THAT DECISION. 
          IT IS NOT ON US. 
          BUT WE HEAR YOU, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ASK FOR THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO HAPPEN AS WELL. 
          THEN THE SECOND THING THAT ADDS ON TO THAT, WHICH IS AN ADVOCACY MOMENT, IS OUR STATE LEGISLATORS ALSO HAVE IMPACT ON THAT. 
          IF YOU REALLY FEEL THAT STRONGLY ABOUT HOW DEVELOPMENT IS GOING IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND HOW FAST THEY'RE GOING UP, THAT IS WHERE THE ENERGY SHOULD BE FOCUSED. 
          AGAIN, WE DO NOT CONTROL HOW MANY HOUSES GO UP. 
          WE DON'T CONTROL WHERE THEY'RE BUILT. 
          WE JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENING. 
          IF YOU WANT TO BE PROACTIVE, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU START THERE AND DEFINITELY USE YOUR VOICE BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR POWER. THANK YOU. 
          >> OUR NEXT SCHOOL BOARD BUSINESS MEETING WILL BE HELD THIS EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 2025, AT 6:30 P.M. HERE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING ROOM. 
          IF THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC BUSINESS, 
          [K. Adjournment into Closed Session]
WE WILL NEED TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION, WHICH WILL BE HELD IN THE PMR CONFERENCE ROOM. 
          MADAM CLERK, PLEASE ANNOUNCE THE ITEMS FOR TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION. 
          >> MADAM CHAIR. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES TO ENTER INTO A CLOSED SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 22-3711 A OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, AND SPECIFICALLY UNDER SUBSECTION 1, THE DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF PERSONNEL DISCIPLINARY MATTERS, AND TWO DISCUSSIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS OF MATTERS THAT WOULD INVOLVE THE DISCLOSURE OF STUDENT RECORDS. 
          MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, YOU HAVE JUST HEARD THE ITEMS REQUESTED TO BE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED SESSION. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION IN THAT REGARD? 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO CLOSED SESSION. 
          >> IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL RULE ON THE MOTION? 
          >> DOMINIQUE CHATTERS? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> STEVEN PRONTO? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> LISA HUDGINS? 
          >> AYE. ANN COKER. 
          >> AYE. 
          WE ARE NOW IN CLOSED SESSION. 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION. 
          >> 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 MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE, ONE, ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED FROM OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN THE CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION APPLIES, AND TWO ONLY SUCH 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? 
          >> I MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION. 
          >> IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? 
          >> DOMINIQUE CHATTERS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> STEVEN PRONTO. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> LISA HUDGINS. 
          >> ANN COKER. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE STUDENT MATTERS? 
          >> IN CASE NUMBERS 2025 26 RE 42025-26 RE 52025-26/RE,620-20-5206, RE 72025-26/RE,820-20-5206/RE 2025 26/RE, 220-20-5206/RE,2025 26/RE, 220-20-5206/RE23, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND THE MOTION. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? 
          >> DOMINIQUE CHATTERS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> STEVEN PRONTO. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> LISA HUDGINS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANN COKER. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE FIRST PERSONNEL MATTER? 
          >> IN CASE NUMBER 2025-26/17-HR IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. 
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          >> IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND THE MOTION. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? 
          >> DOMINIQUE CHATTERS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> STEVEN PRONTO. 
          >>AYE. 
          >> LISA HUDGINS? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANN COKER. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? 
          >> IN CASE NUMBER 2025-26/18-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND THE MOTION. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? 
          >> DOMINIQUE CHATTERS? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> STEVEN PRONTO. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> LISA HUDGINS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANN COKER. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? 
          >> IN CASE NUMBER 2025-26/19-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND THE MOTION. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? 
          >> DOMINIQUE CHATTERS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> STEVEN PRONTO. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> LISA HUDGINS? 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANN COKER. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? 
          >> IN CASE NUMBER 2025-26/20-HR IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND THE MOTION. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? 
          >> DOMINIQUE CHATTERS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> STEVEN PRONTO. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> LISA HUDGINS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANN COKER. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? IN CASE NUMBER 2025-26/21-HR, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND THE MOTION. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? 
          >> DOMINIQUE CHATTERS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> STEVEN PRONTO. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> LISA HUDGINS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANN COKER. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE NEXT PERSONNEL MATTER? 
          >> IN CASE NUMBER 2025-26/22-HR IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION BE UPHELD. IS THERE A SECOND? 
          >> I SECOND THE MOTION. 
          >> MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL ROLL ON THE MOTION? 
          >> DOMINIQUE CHATTERS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> STEVEN PRONTO. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> LISA HUDGINS. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> ANN COKER. 
          >> AYE. 
          >> THE MOTION CARRIES. GOOD EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.